Prairie Farmer's Directory
of
LaSalle County
Illinois
1917
Ra - Ri
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.
| RABE, Frank C. (Laura DEBOLT) Ch - Ve??; "Maplewood Farm" Ottawa R32 Dayton Sec17 T100a Mrs. C. G. DEEMS (1908) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| RADKA, William (Amanda D???r) LaSalle R24 Eden Sec1 T160a Duncan Cement Co. (1915) |
| RADKE, John M. (Annie KOPP) Ch - Erick, Edmund, Valdemar, Hilda, Arthur, Else, Albert, Ernst; LaSalle R24 LaSalle Sec36 T180a Marquette Cement Co. (1905) |
| RAIBLEY, J. C. (Mary DEEGAN) Ch - Myrtle, Dorothy, Evelyn, Wilber, Lois; Ranson R64 Allen Sec36 O160a Sec25 T160a Sec25 T160a Mrs. B. STROBEL (1876) Tel. Ransom |
| RAINSBURG, Harvey (Ottie BEAL) Ch - Johnny; Ransom R64 Allen Sec23 T160a George KENNEDY (1892) Tel. Ransom |
| RAMSEY, R. W. (Daisy MONTGOMERY) Peru R26 Peru Sec32 (1908) |
| RANDLETT, C. P. (May and Hattie, Sisters) "Randlett Fruit Farm" Utica R25 Waltham Sec34 O40a (1872) Bell Tel. Utica |
| RANYOND, Fred (Eva SAILSBURY) Tonica Eden Sec23 O225a (1865) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| RASMUSEN, Oscar (Malinda, Mother) Seneca R60 Miller Sec12 O160a (1873) Bell Tels. Seneca and Farmers' Line Newark |
| RASMUSSON, Ollie E. (Lena TUNTLAND) Ch - Ida, Rose, Mabel, Perry, Wright, Hattie, Gladys; Leland R48 Adams Sec19 O120a (1885) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| RASMUSSON, Silas (Clara VOGA) Ch - Viola, Florence, Alice, Beulah, Charlotte, Gertrude, Silas; Seneca R60 Miller Sec12 O160a (1871) Central Union Tel. Seneca, Farmers' Line Newark |
| RASPILLER, Ernest (Matilda MARCO) Serena R1 Serena Sec12 T187a Aug. MARCO (1913) Northern Illinois Tel. Sheridan |
| RAVE, Joseph (Mary BIERS) Ch - Anna, Joseph, Adolph, George, Earnest, Vera, Elmer; Earlville R45 Meridan Sec32 O160a (1900) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| RAWLINGS, Frank E. (Mary E. WILKINSON) Ch - Inez, Carroll, Anna; Earlville R43 Freedon Sec15 O133a (1864) Tel. Harding |
| READ, J. A. (Grace REDMAN) Grand Ridge R17 Farm Ridge Sec12 T120a J. B. READ (1884) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| REARDON, Thomas J. (Helen NOONAN) Ch - Helen; Seneca R60 Manlius Sec11 T160a Ben EGAN (1914) Bell Tel. Seneca |
| RECK, Lewis W. (Ida WINTERS) Mendota R35 Mendota Sec21 T150a C. E. COOK (1882) |
| REDDING, Chris C. (Mary MASSNER) Ch - Emma, Alma, William, Mary; Streator R4 Eagle Sec15 O24a (1885) Tel. Farmers' Line Streator |
| REDFIELD, Leland C. (Myrtella NEFF) Ch - Earl; Newark R1 Mission Sec12 O125a (1882) Tel. Farmers Line Newark |
| REDMAN Bros. Clarence and Allen, Hattie DANNER, Clyde, Alice, Eljah?, wife and children of Clarence; Ranson R63 Allen Sec10 T480a J. REDMAN (1886) Tel. Ransom |
| REDMAN, Lyle (Grace MARTIN) Streator R5 Bruce Sec8 T80a Samuel REDMAN (1897) Tel. Streator |
| REDMAN, L. R. (Daisy LAW) Ch - Rubie; Grand Ridge R19 Farm Ridge Sec23 A. J. REDMAN, Sr. (1880) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| REDMAN, William (Florence LANGLEY) Ch - William, Claude, Geraldine, Virgil; Grand Ridge R19 Fram Ridge Sec28 T240a A. J. REDMAN (1877) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| REED, Curt (Della FRY) Ch - Dorothy, Arthur, Louis; Ottawa R33 Deer Park Sec26 -Farm Hand- Arthur CORBIN (1915) |
| REED, Emeline A. Seneca R62 Brookfield Sec5-6 O140a (1848) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| REEDER, William (Catherine MOUSE) Ch - Elvina, Minnie, Florence, Clarence; Mendota R36 Mendota Sec13 O207a (1885) |
| REES, Arthur E. (Irene POOLE) Ch - Mildred; Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec31 T240a A. G. REES (1878) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| REESE, Griffith (Mary FARLEY) Ch - Walter, Jennie, Griffith, Herbert, Hazel; LaSalle R22 LaSalle Sec2 T80a Frank MITCHELL (1861) |
| REESE, William (Junie CASTATOR) Ch - Lemuel, Roy, Margaret; Streator R6 Grand Rapids Sec32 O80a (1871) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| REICHMEN, Ernest (Mina TRAVIS) Ch - Kenneth, marie, Wendell; Utica R65 Deer Park Sec28 -Farm Hand- J. C. REYNOLDS (1912) |
| REINECKE, Charles (Mary FREIER) Ch - Selma, Helen, Ester; Streator R5 Bruce Sec1 T200a Mrs. LOY (1894) Tel. Streator |
| REMPFER, John E. (Mabel GILLETTE) Ch - Robert, Arlene, Frederick; Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec14 T237a Levi FAHLER (1910) |
| RESSER, Ben (Josephine PITGER) Ch - Arthur; Sheridan R2 Serena Sec18 D. RESSER (1891) Tel. Farmers' Line |
| RESSER, Daniel Ch - John, Benjamin, Libbie, Daniel; Sheridan R2 Serena Sec18 O185a (1857) Northern Illinois Tel. Sheridan |
| RESSER, John H. (Louise ZILLHART) "Hickory Lodge" Sheridan R2 Mission Sec17 T180a Dan RESSER (1877) Northern Illinois Tel. Sheridan and Farmers' Line Sheridan |
| RETT, George (Mary HOMER) Ch - Floyd, Alta; Peur R21 Peru Sec6 T197a F. L. HOMER (1906) Tel. Ladd |
| RETZ, Charles M. (Emma MILLER) Ch - Charles, Arthur, Florence; "Prairie Farm" Ottawa R30 Dayton Sec24 O160a (1875) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| REUTNER, John (Kate KEUTZER) Ch - John, Mamie, Lillie, George, Jacob; LaSalle R22 Dimmick Sec33 T155a HUBBARD Est. (1898) |
| REX, L. A. (Alvena BREWER) Ch - Helen, Lulu, Lois, Anna, Audry; Earlville R42 Meridan Sec29 O105a (1890) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| REX, William F. (Lillian GILLETTE) Ch - Francis, Hester, Wayne, Ruth; Mendota R36 Meriden Sec29 T200a A. D. GILLETTE (1888) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| REYMANN, Alois (Fay WILLIAMS) Sheridan R4 Adams Sec26 T85a Martin CHRISTOPHERSON (1908) |
| REYNOLDS, Edward L. (Elsie BARR) Ch - Gerald, Leonard, Harry; Lostant R12 Hope Sec23 T107a M. REYNOLDS (1897) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| REYNOLDS, J. W. (Sarah E. EDMONSON) Ch - Edna, Linnie, George, Claude, John, Elsie, Charles, Daisy, Roy, Edith; Marseilles R56 Rutland Sec22 -Farm Hand- Jessie GROVE (1914) |
| REYNOLDS, S. W. (Letitia WILSON) "Starved Rock Stock Farm" Utica R65 Deer Park Sec29 T200a J. C. REYNOLDS Est. (1862) Tel. Utica |
| RHEA, Robert (Eleanor L. RYAN) Ch - Alice, Evelyn, Georgia; Earlville R45 Meriden Sec15 O119a (1871) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| RHEA, Samuel (Margaret PINK) Ch - Euphemia, Walter, Ethel, Eveline; Mendota R39 Troy Grove Sec28 T160a Mrs. MUNSON (1913) |
| RHIEL, Albert C. (Mamie WARD) Ch - Clifton; Tonica R15 Vermillion Sec16 O22a (1870) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| RHINES, A. G. (Myrtle PARR) Ch - Parr, Merle, Walter, Ella, Aleta; Marseilles R57 Manlius Sec6 O88a T80a A. F. NICHOL (1871) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| RICE, Martin (Louise SHELTON) Ch - Velma, Martin Jr., Lois Elisie; "North Ridgeway Farm" Marseilles R56 Miller Sec30 T260a S. H. MONTGOMERY (1885) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| RICEDORF, David (Katie STRAW) Ch - John, Eda, Mae; Mendota R37 Troy Grove Sec12 38 1/2a Webb SETCHELL (1900) |
| RICEDORF, Harvey (Annie SWEGER) Ch - Oscar, Ada; Mendota R37 Ophir Sec21 T120a Levi CARR (1909) |
| RICHARD, Charles (Emma BACH) Streator R5 Bruce Sec4 T100a Mrs. RICHARD (1891) Tel. Streator |
| RICHARD, Chris H. (Elizabeth ROEDER) Ch - Freda, Arnold, Esther; Streator R4 Eagle Sec15 O134a (1875) Tel. Farmers' Line Streator |
| RICHARD, Dan C. (Kate HOHLMAN) Ch - Fred, Victor, Glen; Lostant R13 Richland Sec16 O120a (1875) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| RICHARD, Elmos (Minnie DISHON) Ch - Clinton, Etta, Ross, Louis, Corry, Doris; Earlville R44 Ophir Sec11 -Farm Hand- Thomas CAMPBELL (1912) |
| RICHARD, Henry (Goldie PRITTS) Ch - Lovina, Lloyd, Lois; Streator R5 Bruce Sec5 T90a Mrs. RICHARD (1884) Tel. Streator |
| RICHARD, Minnie (WOCHLER) Ch - Minnie, Alvina, Edwin, Gustave; Streator R5 Bruce Sec4 O49a (1871) Tel. Streator |
| RICHARD, William (Ida WACHTER) Ch - Arthur; Streator R5 Bruce Sec4 T180a Kunard WACHTER (1886) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RICHARD, William F. (Kate CLAUS) Ch - Alfred, Wesley, Edgar; Streator R4 Eagle Sec14 O231a (1872) Tel. Farmers' Mutual Lostant |
| RICHARDS, Charles A. (Etta PROVANCE) Ch - Charles Jr.; Streator R6 Bruce Sec12 O740a (1875) Tel. Streator |
| RICHARDS, Fred W. (Mabel KADEL) Ch - Frederick; Streator R5 Bruce Sec11 O420a (1895) Tel. Streator |
| RICHARDSON, S. T. (Sadie FATLAND) Sandwich R2 Northville Sec13 -Farm Hand- W. M. C. KNIGHT (1880) |
| RICHARDSON, T. F. (Frona BEAUDRY) Ch - Marguerite, Theodore, Marcel; Utica R26 Utica Sec3 O160a (1877) Bell Tel. Utica |
| RICHERT, Emanuel F. (Louisa ENGELHARDT) Ch - Reuben, Ezra; Mendota R36 Meriden Sec31 O120a (1916) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| RICHERT, S. J. (Rose FEIK) Ch - Lloyd, Donald; Mendota R35 Mendota Sec18 O160a (1908) |
| RICHEY, Frank E. (Mary D. EASTMAN) LaSalle R24 Eden Sec10 O164a (1908) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| RICHEY, Paul H. (Letha I. OTT) Grand Ridge R17 Farm Ridge Sec7 O160a (1910) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RICHMOND, Fred R. (Rena VACHARNT) Ch - Elva; Marseilles R56 Rutland Sec4 O306a (1892) |
| RIEMENSNIDER, E. H. (Pearl SCHEIDECKER) Ch - Irene, Ruthemma; Sommonauk R1 Adams Sec1 T160a Wm. RIEMENSNIDER (1886) Northern Illinois Tel. Somonauk |
| RIEUF, George (Irene ENGEL) Marseiles R59 Grand Rapids Sec3 T80a Miss Emma DENNYS (1910) Tel. Marseilles |
| RINGE, R. O. (Mattie BERGESON) Ch - Irvin, Inez, Kermit, Mildred; Sandwich R2 Northville Sec23 T160a W. C. JONES (1899) Tel. Farmers' Line Sandwich |
| RINKER, A. H. (Nora E. HITTER) Ch - Lloyd; Grand Ridge R19 Farm Ridge Sec22 O97 1/2a (1880) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RINKER, E. A. (Stella HITTER) Ch - Raymond, Vernon; Streator R6 Otter Creek Sec10 O160a (1875) Tel. Streator |
| RINKER, H. F. Ransom R63 Grand Rapids Sec25 T320a John RINKER (1902) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RINKER, L. C. (Minnie SMITH) Ch - Ethel, Harvey, Bernice; "Cornalfa Farm" Grand Ridge R19 Farm Ridge Sec35 O300a (1879) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RINKER, Oscar (Minnie FREIER) Ch - Harold, Catherine; Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec26 O100a (1886) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RINKER, Paul Ransom R63 Grand Rapids Sec32 O80a (1888) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RINKER, R. A. Ransom R63 Grand Rapids Sec25 T320a John RINKER (1894) Tel. Grand Rapids |
| RINKER, W. P. (Lua BOWERS) Ch Clyde, Lloyd, Ruth, Lois, "Ridge View Farm" Grand Ridge R19 Farm Ridge Sec23 O117a (1877) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| RIORDAN, James A (Mary HANLEY) Ch - G. F., Ben , Nellie, Genevieve, James; Streator R4 Eagle Sec24 O280a (1854) Independant Tel. Streator |
| RISK, Elling (Hilda HAAGINSON) Serena R1 Serena Sec19 T160a Mrs. W. STRAWN (1916) |
| RISKE, Thomas (Nellie ROSDIAL) Ch Florence, Mabel, Ruth, Twila, Esther; Sheridan R2 Mission Sec16 O225a (1892) Tel. Farmers' Line Sheidan |
| RISKEDAHL, Olie J. (Mabel EBRIGHT ) Ch Martha. Virgina: Ottawa R32 South Ottawa Sec26 T104a PORCHES Bros. (1889) United Tel. Ottawa |
| RISKEDAL, C. T. (Melinda ANDERSON) Ch Ethan, Birdie, Raymond, Rachel, Verna; Leland R48 Adams Sec28 O180a (1880) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| RISLEY, Charles (Alice BOWERS) Ch Sherman: Earlville R45 Meriden Sec25 O80a (1856) |
| RISS, Charles (Lola WERNER) Ch Paulina: Streator R7 Otter Creek Sec22 T80a Wm. RISS (1885) Tel. Streator |
| RITCHIE, Ira G. (Margaret Ida REDMON) Ch - Eureta, Annie, Mary; Mensota R39 Troy Grove Sec5 -Farm Hand- Albert ULTCH (1915) |
| RITTER, Macuen (Esther MOIR) Ch - Beatrice; Mendota R35 Mendota Sec3 T80a Eliza MENDE (1917) |
| RIVELAND, Ole Ch - Millie, Lorain, Arthur, Elmer; Seneca R60 Miller Sec13? O200a (1873) Bell Tels. Seneca and Farmers' Line |
Back to LaSalle County Genealogy Page
Back to Farmer's Directory Index
Copyright © 1998 1999 by Carol Ryan-Spenader
All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged in researching their family origins. Any commercial use, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited.