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"Twins Meet Their Daddy"

Discharged from service, Pfc. Reuben D. Hartman, of Sugar Grove, is shown above as he arrived home to greet his 8 months old twin daughters, Cheryl and Ceryl, for the first time. They were born after…

Nellie Gordon Humiston and Clarence Humiston

Donald Booth Johnson at Grandfather Booth's house. June 192?.

Donald Johnson in Sugar Grove, Spring 1929

Electa Booth Johnsen and Son Donald Johnsen

Handwritten Note:

Electa and Jens Johnson.
Taken at Marathon Park, Wausau, Wisconsin on Sunday before the 4th of July, 1947. The one girl is wife of one of Jens' helpers.

Effie Johnson and her brother lived west of the Old West’s Hotel. Neither Effie or her brother ever married. Her brother was a brakeman for the CB&Q Railroad (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad).

Civil War

There were nearly sixty men who served in the Civil War and gave Sugar Grove as their home at the time of their enlistment. A list of Union soldiers as well as those known veterans memorialized at Jericho Cemetery is provided in the…

Ezekiel Mighell was one of the early settlers of Sugar Grove in the 1830s and 1840s..

Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, was a collector of Appaloosa mules.

Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, was a collector of Appaloosa mules.

Pictured are the students at Normal and Industrial School in the original wood building on Main Street.

Mr. Harris is standing on the far left. Ruel Mighell is on the upper right.

The original wood building was built in 1875 and burned down…

Will Johnson and Pat with Mules named Amos and Andy. 1951.

Circa 1949

Ken Krieghbaum chewing on toy tractor.
Rick Johnson on riding toy.
Marie Johnson standing on porch.
Ruth Krieghbaum sitting on steps.
Dorothy Johnson behind Ruth Krieghbaum.