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Washington County, Illinois
Established January 2, 1818 Parent County = St. Clair County, Illinois Washington County was formed including what is now Clinton County December 28, 1824 Clinton County was separated, leaving Washington County as it is now County Seat = Nashville Latitude = 36º 58' N to 42º 30' N Longitude = 87º 30' W to 91º 30' W
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Courthouse
1906 Postcard Photograph

Washington County, Illinois
History, etc.
Cities, Towns, Villages & Areas

Court House - History, 1906 Photo and 1884 Construction News

Establishing a County Seat of Government

"Looking Back"
articles (circa 1950) by : Charles G. Baldwin; about History of Washington County

Sheriffs, early years, of Washington County, Illinois

The House That Houses The Washington County Historical Society Museum

A N N I V E R S A R I E S R E U N I O N S, etc. Decoration Day Observances 1912 - - Co. B, 111th Ill Vol 50th Anniversary Anniversaries F r o m : The Nashville Journal - August 17, 1933 McKENZIE Family Reunions 1953, 2008 & 2009

A R T I C L E S
A Casualty of Change (Tuckerville) By : Jefferey McKenzie ©

Founding of Memorial Park in Nashville By : Eddie Kemper

"Looking Back"
articles (circa 1950) by : Charles G. Baldwin; about History of Washington County

Wood Tavern Possibly the oldest building in Nashville and Washington County

B I R T H R E C O R D S
Miscellaneous Births 1871 - 1920

B O O K S

Why Emigrate?
"History of the Wulfmann Family"
"Geschichte die Familie Wulfmann"
By : Dr. David S. Wulfman

McKENZIE FAMILY TALES
and Select Overripe Wild Persimmons
By : Dr. Francis L. McKenzie

1923 Nashville High School Yearbook

1952 Beaucoup School Days Memories

Hoffmanns 1662 - 1972
By : Bernice Rheinhardt
transcribed & edited by :
By : Dr. David S. Wulfman

Out Of The Past Short Stories
Growing up on a family farm in
Washington County,
Hoyleton Township, Illinois, (1913-1934)
By : Roscoe E. Peithman

1952 Nashville Telephone Directory

-- off-site at Roger Kemps website --
little book graphic

History of Oakdale Township in pdf format - Requires "Adobe Reader"
Compiled by Lawrence Hood and Claudine Coulter in 1969; Reprinted about 1986
Also available at the Nashville Public Library, Nashville, IL.

-- off-site at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign website --
little book graphic

This is Washington County in pdf format - Requires "Adobe Reader"
It's First 150 Years, 1818 -1968

BOOK REVIEWS Udo Thöerner's History of Lutheran Immigration from Venne, Germany to America See : Review

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

Mr. & Mrs Alexander McAllister's 47th Anniversary Photo - 1918

Barbara's Gallery has 157 photographs from Washington County, A few are identified, but most are not. Family portraits and some social scenes taken predominantly between 1880 - 1920, in Nashville, Washington Co, Illinois and surrounding area
- off site link - (should open in a separate browser window) Nashville Photo Project

Ashley Grade School - 1906

Boy Scouts - 1924 - Nashville

Unidentified People

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

1870 Census for Plum Hill Township

1880 Ag Census for George Henderson

1880 Ag Census for Okawville, (Plum Hill)

C H U R C H E S
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C H U R C H H I S T O R I E S

Ashley Baptist Church

Ashley Methodist Church

Eklton Union Church

Johannisburg - St. John's United Church of Christ 175th Anniversay Booklet
Part II is Church Records including :
Introduction, Cross Reference, Baptisms, Burials, Cemetery, Confirmations, Marriages (Bride), Marriages (Groom)

Nashville Presbyterian Church, 1832 - 1879

St. Ann Catholic Church, Nashville

Pietist Movement among German Protestants

Radom Churches

St. Barbara Catholic Church of Scheller - Centennial St. Barbara Catholic Church 1898 - 1998
Located on Genealogy Trails - Jefferson County, IL website

St. Salvador Lutheran Church aka St. Salvator Lutheran Church of Venedy

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S

Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Okawville (Grand Prairie), Illinois
Births / Baptisms 1865 - 1875 1875 - 1879 1879 - 1888		Confirmations 1871 - 1883		Communion Records 1873 & 1874 1875 & 1876 1877 & 1878 1879 & 1880 1881 & 1882 1883		Death Records 1871-1884		Weddings 1870 - 1885

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
Oak Grove Presbyterian Church
Pilot Knob Township, Washington County, Illinois

Minutes of Meetings 1872 - 1911

Register of Communicants

Oak Grove Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Newspaper Articles

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church
Posen, Bolo Township, Washington County, Illinois

Baptisms 1901 - 1906

Marriages 1901 - 1931

Burials 1901 - 1956

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
St. Anthony Catholic Church
Lively Grove, Washington County, Illinois

Baptisms 1868 - Jan 1906

Marriages 1872 - 1931

Burials 1868 - 1956

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
St. Barbara's Catholic Church
Okawville, Okawville Township, Washington County, Illinois

Baptisms 1867 - Jan 1907

Marriages 1872 - 1931

Burials Aug 1868 - May 1908

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
St. John's Evangelical Church of Cordes
Pilot Knob Township, Washington County, Illinois

Baptisms May 1892 - March 1929

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
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

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
St. Lukes Evangelical Church
Nashville, Washington County, Illinois

Death Register October 1863 - December 1892

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C H U R C H R E C O R D S
St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church
Radom, Washington County, Illinois

Baptisms 1874 - 1906

Marriages Dec 1875 - 1931

Burials Aug 1876 - May 1908

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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/archives-and-genealogy
Hours:
Monday - Thursday : 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.

The Diocese of Belleville Catholic Parish Records are now on-line
and browsable on the pilot.familysearch.org website.
The direct link is here: Parish Records

Washington County Catholic Churches included are:
Dubois - St. Charles Borromeo
Lively Grove - St. Anthony
Nashville - St. Ann
Okawville - St. Barbara
Posen - Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Radom - St. Michael

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Illinois Churches

C I T I E S

Nashville Main Street		Cities, Towns, Villages & Areas Ashley History Ashley "Memories" Eklton Hoyleton History McKinley Station Nashville Buildings Nashville History, news items Founding of Memorial Park in Nashville Nashville Electric Light Company Nashville Street Scenes Oakdale Photograhs & Postcards Okawville Landmarks Richview History Tuckerville		Nashville East Main Street - 1917

Contributors

Wilbert J. "Bucky" McCoy -- Author - Genealogist - Historian - Newspaper Columnist

C O N V I C T S

Pardons

Quick Index to Joliet Prisoners

D E A T H R E C O R D S

Death Index 1916 -1950

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
J	K	L	M	Mc	N	O	P	Q
R	S	T	U	V	W		Y	Z

Coal Mine Fatalities in Washington Co., IL.

Death Certificates

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

McCoy Family Bible - "Deaths" page

Miscellaneous Death Listings

Online Illinois Death Indexes & Records

D I V O R C E R E C O R D S

Divorce Records 1819 - 1861 -- with some additional marriage records for the individuals

E X E C U T I O N S

Executions in Washington County

FA M I L Y R E C O R D S

Ankesheil / Ankersheil

Ayers

Biographies for Frederick Backs, Henry William Backs, Louis Backs

BECKER, Descendants of Wilhelm Ernst & Wilhelmine Minnie

The DOWNES Family

FOSTER, Descendants of Asa & Mary

FRIEMAN, Descendents of Herman & Johannah (nee Bergfeldt)

GREEN, Descendants of Hugh Parker & Mary Elizabeth "Betty"

John GILLESPIE Descendants

KEMPS off-site link
Family History Summary Biography Index including additional info for :

Clara Ethel Kemps Boyle 1882 - 1953
Albert Rodman Kemps 1870 - 1958
Clara Mae Rountree Kemps 1881 - 1957
James William Kemps 1807 - 1887
Luther James Kemps 1876 - 1935
Samuel Henry Kemps 1843 - 1921
William Henry Kemps 1878 - 1964
Clara Amanda McClurken Kemps 1849 - 1936
James W. Kemps 1846 - 1867
May Belle Kemps Kirkpatrick 1881 - 1964
Raymond Pressley Kirkpatrick 1880 - 1979
Elizabeth Olivia Kemps McClurken 1847 - 1920
Harriet McClurken 1861 - 1942
James McClurken 1801 - 1875
James H. McClurken 1843 - 1933

Sarah Rodman Hood McClurken 1803 - 1884
Andrew McClurken 1845 - 1933
Annie McClurken 1842 - 1877
Elizabeth Smith McClurken 1767 - 1852
Thomas McClurken 1748 - 1845
Thomas McClurken 1805 - 1867
Thomas McClurken 1828 - 1861
John McClurkin 1792 - 1874
John Johnston McClurkin 1813 - 1907
Hugh Park McClurkin 1821 - 1905
Samuel Rutherford McClurkin 1848 - 1911
Walter Clyde McClurkin 1882 - 1973
Edna Adella Kemps Smith 1885 - 1932

Henley & Meffert Family History

The Early Hohlts of Washington County, IL: 1840-1880

The Elisah Lamar Family

Christain Heinrich Lessemann and Descendants

Matthews & McCoy Families - A Photographic Biography

McLaughlin

Newman and Haun Families in Illinois

Hoffmanns 1662 - 1972

Biographies for : Herman Heinrich Kurtz, Herman Heinrich "Louis" Kurtz, Heinrich Wilhelm Eduard Kurtz

Thomas Morton and Descendants

Meffert & Henley Families History

John PAUL & Descendants

Amzi Pierson - Family Group Sheet

Walter Pierson - Family Group Sheet

Family of Ela Prentice

REUTER, Descendents of Johann Philip & Johannette Philippine (nee Zwengel)

RIXMAN, Descendants of Heinrich & Maria

Ernst Heinrich Schnake Farm Peithmann and Schnake Families in Illinois

Schüetz Families

Schutz / Schuetz Families

Seyler Families

Shinalt

The Smith Family

The Family of William Uriah Smith

William Jefferson Stephenson's Family

SUMMERS, Descendants of Sanders A.

WHITE, Descendents of Francis Marion "Frank"

Wilson & McLaughlin Families

Thomas WEST and Descendants

WETZEL off-site link Wetzel, Witzel, Whitsell Family website

Peter Wisely and Descendants

The Woodrome Family

William Jefferson Wright Family

ZACHEIS, Descendents of Johann George & Anna Maria (nee Müller)

ZWENGEL, Ancestors of Johannette Philippine (nee Zwengel) Reuter

F U N E R A L N O T I C E S

GERSTKEMPER, Chas.

HINTON, J. M.

SCHEAFFER, Edna E.

L A N D R E C O R D S

Misc. Grantor Deed Index

U. S. Marshal's Sales - 1860

Newman Land Acquisitions

L I B R A R I E S

Ashley Public Library 70 North Second Street Ashley, Illinois 62808 618 - 485 - 2295 Open : Tues. and Fri. 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon. 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sat.. 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon Bucky's Historical Room		Irvington Branch Library 208 South 5th Street Irvington, IL 62848 618 - 249-8143		Nashville Public Library 219 East Elm Street Nashville, Illinois 62263 618 - 327 - 3827 FAX : 618 - 32 7- 4820 Geneaolgy & History Resources Available

M A P S
Washington County Maps of Townships
featuring cemetery locations

		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

1831 - 1844 plus Combined Book A 1831 - 1832 ; 1833 - 1839 ; 1840 - 1844 Book A - 1845 - 1849 Book A - 1850 - 1857 Book B - 1857 - 1865 Book C - 1866 -1877 Book D - 1877 - 1890 Book E - 1911 - 1925		Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Okawville (Grand Prairie) Weddings Wedding Announcements F r o m : The Nashville Journal August 17, 1933
	Marriage License - James McClure & Sarah McKinley

W E D D I N G S

Auld - Hood Barczewski - Niedbalski Barczewski - Szymanski Belinski - Dalman Bochantin - Ksycki Bochantin - Szymanski Dalman - Szabelski		East - Maxwell Jahnke - Mathews Maier - Merrick Nolte - Schneider Stonecipher - Kane Stroh - Reeves Szczepanski - Zelasko Trinkey-Sullivan

M E D I C A L

Hospitals

Dentists

Doctors

Washington County Residents as Patients at Anna State Mental Hospital

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

Coal Mines of Washington County 1865 - 1899

Coal Mine Fatalities in Washington Co., IL.

Hoyleton Bank Loan Book 1856 - 1899 6 Pages Contains some Lands Descriptions, etc.

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

1850 Mortality List

M U S E U M S

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

according to : The Nashville News, Nashville, Illinois,May 11, 2011
The Historical Museum will be "open for tours the first Sunday of each month starting in June", 2011.

N A M E O R I G I N S

Brink

N A T U R A L I Z A T I O N S

Naturalizations 1819 - 1861 - including a couple from Jefferson County, IL.

N E W S P A P E R I T E M S

Early Newspapers of Washington County

Newspaper Extracts 1865 - 1894 - Primarily from The Nashville Journal

Newspaper Extracts 1900 - 1949 - Primarily from The Nashville Journal

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

Washington County Gazette - Miscellaneous Articles

O R G A N I Z A T I O N S

Washington County Domesctic Science Association
1918 program for the year, plus a half dozen recipes.

Boy Scouts - Nashville - 1924 - Egyptian Scout Troop

Lodges, Fraternal Organizations and Societies

O R P H A N ' S H O M E S

Hoyleton Orphan's Home

PA S S E N G E R L I S T S

Ship Agnes - November 27, 1848 arrival at New Orleans

P E N S I O N R E C O R D S

Pensioners on the Roll, 1883

Robert J. Guthrie Pension File Documents

Military Pensions

P H O T O G R A P H S

Photo Album - People with names included

P O S T O F F I C E S

Past & Present Post Offices - including additional items of interest

PR O B A T E R E C O R D S
Pre - 1910 Probate Records Index -- [ Legend ] - Abbreviations used in Index [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ Mc ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ] [ Y ] [ Z ] Note : Some Indenture & Inquest Records are located under [ I ]
Births, Bonds, etc. Box 114 -- First Papers Marriage Licenses & Miscellaneous Naturalization Papers People versus - - - Reports ( County )		IRAD contact info : Illinois Regional Archives Depository c/o Special Collections Morris Library-6632 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 62901-6632 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Probates Index Number posted is a Box Number. It appears as is if this is where the records are all stored. Probate boxes - ; and most of this is stored in the basement. If visiting the courthouse in person, then to view the contents; they must be requested in advance; so that that can be brought up from the basement and be available on the day of your arrival. December 2012 -- All probate records numbered 1 thru 125, prior to 1910 (inclusive) are with the state. They are no longer in the Washington County Courthouse. My understanding is that at the present, you can request photocopies of the contents of a Probate Box [as of Dec. 2012 - Nos. 126 and above.] by mail, but that is what you get and pay for : Photocopies of everything in that particular box. This could run into a lot or very little. Of course, if there is a lot in the box, it could become rather expensive. The address : Washington County Courthouse 245 North Kaskaskia Nashville, IL 62263 618-327-4800 Information that was received from a researcher in June, 2003 : It is the CIRCUIT CLERK that you need to contact for these. The old records are getting brittle and more and more people are coming in to handle them. The Clerk is having the old records microfilmed by the state and the originals will be housed in the ARCHIVES, where they can be properly maintained. The COST is $1 per page to copy and the Clerk will do the copying.

Q U E R I E S

Queries A - H Queries J - Z

"Arborwood" Queries pre-September 2004

S C H O O L S

Ashley Schools
Ashley, Washington County, Illinois
including
School Building
1906 Room 4
1906 Room 6
1908 Commencement Program
1925 First Grade
1926 Room 2
1927 unknown Class
1932 Eighth Grade
1936 Ashley High School, Girls Glee Club
1956 basketball article
1973-1974 Fifth Grade

1952 Beaucoup School Days Memories
Beaucoup, Washington County, Illinois
Teachers, Students, Activities, Adverising

Du Bois Schools
Du Bois, Washington County, Illinois

Fairview School
near Ashley, Washington County, Illinois
Class Photos, 1916, 1917, 1919

Hoyleton Schools
Hoyleton, Hoyleton Township, Washington County, Illinois

History of Nashville Schools
1938 Article
1954 Move into new High School

Nashville Grade School
McKelvey School
Nashville Grade School Building
1902 or 1903 3rd Grade
1924 Nashville, 4th Grade
1930 Nashville, 8th Grade
unknown date Nashville Class
Newsletter, December 1950

Nashville High School
including Graduating Classes of
1908, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1934, 1936

1923 Nashville High School Yearbook

Oakdale Grade School
Class photo - unknown year
Teachers photo 1949 / 1950 school year
Class photo, 1949 / 1950 school year

Pleasant Hill School, District No. 32
Hoyleton Township, Washington County, Illinois

Richview Schools
Richview School
Washington Seminary

Washington County Schools
1907 Eighth Grade Graduation

White Oak School
Beaucoup Township, Washington County, Illinois

School Questions & Comments
! - 1930s Country Schools
"brick", Dry Arm, Fairview, Flanagan, Howard
? - Carson School
? - Grand Point School

S P O R T S

Team Photos

1902 Baseball

1906 Traveling Baseball Team -- Nashville

1933-34 Basketball -- Nashville

1952 Girls Softball -- Oakdale -- Winners 1952 Christopher Softball Tournament

S U R N A M E S

Surnames A - I Surnames J - Z

W E A T H E R

Tornados

M I L I T A R Y & V E T E R A N S

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United States at War
Washington County, Illinois Veterans - with additional info added

Artifacts and Momentoes - Artifacts

Draft Registrations - Civil War

Draft Registrations - World War I and World War II A - G H - M N - Z

Decoration Day Observances
including - Deceased Members (in the field) of Co. G, 13^th Illinois Cavalry
including - 1883 Surviving Members of Co. D, 48^th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Unknown Burial Locations

Grand Army of the Republic
G. A. R. 1913 Rosters
G. A. R. Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947
in Washington & Perry Counties, Illinois
including some nearby communities

Marcellus J. Newman - Civil War
Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor

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

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

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

Military Pensions

On of the Last of the Civil War Veterans
James R. Crews

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

Civl War Veterans Photos

World War I Veterans Photos

Korean War Casualty List

Viet Nam War Casualty List

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing

Research Links

Illinois State Archives Databases -- Global Database Search

Illinois Statewide Death Index, Pre-1916 - ongoing project
Illinois Death Certificates, 1916-1950

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 - ongoing project

Illinois War of 1812 Veterans - 1812 - 1815
Illinois Winnebago War Veterans -
1827 company rosters of the 20th Regiment of mounted volunteer riflemen
Illinois Black Hawk War Veterans - 1831-1832
Illinois Mexican War Veterans - 1846 - 1848
Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls - 1861 - 1865
llinois Civil War Veterans of Missouri Units - 1861 - 1865
llinois Civil War Veterans Serving in the U.S. Navy - 1861 - 1865
Illinois Spanish-American War Veterans - 1898

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales

Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

Washington County, Illinois -- Links to School web sites, and other Misc. Links

LDS site

Library of Congress - Local History & Genealogy Reading Room

Obituary Depot

SCHNAKE -- Researching Schnake/Schnacke in Kreis Minden, Westfalen, and worldwide

German Links -- Finding a German Place of Origin

Munsell Family or Munselle & Zimmerman Families - Links removed - were no longer valid
Dr. John G Munsell was a Doctor in Irvington, Washington Co., IL. in 1880.
Munsell's are from Jefferson Co. but John lived Washington Co., IL.

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