131 people from the county histories of Kankakee 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 Portrait and biographical record of Kankakee County, Illinois : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies of all the governors of the state, (1893). All public domain; each entry links to the original book.
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Everyone in the Kankakee County index, A to Z (131)
Allen
- Seymour J. Allen (b. 1831, Erie County)
Allison
- W. Allison (b. 1853, Shelby County); married Barbara Butz
Altgeld
- P. Altgeld (b. 1848)
Atkins
- William H. Atkins (b. 1816, Tioga County); married Libbie Inkster
Avery
- George Avery (Cuyahoga County); married Julia Ann Lyman
Ayres
- Albert Alexis Ayres (b. 1848); child of Isaac Ayres and Elizabeth Ayres; married Sarah Elizabeth Atkins
Baker
- Joseph A. Baker (b. 1823); child of Abiel Baker and Maria (Osgood) Baker; married Frances Briggs
- Myron F. Baker; married Anna Stire
Barber
- William P. Barber (b. 1857)
Beebe
- Newell Beebe (b. 1818)
- Asa Beebe (b. 1827); child of Dudley Beebe and Doity (Stearns) Beebe; married Mary F. Legg
- Samuel Beebe; child of Oliver Beebe and Nancy (Mellen) Beebe; married Nellie Hayden
Beveridge
- John L. Beveridge; married Helen M. Judson
Bloom
- David Bloom; married Polly A. Rutty
Bonfield
- Thomas S. Bonfield (b. 1827); child of Dr. Thomas S. Bonfield
Bowlby
- James Bowlby (b. 1835)
Bradbury
- James Bradbury; child of Joseph Bradbury and Lucy (Saveli) Bradbury
Bratton
- Luther B. Bratton (Daviess County)
Breen
- Fred S. Breen (b. 1869); married Mahala Han
Butz
- George Butz; married Catherine Heil
Changnon
- Arthur Changnon (b. 1850)
Cheffre
- Joseph Cheffre; married Nelda Dube
Clarke
- Haswell C. Clarke (b. 1842); child of Jacob Clarke; married Harriet Amelia Cobb
Cobb
- Emory Cobb (b. 1831); child of William Cobb and Aclisah (Bradley) Cobb
- Emi Bradley Cobb; child of William Cobb and Achsah (Bradley) Cobb
Comstock
- Eugene Comstock; married Henrietta Sammons
Cook
- Hiram M. Cook (b. 1823, Jefferson County); child of M. Y. D. Cook
Day
- Daniel Day; child of Asa Day and Permelia (Beebe) Day
Dayton
- Reuben Dayton (b. 1833)
- Andrew Dayton (b. 1835); child of William Dayton and Elizabeth (Hess) Dayton; married Belle Winfrey
Deebank
- James Deebank; married Janet Morrison
Deerson
- John Deerson; child of Peter N. Deerson and Helen D. (Moller) Deerson
Dennis
- Amer D. Dennis (b. 1845); child of William F. Dennis and Jane (Goodwin) Dennis
Dennison
- James H. Dennison (b. 1837); child of John Dennison and Margaret (Anderson) Dennison
Dickey
- Volney Dickey (b. 1833); married Julia Hayden
- Sylvester B. Dickey (Niagara County)
Dole
- Daniel W. Dole (b. 1829, Shelburne Township); married Jennie Styles
Doren
- Van Doren (Dutchess County)
Dyer
- Edward Dyer (b. 1814); child of Thomas Dyer; married Maria L. Woodard
Easton
- John R. Easton (b. 1823); child of John Easton and Sophia (Densmore) Easton; married Esther A. Belden
Falter
- George Falter; married Nettie Lashuay December
Fortin
- Timothy Fortin (b. 1833); married Pliilomene Anctil
Geiger
- Martin Geiger; married Mary Cimmerman
Gelino
- Joseph Gelino; child of Joseph Gelino; married Phillomine Lecour
Gerard
- Anthony Gerard (b. 1865); married Mary Hahn
Gibson
- Robert Gibson (b. 1838, Wayne County)
Gohlke
- Frederick Gohlke; married Johanna Krueger
Goodell
- Eno R. A. Goodell; married Eunice Mitchell
Gougar
- William T. Gougar; child of Jacob F. Gougar and Artie (Durham) Gougar
Granger
- Peter Granger (b. 1808)
- Alexis Granger (b. 1867); child of Ambrose Granger
Gunnerson
- Gunner Gunnerson; child of Gunner Gunnerson and Margaret (Waage) Gunnerson
Hall
- Isaac H. C. Hall (b. 1835, Piscataquis County); child of Isaac H. C. Hall; married Betsy War
Hatch
- Franklin Dwight Hatch (b. 1848); child of Elam Hatch and Margaret (Farrell) Hatch
Hatton
Hay
- Leon Hay; child of Simon Hay
Hayden
- Joseph Hayden (b. 1832, Knox County Ohio); child of Nehemiah Hayden and Harriet (Kitchel) Hayden; married Clara Smith
Hendrix
- Walter L. Hendrix (b. 1819, Otsego County); married Ella Woods
Hipke
- William Hipke (b. 1841); married Olive Niles
Hornberger
- Frederick Hornberger; married Mary Miller
Hotchkiss
- Edgar Eugene Hotchkiss (b. 1843)
Hunter
- William R. Hunter (b. 1858); married Constantina Reis
Inkster
- James Inkster (b. 1827); married Barbara Bottenger
Irwin
- Joseph L. Irwin (b. 1851, Wells County); married Mary A. Devoe
Knight
- Olon Knight (b. 1832); child of Samuel Lee Knight and Lucina Lambert (Parker) Knight; married Elizabeth N. Norton
Konklin
- Henry Konklin (b. 1821)
Krueger
- William Krueger; married Augusta Radzom
Lancaster
- Hugh Lancaster (b. 1820); married Ann Hughes
Lawrence
- Michael B. Lawrence; married Margaret Bernard
Lecour
- Joseph Lecour; child of Louis Lecour and Christine (Morine) Lecour
Legg
- Lorenzo D. Legg (Shelby County); married Ann M. Gleason
Leonard
- Frank Leonard (b. 1847, Bennington County)
Lewis
- Joel B. Lewis (Onondaga County); child of Milo Lewis and Emma (Merrill) Lewis; married Maria Shedd
Lillie
- James Lillie (b. 1835); child of John Lillie and Elizabeth (Hume) Lillie
Lowe
- Henry P. Lowe (b. 1830); married Adeline Stevens
Mann
- John Mann; child of Alexander Mann and Maria (Bumpus) Mann
Mcelvain
- David Mcelvain; married Maliala Hanson
Mcgrew
- James Mcgrew; married Mary Thompson
Mellen
- Alphonso Mellen; child of Nathaniel Mellen and Achsah (Wheeler) Mellen; married Sarah Ann Sirpless
Merrick
- George C. Merrick (b. 1824); child of Sylvester Merrick and Mercy (Loveland) Merrick; married Laura Shidler
Mertens
- Henry Mertens; child of William Mertens; married Caroline Myers
Meter
- Henry Osborn Van Meter (b. 1841); married Nelda Bernier
Millanson
- John B. Millanson (b. 1864); married Mary Koon
Miller
Morrical
- Harrison Morrical (b. 1835, Darke County); child of Col. Clark Morrical
Myers
- Jacob Myers; child of Rudolph Myers and Anna (Kenaga) Myers; married Emily A. Funk
Nichols
- James Nichols (b. 1812)
- John Nichols; married Estella Libhart
- Samuel Nichols (Franklin County); married Elizabeth Hill
Obrecht
- Jacob Obrecht (b. 1832); child of Michael Obrecht and Magdelena (Filweber) Obrecht; married Susanna Hertz
- Michael Obrecht; child of Martin Obrecht and Paulina (Ilegg) Obrecht; married Magdclene Fielweber
Paddock
- John W. Paddock (b. 1815)
Perry
- Rufus A. Perry; married Aehsah Thayer
Pollmann
Potter
- William S. Potter (b. 1857); child of Isaac Potter
Powell
- Elias Powell; child of James Powell; married Hannah Finger
Reuter
- Henry Reuter (b. 1856); child of John Reuter and Marguerite (Klop) Reuter
Rice
- George W. Rice (Cumberland County); child of Rufus Rice and Mary (Sylvester) Rice
- Levi C. Rice; child of Peter Rice and Sallie (Swift) Rice
Richardson
- John T. Richardson (b. 1812); married Sarah Glaze
- Reuben Richardson (b. 1832); married Minnie Farrington
Riley
- Michael F. Riley; child of Francis Riley and Mary (Bradley) Riley
Ruger
- Jacob Ruger; married Narcissa Burcham
Schmeltzer
- Foster Schmeltzer; married Esther Oyster
Scramlin
- Armon Scramlin (b. 1841); child of Henry Scramlin and Mary (Judson) Scramlin
Seager
- Paul Hathaway Seager; married Helen M. Peters
Sherman
- Ryland D. Sherman (b. 1826); married Mary F. Morrow
Shronts
- John F. Shronts (b. 1847); child of John Shronts and Magdelena (Doseman) Shronts
Shrontz
- Samuel Shrontz (b. 1843); child of John Shrontz
Small
- Abram Bennington Small (b. 1830, Wayne County)
- John Small (b. 1858)
Smith
- Albert G. Smith; child of George J. Smith and Delana (Allen) Smith; married Mary I. Herrick
Smyth
- Charles A. Smyth; married Emma Doak
Spencer
- Orson Bailey Spencer (b. 1845); child of Dr. Nathan Spencer and Sophrona (Bailey) Spencer
Starr
- Charles Richard Starr; child of Charles Starr and Paulina (Cox) Starr; married Sarah A. Shipley
Streeter
- Luther Streeter; married Delia E. Campbell
Strunk
- William F. Strunk; child of John Strunk and Martha (Forbes) Strunk; married Elizabeth Gilmore
Swannell
- Arthur Swannell (b. 1858); child of Frederick Swannell and Eliza (Paddon) Swannell
- Charles E. Swannell
Tart
- Stephen Tart (b. 1839); married Nettie Hughes
Taylor
- Samuel Taylor (b. 1827); child of Thomas Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor
- Daniel Carswell Taylor (b. 1832); married Fannie Hosmer
True
- Charles True (b. 1843)
Uran
- Benjamin F. Uran (b. 1848); married Lucinda Legg
Walter
- George Walter (b. 1839); married Ursula Erzinger
Webler
- Peter Webler; married Sarah A. Beadle
Wildman
- Robert Wildman; married Fannie Lee
Woodard
- Cyrus Woodard (Bennington County); married Anna Hartman
Wright
- Elnathan Wright (b. 1831); child of Phineas M. Wright and Abigail (Howes) Wright; married Eva Houck
Yonke
- Paul Yonke (b. 1826)
Yoss
- Ii Arles E. Yoss; child of Emery Yoss; married Josie Babel