Papers, 1838-1951 (bulk 1852-1907)

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Papers, 1838-1951 (bulk 1852-1907)

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School district records, legal documents, correspondence, estate records, church records, livestock records and financial records. The collection concerns John Shaver's activities as a farmer, breeder and member of the Fancy Prairie community.

.8 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Gillespie family.

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Wright, Samuel G.

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Fancy Prairie Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

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Waters family.

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Constant, Mary E., d. 1901

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Jones, David G., b. 1818

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Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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Rayburn family.

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Shaver, John William, 1856-1920.

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Fancy Prairie, Illinois, farmer and livestock breeder. Shaver's parents, William and Jane Ross Shaver, immigrated to Illinois from Virginia in the early 1850s. John Shaver, their one surviving child, inherited the family farm and became involved in breeding and shipping livestock. He owned land in Menard and Logan Counties. He was married twice, to Jannette Jones with whom he had one child, Lilly; and to Nannie Gillespie with whom he had four children, Jane, Mary, Willie...

Melin family.

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Maple Grove School (Fancy Prairie, Ill.)

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