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The Snow Family House was located on Main Street next to and north of the Sugar Grove Community House on the west side of Main St. It was purchased from Carter Wilson to become the Sugar Grove Library until it was torn down.
Previously the Public…

TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER
WRITTEN BY PELEG YOUNG BLISS

Sugar Grove
June 4, 1843

Nathan,

I received your letter April and glad to see that you are on the move from Strafford. If you have made up your mind to leave for good, all that I can…

Handwritten Note:

Two fine looking gentlemen!! Still think I'll get a letter off. 1933. Phil Judd (5th son of Thomas Judd) and Andy Judd (6th son of Thomas Judd).

As a companion note reads,

Children of "Uncle Tom" Thomas Judd and Electa…

Roy Judd was Thomas Judd's youngest son.

As a companion note reads,

Children of "Uncle Tom" Thomas Judd and Electa Rice Judd:

Thomas Judd (infancy)
Phil Judd
Percy Judd
Ermina (Minnie) Juliette Judd
Andy Judd
Frank Judd
Roy…

Ruth Judd Kennedy is the aunt of Mary Judd Pneuman.

Note indicates photos were taken in 1987.

From companion photo:

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).

Photograph taken on the steps of the Sugar Grove Methodist Church.

Unknown girl on tintype

Two unknown ladies

Richard Johnson, School Boy, Sugar Grove, IL

Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, was a collector of appaloosa mules. Said to be the only six appaloosa mule hitch in the world at that time.

Frantz Family
Clare Groff Frantz Jr., Clare Groff Frantz Sr., and Thomas Frantz

Newspaper Transcription:

Star on High: Clare Frantz makes adjustments to a star loaded with lights above the doorway of his Sugar Grove home. The star has graced the Frantz's home during Christmastime for years.

Chicago Tribune, DuPage…

Photo taken from Book: "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886". https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/29

These are letters written to Ada and Wynn Mighell from their Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. They were mailed from Schoocraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1901.

These are letters written to Ada and Wynn Mighell from their Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. They were mailed from Schoocraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1901.

These are letters written to Ada and Wynn Mighell from their Uncle Maleohu P. Thomas. They were mailed from Schoocraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan in 1901.

Clare Groff Frantz Jr.
BIRTH 4 Dec 1914
Moorestown, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 17 Aug 2010 (aged 95)
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL
Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Clare Groff…

TRANSCRIPTION

Kahl and Lorraine Kinney sit in their driveway at the intersection of Main Street and Cross Street in Sugar Grove and wave to everyone in town as they drive or walk by. The town of Sugar Grove loves them. They have two sons, David…