b Sept. 10, 1883, Chicago; d May 23, 1967, Arlington Heights, IL.
Newspaper publisher; published Daily Herald.
Paddock, Hosea C.
b Aug. 5, 1852, Western NY; d Nov. 15, 1935, Arlington Heights, IL.
Newspaper publisher; founded Paddock Publications, owner of Daily Herald.
Paddock, Stuart Ransom
b Aug. 10, 1881, Plainfield, IL; d May 4, 1968, Dunedin, FL.
Newspaper publisher; published Daily Herald.
Paepcke, Walter
b June 29, 1896, Chicago; d Apr. 13, 1960, Chicago.
Founder and president of Container Corp. of America.
Page, Geraldine
b Nov. 22, 1924, Kirksville, MO; d June 13, 1987, New York, NY.
Actor; trained at Goodman Theatre Dramatic School in Chicago.
Page, H. R.
active 1870s.
Mapmaker; compiled real-estate atlas in 1879.
Page, Harlan (Pat) O.
b Mar. 20, 1887, Watervliet, MI; d Nov. 23, 1965, St. Joseph, MI.
Athlete; Univ. of Chicago football player; basketball player and coach; in Basketball Hall of Fame.
Page, Ruth [Ruth Fischer]
b Mar. 22, 1899, Indianapolis, IN; d Apr. 7, 1991, Chicago.
Ballet dancer; director of Chicago Opera Ballet; founded Ruth Page Ballet.
Page, William R.
active 1870s.
Lawyer; land promoter in Western Springs around 1870.
Pahlman, Hermann H.
b Apr. 25, 1812, Latbergan, Hanover, Prussia; d Feb. 21, 1900.
Built cabin near Long Grove Road in Kildeer around 1837.
Paine, Seth
b ca. 1815, New England; d 1871?
Merchant; purchased lakeshore tract and developed it as Lake Zurich.
Pajeau, Charles H.
b Aug. 18, 1875, New Ipswich, NH; d Dec. 17, 1952, Evanston, IL.
Toy manufacturer; invented Tinker Toys.
Palandech, John R.
b Sept. 23, 1873, Sulina, Roumania; d Sept. 14, 1959, Chicago.
Editor and publisher of the United Serbian; founded Palandech Press.
Paley, William S
b Sept. 27 or 28, 1901, Chicago; d Oct. 26, 1990, New York, NY.
Broadcasting executive; president of CBS.
Palmer, Bertha Honoré
b May 22, 1849, Louisville, KY; d May 5, 1918, Osprey, FL.
Philanthropist; art collector.
Palmer, Potter
b May 20, 1826, Potter's Hollow, NY; d May 4, 1902, Chicago.
Merchant and innovator of retail practices; early developer of State Street; built the Palmer House.
Pargellis, Stanley
b June 25, 1898, Toledo, OH; d Jan. 6, 1968, Chicago.
Librarian of Newberry Library (1942–1962).
Park, Robert Ezra
b Feb. 14, 1864, Luzerne County, PA; d Feb. 7, 1944, Nashville, TN.
Sociologist; Univ. of Chicago professor; associated with Chicago School of Sociology; first president of Chicago Urban League.
Parker, Francis Wayland
b Oct. 9, 1837, Bedford, NH; d Mar. 2, 1902, Pass Christian, MS.
Educational reformer; principal of Cook County Normal School; founded Francis W. Parker School.
Parmelee, Frank
b Aug. 11, 1816, Byron, NJ; d Oct. 1, 1904, Chicago.
Transportation executive; founded Chicago Omnibus Line, the first in the city.
Parsons, Albert R.
b June 24, 1848, Montgomery, AL; d Nov. 11, 1887, Chicago.
Anarchist; convicted in Haymarket Square riot; executed.
Parsons, Lucy Eldine
b Mar. 1853, Waco, TX; d Mar. 7, 1942, Chicago.
Free-speech advocate; labor activist; active in anarchist, socialist and Communist movements in Chicago.
Passavant, William
b Oct. 9, 1821, Zelienople, PA; d June 3, 1894, Pittsburgh, PA.
Lutheran clergyman; founded hospitals and orphanages; principal founder of Chicago Lutheran Seminary (1891).
Patrick, Hiram Blanchard
b 1819, Courtland County, NY; d 1906.
Farmer; arrived in DuPage County in 1843.
Patterson, Erastus
b Woodstock, VT; d 1837.
Established Patterson Tavern along Green Bay Trail in 1836 (with Zeruah Patterson).
Patterson, George A.
b Oct. 27, 1907, Scotland; d Oct. 3, 1988, Chicago.
Union organizer; founding president of Local 65 of United Steelworkers of America; picket captain at Memorial Day Massacre in 1937.
Patterson, Joseph Medill
b Jan. 6, 1879, Chicago; d May 25, 1946, New York, NY.
Newspaper publisher; editor of Chicago Tribune; state legislator (1903–1904); Pulitzer Prize (1940).
Patterson, Richard J.
b Nov. 14, 1817, Berkshire County, MA; d Apr. 27, 1893, Batavia, IL.
Physician specializing in mental illness; founded Bellevue Place; physician in charge during Mary Todd Lincoln's stay.
Patterson, Robert Wilson
b Nov. 30, 1850, Chicago; d Apr. 1, 1910, Philadelphia, PA.
Journalist; editor-in-chief of Chicago Tribune.
Patterson, Zeruah (or Zernah)
b ca. 1794, Woodstock, VT.
Established Patterson Tavern in 1836 along Green Bay Trail (with Erastus Patterson).
Patti, Adelina Juana
b Feb. 19, 1843, Madrid, Spain; d Sept. 27, 1919, Craig-y-Nos, Wales, England.
Soprano; performed in Chicago during 1850s as a child prodigy.
Patton, Francis Landry
b Jan. 22, 1843, Warwick, Bermuda; d Nov. 25, 1932.
Presbyterian preacher; taught at McCormick Seminary; accused David Swing of heresy.
Patton, John
b ca. 1883; d Dec. 23, 1956, Earl Park, IN.
Capone vice overlord; had 42-year career as “boy mayor of Burnham” (1908–1949).
Paul, René
active 1820s.
Surveyor; made first survey of possible I&M Canal routes (with Justus Post).
Pavley, Andreas [Andreas van Dorp de Weyer]
b Nov. 1, 1892, Batavia, Java (now Indonesia); d June 26, 1931, Chicago.
Dancer; ballet master of Chicago Civic Opera; founded Pavley-Oukrainsky ballet.
Payne, Jimmy
b Aug. 21, 1905; d Nov. 13, 2000, Chicago.
Artist; tap dancer and teacher in Chicago in the 1940s.
Payne, William Morton
b Feb. 14, 1858, Newburyport, MA; d July 11, 1919, Chicago.
Educator; writer; associate editor of the Dial; literary editor of Chicago Morning News and Chicago Evening Journal.
Payton, Walter Jerry
b July 25, 1954, Columbia, MS; d Nov. 1, 1999, Barrington, IL.
Hall of Fame football player; Chicago Bears running back (1975–1987); businessman.
Peabody, Robert Swain
b Feb. 22, 1845, New Bedford, MA; d Sept. 23, 1917, Marblehead, MA.
Architect; designed Machinery Hall on the Court of Honor and Massachusetts Building for World's Columbian Exposition.
Peattie, Donald Culross
b June 21, 1898, Chicago; d Nov. 16, 1964, Santa Barbara, CA.
Naturalist; writer; author of Flora of the Indiana Dunes.
Peattie, Elia Wilkinson
b Jan. 15, 1862, Kalamazoo, MI; d July 12, 1935, Wellingford, VT.
Writer; literary critic; journalist for Chicago Tribune and the Daily News.
Peck, Charles Edwin
b Sept. 2, 1816, Washington, VT; d Aug. 12, 1904.
Cofounded village of Winnetka; postmaster of Winnetka; Chicago fire chief.
Peck, Ferdinand Wythe
b July 15, 1848, Chicago; d Nov. 4, 1924, Chicago.
Lawyer; president of opera festival; promoted building of the Auditorium Theatre.
Peck, Phillip F. W.
b Jan. 16, 1809, Providence, RI; d Oct. 23, 1871, Chicago.
Early Chicago merchant; real-estate developer.
Peel, Peter J.
b May 14, 1874, Dublin, Ireland; d May 4, 1969, Chicago.
Soccer player; considered the “father of American soccer”; led first U.S. Olympic soccer team (1924).
Penny, George W.
b ca. 1820s, Bangor, ME; d Sept. 11, 1868.
Brickyard owner in Park Ridge; built Park Ridge residence in 1857.
Perez, Manuel
b Dec. 28, 1871, New Orleans, LA; d 1946, New Orleans, LA.
Bandleader; cornetist; played ragtime and jazz; performed with Charles Elgar's Creole Orchestra in Chicago.
Periolat, Napoleon
active mid-nineteenth century.
Businessman; built brewery in Wheeling in 1850.
Perkins, Charles Elliott
b Nov. 24, 1840, Cincinnati, OH; d Nov. 8, 1907, Westwood, MA.
Railroad executive; president of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (1875–1907).
Perkins, Dwight Heald
b Mar. 26, 1867, Memphis, TN; d Nov. 2, 1941, Lordsburg, NM.
Architect; specialist in school architecture; designed over 200 Chicago public buildings; campaigned for creation of forest preserves.
Perkins, Lawrence Bradford
b Feb. 12, 1907, Evanston, IL; d Dec. 3, 1997, Evanston, IL.
Architect; designed Crow Island Elementary School in Winnetka, IL, and First National Bank of Chicago.
Perkins, Marion M.
b 1908, Marche, AR; d Dec. 17, 1961, Chicago.
Artist; sculptor.
Perkins, Marlin
b Mar. 28, 1905, Carthage, MO; d June 14, 1986, St. Louis, MO.
Naturalist; television personality; Lincoln Park Zoo director for 18 years.
Perren, Julius
b Germany; d ca. 1878, Niles, IL.
Farmer; settled in Niles in early 1830s.
Petersdorf, Frederick
active 1850s.
Landowner; purchased land from Peter Kern around 1850s.
Petersen, Louis P.
b ca. 1884, Detroit, MI; d June 13, 1958, Chicago.
Bowling alley owner; organized Petersen Bowling Classic; founded Chicago Bowling Proprietors Association.
Peterson, Gunnar A.
b Jan. 3, 1915, Pittsfield, MA; d June 7, 1976, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Preservation activist; founding executive director of Openlands Project (1963–1975).
Peterson, Per S.
b June 15, 1830, Vä, Skåne, Sweden; d Jan. 19, 1903, Chicago.
First professional nurseryman in Middle West; started Rose Hill Nursery.
Peterson, Virgil W.
b Nov. 16, 1904, Olds, IA; d Feb. 20, 1989, Berwyn, IL.
Lawyer; FBI agent; directed Chicago Crime Commission for 27 years.
Petrillo, James Caesar
b Mar. 16, 1892, Chicago; d Oct. 23, 1984, Chicago.
Labor leader; musician; president of American Federation of Musicians.
Pettibone, Holman
b Feb. 27, 1889, Albion, NE; d July 24, 1962, Lac du Flambeau, WI.
Banker; chairman of the board of Chicago Title & Trust Co.
Phillips, Irna
b July 1, 1903, Chicago; d Dec. 23, 1973, Chicago.
Radio and television writer; created radio and television daytime serials including The Guiding Light and As the World Turns.
Phillips, James F. [“The Fox”]
b Nov. 20, 1930, Aurora, IL; d Oct. 3, 2001, Aurora.
Environmental activist.
Piacenza, Aldo
b Aug. 13, 1888, Italy; d Feb. 1976.
Self-taught artist; made elaborate painted birdhouses.
Piatkiewicz, Karol
b Oct. 29, 1891; d Apr. 23, 1971, Hot Springs, AR.
Chief editor of Polish National Alliance newspaper (Dziennik Związkowy) for 36 years.
Pierce, Bessie Louise
b Apr. 20, 1888, Caro, MI; d Oct. 3, 1974, Iowa City, IA.
Historian; Univ. of Chicago faculty; wrote three-volume history of Chicago.
Pierce, Elijah
active 1820s.
Opened tavern near Montgomery in mid-1830s.
Pihlfeldt, Thomas G.
b Oct. 11, 1858, Vadso, Norway; d Jan. 23, 1941, Chicago.
Engineer; city engineer of bridges.
Pinet, Pierre
b ca. 1660; d July 16, 1704, Cahokia, IL.
Roman Catholic priest; established Mission of the Guardian Angel in 1696.
Pingree, Andrew
b July 16, 1803, Weare, NH; d Aug. 18, 1879, Pingree Grove, IL.
Minister; farmer; surveyor of Burlington; established Pingree Grove.
Pinkerton, Allan
b Aug. 25, 1819, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland; d July 1, 1894, Chicago.
Private detective; founded Pinkerton National Detective Agency in Chicago (1850).
Pinkerton, Robert Allen
b Dec. 2, 1848, Dundee, IL; d Aug. 12 or 13, 1907, aboard ship to Europe.
Private detective; head of Pinkerton Detective agency's eastern division.
Pinkerton, William Allen
b Apr. 7, 1846, Dundee, IL; d Dec. 11, 1923, Los Angeles, CA.
Private detective; chief of Pinkerton Detective Agency during Haymarket Affair; secret service agent during Civil War.
Piper, Alexander Ross
b Mar. 1, 1865, Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, NY; d Nov. 1, 1952, South Salem, NY.
Police captain; led internal investigation of Chicago Police Department in 1904.
Piper, Charles E.
b June 12, 1858, Chicago; d Jan. 28, 1923, Black Mountain, NC.
Lawyer; real-estate investor in Berwyn.
Piven, Byrne
b Sept. 24, 1929, Scranton, PA; d Feb. 18, 2002, Evanston, IL.
Actor; director; teacher; founded Piven Theatre Workshop.
Plagge, Christoph
active 1850s.
Music writer; wrote “The Garden City Polka” in 1854.
Plamondon, Marie
b Sept. 27, 1880; d May 14, 1967, Chicago.
Social worker; codirector of Madonna Center (1932–1967).
Plawinski, Edward E.
b Oct. 18, 1903, Chicago; d Feb. 16, 1986, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Pastor at St. Simeon (Bellwood) for 26 years; president of Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (1940–1945).
Plummer, Jonathan W.
b Mar. 25, 1835, Richmond, IN; d Feb. 2, 1918, Dixon, IL.
Wholesale druggist; founded wholesale drug firm of Morrison, Plummer & Co. (later Fuller-Morrison).
Polacheck, Hilda Satt [Hinda]
b Oct. 12, 1882, Wloclawek, Poland; d May 18, 1967, Chicago.
Writer; involved in labor, peace, and woman suffrage movements; active participant in Hull House.
Poncelet, Adolphe
b May 15, 1819, Neufchateau, Belgium; d May 11, 1857, Blue Island, IL.
Belgian consul in Chicago (1850s).
Pond, Allen B.
b Nov. 21, 1858, Ann Arbor, MI; d Mar. 17, 1929, Chicago.
Architect; codesigned Hull House buildings.
Pond, Irving Kane
b May 1, 1857, Ann Arbor, MI; d Sept. 29, 1939, Washington, DC.
Architect; structural engineer; codesigned Hull House buildings.
Pontiac
b ca. 1714, Ottawa village on the Detroit River; d Apr. 20, 1769, Cahokia, IL.
Ottawa chief; led Indian mobilization, 1763–1764.
Poole, George A.
b Apr. 8, 1907, Chicago; d Mar. 21, 1990.
Printer; philanthropist; rare book collector.
Poole, William Frederick
b Dec. 24, 1821, Salem/Peabody, MA; d Mar. 1, 1894, Evanston, IL.
Librarian; bibliographer; president of American Library Association; librarian of Chicago Public Library (1873–1887); librarian of Newberry Library (1887–1894).
Pooley, Georgia Bitzis
b Jan. 20, 1857, Corfu, Greece; d June 1, 1945, Chicago.
First known Greek woman in Chicago (1885).
Pooley, Peter
b 1844, Corfu, Greece; d 1914, Chicago.
Sea captain.
Poorman, John G.
b Jan. 27, 1882, Cincinnati, OH; d Sept. 22, 1955, Beaumont, CA.
Inventor; poultry farmer; invented a chicken brooder.
Porter, Benjamin M.
b July 3, 1816, Pawlet, VT; d Jan. 6, 1897, Palatine, IL.
Arrived in Chicago area around 1835.
Porter, Eliza Emily Chappell
b Nov. 5, 1807, Geneseo, NY; d Jan. 1, 1888, Santa Barbara, CA.