Madison County Genealogical Society

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

THE STALKER
The Quarterly Publication of the Madison County Genealogical Society

 

Volume 41 - No. 1 - Spring 2021

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Schramm Was a Trojan

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Wedding at Fernald

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Spring Fashion Show

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1892 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

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Passed Away This Morning in a St. Louis Hospital

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Madison County Institute

9

Genealogy Tip-of-the-Day

9

General Palmer’s Visits to the Cooper Farm in Moro

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Steenburgh – Pletscher

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Dallas Couple Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary

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Father and Son Buried

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1893 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

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A Typical Iowa Farm

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Haalon – Dundee Fight

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Alton Notes and Personals

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Bad Boys

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Troy News

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Mrs. J. H. Meier

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Mrs. Mary Langreder

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Samuel Martin, Old Citizen, Dies at Family Home

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Rev. Jordan Chavis Chaplain

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Sudden Death of Rev. Jordan Chavis

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Phillip Kaufman, Violin Prodigy

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Will Wed Nurse Who Cared For Him During Illness

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Dr. G. G. Craig, Sr. Passes to Rest

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One Man Killed and Three Fatally Injured

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Elopement Thrill With a Comedy Ending

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Joseph Youngworth Death

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Frightened Horse

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Local Events – August 12, 1902

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Alton News

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Purcell

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Alhambra A Tale of Two Villages

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Father McAlaney’s Death

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Bender Funeral Largely Attended

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Mrs. Warning of Mr. Olive Dies

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A New Resident

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Surname Index

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Volume 41- No. 2 - Summer 2021

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Collinsville News from the Advertiser May 4, 1918

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Marriage in the Country

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Frank Stempel Dies from Prostration after Working Hard in Sun

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Recital at Music Center

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Death of Rudolph Pletscher

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Timothy Gruaz, Founder of Sebastopol

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Financier for Silver

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Kendall Family

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J. O. Evans Killed

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Mrs. Purcell

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Postbellum Madison County

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The Riverboat Sultana

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Col. Hoffman

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Visiting Relatives

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1894 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

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Byron Herbert Beswick

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All About Alton

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Strange Train Event

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Mrs. Mary Littlieton Passes Away After Four Score and Three

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Returns Home

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Stephen Osborn, Pioneer, Passes

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Louis B. Engelhart, a Prominent Resident, Passes Away

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Quick “Delegraphy”

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1895 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

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Blackwell – Meyer Wedding

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Staunton News

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Fred Krueger, Death

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George H. Osborn

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Summer Visit

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More Troy News

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Newcom

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Leo Kelley of St. Louis Won a Decision from Collinsville Fighter in Twenty Rounds

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Fred Hauck

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Marks, Weber & Co, Furniture Dealers and Undertakers

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How Dickens Sold His Name

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Sudden Death Last Night of Major Ernst Hoffman

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Worden

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Deaths Doings – Highland – February 1, 1895

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Marine News

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A Big Spelling Match

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Wedding Bells

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Evil Spirits

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McFadden – McClintock Nuptials

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Notable Death

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Edwardsville Notes

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Money Scam

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Black Eye For Cupid

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To Blame for All

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Death of Mrs. Behr

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Christian Janett, Seven Months Beyond Century Mark, at Highland

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Missing 23 Years, Heard From at Last

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Miss Annie Oetkin and her Father Accumulated $16,000

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Surname Index

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Volume 41 - No. 3 - Fall 2021

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Is Older Than the County

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Man Killed by Lightning

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Madison County Items

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Aged Caseyville Woman Dies

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A Marriage

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1896 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

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Under the Colors

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More Troy News

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Cupid’s Idiosyncrasy

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Brueggeman Family Items

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Job Opening

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Roller, Shot by Earl Green, Monday, Dies

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Alton Watchman Critically Wounded in Shooting Fray

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Victim Failed to Appear

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1897 Births as Reported to the Madison County Clerk

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Troy News

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Edwardsville Travelers

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Tax Dispute

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Confesses Causing Fatal Wreck “Just for Fun”

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John Albert Vance

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American Held in English Prison

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Frank Gould Sells Berkeley Oval, Located in Bronx

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Warnock, Williamson & Burroughs

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Collinsville News

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John Voss Dies, Sick Short Time

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Sale of Real Estate by Order of Court

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Ruby Cantlon

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Family Visits

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Farming vs. Horse Racing

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Firemen Buried in Bricks

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Illinois Board of Agriculture

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New Owner

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Bryant Family History

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Fratus Visit

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Judge W. L. Piggott Dead

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Old Settler’s Death

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Turners’ Monthly Shoot

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Personals

125

Wyland – Savage Wedding

125

Marriage Licenses

125

Local Happenings

126

Edwardsville Woman Carpenter Builds Own Home

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Jules Lewis Hans Berensbach

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Latowsky Brothers

129

The Sudden Summons Comes to Old and Young Alike

133

Roeth – Anderson Wedding

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Restaurant Robbed

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Surname Index

134

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