Grace Farwell was born in Lake Forest, IL to wealthy Senator Charles Benjamin and Mary Smith Farwell. Senator Farwell was a partner with his brother, John V Farwell, in the family's wholesale drygoods business in Chicago and they were cattle ranchers in Texas. Grace's siblings were Anna (1860-), Walter (1863- ), and Rose (1870- ).
Grace was educated at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest University, and Farmington, CT. She was a traditional landscape painter.
She was the founding president (1916-1918) of the Chicago Arts Club. She led the opposition to the avant-garde 1913 Armory show of modern art.
Grace Farwell married Dudley Winston (born c 1866) in 1886. His father was Frederick Hampden Winston. His mother was Maria Dudley. His father and his brother, Gen. Frederick Seymour Winston, founded Winston & Strawn attorneys. His father served as Ambassador to Persia under President Grover Cleveland. His father's founding partner was Norman B. Judd, who nominated Lincoln for President. The couple had a son, Farwell Winston, who graduated from Yale in 1915, and who married Lucia Woods (?) and had a daughter (Grace's granddaughter) named Ann. Dudley Winston died at age 32 in April, 1898, during a train trip to NYC. He had studied law with his father, entered the real estate and loan business, and had been appointed Civil Service Commissioner in 1896.
On 14 June 1906, Grace married Robert Greaves McGann in NYC. He was born 6 Oct 1867 in Doylestown, PA, moved to Philadelphia, and then to Chicago in 1892. He was the son of Byron Moore and Mary E McNeille McGann. In 1899 he became VP of Ruggles-Cole Engineering Company, consulting and contracting engineers and manufacturers of industrial dryers. He was a member of the Chicago, Union, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf, MidDay, and Saddle and Cycle Clubs. He edited a book, Chicago Yesterdays, A Sheaf of Reminiscences, in 1919. A chapter on the history of Lake Forest was written by Grace.
The couple had a daughter, Grace Farwell McGann (1907-1949) who married James H. Douglas, Jr., whose father help found Quaker Oats. Douglas became Secretary of the US Air Force among other important jobs. At some point, Grace McGann lived at 120 E Pearson in Chicago.
Grace inherited her father's estate, Fairlawn, at 965 E Deerpath in Lake Forest, from her sister Rose Chatfield-Taylor who died in 1918. When the mansion burned in 1920, Grace and Robert McGann rebuilt it. The new residence was a Federal style, neo-Palladian brick with two wings, and opened onto a large "turf court". It was designed by NY architects Delano and Aldrich. The house included a painting studio, and was finished in 1923. The original landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Grace was educated at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest University, and Farmington, CT. She was a traditional landscape painter.
She was the founding president (1916-1918) of the Chicago Arts Club. She led the opposition to the avant-garde 1913 Armory show of modern art.
Grace Farwell married Dudley Winston (born c 1866) in 1886. His father was Frederick Hampden Winston. His mother was Maria Dudley. His father and his brother, Gen. Frederick Seymour Winston, founded Winston & Strawn attorneys. His father served as Ambassador to Persia under President Grover Cleveland. His father's founding partner was Norman B. Judd, who nominated Lincoln for President. The couple had a son, Farwell Winston, who graduated from Yale in 1915, and who married Lucia Woods (?) and had a daughter (Grace's granddaughter) named Ann. Dudley Winston died at age 32 in April, 1898, during a train trip to NYC. He had studied law with his father, entered the real estate and loan business, and had been appointed Civil Service Commissioner in 1896.
On 14 June 1906, Grace married Robert Greaves McGann in NYC. He was born 6 Oct 1867 in Doylestown, PA, moved to Philadelphia, and then to Chicago in 1892. He was the son of Byron Moore and Mary E McNeille McGann. In 1899 he became VP of Ruggles-Cole Engineering Company, consulting and contracting engineers and manufacturers of industrial dryers. He was a member of the Chicago, Union, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf, MidDay, and Saddle and Cycle Clubs. He edited a book, Chicago Yesterdays, A Sheaf of Reminiscences, in 1919. A chapter on the history of Lake Forest was written by Grace.
The couple had a daughter, Grace Farwell McGann (1907-1949) who married James H. Douglas, Jr., whose father help found Quaker Oats. Douglas became Secretary of the US Air Force among other important jobs. At some point, Grace McGann lived at 120 E Pearson in Chicago.
Grace inherited her father's estate, Fairlawn, at 965 E Deerpath in Lake Forest, from her sister Rose Chatfield-Taylor who died in 1918. When the mansion burned in 1920, Grace and Robert McGann rebuilt it. The new residence was a Federal style, neo-Palladian brick with two wings, and opened onto a large "turf court". It was designed by NY architects Delano and Aldrich. The house included a painting studio, and was finished in 1923. The original landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Grace Farwell was born in Lake Forest, IL to wealthy Senator Charles Benjamin and Mary Smith Farwell. Senator Farwell was a partner with his brother, John V Farwell, in the family's wholesale drygoods business in Chicago and they were cattle ranchers in Texas. Grace's siblings were Anna (1860-), Walter (1863- ), and Rose (1870- ).
Grace was educated at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest University, and Farmington, CT. She was a traditional landscape painter.
She was the founding president (1916-1918) of the Chicago Arts Club. She led the opposition to the avant-garde 1913 Armory show of modern art.
Grace Farwell married Dudley Winston (born c 1866) in 1886. His father was Frederick Hampden Winston. His mother was Maria Dudley. His father and his brother, Gen. Frederick Seymour Winston, founded Winston & Strawn attorneys. His father served as Ambassador to Persia under President Grover Cleveland. His father's founding partner was Norman B. Judd, who nominated Lincoln for President. The couple had a son, Farwell Winston, who graduated from Yale in 1915, and who married Lucia Woods (?) and had a daughter (Grace's granddaughter) named Ann. Dudley Winston died at age 32 in April, 1898, during a train trip to NYC. He had studied law with his father, entered the real estate and loan business, and had been appointed Civil Service Commissioner in 1896.
On 14 June 1906, Grace married Robert Greaves McGann in NYC. He was born 6 Oct 1867 in Doylestown, PA, moved to Philadelphia, and then to Chicago in 1892. He was the son of Byron Moore and Mary E McNeille McGann. In 1899 he became VP of Ruggles-Cole Engineering Company, consulting and contracting engineers and manufacturers of industrial dryers. He was a member of the Chicago, Union, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf, MidDay, and Saddle and Cycle Clubs. He edited a book, Chicago Yesterdays, A Sheaf of Reminiscences, in 1919. A chapter on the history of Lake Forest was written by Grace.
The couple had a daughter, Grace Farwell McGann (1907-1949) who married James H. Douglas, Jr., whose father help found Quaker Oats. Douglas became Secretary of the US Air Force among other important jobs. At some point, Grace McGann lived at 120 E Pearson in Chicago.
Grace inherited her father's estate, Fairlawn, at 965 E Deerpath in Lake Forest, from her sister Rose Chatfield-Taylor who died in 1918. When the mansion burned in 1920, Grace and Robert McGann rebuilt it. The new residence was a Federal style, neo-Palladian brick with two wings, and opened onto a large "turf court". It was designed by NY architects Delano and Aldrich. The house included a painting studio, and was finished in 1923. The original landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
Grace was educated at Ferry Hall, Lake Forest University, and Farmington, CT. She was a traditional landscape painter.
She was the founding president (1916-1918) of the Chicago Arts Club. She led the opposition to the avant-garde 1913 Armory show of modern art.
Grace Farwell married Dudley Winston (born c 1866) in 1886. His father was Frederick Hampden Winston. His mother was Maria Dudley. His father and his brother, Gen. Frederick Seymour Winston, founded Winston & Strawn attorneys. His father served as Ambassador to Persia under President Grover Cleveland. His father's founding partner was Norman B. Judd, who nominated Lincoln for President. The couple had a son, Farwell Winston, who graduated from Yale in 1915, and who married Lucia Woods (?) and had a daughter (Grace's granddaughter) named Ann. Dudley Winston died at age 32 in April, 1898, during a train trip to NYC. He had studied law with his father, entered the real estate and loan business, and had been appointed Civil Service Commissioner in 1896.
On 14 June 1906, Grace married Robert Greaves McGann in NYC. He was born 6 Oct 1867 in Doylestown, PA, moved to Philadelphia, and then to Chicago in 1892. He was the son of Byron Moore and Mary E McNeille McGann. In 1899 he became VP of Ruggles-Cole Engineering Company, consulting and contracting engineers and manufacturers of industrial dryers. He was a member of the Chicago, Union, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf, MidDay, and Saddle and Cycle Clubs. He edited a book, Chicago Yesterdays, A Sheaf of Reminiscences, in 1919. A chapter on the history of Lake Forest was written by Grace.
The couple had a daughter, Grace Farwell McGann (1907-1949) who married James H. Douglas, Jr., whose father help found Quaker Oats. Douglas became Secretary of the US Air Force among other important jobs. At some point, Grace McGann lived at 120 E Pearson in Chicago.
Grace inherited her father's estate, Fairlawn, at 965 E Deerpath in Lake Forest, from her sister Rose Chatfield-Taylor who died in 1918. When the mansion burned in 1920, Grace and Robert McGann rebuilt it. The new residence was a Federal style, neo-Palladian brick with two wings, and opened onto a large "turf court". It was designed by NY architects Delano and Aldrich. The house included a painting studio, and was finished in 1923. The original landscape was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
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