Biography

Charles Blair Blodgett, Jr, was the infant son of Charles Blodgett and grandson of noted abolitionist Israel Blodgett and wife Avis Dodge Blodgett. He died the year after his birth.

Johan Georg and Elizabethe Gros Suchar were early settlers of Downers Grove. They are the progenitors of the Sucher family in Downers Grove. They were the parents of at least

Johan Georg and Elizabethe Gros Suchar were early settlers of Downers Grove. They are the progenitors of the Sucher family in Downers Grove. They were the parents of at least

Jane Cumming Dalrymple Kennedy was born in Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1848. She came to America with her husband Robert Hugh Kennedy and young son Robert in 1879. Their journey

Lorenzo Church was born about 1820 in New York. By 1850 he was in Downers Grove and had married Emily Maria Wentworth. While the Wentworth heritage is well documented, no

Private William H Attwood was the son of John and Sarah Atwood, who came to Downers Grove in 1865. William enlisted in Company D of the 156th Illinois Infantry on

Emily L Attwood married William Spraggs in 1854 in Norfolk, England. It was his second marriage. They were the parents of two children, Arthur William and Emily Louisa. The family

William was born in 1819 in Walsoken, Norfolk, England. He was a market gardener. His first wife, Susan, died in 1853. William married Emily Attwood in 1854. They were the