. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . EXPERniKNT lAKM iTHE VINEVARDi fXIVERSITY OF EXPERIMENT EAR LTIVATION), UNIVERSITY OF II,I<INOIS. HISTORICAL EXCYCLOPEDLV OF ILLINOIS. 13 and Louisville; seat of Southern Collegiate In-stitute; has plant for manufacture of vitrifiedshale pavftig brick, two newspapers, creamery,flouring mills, and is important shipping pointfor live stock; is in a rich fruit-growing district;lias five churches and splendid public (1900), 1,162; (est. 1904), 1,500. ALCORN, James Lusk, was born near Gol-conda. 111., Nov. 4, 1816; early went
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . EXPERniKNT lAKM iTHE VINEVARDi fXIVERSITY OF EXPERIMENT EAR LTIVATION), UNIVERSITY OF II,I<INOIS. HISTORICAL EXCYCLOPEDLV OF ILLINOIS. 13 and Louisville; seat of Southern Collegiate In-stitute; has plant for manufacture of vitrifiedshale pavftig brick, two newspapers, creamery,flouring mills, and is important shipping pointfor live stock; is in a rich fruit-growing district;lias five churches and splendid public (1900), 1,162; (est. 1904), 1,500. ALCORN, James Lusk, was born near Gol-conda. 111., Nov. 4, 1816; early went South andheld various oflSces in Kentuckj and Mississippi,including member of the Legislature in each;was a member of the Mississippi State Conven-tions of 1851 and 1861, and by the latter appointeda Brigadier-General in the Confederate service,but refused a commission by Jefferson Davisbecause his fidelity to the rebel cause wasdoubted. At the close of the war he was one ofthe first to accept the reconstruction policy; waselected United States Senator from Mississippi in1865, but not admit
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