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The Chicago Daily Tribune
January 16, 1906


           CITY'S OLDEST LAKE CAPTAIN,
            JOHN PRINDIVILLE, IS DEAD.
            
          Was a Pioneer of Chicago and One of
           the Early Members of the Board of
            Trade.
            
           Chicago's oldest lake captain, JOHN PRINDI-
         VILLE, who began his service on the lakes in
         1837, died yesterday at his residence, 388
         North State street, as the result of a stroke
         of paralysis.
           JOHN PRINDIVILLE began his life on the lakes
         on the schooner Constitution when he was 12
         years old. At the age of 18 he was captain of
         the Liberty and was the youngest master of a
         vessel in Chicago. He invested liberally in
         north side real estate. By his death the
         board of trade lost its oldest member. He was
         the first commodore of the Chicago Yacht club.
           Citizens, headed by United States Senator
         STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, offered CAPT. PRINDIVILLE
         a purse containing $1,200 on Nov. 26, 1856,
         for saving the crews of three vessels which
         were caught opposite the river's mouth in a
         storm.
           "Keep the money for the widows and orphans
         of the sailors we were too late to save,"
         said CAPT. PRINDIVLLE. "I never take money
         for doing what is only my ordinary duty."
           At one time CAPT. PRINDIVLLE and his
         brother owned the entire fleet of tugboats
         that plied on the river.
           CAPT. PRINDIVLLE was the son of MAURICE
         PRINDIVLLE, and came to Chicago with his
         parents from Ireland in 1836. The family
         home was at first at "PRINDIVILLE patch,"
         near Chicago avenue and State street. CAPT.
         PRINDIVILLE is survived by five daughters
         and three sons. One of the sons is Justice
         JOHN K. PRINDIVILLE. The funeral will be
         held tomorrow in Holy Name cathedral, and
         interment will be in Calvary cemetery.
         
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