Coles County family index

Families of Coles County, Illinois, from the County Histories

392 people from the county histories of Coles County, Illinois: who they were, when and where they were born, their parents and spouses, and which biographies are parent and child. Pick a surname.

From The history of Coles county, Illinois.. (1879); Portrait and biographical album of Coles County, Ill. : containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and bio (1887). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the Coles County index, A to Z (392)

Adams

Ale

All

Allison

Ames

  • Nelson W. Ames (b. 1817); child of Mr. Joseph Ames; married Gertrude Schenck

Anderson

Annin

Armstrong

Ashmore

Aubert

Austin

Avey

Bain

Baird

  • Z. J. Baird (b. 1833, Adams County); child of John Baird and Rebecca (Black) Baird; married Catherine Easter

Baker

Barnsback

Beals

Beavers

Bell

Benefiel

Beveridge

Bidle

Birch

  • George Birch (b. 1815); child of William Birch; married Catherine Jones

Bishop

Bovell

Bower

Bradford

Bradley

Brandenburg

Bresee

Bridges

Bros.

Brown

Bruner

  • J. Bruner (b. 1830, Breckinridge County); married Mattie E. Stevens

Buck

Burgner

  • Morris Burgner (b. 1860); child of Conrad Burgner. Mr. Burgner; married Anna Hancock

Busbey

Butler

Calvert

Campbell

Carney

Cash

Cassell

Cecil

Chambers

  • W. M. Chambers (b. 1814); child of James Chambers and Sally Chambers; married Mary Bryan Fields Ingels
  • Thomas G. Chambers; child of James Chambers and Sally Chambers; married Olevia Monroe

Chapman

  • Samuel E. Chapman; child of Beiijamin Chapman and Indiann (Ellis) Chapman; married Belle Curtis

Childress

  • William S. Childress (b. 1827); child of Richard Childress and Rebecca Childress; married Temple A. Barnes
  • John Childress; child of Richard Childress and Rebecca (White) Childress; married Catherine Hogue

Clark

  • A. J. Clark (b. 1834); child of Benjamin Clark and Sarah Clark

Cofer

  • John Cofer (b. 1804); married Mary Eleanor Macgill
  • Thomas N. Cofer (b. 1839); child of Col. John Cofer; married Rachel E. Combs Nov

Cole

Coley

Collins

Combs

  • William Combs (b. 1844, Clark County); child of William Combs and Margaret (Myers) Combs

Comstock

Connely

Cottonham

Cox

Craig

Crispin

Crume

Cunningham

Curry

Curtis

  • Sterling P. Curtis (b. 1858); child of Philander Curtis and Elizabeth (Modrell) Curtis; married Abigail Fickett

Daugherty

Davis

Deckard

Decker

Diehl

Dole

Dollar

Doran

Doty

  • James Doty (b. 1810, Butler County); child of John Doty and Anna (Mann) Doty
  • John W. Doty; child of James Doty and Mary (Teel) Doty; married Emma Parker

Dudley

Duer

Dunbar

Duncan

Dunseth

Ellis

Endsley

  • T. L. Endsley (b. 1842); child of Andrew Endsley and Elizabeth Endsley; married Mary J. Eudsley

Everharty

Evinger

Ewing

Fall

  • D. M. Fall (b. 1835, Shelby County); child of Thomas TP. Fall and Nancy A. (Miller) Fall; married Mary F. Van Daren

Farris

Feagan

Ferguson

Ficklin

Flenner

Florer

Foreman

Foster

Freeman

Frommel

Furry

  • Peter Furry (b. 1817); child of Peter Furry and Barbara (Sherick) Furry

Galbreath

Gannaway

  • John Gannaway; child of John Gannaway and Elizabeth (Williams) Gannaway

Garner

Garver

Gerard

Gibbs

  • J. M. Gibbs (b. 1841)
  • N. Gibbs (Pleasant Grove Township); child of Homer Gibbs and Laura (Meedham) Gibbs

Gilbert

  • W. Gilbert; child of Amasa Gilbert and Nancy N. (Baldwin) Gilbert; married Elizabeth Kedman

Glassco

  • T. Glassco; child of Madison Glassco and Aiina E. (Frost) Glassco; married Lizzie Birch

Glenn

Goar

  • Joseph F. Goar; child of Clemme Goar and Elizabeth (Hart) Goar; married Mary L. Buckles

Goodell

  • James A. Goodell (b. 1835, Erie County); child of Layton B. Goodell and Mary (Goodell) Goodell; married Corinda Webster

Goodyear

  • John S. Goodyear; child of Antoine Goodyear and Catherine A. (Shibley) Goodyear; married Eliza Bacenstowe

Gordon

Gossett

Gramesly

  • Charles Gramesly (b. 1842); child of William S. Gramesly and Phebe J. (Hildreth) Gramesly

Grant

  • William Grant (b. 1843, Fountain County); child of John Grant and Sophia (Lively) Grant; married Sarah A. Gray

Gray

  • B. Gray (b. 1816, Greene County Pa); child of John Gray and Rhoda (Bane) Gray; married Sarah Vorhees
  • George W. Gray (b. 1827, Greene County); child of John Gray and Rhoda (Bane) Gray; married Mary E. Brown

Green

Grimes

  • Thomas Grimes (Elkhart County); child of Hezekiah Grimes and Frances (Wood) Grimes; married Nancy Wells

Hackett

Halbrooks

Hall

  • John J. Hall (b. 1829, Spencer County); child of Squire Hall and Matilda (Johnston) Hall

Hallock

Hamilton

Hanna

Harmon

  • Arthur Harmon (Clermont County); child of John Harmon and Martha (Vandyke) Harmon; married Molly Carr

Harrah

Harry

Hart

Hawkins

  • Oliver D. Hawkins (Fleming County); child of Gregory Hawkins and Elizabeth (Ballar) Hawkins

Hendrix

Henry

  • A. M. Henry; child of Joseph Henry and Mary (White) Henry; married Elizabeth Stoddard

Hill

Hitch

Hobart

  • Freedom E. Hobart; child of Benjamin Hobart and Mary (Wheeler) Hobart; married Nancy J. Crum

Hollis

Honn

  • Peter K. Honn (b. 1814); child of Daniel Honn and Anna Honn; married Matilda Woods

Hood

  • James Hood (b. 1834); married Sarah E. Willson Jan

Hopper

Horton

Huckaba

Hudson

Huffman

Hughes

Hunt

Hurst

Hutton

Jackson

Jeffris

Jenkins

  • M. Jenkins (Tutnam County); child of J. M. Jenkins and Nancy (Martin) Jenkins

Johns

Johnson

Johnston

Kemp

Kern

King

  • John W. King (b. 1848); child of William T. King and Nancy (Hightower) King; married Melinda E. Hume

Kitchens

  • A. Kitchens (b. 1843); child of Eli E. Kitchens; married Nancy E. Hoskins

Lane

Leitch

Ley

  • T. Han Ley (b. 1824, Edgar County); married Mary Ripple

Linder

MacK

March

  • T. J. March (b. 1807); child of John March and Eliza March; married Rosina D. Creighton

Martin

Massey

Matteson

Mcalister

Mccallister

Mcconnell

Mccrory

Mcgregor

Mclain

Mcmillin

Mcmurtrie

Messer

Meter

Miles

Miller

Minor

Minton

  • W. S. Minton (b. 1828)
  • S. Minton; child of Thaddeus D. Minton and Permelia (Squire) Minton; married Lilia Persils

Mitchell

Mock

Monfort

Monroe

Montgomery

Moore

Morgan

Moss

  • John A. Moss (b. 1837); child of James H. Moss and Catharine Moss

Mulford

Murphy

Neal

  • Jay F. Neal (b. 1835); child of Nathaniel Neal
  • H. A. Neal (b. 1846); child of Nathaniel Neal and Mary E. (Folsom) Neal
  • J. W. Neal (b. 1851); married Lizzie McCrory

Newman

  • Madison Newman (b. 1813); child of John Newman and Nancy (Franklin) Newman; married Emma Enlow

Nicholson

Nock

Norton

  • Luther J. Norton (b. 1858); child of John A. Norton and Mary E. (Hanger) Norton; married Sarah E. Whitney

Odell

Oliver

Parker

Patterson

Patton

  • W. R. Patton (b. 1836); child of Dr. E. L. Patton; married Hannah Decker

Payne

  • V. K. Payne (b. 1807); child of John Payne and Elizabeth (Wright) Payne

Peak

  • Willis J. Peak (b. 1836, Gallatin County); child of Grigg Peak and Susan (Crow) Peak; married Agnes A. Henderson

Pemberton

Pepper

Perisho

Perkins

Pfeifer

  • Louis W. M. Pfeifer (b. 1833); child of Bernhardt Pfeifer and Barbara (Bock) Pfeifer
  • George M. Pfeifer (b. 1849); child of Bernhardt Pfeifer and Barbara (Bock) Pfeifer; married Paulina Roser

Phelps

Philhower

  • W. Philhower (b. 1836, Clermont County); child of William Philhower and Lucinda (Snyder) Philhower; married Hannah McKinne
  • William A. Philhower; married Adelina Smith

Phillips

Price

Puleston

Rankin

  • John Rankin; child of Robert Rankin and Maria (Taylor) Rankin; married Elizabeth Roberts

Raper

Rardin

Ray

  • S. E. Ray (b. 1833); married Josephine Bunnell

Reed

Reel

Reilly

  • Patrick Reilly; child of Edwin Reilly and Elizabeth (Mulligan) Reilly; married Mary Duffy

Rennels

Rice

  • Amos Rice; child of Amos Rice and Sarah (Compton) Rice

Ricketts

Roberts

Robertson

Rodgers

Rosebrough

Rudy

Rutherford

  • Hiram Rutherford; child of William Rutherford and Sarah (Swan) Rutherford; married Eliza J. Kester

Sailer

Sanborn

Sanders

  • David Sanders (b. 1836, Seneca County); child of David Sanders and Susana (Wakefield) Sanders; married Mary Hutton

Sandoe

  • George Sandoe (b. 1826); child of Adam Sandoe and Nancy (Moore) Sandoe; married Kate Pope

Sargent

Sawin

  • John Gilbert Sawin (b. 1838, Bartholomew County); child of James H. Sawin and Carolina (Harvey) Sawin; married Martha Dunwiddie

Schulhoff

Shaver

Shaw

  • A. F. Shaw (b. 1824); child of Smith Shaw and Elizabeth Shaw; married Lucy A. Bunnell

Shields

Shoemaker

Shriver

Silvers

Smith

Snowden

  • James F. Snowden (b. 1849); child of John F. Snowden and Maria (Glenn) Snowden; married Elizabeth Hackley

Steele

Steigman

Stites

  • William Stites (b. 1822, Columbia Township); child of John F. Stites and Fannie (Muchmore) Stites; married Edith Stites

Stoddert

Suitt

  • Arthur Suitt (b. 1857, Guernsey County); child of William Suitt and Matilda (Cowan) Suitt; married Nettie Dornblaser

Sumerlin

Swinford

Taylor

Temples

Thornton

Threlkeld

Tiley

  • G. Tiley (b. 1847); child of Samuel G. Tiley and Eliza (Owen) Tiley

Titus

Tremble

Trower

Turner

Vail

Vannatta

  • Isaac Vannatta (b. 1844); child of Aaron Vannatta and Nancy Vannatta; married Nancy Mary Frakes

Waddill

  • William G. Waddill; child of John Waddill and Rachel (Twee) Waddill; married Elizabeth Burgner

Walker

Walton

Waters

Weiss

Wells

Wheat

Wheatley

Whisennand

  • Andrew J. Whisennand (b. 1839, Monroe County); child of John Whisennand and Lucinda Whisennand; married Mary A. Best

White

  • Silas White; child of Asa White and Polly (Lewis) White; married Mary Hall

Whitney

Wicker

William

  • William William (b. 1815, Breckinridge County); child of N orris William and Elizabeth (Miller) William; married Lucinda Hall

Williams

  • H. D. Williams (b. 1846)
  • James Williams; child of AVilliani Williams and Elizabeth (Templer) Williams; married Mary Neweomb
  • Robert Williams; child of William L. Williams and Mary (Gannaway) Williams; married Anna Baulch

Wilson

Winkelblack

Winkleblack

  • Daniel Boone Winkleblack (b. 1858, Morgan Township); child of John Winkleblack and Catherine (Weaver) Winkleblack; married Mary Ann Myers

Winkler

Woods

Wright

  • Samuel Wright (b. 1808)
  • Robert W. Wright (b. 1838, Hocking County); child of Joseph Wright and Lovina W. (Carver) Wright; married Nancy J. Roverscraft

Wyeth

Yeargin

Zarley

Zimmerman

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