Fayette County, Illinois


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History of Fayette County, Illinois including businesses, churches and family histories published in conjunction with the Fayette County Genealogical & Historical Society.




Genealogy of the Farmer, Cox, and Hopkins Families of Fayette County, Illinois, Compiled by Mrs. Frederick Charles Harrington.


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Genealogy of the Farmer, Cox, and Hopkins Families of Fayette County, Illinois


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Page 91-104 contains "Descriptive letters on a foreign tour" by Estelle Messenger Harrington. Lodowik Farmer immigrated in 1740 from England to Virginia, and renounced his inherited title of "Lord Farmer." He died in 1783. His great-grandson, William Farmer (1808-1888), was " ... the founder of the family in Fayette County, Illinois ... "













Marriages of Fayette County, Illinois


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Marriages of Fayette County, Illinois


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