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JACKSONVILLE , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Morgan county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., on Mauvaiseterre See also:Creek, about 33 M. W. of See also:Springfield. Pop. (189o), 12,935; (1900), 15,078, of whom 1497 were See also:foreign-See also:horn; (1910 See also:census), 15,326. It is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Chicago & See also:Alton, the Chicago, See also:Peoria & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis and the See also:Wabash See also:railways. It is the seat of several educational and philanthropic institutions. Illinois See also:College (Presbyterian), founded in 1829 through the efforts of the Rev. See also:John Millot See also:Ellis (1793–1855), a missionary of the See also:American See also:Home Missionary Society and of the so-called Yale See also:Band (seven Yale graduates devoted to higher See also:education in the See also:Middle See also:West), is one of the See also:oldest colleges in the Central States of the See also:United States. The Jacksonville See also:Female See also:Academy (183o) and the Illinois Conservatory of See also:Music (2871) were absorbed in 1903 by Illinois College, which then became co-educational. The college embraces, besides the collegiate See also:department, Whipple Academy (a preparatory department), the Illinois Conservatory of Music and a School of See also:Art, and in 2908–2909 had 21 instructors and 173 students. The Rev. See also:Edward See also:Beecher was the first See also:president of the college (from 183o to 1844), and among its prominent graduates have been See also:Richard See also:Yates, jun., the Rev. See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas K. Beecher, See also:Newton See also:Bateman (1822–1897), See also:superintendent of public instruction of Illinois from 1865 to 1875 and president of See also:Knox College in 1875–1893, See also:Bishop See also:Theodore N. See also:Morrison (b. 285o), See also:Protestant Episcopal Bishop of See also:Iowa after 1898, and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William J. See also:Bryan. The Illinois Woman's College (Methodist Episcopal; chartered in 1847 as the Illinois See also:Conference Female Academy) received its See also:present name in 1899. The See also:State Central See also:Hospital for the Insane (opened in 1851), the State School for the See also:deaf (established in 1839, opened in 1845, and the first charitable institution of the state) and the State School for the See also:Blind (1849) are also in Jacksonville. Morgan See also:Lake and See also:Duncan See also:Park are See also:pleasure resorts. The See also:total value of the factory product in 1905 was $1,981,582, an increase of 17'7% since 2900. Jacksonville was laid out in 1825 as the county-seat of Morgan county, was named probably in See also:honour of See also:Andrew See also:Jackson, and was incorporated as a See also:town in 184o, chartered as a
(mean See also:low See also:water), and by 1909 the See also:work had been completed; further dredging to a 24 ft. See also:depth between the navigable channel and pierhead lines was authorized in 1907 and completed by 1910.
city in 1867, and re-chartered in 1889. The See also:majority of the See also:early settlers came from the See also:southern and border states, principally from See also:Missouri and See also:Kentucky; but subsequently there was a large See also:immigration of New See also:England and Eastern See also:people, and these elements were stronger in the See also:population of Jacksonville than in any other city of southern Illinois.
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