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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).

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…

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

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

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

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…

Cyrus Calkins,

Farmer, Sections 29, 30, 31, 32; P.O. Jericho, and is present Postmaster; has 163 acres valued at $50 per acre; Rep; Ind; born in Steuben County, New York, January 14, 1815; lived in New York until 1853, then came to Kane County and…

Stanley Mighell on the Mighell Farm, 1916

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

Will Johnson and Pat with Mules named Amos and Andy. 1951.

Riders include Peg Johnson and Dorothy Johnson.

Circa 1949

Ken Krieghbaum chewing on toy tractor.
Rick Johnson on riding toy.
Marie Johnson standing on porch.
Ruth Krieghbaum sitting on steps.
Dorothy Johnson behind Ruth Krieghbaum.

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Two unknown Women

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