1877 Biographical Directory
Taken from The Past and Present of
La Salle County, Illinois
Chicago: H. F. Kett & Co., Cor. 5th Ave. and Washington St. 1877
Allen Township
| Name | Occupation & Notes | Township |
| ABRAMS, A. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| AHERN, J. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| ALLEN, W. F. | Drugs; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BABCOCK, H. F. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BAKER, Wm. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BANKENDORF, C. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BEARNHART, J. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BERGE, G., Jr. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BERGE, G., Sr. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BLOCKER, A. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BRADISH, C. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BRADY, A. P. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BRADY, O. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BREARTON, Patrick | Farm; Ransom. Born in Ireland. To U. S. in 1846 and to this county 1854. Married 1853 in New York to Ellen CARROLL. Five children. | Allen Township |
| BREECE, D. C. | Plasterer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BROWN, Robert J. | Merchant; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BROWN, Wm. L. | Merchant; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BURLINGHAM, Wm. | Wagon maker; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BURNS, I. N. | Merchant; Ransom | Allen Township |
| BURR, Harvey I. | Farmer; Kinsman. Born Jefferson Co., N. Y. 1830. To this county 1855. Married 1860, Ella A. FULLER, from Akron, Ohio. Children: Charles A., 1861; Bennie A., 1864; Laura, 1868; Flora, 1872; Albert, 1875. | Allen Township |
| CALDWELL, Joseph | Cheese maker; Ransom. Born in New Hampshire 1828. To this county 1876. Married 1867 in Winnebago Co., to Elizabeth, daughter of James SHAW of Rockton. Children: Edith E. and Shaw Hudson. | Allen Township |
| CLEAL, Arbert | Farmer; Ransom. Born England 1852. To Chicago 1854, and to La Salle Co. in 1861. Married 1873, Ida May DEVEREAUX. She was daughter of Esira and Oliver DEVEREAUX. Born in this county 1856. Children: Ada Luella, born 1876. | Allen Township |
| CLEAL, G. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CLEAL, H. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CLEAL, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CLEAL, S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CLIFFORD, Martin | Allen Township | |
| COCHRAN, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| COCHRAN, M. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| COCHRAN, S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| COCHRAN, Wm. M. | Farmer; Ransom. Born in Adams Co., Ohio 1845. To this county with parents in 1851. Married 1868, Martha A. BRYAN, of Adams Co., Ohio. | Allen Township |
| COLEMAN, M. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| COLLISON, Ed | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| COLLISON, Wm. Sr. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| COLLISON, Wm. Jr. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CONARD, W. H. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| CORBITT, T. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CORBITT, T., Jr. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CORBITT, Wm. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CRANGLE, P. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| CRITTENDEN, E. | Laborer; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| CRITTENDEN, E. W. | Farm; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| DALTON, B. | Farm; Nevada | Allen Township |
| DALTON, N. | Farm; Nevada | Allen Township |
| DEEGAN, J. | Farm; Nevada | Allen Township |
| DEEGAN, Peter | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DELEHANTY, P. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DELEZENE, Geo. | Carpenter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DEMPLE, Ed. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DETLOFF, C. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DIVINE, J. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DIVINE, M. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DOHNER, P. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DONALDSON, C. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| DOUGLASS, A. N. | Farm; Kinsman | Allen Township |
| DOXDIMER, M. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FAVORITE, J. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FAVORITE, Jeremiah | Ag. implts. Ransom. Born Miami Co., Ohio 1827. Married 1859, Susan WARFIELD, of that county. Children: Joseph A., aged 17; Walter E., aged 15; Ethel, aged 13; Druzilla, aged 11; Alvin, aged 6. | Allen Township |
| FALLON, M. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FOLK, Daniel | Farm; Ransom. Born Franklin Co., Penn. 1819. To Ohio and while there married in 1843, Susanna BOWERIZE. Children: Eliza Jane; Mary A.; Isabel; Daniel; Louisa. Wife died in 1862. He married in 1864, Mary ONSTATT and came to La Salle Co. the same year. | Allen Township |
| FOLK, D., Jr. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FOLK, H. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FOLK, H. S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FOUT, Chas. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FRY, Jas. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| FRY, Mrs. Johanna | Ransom. Widow of Adam. He was born in Stark Co., Ohio in 1816. She in Tuscarawas Co. in 1824. They were married in 1843 and came to this county in 1851. They had nineteen children. Seven living: Catherine; Hezekiah; Joseph; Elizabeth; Morgiana; Franklin; Ida May. | Allen Township |
| FRY, H. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| GAHN, H. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| GAHN, A. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| GEHEBER, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| GEHEBER, P. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| GRIFFITH, B. R. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| GRIFFITH, David | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HAGI, Jacob | Carpenter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HAGY, J. | Blacksmith; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HALLIGAN, Christ | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HARTY, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HELD, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HELBLING, C. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HELM, Sam H. | Farmer; Ransom. Born in Brown Co., Ohio 1833. To La Salle Co. 1857. Married 1857, Phoebe M. REES, of this county. She died 1870. Their son was Jas. A. Married #2 in 1871, Martha J. NEVILLE. Children: Mary F., 1873; Oliver M., 1874; Charles E., 1876. | Allen Township |
| HERBERT, P. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HERBERT, P. F. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HIGGINS, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HILAND, Peter | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HILL, Geo. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HILLER, S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HINKELMAN, C. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HOTTON, E. J. | Farmer; Kinsman. Born in France 1843. To this county 1860. Married 1871, Cora E., daughter of Hiram and Susan FULLER, a native of Akron, Ohio. Children: two living: Rose N., 1873; David P., 1876. | Allen Township |
| HOWARD, T. J. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| HUDSON, Geo. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| IRECK, David | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| JENNINGS, H. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| JENNINGS, T. A. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| JOHNSON, I. C. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| JONES, Henry F. | Horse shoer; Ransom. Born Plainfield, New Hampshire in 1841. To this county 1859. Married in Peru 1876, Mrs. Catherine BOSLEY (maiden name DENEHE). Daughter, Lilly M., aged 10 yrs; and 3 step-children: Caroline; Benjamin F.; and Albert W. BOSLEY, aged 22, 20, & 16. | Allen Township |
| KEELEY, Wm. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| KLEIBER, A. | Farmer; Kernan | Allen Township |
| KLEIBER, J. | Farmer; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| KERNS, H. | Farmer; Kinsman | Allen Township |
| LANE, A. W. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, Barthe | Rents farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, E. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, Elias | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, M. C. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, M. J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, T. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LANE, Wm. H. H. | Farmer; Ransom. Born Brown Co., Ohio 1840. To this county 1854. (His father, Elias LANE.) Married 1865, Mary C. FRY born DuPage Co. in 1845. Children: 4 living: Judson; Mary E.; Walter E.; Etta May. | Allen Township |
| LAWRENCE, Jas. D. | Farmer; Ransom. Born Dearborn Co., Indiana 1844. To this county 1853. Married in 1867, Lucy Ann ANDERSON, of this county. Children: Orpha V.; Nora A.; Jesse W.; and Lilly Belle. | Allen Township |
| LAY, Geo. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LEECH, P. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LEONARD, F. W. | Shoemaker; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LINFOR, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LINFOR, R. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LINFOR, W. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LOWRY, Wm. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| LINTON, A. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| LYNCH, Jos. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| McCLINTOCK, Jas. | Farmer; Kinsman | Allen Township |
| McCLINTOCK, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| McCLINTOCK, W. | Farmer; Kinsman | Allen Township |
| McCOLM, L. J. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| McCORMACK, H. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| McCORMICK, W. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| McGOWAN, Jas. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| McGRAW, Pat | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| McINTYRE, Jas. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| McINTYRE, Nathaniel | Farmer; Ransom. Born Londonderry, Ireland 1834. Came with his parents to U. S. and settled in Penn. Came to Illinois 1850. Married 1855, Ruth D. KILLMER, of Watertown, N.Y. She died in 1863. No children. He married #2 in 1865, Adella M. HOWE, a native of New Hartford, Oneida Co., N.Y. Children: Louisa; Grace; Maggie; Arthur; Edward H. | Allen Township |
| McINTYRE, Wm. H. | Farmer; Ransom. Born in Ireland 1842. To this county 1851. Married in 1870, Libbie, dau of Jacob and Margaret HOWE. Children: Jennie C., born 1872; Burton H., 1876. | Allen Township |
| MAGUIRE, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| MARA, Jno. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| MARTIN, D. S. | Farmer; Kinsman | Allen Township |
| MINSTER, N. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| MOFFITT, Henry | Farmer; Ransom. Born Granville, Washington Co., Penn. 1833. To Putnam Co. in 1844. To La Salle Co. 1855. Married 1857, Sarah PORTER, born Brown Co., Ohoi in 1838. A daughter, Emma died as baby in 1871. | Allen Township |
| MOGEE, A. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| MOGEE, Wm. | Farmer; Ransom. Born in Ireland 1822. To this county 1850. Married in 1855, Eliza WARNOCK, of Ireland. | Allen Township |
| MYERS, F. | Famrer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| MYERS, W. | Farmer; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| NAGLE, M. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| NELSON, Cornelius | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| NEWEL, S. D. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| NEWMAN, M. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| NEWPORT, Wm. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| O'HALLERAN, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| O'LEARY, T. | Grocery; Ransom | Allen Township |
| O'MARA, G. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PATTERSON, W. F. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PARMELEE, H. M. | Farmer; Ransom. Born New Haven Co., Conn. 1846. To this county 1850. Married 1869, Fanny BRADLEY, born in Conn. 1851. 4 children. | Allen Township |
| PHELAN, Ed. | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PHELAN, Ed Jr. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PHELAN, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PORTER, J. S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PORTER, Joseph | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| PORTER, S. M. | Farmer; Ransom. Born in Brown Co., Ohio 1825. Married Ann SPRINKLE, of Adams Co., Ohio. She died in 1861. Six children, 3 dead. He came to this county in 1854. Married #2, Amanda BRONSON in 1868 | Allen Township |
| PRATT, W. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| RICHARDS, Frank | Carpenter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| RICHARDS, G. | Carpenter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| RICKARDS, H. K. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| RICKARDS, F. M. | Farmer; Ransom. Born Adams Co., Ohio 1831. Married 1858, Miss M. S. POLLARD. Children: Kalm G.; Jesse L.; Joseph S.; Arthur P.; Maud E. | Allen Township |
| RIFE, Ephraim | Farmer; Kinsman. Born Franklin, Penn. 1833. To this county 1854. Married Savilla COCHRAN in 1859. She was born in Brown Co., Ohio in 1842. Children: Margaret C., 1860; John H., 1861; Laura B., 1863; Samuel L., 1865; Wm. E., 1867; Keturah S., 1870; Grace, 1872; Lydia, 1876. | Allen Township |
| RIGLER, Georgiana | Widow; Ransom. Born Wolcotville, Ct. 1822. Married Abner PARMELEE, of that state. To this county 1850. Husband died 1850. Two sons: Homer M. and Frederick W. She married #2, Stephen RIGLER, of Lancaster Co., Penn. He came to this county 1851 and died 1866. Children: Josephine; Martha; Charles (dead); Foster; Edward; Barbara. | Allen Township |
| RUTHER, Condi | Farm; Ransom | Allen Township |
| RYAN, Jas. | Farmer; Ransom. Born Ireland 1826. To U. S. in 1851 and to this county in 1860. Married, Sarah A. REED, of Dublin, Ireland. She was born 1834. Children: Mary L. and Sarah A. | Allen Township |
| RYAN, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SAMPSEN, M. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SCHOENLEBER, Jacob | Farmer; Ransom. Born Wurtemburg 1826. To U. S. in 1848 and to this county 1856. Married in Pontiac in 1855, Louisa SAMICH. She was born in Madgeburg, Prussia in 1834. Children: Louis Kossuth; Julia C.; Maria A.; Franz Seigel; John J.; Emma L. (from 21 to 7 years of age) | Allen Township |
| SCHOENLEBER, L. K. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SHACKELTON, George E. | Merchant; Ransom. Born Tioga Co., N. Y. 1851. To this county 1855. (His father, Robert SHACKELTON). Married 1877, Mary E. JONES, of Marseilles. | Allen Township |
| SMALLEY, I. | Renter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SMALLEY, Jas. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SMALLEY, Isaiah | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SMALLEY, N. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SMALLEY, Reuben S. | Farmer; Ransom. Born Washington Co., Penn. 1837. To this county 1855. Married 1866, Louisa J., dau of Levi and Emily JENNINGS. Four children, 2 living: Walter J. and William H. | Allen Township |
| SMITH, H. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SMITH, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SMITH, Mrs. S. | Farmer; Kinsman | Allen Township |
| SMITH, T. H. | Clerk; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SPINK, Alonzo | Farmer; Ransom. Born Washington Co. N. Y. 1821. To Illinois in 1840. Married 1850, in Kane Co., Maria J. ANDREWS. Children: Emma Frances; Ira Edwin; Charles H. (by first wife who died in 1855). He M#2 in 1856, Delia H. MEACHAM, of Broome Co., N.Y. Children: Frank Perry; Alma; Hattie; Edith; Fred W. Came to this county 1862. | Allen Township |
| SPINK, Chas. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| STERRETT, M. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| STEVENS, A. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| STEVENS, D. | Physician; Ransom | Allen Township |
| STEVENS, R. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| STEVENSON, W. | Renter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| STROBLE, J. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SULLIVAN, Thomas | Farmer; Ransom. Born in Norway 1835. To this county 1844. Married 1860, Margaret Ann THOMPSON, of Norway. Children living: Isabella; Mary Ann; Martin Luther; John Allen. | Allen Township |
| SULSBERGER, F. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| SULSBERGER, M. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| THOMPSON, N. | Renter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| TOMPKINS, John | Renter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| TRAINER, P. | Farmer; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| TREMPER, Thos. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| TULLIS, A. D. | Laborer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| VARY, Thomas | Renter; Nevada | Allen Township |
| VERNER, C. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| VOORHEES, J. S. | Farmer; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| VOORHEES, M. | Farmer; Blackstone | Allen Township |
| WAGNER, C. C. | Renter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WALKER, C. | Carpenter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WALLING, A. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WILKINSON, A. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WILKINSON, A. S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WILKINSON, F. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WILKINSON, James | Farmer; Ransom. Born Wayne Co., N. Y. 1841. To this county 1859. Married Sarah Jane BROOKER. She was born 1848 in Ohio. Children: Aaron; Emma; Edgar. | Allen Township |
| WILKENSON, S. | Farmer; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WISBECK, W. H. | Renter; Ransom | Allen Township |
| WOODARD, L. S. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| WOODWARD, G. | Farmer; Nevada | Allen Township |
| WORMLEY, John | Farmer; Ransom. Born Perry Co., Penn 1817. To this county 1852. Married Elizabeth RHINESMITH, of Penn. in 1858. Children: John H.; Jonathan R. and Elizabeth. | Allen Township |
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