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Photographs of Decatur Memorial Hospital, formerly Decatur and Macon County Hospital on N. Edward St.

Photograph of the Farmers inspect herd at the Clay Robinson Dairy, photo taken 8/26/1938.

Photograph of William T. Howell (d. 1/21/1916). He was a well known farmer in Oakley Township, and raised grain and stock. He owned 400 acres of land in Macon County. The photo was taken by Haws, and ran in the Decatur Daily Review on January 25,…

Photograph of Miss Lelah Foster (d. 11/13/1942), the County Recorder from 1920 to 1932. Foster was one of the first women in the nation to serve in an elective office, and the first in Macon County. She was active in the state Republican Women's…

Photograph of Thomas Davis (d. 1913). He was a pioneer in Macon County, IL, and owned the first building in Macon, IL. He was the donor of the WCTU water fountain, and knew Abraham Lincoln. The Davis School east of Macon, IL is named after him. …

Photograph of the Sangamon River from the mouth of Stevens Creek in 1911.

Photograph of the Dantown Distillery in Macon County.