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TAHS New Entries for Feb. & March 2005

April 8, 2005

MARCH 2005 ENTRIES 
 
PHOTOS 
 
Dyer Booth - submitted by Howard Booth (Booth Family Photo 
Album) 
Clara E. Booth - submitted by Howard Booth (Booth Family 
Photo Album) 
Darlene Cantlin, Lottie Carter, Daisy Marshall and Margaret 
McKenzie (McKenzie Photo Album), submitted by Connie Essig 
McCue Family 1910 (James McCue Biography/Whiteside Co.), 
submitted by Colleen Butler 
WHITESIDE COUNTY HISTORICAL INFORMATION 1885 
(Many surnames listed in these village & township 
histories) 
 
Preface to Whiteside Co. Townships 
Ablany Township 
Village of Albany 
Clyde Township 
Village of Malvern (Clyde Twnp) 
Coloma Township 
Rock Falls 
Hume Township 
Village of Galt 
Village of Empire 
Erie Township 
Erie Village 
MISCELLANEOUS  
 
Misc. articles on Olive Glassburn, (Tampico Tornado 
Articles) submitted by Les Niemi 
Announcement: HY&T videos available for sale $23.85 
(includes postage). Mail request and check to: Tampico Area 
Historical Society, P. O. Box 154, Tampico, IL 61283 
Yorktown General Store re-opening in April, 2005. Added a 
web page for them (Main Menu/Area Attractions & 
Accommodations) 
OBITS 
 
Obit for Olive (Johnston) Glassburn from the Tampico 
Progress, submitted by Les Niemi 
William Curran, submitted by Katherine Walters 
BIOGRAPHIES 
 
Milton B. Woodward (Whiteside County) 
John Ferguson (Whiteside County) 
James McCue (Whiteside County) 
Louis Oltmanns (Whiteside County) 
ARTICLES & LOCAL HISTORY 
 
News article: Democrat buys, preserves Ronald Reagan 
Birthplace (Articles & Local History) 
News article: Shortline railroad was long on good times 
(Articles & Local History) 
News article: Tampico recalls president's roots (Articles & 
Local History) 
News article: Reagan in Tampico (Articles & Local History) 
Illinois Soldier's & Sailor's Home - Quincy 
 
D. B. Langley (Military) 
James Scully (Military) 
History of the Swedes in Illinois Part III 
 
Charles Adams (Library/Swedes in IL) 
 
 
FEBRUARY 2005 ENTRIES 
 
WHITESIDE COUNTY HISTORICAL INFORMATION 1885 
 
Poor Farm (Whiteside County) 
Record Building (Whiteside County) 
Building for the Insane (Whiteside County) 
PRESIDENT'S CORNER 
 
New message from TAHS president, Ann Martin (Main 
Menu/Misc./President's Corner) 
BIOGRAPHIES 
 
Henry B. Frey (Whiteside County) 
Richard Drury (Whiteside County) 
Conrad Seyller (Henry County) 
Charles L. Savage (Bureau County/Past & Present 1906) 
John Sieben (Henry County) 
Wm. Harbaugh (Henry County) 
Levi Pillsbury (Henry County) 
David Luther (Henry County) 
Amasa Garrett (Bureau, Marshall & Putnam Counties) 
Horace Abbott (Whiteside County) 
John F. Demmon (Whiteside County) 
William Taylor (Whiteside county) 
William F. Twining (Whiteside County) 
HISTORY 
 
History of Port Henry, N.Y. 1931-Mckenzie Family (Articles 
& Local History); submitted by Connie Essig 
OBITS 
 
Corrected spelling on Kuepker obit (typo said Keupker - 
sorry!) 
ILLINOIS SOLDIER'S & SAILOR'S HOME AT QUINCY 
 
John Dimon (Military) 
SWEDES IN ILLINOIS 
 
Rev. Carl W. Sundmark (Reference Library/Swedes in IL) 
PHOTO ALBUMS 
 
"Adopt-a-Trophy" photos and descriptions of some of the 
trophies available for "adoption" Also see "Projects" 
(Photo Albums/Adopt-a-Trophy) 
Identified two students in Pleasant Hill School Photo, 
submitted by Ryan Arians (Bureau County Schools) 
MISCELLANEOUS 
 
Revised membership application to accomodate donations. 
Also changed mailing address directly to the TAHS.

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