Winter 2019 Volume 51, No.2 Chicago Genealogist

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Table of Contents

Officers, Directors, and Standing Committees ...... 34 James Ayer Smith: Hatter and Furrier by Cynthia Richardson ...... 35 More Late 19th and Early 20th Century Chicagoans in Photographs by Craig L. Pfannkuche…………...... 46 CGS Programs at a Glance 2019 …………………………………………….……… 61 Surname Index …………………………………………………………..….………… 63

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On the Cover This picture is looking south on Wells Street on 12 June 1900 just after the north side elevated line opened. The elevated train is headed to the Chicago Avenue train stop. It had just stopped at the Chicago and North Western’s Wells Street station (where the tower is located). The picture is courtesy of the Chicago & Northwestern Historical Society.

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Chicago Genealogical Society Board of Management P.O. Box 1160 Chicago, Illinois 60690

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – OFFICERS President ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti 1st V.P. / Program Chair ...... Julie Benson 2nd V.P. / Membership Chair ...... Ginger Frere Treasurer ...... Wayne D. Weber Recording Secretary ...... Sydney Shaw Corresponding Secretary ...... Jill Weiss DIRECTORS To June 2019 ...... Joan M. Billingham To June 2019 ...... Sydney Shaw To June 2020 ...... Thomas Mackowiak To June 2020 ...... Terri O’Connell

EX OFFICIO Immediate Past President ...... Julie Benson The Board of Management consists of the Executive Committee and Chairpersons of Standing Committees

STANDING COMMITTEES – CHAIRPERSONS Ancestor Certificates (Pioneer, Rebuilder & Progressive) ...... Craig Pfannkuche Archivist/Historian ...... Wayne D. Weber Assistant Treasurer...... Barry Love Cemetery Project ...... Vacant Conference Exhibits……………………………………………………Joan M. Billingham Hospitality ...... Thomas Mackowiak Mail Distribution ...... Jeanne Larzalere Bloom Newsletter Editor ...... Marsha Peterson-Maass Obituary Project ...... Caron Brennan Nominating……………………………………………………………...... Karen Stanbary Publication Sales ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti Publicity ...... Vacant Quarterly Editor ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti Webinars…………………………………………………………………….Jill Baumeister Website ...... Barry Love

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The following is the winning entry of the 2017–2018 Chicago Genealogical Society Writing Contest. Written by Cynthia Richardson, it is an engaging description of the experiences of an early Chicago merchant. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Second Place winning entry will appear in future issue of the Quarterly.

James Ayer Smith: Hatter and Furrier By: Cynthia Richardson

Introduction

In 1835, a young James Ayer Smith opened a hat shop in Chicago. As the town developed into a thriving city, it did so "building, breaking, rebuilding," as the poet Carl Sandberg would say. James’ business took similar course.1 It grew. It struggled. It was devastated by fire twice but was quick to reopen, offering hats, caps and furs to the city’s inhabitants for forty years. This is a brief history of James A. Smith’s business endeavors.

Early Years in New York

Born near Paris Hill, Oneida County, New York, probably in 1807, James apprenticed with hatter Horace Bigelow in nearby Sangerfield.2 Beaver hats were in fashion, and making them meant scraping hair from animal skins and working it into batts which were dyed in large kettles and shaped into hats.3 Pelts were a necessary raw material, thus hatters often engaged in the fur trade, too. To be successful, James needed to acquire a craftsman’s skills and the know-how of a savvy entrepreneur.

By 1828, James had learned what he needed to open a shop in Binghamton, about 80 miles south of his birthplace. He offered “Gentlemen’s fashionable Beaver, Imitation Beaver, Roram, and common Waterproof hats of the first quality ... sold cheap for Cash, or approved credit” and advertised for “hatting and shipping furs.”4 Later, he bought the right to use a patented kettle for coloring hats, and formed a co-partnership with his younger brother John who had also apprenticed with Bigelow.5

1 Carl Sandburg, Chicago Poems (New York: Henry Holt, 1916), 4. 2 Cynthia Richardson, "A Birth Date and Place for James Ayer Smith," 27 September 2018; blog post, Love My Ancestors (http://lovemyancestors.com/2018/09/27/a-birth-date-and-place-for-james-a-smith/). For apprenticeship, see obituary for Sally Ayers, wife of Charles Smith, Waterville (New York) Times, 23 July 1868, unpaginated, 3rd page, col. 3; Waterville Public Library, Waterville. 3 Jim Hardee and Clay Landry, "From Pelt to Felt: The Making of a Beaver Top Hat," Fur Traders & Rendezvous (http://www.alfredjacobmiller.com/explore/from-pelt-to-felt/). 4 "New Hat Store," Broome Republican (Binghamton, New York), 9 May 1828, unpaginated, 4th page, col. 5; Old Fulton NY Post Cards (https://fultonsearch.org/papers/) > Broome Republican > 1828-1835 > image 0004. 5 License to use patented kettle for coloring hats, Austin B. Trowbridge to James A. Smith, 15 February 1832; James A. Smith papers, Chicago History Museum (hereinafter CHM). For partnership, see "New Firm," Broome Republican (Binghamton, New York), 9 May 1833, unpaginated, 4th page, col. 3; Old Fulton NY Post Cards (https://fultonsearch.org/papers/) > Broome Republican > 1832-1833 > image 0016. For apprenticeship, see obituary for Sally Ayers, wife of Charles Smith. 35

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The Move West

Unfortunately, the business failed to thrive. In mid-1834, James was in debt and lawsuits ensued.6 Perhaps he could have weathered the financial difficulties in New York, but with the anticipated construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, opinion was that "the town of Chicago [was] ... destined to take rank very soon among the commercial cities of the West."7 Illinois offered an opportunity to prosper and by early 1835, James had decided to take it.

Preparations for the move proceeded quickly. By March, he had arranged for Bigelow to take over the Binghamton shop. In April, he sold property to his father, and in May he received a discharge from his duties as 2nd Lieutenant of Calvary in the local New York State Militia.8 He also signed a business agreement with his father forming a “copartnership in the business of Making and vending Hats, Caps.” His father would furnish the capital; James would handle operations; and profits and losses would be divided equally.9

Then, leaving his wife Marcia and two young sons, Charles and Thomas, with family, he started west.10 John remained in Binghamton tasked with overseeing the shop for Bigelow while working to collect on James’ accounts, sell off property, and settle debts.11 James’ family would join him at the end of summer, and John would follow in late fall.12

Establishing a Chicago Business

James arrived in Chicago sometime before July 5.13 He opened a store, likely offering stock brought from the East, and by September, a family acquaintance is said to have reported that James

6 See, for example, "Justices docket, 1819-1838," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/253628) > Docket 1822-1838 > image 253, Broome County, New York, Justices Docket No. 3, 158, Bosworth vs Smith, 25 July 1834. 7 "Chicago," Broome County Republican, 14 May 1835, unpaginated, 3rd page, cols. 2-3; Old Fulton NY Postcards (https://fultonsearch.org/papers/) > Broome Republican > 1835-1837 > image 0809. 8 "New Cheap Cash Hat and Cap Store," Broome Republican (Binghamton, New York), 19 March 1835, unpaginated, 3rd page, col. 3; Old Fulton NY Post Cards (https://fultonsearch.org/papers/) > Broome Republican > 1828-1835 > image 0617. "Deed records, 1806-1877; index, 1791-1801, 1806-1962," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/235400) > Deed records v. 17-18 1835-1836 > image 54, Broome County, New York, deed book, 17:76, James A. Smith and wife Marcia to Charles Smith, 23 April 1835. And, brigade order accepting resignation of James A. Smith, 5 May 1835; CHM. 9 Partnership agreement between Chas. Smith and James A. Smith, 16 May 1835; CHM. 10 Chas. Smith (Waterville, Oneida County, New York) to "Dear Son [James A. Smith]" (Chicago)," letter, 12 August 1835; CHM. Letter states James’ wife and sons "left here about the 20th July." Mention of "through Michigan" implies she was bound for Chicago. 11 For business relationship, see Jno. M. Smith (Binghamton) to "Dear Brother [James A. Smith] Chicago, letter, 5 July 1835; James A. Smith Papers, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul (hereinafter MNHS). For mention of property sale, see J. M. Smith (Binghamton) to "Dr Brother [James A. Smith]" (Chicago), letter, 3 September 1835; MNHS. For mention of debt settlements, see Jno. M. Smith, Binghamton, to "Dr Brother [James A. Smith] (Paris, Oneida County, New York), letter, 11 May 1835; MNHS. 12 Chas. Smith to "Dear Son," 12 August 1835; CHM. And, J. M. Smith to "Dr Brother," 3 September 1835; MNHS. John plans to close the business "this month" and stay "one or two months longer." 13 Jno. M. Smith to "Dear Brother," 5 July 1835; MNHS. 36

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was "doing extraordinary well" and "making money fast."14 The long-range plan, however, was to manufacture. James’ father felt "a mechanic ought to make his trade a source of wealth instead of throwing it up & becoming a ... merchant, thus using a small capital to better advantage."15

As a business owner, James took an early interest in the city’s affairs. In 1837, he was among the first to sign up for the newly-formed volunteer Hook and Ladder Company No. 1.16 And, in 1839, he represented the First Ward as alderman.17 The same year he may also have been appointed deputy sheriff to "transact the general business of the office."18

Weathering a Depression

If the move to Chicago eased James’ financial difficulties, it didn’t eliminate them. A depression rocked the country between 1837 and 1843 and he filed for bankruptcy in the fall of 1842.19

In 1844 James was working for L. P. Sanger & Co., a hat, cap and fur store at 110 Lake, along with his brother John and Samuel W. Grannis, a hatter James hired in 1836. Grannis would eventually become "foreman of his [James’] manufactory."20 James may have entered into a short- term arrangement with Sanger, an Ottawa-based dry goods merchant, to get back on his feet.21 By 1846, he was working under his own name at the same address.22

Ten years later, James leased property for a "general Hat, Cap & Fur Business" from Job Magie, of New Jersey, for one year beginning 1 May 1856. The rent was $7,200, payable in monthly

14 J. M. Smith to "Dr Brother," 3 September 1835; MNHS. 15 Chas. Smith to "Dear Son," 12 August 1835; CHM. 16 A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago from the Earliest Year to the Present Time (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1884), 1:222; Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/historyofchicago01inandr/page/n5). 17 Chicago City Council Proceedings Documents, 1833-1871, no. 792, "Official Oath Alderman 1st Ward James A. Smith," 7 September 1839; Illinois Regional Archives Depository, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. 18 "The James A. Smith Family in Chicago," p. 4; manuscript, CHM. Handwritten note reads "Compiled from memoranda of [blank] Smith and W. W. Smith" [possibly the work of James’ granddaughter Edna Valentine Smith]. 19 Newspaper Research Committee, Vital Records from Chicago Newspapers, 1840-1842 (Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, n.d.), 55. Entry references "September 17, U. S. District Court - Bankruptcy Petition" for "James A. Smith, of Cook Co." on page titled "Chicago Daily American 1842."Also, notice of petition for bankruptcy, James A. Smith, Illinois Weekly State Journal, 4 November 1842, p. 4, col. 6; GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com). This may refer to James. Finding aid for "US District and Circuit Court Records (Chicago)," National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/chicago/finding-aids/courts/us-courts- chicago.html#general2) suggests his petition may not be available. 20 J. W. Norris, General Directory ... of Chicago ... 1844 (Chicago: Ellis & Fergus, 1844), 37 and 56; Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/227/75051710 and https://www.fold3.com/image/227/75052025). Andreas, History of Chicago, 3:398. 21 For L. P. Sanger’s connection to Ottawa and Chicago, see "New Goods! New Goods!" The (Ottawa) Illinois Free Trader, 7 October 1842, p. 4, cols. 3-4; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/78608086). 22 Norris & Gardiner, Norris Chicago Directory for 1846 & 7 (Chicago: Geer & Wilson, 1846), 73, Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/227/74984144). 37

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installments.23 It’s likely this was 118 Lake where James operated through early 1869 as surviving records show he leased the same property again in 1868.24

From undated stereograph by John Carbutt titled "Lake Street, East from Clark." The tallest building reads "[S]mith & Co. [Ca]ps and Furs." From the New York Public Library (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-5d74-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99).]

Fire on Lake and Water Streets

On 19 October 1857 a "terrible conflagration" engulfed a number of businesses on Lake and Water including James’ "five story and basement marble front store."25 His loss, first reported to be $10,000, resulted from "removal of goods, damage from water and loss by thieving."26 James agreed to a $3,000 settlement with the payment split between a number of insurance companies.27

23 Lease between Job Magie and James A. Smith & Charles B. Smith as "J.A. Smith & Co.," 21 June 1856; MNHS. 24 "Broadway Spring Stile Silk Hats," The Chicago Tribune, 27 February 1869, p. 1, col. 7; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349533678/). "Elegant Hats!" The Chicago Tribune, 7 April 1869, p. 1, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349536920). And, lease between Job Magie and James A. Smith & Charles B. Smith, 1 January 1868; MNHS. 25 "Terrible Conflagration: Loss Over Five Hundred Thousand Dollars! Thirteen Lives Lost!!" Chicago Daily Tribune, 20 October 1857, p. 1, col. 2; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/346801160/). 26 Ibid. 27 Insurance companies’ settlement agreement with James A. Smith & Co., 22 October 1857; MNHS. 38

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Shortly after, James A. Smith & Co. advertised "$100,000 worth of hats, caps, and fur goods" with "richness and beauty of style ... mostly of ... [their] own manufacture."28 The value implies a thriving business but it may have been struggling. Prior to 3 May 1859, James and Charles transferred real and personal property to Andrew Blaikie for the "benefit of their creditors." The unsold portion was then returned.29

Drawing on the Work of Many

By 1860, James A. Smith & Co. had grown into a firm that was reported to be manufacturing $10,000 in cloth and plush hats and caps and $20,000 in fur goods annually.30 The business was styled in James’ name, but its success depended on many. John was a key partner early on, but he eventually left the Chicago hatting business to farm in Dundee."31 Later, all four of James’ sons came aboard. Charles, the oldest, became a partner in the firm.32 Thomas opened a branch of the company in Detroit, but died suddenly soon after.33 Frank and William started their careers working under the titles of "salesman" and "cashier."34

Picture left: Thomas Smith and wife, Detroit, c. 1860. Their fur apparel was likely made by J. A. Smith & Co. From [Louise Richardson], Memories (Privately printed, 1933), unnumbered page between numbered pages 5 and 6].

28 $100,000 Worth of Hats, Caps, and Fur Goods," Chicago Daily Tribune, 26 November 1857, p. 2, col. 6; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/346803007). 29 Agreement between Andrew Blaikie and James A. Smith, 3 May 1859; MNHS. 30 1860 U. S. census, Cook County, Illinois, industry schedule, Chicago, Ward 23, p. 1 (penned), entry no. 17, J A Smith & Co; Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1276/t1133_30-00042); citing Archive Collection No. T1133, roll 30. 31 "Aged Citizen Gone," Hawkeye (Dundee, Illinois), 14 April 1904, p. 4, col 3; microfilm, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Springfield, Illinois. 32 For evidence of partnership, see lease between Job Magie and James A. Smith & Charles B. Smith as "J.A. Smith & Co.," 21 June 1856; MNHS. 33 Johnston’s Detroit City Directory and Advertising Gazetteer (Detroit, Michigan: James Dale Johnston & Co, 1861), 277; Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/234/100511314). For death, Rosehill Cemetery Office (Chicago, Illinois), plat record, int. no. 3195, James T. Smith. Also, death notice for Mr. Thos. Smith, The Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 19 February 1863, p. 2, col. 4; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/118137465/). 34 R. V. Kennedy & Co., compiler, D. B. Cooke & Co's City Directory For the Year 1859-60 (Chicago: D. B. Cooke & Co., 1859), 386 and 389; Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/227/75093031 and https://www.fold3.com/image/227/65431900). 39

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In 1860 eight females and eight males were reported to be working for the company at an average wage of $2 and $50 each per month respectively.35 The skills of these sixteen unnamed individuals were likely reflected in the "splendid hats and furs" that earned James A. Smith & Company a "grand silver medal" and a "diploma of honor" at the United States Agricultural Society’s National Fair held in Chicago the previous fall.36

An Entrepreneurial Drive

James continually looked for money-making opportunities. When the Gold Rush hit in 1849, he advertised "Trunks, Valises, Carpet Bags, and other 'traveling fixins," [sic] suitable for a trip to California."37 And, when the Wide Awakes, a youth group that rallied before the 1860 presidential election, needed uniforms, James A. Smith & Co. was ready to ship them out.38

James participated in the Chicago’s Manufacturers’ Association and was elected second vice president in 1862.39 His endeavors had an impact on the entire business community. When the Chicago Tribune reported on a stir caused by a delivery of three thousand buffalo robes to his establishment, it pointed out that his "enterprise and experience in the business" was "making Chicago a depot for this large and increasing trade."40 The newspaper later suggested it was James' business connections that prompted a Russian furrier who served "the crowned heads of Europe" to send G. W. A. Stenstrom, "one of his most skilled workmen," to Chicago. Stenstrom was key in helping the city develop a custom-order "strictly fine fur garments" industry which became a million-dollar enterprise by the mid-1880s."41

In 1865, James partnered with New York City furrier C. Francis Bates and Upper Missouri traders James B. Hubbell and Alpheus F. Hawley for a four-year business endeavor--the Northwest Fur Company.42 Hubbell had acquired a competitor’s trading posts, but he needed funding. Bates was able to provide capital, including money to commission a Missouri River side-wheeler with "the latest and best improvements for speed, safety, and the convenient and rapid handling of freight."43

35 1860 U. S. census, Cook County, Illinois, industry schedule, Chicago, Ward 23, p. 1 (penned), entry no. 17, J A Smith & Co. 36 "A Merited Award," Press and Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 23 September 1859, p. 1, col. 2; Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/43/80016830). 37 "For California," Chicago Daily Tribune, 23 April 1849, p. 3, col. 4; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/370348148). 38 "Wide Awake Uniforms," The Press and Tribune (Chicago, Illinois), 26 May 1860, p. 1, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/371746984). 39 "Meeting of the Manufacturers’ Association--Election of Officers," Chicago Tribune, 31 December 1862, p. 4, col. 6; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/353937246). 40 "Three Thousand Buffalo Robes Direct from the Plains, Chicago Daily Tribune, 7 August 1862, unpaginated, 4th page, col. 3; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/353936360). 41 "A Bit of History," Chicago Tribune, 3 October 1886, p. 14, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349260676). 42 Barton H. Barbour, Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001), 220-221. Barton provides a detailed explanation of the partnership’s formation and activities. 43 Ibid., 222. And, "Gleanings from Exchanges," Daily (St. Louis) Missouri Democrat, 23 February 1866, p. 4, col. 7; GenealogyBank 40

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James also invested, but his primary role was purchasing requisitioned goods in Chicago or St. Louis and arranging for transport.44 Hubbell and Hawley oversaw field operations from Minnesota.45

The fur trading heyday was over but there was still money to be made. In addition to running trading posts, the Northwest Fur Company fulfilled government contracts to provide treaty-related goods to Native American tribes and transported miners to the Upper Missouri gold fields.46

Profits might have come at the cost of integrity, however. A manufacturer hired to produce tobacco pipes referred to James as a "priestly and sanctimonious public robber," suggesting unused stock was written off, then sold.47 And, a Committee on Indian Affairs investigation suggested the Northwest Fur Company billed the government for compensating Indian soldiers hired to defend the trading post at Fort Union at rates that would cover far more provisions than the men could have consumed.48

The partnership was dissolved in 1869 leaving James to look for new ways to profit. Not long after, James, his sons Frank and William, and others partnered with a patent holder, hoping to win a contract to furnish New York City with improved water meters.49

The Great Chicago Fire

By 1870, the value of James’ real estate and personal property was estimated at $75,000 and $300,000 respectively.50 Whether or not those numbers were accurate, the business had survived to support James and his family for thirty-five years. But the end was near.

In October 1871, The Great Chicago fire destroyed his store, but a quick response allowed him to save some of his stock.51 A family history describes it this way:

(https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2:14CB11CBBA293378@GB3NEWS- 1584AAF8CFD8B788@2402656-15835136D7120568@3-15835136D7120568). 44 Fort Totten requisition for groceries and provisions, summer 1868; MNHS. 45 Barbour, Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade, 219. 46 See, for example, request of Wm. S. Harney for Smith & Peck to purchase and ship supplies to the Grand River Reservation, 10 October 186? [photocopy cuts off date]; MNHS. And, "For Fort Benton and the Gold Mines,"Chicago Tribune, 1 March 1866, p. 1, col. 9; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349761012/). 47 Barbour, Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade, 233; citing undated declaration and transcript of treaty talks by A. B. Smith found in Smith Papers, MnHS. 48 United States Senate Report No. 337, 41st Congress, 3d Session, dated 1 February 1871, 3; MNHS. 49 Water meter agreement signed by James A. Smith, Willard M. Fuller, William W. Smith, Frank M. Smith, and H. M. Williams, 25 November 1870; MNHS. 50 1870 U. S. census, Cook County, Illinois, population schedule, Chicago, 4th Ward, Chicago Post Office, p. 223 (penned), dwelling 1481, family 1632, James A. Smith household; FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XCMC-9G9?i=223&cc=1438024); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, Roll 200. 51 "The James A. Smith Family in Chicago," p. 3. 41

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On that night of terror, Mr. Smith’s coachman called his attention to the glow of what seemed a big fire down town. The household went up into the cupola from which an extensive view was attainable and saw that quite a fire was raging.

Mr. Smith being apprehensive, ordered the light wagon made ready and he and the coachman drove down town and they bagan [sic] at once moving valuables and furs. They worked all night making three moves and lastly took their stock from the lake front, where they were left temporarily, to the family residence where $40,000.00 worth were saved.52

In the aftermath, insurance adjustors compared firm records with an inventory of rescued goods and estimated James A. Smith & Co.’s loss to be $36,183.42.53 The business was insured by multiple companies.54 However, city-wide losses overwhelmed their resources and many filed for bankruptcy, ultimately paying only a small percentage on claims.55

The End of an Era

James was resilient. By October 25, he had reopened at 513 Wabash and was advertising "a splendid stock of Hats," promising "a large stock of Fur Goods" soon."56 Two years later he established a new store and "manufactory" at 161 State Street but kept the Wabash location to serve south-side customers.57

By the summer of 1875, he was suffering from Bright’s disease.58 A classified advertisement offered a "choice location for hats and caps; formerly occupied by J. A. Smith & Co.," hinting at transition, but James was still in business, advertising summer hats "In all Shades of Color and Price."59 He died on 22 July 1875 at the age of sixty-eight.60 No probate case was opened.61

It took a little over a year to close the business. The "large and elegant stock of J. A. Smith & Co." was offered at half price in October 1876 and remaining stock and fixtures were auctioned on

52 Ibid. 53 Affidavit of loss signed by E. J. Bassett, H. B. Willworth, and I. J. Lewis, n.d.; MNHS. 54 See, for example, bankruptcy notices to James A. Smith & Co., creditor, from The Western Insurance Company, The Buffalo Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Chicago Firemen’s Insurance Company, Buffalo City Insurance Company; MNHS. 55 Ibid. 56 "Hats, Caps, and Fur," Chicago Tribune, 25 October 1871, p. 1, col. 9; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349798658). 57 "Established 1835," The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois), 21 June 1873, p. 1, col. 7; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/38404612/). 58 Death certificate no. D-120-13 (1875), James A. Smith; Cook County Clerk, Chicago. Certificate provides information that was likely extracted from Death Register D, p. 120, line 13, to fulfill the death record request. 59 "To Rent--Store Corner Green and Madison-sts," The Chicago Tribune, 7 June 1875, p. 3, col. 6; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349281289/). And, "Hats! Summer Styles," The Inter Ocean, 17 June 1875, p. 5, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349281289/). 60 Death certificate no. D-120-13 (1875), James A. Smith. Also, Rosehill Cemetery Office (Chicago, Illinois), "Plat Record," James A. Smith, int. no. 9402. 61 Cook County Circuit Court Archives, electronic index to probate records, 1871-1892. Archivist Phil Costello confirmed by phone on 27 September 2018 that James Smith does not appear in the database. 42

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November 2.62 With that, the company that had once claimed to be "The Oldest Permanent Business Firm in Chicago" was gone.63

A few days later, Charles announced to "old customers and the public" that he would "offer the CHOICEST and NEWEST FUR GARMENTS at LOWEST EASTERN PRICES" through Erby & Periolat, another Chicago hatter.64 Frank went on to sell railroad supplies and was described as a "promoter" when he died in 1899.65 William was working as an accountant when he died in 1903.66

As an early-Chicago merchant with a decades-long presence in the city, James was well known within the business community during his lifetime. His story plays but a small role in Chicago’s history, but he is representative of the many forgotten business owners whose collective strivings were significant in birthing the "City of the Big Shoulders."67

Picture Left: Undated photo of James Ayer Smith. From [Louise Richardson], Memories (Privately printed, 1933), unnumbered page between numbered pages 4 and 5].

62 "Furs! Furs! Hats! Caps!" The Chicago Daily Tribune, 29 October 1876, p. 1, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349589317/). 63 "Established 1835," The Inter Ocean, 21 June 1873, p. 1, col. 7; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/38404612/). 64 "Ladies!" The Chicago Tribune, 5 November 1876, p. 5, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/349592177/). 65 See, for example, The Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1899 (Chicago: Chicago Directory Company, 1899), 1704; Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/image/227/106526115)."Chicago death certificates, 1878- 1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42925) > microfilm 1033071 > image 1265, Chicago death certificate no. 18070 (13 October 1899), Francis M. Smith. 66 "Chicago death certificates, 1878-1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42925) > microfilm 1239691 > image 1361, Chicago death certificate no. 18955 (16 January 1903), William Wirt Smith. 67 Sandburg, Chicago Poems, 3. 43

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The James Ayer Smith Family

1. James1 Ayer Smith, son of Charles Smith and Sarah Ayer,68 probably born 24 June 1807 in Paris, Oneida County, New York;69 died 22 July 1875, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.70 He married, probably 1828-1829 in Oneida County, New York, Marcia Mahala Swetland,71 daughter of Benjamin Swetland and Rosanna Hancock.72

Children of James1 Ayer Smith and Marcia Mahala Swetland:

+ 2 i. CHARLES2 BENJAMIN SMITH, probably born 18 October 1829 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York; christened 9 July 1831; died 21 March 1908 in Chicago;73

3 ii. JULIUS2 SMITH, born about 9 March 1830 in Binghamton; christened and died 9 July 1831, same place.74

4 iii. HENRY2 SMITH, christened 27 March 1832 in Binghamton; died 3 April 1832, same place.75

+ 5 iv. JAMES2 THOMAS SMITH, possibly born 8 July 1833 in New York; died 18 February 1863 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.76

68 For relationship to parents, see obituary for Charles Smith, Waterville (New York) Times, 29 February 1872, unpaginated, 3rd page, col. 5; Waterville Public Library, Waterville. Also, obituary for Sally Ayers, wife of Charles Smith. 69 Richardson, "A Birth Date and Place for James Ayer Smith," Love My Ancestors. 70 Cook County, Illinois death certificate no. D-120-13 (22 July 1875), James A. Smith. Also, Rosehill Cemetery Office (Chicago, Illinois), "Plat Record," James A. Smith, int. no. 9402. 71 See, [Louise Richardson], Memories (Privately printed, 1933), 1; copy given to Owen Richardson in possession of Cynthia Richardson. And, American Ancestry (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell’s Sons, 1894), 9:132; Internet Archive (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044098875982). An 1828 or 1829 marriage year is consistent with the 18 October 1829 birth date for their first child. 72 Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the Swetland Family (Brockton, New York: n.p., 15 September 1896), 15-16; Internet Archive (archive.org/stream/proceedingsoffir00slsn). And, Chicago Historical Society ... Annual Report, 1903, 35; Google Books (books.google.com/books?id=7yJEAQAAMAAJ). Unsourced genealogies link Marcia to her father, but the most compelling evidence of their relationship is indirect. Granddaughter Valentine Smith donated a "revolutionary note-book of Sergt. Maj. Benjamin Swetland" to the Chicago Historical Society. The artifact was likely passed from Benjamin to Marcia to Valentine. 73 "Chicago death certificates, 1878-1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42925) > microfilm 1239794 > image 256, Chicago death certificate no. 17087 (21 March 1908), Charles B. Smith. 74 "U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970," Ancestry (search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61048) > New York > Binghamton > First Presbyterian Church > Records > 1817-1837 > image 409; deaths, Julius of James A. & Marcia Smith. Age at death (1 y. 4 m.) calculates to 9 March 1830. 75 Ibid. > image 382; household of James A. & Marcia Smith. 76 For date, see death notice for Mr. Thos. Smith, The Free Press (Detroit, Michigan), 19 February 1863, p. 2, col. 4. And, Rosehill Cemetery Office (Chicago, Illinois), plat record, int. no. 3195, James T. Smith. Two sources provide direct, conflicting evidence. The precise age reported by the newspaper (age 29 years, 7 months, 10 days), likely from Thomas' wife, carries more weight than the age recorded on the plat record (age 31) five months later from an unknown informant. For place, see 1850 U. S. census, Cook County, Illinois, population schedule, Chicago, First Ward, n.p., dwelling 275, family 293, Thos. Smith in J. A. Smith household; FamilySearch 44

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+ 6 v. FRANCIS2 MARION "FRANK" SMITH, born about 1836 in Chicago; died 13 October 1899, same place.77 + 7 vi. WILLIAM2 WIRT SMITH, born April 1839 in Chicago; died 16 January 1903, same place.78

8 vii. CORNELIA2 MARCIA SMITH, born 11 June 1845 Chicago; died of dropsy 25 March 1853, same place.79

9 viii. CORNELIUS2 SMITH, died as infant.80

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(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QN7-VY4?i=23&cc=1401638); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 102. 77 "Chicago death certificates, 1878-1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42925) > 1033071 > image 1265, Chicago death certificate no. 18070 (13 October 1899), Francis M. Smith. 78 "Chicago death certificates, 1878-1915," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/42925) > microfilm 1239691 > image 1361, Cook County, Illinois, death certificate no. 18955 (16 January 1903), William Wirt Smith. And, "Death Claims City Pioneer," Chicago Tribune, 18 January 1903, p. 5, col. 6; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/350243650/). 79 Death notice for Cornelia Marcia, daughter of Jas. A. and Maria [sic] M. Smith, Chicago Daily Tribune, 28 March 1853, p. 2, col. 5; Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/image/370371279/). Also Rosehill Cemetery Office (Chicago, Illinois), plat record, int. no. 3196, Marcia C. Smith. 80 Cook County, Illinois, probate file no. 4-2790 (1885), Marcia M. Smith, proof of heirship; Cook County Circuit Court Archives, Chicago. The infant is mentioned as a deceased child. For name, see American Ancestry (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell’s Sons, 1894, 9:132. 45

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More Late 19th and Early 20TH Century Chicagoans in Photographs By: Craig Pfannkuche

The photographs of Chicagoans listed below were researched since January 2018. Almost all of them were found in a variety of Chicago and Rockford antique shops and malls. The following people have been “researched” and are waiting for their families to ask about them. The photos are archived but copies can be requested. The year dates following the names are for the times when the photos were most probably taken. Detailed family history information about the people in the photos and their families can be obtained from Craig Pfannkuche through the Chicago Genealogical Society. Corrections and additional information are welcome by the author.

ALLERS, EMMIE and ALLERS, JOHN - Two cabinet card photos c. 1902 and c. 1903

Emma Allers was born in Illinois in November 1887. She married Roy Boone in 1911. She died in Villa Park, Illinois in February 1979. John Allers was born in Hamburg, Germany in November 1881. He married Anna Lohmann in April 1908. He died in Forest Park, Illinois in May 1948 and is buried in the Concordia Cemetery.

ANDERSON, REV. AXEL R. – (Lutheran Minister) c. 1906

Although Axel Anderson was not a native Chicagoan (probably born in Topeka, Kansas in January 1876), he was well known in Chicago’s Lutheran community. He may have been a student in a Chicago Lutheran seminary sometime between 1901 and 1908. He delivered a noted sermon at the “Immanuel Swedish Baptist Church located at Wilson and Hamilton streets in Chicago on 15 March 1931. He died in Los Angeles, California in May 1941.

ARMBRUSTER, ETHEL – March 1902

Ethel Armbruster, a daughter of John and Celia Armbruster, was born in Chicago in November 1901. She never married. Her parents are both buried in Chicago’s Union Ridge Cemetery. She died in Phoenix, Arizona in January 1976. She is buried with her parents in Union Ridge.

BARNES, AARON – 1890

Aaron Barnes, a son of Daniel and Saran Conant Barnes, was born in Chelsea, Vermont in November 1816. He married Betsy Camp in Chelsea in 1838 but she died in 1844. He moved to Lockport, Illinois with his daughter by Ellie Beckwith 1851. By the mid-1880s, the family had 46

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moved to Austin on the far west side of Chicago. By 1900, he had returned to Lockport. He died there in February 1901. He is buried in the Lockport Cemetery.

BECKWITH, ELLIE – 1898

Ellie Love, a daughter of Henry LOVE who was a noted Chicago commission merchant in the city from before 1870, was born in Chicago in April 1873. She married Warren L. Beckwith in Chicago in April 1898. They divorced in Chicago in 1910. Ella Love remarried John D. BLACK, a well-known Chicago attorney, in Chicago in 1911. After travelling in Europe, Ella became involved with a number of social functions as well as community improvement projects. She died in Chicago in February 1945. She is buried in either Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery or in Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery where her husband is buried.

BERGERON, Rev. S. L. – (Catholic Priest) January 1886

Achille Bergeron, a son of Luce and Antoine Bergeron, was born in Chicago in September 1855. He was ordained in 1878 and, in 1885, was the pastor of the Notre Dame Catholic Church, said to be a “French parish,” once located at Congress and Halsted streets in Chicago. As his parents were from Bourbonnais, Illinois, following his death in Chicago in February 1921, he was buried in Bourbonnais.

BLOOM, ELCIE – c. 1895

Elcie Bloom, a daughter of Andrew and Clara Bloom was born in Chicago in October 1894. Her father died in Chicago in April 1908. Clara Bloom then moved her family to Jamestown, New York. Elc[s]ie Bloom married Martin WING in Cleveland, Ohio in December 1919. She died in Cleveland in October 1941.

BOOS, B. FRANK (Benjamin Franklin Boos) – c.1894

Achille Bergeron Benjamin Boos was born in Illinois in November 1874. He and his wife, Mable, and their children were in Chicago as of 1900. By 1902 the family had moved to Plainfield, New Jersey. Benjamin Franklin Boos died in Scotch Plaines, New Jersey in 1934 and is buried in the Hillside Cemetery there along with his wife who died in 1954.

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BURKE, Rev. MAURICE FRANCIS – (Catholic Priest) November 1887

Maurice Francis Burke, a son of Francis and Johanna CASEY Burke, was born in Nockainy, County Limrick, Ireland in May 1845. He came to the United States with his family before 1860, settling in Hanover Township, Cook County, Illinois. Rev. Burke was ordained in Rome after studying at Notre Dame University. After assignment to St. Mary’s Church in Chicago between 1878 and 1886, he, after a short time in a Joliet parish, was assigned to establish a founding diocese in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He left Chicago on 18 November 1887. Unable to brave the extreme prejudice of the “American Protective League” there for a number of years, he was reassigned to a bishopric in St. Joseph, Missouri, He died there in March 1923.

BUZAN, CORA ALICE – c. 1887

Cora Buzan, a daughter of Jacob and Clarissa, Buzan was born in Chicago about 1861. She married a man with the surname of BROWN. She was living in Whitewater, Wisconsin as of 1900 being listed in the census of that year as a “widow.” By 1930, she was living in Los Angeles, California with a son, Howard (b. 1888 Illinois). She seems to have gone to Monmouth, Illinois where she died in 1931. Her brother, Edgar, was living in Monmouth at that time. He died in May 1938 and is buried with his sister.

CHANEY/CHANY, MARY EVALYN – August 1890

Mary Evalyn Chany, a daughter of Fred and Laura Chany, was born in Chicago in October 1888. Mary’s sister, Florence, applied to leave the United States for Hwai Yuen, China to do missionary work. She became based in Nanking, China. Nothing more is known of her. Along with her mother, Mary Chany applied for a passport in October 1916 to do missionary work near Canton, China. Her mother died in 1923 and is buried with her husband in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood Cemetery. Mary Chaney seems to have married someone named Ecole AMBROSINI. He died in California in Mary Chaney August 1948. Mary Chany Ambrosini died in July 1956 and is buried with her parents.

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CLAPSADDLE, STELLA – c. 1880

Listed on a death certificate for Katherine Howe TAYLOR, a daughter of Leonard and Stella HOWE who died in Riverside, Illinois in July 1925 is the maiden name of her mother, Stella Clapsaddle. Stella Clapsaddle seems to have married Leonard Howe in McHenry County, Illinois before 1877. Sometime in the early 1880s, Leonard and Stella moved to Chicago. The 1900 Federal census of Chicago lists them living at 84 Oakley Street in the city. Stella Clapsaddle died in Chicago in July 1907. She is buried in the Richmond, Illinois cemetery with her husband who died in Chicago in November 1907.

CUSACK, JAMES BARCLAY – May 8, 1897

James Cusack, a son of Martin and Marion BROOKS Cusack was born in Chicago in March 1898. The family was, according to the Chicago City Directories, living in the city until just after 1900. By 1940, James Cusack was living with his wife, Blanche FULLER Cusack, in Alameda, California. He died in Santa Cruz, California in December 1969.

DAMMANN, ADALIA – c. 1912

Adalia Dammann, a daughter of Herman and Caroline Dammann, was born in Chicago in March 1896. She married Fred HECKMAN, Sr. in Evanston, Illinois in June 1923. By 1930, she and her husband were living in Blackwell, Oklahoma. By 1948 they had moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fred Heckman died there in August 1994. The death date and place of Adalia Dammann Heckman is unknown to this author.

DORNEY, JOHANNA M (CdV) – c. 1879

Johanna M. Dorney, a daughter of John and Mary TOOMEY Dorney, was born in Chicago in April 1861. A statement carved into her crypt in the Dorney family mausoleum at Chicago’s Mt. Olivet Cemetery states that she was “cured at Lourds August 15, 1883.” Johanna Dorney married Michael W. WILLIAMS in Chicago in January 1903. Sometime after 1910 they moved to Gary, Indiana. She died in Crown Point, Indiana in August 1935 and is interred with her parents in the family mausoleum at Mt. Olivet. Johannah’s brother, Maurice, became a well- known Roman Catholic priest who was called the Johanna Dorney “King of the Yards” because of his work with the poor in the Chicago Union Stockyards. He died in Chicago in March 1915 and is interred in the family mausoleum. 49

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DORNEY, MARY J. Two photos (CdV) - 1874, Cabinet Card – 1892

Mary Dorney, a daughter of John and Mary TOOMEY Dorney, was born in Chicago in April 1854. She graduated from a “female seminary” in Chicago in 1874. She became a nun, “Sister Marian of the Sisters of Mercy,” in 1893. She died in Des Plaines, Illinois in July 1920.

EDSTROM, ANDREW – (CdV) c. 1879

Andrew Edstrom, a son of August and Christina Edstrom, was born in Sweden in April 1859. He came to the United States with his parents by 1880. He married Evaline STROMBERG in Chicago about 1887. They had two sons, Roy, who was born in Chicago in 1895 and Herbert born in Chicago in April 1898. Both sons died in California but no additional data could be found concerning their parents after 1898.

ENGEL, WALTER F. – 1901

Walter Engel, a son of Fred and Emily Engel, was born in Chicago in October 1879. Walter married Ellyn SWANSON in Chicago in 1909. His occupation was that of “druggist.” He died in Chicago in July 1954 and is buried with his wife (d. 1958) and son in the Forest Home Cemetery.

ERHARD, Rev. LAWRENCE - (Catholic Priest) 1884

Lawrence Erhard, a son of George and Louisa Erhard, was born in Joliet, Illinois in April 1856. By 1900 he was living in Somonauk, Illinois. He returned to Chicago by 1901. In 1930 he was living in Batavia, Illinois. He died in July 1931 and is buried in the St. John’s Cemetery in Joliet, Illinois.

EXCELL, EVELYN – c. 1894

Evelyn Excell, a daughter of Isaac and Geneva Excell, was born in Illinois in October 1875. She married Duncan S. SPARK in Chicago in June 1904. By 1910, they had moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He died in 1938. She died in Elgin, Illinois in November 1955. Her body was taken to the Lakewood Park Cemetery in Rocky River, Ohio to be buried with her husband.

FIDELKE, HENRY and GUSTY - Wedding photo December 1892

Henry Fiddelke (correct spelling) was born in Mattison, Illinois in September 1865. He married Augusta DUDLER in Cook County in December 1892. Henry Fiddelke was an architect with his own practice. He died in Elmwood Park, Illinois in February 1931 and is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery. Augusta Dudler was born in Schlesien, Prussia in June 1865. She came to the United States in 1887. She and her husband had two children, Edmund and Margaret. Augusta Dudler Fiddelke died in November 1941 and is buried with her husband.

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GRASSIE, PERCY, FORMERLY PERCY BOYLES - c. 1881

Percy Grassie, a daughter of Samuel and Jane Boyles, was born in Lee County, Iowa in January 1847. She married James Grassie in Iowa about 1866. She and her husband were in Chicago prior to 1870. They remained in Chicago until their deaths. James Grassie died in Chicago in December 1903. Percy Boyles Grassie died in Chicago in November 1920. They are buried together in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery.

HAMACHEK, ANNIE - c. 1905

Annie Hamachek, a daughter of John and Anna Hamachek, was born about 1878. She married Henry GOTSTEIN/GOTTSTEIN in Kewanee, Wisconsin in July 1893. She died in Chicago in March 1946 and is buried with her husband in the Kewanee, Wisconsin cemetery. The reason why Annie Hamachek is in a Chicago photo is the fact that her brother set up a dental practice in Chicago and she was visiting at the time the photo was taken. Henry and Gusty Fidelke HAMACHEK FAMILY, VIOLA, OTTO, FERDINAND - c. 1905

Viola Hamachek, a daughter of John and Anna YAGLE Hamachek, was born in Carlton, Wisconsin in September 1886. She married Andrew PAVLIK before 1909. She died in Seattle, Washington in December 1962. Otto Hamachek, a son of John and Anna Hamachek, was born in Carlton, Wisconsin in August 1887. He married first Helen PETRIE. She died in Brookfield, Wisconsin in December 1931. Otto’s second marriage was to Sybil MILHOUS in October 1940. He died in Brookfield, Wisconsin in August 1972. Ferdinand “Fred” Hamachek, a son of John and Anna Hamachek, was probably born in Carlton, Wisconsin about 1883. No additional data could be found concerning him.

KIRCHNER, LEO – 1896

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that she was the mother of Leo Kirchner. No additional data could be found concerning Leo Kirchner.

KRIPPNER, MR. and MRS. J - Wedding couple 1897

Valclav “James’ Kippner was born in Austria in February 1874. He came to the United States in 1890. He married Theresa BROM in Chicago in April 1897. He died in Chicago in August 1956 and is buried in the St. Adalbert’s Cemetery in Niles, Illinois. Theresa Brom Krippner, a daughter of Frank and Terezie Brom, was born in Chicago in 1874. She died in January 1942 and is buried with her husband and some of their children, one of whom, George, was a Catholic priest and two of them, Mary and Agnes, became Catholic nuns.

LANDMEIER, BERNARD and MARY SCHOPPE - Wedding couple c. 1894

Bernard “Barney” Landmeier was born in Schalle, Germany in April 1838. He came to the United States in 1848 and by 1850 was in Addison, Illinois. He married Adelheit Schoppe in October 1861 but she died in October 1863. Bernard then married Augusta Lentfer Adelheit’s sister, Mary in DuPage County in May 1864. He died in Bensenville, Illinois in July 1921 and was buried in the St. Johann Cemetery near O’Hare airport but was later removed to Chicago’s Mt. Emblem Cemetery. Mary Schoppe Landmeier died in June 1916 and is buried with her husband.

LENTFER, GUSTY CdV c. 1878

Augusta “Gusty” Lentfer, a daughter of Henry and Anna SELLHORN Lentfer, was born in Neundorf, Germany in September 1863. She came to the United States in 1881. She married Richard REICH in Chicago in November 1884. She died at the home of her son, Martin, in Midlothian, Illinois in July 1943. She is buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Dolton, Illinois.

McCABE, ROBERT ALPHONSUS - 1897

Robert A. McCabe, a son of Andrew F. and Annie McCabe, was born in Chicago in August 1896. The family moved to Sycamore, Illinois by 1900 and then to Kansas City, Missouri by 1910. Robert A. McCabe died in Kansas City, Missouri in August 1956.

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McDONNELL, ROSE MARY – 1877

Rose Mary McDonnell, a daughter of John and Catherine McDonnell, was born in Rochester, New York in December 1858. The family was in Chicago by 1861. She married Dr. James J. LARKIN in Chicago in July 1884. He was a “veterinary surgeon.” She was the mother of eight children. James Larkin died in Chicago in March 1903. Rose McDowell Larkin died in Chicago in March 1940 and is buried in the Calvary Cemetery on the far north side of Chicago.

McDONNELL, Rev. STUART P. - (Catholic priest) c. 1894

Stuart P. McDonnell, a son of Peter and Bridget McALISTER McDonell, was born in Chicago in September 1857. He was the pastor of the St. Margaret’s Roman Catholic Church on South Prairie Avenue. He died in Aurora, Illinois in October 1937 and is buried in Chicago’s Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

MULVIHILL, DELIA BIDGET and HENRY T. Rose Mary McDonnell CONNORS - Wedding couple August 1890

Bridget “Delia” Mulvihill, a daughter of Michael and Johanna McMAHON Mulvihill, was born in Limrick, Ireland in November 1863. She came to Chicago by 1884. She married Henry Connor (correct spelling) in Chicago in April 1890. She died in Chicago in November 1929 and is buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery. Henry Connor was born in Tipperary, Ireland in May 1858. He died at his home on St. Lawrence Avenue in December 1927. He is buried with his wife.

McNAMEE, Rev. WILLIAM J. - (Catholic Priest) c. 1888

The 1920 Federal census of Chicago lists a Rev. William McNamee as being a priest at the St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church at Adams and Des Plaines in Chicago who was age 59 and born in Ireland. An obituary for William McNamee found in the Chicago Tribune of 18 February 1943 states that his final assignment was to St. Patrick’s in 1911. While there, he worked to make major renovations to that church. He retired in 1933 and returned to Ireland where he died in February 1943.

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MOELLER, HENRY and GUSTY - Wedding couple - June 1895

Henry Moeller was born in Illinois about 1869. He married Augusta ALLERS in Cook County in May 1895. He was a carpenter. He died In Forest Park, Illinois in May 1936 and is buried in the Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park. Augusta Allers Moeller was born in Germany in 1874. She came to the United States in 1886. She died in Forest Park, Illinois in June 1954 and is buried with her husband.

MOELLER, GUSTY and her BOYS – c. 1903

See above for Augusta Moeller. Carl Moeller was born in Oak Park, Illinois in November 1897. He never married. He died in 1967 and is buried with his parents. Irving Moeller was born in August 1905. He married Olive FERTIG in Cook County in 1927. He died in Schaumburg, Illinois in October 1991.

NOONAN, Rev. PATRICK M. (Catholic Priest) 1874

The 1880 Chicago City Directory lists a “Noonan, Patrick,” a Roman Catholic priest, as living at 821 North Paulina Street in the city. An obituary for Rev. Noonan in the Chicago Tribune of 16 April 1886 states that Patrick Noonan was born in Roscommon, Ireland in 1841. He came from Ireland directly to Chicago in 1865. He was first assigned after his 1866 ordination to the Old St. Mary’s church. He died at the Annunciation Roman Catholic Church at Wabasia and Paulina Streets in Patrick Noonan the city in April 1886 and is buried in Chicago’s Calvary Cemetery. His obituary says that he “contracted [rheumatism] from which he died from his reckless exposure to all sorts of weather in his attention to the distressed members of his flock and others who laid claims to his priestly charity during the bitter days of suffering succeeding the [Chicago] fire.”

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NYSTROM, LILLIAN Penny postal photo c. 1910

Lillian Nystrom, a daughter of George and Hannah Nystrom, was born in Chicago in 1903. She married Carl TACK in Chicago in 1928. She died in River Forest, Illinois in April 1992. She is buried in the Cedar Park Cemetery.

PARKER, HELEN M. Two photos November 1890 and March 30, 1895

Helen Parker, a daughter of Richard and Fannie Parker, was born in Chicago in March 1888. By 1930, she became an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1937, she was the “Head of the Art Education Department of the Art Institute.” She seems to have never married. No data could be found concerning her date and place of death.

PARKER, RICHARD M. - January 19, 1895

Richard “Dickie” Parker, a son of Richard and Fannie Parker, was born in Chicago in January 1886. He married Mabel MILLER in St. Joseph, Michigan in February 1920. He Helen May Parker died in Benton Harbor, Michigan in April 1964.

PIEL, FRED and ROSA Wedding photo c. 1896

Fred Piel was born in Illinois in August 1870. He was a carpenter. He married Rosa DAMMANN in Chicago about 1895. He died in Oak Park, Illinois in October 1936. He is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery. Rosa Dammann Piel was born in Illinois in September 1874. She and her husband had four children. She died in Oak Park, Illinois in November 1929 and is buried with her husband.

PIEL, ELMER - 1902

Elmer Piel, a son of Fred and Rosa Dammann Piel, was born in Cicero, Illinois in July 1898. By 1935 he had married a woman named Gertrude. He died in Pinellas, Florida in December 1971. 55

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POST, SUSAN - c. 1895

Susan Post, a daughter of Hamilton and Lucy WRIGHT Post was born in Chicago about 1874. Nothing else is known of her.

RANDALL, CHARLES E. - 1884

Charles Randall, a son of Charles and Alice PICKRUS Randall, was born in January 1843 in New York State. His first wife, Francis CARY Randall, died in 1885. He married Louisa JOHNSON in Chicago in July 1886. She died in Chicago in May 1891 and is buried in Chicago’s Rose Hill Cemetery. He married for a third time, to Ada ADAMS, in Chicago some time about 1893. He died in Chicago in December 1912. He is buried in Chicago’s Rose Hill Cemetery with his second and third wives.

RANDALL, SHERMAN E. CdV 1880

Sherman Randall, a son of Charles E. and Francis Randall, was born in Monroe County, New York in August 1864. He was living in Chicago as of the 1880 Federal census of the city. He married a woman named Freda SAWYER. He died in Chicago in December 1925 and is buried in Chicago’s Rose Hill Cemetery with his parents.

RIORDAN, Rev. PATRICK W. (Catholic Priest) 1882

Patrick Riordan, a son of Matthew and Mary DUNNE Riordan, was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada in 1841. His parents brought him to Chicago in 1848. He graduated from Notre Dame University in 1858. He became the pastor of Chicago’s St. James Church in 1871. He became an archbishop in September 1883 assigned to San Charles E Randall Francisco, California. He died there in December 1914. He is buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Coloma, California.

SEEK, ERNEST and WIFE - Wedding photo - January 1895

Ernest Seek, a son of Frederick and Fredericke Seek, was born in Harlem, Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois in November 1872. He married Carolina LEMKE in Cook County in January 1895. No information can be found concerning either the death or burial data for Ernest Seek. 56

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Carolina Lembke Seek, A daughter of Carl Lemke was born in Pommerin, Germany in August 1876. She came to the United States with her parents in 1885. She died in Aurora, Illinois in June 1932. She is buried in the Concordia Cemetery.

SEGELKEN, ANNIE c. 1901

Anna Segelken, a daughter of Herman and Mary Segelken, was born in Illinois in August 1878. She married an Italian musician with the last name of either DELUCCE, DELUCCA, DELUCA, or DILUCA. The family was in Los Angeles, California by 1930. Nothing is known of either her death or burial site.

SEGELKEN, FRED c. 1903

Fred Segelken, was a son of Herman and Mary Segelken. A gravestone with his name on it within the Segelken family plot in Chicago’s Union Ridge Cemetery lists the dates of 1872 – 1907. Nothing else is known of Fred Segelken.

SVATOS FAMILY - 1914

Frank Svatos, the father, was born in Slovenia in January 1888. He came to the United States with his wife about 1906. He may have died in Chicago in November 1920 Hedwicka Svatos, the mother, has a maiden name of KULOUSEK. She was born in Slovenia in November 1886. She married Frank Svatos in Chicago in July 1907. After her husband died in 1920, she remarried to Steve LEVITCH. Although she lived in Gary, Indiana with her son, Joseph, she died in a hospital in Chicago in October 1954. Frances Svatos, a daughter, may have been born in Slovenia in October 1906. She married Henry KYSELLA in Chicago. She seems to have died in January 1999. Joseph Svatos was born in Chicago Svatos Family about 1908. He married Josephine MATUSIAK. They moved to Gary, Indiana where he died in April 1979 57

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Frank Svatos was born in Chicago in June 1910. He died at an unknown site in May 1952 and is buried in Chicago’s Bohemian National Cemetery. William Svatos was born in Chicago in July 1912. He married Charlotte MILDENSTEIN in Chicago in July 1940. He died in Chicago in November 1968 and is buried in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

THORSEN, ALMA - c. 1897

Alma Thorsen, a daughter of Peter and Anna Thorsen was born in Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois in March 1879. Her sister, Cecelia, married John ARMBRUSTER in Chicago in September 1900. She died in Chicago in September 1911. Alma Thorsen married her brother in law in Chicago in February 1914. They lived in Oak Park, Illinois. Her husband died in June 1931 and Alma moved to Phoenix, Arizona with her step-daughter, Ethel. Alma Thorsen Armbruster died in Phoenix, Arizona in 1967. Her body was returned to Chicago to be buried with her husband in Chicago’s Union Ridge Cemetery.

THORSEN, CHRISS and Family – 1901

Christian Thorsen was born in Denmark in April 1848. He came to the United States in 1878. He married Linnie KESSEL in Chicago in December 1888. They had two children, Edna and Albert. He died in Chicago in May 1922 and is buried in Chicago’s Graceland Cemetery. Linne Kessel Thorsen died in Chicago in January 1934. She is buried with her husband. Edna Thorsen, a daughter of Christian and Linne Thorsen, was born in Niles, Illinois in October 1888. She married Sigurd NESS in Chicago in July 1913. Her death date and burial site are unknown. Albert Thorsen, a son of Christian and Linne Thorsen, was born in Niles, Illinois in 1893. He died in Chicago in June 1961 and may be buried in the Ridgewood Cemetery Chriss Thorsen and Family in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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VAN de LAUR, Rev. Martin (Catholic Priest) - c. 1901

Martin Van de Laur is listed in the 1880 Federal census of Chicago as being a “Catholic Clergyman.” He was born in Holland and came to the United States in 1872 “moved by the missionary spirit.” He was assigned to the St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in South Chicago in February 1880. He fought for the elevation of railroad tracks in Chicago because of the many deaths which happened at grade level railroad crossings. He also believed strongly in “street car funerals” instead of the use of expensive funeral carriages to cemeteries. He died in Chicago in February 1906. His funeral was by street car to Mt. Olivet Cemetery accompanied by almost 2,000 mourners.

VAN PELT, Rev. Harry (Catholic Priest) - c. 1895

Harry Van Pelt, a son of Henry and Margaret Van Pelt, was born in Racine, Wisconsin in July 1863. The family was living in Chicago from before 1870.By 1896 he was the Assistant Rector at the St. James Roman Catholic Church located at 2924 Wabash. He died in Joliet, Illinois in February 1931. He is buried in Chicago’s far north side Calvary Cemetery.

WESSIG, PAUL - c. 1908

Paul Wessig, a son of August and Louise MILZ Wessig, was born in Sexton, Germany in October 1877. He came to the United States in 1903. He married Amanda DAMMANN in Chicago in March 1906. He died in Forest Park, Illinois in August 1960 and is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery.

WIELAND, PETER J. CdV - c. 1880

Peter Wieland may have been a son of Peter and Marie HEESE Wieland and may have been born in Rottstock, Germany in February 1849. He married Louisa VOLLBRECHT, in Chicago in January 1881. He died in Chicago in May 1917 and is buried in Chicago’s St. Boniface Cemetery.

WOLSKI, LUCIA Confirmation photo 1910

Lucia Wolski was an adopted daughter of Francis Wolski. She may have married Stanley TOTURA in Chicago in November Lucy Wolski

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1916. Her place and date of death are unknown.

WUEST, GEORGE - 1898

The “Index to Cook County Deaths” lists a George Wuest, age five months, as having died in April 1898. No other data can be found concerning George Wuest.

Please note: The names listed in this article are part of the Chicago Genealogical Society’s “Chicago Family Photo Database.” The database is a listing of over 1,000 “carte de visite” and “cabinet card” photographs of individuals taken (mostly) in Chicago between 1855 and 1915. Only those with the names of individuals written on them have been collected. Many were found in antique malls while others were donated to the Chicago Genealogical Society. Photographs from about a dozen family albums (to date) are a part of that database. About half of all the photographs in the database have been “researched.” Research as to the genealogy of the others is ongoing. Many people in the photographs left Chicago for other areas of the United States in the years following the date of the photograph while others died with no direct issue although many left relatives.

The database will be updated occasionally as additional research is undertaken and as additional photographs are found and donated. Donations of “named” photographs will be accepted and added to the list.

The Chicago Genealogical Society is happy to accept requests for scans or photocopies of individual photos and, where possible, copies of the report of research. Requests for information can be sent to the society’s email [email protected] and put “Chicago Family Photo Database Request” in the subject line.

The database lists name, description, possible age of person, year photo taken, success of research, additional photo info, photographer, and city of studio location. You can search this database on our website www.chicagogenealogy.org.

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Upcoming CGS Programs 2019

February 2 – If These Walls Could Talk: Incorporating Stories of Places to Enhance Your Family Narrative.

Our speaker is Barry Love. As genealogists we strive to feel connected with our ancestors. By piecing together clues about their lives, we try to build a story about who they were and how they lived. Those clues may mention a specific place where an ancestor lived or worked.

We can use research methods familiar to genealogists to add enriching details about those places and companies to our family narratives. These seemingly tangential stories add context, create a better sense of time and place, and can make our family narratives far more complete and compelling.

Digging into the history of the century-old Eversharp mechanical pencil factory in Roscoe Village uncovered surprising links to key people and events in Chicago, the nation, and the world. Come learn about this research journey, and see some of the documents and artifacts discovered along the way.

Barry Love serves on the boards of the Chicago Genealogical Society, Roscoe Village Neighbors, and the condo association in the Pencil Factory Lofts. Barry also leads walking tours of Roscoe Village as a collaborator with the nonprofit Chicago for Chicagoans. He loves opportunities to connect his passions for genealogy and Chicago neighborhood history.

March 2 – Purple Hearts Reunited Special: Experience a Return Ceremony + Honor our Researchers + Receive our Brick Wall Research Tips.

Join us and the Genealogy Interest Group of the St. Andrew Society of Illinois (GIG-SASIL) for a special program featuring the charitable foundation, Purple Hearts Reunited (PHR), whose mission is "to return lost or stolen military medals of valor to veterans or their families, in order to honor their sacrifice to the nation." Since 2016, twenty research volunteers from our and GIG-SASIL's groups have been identifying the veterans of now over 100 lost purple hearts, writing the veterans' biographies and finding either the veteran or their living next of kin so PHR can return these lost medals. Come to this moving program to experience a PHR Return Ceremony where a local family will welcome their hero's lost purple heart back home where it belongs. Help PHR honor our 20 research volunteers. And receive advice on how these volunteers used some interesting research techniques to get past some pretty incredible genealogical brick walls.

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April 6 – Investigating Chicago Police Ancestors.

Grace DuMelle from the Newberry Library will be our speaker. Find local and online sources for deceased members of the Chicago police force. Learn when they joined, where they were stationed, what they were paid, and some of their notable cases. There are special sources as well for those killed in the line of duty. The presentation is suitable for beginner, intermediate, and advanced researchers.

Grace DuMelle has been a professional researcher since 1995, helping clients from all over the United States and several foreign countries. Her firm, Heartland Historical Research Service, has assisted the United States Department of Justice and Graystone Communications (parent company of The History Channel), among others. Heartland’s projects have taken Grace to the Library of Congress and the National Archives as well as facilities throughout the greater Chicago area.

Since 2001, Grace has also been on staff at the Newberry Library in Chicago, one of the country’s foremost genealogical libraries. Guiding beginners to discoveries about their families is something she greatly enjoys. Her experience on both sides of the reference desk -- as a staffer and as a researcher -- influenced the very practical, hands-on approach of her book, Finding Your Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide to Family History in the City and Cook County. It received state, regional and national awards for instructional nonfiction, and went out of print in August 2018 after thirteen years.

These FREE programs will be held at the Newberry Library at 60 West Walton, Chicago, and begin at 1:30 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE: It is our policy not to publish the address of our authors. If you wish to correspond with one of them, please email [email protected] and put “Quarterly Editor” in the subject line. Detail your request and we will forward on to the author.

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Index

Adams, 57 Dammann, 50, 56, Landmeier, 53 Sanger, 37 Allers, 46, 55 57, 61 Larkin, 54 Sawyer, 57 Ambrosini, 49 Deluca, 58 Lemke, 58 Schoppe, 53 Anderson, 46 Delucca, 58 Lentfer, 53 Seek, 58 Armbruster, 47, 59, Delucce, 58 Levitch, 59 Segelken, 58, 59 60 Diluca, 58 Lohmann, 46 Sellhorn, 53 Ayer, 44 Dorney, 50 Love, 47 Smith, 35, 38, 39, Barnes, 47 Dudler, 51 Magie, 37 40, 42, 43, 44 Bates, 40 Dunne, 57 Matusiak, 59 Spark, 51 Beckwith, 47 Edstrom, 51 McAlister, 54 Stenstrom, 40 Bergeron, 48 Engel, 51 McCabe, 54 Bigelow, 35, 36 Erby, 43 McDonnell, 54 Stromberg, 51 Black, 47 Erhard, 51 McMahon, 54 Svatos, 59 Blaikie, 39 Excell, 51 McNamee, 54 Swanson, 51 Bloom, 48 Fertig, 55 Mildenstein, 59 Swetland, 44 Boone, 46 Fiddelke, 51 Milhous, 52 Tack, 56 Boos, 48 Fuller, 50 Miller, 56 Taylor, 49 Boyles, 52 Gotstein, 52 Milz, 61 Thorsen, 59, 60 Brom, 53 Gottstein, 52 Moeller, 55 Toomey, 50 Brooks, 50 Grannis, 37 Mulvihill, 54 Totura, 61 Brown, 49 Grassie, 52 Ness, 60 Van de Laur, 60 Burke, 48 Hamachek, 52 Noonan, 55 Van Pelt, 61 Buzan, 49 Hancock, 44 Nystrom, 56 Vollbrecht, 61 Camp, 47 Hawley, 40, 41 Parker, 56 Wessig, 61 Carbutt, 38 Heckman, 50 Pavik, 52 Wieland, 61 Cary, 57 Hesse, 61 Periolat, 43 Williams, 50 Casey, 48 Howe, 49 Petrie, 52 Wing, 48 Chaney, 49 Hubbell, 40, 41 Pickrus, 57 Wolski Chany, 49 Johnson, 57 Piel, 56, 57 , 61 Clapsaddle, 49 Kessel, 60 Post, 57 Wright, 57 Conant, 47 Kippner, 53 Randall, 57 Wuest,, 61 Connor, 54 Kirchner, 53 Reich, 53 Yagle, 52 Cusack, 50 Kulousek, 59 Riordan, 57 Kysella, 59

Neither the Quarterly Editor nor the Chicago Genealogical Society can assume responsibility for contributors’ errors of fact, and opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor or of CGS. Proven errors of fact will, of course, be corrected.

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CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY ANCESTOR CERTIFICATES

The Chicago Genealogical Society will issue ancestor certificates to descendants of early residents of Chicago or Cook County. There are three categories of Certificates: (1) Pioneer – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County from the city’s founding in 1833 through 8 October 1871 (Great Chicago Fire), (2) Rebuilder – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County from October 9, 1871 to the end of December 1893 (World’s Columbian Exposition), and (3) Progressive – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County between January 1894 and the end of March 1933.

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Applicants need not be residents of Chicago or Cook County or members of the Society. A certificate will be issued for each ancestor documented, and submitted as follows.

1. Complete the Application Form and Direct Lineage Chart as fully as possible. The Application Form and Direct Lineage Chart can be printed (or downloaded) from our website: http://www.chicagogenealogy.org, and obtained at our meetings. Please use maiden names where applicable. If unsure of any dates or information, place a question mark after them. 2. Submit proper documentation. You may include copies of census records, land records, birth/marriage/death records, church records and/or burial records (cemetery name and location), etc. Do NOT send the original documents. Family Group Sheets will NOT be accepted as proper documentation. All applications and copies of supporting documents become the property of the Chicago Genealogical Society. 3. The first certificate costs $25.00 and each subsequent copy of the same ancestor to various descendants is $15.00. Send your Application Form, Direct Lineage Chart, proper documentation for each Certificate, and a check for the total number of Certificates ordered to:

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