MARQUIS L. AND LOIS M. SARGENT FAMILY

John Sargent was born December 7, 1794 in Holderness, New Hampshire. He married Irene Sweet, born December 13, 1801 in the state of New York. They came to Naperville in 1837 and settled on the farm just north of what is now Ogden Avenue. It was bounded on the west by Brainard Street, the north by Bauer Road and the east by Sargents Woods (now called Brummel’s Woods).

The farm consisted of 145 acres and they raised purebred cows and sold the milk and butter in town.

Their son, Marquis Lafayette, was born January 30, 1833 at Rochester, Michigan. He married Lois Maria Ingalls of Naperville, who was born January 1, 1837 in New York. The Ingalls farm was located five miles south of town. They farmed the Sargent farm and Marquis died January 12, 1867 and Lois died January 18, 1876. Their son, Edwin Earl, and daughter Loren were raised on the farm. Edwin and Loren (Tobias) had a millinery store with Mabel Parks, on Washington Street, about across from the Sargent Building, on the east side of the street.

Edwin’s children are Lois Taggart, Charles Earl Sargent and Caryl Bentz.