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Location of Stockton in Daviess County, Illinois. / 42.35028°N 90.00611°W / 42.35028; -90.00611. Stockton is a village in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,862 at the 2010 census, down from 1,926 at the 2000 census.
Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and 1982 film musical Annie, Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The ...
05000111 [1] Added to NRHP. May 17, 2005. The Townsend Home is a historic house located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from Stockton, Illinois, in Jo Daviess County. It is a fine example of an Upright and Wing style house with Greek Revival detailing and was completed in 1856. The house was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
State Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, front, speaks about Senate Bill 2643 Thursday at the state Capitol, flanked by officials and family members who were given the wrong ashes of their loved ...
The Order of the Sons of Hermann ( German: Der Orden der Hermanns-Soehne, also known as Hermann Sons ( Hermannssöhne ), is a mutual aid society for German immigrants that was formed in New York, New York, on July 20, 1840, [1] [2] and remains active in the states of California, Ohio, and Texas today. [3] Open to members of any heritage today ...
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Thomas Mann. Paul Thomas Mann ( UK: / ˈmæn / MAN, US: / ˈmɑːn / MAHN; [1] German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈman] ⓘ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas ...
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is the westernmost of ten cemeteries in a two-mile radius in and near the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago. The large number of cemeteries was the basis for the fictitious "Seven Holy Tombs" area in several books by author John R. Powers. [1] As is typical of the area, the cemetery is bordered on all sides by ...