Pioneers of Putnam
County
Old Putnam In Ye Olden Time (An article written
about the a meeting in February 1868 of the settlers of Old Putnam county
which included Putnam, Bureau, Marshall and La Salle counties. Lists
the names of those present at the meeting and when/where they settled.
Pioneers
Biographies, Sketches and
Obituaries (Updated 12/02/07 - Added the
biographies of William A. Kays, William Edward Hawthorne, David B. Moore,
Hon. Joel Wilson Hopkins)
Letter from Thomas Dent
Copy of a letter written by Thomas Dent
to his cousin Louis E. Ijams , both grandsons of Thomas Plummer Ijams, 1901-
Donated by Peggy Cacciamatta. In the letter Thomas tells of his family
first settling in Putnam County Illinois and gives a lot of family
history.
The Record of Olden Times Biographical Department - Putnam County
From "The Record of Olden Times or Fifty Year on the Prairie"
embracing sketches of the discovery, exploration and settlement of the country.
by Spencer Elsworth, Lacon, IL Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment
Copyright Date MDCCCLXXX (1880)
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Hennepin Township (pages 635 - 653)
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Page 635 - Amos T. Purviance,
H. C. Pierce, Leland Broaddus, Henry Childs, James Shields, Nelson Shepherd
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Page 636 - John Bosst, Peter
Schitz, Anthony Reavy, Frederick Sebold, G. W. Pool, David J. Leech
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Page 637 - L. B. Skeel, Peter
Hollerich, Edwin R. Spencer, Henrietta Thiel, Jospeh Etscheid, Dr. A. M.
Vanderslice, John H. Deininger, Augustus Cassell
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Page 638 - Robert Leech, W. S.
Bosley, Mrs. Sara J. Ross, Philip Ham, David B. Moore, Otto Halbleib, John
Hufnagle
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Page 639 - David Nixon, James
A. Patton, John Newport, Michael Clamens, Benjamin Sutcliffe, Williamson
Durley
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Page 640 - Simon Hedrick, R. A.
Radle, George Taylor, Asa Cunningham, J. P., William A. Kays, William H.
Brock, D. W. Danley, Stephen Newbern, J. M. Cowen
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Page 641 - Dr. C. M. Duncan, Joseph
B. Albert, J. P., Charles O. Turner, Dr. J. F. O'Neal, Oakes Turner
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Page 642 - John Lehmann, Josephus
Phelps, Joseph Forney, William Stehl, John Brumfield, Henry Griner, Asaph
Paralee, James L. Patterson
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