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Vermilion County History & Genealogy
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History of Vermilion County
from the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois",
1901
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Vermilion County, an eastern county, bordering on the Indiana State
line, and drained by the Vermilion and Little Vermilion Rivers, from which it takes its name. It was originally
organized in 1826, when it extended north to Lake Michigan. Its present area is 926 square miles. The discovery
of salt springs, in 1819, aided in attracting immigration to this region, but the manufacture of salt was abandoned
many years ago. Early settlers were Seymour Treat, James Butler, Henry Johnston, Harvey Lidington, Gurdon S. Hubbard
and Daniel W. Beckwith. James Butler and Achilles Morgan were the first County Commissioners. Many interesting
fossil remains have been found, among them the skeleton of a mastodon (1868). Fire clay is found in large quantities,
and two coal seams cross the county. The surface is level and the soil fertile. Corn is the chief agricultural
product, although oats, wheat, rye, and potatoes are extensively cultivated. Stock-raising and wool-growing are
important industries. There are also several manufactories, chiefly at Danville, which is the county-seat. Coal
mining is carried on extensively, especially in the vicinity of Danville. Population (in 1880): 41,588; in 1890:
49,905; in 1900: 65,635
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History of Danville
from the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois",
1901
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Danville, the county-seat of Vermilion County, on Vermilion River
and on five important lines of railroad; in rich coal-mining district and near large deposts of shale and soapstone,
which are utilized in manufacture of sewer-pipe, paving and fire-clay brick. The city has car-shops and numerous
factories, water-works, electric lights, paved streets, several banks, 27 churches, five graded schools and one
high school, and six newspapers, three daily. A Soldiers' Home is located three miles east of the city. Pop (1890),
11,491. (1900) 16,354.
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Online Data
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Census
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Biographies
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Obituary Index (Updated)
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Deaths
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Church Records
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Cemeteries
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Military
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Newspaper Stories
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Births
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Marriages
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History
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Court Records
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County Map
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Family Records
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Vermilion County Residents in the Joliet Prison
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Queries
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Website Updates:
Dec 2011: HENDERSON, HAWKINS biographies
Oct 2011: POLLOCK obit
July 2011: JOHNSON, VAN VICKLE, DALEY obits; Gossip news item for ANDERSON; Tornadoes under "weather news"
June 2011: YOUNG, HOLLOWEY obits
Apr 2011: COPE-JAMES obit
Jan 2011: KELLY crime news
Nov 2010: MORRISON, WATSON obits; CATHERWOOD bio
Oct 2010: Updated info for 73rd Infantry soldiers; 1890 Reunion pix of 73rd Inf; obit for HAINES
July 2010: Court records for the MAKEMSON/MAKENSON family; Death notice for Oliver ANDERSON and unknown PEERMAN
June 2010: BRADY obit
Dec 2009: MCGINZEY "Sick List" news item
Nov 2009: 79th Infantry Company C Muster roll
Sep 2009: RIFE obit
July 2009: Oakwood Cemetery; News Item about BROWN
May 2009: Potomac Cemetery NIXON Burials; NIXON, CADLE burials; additional Vermilion Grove Cemetery Burials; Songer,
Pate and Greenwood Cemetery updates; Under HISTORY: Danville postmasters; Towns of Vermilion county and how they got their names;
Extinct Towns as of 1940; Old Cemeteries of Vermilion County
Apr 2009: Obits for BREWER, MASON, MAKEMSON, MESSINGER; Burials in Makemsom Cemetery; burials in Oakhill and Mt.
Vernon cems; burial locations of soldiers of company C of the 73rd infantry; Query Page;
Mar 2009: SESLOR obit; Oakwood Cemetery and Mt. Vernon Cemetery burials; Makemson bios
Feb 2009: Mount Pisgah, Dalbey, Sharon, Gundy Cemetery Burials; WATSON Cemetery; Early Danville Photographers
Jan 2009: Death Announcements for MYERS, NOBLE, SELBY, WHITCOMB
1840 Census of Danville
- Now Complete with headcounts! Churches and Ministers
of Verm. Co; WHEELER, HUFFMAN, JOHNSON, BREWER, FOETNER, HOUF,
SIDELL obits;
Report of 1865 soldier meeting; Stillbirths for 1877-1882; FRAZIER Family History; SMITH Family death and birth records; 1850 and 1860 Mortality Index; Early Marriages from 1830's. Early
Settler's Biographies; First
Settlements; Early
Military Invasion of Vermilion county; Elder sons and daughters of Vermilion county; History of Old Indian Village of Piankeshaw; Vermilion county in the civil war and After the War; List
of Pensioners on the Roll as of January 1, 1883; Old Sandusky Cemetery burials; Gordon Cemetery Burials |
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