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J.P. Schnellbacher & sons, boots & shoes
“Schnellbacher Mausoleum is of Classical design with smooth faced limestone on three sides and rustic limestone on the rear. The rear facade includes a window. There is a continuous frieze around three...
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Valentine Arnholt
Born: 1786 Alsace, France, son of Heinrich Arnholt of Hamburg Germany Arrived in the United States at the port of New Orleans in 1852 and settled in Peoria working as a mash-hand at a local distillery. Married...
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Franklin Corning: 1851-1915
“No American distiller before or since has ever been faced with the death and destruction that plagued Franklin Tracy Corning during an period of just over five years when three major disasters in succession...
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William L. Finn, Founder, Lacon IL
Dr. Charles Merwin Fenn, an early founder of the city of San Diego and a founding member of the San Diego Medical Society B: 1835 Hamilton OH D: 1907 San Diego CA Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego...
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Samuel B. Potts
Samuel B. Potts 1821-1889, born Leicestershire, England, had 15 children with wife Ann Pargetter. Coal miner, owner and operator of over 200 acres of coal land.
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Three die in Illinois River drowning
Clarence Edwin DanielsMar 3, 1899 – Sept 2, 1940 (41 yrs) Beulah Faye DanielsDec 28, 1926 – Sept 2, 1940 (13 yrs) Jay Larry DanielsFeb 27, 1930 – Sept 2, 1940 (10 yrs) Clarence E....
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