Record of Burial Places of Soldiers & Sailors (aka: The Military Roll of Honor) Click the link to start browsing through the lists or click on the cemeteries below to go straight to that page. Remember that these are the burial places of only the military personnel who served before WWII. They are NOT complete cemetery transcriptions by any stretch of the imagination.
Aurora Cemeteries: Aurora, Big Woods, Calvary, French Catholic, German Catholic , Irish Catholic, Jerico, Maple Park, Mt. Olivet, Riverside, Root Street (aka East Aurora), St. Joseph, St. Michael's, St.Nicholas, St. Paul Lutheran, Spring Lake, West Aurora	Batavia Cemeteries: Batavia, East Batavia, East Side, West Batavia
Big Rock: South Big Rock, Welsh, West Big Rock	Burlington: Burlington, South Burlington
Campton Twp: Wasco	Dundee: Dundee
Elburn: Blackberry, Elburn, Round-A-Tree, St. Gall	Elgin Twp: Bluff City, Bluff City Soldier's Reserve, Elgin, Gilberts, Jones Lournell, Mt. Hope , North Plato, Oak Woods, Plato Center, Udina, Village, Washington, Wayne
Geneva: East Side Oak Hill, Geneva, Mt. Home, Oak Hill, West Geneva, West Side	Hampshire Twp: Doty, German Evangelical, Hampshire Center, St. Charles Catholic, Starks
Hinsdale: Bronswood, Fullerburg	Kaneville: Kaneville
Montgomery: Lincoln, Riverside Mausoleum	St. Charles: Lilly Lake, New, North, Private, St. Charles, South, Union
Sugar Grove: Sugar Creek	Unknown Cemeteries: Mt. Carmel, Ridgewood, Smith, Towerville, Walnut, Washington Grove, Whitney, Zion City
Virgil Township: Gardner, Van Vlack	Kane Soldiers listed in the roll buried in unknown cemeteries

Religion/Churches A History of St. Mary's Parish in Elgin, IL on the occasion of their Golden Jubilee. Part II of the History of St. Mary's - This includes biographies of the priests and the names of the sisters of St. Mary's. Part III of the History of St. Mary's - This includes lists of names from everything to the graduates of St. Mary's Academy to the list of officers for all the societies and organizations of St. Mary's List of Pioneers of St. Mary's Parish in Elgin List of Elgin folks in St. Mary's Choir The History of St. Patrick's Church - 1851-1975 (off-site link - hit "back" to return here)

Military Information Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Kane County Kane County Officers who served in the Civil War - This is a list of the Kane County folks who served in the Civil War and were commissioned as officers. 127th Infantry, Company E Personnel - Civil War Soldiers from St. Mary's Parish in Elgin who served in the Civil War Soldiers from St. Mary's Parish in Elgin who served in the Spanish- American War in 1898 and a very brief history of the 1832 wars. Illinois Pension Lists (Link to our main Illinois Genealogy Trails page) - A list of pensions granted for all Illinois folks in 1887-1888 as listed in the Jasper County, IL Newton Press newspaper. Includes folks from Kane County as well as all over the state. Spanish-American War Veterans from Kane County Mexican War Veterans from Kane County Kane Residents of the IL Soldiers & Sailors Home & Soldiers' Widow Home Obituary for the State's oldest Civil War Veteran

Politics Politics in Kane County - Men who served in public office from the 1830's until 1903. Batavia City Officers as of July 13, 1893 Voters Lists: 1840 Presidential Election Voters 1844 Elgin Election

Education 1903 Autograph Book of Eva Usilton, from Jennings Seminary in Aurora. "Fire at High School" tells of the fire which occurred Feb. 5, 1913. This particular story was published in the "Batavia School and Home Bulletin". Also contains a nice history of Batavia's High School "The Batavia Home and School Bulletin" from 1912-1913. School news, gossip, sick lists, etc.... 1912 Batavia High School Senior Class List and Individual Pictures 1912 Batavia High School Junior Class List and group picture 1912 Batavia High School Sophomore Class List and group picture 1912 Batavia High School Freshmen Class List and group picture 1915-1916 Batavia High School Enrollment (Freshmen, Juniors, Seniors) Class of 1921- 50th Reunion Picture (no names) Class of 1930 Reunion - picture and names 1931 Graduating Class of East High School in Aurora, IL (names, no pictures) 1932 Graduating Class of East High School in Aurora, IL (names, no pictures) Class of 1933 40th Reunion (no picture)

Court Records & Government-related information Joliet Prison Convict Register - Kane County prisoners. Excellent resource! The latter years contain physical descriptions, birthplace of prisoner and his parents, education levels, etc. This is a link to our main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website. Hit "Back" to return to this page Kane County Prisoners listed on the Illinois Genealogy Trails Joliet Prison Convict Index Index to 1881-1884 Kane County Circuit Court Cases Population Growth of Kane County - Broken down by Townships, Cities and Villages, as shown by United States Decennial Census Reports (1850-1900) Early Kane County Post Offices and their Postmasters Probate information for Jeremiah Phelan, Thomas Phelan, Amanda Holze, Mamie Brady Switzer Dopke, Caroline Dopke, Richard Phelan, Philo Howard

Land View the Land Plats from 1871 for: Hampshire, Kaneville, LaFox, Burlington Kane County places no longer in existance

History These township histories are from the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois" - published in 1904. They contain the names of the first settlers, first born/died/married in each township and descriptions of the areas they settled. They were all transcribed by the host of this Illinois Genealogy Trails site. Hampshire Rutland Dundee Burlington Plato Elgin Virgil Campton St. Charles Kaneville Blackberry Geneva Batavia Big Rock Sugar Grove Aurora     View a 2000 Kane County Township Map 1880 Aerial View of Elgin Phillips Park History - upon the death of Parks Commissioner E.W. Thompson History of Hampshire, written in 1893 by Gertrude Hawley Biographies Index to Biographies found in the 1898 Kane County Biographical Record (Updated with transcribed biographies!) Transcribed biographies 1904 Kane Co. Biographical Record Biography of James Clayton Herrington, Founder of Geneva. Biography of JOHN GILBERT SUTPHEN Autobiography of Alison Templeton Binnie Biography of Hon. Thomas Cincinnatus Moore Biography of Elijah Gammon WEBSTER Family Data John Millard Rinedollar Family data (this is on our Carroll County website) View the Archived Queries from 2002-2003

Links Visit these Illinois Genealogy Trails Websites: The main Illinois Genealogy Trails Website Other Kane County Genealogy Links Surrounding Counties: McHenry, Cook Will (Adopt Me!), DeKalb (Adopt Me!), Dupage (Adopt Me!), Kendall (Adopt Me!),

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