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Records of the Olden Time, authored by Spencer Ellsworth, book includes biographies of Marshall county citizens, portraits, and illustrations. The first 600 pages of the book offer incredible stories, including a detailed account of the GRAVES, SNYDER, and FOSDICK families' horrific Donner Party ordeal.
Past and Present of Marshall and Putnam Counties Illinois, authored by John Spencer BURT and W. E. HAWTHORNE, published in 1907
History of Putnam and Marshall Counties, authored by Henry Allen Ford, published in 1860, view excerpt
Biographical Record of Bureau, Marshall, and Putnam Counties published in 1896
Past and Present of Bureau County, Illinois, published in 1906
Deep Are the Roots, published in 1976, history of buildings in Marshall and Putnam counties
1905 Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley Volume 1 and Volume 2
Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois - paragraphs about Lemuel GAYLORD (14 Feb 1765 - 17 Nov 1854) and Joseph WARNER (Mar 1738 - 05 Sep 1842)
1929 History of Reminiscences, Volume 4, pages 150-154 include Lawn Ridge Cemetery burial list
1940 Stories from Illinois History
1964 Take Thought ... on Remembering Me, published by the Marshall County Historical Society, 108 pages
1968 Old Sandy Remembers, Evans Township, Marshall County, published by the Marshall County Historical Society, approx. 135 pages
Livingston's 1851 Law Register shows four registered attorneys in Lacon: Mark BANGS, Ira J. FENN, Silas RAMSEY (retired), and Samuel L. RICHMOND.
Journal of the Franklin Institute describes a patent for a grain and maize harvester issued 08 Oct 1850 to Edmund QUINCY of Lacon
"The nature of my invention consists in a set of metallic fingers or knives (concave, flat, or fluted, and may be straight, or curved in the direction of their motion) arranged radially upon a revolving shaft, in such a manner or distance apart as to allow the straw, stems or stalks of grain to pass between them until the heads, ears, or seed, coming in contact with the fingers, are cut off by them, and thrown into the elevators, which also revolve as the shafts, and are carried by the elevators into an inclined spout, from which it falls into a wagon by the side of the machine, or other proper receptacle."
Claim. - "What I claim as my invention, is the use of the revolving shaft, in combination with a system of fingers, teeth, or knives arranged on the shaft as described, and for the purpose herein set forth, not confining myself to any particular size, shape, or curvature."
The 1873 Chronicle reports "Mice among matches bear the responsibility of the fire which lately consumed a dwelling house in Belle Plain, Marshall county, Illinois. But the testimony of Charles S. FURST, that a box of matches, accidentally set on fire, as he and three tippling and card-playing companions were leaving his dry goods store in Brooklyn, at four o'clock last Sunday morning, was guilty of destroying the building and damaging two adjacent buildings, inflicting a loss of $21,000 and imperiling the lives of several persons, did not prevent the arrest of FURST on suspicion of arson. His stock was insured by the "Phonix," for $2,500, and by the "Imperial," for 2,000."
History of the Baptist Churches of Woodford County, Illinois, by Amos Marshall, published in 1913, 45 pages (pages 38-44 include Marshall County's Belle Plain Baptist Church's history)
Primitive Baptist Library website includes Primitive Baptist Church webpage devoted to church and family history research assistance with a webpage specifically targeting Marshall County
Marshall County Historical Society
Museum and Genealogical Research
314 Fifth Street, PO Box 123
Lacon, IL 61540
open Tue-Wed 9-12, Sat 10-2, or by appointment
Email : marshallcountyhistory@gmail.com
Phone (309) 246-2349
Marshall County Courthouse contact info
Robert Waugh House - in Sparland, Steuben Township, listed on National Historic Register and is the only brick 8-sided home in state of Illinois with 3 floors of pie-shaped rooms around a central spiral staircase
Henry Public Library's searchable newspapers
Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
Chronicling America
ObitCity
Illinois Secretary of State Databases
The Library of Congress has Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps available for Henry, Lacon, and Wenona
Historic Map Works Although maps are offered for sale, 1930 Township Plats are available to view at no cost
Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution
Digital Public Library of America
Marshall County, Illinois Obituaries
Wikipedia, Marshall County, Illinois
Linkpendium
About Marshall County offices
List of Funeral Homes
List of Libraries
ILMARSHALL Query Board and Mailing List at groups.io
Tribal Pages
The Ancestor Hunt
Genealogy Trails

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