Crawford County IL

Q R Surnames – 1818 Crawford County, Illinois Census

Name: Head of Household Page: Page of Census Listing Range of Ages: 1st Number – Free white males 21 yr. and upwards 2nd Number – All other white inhabitants 3rd Number – Free persons of colour 4th Number – Servants or slaves Name Page Range of Ages Quin, Michael 75 01-00-00-00 Rathbourn, Camon 75 01-07-00-00 Rearch, Samuel 76 02-08-00-00 Reavell, David 72 01-02-00-00 Rellens, Nathan 69 02-05-00-00 Rhea, Andrew 75 01-08-00-00 Rhea, James 65 01-05-00-00 Richardson, John 67 02-06-00-00 Richardson, John B. 75 01-08-00-00 Richardson, Joseph 68 03-06-00-00 Ridenour, John 68 01-04-00-00 Riggs, Scot 70 01-08-00-00 Right, James 74 00-03-00-00 … Read more

W Y Surnames – 1818 Crawford County, Illinois Census

Name: Head of Household Page: Page of Census Listing Range of Ages: 1st Number – Free white males 21 yr. and upwards 2nd Number – All other white inhabitants 3rd Number – Free persons of colour 4th Number – Servants or slaves Name Page Range of Ages Waldrop, John 65 01-03-00-00 Waldrop, John, Jr. 65 02-09-00-00 Waldrop, John, Sr. 74 01-00-00-00 Waldrop, William 71 01-09-00-00 Walters, Abraham 76 01-03-00-00 Walters, Jacob 76 01-08-00-00 Walters, James 76 01-07-00-00 Watts, Thomas 70 01-06-00-00 Welch, John 67 01-02-00-00 Wels, Joseph 68 01-04-00-00 Welton, Aaron 77 02-05-00-00 Welton, John 77 02-04-00-00 Westnor, George 64 … Read more

Biography of Jacob K. Decker

Jacob K. Decker, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Charleston; was born in Knox Co., Ind., Aug. 7, 1817; his parents, Isaac and Margaret Decker, were Virginians, and left that State in 1811, and were living in Fort Knox, on the Wabash, when the battle of Tippecanoe was fought; when he was 7 years old, his father died, and at about the age of 15, he was apprenticed by his guardian to a merchant in Crawford Co., Ill.; in 1836, he came to Charleston and engaged in the grocery business, with a capital of $250; about two and a half years … Read more

Kickapoo Indians

Kickapoo Indians. From Kiwegapaw`, “he stands about,” “he moves about, standing now here, now there.” Also called: A’-uyax, Tonkawa name, meaning “deer eaters.” Higabu, Omaha and Ponca name. I’-ka-dŭ’, Osage name. Shake-kah-quah, Wichita name. Shígapo, Shikapu, Apache name. Sik’-a-pu, Comanche name. Tékapu, Huron name. Yuatara’ye-ru’nu, a second Huron name, meaning “tribe living around the lakes.” Kickapoo Connections. The Kickapoo belonged to the Algonquian linguistic stock, and in a special group with the Foxes and Sauk. Kickapoo Villages. The villages were: Etnataek (shared with the Foxes), rather a fortification than a village, near the Kickapoo village on Sangamon River, Illinois. Kickspougowi, … Read more

P Surnames – 1818 Crawford County, Illinois Census

Name: Head of Household Page: Page of Census Listing Range of Ages: 1st Number – Free white males 21 yr. and upwards 2nd Number – All other white inhabitants 3rd Number – Free persons of colour 4th Number – Servants or slaves Name Page Range of Ages Page, Jesse 66 01-04-00-00 Palmer, Henry B. 65 02-09-00-02 Pamberson, John 76 01-07-00-00 Parker, Benjamin 62 01-06-00-00 Parker, Benjamin 76 03-08-00-00 Parker, Daniel 63 01-09-00-00 Parker, George 65 01-06-00-00 Parker, Isaac 68 01-02-00-00 Parker, James 68 01-02-00-00 Parker, John 66 02-05-00-00 Parker, Joseph 68 01-00-00-00 Parker, William 71 01-03-00-00 Patton, Thomas 70 01-02-00-00 … Read more

J Surnames – 1818 Crawford County, Illinois Census

Name: Head of HouseholdPage: Page of Census ListingRange of Ages: 1st Number – Free white males 21 yr. and upwards2nd Number – All other white inhabitants3rd Number – Free persons of colour4th Number – Servants or slaves Name Page Range of Ages Jackson, John 75 01-04-00-00 Jeffers, John 75 01-07-00-00 Jeffers, Ralph 74 01-08-00-00 Jerdon, Robert 69 01-01-00-00 Jimerson, Samuel 70 01-02-00-00 John, James 76 01-07-00-00 John, Samuel 76 01-09-00-00 Johnson, Henry 75 03-01-00-00 Johnson, James 74 01-07-00-00 Johnson, James 76 01-06-00-00 Johnson, John 76 01-08-00-00 Johnson, John, Jr. 76 02-09-00-00 Jones, Abraham 62 00-00-00-01 Jones, Abrahan 77 03-09-00-00 Jones, … Read more

Biography of James Henry Reed

James Henry Reed, superintendent of the city schools of Grenola, is an educator of wide and diversified experience, and had taught in various localities of several different states. He was born in Orleans, Indiana, January 15, 1858. His Reed ancestors came from England to Virginia in colonial days, and they were also connected with the Massachusetts branch of the same family. His grandfather, Jesse Reed, who was a blacksmith by trade, spent his last years at Orleans, Indiana. The family had lived in Kentucky after leaving Virginia, and from Kentucky went to Indiana. Henry Reed, father of Professor Reed, was … Read more

C Surnames – 1818 Crawford County, Illinois Census

Name: Head of Household Page: Page of Census Listing Range of Ages: 1st Number – Free white males 21 yr. and upwards 2nd Number – All other white inhabitants 3rd Number – Free persons of colour 4th Number – Servants or slaves Name Page Range of Ages Cairnes, Abram 62 01-09-00-00 Caldwell, David 63 01-01-00-00 Caldwell, James 65 01-08-00-00 Camp, Abraham 62 00-00-00-09 Camp, Abram 72 00-00-09-00 Carter, S. B. A. 69 02-05-00-00 Catron, George W. 64 01-03-00-00 Chandler, John 66 01-00-00-00 Chardy, Benjamin 75 01-06-00-00 Cheek, Joel 65 01-02-00-00 Chenowith, John 67 02-04-00-00 Cilbern, William C. 71 01-00-00-00 Coal, … Read more

Biography of Rev. Stephen J. Bovell

Rev. Stephen J. Bovell, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Ashmore; was born in Washington Co., East Tenn, May 27, 1827. His father, Rev. J. V. Bovell, was a native of Virginia; removed to Tennessee at an early age; graduated at Washington College at the age of 20 years, and, when 26 years old, became President of that institution, and occupied the position three years. In June, 1829, he received a call to the Presbyterian Church, in Paris, Ill., and removed to that place, where he died but a few months afterward, leaving a wife and four children; Mr. Bovell’s mother, … Read more