History of Dupage County Illinois

DuPage County is situated in north-eastern Illinois and derives its name from the DuPage River. The territory of DuPage County has been known by different names: Illinois County Virginia; St. Clair County Indiana Territory; St. Clair County Illinois Territory; Madison County; Crawford County; Clark County Illinois; Pike County Illinois; Fulton County Illinois; Peoria County Illinois; Cook County Illinois and finally DuPage County Illinois. DuPage County is bounded on the north and east by Cook County on the south by Will and Cook Counties and on the west by Kane County. The first permanent settler was Stephen J. Scott who moved from Maryland with his family in 1825 and made a claim near the present site of Evanston then called Gros' Point. This book covers the period from the first settlement in 1825 to the year the book was originally printed 1877. There are histories of the towns in DuPage County such as Addison Bloomingdale Wayne Winfield Turner Junction Naperville Downer's Grove Hinsdale Milton York and Lisle. Biographical sketches are included on H. W. Knickerbacker Frederick E. Lester Philando Torode Warren Lyon Wheaton James G. Wright Captain J. J. Cole Charles B. Blodgett Hiram H. Cody Sherman P. Sedgewick Hon. Lewis Ellsworth and Willard Scott as well as many others. The author provides the reader with information on the officers of DuPage County supervisors newspapers schools and colleges. DuPage's military history is given with a list of those who served in various regiments. These include: 7th Infantry 10th Infantry 12th Infantry 13th Regiment of Illinois Volunteers 13th Infantry 33rd Infantry 36th Infantry 105th Infantry 144th Infantry 156th Infantry 8th Illinois Cavalry and the 1st Artillery as well as many other regiments. The author ends the book with a patron and business directory. The patrons' directory includes (where available): the place they were born postal address occupation political affiliation religion and the year in which they came to DuPage County. The business directory includes (where available): name of business prices of goods and services and location. A new full-name index is included.