CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Annual Report for the year ending 31 Oct 1908
Published by the Society, 1908, pp.36-37:
Mrs. Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot, an Annual Member since 1904. died at her apartments in The Plaza, January 18, 1908. She was the widow of Samuel H. Kerfoot, a life member of the Society and for many years a member of its Executive Committee. Mrs. Kerfoot was descended from Colonial and Revolutionary ancestors. She was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 2, 1829, and was the daughter of Otho and Catherine Murdoch Nelson Lawrence, and granddaughter of Roger Nelson, an officer in The Maryland Line, who was appointed aide-de-camp on his personal staff by General Washington, and served with distinction as a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Kerfoot was married in 1847, and in September of the following year came with Mr. Kerfoot to Chicago where she lived for nearly sixty years. She was prominent in the early social life of the city and for many years her suburban home, "Dawn" in Lake View, was the scene of hospitality and entertainments still pleasantly remembered and often alluded to by her contemporaries and their children. Mrs. Kerfoot was a pioneer in the work of patriotic societies, was for many years State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and organized the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Illinois. Through her initiative funds and supplies were gathered by the latter society and forwarded to our wounded soldiers in the Cuban War. She originated and secured the founding of The Colonial Dames Scholarship in the University of Chicago for the purpose of training students to become lecturers on patriotism to the children of foreign-born parents in the city. This work, which began with a lecture in one of our public school rooms, has grown to such proportions that thousands of children are now receiving the benefit of instruction in our country's history and the spirit of our institutions, the singing of our national anthems, and the duties and privileges of citizenship ; portraits of the nation's heroes are hanging in every school, and the Stars and Stripes are distributed by hundreds on Flag Day among the children. This great work thus inaugurated by Mrs. Kerfoot has spread to other States whose patriotic societies are actively carrying it on. As a tribute to Mrs. Kerfoot The Society of Colonial Dames made her their Honorary President for Illinois, the Daughters of the American Revolution conferred upon her the Honorary Regency of Illinois, and their Chicago Chapter presented her with life membership in the Society. Mrs. Kerfoot was the author of many papers and addresses on historical and patriotic subjects, copies of which she presented to our collections ; and she bequeathed to the Society her Colonial and Revolutionary badges and official insignia of office. For sixty years she was a member of St. James's Episcopal Church. Her funeral services were held there and her remains were deposited in the family vault in Graceland. Her death takes from us one more member of a family which for more than forty years has been active in the Society's work.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922:
Name: Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 18 Jan 1908
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Female
Race (Original): white
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 78y 6m 16d
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Hagerstown, Md.
Marital Status:
Spouse:
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Md.
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Md.
Occupation: none
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1908
Funeral Home:
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 1239790
Digital Folder Number: 4004641
Image Number: 242
Reference Number: cn 1832
Annual Report for the year ending 31 Oct 1908
Published by the Society, 1908, pp.36-37:
Mrs. Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot, an Annual Member since 1904. died at her apartments in The Plaza, January 18, 1908. She was the widow of Samuel H. Kerfoot, a life member of the Society and for many years a member of its Executive Committee. Mrs. Kerfoot was descended from Colonial and Revolutionary ancestors. She was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 2, 1829, and was the daughter of Otho and Catherine Murdoch Nelson Lawrence, and granddaughter of Roger Nelson, an officer in The Maryland Line, who was appointed aide-de-camp on his personal staff by General Washington, and served with distinction as a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Kerfoot was married in 1847, and in September of the following year came with Mr. Kerfoot to Chicago where she lived for nearly sixty years. She was prominent in the early social life of the city and for many years her suburban home, "Dawn" in Lake View, was the scene of hospitality and entertainments still pleasantly remembered and often alluded to by her contemporaries and their children. Mrs. Kerfoot was a pioneer in the work of patriotic societies, was for many years State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and organized the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Illinois. Through her initiative funds and supplies were gathered by the latter society and forwarded to our wounded soldiers in the Cuban War. She originated and secured the founding of The Colonial Dames Scholarship in the University of Chicago for the purpose of training students to become lecturers on patriotism to the children of foreign-born parents in the city. This work, which began with a lecture in one of our public school rooms, has grown to such proportions that thousands of children are now receiving the benefit of instruction in our country's history and the spirit of our institutions, the singing of our national anthems, and the duties and privileges of citizenship ; portraits of the nation's heroes are hanging in every school, and the Stars and Stripes are distributed by hundreds on Flag Day among the children. This great work thus inaugurated by Mrs. Kerfoot has spread to other States whose patriotic societies are actively carrying it on. As a tribute to Mrs. Kerfoot The Society of Colonial Dames made her their Honorary President for Illinois, the Daughters of the American Revolution conferred upon her the Honorary Regency of Illinois, and their Chicago Chapter presented her with life membership in the Society. Mrs. Kerfoot was the author of many papers and addresses on historical and patriotic subjects, copies of which she presented to our collections ; and she bequeathed to the Society her Colonial and Revolutionary badges and official insignia of office. For sixty years she was a member of St. James's Episcopal Church. Her funeral services were held there and her remains were deposited in the family vault in Graceland. Her death takes from us one more member of a family which for more than forty years has been active in the Society's work.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922:
Name: Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 18 Jan 1908
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Female
Race (Original): white
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 78y 6m 16d
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Hagerstown, Md.
Marital Status:
Spouse:
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Md.
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Md.
Occupation: none
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1908
Funeral Home:
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 1239790
Digital Folder Number: 4004641
Image Number: 242
Reference Number: cn 1832
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Annual Report for the year ending 31 Oct 1908
Published by the Society, 1908, pp.36-37:
Mrs. Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot, an Annual Member since 1904. died at her apartments in The Plaza, January 18, 1908. She was the widow of Samuel H. Kerfoot, a life member of the Society and for many years a member of its Executive Committee. Mrs. Kerfoot was descended from Colonial and Revolutionary ancestors. She was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 2, 1829, and was the daughter of Otho and Catherine Murdoch Nelson Lawrence, and granddaughter of Roger Nelson, an officer in The Maryland Line, who was appointed aide-de-camp on his personal staff by General Washington, and served with distinction as a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Kerfoot was married in 1847, and in September of the following year came with Mr. Kerfoot to Chicago where she lived for nearly sixty years. She was prominent in the early social life of the city and for many years her suburban home, "Dawn" in Lake View, was the scene of hospitality and entertainments still pleasantly remembered and often alluded to by her contemporaries and their children. Mrs. Kerfoot was a pioneer in the work of patriotic societies, was for many years State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and organized the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Illinois. Through her initiative funds and supplies were gathered by the latter society and forwarded to our wounded soldiers in the Cuban War. She originated and secured the founding of The Colonial Dames Scholarship in the University of Chicago for the purpose of training students to become lecturers on patriotism to the children of foreign-born parents in the city. This work, which began with a lecture in one of our public school rooms, has grown to such proportions that thousands of children are now receiving the benefit of instruction in our country's history and the spirit of our institutions, the singing of our national anthems, and the duties and privileges of citizenship ; portraits of the nation's heroes are hanging in every school, and the Stars and Stripes are distributed by hundreds on Flag Day among the children. This great work thus inaugurated by Mrs. Kerfoot has spread to other States whose patriotic societies are actively carrying it on. As a tribute to Mrs. Kerfoot The Society of Colonial Dames made her their Honorary President for Illinois, the Daughters of the American Revolution conferred upon her the Honorary Regency of Illinois, and their Chicago Chapter presented her with life membership in the Society. Mrs. Kerfoot was the author of many papers and addresses on historical and patriotic subjects, copies of which she presented to our collections ; and she bequeathed to the Society her Colonial and Revolutionary badges and official insignia of office. For sixty years she was a member of St. James's Episcopal Church. Her funeral services were held there and her remains were deposited in the family vault in Graceland. Her death takes from us one more member of a family which for more than forty years has been active in the Society's work.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922:
Name: Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 18 Jan 1908
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Female
Race (Original): white
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 78y 6m 16d
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Hagerstown, Md.
Marital Status:
Spouse:
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Md.
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Md.
Occupation: none
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1908
Funeral Home:
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 1239790
Digital Folder Number: 4004641
Image Number: 242
Reference Number: cn 1832
Annual Report for the year ending 31 Oct 1908
Published by the Society, 1908, pp.36-37:
Mrs. Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot, an Annual Member since 1904. died at her apartments in The Plaza, January 18, 1908. She was the widow of Samuel H. Kerfoot, a life member of the Society and for many years a member of its Executive Committee. Mrs. Kerfoot was descended from Colonial and Revolutionary ancestors. She was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, July 2, 1829, and was the daughter of Otho and Catherine Murdoch Nelson Lawrence, and granddaughter of Roger Nelson, an officer in The Maryland Line, who was appointed aide-de-camp on his personal staff by General Washington, and served with distinction as a brigadier general in the Revolutionary War. Mrs. Kerfoot was married in 1847, and in September of the following year came with Mr. Kerfoot to Chicago where she lived for nearly sixty years. She was prominent in the early social life of the city and for many years her suburban home, "Dawn" in Lake View, was the scene of hospitality and entertainments still pleasantly remembered and often alluded to by her contemporaries and their children. Mrs. Kerfoot was a pioneer in the work of patriotic societies, was for many years State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and organized the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Illinois. Through her initiative funds and supplies were gathered by the latter society and forwarded to our wounded soldiers in the Cuban War. She originated and secured the founding of The Colonial Dames Scholarship in the University of Chicago for the purpose of training students to become lecturers on patriotism to the children of foreign-born parents in the city. This work, which began with a lecture in one of our public school rooms, has grown to such proportions that thousands of children are now receiving the benefit of instruction in our country's history and the spirit of our institutions, the singing of our national anthems, and the duties and privileges of citizenship ; portraits of the nation's heroes are hanging in every school, and the Stars and Stripes are distributed by hundreds on Flag Day among the children. This great work thus inaugurated by Mrs. Kerfoot has spread to other States whose patriotic societies are actively carrying it on. As a tribute to Mrs. Kerfoot The Society of Colonial Dames made her their Honorary President for Illinois, the Daughters of the American Revolution conferred upon her the Honorary Regency of Illinois, and their Chicago Chapter presented her with life membership in the Society. Mrs. Kerfoot was the author of many papers and addresses on historical and patriotic subjects, copies of which she presented to our collections ; and she bequeathed to the Society her Colonial and Revolutionary badges and official insignia of office. For sixty years she was a member of St. James's Episcopal Church. Her funeral services were held there and her remains were deposited in the family vault in Graceland. Her death takes from us one more member of a family which for more than forty years has been active in the Society's work.
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Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922:
Name: Annie Warfield Lawrence Kerfoot
Titles & Terms:
Death Date: 18 Jan 1908
Death Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Female
Race (Original): white
Race (Standardized): White
Death Age: 78y 6m 16d
Estimated Birth Year: 1830
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Hagerstown, Md.
Marital Status:
Spouse:
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Md.
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Md.
Occupation: none
Street Address:
Residence:
Cemetery: Graceland
Burial Place:
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1908
Funeral Home:
Informant:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 1239790
Digital Folder Number: 4004641
Image Number: 242
Reference Number: cn 1832
Gravesite Details
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1908
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