Catherine O'Leary

Catherine O'Leary

female, deceased (1895)
Catherine O'Leary (also known as Cate O'Leary) (ca. 1827 - July 3, 1895) was an Irish immigrant living in Chicago, Illinois in the 1870s. It was...
Potter Palmer

Potter Palmer

male, deceased (1902)
Potter Palmer (1826 - 1902) was a Chicago businessman who was responsible for much of the development of State Street. Potter Palmer founded a dry...
Dankmar Adler

Dankmar Adler

male, deceased (1900)
Dankmar Adler (born July 3, 1844 in Germany; died April 16, 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) was an American architect. Adler was a civil engineer...
Joseph Medill

Joseph Medill

male, deceased (1899)
Joseph Medill (April 6, 1823 - March 16, 1899) is better known as the business manager and managing editor of the "Chicago Tribune" than as mayor...

Levi Leiter

male, deceased (1904)
Levi Ziegler Leiter (November 2, 1834 - July 8, 1904) was a Chicago businessman and partner of Marshall Field who co-founded what became the...

Daniel Sullivan

male
Daniel "Pegleg" Sullivan was a Chicagoan who is often credited with being the first to sound the alarm when a fire broke out in Catherine O'Leary's...

Louis M. Cohn

male
Louis M. Cohn was a Chicago importer who claimed to have been in Mrs. O'Leary's barn the night the Great Chicago Fire started there in 1871....
Joseph Schlitz

Joseph Schlitz

male, deceased (1875)
A native of Mainz, Germany, Schlitz emigrated to the U.S. in 1850. In 1856 he assumed management of the Krug Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In...
Roswell B. Mason

Roswell B. Mason

male, deceased (1892)
Roswell B. Mason (September 19 1805 - January 1 1892; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1869-1871) for the...
Ira D. Sankey

Ira D. Sankey

male, deceased (1908)
Ira D. Sankey (August 28, 1840 - August 13, 1908), known as "The Sweet Singer of Methodism," was an American gospel singer and composer associated...