"The Breeder's Gazette": December 20, 1911. The Independent Harvester Co., Plano, Illinois
“We have recently had the pleasure of a visit by a remarkable man, an native of Vermont, who has resided for many years at Sugar Grove, Illinois. Peleg Y. Bliss was one of ‘God’s poor,’ but by industry, temperance, integrity, wit and wisdom, he has become wealthy; and, what is best, he is a father to other poor boys of the present generation. At nine years of age he visited an aunt at Montpeller, the wife of the late Dr. Sylvester Day of the United States Army. He was then indentured to the late John Howes of Moretown, and after an unfortunate experience for a short time, he ran away, and turned up at Strafford, where he was very lucky in gaining the favor of the late Hon. Jedediah H. Harris, under whose patronage he got into business that has been for himself and for the heirs of Mr. Harris remarkably prosperous. With no education but that of the Vermont district school to being with, Mr. Bliss had made himself a good writer, and has contributed much to the press in New York city and Chicago, and always for useful purposes. He claims to be the originator of the policy, recently adopted by the United States government, of granting prairie lands to settlers who plant trees and thus stock that portion of the country with timber. Among his contributions to the Chicago press is a very touching tale entitled ‘John Leniel’s Revenge.’ It is a story of a boy who was adopted and educated by Bliss, and enlisting in the Union army was the first of his company to fall by disease. We hardly know who to honor most, the patriotic boy or his foster father. It is not a remarkable thing for natives of Vermont to have an affectionate remembrance of their native state, but Mr. Bliss has a remarkable way of remembering not only Vermont but her children. In a book he obtains a sentence of some sort and the signature of every Vermonter he meets, and on the walls of a room prepared or the purpose in his house, he puts these memorials of the children of his native state. We cannot help honoring Mr. Bliss as a worthy ‘Green Mountain boy.’ “
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84023200/1879-09-17/ed-1/seq-2/
“Vermont Watchman and State Journal”, Montpelier, Vermont, Volume 74-3805, No. 49, September 17, 1879.
Abraham Lincoln Assassination News Paper Article: The New York Herald, April 16, 1865
"EXTRA, 8:10 A.M, April 15, 1965. Death of the President. Further details of the great crime. Additional dispatches from the Secretary of War. What is known of the assassins. The Official Dispatches. "War Department, Washington, April 15, 1865, 9:10 A.M. Major General Dix, New York -- The President continues insensible and sinking. Secretary Seward remains without change; Frederick Seward's skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut upon the head. The attendant is still alive but hopeless. Major Seward's wounds are not dangerous. "It is now ascertained with reasonable certainty, that two assassins were engaged in the horrible crime, Wilkes Booth being the one that shot the President, and the other accomplice, whose name is not know, but whose description is so clear that he can hardly escape. "It appears from papers found in Booth's trunk that the murder was planned before the 4th of March, but fell through then, because the accomplice backed out until 'Richmond could be heard from.' "Booth and his accomplice were at the livery stable at 6 o'clock last evening, and left here with their horses at 10 o'clock, or shortly before that hour. "It would appear that they had, for several days been seeking their chance, but for some unknown reason it was not carried into affect until last night." The New York Herald, April 15, 1865
Aurora Chamber of Commerce 4-H Club Dinner: Calkins, McCannon, Snow, Rollins, McCartney, Gordon, Bolster, Divekey
Pictured: (Front Row) Mrs. Clarence Calkins, Mrs. Ben McCannon, Mrs. Edgar Snow, Mrs. Walter Rollins, Mrs. M. McCartney, Walter Rollins. (Back Row) James Scott, Morris Gordon, Mrs. Clarence Bolster, Otto Divekey.
Newspaper Transcription: SUGAR GROVE WOMEN SERVE 4-H DINNER A group of Sugar Grove women who prepared the dinner for the annual Aurora Chamber of Commerce 4-H club dinner at Sugar Grove and some of the me waiters who served it are pictured above. (Front Row) Mrs. Clarence Calkins, Mrs. Ben McCannon, Mrs. Edgar Snow, Mrs. Walter Rollins, Mrs. M. McCartney, Walter Rollins. (Back Row) James Scott, Morris Gordon, Mrs. Clarence Bolster, Otto Divekey. (Park Place Studio Photo)
Ben McCannon, Jr.: First Place Award in Future Farmers of America Oratory Contest, Circa 1917
Newspaper Transcription FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA ORATORY CONTEST AT SUGAR GROVE, ILLINOIS Sugar Grove, Illinois, April 16 - Ben McCannon, Jr., of Sugar Grove, was awarded first place iin the Section II Future Farmers of America Original Oratory Contest, held here Thursday evening. His subject was "Weeds and Their Education." Stuart Wells, of Harvard, won second place on his oration entitled "Feeding Minerals to Live Stock," while third prize when to Frederick Boebel, Jr., of Naperville, who spoke on "The Chemist and Permanent Soil Fertility."
(Newspaper article is dated April 16th and does not provide a year, but back side of mounted clipping is dated July 14, 1917.)
Chicago Sun Times Article: Growth in Sugar Grove. 1990.
Photo of Sugar Grove sign along the railroad.
The Chicago Sun Times published an article with the byline: "Housing growth is just around the bend for Sugar Grove, a crossroads west of Aurora in Kane County, and other small towns that have good rail or road connections and inexpensive land." Date: 1-3-1990
Librarians Meet: Grace McCannon of Sugar Grove, General Chairman of the Conference for the Illinois Library Association
Newspaper Transcription LIBRARIANS MEET Robert H. Rohlf, (far right), director of a project staff that revealed a state aid plan for public library development in Illinois Thursday, is shown with William W. Bryan, outgoing president of the Illinois Library Association. With them are some of the Aurora area librarians present for the three-day conference that ends Saturday in the Hilton Inn. They are, (left to right): Miss Eleanor Plain, Aurora Public Library; and general chairman of the conference: Grace McCannon, Sugar Grove; Lois Miller, St. Charles Public Library; and Mrs. Ruth Wildermuth, Plan Public Library.
McCannon Children at Jericho Stage Coach Station: Newspaper Clipping, July 14, 1917
This was framed and displayed at the old Sugar Grove Library. On the back of the picture was written: OLD Jericho Stage Coach Station at the corner of Jericho Rd. and Mighell Rd., Circa 1917 The Jericho Stage Coach Station burned down in 1929. Children pictured are from left to right: Frank McCannon, John McCannon, and Willis McCannon. (Back side of mounted clipping is also shown and archived separately.)
McCannon Family: "Four Generations in Sugar Grove Family"
Newspaper Transcription: FOUR GENERATIONS IN SUGAR GROVE FAMILY Four generation s in a well know Sugar Grove family are shown in the above picture. Reading from left to right they are: Frank McCannon Jr., 3, great grandson; Mrs. Frank McCannon, 77, great grandmother; Frank McCannon Sr., 33, father, and Ben McCannon, 57, grandfather.
McCannon Family: 50th Anniversary of Willis McCannon and Grace Gertrude Presler McCannon. 1992.
Newspaper Transcription: MCCANNON Mr. and Mrs. Willis B. McCannon of Sugar Grove will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on April 4, 1992. They will be honored at an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Sugar Grove Community House. Wills B. McCannon and Grace Gertrude Presler were married April 4, 1942, at First Methodist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas. Willis was a veterinarian until he retired in 1980. Grace was a Sugar Grove librarian until she retired in 1980. They have lived in this area for 47 years. The McCannons have three children and four grandchildren. Their children and their children's spouses are Michael and Karen McCannon of Sugar Grove, Gary and Willa Bretthauer of Yorkville, and Mary McCannon of Oak Park.
McCannon Family: Bina McCannon at bake-off for Women's Fair in Big Rock. Aurora Beacon News.
Newspaper Transcription Ever try to judge dozens of cakes, cookies, breads, pies and fudge? These ladies did yesterday at the Women's Fair of the Big Rock Plowing Match. The cake they are holding received a blue ribbon and was rated as best among the white deck cakes. Mrs. Bina McCannon of Sugar Grove slices the cake while Mrs. Arlie Jones of Big Rock, chairman of the fair, Mrs. Edith Icasson of Waterman, and Mrs. Mable Thomas of Elburn (left to right) look on. (Beacon News Photo)
McCannon Family: Ella McCannon, "Four of Her Grandsons in U.S. Service"
Newspaper Transcription: FOUR OF HER GRANDSONS IN US SERVICE Mrs. Ella McCannon, 112 Frankin Street, has four grandsons in the service of the United States. They are: Curtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neiswender of South Bend, Indiana, who hs just joined the marines and is stationed in South Bend, who has been in service since January, 1940, and following a furlough he is spending with his parents, will join the air corps; Dr. Willis McCannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.G. McCannon of Sugar Grove, who just received the commission of lieutenant and will be at Fort Worth, Texas; and Capt. John S. McCannon of Wichita Falls, Texas, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.G. McCannon.
McCannon Family: Matt McCannon, News Article
Matt McCannon, a Mid-Valley student from Kaneland High School, is shown working on his program on a compuer in the data processing program.
McCannon Family: Newspaper Article "McCannons of Sugar Grove. 1970.
Newspaper Transcription: Aurora Beacon News, April 4 1970 MCCANNONS OF SUGAR GROVE by Trudy Morrison For many people, Sugar Grove is a dot on a map or merely a name. But for the McCannon family, it's been home for several generations. Dr. Willis McCannon is one of Sugar Grove's best know residents. His grandfather settled on a farm south of town wheren he was a boy. It is the same farm where Dr. McCannon and his father were born. Dr. McCannon graduated from Sugar Grove High School in 1929, one of a class of nine. After graduation, he became interested in 4-H and started raising pure bred hogs. However, they developed a disease that turned his attention from farming to medicine. Three years after his high school graduation , he entered the University of Illinois. After two years, he transferred to Iowa State University and received his degree from there as a doctor of veterinary medicine in 1938. He practiced in Aurora for three years. Then he entered the Army as a private, received a commission and retired fiver years later as a major. Since then, he has been a veterinarian, specializing in large animals, in the Sugar Grove area. His practice has had several interesting highlights, among them the fact that he met his wife, Grace, when she called him when her dog was sick. Then her dog had four puppies, each of them needing surgery. She finally told him she couldn't afford to pay him, so she guessed she'd have to marry him. They have three children and a grandson. Their son, Michael, is married, lives in Sugar Grove and is the father of Matthew Mark McCannon. Their daughter Mrs. Willa Bretthauer, a graduate of the University of Illinois, lives in Hinckley and teaches in the Sandwich school system. Mary is a senior at Southern Illinois University, majoring in social sciences. Dr. McCannon gained national publicity about 15 years ago for saving a herd of cattle. Recently purchased, they were put into a field surrounded on three sides by corn fields. ... If Ben McCannon Sr., had had his way in 1929, Dr. Willis McCannon would never have been able to read his father's name on the cornerstone of the Sugar Grove Community House. Ben told the bricklayers to turn the engraving, with the board members' names, to the inside.
McCartney Family: Marjorie McCartney Wedding Engagement Announcement
Miss Marjorie McCartney's engagement to Buron Tremain, storekeeper 2-c in the U.S. Navy, is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie McCartney of Sugar Grove. Burton, son of Mr. and Mrus. Leslie Tremain of Montgomery Road, in enjoying a thirty-five days' leave after serving with the armed forces in the South Pacific for the last two years. He was a great nephew of Mrs. Richard L. Curry of 164 South Fourth Street.
Mighell Family: Newspaper Article about Ida Mighell
Newspaper Transcription Excerpts: Mrs. Perry Wilder of Aurora is the youngest daughter of Frank Mighell. Lee and Wynn Mighell, sons of Albert, need no introduction. Wynn was born a stone's throw from his present home. Their sister, Miss Ida Mighell, daughter of Albert, lives on her Grandfather Ezekiel's old farm at Jericho, where both she and Leo were born. Miss Mighell, in fact, owns five farms. In the interest of truth, however, it must be confessed that she did not make her money by farming. She and her brothers help organize the very successful Richards-Wilcox Manufacturing Company. For many years she was a teacher a principal in the Chicago schools. Teaching under here was her friend, Miss Myrtle Mattison, whose father at one time was pastor of the Galena Street, now Wesley, M.E. church in Aurora. The two friends retired from school work at the same time and are now enjoying life together on the Mighell ancestral acres.
Myrtle Seavey and Everett Snow: Wedding, News Article
Aurora Beacon News Article March 18 (No Year)
NORMAL GIRL ELOPES AURORA BEACON NEWS Sugar Grove has lost its school teacher Miss Myrtle Seavey. She eloped today to Chicago with Everett Snow of Sugar Grove and married him. The people of Sugar Grove thought that they were not to be married until June. But March 18, today, is Miss Seavey's birthday, and it is also Saturday when there is no school. The circumstances being thus propitious the wedding was arranged. All preparations were shrouded with the most profound secrecy. The event was to be a great surprise, and perhaps a shock to fond relatives and friends. Mis Seavey is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Seavey retired Sugar Grove farmers. She is a graduate of West High School and of the DeKalb Normal school. She has taught school for several years because she liked the work. She had means. She is described at Sugar Grove as a "thoroughly modern young woman, very independent, who usually does as she pleases." And she pleased to marry Mr. Snow now. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Snow of Sugar Grove and is well known in Aurora where he was formerly a student in a business college for a time. Then he went back to farming. He is said to be a very excellent dancer and a former favorite at events of the kind here. Lately, they say at Sugar Grove, "he has been dancing to a different tune." The young couple were attended by Byron Scott of Kaneville and Miss Carolyn Barth of Mendota.
Newspaper article: "Tollway Link May Open on August 1" Describes 2 grade separation bridges carrying Bus. Rt. 30 and Rt. 47 over East-West Tollway near Sugar Grove.
Newspaper: Edward Presler, Aurora Railroad Conductor, Dies. 1932.
Edward Presler: Veteran of he Spanish-American War. Direct descendent of Joh Alden. Surviving are his two daughters: Mrs. Edric Hazlett and Miss Grace Presler.
Newspaper Transcription Si Reynolds, manager of education services in the Public Affairs Department, has been honored with a very special award by the Los Angles County Board of Education.