In the Bushnell cemetery, a large gray granite stone marks the resting place ofStephen A. Hendee. Stephen’s life reads like an adventure book full ofinteresting places and people and business…

In one of the southeastern cemeteries of McDonough County stands a whitemilitary marker inscribed: “Corpl. Jonas Hobart, 1 N.H. Continentals, Rev.War.” It marks the grave of a New Hampshire soldier…

Lewis Eblesizer (1818–1887) came into the world in Indiana, the son of Adam Ebelsizer and Polly Baker. Life dealt him a hard hand early—his father died when Lewis was just…

Foster’s Point sits up in the northeast corner of Eldorado Township, and ittakes its name from the Arthur J. Foster family, who settled there back in 1831.One of Arthur’s boys,…

Daniel Middleton Crabb came into the world on November 14, 1823, in thehills of Virginia, the fourth child and oldest son of nine children born to Johnand Ann Fleming Crabb….

Image from the 1871 Plat of McDonough County, the home of Lewis and Elizabeth Nance Eblesizer Lewis Eblesizer (1818–1887) came into the world in Indiana, the son of Adam Ebelsizer…

Charles R. Hume packed quite a bit of living into his years. He was born January 1, 1814, in Delaware County, New York, one of ten children of Robert and…

The 1885 History of McDonough County records that Charles B. Gilchrist was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, in 1802, the son of Samuel and Betsy (Allen) Gilchrist. His mother was…

Another early settler of McDonough County was Stephen Yocum, who brought his family to the eastern part of the county—an area that later became New Salem Township. Born February 17,…

Elias McFadden, his son David, and his nephew, Wylie McFadden, settled in Chalmers Township around 1827–1828, at the same time Bethel, Blandinsville, Industry, New Salem, and Scotland townships were being…