Excerpt from Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Vol. 2 In compiling this history of Carroll County the object has been to record facts relating to the lives of people who settled in this locality, beginning with the first settlements of an unoccupied country, to the end that a permanent record might be made which will be accessible for an unlimited time to those who have an interest therein. The life of a man, his achievements, what he has accomplished during his life, can be perpetuated in no better way, or preserved longer or more permanently than by the art of printing. It enables us to read the past, a reverence for which, a distinguished author says, is the basis for all sound progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.