Railroad executive; president and chairman of Illinois Central Railroad.
Markin, Morris
b July 15, 1892, Russia; d July 7, 1970, Kalamazoo, MI.
Businessman; founder and president of Checker Cab.
Marquette, Jacques
b June 1, 1637, Laon, France; d May 18, 1675, Ludington, MI.
Missionary and explorer; with Joliet the first Europeans to visit Chicago (1673).
Marquis, A. Nelson
b Jan. 10, 1855, Brown County, OH; d Dec. 21, 1943, Evanston, IL.
Founder and publisher of Who's Who in America; published first Chicago business directory.
Marsh, Sylvester
b Sept. 30, 1803, Compton, NH; d Dec. 30, 1884, Concord, NH.
Grain dealer; invented more efficient grain dryers.
Marshall, Benjamin Howard
b May 5, 1874, Chicago; d June 19, 1944, Chicago.
Architect; designed Blackstone Theatre, Drake Hotel, and Edgewater Beach Apartments.
Marshall, Charles [Carlo Marziali]
b Sept. 15, 1886, Auburn, ME; d May 8, 1951, Assembly Point, Lake George, NY.
Operatic tenor; American debut as Otello with Chicago Civic Opera in 1920.
Marshall, John
active 1830s.
Early settler; builder of tavern at Dutchman's Point in 1830s.
Martin, Halloween
b Apr. 14, 1902.
Chicago's first disc jockey; had a show “Musical Clock” (1929–1946).
Martin, Horace Hawes
b Sept. 22, 1855, Olean, NY; d Oct. 19, 1925, Lake Forest, IL.
Book collector; lawyer; trustee of Newberry Library.
Martin, Roberta [Roberta Evelyn Winston]
b Feb. 12, 1907, Helena, AR; d Jan. 18, 1969, Chicago.
Gospel singer; pianist; composer/ arranger; music publisher.
Martin, Sallie
b Nov. 20, 1895, Pittfield, GA; d June 18, 1988, Chicago.
Gospel singer; composer.
Martinon, Jean
b Jan. 10, 1910, Lyon, France; d Mar. 1, 1976, Paris, France.
Composer; conductor of Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1963–1968).
Marwood, Fryer
b June 2, 1830, Kirby, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England; d Jan. 16, 1910, Ellsworth, IL
Landowner; bought property in 1865 on what is now Harlem Avenue.
Marwood, Merritt B.
b Sept. 4, 1867, Orison, IL; d CA.
First mayor of incorporated Elmwood Park.
Marx, Julius “Groucho” Henry
b Oct. 2, 1890, New York, NY; d Aug. 19, 1977, Los Angeles, CA.
Comedian; member of Marx Brothers comedy team.
Mason, Charles Max
b Oct. 26, 1877, Madison, WI; d Mar. 23, 1961, Claremont, CA.
Mathematical physicist; president of Univ. of Chicago (1925–1928).
Mason, Roswell B.
b Sept. 19, 1805, New Hartford, NY; d Jan. 1, 1892, Chicago.
Civil engineer; mayor of Chicago (1869–1871).
Masters, Edgar Lee
b Aug. 23, 1869, Garnett, Kansas; d Mar. 5, 1950, Philadelphia, PA.
Lawyer; novelist; poet; wrote Spoon River Anthology.
Mather, Stephen T.
b July 4, 1867, San Francisco, CA; d Jan. 22, 1930, Brookline, MA.
Reformer; organizer and first director of National Park Service; advocated a dunes park.
Matsuoka Roshi, Soyu
active mid-twentieth century.
Abbot; led Zen Buddhist Temple of Chicago early 1960s.
Matteson, Joel Aldrich
b Aug. 2, 1808, Watertown, NY; d Jan. 31, 1873, Chicago.
Railroad executive; governor of Illinois (1853–1857); contractor in building I&M Canal.
Matthews, J. C.
active 1830s–1840s.
Operated ferry in mid-1830s (with George Dolton).
Matthews, Vincent
active 1830s–1840s.
Operated ferry ca. 1836–1842.
Mau-Me-Nass
active early nineteenth century.
Potawatomi woman; owned land at site that became Chesterton, IN.
May, George S.
b June 5, 1890, Windsor, IL; d Mar. 12, 1962, Niles, IL.
Management consultant; established and directed golf tournaments.
Mayer, Harold Melvin
b Mar. 27, 1916, New York, NY; d July 23, 1994, Milwaukee, WI.
Urban planner; geographer; Univ. of Chicago faculty member; research director of Chicago Plan Commission; coauthor of Chicago: Growth of a Metropolis.
Mayer, Oscar Ferdinand
b Mar. 29, 1859, Kissingen, Germany; d Mar. 11, 1955, Chicago.
Meatpacker; founded Oscar Mayer & Co.
Mayfield, Curtis
b June 3, 1942, Chicago; d Dec. 26, 1999, Roswell, GA.
Singer; songwriter; guitarist.
McAlpine, William J.
b Apr. 30, 1812, New York, NY; d Feb. 16, 1890.
Civil engineer; designed Chicago municipal water supply, 1850s.
McAndrew, William
b Aug. 20, 1863, Ypsilanti, MI; d June 28, 1937, Mamaroneck, NY.
Educator; editor of Educational Review; superintendent of Chicago Public Schools.
McCarthy, Joseph Vincent
b Apr. 21, 1887, Philadelphia, PA; d Jan. 13, 1978, Buffalo, NY.
Baseball player; manager; took over Chicago Cubs in 1925.
McCarty, Joseph
b 1808, Morrison, NJ; d May 8 or 10, 1839, Tombigbee River, AL.
Early settler in Aurora.
McCarty, Samuel
b Mar. 9, 1810, Morrison, NJ; d Mar. 30, 1889, Aurora, IL.
Founded Aurora.
McClellan, George B.
b Dec. 3, 1826, Philadelphia, PA; d Oct. 29, 1885, Orange, NJ.
Engineer and vice president of Illinois Central Railroad; commander of Army of the Potomac during Civil War.
McClintock, Carrie E.
b ca. 1866, OH; d May 13, 1941, Harvey, IL.
Cofounded South Harvey (later Hazel Crest); wife of William McClintock.
McClintock,William C.
b ca. 1847; d July 22, 1903.
Real-estate owner; cofounded South Harvey (later Hazel Crest).
McClurg, Alexander Caldwell
b 1832 or 1833, Philadelphia, PA; d Apr. 15, 1901, St. Augustine, FL.
Bookseller; publisher; president of McClurg Publishing Co.
McConnell, Joseph
b ca. 1810, NY; d 1877.
Founded Turner (now West Chicago).
McConnell, Mary Thompson
b ca. 1810; d 1890.
Platted Town of Turner (now West Chicago).
McCook, John James
b May 26, 1845, Carrollton, OH; d Sept. 17, 1911.
Civil war veteran; Santa Fe Railroad director.
McCormick, Chauncey
b Dec. 7, 1884, Chicago; d Sept. 8, 1954, Bar Harbor, ME.
Business executive; philanthropist; president of Art Institute.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall
b Feb. 15, 1809, Rockbridge County, VA; d May 13, 1884, Chicago.
Businessman; philanthropist; invented the reaper.
McCormick, Cyrus Hall, Jr.
b May 16, 1859, Washington, DC; d June 2, 1936, Lake Forest, IL.
Manufacturer; managed and chaired International Harvester.
McCormick, Edith Rockefeller
b Aug. 31, 1872, Cleveland, OH; d Aug. 25, 1932, Chicago.
Philanthropist; promoted Chicago Civic Opera; financially supported Chicago Juvenile Court.
McCormick, Harold Fowler
b May 2, 1872, Chicago; d Oct. 16, 1941, Beverly Hills, CA.
Manufacturer; International Harvester Co. executive; founded Chicago Grand Opera (1910).
McCormick, Joseph Medill
b May 16, 1877, Chicago; d Feb. 25, 1925, Washington, DC.
Publisher; U.S. congressman and senator; owned Chicago Daily Tribune.
McCormick, Nettie Fowler
b Feb. 8, 1835, Brownsville, NY; d July 5, 1923, Lake Forest, IL.
Businesswoman; philanthropist.
McCormick, Robert Rutherford
b July 30, 1880, Chicago; d Apr. 1, 1955, Wheaton, IL.
Newspaper editor; publisher of Chicago Tribune; alderman; founded WGN radio station; president of Sanitary District.
McCormick, Ruth Hanna
b Mar. 27, 1880, Cleveland, OH; d Dec. 31, 1944, Chicago.
U.S. representative; woman suffrage activist; organizer and leader of Republican Women's Clubs in Chicago.
McCormick, Stanley
b Nov. 2, 1874, Chicago; d Jan. 19, 1947, Santa Barbara, CA.
Businessman with McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.
McCoy, John
b Nov. 16, 1793, NH; d July 24, 1854.
Farmer; established farm in 1830s; home was Underground Railroad stop.
McCoy, Sabra
b July 21, 1799, Wells, Rutland, VT; d July 26, 1884.
Farmer; established farm in 1830s; home was Underground Railroad stop.
McCulloch, Catharine Waugh
b June 4, 1862, Ransomville, NY; d Apr. 20, 1945, Evanston, IL.
Lawyer; suffragist; active in Chicago Political Equality League; first woman Justice of the Peace in Illinois.
McCutcheon, John T.
b May 6, 1870, South Raub, IN; d June 10, 1949, Lake Forest, IL.
Editorial cartoonist for Chicago Tribune; writer; war correspondent; won 1932 Pulitzer Prize.
McDermott, John Andrew
b June 12, 1926, Philadelphia, PA; d Aug. 17, 1996, Chicago.
Civil rights activist; founded Chicago Reporter.
McDermott, John J.
b Aug. 10 or 12, 1891, Philadelphia, PA; d Aug. 2, 1917, Yeadon, PA.
Professional golfer; first American-born winner of U.S. Open (1911).
McDonald, Eugene F.
b Mar. 11, 1890, Syracuse, NY; d May 15, 1958.
President of Zenith Radio Corp.
McDonald, Michael Cassius
b 1839; d Aug. 9, 1907, Chicago.
Gambling-house owner; Democratic Party leader in Chicago.
McDowell, Mary
b Nov. 30, 1854, Cincinnati, OH; d Oct. 14, 1936, Chicago.
Social worker; reformer; kindergarten teacher at Hull House; directed Univ. of Chicago Settlement House; president of Woman's City Club; Chicago commissioner of social welfare; co-founded Women's Trade Union League.
McFetridge, William Lane
b Nov. 28, 1893, Chicago; d Mar. 15, 1969, Chicago.
Labor leader; president of Building Service Employees International Union.
McGaw, Foster G.
b Mar. 7, 1897, Hot Springs, NC; d Apr. 16, 1986, Lake Forest, IL.
Founder and chairman of American Hospital Supply Corp.; philanthropist.
McGee, Henry Wadworth
b Feb. 7, 1910, Hillsboro, TX; d Mar. 18, 2000, Evanston, IL.
First black postmaster in Chicago (1966); president of Chicago chapter of NAACP.
McGillivray, Perry
b Aug. 5, 1893, Oak Park, IL; d July 27, 1944, Chicago.
Olympic water polo player.
McGinley, William Joseph
b July 14, 1923, Hinsdale, IL; d Jan. 21 or 22, 2001, Key Largo, FL.
Founded Methode Electronics, Inc.; owned Horizon Farms and bred thoroughbred horses.
McIntosh, Arthur T.
b Mar. 28, 1877, Clear Lake, IA; d Nov. 7, 1955, Chicago.
Real-estate developer; built communities in Glenview, Inverness, and Barrington.
McKay, Henry Donald
b Dec. 6, 1899, Orient, SD; d Apr. 1980?
Sociologist; Institute for Juvenile Research; collaborator of Clifford R. Shaw.
McKenzie, Roderick D.
b Feb. 3, 1885, Carman, Manitoba; d May 6, 1940, Ann Arbor, MI.
Sociologist; associated with Chicago School of Sociology.
McKibbin, George Baldwin
b Apr. 26, 1888, Keosauqua, IA; d Sept. 14, 1960, Chicago.
Lawyer; chairman of Illinois Public Aid Commission; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Chicago (1943).
McKim, Charles
b Aug. 24, 1847, Isabella Furnace, PA; d Sept. 14, 1909, St. James, NY.
Architect; firm designed Agriculture Building at World's Columbian Exposition.
McKinsey, James Oscar
b June 4, 1889, Gamma, MO; d Nov. 30, 1937, Chicago.
Management consultant; founded McKinsey & Co.
McKinzie, Alexander
active mid-nineteenth century.
Actor; manager of Isherwood and McKinzie, first dramatic organization in Chicago.
McLaughlin, Daniel
b Aug. 9, 1831, Lanarkshire, Scotland; d May 1, 1901, Chicago.
Coal miner, union leader; mayor of Braidwood.
McLaughlin, Frederick
b June 27, 1877, Chicago; d Dec. 17, 1944, Lake Forest, IL.
Coffee executive; purchased Blackhawks hockey team in 1920s.
McMurtrie, Douglas C.
b July 20, 1888, Belmar, NJ; d Sept. 19, 1944, Evanston, IL.
Type designer; director of typography at Ludlow Co. and Cuneo Press.
McNear, Everett
b Sept. 30, 1904; d Oct. 1984.
Artist; designer; donated a collection of Persian miniatures to Art Institute of Chicago.
McNeill, Don
b Dec. 23, 1907, Galena, IL; d May 7, 1996, Evanston, IL.
Radio broadcaster; host of Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club (1933–1968).
McParlan, James
b 1844, Ulster, Ireland; d May 19, 1919, Denver, CO.
Liquor store and saloon owner; detective; joined Pinkerton agency in early 1870s; noted for work in Molly Maguire case in Pennsylvania.
McPartland, James “Jimmy” Dougald
b Mar. 15, 1907, Chicago; d Mar. 13, 1991, Port Washington, NY.
Jazz cornetist; member of Austin High Gang.
McPartland, Richard “Dick” G.
b May 18, 1905, Chicago; d Nov. 30, 1957, Elmhurst, IL.
Guitarist; banjo player; member of Austin High Gang; performed in Chicago for over 30 years.
McPherson, Scott William
b Oct. 13, 1959, OH; d Nov. 7, 1992, Chicago.
Playwright; wrote Marvin's Room, which premiered at Goodman Theatre.
McRae, Edna
b June 15, 1901, Chicago; d June 7, 1990, Evanston, IL.