Welcome to Marshall County Illinois History and Genealogy Hi, my name is Nancy Piper and I am the host for Putnam, Bureau, LaSalle and Marshall Counties. My ancestors came to Illinois over 150 years ago and settled in the tiny village of Florid, which is no longer even a name on a map.  I've always been a "history buff" and these pages let me help share the world my "findings".  On these pages you will find the information pertaining to the history of  Marshall County.  Our goal is to have available free of charge as much information as possible and will be adding continuously to these pages, so check back often.   If you are interested in hosting a county, state or just donating new information that you feel would be of interest to others, please visit Genealogy Trails. If you have any information to add, please E-mail me.   May 2012 Updates PIONEERS Biographies:  C. E. Abbott, John Algoe, Abram Allen, S. G. Allen, August Appleton, Aaron Axline, Frank Baer, E. P. Barker, S. C. Barrett, Milton Bayne, R. F. Becher, Zera P. Beckwith, A. Beckworth, Andrew J. Bishop, George W. Bickerman, John Bickerman, Daniel N. Blood, Francis H. Bond, Jr., Frank H. Brant, Johnson Brown, Richard Burroughs, Abner Camp, Edward Clifford, Samuel D. Clifford, Nancy H. (Brassfield) Louden Coan, A. Cohn TOWNSHIP HISTORY 1866 Register of Electors for Evans Township - Contributed by Steph McGrath April 2012 Updates PIONEERS Biographies:   Ely Albertson, Benjamin Babb, Charles M. Baker, George Ball, Charles Balleweg, Jr., Jesse B. Bane, Samuel D. Baxendale, John Berry, George F. Blackstone, Elenora A. (Bullman) Blackstone, Otto Brauns, Irving Broaddus, Judge John Burns, Olney Burton, Washington E. Cook, Edward Corcoran, John Coutlett, Sarah E. (Dever) Coutlett, Henry L. Crane, Dr. Davis and Mrs. Emily K. Davis, Dr. W. W. Dean, James Dever, Mrs. Nancy Dever, M. P. Dilley, Charles H. Dressler, Robert B. Edwards, G. W. Emerick, Ira Fenn, Cicero M. Ferguson, Allen N. Ford, Willis H. Ford, C. C. Gapen, James F. Gates, Frederick Geude, Samuel Gibb, C. Gould, H. G. Grawburg, Edward Green, A. B. Hall, Jesse Q. Hall, J. H. Hall January 2012 DEATHS Obituary of Charles Edward Willey BIRTHS ( Vital records and newspaper announcements) CEMETERIES COUNTY HISTORY Doctors, History and Histoical Sketches, Postal Routes & Offices, Schools, Railroads, Roads & Highways DEATHS Vital records, Mortality Indexes and newspaper announcements) DISASTERS   FAMILY HISTORY Family Biographies, Homepages, Family Photo GOVERNMENT Delinquent Tax List, County Convention, Proceeding of the Board of Supervisors, Circuit Court Proceedings, Township Elections, Court News MARRIAGES (Vital records and newspaper announcements) MILITARY HISTORY NEWSPAPERS Newspapers and Misc. News Articles OLD SETTLER ASSOCIATION MEETINGS PIONEERS (Biographies, Obituaries, Sketches, etc.) TOWNSHIP HISTORY (Township Disasters, History and Historical Sketches, News Articles, Township Pioneers, Photos) VILLAGE HISTORY ( Businesses, Manufacturing, Burglaries, Disasters, History, Historical Sketches, Prominent Citizens and Early Pioneers, Photos, Riverboat News) WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES (Note:  The link to this section has changed.  I've acquired so many anniversaries that that are now indexed alphabetically.) LINKS AND INFORMATION Search Marshall County, Illinois History and Genealogy powered by FreeFind

Marshall County Biographies, Homepages and Family Photos and Family Information PHOTOS George Laible Family Photo (Courtesy of Arleen (Laible) McClanahan) The Somerfeld Family (Photos and family history donated by Dawn Coen) Michael and Lucy Seelye Landers - Contributed by Kelly Dearing Reffett Photo of Emeline Carter - Contributed by Helen Popp   Ella Iliff, Horace Greeley Ramp and Samuel Ramp - Contributed by Roberta Hofmann The Residence of John Murphy, Varna IL - Contributed by Robert Coppernell   Family History Ramsey Bible Records - Contributed by Jane Foster  NEW!! Descendants of Andrew Ramsey - Contributed by Jane Foster NEW!! Family of Cornelius Hunt   Compiled by James A. Cavanaugh FAMILY WEBSITES Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest (Website by David Beckwith - has information on the Alfred Mateer family of Marshall/Lasalle county) The Frain Family Genealogy (Website by Joseph Frain devoted to research on families of Luke Frain and Elizabeth Bird) The Shoof/Coen Family Tree Great website by Dawn Coen.  Dawn states on her website "Most of the family members contained in this subset lived and died in Illinois (Marshall County area), Wisconsin (Portage County area) or Pennsylvania (Beaver County). This main surnames contained here are Coen, Schoof, Schaefer, Cain, Bercich, Rice, Shellman, Buchanan, Cisewski, Damask, Simonis, Ewing, Hutchison, Johnson, Koziczkowski, Quiram, Sluder, Suydam, Wehling, Coombs and Schoppe." The Hollenback Family Website   {LouAnn Cameron writes " We have created a Hollenback family website which includes families in Marshall county.") (If you have a Marshall County Family  Genealogy or History Homepage and you'd like to have linked here, please let me know .)  EMAIL

Marshall County Information Marshall County and Community Links Mashall County Historical Society Henry, Illinois Public Library City of Toluca Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Simon Shaffer #134 Camp, Lacon IL Helpful Links and surrounding counties Putnam County, IL History and Genealogy Bureau County, IL History and Genealogy LaSalle County, IL History and Genealogy Woodford County, IL History and Genealogy Peoria County IL History and Genealogy Stark County IL History and Genealogy The Illinois State Archives  (On-line data bases of the following records:  Public Domain Land Sales, Spanish-American War, Black Hawk War, Civil War) Illinois State Genealogical Society Cemetery Project  ( lists numerous cemeteries by County and Township including active, inactive, and deteriorated.) Information Sources Henry, Illinois Public Library 702 Front Street Henry, Illinois 61537 Phone: (309) 364-2516 Fax: (309) 364-2717 Hours: Mon, Thur, Fri - 1-5 PM;  Tue. 10 - 5 PM; Wed. 1 - 8 PM, Sat. 10-3 PM Closed Thurs The Illinois State Archives   Margaret Cross Norton Building Capitol Complex Springfield, IL 62756 Telephone: (217) 782-4682 Fax: (217) 524-3930 Hours: Monday Friday    8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.   Saturday 8:00 a.m. 3:30 p.m.   (except on holiday weekends) The State Archives serves by law as the depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values.   This includes birth, death, and census records.   The Illinois State Archives, has indexes for most of the nineteenth century censuses and the federal Soundexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920. The Archives also has the Illinois state and federal census records for the years 1810 1880, 1900 1920. The 1865 and 1870 censuses have not been indexed. Its collections do not include manuscript, newspaper, or other nonofficial sources.   These records are made available to the public, officials, and scholars at the Norton Building and at seven regional depositories located on state university campuses throughout Illinois. The Archives provides access to them through a series of printed and electronic guides, and by in-person, mail, telephone, FAX, and Internet database reference services. ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY Old State Capitol Springfield, IL 62701 Hours:  Monday-Friday  8:30 AM - 5:00 PM General Information

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