Madison County Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 631
Edwardsville, IL 62025-0631


THE STALKER
The Quarterly Publication of the Madison County Genealogical Society


Volume 35 - No. 1 - Spring 20l5

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Patient Was Surprise

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George M Lenz

1
Old Timer is Dead

1
Ex-Mayors

2
Mad Cow Comes to Town

4
Death of Conrad Haas

4
Returned Home from Hunting Trip

4
Joseph Gordon

5
Social

5
Pettingill - Revelle Wedding Announcement

5
Gampiers A. and Charlotte M. Engelmann

6
James Burns Death

8
Human Ashes Go by Parcel Post

8
Burke Obituary

9
Wm. Voyles Assaulted by Jas. McFetedge

9
John Gilbert Smith

10
Marriage Licenses - November 28,1888

13
Daring Highway Robbery

13
Petition

13
Meyer Death

13
Oldest House in City Shelters the Oldest Pioneer Woman

14
On Board That Barred Him

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More Wolf Scalps

15
Grafton Ministry

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Gone East

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Willie Koch Obituary

17
Alton Weddings

17
Killed by Falling Slate

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Col. J. C. Worden is Dead

18
F Kelly Shot

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Was Faithful to His Star

19
Judge Gillespie Obituary

19
Fire on the Steamer Howard

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Celebrating His Divorce

20
Palm Sunday 1892

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Benbow City

21
Troy News - October 12,1922

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Edward L. Lax

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Smash - Up

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Sued for a Divorce

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Madison County Property Tax Records - 1851 Hamel

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Ariel is Dead

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An Awkward Mistake - 1865 Humor?

30
Died Last Evening

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Pierron News - May 7,1914

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Difficulty in the Court House

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Made Fortunes by Proxy

32
Horse Thief Detective Society

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Fatal Accident

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Couple Reunited by Their Children

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Mr. Robinson Has New Job

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Drowned

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What Happened to the Dorsey Family Cemetery

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Death of Lewis J Clawson

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Miss Nettie Ridgley

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Death of Former Edwardsvillian is a County Loss

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Edwardsville Notes

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Death of Julius F Schneider

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Engineer Gave Up Life at His Post

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R F Tunnell Obituary

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Merrymaking in Saloon is Ended by Tragedy

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Alton News - December 21, 1892

40
 Surname Index

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Volume 35 - No. 2 - Summer 20l5

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Edwardsville News January 22, 1895

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 Arthur Wotier's Dilemma

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 Raffle Three Batchelors

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 Rescued from Flooded Mine

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 Troy News - June 12, 1914

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 Death of J. G. Price

49
 Shot at For Another Man

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 Not Guilty

50
 Married Five Times, Still Has Same Name

50
Races to Collect on Policy

50
Youthful New Year's Bride

51
Honor Graduates of Alton Schools

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Madison County Property Tax Records - 1851

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Miss Julia Scroggins

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Charles Sunderland

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Edwardsville News - June 30, 1909

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Granite City's Mayor Dies as Result of Accident

59
Mrs. Margaret Coleman Travous Obituary

59
Alton-Granite City Electric Line Assured

60
The First Grand Jury in Madison County

60
Fred Dettmer Injured

61
Rohrkaste - Haffter Wedding

61
Need Room for a Cow, Horse and Chickens

62
An Unusual Family

62
Spanish Flue Takes Local Soldiers

63
A New Yacht in Alton

64
Prominent Farmer Stabbed

64
Unusual Pets

65
Lt John T. Fahnstock

65
Suit to Break on Old Will

65
Thomas Jordon Uzzell - War of 1812 Veteran

66
Death of Eleanor McKinley Montgomery

67
Donovon's Team to Bowl Western Rowing Club

67
Left Hand Writing by Soldiers

68
Bad Women

68
Death of John Keown

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Now Worth More Than $1,000,000

69
Edith I Coffman Died Yesterday

71
Took a Bath Before Window

71
Boys From Near-By Points Who Gave Life Itself

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Mrs. Jane Kinder

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Girls Baptized in Icy Pond

72
Cycles 3700 Miles

72
Packet Boat J J Odil Sinks

73
Death of Conrad Kaibfieisch

73
Mrs. Cooper Asks Divorce

73
Benjamin Chandler - War of 1812 Veteran

74
Leap-Year Proposal Is Accepted: Will Not Give Name

75
Alton News - June 28, 1895

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Mrs. Julia Morton Funeral

75
Mrs. Bertha Ackerman Bender Dead

75
Report of Grand Jury

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 Marine News - January 9, 1895

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 Francis Berry - War of 1812 Veteran

78
 Nurse Stole Own Daughter

79
 Cotton In Madison County

79
 Plays Against Death and He Loses

79
 A New Mill

79
 Mrs. Wilhelmina Oerke Summoned by Mortality

80
 Jacob Menz

81
 Harry E. Deck, Livery Stable and Live Stock Dealer

81
 Eduard Herman J. Buescher in Buried in Wood Cemetery

82
 Tombstone Wrapped in Aluminum Foil

83
 Alonzo Jaggers

84
 Summoned Suddenly

84
 Death of George Cassen

84
 Surname Index

85

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Volume 35 - No. 3 - Fall 2015

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Liberty Prairie Presbyterian Church

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Mrs. E Munn Dies

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Madison County Property Tax Records 1851

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Highlane News - April 24, t914

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Eeck - Wilson Wedding

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Venice and Madison News - March 22,1893

99
Alton Tobacco Manufactory

99
S B Gillham Funeral

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Sensational Turn in the Invincibles Case

100
Grand Jury Probing "Invincibles" Case

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Fridolin, Anton, and Jacob Good from Mels, Switzerland to Highland, Illinois

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St. Jacob News

114
To Prospect for Coal

114
Notice to Taxpayers

115
George W Meade

115
Fire At Alhambra, Ill.

115
Edwardsville News - August 7,1889

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A Day's Doings in Granite City

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Trampled to Death by Horses

117
Facs - Handlon Wedding

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Two Sisters Lose Their Lives in a Cloud Burst

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Flagg - Hehuer Marriage

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Alton Notes and Personals - February 12, 1901

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Marine News - July 27, 1893

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Montague - King Wedding

120
Stallings Funeral

120
Brother and Sister of Contrating Couple Sprung a Surprise

120
Purchased Herd of Cattle

120
Death Claims Otto E Wolf After Long Illness

121
Madison County W. C. T. U.

121
Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder

121
To Blame For All

122
School Property Appraisers

122
Edwardsville Robbers

123
Alton Notes and Personals

123
There Was an Earthquake

123
Dr. Benjamin Kirtland Hart

124
Orange Blossoms

126
Mrs. Sophia P Stowell Obituary

126
Mill Burned

127
General Business

127
Mob Action Abated After Trial of Gipson, Barber and Watson

128
William J Baird Died

128
Surname Index

129

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Volume 35 - No. 4 - Winter 20l5

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Prayer Cards from Venice

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New Douglas News

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Madison County Property Tax Records - 1851

137
Highland News - July 17, 1914

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Class of 1919 Deaths

143
Reward for Murders

143
Fridolin, Anton and Jacob Good from Mels, to Highland - Part 2

144
Watts - Mette Wedding

149
Edwardsville Happenings June 11, 1897

150
Koch Funeral

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Thought It Was Silver

151
Mrs. Amelia Mook Dead

151
The Lamp Exploded

151
Highland News Item

151
Edwardsville Notes - November 1, 1902

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William G. Highlander

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Another Incident in Alton

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J P Laird

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Marine News - November 11, 1891

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Quick Work with a Murderer

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Three Children Baptized

154
Eight Caught in a Wreck

154
Father and Son Buried

154
Alton Funerals

154
Henry Bohlen Dies

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A Desirable Property

155
Political Paragraphs

156
Burns Fatal to Aged Woman

156
The Plowing Match

157
Horticultural Society Meeting

157
New Colony in Oklahoma

157
Two Boys Avert Terrible Wreck

158
Queer Coins

158
Loos School Examinations

158
Never Again

159
Funeral Services Held at Alton

159
A Close Call

159
Lange - Meyer Marriage

159
Edwardsville Notes - May 8, 1902

160
Madison County Deaths

160
Woman Leaving Cash and Government Bonds Has Brothers in North

160
W. W. Elliott

160
Edwardsville Fire Company Meeting

161
Widow of Senator J. W. Copplinger is Dead From Cancer

161
Modern Woodmen Officers

161
Louis Walters Funeral

161
A Big Mistake

161
Alton Fund

162
A E F Overseas Casualties

162
2015 Membership - Surnames not included in Surname Index

163
Surname Index

170

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