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"Historical: The first settlements were made in this Township in ay, 1884, by Jas. Isbell, Chauncy Isbell, Asa McDole, and James Carmon. P.Y. Bliss, one of the pioneers of this Township, erected a Store where his residence now stands, and for…

“I cannot remember all of the buildings in town but my memory is sufficiently definite so that I can give the reader a fairly good picture of the village as it was at that time. “

“First there was the depot built beside one of the highways of the…

“It was clear, cold, and quiet on the morning of January 5, 1893, when a man of medium height and vigorous physique, bright-eyed and bespectacled, his face adorned with a soup-strainer moustache and a small goatee, jumped lightly from the Chicago and…

“For fifty years Frank H. Hall helped the youth of our land to solve arithmetical problems. For fifty years, he helped the teachers to solve pedagogical problems. For fifty years he helped everyone with who he associated to solve humanitarian…

This was the Caretaker's House for the Bliss Woods Forest Preserve located at 442 Bliss Road, Sugar Grove, Illinois.

"The Chicago, Aurora & DeKalb Railway linked Sugar Grove to Aurora and DeKalb from 1902 to 1928. It started as gasoline driven…

Thomas Judd had for some years favored the idea of an industrial school which would teach agriculture as well as preparatory to going on to other vocations. He was also aware that Frank Hall, then Superintendent of West Aurora Schools, had similar…

“Come One, Come ALL! Wear your sun bonnets and straw hats. Recall the days of yesteryear and join in the old fashion countryside spirit.” These are the first three sentences from the 1971 edition of the Sugar Grove newspaper. They were describing the…

“Come One, Come ALL! Wear your sun bonnets and straw hats. Recall the days of yesteryear and join in the old fashion countryside spirit.” These are the first three sentences from the 1971 edition of the Sugar Grove newspaper. They were describing the…

Clare Groff Frantz, Sr.
BIRTH 29 Dec 1880
Washington County, Maryland, USA
DEATH 27 Dec 1983 (aged 102)
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Clare Groff Frantz, 102, of…

Emily Ravlin Frantz
BIRTH 31 May 1917
Kaneville, Kane County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 15 Jan 2007 (aged 89)
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Emily Ravlin Frantz, 89, of Aurora…

Nellie Rose McCannon
BIRTH 29 Dec 1917
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 11 Mar 2011 (aged 93)
BURIAL Jericho Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Nellie Rose McCannon was the only daughter of Ben and Bena McCannon. …

Michael McCannon
BIRTH 18 Sep 1943
Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, USA
DEATH 8 Mar 2002 (aged 58)
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Jericho Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Michael McCannon was the father…

Ella Parker McCannon
BIRTH 1866
DEATH 1950 (aged 83–84)
BURIAL Jericho Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Ella McCannon was the wife of Frank McCannon and mother of Benjamin George McCannon.

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In a story about the Sugar Grove Corn Boil in 2017, The Kane Country Chronicle noted:

"In 1985, Ted McCannon and volunteers were able to build Volunteer Pavilion in Volunteer Park. This also resulted from the community working together, as…

The restaurant on Route 30 in Sugar Grove by the Air Classics Museum has changed hands and names a number of times.

The Countryside Restaurant on Route 30 was built by Laura (Mrs. Roy Solfisburg) Mushrush in the 1950s. Workers at times were Donna…

Wooden Box with Blacksmith Forged Items, including square nails, wall hanger, tongs

KANELAND HIGH SCHOOL
Valedictorian and Salutatorian Roster
2007 - 2022

2007
Elizabeth Wiet, Valedictorian
Justin Pattermann, Salutatorian

2008
Victoria A. Mathieu, Valedictorian
Jacquelyn R. Mathieu, Salutatorian

2009
Christopher J.…