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Biographical Sketches of Early Cole County Residents

The First Families

The following families lived here at the time the new state capitol was completed in 1826:

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William Henderson

William Jones

Azariah Kennedy

Moss Family

J. R. Pullen

Josiah RamseyCaptain

J. T. Rogers

James F. Royston

Dave Scrivner

Terry Scurlock

David Sleater

Granville P. Thomas

John P. Thomas

Thompson Family

Willis Thornton

George Woodward

H. H. Baber

Ralph Briscoe

Henry Buckner

Christopher Casey

Hardin Casey

Daniel Colgan

James Dunnica

John Dunnica

McDaniel Dorris

Stephen C. Dorris

Robert A. Ewing

Alexander Gordon

John C. Gordon

David Harmon

Samuel Harrison

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