This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ig.2ADI/1158 Message Board Post: I found this article in the Jersey County Democrat, dated May 24, 1867. This is exactly how it appeared: OLD CITIZENS Below we give the names of persons who have resided in Jersey County from 40 to 57 years. Col. Black, Delhi; Col. Van Horne, Delhi; Wm. Kelly, Kane; Jos. Lurton, Newbern; Chapell, Newbern; Thos. McDow, Newbern; John Davis, Elsah; Geo. Thompson, Grafton; John Lofton, Fieldon; H. N. Belt, Fieldon; Chas. Bethell, Ill. Bottom; Orman Beaman, Otter Creek Prairie; Tarlton Brock, Otter Creek Prairie; Jas. McKinney, Jerseyville; Ezekiel Chance, Fieldon; Jolm Brown, Jerseyville; Isaac Terry, Elsah; E. Bray, Grafton; John Gillmore, Jerseyville; Isaac Sinclair, West Woods. Many of these gentlemen came here while the country was a wilderness. No cities, no towns, no villages, no fine residences were here then. These broad cultivated fields of grain, these rich andulating meadows, these high roads of travel, these puffing, and endlessly grinding mills, these fine churches and these many school-houses have all grown up under the eyes of these good old pioneers. They paved the way for civilization, and wealth. They endured hardships that we can never know. They have seen many changes and witnessed many strange scenes. We laugh and sing and dance and make merry, never casting a thought upon these sturdy old Fathers of our now happy little County. They will remain with us but a little longer, and we think it would be but a small tribute of respect to these worthy old settlers, for the citizens of Jerseyville to offer them a grand entertainment, a feast, a day of "good times" and kind remembrances.