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Politicians in Shoes, Leather, and Fur in Illinois

Eli Perry Chatfield (b. 1846) — also known as Eli P. Chatfield — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Prattsville, Greene County, N.Y., August 14, 1846. Republican. Secretary, J. E. Tilt Shoe Company; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Ira D. Chatfield and Eliza (Case) Chatfield; married, February 13, 1873, to Ida M. Parker.   William Emmett Dever (1862-1929) — also known as William E. Dever — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass., March 13, 1862. Democrat. Leather manufacturer; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908 (alternate), 1924, 1928; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1923-27. Died, from pancreatic cancer, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 3, 1929 (age 67 years, 174 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Patrick J. Dever and Mary (Lynch) Dever; married 1885 to Katherine E. Conway; cousin *** of Paul Andrew Dever.   Books about William E. Dever: John R. Schmidt, The Mayor Who Cleaned Up Chicago : A Political Biography of William E. Dever   Robert J. Guss Jr. (c.1935-2007) — of Palatine, Cook County, Ill. Born about 1935. Shoe merchant; village president of Palatine, Illinois, 1977-85. Died October 12, 2007 (age about 72 years). Burial location unknown.   Robert F. Kraft (1859-1894) — of New Albany, Floyd County, Ind. Born in Johnson County, Ill., October, 1859. Democrat. Shoemaker; candidate for mayor of New Albany, Ind., 1894. Killed himself by swallowing arsenic, in New Albany, Floyd County, Ind., October 2, 1894 (age about 35 years). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Ferdinand Kraft and Sophia (Scharf) Kraft; married, April 22, 1884, to Blanche E. Riggle.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Lawrence Edward McGann (1852-1928) — also known as Lawrence E. McGann — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Galway, Ireland, February 2, 1852. Democrat. Boot and shoe business; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1891-97 (2nd District 1891-95, 3rd District 1895-97). Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died July 22, 1928 (age 76 years, 171 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Edward McGann and Bridget (Ford) McGann; married, May 1, 1883, to Mary White; married, April 21, 1903, to Edith Foster.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Edwin S. Norton (1864-1933) — also known as Ed S. Norton — of Varna, Marshall County, Ill.; Pomona, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Riverside, Riverside County, Calif. Born in Illinois, 1864. Democrat. Dry goods merchant; shoe merchant; candidate for California state assembly, 1932. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in the back room of his shoe store, Riverside, Riverside County, Calif., June 23, 1933 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.   Erskine Mason Phelps (1839-1910) — also known as Erskine M. Phelps — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Stonington, New London County, Conn., March 31, 1839. Democrat. Boot and shoe business; president, Hahnemann Hospital; member of Democratic National Committee from Illinois, 1888; Illinois Democratic state chair, 1888; Consul for Colombia in Chicago, Ill., 1893-1907. Donated his collection of Napoleon memorabilia to the University of Chicago Library. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 22, 1910 (age 71 years, 52 days). Entombed at Evergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Charles H. Phelps and Ann (Hammond) Phelps; married, October 26, 1865, to Anna Wilder; second cousin of James Hammond Trumbull; second cousin once removed of Henry Brewster Stanton; second cousin thrice removed of George Champlin; second cousin four times removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin twice removed of Christopher Grant Champlin, Jeremiah Mason, Benjamin Trumbull and Lancelot Phelps; third cousin thrice removed of John Adams, Noah Phelps, Augustus Seymour Porter, Daniel Cady and Peter Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Calvin Tilden Hulburd, Judson B. Phelps, Nathan William Pendleton and Giles Russell Taggart; fourth cousin once removed of Albert Gallup, George Smith Catlin, Lyman Trumbull, James Phelps and Irving Dilley Tillman.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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