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Our historical information is based on the edition by Professor John E. Hallwas of Western Illinois University.

Archibald Higbie	Mrs. Pantier	Shack Dye
Walter Simons	Emily Sparks	Ollie McGee
Roscoe Purkapile	Reuben Pantier	Fletcher McGee
Mrs. Purkapile	Margaret Fuller Slack	Seth Compton
Lucinda Matlock	Fiddler Jones	Jack McGuire
Petit the Poet	Nancy Knapp	The Town Marshall
Mrs. Williams	Lydia Puckett	Rev. Abner Peet
Dora Williams	Knowlt Hoheimer	Mabel Osborne
Williard Fluke	Pauline Barrett	Trainor the Druggist
Lois Spears	Willie Metcalf	Elizabeth Childers
George Gray	Mrs. Charles Bliss	Deacon Taylor
Harry Wilmans	Rev. Wiley	Flossie Cabanis
Hannah Armstrong	Albert Schirding	Anne Rutledge
Benjamin Pantier	Jonas Keene	Barry Holden
Mr. Merrit	Mrs. Merrit	Frank Drummer
Homer Clapp	The Circuit Judge	Hod Putt
Hiram Scates	Peleg Poague	Percy Bysshe Shelley

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