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Morgan County native Ellen Hardin Walworth was a woman whose interests were both diverse and numerous. Her role in founding the Daughters of the American Revolution, though, is her greatest legacy. Walworth, who was born in Jacksonville on Oct. 20, 1832, was one of four women who established the D.A.R. in 1890, which continues today as one of the nation’s foremost female historical organizations. Along the way, she not only became an attorney and scientist, but also an accomplished historian. Her intellect was a reflection of her upbringing. She was the oldest of four children to Jacksonville attorney John J. Hardin, a Kentucky native who had moved to Morgan County in 1831. The son of a United States senator, the younger Hardin was elected to Congress as a Whig in 1843 and was a political rival of Abraham Lincoln, despite the fact that he was a cousin to Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd. A three-term member of the Illinois House, Hardin was killed at Buena Vista during the Mexican-America

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Maryland Heights had to tap special funds to cover debt payments for the Centene Community Ice Center.

Mourners walk into Friendly Temple Youth Worship Center Friday March 18, 2022 for home going services for former democratic state representative and County government staffer Cora Faith Walker. Walker died Friday March 11, 2022.

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