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J I - -I r- 1- f- t- F_ I J I J -- r- I f- I i I r-a -t F I I I I I I tt In preparing this book it would not be right and just unless mention was given to our parish dedicated to the Uisltation of the Blessed Uirgin l'lary at Illiopolfsl Illinofs. It is also a memorial to the pioneer menbers of the parish nrtto for so many years struggled to organize it. It is further dedicated to the present generation, descendants of the pioneers and also other meinbers of the parish, who have continued through the years to maintain the parish church, rectory and the recently bui lt hal l. The church celebrated its 100 year anniversary on A.rgust of 1966. Before the Civil War, fs Catholics were to be fotrnd in or near Illiopolis. After the close of the war ard for the next ten or fifteen years, many families, rost of Irish descent, settled on farms north of urhere the tosr is now located aloqg the Sangaron and lagan county lines. Arong these were found such names as Qginlan, Blairp l{cGeel Graham, Colllnsr Gleasonl Welch, Oonnors, Scott, Stengel, f'lcCabee Donovanl HcDermott, Hagen and nany [x)F€o llass was celebrated for the first time in the village of Iltiopolis in the hotte of Dr. Bernard Stuve in the spring of 1866. In the autumn of 1867, under the direction of Rev. Uogtr a rector of St. Patrickrs church in Decatur, Illinois the first church building was colrpleted, a small frame buildingr forty-t16 feet by twenty-four feet on lots .east of the present rectory, where Visltation Hall is located. Once a rilonth the parish was attended by priests cqniing on their rounds frora Decatur, l{acon, Taylorvi lle and Springfield. These priestrs names are not to be forgottei--Rev A. Uogt, Rev. H. Kanel Rev. B. Claus and Rev. R. Grant. In 1876 while Rev. llonasses Kane was in chargel the little clrurch was enlarged by addition to meet the needs of the everd growing congregationr n'trich at that time numbered seventy-five to eighty families.
A history of the past years of the church of the Visitation Blessed Virgin |hry at Illiopolis, Illinois r,{ould not be complete if the services of Anna l{cDermott were/not mentioned. For sixty years Anna played the organ and conducted the choir. She started playing the organ when she was a very young girl. In those days and years her father urould bring her to church in a surrey or wagon frorn the fami ly farm through snow and mud to play for the norning ltlass. After she rnoved from the farm to Illiopolis she never missed a morning unless illness prevented her from doing so. A few years before her death on April J, l!60 she was forced to retire because of illness. It will be a long time before such a dedicated and unique person as Anna could ever be found or replaced. The mgnbers of the choir were E. Jo llcDennott, Hrs E. J. |,lcDermott, Miss Katherine Blair, llrs. Anna Hesser, John llcGee and Mrs. Wi||ian Schaefer.
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GIFT C.i. LIFE liiot much from this
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FORE}'ORD I, Rosemary Anne Blair ha
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BLAIR
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In l!08 the firm idea existed withi
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Only a brief and short synopsis can
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EDWARD BLAIR Edward Blair was a bro
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t- UILLIAI{ E BETTY ANN BLAIR I{ERN
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ARTHUR E KATHRYN BLAIR HOSS Kathryn
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THE BLAIR FAHILY HOME 309 West Edwa
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THE BLACKBURNS Thomas Blackburn can
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THOI'iAS DONALD & HELEN WITT Thomas
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A}IBROSE E ilARTHA WITT Anbrose and
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tfilliam oea resided and uprked in
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T t l h ! Orr oother graduated from
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Or Febnrarf 14, lgll our parents we
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Our parents had six children: Franc
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There was tlo roasters with the mea
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I can rernenber one day a truck dro
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lpproxinately January 7 of 1927 he
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0n October 29t 1929t ilBLACK TUESDA
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STALLIONS White Stocking 2 License
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|tother and myself spent a lot of t
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Page 54 and 55: STELLA AND ROSEI.IARY In 1t40, l94l
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Page 62 and 63: I,IARIE FLAH STAUOER Harie was born
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Page 82 and 83: JOHN PATRICK O'BRIEN John was born
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Page 86 and 87: COLLEEN OIBRIEN ATTOOO Colleen was
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Page 104 and 105: l l I i *"tF FATIfiR CIIARLES T,{.A
Page 106 and 107: RT. REV. MSGR. THOMAS F. McGRATH 0n
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Page 112 and 113: INV1TATION TO ALL FRIET\DS & PARISI
Page 114 and 115: EARLY HISTORY OF ITLINOIS The flass
Page 116 and 117: ILLIOPOLIS ItJ,INOIS Every town has
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Page 120 and 121: Dedication of the Illiopolis Public
Page 122 and 123: NIAilTIC, ILLINoIS The territory in
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