The list contains all the books, microfilm and genealogy material kept in the Genealogy Room of the Kewanee Public Library and maintained by the Henry County Genealogical Society

The Senate Bill Number 6341 was approved on 14 February 1855 changing the name of Berrien to Kewannee. (spelled with 2 n’s) The document bears the signature of Governor J. A. Mattison and is written in long hand. The document was reported located in a steel vault at the office of Secretary of State L. L. Emmerson. (4 August 1917– Kewanee Daily Star Courier) The village was originally laid out in June of 1854 by Sullivan Howard, Nelson Lay. Henry G. Little, Ralph A. Tenney and Sylvester Blish. In 1876 these men were all still living with the exception of Sylvester Blish.

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John M Berrien was a civil engineer working for the railroad that begin in Chicago and went to Burling and Quincy and was known as the C. B. and Q railroad. John M Berrien graduated from West Point with the class of 1826 and was living in Detroit, Michigan on June 17, 1871 as listed in the 1871 annual reunion. The Detroit Free Press reported that John M Berrien was a stockholder of the Detroit City Railway and was voted in as an officer in 1869.

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John M Berrien was a cadet at West Point from 1 July 1822 to 1 July 1826. After his graduation he was a teacher of drawing from 30 August to December 15, 1826 and an assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics at the Academy.

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Some confusion was corrected in the Detroit Free Press on August 12, 1876., concerning the naming of Berrien County, Michigan. The County was named for John M. Berrien a United States Senator from Georgia and not Colonel John M. Berrien of this city.

Research by Steve Morrison