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Newspaper Transcription:

Star on High: Clare Frantz makes adjustments to a star loaded with lights above the doorway of his Sugar Grove home. The star has graced the Frantz's home during Christmastime for years.

Chicago Tribune, DuPage…

Frantz Family
Clare Groff Frantz Jr., Clare Groff Frantz Sr., and Thomas Frantz

Will A Johnson Sr, Sugar Grove, Illinois, was a collector of appaloosa mules. Said to be the only six appaloosa mule hitch in the world at that time.

Richard Johnson, School Boy, Sugar Grove, IL

Two unknown ladies

Unknown girl on tintype

Photograph taken on the steps of the Sugar Grove Methodist Church.

From companion photo:

Effie Johnson and her brother lived west of the Old West’s Hotel. Neither Effie or her brother ever married. Her brother was a brakeman for the CB&Q Railroad (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad).

Ruth Judd Kennedy is the aunt of Mary Judd Pneuman.

Note indicates photos were taken in 1987.

Roy Judd was Thomas Judd's youngest son.

As a companion note reads,

Children of "Uncle Tom" Thomas Judd and Electa Rice Judd:

Thomas Judd (infancy)
Phil Judd
Percy Judd
Ermina (Minnie) Juliette Judd
Andy Judd
Frank Judd
Roy…

Handwritten Note:

Two fine looking gentlemen!! Still think I'll get a letter off. 1933. Phil Judd (5th son of Thomas Judd) and Andy Judd (6th son of Thomas Judd).

As a companion note reads,

Children of "Uncle Tom" Thomas Judd and Electa…

Back of photo only provided.

Handwritten Note:
Dorothy and Harlan Judd. Taken at home in front of a snowball bush in Salem, Oregon. Christmas 1927.

From Booth Family Photo Album. July 11, 1923.

See companion photograph for additional details:
https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/3181

Keck's Store located at 221 Main St., Sugar Grove, Illinois.

In 1893, Will E. Keck and a few others formed the Sugar Grove Supply Company at 221 Main Street. Eventually, Will bought the others owners out and became the sole owner. The building…

Keck's Store located at 221 Main St., Sugar Grove, Illinois.

The building of the Sugar Grove Supply Company located at 221 Main Street was built in 1893. It later burned down around 1918 and became the site of Keck's Store. Keck's store was built…

William Roswell Keck (W.R. Keck) Service Pins:

* President, Sugar Grove
* Assessor, Sugar Grove
* Commissioner, Sugar Grove Fire District
* Charter Member , Sugar Grove Lions Club
* Boy Scout Pin from Troop 41
* Ten Year Service Pin, Red…

Copies of this book are available from the Sugar Grove Historical Society. Online ordering and shipping is available on our website
https://www.sugargrovehistory.org/

and through the Bliss House Store…

Note: Peleg Young (1817 - 1890) is a different gentleman than Peleg Young Bliss (1806 - 1888).

TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER
WRITTEN BY PELEG YOUNG BLISS

Sugar Grove
June 4, 1843

Nathan,

I received your letter April and glad to see that you are on the move from Strafford. If you have made up your mind to leave for good, all that I can…