His. Enc. IL Knox A-D

1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois Knox County

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HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS AND KNOX COUNTY, Munsell Publishing Company, 1899.

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A -- D biographies are no all online as of

June 21, 2006 @ 11:09. Just put the last finishing touches to this page. Now onto the E's --K's Will take out my roses at a later date. Want to get these uploaded. Thanks bunches & bunches & bunches Kathy.... we are doing it... I'm just so proud of us....

1899 Index beginning with A = this page

1899 index beginning with E - K

1899 Index beginning with L = R

1899 Index beginning with S -- Z

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=== new biographies added May 22, 2006

======== new biographies added July 13, 2006 All typed by Kathy Mills, Thanks bunches & bunches Kathy....... You are one great lady... & I love ya....

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 07:37:45 AM All known biographies listed here are online via this web site as of date shown.

Name	Spouse(s)	Biography	Portrait
Adams, Alexander Frank		845
Adams, Alfred G.	Matilda Barden	895
Adams, Austin	Susie Rafferty	882
Adams, William Henry	Mary E. Jacobs	948
Adams, Wilson	Rebecca J. Kerns [Kearns]	895
Adams, Wilson R.	Sarelda J. Rusk
Adams, Ziba	Lelilah Gulett	895
Aiken, Ezra D.		763
Albro, Alexander W.	Emily Spaulding	825
Allen, Judson Wright	Nancy W. Kiger	802	799
Allen, Norman T.	Amelia A. Kent	764
Allen, Wilford L.	Gertrude L. Finley	806
Ames, Absalon Austin	Ida A. Crall	764
Anderson A. W.	Elsie Anderson	764
Anderson, Anders J.	Margaret Olson	815
Anderson, Andrew Borland	Mary A. McQuie	807
Anderson, Peter	Elizabeth Carr	883
Anderson, Reuben Ballou	Marrietta Grosscup	807
Anderson, Samuel Burns	Irene F. Watts	902	900
Andrews, John Asa	Jennie Reed	764
Andrews, John W.	Elizabeth Scott	815
Anthony, Norman		764
Appell, Charles Lawrence	Johanna Sophia Anderson	825
Arbogast, Louis P.	Esther E. Potter	959
Atherton, Fred	Phebe White	825
Avery, John	Louise Hull; Mrs. Esther (Thomas) Wingate	765
Avery, Robert H.		765
Babcock, Josiah	Catherine Wheeler	706	618
Baer, Eli F.	Angie Waters	850
Baird, Benjamin P.	Mary E. Oberholtzer; Josephine G. Gray	892	890
Baird, James Ogden	Adelia J. Brown	895
Baird, John M.	Florence R. Sumner	888
Baird, Leroy Joseph	Mary H. Parker; Hannah A. Elliott	888
Baird, W. S.	Clara I. Sherman	895
Baird, William H.	Elizabeth Jane Farwell	893	892
Bannon, John F.	Mary Hobbs; Amelia Mix	869
Barlow, Ames A.	Celinda S. Hathaway	765
Barlow, Gideon A.	Martha Peterson	821	818
Barrows, Robert P.	1st wife married in Iowa, Mrs. Anna Grimm	928
Barry, James	Frances Edwards	845
Bateman, Newton	Sarah Dayton; Annie N. Tyler-note is the first Vol. Note on Page 707. Has a bio on 1878 History page.	37	3
Beals, John Ashley	Jane E. Loveland	822	820
Beamer, Frank S.	Mary E. England	881	880
Becker, Frederick	Jane Hedstrom	835
Becker, John	Mary J. Smith	830
Becker, Lewis	Addie H. Rearick	869
Bellows, James	Mary Weber	766
Bennett, Joseph	Lois C. Wilcox	903
Benson, Tufve	Catherine Ellison	845
Berger, Morris	Jennie Riley	766
Berggren, August Werner	Christina Naslund	707	620
Berglund, Albert E.		766
Bird, William Benjamin	Mary E. Bliss	962
Blanding, Marion J.	S. Eliza Throop	766
Bliss, Clarence M.	Ella B. Carroll	962
Bliss, Cyrus	Angeline J. Smith	962
Boggs, James Buchanan	Susan Cornelia Weeks	708	622
Boland, John	Anna Olson	815
Bowhay, D. L.	Malinda Housh; Edith Martin	948
Borrell, Christopher	Hannah A. Rewland	870
Borrell, James	Eva N. Roberts	911
Bowhay, D. L.	M. A. Peck	896
Bowman, H. P.	Anna Jacobs	766
Boyer, Aaron	Elizabeth Buck; Sarah Harper; Julia E. Mitchell	709	624
Boyers, Bartholomew	Minnie Carr	766
Bradley, William O'R.	Margaret Rivers	767
Broadfield, Edward H.	Mary J. Crandall	896
Brown, Charles M.	Josie Pittard	807
Brown, Fred Smith	Anna D. Robson	797
Brown, George M.	Phoebe Swegle	935
Brown, George W.	Maria T. Terpening My Third Great Uncle & Aunt. if you are related email me	767
Brown, Jacob Edward	Elizabeth M. Oakes	797
Brown, John	Eliza Ann Cox	935	934
Brown, Samuel	Elizabeth Miller	709	626
Bruner, Henry	Matilda Claycomb; Mrs. Anna Clark	767
Buck, Frank	Barbara C. Recker	870
Buckley, Robert Rolland	Mary M. Carter; Alvira Charles; Hannah E. Miles	870
Bulson, Frederick	Mary Hainline	830
Bunce James	Harriet Nevil Ferris; Mary Ann Davis	767
Bunker, Dwight W.	Mary Isabell Carpenter	710	628
Burgland, Nels M.	Johanna Jacobson	768
Burkhalter, James L.	Martha E. Adle	711	630
Burner, Milton D.	Susanna C. Burns	917
Burnside, Isaac	Libbie Pierce; Mrs. Susie (Soliday) Ruth	928
Burnside, Mark	Maud Cranston	939
Burt, J. Calvin		807
Butt, Charles N.	Sarah S. Montgomery	870
Byers, Levi Knox	Jennie Foster	815
Calkins, William Henry	Anna Mahoney	768
Callender, Ira S.	Alice B. Bassford	768
Callender, William Henry Smith	Grace A. Packard	768
Cameron, William S.	Margaret S. Davidson	769
Campbell, George Henry	Mary A. Tiernay	845
Campbell, Orange Lowell	Augusta Stowe Bull	866A	856
Carns, John Z.	Nellie Pierce	870
Carr, Clark E. Colonel	Grace Mills	711	632
Carson, Cyrus N.	Ruth E. Bailey	870
Carter, D. M.	L. J. Boggs	962
Carver, Edwin	Nancy J. Van Buskirk	851
Cation, David C.	Ella Barber	888
Cation, William	Sarah A. Cowell	888
Caulkins, William	Mary Ward; Mrs. Mary Briggs Runyon	870
Challman, George E.	Anna Lind	815
Chalmers, George S.	Adelia J. Copley	769
Chamberlain, F. H.	Charlotte M. West	963
Chapin, Burrell N.	C. Jane Culver	871
Chapin, Edward P.	Carrie P. MacFillin	769
Charles, Alanson G.	Lottie Rogers	861	860
Charles, George A.--Captain	Pomelia Gardner; Doolinsky Post	871	860
Chase, Maurice James	Lucy F. Crocker	713	638
Chelman, John Albert	Anna Laurie Soles	826
Church, C. A.		769
Churchill, George	Clara A. Hurd; Ada H. Hayes; Ellen Sanborn Watkins	713	646
Clark, Frank Nelson	Jennie R. Wilder	911
Clark, Merritt M.	Celia A. Tinker	714	648
Clark, Newton G.	Anna West	949
Clark, Salina E. [Selby]	Franklin Thurman; Thomas A. Clark	903
Clay, Hiland Henry	Jennie E. Clay	854	854
Clearwater, Abraham S.	Margaret Jane McGregor	807
Cline, Albert J.		769
Cole, Fred G.	Ettie M. Tucker	888
Cole, I. Frank	Martha Ann Nelson	889
Coleman, James	wife1; wife2; Eliza Kane	831
Collinson, John Spare	Mary E. Carver	822	820
Colton, Chauncey Sill	Emily H. McLanathan	715	650
Colton, Octavius Jones	Alice Lyon	769
Colville, Robert Weir	Edith Wilbur Cole	769
Comstock, Milton Lemmon	Cornelia Ann Churchill	716	652
Conger, John Newton	Elizabeth Wheeler; Martha Courtwright	770
Conley, George F.	May Metthews; Mrs. Della Burkhardt	770
Conner, James H.	Esther Rambo	871
Conrad, Carl	Charlotte Granberg	797
Cooke, Forest F.	Sarah Louise Collins	770
Cooke, John	Martha M. Torrey	866A	862
Cooke, Milo D.	Betsey Smith	770
Cooley, Zelotes Honorable	Julia A. Hanks	717	654
Coolidge, James H.	Ellen F. Brown	855
Costa, Joseph Rev.	[never married]	718	656
Countryman, William F.	Flora Henry	770
Cowan, James E.	Ella A. Hunt	770
Cowell, J. C.	Nettie Slocum	896
Cox, Levi J.	Elizabeth West	807
Coziar, Wilson	Emma Bowers	797
Craig, Alfred M.	Elizabeth P. Harvey	718	660
Craig, Charles Curtis	Louise Dary	770
Craig, George	Alice Broadbent	771
Cramer, Benjamin	Louisa Haynes	939
Crane, Henry Wetmore	Carrie Wood Stickney	802	800
Crane, James Wilson	Cornelia L. Wetmore	803	800
Cronoble, George W.	Sarah L. Elkins	872
Culver, John H.	Lillie O. Berrier	771
Cummings, Leonard B.	Celinda Bulkeley	816
Curran, John C.	Majorie S. Rogers	771
Cushing, John Pearsons	Alice B. Bullions	771
Dahlberg, John G. Rev.	Emily C. Envall; Josephine Nelson	813	812
Danforth, Levi Franklin	Phebe Ann Alexander; Mary A. Pottinger	719	662
Davidson, Peter	Contractor of many Buildings in downtown Galesburg.	771
Davis, John Allen Wright	Hattie L. Ganett	771
Davis, John E.	Rosa D. Hopkins ~~~~ Lucy Bond Davis his mother	940
Davis, Simeon B.	Artimesa Stambaugh	720	664
Davison, Joseph	Jane Armstrong; Isabella Kilgore	851
Dawdy, Jefferson M.	Elizabeth Amos	928
Dawdy, Warren	Anna Brown	935
Dawson, Christopher Columbus	Filetta Corbin	883
Dayton, Benjamin		816
Dechant, Peter	Nancy J. Hall	928
Derby, Francis Thomas	Anna Thompson	855
Dewein, Elmer C.	Rachel May Simmons	772
DeWolfe, Clayton A.	Lucetta Atherton	831
Dickerson, James T.	Melvina Conner	903
Dickinson, Frank C.		928
Doll, John	Rosanne Sorber; Elizabeth McCurdy; Adah H. Stevenson	772
Doubet, Joseph Daniel	Ellen Corrigan	889
Drake, E. R.		772
Drury, Harley Franklin	Nellie Trask	772
Duffey, Edward Fenwick	Hattie E. Wade	851
Dunbar, James W.	Ida A. Cox	911
Dunbar, John L.		911
Dunlap, Theodore F.	Mrs. Sue H. Grabill	917
Duval, Thomas Carter	Nancy Shumate	838	836
Duval, Winfield Scott	Polly Elizabeth Aschoff	772

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