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Newspaper & Other Articles of Genealogical Interest

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KNISLEY Obits & Tid Bits

GREENE COUNTY - MEXICAN WAR SURVIVRS

DROWNING OF ILINOISIANS IN PLATTE RIVER, June 28, 1862

WATKINS RESTAURANT, Petersburg, IL - before 1900



HALF TON OF CHILDREN ATTEND THEIR FATHER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY,
Articles from the Princeton Post, Mercer County, MO about Abe Trent, a Sangamon County IL native (pdf)

John J. Hardin

Jacob Strawn Article - 5 Dec 1850

Jacksonville Tornado - May 1859

A Chicken Story

Williamsville Church Article

Mollie Hill - 97th Birthday

Dr. Daniel B. Hill - Mayor of Springfield

Dr. Tolbert F. Hill, age 107, of Athens, IL

The Homicide at Jacksonville - James P. Cherry

The Fairanks

The Thompsons of Meredosia

David A. Smith

Dr. Ero Chandler

John Buckley

The Hockenhull Family

The Glovers

Michael Rapp

Dennis Rockwell

Clarke-Bushnell Letter, June 29, 1863

Mozart Club

Sacred Heart School - 1897

Curtis-Cooper Reunions

Robert Wallace 91st Birthday

Excerpts from the Carlinville Democrat, April 6, 1887

U.S. Gibbins - 90th Birthday

5th Sheppard Family Reunion (after 1932)
1930 Sheppard Family Reunion

John Williams 1908 Bio

Denton Civil War Letter

1852 Williams Letter

"The Hanging Tree"

James & Hannah Mary Self Story Family

Old Central Music Hall

Illinois National Bank Building

Illinois National Bank Corner - 1889

New Salem Mill & Lincoln's Dog

2nd Methodist (Kumler) Church

Mildred Park

Mueller Home

Mule-Drawn Street Cars

German Baptist Church - 1889

German Methodist Church

Globe Tavern

Logan Place

Martin V. Nevins - 50th Wedding Anniversary

Givens Letters (1843 - 1875)

Givens Letters (1882 - 1884)

Reisch Brewery - late 80's

Reservoir Fountain & Park

Revere House

Ridgely School - 1903

East Side Courthouse Square - 1850's

King's Daughters Home - 1902

Lindsay Memorial at Lake Springfield

Palace Livery Stables

Foster Livery & Undertaking

Interior - Majestic Theatre - 1907

Charles W. Matheny Residence

Governor Matteson Residence

S. H. Melvin Drug Store

Old Gehrmann Place

German-English School

Glenwood Park Pavilion

Governor's Mansion in 1858 & 1880's

Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur O. Hale - 50th Anniversary

Ide Engine Works

International Shoe Company

Springfield Iron Company

Illinois State University - 1850

1904 World's Fair at St. Louis

East Side of Square - 1889

Northeast Corner of Square

Old Springfield High

Wood-Block Pavement - South Side Square, 1883

Square at Night - 1900s

St. Nicholas - 1890

Springfield Iron Works Switch Engine

West Side of Square - 1866

First Y.M.C.A. Building

State Fair - 1912

4th & Washington Streets - 1888

6th & Adams Streets - 1907

Circus - 1884

City Hall

Concordia College

Old Courthouse - 1899

Culver Construction Company

Dirksen & Sons' Store - 1880s

Old Dodds Corner

North Side of Courthouse Square - 1850s

East Side of Courthouse Square - 1850s

Dome Building - State Fair Grounds

Old Federal Building

Fowler Mansion

Franz Brothers' Packing House Chenery Residence - 1896

Churches

Hay Residence

Hay-Brown Residence

Herndon Residence

J.L. Hudson Residence

Turney English Residence

Old Isolation Hospital

American House

Old State Arsenal

Brinkerhoff Home

Jacob Bunn Residence

Camp Lincoln

Capitol Bldg. 1885 & 1937

Old Carpenter's Mill

Chenery House

1896 Business Houses

1st Christian Church - 1912

1st Sangamon County Land Office

5th & Adams - 1900

Alton R.R. Station - late 1890's

A. Booth & Son Wagon Factory - 1860's

Bradford Residence

Gas Buggy

Iles/Irwin/Souther Residence

Illinois Watch Factory

The New Leland Hotel - Thanksgiving feast- 1910

Ann Rutledge Article

Sinclair Residence - 1880's

Bettie Stuart Institute - 1890's

Frank W. Tracy Residence

Springfield Woolen Mills

DICKERMAN HOME

DILLER MANSION

KENNEDY BLACKSMITH SHOP

LILLIAN KEYES & HER BICYCLE

3 OF THE LONG NINE

J. TAYLOR SMITH PLACE

MAJESTIC THEATER - 1907

OLD HARTMANN RESIDENCE

FOGARTY GROCERY - 1890

PIONEER WOMEN OF SPRINGFIELD (Van Bergen, Enos & Iles)

CHENERY FAMILY - Lincoln's Last Host in Springfield

ATHENS MINE EXPLOSION - 1903

CAMPBELL LETTER - 31 Aug 1863

CAMPBELL TWINS

PIUS NEFF - GONE TO HIS REWARD

SHOOTING OF EDGAR YAGER - Oct. 1869

CALDWELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

DAVIS MURDER

COOPER MURDER

HENRY JACKSON IS NOW EIGHTY-EIGHT

HENRY JACKSON ANSWERS FINAL CALL

Coin Search Ends with Discovery of Early Settlers Graves(Macoupin County)

BAXTER BROTHERS

Biographical History of HENRY C. BEARD

TRAIN ACCIDENT IN BEARDSTOWN

LITERBERRY CYCLONE - 1883

SAMUEL F. CAMPBELL LEDGER

Biographical History of ELIZABETH ENGELBACH

HISTORY OF EDWARD L. HAGAR: LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

THE JACKSONVILLE SQUARE - 1857

MORGAN COUNTY SESQUICENTENNIAL ARTICLES - published in 1968

WILLIAM SAMUEL MCCRACKEN - Death Certificate

D. MCGINNIS KILLS SELF

MCMEANS TRAGEDY

ELIZABETH JANE (DENNIS) WHITLOCK WOOD MYERS - 91st Birthday

JONATHAN NEELY

PAUL TRAGEDY

JACOB AND URIAH RIMBEY

MR. & MRS. HILLARD SAMPLE

MR. & MRS. FRANK C. SHENKEL - Celebrate Golden Aniversary

FRANCIS CLAUDE SCHENKEL - Birth Certificate

SHERWOOD, JAMES M.

STEVENSON-BOSTON FAMILY REUNION - 1954

STEVENSON-BOSTON KIN GATHER AGAIN - 1955

Biographical History of VALENTINE WALTER

MR. & MRS. HENRY WHEELER - 60 YRS OF MARRIED LIFE

Biographical History of MRS. LURENA ANN WILLEY

WILLIAMS and KELLOGG

ADVENTURES OF A VETERAN - JOHN E. WRIGHT



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