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Buckler was born in Oakland and resided in the area until moving to Minnesota in 1904. [7] Robert Matson (1796–1859), a slave owner involved in the 1847 Matson Trial; Chris Miller (born 1954), state representative for Illinois's 110th district; Mary Miller (born 1959), U.S. representative for Illinois's 15th congressional district.
The Dr. Hiram Rutherford House and Office is a historic house located at 14 S. Pike St. in Oakland, Illinois. The house was built in 1846 for Dr. Hiram Rutherford, a doctor who settled in Oakland in 1840. Rutherford was one of the first settlers in the village, which was then known as Independence.
On March 1, 2021, nearly three dozen members of the Illinois House of Representatives, including Speaker of the House Chris Welch, co-sponsored House Resolution 132 to "condemn" Miller's actions at the January 6 rally that preceded the riot at the U.S. Capitol. The resolution also references a complaint filed March 1 with the Illinois ...
Walnut Point State Park is an Illinois state park on 671 acres (272 ha) in Douglas County, Illinois, United States. The park contains a small lake. The park contains a small lake. The nearest community is Oakland .
Pages in category "People from Oakland, Illinois" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Rube Barker;
Coles County was organized by on December 25, 1830, from Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, [3] the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County were either from the six New England states, or were born in upstate New York to parents who had moved to that region from New England shortly after the American ...
East Oakland Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,229 and it contained 628 housing units. [ 1 ] The township changed its name from Oakland Township on May 7, 1860.
State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]