Washington County, Illinois

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A N N I V E R S A R I E S

Anniversaries F r o m :
The Nashville Journal - August 17, 1933

A R T I C L E S

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History of Ashley				Ashley Schools						Ode to Son		Tuckerville

B I O G R A P H I E S

ANKESHEIL / ANKERSHEIL AYERS BACKS    - 3 - CRAIN, William Henry DOWNES FOSTER, Asa HAUN HOFFMAN    1662 - 1972 KURTZ / KURZ     - 3 - LAMAR LYONS MATTHEWS McCLURKEN, Roselia Florence ( nee Redfern) McCOY McLAUGHLIN NEWMAN

PIERSON, Amzi PIERSON, Walter PEITHMANN PRENTICE, Ela SCHNAKE SCHUETZ SEGELHORST, William F. SEYLER SHINALT SMITH Family SMITH, William Uriah STEPHENSON, William Jefferson STINDE, Eugene P. STINDE, Freiderich M. STINDE, Herman F. U. SPENCER SUMMERS WEST, Elijah T. WEST, James Madison Letters- An Abolition Preacher WEST -- Thomas West and Descendants WILSON WOODROME WRIGHT, William Jefferson WULFMANN, Elizabeth

B I R T H         R E C O R D S

B O O K S

Why Emigrate? "History of the Wulfmann Family" "Geschichte die Familie Wulfmann" By : Dr. David S. Wulfman		Hoffmanns 1662 - 1972 By : Bernice Rheinhardt transcribed & edited by : By : Dr. David S. Wulfman
McKENZIE FAMILY TALES and Select Overripe Wild Persimmons By : Dr. Francis L. McKenzie		Out Of The Past      Short Stories Growing up on a family farm in Washington County, Hoyleton Township, Illinois, (1913-1934) By : Roscoe E. Peithman

C A N       Y O U       I D E N T I F Y
Photographs from the Past

C E M E T E R I E S

James Burns
Monument Marks Lone Grave

C E N S U S

1855 Washington County State Census

1865 Elkton Precinct, Washington County State Census

1865 Pilot Knob Precinct, Washington County State Census

1880 Ag Census for George Henderson

C H U R C H         H I S T O R I E S

Pietist Movement among German Protestants

St. Salvador Lutheran Church     of Venedy

C H U R C H         R E C O R D S

Oak Grove Presbyterian Church
Pilot Knob Township, Washington County, Illinois

Register of Communicants

Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery

1911 Newspaper Articles

St. John's UCC of Johannisburg
Johannisburg Township, Washington County, Illinois

Church History & Anniversary

Baptisms: 1838-1880

Baptisms: 1881-1930

Burials: 1843-1880

Burials 1881-1981

Marriages: 1843-1882

Marriages: 1883-1930

Catholic Church Records
for the Belleville Archdiocese
were microfilmed and are available in the
Belleville Public Library
121 East Washington Street
Belleville, Illinois 62220
Telephone : 618 - 234 - 0441
web site : http://www.bellevillepubliclibrary.org/genealogy.htm
Hours:
Monday - Thuisday : 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Friday & Saturday : 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Sunday

Note : St. Barbara's microfilm is almost impossible to read.

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C I T I E S

Nashville - Main Street		Cities, Towns, & Villages Ashley History Ashley "Memories" Hoyleton History Nashville Buildings Nashville Street Scenes Richview History Tuckerville		Nashville - East Main Street - 1917

C O N V I C T S

Quick Index to Joliet Prisoners

D E A T H         R E C O R D S

Death Index 1916 -1950

Death Certificates

Ebenezer Lutheran Church, - Okawville (Grand Prairie)
Death Records - 1871-1883

McCoy Family Bible
"Deaths" page

Miscellaneous Death Listings

See : Family Records
Index of Documents for various Surnames

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Online Illinois Death Indexes & Records

E X E C U T I O N S

FA M I L Y         R E C O R D S

FU N E R A L         N O T I C E S

SCHEAFFER, Edna E.

L A N D         R E C O R D S

Newman Land Acquisitions

L I B R A R I E S

Museum Washington County Historical Society P.O. Box 9 Nashville, IL 62263 Mail questions/requests to: Attention of Wanda Groennert The museum is located in the 300 block of South Kaskaskia Street in Nashville and can be visited by appointment only.

M A P S

		Northern Townships       Covington       Hoyleton       Irvington       Okawville       Venedy		Central Townships       Ashley       Beaucoup       Johannisburg       Nashville       Plum Hill       Richview		Southern Townships       Bolo       DuBois       Lively Grove       Oakdale       Pilot Knob

M A R R I A G E         R E C O R D S Partial Lists
Book _ - 1831 - 1832 Book A - 1833 - 1839 Book A - 1840 - 1844 Book A - 1845 - 1849 Book A - 1850 - 1857 Book B - 1857 - 1865 Book C - 1866 -1877 Book D - 1877 - 1890 Book E - 1914 - 1921		Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Okawville (Grand Prairie) Weddings		Wedding Announcements F r o m : The Nashville Journal August 17, 1933

W E D D I N G S
Nolte & Schneider Stroh & Reeves

M I L I T A R Y         R E C O R D S

Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans of J Burns Company, Regiment 3, Brigade 3

Military Pensions

Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887-1916) at Quincy, Illinois

Washington County, Illinois Veterans - with additional info added

1912 - - Co. B, 111th Ill Vol 50th Anniversary

1929 Illinois Roll of Honor for Veterans from : Washington County, Illinois

World War I Veterans Photos

Korean War Casualty List

Viet Nam War Casualty List

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

M I S C E L L A N C E O U S         R E C O R D S

Washington County Residents as Patients at Anna State Mental Hospital - 1914

M O R T A L I T Y         R E C O R D S

N A M E         O R I G I N S

N E W S P A P E R         I T E M S

Newspaper Extracts 1900 - 1949
Primarily from The Nashville Journal

Ashley Town Marshall's
Daughter Slain in St. Louis - 1928
from Marci's collection

O B I T U A R I E S

ADAMS, James ADAMS, John ADAMS, Thomas ALEXANDER, James M. ALLEN, Hiram R. ALLEN, William I. BACKS -7- BAILEY, Andrew R. BARCZEWSKI, John BARCZEWSKI, Lottie (nee Paskiewicz) BARCZEWSKI, Valentine BEGGS, Julia M. BLEDSOE, Mary (nee Cammack) BOOTH, Walter S. BOSWELL, Andrew J. BOYLE - 2- BROCHERDING, Julia BRUECKMAN, Gus BUHRMAN -5 - CAMMACK, Adolphus CAMMACK, Laura Ann (nee West) CARRICK, Robert M. CARRICK, Roy CARRICK, Lucinda CHORPENNING, George B. CHORPENNING, Reuben J. CHURCH, Robert H. COULTER, Samuel L. CROW, David M. DICKEY, John DUGUID, David EARNEST, Henry EDMINSTON, Agnes EIDMANN, Thomas ELKENDIER, George EVILSIZER - 5 - FARMER, Camel (Carmel) L. FELTS - 2 - FRANCIS, William L. GAEBE, Henry GARLING, Alvina GARVIN, John R. GASS, Harriet ( nee Logan ) GASS, Samuel H. GIVEN, William GLUSENKAMP, August GLUSENKAMP, John Fred GUTHRIE, Allison Guy GUTHRIE, Ross HAMILTON, Mary E. HAY, Daniel L. HENDERSON, George HOFFMAN, Augusta Sophia (nee Leseman) HOHMAN, Henry E. F. HOLTGREWE, Kermit HOUSTON, Dr. John B. HUFFMAN, Oscar N. JAHNKE, Martha (nee Kitowski JONES, Newton F. JONES, Thomas JORDAN, George KAEMPER, Henry KEADY, Moses KENNEDY, John C. KITOWSKI, Stanley KLUTHE, Frederick W. KOELLER, Henry KURTZ - 4 - LAMPE, Mrs. William LEHR, Jacob LEKER, Casper LESEMAN, Frederick LESEMANN, Phillip B. LOGAN, Bias D. LOGAN, James B. LUKE, William LUNEY, Thomas LYONS, Orval

MARTIN - 3 - MARTIN, George MARTIN, William H. MAXWELL, Henderson MAXWELL, India M. MAXWELL, Mary Ann McALLISTER, A. MEANS, Zachary MENZE, Christian MERX, William Henry Gustav MOORE, J. C. McBRIDE, Jesse McCLURKEN / McCLURKIN- 8 - McCLURKEN, Rebecca M. McCONNELL, Robert McCLURKEN, Roselia Florence ( nee Redfern) McCONNELL, William McELROY, Hugh McELROY, John McKENZIE, Cora NEHRING, Emelia (nee Bardelt) NOLTE, John Adam PIPER, John POWER, James H. RAYMOND, Louis REED, George RICE, Rev. Alexander REIDLEBERGER, William C. REUTER, H. F. REUTER, Mary C. RIECHMAN, William ROHLFING, Charles SACHTLEBEN, Mary SCHILLING, Augusta S. A.. SCHNAKE, Henry SEGELHORST, William F. with Biography SEYLER, Frederick SKINNER, Franklin STAVICKI, Michael STERN, Albert J. STINDE, Eugene P. STINDE, Freiderich M. C. STINDE, Herman F. U. STOKES, Henry TAYLOR, Samuel M. TEBO, , John C. THAXTON, Margaret E. TOEDTE, William, Sr. WAGGAMAN, George E. WALKER, Rev. George WEST, Elijah T. WEST, Emma (nee Cammack) WILSON, Rebecca M. WRIGHT, George WRIGHT, George W. YOUNG, Flora YOUNG, William M. ZIEGEL, Antoinette ZIEGEL, Peter

Delores Riley has offered to furnish "Nashville News" obituaries from 1990 trhough 2005
If you can furnish publication date from the index, it would be a great help.
However, a few issues of the paper are missing from her collection.
Most of these are on 3 x 5 cards and copies will be mailed to the requester.
Please note : There is a limit of 4 per request.
Contact : Delores

Obituary Indexs Alphabetical Listings of Names listed in the "Nashville News" 7Jan1998 - 30Dec1998 6Jan1999 - 29Dec1999 5Jan2000 - 27Dec2000 3Jan2001 - 26Dec2001 2Jan2002 - 31Dec2002 8Jan2003 - 27Aug2003

O R P H A N ' S         H O M E S

PA S S E N G E R         L I S T S

P E N S I O N         R E C O R D S

Military Pensions

P O S T         O F F I C E S

PR O B A T E         R E C O R D S

Q U E R I E S

"Arborwood" Queries pre-September 2004

S C H O O L S

S P O R T S

S U R N A M E S

See : Family Records
Index of Documents for various Surnames

W E A T H E R

V E T E R A N S

		United States at War V E T E R A N S       Listed Alphabetically | A |   | B |   | C |   | D |   | E |   | F |   | G |   | H |   | I |   | J |   | K |   | L |   | M |   | Mc |   | N |   | O |   | P |   | Q |   | R |   | S |   | T |   | U |   | V |   | W |   | X |   | Y |   | Z |     Unknown Burial Locations Marcellus J. Newman - Civil War Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor 1912 - - Co. B, 111th Ill Vol 50th Anniversary World War I Veterans Photos Korean War Casualty List Viet Nam War Casualty List World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

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