- 1st 'Garden Of The Gods' Signs, Southern Illinois (18 KB)
My Grandad, Virgil Tarlton, who was raised in this area, decided to put up signs of rock formations. Using the names that hunters had been using for years, he made a sign for everything. When the State made this area into a park, they replaced his signs, using the same names.
- Garden Of The Gods signs - Grandad with crew (16 KB)
Here is a photo of my grandad, Virgil Tarlton, on the top right of the photo, with his sign hanging crew. His son Uncle John is on the far left next to his friend Kirk who is in the white suit. Don't know who the two in the middle are at this time. Do you?
- Woman Cave Sign - Garden of the Gods, Southern Ill (12 KB)
Here are my Uncle's, Herb Tarlton and Alvie Duncan putting up the new sign to Woman Cave. I remember as a small boy squeezing in the cave and looking at a rock formation that resembled a woman. For a little boy exciting as well as scary!
- Jordan Duncan meets 'The Coach' (53 KB)
This is Jordan Duncan taken with Arkansas Basketball Coach Nolan Richardson. The walking stick the Coach is holding was carved by Jordan's dad, B. David Duncan as a commission from Ducks Unlimited as a gift to the Coach for the Razorbacks winning the NCAA Basketball Championship.
- Gibbs, Womack, Tarlton at Cave-In-Rock 1941 (27 KB)
This photo was taken in 1941 at Cave-In-Rock in southern Illinois at it's entrance. The people in it are Charles and Mary (Gibbs)Tarlton, Kate (Womack) Followell, Lawanda Baggett, Virgil Tarlton, Herman Tarlton, Bonnie Tarlton, Betty Tarlton, and the twins, Kay & Ray Tarlton. The picture was probably take by Rachell (Followell) Tarlton, Virgil's wife.
- Duncan Family of Saline County IL, April 1961 (39 KB)
The family of Peter Andrew Duncan and Carrie Elizabeth Gibbs. Front row, l to r: Alma Lou, Peter Andrew, Carrie, Alvie Lee, Middle row: Billy Dwight, Noble Dale, Rosalie Ann, Gracie Evadine, Delphine, Everett Clinton, Back row: Emogene.
- Charles & Mary (Gibbs) Tarlton (29 KB)
Charles and Mary Tarlton standing near their garden in Saline County, Illinois in the 1930's.
- John Noah Followell (28 KB)
This is John Noah Followell at the gas station he owned and ran in the 1930's. Notice how the gas pumps have changed over the years.
- Peter Armilda & Mary Francis Duncan (Fannie Nall) (7 KB)
This picture was taken toward the later years in life. It was published in a book published in the early 1970 by the Spring Valley Social Brethern Church, in Saline County, Illinois. Both are buried in the Spring Valley Cemetery.
- Elijah Gibbs (11 KB)
This is a photo copy, I'll post a better photo when I get it.
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- Spring Valley Cemetery, Saline County, Illinois (1 KB)
The Spring Valley Social Brethern Church was organized in 1891. The cemetery was opened for it's church members. The original trustees were John R. Duncan, J. M. Duncan, J. A, Womack and E.Hutchinson. Listed are the Duncan's, Tarlton's, Womack's, Gibbs's, Followell's. This is not an entire list of all it's occupents, just those directly related to my personal family history.
- Land Deed, Elihu C. Duncan, January 11 1859 (1 KB)
This deed is between Elihu Duncan and L. D. Parks of Lyon County, Kentucky. Elihu C. Duncan is selling L.D.Parks, his neighbor, a tract of land for $125. It mentions the Thomas and Riley families land and being adjacent properties.
- Elijah Gibbs Obtiuary, 1931, Saline County, IL (6 KB)
Elijah Gibbs, born July 4, 1849 - Age at death 82 years, 2 months, 9 days. He was married in 1871 to Miss Drucelee Keith. To this marriage were born 3 children, William, Thomas and Elizabeth......................
- Obituary of John Noah Followell 1872-1939 (1 KB)
This is the obituary ofJohn Noah Followell (of Rudement, Illinois) was born July 8, 1972 in
Brown County, Indiana. He came to Illinois in 1893, and he was united in marriage in 1896 to Nancy Catherine "Kate" Womack.
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