Thomas Judd helped to found the Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School and donated the land. A plaque is mounted on the boulder in front of the Sugar Grove Community Building that reads:
"In Memory of Thomas Judd for his civic mindedness and…
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…
Shuttle tatting is the technique of creating lace by hand by tying double stitch knots onto thread that is shaped into rings and chains to form a lacy material.
Tatting Shuttle belonged to Lou Johnson's mother, Viola Jacobson. She did the yellow…
Woven Tapestry featuring Sugar Grove Historical Sites: Sugar Grove Settled 1834, Community Building 1929, Methodist Church 1888, Bliss House 1838, Historical Society 1984, Keck's Store 1890, Normal and Industrial School 1906, Sugar Grove CBQ Depot…