This marker commemorates two Revolutionary War veterans, Phineas Bronson and John Montgomery, who lived and died in Princeville, Illinois.
Phineas Bronson was born in Enfield, Connecticut on Nov. 9, 1764. He served in the 3rd Company of the 2nd . . . — — Map (db m150577) WM
The city of Peoria was named for the Peoria tribe of the Iliniwek Indian confederacy who once lived here. It was in 1673 that Jacques Marquette and the explorer Louis Jolliet traveled through the widened portion of the Illinois river known as Lake . . . — — Map (db m150580) HM
In honor of
The Buel Institute
the pioneer farmers association of Illinois. Organized in 1846, its membership was drawn from Putnam, LaSalle, Bureau, Marshall, Livingston and Peoria counties, and its activities for half a century exerted an . . . — — Map (db m213625) HM
This monument, reportedly one of the first public Civil War monuments of its kind in the State of Illinois, originally dedicated on October 11, 1866, stood on the Peoria County Courthouse Square until dismantled in 1962 to make way for the new . . . — — Map (db m290909) HM
Captain Zeally Moss is buried in the
Bradley family circle, with his daughter
Lydia Moss Bradley in the Mt. Prospect
area at the southeast corner of the
cemetery. He was born in Loudoun County,
Virginia. on March 6, 1755, the son of
Nathaniel . . . — — Map (db m220299) HM WM
Peoria County Veterans who lost their lives in the line of duty during World War One
James D. Abel • Ernest L. Ahlstrand • Edwin Allen • Raymond B. Allen • Chester A. Anderson • Arthur W. Arnold • Eldie O. Bailey • Harold L. Baldwin • . . . — — Map (db m268073) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
