Winnebago
Winnebago County Indians
Winnebago, Foxes, Sacs
Source: Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County R 977.33 C471p
Winnebago (Town of)
first settler, Daniel Adams Holt,1836 second and third settlers were Holt’s brothers. Original Holt House at Severson Dells. Town original named Westfield, then in 1849, Elida, then in 1855, Winnebago
Source: Winnebago Sesquicentennial 1854-2004 R 977.331 W776
Winnebago and Boone City Atlas – 1871, 1886 and 1892; older 2 include buildings and footprint of the house ( Holt House) useful in locating building built in the 19th century
Source: Illustrated atlas of Winnebago and Boone counties, Illinois : containing maps of every township in counties, with village and city plats, also maps of Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois / compiled from late and authentic sources, together with other valuable information. R 912.773 P14
WWII – Navy Hilton, Frank A
(Winnebago) radio technician, 2nd Class, based at Portland, OR, co-captain of 1942 High School football team
Source: Rockford Register Republic 12/15/1945 & Rockfordiana Sports 1
Old Stone Church, Winnebago – 1875
Source: Rockford Weekly Gazette July 15, 1875
Schwitters, Dorothy Jean – 1944
Shabbona, Chief
Fay Faulkner
Fay Faulkner
Died on his farm in Winnebago
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Faulkner
Married Nell Schoonmaker of Winnebago
Son Harold Faulkner, two grandsons
Source: Rockford Register Star, 05/21/1959