b Apr. 27, 1826, Maedlich, Germany; d Jan. 6, 1911, Chicago.
President of the Forest Home Cemetery Co.
Hack, John
b Nov. 18, 1787; d Nov. 21, 1856, St. John, IN.
Farmer; first postmaster of St. John, IN.
Hackett, Francis
b Jan. 21, 1883, Kilkenny, Ireland; d Apr. 25, 1962, Virum, Denmark.
Literary critic; novelist; editorial writer for Chicago Evening Post (1906–1909); founded Post's Friday Literary Review.
Hackney, William
active early twentieth century.
Promoter of big concerts; involved with “All-Colored Composers' Concerts.”
Hadley, Marian M.
b 1898? Nashville, TN; d 1974? Chicago.
Librarian; active in early development of DuSable Museum.
Haeger, David H.
b Aug. 7, 1837, Mecklenburg, Germany; d June 9, 1900, Dundee, IL.
Founded brickyard; manufacturer of pottery and ceramics.
Haentze, Albert
b July 20, 1869, Fond du Lac, WI; d July 16, 1947, CA.
Businessman; real-estate developer.
Haines, Elijah Middlebrook
b Apr. 21, 1822, Oneida County, NY; d Apr. 25, 1889, Waukegan, IL.
Lawyer; farmer; state legislator; platted Hainesville; editor of the MISK-WI-NEN-NE.
Halas, George Stanley
b Feb. 2, 1895, Chicago; d Oct. 31, 1983, Chicago.
Football player and coach; founded Chicago Bears; coach (1920–1929, 1933–1942, 1946–1955, 1958–1967); charter member of football Hall of Fame.
Hale, Raleigh P.
b Oct. 2, 1889, Selvind, IN; d Dec. 1, 1931, East Chicago, IN.
Dentist; mayor of East Chicago (1926–1930).
Haley, Margaret Angela
b Nov. 15, 1861, Joliet, IL; d Jan. 5, 1939, Chicago.
Teacher; led Chicago Teachers Federation.
Hall, Benjamin
active 1830s.
First proprietor of tavern on Dutchman's Point in Niles.
Hall, Benjamin Franklin
b Nov. 17, 1812, West Bloomfield, NY; d Sept. 8, 1860, on a steamer in Lake Michigan, IL.
Banker; first mayor of Aurora; cofounded Aurora Beacon (1846).
Hall, Myron Volney
b early 1810s; d June 21, 1881, Chicago.
Printer; banker; cofounded Aurora Beacon in 1846.
Hammerschmidt, Adolph
b Jan. 30, 1827; d July 25, 1914.
Cofounded Elmhurst Chicago Stone Co. in 1883.
Hammond, Alexander
b Sept. 28, 1818, Homer, NY; d May 20, 1905, Milwaukee, WI.
Physician; developer; formed residential community at Glencoe.
Hammond, George
b May 5, 1838, Fitchburg, MA; d Dec. 29, 1886, Detroit, MI.
Meatpacking executive; pioneered use of refrigerated railcars.
Hampton, Fred
b Aug. 30, 1948; d Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago.
Civil rights activist; leader of Chicago Black Panther Party; killed in 1969 police raid.
Hancock, George
active 1880s.
Inventor of softball.
Hand, John “Johnny” A.
b Oct. 26, 1828, Wadern, Prussia; d Oct. 18, 1916, Chicago.
Bandleader; known as Chicago's “music master.”
Handy, Henry Jamison
b Mar. 6, 1886; d Nov. 13, 1983.
Swimmer; won Olympic medals 20 years apart (1904, 1924); founded company that made industrial training films.
Hankins, George V.
b ca. 1845; d Aug. 18, 1912, Chicago.
Gambler; opened Harlem Race Track (1894).
Hansberry, Carl Augustus
b ca. 1895, Gloster, MS; d Mar. 7, 1946, Mexico.
Real-estate broker; landlord; U.S. deputy marshal; active in Urban League and NAACP; challenged restrictive covenants in Hansberry v. Lee (1940).
Hansberry, Lorraine
b May 19, 1930, Chicago; d Jan. 12, 1965, New York, NY.
Playwright; wrote A Raisin in the Sun.
Happ, John
b Oct. 13, 1794? Trier, Germany.
Blacksmith; justice of the peace in 1849.
Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton
b Apr. 15, 1843, Crawfordsville, IN; d Jan. 19, 1925, Pasadena, CA.
Journalist; social reformer; Chicago Inter-Ocean columnist; organized Evanston Woman's Club; president of Illinois Equal Suffrage Association.
Hard, William
b Sept. 15, 1878, Painted Post, NY; d Jan. 30, 1962, New Canaan, CT.
Journalist; editorial writer of Chicago Tribune; pioneer radio news commentator in 1920s.
Harder, Pat
b May 6, 1922, Milwaukee, WI; d Sept. 6, 1992, Waukesha, WI.
Football player, Chicago Cardinals; three-time NFL All-Pro.
Hardy, Thomas
b ca. 1813, Ireland.
Came to Orland Park in 1836.
Harmon, Patrick T. “Paddy”
b May 25, 1876, Chicago; d July 22, 1930, Des Plaines, IL.
Sports promoter; built Chicago Stadium.
Harper, Lucius C.
b Nov. 11, 1895, Augusta, GA; d Feb. 10, 1952, Chicago.
Managing editor of Chicago Defender; cofounded Bud Billiken Club.
Harper, William Rainey
b July 24, 1856, New Concord, OH; d Jan. 10, 1906, Chicago.
First president of Univ. of Chicago; biblical scholar.
Harris, Albert Wadsworth
b Nov. 4, 1867, Cincinnati, OH; d Nov. 9, 1958, Chicago.
Banker; endowed Chicago Community Trust; bred Arabian horses.
Harris, Paul Percy
b Apr. 19, 1868, Racine, WI; d Jan. 27, 1947, Chicago.
Lawyer; founder and president of Rotary International (1919).
Harrison, Carter H.
b Feb. 15, 1825, Fayette County, KY; d Oct. 28, 1893, Chicago.
Congressman; mayor of Chicago (1879–1887, 1893).
Harrison, Carter H., II
b Apr. 23, 1860, Chicago; d Dec. 25, 1953, Chicago.
Lawyer; publisher of Chicago Times; mayor of Chicago (1897–1905, 1911–1915).
Harrison, Elizabeth
b Sept. 1, 1849, Athens, KY; d Oct. 31, 1927, San Antonio, TX.
Educator; founded Chicago Kindergarten Training School, first institution in the United States to provide professional training for kindergarten teachers.
Harrison, Robert
active late nineteenth century.
Businessman; first president of incorporated Wauconda in 1877.
Hart, Aaron Norton
b Apr. 16, 1816, Akron, OH; d Jan. 12, 1883, Plum Creek, IN.
Early farmer in Dyer; developed local drainage system; Philadelphia publisher.
Hart, Harry
b Feb. 17, 1850, Eppelsheim, Germany; d Nov. 20, 1929, Chicago.
Clothing manufacturer; founder and president of Hart, Schaffner & Marx.
Hart, Henry
active 1850s.
Mapmaker; published “City of Chicago” map in 1853.
Hart, Pearl M. [Pearl M. Harchovsky]
b Apr. 7, 1890, Traverse City, MI; d Mar. 22, 1975, Chicago.
Lawyer; civil rights activist; professor at John Marshall Law School; cofounded Mattachine Midwest.
Hartnett, Gabby [Charles Leo Hartnett]
b Dec. 20, 1900, Woonsocket, RI; d Dec. 20, 1972, Park Ridge, IL.
Baseball player and manager with the Chicago Cubs (1922–1940); Hall of Fame.
Harvey, Alonzo
active 1840s.
Built first house within present limits of West Chicago.
Harvey, Turlington Walker
b Mar. 10, 1835, Siloam, NY; d Sept. 12, 1909, Littleton, NH.
Lumber merchant; philanthropist; founded Harvey, IL.
Harvey, William “Coin”
b Aug. 16, 1851, Buffalo, WV; d Feb. 11, 1936, Monte Ne, AR.
Lawyer; economic reformer; “free silver” activist; author of Coin's Financial School (1894), an influential populist tract.
Hathaway, Joshua
b 1810; d 1863.
Mapmaker.
Hatzfeld, Clarence
b ca. 1873; d Aug. 25, 1943, Washington, DC.
Architect; designed park district fieldhouses (ca. 1920s).
Hauser, Jon William
b June 8, 1916, Sault Ste. Marie, MI; d Mar. 20, 1999, Geneva, IL.
Industrial designer; Sears' director of design (1943–1945).
Havighurst, Robert J.
b June 5, 1900, De Pere, WI; d Jan. 31, 1991.
Education scholar; Univ. of Chicago faculty; prepared 1964 Chicago Public Schools evaluation.
Hayden, Sophia Gregoria
b Oct. 17, 1868, Santiago, Chile; d Feb. 3, 1953, Winthrop, MA.
Architect; designed Woman's Building for 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
Haydon, Harold E.
b Apr. 22, 1909, Fort William, Canada; d Jan. 18, 1994, Chicago.
Artist; art teacher; art critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Haynes, Charles
active nineteenth century.
Musician; wrote “eight-hour songs” around 1865.
Haywood, William D.
b Feb. 4, 1869, Salt Lake City, UT; d May 18, 1928, Moscow, Russia.
Labor activist; played leading role at IWW convention in Chicago (1905).
Hazelton, Charles
active 1880s.
Founded first church in Forest Glen area.
Heacock, Russell E.
b 1779, Litchfield, CT; d end June 1849, Summit, IL.
Carpenter; lawyer; came to Chicago in 1827; farmer and innkeeper in Summit; promoted I&M Canal.
Head, Cloyd
b Sept. 24, 1886; d Feb. 7, 1969, Chicago.
Playwright; active with Little Theatre in 1910s; business manager Goodman Theatre 1920s.
Heald, Nathan
b Sept. 24, 1775, New Ipswich, NH; d Apr. 27, 1832, St. Charles, MO.
Commander at Fort Dearborn; taken prisoner with his wife during Fort Dearborn attack of 1812.
Heald, Rebekah Wells
b between 1785 and 1790, Louisville, KY; d 1857, St. Charles, MO.
Taken prisoner with her husband Nathan Heald after Fort Dearborn attack of 1812.
Healy, George Peter Alexander
b July 15, 1813, Boston, MA; d June 24, 1894, Chicago.
Artist; portrait painter.
Healy, William
b 1869, Beaconsfield, England; d Mar. 15, 1963, Clearwater, FL.
Psychiatrist; founder and director of Chicago Juvenile Psychopathic Institute (later the Institute for Juvenile Research).
Heap, Jane
b Nov. 1, 1883, Topeka, KS; d June 16, 1964, London, England.
Editor of Little Review; artist.
Hebner, Harry
b June 15, 1891; d Oct. 1968.
Water polo player; Olympic swimming champion (1912).
Hecht, Ben
b Feb. 28, 1894, New York, NY; d Apr. 18, 1964, New York, NY.
Journalist; writer; playwright (The Front Page); Academy Award–winning screenwriter.
Hegewisch, Adolph
active 1880s.
President of U.S. Rolling Stock Co.; founded Hegewisch as workers' community.
Heinrich, John C.
b June 23, 1927; d Jan. 16, 1993, Valparaiso, IN.
Architect; codesigned Lake Point Tower; student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
Helgason, Arni
b Mar. 16, 1891, Iceland; d Dec. 1968.
Engineer; director of Chicago Transformer Corp.
Helm, Margaret
active early nineteenth century.
Stepdaughter of John Kinzie; wife of American officer at Fort Dearborn.
Helm, Nathan B.
b Feb. 9, 1825, Cayuga County, NY; d Apr. 26 or 27, 1904, Harvard, IL.
Hardware merchant; first mayor of Harvard around 1891.
Hemingway, Ernest Miller
b July 21, 1899, Oak Park, IL; d July 2, 1961, Ketchum, ID.
Writer; spent childhood and adolescence in Oak Park; won Nobel Prize in Literature (1954).
Henderson, Charles Richmond
b Dec. 17, 1848, Covington, IN; d Mar. 29, 1915, Charleston, SC.
Sociologist; minister; chair of Sociology Department, Univ. of Chicago.
Henderson, David
b Apr. 26, 1853, Edinburgh, Scotland; d May 27, 1908, Chicago.
Journalist; theatrical manager; producer; built Chicago Opera House.
Henderson, William Penhallow
b June 4, 1877, Medford, MA; d Oct. 15, 1943, Santa Fe, NM.
Artist; muralist.
Henius, Max
b June 16, 1859, Aalborg, Denmark; d Nov. 15, 1935, Aalborg.
Chemist; founded American Academy of Brewing; president of Chicago Public Library.
Henneberry, William
active 1860s.
Discovered coal deposits in Will County in 1864.
Hennepin, Louis
b Apr. 7, 1640, Ath, Belgium; d between 1701 and 1705.
Clergyman; explorer; writer; accompanied La Salle on expedition to central Illinois.
Henrotin, Ellen Martin
b July 6, 1847, Portland, ME; d June 29, 1922, Cherryplain, NY.
Women's club leader; social reformer; member of Chicago Vice Commission.
Henrotin, Fernand
b Sept. 28, 1847, Brussels, Belgium; d Dec. 9, 1906, Chicago.
Surgeon; Cook County physician; physician of police and fire dept.; president of Chicago Medical Society (1896).
Henrotin, Joseph F.
b Aug. 2, 1813? Tellin, Belgium; d Mar. 17, 1876, Chicago.
Physician; Belgian consul in Chicago.
Herbert, Fred B.
b ca. 1888, Canada; d June 1955, London, England.
Kentucky Derby winner in 1910; Chicago Ridge resident.
Herrick, Robert
b Apr. 26, 1868, Cambridge, MA; d Dec. 23, 1938, Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands.
Writer; English professor at Univ. of Chicago (1893–1923).
Herrington, Augustus M.
b July 27, 1820, Mercer, PA; d Aug. 14, 1883, Geneva, IL.
Lawyer; U.S. district attorney.
Herrington, Charity
b Sept. 6, 1799, Cumberland County, PA; d Sept. 22, 1879, Geneva, IL.
Cofounded Geneva, IL.
Herrington, James Clayton
b May 8, 1798, York County, PA; d Mar. 25, 1839, Geneva, IL.
Land speculator; sheriff; cofounded Geneva, IL.
Herrington, James, Jr.
b June 6, 1824, Mercer, PA; d July 7, 1890, Geneva, IL.
Farmer; journalist; first mayor of Geneva, IL.
Herskovits, Melville Jean
b Sept. 10, 1895, Bellefontaine, OH; d Feb. 25, 1963, Evanston, IL.
Anthropologist; created Department of Anthropology and Program of African Studies at Northwestern Univ.; member of Mayor's Commission on Race Relations.
Hertz, John Daniel
b Apr. 10, 1879, Ruttka (now Slovakia); d Oct. 8, 1961, Los Angeles, CA.
Transportation entrepreneur; founded Yellow Cab Co. (1915).
Hesing, Anton Casper
b Jan. 6, 1823, Vechta, Germany; d Mar. 31, 1895, Chicago.
Owner and editor of Illinois-Staatszeitung; Cook County sheriff.
Hesler, Alexander
b July 1823, Montreal, Canada; d July 5, 1895, Evanston, IL.
Photographer; known for landscapes and portraits of Lincoln.
Hess, Julius H.
b 1876, Ottawa, IL; d Nov. 2, 1955, Los Angeles, CA.
Pediatrician; established premature infant clinic at Michael Reese Hospital; invented infant incubator.
Hesse, Richard C.
b Oct. 4, 1895, Chicago; d Oct. 20, 1975, Chicago.
Hardware executive; founded Ace Hardware, 1924.
Hetherington, John Todd
b Aug. 15, 1859, Uxbridge, Canada; d Dec. 26, 1936, Chicago.
Architect; designed fieldhouse for Ridge Park in Beverly (1912).
Hibbard, William G.
b ca. 1825, Dryden, NY; d Oct. 11, 1903, Chicago.
Founded hardware wholesaling firm; president of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.
Hicks, Bob
b Oct. 9, 1899; d May 19, 1987, Ojai, CA.
Wrestling coach, Tilden Tech; won city titles and two state championships.
Higgins, Hiram M.
b Oct. 13, 1820, Chautauqua County, NY; d July 13, 1897, San Diego, CA.
Music composer; publisher; opened first music publishing house in Chicago.
Higinbotham, Harlow Niles
b Oct. 10, 1838, Joliet, IL; d Apr. 18, 1919, New York, NY.
Merchant; president of 1893 World's Columbian Exposition; partner at Marshall Field & Co.; philanthropist.
Hildebrandt, August
b Nov. 8, 1801, Prussia; d Mar. 16, 1891, Lansing, IL.
Arrived in 1843 in Lansing.
Hill, Ellen Marie
b Apr. 19, 1839, MA; d Jan. 4, 1916, Glen Ellyn, IL.
Namesake of Lake Glen Ellyn.
Hill, George
b Mar. 21, 1870, Stratfordshire, England; d July 29, 1963, Chicago.
Businessman; established first business, a hardware store, in Clearing, in 1909.
Hill, James Jerome
b Sept. 16, 1838, Rockwood, Canada; d May 29, 1916, St. Paul, MN.