DOCUMENTS AND BIOGRAPHY

PERTAINING TO

THE SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS

OF

STARK COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CONTAINING

AN AUTHENTIC SUMMARY OF RECORDS, DOCUMENTS,
HISTORICAL WORKS, AND NEWSPAPERS.

RELATING TO

INDIAN HISTORY, ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT, ORGANIZATION AND POLITICS, COURTS AND
BAR, CITIZEN SOLDIERS, MILITARY SOCIETIES, MARRIAGES, CHURCHES,
SCHOOLS, SECRET BENEVOLENT AND LITERARY SOCIETIES, ETC.

TOGETHER WITH

BIOGRAPHY OF REPRESENTATIVE MEN

OF THE

PAST AND PRESENT

WRITTEN FROM RECORDS AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES,

BY

M. A. LEESON,

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO:
M. A. LEESON & CO.
MDCCCLXXXVII.

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