Scully Estates used to have an office in downtown Lincoln, Illinois. They were on the second floor of a bank. My cousin's father-in-law used to manage the office back in the 1980's. I ran a search on Yahoo a few minutes ago and found Scully Estates, 303 S. Kickapoo, Lincoln, IL. Phone (217) 735-1541. That Kickapoo address is also the location of Union Planters Bank. Karas Hall Cheryl Rothwell wrote: > German laborers who built the system of drainage tiles and sloughs on the > more than 30,000 acres in Logan County were given leases on the land. Scully > wasn't poor -- lots of people think he was since he came from Ireland in > 1850. He bought a lot of the land from the Government Land Office. I would > guess a search of BLM or the state's land purchase database would turn up a > good portion of the Scully purchases. > > The Scullys were educated in agriculture. In 1926 they embraced the Illinois > System of Permanent Soil Fertility, ie, crop rotation. They promoted soil > conservation, soil testing, grassed waterways, etc. In Logan County they > also gave some land to the county for parks and trails. > > If anyone has seen the book Tom listed I'd be interested in hearing about > it. > > Cheryl Rothwell > LoganCty@mindspring.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~illogan/loindex.htm > Central Illinois Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.268 / Virus Database: 140 - Release Date: 8/7/01 > > ==== ILTAZEWE Mailing List ==== > Visit the Tazewell County ILGenWeb Home Page! > http://www.usgennet.org/~iltazewe/index.html