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
Bedford Elizabeth 115 PF
Bellinger Elizabeth 1040 BS
Bellinger Elizabeth 890 KK
Benson Elizabeth 127 PF
Benthien Elizabeth 803, 804, 807 BS
Bentley Elizabeth 909 KK
Blythe Elizabeth 37 MC
Boda Elizabeth 362 KW
Bop Elizabeth 988 BS
Brackett Elizabeth 988 KK
Braddock Elizabeth 988 KK
Broadbent Elizabeth 90D; 92B JO
Broadbent Elizabeth 896, 982 KK
Broadbent Elizabeth 134, 135, 355 KW
Brown Elizabeth 624 KW
Bushnell Elizabeth 812, 931 BS
Bushnell Elizabeth 184 HI
Bushnell Elizabeth 69A JO
Bushnell Elizabeth 2, 5 LP
Bushnell Elizabeth 8 RL
Campbell Elizabeth 87 PF
Christian Elizabeth 967 KK
Christianson Elizabeth 100E JO
Christianson Elizabeth 644 KW
Clagett Elizabeth 979 KK
Clark Elizabeth 21 OS
Clark Elizabeth 121 PF
Clayton Elizabeth 85 PF
Cochran Elizabeth 922 KK
Coller Elizabeth 97F JO
Condon Elizabeth 89 PF
Cook Elizabeth 966 BS
Cook Elizabeth 55A; 92D JO
Cooney Elizabeth 97B JO
Cooney Elizabeth 919 KK
Crumpton Elizabeth 920 KK
Daley Elizabeth 27 NS
Darnell Elizabeth 972, 973, 974 BS
Darnell Elizabeth 84F JO
Darnell Elizabeth 895 KK
Davis Elizabeth 26 NS
Davis Elizabeth 94D JO
Denner Elizabeth 988 KK
Dolan Elizabeth 119 PF
Donahue Elizabeth 125 PF
Doran Elizabeth 802 BS
Eagle Elizabeth 33 MC
Eastman Elizabeth 82C JO
Esch Elizabeth 803 BS
Esch Elizabeth 147 OS
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