Early Residents of Chatsworth, Illinois

BANGS, Edward A., b. Dec. 15, 1835, banker, merchant, 1888

BANGS, Heman Milton, b. Aug. 10, 1847, druggist, 1888, 1878

BECKER, John H., b. July 6, 1825, farmer, 1888

BERGAN, James, b. May 1845, County Supervisor, 1898 biz directory, photo, bio

BIGHAM, John R., b. Oct. 27, 1831, farmer, fruit grower, 1888

BROCKWAY, Trueman, b. Jan. 24, 1832, farmer, 1878

BROWN, Jacob E., b. Sept.29, 1838, banker, 1888

BROWN, Thomas Y., b. Nov. 15, 1810, banker, farmer, 1888, 1878

BULLARD, Jarius Thayer, dealer in lumber, fuel, paints, photo of residence & lumber yard 1888, 1878

BYINGTON, William C., b. April 4, 1819, physician, 1878

CHADWICK, James, b. May 9, 1823, farmer, school director, 1888

CLINE, George W., b. Dec. 21, 1829, farmer, photo of residence, 1888, 1878

COWLING, William, b. Nov. 20, 1848 in England, Propr. Cottage Hotel, photo 1888, 1878, 1898 biz directory, photo, bio

CRANE, Archibald M., b. Aug. 21, 1818, hardware merchant, 1878

CRUMPTON, Samuel, b. Feb. 17, 1841, grain trade, 1888

CURRAN, Thomas S., b. April 9, 1822, farmer, photo, 1888

CURTIS, L., b. Feb. 19, 1836 in Maine, manager of celebrated Buckingham farm, grain dealer, 1888

DeLONG, J. L. b. June 18, 1839, farmer, civil war, confectionary and grocery business, 1878

ELLINGWOOD, Charles V., b. Oct. 12, 1858, physician and surgeon, 1898 biz directory, photo, bio

FOSDICK, Samuel T., b. Oct. 3, 1818, attorney at law, 1878

GINGERICH, William, b. April 14, 1842 in Kur-Hessen, Germany, Civil War Vet., farmer, twp. School Treas. 1888

GREGORY, James A., b. May 13, 1862 in Amity Twp., physician 1888

HAGAN, Father, b. Oct. 27, 1834 in Holland, Pastor of St. Patrick’s Church, Chatsworth, photo of church, Academy and Rectory, 1888

HALL, Albert H., b. April 10, 1849 in Maine, photographer in Chatsworth, succeeded L. R. Thayer, 1888, 1878

HALL, Matthew H., b. July 14, 1829, merchant, 1878

HALL, William H., b. Nov. 29, 1843, furniture, Civil War, 1878

HEPPE, Conrad, b. May 24, 1837, bakery, 1878

HUNT, D. W., b. July 3, 1831, physician, Civil War, 1878

KENYON, Col. Nathaniel C. b. Feb. 21, 1838, postmaster Chatsworth, 1878

KOEHLER, Adolph, b. Sept. 6, 1847, farmer, 1888

LANTRY, Jesse, b. Aug. 21, 1846, Roberts & Lantry hardware and groceries, 1878

LAWLESS, Patrick, b. March 1830 in Louth County Ireland, farmer. 1888

MARSHALL, John H., b. abt. 1840, farmer, 1878

McMULLEN, Archibald, B. Jan. 7, 1836, farmer, 1888, 1878

MEGQUIER, Job H., b. Feb. 10, 1827, real estate agent and Justice of the Peace, 1878

MESSLER, William G., b. Oct. 14, 1849, Jr. Member of Searing & Messler, dealers in grain and ag implements, photo of Elevator 1888

METTE, Louis, b. Feb. 27, 1829, grain merchant, photo of residence, 1888

MILLER, Milo M., b. Nov. 15, 1830, farmer, manufacture of brooms, 1888, 1878

MORRIS, Martin, b. Dec. 22, 1843, farmer, Civil War Veteran,

MURTAUGH, Owen, b. June 8, 1826, 1898 photo, bio

PATTON, Samuel, b. Sept. 3, 1833, machinist, 1878

PUFFER, Daniel B., b. Sept. 20, 1839, farmer, 1878

REMSBURG, Hon. Perry F., b. Feb. 10, 1825, 27th Gen. Assembly, Justice of Peace, Supervisor, photo of farm 1888

ROBERTS, Amos M., b. June 20, 1826, Roberts & Lantry hardware and grocery, 1878

ROBERTS, Francis M., b. July 18, 1841, farmer, 1878

ROEHLER, Gustavus, b. Oct. 20, 1841 in Kingdom of Soxony, Germany, farmer 1888

RUMBOLD, Robert, b. July 23, 1831 in England, insurance and real estate agent, 1878

SANFORD, Orange, b. May 4, 1828, livery stable, 1878

SEARS, William Wallace, b. April 21, 1828, Postmaster Chatsworth, real estate, 1878, 1888

SHAWL, Josiah, b. April 5, 1838, farmer, 1878

SHEPHERD, Henry B., b. March 21, 1841, breeder of Roadster & Trotting horses, photo, 1888, 1878

SHROYER, Peter, b. Oct. 2, 1821, coal merchant, 1878

SMITH, James A., b. Aug. 6, 1845, Editor-Publisher of Plain Dealer newspaper, 1888,  1898 photo, bio

SPIECHER, L. C., b. Dec. 16, 1846, wagon manufacturer, 1878

SPURGIN, Richard M., b March 20, 1848, proprietor and editor Chatsworth Plaindealer, 1878

STANFORD, David J., b. Oct. 15, 1836, County surveyer, 1898, photo, bio

STANFORD, John F., b. Feb. 10, 1850, dealer in coal & Agriculture implements, 1888

STOUTEMYER, Leonidas T., b. Dec. 8, 1841, farmer, 1888

TIMM, John, b. Aug. 14, 1838, lumber merchant, 1878

TODD, John A., b. Aug. 29, 1840, farmer, 1878

TORRANCE, Hon. George, b. May 15, 1847, attorney-in-law, State Senator, 1888, 1878

TRUE, Charles, b. Aug. 28, 1843, Physician, 1878

TURNBULL, James, b. Aug. 22, 1816, farmer, 1878

VOORHES, Isaac, b. Dec. 25, 1846, farmer, 1888

WAKELIN, William H., b. June 29, 1847, merchant, 1878

WALTER, Albert F., b. March 8, 1863, merchant, 1898 biz directory, photo, bio

WALTER, George J., b. Dec. 5, 1852, Manufacturer of drain tile, 1898 photo, bio

WALTER, Louis A., b. Oct. 5, 1856, merchant, 1898 biz directory, photo, bio

WEBSTER. Samuel D. b. Sept. 8, 1811, stock, grain and real estate investor, photo, 1888, 1878

WILSON, C. A. & Co., bankers, general banking business, owned by C. E. Anthony, C. M. Anthony, H. Denhart, R. B. M. Wilson and Charles A. Wilson, 1878

WREDE, Henry, b. March 18, 1838, boots and shoes, Chatsworth, 1878

Wyman, Justin H., b. July 5, 1836, dry goods merchant, Chatsworth, 1878

YOUNG, John, b. March 8, 1831, merchant, tailor, 1878