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Kate Montgomery Sullivan
Photograph of Mrs. Kate Montgomery Sullivan; wife of Leon H. Sullivan, city electrician, he died Aug. 1916. Kate Sullivan sold her home on 906 West King street, and October 1 will go to Boston, Mass, to visit the family of her son Percy Sullivan,…
Daniel "Big Dan" Sullivan
Photograph of Daniel "Big Dan" Sullivan (died 4/8/1926). "Big Dan" Sullivan formerly chief of police of Decatur and a former deputy sheriff of Macon County. Daniel Sullivan was born in Jacksonville, but came to Decatur when a very young man. He went…
William H. Suffern
Photograph of William H. Suffern; (born 5/6/1863; died Aug. 1925); started the Suffern-Hunt Mill with his cousin Robert I. Hunt in Decatur 1892. Helped organize the Progressive Light and Power Co.; was president of the Polar Co.; member of the First…
Tags: AF&AM, Beaumonoir Commandery No. 9, biography, Decatur IL., First Presbyterian Church, Herald and Review, Ionic Lodge No. 312, Knights Templar, Macon Chapter No. 21, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Photo File: Biography, Polar Co., Progressive Light & Power Co., RAM, Robert I. Hunt, Suffern-Hunt Mill, William H. Suffern
Lewis W. Stuckey
Photograph of Lewis W. Stuckey; Retired Decatur furniture dealer. He retired from the furniture business in Decatur for 41 years. He was a partner of Weilepp & Stuckey furniture firm which opened a store in 1918 at 432 N. Water St. Later the business…
George H. Stoy
Photography of George H. Stoy; (died 7/15/1943). Former Decatur township highway commissioner and city milk inspector. Ill health in 1941 caused him to resign as milk inspector. He was employed by the Mueller Co. for 18 years. Later he was township…
George A. Stouffer
Photograph of George A. Stouffer; (died 12/6/1947). Member of Stouffer Bros. Contracting Co. Came to Decatur from Macon in 1897. Member of Grace Methodist Church.
Mrs. Bertha Gray Storer
Photograph of pencil sharpener invented by Mrs. Bertha Gray Storer. She was the wife of Will Storer and former Decatur resident, died 7/7/1936 in Long Island, New York. She was the daughter of Alonzo and Rachael Gray. She was the organist at Grace…
Stivers-Fletcher Family
Photograph of Stivers-Fletcher Family Reunion, photo ran in the Decatur Daily Review 9/23/1909.
Dr. P. A. Steele
Photograph of Dr. P. A. Steele in uniform, member of the VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Tags: American Legion, American Medical Association, biography, Decatur IL., Dr. P. A. Steele, Herald and Review, Illinois Medical Society, Macon County Medical Society, Macon County Tuberculosis, Northwestern University Medical School, Photo File: Biography, Ralph G. Long, Superintendent of Health, Veterans of Foreign Wars, VFW, Visiting Nurse Association
James F. Steele
Photograph of James F. Steele; (born 9/21/1841; died 4/16/1921). Former town clerk of Decatur and one of the oldest members Dunham Post, 141, G.A.R., having served as post commander and adjutant. Civil War Veteran. Photo by VanDeventer's; ran in the…
