The Durham-Perry Family Legacy

The Durham-Perry Family Legacy (tmp-a5a78)

Location: Bourbonnais, IL 60914 Kankakee County
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N 41° 8.854', W 87° 52.61'

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Thomas Durham bought 160 acres on this site in 1835 from Gurdon S. Hubbard. Known as the Jonveau Reserve, the land lay in an area called Bourbonnais Grove. Durham opened 20 acres for cultivation. In January 1836, parts of Cook and Iroquois Counties became Will County and Durham's farm became part of Rock Village precinct. Durham was elected precinct commissioner. He petitioned to have Bourbonnais Trace (now Route 102) made a state road. Durham became Bourbonnais Grove's postmaster in 1849 and remained so until Kankakee County was formed in 1853. He died in 1854, was buried on this site, and left the farm to his sons.

Davis Perry came to Bourbonnais Grove in 1840, built a mill and married Durham's daughter, Martha. He bought the farm from Durham's sons in 1866. When he died in 1887, his son Alvah inherited the farm. A tenant farmer maintained the ladn while Alvah and his family lived in Wilmette. They spent summers and holidays at the farmhouse. Alvah died in 1899.

Lomira Alvah Perry—a University of Chicago graduate, Kankakee High School's Dean of Girls, and the last living daughter of Alvah—died in 1961. She left the farm in trust to the State of Illinois. She hoped some part of it could be made a park. In 1986, the state awarded the farm to the Bourbonnais Township Park District.
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HM Numbertmp-a5a78
Placed By 2004 by the Bourbonnais Township Park District and the Illinois State Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 9:54pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 426421 N 4555509
Decimal Degrees41.14756667, -87.87683333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 8.854', W 87° 52.61'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 8' 51.24" N, 87° 52' 36.6" W
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Area Code(s)815
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 162 W Ray St, Bourbonnais IL 60914, US
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