Prairie Farmer's Directory
of
LaSalle County
Illinois
1917
Wa - We
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.
| WADE, O. J. (Tressie HARPER) Ch. Amy, Lawrence, Dale; Lostant R12 Hope Sec20 T160a H. M. PHILLIPS (1912) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| WADE, T. O. (Cora COOPER) Ch. Effie, Olga, Artie, Clare, Yancy; Magnolia R2 Hope Sec19 -Farm Hand- R. C. PHILLIPS (1915) |
| WADEMAN, Robert (Mary NELSON) Ch. Dorothy; Wenona R2 Osage Sec20 T160a John HODGE (1908) Tel. Farmers' Line Wenona |
| WAGNER, Adam (Josephine MAHEUX) Ch. Adam, Rosalie, Joseph; Peru R20 Peru Sec30 T167a P. O. KEEFE (1916) Tel. Spring Valley |
| WAGNER, August (Austo RUNGA) Ch. Henry, Edith, Otto, Nellie, George, John; "Oak View Farm" Ottawa R33 Deer Park Sec25-26 O249 ½a (1882) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WAGNER, Harry (Belle BROWN) Ch. Lucile, Ethel, Mabel; Mendota R37 Ophir Sec18 O½a (1895) |
| WAGNER, Harry L. (Mary SWEATMAN) Ch. Nellie, William, Ethel, Mabel; Streator R4 Eagle Sec8 T220a W. E. SWIFT (1915) Streator Tel. Streator |
| WAGNER, John (Emma ZORN) Ch. Edith, Harvey; Troy Grove R34 Ophir Sec30 T170a Mrs. Johanna ZORN (1886) Northern Illinois Tel. |
| WAGNER, Walter (Fronica KEPPEN) Ch. James, Dennis, May, Art, William, Lillie, Watler, Viola, Jesse, Harvey, Amanda; Marseilles R57 Manilus Sec7 T200a J. R. MAKEEVER (1892) Bell Tel. Marseilles |
| WAKEMAN, Bert (Mabel WARNER) Ch. Francis, Valedda, Ruth, Reita; Rutland R10 Groveland Sec2 -Farm Hand- Howard P. CLEGG (1902) |
| WAKEY, Earl R. (Lula SCHOBERT) Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec25 O80a Sec30 T225a L. W. WAKEY and F. W. PARMLEY (1892) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| WAKEY, E. P. (Carrie GLEIM) Ch. Vera, Wilford, Nellie, Velma, Lloyd; Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec28 O400a (1867) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| WAKEY, Jerry W. (Luemma WOODARD) Ch. Earl, Ross; Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec28 O375a Sec29 T120a Harrison WAKEY (1859) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| WALD, Ben (Margaret DORSETT) Ch. Lawrence, Roy; Sheridan R1 Northville Sec32 O54a (1876) |
| WALDORF, Julius (Ella FABER) Ch. Helen, Charles; Mendota R39 Mendota Sec32 T240a Phillip WALDORF (1880) |
| WALDORF, Phillip (Amelia MEISENBACH) Ch. Louis, William, Julius, Nettie, Edward; Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec9 O462a (1855) |
| WALDRON, Charles; Utica R26 Waltham Sec15 O80a (1876) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WALDRON, Ed (Amelia HARMON) Ch. Veronica, Anna; Utica R26 Waltham Sec16 O80a (1872) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WALDRON, Thomas (Elizabeth HANLEY) Ch. Elizabeth; Ottawa R31 Rutland Sec34 O114a T40a (1868) Bell Tel. |
| WALDRON, Thomas (Mary SHEA) Ch. Frank, Raymond; "Brookside Farm" Utica R26 Waltham Sec16 O80a (1871) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WALDSCHMIDT, Arthur Lostant R13 Hope Sec8 T160a H. B. WALDSCHMIDT (1912) Tel. Farmers' Line McNabb |
| WALGENBACH, Jacob (Jennie FROST) Ch. Peter, Helene, Marie, Jacob, Arnold, Joseph; La Salle R24 Eden Sec10 O160a (1864) |
| WALGENBACH, Joseph (Elizabeth GINGERICH) Ch. Josephine, Otto, Florence, Frances, Cora, Ruth; La Salle R24 Eden Sec10 O160a (1869) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| WALKING, Henry C. (Annie SCHEPP) Ch. Marie, August, Margaret, Harvey; Seneca R1 Serena Sec13 -Farm Hand- E. E. BERNARD (1911) |
| WALLACE, James Anna, Agnes, Sisters; La Salle R23 Waltham Sec7 O80a T80a WALLACE Est. (1857) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WALLACE, Robert E. (Ina NELSON) Triumph Ophir Sec16 T160a Marshal WALLACE (1896) |
| WALLACE, Scott (Maggie WALLACE) Ch. Robert, Glenn; Sheridan R4 Adams O120a (1913) |
| WALLEM, Erik (Gunda WALLEM) Ch. Solveig, Harold, Thor, Henry; Ottawa R33 South Ottawa Sec22 T160a H. W. JOHNSON (1901) United Tel. Ottawa |
| WALLEM, Thomas E. Leland R47 Adams Sec10 O80a (1868) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| WALLING, Andrew (Hazel MEYERS) Ch. LeRoy, Elvetta; Ransom R63 Allen Sec15 O208a (1891) Tel. Ransom |
| WALLING, C. W. (Emily HEPNER) Ch. Jerald, Elvira, Marjorie, Kenith; Ransom R63 Allen Sec14 T210a C. WALLING (1879) Tel. Ransom |
| WALLING, Edward H. (Agnes MULVIHILL) Ch. Minnie, Edward, Walter; Ransom R64 Allen Sec34 T100a F. WALLING (1884) Tel. Ransom |
| WALLING, Ferdinand "Walnut Grove Stock Farm" Ransom R64 Allen Sec34 O280a (1867) Tel. Ransom |
| WALLING, Joseph A. (Lila M. MCCANN) Ch. Bessie; Ransom R64 Allen Sec25 T160a W.H. CONRAD (1882) Tel. Ransom |
| WALLING, W.C. (Emma KOENCKE) Ch. Laurella, Lillian, Marie; Ransom R64 Allen Sec15 T200a C. WALLING (1881) Tel. Ransom |
| WALSH, A. J. (Mary FLAHAVEN) Ch. Colette, Mary, Evelyn, Margaret, Alice, Catherine; Streator R1 Osage Sec13 O120a (1897) Independent Tel. Streator |
| WALSH, John T. Ottawa R29 Wallace Sec14 T240a E. J. ROBINSON Est. (1887) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| WALSH, Thomas (Margaret LOONEY) Ch. John, Thomas, Catherine, William, Jerry, Margaret, Mary; "Oak Glen Farm" Utica R26 Utica Sec11 O320a (1880) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| WALTER, Emil Bertha, Virginia, Sisters; Ottawa R22 Fall River Sec31 O200a (1882) United Tel. Ottawa |
| WALTER, Victor (Victoria HESS) Ch. Arthur, Roy, Herbert, Vernon, Viola, Ethel, Everett, Chester; Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec18 O260a (1882) Tel. Grand Rapids |
| WALTGENBACH, H. P. (Elsie HARRIS) Lostant R13 Hope Sec12 T80a Henry WALTGENBACH (1890) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| WALTGENBACH, H. W. (Anna PFLIBSEN) Ch. Anna, John, Minnie, Henry, Emma; Lostant R13 Hope Sec11 O400a (1875) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| WALWER, Jacob G. (Mabel DILLON) Ch. Dorothy, Donald, Margaret, Nina, Edward; Earlville R42 Earl Sec17 T1a Ida THOMPSON (1913) |
| WALZENBACH, Charley (Minnie EHRLER) Earlville R42 Meridan Sec23 T136a Christ EHRLER (1912) |
| WALZER, Charles Jr. (Ethel MCDOWELL) Mendota R35 Mendota Sec9 T160a Charles WALZER Sr. (1893) |
| WARD, Clifton T. (Grace COFFEY) Tonica R15 Vermillion Sec8-9 O130a (1876) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| WARD, F. F. (Lucy HUSS) Ch. Ida, Alice, Myrtle, Ernest; Tonica R15 Vermillion Sec29 T110a G. PLETSCH (1877) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| WARD, W. B. (Mary E. WESTGATE) Ch. Zaida, LeRoy, Evelyn; Mendota R37 Ophir Sec18 T235a Mrs. D. W. WESTGATE (1902) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| WARFIELD, John (Ellen KECCESSKORY) Streator R6 Otter Creek Sec19 O182a (1916) Tel. Streator |
| WARFIELD, William Streator R7 Otter Creek Sec19 O180a (1916) Tel. Streator |
| WARNER, Leamon (Ella LOCKWOOD) Ch. Orie, Charles, Guy; Mendota R35 Mendota Sec28 O20a (1875) |
| WARRELL, William (Adelia PARSONS) Ch. Dora; Ottawa R32 South Ottawa Sec24 O160a T160a Milton PAPP (1880) United Tel. Ottawa |
| WARREN, D. J. (Mamie FERGUSSON) Ch. Russell, Harlan; Sheridan R3 Serena Sec8 O116a (1876) Tel. Harding |
| WARREN, George (Goldie JACKSON) Ch. Ruth, Alva, Rolly, Richard, Ray, Mildred, Vaughn; Ottawa R31 Rutland Sec33 -Farm Hand- OCONNOR (1915) |
| WARREN, H. H. Sheridan R3 Serena Sec5 O160a (1867) |
| WARREN, J. S. (Vernice BARBER) Ch. Albert, Fern; Leland R48 Serena Sec5 O125a (1871) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| WARREN, Levi Ch. Beata, Thelma; "Hickory Point Farm" Leland R49 Earl Sec26 O117a (1871) Northern Illinois Tel. Earl |
| WARREN, L. E. (H. C. HANSON) Ch. Geneva, Alvin, Nancy, Helmar; Sheridan R3 Serena Sec5 O84a (1864) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| WARREN, L. S. (Eliza MCCLURE) Ch. Rose, Annie, Addie, Dan, Olna; "Warren Farm" Sheridan R3 Serena Sec17 O186a (1846) Tel. Harding |
| WARREN, M. A. (Nancy B. ROWE) Sheridan R3 Serena Sec5 O130a (1856) Northern Illinois Tel. Leland |
| WARRICK, Robert M. (Pruella ESMOND) Ch. Frances; "Clover Lawn Farm" Utica R26 Utica Sec3 O80a (1865) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WARNER, John (Ellen LOCK) Ch. Guy, Franklin; "Timber Side Farm" Tonica R15 Vermillion Sec17 O195a (1864) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| WARNER, Joseph W. (Ida WOOD) Ch. Greywood, Lou, Wendell, Wilson; Tonica R15 Vermillion Sec17 O3a (1874) United Tel. Utica |
| WASZKOWIAK, Joe (Valerie TWARDOWSKI) Ch. Edward, Amelia, Frankie, Barnard, Clara, Henry; Peru R20 Peru Sec32 T4a V. ERNAT (1837) |
| WATTS, Archy Ottawa R33 South Ottawa Sec28 T100a C. B. WATTS (1891) United Tel. Ottawa |
| WATTS, Clarence M. (Emma MASSETTE) Ch. Gladys, Charlotte, Mildred, Charles; "Riverside Stock Farm" Ottawa R33 Adams O100a South Ottawa Sec28 T215a C. B. WATTS |
| WATTS, Cornelius C. (Helen LOUGHLIN) Ch. Winfred, Letha; "Midway Farm: Rutland R10 Groveland Sec10 T160a R. M. PRITCHETT (1855) Independent Tel. Rutland |
| WATTS, Cyrus A. (Adelia CARR) Ch. Luella, Esther, Alvin; Mendota R37 Ophir Sec20 T160a D. H. DEWEY (1901) |
| WATTS, C. B. (Anna GILLOT) Ch. Clarence, Harry, Alice, Willie, Patsie, Archey; Ottawa R33 South Ottawa Sec28 O320a (1846) United Tel. Ottawa |
| WATTS, C. H. (Maude G. ARNOLD) Ch. Mamie, Clara; Grand Ridge R17 Farm Ridge Sec8 -Farm Hand- J. H. BAKER (1917) Tel. Ottawa |
| WATTS, William H. (Rosie BROWN) Ch. Warren, Mabel, Georgianna, Olive, Blanch, Joseph, Arthur; Ottawa R32 South Ottawa Sec33-34 O170a (1855) United Tel Ottawa |
| WATTS, W. W. (Mary REFIOR) Ch. Philip, Grace, Wallace Jr.; Ottawa R33 South Ottawa Sec28 O285a (1865) United Tel. Ottawa |
| WAYNE, F. (Wilda B. FULLER) Ch. Clare; Fuller; Grand Ridge R18 Grand Rapids Sec8 T214a (1888) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| WEBB, George (Cora FIGGINS) Ch. Everett, Fay, Jennie, Francis, Ethel, Mildred, Leona, Arlie; Sheridan R1 Mission Sec22 -Farm Hand- A. C. FRULAND (1914) |
| WEBBER, Milton D. (Mary Frances WORK) "Maple Row Farm" Wenona R2 Osage Sec7 T360a J. S. WORK (1863) Tel. Farmers' Line Wenona |
| WEBER, Adam Ch. Edmund, Caroline, Josephine, Leo; Mendota R35 Mendota Sec7 T80a Jacob HUCHSTETTER (1906) |
| WEBER, Eddie (Freda BORES) Earlville R44 Ophir Sec13 -Farm Hand- Annie MCMANUS (1897) Northern Illinois Tel. Ottawa |
| WEBER, Franklin H. (Phoebe HASSLER) Tonica R16 Eagle Sec14 O100a (1885) Tel. Farmers' Line Leonore |
| WEBER, George W. (Amelia HEUSEL) Ch. Arline; Streator R4 Richland Sec21 T240a Fred HEUSEL (1884) Tel. Farmers' Line Lostant |
| WEBER, Gilbert F. (Pauline WERLING) Ch. Marguerite, Cora, Elizabeth, Casper; Lostant R13 Hope Sec14 O160a (1868) Independent and Bell Tel. Lostant |
| WEBER, G. (Amelia MUTTER) Ch. John, Carl; Grand Ridge R17 Deer Park Sec11 O265a (1868) Home Tel. Ottawa |
| WEBER, H. R. (Tessie RICHARDS) Ransom Allen Sec21 T400a William BAKER (1892) Tel. Ransom |
| WEBER, L. (Emma KATES) Ransom Allen Sec20 T320a William BAKER (1892) Tel. Ransom |
| WEBER, Mat (Anna DANNEWITZ) Ch. La Verne, Florence, Elizabeth; Somonauk Northville Sec4 O152a (1916) |
| WEBER, P. H. (Margaret TRUCKENBROD) Ch. Marguerite; Mendota R36 Meriden Sec30 O193a (1910) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| WEBER, Victor (Margaret FUNFSINN) Ch. Joseph, Henry, John, Edward, Louis, Albert, Harlold, Frances; Mendota R38 Troy Grove Sec16 O160a (1867) |
| WEEKS, Gayheart (Luella NOREM) Ch. Gerald; Sheridan R1 Mission Sec11 T186a P. PETERSON (1915) Tel. Farmers' Line Newark |
| WEHER, T. J. (Nellie ANDREWS) Grand Ridge R19 Farm Ridge Sec29 T560a WILLIAMS Bros. (1878) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| WEIDE, Herman (Anna BENGELSDORF) Ch. Edward, Martha, Herman, John, Harry, Florence; Peru R20 Eden Sec5 T290a CORPAN Coal Co. (1881) Tel. Farmers' Line Cedar Point |
| WEIDKNECHT, Howard (Frances GRANT) Ottawa R27 Ottawa Sec18 T102a Mr. BVORT (1888) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| WEIDNER, Earnest Earlville R45 Meriden Sec25 T160a William WEIDNER (1878) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| WEIDNER, Ed. (Anna BLONCHENHEIM) Ch. Elsie, Elmer, Alice; Earlville R45 Earl Sec19 T120a Earnest WEIDNER (1874) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| WEIDNER, John (Louise BRUELL) Ch. Selma, Robert, Ella, Lester; Earlville R45 Meriden Sec25 T120a William WEIDNER (1870) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| WEIDNER, William Jr. (Lizzie HARTHAN) Ch. Irene, Gilbert, William; Earlville R42 Meriden Sec14 O210a (1883) Northern Illinois Tel. Earlville |
| WEIER, Matt (Hellen KEMMERICH) Ch. Alvin; Streator R4 Richland Sec27 T79a William SCHMITT (1885) |
| WEINER, Joseph (Ida REDMAN) Ch. Harry; Mendota R35 Mendota Sec29 -Farm Hand- Samuel BEETZ (1915) |
| WEISS, Mrs. M. E. Ch. Chris; Ottawa R32 Grand Rapids Sec6 O54a (1869) |
| WEISSENBERGER, Fred (Lena DIEDTRICK) Ch. Harry, Elmer; Peru R21 Dimmick Sec30 T197a Mrs. Rica TIDEN (1910) Independent Tel. Ladd |
| WELLER, Adam (Helen TYRRELL) Ch. Minnie; Sheridan R4 Northwille Sec30 O80a (1869) Tel. Farmers' Line Sheridan |
| WELSH, Nellie SHEEDY Ch. Leland, Rosella, Everett, Gladys, Margaret; Seneca R61 Brookfield Sec26 O240a (1877) Bell Tel. Seneca |
| WENTZ, Oscar (Elizabeth MCMORMICH) Ch. Hazel, Mabel, Angela, Edward, Lawrence; Marseilles R59 Fall River Sec33 T160a Thomas SAUTER (1902) United Tel. Marseilles |
| WENZEL, Charles (Anna HALM) Ch. Roy, Leola, Charley Jr., Lester, Eloise; La Salle R22 Dimmick Sec28 O156a (1876) Bell Tel. La Salle |
| WENZEL, Hartman (Augusta PINN) Ch. Otto, Henry; Peru R20 Eden Sec7 O133a (1902) Tel. Farmers' Line Cedar Point |
| WENZEL, Herman (Philippina KRALING) Ch. Alma, Edna, Harlod, Clarence; La Salle R22 Dimmick Sec29 O240a (1869) Bell Tel. La Salle |
| WENZEL, John (Catherine CALDER) Ch. Kenneth, Wayne, Catherine; Peru R21 Peru Sec5 O80a (1882) |
| WENZEL, Otto (Hanna LOONEY) Ch. Ester, Ruth; Peru R20 Eden Sec7 T134a Hartman WENZEL (1900) Tel. Farmers' Line Cedar Point |
| WENZEL, William (Bertha HALM) Ch. Verna, Ethel, Earl, Gordon; Peru R21 Peru Sec4 O160a (1872) |
| WERGIN, Fred H. (Anna MEYER) Ch. Fred, George, May, Ruth; Grand Ridge R19 Farm Ridge Sec19 T305a Mrs. BELFORD (1877) Tel. Grand Ridge |
| WERLING, Augusta SCHULZ Ch. Otto, Leo, Paul, Erna, Ruth; Tonica R14 Eden Sec32 O120a T80a Hanna HILDABERN (1907) Tel. Farmers' Line McNabb |
| WERLING, Frank X. (Kate C. WALGENBACH) Ch. Francis; La Salle R24 Eden Sec3 O80a (1879) Bell Tel. La Salle |
| WERNER, August (Hilma OLSON) Ch. Gertrude, Dorothy, Harold; Mendota R36 Mendota Sec14 -Farm Hand- John FAHER (1912) |
| WERTS, Charles (Mary CRANNIGAN) La Salle R22 Dimmick Sec21 T78a Mrs. D. WERTS (1877) |
| WERTS, F. B. (Margaret JOHNSON) Ch. Howard, Everett, Mary, Ida, Francis; Utica R25 Waltham Sec8 T160a W. WYLIE (1874) Bell Tel. Utica |
| WERTZ, E. H. (Rosa BOCHTLER) Ch. Irving, Fred, Stella, Roy; Somonauk Northville Sec8 O292a (1909) Northern Illinois Tel. Somonauk |
| WESCOTT, William (Laura FORBES) Ch. Claude, Nina, George, Lee, Fern, Frank, Edith, Gladys, Keith; Seneca R60 Miller Sec36 O140a (1881) Bell Tel. Seneca |
| WESTERMAN, John (Anna ANTIONS) Dana R9 Groveland Sec28 O80a T80a Mrs. GARRALS (1900) Independent Tel. Dana |
| WESTGATE, Frank (Elsie ECKERT) Ch. Walter, William, Wilda, Wilber, Welma, Waneta; "Oak Valley Farm" Mendota R37 Ophir Sec19 O35a (1869) Northern Illinois Tel. Mendota |
| WESTMEYER, August (Elena ROUSO) Ch. Joseph, William; Tonica R14 Eden Sec12 T155a Walter DOWNEY (1871) Tel. Farmers' Line Tonica |
| WESTPHAL, Frederick (Minnie OTT) Utica R65 Deer Park Sec14 T125a Mrs. Jacob OTT (1906) Bell Tel. Ottawa |
| WETTENGEL, William (Elsie GRANT) Serena R1 Serena Sec33 O38½a (1893) |
| WEYGANDT, Jacob (Delia BRAZELL) Ch. Mary; Mendota R37 Mendota Sec34 O113a (1877) |
Transcribed by Eileen Charles
Bower
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.