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Ira Judd Home
Located in the area of the current Prestbury Subdivision in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

Around 1836, this spot was settled on by Silas Reynolds, grandfather of Ira Judd. The brick in this house represents the house built in 1847 and…

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Original House no longer at location:
Norris Rd, Sugar Grove, IL (Approx. PIN 14-11-178-001)
Currently Walnut Woods Subdivision & Aurora West Forest Preserve.

Handwritten Note on Back:

Seavey Home: 6 miles from Batavia, Illinois.

Built in 1860s.

James Snook and Mary Elizabeth George probably lived here then. Their daughter Mattie married Frank Seavey in 1886, and they probably lived here, too. …

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Jedediah Harris Bliss, son of Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss), moved the original little Bliss House across Bliss Road from west to east to build the Big Bliss House at 754 Bliss Road in Sugar Grove in 1897. The original little Bliss House was moved…

Located just north of Cooper's Hall and Blacksmith Shop.

Photos taken:
12-10-1987
8-26-1999