If the surname you are researching is listed below, you might have struck the quaint and proverbial genealogical ‘pot-of-gold.”

The pioneer biographies contained in this publication were compiled from the Danville Evening Commercial. Each entry lists an early Vermilion County marriage followed by a biography and family history of the couple. The 'tidbits' bring the reader back to another era, a place in time when things were simple.

This well-researched publication has it all ... everything from courting rituals to family migration patterns, personality assessments, dates of deaths/births, marriages, and careers. A 'don't-miss' for any Vermilion researcher.

Example

Samuel J. RUSSELL, who was married to Miss Lucy GILBERT, March 13, 1833, by Rev. Enoch KINGSBURY, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Solomon GILBERT, in Danville, was a well-know citizen in his day and prominently identified with the business interests and general growth and prosperity of Danville & Vermilion County. He was twice a volunteer in the Blackhawk War, the first time in a home volunteer company and the second in the regular militia of the state. He did not have a very exalted opinion of the war, even going to far as to say that it was a farce, that in a company of fifty volunteers which he was with, only a few had guns, and they were very poor specimens of flint locks.

The woman who became his wife lived with her parents on south Vermilion street, where Mr. RUSSELL paid her assiduous court. In those days tallow dips were the fashion. One night, while being 'shown out" by his sweetheart, one of the strange things of those days happened. Miss GILBERT had a tallow dip in one hand, and as they reacher the front door, on top of a 'puncheon' in front of the door, was lying a big moccasin snake, which had stretched itself out on the log in the moonlight to enjoy itself. His "snake ship" was made to seek other quarters right speedily. This strange occurrence was not soon forgotten.

Article continues with information Miss GILBERT's genealogy (parents, etc.).

Surnames Included in Volume I

* After the surname indicates over 5 DIFFERENT first names are listed under the surname.
** After the surname indicates over 10 DIFFERENT first names are listed under the surname.

Abdill, Ackerman, Aiken, Alexander*, Alleman, Andrews, Ankrum, Armstrong, Ashley, Ashmore, Axtell

Baker, Bandy, Barden, Barger*, Barnes, Barnett, Barton, Baston, Baum, Beard, Beckwith, Bensyl*, Berry, Bicknell, Bishop, Black**, Blaze, Bleau, Bloss, Boyce*, Bradford, Bradshaw, Brady, Brand, Brazelton, Brier, Brittingham, Brown, Buck, Bushong, Butler

Cage, Callahan, Campbell, Canaday, Cannon, Carr, Cass, Cattrell, Chenowith, Chesley, C(h)risley, Clark, Claypool, Cline, Coffeen**, Cole, Collet, Collett, Colton, Colwell, Cook*, Cooley, Cooper**, Copeland, Cornean, Cosat, Cottrell, Courtney, Craig, Culbertson, Cunningham*, Current**, Custer

Daniel, Daniels, Davidson, Davis**, Davison, Deakin*, Dennison, Dillon*, Doane, Dougherty, Douglas, Downey, Draper*, Duncan*

Edmonson, Elder, Elliott**, English

Fairbanks, Fairchild*, Fanning, Farwell, Fithian*, Fletcher, Fox, Frazier, Fuller, Fulton

Gains, Galusha, Gaston, Gerraid, Gibson, Giddings, Gilbert**, Gilgis*, Gilkey, Gleze, Goddard, Golden, Goodman, Grace, Graves**, Green, Griffin, Griffith, Groendyke, Grondyke, Gundy

Hacker, Hardin, Harger, Harker, Harmon, Harper*, Harrington, Harsha, Hart, Harvey, Hastings, Hawes, Hawkins, Haworth**, Hayden, Hayes, Helmick, Hiestand**, Hines, Henderson, Henry, Hill, Hoffman, Holden, Holmes, Hooble, Horton, Hubb, Hubbard, Hulce, Humphrey, Hunter

Ivy

Jackson, James, Johns**, Jones*

Keck, Kelley, Kelly, Kenison, Kerr, Kidd, Kilpatrick, Kingsbury, Knight

Lafferty*, Lamb, Lamm*, Lamon**, Lane, Layton*, Leaverton, Lemon**, Leseure, Lesley, Leverich*, LeWarn, Lewis, Lewman, Lightner, Lindsey, Linelock, Little, Lockett*, Long, Lowry, Luddington, Lyons

Madden, Makemson*, Mann, Marshall, Martin, Mather, Matthews, Maudlin, Maxwell, Mayo, Merrill, Miles*, Miller, Millikan, Mills, Moore, Morres*, Moreland, Morgan, Morse, Morton, Mosier, Moss, Murphy, Murry, Myers

McClure, McDonald, McFarland, McKain, McKee, McKibben, McLain, MaMahan, McNeill**, McVey

Newlon*, Norris, Norton

Oakwood**, O’Bryant*, Olehy, Outen

Palmer**, Partlow*, Pate**, Payne, Payton**, Peirce, Penwell, Perry, Peyton, Pierce, Potter, Probst*, Purser

Raimer, Rateliff, Reed, Remley, Reynolds**, Rice, Richardson, Risley, Ritter, Roberts, Robinson, Rodmon, Root, Ross*, Rudy**, Russell*

Sallee, Sandusky, Sconce**, Scott, Search*, Shedd, Shepherd, Sheridan, Short, Smalley, Smith*, Snapp*, Snow, Songer, Spain, Spencer, Starr, Stearns, Steen, Stein, Stewart, Stout, Stowers, Stuart, Swann, Swift

Tait, Taylor, Thompson, Ticknor, Tilton**, Tinkham, Tomlinson, Townsend, Treat, Trimble, Tuttle

Vaught, Vinzant, Voorhees, Vredenburgh*, Vredenberger, Vredenburg

Walker, Walston, Walters, Watson, Whissaker, Whitcomb, White, Williams, Wolf, Woodbury, Woods, Wood, Wright

Yeoman, Yount

This delightful Volume II is a continuation of the marriage records and pioneer biographies found in Volume I above.

Surnames Included in this Publication

* After the surname indicates over 5 DIFFERENT first names are listed under the surname.
** After the surname indicates over 10 DIFFERENT first names are listed under the surname.

Abdill, Acree, Alexander, Allen, Ashmore

Bailey*, Barker, Baum, Berry, Bird, Black*, Boggess*, Booker, Brachall, Bradley, Bratton, Brittingham**, Brown, Busby, Butler

Cain, Campbell, Canaday, Caraway, Carter, Chesley*, Church*, Citizen, Cole, Cook**, Cooper, Copeland, Cowan, Crane, Culbertson*, Current

Davis, Daily, Delay, Dicken, Digby, Dougherty**, Douglas, Draper*

Elder, Ellis, Emley

Fithian, Frazier*

Gadd, Galosha, Galusha, Genoden, Giddings, Gilgis, Goodwin, Grace*, Graves*

Hall, Hamnett, Hart, Harvey, Hedrick, Hill, Hole*, Hollingsworth, Howell, Hubbard, Huffman

Ilk, Inwood

Johnson

Kendall*, Kilbourn, Kingsbury, Kirsh

Lafferty, Lanham, Lawrence, Lesley, Leseure, Longstreth, Luddington*, Lynch

McClenathan, McCully, McGee**, McHenry, McNeil

Maddox, Makemson*, Marshall, Martin, Menely, Merrill, Mills, Mires, Moore, Moreland, Moyer, Munsell, Murdock

Newlon, Nichols, Norton

Oakwood**, O’Neal

Padgett, Pankey, Patterson, Penn, Penny (?), Powell, Pugh

Ray**, Robinson, Roderick, Rouse, Rowlson, Russell, Ryan, Reed, Remley, Rice, Rines

Sailor, Sapp, Sconce, Scott, Shaffer, Short**, Shroaf, Slater, Smith**, Smoot**, Spain, Stevens, Stewart

Taylor**, Thomas, Trent

Villars**

Warder, Watson, Watts, Weeks, West, Wherrey, Whitehead, Wiley, Williams, Wishard, Woodbury, Woods, Wright

 

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