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History of Winchester, (Scott County) IllinoisOur database does not include an historic photo for Winchester, (Scott County) Illinois, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:George Licoln Hendrickson Biography George Licoln Hendrickson, educator, was born in Winchester, Ill., May 15, 1865; son of William A. and Ada M. (French) Hendrickson, and a descendant of a Dutch emigrant who came from Holland about 1700 and settled in New Jersey. His great grandfather removed to Ohio after the Revolutionary war. He attended Beloit academy and college, Wisconsin, and was graduated from Johns Hopkins university in 1887. He was a graduate student at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, 1887-89; professor of Latin in Colorado college at Colorado Springs, 1889-91; in the University of Wisconsin, 1891-96; and was elected professor of Latin at the University of Chicago in January, 1897. He was married, Dec. 30, 1897, to Marion, daughter of tho late Calvert Vaux of New York city. He contributed to the American Journal of Philology and other publications, monographic studies in the history of Greek and Roman literature. |
Illinois Facts: Scott County Facts: Seat: WinchesterEstablished: 1839 Formed from: Morgan
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: WINCHESTER, a thriving post-village, capital of Scott county, Illinois, on Sandy creek, 51 miles W. by S. from Springfield. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in manufactures, for which the creek affords motive-power. Good limestone, stonecoal, and potter's clay are found at this place. It contains a number of flour mills, saw mills, tanneries, and potteries. Pop., estimated at 1000. Winchester is situated 165 meters above sea level. |