Pictures of Early Ogle Co., IL Settlers

Pictures of Early Ogle Co. Settlers and Sites of Interest

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Family Pictures

Samuel H. BAKER (1841-1892)

Josiah (1838-1915) and Nancy (Poffenberger) (1841-1913) BARBER Family - c.1905

Richard H. (1829-1911) and Dolly (Rathbun King) (1829-1910) BEERS

Home of Richard and Dolly (Rathbun) BEERS

Charles Daniel BERTOLET (1871-1956)

Joel B. (1839-1923) and Matilda (Reber) (1842-1926) BERTOLET c. 1920

Daniel BLECKER (1843-1937) Family

BOLEN and HUFF families

George (1828-1902) and Lenora (Sanborn) (1831-1909) BRAND family - c. 1883

Sons of George and Lenora (Sanborn) BRAND - c. 1905

Arthur (1847-1922) and Harriet (Grigsby) (1854-1945) BRAYTON family c. 1892

George Atwood BROWN (1841-1932)

Meene Warner (1858-1946) and Antje "Anna" (Schier) (1863-1948) BRUNS family

BURD - REILLY Family Photographs c1888-1934

Roland (1882-1936) and Lela Mae (Lookabaugh) (1889-1967) CHAPMAN

Alanson DuBouise (1822-1898) and Melinda (Biggers) (1826-1891) CLARK

Samuel (1863-1916) and Irena K. "Rena" (Schelling) (1873-1947) CLEVIDENCE

Lillie May (Smice) (1873-1947) COY

CRONK / SPIELMAN Family

Milford Alvin Cross (1869-1951) and Myrtle (Jones) CROSS (1870-1954)

Solon Simeon CROWELL (1812-1896) and wife Sarah, (1826-1905)

William (1862-1953) and Ella (Alberts) (1870-1947) DUITSMAN

John J. EMMERT (1833-1893)

John FEARER Family

Isaac FOSSLER (1854-1930) and wife Emily (1863-?)

Jane (Reynolds) FOXLEY (1832-1896)

John FOXLEY (1826-1896)

John Edward (1855-1934) and Annie Lee (Barber) (1862-1918) FUNK family - c. 1900

Frederick H. GARKEY (1845-1910)

James Cleggit GIBBS (1864-1928) and Family

GOODRICH - STEELE - PARDUE Family

BOLEN and HUFF families

David S. HUFF (1836-1915) with son Sherman E. (1865-1952) and grandson Lloyd (1888-?)

Foneticus (1855-1933) and Mina Letitia (Avery) (1858-1937) JACOBS

Foneticus and Mina Letitia (Avery) JACOBS Family, c. 1920

John (1837-1906) and Antje Anna Smidt (1843-1927) JACOBS

Cyrus Henry JONES (1833-1911)

KEEDY family photo (c. 1916)

Edward (1828-1897) and Elizabeth (Blecker) (1832-1891) KEEDY family

Alva Frost KING (1854-1907)

Josiah (1840-1928) and Martha (Schelling) (1851-1934) KNODLE

Josiah KNODLE (1840-1928) and family

Eldridge U. (1871-1955 and Lottie Mae (Knodle) (1872-1954) KRETSINGER

Lewis KRETSINGER (1822-1889)

Lewis (1822-1889) and Caroline (Ziegler) KRETSINGER (1823-1910) wedding photo

Samuel (1847-1929) and Phoebe Ann (Alden) (1850-1924) KRETSINGER with great-grandchildren

Mary Ann (Greer) (Taylor) KYKER 1861-1925)

LAWVER Family Photos

Clarence Edwin "Jack" (1888-1976) and Lydia Ellen (Kendel) (1891-1986) LIGHT

Clyde (1882-1962) and Edna Bess (Myers) (1889-1961) LONG

David Ramsburg (1842-1935) and Sarah Ann (Mace) (1844-1929) LINTON

James Garfield LONG Family Photos

James Garfield LONG (1879-1947) and sister Lettie Viola (Long) GREEN (1885-?)

James Garfield LONG (1879-1947) on Binder Machine (c. 1930's)

Mabel (Smice) LONG (1885-1964)

LONG - SMICE Family Picnic (c.1925)

Julia Elizabeth (Zimmerman) LOOKABAUGH-KESSELRING (1866-1966)

Daniel L. MILLER (1841-1921)

Thomas (1841-1926) and Lydia Ann (Cobel) (1849-1918) MORRISON

Aaron (1862-1956) and Martha Ann (Pipher) (1859-1930) MOTTER and Family

Riley (1854-1918) and Mary A. (Light) (1860-1941) MOTTER - c. 1880's

Riley (1854-1918) and Mary A. (Light) (1860-1941) MOTTER - Family Photo - 1905

David MUCK (1830-1880)

Daniel (1858-1935) and Sarah (Cearfoss) 1860-1925) MYERS

Fannie (Poffenberger) MYERS (1865-1934) and children

Samuel (1863-1947) and wife Fannie (Poffenberger) (1865-1934) MYERS

William and Susan (Gibbs) MYERS family

Henry Andrew (1824-1888) and Lydia Ann (Beeler) (1828-1910) PALMER

William (1832-1905) and Delana (Hammond) (1838-1918) PALMER Family

PAUL Family Reunion (August 14, 1932)

William Upton (1846-1919) and Lydia Alice (Stuff) (1852-1919) POWELL

George Pyfer Family Photographs

Daniel R. PRICE (1851-1905)

REA family pictures

Abijah Thomas (1843-1908) and Maria (Arnold) (1844-1930) REED

Gilbert Curtis (1842-1934) and Rhoda (Clark) (1850-1941) REED

James (1817-1903) and Mary Elizabeth (Thomas) (1822-1896) REED

Olive Belle (Smice) (1891-1975) REED

John Henry (1887-1958) and Anna C. (Motter) (1882-1970) REEMTSMA

Benjamin (1839-1918) and Susanna (Houser) 1834-1921) RIDENOUR and Family

Galen B. ROYER (1862-1951

Charles Theodore SCHELLING (1866-1963) Photo and Rememberances of Early Leaf River, IL

Henry (1837-1926) and Susan Amanda (Henan) (1842-1940) SCHELLING

William Alfred (1864-1940) and Addie Mae (Motter) (1880-1969) SCHELLING Wedding Photo -1909

Adam (1816-1886 and Susan (Putnam) (1820-1895) SHAW

SHOEMAKER family pictures

Elizabeth (Myers) SMICE (1843-1924)

Frederick SMICE (1877-1925)

Frederick SMICE (1877-1925) with horses

Nathan SMICE (1846-1917)

Melvin Peter (1842-1929) and Mary Elizabeth (Newcomer) (1845-1920) SPIELMAN Family

Daniel SPRECHER family (1917)

John (1832-1911) and Lydia Ann (Palmer) SPRECHER (1838-1919) Photo and 50th Wedding Anniversary Announcement

Samuel (1860-1935) and Alice (Keedy) (1872-1942) SPRECHER

Anna V. (Powell) (1874-1963) STAUFFER

Arthur Edward STAUFFER (1886-1969) Family

Samuel STONE (1838-1915) and Children

Catherine (Miller) WOLFE (1817-1903) and Sara (Wolfe) STOVER (1843-1920) Photograph

Hiram STOUFFER (1856-1936) Family

4 generation picture - Annie Elizabeth (Newcomer) STUFF (1820-1904) and family

Anna Stauffer POWELL, William Floyd STAUFFER, Emanuel NEWCOMER, Lydia Alice (Powell) STUFF, and Gladys Marie Wolf STAUFFER c. 1917

Ausmer Curtis (1855-1916) and Olive Malinda (Burright) (1857-1914) TILTON

Edmund Jefferson WADE Children Photographs

WAGNER Family Reunion - June 15, 1896 - Catherine "Kitty" (Funk) RICE, John TIMMERMAN, George FOUKE, and Grandmother MUMMA

Christ (1901-1961) and Fannie (DeWall) (1902-1961) WIRTJES

Jacob Joseph (1870-1945) and Mary Alice (Critchlow) 1871-1970) YETTER

ZELLERS family photo c.1896

Martin Henry ZELLERS Family Photo - c. 1911

Miscellaneous Pictures

Mt. Morris - Wesley Avenue - early 1900's

Barn of dairy farm owned and ran by Ole Emanuel Stouffer (1882-1967)

Hiram Stouffer (1856-1936) family home, Brayton St., Mt. Morris - c. 1919

Stronghold Castle near Oregon, IL

Pictures of many early Ogle Co. people from "Brethren in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin" by John Heckman and J. E. Miller, Brethren Publishing House, Elgin, IL, 1941

Michael BOVEY, Michael BRANTNER, Benjamin SWINGLEY, Henry SHARER, and Frederick DREXLER Photograph - c. 1904

Holcomb or Davis Junction School Class Photo - March 29, 1935

School Pictures from Leaf River, IL

Students at Egan (Leaf River Twp.) School - c.1912

Historic Gathering of Old People, August 24, 1897, at the home of Peter FUNK

Ruby NASH (Oregon Grade School) 8th Grade Graduating Class - c1906 or 1907

Ruby NASH (Oregon Grade School) Graduating Class - c1909, Oregon, IL

Ruby NASH (Oregon Grade School) Second Grade Class Picture - 1914

Mills School Class, Byron, IL 1910

St. Patrick's Church, Rochelle, IL - early 1900's

St. Patrick's Church, Rochelle, IL - 1939

Former Oak Ridge School near Grand Detour, IL

Red Brick Store, Grand Detour, IL

Center School children of Trot Town, Mt. Morris Twp. - 1912-1913

Center School - Pine Creek Twp., c. 1920

Blackhawk Statue near Oregon, IL - c1930

Piano Factories and Water Power, Oregon, IL - c.1910

Mouth of Mosquito Creek near Byron, IL - c1910

Cherry St. in Rochelle, IL - early 1900's

Oregon, IL - 1909

Pictures of Kings, White Rock Twp.

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