Former home of Judge William D. Barry, Kane County Judge, President of the Kane County Bar Association, Campaign Manager for Rep. Col. John Farnsworth, and friend to Abraham Lincoln.
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On this date in 1849, the sleepy settlement of St. Charles was turned on its head by an angry mob of protesters who had descended on the town from nearby Sycamore in one of the most tragic, wild, and mysterious events in St. Charles’ history.