History of Hancock County Illinois Together With An Outline History of the Sta
History of Hancock County Illinois Together With An Outline History of the Sta
Thomas Gregg
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In the fall of the same year he sent his wife and 2 children down the Mississippi river, on a keel-boat, and landed on the east bank 760 HISTOET OF HAKCOCK COUNTY. of the river, where Little Cincinnati now is, and made his settlement in what is now Louisiana, Pike county, Mo. Here he established a trading post and engaged in the fur trade. Large bands of Indians sought his post to trade, and he was widely known among the tribes of the West. From that point he came to this county in lS33, and se...ttled in what is now Chili tp. , whei'e he entered 2J sections of land, upon which he made improvements and engaged in farming. Hewas at one time Mail-carrier and Contractor, and kept the first hotel in his growing settlement. 'He was widely known throughout the county and was among the early pioneers of the State and county. He died on the homestead in 1846. The widow and mother sur- vived him until 1S63, when her spirit took its flight to its better home. The subject of this sketch has been engaged ^mostly in farming and mining.
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