Index to Biographical Directories & Histories

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This database is an index that includes every name found in the fourteen biographical directories, county histories and town histories, listed below, pertaining to Kendall County, Illinois. You can use this information to lookup actual references in these source documents. They are typically avialable on microfilm through inter-library loans.  Please check with your local library.

Source CodeSource
BS Bateman, Norman & Paul Selby, editors. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois & History of Kendall County. With special authors and contributors. Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co., (1914) Two volumes, 1078 pages.
FA Farren, Kathy, editor. A Bicentennial History of Kendall County, Illinois. Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Bicentennial Commission, (1976) 314 pages.
GF Biographical Directory of Kendall County, Illinois. Chicago: Fisher & Co., (1876) 114 pages.
HI Hicks, Edmund W., Reverend. History of Kendall County, Illinois: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time. Aurora, IL: Knickerbocker & Hodder, (1877) 439 pages
JO Johnson, Oliver C. and Anna French Johnson. Atlas and History of Kendall County, Illinois. Maps and Plats, Biographies and Special Features. Elmhurst, IL: Friendly Map & Publishing Co., (1941) 112 pages.
KK Durant, Pliny A, et al. Commemorative Portrait & Biographical Record of Kane & Kendall Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Beers, Leggett & Co., (1888) 999 pages.
KW Genealogical & Biographical Record of Kendall & Will Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co., (1901) 670 pages.
LP Shufelt, Mrs. John L. When Lisbon Was A Prairie. Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Record, (1917) 13 pages.
MC Rasmusen, Honor Brodie. History of the Millington Methodist Church and Community 125th Anniversary 1833-1958. Publisher not given, (l958) 48 pages.
NS Newark Sesquicentennial Committee. Newark's Sesquicentennial History: A Community Proud of Its Heritage 1835-1985. Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Record (1985) 139 pages.
OS Oswego Sesquicentennial Days Steering Committee, Roger Matile, editor. 150 Years Along the Fox: The History of Oswego Township Illinois. Oswego Sesquicentennial - 150 Years - 1833-1983. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., (1983) 191 pages.
PF Prairie Farmer's Reliable Directory of Farmers & Breeders Grundy & Kendall Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Prairie Farmer Publishing Co., (1917) 221 pages.
RL Lisbon Pioneer Days Book Committee. Roads To Lisbon…Past and Present, A collection of Biographical Sketches. Prepared for the 150th Anniversary of the settling of Lisbon (IL). Yorkville, IL: Kendall County Record, (1985) 112 pages.
YO Lucinda Tio and Kathy Farren, A History of Yorkville, Illinois 1836-1986. Published for Yorkville's Sesquicentennial, (1986) 220 pages.

 

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SurnameGiven NamePageCode
SurnameGiven NamePageCode
Lamphear Sarah 982 KK
Lamphear William 982 KK
Lampson Mrs. 880 BS
Lamsett Basil 647 BS
Lamsett Basil 11 GF
Lamsett Peter 46 FA
Lamson Susan 265 HI
Lancaster Dale 298 FA
Landers Buck 840 BS
Landers Carl 107 PF
Landers Caro (Reimenschneider) 107 PF
Landers Esther 107 PF
Landers J. 55 GF
Landers J. F. 107, 148, 151, 154 PF
Landers James 782 BS
Landers James 354 HI
Landers Lucy M. (Aulwurm) 107 PF
Landers Miss 806 BS
Landers Mr. 805 BS
Landers Myrtle 107 PF
Landers Norma 107 PF
Landers Verne 107 PF
Landers Waldemar 107 PF
Landerson Clia 219 FA
Landerson Clia 206 HI
Landis Donald R. 277 FA
Landon N., Mrs. 79B JO
Landon S. C. 136 FA
Landon Walter O. 775 BS
Landon Walter O. 361 HI
Lane Ackley 806 BS
Lane Alonzo W. 136 FA
Lane Charles E. 845, 874 BS
Lane Daniel 910 BS
Lane David 895 KK
Lane Denise 25 NS
Lane E. M., Mrs. 107 GF
Lane Elizabeth 874 BS
Lane Elizabeth (Ballard) 895 KK
Lane Elvira 896 KK
Lane Emily 895 KK
Lane Emily J. (Kendrick) 901 KK
Lane Ertle 35 RL
Lane Esther 895 KK
Lane Frances E. 921 BS
Lane Frances E. 213 PF
Lane Francis 804, 813 BS
Lane G. W. 186 HI
Lane George 65, 95, 105 YO
Lane George M. 785 BS
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