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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Miles Jefferson Early |
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1886 |
July 24, 1957 Chicago |
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Elanor R. Eaton |
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Unknown |
After 1900 Highland Park? |
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Marguerite Eaton |
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1890 |
Unknown |
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James Eccles |
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1885 |
September 13, 1983 Oak Park, IL |
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Percy Bernard Eckhart |
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1877 |
July 1969 Chicago, IL |
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Amanda E. Edwards |
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Unknown |
After 1913 Chicago? |
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Lilly G. Egan |
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Unknown |
October 1915 Chicago |
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Felix Ekblad |
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1851 |
After 1886 Chicago? |
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Irene H. Eliel |
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Unknown |
After 1931 Chicago? |
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Henry Arthur Elkins |
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1847 |
July 1884 Georgetown, CO |
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Bertram Robinson Elliot |
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1889 |
c.July 10, 1931 New York, NY |
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Maude Ursula Ellis |
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1892 |
April 10, 1953 Chicago |
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William Frederick Elms |
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Unknown |
? After 1925 Chicago? |
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Ada Enander |
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1873 |
March 1946, Chicago |
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Elizabeth Francis Engelhard |
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1893 |
May 1965 Beaumont, CA |
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Harry Leon Engle |
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1870 |
November 18, 1968 Appleton, WI |
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William Herman Eppens |
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1885 |
October 8, 1956 Chicago |
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Richard Rich Epperly |
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1891 |
December 3, 1973 Chicago |
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Joshua Seaverns Erickson |
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1883 |
December 21, 1956 Morrison, IL |
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Oscar B. Erickson |
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1890 |
September 1971 Milwaukee, WI |
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Maria Olivia Erlander |
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1870 |
January 12, 1968 Rockford, IL |
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Junes Ernst |
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1890 |
After 1918 Chicago? |
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Gordon Ertz |
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1891 |
After 1921 Chicago? |
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Thomas J. Erwin |
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1893 |
After 1928 Chicago? |
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Gertrude Estabrooks |
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1868 |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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Anna B. Evans |
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1875 |
After 1902 Oak Park, IL? |
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Sarah Josephine Evans |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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Dulah M. Evans Krehbiel |
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1870 |
July 24, 1951 Evanston, IL |
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James Cady Ewell |
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1887 |
April 20, 1963 Delray Beach, FL |
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Hazel Crow Ewell |
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1887 |
August 12, 1972 Ringwood, IL |
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Lydia Dunham Fabian |
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1857 |
May 25, 1947 Chicago |
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Florence Fairman |
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1880 |
After 1919 Chicago ? |
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Frances Farrar |
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Unknown |
After 1910 Chicago? |
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William Macknight Farrow |
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1885 |
November 7, 1967 Chicago |
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William Tolton Farwell |
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1840 |
December 13, 1931 Chicago |
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Cornelia Adèle Fassett |
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1831 |
January 4, 1898 Washington, D. C. |
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Eunice Florence Faulkner |
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Unknown |
After 1904 Chicago? |
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Rose Emily Fay |
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1852 |
1929 |
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William Kinne Fellows |
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1870 |
August 8, 1948 Chicago |
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Agnes Lawson Fenerty |
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1885 |
August 1974 Woodbridge, VA |
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Hallie Elizabeth Fenton |
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1880 |
December 1935, Bronxville, NY? |
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Agnes Howell Ferguson |
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1895 |
November 24, 1985 Franklin Grove, IL |
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Sara S. Field |
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1871 |
April 6, 1948 Chicago |
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Mintie Green Field |
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1864 |
May 21, 1931 Chicago |
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Albert F. Fleury |
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1848 |
January 30, 1924 Chicago, IL |
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George Flower |
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1780 |
January 15, 1862 Grayville, IL |
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Harry Fluhart-Williams |
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1861 |
Oct 15, 1938 DeLand, FL |
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Anna Maria Foerster |
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1848 |
March 31, 1919 Chicago |
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Reuben W. Fogel |
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Unknown |
After 1908 Chicago? |
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Margaret Galloway Fogg |
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1845 |
January 20, 1932 Elgin, IL |
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James Forbes |
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1800 |
1881 Plainwell, MI |
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Ruth Van Sickle Ford |
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1897 |
April 18, 1989 Aurora, IL |
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Henry Chapman Ford |
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1828 |
February 24, 1894 Santa Barbara, CA |
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Elmer Alexander Forsberg |
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1883 |
August 3, 1950 Chicago |
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James E. Forsythe |
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Unknown |
After 1904 Chicago? |
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Evelyn Evie Fort |
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1895 |
July 1998, Winter Park, FL |
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Beulah Fowler |
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1892 |
After 1919 Chicago ? |
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Harriet A. Fox |
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Unknown |
After 1912 Chicago? |
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1890 |
October 16, 1963 Chicago |
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Theodore Oscar Fraenkel |
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1857 |
After 1904 Chicago? |
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Nellie Morgan Frain |
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1890 |
March 19, 1966 Chicago |
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Gerald A. Frank |
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1888 |
After 1937 |
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Jessie Margaret Franks |
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Unknown |
After 1901 Chicago? |
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Hazel Inez Frazee |
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1891 |
June 3, 1972 Chicago |
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Ernest Fredericks |
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1877 |
After 1940? Chicago |
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Margaret Cecilia Freer |
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1852 |
After 1908 Chicago? |
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Cora Fredericka Freer |
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1849 |
December 5, 1928 Chicago |
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Frederick Warren Freer |
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Unknown |
March 7, 1908 Chicago |
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Alice Helm French |
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1864 |
After 1953, Williamstown, MA? |
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Maurice Friedlander |
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1899 |
December 31, 1968 Chicago |
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Oldach Frisenberg |
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1885 |
After 1929 Chicago? |
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Joseph Froula |
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1887 |
March 5, 1939 Norwood Park, IL |
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Takuichi Fujii |
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1892 |
July 16, 1964 Chicago |
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Frederick Fursman |
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1874 |
June 12, 1943 Saugatuck, MI |
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Florence Wilkins Furst |
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1885 |
December 30, 1955 Freeport, IL |
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Otto Robert Gaensslen |
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1876 |
After 1918 Chicago/Paris? |
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Agnes Cook Gale |
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1873 |
After 1950 Chicago? |
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Maria Kenny Gallagher |
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Unknown |
After 1925 Chicago? |
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Edwin Gamble |
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1876 |
April 13, 1938 Milan, IL |
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Claude Mallory Garland |
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Unknown |
After 1931 Chicago? |
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Leon Garland |
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1896 |
November 27, 1941 Chicago |
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Albert Gartmann |
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1876 |
After 1923 Chicago? |
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Miklos Gaspar |
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1885 |
June 30, 1946 Chicago |
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Jules Maurice Gaspard |
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1862 |
February 18, 1919 New York, NY |
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Miles Standish Gates |
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1889 |
November 6, 1973 Wheaton, IL |
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Frank J. Gavencky |
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1888 |
February 13, 1966 Ramona, CA |
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Todros Geller |
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1889 |
February 23, 1949 Chicago |
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Albert F. Giddings |
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1883 |
After 1926 Chicago? |
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Edmund Wilhelm Giesbert |
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1893 |
November 11, 1971 Harbert, MI |
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Murvin Willis Gilbert |
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1897 |
After 1932 Chicago? |
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Etta Gilbreath |
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1866 |
May 11, 1904 Chicago |
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Mabel Hyde Gillette |
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Unknown |
After 1920 Chicago? |
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Elizabeth B. Gilman |
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1847 |
December 23, 1935 Mendota, IL |
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Anna May Gilruth |
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1886 |
October 23, 1962 Chicago |
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1873 |
October 19, 1956 Chicago |
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Frank Turner Godfrey |
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1873 |
January 1967 Portland, OR |
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A. Goldsticker |
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Unknown |
After 1875 Quincy, IL? |
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Belle Norton Goodwin |
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Unknown |
August 15, 1928 Ithaca, NY |
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James Farrington Gookins |
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1840 |
May 23, 1904 New York, NY |
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John Goossens |
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1887 |
July 6, 1968 Chicago |
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John Thomas Goshorn |
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1871 |
December 18, 1933 Chicago |
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Anna Elvira Grafström |
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1879 |
1968 St. Augustine, FL |
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Jonas Olof Grafstrom |
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1855 |
3/30/1933 Matfors, Medelpad, Sweden |
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Robert WadsworthGrafton |
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1876 |
December 17, 1936 Michigan City, IN |
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Cornelius A. Grange |
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1895 |
August 18, 1933 Elmhurst, IL |
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1886 |
1960 Berwyn, IL |
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Frederic Milton Grant |
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1883 |
February 5, 1959 Oakland, CA |
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Maurice Greenberg |
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1893 |
After 1933 Chicago? |
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Benjamin C. Greengard |
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1867 |
October 23, 1932 Chicago |
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Louis Frederick Grell |
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1887 |
November 21, 1960 Chicago |
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William Davenport Griffen |
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1894 |
April 27, 1986 San Rafael, CA |
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Nina Kickbusch Griffin |
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1884 |
December 24, 1968 Chicago |
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Louis Oscar Griffith |
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1872 |
November 13, 1956 Franklin, IN |
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Julia Sulzer Griffith |
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1875 |
November 5, 1945 Chicago |
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Edward Thomas Grigware |
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1889 |
January 9, 1960 Cody, WY |
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Oskar Gross |
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1871 |
August 19, 1963 Chicago |
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Earl Clifford Gross |
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1899 |
March 2, 1993 Albuquerque, NM |
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Oliver Dennett Grover |
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1860 |
February 14, 1927 Chicago |
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Emile Jaques Grumieaux |
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1897 |
December 23, 1954 Downers Grove, IL |
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Louis Phillipe Grumieaux |
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1872 |
January 21, 1953 Downers Grove, IL |
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Lucie Honiss Guerazzi |
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Unknown |
After 1904 Chicago? |
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Charlotte Lotta Guffin |
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1844 |
1896 Shelbyville, IN |
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Max Ernest Gundlach |
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1863 |
October 10, 1957 Winnetka, IL |
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Indiana Gyberson |
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1879 |
New England |