This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: kathywieland Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.counties.sangamon/4565/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I bought this book because I believe the 129 biographies will benefit a family history researcher. The book was compiled by Georgia L. Osborne, Librarian, and she was assisted by Emma B. Scott. The figurines were the gift of Mrs. Minna Schmidt. Her son Helmut modeled them. The following women have biographies in the book: Emma Adams Bancroft, Achsah Bond Bond, Catherine Kendall Carson, Sally Logan Roberts Coles, Elizabeth Caldwell Smith Duncan, Madam Rachel Edgar, Frances Celeste Brard Ellis, Eliza Julia Andrews Flower, Rebekah Wells Heald, Julia Beauvais Jarrot, Mary Barger Rice Jones, Mrs. Eleanor Little McKillip Kinzie, Madam LaFlamme La Compt Brady, Almira Leech Marshall, Angelique Saucier Menard, Sarah Raley Mills, Mrs. Robert Donaldson Morrison, Archange Chevalier Ouilmette, Lucretia Backus Pope, Sakakawea (Sacajawea), Mary J. Moulton Adams, Caroline Wilder Baldwin, Nancy Crombie Dickerman Beard, Isabella Porter Jones Beecher, Nancy Green Stice Bond, Frances Gaines Cartwright, Elizabeth Moore Morris Casey, Sara Lett Springstead Cotteau, Louisa Candidia DeSilva Desousa, Nancy Mounts Emmerson, Ruth Carr Fenner, Miss Philena Fobes, Eliza Clark Garrett, Lura Higley Guymon, Sarah Marshall Hayden, Sylvia Hall Horn and Rachael Hall Munson, Mrs.! Lily Henry, Nancy Wilcox Kellogg, Judith Oglesby, Eliza Chappell Porter, Frances Alsop Henshaw Post, Anne E. Safford, Elizabeth Maria Fayerweather Sturtevant, Christiana Holmes Tillson, Rhodolphia S. Kibbe Turner, Mary Allen West, Julia Mariah Hart, Eliza N. Atherton Aiken, Mary A. Ball Bickerdyke, Pamelia C. Hathaway Calhoun, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Rose Adele Cutts Douglas, Elizabeth P. Todd Edwards, Lydia Conderry Foster, Mary Ann Elwell Gogin, Julia Dent Grant, Mrs. Sarah Gregg, Elizabeth Todd Brown, Martha Lens Hossack, Jane Martin Johns, Jane Ridgely Jones, Elizabeth Francis Leffingwell, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan, Elizabeth Eunice Smith Marcy, Almira Avery Giles Powers, Frances Ann Wood Shimer, Mary Virginia Nash Stuart, Julia Maria Jayne Trumbull, Catherine Geers Yates, Eliza Freitag Ayers,Mary McVicker Booth, Myra Colby Bradwell, Elizabeth Wayne Byerly Bragdon, Margaret Gilman George Davidson, Sophia Demuth, He! len Livingston Graham Fairbank, Elizabeth Morrison Boynton Harbert, Mi ss Harriet Newell Haskell, Harriet Camp Humiston, Sister Josephine Meagher, Lucy Larcom, Marie Eugenia Von Elsner, Nettie Fowler McCormick, Clara Leist Michaelis, Josephine Mason Milligan, Emma Gillett Oglesby, Harriet Sanger Pullman, Angie Rand Schweppe, Anna Peck Sill, Eva Munson Smith, Miss Ada Celeste Sweet, Dr. Mary Harris Thompson, Lucy Walker Washington, Frances Elizabeth Willard, Sybil Bauer, Mary Curry Desha Breckinridge, Caroline Owsley Brown, Mary Turner Carriel, Maria Louise Barrett Chamberlin, Flora Sylvester Cheney, Mary Victoria Leiter Curzon, Florence Marie Pfunder Friedl, Loie Fuller, Ida Katherine Hancock Goode, Ellen M. Martin Henrotin, Annie Louise Keller, Jayne Bartlett Kerr, Ella Park Lawrence, Esther Catherine Frazee Lindsay, Isabel McIsaac, Ida Elizabeth Smith Noyes, Bertha M. Honore Palmer, Francine Elizabeth Lanphier Patton, Mrs. Laura Mount Dainty Pelham, Mary Lucile Pepoon, Emma Ferndom Winner Rogers, Julia Green Scott, Letitia Green Stevenson, Ma! ud Powell Turner, Ellen Hardin Walworth, Winifred Fairfax Warder, Jessie Palmer Weber, Emma Abbott Wetherell, Ella Flagg Young, Lucinda Helmer Zearing, Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler. I am not related to any of these women, but I would like to connect this priceless book with a family member or family researcher. The book was published in 1932. Please contact me directly if you have an interest in this book. Kathy Wieland in St. Louis, MO Kathy(at)craftsbykathy(dot)com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.