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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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