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Title: History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Chas. C. Chapman & Co., pub
Subjects: Tazewell County (Ill.) -- History Tazewell County (Ill.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : C.C. Chapman & Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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a bright young lawyer, who became quitea politician and the leader of his party. A personal difference arosebetween the two, which to settle, the parties met for mortal combaton an island in the Mississippi. The weapons selected were hair-trigger pistols. After taking their position Jones weapon wasprematurely discharged. Bonds second, Dunlap, now claimed thataccording to the code Bond had the right to the next fire. ButBond would not take so great advantage of his opponent, and saidit was an accident and would not fire. Such noble conducttouched the generous nature of Jones, and the difficulty was atonce amicably settled. Dunlap, however, bore a deadly hatred forJones, and one day while he was standing in the street in Ivaskaskia,conversing with a lady, lie crept up behind him and shot him deadin his tracks. Dunlap successfully escaped to Texas. RECTOR AND BARTON. In 1812 the bloody code again brought two young men to thefield of honor. They were Thomas Rector, a son of Capt. Stephen
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HISTORY OF ILLINOIS. 145 Rector who bore such a noble part in the war of 1812, ana JoshuaBarton. Tlicy liad espoused the quarrel of older brothers. Theaffair occurred on Bloody Island, in the Mississippi, but in thelimits of Illinois. This place was frequented so often by Missou-rians to settle personal difficulties, that it received the name ofBloody Island. Barton fell in this conflict. STEWART AND BENNETT. In 1819 occurred the first duel fought after the admission of theState into the Union. This took place in St. Clair county betweenAlphonso Stewart and William Bennett. It was intended to be asham duel, to turn ridicule against Bennett, the challenging party-Stewart was in the secret but Bennett was left to believe it areality. Their guns were loaded with blank cartridges. Bennett,suspecting a trick, put a ball into his gun without the knowledgeof his seconds. The word fire was given, and Stewart fellmortally wounded. Bennett made his escape but was subsequentlycaptured, convicted

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