by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Richard J. Oglesby, Governor 1865-8, and re-elected in 1872 and 1884, was born July 25, 1824, in Oldham Co., Ky.,—the State which might be considered the “mother of Illinois Governors.” Bereft of his parents at the tender age of eight years, his early...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Richard Yates, the “War Governor,” 1861-4, was born Jan. 18, 1818, on the banks of the Ohio River, at Warsaw, Gallatin Co., Ky. His father moved in 1831 to Illinois, and after stopping for a time in Springfield, settled at Island Grove, Sangamon County....
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
John Wood, Governor 1860-1, and the first settler of Quincy, Ill., was born in the town of Sempronius (now Moravia), Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 20, 1798. He was the second child and only son of Dr. Daniel Wood. His mother nee Catherine Crause, was of German parentage,...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
William H. Bissell, Governor 1857-60, was born april 25, 1811, in the State of New York, near Painted Post, Yates County. His parents were obscure, honest, God-fearing people, who reared their children under the daily example of industry and frugality, according to...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Joel A. Matteson, Governor 1853-6, was born Aug. 8, 1808, in Jefferson County, New York, to which place his father had removed from Vermont three years before. His father was a farmer in fair circumstances, but a common English education was all that his only son...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Augustus C. French, Governor of Illinois from 1846 to 1852, was born in the town of Hill, in the State of New Hampshire, Aug. 2, 1808. He was a descendant in the fourth generation of Nathaniel French, who emigrated from England in 1687 and settled in Saybury, Mass. In...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Thomas Ford, Governor from 1842 to 1846, and author of a very interesting history of Illinois, was born at Uniontown, Pa., in the year 1800. His mother, after the death of her first husband (Mr. Forquer), married Robert Ford, who was killed in 1802, by the Indians in...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | History Project
“Waller’s Brief History of Illinois,” by Elbert Waller This is a large 8 meg file and we do not suggest you download over a slow or mobile connection. Click to access...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Thomas Carlin, the sixth Governor of the State of Illinois, serving from 1838 to 1842, was also a Kentuckian, being born near Frankford, that State, July 18, 1789, of Irish paternity. The opportunities for an education being very meager in his native place, he, on...
by Celia G. Snyder | Mar 30, 2015 | Governors
Joseph Duncan, Governor 1834-8, was born at Paris, Ky., Feb. 23, 1794. At the tender age of 19 years he enlisted in the war against Great Britain, and as a soldier he acquitted himself with credit. He was an Ensign under the dauntless Croghan at Lower Sandusky, or...
