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
Names to Late for Insertion
Name | Occupation & Notes | Township |
BALDWIN & DOUGLAS | Manlius Township | |
KAMPF, Chas. C. | Born Prussia 1845. To this county 1847. Married 1870, Louisa BORMANN. She was born in Troy Grove, this county, 1850. Children: Louisa, 1871; Ida, 1873. | Mendota Township |
OSGOOD, Rev. Alfred | Born 1807 in Franklin Co., Mass. Came to Illinois 1855. | Hope Township |
RICHEY, John M. | (Deceased) Born 1817 in Muskingum Co., Ohio. To Putnam Co., Ill in 1837; to La Salle Co. 1849. Married 1862, Clara COLLESTER, of Lorraine Co., Ohio. Children: Nathaniel, 1863-1865; Mary C., 1866; Candace, 1869; John C., 1871; James M., 1874-1875. | Hope Township |
MILLER, Peter | Born Ross Co., Ohio 1802. Married 1827, Harriet HOLDERMAN. | Mission Township |
NELSON, Peter | Farmer. Born Norway 1816. To this county 1839. Married 1844, Malinda DONALDSON, born in Norway 1827. Children: 4 boys & 5 girls. | Mission Township |
LORD, Rev. Amasa Converse | Minister. Somonauk. Born Vermont 1817. To this county 1846. Married 1848, Sarah L. GOULD. She was from New York. Children: Ed; Wm.; and Theo. | Adams Township |
EVAN, Lewis | Farmer; Sandwich. Born Wales 1822. To U. S. and Chicago in 1842. To La Salle Co. 1864. Married Gwenn OWEN. Children: 5 children. Married #2, Mrs. Jane RUSSELL. | Northville Township |
Lee | DeKalb | Kane |
Bureau | Kendall | |
Putnam | Grundy | |
Marshall | Woodford | Livingston |