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

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Volume XV               February 1987                Number 1

Contents

President's Page - Editor's Comments ii
Research Aids iii
Genealogical Magazine iv
The Old House - Riley Family 1
Obituary - James A. Steele 6
Oral History - Ray Waggoner Reminiscences 7
Kirksville Story - Delmar Elder 13
Obituary - William Tull 14
Banks Family Ancestors 15
IN MEMORIAM - P. K. Bryant, J. Murphy, Inis Little, J. R. Durbin 17
Sullivan Man Had Voted 70 Years 18
BIBLE RECORD - George Gaddis  19
"BETHANY AND UNCLE BILLY" 20
Necrology - 1908 - Bethany Echo 21
Sullivan Man Studied Hard Way 24
Library Research Aids 25
Drew Ancestors 26
President's Annual Message - 1986 27
Mahon Cemetery - Macon Co., IL 28
Donation Suggestions for Material Wanted for our MCHGS Collection 29
Queries 30
   
Sharon Wick's NOTE:  The following did NOT appear on the table of contents page.  I am including it purely for the purpose of giving credit to the Genealogy Society.
   

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 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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