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Henry Dibblee 1840 - 1907

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• Birth	20 Aug 1840	New York, New York, NY, USA
  Gender	Male
  Also known as	Henry Debblee  [1]
  Census - 1850	5 Sep 1850	New York, New York, NY, USA   [2]
  	1850 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, New York Ward 15 Western half 5 Sep 1850, Dwelling 395, Family 700 Dibblee. Ezra, 42, m, w, merchant, NY Dibblee. Francis, 36, f, w, VT Dibblee. Sarah, 14, f, w, NY, attending school Dibblee. Frances, 13, f, w, NY, attending school Dibblee. Caroline, 12, f, w, NY, attending school Dibblee. Henry, 10, m, w, NY, attending school Dibblee. Charlotte, 2, f, w, NY Dibblee. Harriet, 2, f, w, NY --, Bridget, 35, f, w, Ireland --, Bridget, 25, f, w, Ireland --, Ellen, 33, f, w, Ireland
  Census - 1860	20 Aug 1860	New York, New York, NY, USA   [3]
  	1860 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, New York Ward 16 District 1 20 Aug 1860, Dwelling 932, Family 2142 Dibblee, Ezra, 50, m, w, merchant, NY Dibblee, Frances, 42, f, w, NY Dibblee, Ann, 23, f, w, NY Dibblee, Frances, 22, f, w, NY Dibblee, Caroline, 20, f, w, NY Dibblee, Henry, 19, m, w, clerk, NY Dibblee, Charlotte, 12, f, w, NY, attending school Dibblee, Harriett, 12, m, w, NY, attending school Dibblee, Ezra, 10, f, w, NY, attending school Dibblee, William, 9, m, w, NY, attending school Dibblee, Adalaid, 7, f, w, NY, attending school --- (indexed as Aalaid Dibblee) Dibblee, Julia, 3, f, w, NY McKum ?, Catharine, 27, f, w, servant, NY --- (Indexed as Catharine Mkum) Smith, Margaret, 35, f, w, servant, Ireland Carby, Anna, 24, f, w, servant, Ireland
  Census - 1870	19 Dec 1870	New York, New York, NY, USA   [4]
  	(2nd Enumeration) 24 West 27th St., bet. 6th Avenue & Broadway
  	1870 United States Federal Census, New York, New York, New York Ward 21 District 21 (2nd Enumeration) 19 Dec 1870, 24 West 27th St., between 6th Avenue & Broadway Dibblee, E R, 60, m, w, commercial merchant, NY ---- (indexed as E A Debblee) Dibblee, F M, 55, f, w, keeping house, w, VT ---- (indexed as F M Debblee) Dibblee, S M, 30, f, w, at home, NY ---- (indexed as S M Debblee) Dibblee, F R, 30, f, w, at home, NY ---- (indexed as F K Debblee) Dibblee, Caroline, 30, f, w, at home, NY ---- (indexed as Caroline Debblee) Dibblee, Henry, 30, m, w, com. merchant, NY ---- (indexed as Henry Debblee) Dibblee, Charlotte, 22, f, w, at home, NY ---- (indexed as Charlotte Debblee) Dibblee, Harriotte, 22, f, w, at home, NY ---- (indexed as Harriott Debblee) Reilly, Edward, 35, m, w, domestic servant, Ireland McCune, Sarah, 30, f, w, domestic servant, Ireland Fear, Catherine, 30, f, w, domestic servant, Ireland France, Elizabeth, 18, f, w, domestic servant, Ireland
  Census - 1880	10 Jun 1880	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [5]
  	3326 Indiana Avenue
  	1880 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Cook, Chicago, District 26 10-11 Jun 1880, 3326 Indiana Avenue, Dwelling 323, Family 362 Dibblee, Henry, w, m, 38, m, ornamental iron works, NY, NY, NY Dibblee, Laura, w, f, 29, wife, m, MA, MA, MA Dibblee, Bertha, w, f, 5, daughter, IL, NY, MA Dibblee, Francis, 2, daughter, IL, NY, MA Monohae, Mike, w, m, 40, servant, coachman, Brown, Nellie, w, f, 22, servant, servant, IN, Ireland, Ireland O'Conner, Mary, w, f, 15, servant, nurse girl, IN, Ireland, Ireland Kennedy, Annie, w, f, 26, servant, cook, PA, PA, PA
  Census - 1900	2 Jun 1900	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [6]
  	1922 Calumet Avenue
  	1900 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Cook, Chicago Ward 2, District 40 2 Jun 1900, 1922 Calumet Avenue (South Town), Dwelling 25, Family 30 Dibblee, Henry, head, w, m, Aug 20 1842. 57, m, 27 NY, NY, VT, real estate, o, f, h Dibblee, Laura, wife, w, f, Oct 31 1850, 45, m, 2, 2, MA, MA, MA --- (enumerated as Lannie Dibblee) Dibblee, Bertha, daughter, w, f, Mar 20 1875, 25, s, IL, NY, MA Dibblee, Francis, daughter, w, f, Aug 26 1874, 25, s, IL, NY, MA Henrietta Cummings, servant, w, f, Mar 7 1865, 35, s, WI, Ireland, NC, cook Lena Olesen, servant, w, f, Jul 6 1841, 58, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, laundress Helma Melin, servant, w, f, Aug 1864, 35, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, house? maid Augusta Olesen, servant, w, f, Mar 15, 1867, 33, s, Sweden, Sweden, Sweden, waitress
  In the news	25 May 1904
  	The Lincoln Evening News (Lincoln, Nebraska)
  	CHICAGO MILLIONAIRES ORGANIZE EXCLUSIVE CLUB --Recreation and rest for Chicago millionaires are to be provided in a midday club which has been organized by prominent and wealthy citizens.-- The new club will be modeled after the Noonday, Downtown, and similar clubs of New York city, but will be the first of its kind in this city. Luxurious quarters are now being prepared in the First National Bank building. Half of the seventeenth floor of this new skyscraper will be devoted to the club rooms and the apartments will be furnished in style and cost to suit the tastes of Chicago's captains of finance. On the topmost story of the skyscraper, far above the noise and worry of business strife, the men of wealth may retire to discuss affairs over their luncheons and spend an hour or two in recreation before they plunge again into the turmoil of commerce. In point of exclusiveness the Midday club will be unrivaled by any organization in Chicago. Only men of wealth who are able to pay a high price for the privilege of dining in expensive style can afford to seek membership. The wealth of the members will represent upward of $100,000,000. The aim of the directors is to make the cuisine famous, and the finest chefs that can be procured will be engaged to prepare the menus for the millionaire members and their guests. The dining room, which is planned on a lavish scale, will be richly appointed, while the recreation and reception rooms will be furnished in a manner in keeping with the rest. In New York and Philadelphia, where similar clubs are in existence, the organizations of this sort are among the most popular with the wealthy class, and the aim of the Chicago projectors is to make the Midday club a center where the moneyed interests of the city may congregate. "We will have one of the finest clubs in the west," said J. Lewis Cochran, secretary of the organization, yesterday. "Nothing in Chicago will correspond to it. Our club rooms will be handsomely furnished, and altogether the club will be very attractive. Yes, the dues will necessarily be pretty in order to support such a club." The Midday club will be open, as its name indicates, from 7 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Luncheons will be served to members and their friends between these hours. William G. Beals has been chosen president of the new Midday club, Henry Dibblee is the vice president, and J. L. Cochran secretary. Numbered among the 300 members are Frederick S. Winston, Harry G. Selfridge, Frank H. Scott, James R. Forgan and other prominent business men. The membership will be exclusive and limited. For the privilege of lunching at the club the members will pay an initiation fee of $300, and the annual dues will be accordingly expensive. The clubrooms will be thrown open as soon as the First National Bank building is completed. It is expected that this will not be before the first of next January. (Page 2)
  Died	19 Dec 1907	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA   [7]
  	Cause: angina pectoris / ulcer of stomach
  Obituary	20 Dec 1907
  	Chicago Daily News
  	DIBBLEE--Henry Dibblee,Dec. 19, suddenly at his residence 1922 (?) Calumet Av. Funeral services Saturday Dec 21, 1 p.m. from his late residence. Burial private.
  Obituary	20 Dec 1907
  	Chicago Tribune
  	FUNERAL OF HENRY DIBBLEE WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW. Died After Ten Days' Illness at His Residence, 1922 Calumet Avenue- Heart Failure the Cause. Henry Dibblee, Senior member of the real estate firm of Dibblee Manierre, died suddenly yesterday at his residence, 1922 Calumet avenue. The cause of death was heart failure. Mr. Dibblee had been ill less than two weeks. He was 67 years old. The funeral service will be held tomorrow. Mr. Dibblee, who was a brother-In-law of the late Marshall Field, was associated in the real estate business with George Manierre since 1886. Ten days ago Mr. Dibblee became ill and was confined to his room. He grew worse gradually until Wednesday evening, when he rallied. A sudden relapse yesterday morning ended fatally. Mr. Dibblee was born in New York City, a son of E. R. Dibblee, a dry goods importer. In 1873 he came to Chicago. In 1886 he organized the real estate firm of which he was the head at the time of his death. In 1873 Mr. Dibblee married Miss Laura Field of Conway, Mass. Beside widow two daughters, Mrs. A. A. Sprague II. and Mrs. John O. King are living. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock at his late residence, the Rev. W. O. Waters, rector of Grace Episcopal church, officiating. The active pallbearers will be E. W. Cramer, Albert H. Day, John. A. Spoor, J. S. Runnells, Francis Brown, E. R. Graham, Byron L. Smith and Milwood Adams. The honorary pallbearers will be George Manierre, J. C. Peasley, A. B. Jones, J. T. Harahan, George Merriweather, J. Chalmers, Thies Lefens, C. H. Wacker, W. A. Fuller, A. N. Eddy, and John Clark. The interment will be at Graceland cemetery, and will be private.
  Buried	21 Dec 1907	Chicago, Cook, IL, USA, Graceland Cemetery, Field plot   [8]
  In the news	1912
  	Chicago: Its History and Its Builders
  	OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 97731, C93c, v-5 Chicago: Its History and Its Builders A CENTURY OF MARVELOUS GROWTH ILLUSTRATED VOLUME V 1912 THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO HENRY DIBBLEE. Henry Dibblee to the time of his death was numbered among those resourceful men whose activity has, constituted the substantial and enduring qualities that have given Chicago her commercial greatness. He figured prominently in real- estate circles for many years as the senior partner of the firm of Dibblee & Man- ierre and also had voice in the management and control of important corporate interests of the city. Here he resided from 1872 until his demise on the 19th of December, 1907. He was born in New York city, August 20, 1840, a son of E. R. and Frances M. (Hayes) Dibblee. His father was recognized as one of the leading importers of dry goods in the metropolis until his later years, when he retired from business. Henry Dibblee was a pupil in private and boarding schools of the eastern metropolis until eighteen years of age, when he entered his father's establishment as a clerk and bent his energy toward the mastery of the various phases of the business until his knowledge, experience and ability had qualified him to take up the responsibilities of a partnership and he was admitted to the firm, so continuing until 1872. Thinking that the growing western city of Chicago offered still broader opportunities, Mr. Dibblee came to Illinois and in January, 1873, joined William R. and John S. Gould in the foundry and iron business, which was con- ducted under the firm style of Gould & Dibblee until 1 878. After the dissolution of the partnership Mr. Dibblee continued in the field as a dealer in ornamental iron work and afterward extended the scope of his trade by handling mantels and tiles, becoming an importer of man}' of the finest English encaustic tiles and also western agent for the leading American manufacturers. For eight years he con- ducted an extensive and growing business in those lines and then retired from the commercial field in 1886 to enter real-estate circles as a partner of George Manierre, operating under the firm style of Dibblee & Manierre up to the time of his demise. They soon became recognized as one of the leading real-estate firms in the city, negotiating many important transfers and managing deals which have left their impress upon the real-estate history of the city. Embracing favor- able opportunity for the extension of his interests in other lines, Mr. Dibblee became president of the Chicago Auditorium Association and an influential director of the Calumet and Chicago Canal & Dock Company. The leading business men of the city regarded his judgment as sound, his enterprise unfaltering and his business integrity unassailable. On the 26th of November, 1873, Mr. Dibblee was married to Miss Laura Field, a daughter of John Field, of Conway, Massachusetts, a sister of Marshall Field and a representative of a family whose ancestral connection with the old Bay state dates back to 1650. Mr. and Mrs. Dibblee became the parents of two daughters, Bertha and Frances F. The former is the wife of John O. King and the latter is the wife of A. A. Sprague, 2d. The children of this marriage are A. A. Sprague, 3d, and Laura Sprague. The death of Mr. Dibblee occurred December 19, 1907, and took from Chicago one of her prominent men and citizens. He attended the Episcopal church and gave his political support to the democracy. He held membership in the Saddle and Cycle and Mid-Day Clubs and was honored with the presidency of the latter. He greatly enjoyed social life and outdoor sports, anything in the line of athletics making strong appeal to him. He was also a lover of art, music and travel but more than all his interest centered in his home, where his friends found him a social, genial host whose cordiality was unfeigned, while his family knew him as a devoted, considerate and loving husband and father. It is these personal traits of character, even more than business success, that serve to keep alive the memory of a man among his fellowmen, and such were Mr. Dibblee's excellencies of character that many years will pass ere his memory will cease to be a cherished possession to those who knew him. (page 14) http://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/oca/Books2007-10/chicagoitshistor/chicagoitshistor05curr/chicagoitshistor05curr_djvu.txt
  Person ID	I123	AC-Family
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Ezra Reed Dibblee,   b. Sep 1808, Hudson, Columbia, NY, USA ,   d. 13 Jan 1890, New York, New York, NY, USA
  Mother	Frances Maria Hayes,   b. 5 Jul 1814, St. Albans, Franklin, VT, USA ,   d. 26 Apr 1900, New York, New York, NY, USA
  Married	Bef 1836
  Family ID	F94	Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Laura Nash Field,   b. 30 Oct 1848, Conway, Franklin, MA, USA ,   d. 24 Aug 1921, York Harbor, York, ME, USA
  Married	26 Nov 1873
  Children	1. Bertha Dibblee,   b. 20 Mar 1875, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA ,   d. 12 Oct 1954, Southampton, Suffolk, NY, USA > 2. Frances Fidelia Dibblee,   b. 26 Aug 1877, Chicago, Cook, IL, USA ,   d. 1 Sep 1952, Southampton, Suffolk, NY, USA
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2009
  Family ID	F71	Family Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 20 Aug 1840 - New York, New York, NY, USA Census - 1850 - 5 Sep 1850 - New York, New York, NY, USA Census - 1860 - 20 Aug 1860 - New York, New York, NY, USA Census - 1870 - (2nd Enumeration) 24 West 27th St., bet. 6th Avenue & Broadway - 19 Dec 1870 - New York, New York, NY, USA Census - 1880 - 3326 Indiana Avenue - 10 Jun 1880 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Census - 1900 - 1922 Calumet Avenue - 2 Jun 1900 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA Died - Cause: angina pectoris / ulcer of stomach - 19 Dec 1907 - Chicago, Cook, IL, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  Dibblee, Henry (1840-1907), husband of Laura Nash Field (1848-1921).

  
  

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  Dibblee, Henry, (1840-1907), husband of Laura Nash Field (1848-1921). Field plot, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL. Status: Located

  
  

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  Dibblee, Henry (1840-1907) Bookplate

  
  

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  Dibblee, Henry (1840-1970), Laura Nash Field (1848-1921), Bertha Dibblee (1875-1954), and Frances Fidelia Dibblee (1877-1952). Henry Dibblee house at 1922 S. Calumet Avenue, designed by Henry Ives Cobb in 1891

  
  

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  Advertisement for the Henry Dibblee Company The Henry Dibblee Company. Advertisement. Making of America Project. Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Vol. 85: June-Nov. 1892. 82 [in advertising section in back]. Google Books. Web. 13 Sept. 2009.

  
  

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  Dibblee, Henry (1840-1907) and wife, Laura Nash Field (1848-1921), and their children, Bertha Dibblee (1875-1954) and Frances Fidelia Dibblee (1877-1952).

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Dibblee, real estate; b. New York City, Aug. 20, 1840; s. E. R. Dibblee (dry goods importer); ed. Private and boarding schools of New York until 18 years old; m. Nov. 26, 1873, Laura, daughter of John Field, of Conway, Mass.; children: Bertha, Frances F. Began at 18 as clerk in his father's store and later became partner in the business until 1872, when came to Chicago; in Jan., 1873, with William R. And John S. Gould established in business as mem. Of firm of Gould & Dibblee until 1878, when firm was dissolved and he continued in business as a dealer in ornamental iron work and later enlarged the business in the line of mantels and tiles, being an importer of many of the finest English encaustic tiles and western agent for leading Am. Manufacturers; continued the business until 1886; since 1886, with George Mannierre, engaged as Dibblee & Mannierre in general real estate business; also dir. Of the Calumet & Chicago Canal and Dock Co., and pres. and dir. of the Chicago Auditorium Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Gold, Saddle and Cycle. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 1922 Calumet Av. From: The Book of Chicagoans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of Chicago, edited by John W. Leonard, Chicago, A.N. Marquis & Company, 1905, page 164. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Field Genealogy" - see source for details Worked in his father's business until fall of 1872. Came to Chicago in Jan of 1873(?). Founded an iron business. In 1886 he formed a co-partnership with George Manierre, under the firm Dibblee & Manierre, and engaged in the real estate business. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Marshall Field III, A Biography" - see source for details "By the nineteenth clause, one of Field's sisters, and her family, were granted the right to use the Field plot at Graceland." This allows, presumably, the sister of Marshall Field I, Laura Nash Field and her husband, Henry Dibblee, her daughter Bertha Dibblee and her husband, John Corley King, to be buried in the Field plot, in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL. Across the walkway is the Sprague plot where Frances Fidelia Dibblee, Bertha Dibblee's sister, is buried. NO BIRTH RECORDS FOR 1840 on film #1378956, entitled "Birth Register, 1830-57, NYC, NY." From "Index to Berths, Manhattan, New York, New York County, microfilmed by LDS at Municipal Archives, NYC, NY." I used microfilm on 12 Sept. 1989. Copy of death certificate in his folder. =================== ancestry.com Dibblee Henry. drygds. 53 Worth, h 24 W. 27th, per 1869 New York City Directory. (2/18/2007) [9, 10] (Medical):Death certificate 31115 Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of Health, City of Chicago Henry Dibblee, male, born in New York, father born in New York, mother born in New York, age 67 years, lived in Illinois 37 years, died on 19 December 1907, at about 9:30 a.m., occupation: retired, died at 1922 Calumet Avenue, buried at Graceland, Dec. 21, 1907, 1 p.m., undertaker C.H. Jordan Co., 16 Madison St. Immediate and determining cause of death: angina pectoris Contributing cause or complication: ulcer of stomach




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