History of Jersey County, IllinoisOscar Brown Hamilton |
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acres of land Allen Alton April attended attorney August bank Baptist bluffs born in Jersey bought Bowman Brown building Calhoun Calhoun County Carlin Charles Church clerk Company courthouse Daniels daughter death deceased December Democrat died district Edward elected Elizabeth Elsah engaged English Township erected farm father February Fidelity Township Fieldon following children George George W Gillham Grafton Greene County Henry high school Illinois River Illinois Volunteer Infantry James January Jersey County Jersey Township Jerseyville John Joseph Judge July later lives located Lofton Louis Macoupin County married Mary Mason McDow Methodist miles Mississippi River Mississippi Township mound natives November October Ohio Otter Creek Township Otterville Piasa Township Prairie president Railroad Republican Richard Robert Ruyle Township Samuel Sarah secretary September served settled in Greene settlers seyville Shephard Slaten Smith supervisors Terry Thomas treasurer trustee wife William H
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Page 190 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 382 - Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell.
Page 265 - Whereas the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 265 - ... combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law : now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress said combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed.
Page 266 - Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in. virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both. Houses of Congress.
Page 262 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Page 276 - the roar throbbed out with the flash, you should have seen the dead line that had been lying behind the works all day, all night, all day again...
Page 266 - ... seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country...
Page 45 - ... between the legs, ending in a Fish's tail. Green, red, and black are the three Colors composing the Picture. Moreover, these 2 monsters are so well painted that we cannot believe that any savage is their author ; for good painters in france would find it difficult to paint so well, — and, besides, they are so high up on the rock that it is difficult to reach that place Conveniently to paint them.
Page 266 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens...