What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Du Page County, Illinois and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1882.

History

of

Du Page County,

Illinois

By  Rufus Blanchard

Illustrated

Chicago:

O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers

Lakeside Building

1882

490 pages on 1 CD

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * 

CONTENTS

Part I. Historical

Chapter I. Du Page a Spanish possession
Chapter II. The pioneer
Chapter III. Capt. Paine arrives at the Naper Settlement 
Chapter IV. Public land surveys 
Chapter V. First introduction of slaves into the colony of Virginia 
Chapter VI. Record of Du Page County in the War of the Rebellion 
Chapter VII. The first election
Chapter VIII. Milton Township
Chapter IX. Downer's Grove Township 
Chapter X. Naperville Township 
Chapter XI. Lisle Township 
Chapter XII. York Township 
Chapter XIII. Winfield Township 
Chapter XIV. Wayne Township 
Chapter XV. Bloomingdale Township 
Chapter XVI. Addison Township

Part II. Biographical sketches

Naperville Township

Milton Township

Downer's Grove Township

Lisle Township

York Township

Winneld Township

Wayne Township

Bloomingdale Township

Addison Township