History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws . vercame difficultiestliat would have disheartened many other men. It was the objectof his aftections and the burden of his thoughts for twenty years;and they failed in duty to him when they gave it the name ofanother. We are not aware that he ever aspired to the honor, ordesired such a result. Certain it is that he labored as zealouslyafter the naming as before, and for long years continued to cherishthe hope of his earlier days. But even his faith at length gaveout, and he, too, pu
History of Hancock County, Illinois, together with an outline history of the State, and a digest of State laws . vercame difficultiestliat would have disheartened many other men. It was the objectof his aftections and the burden of his thoughts for twenty years;and they failed in duty to him when they gave it the name ofanother. We are not aware that he ever aspired to the honor, ordesired such a result. Certain it is that he labored as zealouslyafter the naming as before, and for long years continued to cherishthe hope of his earlier days. But even his faith at length gaveout, and he, too, pulled up his stakes and planted them in anotherfield. Oakwood was laid out in June, 1S55, by John Morse, ThomasJ. Potts and T. Dewitt Carey. It lies a half mile east, and nowcomprises the third ward of Hamilton. Hamilton was incorporated into a city in 1S59. Besides originating the city of Hamilton, Messrs. Bartlett andDickinson, by their untiring zeal and energy, in conjunction withHenry W. Sample, Esq., of Keokuk, and others, succeeded in es-tablishing a steam ferry between the two points. At that time the.
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