The family built several notable homes in Lake Forest: 461 N. Green Bay Rd (Adler/Dangler architects, 1913); 111 Ridge Lane (David Adler, architect, 1927, Adler's only "modern" design) and "Twin Doors", an estate designed by Stanley Anderson in 1939-1941, located at 365 E Westleigh Rd.
He was in the Yale Class of 1907, where he was a "golf crack". In 1912, he set the amateur and pro record at the Palm Beach Golf Club with a score of 67.
He became Chairman of James B. Clow & Sons, a plumbing supplies and cast iron pipe manufacturer, a firm started by his father, Wm Ellsworth Clow, and grandfather, Capt James Beach Clow. His uncles, Charles Rhodes Clow and Harry Beach Clow, were also partners. Later his brother, Kent, became an officer of the company. (Harry B Clow resigned in 1910 to become Pres of Rand McNally & Co, but remained as a Director until his death Aug 4, 1933 when his son, Harry B Jr took his place. Harry B Clow owned a Lake Michigan estate on Moffett Rd in Lake Bluff, designed by Benjamin Marshall and landscaped by Jens Jensen.)
Chicago Tribune,Sep 15, 1953:
The estate of William Ellsworth Clow Jr., manufacturer found shot fatally Aug. 6 on his estate at 301 E. Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, was estimated at more than $450,000...
Chicago Tribune, Oct 28, 1954:
A state inheritance tax return filed yesterday showed that William E. Clow Jr., 68, of 301 Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, left an estate of $534,014.
Coshocton (Ohio) TRIBUNE, Aug. 7, 1954, p. 14, column 3:
"WILLIAM E. CLOW JR.
Word has been received here of the death of William E. Clow Jr., chairman of the board of the James B. Clow & Sons Co., which occurred Thursday night at his home at Lake Forest, Ill. A son of William E. Clow, founder and former president of the pipe manufacturing concern, he is survived by his wife and two children." (No details of the death were released.)
STARS & STRIPES NEWSPAPER, European Edition, Aug. 11, 1953, p.7, column 5: CHICAGO INDUSTRIALIST FOUND SHOT TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (UP)—William Ellsworth Clow, Jr., 67-year-old prominent Chicago industrialist and sportsman, was found shot to death near a pond on his estate in suburban Lake Forest. A shotgun was beside the body. Lake Forest police said that Clow was shot in the chest. Police said their investigation of his death was not complete."
He was in the Yale Class of 1907, where he was a "golf crack". In 1912, he set the amateur and pro record at the Palm Beach Golf Club with a score of 67.
He became Chairman of James B. Clow & Sons, a plumbing supplies and cast iron pipe manufacturer, a firm started by his father, Wm Ellsworth Clow, and grandfather, Capt James Beach Clow. His uncles, Charles Rhodes Clow and Harry Beach Clow, were also partners. Later his brother, Kent, became an officer of the company. (Harry B Clow resigned in 1910 to become Pres of Rand McNally & Co, but remained as a Director until his death Aug 4, 1933 when his son, Harry B Jr took his place. Harry B Clow owned a Lake Michigan estate on Moffett Rd in Lake Bluff, designed by Benjamin Marshall and landscaped by Jens Jensen.)
Chicago Tribune,Sep 15, 1953:
The estate of William Ellsworth Clow Jr., manufacturer found shot fatally Aug. 6 on his estate at 301 E. Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, was estimated at more than $450,000...
Chicago Tribune, Oct 28, 1954:
A state inheritance tax return filed yesterday showed that William E. Clow Jr., 68, of 301 Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, left an estate of $534,014.
Coshocton (Ohio) TRIBUNE, Aug. 7, 1954, p. 14, column 3:
"WILLIAM E. CLOW JR.
Word has been received here of the death of William E. Clow Jr., chairman of the board of the James B. Clow & Sons Co., which occurred Thursday night at his home at Lake Forest, Ill. A son of William E. Clow, founder and former president of the pipe manufacturing concern, he is survived by his wife and two children." (No details of the death were released.)
STARS & STRIPES NEWSPAPER, European Edition, Aug. 11, 1953, p.7, column 5: CHICAGO INDUSTRIALIST FOUND SHOT TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (UP)—William Ellsworth Clow, Jr., 67-year-old prominent Chicago industrialist and sportsman, was found shot to death near a pond on his estate in suburban Lake Forest. A shotgun was beside the body. Lake Forest police said that Clow was shot in the chest. Police said their investigation of his death was not complete."
The family built several notable homes in Lake Forest: 461 N. Green Bay Rd (Adler/Dangler architects, 1913); 111 Ridge Lane (David Adler, architect, 1927, Adler's only "modern" design) and "Twin Doors", an estate designed by Stanley Anderson in 1939-1941, located at 365 E Westleigh Rd.
He was in the Yale Class of 1907, where he was a "golf crack". In 1912, he set the amateur and pro record at the Palm Beach Golf Club with a score of 67.
He became Chairman of James B. Clow & Sons, a plumbing supplies and cast iron pipe manufacturer, a firm started by his father, Wm Ellsworth Clow, and grandfather, Capt James Beach Clow. His uncles, Charles Rhodes Clow and Harry Beach Clow, were also partners. Later his brother, Kent, became an officer of the company. (Harry B Clow resigned in 1910 to become Pres of Rand McNally & Co, but remained as a Director until his death Aug 4, 1933 when his son, Harry B Jr took his place. Harry B Clow owned a Lake Michigan estate on Moffett Rd in Lake Bluff, designed by Benjamin Marshall and landscaped by Jens Jensen.)
Chicago Tribune,Sep 15, 1953:
The estate of William Ellsworth Clow Jr., manufacturer found shot fatally Aug. 6 on his estate at 301 E. Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, was estimated at more than $450,000...
Chicago Tribune, Oct 28, 1954:
A state inheritance tax return filed yesterday showed that William E. Clow Jr., 68, of 301 Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, left an estate of $534,014.
Coshocton (Ohio) TRIBUNE, Aug. 7, 1954, p. 14, column 3:
"WILLIAM E. CLOW JR.
Word has been received here of the death of William E. Clow Jr., chairman of the board of the James B. Clow & Sons Co., which occurred Thursday night at his home at Lake Forest, Ill. A son of William E. Clow, founder and former president of the pipe manufacturing concern, he is survived by his wife and two children." (No details of the death were released.)
STARS & STRIPES NEWSPAPER, European Edition, Aug. 11, 1953, p.7, column 5: CHICAGO INDUSTRIALIST FOUND SHOT TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (UP)—William Ellsworth Clow, Jr., 67-year-old prominent Chicago industrialist and sportsman, was found shot to death near a pond on his estate in suburban Lake Forest. A shotgun was beside the body. Lake Forest police said that Clow was shot in the chest. Police said their investigation of his death was not complete."
He was in the Yale Class of 1907, where he was a "golf crack". In 1912, he set the amateur and pro record at the Palm Beach Golf Club with a score of 67.
He became Chairman of James B. Clow & Sons, a plumbing supplies and cast iron pipe manufacturer, a firm started by his father, Wm Ellsworth Clow, and grandfather, Capt James Beach Clow. His uncles, Charles Rhodes Clow and Harry Beach Clow, were also partners. Later his brother, Kent, became an officer of the company. (Harry B Clow resigned in 1910 to become Pres of Rand McNally & Co, but remained as a Director until his death Aug 4, 1933 when his son, Harry B Jr took his place. Harry B Clow owned a Lake Michigan estate on Moffett Rd in Lake Bluff, designed by Benjamin Marshall and landscaped by Jens Jensen.)
Chicago Tribune,Sep 15, 1953:
The estate of William Ellsworth Clow Jr., manufacturer found shot fatally Aug. 6 on his estate at 301 E. Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, was estimated at more than $450,000...
Chicago Tribune, Oct 28, 1954:
A state inheritance tax return filed yesterday showed that William E. Clow Jr., 68, of 301 Westleigh Rd., Lake Forest, left an estate of $534,014.
Coshocton (Ohio) TRIBUNE, Aug. 7, 1954, p. 14, column 3:
"WILLIAM E. CLOW JR.
Word has been received here of the death of William E. Clow Jr., chairman of the board of the James B. Clow & Sons Co., which occurred Thursday night at his home at Lake Forest, Ill. A son of William E. Clow, founder and former president of the pipe manufacturing concern, he is survived by his wife and two children." (No details of the death were released.)
STARS & STRIPES NEWSPAPER, European Edition, Aug. 11, 1953, p.7, column 5: CHICAGO INDUSTRIALIST FOUND SHOT TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 (UP)—William Ellsworth Clow, Jr., 67-year-old prominent Chicago industrialist and sportsman, was found shot to death near a pond on his estate in suburban Lake Forest. A shotgun was beside the body. Lake Forest police said that Clow was shot in the chest. Police said their investigation of his death was not complete."
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