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OFFICERS, DIRECTORS & COMMITTEES ..... through December 31, 1992
President........................................................... Marcia Stang Vice-President...................................................... Karen Burden Secretary/Publicity ................................................. Norma Meier Treasurer............................................................ Marge Smith Directors.......................................................... Toni Betourne
Thelma Lunsford Peg Paschke
Standing Committees & Chairmen:
Program.......................................................... Karen Burden Library/Book ....................................................Peg Paschke
Karen Burden Publications..................................................... Marcia Stang Research......................................................... Marcia Stang Education........................................................ Karen Burden
Historian......................................................... Cecile Enright
Cemetery Chairpersons ............................................... Peg Paschke Leona Shreffler
Toni Betourne
MEETINGS
Meetings are held on the first Saturday of even numbered months at 1 p.m. at the Kankakee Public Library, Second Floor. On odd numbered months, meetings are held at 1 p. m. at the Bourbonnais Public Library.
MEMBERSHIP
$10.00 per calendar year (January 1 through December 31). Membership includes quarterly publication "The-A-Ki-Ki", free queries in the quarterly, and surname charts published in quarterly.
CORRESPONDENCE
Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 442, Bourbonnais, IL 6091.4
THE-A-KI-KI " B E A U T I F U L L A N D "
QUARTERLY PUBLICATION
Kankakee Valley Genealogical Society P . O . B o x 4 4 2
Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914
November, 1992 Vol. 22. No. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS Paae
1992 Membership List .............................. .................. 2-3
New Member Surnames ................................ .................. 4-5
K.V.G.S. Publications & News ...................... ................... 5
Genealogy Seminars/Conferences .................... .................... 5
New Publications .................................. .................. 5-6
Quarterly/Newsletter Extractions .................. .................. 6-7
Great & Great, Greats .............................. .................... 7
Houde Family ...................................... .................. 8$
1878 Kankakee County Marriages .................... .................... 8
1878 Kankakee County Births ........................ .................. 8-10
Rockville - 1878 .................................. ................. 10-11
Norton News Notes - 1878 .......................... ................... 11
County Court – 1878................................ ..................11-13
Momence - 1878 .................................... ..................13-14
History of Kankakee County ........................ ..................14-19
Books in Genealogical Room - Kankakee Public Librar y ................20-21
Essex Etchings - 1878 .............................. .................... 22
Pilot Pencil Points - 1878 ........................ .................... 22
Kankakee County Grave Markers (Zion Lutheran Cemete ry)...............22-24
Ancestor Charts ................................... ..................25-2$
Surname Index ..................................... ..................29-30
Membership Renewal ................................ ................... 31
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1992 MEMBERSHIP LIST
Name Street City/State Mrs. Rita Antosh 284 Indian Tr. Lake In the Hills,
IL 60102 Ms. Jean Atwood 1238 Peacock Lane Bradley, IL 60915 Mrs. Marie Beernink 5753 Washington St. Downers Grove, IL 60516 Mr. Arthur Bertrand 6911 Eberhart St. San Diego, CA 92115 Mrs. Toni Betourne 1355 Lennington Circle NW Kankakee, IL 60901 Mr. Robert Bird 2844 Oriole Bay Woodbury, MN 55125-2774 Mr. James Birkenbeil 820 Lindsay Lane #23 Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Mrs. Ardis Boone Route 3, Box 372 St. Anne, IL 60964 Mrs. Wanda Bouchey 272 Emerald Oak Dr. Galt, CA 95632 Ms. Karen Burden 1156 So. Lincoln Ave. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mr. Michael Carey 3014 S. Olive Ave. West Palm Beach, FL 3340 Mrs. Richard Chandler 566 So. Indiana Ave. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Bea Christian Box 4511 Topeka, KS 66604 Mrs. Nancy Cole P.O. Box 239 Fontana, WI 53125 Mrs. Josephine Crosby 2800 July St. #36 Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Mrs. Elaine Daum 110 Crescent Rd. Corte Madera, CA 94925 Miss Susan Decker N2363 1/2 Doering Dr. Merrill, WI 54452 Mrs. Doris Devine Route 1 West, Box 70 Chebanse, IL 60922 Mr. Howard Diehl Culpepper Garden Apt.307
4435 N. Pershing Dr. Arlington, VA 22203 Mrs. Wilda Dillion 1227 Camelot Boise, ID 83704-8610 Mr. Robert Durham P.O. Box 922 Freeport, TX 77541 Mrs. Marjorie Elliott 895 N. Center St. Tracy, MN 56175 Mrs. Cecile Enright 954 N. Cleveland Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. June Falardeau 922 E. Patten Dr. Palatine, IL 60067 Mr. Ronald Fenton 1119 S. Curtis, Apt. Al2 Kankakee, IL 60901 Mr. Robert Forbes 1226 Second Ave. New York, NY 10021 Mrs. Helen Francoeur 518 S. Indiana Ave. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mr. Robert Fry 4400 W. Missouri Ave.
Sp. 100 Glendale, AZ 85301 Mrs. Robert Girard 169 Grinnell St. Colorado Springs,
CO 80911 Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Green R.R. #1, Box 140 Chebanse, IL 60922 Mrs. Connie Greany 103 Canova Place, S.W. Calgary, Alberta,
Canada T2W 2A8 Mrs. Sharla Grosso Route 6, Box 204 Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Lori Halper W225 N2537 Alderwood Lane Waukesha, WI 53186 Mrs. Frances Hardenburgh 1504 Anthony Heights Dr. Escondido, CA 92026 Mr. Rick Hanson 511 W. North St. Bradley, IL 60915 Mrs. Pat Hartman 617 Lakeview Dr. Manteno, IL 60950 Mrs. Sadie Hoke Rt. 1, Box 95 Buckingham, IL 60917 Ms. Naomi Holmlund 1804 S. 22nd St. LaCrosse, WI 54601 Mr. J. L. Houde P.O. Box 82 Glencoe, IL 60022 Mr. Leon Keller P.O. Box 790 Monteagle, TN 37356 Mrs. Nancy Kneer 2977 E. 419th Road LaSalle, IL 61301-9642
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1992 MEMBERSHIP LIST PAGE 2
Name Street City/State
Ms. Jean LaGue 31 W. Plum St. Westerville, OH 43081 Miss Mardy Lamski 673 Hearth Lane #209 Carol Stream, IL 60188 Mrs. Una Laumann 10025 E1 Camino Real #41 Atascadero, CA 93422 Mr. Steven Lavalle 15817 Millbrook Ln. Laurel, MD 20707 Mrs. Thelma Lunsford 524 W. Stockton Heights Dr. Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Mr. George Monty Jr. 2925 N. Lincoln Davenport, IA 52804 Mrs. Eleanor Marcotte 16042 St. Timothy Rd. Apple Valley, CA 92307 Mr. Robert Marsolais 39316 Via Monserate Murrieta, CA 92563 Mrs. Vera Martin 225 N. Fraser Dr. East Mesa, AZ 85203 Mr. Wilfred Mateer 404 N. Morgan Odell, IL 60460 Mr. & Mrs. James Meier 3523 W. 2000 South Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Norma Meier P.O. Box 626 Clifton, IL 60927 Mr. Harold Milling 1872 Calista St. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Cora Oakes 2 Andrews Ct., Apt. 4 Bradley, IL 60915 Mr. & Mrs. Jack Paschke 592 S. May Ave. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Margaret Prusz 1551 Benton St. Crete, IL 60417 Mrs. Marilyn Raffetto 4347 Manchester Court Santa Maria, CA 93455 Mrs. Nelda Ravens 7585 W. Route 113 Bonfield, IL 60913 Mrs. Dalene Reese 123 W. Mahoney Winslow, AZ 86047 Mrs. Itha Riml 3939 River Rd. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Beulah Rinder 4760 - 54th St. San Diego, CA 92115 Mrs. Carol Rittmanic 5721 Elaine Dr. Rockford, IL 61108 Mrs. Floyd Scharte 465 S. Monroe St. Tiffin, OH 44883 Mrs. Sylvia Seymour 226 - 7th St. N.E. Massillon, OH 44646 Mrs. Leona Shreffler 4662 N. 7000 West Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Donita Smith 22720 Blueberry Lane Wildomar, CA 92595 Mrs. Marjorie Smith 9270 W. Route 17 Bonfield, IL 60913-7284 Ms. Rena Smith 4206 Spindrift Way Newport Beach, CA 92661 Mrs. Ruth Smith 699 Lake St. Saugatuck, MI 49453 Mrs. Mildred Stadler 262 So. Elm St. Manteno, IL 60950 Ms. Marcia Stang 960 Pheasant Dr. Bradley, IL 60915 Mr. Duane Stubblefield 249 S. Tedmark Ct. Apt. 2 Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Eileen Tallman RFD #1, Box 351 Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Mr. John Taylor 10388 Krista Ct. Cupertino, CA 95014 Mr. Fred Teverbaugh 100 Arlington Place West Palm Beach, FL 33405 Mrs. Geraldine Thompson 2532 Borton Dr. Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Mrs. Marie Vickery 5808E - 3420 S. Rd. St. Anne, IL 60964-4029 Mr. Charles Voss Route 2, Box 99 Kankakee, IL 60901 Mr. Byron Wallace 6705 - 133rd St. W. Apple Valley, MN 55124 Mrs. Martha Welk 1168 S. 5th Ave. Kankakee, IL 60901 Mrs. Virginia West P.O. Box 27 Buckingham, IL 60917 Mrs. Grace Wheeler 430 Worthington Rd. Huntington, MA 01050 Mrs. Linda Wright 6920 Blue Ridge Rd. Edmond, OK 73034 Mrs. Earl Wrolson P.O. Box 233 Ohio, IL 61349
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Just a reminder to send in your membership renewal form. Please note that membership dues have increased this year from $10.00 to $12.00. This is the first increase since 1986. Besides the quarterly and free queries, the society checks publications for your ancestors at no extra cost. $10.00/ hour is charged for any research at the library such as obituaries, city directories, and census searches. Please send in your membership renewal, any queries and ancestor charts right away.
NEW MEMBER SURNAMES
The following are surnames being researched by our newest members:
Joanna Taylor Corlett, Sampse, Lancaster. Rainford
Rick Hanson Hanson. Neveau, Lafond, Fortin
J. L. Houde Houde, Houle
Robert Marsolais Souligny/Souligne, Vinet. Boisvert
Duanne Stubblefield Stubblefield, Lonergan
Fred Teverbaugh Hewes, Teverbaugh, MacChesney-Machesney
Linda Wright Leroux, Huot (Yott)
Geraldine Thompson Hewes, Baker, McWhater
Elaine Daum Gauthier, Thibodeau, Mercure, Delude
Roberta Girard Girard, Plante
George Monty Hebert, Monty, Savoie, Lagesse
Ruth Smith White, Morrical, Wells, Kroll
Grace Wheeler Barr, Lemon, Longbottom
Jean Atwood Marion, Eberhardt, Boudreau, Buck/Buch
Nancy Schriber Hauert, Hoffman
Donita Smith Babcox
Bea Christian Racette, Lagesse, Tremblay, Brosseau, Deneault, Tetreault
Susan Decker Palmer, Mitchell
Marjorie Elliott Beauvais, Picard, Plant, LaPlante
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Robert Forbes Forbes, Strunk, Gilmore, Horcester, Jones
Elmer Green Green, Morrical, Cordes, Berns, Thise, Kohl, Stocka, Knoedla
Lori Halper Porter
Mardy Lamski Starkey, Stevens, Hibbs, Hayhurst, St. John
Sylvia Seymour Martineau, Morrell, Morin, Pelletier, Kane
Byron Wallace Wallace, Beland, Lambert, Lamarre
Earl Wrolson Barriere, Gates, Drasey, Beausoleil. Pierre
K.V.G.S. PUBLICATIONS & NEWS
The society walked North (Wright) Cemetery in Essex the first Saturday of October. Foote Cemetery was also walked by members of the Cemetery Committee and it is hoped the Essex Township Cemetery Book will be published sometime this winter.
GENEALOGY SEMINARS/CONFERENCES
Indiana Gen. Society Annual Conference
April 3, 1993, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Eight lecture choices: Exploring the South Reaches of the Northwest Territory, Vincennes, Indiana. For further information, write to IGS at Dept. GC, P.0. Box 10507, Fort Wayne, IN 46852.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Blount Co. Tennessee Deeds 1795 - 1819
Abstracts of 789 deeds covering the first 25 years after the county was formed. 119 pgs., soft cover, $20. Mail check to Blount Co. Gen. & Historical Society, F.O. Box 4986, Maryville, TN 37802
Loyl Mountain Troopers: The 2nd & 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Calvary in the Civil War
This is the story of two of the first Union Army Calvary units made up of
men from the East Tennessee area. These are "reminiscences" which appeared in serial form in the Knoxville, TN, Daily Chronicle between December 1878 and April 1880. 371 pgs. hard cover, surname index, $2. Mail check to Blount Co. Gen. & Historical Society, P.0. Box 4986, Maryville, TN 37802.
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Kentucky
Early Kentucky Records: This work contains transcri pts of the earliest Jef ferson Co. KY records known to ex is t - w i l ls , de eds, surveys, administrations, inventories, and poll lists. 505 p gs., indexed, cloth. $30.00.
Early Kentucky Tax Records: 318 pgs., indexed, clot h $20.00.
Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Century, 276 pgs., ind exed, $20.00.
Topographical Dict ionary of 2,285 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, 333 pgs., indexed, cloth, $25.00
Western New York Land Transactions 1804-1824, 472 p gs., indexed, cloth, $35.00.
American Colonists, 287 pgs. indexed, cloth $28.50.
Barbados Records - Baptisms 1637-1800, $35.00; Marr iages 1643-1800. $60.00: Wills 1639-1725, Vol. 1 $30,00, Vol. 2 $30.00 _ Vol . 3 $30.00.
State Census Records, 116 pgs., cloth, $17.95
Lacal Census Listings 1522-1930 - Holdings in the B ritish Isles, 60 pgs. $7.50.
North Carolina Wills, 1665-1900 - index to over 75, 000 persons who died and left wills n North Carolina, 630 pgs., cloth, $49.5 0.
Index to District of Columbia Wills 1801-1920 - ind ex to over 22,700 wills filed in the Orphans' Court, 218 p gs., paperback, $25.00
Mail check to Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 10 01 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202. Postage & handling $3.00 for f irst book and $1.00 for each additional volume.
QUARTERLY/NEWSLETTER EXTRACTIONS
Missouri State Archives
The Missouri State Archives has a new address, 620 West Main, Jefferson City, MO 65101. In addition to the archives, this i s also the location of the Secretary of State, Records Management, and the Missouri State Library.
The archives has a vast collection of Missouri Mili tary documents including 750 of the Union Soldiers and about half of Missour i's Confederate Soldier's records. Peoria Co. Gen. Society, Vol. XVIII, No. 1 0, May 1992.
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Civil War Military Service
Civil War Military Service Records do not include r egular army soldiers. The state indexes are only for volunteer troops. Th ere are no compiled military service records for Regular Army soldiers. To locate them you must use Record Group 94 Adjutant General's Office Enlis tment Papers of the U.S.
Army, 1794-1914. These are arranged alphabetically and are still in the original form at the National Archives in Washingto n, D.C. This series has not been microfilmed. Once the date of enlistment i s found, you can then use National Archives microfilm publications M233, Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army 1798-1914. Also, the General Pensi on Files 1861-1934 microfilm publication T288 can be checked as this i ndex lists soldiers who
had served in either the regular or volunteer army. The Henry Co. Gen. Newsletter, Volume X, Issue 6, August, 1992.
GREAT &_ GREAT, GREATS
Information needed on Ceilina/Elizabeth Normandin D resi or Drazy, born 1827 in LaCadia, St. Jean Co.. Quebec. She was one of 12 children born to Normandin Beausoleil or Dresi and Rose Michel. She married Edward Barriere in Quebec in 1843, St. Jean. Arrived in Bourbonnais in 1849 and later moved
to Papineau Township. Who were her sisters and brot hers? Who were E. Barriere family? Respond to Mrs. Earl Wrolson, P.O. Box 233, Ohio, IL 61349
Seeking parents and marriage data on Pierre Huot (Y ott) and Louisa
Reausolich or Beausoleil. Pierre & Louise's marriag e would be ca. 1850 probably in Quebec. Immigrated to Kankakee Co. in 1 857 (Bourbonnais & Manteno). Children: Pierre, Odile (md. Abraham Jose ph Leroux), Adolph, Egite?, Louisa, etc. Pierre d. Chicago 08 Jan 1885 and Louisa d. Chicago 03 Feb 1907. Interested in exchanging any Huot (Yott) or Leroux information
Also seeking information on Leroux Family. Hubert L eroux b. 1646 France, son of Hubert Leroux & Madeline Vernier. Hubert md. Anne Marie Vanzeque in 1673 in Montreal. Leroux family lived in Montreal a rea until Abraham Joseph Leroux immigrated to Bourbonnais, IL, ca. 1865. Abr aham md. Odile Huot
(YOTT) 1869 at Maternity BVM Church. Applied for US citizenship in 1878. May have been in Chicago in 1870 census. Homesteade d in Kansas in 1878.
Respond to Linda Wright, 6920 Blue Ridge Rd., Edmon d, OK 73034.
Charles Deveraux (Devereaux) born 1843-44 and Patri ck born 1846-47 in Canada. Both brothers came to the Rockville/Manteno area around 1866-68. Charles married Emma Lamarre 1868-69. Patrick marri ed M. Elizabeth Grant or Elizabeth M. Grant 1870-73. Does anyone know where in Canada Charles & Patrick came from? Respond to Jame Salazar, 4251 Ma nzanita, Irvine, CA 92714.
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HOUDE FAMILY
A book on written history of Houde/Houle lineage will be published in the near future covering the period from 1600 to 1900. Particularly interested in written histories, old photographs prior to 1900 and information on Houde/Houle migrations across Canada and U.S. Related surnames include: Lefebvre, Baudet, Demers, Ayot, Deshornais, Bergeron, Genest, Moreau,
Lalonde, Aubin, Gauthier, Cote, and Boucher. Please contact J. L. Houde, Assoc. Houde Intl., Box 82, Glencoe, IL 60022.
1878 KANKAKEE COUNTY MARRIAGES
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette.
Bride Groom Where from Date
Mary J. Puzey Frank Gillet Kankakee 30 Jun 1878
Mariett Hayhurst George B. Carter Yellowhead 04 Jul 1878 Sarah Darby John Schuller Limestone 13 Jul 1878 Ruth Darby Asaph Clemens Limestone 13 Jul 1878
Dora Freise Frank Tanner Salina/Limestone 18 Jul 1878 Matilda Croxen Jahn Stiles Peotone 12 Jul 1878 Mary Morin Paul Lebean Kankakee 14 Jul 1878 Rachael Torongeau John Secor Kankakee 23 Jun 1878 Marceline Torongeau Israel Secor Kankakee 23 Jun 1878 Caroline Peopper Henry Blank, Jr. Yellowhead 07 Jul 1878 Marietta Palmer Thomas Argle Essex 03 Aug 1878 Laura McColl Charles P. Dole Kankakee 06 Aug 1878 Harriet Amsden Isaac F. Reed Salina/Oswego, IL 30 Jul 1878 Aglae Goodreau Amarbe Bernier Bourbonnais, Kankakee 05 Aug 1878
Elmina West Caleb Wells Momence 04 Aug 1878 Elizabeth Struder Aubia Boudreau Bourbonnais 05 Aug 1878 Eliza Bessette Joseph Marcotte Bourbonnais/St. Anne 11 Aug 1878 Harriet A. Amsden Isaac F. Reed Salina 30 Jul 1878 Janna Szozech Geo. Bydalek Momence 09 Jul 1878 Mary Biaske George Dymark Momence 22 Aug 1878
1878 KANKAKEE COUNTY BIRTHS
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette.
Son!Dau. Parents Date
Son Benjamin and Nancy Wiltfong, Aroma 18 Jun 1$78 Son C. W. & Delilah McElvain, Aroma 27 Jun 1878 Daughter Cyril & Julia Taylor, Momence 02 May 1878 Son G. W. & Lucetia Swan, Aroma 25 Jun 1878 Son Levi & Emeline Miller, Aroma 28 Jun 1878 Son Victor & Adelina Brosseau, Bourbonnais 26 Jun 1878
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Daughter David & Lidelina F.egner, Bourbonnais 29 J un 1878
Daughter Pierre & Marie Beauvois, Bourbonnais 20 Ju n 1878
Son Antoine & Catharine Lambert, Bourbonnais 17 Jun 1878 Son J. B. & Georgina Martin, Bourbonnais 17 May 187 8 Son J. B. & Ada Audette, Bourbonnais O1 Jun 1878 Daughter Augustus & Farana Seberly, Bourbonnais 01 Jun 1878 Daughter Simon & Lucinda Childers, Bourbonnais 01 J un 1$78 Son Theodore & Eulalie Martin, Bourbonnais 07 May 1 878 Son Luc & Aglae Bissette, Bourbonnais 23 May 1878
Son Christopher & Emelie Raymond, Bourbonnais 12 Ma y 1878 Son Geo. & Victorine Denault, Bourbonnais 15 May 18 78 Son Jos. & Virginie Besse, Bourbonnais O1 May 1878 Son Hubert & Clarice Messier, Bourbonnais 27 Jun 18 78 Daughter Ed & Delina Beauvois, Bourbonnais 21 Mar 1 878 Son Lucien & Louise Pilotte, Bourbonnais 29 Mar 187 $ Daughter Isaac & Emelie Gervais, Bourbonnais 04 Apr 1878 Daughter Oliver & Delina Lucier, Bourbonnais 13 May 187$ Daughter Isadore & Lesa Perreault, St. Anne ? Son Geo. W. & Lydia Rice, Momence 10 Jul 1878 Daughter Wm. M. & Josephene E. Graham, Momence ?
Daughter Joseph & Denise Gautier, Kankakee 31 May 1 $78 Son Moise & Louise Chartier, Kankakee 28 May 1878 Son James & Margaret Hall, Sumner 09 Jun 1878 Daughter Wm. & Phebe Dean, Manteno 24 Jun 1878 Son James & Flora McCoy, Manteno 26 Jun 1878
Son Wm. & Mary Bilyard, Rockville 27 Jun 1878 Daughter Patrick & Ann Egan, Manteno 30 Jun 1878 Daughter James & Kate Ingram, Manteno 13 Jul 1878 Daughter James & Phoebe Brazier, Pilot 04 Jul 1878 Daughters Rev. Wm. H. & Emma Post, Rockville 09 Jul 1878
Daughter Henry & Kate Martin, Kankakee 14 Jul 187$ Son Marshall & Lizzie Hays, Kankakee 21 Jul 1878 Son John & Minerva Morton, Kankakee 08 May 1878 Daughter W. & Nancy Jackson, Otto 10 May 1878 Daughter Geo. & Thecle Searle, St. Anne 05 Jul 1$78
Son Joachin & Aglae Leveaque, St. Anne ? Son Daniel & Maggie O'Brien, Ganeer 19 Jun 1878 Daughter A. C. & Mary Logan, Ganeer 30 Jun 1878 Daughter A. A. & Mary Culver, Momence 22 Jul 1878 Son Pierre & Virginie Bedard, Manteno 19 May 1878 Daughter Joseph & Mattie Tony, Manteno 20 May 1878 Son Cleophas Guimond, Manteno 13 Jul 1878 Daughter Leander Lanouse, Manteno 24 Jun 1878
Son Antoine & Jane Brosseau, Manteno 16 Jun 1878 Son Alexis & Emelie Bergeron, Jr., Manteno 12 Jun 1 878 Daughter Eli Delaude, Manteno 29 May 1878 Daughter Frederick & Kate Snyder, Sumner 10 Jul 187 8
Daughter John & Martha Donahue, Grant 12 Jul 1878 Daughter Barney & Martha Burgiss, Pilot 29 Jun 1878 Son W. W. & M. E. Hatch, Kankakee 23 Jul 1878 Daughter Dwight & Kate Babcock, Kankakee 20 Jul 187 8 Daughter Fritz & Amelia Funk, Kankakee 14 Aug 1878 Son Frank & Elizabeth Haines, Waldron 22 Aug 1878 Son Chas. & Lucy Lockwood, Waldron 29 Jul 1878
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Son W. K. & Henrietta Kittoe, Kankakee 20 Aug 1878
Daughter Wm. & Zipparah Pottenger, Kankakee 23 Jun 1878 Son John & Mila St. John, St. Anne 12 Jul 1878
Son Frank & Milissa Chobar, Kankakee 16 Jul 1878 Son G. E. & Mary Beebe, Aroma 03 Aug 1878 Daughter Wm. & Mary Frith, Kankakee 13 Aug 1878
Daughter Henry & Matilda Paddock, Kankakee 10 Aug 1878 Daughter Hans Christian & Christina Anderson, Kankakee 26 May 1878 Son Lovel & Harriet Wood, Manteno 09 Jul 1878 Daughter Daniel & S. A. Fern, St. Anne 18 Jul 1878 Son Rene & Melvine Pommier, St. Anne 17 Aug 1878 Son Louis & Edess Longavine, Sumner 12 Aug 1878
ROCKVILLE - 1878
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, July 18, 1878.
A nice, new commodious barn has just been built for John Corlett. It has a storing capacity for 150 tons of hay. Ten horses and sixty head of cattle can also find shelter under its protecting roof. It seems to be complete in all the modern improvements. By the way John thought of having it dedicated with religious service instead of a dance, as has been done by some about here.
Mr. Wm. Warriner died last week of consumption, after a lingering illness of many months. The funeral services were held in the grove near the house. Rev. W. H. Post officiated, assisted by Rev. A. H. Needham.
Miss Rhoda Davis, of Manteno, is visiting at the M.E. parsonage.
Miss Julia A. Childs, one of our oldest residents, died on Wednesday at her house on Forked creek. She was a good mother, kind neighbor, and a faithful friend. A very large concourse of friends assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed.
The concert given by the Wilton musical union was a success in every respect. The singing of Miss Lizzie Jones in both solos and choruses was a marked feature. A telephone connecting the church and parsonage was used to the great amusement of the audience. The program was a little too long. About $30 was cleared, which is to be used on the parsonage.
The fourth quarterly meeting of the M.E. church will occur on Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28. The services will be held in the Lamphere school house, or in the immediate vicinity.
Mr. & Mrs. James Shreffler have left for their home in Remington, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gay have removed to Kankakee.
The rain of last week did more to level the roads than all the scrapers that have been run since spring began.
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Our farmers are cutting hay and harvesting their ry e and winter wheat. The oats are turning quite rapidly.
NORTON NEWS NOTES - 1878
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, September 5, 1878.
The latter part of the week has been good for thres hing. Flax is yielding from 6 to 10 bushels per acre, and oats from 30 to 50 bushels.
Railroad men are very busy and crowding work. Farme rs are taking hold and helping with all the force they can muster. Several parties are looking up business locations, but our town is not surveyed an d platted. Hurry up gentlemen! or the track will reach us before we are ready for business. Squire Montieth will run a meat market, and will pu t up a building the coming week and start business at the same time to supply the hands with
meats. H. Donaldson from Garner, intends to start a hardware and farming implement store. We learn Allen Bros. of Wilmington will furnish the farmers with lumber. Dr. Watson of Chebanse will lo cate here or in Cabery in the drug business.
Miss Julia Meeling was buried on Thursday. Disease, consumption. Several cases of diphtheria in town.
Albert Armitage came home from Nebraska to see that boy, and will return with wife and boy in about two weeks. Al. thinks th at Nebraska is the right place and that if he could only induce a few young men to go there they would not come back here to live.
Quarterly meeting at Sugar Loaf next Saturday and S unday. Elder Pierce is expected to be there.
Allen Bros. lost a wagon night before last in Wilmi ngton. Some one stole a set of harness and hitched on to one of Allen's new wagons and putout. Wonder who furnished the horses?
A son of Theodore Smith was kicked one day this wee k and had his thigh broken.
COUNTY COURT - 1878
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, July 25, 1878.
Sarah E. Dickson, guardian. Decree for sale of real estate.
Estate John Hertz. Decree for sale of real estate.
Andrew Wiley. D. C. Grinnell appointed conservator in bond of $17,000.
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Estate of Harriet Smith. Reduction of Interest allo wed; administrator discharged upon final settlement.
Daniel Droner. Final certificate of naturalization issued.
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, August 15, 1878.
Estate David Lynds. Warrant of appraisers returned not executed. Chas. Wiltse, Wm. Parish and W. B. Hess a appointed appra isers.
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, August 29, 1878.
Guardianship Stephen A. Tourcastle. Guardian waives service of process and case continued.
Estate Richardson Wilson. Final report approved and administrator discharged.
Estate David Lynds. Claims of Harvey H. Morse conte sted and hearing postponed.
Estate Reuben Putnam. Report of sale of real estate approved.
Guardianship Virgil Holshauser. Guardian's report a pproved and discharge granted.
Permission to minor heirs of Mauritz Look to change lease.
Estate C. C. Ainsworth. Proof made and claim of Wm. Allard for $4 allowed.
Estate Henry Hunold. Final report filed and case co ntinued.
Estate Andrew Wiley. Appointment of D. C Grinnell a s conservator rescinded upon his refusal to serve, and case continued.
Frank D. Gay. Certificate of good moral character i ssued.
Estate Geo. J. Smith. Proof of death and will admit ted. A. B. Henry appointed administrator in bond of $1,000.
Estate John Steuber. Inventory approved.
Mary M. Beaumont. Petition of Alvina Lanfear for ad option and change of name granted.
Estate Wm. Warriner. Lydia Warriner appointed admin istratrix in $1000 bond.
Estate Franklin Worcester. Claims allowed: A. B. Lu ther, $5; Jacob Roger, $8.30: Melby & Hanson, $2.
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Guardianship Emily, Florence and Sarah Dickson. Rep ort of sale of real estate approved.
Guardianship Frank and Willie Pratt. A. W. Pratt ap pointed guardian in bond of $1000.
Estate of John Egan. Ellen Egan appointed administr atrix in bond of $1800.
Reports Approved
Estates of Emanual Reed, (guardianship) Sarah C. Ha wkers, W. Hyer, Berry Lamport, W. G. Armstrong.
MOMENCE - 1878
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, July 25, 1878.
Somebody went through Mr. Cooker's pocket book and took his last five dollars.
On Monday last about 1 o'clock p.m. Carrie Stanton, who was living at Fred Knighthart's, received a severe sunstroke. She rema ined insensible until 4 o’clock. She was under the shade of a tree at work at the time, but the heat was too much for her even there.
The Storm
The Storm of Friday evening, July 12, was much more severe in Momence and vicinity than at Kankakee.
The barn of John Peter Johnson in Yellowhead was st ruck with lightning and consumed. His horses were in the pasture and he got out in safety most of the valuables in the barn. The barn was a small one and partly insured.
The lightning also struck the barn of H. H. Line in Momence and killed two work and two young horses that were in the barn, an d the barn was burned. Line was about four rods distant, and was seriously stunned. This was very hard on Line. He had taken the pledge and was doing his best to live a sober and industrious life. The killing of his hors es left him in very great straits. A subscription was circulated and liberall y signed to help him get a new team.
The wind leveled Dick Templeton's barn and totally demolished his wind mill, damaging him to the amount of $150 or $200.
The hawse in which Benj. Slater lives, owned by W. C. McElwain, was racked a good deal, the chimney blown down, a couple of the rafters broken and the inside deluged with water.
John Paradis' barn was also struck but not much inj ured.
(From the Grant Park News)
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Wm. Maas had a cow struck by lightning and killed. The lightning entered Wm. Meyers' barn in Sumner, killing four of his wor k horses. and damaging his barn to the amount of $25 or $30. Fred Hewsing and Carl Zimmerman’s corn cribs were blown off, and oats badly lodged. M r. Wm. Keeney and Dr. G. B. Hewett, each had a horse sunstruck last Wednesda y afternoon.
From the Reporter's account of the drowning of Laur a Myrick and Agnes Black we take the following:
On the last fourth day of July, Laura Frances Myric k, aged fourteen years, a daughter of Ulysses Myrick of Crete, came from her home in Crete to make a visit and spend her summer vacation at Cook Gambles on Mr. Singleton’s place, just over the state line in Indiana, on the north side of the Kankakee river.
Mrs. Cook Gamble is a daughter of Mr. Myrick.
Laura was to return on the 12th day of July, and di d return that day, but in a manner very different from what was anticipated by any one.
On the 11th day of July (last Thursday), Laura, wit h a little daughter of Irvin Hewes, who was also stopping at Mr. Gamble's and two daughters of Thomas Black, one of eighteen and the other, Agnes, aged thirteen, took their dinners, fishing tackle and books, and went t o Indian Town on the river, a distance of a mile and a half, to spend th e day and have a sort of a picnic. Mr. & Mrs. Gamble were very much opposed to their going at all, and particularly cautioned them not to go into the wate r.
About 1 o’clock word came that Laura and Agnes were both drowned. Mr. Gamble and Mr. Black, who both live in the same enc losure, and a Mr. Stowel who lives close by, at once went to the river where the girls were. There, a few rods below the ford, they found the bodies, one in about seven feet and the other in ten feet of water. Mr. Stowel being th e only swimmer among them. dove for the bodies and brought them to the shore, and they were at once taken to Mr. Gamble’s and duly laid out, and about midnight were packed in ice that had been procured from Momence.
HISTORY OF KANKAKEE COUNTY
Starting with this issue, we will be running the 19 06 History of Kankakee County. These pages will be included in our surname index at the back of each issue.
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PART I
GENERAL HISTORY
C H A P T E R I .
Typograph y—Six Hundred Fo r ty- th ree Square
Mi les—So i l and C l imate—Wate r ways—Kan -
kakee and Iroquois Rivers and Their Tributar ies—
Minerals—Timber—Eigh t S team and One
Electr ic In terurban Rai l road.
W i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n o f t w o c o n g r e s s i o n a l
townships missing from the extreme northwest
corner , Kankakee county is in the f orm o f a
parallelogram, extending about thirty-six miles
eas t and wes t , and about twen ty - f our m i l e s
no r th and sou th . I t s to ta l a r ea i s about s ix
hundred and forty-three square miles. Of the
seventeen townships within its borders, f ive of
them, Sumner, Rockvi l le, Manteno, Essex and
Sal ina have l imits corresponding to the boun-
daries of congressional districts.
Each cong ress iona l t o wnsh ip i s s i x m i l e s
square and is d iv ided into sections numbered
from one to th ir ty-s ix , the la t ter be ing in the
southeast corner o f the townsh ip . The d i f f e r -
e n t s u r v e y s h a v e p r od u c e d f r a c t i o n a l t o w n -
ships, the irregu lar i t ies genera l ly ex is t ing on
the north and west sides.
A cons iderab le po r t i on o f the land in Kan-
kakee county was at one t ime included in the
genera l c la ss i f i ca t ion o f "Swamp Land , " and
its redemption forms the most convincing proof
o f the genius and resource and inexhaustib le
pa t i enc e o f i t s p eop l e . No t on ly r emarkab le
f e r t i l i ty , bu t law and orde r have f o l lowed in
the wake of this undertaking, for prior to, and
f o r some yea rs a f t e r the o rgan i za t i on o f the
county, the swamp lands in its eastern part ad
j o in ing th os e o f W es t e r n Ind i ana , we r e th e
rendezvous of counterfeiters, horse thieves and
criminals in general, who remained practically
unmolested in their stronghold until the drain-
a g e o f th e s wa m p s ma d e an o r ga n i z e d c om -
munity possible.
SOIL AND CLIMATE.
From a point within , a few miles of the east-
ern to the western line, the county is under laid
with l imestone, which formation varies from a
few fee t to f rom for ty to s ix ty feet be low the
surface. Kankakee county land may be roughly
classif ied as to surface soil into three groups:
sand and marsh land , l igh t b lack so i l , and a
heavy back loam, the ]and increasing in value
i n t h e o r d e r o f m e n t i o n . T h e s a n d l a n d i s
a lway s f o und in l o w r i dg e s , c o ve r ed w i th a
growth of dif ferent varieties of oak, the ridges
s e p a r a t e d f r o m e a c h o t h e r b y s t r e t c h e s o f
h e a v y b l a c k m u c k . S a n d l a n d e x i s t s p r i n -
c ipa l l y in Pembroke townsh ip , in the sou th -
eastern par t o f the county , but there a lso is
a strip of this character from four to six miles
wide ex tend ing from the western border to a
p o in t a l i t t l e we s t o f th e c i t y o f Ka nkak ee .
W i th the exc ep t ion o f the sand land , and a
f ew spots near the r iver where the l imestone
formation is near the surface, the soi l o f Kan-
kakee county ranks with the most productive
in the s ta te , as shown by i ts un i formly h igh
prices of from $125.00 to $175.00 per acre. In
it are raised all those products common to the
North Temperate zone, and which admittedly
are the most substantial and li fe g iving of any
w h i c h c o m e f r o m t h e s o i l . T h e a m o u n t o f
rainfall is fully one-half less than in the south-
ern part of the state, and the average difference
in temperature is about 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
WATERWA YS .
T h e c o u n ty i s d r a in e d b y t h e K a n k a k e e
river and its numerous tributaries. This beau-
t i fu l s t ream, wh ich was the pr ide o f the Pot-
tawatomies and the sa lvat ion of the ear ly set-
t l e r s , p e r f o rms as nob le a m iss ion today a s
when the whisperings of the great spirit brooded
over i ts waters . I ts source is in the marshes
o f No r th we s t e r n In d ian a , and i t e n t e r s the
county about midway of i ts eastern l ine, f low-
ing in an irregular southwesterly d irect ion to a
p o in t n e a r A r o m a , h a l f wa y b e t w e e n th e
eastern and western boundaries, and about four
miles from the southern l ine. Here i t is augu-
mented by the Iroquois, a muddy stream also
having i ts r ise in the marshes of the Hoos ier
state, and with it takes its way north and west
to the ex treme sou thwestern corner o f Rock-
v i l le township, where i t transfers i ts benef ic-
ence to Will county, and later joins the Illinois
o n i t s wa y t o th e M i s s i s s i p p i . F r o m th e I n -
d iana to the Rockvi l le township l ine the Kan-
kakee, like all elements of splendid usefulness,
draws to itself innumerable recruits, r ivulets,
creeks and runs adding their strength and en-
couragement, unti l the whole organized force
becomes as sat is fy ing and grateful waterway,
and a na tura l out le t fo r the dra inage o f the
fert i le prair ie lands. In common with the rest
of the state, a remarkable feature of the county
is the almost entire absence of natura l lakes
and ponds. However, on the south side of the
river towards the southern boundary, artesian
water is found at a fair average depth.
MINERALS.
The minera l productions of the county are
not unimportant. Potter's clay exists in many
sections, and a valuable strata of the clay is
found a t Kankakee c i ty , Grant Park and S t .
Anne , r e s u l t ing in e x tens iv e t i l e and b r i ck
manufactor ies at these centers. The manufac-
ture o f l ime fo rms a cons iderab le source o f
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r e v e n u e a n d th e d e p o s i t s o f l im e s t o n e a r e
increasing ly used for ba l last and macadamiz-
i n g . K a n k a k e e s t o n e h a s l o n g h a d a w i d e
reputa t ion. I t abounds in la rge quant i t ies a t
Kankakee city, and is used in many of the pub-
l ic and private bui ldings throughout this and
a d j o i n i n g c o u n t i e s . T h e c o a l f i e l d s i n t h e
western portion of the county are dest ined to
become more and more important as their re-,
sources are developed and their present value
even cannot be over-estimated. They are being
steadily and easily worked and are very productive.
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TIMBER.
I n th e e a r l y c l a y s th e p r e p o n d e r a t in g r e -
source of the county was its timber, and while
the mi les o f wooded lands sk irt ing the r ivers
and s tr eams in la rg e measure have been de-
nuded, there sti l l remains large tracts of oak,
e lm , ash , h i ckory , wa lnut , map le and o the r
hard woods, with an occasional group of p ine
and cedar, along the rocky banks of the river.
Few states in the union have a greater variety
of t imber than Illinois, and of all its counties,
none have been more richly endowed than Kan-
kakee.
RAILROADS.
The pony of the Indian and prairie schooner o f
the p ionee r have been supp lan ted by the
eight steam and one electric railroad which tra-
verse the county. Those operated by steam in-
clude the I l l inois Central and its branch, the
Kankakee &Southwestern; the Cleveland, Cin-
cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, and the Kankakee
& Seneca, both operated by the Big Four; The
Ind iana , I l l ino is & I owa ; the Ch icago South-
ern, Chicago & Eastern I l l inois , Wabash, and
the I l l ino i s , I owa & Minneso ta . The e l e c t r i c
line, connecting Kankakee and Chicago, is being
constructed by the Chicago Southern Traction
Company. Another electric l ine, the Kankakee
R ive rv iew In terurban , wh ich is p ro j ec ted to
run from Kankakee to Momence and St Anne
by way of Wa ldron, is sa id to have been suc-
c e s s f u l l y f ina nc ed and w i l l b e b u i l t in th e ,
spring of 1906.
618 H IS T O R Y O F K A N K A K E E C O U N T Y .
CHAPTER I I .
Discovery of the Kankakee by Cavalier De La
Salle—The Pottawatomies, the Original In-
habi tants—History of Noted Indian Chiefs.
" A l i t t l e o ve r t wo h u nd red yea r s a go , t h a t i n t r e p i d e x p l o r e r o f t h e W i l d e r n e s s , a s t h e Wes te rn co nt i nen t t hen was , t he Cava l i e r De La Sa l le , wi t h t he purpose o f d iscover ing the o u t l e t o f t he g rea t M iss i ss ip p i , o rgan i zed an exped i t io n to co me b y way o f t he lakes f ro m F o r t N i a g a r a a s f a r a s wa t e r p a s s a g e c o u l d be found, thence to proceed over land unt i l the r i v e r wa s r e a c h e d . W i t h g r e a t l a b o r a n d a t much expense he constructed a ship, cal led the Gr i f f in , fo r that purpose, and in the la t ter par o f 1679 se t sa i l fo r Green Bay. Th i r t y s turd y adventurers were on board wi th him, and whi le the shore o f the lake recedes f rom the i r s ight , ma ss was sa id and the Te Deum s un g . Crud e indeed must have been th is hast i ly constructed c ra f t as compared wi th the beaut i fu l s teamers tha t no w p l y t ho se same wa ter s . Labor io us l y and s lo wly they mo ved a long, and la te in t he fa l l o f t ha t ' year t he en t rance o f t he b ay was m a d e . T h e y d i d n o t g o f u r t h e r t h a n t h e P o t t a w a t o m i e i s l a n d s . W h a t t h e y s a w a n d wha t t hey tho ugh t we kno w b u t l i t t le o f , b u t we c a n we l l i m a g i n e t h e c o u r a g e t h a t m u s t have been the i rs , s imply for the love o f adven-ture and the reputat ion for d iscovery in exp lo -r a t i o n , t h u s t o h a v e en t e r ed t h e w i l d s o f a n u n k n o wn c o u n t r y , p e o p l e d b y a s a v a g e a n d barbarous race. Among the company were two who have became h is to r ic personages—Tonty a n d H e n n e p i n . O n r e a c h i n g G r e e n B a y , L a Sa l l e l and ed h i s me n and un lo ad ed h i s sh ip , and placing on board a cargo of furs, purchased f ro m the Ind ians , he sent her on a re turn t r ip to Niagara."
"P ro v id ing h i mse l f w i t h cano es , he l o ad ed t h e o u t f i t a n d h i s m e n i n t o t h e m , a n d c o m -m e n c e d t h e d e s c e n t o f L a k e M i c h i g a n , a n und er tak ing tha t no w one who wo u ld engage in would be ca l led foo lhardy in the ex t reme. Down i ts western shore they padd led, reached a n d d o u b l e d i t s s o u t h e r n e x t r e m i t y . A t t h e month o f the r i ver St . Joseph they ha l ted, and wai ted for the re turning of the Gri f f in in va in,
employing the i r t ime in the bui ld ing o f a fo r t . H i s men recup e ra ted , La Sa l l e o nce mo re , i n t h e ca no e s , p ro ceed ed up t he S t . J o sep h to a point near where South Bend, Ind. , now stands. L i f t i ng the i r canoes f ro m the wa te r and p lac i ng the m o n the i r b acks , ac ro ss the co un t r y they marched, ted iously and pat ient ly, unt i l a t length the i r sp i r i t s were cheered b y the s ight o f f lowing waters ; and now, for the f i r s t t ime, t he e ye s o f wh i te me n b e he ld t h e Ka nk a kee . On i ts p lac id and c lear waters the i r boats were once again launched, and a l l aboard. The f i r s t o f December , 1679, found them gl id ing down the r i ve r on which we no w l i ve , and o f wh ich we fee l so just ly proud."
"The d is tance be tween the R iver S t . Joseph and the Lake o f t he Kankakee, west o f So u th Bend , a t t ha t t ime , was b ut two mi l es , and i t i s known that a t one t ime, about 1832, a cana l wa s d ug f r o m th i s l a ke to t he r i ve r , t h ro ugh wh ic h s u f f i c i e n t wa te r f l o wed to r u n a m i l l . Hennep in , in h is memoi rs , says o f the ground between the r iver and the lake, that the ground was so marshy tha t i t cou ld scarce l y ho ld t he weight o f a person walk ing upon i t ; that a t the h ead o f t h i s l a ke was a n I nd ia n v i l l a ge , and o n a r r i v i n g a t wh i c h t h e y f o u n d t h e p o r t a g e had b een ma d e w i t ho u t sc a rce l y k no wi n g i t , a s t h e c o u n t r y w a s a l l n e w a n d s t r a n g e t o t he vo ya ge r s . T he y mar k ed th e t r ee s a s t he y passed a long, to serve as a guide to those who s h o u l d f o l l o w a f t e r t h e m . ' T h e y f o u n d h e r e p i les o f bones o f wi ld an ima ls , and cano es o f s k i n s m a d e b y t h e I n d i a n s , w i t h w h i c h t o c ro ss the r i ve r . Hennep in descr ib es the l and . o f the head waters o f the Kankakee as be ing so marshy tha t , had i t no t been fo r the f rost tha t ha rd e ned th e g ro u nd , t he r e wo u ld ha ve b een grea t d i f f icu l ty to land the i r canoes and f ind a sui tab le carmping p lace. They wrote le t ters and t ied them to the t rees to g ive the fo l lowers o f La Sal le, whom they expected, information and i n s t r u c t i o n s . I t i s s u p p o s e d t h a t wh i l e i t i s poss ib l y t r ue no wh i te man ever p receded La Sal le in the pass ing o f th is por tage, yet i t was p e r f e c t l y we l l k n o wn t o h i m t o e x i s t , a s h i s who le exped i t ion seems to have been p lanned w i t h r e fe r e n c e t o i t , a n d n o c h a n c e b r o u g h t h im to the mouth o f the St . Joseph, and thence down to South Bend ."
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" T he P o r t a g e o f t h e ' K a n k a k e e i s f a r n o r r s wi th h is to r ica l remin iscences, and to the vo y-age r s o f s ub s eq u e n t ye a rs a f fo rd a c ho i c e o f
routes to the Wabash and to the Ill inois country,. as the route by the Tippecanoe to the one, and by the Chicago creel : to the other, in the dry season, necessitated long and tedious portages.
"Lingering in the Kankakee Valley, tc, enjoy i t s beau t y , and th e g ame and f i s h the r e s o plentiful , i t was January, 1680, when La Sal le r e a ch ed t h e l a k e o f t h e I l l i no i s r i v e r . H e w en t n o f a r t h e r t h a t y e a r . S t o pp i n g l o n g enough to bui ld a fort , and garr isoning i t , he returned by way of the r iver , to a point near where the Kankakee empties into the Il l inois , where, probably , the r iver be ing impeded by ice , he lef t h is canoes and trave led over land through what is now Will county, back to the fort on the St . Joseph. In his subsequent passages through the country , La Sa l le kept far the r to the wes t , mov ing up and c lown the Desplaines river, and, with one exception, it is not until the Nineteenth century that we have an y r e co rd t h a t a wh i t e man e ve r s aw th i s va l ley from the t ime La Sa l le l as t beheld i t—nearly one hundred and fifty years—though it is quite probable that, of the many fur traders tha t f i l l ed the wes t a t the beg inn ing of th i s century, some must have been there."
"September 17, 1721, Father Charlevoix made the descent of the Kankakee , and g ives a de-scription of its source and surroundings, much the same as did Hennepin."
THE POTTAWATOMIES.
"There were found here by the f i rs t wh i le set t lers , as the owners of the soi l , the Potta-watomies. They were the first great Algonquin family. In the early enumeration of the tr ibes by the Jesuits , the Ottawa are ment ioned as s p e ak i n g t h e pu r e A l gonqu i n d i a l e c t . The Ottawas, Ojibewas, Algonquins and Pottawato-mies , while speaking d i fferent languages , yet were so near a l l i ed tha t i t h as been s a id by Mr. Gal lat in that they were rather dialects of the same language than as dist inct languages . This opinion was arr ived at by Mr. Gal la t in af ter a sc ient i f i c ana lys is of a l l of them, and confirmatory of this opinion, in the treaty at Chicago, in 1821, different chiefs of the Chip-pewas, Pottawatomies and Otta_c •as made the dec larat ion that they were one and the same people and had been so regarded by the fathers of the tr ibes , and that a separat ion had taken place many years before at Michilimacinac, of which there was a well authenticated tradition. There i s good evidence that they were much al ike, in dress, customs and manners . In 1680 they had not yet -19-
come to the Kankakee country , but dwel t on the i s lands at the entrance of Green Bay , and La Sa l l e found none of them here. The Jesuit relations mention them as ear ly as 1639 and 1640, as dwel l ing to the nor th of Huron l ake , and l a te r a s be ing fa r ther down on the coas t of Lake Michigan. Their character i s t ics a t that t ime were great hunters and f i shers and of war l ike bear ing ; possessing a country adapted to the rais ing of Indian corn, of which they cul t ivated a great deal; idolaters of the strongest type, with many foolish stories ; polygamous, yet revering their wives and daughters more than the other na t ions about them; and to the French the f irmest of friends; hospitable to strangers in such a degree as to make them an exception."
"In 1721, Charlevoix says that they had but a foothold left at Green Bay, but had vi l lages on the St. Joseph and at Detroit, whither they had come and located, it is presumed from the mos t au thent i c da ta , about twenty years previous ly. Their polygamous habi ts soon mult iplied their tribe, until ; spreading southerly and westerly, they occupied about all Northwestern Ind iana and Nor thern I l l ino i s , and were in undisputed possess ion here at the earl ies t sett lement. The women did al l of the work, and cult ivated corn and such vegetables as beans , p e a s , me l on s and t h e l i k e . The men s p en t the ir t ime in hunt ing and f ishing . Both sexes d isplayed great tas te in dress and ornamentation, both in the painting of their persons and the decoration of their robes, using a great deal of vermi l ion. They s l id not separate into d i f f e r en t t r i b e s , a s d i d o t h e r n a t i on s , bu t r emained one great family."
"They r ema ined the fa i thfu l a l l i e s o f the French unt i l the ir overthrow by the Engl ish , in 1712, resetting the French, at Detroit, from their bes ieg ing enemies . In the war of the Revolution they fought with the Brit ish army, although they had previously fought with Pontiac against the English, and their war part ies raided settlements in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In the massacre of Chicago, in 1812, they were the principal actors; bands coming f rom the S t . Jos eph , Kankakee and Il l inois countries , composed _of the wildest ,
BOOKS IN GENEALOGICAL ROOM - KANKAKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Section 7 (Yellow) - Ethnic Materials (continued from Vol. 22 #3)
SLOVAK:
Wellauer, Maralyn A.; "Tracing Your Czech and Slovak Roots" 1980.
SPANISH:
Beers, Henry Putney; "Spanish and Mexican records of the American Southwest; a bibliographical guide to Archive and manuscript sources" University of Arizona Press, 1979.
SWEDISH:
Evjen, John 0.; "Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674" Genealogical Publishing Co., 1972.
Swedes in America, 1638-1938" Yale University Press, 1938.
SWISS:
Ackles, Cheri; "Encyclopedia of Local History and Genealogy" Swiss Surname Index Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1980.
Kuhns, Oscar; "German and Swiss Settlements of Colonial Pennsylvania" Reprinted by Gale Research, 1979.
Suess, Jared H.; "Handy Guide to Swiss Genealogical Records" Everton Publishers, 1978.
Wellauer, Maralyn A.; "Tracing your Swiss Roots" 1979.
Thode, Ernest; "Genealogical Gazetteer of Alsace-Lorraine" Heritage House, 1986.
Section 8 - Passenger & Immigration (Dk. Blue)
Baca, Leo; "Czech Immigration Passenger Lists" Old Homestead Publ. Co., 1985. 2 Volumes.
Burgert, Annette K.; "Century of Emigration from Affoltern Am Albis, Canton Zurich, Switzerland" AKB Publications, 1984.
Coldham, Peter; "Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660" Genealogical Publ. Co., 1987.
Coldham, Peter; "Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775" Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988.
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Coldham, Peter; "English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660" Genealogical Publ. Co., 1984,
"Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants who s ettled in America" Edited by Samuel Urisperger, Volume 3 (1736), Volume 4 (17 37) and Volume 5 (1738).
"Emigrants from Eppingen to America in the Eighteen th and Nineteenth Centuries" Annette Burgert, Compiler, AKB Publicati ons, 1987.
"German Immigrants: Lists of passengers bound from New York, 1847-1854" Compiled by Gary Zimmerman, Genealogical Publ. Co., 1985.
"German Immigrants: Lists of passengers bound from Bremen to New York, 1855-1862" Genealogical Publication Co., 1986.
"German Immigrants: Lists of passengers bound from Bremen to New York, 1863-1867" Compiled by Gary Zimmerman, Genealogical Publications Co,, 1988.
Handlin, Oscar; "Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1865" Ha rvard University Press, 1941.
Heisey, John W.; "American Migration Guide" Heritag e House, 1985.
Hume, Robert; "Early Child Immigrants to Virginia, 1618-1642" Copied from the records of Bridwell Royal Hospital, Magna Carta Boo k Co., 1986.
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ESSEX ETCHINGS - 1878
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, September 12, 1878.
The German camp meeting was largely attended: quite a goodly number embraced religion, and others who had grown cold and indifferent were set upon the solid rock. There were thirteen ministers in attendance. Bishop Yakel also favored us with his presence and delivered an able sermon on Sunday morning. There were 23 tents on the ground. The meeting closed on Wednesday morning, and those who had taken an active part went away feeling amply rewarded for all their trouble, and a unanimous vote was given for another camp meeting next fall.
Wm. H. Corkill, who went West last winter, and traveled through Kansas and a portion of Nebraska, is now numbered with the dead. He had bought a farm near Frith, Neb., and was making preparations for his folks, who contem-plated going out next winter. Willie was in his 23d year and was highly respected by all his acquaintances, and his folks are sorely grieved at the
loss of their son and brother. His disease was brain fever. His remains were interred in Nebraska.
PILOT PENCIL POINTS - 1878
Taken from The Kankakee Gazette, September 12, 1878.
Mr. John Brazier who has been suffering from chills and fever, is able to be around, but unable to attend to his daily work as yet.
Mr. Wm. Stowits is suffering from asthma, which troubles him very much at this time of the year, commencing about the twentieth of August and lasting from four to six weeks.
Mr. John S. Brazier intends leaving on Tuesday for Paw Paw, Mich., where he will attend school the coming winter.
We learn that the laying out of town lots at the station is to begin today. John R. Griffin intends putting up the first building, which will be used for a blacksmith shop.
It is reported that the name of the new station is to be Herscherville. If
so we are truly sorry, as many others. Let it be Pilot, or rather Pilot Centre, and we will be content.
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, PILOT
The photographs on the following two pages are from the Zion Lutheran Church in Pilot Township, Kankakee County, Illinois.
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SURNAME INDEX — VOLUME 22, NO. 4
Ackles 2G Corlett 4. 10 Hebert 4
Ainsworth 12 Cote 8 Heisey 21
Allard 12 Croxen 8 Hertz 11 Allen 11. 26 Culver 9 Hess 12
Amsden 8 Darby 8 Hewes 4,14,25,26
Anderson 10. 25 Daum 4 Hewett 14
Anderson 25 Davis 10. 25 Hlbbs 5, 27
Argle 8 Dean 9 Hills 26
Armitage 11 Decker 4 Hoffman 4
Armstrong 13 Delaude 9 Holshauser 12
Atwood 4 Delude 4 Horcester 5
Rubin 8 Demers 8 Houde 4, 7 Audette 9 Denault 9 Houle 4
Ayot 8 Deneault 4 Hume 21
Babcock 9 Deshornais 8 Hunold 12
Babcox 4 Deveraux 7 Huot 4
Baca 20 Dickson 11. 13 Hyer 13
Baker 4. 25, 26 Dole 8 Ingram 9
Barr 4 Donahue 9 Inks 27 Barrlere 5, 7 Drasey 5 Jackson 9
Barton 26 Dresi/Drazy 7 Johnson 13 Bateman 15 Druner 12 Jones 5. 10
Baudet 8 Dymark 8 Kane 5
Beaumont 12 Eberhardt 4 Kenaga 15
Beausoleil 5. 7 Egan 9. 13 Kittoe 10 Beauvais 4 Elliott 4 Knoedla 5 Beauvois 9 Ely 27 Kohl 5
Bedard 9 Evjen 20 Kroll 4
Beebe 10 Fern 10 Kuhns 20
Beers 20 Fogleman 25 Lafond 4
Beland 5 Forbes 5 Lagesse 4
Bergeron 8. 9 Fortin 4 Lalande 8 Bernier 8 Freise 8 Lamarre 5, 7
Berns 5 Frith 10 Lambert 5> 9
Besse 9 Funk 9 Lamport 13
Bessette 8 Gallatin 19 Lamski 5, 27, 28 Betz 23 Gamble 14 Lancaster 4
Biaskl 8 Gates 5 Lane 26
Bilyard 9 Gautheir 8 Lanouse 9 Bissette 9 Gauthier 4 LaPlante 4
Black 14 Gautier 9 Lebean 8
Blank 8 Gay 10. 12 Lefebvre 8
Bloodgood 25 Genest 8 Lemon 4 Boisvert 4 Gervats 9 Leroux 4, 7
Boucher 8 Gillet 8 Letourneau 15 Boudreau 4. 8 Gilmore 5 Leveaque 9
Brazier 9. 22 Girard 4 Lockwood 9 Briggs 26 Goodreau 8 Logan 9
Brosseau 4, 9. 18 Graham 9 Lonaavine 10
Brown 25 Grant 7 Longbottom 4
Buck 4 Green 5 Look 12 Burgert 20, 21 Griffin 22 Looker 13
Burgiss 9 Grinnell 11. 12 Lucier 9
Bydalek 8 Guimond 9 Luther 12
Calef 26 Haines 9 Lynds 12
Carter 8 Hall 9 Maas 14 Charlevoix. 19 Halper 5 MacChesney 4
Chartier 9 Handlin 21 Marcotte 8 Childers 9 Hanson 4. 12 Marlon 4
Childs 10 Hardesty 27 Marsolais 4
Chobar 10 Hatch 9 Martin 9
Christian 4 Hauert 4 Martineau 5 Clemens 8 Hawkers 13 Mau 24
Coldham 20. 21 Hayhurst 5. 8. 27, 28 McColl 8
Cordes 5 Hays 9 McCoy 9
Corkill 22 Heaton 26 McElvaln 8
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Surname Index (contd.)
McElwain 13 Scott 25
McWhater 4 Seberly 8 Meeling 11 Secor 8 Melby 12 Selby 15 Mercure 4 Seymour 5 Messier 9 Shreffler 10
Michel 7 Sides 25 Miller 8 Singleton 14 Mitchell 4, 27 Slater 13
Montieth it Smith 4, 11, 12, 21 Monty 4 Snyder 9 Moreau 8 Souligny 4 Morin 5. 8 Spencer 27, 28
Morin 8 St. John 5, 10, 27 Morrell 5 Starkey 5, 27 Morrical 4. 5 Steuber 12
Morrical 5 Stevens 5, 27 Morton 9 Stiles 8 Mull 25 Stocka 5 Myrick 14 Stowits 22 Needham 10 Struder 8
Neveau 4 Strunk 5 O'Brien 9 Stubblefield 4 Oertlin 23 Suess 20 Ormsby 26 Swan 8 Paddock 10 Szozech 8 Palmer 4, 8 Tanner 8
Palmer 8 Taylor 4, 8 Paradis 13 Templeton 13 Parish 12 Tetrault 4 Park 25 Teverbaugh 4
Pelletier 5 Thibodeau 4 Peopper 8 Thise 5 Perreault 9 Thode 20 Picard 4 Thompson 4, 25 Pierre 5 Tony 9 Pilotte 9 Torongeau 8 Piper 24 Toupin 27 Plante 4 Tourcastle 12
Pommier 10 Tremblay 4 Porter 5 Urisperger 21 Post 9. 10 Vernier 7 Post 10 Vinet 4 Pottenger 10 Wallace 5 Pratt 13 Warner 27 Putnam 12 Warriner 10, 12 Puzey 8 We]lauer 20 Racette 4 Wells 4, 8 Rainford 4 West 8 Ranglll 28 Wheeler 4 This index Raymond 9 White 4 does not Reausolich 7 Wiley 1l, 12 include Reed 8, 13 Williams 26 Pages 2 Regner 9 Wilson 12 and 3. Reinhard 24 Wiltfong 8 Rice 9 Winterroth 23 Roe 25 Witthoft 23
Rudd 28 Wolcott 25 Ruger 12 Wood 10 Salazar 7 Woodcock 25, 26 Sampse 4 Worcester 12 Samuelson 21 Wright 4, 7, 25 Savoie 4 Wrolson 5, 7 Schenk 21 Yoder 21
Schrlber 4 Zimmerman 14, 21 Schuller 8
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