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Henry County ILGenWeb Project
Photo Album
Our ancestors were not just names and dates, they were real people with distinct features, personalities and interests.  Keeping with that, we've begun a photo gallery of people and places related to the history and genealogy of Henry County Illinois.

Additional photographs (scenes and locations) are also found in the Picture Postcards section and a few of individuals are included in the 1877 History Of Henry County.

Also added is a List of Photographers known to have operated in Henry County at one time or another.
We are hoping to put dates with these studios to assist researchers in placing their photos in a particular time frame.

If you have old photos of Henry County or its residents, send scanned images (.jpg) via email to
Henry County Photo Submittals.  Please be sure to include names, places, etc. in your photo descriptions.  It is very helpful if your files are named in such a manner as to help identify what they are (jsmithfam for John Smith Family, etc).

Please try to limit the overall size of your photo submissions to no more than 1000k.

Select a link below to view that photograph.


INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY PHOTOS

ATKINSON, James  brother of Sarah Atkinson Martin
ATKINSON, John   brother of Sarah Atkinson Martin

BARTLETT, Catherine Hess   wife of Cromwell Kilbourne Bartlett, Geneseo's founder
BECK, Carl Filip and wife ANDERSON, Johanna "Hanna" Lovisa
BOUWHUIS, Anthony family portrait
BRADY, Katy, Geneseo
BRYNER, Mason and wife WOODWARD, Anna Maria
BURT, Elijah and Emily Ann Cady of Geneseo

CADY, Allan Byron, portrait, Geneseo IL
CADY, Allan Byron, portrait as a young man
CADY, Carroll Monroe as a young man
CADY, Carroll Monroe and Allan Byron, young
CADY, Caroll Monroe, Nellie Catherine and Allan Byron 1870
CADY, group of cousins-Neva, Leila, Ina, Burton, Famah, Dale, 3 unknown
CADY, Guy and Walter French as children
CADY, Hiram Josiah, portrait
CADY, Hiram Josiah, 2nd portrait
CADY, Howard French, baby photo
CADY, Nellie Catherine, girl
CADY, Nellie Catherine, young woman
CADY, Walter and Gary  1917
CHERRY, Earl with children Bob and Priscilla, Geneseo IL, 1930's

DUNMIRE, David family circa 1870 Kewanee

ELLINGSWORTH, William & EVANS, Zipporah family

FAHNSTROM, Andrew family photo (Andrew, Lisen, Hulda, Carl, Oscar, Axel & Elmer)
FAHNSTROM, Carl Vannard (s/o Andrew & Lisen)
FAHNSTROM, Emil and Mary (wedding photo 1905)
FAHNSTROM, Emil, Mary, Rena and Ruth  taken in Texas cir 1911
FORD, Maud and Phyllis   baby and mother

GLAWE, William & WIESE, William  with Harms & Glawe Ice Wagon
GRAF, Lewis and Sophia  Lewis s/o Gustavas Graf
GRAN, Bessie
GRAN, Burr
GRAN, Franklin and GRAN, Henry "Dude"
GRAN, Henry Wells and wife Lillie Mariah TIMBERLAKE

HARDY, Eliza M.   (d/o J.L & Bertha Woodward Hardy-mar. Merle HUFF
HARDY, James Leonard and wife WOODWARD, Bertha May
HARDY, James Leonard and wife WOODWARD, Bertha May   later photograph
HARDY, Pearl Irene young child   d/o J.L. & Bertha Woodward Hardy-mar Paul V. Skrinski
HARDY, Pearl Irene as adolescent  d/o J.L. & Bertha Woodward Hardy-mar Paul V. Skrinski
HIER, Herman G. and Mary A.   believed to be 50th Anniversary photo taken 1893
HIER, Herman Garrett
HIER, Mary A. Schumaker
HIXSON, Clark Norman taken 1911 at Geneseo Canning Factory
HIXSON, Sylvan Eugene & wife Harriet Miller   50th Anniversary photo
HIXSON, Sylvan Eugene & brother Fred HIXSON
HOIT, Otis W. portrait

JOHANNESSON, Carl M. and wife Emma Carolina LARSDOTTER
JOHNSON (JOHANNESSON),  Will, Algert and Tillie    children of Carl M. & Emma shown as young adults
JOHNSON (JOHANNESSON), Will and bride Olga MAGNUSSON, Woodhull 1907

KELLOGG, Albert Benjamin
KING, Chris & wife

LAMB, Clarence William (as small boy) son of Joseph Hiram & Lizzie Martin Lamb
LAMB, Clarence World War I with horse
LAMB, Eliza d/o William & Rosannah Whitehouse Lamb, wife of Richard WOODWARD
LAMB, Florence Irene   daughter of Joseph Hiram LAMB and Lizzie MARTIN
LAMB, William
LAMB, Rosannah WHITEHOUSE  wife of William LAMB
LUTHER, Caroline taken 1857    d/o George Barthel and Salome Schock LUTHER
LUTHER, Caroline second view 1857    d/o George Barthel and Salome Schock LUTHER
LYONS, Rosanna "Rose" Martin (middle age)    wife of Frederick Eugene LYONS
 

MARTIN, Alice Mae and Elizabeth  daughters of Thomas & Alice Woodward Martin
MARTIN, family of Thomas & Alice Woodward circa 1948
MARTIN, James Henry  son of William and Martha Tucker Martin
MARTIN, Joseph A.
MARTIN, Rosanna "Rose"  as young woman in Kewanee daughter of Wm & Martha Tucker Martin m Frederick LYONS
MARTIN, sons of William and Martha Tucker
MARTIN, Thomas and wife WOODWARD, Alice
MORROW, Samuel of Geneseo
MORROW, Samuel 1865
MUNSON, Emil & ROGERS, John at Ulah

OGDEN, Mary Elizabeth Graf  wife of John Ogden, daughter of Gustavus Graf
OGDEN, Stuart, Florence & Chester   children of James Ogden
OLLSON, Andrew Peter
OLLSON, Lucinda Nesbaum

RAY, Henry Kellogg  with "Wethersfield Dairy" horse team
ROGERS, John & MUNSON, Emil at Ulah

SCHROEDER, Herietta
SCHUMAKER, Anna Catherine "Carrie" Grammer, portrait
SCHUMAKER, Frederick H. and wife Mary HIER  believed to be wedding photo
SCHUMAKER, Frederick H. and wife Mary HIER family and home
SCHUMAKER, John Henry, portrait
SMITH, William F. family, Ulah IL 1928
STANLEY, Ira and wife BECK, Ellen Marie
STANLEY, William Titus Jr and wife PETERSON, Mathilda
STEPHENS, Art family Cambridge IL c1946
STEPHENS, John M. family, Ulah IL
STEPHENS, William Edgar 1893

TIMBERLAKE, Lilly Mariah , wife of Henry Wells GRAN
TUCKER, Nathaniel "Nat"  brother of Martha L. Tucker Martin

VAN AUKEN, Fletcher and Margaret
VAN AUKEN, Sarah Ellen   wife of Harrison Van Auken

WARNER Family of Kewanee & Burns Twp c 1870
WIESE, William & GLAWE, William  with Harms & Glawe Ice Wagon
WOODWARD, Bertha May (m. James Hardy) and sister WOODWARD, Ethel  (m. Cleo BOYER)
WOODWARD, Richard (formal portrait)
WOODWARD, Richard (casual photo in old age)


NON FAMILY GROUP PHOTOS-INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED
(school pictures, picnics, sports teams, church groups, etc)

SPORTS TEAMS
  • 1920 "Terrible Swedes" Baseball Team   all players names included 
  • 1922 Nekoma Illinois Baseball Team    all players identified 
  • Early Bishop Hill Baseball Team  most players identified includes Forest Cady later of Boston Red Sox
  • CHURCH
  • MIZPAH CLASS, METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH  Kewanee, IL June 1919 all individuals identified 

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    FIRE DEPARTMENTS
  • 1890's Geneseo Firefighters and Families  all but children identified
  • FRIENDS, WORK ASSOCIATES, ETC
  • CHERRY, EARL and BONTE, Jacob 1940's
  • 1913 Women of Bishop Hill  all but two identified
  • PLACES
    HOUSES AND FARMS
  • HOUSE OF ANDREW  & LISEN FAHNSTROM  in Galva 
  • WALTER FRENCH CADY FARM in Geneseo 
  • BILLY GRAMMER HOME near Ulah IL

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    BUSINESSES
  • CHERRY'S SERVICE STATION, SPORTING GOODS & LUNCHROOM, Geneseo IL 1920's 
  • PETERSON STORE, Lynn Center 

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    CHURCHES
    GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
    SCHOOLS
    OTHER
  • CAMP LOGAN TX WWI  photo sent by Clarence W. Lamb  of Kewanee to his cousin Myrtle Martin 

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    CEMETERY and GRAVESITE PHOTOGRAPHS
    These are now listed under cemeteries sorted by cemetery location



    UNIDENTIFIED

    INDIVIDUALS AND COUPLES
  • Couple believed to be Levi & Nancy Collins STEPHENS 
  • Lady believed to be Elsie HAWKS 
  • LUTHER, David (assumed to be)   d/o George Barthel and Salome Schock LUTHER 

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    ANIMALS
  • Jack Russell Terrier  someone's precious pet professionally photographed by Emery Studios in Galva IL 
  • GROUPS
  • Five Boys from Ulah IL
  • Ulah Sewing Circle
  • Ulah 9 Young Men
  • Allen Family Reunion Atkinson or Geneseo  Believed to be-contibutor knows some of the names
  • SCHOOL
     
  • SCHOOL PHOTO  of class including John MARTIN, son of Thomas & Alice Woodward Martin-may be in Kewanee or Lamoni IA 
  • 1920 ALPHA SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPH 
  • CADY COUSINS Neva, Leila, Ina, Burton, Famah, Dale, 3 unidentified 
  • CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Kewanee IL, 1908   appears to be the entire student body 

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    SPORTS
     
  • 1899 HC FOOTBALL TEAM  found in a Geneseo IL attic--what team is this and who are the members? 

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    CLIPPINGS, PROGRAMS and NON-PHOTO ITEMS

    1913 Alpha High School Alumni Association Banquet Program
    1890-91 Geneseo Firefighters  newspaper article text and two photos all men identified


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