DeKalb County family index

Families of DeKalb County, Illinois, from the County Histories

572 people from the county histories of DeKalb 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 biographical record of De Kalb County, Illinois (1898); Past and present of DeKalb County, Illinois (1907); Portrait and biographical album of DeKalb County, Illinois : containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county : together with portraits a (1885); Past and present of DeKalb County, Illinois (1907). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

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Everyone in the DeKalb County index, A to Z (572)

Abel

  • Ezra Abel; child of Ezra Abel; married Minerva Brown

Adams

Adee

  • John E. Adee (b. 1859); child of William Adee and Margaret (Becker) Adee

Alden

Allbee

  • Bernard C. Allbee; child of Joseph Allbee and Electa (Crippen) Allbee; married Almina Fuller

Ames

  • John S. Ames (b. 1848); child of William Ames and Ann (Smith) Ames

Anderson

Arbuckle

Arnold

Ashelford

Atherton

Ault

  • Mathias Ault (b. 1827, Lycoming county); married Catherine Page
  • F. S. Ault; child of Matthias Ault and Sarah Ault

Aurner

Avery

Aves

Badgley

Bagg

Baie

Baldwin

Banks

  • James Banks (b. 1834); child of Thomas Banks and Bridget Banks

Barber

Bark

Barton

Baxter

  • Esket Baxter; child of James Baxter and Mary Ann (Darracott) Baxter; married Harriet Griswold

Beaubien

Beaupre

Beeman

Bell

Benson

Bently

  • George D. Bently; child of John Bently and Cornelia Bently; married Ada E. Brown

Berger

  • Bert Berger (b. 1857, Blair county); married Anna B. Wiltse

Bettis

Bishop

Bissell

Bjorkman

Black

Blackman

Blagden

Blagg

Blair

Blake

Blanchfield

Blee

  • John W. Blee (b. 1849, Montour county); child of Joseph M. Blee and Euphemia H. (Sproule) Blee
  • John W. Blee; married Helen M. Ingersoll

Blood

Boekenhauer

Boies

Boland

Bone

Boston

Bradbury

Bradt

Branch

Brennan

Bristow

Brock

Brown

Buck

Buckardt

Burnham

Burst

Busby

Buzzell

Byro

Cameron

Camp

Campbell

  • Jabez Campbell (b. 1844, Chenango county); child of John R. Campbell and Clarinda (Marvin) Campbell

Carbaugh

Carlson

Carnes

Carter

Cass

Castle

Challand

  • Henry Challand (b. 1823); child of Charles Challand and Ann (Freeman) Challand; married Elizabeth Green

Chambers

Chapman

Cheney

Cherry

Clapsaddle

Clark

Clarke

Cliffe

Colby

Cole

Coleman

Collin

Condon

Connell

Converse

Cook

Cooper

Corkings

  • Thomas Corkings (b. 1830); child of William Corkings and Mary Corkings; married Sarah A. Garlick

Cornwall

Coster

Coulson

Coyne

  • James Coyne; child of John Coyne and Annie (Kennedy) Coyne

Crawford

Cristman

Crocker

Crosby

Curtis

  • Elijah Curtis; child of Ebenezer Curtis; married Candace E. Bovee

Curts

  • Lawrence Curts; child of John Curts and Elmira (Leist) Curts; married Clara Holroyd

Dale

Darling

Darnell

David

Davis

Davy

  • John G. Davy (b. 1859); child of Charles Davy and Mary Ann (Whitler) Davy

Dean

Decker

Deegan

Delana

Dennis

  • William A. Dennis (b. 1852, Somonauk township); child of Major Dennis and Mary A. (Harmon) Dennis; married Maggie M. Wallace
  • Gurdon H. Dennis; child of George W. Dennis and Phebe (Partridge) Dennis; married Edith Chatfield

Denniston

Divine

Doane

  • Charles E. Doane; child of Chauncey Doane and Asenath (White) Doane; married Eliza Hallet

Dodge

Dole

Downer

Dresser

  • J. S. Dresser; child of Sheldon G. Dresser; married Cornelia W. Ennis

Driscoll

  • Theodore D. Driscoll; child of William Driscoll and Margaret (Losier) Driscoll; married Harriet L. Tindall

Duffey

  • Robert Duffey (b. 1830, Coshocton county); child of James Duffey and Belle Duffey

Duffy

Dusen

Dustin

Dutton

Dyas

  • Joseph Dyas (b. 1825); child of Joseph Dyas and Abigail (Abbey) Dyas

Eeminsnider

Egbert

Eiklor

Ellwood

Elmberg

Eng

Euhus

  • Henry Euhus (b. 1842); child of Jacob Euhus and Mary (Mylker) Euhus; married Rosetta Miller

Evans

Everett

Fahs

Faxon

Fay

  • Herbert W. Fay (b. 1859, Squaw Grove township); child of Edwin H. Fay and Ann Haywood Fay
  • Herbert Wells Fay; child of Edwin Horace Fay and Ann (Haywood) Fay

Finley

Firkins

Fisk

Flewellin

Forward

Foster

Fraser

French

  • C. French (b. 1819); child of Isaac French and Rebecca (Cummings) French

Fryk

Fulkerson

Fulle

  • Tony B. Fulle (b. 1836); child of Peter Fulle and Mary A. (Enderle) Fulle

Fuller

Fulton

  • William J. Fulton (b. 1875); child of Thomas Fulton and Elizabeth (Thompson) Fulton; married Jane E. Gray

Gammon

Gandy

Gardiner

  • Edward P. Gardiner (b. 1842, Middlesex county); child of Orrin Gardiner; married Jennie L. Fay

Garner

Gibson

Giddings

Gilbert

Gilson

Givens

  • Nathaniel H. Givens; child of Henry Givens and Mary Ann (Fullerton) Givens; married Fannie Ward

Glidden

Goff

Goodell

Gorham

Gormley

Gossman

Granart

Grange

Graves

Gray

Greeley

  • Paul E. N. Greeley (b. 1875); child of Hiram Greeley and Clara (Saunders) Greeley; married Maude N. Webb

Green

  • John Green (b. 1857); child of Peter Green and Catherine (Kies) Green; married Catherine Erbes

Griffith

Gross

Groves

Gurler

Hadsall

Haish

  • Jacob Haish; child of Christian Haish and Christina Haish

Hait

  • Edwin Hait (b. 1853); child of Jonas Hait and Emeline (Shattuck) Hait

Haldeman

Hall

Hallett

Hamill

  • John C. Hamill; child of Samuel S. Hamill and Ann Maria (Brownlee) Hamill; married Anna Laura Atchison

Hammond

Hampton

Harmon

  • James Henry Harmon (b. 1844, Somonauk township); child of Anthony Harmon and Elizabeth (Wilcox) Harmon; married Margaret Cain

Harper

  • Orlando Harper (b. 1830); child of Joseph Harper and Susan (Williams) Harper

Harrington

  • James Harrington (b. 1866); child of Nelson R. Harrington and Sarah F. (Waterman) Harrington; married Nellie Walker

Hart

  • Patrick M. Hart (b. 1832); child of Edward Hart and Katie (Madden) Hart; married Margaret Burns

Haskins

Hatch

Hay

Heckman

Helson

Henderson

Hennis

Henrie

Herrick

Hill

  • John N. Hill (b. 1857, La Salle county); child of N. J. Hill

Hills

Hinds

Hines

Hix

  • Lewis P. Hix; child of Ephraim Hix and Laura W. (Williams) Hix

Hjertstedt

Hohm

Holcomb

Holderness

Holland

  • Thomas Holland (b. 1845, Richfield township); child of Robert Holland and Grace (Keeler) Holland

Holmes

Hopkins

Houghtby

Howell

Howison

Howland

Hoyt

  • B. L. Hoyt (b. 1859); married Sarah J. Scott
  • William Hoyt; child of Louis S. Hoyt and Almira Hoyt; married Elizabeth P. Pritchard

Hubbard

  • Charles A. Hubbard (b. 1827); child of Enoch Hubbard and Marietta (Tracy) Hubbard; married Eunice Apthorp
  • George W. Hubbard (b. 1855); married Leah M. Posson
  • Warren Hubbard; child of Lorenzo Hubbard and Mary (Wright) Hubbard; married Kate Keyes
  • William Hubbard; child of Joel Hubbard and Clarinda Hubbard; married Nancy Churchill

Huber

  • John W. Huber (Malta township); child of Grottlieb Huber and Elizabeth (Heiderscheid) Huber; married Amy Searles

Hudgens

Hueber

  • George E. Hueber (b. 1864); child of Gottlieb Hueber and Elizabeth (Heiderscheid) Hueber

Hunt

Hurd

  • C. E. Hurd (b. 1860, Winnebago county); child of Chester A. Hurd; married Lou A. Foster

Hurt

Hutcheson

Ingham

Ingmanson

Jackman

  • Kendall Jackman; child of Abner Jackman and Mary (Kendall) Jackman; married Ann C. Hunt

Johnson

Joslyn

Kellum

Kennedy

King

  • Alfred King (b. 1848); child of William King
  • William L. King; child of Alfred King and Mary Belinda (Evans) King; married Julia Mary Whitacre

Kingsley

Kinsloe

  • Albert S. Kinsloe (b. 1840, Huntingdon county); child of Dr. Lemuel Kinsloe and Isabella (Thompson) Kinsloe

Kittelson

Kline

  • Henry Kline (b. 1822); child of Jacob Kline and Susan (Keith) Kline

Knell

Koch

  • Henry Koch (b. 1835, Lycoming county); child of Freerdick Koch and Julia (Speilman) Koch

Kool

Kunes

Kuter

Kylen

Lake

Lamont

Lane

  • James Lane (b. 1836); child of Henry Lane and Mary (Luxford) Lane

Langlois

Latham

  • John H. Latham (De Kalb county); child of Joseph F. Latham and Charlotte A. (Esterbrooks) Latham; married Grace Abbott

Latimer

Lattin

Ledoyt

  • Edward F. Ledoyt (De Kalb county); child of John Ledoyt and Louisa (Howe) Ledoyt

Leifheit

Leishman

  • James Leishman (South Grove township); child of James Leishman and Margaret (Brown) Leishman; married Jemima Drake

Leonard

  • Patrick Leonard (b. 1842, Queens county); child of John Leonard and Margaret Leonard

Lewis

Lindberg

Lipp

Little

London

Loomis

Love

Lowman

Lucas

Lynch

  • James Lynch (b. 1853); child of Thomas Lynch and Margaret Lynch; married Elizabeth Cargan

Lyons

Maitland

Marsh

Marshall

Marvin

  • Arvine W. Marvin; child of Seth Marvin and Sarah (Billings) Marvin; married Mary Carroll

Maurer

May

Maynard

Mayo

Mccollom

Mccormick

Mcgirr

Mcguire

Mcmurchy

Menk

Mennis

Mercer

Merrill

Merritt

Meyers

Miller

Milligan

  • Samuel A. Milligan; child of William Milligan and Mary (Kurtz) Milligan; married Isadora Russell

Montague

Moon

Moore

  • James H. Moore (b. 1835); child of Voranus lunory Moore and Sylvia (Madison) Moore

Morris

Morrison

  • John Morrison (b. 1819); child of William Morrison and Margaret (Coventry) Morrison; married Emma Higby

Morton

Mosher

Mullen

Murphy

Murray

Muzzey

Nelson

Nesbitt

  • George W. Nesbitt; child of Henry Nesbitt and Eleanor (Smyth) Nesbitt; married Cora Whittemore

Newhall

Newitt

  • Robert Newitt (b. 1822); child of James Newitt and Hannah Newitt; married Zilpah Bass

Nichols

Noble

  • Ezekiel Noble; child of Ezekiel Noble and Hannah (Gates) Noble; married Mary E. Ingersoll

Oglesby

Ohlen

Ohlmacher

Oleson

Olmstead

Olmsted

  • D. Olmsted (b. 1822)
  • Andrew H. Olmsted (Delaware county); child of Caleb Olmsted and Samantha (Wager) Olmsted; married Eebeeea Jane Eiklor

Orput

Osborn

  • Henry Osborn (b. 1834, Rutland county); married Hattie Bailey

Ouigley

Overton

Parke

Parker

  • Thomas Parker (b. 1844); child of James Parker and Charlotte (Carnes) Parker
  • Joseph Edmond Parker (b. 1845, Spencer county); child of Henry N. Parker and Mary Ann (Stillwell) Parker
  • Clara A. Parker; child of James Parker and Charlotte (Cams) Parker

Partridge

Pasley

Patten

Patterson

Peck

Peckman

Perkins

Peterson

Phelps

Pierce

  • Austin V. Pierce (b. 1849, Du Page county); married Sarah L. Blank
  • Austin V. Pierce (b. 1859); child of James T. Pierce and Sarah L. (Blank) Pierce
  • Daniel Pierce; child of Joseph Pierce and Elizabeth (Cargill) Pierce; married Phebe J. Brundage

Plank

Plapp

Pobstman

Pogue

  • James B. Pogue (Kendall county); child of Matthew J. Pogue and Sarah E. (Gibson) Pogue

Pond

Poplin

  • Jesse F. Poplin (b. 1845); child of William B. Poplin and Rachel (Harmon) Poplin; married Carrie C. Carr

Post

Potter

Poulson

  • Peter Poulson; child of Paul Poulson and Ellen (Larson) Poulson; married Nettie S. Lowell

Powell

Powers

  • John Powers (b. 1837); child of John Powers and Catherine (Quinlan) Powers
  • Edward B. Powers (b. 1841, La Salle county); married Nancy A. Weddell

Proctor

  • Richard Proctor (b. 1827); child of Thomas Proctor and Ehza (Norton) Proctor

Queen

Ramer

Rankin

Redmond

Renwick

  • Robert R. Renwick (b. 1866); child of George Renwick and Mary (Young) Renwick; married Alice Rote

Robertson

Robinson

Rogers

Roland

Rolfe

Rosette

  • Bailey Rosette; child of William E. Rosette and Elizabeth (Breese) Rosette

Rote

  • Samuel Rote (b. 1844, Lycommg county); married Christina Yonkin

Rowley

Rumney

Safford

  • E. P. Safford; child of Charles Safford and Mary Safford; married Sarah Safford

Sailor

Salisbury

Sanderson

Schermerhorn

Schoonmaker

Schultz

Schuyler

Scott

Sedgwick

Shaffer

Shafter

Shetter

Shoop

Shurtleff

Simonds

Sisley

  • George E. Sisley; child of William Sisley and Anna (Lyman) Sisley; married Gertrude Schoonmaker

Skinner

  • James M. Skinner (b. 1843, Crawford county); child of I. H. Skinner and Pollie Ann (Dickson) Skinner; married Mary Fox

Slade

Slater

  • Henry Slater (b. 1838, Hunterdon county); child of Samuel Slater; married Amaretta B. Stiles
  • Philo Slater; married Maria Severance

Smiley

Smith

Snow

  • Byron Snow (b. 1837); married Harriet Fiske Hopkins

Sowers

  • George W. Sowers (b. 1858, Genoa township); child of William Sowers; married Judith Ann Brown

Stanley

Stark

Stephens

  • Samuel Stephens (b. 1809); child of Benjamin Stephens and Elizabeth Stephens

Stiles

  • Samuel Stiles; child of Epaphroditus Stiles and Roxanna (Lincoln) Stiles

Stinson

Stout

  • F. Stout (b. 1814); child of John V. Stout and Elizabeth (Field) Stout

Swanson

Swift

Swinbank

  • William Swinbank (b. 1865); child of John Swinbank and Frances (Riley) Swinbank; married Julia Rose

Taylor

Terwilliger

Thompson

Thorpe

Tischhouser

Todd

Townsend

Tudor

Turner

Twombly

Tyrrell

Uplinger

  • John H. Uplinger (b. 1852, Butler township); child of John Uplinger and Elizabeth (Wood) Uplinger
  • Benjamin F. Uplinger (b. 1859, Butler township); child of John Uplinger and Elizabeth (Wood) Uplinger

Vanstone

Voris

Vosburgh

Wagner

Wait

  • Frederick Wait (b. 1868, Boone county); child of Henry Wait and Polly (Warren) Wait; married Nancy C. Kellogg

Walker

Walrad

  • Joseph O. Walrad; child of Livingston Walrad and Nancy A. (Ellwood) Walrad; married Libbie Helmer

Warber

Ward

Warren

  • F. Warren (b. 1848); child of Luke A. Warren and Ursula (Foster) Warren
  • N. C. Warren; married Addie B. Brown

Watson

Wayland

Weber

  • Nicholas Weber (b. 1831); child of Jacob Weber and Catherine Weber; married Hannah Leonhardt

West

Westerberg

Westlake

Whipple

White

Whiteman

  • Israel R. Whiteman (b. 1832, Delaware county); child of John Whiteman and Sarah Whiteman; married Ellen A. Price

Whittemore

Wilcox

Wild

Wilder

  • Chauncy H. Wilder; child of Chauncy H. Wilder and Elizabeth (Hurlbert) Wilder; married Clara Whitmore

Wilkinson

Willey

  • Morris Willey; child of Eleazer Willey and Wealthy (Marsh) Willey; married Edith Holdemess

Willis

Wilson

Wiltberger

Winders

Witter

Wood

Woodard

Woodbury

Woods

Woolsey

Wright

Wylde

  • William W. Wylde (b. 1841); child of William Wylde and Maria (Webb) Wylde; married Martha Thompson

Yates

Zellar

Ziegler

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