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Oct 22, 2017 · Delia Caton Field, around the time of her marriage to Marshall Field. The marriage license acquired in London in 1905 indicated that Delia was 46 years old, 24 years younger than her 70-year-old fiancé. The pair married at St. Margaret’s Church in Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was quiet, and attended only by a few friends.
Sep 24, 2017 · One neighbor in particular caught his eye: Mrs. Delia Spencer Caton, a beautiful, statuesque woman whose kind, outgoing nature made her a favorite society hostess. The daughter of one of the founders of the Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett hardware firm, Delia was married to Arthur J. Caton, whose father, John Dean Caton, who was one of Illinois ...
May 17, 2021 · Washington D.C. She was born at Tonowanda, near Buffalo, New York, and was brought up in Chicago where her father was one of the founding partners of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., hardware wholesalers. She married her first husband in 1877 and through his inherited wealth they enjoyed a prominent role in society, both in Chicago and Europe.
Mar 22, 2024 · Field, Delia Caton, 1854-1937. Delia Spencer Caton Field was an art collector and the second wife of retailer Marshall Field (1835-1906) who she married in 1905. Field was the daughter of Franklin J. Spencer, one of the founders of the Hibbard, Spencer, Barlett Company, wholesalers in Chicago. Delia was married twice; her first marriage was to ...
Born Chicago, Illinois. Delia Spencer Caton Field was a prominent art collector, philanthropist, and leader in the grassroots Pure Foods Movement. By raising awareness of unsanitary and unsafe food production, she and other women inspired the 1906 U.S. Pure Food and Drug Act, which prohibited “adulterated and misbranded food and drugs.”.
Mar 8, 2020 · In early autumn 1905, Marshall I married the exquisite Mrs. Delia Spencer Caton, daughter of a founder of the venerable Chicago hardware firm, Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett and Company. She was widow of Arthur Caton, whose father, the eminent Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court John Dean Caton, had become rich through an antecedent of ...
Delia Spencer was the daughter of Franklin J. Spencer, one of the founders of the Hibbard, Spencer, Barlett Company, wholesalers in Chicago. In 1877 she married Arthur Caton of Chicago who died in 1904. On 5 September 1905 Mrs. Caton became the second wife of retailer Marshall Field (1835-1906).
