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Albert T. Summers
Photograph of Albert T. Summers; (born: 12/21/1857; died 2/27/1916). He and his son Charles P., ran a collection agency in Decatur. He was a member of the Macon County Bar Association. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 but most of his time was taken…
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,…
Dan T. Sullivan
Photograph of Dan T. Sullivan; (Wabash Dan) died June 8, 1933 in East St. Louis, MO. Dan was a special office for the Wabash, was probation officer 1913 to 1915, appointed a member of the police department 1915, left Decatur 1919. Photo ran…
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…
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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.