Henry County family index

Families of Henry County, Illinois, from the County Histories

538 people from the county histories of Henry 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 History of Henry County, Illinois (1910). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.

Aby1Allen2Allgren1Allison1Anderson5Andrews4Antes1Armstrong1Arnett1Arnold1Attwater1Atwood1Bach1Bailey3Baird2Baker1Baldwin1Bannister1Batten1Baum1Becker1Bergland1Bestor1Beuster1Black1Blish5Blomberg1Bloom1Bohman1Bollen2Bolte1Boltenstern1Booth1Bothwell2Bradley1Broadbent1Brooks1Brown8Buck1Cady3Calkins1Carlson1Chaiser1Charlet1Chase1Christner1Clark3Colby1Coldy1Cole2Collins1Combs1Costello1Coutren1Cowden1Cowell1Cramer1Crowe1Cummings2Darin1Davies1Davis1Dawes1Deem1Demerath1Deming1Depoorter1Dewey1Dickey1Dickson1Dilenbeck2Dirck2Duff1Dunbar1Duncan1Dunn1Durmann1Edgerton1Edwards2Ellingsworth1Ellis1Ensey1Erdman1Erickson1Errett1Evans2Ewan1Farnam1Fausset1Ferguson3Fesler1Firch1Fischer1Fitch1Ford2Fornander1Francis3Frank1Fuerst2Fuller2Funk2Gaessner1Gamble2Garland2German1Gerstner1Gestrin1Glenn1Godfrey1Golden1Golman1Good2Goodrich1Gould2Graves1Greene1Greenhow1Gresser1Grier1Guest1Gunther3Gustafson2Hadley2Hadsall2Hamilton3Hanlon1Hanna1Hannon1Harbaugh1Harding1Harms1Hartman1Hay1Hayes5Haynes1Heaps2Hedlund1Hedman1Heflin1Henninger1Henry1Herb1Herdien1Hewlett1Hill2Hines1Hinman2Hohmann1Hoit2Holzinger1Hoos1Horberg1Hornecker1Houghton1Hulting1Hume1Humfreville1Hunt2Hurlbutt1Hutchinson2Irvine1Jacobson2Johnson9Johnston1Jones3Jordan1Keeler1Keener1Keleher1Kerr1King1Kirley1Kroll1Ladd3Lager2Lambert1Lamont1Larson1Lauderbaugh1Lavery1Lawson1Lay1Lester1Leuis1Lewis1Lieberknecht1Liken1Lincoln3Lindburg1Lindquist1Lindstrum2Linn1Little1Long1Loomis1Lough1Love1Lowry1Luther2Lyon1MacHesney1Magee1Magerkurth1Magnuson1Mallory1Mandle1Manguson1Martin1Mattson1Maul1Mayhew2Mcavoy1Mcbride1Mcbroom1Mcconnell2Mccullough1Mcguire1Mchenry3Mcleese1Mcmaster2Mcmullen1Messmore2Milar1Miller5Mocroft2Moline1Moody1Moore1Morgan1Morris1Morse1Mount1Mulligan2Myers1Nash1Nelson1Neville2Neystrom1Nickerson1Noonan1Nordgren1Nott1Oberg1Offerle1Ogden1Okerstrom1Ole1Oliver1Ollson1Olson4Otley1Ott1Painter1Palmer2Papenthien1Parrish1Paul1Penwell1Peterson5Phillips1Pierce2Pillsbury1Plummer1Pobanz1Pritchard1Pyle1Quinn1Reher1Reherd1Reiff1Richards1Richmond5Rieger1Riley1Ringle1Rivenburgh1Roberts2Romig1Root1Rumler1Ruxton1Sadler1Samuelson5Sandquist1Sanquist1Schlunzen1Schmoll1Schroeder3Schultz1Sears1Seaton1Sedgley1Seefeld1Seely1Sellon1Shafer1Sharp2Shattuck1Sherman1Simmons1Slauson1Smith8Snodgrass1Snow1Snyder2Soderberg1Soderburg1Soderquist1Sommers1Spencer1Sprouse2Stabler1Stach1Stafford2Stahl1Stamm1Stearns1Stevens1Stewart3Stickney2Stitt1Stokes1Stoneberg1Storey1Straley1Sturm1Swanson3Swiger1Talcott1Taylor3Taze1Tibbetts1Tracy2Troline1Turner1Vance1Verbeckmoes1Vogler2Voss1Waite1Walker1Ward4Warner3Washburn3Weidlein2Weimer2Weinrich1West1Westerlund4White8Whiting1Widney1Wiese2Wigant1Wilkinson1Williams3Willsie1Wilson3Windisch1Wine1Winroot1Winter1Wintz1Wirt1Withrow7Wolever2Wolf1Woodbury1Wright1Young2Zele1Zimmerman1
Everyone in the Henry County index, A to Z (538)

Aby

Allen

  • Henry Ray Allen (b. 1867); child of William Allen and Margaret (Martin) Allen
  • Robert Allen (b. 1867); child of William Allen and Margaret (Martin) Allen

Allgren

Allison

Anderson

Andrews

Antes

Armstrong

Arnett

Arnold

Attwater

Atwood

Bach

Bailey

Baird

Baker

Baldwin

  • J. B. Baldwin (b. 1839, Essex county); child of Lemuel Baldwin and Rachel (Perry) Baldwin

Bannister

Batten

  • James R. Batten (b. 1839, Preble county); child of Eli Batten and Heatha C. (Wilhoit) Batten

Baum

  • Charles Baum (Jefferson county); child of John J. Baum and Marie (Petrie) Baum

Becker

Bergland

Bestor

  • Henry Bestor (b. 1864); child of Harmon Bestor and Sophia (Combs) Bestor; married Nellie Purviance

Beuster

Black

  • Ross Wesley Black (b. 1882); child of Robert W. Black and Julia Curtain (Foy) Black; married Emma Louisa Wahlert

Blish

Blomberg

  • John L. Blomberg (b. 1880); child of Isaac Blomberg and Christine (Soderquist) Blomberg

Bloom

Bohman

Bollen

  • John Bollen (b. 1835); child of John Bollen and Sarah (Hooks) Bollen; married Caroline Heller
  • John W. Bollen (b. 1868, Loraine township); child of John Bollen and Caroline (Heller) Bollen

Bolte

Boltenstern

Booth

Bothwell

Bradley

Broadbent

Brooks

Brown

Buck

Cady

Calkins

Carlson

Chaiser

Charlet

  • William Charlet (b. 1865); child of William Charlet and Amelia (Ballieu) Charlet

Chase

  • Charles E. Chase (b. 1844); child of Merrick Chase and Sarah Maria (Brigham) Chase

Christner

  • Winfield S. Christner (b. 1854); child of Samuel Christner and Rachel (Berg) Christner; married Emma Weimer

Clark

  • William Clark (b. 1834, Washington county); child of William Clark and Deborah (French) Clark; married Martha Shakespeare
  • Alexander K. Clark (b. 1862); child of James F. Clark
  • James F. Clark; child of John Clark and Margaret (Maxwell) Clark

Colby

  • William Davis Colby; child of Jonathan Colby and Lydia (Ingalls) Colby; married Eva Blanche Vail

Coldy

Cole

  • William Henry Cole (b. 1836); child of Cornelius Debois Hasbrouk Cole and Sylvia (Walker) Cole
  • William C. Cole (b. 1863); child of Festus C. Cole and Elizabeth (Taze) Cole; married Sarah J. Welch

Collins

  • John S. Collins (b. 1832); child of Stephen Collins and Margaret (Fennel) Collins; married Catherine Holhen

Combs

Costello

Coutren

Cowden

Cowell

Cramer

Crowe

Cummings

Darin

Davies

  • E. Percy Davies (b. 1865); child of James L. Davies and Phila N. (Aldridge) Davies; married Mina Kerr

Davis

Dawes

Deem

Demerath

Deming

Depoorter

Dewey

Dickey

Dickson

Dilenbeck

Dirck

Duff

Dunbar

Duncan

Dunn

Durmann

  • John Durmann; child of Joseph Durmann and Amanda (Killing) Durmann; married Amanda Killing

Edgerton

Edwards

Ellingsworth

Ellis

Ensey

  • James B. Ensey (b. 1859, Howard county); child of Richard L. Ensey and Mary Jane (Gosnell) Ensey; married Anna E. Young

Erdman

Erickson

Errett

Evans

Ewan

Farnam

  • George Farnam (b. 1866); child of John S. Farnam and Elizabeth (Tompkins) Farnam

Fausset

Ferguson

  • Roy Theodore Ferguson (b. 1876, Western township); child of George W. Ferguson and Inez E. (Hitchcock) Ferguson; married Ella Bailey
  • Harry Earl Ferguson (b. 1882); child of George William Ferguson and Inez E. (Hitchcock) Ferguson
  • George William Ferguson (Adams county); child of Robert C. Ferguson and Nancy (Wilson) Ferguson

Fesler

Firch

  • David Firch (b. 1840); child of Michael Firch and Emma (Sierodt) Firch; married Ottilie Oelke

Fischer

Fitch

  • Elmer E. Fitch; child of William Haynes Fitch and Hannah (Lockwood) Fitch; married Rachel Helgesen

Ford

  • J. D. Ford (b. 1847)
  • Dyer Ford (b. 1855); child of Milton Morris Ford and Laura (Spencer) Ford; married May E. Mitchell

Fornander

Francis

Frank

Fuerst

Fuller

Funk

Gaessner

  • Oscar Gaessner (b. 1840); child of Fred Gaessner and Wilhelmina (Vieweg) Gaessner

Gamble

  • Fred B. Gamble; child of Joseph R. Gamble and Maria P. (Wooley) Gamble
  • Joseph N. Gamble; child of J. R. Gamble and Maria P. (Woolley) Gamble; married Susanna G. Guthridge

Garland

German

Gerstner

  • Valentine Gerstner (b. 1841); child of Peter Gerstner and Christine (Alias) Gerstner; married Margaret Masengorf

Gestrin

Glenn

Godfrey

  • William Godfrey; child of Richard Godfrey and Ann (Amos) Godfrey; married Myra J. Goodman

Golden

  • Edward Golden (b. 1865); child of Edward Golden and Mary (Willets) Golden

Golman

Good

Goodrich

Gould

Graves

Greene

  • Frank H. Greene (b. 1857, Whiteside county); child of Thomas Greene and Julia (Graves) Greene

Greenhow

Gresser

  • F. E. Gresser (b. 1843); child of John G. Gresser and Barbara Henrietta (Kachel) Gresser; married Ora Huff

Grier

Guest

Gunther

Gustafson

Hadley

Hadsall

Hamilton

Hanlon

Hanna

Hannon

  • Thomas Hannon (b. 1842); child of Matthew Hannon and Mary (Callahan) Hannon; married Mary Cavanaugh

Harbaugh

Harding

Harms

Hartman

Hay

  • Francis Marion Hay (Saluda township); child of Thomas Hay and Sarah (Maiden) Hay; married Sarah Maiden

Hayes

Haynes

Heaps

Hedlund

Hedman

Heflin

Henninger

  • C. Arthur Henninger (b. 1877, Hanna township); child of James A. Henninger and Cynthia Ann (Fuller) Henninger

Henry

Herb

Herdien

Hewlett

Hill

  • John K. Hill (b. 1843, Rappahannock county); married Elizabeth Lockhart
  • Hugh Hill; child of William Hill and Maria Hill

Hines

Hinman

Hohmann

Hoit

Holzinger

Hoos

Horberg

Hornecker

Houghton

Hulting

  • Andrew G. Hulting; child of Per Hulting and Kisa (Lawson) Hulting; married Hannah Anderson

Hume

Humfreville

Hunt

  • John I. Hunt (b. 1863, Weller township); child of Henry J. Hunt and Ellen (Hoare) Hunt; married Ellen Hoare
  • Edward Hunt

Hurlbutt

Hutchinson

Irvine

  • William Irvine (b. 1861); child of John Irvine and Sarah (Hall) Irvine; married Agnes Bailey

Jacobson

Johnson

Johnston

Jones

Jordan

Keeler

Keener

Keleher

Kerr

  • Thomas W. Kerr (Armstrong county); child of Zachariah Kerr and Margaret Kerr

King

  • Allen King (Stark county); child of Robert W. King and Fannie (Lawrence) King; married Katherine Steiner

Kirley

Kroll

Ladd

Lager

Lambert

Lamont

  • Jesse L. Lamont (b. 1848); child of Daniel Lamont and Mary (Lloyd) Lamont; married Josephine Bradford

Larson

  • Oscar H. Larson (b. 1865, Lynn township); child of Andrew G. Larson and Helen Sophia (Larson) Larson; married Othelia Engquist

Lauderbaugh

  • Emanuel Lauderbaugh (b. 1851); child of Thomas Lauderbaugh and Elizabeth (Hartman) Lauderbaugh; married Maude Hammer

Lavery

Lawson

  • John F. Lawson (b. 1856); child of Johannas Lawson and Gustava (Pierson) Lawson

Lay

Lester

Leuis

Lewis

Lieberknecht

Liken

  • Thomas Porter Liken (Allegheny county); child of Thomas Liken and Sarah Ann (Sands) Liken; married Rachel Victoria Hill

Lincoln

Lindburg

Lindquist

Lindstrum

  • Eric Lindstrum (b. 1863); child of Eric Lindstrum and Britta Lindstrum
  • John Albert Lindstrum (b. 1870); child of Eric Lindstrum and Britta (Olson) Lindstrum; married Lillie Nystrum

Linn

Little

  • R. Augustus Little; child of Tristram Little and Sarah (Dole) Little; married Nancy Tenney

Long

Loomis

Lough

Love

Lowry

  • Nelson H. Lowry (b. 1847, Erie county); child of Samuel Lowry and Ruth Ann (Parsons) Lowry

Luther

Lyon

MacHesney

Magee

  • Charles Magee (Hollis township); child of John Magee and Alaria (Miskimmins) Magee

Magerkurth

Magnuson

Mallory

Mandle

Manguson

Martin

  • Curtis C. Martin; child of Mr. and Mrs. William Whitcomb. Both Mr. Martin and Mrs. Martin; married Margaret A. Dillehay

Mattson

  • Olof Mattson (b. 1854); child of Mattes Thomason Mattson and Catherine (Olson) Mattson

Maul

Mayhew

Mcavoy

Mcbride

Mcbroom

Mcconnell

Mccullough

Mcguire

Mchenry

Mcleese

Mcmaster

Mcmullen

Messmore

  • George W. Messmore (b. 1842, Wayne county); child of Jacob Messmore and Margaret Messmore; married Mary E. Miller
  • G. Elmer Messmore; child of George W. Messmore and Mary E. (Miller) Messmore

Milar

  • Theodore Milar (b. 1850); child of Robert Milar and Rebecca (Knisely) Milar; married Ruth Eliza Storm

Miller

Mocroft

Moline

Moody

Moore

Morgan

Morris

  • William Morris (Bradford county); child of Augustus Morris and Hannah (Elston) Morris

Morse

Mount

Mulligan

Myers

Nash

Nelson

Neville

Neystrom

Nickerson

Noonan

Nordgren

Nott

Oberg

  • Louis Oberg (b. 1849); child of Jones Oberg and Kate (Johnson) Oberg

Offerle

Ogden

Okerstrom

Ole

Oliver

Ollson

Olson

Otley

Ott

  • Henry R. Ott (Lake county); child of John Jacob Ott; married Catharine E. Wolf

Painter

Palmer

  • George D. Palmer (b. 1853, Otsego county); child of Dudley W. Palmer and Laura L. (Bard) Palmer; married Pearl Hartsell
  • William C. Palmer (b. 1863); child of Aaron Palmer and Prudence (Tunnicliff) Palmer

Papenthien

Parrish

  • George Randall Parrish; child of Rufus Parker Parrish and Frances AdeHne (Hollis) Parrish; married Mary A. Hammon

Paul

Penwell

  • John N. Penwell (b. 1838); child of David Penwell and Mary L. (Crook) Penwell

Peterson

Phillips

Pierce

Pillsbury

Plummer

Pobanz

Pritchard

Pyle

  • Robert Pyle (b. 1857, Knox county); child of Richard Pyle and Sarah (Collinwood) Pyle

Quinn

Reher

  • George Reher (b. 1848); child of Karl Reher and Fredericka Reher; married Henrietta Tehen

Reherd

Reiff

Richards

Richmond

Rieger

Riley

  • William Riley (b. 1854, Cornwall township); child of James Riley and Sarah Ann (Dunbar) Riley; married Elizabeth Schwab

Ringle

Rivenburgh

Roberts

Romig

  • John W. Romig (b. 1834, Tuscarawas county); child of Gabriel Romig and Fannie (Baltzly) Romig

Root

  • John Root (b. 1849); child of Eric Root and Brita Ogren. Mrs. Root

Rumler

Ruxton

Sadler

Samuelson

Sandquist

Sanquist

Schlunzen

Schmoll

Schroeder

Schultz

  • Julius Schultz (b. 1859); child of Adolph Schultz and Caroline (Krueger) Schultz

Sears

  • Frank S. Sears (b. 1861); child of John Sears and Mary W. (Jewett) Sears; married Mary Whiffles

Seaton

  • John Seaton; child of Benjamin W. Seaton and Julia Elizabeth (Bond) Seaton

Sedgley

Seefeld

Seely

Sellon

Shafer

Sharp

Shattuck

  • John Shattuck (b. 1853, Highland county); child of Allen F. Shattuck and Nancy S. (Woollums) Shattuck

Sherman

  • Oscar A. Sherman (b. 1841, Essex county); child of Samuel Sherman and Azubah (Greene) Sherman

Simmons

  • Horace F. Simmons (b. 1857); child of William H. Simmons and Mary Ann (Briggs) Simmons

Slauson

  • Lewis W. Slauson (b. 1838, Albany county); child of Tryansel Slauson and Mary (Tenyck) Slauson

Smith

Snodgrass

  • Frank A. Snodgrass; child of John Snodgrass and Sarah (Jamerson) Snodgrass; married Clara Shafer

Snow

  • Isaac Snow (b. 1861); child of Orrin Snow and Elma Jane (Snow) Snow

Snyder

Soderberg

Soderburg

  • John F. Soderburg; child of Jonas Soderburg and Charlotte (Peterson) Soderburg; married Annie Fredericson

Soderquist

Sommers

Spencer

Sprouse

  • Melvin O. Sprouse (b. 1878, Weller township); child of Isaac Sprouse and Mary (Anderson) Sprouse
  • Isaac Sprouse; child of Mr. Sprouse and Mrs. McCady Sprouse; married Mary Anderson

Stabler

Stach

Stafford

Stahl

Stamm

Stearns

  • John Stearns (b. 1835); child of John Stearns and Abigail Hall (Toby) Stearns; married Susan Carlin

Stevens

Stewart

Stickney

Stitt

Stokes

Stoneberg

Storey

Straley

Sturm

Swanson

Swiger

Talcott

Taylor

Taze

Tibbetts

  • Nathaniel W. Tibbetts (Neponset township); child of James P. Tibbetts and Julia A. (Sayles) Tibbetts; married Mary R. Willey

Tracy

  • William R. Tracy (b. 1852, Whistling Grove township)
  • Jesse S. Tracy (b. 1863, Lynn township); child of Joab Tracy and Mary Jane (Coon) Tracy; married Mary Barrett

Troline

Turner

Vance

  • H. J. Vance (b. 1876, La Salle county); child of J. R. Vance and Anna (Jones) Vance

Verbeckmoes

  • Louis Verbeckmoes; child of Martin Verbeckmoes and Johanna (Smith) Verbeckmoes; married Gertie Rumler

Vogler

  • Peter Vogler (b. 1856); child of George Vogler and Agnes (Sauers) Vogler; married Emma Newman
  • George H. Vogler (b. 1867, Hampden township); child of George Vogler and Agnes (Lewis) Vogler; married Anna Davison

Voss

Waite

Walker

Ward

Warner

Washburn

  • Henry Washburn (b. 1840, Colona township); married Zebuline Bailey
  • George Washburn (b. 1863); child of Abisha Washburn and Isabella (Clapp) Washburn
  • Edward Washburn (b. 1867, Western township); child of Chauncey Washburn and Emily (Piatt) Washburn

Weidlein

Weimer

Weinrich

  • Frederick W. Weinrich (b. 1862, Geneseo township); child of William F. Weinrich and Christina (Kipping) Weinrich

West

Westerlund

White

Whiting

Widney

  • John A. Widney; child of Alexander E. Widney and Margaret (Hammond) Widney

Wiese

  • John Wiese (b. 1842); child of Marcus Wiese and Lucy (Roward) Wiese; married Amelia Firch
  • Henry J. Wiese; child of John Wiese and Elizabeth (Wiegand) Wiese; married Clara Maeltzer

Wigant

Wilkinson

Williams

Willsie

  • Horace M. Willsie (b. 1859); child of Horace H. Willsie and Betsey Ambrosia (Nichols) Willsie; married Anna M. Johnson

Wilson

Windisch

Wine

Winroot

Winter

Wintz

  • Philip J. Wintz (Rappahannock county); child of Henry Wintz and Sarah (Frye) Wintz; married Sabina Trucksess

Wirt

Withrow

Wolever

Wolf

Woodbury

  • John Woodbury (Jefferson county); child of Daniel Woodbury and Minerva (Curtis) Woodbury

Wright

Young

Zele

Zimmerman

  • Fred C. Zimmerman; child of Daniel Zimmerman and Magdalene (Lappel) Zimmerman; married Kunigunda Tresel

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