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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Julian L. MacDonald |
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1882 |
June 18, 1939 Chicago |
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Angus Peter MacDonall |
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1876 |
December 18, 1927 Westport, CT |
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Clara MacGowan |
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1895 |
Feb. 1983 Oceanside, CA |
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Murray MacKenzie |
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Unknown |
June 1909 Chicago |
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Isobel Steele MacKinnon (Rupprecht) |
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1896 |
December 1, 1972 Chicago, IL |
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Norman Hilliard MacLeish |
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1890 |
August 1975 Naples, FL |
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Mary MacMillan |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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Marie Ranchfuss MacPherson |
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1879 |
After 1942 Chicago? |
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Elizabeth Brooks Maher |
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1866 |
After 1919 Kenilworth, IL? |
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Hardesty Gillmore Maratta |
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1864 |
October, 1924 Eastern U. S. |
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Carl March |
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1850 |
After 1917 Chicago? |
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Emma J. March |
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1888 |
September 7, 1943 Chicago |
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Hubert J. Margraf |
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1885 |
After 1931 Chicago? |
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Charlotte Marlchamm |
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Unknown |
After 1919 Chicago? |
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Ethel Mars |
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1876 |
March 1956 France? |
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Emma L. Martin |
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1873 |
After 1894 Chicago? |
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Helen Hite Martin |
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Unknown |
After 1896 Wenona, IL ? |
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Anna Bird Martin |
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1882 |
After 1935 Chicago? |
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Samuel A. Marx |
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1885 |
January 17, 1964 New York, NY |
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Leo Aurelio Marzolo |
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1887 |
March 21, 1964 Geneva, IL |
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Joseph Maski |
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1884 |
After 1919 Chicago? |
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Ebenezer Mason |
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1843 |
December 31, 1886 Jacksonville, IL |
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Dr. Michael Mason |
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1895 |
March 30, 1963 Wood Dale, IL |
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Alice Frances Mason |
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1895 |
September 1977 Dexter, MI |
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Anna Lou Matthews Bedore |
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1882 |
After 1962 St. Petersburg, FL? |
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Carl Mauch |
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1854 |
June 18, 1913 Chicago, IL |
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Henry Howard Maust |
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1895 |
January 23, 1994 Woodstock, NY |
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Edward Albert Mayer |
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1889 |
January 25, 1967 Chicago |
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Guy Ferris Maynard |
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1870 |
After 1904, 1936? Paris, France? |
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James Edwin McBurney |
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1868 |
March 2, 1955 Chicago |
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Flora Thomas McCaig |
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1856 |
March 28, 1933 Los Angeles |
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Emma Frances McCally |
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Unknown |
June 28, 1911 Chicago |
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William Franklin McCaughey |
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1892 |
1961 |
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John William McClain |
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1893 |
After 1920 Chicago? |
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Amy Irwin McCormick |
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1880 |
August 14, 1939 Wheaton, IL |
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James Allen McCracken |
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1876 |
After 1952 Oak Park? |
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Carolyn Belle McCracken |
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Unknown |
May 4, 1940 Chicago |
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Decatur Stephen McDannell |
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1830 |
October 14, 1890 Rock Island, IL |
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George L. McDonald |
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1896 |
December 1978 Lodi, WI |
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John McDonnell |
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1880 |
February 25, 1940 Chicago, IL |
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Margaret Louisa McDougall |
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1874 |
March 31, 1928 St. Petersburg, FL |
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Daniel H. McEnerny |
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Unknown |
After 1910 Chicago ? |
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Grace Farwell McGann |
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Unknown |
After 1917 Lake Forest, IL? |
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Frederick B. McGreer |
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Unknown |
January 13, 1902 San Francisco, CA |
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Pleasant Ray McIntosh |
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1897 |
October 1985 Gainsville, FL |
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Clare Alva McKee |
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1895 |
July 1963 Waukegan? |
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John Dukes McKee |
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1899 |
July 25, 1956 Lyons, IL |
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Iris McLane |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Chicago? |
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Lena Brooke McNamara |
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1891 |
After 1924 Chicago? |
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Ambrose McNeal (McNeil) |
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1840 |
After 1896 Chicago? |
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Elizabeth McWilliams |
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1887 |
October 1967 San Clemente, CA |
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Mary Maud Means |
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1848 |
After 1910 Santa Barbara, CA? |
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Miss J. Meech |
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Unknown |
After 1883 Chicago? |
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Anne C. Meigs |
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Unknown |
After 1921 Chicago? |
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Alfred Meissner |
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1877 |
May 8, 1935 Chicago |
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Harriet Edna Meleney |
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1869 |
January 15, 1939, NYC |
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Bessie Marble Menage |
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1877 |
After 1910 Chicago? |
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Isaac Watt Meridith |
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1878 |
1954 Brown County, IN |
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Harry Wallace Methven |
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1864 |
August 30, 1947 Chicago |
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Louis N. Mihas |
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1893 |
February 8, 1965 Chicago |
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Frida Mikesch |
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Unknown |
After 1883 Chicago? |
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Elizabeth Bell Millard |
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1882 |
January 14, 1980 Lake Forest, IL |
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Susan I. Miller |
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Unknown |
1935 Chicago? |
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Lamar Miller |
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Unknown |
After 1920 Chicago? |
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Marion G. Miller |
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Unknown |
After 1926 Chicago? |
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J. Edgar Miller |
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1899 |
June 1, 1993 Chicago |
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Royal Hill Milleson |
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1849 |
December 18, 1935 Evanston, IL |
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Louis Millet |
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1856 |
September 2, 1923 Chicago |
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Harry L. Millhouser |
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1887 |
February 14, 1949 Chicago |
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Georgia Watson Miner |
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1876 |
July 25, 1926 Springfield, IL |
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Charles Minghi |
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1872 |
After 1946 Chicago? |
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Anna Ames Mitchell |
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Unknown |
1923 ca. Chicago? |
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Elmira Dudley Mitchell |
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Unknown |
1939 Peoria, IL |
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Frederic Kimball Mizen |
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1888 |
June 1964 River Forest, IL |
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Julius Moessel |
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1871 |
August 13, 1957 Chicago |
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Charlotte Mohor |
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1868 |
After 1926 Chicago? |
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Armand R. Monaco |
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1894 |
August 1981 Glendale, CA |
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Marion Monroe |
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Unknown |
After 1925 Chicago? |
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Alfred Montgomery |
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1857 |
April 19, 1922 Los Angeles, CA |
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Ernest Morgan |
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1871 |
March 6, 1948 Evanston |
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Isaac A. Morgan |
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1885 |
September 12, 1913 Brooklyn/Chicago? |
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T. E. Moritz |
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Unknown |
After 1921 Chicago? |
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Charles Knowles Morris |
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1870 |
October 10, 1962 Evanston, IL |
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Eloise E. Morrow |
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1886 |
After 1931 Cairo, IL |
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Mamie Haile Morse |
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1874 |
January 31, 1942 Evanston, IL |
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Henry Charles Mortenson |
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1888 |
After 1931 Chicago? |
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John R. Morton |
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Unknown |
After 1916 Chicago? |
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William Harry Mosby |
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1898 |
December 19, 1964 Wilmette, IL |
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Wendell Moseley |
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1861 |
October 1, 1923 Elgin, IL |
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Thomas Gibbs Moses |
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1856 |
March 17, 1934 Oak Park, IL |
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Ethelwyn Moss |
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1886 |
1975 Peoria, IL |
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Archibald Motley |
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1891 |
January 16, 1981 Chicago |
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Verne V. Mullen |
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1888 |
January 16, 1970 Oak Park, IL |
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Charles Edward Mullin |
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1885 |
After 1947 Orland Park? |
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Virginia Agnes Murphey |
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1890 |
After 1898 Chicago? |
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Edith I. Murphey |
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Unknown |
April 23, 1949 La Grange, IL |
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William Earl Musick |
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1896 |
December 1971 Tucson, AZ |
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Jean June Myall |
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1883 |
After 1931 Evanston, IL? |
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Olie Irwin Myers |
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1888 |
After 1927 Chicago? |
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Mary Elizabeth Myrick |
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1852 |
November 18, 1933 Chicago |
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Rocco D. Navigato |
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1895 |
After 1942 Chicago? |
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Elizabeth Kimball Nedved |
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1897 |
April 8, 1969 Northbrook, IL |
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Louis Alexander Neebe |
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1873 |
July 9, 1935 Chicago |
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Minnie Harms Neebe |
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1873 |
May 26, 1936 Chicago |
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Emma C. Needham |
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1850 |
After 1931 Oak Park, IL? |
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James Bolivar Needham |
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1877 |
January 26, 1931 Chicago |
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Clarence Ellsworth Neeld |
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1895 |
January 1971 Hardy, AR |
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F. William Neuenfeldt |
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1877 |
After 1931 Chicago? |
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Clyde James Neuman |
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Unknown |
After 1915 Hinsdale, IL |
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Albert D. Neville |
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1895 |
After 1920 Chicago? |
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Lane Kay Newberry |
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1896 |
1961 Nauvoo, IL |
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Anna C. Newell |
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Unknown |
After 1881 Chicago? |
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Helen Newell |
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Unknown |
After 1881 Chicago? |
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Charles A. Nicolai |
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1857 |
February 19, 1942 Chicago |
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John Joseph Noerdinger |
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1895 |
October 13, 1963 River Forest, IL |
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François R. Noga |
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1892 |
May 8, 1988 Scappoose, OR |
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1871 |
May 28, 1950 Dixon, IL |
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Carl Albert Nordberg |
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1895 |
December 15, 1979 Morton Grove, IL |
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John Warner Norton |
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1876 |
January 7, 1934 Charleston, SC |
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Ruth F. Nutting |
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1861 |
After 1918 Wheaton ? |
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Pierre Josef Nuyttens |
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1885 |
January 9, 1960 Chicago |
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Arvid Frederick Nyholm |
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1866 |
November 14, 1927 Chicago |
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Gretta Nyholm |
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1897 |
October 31, 1985 Morton Grove, IL |
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Katie Louise Oakes |
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1858 |
August 8, 1937 Chicago |
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John Williams O'Brien |
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Unknown |
After 1871 Chicago? |
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Daniel J. O'Brien |
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Unknown |
After 1947 Belvidere? |
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Elizabeth O'Connell |
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Unknown |
After 1893, Chicago? |
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Frederick D. Ogden |
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1892 |
July 25, 1948 Wisconsin |
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David Okanoff |
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1886 |
After 1917 Chicago? |
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Carl Victor Olsen |
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1893 |
1936 Chicago |
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Albert S. Olson |
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1870 |
After 1916 Los Angeles, CA? |
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Adolf Opstad |
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1890 |
After 1940 Chicago? |
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Gregory Orloff |
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1890 |
July 1981 Union Pier, MI |
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Erel F. Osborn |
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1897 |
January 11, 1989 Chicago |
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Samuel Ostrowsky |
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1885 |
December 26, 1946 Chicago |
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Frederick Charles Oswald |
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1875 |
After 1913 Chgo. Heights? |
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Walt Otto |
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1895 |
1963 Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
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Karl Peter Ouren |
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1882 |
January 3, 1943 Chicago |
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Charles Alexander Overall |
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1894 |
April 1977 Lake Geneva, WI |
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Vilette Windett Overly |
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Unknown |
After 1904 Chicago? |
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Charles Kent Owen |
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1874 |
After 1905 Chicago? |
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Lillian Owen |
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1849 |
September 5, 1929 Bloomington, IL |