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Carter Avery Bliss
BIRTH 1896
DEATH May 1913 (aged 16–17)
Kane County, Illinois, USA
BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery
Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA


NEWS ARTICLE TRANSCRIPTION:

BLOW ON HEAD KILLS BLISS
May 1913

Carter A. Bliss,…

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.

Circa 1910.

Castle Bank

Photo taken in front of 163 Main Street . View is looking north. 130, 142 and 148 Main Street can be seen in the background.

From Booth Family Photo Album. July 11, 1923.

See companion photograph for additional details:
https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/3181

The Chicago Sun Times published an article with the byline:

"Housing growth is just around the bend for Sugar Grove, a crossroads west of Aurora in Kane County, and other small towns that have good rail or road connections and inexpensive land." …