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1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Knox County: A-D


Index to HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS AND KNOX COUNTY, Munsell Publishing Company, 1899.

This document was authored by Robert D. Miller, Edina, Minnesota.  It was completed on February 27, 2001.  It may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation without the prior written consent of the author.

The 1899 Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and Knox County was a subscriber publication.  That is, in most cases, only those Knox County residents who paid a subscription fee had their portrait and/or biography published in it.  This is an alphabetical index to the page numbers of all of the Knox County biographies and portraits published in the Encyclopedia.  It is NOT an index to every name in the book.  Only the primary name associated with each individual biography and portrait is listed.


Name Spouse(s) Biography Portrait
Adams, Alexander Frank - 845 -
Adams, Alfred G. Matilda Barden 895 -
Adams, Austin Susie Rafferty 882 -
Adams, William Henry Mary E. Jacobs 948 -
Adams, Wilson Rebecca J. Kerns [Kearns] 895 -
Adams, Wilson R. Sarelda J. Rusk 797 -
Adams, Ziba Lelilah Gulett 895 -
Aiken, Ezra D. - 763 -
Albro, Alexander W. Emily Spaulding 825 -
Allen, Judson Wright Nancy W. Kiger 802 799
Allen, Norman T. Amelia A. Kent 764 -
Allen, Wilford L. Gertrude L. Finley 806 -
Ames, Absalon Austin Ida A. Crall 764 -
Anderson A. W. Elsie Anderson 764 -
Anderson, Anders J. Margaret Olson 815 -
Anderson, Andrew Borland Mary A. McQuie 807 -
Anderson, Peter Elizabeth Carr 883 -
Anderson, Reuben Ballou Marrietta Grosscup 807 -
Anderson, Samuel Burns Irene F. Watts 902 900
Andrews, John Asa Jennie Reed 764 -
Andrews, John W. Elizabeth Scott 815 -
Anthony, Norman - 764 -
Appell, Charles Lawrence Johanna Sophia Anderson 825 -
Arbogast, Louis P. Esther E. Potter 959 954
Atherton, Fred Phebe White 825 -
Avery, John Louise Hull; Mrs. Esther (Thomas) Wingate 765 -
Avery, Robert H. - 765 -
Babcock, Josiah Catherine Wheeler 706 618
Baer, Eli F. Angie Waters 850 -
Baird, Benjamin P. Mary E. Oberholtzer; Josephine G. Gray 892 890
Baird, James Ogden Adelia J. Brown 895 -
Baird, John M. Florence R. Sumner 888 -
Baird, Leroy Joseph Mary H. Parker; Hannah A. Elliott 888 -
Baird, W. S. Clara I. Sherman 895 -
Baird, William H. Elizabeth Jane Farwell 893 892
Bannon, John F. Mary Hobbs; Amelia Mix 869 -
Barlow, Ames A. Celinda S. Hathaway 765 -
Barlow, Gideon A. Martha Peterson 821 818
Barrows, Robert P. wife1 ??; Mrs. Anna Grimm 928 -
Barry, James Frances Edwards 845 -
Bateman, Newton Sarah Dayton; Annie N. Tyler 37 3
Beals, John Ashley Jane E. Loveland 822 820
Beamer, Frank S. Mary E. England 881 880
Becker, Frederick Jane Hedstrom 835 -
Becker, John Mary J. Smith 830 -
Becker, Lewis Addie H. Rearick 869 -
Bellows, James Mary Weber 766 -
Bennett, Joseph Lois C. Wilcox 903 -
Benson, Tufve Catherine Ellison 845 -
Berger, Morris Jennie Riley 766 -
Berggren, August Werner Christina Naslund 707 620
Berglund, Albert E. - 766 -
Bird, William Benjamin Mary E. Bliss 962 -
Blanding, Marion J. S. Eliza Throop 766 -
Bliss, Clarence M. Ella B. Carroll 962 -
Bliss, Cyrus Angeline J. Smith 962 -
Boggs, James Buchanan Susan Cornelia Weeks 708 622
Boland, John Anna Olson 815 -
Booth, Jacob Malinda Housh; Edith Martin 948 -
Borrell, Christopher Hannah A. Rewland 870 -
Borrell, James Eva N. Roberts 911 -
Bowhay, D. L. M. A. Peck 896 -
Bowman, H. P. Anna Jacobs 766 -
Boyer, Aaron Elizabeth Buck; Sarah Harper; Julia E. Mitchell 709 624
Boyers, Bartholomew Minnie Carr 766 -
Bradley, William O'R. Margaret Rivers 767 -
Broadfield, Edward H. Mary J. Crandall 896 -
Brown, Charles M. Josie Pittard 807 -
Brown, Fred Smith Anna D. Robson 797 -
Brown, George M. Phoebe Swegle 935 -
Brown, George W. Maria T. Terpening 767 -
Brown, Jacob Edward Elizabeth M. Oakes 797 -
Brown, John Eliza Ann Cox 935 934
Brown, Samuel Elizabeth Miller 709 626
Bruner, Henry Matilda Claycomb; Mrs. Anna Clark 767 -
Buck, Frank Barbara C. Recker 870 -
Buckley, Robert Rolland Mary M. Carter; Alvira Charles; Hannah E. Miles 870 -
Bulson, Frederick Mary Hainline 830 -
Bunce James Harriet Nevil Ferris; Mary Ann Davis 767 -
Bunker, Dwight W. Mary Isabell Carpenter 710 628
Burgland, Nels M. Johanna Jacobson 768 -
Burkhalter, James L. Martha E. Adle 711 630
Burner, Milton D. Susanna C. Burns 917 -
Burnside, Isaac Libbie Pierce; Mrs. Susie (Soliday) Ruth 928 -
Burnside, Mark Maud Cranston 939 -
Burt, J. Calvin - 807 -
Butt, Charles N. Sarah S. Montgomery 870 -
Byers, Levi Knox Jennie Foster 815 -
Calkins, William Henry Anna Mahoney 768 -
Callender, Ira S. Alice B. Bassford 768 -
Callender, William Henry Smith Grace A. Packard 768 -
Cameron, William S. Margaret S. Davidson 769 -
Campbell, George Henry Mary A. Tiernay 845 -
Campbell, Orange Lowell Augusta Stowe Bull 866A 856
Carns, John Z. Nellie Pierce 870 -
Carr, Clark E. Grace Mills 711 632
Carson, Cyrus N. Ruth E. Bailey 870 -
Carter, D. M. L. J. Boggs 962 -
Carver, Edwin Nancy J. Van Buskirk 851 -
Cation, David C. Ella Barber 888 -
Cation, William Sarah A. Cowell 888 -
Caulkins, William Mary Ward; Mrs. Mary Briggs Runyon 870 -
Challman, George E. Anna Lind 815 -
Chalmers, George S. Adelia J. Copley 769 -
Chamberlain, F. H. Charlotte M. West 963 -
Chapin, Burrell N. C. Jane Culver 871 -
Chapin, Edward P. Carrie P. MacFillin 769 -
Charles, Alanson G. Lottie Rogers 861 860
Charles, George A. Pomelia Gardner; Doolinsky Post 871 860
Chase, Maurice James Lucy F. Crocker 713 638
Chelman, John Albert Anna Laurie Soles 826 -
Church, C. A. - 769 -
Churchill, George Clara A. Hurd; Ada H. Hayes; Ellen Sanborn Watkins 713 646
Clark, Frank Nelson Jennie R. Wilder 911 -
Clark, Merritt M. Celia A. Tinker 714 648
Clark, Newton G. Anna West 949 -
Clark, Salina E. [Selby] Franklin Thurman; Thomas A. Clark 903 -
Clay, Hiland Henry Jennie E. Clay 854 854
Clearwater, Abraham S. Margaret Jane McGregor 807 -
Cline, Albert J. - 769 -
Cole, Fred G. Ettie M. Tucker 888 -
Cole, I. Frank Martha Ann Nelson 889 -
Coleman, James wife1 ??; wife2 ??; Eliza Kane 831 -
Collinson, John Spare Mary E. Carver 822 820
Colton, Chauncey Sill Emily H. McLanathan 715 650
Colton, Octavius Jones Alice Lyon 769 -
Colville, Robert Weir Edith Wilbur Cole 769 -
Comstock, Milton Lemmon Cornelia Ann Churchill 716 652
Conger, John Newton Elizabeth Wheeler; Martha Courtwright 770 -
Conley, George F. May Metthews; Mrs. Della Burkhardt 770 -
Conner, James H. Esther Rambo 871 -
Conrad, Carl Charlotte Granberg 797 -
Cooke, Forest F. Sarah Louise Collins 770 -
Cooke, John Martha M. Forrey 871 -
Cooke, John Martha M. Torrey 866A 862
Cooke, Milo D. Betsey Smith 770 -
Cooley, Zelotes Julia A. Hanks 717 654
Coolidge, James H. Ellen F. Brown 855 -
Costa, Joseph [never married] 718 656
Countryman, William F. Flora Henry 770 -
Cowan, James E. Ella A. Hunt 770 -
Cowell, J. C. Nettie Slocum 896 -
Cox, Levi J. Elizabeth West 807 -
Coziahr, Wilson Emma Bowers 797 -
Craig, Alfred M. Elizabeth P. Harvey 718 660
Craig, Charles Curtis Louise Dary 770 -
Craig, George Alice Broadbent 771 -
Cramer, Benjamin Louisa Haynes 939 -
Crane, Henry Wetmore Carrie Wood Stickney 802 800
Crane, James Wilson Cornelia L. Wetmore 803 800
Cronoble, George W. Sarah L. Elkins 872 -
Culver, John H. Lillie O. Berrier 771 -
Cummings, Leonard B. Celinda Bulkeley 816 -
Curran, John C. Majorie S. Rogers 771 -
Cushing, John Pearsons Alice B. Bullions 771 -
Dahlberg, John G. Emily C. Envall; Josephine Nelson 813 812
Danforth, Levi Franklin Phebe Ann Alexander; Mary A. Pottinger 719 662
Davidson, Peter - 771 -
Davis, John Allen Wright Hattie L. Ganett 771 -
Davis, John E. Rosa D. Hopkins 940 -
Davis, Simeon B. Artimesa Stambaugh 720 664
Davison, Joseph Jane Armstrong; Isabella Kilgore 851 -
Dawdy, Jefferson M. Elizabeth Amos 928 -
Dawdy, Warren Anna Brown 935 -
Dawson, Christopher Columbus Filetta Corbin 883 -
Dayton, Benjamin - 816 -
Dechant, Peter Nancy J. Hall 928 -
Derby, Francis Thomas Anna Thompson 855 -
Dewein, Elmer C. Rachel May Simmons 772 -
DeWolfe, Clayton A. Lucetta Atherton 831 -
Dickerson, James T. Melvina Conner 903 -
Dickinson, Frank C. - 928 -
Doll, John Rosanne Sorber; Elizabeth McCurdy; Adah H. Stevenson 772 -
Doubet, Joseph Daniel Ellen Corrigan 889 -
Drake, E. R. - 772 -
Drury, Harley Franklin Nellie Trask 772 -
Duffey, Edward Fenwick Hattie E. Wade 851 -
Dunbar, James W. Ida A. Cox 911 -
Dunbar, John L. - 911 -
Dunlap, Theodore F. Mrs. Sue H. Grabill 917 -
Duval, Thomas Carter Nancy Shumate 838 836
Duval, Winfield Scott Polly Elizabeth Aschoff 772 -