Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor Explained
Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor (March 7, 1870 – April 5, 1918) was an American sportswoman, bookbinder, suffragist, and socialite, and co-founder of a golf club in Illinois named Onwentsia.
Early life
Rose Farwell was born a twin in Lake Forest, Illinois, the daughter of Charles Benjamin Farwell and Mary Eveline Smith Farwell. Her father was a United States Senator from Illinois. She and her older sisters Anna de Koven and Grace were considered fashionable beauties in Chicago society, and all enjoyed various sports. Anna became a novelist, and married composer Reginald de Koven. Grace became the first president of the Art Institute of Chicago.[1]
Rose attended Ferry Hall and Lake Forest College for her schooling.[2] Portraits of Rose Farwell as a young woman were painted by John Elliott and Adolfo Müller-Ury.[3]
Career
Because of Rose's and her new husband's interest in golf, the family arranged for Charles B. MacDonald to design a golf course in 1892.[4] In 1895, Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor and her husband were among the founders of the Onwentsia Club, a golf club in Lake Forest.[5] [6] She won several golf events, owned a racehorse, and played lawn tennis. She was a clubwoman, and served as vice president of the Northside Chicago branch of the Illinois Woman Suffrage League.
The Chatfield-Taylors were also members of the "Little Room", a social gathering of artists, writers, and performers. They kept studios in the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue, where Rose Chatfield-Taylor ran a bookbinding business called the Rose Bindery, "a shop where books were appreciated and clothed in beautiful and appropriate bindings."[7] She learned the craft in Paris, and was a member of the Guild of Bookworkers from 1906 to 1910.[8] She wrote about bookbinding for the Sketch Book magazine.
Personal life
In 1890, Rose Farwell married wealthy writer, social host, and sportsman Hobart Chatfield-Taylor.[9] Together, they were the parents of three sons and one daughter:
- Adelaide Chatfield-Taylor (1891–1982), who was awarded a Croix de Guerre for her work running a canteen in Boston during World War II. She married Hendricks Hallett Whitman in 1912. They divorced in 1932,[10] and she married William Davies Sohier Jr. in 1940. Her granddaughter is politician and businesswoman Meg Whitman.[11]
- Wayne Chatfield-Taylor (1893–1967), who served as Under Secretary of Commerce and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[12]
- Otis Chatfield-Taylor (1899–1948),[13] a writer, playwright, editor, theatrical producer who married Janet Benson in 1931. They divorced in 1934,[14] and he married Marochka Borisovna Anisfeld,[15] a daughter of Boris Anisfeld, in 1936.[16]
- Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor (1908–1980), who married Valborg Edison Palmer in 1928.[17]
She died in Santa Barbara in 1918,[18] aged 48 years, from pneumonia after an appendectomy.[19] In her memory, her sisters funded a visiting nurse position in Chicago, beginning in the fall of 1918.[20] Her sister's book, A Cloud of Witnesses (1920), recounts Anna de Koven's efforts to contact the spirit of the late Rose Farwell Chatfield-Taylor.[21]
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Notes and References
- News: Farwell-Winston Family. Lake Forest-Lake Bluff History Center. July 10, 2019.
- Book: Leonard, John William. Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. 1914. American Commonwealth Company. 173–174. en.
- Web site: Farwells 5: Twilight Generation "It" Couple. Whitfield. Kay. Classic Chicago Magazine. en-US. 2019-07-10.
- Book: Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest: Architecture and Landscape Design, 1856-1940. Coventry. Kim. Meyer. Daniel. Miller. Arthur H.. 2003. W. W. Norton & Company. 9780393730999. 67–68, 269. en.
- Book: Ebner, Michael H.. Creating Chicago's North Shore: A Suburban History. 1988. University of Chicago Press. 9780226182056. 71–72. en.
- Web site: History. Onwentsia Club. 2019-07-10.
- Chatfield-Taylor. Mrs. H. C.. October 1905. Bookbinding. Sketch Book. 5. 109–116.
- Web site: The Strange Suicide of an Early 20th C. Female Rare Book Binder. Gertz. Stephen J.. February 12, 2014. International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. 2019-07-10.
- Book: Greasley, Philip A.. Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 1: The Authors. 2001-05-30. Indiana University Press. 9780253108418. 106.
- News: H.H. Whitman, 66, Textile Man, Dead; Chairman of William Whitman Co., Manufacturers, Succumbs in France on World Cruise . 6 June 2020 . . 19 March 1950.
- News: Meg Whitman to Wed June 7 . 6 June 2020 . . 20 April 1980.
- News: Wayne Chatfield Taylor Dead; Roosevelt and Truman Aide, 73; Banker Held Major Posts in Commerce, Treasury and the Export-Import Bank In Many Public Posts Envoy at Trade Meetings . 6 June 2020 . . 23 November 1967.
- News: Writer Is Killed When Auto Skids; Otis Chatfieid-Taylor, Long Known in Theatre and Press, Fatally Hurt at Croton . 6 June 2020 . . 18 January 1948.
- News: Three Divorces In Reno.; Chatfield-Taylors, R.E. Sherwoods and J.D. Pierces Parted. . 6 June 2020 . . 16 June 1934.
- News: Paid Notice: Deaths Chatfield Taylor, Marochka . 6 June 2020 . . 4 November 1999.
- News: Marochka Anisfield Wed; Daughter of Chicago Artist Bride of Otis Chatfield-Taylor . 6 June 2020 . . 7 May 1936.
- News: Valborg E. Palmer Wed.; Becomes Bride of Robert Farwell Chatfield-Taylor. . 6 June 2020 . . 8 November 1928.
- News: Mrs. Chatfield-Taylor is Dead in California. April 6, 1918. Chicago Tribune. July 10, 2019. 1. Newspapers.com.
- News: Estate of Woman Worth More than Million. May 7, 1918. Salt Lake Telegram. July 10, 2019. 6. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Twenty-Ninth Annual Report for Year Ending December 31, 1918, The Visiting Nurse Association of Chicago. 1918-12-31. Influenza Encyclopedia. 2019-07-10.
- Book: Koven, Anna De. A Cloud of Witnesses. Anna de Koven.. 1920. Dutton.
