History of Will County, Illinois
Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co.,
1878
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Troutman's Grove
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On the southeast side of the DesPlaines river, within the present town of Channahon, but known then as Troutman's Grove, there settled, in 1831 or 1832, Joseph McCune and John Troutman; and in 1833, Robert Thornburg and sons, one of whom, John Thornburg, still resides there.