With ties to Scott County and/or Morgan County Important People With ties to Scott County and/or Morgan County

Possible people to research: □ John J. Hardin – killed at the battle of Buena Vista □ General E. D. Baker- killed at Balls Bluff □ Colonel Thomas M. Kirkpatrick – killed at Shiloh □ Honorable J. A. McDougal – U.S. Senator

More people to research: □ John L. McConnell – author of several books □ Honorable A. G. Burr – member of Congress for 2 terms □ Stephen A. Douglas – teacher in Winchester, lawyer, U.S. Senator, and Presidential Candidate □ Stephen Paxson – organized many Sunday Schools

More possible people to research: Murray McConnel – lawyer and Democratic party leader, elected to IL House of Representatives Peter Cartwright – helped found what is now MacMurray College Joseph Duncan – Governor of IL, lived in Jacksonville Julian Sturtevant – teacher at IC

More possible people to research: Jonathan B. Turner – teacher at IC, advocate for education and agriculture Barton W. Stone – founder of the Christian Church Richard Yates, Sr. and Richard Yates, Jr. – both Governors of IL William H. Milburn – blind religious speaker

More possible people to research: Jacob Strawn – prominent farmer Dr. David Prince – Surgeon and physician in Jacksonville Dorothea Dix – fought for the rights of the mentally ill and for institutions in Jacksonville General Grierson – Civil War General

More possible people to research: Dr. Greene V. Black – “Father or Modern Dentistry” Dr. Hiram Jones - physician and philosophy professor at IC Samuel Nichols – worked with children William Jennings Bryan – presidential candidate and graduate of IC

More possible people to research: Billy Sunday – famous evangelist Dr. Alonzo Kenniebrew – black physician and surgeon Sherwood Eddy – important in WWI and II and the Marshall Plan