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Rose Eagle ~ Married John P. Mitchell.4
Thomas Eakins ~ 1844-1916 ~ of Philadelphia and
Scottish ancestry, he was famous for painting boating
scenes. He was one of America's best artists and was
also influential in the development of the photography
of motion.14
Wyatt Earp ~ Marshall of Dodge City, KS.14
George Eastman ~ was able to produce his first Kodak
camera by purchasing a patent for a visible film
indicator from Peter Houston, a Scottish Immigrant to
America. Unsure whether Eastman was Scottish.14
Job Eastman ~ d. 1910 ~ Father of Robert M. Eastman.
Native of Maine, made his way to the Midwest engaging in
the lumber business first in Minneapolis and later in
Anoka. He was 84 when he died. Married Kate M.
Kimball.12
Robert M. Eastman ~ 1869 ~ President W. F. Hall
Printing Co. Born in Anoka, MN; son of Job Eastman and
Kath M. (Kimball) Eastman. Ed public and high schools.
At the age of 17, he moved to Chicago and went to work
as a compositor in the printing business. Gradually he
acquainted himself with the different phases of the
business and promoted his skills and efficiency so that
he secured the position of foreman and superintendent
with the National Journalist Printing co. 18 years ago
(in 1912) he connected with the W. F. Hall Printing Co.
and upon the death of Mr. Hall in 1908, joined with
Edwin Colvin in purchasing the capital stock of the
business. When he joined the firm in 1893, it was a very
small concern. Today (1912) theirs is one of the largest
and best equipped plants in the U.S. they erected a
building at Kingsbury and Superior Streets which is now
the finest and most complete building in Chicago devoted
exclusively to the printing business, with floor space
of 250,000 sq. ft and a capacity of 125 tons of printed
matter per day. Married 1894, Carrie Evers, daughter of
William Evers, well-known commission merchant; children:
William Evers, age 16 and Eunice, age 6. Mason 32 degree
of the Scottish rite attained the Knights Templar Degree
of the York Rite. He has also crossed the desert with
the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Republican. Member
Chicago Athletic Club, South Shore Country, City Club.11
Sheena Easton ~ Contemporary singer from Scotland.14
Clint Eastwood ~ b. 1930 ~ Scottish, he continues as
an exponent of the Old West.1,14
Cora Eberhard ~ Wife John Stewart McGlashan.11
David Eccles ~ A native of Scotland, he was described
as the wealthiest citizen of Utah upon his death in
1912.14
Robert Gibson Eccles ~ physician and chemist, born in
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, in 1848, discovered that benzoic
acid and the benzoates are excellent preservatives of
food. He has been Chemist of the Department of Indian
Affairs, Professor of Chemistry in the New York School
of Social Economics, President of the New York
Pharmaceutical Association, etc., and has written
largely on philosophy and science.17
Henry Eckford ~ 1775-1832 ~ Native of Irvine,
Ayrshire. On the outbreak of the War of 1812, he built
several ships for the American Government to use on the
Great Lakes. In 1820 he was appointed Naval Constructor
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and there built six ships of
the line. In 1820 he was appointed Naval Constructor at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard and there built six ships of the
line. In 1822 he built the steamer "Robert Fulton,"
which made the first successful steam voyage to New
Orleans and Havana.17 He gave New York the reputation as
the best builder of wooden ships in the world.1,17
Mary M. Baker Glover Eddy ~ 1821-1910 ~ claimed
partly Scots descent (from MacNeils of Barra).17
Ann Edgar ~ 1783-1847 ~ Wife of Jonathan French. She
was the daughter of William and Ann Edgar of Pelham, MA
and Cambridge, NY. She died in Squaw Grove township, De
Kalb Co., IL.4
James Edgar ~ a native of Edinburgh, he opened a
department store in Brockton, MA. During the Christmas
season of 1890 Edgar went to the store in Costume and
played the part of Santa. Within days of his original
appearance trains were bringing children to Brockton
from as far away as Boston and Providence. Within a few
years Santa was appearing in stores all over the U.S.,
just as he does today.14
John Edgar ~ Father Maxwell Edgar.11
Maxwell Edgar ~ b. 1871 ~ Lawyer/ISAS Secretary
1901-03. Born Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland; son John
and Eliza (Curr) Edgar; ed Scotland and England; came to
US 1893; LL.B., Chicago-Kent coll of Law, 1900; married
Jeanne Weil, 1900. Sec to Stuyvesant Fish, pores
I.C.R.R. 1899-1901; admitted to IL bar 1900. Special
asst. Corporation counsel, City of Chicago in charge of
taxation 1905-07. Sec Iroquois Club 1902-4, Ill St.
Andrews Soc. 1902-4, Ill Tax Reform Assn., 1908-10; pres
Ill Democratic League, 1909-10. Member Am Bar Assn.
club: Press. Recreation: golf. Resident, Mont Clare,
Chicago. Office: 518 Ashland Blk.11
William J. Edgar ~ Died May 22, 1894; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Dr. J. E. Edgington ~ Husband of Lulu Laughead.4
Thomas Alva Edison ~ b. 1847 ~ Demonstrated the first
complete incandescent lighting system at Menlo Park, New
Jersey in 1879. His mother was Mary Elliott, of Scottish
ancestry. This "Wizard of Menlo Park" amassed 1,098
patents. Among his most famous basic inventions are the
stock ticker (1870) and the mimeograph (1876) which was
the first practical duplicating machine. In 1877 he
produced the phonograph and a year later the wax
phonograph record. He is also credited with the
invention of motion pictures in 1894 and talking motion
pictures in 1913.14,17
John Edminsteire ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Elizabeth Edwards ~ In 1935, two ladies living at the
Scottish Home developed a very close friendship. Agnes
Lammie Smith was born in Curnock, Ayrshire, Scotland,
October 24, 1853. Elizabeth Edwards was born in Kelso,
Roxburgh, October 24, 1850. One day they spoke to Mr.
John F. Holmes, who was serving as the Chairman of the
cemetery grounds at Rosehill. They asked to be buried
in the Society' plot, side by side, in recognition of
their long friendship. Both ladies died on the same day,
July 9, 1935. The cause of death for both was influenza.
A double funeral service was conducted by Abram & Sons
and they were buried side by side.
Helenor Edwards ~ Mother James Edward Stuart.11
Wiley M. Egan ~ 1827-1903 ~ Marine Ins./Lake
Shipping. Born Ballston, NY; son of William and Mary
Egan who were farming people. He moved with his parents
to Chicago in 1836, about a year before the
incorporation of the city. Between 1842 and 1853 he was
a sailor and master and from that time until his death
he built and owned the best and finest sailing and steam
vessels on the lake. In connection with this business,
he conducted an extensive and important insurance
business starting in 1857. He was the owner of 25
different vessels and no name figured more prominently
in connection with shipping interests in Chicago. He was
a leading member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1855, he
became a Master Mason in Garden City Lodge. He took the
degree of Royal Arch Mason in 1857, became a Royal and
Select Master in 1861, attained the Knight Templar
degree in 1857 and in the Scottish Rite proceeded
through the various degrees until the 32nd was conferred
upon him in 1864. He was elected to the 33rd degree in
the Supreme Council in 1870. He was a member of the
Masonic relief committee after the Chicago fire of 1871.
His memory is honored in Wiley M. Egan Chapter, R. A.
M.. Married 1849 Mary P. Helm; children: William,
George, Marion (widow of Lucian P. Cheney, druggist in
Chicago), Helen I. (widow of S. W. Wyatt), and Charles
W. Two had passed away in 1912. They celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in 1899. Member Board of
Trade and Pres. in 1867-68. Elected to represent the
95th district in the general assembly of Illinois in
1871. Union Park Congregational Church. Residence: 1224
North State Street.12
Alex. Elder ~ painter, Franklin street, lost house
and furniture in the Chicago fire.
John Elder ~ Made continuous improvements to marine
engines which became the world standard and made the
Clyde the most important shipbuilding river in the
world.14
Rev. John Elder, ~ Minister of Paxtang and Derry
churches put together a band of raiders who patrolled
the vast area from their settlement to the Susquehanna
River to control Indian uprisings.1
George Keith Elfinstone ~ (Viscount Keith) Admiral
who assisted Abercromby in Egypt. From 1801 until 1807
he bore the main responsibility for defending Britain's
shores against the invasion plans of Napoleon.14
Sir Keith Elfinstone ~ 1864-1944 ~ invented the
Speedometer in Scotland.14
James Elgian ~ Indentured Servant Virginia 1774. He
was 23, clerk and bookkeeper and sailed on the Active.10
Elinger, Lina ~ 1st wife of Joseph Mercer.4
Andrew Elliot ~ born in Scotland in 1728, was
Lieutenant-Governor of New York and administered the
royalist government from 1781 to November, 1783.17
George Elliot ~ With only a handful of men, he
managed to hold Gibraltar against the might of France
and Spain, enduring a four-year siege (1779-1783) and
saving the Rock for Britain.14
James Elliot ~ Settled in Savanna, GA 1774. He was
35, a Husbandman and sailed on the Marlborough with his
wife.10
Walter Elliot ~ Colonel and M.P. who on the night of
May 11, 1941 was fighting a fire caused by German bombs
in a neighboring street when he noticed that the roof of
Westminster Hall was ablaze. He hurried to the spot and
arranged with Chief Superintendent, C.P. MacDuell to use
all available pumps to save the structure where William
Wallace, the 13th century Scottish patriot, was sentence
to death.14
Andrew Elliott ~ 1783, colonial governor. 3
James Elliott ~ b.1730 ~ Of Pasquotank County, he was
a successful farmer and held a number of slaves. He
became convinced slavery was wrong and freed them.1
Sarah Elliott ~ 1813-1885 ~ Married Isaac Kirkpatrick
1837. Born in the North of Ireland.4
A. C. Ellithorpe ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew
Society, 1893. Born Vermont, USA
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, ~ The pride of Chicago's
military forces prior to the Civil War had rested in
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and the Zouave Cadets. Ellsworth
organized the Cadets in 1859, and drilled the Cadets
with strict discipline both on and off the field. The
uniform adopted was modeled after the famous Zouave
corps in the French Army. It consisted of a loose jacket
of dark blue cloth and red Turkish trousers. They were
famous for their precision drill and on a tour of the
East for a series of contest returned undefeated. A
member of that organization was George Fergus, whose
father, Robert Fergus, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
After the tour, Colonel Ellsworth left for Springfield
to study law in the office of Abraham Lincoln. When
Lincoln was elected President, Ellsworth followed him to
Washington. When the war began, he recruited a regiment
in New York City know as the New York Fire Zouaves. They
were principally firemen and afterwards became known as
the Eleventh Regiment of New York Volunteers. When the
first call for troops was issued Robert Fergus enlisted
and was appointed a First Lieutenant of Company K, 11th
New York Infantry, under Colonel Ellsworth. They became
the first regiment mustered into service at Washington,
D.C., May 7, 1861. They were given the task of guarding
President Lincoln and the White House. It was when
passing through Alexandria, that Ellsworth saw a rebel
flag flying from the roof of a building. Enraged by the
sight, he rushed forward to haul it down and was shot
and killed by a man named Jackson. That man was
immediately killed by Frank H. Brownell, one of
Ellsworth's men. Present at the time was Lieutenant
Robert Fergus. So overcome with grief was President
Lincoln that he had the body of Ellsworth brought to the
White House where it lay in state in the East Room. His
correct name was Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth. He was of
Scottish descent and was the first Officer killed in the
Civil War. The Forty-fourth New York Volunteers became
known as the "Ellsworth Avengers."
David Elsey ~ Married Mary McAllister.4
James English ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Patrick English ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Alfred Ennis ~ b. June 24, 1837 ~ lawyer; b. Morgan
Co., Ind.; s. Mitchell and Nancy (Trent) Ennis; of
Scotch-Irish and French descent; attended Franklin
College, Inc., finishing 1857; with largest mercantile
house, Martinsville, Inc., 1853-9; graduated from
Northwestern Christian University Law School,
Indianapolis, Ind., 1860; m. Manchester, Ind., 1860,
Almarinda, daughter of Rev. Daniel Baldridge, of the
Christian Church; children: Walter B. (deceased), Lillie
Alice (writer), Luna May (author of "Music in Art"),
Alma Viola (wife of George Horace Lorimer, editor of The
Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia). Practiced law at
Martinsville, Ind., 1860-71; practiced at Topeka, Kan.,
1871-82, and at Boston, Mass., 1882-4; in Chicago since
1884; was general counsel of Pullman's Palace Car Co.,
1884-9; since then in private practice, largely
corporation and constitutional law, in the higher
courts, state and federal; was head of the late Chicago
law firm of Ennis, Morrow and McMillan; has attended the
higher courts in England and France; has traveled
extensively; mem. of Chicago, Illinois State, Am. and
U.S. Bar Assns.; writer upon legal topics of current
importance. Business address: The Rookery. Residence:
6404 Greenwood Av.20
Abraham Isaac Enoch ~ b. 1819 ~ at Dayton Ohio,
husband of Catherine Jane Davis.19
Catherine Ensign ~ Wife of William Henry.4
John Ericsson ~ Swede, whose mother was Scottish,
patented the screw propeller in 1836 The Monitor, with
its rotating turret, was used against the Confederacy
during the Civil War. She was the first ironclad warship
in the world and was designed and named by him.14
NFN Ericsson ~ Builder of the Monitor who was on
board at the Battle with the Merrimac.1
Dr. Robert Erskine ~ 1677-1718 ~ He was the first of
many Scottish physicians to the tsars and was put in
charge of all medical services in Russia. His great
library became the core of the library of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, and Peter and Great carried a torch
at his funeral.14
Robert Erskine ~ 1735-1780 ~ geographer and Chief of
Engineers on the staff of Washington, was a son of Rev.
Ralph Erskine of Dunfermline. Washington erected a stone
over his grave at Ringwood, New Jersey.17
Thomas Erskine ~ Founded the Bachelor's Club,
considered to be the world's fifth oldest club, in G'eborg, Sweden, in 1769. Erskine was member number one
and the other 18 initiates includes an Innes, a Greig, a
Lyall, a Scott, and a Fraser. The Bachelor's Club in
Tarbolton, Scotland, was founded by Robert Burns and
others in 1780.14
James Esdaile ~ Scottish physician who claimed to
have used hypnotism in 1829 while practicing in India.
In 1847 an investigating unit confirmed this. However,
another Scottish physician, James Braid, practicing in
Manchester, England, wrote a paper on his work in 1843
using the word hypnosis for the first time.14
William Etburn ~ Settled in Virginia 1774. He was 20,
a school master and sailed on the Molly.10
Eugenie ~ Last empress of France and wife of Napoleon
III. She was the great granddaughter of William
Kirkpatrick, a Scottish wine merchant of Malaga,
Spain.14
Carrie Evers ~ Wife of Robert M. Eastman. daughter of
William Evers, a well-known commission merchant in
Chicago.12
NFN Ewart ~ Ensign of the Royal Scots Greys who
captured the French eagle standard at Waterloo.
Surveying the lost battlefield, Napoleon is said to have
muttered, "The brave Scots."
Malcolm Faulkner Ewen, Jr. ~ child Malcolm F.
Ewen/Camille Coffee.11
Malcolm Faulkner Ewen ~ b. 1875 ~ Engineer. Born
Great Neck, Long Island NY; son Warren and Sarah
(Faulkner) Ewen, both of Scotch lineage and natives of
NY; ed English High and Latin School, Boston; S.B. Mass
Inst. of Technology, Boston, 1897; married Camille,
daughter of Holland T. Coffee and Julia (Law) Coffee of
Memphis, and Chicago 1904; 1 son, Malcolm Faulkner, Jr.
Engaged in engineering work at London, Eng. 1898-1902,
at Chicago 1902-4; supt. for Holabird and Roche,
architects, Chicago 1904-6; V.P. John M. Ewen Co. (his
brother), engrs, since 1906, they were engineers of City
Hall, the county building and People's Gas, Light & Coke
Co. building, Mentor building, Rothschild's warehouse,
the Liquid Carbonic Company building, the Lawson
residence and stables, Chicago Daily News building,
Plymouth building, of Minneapolis; the Royal Alexandra
Theater, of Toronto, Presbyterian Hospital and Borland
building, of Chicago; and Scaritt building of Kansas
City, MO.; While in London he became interested in the
mfr of Alcohol from wood waste and did much experimental
work along that line. Four years ago, they erected a
demonstrating plant in Chicago Heights, which was
followed by the erection of a large alcohol plant for
the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. and they are now
(1912) building a large plant in LA.; dir. Standard
Alcohol Co. with Geo. H. Tomlinson invented method of
mfg. sugar from ligno cellulose. Mem. Phi Beta Epsilon
fraternity of Boston, Western Soc. Engrs. club:
Chemists' (NY), University, Evanston Country, Glen View
Golf, City Club. Recreations: golf, tennis. Residence:
1430 Sheridan Rd., Evanston IL. Office 525 The
Rookery.11
Warren Ewen ~ Father Malcolm F. Ewen. He was a naval
officer and engineer who served with Farragut at Fort
Sumter in the battle of Mobile Bay an also on the
Iroquois and the Illinois. Captured in war, he was
incarcerated for a time in Libby prison. Following the
close of hostilities, he was for many years chief
engineer of railroad construction in Chili and Peru and
executed the construction of many famous railroad and
harbor works in those countries. He died at 64. Children
living in 1912: John M. (of the J. M. Ewen Company;
Warren (living in the west), Malcolm; Lillian (resides
with her mother in Evanston.11
William Erwin or Ewen ~ born in England in 1775,
governor of Georgia.17
G. T. Ewing ~ A Convenanting minister, taught school
in Section 9, east of Eden, IL in the summer of 1822.6
General James Ewing ~ c. 1736-1806 ~ of Ulster Scot
descent, served in Braddock's campaign and also during
the Revolution.17
John Ewing ~ Succeeded William Smith as provost at
University of Pennsylvania.14
Thomas Ewing ~ 1789-1871 ~ was United States Senator
from Ohio (1831-37), Secretary of the Treasury (1841),
Secretary of the Interior (1849-50). He traced his
descent from Findlay Ewing, a native of Loch Lomond, who
distinguished himself in the Revolution of 1688 under
William of Orange.17
Thomas Ewing ~ 1829-96 ~ Major-General was descendant
of Thomas Ewing who emigrated to New Jersey in 1715.17
Thomas Ewing ~ 1829-96 ~ son of Thomas Ewing,
Secretary of the Treasury, at the age of twenty-nine was
elected first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Ohio. During the Civil War he took a conspicuous part
and rose to the rank of General.17
W. G. Ewing ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew Society,
1893. Born McLean Co., IL.
William Lee Davidson Ewing ~ 1795-1846 ~ Senator and
acting governor of Illinois (1834) was of Ulster Scot
descent.17 Rose Eagle ~ Married John P. Mitchell.4
Thomas Eakins ~ 1844-1916 ~ of Philadelphia and
Scottish ancestry, he was famous for painting boating
scenes. He was one of America's best artists and was
also influential in the development of the photography
of motion.14
Wyatt Earp ~ Marshall of Dodge City, KS.14
George Eastman ~ was able to produce his first Kodak
camera by purchasing a patent for a visible film
indicator from Peter Houston, a Scottish Immigrant to
America. Unsure whether Eastman was Scottish.14
Job Eastman ~ d. 1910 ~ Father of Robert M. Eastman.
Native of Maine, made his way to the Midwest engaging in
the lumber business first in Minneapolis and later in
Anoka. He was 84 when he died. Married Kate M.
Kimball.12
Robert M. Eastman ~ 1869 ~ President W. F. Hall
Printing Co. Born in Anoka, MN; son of Job Eastman and
Kath M. (Kimball) Eastman. Ed public and high schools.
At the age of 17, he moved to Chicago and went to work
as a compositor in the printing business. Gradually he
acquainted himself with the different phases of the
business and promoted his skills and efficiency so that
he secured the position of foreman and superintendent
with the National Journalist Printing co. 18 years ago
(in 1912) he connected with the W. F. Hall Printing Co.
and upon the death of Mr. Hall in 1908, joined with
Edwin Colvin in purchasing the capital stock of the
business. When he joined the firm in 1893, it was a very
small concern. Today (1912) theirs is one of the largest
and best equipped plants in the U.S. they erected a
building at Kingsbury and Superior Streets which is now
the finest and most complete building in Chicago devoted
exclusively to the printing business, with floor space
of 250,000 sq. ft and a capacity of 125 tons of printed
matter per day. Married 1894, Carrie Evers, daughter of
William Evers, well-known commission merchant; children:
William Evers, age 16 and Eunice, age 6. Mason 32 degree
of the Scottish rite attained the Knights Templar Degree
of the York Rite. He has also crossed the desert with
the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Republican. Member
Chicago Athletic Club, South Shore Country, City Club.11
Sheena Easton ~ Contemporary singer from Scotland.14
Clint Eastwood ~ b. 1930 ~ Scottish, he continues as
an exponent of the Old West.1,14
Cora Eberhard ~ Wife John Stewart McGlashan.11
David Eccles ~ A native of Scotland, he was described
as the wealthiest citizen of Utah upon his death in
1912.14
Robert Gibson Eccles ~ physician and chemist, born in
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, in 1848, discovered that benzoic
acid and the benzoates are excellent preservatives of
food. He has been Chemist of the Department of Indian
Affairs, Professor of Chemistry in the New York School
of Social Economics, President of the New York
Pharmaceutical Association, etc., and has written
largely on philosophy and science.17
Henry Eckford ~ 1775-1832 ~ Native of Irvine,
Ayrshire. On the outbreak of the War of 1812, he built
several ships for the American Government to use on the
Great Lakes. In 1820 he was appointed Naval Constructor
at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and there built six ships of
the line. In 1820 he was appointed Naval Constructor at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard and there built six ships of the
line. In 1822 he built the steamer "Robert Fulton,"
which made the first successful steam voyage to New
Orleans and Havana.17 He gave New York the reputation as
the best builder of wooden ships in the world.1,17
Mary M. Baker Glover Eddy ~ 1821-1910 ~ claimed
partly Scots descent (from MacNeils of Barra).17
Ann Edgar ~ 1783-1847 ~ Wife of Jonathan French. She
was the daughter of William and Ann Edgar of Pelham, MA
and Cambridge, NY. She died in Squaw Grove township, De
Kalb Co., IL.4
James Edgar ~ a native of Edinburgh, he opened a
department store in Brockton, MA. During the Christmas
season of 1890 Edgar went to the store in Costume and
played the part of Santa. Within days of his original
appearance trains were bringing children to Brockton
from as far away as Boston and Providence. Within a few
years Santa was appearing in stores all over the U.S.,
just as he does today.14
John Edgar ~ Father Maxwell Edgar.11
Maxwell Edgar ~ b. 1871 ~ Lawyer/ISAS Secretary
1901-03. Born Mount Florida, Glasgow, Scotland; son John
and Eliza (Curr) Edgar; ed Scotland and England; came to
US 1893; LL.B., Chicago-Kent coll of Law, 1900; married
Jeanne Weil, 1900. Sec to Stuyvesant Fish, pores
I.C.R.R. 1899-1901; admitted to IL bar 1900. Special
asst. Corporation counsel, City of Chicago in charge of
taxation 1905-07. Sec Iroquois Club 1902-4, Ill St.
Andrews Soc. 1902-4, Ill Tax Reform Assn., 1908-10; pres
Ill Democratic League, 1909-10. Member Am Bar Assn.
club: Press. Recreation: golf. Resident, Mont Clare,
Chicago. Office: 518 Ashland Blk.11
William J. Edgar ~ Died May 22, 1894; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Dr. J. E. Edgington ~ Husband of Lulu Laughead.4
Thomas Alva Edison ~ b. 1847 ~ Demonstrated the first
complete incandescent lighting system at Menlo Park, New
Jersey in 1879. His mother was Mary Elliott, of Scottish
ancestry. This "Wizard of Menlo Park" amassed 1,098
patents. Among his most famous basic inventions are the
stock ticker (1870) and the mimeograph (1876) which was
the first practical duplicating machine. In 1877 he
produced the phonograph and a year later the wax
phonograph record. He is also credited with the
invention of motion pictures in 1894 and talking motion
pictures in 1913.14,17
John Edminsteire ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Elizabeth Edwards ~ In 1935, two ladies living at the
Scottish Home developed a very close friendship. Agnes
Lammie Smith was born in Curnock, Ayrshire, Scotland,
October 24, 1853. Elizabeth Edwards was born in Kelso,
Roxburgh, October 24, 1850. One day they spoke to Mr.
John F. Holmes, who was serving as the Chairman of the
cemetery grounds at Rosehill. They asked to be buried
in the Society' plot, side by side, in recognition of
their long friendship. Both ladies died on the same day,
July 9, 1935. The cause of death for both was influenza.
A double funeral service was conducted by Abram & Sons
and they were buried side by side.
Helenor Edwards ~ Mother James Edward Stuart.11
Wiley M. Egan ~ 1827-1903 ~ Marine Ins./Lake
Shipping. Born Ballston, NY; son of William and Mary
Egan who were farming people. He moved with his parents
to Chicago in 1836, about a year before the
incorporation of the city. Between 1842 and 1853 he was
a sailor and master and from that time until his death
he built and owned the best and finest sailing and steam
vessels on the lake. In connection with this business,
he conducted an extensive and important insurance
business starting in 1857. He was the owner of 25
different vessels and no name figured more prominently
in connection with shipping interests in Chicago. He was
a leading member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1855, he
became a Master Mason in Garden City Lodge. He took the
degree of Royal Arch Mason in 1857, became a Royal and
Select Master in 1861, attained the Knight Templar
degree in 1857 and in the Scottish Rite proceeded
through the various degrees until the 32nd was conferred
upon him in 1864. He was elected to the 33rd degree in
the Supreme Council in 1870. He was a member of the
Masonic relief committee after the Chicago fire of 1871.
His memory is honored in Wiley M. Egan Chapter, R. A.
M.. Married 1849 Mary P. Helm; children: William,
George, Marion (widow of Lucian P. Cheney, druggist in
Chicago), Helen I. (widow of S. W. Wyatt), and Charles
W. Two had passed away in 1912. They celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary in 1899. Member Board of
Trade and Pres. in 1867-68. Elected to represent the
95th district in the general assembly of Illinois in
1871. Union Park Congregational Church. Residence: 1224
North State Street.12
Alex. Elder ~ painter, Franklin street, lost house
and furniture in the Chicago fire.
John Elder ~ Made continuous improvements to marine
engines which became the world standard and made the
Clyde the most important shipbuilding river in the
world.14
Rev. John Elder, ~ Minister of Paxtang and Derry
churches put together a band of raiders who patrolled
the vast area from their settlement to the Susquehanna
River to control Indian uprisings.1
George Keith Elfinstone ~ (Viscount Keith) Admiral
who assisted Abercromby in Egypt. From 1801 until 1807
he bore the main responsibility for defending Britain's
shores against the invasion plans of Napoleon.14
Sir Keith Elfinstone ~ 1864-1944 ~ invented the
Speedometer in Scotland.14
James Elgian ~ Indentured Servant Virginia 1774. He
was 23, clerk and bookkeeper and sailed on the Active.10
Elinger, Lina ~ 1st wife of Joseph Mercer.4
Andrew Elliot ~ born in Scotland in 1728, was
Lieutenant-Governor of New York and administered the
royalist government from 1781 to November, 1783.17
George Elliot ~ With only a handful of men, he
managed to hold Gibraltar against the might of France
and Spain, enduring a four-year siege (1779-1783) and
saving the Rock for Britain.14
James Elliot ~ Settled in Savanna, GA 1774. He was
35, a Husbandman and sailed on the Marlborough with his
wife.10
Walter Elliot ~ Colonel and M.P. who on the night of
May 11, 1941 was fighting a fire caused by German bombs
in a neighboring street when he noticed that the roof of
Westminster Hall was ablaze. He hurried to the spot and
arranged with Chief Superintendent, C.P. MacDuell to use
all available pumps to save the structure where William
Wallace, the 13th century Scottish patriot, was sentence
to death.14
Andrew Elliott ~ 1783, colonial governor. 3
James Elliott ~ b.1730 ~ Of Pasquotank County, he was
a successful farmer and held a number of slaves. He
became convinced slavery was wrong and freed them.1
Sarah Elliott ~ 1813-1885 ~ Married Isaac Kirkpatrick
1837. Born in the North of Ireland.4
A. C. Ellithorpe ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew
Society, 1893. Born Vermont, USA
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, ~ The pride of Chicago's
military forces prior to the Civil War had rested in
Colonel Elmer Ellsworth and the Zouave Cadets. Ellsworth
organized the Cadets in 1859, and drilled the Cadets
with strict discipline both on and off the field. The
uniform adopted was modeled after the famous Zouave
corps in the French Army. It consisted of a loose jacket
of dark blue cloth and red Turkish trousers. They were
famous for their precision drill and on a tour of the
East for a series of contest returned undefeated. A
member of that organization was George Fergus, whose
father, Robert Fergus, was born in Glasgow, Scotland.
After the tour, Colonel Ellsworth left for Springfield
to study law in the office of Abraham Lincoln. When
Lincoln was elected President, Ellsworth followed him to
Washington. When the war began, he recruited a regiment
in New York City know as the New York Fire Zouaves. They
were principally firemen and afterwards became known as
the Eleventh Regiment of New York Volunteers. When the
first call for troops was issued Robert Fergus enlisted
and was appointed a First Lieutenant of Company K, 11th
New York Infantry, under Colonel Ellsworth. They became
the first regiment mustered into service at Washington,
D.C., May 7, 1861. They were given the task of guarding
President Lincoln and the White House. It was when
passing through Alexandria, that Ellsworth saw a rebel
flag flying from the roof of a building. Enraged by the
sight, he rushed forward to haul it down and was shot
and killed by a man named Jackson. That man was
immediately killed by Frank H. Brownell, one of
Ellsworth's men. Present at the time was Lieutenant
Robert Fergus. So overcome with grief was President
Lincoln that he had the body of Ellsworth brought to the
White House where it lay in state in the East Room. His
correct name was Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth. He was of
Scottish descent and was the first Officer killed in the
Civil War. The Forty-fourth New York Volunteers became
known as the "Ellsworth Avengers."
David Elsey ~ Married Mary McAllister.4
James English ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Patrick English ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Alfred Ennis ~ b. June 24, 1837 ~ lawyer; b. Morgan
Co., Ind.; s. Mitchell and Nancy (Trent) Ennis; of
Scotch-Irish and French descent; attended Franklin
College, Inc., finishing 1857; with largest mercantile
house, Martinsville, Inc., 1853-9; graduated from
Northwestern Christian University Law School,
Indianapolis, Ind., 1860; m. Manchester, Ind., 1860,
Almarinda, daughter of Rev. Daniel Baldridge, of the
Christian Church; children: Walter B. (deceased), Lillie
Alice (writer), Luna May (author of "Music in Art"),
Alma Viola (wife of George Horace Lorimer, editor of The
Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia). Practiced law at
Martinsville, Ind., 1860-71; practiced at Topeka, Kan.,
1871-82, and at Boston, Mass., 1882-4; in Chicago since
1884; was general counsel of Pullman's Palace Car Co.,
1884-9; since then in private practice, largely
corporation and constitutional law, in the higher
courts, state and federal; was head of the late Chicago
law firm of Ennis, Morrow and McMillan; has attended the
higher courts in England and France; has traveled
extensively; mem. of Chicago, Illinois State, Am. and
U.S. Bar Assns.; writer upon legal topics of current
importance. Business address: The Rookery. Residence:
6404 Greenwood Av.20
Abraham Isaac Enoch ~ b. 1819 ~ at Dayton Ohio,
husband of Catherine Jane Davis.19
Catherine Ensign ~ Wife of William Henry.4
John Ericsson ~ Swede, whose mother was Scottish,
patented the screw propeller in 1836 The Monitor, with
its rotating turret, was used against the Confederacy
during the Civil War. She was the first ironclad warship
in the world and was designed and named by him.14
NFN Ericsson ~ Builder of the Monitor who was on
board at the Battle with the Merrimac.1
Dr. Robert Erskine ~ 1677-1718 ~ He was the first of
many Scottish physicians to the tsars and was put in
charge of all medical services in Russia. His great
library became the core of the library of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, and Peter and Great carried a torch
at his funeral.14
Robert Erskine ~ 1735-1780 ~ geographer and Chief of
Engineers on the staff of Washington, was a son of Rev.
Ralph Erskine of Dunfermline. Washington erected a stone
over his grave at Ringwood, New Jersey.17
Thomas Erskine ~ Founded the Bachelor's Club,
considered to be the world's fifth oldest club, in G'eborg, Sweden, in 1769. Erskine was member number one
and the other 18 initiates includes an Innes, a Greig, a
Lyall, a Scott, and a Fraser. The Bachelor's Club in
Tarbolton, Scotland, was founded by Robert Burns and
others in 1780.14
James Esdaile ~ Scottish physician who claimed to
have used hypnotism in 1829 while practicing in India.
In 1847 an investigating unit confirmed this. However,
another Scottish physician, James Braid, practicing in
Manchester, England, wrote a paper on his work in 1843
using the word hypnosis for the first time.14
William Etburn ~ Settled in Virginia 1774. He was 20,
a school master and sailed on the Molly.10
Eugenie ~ Last empress of France and wife of Napoleon
III. She was the great granddaughter of William
Kirkpatrick, a Scottish wine merchant of Malaga,
Spain.14
Carrie Evers ~ Wife of Robert M. Eastman. daughter of
William Evers, a well-known commission merchant in
Chicago.12
NFN Ewart ~ Ensign of the Royal Scots Greys who
captured the French eagle standard at Waterloo.
Surveying the lost battlefield, Napoleon is said to have
muttered, "The brave Scots."
Malcolm Faulkner Ewen, Jr. ~ child Malcolm F.
Ewen/Camille Coffee.11
Malcolm Faulkner Ewen ~ b. 1875 ~ Engineer. Born
Great Neck, Long Island NY; son Warren and Sarah
(Faulkner) Ewen, both of Scotch lineage and natives of
NY; ed English High and Latin School, Boston; S.B. Mass
Inst. of Technology, Boston, 1897; married Camille,
daughter of Holland T. Coffee and Julia (Law) Coffee of
Memphis, and Chicago 1904; 1 son, Malcolm Faulkner, Jr.
Engaged in engineering work at London, Eng. 1898-1902,
at Chicago 1902-4; supt. for Holabird and Roche,
architects, Chicago 1904-6; V.P. John M. Ewen Co. (his
brother), engrs, since 1906, they were engineers of City
Hall, the county building and People's Gas, Light & Coke
Co. building, Mentor building, Rothschild's warehouse,
the Liquid Carbonic Company building, the Lawson
residence and stables, Chicago Daily News building,
Plymouth building, of Minneapolis; the Royal Alexandra
Theater, of Toronto, Presbyterian Hospital and Borland
building, of Chicago; and Scaritt building of Kansas
City, MO.; While in London he became interested in the
mfr of Alcohol from wood waste and did much experimental
work along that line. Four years ago, they erected a
demonstrating plant in Chicago Heights, which was
followed by the erection of a large alcohol plant for
the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co. and they are now
(1912) building a large plant in LA.; dir. Standard
Alcohol Co. with Geo. H. Tomlinson invented method of
mfg. sugar from ligno cellulose. Mem. Phi Beta Epsilon
fraternity of Boston, Western Soc. Engrs. club:
Chemists' (NY), University, Evanston Country, Glen View
Golf, City Club. Recreations: golf, tennis. Residence:
1430 Sheridan Rd., Evanston IL. Office 525 The
Rookery.11
Warren Ewen ~ Father Malcolm F. Ewen. He was a naval
officer and engineer who served with Farragut at Fort
Sumter in the battle of Mobile Bay an also on the
Iroquois and the Illinois. Captured in war, he was
incarcerated for a time in Libby prison. Following the
close of hostilities, he was for many years chief
engineer of railroad construction in Chili and Peru and
executed the construction of many famous railroad and
harbor works in those countries. He died at 64. Children
living in 1912: John M. (of the J. M. Ewen Company;
Warren (living in the west), Malcolm; Lillian (resides
with her mother in Evanston.11
William Erwin or Ewen ~ born in England in 1775,
governor of Georgia.17
G. T. Ewing ~ A Convenanting minister, taught school
in Section 9, east of Eden, IL in the summer of 1822.6
General James Ewing ~ c. 1736-1806 ~ of Ulster Scot
descent, served in Braddock's campaign and also during
the Revolution.17
John Ewing ~ Succeeded William Smith as provost at
University of Pennsylvania.14
Thomas Ewing ~ 1789-1871 ~ was United States Senator
from Ohio (1831-37), Secretary of the Treasury (1841),
Secretary of the Interior (1849-50). He traced his
descent from Findlay Ewing, a native of Loch Lomond, who
distinguished himself in the Revolution of 1688 under
William of Orange.17
Thomas Ewing ~ 1829-96 ~ Major-General was descendant
of Thomas Ewing who emigrated to New Jersey in 1715.17
Thomas Ewing ~ 1829-96 ~ son of Thomas Ewing,
Secretary of the Treasury, at the age of twenty-nine was
elected first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Ohio. During the Civil War he took a conspicuous part
and rose to the rank of General.17
W. G. Ewing ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew Society,
1893. Born McLean Co., IL.
William Lee Davidson Ewing ~ 1795-1846 ~ Senator and
acting governor of Illinois (1834) was of Ulster Scot
descent.17
Steve Fairbairn ~ 1862-1928 ~ of Australia, he
revolutionized the rowing stroke while at Cambridge
University in the 1880's.14
Sir William Fairbairn ~ Born in Kelso, he became an
engineer. He developed the idea of using tubular steel
as a construction material, which was much stronger than
solid steel. In 1850 he invented the crane. In 1830, he
built the first iron steamship in the world, the Lord
Dundas.14
Robert Falconer ~ was a delegate to the Scottish
Societies in 1912, but it was decided that the by-laws
prevented the Illinois St. Andrew Society from making a
contribution to the organization.
James Farfason ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Frank Farish ~ importer, office and stock of goods on
LaSalle street lost in the Chicago fire.
Charles Farmer ~ (Moses?) Child of Thomas H. Farmer
and Margaret Halley born in Winnebago Co., Ill.19
Chester Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley b. ca. 1846; m. 22 Mar. 1876 in
Winnebago co., Ill. Jane Baker. They settled in
Rockford.19
George Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley b. ca. 1838 in Vt.; m. 1 Jan. 1867 in
Winnebago Co., Ill. Sabra Harrenden. They lived in
Rockton, Ill.19
Henry Farmer ~ (Aaron?) Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley born in Winnebago Co., Ill and lived at
Howard, Kansas.19
Jennette Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley b. ca. 1843; m. Frederick Gleasman in
Winnebago Co., Ill.19
Mary Agnes Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley. B. ca. 1837 in Vt.; m. (1) 29 July 1862
in Winnebago Co., Ill. Edward Marshall, b. in England,
d. 1866; m. (2) in 1869 John Clark, half brother of Mr.
Marshall. He was also b. in England and d. in 1881.19
Robert Bruce Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley b. ca. 1848 in Winnebago Co., Ill.19
Twin of Robert Bruce Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H.
Farmer and Margaret Halley in Winnebago Co., Ill. Died
young.19
Stanley Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley born in Winnebago Co., Ill. and lived at
Howard, Kansas.19
Thomas Farmer ~ Born Edinburgh, 10 July 1815.
Emigrated to America about 1836. Married Margaret Halley
in Newbury, VT in 1837. Moved to Rockton, IL 1839. Was
accomplished stone mason and his hands were involved in
the construction of many of the historic stone buildings
such as the old Stone Church, the present library in
Rockton, first school, etc. The church celebrated its
150 anniversary in 1988 and the library is still being
used. Moved to Rockford, IL in 1875 and died there in
1880. Information from Binnie Farmer of 1802 Lois Lane,
Edgerton, WI 53534. Margaret Halley was born Markinch,
Fifeshire, Scotland Nov. 24, 1812, and died Rockford
1888. Her father William Halley was one of the foremost
men in the manufacture of linen in Scotland with his
principal business being in the preparing webs for the
weaver. He and his wife Mary Mackie (daughter of David)
were parents of 7 children. William drowned in the St.
Lawrence Seaway in 1843 near Montreal while on his third
voyage to this country. William Halley s/o William and
my 3rd great uncle was born in Markinch Jun 4, 1818. He
came to this country about 1833 and spent 5 years in
Newbury, VT. He removed west to Illinois arriving in
Rockton, IL on June 12, 1838. He spent time in farming
and in 1840 he opened a tailor shop in Rockton. He later
gravitated to farming and became a very successful
farmer in the town of Owen in excess of 1100 acres. He
was the first person to put in tile draining in the town
of Rockton. In all he used 15 car loads of tile. He held
several offices such as Twp Clerk, Justice of the Peace,
Assessor and Supervisor.
Thomas H. Farmer ~ s/o Thomas and Janet (Gurley)
Farmer, was b. in Edinburgh, Scotland 10 July 1815 and
d. 9 Oct. 1880 in Rockford, Ill. He m. 2 Mar. 1837 in
Vt., Margaret Halley. Thomas H. Farmer was a stone mason
as his father had been. He came to America at the age of
19 with a brother, William, who settled in Hamilton,
Canada. Thomas worked at his trade in Newborough, Vt.
Until 1839 when he brought his family to Rockton. He
laid the stone for the Old Stone Church, the building
that is now the Rockton library and other buildings in
the town. He owned land in Owen and Roscoe and moved to
Rockford about 1875. In his will, made 3 Apr. 1880,
filed 9 Oct. 1880, he named his wife, Margaret, and nine
children. Charles and Henry are named in the obituary
but are not named in the will. The will named Moses and
Aaron but not Charles and Henry so they are probably the
same persons. Children: Mary Agnes, George, William H.,
Jennette, Chester, Robert Bruce, Twin of Robert Bruce
(died young), Charles (Moses?), Henry (Aaron?), and
Stanley.19
William H. Farmer ~ Child of Thomas H. Farmer and
Margaret Halley b. 14 July 1842 in Rockton, Ill; m. 15
Oct.1868 Alma Martin, b. in VT. They lived at Rockton.19
John M. Farquhar ~ Medal of Honor Recipient - Civil
War. Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, 89th
Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At Stone River,
Tenn., 31 December 1862. Entered service at: Chicago,
Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 6 August 1902.
Citation: When a break occurred on the extreme right
wing of the Army of the Cumberland, this soldier rallied
fugitives from other commands, and deployed his own
regiment, thereby checking the Confederate advance until
a new line was established. Internet
John M. Farris ~ Minister Old School Presbyterian
Church. Ulster-Scot. Lived in Anna, Union County.6
William W. Farris ~ Son of John
M./Minister/author/graduate of the North-Western
Presbyterian Theological Seminary.6
Elizabeth Faulds ~ Mother Henry Major Ashton.11
Sarah Faulkner ~ Mother Malcolm F. Ewen.11
William Cuthbert Faulkner ~ 1897-1962 ~ creator of
Mississippi's Snopes family, he won a Nobel Prize and
was of partly Scottish ancestry.14
Addie Favor ~ Wife of William J. McAllister. She was
from Plano, IL.4
Richard Fenton ~ Settled in Savanna, GA 1774. He was
26, a Canvas Weaver and sailed on the Marlborough with
wife & children.10
George Harris Fergus ~ 1840-1911 ~ Born in Chicago,
he was the oldest son of Robert, George became a member
of the famous company known as Ellsworth's Zouavers.
When President Lincoln issued the first call for troops,
George became a First Lieutenant in Company K, 11th New
York Infantry which was commanded by Colonel Ellsworth.
The command was mustered into service on May 7, 1861, in
Washington, D.C., and became the first regiment sworn to
active duty. Both father and son gave their entire lives
to historical research. Robert Fergus was completely
Scottish in spirit, and George was completely American.
"Robert was a great reader of the best literature.
George was an esteemed companion to many famous men.
George was direct, forcible, retiring, but always
responsive, and master of himself. Both were true to
their respective traditions ~ Scottish and American. In
their useful careers, they exemplified the ancient motto
of the Clan Fergus ~ 'Ready, Aye Ready'."
Robert Fergus ~ 1815-1860 ~ printer, res. l79 State,
lot 6, block 3, sc. 15, born in Glasgow, Scotland,
August 4, 1815, arrived July 1, 1839. Son George Harris
Fergus. Robert Fergus in 1839 issued the first directory
of the city. He and his son printed the first decisions
of the Illinois Supreme Court, know as "Scammon's
Reports". "Father and son published The Fergus
Historical Series which consists of some 40 volumes and
is the most authoritative history of pioneer days in
Chicago and the State. Fergus was a charter member of
the St. Andrew Society and the history of Chicago could
not be written well except for his efforts. He founded
the printing and publishing firm that bore his name and
was active in the business for sixty years. He married
Margaret Whitehead Scott, who was also a native of
Glasgow. Her father was James Scott, a merchant weaver,
burgee, and freeman of the City. Both Robert Fergus and
his son were members of the St. Andrew Society. Robert
Fergus & Sons, office on Clark street, printing house on
Illinois street and residences on North Dearborn and
Huron streets worth $75,000 in the Chicago fire.
Adam Ferguson ~ 1723-1816 ~ Philosopher who believed
that Great Britain's colonial subjects in America were
endowed with the same natural rights enjoyed by
Englishmen.14
Agnes B. Ferguson ~ Child of William C./Samantha.4
Alexander Ferguson ~ Father Alexander Hugh Ferguson.
Native of Argyleshire, Scotland.11
Alexander Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and
Ellen Picken b. in Harlem Twp., Ill. 30 June 1842, d. 3
June 1919, bur. Scotch Cem.; m. 1877, Margaret
Ralston.19
Alexander Donald Ferguson ~ Child of Alexander H.
Ferguson.11
Alexander Hugh Ferguson ~ Feb. 27, 1853-1912 ~ Surgeon. Illinois St. Andrew Society Member 1910. Born
Ontario Co., Ont., Can.; son Alexander and Annie
(McFadyen) Ferguson (both natives of Argyleshire,
Scotland; ed. Rockwood Acad. and Manitoba Coll; taught
school for a time and later was instructor in Manitoba
Coll.; studied in med coll of Trinity Univ, Toronto,
becoming honor grad., M.B. 1881 and later in same year
an honor grad., M.D., C.M. of Trinity Univ.; visited Am.
hospitals. 1881 and those of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow
and Berlin; married 1882 Sarah Jane Thomas of
Nassagaweya, Ont., Can.; 2 sons, Ivan Havelock,
Alexander Donald. Began practice at Buffalo NY 1881, but
after 7 months returned to Winnipeg, Can., and practiced
there until July 1894; there took active part in
founding the Manitoba Med Coll., in which was 2 years
prof of physiology and histology, and prof. of surgery
from 1886 to 1894; was mem. of General staff of Winnipeg
General Hosp., surgeon-in-chief St. Boniface Hosp. and
chief operator at Brandon and Mordon hospitals.,
Manitoba; 1st president Manitoba branch British Med.
Assn. and mem. Provincial Board of Health; is now prof.
clinical surgery in the Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons
(the med. coll of IL State Univ); elected prof. of
surgery in Chicago Post-Grad. Med. School and Hosp. 1893
and assumed the duties in June 1894; surgeon to Cook Co.
Hosp for the Insane. Apptd 1st Lt. USA Med Reserve Corps
1911. Has devised many operations that are acknowledged
everywhere by surgeons. Was decorated by the late King
Carlos of Portugal, Commander of the Order of Christ for
his excellency in surgery 1906. Pres. Chicago Med Soc.,
1910-11; mem. British Med. Assn., Internat. Surgical
Assn., Am. Surgical Assn. A.M.A., Il State Med. Soc.,
Chicago Gynecological Soc., Chicago Surgical Soc.;
Fellow Chicago Acad. of Medicine and Am. Assn. of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists; ex-pres Tri-State Med
Assn. , and Western surgical and Gynecological Assn.;
fellow southern Surgical and Gynecological Assn; mem.
Miss. Valley Med. Assn.; hon. mem. Michigan State Med.
Assn., Wayne Co. Med Soc., and Military Tract Med. Assn.
Presbyterian. Mason 32 degree. Recreations: fishing and
travel. Residence in 1911: 4619 Grand Blvd. (Residence
in 1905: 10 Drexel Sq.) Office in 1911: 32 N. State St.
(Office in 1905: 100 State Street).11,20
Arthur Ferguson ~ Scots actor turned con-man. In the
early 1920's he observed that Americans would buy
anything. He sold 'Nelson's Column' in London to a Des
Moines, Iowa, couple for their back yard. Immigrating in
1925 to America, he rented out the White House to a
Texas cattleman for $100,000. He almost persuaded an
Australian that the Statue of Liberty would look good in
Sydney Harbor. He was eventually caught and served five
years in prison. He retired and moved to California
living in comparative luxury.1
Bessie Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson.11
Bryce James Ferguson ~ Child of William C./Samantha.4
Carl Ferguson ~ Taught by Peter S. Smith to play
snare drum in the Fitchburg Pipe Band MA making its
debut in 1915.1
Charles Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and
Ellen Picken b. ca. 1855, still living June 1919.
Resided at Lake City, Iowa.19
Charles Ferguson ~ Child of Duncan Ferguson and Agnes
M. Hope, b. ca. 1847.19
Daniel Ferguson ~ Father of William Ferguson.11
Duncan Ferguson ~ b. Nov. 1810 in Glasgow, Scotland,
d. 14 May 1882 in Rockford, Ill.; m. (1) 9 Aug. 1829,
Agnes M. Hope, b. ca. 1811 in Armagh, Ireland, d. 15
Feb. 1862 in Rockford, Ill.; m. (2) 10 Sept. 1867, Mrs.
Mary Spellman. When about 15 years of age, Mr. Ferguson
attended the University of Glasgow for two seasons and
then was employed in the land surveys of Great Britain.
For ten years he was employed most of the time in
Ireland. In 1837 he came to the U.S. and first located
in Pennsylvania. On 3 Nov. 1839, he came with his family
to Rockford. He was elected county surveyor in 1840 and
held this office until 1856. He was assessor of internal
revenue for the second District of Illinois and he was
elected mayor of Rockford. He also held several other
offices including city engineer, assessor and county
treasurer. Children: William G., John, Duncan, Lillie
J., Mary A., Charles and Emma.6,19
Elizabeth B. Ferguson ~ Child of William
C./Samantha.4
Ellen (Helen) Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson
and Ellen Picken b. 26 Oct. 1844, d. 25 Nov. 1882; m. 2
Apr 1867 Charles Greenlee (his 2nd wife), s/o John and
Helen (Brown).19 Greenlee.19
Emma Ferguson ~ Child of Duncan Ferguson and Agnes M.
Hope, b. ca. 1851.19
Ezra Ferguson ~ b. 1832 ~ merchant and inventor of
the means of conveying grain on steam shipments without
shifting, was of Scottish ancestry.17
Helen W. Ferguson ~ Child of William C./Samantha.4
Howard Ferguson ~ Child of William C./Samantha.4
Hugh Daniel Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson.11
Hugh Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and Ellen
Picken b. ca. 1853; m. Cora Bryden. Died shortly before
Alexander Ferguson (3 June 1919.)19
Hugh Russell Ferguson ~ Child of William
C./Samantha.4
Ivan Havelock Ferguson ~ Child of Alexander H.
Ferguson.11
James Edward Ferguson ~ b. 1871 ~ Governor of Texas,
of Ulster Scot ancestry.17
James Ferguson ~ 1798-1872 ~ He was born in
Washington Co. NY and died in Somonauk, IL from the
effects of a fall. He married Nancy A. Graham in 1830
and lived in Franklin CO. OH purchasing a farm near the
village of Reynoldsburg where they lived until the
spring of 1851. They then moved to De Kalb County, IL
and bought a farm in Somonauk township. They lived there
the rest of their lives. Members of the Associate United
Presbyterian Church.4
James Ferguson ~ watchmaker, Randolph street, lost
whole stock in the Chicago fire.
James Ferguson ~ 1797-1867 ~ an Engineer employed on
the construction of the Erie Canal, was born in
Perthshire. He was later Assistant Astronomer at the
United States Naval Observatory, and discovered three
asteroids, for which he received medals from the French
Academy of Sciences.17
James Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and Ellen
Picken b. in Harlem Twp., Ill. 20 Aug. 1840; m. 20 Oct.
1872, Addie H. Belknap of Byron, Ill. He was assessor of
Rockford City and Township.19
John Ferguson ~ Died January 5, 1898; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
John Ferguson ~ Child of Duncan Ferguson and Agnes M.
Hope, b. ca. 1833 in Ireland. 19
John Ferguson ~ Died March 8, 1910; buried Rosehill,
Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Kenneth Ferguson ~ Husband of Fannie McCleery.4
Lillie J. Ferguson ~ Child of Duncan Ferguson and
Agnes M. Hope, b. ca. 1840 in Illinois; m. 28 Sept. 1859
in Winnebago Co., Theodore A. Bartlett.19
Margaret Ferguson ~ b. 1843 ~ Child of James and
Nancy Ferguson. She was born in Franklin Co. OH and
married Joseph T. Fulton in her father's house in De
Kalb County IL in 1864. In 1928, Margaret and her
daughter Clara lived in Los Angeles, CA.4
Mary A. Ferguson ~ Child of Duncan Ferguson and Agnes
M. Hope, b. ca. 1844.19
Mary Ferguson ~ Mother of Peter Ferguson Cameron.11
Mary Jane Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and
Ellen Picken b. 6 Nov. 1846, d. 23 Nov. 1869, bur.
Scotch Cem.; m. 13 Sept. 1867, James Bryson, of Chicago,
IL.19
May Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson.11
Nancy Maxwell Ferguson ~ 1837-1926 ~ Child of James
and Nancy Ferguson. She married in 1882 William John
Dobbin in Somonauk, IL.4
NFN Ferguson ~ trekked the 80 miles from Brandon to
Bottineau ND in the late 1800's.1
Patrick Ferguson ~ 1744-1780 ~ Colonel and Leader of
the British in the Revolutionary War. Fought in the
Battle of King's Mountain 10/7/1780. Aberdeenshire-born,
he is buried on the battlefield, now a national
monument.1 In 1776, he patented the first practical
breech-loading rifle. Demonstrations proved Ferguson's
rifle to be more powerful and more accurate than those
then in use. It was far faster to reload and thus
increased firepower three or four times. It could be
loaded in a prone position and would therefore save many
lives and it could operate under set conditions. It
could even be reloaded during an advance. His rifle was
first used in battle on September 21, 1777, at the
Battle of Brandywine during the American War of
Independence. As expected, the new weapon proved
extremely effective. However, for some reason which has
never been explained, the British general Howe packed up
the vastly superior rifles after the battles and never
used them again for the balance of the war. During the
battle Ferguson, the best marksman in the British army
and holding the best weapon in the world, declined, on
moral grounds, to shoot an American officer in the back
at close range. The officer, he later found out, was
Washington. It is interesting the speculate on whether
the outcome of the war would have been different had
Ferguson pulled the trigger that day and had Howe
continued the use the Ferguson rifle.14
Peter G. Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and
Ellen Picken b. ca. 1858, died young.19
Ralph Ferguson ~ Child of William C./Samantha.4
Robert Ferguson ~ 37th Rect. New York Infantry
Volunteer in the Revolutionary War, he is buried in
Edinburgh beneath the statue of Lincoln.
Robert Ferguson ~ produced the first newspaper in
Tennessee.14
Robert Ferguson ~ b. 1834 ~ Child of James and Nancy
Ferguson. He married in 1861, Eleanor Kirkpatrick.4
Robert G. Ferguson ~ Husband Eleanor Kirkpatrick.4 -
Robert Harvey Ferguson ~ Child of William
C./Samantha.4
Thomas Barker Ferguson ~ b. 1841 ~ diplomat and
inventor, was great-grandson of James Ferguson who
emigrated from Scotland at end of seventeenth century.
He was Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries (1878-87),
Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister-Plenipotentiary to
Sweden and Norway (1893-97), etc. His grandfather was a
Member of the South Carolina Provincial Legislature and
Member of the Council of Safety.17
Thomas Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and Ellen
Picken b. ca. 1849, d. shortly before Alexander Ferguson
(3 June 1919), m. Alice Smith of Byron.19
William Connell Ferguson ~ 1846-1923 ~ Child of
James/Nancy Ferguson. Born near Reynoldsburg, Ohio, he
married Samantha Wood in 1878. He lived with his parents
during their lifetime and continued to make the farm his
family homestead after their death. He was an elder of
the church at Somonauk, IL.4
William Ezra Ferguson ~ b. 1832 ~ merchant and
inventor of the means of conveying grain on steam
shipments without shifting, was of Scottish ancestry.17
William Ferguson ~ s/o James Ferguson and Martha
Mitchell, he was b. 15 May 1813 at Campbelltown,
Argyleshire, Scotland, d. 18 Jan. 1884, bur. in Scotch
Cem. He m. 31 Oct. 1839 at Cincinnati, Ohio, Ellen
Picken. William crossed the Atlantic in 1836 and settled
in Ohio. The only other member of the family to come to
America to settle permanently was a sister, Mrs. Martha
Greenlee. In 1840 William came by horse and buggy to
Harlem Twp. And purchased a tract of land in S 24. He
then returned to Ohio for his family. They erected a
long cabin on his farm and lived there until 1860 when
he sold this land and moved to another tract in S 25.
William was a carpenter and made furniture and caskets
for the early settlers. Children, all born in Harlem
Twp.: James, Alexander, Ellen, Mary Jane, William,
Thomas, Hugh, Charles and Peter G.19
William Ferguson ~ b. May 31, 1853 ~ Pres. Ferguson &
Lange Foundry Co. Member Illinois St. Andrew Society
1910. Born Glasgow, Scotland; son Daniel and Sarah
(Pollock) Ferguson; ed. pub. schools, Canada; married
Muskegon, Mich., Nov. 25, 1875 Mary Cleghorn; children:
Hugh Daniel, William, Margaret (Mrs. Herman Schlifflin
of Milwaukee), May, Bessie. Learned foundry trade in
Chathan, Kent co., Can., then came to US. Was in Denver
3 years, in Neb. 3 years and later in Ottumwa, IA whence
came to Chicago in 1888; in 1898 established the William
Ferguson Foundry Co. which changed in 1903 to present
style of Ferguson & Lange Foundry Co., mfrs of light and
heavy castings, of which is pres. and dir. Independent
in Politics. mem. St. Andrew's Soc., Royal Arcanum,
I.O.O.F. Club: Press (life). Residence in 1911: 6719 N.
Ashland Ave. (Residence in 1905: 4120 Ashland Av.),
Rogers Park. Office: Clybourne Ave and Willow St.11,20
William Ferguson ~ father of Ellen Ferguson and
husband of Ellen Picken.19
William Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson and
Ellen Picken b. 28 Aug. 1848 d. after 3 June 1919; m. 15
Oct. 1874 in Winnebago Co., IL. Clara Ada Smith who was
b. 19 Sept. 1852 in Kenosha, Wis. They went to Los
Angeles.19
William Ferguson ~ Child of William Ferguson who was
b. 1853.11
William G. Ferguson ~ Child of Duncan Ferguson and
Agnes M. Hope, b. 1831 in Ireland.19
William K. Ferguson ~ Child of William C./Samantha.4
Andrew Ferrier ~ Died January 15, 1899; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Michaell Ffossem ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
Edward Ffressell ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
William Ffressell ~ Prisoner sent to MA in 1652.10
William J. Fickinger ~ 602 Quail Ridge Drive ~ Washington, Utah 84780
~ Grandson of Dr. John A. McGill.
Harriet Clare Field ~ 1st wife Charles J. Patten.
Daughter of Oliver and Harriet (Coleman) Field.4
Alex Fife ~ Settled in Georgia 1774. He sailed on the
Royal Charlotte and was 24 and a Husbandman.10
David Fife ~ a Canadian Scot, he developed the first
hard spring wheat in North America.14
A. A. Findlay ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew Society,
1893. Born Birkenheard, England
NFN Findlay ~ Successful sheep farmers in Fremont
Co., Wyoming "little Scotland".1
William Findlay ~ Died October 7, 1873; buried Rosehill, Sec. D, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
William Findlay ~ 1768-1846 ~ fourth Governor of
Pennsylvania (1817-20), of Ulster Scot descent, was also
United States Senator and Treasurer of the Mint at
Philadelphia.17
NFN Findlayson ~ Successful sheep farmers in Fremont
Co., Wyoming "little Scotland".1
John Findley ~ Member of Clan Ogilvy and Member of
the Robert Burns Memorial and Monument Committee.
Robert Finlay ~ Came to Sweden from Russia in 1744,
became rich, and was ennobled as Finlaij only 11 years
later.14
John Finlayson ~ Actor born in Larbert,
Stirlingshire.1
Edwin Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
Ella Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
Emma Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
Isaac Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
James Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick. Married
Agnes May Kirkpatrick.4
John Huston Finley ~ b. 1863 ~ President of the
College of the City of New York and New York State
Commissioner of Education, is a descendant of a brother
of Samuel Finley, President of Princeton College.17
Mary Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
Paul Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
Robert Finley ~ 1772-1817 ~ Trustee of the College of
New Jersey (1807-17) and fourth President of the
University of Georgia, was of Scottish parentage.17
Samuel Finley ~ 1715-66 ~ Clergyman born in Armagh of
Scots ancestry, S.T.D. of Glasgow University, 1763, was
President of the College of New Jersey, later Princeton
University, and one of the ancestors of Samuel Finley
Breese Morse, inventor of the Morse system of
telegraphy. Tutor of Thomas Jefferson.17,14
Sarah Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
Thomas Finley ~ Child James/Agnes Kirkpatrick.4
James Finney ~ Married Nancy Jane Kirkpatrick.4
Jennie Margaretta Finney ~ Child of Nancy Jane/James
Finney. Married Isaac Trible; living in California in
1928.4
Robert Firth ~ 1830-1903 ~ Born in Orkney, he joined
Hudson's Bay Company as a teenager in Victoria.
Transferred to San Juan and raised sheep and cattle
supplying the company's outposts and Vancouver itself.
Became an American Citizen when San Juan was awarded to
the U.S. His farm was known as Bellevue and he remained
there until his death.1
Gertruce Fish ~ child Dwight Foster Cameron. she
married Williston Fish.11
Alice Fisher ~ Wife of John Mercer.4
Mary Fitch ~ Married Rufus Robertson.4
Thomas Fitchie ~ 1834-1905 ~ Born of Scottish
parentage, he was an earnest worker for purity in civil
life in Brooklyn, NY.17
F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Born Francis Scott Key
Fitzgerald and named after and descended from the author
of "The Star-Spangled Banner" he was the depictor of the
Roaring Twenties. His best work was The Great Gatsby.14
James H. Flack ~ Husband of Jane Randles.4
Magnus Flaws ~ On November 17, 1905, Clan MacDuff and
Clan Campbell held a grand ball at the Second Regiment
Armory, which had been furnished without charge by the
Colonel in regard to the Burns Memorial. He was elected
Secretary. Member of the Orkney and Shetland Society and
Member of the Robert Burns Memorial and Monument
Committee.
Alexander Fleming ~ Father Thomas R. Fleming.11
Alexander Fleming ~ Died May 16, 1901; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Sir Alexander Fleming ~ 1881-1955 ~ Ayrshire-born, he
left for London to work as a shipping clerk, before
taking up medicine and qualifying as a surgeon. Sir
Alexander happened upon a penicillin mold when studying
a culture of staphylococci in 1928. His peers were,
however, unimpressed with the claims he made for its
antibiotic powers. His discovery was successfully
refined into a safe and effective drug and in 1945,
Fleming, Howard Florey and Sir Ernst Chain shared the
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.13 He is quoted
as saying, "If penicillin cures illness, sherry
resuscitates the dead." At his funeral in 1955,it was
said that "by his work he has saved more lives and
relieved more suffering than any other living man,
perhaps more than any man who has ever lived.".14
Cornelia Fleming ~ Child of Thomas R./Cornelia.11
Francis Philip Fleming ~ b. 1841 ~ 14th Governor of
Florida (1889-93) he was of Scottish descent.17
Francis Philip Fleming ~ b. 1841 ~ fourteenth
Governor of Florida (1889-93), was of Scottish
descent.17
Ian Fleming ~ 1901-1964 ~ The creator of James Bond,
he prepared for his literary career by being Moscow
correspondent for the Sunday Times of London, and In
WWII was assistant to Britain's director of Naval
intelligence. He was the son of Maj. Valentine
Fleming.14
John Fleming ~ the founder and publisher of The
Boston Chronicle (1767) was born in Scotland. The paper
was printed "on a new and handsome type, a broad faced
long primer, from an Edinburgh foundry, and
typographically far surpassed any paper that had
appeared before it in New England."17
John Fleming ~ Pioneer missionary began work among
the Creek Indians at Fort Gibson in present-day Arkansas
in 1832. His wife opened up a school and he was the
first person to put the Creek language into writing. He
went on to work with the Wea Indians in Kansas and the
Chippewa and Ottawa tribes in Michigan.1
John Lewis Fleming ~ New Member of the Illinois St.
Andrew Society reported 4/4/40.
Peter Fleming ~ Surveyor of the upper part of New
York city, who laid out the grades for the first
railroad in the state.17
Sir Sanford Fleming ~ 1827 - 1915 ~ produced the
Pacific transatlantic cable between Canada and
Australia.14
Thomas Rutherford Fleming ~ b. Jan. 18, 1856 ~ Manufacturer b. Perth, Scotland. Son Alexander and
Jessie (Rutherford) Fleming; came to Chicago in
childhood; ed. Foster (public) School and graduated
Chicago High School 1872; married Chicago Dec. 31, 1887
Cornelia Temple: 1 daughter: Cornelia. Began as a boy in
the lumber yard of Anderson Lumber Co., bookkeeper and
salesman with other firms in the lumber business;
identified with the incorporation of the Michigan Lumber
Co., and became its mgr and treasurer in 1880. Retired
from the business 1889 for about 5 years; finally became
connected with the Temple Pump Co., of which, since 1899
has been mgr and treasurer. Mem. Iron Pump Mfrs' Assn.,
Ill Mfrs' Assn., Nat. Metal Trades Assn., Nat. Assn of
Mfrs. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Union League,
Manufacturers. Recreations: collector of Japanese art,
also books; travel. Residence: La Grange IL. Office
17-27 W. 15th Pl.11,20
Maj. Valentine Fleming ~ Father of Ian Fleming. A
partner in the banking house of Robert Fleming and
Company and who was born in Fife.14
William Fleming ~ 1729-95 ~ surgeon, soldier, and
statesman, Councillor and Acting-Governor of Virginia
(1781), was born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire.17
William Fleming ~ Governor of Virginia 1781.14
Williamina Paton Fleming ~ 1857-1911 ~ Born in
Dundee, he discovered 200 variable stars and 10 novae
after moving to America. A failed marriage forced her to
work as a domestic, but fortunately her master was a
director of Harvard College Observatory, who encouraged
her to become an astronomer.14, 17 See April 1996
History Club Newsletter, page 3
James Fletcher ~ Died September 18, 1909; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Ron Flockhart ~ 1924-1962 ~ He was an automobile race
car driver and native of Edinburgh and won at LeMans in
1956 and 1957.14
John Foord ~ born in Perthshire, came to the U.S. in
1869; became editorial writer on the New York Times and
later editor-in-chief; after 1883, editor and publisher
of the Brooklyn Union; editor of Harper's Weekly; leader
writer on Journal of Commerce, and editor of Asia.17
B. C. Forbes ~ Founder of Forbes magazine in New York
in 1917. He had worked previously at the Rand Daily Mail
in Johannesburg. His son is Malcolm Forbes.14
George Forbes ~ Coachman from Dornoch in Sutherland
who moved to Massachusetts in 1885. He found employment
as coachman to Congressman George Weymouth. When the era
of horse and coach passed, he worked at the City
Stables.1
James Forbes ~ He invented the seismometer in 1842.14
John Forbes ~ 1771-1824 ~ born in Scotland, was
Librarian of the New York Society Library.17
John Forbes ~ born in 1846 ~ son of Philip Jones
Forbes b. 1807, became Librarian of the New York Society
Library.17
John Forbes ~ 1710-59 ~ General. He was born in
Pittencrieff, Fifeshire. Indian fighter and doctor in
the Northwest Territories (area south of the Great
Lakes) during the Revolutionary period. A founder of
Pittsburgh. He was assigned the task of taking Fort
DuQuesnen. 1758, he left Philadelphia with about 6000
men, many of them Highlanders and began cutting a road
through the Pennsylvania forest. After a reconnaissance
party of 800 Highlanders were killed by the French and
Indians, the main party arrived. The Indians were
looking for food and the French surrendered. Pitt was
mortally ill, but wrote a letter to his war minister
stating that he had renamed the village Pittsburgh. He
was noted for his obstinacy and strength of character
and may have been the prototype of the Scotsman of the
prayer: "Grant, O Lord, that the Scotchman may be right;
for, if wrong, he is eternally wrong."1,14,17
John M. Forbes ~ d. 1831 ~ descendant of the Scottish
family of Forbes, was Secretary of Legation to Buenos
Ayres (1823) and Charg'd'Affaires (1825-31).17
Malcolm Forbes ~ Aberdeenshire. Started America's
most prestigious and successful magazines "Forbes" in
New York. He and his son, Robert, made the first
transcontinental crossing of North America by balloon in
1973 going from Coos Bay, Oregon on October 4 to the
Chesapeake Bay near Gwynn Island, Virginia, landing on
November 6. In 1985, the publisher gave a cocktail party
for 100 guests, including Princess Margaret. They were
piped aboard Forbes's 126-foot yacht Highlander IV by
his personal piper. As the party toured New York Harbor,
consuming caviar, the publisher was asked why he was
exchanging his four-year-old yacht for a new 151-footer.
Mr. Forbes replied, "the ash trays were full." (As an
aside, Arnold and I were piped onto the Highlander also
in Chicago for a tour of the Lake -- Alas, Malcolm wasn't there and there were only 6 pipers!!!) He topped
this affair in May 1987 when he threw an extravaganza
for 1100 rich and famous people at his estate in Far
Hills, New Jersey. The guests consumed almost a ton of
Scottish salmon, and were entertained on the lawn by 140
pipers marching through a Scottish baronial stage,
complete with artificial mist. Forbes, dressed in a
proper black-tie kilt outfit and standing under his
chief's crest, greeted his guests while escorting
Elizabeth Taylor. To celebrate his 70th birthday, Forbes
chartered airplanes to fly 600 guests to his palace in
Tangier, Morocco, for a two-million-dollar bash. Once
again, he wore the kilt, escorted Elizabeth Taylor and
employed pipers. Mr. Forbes, a longtime member of the
St. Andrew's Society of New York died in 1990. He was
succeeded by his four sons, Malcolm S., Jr., Timothy,
Christopher, and Robert, who have enhanced the image of
Forbes, started foreign-language editions, and brought
out new magazines.1,14
Philip Jones Forbes ~ 1807-77 ~ son of John Forbes b.
1771, was Librarian of the New York Society Library from
1828 to 1855.17
Stephen Alfred Forbes ~ b. 1844 ~ naturalist,
educator, and writer on entomology and zoology, is of
Scottish origin.17
Steven Forbes ~ First school teacher in Chicago. He
was engaged by Lt. David Hunter, later General Hunter
and he opened school June, 1830 at Michigan Ave &
Randolph. He had some 25 pupils. Only 1 in 18 could read
or write.
Thomas Forbes ~ Scots partner of William Panton. See
Panton and McGillivray.1
William Smith Forbes ~ 1831-1905 ~ grandson of Dr.
David Forbes of Edinburgh, He was a prominent doctor of
Scottish origin.17
James Ford ~ Wife, Agnes, from Roxburghshire, moved
to US in 1874. They traveled by train into Adams county
Iowa to the end of the line. James had to help
passengers and crew turn the engine around for the trip
back. They were united with relatives in Iowa.1
John Donaldson Ford ~ 1840-1917 ~ Admiral who fought
in the Civil War and took a prominent part in the
capture of Manila and destruction of the batteries at
Cavite during the Spanish-American War, was of Scottish
parentage.17
William Forest ~ Director of the Illinois Saint
Andrew Society in 1891.
David Forgan ~ Child David R./Agnes Forgan.11
David Robertson Forgan ~ b. Apr. 16, 1862 ~ Banker.
b. St. Andrews, Scotland the son of Robert and Elizabeth
(Berwick) Forgan; common sch edn.; (hon. M.A. Il Coll.
1903); married Agnes Kerr of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in
Manitoba 1885; children: Robert Russell, Marion, Ethel,
David, James. At 15 he entered Clydesdale Bank as
messenger; immigrated to Halifax, Nova Scotia 1880 and
secured position in Bank of N.S.; was mgr of its branch
at Fredericton, New Brunswick 1883-8; asst. Cashier
American Exchange Bank, Duluth, MN 1888-90; cashier
Northwestern Nat. Bank, Minneapolis 1890-5; V.P. 1896-8
pres 1898-1900, Union Nat. Bank which was merged into
First Nat. Bank of Chicago of which his brother is pres;
v.p. First Nat. Bank and First Trust & Savings Bank
1900-6; organized 1907, and since pres. Nat. City Bank
of Chicago. Has written much on banking subjects notably
a review of W. H. Harvey's Coin's Financial School,"
1894 which attracted wide attention; also "banking as a
Profession" and other addresses. Was Western amateur
golf champion of U.S. Clubs: Chicago, Bankers,
Commercial, Mid-Day, Onwentsia, Evanston Country.
Residence: 1112 Greenwood Blvd., Evanston, IL Office 105
S. Dearborn St. (Gave address in 1905 for office as 1st
Nat. Bank.)11,20
Donald M. Forgan ~ Child of James B./Mary Ellen.11
Ethel Forgan ~ Child David R./Agnes Forgan.11
James Berwick Forgan ~ April 11, 1852- 1924 ~ Banker.
born St. Andrews Scotland; son Robert (the golf club
manufacturer) and Elizabeth (Berwick) Forgan, he was
destined to become one of the most influential figures
in American banking and finance in the early years of
this century; ed Madras College, St. Andrews, and Forres
Acad., Forres, Scotland; married Halifax, Nova Scotia
1875 Mary Ellen Murray; children: Robert D., Jessie
Wilhelmina, Donald M., James B., Jr. First engagement
was with the Royal Bank of Scotland for about 3 years;
later with Bank of British, North America, with
assignments to Montreal, NY and Halifax; later paying
teller, afterward inspector of agencies, Bank of Nova
Scotia; established agency in Minneapolis, of which he
was mgr for 3 years; about 1888 became cashier and mgr
of the Northwestern Nat. Bank; came to First Nat. Bank,
Chicago as V.P. 1892 and succeeded Lyman J. Gage as Pres
in 1900, making the First National Bank the most
powerful bank in the west; also pres. First Trust &
Savings Bank, Nat. Safe Deposit Co.; chmn Board
directors Security Bank of Chicago; dir. Chicago Title
and Trust Co., Equitable Life Assurance Soc of the U.S.
Fidelity & Deposit Co. of MD, Guarantee Co. of North
America, Met. West Side Elevated Ry. of Co., Am.
Radiator Co; mem. western board of control the Audit Co.
of NY. Treasury Secretary under McKinley. Clubs:
Chicago, Union League, Union Exmoor, Bankers',
Commercial, Chicago Golf, Saddle and Cycle, Glen View.
Residence in 1911: 1415 Dearborn Av. (Residence in 1905:
541 Dearborn Av.) Office: First Nat. Bank.11 So caught
up in his work was he that he once admitted: "My life
has been absorbed in, and my energy concentrated on the
growth and development of the banks which have so
commanded my services that my life story has been
practically inseparable from theirs."1 He was appointed
to the Finance Committee of 1912 of the Illinois Saint
Andrew Society. In 1917, President James B. Forgan
decided that ladies should be invited to attend the
Anniversary Dinners. A strict Presbyterian, he urged the
men to reduce their drinking and story-telling, so that
the ladies would feel comfortable. An orchestra and
dancing was added to the program. Brother of David
R.1,2,11,17,20
James B. Forgan, Jr. ~ Member of the Finance
Committee reported in minutes of 1/4/1940. President of
the Illinois Saint Andrew Society in 1940. He succeeded
his father at the First National and was the youngest
bank president in America. Son of James B./Mary Ellen
(1852-1924).
James Forgan ~ Child David R./Agnes Forgan.11
Jessie Wilhemina Forgan ~ Child of James B./Mary
Ellen.11
Margaret Wright Forgan ~ Child of Robert
D./Elizabeth.11
Marion Forgan ~ Child David R./Agnes Forgan.11
Robert Donald Forgan ~ b. 1876 ~ Banker/son of James
B. Forgan. Born Halifax, Nova Scotia, Can.; son James
Berwick and Mary Ellen (Murray) Forgan; grad University
School, Chicago 1895; married Miss Elizabeth M. C.
Write-Clark of Newark NJ 1904; 2 children: Margaret
Wright and James Berwick. In a clerical position Union
Nat. Bank, Chicago 1895-1897; Nat. Bank, Chicago
1895-1897; with the Bank of Nova Scotia, Chicago
1897-1900; entered employ of the First Nat. Bank of
Chicago in 1900, serving in various positions until
1903, when became identified with the First Trust &
Savings Bank of which was elected treasurer 1905.
Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Exmoor, Edgewater.
Recreations: golf and motoring. Residence 1427 Astor St.
Office: First Trust & Savings Bank.11
Robert Forgan ~ Father David R. Forgan.11
Robert Forgan ~ Father James Berwick Forgan.11
Robert Russell Forgan ~ b. 1886 ~ Broker/son of David
R. Forgan. Born Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada; son
David Robertson and Agnes (Kerr) Forgan; ed. Hill
School, Pottstown, PA., Univ School, Chicago and
Princeton Univ.; married Henrietta M. daughter of Howard
H. Hoyt of Evanston, IL 1908. Began business career with
the firm of Charles Hathaway & Co. and their successors,
1906-10; assisted in organizing the W. T. Rickards Co.,
commercial paper 1910, with which has since been
identified as officer and dir. Independent in politics.
Presbyterian. Clubs: Onwentsia, Princeton. Recreations:
golf and motoring. Residence: Winnetka, IL Office 329
The Rookery.11
Alfred Edgar Forrest ~ b. Apr. 22, 1863 ~ Vice-Pres.
and Sec. North Am. Accident Assn. of chicago; s. Dr.
William Forrest (b. Glasgow, Scotland) and Anabella
(White) Forrest (born in England); ed. public and high
schools; m. 1st State Bridge, N.Y., 1883, Saidee L.
Potter; Children: Saidee, Forrest, Rathbone; m. 2d,
Susie c. Kimbrough, at Memphis, Tenn., 1888. After
leaving school engaged in mercantile pursuits, coming to
Chicago in 1883, and embarking in the insurance
business. In 1890 founded the North Am. Accident Assn.
as a level premium mutual company there being then no
law in Illinois under which a stock accident insurance
company could be organized; drafted and had passed in
1899 the poresent casualty insurance law of the state,
and two months after law went into effect reorganized
his company as the North Am. Accident Insurance Co., a
stock corporation, of which is vice-pres. and sec.
Republican. Clubs: Washington Park, Hamilton, Kenwood,
Chicago Athletic. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 4500
Woodlawn Av.20
Edwin Forrest ~ 1806-1872 ~ Born in Philadelphia he
was an Actor and Scot, the son of a native of
Dumfriesshire.1,17
William Forrest ~ Chosen to be on a committee for
design of the Burns Memorial.
James Forrester ~ Scottish surveyor who opened the
Douro River in Portugal to navigation was was made a
baron for his contribution to the wine trade.14
Mary Forrester ~ Wife of Abner Warner Graham. she was
the daughter of Rev. Robert Forrester, 22 years a pastor
in Reynoldsburg, OH.4
Alexander John Forsyth ~ A Scottish clergyman in 1805
revolutionized all firearms by inventing the percussion
lock. To do this he developed a percussion powder which
would explode when struck by a hammer. Separate priming
powder and free sparks were no longer necessary. He then
enclosed the powder in metal, thus laying the basis for
the cartridge. Forsyth's invention was almost as
important as that of gunpowder itself.14
Berobeer Forsyth ~ Settled in Carolina in 1774. He
was 22 and a Gentleman who sailed on the James.10
Bill Forsyth ~ 1946 ~ Known as the "one man Scottish
movie industry," he is the writer and director of
Gregory's Girl, Local Hero and Housekeeping.14
Ellen Mary Forsyth ~ d. 1890 ~ Wife of Albert Leroy
Gilchrist.4
George Forsyth ~ Scot from Illinois. On 9/16/1868,
Forsyth and his party of 50 men rode out over the floor
plain of the Arikaree River in eastern Colorado. By
first light 600 Indians had encircled the cavalry party,
but Forsyth and his men dug in on a 60-yard long island
in the middle of the river. The Battle of Beecher's
Island (named for Forsyth's second in command, Frederick
Beecher, killed in the early hours of the battle) lasted
for a week with the men being reduced to eating the
festering flesh of their fallen horses. Forsyth is said
to have been reading Oliver Twist when the relief column
appeared on the horizon.1
James Bennett Forsyth ~ b. 1850 ~ of Scottish
parentage, took out more than 50 patents on machinery
and manufacturing processes connected with rubber and
fire-hose.17
James Forsyth ~ Major-General in the Civil War under
George McLellan. After the war, he led a contingent
against the Sioux at Wounded Knee, 200 Indians and 40
cavalrymen were killed. There were cries of massacre and
vengeance for Little Big Horn but Forsyth was completely
cleared and returned to command.1
John Forsyth ~ 1811-86, clergyman, author, and
Professor of Latin in Rutgers College, was of Scottish
parentage, and received his education in Edinburgh and
Glasgow.17
John Forsyth and Alexander Forsyth ~ The Forsyths of
New York State trace their descent to two brothers from
Aberdeenshire.17
John Forsyth ~ 1780-1841 ~ fifteenth Governor of
Georgia (1827-29), was also United States Secretary of
State.17
Robert Forsyth ~ One of the first residents of the
Scottish Home.
Robert Forsyth ~ b. c. 1754 ~ The Forsyths of Georgia
are descended from this man who was born in Scotland. He
entered the congressional Army and became a Captain of
Lee's Light Horse in 1776.17
Dr. Samuel Forsyth ~ Assisted Bolivar with his
liberating activities and was one of the founders of
Peru.14
William Forsyth ~ 1737-1804 ~ The Forsythia is named
for him. He was superintendent of the Royal Gardens of
St. James and Kensington.14
Forsyths ~ of Georgia are descended from Robert
Forsyth, born in Scotland about 1754, who entered the
Congressional Army and became a Captain of Lee's Light
Horse in 1776.17
Charles Foster ~ 1825-1904 ~ Governor of Ohio
(1880-84), was Secretary of the Treasury from 1891 to
1893.17
Elizabeth Foster ~ Wife of David French. Daughter of
John Foster, one of Dr. Clark's ruling elders.4
James Foster ~ Husband of Martha Randles.4
James Foster ~ Husband of Martha Dobbin.4
Sarah Foster ~ Wife of John Randles.4
Stephen Foster ~ 1826-1864 ~ Scottish folk-song
composer born in Pittsburgh. His first hit, "Oh!
Susanna," was published in 1848 and struck a sensitive
chord with the Americans moving westward to the
California gold rush a year later. Many of his songs are
still performed today, including "My Old Kentucky Home"
and "Swanee River," which has sold more sheet music
copies than any song ever published.1,14
Nettie Fowler ~ Mother of Cyrus Hall
McCormick(son).11
Cora Fox ~ Child Alex. Ross/Dora Monroe. Mrs. C. M.
Fox.11
Edward Holbrook Fox ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew
Society, 1893. Born Boston, Mass.
Hannah Frary ~ Married Samuel Blair. Youngest
daughter of Jonathan Frary.12
Alasdair Fraser ~ Scottish fiddler now on the West
Coast, hails from Clarkmannan and first came to America
on a BBC tour. In 1981 he moved to San Francisco to work
as a petro-physicist with British Petroleum. He had
given himself two years in the US, but found there was a
steady and growing demand for the music he was playing.
He now runs the Valley of the Moon Fiddling School and
includes in its student body Scots who travel to the US
to learn to play the fiddle in traditional styles. Plays
with Alex Beaton.1
Alex Fraser ~ Died September 5, 1870 Rosehill
Cemetery, Sec. D, Chicago, IL. One of the first
residents of the Scottish Home.
Alma Fraser ~ Wife of John Mccleery.4
Charles Fraser ~ 1782-1860 ~ born in Charleston,
South Carolina, of Scottish ancestry, first studied law
and retired with a competency. He then took up art and
achieved eminent success in miniature painting and as a
painter of landscapes, pictures of genre, still life,
etc.17
Charles Fraser ~ 1782-1860 ~ Born in Charleston,
South Carolina, of Scottish ancestry, he first studied
law and retired with a competency. He then took up art
and achieved eminent success in miniature painting and
as a painter of landscapes, pictures of genre, still
life, etc.17
Daniel Fraser ~ Technical leader of the Tr'hatte
Canal Company which built the G'a Canal between Goteborg and Stockholm, Sweden in 1832.14
David R. Fraser ~ Associated in the Eagle Works, of
which P. W. Gates was President and later established
Fraser and Chalmers Co whose shops were in Chicago as
well as in Erith, near London, and whose machinery has
found its way into mills and camps in every civilized
land.6
David R. Fraser ~ Mentioned by McMillian on page 83
and thus could assume that he is Scottish. See Book of
1912. p. 248.
Dawn Fraser ~ Scottish swimmer from Australia who won
eight Olympic medals, most ever won by any female
swimmer.14
Douglas Fraser ~ a self-described "Scottish immigrant
kid," became President of the United Automobile Workers
of America, the management of which, he always reminded
people, had never sustained a jail sentence. As the
first American labor leader to sit on the board of a
major American corporation, Fraser was able to help
Chrysler restructure its labor costs while getting a
good deal for his workers. His role in the rebirth of
the company, a modern industrial miracle, proved
significant.14
Edwin Fraser ~ Died July 7, 1904; buried Rosehill,
Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Mrs. George Fraser ~ elected Vice President of the
Ladies Auxiliary to work on the Burns Monument. Was also
appointed the North Side representative to work among
the Scottish Societies of Chicago to ensure their
involvement in the monument. During the first year the
ladies made and sold an elaborate autograph quilt, with
over nine hundred names. A second quilt was subsequently
made with about six hundred names. They also held three
successful bazaars.
George D. Fraser ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew
Society, 1893. Born Chicago, IL.
George MacDonald Fraser ~ Creator of the Flashman
series of books and many others, author of one of the
finest World War II personal accounts, "Quartered Safe
Out Here," the story of his experiences fighting in the
Burma campaign. He's not only a Fraser, but also a
MacDonald and a Gordon. (info from Alberg@aol.com)
J. (?) Fraser ~ Called "Professor". Died April 26,
1886; died Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the
Illinois St. Andrew Society.
James Earl Fraser ~ d. 1953 ~ James Earl Fraser died
on October 11, 1953, at the age of seventy-six in
Westport, Connecticut. Born in Winona, Minnesota and
raised on the plains of the West, he had become one of
America's most noted sculptors. His father, Thomas
Alexander Fraser, an engineer in charge of building
railroads, had moved to Dakota Territory when James Earl
was only four years of age. Here, living among the
Plains Indians, he had learned to fish, hunt, and ride.
At the age of eight, James Earl started carving things
out of stone from a nearby quarry. His father wanted him
to be an engineer, but he received such praise from
railroad official about his art that the father finally
relented. At the age of fifteen, James Earl was sent to
study at the Art Institute in Chicago. Growing up in
Chicago, he was assistant to Richard Bock, whose
sculpture is often associated with Frank Lloyd Wright's
architecture. Before he was seventeen a model of one of
his most celebrated works was completed. His "End of The
Trail" statue showing a weary Indian slumped down over
his rack-ribbed horse has been copied around the world.
The original eighteen-foot statue, was given to Visalia,
California. It is often regarded as the best known
sculpture in America. In 1895, James Earl Fraser won a
scholarship to study in Paris. It was here that he
attracted the attention of Augustus Saint-Gaudens with
whom he immediately began to work. In Chicago,
Saint-Gaudens is best known for his statutes of Abraham
Lincoln and the John Logan Memorial at Michigan Avenue
and 6th street. On the north pylons of the Michigan
Avenue bridge across the Chicago river is the large
limestone depiction of The Pioneers and The Discoverers
by James Earl Fraser. Other works by Fraser include the
statue of Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider in front
of the American Museum of Natural History in New York
City. His statue of Alexander Hamilton for the
Department of the Treasury in Washington is regarded as
one of the best works of those practicing in the
Saint-Gaudens tradition. At his death in 1953, he was
survived by his wife of forty years, Laura Gardin
Fraser. A native of Chicago, Mrs. Fraser was also a
sculptor. She is best known for her commemorative
medals, which often featured animals. Some of her work
is preserved at the Elks National Memorial and
Headquarters Building, 2750 North Lake View Avenue at
Diversey Parkway. Two life-size bronze figures,
Reclining Elks, which flank the entrance steps are the
works of Laura Gardin Fraser. Inside the rotunda are
four heroic-sized statues executed by her husband. In
1913, James Earl Fraser designed the Indian head and
buffalo nickel.
John Fraser ~ c. 1823-1878 ~ second Chancellor of the
University of Arkansas, was born in Cromarty,
Scotland.17
John Fraser ~ (1801-1882) His father immigrated to
Petersburg VA in the late 1700's. In 1815, John and his
two brothers were offered an education in Scotland by an
uncle and the boys left on the first ship to sail to
Great Britain after the war of 1812. Upon their return
John studied at Cambridge MA with the writer Ralph Waldo
Emerson and taught school before moving to Athens, AL in
1832. After marriage to Martha Wyche, he built a log
house which is still standing and used as a school .
Many of his students went to Alabama's first college at
LaGrange, 50 miles away. To enter LaGrange, the boys had
to have an impressive knowledge of Latin and Greek and
scholars from Fraser's Classical Academy were future
chief justices, publishers, writers and politicians. He
taught until 1875 when his three daughters, Lizzie,
Virgie and Cornelia took over.1
John Fraser ~ (1750-1811) He was born in Inverness
and was botanical collector to the czar of Russia.14
Norman D. Fraser ~ Son of David R. continue the Eagle
Works in Chicago 1919.6
Patrick L. Fraser ~ Died March 9, 1879; buried Rosehill, Section E, Chicago, IL, by the Illinois St. Andrew
Society.
Simon Fraser ~ Led one of the attacks on Normandy
beach, his piper Bill Millin by his side. He was the
17th Lord Lovat and 22nd chief of Clan Fraser of Lovat
(22nd MacShimi). Lord Lovat, the famous commando leader,
was grievously wounded during the war. But it is for
audacity that he is best remembered. Although it was
against the rules for pipers to march into battle due to
heavy losses in WWI, Lord Lovat told Millin to do so
anyway. He told his men to walk across a bridge rather
than run, practically strutting into the enemy with
their piper playing away. Hitler was so outraged that he
put one hundred thousand marks on Lovat's head. Each
year, Millin, now heavily decorated, returns to France
at the request of the French people to recreate the
events. In the film The Longest Day, Peter Lawford
played Lord Lovat and Bill Millin played himself.14
Sir Bruce Fraser ~ (Baron Fraser of the North Cape)
Admiral and commander in chief of the British home fleet
and responsible for keeping the sea lanes open to
Russia. On December 26, 1942, aboard his flagship, he
challenged and sank the German battleship Scharnhorst
off the North Cape of Norway greatly boosting Allied
morale. In 1944 he was commander in chief of the British
fleet in the Pacific. From 1948 to 1951 he was first sea
lord and chief of naval staff. Signed the document
concluding the WWII on the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo
Bay.14
William Fraser ~ Member Illinois St. Andrew Society,
1893. Born Inverness, Scotland
William W. Fraser ~ (Frazier) Medal of Honor
Recipient - Civil War. Rank and organization: Private,
Company I, 97th Illinois Infantry. Place and date: At
Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at:
Alton, Madison County, Ill. Birth: Scotland. Date of
issue: 24 October 1895. Citation: Gallantry in the
charge of the "volunteer storming party." Internet
John Fries Frazer ~ 1812-72 ~ Vice-Provost of the
University of Pennsylvania (1858-68), was of Scottish
ancestry. Louis Agassiz described him as "the first of
American physicists of his time."
Persifor Frazer ~ 1844-1909 ~ son of John Fries
Frazer and great-grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Persifor
Frazer of Revolutionary times, was author of the
Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (5 vols.)17
Sir James George Frazer ~ 1854-1941 ~ He was the
author of The Golden Bough, published in 1890. The book
compares a greater range of religious practices all over
the world than any other anthropological work.14
George Frazier ~ baker, Division street, furniture
and stock lost in the Chicago fire.
George Frazier ~ Husband of Rosanna Graham.4
Jimmy Frazier ~ Successful sheep farmer in Fremont
Co., Wyoming "little Scotland".1
Albert C. French ~ b. 1852 ~ Child of
Rensselaer/Nancy. Married Mary Stuart Taylor of Elgin,
Scotland. In 1928, they resided in Chicago.4
Albert Chancellor French ~ Child of Albert/Mary
French.
Alexander French ~ Child of Jonathan and Ann French.
Married in Somonauk, IL in 1850 to Eliza Thompson. He
was a charter member of the Associate Church. He moved
to California.4
Alexander Skinner French ~ b. 1855 ~ Child of James
W./Mary Ann. He married Theresa Agnes McClellan in
1855.4
Alta Grace French, ~ b. 1891 ~ Child of Alexander
S./Theresa. She graduated from Monmouth College in 1913
and (in 1928) was a missionary/teacher at Pressley
Memorial Institute, Assint, Egypt, send by the Woman's
Board of the United Presbyterian Church. In 1928 she had
been appointed a regular missionary.4
Andrew L. French ~ 1853-1891 ~ Child of William &
Isabel French. He married in 1884 Agnes McBride.4
Ann French ~ 1809-1887 ~ Child of Jonathan and Ann
French. She died in Jackson, NY and married James Hill
in 1833.4
Anna Elizabeth French ~ 1859-1895 ~ Child of Jonathan
and Ann French.4
Benjamin French ~ 1753-1836 ~ son of David/Susanna
French. He married Charlotte Miller of South Argyle,
NY.4
Beveridge French ~ Child of Jean and Jonathan
French.4
Clement French ~ Child of Jean and Jonathan French.4
David French ~ 1753-1836 ~ Child of Robena and John
Blair. He was born in Dunstable, MA and died in Salem,
NY. He married first in Cambridge, about 1775 to Susanna
Blair. He married second about 1820, Elizabeth Foster.4
David French ~ 1783-1855 ~ Child of David/Susanna
French. Pastor. Died in Taylorstown, PA. In 1855, he
married Sarah McClellan and had five sons who were
United Presbyterian ministers.4
Elizabeth French ~ 1806-1869 ~ Child of Jonathan and
Ann French. She was married in 1833 to George
Armstrong.4
Elizabeth French ~ Child of Alexander and Eliza.4
Ellen Ann French ~ 1840-1905 ~ Wife of Chester Henry
m. 1860. Child of William & Isabel French. She was born
in Washington Co. NY and died in Goldfield, IA. Buried
in Oak Mound Cemetery.4
Elsie May French ~ Child of William J./Sarah.
Graduate of Monmouth College and (in 1928) was a
missionary to Egypt and superintendent of the Central
Girls' High School in Alexandria.4
Francis May French ~ b. 1903 ~ Child of Alexander
S./Theresa.4
George Beveridge French ~ 1850-1915 ~ Child of
William & Isabel French. He married Clara M. Kirkpatrick
first and then Sarah M. Orr.4
Harvey B. French ~ Child of Albert/Mary French.4
James W. French ~ 1826-1890 ~ Child of Jonathan and
Ann French. He was born in Washington Co., NY and died
in Golfield, IA. In 1852, he married Mary Ann Skinner.
He lived on the farm in Squaw Grove township that his
father purchased from the government in 1844. In 1890,
he moved to Goldfield, IA where he suddenly passed away
a day or two after his arrival. He and his wife are
buried in Oak Mound Cemetery.4
Janet French ~ Child of Robena and John Blair.4
Jeanette French ~ b. 1856 ~ Child of William & Isabel
French. She married Thomas J. McIlhenney in 1876.4
Jennie M. French ~ Child of Albert/Mary French.4
John Blair French ~ 1848-1866 ~ Child of William &
Isabel French. He died unmarried.4
John Blair French ~ about 1780 ~ Child of Jean and
Jonathan French. Married first Margaret Crawford; second
Robena McMicken.4
John French ~ Child of David/Susanna French. He
married and moved to Ohio in 1817.4
John M. French ~ b. 1898 ~ Child of Alexander
S./Theresa. In 1928 he was a farmer near goldfield, IA.4
John McMicken French ~ Child of Robena and John
Blair.4
John Pollock French ~ 1840-1856 ~ Child of
Rensselaer/Nancy.4
Jonathan French ~ Child of Margaret and John Blair.4
Jonathan French ~ 1751-1838 ~ Rev. War soldier. Born
in Dunstable, MA he married Jean Blair. He enlisted with
his brother David in 1775. He served throughout the war
and later served in the Albany County Militia under
Captain John Blair.4
Jonathan French ~ 1781-1848 ~ Child of David/Susanna
French. He was born in Cambridge, Washington Co. NY and
died in Squaw Grove, De Kalb Co. IL. He was married in
Cambridge NY in 1805 to Ann Edgar of Pelham, MA. Parents
of William French, Sarah and Mary Jane (married to David
Miller Dobbin) and Alexander. Charter Members of the
United Presbyterian church in 1846 in Somonauk, IL.4
Jonathan B. French ~ 1813-1843 ~ Child of Jonathan
and Ann French. He died in the home of his brother
William in Somonauk, IL.4
Joseph French ~ Child of Alexander and Eliza.4
Leslie B. French ~ Child of Alexander S./Theresa. At
home in 1928.4
Marguerita Wilton French ~ Child of Albert/Mary
French.4
Martin French ~ Child of Alexander and Eliza.4
Mary Ann French ~ 1843-1883 ~ Child of
Rensselaer/Nancy.4
Mary Elizabeth French ~ 1846-1926 ~ Child of William
& Isabel French. She was married in 1863 to Thomas
Irwin.4
Mary Ella French ~ Child of George B. & Clara
French.4
Mary Ellen French ~ Child of Alexander S./Theresa.
Graduated from Monmouth College and is a teacher of
French and mathematics in the high school at Onawa, IA
(in 1928).4
Mary Jane French ~ 1819-1848 ~ Married David Miller
Dobbin. They married in Washington county, NY in 1843.
She was born in Cambridge NY and died in Squaw Grove
township, DeKalb County, IL. She was the daughter of
Jonathan and Ann (Edgar) French. She was a charter
member of the Associate church in Somonauk, IL.4
Paul French ~ Son of Sarah/George Bev. French.4
Rensselaer W. French ~ b. 1814 ~ Child of Robena and
John Blair. He was born at Worcester, NY and died in
Chicago. In 1839, he married Nancy, daughter of John
Pollock. He was licensed to preach at Wooster by the
Associate Presbyterian Presbytery at Richmond Ohio in
1843. His first pastorate was at North Henderson, Mercer
Co. IL. His second pastorate was at Somonauk, IL where
he was installed in 1849. He held this post until 1959.
He purchased 170 acres of prairie for $360. It cost them
$16.50 to move two wagons and five people across the
prairie to Somonauk, IL. When he completed his house, it
was the first frame home in which he had lived, having
been born, educated, married and lived in log houses his
entire life.4
Rensselaer W. French ~ Child of Albert/Mary French.4
Robena J. McMicken French ~ 1841-1879 ~ Child of
Rensselaer/Nancy. Married Rev. N. H. Brown in 1862. Her
full name is Robena Jane McMicken French.4
Robert French ~ Child of Robena and John Blair.4
Robert Gordon French ~ Child of Albert/Mary French.4
Samuel French ~ Married Sarah Cummings and settled in
the part of Dunstable, MA that is now New Hampshire.4
Sarah French ~ 1821-1881 ~ Child of Jonathan and Ann
French. She died in the home of her brother James W.
French and is buried at Oak Mound Cemetery. She was a
charter member of the Associate Church in Somonauk, IL.4
Sarah Agnes French ~ 1846-1926 ~ Child of William &
Isabel French. She married in 1872 James Martin
McCleery. She was the granddaughter of George and Ann
(Hoy) Beveridge.4
Solomon French ~ 1787-1858 ~ Child of David/Susanna
French. He was unmarried.4
Susan French ~ Child of Jonathan and Ann French. She
was unmarried in 1928 and living with her brother
William in Waterloo, IA.4
Susanna French ~ Child of Jonathan and Ann French.
She died unmarried in Washington Co., NY.4
W. J. French ~ Husband of Sarah Eliz. Henry.4
Walter B. French ~ b. 1888 ~ Child of Alexander
S./Theresa.4
William French ~ 1811-1880 ~ Child of Jonathan and
Ann French. He died in Somonauk, IL. Married in 1838
Isabel Beverage. They came to Somonauk with George and
Ann (Hoy) Beveridge in 1842 and settled on a claim on
the Somonauk Creek. Mrs. French was a charter member of
the church and Mr. French later became a member. They
are buried at Oak Mound Cemetery.4
William French ~ Child of Robena and John Blair.4
William French ~ b. 1603 ~ He came to Boston in 1635
in the ship Defense. He was born in Halsted, Essex,
England and married Elizabeth Symmes and settled first
in Cambridge and later in Billerica, MA. He was a member
of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of MA.4
William French ~ Child of George B. & Clara French.4
William French ~ He and his wife, Isabel (daughter of
George and Ann Beveridge) settled in Somonauk, IL in the
1840's.4
William J. French ~ b. 1863 ~ Child of Jonathan and
Ann French. He was married in 1886 to Sarah E. Henry.4
Erwin Findlay Freundlich ~ (1885-1964) Born in
Germany of a Scottish mother, he became a colleague of
Einstein and was the first to prove his general theory
of relativity by experiment. Freundlich left Germany at
the time of Hitler and ended his career at St.
Andrews.14
Walter Edwin Frew ~ President of the Corn Exchange
Bank, New York, and President of the New York Clearing
House, he is of Scottish heritage. He was a pioneer of
the branch banking system in New York.17
Stephen Fridley ~ Founded Scotch settlement in
Wheatland Township, Will County, 1843-44.6
Robert Frost ~ 1874-1963 ~ He was called "America's
foremost poet, its emblem poet by the New York Times.
In 1960 he was honored to recite his poem "The Gift
Outright" at the inauguration of President John F.
Kennedy. His widowed mother, Isabelle Moody, was born in
Scotland and her intense Scottish loyalties greatly
influenced his work, which combines practicality with
mysticism.14
Jeanette Fuller ~ Wife of John Henry.4
John Fullerton ~ Married Flora M. Kirkpatrick.4
Keith Fullerton ~ Child of Flora M.
Kirkpatrick/John.4
Sara Fullerton ~ Child of Flora M. Kirkpatrick/John.4
Clara Dimple Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
James Elbert Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
Joseph T. Fulton ~ 1835-1897 ~ married Margaret
Ferguson. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 105th
Regiment Illinois Infantry. He was wounded at the battle
of Resaca, GA. He was elected an elder of the Somonauk,
IL United Presbyterian church in 1867. In 1869 they
moved to Winchester, KS and he entered the real estate
business.4
Josephine Agnes Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
Juanita Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph Fulton.4
Margaret Belle Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
Nancy Mary Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph Fulton.4
Ralph Erskin Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
Robert Fulton ~ 1765-1815 ~ the son of an Ayrshire
farmer, is said to have been on of the spectators when
William Symington operated the world's first practical
steamboat, the Charlotte Dundas, on the Clyde River at 7
miles per hour. Two years later Fulton built what some
claim was the world's first reliable steamboat, a
seventy-four foot sidewheeler, which was demonstrated on
the Seine before cheering Parisians. He married a
daughter of the Livingstons and thus got the necessary
financial backing to make the Clermont a success.
Fulton, with the help of Robert Livingston, the
Scottish-American purchaser of Louisiana, launched the
first practical American steamship, the Clermont, on the
Hudson in 1807. In the same year, between New York and
Albany, Fulton and Livingston established the first
commercial steamboat service in the world. He also
invented and named the torpedo in 1804. It would be
another half-century before torpedoes were
self-propelled and in common use.14
Robert Moffett Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
William Shakespeare Fulton ~ Child of Margaret/Joseph
Fulton.4
William H. Furlong ~ died January 13, 1880; buried in
Illinois St. Andrew Society plot at Rosehill Cemetery,
Chicago IL, Sec. D
James Furnett ~ printer, Lake street lost in the
Chicago fire.
Adam Fyfe ~ d. 1912 ~ Member of the Illinois Saint
Andrew Society who died in 1912. There is a memorial to
Adam Fyfe who had been born of Scottish parents in Fond
du Lac County, Wisconsin. He was the first white child
born in this township. He worked on the Chicago police
force, where he served with honor, until his retirement
as a Captain in 1898. He was an active member of the
Society. He died at his home at 16 S. Leavitt St., July
10, 1912, at the age of sixty-five. He left a wife and
one son, James A. Fyfe.
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