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
Brown John 734, 778, 952, 953 BS
Brown John 215, 359 HI
Brown John 244 HI
Brown John 63B; 76G JO
Brown John 825, 878, 879 KK
Browne John 954 BS
Browne John 877 KK
Brydon John 787 BS
Budd John 957, 958 BS
Budd John 95B; 95C JO
Budd John 838, 841 KK
Buffham John 779 BS
Buffham John 340 HI
Bull John 979 BS
Bull John 68 GF
Bullard John 166 FA
Bullard John 54B; 70D; 71A JO
Bunn John 1043 BS
Bunn John 907 KK
Bunyon John 774 BS
Burbank John 333 HI
Burhite John 842 KK
Burke John 782 BS
Burke John 367 HI
Burkhart John 960 BS
Burkhart John 79C JO
Burkhart John 78 OS
Burns John 815, 1072 BS
Burton John 154, 170 HI
Busey John 669 BS
Bush John 776 BS
Bush John 334 HI
Byrne John 783, 784 BS
Byrne John 364, 368 HI
Caldwell John 698 BS
Campbell John 905, 910, 1005 BS
Campbell John 150 HI
Campbell John 77F JO
Canham John 11, 23, 37 MC
Canon John 902 KK
Carey John 775 BS
Carlson John 102 YO
Carney John 76 OS
Carr John 25 NS
Carroll John 96 GF
Carson John 782 BS
Carson John 343 HI
Cary John 320 HI
Casler John 960 BS
Cass John 120 PF
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