1965 There The Heart Is

The book "There The Heart Is" A History of Brighton, Illinois 1826 - 1964 was written by Martha A. Bentley. There are 235 pages of text, pictures, and portraits.

• Chapter 1 - Early Pioneer Life
• Chapter 2 - The First Pioneers Come
  Some names mentioned are Oliver Brown, William Cowen, Michael Brown, Nathan Scaritts, William Brewer, Aaron Hussong, H. G. Stall, George Lash, Leila B. Fritchie, Gilson Brown, Russell Brown, Thomas Cowan, Sarah B. Peter, James B. Pinckard, Herman Griggs, Daniel Crum,, John Andrews, Col. J. R. Miles, John Montgomery, Henry F. Martin, William Jones, James Palmer, Oscar A. Chase, Nathan D. Barber, Simmons family, Rhoads family, George Smith, Daniel Blodgett, Henry Lauck, William Sarius, Frederick Telgmann.
• Chapter 3 - Business - Then and Now
  Some names mentioned are Nathan Scarritt, Daniel Blodgett, Herman Griggs, William Loveland, Lucius Griswold, George Cameron, the Nutter brothers, Richard H. Peter, John Moore, Rev. Horatio Nelson, Taylor Chase, G. G. Kenney, John Burton, G. W. Gilson, C. W. Heidemann, Gustav Isenberg, Arthur Farrell, Albert Oertel, Louis Mouser, Wayne Weiss, William C. Merrill, Thomas S. Bean, A. H. Loveland, J. R. Crandell, Asa Potter, A. Wm. Amass, Dr. A. Gifford, Willard V. Kelsey, Gordon Lampert, John Amerine, Ben Maricle, Charlie Recker, Lippoldts, Edward Huebener, Frank Lauck, Edward J. Huebener, Phillip Lauck, Joseph Marston, Gene Orban, August Behler, Bruno Franz, Walter Franz, Oswald Franz, Arthur Franz, Emil C. Franz, Rev. Leonard Loveland, A. G. Meacham, Dr. Jacob Dickerson, Marshall Dickerson, L. M. Dickerson, Mrs. John Holloway, John U. Stone, Harold C. Chase, F. W. Froelich, Arnold Butt, Oswald Hanold, Louis Hanold, Warren G. Strobech, George Mundy, Albert French, George Bean, Algernon Thompson Stewart, John L. Ash, Milton Ziegenbein, John Hauter, Calvin Vonnahmen, L. E. Droz, Walter G. Hunt, A. J. Farrell, G. W. Hunt, H. F. Martin, W. H. Robings, J. J. Kelsey, R. S. Brown, Ernst Dehne, J. O. Duncan, I. M. Clark, W. I. Gillham, M. S. Brown, J. W. Darlington, Rev. L. Cramp, Lewis Armstrong, Mr. Jenkins, S. H. Emery, John Senior, John C. Fritchie, Huges brothers, V. Robin, August Roettgers, Fred Voelkel, Ed Kuehnel, Francis Stewart, Thomas L. Keas, Henry Maxiemer, W. C. Moore, Alfred Gifford, D. P. Berry, A. G. Meacham, Harrison Nutter, Charles Nutter, J. W. Hill, Henry Boulter, G. H. Aylworth, George W. Lash, Fred Michael, William P. Gleason, John Merten, John Hauter, Lloyd Well, George Leighty, John Heyer, Col. J. R. Miles, L. P. Stratton, J. W. Gilson, M. Spencer Brown, George A. Brown, James McKendree Brown, Russell S. Brown, F. W. Schroeder, Anita (Schroeder) Hessell, Jonathan Bentley, J. W. Hill, George Aylworth, S. Ackerman, Thomas A. Jones, Jake Lowe, J. P. Brady, Frank Martin, Harry De Frates, William Willis Rhoads, John Brady, William Gillham, Lucius E. Jones, Kay Hansen, Victor Schroeder, Harry E. Jones, Ray Broyles, Joseph Howell, Walter G. Hunt, Paul L. Warner, Frank Whitfield, Charles L. Boren,William Sarius, Gustav Sarius, Charles E. Lampert, Thomas L. Keas, Fred Warr, Asa Potter, D. D. Goodell, Spencer Gilson, Willard Van Arsdale Kelsey, Frederich L. Volgelpohl, Joseph Demler, Kate R. Glenny, S. P. Scobee, James Storry, Pearlie Hanold, Louis A. Williams, Sidney B. Jones, Harry Roady, H. A. Myers, Charles J. Yancey, Fred C. Voelkel, C. W. Kramer, Charles Stewart, Casper J. Jacoby, Anton Jacoby, John Appel, Robert Graul, Fred Telgmann, Ambrose Robings, Henry Tice, William Brand, Lewis M. Danner, Arthur Farrell, Rodney Towne, Nathan D. Barber, H. C. Clark, John Kelsey, Taylor G. Chase, John Montgomery, Henry F. Martin, Amos Avery, Brewer Martin, Squire William Jones, Col. J. R. Miles, Capt. T. H. Simmons, Paul Hale, Bert Keas, L. M. Dickerson, Milton Ziegenbein, Raymond Montague, F. N. Orr MD, Joseph Murphy DDS, Albert Emmons, Roma Short, John W. Woods, Mildred King, Emma Beard, Beulah Lively, Gordon Lampert, Irving M. Clark, Oscar J. Hermes, Joe Marston, Gene St. Cin, Vernon Davis, Ted Cisco, Donald Werts, McAfee brothers, Leo Becktold, Gene Orban, Harold G. Bott, Cletus Rathgeb, Heyen brothers, C. L. Crivello, Maurice Wilson, Tom Newman, Vernon Matlack, Perry Rice, M. E. Newell, Charles W. Bentley, Dorothy Powell, Rose William, Jack Rhoad.
• Chapter 4 - From Cabin to a Million Dollar School House
• Chapter 5 - Our Churches
• Chapter 6 - Our Beautiful Cemetery
• Chapter 7 - Medical Men and Dr. Anna
• Chapter 8 - From Tallow Taper to Electricity
• Chapter 9 - Uncle Sam Comes to Brighton
• Chapter 10 - Brighton's Historical Homes
• Chapter 11 - Disastrous Fires
• Chapter 12 - Journalism
• Chapter 13 - Culture
• Chapter 14 - Betsey Ann Bell and Picnic
• Chapter 15 - Fire Fighting Equipment
• Chapter 16 - Organizations and the Brighton Memorial Library
• Chapter 17 - Brighton Grows Up
• Chapter 18 - Reminiscences - The Best of All
  Some names mentioned are Herman Griggs and Mary Starkweather, James Palmer, Mr. Burbank, Miss Frost, Mrs. Howard Clark, Dr. Burford Johnston, Henry W. Boulter, Thomas Brown, Peter Lampert, Dr. T. A. Horine, Dr. Anna Gillham, Mary Darnielle-Foster-Ackerman, Irene Meigs, L. P. Stratton, Calista Smith Chase, Augusta Smith Merrill, Polly Moore, Rev. I. W. Thombs, Mrs. C. I. T. Stewart, Mrs. W. W. Reed, Dr. Thomas Brown, Mrs. S. P. Blodgett, Dr. Anna Gillham, Thomas Montgomery, John Jacob Van Arsdale, Elijiah P. Lovejoy, Lemuel Page Stratton, Celia Hilliard, Amos Avery Hilliard, Taylor G. Chase, Henry and Martha Paddock, Edwin Amass, Walter B. Franz, Gottlieb Lippoldt, Henry Stall, A. G. Meacham, Ann Isabell (Peter) Blodgett, Nancy (Pelham) Crandall, Mr. Crego, George Washington Nash, W. H. Loveland, John Dandridge, John Moore, Bass Moore, Thomas Simmons, Miss Lucy Larcom, Miss Mary Boulter, William Sarius, Joel and Charlie Signor, Mrs. Emma Jones, James Jones, John Jones, Thomas J. Jones, T. J. Relf, Mrs. C. I. T. Stewart, Marshall Dickerson, Algernon "Gurney" Stewart, P. P. Bliss, Gustavus G. Reiniger, Meredith WIlson, Sammy Eddington, Clarence Davidson, William Marston, Jule Schmidt, Frank Stewart, Gurney Stewart, Nettie (Walton) Voorhees, Harriett (Voorhees) Wainwright, Miss Dora Ash, Dr. James Mason Barcus, Peter Dolan, Adrian Smith, Uncle Billy Brummer, Aunt Maria and Uncle Moses Payne, John Jacobs, George A. Brown, C. W. Darlington, E. W. Delaplain, J. Wm. Bohn, J. A. Sams. Robert Young, Robert L. Barber, Walter G. Hunt, Rolland B. Ingham, Oscar J. Hermes, Fred G. Scheffel, Thomas Walter Pelham, Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, Russell Dunham, Mrs. Ruth Boulter Kelsey

Contributed 04 Mar 2020 by Norma Hass

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