The History of Rockton, Ill.

Darius Adams 22, 67
Isaac Adams 22, 23, 67
Rev. Wm. M. Adams 30
Samuel Adams 83
George Albee 89
Emerson Albee 89
Antiquities 73
James Aspland 154
Silas Austin 40
Henry S. Austin 40
William W. Austin 149
William R. Axe 146

John Bacon 75
Orwell Bailey 84
Samuel Baker 136
Rufus Baker 143
William H. Baker 148
Baptist church 123-125
Sylvester Bartholomew 106
O. T. Bartholomew 151
Henry Bates 35
Porter Bellows 68, 75
Hiram Bellows 32, 34
Caleb Bentley 5, 33, 36, 112, 113
F. J. Bentley 91, 154
John Benton 111
Bell presentation 110
Andrew Bingham 146
Frederick Bird 24, 72
Philander Bird 72
Births and deaths 165-174
David A. Blake 22, 30, 37, 66
Alpha Bligh 107
Jesse Blinn 33, 61
A. D. Bliss 112
Selvy K. Blodgett 115
Dea. William Bradley 78
Joel Bradley 85
Dr. Charles Bradley 86
Samuel Briggs 40
David Briggs 40
John Brown 78
Henry O. Brown 78
Pearley P. Burnham 22, 23, 69

Dugald Cambell 72
William Carlton 75
Dr. John H. Carpenter 90
David Carpenter 26, 30, 37, 143
C. F. Chamberlain 114
H. N. Chapman 113
Alonzo F. Chase 90
James E. Chase 90
John Clover 81
John J. Clover 146
Garritt Clute 141
R. H. Comstock 12, 57
Calvin Comstock 56
Ansel Comstock 59
N. R. Comstock 145
W. W. Comstock 153
Congregational church 117-121
H. W. Conklin 34, 52
M. Connor 106
T. M. Coons 22, 64, 81-82
C. C. Coons 136
F. M. Coons 148
Court of Honor 139
James S. Cowen 95
William Cowen 147
C. M. Crawford 142
J. J. Crawford 151
R. J. Cross 22, 23, 37
Ira Cummings 40

James N. Douglas 107
Mr. Dunn 72
Mr. Durham 72
P. L. Ellis 41
George S. Ellis 145
Daniel Fairchild 23, 37, 64, 113
Denison Fairchild 113
Lewis Fairchild 128
Thomas Farmer 51
W. H. Farmer 153
L. Fassett 87
Oscar Favor 146
George Feakins 144
First Settlers 16, 22
First Births 59
First Deaths 59
First paper mill 103
First teachers' institute 99
First town meeting 102
Fires in Rockton 185
L. B. Fisher 32-34
Benj. F. Fletcher 46
E. J Forrester 153
Jonah Forward
Fountain Reaper Co. 117
Chas. J. Fox 22, 39, 68, 75
H. B. Freed 147
Free Masons 137
Isaac Fryes 136

B. B. Gates
Samuel Gibson 30, 34, 37
Alexander Gibson 30, 36
John Gibson 35, 65
A. W. Gilmore 111
Valentine Gleasman 116
Fred Gleasman 126
Thomas Gover 95
William Goddard 78
S. J. Goodwin 127
Good Templars 140
James L. Gray 107
Grand Army Post 141
J. C. Gridley 79
S. R. Gridley 145
E. O. Gridley 147
Richard Griffith 53
John Griffith 75
William Griffith 75
Amos Guptil 89

Calvin Harden 86
Thomas Harley 89
William Harley 89
William Halley 12, 43
David Harper 151
A. T. Hart 32, 148
Rumsey Hatch 83
Charles Havens 92
John Henry 84
Ira Hersey 39, 40
Samuel Hersey 40
Edwin G. Higbey 35
B. B. Hill 147
G. H. Hollister 100
John B. Holmes 36
Dr. Harley Hooker 51
Challis Hooker 77
William Hulin 63
David Hudson 115
J. W. Hudson 148
Dr. Hulett 87
John M. Hulett 86
Albert Hulett 87
Jacob Hyatt 36, 50
Charles Hyatt 125

Indian relics 74
H. D. Jameson 117
S. P. Jenison 144
Rev. Silas Jessup 117
Calender Jessup 152
David Jewett 32, 78
John R. Jewett 12, 42
J. Herva Jones 46, 94
Russell Jones 49
Hugh Jones 86
J. R. Jones 154
Thomas Jordan 147

Charles Kane 46, 81, 83
Martin Kelley 33
John Kilgore 22
James Kincaid 98
N. B. Kincaid 46, 145
L. D. Kincaid 145
Edwin Kinsley 150
Knights of the Globe 139
John Lally 112
V. A. Lake 90
Henry Lampman 151
Luther Lawrence 42
Hiram Leffingwell 64
Wm. Leffinwell 87
Dr. Lippitt 30
Loring Loomer 42
Darius Loonmr 42
W. C. Loomer 153
John Lovesee 22, 24, 71
Henry Lovesee 12
Thomas Lyman 105
S. D. Lyman 105

Stephen Mack 6-13, 37, 65, 78
Mack's bridge 64, 78
Mack's will 13-16
Merrill E. Mack 35, 13, 63, 78
C. L. R. Manning 94
Marriages 174
Edwin Martin 104
C. B. Martin 104
E. W. Martin 75, 153
G. W. Martin 153
John McConnell 101
M. McCue 149
Alva McKay 100
W. W. McKay 154
R. B. Meech 152
A. N. Mellen 105
Lucius Mellen 111
A. H. Merrill 79
F. W. Merrill 79
W. H. Merrill 148
J. A. Merrill 144
J. B. Merritt 141
Methodist church 121-123
Alexander Miller 85
Modern Woodmen 138
M. Morrison 126
Stephen Morse 92
John Morse 47
Russell Nelson 92
A. S Newton 95
A. P. Newell 106
D. Newell 111
H. S. Northrop 142
Odd Fellows 140
Martin P. Ormsby 33, 37, 49
L. W. Osgood 94

Job Packard 41
Frank Packard 47
G. D. Peck 143
Rev. John Perham 116, 120
Seely Perry 96
Robert Penman 43
J. B. Peterson 36, 45, 78
Dea. Luman Pettibone 28, 71
Dorus Pettibone 101
Dean M. Pettibone 115
Mr. Peters 72
Benjamin Phillips 46
John Piper 46
E. Powell 144
Dr. N. F. Prentice 93
Miles Prentice 93
Frank Prentice 93

Railroad bonds 108
Alonzo Rice 85
Gen. Wm. Richardson 110
C. B. Richardson 113
Rockton seminary 88
Rockton lawyers 113
Rockton physicians 113
Rockton soldiers 129-134
Rockton Gazette 117
Rockton Veterans 135
Rockton Cemetery 116
Rockton Lime Kiln 155
Rev. C. T. Roe 143
S. Rosebaum 106
George Royden 98
W C Royden 153
Rev. George Rudd 31
Nathaniel Rudd 77
Capt. H. T. Ruger 36

Alonzo Sackett 94
Elisha Sackett 94
J. L. Sharp 80
James Shaw 126
Henry Shibley 111
Shoe Factory 104
Aaron Shores 63, 94
William Shores 62
Orvis Shurtleft 91
R. C. Smith 47, 155
Ralph Smith 93
Dr. Smith 104
Wm. Smith 148
George Smith 105
Soldiers buried in cemetery 134
Soldiers of Cuban war 135
G. W. Springer 116
Dudley Spurling 92
C. B. Spurling 152
E. H. Stanton 117
John Sterns 101
Lloyd Stearns 126
George Stevens 22, 26, 37, 39
Sylvester Stevens 62
Calvin Stevens 91
W. G. Stevens 152
Jonathan Strickland 83
E. L. Stiles 38, 92
A. G. Stiles 151
O. T. Stiles 151
Thomas Stokes 49, 160
Supervisors 102
R. C. Sweet 112

Wm. Talcott 16, 30, 39, 69
T. B. Talcott 16, 23, 26, 28, 37, 70
Wait Talcott 44, 45
Henry W. Talcott 22, 23, 37, 71
Sylvester Talcott 23, 27, 37, 70
Samuel Talcott 79
John G. Taylor 31
J. B. Taylor 154
Seth Taylor 85
Howe P. Teague 86
Temple of Honor 140
John F. Thayer 22, 24, 37, 68
Hiram Thayer 80
Thayer's bridge 88
Thomas Thompson 98
Wm. M. Thompson 44
Town officers 155
Township Organization 102
Seymour Treat 99
J. C. Truman 107

Capt. Wm. Urquehart 33

Dr. Coe Van Brunt 77
Elder James Veness 53
Dr. J. G. Veness 54
Dea. J. W. Veness 54
E. J. Veness 55
Village of Rockton 162
C. Vroman 48

Dr. David V. Waite 108
E. S. Waite 128
E. Smith Waite126
H. H. Waldo 99-100
James Wall 142
James Ward 154
Wm. Warren 106
Water Power 158-162
John Watts 149
Wm. Webber 97
H. A. Webber 98
H. J. Webber 98
Wm. R. Webber 148
W. R. Weld 96, 113
Henry Westlake 86
Mr. Whitman 35, 61
S. Widdowson 115
Asa P. Wiggins 97
J. Ambrose Wight 50
Timothy Wight 60
George Wilford 146
J. M. Williams 90
J. W. Winsor 152
J. E. Woolery 147
Kendall Young 84
George A. Young 89
Samuel Young 101
H. W. Young 149

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