The following is a short list of early book publications relating in part to 19th century Perry County and Perry County Veterans: Select Perry County Bibliography Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe Counties, Illinois. Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent & Representative Citizens of the Counties [Published without the Biographies & Portraits of the Presidents of the US & Governors]. (Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co.; 1894). Reprint: Salem, MA: Higginson Books; 1997. 883pp. Index. Combined History of Randolph, Monroe & Perry Counties, Illinois. With Illustrations Descriptive of their Scenery & Biographical Sketches of some of their Prominent Men & Pioneers. (Philadelphia; Corresponding Office, Edwardsville, Ill.: J.L. McDonough & Co.; 1883). Reprint: Salem, MA: Higginson Books; 1995. 504pp. Smith, George Washington. History of Southern Illinois: Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, its People & its Principal Interests. 3 vols. Volume I, History; Volume II Biography; Volume III Biography. N.p.: (Lewis Pub. Co.; 1912) Salem, MA: Higginson Books; 1997. 1717pp. Elliott, Isaac H. Record of the Services of Illinois Soldiers in the Black Hawk War, 1831-2, and in the Mexican War, 1846-8, Containing a Complete Roster. (1882) Salem, MA: Higginson Books; 1997. 343pp. Dallas Patterson [email protected] [email protected] wrote: > > Dear List-members, > Has anyone come across the book : "Combined Histories of Randolph, Monroe and > Perry Counties, With Illustrations " pub. 1883 in Philadelphia, PA by J.L. > McDonough Co. in their research? I am sure I've run across it before but > yesterday at our local library's geneal. sect. I took a closer look....it's > not indexed, so requires a lot of scanning..and found a literal gold-mine of > information in the back...17 pages of the teeniest print I've ever run > across, first divided by the 3 counties, then by Township and Range with > patrons (probably contributors) listed by Name, Post. Ofc., Residence > (usually the Twp. Section), Occupation, Nativity (place of birth), and date > Settled. Many of these people listed not only their names but wife's maiden, > parents and deathdates. > Example under Perry Co.Twp 6 So.-Range 2 W..: House, William, Duquoin, > Sect.19, Farmer and Stock Raiser, Perry Co. IL, 1853 > with Mary Darrington, same P.O. and Sect., Wife of William House, Jackson Co. > IL, 1879 > and House, George, Died Sept.17, 1874, Father of William House, North > Carolina, 1833 > and House, Eloise (nee Grubb), Died Oct.1853, Mother of William House , > Jackson Co. IL, 1844 > The last column, Settled, in some cases was also the birthyear for those > born in that county. So far I've been able to determine my Joseph Campbell > was b. in Caldwell Co., KY and came to Perry Co. in 1838...that neighbors > John Craig, Minerva J. Brown and Hugh Brown also were b. in Caldwell Co. and > came to Perry in 1829 and 1830. Minerva married Joseph's brother-in-law > William Russell Milligan...not sure yet how Hugh is related...but now aware > of a possible connection. This is of course only a partial list so not > everyone is on there, but there are quite a few....looks like about 150 > entries per page. There are quite a few biographies and community histories, > some of them very entertaining, Know this is getting too long but have to > relate this mention of Dr. Conrad Will of Brownsville, Jackson Co., who > practiced in Pinckneyville..."Dr. Will, it is said, was very fond of hunting, > and, for that purpose, kept a pack of hounds, which he would often take > along, when he went to see a patient and stay and hunt until the patient > either got better or died. He was elected to the legislature, sitting at > Vandalia, and to while away leisure hours he took his hounds along with him > to coon-hunt. " Have already copied more than a dozen pages out of this > book and probably will go back for more...even the illustrations are great. > If anyone would like me to check this patron list for an ancestor, you can > contact me. Note: this book is more than 70 years old and is NOT protected > by copyright. Sorry for the length of this message but am really excited by > its possibilities. > [email protected] > > ==== ILPERRY Mailing List ====