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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1928
Page
8
Kilborns came to Marshall on August 12 1874 with Hector Dulaney and Carroll Briscoe. The narrative recalls Marshall's early days, the Herald editors Frost and Kilborn family ties, local politics, and a 1886 murder of George Powers at the Marshall crossing, with unresolved justice.
Glenwood City Wisconsin July 14 Corporal Wilts H Park writes of the Clark County Guards a unit formed in Marshall in 1877 and later Company A 17th Battalion I G G He proposes a September home coming in Marshall with a reunion of surviving members and requests help locating rosters and living alumni from the county The writer notes a few known officers including Harry W Frost Geo Slusser John M Archer and D O Martin and invites comrades to acknowledge the idea with a card
O L Kilborn recalls the Marshall Herald turning sixty this summer since its August 1868 start under M O Frost. He notes Frost son Harry aided the paper, the 1894 fire that gutted the office, and the merger with the Messenger of Mrs Littlefield, with the name change to Marshall Herald by Charlie Scott.
A nostalgic verse recalls summer days near Blizzard's Ford three miles north of home. The narrator honors boyhood scouts Bates Dutch Bil Pin and Jim Riley and reflects on winter memories and carefree water play at the ford in Clark County history by Walter Burdick.
The record notes York as Clark County’s first settlement with Thomas Handy and family arriving in 1815 by keelboat and building Fort Handy east of Mill Creek. Other 1815 settlers include William and David Hogue and Israel Harris. Darwin’s first settler was John McClure. County commissioners Shaw Cheno weth and Ashmore were elected in 1819.
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