Early Residents of Dwight, Illinois
ADAMS, R. C., b. Sept. 26, 1827, musical profession, large landowner, farmer, 1878
AUSTIN, James B., b. May 5, 1854, farming, horse breeding, 1888
BAKER, Charles M., b. March 23, 1849, leading furniture dealer in Dwight, Druggist, 1888 1878
BARR, Dr. Cyrus, H., b. July 10, 1854, physician and druggist. 1888
BOYER, George W., b. Feb. 20, 1827, farmer, photo of farm, 1888
BRUBAKER, Abraham, b. Jan. 25, 1828, United States Express Agent at Dwight, 1888
BUCK, Benjamin A., b. Nov. 12, 1844, hardware business, 1888
BUNTING, Edward, b. 1827, farmer, 1888
BURNHAM, Joseph M, b. April 21, 1840, farmer and herding cattle, 1888 1878
CADWALLADER, H., b. April 14, 1847, grain, seed, coal dealer, 1878
CHESTER, Hannah E., one of early settlers of Dwight Twp. Her father was Benjamin Chester, brother William P. Chester, Hannah is only member living 1878
CHRISTMANN, John, b. 1845 in Hochstetten, Germany, farmer, School Board member, photo of farm, 1888
CONRAD, W. H., b. July 27, 1832, lumber dealer in Dwight, manufacture of butter tubs, barrels and cisterns, 1878 1888
CONANT, Mrs. Orpha (widow of John Conant) a pioneer of Dwight, 1878
COURLL, M.D., b. Sept. 26, 1848, farmer, 1888
CRANDALL, Charles H., b. Aug. 12, 1831, building and contracting in Dwight, 1888
CYRUS, C. M., editor Dwight Commercial, local newspaper,
DAVIS, William. G., b. Dec. 29, 1848, farmer, photo of farm, 1888
DIFFENBAUGH, Jesse, b. Aug. 21, 1830, prominent grain dealer 1888
DOUGLAS, William, station agent at Dwight 1878
DUNLOP, Joseph I., b. April 24, 1828 in Ohio, farmer, 1878
DUNLAP, Robert, b. Aug. 29, 1849 in Ireland, farmer, 1888
ELDREDGE, H., b. Dec. 28, 1822, dry goods clerk, town clerk, 1878
FLAGLER, George. Z., b. June 4, 1828, lumber merchant, 1878, 1898 bio, photo
FALLIS, Thomas, b. March 23, 1812, farmer, 1888 1878
FISK, Henry D., b. Sept. 25, 1855, Supt. of City Schools, Dwight, 1888
GALLUP, Daniel, b. May 11, 1822, farmer, photo of farm, 1888
GALLUP, Orrin, b. 1824, farmer, 1888
GARDNER, Henry A., b. April 20, 1816, railroad surveyor for several railroads, 1878
GASTON, William, b. March 24, 1846, farmer, 1878
GEIS, John, b. 1849, cigar manufacturer 1888
GEORGE, John C., b. Oct. 19, 1833, Postmaster of Dwight, farmer, 1888
GOOD, Peter, b. 1825, farmer, 1888
GOULD, A. E., b. Dec. 3, 1843, merchant, 1878
HAHN, G. M., b. Jan. 3, 1823, farmer, stock and grain dealer, 1878
HALL, Rev. E.P., b, Aug. 21, 1824, Minister, 1878
HALPIN, Rev. James, b. March 1820 in Limerick City, Ireland, Pastor of the Catholic Church, Dwight, 1878
HARGREAVES, Fred B., b March 27, 1847, lawyer, 1878
HARRINGTON, Peter, b. 1837, farmer, 1888
HART, George, b. Aug. 20, 1843 in England, farmer, 1888
HETZEL, J. C. b. Nov. 7. 1833, general merchandise, 1878
HINKEY, C. H., b. Feb. 15, 1849, farmer, stock dealer, horse breeder, 1888
HOUSTON, Dr. Maurice, b. Oct. 27, 1847, physician, photo, 1888
JOHNSON, Thomas J., b. March 1, 1827, farmer 1888
JOHNSON, Z. L., b. Sept. 9, 1856, firm of Flagler & Johnson lumber dealers, 1878
KEELEY, Leslie E. Company, history of the institution for cure of Drunkenness and the Opium habit, 1888
KENYON, Homer A., postmaster, Dwight, Prop. Kenyon’s Club Agency, news depot and circulating library, editor of Western Postal Review, 1878
KELAGHER, James, b. 1814 in Ireland, jr. member of firm of Miller & Kelagher, grocers in Dwight, 1888
KEPPLINGER, George J., b. 1844 in Germany, hardware merchant, carriage and wagon shop, 1878, 1888
KETCHAM, John D., b. Sept. 20, 1848, dealer in coal and ice in Dwight, 1888
KETCHAM, W. H., b. Nov. 28, 1821, Justice of the Peace, Dwight, 1878, 1898 bio, photo
KIMBLE, Henry, b. July 9, 1829 on Ascension Island, farmer, stock raiser, 1878
KNEELAND, E. H. b. Feb. 26, 1831, weighmaster on a floating elevator, farmer, 1878
LAKIN, Frederick A., b. May 30, 1824 in Maine, farmer, 1888, 1878
LITTLE, John, b. March 24, 1828, section foreman for C., A. & St. L. R.R., 1878
LEWIS, John Chalmers, b. May 2, 1842, Jeweler, Civil War Vet., his wife talked to President Lincoln to return him home, and he did. 1888
LLOYD, J. H., b. March 10, 1842, Civil War, plasterer and brick mason, 1878
LONG, John, b. 1833, farmer, 1888
McILDUFF, Robert S., b. June 1, 1848, attorney-at-law, 1888, 1878
McKAY, Alexander, b. Jan. 3, 1842, Treasurer of Livingston County, harness maker, 1888, 1878
McLANE, Henry T., b. May 3, 1852, agent for J. I. Case, manufacture of Threshers and engines, 1888
McWILLIAMS, David, b. Jan. 14, 1834, first merchant in Dwight. Photo, 1888, 1878
MICKELSON, Nelson N., b. July 29, 1850 in Denmark, grocer in Dwight, 1888
MILLER, BROTHERS (firm) Carl and Joe 1898
MORGAN, Leander, b. Feb. 24, 1815, farmer, 1888, 1878
MORRIS, William Edward, b. in England, prominent farmer, photo of farm, 1888
MORRIS, Mrs. Catharine, (widow of William), b. Nov. 30, 1820, she conducts the farm, 1878
NEWELL, C. S., b. Dec. 16, 1832, watch maker,, hardware, real estate, loans, 1878
NEWELL, H. T., b. Feb. 28, 1835, real estate, hardware, loans, 1878
PALMER, C. L., b. June 5, 1848, editor and proprietor of the Dwight Star, Dwight. 1878
PARKER, Ira M., b. 1842, farmer, Civil War Vet. 1888
PARSONS, Col. James B., b. Dec. 17, 1842, Civil War Vet., county offices, 1888, 1878
PAYNE, Joseph, b. July 15, 1820, Dentist in Dwight, land speculator, 1888
PEARRE, L. G., attorney at law, 1878
POTTER, Alfred. G., b. March 4, 1809, farmer, photo of farm, 1888, 1878
PRIME, S. Thornton Kemeys, b. July 31, 1834, farmer, wrote the platform of the Farmers’ and People’s Anti-Monopoly Party, with W. B. Fyfe of Pontiac, 1888, 1878
RABE, William L., b. May 8, 1839, physician, surgeon, pastor of Union Church, 1888
RADCLIFF, John R., b. 1835, farmer, photo of farm, 1888
RATTENBURY, F., b. Dec. 1832 in Devonshire, England, farmer, 1878
RIGGS, Northrup, b. Feb. 20, 1825, 1898 bio and photo
ROE, R., b. Nov. 16, 1833 in Manchester, England, grocer, 1878
ROMBERGER, Charles L., b. June 12, 1862, Attorney-at-Law, 1888, 1898 photo
SCHUMM, J. F., b. March 15, 1831 in Wurtemburg, Germany, butcher, Dwight, 1878
SCHUMM, J. G., b. April 13, 1835 in Niederwinder, Germany, European Hotel and Restaurant, 1878
SCUTT, DeWitt, b. Sept. 22, 1828, contractor and builder, 1878
SEMANDEL, Conrad, b. 1851 in Kingdom of Bavaria, farmer1888
SHRIMPTON, Joseph, b. June 23, 1822, son of Timothy Shrimpton of the Long Crandon Needle Factory, England 1878
SHRIMPTON, Philip, b. 1842, farmer, photo of farm, 1888
SIEGERT, H. E., b. May 26, 1830 in Germany, miller, Dwight, 1878
SIMS, W. S., b. Feb. 20, 1834, dealer in lumber and coal, 1878
SLYDER, Jesse, b. unknown, farmer, 1888
SMITH, Frank L. 1898 photo
SMITH, J. A., b. 1843, farmer, 1888
SNYDER, Larkin L., b. abt 1847, farmer, 1888
SPENCER, James Clinton, b. July 29, 1828, Civil Engineer, Built Chicago & Mississippi Railroad through Dwigt in 1853 and laid out the town 1878
STAFFORD, John, b. July 29, 1805, proprietor of McPherson Hotel, Dwight, 1878
STEVENS, Capt. Eugene Rolaz, b. Oct. 25, 1837, Civil War Vet., Grain business in Dwight, 1888
STITT, Wm. M. b. March 25, 1843, livery and feed stable, Village Constable, 1878
TANNER, LaFayette, b. June 26, 1827 farmer, 1888
TAYLOR, George. L., b. Sept. 11, 1848, farmer, photo of farm, 1888
TERWILLEGAR, Andrew J., b. Sept. 9, 1829, farmer, 1888
THOLE, H. G., b. Jan. 18, 1831, physician 1878
THOMPSON, John, b. Feb. 26, 1834, Justice of the Peace, stock dealer, 1878
THOMPSON, Hugh, b. March 21, 1836, grain merchant, 1878
THOMPSON, Robert, b. May 17, 1807, farmer, board of Supervisors, laid off the county in congressional districts, 1878
THOMPSON, T. M. b. 1810, farmer, 1878
TUTTLE, Salmon, b. Dec. 8, 1854, cashier of the Dwight Bank, son of Z. Tuttle, owns upward of 6,000 acres, 1878
WINSOR, Horace W., b. Oct. 14, 1822, farmer, family links to England 1888
