Prairie Farmer's Directory
of
LaSalle County
Illinois
1917
Me - Mi
Abbreviations Used in this Directory:
| a -- Acres | T -- Tenant or Renter |
| Ch -- Children | R -- Rural Route |
| O -- Owner | Sec -- Section |
Maiden name of wife follows directory name in
parentheses ( )
Figures at end of information--year became
resident of county.
Name of farm follows names of children in
quotation marks.
In case of a tenant, the farm owner's name
follows the figures giving size of farm.
| MEAD, Chauncey (Mae LILLY) Ch - Gladdies, Gretta; Earlville R45 Meriden Sec29 T160a Don BOWERS (1893) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| MEADS, Bert W. Ch - Donald, Robert, Roberta; Earlville R40 Meridan Sec15 T270a WILEY Est. (1886) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| MEAGHER, Mrs. Bridget Ch - Thomas, William, Edward, James, John, Stephen; Ottawa R31 Rutland Sec33 (1860) |
| MEAGHER, Edward Ottawa R31 Rutland Sec32 T320a E. P. JOHNSON and Mrs. OSBORN (1881) |
| MEAGHER, James L. (Mary BITTERLY) Ch - James, Robert, Elizabeth; Marseilles R56 Rutland Sec22 T146a Theresa LEE Est. Bell Tel. |
| MEAGHER, William (Genevieve BUCKLEY) Ch - Mary; Ottawa R31 Rutland Sec33 T230a E. P. JOHNSON (1878) Bell Tel. |
| MECAY, Rufus (Emma JONES) Ch - Gertrude; Ottawa R32 South Ottawa Sec24 T1071/2a Mrs. CLARK (1884) United Tel. Ottawa |
| MEGAUGHEY, W. B. (Mayme PALM VANTRIES) Ch - Alice, Julia VANTRIES, Ruby; Earlville R41 Earl Sec6 -Farm Hand- Albert DOLDER (1892) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| MELING, Lars (Dora HOLMAN) Ch - Miles, Edna, John, Henry, Truman; Ottawa R33 South Ottawa Sec22 T120a Mrs. STINE (1901) United Tel. Ottawa |
| MELODY, Pat (Bridget MCLAUGHLIN) Ch - Thomas, Francis; Lostant R12 Hope Sec33 T80a Charles LAMBOURN (1892) |
| MELOY, Herbert E. (Ida BUSHELL) Ch - Gladys, Mildred, Gilbert, Margaret; Earlville R40 Meriden Sec17 O120a T290a J. B. KEELER (1872) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| MELTON, John (Caroline WITTHOEFT) Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec34 T135a Mrs. ANDREWS (1902) |
| MENDE, August C. (Ida M. BOOZEL) Earlville R44 Ophir Sec13 T160a Mrs. Thomas MCMANNUS (1894) |
| MENK, A. T. (Laura BRECHIEL) Ch - Mary; Somonauk R1 Northville Sec6 O80a (1910) Northern Illinois Tel. Somonauk |
| MENNEM, James Ch - Mary, James, Margaret; LaSalle R24 Deer Park Sec24 Lehigh Portland Cement Co. (1865) |
| MERKLEY, Longen (Martha STUDEBAKER) Streator R5 Vermillion Sec31 -Farm Hand- H. M. STUDEBAKER (1901) Tel. Streator |
| MERS, Andrew W. (Mary NEWELL) Ch - Charley, Webster; "Sunnyside Farm" Grand Ridge R17 Deer Park Sec14 O125a (1855) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| MERS, Fred B. (Anna ADAMS) Ch - Ernest, Elizabeth, Emery, Elmer; Earlville R44 Freedom Sec20 -Farm Hand- E. CANTLEN (1913) |
| MERS, L. W. Ch - Wilson, Juanita; Utica R65 Deer Park Sec8 O24a (1866?) United Tel. Utica |
| MERSHIMER, C. R. (Mary DIEDRICK) Ch - Anice, Russell; LaSalle R22 Dimmick Sec27 O6a T100a Fred ENGELHAUP, Rose HANLEY, Mary OHALLORAN and Mrs. T. HITCHENS (1893) |
| MERTEL, Andrew (Martha WEST) Ch - Louise, Martha, Edward; Utica R65 Deer Park Sec5 O82a (1875) United Tel. Utica |
| MERTEL, Charles (Margaret WERTZ) Ch - Joseph, Frances SAUTER Mother, Margaret, Joe Raymond, Sister and Brothers; Peru, R21 Peru Sec17 O20a (1857) Bell Tel. LaSalle |
| MERTEL, Henry (Edith HUTT) Ch - Mildred, Eleanor; "North Farm" Utica R65 Deer Park Sec29 T130a F. W. MATTHIESSEN (1883) Home Tel. Utica |
| MERTEL, Joseph (Julia FALLETT) Ch - Julius; Utica R65 Deer Park Sec24 O80a Sec9 T345a Mrs. John LACY (1872) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| MERTEL, Peter (Minnie A. DIMMICK) Ch - Alice, Paul, Marjorie; Utica R65 Deer Park Sec20 T200a F. W. MATTHIESSEN (1876) Home Tel. Utica |
| MERTES, Moritz (Veronica EICH) Ch - Marie, Leo, Helen, Edward, Veronica, Agatha, Georgina; Rutland R10 Groveland Sec10 T120a Mary MILLER (1877) Independent Tel. Rutland |
| MERTES, Nicholas (Mary MEIAR) Ch - Rose, Monica, Leonard, Eva, Lucile, Francis; Wenona R2 Osage Sec20 O90a (1886) Tel. Farmers' Line Wenona |
| METTILLE, Paul (Sadie DONLING) Ch - Francis; Marseilles R59 Grand Rapids Sec5 T240a Mike COSTELLA (1889) Tel. Ottawa |
| METZEN, Joe (Martha HOEFNER) Ch - Joe, Angie, William, Conrad,Theodore; Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec 16-21 T80a Peter SCHMIDT and Mrs. METZEN (1888) |
| METZEN, Mrs. Mary (WEBER) Ch - Annie, Elizabeth, Clara, Catherine, Theresa, Mary, Ross, Joseph, Angeline, Regina; Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec21 O80a (1861) |
| METZLER, George E. (Elizabeth GEALOW) Ch - Harlan, Carl, Esther, Vera; "Fair View Farm" Utica R65 Deer Park Sec9 O10a T150a William ELSWORTH (1876) United Tel. Ottawa |
| MEYER, Christ Ottawa R32 Fall River Sec29 O80a (1867) United Tel Ottawa |
| MEYER, Joe (Mabel HAYWARD) Ch Anton, Leota: Ottawa R32 Fall River Sec 32 O160a (1868) United Tel Ottawa |
| MEYER, Victor (Mary OBERE) Earlville R42 Meriden Sec 23 T320a Ivan KAMINKY and Mrs. HAWSEN (1899) Norrthern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| MEYER, William (Frances MULLER) Ch - Ralph, Esther, Agnes, Benson; Streator R4 Richland Sec21 T100a Jacob MEYER (1884) |
| MEYERS, E. L. (Laura SPRAY) Ch - George, Eleanor, Mary; Earlville R42 Earl Sec 17 T175a Joel CARTER (1893) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| MEYERS, Harvey (Clara ROBERTS) Ch - Roy Cleo; Utica R26 Waltham Sec25 T80a D. MYER (1897) Tel. Utica |
| MEYERS, Herman (Caroline JAEGLE) Ch - Helen, Clara, Annie, Henny, Cecelia; Streator R4 Richland Sec15 O160a (1851) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| MEYERS, Jacob (Susan CRAPS) Ch - William, Coney, Charles, Matilda, Louise, Ella, Jolia, Christiana; Tonica R16 Eagle Sec2 O280a (1853) |
| MEYERS, William (Marie WELLMAN) Ch - Alfred, Clara, Lee, Barman, Mabel, Leonard, Raymond; Utica R65 Deer Park Sec22 O290 a (1891) Bell Tel Ottawa |
| MICHELINI, Richard (Donie BALESTRI) Ch - Vincent, Premo, Louie, Rosa; Peru R20 Eden Sec6 T3331/2a M. J. ALLEMAN (1907) Tel. Farmers' Line Cedar Point |
| MICKELSON, Al. M. (Bertha KARLOSKY) Ch - George, Albert; "Oak Farm" Marseilles R56 Rutland Sec1 T50a A. L. BRANDNER (1893) Bell Tel. |
| MICOR, Joseph (Anna PEKAR) Ch - Michael, Anna, Katherine, Victoriana; Marseilles R58 Manlius Sec22 O40a (1910) |
| MIDDLETON, E. R. (Hattie MATISON) Ch - Lois, Robert; Sheridan R3 Serena Sec1 T185a Mrs. E. DOLDER, John MADDLETON (1881) Tel. Farmers' Line Sheridan |
| MILLER, Adam (Katherine ECKEL) Ch - Ernest, Miley, Ella; "Garden of Eden Farm" Tonica R14 Eden Sec28 T240a PARK Est. and George LAWRENCE (1868) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| MILLER, Adolph G. (Elizabeth PFLIBSEN) Ch - Bertha, Emma, Gustav, Dorothy, Fred; Tonica R16 Richland Sec9 O120a (1875) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| MILLER, A. P. (Mary HULNE) Ch - Cecelia, Edna, Louis; Sandwich R2 Northville Sec10 O182a (1915) Tel. Farmers' Line Sandwich |
| MILLER Bros. Merton A. and Frank H. "Valley View Farm" Earlville R45 Ophir Sec10 O40a Sec3 T213a E. L. MILLER (1875) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| MILLER, Charles (Frances HORBACH) Ch - Marie, Cecilia, Anna, Veronica, Bernard; Lostant R13 Richland Sec17 O120a T80a Elizabeth HORBACH (1879) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| MILLER, Charles B. H. (Emelyn J. CLARK) Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec23 T140a GEPHARD Est. (1888) Northern Illinois Tel. |
| MILLER, Cora BARNES Tonica R14 Eden Sec33 T240a PARK Est. (1894) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| MILLER, Dana E. (Anna TAYLOR) Ch - Helen, Edith; Mendota R39 Mendota Sec31 O160a (1865) |
| MILLER, Ed. A. (Mae L. LAMBERT) Mendota R39 Mendota Sec31 O80a (1866) |
| MILLER, Elmer (Della STEVENSON) Ch - Luella; Mendota R37 Ophir Sec5 T197a Adam STEVENSON (1875) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| MILLER, E. L. (Mary E. SHIRLEY) Ch - Cora, Merton, Maude, Frank, Minnie; "Valley View Farm" Earlville R45 Ophir Sec3 O213a (1857) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| MILLER, Frank H. (Ida M. EARL) Ch - Leslie, Ellis; "Valley View Farm" Earlville R45 O20a Ophir Sec3 T213a E. L. MILLER (1878) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| MILLER, George (Lillian ACKLEY) Ch - Barton, Harley; Leland R48 Adams Sec32 T170a Mrs. H. BUCKHARDT (1915) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| MILLER, George (Ora GOODWIN) Tonica R14 Eden Sec13 O73a (1876) Tel. Farmers Line Tonica |
| MILLER, George S. (Catherine MEYERS) Ch - Anna, Frank, Leo, William, George, Mary, Frances, Raymond, Edward, Lucy; Ancona R1 Osage Sec24 O80a (1860) Independent Tel. Streator |
| MILLER, Henry J. (Clara R. HESSENBERGER) Ch - Charles, Floyd, Frank, Grace; Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec26-25 O200a (1859) |
| MILLER, H. J. "Hill Crest Farm" Earlville R45 Ophir Sec3 O80a (1867) |
| MILLER, Joe, Anna and Mary Rutland R10 Osage Sec36 O155a (1887) Ames Tel. Wenona |
| MILLER, Joseph (Ida KUKUK) Ch - Frank, George, Mildred, Lawrence, Clara, Ruth; Sheridan R3 Serena Sec5 O80a (1867) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| MILLER, Louis (Bertha BARTON) Ch - Wendell; Tonica R14 Eden Sec33 T160a LAMBERTS Est. (1886) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| MILLER, Martin H. (Nettie LAWRENCE) Ch - Bessie, Martin H. Jr.; Wedron Rutland Sec22 T66a Rov PRICHARD (1913) Bell Tel. |
| MILLER, Nicholas (Elizabeth PLETCH) Ch - William, Emma, Louise, Ora, Carrie, Harry; Tonica R14 Eden Sec24-13 O68a (1850) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| MILLER, O. A. (Anna RIEMENSNIDER) Somonauk R1 Adams Sec1 O80a (1911) Northern Illinois Tel. Somonauk |
| MILLER, Roy E. (Kathryn STRAWN) "Wayside Farm" Streator R4 Eagle Sec16 T1811/2a J. F. JENNINGS (1912) |
| MILLER, Roy W. Earlville R40 Meriden Sec4 T240a Charles D. LARABEE (1891) Northern Illinois Tel. Paw Paw |
| MILLER, Sarah SCOTT Ch. Ralph, Verna, Roy: Tonica R14 Eden Sec24 O141a (1882) Tel. Farmers Line Tonica |
| MILLER, Theodore (Gertie HANSON) Ch. Esther, Albert, Agnes: Tonica R14 Eden Sec16 T160a Mrs. C. WEBER (1911) Tel. Farmers Line Cedar Point |
| MILLER, Theodore P. (Christine PFLIBSEN) Ch. Grace, Della, Ervin, Edwin, Frances, Minnie, Wilfred, Agnes: Lostant R13 Richland Sec17 O120a (1872) Tel. Farmers Line Lostant |
| MILLER, T. J. (Estella MOORE) Ch. Gladys: Leland R47 Northville Sec18 T100a J. MOORE (1892) Northern Illinois Tel. Somonauk |
| MILLER, Vernon (Alvira NELSON) Ch. Ethel: Newark R1 Mission Sec24 T80a Mrs. B. QUAM (1892) Tel. Farmers Line Newark |
| MILLER, Warren S. (Amie OZIAS) Ch. Viola, Victa, Infant: Ransom R63 Brookfield Sec31 T160a William BAKER Jr. (1914) Tel. Ransom |
| MILLER, William C. (Ella GRANT) Ch. Grant, Revilla: Tonica R14 Eden Sec13 T340a C. R. ONG (1881) Tel. Farmers Line Tonica |
| MILLER, W. G. (Rosa TRUCKENBROD) Ch. Ella, Fred, Oscar, Lillie, Martha, John, Frank: Mendota Mendota Sec20 O160a (1902) |
| MILLIKEN, G. E. (Dora B. KILMER) Ch. Grover, George: "Burr Oak Farm" Marseilles R56 Rutland Sec10 T412a S. A. MILLIKEN Est. (1865) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| MILLS, A. F. (Electa BACHELDER) Ch. Edith, Doris, Harold, Charles, Clarence: Grand Ridge R17 Farm Ridge Sec8-17 O80a T80a H. MILLS (1867) Tel. Ottawa |
| MINKE, Fred Jr. (Rilla ADAMS) Ch. Robert, Raymond, Archie, Paul: Earlville R42 Earl Sec16 O102a (1877) |
| MERTEL, Frank (Anna WERGIN) Ch. Bernard, Lawrence, James: Utica R65 Deer Park Sec5 T200a Joe MERTEL (1881) United Tel. Utica |
| MISSAL, Henry (Emma MILBRANDT) Ch. Ralph, Mabel, Edward, Fred, Walter: Wenona R2 Osage Sec31 T160a M. MELODY (1910) Ames Tel. Wenona |
| MISSEL, Louis (Alvina BAKER) Ch. Clara, Silas, Oliver, Ervin, Reuben, Esther, Homer, Ruth, Evelyn: Streator R8 Otter Creek Sec33 O640a (1864) Tel. Streator |
| MITCHELL, Abram (Keziah DREISHMERE) Sandwich Northville Sec11 O120a (1855) |
| MITCHELL, Charles (Clara ROUX) Ch. Grace, Joseph, Charles: Utica R26 Waltham Sec34 O200a (1893) Bell Tel. Utica |
| MITCHELL, Charles J. (Isabel HYNDS) Ch. Charles, William: "Oak Glen Stock Farm" LaSalle R23 Dimmick Sec35 O510a (1867) Bell Tel. LaSalle |
| MITCHELL, Hugh (Iva PRESTON) Ch. Warren: "Welcome Farm" Utica R25 Waltham Sec18 T160a James CAIRUS (1888) Bell Tel. Utica |
| MITCHELL, Hugh (Elizabeth AITKEN) Ch. Mary, Nellie, Hugh, Willie, Annie, Charley: Troy Grove R34 Ophir Sec32 T160a Robert WYLIE Est. (1897) |
| MITCHELL, James "Mitchell Stock Farm" Utica R25 Waltham Sec6 T160a Mrs. G. BLANCHARD and Flo GODWIN (1877) Bell Tel. Utica |
| MITCHELL, James (Mary ROUX) Ch. Laura, Ruth, Florence, Mary, Julia, Mathilda: Marseilles R59 Fall River Sec28 O280a (1887) United Tel. Ottawa |
| MITCHELL, James A. (Bertha BILL) Ch. Nathan, Ada, Minnie, Edwin: Utica Utica Sec16 O300a (1859) Bell Tel. Utica |
| MITCHELL, M. P. (Susan S. HIGGINS) Ch. William, Peter, John, Alice, Mary, Susan, Ellen: Marseilles R58 Manlius Sec3 O210a (1853) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| MITCHELL, Peter M. (Grace BRODBECK) Ch. Beatricia: Marseilles R58 Manlius Sec10 T190a W. P. MITCHELL (1876) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| MITCHELL, William Troy Grove R34 Ophir Sec32 T160a James WYLIE Est. (1880) |
| MITCHELL, W. B. "Mitchell Station" Utica Utica Sec15 O307a (1872) Bell Tel. Utica |
| MITCHELL, W. J. (Lottie COOK) Marseilles R58 Manlius Sec3 T300a J. J. MITCHELL (1880) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| MIZYAK, Jim (May BUSRIS) Ch. Margaret, Esther, Ignatius, George, May, Helen, David, Rudolph: Utica R65 Deer Park Sec31 T428a Marquette Cement Co. (1911) |
Transcribed by Sandi Ryan-Kuda
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