Someone was asking about the Beebe family? In 1853, from: http://www.prairienet.org/fordiroq/kankakee/history.htm "Several months after the new County of Kankakee was created, the first election was held. The first elected officials were: Philip Worcester, County Judge; Henry S. Bloom and Orson Beebe, Associate Judges; George M. Stowell, County Clerk; George W. Byrns, Sheriff; and Paul Hathaway, County Treasurer." Patricia