Madison
County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 631
Edwardsville, IL 62025-0631
THE STALKER
The Quarterly Publication of the Madison
County Genealogical Society
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Thomas Gillham and his Family in Augusta County, Virginia |
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Fanciful Thrice |
3 |
Old Enough to Behave Themselves |
3 |
Excitement Ran High |
4 |
Slick Horse Thieves |
4 |
George Ashby Arrested |
4 |
Pages From the Past |
5 |
New Douglas News |
20 |
Oldest Democrat |
20 |
Little Boy Christened |
21 |
Lightening Bolt Kills Machinist |
21 |
Serving God and Country |
22 |
Woes of an Actor |
22 |
Death of Dr. Stille |
22 |
Court to Decide |
22 |
Partnership Dissolved |
23 |
Case of the Cotter Brothers is Unparalleled |
23 |
School Program |
24 |
Died |
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Shifted Between Counties by a Switch Engine |
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A Short Service |
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Pastor Herbst Expelled |
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Shabby, But Had the Price |
27 |
All About Alton |
27 |
John York Sawyer |
30 |
Frightened to Death |
33 |
Mr. John M. Spratt Dead |
33 |
Pinch Lavin’s Driver |
34 |
Ezekiel Gillham |
34 |
Failure at Latium |
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Johnson Quit Cold in First Sparring Match |
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Exposure Caused Death |
36 |
Rowan – Boring |
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Cotter – Nolan |
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Sutton – McMahan |
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A Noted Caricaturist |
37 |
Sick Domestic Animals |
38 |
Back Home Again |
38 |
Surname Index |
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NL-9 |
Before the Titanic: The Schiller Story |
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Application for Pension by Isaac Gillham |
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Two Deaths at Home |
45 |
Purchases a Hearse |
45 |
Schooner Goes Aground |
45 |
Pages from the Past |
46 |
1886 Births Reported to the Madison County Clerk |
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Troy News – September 28, 1897 |
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Golden Plains |
56 |
Herbst Travels |
56 |
Phillip J Zenk – Native of Troy Dies |
57 |
A Marriage |
57 |
1887 Births Reported to the Madison County Clerk |
58 |
Public Defaulters |
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Go to Chicago to Live |
68 |
Standard Oil Agent |
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Marriage is Announced |
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Illinois Military Lands |
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Wells – Desmond Wedding |
70 |
Railroad Accident |
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One Man Killed and Another Injured – A Bridge Smashed |
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Pleads Guilty |
70 |
The Cholera Epidemic of 1849 in Madison County |
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Kluge Funeral |
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Mrs. T. J. Barnsback |
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Collinsville News Items |
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N. O. Nelson Mfg. Excursion |
74 |
Bethalto News – Horse Thieves Captured |
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Mrs. Rachel Morefield Reaches Nearly Four Score |
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Wife Arrives from France |
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Couple Decide that They ‘Kept Company’ Sufficient |
77 |
Theo. Wolf is Stricken |
77 |
Bender Funeral Largely Attended |
78 |
Mrs. Warning of Mt. Olive Dies |
78 |
Life as a Black Student in the 1960’s |
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Surname Index |
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Mrs. Jessie Wessel Claimed by the Grim Reaper |
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Track and Train |
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Harry Bartels’ Death by Gas Was Accident |
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Collinsville News Reported in the Collinsville Advertiser |
92 |
Voss Funerals |
94 |
Lucky Young Man |
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Is He William or is He Henry? |
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1888 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk |
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Marriage Licenses |
105 |
Judge Terry Died |
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Has Unintentionally Started a Matrimonial Agency |
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Funeral of Mrs. Wiesemann |
107 |
Collinsville News |
107 |
1889 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk |
108 |
Woman in High Federal Position |
117 |
The People of the State of Illinois to Stephen Kirkendall |
117 |
Why Congressman Biggs Has No High Opinion of “Book Farmin’” |
118 |
Edwardsville Library |
118 |
Doctor J. D. Woolverton |
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Well Known Rail Official is Dead |
119 |
The Justices of the Peace |
119 |
Fatal Shooting Affray |
119 |
Dr. Pettit Dead |
119 |
Marriage Licenses |
119 |
New Douglas News |
120 |
Mrs. Anna Bertels Called by Death |
120 |
Mrs. Bertels Dead |
121 |
Attacked by Mad Bull |
121 |
Federated Humane Society Asked to Urge Adoption of Whipping Post |
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Is Laid to Rest |
122 |
East Greenville News April 13, 1909 |
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High School Diplomas |
126 |
Operation |
126 |
Death of Eva Axtell |
126 |
Gift to Case School |
126 |
Personal – Edwardsville – July 23, 1895 |
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Death of John H. Neary |
127 |
Post Office Inspection |
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Pettit Family Moving |
128 |
Someone Struck the Bidder |
128 |
Insurance Solicitor Arrested |
128 |
Railroad Rumblings |
128 |
A Few Short Weeks |
128 |
True Reformers Lodge |
129 |
New Job |
130 |
Railroad Mechanic Visit |
130 |
Surname Index |
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NL-25 |
Troy Area Happenings |
139 |
Pension Application of Jacob Gillham – S3397 |
140 |
Our Boys “Over there” Enjoy Toasted Cigarettes |
142 |
Mrs. Josephine Brayford |
142 |
John Ambrpsat, Jr Dies at Family Home Saturday Last |
142 |
Mrs. Della Crossland |
142 |
Lived Almost 100 Years |
143 |
1890 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk |
144 |
William Vinson |
152 |
Pages From the Past |
153 |
Surprise Donation from Salvation Army |
158 |
Frank Dixon Dies |
158 |
Items from the Hillsboro Journal |
158 |
Will H Dixon Writes Poetry While Whizzing Along With the Train |
159 |
1891 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk |
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Edwardsville Items From Colorado Newspapers |
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Edison 71 Years Old |
168 |
Fight Between Sioux and Crows |
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The Steamer Josephine |
168 |
A Weighty Wonder |
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Some Present! |
169 |
Death of Henry Pletscher |
170 |
Lorenze Klein |
170 |
Genealogy Tip of the Day |
170 |
Joined Hands and Hearts |
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Collinsville News –October 7,1891 |
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Poag – Fangenroth Wedding |
172 |
Items from the Edwardsville Spectator |
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Wolf Family Events |
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Theuer Funeral Rites Thursday |
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Rabbit Fever is Cause of Death of C E Theuer |
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A Novel Rain Producer |
176 |
Davis – Cross Wedding |
176 |
Young People Plight Their Troth for Future Happiness |
177 |
New Trail Marking Has Been Completed |
177 |
Pigeon Feed |
177 |
Surname Index |
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