1819. From old photograph owned by Col. E.C.

Townsend, of Shullsburg, Wis., of which city Shull was founder. He was a private in Capt. Enoch Duncan’s Company. 140 SIMPSON, CAPT. GIDEON. From oil portrait owned by Mrs. J.H. King, a granddaughter, of Collinsville, Ill. 125 SMITH, CAPT. HENRY, U.S.A From old portrait, made in 1831, owned by his sister, Katharine Smith Sewall, of Watertown, N.Y. 113 SMITH, COL. T.W. From the oil painting in the rooms of the Chicago Historical Society. 196 SNELLING, COL. JOSIAH. From Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography. Used by permission. 77 SNYDER, CAPT. ADAM W. From a rare ivory miniature owned by his son, Dr. J.F. Snyder, of Virginia, Ill. 179 STAHL, SERGEANT FREDERICK. From “History of Jo Daviess County.” 139 STAPP, COL. JAMES T.B. From photograph owned by Mr. Guy Stapp, of Chicago. 122 STAPP, WYATT B. From oil painting furnished for this book by Mr. Guy Stapp, of Chicago. 133 STEPHENSON, MAJOR JAMES W. From oil painting owned by Mrs. William Hempstead, of St. Louis. 179 STEPHENSON, CAPT. WILLIAM J. From photograph owned by Alexander H. Brown, of Ashley, Ill. 191 STEVENS, FRANK E. From a photograph by Waters, Chicago. Frontispiece STEWART, COL. HART L. From “Kirkland’s Chicago.” 235 STILLMAN’S BATTLEFIELD. From recent photograph of old cut, by Oliver W. Hall, who was upon the scene the following day. Done in colors for this work by Mrs. Chas. C. Dunlap, of Chicago. 134 STILLMAN, COL. ISAIAH. From his only portrait, a daguerreotype, owned by his daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Barber, of Libertyville, Iowa, and now first published. 133 STRAWN, JEREMIAH. From photograph owned by Susan S. Dent, his daughter, Chicago. 160 STRAWN, COL. JOHN. From photograph furnished by Mr. J.S. Thompson, of Lacon, Ill. 159 STREET, GEN. JOSEPH M. From the “Annals of Iowa,” furnished by Mr. Chas. Aldrich, of Des Moines, Iowa. 100 STRODE, COL. JAMES M. From a rare ivory miniature, owned by his daughter, Mrs. Luella Strode Howe, of London, Eng. Copied especially for this work, and now first published. 139 STUART, MAJ. JOHN T. From the first daguerreotype brought to Illinois, owned by his widow–now deceased–and loaned by her to the author. 94 TAYLOR, MAJOR ZACHARY. From the engraving made by the Bureau of Printing and Engraving at Washington. 54 TAYLOR, LIEUT. COL. His headquarters at Fort Crawford. 128 CC THOMAS, COL. JOHN. From steel plate in “History of St. Clair County.” 122 THOMAS, CAPT. WILLIAM. From daguerreotype owned by his daughter, Mrs. Belle Flynn, of Carmi, Ill. 194 THOMAS, COL. WILLIAM. From photograph owned by H.E. Rusk, of Jacksonville, Ill. 95 THOMPSON, CAPT. JAMES. From an old photograph owned by a son in Chester, Ill. 197 TOWNSEND FAMILY. Early settlers in the lead mines, and all of them, brothers, served in the Black Hawk War in Dodge’s squadron. Three of them served in the Winnebago war of 1827. H.S. Townsend, only recently deceased, was at the battle of the Pecatonica. 144 TWIGGS, MAJ. D.E. From a photograph obtained from Hon. A.J. Turner, of Portage, Wis., and now owned by the Wis. Hist. Society, at Madison. 120 VAUGHAN, JAMES W. From photograph owned by his son, G.W. Vaughan, of Sullivan, Ill. 125 VERNOR, Z.H. In the campaign of 1831, under Capt. William Moore. From oil painting owned by his son, Hon. George Vernor, of Nashville, Ill. 96 WA-BO-KI-E-SHIEK, the PROPHET. From oil painting from life by R.M. Sully while imprisoned at Fortress Monroe. Now owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, at Madison. 115 WAKEFIELD, JOHN A. Distinguished for services in the war and for writing in 1834 (published at Jacksonville, Ill., the same year), the first history of the same. From his only portrait, owned by his daughter, Mrs. Emily Terry, of St. Paul, Minn., and now first published. 139 WALKER, CAPT. GEORGE E. First Sheriff of La Salle County. From photograph made by W.E. Bowman, of Ottawa, and now first published. 166 WA-PEL-LO, or WAU-PE-LA, CHIEF. From “McKenney and Hall’s Indians.” 308 WESTBROOK, REV. SAMUEL, of Capt. Holliday’s Company. Still alive, and who has furnished much information for this book. 193 WARREN, CAPT. PETER. From a very rare tintype, owned by a grandson, W.W. Warren, of Windsor, Ill. 126 WAU-BAN-SE, or WAU-BAN-SEE. From “McKenney and Hall’s Indians.” 166 WHEELER, CAPT. ERASTUS. From old tintype owned by his daughter, Mrs. W.W. Erwin, of Minneapolis, Minn. 97 WHISTLER, MAJOR WILLIAM. From “Kirkland’s Chicago.” 246 WHITESIDE, GEN. SAMUEL. From the only picture ever made of him–a very rare tintype–owned by his daughter, Mrs. J.A. Henderson, of Mt. Auburn, and now first published. 115 WHITLOCK, MAJOR JAMES. From a beautiful ivory miniature owned by Mrs. Eliza A. Greenough, of Marshall, Ill. 124 WILLIAMS, ARCHIBALD, of Capt. Flood’s Company. One of Illinois’ most distinguished men. From old portrait owned by his son, John H. Williams, of Quincy, Ill. 127 WILLIAMS, GEN. JOHN R. From oil painting in rooms of Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society, at Lansing. 255 WILSON, LIEUT. GEORGE, chum of Lieut. Jefferson Davis, who carried the note from Lieut. Davis to Miss Taylor which arranged for their marriage. From portrait owned by son, Capt. George Wilson, of Lexington, Mo. 293 WINTERS, CAPT. NATHAN. From photograph owned by grandson, G.L. Winters, of Trenton, Mo. 126 WISCONSIN HEIGHTS, BATTLEFIELD. From the picture owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, at Madison. 216 WISCONSIN HEIGHTS–Plan of the battlefield. From the “Life of Henry Dodge,” by William Salter. 216 WOOD, JOHN. Later Governor of Illinois. Private in Capt. Flood’s Company. From photograph owned by D.C. Wood, of Quincy, Ill. 217 WOOD, MAJ. JOHN D. From photograph furnished by Hon. 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