Union County is in the southwestern edge of the State, and has an area of 398 square miles. For a breadth of five miles along the Mississippi, the surface is rich bottom land, while the eastward is a hilly region, generally covered with heavy timber. The eastern portion is drained by Cache River, and the western by Clear Creek and its tributaries. There are large exposures of limestone and sandstone, and fine beds of potter's clay. The first settler of whom we find any trace is Capt. John S. Hacker, whose advent dates back to 1810 or 1811, and who has figured largely in the settlement of Southern Illinois. His wife was Eliza Milliken, whose father gave the name of Milliken's Bend to a curve in the Mississippi. The county was organized in 1818, and Jonesboro was selected as the seat of government. Capt. Hacker erected the pioneer hotel at that place, and spent thirty years in the town. There he raised a company of ninety-six men, whom be led through the Mexican war, and afterward made the overland trip to California. On the death of his wife, in 1853, he removed to Cairo. The village of Jonesboro stands upon a high ridge, and had, in 1870, a population of 1,108. One mile northwest is Anna, containing 1,260 inhabitants, and still northward, Cobden, both the latter being important fruit shipping points. The residence of James Bell, at Cobden, is said to be the finest in Southern Illinois. The railways are the Illinois Central and the Cairo & St. Louis Narrow Gauge, which traverse the county centrally. In 1870, the population of Union County was 16,518, of whom 9,739 are natives of the State, and 652 of foreign lands. The region is one of the best timbered districts of the State. There are no true coal-bearing rocks, though some thin streaks of coal appear. An important deposit of iron ore forms the summit of Iron Mountain. Millstones and grindstones are excavated at Bald Knob. A mineral spring at New Saratoga has attained considerable celebrity. The summit of the sandstone ridge traversing the northern portion of the county is one of the finest fruit regions in the State, and more fruit is shipped from Cobden than from any other station on the Illinois Central Railroad.
Illinois Southern Hospital for the Insane
Residence & Flouring Mill of Joseph Trees
Patrons listing provides for each person listed:
Name, Post Office, Section, Occupation, Nativity, and Year Settled in State.
Barnhart, Jacob
Biggs, J. J.
Burns, John
Burton, Reuben
Coleman, P. M.
Corzine, Wilson H.
Cruse, John
Damren, J. W.
Davis, David
Dillow, Emeline
Dillow, Paul
Freeman, James H.
Fuller, I. W.
Gallegly, Wilson S.
Groner, Zachariah
Hartline, B. F.
Hays, James
Hileman, Jacob
Hileman, Levi
Hines, Wlater
Hoel, C. B.
Hoffner, C.
Holtaman, H. N.
Houer, Chirstopher
Jones, John S.
Keller, B. H.
Landrith, J.
Lilley, B.
Magee, W. I. B.
Marlen, Thomas N.
Menees, Jefferson
Misenhimer, Thomas
Mitchell, Charles
Mowery, A. W.
Mowery, Edward
Murphy, James
Murphy, William E.
Penninger, A. L.
Penrod, David
Pickels, Tomm
Poole, J. H.
Robinson, Edward G.
Sanders, James N.
St. John, G. R.
Stokes, Jones
Terry, William
Vancil, Adam
Walton, J. K.
Westover, Polez
Wilber, A. S.
Wise, T. B.
Directory provides for each person listed: Name, Occupation, Nativity,
and Year Settled in State.
Baggott, O. P.
Baker, G. H.
Ballard, W. H.
Bame, M.
Barker, E. B.
Barlow, Annie
Barnes, Dr.
Barwell, E. M.
Bastian, J. M.
Beale, V. & Bro.
Benham, M. A.
Bently, H. S.
Biggs, B. F.
Bingham, S. P.
Bird, Philander
Blackwell, James
Bouton, T. F.
Brooks, L. F.
Brown, F. M.
Brown, W. M.
Brown, William J.
Buck, A. & J., & Co.
Buckingham, R.
Bush, A. P.
Carlile, E. T.
Carlile, T. A.
Casper, P. H.
Cauble, Willis
Cerney, V. & S.
Clay, D. T.
Clutts, A.
Cook, J. C.
Cover, J. R.
Crawford, M. C.
Custead, N. T.
Davie, Samuel F.
Davis, L. J.
Deardorff, Sadie
Dick, James F.
Dishon, P. A.
Dodge, W. H.
Dougherty, George M.
Earle, Parker
Eddy, E. D.
Ede, Henry
Eden, W. H.
Farrill, C. T.
Ferrill, John
Ferrill, T. W.
Finch, E. A.
Finch, E. H.
Fly, William R.
Forbes, H. C.
Foster, T. N.
Fowler, O. B.
Gillespie, Geo. W.
Goodrich, T. E.
Gourley, Thomas
Grear, John
Grear, Wlater
Green, David
Gregory, W. L.
Griffith, John
Gunter, H.
Hacker, I. S.
Hale, James I.
Hammons, James
Hanners, William S.
Harlin, R. G.
Hartline, George W.
Henderson, M. M.
Henerdaon, F. J.
Hodges, J. P.
Holcomb, C. D.
Holcomb, Thos. A. E.
Horton, James
Hoyt, Warren
Hubbell, W. H.
Hurst, D. C.
Hurst, Thomas J.
Hutchison, C. A.
Inscore, John L.
Inscore, Matthew J.
Ives, S. P.
Jarvis, J. R.
Jeude, Casper
Keith, John J.
Kendall, Samuel
Kimmel, Edgar A.
Kipp, Jonas
Kirkpatrick, C.
Kohler, Nick
Kroh, P. H.
Lamer, Walter S.
Lamer, Willis
Leavenworth, Ebeni
Lefkin, John E.
Levey, Joseph
Lewis, Joshua
Lockard, John
Machleith, H. G.
Mangold, W. H.
Martin, William
Mathews, Thomas G.
Mayvield, Darby
McCormick, C. L.
McGinnis, John A. J.
McKay, W. D.
McLoney, J. F.
McPass, G.
Miles, W. T.
Miller Bros.
Miller, John B.
Miller, John N.
Mosby, A. J.
Moss, A. H.
Murray, James
Nance, R. P.
Newton, John T.
Norton, Mrs. H. M.
Owen, G. W.
Parmley, John
Penoyer, H.
Perrine, T. M.
Petsch, Franz
Phillips, Mrs. I. N.
Piersol, I. C.
Poole, Amos
Randall, J. M.
Rethey, B. N.
Rich, Thomas J.
Richardson, F. H.
Roach, Henry
Robinson, J. A.
Samson, Joseph H.
Sanborn, J. H.
Sanford, Amos
Scarsdale, Frank E.
Shennick, Richard
Shick, Cyrus
Shipley, Robert T.
Sifford, D.
Sims, A. W.
Skimland, Elias R.
Smith, J. A.
Stokes, Mathew, Jr.
Stokes, Morgan
Stone & Burton
Sublett, I. G.
Swafford, William
Terpintz, J. E.
Thing, Elizabeth
Thomas, J. W.
Thompson, R. B.
Toler, James I., Sr.
Trees, Joseph
Tweedy, James M.
Vancil, Mrs. L.
Wallace, J. F. F.
White, Helen M.
Whiteman, Gertrude
Wigge, William
Wilber, A. S.
Wilcox, L. P.
Williams, Daniel
Willoughby, P. C.
Windrem, John D.
Contributed 2022 Jul 31 by Norma Hass, extracted from 1876 Atlas of the State of Illinois, pages 75, 90, 205, 261, and 288.
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