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HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, ILLINO IBD

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL PRESS, INC
03 / 2025
9781639146277
Inglés

Sinopsis

By: John Gresham, Pub. 1900, reprinted 2025, 300 pages, New Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-627-7.áDouglas county was created in 1859 from Coles County.áIt lies in the Central-eastern portion of the state.áThe early settlers of this region came mainly from the eastern states such as, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia as well as others.áThe first 100 pages of this book covers things as: early settlement, life on the prairie, life on the farm, pioneers, agriculture, courts, railroads, military records covering the Civil War, history of the variousátownships, followed byáapproximately 200 pages of 175 biographical sketches of these early settlers.áThese biographies were submitted by the family for which they are covering.áThis alone makes them uniquely authentic.áThe biographies of these early settlers predate the creation of the county showing birth places and dates in the early 1800âÇÖs.