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Spring 2014Volume 46, No. 3

Chicago Genealogical Society

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Table of ContentsOfficers, Directors, and Standing Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74A Tragic Chicago Family and the Sinking of the Ship La Bourgogne

by Craig L. Pfannkuche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Chicago and Northwestern Railway Locomotive Engineers

by Craig L. Pfannkuche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Publishing Your Family History

by Claudine B. Nelson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Mystery Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Deaths Reported in the Chicago Tribune, 1860s. Part 1

compiled by Jean Larzalere Bloom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97Upcoming CGS Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Surname Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – OFFICERS

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Pierce Carbonetti1st V.P. / Program Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Benson2nd V.P. / Membership Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan BloomTreasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne D. WeberRecording Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda JensenCorresponding Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Pfannkuche

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To June 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gay SvenTo June 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas MackowiakTo June 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan M. BillinghamTo June 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Baker

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Immediate Past President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Benson

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Ancestor Certificates (Pioneer & Rebuilder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig PfannkucheArchivist/Historian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marguerite SandrockHospitality and Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terri O’ConnellBlog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lindsey HowardLibrary Lookups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Pierce CarbonettiMail Distribution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeanne Larzalere BloomNewsletter Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamie GroetsemaPublication Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Pierce CarbonettiPublicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie BensonQuarterly Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie SchramerWebsite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rena Schergen


A Tragic Chicago Family and the Sinking of the Ship La Bourgogne

by Craig L. Pfannkuche

Shelley Cardiel, a “treasure rescuer” living in Kirkland, Washington, was kind enough to donate two “cabinet card”-style photographs to our Chicago Genealogical Society. The first card, taken by Copelin in Chicago, depicts a 2–3-year-old girl. The back of the card identifies the child as being “Mercedes Plows.” The second card, taken in New York City by Hargrave and Gubelman, depicts a 4–5-year-old girl. The back of the card reads “To dear Aunt Your loving niece, Lalla” and contains the date of February 1890.

Mercedes Plows was a daughter of William J. and Olivia Plows. William Plows, born in New York state in 1831, had come to Milwaukee by 1860 and opened a saloon. Before 1870 he brought his family to Chicago. The 1871 Chicago City Directory lists his occupation as “wine broker.” By 1875, he and his family were living in Lake Zurich, Illinois, a suburb

Mercedes PlowsLalla Knowles


located about fifty miles northwest of Chicago, while also maintaining a Chicago house at 23 Indiana (later Grand) Avenue. Near Lake Zurich sometime in late 1877, William and Olivia were surprised by the birth of a daughter — Gloria M. Plows, the last of ten children — twelve years after the ninth child had been born.

The Chicago Tribune of 30 May 1879 noted (page 6) that “Lulla Plows, daughter of Wm. J. of Lake Zurich” would marry Henry Knowles. The bridesmaids listed were Levydell, Amy, Josie, Maritha, Ola, and Mercedes Plows. Edward and William Plows, Jr., were the groomsmen.

Olivia Plows is listed in the 1880 Federal census of Ela Township, Lake County, Illinois, without a husband. It is assumed that William Plows, Sr., had died early in 1880, probably in Lake Zurich.

It is known for certain that Edward Plows married about 1880. His sister, Amy, married George S. Jackson in Lake County, Illinois, on 30 November 1880. Another sister, Josephine, married Frank Day in Cook County on 5 July 1882. By the time of her marriage, the 23-year-old Josephine was already a Chicago stage actress of some note.

The rest of the Plows family, probably led by son Edward, moved back to Chicago by 1884. Edward established himself as a noted candy maker “in the McVicker’s Building during the world’s fair [1893]” according to a 1921 Tribune interview with a long-time employee. He probably started in that career much earlier and was successful since the Tribune of 28 June 1892 reported that his home at 3733 Ellis was looted of a large amount of valuables while the family slept.

On 10 December 1892, the Tribune reported that Edward was being sued by Frank Christian for

… alienation of his wife’s affection. Christian found letters that were love-letters written to his wife by his friend Plows, the man through whom he had met his wife. Christian was driven nearly insane by the discovery and swore he would kill Plows. He procured a revolver and sought Plows at his home and at his store in the McVicker’s Building. Plows, however, had learned that Christian was looking for him and for days he was secreted …

A few days later Edward was reported to have said that he had not gone into hiding and that Christian and his wife were trying to extort him. The outcome of the tale is unknown.

Only a few months later, a worse tragedy struck the Plows family. At the end of April 1893, the two youngest of Edward’s sisters, Ola, age 19, and Mercedes [“Grace M.” in the 1880 census], age 15, fled their mother’s home at 2503 Michigan Avenue (today a parking lot) “after a quarrel of more than usual severity” and checked into Chicago’s Leland Hotel. Their mother, Olivia, whom a hotel detective described as being “dressed in black with a voice as heavy and harsh as that of a man,” found her daughters but, on their strong refusal, left them at the hotel.

On May 4, after the confrontation with their mother, both girls took large doses of mor-phine. Later, the surviving Mercedes told a Tribune reporter (6 May 1893, page 3) that

We had a little quarrel with mother and [we] left home without her knowledge. I have had morphine in my pocket for months, intending to take it sometime and kill myself.


We took the poison because we were tired of living and wanted to end our lives. I won’t tell you the cause of the trouble at home. Both Ola and I were unhappy and despondent.

Although Mercedes survived the attempt, Ola did not.At the inquest, Olivia Plows testified that the girls seemed to be “unable to live happily

with [her] and had objected on several occasions to their mode of life and had threatened to secure the commitment of Mercedes to the House of Good Shepherd.” She also said that “both her daughters were high strung, and were impatient about parental restraint.” Ola Plows was buried in the family plot in a Palatine, Illinois-area cemetery.

A Tribune article of 16 December 1893 (page 3) describes what happened to Mercedes, the little girl in the picture now held by our society. “Soon after the death of Ola, Mercedes was sent to live with an aunt in Troy, New York. Her aunt was quite as little able to control her as her mother had been and she was sent to the Loretto Convent [in Hamilton, Ontario].” At the Loretto Convent at 9 p.m. on 15 December 1893, Mercedes took an overdose of morphine and died. The disposition of her body is unknown although it is believed that she is buried with her family in a Palatine cemetery.

Edward Plows’ life seemed to take a more even keel after the funeral for Mercedes. At the end of 1893, he donated 150 valuable shares of stock in the World Columbian Exposition corporation into a fund to convert the Fine Arts Building into a “Columbian Museum.” Only four short years later, tragedy would strike the family once again. This tragedy would encom-pass numerous other Chicago families.

In June 1898, Lulla Plows Knowles, Edward’s oldest sister, booked passage to France from New York on the French flag steamship La Bourgogne. She was taking her daughter, Gertrude (aka “Lalla,” after her mother), with her to reunite with her husband who was in Paris on business. All was well as they sailed from New York. On 5 July 1898, in a dense fog sixty miles south of Sable Island (the island itself is located 190 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia), the British passenger liner Cromartyshire crashed into the center of the right side of the La Bourgogne.

Within only a few minutes the La Bourgogne rolled over and sank. In that short time, as a Tribune report described it (7 July 1898, page 1):

The scenes enacted on board La Bourgogne after the collision were terrible to witness. Men fought for places in the boats like maniacs. Women were forced back from the boats and trampled on by the inhuman beasts, who invoked the first law of nature and made self-preservation their only object. The fiends stopped at nothing.

The sole surviving woman passenger, a Mrs. La Casse, reported that those who did manage to board life boats used the oars to keep those in the water from climbing aboard.

The sinking steamship created a whirling vortex as it sank and such passengers as had been able to keep afloat were sucked into the mighty whirlpool and drowned. When the suction ceased, about 200 bodies came to the surface with a rush.

Horribly, of the 300 women who were on board the La Bourgogne, only one survived. Of the 496 number of passengers on board, only fifty-three were saved. Edward Plows learned of


the death of his sister and niece (whose February 1890 photograph is now held by our Chicago Genealogical Society) from the Tribune article. Interviewed later in the day by a Tribune reporter and found in a Tribune article printed on July 7 (page 3), Edward said that his sister

… had a premonition that the voyage was to be a disastrous one. She had been visiting her mother, Mrs. Plows, and her sister, Mrs. J. P. Day, at their residence 6329 Stewart Avenue, and on more than one occasion she referred with a feeling of apprehension to her contemplated ocean journey. Her mother has been an invalid for some time, and when she bade her good-by she said to her daughter she might not see her when she returned to this country. “I think you are quite likely to outlive me, mother, for I should not be surprised if the vessel should sink as the result of a collision in mid ocean.” Sisters of Mr. Knowles are Mrs. Day, Mrs. William Poole of Morgan Park, Mrs. G. S. Jackson of Armour Street at 62nd, and a sister in Paris, Mrs. Cecil Granville Chinnery.

Olivia Plows, mother of Edward, died in Chicago just five months later, on 6 November 1898. She is buried with her family in Palatine, Illinois.

Edward Plows died in Chicago on 11 February 1906. He is buried in Graceland Cemetery. His wife, Sally, died in Chicago on 26 October 1951.

Josephine Plows, who married Frank Day in July 1882, was last known to be in England in 1942. She was a leader of American group which coordinated the adoption of English or-phans at that time.

What happened to Mrs. William Poole is unknown.Amy Plows married George S. Jackson in Lake Zurich, Illinois, on 30 November 1880.

She and her husband were living at 6281 Northwest Highway in 1930. George Jackson died in Chicago on 21 January 1939. He is buried in Palatine, Illinois. George and Amy Plows Jackson had two daughters, Mrs. Carl Nelson and Mrs. Lester Noble, and one son, Roy.

The whereabouts of Mrs. Cecil Chinnery is unknown but is suspected to be in France in the 1920s.

At least fourteen other Chicagoans died in the sinking of the La Bourgogne. They were:

• Mrs. E. C. COOK “of 516 Fullerton, the wife of the secretary of the City Lumber company.”

• Florence HESS “a recent graduate of Lewis Institute” born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

• Henry KRAEMER “formerly a wine steward at the Grand Pacific Hotel.”• Mrs. James J. MARSHALL “of 561 Webster Avenue, wife of an employee of

Illinois Title and Trust.”• Mrs. Edwin OSGOOD “of 5633 Indiana Street, Austin, wife of Edwin S.”• Edwin OSGOOD “age 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Osgood.”• Edwin R. and Mrs. RUNDELL “of 749 West Monroe Street. Vice President of the

Economist Publishing Company.”• Mrs. Harriet TOWER, “of 1248 West Adams Street, twenty years a teacher in

Chicago.”


• Miss Evelyn REEVES “of 749 West Monroe Street, teacher of domestic science and home sanitation at the Lewis Institute.”

• Mr. F. A. WRIGHT “of 4515 St. Lawrence Avenue, head of the glove department of Mandel Brothers.”

• Mr. E. H. WUERTZ and TWO CHILDREN “father of the Chicago sculptor.”

The Rundells, Harriet Towner, and Evelyn Reeves were all members of Chicago’s Centennial Baptist Church.

Another victim with a Chicago connection was “a Kansas City girl” named Berenice WHEELER who was a well-known actress on the Chicago stage. She had bought a ticket under her married name, “Mrs. J. B. COLEMAN.”

A New Yorker who was born in Chicago and was a victim of the sinking along with his wife and two children was Albert SCHULTZ, “a foreign buyer for Mandel Brothers.

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Nineteenth-Century Chicago-Area Chicago and Northwestern Railway Locomotive Engineers

By Craig L. Pfannkuche

The Chicago and Northwestern Railway served the Chicago area from 1848 until 1995. A significantnumberofmenfromChicagowereengineersonthatline.Alargejournalbookhasrecently come to the Chicago and Northwestern Historical Society which lists many of those men as well as giving detailed notes concerning the nature of their service “on the road.” The following is a listing of the names of most of the men to be found in that journal along with their dates of service. The Chicago and Northwestern Historical Society is willing to do lookups in that journal (and in other personnel resources held by the society) at no charge. Interested individuals can e-mail requests through the web site of the society – www.cnwhs.org.

ALLEN, JOHN entered service October 1882. Working as of February 1905. ALLEXIAN, JOSEPH A. entered service September 1898. “Resigned” 20 December 1904.ALMONDINGER, HENRY entered service March 1883. Working as of 1905.ARMSTRONG, FRED D. entered service August 1898. Working as of February 1906.ASHLEY, WILLIAM entered service June 1881. Working as of January 1906.BACON, HARRY entered service November 1898. Working as of May 1907.BARKER, GEORGE W. entered service June 1874. Working as of April 1911.BARNETT, JNO. Entered service December 1891. Suspended April 1910.BASLEY, EMANUEL entered service October 1887. Suspended 1 April 1911.BATTLES, L. D. entered service January 1880.Working as of April 1903. BENDER, CHARLES entered service November 1880. Transferred to switch service on

10 May 1905. BENNETT, FRANK entered service November 1886. Dismissed 17 March 1905.BENNETT, N. W. entered service September 1887. Working as of February 1904.BENNETT, RINO W. entered service August 1898. “Dismissed” 27 April 1911.BLATTNER, J. entered service August 1890. Suspended 20 March 1909.BLUNT, FRANK entered service 17 October 1882. Suspended as of 6 March 1899.BOAM, GEORGE entered service October 1885. Suspended August 1904.BORN, AUGUST J. entered service August 1887. Working as of October 1908.BOWMAN, WILLIAM entered service 1886. “Dismissed for cause” on 19 September 1901.BRADLEY, WILLIAM entered service July 1884. Working as of February 1902.BRAFFORD, H. entered service December 1891. Transferred to switch service on 10 May 1910.BRICE, THOMAS entered service May 1887. Suspended as of 17 September 1907.BRICE, W. H. entered service November 1864. Died in a train wreck at Nelson, Illinois, on

22 April 1907.BRINK, HORACE entered service April 1881. To Peninsula Division May 1900.BROADIE, HENRY entered service 1886. “Died natural death 6/26/1905.”BROWN, EDWARD entered service October 1885. “Transferred to switch service” on

10 May 1905.


BURNS, JOHN entered service in September 1864. Pensioned on 1 April 1904.BURNS, THOMAS entered service January 1883. “Injured January 12, 1902.”BURTON, WM. J. entered service February 1893. Working as of June 1910.CAIN. JOSEPH entered service 4 August 1883. Working as of December 1901.CAVANAUGH, W. J. entered service August 1901. “Record asked for by Pinkerton Detective

Agency – dropped.” 25 February 1904.CHETISTER, B. W. entered service September 1884. Resigned 4 May 1904.CLANCEY, JOHN entered service October 1883. Working as of October 1904.CLARK, D. O. entered service November 1880. Working as of October 1910. CODE, WILLIAM entered service August 1887. Working as of July 1906.COLE, WILLIAM B. entered service September 1882. Dismissed 29 June 1906.COLEMAN, JAMES entered service October 1889. “Transferred to switch service” on

10 May 1905.”COLEMAN, WILLIAM J. entered service August 1889. Working as of June 1905.COLFORD, R. entered service July 1883. Working as of December 1904.COLLINS, JOHN entered service 1886. Caused accident 29 January 1898.COLLINS, WILLIAM entered service October 1878. Working as of November 1905.COLLUM, P. entered service May 1875. Working as of March 1901. CONNERS, JAMES entered service August 1889. Suspended July 1903.COSGROVE, THOMAS entered service August 1886. Working as of April 1903.COSTELLO, EDWARD entered service August 1887. “Transferred to switch service” on

10 May 1905.COURTNEY, M. entered service November 1883. Working as of November 1905.COWAN, SAMUEL entered service September 1882. “Garnished” 29 May 1906.CRANDALL, C. B. entered service October 1885. Deceased 15 May 1902.CRANDALL, F. C. entered service March 1889. Suspended July 1902.CURTIN, JAMES entered service December 1882. “Transferred to Chicago Terminal” on

23 September 1909.CURTIN, JOS. Entered service March 1893. “Killed at Limestone” 15 January 1909.DALEY, DENNIS entered service 1886. Suspended July 1910.DALEY, JOHN entered service October 1881. “Injured September 18, 1901.”DANAHAN, THOMAS entered service August 1887. Dismissed 8 March 1905.DAVENPORT, J. entered service September 1892. Disqualified September 1900.DAVIS, C. M. entered service in June 1871. Working as of February 1904. DAVIS, JAMES C. entered service October 1889. Suspended April 1910.DEAN, BENJAMIN entered service October 1880. Working as of September 1907.DEEGAN, DANIEL entered service September 1883. “Entered switching service” 10 May 1905.DEUTSCH, GEORGE entered service August 1892. Suspended March 1909.DICKSON, E. entered service November 1892. Suspended April 1911.DIETER, NICK entered service February 1889. Suspended May 1910.DUGAN, JOSEPH entered service September 1881. Injured on 2 September 1904.DUNNING, HENRY entered service 25 June 1881. “Transferred to switch service” on

10 May 1905.DWYER, DENNIS entered service July 1880. “Transferred to switching service” 10 May 1905.


DYSART, ALEX entered service May 1880. Injured 8 August 1899.DYSART, FRANK entered service October 1885. Dismissed November 1896.DYSART, GUY entered service September 1895. Working as of November 1905.DYSART, JAMES H. entered service July 1873.Working as of January 1898.ELLSWORTH, GEORGE entered service September 1895. Working as of June 1904.ENRIGHT, WILLIAM entered service 1886. Working as of July 1909.FANE, TIM P. entered service September 1887. Suspended December 1910.FERRIS, GEORGE entered service September 1872. Working as of October 1908.FESSLER, WILLIAM entered service August 1883. Working as of September 1904.FISH, WILLIAM S. entered service September 1887. Working as of March 1909.FOLEY, JNO J. entered service February 1888. Suspended as of August 1910.FORD, C. A. entered service August 1884. Working as of December 1910.FOSTER, GEORGE E. entered service in June 1867. Left service on 22 August 1900.FOXEN, HENRY entered service September 1899. Working as of March 1909.FOXEN, JOHN entered service October 1895. “Dismissed for being responsible for wreck at

Gilberts June 17 which resulted in death of Engineer L. J. SMITH.”FRALEY, WILLIAM entered service February 1889. Suspended as of January 1910.FREAR, CHARLES G. entered service July 1894. Working as of September 1906.FREER, N. C. entered service October 1900. Working as of April 1911.FRINK, WILLIS A. entered service January 1885. Dropped 1 September 1901.FROELICH, CHARLES entered service June 1886. Injured 28 June 1900.FROGNAN, OTTO entered service May 1877. Working as of August 1896.GAGIN, L. entered service in January 1865. Working as of June 1904. GALATI, SPERO entered service December 1897. Working as of January 1908.GASS, H entered service 1884. Suspended January 1911.GEIGER, JNO. C. entered service August 1890. Working as of June 1909. GIBBS, A. C. entered service May 1887. Working as of January 1909.GILMORE, JOHN entered service February 1881. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905.GILMORE, WILLIAM entered service October 1875. To Chicago Terminal District on

11 May 1905.GLASS, ED entered service September 1892. Dismissed intoxicated June 1904.GLOVER, ALBERT H. entered service August 1898. Working as of March 1910.GREG, DAVID entered service July 1890. Suspended August 1910.GREGG, HENRY entered service April 1880. “Died natural death” March 1901.GRIFFIN, THOMAS entered service August 1887 Working as of October 1907GRINER, CHARLES entered service August 1891. Dismissed color blind Sept. 1899.HADDEN, G. D. entered service 1886. “Resigned to engage in other business” on 2 September

1900.HALL, CHARLES entered service in April 1870. Working as of November 1898.HALL, GEORGE R. entered service August 1889. Working as of February 1908.HALPIN, ED entered service January 1888. Suspended 18 February 1908.HAMMOND, JONATHAN R. entered service 1884. Dismissed March 1905.HANLEY, JERRY entered service 1886. Dropped from rolls March 1905.


HANLEY, JOHN entered service August 1882. Working as of December 1910.HARDEN, H. entered service December 1891. Suspended October 1910.HARTMAN, E. entered service July 1890. Suspended August 26, 1904.HARTZEN, D. entered service June 1884. “Transferred to switching service” 10 May 1905.HEFT, FERD entered service September 1883. “Transferred to switching service” 10 May 1905.HELMHOLTZ, H. entered service June 1892. Suspended April 1909.HELMHOLTZ, WILLIAM entered service October 1889. Suspended October 1908.HENDRICKS, THOMAS entered service May 1885. Working as of September 1918.HERRINGTON, BENTON entered service February 1885. Suspended December 1904.HERRINGTON, BRIGHAM entered service October 1882. Working as of February 1910HODGENS, JAMES entered service January 1883. Working as of October 1898.HOGAN, MICHAEL entered service April 1881. Suspended December 1909.HOXIE, E. E. entered service March 1881. Working as of November 1903. HUGHES, A. D. entered service 1886. Suspended October 1909.JACKSON, JOHN entered service September 1885. Working as of September 1901.JACOBSON, C. O. entered service September 1890. Working as of March 1909.JEWELL, ART entered service June 1892. Suspended December 1910.JEWELL, JOSEPH entered service September 1891. Suspended September 1905.JONES, ALFRED C. entered service September 1883. Working as of July 1907.JONES, CHARLES R. entered service October 1899. Working as of August 1909.JONES, JAMES entered service Iowa Division 1880. Leave of absence April 1904.JORGENS, WILLIAM entered service September 1887. Dropped December 1901.KEEN, WILLIAM entered service April 1890. Suspended September 26, 1906.KELLOGG, J. D. entered service August 1890. Suspended 27 December 1904.KELLY, GEORGE entered service November 1886. Still working as of April 1906.KELLY, MICHAEL entered service December 1883. Working as of March 1910.KENNEDY, LAWRENCE entered service September 1887. Working as of 1909.KENNEDY, M. entered service November 1883. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905.KILLEN, BARNEY entered service December 1895. Working as of February 1906.KILLEN, JAMES entered service October 1887. Working as of October 1904.KINNE, L. D. entered service October 1880. Working as of April 1906.KIRK, THEO. Jr. entered service March 1890. Suspended December 1907.KIRKLAND, JOHN A. entered service October 1889. Suspended 7 December 1902.KITEL, A. W. entered service January 1883. Working as of May 1904.KLIBER, GEORGE entered service in October 1864. Pensioned on 31 July 1902. (A

“Pensioner’s Record Card” may be available.)KNOWLES, EDWARD entered service January 1886. Working as of March 1906.KONNING, CHARLES entered service in August 1867. Switchman duties 10 May 1905.KOPLIN, C. C. entered service May 1872. Working as of July 1905.KRAMER, JOSEPH entered service June 1892. Suspended April 1911.KRISHACK, PAUL entered service January 1898. “Dismissed” 3 June 1903.KRUGER, WILLIAM entered service August 1880. Working as of October 1904.


KRUSE, CHRIST entered service February 1881. “Transferred to switching service” on 10 May 1905.

LARRABEE, FRANK entered service January 1882. Working as of June 1899.LARSON, PETER H. entered service September 1891. Suspended October 1910.LAUGHLANDS, DAVID N. entered service August 1897. Working as of September 1907.LAVIN, WILLIAM P. entered service September 1898. Working as of February 1909.LEACH, W. entered service December 1891. Transferred to switching service on 10 May 1905.LEAVITT, DAVID entered service January 1885. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905LEAVITT, JAMES entered service in June 1865. Pensioned 29 February 1904.LEAVITT, JNO. D. entered service August 1887. Suspended as of 12 December 1904.LEE, GEORGE A. entered service February 1898. Working as of February 1908.LEE, SHERMAN entered service September 1891. Working as of December 1910.LEHMAN, ROBERT F. entered service August 1898. Working as of May 1907.LEKANDER, ALFRED entered service October 1887. Suspended September 1908.LEKANDER, F. entered service May 1880. Working as of May 1904.LERCH, STEPHEN D. entered service September 1890. Working as of September 1910.LIEF, WILLIAM entered service September 1882. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905.LILLIG, GEORGE A. entered service September 1895. Working as of January 1906.LOCKMAN, ALBERT entered service January 1882. Working as of February 1911.LOCKMAN, EDWARD entered service March 1880. Working as of April 1908.LOCKMAN, HERBERT entered service December 1879. Dismissed in March 1910.LOCKMAN, W. A. entered service May 1898. Working as of October 1910.LONG, O. F. entered service in December 1865. Left service 9 July 1897. MACKEY, C. H. entered service 29 June 1881. Suspended as of 27 December 1909.MANNING, JNO. H. entered service “Pen. Div.” 1880. To Chicago September 1885. Working

as of April 1901.MARDEN, JONATHAN E. entered service August 1880. Working as of January 1906.MARDEN, M. R. entered service June 1887. Assigned to switch engine on 28 March 1903.MARSTON, A. B. entered service August 1889. Dismissed 30 March 1905. MARTIN, JAMES entered service December 1880. Working as of April 1909.MARTIN, L. W. entered service December 1887. “Dismissed – conduct unbecoming a gen-

tleman,” 2 January 1903.MARTIN, O. A. entered service October 1883. Left service January 1897. MARTIN, THOMAS entered service March 1878. “Deceased” 1 April 1902.MATTHEWS, JOSEPH entered service 1884 on Iowa Division. Injured on duty 14 May 1901.MAYNARD, John entered service October 1889. Suspended 3 January 1905.McCARTHY, JAMES entered service March 1883. Working as of December 1903.McCARTHY, JOHNATHAN entered service September 1885. Dismissed January 1913McCARTHY, P. J. entered service July 1889. Suspended December 1907.McCREARY, CHARLES entered service September 1895. “Transferred to switching service

as of March 1905.” McCREARY, JONAS entered service July 1882. Working as of August 1904.


McDANIELS, JAMES entered service March 1891. Suspended December 1907.McGRATH, PHILLIP entered service January 1881. Injured at West Chicago on 18 December

1901.McKEOWN, RICHARD entered service September 1887. Working as of April 1905.McLAUGHLIN, ROBERT entered service November 1883. Working as of March 1905.McMAHON, B. entered service September 1885. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905.McMILLAN, E. M. entered service August 1898. “Resigned” 29 February 1906. McPHERSON, ROBERT entered service October 1885. Working as of March 1904.MERRILL, A. A. entered service May 1887. Dismissed 3 January 1906.MILNAMON, M. A. entered service July 1889. Working as of April 1911.MILLER, DANIEL entered service September 1882. Working as of January 1900.MILLER, FRANK entered service September 1881. “Deceased” 18 February 1902.MILLER, NELS entered service March 1891. Dismissed intoxicated 25 October 1906.MILLER, WILLIAM entered service April 1877. Working as of February 1908.MILLS, JAMES entered service February 1884. Working as of May 1911.MORTEN, G. entered service 1883. Leave of absence October 1906.MULCARE, J. J. entered service January 1885. “Transferred to switch service” on 10 May

1905.MULHOLLAND, D. entered service June 1892. Waived rights 10 May 1905.MURDOCK, EDWARD entered service 1884. Transferred to switching service on 10 May

1905.MURDOCK, GEORGE entered service 1869. Suspended 12 July 1905.MURDOCK, OSCAR entered service October 1881. “Dropped February 25, 1904.”MURDOCK, WILLIAM A. entered service in June 1866. Working as of 21 March 1905.MURPHY, A. D. entered service December 1887. Died in wreck east of Dixon, Ill., on

18 February 1899.MURPHY, DANIEL J. entered service 1880. Injured 5 December 1901.MURPHY, DENNIS entered service June 1887. Working as of March 1906.MURRAY MICHAEL entered service 11 September 1881. Suspended 14 April 1903.MURREY, WILLIAM entered service October 1889. Working as of March 1902.NEE, DAVID entered service May 1887. Working as of December 1908.NELLIS, GEORGE entered service May 1880. Working as of January 1903.NELLIS, N. entered service in November 1864. Pensioned 1 March 1901.NELLIS, N. E. entered service in October 1883. Working as of May 1909.NIEMAN, A. W. entered service October 1900. “Dismissed” 26 January 1910.NORMAN, ROBERT entered service October 1895. “Dismissed acct. being intoxicated –

24 March 1902.NORTON, J. entered service in October 1871. Working as of February 1911.OBERHARDT, CHARLES entered service February 1879. “Died natural death 3 December

1900.”OLSON, OTTO entered service February 1885. Transferred to switching service on 5 May

1910.O’NEIL, PHIL entered service in December 1864. Working as of January 1900.


PACKARD, HARRY M. entered service September 1897. “Dismissed” 8 March 1903.PARROTT, WILLIAM entered service October 1885. Working as of November 1907.PATCH, W. B. entered service February 1901. Working as of January 1910.PAYTON, ARTHUR entered service October 1897. “Dropped” 1 May 1908.PEARSON, A. B. entered service August 1887. Working as of October 1904.PEASE, EDWARD S. entered service October 1881. Working as of February 1906.PLANE, MARK P. entered service October 1887. Working as of August 1906.PRESTON, A. H. entered service on 24 June 1853, Resigned on 15 December 1898.PRIESTER, CHARLES entered service 1881. Working as of July 1904.PRINDEVILLE, EDWARD entered service March 1880. Died 12 October 1901.PRINGLE, JOHN entered service November 1883. Working as of September 1906.POWERS, C. L. entered service January 1894. Working as of December 1905.REAL, MICHAEL entered service October 1878. Working as of April 1905REID, GEORGE entered service July 1889. Working as of August 1909.REID, JOHN entered service February 1881. Dismissed 17 April 1904.REECE, CHARLES entered service March 1878. “Deceased” as of 2 October 1906.RHEMSPERGER, JOHN entered service June 1877. Working as of June 1905.RICHARDSON, C. W. entered service June 1884. “Transferred to switch service” on 10 May

1905RILEY, PATRICK entered service January 1882. Deceased 13 June 1904.RILEY, THOMAS entered service November 1881. Working as of March 1908.ROGERS, THOMAS entered service in August 1867. Suspended on 11 June 1909.ROWBOTTOM, GEORGE entered service August 1887. Working as of July 1903.RUCKRITE, GEO. entered service July 1890. Killed near Flagg, Illinois (west of Rochelle),

on 20 April 1899.RUXTON, ALEX D. entered service January 1890. Suspended 16 August 1906.RUXTON, JAMES entered service December 1882. “Injured April 1901.”RUXTON, JONATHAN entered service October 1873. Dismissed 22 August 1900.RYAN, M. entered service December 1887. Suspended February 1911.RYAN, P. entered service June 1870. Killed in a wreck near Ridott (located just east of

Freeport, Illinois) on 3 September 1900. SAGLE, CHARLES E. entered service October 1881. Working as of August 1908.SANBORN, WILLIAM H. entered service March 1884. Working as of September 1901.SARGEANT, HARRISON entered service October 1875. Working as of August 1899.SARGEANT, T. entered service in July 1871. Working as of April 1908.SEANOR, GEORGE entered service October 1883. Working as of September 1909.SECKER, JOHN entered service January 1872. Working as of January 1906.SHAW, FRED entered service September 1898. “Dismissed for visiting saloon at Belvidere.”SHERMAN, C. H. entered service January 1882. “Assigned his wages July 1906.”SHERMAN, GEO. B. entered service January 1898. Working as of April 1910.SIBLY, RICHARD E. entered service August 1901. Working as of February 1913.SILVINS, M. M. entered service December 1887. Suspended February 1908. SIPCHEN, PETER entered service April 1889. Suspended 29 August 1910.


SMITH, L. G. entered service in January 1878. “Killed at Gilberts, Illinois on work train June 17, 1905.”

SPAULDING, A. A. entered service July 1894. Working as of April 1906.STACK, J. entered service in May 1871. Dismissed on 30 December 1899.STANFORD, FRANK entered service March 1891. Resigned 25 October 1900.STAUFFIN, H. entered service November 1891. Suspended June 1910.STEVENS, LARRY entered service August 1887. Dismissed 23 January 1908.STORMS, CHARLES entered service September 1897. Working as of March 1906.SULLIVAN, WILLIAM C. entered service November 1895. “Dismissed a/c intoxicated –

April 4, 1903.”SWAIN, A. L. entered service December 1892. Working as of January 1905.TANNER, SEYMOUR entered service October 1895. Working as of March 1912.TANSEY, MICHAEL entered service August 1882. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905.TETT, W. A. entered service October 1881. Transferred to switching service on 10 May 1905. TODD, JNO. C. entered service September 1887. Suspended January 1909.TODD, ROBERT entered service June 1890. Working as of October 1904.TOWLE, E. A. entered service February 1880. Working as of November 1908. TREADWELL, JOHN E. entered service March 1898. “Dismissed” 5 June 1903.TROTTEN, PETER entered service July 1894. Working as of April 1911.TROTTER, JAMES entered service 1880. Working as of December 1899.TRUDEAN, JNO. B. entered service October 1897. “Dismissed” 20 June 1912.TUCKER, JOHN entered service 1880. Left service 1895.TULLOCK, W. C. entered service June 1881. Working as of May 1901. TUTTLE, DANIEL L. entered service May 1878. Working as of May 1909 TUTTLE, EDWARD R. entered service January 1872. Working as of February 1906.VAN VLACK, LOUIS entered service November 1880. Working as of March 1904.VERGIE, GEORGE entered service October 1897. Working as of January 1911.VYE, FRANK entered service February 1885. Suspended March 1910.WALLACE, JOHN entered service December 1892. Suspended November 1909.WALTER, AUSTIN entered service November 1901. Working as of December 1910.WARD, GEORGE A. entered service February 1889. Suspended April 1910.WARD, JNO. L. entered service June 1883. Working as of February 1902.WARNER, GEORGE A. entered service 1884. Died “natural death” 20 December 1901.WARREN, C. N. entered service July 1890. Died in train wreck Winfield, Illinois, on

7 December 1905.WARREN, CHARLES entered service August 1883. “Transferred to switching service” on

10 May 1905.WARREN, NELSON A. entered service September 1879. Pensioned 1 February 1904. WHEELAND, H. C. entered service November 1892. Working as of May 1910. WHEELAND, JESS. entered service January 1881. Working as of September 1904. WHEELAND, JOE L. entered service September 1887. Suspended June 1904.WHEELER, A. entered service September 1892. Suspended December 1910.WHEELOCK, JNO. entered service October 1897. Working as of July 1907.


WHITE, DAN entered service August 1873. Working as of December 1897.WHITE, WINFIELD B. entered service September 1895. Working as of January 1909.WILLARD, CLIFTON B. entered service February 1896. Working as of September 1910.WILLIAMS, JOHN entered service February 1883. Working as of January 1906.WILSON, C. S. entered service August 1890. Dismissed intoxicated 26 May 1902.WILSON, FRANK entered service June 1865. Working as of 18 March 1903.WOODS, OWEN entered service November 1895. Working as of June 1909.

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Editor’s Note

In the Chicago Genealogist Vol. 46, No. 1 (Fall 2013), Susan Wernett graciously shared an article on her family history, “My Chicago Fireman Cousins.” The article highlighted five of her cousins, first cousins twice re-moved, who were Chicago firemen. One of the firemen, John George Helfert, was noted to have been born in 1866/7 and died in 1948. The article also explained John was listed in a newspaper article as among the missing after a disastrous fire in the Chicago Stockyards on 22 December 1910. Then in another news-paper, John was on the death list. The second newspaper was actually incorrect. John did not die in the 1910 Chicago Stockyard fire. He indeed lived until 1948.

John George Helfert


Publishing Your Family HistoryBy Claudine B. Nelson

I wrote and the Chicago Genealogical Society published my original family story in the Chicago Genealogist Vol. 43, No. 1 (Fall 2010, pages 22–26), “Seeking William GASTFIELD/GEISTFELD: His Origins and Descendants.” In the fall of 2013, I was able to deposit a copy of my complete research, William GASTFIELD: Grandma Dorothy’s Father, and His Descendants, at the Newberry Library, Chicago.

Table of Contents

Page 5 Gastfield - 3 generational chart Page 6 William Gastfield, Sr.Page 15 Christian Geistfeld/GastfieldPage17 Williamʼsfirstmarriage-chartPage18 Williamʼsfirstmarriage-3Jan1847Page20 Williamʼssecondmarriage–chartPage21 Williamʼssecondmarriage–8Sep1860Page34 Williamʼsthirdmarriage-14Dec1881Page 36 Handcock married Gastfield – chartPage 37 Dorothy Vernona Gastfield Page 52 Claude Stratford-HandcockPage 54 Gerald Stratford-HandcockPage 59 Ludwig/Louis MeyerPage 62 Miscellaneous notesPage 64 Probated Will of William GastfieldPage 74 Lewis Gastfield, Sr.Page 75 Lewis Gastfield, Sr. – chartPage 77 Acknowledgments

By sharing my recent publication it is hoped that genealogists/family historians will consid-er publishing their family histories. We all avidly collect, shuffle, and store away massive amounts of paper and documents. But consider who will take possession of this material. Most genealogical societies and archives do not have the space or the resources to sort and catalogue your paper collection, therefore it is important to publish. We are not all professional writers, but this should not inhibit one to write in one’s own unique way and deposit a copy where appropriate as well as with family members.

It is always one’s hope that someone will read your publication and make contact to further family history knowledge.

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Can You Help Identify This Mystery Photo?

Chicago Genealogical Society Member Karen Glass has shared this photo in hopes of iden-tifying the group pictured. While researching her great-grandfather August F. Buschick and his “first” family, one of the replies from the wife of his great-grandson included this picture.

The ribbons on each girl’s robes and the man’s lapel say: ELLA R.D. 56 [or 58]. Some of the girls have pins on their collars, but each looks different from the other, so Karen doesn’t think there is any significance or particular reason other than decoration. It appears each girl has her hair up in a topknot, which was popular in the 1890s and 1900s. The man is lying on a rug and looks to be wearing gloves. The girl in the front row on the left appears to be the only one holding a rolled up paper (see detail on the next page).


Is anyone able to identify what organization or group this is? Is it a choral group? Could the man be the choir director? Is the rolled-up paper sheet music or a program? Could the girls be in a dance troop?

Karen’s great-aunt Jenny (Buschick) Crippin is in the top row, third from the left. She was born in Chicago in 1871 and looks to be about 18–20 years old in this picture. So the group could be from around 1890s to 1900. She was married in 1895. The Buschicks lived north of the river near the Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station.

Also, Karen’s “half” first cousin once removed Elizabeth (Norris) Rosser is in the middle row, fourth from the left. She is August’s granddaughter from his first wife Catherine. “Lizzie” was born 1884 in Chicago and married in 1898 at age 14.

Both girls after their marriages lived for awhile on the South Side near 111th and South Eggleston. The Crippins then moved to Michigan.

Karen would greatly appreciate any information regarding this photo. Please e-mail CGS at [email protected] and put “Mystery Photo – CGS Spring 2014 Quarterly” in the subject heading and we will forward it on to Karen. If you prefer to correspond by mail, please send your letter and a stamped, addressed (name only) envelope to: Chicago Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1160, Chicago, IL 60690-1160 and we will address and forward your letter on.

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Deaths Reported in the Chicago Tribune, 1860s Part 1

Compiled by Jeanne Larzalere Bloom

1860-05-05 In this city, Friday, May 4th, of Dropsy on the Brain, GEORGE CARPENTER, only son of Jean A. and Abble F. Colby; aged is 18 months.

1860-05-07 -- A widely known colored clergyman, Rev. Byrd Parker, some years ago the pastor of one of the colored churches in this city, died at Monteray, Wisconsin, on Monday last. He was a man of considerable ability, and possessed a large property.

1860-05-08 On the 6th inst., near Cairo, Illinois, JOSEPH C. MILLER, aged 41 years. Funeral this afternoon, at 3 o’clock, from the New Jerusalem Church, on Harrison street, near State. Friends are invited to attend.

1860-06-13 Yesterday, June 12th, of Consumption, ELISABETH, wife of Charles H. [MISSING-TEXT] of his city -- aged 23 years.

1860-06-14 It becomes our painful duty to announce the decease in this city on Tuesday night, at his residence in the southern portion of the city, of Francis Clark, one of our oldest citizens and business men. His disease was of the heart. Many of our residents will recollect Francis Clark. For many years anterior to 1855, he was our largest staple and fancy dry goods dealer, which place he held until his failure in 1854–5. Since that event he had married and lived very quietly, seeming not to care to enter again into the busy field of speculation. For two or three years after his commercial failure, Mr. Clark devoted much of his time to literature; and we recollect several of his poetical productions as containing much that was beautiful, and exhibiting considerable powers of versification. He died very suddenly. It cannot be more than two or three days since we saw him on the street, apparently as well as usual. May he rest in peace.

1860-06-14 On Tuesday night, June 12th, ult, at his residence in Cleareville, FRANCIS CLARK, Esq. Funeral from his late residence, on Thursday, June 14th, at 2 o’clock P.M. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

1860-06-15 On Wednesday evening, the 13th inst., SUSIE MARGARET, only daughter of [MISSING-TEXT] and Mary W. Unflin -- aged 24 months. On the 14th inst., CHARLING, only son of C. G. and Angeles Conkay, -- aged 9 years. Funeral at their residence, No. 79, Adams street, Friday afternoon at three o’clock. Friends and relatives are invited to attend. Last evening, June 14th, in this city of Consumption MARY C. SCOTT, wife of Ira Y. Mess, aged 46 years. The remains will be takes to Fremont for interment. Newark, N. J., papers and St. Louis Republication copy.

1860-06-16 On Wednesday evening, June 16 at the resident of F. B. Peabody, Esq., Rush street, MART L. eldest daughter of Matthew [MISSING-TEXT]

1860-07-16 In this city on the 14th inst., CHARLES CARTER, of Galena, to the 39th year of his age. The friends of the family are requested in attend his funeral from the residence


of his brother, James Carter, No. 158 Wabash avenue, on Monday afternoon, the 16th inst., at four o’clock

1860-07-17 On Saturday, the 14th inst., JEREMIAH BOLT, Esq., of Cleveland, Ohio, and father of D. R. Holt, of this city. In Chicago, on the morning of the 15th inst., of disease of the burls, Mrs. H. VAN ZROLL, in the 65th year of her age. Ottawa Country, Michigan, papers please copy.

1860-07-18 Suddenly on Friday night, June 22d, of Heart Disease, SABRIA C., wife of Asabel Hoag, Esq., of Plainfield, aged 41 years, 1 month and 19 days. Newspapers in New Hampshire and Vermont please copy.

In Chicago, on the morning of the 10th inst., of disease of the brain, Mrs. H. VAN ZWOLL, in the 55th year of her age. Ottawa County, Michigan, papers please copy.

On Monday, the 16th inst., of Disease of the Heart, Mr. JAMES MOILORY, brother of D. Moilory, Esq., late Sister’s Attorney. Funeral will take place at 10 o’clock A.M., to-day from St. James’ Church, Carville.

1860-07-19 On Tuesday, the 17th inst., of Disease of the Heart, L. MARLOW GOODALE, in the 80th year of his age. Funeral from the residence of his brother, 251 South Jefferson street, to-day (19th) at one o’clock. Ann Arbor, Mich., papers please copy.

1860-09-10 The eulogy which might truthfully be pronounced over the grave of Capt. JACK WILSON, of the ill-fated steamer Lady Elgin, is that of which any man might be proud. In a moment of appalling danger, when upon him rested the care of four hundred precious lives, he did his duty as a sailor and as a man. Cool in imminent peril; cheerful, for the sake of others, when death started him in the face; self-sacrificing, even to the laying down of his life, that others might be saved; hopeful, when to hope seemed almost impious; tender as a child in an hour when men of coarser mould would have called intense selfishness a virtue, -- he died at his post, a commander to the last. He has left a name and an example which revive the memory of the bravery and generosity for which sailors were once distinguished. Let his memory be cherished.

1860-10-09 At Hyatt, Anderson county, Kansas, September 14th of typhoid fever, after as illness of several weeks, SAMUEL O. ARNY aged 21 years, son of W. F. M. and Selina B. Army. A young man of much promise and the hope of his fond parents. “He doeth all things well.”

1860-10-10 -- A middle aged man, a German of respectable appearance, arrived in this city by the Illinois Central train from St. Louis, on Monday evening, and took a lodging at a small public house, No. 1 River street. He was evidently in feeble health. Yesterday morning he asked some one about the house to get him an express wagon to take him to the Milwaukee depot. Before the wagon arrived be suddenly fell from his chair and died instantly. Coroner James held an inquest. It was evident from the appearance of the body that the deceased had been in the last stages of consumption, and this was the natural termination of his disease. A verdict was rendered accordingly upon him, as an unknown man. He was well dressed, and had a full carpet bag with him. A search of the latter induces the belief that his name was Wolfgang Sann, that he had been in


Kansas, and was on his way to Ashford, Wisconsin, about thirty miles from Milwaukee, when death overtook him. His effects are in charge of Coroner James. Wisconsin papers please copy.

1860-10-12 At New Orleans, on the [MISSING-TEXT] inst., ANGIE E. SUTTERLEY, was of James, R. entirely, formerly of this city.

1860-12-19 Of Consumption, in the 23d year of her age, at San Antonio, Texas, MARY ELIZABETH, wife of Dr. Martin Slocum, formerly of this city, eldest daughter of Dr. D. S. Smith, of Chicago. Yesterday, Dec. 19th. at the residence of her brother, 273 North Wells street, Miss JANE HANNA, aged 40 years. Funeral to-day at 2 o’clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

1860-12-25 On Sunday morning, the 23d inst. WALTER B. son of John and Elizabeth B. Woodbridge, aged 6 years and 6 months. The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock from the residence, No. 69 Rush Street. In this city, yesterday afternoon, Dec. 24th, THIRZA M., wife of W. A. Hawley, formerly of Northampton, Mass.

On the 18th last, in this city, of Cancer, CHARLES JAMES DALTON, aged 28 years. Late of Burse Essex, England.

1869-01-24 CAIRNS -- In this city. Jan 22, Saran, youngest daughters of Andrew and Jane Cairns, aged 14 months. Funeral from their residence, 180 Fulton-st., Sunday, January 21, at 2 o’clock.

YATES -- In this city, Jan. 26, of scarlet fever, Louis James, son of Capt. James D. Yates, aged 4 years, 4 months and 4 days. Funeral will take place Sunday, Jan. 24, from the residence of R. C. Dunn, 237 Center-av., at 9 o’clock a.m.

MUGRIDGE -- In this city, Jan. 23, Kate Florine, infant daughter of Daniel S. and Julia A. Mugridge. Funeral services to-day, Sunday, at 10 a.m., at their residence, 246 Warren-av.

CORBIDGE -- In take atty. Jan. 29, of consumption, John E. Corbidge, eldest son of John and Elisa Corbidge, aged 25 years, 6 months and 24 days. Funeral from the residence of his parents, No. 95 North Wood st., on Tuesday, 26th instant, at 1 1/2 o’clock. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

1869-01-27 YATES -- In this city, Jan. 25th, of scarlet fever, Thomas J., son of Captain James D. Yates.

TURNER -- At Minneapolis Minn., on the 25th inst. Lorell D. Turner, formerly of this city, aged 80 years.

HOWARD -- At Ford du Lac. Wis., on the morning of January 6th, of cancer, Mary T. Howard aged 57 years, Wife of J. H. Howard, a former resident of Dundes in this State.

1869-03-14 MULLINS -- In this city, March 13, of disease of the heart, Mrs. Norah Mullins, aged 73 years.

DICKSON -- In this city, March 12, Cora, daughter of the late David Dickson, aged 10 years and 8 months. Lansingburgh, N.Y., papers please copy.


MOONEY -- In this city at the residence of her father, 174 Michigan, at., Catharine, third daughter of James and Bridget Mooney. Funeral at 9 1/2 o’clock a.m., to day. Galena papers please copy.

LEONARD -- In this city, March 13, George Healy, son of Walter W. and Anna Byford Leonard, aged 8 years and 10 months. Friends of the family are requested to meet at the house of the parents, No. 51 East Van Buren, st., at 12 o’clock Sunday. Cars for accommodation of friends leave C. & N. W. Depot at 1 1/2 o’clock.

STANFORD -- In this city, March 11, Mrs. Martha P., wife of George W. Stanford, aged [MISSING-TEXT] years. Funeral services at her late residence, No. 290 Park-av., Sunday, March 14, at 12 o’clock. Relatives and friends of the family are invited without further notice.

1869-05-24 REDELL -- In this city May 23, J. H. Redell, aged 63 years. New York city papers please copy.

LAMBERSON -- May 23, Lieutenant Cornelius V. Lamberson, late Nineteenth Illinois Volunteer Regiment. Notice of funeral in to-morrow’s papers.

MOSS -- In this city, May 23, Laura H. Moss, daughter of Robert M. and Mary A. Haziett, in her 25th year. Her remains will be taken to Philadelphia for interment. Philadelphia and New York papers please copy.

RAVLIN -- On the 30th inst., at the residence of her son, N. N. Ravlin, Esq., Kaneville, Ill., lamented by a large circle of relatives and friends, and respected by all who knew her, Mrs. Hannah Ravlin, mother of Rev. N. F. Ravlin, of Chicago, and grandparent of Mrs. W. B. West, of Geneva, Ill., aged 82 years.

HALL -- In this city, at 6 o’clock p.m., Sunday, May 23, at the residence of George Moore, Esq., 15 North Elizabeth St., Annette Griffin, wife of Dr. Henry S. Hall, late of Lemont, Ill. Rochester, N.Y., papers please copy.

1869-08-20 TORONTO, Canada, August 19. -- Rev. Dr. Robert Burns, Professor of Church History at Knox College, in this city, died here this morning. The deceased was 88 years of age, and was the father of the Rev. Dr. R. F. Burns, of the First Scotch Presbyterian Church of Chicago.

1869-10-24 CHURCH -- In this city, October 23, Sarah Robbins Church, eldest daughter of Alonzo W. and Mary R. Church, aged 1 years 8 months and 22 days. Funeral from her parents’ residence, 412 Michigan-av., on Sunday, 24th inst., at 1 1/2 o’clock p.m.

REUSS -- At the Soldiers’ Home, October 22, Herman Reuss, late of Company C. Sixteenth Illinois Cavalry, aged 36 years.

COOPER -- Is Grinnell, Iowa, Oct. 21, James Cooper, aged 40 years, formerly a resident of Chicago. The funeral will be at his brother’s residence in this city, No. 753 Clybourne avenue, to morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock

1869-10-24 MRS. MARGARET H. Hok, a Swedish woman, who resided with her husband and children at No. 15 Bremer street, died yesterday morning from the effects of burns received on Tuesday night by the explosion of a kerosene lamp. The accident


was mentioned in THE TRIBUNE of last Wednesday. It appears that her children were playing about a table, and one of them threw a shawl against the lamp. It fell to the floor, and instantly an explosion followed. Mrs. Hok’s ignited, and she was badly burned before any effectual assistance could be rendered. She lingered in great pain until yesterday morning. Coroner Cleaves held an inquest over the body, and the jury returned a verdict to accordance with the facts.

1860-03-29 In this city, March 28th, 1860, JENNIE JULIA daughter of Julia A., and Win. Mendsen, aged 2 years and 6 months. Funeral to-day, March 29th, at 2 o’clock, at 236 South Clinton street. Friends of the family are invited to attend.

1860-03-30 -- Not many pass away from earth leaving, in sphere lefty or lowly, a more unblemished record of honest worth than “Old Father Cook,” late and for five years past in charge of the City Lock-up. He was simple-hearted, kind, and faithful never had an enemy. Of all the hundreds of rough and callous prisoners that in the course of his duties came into his charge, not one but spoke of Goodman Cook with respect, and many, form a place to their class usually believed barren of all pleasant associations, have carried away kindly remembrances of the kind old man. He died yesterday morning, of bilious colic, at the age of fifty. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, who will take charge of his remains, which are to be interred at Joliet, where deceased formerly resided.

1860-03-30 THE ACCIDENT AT LAKE SHORE DEPOT -- DENNIS CULLEN DEAD -- Coroner James yesterday held an inquest on the body of Dennis Cullen, at No. 11 Cass street, who died on Wednesday night, from injuries received in being run over by a locomotive tender on the Lake Shore depot grounds on Tuesday, the accident already noticed in our columns.

It appeared from the evidence before the jury, that the deceased and one William Ryan, on Tuesday last, after unloading a car at the depot started for home. As they got to the Water street crossing, an engine was standing on the track commenced backing, the bell ringing at the time.

Ryan ran across the track and Cullen attempted to follow, but his foot caught in a hoop and he fell directly in rear of the engine, which passed over both of his legs near the groin. He was carried home and medical aid summoned, but despite all help, died. Deceased was twenty-eight years of age, of Irish nativity and leaves a wife but no children.

ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AT LAKE VIEW -- Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held upon the body of a man named John Hartman, who lived in the North Division, near the city limits. The deceased on the previous morning, took his dog and gun and went out for a day’s shooting. He did not come home at night, and his family becoming alarmed, instituted a search for him. Yesterday his brother-in-law and a neighbor found him about half a mile from Lake View, lying upon his back, with a portion of his head and face shot off. His faithful dog had evidently remained by his side all night, and was still lying near him. He was about thirty years of age, and leaves a wife and child.

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Queries

I am researching the history of my Riley family. It is believed the parents of my 2nd great-grandfather James Porter Riley were James William Riley and Elizabeth “Betsy” Jordan-Hallawbaugh-Riley-Blangy. In early 1840, Betsy, along with daughters Lucretia Hallawbaugh-Powell-Oziah and Malinda Riley-Vansky and sons James Porter Riley and George William Riley traveled west from Pennsylvania and New York. They meandered along and seemed to make stops in Manitowoc and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Chicago and Stark County, Illinois, ending up around Sauk and Vernon Counties in Wisconsin. On 18 February 1840 Lucretia Hallawbaugh married a John Powell in Chicago, Illinois. Lucretia eventually ended up in Oklahoma with her daughter Mary. The biography of Stark County, Illinois, identifies John and Lucretia Powell because their daughter Mary Elizabeth Powell married Henry Bradford Dorrance on 1 August 1858 in Modena, Stark County, Illinois. Mary and Henry Dorrance had two children, Effie (who married Edward Philip Ingle, who was born in England and founded the Purcell Register newspaper) and Lemuel “Lem” (who went on to become the first graduate of the University of Oklahoma, was a pharmacist for a while, went down to Nicaragua to raise cocoa, and died there in 1921).

Last fall I obtained copies of letters written by Mary Dorrance to Nancy Riley-Oziah, as my daughter and I traveled from Wisconsin to Idaho in search of a Riley family bible. We did not locate the bible we were looking for, but we did find treasures of pictures and papers that once belonged to Nancy Riley-Oziah, daughter of James Porter Riley. Message boards on the internet reveal that a person by the name of Gayle Gardner of Olpe, Kansas, has/had considerable documents and pictures on the following families: Riley, Jordan, Blangy, Oziah, Powell, Hallawbaugh/Hollawbaugh, and Dorrance, but I have been unable to reach her so perhaps she has moved on. If anyone has information about the above families and/or the genealogy work compiled by Gayle Gardner on the above families, please contact me. I am hoping her pictures and documents still exist as they may provide the missing links we are looking for to piece this puzzle together.

Thank you.Terry Payne

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Upcoming CGS Events

7 June 2014Sound Research Practices: Sources and Citations – Presentation by life-long Chicagoan Ginger Frere (MBA, MLIS) of the Newberry Library. If you’re a beginning genealogist or have ever scratched your head tryingtoidentifyadocumentinyouroldresearchfiles,thissessionisforyou.Learnthebasicsofevaluatinga document and the information it contains. Find out how to cite sources appropriately. Resources to guide you in becoming a better genealogist will also be discussed. For more information about Ginger, visit http://www.informationdiggers.com/.

July and August – No general CGS meetings

13 September 2014The Legal Genealogist: Judy G. Russell – The Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell (JD, CGsm, CGLsm) will be speaking at the all-day CGS 2014 Fall Genealogy Seminar at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Come hear her speak on early American women in legal records, the pros and cons of DNA testing, and the legal rights and responsibilities of today’s genealogists. See the flyer on the following pages for more details and a mail-in registration form. Seats are limited, so register today! (You can also register online by following the link at http://www.chicagogenealogy.org/event.html)

4 October 2014The Great Chicago Fire Bus Tour – Genealogical-oriented Chicago bus tour, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We will depart and return from the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Join us on this great tour to learn about the Chicago Fire of 1871. The tour will also stop at the Chicago Fire Museum for a private tour. Our guide will be our own incredible Craig Pfannkuche. If you have attended one of Mr. Pfannkuche’s tours before then you will be one of the first to sign up. If you have never attended one of his tours, you don’t know what you’re missing. Reservations are required. Seats are limited. Tour cost: $35.00 CGS members; $45.00 non-members. Lunch is an additional cost. Check for the registration form on our website or sign up online.

1 November 2014Chicago’s Greatest Year, 1893: The White City and the Birth of a Metropolis – Author Joseph Gustaitis will be joining us to discuss his book about Chicago in 1893. In that year an almost endless list of achievements took place in this city: Chicago’s most important skyscraper was completed, Frank Lloyd Wright opened his office, African American physician and Chicagoan Daniel Hale Williams performed one of the first known open-heart surgeries, Sears and Roebuck was incorporated, and William Wrigley invented Juicy Fruit gum, to name just a few. Join us for this joint function with the Newberry Library. Learn more about the book at the website of Southern Illinois University Press: siupress.com.

Unless otherwise noted, all programs are held at the Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, and begin at 1:30 p.m. The Newberry does not have a visitor parking lot, but the garage at 100 West Chestnut Street offers discounted parking to Newberry patrons (enter on Clark Street; $8 for 0–6 hours, $9 for 6–8 hours). Remember to bring your parking ticket with you so it can be validated by the Newberry security guard.


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Surname IndexAllen, 80Allexian, 80Almondinger, 80Armstrong, 80Army, 93Arny, 93Ashley, 80

Bacon, 80Barker, 80Barnett, 80Basley, 80Battles, 80Bender, 80Bennett, 80Blangy, 97Blattner, 80Blunt, 80Boam, 80Bolt, 93Born, 80Bowman, 80Bradley, 80Brafford, 80Brice, 80Brink, 80Broadie, 80Brown, 80Burns, 81, 95Burton, 81Buschick, 90

Cain, 81Cairns, 94Cardiel, 75Carpenter, 92Carter, 92Cavanaugh, 81Chetister, 81Chinnery, 78Christian, 76Church, 95Clancey, 81Clark, 81, 92

Code, 81Colby, 92Cole, 81Coleman, 81Colford, 81Collins, 81Collum, 81Conkay, 92Conners, 81Cook, 96Cooper, 95Copelin, 75Corbidge, 94Cosgrove, 81Costello, 81Courtney, 81Cowan, 81Crandall, 81Crippin, 91Cubelman, 75Cullen, 96Curtin, 81

Daley, 81Dalton, 94Danahan, 81Davenport, 81Davis, 81Day, 76Dean, 81Deegan, 81Deutsch, 81Dickson, 81, 94Dieter, 81Dorrance, 97Dugan, 81Dunn, 94Dunning, 81Dwyer, 81Dysart, 82

Ellsworth, 82Enright, 82

Fane, 82Ferris, 82Fessler, 82Fish, 82Foley, 82Ford, 82Foster, 82Foxen, 82Fraley, 82Frear, 82Freer, 82Frink, 82Froelich, 82Frognan, 82

Gagin, 82Galati, 82Gardner, 97Gass, 82Gastfield, 89Geiger, 82Geistfeld, 89Gibbs, 82Gilmore, 82Glass, 82, 90Glover, 82Goodale, 93Greg, 82Gregg, 82Griffin, 82Griner, 82

Hadden, 82Hall, 82, 83, 95Hallawbaugh, 97Halpin, 83Hammond, 82Handcock, 89Hanley, 82, 83Hanna, 94Harden, 83Hargrave, 75Hartman, 83, 96Hartzen, 83


Hawley, 94Haziett, 95Heft, 83Helfert, 88Helmholtz, 83Hendricks, 83Herrington, 83Hoag, 93Hodgens, 83Hogan, 83Hok, 95Hollawbaugh, 97Holt, 93Howard, 94Hoxie, 83Hughes, 83

Ingle, 97

Jackson, 76, 78, 83Jacobson, 83Jewell, 83Jones, 83Jordan, 97Jorgens, 83

Keen, 83Kellogg, 83Kelly, 83Kennedy, 83Killen, 83Kinne, 83Kirk, 83Kirkland, 83Kitel, 83Kliber, 83Knowles, 76, 83Konning, 83Koplin, 84Kramer, 84Krishack, 84Kruger, 84Kruse, 84

La Casse, 77Lamberson, 95

Larrabee, 84Larson, 84Laughlands, 84Lavin, 84Leach, 84Leavitt, 84Lee, 84Lehman, 84Lekander, 84Leonard, 95Lerch, 84Lief, 84Lillig, 84Lockman, 84Long, 84

Mackey, 84Manning, 84Marden, 84Marston, 84Martin, 84Matthews, 84Maynard, 84McCarthy, 84McCreary, 84McDaniels, 85McGrath, 85McKeown, 85Mclaughlin, 85McMahon, 85McMillan, 85McPherson, 85Mendsen, 96Merrill, 85Mess, 92Meyer, 89Miller, 85, 92Mills, 85Milnamon, 85Moilory, 93Mooney, 95Moore, 95Morten, 85Moss, 95Mugridge, 94Mulcare, 85Mulholland, 85

Mullins, 94Murdock, 85Murphy, 85Murray, 85Murrey, 85

Nee, 85Nellis, 85Nelson, 78Nieman, 85Noble, 78Norman, 85Norris, 91Norton, 85

Oberhardt, 85Olson, 85O’Neil, 85Oziah, 97

Packard, 86Parker, 92Parrott, 86Patch, 86Payne, 97Payton, 86Peabody, 92Pearson, 86Pease, 86Plane, 86Plows, 75–78Poole, 78Powell, 97Powers, 86Preston, 86Priester, 86Prindeville, 86Pringle, 86

Ravlin, 95Real, 86Redell, 95Reece, 86Reid, 86Reuss, 95Rhemsperger, 86


Richardson, 86Riley, 86, 97Rogers, 86Rosser, 91Rowbottom, 86Ruckrite, 86Ruxton, 86Ryan, 86, 96

Sagle, 86Sanborn, 86Sann, 93Sargeant, 86Scott, 92Seanor, 86Secker, 86Shaw, 86Sherman, 86Sibly, 86Silvins, 86Sipchen, 86Slocum, 94Smith, 87, 94Spaulding, 87Stack, 87

Stanford, 87, 95Stauffin, 87Stevens, 87Storms, 87Stratford, 89Sullivan, 87Sutterley, 94Swain, 87Tanner, 87Tansey, 87Tett, 87Todd, 87Towle, 87Treadwell, 87Trotten, 87Trotter, 87Trudean, 87Tucker, 87Tullock, 87Turner, 94Tuttle, 87

Unflin, 92

Vansky, 97

Van Vlack, 87Vergie, 87Vye, 87

Wallace, 87Walter, 87Ward, 87Warner, 87Warren, 87Wernett, 88West, 95Wheeland, 87Wheeler, 87Wheelock, 87White, 88Willard, 88Williams, 88Wilson, 88, 93Woodbridge, 94Woods, 88

Yates, 94

Zroll, 93Zwoll, 93

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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 two 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), and (2) Rebuilder – an ancestor who settled in Chicago or Cook County from October 9, 1871 through 30 April 1893 (World’s Columbian Exposition).

In documenting your Pioneer and Rebuilder 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. Effective 1 January 2010, the first certificate costs $15.00 and each subsequent copy of the same ancestor to various descendants is $10.00. 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 SocietyAttn: Ancestor CertificatesP.O. Box 1160Chicago, 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.

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