E. S. Wadsworth

The Wadsworths were a prominent family in Connecticut; his great uncle Jeremiah was a government official for the Continental Army and his father Tertius was a wealthy real estate developer.

The Wadsworths and Dyer built their own buildings and warehouse on South Water Street, between Clark and La Salle.

They built a meatpacking house south of the Twelfth Street Bridge and marble-fronted stores on Lake and Wabash's corner.

Wadsworth, Dyer & Chapin became one of Chicago's leading businesses, selling dry goods, storing and trading grain, managing real estate, and packing beef and pork.

Eldest son Elisha Lyle served in the Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery and was later named an advisor to major general Godfrey Weitzel.