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AV History
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AV History
Historical Timeline
Resources
- roots of Lake County
- Zion Genealogical Society of Lake County
- Lake County Genealogy Links
- Obtain Original Land Sale Records
- 1840 Federal Township Plats
- Lake County Maps Online
News Stories
- Country Squire closing
- The Country Squire closes its doors
- Grayslake Historical Society Sept 2015
- Grayslake Historical Society Museum
- Plank Road/US 120 History
Gages Lake History
Willard Jones Family [original owner from 1835 - 1890+ ???
Willard Jones and family / original owners of property known now as Arbor Vista
- Willard Jones,(1799-1872)
- Marcia Baxter Jones (1809-1887) / wife of Willard lived at homestead till her death
offspring of Willard and Marcia
"The family at length embraced nine children, but that dread destryoyer, scarlet fever, carried off six of them, four dying within a few days. The living are: De Witt L., whose name heads this sketch; Jennie M., wife of Warren D. Ford, who resides on the old homestead, and Orpha C., who is living in Lake Forest."
The "four dying within a few days" likely refers to Ann (February 14, 1847), Mary (February 9, 1847), Levi (February 10, 1847), and Marcia (March 3, 1847), all of whom died in Feb/March 1847.
Sadly, Laura and Anna both died on May 13, 1860.
- Ann Maria Jones (1837-1847)/ first child of Willard
- DeWitt Jones (1842-1916)/ son of Willard / born in Arbor Vista Dewitt L. Jones was born in the town of Warren, Lake county, September 25, 1842, on the farm entered from the government by his father Willard Jones, in 1835. His father built the log house where the judge was born, partly on the Indian trail running from Chicago to Wisconsin, through Independence Grove (now Libertyville), and Indians passing by were displeased that they had to leave the trail to pass.
- Orpha Jones (1850-1903 / daughter of Willard
- owned Arbor Vista Northern portion as of 1885
- Jennie M Jones Ford (1849-1938)/ daughter of Willard
- owned property on southern portion of original Willard Jones Estate
1887 - Jones estate house destroyed by fire [Orpha left property to go to Colorado]
Jennie's bio / she and her husband took over the old Jones estate / not sure when they departed
- Warren Ford (1836-1915)/ husband of Jennie / retired farmer
- Lowell DeWitt Ford (1883-1919)/son of Jennie & Warren/ murdered by wife who then committed suicide
- born in Arbor Vista
- owned property on southern portion of original Willard Jones Estate
Fred Chard [owner 1890+ ~1923]
- mentioned in Grayslake Times - 1933
- buried in Warren Cemetary
- Parents
- George Chard (1826–1898) owned property to the west of Arbor Vista (Praire Crossing)
- Elizabeth (1826–1898)
- Siblings
- George Hurd Chard (1859–1913)
- George Franklin Chard (1896-1952) died in small plane crash
- Adolphus Chard (1865–1938)
- Children
- Everett Earl Chard (1915-1933)
- Warren Adolphus Chard 1908-1992 mayor Grayslake 1966-1973
- wife Pauline Florence (Sutton) Chard
- [Everett Chard])() obituary
- Lillian (Lawrence) Beshel of Short Hills, New Jersey
- Florence Dacey of Cottonwood
- Philip (Stephanie) Chard of Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Douglas (Janet) Chard of Highlands Ranch, Colorado;
- Martha Chard
- George Hurd Chard (1859–1913)
Frederick Dobe
- Frederic W. Dobe (1873-1960) gravesite In 1960 on Saturday, June 18 at the age of 87, Frederick Dobe passed away at St. Therese’s Hospital in Waukegan. He was interred at the Ridgewood Cemetery in Des Plaines.
- Mary Elizabeth Bakalla Dobe (1868-1960)/ wife of Frederick
- 1925 moved his school to Grayslake from Chicago/Lawrence & Damon [source: obit]
- funeral: chapel at 410 Belvidere Grayslake [source: obit]
- [Johanna Dobe / daughter of Fredrick & Mary(1896-1969) gravesite]()
- [son()TBD & wife]
- Joan Dobe Johnson (1963-present)/ / Elgin, IL /
Business owned by Fred Dobe/owner of the Dobe tree Farm now Arbor Vista
- Liberty 1 & 2 Theatres / lists very good source material
- Let’s all go to the movies: The storied history of the Liberty(ville) Theater
- FB: The Liberty Twin Theater: The Next Generation
- [Johanna Dobe Professor of Hematology and Oncology(Funded by the Sale of the Dobe Tree Farm)](The Liberty Twin Theater: The Next Generation)
- Grayslake Outdoor Theater
- Silver Screen Stories
- The Liberty Theater: A Memorable Past and an Uncertain Future
-
ad for Dobe School of Industrial Design in Popular Science October 1940
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AV History
Maps - Arbor Vista is highlighted
1840 Warren Township Map
1861 Arbor Vista / Southern Warren Township
1861 Warren Township [Arbor Vista owner: W.Jones]
1870 Lake County
1870 Lake County / Central Townships
1876 Warren Townships
1907 SW Warren Township [Arbor Vista owner: Fred Chard, WS Hawthorn]
1939 Arbor Vista
1939 Center of Arbor Vista to Almond Marsh - detailed
1939 South Arbor Vista to farm in Oak Openings - detailed
1939 Warren and Avon Township Aerial
1939 Route 45 and 120 - Sears Estate
1939 Route 45 - 120 - Almond Marsh
1939 Wide area[116]
1939 Wide area[116]
1939 Grayslake to Arbor Vista
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FAQ
Under construction
- Why is is this happening?
- We need to document while we can.