User talk:Buster7/The McCormick Mansions of Chicago
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Robert McCormick, Jr. | |
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Died | July 4, 1846 | (aged 66)
Spouse(s) | Mary Ann Hall (m. 1808—1846; his death) |
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Parent(s) | Robert McCormick, Sr. Martha Sanderson |
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Tribune Tower
[edit]- 36 stories, the "Colonel's" office is on the 24th floor
- 12 story annex added in 1948
- John Mead Howells and Raymond M. Hood architects
- Gothic buttresses
- souvenir fragments
- bronze plates reproducing notable front pages
- 150 Ontario Street, turned into a 'Key club" around 1940.
- Robert R. McCormick, The Colonel, died in 1955. He was the FIFTH Robert McCormick in his family's American history.
- Grandfather was Joseph Medill
- Great-Uncle was Cyrus McCormick
- Owned the Washington-Times Herald in 1951
Five Roberts
[edit]- - I, fought in the American Revolution, moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, married Polly, their eldest was named Robert (II).
- - II, (1780-1846) married Mary Ann Hall. Tried to build a mechanical reaper. Had a son named Robert (III). Owned 9 slaves.
- - III, died of the "fluX', but his brother, Cyrus, made the reaper work and moved to Chicago in 1847.
- - IV, Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919), U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary 1901-1902, U.S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary 1902, U.S. Ambassador to Russia 1902-1905, U.S. Ambassador to France 1905-1907.
- - V, Robert Rutherford "Bertie" McCormick (1880–1955), famous publisher of the Chicago Tribune and patriarch of Chicago. The Colonel
Chgo Tribune
[edit]- Born in a loft in 1847
- Joseph Medill, combative editor
- loathed Cyrus McC
The reaper
[edit]Saved the Union by freeing northern farmboys from the fields in order to fight for the Union side in the Confederate War.
McCormick family tree from the template
[edit]This is used for articles about the McCormick family of the Chicago area.
Robert McCormick (1780–1846) | Mary Ann Hall (1780–1853) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nancy Fowler McCormick (1835–1923) | Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809–1884) | Mary Ann Grigsby (1828–1878) | William Sanderson McCormick (1815–1865) | Leander James McCormick (1819–1900) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cyrus McCormick Jr. (1859–1936) | Harold Fowler McCormick (1872–1941) | Joseph Medill (1823–1899) | Leander Hamilton McCormick (1859–1934) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849–1919) | Kate Medill (1853–1932) | William Grigsby McCormick (1851–1941) | Ruby McCormick (1860–1882) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Medill McCormick (1877–1925) | Ruth Hanna McCormick (1880–1944) | Rob. Rutherford McC (1880–1955) | Chauncey Brooks McCormick (1884–1954) | William McCormick Blair (1884–1982) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brooks McCormick (1917–2006) | William McCormick Blair, Jr. (born 1916) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||