by GrundyILGW | Nov 25, 2019 | Maps
These maps of Grundy County Illinois come from a variety of sources, but the township maps specifically were extracted from the Atlas of Grundy County & State of Illinois, Warner & Beers, 1874. 1874 Map St. Angela’s AcademyCutout from Warner & Beers...
by GrundyILGW | Nov 25, 2019 | Churches
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Morris, Illinois On July 6th, 1880, several men and women met in the home of Susan Armbuster and organized “The Scandinavian Lutheran Church of Morris, Grundy County, Illinois.” Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A.F....
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Bargo, Elmer – The fundamental industry of farming is becoming generally recognized as being so important as to loom up large among other callings of the world. Not only are all the leading colleges and universities including agricultural departments in their...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Barton W. Barber, farmer, P. O. Gardner, was born in Rutland County, Vt., August 31, 1828, son of James W. and Lerain (Parker) Barber, natives of Vermont, he born in 1797, died in July, 1875; was a farmer by occupation; she was born in 1802, and died in 1874; she was...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Balma, Joseph – In seeking the reason for personal success, one invariably finds that the men who rise to positions above their fellows are those who have kept at what they started out to accomplish, and through sheer perseverance have finally reached their...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Baum, Henry (deceased) – Grundy County never had a more public-spirited man than the late Henry Baum of Morris. He was born in Saxony, Germany, October 26, 1834, a son of John Baum, who married a Miss Kirchner. After serving in the German army, Henry Baum came...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
HENRY BAUM, dry goods and millinery, Morris, was born in New Jersey April 4, 1855, son of George BAUM, whose sketch appears in another part of this work. There were three sons, of whom our subject is the eldest, and the only one living, and two daughters. Henry was...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
George BAUM, clothier, Morris, was born in Germany January 20, 1828; son of George BAUM, who was born and raised in Germany, and also died here. Subject emigrated to the United States in 1853, landing in New York City on the 16th of of August. He was educated in the...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
Barton, Hon. George – An alert, progressive and enterprising citizen, alive to the wants and needs of his community, Mayor George Barton, of Braceville, is but vindicating the confidence placed in him when he was elected to the highest municipal office by his...
by GrundyILGW | May 8, 2018 | Biographies
The number of residents of Grundy county of English nativity is not large, but in this county, as elsewhere, residents of English birth have demonstrated their capacity for good citizenship. The Englishman is usually enterprising, and he is always intelligent, liberal...
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