LaSalle County Illinois Pictures

Pictures donated by Betty Markle Marsicek. Thank you Betty! Below the pictures, is a list of others that Betty owns, that she would be willing to share with anyone that might be interested.

Labeled on the back: "This is an 1870 model Trans-Am, styled by Markle & Farnsworth Co. of Ottawa, Ill." The man in the picture is George Alexander Markle who was the Markle of "Markle & Farnsworth". He is my great-grandfather. The Markle family came to Ottawa from Westmoreland Co. PA in 1857 and lived there until 1880 when they went to homestead in Nebraska.

Labeled "Ottawa Ill. School Board" -- no date. Can you identify any of these people?

(Written by Betty) I have several pictures of individuals from the Ottawa area. If they are of interest to anyone I would be willing to share although I don't know anything about them, only that they were friends or relatives of the Markles. These are the ones I can identify as being taken in Ottawa or vicinity (location given is location of photography studio):

Jennie Bailey, Bloomington Ill.
Mary and Nora Dunford, Ottawa, Ill
Lu O'Kane, Ottawa, Ill.
Sib Willard, Ottawa, Ill
John Markle, son of Dave, Waterloo, Ill
John Martin, Ot Ill 1880
Sister Evangelist Flynn, Ottawa, Ill.
George Alexander Markle, Ottawa, Ill
Margaret Eugenie Cready Markle, Ottawa Ill (George's wife)
Mary Markle (later Sister Vincent, OSM), age 5, Ottawa, Ill
Edward Omer Markle, age 3, Ottawa, Ill
Father Keating (Catholic priest), Ottawa, Ill
Father O'Connor (I think he was later a bishop), Ottawa, Ill
E. O. Markle, about age 17, Ottawa, Ill
Father Pat Terry (Catholic priest), Ottawa, Ill
Charlie Walworth, March 14, 1889, Paxton, Ill
Paula Connor, Paxton, Ill
Claire McKeown or McCune

Please contact Betty Markle Marsicek if you have any information on this family or would like a copy of one listed above.

Would you like to contribute a picture to the LaSalle County Home Page? If so, please let me know. Carol Ryan-Spenader

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