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Stark County History and Genealogy

Townships of Stark County

Click here to view the 1887 Township Map Elmira Essex Goshen Osceola Penn Toulon Valley West Jersey

Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: 1825 1839 - Putnam 1829 1839 - Knox 1823 1825 - Fulton 1821 1823 - Pike 1812 1821 - Madison 1801 1812 - St. Clair County Seat: 1841 Toulon

Online Data

County History and Information General county history and information Genealogical Information (obits, census records, marriages, births, biographies, etc.) Village History and Information includes biographies and photos Stark County History Henry Ford's History of Stark County (Taken from the "Earliest Historical Facts of Marshall-Putnam Counties Also Bureau and Stark Counties", Embracing an Account of the Settlement and Early Progress, complied and published by Mr. Henry A. Ford, 1860 ) Stark County and Its Pioneers by Mrs. E. H.  Shallenberger, 1876  (Pages 28-32, Chapter 2 now online) Early Physicians of Stark County (NEW!) Early Stark County Settlers Biographies  Mrs. Mary Camp  Jesse L. Moffitt General Thomas J. Henderson Railroad News Items From the Stark County News - 1869  The building of the Dixon, Peoria and Hannibal Railroad The 1880 Reunion of the 112th Illinois Volunteers at Bradford - September 30, 1880 - Taken From the Wyoming Post - Reprinted in the Henry Republican Miscellaneous News Items A Dash for Liberty (Attempted jail break  from the Stark County Jail- taken from the Henry Times, April 17, 1890) Area Farmers Organize Stark Farm Bureau in 1919 (Taken From the Bradford Republican 75th Anniversary Issue, August 1964) Newspaper Stories, Gossip, Etc. (NEW!) Newspaper Clippings From the Bradford Republican, Bradford, Illinois  (Miscellaneous news clipping from Grandma Piper's Files taken from the Bradford Republican.  I've tried to organize them by year.) History of Stark County Settlements,Towns and Villages Bradford Businesses on Main Street in 1869 Owners of Property in the original town of Bradford, as of September 22nd, 1869 Bradford in 1877 (short sketch in the Henry Republican, 1877) Out in the County - A visit to Bradford (Taken From the Henry News Republican October 21, 1869) Ye Olden Times  (News From the Past - Taken From the Bradford Republican The Bradford Republican 75th Anniversary Issue, August, 1964 - Containing The History of Bradford, Its People and Surrounding Area (This online transcription by Nancy J. Piper with permission from the Bradford Republican) Page One (Dorgan Girl's Visit with Henry Ford in 1938, Elmiria School Dates Back 1838, 109-Year Landmark Stands As First School Building, Area Farmers Organize Stark Farm Bureau - 1919) Page Two (Jim Dandy Horse Collar Factory "Collars" The Nation's Business, Amaquonsippi Trail Asset To Community, Motion Pictures Big Hit Here, Early School Life) Elmira  The History of Elmira Township School (Taken From the Bradford Republican 75th Anniversary Issue, August 1964) Castleton Local Gossip from the Henry News Republican Lombardville / LaFayette / Duncan / Modena / West Jersey / Speer / Stark / Oseola / Toulon Stark County Genealogical Information Biography - Miles Avery Family from Wyoming, PA Biography - Cornelius Aten from New Jersey Index to Obituaries and death notices (New!) Browse Obituaries Marriages Stark County Marriage Records  (1831-1866) Marriages from 1867 - 1883 Newspaper announcements from the Henry Republican Marriages from 1920 - 1940   Births Census Records 1860 Federal Census Page 1 (New Jersey Twp) Stark County Convicts in the Joliet Prison

Off-Site Links to Data

Almshouse Register Index Karen's AHGP Stark County Website (new url!) 1865 Stark County Census Transcription

 

Stark County Courthouse 130 West Main Street Toulon, IL 61483 County Clerk: (309) 286-5911 Circuit Clerk: (309) 286-5941 Recorder: (309) 286-5911

 

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