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Excerpt from History of Fulton County, Illinois: Together With Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens That we have completed our work, fulfilled all our promises to the utter most, we feel conscientiously assured, and we submit the result of our labors to the charitable consideration of this intelligent and liberal people. It must not be expected that, in the multiplicity of names, dates, and events, no errors will be detected. Te do not dare hope that in the numerous and varied details this book is absolutly correct, nor is it expected that it is beyond criticism, yet we believe it will be found to be measurablv correct and reliable. We have labored assiduously and with studious care to make it a standard work of reference, as well as an authoritative record for future histo rians to build upon. 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.