Showing posts with label Chambers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chambers. Show all posts
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Saturday, December 01, 2018
Saturday, October 13, 2018
Samuel John Tapp
The article states her name as Louisa Thompson. But FAG states Harriet L. "Hattie" Thompson Tapp. Middle name maybe Louisa?
Friday, April 14, 2017
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Roberts 1894
Photos were taken right after the fire of 1894, the reason so many people in the village.
From L to R: Meat Market, est. 1865; W. H. Wakelin (says dry goods * notions * ? * shoes * groceries * flour * salt); Next building says Groceries * Notions; next is a sign on post - Dentist; followed by R.B. Chambers; ? ; ? ; and finally Colteaux's Restaurant. After that was the school building on the corner.
The R.B. Chambers building is the current Schooney's bar. Of all the buildings in the photo, that is the only one that remains.
The school was on the corner where the bank stands today. That is the school bell tower.
--Posted photos and all comments by Jean Fox to the Roberts Illinois History Group FB page.
Friday, March 03, 2017
Are they still standing?
In the first article Bela Foster wrote about the early settlers of Lyman Township, he discusses the first homes erected in Lyman Township. He notes all the houses are gone now except the one north of the L. G. Chambers farm and one known as the Iler home. Are they still standing? I doubt it, but I better go check it out.
Looks like the "one north of the L. G. Chambers farm" may be in Section 4. On the 1916 plat (below) a small square (house location) is seen just in the corner of the L. G. Chambers property. This property is located on 115, just a short way (1 to 1 1/2 mile?) south of the Thawville blacktop on the east side of the road.
The other home known as the "Iler" home is located in Section 10. This is close to Rt. 54, not far from Beset Grove. The 2016 Lyman plat show 2 homes in Section 10, across the highway from the new Wasmer home near Beset Grove. I don't think either one is the Iler home. Looks like the one to the north was occupied by a ? (possibly John, but I can't read the small print) Fuoss on the 1916 plat. And possibly Roger Thompson currently (2016 plat) lives near the Iler property although I believe Roger may be in the M. Havener home.
--Roberts Herald. 13 March 1935. Bela Foster.
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