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The Milton Alexander home was the first brick home in Paris. Construction started in 1828, and the home has been enlarged and modified over the years. The Greek colonnaded porch was added in 1920. Today the building serves as the home of the Link Art Gallery featuring work by local and regional artists. The sculpture on the porch was created by Paris resident John Chittick.
General Alexander helped build Paris
Milton Alexander was born to John and Mary King Alexander Jan. 23, 1796, in Elbert County, Georgia, the fifth of 12 children. John Alexander was originally from North Carolina, and many of his family … more
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Local strawberry legacy
June is the month when strawberries begin to ripen in Illinois. I saw a row of them beginning to bloom in a small garden in Redmon last week, and the sight reminded me of when I was a youngster and … more
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The Barnett Hotel as it looked when Lincoln stayed there. The building still stands on the top of the hill in Grandview and is a private home. The people are identified as Dan Whitcher, Shelby Green and Mary Ellen Redmon Green, and the photo was taken when the house was known as the Redmon-Green home.
Important byways of old Edgar County
Many of the first major roads and villages of Edgar County in its founding years are different than what we see today. As settlers needed roads in the 1830s to get to Paris and other important … more
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This period illustration shows the packed galleries of the U.S. Senate during the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. He was the first president impeached by the House of Representatives, but the Senate did not convict him.
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
The impeachment process is possible because the framers of the Constitution understood a president guilty of misconduct needed to be removed by the legislative branches. George Mason and James … more
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An image of Paris from the early 1900s shows the location of Dr. E.E. Jones’s dentist office on the southeast corner of the square. He occupied space on the second story of the building from 1889 until his 1949 retirement. The caption under the photo indicates other interesting details in the image.
Early dentist left his mark
Elmer E. Jones was born on a farm near Monticello, Oct. 27, 1863. His parents were Triplett Lochardt Jones and Nancy Lee Savage Jones, who was a first cousin of Robert E. Lee. He eventually went … more
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