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