Moultrie County Heritage
Published Quarterly by the Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society
Sullivan, Illinois

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Volume XV               August 1987                Number 3

Contents

President's Page - Editor's Comments ii
Research Aids iii
National Archives Rental Program iv
Indiana May Limit Record Access iv
Memories of Illinois Bridge and Iron Works 61
August in Illinois 100 Years Ago 64
Interesting Events of Early Lovington Including Lewis Family 65
Founding Father Facts - Solution 67
IN MEMORIAM - In Memory of President William McKinley 68
Former Lovingtonites - Homecoming 69
Premium List - Horse and Colt Show 76
Did You Know That... 76
Chit Chat - Hunt Family 77
Hunt and Edmonds Family Charts 79
50th Wedding Anniversaries & Upwards 80
BIBLE RECORDS - Jane Wilkinson; Hunt 81
Obituary - Jane Wilkinson 82
Necrology - Bethany Echo, 1910 83
Ancestor Tables - Senteney-Hostetler; Gard-Fleming 88
Warning to Genealogists 89
Queries 87 & 90
Publications for Sale Reverse Back Cover
Moultrie County Map Back Cover
Letters -  E. A. Watts;  A. M. Miller 59
Queries 60
"Ely Heritage" Newsletters 60
Membership List  - 1987 Supplement
Moultrie County Publications for Sale Reverse Back Cover
   
 
   

INDEXED IN THE GENEALOGICAL PERIODICAL ANNUAL INDEX
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Moultrie County formed in  1843 from parts of Macon and Shelby counties.
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The Moultrie County Heritage Quarterly Editor and Staff do not assume any responsibility for errors or fact of judgment on the part of the contributor.  Established errors will be corrected at the earliest opportunity.

The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society grants permission for use of quarterly material by other societies if proper credit is given.

The Executive Board of MCH&GS meets the First Tuesday of Each month at 9 a.m. in the Heritage Center Research Library.

Regular Meetings of MCH&GS are held the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Center with the exception of the Annual Dinner Meeting held the third Thursday of November at a location determined yearly.  No Regular Meeting is held in December.  The general public is always welcome to attend.

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Oh what avail are plow and sail, or land or life if freedom fails? --R. W. Emmerson
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