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
Wills Mr. 36 NS
Wilmarth J. M. 86 NS
Wilmarth John 83 NS
Winchell G. W. 60 NS
Winchell Mr. 14 NS
Winchester Thomas, Rev. 52 NS
Windahl A. E., Rev. 54 NS
Wing Jennie 86, 87 NS
Wing Miss 86 NS
Wissmiller Bill 24 NS
Wissmiller Cheryl 7, 8, 129 NS
Wissmiller Pat 24 NS
Wohlfert Donna 24 NS
Wojak Richard 27 NS
Wollenweber Judy 24 NS
Wollenweber Norma 24 NS
Worby Graydon 43 NS
Worsley Fred 14 NS
Worsley Mabel 28 NS
Worsley Mabel L. 123 NS
Worsley Maud E. 123 NS
Worsley Maude 28 NS
Worsley Mr. 78 NS
Worsley O. G. 60 NS
Worsley Otto 14 NS
Worst James 26 NS
Worst John 27 NS
Worst Lisah 26 NS
Wright Edward 60 NS
Wunder Addie 31 NS
Wunder Cliff 66 NS
Wunder George 61, 74 NS
Wunder Mr. 74 NS
Wunder Paul 61 NS
Wunder William 14, 66, 123 NS
Young Matt 44 NS
Zamora J. F., Dr. 49, 136 NS
Ziemba Chris 37 NS
Zink Beverly 24 NS
Zink Richard 24 NS
Zitt Don 27 NS
Zitt John 27 NS
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