Madison County ILGenWeb Miscellaneous Information

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Letters (This mail was advertised in local newspapers for the individual to pick up at the post office)

Source: Madison County Weekly Courier, October 12, 1865/Edwardsville Post Office/J. W. Coventry, Postmaster

Beay, Mrs. Caroline

Brown, Mrs. Nancy Ann

Dever, Mr. Reuben

Griffith, Wm Glass, Miss Lizzie Gilbert, Arthur C.

Hannes, Wm Harding, H. E. Hughes, Mrs. Julia

Hannon, R. Hendricks, Randolph Henderson, Edgar

Hilton Victor Jones, Miss Eliza Leonard, Roberts

Long, Miss Josephine McGeeau, Miss Lizza McDaniels, Wm. R.

McGill, Henry Moreland, G. W. Nelson, Henry

Nevill, Rogers Primas, Williams Rice, H. H.

Reed, Rebecca Rowley, J. A. Sheperd, George

Sparks, Samuel Sermitter, Jacob Smith, Jeptha

Steinhaushe, Mrs. Ana Shiegelmily, Paul Schwarz, Herman E.

Whiteside, Miss Jenie Wersel, Miss Jenie Young, Miss L.

Source: Alton Daily Telegraph, January 31, 1880/Alton Post Office/Chas. Holden, Jr., Postmaster

Ashley, J. M. Andrews, Miss Lou Campbell, Mrs. R. E.

Caldwell, Mrs. M. Collins, Mrs. P. Dodd, Mr. & Mrs. M.

Fry, Samuel Green, Miss Lucy Gewin, Thomas B.

Ives, Mrs. Julia Joel, Miss Julia Kuper, Miss J. H.

Lawrence, Richard Morgan, Mrs. Liz Mullenaux, Thos.

Miller, Miss Mary Martin, Robert Reno, Mr.

Ross, Gen. L. F. Rutter, J. W. & Co. Redmond, Mrs. M.

Skaggs, Squire Smith, Miss Sarah Smith, J. A.

Spencer, Mrs. M. Tidwell, Mrs. Dr. J. T. Taylor, Robert

Wake, R. C. Wade, Miss M. Woodward, Peter

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Lodges

Source: Alton Daily Telegraph, January 6, 1880
Upper Alton: The following officers of Upper Alton Lodge, No. 466, I.O.O.F., were installed last evening by John Leverett, D.D.G.M., assisted by L. A. Real, as G.M.;
A. E. Benbow, as G.W.; T. J. Hastings, as G. Sec., and Lewis Powless, as G.T.:

Tomlinson, D. G. - N. G. Schmidt, C. L. - V. G.

Bell, W. E. - Sec'y Seymour, A. - Treas.

Bailey, W. - Warden Benbow, A. E. - Cond'r

Powless, L. - Chaplain Hulbert, A. - I.G.

Hastings, T. J. - O.G. Betts, E. E. - R. S. S.

Ferguson, C. J. - L. S. S. Real, L. A. - R. S. N. G.

Harris, John - L. S. N. G. Kittinger, D. M. - R. S. V. G.

Wright, Jesse - L. S. V. G.

The following committees were appointed:

Finance - L. A. Real, A. E. Benbow Relief - John Leverett, T. J. Hastings, C. J. Ferguson

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Probate Court

Source: Alton Telegraph, July 19, 1883

Constantune Kreuzer, of Helvetia, gives new bond in $4,650, as guardian of Volentine Kreuzer and others.

Catharine Hoffmann resigns as administratrix of Fridolin Hoffmann, of Helvetia, and Jos. C. Ammann is substituted, who qualifies.

Orson Hewitt accepts letters as guardian of Maggie and Wm. Brice.

Martin Bauer has settlement as guardian, showing due to Caroline Bauer, $1,550, to Mary Bauer $1,536.48 and to William Bauer $1,543.15.

Robert Suppiger receives letters as administrator of Martin Wies, of Helvetia, to fill the place of C. Boeschenstein, deceased.

John A. Marcum appears in court and gives receipt to H. S. Pettingill for all moneys, and said Pettingill is discharged as guardian.

Ed Boeschenstein, administrator of Charles Boeschenstein, of Highland, has settlement, as such administrator; so far as relates to estate of Martin Wies. By such settlement there is shown to be due to estate of said Wies $2,500, which sum he passed over to R. Suppiger, the present administrator of Wies, and files the voucher therefore.

Administrator of Margaret Hilbert, of Saline, makes an account of the condition of the estate, showing the personal estate to be insufficient for payment of debts, deficiency of $1,956.15.

The administratrix of Therese Friesse, of Marine, files appraisement bill, showing value of personal estate to be $530.25, and of the child's award $690.

The administratrix of William Hilmer, of Nameoki, shows that the whole estate amounted to $949.75; subject to mortgage. That the award of the widow was estimated at $1,370; that she paid the funeral and administration charges, and applied the balance on the widow's award; and there being no estate to apply towards debts, she is discharged as administratrix.

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Reunions

Source: Alton Telegraph, August 5, 2008

Alton Senior High School Class of 1938

Class Reunion Attendees - August 1959

Hotel Stratford, Alton, Illinois

Lou Thompson          Jeanette Rosenberger          Doris Miller          Mary Alice Paris          Lucille Nickell          Velma Graves          Rosemary Rose

Dorothy Johnson       Regina Watson                   Mary Hull             Mary Early                  Margaret Elder         Carl Bailey              Ruth Rowling

Mary Godwin            Bernice McQuigg                Ruth Spaniel         Dorothy Loelike           Mildred Reed           Durant Abernathy     Adele Atkins

Betty Hartford           Bill Roettgers                     Agnes Simpson     Thurston Howard         Helen Sandlow         Mary Kodros           Wallace Whipple

Herbert Etter            Irving Wiseman

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