Individual Details

Alice G. Butterfield

(1851 - 26 Jan 1891)



Married Marcellus B. Stowell, son of Joshua & Jane (Abbot) Stowell. He was born 15 Sep 1853 in Princeton, IL, died 30 Dec 1924 in Chicago. Buried Forest Home Cemetery. His parents are listed on FindAGrave, but he is not. He was living with them in 1880. Alice is listed as his spouse in his death record.
In 1877, Chicago City Directory:
Joshua Stowell, harnessmakr. 955 W. Washington
Marcellus Stowell, brakeman, 955 W. Washington

A Marcellus B. Stowell married in July of 1894 to Jennie Newton and resided in Chicago, but they may not have stayed together, see later. The Torrington, CT city directory of 1938 lists Jennie N. Stowell, widow of Marcellus B., died Dec 8, 1937, age 84 (this does figure to a birth year of 1853, but it must mean Jennie). The 1828 Directory for Torrington, lists Jennie N. Stowell as a widow of Marcellus B.

1900 Census. Chicago Ward 12, Cook, IL, Hh 75
Jennie B. Stowell, roomer in home of minister, John Talley. She was b. May 1855, age 45, married 5 years, 1 child but no child is living with her, b. CT, no employment listed.
Marcellus not found.

But I found a genealogy book on Ancestry, "A Supplement to the Descendants of Peter Spicer", p.61.
Jennie Bell Newton, married Geo. H. Davison, Jan 1874, he d. Sept 1889. Married July 1894, Marcellus B. Stowell and resided in Chicago. Daughter, Mary Davison, b. Feb 6, 1877, m. 11 Jun 1903 to Frank Simons, reside Winsted, CT.

In 1910, Chicago Ward 20, Cook, IL, Hh 62:
Lauretta R. Stowell, 59, single, b. IL, Keeper, Roominghouse father, b. Vermont, mother b. NY
Marcellus B., 56, brother, married twice, this time for 15 years, b. IL, Clerk, Grocery

1920, Chicago Ward 18, Cook, IL, Hh 88
Ella Rogers, 50, widow, b. IL, father b. Vermont, mother, b. NY, Keeper, Lodging House
Marcello Stowell, Lodger, 62, single, b. IL, father b. Vermont, mother b. NY, Elevator Operator

Events

Birth1851Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois
Death26 Jan 1891Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Families

FatherGouvneur Butterfield (1812 - 1863)
MotherSarah Avery (1829 - 1868)
SiblingWilliam H. Butterfield (1847 - 1911)
SiblingAlmira M. Butterfield (1849 - )
SiblingMargaret Arabella Butterfield (1859 - 1912)