Download Free Excerpts From Portrait And Biographical Album Of Henry County Illinois Containing Full Page Portraits And Biographical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens Of The County Book in PDF and EPUB Free Download. You can read online Excerpts From Portrait And Biographical Album Of Henry County Illinois Containing Full Page Portraits And Biographical Sketches Of Prominent And Representative Citizens Of The County and write the review.

This spiral bound booklet is an excerpt from the 1885 book: Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Illinois, published by Biographical Publishing Co. of Chicago. The booklet contains information on the following communities: Dayton, Richmond, Geneseo, Morristown, Cambridge, Annawan, Atkinson; Woodhull, Galva, Cleveland, Kewanee, Lynn Center, Opheim, Osco, Morristown Colony, Alpha, Bishop Hill Colony, Bishop Hill, Orion. Among the many subjects discussed are: Indians, Political Descent; the Pioneers, a list of 43 "firsts" plus some other early noteworthy events; the sad life of Mrs. Pollock and the Bishop Hill Colony; Early doctors; Acts of the County Commissioners; Five different County seats; a Jailhouse fire from which a prisoner rescued his own indictment; Early county officials; Legal History (with names of many officials); Bench and Bar; Various Newspapers; "War for the Union" (Civil War) with names of companies and some officers mentioned; Railroads -- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific RR; and Peoria and Rock Island RR; Crime, including a bank robbery and two shocking murders; and the Old Settler's Society. One section of the booklet lists the 1858 Board of Supervisors, followed by brief but often colorful histories of the townships: Alba, Andover, Annawan, Atkinson, Burns, Cambridge, Clover, Colona, Edford, Cornwall, Galva, Geneseo, Hanna, Kewanee, Lynn, Loraine, Munson, Osco, Oxford, Phenix, Weller, Western, Wethersfield and Yorktown.