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22 Historical Souvenir of Greenville, Illinois.
Samuel Colcord, Deceased,
Who came overland from Maine to
Greenville in 1840. A prominent
resident for 50 years.
corner where Masonic Temple now
stands was an old two story frame
house. It was the headquarters for
every unlicensed saloon that was
started. These unlicenseS saloons
always ran until the grand jury met.
In a hollow where Dixon's store
now stands, there was a small
frame house in which D. P. Hagee
lived, and had a tailor shop. A
blacksmith shop stood on the
ground where the State Bank of
Hoiles a:id Sons is now. It was
operated by a man by the name of
White. Next to the alley on the
south side of the square was the
frame building, which is still standing
and is now known as the Miller
building. In this bull ling lived
Charles Hoiles, father of C. D.
Hoiles, President of the State Bank,
and of S. M. Hoiles, now deceased.
In the corner room of this building
Mr. Hoiles had started a store.
Later on he moved to the site of the
present Thomas House. There were
no buildings from the alley west to
the corner. On the corner was a
small, one story building which was
conspicuously labeled "Allen" but
was vacant. On the corner where
Hussong's store stood prior to the
iire of Oct. 27, 1904, was the store
of Morse and Brothers, a one story
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