Biography Links & Resources
Kane County
Aurora
BROWNSON, Jacques Calman - Architect
COPLEY, Ira - Newspaper Publisher
GARDNER, Marshall B. - Hollow Earth Theory Patent
JORDAN, Hector - Federal Bureau of Narcotics
OLIN, Alfred - Detective Aurora, Illinois, P.D.
PELICAN, Peter - Civil War soldier
RICHARDSON, Thompson - Police Officer
STONE, David & family of Aurora, IL & Aurora, NE
WHITE, Fred O. - Illinois Veterans Home Site Location Comm.
WILLIAMS, Albert - Escaped Slave
THURM HOOVEN, Marilyn Katherine aka THORNE, Marilyn - entertainer
Batavia
Dundee
Julia Gay, who made a grand tour of Europe in 1912, sending a enthralling series of letters back to her family. She studied at Boston and Chicago universities, and went on to become the first female superintendent of schools in America, serving six years in that role in Dundee, Illinois.
Judge Hewitt was born in Oppinham, Montgomery County, New York, in 1809. While he was a small boy, his family moved to Dundee, Illinois, and later to Elgin, Illinois, where he studied law.
Allan Pinkerton the Dundee barrel maker who established a renowned private detective agency. Link to Elgin Courier article by Mike Alft of 04/25/1999
Elburn
Elgin
E.C. "Mike" Alft - author, writer, educator and historian who once served as the city's mayor.
David F. Barclay for whom Barclay Park is named - 05/30/1999 Elgin Courier News article by Mike Alft
Myra (Colby) Bradwell (1831-1905): The first woman to pass the Illinois Bar Exam, later refused an attorney's license because of her gender.
Robert A. Frahm - Police Officer - Died: 12/04/75
Judge Hewitt was born in Oppinham, Montgomery County, New York, in 1809. While he was a small boy, his family moved to Dundee, Illinois, and later to Elgin, Illinois, where he studied law.
James T. Gifford - Elgin Founder moved to Grafton, Wisc
Lillian (Rapp) McDonald (1899-1957) - became Elgin's first woman airplane pilot (in 1931) and began riding motorcyces in 1950.
Edward J. and William H. O'Beirne (link to Elgin Courier 05/16/1999 article)
Arwin E. Price "The Drunken Mayor" article Elgin Courier
Charles (Elgin Slim) H. Struckman - Police Officer (link to Elgin Courier by Mike Alft)
Alexander Tyler - Veterinarian
Brigadier General Lloyd T. Waterman
Geneva
Hampshire
HOOVEN, Marilyn Katherine - Entertainer
Kaneville
Kames, Donald - motorcycle safety - Elburn Herald
Schneider, John & Lena - Elburn Herald article
Yarnal, Edward - Elburn Herald article
Yarnal, Alice (Wohrer) - Teacher, Author, Insurance, Rock collector, Historian & more - Elburn Herald article
St. Charles
St. Charles History Archives - Biographies Great resource!
Colonel Edward Baker (under construction)
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