. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . ities, ami who hastilled many {KiSitions of honor in the Slate; Wm. U. Archer,State Senator lor many vears; Col. A. C. -Matthews, Member ofthe Legislature; Sci»tt Wike, late Meml>er of Congress; Jas. , one of the ablest lawyers in the State; Richard I*. Atkinson,ex-County Judge, and the veteran D. li.
. History of Pike county, Illinois; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws .. . ities, ami who hastilled many {KiSitions of honor in the Slate; Wm. U. Archer,State Senator lor many vears; Col. A. C. -Matthews, Member ofthe Legislature; Sci»tt Wike, late Meml>er of Congress; Jas. , one of the ablest lawyers in the State; Richard I*. Atkinson,ex-County Judge, and the veteran D. li. i3ush. There are youngermembers of the Uar who bid fair to emulate the example of theirseniors. Jetferson Orr, the District Attorney, is now tilling hissecond term, and has proved an etlicient and industrious Strother (irigsby, the County Judge, has long been identi-tied with the Har. In his present position he has accomplishedgotni work, and is the friendly adviser of all who ap|K*ar in hisCourt. . The tirst jail was built near the site of the town calaboose. It was not a pretentious building, but was sufficient for thewants of the county for many years. It was afterward sold, and wasoccupied as a tobacco factory, when it was destroyed by tire. The. ^ >/^£^ y //<i2it^
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