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G i l l e s p i e Gillespie, Illinois - Macoupin County Illinois, - State of Illinois - United States Of America |
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Village of Sawyerville |
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In 1902 the Superior Coal Company began to open mines in the area. The Superior Coal Company was owned by Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company, which had three of the largest coal mines in world for the first half of the twentieth century. "Number 2" was at Sawyerville and it opened in October of 1903 and closed in 1952.
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Sawyerville Post Office
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Sawyerville Veteran's Memorial
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Frank W. Griffith 1919-1990 USMC |
THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
John M. MALNOR 1926-1968 Vietneam USMC |
KOREA VIETNAM
Robert Frank FRITZ 1931 - 1952 K USN |
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David H. GUILD 1919 WW II USA Mike J. BALEN 1923 WW II USMC Joseph MAKSTELL 1904 1988 WW II USAF Andrew J. BISCAN 1917 - 1973 WW II USA |
George M. BALEN 1916 - 1986 WW II USA Phillip J. MATESA 1922 - 1957 WW II USA Haryy LAROSA 1920 - WW II USN Edward PURDY 1926 - WW II USA |
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| Charles K. JANULAVICH 1923 - WW II Korea USA | ||
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Clifford HICKS 1918 WW II USN Robert L. LUMMA 1919 - 1995 WW II USCG William J. CARTER 1941 - 1993 Vietnam USN |
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