Augustus H. Conant: Revision history

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7 April 2026

  • curprev 14:0014:00, 7 April 2026 John Lavalie talk contribs 679 bytes +679 Created page with "thumb|right|400px|Augustus and Betsey Conant, 1840s '''Augustus Conant''' moved from Vermont and became among the first farmers in Maine Township to buy land along the Des Plaines River. Betsey Kelsey followed to marry him in 1836. Augustus soon moved with his family back east to study divinity at Harvard, and he became a Unitarian minister. He served as a pastor in several Illinois churches and then as chaplain in the 19th Illinois Infantry during the..."
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