Summer 2019 Volume 51, No.4 Genealogist

Chicago Genealogical Society

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Table of Contents

Officers, Directors, and Standing Committees ...... 98 Thomas Butler Carter, the Spotted Church and the by Ginger Frere, MLIS ...... 99 Mrs. Florence Ella Roach’s Residence - 449 Dayton Street, Chicago, 1903 (1909 changed to 2228 North Dayton Street) by Craig L. Pfannkuche…………...... 107 Charter, By-Laws, Rules, Officers and Members of the Calumet Club Chicago – 1899-1900 transcribed by Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti...... 110 Chicago & North Western Clerkship Applications: 1907 – 1908 by Craig L. Pfannkuche……………………………………………...…….. 117 Chicagoans from the Past…………………….………...…………………………….. 120 CGS Programs at a Glance 2019 - 2020……………………………………………... 121 Surname Index ……………………………………….………………….…………… 124 CGS August 2019 Genealogical Bus Tour Registration Information…….……….. 127

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On the Cover

This house currently stands at 2228 North Dayton Street, Chicago. The picture was taken in 1903. At the time the picture was taken the address was 449 Dayton Street. The address changed in 1909. See article on page 107 in this issue. The picture is courtesy of Craig Pfannkuche.

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

e-mail address: [email protected] Website: http://www.chicagogenealogy.org

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 Outreach ...... Barry Love Nominating……………………………………………………………...... Karen Stanbary Publication Sales ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti Publicity ...... Vacant Quarterly Editor ...... Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti Webinars…………………………………………………………………….Jill Baumeister Website ...... Caron Brennan

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Thomas Butler Carter, the Spotted Church and the Great Chicago Fire By: Ginger Frere, MLIS

The Chicago 2nd Presbyterian Church at Avenue and 20th Street is a beautiful Chicago treasure and a National Historic Landmark.1 The fascinating history of this church, dedicated in 1873, is intertwined with that of Chicago and its people, making for a true “Chicago story.”

Thomas Butler Carter Thomas Butler Carter was an early Chicago settler. Born 26 March 1817 in Union Hill, , Carter was the 9th child of Lewis Carter, a carpenter, church builder and sometime farmer, and his wife Nancy Butler.2

Somewhere around 1829, Carter was obliged to leave school to work on the family farm and in his father’s shop. Although handy with tools, he was not a strong young man and in the Fall of 1832 he was sent to live and work with Z.W. Conkling, a nearby merchant. The next few years found Carter bouncing back and forth between working for local merchants and the family construction business. Although his work and residence changed frequently, his faith and attendance at the Presbyterian Church appears to have remained constant.3

One of the merchants who employed Carter was his uncle by , Job Maggie. After numerous attempts, Maggie finally convinced Carter to go west to Chicago as a business 4 partner in the firm of T. B. Carter & Co. Carter arrived in Portrait of Thomas Butler Carter Chicago at 2:00 pm on Saturday afternoon, 15 September The Newberry, Midwest MS 127, Fl. 4 1838, after traveling for 12 days by steamboat, horse

1 “National Archives Catalog,” digital image, The National Archives (https://catalog.archives.gov /id/28892198 : accessed 29 April 2019), “Illinois SP Second Presbyterian Church,” file unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Illinois, 1964 – 2013, National Archives Identifier: 28892198; citing Records of the National Park Service, 1785 – 2006, RG 79, National Archives at College Park. 2 Thomas Butler Carter, “Some facts and incidents in the early life of Thomas Butler Carter from boyhood and on, until 1889 but especially during the last fifty years from the date of his arrival in Chicago, September 15, 1838,” Part I, p. 2; Thomas Butler Carter Papers, The Newberry, Chicago. 3 Ibid., 5. 4 Ibid., 16. 99

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carriage, train, canal boat, and lake steamer. The next morning, he arose early and began his relationship with the Presbyterian Church in Chicago.5

Carter wrote home to his cousin, Aaron, “You ask how I like Chicago. To tell you the truth, I do not like it. In the first place it is too far from home, but that you say is a slight objection..... in the next place it does not meet with my expectations.” Chicago became a city the year prior and it was still a rough and tumble, swampy place - a shock to many easterners.

Carter’s letter continued: “There is 4 churches in this place or rather houses of worship of the Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist and Baptist denominations. The Episcopalians are the only ones that have a regular built church, which is a very good one and does credit to them and the place. The Presbyterians bought a lot for one and prepared some of the materials...” 6

Business Card for Thomas Butler Carter On 5 November 1840, Carter married The Newberry, Midwest MS 127, Fl. 4 Catharine Raymond, sister of Benjamin Wright Raymond, third and an important Chicago business man.7 Thomas and Catharine would go on to have ten children, only five of whom survived to adulthood.8 The family became prominent members of the 1st Presbyterian Church.9

The Second Presbyterian Church By 1842 the attentions of the 1st Presbyterian Church were focused on the issue of abolition. Divided interests and a rapidly increasing population (estimates range from 400-500) suggested it was time to expand and on June 1st of that year 2nd Presbyterian was formed.10 On July 6th, Carter was appointed secretary of the Board of Trustees.11

5 Thomas Butler Carter, “Some facts and incidents in the early life of Thomas Butler Carter from boyhood and on, until 1889 but especially during the last fifty years from the date of his arrival in Chicago, September 15, 1838,” Part II, p. 19; Thomas Butler Carter Papers, The Newberry, Chicago. 6 Thomas Butler Carter to Cousin Aaron Carter, letter, arrival in Chicago, 18 September 1838; Thomas Butler Carter Papers, The Newberry, Chicago. 7 “Inventory of the Thomas Butler Carter Papers, 1831 – 1898,” The Newberry (https://mms.newberry. org/xml/xml_files/Carter.xml#scc : accessed 29 April 2019). 8 Carter, “Some facts and incidents,” Part II, 25-26. 9 Thomas B. Carter and John C. Grant, The Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago : June 1st, 1842, to June 1st, 1892 (Chicago : Knight, Leonard & Co., 1892), xi. 10 Ibid., 19. 11 Ibid., xi. 100

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Three days later work began on the new building, located on the south side of Randolph eighty feet east of Clark Street. The forty by sixty foot church was dedicated on 13 September 1843 and on the 14th, Mr. Patterson became their pastor.12

In a November 8th letter to his cousin, Carter wrote “We have been forming a new church called the 2nd Presbyterian and have now a very neat little church finished and very nearly paid for and one of the smartest young men for a minister to be found in all the west. The church was organized Second Presbyterian Church, from Chicago Illustrated. with 26 members all from the 1st The Newberry, Graff 3747. church and new members about 40 with quite a large respectable congregation.”13

The Second Church continued to grow and expand – both in members and in physical additions to the building. Their location, near Randolph and Clark, was in the city’s rapidly expanding business center where churches were all being crowded out.14

By 1847, a new church building was needed and the lot on the northeast corner of Wabash and was purchased. The Church offered $100 to whoever could propose the best architectural plan, but none of the few responses were satisfactory.15

Carter was appointed to the building committee and as he was travelling East on personal business, he took the plans with so he could consult with some of the leading east coast architects. After speaking to numerous people, he was introduced to the great architect, James Renwick Jr., who ultimately accepted the commission with great enthusiasm. Carter’s brother, Asher Carter, was appointed superintendent of building and work began.16

The new church was dedicated on 24 January 1851. After the addition of the bell and clock, the total cost was less than $40,000. Carter believed it to be the first Gothic Church erected west of . His description of the inside was much like the present church on Michigan Avenue and 20th Street - three entrances in the front opening into a large vestibule. There were 3 blocks or

12 Ibid., 28. 13 Thomas Butler Carter to Cousin Aaron Carter, letter, family news, 8 November 1842; Thomas Butler Carter Papers, The Newberry, Chicago. 14 Carter, The Second Presbyterian Church, 30. 15 Ibid., 31. 16 Ibid., 31-33. 101

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sections of pews in straight lines on the main floor. The interior finish was severely plain, with little molding or ornamentation, but the symmetry of the whole gave it charm.17

The front and side windows were of stained glass made in New York and said to be the handsomest in the west with the bell and clock ranking among the most popular features. When the clock chimed it was a signal for the preacher to intone “In conclusion...... ”18 Furniture from the “Spotted Church” Photo by Ginger Frere The congregation had voted to build with bituminous limestone which was known for its durability. Due to the bituminous deposits in the stone, the church became known as the “Spotted church” or less charitably, the “Church of the Holy Zebra.”19

Chicago in 1871 Chicago had grown faster than anyone could have imagined, from a population of 4,400 in 1840 to a population of nearly 299,000 in 1870.20 No longer a backwater town, Chicago boasted of its’ art and culture.

One of the more unique Chicago sites was the Art Temple. Mr. Edwin Brand’s New Gallery of Art at 28 Washington Street. Brand was a well-known photographer specializing in photographs of anatomical preparations. His gallery which opened in 1869 was said to be “a model of artistic beauty in the way of design and ornamentation.” 21

Chicago also had the Crosby Opera House. The grandest building in Chicago at that time, it was located on the North side of Washington between Dearborn and State Streets, just down the street from 2nd Presbyterian. The first floor was occupied by tenants, such as Root and Cady’s musical merchandise, Kinsley’s fine dining restaurant, and various art studios. The second floor was the opera house with a seating capacity of over 3,000.22

17 Ibid., 34. 18 Ibid., 35. 19 Alfred Theodore Andreas, : From 1857 until the fire of 1871, (Chicago : A. T. Andreas, 1885), 417; digital image, Google Books (https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkxRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA417 : accessed 29 May 2019). 20 “Demographics of Chicago,” Wikipedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Chicago : accessed 29 April 2019). 21 “Brand’s Temple of Art,” , 24 March 1869, p. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www .newspapers.com/image/349535935/ : accessed 29 April 2019). 22 “Crosby Opera House,” Chicagology (https://chicagology.com/prefire/prefire083/ : accessed 29 April 2019). 102

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The area around Second Church had again become commercial. Wholesale businesses thrived and real estate had become quite valuable. J.V. Farwell & Co. offered to pay $192,000 for the lot which had cost the church only $5,000 just 20 years before. Once again, the question of a move arose.23

During the summer of 1871 the lot at Michigan and 20th was purchased by the church and plans were proposed for a new building by Renwick, similar in style to the old one. In September of 1871, the 2nd Presbyterian completed a merger with the Olivet Presbyterian Church. It was decided that the membership would use the Olivet building until the new church was completed.24

On 1 October the last service was held in the Spotted Church. A Chicago Tribune article published on 2 October read “The services in the doomed building on yesterday were largely attended, perhaps the more so that the congregation wished to take a last look upon the familiar and homelike walls.....”25

The Crosby Opera House with 2nd Presbyterian It was then or sometime over the next 6 days that in the background. the pulpit chairs and lectern were removed from The Newberry, Midwest.MS.Clark the old church. Per an agreement made when the building was sold, this furniture was preserved as testimonials to the “love and usefulness of those whose voices are silent and whose places are vacant in this circle of Christian workers.”26 These items now sit in the church at Michigan Avenue and 20th Street.

The Cosby Opera House down the street had closed in July for extensive renovations. The workers finally finished late on October 7th with the grand re-opening scheduled for the 9th. The opening reception was Sunday night the 8th.27

The Fire But the grand re-opening never occurred. On Sunday, 8 October, disaster whipped through the city. For 36 hours the inferno raged. The area surrounding the church was engulfed in flames.

23 Carter, The Second Presbyterian Church, 38. 24 Ibid., 40. 25 “Another New Departure : Last Services in the Old Second Presbyterian,” Chicago Tribune, 2 October 1871, p. 4; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/465782414 : accessed 29 April 2019). 26 Carter, The Second Presbyterian Church, 103. 27 Eugene H. Cropsey, Crosby’s Opera House (Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999), 311. 103

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“Saddened by the sight, they [Crosby family] came to the realization that they had been the protagonists of the last drama ever to be played out at Crosby’s Opera House.”28

An area 4 miles long and an average of 3/4th of a mile wide (more than 2,000 acres) was destroyed. Over 120 miles of sidewalks, 2,000 lamp posts and nearly 18,000 buildings were consumed. Damages of over $200M in property (about a 1/3 of the valuation of the entire city) were reported. At least 100,000 people lost their homes and up to 300 lost their lives. The devastated city remained so hot that it took a day or two before a survey of the physical damage could be conducted.29

And the Spotted Church at Washington and Wabash was destroyed just days after the 2nd Presbyterian after the Great Fire. congregation had moved out. The Newberry, Midwest.MS.Clark

The fire had been a scene of mass chaos – people trying to escape, strong winds and flying fire, various fire-fighting companies rushing from place to place as equipment gave out. The immediate area surrounding the Church was no exception.

According to Michael C. Hickey, a police captain, “There was a lot of thieves who were stealing [this] property on Wabash Avenue through the wholesale stores there. They were fetching it in loads. It was the opinion of everybody that we would save that portion of the city over there south of Washington Street. We went to work and put this property into Mr. Farwell’s store. I should judge it was several thousand dollars’ worth. We took it off them and there was quite a crowd of citizens there tried to take it away from them and we fought them there nearly half an hour.”30

Hickey was still on the scene when the order came to blow up several buildings to create a fire break. They got 7 or 8 kegs of powder into the building just north of Kinsey’s eating house, installed a wick and managed to blow up part of the building.31

Then they went directly across the street to a boot and shoe store, just north of 2nd Church. Another 7 or 8 kegs of powder were lit to bring that building down as well.32

28 Ibid., 326. 29 “Great Chicago Fire,” Wikipedia, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire#cite_note- DonaldMiller-1 : accessed 29 April 2019). 30 Richard F. Bales, ed., “Michael C. Hickey, sworn November 28, 1871,” Transcript of Inquiry into Cause of Chicago Fire and Actions of Fire Department Therein, 2002, V. II, 11; citing collection [manuscript], 1850s-1980s, , Chicago. 31 Ibid., 13. 32 Ibid., 14. 104

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It wasn’t until early Tuesday morning that the fire died out.

The Aftermath Even a fire of this magnitude could not crush the Chicago spirit. Entrepreneurs were back in business before the ground cooled.

The Chicago Relief and Aid Society, founded in 1851, was one of dozens of sources for charity in Chicago in the mid-19th century. It functioned on a relatively small scale until the Great Fire, when Mayor R. B. Mason, at the request of a delegation of prominent businessmen, designated this organization as the “official” agent for the distribution of millions of dollars of “fire relief.” Many Chicagoans stepped up to assist. Among them was Thomas Butler Carter.33

Carter later wrote: “About a week after the fire, Murray Nelson, one of the Executive Committee of the Relief and Aid Society, meeting me in front of my house, asked what I was doing. I replied that I was doing nothing. He said “come to the office of the Society, we want you to help us in our work. So, I went to the office and engaged to work for the Society at $200 a month as purchasing Agent for supplies for the destitute and homeless unfortunates of which there were about 100,000 in the city.”34 By 18 November over 14,000 families had received some form of assistance.35

In addition to Carter, other members of 2nd Presbyterian joined in the Society’s efforts. The Dorcas Society contributed clothing, food and temporary sleeping quarters. Mrs. Ellen Ely, “wielded sewing scissors as a general would his sword,” prompted those around her to speedy action contributing much to the effort.36

John Crerar was a director of the society and generous 2nd Presbyterian Church supporter. Franklin D. Gray suffered personal business losses but went on to do what he could. Lewis H. Davis was Thomas B. Carter and John C. Grant, a partner in a fire insurance company which paid out over The Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago : June 1st, 1842, to June 1st, 1.3M to companies represented by them. Alfred L. Cowles 1892 (Chicago : Knight, Leonard & Co., was the manager and part owner of the Chicago Tribune. 1892)

33 Chicago Relief and Aid Society, Chicago Relief, (Chicago : Culver, Page, Hoyne & co., 1871), 4; digital image, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015054289064 : accessed 29 April 2019). 34 Carter, “Some facts and incidents,” Part II, 31. 35 Chicago Relief and Aid Society, Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of disbursement of contributions for the sufferers by the Chicago fire, (Chicago: Riverside Press, 1874), 146; digital image, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044026944652 : accessed 29 April 2019). 36 Carter, The Second Presbyterian Church, 103-104. 105

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George Armour became chair of the “Elevators” Committee. Nathaniel S. Bouton, one of 12 original members of the society, was in charge of the distribution of $100,000 to over 4,000 women. And T.W. Harvey, president of Harvey lumber company, oversaw the Shelter Committee.37

By March of 1872 the city was again moving forward. Optimism was on full display in the newspapers. Chicago Tribune headlines read “The Demand and Supply of Burnt Clay,” “How the Stricken City is Regaining Her Old Prestige” and “List of Firms Occupying New Buildings in the Burnt District.”38

Thomas Butler Carter moved on as well. He wrote in his journal, “After the close of my work with the Relief and Aid Society, the question again presented itself, “what shall I do?” I had thought “Real Estate”.....”39

Chicago survived the devastating fire and went on to thrive because of people who believed in a future. The same kind of people who went on to build the magnificent 2nd Presbyterian Church that still stands today.

And it was Thomas Butler Carter who documented this bit of history through his letters and his history of the 2nd Presbyterian. As was written in that book, “Mr. Carter has been a resident of Chicago for 54 years, a member of this church for 50 years and a member of the Session for 47 years. Mr. Carter’s whole history in connection with the Church has been an active one...... As an earnest friend, a wise advisor and a faithful member of the Session, he has long enjoyed the increasing respect and affection of the Church and of the community.”40

Our thanks as well to Thomas Butler Carter for preserving this unique Chicago story.

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37 Chicago Relief and Aid Society, Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of disbursement of contributions, 136. 38 “Demand and Supply of Burnt Clay,” Chicago Tribune, 10 March 1872, p. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/466369609 : accessed 29 April 2019). 39 Carter, “Some facts and incidents,” Part II, 32. 40 Carter, The Second Presbyterian Church, 68. 106

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Mrs. Florence Ella Roach’s Residence- 449 Dayton Street, Chicago, 1903 (1909 changed to 2228 North Dayton Street) By: Craig L. Pfannkuche

1903 – 449 Dayton Street, Chicago 2019 – 2228 North Dayton Street, Chicago

The photo on the left was recently found in an antique store on the north side of Chicago. Reverse side of the photo reads – Mrs. Ella Roach’s residence, 449 Dayton Street, Chicago 1903. Photographer – No photographer data

The Chicago City Directory for 1903 through 1905 lists a Florence Ella Roach as living at 449 Dayton Street.

The 1909 street address change listing give an address of 2228 Dayton for the 449 address. The address is located one block west of Halsted Street and ½ block north of Webster street in a very well to do area today. 107

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The specific property has a legal address of “Lot 34 in Sheffield’s Addition, a subdivision of the south ½ of Block 3 in Sheffield’ addition in the East ½ of the Northeast ¼ of Section 32, Town 40 North, Range 14 East.” That data can be found in Torrens book 576-C on page 152 held in the “vault” of the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. That listing is:

Carolyn McCagg to Florence E. Roach warranty deed 20 August 1881 Florence E. Roach to Andrew Peterson trustee’s deed 28 December 1881 George Bay to Florence E. Roach and Husb. Release 28 December 1881 Andrew Peterson to Florence E. Roach and Husb Release 27 March 1888 Florence E. Roach and husb. to Clark Huncke Warranty deed 31 March 1888

The Grantor-Grantee records seem to indicate that the house was built about 1879-80. The house is still standing in very good condition. See second photo taken in April 2019 by Editor.

The 1885 Chicago City Directory lists a Freeman P. Roach as living at 320 Webster just to the west of 449 Dayton. Curiously, a Carl Huncke is listed as living at 320 Webster in that year. In 1889 Freeman Roach is listed as living at 557 North Clark Street. He is not listed in the Soundex Index to the 1900 Federal census of Chicago.

Florence Roach is listed in the 1900 Federal Census of Chicago. That listing (at ED 617, St. 10, Line 73) at 449 Dayton Street is:

Roach, Florence born – November 1853 Married 25 years No children Roades, Rebecca born – May 1815 Mother of Florence Roach

That same listing shows that Florence Roach was renting the building at 449 North Dayton.

No Florence Roach is listed in the 1895, 1898, 1907, or 1910 Chicago City Directories.

No Rebecca Roades or Florence Roach is listed in either the “Index to Cook County Deaths: 1871 – 1916” or the “Index to Illinois Deaths: 1916 – 1950.” Neither was Freeman Roach.

The person listed as being the owner of the house at 449 Dayton in 1888, Carl Huncke, was still living at 320 Webster where he was listed in 1885. The 1917 Book of Chicagoans lists (page 350) a Carl Huncke as being a fire insurance underwriter living at 838 Webster Avenue. He married, in Mankato, Minnesota, a woman named Rosa M. Rockey on 12 September 1877. Neither he nor she seem to be relations of Florence Roach or her mother.

Since Florence Roach had no children, no further research was done concerning the family.

Freeman P. Roach died in Chicago in 1904 and is buried with his family in Belvidere, Illinois.

Florence Roades Roach remarried in Tallapaloosa, Georgia to John J. Hardenbrook in 1905. She died there on 11 June 1911. Her body was returned to Chicago and buried in Chicago’s Graceland

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Cemetery under the Hardenbrook name (Bellvue, Lot 163). A brother, John E. Roades, survived her.

Carolyn McCagg who sold the house to Florence Roach had the maiden name of Ogden. She was Caroline Ogden who married Ezra McCagg, a big deal attorney and land speculator in Chicago in the 1860s. They built a big house on the west side of Clark Street directly across from the Washington Square Park about 1858. Her relative, Mahlon Ogden, had built his house directly across from the north side of the Washington Square Park. Do you know where Mahlon's house was - under what is now the Newberry Library. The McCagg house, "containing a large library and art collection" burned to the ground on 10 October 1871 when the McCaggs were vacationing in . Caroline Ogden McCagg was a sister to William Butler Ogden founder of the C&NW railroad system. Caroline died on February 18, 1885 in Newport, and is buried there.

The Dayton Street lot was empty prairie in 1871. The last flames of the Chicago Fire flickered out there. The McCaggs were a part of a building boom on that street which is why the buildings were built of stone (fire district). The house was built - as far as I can determine - in 1879. Carl Huncke died in Chicago on February 6, 1925 and is buried in . He was a realtor and a "fire insurance specialist."

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Charter, By-Laws, Rules, Officers and Members of the Calumet Club Chicago – 1899-1900 Transcribed by Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti

The Calumet Club was organized in 1878 on the south side of Chicago. The Club honored Old Settlers, the first inhabitants of Chicago, each year at an Annual Reception. More details on the Club can be found in previous issues of the Chicago Genealogical Society’s Journal The Genealogist in issues Vol 7, No. 2, Winter, 1975, Vol 22, No. 1, Fall, 1989 and Vol 33, No. 4, Summer, 2001.

Recently, the Chicago Genealogical Society received a donation of the Club’s Charter, By-laws, Rules, Officers and Members of the Calumet Club 1899-1900 book. At the time, the Club was located at Michigan Boulevard and Twentieth Street. The book includes the Charter, Officers of the Club from 1878 – 1900, By-Laws and House Rules. Also included in the book, transcribed as they appear in the book below: 1899-1900 regular members with date of membership, 1899-1900 non- resident members with date of membership, 1899-1900 honorary members and in memoriam list by year of decease.

This book has been donated to the Newberry Library.

Regular Members – Date of Membership

Adam, A.B. – 1886 Barker, John H. – 1881 Adsit, James M. Jr – 1878 Barnes, Charles J. – 1878 Alden, William Tracy – 1899 Barrett, O.W. – 1878 Alexander, Gerard M. – 1878 Billings, Cornelius K. G. – 1896 Allen, Benjamin – 1881 Billings, Frank – 1896 Allerton, Samuel W. – 1878 Bishop, Rufus W. - 1886 Andrews, Joseph H. - 1878 Blackstone, Timothy B. - 1878 Armour, J. Ogden – 1884 Blair, Chauncey J. - 1898 Armour, Philip D. – 1882 Boal, Charles F. - 1898 Austin, Frederick C. – 1886 Booth, A. - 1879 Avery, Thomas M. – 1888 Booth, Edwin Allen - 1898 Ayers, B.B. – 1899 Borden, J.U. - 1883 Bachelder, Edward A. – 1898 Booney, Charles L. - 1898 Baker, Alfred L. – 1888 Bournique, Alver L. - 1898 Baker, William T. – 1898 Bowyer, Lorraine F. - 1898 Baker, W. Vincent – 1896 Bradbury, George L. - 1892 Baldwin, George F. – 1881 Brand, Edwin L. - 1898 Barber, Ohio C. – 1889 Brand, Edwin L. Jr - 1899 110

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Regular Members – Date of Membership continued

Breese, Jacob B. – 1890 Doane, John W. – 18780 Brewster, Edward L. – 1885 Dodge, George E.P. - 1878 Brewer, Owen W. – 1898 Drew, Charles W. - 1878 Brenezer, Erza A. – 1899 Eddy, Augustus N. - 1898 Bryan, Frederick C. – 1898 Fairbank, Nathaniel K. - 1878 Buckingham, Clarence – 1900 Fargo, Charles - 1878 Burley, Frank E. – 1882 Felton, S.M. - 1899 Burry, James – 1898 Fenton, H.W. - 1894 Butler, Rush C. – 1898 Ferguson, Charles H - 1886 Byram, Charles F. – 1895 Ferguson, George M. - 1895 Cary, Eugene – 1898 Field, John S. - 1882 Case, J.E. – 1887 Field, Marshall - 1878 Camp, William Carpenter – 1896 Fifield, Edward R. - 1898 Cass, George W. – 1887 Fisher, R.C. - 1897 Caton, Arthur J. – 1878 Fleetwood, Charles - 1878 Chandler, E. Bruce – 1890 Fleming, Robert H. - 1878 Chapin, Simon B. – 1887 Floyd, Frank - 1898 Chappel, C.H. – 1898 Gage, Albert S. - 1878 Christie, George B. – 1896 Gary, John W. - 1890 Clark, Alson E. – 1898 Gardner, Frank H. - 1895 Clark, John M. – 1878 Gates, John W. - 1891 Cobb, Silas B. – 1878 Gates, Charles G. - 1896 Coburn, Lewis L. – 1878 Gaylord, Willard S. - 1889 Collier, Clinton – 1878 Getty, Henry H. - 1888 Cooper, John S. – 1881 Gibbs, Frederick C. - 1881 Corwith, Charles R. – 1883 Gibbs, William B. - 1882 Cowles, Alfred – 1889 Gilbert, Riley Miles - 1899 Crane, Charles R. – 1898 Giles, Charles K. - 1899 Crane, A.M. – 1899 Giles, William A. - 1882 Cromwell, Charles – 1882 Gillette, E. W. - 1898 Crouse, John N. - 1880 Goodman, James B. - 1878 Cummings, David M. – 1887 Goodman, Robert F. - 1898 Currier, Charles H. – 1898 Goodrich, Albert W. - 1890 Custer, Jacob R. – 1881 Gore, George P. - 1878 Cutter, John M. – 1886 Gorton, Frank S. - 1883 Davis, Brode B. – 1895 Graves, William M. - 1888 David, Wilson H. – 1898 Gray, Edward E. - 1898 DeVeney, S.C. – 1899 Gray, Franklin D. - 1878 Dewar, Hamilton – 1898 Greene, Frank C. - 1894 Dexter, Albert F. – 1888 Green, William A. - 1898 Dickason, Livington T. – 1893 Gresham, Otto - 1894 Dillman, Louis M. – 1891 Grey, William L. - 1881 Dixon, Arthur – 1898 Gurney, Charles H. - 1896 111

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Hackney, Henry C. – 1896 Leiter, Joseph – 1894 Hamilton, Bruce P. – 1900 Leiter, Levi Z. – 1878 Hamline, John H. – 1879 Lehmer, Gilbert - 1899 Haynie, William Duff – 1898 Loftis, Samuel T. A. - 1898 Henderson, Edgar F. – 1878 Lombard, Josiah L. - 1898 Herrick, E. Walter – 1882 Longley, Albert W. - 1897 Heyworth, James O. – 1898 Loomis, John Mason - 1878 Heyworth, Lawrence – 1895 Lord, Edgar A. - 1881 Hibbard, William G. – 1878 Lowden, Frank O. - 1891 Higinbotham, Harry M. – 1898 Low, John M. - 1899 Hubbard, S. H. – 1899 Lyons, Thomas R. - 1898 Hughitt, Marvin Jr – 1886 Macfarland, Henry J. - 1879 Hulbert, E.D. – 1898 Mackey, Frank J. - 1889 Hulbert, Thomas H. – 1899 Markley, John A. - 1898 Hurlbut, Harris E. – 1895 Matz, Rudolph - 1896 Insull, Samuel – 1893 Mayo, John B. - 1878 Isham, Edward S. – 1883 Miller, E.H. - 1897 Jackson, Huntington W. – 1881 Montgomery, G.W. - 1898 Jackson, Samuel Spencer – 1898 Moore, James H. - 1880 Janes, James J. – 1896 Moore, William H. - 1879 Jeffery, Edward T. – 1881 Moorhouse, William R. - 1898 Jenkins, John E. – 1878 Murdoch, Thomas - 1884 Jenkins, Thomas R. – 1878 Murison, George W. - 1880 Johnson, Charles Porter – 1899 Murphy, Frank M. - 1896 Johnson, William F. – 1898 McDoel, William H. - 1892 Judah, Noble B. – 1878 McKeon, John C. - 1898 Kavanagh, Marcus – 1899 McMahon, James B. - 1898 Keep, Albert – 1878 O’Neil, William Edw - 1898 Keith, Walter W. – 1895 Otis, Charles T. - 1880 Kelley, Addison D. – 1879 Otis, Joseph E. - 1878 Kelley, Charles B. – 1879 Otis, Philo A. - 1878 Kelley, William E. – 1882 Otis, Joseph E. Jr - 1899 Kennedy, Madison B. – 1891 Otis, Lucius J. - 1899 Kimball, C. Frederick – 1878 Owen, Ole - 1898 Kimball, William W. – 1878 Owen, Malcolm D. - 1898 Knight, Thomas D. – 1898 Owens, John E. - 1891 Laflin, Arthur K. – 1882 Pacaud, A. Lincoln - 1899 Laflin, Albert S. – 1889 Pacaud, Duncan - 1899 Laflin, George H. – 1881 Paddock, Charles E. - 1899 Laflin, John P. – 1891 Pardridge, W. E. - 1896 Lane, Ebenezer – 1881 Parker, Samuel W. - 1883 Landis, Kenesaw M. – 1896 Peacock, Robert E. - 1899 Leeds, William B. – 1891 Peck, Clarence I. - 1878 112

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Peck, Ferdinand W. – 1878 Sollitt, Oliver - 1898 Peck, Ferdinand W. Jr – 1896 Starkeweather, Charles H. - 1882 Peck, Walter L. – 1879 Steven, Frank L. - 1883 Peirce, Arthur Harvey – 1897 Stiles, George N. - 1879 Perry, I.N. – 1898 Stiles, Josiah - 1880 Perry, Lewis S. – 1886 Stone, Horatio O. - 1883 Phelps, Erskine M. – 1878 Stone, Carl Downer - 1894 Phelps, W.H. – 1890 Strong, Joseph H. - 1894 Phillips, A.C. – 1899 Surghnor, Valentin H. - 1893 Phillips, William E. – 1898 Talbert, Joseph T. - 1898 Phillips, Charles H. – 1882 Taylor, George H. - 1896 Pitkin, Harvey E. – 1894 Thomas, Benjamin - 1898 Place, Dorrence M. – 1899 Thompson, William Henry - 1899 Powell, Samuel – 1878 Thompson, Alex. W. - 1899 Pullman, W. Sanger – 1895 Thorne, William C. - 1900 Pulsifer, Frederic K. – 1889 Tillinghast, Crawford - 1898 Purdy, Charles W. – 1892 Townsend, Charles D. - 1899 Raber, Philip W. – 1896 Tucker, Logan - 1899 Rawson, Fred. H. – 1897 Tuttle, Frederick B. - 1878 Ream, Norman B. – 1882 Vanzwoll, G.M. - 1899 Reid, D.G. – 1898 Vilas, Charles H. - 1896 Reis, William E. – 1899 Von Behrens, W. Adrian - 1899 Rice, F. Willis – 1898 Wachsmuth, Louis C - 1890 Richberg, John C. – 1897 Wagner, William L. - 1896 Ridgely, Charles A. – 1898 Walker, Edwin C. - 1882 Robinson, John K. – 1883 Walker, Edwin - 1895 Roloson, Robert W. – 1882 Walker, George C. - 1881 Rous, A.C. – 1898 Walker, William B. - 1898 Rutter, David – 1893 Walsh, John R. - 1879 Sard, William H. – 1878 Washburn, James Murray - 1898 Schimpferman, William H. – 1882 Watson, Fred L. - 1898 Seeberger, Anthony, F. – 1878 Wells, Moses D. - 1879 Sharp, H. McVicker – 1898 Wells, Samuel R. - 1896 Shayne, John T. – 1898 Wentworth, Moses J. - 1879 Shedd, Edward A. – 1882 Wheeler, Francis T. - 1880 Sheriff, Andrew R. – 1898 Wheeler, Arthur - 1896 Shipman, Daniel B. – 1878 Whitney, Joel C. - 1878 Shirk, Elbert W. – 1880 Witbeck, John H. - 1895 Singer, Arthur J. – 1898 Wood, George E. - 1880 Smith, Byron L. – 1878 Work, Andrew S. - 1891 Smith, Franklin P. – 1898 Worthington, Edward E. - 1896 Smith, George – 1894 Wrenn, John H. - 1881 Smith, Orlando C. - 1899 Wright, Arthur B. - 1899 113

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Wyatt, S. W. – 1888 Young, Lawrence - 1899 Young, Caryl – 1880 Young, Otto – 1886

Non-Resident Members – Date of Membership

Anketell, J.T., Merrill, Wis. – 1890 James, Samuel B., London, Eng. - 1898 Baker, Lucius K., Ashland, Wis. – 1898 Kent, C.C., Kentland, Ind. - 1889 Barnes, N. Ludington, New Haven, Ct. – 1895 Kilpatrick, Claude, St. Louis, Mo. - 1899 Barcus, J.Q., Indianapolis, Ind. – 1899 Lamson, Edwin R., New York, N.Y. - 1899 Benedict, M. Stuart, Syracuse, N.Y. – 1899 Lanahan, Charles M., Baltimore, Md. - 1898 Boshamer, C.S., Bordeaux, France – 1893 Lindslay, Fred. B., New York, N.Y. - 1899 Burns, George T., Escanaba, Mich. – 1894 Loomis, H.G., New York, N.Y. - 1880 Burns, Robert M., Joplin, Mo. – 1898 Lusk, Frank S., Lusk, Wyo. - 1899 Chapman, C.A., Highland Park, Ill. – 1880 Morgan, Henry M., New York, N.Y. - 1899 Clifford, Alfred, St. Louis, Mo. – 1897 Midlen, Thomas G., New York, N.Y. - 1898 Coan, C.C., Clinton, Ia. – 1884 McReynolds, Geo. S., Lake Forest, Ill. - 1898 Coffeen, William, Hinsdale, Ill. – 1880 Palmer, William P., Cleveland, O. - 1896 Culbertson, Chas. M. Jr, Newman, Ill. – 1898 Pitcher, J.C., Detroit, Mich. - 1900 Douglas, Wm. W., Cedar Rapids, Ia. – 1898 Prindle, George S., Washington, D.C. - 1895 Duhme, Charles H., Cincinnati, O. – 1891 Rainey, Roy A., Cleveland, O. - 1899 Dupee, Walter N., Oconomowoc, Wis. – 1899 Sanger, Frank M., New York, N.Y. - 1894 Ellwood, Isaac L., DeKalb, Ill. – 1898 Smith, C.B., New York, N.Y. - 1891 Frankel, Henry U., Louisville, Ky. – 1898 Streeter, D.D., Kalamazoo, Mich. - 1898 Good, J. Dobson, New York, N.Y. – 1895 Swinarton, J.H., New York, N.Y. - 1889 Hale, Clinton B., Santa Barbara, Cal. – 1881 Uhl, Edwin F., Grand Rapids, Mich. - 1898 Hancock, C.T., Dubuque, Wis. – 1899 Ulman, Jos. S., New York, N.Y. - 1899 Haseltine, C.S., Grand Rapids, Mich. – 1898 Wallace, H.M., Racine, Wis. - 1898 Hopkins, James, St. Louis, Mo. – 1889 Young, W.J. Jr, Clinton, Ia. - 1892 Hubbard, F.H., New York, N.Y. – 1892

Honorary Members

Major-General John M. Schfield, U.S.A., Retired Major-General Nelson A. Miles, U.S.A. Major-General Wesley Merritt, U.S.A. Chief-Justice Melville W. Fuller Judge John M. Harlan Brigadier-General J.R. Brooke, U.S.A.

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In Memoriam – Date of Decease

Stephen T. King – 1879 H.G. Gaylord - 1887 M.B. Gould – 1879 Martin Ryerson - 1887 Thomas Sim – 1879 W.C. Grant - 1887 James H. Rees – 1880 J. St. Clair Boal - 1887 Joseph F. Armour – 1880 J.F. Studebaker - 1887 Joseph F. Bonfield – 1881 C.J. Waller - 1887 T.W. Anderson – 1881 R.W. Ralston - 1888 John J. Borland – 1881 John L. Thompson - 1888 M.S. Dean – 1881 P.A. Wilbor - 1888 Rufus S. King – 1881 T.J. Potter - 1888 E. A. Small – 1881 William Armour - 1888 Daniel Weaver – 1881 Cyrus Bently - 1888 Nelson Ludington – 1883 Philip H. Sheridan - 1888 F.I. Smith – 1883 John Wentworth - 1888 Thomas L. Parker – 1883 H.L. Hill - 1888 Thomas Hoyne – 1883 E.P. Burlingham - 1888 N.C. Draper – 1883 J.D. Jennings - 1889 J. Condit Smith – 1883 Nathan Corwith - 1889 Lyman Blair – 1883 H.A. Pearsons - 1889 Henry M. Howe – 1884 Leonard Hodges - 1889 Theodore J. Schneider – 1884 Robert Randolph - 1889 E.M. Crandall – 1884 George Buck - 1889 H.A. Byram – 1884 John Crerar - 1889 A.B. Barclay – 1884 Alfred Cowles - 1889 George W. Fuller – 1885 Charles G. Wicker - 1889 H.M. Wilmarth – 1885 J.C. Knickerbocker - 1890 Anson Stager – 1885 D.H. Denton - 1890 Charles W. Woodruff – 1885 William Bross - 1890 William Aldrich – 1884 George Crook - 1890 Emery A. Storrs – 1885 Marcus C. Stearns - 1890 A.E. Goodrich – 1885 Thomas Drummond - 1890 Charles S. Shepherd – 1885 Frederick Tuttle - 1890 J.W. Ogden – 1885 Eugene Schneider - 1890 George C. Campbell – 1885 Alfred H. Terry - 1890 James L. Flint – 1885 E.E. Hawes - 1891 Charles H. Curtiss – 1886 Joel C. Walter - 1891 George D. Baldwin – 1886 Henry W. Hoyt - 1891 W.M. Tilden – 1886 Chauncey B. Blair - 1891 H.W. Phillips – 1886 C.S. Gardiner - 1891 John A. Logan – 1886 Jerome Beecher - 1891 John M. Holliday – 1887 Mark Kimball - 1891 John L. Peck – 1887 Josiah Little - 1891 C.E. Cole – 1887 John B. Carson - 1891 115

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J.R. Winterbotham – 1892 R. Ludlam - 1899 James L. Woodward – 1892 George L. Otis - 1899 Charles H. Fargo – 1892 Norman Williams - 1899 H.B. Bryant – 1892 George H. Wheeler - 1899 Willis E. Gilman – 1892 Frank M. Avery - 1899 E.D.L. Wicks – 1892 Philip D. Armour, Jr - 1900 George R. Grant – 1892 Samuel J. Glover – 1892 W.G. Mead – 1893 J.H. McAvoy – 1893 T.G. McLaury – 1893 Charles Schwartz – 1893 Uri Balcom – 1893 J.F. Gillette – 1894 P.C. Hanford – 1894 James Wright – 1894 Walter Q. Gresham – 1895 Walter Mattocks – 1895 A.A. Bigelow – 1895 John B. Drake – 1895 H.N. Stephens – 1896 C.M. Henderson – 1896 J.H. McVicker – 1896 J.T. Chumasero – 1896 E.M. Cooper – 1896 S.K. Martin – 1896 A.J. Averill – 1896 Edson Keith – 1896 William Todd Brown – 1897 Abram Williams – 1897 J.O. Cottrell – 1897 William R. Champlin – 1897 John A. Kent – 1897 John B. Ketchum – 1897 Henry Keep – 1897 P.E. Studebaker – 1897 Columbus R. Cummings – 1897 Guy C. Ledyard – 1897 George M. Pullman – 1897 William S. Knight – 1898 Charles E. Clark – 1898 W.C.D. Grannis – 1898 A.A. Munger - 1898 116

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Chicago & North Western Clerkship Applications: 1907 – 1908 By Craig L. Pfannkuche

Recently three applications for clerkships with the Chicago and North Western railroad appeared at the base of a box of old documents at the archives of the C&NW Historical Society. This writer was interested in what might have happened to these young men. Here are the results of that basic search.

On 8 February 1907 Louis LAVEZZORIO, a son of John and Theresa Lavezzorio, fudged his age by one year on his application for a job with the railroad. He was actually just age 14 (b. 7/31/1892) when he applied. He seems to have felt that he had to do this since his father, John Lavezzorio, had died (12/13/1893 – Chicago) when he was only one year old and his mother was in financial difficulty. He had started school at “St. Columkilles School” but was unable to finish. To make money for his mother, he had run errands for E. H. MEYER, a grocer whose store was located at 1096 West Madison. By his test results, he seems to have been a bright young man but his mother’s signature seems to have been in his handwriting. He did not get the railroad job.

By 1910 he seems to have gotten a job as a clerk for Wallace KEY, a druggist located at 482 West . He did decently well there and was confident enough to marry Anna BALDESSERONI in Chicago on 9 September 1916. Sadly, she died on 3 June 1922. She is buried in the Calvary Cemetery.

By 1930 he listed his occupation as a “commercial salesman - wholesale drugs.” In that year, on 22 April, he married Eva CELLA and, by 1940, had three children by her. He kept his family in safe economic condition by being a life insurance salesman.

Louis Lavezzorio died in Chicago on 21 January 1972 and is buried in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery. He had finally achieved the hopes of his parents as they passed from Italy through America’s golden door.

Bryant PROCTER’s father, George, also died when Bryant was young. He needed a job for “the support of my mother.” Born in Chicago on 12 October 1889, Bryant was lucky enough to attend Chicago’s Hyde Park High School for at least one year. He lived with his mother, Emma, and Emma’s sister at 703 East 63rd in the city. In his essay which was a part of his application, he wrote “I started to work for Mr. Zeonone just a year ago last November on track elevation at 16th Street and Ashland. I was transferred from there to Austin where I stayed until last Saturday. The work on track elevation [has been] shut down.”

Bryant was hired as a “messenger boy” in the North Western Auditor’s office in late 1908 but by 1910 he was back at home. By 1917, he had obtained a job as a draftsman with the Illinois Telephone Company where he spent the rest of his career. At an unknown time and place he married a woman named Ruth. Bryant Procter died in Bradenton, Florida in 1977. He is buried there along with his wife who died in 1984.

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Harry T. SWANSON’s life took a slightly different turn. A son of Oscar and Emma Swanson, Harry was born, says his application, in Evanston, Illinois on 8 August 1889. His parents had immigrated from Sweden. His father was a shoemaker in that community. Harry noted on his application dated 13 March 1908 that he needed a job because he “owed my father for board.” He had worked for a year as a “clerk and salesman” for the “King-Richardson Company” in 1907 but left in September because, as he wrote, “of sickness and not entirely successful.”

Improbable as it may seem, on his 1917 draft registration form he listed himself, “Harry Theodore Swanson,” as being a “practicing physician.” His date of birth on that form matched that listed on his work application. On the way to becoming a physician, Harry married Edna OHLSON in Chicago on 13 November 1916. He returned to Evanston where he set up a medical practice. He had eight children with his wife. He died in mid-October 1958 in Evanston and is buried in the Memorial Park Cemetery, possibly with his wife whose death date is not carved on their same headstone.

See Bryant Procter’s Application on the next page.

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Chicagoans From the Past

Reverend Carl Bernard Leonard Boman

This photo was taken by Schneider about 1878. Written on the back “Rev. C.B.L. Bowman.” Charles B. Boman and wife Ida were living in Chicago with two children in the 1880 Federal Census. Charles was 30 years old, born in Sweden and a minister. He was pastor at the Swedish Salem [Lutheran] Church in Chicago until 1890 when he and his family moved to Minneapolis. The Minnesota Death Index lists Rev Carl Bernard Leonard Boman died 14 April 1934. A Findagrave memorial records Carl was born 15 November 1849 and is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Mankato, MN, with his wife Ida S (Romval) Boman (1853-1929).

Sister Isabel

This carte de visite photo of a women with the name on the back reading only “Sr. Isabel.” The picture included in an album recently purchased with other pictures of Catholic women and priests of Chicago Catholic churches. The card reads “E.L. Brand & Co., 596 Wabash Street, Chicago.” That would date the picture between 1872 and 1875 when the photographer was at that location.

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Upcoming CGS Programs 2019 - 2020

All Programs are at the Newberry Library at 1:30pm and free unless noted

August 24 – Bus Tour: Chicago’s Greatest Waterway - The I & M Canal. Using a luxury bus, the Chicago Genealogical Society will be hosting a genealogically oriented tour of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, August 24, 9:30am – 4:00pm (starting from and ending at the Ogilvie Transportation Center), which will included such stops as the National Historic Site, the St. James of the Sag Cemetery, Lockport, Locks at Channahon, the Seneca , and the Fox River Aqueduct in Ottawa among many other places in a beautiful summer setting. Chicago Historian and CGS board member, Craig Pfannkuche, will be our guide to learn about this fascinating time in Chicago’s history and how it changed our Chicago ancestor’s lives. See registration details and tour cost on page 127.

The Bus is filling up fast so don’t wait to register!

September 7 – Tracking Down Your Infamous Ancestors.

More and more people are interested in learning more about “The Black Sheep” of their family! Find out how to become hot on the trail by using photographs, newspapers, court cases both civil and criminal as well as prison, parole, and other state and federal records.

Ray Johnson is a former criminal investigator, author, local historian and tour guide. He was born in Chicago and currently resides in Brookfield, IL. He owns Johnson Research Services which conducts research for other authors, production companies, attorneys, government agencies and family historians. Ray has published three books on Chicago history and is currently working on three more. He also writes a history blog called Chicago History Cop for ChicagoNow, a Tribune Company. He has been featured as an expert on Discovery ID, The History Channel, PBS, The Travel Channel and many local stations.

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October 5 – Stories in Stone: Decoding the Sentiment behind Cemetery Symbolism Have you ever wandered through a cemetery and wondered about the meanings of the designs carved on old gravestones? The symbols found on headstones usually possess special meanings to those interred in their final resting place. But what do they mean? Take a look at historical mourning customs and a virtual tour of several cemeteries and find out! Our speaker, Debra M. Dudek, is Head of Adult and Teen Services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. She holds a post graduate certificate in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, and is the author of the Research Guide: Tracing American Military and Non-Combatant Ancestors – Includes a Guide to Canadian Military Research which is now in its second edition. Her book is available as a free e-book download on the World War I Centennial Commission website, and in paperback on Amazon.com.

November 2 - The Chicago “L” -- Chicago’s Biggest “Mover & Shaker.”

Discover the world-famous Chicago “L” in all its grit and glory with Greg Borzo, author of The Chicago “L.” This PowerPoint presentation portrays the growth and development of Chicago’s most enduring icon. The “L” has been running 24/7 for 127 years. See how it came to be and how it changed the region. Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 images and popular movie clips, Borzo’s rich historical presentation will inform, entertain and spark memories. Travel through time. Mass transit never looked so good!

Greg Borzo is an award-winning journalist. He was editor of Modern Railroads Magazine and has been a health and/or science writer for the American Medical Association, Field Museum and . He conducts public tours of the “L” for the Chicago History Museum and other organizations. The Chicago “L” has been favorably reviewed by more than 30 media outlets. His other books include Chicago's Fabulous Fountains, Chicago Cable Cars, and Lost Restaurants of Chicago. Born in Chicago, Borzo lives in the South Loop to better enjoy all the art and architecture, culture and history that the city has to offer. He gives tours for the Chicago History Museum, Chicago Cycling Club, and others.

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December 7 – Mayflower and other Lineage Societies: What are they? Why would I join one? How do I join?

Everything you ever wanted to know about lineage societies but were afraid to ask – the who, what, when, where and how of joining groups like the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonial Dames and Mayflower Society are discussed.

Our speaker, Kimberly Ormsby Nagy MD PLCGS, is a retired trauma surgeon with a lifelong passion for genealogy. She is nationally known for her work with lineage societies, and has served on national boards of several. She has 40 years of experience preparing lineage society applications, and has first-hand knowledge of what is necessary to have an application approved. She has extensive lecturing experience, first as a medical educator, now as a genealogical lecturer. She is excited to speak on one of her favorite topics - "Lineage Societies.

February 1 - Newspaper Necessities

Newspapers hold an astounding amount of genealogical and local history information other than obituaries. Learn how to find the hidden gems in newspapers like adoption notices, cards of thanks, society news, tax notices and more. Learn how to locate digital copies of original newspapers as well as what online indexes and abstracts exist.

Tina Beaird will be our speaker. She is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is the Genealogy/Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Illinois Public Library. She lectures extensively on military research, Scottish records, and archival preservation. She is a governing board director of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, the Northern Illinois Historical League and the Illinois State Historical Records Advisory Board. Tina volunteers her time with several local historical and genealogical societies scanning and indexing historic records. Occasionally, Tina finds time to research her own family tree, which she has been pursuing for over 20 years.

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Index

Adam, 110 Bowman, 120 Cole, 115 Fargo, 111, 116 Adsit, 110 Bowyer, 110 Collier, 111 Farwell, 103, 104 Alden, 110 Bradbury, 110 Conkling, 99 Felton, 111 Aldrich, 115 Brand, 102, 110, Cooper, 111, 116 Fenton, 111 Alexander, 110 120 Corwith, 111, 115 Ferguson, 111 Allen, 110 Breese, 111 Cosby, 103 Field, 111 Allerton, 110 Brenezer, 111 Cottrell, 116 Fifield, 111 Anderson, 115 Brewer, 111 Cowles, 105, 111, Fisher, 111 Andrews, 110 Brewster, 111 115 Fleetwood, 111 Anketell, 114 Brooke, 114 Crandall, 115 Fleming, 111 Armour, 106, 110, Bross, 115 Crane, 111 Flint, 115 115, 116 Brown, 116 Crerar, 105, 115 Floyd, 111 Austin, 110 Bryan, 111 Cromwell, 111 Frankel, 114 Averill, 116 Bryant, 116 Crook, 115 Fuller, 114, 115 Avery, 110, 116 Buck, 115 Crosby, 102, 104 Gage, 111 Ayers, 110 Buckingham, 111 Crouse, 111 Gardiner, 115 Bachelder, 110 Burley, 111 Culbertson, 114 Gardner, 111 Baker, 110, 114 Burlingham, 115 Cummings, 111, Gary, 111 Balcom, 116 Burns, 114 116 Gates, 111 Baldesseroni, 117 Burry, 111 Currier, 111 Gaylord, 111, 115 Baldwin, 110, 115 Butler, 99, 111 Curtiss, 115 Getty, 111 Barber, 110 Byram, 111, 115 Custer, 111 Gibbs, 111 Barclay, 115 Cady, 102 Cutter, 111 Gibson, 121 Barcus, 114 Camp, 111 David, 111 Gilbert, 111 Barker, 110 Campbell, 115 Davis, 105, 111 Giles, 111 Barnes, 110, 114 Carson, 115 Dean, 115 Gillette, 111, 116 Barrett, 110 Carter, 99, 100, Denton, 115 Gilman, 116 Bay, 108 101, 105, 106 DeVeney, 111 Glover, 116 Beecher, 115 Cary, 111 Dewar, 111 Good, 114 Benedict, 114 Case, 111 Dexter, 111 Goodman, 111 Bently, 115 Cass, 111 Dickason, 111 Goodrich, 111, 115 Bigelow, 116 Caton, 111 Dillman, 111 Gore, 111 Billings, 110 Cella, 117 Dixon, 111 Gorton, 111 Bishop, 110 Champlin, 116 Doane, 111 Gould, 115 Blackstone, 110 Chandler, 111 Dodge, 111 Grannis, 116 Blair, 110, 115 Chapin, 111 Douglas,, 114 Grant, 115, 116 Boal, 110 Chapman, 114 Drake, 116 Graves, 111 Boman, 120 Chappel, 111 Draper, 115 Gray, 105, 111 Bonfield, 115 Christie, 111 Drew, 111 Green, 111 Booney, 110 Chumasero, 116 Drummond, 115 Greene, 111 Booth, 110 Clark, 111, 116 Duhme, 114 Gresham, 111, 116 Borden, 110 Clifford, 114 Dupee, 114 Grey, 111 Borland, 115 Coan, 114 Eddy, 111 Gurney, 111 Boshamer, 114 Cobb, 111 Ellwood, 114 Hackney, 112 Bournique, 110 Coburn, 111 Ely, 105 Hale, 114 Bouton, 106 Coffeen, 114 Fairbank, 111 Hamilton, 112

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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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Reservation for CGS Genealogical Bus Tour Chicago’s Greatest Waterway - The I & M Canal Craig Pfannkuche, Guide Saturday, August 24, 2019 9:30am - 4:00pm

Using a luxury bus, the Chicago Genealogical Society will be hosting a genealogically oriented tour of the Illinois and Michigan Canal on Saturday, August 24, which will included such stops as the Chicago Portage National Historic Site, the St. James of the Sag Cemetery, Lockport, Locks at Channahon State Park, the Seneca Grain Elevator and the Fox River Aqueduct in Ottawa among many other places in a beautiful summer setting. Chicago Historian and CGS board member, Craig Pfannkuche, will be our guide to learn about this fascinating time in Chicago’s history and how it changed our Chicago ancestor’s lives.

In the early 1830s Chicago was just another lake shore village vying with others to be the key portal to the American west. Milwaukee, Kenosha, and Waukegan all laid claim to that honor along with St. Louis, . St. Louis residents were certain that their community would be the lead city since their location on the River would capture both up river traffic as well as large shipments of grain, lumber, and lead from the north.

Chicago entrepreneurs wanted that traffic. They remembered that as long ago as the 1670s early explorers believed that a canal could be cut through a muddy marsh which would allow easy all waterway movement between Lake Michigan and the valley. As canal building became popular with the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, these entrepreneurs promoted the construction of a similar canal which would siphon the away from St. Louis trade to Chicago.

Thousands of Irish canal diggers saw opportunity in Chicago with canal construction beginning in 1836. The canal, called the Illinois and Michigan Canal, utilizing a number of locks was completed to the Illinois River at La Salle in 1848.

A number of communities along the canal such as Lockport, Joliet, Seneca, and Ottawa experienced greatly increased prosperity because of the canal. Because of the masses of grain now pouring into Chicago to be held for shipping, special storage buildings called elevators were devised. Along with such storage, a method of selling the grain was also devised. Today, the world-famous Chicago Board of Trade continues that tradition.

Our bus will depart from (and return to) the northwest corner of the Ogilvie Transportation Center (where food & bathrooms are easily available, located on Madison St between Canal & Clinton Streets) at 9:30am. We will return by 4:00pm.

Tour Cost:  $40 per CGS member $15/per person Jimmy John’s Box Lunch  $50 per non-member  No Lunch – will bring my own lunch

Jimmy John’s Box Lunch includes Sandwich, Chips, Pickle and Cookie. Sandwich Choices are:  Italian: salami, capicola, provolone cheese, onion, lettuce, tomatoes, oil & vinegar, oregano, basil on French bread.  Ham & Provolone: with lettuce, tomatoes, mayo on French bread.  Turkey & Bacon: with lettuce, tomatoes, mayo on French bread.  Tuna Salad: with cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes on 9-grain wheat bread.  Veggie: has sliced provolone cheese, avocado, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, mayo on 9-grain wheat bread. Bottled water and soda will be provided for all participants for lunch.

You can pay online www.chicagogenealogy.org or check off tour cost & sandwich choice(s), fill out data & mail.

NAME(s): ______Check amount: $ ______

Email Address: ______Phone #: ______

Return your check (payable to “Chicago Genealogical Society”) & this reservation form by August 14, 2019, to: Chicago Genealogical Society – Attn Bus Tour, P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, IL 60690-1160. Space is limited - first come, first reserved. No refunds after 8/14/19. The online payment service fee will be deducted from refunds. Chicago Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, IL 60690 -1160 Membership Form

The best way to take full advantage of all CGS is to join us online!

Join or renew your membership at: www.chicagogenealogy.org. Pay by credit card to have immediate access to all we offer, including our “members only” website. Or you can request an invoice to mail in with a check or money order.

No email access? Complete the form below and mail it in with your payment. Make your check payable to the: Chicago Genealogical Society and mail to:

Chicago Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, IL 60690-1160.

Surname: Given Name: Address: City: State: Zip Code: Telephone Number: Date: Email:

My membership is (check one): New Renewal Individual, society or library membership ($25.00) Family membership ($30.00 - all members must reside at same address) Life membership ($250.00)

The Chicago Genealogical Society has several digitization projects in the works and also contributes to the Newberry Library's Genealogy department projects. Please consider making a donation to support these projects.

$ to the Chicago Genealogical Society. $ to the Newberry Library These amounts are in addition to membership fees.

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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.

In documenting your Pioneer, Rebuilder, and Progressive ancestors, you will be helping to preserve the records of your family and the history of the Chicago area.

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:

Chicago Genealogical Society Attn: Ancestor Certificates P.O. Box 1160 Chicago, IL 60690-1160

You may submit as much additional information about your ancestor as you wish.

Please consider sending a short narrative of how your ancestor arrived in the Chicago area (by wagon, train, water), first residence, or experiences during and after the Great Fire. We may publish your story in the Chicago Genealogist.

Non-Profit Chicago Genealogical Society Organization P.O.Box 1160 U.S. Postage PAID Chicago, IL 60690 Carol Stream, IL Permit No. 91