Entries Containing All of the Phrases «fayette county» AND «illinois»

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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «fayette county» AND «illinois»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.

By William Fischer, Jr., April 10, 2011

Soldiers of the War for Independence Who Lived in Fayette County Marker

RANKED BY RELEVANCE

1 ► Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — Soldiers of the War for Independence Who Lived in Fayette County —

Wooten Harris • Henry Ginger John Morrell • Thomas Mahon John Diamond • Isaac Martin Joseph Evans • Benjamin Todd Michael Tedrick • James Virden James S. Carson • Rev. Henry Walker James Cheshier • Thomas Craig Sr. Harris Reavis • . . . — — Map (db m42536) HM

2 ► Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — James W. Berry — July 16, 1805 - Jan. 7, 1877 —

Born in Kentucky. Circuit Clerk of Fayette County 1826-56. Adjutant General 1834-39. First talented artist of Illinois. Portrait painter of state officers and legislators. Commissioned by General Assembly to copy portraits of Washington and . . . — — Map (db m42381) HM

3 ► Utah, Salt Lake County, Draper — Perry Fitzgerald —

Perry Fitzgerald, pioneer, farmer, and rancher was born December 22, 1815 in Redstone, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Perry moved to Vermillion, Illinois wen he was about 20 years old and began farming. While there, he married and began his family. . . . — — Map (db m224750) HM

4 ► Illinois, Fayette County, Brownstown — Brownstown — Twin Pumps —

Nearly 100 years before Brownstown businesses offered fuel, food, and lodging to motorists following US 40 across America, there was Ezra Griffith and Twin Pumps. A New York native, Griffith followed the National Road to Fayette County, Ill., . . . — — Map (db m144228) HM

5 ► Illinois, Monroe County, Waterloo — Early Politicians —

Colonel William R. Morrison One of Waterloo's most renowned and distinguished citizens was Colonel William R. Morrison, to whom the city owes its library. The library building at the corner of Library and Park Streets was Colonel . . . — — Map (db m219967) HM

6 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Tyree Tavern — Confederate and Union Headquarters —

During his and Gen. Henry Alexander Wise’s unsuccessful Kanawha Valley campaign, Confederate Gen. John B. Floyd made his headquarters here, August 17-18, 1861, while Wise camped on the top of Big Sewell Mountain. In 1862, according to an inscription . . . — — Map (db m59937) HM

7 ► Missouri, St. Charles County, Matson — Daniel Boone Judgment Tree Memorial —

[The plaque on the left when entering the memorial] A Summary Chronology of the Life of Daniel Boone -by Ken Kamper, Historian Copyright © December 1999 Daniel Boone was born miles east of present Reading, . . . — — Map (db m176670) HM

8 ► Illinois, Fayette County, Vandalia — Ebenezer Capps' Store — Looking for Lincoln — 1837 —

The store of Ebenezer Capps was located just north of this site at the northeast corner of Main and Fourth streets. The location of Main street is not the same today as when Lincoln was here. Vandalia existed long before the coming of . . . — — Map (db m42486) HM

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