Cook County IL Archives News.....Mrs Mary Blatchford Died in Portland Maine 1921
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Journal Of IL State Historical Society, Vol 14 1921
Mrs. Mary Emily Blatchford active in the establishment of the primary school 
system in Chicago shortly after the Civil War, and widow of Eliphalet Wickes 
Blatchford, a civic leader in the early days of Chicago, died on March 30 in 
Portland, Maine, at the home of her son Charles P. Blatchford. Mrs. Blatchford 
lived for many years at 1111 N. LaSalle St., and was one of the organizers of 
the Woman's board of Missions. Mrs. Blatchford's husband was one of the two 
trustees under Walter L. Newberry's will and is the man who planned the 
Newberry library.

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Source: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly 
by the Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-
July, 1921 No. 1-2.

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