LOGAN COUNTY BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
1878
Sheryl McClure, who has no ancestors or relatives in Logan County, has generously donated transcriptions of the Logan County directory from the 1878 History of Logan County to Logan County ILGenWeb. This is a work in progress.
Basically it is a list of the residents in the township: name, occupation, section number, mailing address, political party, religion, origin. The longer paragraphs are believed to have been subscribers who agreed to buy copies of the book and the longer mention is a form of advertising.
In reading over the listings I noticed there are some people who I know were living in Logan County in 1878 but who were not on the list in the township where they should be. Further searching turned up every single one of them, generally in a neighboring township. If your ancestor is not on the list where you think s/he should be don't hesitate to check the neighboring townships. Use the search engine on the main page of the web site to search the entire web site for a particular name or search the individual pages with your Find button.
This page is "1878 Directory" on the Logan County, Illinois, ILGenWeb site. The address of this page is http://logan.illinoisgenweb.org/1878directory.htm.