Related Records

1. Catherine Cloes - Catherine Cloes, wife of John Cloes, Lake Bluff's first family.

   Catherine Cloes

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2. Catherine Cloes' monument - Two photos of Catherine Cloes' monument Oakwood Cemetary, Waukegan Illinois.

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3. Cloes Brick yard - Cloes brickyard. Located approximately at East Blodgett Avenue and Birch Avenue The brickyard was managed by a Mr. Crawford, then Henry Ostrander and later by Ben Cloes, son of John and Catherine Cloes.

   Cloes brickyard

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4. Cloes family home - Ben Cloes and Gus Cloes c. 1882. A different view of the same house as photo #500.

   Cloes family home

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5. Early Home of John Cloes - First permanent home in Lake Bluff. John Cloes settled here 1836 on a government grant of 640 acres. Shown are Benjamin J. Cloes, his son Augustus Cloes, Lizzie Cloes Hole, Grace Cloes Stedman, Mrs. John Cloes with unidentified child, and Carrie Cloes Barrows. Also slide # 18 This house was on the site of the original log cabin, built by John and Catherine Cloes in 1836.

   Early Home of John Cloes

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6. Gracie and Gussie Cloes - Photograph of a copy of Gus and Grace Cloes age 8 and 6, son and daughter of Ben and Ida Cloes, grandchildren of John and Catherine Cloes.

   Gracie and Gussie Cloes

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7. Letter written by Ida Cloes to her daughter Grace - A Xerox of a handwritten and a typed version of a letter written by Ida Cloes, wife of Ben Cloes living in California at their Benida Ranch, to her daughter Grace Cloes in Lake Bluff describing Ida's experiences witnessing the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Her Child Gus Cloes and his wife Nellie Costa Cloes are also mentioned.

   Letter written by Ida Cloes to her daughter Grace

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Petition to revoke ordinance to close Blodgett Ave. - Petition of 24 names including Gus Cloes, John Cole. Frank Pearce asking that East Blodgett Avenue be opened again. Specifically citing that the closing will be detrimental to the interests of all real estate in the village.

   Record Type: Archive