Madison County Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 631
Edwardsville, IL 62025-0631
           

THE STALKER
The Quarterly Publication of the Madison County Genealogical Society

 

Volume 40 - No. 1 - Spring 2020

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Thomas Gillham and his Family in Augusta County, Virginia

1

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

25

Shifted Between Counties by a Switch Engine

25

A Short Service

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Pastor Herbst  Expelled

27

Shabby, But Had the Price

27

All About Alton

27

John York Sawyer

30

Frightened to Death

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Mr. John M. Spratt Dead

33

Pinch Lavin’s Driver

34

Ezekiel Gillham

34

Failure at Latium

36

Johnson Quit Cold in First Sparring Match

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Exposure Caused Death

36

Rowan – Boring

37

Cotter – Nolan

37

Sutton – McMahan

37

A Noted Caricaturist

37

Sick Domestic Animals

38

Back Home Again

38

Surname Index

40

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Volume 40 - No. 2 - Summer 2020

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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

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Public Defaulters

68

Go to Chicago to Live

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Standard Oil Agent

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Marriage is Announced

69

Illinois Military Lands

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Wells – Desmond Wedding

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Railroad Accident

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One Man Killed and Another Injured – A Bridge Smashed

70

Pleads Guilty

70

The Cholera Epidemic of 1849 in Madison County

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Kluge Funeral

72

Mrs. T. J. Barnsback

73

Collinsville News Items

74

N. O. Nelson Mfg. Excursion

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Bethalto News – Horse Thieves Captured

75

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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Volume 40 - No. 3 - Fall 2020

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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

94

Is He William or is He Henry?

95

1888 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

96

Marriage Licenses

105

Judge Terry Died

105

Has Unintentionally Started a Matrimonial Agency

106

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

118

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

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Mrs. Anna Bertels Called by Death

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Mrs. Bertels Dead

121

Attacked by Mad Bull

121

Federated Humane Society Asked to Urge Adoption of Whipping Post

121

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

127

Death of John H. Neary

127

Post Office Inspection

127

Pettit Family Moving

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Someone Struck the Bidder

128

Insurance Solicitor Arrested

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Railroad Rumblings

128

A Few Short Weeks

128

True Reformers Lodge

129

New Job

130

Railroad Mechanic Visit

130

Surname Index

131

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Volume 40 - No. 4 - Winter 2020

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Troy Area Happenings

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Pension Application of Jacob Gillham – S3397

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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

160

Edwardsville Items From Colorado Newspapers

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Edison 71 Years Old

168

Fight Between Sioux and Crows

168

The Steamer Josephine

168

A Weighty Wonder

169

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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PoagFangenroth Wedding

172

Items from the Edwardsville Spectator

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Wolf Family Events

174

Theuer Funeral Rites Thursday

175

Rabbit Fever is Cause of Death of C E Theuer

176

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

178

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