by Carolyn Whitaker | Mar 1, 2014 | Biographies
Quite a colony of enterprising citizens came to Randolph County early in the present century, 1804 from South Carolina whose ancestors were from the northern part of Ireland, and yet earlier from the mountain portions of Scotland, among them was the grandfather and...
by Carolyn Whitaker | Mar 1, 2014 | Biographies, Newspapers
Matlock and Wassell are the publishers and editors of that recognized leader among Republican journals of southern Illinois, the Chester Tribune. They are both young, energetic, determined men. J. B. Matlack was born in the city of St. Louis, Mo., June 7, 1847. His...
by James H. Lynn | Feb 28, 2014 | Genealogy
County Antrim, Ireland to Chester County, South Carolina to Randolph County, Illinois Dispersal of Some of the Descendants of John Lynn and Jennet Malcolm by James H. Lynn Contributor’s1 Note: My interest in this family has been piqued by the discovery of a...
by David McKelvey | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
Wolves, finding young livestock comparatively easy prey, caused the pioneer much damage. Counties invariably paid liberal bounties for wolf scalps and thus helped considerably toward their destruction. Joseph Lively, who lived in the vicinity of Bremen, was a...
by RandolphIL | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
When John Lively came to the county in 1805, he settled on the prairie that has since borne his name. The Lively family has remained a prominent one in Randolph County for more than a century.
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
When Henry Levens came to the Horse Prairie Settlement about 1800, he brought a large family of sons and daughters. Though they were good and substantial citizens, they might have been forgotten long ago had they not been in one way a most unusual group. Most of his...
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
Major LaCompt, one of the leading citizens of Prairie du Rocher, kept a store and operated a horse mill for many years. The mill began operating about 1800.
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
Intending to establish a rather large farming and trading business, Pierre La Clede had come to the region of Fort Chartres in 1763. Upon his arrival he learned that the territory had recently been given to the English. Not wanting to settle in English territory, he...
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
Elias Kent Kane, a native of Vermont, came to Kaskaskia in 1814. He was influential in the formation of the government of the state and served in various public offices, being a senator from Illinois at the time of his death.
by Randolph County Genealogical Society | Feb 28, 2014 | Biographies
There is something about ‘the first’ that sets one apart. John Rice Jones, a Welshman, was the first lawyer in Illinois to practice at the bar. He held various offices and later moved to Missouri where he became a judge of the supreme court.
Latest Comments