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Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss)

Peleg Young Bliss was one of the earliest settlers and businessmen in Sugar Grove. He was born in 1806 in Vermont and passed away in Sugar Grove in 1888 at the age of 82.

As a young boy growing up at the age of…

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William Johnson home, Mains Street, Sugar Grove, IL

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Located next to the William A. Johnson House at 263 Main Street. Current site of the Bliss House Museum-Sugar Grove Historical Society.

Bergfeld Family Home (last occupants). Lenny, Sue, Linda, Richard and Boyce

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Oil Painting Portrait hanging in Bliss House Museum

Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss)

Peleg Young Bliss was one of the earliest settlers and businessmen in Sugar Grove. He was born in 1806 in Vermont and passed away in Sugar Grove in 1888 at the…

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The location at 253 Main Street is now Skow Trucking.The building also provided storefronts for McCormick Harvesting Machines and Studebaker Buggies.

The gentleman standing outside is Will A. Johnson, Sr., the owner of Spotted Mules. Will A.…

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Frank H. Hall, Principal
Mrs. Nellie Smith, Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music
M. E. Petty, Assistant
H. L. Norton, Assistant
School Burned Down in Jan. 1905

Thomas Judd had for some years favored the idea of an industrial school which…

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