Rev. John Logan #29
mcgs_adminJohn Logan was born in Virginia in 1793, only 17 years after the Declaration of Independence. George Washington was president, and the United States was still a young nation. During…
William and Mary Pringle #28
mcgs_adminThe story of William and Mary Keaton Pringle might have been lost to time if it weren’t for two very di erent discoveries. The first was the 1878 History ofMcDonough…
Caswell Russell #27
mcgs_adminWhen Caswell Russell and his brother-in-law, William Pennington, came toMcDonough County, there were probably fewer than 20 families living here.Only two settlements, Job and Carter, had been established. There were…
John Gibbs #26
mcgs_adminBorn in 1823 in Frederick County, Maryland, John Gibbs entered the world inone of the state’s wealthiest and most productive agricultural regions. Hisearly years were shaped by a young nation…
Lamech Blandin, JR. #25
mcgs_adminIn the northwest corner of McDonough County, along LaHarpe Creek, sitsLiberty Cemetery in Blandinsville Township. More than 200 people are buriedthere, including twenty-five pioneers who were born before 1800 in…
Humphrey Horrabin #24
mcgs_adminNursery, was John Davis’ contribution to the farm. The 1860 and 1870 censuses show John and Sarah Horrabin Davis and children living on the Horrabin place. Humphrey Horrabin’s age kept…