Excerpted from The Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois. 1882
- Bader Christian Church, Bader, Schuyler Co. IL.
Bainbridge Township History - Birmingham Township History
Brooklyn Township History - Brown County Methodist Episcopal Church
- Browning Township History
- Buena Vista Township History
- Camden Christian Church
- Camden Township History
- Christian Church
- Civil War Rosters (not available)
- Frederick Township History
- Hickory Township History
- Huntsville Township History
- Littleton Township History
- Methodist Episcopal Church History
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South, History
- Newspaper History of Schuyler County, Illinois
- Oakland Township History
- Patron List, Bainbridge Township
Patron List, Birmingham Township
Patron List, Brooklyn Township - Patron List, Browning Township
- Patron List, Buena Vista Township
Patron List, Camden Township - Patron List, Frederick Township
- Patron List, Hickory Township
- Patron List, Huntsville Township
- Patron List, Littleton Township
Patron List, Oakland Township - Patron List, City of Rushville
- Patron List, Rushville Township
- Patron List, Woodstock Township
- Presbyterian Church
- Rushville Township History
- Woodstock Township History
Excerpted from Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1892
Excerpted from Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Schuyler County, 1908
- Bainbridge Township History
- Baptist Church
- Birmingham Township History
- Browning Township History
- Brooklyn Township History
- Buena Vista Township History
- Camden Township History
- Cholera Epidemic of 1834
- Christian Church
- Civil War Rosters (not available)
- Civil War of Schuyler County, Illinois
- Coming of the Pioneer Methodist
- County Buildings
- Courts of Schuyler County, Illinois
- Episcopal Church
- Frederick Township History
- Hickory Township History
- Highways, Post Routes, Railroads
- History of Newspapers of Schuyler County, Illinois
- Huntsville Township History
- Industrial Development
- Littleton Township History
- Methodist Episcopal Church History
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- Oakland Township History
- Pioneer Settlers
- Presbyterian Church History
- Public School History
- Rushville Township History
- Woodstock Township History
- Prairie Farmer Directory, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1918
Schuyler County & the California Gold Rush
- Our California Boys, 1849
- Our California Boys, 1850
- Preparing for California (excerpt from “A Trip Across the Plains, March 28th to October 27th, 1853” – by Mary Fetter (Hite) Sanford
- The Manlove Diaries
- California Gold Rush Experiences (excerpts from “The Way to My Golden Wedding” by David R. Hindman, 1908
Schuyler County & the Oregon Trial
- Joseph Gragg’s Account of Trek
- Ten Mile Prairie Indian Outbreak, Oregon
- Oregon Trail in Oregon Clickable Map
- Trail of Hope Overland Diaries & Letters 1846-1869)
History of Butler County, Kansas, 1916
A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans
- Robert M. Bronaugh Biography
- James Richard Bruner Biography
- Nathan T. Veatch Biography
- George Washington Wingate Biography
- W. T. & Charles Yoe Biography
Excerpted from “Old Times In Schuyler”
Articles originally prepared, written & published by Howard F. Dyson in The Rushville Times 1918.
- First Record of Exploration
- The Military Tract
- Evolution of County Organization
- First Settlement in Schuyler
- Schuyler’s First Settlers
- County Organized in 1825
- Rushville Platted in 1826
- Indians Here in 1826
- The Second Wedding in the County
- Chauncey Hobart Tells of Those Early Days
- Early Day Settlers
- J. D. Manlove Recalls the Early days
- Rushville Grew Rapidly in 1830’s
- Rushville in 1836
- First School in 1826 – Rushville High School 1848
- Incorporated in 1831
- Schuyler Had Militia Company
- Rushville in 1855
- First Industry Started in 1855
- Frederick in 1859
- History by Mrs. Bagby
- Pork Packing in 1859
- Two Routes Into Schuyler
- Town Sites Long Forgotten
(mentions towns of Atlas, Erie, Schuyler City, Milton, New York, Ague Bend, York, Richmond, Centerville, Ridgeville, Mosco, Mt. Meacham, Newburg, Center, Illinois) - Snake Drive in Schuyler
- Work of the Pioneer Woman
- Rifle Was Needed Equipment
(includes fur & peltry, bee hunting, rafting logs, staves, & hoop-pole trades, steamboat business) - Had Crude Farm Implements
- A Record for “Jug Town,” Ripley, Illinois (pottery business)
Excerpted from “Schuyler Citizen” Newspaper
- A Cheap Ice House – Dec. 28, 1871
- Rushville originally named Rushton- Dec 28, 1871
Includes C.B. & Q.R.R. (railroad), commissioners, churches, population, schools, newspaper. - Schuyler Citizen Newspaper Jan. 4, 1872
Article – “Suspended” – Rushville Foundry closed.
Article – “A Good Enterprise” – Grain Elevator.
Article – “Our Schools” – New school building opens.
Article – “Shorts” – M. E. church & school insured. - Rushville Presbyterian Sabbath School Annual Report – Jan. 11, 1872
- Rushville M. E. Sabbath School Annual Report – Jan. 11,1872
- The Brooklyn Mill – Feb. 22, 1872
- Change of Road – Feb. 22, 1872
- A New Enterprise – Livery Stable – Feb. 29, 1872
- Article – “A Coming Sensation” – Cooper & Iron Ore Mining – March 7, 1872
- Article – “Removal of the Dead” – March 7, 1872
(listing of bodies removed from Campbell private burial ground. Names & dates of deaths & relocation mentioned.) - Article – “County Map” Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – March 14, 1872
- Biggest Orchard – Apr. 25, 1872
- Corporation Election – Rushville board of trustee – Apr. 11, 1872
- Hardware Trade – Apr. 11, 1872
- Railroad – Rushville & Buena Vista townships – Apr. 25, 1872
- Schuyler Presbytery – Apr. 25, 1872
- Article – “The Tornado” – May 30, 1872
- “Local News” – New church in Hickory Township June 27, 1872
- Frederick School House – Dec. 21, 1871
- Historical Schuyler County, Illinois
- Historical Buildings Photographs & Postcards (not available)
Genealogically Speaking
Weekly column published in The Rushville Times with information furnished by officials of the Schuyler Jail Museum. These articles contain wonderful genealogical information such as, Family Histories, book listings, old newspapers, vintage family items & Publications, and other genealogy holding available at the Schuyler County Illinois Historical Jail Museum and Genealogical Center.
- Moore Church Dedication Oct. 1883
Sept. – Dec 1999 (Article – Oct. 20, 1999) - January – April 2000
Articles – Gold Rush, Park Statues, Wheat Crop, Frederick Illinois Brick Yard, Jail Museum Chapel Room heirlooms, & more. - May – August 2000
Brick & Tile, Wagon & Carriage Factories, Birmingham Township, extinct towns of Erie & Mable, Murder committed by Feilding Frame, Rushville High School 1900 graduates, Military, County Fair History, Katherine Nelson Davis Poem, Jail Museum
Heirlooms. - September – December 2000
Rushville Business, bandstand in Central Park Plaza, Schuyler County Officials, Centerville, Woodstock Township, remedies & Medical hints, ferry business, manufacturing establishments, Hog confinements, Indian tribes - January – April, 2001
Military Tract, Schuyler County weather statistics, Guinea Brooklyn Township, medical hints, Superstitions, Bluff City - June 27, 2001 – August 2001
Military memorabilia, few folk-lore sayings, medical terms, 1898, Instrumental band of Brooklyn village, successful businessmen, Dean House in Frederick, Pleasantview, Schuyler County Fair, Arrival of the First Family in Schuyler, 1899 Chicago, 1862 Rushville schools, 1852 Ostfriesland letter - September – October 24, 2001
Woodstock township, 1919 First “Smiles Day”, early Rushville papers, Articals Seventy-seven years ago – A story of Rushville letters
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