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Remembering a Civil War Veteran
For about four years, I have been writing biographical sketches of residents of Naperville for publication in Positively Naperville. For those of you who...
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Township and Village Clerk, Alderman, Fire Marshall
Otto Heinrich Reiche was born February 22, 1865, in Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois, the son of Louis A. Reiche and Elizabeth Hiekel. He attended...
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Civil War Veteran, Chicago Board of Trade Commissioner, Naperville Postmaster
John Boyer Frost was born August 12, 1842, on a farm called “Bunker Hill” near Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of 13 children of David Frost and Susanna Boyer. He came with his family to Naperville in April 1855.
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Doctor and Alderman
Dr. William John Truitt M.D. was born October 26, 1867, in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, the son of David Smith Truitt and Rosetta...
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North Central College Professor
Guy Eugene Oliver Sr. was born on the family farm, January 22, 1884, in Minnesota City, Winona County, Minnesota, the son of Lynds Jones...
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Banker, Naperville City Commissioner and Treasurer
Walter Marion Givler was born May 17, 1866, in unincorporated Copenhagen, DuPage County, Illinois. He was the first child of David B. Givler and...
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Civil War Vet, County Treasurer, Naperville Postmaster
Daniel N. Gross was born December 11, 1837, in Lisle Township, Cook County, Illinois, the son of Johann George Conrad Gross and Salome Dather.
He...
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George Washington Inaugural Bible on display in Naperville
Update, Oct. 12, 2024 / The first 175 years of Freemasonry in Naperville, Illinois, was celebrated during a special rededication of the Lodge for...
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175 years of Freemasonry in Naperville, Illinois
I have been writing for the last three years about lesser-known historical figures in Naperville whose contributions have helped turn our city into a...
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Joseph Naper and the ‘Town of Naperville’
Joseph Naper was born in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vermont in 1798. He was the son of Robert Naper/Napier and Sarah Hawley.
When he was just...