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Please add those who were born, lived, or died in Rock Island County, Illinois. Rock Island County was formed in 1831 out of Jo Daviess County. It was named for Rock Island, an island in the Mississippi River now known as Arsenal Island. The Rock River (which the Sauk and Meskwaki peoples called Sinnissippi, meaning "rocky waters")[5] flows from Whiteside County and points further east and nor...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Lake County, Illinois.= Official Website =The county, which was primarily unsettled prairie and was still home to its native Potawatomi Indians, was created by the Illinois State Legislature in 1839. Adjacent Counties * Kenosha County, Wisc. * McHenry County * Cook County Cities *Highland Park*Highwood*Lake Forest*North Chicago*Park ...
Please add profiles of people who were born, lived or died in Knox County, Illinois. Official Website The modern Knox County, Illinois, was organized in 1825 and was named in honor of Henry Knox, the first US Secretary of War. Adjacent Counties Henry County Mercer County Stark County Fulton County Peoria County Warren County Cities & Villages Abingdon Altona East...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Christian County, Illinois. Official Website Christian County was formed February 15, 1839 out of Sangamon, Montgomery and Shelby counties. Originally named Dane, it was eventually named for Christian County, Kentucky. Adjacent Counties Macon County Shelby County Montgomery County Sangamon County Cities, Townships, Vi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Shelby County, Illinois. Official Website Shelby County was formed in 1827 and was named in honor of Isaac Shelby, governor of Kentucky and participant in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties Macon County Moultrie County Coles County Cumberland County Effingham County Fayette County Montgomery County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Coles County, Illinois. Official Website Coles County was organized on December 25, 1830 out of Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County, Illinois were either from the six New England states, or were...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Wayne County, Illinois. Wayne County was formed in 1819 out of Edwards County. It is named after Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne, an officer in the Revolutionary War and Northwest Indian War. Adjacent Counties Clay County Richland County Edwards County White County Marion County Jefferson County Hamilton County
This cemetery is east of US Route 51, Pana, Christian County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Illinois. Marion County was organized on January 24, 1823 and was named in honor of Revolutionary War Gen. Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox". Adjacent Counties Fayette County Clay County Wayne County Clinton County Washington County Jefferson County Cities, Villages, Townships & Communities Alma | ...
This cemetery is located on 31 Memorial Drive, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. Find a Grave Billion Graves
This project is for those buried in Warren Cemetery, Orchardville, Wayne County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Wikipedia =Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university with campuses in Evanston and Chicago in Illinois, United States, as well as Doha, Qatar. Home to twelve schools and colleges, Northwestern offers 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans, for whom the City of Evanston is named, and eight other lawye...
Chippiannock has long been considered a Quad Cities Landmark and is the resting place of over 25,000 persons, including some of the Quad Cities most memorable individuals. One can trace the history of the territory, and even the nation, in the inscriptions on the headstones of the adventurers and settlers, rivermen and preachers, statesmen and builders who have left their mark on the territory....
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in McDonough County, Illinois.The county was created in 1826 and was named in honor of Thomas Macdonough who defeated a British squadron in the decisive naval Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. McDonough County was part of the "Military Tract" set aside by Congress for veterans of the War of 1812. Adjacent Counties * Henderson ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rockingham County, North Carolina. Official Website Between 1728 and 1733, the Dan River Valley was surveyed by William Byrd II. He soon thereafter purchased 20,000 acres of the land, attracting prospective farmers. The region's first western settlers came from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia and were of German, Eng...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in LaSalle County, Illinois. Official Website LaSalle County was formed on January 15, 1831 out of Tazewell and Putnam Counties. It is named for the early French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. William D. Boyce founded the Boy Scouts of America in Ottawa. He and two other founders established the BSA, but Boyce is gi...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Henry County, Illinois. Official Website Henry County was formed on January 13, 1825. It is named for Patrick Henry, Revolutionary War firebrand and champion of individual rights, to whom the slogan "give me liberty, or give me death" is attributed. The county was settled by people from New England and western New York. Adjacent ...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in St. Clair County, Illinois. Official Website History After the United States achieved independence in the late 18th century, St. Clair County was the first county established in present-day Illinois; it antedates Illinois' existence as a separate jurisdiction. The county was established in 1790 by a proclamation of Arthur St. Cla...
This cemetery is located on County Highway 20, Hooppole, Henry County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Illinois. Official Website Scott County was formed in 1839 out of Morgan County. It was named for Scott County, Kentucky, which in turn was named for General Charles Scott. a Revolutionary War hero. Adjacent Counties Morgan County Greene County Pike County Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities Alsey...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Aurora, Illinois. Official Website History Aurora is a suburb of Chicago and is located in DuPage , Kendall , Kane and Will counties. It's nickname is "City of Lights" because it was one of the first American cities to have electric street lights. The Aurora area has some significant architecture, including structures by Frank L...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kane County, Illinois. Official Website Kane County was formed in 1836 and was named in honor of Elias Kane, United States Senator from Illinois, and the first Secretary of State of Illinois. Adjacent Counties DuPage County Cook County Will County DeKalb County McHenry County Kendall County Cities Aurora (part)
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Will County, Illinois . Official Website Will County was formed on January 12, 1836. It was named after Conrad Will, a politician and businessman involved in salt production in southern Illinois. Will was a member of the first Illinois Constitutional Convention and a member of the Illinois legislature until his death in 1835. Fo...
This is an umbrella project for all projects related to Jews from Chicago. Jews came to Chicago from virtually every country in Europe and the Middle East, but especially from Germany and Eastern Europe. Unlike most other immigrant groups, Jews left the Old Country with no thoughts of ever returning to lands where so many had experienced poverty, discrimination, and even sporadic massacres. J...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morgan County, Illinois.Morgan County was formed in 1823 and was named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, who defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens in the American Revolutionary War. Adjacent Counties * Cass County * Sangamon County * Brown County * Pike County * Greene County * Macoupin County * Scott County