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100 1 $aOnstot, T. G.$q(Thompson Gains),$db.1829.
245 10 $aPioneers of Menard and Mason Counties /$cby T.G. Onstot.
246 1 $iBinder's title:$aLincoln and Salem
260 $aForest City, Ill. :$bT.G. Onstot,$c1902$e(Peoria, Ill. :$fPrinted by J.W. Franks & Sons)
300 $a400 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c23 cm.
500 $a"Made up of personal reminiscences of an early life in Menard County, which we gathered in a Salem life from 1830 to 1840, and a Petersburg life from 1840 to 1850; including personal reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Peter Cartright."
505 0 $ach. 1. Reminiscences of Lincoln -- ch. 2. His first love ; His second love ; Lincoln's third love ; Lincoln's marriage -- ch. 3. From flat boat to White House ; Shirt sleeve court in the corn field ; Lincoln attends a circus ; President Lincoln's first dollar -- ch. 4. Lincoln at Salem ; Lincoln as a lawyer, on horseback ; Lincoln's appearance ; As a lawyer ; How he traded horses ; He preferred Grant's whisky ; Lincoln?s apt reply -- ch. 5. Ross and Lincoln ; Anecdotes of Lincoln ; Lincoln's early life -- ch. 6. Lincoln?s old home ; How Lincoln cured Charles Revis from swearing ; Lincoln as Postmaster at Salem ; Biographical note of Lincoln --
505 8 $ach. 7. Lincoln's religious belief ; Abe Lincoln and Slicky Bill Green ; Trial of Duff Armstrong ; Duff Armstrong's statement -- ch. 8. The backwoods preacher ; Birth of Cartwright ; Judge of human nature ; Cartwright at a dance ; A fatal accident -- ch. 9. Anecdotes of Cartwright ; Cartwright?s appearance -- ch. 10. Riding his circuit ; Cartwright gets a little boozy ; Capacity for work -- ch. 11. The Baptists ; The Campbellites ; The Presbyterians ; Methodist Church ; Old fashioned camp-meeting ; Peter Cartwright?s tomb -- ch. 12. Menard County ; Stories of pioneer days ; The cold day in 1837 -- ch. 13. The Green family ; A pioneer gone ; The Watkins family --
505 8 $ach. 14. Old Salem on the hill ; The west end of Salem ; Old Salem under the hill -- ch. 15. Old settler's day ; The founders of Petersburg ; A trip to Petersburg ; In memoriam -- ch. 16. History of Petersburg sixty years ago -- ch. 17. Early times in the capital of Menard ; Petersburg in the forties ; Old fashioned barbecues -- ch. 18. Recollections of presidential campaigns ; Fish at Salem dam ; My first pair of boots ; The old schoolhouse on the hill ; A deer hunt ; George Kirby of Sandridge -- ch. 19. Old time stories ; Judge Joseph H. Pillsbury -- ch. 20. Reminiscences of Menard County ; Early settlements ; Lincoln and the Bull -- ch. 21. Anecdotes of Menard -- ch. 22. Navigation of the Sangamon ; Warlike spirit of Menard County ; Some early settlers --
505 8 $ach. 23. City of Petersburg ; Athens ; A letter from H.L. Ross -- ch. 24. History of Mason County -- ch. 25. Havana Township ; City of Havana -- ch. 26. Bath Township ; The county seat question -- ch. 27. Lynchburg Township -- ch. 28. Quiver Township -- ch. 29. Forest City Township -- ch. 30. Manito Township ; The Allwood tragedy ; Village of Manito -- ch. 31. Allen's Grove Township ; Village of San Jose -- ch. 32. Pennsylvania Township -- ch. 33. Sherman Township -- ch. 34. Mason City Township ; City public schools ; Religious societies -- ch. 35. Kilbourne Township ; Village of Killbourne -- ch. 36. Crane Creek Township ; Walker's Grove ; Religious services -- ch. 37. Salt Creek -- ch. 38. Henry Onstot ; The old home ; Sand burrs -- ch. 39. Pen picture of Col. John E. Neikirk ; Reverdy J. Onstot ; A hustler -- ch. 40. The early settlement of Havana ; An Indian battle at Havana -- ch. 41. The old Havana Hotel ; The early settlement of Mason County ; Spring Lake -- ch. 42. Havana from 1845 to 1860 ; The churches ; Robert McReynolds ; The Howell family ; Other old settlers -- ch. 43. Dr. Charles Newton ; The old and the new ; Riverside Park.
510 4 $aMonaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography,$c1385
510 4 $aFish, D. Lincoln bibliography,$c0720
520 $aPlain talk from an old settler. Anecdotes about Lincoln from the days of his first love to the days on the circuit.
530 $aCopy also on microfilm : Historical Genealogy Dept., IL County Histories, Roll 61, item no. 236.
590 $aLincoln copy: Bound in cloth.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$vAnecdotes.
600 10 $aLincoln, Abraham,$d1809-1865$xHomes and haunts$zIllinois$zNew Salem (Menard County)
600 10 $aCartwright, Peter,$d1785-1872.
650 0 $aPioneers$zIllinois$zMenard County.
650 0 $aPioneers$zIllinois$zMason County.
651 0 $aMenard County (Ill.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aMason County (Ill.)$xHistory.
690 $aGreen family.
690 $aHowell family.
690 $aWatkins family.
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