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Shadrach Bond |
| Shadrach BOND There were two Shadrach BOND's prominent in local history. The elder one was among the earlier Americans to settle in and to give the name American Bottoms to a territory lying along the river north of Chester. A second Shadrach BOND, nephew of the first, came to Kaskaskia in 1797. He became a leading citizen and served as first governor of the State. At his grave in the Chester Evergreen Cemetery, to which his body was removed from the Kaskaskia Cemetery, will be found the marker erected by the State of Illinois. Submitted by David McKelvey |