the northeast corner of East Street and First Street. The Catholic Church of Hume is named St. Michael's. Notable person Edward Adelbert Doisy, biochemist, Nobel Prize winner (1943), born in Hume (1893) Notes References The Hume Centennial History Committee. (1973). Hume: 1873-1973. Potomac, Illinois: Wescove Press. Villages in Edgar County, Illinois Villages in Illinois Populated places established in 1873