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Note for:   Thomas Steele,   3 MAY 1797 - 30 MAR 1872         Index

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Burial:   
     Place:   Steeleville cem, Steeleville, Illinois

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Note for:   John STEELE,   1737 - 11 SEP 1820         Index

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Individual Note:   John Steele was a Captain in the Virginia force during the Revolutionary War.After the Colonies gained their independance he became one of the pioneer settlers of Tennessee,living for a time near Knoxville,and then in the neighborhood of Nashville,Tennessee.He had the qualities requisite for a pioneer life--self reliance and courage--and selecting a location beyond the limits of the settlements,he made the first improvement in the neighborhood of the present town of Steelevile.His son,George was the founder of Georgetown,or Steeleville as the place came to be called.He settled on the site of the town in 1810 and in 1812 a fort was erected here for the protection of the settlers from the Indians

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Note for:   Shadrack Lively,   30 JAN 1794 - 2 NOV 1871         Index

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Burial:   
     Date:   3 NOV 1871
     Place:   Bowerman cem, Randolph Co., Illinois

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Note for:   Joseph Lively,   1765 - 31 MAR 1831         Index

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     Date:   1 APR 1831
     Place:   Randolph Co., Illinois

Individual Note:   Joseph Lively came to Randolph County in the year of 1805 from the Abbeyville District of South Carolina. He settled the Seymour farm in section twenty eight,of township six,range seven,three miles northeast of Kaskaskia. In 1823 he removed to the lower end of the Opossumden prairie,where he lived until his death.

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Note for:   Mary Anderson,   1772 - 6 JAN 1834         Index

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Burial:   
     Date:   7 JAN 1834
     Place:   Lively cem, Randolph Co., Illinois

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Note for:   Jacob Bowerman,   1773 - 18 MAR 1845         Index

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Burial:   
     Place:   Bowerman cem, Randolph Co., Illinois

Individual Note:   Jacob Bowerman came to Randolph County in the year of 1808. His wife Eve and serveral sons came with him. He settled first 3 miles South of Steeleville, then he moved on a farm West of Steeleville known as the "Old Bowerman Place." Jacob was a man of great decision of character.He was remarkably ingenious, and could work at almost any trade, even making good guns without previous instructions. As a marksman with the rifle he had no superior. Jacob built a blockhouse in Steeleville and it became an important place on the Shawneetown-Kaskaskia road. During the unrest of 1811-13 the blockhouse was a place of safety for near-by settlers and travelers.

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Note for:   Eve Clark,   1764 - 1853         Index

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Burial:   
     Place:   Bowerman cem, Randolph Co., Illinois

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Note for:   Joseph Anderson,   1750 - 1806         Index

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Individual Note:   Joseph Anderson served in the Revolutionary War under Col. George Rogers Clark in Virginia.He applied for a pension.His name is on a bronze marker placed by Fort Chartres Chapter DAR,Sparta,on June24, 1934 at Sparta High School.

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Note for:   Sarah Elizabeth (Betsy) Fletcher,   4 MAY 1801 - 27 AUG 1857         Index

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Burial:   
     Date:   28 AUG 1857
     Place:   Gillispie cem, Randolph Co., Illinois

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