History of Pike County, Illinois - Softcover

Chas. C. Chapman & Co.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589800036 ISBN 13: 9781589800038

Publisher: Firebird Press, 2006

Synopsis

This text presents sketches of the cities, villages, and townships of Pike County, Illinois, including educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, as well as portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. Volume 2 includes more history of the Pike County townships as well as detailed accounts of county officials, election returns, newspapers, and state laws.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"It has been our aim to have the prominent men of to-day, as well as pioneers, represented. . . . They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are selected from all the callings and professions worthy to be represented." --From the preface

Volume 2 of this valuable publication provides detailed portraits of Pike County's prominent citizens and gives focus as to how they worked to establish a blueprint for a respectable society.

The history of townships continues along with information on the evolution of the press, the organization of this region's county courts and judicial system, and a digest of the common state laws.

This detailed picture of this region as it was in 1880 includes information on marriage licenses, agricultural and educational statistics, property value, and data on wages. Maps, charts, tables, and graphs make the data accessible and easily understood.

About the Author:

Chapman, Chas C is a Pelican Publishing author.

About this edition

• Publisher: Firebird Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1589800036
• ISBN 13: 9781589800038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496