| 1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois Knox County |
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| 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 | 797 | |
| 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. | wife1 ??; Mrs. Anna Grimm | 928 | |
| Barry, James | Frances Edwards | 845 | |
| Bateman, Newton | Sarah Dayton; Annie N. Tyler | 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 | |
| Booth, Jacob | 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 | 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. | 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. | 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. Forrey | 871 | |
| 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 | |
| Coziahr, 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. | Emily C. Envall; Josephine Nelson | 813 | 812 |
| Danforth, Levi Franklin | Phebe Ann Alexander; Mary A. Pottinger | 719 | 662 |
| Davidson, Peter | - | 771 | |
| Davis, John Allen Wright | Hattie L. Ganett | 771 | |
| Davis, John E. | Rosa D. Hopkins | 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 |
| Earel, Silas R. | Rosa Williamson | 917 | |
| Eastman, C. H. | Sarah A. Tucker | 889 | |
| Eaves, Charles M. | Eva Campbell | 772 | |
| Edgar, Arthur J. | - | 797 | |
| Edwards, A. E. (Rome), Mrs. | Samuel Edwards | 808 | |
| Eiker, John Calvin | Sarah Agnes Armstrong | 912 | |
| Elder, Samuel Crawford | Sarah M. Roush | 773 | |
| Ely, Boanerges | Mary M. Duval | 839 | 836 |
| Emery, John G. | Ruth A. Friend | 823 | 822 |
| Ericson, Adolph W. | Kate Donaldson | 773 | |
| Ericson, Eric | Christina Bloom | 831 | |
| Evans, Allen T. | Anna E. Calwell | 872 | |
| Evans, Willfard [Wilfred] | Eleanor Rambo | 872 | |
| Everett, John C. | Augusta Maria Fish | 773 | |
| Fairwell, Robert E. | Mary A. Eastman | 896 | |
| Famulener, Jacob | Sarah J. Warren | 917 | |
| Famulener, William | - | 918 | |
| Faulds, William Hill | Sarah Warfield | 963 | |
| Faulkner, George W. | Bertha Emerson | 839 | 838 |
| Fay, Oscar Locke | Nellie B. Main | 808 | |
| Felt, Edward A. | Emma G. Stringham | 855 | |
| Felt, George A. | Virginia E. Voris | 773 | |
| Ferguson, Andrew J. | Victoria Woodmansee | 912 | |
| Ferguson, James A. | Minnie Mather | 912 | |
| Ferris, Silvanus | Sally Olmstead | 773 | |
| Ferris, Timothy H. | Mary Drew | 773 | |
| Field, Loyal Case | Clara Armeda Davison; Flora Stark | 720 | 666 |
| Finley, John Huston | Martha Fow Boyden | 721 | 668 |
| Finley, Joseph Alexander | Mary E. Cox | 808 | |
| Fisher, Ephraim C. | Viola E. Russell | 774 | |
| Fisher, Joseph | Emily Fisher; Elizabeth Pittard | 803 | 802 |
| Fleming, Emily A. (Wells), Mrs. | James M. Fleming | 808 | |
| Flynn, Daniel W. | Nano Ryan | 774 | |
| Flynn, J. F. | 774 | ||
| Foltz, Frederick P. | Melinda C. Jacobs | 926 | 924 |
| Foster, Thomas J. | Sarah Harriet Blakeslee | 946 | 942 |
| Fox, William H. | Elizabeth Kelly | 774 | |
| Fredericks, Gustav Eric | Ida Matilda Walgreen | 803 | 802 |
| Freeberg, Nels S. | Anna Anderson | 774 | |
| Freer, Francis A. M. | Jennie E. Christy | 722 | 676 |
| Frost, Thomas Gold | Elizabeth Anna Bancroft | 722 | 678 |
| Fulmer, Frank | Emma J. Stegall | 918 | |
| Funk, David H. | Georgia E. Missen | 872 | |
| Gaddis, Jacob | Luella L. Kennedy | 912 | |
| Gale, George Candee | 728 | 686 | |
| Gale, George Washington | Harriet Selden, Mrs. Esther Williams Coon, Lucy Merriam, | 723 | 680 |
| Gale, James | Lucinda Caroline Record | 889 | |
| Gale, William Selden | Caroline Eliza Ferris | 725 | 617 |
| Gardner, Alfred | Sarah E. Lorance | 883 |