Pioneers of Marshall County Illinois

Pioneers of Marshall County  (Biographies and Obituaries)  UPDATED!!

• Biographies:  Frederick Peters , Rev. Father John F. Power , Wm. M. Pyle, Richard Gell, William Gapen, Carrie C. Gage, James B. Martin, George W. Taylor, John Hoffrichter, Andrew Jackson, B. Kilbourn Jackson

Old Settlers of Marshall County (Written by L.P. Bates in 1867, a short sketch of the lives of three settlers, Franklin W. Graves, Richard Scholes and F.M. Bates)

The Graves Family (Taken From the Marshall County Republican, December 5, 1867.  Story  of Franklin W. Graves and family, First Settler of Sparland - who tragically died with the Donner Party crossing  the mountains to California.  Written by "An Old Columbian" who actually knew them.)

Pioneer Tidbits:  Short Articles on pioneers of Marshall County

• William Brown - Revolutionary Soldier - Contributed by Bill Brown

Sketches of G. F. Wightman and Charles Fosbender - 1879 20th District representatives (Henry Republican, August 21, 1879)