ILLINOIS HISTORICAL ART PROJECT
ILLINOIS ARTISTS
IHAP has compiled histories of over 1,500 artists who meet the following criteria:·BORN before January 1900.·LIVED at least half their career in Illinois or closely attached to the state. PRIMARILY were painters, not sculptors or printmakers. IHAP makes no distinction about the style of an artist’s oeuvre; whether they were modernists, impressionists, genre painters, still-life artists, scenic artists, naïve painters, & c.
Artist Name Birth Death
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Ethan T. Cabanis |
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Unknown |
After 1852 Springfield, IL? |
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Benjamin Davis Cable |
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1865 |
August 4, 1938 Floyd Township, IL |
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Margaret Elizabeth Cairns |
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Unknown |
After 1911 Chicago? |
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Orval H. Caldwell |
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1892 |
February 18, 1972 Winfield, IL |
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Georgia Leigh Caldwell |
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1895 |
January 29, 1936 Oak Park, IL |
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Marie Gelon Cameron |
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1862 |
December 17, 1949 Chicago |
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1872 |
November 5, 1944 Chicago |
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William Camm |
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1837 |
November 14, 1906 Danville, IL |
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Hugh Stuart Campbell |
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Unknown |
After 1930 Chicago? |
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Julia M. Campbell |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
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Harriet M. Cantrall |
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1875 |
September 20, 1962 Springfield, IL |
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John Harold Carlsen |
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1875 |
September 11, 1927 Oak Park, IL |
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Edward Eddie Carlson |
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1883 |
After 1933 Chicago? |
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Edward L. Carlson |
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1891 |
January 31, 1962 Rockford, IL |
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Hattie Lewis Carpenter |
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1855 |
June 5, 1943 Chicago |
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Harold John Carroll |
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1895 |
July 13, 1971 River Forest, IL |
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Alice Carsey |
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Unknown |
After 1919 Chicago? |
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Eda Nemoede Casterton |
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1877 |
November 1969 Palos Verdes, CA |
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Guy Martin Chapel |
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1871 |
January 9, 1957 Chicago |
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Francis Warren Chapin |
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1899 |
February 23, 1965 Chicago |
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Minerva Josephine Chapman |
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1858 |
June 14, 1947 Palo Alto, CA |
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Malcolm Daniel Charleson |
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1888 |
September 30, 1943 Fremont Twp., IL |
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Mary M. Chase |
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1891 |
After 1913 Aurora? |
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Emily Frances Chase |
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1861 |
January 16, 1924 Chicago |
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Richard Andrew Chase |
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1858 |
January 29, 1985 Columbus, KS |
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Alfred Chatain |
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1853 |
February 15, 1931 Chicago |
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Ingeborg Christensen |
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Unknown |
After 1940 New York City? |
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Harry Christie |
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Unknown |
After 1891 Chicago? |
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Charles Freeman Church |
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1875 |
May 15, 1959 Chicago |
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Anthony T. Claps |
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1894 |
June 16, 1964 Chicago |
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Ralph Samuel Clark |
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1895 |
January 10, 1989 Pana, IL |
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Harriet E. Clarke |
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Unknown |
After 1925 Park Ridge? |
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Ralph Elmer Clarkson |
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1861 |
April 5, 1942 Orlando, FL |
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Louise Crosbie Clasper |
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Unknown |
After 1919 Chicago? |
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Charles Anthony Clemens |
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Unknown |
Unknown |
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William F. Clusmann |
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1859 |
September 27, 1927 Chicago |
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Walter Marshall Clute |
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1870 |
February 13, 1915 N. Cucamonga, CA |
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Edith P. Cobb |
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Unknown |
September 26, 1926 Chicago |
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Lillian Elizabeth Coe |
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1878 |
February 16, 1996 Evanston, IL |
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Ethel Louise Coe |
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1898 |
March 22, 1938 Evanston, IL |
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Elanor Ruth Colburn |
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1866 |
May 7, 1939 Laguna Beach, CA |
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Dr. Joseph Colburn |
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1853 |
October 27, 1927 Winthrop Harbor, IL |
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Charles Donald Colby |
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1859 |
After 1898 Chicago? |
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George Ernest Colby |
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1858 |
April 3, 1922 Chicago |
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Henry Bryant Colby |
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1865 |
November 13, 1944 Evanston, IL |
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George Reulings Cole |
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1874 |
After 1896 Chicago? |
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Ellis Prentice Cole |
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1862 |
July 8, 1952 Oak Park, IL |
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Cephas Henry Collins |
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1844 |
1942 March 12, Decatur, IL |
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George S. Collis |
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Unknown |
1906 Chicago? |
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Elizabeth Colwell |
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1881 |
After 1947 Chicago? |
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Homer B. Conant |
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1887 |
November 11, 1927 New York, NY |
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Elizabeth Conard |
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1873 |
May 31, 1938 Crystal Lake, IL |
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Reine Adelaide Conrad |
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1871 |
After 1901 Chicago? |
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Helen Conway |
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Unknown |
After 1921 Chicago? |
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Averil Courtney Conwell |
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1898 |
After 1988 Upper Jay, NY? |
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Charles H. Cooke |
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1872 |
After 1940 Chicago? |
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Jessie Day Cooke |
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1859 |
August 29, 1939 Chicago |
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Mary Melissa Cooke |
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Unknown |
January 28, 1936 Chicago |
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Georgette E. Coolidge |
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1850 |
April 16, 1929 Lyndon, VT |
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Edna Lee Cooper |
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1887 |
July 24, 1966 Torrance, CA |
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Arthur B. Coplin |
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1884 |
May 5, 1974 Lake Mary, FL |
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Helen Ehrman Corlett |
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1893 |
May 4, 1978 Oak Park, IL |
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Charles Abel Corwin |
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1857 |
January 27, 1938 Chicago |
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Amelia C. Cottell |
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Unknown |
After 1910 Chicago? |
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Anna R. Countryman |
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1863 |
November 3, 1930 Rockford, IL |
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Hannah Louise Coursen |
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1866 |
April 24, 1957 Lewiston, IL |
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Elizabeth Van Osdel Cowan |
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1863 |
January 7, 1932 Chciago |
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Jennie Van Fleet Cowdery |
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1888 |
February 1974 Springfield, MA |
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William Wilson Cowell |
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1856 |
September 7, 1910 Round Hill , Nova Scot |
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Elizabeth Anna Coy |
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1851 |
July 12, 1930 Rockford, IL |
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Lucia Hotchkiss Coyner |
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Unknown |
After 1893 Peoria |
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Elizabeth Skinner Cramer |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Lake Forest? |
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Edna Kerr Crampton |
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Unknown |
After 1913 Chicago? |
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Arthur Ross Crawford |
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1885 |
After 1933 Niles, IL? |
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Henry H. Cross |
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1837 |
April 2, 1918 Chicago |
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Abner Crossman |
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1846 |
December 2, 1932 Chicago |
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Vincent Crumbacker |
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1853 |
January 4, 1936 Galena, IL |
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Helen Woodbury Cusack |
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1855 |
July 13, 1922 Wilmette, IL |
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Norbert Czarnowski |
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1897 |
After 1941 Chicago? |
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Ellen Dabney |
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Unknown |
After 1897 Chicago? |
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Charles William Dahlgreen |
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1864 |
June 19, 1955 Oak Park, IL |
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Helene Lucille Dalrymple |
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1882 |
After 1947 Chicago? |
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Gustaf Dalstrom |
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1893 |
May 23, 1971 Chicago |
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Ernst Otto Damitz |
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1805 |
1883 Warren County, IL |
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Helen Daprich |
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1879 |
After 1910 Chicago? |
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Henry Darger |
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Unknown |
1972 Chicago, IL |
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Aaron E. Darling |
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Unknown |
After 1872 Chicago? |
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Patrick Henry Davenport |
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1834 |
April 13, 1890 Sumner, IL |
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Mary Davenport |
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1803 |
August 17, 1894 |
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Carl Hoth Davidson |
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1881 |
January 27, 1959 Chicago |
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Stark Davis |
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1885 |
After 1940 Chicago/Flossmoor? |
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Cornelia Stuart Davis |
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1870 |
December 23, 1920 Cincinnati, OH |
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Cecil Clark Davis |
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1877 |
September 12, 1955 Marion, MA |
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Helen Ruth Dawes |
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1894 |
October 27, 1989 Evanston, IL |
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Manierre Dawson |
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1887 |
August 1969 Sarasota, FL |
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Charles Clarence Dawson |
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1889 |
March 6, 1981 Coatesville, PA |
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Victoria Day |
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Unknown |
c.1898 Chicago |
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Herbert J. Day |
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1875 |
1950 Des Plaines, IL |
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Arthur H. Day |
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1846 |
November 27, 1903 Niles, IL |
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John De Rome |
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1868 |
December 14, 1922 Chicago |
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Nelly Kerr Deachman |
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1895 |
October 3, 1989 Downers Grove, IL |
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Helga Haugan Dean |
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Unknown |
After 1940 Chicago? |
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A. M. deBauviere |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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Leonne deCambrey |
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1877 |
After 1928 Chicago? |
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Ada deConville |
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1857 |
February 22, 1916 Bloomington |
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Harold S. DeLay |
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Unknown |
After 1914 Chicago? |
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George DeMare |
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1863 |
May 8, 1907 Kansas City |
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Mrs. M. Denison |
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1835 |
After 1890 Elgin, IL |
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Jeannelle Wilson Dennis |
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1860 |
October 20, 1933 Evanston, IL |
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Walter Monroe Dewey |
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1880 |
1896 or 1897 Chicago |
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey |
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Unknown |
December 1980 Washington, DC |
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Wallace Leroy DeWolf |
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1854 |
December 25, 1930 Pasadena, CA |
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Peter Charles Diem |
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1890 |
June 1, 1956 Chicago |
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George Frederic Dietz |
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1857 |
March 21, 1910 Wilmette |
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Albert Barnett Dietz |
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1857 |
March 21, 1910 Wilmette, IL |
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Chester Allen Diggs |
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1889 |
September 30, 1967 Chicago |
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Aaron Butler Dikeman |
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Unknown |
After 1906 Chicago? |
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Alice Josephine Dillon |
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1886 |
1966 Empire, MI |
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Frank H. Dillon |
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1890 |
September 1977 Empire, MI |
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Frank Dirkson |
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1842 |
After 1880 Peoria, IL |
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Harry S. Dobie |
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1888 |
April 1967 Bradford, IL |
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Maud A. Dobler |
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1885 |
June 29, 1965 Durand, IL |
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Andrew DoBos |
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1897 |
March 9, 1976 Los Angeles, CA |
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John Doctoroff |
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1893 |
June 27, 1970 Chicago |
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Paynie Dodd |
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Unknown |
After 1902 Chicago? |
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Frances Farrand Dodge |
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1878 |
January 12, 1969 Deep Water Point, MD |
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Anna Van Cleef Dodgshun |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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John Carl Doemling |
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1894 |
November 18, 1955 Chicago |
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Kate A. Donne |
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Unknown |
After 1890 Elgin, IL? |
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Cecil Vincent Donovan |
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1896 |
January 1987 Santa Barbara, CA |
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Joseph Doubrava |
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1853 |
January 5, 1912 Waukegan, IL |
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James Daniel Dowdakin |
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1893 |
March 1986 San Mateo, CA |
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Agnes Ellen Doyle |
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1873 |
After 1913 Harvard, IL? |
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John Drapp |
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1883 |
March 31, 1938 Chicago |
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Oscar Alvin Drehmann |
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1865 |
December 21, 1947 Chicago |
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Edward James Dressler |
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1859 |
December 6, 1907 Chicago |
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Elbert Granville Drew |
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1866 |
July 8, 1934 Evanston |
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Curt J. Drewes |
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1875 |
After 1945 Chicago? |
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John H. Drury |
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1816 |
After 1914 Chicago? |
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Katherine Dudley |
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1884 |
After 1934 Chicago? |
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Frank Virgil Dudley |
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1868 |
March 5, 1957 Chicago |
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James Harvey Dulin |
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1883 |
1958 |
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Jean Dumas |
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1890 |
March 24, 1951 Chicago |
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Mabel Josephine Dunne |
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1878 |
June 1974 Calumet City, IL |
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Louise M. Dunning |
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1898 |
After 1905 Chicago? |
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Arthur R. Dunning |
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1848 |
July 9, 1988 Brighton, MI |
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Lucy Durham |
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Unknown |
After 1891 Oak Park |