1877 Biographical Directory
Taken from The Past and
Present of La Salle County, Illinois
Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co., Cor. 5th Ave. and Washington St. 1877
Brookfield Township
Name | Occupation & Notes | Township |
ANDERSON, Benjamin | Farmer. Sec. 35. Twp 32; P.O. Ransom | Brookfield Township |
ARCHIE, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 35, Twp 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
ARMSTRONG, G. W. | Farmer. Sec. 1, Twp 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
ARMSTRONG, J. L. | Farmer. Sec. 1, Twp 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
BAKER, Nathaniel | Farmer. Sec. 32, Twp 33. P.O. Marseilles | Brookfield Township |
BARBOUR, B. S. | Renter. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
BARTELS, Henrich | Farmer. Sec. 25. P.O. Seneca. Born Hanover, Germany 1831. To U.S. 1857; to this county 1858. Married Diana, dau of Christian GEBEKE, of Equerd, Hanover, in Ottawa 1866. Children: Henry, 10 yrs; Frank, 7 yrs; Caroline, 3 yrs; Boy, born 1877. | Brookfield Township |
BENKENDORFF, Carl | Farmer. Sec. 34. Born Hanover, Germany 1823. Married Doretta, dau of John DAMMANN, of that place 1849. To Montgomery Co., Ill, 1853. To this county 1858. | Brookfield Township |
BERRIER, George | Farmer. Sec. 16. Born Perry Co., Pa 1849. (Son of William & Catharine BERRIER, who came to this county when he was 18). Married 1876, at Streator, to Eunice dau. of the late Salter BLANCHARD. (son) William B., 1877. (Mother-in-law-Phoebe BLANCHARD) | Brookfield Township |
BISHOP, Joseph | Farmer. Sec. 6, Twp 32 | Brookfield Township |
BLACKMAN, Wm. | Farmer. Sec 30 | |
BLANCHARD, Phoebe, Mrs. | Sec. 16. Born Genesee Co., N. Y. 1816. Her parents were James & Elizabeth THORP, to Genesse Co., Mich. There married Salter BLANCHARD in 1837. To this county 1845. Husband died 1868. Children: Adelaide, 1839; Emily, 1843; Alva, 1848; Achsah, 1850; Eben, 1852; Eunice, 1855; David, 1857. | Brookfield Township |
BORUGHY, J. | Farm. Sec. 31, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
BRADLEY, Roswell | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
BRADLEY, Samuel | Farmer. Sec. 5 | Brookfield Township |
BRAGG, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 29, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
BRINER, Henry | Farmer. Sec. 9, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
BRODERICK, Martin Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 22, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
BRODERICK, Martin Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 13, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
BURGESON, Burge | Farmer. Sec. 36 | Brookfield Township |
BURGESON, Wm. | Farmer. P. O. Ransom | Brookfield Township |
BUTTERFIELD, E. | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
BYRNE, M. | Farmer. Sec. 35, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
BYRNE, P. | Farm. Sec. 35, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
CARMEDY, Patrick | Laborer. P. O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
CARPENTER, Charles M. | Farmer. Sec. 24. Born Chenaugo Co., N.Y. 1840. To Illinois 1857; to this county 1858. Married 1869, Miss Catherine, dau of L. P. OSGOOD. Children: Edwin, 1871; Willard, 1873; Martha Miller, 1875; and daugh not named, 1877. | Brookfield Township |
CARPENTER, Joel | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
CARPENTER, S. | Farm. Sec. 24, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
CARPENTER, W. H. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
CARR, James | Farmer. Sec. 11, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
CARR, N. S. | Farmer. Sec. 20 | Brookfield Township |
CARY, Jas. | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
CARY, John H. | Farmer. Sec. 6, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
CLARK, G. | Farm. Sec. 27, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
CLARK, L. | Farm. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
CLARK, Lyman | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
CLARK, P. | Farm. Sec. 34, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
COLE, C. | Farm. Sec. 22, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
COLE, W. | Farm. Sec. 22, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
COOMBS, H. | Farmer. Sec. 17, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
CORDIAL, James | Farmer. Sec. 20. Born Queens Co., Ireland 1832. To U.S. 1857. In Newark New Jersey, 4 years; to this county 1861. Married at Ottawa 1864 - Miss Ann DUNN, of Kings Co., Ireland. Children: Sylvester, 1865; John, 1867; Mary A., 1870; Martin, 1872; William, 1875. | Brookfield Township |
COUGHLIN, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 12, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
COURTS, F. | Farmer. Sec. 3, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
COVELL, Jonathan | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
COVELL, Milton J. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
CROWLEY, Timothy | Farmer. Sec. 11. Native of Ireland. | Brookfield Township |
CUNNINGHAM, Hugh | Works for Geo. HANNA on Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
DAVIS, Samuel | Farmer. Sec. 6, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
DEVANEY, F. | Farmer. Sec. 13, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
DEVENEY, John | Farmer. Sec. 13 | Brookfield Township |
DEVEREAUX, Ezra | Farmer. Sec. 35. Born Oneida Co., N.Y. 1828. Married 1852, Miss Olive, dau of Marcus TUTTLE, of Camden, N.Y. To this county 1855. Children living: Ida, 1856 (wife of A. CLEAL), of Allen Twp; Abbie, 1859; William, 1862; John, 1866; Olive, 1875. | Brookfield Township |
DONOHUE, Dennis | Farmer. Sec. 12, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
DONAHUE, Patrick | Farmer. Sec. 33. Born Co. Cork, Ireland 1817. To U.S. 1844; to this county 1851. Married Eliza McDONNELL, of Ottawa 1857. 9 children, older 5 are dead. The 4 living are: Patrick, 1868; Ellen, 1871; Mary E., 1874; Julia, 1876. | Brookfield Township |
DOOLEY, M. | Farmer. Sec. 18, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
DOUGLASS, D. | Farmer. Sec. 23, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
DOUGLAS, Jas. W. | Rents farm. Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
DUNN, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 2, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
DURELL, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 2, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
EARLEY, John | Farmer. Sec. 21, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
ELBERT, Bailey | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
ELBERT, Noah | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
EWERS, Squire | Farmer. Sec. 10, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
FASTENOW, John | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
FENTON, John | Farmer. Sec. 32, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
FORD, Jno | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
FRAYER, Benham | Farmer. Sec. 5. Born Green Co., N.Y. 1840. To this county 1852. (John FRAYER, father of Benham, born 1801, died 1877. Married Clara BEERS born 1808, in 1823) | Brookfield Township |
FRAYZEE, George H. | Farmer. Sec. 23, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
FRAYZEE, John | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
FOY, Patrick | Works for Edw. MORROW. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
FRINK, Sewell M. | Farmer. Sec. 23. Born Preston, Conn. 1827. Married 1850, at Syracuse, N.Y. to Miss Maria (dau of John L. TILLEY; native of England. Came to this county 1856). Children: Frederick, 1851; Franklin, 1852; Frances, 1853 (is wife of Wm. BISHOP of Adams Co., Neb.); Flora, 1855; Fenton, 1870. Flora is wife of Thos. LANE of Allen. Twp. | Brookfield Township |
GAGE, Aaron | Farmer. Sec. 18, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GAGE, Isaac | Farmer. Sec. 7, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GAGE, Richard | Farmer. Sec. 18, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GAGE, R. J. | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GATCHELL, Jas. M. | Farmer. Sec. 17. Born Lisbon, Maine 1839. To Ottawa 1857. Married 1867, Catharine, dau of G. W. ROSE, of this town. 2 children: Cora, 1869 and Charles, 1876. | Brookfield Township |
GILBERT, G. B. | Farmer. Sec. 20, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GILCHRIST, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 20. Born Co. Roscommon, Ireland 1832. To N.Y. 1851; to this county 1855. Married in Ottawa 1856, Mary, dau of Jas. HANAHAN, of Grand Rapids. Children: Ellen, 1860; Margaret, 1861; Mary, 1863; Agnes, 1866; Alice, 1868; John, 1870; Robert, 1874. | Brookfield Township |
GLINDEN, Martin | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
GOLDER, Andrew | Farmer. Sec. 5, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GOLDER, James | Farmer. Sec. 9, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GOODRICH, Samuel | Farmer. Sec. 11, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GORDON, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 30. Born Northumberland, Scotland in 1822. To this county 1850. Married Johanna DALY, 1860. Children: John, 15 yrs; James, 12 yrs; Johanna, 10 yrs; Frank, 8 yrs; Jane 4 yrs. | Brookfield Township |
GREEN, Chas. M. | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
GRIFFIN, J. | Sec. 21, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
GRIFFITH, Jas. | Sec. 13 | Brookfield Township |
GRIFFITH, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
GROBE, Chas. | Farmer. Sec. 36, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
HACKSHALL, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
HABERLY, Goodley | Lives with father. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
HAEBERLE, John G. | Farmer. Sec. 32. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1821. To this county 1853. Married Katharina WINKLER in 1846. She died 1865. Children: Katharina; Gottlieb; Mary; Elizabeth; Fredricka; Frederick. Went to Europe and married 1866, Regina SCHNEPPLE. 1 son, Oscar, 1873 | Brookfield Township |
HAIKES, Dexter | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
HALL, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 1, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
HALLEY, R. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
HANNAH, Geo. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
HANNAH, Robt. | Lives with Geo., his father. | Brookfield Township |
HATON, Dennis, Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 35, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
HATON, Dennis, Jr. | Farmer. With Dennis Sr. | Brookfield Township |
HERBERT, John | Farmer. Sec. 19, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
HERBERT, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 34, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
HODLEY, B. E. | Farmer. Sec. 17 | Brookfield Township |
HOBERT, W. S. | Brookfield Township | |
HOLT, Chas. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
HOLT, John | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
HOLT, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
INKS, John | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
JACKSON, Wallace | Farmer. Sec. 36 | Brookfield Township |
JENNINGS, Matthew | Farmer. Sec. 8 | Brookfield Township |
JOHNSON, Jno. K. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
JOHNSON, Ole A. | Farmer. Sec. 36. P.O. Kinsman. Born near Stavanger, Norway 1839. To N.Y. 1856; to this county 1859. Married in Mission Twp. 1864, Julia, dau of John JOHNSON, native of Norway. Children: Joseph, 1865; Edward, 1868; Chas., 1872; Olun, 1875. | Brookfield Township |
JONES, Jas. W. | Farm. Sec. 11 | Brookfield Township |
KENNEDY, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
KELLEY, Jno. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
KERWIN, Jno. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
KOHRT, Frederick Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
KOHRT, Frederick Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 3 | Brookfield Township |
LANE, S. D. | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
LATIMORE, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
LEE, Jno. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
LEE, Oliver | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
LINDEN, Henry | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
McCABE, Jas. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
McCABE, Thomas | Farmer. Sec. 27. Born County Monahan, Ireland 1834. To this county 1849. Married in Ottawa 1862, Sarah, dau of Patrick DILLON, a native of Queens County, Ireland. Wife died 1874. Children: John, 14 yrs; Kate, 12 yrs; Frank, 10 yrs; James, 7 yrs. | Brookfield Township |
McCARTY, Cornelius | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
McCARTY, Daniel | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
McCORMACK, James | Farmer. Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
McCULLUM, A. J. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
McCULLUM, W. A. | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
McDONALD, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
McELROY, W. | Farmer. Sec. 22 | Brookfield Township |
McINTIRE, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
McVEY, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 22 | Brookfield Township |
MACK, Chas. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
MACK, Wm. | Farm. Sec. 34 | Brookfield Township |
MALADY, J. | Farm. Sec. 1 | Brookfield Township |
MALOY, James | Farmer. Sec. 1 | Brookfield Township |
MARSH, Geo., Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
MARSH, J. J. | Farm. Sec. 9 | Brookfield Township |
MAXON, D. | Farm. Sec. 2 | Brookfield Township |
MEAD, E. | Farmer. Sec. 3 | Brookfield Township |
MERRIMAN, John | Farmer. Sec. 25. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1834. To N.Y., Hartford, Conn., to Mich., to this county in 1856. Married at Lowell, 1857, Dorethea, dau of Jacob EGLER (of Wurtemburg, Ger.) Children: Caroline, 1859; Jacob, 1861 (kicked by horse & died 1870); Edward, 1873. | Brookfield Township |
MILLER, Chris. | Farmer. Sec. 30 | Brookfield Township |
MILLER, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
MITCHELL, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 19. Born County of Galway, Ireland 1830. To this county 1852. Married in LaSalle 1854, Miss Margaret, dau of Michael HEALEY. Children: Mary Ann, 1856; Peter, 1859; Ellen, 1862; Margaret, 1865; Michael, 1870. | Brookfield Township |
MITCHELL, Wm. | Farmer. Sec. 30 | Brookfield Township |
MORROW, Edw. | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
MORROW, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 13 | Brookfield Township |
MULALEY, Barney | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
MULVAHILL, J. | Farmer. Sec. 21 | Brookfield Township |
MULVAHILL, W. | Farmer. Sec. 27 | Brookfield Township |
NAUGHTON, John | Works on G. T. WINKLER farm, on Sec. 30 | Brookfield Township |
NAGLE, R. | Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
NICHOLS, H. W. | Farmer. Sec. 9 | Brookfield Township |
O'DONOHUE, Pat | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
O'CONNOR, James | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
O'CONNOR, Lawrence | Farmer. Sec. 34 | Brookfield Township |
O'LEARY, Jas. | Farmer. Sec. 32 | Brookfield Township |
O'LEARY, Jno. Sr. | Farmer. Sec. 32 | Brookfield Township |
O'LEARY, Jno. Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 32 | Brookfield Township |
O'LEARY, Joseph | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
O'LEARY, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
O'LEARY, Wm. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
O'LOUGHLIN, Andrew | Farmer. Sec. 20 | Brookfield Township |
O'LOUGHLIN, Dennis | Farmer. Sec. 17 | Brookfield Township |
O'LOUGHLIN, Jno. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
O'LOUGHLIN, Michael | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
OLLENDORF, Emmons | Brookfield Township | |
OSBORN, Sidney | Brookfield Township | |
OSGOOD, L. P. | Farm. Sec. 9 | Brookfield Township |
OSGOOD, S. T. | Farmer. Sec. 12 | Brookfield Township |
PEASTER, Benj. | Farmer. Sec. 6 | Brookfield Township |
POWERS, B. | Blacksmith | Brookfield Township |
PETERSON, Claude | Farmer. Sec. 19 | Brookfield Township |
POST, Chapin | Farmer. Sec. 8 | Brookfield Township |
PROBASCO, S. | Farm. Sec. 4, Twp. 33 | Brookfield Township |
RAPP, Henry | Farmer. Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
REARDON, Dennis | Rents farm. Sec. 23 | Brookfield Township |
REARDON, Mich. | Rents farm. Sec. 22 | Brookfield Township |
REDMAN, Julius | Brookfield Township | |
RIDGON, Daniel | Laborer | Brookfield Township |
RINKER, Chas. | Farmer. Sec. 29. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1837. To this county 1853. Married Martha, dau. of Christopher MUILING, at Ottawa 1864. Children: Charles, 1866; Martha, 1870; Jacob, 1872; Lilly, 1876. | Brookfield Township |
RITCHIE, Wm. W. | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
ROACHE, Mathew | Sec. 21. Native of Ireland | Brookfield Township |
ROOD, Walter | Farmer. Sec. 16 | Brookfield Township |
ROSE, Albert | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
ROSE, G. W. | Farmer. Sec. 17, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
ROSE, G. W., Jr. | Farmer. Sec. 9, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
ROSE, W. H. | Farmer. Sec. 17, Twp. 32 | Brookfield Township |
SACKETT, E. W. | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
SCHNAKE, August | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
SCHROEDER, Chris. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
SCHROEDER, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
SCHUTTE, Fred | Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
SEEFUS, Geo. | Lives with John SEEFUS | Brookfield Township |
SEEFUS, John | Farmer. Sec. 33 | Brookfield Township |
SHAPLAND, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 31 | Brookfield Township |
SHAPLAND, Wm. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
SHAUL, Alex | Farmer. Sec. 2 | Brookfield Township |
SHAUL, Chas. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
SHAUL, Cornelius | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
SHEEDY, Tim | Farmer. Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
SHULTZ, Frederick | Brookfield Township | |
SIGLER, Fred G. | Farmer. P.O. Marseilles | Brookfield Township |
SIGLER, R. P. | Farm. Sec. 16, Twp. 32. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
SIGLER, Wm. | Farmer. P.O. Seneca | Brookfield Township |
SMITH, W. G. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
SNOOKS, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 15 | Brookfield Township |
SPALDING, Frank | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
SPAULDING, Miles C. | Farmer. Sec. 23. Born Onondago Co., N.Y. 1830. To Illinois 1844; lived Kane County 18 yrs. Married at Kanesville 1852, Miss Lucy, dau. Of Calvin & Phoebe COLE. She was born in Canada 1830. Children: William A., 1853; Francis, 1854; Nettie, 1860; Carried, 1865. | Brookfield Township |
SPALDING, Wm. | Farmer | Brookfield Township |
SULLIVAN, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 12 | Brookfield Township |
SULLIVAN, Tim | Farmer. Sec. 12 | Brookfield Township |
SUTTER, Jacob | Farmer. Sec. 35 | Brookfield Township |
STILL, Amos | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
WARE, John | Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
WAUCHOUP, Jos. H. | Farmer. Sec. 10 | Brookfield Township |
WEIDMAN, Jno. | Farmer. Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
WELCH, Thos. | Farmer. Sec. 28 | Brookfield Township |
WENKLER, G. F. | Farmer. Sec. 20 | Brookfield Township |
WERTZEL, Henry | Farmer. Sec. 29 | Brookfield Township |
WHITEFORD, Wm. | Rents farm | Brookfield Township |
WIDMANN, John | Farmer. Sec. 29. Born Wurtemburg, Germany 1829. To this county 1854. Married Johanna, dau of Jacob HOLTZ, native of same place, on 1854. Children: Anna, 1855; Carl, 1858; Louise, 1861; Emma, 1863; John, 1864; Emma C. 1866; Christian, 1870. | Brookfield Township |
WOODWARD, Wm. | Organ mfg. Sec. 14 | Brookfield Township |
WRIGHT, Josiah B., Capt. | Farmer. Sec. 31. Born Bennington Co., Vt, 1816. Married Sophrona PRATT, a native of Mass; moved to Niagara Co., N.Y. When 25 yrs, wife died leaving 5 children. Married #2, 1850, Eliza, dau of John H. BENNETT, near Buffalo. 2 children by 2nd marriage. | Brookfield Township |
Lee | DeKalb | Kane |
Bureau | Kendall | |
Putnam | Grundy | |
Marshall | Woodford | Livingston |