*** Note: Not ALL surnames are listed below which appear on these pages. Too Many to list.***

  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Dec 28, 1871
    “Personal” – former residents of Rushville – surnames – Booker, Corfield, Cowan, Gardner, Hall, Lowe, McConnel, McCreery, McIntyre, Moore, Munroe, Percell, Scipps, Valentine
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Child, Swan
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Jan. 4, 1872
    Article – “House Fire” – Surname – Alexander
    Article – “Shorts” – Surnames – Beatty, Little, Neill, Nelson, Polm, Sheeler, Sites, Sweeney
  • Schuyler Citizen newspaper – Jan. 11, 1872
    Articles – surname – Campbell, Cooney, Hume, Jones, Warren, Watts
    Article – “Making Wills” – surnames – Burrell, Carden, Gregory, Newberry, Parker, Walker, Wilson
    Article – “Shorts” – Surnames – Godlove, Hughes
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Jan. 25, 1872
    Article – “Serious Accident” – surname – Adkins
    Article – “Shorts” – Surnames – Akron, Beatty, Bellchamber, Booker, Breeze, Farwell, Fox, Hulick, Ingraham, Johnson, Klamberger, Logsdon, Riley, Seeley, Sperry, Warren
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Feb. 1, 1872
    Article – “House Burning” – surname – Dodds
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Austin, Davis, Greer, Neill, Prather, Potts, Teel, Wheelhouse,
    Article – “Three Prisoners Escape” – surnames- Avery, Burnside, Carter, Fannen, Hedge, Lambert, Lynn, McClure, Scull, Weber
    Article – Unclaimed Letters – Too many surnames to mention.
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Feb. 8, 1872
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Austin, Bridgewater, Newberry, + more
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Feb. 15, 1872
    Article – “Public Sale & Auction” – surnames – Goodwin, Wells
    Article – “Praiseworthy” – surnames – Reese, Sylvester
    Article – “Personals” – surname – Munro, Stansbury, Stevens
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Avery, Barnhart, Carson, Crandall, Donaldson, Hite, Jenkins, Misenhimer, Tipton
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Feb 22, 1872
    Article – “Brooklyn Mill” – surname – Soward
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Austin, Barnhart, Briggle, Goodwin, Hubbard, Nance, Seeley, Sylvester
    Article – “Distressing Death” – surname – Black
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Feb. 29, 1872
    Article – “A Whiskey Story” – Manyx. Reed
    Article – “Pink” Avery Bailed –
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames- Nelson, Wells, White, Worthington
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – March 7, 1872
    Surnames – Ross, Stater
    Article – “Farm For Sale – surname – Hite
    Article – “Painful Accident” – surname – McGowan
    Article – “Personal” – surnames – Burton, Fridley, Johnson, Rogers, Tullis, Wright
    Article – “List of Letters” – too many surnames to list.
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – March 14, 1872
    Surnames – Avery, Blackburn, Bell, Hall, McCreery, McGowan, Nelson, Peers, Phillips, Reed, Smith
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Lawler, Little, Ray
  • Personals & Shorts – Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Apr. 11, 1872
    Surnames – Aten, Berry, Burchard, Byrnes, Chase, Corbridge, Cooper, Davis, Delano, Dennis, Gillam, Godlove, Hoskinson, Knowles, McClure, Nelson, Simpson, Speed, Strosnider, Walker, Wallace, Wilson, Woods
  • Our Schuyler Boys Aborad – Schuyler Citizen Newspaper Miscellaneous Articles
    Surnames – Beatty, Bellchamber, Berry, Bray, Brown, Campbell, Chadsey, Colt, Dennis, Emerson, Goodwin, Graff, Greer, Hinton, Little, Manlove, Matthews, McCreary, McCrosky, Metz, Ramsey, Ritchey, Snyder, Teel, Warren, Winchell, Wright.
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Apr. 25, 1872
    Surnames – Bessell, Eidson, Brown, Burchaard, Chadsey, Clarke, Crosier, Gapen, Greer, Griffith, Heiser, Hodge, Horney, Lacroix, Landon, Little, Knight, Powell, Pumyea, Rockford, Ruth, Taylor, Tetrick, Warren, Wells, Young
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper Apr. 4, 1872
    Articles- Candidates for Town Marshal, Unclaimed Letters, Millinery, Shorts – surnames – Anderson, Austin, Baker, Briggles, Elers, Jenkins, McLaren, Metz, Nelson, New, Ryan, Smither, Wells, White, Wilmot, Young (more)
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – May 30, 1872
    Surnames – Campbell, Ross, Sites
    Articile – “Personal” – surnames – McCready, Mitchell, Montgomery, Sloat
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – June, 20, 1872
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Baxter, Clarke, Cooper
    Article – “Collision” – surname – Cooper
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – June 27, 1872
    Article – “Personal” – surnames – Benny, Chase, Coyner, Dennison, Jenkins, McCreary, Moore, Sweeney, Teel
    Article – “Local New” – Clark, Crane
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Sept. 5, 1872
    Article – “Personal” – surnames – Bristrol, Burton, Grantham, Jenkins, LaRue, Littell, McCroskey
    Article – “List of Letters” – too many surnames to list
    Article – “Schuyler Boys Abroad” – surnames – Beatty, Campbell, Cross, Graff, Gross, Lett, Marshall, McCreery, McCroskey, Nelson, Powell, Ramsey, Rhodes, Ruth, Stevenson, Warren, Wright
    Article – “Shorts” – surnames – Crandall, Manyx, McCreary, Ramsey
  • Schuyler Citizen Newspaper – Dec. 21, 1872
    Several articles regarding Schools in Schuyler County – surnames – Anderson, Bagby, Benney, Carson, Corrie, Coyner, Daniels, Deweese, Dyson, Fox, Goodwin, Greer, Griffith, Hall, Hill, Howard, Hume, Ingels, Irvin, Jackson, Jones, Knowles, Lambert, Leach, Little, McCreery, McMurphy, Metz, Munroe, Nelson, Noble, Parrott, Putman, Ramsey, Robinson, Ryan, Seely, Shearer, Sheik, Smither, Sweeney, Warren, Wells, Wilson, Worthington

Genealogically Speaking

Weekly column published in The Rushville Times with information furnished by officials of the Schuyler Jail Museum and Genealogical Center. 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.

  • May – August 1999
    Suranmes – Blackledge, Leonard, Heitz, Wilson, Snider, Blender, Logan, McLain, Anderson, Cady
  • September – December 1999
    Surnames – Bell, Black, Bramble, Brown, Bryant, Byers, Caldwell, Dodds, Donaldson, Duncan, Ellison, Elliston, Eppley, Haas, Jackson, Kerr, Kirkham, Lane, Lawson, Logan, Lynch, Marshall, Martin, McAdair, Metz, Parks, Pease, Petters, Rice, Ruth, Schramm, Self, Shinn, Simmons, Skiles, Smith, Sowers, Squires, Strong, Stroop, Trimble, Utter, Wells, Walter, Ward, Wier
  • January – April 2000
    Surnames – Allen, Atkinson, Avery, Babcock, Bagby, Bales, Banks, Bates, Beghtol, Black, Blackford, Bland, Bond, Boring, Bowers, Bowman, Bradbury, Brickman, Brooks, Brown, Bucher, Burgard, Buss, Butler, Byers, Cady, Chipwood, Conard, Campbell, Carlock, Carrick, Chadsey, Chapman, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Clement, Cline, Corbridge, Crampton, Curless, Dace, Dale, Daly, Danner, Dean, DeClerck, Demaree, Derry, Dickson, Dixon, Dodds, Doile, Dooley, Dorsey, Doyle, Dunlap, Efaw, Elgin, Ellis, Everhart, Ewing, Farrar, Farwell, Fellows, Fish, Fisher, Foote, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Frakes, France, Gapen, Gardner, Garrett, Garrison, Gaylord, Gillette, Gobble, Greer, Griffith, Haley, Hampton, Harkrander, Harver, Hess, Hignight, Hill, Hindman, Hollinger, Houser, Howk, Hughes, Hurley, Illman, Ingles, Johnson, Korte, Lambert, Lancaster, Landreth, Lane, Lathrop, Lawler, Litner, Londry, Loudon, Lusk, Luthridge, Lyberger, Malcomson, Manlove, Markley, Mathews, McCartney, McClelland, McCreey, McNeilly, McHatton, McGowan, McTyerire, Moore, Mourning, Naught, Nell, Nelson, Northcutt, Oakleaf, Owen, Pace, Paisley, Parker, Peckenpaugh, Pemberton, Persinger, Pethtel, Peters, Peters, Pettijohn, Pickard, Points, Powell, Price, Ramsey, Rebman, Richardson, Rittenhouse, Roach, Roberts, Robeson, Robinson, Rogers, Ryan, Reno, Rook, Rowland, Rucker, Ruddick, Rush, Sargent, Scripps, Shannon, Shaw, Shepherd, Sherrill, Shupe, Silvers, Simpson, Skiles, Sorrell, Sours, Steinmiller, Stephenson, Stoneking, Strahan, Suddeth, Swanson, Swisher, James, Thornton, Toland, Tolle, Taylor, Thornton, Terrill, Terry, Tolles, Tracy, Tweedell, Tyree, Tyson, Unland, Valentine, Van Order, Vaughn, Veach, Warren, Waters, Watts, Waugh, Weaver, Wheeler, Wheelhouse, Welty, Willey, Winston, Wilson, Winters, Wisley, Witt, Weden, Wells Wolf, Workman, Yates, Young
  • May – August 2000
    Surnames – Allgood, Allumbaugh, Anderson, Arnold, Ault, Austin, Bartlett, Bates, Baxter, Bayles, Bealks, Blodgett, Bodenhamer, Bollinger, Boyd, Bradbury, Bradford, Bradley, Branstool, Bricker, Briggle, Brooks, Burke, Burton, Corbridge, Corrie, Cox, Cripe, Crocker, Crosier, Croxton, Dace, Davis, Deacon, DeCamp, Dickey, Duncan, Dyson, Edger, Enfield, Erwin, Fellows, Foster, Frame, Fox, Gay, Geer, Glandon, Gilbert, Gobble, Godlove, Graham, Grayum, Griffith, Haffner, Hagan, Hale, Heath, Hendrix, Hermetet, Higgins, Hinderer, Hocking, Hoelscher, Hollenback, Hoover, Hoskinson, Hughes, Hutton, Ingles, Jackson, Jennings, Johns, Johnson, Jones, Kinner, Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Lanham, Lau, Lawler, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Manlove, McCreery, Merriweather, Miller, Montgomery, Nell, Nelson, Nieman, Parish, Payne, Parker, Parrott, Persinger, Peter, Putman, Riefling, Rodewakd, Rowland, Sapp, Schisler, Seaman, Seeley, Selensky, Shorey, Spillers, Spradlin, Stambaugh, Steele, Stephen, Stevenson, Stewart, Stoneking, Stover, Swain, Switzer, Swisegood, Tharp, Ward, Wells, Williams, Wilson, Work, Young
  • September – December 2000
    Suranmes – Ackman, Adams, Aronld, Baker, Bartlow, Beard, Becraft, Bell, Bicher, Black, Bogue, Bonser, Briggs, Brothers, Burkett, Busby, Butcher, Butler, Bryan, Byrn, Caldwell, Carlisle, Chalfant, Chitwood, Clarke, Cox, Crandall, Crane, Cunningham, Curry, Curtis, Daly, Dark, Demoss, Donner, Dorsett, Eaton, Estes, Ewing, Fisher, Garrison, Greenleaf, Greer, Grey, Griffith, Haffner, Hammer, Hanna, Hannah, Hardin, Harlan, Harmon, Hill, Hoffman, Hoover, Ingles, Irvin, Johnson, Kinnear, Knowles, Landon, Lauderback, Lemley, Lenhart, Lewis, Little, Loop, McAuley, McCallister, McCartner, Mead, Metz, Montgomery, Munson, Nebergal, Neill, Newman, O’Hara, Orwig, Owens, Parker, Parrott, Patterson, Pelton, Peterman, Pierce, Price, Ray, Rea, Reicher, Rodewald, Schulz, Scott, Sommers, Stone, Stoneking, Stover, Stremmel, Stumm, Wade, Warren, Willard, Zeigler
  • January – April 2001
    Surnmaes – Allen, Berquist, Burrus, Burnside, Burnsides, Carrick, Curless, Fisher, Geiman, Hardie, Hardy, Hayes, Johnson, Lawler, Louderback, McCorkle, Orr,Samuelsson, Schmoldt, Sevens, Shaw, Vaughn
  • June 27 2001 – August 2001
    Surnames – Anderson, Atchley, Bagby, Bauer, Beckerdite, Black, Blackburn, Bower, Cady, Camp, Chapman, Compton, Craske, Drake, Davis, Dean, Dixon, Doyle, Eales, Eckroy, Edgar, Edwards, Ellis, Garrett, Gooch, Goodwin, Greer, Griffith, Haber, Hall, Harvey, Hillyer, Hinton, Hite, Hobart, Hoffer, Jackson, Lewis, Little, Loring, Lynch, Manlove, McCabe, McCartney, McCormick, Mitchell, Montooth, Parrish, Parrotte, Peterson, Ramsey, Ray, Reeves, Ritchie, Robinson, Rouse, Scripps, Skiles, Sweeney, Taylor, Teel, Thompson, Vaughn, Walker, Wells, Whetstone, Whitson, Wilmot, Woods, Workman
  • September – October 24, 2001
    Surnames – Bagby, Baker, Bertholf, Brazzelton, Burton, Campbell, Carson, Chadsey, Doyle, Drake, Dunlap, Dyson, Ellis, Ervin, Farwell, Fellows, Glenn, Glossop, Goodwin, Greer, Hall, Haskell, Hindman, Hinman, Hodge, Ingraham, Jackson, Jones, Lambert, Little, Manlove, McCreery, McCrosky, Metz, Mitcheltree, Montgomery, Munroe, Naught, Noble, Parrott, Penny, Putman, Randall, Ranney, Ray, Richmond, Rogers, Scott, Scripps, Seeley, Skidmore, Snyder, Teel, Todhunter, Tolles, Trone, Vanzandt, Vedder, Warren, Wells, Whitson, Wilson, Worthington

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