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MOUNT VERNON, a city and county-seat of Jefferson County, on three trunk lines of railroad, 77 miles east-southeast of St. Louis; is the center of a rich agricultural and coal region; has many flourishing manufactories, including car-works, a plow factory, flouring mills, pressed brick factory, canning factory, and is an important shipping-point for grain, vegetables and fruits. The Appellate Court for the Southern Grand Division is held here, and the city has nine churches, fine school buildings, a Carnegie library, two banks, heating plant, two daily and three weekly papers. Population (1890), 3,233; (1900), 5,216

Family/Spouse: Gertrude Unknown. Gertrude was born on 8 Oct 1908 in Illinois, USA; died on 28 Dec 1989 in Illinois, USA; was buried in Mt. Catherine Cemetery, Woodlawn, Jefferson County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]