Full Text of SJR0061 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The McHenry County Conservation District owns and | 3 | | manages the North Branch Conservation Area, formerly owned by | 4 | | the Eldredge family, where 2 separate tragedies befell a pair | 5 | | of brothers while serving as State conservation officers years | 6 | | apart; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Brothers G. Earle Eldredge and Charles Marcus | 8 | | Eldredge were employed by the Illinois Department of Resources | 9 | | and Conservation; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Game Warden G. Earle Eldredge served with | 11 | | distinction for 7 years until February 24, 1907 when he was | 12 | | shot while investigating a report of poachers on the family's | 13 | | game reserve near today's Village of Richmond; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Charles Marcus Eldredge was a successful | 15 | | attorney, elected to the Illinois General Assembly in 1896, and | 16 | | later became an inspector for the Illinois Department of | 17 | | Natural Resources and Conservation, serving for 24 years; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Charles Marcus Eldredge devoted his time to | 19 | | finding and prosecuting his brother's murderer and carried with | 20 | | him the gun of his brother to remind him at all times of his | 21 | | personal mission; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charles Marcus Eldredge was found dead in 1931 at | 2 | | an entrance leading to a nature preserve near the site of his | 3 | | brother's murder in 1907, with the same gun having been used in | 4 | | the murder of both brothers; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Both men are the only Illinois Department of | 6 | | Natural Resource and Conservation Officers to have been | 7 | | murdered in the line of duty; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Both men have been recognized at the Illinois | 9 | | Department of Natural Resources, the Illinois Police Officers | 10 | | Memorial, and the National Memorial in Washington, D.C.; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Both men had their family roots tied to the | 12 | | McHenry County community and both died on McHenry County soil | 13 | | while in the line of duty; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
| 16 | | CONCURRING HEREIN,
that we recognize G. Earle Eldredge and | 17 | | Charles Marcus Eldredge for their service and sacrifice; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Natural Resources is | 20 | | requested to erect at suitable locations within the nature |
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| 1 | | preserve at Nippersink Creek, consistent with State and federal | 2 | | regulations,
signage in remembrance of both G. Earle Eldredge | 3 | | and Charles Marcus Eldredge; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to both the Department of Natural Resources and the | 6 | | McHenry County Board.
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