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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mildred Mighell: Letter to Family. 1909. Description An account of the resource TRANSCRIPTION OF LETTER FROM MILDRED MIGHELL Addressed to Master D. Stanton Mighell, c/o W.C. Mighell, Sugar Grove, Illinois Cassopolis, Michigan July 29, 1909 Dear Folks: Are the oats all cut yet? When are you going to thrash? Is everything all right out at the playhouse? Is Albert home from Aurora yet? I suppose he had a fine time. Is Verne Eby still with you? How is little Margaret? Grandma directs all of Uncle Percy’s mail to the County Clerk’s Office. Grandpa sent me a book of Colorado scenes, too. I am very much about the new books and know that I shall enjoy them very much when I come home. Are they poetry or prose or mixed? I was extremely pleased to get a letter from Stanton and I will write one all to his own little self soon. I have written letters to Grandma M. and Flossie and sent cards to Miss Dalrymple, Maver, Mary and Nellie, besides those to the boys. Flossie has sent me a card and so has Mary. Also Miss Dalrymple, and Grandma M. sent me a letter. I have a new piece. It is a Kulan Sonatina. A Sonatina is an easy Sonata, and a Sonata is the hardest kind of a piece there is. It is the first piece of classical music I have ever had, and Miss Paul says I ought to be proud that I have done so well. She says I am a worker (which is the first time that remark was ever made of me). Miss Paul is on her vacation now so I will probably go to Schoolcraft next week. Sunday, Uncle Herman and I went over to Diamond Lake and took the steamer trip around. It looks much the same as it did three years ago. Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Carr and Mrs. Bessie Carr Hill called. Mrs. Hill wished to be remembered to you and said she wished she could see you. Yesterday was the hottest day of the season; the thermometer at 90 degrees at noon. We had quite a storm this morning. Well, goodbye with love to all, Mildred Mighell Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 29, 1909 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/dbd4e9368a2c37f15bc921a4b651d286.jpg 1790091332813e924c2861349c3613a6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Streetscapes Subject The topic of the resource Streetscapes of Sugar Grove Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vintage Main Street, Sugar Grove: Ice Cream Parlor and Keck's Store. 1921. Description An account of the resource Main Street, Sugar Grove, Looking South. Keck's Store with the brick building can be seen on the west side (right side) and Miller's Store (Ice Cream Parlor and Pool Hall) and early Post Office can be seen on the east side (left hand side) of the street. Image from The Ember 1921. https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/3735 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/8f98aac6c3c39c5906c5e31a0e9915f5.jpg 2ce2d14b9b2d43115fc5d04b0e396642 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Mildred Hartman Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Description An account of the resource Photo of Mildred Hartman was cropped from Hartman Family photo, which is filed separately. https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/1e7a8557c847f3459a1a4d2974dfa395.jpg b6a4657cbcb5ac8be9f91730640ad138 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/32829ea40f4dc37810b1c50abf51af3c.jpg 7ccecfff33712f8bfade47860ae8fcde https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/5a39bf601ae3aaf4cea47beb157f3726.jpg d054c52a1b0e64c6ff0827ffea61749c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Electa Booth Johnsen: 20-22 years old Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/0c08cc7942d846e42d700142b40383b3.jpg 6bcd0710a4f39fd41daa318d3a7ec48f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Phil Judd (Philip N. Judd) Subject The topic of the resource Philip N Judd BIRTH 1863 DEATH 25 Oct 1938 (aged 74–75) BURIAL Jericho Cemetery Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47454172/philip-n-judd Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/6b796bccbf19e47df9e6cea2bbf3f6d9.jpg c55cbd01de715e0cfa29cd428d2c7f49 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Maggie M. Booth Judd Description An account of the resource Maggie M Booth Judd BIRTH 17 Mar 1873 DEATH 10 Apr 1962 (aged 89) BURIAL Jericho Cemetery Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47454170/maggie-m-judd Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4194ae4f497037a839f5cda430ce7c14.jpg e864f7b74ab06b3c55f9b2a02656d50a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ashael T. Judd Description An account of the resource Ashael T. Judd BIRTH 21 Mar 1844 Lake George, Warren County, New York, USA DEATH 24 Jun 1915 (aged 71) BURIAL Sugar Grove Cemetery Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois, USA 124TH. ILLINOIS INFANTRY Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13575921/ashael-t.-judd Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4bae97b678a177ac6f5c4aae3c087e8d.JPG 18af87590480a3e2184a3e9df0b9b7c1 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9cb789b4166e87ff763cc68fe8b75963.JPG 23c31bb18a2a8b059f4484eb585af0f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aerial Photos Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Main Street Aerial Photo 1939 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d867e8b98bcf402b2128a5455c0ff158.pdf 8e88ad872e65f08a44f54bfdeab19b43 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Documents Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Settler's Ridge Development Wins Awards": 2008 Description An account of the resource Sugar Grove’s Settlers Ridge Development Wins Awards The Settlers Ridge subdivision, located in Sugar Grove, Illinois, was designed and is being built by Kimball Hill, Inc. recently won an award for exemplary natural landscaping and conservation development. This award was presented to Kimball Hill, Inc. by the Chicago Wilderness Corporation Council and The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. From the early concept phase of the Settlers Ridge subdivision, the Village of Sugar Grove and Kimball Hill worked jointly to plan a subdivision that would be unique to Sugar Grove. The desire of both was to build a community that would stand out from others. Settler's Ridge is a 1,300 acre lifestyle community designed with both conservation development and traditional neighborhood design themes and includes more than 40 percent open space and native plantings abound throughout. The development incorporates numerous conservation design elements; stormwater facilities designed to be naturalized lakes; wetlands containing native planting, and greenway swales with native plantings that double as a stormwater management. The Settlers Ridge Water Works System Improvements also received the Project of the Year award from the American Public Works Association Chicago Metro Chapter The Waterworks System not only tripled the water storage capacity, while providing safe, clean and radium compliant water, it was uniquely designed to fit the overall architectural theme of Settlers Ridge. “Native plants provide a beautiful, hardy, low maintenance landscape which also benefits the environment,” said President Sean Michels. “Once established, native plants save time and money by eliminating or reducing the need for fertilizers, pesticides, and water and lawn maintenance equipment. The design of the Water Works System is unique and a showpiece of the Village. Having appealing facilities and environmentally friendly amenities in all developments such as the landscaping, stormwater management, waterworks facility and trail system in Settlers Ridge is a goal of the Village. We (the Village Board) are extremely proud to have this development in our.” At the Village Board meeting of March 18, 2008 the Village of Sugar Grove presented a certificate to Kimball Hill, Inc recognizing their outstanding achievements in the Settlers Ridge subdivision. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2008 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/e19f632c7382b0e1d40b4cd82e9255a4.JPG f9cc65c1035cc0254c50d5582d2efe37 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aerial Photos Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Cemetery Aerial Photo Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9c5e56bcc3fd001c7655bed57751d54f.jpeg bff5cf449665c5babe58a0c941a1fa73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Underground Railroad Quilt Subject The topic of the resource Underground Railroad Description An account of the resource This quilt instructs run away slaves how to make their way to Canada. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Quilt, Slavery Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vickie Frantz Language A language of the resource Visual Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/76c822a20a600de1864594456fad24ba.jpg 39598c27f55141797a9f220cd2ca13b9 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/280de6b9f9403208b1cf32d42c2cf699.jpeg 1acfeeddbe7d644bc642d45ac31e9419 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/0bbabd2888970a5c2b29adcd896a22cd.pdf 3ecee7c8863b9947c84dd3810b2b864a https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ad04f843bbf46bfbe171c353b5866009.pdf 903cd62dab5453aabeb5ddf1c84ee13c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Quilt Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fundraiser: Sugar Grove Historical Society, Underground Railroad Quilt Subject The topic of the resource Fundraiser Description An account of the resource Stitched by the skillful hand of Vicki Frantz, this Underground Railroad Quilt contains the following legend, where each square is a code numbered 1 - 15 from left to right, top to bottom: Story of the Underground Railroad The Monkey Wrench [1] turns the Wagon Wheel [2] toward Canada. With help from Jesus, he Carpenter, [3] follow the Bears' Trail [4] through the woods. Fill your Baskets [5] with enough food and supplies to get you to the Crossroads [6]. Once you get to the Crossroads, dig a Log Cabin [7] in the ground. Shoofly [8] told us to dress up in cotton and satin Bow Ties [9]. Follow the Flying Geese [10] and Birds in the Air [11], stay on the Drunkard's Path [12]. Take the Sailboat [13] across the Great Lakes to the North Star [14] above Canada. Also included are articles about the historical significance of such quilts. Click on articles to open the PDF file. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photos of the quilt Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sugar Grove Historical Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Collection Fundraiser Quilt Underground Railroad Vickie Frantz https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9f26b2b7247d94231bf4b87e16a8c0c8.mp4 f6a29f49ed5a3fad8c258b2c56f9fea5 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Residential Buildings Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ira Judd Home: Video Tour of the 1893 Homestead Description An account of the resource Located in the area of the current Prestbury Subdivision in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Around 1836, this spot was settled on by Silas Reynolds, grandfather of Ira Judd. The brick in this house represents the house built in 1847 and remodeled into this house in 1893. A log house was the first house. Video by Lisa Drew, Broker Associate, Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell 10 Winthrop New Road, Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554 Subject The topic of the resource Click on Filmstrip Icon to play video. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cemeteries Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sugar Grove Cemetery Description An account of the resource The Sugar Grove Cemetery is located on Merrill Road just west of Bliss Road. For more information about graves and people interred at Sugar Grove Cemetery, visit https://www.findagrave.com/ . Subject The topic of the resource The first cemetery in the township was situated, in 1839, in the low ground near the slough, east of the residence of P.Y Bliss, but, after interring one of the old settlers there in a grave half filled with water, the neighbors of the deceased unanimously concluded that it would be sacrilege to bury another friend in such a location, and accordingly, a burying ground was purchased a little north of the former position and in a place adapted for the purpose. It is now surrounded by a good stone fence, and contains several elegant and costly monuments. Source: "Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois. 1878", p. 415. ****************** Source: "Sin-Qua-Sip Sugar Grove: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois" by Patsy Mighell Paxton The first cemetery was laid out in 1839 in the low land south of the Bliss District School. After interring one of the old settlers in a grave half filled with water, they decided to change the location and the old part of the present cemetery was the laid out [Sugar Grove Cemetery on Merrill Rd.], the land being given by Lockwood Palmer from his farm. ****************** Source: Sugar Grove Cemetery Association PO Box 465, Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554 October 29, 1877 J.H. Bliss, Wm G. Jones and H.B. Densmore purchased the land for the Sugar Grove Cemetery for $600.00 for six acres from Wm W. Newman and his wife, Laura, of the City of Aurora in the County of Kane and State of Illinois. This was to the west and north of the Sugar Grove Building Ground. [Taken from copies of the legal papers.] November 7, 1877 According to Articles of Agreement made and entered into on November 7, 1877, J.H. Bliss, Wm G. Jones and H.B. Densmore sold to James Danly, W.G. Jones and B. Densmore Cemetery Trustees, would purchased 6 acres for $600.00, this being the new section of the grounds. $300.00 was to be paid on October 24, 1879 with interest of 10% per annum. The interest to be paid annually. [Taken from copies of the legal papers.] February 1, 1880 (1881) J.H. Bliss, Wm. G. Jones & Elizabeth, his wife, and H.B. Densmore & N. J. Densmore, his wife, sold to the Trustees of the Sugar Grove Cemetery and their successors in office for $600.00 the 6 acres in the Agreement entered into on November 7, 1877. {Taken from copies of the legal papers.] February 6, 1889 The Ladies Aid Society will give a bazaar in the rink the 12th for the purpose of raising funds to improve the cemetery. The Kaneville band will dispense excellent music and the Aurora Zonves will give an exhibition drill. The ladies are making preparations to feed the hungry. [Article in the Aurora Beacon News] August 22, 1898 Notes of a three days trip into Blackberry, Sugar Grove and Kaneville, by N.S. Young. From here, we went to the Sugar Grove Cemetery grounds. The entire enclosure is kept in first-class order. The lots with monuments and grave stones are kept neatly trimmed with lawn mower, and te people of Sugar Grove should be praised for the work that has been done to make it a place that is a pleasure to visit. here I found the gravstone of R. Spalding, who was froen to death ont he night of Nove. 24, 1845 at Nelson Grove, in Batavia. He was my nearest neighbor in Blackberry. I well remember of going to his house after he was brought home, of shaving him and arranging for his funeral, and superintending the burial at Sugar Grove. There are quite a number of costly monuments of Scotch and Vermont marble. [Article in the Aurora Beacon News] Date Unknown The 'Good stone fence' is still a very unique part of the cemetery property. From the start, this has been a community cemetery operated by its members and governed by their own officers, for the purpose of burying their deceased. [Found on Cemetery Letterhead paper along with the excerpt from the 1878 history book] After 73 years of use, the cemetery was incorporated by the state of Illinois on the 25th day of November 1912. The board of directors are guided by the laws and regulations set up by the Sugar Grove Cemetery Association and by the Illinois Care Act. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Historic Commercial Photo Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Golden Acres Restaurant and Hotel Description An account of the resource The Gold Acres Restaurant and Motel was located on the southwest corner of Harter Road and Illinois Route 47. It was built by [?]. Workers and managers have been Dolly Johnson, Nina Bradley, and Jim Best. Later known as Candy's Golden Acres, the restaurant served customers for many years before being demolished sometime between 2010-2017. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lisa, Wozniak Subject The topic of the resource Historical Commercial Johnson Family Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photo Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sugar Grove Historical Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Photos by Maplecrisp at Fliker.com from March 2008 Historical Commercial IL Motel Restaurant Sugar Grove https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/31ba61627e751f8b136e0801a79f1a8b.jpg 55a8b3297b42eeb91e6d551319da25f2 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/da92cde461edffa4ea850e9d37878409.jpg 412d4b54e4c4bcc9bad6bbb83b5463c6 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/13dc22511ec949faafa6c8a0b8de782d.jpg dc75dd231ebcf6e07b7286a337c6056c https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/9832a9c7e497ebf46821423caac5d02d.jpg f5b0027283bda651fea99d2cbbcea3f1 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/373e0cfbcb24faa2a6ec244bcec92ca5.jpg 18b3971c66c95437f1fd906f9b9361be https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/df7889e1c9b7a0c9a8c355eaa0fcf00f.jpg 0417f744560e9e256c67c421479284c0 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/206509404962ae6f8553bf33477894fb.jpg 6570fa58f0dfd194deb0949a1f2aa634 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Schools Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kaneland Elementary School, 85 N. Main St., Sugar Grove, Illinois Subject The topic of the resource Kaneland Elementary School was constructed in 1997-1998 and later named "Kaneland John Shields Elementary School". Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1998 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Liu https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/545b94ddd931811acc289df001b4af99.jpg 5b9d419548fc28859dccb66be8295eb0 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/e53a822a96e2979e88f881fe007eda4c.jpg 684d2c164ed24c3caae8d85b9055b301 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/00d35c77aad3d552d7837284ee577403.jpg 030cbd92b8df45c363bf8291163ba33f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Move Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House 1996 Subject The topic of the resource Bliss House Description An account of the resource Photos from the Bliss House in 1996. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Logan 1996 Bliss House Bliss Road https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/ff5a852714ab244d1ed85968b93b7371.jpg c1ce471dba730961c24981debd4a2aa5 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/3089f23ed0c36e36f18a4cce4db34994.jpg 3e07f09674031ae09cef73c48acfb2f0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Photo Collection Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Peleg Young Bliss: 1852 Subject The topic of the resource Peleg Young Bliss Description An account of the resource Peleg Young Bliss ( P.Y. Bliss ) at age 46 in 1852 or 1853. Photo cropped from portrait with daughter Janette Bliss. Peleg Young Bliss (P.Y. Bliss) Peleg Young Bliss was one of the earliest settlers and businessmen in Sugar Grove. He was born in 1806 in Vermont and passed away in Sugar Grove in 1888 at the age of 82. As a young boy growing up at the age of nine, he was indentured to a man in Moretown, Vermont. After an unfortunate experience, he ran away and found himself in Strafford, Vermont. The Honorable Judge Jedediah H. Harris took him under his wing, cared for him as a foster father, and helped him learn to be a prosperous businessman. P. Y. Bliss became a good writer and authored a policy adopted by the United States government that would grant lands to settlers who planted trees for timber. (Source: “A Genuine Vermonter”, Vermont Watchman and State Journal, Montpelier, Vermont, Volume 74-3805, No. 49, September 17, 1879.) In 1837, P.Y. Bliss settled in Sugar Grove. “On the 22d day of November, 1838, a man popularly known as "Boss" Read, who still lives in Blackberry, erected for P. Y. Bliss a frame house, which is still occupied by its original owner, on its original site. In the Spring of 1839, the Methodists held their quarterly meeting in one of its rooms, before it was quite completed; but religious exercises had been introduced into the township some time previous, the first sermon having been delivered by the devout and conscientious 'Father' Clarke." (Source: “Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois. 1878” at page 415.) Mr. Bliss stated that, “in riding from his residence, in the following year [1838], direct to Geneva, he passed not a house, furrow nor fence of any kind, and that the old Court House at the county seat was the first building which appeared to his view.” (Source: “Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois. 1878” at page 413.) “That simple statement attests to the remoteness of the area at that time, and may have sown the seed for the need of a general mercantile in the township.” (Source: “Sin-Qua-Sip: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois” by Patsy Mighell Paxton at page 83.) “On the 1st of June, 1839, Mr. Bliss filled the new building with such goods as are demanded by the country trade, and opened the first mercantile establishment in the township. Its trade extended over a territory reaching from Dundee to Yorkville, and from the borders of Kane County on the east to Johnson's and Shabbona Groves, DeKalb County, on the west. No other store in Kane County ever drew such a wide range of custom, and, according to Mr. Bliss, the annual sales exceeded those of any other in the county by thousands of dollars.” (Source: “Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois. 1878” at page 415.) “In a clipping from an Aurora newspaper of long ago, one sentence stands out from the remainder of an article about Sugar Grove. Although no documentation can be made, the few lines of print add greatly to the history of the Bliss House: ‘When Abraham Lincoln was riding the circuit as an active member of the Illinois bar, he frequently stopped at the Bliss store when driving between Geneva, county seat of Kane, and Ottawa, county seat of LaSalle.’” (Source: “Sin-Qua-Sip: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois” by Patsy Mighell Paxton at page 83.) In 1842, P.Y. Bliss married Helen Louis Mather, and they had two children: Janette Bliss (1844 – 1887) and Jedediah Harris Bliss (1849 – 1929), named after the Honorable Jedediah H. Harris who helped P.Y. Bliss as a young boy. In 1843, P.Y. Bliss was one of the signers of the Constitution for the Sugar Grove Farmers Institute. (Source: “Sin-Qua-Sip: A History of Sugar Grove Township, Kane County, Illinois” by Patsy Mighell Paxton at page 80.) In 1845, P.Y. Bliss was appointed by the Illinois General Assembly as a commissioner to locate a State road crossing the Fox River, and the designed meeting place was Bliss’s store in Sugar Grove. The State road today is known as Illinois Route 34, and has become a very busy and major route through Kane, DuPage, and Cook Counties.  According the “Laws of the State of Illinois passed by the Fourteenth General Assembly at Their Regular Session. 1845,” the Act stated: “In force, January 21, 1845. An Act to locate a State road from Little Rock in Kane County, to the steam mill bridge on the Des Plaines River in Cook County.  “Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, that Peleg Y. Bliss of Kane County, Hiram E. Leonard and Edward Eldridge of DuPage County, be, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners, to view, survey, mark and locate a State road from Little Rock, Kane County, crossing Fox River near Snider’s mill in said county, and terminate at the steam mill bridge on the Des Plaines River in Cook County. “Section 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them shall meet at Bliss’s store in Sugar Grove, Kane County, on the first Monday in April or within four months thereafter, and after being duly sworn before some justice of the peace faithfully to discharge their duties according to the provisions of this act, shall proceed to view, mark, survey and locate said road on the nearest and most eligible ground from point to point, having due regard to private property and public convenience, and shall make return to the county commissioners’ courts of the several counties through which the same shall pass, which return shall be entered of record and filed in the office of the county commissioners’ courts, and said road shall be a public and State road and kept in repair as other State roads are. “Section 3. The said commissioners, surveyor and assistants shall receive such compensation for their services as the county commissioners’ courts of the several counties through which said road shall pass, shall deem right and proper. Approved, January 21, 1845.” “Laws of the State of Illinois passed by the Fourteenth General Assembly at Their Regular Session. 1845,” at pages 218-219. As noted above, the State road that P.Y. Bliss helped to survey and locate is now known as Illinois State Route 34, and has become a very busy and major route through Kane, DuPage, and Cook Counties. Mr. Bliss’s house and store was later relocated from its corner on Bliss Road and Merrill Road to Main Street in Sugar Grove in 1997 to become the Bliss House Museum and home of the Sugar Grove Historical Society. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Logan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1852 or 1853 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Sugar Grove Historical Society Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photo Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Sugar Grove Historical Society Type The nature or genre of the resource Photo Collection Bliss Family History Bliss House Peleg Young Bliss https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/c6431b464689b7237f2a18577631b27c.jpg 5cbede9c72cad2dc6f4f724dc622d7be https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/4ac997ea86c0ce0fea27b8134d0e9be7.jpg 44997a44cf2f1fddade1e95753da7339 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People Printed Printed item, Flyer, Book,Etc. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Peleg Young Bliss: Historical Account from 1878 Description An account of the resource TRANSCRIPTION Bliss, P.Y. Farming and stock, Sec. 10, Sugar Grove; P.O. Aurora; 191 acres, valued at $60 per acre, and 262 acres in Kaneville Tp.; Rep.; was born in Strafford, Vermont, April 8, 1806. He married Miss Helen Mather, February 5, 1842; she was born in New York, July 9, 1822; they have two children; he lived in Vermont until he was eighteen, when he went to Boston; he came to Kane County in 1837, and settled on his present place in 1838, and engaged in the general merchandise business, and was assessed highest of any merchant in the county; he continued in business six years, when he bought 1,000 sheep and went into the stock business; he is one of the early settlers, and a much esteemed citizen. Source: "Past and Present Kane County, Illinois" 1878, page 655. Harvey Densmore and Cyrus Calkins are also mentioned on this page. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Logan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1878 Article Bliss Family History Bliss House Bliss Road History of Kane County https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/d97762ea44bf3c60c3577d2db401b0a0.jpg d5acbd4085ee7727689e8d792989c3c3 https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/33f0125c5b4f1b9dfe266f828c871448.jpg 8f6c205cdf03979fd44bfe098329a28b https://museum.sugargrovehistory.org/files/original/768a7c09d99a5f8bee85b91bfa5fc8e6.jpg cafbb428319f76de7cdba37ff5fb9a8e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House Move Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bliss House ca.1970's Subject The topic of the resource Bliss House Description An account of the resource Photos of the Bliss House from 2006. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Logan Bliss House Bliss Road