Farwell, Harriet Dean Flower Smith (1866-1938)

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Chicago Woman's Club

The Fortnightly Club of Chicago

Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit (1911)

Harriet Dean Flower Smith Farwell to Jane Addams, April 10, 1908

Harriet Flower Smith Farwell to Jane Addams, May 6, 1908

Harriet Dean Flower Smith Farwell to Jane Addams, March 13, 1922

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, November 29, 1915

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Birth Date

1865-05-13

Death Date

1938-12-26

Birthplace

Madison, WI

Biographical Text

Harriet Dean Flower Smith Farwell was a Chicago-based social and civic leader. She was an active member of the Chicago Woman's Association, and members of the Colonial Dames, the Fortnightly Club, and the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund. In the 1930s she was the director of the Chicago Council of Social Agencies.

She married wealthy Chicago real estate developer, William Dunlap Smith, in 1887. The couple had five children, Perry, Lawrence, Elliott, Lucy (Harvey), and Hermon. After his death in 1901, she managed his large estate. In 1919 she married wealthy dry goods merchant, John V. Farwell, Flower suffered a serious stroke in 1933 and died in 1938.

Occupation

Homemaker

Source

Picture: Chicago Tribune, April 1, 1919, p. 7.

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People

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Edited By

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Female

First appears

1908

Bibliography and Links

"Dunlap Smith Dies on Christmas Day," Inter Ocean, Dec. 26, 1901, p. 8.

"Millionare, Sixty, Weds Widow Today," Los Angeles Times, April 3, 1919, p. 6.

"Pioneer Chicago Merchant Dies," Decatur Herald, June 18, 1944, p. 21.

"Tribute to Dunlap Smith," Chicago Daily Tribune, December 27, 1901, p. 13.

Harriet Smith Farwell, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Harriet D. Smith in 1910 U.S. Census.

Harriet Smith, in 1900 U.S. Census

Mrs. Farwell, 73, Social, Civic Worker, Is Dead, Chicago Tribune, December 27, 1938, p. 16.

Citation

“Farwell, Harriet Dean Flower Smith (1866-1938),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 11, 2024, http://digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2233.