Frederick R. and Emeline (Tillinghast) Otis began their married life on a farm in Berlin Township, Erie County, Ohio. In the late 1860s, they, along with seven children, moved to Chicago, finally setting in 1867 in one of the developer-built townhouses at 2033 Prairie Avenue. The 1870 U. S. census suggested that Otis was successful in his new field of work, real estate. It estimated the value of his real property at $150,000 and his personal property $15,000. Both parents had died by 1910, but three of their children, Charles and Lucius (who were also in real estate), and Margaretta continued to live in the family home.

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Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-38224)