15 Jul 1881 Valley Chronicle Name Index
This index of prominent citizens, advertisers and story subjects was contributed from a transcription of the newspaper. The newspaper is available on microfilm at the St. Charles Public Library. The donor has asked to remain anonymous.
| Township Officers |
| Miller, Chas. A. - supervisor |
| Ross, G. F. - clerk |
| Goodell, Joel - assessor |
| Clark, Jos. - township collector |
| Clark, H. M. -justice |
| Elliott, John F. - justice |
| Nichols, A. J. - constable |
| Sill, Geo. N. - constable |
| Matteson, Wm. M. - highway commissioner |
| Alcott, J. B. - highway commissioner |
| Adams, S. L. - highway commissioner |
| Rockwell, H. T. - school trustee |
| Colton, M. W. - school trustee |
| Baker, Ed. - school trustee |
| City Government |
| Hunt, F. B. - mayor |
| Durant, Sam'l - clerk |
| Ross, Geo. F. - attorney |
| Glos, H. A. - treasurer |
| Lake, C. A. - marshal |
| Aldermen |
| Clark, H. M. - first ward |
| Brownell, E. A. - first ward |
| Trumbull, John P. - second ward |
| Marsden, Thomas - second ward |
| Haslehurst, Henry B. - third ward |
| Ferson, George - third ward |
| Churches - pastors |
| Bary, Emil B. - Baptist |
| Zara, M. - Catholic |
| Belt, S. D. - Congregational |
| Kent, Frank - Free Methodist |
| Searl, S. - Meth. Episcopal |
| Secret Orders: |
| Unity Lodge, No. 48, A. F. and A. M. |
| Rockwell, H. T. - W.M. |
| Clark, H. M. - secretary |
| St. Charles Lodge, No. 14, I. O. O. F. |
| Morse, Levi - N. G. |
| Adams, S. L. - Sec'y |
| Waubonsie Encampment, No. 13, I. O. O. F. |
| O'Brien, J. - C.P. |
| Bowman, F. H. - scribe |
| St. Charles Cornet Band |
| Ferson, John H. - president |
| Colson, J. F. - secretary |
| Doherty, James - treasurer |
| Anderson, Albert - leader |
| Jennings, R. B. - assistant leader |
| The band consists of twenty pieces. |
| Advertisers: |
| Adams, S. L. - staple and fancy groceries |
| Anderson, C. A. - corner store, West Main Street |
| Alexander, F. W. - contractor and builder, Second Street, south of livery stable |
| Baird, J. C. - banking, east side, St. Charles |
| Barry, A. H. - Botsford, Barry & Russell, attorneys and counselors at law |
| Bishop, Wm. H. - M.D., office at residence, west Second street, two blocks south of Main |
| Botsford, R. N. - Botsford, Barry & Russell, attorneys and counselors at law |
| Bowman, F. H. - Hardware, West Side, St. Charles |
| Crawford, H. M. - M.D., office at residence, north of park, east St. Charles |
| Culverson, William - livery, one door west from the Mallory House |
| Curtis, T. M. - new wagon shop |
| Elliott, John F. - justice of the peace and collecting agent |
| Furnald, J. P. - merchant tailoring |
| Gould, C. W. - creamery butter, Elgin |
| Harroun, Horace - groceries |
| Hinman, A. W. - M.D., office in Dearborn's block, west side, St. Charles |
| Lloyd, W. B. - The Little Store Around the Corner |
| McWilliams, D. Jr. - Harness, saddles and collars, West Main Street |
| Moore, D. B. - blacksmith, West Second Street, north of Main |
| Osgood, George W. - groceries, crockery and wallpaper |
| Parker, J. W. - dealer in furniture and agricultural implements |
| Richmond, James F. Capt. - visits from Chicago |
| Rockwell, Henry T. - fire and life insurance |
| Roche, N. T. - coal seller |
| Russell, J. A. - Botsford, Barry & Russell, attorneys & counselors at law, office, rms 1 & 2, Barker's block |
| Ryan, T. E. - attorney at law, office on west side, St. Charles |
| Sayles, Mrs. A. - millinery store, one door east of Dr. DeWolf's drug store |
| Sill, Robert T. Dr. - visits from Chicago |
| Van Patten, J. S. - The Pioneer Drug Store |
| Ward, L. C. - boots, shoes, slippers |
| Zabriski, D. L. - drugs |
| News articles: |
| Adams, S. L. - hosted party |
| Alexander, Frank - work on home |
| Alexander, Frank Jr. - completing work on Samuel Brown house |
| Almy, Edward B. - killed at Cortland |
| Baird, C. W. - home being repaired |
| Baird, William - now in Paris |
| Balldridge, M. M. - home once had strawberry patch |
| Ballou, W. P. - YMCA organized at DeKalb |
| Barry, Hon. W. D. - give speech at Blackberry |
| Bartlett, S. P. - Quincy fish commissioner sends fish |
| Bary, E. B. Rev. - helps family of drowning victim |
| Bassett, A. J. - resigns at Geneva station agent |
| Belt, S. D. Rev. - preached a stirring sermon |
| Bowers, Rudolph - opens a photo gallery |
| Bowman, C. S. - owns Eaton home |
| Bowman, Edward H. - graduate from Michigan University |
| Bradshaw, S. P. - DeKalb soap factory demolished by lightning |
| Braunhold, Louis - artist visiting St. Charles |
| Brown, John A. - repairing his house |
| Brown, Samuel - additional drowning |
| Brown, Samuel - additional on aid to family |
| Brown, Samuel - drowns |
| Burling, J. H. - supervising repairs to a home |
| Colton, M. W. - grove is site of Sunday school |
| Crawford, Dr. - attends to farm accident victim |
| Crawford, S. K. - visits from Benton County, Mo |
| Davidson, C. H. - visited from Minn.; son-in-law of James Wheeler |
| DeMarbelle, Dion - whilom teacher |
| DePew, Chauncey M. - withdraws from Senate race |
| DeWolf, Dr. - tends to farm accident victim |
| Dearborn, Lydia - attending Indiana school |
| Dewey, John F. - spoke at camp meeting |
| Durant, James T. - repairing his home |
| Eaton, Ithiel - apples hung over his fence |
| Ferson, John - hired man ill |
| Ferson, John - tells tall tale |
| Flannery, Michael - improving |
| Fowler, Eugene K. - hit by grape shot at Vicksburg |
| Furnald, J. P. - repairing his roof |
| Gallagher, J. T. - raises money for drowning victim's family |
| Goodhue, Mrs. David - visited from Roscoe, Ill. with daughter Mrs. Barnes |
| Gould, Mrs. C. W. - ill for some time |
| Griscom, (?) - goes on a fast |
| Hammond, Phebe Mrs. - host at M.E. social |
| Huls, Mrs. S. B. - is ill |
| Johnson, Frank - new landlord of Blackberry hotel |
| Joy, Olin C. - returned from Grand Junction, Iowa |
| Kayner, D. P. - letter from Antelope Springs, Colo. |
| Kayner, Theodore D. - visits for a vacation |
| Lewis, Clark - band goes to his home |
| Lloyd, J. N. - in business in restaurant and boarding house |
| Lungreen, Charles - sprained his ankle |
| Marvin, boy - Aurora boy found in Chicago |
| McDole, S. P. - fish commissioner receives fish |
| Meredith, Thomas - pitcher for Batavia base ball club |
| Metcalf, Lois - attending Indiana school |
| Miller, Charles A. - elected chairman of board of supervisors |
| Morgan, A. D. - ice cream goes astray |
| Nichols, A. J. - hurt on farm |
| Osgood, W. F. - repairs on his house |
| Osgood, W. F. - severe attack of bilious colic |
| Parker, Etta Miss - attends Chicago art school |
| Perkins, John - farm hand in accident |
| Pettingill, J. C. - had strawberry patch |
| Pierson, T. F. - best place to buy groceries |
| Powers, Wesley - has hemerrhoids |
| Roberts, boy - Aurora boy killed |
| Rolph, Prof. - St. Charles artist |
| Scheutze, Fred - damage to hay crop |
| Sill, Henry - started career as painter |
| Storrs, Emery A. - delivered address in Michigan |
| Swift, John - died suddenly near Carpentersville |
| Tyrell, Webb - organized Y MCA at DeKalb |
| Vaughn, Nancy - turned 110 |
| Veeder, Theo. - visited from Chicago |
| Webb, John - on hand for band visit to Batavia |
| Wheeler, James T. - son-in-law Davidson visits from Minn. |
| Wheeler, T. A. Mrs. - daughter married Mr. Joy |
| Whilden, Edward - Big Rock township settler died |
| Wilson, Dr. - appointed to state board of dental examiners |
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