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29 Main, Water Pump House

The Sugar Grove Community Building (aka Sugar Grove Community House) was originally organized in the late 1920s by civic-minded people who were mostly farmers. At the time, the Village had about 150 people. They put a bond referendum up along with…

This photo is of Blackberry Creek Farm in the 1850s.
The current address is 44W099 Finley Rd, Sugar Grove, IL 60554.

Source:
https://m.facebook.com/Blackberry-Creek-Farm-331398360203617/about/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0

Carter Avery Bliss
BIRTH 1896
DEATH May 1913 (aged 16–17)
Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA


NEWS ARTICLE TRANSCRIPTION:

BLOW ON HEAD KILLS BLISS
May 1913

Carter A. Bliss,…

Captain Alberta F Seavey Anthony
BIRTH 18 Jan 1918
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 19 Mar 2003 (aged 85)
Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas, USA
BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Alberta (Seavey)…

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…

Sarson Lothrop Judd
BIRTH 4 Mar 1849
Warren County, New York, USA
DEATH 1904 (aged 54–55)
BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Source:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77650330/sarson-lothrop-judd

Newspaper Transcription:

Aurora Beacon News, April 4 1970

MCCANNONS OF SUGAR GROVE
by Trudy Morrison

“If Ben McCannon Sr., had had his way in 1929, Dr. Willis McCannon would never have been able to read his father's name on the cornerstone…