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

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Volume XV               November 1987                Number 4

Contents

President's Page ii
Research Aids iii
A NEW NATION ON  STATE - 1787, Map iv
A CELEBRATION OF CITIZENSHIP - 1787 -  1987 91
A. R. SCOTT HAD AN IRON SAFE - Centennial Scott State Bank 97
Centenniel Businesses, Moultrie Co., IL - 1986 - 1987 97
ANCESTOR SERVICES - Revolution - Peter Schaefer, Sr. 98
Soldiers' Art - Carved Pipes of Civil War 103
SARAH BUSH LINCOLN 103
Grave of Forgotten Hero Will Be Marked 104
1951 in Review - as It appeared in THE PROGRESS 105
hoskins 106
OBITUARY  - Fatal Fall - Charles Hoskins 108
How They Wrote and Talked - Mid Century - 1860s 109
United Nations 110
BIBLE - Layton-Finley 111
NECROLOGY - Bethany Echo  - 1911 112
ANCESTOR TABLES - Hunter-Fields 115
                                       - Hoskins-Hays; Boggs 116
                                       - Yeaaw-Butts; Edmonds-Edwards 117
Book Review - Senteney-Haney 119
The Right Name for the Right Cousin 119
QUERIES 120
ANNUAL INDEX                                   Supplement 1
Publications for SALE Reverse Back Cover
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION - Payment due 1 Jun 1988  Supplement  
Membership List  - 1987 Supplement
Moultrie County Publications for Sale Reverse Back Cover
   
on 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 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.

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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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