Category: Eggerson

The American Jockey, 1865-1910 Scholars have largely neglected the history of thoroughbred racing in the United States even though it was among the most important American sports. Furthermore, horse-racing was the first major sport in the American colonies, with racecourses in New York, Charles Town, Annapolis and Williamsburg by the mid-eighteenth century, even before the introduction… Continue reading Eggerson Suspended

I am ninety-five percent sure the Arther Eggarson listed on the below census sheet image is our Arthur Eggerson, 1880, seven months old; living in Chicago with his mother and father, Knud & Joanna Eggarson.  Most likely at a very young age, he probably moved with both of his parents to Mississippi. I am thinking… Continue reading Knud Eggarson

Arthur Eggerson, a jockey of national repute. . .   John Alexander Dowie (25 May 1847 – 9 March 1907) was a Scottish evangelist and faith healer who ministered in Australia and the United States. He founded the city of Zion, Illinois, and the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church. He was both an eloquent and eccentric… Continue reading Eggerson Seized Revolver

Jockey Eggerson. . . Descendants of Arthur J. Eggerson Generation 1 1. ARTHUR J.1 EGGERSON1, 2, 3, 4 was born about Abt. 1879 in probably-Chicago, Cook County, Illinois or maybe Mississippi. He died on April 03, 1921 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri (Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri5). He married… Continue reading Arthur J. Eggerson

—Chicago— Collecting Eggerson, jockey, newspaper clippings for Hawthorne and Harlem, Cook County, Illinois… Jockey Arthur Eggerson also raced in New Orleans, St. Louis, Saratoga.