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School located at 163 Main Street

1948 The Ember-OCR Compressed.pdf
1948

SENIORS
Mary Ann Potter
Grace Nelson
Mary Baumez
Cathryn Berkes
Edith Allen
Grace Dugan
Ralph Scott
Earl Maier, Jr.

JUNIORS
Charles Bolster
Roberta Hall
Irene Musso
Roy Wolf

SOPHOMORES
Richard Yearton
Mary L. Maier
Dick…

Bliss Family Genealogy.pdf
Click on the first image to open a PDF file with excerpts from the book “Genealogy of the Bliss family in America, from about the year 1550 – 1880” by John Homer Bliss, January 1, 1881.

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“We have recently had the pleasure of a visit by a remarkable man, an native of Vermont, who has resided for many years at Sugar Grove, Illinois. Peleg Y. Bliss was one of ‘God’s poor,’ but by industry, temperance, integrity, wit and wisdom, he has…

1845 Laws of Illinois - Peleg Bliss Commissioner.pdf
"An Act to locate a State road from Little rock in Kane County, to the steam mill bridge on the Des Plaines river in Cook county."

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“Coats of Arms were long regarded as ‘indispensable appendages of gentlemen,’ but on the decline of feudal system, about 1688, and the rise of the Reformation, they were treated in a measure as idle trappings of aristocracy, and lost the prestige…

1986-05-27 MEETING DEVELOPMENT HALFWAY - Chicago Tribune.pdf
"Meeting Development Halfway" is an article in the newspaper in 1986 about the sale of Bliss Wood Farm, which was homesteaded by Peleg Young Bliss in 1844, to develop Strafford Woods residential area.

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The Gold Acres Restaurant and Motel was located on the southwest corner of Harter Road and Illinois Route 47. It was built by [?]. Workers and managers have been Dolly Johnson, Nina Bradley, and Jim Best.

Later known as Candy's Golden Acres, the…

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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…

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Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 S Main St, Sugar Grove, IL 60554

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Stained Glass Windows, Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 S Main St, Sugar Grove, IL 60554

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Bell, Sugar Grove United Methodist Church, 176 S Main St, Sugar Grove, IL 60554
Cast by Meneely Bell Foundary, Troy, New York 1856

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Photos of the Bliss House dating from February-April 1997.

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Photos of the Bliss House from 1990.

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Photos of the Bliss House with an unknown date,

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Photos from the Bliss House in 1996.

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Peleg Young Bliss ( P.Y. Bliss ) at age 46 in 1852 or 1853. Photo cropped from portrait with daughter Janette Bliss.

Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss)

Peleg Young Bliss was one of the earliest settlers and businessmen in Sugar Grove. He was born…

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Bliss, P.Y.

Farming and stock, Sec. 10, Sugar Grove; P.O. Aurora; 191 acres, valued at $60 per acre, and 262 acres in Kaneville Tp.; Rep.; was born in Strafford, Vermont, April 8, 1806. He married Miss Helen Mather, February 5,…

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Photos of the Bliss House from 2006.

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Ralph Hartman, Postmaster inside Sugar Grove Train Depot
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