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Harvey B. Densmore,

Sec. 14, Sugar Grove Township; farmer; P. O. Aurora; Rep.; S.G. Christian Union; he was born in Hartford, Vermont, September 15, 1815; he married Miss Kate S. Densmore; she was born March 25, 1817 in New York, and was married…

Stan "Buck" Mighell ( Stanton Mighell ), with Sugar Grove Post Office Mail Hook

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

TOP RIGHT
Ruel Mighell Family 1915
Ruel Mighell and Hazel (Graham) Mighell
with children
Elizabeth Mighell (center)
Mona Mighell (bottom)
Stanley Mighell (left)

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

The Silas Reynolds Homestead is located at 41W427 Prairie St, Sugar Grove, Illinois.

In more recent times, it is known as the Alexander Farm.

The Silas Reynolds property can be found on the 1871 Map of Sugar Grove Township.

As published in…

Sugar Grove School
Grades 7 and 8. 1949
Teacher: James Todd

"Wood Burner" Steam Locomotive rolling through Sugar Grove, Illinois, 1920s.

Photo was part of the Mighell Family photo collection.

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…

Thomas Judd

BIRTH 12 Sep 1812
Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 11 Jan 1882 (aged 69)
BURIAL Jericho Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA

Thomas Judd was a postmaster at Sugar Grove, IL. He was the son of…

Copies of the blueprints from 1989 of the Sugar Grove Community House.

Copies of the original blueprints from 1928 for the construction of the Sugar Grove Community House.

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).

Copies of the blueprints from 1928 for the construction of the Sugar Grove Community House.

Ink Blotter

In May and June of 1984, an archaeological dig was conducted on Bliss Wood Knoll near the location of the first log cabin built in Sugar Grove based on descriptions of the historic site. Several volunteers carefully delineated the dig site, surveyed…

In May and June of 1984, an archaeological dig was conducted on Bliss Wood Knoll near the location of the first log cabin built in Sugar Grove based on descriptions of the historic site. Several volunteers carefully delineated the dig site, surveyed…