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F. B. Tait

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Photograph of F. B. Tait, (born 1850 died 1932) Decatur Industrialist, manufactured check rowers, corn palnters, and railway car trucks. Photo taken 1912.

Clara Swank

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Photograph of Clara Swank, Superintendent of Nurses at Decatur Macon County, Hospital, Decatur, IL. Now DMH.

William H. Suffern

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Photograph of William H. Suffern; (born 5/6/1863; died Aug. 1925); started the Suffern-Hunt Mill with his cousin Robert I. Hunt in Decatur 1892. Helped organize the Progressive Light and Power Co.; was president of the Polar Co.; member of the First…

George H. Stoy

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Photography of George H. Stoy; (died 7/15/1943). Former Decatur township highway commissioner and city milk inspector. Ill health in 1941 caused him to resign as milk inspector. He was employed by the Mueller Co. for 18 years. Later he was township…

George A. Stouffer

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Photograph of George A. Stouffer; (died 12/6/1947). Member of Stouffer Bros. Contracting Co. Came to Decatur from Macon in 1897. Member of Grace Methodist Church.

Berthold Stine

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Photograph of Berthodl Stine; (born 11/17/1842; died 10/12/1925). Decatur clothing merchandt. Came to Decatur about 1865 and until retirement in 1908 had clothing store at the south end of the Central Block in what is konwn as the Stine Building. One…

George A. Stadler and Judge W. C. Johns

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Photograph of George A. Stadler and fellow golfer ready to tee-off. George A. Stadler; (died 5/25/1935). Former Decatur mayor and prominent business man. He came to Decatur in 1890 and became a member of the firs, Young Bros. and Maris, wholesale…

Thomas Benton Shoaff

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Photograph of Thomas Benton Shoaff, oldest active newspaper printer, Shelbyville Publisher was struck by an automobile and killed. He died 10/20/1932. Mr. Shoaff married Ella W. Lytle Nov. 15, 1871, in St. Paul Episcopal church, Brainerd, MInn. Full…

William Lincoln Shellabarger

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Photograph of William Lincoln Shellabarger; (died 2/3/1920) Secretary and Manager for American Hominy Co. until 1904, resigning to take over Shellabarger Elevator Co. Established line of mills and elevators in Central Illinois. 32nd Degree Mason,…