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Birth Records

"The first child born on Crow Prairie was Hiram, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loton FRISBEE, July 25, 1836, and about the same time but shortly after, one was born to Mr. KELLOGG."

Extracted from Records of the Olden Time, authored by Spencer Ellsworth, 1880

1937 Births important to Wenona

Jan 19 - daughter to Mr & Mrs William Nolan
Feb 11 - son to Mr & Mrs Earl Reaska
Feb 17 - son to Mr & Mrs Howard Downey
Feb 25 - son to Mr & Mrs John Bobich in Chicago
Mar 05 - son to Mr & Mrs Donald Jackson
Apr 13 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Gil Jenkins
Apr 27 - son to Mr & Mrs Adolph Pomerenke
May 05 - son to Mr & Mrs Bert Baker
May 23 - son to Mr & Mrs Harry Livingstone at Champaign
Jun 23 - son to Mr & Mrs Robert E Lee
Aug 01 - son to Mr & Mrs Lyle Lane at Lacon
Aug 13 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Clifford Lant at Aledo
Aug 21 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Robert Martin
Sep 01 - son to Mr & Mrs Jack Patterson at Streator
Sep 12 - son to Mr & Mrs Horace Kamn
Oct 03 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Len Jenkins
Oct 04 - son to Mr & Mrs Emmet Scudder
Oct 18 - daughter to Mr & Mrs John Jensen
Oct 25 - son to Mr & Mrs Neil Yarnell in California
Dec 14 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Wayne Cooper, Jr
Dec 30 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Earl Marconnet in California
Dec 30 - daughter to Mr & Mrs Don Lahman at Streator

Dr. Kendall E. Rich's Records

Kendall E. Rich was born in Warwick, MA, in 1824. At age 23, he fought in the Mexican-Amerian War in Co. K, 1st Reg., U. S. Dragoons. At 26, he completed his medical degree at the Missouri University, St. Louis. At 27, Dr. Rich married Julia Permelia Baker. In 1862 (Civil War) he enlisted as a Second Assistant Surgeon and was discharged as a First Assistant Surgeon. He then returned to Wenona, Marshall County, Illinois, to practice medicine. Dr. Kendall E. Rich died in Wenona in 1890, at age 66.

Dr. Rich's records of the children he delivered were transcribed by his great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Burgess Ball Grotenhuis, and appear below. (Simply click on the small page image to open to a full-size image to view detailed information.)

Birth Date 
Parents
12/13/1877
12/13/1877
12/18/1877
12/19/1877
12/3/1877
1/26/1878
3/__/1878
1878
4/10/1878
4/23/1878
5/17/1878
6/8/1878
7/1/1878
7/3/1878
7/13/1878
7/28/1878
8/17/1878
8/28/1878
9/23/1878
9/26/1878
9/27/1878
3/15/1878
1/8/1879
4/11/1882
Charles & Ida Fowler
Lewtellis & Elizabeth Kemp
Lewis & Emily Dugan
Wm. & Caroline Peterson
Perry & Wilson Judd
August & Amelia Hundt
Wm. & Jane Bentley
Daniel & Mattie Wells
Robert & Lydia Bell
R. Benton & Mary Pierce
J. Hugh & Maria Jennett
Geo. & Mary Robison
James & Louisa Stanley
Wm. & Amanda Gotchall
Daniel & Mary Axline
Samuel & Catherine Patch
John & Mary Sullivan
Phillip & Catherine Magrath
John & Addie Parsons
Austin & Sarah Fowler
John & Mary Sloan
Clark & Margurite Downey
Cyrus & Clara Alford
Richard & Katie Ryan

Birth Date 
Parents
10/9/1878
11/9/1878
11/13/1878
12/12/1878
01/08/1879
3/14/1879
4/4/1879
4/10/1879
4/30/1879
11/12/1878
7/21/1879
7/30/1879
8/9/1879
10/2/1879
10/4/1879
10/16/1879
10/20/1879
11/5/1879
11/15/1879
11/17/1879
11/13/1879
12/16/1879
12/18/1879
12/21/1879
12/23/1879
1/11/1880
1/13/1880
3/6/1880
3/21/1880
5/18/1880
Wm. & Ella Parrett
Wm. & Ora Downey
George Hupp & Eva Layton
Leander & Emma McCullum
J. Washington & Susan Holeton
Michael & Bridget Milon
Samuel & Laura Scott
Frans & Hannah Fredericksson
Levi & Anna Durflinger
Charles & Sarah Turner
Mark & Catherine Ward
John & Mary McCann
August & Mary Meikihh
Garrett & Martha Newkirk
Chas. & Josephine Cusac
Franklin & Demie Baker
Chauncy & Etta Dresser
Lyman & Mary Baker
Simpson & Hester White
James & Kate Sullivan
Charles & Ida Fowler
Rannold & Mary McDonell
John & Mary Sloan
Porter & Martha Morre
Daniel & Nellie Robinson
Jefferson & L. Rissie Hoge
Mathew & Barbara Eiler
Richard & Lucy Nunns
John & Frances Alfter
__ & Julia Robinson

Birth Date 
Parents
6/4/1880
6/19/1880
6/24/1880
6/30/1880
7/14/1880
8/25/1880
8/29/1880
8/27/1880
9/29/1880
10/7/1880
11/2/1880
11/11/1880
11/12/1880
11/13/1880
12/12/1880
12/16/1880
1/8/1881
1/10/1881
1/15/1881
1/20/1881
2/8/1881
12/16/1883
12/6/1883
12/29/1883
1/27/1884
6/7/1884
6/15/1884
6/19/1884
6/23/1884
7/2/1884
7/14/1884
Robert & Eva Burgess
Leander & Mary Burns
August & Hilde Appelton
Thomas & Ella Kenan
Robert & Lydia Bell
Leonis & Mary Watkins
Frank & Mary Kennedy
Phillip & Katie McGraw
Angus & Marinda Smith
James & Helen Richardson
Jerome & Ella Chipman
Thos. & Mary Morrow
Fred & Minnie Junker
Saml. & Sarah Patch
Josiah & Casinda Hall
Mathew & Maria Jennett
John & Amelia Coleson
Charles & Octavia Young
Charles & Kate Rich
Franklin & Demie Baker
Jacob & Bertha Shires
Jerry & Kate Hogan
S. Myers & L. Kohler
Chas. & Kate Burgess
Patrick & Mary Hagerty
Alexander & Jessie Haflin
Adam & Mary Reinmann
Joseph & Marietta Hunt
Douma & Iantha Defenbaugh
Edward & Lizzie Laughlin
Daniel & Isabella Evarts

Birth Date 
Parents
2/14/1881
2/22/1881
3/6/1881
3/10/1881
3/24/1881
3/30/1881
3/31/1881
7/3/1881
8/15/1881
8/15/1881
8/24/1881
8/29/1881
9/25/1881
10/17/1881
10/24/1881
10/29/1881
11/5/1881
11/10/1881
11/12/1881
11/1/1881
11/22/1881
12/2/1881
12/6/1881
1/5/1882
1/12/1882
1/14/1882
1/18/1882
1/28/1882
2/11/1882
3/7/1882
Michael & Bridget Moilon
William & Adelia Kemp
Rannold & Mary McDonell
Isaac & Mary Glover
George & Hattie Eiller
P. H. & Orrill Jennett
Adam & Hattie Hoffman
Hiram & Rose Coleson
John & Maggie King
William & Eliz. Patterson
William & Anna Clark
Michael & Angeline Shields
William & Ella Parrett
Lewis & Emily Dugan
Lewtellis & Eliz. Kemp
Thomas & Kate Melody
Isaac & Maria Cox
Reuben & Clara Grimes
Daniel & Mattie Wells
Chas. & Sarah Turner
Daniel & Susan O'Brien
Lewis & Laura Foster
Harry & Sarah Roberts
Edgar & Annetta Robinson
Jerry & Kate Hogan
Douglas & Celia Evans
Wm. & Martha Moore
John & Rachael Skinner
Samuel & Laura Scott
John & Mary Sullivan

Birth Date 
Parents
3/13/1882
4/14/1882
5/10/1882
8/15/1882
9/10/1882
10/21/1882
11/30/1882
2/14/1883
2/23/1883
5/9/1883
5/30/1883
6/26/1883
7/2/1883
7/11/1883
7/30/1883
9/26/1883
9/27/1883
10/1/1883
10/6/1883
11/4/1883
11/21/1883
12/16/1883
Thomas & Julia Haverty
John & Charlotte Thomas
August & Hilde Appleton
James & Nellie Williamson
Jackson & Kate Dowdell
Rodney & Margurit Dodge
Dennis & Ellen O'Conner
E. Winchester & Martha Kohler
Wm. & Sarah Murphy
Brice & Ida Chambers
John & Mary Houston
Jacob & Laura Farnsworth
Wm. & Ida Winter
Geo. & Hattie Miller
Coonrod & Anna Bringman
Simpson & Hester White
Richard & Lucy Nunns
John & Amelia Coleson
Dyer & Ellen Roberts
Arthur & Mary Turner
J. Washington & Susan Holeton
Daniel & Mattie Wells

Birth Date 
Parents
7/22/1884
7/30/1884
8/10/1884
9/3/1884
9/4/1884
10/2/1884
10/19/1884
10/25/1884
11/1/1884
12/2/1884
2/1/1885
2/10/1885
2/17/1885
3/1/1885
1/7/1885
3/11/1885
3/16/1885
3/26/1885
4/16/1885
7/31/1885
8/28/1885
10/5/1885
11/12/1885
11/24/1885
12/23/1885
12/30/1885
1/13/1886
2/7/1886
2/20/1886
2/23/1886
Thomas & Margurite Langin
Mathias & Barbara Eiler
Nathan & Anna Seed
Charles & Mary Coleson
Will & Josephine Hill
Charles & Sarah Turner
Wm. & Maria Hill
Michael & Eliza Delaney
Robert & Sarah Richmond
August & Matilda Appleton
Wm. & Annie Decker
Douglass & Celia Evans
William & Mary Shipley
George & Almeda Cahoon
Chas. & Mary Lewis
Jacob & Bertha Shires
Rannold & Mary McDonell
James & Mary Blair
Edward & Maria Burroughs
Charles & Kate Burgess
Gotlieb & Louisa Casper
John & Maggie Gibson
Charles & Annie Evans
Charles & Stella Goodwin
Robert & Nellie Fay
Jerry & Kate Hogan
Thos. & Mary Cowen
William & Ella Parrett
Richard & Lucy Nunns
Jeff & Jennie Edward

Birth Date 
Parents
3/7/1886
3/9/1886
3/23/1886
3/28/1886
4/10/1886
5/24/1886
7/5/1886
8/18/1886
9/2/1886
9/10/1886
10/25/1886
11/18/1886
11/24/1886
11/27/1886
11/30/1886
12/1/1886
12/4/1886
12/5/1886
12/7/1886
1/18/1887
1/19/1887
3/4/1887
4/11/1887
5/19/1887
5/25/1887
7/21/1887
Fred & Mary Whiting
Harry & Belle Hoge
Will. & Josephine Hall
Charles & Henrietta Farmholz
Will. & Ida Winter
James & Susan Holeton
Mark & Lucy Tisdale
Wilson & Olivia Smith
Myers & Ida Kohler
Robt. & Sarah Richmond
Chas. & Mary Lewis
August & Matilda Appleton
Thos. & Clara Strosnider
Calvin & Laura Ervin
A. Lee & Mary Turner
James & Mary Barry
Joseph & Ethel Siddon
Alexander & Jessie VonHeflin
Pat & Orril Jennett
Jacob & Laura Farnsworth
Fred & Henrietta Kirchoff
Rudolph & Julianna Messell
John & Libby Sumption
John & Matilda Danaher
Simon & Josephine Everly
Wm. & Louisa Hiett

Birth Date 
Parents
8/21/1887
9/10/1887
10/6/1887
10/14/1887
10/19/1887
10/25/1887
10/27/1887
12/11/1887
12/13/1887
12/18/1887
1/11/1888
4/8/1888
4/11/1888
5/6/1888
7/4/18888
9/13/1888
11/19/1888
1/4/1889
3/19/1889
4/11/1889
5/23/1889
7/15/1889
7/14/1889
8/30/1889
9/20/1889
10/8/1889
10/15/1889
2/1/1890
Charles & Louise Turner
Thomas & Leah Hoge
Christ & Frederica Marth
Patrick & Mary Berry
Abe & Martha Shipley
Jas. & Frances Anthony
Jerome & Fanny Howe
Cornellius & Elizabeth Patterson
Charles & Kate Burgess
George & Anna Huber
Jeff & Sarah Eward
Robert & Sarah Richmond
Robert & Adda Hall
Thomas & Clara Strosnider
Charles & Ella Cahoon
Edwin & Lucy Wright
Mark & Lucy Tisdale
George & Kate Miller
Augustus & Matilda Appleton
Chas. & Louise Turner
Alex  & Jessie vonHeflin
John & Matilda Danaher
Chas. & Mary Coleson
Wm. & Annie Dunne
George & Almeda Cahoon
William & Ella Parrett
A. Lee & Mary Turner
Robert & Sarah Richmond

Contributed 28 Feb 2014 by Peggy Thomas


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