White County history recalls early settlers and town booms
The article chronicles figures like John M. Robinson and James Ratcliff in White County, detailing lawyers, judges, sheriffs, and settlers in Carmi and Grayville. It recounts town founding tales of Carmi Florence Bonpas and Grayville, firsts in transportation, politics, and public life, and notes river flooding and future hopes for merged counties.
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White County
John M. Robinson
James FF. Robinson
Kentucky
Tollinois
U.S
John McLean
van Buren
Northern
Iines
Carmi
Mr. Robinson
Mary Rateliff
James Ratcliff
James S. Robinson
Margaret
Robert Stewart
Virginia
Edward J. Piper
Myr
Ratcliff
John Storms
Penn
Curmi
How Come Grayville And When
Abner Carey recounts two Kentucky boys Tom and Jim Gray who left around 1810 to pursue land grabs on the Wabash River by entering government lands then selling town lots. They stop at Shawneetown to rest and press on toward New Harmony amid Rappite activity.
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Benjamin Franklin Spilman
Garrard Co. Ky
Benjamin
Nancy (Rice) Spilman
Kentucky
Green River Country
B. l
Salem
Chillicothe
Ohio
Robert G. Wilson
Illinois
Sharon
Golconda
Shawneetown
Ann B. Cannon
Equality
Carmi
New Haven
Morganfield
Union
Tilford's
Douglas
Mary B. Potter
Spilman
Daniel Hay
Prince Edward Co. Va
Mr. Hay
Priscilla Robbins
Tippecanoe
James Ratcliff
Willis Hargrave
White
Has
White County
Senate
Shawneetoawn
Fairfield
Vandalia
William
Wabash
Bonpas Creek
Hugh Ronalds
Florence
Mexico
Gray Boys
Webbs Ferry
Tom Gray
Jim Gray
Main Street
Grayville
Hugh
Tom
Wabash River
New Harmony
Hallmarks Of Good Manners In Family Life
The December issue of Family Circle Magazine offers tips on courtesy and privacy in homes to foster happy family relationships. It urges knocking before entering, respecting others possessions, seeking consent before discarding shared items, and showing thanks and politeness in daily requests within a household.
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Family Circle Magazine
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Samuel Snowdon Hayes
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Henry Eddy
Samuel 1D. Marshall
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Wm. Harrow
Congress
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McLeansboro
Richard Taylor
Michigan City
Chicago
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Indiana
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Lesington, By
Laura Buckner
James Fackney
Scotland
Argyleshire
Mary Ann Wilson
Elizabeth Bozeman
Vicksburg
Hosea Pearce
Mr. Pearce
Tennessee
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Jim
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Edwards
Gray Ville
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Imatsel
West Oak Street Road
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Grant & Doerner
S. Walnut
Pfister Barber Shop
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