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**** Need help here in this county if you would like to submit tombstone photos or listings feel free to email me your contributions to this site. .jpg works best for all browsers. Thanks for your help. For other Records Contact:Menard County Courthouse County Clerks Office 6th Street Petersburg, IL 62675 Clerk & Recorder: 217-632-2415 | Petersburg Public Library 220 S. 6th St. Petersburg, IL 62675 217-632-2807 E-mail: mklib@yahoo.com | Athens Public Library 410 E. Hargrave St. P.O. Box 168 Athens, IL 62613-0168 Hours: Sunday & Friday - Closed Monday: 9-4 Tuesday - Thursday: 9-8 Saturday: 9-12 Closed on all Federal Holidays
Phone: 217-636-8047 - Voice 217-636-8763 - Fax E-Mail: info@athens.lib.il.us | Petersburg Observer 235 E. Sangamon Ave. Petersburg, IL 62675
Menard County Review (Athens & Greenview) 162 E. Washington St. Greenview, IL 62642 | Menard County Historical Society & Petersburg Chamber of Commerce 125 S. 7th St. Petersburg, IL 62675
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created June 19, 2007 |
At the session of the Legislature in 1838 - 39, Menard County was stricken off from Sangamon, and named in honor of Col. Pierre Menard, a Frenchman, who settled at Kaskaskia in 1790. Menard was so popular in his day, with the people of Illinois, that when the Convention framed the Constitution of the State, a clause was included in the schedule to the Constitution providing that might be eligible to the office of Lieutenant Governor. This was done in order that Col. Menard, who had only been naturalized a year or two at the time, might be made Lieutenant Governor under Shadrach Bond, first Governor of Illinois, after its formation into a State. -- Source: History of Menard & Mason Counties, Illinois 1879 |