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	Important Addresses Ford County Courthouse 200 West State Street Paxton, IL 60957 Office of County Clerk and Recorder Room 101 Courthouse Paxton, IL 60957 379-2721 Ford County Historical Society P.O. Box 213 Paxton, IL 60957-0213 Townships of Ford County Brenton (formerly Stockton) Button Dix (formerly Drummer Grove) Drummer Lyman Mona Patton (formerly Prairie City) Peach Orchard Pella (formerly Brenton) Rogers (formerly Grant) Sullivant Wall Towns/Villages of Ford County Kempton, Piper City, Roberts, Sibley, Melvin, Elliott, Gibson City, Paxton Surrounding counties: Livingston, Iroquois, Vermilion, Champaign, McLean Search our Sites Links Ford County Fact Sheet World War II Casualites for Ford Co 1895 Map of Ford County			Genealogical Data Online History of Ford 1859 to 1959 1860 Mortality Schedule [In 1850, Ford is enumerated with Vermilion county] 1917 Business Directory 1940 Gibson City Directory 1940 Plat Map of Gibson City 1947 Gibson City Directory Ford County Residents listed on the Joliet Prison Convict Register Biographies of Ford County Residents Newspaper Clippings Obituary Index CEMETERY RECORDS Drummer Township Cemetery Transcriptions: Drummer Township Cemetery Burials - the most complete record to date, newly revised 4/2012 Drummer Twp Cemetery Reading done by Ford County residents and researchers Ernie & Betty Schroeder. Surnames A-G, H-P, Q-Z Drummer Township Cemetery Burials - from Sexton Records Brenton Cemetery Listing Piper City Elliott Cemetery Listing Farmersville Cemetery Listing Hall Cemetery Listing Lyman Township Burials Meharry Cemetery Listing Melvin Cemetery Listing Mount Hope Cemetery Listing Mount Olivet Cemetery Listing Pleasant Grove Cemetery Listing Pontoppidan Church Cemetery Listing St. Joseph's Cemetery (Caberry, Ill) Ten Mile Grove Cemetery Listing Waggoner Cemetery Listing Deaths MILITARY RECORDS 1883 Pensioners on the Rolls World War 1 Dix township soldiers SCHOOL RECORDS Class of 1929 - Graduation Program, including Class List. Melvin-Sibley High School Graduates 1892-1940 Illinois Genealogy Trails Websites Visit our Main Genealogy Illinois Trails Website for much more data!!! Volunteer to Host other counties. Research Page - How to get started, where to write State Data - First Settlers, Old Handwriting Samples, Old Trails, etc Record Availability by county Subscribe to the Illinois Trails Mailing List Visit our other counties - via Clickable Map
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