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
Jeter Gideon 252, 253 KW
Kennedy Gideon 883 BS
Kennedy Gideon 106 GF
Taylor Gideon 679 BS
Taxis Gideon R. 844 KK
Jacobs Gil 70 NS
Jarman Gil 80 OS
Blankenship Gilbert 23, 33, 34, 38 NS
Budd Gilbert 957 BS
Budd Gilbert 838 KK
Collins Gilbert 119 OS
Collins Gilbert 193 PF
Cooper Gilbert 44 GF
DeLong Gilbert 90 PF
Edgerton Gilbert 205 HI
Fowler Gilbert 877 BS
Fowler Gilbert 280 HI
Fowler Gilbert 903 KK
Gaylord Gilbert 690 BS
Gilbertson Gilbert 96 PF
Hartnett Gilbert 26 NS
Henning Gilbert 67D; 68C JO
Hextell Gilbert 101 PF
Hinman Gilbert 177 YO
Jameson Gilbert 860 KK
Ketchum Gilbert 776 BS
LaSuer Gilbert 985 BS
LaSuer Gilbert 370 HI
Lester Gilbert 800 BS
Peterson Gilbert 1034 BS
Peterson Gilbert 118, 157 PF
Ringberg Gilbert 121, 199 PF
Scott Gilbert 113 PF
Lester Gilbert (B.) 237, 297 HI
Lester Gilbert B. 220 HI
Lester Gilbert B., MD 79 GF
Morton Gilbert C. 323 HI
Henning Gilbert D. 54 GF
Henning Gilbert D. 67C; 82A JO
Henning Gilbert D. 880 KK
Henning Gilbert D., Jr. 82A JO
Henning Gilbert D., Jr. 883 KK
Henning Gilbert D., Jr. 643 KW
Henning Gilbert Denslo 880 KK
Henning Gilbert Denslow 877 BS
Henning Gilbert Denslow 67C; 81F; 82A; 85D; 87A; 87D JO
Henning Gilbert Denslow 642, 643 KW
Henning Gilbert F. 999 BS
Henning Gilbert F. 81F JO
Henning Gilbert F. 868 KK
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