McBride, J. C. Past and present of Christian County, Illinois Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1904, 572 pgs. Biographical Surnames in the book -McBride, Shumway,Saling, Allen,Davis, Morrison,Hailey, Schuyler, Murphy, Gardner, Hight, Eaton, Orr, Clark, Caldwell, Winklepleck, Yarnell, Chamberlain, Johns, Anderson, Weiser, Smith, Powel, Barrett, Shaw, Graham, Little, Kitchell, Gates, Alexander, Manners, Shumway, Rev. Joseph Dechene, Little, Kramer, Ettinger, Oyler, Long, Penwell, Winters, Andrews, Brown, Lambert, Ritscher, Balsley, Ricks, Watson, Griswold, Sckowska, Anderson, Bartlett, Sands, Sailsbery, Bates, Doyle, Downs, Ruby, Bridges, Schlierbach, Higginbotham, Rockey, M. D., Simpson, Sharrock,Stattner, Lacharite, Short, M. D., Howell, Culp, Johnston, Windsor, Grundy, Crow, M. D., Gorden, Claussen, Humphreys, Gibson, M. D., Corzine, Pence, Picker, Potts, Bollinger, Neu, Solliday, Dalbey, Harrington,Bowman, Haines, Coonrod, Hedden, McDonald, Newkirk, Broehl, Young, Wallace, Forrester, Bollinger, Neff, Herdman, Jordan, Marshall, Montgomery, Bilyeu, Rhodes, Snyder, Russell, Bollinger,Nutt Kirk, Tobias, Allison, Wareham, Davis, Lockwood, Hammer, Fraley, Howard, Davidson,Pouder, Rhodes, Krieger, Daniels, Goodrich, Parrish, Bertmann, Winters, Vidler, Wucherpfenning, Danford, Berry, Adams, Milligan, Peek, Haverfield, Funderburk,Drennan, Gauer, Alexander, Travis, Warner, De Wolf, Drake, Langley, Hise, Edmunds, Coffman, Paddock, Burke, Rasar, Mooney, Cowan, Beaulieu, Reed, Osbern, Swim, Brents, Kirk, Holben, Fitzgerald, Orr, McCauley, Leathers, Smedley, Boyd, Tedlie, Simons, Morrison, Housley, Pierpoint, Ebert, Wenzler, Parish, Beck, Hammer, Morgan, Hodge, Berry, Nicodemus, Aldrich, Foy, Stewart, Corneil, Beckenheimer, Barnes, Sharp, Micenhimmer, Newton, Campbell, Montgomery, Devlin, Moran, Adams, Baldwin, Burdick, Paddock, Lovering, De Wolf, Simpson, Lloyd, Corzine, Keating, Widick, Reese, Williamson, M. D., Coonrod, Bottrell, Cloyd, Hord, Stone, Cox, Bohn