. 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 .. . The first weildiiii; in the was in 1n2»», the contractingparties bein;; Janu*s Metiforil ami Kliza lirown. The weddingoccurretl at the residence of the brides mother, and the ceremonywas |)erfi»rmed by Ks(iuire Wells. The first jKjrson overtaken bydeath in the t - very ^reat, cut off as they were from
. 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 .. . The first weildiiii; in the was in 1n2»», the contractingparties bein;; Janu*s Metiforil ami Kliza lirown. The weddingoccurretl at the residence of the brides mother, and the ceremonywas |)erfi»rmed by Ks(iuire Wells. The first jKjrson overtaken bydeath in the t - very ^reat, cut off as they were from almost all social, n . and commercial advant;i«^.s. Of cfMirsetiiey enjoyed these in a limited degree. The first settlers were peoplewho valued greatly such privileges, and though they were for many. ^ c_x^^^<^/^^^ ~y^/t^<^^^^i a^^ PERRY II UISTOKY OF PIKE COUNTY. 407 years without school-liouses and churches, easily found the facilitiesfor enjoviiii^ themselves, both socially and reliiijiously. The great-est privations arose from the want of the moans of communicationwith the outside world. The absence of railroads, or oven goodwagon roads, rendered the locality almost inaccessible to postal andcommercial facilities, and traveling for other than business pur-poses was out of the question. Most of the original ])ioneers arerepresented here by descendants, but they, with few exce})tions,have passed to a country that is always new, where, however, thetrials of pioneer life are unknown. The tirst settlers were all farmers, after a fashion now raised a little corn and a few vegetables, and, like their redneighbors, depended largel}u])on their rifle for subsistence. Theirhouses were but little superior to those of the Indians, beingmerely little cabins erec
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