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OF THE"
UNIVERSITY
Of ILLINOIS
920.0173
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LIBRARY
MEN OF
ILLINOIS
COPYRIGHT
HALLIDAY WITHERSPOON
CHICAGO, 1902
PROPER DEDICAT-
ION OF A BGDK OF
THIS KIND SHOULD
BE TO NO INDIVID-
UAL, BUT TO 'THE
MEN OF ILLINOIS "A A
THEY CAME TO THESE PRAT
RIES FROM THE NEW ENGLA-
ND SHORES, FROM THE TI-
DE WATER -31 FROM THE M-
OUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA,
FROM THE BLUE GRAS S P-
ASTURES OF KENTUCKY -3.
FROM THE LANDS BEYOND
THE SEAS. JbTHEY CAME FI
RST A FEW, ® THEN A MULT
ITUDE. THEY WERE STURDY
SELF RELIANT, HONEST AND
PROGRESSIVE. A THIS BOOK
IS DEDICATED THEREFORE
TO "THE MEN OF ILLINOIS"
WHO MADE THE STATE
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T was the intention of the publisher of
Men of Illinois" to produce a practical
book for the use of the business men of
the state, but more particularly, perhaps,
for the convenience of the press of the whole country.
The work does not pretend to be biographical in
the broad sense of that word. The desire has been
to produce portraits which, in point of excellence,
would leave little to be desired and to give just
enough of the life of each of the "Men of Illinois "
to make the matter of easy and quick reference for
newspapermen and for others when such information
was sought.
From the inception of the idea of preparing this
book earnest support has been given the work by
the newspapermen of Chicago and of other cities,
who realized the value that the book's completion
would be to them. It is possible that another vol-
ume may be necessary to bring the work to its full
fruition. The publisher trusts that the volume
which is given herewith to the public will commend
itself and bear testimony at the same time that if a
further extension of the work be considered advis-
able the people may be fairly well assured that it
will have qualities both of beauty and of utility.
HALLIDAY WITHERSPOON
INDEX
TOPIC S
INDEX- TOPICS.
ACCOUNTANTS, 506, 514, 527.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 204, 205, 206, 207, 208,
2O9, 211, 212, 215, 2l6, 217, 2l8, 221, 222,
261.
ALDERMEN, 410, 431.
ARCHITECTS, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 251, 515,
530.
ARMY (U. S.), 422, 423.
ART CONNOISSEURS, 418.
ARTISTS, 532.
ASSOCIATIONS, 361.
AUTHORS, 120, 508.
BILLIARMSTS, 510, 520.
BREWERS, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 19, 20, 21, 22, 265,
391, 533, 534-
CHICAGO LIBRARY, 476.
CLERGY, 503, 510, 531, 532.
COLD STORAGE, 412.
COLLECTORS, 535.
COMMERCIAL AGENCIES, 96, 521.
CONTRACTORS, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 80,
511, 514, 527.
DECORATORS, 523.
DETECTIVES, 434.
DISTILLERS, 533.
DOCKS AND SHIPYARDS, 471.
EDITORS, no, in, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118,
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127.
ELECTRICAL, 134 135.
EDUCATIONAL, 128, 129, 130, 131, 514, 520.
Music AND ART, 132, 133.
ENGINEERS, CIVIL, 34, 39, 43, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54,
55, 57, 529-
CONSTRUCTING, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 508, 512, 518.
CONSULTING, 36, 38, 43, 46, 52.
ELECTRICAL, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 52, 54, 55, 57.
MECHANICAL, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48,
49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 5*8.
SANITARY, 33, 38, 45, 49, 57, 513.
ENGRAVERS, 31.
EXPRESS COMPANIES, 498.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY — BANKERS, 58, 59, 60,
61, 62. 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75,
76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87,
89, 93, 94, 96, 390, 409, 425, 507, 509, 522,
526, 528, 531.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY — Continued.
BROKERS, 67, 90, 92, 93, 96, 346, 347, 503, 505,
510.
CAPITALISTS, 58, 59, 60, 67, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77,
79, 81, 89, 90, 93, 95, 355, 371, 415, 499, 535-
INVESTMENT SECURITIES, 68, 95.
LOANS, 81.
MUNICIPAL BONDS, 91, 502.
TRUST COMPANIES, 535.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 432.
FLOUR INSPECTOR, 527.
HOTELS, 97, 98.
INSURANCE, 75, 85, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104,
105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 426, 473, 501, 518,
520, 529.
JOURNALISTS, 429, 502.
JUDICIARY, 502, 508, 511, 530.
LAUNDRIES, 384, 385, 520.
LAWYERS, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143,
144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152,
153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161,
162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170,
171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179,
180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188,
189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 256, 499, 501, 503,
505, 5o6, 516, 517, 521, 524, 526, 533.
LITHOGRAPHERS, 32.
LIVERY, 496, 504.
MANUFACTURERS — BAKERS' MACHINERY AND SUP-
PLIES, 247, 268.
BAKING POWDER, 289.
BARB WIRE, 285.
BILLIARD TABLES, 263.
BOILER MAKERS, 226, 227.
BOOK BINDERS' MACHINERY, 259.
BOTTLE MANUFACTURERS, 264.
BRASS GOODS, 245.
BRICK MANUFACTURERS, 80, 270, 271.
BRIDGE BUILDERS, 256, 513.
BRUSH MANUFACTURERS, 271.
CARRIAGES, 209, 215, 220.
CASH CARRIERS, 286.
CASH REGISTERS, 221.
CASTINGS, 253.
CHEMISTS, 248, 268.
CIGAR MANUFACTURERS, 373.
CORKS, 264.
CORSETS, 261.
CREAMERY SUPPLIES, 219.
ELECTRIC CLOCKS, 285.
INDEX— TOPICS.
MANUFACTURERS — Continued.
ELECTRIC LIGHT, 284, 285.
ELECTRICAL GOODS, 282, 283, 284, 285. 290.
ELEVATORS, 258, 259.
ENGINES, 250.
FEATHERS, 268.
FIRE APPLIANCES, 249.
FIREPROOFING, 269.
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, 351, 352.
FOUNDRIES, 515.
FURNACE APPLIANCES, 250.
FURNITURE, 522, 526.
GAS ENGINES, 252.
GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES, 284.
GLASS, 279.
GLASS (Stained and Ornamental), 239, 264.
GLUE, 269.
HARDWARE, 265.
HOT WATER HEATING APPARATUS, 250.
ICE, 415.
INCUBATORS, 264.
IRON FOUNDERS, 222.
IRON PIPE, 230, 255.
IRON WORKS, 223, 224, 225.
IRON AND STEEL, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 252,
259, 377, 512, 528.
LAUNDRY MACHINERY, 257.
LEATHER GOODS, 289.
LETTER FILES, 254.
MACHINE SCREWS, 249.
MACHINERY, 227, 229, 231, 235, 239, 240, 241
242, 244, 246, 247, 250, 253.
MATTRESSES, 257.
METALS, 245, 262.
MINING MACHINERY, 261.
MONUMENTS, 260.
OFFICE FURNITURE, 508.
OILS, 280, 281.
PAINTS, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 504.
PIANO STOOLS AND SCARFS, 288.
PIANOS, 287, 288, 523.
PICTURE FRAMES, 290.
PLOWS, 209, 210, 212, 213, 215, 2l8, 221.
PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES, 228, 229, 246, 256.
PORTRAITS, 291, 292.
PRINTING PRESSES, 232.
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, 289.
RUBBER GOODS, 247.
RUBBER TYPE, 248.
SCALES, 247.
SCREWS, 262.
SEWER PIPE, 268.
SEWING MACHINES, 254.
SIDEWALK LIGHTS, 243.
SIGNS, 511.
SILVERWARE, 245.
SOAP, 272, 273.
SPRING BEDS, 256, 367.
STEAM HEATING APPARATUS, 271.
STEAM PUMPS, 266.
STEEL, 249, 323.
STEEL ROOFING, 246.
STONE, 260.
MANUFACTURERS — Continued.
STORE AND OFFICE FIXTURES, 366.
STOVE REPAIRS, 244.
STOVES, 266, 267.
TELEPHONES, 283, 286.
TERRA GOTTA, 289.
TOILET SUPPLIES, 384.
TOOLS, 236, 265.
TRUNKS, 273, 274, 473, 533.
TYPE FOUNDERS, 258.
TYPEWRITERS, 263.
VARNISHES, 278, 279, 280.
WAGON JACKS, 517.
WAGON MANUFACTURERS, 207, 214.
WATCH CASES, 383.
WATCHES, 382.
WHEELWRIGHTS, 211.
WHITE LEAD, 278, 509.
WINDMILLS, 221.
WIRE, 233, 284, 286.
WIRE FENCE, 219, 283, 519.
WOOD CARPET, 263.
WOODWORKING MACHINERY, 248.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, 379.
ZINC, 243.
MERCANTILE AGENCIES ; 19
MERCHANTS — BOOTS AND SHOES, 388, 389, 390, 409.
BOXES, 405.
BROOMS, 414, 415.
BROOM SUPPLIES, 414.
BUTTERINE, 351.
CANNED GOODS, 372, 407.
CARPETS AND RUGS, 364.
CEMENT, 407.
CEMETERIES, 361, 407.
CHINA, 409.
CLOAKS, 348.
CLOCKS, 383.
CLOTHING, 348, 361, 362.
COAL, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300,
301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309,
310, 501, 506.
COFFEE, 347.
COFFEE ROASTING, 347.
COMMISSION :
FRUIT, 313.
GRAIN, 313, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336,
337, 338, 339, 340, 34i, 342, 343, 344, 345,
5i6, 518.
LIVE STOCK, 318, 319 320, 321, 322, 323.
324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330.
PRODUCE, 311, 312, 313.
CONDENSED MILK, 350.
CONFECTIONERS, 351, 352, 431.
DAIRYMEN, 350, 525.
DRAWING MATERIALS, 403.
DRUGS, 376.
DRY GOODS, 353, 354, 355, 356, 359, 360, 524.
DYERS, 412.
FISH AND OYSTERS, 369.
FLOUR (WHOLESALE), 372.
FURNITURE, 365, 366, 367, 368.
FURRIERS, 358, 363.
INDEX— CITIES.
MERCHANTS — Continued.
GASOLINE LAMPS, 406.
GENERAL MERCHANDISED 357, 358.
GROCERS, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374.
GROCERS' SUNDRIES, 529.
HARDWARE, 367, 377, 378, 513.
HATS AND CAPS, 363, 390.
HIDES, 406.
HOSIERY, 524.
INSTALLMENT GOODS, 415.
JEWELERS, 380, 381, 382, 411, 515.
LEATHER, 386, 387.
LIQUORS, 391.
LUMBER, 392, 393, 394, 395, 39&, 397, 398, 399,
400, 401, 402, 403, 415.
MEAT MARKETS, 429.
MEN'S AND LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS, 359,
360, 361.
METALS, 379.
MILLINERY, 362, 363, 364, 417.
Music, 408.
NOTIONS, 362.
OFFICE SUPPLIES, 406.
OILS, 410.
PACKERS, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317.
PAINTS, 375.
PAPER, 404, 405, 531.
PLATED WARE, 380, 382, 383.
PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS, 379.
RUBBER GOODS, 389.
SALT, 523.
SAND, 269.
SANITARY WEAR, 408.
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, 369.
SHIP SUPPLIES, 410, 411.
SILK, 363, 534-
SOAP, 375.
MERCHANTS — Continued.
STATIONERY, 406.
SYRUPS, 351.
TAILORS (Merchant), 416, 417.
UPHOLSTERERS' SUPPLIES, 358.
OFFICIALS— CITY, 421, 432, 433, 435.
COUNTY, 429, 430, 508.
STATE, 421, 424, 425, 426, 427, 522.
UNITED STATES, 248, 419, 420, 424, 519.
PHOTOGRAPHERS, 507.
PHYSICIANS, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443,
444, 445, 519, 524-
PLANING MILLS, 428.
POLITICIANS, 427, 430, 434.
PRINTERS, 504.
PUBLISHERS, no, in, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117,
118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
507, 509, 525, 528, 531.
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS, 500, 525, 535.
RAILROADS, 428, 431, 499, 534.
RAILWAY SUPPLIES, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258, 262,
360, 499.
REAL ESTATE, 93, 347, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451,
452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461,
462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471,
516, 521, 524, 525, 530, 532.
RESTAURANTS, 472, 473.
TELEPHONE, 474, 475, 476.
THEATRICAL, 477, 530.
TRANSPORTATION, 253, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483,
484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493,
494, 495, 496, 497, 500.
UNDERTAKERS, 364.
UNITED STATES ARMY, 422, 423.
INDEX—CITIES.
ALTON 5*5
AURORA. .. .79, 91, 130, 136, 181, 190, 201, 218,
245, 248, 261, 350, 383, 441, 453, 457, 476, 527
AUSTIN 147
BELLEVILLE 22, 69, 125, 144, 201, 248, 267, 439
BLOOMINGTON 172, 186, 200
CAIRO 70, 71, 161, 171, 402
CANTON 120, 195
CHATHAM 88
DANVILLE 125, 155, 175, 188, 360
DAVENPORT, IOWA 234
DECATUR 83, 179, 290, 437
DEKALB 87, 186, 219
DIXON 9, 25, 84, 144, 145, 152, 439, 467
EAST ST. Louis
11, 77, 78, 122, 178, 193, 197, 321, 44i, 495
ELGIN 35Q, 383, 5.14
ELKHART 183, 326, 424
ELMHURST 386
EVANSTON. .6, 8, 46, 47, 55, 59, 90, 99, 101, 114,
128, 134, 152, 162, 166, 178, 179, 198, 207,
222, 236, 251, 281, 332, 372, 386, 387, 408,
409, 453, 473, 475, 482, 483, 493, 498, 503, 509
FREEFORT 22, 86, 97, 109,
144, 163, 208, 209, 229, 259, 320, 442, 443, 501
GALENA J45
GALESBURG.82, io2, 123, 128, 197, 2i6, 326, 421, 508
GOLCONDA 425
GENESEO 160
GREENVILLE 182
HIGHLAND PARK 32
HILLSBORO 441
INDEX— CITIES.
HlNSDALE 56, 88, 158, 296, 3OI, 304, 448, 465
HOOPESTON 85, 345
JACKSONVILLE
88, 128, 130, 180, 189, 196, 202, 203, 445, 528
JOLIET 81, 151, 153, 216, 260, 402, 442, 454
KANKAKEE 407
KEWANEE 85, 217, 255, 256, 359, 4<>3
LA GRANGE 256, 276, 481
LAKE BLUFF 238
LAKE FOREST 12, 103, 332, 478
LA SALLE 87, 131, 218, 271
LEBANON 127
LENA 408
LEXINGTON 414
LINCOLN 88, 162, 194, 424
MATTOON 82, 147, 149
MAYWOOD 182
MENDOTA 89, 218
MOLINE 77, 109, 156, 173, 178, 181, 183,
185, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 252, 365, 441
MONMOUTH 127, l6l, I7O, 2O9, 442
MORGAN PARK 104
MORTON PARK 489
NEW YORK CITY 68, 89, 95, 189, 482
OAK PARK 138, 353, 361, 404, 406, 481
OTTAWA 87, 97, 164, 194, 217, 364, 390, 501
PEKIN 391
PEORIA ..n, 52, 57, 74, 75, 131, 159, 168, 171,
174, 177, 184, 193, 204, 205, 215, 242, 260,
272, 309, 3io, 344, 345, 374, 378, 379, 408,
414, 415. 420, 427, 428, 433, 506, 516, 517, 533
PERU 243
PETERSBURG 152, 316
PONTIAC 87, 426
QUINCY II,
34, 44, 72, 73, 74, 97, 127, 129, 161, 163,
218, 229, 231, 253, 264, 267, 284, 313, 376,
377, 390, 402, 405, 409, 412, 421, 438, 450, 508
RIVER FOREST 36
RIVERSIDE 38
ROBINSON 169
ROCK ISLAND 22, 76, 98, 124, 135,
147, 166, 169, 173, 215, 230, 244, 422, 461, 490
ROCKFORD 86, 126, 157, 174,
21.6, 241, 349, 373, 402, 416, 436, 437, 450, 523
ST. Louis, Mo 269
SPRINGFIELD FRONTISPIECE,
n, 51, 83, 98, 102, 109, 121,
122, 129, 130, 145, 146, 150, 159, l67, 173,
180, 183, 191, 192, 195, 345, 374, 425, 426, 439
STEGER 287
STERLING 126, 198, 364, 403, 436
STREATOR 54, 80,
122, 123, 145, 188, 264, 268, 285, 310, 378, 401
SYCAMORE 86
TALLULA 89
URBANA 522
VIENNA 505
WAUKEGAN 19, 250, 289, 352
WESTERN SPRINGS 421
WHEATON 105
WINNETKA 162
WOODSTOCK 376
YORKVILLE 89
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of Illinois and the growth of the railroad system
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development. Mr. W. K. Ackerman, in a history
of the Illinois Central Railroad, in speaking of the
license which was given the company by the state
legislature to operate a railroad within the limits of
Illinois, says: "The charter was a special one and in
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itself and by a private corporation to construct a
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to succeed where the state failed. In the year J85J
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INDEX— PORTRAITS.
ABELS, HENRY 102
ABEND, EDWARD, SR 69
ABT, PAUL W 78
ADAMS, A. B 363
ADAMS, GEORGE 327
ADAMS, GEORGE EVERETT 136
ADAMS, HARRY C 501
ADAMS, JAMES E 73
ADAMS, MILWARD 477
ADLAND, VICTOR E 385
AGEE, J. A 300
AINSWORTH, HENRY A 212
AISHTON, RICHARD H 479
AISTHORPE, JOHN S 71
ALDRICH, CHARLES H 136
ALDRICH, NATHAN J 136
ALEXANDER, JOHN T 319
ALEXANDER, W. A 501
ALLAN, JOHN P S3
ALLEGRETTI, 1 352
ALLEN, ANDREWS 56
ALLEN, CHARLES L 137
ALLEN, F. G 213
ALLERTON, SAMUEL W 314
ALLING, CHARLES 137
ALSIP, WILLIAM H 270
AMES, JOHN C 401
ANDEL, CASIMIR 69
ANDERSON, WICK 129
ANDREWS, CLEMENT WALKER 128
ANGIER, W. E 47
ANTHONY, CHARLES E 75
ANTHONY, CLIFFORD M 75
ANTHONY, FRANK 436
ANTHONY, WALTER M 134
ANTISDEL, ALBERT 498
ARMOUR, M. COCHRANE 236
ARMOUR, PHILIP D 314
ARMSTRONG, CHARLES GOOLD 52
ARNOLD, BION JOSEPH 42
ARNOLD, FRANK W 499
ARTINGSTALL, SAMUEL G 49
ASHBY, JAMES H '. . .. 329
ASHCRAFT, EDWIN M 136
ATKINS, SMITH D 501
ATKINSON, GEORGE R 416
ATWOOD, EDWIN B 423
AVERY, CYRUS M 204
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AVERY, ROBERT H 204
AYER, BENJAMIN F 137
AYRES, JASON C 144
BAACKES, FRANK 233
BABCOCK, ALFRED J 253
BABCOCK, CHARLES S 138
BABCOCK, FREDERICK R 138
BADENOCH, ROWLAND W 140
BAILEY, EZRA H 80
BAILEY, GEORGE E 284
BAIRD, GEORGE A 234
BAIRD, LYMAN 446
BAIRD, WYLLYS W 446
BAKER, ALFRED L 90
BAKER, DIGORY W 301
BAKER, HENRY 301
BAKER, M. M 261
BAKER, WILLIAM H 301
BALATKA, CHRISTIAN F 133
BALDWIN, HENRY FURLONG 55
BALDWIN, JESSE A 138
BALLENBERG, JULES 362
BANCROFT, EDGAR A 139
BANFORD, HENRY H 446
BANGS, FRED A • *39
BANNARD, HENRY C 265
BANNING, EPHRAIM 138
BARBER, A. H 240
BARCLAY, JAMES 215
BARD, GEORGE M 234
BARGE, WILLIAM J45
BARGER, RICHARD WATSON S°5
BARKER, FRANK W 256
BARKER, JOHN S 99
BARNHART, ARTHUR M 258
BARRELL, ALBERT M 334
BARRELL, FINLAY 334
BARRELL, JAMES 334
BARRELL, \STEWART E 334
BARRETT, CHARLES C 277
BARRETT, CHARLES R 131
BARRETT, ELMER E 139
BARRETT, JAMES H 488
BARRETT, JOHN P 135
BARRINGTON, ANDREW 216
BARRY, CHARLES H 108
EARTH, L. L 393
INDEX— FOR TRAITS.
PAGE.
BARTHOLF, C. S 240
BARTHOLOMEW, J. B 204
BARTLETT, CHARLES L 375
BARTON, ENOS M 282
BARTON, JESSE B 139
BASSETT, SHELDON H 269
BASTRUP, Louis 140
BATES, ONWARD 34
BAUME, JAMES SIMPSON 145
BAUMGARDNER, PETER M 281
BAUMGARTEN, A 229
BAUR, JACOB 268
BAY, GEORGE P 64
BAYLEY, EDWIN F 140
BAYLISS, ALFRED 129
BEACH, ELMER ELLSWORTH 137
BEACH, RAYMOND W 503
BEAUMONT, GEORGE 3
BEAUPRE, WILLIAM S 79
BEATTY, Ross J 237
BECKER, A. G 503
BECKER, CHARLES 267
BECKETT, JAMES BEACH 141
BECKETT, JAMES D 323
BEERS, MINARD L 8
BEGOLE, HENRY C 504
BEHAN, Louis J 140
BEIDLER, ADAM W 396
BEIDLER, FRANCIS 396
BEIDLER, GEORGE . .'. 396
BEIFELD, JOSEPH 348
BELL, ADOLPHUS L 354
BELL, G. H 504
BELSHE, EDWIN L 291
BEMAN, S. S 6
BENDER, FRED 366
BENDER, WILLIAM, JR 22
BENEDICT, HARRY 324
BENNETT, R. J 370
BENNITT, FRED 151
BENSINGER, MOSES 263
BENTLEY, FRANK T 249
BERLIN, ROBERT C 10
BESLEY, EDMUND D 19
BEST, WILLIAM 373
BEYER, OSCAR 4
BICKFORD, L. H 113
BICKNELL, ORLANDO L 249
BIDDLE. WILLIAM BAXTER 487
BILLINGS, CHARLES L 142
BILLOW, CLAYTCN 0 50
BILLOW, ELMER E 503
BINDER. CARL 56
BINES, ROBERT 341
BIRD, A. C 482
BIRDSALL, RICHARD M ' 413
BIRK, EDWARD J 19
BIRK, WILLIAM A 19
BLACK, JOHN C 143
BLACK, WILLIAM P 151
BLACKWELDER. I. S 104
BLAKE, CHARLES G 260
BLAKE, EDWARD J 46
BLAKELY, CHARLES F 504
BLAKESLEY, A. M 215
BLANEY, ARTHUR C 354
BLEYER, SAM T 250
BLINN, EDMUND B 400
BLISS, ELIAKIM RAYMOND 152
BLISS, SAMUEL E 236
BLOCK, FRED L 408
BLOCK, L. E 237
BLOCK, PHILIP D 237
BLOCKI, F. W 434
BLOME, RUDOLPH S 26
BLOOD, HARRY E 391
BLUNT, JOHN ELLSWORTH 46
BLUNT, STANHOPE E 422
BOAL, CHARLES T 446
BODDIE, JOHN T 447
BODE, FREDERICK 364
BODMAN, LUTHER W 333
BOGLE, WALTER S 295
BOGUE, GEORGE M 447
BOHNER, GEORGE 406
BOLDENWECK, FRED W.. 17
BOLDENWECK, WlLLIAM 447
BOLLES, C. E 406
BOND, JOSEPH 265
BOND, LESTER L 141
BOND, WILLIAM A 447
BOON, CLEMENT L 502
BOOTH, WILLIAM M 141
BOOTH, W. VERNON 369
BORDEN HAMILTON 499
BORDERS, M. W 144
BOTSFORD, EDMUND MILLER 127
BOULTON, GEORGE D 58
BOUTON, NATHANIEL SHERMAN 223
BOWERS. LLOYD W 141
BOWLES, D. W 502
BOWLES, JOHN P 322
BOWMAN, JOHNSTON RICHMOND 350
BOYS, WILLIAM H 145
BRACE, WILLIAM 142
BRADLEY, CHARLES HODGSON 143
BRADLEY, DAVID 505
BRADLEY, J. HARLEY 221
BRADLEY, TIMOTHY M 502
BRADWELL, JAMES B 142
BRADY, JAMES H 448
BRAMLETTE, JOHN M 495
BRAND, MICHAEL 13
BRANSON, N. W 152
BRAYSHAW, ABRAHAM 272
BRAYSHAW, BENJAMIN W 272
BRAYSHAW, CLARENCE 272
BRAYSHAW, W. W 272
BKECKENRIDGE, WILLIAM L 46
BREGA, CHARLES W 398
BREITENBACH, C. G 382
BRENAN, THOMAS 448
BRENNER, JUDSON 219
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
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BRENTANO, THEODORE 502
BREWER, LAFAYETTE W 501
BRIDGE, FRANK A 79
BRIGHAM, EDMUND D 480
BRILL, GEORGE M 41
BRINCKERHOFF, HENRY M 494
BRINKERHOFF, JOHN JONES 109
BRINTNALL, WILLIAM H 62
BRINTON, W. B 218
BROCKLEBANK, JOHN C. F 404
BROOK, J. W., SR 443
BROOKS, JONATHAN W 409
BROUGHTON, EDMUND P 481
BROWN, ARCHIBALD L 239
BROWN, CHARLES A 1 43
BROWN, CHRISTOPHER C 146
BROWN, EDWIN LEE 207
BROWN, EDWIN T 239
BROWN, EVERETT J 437
BROWN, GEORGE F 493
BROWN, JOHN H 300
BROWN, JOHN W 218
BROWN, J. STANLEY 126
BROWN, LOT 489
BROWN, PAUL 143
BROWN, ROBERT C 146
BROWN, STUART 146
BROWN, WALTER FRAZER 300
BROWNING, GRANVILLE W 142
BRUCE, CHARLES A 317
BRUCKER, JOSEPH 1 18
BRUSH, CHARLES E 8
BRUSHINGHAM, JOHN P 504
BRYAN, ALFRED C 448
BRYAN, CHARLES PAGE 504
BRYAN, FREDERICK A 375
BRYAN, FREDERICK W 448
BRYAN, JOHN C 444
BRYAN, WILLIAM F 345
BRYANT, GEORGE H 238
BUCK, CLARENCE F 127
BUCKINGHAM, EBENEZER 103
BUCKLEY, CHARLES W 332
BULKLEY, A. W 203
BULL, LORENZO 74
BULL, CHARLES H 72
BULLARD, SAMUEL A n
BULLOCK, M. C 242
BUNN, JOHN W 374
BUNNELL, M. G 242
BURDICK, CHARLES SYKES 205
BURKE, ROBERT S 434
BURKHARDT, HENRY S 25A
BURNHAM, D. PI 3
BURNS, J. J 273
BURRELL, Louis H 144
BUSH, WILLIAM H 363
BUSH, WILLIAM LINCOLN c88
BUSHNELL, S. MORGAN 42
BUSSE, FRED A 302
BUTLER, EDWARD B 362
BUTLER, EUGENE K 206
BUTLER, JOHN S 144
BUTLER, WILLIAM 425
BUTLER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 145
BUTTOLPH, ALBERT C 370
BUXBAUM, EMANUEL 349
CABLE, BENJAMIN T 76
CABLE, FAYETTE S 287
CABLE, RAMSON R 490
CAHILL, P. J 428
CAHN, BENJAMIN R 92
CAIRNDUFF, WILLIAM H 449
CALDWELL, BEN F 88
CALDWELL, WILLIAM SPENCER 443
CALHOUN, W. J 147
CALLAHAN, AMERICUS F 234
CALLENDER, ELIOT 74
CAMPBELL, GEORGE M 81
CAMPBELL, ROBERT M 433
CAMPBELL, R. M 473
CAPPER, JOHN S 360
CARLSON, GUSTAF 51
CARMACK, E. H 101
CARNEY, WILLIAM J 393
CARNS, WILLIAM FEN WICK 118
CARPENTER, BENJAMIN 410
CARPENTER, GEORGE B 410
CARPENTER, JOHN S 341
CARPENTER, M. J 481
CARR, ROBERT F 376
CARSE, DAVID BRADLEY 244
CARSE, JOHN B 244
CARSON, GEORGE F 204
CARTER, BYRON E 56
CARTER, ZINA R 343
CARTWRIGHT, B. F 427
CASE, FRANCIS M 449
CASSIDY, JOHN W 313
CASTBERG, W. F 417
CASTLE, CHARLES S 61
CASTLE, CHAUNCEY H 267
CASTLE, PERCY V 147
CATLIN, THOMAS D §7
CATON, ARTHUR J 151
CAVERNO, XENOPHON 256
CENTER, CHARLES D 438
CHACE, C. C 485
CHADWICK, CHARLES H 384
CHAMBERLIN, JOHN M., JR 127
CHANDLER, EDWARD BRUCE 30
CHANNON HARRY 411
CHANNON, HENRY 411
CHANNON, JAMES H 411
CHANUTE, OCTAVE 34
CHAPIN, SIMEON B 505
CHAPMAN, CHARLES A 32
CHAPMAN, JOHN HENRY 268
CHAPMAN, PLEASANT T 505
CHARLEY, M. J 271
CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, H. C. .. . uo
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
CH ATTEN, HARVEY 1 1
CHENEY, CLARENCE C 32
CHENEY, EDWIN H 44
CHERRY, WILLIAM SLOAN 54
CHRISTY, R. J., JR 43§
CHUBBUCK, H. EUGENE 44
CHURCHILL, HENRY M 496
CHYTRAUS, AXEL 149
CLAGGETT. JOHN H. M 305
CLANCY, ALBERT W 507
CLARK, BERT 93
CLARK, EDWARD B 120
CLARK, HORACE f-o6
CLARK, HORACE S 14?
CLARK, JOHN M 474
CLARK, WILL 0 07
CLARK, W. IRVING 25
CLARKE, JOHN V 507
CLAUSSENIUS, GEORGE W 4Q7
CLAY, WILLIAM W 9
CLEMENT, AUSTIN 283
CLENDENIN, HENRY W 122
CLEVELAND, JOSIAH F 481
CLIFFORD. JOHN 229
CLIZBE, WESLEY J 220
CLOWRY, ROBERT C 134
COBURN, LEWIS L 506
COCHRAN, N 327
COCHRANE, WILLIAM M 81
CODY, ARTHUR B 148
CODY, HIRAM H 148
CODY, HOPE REED 148
COE, ALBERT M 449
COFFIN, GORHAM B 275
COFFMAN, SAMUEL 325
COLBERT, DAVID V 325
COLE, DELAVAN B 148
COLE, JOHN ADAMS 34
COLEAN, W. H 205
COLEMAN, ADELBERT E 225
COLLERAN, LUKE 433
COLLMAN, C. 0 86
COLVIN, WILLIAM H 67
CONGDON, CHARLES B 337
CONGER, ROMAINE M 449
CONKEY, WALTER B 507
CONKLIX, ARCHIE B 476
CONKLIN, EDWARD R 476
CONKLING, ALLEN 257
CONKLING, CLINTON L 150
CONKLING, JAMES C 150
CONNELLY, HENRY CLAY 147
CONNERY, JOHN T 297
CONOVER, LUIHER W 319
CONRAD, MARTIN 149
CONWAY, RICHARD F 27
CONZELMAN, WlLLIAM J 391
COOK, GEORGE DILLWYN 68
COOK, GEORGE SHAW 68
COOK, JAMES BENSON 68
COOKE, GEORGE J 14
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COOKE, JOHN ARKELL 430
COOLEY, LYMAN EDGAR 43
COONEY, LUKE, JR 221
COOPER, A. 0 506
COOPER, JOHN ALEXANDER 506
COOPER, JOHN S 328
COOVER, DAVID RADNOR 507
COPELAND, HOWARD D 324
COTTRELL, GORHAM J 377
COUNTRYMAN, ISAAC B 358
COVERT, WILLIAM H 161
Cox, A. G. . 276
Cox, JAMES B 47
COYNE, FREDERICK E. 419
COZZENS, SAMUEL R 328
CRAFTS, CLAYTON EDWARD 151
CRAIG, A. M 508
CRAIG, ISAAC B 1 49
CRAIG, ROBERT 266
CRANDALL, CHESTER D 282
CRANE, RICHARD T., SR 230
CRAMPTON, GEORGE W 211
CRATTY, JOSIAH 149
CRAWFORD, ANDREW 146
CRAWFORD, JOSEPH 84
CRAWFORD, JOSEPH W 84
CREMER, BERNARD 75
CRIBBEN, HENRY 266
CRILLY, D. F 450
CRITCHELL, R. S 105
CROTTY, FREDERICK P 450
CROTTY, WILLIAM 450
CRUTTENDEN, JOHN S 450
CUDAHY, JOHN 314
CUDAHY, MICHAEL 314
CULLOM, SHELBY M 150
CUMMINGS, ANDREW 98
CUMMINGS, E. A 451
CUNNINGHAM, JAMES A 85
CUTTING, CHARLES SIDNEY 150
DALZELL, S. M 293
DAMSEL, W. H 498
DANIELS, EDWIN F 294
DARDEN, JAMES G 372
DARLEY, EDWARD CHARLES 48
DARROVV, FRANK E 402
DART, CARLTON R 50
DAUCHY, WALTER E 37
DAUGHERTY, JAMES L 268
DAVIS, CARL EVERETT 45
DAVIS, JOSEPH L 119
DAVIS, SAMUEL S 135
DAVIS, WILLIAM J 477
DAWES, CHARLES G 152
DAWLEY, WILLIAM S 39
DAZEY, CHARLES T 508
DEAN, THAD 392
DECKER, EDWARD A 153
DEDERICH, Louis 288
DEERE, CHARLES H 210
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
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DEERE, JOHN 210
DEERING, WILLIAM 207
DEFEBAUGH, JAMES ELLIOTT 117
DE FOREST, F. BOWDEN 41 1
DELAMATER, SAMUEL 451
DELANG, CONSTANT 153
DELANO, FREDERICK 489
DELFOSSE, CHARLES J . . . . 451
DENEEN, CHARLES SAMUEL 508
DENELL, REUBEN A 3
DERING, CHARLES L 299
DKRING, J. K 299
DE SMET, GEORGE W 407
DE TAMBLE, MARTIN 247
DEUTSCH, JOSEPH 32
DEUTSCHE, SAMUEL 235
DEVINE, MILES J 1 53
DEVITT, MARTIN A 91
DEVORE, ABRAHAM A 416
DEVORE, JOHN A 416
DEWES, FRANCIS J 14
DEWOLF, DsWiTT C 297
DE\VOLF, WALLACE L 451
DE YOUNG, B. R 469
DIERSSEN, FREDERICK 369
DIETERLE, HENRY E 369
DIETRICH, GEORGE 413
DIETRICH, HENRY S 452
DILLER, THOMAS 126
DILLON, MOSES 403
DIXON, ARTHUR 497
DIXON, GEORGE WILLIAM 496
DIXON, HENRY S 152
DIXON, THOMAS JOHN 496
DOHERTY, MICHAEL 435
DONALD, FRANCIS C 488
DONNERSBERGER, JOSEPH 452
DONOVAN, HENRY F 118
DOOLEY, JAMES C 158
DORWIN, HARRY F 121
DOTY, L. R 297
DOUD, JAMES M 321
DOWD, LEVI BARNES 62
DOUGHERTY, NEWTON C 131
DOUGHERTY, THOMAS E 288
DOUGLAS, HENRY B 245
Dox, CHARLES E 105
DOYLE, AUSTIN J 18
DOYLE, CHARLES J 31
DRAKE, CHESTER T 250
DRAKE, LAUREN J 281
DREW, SAMUEL J 153
DREYFUS, MOISE 235
Du Bois, CHARLES G 282
DUMMERT, HENRY 347
DUNCAN, J. S 248
DUNCAN, N. W 131
DUNCOMBE, HERBERT SYDNEY 154
DUNHAM, ARTHUR J 367
DUNLAP, M. F 88
DUNLOP, CHARLES D 108
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DUNTLEY, JOHN WHEELER 236
DUNTLEY, WILLIAM 0 236
DURAND, ELLIOTT 275
DURAND, J. B 37!
DURPHY, C. M 47!
DUTTON, EVERELL F 86
DWIGHT, AUSTIN H 404
DWIGHT, WALTER E 404
EARLE, JOH N E TOO
EARLING, ALBERT J 482
EATON, THOMAS W 258
EBBERT, WILLIAM A 214
EBERHART, JOHN F 452
ECKELS, JAMES H 509
ECKH ARDT, WILLIAM N 337
EDDY, ALFRED D 154
EDDY, AUGUSTUS N 337
EDDY, HENRY CLAY io5
EDDY, SPENCER 420
EDENS, WILLIAM GRANT 420
EDGAR, THOMAS 154
EDGAR, WILLIAM H 376
EDMUNDS, FRANK W 251
EELLS, SAMUEL C fc. . 84
EGAN, JAMES A 439
EGGERT, ARCHIBALD E 508
EIKER, CHARLES F 269
ElSENDRATH, WlLLIAM N 386
ELDER, A. 0 328
ELLICOTT, EDWARD B 44
.ELLIOT, FRANK 453
ELLIOTT, H. T 509
ELLIOTT, WILLIAM SIDNEY, JR 155
ELLIS, EDWARD D 384
ELLSWORTH, HENRY 308
ELL WOOD, WILLIAM L 323
ELTING, VICTOR 154
EMERSON, RALPH 216
EMERY, JOSEPH W 267
EMERY, SAMUEL HOPKINS 405
EMMERICH, CHARLES 268
ENNIS, CALLISTUS S 452
ENNIS, LAWRENCE M 155
ENO, EDWARD S 350
ENTRIKIN, WALTER J 1 56
EPPENSTEIN, M. C 383
ERICSON, JOHN E 45
ERICKSOJST, SAMUEL' E 430
ESTABROOK, HENRY DODGE 155
ETTINGER, CHARLES D 279
EUSTIS, PERCY A 489
EVANS, D. D 155
EVANS, E. A 291
EVANS, HENRY H 453
EVERSZ, ERNEST HAMMOND 96
EWING, WILLIAM B 50
FABYAN, GEORGE 355
FAIR, JOHN F 443
FAIRBANK, NATHANIEL K 371
FAITHORN, JOHN NICHOLSON 492
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
FALKENAU, VICTOR ^4
FALLOWS, SAMUEL, REV., D. D., LL. D 510
FALTER, DAVID B 349
FARGO, S. M 388
FARR, CHARLES W 286
FARR, MARVIN A 453
FARRELL, THOMAS F 244
FARWELL, CHARLES B 355
FARWELL, FRED M 407
FARWELL, GRANGER 94
FARWELL, JOHN VILLIERS 355
FARWELL, MARCUS A 510
FAY, OWEN H 496
FEEHAN, PATRICK AUGUSTINE 511
FEKETE, THOMAS L 77
FELIX, BENJAMIN B 379
FELLOWS, WILLIAM K 6
FELSENTHAL, ELI B 157
FELTON, CHARLES EMORY 90
FELTON, S. M 488
FENTON, WILLIAM T 61
FERGUSON, CHARLES H 100
FERGUSON, CHARLES H., JR 100
FERGUSON, GEORGE MILLER 510
FERGUSON, JAMES LARNARD 100
FERGUSON, Louis A 42
FETZER, JOHN C 453
FIEDLER, GEORGE H 417
FIELD, CHARLES E 509
FIELD, ELISHA C 157
FIELD, JOHN S 415
FIELD, MARSHALL 353
FIELD, SPAFFORD C 509
FIELDHOUSE, WALTER 426
FIERO, ALBERT W 40
FINCH, HUNTER W 307
FINLEY, WILLIAM H 46
FIRESTONE, JOSEPH H 442
FISHER, JOHN J 267
FITCH, HENRY S 410
FITZSIMONS, CHARLES 511
FLANDERS, HARRY LINCOLN 387
FLETCHER, WILLIAM MEADE 156
FLORSHEIM, SAMUEL 515
FOLEY, JOHN B 289
FOLEY, THOMAS 510
FOLEY, WILLIAM C 254
FORBES, DANIEL 387
FORD, J. S 365
FORDYCE, ED'MOND A 286
FOREMAN, EDWIN G 65
FOREMAN, MILTON J 157
FOREMAN, OSCAR G 65
FORGAN, JAMES B 58
FORNOF, JOHN W 123
FOREST, WILLIAM F 156
FORSYTH, JACOB 455
FORSYTH, JOHN J 455
FORSYTH, OLIVER 0 455
FOSGATE, C. HENRY 97
Foss, GEORGE EDMUND 158
FOSTER, CHARLES F 50
FOWLER, WILLIAM 383
Fox, FRANK P 122
Fox, JOHN V 454
Fox, J. M 320
FRANKEL, A. B 1 1
FRANKENSTEIN, WILLIAM B 454
FRANKLIN, LESSER 454
FRANKS, JACOB 476
FRECK, WILLIAM 246
FREEMAN, JOSEPH H . 130
FREER, F. A /»2i
FREES, B. M 400
FRENCH, G. WATSON 234
FRENCH, WILLIAM M. R 133
FRIEDY, S. L 97
FROEHLING, FRANK 313
FROST, ALBERT C 91
FROST, ARTHUR H 157
FROST, CHARLES SUMNER 12
FUCHS, W. C : 57
FUESS, JOSEPH 69
FUNKHOUSER, METELLUS L. C IO6
FURBECK, WARREN F 92
FURBER, HENRY H. J., JR 156
FURST, CONRAD 206
FYFFE, JOH N L 336
GAHAN, THOMAS 26
GAIVER, JOACHIM G 36
GALE, FRED H 250
GALLERY, JOHN J 512
GALLOWAYJ JAMES B 159
GANG, HENRY CLAY 423
GANSBERGEN, FREDERICK H 158
GARABALDI, JOHN G 312
GARAGHTY, JOSEPH H 306
GARDNER, FRED 294
GARDNER, HENRY A 158
GARDNER, J. WILLIS 231
GARDNER, ROBERT W 231
GARDNER, WILLIAM A 479
GARTZ, A. F 230
GARY, JOSEPH E 511
GASCHE, F. G 57
GATES, CHARLES M 219
GATES, JOHN WARINE 512
GATES, PHILETUS WARREN 225
GATES, PHILETUS W • 225
GATES, WALTER S 112
GAY, HENRY LORD 12
GEIIRKE, EMIL 372
GEISMAR, MORRIS 214
GEORGE, WILLIAM 79
GERBER, EMIL 56
GERSTENBERG, ERICH 342
GERTS, GEORGE E 271
GETZ, GEORGE F 294
GIBBS, O. G 398
GIFFORD, ROBERT L 43
GILBERT, ALLAN A 159
GILBERT, MILES FREDERICK .... .161
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
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GILBERT, WILLIAM B 161
GILES, WILLIAM A 381
GILLETT, E. S 351
GILLETT, JOHN DEAN 326
GILLETT, JOHN PARK 323
GILLMORE, JOHN S 77
GILMORE, CHARLES W 295
GLENDENING, JOHN H 30
GLENN, JOHN J 161
GLENN, JOHN McGAN 117
GLESSNER, JOHN J 221
GLIDDEN, JOSEPH F 87
GLOGAUER, FRITZ 115
GOBEL, ELIAS F 23
GOEHST, JOHN H 42
GOLDIE, WILLIAM 24
GOLDSMITH, BERNARD 101
GOLDZIER, JULIUS 160
GOOD, JOHN WILLIAM 212
GOODALL, HARVEY L 115
GOODMAN, WILLIAM 0 399
GOODNOW, CHARLES A 483
GOODRICH, ADAMS A 160
GOODRIDGE, A. E. G 456
GOODWIN, WARREN F 108
GORDON, CHARLES ULYSSES 455
GORDON, JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH 130
GORMLEY, JAMES H 377
GORTON, FRANK S 134
GOULD, FRANK W 252
GOULD, JOHN M 77
GOWER, HARRY 491
GRAFF, JOSEPH V 159
GRAHAM, ERNEST R 3
GRANGER, ALFRED HOYT 12
GRANT, BERTRAND E, 513
GRAVES. EMERY C 160
GRAY, CHARLES W 113
GRAY, JAMES J 160
GREEN, ALBERT 436
GREEN, ALBERT P 385
GREENE, GAINES 316
GREENE, WILLIAM G 89
GREENEBAUM, ELIAS 66
GREENEBAUM, Gus M 360
GREENEBAUM, H. E. 66
GREENEBAUM, JAMES E 66
GREENEBAUM, M. E 66
GREGSON, WILLIAM L 33°
GREINER, WILLIAM 387
GREVE, CHARLES 357
GRIER, JOHN P 34°
GRIFFITHS, JOHN 23
GROLLMAN, SOL 288
GROSS, SAMUEL EBERLY 456
GROSSMAN, EDWARD B 349
GROSSMITH, ALFRED 223
GROUT, JOSEPH M 159
GRUNEWALD, AUGUSTUS H 415
GUBBINS, HENRY T 34°
GUND, F. M 109
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GUNDERSON, GABRIEL M 18
GUNNING, ROBERT J 511
GUNTHER, CHARLES FREDERICK 431
GUNTHER, FRED 217
GUTHRIE, OSSIAN 512
HABERER, GEORGE J 456
HAFER, HENRY 298
HAGAR, EDWARD M 53
HAGGARD, JOHN D 367
HAGGARD, SAMUEL BALDWIN 216
HAISH, JACOB 219
HALL, AVON S 514
HALL, FRANK H 130
HALL, HENRY STAMFORD 7
HALL, WILLIAM P 422
HALLBERG, LAWRENCE GUSTAV 8
HALLE, EDWARD G 107
HALLIBURTON, W. W 515
HALLIDAY, EDWIN WARNER 70
HALLIDAY, H. E 71
HALLIDAY, H. L 71
HALLIDAY, SAMUEL BENNET 70
HALLIDAY, THOMAS WYATT 70
HALLIDAY, WILLIAM PARKER 70
HALLIWELL, ASHLEIGH C 115
HAMILTON, DAVID G 494
HAMILTON ELISHA B 163
HAMILTON, FRANK H 51
HAMILTON, ISAAC MILLER 102
HAMILTON, JOHN L 85
HAMLIN, JOHN AUSTIN 59
HAMMETT, JOHN A 514
HAMMOND, L. M 307
HANEERG, JOHN J 456
HA NCE, WlLLARD A 208
HAND, PETER 13
HANFORD, HOPKINS J 493
HANNA, J. Ross 209
HANNA, WILLIAM 209
HANSON, ALBERT H 484
HAPEMAN, DOUGLAS 364
HARAHAN, JAMES THEODORE 484
HARBERT, WILLIAM S 162
HARDER, CHARLES C 298
HARDIN, MARTIN D 423
HARDING, AMOS J 104
HARLAND, L. H 270
HARM AN, JACOB A 57
H ARNER, GEORGE W 119
HARPER, BENJAMIN 76
HARPER, WILLIAM HENRY 338
HARRIMAN, EDWARD AVERY 162
HARRIS, GEORGE B 489
HARRIS, GRAHAM H 162
HARRIS, JOHN F 331
HARRIS, JOSEPH 475
HARRIS, NORMAN W 64
HARRIS, SAMUEL 235
HARRIS, THOMAS M 162
HART, ELIS S 163
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
HART, E. ORRIS 457
HART, HENRY 431
HART, H. S 54
HARTMAN, JOHN 10
HARTMAN, JOSEPH S 274
HARTZ, IRVING T 252
HARVEY, TWILINGTON W 392
HASBROUCK, Louis 103
HASKELL, JOHN W. C 274
HASKELL, J. E 274
HASTERLIK, CHARLES 21
HASTINGS, LEWIS R 327
HATCH, HENRY 43$
HATCH, OZIAS M 260
HATELY, WALTER C 3*5
HATTSTAEDT, JOHN J 132
HAUGAN, HELGE ALEXANDER 164
HAWLEY, HENRY S 499
HAWLEY, JOSEPH R 444
HAYES, FRANK 279
HAYES, HAROLD V 5X4
HEAD, FRANKLIN HARVEY 59
HEALY, DANIEL D 53
HEALY, STEPHEN 327
HEARD, OSCAR E 163
HEATH, ERNEST W 275
HEBEL, OSCAR 163
HECHT, FRANK A 515
HECKMAN, WALLACE 164
HEDENBERG, JAMES W 457
HEDSTROM, E. L 300
HEER, PETER 403
HEIDENRICH, E. LEE 49
HEISEN, CHARLES C 95
HELD, AUGUST S 209
HELD, FRED C 427
HELM, CLINTON 437
HELM, WALTER B 437
HENEBERY, MATTHEW 415
HENKEL, HENRY BAILEY 130
HENNINGER, JOHN W 128
HENRICI, PHILIP 472
HENRICI, PHILIP, JR 472
HENRY, C. F 349
HENRY, JOHN A 164
HENRY, WARRINGTON 227
HERBST, HERMAN 346
HERMANN, CHARLES H . . . . 391
HERRHOLD, FREDERICK H 366
HERTZ, HENRY L 428
HETTLER, HERMAN H 401
HEWITT, HERBERT EDMUND n
HEWITT, JOHN 232
HEWITT, MARVIN, JR 479
HEWLETT, ALFRED M 255
HEYMAN, ALEXANDER H 164
HEYMAN, EMANUEL SYLVAIN 99
HIBBARD, ANGUS S 474
HIBBARD, H. M 513
HICKS, FRANK M 252
HlGGINBOTHAM, H. N 354
HIGGINS, DANIEL F 442
PACE.
HIGGINS, GEORGE W 339
HIGGINS, JOHN WILFRED 485
HIGGINSON, GEORGE JR 494
HIGH, GEORGE HENRY 457
HIGHLAND, L. J 253
HIGHLEY, G. E ' 280
HlLDRETH, J. H l6
HILL, CHARLES ERWIN 263
HILL, EDGAR A 247
HILL, HENRY W 5
HILL, JAMES EDGAR 424
HILL, LYSANDER 165
HILLARD, CHARLES W 487
HINCKLEY, WILLIAM B 93
HINES, EDWARD 393
HINKLEY, CHARLES W 515
HINMAN, GEORGE W 113
HIRSCH, ISAAC 265
HIRSCH, JAMES H 362
HIRSCH, L. K 499
HITCHCOCK, R. A 365
HITT, A. J 491
HITT, RECTOR C 164
HOBLIT, FRANK 88
HODGES, WALTER E 487
HODGKINS, JEFFERSON 527
HOELSCHER, HERMAN M 228
HOERBER, WILLIAM L 15
HOFF, J. H 52
HOGAN, JAMES 29
HOGAN, THOMAS S 165
HOLABIRD, WILLIAM 6
HOLDEN, T. N 457
HOLDOM, JESSE 165
HOLLAND, JOHN EVERETT 166
HOLLEY, LYMAN G 339
HOLLIS, HENRY LEONARD 51
HOLMES, DELEVAN A 166
HOLMES, EDWARD B 224
HOLVERSCHEID, HENRY HlNSDALE 3OI
HONECKER, CHARLES A 233
HOOPER, WILLIAM A 262
HOPKINS, CHARLES H 31
HOPPER, CHARLES B 497
HORNSBY, HARRY H 135
HORTON, G. T 513
HORTON, HORACE E 513
HORTON, O. H 165
HOSTLER, AMANDUS EMERY 298
HOSTLER, SIDNEY P 298
HOTTINGER, GUSTAV 289
HOTZ, CHRISTOPHER 207
HOUGHTON, LEONARD F 75
HOUSER, EDWARD H 31
HOWARD, ARTHUR W 91
HOWARD, HOMER G 458
HOWARD, MARTIN 388
HOY, LUMAN T 376
HOYNE, FRANK G 458
HOYT, HENRY WARRINGTON 225
HOYT, PHELPS BUTTOLPH 458
HOYT, WILLIAM M 370
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
PAGE.
HUBBLE, JOHN P 105
HUBER, JULIUS H 9
HUCK, L. C 535
HUDSON, THOMAS J. JR 302
HUENKMEIER, G. A 374
HUGHES, CHARLES H 84
HUGHES, WILLIAM MACKENZIE 37
HUGHITT, MARVIN 478
HULBERT, E. D 62
HULL, DELOS 299
HULL, LEVERETT L 305
HULL, PERRY A. . .• 167
• HUMMEL, ERNST 18
HUMMER, WILLIAM B 87
HUMPHREY, ARTHUR 167
HUMPHREY, J. OTIS 167
HUNT, ROBERT W 40
HUNTER, GEORGE 514
HUNTER, THOMAS M 343
HURD, HARVEY B 166
HURST, ELMORE W 166
HUTCHINSON, CHARLES L. 60
HYDE, CHARLES EDWIN 416
ILES, ROBERT S 167
INGALLS, FREDERICK A 240
IRWIN, CHARLES D 516
ISCH* ANTHONY 78
ISMOND, ROBERT E 458
JACK, MATTHEW W 264
JACKSON, DWIGHT 406
JACKSON, GEORGE W 48
JACKSON, WILLIAM 169
JACKSON, ZENAS ZELLA 360
JAMIESON, STILLMAN B 168
JANES, GEORGE J. L 373
JENKINS, GEORGE R 281
JENNEY, WILLIAM L'BARON 4
JEWELL, WILLIAM R 125
JEWETT, JOHN N • 169
JOBINS, WILLIAM FREDERICK 248
JOBSON, C. FRANK 8
JOHNS, ROBERT 381
JOHNSON, ERNEST V 27
JOHNSON, FRANK ASBURY 168
JOHNSON, GEORGE W 365
JOHNSON, JAMES T 242
JOHNSON, JOHN M 261
JOHNSON, JOHN R 364
JOHNSON, J. M 490
JOHNSON, ROBERT M 382
JOHNSON, WALTER 124
JOHNSON, WILLIS F 342
JOHNSON, W. 0 1 68
JOHNSTON, JAMES W 282
JOHNSTON, THOMAS TAYLOR 45
JONES, ALFRED H 169
JONES, ARTHUR R 340
JONES, BURRELL D 292
JONES, CYRUS M 357
JONES, G. HERBERT 237
PAGE.
JONES, HERBERT C 437
JONES, IRA LAFAYETTE ~. 120
JONES, JOHN S 304
JONES, J. RUSSELL 60
JONES, LESTER L 112
JONES, OWEN WILLIAM -222
JONES, STEPHEN B 309
JONES, WILLIAM H - 222
JORDAN, RICHARD C 390
JUNK, JOSEPH P 18
KAESTNER, CHARLES 240
KARPEN, ADOLPH 368
KARPEN, ISAAC ' 368
KARPEN, OSCAR 368
KARPEN, SALOMON 368
KAVANAGH, JOHN E 414
KEEFE, JOHN S 233
KEEPER, JOHN FRANKLIN 436
KEEPER, Louis 326
KEELEY, THOMAS F 14
KEEP, ALBERT 478
KEIM, ISAAC 356
KEITH, ELBRIDGE GERRY 61
KELLOGG, MILO G 283
KELLY, JAMES J 303
KELLY, JOHN 243
KELTIE, HOWARD T 260
KENDRICK, J. W 486
KENNA, EDWARD DUDLEY 169
KENNEDY, DAVID J 95
KENNEDY, E. M 433
KENYON, M. J 241
KERFOOT, WILLIAM D 459
KERN, FRED J 125
KESSNER, J. L 357
KETTERING, FERDINAND 0 389
KETTLE, R. A 382
KEYS, FRANK 324
KILBOURNE, CHARLES S 350
KIMBALL, ALONZO WESTON 101
KIMBALL, EUGENE S 67
KIMBARK, SENECA D 377
KING, JESSE GUSTAVUS 96
KING, JOHN C 346
KING, JOHN C 517
KING, ROCKWELL 413
KING, S. E 217
KING, WILLIAM 0 400
KINGMAN, MARTIN 205
KINNEY, WILLIAM CRANE 459
KIOLBASSA, PETER 459
KIPLEY, JOSEPH 432
KIRK, JAMES W 122
KIRK, MILTON W 273
KIRK, WALTER H 171
KlRKPATRICK, I. M I7O
KlSTLER, LOUIS 170
KITCH, DAVID A 290
•KLEY, ANDREW 231
KLINE, JULIUS RAYNOLD 516
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
KLINE, SAM UEL J 361
KNAPP, CHAS. H 480
KNAPP, C. D., JR 95
KNIGHT, CLARENCE A 17°
KNIGHT, C. S 273
KNIGHT, JOHN B 459
KNIGHT, NEWELL CLARK 92
KNIGHT, WILLIAM M 97
KNILL, CHARLES P 1 16
KNOTT, HENRY A 516
KOCH, NICHOLAS 273
KOEHNE, RUDOLPH 517
KOHL, JULIUS 439
KOHLER, FRANKLIN W 39
KOHLER, G. A. EDWARD 39
KOHLSAAT, H. H no
KOHN, EMANUEL J 348
KRAMM, E. G 516
KRANZ, JOHN 352
KRETZINGER, GEORGE WASHINGTON 170
KREUBER, ADAM 257
KUFLEWSKI, W. A 445
LACEY, EDWARD SAMUEL 59
LAFLIN, MATTHEW 519
LAKE, WILLIAM H 335
LAMB, FRANK H 232
LAMBERT, JOHN 519
LAMSON, S. W 332
LANDSBERG, EDWARD 17
LANSDEN, DAVID S 171
LANZ, GEORGE 289
LARNED, SHERWOOD J 474
LARSON, LEWIS E 129
LATHAM, HARRY H 259
LA VELLE, J. J 124
LAVERY, GEORGE L 54
LAW, DAVID H 439
LAWRENCE, JAMES AVERILL 409
LAWSON, VICTOR no
LAWSON, WILLIAM C 171
LAY, FRANK M 217
LAY, HIRAM T 359
LAY, NELSON 85
LEACH , L. L 24
LEARNED, T. E 487
LEASK. ARTHUR 335
LEDERER. FRANK 16
LEEB, HENRY 20
LEFENS, THIES J 460
LEHMAN, LEWIS L 82
LEHMANN, EDWARD J 357
LEICHT, EDWARD A 397
LEIGH, EDWARD B 258
LEITER, LEVI Z 355
LELAND, EDWARD F 336
LEMAY, W. G 518
LEMMON, THOMAS A 296
LEJSTEHAN, J. H 104
LESTER. CHARLES 383
LETTON, THEO. W. . . 108
LEVY, ALEXANDER H 279
LEWALD, FRANK 380
LEWIS, EDWARD C *7l
LEWIS, FRANCIS HERVEY 387
LEWIS, N. B 259
LICHTY, DANIEL 436
LILJENCRANTZ, G. A. M 43
LILL, GEORGE 3°3
LILL, GEORGE M 303
LILL, WILLIAM W 303
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Frontispiece
LINDMAN, OSCAR F 518
LINK, RUDOLF 403'
LITTLE, FRANCIS WILDE 74
LILLARD, JOHN T 172
LLEWELLYN, JOHN T 222
LLEWELLYN, SILAS J 222
LLOYD, H. R 483
LOEB, ADOLPH 107
LOEB, LEO A 107
LOGAN, FRANK G. 332
LOHR, ANDREW 71
LOMBARD, ISAAC G 60
LOMBARD, JOSIAH LEWIS 460
LONGENECKER, JOEL M 172
LORD, DANIEL MINER 117
LORD, EDGAR A 398
LORENTZ, CHRISTOPH A 115
LORIMER, WILLIAM 29
LOUCKS, THOMAS C 308
LOVE, SIDNEY C 338
LOVE, WILLIAM S 518
LOVETT, ROBERT H 517
LOWDEN, FRANK ORREN 1 73
LOWELL, GEORGE K 492
LOWER, LEONARD AUGUSTUS 519
LOWETH, C. F 518
LUFKIN, D. 1 517
LUKENS, FRANK E 299
LUKENS, WILLIAM J 460
LUTHER, MILO J 310
LUTHY, FERD 74
LYFORD, WILL H 172
LYLES, GILBERT S 291
LYMAN, D. BRAINERD 172
LYMAN, JESSE P 315
LYMAN, WILLIAM H 359
LYNCH, JAMES C 473
LYNCH, JOHN A 61
LYNCH, THOMAS 95
LYON, JOHN B 460
LYTTON, GEORGE 361
MABIE, C. E 520
MACALLISTER, DICKINSON 5OO
MACDONALD, JAMES 53
MACOY, EUGENE H 4.77
MADDEN, GEORGE H 89
MAGERSTADT, ERNEST J 366
MAGRUDER, BENJAMIN D 177
MAKER, GEORGE W 10
MAIN, THEOPHILUS HERBERT 292
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
MALLETTE, JAMES P 461
MALLEY, WILLIAM C 177
MALLARY, MAcM 426
MALLORY, C. A 325
MANDEL, LEON 356
MANGLER, WILLIAM 472
MANIERRE, WILLIAM R 177
MANLY, FRANK P 100
MANSFIELD, HENRY 177
MANSUR, ALVIN 211
MANSURE, EDMUND L 358
MARCUSSON, HENRY H 256
MARDER, JOHN 258
MARR, WILLIAM W 419
MARSH, CHARLES A 400
MARSHALL, BENJAMIN H 5
MARSHALL, PHILIP L 461
MARTIN, JAMES C 175
MARTIN, JOSEPH EARL 277
MARTINE, JAMES EDWIN 133
MASON, CARLILE 224
MASON, GEORGE 224
MASON, JAMES 0 261
MASON, T. A 81
MASON, WILLIAM E 176
MATHER, ALONZO C 495
MATHER, ROBERT 176
MATTHTESSEN, FRANK 232
MAY, CHARLES H 123
MAY, JOHN ALEXANDER 176
MAY, STEPHEN D 176
MAYER, DAVID 356
MAYER, HENRY 20
MAYER, SIMON 433
MCALPINE, W. J 25
McANSH, ANDREW 522
MCANULTY, R. HAMILTON 173
McAuLiFF, C in
MCCARREN, JAMES 241
MCCARTHY, J. G 2;
MCCARTY, J. F 435
MCCLEAN, SAMUEL A. JR 330
McCLELLAND, THOMAS 128
McCoRD, ALVIN CARR 251
McCoRDic, ALFRED E 521
McCoRMiCK, ALEXANDER AGNEW m
MCCORMICK, CYRUS HALL 206
MCCREERY, JOHN 98
MCCREERY, JOHN H 98
McCuLLocK, DAVID 174
McCuLLOGH, EDWARD D 174
McCuLLOH, THOMAS G 281
McCuLLoucH, CHARLES E 255
McCuLLoucH, HIRAM M 478
McCuLLoucH, JAMES S S22
McDoEL, W. H 492
MCDONALD, JAMES 296
MCDOWELL, GUY M 175
MCDOWELL, JOHN WRIGHT 205
MCELROY, ROBERT L 521
MCENIRY, MATTHEW J 1 73
MCENIRY, WM 173
McEvoY, ROBERT G 174
McEwEN, WILLARD MILTON 174
MCFERREN, JACOB S 345
McGANN, LAWRENCE 434
McGiLLEN, JOHN 29
McGooRTY, JOHN P 175
MCGRATH, MAURICE J 419
McGuiRE, J. FRED 462
McHucH, CHARLES 98
MclNTOSH, H. M 93
MCKAY, JAMES R 67
McKAY, WILLIAM K 114
MCKENNA, LLEWELLYN B 129
McKEY, WILLIAM D 462
McKiNLocK, GEORGE A 283
MCKINNON, JOHN W 521
MCKNIGHT, GEORGE F 427
MCLEAN, S. H 441
McLEOD, PETER R 241
MCMASTER, GEORGE 211
MCMASTER, SYLVESTER R 344
McMiLLEN, CARROLL S 417
McMuNN, S. W 251
McMYNN, JOHN CLARK 40
McNuLTA, JOHN 175
MCREYNOLDS, GEORGE S 333
McWiLLiAMS, LAFAYETTE 354
MEACH AM, F. D 28
MEAD, AARON BENEDICT 461
MEAD, DANIEL W 41
MEAGER, JAMES FRANCIS 182
MEANOR, ANSON E 178
MEANS, ARCHIBALD 243
MEANS, WILLIAM E 243
MEDILL, THOMAS J 461
MEESE, WILLIAM A 1 78
MEHRING, GEORGE 37
MELCHER, CHARLES WOODBURY 37
MENDEN, WILLIAM S 51
MERRIAM, JONATHAN 519
MERRICK, GEORGE P 17*8
MERRIFIELD, O. S 535
MERRIFIELD, W. A 208
MERRIGOLD, WILLIAM A. 462
MESSICK, JOSEPH B 178
MEYER, CARL F 521
MIEHLE, ROBERT 232
MILES, HERBERT E 220
MILEY, JOHN L 292
MILLER, BRICE A 109
MILLER, CHARLES LAMARTINE 126
MILLER, FREDERICK A 483
MILLER, H. H. C 179
MILLER, JOHN STOCKER 179
MILLER, JOSEPH M 249
MILLER, ROSEWELL 482
MILLER, WALTER H 3T7
MILLIKIN, JAMES 83
MILLS, CHARLES F 122
MILLS, DANIEL W '. 462
MILLS, FRANK 0 324
MILLS, GEORGE FREDERICK 265
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
MILLS, ISAAC R 179
MILLS, LUTHER LAFLIN 179
MILNOR, LLOYD 380
MINER, LEWIS H 121
MINER, ORLIN H 383
MINWEGEN, JOHN 431
MITCHELL, JOHN J 522
MITCHELL, PHIL 76
MITCHELL, WILLIAM HAMILTON 522
MITCHELL, WILLIAM N 520
Mix, JAMES T 404
MODJESKI, RALPH 33
MOHR, ALBERT 226
MOHR, EDWARD 227
MOHR, JOHN 226
MOHR, JOSEPH 226
MOHR, Louis H 226
MOHR, WILLIAM J 227
MONROE, BAZZELL D iSo
MONTGOMERY, FRANK M 25
MONTGOMERY, HUGH W . % 114
MONTGOMERY, JOHN R 180
MONTGOMERY, S. B 72
MOORE, C. A 520
MOORE, EMORY B 263
MOORE, JAMES HOBART go
MOORE, SILAS M 463
MOORE, W. R 181
MORAN, THOMAS A 181
MORFORD, THOMAS T . 500
MORGAN, J. W 441
MORRILL, ALLAN A 278
MORRILL, CHARLES E 278
MORRIS, EDWARD 316
MORRIS, IRA NELSON 316
MORRIS, NELSON 316
MORRISON, ISAAC L 180
MORTIMER, CHARLES FREDERICK 180
MORTON, JOY 523
MORTON, PAUL 486
MOSES, ADOLPH 181
MOSLEY, CHARLES E 475
MOTTER, GEO. W 292
MOULTON, GEORGE M 423
MOULTON, JAMES G 418
MOXLEY, WILLIAM J 351
MOYER, CHARLES D 330
MUIR, JOHN 353
MULLEN, LESLIE 294
MULLIKEN, CHARLES HENRY 463
MUNDIE, W. B 4
MUNGER, ALBERT A 94
MUNGER, EDWIN A 182
MUNN, L. L 259
MUNROE, GEORGE 374
MUNROE, GEORGE H 81
MURPHY, J. B 230
MURPHY, J. C 181
MURRAY, TOM 359
MUSHAM, W. HENRY 432
MUSSEY, W. P 520
MYERS, D. S 87
NADHERNY, JOHN D ' 417
NATHAN, ADOLPH 348
NEILER, SAMUEL GRAHAM 36
NELSON, ROBERT S 257
NELSON, THOMAS EDWARD 523
NELSON, WILLIAM 523
NETCHER, CHARLES 358
NETTELS, EDWARD CARLETON 483
NEUMAN, WIGHT F 133
NEWCOMB, R. F 405
NEWELL, F. B 296
NEWSAM, RICHARD 310
NEWTON, WILLIAM R 89
NIBLOCK, CHARLES B 295
NICHOLS, EDGAR H 3f)8
NICHOLS, EDWARD C 182
NICHOLS, J. J ' 398
NICHOLSON, GEORGE T 486
NIMMONS, GEORGE C 4
NIXON, WILLIAM PENN T 10
NOBLE, ALFRED 33
NORTHCOTT, WILLIAM A 182
NORTHROP, JOHN W 523
NOYES, FRANK BRETT in
NOYES, LA VERNE W 221
NYE, JAMES W 104
NYLANDER, AUGUST 373
OAKFORD, A. S 374
OAKLEAF, JOSEPH B 183
O'BRIEN, MARTIN 418
O'BRIEN, QUIN 184
ODELL, JOHN J. P 526
OEHNE, THEODORE 13
OGLESBY, JOHN 424
OGLESBY, RICHARD JAMES 183
OGREN, CHARLES T 16
OHARA, GEORGE EDWIN 402
OHEARN, THOMAS 313
O'KEEFFE, P. J 184
OLDAM, HARRY 429
OLDS. WALTER , 183
OLESON, GEORGE S 430
ONAHAN, WILLIAM J 59
O'NEILL, ANDREW 379
O'NEILL, JOHN, JR 379
ORENDORFF, ALFRED 183
ORGAN, ROLLIN B 431
ORR, FRANK B 377
ORR, WILLARD T 463
ORTMANN, RUDOLPH 253
ORTSEIFEN, ADAM 19
OSGOOD, EDWIN S 32
OTIS, EL WELL S 422
OTIS, FREDERICK RAYMOND 464
OTIS, JAMES 464
OTIS, JOSEPH E . . . , 464
OTIS, JOSEPH E., JR 347
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
OTTENHEIMER, HENRY L 7
OUTHET, JOHN C 444
OUTHET, R. M 463
OWSLEY, LOUIS S 525
PACKARD, SAMUEL WARE 185
PAEPCKE, HERMAN 397
PAGE, CHARLES T 285
PAGE, GEORGE T 184
PAINE, S. M 291
PALMER, HONORE 431
PALMER, POTTER 58
PALMER, SILAS 323
PALTZER, CHARLES A 401
PAM, MAX 524
PARADIS, FREPERICK EDWARD 47
PARKER, EDWARD J 72
PARKER, GEORGE G 341
PARKER, HILON A 490
PARKER, J. 0 305
PARKHURST, HENRY WILLIAMS 48
PARRY, WILLIAM S ' 414
PARSONS, WILLIAM RICHARD 524
PATTERSON, ROBERT W no
PATTERSON, RUDOLPH M 464
PATTERSON, W. R 283
PATTON, NORMAND S 5
PAUL, CLARENCE RICHMOND 121
PAULLIN, GEORGE W 358
PAVLICEK, CHARLES B 184
PAYNE, JOHN BARTON 185
PEABODY, FRANCIS S 293
PEARSONS, D. K 465
PEASE, ARTHUR BURR 185
PECK, COMFORT EDSON 35°
PECK, FREDERICK W 186
PECK, GEORGE R 186
PECKHAM, DANIEI 88
PECKHAM, FREDERICK ASAPH 49
PEEK, BURTON F 185
PELOUZE, WILLIAM NELSON 247
PERKINS, JAMES L. . . 245
PERKINS, WALTON 132
PERRY, ALBERT J 82
PERRY, ISAAC M 63
PERSON, D. VAN NESS 525
PETERS, ALEXANDER H 491
PETERS, CHARLES W 429
PETERS, EDWARD H 465
PETERS, HOMER H 337
PFAELZER, Louis 319
PFEIFER, CHARLES 412
PFEIL, CHARLES F 382
PHILLIPS, ALBERT C 113
PHILLIPS, GEORGE H 342
PHILLIPS, ISAAC N 186
PHILLIPS, THOMAS P 26
PIATT, ABNER 325
PIAZZA, J. V 312
PiCKELs, WILLIAM DOBSON 49
PIERCE, CHARLES 1 255
PAGE.
PIERCE, DANIEL 86
PIERCE, EDWIN F 25
PIERCE, GERALD m
PIERCE, JOHN H 255
PIERCE, RICHARD HENRY 36
PIERCE, THOMAS H 85
PIERSON, CHARLES 525
PIKE, EUGENE S 58
PITCHER, HENRY L 361
PITCHER, LEWIS WILLIAM 94
PITKIN, CHARLES WELLES 275
PLAMONDON, AMBROSE 239
PLAMONDON, CHARLES A 239
PLEW, JAMES E 384
PLUMB, FAWCETT go
PLUMB, RALPH 80
PLUMB, S. W '.',', So
POMEROY, JAMES G 55
POND, WILLIAM L j86
POOLE, CHARLES CLARENCE 187
PORTER, J. E 2x7
PORTER, WASHINGTON 524
PORTMAN, AUGUST F 1 16
POSTA, FRANCIS J 279
POTTER, EDWIN A 63
POTTER, JOHN W 124
POWELL, AMBROSE 39
POWELL, M. W 26
POWELL, WILLIAM H 248
POWELL, W. C 524
POWERS, DAVID J 257
POWERS, H. J 477
PRATT, EDWIN HARTLEY 445
PRATT, RALPH E 342
PRENTICE, LEON H 250
PRENTISS, WILLIAM 187
PRESTON, DEMING H 304
PRICE, R. C 352
PRICE, V. C., DR 289
PRICE, W. B 287
PRIDMORE, HENRY E 246
PRIDMORE, WILLIAM A 525
PRINCE, EDWARD 34
PRINDIVILLE, JOHN 107
PRINDIVILLE, JOHN K 187
PTACEK, JOHN E 432
PUFFER, WM. LINCOLN 306
PULLMAN, GEORGE M 493
PURDY, WARREN G 490
PURINGTON, DlLLWYN V 270
PURDMONT, HENRY C 401
PYE, SAMUEL H 119
PYOTT, DAVID 224
QUINCY, CHARLES F 254
QUINN, JAMES M 344
RAMSAY, D. G 187
RAMSEY, WILLIAM W 28
RANDALL, THOMAS DAVID 311
RANDOLPH, ISHAM 38
RANKIN, GEORGE C 127
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
RAPPAL, FRED J., JR 318
RAPPAL, JOHN H 318
RAPPAL, LAWRENCE L 318
RAPPAL, SYMON P 318
RATHBONE, RICHARD WALTON 527
RATHBUN, CHARLES H 310
RATTLE, THOMAS S 480
RAUCH, ALBERT, SR 526
RAVVSON, S. W 528
RAYMER, WALTER J 410
RAYMOND, ALBERT 261
RAYMOND, JOHN M 527
READ, FRANK P 304
READ, W. H 345
REARICH, GEORGE F 188
RECKITT, ERNEST 527
REDDICK, JAMES 465
REDFIELD, JOSEPH B 481
REECE, JASPER N 421
REED, GEORGE W 384
REED, LAWRENCE J 27
REES, THOMAS 121
REEVES, WALTER 188
REGELIN, WILLIAM C 465
REHM, WILLIAM H 15
REIMANN, GUSTAV L 245
REINHART, HENRY 418
REMICK, FRANK C 340
REMPE, GEORGE H 244
RENNICK, PERCIVAL G 420
REVELL, ALEXANDER H 367
REW, HENRY C 90
RICE, CHARLES Louis 241
RICE, P. H 21
RICE, W. H 322
RICHARDS, ISAAC D 243
RICHARDS, JOHN T 188
RICHARDS, P. C 302
RICHARDSON, GEORGE P 363
RICHARDSON, JAMES B 389
RICHARDSON, MELVIN E 475
RICHARDSON, ORLOW W 364
RICHARDSON, O. S 293
RICHARDSON, ROBERT EATON 36
RICHARDSON, W. C. B 31
RICHHEIMER, I. D 347
RICKCORDS, GEORGE E 64
RICKER, HENRY F. J 73
RIDGELY, WILLIAM B 528
RIGGS, GEORGE W 102
RINAM AN, R. L 77
RIPLEY, EDWARD P 486
RITSHER, EDWARD C 188
RlTTENHOUSE, M. F 396
RITTES, Louis E 55
ROACH, F. LYON 307
ROACH, JOHN WILLARD 494
ROBBINS, EDWARD F 315
ROBBINS, J 445
ROBERTON, DAVID C 317
ROBERTS, CHARLES S 249
ROBERTS, JOHN 315
PAGE.
ROBERTSON, THOMAS DUNCAN 86.
ROBINSON, CHARLES 0 330
ROBINSON, HARRY HUNT 475
ROBINSON, HERBERT 0 310
ROBINSON, THOMAS J 230
ROCHE, JOHN A 259
ROCKWELL, CHARLES H 492
ROCKWELL, FLETCHER W 278
ROCKWELL, IRVIN E 254
ROE, CHARLES M 528
ROEMHELD, JULES E 512
ROGERS, GEORGE MILLS 189
ROGERS, JAMES GAMBLE 7
ROLLO, WILLIAM E 106
ROLLO, WILLIAM F 106
RONEY, JOHN W I31
ROOT, E. TOWER 526
ROOT, FRANK KIMBALL 408
ROSE, JAMES A 425
ROSENBERG, OSCAR 280
ROSEBOOM, W. L 414
ROSENEGK, ALBERT N 20
ROSENFIELD, JOSEPH 76
ROSENFIELD, MORRIS 214
ROSENFIELD, WALTER A 214
ROSENTH AL, JAMES 189
ROSENTHAL, SAMUEL 277
Ross, DAVID 426
Ross, DAVID W .-.-485
Ross, WALTER W 189
ROSSBACH, FRED L 361
ROSSITER, FREDERICK C 57
ROTHERMEL, S. A 103
ROTHSCHILD, A. M 356
ROUNTREE, HARRISON H 245
ROWE, FRED H 189
ROWLEY, FRANK ELLIS 112
RUBEL, ISAAC F 466
RUBENS, HARRY 526
RUECKHEIM, F. W 352
RUFFNER, WILLIAM R 347
RUGGLES, CHARLES C 365
RUMSEY, ISRAEL P 332
RUNNELLS, C. S 528
RYAN, ANDREW J 190
RYCROFT, HERBERT EDWARD 338
RYON, FRANCIS M 378
SABATH, ADOLPH J 530
SABIN, JOHN 1 474
SANBORN, J. B 119
SANBORN, LAKE W 102
SANBORN, SHERBURN 479
SANDMEYER, HENRY 378
SARD, WILLIAM H 266
SARGENT, FRANK P 428
SARGENT, GEORGE M 251
SARGENT, WILLIAM DURHAM 43
SAWYER, CHARLES B 466
SCANLAN, KlCKHAM 1 90
SCHAAF, JOHN 284
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
SCHAFFNER, CHARLES 3QI
SCHERZER, ALBERT H 41
SCHERZER, WILLIAM 41
SCHLAKE, WILLIAM 270
SCHLOEMAN, E. H 328
SCHLUETER, H. W 23
SCHLYTEREN, C. C 73
SCHMICH, GEORGE 22
SCHMICH, MATTHIAS 22
SCHMIDT, KASPER GEORGE 532
SCHMIDT, RICHARD ERNST 4
SCHNEIDER, GEORGE 96
SCHNERING, JULIUS. , 381
SCHOENTHALER, F. C 17
SCHOUBECK, ALBERT 530
SCHROETER, H. J. M 405
SCHUBERT, JOHN C 435
SCHULER, ABRAM JOHN 264
SCHUTTLER, PETER 2O7
SCHWANE, A. W 21
SCHWARTZ, AUGUST 412
SCHWARZ, GOTTLIEB F 412
SCOFIELD, T. J IQO
SCOTTEN, SAMUEL C 33i
SCRIBNER, SANFORD A 343
SCULL, HARRY 333
SCULLY, DANIEL B 351
SEARING, GEORGE S 134
SEAVERNS, GEORGE A 335
SEAVERNS, GEORGE A., JR. 335
SEBASTIAN, JOHN 491
SECHLER, THOMAS M 211
SEDGWICK, EDWIN H 271
SEEBERGER, Louis A 466
SEIFERT, JOHN K 305
SEGER, H. G 28
SELFRIDGE, HARRY G 353
SELZ, HARRY J 388
SELZ, MORRIS 388
SENOUR, P. P 276
SENOUR, W. F 276
SERCOMB, ALBERT L 380
SEXTON, HENRY 78
SEYMOUR, EDWARD J 480
SEYMOUR, HORATIO W 112
SHAFFER, JOHN CHARLES 114
SHAILER, H. S 529
SHANKLAND, EDWARD CLAPP 35
SHANKLAND, RALPH M 35
SHANNON, GEORGE W 322
SHAW, GILBERT B 531
SHAW, HOWARD VAN DOREN 12
SHAW, WILLIS 22
SHAYNE, JOHN T 363
SHEFLER, C. B 269
SHELLENBERGER, EDWARD F 219
SHEPPARD, ROBERT D 128
SHERMAN, ELIJAH B I91
SHERMAN, JOHN B 329
SHERRICK, CHAUNCEY 442
SHERWOOD, WILLIAM HALL 132
PAGE.
SHIELDS, WILLIAM S 47
SHIELDS, HUGH 317
SHIPMAN, DANIEL B 278
SHLAUDEMAN, HARRY 83
SHOLL, JAMES N 309
SHOPE, SIMEON P 191
SHORTALL, JOHN G 191
SHOUDY, FRED G 373
SHUMWAY, PHILIP H 531
SHUTT, WILLIAM E., SR 191
SIDWELL, THOMAS 531
SIEBEN, MICHAEL 16
SIMMONS, FRANCIS T 390
SIMMONS, N. C 79
SIMON, ROBERT M 429
SIMPSON, GROVER B 498
SIMPSON, H. P 124
SIMPSON, SAMUEL D 264
SIMS, EDWIN W 192
SINCLAIR, O. R 471
SISSON, FRANCIS HINCKLEY 123
SKINNER, CHARLES P 109
SKINNER, W. E 329
SLAYTON, HENRY L 530
SLEIGHT, EDWARD H 213
SLOAN, GEORGE B 311
SLOAN, GEORGE S 311
SLOCUM, LEWIS T. M 415
SMALL, LEN 407
SMITH, ABNER 192
SMITH, BEN M 192
SMITH, CHARLES HEAD 339
SMITH, CHARLES H 218
SMITH, DUNLAP 467
SMITH, FRANK C 193
SMITH, FREDERICK A 193
SMITH, LAFAYETTE H 375
SMITH, LE GRAND 413
SMITH, ORSON 60
SMITH, ROBERT JORDAN 103
SMITH, WILLIAM M 414
SMYTH, THOMAS ALEXANDER 466
SNIVELY, CLARENCE E 120
SNOW, THEODORE W 252
SOMERVILLE, WlLLIAM 42I
SOMMER, ALDO 3?6
SONTAG, FREDERICK 21
SOPER, ALBERT 394
SOPER, ALEXANDER C 394
SOPER, JAMES 394
SOPER, JAMES P 39*4
SORGE, ADOLPH, JR 48
SOULE, CHARLES B 529
SOUTHWORTH, M. 0 19°
SPALDING, CHARLES F 392
SPAULDING, JOHN LANCASTER 531
SPIEGEL, JONAS 269
SPOEHR, CHARLES A 351
SPRY, SAMUEL A 399
STAHL, GEORGE B 264
STANHOPE, L. E 53°
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
STARKEL, CHARLES H 439
STASSEN, HENRY H 454
STAYER, HENRY C 220
STAYART, Louis W 372
STEALY, JEREMIAH 443
STEARNS, EDGAR G 389
STEELE, HENRY B 371
STEELE, JULIUS 529
STEERE, GEORGE S 194
STEGER, J. V 287
STEIN, SIDNEY 194
STEINMAYER, CHRISTIAN 271
STEINMUELLER, PHILLIP 427
STELLA, WALTER D 312
STENSLAND, PAUL O , 63
STENSON, WILLIAM J 15
STEPHENS, C. H 212
STEPHENS, GEORGE 213
STEPHENS, G. A 213
STEPHENS, M. M 78
STERLING, FRED E 126
STEVENS, GEORGE MARSDEN 193
STEVENS, JOHN S 193
STEWART, ARCHIBALD A 93
STEWART, GRAEME 370
STEWART, NEIL 408
STICKNEY, W. B 321
STILES, AARON K 285
STILL WELL, ARTHUR E 89
STILLWELL, JOHN A 284
STITELEY, F. E 467
STOCKTON, JOSEPH 495
STONE, EDWARD 341
STONE, FRANK B 397
STONE, GEORGE W 339
STONE, HARRY C 215
STONE, HORATIO 0 467
STONE, RICHARD R 397
STOVER, DANIEL C 208
STRAUS, FREDERICK WILLIAM 65
STRAUS, SIMON W 65
STRAWN, LESTER H 194
STRINGER, LAWRENCE B 194
STRINGFIELD, C. PRUYN 445
STROBEL, CHARLES Louis 38
SMITH, ELBERT S 192
STROM, AXEL A 262
STROMBERG, ALFRED 286
STROUD, EDMUND HENRY 379
STUART, JAMES EDWARD 419
STUART, JOHN TODD 195
STUCKART, HENRY C 366
STUDEBAKER, PETER E 220
STUMER, Louis M 362
SULLIVAN, Louis H 10
SULZBERGER, S. L 277
SUNNY, B. E 284
SURGHNOR, VALENTINE H 467
SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM J 434
SWANITZ, A. W 38
SWANSON, CARL G 385
SWANSON, SAMUEL R 326
SWEENEY, ALFRED J 529
SWEET, A. L 296
SWEET, CHARLES A 306
SWENIE, DENNIS J 432
SYKES, RAYMOND G 246
TAIT, FELIX B 290
TALMAGE, FRANK DEWirr, D. D 532
TANDY, ALFRED OTIS 304
TANNER, JOHN R 424
TANNER, J, MACK 425
TAYLOR, BERNARD H 195
TAYLOR, FRANK B 285
TAYLOR, GEORGE H 468
TAYLOR, HARRY M 195
TAYLOR, HENRY A 262
TAYLOR, H. H 306
TAYLOR, THOMAS, JR 195
TAYLOR, WILLIAM A 1 16
TEGTMEYER, W. 0 15
THAYER, R. LESTER 52
THEURER, JOSEPH 14
THIBODEAUX, PAJE JOSEPH 473
THIEBEL, HENRY G 260
THIELE, THEODORE B 473
THOMAN, LEROY D 196
THOMAS, BENJAMIN 485
THOMAS, HERBERT D 359
THOMAS, JOHN E 125
THOMASSON, NELSON 468
THOMPSON, OWEN P 196
THOMPSON, WILLIAM HALE 532
THOMPSON, WILLIAM H 329
THORNTON, CHARLES S 196
THORP, HARRY W 497
THURBER, W. SCOTT 418
TILDEN, WILLIAM A 62
TILLMAN, CHARLES C 196
TINGLE, HORACE B 532
TOBEY, FRANK B 367
TOLMAN, EDGAR BRONSON 197
TOLMAN, HENRY LELAND 444
TOMLINSON, CLINTON S 118
TORBERT, ALFRED C 360
TOWER, JUSTUS D 218
TOWNSEND, JAMES J 94
TOWNSEND, LEON A 82
TRACY, FRANK E 83
TRACY, F. W 83
TRACY, W. W 92
TRAEGER, JOHN E 429
TRAER, GLENN W 295
TRAINOR, JOHN C 198
TRAUTMANN, WILLIAM E 197
TREE, LAMBERT 197
TREMBLE, SIDNEY B 91
TROTTER, DANIEL W 280
TRUMBULL, JOHN H 468
TUERK, ALBERT 285
TUNNICLEFF, JOHN J 197
TURNER, ARTHUR B 68
TUTTLE, CHARLES W 331
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
PAGE.
ULRICH, BARTOW A 468
ULRICH, E. R., JR 345
UPHAM, FRED W 399
UPHAM, WILLIAM P 390
VAIL, MORRISON H 9
VAN BUREN, BARENT 375
VAN CLEEF, CHARLES N 135
VANDERKLOOT, ADRIAN 238
VAN HAMM, FRANCIS R 116
VAN MATRE, W. N 287
VAN NORMAN, GEORGE B 326
VAN SKIVER, ANDREW 123
VAN WOORT, GEORGE E 279
VEEDER, ALBERT H 533
VELIE, STEPHEN 210
VELIE, WILLARD L 210
VERBECK, HERMAN 246
VIAL, GEORGE M 276
VIERLING, Louis 223
VIERLING, ROBERT 223
VILAS, ROYAL C 280
VOGELSANG, JOHN Z 472
VOLBERT, WILLIAM 20
VOPICKA, CHARLES J 533
WACKER, CHARLES H 13
WAGNER, ROBERT A 22
WAIT, HORATIO LOOMIS 198
WALKER, EDWARD H 378
WALKER, EDWIN K 199
WALKER, FRANCIS W 199
WALKER, HENRY H 470
WALKER, ISAAC 378
WALKER, ROBERT P 469
WALL, GEORGE W 198
WALL, JOSEPH W 231
WALLACE, ANDREW 238
WALLACE, JOHN FINDLEY 484
WALLECK, CHRISTIAN R 469
WALLER, WILLIAM 302
WALLIN, THOMAS S 386
WAMPOLD, LEO 348
WANGELIN, RICHARD 69
WANN, FREDERICK A 488
WANTLING, ISAAC 309
WANZER, WILLETS G 343
WARD, GEORGE T 319
WARD, HENRY C 198
WARDEN, J. G 308
WARE, JOHN HERBERT 336
WARFIELD, WILLIAM S 72
WARNER, GEORGE L 470
WARREN, BENJAMIN, JR 344
WARREN, WILLIAM SEYMOUR 331
WARREN, WILLIAM S 105
WARRINGTON, WILLIAM H 227
WASHBURN, WILL 0 235
WASHBURN, WILLIAM D 199
WASHINGTON, IRVING 435
WATKINS, JESSE M 253
WATSON, FRED L 233
WATSON, HOWARD 248
WATSON, JAMES S 313
WATSON, JAMES S 441
WATSON, WILLIAM J 238
WEAN, FRANK L 200
WEARE, PORTER BAXTER 333
WEAVER, CHARLES H 311
WEAVER, HENRY E 293
WEBSTER, TOWNER K 247
WEDELES, EDWARD L 371
WEEKS, GILBERT M 470
WEGG, DAVID SPENCER 535
WEIL, MORRIS 99
WEIL, THEODORE 99
WEIR, ROBERT 266
WEISS, HENRY ^34
WEISS, JOHN H 17
WEISENBACH, JOSEPH 200
WELCH, ALBERT C 200
WELDON, LAWRENCE 200
WELLING, JOHN C 484
WELLS, A. E 30
WELLS, EDWARD C 229
WELLS, F. A 30
WELLS, GEORGE 73
WENTER, FRANK 428
WERNO, CHARLES 199
WESTON, CHARLES V 35
WESTON, GEORGE 35
WESTON, URI WARD 23
WHEATON, CHARLES 201
WIIEDON, JAMES P 470
WHEELER, ALBERT G 476
WHEELER, ARTHUR D 201
WHEELER, HARRIS A 262
WHEELOCK, H. B 9
WHEELOCK, WILLIAM W 201
WHELPLEY, RICHARD T 389
WHIFFEN, FRANK F 403
WHIPPLE, ARTHUR J 346
WHITE, CHARLES E 212
WHITE, GEORGE E 399
WHITE, RUBEN MILLS 408
WHITMAN, FRANK S 442
WHITMAN, JOHN L 430
WHITMAN, JOHN M 478
WHITTEMORE, DON J 33
WHITTEMORE, F. K 425
WlCKERSHAM, WlLLIAM B 421
WICKES, THOMAS H 493
WIEHE, CHRISTIAN F 393
WILBUR, JAMES B 535
WILCE, E. HARVEY 395
WILCE, GEORGE C 395
WILCE, THOMAS 395
WILCE, THOMAS E 395
WILCOX, FREDERICK C 402
WILDEN, JOHN E 386
WILDER, THOMAS EDWARD 386
WlLDERMAN, ALONZO S 2OI
WILHEMJ, CHARLES F 441
INDEX— PORTRAITS.
PAGE.
WILK, FRED L 63
WILKES, C. M 54
WILKINS, JOSEPH R 96
WILLIAMS, BENEZETTE 33
WILLIAMS, HENRY R 482
WILLIAMS, LAWRENCE 263
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PORTER 420
WILLIAMSON, CHARLES HENRY 412
WILLIAMSON, H. A 409
WILLIAMSON, JOHN 44
WILLING, HENRY J 409
WILLIS, LLOYD M 471
WILLIS, PAUL 256
WlLLOUGHBY, J. A 125
WILLSON, HENRY 406
WlLMERDING, CHARLES HENRY 4O
WILSON, A. B 321
WILSON, C. E 82
WILSON, HORATIO R 5
WILSON, JOHN H 215
WILSON, JOHN S 202
WILSON, J. C 385
WILSON, WALTER HERBERT 471
WILT, CHARLES T 274
WILT, CHARLES T 533
WINDETT, VICTOR '. 55
WINDSOR, JOHN E 307
WING, DWIGHT L 495
WING, LUMAN R 372
WINSLOW, Z. R 344
WINSTON, FREDERICK S 202
WlNTERMEYER, J. C 405
WISDOM, JOHN R 402
WISE, CLIFT 29
WISNER, CLARENCE B 407
WISNER, GEORGE MONROE 45
WITBECK, JOHN H 392
WlTHERELL, ALLEN J 290
WlTHERELL, ARVIN W 290
WITHERSPOON, HALLIDAY 117
WITTE, ADOLPH 369
WITWER, CLEMENT S 216
WOLF, FRED W 240
WOLFF, CHRIS J 228
WOLFF, JAMES 286
WOLFF, JOHN F 228
WOLFF, LUDWIG 228
WOLFINGER, CLARENCE 1 24
WOLFNER, WILLIAM F 533
WOLSCHLAG, STEPHEN 309
WOLTERSDORF, ARTHUR F 5
WOOD, GEORGE E 203
WOOD, JAMES 320
WOOD, JOHN H 320
WOOD, S. E 320
WOOD, WILLIAM THOMAS 422
WOODCOCK, LINDSAY T 353
WOODLE, EDWARD RYAN 202
WOODS, CLINTON E 52
WORTHINGTON, THOMAS 202
WRIGHT, FRANK S 28
WEIGHT, HERBERT C 346
WRIGHT, JOHN EDWARDS 114
WRIGHT, OLIVER P 209
WYGANT, BERNARD 498
WYMAN, WILLIAM D TOI
YATES, HENRY 426
YATES, RICHARD, SR 424
YATES, RICHARD 203
YOUNG, EDWARD C 534
YOUNG, LAWRENCE A 203
YOUNG, LESTER C 321
YOUNG, OTTO 381
YOUNG, WILLIAM J 534
ZANDER, EDWARD W 469
ZEILER, F. M 534
ZEISING, AUGUST 38
ZEISS, HENRY C. F 322
ZIEGFELD, FLORENCE 132
ZIEGLER, OSCAR J 208
ZIEHME, ALBERT E 380
ZUCCA, JOHN 312
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Springfield.
Born in Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 1809. Moved to 111.
in 1830; Capt. in the Black Hawk War; Postmaster at
New Salem; mem. 111. Legis. 1834-40. and Congress
1846: Pres. of the U. S. 1861-5; issued Emancipation
Proclamation 1863; assassinated April 14. 1865.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
D. II. Ill l{\ II \>l. Chicago.
Born Henderson, Ky., Sept. 4, 1846. Located In Chgo.
Jan. 18, 1855; Archltect-in-Chief World's Fair 1893;
mein. Chgo., Union League, Literary Quadrangle, Glen
View and Evanston Country Clubs and Century Club of
N. y.
ERNEST R. GRAHAM, Chicago.
Born Aug. 22, 1867, Lowell, Mich. Coming to Chgo.
in May, 1888, was Asst. Director of Worjks World's
Columbian Exposition; in 1894 entered the firm of
D. H. Burnham & Co., Chgo.
REUBEN A. in :\ 1:1.1.. Chicago.
Born Apr. 15, 1866, at Georgetown, Colo. Served an
apprenticeship with Wheelock & Clay, architects, Chgo.;
In 1889, employed with Burnham & Root, and had charge
of work in Midway Plaisance and the erection of many
foreign and state buildings at the Columbian Exposi-
tion; since 1893 has been connected with Burnham &
Co., architects.
GEORGE BEAUMONT, Chicago.
Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., Feb". 13, 1854. Medal of
Leeds and Yorkshire Architectural Assn. 1879; mem.
II. I. of B. A., London; 1881 located in 111.; organized
Chgo. Arch. Sketch Club 1885; F. A. I. A. 1889; Past
Pres. 111. Chapter Am. I. of A.; Pres. Chgo. Arch. Bus.
Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
WILLIAM I I! \ l«>\ JENNEY, < I. i.-.-iu...
Born In Fair Haven, Mass. Aide-de-Camp U. S. A.
1861-66; on staff of Gen. U. S. Grant, Cairo, Corinth and
Memphis campaign; on staff of Gen. W. T. Sherman
1863-66; staff duty as Engr. Officer; breveted Maj. 1865;
came to Chgo.. 1868; in 1883 invented the use of steel
skeleton construction, and used first in the building of
the Home Ins. Bldg., Chgo.; Architect Horticultural
Bldg., Columbian Exposition.
W. B. MUNDIE, Chicago.
Born in Hamilton, Canada, April 30, 1863. Located in
Chgo. in 1884; mem. of the firm of Jenuey & Mundie,
architects; Supervising Architect Board of Education,
Chicago.
RICHARD ERNST SCHMIDT, Chicago.
Born Ebern, Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 14, 1865. Re-
sided in Chgo. since 1866; grad. in 1887 from the Mass.
Inst. of Technology; Architect of Montgomery Ward &
Co. 's bldg. in Chgo. and the Alexian Bros. Hospitals,
Chgo., and St. Louis; Vice-Pres. Architectural League
of America.
OSCAR BEYER, Chicago.
Born 1856, in Germany. Extensively engaged in brew-
ery and malt house architecture; ottice, 56 Fifth Ave. ;
his work includes the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co.,
Seattle, Wash.; Duquesne Brewing Co.. Pittsburg. Pa.;
Canton Brewing Co., Canton. O.. Best Brewing Co.,
Chgo.. 111.; grad. of Technical High School, Aix la
Chapelle; came to Chgo. Oct.. 1880.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
HENRY W. HILL,, Chicago.
Born Jan. 29, 1852, Elmshorn, Germany. Fellow of the
American Inst. of Architects; Past Pres. of the 111.
Chapter of the A. Inst. of Architecture; life mem. C. A.
A.; mem. of the firm of Hill & Woltersdorf, Architects,
Chicago.
ARTHUR F. WOLTERSDORF, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Jan. 19, 1870. Mem. of firm of Hill
Woltersdorf, architects.
HORATIO R. WILSON, Chicago.
Born in N. Y., Dec. 5, 1857. Fellow of the American
Inst. of Architects.
BENJAMIN H. MARSHALL, Chicago.
Born May 5. 1874. Engaged In the business of archi-
tecture; architect of the Illinois, the new Iroquols and
Powers' Theaters.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
S. S. in ; M \ v Chicago.
Born In Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1853. Designed town
of Pullman, 111., and the town of Ivorydale for Proc-
tor & Gamble; Architect Mines Bldg., World's Pair;
Pullman Bldg., Grand Central Station in Chgo.
WILLIAM HOLAB1RD, Evanston.
Born in Duchess Co., N. Y. Removing to Chgo., Oct.,
1875. and engaged in the business of an architect in
Chgo. in 1880; mem. of firm of llolabird & Roche;
identified with the building of Old Colony, Monadnock,
Marquette Buildings. Ft. Sheridan and other edifices.
GEORGE C. NIMMONS, Chicago.
Born July 8, 1865. Engaged in the business of an archi-
tect under the firm name of Nimmons & Fellows.
"WILLIAM K. FELLOWS, Chicago.
Mem. of the firm of Nimmons & Fellows, architects.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
NOIJM AM) S. PATTON, Chicago.
Born July 10, 1852. Is engaged in the business of an
architect under the firm name of Patton & Miller; was
the architect for the Cbgo. Board of Education in
1897-8; Fellow of the Am. Inst. of Architects.
JAMES GAMBLE: ROGERS, Chicago.
Born at Bryant's Station, Ky. Architect Diplome par le
Government Francals.
HENRY I.. OTTENIIEIMER, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Nov. 10, 1868. Studied architecture with
Adler & Sullivan in Chgo. in 1884, completing studies
in Paris, France; engaged in the business of an archi-
tect in Chgo. In 1893, and has since continued in its
practice.
EMERY STAMFORD HALL,, Chicago.
Born Nov. 25, 1869, Chatsworth, 111. Removed to East
Lynn, 111., 1874, and in 1892 to Urbana, 111.;
grad. Univ. of 111., 1895; engaged in the practice of
architecture in 1895 at Urbana; moved to Chgo. in 1897
and formed a partnership with Harvey L. Page; iu
1900 engaged in independent practice; Pres. C. A. B.
Assn. and mem. Academy of Science, Art Inst., Y. M.
C. A., I. O. O. F. and Tabernacle Baptist Church.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
CHARLES E. BRUSH, Chicago.
Born Carbondale, 111., March 17, 1855. Removing to
Chgo. in 1892. Is a grad. of the Univ. of Illinois, 1877.
Architect of the Northern 111. State Normal School at
De Kalb and Lee Co. Court House, Dixon, 111. Member
of Union League Club, Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the U. 8. Commanrtery of the State of 111..
American Inst. of Architects, Mason.
C. FRANK JOBSON, Chicago.
Born in Dundee. Scotland. Engaged in the business of
architecture, Chgo. ; mem. of Architectural Sketch Club,
Chgo. Architects' Business Assn. and C. A. A.
Ml \ \ It I) I.. BEERS, Chicago.
Born March 18, 1847. Removing to Chgo. In 1871; mem-
ber of the American Inst. of Architects.
LAWRENCE GUSTAV HALLBERG, Evans-
ton.
Born in 1844. Fellow of the A. Inst. of Architects.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
II. it. WHEELOCK, Chicago
WILLIAM W. CLAY, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, May 2, 1849. Removing to Chgo.
Nov. 10, 1871; engaged as a draughtsman with O. L.
Wheelock and became his partner in business, March
1. 1876; this partnership continued for 10 yrs., when
Mr. Wheelock retired from active business.
MORRISON II. VAIL, Dixon.
Born in Chgo. in 1866. N. W. Univ. tn 1884-5; en-
gaged in business in Chicago 1889-91, in charge
of architectural work of the City of Chgo.; located in
Dixon 1899; inventor of truss construction for large
roofs; the Auditoriums at Dixon, 111., Madison, Wis.,
Monteagle, Tenn.. have this truss roof construction;
mem. of American Inst. of Architects.
JULIUS H. HUBER, Chicago.
Born at Newark. N. J., March 23, 1852. Removing to
Chgo. in 1873; engaged in the business of architect, de-
signing office and residence buildings.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ARCHITECTS.
ROBERT C. BERLIN, Chicago.
Born in Putnam Co., 111., Feb. 11, 1853. Grad. of
Polytechnic School, Zurich, Switzerland, 1877; Fellow of
American Inst. of Architects and member of 111. Chapter
A. I. A.
GEORGE \V. MAKER, Chicago.
Born In Va. Is engaged in the profession of architect-
ure, making a specialty of artistic residence work.
LOUIS H. SULLIVAN, Chicago.
Born In Boston, Sept. 3, 1856. Fellow A. I. A.; hon-
orary member of the Chicago Art Club.
JOHN HARTMANN, Chicago.
Born in Germany in 1865. Removing to Chgo. in 1885;
engaged in the business of architectural wood carving.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ARCHITECTS.
ill It III It I EDMUND HEWITT, Peoria.
Born in Bloomington, 111., July 20, 1871. Educated
Mass. Inst. of Tech., Univ. of Chgo., Univ. of 111.; en-
gaged in business In Peoria, 111.. April, 1897; Architect
of Coliseum, Cottage Hospital, etc., Peoria; mem.
Creve Coeur and Country Clubs of Peoria.
SAMUEL A. MUL.L.ARD, Springfield.
Born March 25, 1853, In Sangamon Co., 111. Graduated
at University of 111., 1878, and removed to Sprinjrneld
In 1879: bead of firm of Bullard & Bullard In 1883;
elected trustee of the University of 111., 1888; re-
elected in 1894 and 1900; for many years was Pres. of
the Board.
HARVEY CHATTEN, Qnincy.
Born in Quincy, 111. Educated in public schools and
studied architucture under Robert Bruce and succeeded
Mr. Bruce in 1883; his professional work includes
some of the best domestic architecture in the state and
many factory bldgs.
A. B. FRANKEL, East St. Louis.
Born Stockholm, Sweden, March 1, 1808. Has prac-
ticed architecture for 15 years.
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ARCHITECTS.
HENRY LORD GAY, Chicago.
Born In Baltimore, Md., Sept. 2, 1844. Pupil of Sydney
M. Stone in New Haven; awarded medal and diploma
by the Italian Gov. in the international competition for
monument to Victor Einanuel, Rome, Italy; Architect
for the First Cong. Church, Chgo.. in 1868, being the
first auditorium church erected; Fellow A. I. A., 1874;
mem. Chgo. Architects' Business Assn., C. A. C.. Press
Club.
HOWARD VAN DOREN SHAW, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, May 7, 1869. Grad. from Yale in
1890; Mass. Inst. of Technology in 1891; Architect Of
Lake Side Press Bldg. and Quadrangle Club, etc.;
Trustee of 111. Coll.; Trustee and Treas. 2d Presbyte-
rian Church.
CHARLES SUMNER FROST, Chicago.
Born May 31, 1856, at Lewiston, Me. Engaged In the
business of Architect, having offices at 184 La Salle Pt
Chgo.
ALFRED HOYT GRANGER, Lake Forest
Born May 31, 1867. Firm name Frost & Granger,
Architects, Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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BREWERS.
THEODORE OEHNE, Chicago.
Born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1852. Is engaged in the
brewing business.
CHARLES H. WACKER, Chicago.
Born Aug. 29, 1856. Grad. from North Division High
School and Lake Forest Academy; Sec. malting firm of
F. Waeker & Sons; mem. of Executive Com. Chicago
Brewers' (Limited) Assn.; Dir. Wright & Hill Linseed
Oil Works and President of the Chicago Heights Land
Assn.
PETER HAND, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1834. Died in Chgo., Nov., 1899.
MICHAEL. BRAND, Chicago.
Born in Odernhein, Germany, March 23, 1826. Founder
of the Michael Brand Brewing Co.; died Oct., 1897.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
BREWERS.
JOSEPH TIIKl HIOIl. Chicago.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1852. Pres. of the
P. Schoenhofen Brewing Co. ; mem. Germania and
Washington Park Clubs and C. A. A.
FRA1VCIS J. DEWES, Chicago.
Born in Germany, April 8. 1845. Located in U. S. in
1868; in 1882 established the F. J. Dewes Brewery Co.
and sold same in 1890. ; Pres. of The Standard Brewery
Co., and resides at 1849 Wrightwood Ave.
THOMAS F. KEELEY, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., April 20, 1869. Pres. Keeley Brewing
Co. of Chgo.
GEORGE J. COOivE, Chicago.
Born March 20, 1870. Pres. Cooke Brewing Co.; Vice-
Pres. Ara Glen Co., and member of the Calumet Club
and Chgo. A. A., German Maennerchor and Columbia
Yacht Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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BREWERS.
WILLIAM L. HOERBER, Chicago.
Born April 15, 1849, at Waukegan, 111. Vice-Pres. and
Sec. of the J. T. Hoerber Brewing Co., Chgo.
W. O. TEGTMEYER, Chicago.
Born May 14, 1862, in Chgo. Pres. of the Northwestern
Brewing Co.
WILLIAM J. STENSON, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., Jan. 6, 1876. Pres. and Treas. of
Stenson Brewing Co.; mem. of Sheridan Club.
WILLIAM II. REHM. Chicago.
Born June 29, 1866, Chicago. Pres. of the National
Brewing Co., 846 W. 18th St., Chicago, and resides at
537 N. State St.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS..
BREWERS.
J. H. II I I 1)1! I ; I II. Chicago.
Born In Winchester, Mass., July 8, 1840. Pres. of the
South Chgo. Brewing Co.
FRANK I I :i)l :u I :it . Chicago.
Born in South Bend, Ind., Sept. 30. 1860. Moved to
Chgo. 1889; Sec. of the South Chgo. Brewing Co.
MICHAEL, SIEBEN, Chicago.
Born Jan. 3, 1835, at Ebersheim, near Mainz, Germany.
Is engaged in the business of a brewer.
CHARLES T. OGREN, Chicago.
Born in Sweden, Nov. 24. 1847. Engaged in the brew-
ing business in Chgo. under the firm name of Chas. T.
Ogren & Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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BREWERS.
P. C. SCHOEXTHALER, Chicago.
Born April 5, 1860, in Chgo. Mgr. of the Citizens'
Brewery and the Phoenix Brewery of the United Brew-
eries Co.
JOHN H. WEISS, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Jan. 26, 1856. Located in Chgo. In
1880; Pres. of Gottfried Brewing Co.
FRED W. BOLDENWECK, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Feb. 1C. 1S72.
EDWARD LANDSBERG, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., March 8, 1868, and has since resided
here; since May, 1885, been engaged in the brewing
business with Michael Brand Brewing Co. and its suc-
cessors; now Gen. Auditor U. S. Brewing Co
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
BREWERS.
JOSEPH P. JUNK, Chicago.
Born May 26, 1872, Chgo. Mgr. Junk's Brewery, Chgo.
GABRIEL M. GUNDERSON, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 5, 1855, and resides at 4910 Mich.
Ave.
ERNST HUMMEL., Chicago.
Born April 7, 1842, Wurtemberg, Germany. Elected
City Treas. of Cbgo., 1897 and 1899.
AUSTIN J. DOYLE, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., 1849. Mgr. of the Chgo. & Milwaukee
Brewers' Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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BREWERS.
ADAM ORTSEIFEN. Chicago.
Born Dec. 2, 1854, at Montabaur, Germany. Located
in Chgo., March, 1873; since 1877 connected with the
McAvoy Brewing Co.; Vice-Pres. and Mgr. of the Mc-
Avoy Brewing Co.; elected Treas. of the City of Chgo.
on April 4, 1899; elected Pres. of the McAvoy Brewing
Co., and Pres. and Treas. of the Wacker & Birk Brew-
ing Co.
EDMUND D. BESLEY, Wankegran.
Born in Oakland Co., Mich., July 1, 1838. Resided in
Waukegan since 1853; Pres. of Besley's Waukegan Brew-
ing Co. of Waukegan, 111. ; twice elected Alderman of
Waukegan; mein. of the School Board 1891-3.
WILLIAM A. BIRK, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., 1861. Pres. of Blrk Bros. Brewing Co.
EDWARD J. BIRK, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. In 1867. Sec. of the Birk Bros. Brew-
ing Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
BREWERS.
HENRY I.I :i:it. Chicago.
Born May 7, 1844, at Munich. Former Mgr. of the Val
Blatz Brewing Co. (Chgo. branch); died May 25, 1899.
HENRY MAYER, Chicago.
Born March 25, 1863, at Aichach, Bavaria. Mgr. of the
Chgo. branch of the Val. Blatz Brewing Co.; mem. of
the Germania Club.
ALBERT N. ROSEXEGK, Chicago.
Born in Germany in 1848. Located in U. S. in 1872,
and in Chgo. in 1879; Chgo. Mgr. of the Pabst Brewing
Co. of Milwaukee.
WILLIAM VOLBERT, Chicago.
Born Feb. 9, 1865, Germany. Manager of the Chicago
branch of the Fred Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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BREWERS.
FREDERICK SOJiTAG, Chicago.
Born in Germany in 1846, and located in Chgo. 1868:
Manager of the Chgo. branch Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Assn. of St. Louis: Pres. Grand Pacific Hotel Co.;
Commissary of Subsistence, 1st Brig., I. N. G., with
rank of Major.
P. H. RICE, Chicago.
Born in County Wexford, Ireland, Sept. 9, 1847. Came
to America when 3 yrs. of age, residing in Chgo. for
the last 35 yrs. ; engaged in the malting and distilling
business in 186S.
CHARLES HASTERLIK, Chicago.
Born Oct. 3, 1860, in Austria. Pres. of the Best Brew-
ing Co. of Chicago; mem. of the firm of Hasterlik
Bros., importers and dealers In liquors.
A. W. SCHWANE, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Oct. 13, 1SG3. Came to the O. S.
In 1882; four ami one-half years Brewery Master in
Detroit; located in Chicago and became a traveling
salesman for a hop and malt house, and subsequently
with the Block Brewing Co. ; Manager of the Chicago
Branch of August Luchow, sole importer of "Wurz-
burger Hofbrau" and "Original Pilsner."
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
BREWERS.
MATTHIAS SCHMICH, Freeport.
Born May 25, 1847, Boston, N. Y. Located In Freeport
In 1852; public school education; engaged in the busi-
ness of a brewer under the name of Huber & Schmlch
1880; In 1887 the firm became Schmlch Bros.
GEORGE: SCHMICH, Freeport.
Born Oct. 4, 1851, Boston, N. Y. Located in Freeport
1852; public school education; entered Into partnership
with his brother, Matthias Schmlch, In the brewing
business in 1887 under the firm name of Schmich Bros.
WILLIAM BENDER, JR., Belleville.
Born in Lima, Ohio, 1865. Engaged in the brewing
business in Mishawaka, Ind., 1885; removing to Belle-
rllle, 111., In 1896; Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Western
Brewery Co.; member of State Executive Board Brew-
ers' Assn. since its Inception and director In a number
of banks.
ROBERT A. WAGNER, Rock Island.
Born In Rock Island, June 15, 1866. Grad. Schwartz's
Brewing Academy, N. Y., in 1887; entered Wagner's
Atlantic Brewery In 1887; In 1893 the Wagner Atlantic
Brewery, with jjther breweries, consolidated, becoming
the Rock Island Brewing Co.; Pres. of the latter com-
pany since consolidation.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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CONTRACTORS.
i:i.l AS F. GOBEL, Chicago.
Born In Morristown, N. J., 1834. Removing to 111. In
1844, has been identified with much of the work done
in the building up of Chgo.; Supt. the building of the
Washington St. Tunnel; deceased.
JOHN GRIFFITHS, Chicago.
Established in Chicago in 1873; built the Masonic Tem-
ple, Great Northern Hotel, Rialto, Grand Central Sta-
tion, Fine Arts Building, World's Fair, and Oriental
Hotel, Dallas, Texas.
I HI "WARD \V10STOX, Chicago.
Born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 1, 1845. Engaged in
teaching school for 3 yrs. ; located in Chgo. in 1864,
engaging in mercantile business until the great fire;
since 1871 engaged in organizing and constructing rail-
roads; 1892-7 Supt. of Construction of the Chgo. Drain-
age Canal; engaged in business as a general contractor.
H. \\ SCHL.UETER, Chicago.
Born Westphalia, Germany, Feb. 22, 1861. Grad. in
1870 from Government Building Coll. of Nieurberg,
Hanover; located in this country in 1880; engaged in
the sash and door business in Wis. and Kan.; located
in Chgo. in 1891; Mgr. in construction of World's Fair
buildings; conducts a general contracting business,
building factories, warehouses, foundries and other
mercantile buildings.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
CONTRACTORS.
VICTOR FALKENAU, Chicago.
Born May 10, 1859. Moved to Chgo. Oct. 9, 1882; con-
structed Auditorium Annex, Stock Exchange and many
other structures.
CLARENCE I. WOLFIXGER, Chicago.
Born March 27, 1859, in Vermont, Fulton Co., 111.
Located In Chgo. in 1865; employed as a draughtsman
at the age of 16; from 1877 to 1883 prospecting In
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; in 1883 foreman in
his father's shop; in 1886 foreman of Melchior Bros.
Furniture Co., and Mgr. in 1887; in 1891 engaged in
general contracting business, making a specialty of
fine residences.
WILLIAM GOLDIE, Chicago.
Born in Scotland, 1827. Pres. Wm. Goldie Sons Co.,
contractors, builders of many of the exposition buildings
at Omaha, Buffalo and Chicago.
L. L. LEACH, Chicago.
Born in N. Y., 1836. Pres. L. L. Leach & Son, con-
tractors; mem. Builders' Club, Builders' & Traders'
Assn., Carpenters' & Builders' Assn., Masons' & Build-
ers' Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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CONTRACTORS.
W. J. McALPINE, Dixon.
Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1852. Came to 111. 1853; In
1875 engaged in the business of gen. contractor; built
the Northern State Normal School at DeKalb, 111., and
many public buildings through the west.
W. IRVING CLARK, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Sept. 20, 1863. Member of Builders' &
Traders' Exchange and the Carpenters' & Builders'
Assn. ; member Builders' Club. Woodlawn Club, Hamil-
ton Club and the firm of W. T. & W. I. Clark.
EDWIN F. PIERCE, Chicago.
Born in Voluntown, Conn., Aug. 20, 1S52. Located in
Chgo. 1891; Pres. of the C. Everett Clark Co., con-
tractors and build«rs, and connected with this firm' for
27 yrs. ; mem. of the Builders' Club and C. A. A.
FRANK M. MONTGOMERY, Chicago.
Born in Rochester, N. Y., July 22, 1862. Located in
St. Paul, Minn., 1884-90; since 1891 located in Chgo.;
Pres. Chgo. Crushed Stone Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
CONTRACTORS.
THOMAS P. PHILLIPS, Chicago.
Born at Cadiz, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1846. Educated in public
schools and Hopedale, Ohio, Coll. ; located in Wheeling,
W. Va., engaging in the glass and iron industries; in
1882 located in Chgo. ; in 1885 he organized the First
National Bank of Naperville, of which he Is Pres. ; or-
ganized the Chgo. and Naperville Stone Co., operating
quarries at Naperville; in 1897 he purchased the busi-
ness of Dolese & Shepard, organizing the Dolese &
Shepard Co.; in 1902 organized the Federal Trust &
Savings Bank of Chgo., having a capital of $2,000,000.00
and a surplus of $500,000.
M. W. POWELL., Chicago.
Born in Ebensburg, Pa., Sept. 13, 1831. Located in
Chgo. in 1851; engaged in the roofing business in 1855,
and in 1891 engaged in the business of a paving con-
tractor; Pres. of the M. W. Powell Co., roofing, paving
and sidewalk contractors.
RUDOLPH S. BLOME, Chicago.
Born Monroe, Mich. Proprietor of the firm of Stamsen
& Blome, cement paving and concrete contractors;
member of the Builders' and Traders' Exchange; mem-
ber of the Germania and Union League Clubs.
THOMAS GAHAX, Chicago.
Born Arlington Heights, 111., 1847. Supervisor Town
of Lake, 1884-5; formed the firm of Gahan & Byrne in
1886; elected Alderman of the 29th Ward in 1889-90-3,
resigning from the Council in 1893 to become a mem.
of the 111. Railway and Warehouse Comm., 1893-7; re-
sides 4619 Grand Blvd.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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CONTRACTORS.
RICHARD F. COMWAT, Chicago.
Born Kilkenny, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1839. Settled In Fall
River, Mass.. In 1852; located In Chgo. In 1855; Pres.
R. F. Conway Co. and Pres. of the International
Asphalt Co.; mem. of Menoken Club.
LAWRENCE J. REED, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. in 1866. In 1879 with Field, Letter &
Co.; in 1881 in the service of the C. & E. I. Ry. ; since
1889 engaged in the business of a contractor; Treas.
of the H. F. Conway Co.; mem. of the C. A. A., Meno-
ken and Sheridan Clubs.
j. G. MCCARTHY, Chicago.
Born in North Bangor, N. Y., July 13, 1850. Located in
Chgo. in 1867; engaged in the business of painting and
decorating contractor; Ex-Pres. National Painters' &
Decorators' Assn.; Ex-Pres. Builders' & Traders' Ex-
change.
ERNEST V. JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, 1859. Pres. E. V. Johnson Co.,
engaged in the fireprooflng building; mem. Builders'
Club, Union League and C. A. A.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
CONTRACTORS.
F. D. MEACHAM, Chicago.
Born in Whitehall, N. Y., April 26, 1843. Located in
Chgo. in 1857; in 1874 orginized the firm of Meacham
& Wright, contractors and dealers in Utica and Port-
land cement; mem. Loyal Legion, G. A. R., Illinois
and Lincoln Clubs.
PRANK S. WRIGHT, Chicago.
Born in Milwaukee, Wis.. July 27, 1846. Mem. of the
firm of Meaeham & Wright, dealers in Utica and Port-
land Cement.
WIL.L.IA M W. RAMSEY, Chicago.
Born in Pennsylvania. Located in Chgo. in 1874; Pres.
and Gen. Mgr. of the Expanded Metal Fireprooflng Co.;
Treas. of the Northwestern Expanded Metal Co.
H. G. >!•:«. i;i«. Chicago.
Born Cameron Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1870. Located in Chi-
cago 1890: engaged in Government contracting since
1897 at Chicago in the transportation of U. S. mail.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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CONTRACTORS.
WILLIAM LORIMER, Chicago.
Born In Chicago. Employed in a packing bouse; street
car conductor, real estate dealer, brick maker and coal
dealer; railroad contractor; mem. of Congress.
JOHN McGILLEN, Chicago.
Born Nov. 16, 1861, in Chicago. Educated in Chgo.
public schools and Christian Bros.' Coll.; at 14 em-
ployed in an abstract office, advancing to the manage-
ment of its Credit Department.; in 1889 mem. of the
firm of John P. Agnew & Co., contractors; this firm
built the Liberal Arts and Manufactures Bldgs. at the
World's Columbian Exposition; aided in the organization
of the Cook County Democracy; 2 yrs. Chairman of the
County Central Com. ; served 6 yrs. as Alderman from
the 21st Ward.
JAMES HOGA3V, Chicago.
Born Chgo., 1852. Bookkeeper 111. Stone Co.; since 1872
Gen. Mgr. and See.
CLIFT WISE, Chicago.
Born June 10, 1861, at St. Louis. Chief Engr. Kan-
sas City Cable Ry. 1884-9; Chief Engr. St. Paul &
Minneapolis Street Ry. electric system 1889-92; Gen.
Contractor, railways, paving and building, Chgo., since
1893.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
CONTRACTORS.
F. A. WELLS, Chicago.
Former member of the firm of Wells Brothers, con-
tractors; deceased.
A. 1 :. WELLS, Chicago.
Born In Jar.esville, Wls., Feb. 4, 1856. Located In
Chgo. 1871; Pres. of Wells Bros.' Co., Contractors for
Building Construction.
EDWARD BRUCE CHANDLER, Chicago.
Born in South Hartford, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1838. Removed
with parents to Romeo, Mich., 1845; Grad. Univ. of
Mich., 1858; A. Id., 1868; Telegraph Operator and Mgr.
at Bureau Junction, Peru, Amboy, Rock Island, Spring-
field, and in Gen. Supt.'s office 111. Cent., Chgo., 1859-G4:
1865-76, Supt. Chgo. Fire Alarm Tel.; 1882-96, Pres. of
the Police Tel. & Signal Co.; Gen. Agt. Gamewell Fire
Alarm Tel. Co., 1878-1902.
JOHN H. GLENDENING, Chicago.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1865. Removing to Chgo.
In 1886; extensively engaged in designing special ma-
chinery, hydraulics, etc.; has installed a number of
machines in the Chgo. Drainage Canal.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGRAVERS.
Barnes-Crosby Co.
EDWARD W. HOUSER, Chicago.
Born at South Bend, Ind., Sept. 20, 1866. Pres. Barnes-
Crosby Co., Chicago, New York and St. Louis; Ex-Pres.
A. Zeese & Co.
W. C. B. RICHARDSON, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., June 26, 1868. Sec. and Treas. Barnes-
Crosby Co., Chicago, New York and St. Louis; Ex-
Treas. A. Zeese & Co., Chicago.
CHARLES H. HOPKINS, Chicago.
Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., May 9, 1865. Came to Chgo.
in 1895; since Jan. 1, 1899, with Barnes-Crosby Co.,
engravers; Mgr. Chgo. office Barnes-Crosby Co.
CHARLES J. DOYLE, Chicago.
Born in SpringHeld, 111., June 11, 1870. Ex-Pres. Photo
Engravers' Union. Chicago; Snpt. of Chicago Works of
Barnes-Crosby Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGRAVERS.
Lithographers.
CLARENCE: c. CHENEY, Chicago.
Born In Syracuse, N. Y. Removing to Albany In his
youth; entered business life with the Exchange Bank
of Albany, becoming its teller in the year 1864;
resigning this position and removing to Chgo., where
•With 'Chasr. Knickerbocker organized the Western
Bank Note & Engraving Co. and was its Pres. for
many years.
CHARLES A. CHAPMAN, Highland Park.
Born Canada, Nov. 4, 1838. Removing to Chgo. in
1873 and since this date has been officially connected
with the Western Bank Note and Engraving Co., of
Chgo.; previous to coming to Chgo. was with the Bank
of Montreal, and afterward engaged in the drug busi-
ness; member of Union, Calumet and Exmore Country
Clubs.
JOSEPH DEUTSCH, Chicago.
Born July 10, 1867, Baltimore, Md. Pres. of Edwards,
Deutsch & Heitmann, lithographers.
EDWIN S. OSGOOD, Chicago.
Born in Moulmein. Burmah, Asia, in 1842. Located
in Chgo. in 1860; grad. from the Philadelphia schools;
engaged in business in Chgo. in 1871; Pres. of the Os-
good Co., engravers and electrotypers; Treas. of the
National Color Type Co.; mem. of the Town Board and
Pres. of the Board of Education of Austin.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
DON J. WHITTEMORE, Chicago.
Born in Milton, Vt., Dec. 6, 1830. Asst. Engr. Vermont
& Canada Ry. 1848-9; Asst. Engr. Great Western Ry.
of Canada 1850-1; Construction Engr. Central Ohio Ry.
1852; Asst. Engr. LaCrosse & Milwaukee Ry. 1853-7;
Chief Engr. Southern Minnesota Ry. 1858-60; Chief
Asst. Engr. Western Ry. of Cuba 1860-1; Chief Asst.
Engr. LaCrosse & Milwaukee Ry. 1861-3: Chief Engr.
Chgo., Milwaukee & St. Piiul Ry. Co. since 1863.
ALFRED NOBLE, Chicago.
Born Wayne Co., Mich., 1844. Volunteer in the Civil
War 1862-5; grad. a C. E., Univ. of Mich., 1870; local
charge of St. Mary's Falls Canal 1870-2; Bridge Eng.
1882-92: Consulting Engr. since 1892; mem. Nicaragua
Canal Board 1895; Deep Waterways Board 1897-1900;
since 1899 Isthmian Canal Com.
RALPH MODJESKI, Chicago.
Born Jan. 27, 1861, in Cracow, Poland. Grad. from
School of Bridges and Roads, Paris, France; engaged in
business as Civil Engineer in the U. S. in 1885; con-
nected subsequently with construction of bridges at
Omaha, Cairo, Memphis, etc.; from 1894 to 1896 Chief
Engineer of the Mississippi River Bridge at Rock Island
for the U. S. Government, arid since extensively engaged
in railroad bridge construction; at present Chief En-
gineer of the Mississippi River Bridge at Thebes, 111.
BENEZETTE WILLIAMS, Chicago.
Born Logan Co.. O., Nov. 9, 1844. Grad. a C. E. at
Univ. of Mich. 1869; for 8 yrs. in the service of the
City of Chgo. as Asst. Engr. of Sewers and City Engr.;
on Drainage Commission of Chgo. 1886; Chief Engr.
Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. 1892-3; Pres. of Western Soc.
of Engrs. J 885-6.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
OCTAVE CHANLTE, Chicago.
Born in France, Feb. 18, 1832. Coming to the U. S.
when 7 yrs. old, and to 111. when 21 yrs. old; acted in
capacity of chief engineer for many yrs. on various
Rys., both in their construction and operation; is a
Past Pres. American Soc. of C. E. ; honorary member
British C. E., and in 1901 Pres. Western Engrs. Soc.
ONWARD BATES, Chicago.
Born In St. Charles Co., Mo . Feb. 24, 1850. In 1873
to 1888 engaged in building bridges in the U. S., Can-
ada and Australia; Feb. 1, 1888, to April 1. 1901, Engr.
and Supt. of Bridges and Buildings of the C., M. & St.
P. Ry. ; since April i, 1901, President of Bates & Rogers
Construction Co.
JOHN ADAMS COLE, Chicago.
Born Dec. 16, 1838, in Westmoreland, N. H. Gen.
Field Agt. of U. S. Christian Coin., in Armies Potomac
and the James, 1862-6; Sec. Howard Univ., Washington,
D. C.. 1868-72; Engr. and Supt. Public Works and
Consulting Engr. in Lake View and Hyde Park, 1873-
90, and Consulting Engr. of Sanitary Work and Water-
works Construction in Minneapolis, La Crosse, Brad-
ford and other cities.
EDWARD PRINCE, Quincy.
Born in Bloomfleld, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1832. Grad. from
111. Coll. in 1852; lawyer until 18C1; Col. 7th 111. Vol.,
war of 1861-5; Civil Engr. after the war; located in
Quincy in 1852; meni. Am. Soc. C. E. ; mem. of Essex
Inst.; led the celebrated raid from La Range, Tenn., to
Baton Rouge, La., 800 miles, in 17 days; built the
Quincy Water Wks.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
EDWARD CLAPP SHANKLAND, Chicago.
Born in Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 2, 1854. Grad. Rens.
Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1878; engaged from 1878 to
1884 In government work on the Miss, and Mo. Rivers;
bridge work from 1884 to 1889; located in Chg6. in
1889; from 1889 to 1898 Engr. for Burnham & Root;
mem. of the firm of D. H. Burnham & Co. ; Chief Engr.
World's Columbian Exposition and Engineer of Con-
struction: since 1898 mein. of the firm of E. C. &
R. M. Shankland.
RALPH M. SHANKLAND, Chicago.
Born in Dubuque, la., 1863. Grad. Engineering Dept.
Univ. of Mich, in 1888; located in Chgo. 1890; in the
engineering dept. of D. H. Burnham & Co. until Sept..
1898: mem. of firm of E. C. & R. M. Shankland, civil
engrs., since 1898.
CHARLES V. WESTON, Chicago.
Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 14, 1857. Transit
Man. Surveys, Texas Trunk Ry., 1880-1; Asst. Engr.
M., K. & T. Ry. 1882; Asst. Engr. K. C., S. & M. Ry.
1883-4; Asst. Engr. C. & N. W. Ry.; 1885, Asst. Engr.
K. C., C. & S. Ky.; 1886-7, Division Engr. G. C. &
S. F. Ry. ; 1888, Special Engr. on work In Lincoln Park,
Chgo. ; 1890-4, Engr. in charge of construction of West
Chgo. Street R. R. tunnel: 1894-1901, Chief Epgr.
N. W. Elevated and Union Elevated R. R.; 1889, Engr.
In charge of construction of Lake View Water Tunnel.
GEORGE WESTON, Chicago.
Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 30, 1861. Engaged in
railroad work in 1880 in Texas on M. P. Ry. ; in
employ of Naugle-Holcombe & Co., contractors, u&
Mgr. of Construction Dept.: Jan. 1, 1901, mem. of
firm of Weston Bros., Consulting and Contracting Engrs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
ROBERT EATON RICHARDSON, Chicago.
Born July 29, 1861, in Pittsburg, Pa. Grad. from the
Mass. Inst. of Technology of Boston is a Consulting
Engr. and the Gen. Mgr. of the Kansas City Electric
Light Co.; Mem. of the firm of Pierce, Richardson &
Neiler, engineers; Dir. Century Life Ins. Co. of Missouri.
RICHARD HENRY PIERCE, River Forest.
Born Nov. 20, 1860, at Woonsocket, R. I. Grad. at Yale
Coll. 1882, A. B.; grad. Mass. Inst. of Technology in
1885 as B. S. ; from 1885 to 1830 identified with the
Edison interests, from 1»91 to 1892 Asst. Elect. Engr.
World's Columbian Exposition; in 1893 Chief Elect.
Engr.; from 1893 to 1894 mem. of the firm of Pierce &
Richardson, Consulting Engrs.; since 1894 Pres. of the
firm of Pierce, Richardson & Neiler & Co., Consulting
Engrs.; mem. Foreign Inst. of Electrical Engrs. of
Great Britain; mem. of Technical Club and American
I. E. E.
SAMUEL, GRAHAM NEILER, Chicago.
Born in Erie, Pa., Nov. 14, 1866. Located in Minne-
apolis 1872; special at Mass. Inst. Technology 1888;
Asst. M. E. M., St. P. & S. Ste. M. Ry. 1889-90;
1891-2 Con. Engr. Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Bos-
ton; 1892-94 Asst. Elec. Engr. Chicago Columbian Ex-
position; member of Pierce, Richardson & Neiler, Con-
sulting and Designing Engineers, Chicago; foreign mem-
ber Institution of Electrical Engineers, Great Britain;
member American I. E. E., Am. S. Heating and Ven-
tilating Engineers. American Society for Advancement
of Science, Franklin Institute, Union League Club.
JOACHIM G. GAIVER, Chicago.
Born Aug. 15, 1856, in Norway. Grad. from Coll. in
1881, coming to America in 1882: from 1884 to 1890,
was Chief Engr. of the Shifl3er Bridge Co., Pittsburg;
1892-3, Asst. Chief Engr. World's Columbian Exposi-
tion; for 4 yrs. engaged as a General Contractor and
Engr.; in 1899 and since. Chief Engr. of D. H. Burn-
ham & Co., architects, Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS,
37
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
WILLIAM: MACKENZIE: HUGHES, Chicago.
Born Oneida Co., N. Y., June 5, 1848. Removing to
Cincinnati in 1865, and to Cleveland in 1881; 3 yrs.
Bridge Engr. N. Y. C. & St. L. Ky. ; 5 yrs. Special Engr.
for the City of Cleveland; 2 yrs. Engr. and Asst. Gen.
Mgr. Keystone Bridge Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; Engr. of
Construction World's Fair; Principal Asst. Engr. Met-
ropolitan Elevated R. R. ; Bridge Engr. for the Sanitary
Dist. of Chgo. ; mein. of the A. S. C. E. and the W. S.
C. E.
•WALTER E. DAUCHY, Chicago.
Born in Troy, N. Y., March 5. 1855. In 1875 Grad.
as a Civil Engr. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.,
Troy, N. Y. ; in 1892 entered service of the C., R. I.
& P. Ry. as Asst. Supt. of Maintenance and Construc-
tion; in 1894 made Supt. of M. & C., lines west of Mo.
River; in 1899 made Chief Engr. C., R. I. & P.
Ry. System.
CHARLES WOODBURY MELCHER,
Chicago.
Born in Boston, March 4, 1857. Grad. an M. E., Wash-
ington Univ., St. Louis, 1879; located in 111. in 1894;
since 1894 Western Manager The Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill
Co.; mem. American Soc. M. E., W. S. E., and mem.
The Engineers' Club ot St. Louis.
GEORGE MEHR1NG, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Feb. 20, 1862. Sec. Hay & Prentice Co.
1887; now Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. L. II. Prentice Co.;
charter mem. of the American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers; Vice-Pres. Chgo. Master Steam-
fitters' Assn.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
A. W. SWANITZ, Chicago.
Born Rlchland Co., 111., 1851. Asst. U. S. Surveys, Ind.
Ter., 1870-72; Engineer Egyptian Army, lower Egypt,
Africa, 1872-4; International & Gt. North R. R., Lo-
cating Engr. 1875-81; Constructing Engr. with C. &
N. W. R. R. 1886; Chief Engr. Chgo. & Calumet Ter-
minal R. R. ; Chief Engr. East Shore Terminal,
Charleston, S. C. ; Chief Engr. N., Q. & W. R. R.,
binding Port Chahnette, La.; Chief Engr. Chgo. Trans-
fer & Clearing Co., Chgo.
AUGUST ZEISING, Chicago.
Born In Peru, 111., 1858. Grad. from Univ. of 111.
1878; 2 yrs. a draughtsman; 3 yrs. Asst. Engr. Fa. Co.;
8 yrs. as Chief Engr., and 5 yrs. as Chief Engr. an<j
Gen. Mgr. Lassig Bridge & Iron Wks., Chgo.; 3 yrs.
in private practice as Consulting Engr., making a spe-
cialty of railway bridge work; since Sept., 1900, We&t-
ern Mgr. of the American Bridge Co.
CHARLES LOUIS STROBEL, Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati, Oct. 6, 1852. Studied engineering
at Stuttgart, Germany, 1869-73; Bridge Engr. Cincinnati
Southern Ry. 1874-8; Chief Engr. Keystone Bridge Co.
and Consulting Engr. of the Carnegie firms 1878-93;
since 1885 has been a resident of Chgo., and since 1894
has been in business for himself as a Consulting and
Contracting Engr.
ISHAM RANDOLPH, Riverside.
Born at New Market, Clark Co., Va., March 25, 1848.
Entered the service of the B. & O. Ry. in 1868; en-
gaged in railway engineering and private work until
June, 1893, when he was elected Chief Engr. of the-
Sanitary Dist. of Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
G. A. EDWARD KOHLER, Chicago.
Born Feb. 17, 1864, Philadelphia, Pa. Attended the
Univ. of Pa. ; removed to Chgo. in 1887 ; engaged in the
•business of Contracting Electrical Engr. ; mem. Union
League Club.
FRANKLIN W. KOHLER, Chicago.
Born May 3, 1861, Philadelphia, Pa. Removed to
Chgo. March, 1890; engaged in the business of Con-
tracting Elect. Engr.; member of firm of Koliler Bros.,
Contracting Electrical Engineers; mem. Union League
Club.
AMBROSE V. POWELL, Chicago.
Born Laurens, N. Y., May 4, 1847. Located in Chgo.
in 1880; grad. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. as C. E.
1868; railroad work as rodman to Chief Engr. until
1884; Engr. Supt. Calumet & Chgo. Canal & Dock Co.
1884-6; Engr. and Supt. Hyde Park 1886-9; since 1889
•Con. C. E., P. G. L. & C. Co.; Am. Ship Building Co.;
mem. of Chi. River Com. and Western S. E., and Pres.
in 1900; mem. of Technical Club.
WILLIAM S. DAWLEY, Chicago.
Born Portage Co., Wis., Nov. 26. 1856. In 1879, Grad.
at the Univ. of Minn.; from 1879 to 1883, connected
with the construction dept. of the M. & St. L. Ry. ;
in 1884 was with the Great Northern; in 1885-6 with
the Chgo. & Indiana Coal Ry.; in 1887 with the Great
Western; since 1887, connected with the C. & E. I. Ry.,
and was made Chief Engr. in 1S94.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
ROBERT W. HUNT, Chicago.
Born at Fallsington, Pa., Dee. 9, 1838. Chemist Cam-
bria Iron Co., Johnstown, 1860; Capt. in the war of
1861-5; Snpt. Steel Dept. Cambria Co. until 1873;
Supt. Steel Works, John A. Griswold & Co., Troy,
N. Y. ; Gen. Snpt. of Albany & Rensselaer Steel & Iron
Co., and later of Troy Iron & Steel Co.; April. 1888,
located in Chicago and established the present firm of
Robert W. Hunt & Co.; mem. American Soc. of Civil
Engrs. and Past Pres. American Soc. Mechanical Engrs.;
mem. G. A. R. ; Trustee of the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Inst., Troy, N. Y.
ALBERT W. I 1 1 :i«>. Chicago.
Born Calhoun Co.. Mich., in 1849. From 1869 to 1873.
Asst. Engr. Peninsular R. R., now the Grand Trunk &
Western; from 1873 to 1875. Asst. Engr. of the 111.
River R. R., now the Chgo. & Alton Ry.; In 1875 until
1878 was with the Vulcan Iron & Steel Co.: from 1878
to 1888, Inspecting Engr. R. R. & Gen. Construction
Dept.; since 1888, mem. of the firm of R. W. Hunt & Co.
JOHN CLARK MeMYNN, Chicago.
Born in Racine. Wis., 1869. Grad. at Williams Coll.
and post-grad, of Cornell; since 1S92 engaged in engi-
neering work in the firm of Robert W. Hunt & Co.;
mem. of C. A. A., Marquette, Technical and Columbia
Yacht Clubs.
CHARLES HENRY WILMERDINO, Chicago.
Born Aug. 19, 1858, in N. Y. City. Located in 111. in
1888; Gen. Mgr. Chgo. Arc Light & Power Co. 1888-93:
Gen. Supt. Chgo. Edison Co. 1893-7; Pres. National
Electric Light Assn. 1895-6.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
41
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
DANIEL, W. MEAD, Chicago.
Born March 6, 1862, Fulton, N. Y. Located in 111. in
1873; grad. from Cornell Univ. 1884; in 1885 City
Engr. of Rockford, 111.; in 1887-96 Engr. and Mgr.
of the Rockford Construction Co. ; since 1897 occupied
in work as a Consulting, Civil and Mechanical Engr. ;
specialty water supply and power plants.
GEORGE M. BRILL,, Chicago.
Born at Poughquag, N. Y., 1866, and graduated from
Cornell University in Mech. and Electrical Engineering
in 1891; Technical Expert for Solvay Process Co., at
Syracuse, N. Y., and Chief Engineer in charge of the
construction of the Detroit plant until 1897. In charge
of the general engineering of Swift & Co. to 1900.
Consulting Engineer, member American Society Mechan-
ical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers and
Franklin Institute.
WILLIAM SCHERZER, Chicago.
Born in Peru. 111., Jan. 27, 1858. Grad. C. E., Poly-
technicum Zurich, Switzerland, 1880; Engineer with
Mathiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., P., F. W. & C. Ry. Co.,
the Keystone Bridge Co., and the Carnegie Steel Co.
until 1893; Consulting Engr.: Inventor and Patentee of
the Scherzer Rolling Lift Brilges; died July 20, 1893.
ALBERT II. SCHERZER, Chicago.
Born Peru, 111.. July 22, 1865. Grad. from High School
in 1882; grad. from the Union Coll. of Law 1892; pur-
sued special course of studies in bridge building and
engineering in Europe and United States; Pres. of the
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co.; promoter of water-
ways, internal harbors and canals.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
BION JOSEPH ARNOLD, Chicago.
Born Aug. 14, 1861, at Cazenovla, Mich. Moved to Chi-
cago, 1891; Mechanical Engineer C. G. W. Ry. Co.,
1887-89; Consulting Engr. Gen. Electric Co., 1889-92;
•Consulting Engr. Columbian Intramural R. R. Co.,
1892-93; engaged In Independent practice since 1893;
represented the American Inst. of Electrical Engrs. as
a. delegate to the International Electrical Congress,
Parts, 1900.
LOUS A. FERGUSON. Chicago.
Born In Dorchester. Mass., Aug. 19. 1867. Educated In
Boston public schools: grad. Mass. lust., of Technology.
1888; In 1888, removed to Chgo., entering the service
of the Chgo. Edison Co.; in 1890 was made Electrical
Engr. of the company; Gen. Supt. in 1S97; Gen. Supt.
of Commonwealth Klectric Co., in 1898; resides In
Evanston.
S. MORGAN BLSHNELL, Chicago.
Born In Beloit, Wls., 1866. Grad. from Beloit Coll.,
1888, removing to Chgo. in 1888; connected with the
engineering dej.t. of Uie Chyo. Kuison Co. since 1S8S.
JOHN H. GOEHST, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. In 1865. Since 1S82 has been identified
with the Edison Light Cos.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
LYMAN EDGAR COOL.EY, Chicago.
Born In Canandaigua, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1850. Grad. from
the Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1874;
member Western Soc. of Engrs. since 1876, and Pres.
1890-91; Consulting Engr. of the Sanitary Dlst. of
Chgo. ; organized the Nicaragua Expedition In 1897
and American Vlce-Pres. of the International Deep
Waterways Assn.
WILLIAM DURHAM SARGENT, Chicago.
Born In Lynn, Mass., June 16, 1863. Located In Chgo.
in 1867; grad. from N. W. Univ. In 1884; Supt. Wks.
of the Sargent Co. In 1888; Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
Sargent Co.; Pres. American and International B. S.
Co.; Mechanical Engineer.
ROBERT I . GIFFORD, Chicago.
Born In Jefferson Co., Ohio. Sept. 12, 1867. Grad. a
C. E., Cornell Univ.. 1891; Pres. 111. Engineering Lab-
oratory; mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. and the Tech-
nical Club.
G. A. M. L.ILJENCRANTZ, Chicago.
Born In Sweden, April 11, 1842. Grad. from Royal
Technological Inst. in Stockholm in June, 1866; engaged
in canal construction in Sweden from 1866 to 1869; in
U. S. Engr.'s office In Milwaukee in 1869-70; from 1870
to 1871 with the Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.; since April,
1871, U. S. Asst. Engr. in the Chgo. office.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
EDWARD B. EL.LICOTT, Chicago.
Born March 28, 1866. Came to Chgo. in 1890; for 6
yrs. Supt. of Electrical Construction of the Western
Electric Co.; appointed Supt. of City Telegraph In
1897, and City Electrician in 1898.
EDWIN H. CHENEY, Chicago.
Born June 13, 1869, Shelbyville, 111. Came to Chgo.
1892; engaged in electrical contracting and construc-
tion business until 1899; Mgr. and Vice-Pres. of 111.
Maintenance Co.; steam heating contractor; member
C. A. A.
H. EUGENE < II I. Hltl < K. Quincy.
Born in Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 23, 1803. Edu-
cated public schools and Whitestown Seminary; came to
Quincy in 1898; Gen. Mgr. Quincy Gas & Electric Co..
and also Gen. Mgr. Quincy R. R. Co.; member of
American Inst. of Electrical Engrs.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Chicago.
Born in Dundee, Scotland, Sept. 7, 1853. Located in
U. S. in 1880; in 1882 engaged in the gas business
with the Fulton Municipal Gas Co. of Brooklyn; in
1886 located in Chgo. with the Equitable Gas Co.;
Consulting Engr. of the Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
THOMAS TAYLOR JOHNSTON, Chicago.
Born In Cincinnati, Aug. 18, 1856. Grad. Rensselaer
Polytechnic Inst. at Troy, N. Y., 1877; 1886 entered
the service of the Chgo. Drainage and Water Supply
Commission; 1887-88 Asst. Eagr. of Chgo.; In May, 1888,
Chief Engr. in construction Memphis Artesian Water
Wks., and Savannah, Ga., 1891-93; entered service of
Chgo. Sanitary Dist. 1890, and again in 1892; mem.
W. A. E., of which he was respectively 2d V.-P., V.-P.
and Pres.
MONROE: WISNER, Chicago.
Born in Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9, 1870. Grad. from -the
Univ. of Mich. 1892; employed on the Sanitary Dist.
of Chgo. in 1892; since 1898 has been Engr. in charge
of Chgo. River Improvements fo- the Sanitary Dist.
CARL EVERETT DAVIS, Chicago.
Born Fairview. Fulton Co., 111. In 1891 grad. as a
Civil Engr. from Cornell Univ. : mem. of the Western
Soc. of Engrs. ; in 1891-92, Asst. Engr. of Newton, Mass.;
in 1892-1900, Asst. Engr. Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. ; 1902,
Chief Engr. Artesian Water Co., Memphis, Tenn.
JOHN E. ERICSON, Chicago.
Born in Sweden, Oct. 21, 1858. Grad. from the Royal
Polytechnic Inst., Stockholm. Sweden. 1880; came to
America in 1881, Chgo. in 1882; in 1897 appointed City
Engr. by Mayor Harrison.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
JOHN ELLSWORTH BLUNT, Evanston.
Consulting Engr. C. & N. W. Ry.
WILLIAM H. FINLEY, Chicago.
Born in Newcastle Co., Del., June 22, 1862. FromJLSSl
to 1887 with the Edge Moor Iron Co., engineering dept.:
1887-92 Asst. Engr. of the C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co.;
located In Chgo. in 1890; 1892-1900 Engineer of Bridges
of C. & N. W. Ry.; Principal Asst. Engr. C. & N. W.
Ry. Co.; Pres. Western Soc. of Engrs. ; resides at Win-
netka.
WILLIAM L. URECIvEXRinGK. Chicago.
Born in Louisville. Ky., June 29, 1857. Grad. Wash-
ington Univ. at St. Louis in 1879; entered service C.,
B. & Q. R. R. in 1879, and at the present time is its
chief engineer.
EDWARD .T. BLAKE, Chicago.
Born Nov. 23, 1858. Grad. of the Univ. of Me., 1879.
Feb., 1880, to March, 1887, was a rodraan and Asst.
Eng. on C., B. & Q. R. R.. and on Wabash R. R..
Maroh, 1887. to Jan., 1890. Chief Eng. H. & St. Joe
R. R. and K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R. Jan., 1890. to
May, 1899, Chief Engr. C., B. & Q. R. R. May, 1899, to
present time Consulting Eugr. C., B. & Q. R. R. and
system of lines.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
FREDERICK EDWARD PARADIS, Chicago
Born in Burlington, Vt., Dec. 24, 1869. Asst. Architect
Cent. Vt. R. R. at St. Albans in 1888-9; Draftsman
Nor. Pac. R. R. in St. Paul in 1890-1; Asst. Civil
Engr. Chgo. & Nor. Pac. R. R. 3892-4; Chief Engr.
C & N. P. R. R. and Chgo. Terminal Transfer R. R.
since 1894.
JAMES B. COX, Chicago.
Born Oct. 31, 1857. In 1880 Civil Engr. with the Pa.
R. R. ; in 1889 located in Chgo. ; engaged in private prac-
tice until 1895; acted as Engr. in charge of construction
Hammond & Blue Island R. R. and Chgo., Hammond
& Western R. R.; Asst. Engr. Terminal R. R. and East
Chgo. Belt R. R. ; 1898 Chief Engr. Chgo. Junction Ry.
to date.
W. E. ANGIER, Chicago.
Born Fitzwilliam, N. H. Grad. N. H. College of A. &
M. and M. A. as B. S., 1885; grad. Dartmouth College
(S. C. E.) as Civil Engineer, 1887; Asst. Engr. on
bridge across the Miss. River at Ft. Madison, la., 1887;
Sub-inspector and U. S. Asst. Engr. on government
work, Galveston, Tex., 1887-89; Asst. Engr. on bridge
across the Miss. River at Memphis, Tenn., 1889-92;
Asst. Engr. I. C. R. R. Co. (Bridge Department), No-
vember, 1892, to date; asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs. ;
mem. of West. Soc. Civ. Engrs.; Res. Engr., Thebes, 111.
\\ I I.I.I \M S. SHIELDS, Evanston.
Born in Ind. Co., Pa., Nov. 18, 1860. Common, aca-
demic and Normal School education; located in Chgo.
in 1883; 10 yrs. with John A. Cole, civil engr. ; sub-
sequently in private practice; since 1896 mem. Alvord &
Shields, Chgo.; designed water wks., sewerage systems
for Galesburg, Kankakee, DeKalb, Wheaton, Highland
Park, Evanston and other cities.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
ADOLPH SORGE, JR.. Chicago.
Born in Hoboken. N. J., Sept. 28. 1857. Grad. from
Stevens Inst. of Technology in 1873: located in Chgo.
in 1894: inventor of the Sorge Chemical Feed Water
Purifying System.
EDWARD CHARLES DARLEY, Chicago.
Born in Tarrytown, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1846. Before his
20th year employed as a Civil Engr. in railroad work;
in 1897 located in Chicago as Gen. Western Agt. for the
Altman & Taylor Machinery Co., Mansfield, O., manu-
facturers of Cahall Vertical Horizontal Type Water Tube
Boilers- a volunteer soldier from Pa. in the war of
1861-5; charter mem. Am. Soc. of Mech. Engrs. and
mem. of the Institute of Mining Engrs. ; died in Chicago,
Feb. 16, 1901.
GEORGE \V. JACK SOX, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., July 21, 1861. Engaged in business in
1883; contractor for Strickler Tunnel through Pikes
Peak; 14-ft. subway, Reading Pa.; Pneumatic Tube
System for Asso. Press; Wentworth Ave. drainage sys-
tem; 90 per cent of entire underground system for Chgo.
Tel. Co., Postal Tel. Co., W. U. T. Co.; systems at
Columbus, O. ; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Muscatine, la. ; Phila-
delphia, Pa.; now in charge of system of subways in
Chgo.
HENRY "WILLIAMS PARKHURST, Chicago.
Born in Boston, June 25, 1847. Engaged in engineering
wks. from 1870 to 1890 on bridge construction on Miss,
and Mo. Rivers; subsequently engaged in railroad con-
struction, and since 1892 Engineer of Bridges and Build-
ings for I. C. R. R.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
i . i i .1 : ii i :i i> i : MJ i : i < ii. Chicago.
Born near Bergen, Norway, Sept. 29, 1860. Removing
to U. S. in 1881; grad. Polytechnic Inst., Troudhjem.
Norway; connected as a contractor with the World's
Fair bldgs., Chgo., also two sections Drainage Canal;
now Contracting Engr. for Monler Concrete Construction
In the U. S.
WILLIAM DOBSON PICKELS, Chicago.
Born near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, April 12, 1839.
Brought to C. S. In 1846; educated In "Nature's great
school, Work;" expert in the use of exhaust steam for
heating water In buildings; Inventor and first to adopt
Thermostatic Valves in heating apparatus, known as
the Webster System of Low-Pressure Steam Heating,
a product of Chicago; located In Chicago In 1889; Sec.
of the Am. Engineering Specialty Co., Chicago, and
mem. of Western Soc. of Engrs.
FREDERICK ASAPH PECKHAM, Chicago.
Born April 21, 1868, at Buffalo, X. Y. Located In 111.
in 1890; engaged in the iron mfg. industry from 188G
to 1888; from 1888 to 1898 with the "Engineering
News;" 3 years Editorial Department, 7 years Manager
Western Office; mem. of the firm of Torbert & Peck-
ham, rebuilders and dealers of steam shovels, dredges,
locomotives and cars, since 1898.
SAMUEL, G. ARTINGSTALL, Chicago.
Born Manchester, England, 1845. Member American
Society of Engineers, Western Society of Engineers,
American W. W. Association, and associate member
Institute of Civil Engineers; Engineering Department.
City of Chicago from 1869 to 1888; City Engineer
from 1893 to 1895; Chief Engineer Chicago Sanitary
District. 1891; Engineer four-mile tunnel and crib.
Lake View tunnel and crib, Hyde Park tunnel and crib,
Van Buren Street tunnel.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
CHARLES F. FOSTER, Chicago.
Born Boston, Mass., Sept. 28, 1852. Engaged as a
Mechanical Engr. in Manchester, N. H., Mills; in 1880
became a resident of St. Louis, Mo.; Supt. St. Louis
Cotton Mills; Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Heine
Safety Boiler Co.; became a resident of Chgo., 1893;
Mechanical Engr. at the World's Fair; Vice-Pres. of
the National Supply Co., and the Consulting Engr.;
mem. of American Soc. of Mechanical Engrs, St. Louis
Engrs.' Club, Western Soc. of Engrs.
WILLIAM B. GIVING, Chicago.
Born in Blair Co.. Pa., June 21, 1858. Grad. at Cor-
nell, 1883; came to 111. in 1886; engaged on Croton
Aqueduct, N. Y. City; engineered construction on N. W.
and other railroads; had charge of obtaining the data
on the inspection of the Chgo. Drainage Channel; Engr.
for the Mich. State Tax Com. on Railroad Property
Appraisement; designed and installed the pneumatic
service for Hearst's Chicago American.
CLAYTON O. BILLOW, Chicago.
Born Shelby, Ohio, June 14, 1860, removing to 111. in
1890. Asst. Mechanical Engr. World's Columbian Ex-
position, 1892-3; Sec. and Treas. Nat. Supply Co.; mem-
ber Western Soc. of Engr. and the Technical Club.
CARLTON R. DART, Chicago.
Born Feb. 1, 1862. In 1881 grad. Mich. Agri. College;
until 1891 was engaged in railroad and railway ter-
minal construction; from 1891 to 1902, engaged in
bridge and engineering work in Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
WILLIAM S. >ll-:\i)l-: V Chicago.
Born Evansvllle, Ind., Oct. 21, 1868. Grod. Rose Poly-
technic Inst., Terre Haute, Ind.; located in Chgo. in
1892; Chief Engr. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Ry.,
Chgo.
FRANK H. HAMILTON, Springfield.
Born in Springfield, 111., Aug. 8, 1873. Grad. Univ. of
111. 1895; City Engr. Springfield, 111.; Capt. of Co. of
Engrs. I. N. G.
GUSTAF CARLSON, Chicago.
Born in Sweden in 1848. Came to Chgo., March, 1873;
Engr. of Hyde Park, from 1874-7.
HENRY LEONARD HOLL1S, Chicago.
Born in Boston, Feb. 17, 1866. Removing to Brooklyn In
1867; educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic and the
School of Mines of Columbia Coll.; (trad, from the latter
In 1885, and removing to Chgo. In 1885; mem. of Union
League, University and Chgo. Literary Clubs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
J. H. noii. Chicago.
Born in Cbristiania, Norway, April 15, 1867. Grad.
Christiania Engrn. Coll. 1888; came to U. S. in Sept.,
1888; formerly the Asst. Engr. Milwaukee Bridge Wks. ;
engaged In business as a contractor for 6 yrs. in Chgo. ;
now Contracting Engr. in the Cbgo. office of the Ameri-
can Bridge Co. of N. Y.
R. LESTER THAYER, Peoria.
Born at Seneca Falls, N. Y., June 16, 1872. Moved to
Illinois in 1895; engaged in the work of electrical en-
gineering and construction of power plants.
CHARLES GOOLD ARMSTRONG, Chicago.
Born La Salle Co., 111., 1858. Moved to Chicago, 1887;
State University of 111.; Gen. Consulting Engr., Steam
and Electrical, with offices in New York and Chicago.
CLINTON E. WOODS, Chicago.
Born Belchertown, Mass., Feb. 7, 1863. Located in
Pittsfield, Mass., in 1871, and Chgo. in 1888; engaged
in automobile construction; in 1895 formed the Ameri-
can Electric Vehicle Co.; in 1896 established the Woods
Motor Vehicle Co. ; formed the TVoods-Wering Co. in
1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
DANIEL D. HIO AM , Chicago.
Born Feb. 11, 1847. Removing to Chgo., April, 1851;
appointed County Comptroller Dec., 1886; elected Pres.
County Board, 1894-6; appointed Supt. Public Service
Dec., 1898; Warden Cook County Hospital.
JAMES MACDONALD, Chicago.
Born Collingwood, Ont., Jan. 15, 1857. Moved to New
York City in 1879; Asst. Engr. of Construction of Dow's
stores, Brooklyn, and the Northern Pac. Ry. grain ele-
vators, Portland, Oregon; Supt. Webster Mfg. Co.,
Chgo., 1885; Sec. Metealf-Macdonald Co. 1887; Pres.
Macdonald Engr. Co. 1895.
JOHN P. ALLAN, Chicago.
Born Davenport, la. I860. Graduated from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute in 1880; became connected with
the Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis., en-
gin* builders, in 1881, and now has charge of the Chi-
cago branch of this firm's business.
EDWARD M. HAGAR, Chicago.
Born June 21, 1873, Salem, Mass. Grad. Mass. Inst. of
Technology 1893; grad. Cornell Univ. 1894; Mgr. Chgo.
office Southwark Foundry & Machine Co. of Philadel-
phia, 1895-99; mem. of firm Edward M. Hagar & Co.,
engines and machinery, since 1900; Mgr. of the Cement
Dept. 111. Steel Co.; mem. A. S. M. E. and A. S. C. E.,
W. S. C. E.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
H. S. HART, Chicago.
Born in Clinton. la., Sept. 2, 1870. Grad. Rose Poly-
technic Inst., 1893; formerly Installing Engr. with the
Seimens & Halske Electric Co. of Chgo. and St. Louis;
later Eastern Mgr. Crouse, Tremaine Carbon Co. in
N. Y. ; now Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Rodger
Ballast Car Co. of Chgo.; mem. Technical Club and
Oakland Club of Cheo.
WILLIAM SLOAN CHERRY, Streator.
Born Ireland, July 9, 1837. Resided and educated io
Philadelphia, entering Engr. Corps, U. S. N.. 1861; re-
signing 1867; from 1871 to 1889 Supt. Chgo., Wilmington
& Vermilion Coal Co.; from 1889 to 1892 Mgr. Grand
River Coal & Coke Co., Colorado Springs; since 1892
has been Gen. Mine Supt., Chgo., Wilmington & Ver-
milion Coal Co., Streator.
GEORGE L. LAVERY, Chicago.
Born in Boston, Feb. 18, 1856. Came to Chgo., Dec.,
1884; Gen. Mgr. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.; mem. of the
Union League and Hamilton Clubs and American Soc.
of Mech. Engrs. ; Chairman Dept. of Commercial Trav-
elers of the U. S., of the National Republican Com.,
campaign of 1900. and Chairman Executive Com. 111.
Commercial and Industrial League.
C. M. WILKES, Chicago.
Born in Manchester, Conn., May 29, 1858. Grad. Mass.
Inst. of Technology, Boston; Mechanical and Electrical
Engr. with D. H. Burnham & Co., architects; mem.
American Soc. of Mechanical Engrs. ; mem. Boston Soc.
Civil Engrs.; associate mem. Inst. of Electrical Engrs.;
mem. of University and Kenwood Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
HENRY FURLONG BALDWIN, Chicago.
Born In Waterybury, Md., April 17. 1862. Grad. from
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston, 1884.
VICTOR WINDETT, Chicago.
Born Aug. 12, 1866. Entered the engrn. dept. I. C.
R. R. In 1886; C. & C. T. R. R. 1889; since 1889 Civil
Engr. of III. Steel Co.
JAMES G. POMEROY, Chicago.
Born Nov. 19, 1866, in Holmes Co., Ohio. In 1890 he
located In Chgo. ; Mgr. of the Sales Dept. of the
Adams-Bagnall Electrical Co.; mem. of the Technical
Club.
LOUIS E. RITTES, Evanston.
Born Nov. 14, 1864, at Cleveland, O. Located In Chgo.
in 1892; engaged in the business of a Civil Engr. under
the firm name of Rlttes & Molt, Civil Engrs., Mar-
quette Bldg., Chgo.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
ANDREWS \ I.I.K V Chicago.
Bora Madison, Wis., Jan. 11, 1870. Graduated from
University of Wis., 1891; degree of C. E., 1697; Asst.
Ener. Edgeiuoore Bridge Works. AVilniington, Del.,
1891-99; Contracting Engr. Wis. Bridge and Iron Co.
(of Milwaukee, Wis.), Chicago, 1899 to present time;
member of Western Sou. of Eugrs., 1899.
i:>l 1 1. GERBER, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Jan. 31, 1858. Grad. Worcester
Polytechnic Inst., 1876; Asst. Engr. F. E. & M. V.
R. R., 1879; Asst. Chief Engr. F. E. & M. V. R. R..
1885; Bridge Engr., 1887-97; came to 111. in 1889; Chief
Engr. Lassig Bridge Wks., 1897, and Mgr. of the
Lassig Bridge Wks., 1900.
CARL BINDER, Chicago.
Born in Bictigheim, Wuertteinberg (Germany), Sept. 6
1853. Attended Technical Inst., Stuttgart. Germany,
1872-76. In 1882 Royal Government Building Master,
and in 1884 came to U. S. Engineer of Bridges, L. S.
& M. S. Ry., 1887-89, and came to Chgo. in 1889. Built
the structural steel for the Schiller Bldg. ; Public Library
and Mach. Hall of World's Fair.
BYRON B. CARTER, Hinsdale.
Born in Lancaster, Wis., 1860. Grad., 1883, Univ. of
Wis.; came to Chgo. in 1885; 1892, Consulting Engr.
C.. M. & St. P. Ry. : 1895 Mechanical Engr. U. S. Govt.
Bridge at Rock Island; mem. Board of Consulting Engrs.,
City Bridges of Chgo., 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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ENGINEERS.
Civil — Mechanical — Electrical.
FREDERICK C. ROSSITER, Chicago.
Born at Oberlin, O., July 16, 1844. Located in Osh-
kosh, Wis., in 1866, serving as fireman on the C. &
N. W. R. R. ; located in Chgo. in 1867, and employed
by Wolcott & Fox, surveyors ; grad. from Van Der-
nailler's School of Engineering in 1871; Asst. Engr.
XI. & N. R. R. ; Asst. Engr. City of Chgo.; Deputy Co.
•Surveyor .6 yrs. ; Engr. for Rosehill Cemetery for. 16
yrs. ; Engineer for Union Stock Yds. and Transit Co. ;
Vice-Pres. 111. State Board of Agriculture in 1898-1902.
JACOB A. HARMAN, Peoria.
Born in Randolph Co., Mo., March 7, 1866. Grad. at
the N. N. U., Lebanon, Ohio, in 1887; engaged in sani-
tary and gen. engrn. work in Peoria in 1890; City
Engr. of Peoria, 1893-4; Sanitary Engr. 111. State Board
of Health since 1899.
F. G. GASCHE, Chicago.
Born Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. Grad. Cornell Univ.,
1890; since 1890 Mechanical Engr. for the III. Steel Co.
W. C. FUCHS, Chicago.
Born in Berlin. Germany. Education common school,
high school, Univ. of Berlin, Germany; came to Chi-
cago with parents in 1SG7 at the age of 3; Electrical
Kugr. with Edison General Electric Co. and the Gen-
eral Electric Co., Chicago; installed the first electric
light plant in Chicago: X-Ray Expert; in 1896 estab-
lished first X-Ray Laboratory in Chicago; mem. Soo.
of Electrical Engrs., of New York and Germania Clubs
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
.TAMES B. FORGAN, Chicago..
Born at St. Andrews, Scotland, April 11, 1852. Moved
to Chicago In 1892; formerly Cashier of the Northwest-
ern National Bank of Minneapolis; President of the
First National Bank of Chicago.
GEORGE} D. BOULTON, Chicago.
Born June 13, 1844, Cobourg, Canada. Educated at
Upper Canada Coll., Toronto; in 1864 removed to Chgo.,
at which time he entered the service of the First Nat.
Bank of Chgo.; Vice-Pres. and Dir. of the First Nat.
Bank of Chgo.; Dir. Nat. Safe Deposit Co., of Chgo.
s. PUCE, Chicago.
Born Perry, Lake Co., O., Oct. 5, 1835. Located In
Chgo. 1867; attended Antioch Coll.; for 5 yrs. was
engaged In Importing and selling fruit trees; for 5 yrs.
banker In Palnesvllle; Dir. of the First National Bank
of Chicago and the N. W. Mutual Life Ins. Co.
POTTER PALMER, Chicago.
Born in Albany Co., N. Y., on a farm. At 18 became
a clerk In a country store at Durham, N. Y., and of
which he became Manager; subsequently embarked in
business In Oneida Co., and later at Lockport; located
In Chgo., engaging in the dry goods business; this es-
tablishment became the firm of Field, Leiter & Co. and
later Marshall Field & Co. ; retired from mercantile
business in 1867; owner of the Palmer House and an
extensive owner of real estate in Chgo.; died May, 1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
JOHN AUSTIN IIAMLIX, Chicago.
Born at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. June 2». 1837. Remov-
ing to 111. In 1861; Prop, and Hgr. of the Grind Opera
House, Chgo. ; Pres. of Hamlin Wizard On Co.. Chgo. ;
mem. of Union League and Washington Park Clubs and
Chgo. Historical Soc.
FRANKLIN HARVEY HEAD, Evanston.
Born Paris, Onelda Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1835. Grad.
Hamilton Coll. as B. A., In 1856; M. A. In 1857; grad.
from the law school of Hamilton Coll. 1858, and subse-
quently honored by It with the degree of LL. D. ; ex-
tensively Interested In banking and various manufactur-
ing Interests
EDWARD SAMUEL, LACEY, Chicago.
Born N7ov. 26, 1835, in Chill, N. Y. Removing to Char-
lotte, Mich.; public school education and Olivet Coll; at
the age of 18 clerk in a gen. store at Kalamazoo; In 1862
entered into partnership with Joseph Musgrave, estab-
lishing a private bank; in 1871 it became the First Na-
tional Bank of Charlotte; in 1880 elected to Congress,
serving 2 terms; in 1889 made Comptroller of the Cur-
rency of the U. S. Treas. Dept. ; in 1892 made Pres.
of the Bankers' Nat'l Bank of Chgo.
"WILLIAM J. OXAHAN, Chicago.
Born in Ireland. I'res. Home Savings Bank; Ex-Cit>
Comptroller and Ex-Pres. of the Public Library.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
J. RUSSELL JONES, Chicago.
Born Conneaut, O., Feb., 1823. Removing to Winnebago
Co., 111., in 1838, and to Galena in 1840, and to Chgo.
in 1861; mem. of 111. Gen. Assembly 1860; in 1861 to
1869 U. S. Marshal Northern Dist. of 111.; from 1869
to 1875 Minister to Belgium; in 1876 Collector of the
Port of Chgo.; in 1863 organized the Chgo. West Div.
R. R. Co., and for 25 yrs. its Pres. ; Dir. 111. Trust &
Savings Bank, Chgo. Tel. Co., Central Union Tel. Co.
and Guarantee Co. of N. America; President Pelee
Island Fishermen's Club.
ORSON SMITH, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Dec. 14, 1841. Pres. Merchants' Loan &
Trust Co. Bank: mem. Chicago, Washington Park and
Union Clubs.
CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, Chicago.
Born in Lynn, Mass., March 7, 1854. Located in Chgo.
in 1856; grad. from High School; formerly Pres., now
Vice-Pres., Corn Ex. Nat'l Bank; Vice-Pres. Northern
Trust Co.; Dir. Traders Ins. Co., State Bank of Chgo.;
Ex-Pres. Board of Trade; Pres. Art Inst. ; World's Fair
Dir. and Chairman of Fine Arts Dept. ; Treas. and
Dir. U. of C. ; Supt. St. Paul's Universalist S. S. ; Pres.
Chicago Orphan Asylum; Dir. Presbyterian Hospital;
Treas. Municipal Art League; Dir. Auditorium Assn.,
and ex-mem, of Public Library.
ISAAC G. LOMBARD, Chicago.
Born in Truro, Mass., 1835. Resided in Chgo. since
1859, and for many years was engaged in the banking
business; mem. of Union League and Bankers' Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
JOHN A. LYNCH, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., June 11, 1853. Formerly mem. H. H.
Shufeldt & Co.. distillers; Pres. and one of the organ-
izers of the National Bank of the Republic.
WILLIAM T. FENTON, Chicago.
Born June 2, 1848, near Madison, Ind. Removing to
Chgo. In 1885; Vice-Pres. of the National Bank of the
Republic; mem. of Union League., Kenwood and Midlo-
thian Clubs; Pres. Chicago Clearing House and Bankers'
Club.
I : I . It li I ix. I : GERRY KEITH, Chicago.
Born July 16, 1840, In Barne, Vt. In 1857 removed to
Chgo.; in 1864 mem. of the firm of Keith Bros.; Pres.
of the Metropolitan National Bank of Chgo. since 1884;
Pres. Chicago Title & Trust Co., May, 1902.
CHARLES S. CASTLE, Chicago.
Born in Barrington, 111. Postmaster, Austin, 111., from
1889-95; elected Pres. of Austin State Bank, Jan., 1895.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
i.i :\ I BARNES DOUD, Chicago.
Born Berlin, O., April 7, 1840. Educated in Salem,
O.; came to Chgo. In 1865; Pres. National Live Stock
Bank.
WILLIAM H. BRINTNALL, Chicago.
Born In Attica, N. Y., 1847. Came to Illinois, 1863;
engaged in wholesale hardware business from 1867 to
1883; Cashier of Drover's National Bank from 1883 to
Jan. 1, 1900, when he became president; Pres. of the
Drover's Safe Deposit Co. -since 1895; Pres. of the
Drover's Trust & Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1902.
WILLIAM A. TILDEIV. Chicago.
Born 1857. Delavan, Wis. Located in Chgo. in 1883;
commercial traveler until 1S88; Mgr. Credit Dept.
Hay wood & Merrill Kuttan Co. until 1897; Asst.
Cashier of the Drovers' National Bank 1897, and Cashier
since 1900.
I.. D. Ill i.in;i{ r. Chicago.
Born March 2, 1858, Pleasant Valley, Conn. Came to
Chgo. in 1895; Vice- Pres. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co.;
mem. Univ., Calumet and C. A. A. Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
EDWIN A. POTTER, Chicago.
Born Sept. 18, 1845, in Bath, Me. Located in Chgo. in
May, 1872; first Cashier firm of Abram French & Co.,
wholesale crockery; mem. firm of French, Potter & Wil-
son; in 1889 mem. of the firm Lyon & Potter 'Co.;
since 1898 Pres. of the Am. Trust & Savings Bank.
PAUL, O. STENSLAND, Chicago.
Born Sandeid, Stavanger, Norway, May 9, 1847. Resi-
dent of Chgo. since 1871 : engaged in the dry goods
business until 188r>; entered the real estate and insur-
ance business, and subsequently engaged in private
banking; Sept. 15. 1891, incorporated the Milwaukee
Ave. State Bank, of which he is the Pres.
ISAAC M. PERRY, Chicago.
Born in Oneida Co., N. Y. Vice-Pres. of the Conti-
nental National Bank of Chgo. ; mem. of Union League
Club.
FRED I.. \\ I l.K. Chicago.
Born May 25, 1856, at Columbus, O. Resident of Chgo.
since 1857; Vioe-Pres. Union Trust Co. Bank; mem. of
Marquette Club.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
GEORGE: P. BAY, Chicago.
Born Vieborg, Denmark, July 9, 1830, and came to Chgo.
1852. Second Vice-Pres. Western State Bank, which
was organized in 1873 and of which he was President
during the yrs. of 1899-1900.
HELGE ALEXANDER HAUGAN, Chicago.
Born Christiania, Norway, Oct. 26, 1848. Removing to
Chgo. in 1862; in 1879 established the banking house
of Haugan & Lindgren; subsequently the State Bank of
Chgo. in 1891, of which he is the Pres.; Treas. Board
of Commissioners of Lincoln Park; Dir. Chicago Title
& Trust Co. ; mem. Union League Club.
GEORGE E. RICKCORDS, Chicago.
Born in N. Y., Nov. 29, 1845. Educated in common
schools, academy and coll.; located in Chgo. in 1869;
Pres. Security Title & Trust Co.; Pres. Lake Co. Title
& Trust Co.; mem. Union League and Marquette Clubs.
NORMAN W. HARRIS, Chicago.
Born 1846, at Becket, Mass. Removing to Cincinnati
in 1866; organized Union Central Life Ins. Co. in 1867,
of which for 14 yrs. he was Sec.; in 1882 moved to
Chgo., and the same year founded the banking house
of N. W. Harris & Co.; Trustee of the N. W. Univ.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
EDWIN G. FOREMAN, Chicago.
Born July 14, 1862. President Foreman Bros. Banking
Co. ; President Associated Jewish Charities ; Treasurer
First State Fawners' Society; Treasurer Illinois Manual
Training School Farm; Director Corn Exchange National
Bank; member of Merchants, the Standard and Bankers'
Clubs.
OSCAR G. FOREMAN, Chicago.
Born Nov. 1, 1863. Vice-Pres. Foreman Bros. Banking
Co.; Vice-Pres. Chgo. Home for Jewish Orphans; mem.
of the Standard, Union League and Bankers' Clubs.
FREDERICK WILLIAM STRAUS, Chicago.
Born in Laufersw eiler, Germany, Feb. 28, 1833. Settled
in Ligonier, Ind., 1850, and engaged in gen. merchan-
dise business until 1867; in 1868 engaged in banking
business; in 1882 located in Chgo.; in 1870 organized
the present Citizens' Bank of Ligonier, Ind.; senior mem.
lii-m of Straus Bros. & Co.. bankers. Chicago, until his
death, Feb. 9, 1898.
SIMON W. STRAUS, Chicago.
Born Ligonier, Ind., Dec. 23, 1866. Located in Chicago
with parents in 1883; engaged in business with his
father, F. W. Straus, in 1886 to 1888; went in the
banking business as Cahn & Straus in 1888 until 1894;
in 1894 to 1895 the banking business was continued
under the firm name of Straus Bros. & Co., in connec-
tion with Citizens' Bank of Ligonier, Ind. ; s.ince 1895
has been senior member of the firm of S. W. Straus
& Co., bankers and brokers, Chicago. 111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
Greenebaum Sons.
ELIAS GREENEBAUM, Chicago.
Born In Rbein Hesse, Germany, 1822. Chicago, 1848;
with Francis Clark, dry goods, until 1852; with R. K.
Swift & Co., bankers, until 1855, when he established
his own banking and real estate mortgage business.
Retired from active business in 1897.
H. I .. GREENEBAUM, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Sept. 1, 1854. Entered the banking busi-
ness in 1872 at First National Bank, Chgo.; mem. of
the banking and real estate loan firm of Greenebauuii
Sons since 1877; mem. of Standard Club.
JAMES E. GREENEBAUM. Chicago.
Born in Chgo., April 3, 1866. Entered the banking
business in 1886 with Greenebaum Sons, and in 1889
became mem. of the firm; grad. from Yale UniT. in
1886; mem. Standard Club.
M. E. GREENEBAUM, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., March 17. 1858. Entered business in.
1874; Treas. of the Security Title & Trust Co.; mem.
of the firm of Greenebaum Sons since 1878; mem. of
the Real Estate Board and of the Hamilton, \Vinnetka<
und Standard Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
\VIL,L,IAM II. COLVIN, Chicago.
Born in Coeymans. N. Y., Oct. 4, 1839. Moved to
Chgo. In 1868; retired from business in 1887; Dir.
World's Fair; died 1896.
WILLIAM H. COLVIN, Chicago.
Born In Chicago, 1871. Member N. Y. Stock Ex., N. Y.
Coffee Ex., Chgo. Board of Trade, Chgo. Stock Ex.
JAMES R. McKAY, Chicago.
Born in Lemont, 111., formerly called Athens. Located
In Chgo. in 1855; Sec., Treas. and Partner of the old
firm of Munger, Wheeler & Co. from 1860 to 1890; is
a charter Dir. of the Hibernian National Bank; a
charter mem. of the 100 charter members of the Chgo.
Club, and which he aided in organizing in 1869; James
R. McKay is the acting executor of the Munger estate.
EUGENE S. KIMBALL, Chicago.
Born at State & Jackson Sts., Chgo. Educated in Chgo.
public schools, Lake Forest Academy and Waltham.
Mass. ; upon leaving Waltham entered upon a business
career in Chgo., which has continued ever since; mem.
Kenwood Club, Kenwood Country Club, Midlothian Coun-
try Club, Chicago Athletic Club, and mem. Chgo. His-
torical Soc. and Art Inst.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
George D. Cook Co.
GEORGE DILLWYN COOK, New York:.
Born in Richmond, O., Feb. 27, 1845. Moved to Chgo.
in 1878, residing there until 1900; then moved to
N. Y. City; Pres. of the Geo. D. Cook Co. and Mexican
Mineral Itailroarl. The refunding of the Mexican Gov.
$110,000,000 gold loan, in June", 1900, was due very
largely to the efforts of Mr. Geo. D. Cook. Investment
securities.
GEORGE SHAW COOK, Chicago.
Born Mt. Pleasant, la., July 1, 1869. Moved to Chgo.
1878; made contract for first foreign loan to be placed
in U. S., 1898; Viee-Pres. Geo. D. Cook Co.; Vice-Pres.
Cafetal Carlata Co.; investment securities; mem.
Union League Club and Kenwood Country Club, Chgo.
American Club, City of Mexico.
JAMES DENSOX COOK, Chicago.
Born at Richmond, O.. June 6. 1847. Finished education
at Earlham Col., Richmond, Ind., 1863-4; married and
lived in la., 1868-78; engaged in commercial and financial
business until 1897; since ISO/ Sec. and Treys, of the
Geo. D. Cook Co., of Chgo. and N. Y., investment
securities, and Sec. Cafetal Carlota Co.; mem. of Union
League Club, Chicago, and American Club of City of
Mexico.
ARTHUR H. TURNER, New York.
Born in Saginaw, Mich., May 2, 1874. Grad. from the
Univ. of Mich. 1897; engaged in the mining business
in Mexico since 1898: Dir. in Mexican Mineral R. R.
and the Cook-Turner Co. of N. Y. ; Asst. Sec. and Treas.
of Geo. D. Cook Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
EDWARD ABEND, SR., Belleville.
Born In Germany In 1822. Came to Belleville 1833;
admitted to bar In 1842; organized the Belleville Sav-
ings Bank, 1860; was Its President for 42 years; Mayor
of Belleville for four terms; Deputy Postmaster, 1840;
Deputy County Clerk; member of the Legislature, 1848;
President of the Bellevllle-O'Fallon Railroad Company;
built Belleville Gas Works, 1856, and President of the
company.
RICHARD WAJTOKLIM, Belleville.
Born Jan. 27, 1845, in St. Clair Co., 111. In 1861-2
Deputy P. M. Belleville; In 1863 Deputy Circuit Clerk
St. Clair Co.; 1864 U. S. Volunteer Army; 1865-74
Teller In Belleville Savings Bank, and Treas. for 3
terms of the City of Belleville; 1874-9 Asst. Cashier
Belleville Savings Bank; since 1879 Cashier.
JOSEPH FUESS, Belleville.
Born In Germany, 1842. Removing to Belleville in
1857; in 1866, established the firm of Espenheim &
Fuess, now the Fuess-Fischer Co., of which he is the
Pres. ; one of the organizers of the First National Bank,
of which for 23 yrs. he was the Pres. ; served as a
soldier in the Civil War of 1861-65; mem. of G. A. R.
CASIMIR \ M»I i.. Belleville.
Born In Woellstein, near Bingen-on-the-Rhine. Nov.
15, 1840. Came to U. S. In 1858 and engaged in
mercantile business; enlisted in the army as a private
in the war of 1861-5 and mustered out a Capt. ; again
engaged in mercantile business; Cashier First National
Bank of Belleville 1874, and has since continued in this
position, except from April, 1898, to Nov., 1898, when
in command of the 4th 111. Inf. in the field.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY
WILLIAM PARKER HALLIDAY, Cairo.
Born in Rutland, Meigs Co., O., July 21, 1827. Re-
moved with parents to Centralla, 111.; began life as a
printer; subsequently a steamboat clerk, captain and
steamboat owner; located in Cairo in 1860; engaged in
business as a commission merchant; later carried on a
general merchandise business; cotton planter, lumber-
man, banker, miller and operator of coal mines; owner
of vast tracts of coal and farm lands, salt mines in 111.
and other states; pioneer lumber dealer of Cairo; Ex-
Pres. 111. Bankers' Assn.; mem. Mississippi Improve-
ment Assn.; died Chicago, Sept. 22, 1899.
EDWIN "WARNER IIALLIDAY, Cairo.
Born Chester, Ohio, May 11, 1836. Engaged in the
steamboat business until 1861: Major in Confederate
Army until May, 1865, then returned, rejoined Halli-
day Bros.; Pres. Cairo Electric Railway Co.; Pres.
Cairo Electric Light and Power Co. ; Pres. Halliday &
Phillips Wharf Boat Co.
THOMAS WYATT HALLIDAY, Cairo.
Born Pomeroy, Ohio, June 10, 1844. Removing to Cairo.
1861, entered the firm of Halliday Bros. ; Mayor of
Cairo several terms; mem. 111. State Legis. ; Cashier
City National Bank until death, Sept. 18, 1892.
SAMUEL BENNET IIALLIDAY, Cairo.
Born in Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio, July 19. 1832. Re-
moving to Cairo in 1861, and, with his brothers, organ-
ized the firm of Halliday Bros.; Vice-Pres. City Na-
tional Bank; died Dec. 1, 1868.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
H. I . M \ I.I.I it V 1 . Cairo.
Born Pomerov, Ohio, March 7, 1842. Removing to
Wayne Co., 111., 1856; Clerk from 1860 to 1862 on the
Miss, and Ohio River steamboats: entered firm of Hani-
day Bros. 1862, the firm dissolving in 1895: in 1895
formed the corporation of H. L. Halliday Milling Co.;
Ex-Pres. H. L. Halliday Milling Co.; Ex-V.-Pres. City
National Bank; Ex-Pres. Cairo City Gas Co.; died
€airo Sept. 2, 1895.
H. E. HALLIDAY, Cairo.
Born In Cairo, Aug. 8, 1872. Grad. Racine Coll., 1891;
became Pres. H. L. Halliday Milling Co. 1895; Pres. of
the Halliday Elevator Co. 1899; Dir. St. Louis and
Cairo R. R. Co.
JOHN S. AISTHORPE, Cairo.
Born Will Co., 111., Feb. 5, 1854. Public and private
school education. Came to Cairo, 1872, starting as in-
dividual bookkeeper; became Asst. Cashier in 1882, and
4s Cashier at the present time of the City National
Bank; also Treas. Enterprise Saving Bank.
ANDREW LOHR, Cairo.
Born In Prussia, Germany, Dec. 20, 1831. Came to
Cairo Oct. 20, 1857; engaged in the dairy business, and
continued in it until 1863, when he established a bot-
tling business, continuing this business until 1900, when
he retired; Dir. City National Bank; Vice-Pres. Enter-
prise Savings Bank; Pres. Cairo Tel. Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
State Savings, Loan and Trust Co.
AVJLLIAM S. WARFIELD, Qulncy.
Born in Belmont Co., O., April 24, 1836. Public school
education and Meadville Univ. ; engaged in the grocery
business in Bridgeport, O. ; located in Quincy 1866,
continuing in the grocery business until 1899; Pres.
of the First National Bank and of the State Savings,
Loan & Trust Co. at the date of their merger.
EDWARD J. PARKER, Q.uincy.
Born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 15, 1842. Educated in
the public and high schools of Hartford and Boston;
was in the City Bank of Hartford; located in Quincy,
111., in 1863, entering the banking house of L. & C. H.
Bull; from 1873 to 1879 engaged in the business of a
private banker under the name of E. J. Parker & Co. ;
in 1879 consolidated with L. & C. H. Bull, private bank-
ers, incorporating in 1890 as the State Savings Loan &
Trust Company; Cashier of the bank since then; member
of the Chicago Club.
CHARLES H. BULL, Qnincy.
Born In Hartford, Conn., 1822. Educated at the East
Hartford Academy; became a resident of Quincy in
1837, where he clerked in general store until 1844;
under the name of L. & C. H. Bull, engaged in the
hardware business with his brother; in 1861 engaged
under the same name in the banking business, and sub-
sequently organizing the State Savings, Loan & Trust
Company.
S. B. MONTGOMERY, Quincy.
Born in Rushville, 111., Oct. 28, 1849. Public and high
school education, admitted to the bar in 1872, and ip
1874 engaged in practice in Rushville; State's Atty.
1876-84; County Judge 1886: in 1884 Dir. and Vice-
Pres. of the Bank of Rushville; subsequently its Pres.;
located in Quincy in 1895, where he has since been en-
gaged in the banking business.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
HENRY F. J. RIGKEK, Quincy.
Born in Germany, Aug. 31, 1822. In 1840, with his
parents, located in Quincy, 111., and educated in the
public schools; in 1860 engaged in the private banking
business; in 1881 formed the Iticker National Bank,
and has since been its Pres.
C. C. SCHL.YTERAN, Chicago.
Cashier Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, Chicago.
GEORGE WELLS, Quiney.
Born Aug. 22, 1846, in Quincy, 111. Engaged in pork
packing in 1862-78; fruit canning in 1869-75; wholesale
and retail grocery in 1880-4; mortgage banker since
1893: Pres. Quincy & Southeastern Ry. Co.; Past Com-
mander of Knights Templar.
JAMES E. ADAMS, «juiin-> .
Born in Quincy, Jan. 15, 1848. Banker and Merchant at
Weatherford, Tex., and Post Trader, Ft. Griffin, Tex.,
1870-76: Cashier of the Bank of Edina, Mo., 1876-92;
Mayor of Edina, Mo., four yrs., and Com. U. S. Court,
Eastern Dist. of Mo., ten yrs.; now a member of the
firm of Wells & Adams; Secretary and Treas. of the
Quincy and Southeastern Electric Ry. Co. ; member of
the G. A. R. and U. V. U.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
LORENZO III 1. 1.. UN i i«-> •
Born in Hartford, Conn., March 21, 1819. Removed
to Qulncy, III., May, 1833; Ex-Pres. of the State Sav-
ings, Loan & Trust Co. of Quincy, 111.; retired from
business.
FERD LTJTHY, Peoria.
Born in New Orleans, 1852. Removed to 111. in 1853;
Pres. Merchants' Nat'l Bank; Pres. Luthy & Co., deal-
ers In farm machinery, and Dir. in the Peru Plow &
Wheel Co.
ELIOT CALLENDER, Peoria.
Born in St. Louis. Mo., March 22, 1843. Removed to
Peoria, 1859; Pres. Dime Savings Bank; Treas. Title
& Trust Co., Nat. Hotel Co., Allaire, Woodward & Co..
Cottage Hospital, all of Peoria; served through the
Civil War in the U. S. Navy.
FRANCIS WILDE LITTLE, Peoria.
Born in Dixon, 111., Aug. 26, 1859. Vice-Pres. Peoria
Gas & Electric Co.; Vice-Pres. Akron Gas Co., Akron,
O., and Dir. Audit Co. of Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
CLIFFORD M. ANTHONY, Peoria.
Born Washington, 111. Member of Banking House An-
thony & Denhart, Washington, 111., 1877-85; Cashier of
Bank of Chatsworth, 111., 1874-77; member of C. E. &
C. M. Anthony, Bankers, Peoria, 1885-91; Vice-Pies.
Anthony L. & T. Co., Peoria, 111.; 1891-98; President
since that date; Pres. Peoria Safe Deposit Co.
CHARLES E. ANTHONY, Peoria.
Born fn Washington, 111. Managing partner banking
house of Anthony & Denhart, Washington, 111., 1866-85;
President Bank of Chatswortb, 1874 to 1877; member of
the flnn of O. E. & C. M. Anthony, bankers, Peoria,
1885-91; President of the Anthony Loan and Trust Com-
pany, 1891-98; now Vice-Pres. ; Vice-President of the
Peoria Safety Deposit Company.
BERNARD CREMER, Peoria.
Born Cologne, Germany, Aug. 13, 1843. Coming to the
U. S. In 1854; resided In Watertown, Wis., 1864; re-
moving in this year to Peoria. becoming Prop, of the
German Dally Demokrat; in 1873 organized the German
Banking Co., now the German-American National Bank;
in 1876 organized and became the Pres. of the German
Fire Ins. Co.; in 1878 mem. 111. Legislature; l)ir. of the
Peoria Public Library since its organization, and for 20
yrs. its Sec.
LEONARD F. HOUGHTON, Peoria.
Born in Allegheny Co., N. Y., Nov., 1847. Removing
to 111. in 1868; engaged in lumber business in Bureau
Co., 1870-80; came to Peoria in 1880; Sec. and Treas.
of the Hanna Wagon Co., 1880-5; See. Y. M. C. A.,
1885-91; Cashier Peoria National Bank, 1891; Pres.
Peoria Clearing House Assn., 1890.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
BENJAMIN HARPER, Rock Island.
Born 1817 and died 188T.
BENJAMIN T. CABLE, Rock Island.
Born In Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 11, 1853. Member of
Congress from 111., 1890; chairman Western Branch of
the National Democratic Com., 1892.
PHIL, MITCHELL. Rock Inland.
Born in Georgetown. Ky.. Nov. 30, 1846. Removing to
Hock Island 1856: engaged in the banking business in
1863 with Mitchell & ~Lynde. and has continued ever
since in the banking business; Pres. Rock Island Plow
Co.; partner in the Rock Island Stove Co.; Pres. 111.
Rankers' Assn. 1900-01.
JOSEPH ROSENFIELD, Rock Island.
Born in Germany, Nov. 14. 1823. Located in Rock
Island in 1856; established the hide, leather and sad-
dlery hardware business of J. & M. Rosenfleld; Pres.
of the same since its incorporation; one of the organ-
izers of the People's National Bank of Rock Island;
was its Vice-Pres. for many yrs., and now its Pres.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
JOHN >l. (.oil.l), Moline.
Born at Piermont. N. H., Feb. 24, 1822. Located in
Grand de Tour, 111., In 1844, and in Moline in 1848;
with the Deere, Tait & Gould Plow Wks. until
1852; established the woodenware business of Dimock,
Gould & Co., and was its Pres. until 1898; Judge of
the Rock Island County Court 1853-7; in 1863 estab-
lished the First National Bank of Moline; from 1863
to 1867 its Cashier, and since 1867 its Pres.
JOHN S. G1LLMOIIE, Moline.
Born Athens, Ohio. Coining to 111. in early life; en-
tered the First Nat'l Bank of Moline in 1866, and has
been a Dir. and its Cashier since Jan., 1867; Cashier
of the People's Savings Bank of Moline since its organ-
ization in 1891.
THOMAS Lu FEKETE, East St. Louis.
Born Aviston, 111., April 7, 1856. Located at East St.
Louis, 1865, in the real estate, insurnnce and loan
business in 1876; Postmaster: Vice-Pres. First Na-
tional Bank; Vice-Pres. 111. State Trust Co.; Pres.
Modern Building and Savings Assn.; Pres. St. Clair
Co. Turnpike Road Co.; Pres. Donovan-Guignon Land
Title Co. : Sec. and Treas. Collir.sville. Caseyville &
East St. Louis Electric R. R. Co.; Dir. East St. Louis,
Madison &, Granite City Belt Line.
R. I.. RINAMAN, East St. Louis.
Born in Muskingum Co., O., Feb. 28, I860. Special Agt.
Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co. in 1889-97; Agent Em-
ployers' Liability Assurance Co., Ltd., and American
Surety Co. of N. Y. from Sept. 15, 1897, to Aug. 1,
1901; Mgr. of the St. Louis. Mo., office of the American
Surety Co., and Aug. 1. 1901, elected Sec. and Treas.
111. State Trust Co.: Dir. First National Bank and
Vice-Pres. Oeters Bread Co. of E. St. Louis, 111.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
HENRY SEXTON, East St. Louis.
Born Nov. 18, 1854. Pres. Southern 111. National Bank
of East St. Louis.
ANTHONY ISCH, East St. Louis.
Born at Centrevllle Station, St. Clalr Co., 111., Feb.
24. 1856. Cashier Southern 111. National Bank, and re-
sides at 437 N. 8th St., East St. Louis.
M. M. STEPHENS, East St. Louis.
Born in Waverly, Pa., Feb. 4, 1847. Engaged in the
railroad service in 1863; from 1867 to 1875 Locomotive
Engr. ; located in East St. Louis in 1869; Alderman
1878-9 and 1884-5; Mayor 1887-1902; Dir. East St. Louis
Bank, First National Bank, and Pres. East St. Louis
Trust & Savings Bank; Pres. of a company to build a
third bridge across the Miss. River; constructed Belle-
ville & East St. Louis and the Collinsville, Caseyville
& East St. Louis Electric Railways.
PALL W. ABT, East St. Louis.
Born 1845, in Germany, and came to this country in
1864, and became a resident of East St. Louis in 1873:
in 1887 was cashier of the East. St. Louis Bank; Pres.
of the First National Bank of East St. Louis since Its
organization in 1890.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
WILLIAM S. m: xi IMS i:. Aurora.
Born at Ottawa, 111., October, 1844. Vice-Pres. of the
Aurora Nat. Bunk.
WILLIAM GEORGE, Aurora.
Born in Aurora, Sept. 23. 1861. Grad. from West Au-
rora High School in 1879; student at Univ. of Iowa,
1881-3; was grad. from Union Coll. of Law, Chgo.,
in 1885; admitted to the bar of 111. In 1885, entering
practice in Aurora; Pres. of Old Second Nat'l Bank of
Aurora; Dir. in Aurora Cotton Mills and Aurora Silver
Plate Mfg. Co.; Pres. North Aurora Mill Co.; mem.
Union League and Hamilton Clubs, Chgo. ; mem. of
executive council of 111. Bankers' Assn.
N. C. SIMMONS, Aurora.
Born in Montrose, Pa., Jan. 31, 1838. Located In Au-
rora, 111., in 1857; Pres. Merchants' National Bank.
FRANK A. BRIDGE, Chicago.
Born in Elgin, June 22, 1871. From 1889 to 1894 was
with the Home Nat. Bank of Elgin; from 1894 to 1895
with New York Life Ins. Co.; in 1896 organized the
Am. Falls Water Power Co. and was its first Sec.,
and now its Vice-Pres.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
RALPH PLUMB, Streator.
Born in Chautauqua Co.. N. Y., March 29, 1816.
Moved to Hartford, O., 1820; In mercantile business
from 1838-57; mem. of Ohio Legis. from 1854-7; In
U. S. Army 1861-5; retiring with rank of Colonel;
located in 111. in 1866; laid out the city of Streator
and was Its first Mayor; mem. of Congress from 111.
1884-8; extensively engaged in railroad building in 111.
S. W. PLUMB, Streator.
Born in Streator, 111., July 14, 1874. In 1895 grad.
from Wheaton Coll., 111.; from 1896 to 1899 Dir. Union
National Bank; Vice-Pres. of the Union National Bank
since 1899.
FAWCETT PLUMB, Streator.
Born Andover, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1834. Educated at Oberlin
Coll.; Quartermaster's Clerk in army, war of 1861-5;
admitted to practice law in 111. in 1868; mem. of 111.
Senate 1874-8; Pres. Streator National Bank; from
1872 to 1901 engaged in the real estate business; Pres.
of the Streator Paving Brick Co., makers of brick.
EZRA H. BAILEY, Streator.
Born in Milford, Mass., Dec. 25, 1853. Coming to
Streator, Jan., 1874; Cashier Streator Coal Co. and the
Luther & Tyler Coal Co., to 1887; Cashier Streator Nat.
Bank, 1887-90; Cashier City Nat. Bank, 1890-92; Cashier
Union Nat. Bank since 1892 and School Treas. since
1887.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
81
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
GEORGE: n. MUJVROE, Joiiet.
Born in Brownville, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1844. Removing
to Will Co., 111., 1849; mem. firm of Geo. H. and Ed-
win S. Muuroe, real estate, mortgage loans and insur-
ance; Dir. Joiiet National Bank; Vice-Pres. Western
.Stone Co. of Chgo. ; 111. State Senate 1894-8.
GEORGE M. CAMPBELL,, Joiiet.
Born Unity, Waldo Co., Me., Jan. 5. 1848. Moved to
Joiiet, April, 1862; engaged in the stone business an!
general contracting from 1809 to date; since 1891
Vice-Pres. Joiiet Nat. Bank.
T. A. MASON, Joiiet.
Born in Hartford, N. Y.. March 14, 1846. Removing to
Joiiet, 111., Aug., 1869; Pres. Joiiet National Bank
since its organization in 1S90; mem. Township High
School Board and the Joiiet City School Board; Pres.
West Park Board.
WILLIAM M. COCHRA1VE, Joiiet.
Born in Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 25, 1849. Moved to
Watertown, N. Y., 1850, attended public schools until
15 and removed to Laporte, Ind.; organized the Lumber-
man's Bank, Michigan City, and was its cashier until
1885; organized the Joiiet Rattan &• Reed Co., at
Joiiet, in 1886, and is its Pres. and Tif-as.; Pres.
Joiiet Warehouse & Transfer Co., and Viee-Pres. Joiiet
Pure Ice Co. and Republican Printing Co.; member of
Union League and Midlothian Clubs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
C. E. WILSON, Maltoon.
Born May 1. 1849, In Greensburg, Ky. Located in
Charleston, 111., 1857; Dir. of Second National Bank of
Charleston 1876; Mayor of Charleston 1879; Cashier
First National Bank of Mattoon 1884; Pres. Mattoon
National Bank in 1887; Mayor of Mattoon 1895; Dist.
Vice-Pres. 111. Bankers' Assn. 189'2-1900.
LEWIS I.. LEHMAN, Mattoon.
Born In Germany, 1845. Came to 111. In 1861; Served in
the Union Army 1862-5; elected Circuit Clerk of Mar-
shall Co. In 1868; engaged in mercantile business in
1875; Pres. Mattoon National Bank 1880-8; Pres. First
National Bank since 1894; mem. 111. Senate 1888-92;
for 10 yrs. member City Council; Chairman of the County
Board, 6 yrs. a member: Pres. of School Board, and
for 4 yrs. Pres. of the Library Board.
ALBERT J. PERRY, Galesburg.
Born Alden, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1841. Located in Gales-
burg in 1865; at once entered the service of the C., B.
& Q. Ry. Co.; retired Jan. 1, 1873; entered the office of
the Circuit Clerk; Deputy Circuit Clerk 1874-82;
County Clerk 1882-90; since 1890 President Second Na-
tional Bank and Treas. of Knox College; Pres. of Pub-
lic Library Board.
LEON A. TOWNSEND, Galesburg.
Born Avon, 111., Oct. 13, 1854. Educated in the public
schools and Lombard Univ.; located in Galesburg in
1893; elected County Treasurer 1890-4; Cashier Farm-
ers' and Mechanics' Bank in 1895; previously engaged
in mercantile business at Herman; mem. of Board of
Supervisors 11 yrs. and Chairman 2 yrs.; elected State
Senator in 1898.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
JAMES MILL.IKIN, Decatnr.
Born in Washington Co., Pa., 1830. Attended Wash-
ington Coll. 3 yrs. ; in 1851 located in 111. ; engaged ex-
tensively in the live stock business and entered large
tracts of government land; engaged in private banking
in 1860 under name of J. Milllkin & Co.; in 1895 it
became the Millikiu National Bank, of which he is
Pres.
HARRY SHLAUDEMAN, Decatnr.
Born Nov. 11, 1865, in Decatur, 111. Pres. of the Citi-
zens' National Bank since Jan., 1900; Sec. and Treas.
of the Decatur Brewing Co.
F. W. TRACY, Springfield.
Born in Hagerstown, Md., July 21, 1833. Located in
Springfield, 111., in 1862; Pres. First National Bank;
Pres. Capitol Electric Co.; Treas. Franklin Life Ins.
Co.; Dir. of B. & O. S. W. R. R.; formerly Pres. O. &
M. R. R.
PRANK E. TRACY, Springfield.
Born Beardstown, 111., Nov. 19, 1859. Vice-Pros. First
National Bank; Pres. Sangamon Coal Co.; Asst. Treas.
Franklin Life Ins. Co.; located in Springfield in 1862.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
JOSEPH CRAWFORD, Dixon.
Born Columbia County, Pa., May 19, 1811. Came to
Dixon in 1835; appointed Deputy County Surveyor in
183G for Northwestern 111., and County Surveyor for
Ogle Co.; County Commissioner in 1841 for Lee Co.;
Surveyor for Lee County in 1839-57; mem. of 111.
Legis. 1849-50-53-54; organized the Lee County National
Bank in 1865; Mayor of Dixon 1873-4-5; Pres. City Na-
tional Bank of Dixon; died August 11, 1891.
JOSEPH W. CRAWFORD, Dixon.
Born in Dixon in 1859.
SAMUEL, C. EELLS, Dixon.
Born Walton, N. Y., 1822. Came to Dixon in 1854;
entered the banking office of Robertson, Eastman & Co.,
1855; subsequently became Robertson Eells & Co.; in
1860 Eells & Coleman; 1865 Lee County National Bank.
Jos. Crawford, Pres.. and S. C. Eells, Cashier; held
same iiosition in the City National Bank in 1885, and in
1895 elected Pres., having been the Active Mgr. since
1855.
CHARLES H. HUGHES, Dixon.
Born in Pa., Columbia Co., 1846. Removing to 111.
in 1S6S; educated at Susquehanna Univ., Pa.; elected
County Treas. of Lee Co., and 3 times elected Mayor of
Dixon; mem. of the 42d Gen. Assembly of III.: Cashier
Dixon National Bank; State Senator 1902-6.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
JAMES A. CUNNINGHAM, Hoopestoii.
Born June 22, 1843, in Vermilion Co., 111. Supervisor
Grant Township, 5 terms; Pres. Hoopeston Pair, 25
consecutive yrs. ; Mem. State Board of Agriculture;
Pres. Hamilton & Cunning-ham Bank; Pres. 111. Canning
Co.; Vice-Pres. and Director Union Can. Co.
JOHN L. HAMILTON, Hoopeston.
Born May 8, 1862, at Shipman, 111. Located in Hoopes-
ton in 1889; same year engaged in the banking
business under the firm name ot Hamilton & Cunning-
ham; Pres. of the 111. Bankers' Assn. in 1898-99, and
the Chairman of the Executive Council 111. Bankers in
1888-1000-1901; represented the American Bankers' Assn.
at London 1901; Mayor of Hoopeston from 1897 to 1901;
Chairman Fidelity Ins. Co., and mem. Executive Council
American Bankers' Assn.
THOMAS H. PIERCE, Kewaiiee.
Born Aurora, Oct. 3, 1838. Located in Kewanee in
1859. From 1864 to 1884 hardware merchant; in 1880
aided in the establishment of the Union National Bank,
and since has been its Pres.; inem. of the State Board
of Equalization 1884-1901; 111. Presidential Elector in
1900.
NELSON LAV, Ivewuuee.
Born in Saybrook, Conn., Jan. 20. 1812. Moved to Chgo.
1835; for 19 yrs. merchant in Kenosha, Wis. ; removed
to Kewanee spring of 1854; as banker and merchant
lived in Kewanee until 1865; on completion of C., B. &
Q. Uy. shipped first carload of grain out of Kewanee;
mem. of War Legis. 1863-4; from 1865 to 1882 in com-
mission business in Chgo.; since 1882 in Kewanee and
Chgo.; in 1896 celebrated 60th wedding anniversary.
General Agent Phenix Insurance Co. of New York.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
DANIEL PIERCE, Sycamore.
Born in Sullivan Co., N. Y., July 18, 1814. Engaged
in the business of a tanner In Sullivan Co. until 1855;
located In Sycamore, 111., in 1855; in 1867 engaged in
the banking business, retiring in 1893; founder of
Daniel Pierce & Co.'s bank In 1867.
EVERELL F. DUTTON, Sycamore.
Born in Sullivan Co., N. H.. Jan. 4, 1838. In 1844
came to 111., and in 1857 moved to Kansas; in 1858 re-
turned to 111.; grad. at Beloit College; Deputy County
Clerk until 1861; enlisted May 24, 1861, as a Lieut,
in the war, 1861-5; mustered out June 7, 1865, as Brig.
Gen.; in 1868, elected Clerk of the Circuit Court De-
Kalb Go.; in 1877, Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives; 1878 Clerk of the Supreme Court; Pres. Syca-
more Nat. Bank In 1884; died Sycamore, June 8, 1900.
THOMAS DUNCAN ROBERTSON, Rockford.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 4, 1818. Located
In U. S. in 1838; In 1848, in partnership with John
A. Holland, operated the first bank In Rockford; mem.
of the bar; Dlr. of the Galena and Chgo. Union Ry.;
Pres. of the Wlnnebago National Bank of Rockford;
Trustee of Rockford and Beloit Colleges; died February
4, 1902.
C. O. COLLMAN, Freeport.
Born in Germany, 1822. Removing to 111. In 1850; in
1866 engaged in farming and mercantile business;
Pres. German Bank and Pres. German Ins. Co. of
Freeport.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
WILLIAM II. HUMMER, La Salle.
Born in Easton, Pa., Oct. 8, 1850. Removing to Grand
Rapids, Mich., 1857, and to La Salle in 1877; Pres.
La Salle National Bank; Pres. Hummer & Claney Drug
Co.; Sec. and Treas. Enterprise Heat, Light &
Power Co.
JOSEPH F. GLIDDEIV, DeKalb.
Born in Charleston, N. H., Jan. 18, 1813. Came to
111. in 1842; in 1873 invented the barb wire and en-
gaged in its manufacture under the firm name of Glid-
den & Ellwood, until 1876; Prop. DeKalb Roller Mills;
Prop, of the Glidden House; Vice-Pres. DeKalb Nat'l
Bank.
THOMAS D. CATLIN, Ottawa.
Born March 12, 1838, Clinton, N. Y. Grad. Hamilton
Coll., N. Y., in 1857; Pree. Nat. City Bank of Ottawa
and State Bank of Seneca, 111.; Sec. and Treas. 111. &
Miss. Tel. Co.; Trustee Hamilton Coll. and Pres.
Board of Trustees of the Ryburn Memorial Hospital;
Pres. Macon, Dublin & Savannah R. R.
D. S. MYERS, Pontiac.
Born in Russellville, O., Feb. 10, 1858. Moved to
Pontiac, 111., in 1882; Pres. of Pontiac State Bank;
Treas. 111. State Reformatory; Treas. of La Crosse
Land Co.; Dir. of Pontiac Shoe Mfg. Co.; Dir. of
Allen Candy Co. ; Dir. Pontiac Chautauqua Assn.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
M. F. DIJNLAP, Jacksonville.
Born Dec. 9, 1857. in Jacksonville. 111. Mem. of the
firm of Dunlap, Russel & Co., bankers; Treas. of the
Democratic Nat. Com. since Apr.. 1900; Treas. of the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Illinois, since
1898; Dem. Can. for State Treas. in 189S and 1900.
DANIEL PECKHAM, Hinsdale.
Born in Newport, R. I., Jan. 1, 1851. Located in Chgo.
in 1891; Sec. and Mgr. of the National Safe Deposit Co.
FRANK HO.BLIT, Lincoln.
Born on a farm near Atlanta, 111., Nov. 1, 1839. Sub-
sequently served a clerkship in a store and bank for 2
yrs. ; engaged in general merchandising for 5 yrs. ; 1866
established the Atlanta Bank; 1878 became Pres. of the
State National Bank of Bloomington, 111., serving 4
yrs. and is still a Dir. ; 1882 bought a controlling in-
terest in the First National Bank of Lincoln, since
acting as its Cashier; serving a third term as V.-P.
111. Bankers' Assn.; Treas. and Trustee of Lincoln Coll.
BEN F. CALDWELL, Chatham.
Born near Carrollton, 111., Aug. 2, 1848. Member Board
of Supervisors, Sangamon Co., 1877-8; Chairman if
the Board, 1878; member House of Representatives of
ID., 1882-6; member of State Senate, 1890-4; elected
member 56th Congress in 1898 and re-elected to the
57th Congress in 1900; business, farmer and banker.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
89
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
GEO. H. MADDEN, Mendota.
Born In Mendota, 111., March 7, 1854. Graduated from
the University of Notre Dame 1872; engaged in the
hanking business of Madden & Goedtner, as the Ger-
mania Bank, July 1, 1877, and is still actively en-
gaged in its management; since 1894 member Illinois
State Board of Agriculture.
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WILLIAM R. XEWTOX, Yorltville.
Born in Kendall Co., 111., 1850. Has been engaged in
the banking business since 1886; Pres. of the Yorkville
Nat. Bank of Yorkville. 111.
"WILLIAM G. GREEXK, Tallnla.
Horn in Tenn. in 1812. Coming to 111. In 1822; it was
William G. Greene who sold the grocery to Lincoln &
Berry at old Salem; Lincoln & Yates were first intro-
duced by \Vm. G. Greene, and the three continued
warm friends through life; \Vm. G. Greene died in
1894.
ARTHLR E. STILAVELL, New York.
Born Oct. 21, 1859, Rochester, N. Y. Constructed Kan-
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf II. R. and the Port Arthur
Ship Canal: Ex-Pres. Kansas City. Mexico & Orient
R. R. and the Midland R. R. of Mexico.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
ALFRED L. BAKER, Chicago.
Born In Mass., April 30, 1859, and came to Chgo.
1856. Grad. from the Lynn High School, 1876; studied
law and was admitted to the l>ar at the age of 22.
In 1899 he organized the firm of Alfred L. Baker & Co..
stock brokers; Pres. of Chgo. Stk. Exchange.
JAMES HOBART MOORE, Chicago.
Born June 14, 1852, Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y. At
the age of 19 entered the banking house of N. F. Green
at Green, N. Y.; located in Chicago in 1873; in 1881
admitted to the 111. bar and engaged in the practice of
law with his brother under the style of W. H. & J. H.
Moore; in this capacity J. H. Moore, with his brother,
organized the Fraxier Lubricator Co., The Price Baking
Powder Co., The Diamond Match Co., The American
Strawboard Co. and The New York Biscuit Co., and In
all of which he is a Director.
HENRY C. REAV, Evanston.
Born April 2, 1839. From 1S39 to 1858 resided in New-
ark, N. J., and New York City; in 1858-66 engaged in
the grain business in Albany; from 1866 to 1868 in
grain business at Buffalo; from 1868 to 1883 in the grain
business in Chgo.; from 1883 to 1896 engaged in the
gas business in Chgo.; retired from business in 1896;
in 1900 built memorial library for his parents at New-
ark. N. J.
CHARLES EMORY FELTON, Chicago.
Born in Barre, Mass., Sept. 18, 1831. Grad. of Aca-
demic School, Oakum, Mass. ; Foreman in printing
office, West Killiugly, Conn., 1849; Foreman Chronicle
and Atlas, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850; Foreman and Prop,
printing house in Buffalo. N. Y., in 1852-62; Alderman
1861-62; mem. Federal Defense Com.; Supt. Peniten-
tiary at Buffalo for 9 yrs. ; Supt. House of Correction,
Chgo., 1872-90: mem. Board of Managers 111. State Re-
formatory, 1893-97.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
91
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
MARTIN A. DEVITT, Chicago.
Born April 7, 1863, West Day, Saratoga Co., N. Y.
Engaged In the banking business in Cleveland, Ohio;
came to Chgo. in 1892; mem. of firm Devitt, Tremble
& Co., bond brokers; mem. Union League Club.
SIDNEY B. TREMBLE, Chicago.
Born in Green Bay, Wis. Mem. of the firm of Devitt,
Tremble & Co., bankers and dealers in high-grade mu-
nicipal and corporation bonds.
ARTHUR W. HOWARD, Aurora.
Born Aug. 28, 1867, Kewanee, 111. Mem. of the firm
of Devitt, Tremble & Co., bankers and dealers in in-
vestment bonds, 164 Dearborn St., Chgo.
ALBERT C. FROST, Chicago.
Born March 20, 1865, at Berend, Germany. Removed to
the United States in 18.6. and to Chicago in 1892;
established the firm of A. C. Frost & Co., bankers and
dealers in municipal and railroad bonds, at 108 La
Salle St. ; is President, Director and principal stock-
holder of the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Co.; member Union League Club.
92
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
W. W. TRACV, Chicago.
Mem. of the firm of Tracy & Co., stock and bond
brokers; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, Chgo. Stock Ex-
change, and Chgo. Board of Trade; Pres. of the Lincoln
Park Board.
NEWELL, CLARK KNIGHT, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis. Apr. 25, 1862. Came to 111. 1893;
mem. Chgo. Stk. Ex. and Chgo. Board of Trade; Dir.
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Ry. and the Com-
pressed Air Co.; mem. of Onion League, Univ. and
Evanston Clubs and the Glen View Golf Club and
Evanston Country Club.
BENJAMIN R. CAHN, Chicago.
Born Aug. 26, 1862, Chgo. Cornell Univ., class of
1883; engaged in business in 1887 as a stock and
bond broker; Pres. of the Standard Club and member
of the Gov. Com. of the Chgo. Stk. Exchange; member
of the N. Y. Stock Exchange and the Chgo. Board of
Trade.
WARREN F. FURBECK, Chicago.
Born Sept. 1, 1849, at Duanesburgh, N. Y. Removing
to Chgo. in 1861; in 1863. entered the employ of First
National Bank of Chgo.: 1882, Cashier for C. T. Yerkes;
1884, Cashier First National Bank, Sioux Falls, Dakota;
1884-86, Pri. Sec. to C. T. Yerkes and Vice-Pres. North
Chgo. Street Ry. Co.; 1900. mem. of the firm of W. F.
Furbeck & Co., brokers.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
93
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
ARCHIBALD A. STEWART, Chicago.
Born Dec. 11, 1853, at Dixon, 111. Pres. Chgo. Title,
Guarantee & Trust Co.
WILLIAM B. HINCKLEY, Chicago.
Born In Galesburg, 111., Sept. 6, 1867. Moved to Chgo.
in 1878; grad. Phillips Exeter Academy 1887; Harvard
Univ. 1890; Manager Northwestern Dept. American Real
Estate Co. of New York since 1892; resides at Hinsdale.
111.
BERT CLARK, Chicago.
Representing King-Hodenpyl & Co., Bankers,
with Farson, Leach & Co.
formerly
H. M. McINTOSH, Chicago.
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1856. Engaged in mer-
cantile pursuits in England for 8 yrs. ; located in Amer-
ica in 1877, engaging in the banking aud mercantile
business in Mich.; removed to Minneapolis in 1880.
continuing in the mercantile business; in 1884 engaged
in. the real estate and investment business, locating in
1S90 in Chgo. ; Pres. American International Fuel and
Petroleum Company, American Petroleum Company, the
Producers' Dispatch Transportation Company, and the
Producers' Fruit Company.
94
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
LEWIS AVI I, MA .11 PITCHER, Chicago.
Born Nov. 13, 1848, Port Byron, N. Y. In 1864 enlisted
Co. F, 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery; served with Generals
Grant and Sheridan In many Important engagements
until the close of the war; located In Chgo. In 1872;
Sec. Am. Guaranty Co.
JAMES J. TOWNSEND, Chicago.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa. Located In Chgo. in 1880;
engaged in the business of banker and broker; mem.
N. Y. Stock Exchange, Chgo. Stock Exchange, Chgo.
Board of Trade; mem. C. A. A. and Washington Park
Club.
GRANGER FARWELL, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Banker and broker; mem. of the Chgo.
Stk. Exchange and the N. Y. Stk. Exchange.
ALBERT A. MUNGER, Chicago.
Born Jan. 23, 1845. Died Aug. 26. 1898. Gave $200,000
in paintings to the Art Inst. of Chgo., and $200,000 to
charitable Inst. of Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
95
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
DAVID J. KENNEDY, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Engaged in the business of broker,
handling industrial bonds and securities; mem. Chgo.
Real Estate Board and Union League Club.
CHARLES C. H1CISEN, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Sept., 1854. Came to Chgo. and en-
gaged in the investment business on Dearborn St. in
1886; erected the Como, Monou, Manhattan, Star and
other buildings; mem. Union League, C. A. A. and Golf
Clubs.
THOMAS LYNCH, Chicago.
Born Feb. 20. 1864. Formerly a mem. of H. H. Shu-
feldt & Co., distillers; mem. Board of Trade and Stock
Exchange, Chicago.
C. D. KNAPP, JR., New York.
Born in Bradford, Chickasaw Co., la., NOT. 17, 1872.
Came to Chicago 1898; engaged in the Casualty Insur-
ance aud Banking business from 1892 to 1902; senior
member firm C. D. Knapp, Jr., & Co., Chicago and New
York, Bankers, Investment Securities.
96
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY.
JESSE: GUSTAVUS KING, Chicago.
Born June 13, 1841, In Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Remov-
ing to 111. in 1852; engaged in farming until 1861;
served in Army of Tenn. for over 3 yrs. ; a resident of
Chgo. since 1865; engaged for 10 yrs. in the ins. busi-
ness, and since with the Bradstreet Co. as Supt. of its
Chgo. office.
GEORGE: SCHNEIDER, Chicago.
Born in Pirmaseus, Renish Bavaria, Dec. 13, 1823.
Caine to America in 1849; in 1876 was Minister to
Switzerland: previously was Consul to Denmark; ap-
pointed by President Lincoln first Collector of Internal
Revenue of Illinois: organized the National Bank of
Illinois in 1871 and mad« its President; Dir. World's
Columbian Exposition and member of the Committees
ou Ways and Means and the Press and Printing.
ERNEST HAMMOND EVERSZ, Chicago.
Born at Oberlin, O. Came to Chgo. in 1888; grad. from
N. W. Univ. in 1895; has been in bond broker business
since 1895, and is the local representative of Messrs.
Redmond, Kerr & Co., bankers, of New York, with
offices on ground floor 232 La Salle St., Chicago.
JOSEPH R. WILKINS, Chicago.
Born in Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 17. 1841. Engaged in
the stock brokerage business in 1866; located in Chgo..
May, 1882; Chairman of the Chgo. Stock Exchange, and
subsequently its Sec. ; mem. Union League, Washiujrtou
Park, Saddle and Cycle Clubs and Wheaton Golf Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
97
HOTELMEN.
WILLIAM >i. KNIGHT, Chicago.
Trop. of the Briggs House.
C. HENRY FOSGATE, Quiiicy.
Born In Sioux Falls, Dakota, 1872. Public school edu-
cation; entered the hotel business at Portage, Wis.,
with his father, under the name of Corning House, then
engaged In the hotel business first at Elgin, 111., operat-
ing the Kelley and Merchants' Hotels; subsequently
opened the Hotel Fosgate at Elgin, of which he con-
tinues the Prop.; since Oct. 15, 1900, Prop, of "Hotel
Newcomb, Qulncy; he Is a Mason, Elk and K. of P.
WILL O. CLARK, Ottawa.
Born In Lynn, Mass., Jan. 18, 1844. Been Identified
with the hotel business in Hock Island. Charleston.
Mattoon, Bloomir.gton, Springfield, Bushnell, Peoria and
Ottawa for the past 40 yrs. ; was in the Union Army,
war 1861-5; represented Peoria Co. in the 38th Gen.
Assembly of 111.; Commissioner of Public Works of
Peoria for 2 yrs.; Proprietor of Clifton Hotel, Ottawa.
S. L. FRIEDY, Freeport.
Born In Quincy, Pa., In 1863. Removing to Freeport
in 1889; until 1890 Mgr. of the Clifton Hotel; for-
merly Prop. Avenue Hotel. Madison, Wls., and now
Prop. lire water Hotel; uieiu. of the Hotelinen's Assn.
98
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
HOTELMEN.
JOHN McCREERY, Springfield.
Born in Rochester, N. Y., April 15, 1832. Removed to
Will Co. in 1845, and to Springfield in 1857, where he
engaged in business of stove peddling and general
household furnishings; in 1860 bought the St. Nicholas
Hotel; Mayor of Springfield 1881-3-4; Pres. of Commis-
sion in 1885 to complete the State Capitol, and Pres.
of the Sangamon Co. Agricultural Board and the Spring-
field Business Men's Assn. at various times.
JOHN H. McCREERY, Springfield.
Born Oct. 4, 1862, Springfield, 111. Grad. from Spring-
field High School, and since has been the Mgr. of the
St. Nicholas Hotel: for 15 yrs. was Quartermaster of
the 5th Reg., I. N. G.; subsequently Commissary of
the 2d Brigade, I. N. G.
CHARLES >l<-H I «. II. Rock Island.
Born in Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1863. Removing to
111. in 1867 and to Rock Island in 1881; mem. of the
firm of Montrose & McHugh. props, of Harper House,
Rock Island, and the National Hotel, Peoria. 111.; has
been identified with the operation of the Harper House
since 1881, with the exception of the years 1891-5,
when he was engaged in the brokerage business.
ANDREW CUMMINGS, Chicago.
Born Port Henry, Essex Co., N. Y. Moved to Chgo.
in 1863 and engaged in the hotel business, establish-
ing in 1856 the present Thomson's restaurants, of which
he is prop.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
99
INSURANCE.
JOHN S. BARKER, Evanston.
Born in Toledo, O., March 15, 1858. Educated at Ra-
cine Coll. Entered into business in Toledo as a Grain
Com. Merchant until 1878. and as a wholesale coal
merchant until 1891. Removed to Wis. to become Mgr.
for Mass. Mutual Life and since 1896 as Mgr. of the
New York Life in Chicago.
l M \ M I :i SYL.VAIN HEYMAN, Chicago.
Born June 12, 1855, New Orleans, La. Removing to
111. Feb. 28, 1879; engaged in mercantile business until
1892; Special Executive Agt. connected with the New
York Life Ins. Co. ; mem. of Lakeside and Standard
Clubs.
MORRIS WEIL, Chicago.
Born In Milwaukee, Sept. 5, 1854. Located in Chgo.
in 1881 as Gen. Agt. for the New York Life Ins. Co.;
1st Pres. of the $200,000 Club of the New York Life
Ins. Co. in 1897; uiem. Standard and Lakeside Clubs.
THEODORE WEIL, Chicago.
Born in Alsace, Germany, Feb. 13, 1853. In 1880 en-
tered the service of the New York Life Ins. Co. as Gen.
Agt. for Milwaukee; in 1881 filled a similar position
with this company in Chgo.; mem. of Standard, Lake-
sid-e and Hamilton Clubs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
INSURANCE.
CHARLES H. FERGUSON, Chicago.
Born in Oswego. N. Y. Removing to Chgo. in 1862; 25
yrs. Mgr. for Chgo., Cook Co. and State of Illinois for
the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. ; Ex-Pres. of Na-
tional Assn. of Life Underwriters, and Ex-Pres. of
Chgo. Life Underwriters' Assn.; died in 1901.
JAMES LARNARD FERGUSON, Chicago.
Born in Norwood, Mich., Nov. 5, 1874. Formerly of
Chas. H. Ferguson & Sons, Gen. Agts. of the Mutual
Life; now Gen. Agt. for Northern 111. of The Prudeniial
Ins. Co. of America.
CHARLES H. FERGUSON, JR., Chicago.
Born in Chgo, Aug. 15, 1878. Formerly with Chas. H.
Ferguson & Sons, Gen. Agts. of the Mutual Life Ins.
Co.; now a stock man in Norwood, Michigan.
FRANK P. MANLY, Chicago.
Born in Rushford, Minn., May 28, 1865. Located in 111.
in 1889; grad. Northern Ind. Coll. 1889; School Prin-
cipal 1889 to 1892; attended N. W. Univ.; engaged in
the "life insurance business in 1894; Western Special
Agt. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
101
INSURANCE.
ALONZO WESTON IvlMBALL, Kvanston.
Born In Berkshire Co., Mass., March 7, 1844. From
1884 to 1894 was Asst. Supt. of the N. W. Mutual Life
of Milwaukee at Milwaukee; on Sept. 1, 1894, was ap-
pointed Gen. Agt. for 111., with offices in Chgo. of this
company; Klmball & Norton now Gen. Agts.
BERNARD GOLDSMITH, Chicago.
Born May 19, 1842, in Germany. Coming to this coun-
try In childhood; engaged in mercantile business In
Milwaukee until 1896; since 1896, Mgr. for 111. and
Ind. of the Germania Life Ins. Co. of N. Y.
"WILLIAM D. W If MAN. Chicago.
Born April 24, 1859, Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. Educated
in common school and grad. from Colby Academy of
New London, N. H., 1880; located in Chgo. in 1883;
1883-5 Solicitor Mass. Mutual; Gen. Agt. Mass. Mutual
1885-89; since 1889 Manager for 111. of the Berkshire
Life Ins. Co.
E. H. CARMACK, Chicago.
Born in Monongahela, Washington Co., Pa., July 10,
1852, Gen. Agt. of State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of
Worcester, Mass.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
INSURANCE.
ISAAC MILLER HAMILTON, Chicago.
Born Iroquois Co., Sept. 6, 1864. Gen. Merchant 1881;
Banker 1884; Lawyer 1889; State Senator 1896; Pres.
111. Republican League 1898; Pres. National Republican
League 1900; Pres. Federal Life Ins. Co. 1900.
GEORGE W. RIGGS, Chicago.
Born Mlcanopy, Fla., April 16, 1861. Entered the em-
ploy of the New York Life Ins. Co., Jan., 1884; ap-
pointed Agency Mgr. July, 1892; made Vice-Pres. and
Gen. Mgr. of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of 111. Jan.,
1902.
HENRY ABELS, Springfield.
Born In Jasper Co., 111.. Feb. 19, 1867. Removed to
Springfield in 1881; In 1883 took position in the office
of the then Secretary of State; later acting as Sec. to
Gov. Jos. W. Fifer; subsequently entered the life in-
surance business, and in 1898 was made Auditor of the
Franklin Life Ins. Co.; in 1901 he was advanced to the
position of Secretary of this company.
LAKE W. - \ Miou \. Galesburg.
Born Jan. 10, 1845, Brinfield, 111., and located at Gales-
burg In 1851; enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1861-5;
engaged in insurance business in 1867; organized the
Mechanics' Homestead and Loan Assn. 1882: Trustee
Lombard Univ.; Dir. Second National Bank; mem.
Post 45, G. A. R., and a Knight Templar.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
103
INSURANCE.
Traders' Insurance Co.
EBEXEZER BUCKINGHAM, Lake Forest.
Born at Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1829. Grad. Yale
Coll., 1848, removing to Chgo., Nov., 1859, and en-
gaged in grain storage from Oct.. 1866, until Dec., 1891 ;
Pres. Traders' Insurance Company from 1883 to 1902;
Pres. Northwestern National Bank from Aug., 1890, until
consolidation with Corn Exchange National and America
National Banks, Sept. 15, 1900.
ROBERT JORDAN SMITH, Chicago.
Born in St. Clair Co., 111., July 12, 1837. Educated at
Shurtleff Coll.; early life spent In Red Bud, 111., where
he was Teacher. Postmaster, Justice of the Peace and
Local Agent; engaged for a time in the office of the
"Belleville Democrat;" for 27 yrs. Secretary of the
Traders' Insurance Company; died January 8, 1901.
S. A. ROTHERMEL, Chicago.
Born New Berlin, Pa., Jan. 1, 1849. Asst. Sec. of the
Traders' Fire Ins. Co. in 1888, and elected its Sec.
In 1901, and in the continuous service of this company
for 28 yrs.; Pres. of the Town of Cicero in 1890; Pres.
of the Chgo. Underwriters' Assn. 1891-92.
LOUIS HASBROUCK, Chicago.
Born March 24, 1857, Alligerville, N. Y. Mem. of the
firm of Rothermel & Hasbrouck, and the Mgr. for Cook
Co. of the Traders Ins. Co. ; has been Identified with
the fire ins. business since 1873.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
INSURANCE.
I. S. BL.ACKWELDER, Morgan Park.
Born in Montgomery Co., 111. County Clerk Montgomery
Co. from 1861 to 1865; merchant from 1866 to 1867;
special agent and adjuster for fire insurance companies
from 1868 to 1881; Mgr. Western Dept. of Niagara Fire
Ins. Co. of N. Y. in Chicago since 1881.
J. H. M:M:II \ V Chicago.
Born in Dubuque, la., Nov. 15, 1852. Removing to
Chgo. in 1887; State Agt. for 111. of the North American
and Pa. Fire Ins. Cos.; in 1892 Special Agt. Palatine
Ins. Co.; in 1898 Asst. Mgr. North British and Mer-
cantile Ins. Co. : in 1899 Asst. Gen. Agt. Phenix Ins.
Co. of N. Y.; 1900 Gen. Agt. Phenix Ins. Co. of N. Y.
JAMES W. NYE, Chicago.
Born May 30, 1848, at Randolph, N. Y. Attended old
Univ. of Chgo.; engaged in the service of A. & G. R.
Keep at Lockport, N. Y., retail store; located in Chgo.
in 1867, entering the employ of Miller Bro. & Keep,
wholesale hardware; 1870 entered the service of Hibbard
& Spencer, Chgo., and was a Director of this company
when incorporated; in 1892 engaged in the insurance
business; entered the firm of Ducat & Lyon in 1897,
general fire ins. agts.
AMOS J. HARDING, Chicago.
Born Marion Co., Ohio, May 2, 1839. In 1856 grad. at
Ohio Cent. Coll.; in 1857 emigrated to Nebr.; in 1861
enlisted as a private, and mustered out as a Captain,
in the Civil War of 1861-5; Special Agt. Home Ins. Co.
of N. Y., 1868 to 1871; Adjuster Phenix Ins. Co.,
1871-5; removed to Chgo., 1875; Mgr. Springfield F. &
M. Ins. Co. of Mass, from Jan. 1, 1876.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
105
INSURANCE.
R. S. CH1TCHELL, Chicago.
WILLIAM S. WARREN, Chicago.
Born May 10, 1848. Located in Chgo. In 1866, entering
the service of the Liverpool & London & Globe Fire
Ins. Co.; resident Sec. of this Co. since Jan. 31, 1893.
CHARLES E. 1M>\. Chicago.
Born in Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 11, 1861. Engaged
in the fire insurance business with the Continental Ins.
Co. and the Phoenix of Brooklyn, in Atlanta, Ga.;
Gen. Agt. for the Southern States for 10 yrs. of the
Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc. ; now Mgr. of the West-
ern Dept. of the Orient Ins. Co. and London & Lanca-
shire Fire Ins. Co.
JOHN P. HLBBLE, Wheaton.
Born April 3, 1860, at Springfield, Mo. Educated at
Drury Coll. and Washington Univ. of St. Louis, Mo.,
attending the law dept.; for 15 yrs. was a special agent
and adjuster for different ins. cos.; Sept. 11, 1899.
was appointed the Gen. Agt. of the Western Dept. of
the Greenwich Ins. Co. of New York; niem. of the
Union League Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
INSURANCE.
WILLIAM E. ROLLO, Chicago.
Born in Hebron, Conn., 1821. Located in Chgo. in 1859;
Western Gen. Agt. Girard Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of
Philadelphia, Pa., for 40 yrs.; in 1862 organized the
Marchants' Ins. Co. of Chgo.; in 1871 organized the
Traders' Fire Ins. Co. of Chgo.; died May 13, 1901.
WILLIAM F. ROLLO, Chicago.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1860. A resident of
Ctgo. since 1861; Gen. Agt. of the Girard F. & M. Ins.
Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.; mem. of C. A. A., Hamilton
and Illinois Clubs.
METELLUS L. C. FUNKHOUSER, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1864. Removing to Chgo.
in 1883, engaged in general ins. as the firm of Mont-
gomery & Funkhouser; Vice-Pres. Farmers & Mer-
chants Ins. Co. of Lincoln, Neb.; in 1898, engaged in
Spanish-American War as Capt. Co. K, First Inf., 111.
U. S. V.: detailed Acting Ast.. Adj. Gen., First Bri.,
3d Div., 5th Army Corps; now Maj. 1st Inf., I. N. G. ;
Director Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank, Lin-
HENRY CLAY EDDY, Chicago.
Born in Providence, R. I., 1848, and came to 111. in
1884; Resident Sec. of the Western Dept. of the Com-
mercial Union Assurance Co. of London, and Palatine
Ins. Co. of London: since the age of 16 has been engaged
in the fire insurance business.
coin, Neb.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
107
INSURANCE.
\ IMH.IMI l,or.H. < h i.-iiuo.
Born In Germany, March 9, 1839. Removing to U. S.
when a boy; public school education and grad. from
High School; engaged In Insurance business at Mem-
phis, Tenn.; came to Ohgo. in 1873, where he has con-
tinued in the insurance business; head of the firm of
Adolph Loeb & Son as U. S. Mgrs. of North German
Fire Ins. Co. of Hamburg, and Transatlantic Fire Ins.
Co. of Hamburg; Pres. of Chgo. Sinai Cong.
MOO A. LOEB, Chicago.
Born June 20, 1867, Memphis, Tenn. Removing to Chgo.
Sept., 1873; grad. from public schools 1880; inern. of
the firm of Adolph Loeb & Son, fire Ins. underwriters,
and Asst. U. S. Mgr. of the North German and Trans-
atlantic Fire Ins. Cos. of Hamburg; Chairman of Re-
lief & Labor Com. of the United Hebrew Charities and
Chgo. Trustee of the National Jewish Hospital for Con-
sumptives at Denver, Colo.
JOHN PRINDIVILM3, Chicago.
Born in County Kerry, Ireland, Sept. 7, 1825. Located
in Chgo. in 1837; has always been engaged in Marine
business; Master of first American vessel to go through
the St. Lawrence River for Europe; first Commodore of
the Chgo. Yacht Club; mem. of the Cbgo. Board of
Trade since 1858.
EDWARD G. HALLE, Chicago.
Born in Leipsic, Germany, Jan. 5, 1844. At 22 became
a resident of the U. S. ; engaged In the Insurance busi-
ness In Minn, with the Germania Fire Ins. Co.: in 1874
removed to Milwaukee as the State Aj*t. ; in 1883 ap-
pointed Western Mgr., with offices in Chgo.; is a Chev-
alier of the Order of the Crown of Germany, conferred
by Emperor William II.; mem. and Pres. Board of
Education from 1891 to 1898; Col. on Governor's Staff;
mem. of the Union League; founder of the Germania
Club.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
INSURANCE.
1VARREN F. GOODWIN, Chicago.
Born Nov. 16, 1857. Mem. of the firm of Goodwin,
Hall & Henshaw, Mgrs. of Western Dept. of a number
of fire Ins. companies, and general fire underwriters.
THEO. W. LETTON, Chicago.
Born Scott Co., la., July 23, 1840. Removing to Qutncy,
111., in 1842; Ad], of the 50th 111. Inf. in the war of
1861-5; appointed U. S. Mgr. Prussian National Fire
Ins. Co. of Germany in 1891.
CHARLES H. BARRY, Chicago.
Born Nov. 15. 1857, at Alton, 111. Became a resident
of Chgo. in 1879; grad. of the Univ. of 111.; Mgr. West-
ern Dejit. the Pa. Fire Ins. Co. of Philadelphia.
CHARLES D. DUNLOF, Chicago.
Born in Lexington, Mo. In 1895 came to Chgo. as Mgr.
of the Providence Washington Insurance Co. and since
has been engaged in the fire insurance business.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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INSURANCE.
JOHN JONES muNK Kit imi I Springfield.
Born at Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 20, 1848. Graduate Pa.
Coll., 1869, and removed to Springfield, 111., in 1869;
graduated Albany Law School. 1873; now actuary In the
insurance dept. of 111.; Sec. Nat. Convention of Ins. Com-
missioners; member Actuarial Soc. of Am.
CHARLES P. SKINNER, Moline.
Born In Rock Island In June, 18TO. Grad. from Gene-
seo Collegiate Inst., Geneseo, 111., 1889; Dir. Moline
National Bank, Moline State Savings Bank and First
National Bank.
F. M. GUND, Freeport.
Born in Freeport, 111., Nov. 18, 1871. Asst. Sec. Ger-
man Ins. Co. of Freeport; Sec. Business Men's Assn.
of Freeport.
BRICE A. MILLER, Chicago.
Born In Coleraine, Ireland, 1838. Came to U. S. in
1844, and located in Chgo. in 1849; grad. from the Chgo.
Central High School in 1860; in the dry dock business
since 1861; Treas. of Miller Bros. Dry Dock Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
VICTOR LAWSON, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Sept. 9, 1850. Public school education;
gracl. In 1869 from the Chgo. High School; grad. from
Phillips Academy and Cambridge Univ. ; Publisher of
"The Skandinaven;" In 1876 purchased interest in
"Dally News" and became Its business manager; In 1888
became the sole proprietor of "The Dally News" and
"Record;" mem. of the Board of Directors World's Co-
lumbian Exposition.
ROBERT W. PATTERSON, Chicago.
Born Chicago, Nov. 30, 1850. Grad. at Williams Coll.
1871; Sub-Editor "Chicago Interior" 1872; became con-
nected with "Chicago Tribune" 1873; Editor-in-Chief
and Gen. Mgr. since death of Mr. Joseph Medill, its
founder, March 16, 1899.
•WILLIAM PENN NIXON, Chicago.
Bern in Newport, now Fountain City, Ind. Located in
Chgo. 1872; Mgr. "Inter-Ocean" 1872-6, subsequently
becoming Editor-in-Chief and Gen. Mgr.; delegate at
large to Republican National Convention at St. Louis
in 1896; appointed Collector of the Port of Chgo. by
Pres. McKinley.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
Ill
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
Record-Herald.
FRANK BRETT NOYES, Chicago.
Born In Washington, D. C., July 7, 1863. Treas. and
Mgr. of the Washington Evening Star until 1001; since
1893 Dir. and Mem. of the Executive Com. of the Asso.
Press; since 1900 Pres. of the Asso. Press; Editor and
Publisher of the Chgo. Record-Herald since 1901.
ALEXANDER AGNEW MeCORMICK, Chi-
cago.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 21, 1863. Located in
Chgo. in 1888; from 1888 to 1895 in the publishing dept.
of A. C. McClurg & Co.; 1895-98 Business Mgr. of the
Chgo. Evening Post; 1898 until 1901 Gen. Mgr. of
Times-Herald and Chgo. Evening Post; since April 1,
1901, Sec. and Gen. Mgr. of the Chgo. Record-Herald;
Vice-Pres. Civil Service Reform Assn.; 1st Vice-Pres.
Union League Club 1902, and Vice-Pres. American
Newspaper Publishers' Assn. ; Pres. Merchants' Club
1902.
C. McAULIFF, Chicago.
Born in Sept., 1850, Ireland. Came to U. S. Oct.,
1864; one of the founders of the Chgo. Mail in 1883;
Night Editor Chgo. Herald 1887-90; Mgn. Editor Chgo.
Evening Post 1890-95; since 1895 Mgn. Editor of the
Times-Herald and Record-Herald, Chgo.
GERALD PIERCE, Chicago.
Born in Valparaiso, Ind., July 10, 1863. Located in
Chgo. in 1873; grad. Chgo. High School; in 1885 located
in Dakota; from 1888-9 Asst. Territorial Treas. and
Sec. of the State Agricultural Assn., and Delegate
to the National Convention in 1892; 1893-98 with
the Minneapolis Tribune; since 1898 Business Mgr.
of Times-Herald and Evening Post; mem. of Calu-
met, Press Club. Atlas and One O'Clock Club, the
C. A. A.. Midlothian, Golf Club, Loyal Legion and
Army of Tenn.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
Chicago Chronicle.
HORATIO W. SEYMOUR, Chicago.
Born Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1854. Learned printers' trade
In offices of "Kacine (Wis.) Advocate" and "Journal;"
City Editor "Milwaukee News" 1873-5; Telegraph Ed-
itor 1875-9: Night Editor 1879-83; "Chicago Times."
editorial writer. 1883-7; Editor and Mgn. Editor 1888-95
"Chicago Herald;" upon consolidation of the "Times"
and "Herald," 1895, became Publisher of the "Chicago
Chronicle," of which he assumed the editorship in 1900.
LESTER I . JONES, Chicago.
Born in Canfleld, O., June 14, 1865. Came to Chgo. in
1879; from 1890-95 mem. on the staff of the Chgo.
Herald, and since 1895 with the Chgo. Chronicle in the
capacity of Auditor, Business Mgr. and Publisher.
FRANK ELLIS ROWLEY, Chicago.
Born Oct. 27, 18(59, Racine, Wis. Located in Chgo. in
1879; grad. from Chgo. public schools in 1883; attended
the Univ. of South Dakota and Rochester, N. Y.; en-
gaged in newspaper work in Vermilion, S. D., Roches-
ter, N. Y., and Chgo., 111.; Mgn. Editor of the Chgo.
Chronicle.
WALTER S. GATES, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, June 30, 1843. Moved to Rock Island,
111., 1857. Removed to Chicago in 1861; returned to
Rock Island in 1863; in 1873 returned to Chicago; en-
gaged in book and stationery business in Rock Island
15 yrs. ; with the Western News Co., Chicago, 18 yrs.;
Chicago Herald 3 yrs. ; Chicago Chronicle 7 yrs. ; Gen.
Supt. of the Chicago Chronicle; resides at Evanston.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
Inter Ocean.
GEORGE \V. HINMAN, Chicago.
Born Nov. 19, 1863. Grad. from Hamilton Coll., N. Y.,
In 1884, and from Heidelberg, Germany, In 1888; en-
gaged in newspaper work on "New York Sun" in 1888;
in 1897 became Editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean; ac-
quired control of Inter Ocean property in 1901.
I.. H. BICKFORD, Chicago.
Born in Menlo, la., April 18, 1872. Began newspaper
service in Leadville, Colo.; Editor of the "Denver
Times" and "Colorado Sun" 1896-8; located in Chgo.
in 1899; Managing Editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
CHARLES W. GRAY, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14, 1870. Moved to Chi-
cago in 1879; grad. from West Division Iligh School
In 188S; since 1888 connected with the Chicago Inter
Ocean; Treas. of the Inter Ocean.
ALBERT C. PHILLIPS, Chicago.
Born Sept. 4, 1871. Grad. from Columbia Univ. in 1891;
on the staff of the "New York Sun" 1894-8; "Inter
Oceau" 1898; Managing Editor In 1900; Business Man-
ager 1902.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
JOHN CHARLES SHAFFER, KvaiiMoii.
Born In Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1853. Located In
Chgo. In 1874; Prop, and Publisher of the Chgo. Even-
ing Post since April 1, 1901.
JOHN EDWARDS WRIGHT, Chicago.
Born in Toulon, 111., Oct. 14, 1862. Grad. from Univ.
of 111. in 1885; located in Chgo. in 1885; Reporter and
Telegraph Editor Daily News 1885-90; City Editor
Chgo. Evening Post in 1891-1901; Pres. Chgo. Press Club
1900-01; at present Managing Editor of Chgo. Evening
Post.
HUGH W. MONTGOMERY, Chicago.
Publisher of the "Chicago Tribune."
WILLIAM K. McKAY, Chicago.
Born in New Orleans, La., in 1870. Engaged in news-
paper work in Dubuque, la., at the age of If. as Ad-
vertising Solicitor, and became Manager of the Adver-
tising Dept. ; 4 yrs. later City Editor of the Dubuque
Herald; Jan., 1894, Reporter on the Chicago Mail, and
subsequently City Editor; April, 1895, Asst. City Edi-
tor Chicago Times-Herald, and subsequently News Ed-
itor; 1900 with the Chicago American; since Sept., 1900,
Managing Editor of the Chicago Journal.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
FRITZ GLOGAUER, Chicago.
Born July 15, 1857, in Germany. Came to U. S. in
1877 and to Chgo. in 1889; established the "Abend-
post."
CHRISTOPH A. L.ORENTZ, Chicago.
Born Oldersum, Germany, May 7, 1858. Came to Amer-
ica in 1885, and to Chgo. in 1887; Sec. of The Abendpost
Co., publishers of the "Abendpost" and "Sonntagpost."
HARVEY L,. GOODAL.L,, Chicago.
Born Lunenburg, Vt., in 1836. Treas. of Howe's &
Gushing' s Circus, and visited London in 1852; in 1859
established and edited the N. Y. Daily Transcript;
a soldier in the Civil War of 1861-5 in the 2d 111.
Cav.; in 1869 established the Daily Sun, and in 1873
the Chgo. Drover's Journal, each of which publications
he owned and published at the time of his death,
March 28, 1900.
ASHLEIGH C. HALLIWELL,, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1861. Located in Cbgo. in
1877; Pres. of the Halliwell & Baum Co., publishers of
the Chgo. Daily Live Stock World; Dir. Chgo. Live
Stock Exchange for 3 yrs.; served as printers' "devil,"
reporter and editor, successively, of the Daily Drovers'
Journal for more than 23 yrs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
"WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chicago.
Born in Oswego, N. Y., Nov., 1854. Sunday Editor of
the Chicago Record-Herald.
FRANCIS R. VAN HAMM, Chicago.
Born 1849. With the Chgo. Herald 1884-96; Chgo.
Chronicle since 1890.
AUGUST F. PORTMAN, Chicago.
Born Aug. 31, 1852. In the service of the Chgo. Trib-
une 1872-8; Chgo. Telegraph 1878-81; Chgo. Herald 1881-
91; Chgo. Evening Post 1891-3; Chgo. Times 1893-4;
Alderman 1896-8; since 1899 Chgo. Chronicle.
CHARLES P. KNILL, Chicago.
Born in Detroit, Dec. 18, 1865. Removing to Chgo. in
1884; for 15 yrs. with the "Chgo. Tribune" as Cashier
and Advertising Mgr. ; Mgr. of local advertising of
"Hearst's Chgo. American."
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
117
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
DANIEL MINER LORD, Chicago.
Born Newton Corner, Mass.. Sept. 29, 1844. Engaged
in the shipping business during the war of the Rebel-
lion; came to Chgo. Oct., 1868; since this time has
been engaged in the newspaper advertising business.
now under the firm name of Lord & Thomas; Dir. of
the C. A. A. and for one term its Pres.
HALLIDAY WITHERSPOON, Chicago.
Born Memphis, March 13, 1862. Educated public
schools, Louisville, Ky. ; established St. Joseph Journal
of Commerce, St. Joseph, Mo.; Louisville Journal of
Commerce, and Southern Industrial Review, Louisville.
Ky. ; publisher of business books of practical utility;
publisher of Men of Illinois and for over fifteen years
connected with Chicago newspapers.
JOHN McGAN GLENN, Chicago.
Born iu Ft. Wayne, Ind., and raised in Monmouth, 111.
Came to Chgo. in 1886; Ex-Sec. Civil Service Com.; for-
merly on the Inter-Ocean, Tribune and Times-Herald
newspapers; Sec. of the 111. Mfgrs. Assn.
JAMES ELLIOTT DEFEBAUGH, Chicago.
Born in Williamsburg, Pa., March 28, 1854. Pres. and
Editor of the American Lumberman; mem. Union
League, Midlothian, Country, Press Clubs and the Mer-
cantile Club of St. Louis.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
HENRY P. DONOVAN, Chicago.
Born Aug. 8, 1858. Whitby, Ont., Canada. Parents
came to Chgo. when he was an infant; 1873 reporter
on Chgo. Journal; 1888 political editor Chgo. Times;
from 1883-7 and 1893-4 Pres. Cook Co. Board of Edu-
cation: charter member in 1880 Chgo. Press Club; in
1882 Dep. Co. Clerk; 1885 Supt Postoffice; 1893, Col. and
Inspector Gen., I. N. G. and Gas Inspector of Chgo.;
1896 Delegate of Nat. Democratic Convention; since
1889 publisher of the Chgo. Eagle.
JOSEPH 1IRLCKER, Chicago.
Born in Ischl, Austria, Oct. 30, 1849. Came to D. S.
and located in Milwaukee in 1871; located in Chgo. in
1891; education common school, academic and univer-
sity; employed first in a book store, and later a teacher
in Milwaukee; Editor and Proprietor "Der Freudenker,"
"Waldbote," the "National Zeitung," and Staats Zei-
tung of Chicago; Pub. "The Columbia," Berlin; Author
and Publisher of a number of books and several essays
on political topics.
WILLIAM FENWICK CARNS, Chicago.
Born June 7, 1866, Dunville. Canada. Removing to
Chgo. in 1891; engaged in general advertising business;
advertisements written, designed and placed in leading
periodicals.
CLINTON S. TOMLJNSON, Chicago.
Born Feb. 11, 1860, at Nevada, la. Grad. from the
Northwestern Univ. in 1886; Editor Boone. la.. Repub-
lican in 1886-8; Editor Springfield, Mo.. Daily Repub-
lican in 1889-91; Editor and Mgr. Chgo. Dry Goods
Reporter since 1893; Sec. of the National Assn. of Mer-
chants and Travelers since its organization: mem.
C. A. A., Hamilton Club, and the Hinsdale Golf Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
119
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
GEORGE W. HARNER, Chicago.
Born In Pa. Mgr. of the Chgo. offices of the Gas Con-
sumers' Assn. of San Francisco, Gal.; resident of Chgo.
since 1894; for 7 yrs. previous to coming to Chgo. was
engaged iu the publishing business.
JOSEPH L. DAVIS, Chicago.
Born In Crawfordsvllle, Ind., July 23, 1864. Western
Mgr. International Soc. ; Pres. Universal Publishing Co.
J. B. SANBORN, Chicago.
Born Dec. 8, 1855, Chester, N. H. Resident of Chgo.
since 1877; Col. First Keg. Inf., I. N. G.; mem. of
C. A. A., Hamilton and the Military Society of Foreign
Wars, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-Amer-
ican War, and the Soc. of Santiago; mem. of Evanston
Commandery of K. T., and Medinah Temple, Mystic
Shrine.
SAMUEL, H. PVE, Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati in 1845. Elected Publishing Agent
of the Western Methodist Book Concern, May, 1900.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
H. C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., March 24, 1865. Grad. Cornell Univ. in
1886.
EDWARD B. CLARK, Chicago.
Born in Utica, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1860. Cadet at West
Point in 1879-80-81; general newspaper and magazine
writer; author of several books on birds and their
habits; Director Illinois Audubon Society.
IRA LAFAYETTE JONES, Chicago.
Born in Jackson, O., May 18, 186Q. Came to 111. In
1892; lawyer, novelist and journalist.
CLARENCE E. SNIVELY, Canton.
Born Ellisville, 111., July 4, 1854. Editor and Publisher
of the Canton Daily and Weekly Register since 1878;
Sec. of the Board of Canal " Commissioners in 1889-92,
nnd since 1897 Pres. of the Board.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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EDITORS AND WRITERS.
Illinois State Journal.
THOMAS KICKS, Springfield.
Born May 13, 1850, Allegheny, Pa. Located in Keokuk,
la., in 1853; educated in public schools and in the
printer's trade in Keokuk; Business Mgr. "Keokuk Con-
stitution" 1876-81; Business Mgr. "Illinois State Regis-
ter," Springfield, since 1881; Pres. 111. Press Assn.
1891-2; Chairman Advisory Com. of the Associated
Press.
HARRY F. DORWIN, Springfield.
Born in Springfield, 111., in 1855. 1877, Asst. Pri. Sec.
to Gov. Cullom; 1883, Pri. Sec. to Gov. Hamilton;
1884, Chief Dept. U. S. Marshal under John R. Tanner,
So. Dist. of 111.; in 1889 and since, Sec. and Bus. Mgr.
of 111. State Journal.
LEWIS H. MINER, Springfield.
Born in Springfield, 111., Jan. 31, 1860. Grad. High
School; formerly Editor and Publisher "The Round
Table;*' formerly City Editor, now Mgn. Editor, 111.
State Journal; Pres. 111. State Journal Co.; Postmaster
Springfield, July 1, 1899, to March 31, 1901.
CLARENCE RICHMOND PAUL,, Springfield.
Born Oct. 3, 1852. Grad. from N. W. Univ., Evanston,
in 1872; Newspaper Reporter, Correspondent and Editor
since 1873; Clerk of the Interstate Commerce Com.,
U. S. Senate, 1885-89; mem. Republican State Cent.
Com. 1890-92 and in 1898-1900; since 1889 Editor "Illi-
nois State Journal."
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
HENRY W. CLENDENIN, Springfield.
Born Bedford Co., Pa., Aug. 1, 1837. Moved to Bur-
lington, la., 1839; educated In private schools of
academic grade; learned trade on Burlington Hawkeye:
private 20th Pa. Inf., Civil War; Editor Matamora (111.)
Sentinel, 1864-5; Keokuk (la.) Constitution, 1876-81;
111. State Register, Springfield, since 1881; Postmaster
Springfield, 1886-90; member Democratic State Com.,
1884-7; delegate Democratic Nat. Convention. 1896;
Director Franklin Life Ins. Co. and member I. O. O. F.
CHARLES F. MILLS, Springfield.
Born in Montrose, Pa., May 29, 1843. Educated Shurt-
leff Coll.; Co. C, 124th 111. Inf., and Hospital Stew-
and U. S. A., war of 1861-5; Chief Clerk and Sec.
111. Dept. of Agriculture 16 yrs.; Sec. or Pres. 27 yrs.
Am. Berkshire Assn.; Adjt. 5th Reg., I. N. G., and
Q. M. 2d Brig., I. N. G.; Asst. Adjt.-Gen. 2d Brig.,
I. N. G. ; Editor and Publisher of The Farm Home,
Springfield, 111.; Sec. and Dlr. Nat'l Live Stock Assn.;
Comd. Stephenson Post. G. A. R. ; member Elwood Com-
mandery Knight Templars.
JAMES W. KIRK. East St. Lonis.
Born in South Byron, N. Y., April 1, 1848. Educated
in public and State Normal School, N. Y. ; taught
school, and subsequently engaged in mercantile busi-
ness; in 1871 became a resident of East St. Louis; 22
yrs. service on St. Louis newspapers, and Editor and
Publisher of the "East St. Louis Gazette" several
years; in 1889 established E. St. Louis "Daily Journal;"
City Comptroller. 1872 to 1879 and 1887 to 1902; mem.
of Library Board and former Librarian and Asst. City
Clerk.
FRANK P. FOX, East St. Louis.
Born Dec. 25, 1852. in St. Louis, Mo. Removing to
East St. Louis in 1891, engaged in newspaper publi-
cation, acting as the Business Mgr. of the East St.
Louis Daily Journal.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
123
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
JOHN W. FORNOF, Strentor.
Born Butler Co., O., Aug. 2, 1855. Located in 111. In
1856, and in Streator In 1874; Postmaster Strentor 1898;
re-appointed 1902; Editor Free Press.
ANDREW VAN SKIVER, Streator.
Born In Camden, O., Sept. 20, 1856. Located in 111. In
1883, and in Streator in 1884; grad. National Normal
Univ., Lebanon, O.; Editor and Publisher of the
"Streator Free Press:" ex-inem. of the Board of Edu-
cation; Hep. County Central Committee.
CHARLES H. MAY, Guleslmrg.
Born in Morton, 111., April IS, 1876. Educated at Knox
Coll.; in 1895 published the "Morton Advocate;" 1898
published the "Knox Co. News," and since 1900 pub-
lisher of the "Galesburg Mail."
FRANCIS HINCKL.EY SISSON, Galesbnrgr.
Born at Galesburg, 111., June 14, 1871. Educated in
Galesburg public schools and Knox Coll.; grad 'from
Harvard Coll. in 1893; became Editor and part owner
of the "Galesburg Evening Mail" in Jan., 1900, which
position he still holds; Secretary for past three years
of the Beta Theta Pi. College Fraternity; Secretary of
the Knox Co. Republican Central Committee and of
the Galesburg Public Library Board.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
JOHN W. POTTER, Rock Island.
Born in Skibberreen, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1861. Located
in America and at Freeport with his parents; subse-
quently serving on the "Bulletin" in various capaci-
ties, of which his father was publisher; Editor and
Mgr. of the "Argus" at Rock Island in 1882; in
1S85 became the Prop, and Publisher; Postmaster at
Rock Island in 1893-7; died Jan. 11, 1898.
H. P. SIMPSON, Rock Island.
Born in Davenport, la., July 6, 1863. Reporter "Daven-
port Gazette" 1882; City Editor in 1884, and subse-
quently on other Davenport papers; City Editor "Rock
Island Argus" 1885, and since 1898 Editor.
J. J. I a \ I .l.l.i:. Rock Island
Born in Rapids City, 111., Aug. 23, 1869. Reporter
"Rock Island Argus" in 1888, subsequently acting in
the capacity of Business Mgr., and since 1898 as Mgr.
of the "Rock Island Argus."
"WALTER JOHNSON, Rock Island.
Born In London, 1843. Removed to Iowa 1851, and to
111. in 1867; engaged in newspaper business since 1»67;
Pres. and Mgn. Editor of the "Rock Island Union."
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
125
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
J. A. WILLOUGHBY, Belleville.
Born in St. Clair Co., May 2, 1855. Educated in public
schools and Ann Arbor, Mich.; County Recorder 1880;
Postmaster In 1890; State Senator 1894; Publisher
"Belleville Advocate."
FRED J. KERN, Belleville.
Born In St. Clair Co., 111., Sept. 2, 1864. Removing
to Belleville In 1890; educated In public schools and
III. State Normal Univ. ; engaged in the teaching of
school, subsequently entering the newspaper bvjsiness;
became Editor of the "East St. Louis Gazette," and
afterward Editor and Prop, of the Belleville, 111.,
"News-Democrat;" in 1895 was the Chief Enrolling and
Engrossing Clerk of the 111. State Senate; mem. of
Congress from the 21st 111. Dlst.
JOHN E. THOMAS, Belleville.
Born in Belleville. 111., Nov., 1802. Educated in public
and Knapp Private School; grad. from the Law Dept.
of the Univ. of Mich, in 1883; Mgr. of the Col. John
Thomas estate; Prop, of the Belleville Advocate Print-
ing Co.; mem. 111. Gen. Assembly 1896-8; Postmaster
of Belleville 1898; mem. of the Elks, K. of P., M. W.
A., and a 32d degree Mason; mem. of Republican
County Central Com. since 1883.
WILLIAM R. JEWELL, Danville.
Born Aug. 7, 1837, Taylorville, Ky. Removed to Dan-
ville, 111., In 1873, and engaged in newspaper publica-
tion; Postmaster under Presidents Arthur. Harrison and
McKinley; Garfleld, Harrison and McKinley elector;
Chairman Vermilion Co. Rep. Cent. Com. for many yrs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
CHARLES L \ M A RTINK MILLER. Rockford.
Born in Winnebago Co., 111. Located in Rochelle, 111.,
1858; learned printing trade on Rochelle Register; Ed-
itor and Prop, of the Oregon, 111., Reporter, 1871;
Editor and Owner Rockford Daily Register, 1877-90; Ed-
itor Qiitncy, 111., Daily Herald, 1891-6; Editor Rockford
Daily Republic since 1896; Pres. Quincy Herald Co. and
Rockford Republic Co.
J. STANLEY BROWN, Rockford.
Editor, Rockford, 111.
FRED E. STERLING, Rockford.
Born in Dixon, 111., June 29, 1869. Asst. Commissioner
of Immigration of Dakota 2 yrs. ; for 8 yrs. Alderman of
Rockford; Receiver of M. & M. Mutual Ins. Co. of
Rockford; Land Commissioner of the 111. and Mich.
Canal; Sec. of the Winnebago Co. Republican Central
Com.
THOMAS UILLER, Sterling.
Born in Pa., July 14, 1845. Lived in 111. since 1850;
reared on a farm; soldier in the Civil War; School
Teacher; Prop. "Sterling Standard." daily and sefni-
weekly; Postmaster of Sterling under Harrison. McKin-
ley and Roosevelt; Past Commander Sterling G. A. R.
Post and Aide-de-Camp to Dept. Commander; 12 yrs.
Chairman of Republican Town Cent. Com.; mem. Re-
publican State Cent. Com. and mem. of Executive Com.
of State Cent. Com.; Chairman of Whiteside Co. Rep.
Cent. Com.; mem. for many yrs. of Library Board.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
127
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS.
EDMUND MILLER BOTSFORD, Quiiicy.
Graduated from Princeton Univ. 1874. Established the
"Rockford (111.) Daily Register" in 1879; in 1891 bought
the "Quincy Daily Herald;" for 25 yrs. has been Identi-
fied in newspaper work in Illinois.
JOHN M. < II \ M III :H I.I \. JR., Lebanon.
Born in Lebanon, 111., Aug. 19, 1872. Grad. McKendree
Coll.; 5 yrs. employed as a telegraph operator; March
6, 1896, established the Lebanon Leader, a weekly
newspaper, being for 5 yrs. Us editor and publisher;
in 1900 elected a representative to the 111. State
Legis. and In Nov., 1901, organized the Lebanon Tele-
phone Co.
CLARENCE F. BUCK, Monmonth.
Born in Monmouth. June 6. 1870. Attended public
school, and graduate of Monmouth College, 1890; en-
gaged with tlie Republican Atlas, 1892; appointed Post-
master of Monmouth in 1899. and Chief of Fire Dept.
from 1898-1902; Chairman Rep. County Com.; Sec. 111.
League Republican Clubs, 1900-1902; Illinois Fireman's
Assn., 1897-99.
GEORGE C. II A Mi IV, Monmouth.
Born at Monmouth, 111., Aug. 29, 1850. Grad. from
Monmouth Coll. in 1872; in 1873 entered the service of
the Republican Atlas; Clerk of the Circuit Court 11 yrs.;
Postmaster from 1891 to 1895; elected to the 111. Gen.
Assembly 1898-1900; Sec. of the State Republican Ed-
itorial Assn.; General Receiver of National Banks 1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
EDUCATIONAL
ROBERT 13. SHEPPARD, Evanston.
Born in Chgo., 1848. Professor of History in the N. W.
Univ. of Evanston.
THOMAS McCL.EL.LAND, Galesbnrg;.
Born May 1, 1846. A. B. Oberlin College, 1875; A. M.,
1883; D. D.. Tabor College, 1891; Divinity Student,
Oberlin, 1875-6; Assistant Principal Denmark Academy,
1876-78; student Union Theological Seminary, 1878-9;
Andover Theological Seminary, 1879-80; graduate, An-
dover, 1880; Professor of Philosophy, Tabor College,
1880-91; President Pacific University, 1891-1900; Presi-
dent Knox College, 1900.
CLEMENT WALKER ANDREWS, Chicago.
Born Jan. 13, 1858, Salem, Mass. A. B. (Harvard).
1879; A. M. (Harvard), 1880; Instructor Mass. Inst. of
Technology, 1883-95; Librarian same, 1S89-95; Libra-
rian John Crerar Library, 1895 to date.
JOHN W. HENNINGER, Jacksonville.
Born Dec. 21, 1857, Vandalia. Educated in public
schools, 111. Wesleyan Univ. and McKendree Coll.;
taught in the Vandalia High School; Principal 4 yrs.
of the Bloomington High School; Supt. of Mount Car-
mel. 111., schools 3 yrs.; Charleston schools, 7 yrs.;
Jacksonville schools, 6 yrs.; Pres. -Elect of the Western
111. State Normal School. Macomb, 111.; active mem. of
the National Educational Assn., and Ex-Pres. of the
Southern, the Central Illinois Teachers' Associations
and the State Principals' Association.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
129
EDUCATIONAL.
WICK ANDERSOX. <lnii»cy.
Born on a farm in Knox County, Mo., 1868. Public
and collegiate school education and a commercial col-
lege graduate; for four years was an instructor in the
Business College at Quiuey, 111.; in March, 1896, he
founded, at Quincy, the Union Business College of
Shorthand and Telegraphy. It is one of the leading
commercial colleges of the country at this time.
LLEWELLYN B. MeKENNA, Qniiicy.
Born in Prince Edward Co., Ont., April 18, 1844. Edu-
cated iu grammar school at Stirling, Ont., and the 111.
Normal Univ. at Normal; grad. from the German and
English Coll; author of the following books: Practical
Business Arithmetic, Principles of Commercial Law.
Manual for Business Letter Writing, Ideal Arithmetic
and Correct English and its Essentials; Pres. of the
Union Business Coll. and the Quincy Business Coll. and
School of Correspondence, Quincy, 111.
LEWIS E. LARSON, Chicago.
Born Nov. 1, 1874, Leland, 111. Grad. from Jennings
Seminary, Aurora, 111.. Juue 15. 1891; moved to Chgo.
July, 1891: Sept., 1894, entered service of the Chgo.
Board of Education as Stenographer; iu March, 1900,
was appointed Asst. to the Supt. in charge of evening
schools; Dec. 28, 1900, elected Sec. of the Board of
Education.
ALFRED BAYLISS, Springfield.
Born in Gloucestershire, Eng.. March 22, 1847. Moved
to Ohio in 1853; Michigan, 1856; Illinois, 1874; Corpo-
ral llth Mich. Cav.. 1863-05; graduated from Hillsdale
College (Mich.), 1870; Supt. Schools, Dist. 3. Sterling,
111., 1874-94: Principal Streator, III.. Township High
School, 1896-98; 111. State Supt. of Public Instruction,
1899.
130
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
EDUCATIONAL.
JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH GORDON, Jackson-
ville.
Born In I'iqua, Ohio, March 9, 1842. Removing to 111.
In 1850; grad. Monmouth Coll. in 1868, Ph. D.; pio-
neer in oral education of the deaf in America; organ-
ized oral department Ind. Inst. for Deaf, 1869; Prof,
of Mathematics and Chemistry Gallaudet Coll. for the
Deaf. Washington, D. C., 1873-97; First Pres. Oral
Sect. Assn. A. Educators of the Deaf; First Pres. of
Sect. XVI., Dept. for Deaf, N. E. A.; Author "Educa-
tion of Deaf Children," "Notes and Observations on
Education of the Deaf," etc.
FRANK H. HALL, Jacksonville.
Mechanic Falls, Me., Feb. 9, 1841. Removing to 111.
in 1866; Supt. of Schools at Earlville, Aurora, Sugar
Grove and Waukegan, 111. ; now Supt. of the State
School for the Blind, Jacksonville, 111.; author of the
Werner Arithmetic and Hall Arithmetic.
JOSEPH H. FREEMAN, Aurora.
Bom Poland, Me., May 13, 1841. 2d Lieut. Co. G. 23d
Me. Vol.; Capt. Co. H, 14th Me. Vol.; moved to 111. in
1866; Supt. of Schools, Leland, Polo and Aurora, 111.;
Principal of High School of Denver, Colo., and of Town-
ship High School of Streator, 111.; Deputy State Supt.
and Supt. of Public Instruction of Illinois.
HENRY BAILEY HENKEL, Springfield.
Born in Freeport, Ohio. Nov. 7, 1852. Removing to
Ipava, 111., 1857; educated in the public schools and
grad. from the Jacksonville, 111. Business Coll.; took
special courses at Cleveland, Ohio, and Philadelphia;
taught at Jacksonville 8 yrs.; in 1885 became half
owner Springfield, 111., Business Coll., and the owner
in 1894; upon its incorporation was elected its Pres.,.
and has since continued in this position; Knight
Templar.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
131
EDUCATIONAL.
NEWTON C. DOUGHERTY, Peoria.
Born in Pa. 1847. Located in 111. in 1869; Pres. of 111.
Teachers' Assn.; Pres. National Educational Assn.;
Pres. Peoria National Bank; 111. Commissioner at the
Paris Exposition 1901.
N. W. DUNCAN, La Salle.
Born in La Salle, 111., Dec. 11, 1856. In 1878 grad. at
Niagara Univ.; from 1884 to 1894, Mgr. of the Union
Coal Mines at Peru, 111.; In 1894 organized the La Salle
State Bank, and since has been a Dir. and its Cashier;
Sec. of the La Salle Business Men's Assn.
CHARLES R. BARRETT, Cliicagro.
Born June 29, 1858, Grant Co., Wis. Came to Chgo.
from La Salle Co., 111., in 1879, since which time he
has been engaged in educational work. Supt. of the
Chgo. Athenaeum.
JOHN W. RONEY, Chicago.
Born in Butler Co., Pa., of Irish-American parents.
Educated in common schools of Pa. ; enlisted in 78th
Pa. Inf. in the war of 1861-5; resigned Nov., 1864, as
Captain; Captain Pa. National Guard in 1876; located
in Chgo. in 1883; mem. of National Republican Con-
vention in 1884-96-1900 from 111.
132
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
EDUCATIONAL.
Music and Art.
. . FLORENCE ZIEGFELD, Chicago.
Born at Jever, in the Grand Duchy of Oldenberg, Ger-
many. Pres. of the Chgo. Musical Coll. ; founded the
Chgo. Academy of Music, known as the Chgo. Musical
Coll., in 1867.
WILLIAM HALL SHERWOOD, Chicago.
Born in Lyons, N. Y. Pupil of his father, Rev. L, H.
Sherwood, M. A., Lyons Musical Academy; from 1871
to 1896 studied in Europe; taught 9 yrs. in Boston, 3
yrs. in N. Y., and 14 yrs. in Chgo., and 14 yrs. in
charge of concerts and musical instruction at the Chau-
tauqua Assemblies; Examiner at Toronto Conservatory
of Music; has given recitals in U. S.. Canada and
Europe; considered America's greatest pianist.
JOHN J. HATTSTAEDT, Chicago.
Born 1851, Monroe, Mich. Engaged in Piano Instruc-
tion in Detroit and St. Louis; came to Chgo. in 1875,
where in 1886 he organized the American Conservatory
of Music; a writer and lecturer on musical topics.
WALTON PERKINS, Chicago.
Born in Rome, N. Y. Came to Chicago in 1869; has
since been a leading teacher, pianist and composer; in
1902 founded the Central Conservatory of Music, lo-
cated in the Auditorium Bldg. , Chicago.
MEN OF. ILLINOIS.
133
EDUCATIONAL.
Music and Art.
WILLIAM M. R. FRENCH, Chicago.
Born In Exeter, N. H., Oct. 1, 1843. Educated at Phil-
lips Exeter Academy and Harvard College; grad. from
the latter in 1864; engaged in early life in Civil Engi-
neering; since its foundation in 1879 is the Director
of the Art. Inst. of Chgo.
WIGHT F. NELMAN, Chicago.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 3, 1851. Located in
Chgo. in 1885; for many years was engaged in the bank-
ing business; subsequently devoted himself to musical
studies, organizing the Chgo. Symphony Soc., afterward
the Chgo. Orchestra; introduced to Chgo. Paderewski.
authors and lecturers John McLaren, Conan Doyle, Hall
Uosenthal, Pachman, Sembrich and others; appointed
U. S. Consul to Colon by Pres. McKinley in 1897.
JAMES EDWIN MARTINE, Chicago.
Born in Troy, N. Y. Located in 111. and Chgo. in
1852; since residence in Chgo. has been engaged in the
giving of dancing instructions; dancing schools located
on the West, South and North Sides; oldest in member-
ship of the American Society of Teachers of Dancing
of New York; dean of his profession in Chgo.
CHRISTIAN F. BAL.ATKA, Chicago. . -
Born in Chicago, July 21, 1861. Studied under his
father, and at the age of 13 was playing difficult com-
positions; completed his studies at the Koyal Academy
of Music at Berlin, Germany; he then returned to Chi-
cago, where he assumed the directorship of the Balatka
Musical College, which was established in 1879 by Hans
Balatka.
134
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ELECTRICAL.
ROBERT C. CLOWRY, Chicago.
Born 111. In 1852 entered the service of the 111. &
Miss. Tel. Co.; 1854, appointed Its Mgr., transferred to
St. Louis; In 1859 appointed Supt. of the St. Louis &
Mo. River Tel. Co.; in 1863 commissioned by Pres.
Lincoln Quartermaster of the U. S. Army and in charge
of the military telegraph; mustered out as Colonel;
Asst. Supt. W. U. T. Co., at Chgo., in 1880; Gen. Supt.
1885; a Director and Mem. of the Executive Com, and
Vlce-Pres. ; now Pres.
WALTER M. ANTHONY, Evunstoii.
Born Paris, France, Feb. 10, 1856, spending his col-
lege days in New England. Entered railroad business,
1875, at Worcester, Mass.; came to Chicago, 1889; with
Western Passenger Assn.; became Auditor of the Chi-
cago Kdison Co., Comptroller of Chicago Edison Co.,
Commonwealth Electric Co.; Secretary Standard Pneu-
matic Tool Co.; Vice-President Chicago Sectional Elec-
trical Underground Co. ; Comptroller Republican Na-
tional Com., 1896.
FRANK S. GORTON, Chicago.
Born in Rochester. N. Y., Aug. 1, 1847. Removing to
Chgo. in 1883; in 1887. organized the Chgo. Edison Co.,
and since has been its Sec. and Treas. ; Treas. Stand-
ard Pneumatic Tool Co.; Sec. and Treas. Common-
wealth Elect. Co.
GEORGE S. SEARING, Chicago.
Born in Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1848. Lo-
cated in Chgo. In 1885; for 15 yrs. has been engaged
in the electrical business and electrical specialties.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
135
ELECTRICAL.
SAMUEL, S. DAVIS, Rock l-l.-i n.l.
Born in Covington, Ky., Feb. 1, 1858. Moved to Mollne,
111., in 1860; to Memphis, Tenn., in 1869; to Rock Island,
111., 1873; from 1878 to 1890 was engaged in the plumb-
Ing and steam fitting business; in 1883 constructed the
Moline Waterworks, and since this date engaged in the
electric light and power business; Mgr. People's Power
Co.; Pres. 111. State Electric Assn.
JOHN P. BARRETT, Chicago.
Born In Oregon, N. Y., 1837. Seaman at 10 yrs. of
age; 1862 member of fire dept. ; 1865 batteryman fire
dept.; 1867, operator; 1872, chief operator; 1876. chief
of dept., resigning in 1894; chief electrician World's
Fair; Inventor fire alarms and police patrol systems
and originated the underground and municipal electric
light system.
HARRY II. HORNSBY, Cliica«O.
Born in St. Louis. Mo., in 1872. Educated in common
schools and Christian Bros.' Coll. of St. Louis; engaged
in real estate and dry goods business in St. Louis; came
to Chgo.' in 1890 in newspaper work; subsequently con-
nected with Chicago Telephone Co.; in 1893 in the
service of the City of Chicago in its Electrical Dept.;
Electrician and Inventor.
CHARLES N. VAN CL.EEF, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., March 29, 1869. In the service of the
Electrical Dept. of the City of Chgo. since 1894; in-
ventor and patentee of a number of electrical devices.
136
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
GEORGE EVERETT ADAMS, Chicago.
Born Keene, Cheshire, Co., N. H., June 18, 1840.
Moved to Chicago in 1853; admitted to bar in 1865;
member of the Senate of the General Assembly of 111.,
1881-82: took his seat in Congress in 1883, serving four
consecutive terms; retiring 1891.
CHARLES H. ALDR1CH, Chicago.
Born La Grange. Ind., Aug. 26. 1850. Graduated from
Ann Arbor, 1875; began practice in Ft. Wayne, Ind.;
moved to Chicago in 1886: Solicitor Gen. under Pres.
Harrison.
NATHAN J. AL.DKICH, Aurora.
Born Dec. 3, 1851, at Millington, Kendall Co., 111.
Admitted to the bar in 1876: located in Aurora the same
year; member of the firm of Aldrich & Worcester.
EJVWI1V M. ASHCRAFT, Chicago.
Born near Clarksburg, Harrison Co., Va., Aug. 27, 1848.
Admitted to the bar, 1873; came to Chgo. 1887; now
of the law firm of Aslicraft & Ashcraft.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
137
LAWYERS.
BENJAMIN F. AVER, Chicago.
Born in Kingston, X. H., April 22. 1825. Located in
111. in 1857; Gen. Counsel I. C. R. R. Co.; Gen. Solic-
itor I. C. R. II. Co. 1876-00.
CHARLES ALLING, Chicago.
Born Madison, Ind., Dec. 13, 1866. Graduated, A. B..
Hanover College, Indiana, 1885, LL. H.; Law De-
partment of University of Michigan, 1888; elected Al-
derman Third Ward, 1897; re-elected, 1899; re-elected
Alderman 1901, new Second Ward.
CHARLES L. ALLEN, Chicago.
Born Kalama7.oo, Mich., 1849. Came to Chicago at an
early age, and graduated 1870; admitted to bar and
became a member of the firm of Walker, Dexter &
Smith; in 1879 the firm became Dexter, Herrick &
Allen; now of the firm of Herrick, Allen, Boyesen &
Martin.
ELMER ELLSWORTH BEACH, Chicago.
Born Iowa, Dec. 19, 1861, and graduated in 3884 from
the Univ. of Mich.; admitted to the bar in 1887; mem-
ber of the Chicago A. A.; Marquette Club, Hamilton
Club.
138
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
FREDERICK R. BABCOCK, Chicago.
Born In Milwaukee, Wis., May 4, 1865. Attended
Univ. of Mich., Chicago College of Law; member of the
law firm of Winston, Babcock, Strawn & Shaw; mem-
ber of Chicago, Union League, Washington Park, Mar-
quette and Law Clubs; also Loyal Legion, and member
of the Political Action Com. of the Union League Club;
married April 30, 1900; Chicago Golf Club and Chicago
Automobile Club.
CHARLES
BABCOCK, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Dec. 8, 1863. Grad. Harvard, 1886, ad-
mitted to the bar in 1889.
JESSE A. BALDWIN, Oak; Park.
Born in Greenwood, 111., Aug. 9, 1854. Worked on a
farm until 1874; taught school 3 yrs. ; served as Asst.
U. S. Atty. at Chgo. from 1877-84; Trustee Univ. of
Chgo.; Trustee Rush Medical Coll.; member of the
Union League Club, State Bar Assn., Chgo. Bar Assn.
and the Chgo. Patent Bar Assn.
EPHRAIM BANNING, Chicago.
Born on a farm near Bushnell. 111., July 21, 1849. Re-
moving to Kansas, 1855; to Missouri in 1860, and to
Chgo. in 1871 ; educated in common school and Brook-
field (Mo.) Academy; admitted to bar in 111. in 1872, and
ever since practicing in Chgo., making a specialty of
patent, trademark and corporation law: Pres. Elector
1896; member of the State Board of Charities, 1897-
1901, and member of the National Rep. Convention,
1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
139
LAWYERS.
FRED A. BANGS, Chicago.
Born April 3, 1865, at Lacon, 111. Member of Hamilton,
C. A. A., and Marquette Clubs; Pres. of the Hamilton
Club, and Pres. of the West Park Board; Thirty-second
degree Mason.
EDGAR A. BANCROFT, Chicago.
Born Galesburg, 111.. Nov. 20, 1857. Grad. Knox Coll.,
1878: Columbia Law School, 1880; practiced law at
Galesburg, 1881-92; Pres. Elector In 18S8; removed to
Chgo., 1892; Solicitor for 111. of A., T. & Santa Fe
Ry. Co.; since 1895 Gen. Solicitor and Vice-Pres. of
Chgo. & W. Ind. Ry. Co. and the Belt Ry. Co. of Chgo.
ELMER E. BARRETT, Chicago.
Born at Kalamazoo, Mich., June 2. 1863. Admitted to
the bar in 1889; member of the firm of Shope, Mathis
& Barrett; Sec. Chicago College of Law and Pres. of
the Law Journal Printing' Co.: member C. A. A., Union
League, Marquette and Law Clubs.
JESSE B. BARTON, Chicago.
Born May 28, 1850, at Demorestville, Ont., Canada.
Admitted to bar of Illinois, Jan. 8, 1876, and has since
continued his practice.
140
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
EDWIN F. BAYLEY, Chicago.
Born June 11, 1845, at Manlius, N. Y. Removing to
Wis. In 1848, where he was reared on a farm; member
41st Wis. Inf.; grad. at Amherst Coll., 1868; instructor
In Washington Univ., 1868-71; degree of LL. B. at
St. Louis Law School, 1870, and practiced law in
Chgo. since 1872.
ROWLAND W. BADENOCH, Chicago.
Born Dec. 28, 1871, Chicago.
LOUIS BASTRUP, Chicago.
lember of the law firm of Bastrup & O'Neill.
LOUIS J. BEHAN, Chicago.
Born March 10, 1876. Newsboy at 7 years old; at 15
studied stenography, attending Chicago College of Law
at nights; graduated at the age of 20 years; during
Spanish-American War served in the 1st 111. Vol. Cav. ;
lu 1901 was married to Miss Dot. Hull.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
141
LAWYERS.
JAMES BEACH BECKETT, Chicago.
LLOYD W. BOWERS, Chicago.
Born March 9, 1859. Grad. of Yale, 1879: Columbia
Law School, 1E82; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1884;
lie became Gen. Counsel of the C. & X. \f. Ry. system
in June, 1893; resides at 20 Ritchie place.
WILLIAM M. BOOTH. Chicago.
Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1856. In 1878
grad. from the North Western Univ., and was given
degree of A. M. in Ib81. Admitted to the bar in 1830.
Appointed U. S. Master in Chancery. 1894. Member of
the Law Club, Chgo. A. A., Hamilton Club, Chgo. Bar
Assn.
LESTER L. BOND, Chicago.
Horn in Ohio, Oct. 27, 1829. and admitted to the bar
Oct. 15, 1853; member of the Union League. Illinois
and Ashland Clubs; Past Commander of the Chicago
Commacdery, No. 19; senior member law nnn Bond,
Adams. Pickard & Jackson; Demi of I'iitent. Lawyers:
member of the faculty of the N. W. University Law
School.
142
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
WILLIAM lilt A no. Chicago.
Born Nov. 23, 1850, In Allegheny Co., Md. Removed
to Chgo. 1890; admitted to the bar In 1871.
JAMES B. BRADWELL, Chicago.
Born Lougrhborough, England, April 16. 1828. Member
111. Legls. from 1873 to 1877; for eight years Judge of
the County Court of Cook Co., 111. ;' resident of Cook Co.
since May 21, 1834; Editor and Prop, of the Chicago
Legal News.
CHARLES L. BILLINGS, Chicago.
Born In Iowa Co., Wls. Educated in the University of
WJs. ; in 1882 and 1883 was chief clerk In office of
Atty. Gen. of Wis. ; admitted to the bar of Wis. in
1883: located in Chicago In September, 1883; from 1887
until 1890 practiced law In Kansas City, Mo.; since
1890 has been a practicing lawyer of Chicago; member
of the Chicago Bar Assn., the Law Club, Law Institute,
Chicago and Midlothian Country Clubs.
GRANVILLE W. BROWNING, Chicago.
Born In Indianapolis, March 14, 1856, and came to Chi-
cago In 1878. Graduated from the Dnlv. of Mich.,
1877. and admitted to the bar in 1880; appointed Mai-
ter in Chancery, 1898, by Superior Court of Cook Co.;
Asst. Corporation Counsel, member of the Chicago,
Onwentsia, Iroquois and Law Clubs and Bar Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
143
LAWYERS.
PAUL BROWN, Chicago.
Born McHenry, 111., Dec. 1. 1864. Graduated and was
admitted to the bar In 1885; Master in Chancery of
the Circuit Court of Cook Co. from 1888 to 1893; mem-
ber of the firm of Knight & Brown.
JOHN C. BLACK, Chicago.
Born Jan. 27, 1839, entering military service of D. S.
1861; resigning Aug. 16, 1865: married Sept. 28. 1857;
M. C. at Large, 111., 1893 to 1895; U. S. Com. Pensions,
1885 to 1889; U. S. Atty., N. D. 111., 1895 to 1S98.
CHARLES HODGSON BRADLEY, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, April 28, 1850. Educated in public!
schools of Chicago and Hathaways Academy; entered
service of Cook Co. in 1868, serving in Sheriff's office
nine years; also as Asst. Chief Clerk of the Superior
Court; balance of the time Chief Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Cook Co.; admitted to the bar, 1895; member
of Hamilton Club and 32d degree Mason.
CHARLES A. BROWN, Chicago.
Born In Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1858. Graduated
from Univ. of Rochester, 1879, and the same year came
to Chicago; Mgr. Western Electric Co., 1882-90; in 1890
he graduated from the Law Dept. of the Lake Forest
Univ. and entered upon the practice of law in Chicago.
144
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
JOHN S. BUTLER. Chicago.
Born In Quebec, June 4, 1863, and removed to U. S.
In Infancy. Until 17 years of age resided in Chester
Co., S. C. ; In 1880 removed to Chicago, where he en-
gaged In the manufacturing business until 1895, at
which date he was admitted to the bar.
JASON C. AYRES, Mix. .11.
Born St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, 1835. Grad-
uated from high school In Buffalo, N. Y., and removed
to Chicago, 1854, and to Dixon. March 1, 1855; admitted
to the bar. 1870; Pres. of Dlxon Nat. Bank, April, 1878.
L.OIIS H. BIRRELL, Freeport.
Born Sept. 10, 1870. Attended Beloit Coll. in 1SS9, and
Yale, 1890-92; entered the firm of Bui-chard & Burrell,
1898; elected State's Atty. of Stephensou Co., 1900.
'•I . \\ BORDERS, Belleville.
Born in Randolph Co.. 111.. 1867. Public school and
college education; graduate of the Columbia Law School
of N. Y. : admitted to the bar, 1890; elected City Atty.
of Belleville from 1893 to 1S97.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
145
LAWYERS.
WILLIAM BARGE, Dixon.
Born in 1832. Came to Dixon, 1854; admitted to bar
in 1860.
JAMES SIMPSON BAUME, Galena.
Born in Chgo., April 13, 1857. Entered upon the prac-
tice of the law at Galena in 1878, and for 16 yrs. acted
in the capacity of Master in Chancery. In 1891 was
elected a judge of the 15th judicial circuit
WILLIAM H. BOYS, Streator.
Born in Marshall Co., 111., Dec. 18, 1862. Admitted to
the bar in 18Sfi and lias since practiced his profession
In Streator; City Atty. of Streator, from 1889-91, and
Mayor of Streator, 1891-93; member of the firm of
Reeves & Boys.
WILLIAM JOSEPH BUTLER, Springfield.
Born May 13, 1808, Springfield, 111. Grandson of Win.
Butler, State Treasurer 1861-3, and Gen. John A. Mc-
Clernaud; admitted to the bar 1890; attended Harvard
Law School 1890-3; mem. of the 111. Legis. 1895-7.
146
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN, Springfield.
Born Oct. 21, 1834. Educated in Hillsboro College and
Transylvania Law School; junior member of law firm
of Stuart, Edwards & Brown, and at present senior
member of Brown, Wheeler, Brown & Hay.
STUART BROWN, Springfield.
Born Aug. 21, 1860. Graduated Princeton Univ., 1881;
entered upon the practice of law In 1884; member of
the firm of Brown, Wheeler, Brown & Hay.
ROBERT C. BROWN, Springfield.
Born at Sparta, 111., Nov. 11, 1859. Studied law at
Washington University, and admitted to practice in
1894; elected to the Gen. Assembly, 1896, 1898 and 1900;
appointed clerk of U. S. District Court for the Southern
District, July 1, 1901.
ANDREW CRAWFORD, Chicago.
Born in Ayr, Scotland. Served in Illinois State Senate
1868-9 from Henry County, 111.; President of the First
National Bank of Geneseo, 111.; Vice-Pres. of the Chi-
cago & Western Indiana Ry. 1878-80; Pres. Lincoln Park
Board under Gov. J. P. Altgeld; died November 24,
1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
147
LAWYERS.
W. J. CALHOUN, Chicago.
Born at Pittsburg. Pa., Oct. 15, 1848. Admitted to the
bar In 1875; appointed a Mem. of the Interstate Com-
merce Com., resigning in 1899, to become a Mem. of
the firm of Pam, Calhoun & Glennon; for many .vrs.
a resident of Danville, 111., and Gen. Atty. for the C.
& E. I. Ry., and Local Atty. for "Big 4" and the
Wabash Ry. Co.
PERCY V. CASTLE, Austin.
Born in Harrington, 111., Feb. 15, 1857. Educated in
the public and high schools at Harrington and Palatine;
grad. at N. I. Normal School, 1879; Principal Arlington
Heights School, 1880-2; grad. of Union Coll. of Law and
admitted to bar, 1884; member Austin Board of Educa-
tion, 1894-9; Director Austin State Bank and Arling-
ton Heights State Bank and member of the law firm of
Castle, Williams & Smith.
HENRY CLAY CONNELLY, Rock Island.
Born Dec. 22, 1831, Somerset Co., Pa. Served three
yrs. in 14th 111. Cav. as 2d Lieut., Capt. and Major;
first Commander Gen. John Buford Post, G. A. R. ;
surviving member of Com. sent to Washington to
secure passage of Rock Island Arsenal bill, 1861-2;
past Pres. Rock Island School and Library boards;
Pres. Sons of American Revolution; editor of the Rock
Island Argus, 1857-9.
HORACE S. CLARK, Mattoun.
Born Huntsburg, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1840. Educated in Ohio
public schools and Iowa State Univ.; 1st Lieut, and
Capt. Co. E, 73d Ohio, war 1861-5; Judge of Mattoon
City Court; State Sen., 1880-4; Commander G. A. R.,
Dept. of 111., 1891; in 1896 Rep. Elector at Large and
Chairman of Illinois Electoral College; Delegate at
Large to Republican Con. 1888; Brig. Gen. commanding
Second Brigade, I. N. G.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
HIRAM M CODY, Chicago.
Born in Oneida Co., N. Y., In 1824. Moved to 111. in
1844; County Clerk of Dn Page Co., 1847; County Judge,
1861; member of the Constitutional Convention, 1870;
Circuit Judge of the 14th Circuit. 1875-0; formerly a
member of the law firm of Gary, Cody & Gary., Chgo. :
now member of the firm of Hiram H. Cody & Sons.
HOPE REED CODY, Chicago.
Born April 14. 1870, at Naperville, 111. Grad. from
Union Col. of Law in 1890; member of the law firm
of Hiram H. Cody & Sons; Pres. of the Hamilton Club,
1898; Pres. Cook Co. Board of Election Com., 1898-9.
Died Nov. 7, 1899.
ARTHUR B. CODY, Chicago.
Born at Naperville, 111., Sept. 26, 1860. Moved to
Chgo. in 1886. Member of the law firm of Hiram H.
Cody & Sons.
DELAVAN B. COLE, Chicago.
Born Feb. 17, 1869, at Fond du Lac, Wis. Educated at
Second Normal School of Minnesota, at Mankato; 2 yrs.
Principal of High School at Slayton, Minn.; 1S91 grad.
from Law Dept. of Lake Forest Univ., and since en-
gaged in the practice of law in Chicago; Atty. of West
Chicago Park Commissioners.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
149-
LAWYERS.
MARTIN CONRAD, Chicago.
Born Utlca, N. Y. Came to Chgo. in 1356; mustered
out U. S. V. service in 1865; employed by Schuttler &
Hotz as Atty. and Gen. Agent for quarter of a cen-
tury; had charge of the State Forestry Exhibit at
World's Fair; elected Pres. of the 111. State Board
Agriculture in 1900.
AXEL CHYTRALS, Chicago.
Born in the Province of Wermland, Sweden, Sept. 15,
1859. Came to Chgo. 1869; elected Judge of the Su-
perior Court of Cook Co., April, 1899; Mem. Union
League and Marquette Clubs.
ISAAC B. CRAIG, Mattoon.
Born Coles Co., 111., near Charleston, April 28, 1857.
Grad. from Ann Arbor Law School and entered on the
practice of law in Mattoon, Jan., 1880; Mem. of 111.
House of Representatives, sessions of 36th and 37th:
State Sen. 38th and 39th sessions, and 40th session of
the House.
.lo-l \ II CRATTY, Chicago.
Born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Aug. 16, 1846. Moved to
Illinois. 1852; in the 5th N. Y. Cav. during the Civil
War.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
SHELBY M. CITLLOM, Springfield.
Born Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne Co., Ky. Removed to
Tazewell Co., 111., In 1830, and to Springfield In 1853;
in 1856-60-72-74 Mem. of Legis. from Sangamon Co.;
elected Speaker, 1861 and 1873; from 1865 to 1871 Mem.
of Congress; in 1872. at Philadelphia, put Gen.
Grant in nomination for Pres. : from 1876 to 1880
GOT. of 111.; in 1883 elected U. S. State Sen.; re-
elected in 1888-94-1901; Special Commissioner to the
Hawaiian Islands to prepare a system of government.
CHARLES SIDNEY CUTTING, Chicago.
Born March 1, 1854, Highgate Springs, Vt. Came to 111.
in 1863; Master in Chancery, Circuit Court, 1887-90;
elected Probate Judge of Cook Co., 1900; Mem. of State
Bar Assn.; Chgo. Bar Assn.; Law Club; Hamilton Club,
Oaks Club, Austin; Pres. Board of Education, 1894-5-8.
JAMES C. CONKLING, Springfield.
Born in N. Y. City, Oct. 13, 1816. Grad. Princeton
Coll., 1835; removed to Springfield, 1838; Mayor of
Springfield, 1845: member House of 111. Representatives,
1851 and in 1867; Republican Pres. Elector, 1860 and
in 1864; Postmaster of Springfield, 1890-4; member
Nat. Lincoln Monument Assn. Died March 1, 1899.
CLINTON L. CONKLING, Springfield.
Born in Springfield, 111., Oct. 16, 1843. Gnid. Yale
Coll., 1864; admitted to practice in State and Federal
courts, 1866; Dir. Ridgly Nat. Bank; former member
Public Library Board and for 5 yrs. Pres. of the
Board of Education.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
151
LAWYERS.
CLAYTON EDWARD CRAFTS, Chicago.
Born in Auburn, Ohio, July 8, 1848. Grad. in 1868;
admitted to the bar and located in Chgo., 1869; member
of the Illinois House of Representatives, 1883 and 1901,
and Speaker of the House in the session of 1891 and
1893; member of the law firm of Crafts & Stevens.
ARTHUR J. CATON, Chicago.
Born at Ottawa, 111., in 1851. Grad. in Phillips Exeter
Academy at Andover, Mass., June, 1869; matriculated
at Hamilton Coll., in N. Y., receiving his degree in
1873; shortly afterward admitted to the bar; Pres.
Chgo. Golf Club, 1897; member Chgo. Club since 1881
and Its Pres. since 1898; member Washington Park,
Calumet, Onwentsia Clubs and Union Club of N. Y.
WILLIAM P. BLACK, Chicago.
Born In Woodford Co., Ky., Nov. 11, 1842, removing to
Danville, 111., in 1847. Enlisted from Wabash Col. in
llth Ind. Inf.. April 15, 1801, as private. Captain of
Co. K, 37th 111. Inf., Aug. 18, 1861, to Sept. 30, 1864.
Admitted to bar in Cbgo., 1867, and has since continued
In Its practice.
FRED BEIVNITT, Joliet.
Born Hammondsport, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1855, and removed
to Joliet in 1875, and admitted to the bar, 1876; en-
listed 10th 111., 1877; Adj. 12th I. N. G., 1879; Col. 4th
I. N. G., 1883; Col. 3d, I. N. G., 1891; Col. 3d 111.
Vol., Spanish-American War, 1898; commanded 2d Brig.
1st Div., 1st Corps, for a time in the expedition to
Puerto Rico; mustered out, 1899; Sec. Joliet Gas Light
Co.; See. Joliet Wire Co.; member of Loyal Legion.
152
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
1:1 I \ Iv I M RAYMOND BLISS, Chicago.
Born Sept. 3, 1846. Located in Chgo. In 1863; County
Atty. 1882-3-6-9; mem. of the Union League Club,
C. A. A., Washington Park, Hamilton and Hyde Park
Clubs.
N. W. BRANSON, Petersburg.
Born In Jacksonville, 111., 1837, and was admitted to
the bar in 1860, when he located at Petersburg. In
1867 was appointed a register in bankruptcy; twice a
member of the 111. Legis. ; in 1897 was appointed a
member of the State Board of Law Examiners.
CHARLES G. DAWES, Evanston.
Born in Marietta, O., in 1865. In 1886, grad. from Cin-
cinnati Law School; in 1896. appointed Comptroller of
the Currency by President McKlnley.
HENRY S. IM \o V Dixon.
Born in Dixon, Aug. 28, 1870. Grad. Dixon High School,
1888; Kent Law School, Chgo., 1893; Asst. U. S. Atty.,
Chgo., 1894-5; since 1895 engaged in the practice of law
at Dixon; Referee in Bankruptcy Northern District of
Illinois.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
153
LAWYERS.
MILES J. l»i:\ I M:. Chicago.
Born Nov. 11, 1866. In 1892-4 was Asst. City Prosecut-
ing Atty. of Chigo. ; elected City Atty. of Chgo., April 6,
1897.
CONSTANT DELANO, Chicago.
Born Vincennes. Ind., Dec. 13, 1871. Removing to
Louisville, Ky., in 1873; college and high school edu-
cation; in 1897 came to Chgo. ; Past Pres. of the
American Corn Co.; In 1893 active In local political
circles; candidate for Mayor of Chgo.
EDWARD A. DECKER, Chicago.
Born June 18, 1855, Stoughton, Mass. Came to 111. ID
1868; admitted to the bar in 1878; 1887 appointed
Master in Chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., and
has continued in this capacity since.
SAMUEL J. DREW, Jollet.
Born in Staffordshire, Eng., April 22, 1864. Came to
U. S. in 1880; common school education; Court
Stenographer In Joliet; Chief Clerk Joliet works of
111. Steel Co.; engaged in law practice in 1895; elected
Town Clerk in Joliet in 1896; re-elected three suc-
cessive terms; elected to 111. Legis. In 1898 and re-
elected in 1900; renominated for the Legis. 1902.
154
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
HERBERT SYDNEY DUNCOMBE, Chicago.
Born in Slncoe, Canada, Aug. 16, 1870. Came to Chgo.
in 1882; from 1884 to 1888 was a reporter; admitted to
the bar in 1891; since has been engaged in the practice
of law, devoting especial attention to corporation law
cases.
VICTOR ELTING, Chicago.
Born in Yonkers. N. Y., Oct. 13, 1871. Attended Co-
lumbia College, 1891; Univ. of Mich., 1892; began the
practice of law in Chgo. in 1892; Feb. 7, 1899, ap-
pointed a Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of
Cook Co.; 1901, Pres. of the Legal Club and mem.
Univ. and Law Club and the Bar lAssn.
ALFRED D. EDDY, Chicago.
Born June 3, 1846, at Bellona, N. Y. Moved from Bel-
lona to Beloit, Wis., 1849; moved to Bloomington, 111.,
in 1856, and located in Chgo. in 1863; attended the old
Univ. of Chgo., and grad. from the Union Coll. of Law
in 1879; m«m, Co. D., 134th 111. Inf., in the war of
1861-5.
THOMAS EDGAR, Chicago.
Born in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland, April 6,
1859. Moved to Chgo. in 1881; until 1892 followed the
trade of machine blacksmith; attended night schools and
Chgo. College of Law in 1896-97; appointed J. P. in
1897, and Police Magistrate for the llth Dist. of the
City of Chgo. in the same year.
MEN OF ILLINOIS,
155
LAWYERS.
WILLIAM SIDNEY ELLIOTT, JR., Chicago.
Born In Niles, Mich., May 1, 1849. Came to Chgo.
March 4, 1869; admitted to the bar, 1882; State's Atty.
of Cook Co., Dec. 1, 1887, to Oct. 1, 1892; since has
been engaged in private practice.
LAWRENCE M. ENNIS, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Nov. 3, 1859. Major of the 7th 111. Inf.,
D. S. V., commanding 2d Bat. during the Spanish-Amer-
ican War, 1898.
D. D. EVANS, Danville.
Born Ebensburg, Pa., April 17, 1829. Attended coun-
try schools acd Hiram College, Ohio; grad. from the
Law Dept. of the Univ. of Mich, in 1863; for two terms
was Judge of the County Court of Vermilion Co.;
mem. for a number of years of the Board of Education
of Danville; mem. of the Elks.
HENRY DODGE ESTABROOK, Chicago.
Born at Alden, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1854. Came to Chgo.,
1896; mem. of the firm of Lowden, Estabrook & Davis;
Atty. for the W. U. Tel. Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
WALTER J. ENTRIKIN, Moline.
Born Salem, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1846. Moved to 111. March
25, 1861; grad. Oberlin College, 1870; admitted to the
practice of law in 1871; from 1873 to 1875 and from
1881 to 1883 City Atty. of Moline; from 1884 to 1888
State's Atty. for Rock Island Co., and now Master iu
Chancery and a practicing attorney at Moline.
WILLIAM F. FORREST, Chicago.
Born in Baltimore, July 9, 1852. Grad. from Dartmouth
Coll. in 1875; removing to Chgo. in 1878.
WM. MEADE FLETCHER, Chicago.
Born In Rappahannock Co., Va. B. L. Univ. of Va.;
began practice of law in Montana in 1890; removed to
Chicago 1895; member law firm of Collins & Fletcher;
in 1902 appointed Professor of Law in Northwestern
University; from 1899 to 1902 Professor of Law in John
Marshall Law School.
HENRI' H. J. FURBER, JR., Chicago.
Born May 12. 1866. Grad. from Univ. of Chgo., a
B. S., 1886; Bowdoin in 188S. A. M.; Master of Let-
ters and Ph. D., Friedrich-Wilhelm Univ. of Prussia,
Germany; Prof, of Economics. N. W. Univ., 1893-94;
engaged in reorganization of the university degrees of
France, 1894-95; Pres. of the Alliance Francaise: Vice-
Pres. of the National Life Ins. Co. of Washington,
D. C.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
157
LAWYERS.
MILTON J. FOREMAN, Chicago.
Born in Chgo.. Jan. 26, 1863. Enlisted in the 1st 111.
Cav., May 11, 189S, serving through the Spanish-
American War, and was commissioned a Capt. ; Capt.
1st Cav., I. N. G. ; elected Alderman 4th Ward, April,
1899; mem. of the Union League and Standard Clubs.
ELI B. FELSENTHAL, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Admitted to the bar In 1880, and has
since been engaged in general practice; mem. of the
Univ. of Chgo. Board of Trustees since its organiza-
tion.
ARTHUR H. FROST, Rockforrt.
Born St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 12, 1855. Removing to
Rockford in 1S61; admitted to bar of Winnebago Co.
Jan., 1879; elected State's Atty. in 1892, and re-elected
in 1896 and 1900: elected Circuit Judge 17th Judicial
Circuit Feb. 25, 1902.
KLISHA C. FIELD, Chicago.
Born April 9, 1842. Grad. 1865 Law Dept. Univ. of
Mich.; elected Prosecuting Atty. 9th Dlst. Ind.. 1866;
mem. Ind. Legis., 1868; 1878, elected Circuit Judge
31st Ind. Circuit; 1889, resigned judgeship to become
Gen. Solicitor of the L., X. A. & C. Ry. Co.
158
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
GEORGE EDMUND FOSS, Chicago.
Born in Berkshire, Vt.. July 2. 1863. Grad. from St.
Albany High School, 1880; took post-graduate course
and entered Harvard in 1881; grad. in 1885 an A. B.;
attended Columbia Law School in 1887, and the Union
College of Law, Chgo.; grad. June, 1889; admitted to
the bar in 1889; in 1894, elected to Congress; re-elected
1896-98 and 1900; Chairman of the House Naval Com.
JAMES C. DOOLEY, Chicago.
Born in Ireland in 1850. Came to Chgo. in 1862; served
in the sheriff's office for 18 yrs., and afterward admit-
ted to the bar; since 1890, an acting police magistrate
of Chgo.; for 15 yrs. member Dem. Cent. Com.; Treas.
of the County Democracy.
FREDERICK H. GANSBERGEN, Chicago.
Born in Greenville, N. J. Moved to Chgo. in Nov.,
1885; Pres. of the Lincoln Park Commissioners; mem.
C. A. A., Marquette, Hamilton. Port Lake Club, Wanby
Lake Ranch Club, Belmont Golf Club, K. of P., and
the United Order of Foresters.
HENRY A. GARDNER, Hinsdale.
Born in Lisbon, Kendall Co., 111. Came to Ohgo. in
1853; grad. from the Univ. of Chgo., 1868; Harvard
Law School, 1870, and admitted to practice law at
Chgo. in 1870; has practiced in Chgo. continuously
since.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
159
LAWYERS.
JAMES B. GALLOWAY, Chicago.
Born in 111., March 2, 1848. Extensively engaged in
the handling of Chgo. River property.
ALLAN A. GILBERT, Chicago.
Born Aug. 24, 1866. Removing to 111. in 1890; grad.
at Yale Univ. in 1890; Dir. Hamilton Club, and mem.
of the Union League.
JOSEPH M. GROUT, Spring; field.
Born Sept. 21, 1855, at Mechanlcsburg. 111. Admitted
to the bar in 1878; died Feb. 28, 1902.
JOSEPH V. GRAFF, Peorla.
Born July 1, 1854. at Terre Haute, Ind. Admitted
to bar in Illinois in 1879; mem. of the firm of Graff
& Miles; elected to Congress in 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900.
160
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
JULIUS GOLBZIER, Chicago.
Born Jan. 20, 1854. in Austria. Coming to the U. S.
in 1806, and to Chgo. in 1872: Alderman in 1890-2;
mem. of Congress. 1893-5; Alderman, 1899-1902.
JAMES J. GRAY, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Nov. 23, 1861. Formerly Deputy Pro-
bate Clerk, Deputy Circuit Court Clerk; Assessor of the
town of North Chgo. 4 terms; elected mem. of the
Board of Assessors of Cook Co., drawing the 6-year
term and being the only democratic mem. of the
board; delegate to National Democratic Convention at
Kansas City in 1900.
EMERY C. GRAVES, Genesco.
Born Cherry Creek. Chautauqua Co., N. Y.. Jan. 19,
1853. Coming to 111. in the spring of 1853, and to
Geneseo in 1865; admitted to the bar July 4, 1876;
State's Atty. of Henry Co., 111., since 1889; Mayor of
Geneseo, 1891-2-4-5.
ADAMS A. GOODRICH, Chicago.
Born Jan. 8, 1849. Mem. of the law firm of Goodrich,
Vincent & Bradley.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
161
LAWYERS.
JOHN J. <.l.l.\\. Moninouth.
Born Ashland Co., Ohio, March 31. 1831. Grad. Miami
Univ.; admitted to bar in 1858; practiced in Ft. Wayne.
Ind., for 3 yrs. ; removing to Aledo and subsequently
to Monmouth. 111., where he has since resided; elected
Judge 10th 111. Judicial Circuit, 1877; re-elected to this
position at different times since, making a continuous
service of 24 yrs; appointed Judge Appellate Court. 3d
Dist., 1897, which position he resigned Oct. 7. 1898.
WILLIAM H. GOVERT, Qnincy.
Born at Ft. Madison, la., Sept. 10, 1844. Educated
public schools, and grad. at 111. Coll., 1867; grad.
from Law Dept. Univ. of Mich., 1870; removing to
Quincy the same year, entered there upon the practice
of the law; from 1876 to 1884 State's Atty. for Adams
Co. ; he is interested in the banking business and in
manufacturing.
WILLIAM B. GILBERT, Cairo.
Born in Kaskaskia. 111.. Sept. 24. 1837. Grad. Har-
vard Law School. 1861: removed to Cairo in 1865; mem.
of law firm of Green & Gilbert since its organization,
in June. 1867: Corporation Counsel City of Cairo,
1875 to 1892; Local Atty. I. C. R. R. Co. since 1865;
corporation, commercial and admiralty law.
MILES FREDERICK: GILBERT, Cairo.
Born in Alton, Sept. 11, 1846. In 1868 received de-
gree of LL. B. Harvard Univ., and same year admit-
ted to the bar; in 1870 entered the law firm of Grean
& Gilbert; retired January 1. 1902. and accepted the
Illinois attorueyship for the St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Company; President of the Board of Education
for 8 years; Chancellor of the Diocese of Springfield.
162
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
"WILLIAM S. II v IMIKKT. Evanston.
Born Sept. 17, 1842, Terre Haute, Ind. Removing to
Des Moines in 1867, and to Chgo. in 1873; pursued lit-
erary studies at Franklin and Wabasb Coll., Ind., and
the Univ. of Mich.; enlisted in 1862 in the war of
1861-5, serving 3 yrs., including Sherman's march to the
sea: in 1867 grad. from the law dept. of Univ. of
Mich. ; engaged in gen. law practice in Chgo.
EDWARD AVERY HARRIMAN, \Viiinetka.
Born Dec. 31, 1869. Grad. A. B., Harvard, 1888; LL. B.,
Boston Univ., in 1891; admitted to Boston bar 1891;
practiced in Kansas in 1891-2; became a resident of
Chgo. in 1892; Prof, of Corporation Law N. W. Univ.
Law School.
GRAHAM II. HARRIS, Chicago.
Born Oct. 11, 1857. Grad. at the Univ. of Va. 1878,
and admitted to the Va. bar the same year; moved to
Chgo. in 1882. where ever since he has been engaged
in the practice of law: Asst. U. S. Atty. 1886-90; ap-
pointed mem. Board of Education 1897; Pres. of the
Board of Education 1S9S-99-1900-1901.
THOMAS M. HARRIS, Lincoln.
Born Oct. 21, 1865. Macoupin Co., 111. Admitted to bar
in 1893; practicing since admission in Lincoln; mem.
of Kep. State Com. from 17th Dist. ; Chairman of Logan
Co. Rep. Com. in campaigns of 1894 and 1896.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
163
LAWYERS.
I 11-11 \ B. HAMILTON, Qniiiey.
Born Carthage. 111., Oct. 5, 1838. Grad. 111. Coll..
Jacksonville, 1860; served 3 yrs. Civil War, Co. B.
118th 111.; resident of Quincy since 1866; admitted to
the bar 1869; Inspector-Gen. State Militia from 1878
to 1887; Surveyor of Customs by appointment of Presi-
dents Johnson and Grant; mem. Loyal Legion and
G. A. R.; Mason and Knight Templar; died March 20,
1902.
ELI S. HART, < h i.-.-iiio.
Born In Rochester, N. Y., 1832. Grad. Hamilton Coll.
Law School, 1855; engaged In law practice in Iowa and
Chgo., 1856-74; Pres. Clinton Bridge Co., Clinton, la.,
1874-8; Gen. Mgr. and Vice-Pres. Rodger Ballast Car
Co. until 1900; subsequently made its Pres.; mem.
Wapslplnicon Club, Clinton, la.; Veteran Union League
Club, Oakland and Western Ry. Clubs.
OSCAR II I : m :i Chicago.
Born in St. Louis, Jan. 6. 1868. Grad. Chgo. Coll. of
Law, and admitted to the bar In 1891; Asst. Prosecuting
Atty. of Chgo. 1895-97; elected Election Com. 1901;
elected Prosecuting Atty. 1901.
OSCAR I .. HEARD, Freeport.
Born In Freeport in 1856. Grad. N. W. Univ. 1876;
admitted to the bar in 1878; from 1884 to 1900 State's
Atty.; mem. School Board; Sec. Library Board; mem.
easiness Men's Assn.; 32d degree Mason.
164
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
JOHN A. HENRY, Chicago.
Born on a farm. Shelby Co., Ohio. May 29. 1848. Grad.
O. W. U., 1868; admitted to bar, 1871; City Atty.,
Indianapolis, 1879-82; moved to Chgo. in 1885; County
Attorney of Cook Co., 1892.
ALEXANDER H. HEYMAN, Chicago.
Bom Oct. 27, 1873, at New Orleans. Removing to
Chgo. in 1880; admitted to the bar in 1894.
WALLACE HECIvMAN, Chicago.
Born in Morgan Co., Ohio, May 22, 1851. Removins to
111. Oct., 1852; admitted to the bar, and since has been
engaged in its practice in Chgo.
RECTOR C. HITT, Ottawa.
Born in Ottawa, 111. Aug. 14. 1856. Admitted to the
practice of law March 10, 1881.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
165
LAWYERS.
LYSANDER HILL., Chicago.
Born July 4, 1834. Grad Bowdoin Coll., and admitted
to bar I860; Register In Bankruptcy 1867; Judge 8th
Judicial Dist. of Va. 1869; Judge of Circuit Court same
Dlst.; came to Chgo. 1881.
O. H. HORTON. Chicago.
Born In Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1835. Lo-
cated in Cbgo. In 1855; grad. from the Law School of
the old Chicago Univ. In 1863; In 1887 elected Judge
of the Cook Co. Circuit Court, and twice re-elected; In
1898 made a Judge of the Appellate Court, 1st Dist. ;
mem. of Union League, Chicago Literary, Marquette,
Hamilton and "40" Clubs and the C. A. A.; Pres. Union
Coll. of Law; Trustee of Lewis Inst. and Garrett Bib-
lical Inst. ; Trustee and Vlce-Pres. Northwestern Univ.
JESSE lloi.miM. Chicago.
l!orn Aug. 23, 1851, London. Judge of the Superior
Court of Cook Co., 111.; Pres. 111. State Bar Assn.;
I'res. Hamilton Club 1897-8.
THOMAS S. HOGAN, Chicago.
Born in Chicago. Removing to St. Louis; returned to
Chicago in 1886; since practicing In Chicago in the
State and Federal Courts and in the United States
Supreme Court; extensively engaged in practice involv-
ing copyright and trademark law, and general law
practice.
166
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
DELEVAN A. HOLMES, Evanston.
Born in Iowa, 1855. Admitted to the bar in 1880; en-
gaged in the practice of law in Chgo.
JOHX EVERETT HOLLAND, Chicago.
Born at Jewett, O., May 7, 1862. Removing to Chgo
April 12, 1892; admitted to bar, upon examination, in
1893; received diploma Kent Coll. of Law in 1893;
grad. Ohio Univ., Classical Course; Principal for 2 yrs.
of Township High School, and for 2 yrs. Supt. of a
special dist. and Normal School, Columbus. Ohio.
ELMORE W. HI7RST, Rock Island.
Born in Rock Island. Dec. 6. 1851. Mem. of 26th and
41st 111. Gen. Assemblies: Temporary and Permanent
Chairman Democratic State Convention, held at Spring-
field, 1900.
HARVEY B. HIRD, Evanstoii.
Porn Feb. 14, 1828, in Huntington. Conn. Admitted to
the b:ir in 111. March 8, 1848; Reviser of the 111. Stat-
ute of 1874: Editor of 13 subsequent editions; Prof, in
the X. W. Law School since 1862: father of the Chgo.
Drainage (.'anal and of the 111. Juvenile Court Law.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
167
LAWYERS.
ARTHUR HUMPHREY, Chicago.
Born July 13, 1858, on a farm. Educated in common
-and State Normal Schools; in early life engaged In stock
and milling business; located in Chgo. in 1880; admit-
ted to the bar of 111. in 1884, and engaged in law prac-
tice in Chgo.; in 1892 became mem. of the law firm of
Karnuin. Humphrey & Barnum; copartnership dissolved
.after 6 yrs., and since engaged in private practice.
J. OTIS HUMPHREY, Spriii Afield.
Born in Morgan Co., 111., Dec. 30, 1850. Educated at
Shurtleff Coll.; admitted to the bar, 1880; Pres. Elector
in 1884; appointed U. S. Atty., 1897. and U. S. Dist.
Judge for the Southern Dist. of 111., 1901.
PERRY A. HULL, Cliloiiwo.
Born in Williamsrteld, Ohio. Dec. 22. 1850. Educated
at Kingsville. Ohio, Academy and Ililtadale, Mich.,
Coll.; Master in Chancery Conk Co. Circuit Court since
1892; Pres. and Treas. Fidelity Trust & Investment Co.;
Vice-Pres. of the Chicago Texas Oil Syndicate; ob-
tained ;ui(l promoted the franchise under which the 111.
Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1ml It a system of tunnels
under the streets of Chgo.: died April. 1902.
ROBERT S. ILES, Chicago.
Born at Alexandria, Ky., Jan. 20. 1848. Moved to 111.
in 1882; Supreme Archon Hoyal League, l.S!):i-.r>; County
Atty. Cook Co. 1J?S>5-1JKH); Supreme Pres. North Ameri-
can Union 1895, which position lie continues to hold.
168
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
WILLIAM T. IRWIN, Peorla.
Born in Dayton, Pa., June 1, 1856. Came to 111. In
1881; admitted to the bar in 1881; mem. of the firm of
Irwin & Slemmons; Dir. and Gen. Counsel of the Peoria
& Pekin Terminal Ky.
STILLMAN B. .1 \ Mil-ISO V Chicago.
Born in Lake Co., 111., July 27, 1875. Lived in Chgo.
since 1876; engaged in the practice of law in Chgo.;
Master in Chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co.
FRANK ASBURY JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born Jan. 18, 1845, at Gowanda, Cattaraugus Co.,
N. Y. Grad. at Lawrence Univ.,. Appleton, Wis.. June,
1869: moved to Chgo. Sept., 1869; admitted to the bar
April, 1871, and since been in practice in Chgo.
W. O. JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born in Fredonia, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1853. Grad. Hamil-
ton Coll. 1877; admitted to bar of N. Y. 1879: removed
to Chgo. in 1883; Gen. Counsel C. & E. Ry. Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
ALFRED H. JONES, Robinson.
Born in Crawford Co., July 4, 1850. Educated at Na-
tional Normal School, Lebanon, O.; admitted to practice
law June 14, 1875; State's Atty. Crawford Co., 111.,
1876; mem. 111. State Food Commission; Local Atty.
C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co.; 20 yrs. Chairman Craw-
ford Co. Rep. Com.
JOHN N. JEWETT, Chicago.
Born in Me. in 1827. A resident of Chgo. since 1856.
and of 111. since 1853; admitted to the bar of Illinois
in 1853; resided at Galena, and for 3 yrs. thereafter;
President of Chicago Historical Society.
WILLIAM JACKSON. Rock l-l.-in.l
Born Aug. 14, 1834, in Liverpool. Came to 111. Aug.,
1851, locating in Rock Island Co., where he has since
resided; admitted to practice of the law in 1860; from
1873-6 Postmaster of Rock Island; from 1S97-1901 mem.
of the Board of Mgrs. of the 111. State Reformatory.
EDWARD DUDLEY KENNA. Chicago.
Born in Jacksonville, 111., Nov. 17, 1861. In 1889 Gen.
Atty. St. L. & S. F. Hy. Co.: in 1895 Gen. Solicitor
A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co ; in 1898 Vlce-Pres. and Gen.
Solicitor A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co.
170
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
CLARENCE A. KNIGHT, Chicago.
Born in McHenry. 111., Oct. 28, 1853. Came to Chi-
cago April 11, 1872; admitted to bar in 1874; Asst. City
Atty. 1879 to 1884, and 1884 to 1888 City Atty.: from
1885 to 1889 Asst. Corporation Counsel; firm of Knight
iV Brown, organized in 1889.
I. M. KIRKPATR1CK, Monmoutli.
Born in New Bloomfield, Pa., Jan. 27. 1836. Removed to
Monmouth, 111., 1852; admitted to the bar I860; prac-
ticing Atty. in Monmouth, 111.
GEORGE WASHINGTON KRETZINGER,
Cliicag'O.
Born in Ohio. Upon removing to 111. he engaged in
practice of law in partnership with Judge H. L. Han-
nuiuan of Knoxvllle, 111., until 1873: in 1887 was Gen.
Solicitor of Chgo. & Iowa Hy.; in 1SS7 was Gen. Coun-
sel of the Chgo.. 1'ekin & Southwestern and the Chgo.
& I'ailucah Ry. Cos. ; Acting Counsel of the Motion Ry. ;
in 1891 incorporated the Santa Fe. Preseott & Phoenix
Ry. Co. of Ariz., and since has been one of its Directors.
LOUIS KISTL.ER, Cliicag-o.
Born in Germany. Removing to America in 1846. anj
to Chgo. in 1864; grad. Syracuse Univ., 1858, B. A., and
Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 18G4; for 14 yrs. Prof, in
N. W. Univ.. from 1864 to 1878; engaged in gen. prac-
tice of the law in Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
171
LAWYERS.
W ALTER H. KIRK, Peoria.
Born in Baxter Springs, Kan., Dec. 5, 1870. Moved
to Peorlu in 1881; grad. Peoria High School in 1890;
grad. Law Dept. Univ. of Mich. 1894: admitted to Su-
preme Court of 111. 1894, and U. S. Courts 1898.
DAVID S. LANSDEN, Cairo.
Born in Cairo, Feb. 20, 1869. Grad. Princeton Univ.
1M)1: admitted to the bar in 1894; 1S95-7 City Atty.
of Cairo; extensively engaged in commercial, corpora-
tion and railroad law practice.
WILLIAM C. LAWSON, Chicago.
Born Oct. 15, 1860, in Hamilton, Canada. Came ro
Chgo. in 1880; from 1894 to 1898 was Chief Clerk of
the Criminal Court of Cook Co., and in 1898 Deputy
Sheriff; resides at 5211 Washington Ave., Chgo.
EDWARD C. LEWIS, Chicago.
Born in 1845. Practiced law at Ottawa, 111.: engaged in
the business of breeding of shorthorn cattle and line
horses; mem. of the Board of Supervisors of La Salle Co.
for 12 vrs., and being Chairman (i yrs. ; for 8 yrs. mem.
of the State Board of Agriculture; from 1882 to 1885
mem. 111. Railroad and Warehouse Commission; one of
the Props of the American Warming & Ventilating Co. of
Chgo. and mem. of the firm of Lewis & Kitchen of
Kansas City, Mo., since 1894.
172
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
JOHN T. I.I I.I. \ It I). Bloomiugton.
Born April 1, 1852, on a farm near Danville, Ky.
Grad. at Centre Coll., Danville, Ky. ; located In Bloom-
ington, 111., In 1873; admitted to 111. bar In 1874, and
has since engaged In the practice of law In Blooming-
ton; City Atty. 1884-5 President Manufactured Ice Co.;
Vlce-Pres. Union Gas and Electric Co. ; Vlce-Pres.
Home Telephone Co.
JOEL, M. LONGENECKER, Chicago.
Born in Crawford Co., 111., Jan. 12, 1847. Admitted to
the bar in 1870; came to Chgo. in 1881, where he engaged
in the practice of law; in 1884 was Asst. to Luther
Laflin Mills; elected State's Atty. of Cook Co., and the
prosecuting atty. In the Cronin murder trial; Com-
mander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. of 111.
WILL, H. LYFORD, Chicago.
Born Waterville Me., 1858. Came to 111. 1877; Gen.
Counsel Chgo. & E. I. R. R. Co.; uieru. of Chgo., Union
League, C. A. A. and Hamilton Clubs.
D. Kit \ I M :if ii LYMAN, Chicago.
Born March 27, 1840, at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Sand-
wich Islands. In the service of the government of thfi
Sandwich Islands; 1860 located at New Bedford, Conn.;
In 1864 grad. from Yale; 3896 grad. from Harvard Law
School; admitted to the Mass, bar: located in Chicago
in 1866, entering the law office of Waite & Clark as
a Clerk; Ex-Pres. Chicago Bar Assn.: Ex-Pres. Chicago
Title & Trust Co.; mem. firm of Lyuian, Bushby »t
Lyman.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
173
LAWYERS.
FRANK ORREN L.OWDEN, Chicago.
Born Sunrise City, Minn., Jan. 26, 18G1. 1868 his par-
ents removed to a farm at Point Pleasant, la. ; in 1887
gnul. from the Union Law School of Chicago, and ad-
mitted to the 111. bar; entered the oflice of Dexter,
Hen-ick & Allen; in 1896 mem. of law firm of Walker &
Lowden; 1892 mem. of law firm of Keep & Lowden;
in 1898 head of the law firm of Lowden, Bstabtook
& Davis; Lieut. -Col. 1st Keg.. I. X. G.: mem. Calumet,
Chicago, Union League, Marquette and Washington Park
Clubs.
R. HAMPTON McANIJI/TY, Springfield.
Born Hancock Co., 111., March 7, 1868. Educated at
Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la.; admitted to practice law
in 1893: Ex-Asst. U. S. Atty. for the Southern Dist.
of Illinois; inem. of firm of MoAnulty & Allen, lawyers,
and Local Counsel for the Wabash & Vandalia Railroad.
MATTHEW J. McENlRY, Moliiie.
Born in Zuma, Rock Island Co. Grad. Scientific De-
partment Notre Dame University, and from the Law
Department of Michigan University; elected to County
Hoard for Zuma Township, commissioned Postmaster
of Moline 1894; President Mollne Business Men's As-
sociation; Director and Chairman Reception Committee
of Moline Club; Treasurer Democratic County Central
Committee; Chairman of Executive Committee Rock
Island County Old Settlers' Association; member law
firm McEniry & McEnlry.
WM. McENIRY% Rock Island.
Born in Rock Island County, May 9, I860. Grad. of.the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and University of
Ann Arbor, Mich.; City Attorney of Rock Island 1837-8;
member of the 40th 111. Gen. Assembly.
174
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
ROBERT G. McEVOY, Rockford.
Born in Prescott, Canada, Aug. 26, 1860. Removed to
Wlnnebago Co., 111., at the age of 7 yrs. ; grad. at the
Univ. of Mich. 1882; practiced law since 1884 In Rock-
ford, 111.; mem. of the firm of Frost & McKvoy since
1889.
WILLARD MILTON McEWEN, Chicago.
Born In DeKalb Co., 111. Located in DeKalb, Dec.,
1868. grad. from the High School In June, 1882; grad.
from the Union Coll. of Law, Chgo., June, 1887; from
Oct., 1890, to April, 1892. in partnership with Chas.
S. Deneen; from 1892 to 1896 in partnership with F. B.
Pease; Atty. Sanitary Dist. of Chgo.; Asst. State's
Atty. for Cook Co. since 1896; mem. of Jefferson and
Union League Clubs.
DAVID MCCULLOCH; Peoria.
Born January 25, 1832, Cumberland Co., Pa. Grad.
Marshall Coll. 1852; moved to Peoria 1853; School Com-
missioner 1855-1861; admitted to bar in 1857; member
of firms of Manning & McCulloch, McCulloch & Taggart,
McCulloch & Rice, McCulloch & Stevens; Circuit Judge
1877-1885; Justice Appellate Court 1879-1885; member
of McCulloch & MeCulloch; second President Illinois
State Bar Assn.; Referee in Bankruptcy; member
Board of Trustees, McCormick Theological Seminary,
Chicago.
EDWARD D. McCULLOCH, Peoria.
Born in Peoria, Nov. 5, 1860. Grad. Peoria High School
1878; Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., 1882; admitted to
the bar in 1885; mem. of firm of McCulloch & McCul-
loch; mem. of House of Representatives, 111. Legls.,
1899-1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
175
LAWYERS.
GUY M. MCDOWELL, Danville.
Born in Troy, Pa., Nov. 14, 1866. Educated in public
schools and Hobart Coll. of Geneva, N. Y. ; read law
with Frank Kurd of Toledo, O. ; located in Danville
in 1689; engaged in mercantile business from 1889 to
1894; admitted to 111. bar 1898; mem. of law firm of
Evans & McDowell; mem. K. of P. and Elks.
JOHN P. McGOORTY, Chicago.
Born in O., Aug. 25, 1866. Lived in Chgo. since 1886;
mem. of the law firm of McGoorty & Pollock; mem. 111.
House of Representatives 1896, and re-elected in 189&
and chosen leader of Democratic minority; Vice-Pres.
of the Iroquois Club.
JOHN McNULTA, Chicago.
Horn in X. Y. City, Xov. 9, 1837. Located in Attica.
Ind., in 1852; in 1859 located in Bloomington, 111.;
Capt. Troop A. 1st 111. Cav., in the war of 1861-5;
Col. 94th 111. Inf., and Breveted Brig.-Gen.; admitted
to the bar in 1866; Illinois State Senator 1868; U. S.
Congress in 1872; Master in Chancery for McLean Co.;
1898 Receiver of the National Bank of 111. and the Calu-
met Electric Street Ry. Co.; died Feb. 22, 1900.
JAMES C. MARTIN, Chicago.
Horn in Kane Co., 111. Grad. at Elgin Academy in
1879, and later from Ann Arbor, Mich.. Law School,
receiving the degrees of M. A. and LL. B. ; located in
Chgo. in 1886 and engaged in law practice under the
firm name of Martin & May, subsequently Briggs, Mar-
tin & May; in 1S95 appointed a Justice of the Peace,
and in 1897 appointed Police Magistrate.
176
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
ROBERT MATHER, Chicago.
Born July 1, 1859. Grad. from Knox Coll. in 1882;
located in Chgo. in 1882, and was admitted to the bar
in 1886; Gen. Atty. and 2d Vice-Pres. of the C., R. I.
& P. Ry. Co.
Q
WILLIAM E. MASON, Chicago.
Born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., July 1, 1850. Came to
Chgo. in 1872; served in both branches of 111. Legis.
and both branches of Congress.
STEPHEN D. MAY, Chicago.
Born Belvidere. 111.. June 3, 1861. From 1879 to 1880
attended 111. Coll. at Jacksonville; grad. Literary Dept.
Univ. of Mich, in 1884; grad. Union Coll. of Law. Chgo..
1885; JMlmitted to the practice of law in 1887; mem.
37th, 38th. 39th Gen. Assemblies of 111.
JOHX AXDERSOX MAY, Chicago.
Born Dec. 5. 1859, at Pottsdam, N. Y. Came to Chgo.
in 1877; read law in the office of Luther Laflin Mills,
and admitted to the bar in March, 1881; engaged in
practice of law 1888 in partnership with \V. S. Forrest;
appointed City Pros. Atty. 1889-91; in 1897 Asst.
Corporation Counsel; 1899 Supt. of special assessments.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
Ill
LAWYERS.
BENJAMIN D. MAGRLDER, Chicago.
Born Jefferson Co., Miss. Moved with parents to Jack-
son, La., and subsequently to Baton Kouge; grad. from
Yale in 1861 ; located In Chgo. ; engaged In law prac-
tice, and later formed a partnership with Geo. F. Bailey
under the name of Bailey & Magruder; for 15 yrs. a
Master In Chancery; elected Judge of the 111. State
Supreme Court 1885, vice Judge Dickey, deceased, and
twice re-elected; honorary mem. of the Union Club and
the University Club of Chgo., and resides at 17 Wash-
ington Place.
HENRY MANSFIELD, Peoria.
Born March 4. 1864. Peoria, 111. Admitted to practice
law Dec., 1888; grad. Va. Military Inst. 1886; grad.
Univ. of Va. Law School, 1S88.
WILLIAM C. MALLEY, Chicago.
Born April 11, 1866, Chgo. Educated Chgo. Public
schools, old Chgo. Univ. and grad. from the law
Dept of the Univ. of Mich.; admitted to the bar 1891;
senior mem. of the firm of Malley & Sims; Chairman of
the Board of Election Commissioners of Chgo. ; mem. of
Hamilton, Woodlawn Park and Jackson Park and Press
Clubs.
WILLIAM R. MANIERRE, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Educated at the old Univ. of Chgo.;
enlisted in the war of 1861-5 in the 134th 111.; was in
the old Marine Bank under J. Y. Scamraon; subse-
quently was Asst. Cashier in the U. S. Sub-Treasury
at Chgo.; in 1878 grad. Union Coll. of Law; afterward
became Prop, of the Central Warehouse; in 1883 elected
Alderman of the 24th Ward; three times re-elected; in
1898 organized the Manierre-Yoe Syrup Co.; In 1891
elected a County Com.
178
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
GEORGE P. MERRICK, Evanstoii.
Born Manteno, 111., Oct. 4, 1862. Grad. from the
N. W. Univ. in 1884; admitted to the bar in June,
1886, and has since been engaged in the practice of
law in Chgo.
O
JOSEPH B. MESSICK, East St. Louis.
Born in Macoupin Co., 111., Jan. 29, 1847. Reared on a
farm and received public school education; volunteer In
the 144th 111. in the war of 1861-5; taught school,
studied law and admitted to the bar In 1871, engaging
in practice In East St. Louis in 1872; elected Judge
of the City Court of East St. Louis 1875; elected to
111. Gen. Assembly 1882-4-6; Com. Southern 111. Peni-
tentiary in 1889-93, and reappointed 1893-7.
ANSON E. MEANOR, Chicago.
Born in Orion, 111., April 4, 1870. Educated C. C. C.
Coll., Des Moines. la., and Law Dept. Lake Forest
Univ.; admitted to the bar in 1896. Appointed a
Master in Chancery of Cook County, May, 1902, vice
Perry Hull, deceased.
WILLIAM A. MEESE, Moliiie.
Born Feb. 1, 1857, Sheboygan, Wis. Grad. Rock River
Seminary and la. State Univ.; Ex-City Atty. ; Trustee
Northern State Normal School; Chairman of Library
Com., Public Library.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
179
LAWYERS.
H. H C. MILLER, Evanston.
Born in N. Y. City, Oct. 17, 1845. Located in 111. in
1854; grad. from Univ. of Mich, in 1868; Mayor of
Evanston 1890-3; Pres. Board of Education of Evanston
since 1885, and Pres. Civil Service Com. of Evanston
since 1895; Vice-Pres. of the Board of Trustees of the
N. W. Univ.; mem. of the Political Action Com. of the
Union League Club, Chgo. ; mem. of the staff of Gov.
Yates; mem. of the law firm of Miller, Thoman & Op-
penheim, Chgo.
JOHN STOCKER MILLER, Chicago.
Born in Louisville, N. Y., May 24, 1847. Grad., A. B.,
St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., 1869; admitted to
the bar and located in Chgo. in 1874; from 1891 to 1893
Corporation Counsel City of Chgo. ; mem. and Past Pres.
Union League Club.
LUTHER I \ I I.I N MILLS, Chicago.
Born in North Adams, Mass., Sept. 3, 1848. Grad. from
the Univ. of Mich. ; engaged in the practice of law in
1871 in Chgo.; from 1876 to 1884 State's Atty. for Cook
Co.; mem. of the Civic Federation.
ISAAC R. MILLS, Decatar.
Born in Magnolia, 111., Sept. 5, 1853. Grad. at Lincoln
Univ. in 1876; studied law in Chgo. and admitted to
the bar in 1878; located and entered into the practice
of law in Decatur; City Atty. of Decatur from 1883
to 1889; State's Atty. of Macon Co. from 1888 to 1900;
appointed Internal Revenue Collector for 8th Dist. of
111. April 10, 1901, by Pres. McKinley; reappointed by
Pres. Roosevelt.
180
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
II \//,i:i.l, D. MONROE, Springfield.
Born in Olay Co., 111., Oct. 22, 1852. Educated Wilton
Collegiate Inst., Wilton, la.; admitted to the bar in
1883; elected Co. Judge of Clay Co., 111., in 1886, and
re-elected in 1890; in 1898 appointed Asst. Atty. Gen. by
Gen. Akin, and reappointed in 1901 by (Jen. Bamlin.
JOHN R. MONTGOMERY, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., 1866. Grad. from Beloit Coll. 1887:
grad. from the Union Coll. of Law, Chgo.. and admitted
to the bar in 1889; mem. of the law firm of Ritsher,
Montgomery & Hart.
CHARLES FREDERICK MORTIMER,
Springfield.
Born June 23, 1875. Located in Springfield in 1897'
admitted to the bar in 1S99; elected City Atty. of
Springfield 1901.
ISAAC L,. MORRISON, Jacksonville.
Born Jan. 26, 1826. Barren Co., Ky. Located in Jack-
sonville. 111., in 1851; educated at Masonic Coll.. Glas-
gow, Ky. ; engaged in law practice in Illinois;
mem. of 30th. 31st and 33d 111. Gen. Assemblies; for
27 yrs. Dir. of Jacksonville National Bank; Warden of
Trinity Episcopal Church; died Feb. 27, 1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
181
LAWYERS.
THOMAS A. MORAN, Chicago.
Born in Conn., Oct., 1839. Grad. from the Albany Law
School; In 1865 located In Chgo. and engaged In the
practice of law: 1879 elected Judge of the Circuit Court
of Cook Co. ; made Judge of the Appellate Court ; resign-
ing from the bench to re-enter law practice as a mem.
of the firm of Moran, Kraus, Mayer & Stein.
\ MOI.IMI MOSUS, Chicago.
Born Feb. 27, 1837, at Speyer, Germany. Admitted to
the bar April, 1861; mem. of the law firm of Moses.
Rosenthal & Kennedy; originator of "John Marshall
Day," celebration Feb. 4, 1901.
\\ . R. MOORE!, M.I 1 1 n.-.
Born in Pittsburg, Pa., June 26, 1853. Located in Mo-
line in 1855; admitted to the bar 1874; three times
City Atty. and once Corporation Counsel of Moline:
Imilt Moline Central St. Uy. Co., and its Sec. 5'yrs.
and its Pres. 2 yrs. ; Vlce-1'res. Tri-City Electric
Sprinkler Co.
J. C. MURPHY, Aurora.
Born Feb. 27, 1858, at Morris, 111. Has resided in
Aurora since 1865; admitted to the bar in 1882; from
1884 to 1890 Asst. U. S. Atty. and U. S. Atty. for
Dakota; Mayor of Aurora 1893-5; mem. of law •firm of
Murphy, Alschuler & Newhall of Aurora.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
EDWIX A. MUJNOER, Chicago.
Born in Topeka, Kan., Feb. 26, 1860. Located In Or-
leans, Ind., 1874; in 1885 returned to Kan. and at-
tended State Agricultural Coll.; engaged in teaching
school in 1888; located in Chgo. in 1889; in 1892 grad.
from the Law Dept. of the Lake Forest Univ. and ad-
mitted to the bar; has since been engaged in the practice
of law in Chgo.; mem. of the Hamilton Club, and Pres.
1001-2.
JAMBS FRANCIS MEAGHER, Chicago.
Born in N. Y., Jan. 26, 1858. Mem. of the firm of
Winston & Meagher.
EDWARD C. XICHOL.S, Maywood.
Born Dec. 24, 1860. Admitted to the bar in 1893. and
has been in active practice ever since in Chgo.
WILLIAM A. NORTHCOTT, Greenville.
Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 5, 1853. Located in
111. in 1879; engaged in the practice of law and elected
State's Atty. 1882-90: Supervisor of Census, 7th Dist.
of 111.. 1880; Head Consul Modern Woodmen of Amer-
ica 1890-1902; Lieut. -Gov. of 111. 1890, and re-elected
in 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
183
LAWYERS.
RICHARD JAMES OGLESBY, I II. h.-i r(.
Born Oldham Co., Ky., July 25, 1824. Located in 111.
1836; admitted to the bar in 1845; enlisted as 1st Lieut.
Co. C, 4th 111., serving in the Mexican war; engaged
in practice of law in Decatur; in 1849 visited the gold
fields in Cal. ; in 1856-7 traveled in Asia and Africa;
in 1860 elected State Senator; 1861 made Col. 8th 111.,
war 1861-5; subsequently appointed Major-Gen.; in
1864 elected Gov. of Illinois, and twice re-elected; In
1873 elected U. S. Senator; died May 24, 1898.
JOSEPH B. OAKLEAF, Moliiie.
Born In Mollne, 111., Oct. 1, 1858. Admitted to the bar
May, 1886; from 1888 to 1894 City Atty. of Moline;
Local Atty. C., R. I. & P. R. R.
WALTER OLDS, Chicago.
Born in Morrow Co., O., Aug. 11. 1846. Admitted to
the bar in Ohio, 1869; enlisted in the war of 1861-5 as
a mem. of Co. A, 194th Ohio Inf.: engaged in law
practice in Columbia City, Ind., 1869; State Senator
1877-9; Circuit Judge 1884. and Supreme Judge in
1888, resigning latter position in 1893 to engage in the
practice of law in Chgo.
ALFRED ORENDORFF, Springfield.
Born in Logan Co., 111., July 29, 1845. Located in
Springfield in 1866. engaging in the practice of law.
in which he has continued ever since; mem. of 111.
Gen. Assembly 1873-4; Chairman Democratic State Cen-
tral Com. 1886: Adjt.-Gen. of 111. 1893-5; Pres. 111.
State Bar Assn 1897-8; Pres. of the Franklin Life
Ins. Co.
184
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
P. J. O-K 1:1.1 I I). Chicago.
Born in Limerick, Ireland, March 29, 1861. First Hon-
orman Limerick Diocesan Seminary, June, 1876; first
Honorman Queen's Coll., Cork, in 1877; grad. Law
Dept. Lake Forest Univ., June, 1898; passed public bar
examination, Mt. Vernon, 111., Dec., 1898; in practice
as a lawyer, and resides at 4857 Michigan Ave.
<t I I N O'BRIEN, Chicago.
Born Hancock, Mich., March 27, 1871. Grad. Panora
Coll., la., and Highland Park Univ., Des Moines. la.;
located in Chgo. in 1893; admitted to the bar in 1896;
Asst. City Atty. 1897-8.
GEORGE: T. PAGE, Peoria.
Born Sept. 22, 1859, Springbay, 111. Admitted to tfce
bar in Woodford Co., 111., in 1882; admitted to the
bar in Colo, in 1883; Dir. Merchants' National Bank
of Peoria.
CHARLES B. PAVL.ICEK, Chicago.
Born Bratronice, Bohemia, Sept. 11. 1863. Located in
Chgo. in 1872; educated in Northern Hi. Normal School
and Univ. of Mich., receiving the degrees of S. B. and
A. B. at the former and LL. B. from the latter; ad-
mitted to the bar in 1891.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
185
LAWYERS.
JOHN BARTON PAYNE, Chicago.
Born in Va., Jan. 26, 1855. Special Judge Circuit Court
of W. Va. 1881; Mayor of Kingwood, \V. Va., 1882;
Pres. Chgo. Law Inst. 1889; Judge of the Superior Court
of Cook Co. 1893, resigning Dec. 5, 1898, and resuming
general practice of the law.
SAMUEL, WARE PACKARD, Chlcagro.
Born in Shelburne, Mass., Nov. 29, 1847. Has practiced
law in partnership with Col. John S. Cooper, Judge
Gwyne Garnett and William W. Gurley; in 1882-3 he
prevented the admission of So. Dakota into the Union
on account of $200,000 defaulted Yankton Co. bonds
held by his clients, and which resulted in his collecting
payment in full; has gained celebrity as the attorney
for Rev. John Alex. Dowie.
ARTHUR BURR PEASE, Chicago.
Horn Feb. 25, 1866, at Shoreham, Vt. Grad. from Mid-
dlelmry Coll. in 1890, and located In Chgo. in 1891 ;
mem. of the law firm of I'ierson & Pease; mem. Chicago
Bar, 111. State Bar Assns., C. A. A., Kenwood Club
iind Kenwood Country Club.
BURTON F. PEEK, Moline.
Born March 5, 1872. Admitted to the bar in 1£94; Is
engaged in the practice of law, and a mem. of the firm
of Wood & Peek, attorneys.
186
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
GEORGE R. PECK, Chicago.
Born in Steuben Co., N. Y., In 1843. Gen. Solicitor for
the A., T. & S. F. R. R.. in 1881; Gen. Counsel of the
C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co. in 1894; honored by two Uni-
versities with the degree of LL. D.
FERDINAND W. PECK, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., July 15, 1848. Grad. from the Chgo.
High School, Union Coll. of Law and old Univ. of
Chgo. : Special Commissioner in Europe for the Colum
bian Exposition of Chgo. in 1893; Commissioner-Gen,
for U. S. to Paris Exposition of 1900; founder of the
Auditorium of Chgo.; Vice-Pres. and Dir. and Chairman
of Finance Com. of the Columbian Ex.; ex-mem. Board
of Education and Ex-Pres. Union League Club; VJee-
Pres. 111. Humane Soc. ; Ex-Pres. Chicago Athenaeum.
ISAAC N. PHILLIPS, Bloomingtoii.
Born Oct. 24, 1845, In Tazewell Co., 111. Served In the
"WILLIAM L. POND, DeKalb.
Born in Genoa, 111., Feb. 11, 1860. Admitted to prac-
tice law, June 10, 1884; from 1886 to 1897 City Atty.
of DeKalb, 111.; in 1897 elected County Judge of De-
Kalb Co., and re-elected in 1898; mem. of the Board
Of Education.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
187
LAWYERS.
CHARLES CLARENCE POOLE. Chicago.
Born Benecia, Cal., Nov. 27, 1856. Topographer and
Civil Engr. of Surveys under Chief of Engineers of the
U. S. Army in 1873-5; Asst. Topographical Div. U. S.
Postoffice Dept. in 1880-2; grad. Law School, Columbian
Univ., and located in Chgo. and admitted to the bar
of 111. in 1882, and to practice in the Supreme Court
of the U. S. in 1891.
WILLIAM PRENTISS, Chicago.
Born In Davenport, la., In 1848. Admitted to the bar
June, 1878; located in Chgo. in 1891, engagin? in the
practice of law; delegate to the Nat'l Democratic Con-
vention In 1896.
JOHN K. PRINDIVILLE, Chicago.
Born Oct. 28, 1851, at Chgo. Admitted to the bar in
1874; appointed Justice of the Peace in 1S79
D. G. RAMSAY, Chicago.
Born near Martinsville, 111., Oct. 29. 1864. Grad. at
McKendree Coll.; mem, of the 37th Gen. Assembly of
111. In 1890; Asst. Grand Chief Telegrapher of the
Order of Railroad Telegraphers in 1891; elected Grand
Chief in 1892, serving until 1894, when he located in
Chgo., becoming Asst. State's Atty., which position he
resigned in 1897; has been in general practice since;
32d degree Mason, K. of P., Odd Fellow and member
Iroquois Club.
188
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
WALTER REEVES, Streator.
Born near Brownsville, Pa., Sept. 25, 1848. Located In
La Salle Co., 111., in 1856; admitted to the bar of
Illinois in 1875, to the Supreme Court of the U. S.
in 1885; was u mem. of the 54th, 55th. 5Gth, 57th
U. S. Congress.
GEORGE F. REARICK, Danville.
Born in Beardstown, 111., March 31, 1863. Public school
education and Delaware, O., Coll.; admitted to the bar
of 111. in 1888; from 1893 to 1897 City Atty. of Dan-
ville; mem. of K. of P. and M. W. A.
JOHN T. RICHARDS, Chicago.
Born Ironton, O., Oct. 13, 1851. Has been a resident
of Chgo. since July, 1872; admitted to the bar in 1875,
and has been in continuous practice since.
EDWARD C. RITSHER, Chicago.
Born in Beloit, Wis., Sept. 8, 1864. Grad. A. B. at
Beloit in 1886, and LL. B. at Columbia Law School in
1889; moved to Chgo. in 1889, and admitted to the
bar the same year; mem. of the firm of Ritsher, Mont-
gomery & Hart.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
189
LAWYERS.
GEORGE MILLS ROGERS, Chicago.
Born in Glasgow, Ky., April 16, 1854. Located in Chgo.
in 185S; grad. from Yale in 1876, and subsequently
from the Chgo. Union Coll. of Law; admitted to the
bar in 1878; Asst. City Atty. of Chgo.; appointed City
Prosecuting Atty. in 1886; Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty. 188?;
Master in Chancery since 1889; mem. Chgo., 111. and
American Bar Assns., Iroquois and University Clubs;
Pres. of the Order of Phi Delta Phi.
JAMES ROSENTHAL, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., April 10, 1859. Educated in the Chgo.
public schools, High School and Yale Law School, New
Haven, in 1880; admitted to the Chgo. bar in 1880;
mem. of the Chgo. Board of Education in 1891-3.
"WALTER W. ROSS, New York City.
Born March 29, 1866, Pulaski, 111. Grad. from Prince-
ton Coll. in 1888; grad, from Harvard Law School
;ind began law practice in Chgo. in 1890; appointed Asst.
Corporation Counsel of Chgo. in 1894; appointed Local
Atty. of the C., R. I. & P. Ry. Co. in 1895; ex-mem,
of the law firm of Wall, Ross & Kirkman; located New
York City June, 1901, as the General Atty. of the Dela-
ware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co.
FRED H. ROWE, Jacksonville.
Born in Vt., Dec. 20, 1857. Grad. at Williams Coll. in
1S«0; located in 111. in 1882; Chairman Republican
State Com. in 1900; Atty. for the State Ins. Dept. of
111.
190
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
ANDREW J. RYAN, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., Dec. 29, 1869. Grad. from Law Dept.
of N. W. Univ.; Atty. of the West Town Board in
1894; Dir. of the Public Library; elected City Atty.
April, 1899, and re-elected in 1901.
T. J. SCOFIELD, Chicago.
Born March 20, 1856. Grad. Carthage Coll.; formerly
Gen. Atty. Q. O. & K. C. Rd.; 1st Asst. Atty.-Gen.
111., 1893-7; Dist. Atty. C. & A. Ry. and Atty. of
Records for the Chgo. Union Traction Co. ; mem. of the
law firm of Scofleld & Brown.
KICKHAM SCANLAN, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 23, 1864. Grad. from the Chgo.
Coll. of Law.
M. O. SOUTHWORTH, Aurora.
1871; admitted to the bar in Kane County in 1871. and
has continued in active practice since; elected judge
of County Court of Kane County in 1874; re-elected in
1 OTU
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
191
LAWYERS.
ELIJAH B. SHERMAN, Chicago.
Born in Vt. Grad. Middlebury Coll. in I860, and ad-
mitted to the bar in 1864; Fres. of the 111. Bar Assn.
in 1881; Master in Chancery of the U. S. Circuit Court;
in 1885 received the degree of LL. D.
SIMEON P. SHOPE, Chicago.
Born in Akron, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1837. At the age of 2 yrs.
his parents removed to Marseilles, 111. ; common school
and academic education; taught school several years;
admitted to the bar in 1858; engaged in law practice
at Metamora, 111., afterward locating in Lewiston; in
1881 elected a Circuit Judge, serving two terms; in
1885 elected a mem. of the 111. Supreme Court, but de-
clined a renomination.
JOHN G. SHORTALL, Chicago.
Born Sept. 20. 1838. Came to Chgo. from If. Y. in
1854; engaged in the practice of law, devoting especial
attention to real estate titles; Dir. Chicago Title &
Trust Co. ; aided in the formation in 1809, and Pres.
since 1877 of the 111. Humane Society; Appraiser of
School Lands in 1880-6; Dir. Chgo. Public Library 12
yrs. (1883-95), and for 2 terms its Pres.; member of the
law firm of Shortall & Murison.
WILLIAM E. SHUTT, SR., Springfield.
Born in Waterford, Va. City Atty. of Springfield 1864-5;
Mayor 1868-9; State Senator for 12 yrs.; U. S. Dist.
Atty. 4 yrs.; Referee in Bankruptcy, and mem. of the
law firm of Shutt, Graham & Lester.
192
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
EDWIN W. SIMS, Chicago.
Born near Hamilton, Canada, June 4. 1870. Located jn
Mich, in 1877; grad. from the Univ. of Mich. Law
Dept. 1894; subsequently located in Ohgro. ; County Atty.
Cook Co. 1901 ; member of the Woodlawn Park Club
and Woodlawn Park Presbyterian Church, and Pres.
7th Ward Republican Club.
\llM:u SMITH, Chicago.
Born in Orange, Mass., Aug. 4, 1843. Located in Chgo.
in 1867; elected Judge, Nov. 7, 1893; Judge of the Cook
County Circuit Court; re-elected in 1897.
BEN M. SMITH. Chicago.
Born June 14, 1863, Colona, 111. Asst. State's Atty.
Cook Co., Jan. 1, 1897, to Jan. 1, 1901; mem. of the
law firm of Castle, Williams & Smith.
EL.BERT S. SMITH, Springfield.
Born March 8, 1847, Summit Co., Ohio. Located in 111.
in 1869; Asst. of Atty. -Gen. Geo. Hunt 7 yrs. : State's
Atty. of Sangamon Co. 1896-1900; Asst. of Atty. -Gen.
H. J. Hamlin since 1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
193
LAWYERS.
FREDERICK A. SMITH, Chicago.
Born Norwood Park, 111., Feb. 11, 1844. Enlisted as a
soldier in the 134th Reg., ill. Inf., In the war of
18C1-5; Trustee of the Univ. of Chgo. and of Rush
Medical Coll.; Pres. Chgo. Bar Assn. in 1890; mom.
of the law firm of Smith, Helnier, Molten & Price.
FRANK: c. SMITH, East st. Lout*.
Born In Casey ville. 111., May 3. 1862. Public school
and Business Coll. education: Ex-Chief Train Dispatcher
C. & A. R. R. ; engaged in the practice of law in East
St. Louis in 1895; appointed Master in Chancery in
1900; mem. of the Elks, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen;
was elected Grand Inner Guard of the K. of P. at
Springfield in Oct., 1901, and elected Great Sachem of
the Imp'd Order of Red Men at Peoria in 1902.
GEORGE MARSDEN STEVENS, Chicago.
Born April 4, 1846, near Waterloo, Province of Quebec,
Canada. Located in Springfield, 111., Feb., 1867; grad.
from Law Dept. Univ. of Mich. 1872; engaged in law
practice at Nokomis, 111., 1873; mem. 111. Gen. Assem-
bly 1882-6; located in Chgo.. Sept., 1885; appointed
Master in Chancery, Oct., 1887.
JOHN S. STEVENS, Peoria.
Born Sept. 16, 1838, at Bath, N. H. Admitted to the
bar June, 1865; located in 111. in 1862; President of 111.
State Bar; engaged in corporation and railroad law
practice.
194
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
GEORGE S. STI .1 .it i:. Chicago.
Born Hornellsville, N. Y., June 14, 1854. Located in
Chgo. in 1890; admitted to Mich, bar in 1877; senior
member law firm of Steere & Fisher; educated Mich.
Agricultural Coll. and State Univ. of 111. ; mem. Union
League Club and Masonic orders; mem. of Plymouth
Congregational Church.
SIDNEY STEIN, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Feb. 26, 1862. Grad. from Chgo. Gram-
mar and High School; grad. at Yale; admitted to the
bar in 1886; appointed a Master in Chancery, Dec..
1893; Grand Regent, Royal Arcanum of 111., 1896-7.
LESTER H. STRAWN, Ottawa.
Born March 18, 1855, in Putnam Co., 111. Grad. a C. E.
Univ. of Mich., 1876; admitted to 111. bar in 1880, and
since practiced law at Ottawa; niein. of the firm of
Bull & Strawn from 1884 to 1889. and since mem. of the
law firm of Brewer & Strawn; Pres. of Ottawa Board
of EducatioL.
L,A WRENCE B. STRINGER, Lincoln.
Born Feb. 24, 1866, N. J. Located in 111. in 1870;
grad. Lincoln Univ. in 1887; grad. from the Chgo. Coll.
of Law in 1897; admitted to the bar in 1897; elected
mem. 111. Gen. Assembly in 1890, re-elected in 1892;
elected State Senator in 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
195
LAWYERS.
JOHN TODD STUART, Springfield.
Born In Fayette Co., Ky., Nov. 10, 1807. Grad. of Cen-
tre Coll., Ky. ; located in 111. in 1828; Major in Black
Hawk war; meni. 111. Gen. Assembly 1832-4; elected to
Congress in 1838-40-62; elected State Senator in 1868;
mem. of the law firm of Stuart, Edwards & Brown;
died in Nov., 1885.
THOMAS TAYLOR, JR., Chicago.
Grad. from Knox Coll. and Harvard Univ. Law School;
Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook Co.
since 1893; Ex-Treas. of the Chgo. Bar Assn.; mem. of
the University, Chicago Literary Clubs and the Bar
Assn.
BERNARD H. TAYLOR, Canton.
Born in Farmington, 111., Feb. 17, 1871. Grad. from
Columbian Univ. Law School, Washington, D. C., IS'.to,
and from Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., 1890; Capt. Co. M, 5th 111. Vol., during the
Spanish-American war; Judge-Advocate 2d Brig., I. N.
G.; State's Atty. Fulton Co.
HARRY M. TAYLOR, Chicago.
Born at Moores Hill, Ind., 1863. Educated Moores Hill
College; admitted to Illinois bar 189(5; has since been
engaged iu general law practice.
196
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
LeROY D. THOMAN, Chicago.
Born in Salem, 'Ohio, July 31, 1851. Judge of the Pro-
bate Court Mahoning Co., Ohio, 1876-82; U. S. Civil
Service Com. 1883-6; mem. of the law firm of Millers,
Thoman & Oppenheim; mem. of the Union League Club,
Glenview Golf Club, the Country Club of Evanston, and
the Transportation Club of New York City.
CHARLES S. THORNTON, Chicago.
Born in Boston. Mass., April 12, 1851. Grad. from Har-
vard 1872; admitted to 111. bar in 1873, on examination
before Supreme Court; located in Chgo. in 1873; mem.,
of the law firm of Thornton & Chancellor; mem. {State
Board of Education, Cook Co., Chgo. Board of Education,
and Pres. Auburn Park Board of Education; Corporation
Counsel Chgo. and Town of Lake.
OWEN P. THOMPSON, Jacksonville.
Born Feb., 1852, Morgan Co.. 111. Grad. from Albany
Law School in 1876; County Judge of Morgan Co., 111.,
1886-94; Circuit Judge 7th Judicial Circuit of 111. since
189 * .
CHARLES C. TILLMAN, Chicago.
Born in Shelbyville, Tenn., May 14, 1858. Grad. from
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville. Tenn.. in 1880; served in
departmental service, Washington. D. C., 1880-2; Deputy
Collector in Revenue Service. 5th Dist. Tenn.. 1^82-4;
engaged in the practice of patent law in Chgo. 1885.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
197
LAWYERS.
EDGAR BRONSON TOLMAN, Chicago.
Born Sept. 5, 1859, in British India. A resident of
Chgo. since 1868; grad. from the old Univ. of Chgo.;
in 1882 from the Union Coll. of Law; been in continu-
ous practice of law in Chgo.; mem. of the law firm of
Doolittle, McKay & Tolman; in July, 1901, appointed
Atty. of the Chgo. Board of Local Improvements;
served as an officer of the 111. National Guards from
1878 to 1898; Major 1st 111. Vol. Inf. in the Spanish-
American war, participating in the campaign of San-
tiago.
LAMBERT TREE, Chicago.
Born in Washington, D. C., Nov. 29, 1832. Located in
111. 1856; engaged in the practice of law; Pres. of
Law lust. 1864; Judge of the Cook Co. Circuit Court
1870-76; U. S. Minister to Belgium and Russia 1885-9;
U. S. member of International Monetary Conference at
Washington 1891; Pres. 111. Historical State Library
Board 1893-6; Life Trustee of Newberry Library; mem.
Chgo., Iroquois and Union Club of New York City and
Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C.
WILLIAM E. TRAUTMANN, Bast St. Louis.
Born in Caseyville, 111., Aug. 16, 1872. Grad. McKen-
clree Coll.. Law Dept., lfS'j:5, and Scientific Dept. in
1895; elected mem. 111. Geu. Assembly 1S98-1900.
JOHN J. TUNNICLEFF. Galesburg.
Born March 17, 1841, Penn Yan, N. Y. Located in
Galesburg in 1865; grad. from the Albany Law School
in 1864; elected State's Atty. for Knox Co., 111., 1872,
continuing in this position until 1892; elected Mayor
of Galesburg 1895-6.
198
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
JOHN C. TRAINOR, Chicago.
Born May 18, 1858, at Watertown, N. Y. Educated in
public schools, and admitted to the N. Y. bar Jan. 6,
1882; located in Chgo. in 1883, where he has since
engaged in the general practice of law.
HORATIO LOOMIK WAIT, Chicago.
Born Aug. 8, 1836, at N. Y. City. Master in Chancery
Circuit Court of Cook Co.
GEORGE W. WALL,, Evanston.
Born in Chillicothe, O., April 22, 1839. Mem. 111. Con-
stitutional Convention in 1862-70; State's Atty. 1864-8;
Judge of Cook Co. Circuit Court, and assigned to service
in Appellate Court 1877-97; Pres. State Board of Law
Examiners.
HENRY C. "WARD, Sterling-.
Born Belmont Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1850. Located in
Sterling in 1872; engaged in law practice in 1877;
City Atty. 1891-5; Judge of Whiteside Co. 1894-1902;
Masonic order, Knight Templar.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
199
LAWYERS.
EDWIN K. WALKER, Chicago.
Born In Mason Co., 111., 1866. Located in Chgo. 1891:
elected County Commissioner in 1900; admitted to the
bar in 1892.
FRANCIS W. WALKER, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 12, 1856. First Asst. State's Atty.
of Cook Co. 1884-7; County Atty. 1890-1891; Atty. en-
gaged in the prosecution of the Anarchists' cases.
WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, Chicago.
Born in Bond Co., 111., April 4, 1854. Moved to Platte-
ville, Wis., in 1865; grad. from the Platteville State
Normal School in 1875; grad. from the Univ. of Mich,
as A. B. in 1879; Principal of High School, Muskegon.
Mich., 1880-1; admitted to the bar and moved to Chgo.
in 18!S2; mem. of Union League, Hamilton, Kenwood
and Midlothian Clubs.
CHARLES WERNO, Chicago.
Born Nov. 17, 1859, Chgo. Elected Alderman of the
21st Ward, April, 1899; re-elected Alderman new 23d
Ward, April. 1901.
200
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
FRANK L. WEAN, Chicago.
Born in Ashtabula Co., O., Aug. 6, 1860. Engaged in
law practice in Chicago since 1887 and Referee in
Bankruptcy Northern Dist. of 111. in 1898, and reap-
pointed in 1900.
Q
ALBERT G. WELCH, Chicago.
Born June 3, 1873, Chgo., 111. Attended Chgo. public
schools and Lake Forest Univ. ; admitted to the bar in
111., Nov. 22, 1894; mem. of the Kenwood Club.
LAWRENCE WELDON, Blooming-ton.
Born in Ohio. Common school education and Witten-
berg Coll.; admitted to bar in 1854; located in 111.;
mem. 111. Legis. 1860; U. S. Atty. Southern Dist. of
111. 1861; resigned in 1866; engaged in law practice
in Clinton and Bloomington, 111. ; appointed Judge U. S.
Court of Claims in 1883.
JOSEPH WEISSENBACH, Chicago.
Born April 18, 1875. Educated Walsh Grammar and
West Division High Schools and Chgo. Coll. of Law;
admitted to the bar in 1896; Asst. State's Atty,
1896-1900; mem of law firm of McEwen & Weissen-
bach; Dir. .Lakeside Club; Sec. of the Jewish Training
School of Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
201
LAWYERS.
ARTHUR D. WHEELER, Chicago.
Born in Kenosha, Wis., In 1861. Educated at Lake
Forest Univ.; admitted to practice law in Wis.; in
1S82 located in Chgo., entering the office of Williams
& Thompson, lawyers; 1886 admitted to membership of
firm; firm now Holt, Wheeler & Sidley; 2d Vice-Pres.
Chgo. Telephone Co.; Atty. for Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Ry. Co. and former Atty. for the Santa Fe Ry. ; mem.
of Chicago and University Clubs; Trustee in Presby-
terian League and of the Presbyterian Hospital.
WILLIAM W. WHEELOCK, Chicago.
Born Felts Mills, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1864.
Educated at St. Lawrence Univ. and the Union Coll;
of Law; engaged in law practice in Chgo^ since 1889;
Asst. Atty. Sanitary Dist. of Chgo.. 1892; mem. 111.
G-en. Assembly 1893; reappointed Asst. Drainage Canal
Atty.; since 1894 Atty. of Board of Election Commis-
sioners of City of Chgo.
CHARLES WHEATON, Aurora.
Born in Warren. R. I., May 29. 1829. Located in Kane
Co. in 1854, and in Aurora in 1859; grad. from Trinity
Coll., Hartford; licensed to practice law in Worcester,
Mass., 1851; Mayor of Aurora 1864; mem. 111. Consti-
tutional Convention of 1870.
ALONZO S. WILDERMAtf, Belleville.
Born in St. Clair Co., 111., Dec. 1, 1839. Educated
common schools; admitted to the bar in 1866; mem. 111.
Legis. 1877; Master in Chancery 1883-7; Judge 30th
Judicial Circuit 1891-7; mem. Board of Managers 111.
Reformatory for 3 yrs., resigning in 1901; Grand Gen-
eralissimo Grand Commandery, K. of T. of 111.
202
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
LAWYERS.
FREDERICK S. WINSTON, Chicago.
Born Franklin Co., Ky., Oct. 27, 1856. Vice-Pres. and
Gen. Counsel U. S. Y. & T. Co.; Dir. and Solicitor
M. C. R. R. Co.; formerly Corporation Counsel of Chgo.
JOHN P. AVI I.SOX, Chicago.
Born in Whiteside Co., 111., 1844. Located in Chgo. in
1867, and admitted to the bar in 1867; mem. firm of
Wilson, Moore & Mcllvaine.
EDWARD RYAN WOODLE, Chicago.
Born iu Janesville, Wis., March 8, 1853. Resident of
Chgo. since 1867; Atty. of I. C. R. R. Co. 1878-02; en-
gaged in general law practice and became mem. of the
firm of Cody & Woodle, Dec., 1899.
THOMAS WORTHINGTON, Jacksonville.
Born in Spencer, Tenn., June 8, 1852. Located, with
his parents, in Pittsfield, 111., in infancy; grad. Cornell
Univ. in 1873: grad. Union Coll. of Law in 1877; mem.
of the 33d 111. Gen. Assembly; Republican Presidential
Elector in 1888; removed to Jacksonville and became
member of law firm of Morrison & Worthington, 1892;
now of firm of Worthington & Reeve; Supervisor of
Census 1900; U. S. Dist. Atty. for Southern Dist. of
111. in 1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
203
LAWYERS.
GEORGE E. WOOD, Chicago.
Born Jan. 11, 1837, East Douglas, Mass. Pres. the
Geo. E. Wood Lumber Co.; mem. of the Union League
and Calumet Clubs.
LAWRENCE A. YOUNG, Chicago.
Born In Louisville, Ky., In 1870. Located in Chicago
in 1896; graduate of Princeton (New Jersey) University
and University of Louisville Law School; Assistant Cor-
poration Counsel under Mayor Harrison's first term;
President Washington Park Club; member of Chicago,
University and Calumet Clubs.
RICHARD YATES, Jacksonville.
Born Dec. 12, 1860. Grad. from 111. Coll. in 1880;
prad. from Law Dept. Univ. of Mich, in 1884; City
Atty. of Jacksonville 1885-91; County Judge of Morgan
Co. 1894-7; U. S. Collector Internal Revenue 1S97-19U);
elected Governor 1900.
A. U . RULKLEY, Chicago.
Born at Groton, N. Y., April 13, 1852. Grad. from
Cornell Univ. 1875; taught school and later entered
the office of the Circuit Clerk, and subsequently that
of the Recorder in Morris, 111.; located in Ottawa,
111., where he was Clerk of the Appellate Court; ad-
mitted to the bar and located In Chicago; Jan. 1. 1884,
became mem. of the law firm of Weigley & Bulkley,
and later the firm became Weigley, Bulkley & Gray.
204
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements — Avery Manufacturing Co.
ROBERT H. AVERY, Peoria.
Born In Galesburg, 111., Jan. 17, 1840, and lived on a
farm until the time of the Civil War, in which he en-
tered as a volunteer in the 77th 111. Reg. ; after the
war became a stock farmer in Kansas, but subse-
quently entered into the making of corn-raising ma-
chinery, of which he was the inventor; at the time of
his death. Sept. 13, 1892, he was the Pres. of the Avery
Planter Co.
CYRUS M. AVERY, Galesbnrg.
Born in Galesburg. June 19, 1846, and graduated from
Knox College, June, 1868; engaged in manufacture of
agricultural implements; Pres. of Avery Mfg. Co.;
Pres. of Avery & Rouse Steam Thresher Co. ; Treas.
and Mgr. Peoria Wagon Co.; Director First Nat. Bank.
Galesburg; Trustee of Knox College; Trustee Albion
Collegiate Inst.
J. B. BARTHOLOMEW, Peoria.
Born on a farm near Elwood, Peoria Co., 111., 1863.
In 1879 entered the employ of the Avery Mfg. Co. at
Galesburg, 111.; in their service as day laborer, clerk
and salesman until 1886, when he took charge of the
Iowa branch of the Avery Mfg. Co.; in 1893 removed
to Peoria, and in 1894 elected Vice-Pres. of the com-
pany; designed and patented many improvements and
machines made by this company; Vice-Pres. of the
Peoria Wagon Co., and Pres. of the Bartholomew Co.
GEORGE F. CARSON, Peoria.
Born at Epworth, la., April 21, 1863. Moved to Brim-
field, 111., 1875; engaged in railroad work 1878-88;
bookkeeper Avery Planter Co. 1888-94; Sec. of the
Avery Mfg. Co. since 1894; Supt. Arcadia Ave. Pres-
byterian S. S. since 1898.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
205
MAN UFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
W. H. COLEAN, Peoria.
Born In Jerseyville, 111., May 23, 1862. Pres. Colean Im-
provement Co., incorporated and organized Nov., 1900.
CHARLES SYKES BURDICK, Peoria.
Born Jn New Ipswich, N. H., Nov. 7, 1870. Traveling
Auditor of T. P. W. Ry. ; later Agt. for L. E. &
W. It. R. ; Sec. Colean Implement Co.
JOHN WRIGHT McDOWELL,, Peoria.
Born in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14. 1867. Removed to
Peoria from Nashville. Tenn., in 1896; engaged in the
real estate business with Eliot Callender; subsequently
engaged in the manufacturing business; Vice-Pres. and
Treas. of the Colean Implement Co.
MARTIN KINGMAN, Peoria.
Born Tazewell Co., 111.. 1844. Pres. Kingman & Co..
Kingman Plow Co., Peoria Cordage Co., National Hotel
Co., 111. National Bank.
200
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
CYRUS HALL McCORMICK, Chicago.
Born at Walnut Grove, Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 15.
1809. Invented first successful reaper in 1831; located
In Chgo. 1847; mem. of the firm of McCormlck & Gray,
mfrs. of harvesting machinery, now the McCormick
Harvesting Machine Co.; died Chgo., May 13, 1884.
CYRUS HALL McCORMICK, Chicago.
Born in Washington, D. C., May 16, 1859. In 1879 en-
tered the employ of the McCormick Harvesting Machine
Co.; in 1884 elected its Pres. ; Dir. Field Columbian
Museum, McCormick Theological Seminary, and the Mer-
chants' Loan & Trust Bank; mem. Board of Trustees of
Princeton Univ.; Ex-Pres. Commercial Club of Chgo.;
mem. University Club of N. Y. ; mem. University Club
of Chgo., the Chicago and Union Clubs aud the C. A. A.
and Onwentsia Country Clubs.
EUGENE K. BUTLER, Cliicagro.
Born State of N. Y., June 8, 1843. Removing to 111.
in 1858; entered the employ of C. H. McCormick Bros..
April 1. 1866, and continued with this company and
their successors until Nov. 1, 1898, retiring as Sec.
and Gfin. Mgr. of the McCorraick Harvesting Machine
Co.
CONRAD FURST, Chicago.
Born Ottweiler, Rhenish Prussia, June 24, 1829. Lo-
cated in Chgo. 1849; mem. Wm. K. Spearsing & Co.
1853-4; Furst & Bradley 1S54-72; Pres. Furet & Bradley
Mfg. Co. 1872-81.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
207
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
WILLIAM DEERING, Evanstoii.
Born in Oxford Co., Me., April 25, 1826. Engaged in
the manufacture of Marsh Harvester at Piano, 111., In
1870; located in Chgo. 1880; founder of the Wm. Deer-
Ing Co. and Deerlng Harvester Co., manufacturers of
agricultural implements; Pres. Board of Trustees North-
western Univ.; Trustee Garrett Biblical Inst., Chicago.
EDWIN LEE BROWN, Chicago.
Horn Milo, Me., March 4, 1827, and grad. Bowdoin Coll.,
1846, removing to Chgo. 1860; established Brown Bros.
Mfg. Co. and Western Sand Blast Co.; Ex'Pres. Young
Men's Library Assn., Chgo. Exposition, Citizens' Assn.,
111. Humane Soc. and National Humane Assn.; first
one to suggest the World's Fair. Died Chicago, July
21, 1891.
PETER SCHUTTLER, Chicago.
Born in Sandusky, O., Sept. 19, 1841. Coming to Chgo.
in 1843; since 1860 has been connected with the Peter
Schuttler Wagon Wks.; in 1878 the firm became Schutt-
Icr & Hotz.
CHRISTOPH HOTZ, Chicago.
Born Wertheim, Baden, Germany, Jan. 25, 1842. Re-
moving to U. S. and to Chgo. in 1866; engaged In the
business of a Civil Engr. until 1869; entered the Peter
Sfhuttler Wagon Wks. in 1869, and In 1878 the firm
name became Schuttler & Hotz: Dir. 111. Trust & Sav-
ings Bank.
208
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements — Stover Manufacturing Co.
DANIEL, C. STOVER, Freeport.
Horn in Greencastle. Pa.. In 1839. Located in 111. In
1862; engaged In manufacturing in 1862, and Pres. of
the Stover Mfg. Co. ; Pres. of the Henney Buggy Co.
and the Stover Engine Co.; Pres. State Bank of Free-
port.
W. A. MERRIFIELD, Freeport.
Born March 20, 1855, at Lysander, N. Y. Removed to
111. in 1874. and located in Freeport in 1878; educated
in Dist. Schools of N. Y., and until 1878 was engaged
in fanning : from 1878 to 1880 was engaged In school
teaching; Gen. Mgr., Sec. and Treas. The Stover Mfg.
Co.; niein. of City Council; Supt. Embury M. E. S. S. :
Ex-Pres. Freeport Dist. Campmeeting Assn.
OSCAR J. ZIEGLER, Freeport.
Born May 1, 1856, Baden, Germany. Came to Free-
port May, 1859; entered the employ of the Stover Mfg.
Co. 1881; subsequently mem. of the firm; Gen. Supt.
Stover Mfg. Co.; Pres. Samson Mining Co.
WILLARD A. HANCE, Freeport.
Born in Freeport, Oct. 10, 1862. Grad. at the High
School; Supt. of Equipment Stover Mfg. Co.; Dir. Hen-
ney Buggy Co.; Dir. Second National Bank; Dir.
Stephenson Co. Bldg. and Loan Assn. ; Vice-Pres. Sam-
son Mining Co. ; Ex-Dlr. and Supt. Stover Bicycle Mfg.
Co. and Stover Engine Wks.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
209
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
AUGUST S. HELD, Freeport.
Born Nov. 12, 1854, in Caldorf, Germany. Removing to
America and to Freeport in 1856; attended parochial
school until 14 yrs. of age; served apprenticeship at
molding, and foreman of foundries; Vice-Pres. and Supt.
of foundries of the Stover Mfg. Co.; Div. of the State
Bank of Freeport.
OLIVER P. WRIGHT, Freeport.
Born April 5. 1855, on a farm near Freeport. Educated
in country school and lived on farm until 21 yrs. of
age; in 1876 engaged in the carriage business under
the name of J. W. Henney & Co., Cedarville. 111.:
1879 the factory was located at Freeport; in 1882 the
company was incorporated, and since he has been its
Sec., Treas. and Supt.; mem. of Board of Aldermen
of Freeport several terms.
WILLIAM II \ \ \ \. M. MM, ..MII I..
Born June 10, 1827, in Fayette Co., Ind. Removing to
Warren Co., 111., in 1835, and in 1868 to Monmouth, 111.,
engaging in the manufacturing business; at the time of
the organization of the Weir Plow Co. was its Treas.
and afterward the Pres. ; in 1871 joined in the organi-
zation and was the Pres. of the Mouinouth National
Bank; iu 1881, with D. P. 1'helps. built the Peoria &
Farmington Ry. ; died Dec. 18, 1900. In 1849 went
from Illinois to the gold fields of Cal.
J. ROSS HANNA, Monmouth.
Born Sept. 30, 1852 in Henderson Co., 111. Lived on a
farm for 15 yrs.; removing to Monmouth in 1868; in
1875 grad. from Moumouth Coll.; in 1877 grad. from
Harvard Law School; for 3 yrs. engaged in practicing
law, subsequently entering into the manufacturing busi-
ness; Sec. of the Weir Plow Co. in 1881; Pres. of the
Monmouth Mining & Mfg. Co. and Monmouth Pottery
Co., the Maple City Soap Works, and the Monmouth
Coal Co. in 1901.
210
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements — Deere & Company.
JOHN DEERE, Molinc.
Born in Rutland, Vt., Feb. 7, 1804. Moved to Grand
Detour, 111., in 1837; Invented the steel plow and com-
menced its manufacture In 1837; in 1847, moved to Mo-
line and founded the business now known as Deere &
Co.; died May 7, 1886.
STEPHEN VEL.IE, Moliiio.
Born Staatsburg, N. Y., April 21, 1830. Located In 111.
1858; entered the Deere & Co. in 1864; Sec. of com-
pany since its organization, in 1865, until date of
death, Feb. 14, 1895.
CHARLES H. DEERE, Moline.
Born in Hancock, Vt., March 28, 1837. Moved to Grand
Detour, 111., in 1838, and to Moline in 1848; educated
in the public schools; entered the plow business in
1855 with John Deere; Pres. of Deere & Co.; Pres. of
Deere-Mansur Co. ; Pres. Moline Water Power Co. ; Pres.
and founder of branch house system of the John Deere
Plow Co.
\\ II I \IM) I.. \ Dili:. Moline.
Porn in Moline. May 10, 1866. Grad. Andover Academy
1884, and from Yale in 1888; entered Deere & Co. 1888,
and its Sec. from 1895 to 1900; Sec. John Deere Plow
Co. of Omaha; Treas. People's Power Co., Moline, and
Dir. of Deere & Co.; Pres. Velie Carriage Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
211
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
ALVAH >l \\M It. Moline.
Born In Lowell, Mass., Dec. 5, 1833. In hardware
business in Moline until 1859, when he became con-
nected with the John Deere Plow Wks. ; served as an
officer in the 19th 111. Inf. In the War of 1861-5; in
1869 resumed former business relations; In 1877 aided
in the establishment of Deere & Mansur Co. and was
its Vice-Pres. from its organization until Jan. 8, 1898.
the date of his death.
GEORGE W. CRAMPTON, Moline.
Born Henry Co., Dec. 28, 1863. Removing to Moline
1875; entered employ Deere & Mansur Co., 1883; be-
came the Sec. of the company, 1896.
THOMAS M. SECHLER, Moline.
Born Milton, Pa., Oct. 25, 1841. Removed with par-
ents to Ohio in 1845; grad. Marietta Coll. 1863; First
Lieut. 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, war of 1861-5; engaged
in iron manufacturing, Montgomery Co., Tenn., 1869-77;
in carriage making, Cincinnati, 1877; located in Mo-
line in 1888; aided in the formation of the D. M.
Sechler Carriage Co., and its Vice-Pres. since organiza-
tion; Dir. First National Bank and People's Savings
Bank, Moline.
GEORGE McMASTER, Moline.
Born in Rock Island, Jan. 10, 1867. Since 1883 has been
engaged in the carriage and carriage wheel manufac-
turing business; Sec. and Mgr. of the Mutual Wheel
Co. since 1892.
212
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
CHARLES E. WHITE, Moline.
Born in Bureau Co., 111., Aug. 30, 1856. Located in
Moline in 1866; common school education; entered
Deere & Mansur Co. 1880: Supt. 18S3, and Supt. and
Dir. in 1886-94; Manufacturing Dir. Weir Plow Co.,
Monmouth, 1894-6; Supt. and Mgr. Sylvan Wks. of the
Republic Iron & Steel Co.: Sec. and Dir. East Moline
Co.; Dir. Rock Island Building & Loan Assn.
HENRY A. AINSWORTH, Moline.
Born Willlamstown, Vt., 1833. Came to Illinois in
1853; engaged in mercantile business until 1870; organ-
ized at Moline the corporation of Williams, White & Co.,
being its first Sec. and Treas., and its President since
1887; President of the Moline National Bank: member
of the State Board of Equalization, 1877-82; State Sen-
ator from 1882 to 1886; President of the Bureau of
Labor, 1889-92.
JOHN WILLIAM GOOD, Moline.
Born April 1, 1852, Cincinnati, Ohio. Removing to
Moline, 111., in 1866. was with the Moline Plow Co.
10 yrs.; in 1881 and since connected with Deere &
Mansur Co.; Vice-Pres. of the Co.
C. R. STEPHENS, Moline.
Born in Moline. June 8, 1862. Since Sept., 1S94, has
been Supt. of the Moline Plow Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
213
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements — Moline Plow Co.
GEORGE STEPHENS, Moline.
Born Westmoreland Co., Pa., Feb. 22, 1819. Engaged
in the business of millwright and builder in Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois from 1843 to 1861; in 1866 formed
the lumber and furniture firm of Stephens, Wood &
Huntoon; in 1870 he purchased an interest in Candee,
Swan & Co., which was then incorporated as the Mo-
line Plow Co. ; was its Vice-President for about ten
years, and has been its President since 1892.
EDWARD H. SLEIGHT, Moline.
Born Monterey, Mass., Aug. 22, 1857. Located in 111.
and Moline in 1871; educated in the Pa. Military
School, Williston Seminary and the Scientific Dept. of
Yale; Cashier Union Malleable Iron Co. 1877-80; Mgr.
Woodenware Dept. Dimock, Gould & Co. 1880-90; Pres.
and Treas. of the Moline Pump Co. ; Dir. First National
Bank of Moline; Alderman of Moline 1900-1904; Sec.
National Assn. Iron Pump Mf rs. ; Sec. and Treas. West-
ern Woodenware Assn. 1890-93; Sec. Moline Club 1896-
1903.
G. A. STEPHENS, Moline.
Born in Moline 111., May 2. 1851. Entered the service
of the Moline Plow Co. in 1870; tilled various positions
until lt-92. when lie was made a Co-Mgr., and in 1894
its Vk-e-Pres.
F. G. ALLEN, Moline.
Born in Aurora in 1858. Entered the service of the
Moline Plow Co. Aug. 11, 1881; passed through all the
various grades of this company incidental to the manu-
facturing of plows: since 1892 has been the Sec., Treas.
and Co-Manager of the Moline Plow Co. ; President of
the Moline National Bank.
214
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements — Moline Wagon Co.
MORRIS ROSE1VFIELD, Moline.
Born Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 18, 1841. Located in
Rock Island Co. in 1859; 1859-68 with J. & M. Rosen-
fleld; in 1868 founded the Moline Wagon Co., which
was incorporated in 1872, and was its Pres. ; Vice-Pres.
of the First National Bank of Moline and the Mutual
Wheel Co.; died Jan. 25, 1899.
WALTER A. KOSKM IKI.I). Moline.
Born in Rock Island, June 13, 1877. Entered the Moline
Wagon Co. in 1895; became its Pres. in 1899; Dir.
People's Saving Bank, Tri-City Bottled Milk & But-
ter Co.
MORRIS GEISMAR, Moline.
Born Baden, Germany, April 7, 1868. Coming to the
U. S. and Moline in 1885, he at once entered the em-
ploy of the Moline Wagon Co.; elected Sec. and Treas.
of the Co., Jan., 1896; Dir. of the First Nat'l Bank
of Moline, and Dir. of the Mutual Wheel Co. of Moline.
WILLIAM A. EBBERT, Moline.
Born Dayton, O., March 24, 1856. Came to 111., 1895;
been identified with the wagon manuf act urine business
since 1870; elected Vice-Pres. of the Moline Wagon Co..
Jan. 1, 1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
215
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
JAMES BARCLAY, Mollne.
Born in Guelph, Canada, April 6, 1856. Removed to
Erie, Pa., 18 9, and to Moline, 111., in 1896; from 1873
to 1896 engaged In the manufacture of Corliss and sta-
tionary engines; Supt. since 1896 and Treas. and Supt.
since 1897 of the Deere & Mansur Co.
A. M. BLAKESLEY, Rock Island.
Born Kingsville, Ohio, April 28, 1835. Partner in the
Rock Island Stove Co.; since 1880 Director Rock Island
Plow Co.; Director Rock Island Buggv Co.; Capt. in
74th 111. Inf. In the war 1861-65, and member of the
Lioyal Legion, Chgo., and member of the Sons of the
Revolution.
JOHN II. WILSON, Moline.
Born in Mercer Co., Pa., Oct. 22, 1817. Pres. Wilson-
Moline Buggy Co. ; engaged in coal operations in bitu-
minous coal regions in Pa. for many years; identified
with oil developing in Pa. and Ohio; located in 111. in
1865, engaging in coal business; established the Banner
Coal Co.
HARRY C. STONE, Peorla.
Born in Peoria, 111., Nov. 24, 1871. Vice-Pres. Acme
Harvester Co., Peoria, 111.
216
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
RALPH EMERSON, Rockford.
Born Andover, Mass., May 3, 1831. Moved to Illinois
in 1851, and to Rockford in 1852; President Emerson
Mfg. Co. ; Pres. Burson Mfg. Co. ; Vice-Pres. Burson
Knitting Co.; Vice-Pres. Rockford Mitten & Hosiery
Co.; Director Nelson Knitting Co.; Director Winnebago
National Bank.
ANDREW HARRINGTON, Galesburg;.
Born in Galesburg, 111., Aug. 20, 1865. Educated in
public schools and Kncx Coll. : entered the employ of
Frost. Mfg. Co., Galesburg. 1884; subsequently became
its Sec. and Treas.; Vice-Pres. Second National Bank,
and Pres. of Galesburg Business Men's Club In 1892.
CLEMENT S. WITWER, Joliet.
Born in Ashland Co., Ohio, Feb. 26, 1862. Located in
South Bend, Ind., 1879; attended DePauw Univ. 1881-2;
located in Joliet, 111., 1887; A'ice-Pres. and Gen,, Mgr.
Joliet Mfg. Co.; Dir. Vanzandt Implement and Hard-
ware Co., Wichita, Kan.; Trustee Ottawa St. M. K.
Church, Joliet; mem. Stone City Club, Joliet; Hamilton
Club, Chicago, and Nat'l Assn. Agricultural Imp. &
Vehicle Mfgrs. ; Dir. Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet.
SAMUEL BALDWIN HAGGARD, Austin.
Born in Winchester, Ky., Nov. 8, 1814. Removed to
Bloomington, 111., at the age of 21, riding the distance
on horseback; 1843 located in Chgo.. entering the employ
of Scoville X. Gates; in 1847 in the employ of M.cCor-
mick & Grays, reaper manufacturers; continued in their
service as Supt. until 1850. when he engaged in the
pumping business for himself, and later in the hard-
ware business; in 1880 retired from business; died Feb.
11, 1899.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
.217
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
J. I . rniMT.it. Ottawa.
Born in Brown Co., O., May 1, 1831. Located In Ot-
tawa in 1852; invented and patented 15 different styles
of hay carriers and engaged in their manufacture; in-
vented the solid steel track; invented the Porter Corn
Planter and the Porter Hay Press; assisted in the for-
mation of the Inland Steel Mill at Chicago Heights, and
was its President for 5 yrs. ; aided in locating the
Western Organ Factory in Ottawa; organized the Ver-
milion Oil Co., which developed the artesian water
supply of Ottawa; Pres. of the J. E. Porter Mfg. Co.
of Ottawa, 111.
S. B. KING, Ottawa.
Born in Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1828. Removing to Al-
ton, 111., in 1835, to Aurora in 1837, and to Ottawa in
1853; from 1853 to 1866 was in the hardware business,
engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements,
of corn shellers, cultivators and farm wagons under the
firm name of Gillman, King & Hamilton, 1866; in 1882
the firm was reorganized and incorporated as King &
Hamilton, S. E. King since being its Pres.
FRED t.l vill I :u. Kewanee.
Born in Germany, June 13. 1832. Coming to the U. S.
and to Kewanee, 111., in 1855: until 1890 was engaged
in the manufacturing of brick and drainage tile; pur-
chased at this time an interest in, and has since con-
trolled, the Peter's Pump Co., makers of pumps, corn
planters and hot water heaters; Director First Nat'l
Bank and Union Nat'l Bank.
FRANK M. LAY, Kewanee.
Born in Kewanee. 111., Sept. 14, 1869. Grad. Aniherst
Coll. 1893; engaged in business in 1893 with the Boss
Mfg. Co., mfgrs. of husking goods, gloves and mittens;
since Jan. 1, 1896, Sec. and Treas. of the company.
218
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
CHARLES H. SMITH, Aurora.
Born in Ohio, 1844. Enlisted in the 4th la. Cav. in
the war of 1861-5, and discharged as a Lieut. ; eu-
gaged in railway service until 1877, subsequently doing
railway contract work; formed the Western Wheel
Scraper Co. at Mt. Pleasant, la.; Ex-Commander of the
Dept. of la. G. A. K.
\V. B. BRINTON, La Salle.
Born Greencastle, lad., Aug. 23, 1853. Removing to
111. in 1860, residing in Tuscola, 1860-97; removing to
La Salle in 1897; from 1877-93 was with the Moline
Wagon Co.: U. S. Marshal So. Dist. 111., 1893-97, anil
in 1897 elected Pres. Peru Plow & Wheel Co.; Pres.
Peru-La Salle Gas & Light Co.; Vice-Pres. 111. Mfg.
Assn.; member Executive Coin. Nat. Implement & Ve-
hicle Mfrs. ; Treas. Dem. State Com. past 16 yrs.
JUSTUS D. TOWER, Mendota.
Born in N. Y. State, Jan. 18, 1830. Moved to Quincy.
111.. 1838, and to Mendota in 1848; in 1875 established
the firm of 3. D. Tower & Sons Co., manufacturers of
pulverizers and surface cultivations.
JOHN W. BROWN, Quincy.
Born Jan. 20, 1840, Marion Co., Mo. Country school
education and Palmyra Seminary; lived on a farm un-
til 1873; located in Quincy in 1873; taught school
1864-5: engaged in agricultural implement business
in Quincy; Sec. of Collins' Plow Co. upon its organiza-
tion in 1881; now Sec., Treas. and Mgr. of this com-
pany; mem. of the Christian Church.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
219
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
JACOB 1IA1SH, J)cKall>.
Born In Germany, March 9, 1826. Removing to D. S.
and Ohio in 1836, and to DeKalb Co.. 111., 1850; in lum-
ber and building business from 1850 to 1873; in 1873
engaged in the manufacture of barb-wire fencing, being
a pioneer in the business; established the Halsn Mfg.
Co.; Prop, of the Barb City Bank.
EDWARD F. SHELLABERGER, DeKalb.
Born in Tippecanoe, O., Sept. 25, 1853. Engaged in the
manufacture of woven wire fencing, and in 1886 in-
vented the Hartman Steel Picket Fence; subsequently
with the Hartman Mfg. Co. of Beaver Falls, Pa.; 1891
located in DeKalb, forming the DeKalb Fence Co., and
its Pres. and Treas. ; Pres. of the Union Fence Co. ;
Prop, of the Kansas Steel & Wire Works, Kansas City;
Pres. of the Home National Bank of DeKalb, just or-
ganized; Pres. National Assn. of Woven Wire Fence
Manufacturers.
.1 1 l»so\ BRENNER, De Kalb.
Born Youngstown. Ohio, June 27, 1S62. Has been en-
gaged in the wire fence business since 1888; came to
111. in 1894, and since has been the Sec. of the De Kalb
Fence Co.
CHARLES M. GATES, Chicago.
Born in Ind. Removing to Cbgo. in 1883; Pres. of the
Creamery Package Mfg. Co., established in 1883 in
Sterling, 111., and removed to Chgo. in 1887: in 1897
its equipment was enlarged; it supplies equipments
for cheese factories and dairies and creameries, with
branch houses throughout the U. S.
220
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
PETER E. STUDEBAKER, Chicago.
Born In Ashland Co., Ohio. With his parents moved
to South Bend, Ind.; established the firm of Stud'e-
baker Bros., manufacturers of all kinds of high-grade
vehicles, with offices and salesrooms in Chicago; de-
ceased.
HENRY C. STAYER, Chicago.
Born Dec. 19, 1844, on a farm in Pa. Removed to Wis.
in childhood, and located in Chgo. in 1885; Pres. and
Gen. Mgr. of the Staver Carriage Co.; Pres. Carriage
Builders' National Assn.; Pres. of the Englewood Union
Hospital; Ex-Pres. of the National Assn. of Implement
and Vehicle Manufacturers in 1896; Pres. C. B. N. A.
and Chairman Board Directors National Reciprocity
League.
WESLEY J. CLIZBE, Chicago.
Born in Quincy, Mich., June 23, 1851. Telegraph op-
erator. L. S. & M. S. K.v.. lfTl-7: represented Milburn
Wagon Co., 1877-96; moved to Chgo., 1888; Chgo. Mgr.
Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co.. 1896: Dir. Colonial Club:
Past Commander Mont Joie Coinmandery and a 32d
degree Mason.
HERBERT E. MILES, Chicago.
Born Nov. 21, 1860. Grad. from Harvard Coll.; Pres.
Racine Wagon and Carriage Co., Chgo., which was
established in 1876; Trustee Lawrence Univ., Appletou.
Wis.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
221
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
JOHN J. GLESSNER, Chicago.
Born in Zanesville, O., Jan. 26, 1843. Located in Chgo.
1870; mem. of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co.
of .Springfield, O., and Chicago, manufacturers of har-
vesting machinery since 1864.
LaVERNE W. NOYES, Chicago.
Born in Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1849. Lo-
cated in 111. in 1S74; Pres. Aermotor Co.; Pres. in 1900,
1901 and 1902 of the Chicago Civic Federation; within
the next sixty days he will be Director in National Bank
of North America and Director in Central Trust Co.
J. HARLEY BRADLEY, Chicago.
Born in Racine. Wis., 1844. Located in Chgo. in 1846;
with the firm of Elllnwood & Bradley 1865, and Bradley
& Bank in 1868; Sec. Furst & Bradley Mfg. Co. 1871;
in 1882, with David Bradley, organized the David Brad-
ley Mfg. Co., and was made its Vice-Pres. and Treas. ;
since 1900 has been Pres. of the company; its plow
factory is located at Bradley, 111.; Chicago office, 63 N.
Desplaines St.
LUKE COONEY, JR., Chicago.
Born in Salem, N. Y., June 3, 1859. Attended Wash-
ington Academy, Salem, N. Y., 1865-76; Eastman's
Business Coll., Poughkeepsie. N. Y., 1876-7; Kalama-
zoo Coll., Kalamazoo, Mich., 1877-83; studied law
1887-92; Pres. Western Cart Co. 1886-9; inventor grain
separator, water and air motor, gas generator and
burner, air compressor, gas and steam engine, adding
machines, voting machines and cash register; Sec. and
Gen. Mgr. of the Chgo. Cash Register Co.
222
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Agricultural Implements.
WILLIAM H. JONES, Evanston.
Born England, 1845. Removing to U. S. In 1857, and
to Chgo. in 1870; engaged in the manufacture of agri-
cultural implements in 1866; in 1881 organized the
Piano Mfg. Co. of West Pullman, and is its Pres.
SILAS J. LLEWELLYN, Chicago.
Born in Wales, Oct. 25, 1860. Came to Chgo. in 1864;
lived in Milwaukee from 1870 to 1895; Sales Agt. North
Chgo. Rolling Mill Co., afterward 111. Steel Co.. from
1878 to 1897; Vice-Pres. Inland Iron & Forge Co. 1897-99;
Sec. and Mem. of the Executive Com. of the Republic
Iron & Steel Co., 1899-1900; Vice-Pres. Piano Mfg. Co.
and Vice-Pres. of Chgo. Malleable Castings Co. and
Pres. Chgo.. West Pullman & Southern R. R.
OWEN WILLIAM JONES, Chicago.
Born in Carnovonshire, North Wales, Great Britain.
Removing to U. S. with parents in 1854. and locating
on a farm at Cambria, Wis.; located in Chgo. in 1871;
located in Minneapolis in 1874, engaging in the imple-
ment business; in 1881 became Mgr. of the Northwest
for the Piano Mfg. Co.; in 1891 returned to Chgo.; Sec.
and Treas. of the Piano Mfg. Co., W«st Pullman; Dir.
of the Chgo. Malleable Castings Co. and of the West
Pullman & Southern Ry.
JOHN T. LLEWELLYN, Chicago.
Born in Wales, July 7, 1863. Came to Chgo. in 1864;
Sales Agt. 111. Steel Co., Milwaukee Wks., from 1889 to
1893; Pres. and Mgr. Belle City Malleable Iron Co., Ra-
cine, Wis.. 1894-99; since 1899 Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of
the Chgo. Malleable Castings Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
223
MANUFACTURERS.
Architectural Iron.
ROBERT VIERLINtt, Chicago.
Born In Buffalo, N. Y. Came to Chicago in childhood;
first entered business with N. S. Bouton Co., Chicago;
President Vlerling, McDowell & Co., Chicago; Vlce-
Pres. Paxton & Vlerling Works, Omaha, IS'eb. ; for-
merly Lieut.-Col. 2d Inf., I. N. G. ; Senior Major Pro-
visional Reg., Spanish-American war; mem. 2d Pres-
byterian Church, Union League, Kenwood and Home-
wood Country Clubs.
LOUIS VIERLING, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., May 13, 1856. Educated In Chgo. public
schools; in 1872 entered the Iron works of N. S.
Bouton & Co.; Sec. and Treas. Vierling, McDowell &
Co., iron works, 23d St. and Stewart Ave., Chgo., and
Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, Omaha, Neb.; 7 yrs.
in the service I. N. G. ; mem. Union League and Ken-
wood Clubs and C. A. A.; life mem. Art. Inst., and
mem. 2d Presbyterian Church.
ALFRED GROSSMITH, Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1852. Came to Chi-
cago when 13 years of age; In May, 1870, he learned the
foundry trade; shortly after the term of apprenticeship
had expired he became foreman of the foundry depart-
ment of N. S. Bouton & Co. until the year of March 1,
1882, when he became an active member of Messrs.
Vierling, McDowell & Co., Iron Works, 23d St. and
Stewart Ave., incorporated in August of that year.
NATHANIEL, SHERMAN BOUTON, Chicago.
Born in N. H., 1828. Removing to Chgo. in 1846; trav-
eling for the Falrbank Scales Co. until 1852; In 1852
built iron foundry and since has continued in this
business; oldest car wheel maker in the country, and
one of the pioneers in structural Iron work; Pres. of S.
Wilts Mfg. Co.; Pres. of the Maryland Car Wheel
Works, and a member of the Loyal Legion.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Architectural Iron.
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EDWARD B. HOLMES, Chicago.
Born Dec. 31, 1830, Cbittenango, N. Y. Removing to
111. in 1847; engaged in business in 1863, under the firm
name of Holmes, Pyott £ Co., manufacturers of archi-
tectural iron; died Feb. 20, 1896.
DAVID PYOTT, Chicago.
Born In Dundee, Scotland, Feb. 8. 1829. Located in
Chgo. in 1854; engaged in business as Holmes, Pyott
& Co. in 1863, under the name of the Washington
Foundry & Machine Shop, and since has been exclu-
sively engaged in the architectural iron work industry.
CARLILE MASON, Chicago.
Born in Renfrew, Scotland, in 1817. Located in Chgo.
in 1844; with P. W. Gates, machinery mfgrs. ; organized
firm of Mason & McArthur 1851, and Excelsior Iron
Works 1878; Insp. Steamboats, U. S. Government.
1861-5; mem. 111. Legis. 1871-2; Ex-Pres. Police and Fire
Bd. Com.; died July 6, 1901.
GEORGE: MASON, Chicago.
Born in Paisley, Scotland, March 1, 18-10. Located in
Chgo. in 1844; Adjt., Capt. and Bvt. Major, Civil War;
Pres. Excelsior Iron Works: Dir. Chgo. Public Li-
brary 1873-80; Interstate Exp. 1880-91; West Park Tom.
1885-92; Sec. Shiloh Battlefield Com. 1897; State Com.
to Paris 1900; Inspector House of Correction 1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
225
MANUFACTURERS.
Architectural Iron.
PHILETUS W. GATES, Chicago.
Born in Madison Co., N. Y., 1817. Located in Chgo. in
1837; pioneer machinery rnfr. and founder of machinery
business which is now the Gates Iron Wks. ; one of the
first Park Commissioners of Chgo.; died 1888.
PH1L,ETUS WARREN GATES, Chicago.
Born, 1?57, in Chgo. Business career has been con-
nected with the Gates Iron Works of Chgo., of which
he is the Pres.
HENRY WARRINGTON HOYT, Chicago.
Born in Wis., 1852. Came to Chgo. in 1883; Second
Vice-Pres. of Allis-Chaliners Co.
ADELBERT E. COL.EMAN, Chicago.
Born on a farm near Sandwich, 111., Feb. 1, 1859,
removing to Chicago in 1881; since 1889 has been
identified with the iron industry: Pres. and Treas.
Chicago Ornamental Iron Co., manufacturers of orna-
mental iron, bronze and brass work for buildings.
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MANUFACTURERS.
Boilers — John Mohr Sons.
JOHN MOHR, Chicago.
Born in Bavaria, 1826. Came to the D. S. in 1844, and
located In Chgo. In 1848; has since been engaged In
business of blacksmith and boiler manufacturer; for
many years with the Excelsior Iron Wks.; Vice-Pres.
and Mgr. of this firm; in 1882 established the John
Mohr & Son firm, manufacturers of boilers, and is the
Pres. of the company.
JOSEPH MOHR, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of John Mohr &
Son, boiler mfgrs., previous to the establishment iu
business of John Mohr & Sons, in 1882, he was the
Supt. of the boiler dept. for several years of the
Excelsior Iron Wks.; has always been engaged in the
manufacturing business.
LOUIS H. MOHR, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Sec. and Consulting Engr. of John Mohr
Sous, boiler makers, and has been engaged in Hie man-
ufacturing business since 1882.
ALBERT MOHR, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Aug. 25, 1860. Mem. of the firm of
Mohr Sons, boiler mfgrs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
227
MANUFACTURERS.
EDWARD MOIIK. Chicago.
Born in Chgo., June 12, 1862. Mem. of the firm of
Mohr Sons, boiler mfgrs.
•WILLIAM J. MOHR, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., Nov. 27, 1865. Mem. of the firm
Mohr Sons, boiler mfgrs.
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HE\RY WARRINGTON, Chicago.
P.orn in Scotland, July 2, 1817. Located In Chgo. 1842;
founded the Vulcan Iron Wks. In 1852; retired in 1864.
WILLIAM H. WARRINGTON, Chicago.
Born in Buffalo, N. Y. Located in 111. in 1847; Pres.
Vulcan Iron Works, manufacturers of machinery for
public improvements.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
L. Wolff Manufacturing Co.
LUDWIG WOLFF, Chicago.
Born Rostock, Germany, March 11, 1836. Located in
Chgo. In 1854; engaged in the business under his own
name June 17, 1855, and continued until 1877; firm
incorporated as L. Wolff Mfg. Co., and has since been
its Pres. ; Pres. of 111. Masonic Orphans' Home; Pres.
Monument Pottery Co., Trenton, N. J.; mem. of Ma-
sonic order.
JOHN F. WOLFF, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Nov. 20, 1858. Grad. from Racine Coll.
in 1882; grad. a Mechanical Engr. Royal Polytechnic
Inst., Hanover, Germany, in 1884; entered L. Wolff
Mfg. Co. in 1884; 1st Vice-Pres. ; mem. of Board of
Education; Dir. in C. A. A.; mem. of Dnion League,
Menoken and Chgo. Yacht Clubs; 33d degree Mason.
CHRIS J. WOLFF, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Aug. 18, 1861. Grad. fi-om Racine Coll.
in 1882; grad. a Mechanical Engr. Royal Polytechnic
Irst., Hanover. Germany, in 1884; entered I,. Wolff
Mfg. Co. in 1884; 2d Vice-Pres.; mem. of Masonic
order, Chgo. Yacht and Menoken Clubs and C. A. A.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
229
MANUFACTURERS.
JOHN CLIFFORD, Chicago.
Sec. and Gen. Mgr. of L. Wolff Mfg. Co., of Chgo.
EDWARD C. WELLS, Qniney.
Born In Quincy, June 27, 1871. Grad. Mass. Inst. of
Technology, Boston, 1892; Instructor In M. I. T. 1892-3;
Mechanical Engr. for 3 yrs. In Boston; located In
Quincy In 1896; Sec. and Treas. Quincy Engine Wks.
WILLIS SHAW, Chicago.
Rorn Nov. 17, 1859. at Jackson, Miss. Dealer in ma-
chinery for contractors, queries, mines, etc. ; in busi-
ness in Chicago since Jan., 1895.
A. BALMGARTEN, Freeport.
Born in Freeport, May 23, 1851. Graduated from the
University of St. Louis 1868; in 1876 engaged in the
cigar business; afterward opened "The Arcade;" The
Arcade Manufacturing Company derived its name from
this place, which company he established and was its
first and only President for 8 years; founded and es-
tablished the Freeport Novelty Company in 1898. being
President of this concern; elected Mayor in 1899.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Crane Co.
RICHARD T. CRANK, SR., Chicago.
Boru in N. J. Located in Chgo. in 1855; Pres. or the
Crane Co., mfgrs, of steam pipe and fittings.
J. B. MURPHY, Chicago.
Born in Iowa Co., Wis., April 26, 1856. Located in
Chgo. July 4, 1878; Sec. Crane Co.
A. F. GARTZ, Chicago.
Born In N. Y. City. Coming to Chgo. in 1888; Treas.
of the Crane Co.; ex-mem, of the State Board of
Fisheries; ex-mem, of Chgo. Civil Service Commission.
TH03IAS J. ROBINSON, Rock Island.
Born in Appleton, Me., July 28, 1818. Grad. from Kent
Hill Academy, Me.; located in Greene Co., 111., in
1838, and in Rock Island in 1853; Associate County
Judge, and two terms Chairman County Supervisors of
Rock Island Co.; Pres. R. I. Stove Wks., R. I. Quilt
Co., R. I. Watch Co., R. I. -Davenport Ferry Co.,
R. I. National Bank; Vice-Pres. R. I. Glass Co.; or-
ganizer and Sec. R. I. and Moline Street Ry. Co.; died
April 12, 1899.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
231
MANUFACTURERS.
Gardner Governor Co.
ROBERT W. GARDNER, Quincy.
Born Feb. 18, 1832, In London. Removed to Edinburgh
in 1839, and to the U. S. in 1849, and to Quincy in
1852; previous to 1860 was engaged as a manufacturer
of steam engines; Pres. of the Gardner Governor Co.;
Dir. State Savings, Loan & Trust Co.; Pres. Bless-
ing Hospital; for 36 yrs. Supt. of Vermont Street Bap-
tist Church.
J. WILLIS GARDNER, <l<iim->.
Member of the Gardner Governor Company.
JOSEPH W. WALL, Qnincy.
Born in Quincy, Aug. 27, 1869. Entered the employ of
the Gardner Governor Co. 1885; grad. Chaddock Coll.
Law School, Quincy, in 1893; Sec. and Dir. the Gard-
ner Governor Co. 1896.
ANDREW KLEY, Quincy.
Born in Germany, Dec. 24, 1843, and removing to U. S.
in 1844; in 1858 was employed with R. W. Gardner in
the manufacture of governors; enlisted in 1861, 3.
months' vol. service in 10th 111. Vol. Inf., and re-en-
listed in 1862, 50th 111.; mustered out 1865; in 1865 re-
engaged with R W. Gardner, and since with his suc-
cessor, the Gardner Governor Co., and now its Gen.
Foreman.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co.
JOHN HEWITT, Chicago.
Pres. and Treas. of the Miehle Printing Press & Mfg.
Company.
FRANK MATTHIESSEN, Chicago.
Born in Cornwall-on the Hudson, N. Y. Viee-Pres. of
the Meihle Printing Press and Mfg. Co. of Chgo., and
resides at 4540 Greenwood Ave., Chgo.
FRANK H. LAMB, Chicago.
Born in Boston, 1851. Engaged in business in Boston
until the age of 26, at which time he removed west as
the Asst. Local Mgr. of the National Tube Wks. Co.
of Chgo., continuing in its service for 22 vrs.; Sec. of
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co., Chgo.
ROBERT MIEHLE, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, March, 1860. Educated in public
schools; inventor of the Miehle Printing Press and
identified with this company since its incorporation in
1890; previously was pressman in a printing office.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
233
MANUFACTURERS.
FRED L,. WATSON, Chicago.
Born in Wayne Co., N*. Y., April 9, 1866. Located in
Chgo. 1888; engaged in the wire business since 1890;
Treas. of the American Steel & Wire Co.; Treas. Ameri-
can Steamship Co. ; Treas. American Mining Co.
CHARLES A. HONECKER, Chicago.
Born in Erie, Pa., May 19, 1865. From 1884 to 1891
was engaged with D. M. Osborne & Co.; from 1892 to
1897 was with the Consolidated Steel Wire Co. ; from
1897 to 1899, Cashier 111. Steel Co. ; since 1899, Auditor
of the American Steel & Wire Co.; for 2 yrs. Pres. of
111. Inst. of Accountants.
JOHN S. KEEFE, Chicago.
Born in Boston. Mass., Jan. 24, 1864. Educated in Bos-
ton public schools; from 1880 to 1888 with the C. & N.
W. Ry. Co.; from 1889 to 1899 Traffic Mgr. 111. Steel
Co.; 1899-1901 Gen. Traffic Mgr. American Steel & Wire
Co., and 1901-1902 its 1st Vice-President, residing in
Oak Park; Dir. American Steel & Wire Co., American
Mining Co., Iowa & St. Louis Ry. Co., Great Lakes &
St. Lawrence Transp. Co., Ozark & Cherokee Central
Ry. Co., Pittsburg & Ohio Valley Ry. Co., and Wauke-
gan & Mississippi Valley Ry. Co.
FRANK BAACKES, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1863. Came to U. S. in 1879, and to
Chicago in 1897; since 1879 has been engaged in the
wire business, and was Gen. Mgr. of the Salem. Ohio,
Wire and Nail Co. from 1885 to 1897: since 1897 has
been connected with the Am. Steel & Wire Co., and is
now a Gen. Sales Agent of this company.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
G. WATSON FRENCH, Davenport, la.
Born Oct. 26, 1858. Engaged in manufacturing ns a
molder with the Eagle Mfg. Co. at Davenport in 1877;
subsequently made Its Pres., and afterward Pres. of
Kettendorf Metal Wheel Co., and has continued since
in this position; in 1900. made Vice-Pres. of the Re-
public Iron & Steel Co.; Chairman Executive Com. 1901.
«.i:o|{(.i: SI. BARD, Chicago.
Born in Ohio, July 22, 1852. ' Removing to Chgo. in
1899; from 1869 to 1883 engaged in the hardware busi-
ness in Ohio and Cleveland; 1883 to 1895 in the iron
and steel business in Cleveland; 1891 to 1899 Treas.
and Mgr. Ind. Iron Co. at Muneie, Ind. ; from 1S99
to Oct. 1, 1901, Gen. Supt. and a Director of the Re-
public Iron & Steel Co. ; Vice-Pres. of the Diamond State
Steel Co. of Wilmington, Del.
GEORGE A. BAIRD, Chicago.
Rorn Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa., May 10, 1865. En-
gaged in the iron and steel manufacturing business in
August, 1881, with the firm of P. L. Kimberly & Co.,
Slmron, Pa. ; October, 1894, was Assistant Secretary
and Treasurer of the Atlantic Iron & Steel Company.
New Castle, Pa.; July 1, 1898, Manager of Sharon Iron
Company, Ltd., and Manager of Buhl Steel Company
of Sharon, Pa.; May 1, 1899, came to Chicago as Gen-
ornl' Sales Agent of the Republic Iron & Steel Company.
AMERICUS F. CALiLAHAN, Chicago.
Born Sept. 16, 1861, at Louisville, Ky. 2d Vice-Pres.
of the U. S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.; formerly
Vice-Pres. Dennis Long & Co., Louisville, Ky.; came to
Chicago, May, 1899.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
235
MANUFACTURERS.
MOISE DREYFUS, Chicago.
Born in France, Oct. 20, 1861. Came to U. S. and
Cleveland 1880; came to Chgo. in 1898; mem. firm of
The Ohio Iron & Metal Co., dealers In iron and steel and
rolling mill supplies.
SAMUEL, DEUTSCHE, Chicago.
Born In Louisville, Ky., June 1, 1865. Removed to
Cleveland in 1880; came to Chgo. in 1898; mem. of the
firm Ohio Iron & Metal Co., dealers in iron and steel
and rolling mill supplies.
SAMUEL, HARRIS, Chicago.
Born in Vermont in 1836. Removing to Chgo. in 1873;
First Lieut. 5th Mich. Cav. in the Civil War of 1861-5;
mem. of the firm of Samuel Harris & Co.. manufactur-
ers of machinists' supplies; mem. Loyal Legion and
G. A. R.
WILL, O. WASHBUUR1V, Chicago.
Born June 28, 1869, Columbus, Ind. Located in 111.
1891; Western Manager of the Reeves Pulley Co.,
makers of power transmitting machinery.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
M. COCHRANE ARMOUR, Kv.-mstoii.
Born Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851. Came to Chicago
1876, with the Adams-Westlake Company; former Man-
ager of the Radford Pipe and Foundry Company at Cin-
cinnati; also partner In the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co.:
returned to Chicago In 1895 as resident partner of
Rogers, Brown & Co.; President of the Iroquois Iron
Company.
SAMUEL E. BLISS, Chicago.
Born in Vermont, 1846, and came to Chicago, 1868.
Connected with the Iron business his entire life; or-
ganized the firm of Bliss & Laughlln, makers of shaft-
ing, in 1891; Pres., Treas. and cfiief stockholder of the
company; life member C. A. A.; Director In Garden
City Banking & Trust Co. and the Parkhurst & Wil-
kinson Co.; Pres. of the Florence Milling & Reduction
Co. of Florence, Colo.
JOHN WHEELER DUNTLEY, Chicago.
Born Aug. 16, 1863, Northville. Mich. Entered business
as a Foundryman, and subsequently engaged in the
Ry. supply business; founder and Pres. of the Chgo.
Pneumatic Tool Co.; Pres. of the new Taite-Howard
Pneumatic Tool Co. and the N. Y. Air Compressor Co.;
Vlce-Pres. of the Franklin Compressor Co.; decorated by
the Gov. of France, in 1900, with the Cross of the
Legion of Honor, in recognition of introducing pneu-
matic tools Into general and practical use.
AVILLIAM O. DUNTLEY, Chicago.
Born Wyandotte, Mich., July 21, 1867. Came to Chgo.
in 1887; in 1895 represented as a traveling salesman
the Chgo. Pneumatic Tool Co. ; elected Viee-Pres. 1899,
and Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr., 1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
237
MANUFACTURERS.
Inland Steel Co.
G. HERBERT JONES, Chicago.
Born in England, Jan. 25, 1856. Removing to Cbgo. in
1871; from 1871 to 1893 was with S. D. Kimbark,
Chgo.: since 1893 Pres. Inland Steel Co., manufacturers
of bars, sheets, plates, special.
i . I-:. BLOCK:, Chicago.
Born Jan. 13, 1869. Vice-Pres. Inland Steel Co.; Pres.
of the Buffalo, Steel Co.
PHILIP D. BLOCK, Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati, O. Removing to Chgo. in 1893;
Vice-Pres. and Treas. of the Inland Steel Co., manu-
facturers of bar steel and special sections.
ROSS J. BEATTY, Chicago.
Born near Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 12, 1854. Graduated
from Pittsburg Business College; removed to Chicago,
1901, to become director and Gen. Mgr. of the Inland
Steel Co.; formerly Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Midland Steel
Co., Muncie, Ind., and has been connected for over 20
years with rolling mills; Direc. Federal Life Ins. Co..
Chicago.
238
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
"WILLIAM J. WATSON, Chicago.
Born in Pa. Located in Chgo. in 1873; Pres. Ft.
Madison Iron Wks. Co., the Buda Foundry & Mfg. Co.;
Vice-Pres. Metropolitan National Bank; Vice-Pres. Calu-
met and Cbgo. Canal & Dock Co.
ANDREW "WALLACE, Chicago.
Born in Wigtonshire, Scotland. Coming to the U. S.
in 1865, and located in Chgo. in 1873: engaged in the
foundry business as manager of J. H. Bass of Ft.
Wayne since 1873; Vice-Pres. of the Ft. Wayne Foun-
dry & Machine Co.
ADRIAN VANDERKLOOT, Lake IlliitV.
Born in Holland, Dec. 7, 1849. Located in the U. S.
and in Chgo. 1867; engaged in the general foundry busi-
ness in 1871, and in 1876 engaged in the manufacture
of structural iron work; Pres. of the South Halsted St.
Iron Wks.; Vice-Pres. Chgo. Ornamental Iron Co.; mem.
of Union League and Illinois Clubs; supplied structural
iron for Auditorium Annex and Merchants' Loan and
Trust Bldgs.
GEORGE H. BRYANT, Chicago.
Born Boston, 1865, removed to Chgo. 1891. One of the
organizers, 1886, of the Dunham Mfg. Co. (now Q. & C.
Co.), Ry. supplies; he became the Western Mgr. of Thos.
Prosser & Son, American representative of the Fried.
Krupp cast steel works, Germany. In 1S87 organized
the Bryant Sawing Machine Co., for sawing large billets
cold; with the Q. C. Ry. Supply Company till 1892.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
230
MANUFACTURERS.
AMBROSE PLAMONDON, Chicago.
Born in Quebec, Can., Dee.. 31, 1833. Located In Chgo.
in 1856; founded the A. Plamondon Mfg. Co., Chgo., in
1S59; died Ftb. 19, 1896, and at his death was Pres.
A. Plamondon Mfg. Co., Saladin Pneumatic Malting
Construction Co. and the Chgo. Pneumatic Malting Co.;
a Dir. and one of the incorporators of the Fort Dear-
born National Bank.
CHARLES A. PLAMONDON, Chicago.
Born in Ottawa, 111. Pres. of the A. Plamondon Mfg.
Co., and has been engaged for 28 yrs. In the machinery
business; Pres. 111. Mfrs. Assn. in 1900; Dir. Fort
Dearborn National Bank; mem. Public Library Board.
ARCHIBALD L. BROWN, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Oct. 17, 1867. Entered into business
in 1886 as Supt. of the Western Sand Blast Co., manu-
facturers of ornamental glass of every description.
Now Pres. of this company. Member of the C. A. A.,
Glenview and Washington Park Clubs.
EDWIN T. BROWN, Chicago.
Born in Auburn, Me., Jan. 26, 1862, and came to
Chgo. in 1863. In 1881 entered the firm of Brown Bros,
and is now Pres. of the Brown Bros. Mfg. Co., Sub-
Treas. National Rep. Com., 1896-19OO. Vice-Pres. North
Shore Gas Co., and Sec. of the North Western Gas Light
& Coke Co.
240
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
FREDERICK A. INGALLS, Chicago.
Born in 111., Dec. 22, 1855. Pres. the Buda Foundry
and Mfg. Co.; Pres. Paige Iron Wks.
CHARLES KAESTNER, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1826. Located in Cbgo. in 1856;
in 1863 founded the Chas. Kaestner & Co., mfrs. of
machinery.
FRED W. WOLF, Chicago.
Born in Baden, Germany. Located in 111. 1867; for-
merly Architect and Engr. ; mfgr. of machinery since
1883; Pres. the Fred W. Wolf Co., Chgo.
A. H. BARBER, Chicago.
Born in the State of N. Y. Coming to 111. in 1862:
Pres. of A. H. Barber Mfg Co., makers of ice-making
machinery and creamery apparatus supply, and member
of the firm of A. H. Barber & Co., produce dealers.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MANUFACTURERS.
CHARLES LOUIS RICE, Chicago.
Born in Mass., Nov. 24, 1822. Located in Milwaukee
in 1855, and in Chgo. in 1866; Master Mechanic of the
Milwaukee & La Crosse R. R. 1855-66; engaged in the
machinery business as C. L. Rice & Co., later the Rice
Machinery Co., and since 1895 amalgamated with the
Dodge Mfg. Co
M. J. KENYOX, Chicago.
Chgo. Mgr. of the Dodge Mfg. Co.. Mishawaka, Ind.
rnfrs. of Dodge Split Pulleys, Shatters and Hangers.
JAMES McCARREN, Rockford.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1848. Coming
to the U. S. when a youth; Sept. 15, 1865, engaged in
the boiler business in New York City; located in Chgo.
in 1867, working in various boiler shops and iron works,
and was Asst. Foreman of the Bridgeport Rolling Mills;
located in Decatur, 111., in 1877. and for 6 yrs. was
Foreman of the Decatur Novelty Works; in 1883 located
In Rockford, where he established the Rockford Steam
Boiler Works.
PETER R. M'LEOD, Chicago.
Born April 16, 1855, Woodstock, Ont., Canada. Is en-
gaged in the manufacture of steam piping and fitting
at 431 S. Oakley Ave., Chgo.; has installed pipings in
the largest power houses in this country, among them
being that of the Manhattan of N. Y. City and many
in Chgo.; Pres. McLeod Comp'y, Chicago and New York
City.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
M. C. BULLOCK, Chicago.
Born in Granville, N. J., June 26, 1838, residing on a
farm until the age of 21. Learned the machinist trade,
doing the diamond drill work under Gen. Newton to
blow up Hell Gate; adopted the diamond drill for pros-
pecting and is known as the father of the diamond
drill; founded the M. C. Bullock Mfg. Co., Chicago, in
1879, makers of diamond drills, mining machinery and
steam engines.
C. S. BABTHOLF, Chicago.
Born in Plainfleld, 111., and is a grad. of the Univ. of
Mich. Sec. of the M. C. Bullock Mfg. Co. for a num-
ber of yrs. and upon the death of M. C. Bullock, Jan.
12, 1898, was elected the Pres. of the company; after-
ward organized the Standard Diamond Drill Co., of
which he is President.
JAMBS T. JOHNSON, Peoria.
Born Sept. 2, 1843, Richmond, England. Since 1885
has been engaged in the manufacture of coal drills and
zuining tools.
M. G. m \M:I,L. Chicago.
Born in Ind., 1854. Removing to 111., where his entire
life has been spent; becoming a resident of Cbgo. iu
1883; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Bunnell Mach. Co.;
inventor of nearly all the earth handling machines now
in use, and the maker of road machinery.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MANUFACTURERS.
ISAAC D. RICHARDS, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State, Dec. 17, 1844. Located in Chgo.
March, 1864; Pres. since its organization in 1885 of the
Richards & Kelly Mfg. Co.; since 1864 has been en-
gaged in the sidewalk light business.
JOHN KELLY, Chicago.
Born in Ont., Canada, Oct. 16, 1840. Came to Chgo.,
Dec., 1865, and since has been engaged in the side-
walk light business; Sec. and Treas. of the firm of Rich-
ards & Kelly Mfg. Co., organized in 1885.
ARCHIBALD MEANS,
Born in Allegheny Co., Pa., March 31, 1833. Bank
Clerk 1854-61 in Ashland. Ky. ; Capt. Co. C., 4th Ky.,
Union Army, 1861-5; engaged in the iron and pottery
business at Manchester, Ohio. ; Vice-Pres. and Gen.
Mgr. 111. Zinc Co., Peru, 111., 1871-98; died Chgo., May
22, 1898.
"WILLIAM E. MEANS, Pern.
Born in Manchester, Ohio, May 25, 1868. Located in
Peru, 111., 1872; grad. from Peru High School; Clerk
in the Merchants' National Bank, Chgo., from Sept.,
1888, to April, 1890; removed to Peru, April, 1890; since
1890 Asst. Mgr. 111. Zinc Co., Peru.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
THOMAS F. I ' V l< l< I :i.l.. Chicago.
Born Boston, May 3, 1854. Removing to Chgo. in 1873,
for a number of yrs. was with the Crane Co.; Pres. of
the Farrell & Rempe Co., manufacturers of wrought iron
coils for ice and refrigerating machinery, the firm hav-
ing been established in 1887; mem. Illinois Club; died
March 2. 1902.
GEORGE H. REMPE, Chicago.
Born in 111., April 26, 1866. Sec. and Treas. of the
Farrell & Rempe Co., mfrs. of wrought iron coils for
ice and refrigerating machinery; previously in the serv-
ice of the R. T. Crane Co. of Chgo.
DAVID BRADLEY CARSE, Chicago.
Born Dec. 1, 1862, Jeffersonville. Ind. Moved to Chgo..
1870; educated Morgan Park Military Academy and
Univ. of 111.; in 1883 Asst. Supt. Public Works of
Hyde Park; member American Soc. of M. E., 1889;
Pres. Carse Bros. Co. ; Sec. Thomas Kane & Co. ; Pres.
the Racine Cement & Pipe Co., and Mgr. S. A.
Woods Machine Co.
JOHN B. CARSE, Chicago.
Born in Ind., Sept. 10, 1864. Came to Chgo.. 1870;
gracl. Williams Coll., 1886; from 1886-96 with Thomas
Kane & Co. ; now Sec. and Treas. Carse Bros. & Co. ;
Treas. Thomas Kane & Co. ; Treas. Manufacturers'
Stove Repair Co. and Mgr. of Racine Boat Mfg. Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
245
MANUFACTURERS.
JAMES I.. PERKINS, Chicago.
Born in Meadville, Pa., 1867. Located In Chgo. in
1881; .1. L. Perkins & Co., jobbers of metal, tinplate,
sbeetiron, etc., doing business at 235 Lake St.
HARRISON II. ROUNTREE, Chicago.
Born, in Wis. in 1855. Located in Chgo. in 1888; Pres.
of The Turner Brass Works, manufacturers of special
brass work.
GUSTAV L. REIlttANN, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1849. Came to U. S. 1868; learned
nickel plating trade in Newark. N. J.; came to Chicago
1874; owner Chicago Nickel Works and The Heimann
Co.; retired in 1895.
HENRY B. DOUGLAS, Aurora.
Born in Aurora, 111. .Feb. 16, 1840, and has since re-
sided there; until 1883 was engaged in farming and in
the real estate business; from 1883 until 1898, Assessor;
Pres. of the Aurora Silver Plate Mfg. Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
RAYMOND G. SYKES, Chicago.
Born in Mahoning Cq,, O., April 29, 1849.. Located in
Chgo. 1890; Prop, of Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing & Lath
Co., Niles, O. ; Pres. Sykes Steel Roofing Co.. Chgo.;
Pres. Niles Boiler Co., and Pres. of the First National
Bank of Niles. O.
HENRY E. PRIDMORE, Chicago.
Born at Brockport, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1854. Is the in-
ventor and mfgr. of molding machinery; located in
Chgo. in 1880, and until 1893 was connected with the
McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co.; engaged in the mak-
ing of molding machines in 1896, and built present fac-
tory in 1899.
HERMAN VERBEEK, Chicago.
Born in Michigan, January 14, 1865. Located in Chi-
cago in 1892; engaged in the Wholesale Plumbing Supply
business; organized the Sanitary Specialty Mfg. Co.;
President and Manager since its incorporation.
WILLIAM FRECK, Chicago.
Born at the Bavarian Palatinate, May 21, 1851. Re-
moving to U. S. in 1871, and to Chgo. in 1877; engaged
in mechanical engineering and manufacturing of ma-
chinery, having patented a number of valuable inven-
tions; Pres. of the William Freck Co., mfgrs. of phar-
maceutical and chemical machinery; made at the Paris
Exposition exhibits valuable sales of their machines to
the French Government.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MANUFACTURERS.
TOWNER K. WEUSTER, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State, and located in 111. 1867; Pres.
Webster Mfg. Co., conveying and elevating machinery;
Vice-Pres. of the J. S. Metcalf Co., elevator builders.
MARTIN DeTAMBLE, Chicago.
Born In N. Y. State. Came to 111. in 1878; since 1876
has been in the machinery business; erected many
buildings in the manufacturing district of the West Sii?e;
Pres. of Roth, McMahon & Co., manufacturers of bakers'
machinery.
WILLIAM NELSON PELOIJZE, Chicago.
Born in Washington, D. C., Sept. 12, 1865. Grad. Mich.
Military Academy in 1882, locating in Chgo. in 1882;
engaged with Walter A. Wood in the reaping machin.-
business until 1884; from 1884 to 1892 with the Tobey
Furniture Co.; Pres. in 1894 of the Pelonze Scale and
Manufacture Co.; Capt. and Adj. 2d Inf., I. N. G.,
April, 1883; Capt. Co. H, 2d Inf., March, 1885; Maj.
2d Inf. in 1890; Asst. AdJt.-Gen. 1st Brig., Oct., 1894;
mem. Loyal Legion, Washington Park Club, C. A. A.
EDGAR A. HILL,. Chicago.
Born in Middletown, Vt., Feb. 28. 1847. Moved to
Chgo. 1876; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Northwestern Yeast
Co. ; Pres. Calumet Tire Rubber Co. ; Pres. Sterion
White Alloy Co.; Treas. Chgo. Writing Machine Co.:
Pres. Sterion Copper, Brass & Bronze Co. ; Dir. Chgo
Grain Door Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
WILLIAM H. POWELL, Belleville.
Born in S. Wales, May 10, 1825. Emigrated to U. S.
in 1830; entered U. S. Vol. service Aug. 1, 1861;
Capt. Co. B, 2d Keg., Va. Cav.; promoted to Brev.
Maj.-Gen. ; commanded 2d Cav. Div. in Gen. Sheri-
dan's Cav. Corps 1864-5; settled in W. Va. in 1867;
built Clifton Nail Wks. in 1868; Pres. Elector and cast
vote of W. Va. for Gen. U. S. Grant 1868 for Pres.;
moved to K. City, Mo.. 1870; Pres. Bd. of Trade
1872; Rep. candidate for Congress 1874; settled in
Belleville, ill., 1876; Mgr. Belleville Nail Wks.;
built Western Nail Wks.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 1882;
elected Dept. Commander G. A. R., 111., 1895; ap-
pointed Int. Rev. Coll. 1898.
HOWARD WATSON, Chicago.
Born in Bangor, Me., March 21, 1840. Engaged in the
service of S. A. Wood's Machine Co. 1868-95; located
in Chgo. in 1878, establishing and managing the Chgo.
branch of this company; since Jan., 1898, Manager of
the Chgo. branch of American Woodworking Machinery
Company.
WILLIAM FREDERICK JOBBINS, Aurora.
Born in Worcester, Eng., June 29, 1836. Came to
U. S. in 1865, and lived in N. Y. from 1865 to 1883;
partner in Rogers, Peet & Co. clothing house during this
period; in 1871 introduced the first machine for cutting
clothing; established the Wm. F. Jobbins Chemicnl
Wks. in Aurora in 1883, continuing in its active man-
agement until date of death, March 16, 1901.
J. S. DUNCAN, Chicago.
Born in Pa. Came to Chgo. in 1893; Inventor of the
Addressograph, Graphotype, Icecubator, new method for
manufacturing rubber type and special machinery; Presi-
dent of the Addressograph Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
249
MANUFACTURERS.
ORLANDO L. BICKNELL, Chicago.
Born in Vermont, Aug. 31, 1841. Removing to Chgo.
in 1864: entered the service of Funst & Bradley Mfg.
Co. from 1871-88; In 1891 organized the 111. Screw Co.
and was its Sec. and Treas. from time of organization
to date; milled machine screws for machines and en-
gine builders.
JOSEPH M. MILLER, Chicago.
Born in Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 17, 1848. Located in
Chicago in 1862; General Manager of the Miller Chem-
ical Engine Company, builders .of general fire appli-
ances; inventor of the Miller Compressed Air Fire Ex-
tinguisher.
CHARLES S. ROBERTS, Chicago.
Born in Bloomington, 111., May 10, 1860. Since 1884 has
been engaged in the wire business; Sec. of the Ameri-
can Steel & Wire Co. since the formation of the com-
pany in 1898; Sec. of the American Mining Co., the
American Coke Co., the American Land Co. and the
Pittsburg & Ohio Valley Ry. Co.
FRANK T. BENTLKV, Chicago.
Born, 1803, in Chicago. Traffic Mgr. of the 111. Steel
Co. Residence, Hyde Park Hotel.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
LEON H. PRENTICE, Wankegan.
Born In Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1847. Located in
Chgo. March, 1863; Pres. L. H. Prentice Co., makers
of steam and hot water heating apparatus; Ex-Pres.
National Assn. of Master Steam Fitters; mem. American
S. M. E. and the Am. S. H. & V. E.; mem. of Union
League Club.
FRED A. GALE, Chicago.
Born in Beaver Dam, Wis. Coming to 111. in 1889;
Mgr. of the Erie City Iron Wks., makers of engines
and boilers.
CHESTER T. DRAKE, Chicago.
Born in Sturgis, Mich., Feb. 22, 1851. Moved to Chgo.,
1868; Grad. from North Western Univ., 111., as a C. E.,
1874; 33d degree Mason; Pres. Standard Machine Works
makers of general machinery.
SAM T. BLEYER, Chicago.
Born in la. Located in 111. in 1890. Pres. of the Haw-
ley Down Draft Furnace Co., manufacturers of furnace
heat appliances.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
251
MANUFACTURERS.
GEORGE M. SARGENT, Evanston.
Born In Sedgwick, Me., March 29, 1830. Located In
111. 1871; founded the business In 1876 of the Sargent
Co., Iron and steel founders and manufacturers of rail-
way brake shoes, and of which he is the Pres.
FRANK W. EDMUNDS, Chicago.
Born In Boston, Mass., Sept., 1857. Came to Chgo.
in 1898 as the Sec. of the Q. & C. Co.; mem. of the
Technical Club, Engineering Club and Transportation
Club of N. Y. City, and Pafatesdale Club of Troy, N.Y.
S. W. McMUNN, Chicago.
Born in Sharon. Ohio, March 20, 1800. Pres. Kindl Car
Truck Co., railway supplies.
AL.VIN CARR McCORD, Chicago.
Born in Paris, 111., Nov. 24, 1867. Grad. at Princeton
Univ. 1889; removed to Chgo. in 1890; engaged in the
railroad supply business since 1890; Gen. Mgr. of the
111. Car & Equipment Co.; Pres. of McCord & Co.;
Pres. of the Drexel Railway Supply Co.
252
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
FRANK W. GOULD, Moline.
Born In Moline, May 25, 1853. Attended Yale Univ.
In 1873-4; from 1874 to 1899, engaged in the lumber
business with the firm of Dimork. Gould & Co.; since
1899, Pres. and Mgr. Union Malleable Iron Co.; Sec.
Moline Water Power Co.; Dir. First Nat'l Bank; Pres.
Board of Trustees 111. Western Hospital for the Insane;
school township Treas.; Captain Co. F, 6th Regt..
1883-6; present Paymaster Second Ship's Crew, 111.
Naval Militia; President Moline Club.
FRANK M. HICKS, Chicago.
Born Feb. 13, 1860, at Monticello, Minn. Educated at
Cincinnati, Ohio; moved to Chgo. and engaged in the
iron business in 1886; organized and is the Mgr. of the
Hicks Locomotive and Car Wks.
THEODORE W, SNOW, Batavia.
P>orn in Madisonville, Ky., Aug. 5, 1858. Located in
111. jn 1861; Mgr. Otto Gas Engine Wks.. Chicago;
mem. Technical Club, Western Soc. of Engrs. ; 111.
Soc. of Engrs. and Surveyors, and mem. of the Western
Ry. Club.
IRVING T. HARTZ, Chicago.
Born Peoria, 111., in 1861. From 1884 to 1895 with the
Modern Frog Crossing Works: formerly Sec. and Mgr.
of the Calumet Iron & Steel Co.; formerly Pres. of the
Union Cold Storage and W. H. Co. ; Viee-Pres. Modern
Frog Crossing Works; mem. of the C. A. A., Washing-
ton Park, Kenwood and Chgo. Whist Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
253
MANUFACTURERS.
JESSE) M. WATlilNS, Chicago.
Born in Fairfieldj N. Y., Oct. 10, 1868. Grad. Amherst
Coll. 1889, and located In Chgo. ; entered the service
of the Mather Stock Car Co. as a Clerk, becoming in
1896 its Vice-Pres.
ALFRED J. BABCOCK. Chicago.
Born in N. Y State, 1850, removing to 111. in 18S2.
Has since been engaged in the making of machinery
and is now Mgr. for the Western Dept. of Manning,
Maxwell & Moore. Member of Union League, Tech-
nical and Hamilton Clubs.
RUDOLPH ORTMANBf, Chicago.
Born in Vienna, Austria. June 21, 1864. Located in
Chgo. in 1885; Vice-Pres. Ajax Forge Co.; 1st Vice-Pres.
of the Griffln Wheel Co.
I . J. HIGHLAND, Quincy.
Born in Wis. Receiving a High School education; V.-P.
American Malleable Casting Co. ; Dir. Ellington Mfg.
Co.; Dir. Quincy & Southeastern Electric Ky.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
CHARLES I . ^UINCY, Chicago.
Born In Newton, Mass., July 16, 1856. Located in
Chgo. 1889; Pres. of the Railroad Supply Co. and the
Q. & C. Co.
HENRY S. BURKHARDT, Chicago.
Born Philadelphia, Pa., July 10 1842. Removed to
Louisville, Ky., with parents In 1852; carne to Chicago
In 1874 as Vlee-Pres. of the Chicago Malleable Iron Co.;
now Asst. Mgr. of the Nat. Malleable Castings Co. and
Pres. of the Chicago Ry. Equipment Co.
WILLIAM C. FOLEY, Chicago.
Born in Canada, 1854. Removing to Chgo. in 1870, was
a clerk for the Goodrich Machine Co., and in 1880 be-
came a partner; incorporated the Foley & Williams Mfg.
Co., and now its Pres. and Treas.
IRVIN E. ROCKWELL, Chicago.
Born Dec. 25, 1863. From 1880 to 1885 was engaged in
newspaper work in Minneapolis, and subsequently e.n-
faged in business in Racine, Wis. ; located In Chgo. in
889, where he engaged in the merchandising business:
in 1891 organized the Rockwell & Rupel Co., manufac-
turers of letter flies and business furniture, und sineo
has been its Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
255
MANUFACTURERS.
Western Tube Co.
JOHN H. PIERCE, Kewauee.
Born in Aurora, 111., Jan. 11, 1843. In 1868 aided in
the establishment of the Western Tube Co.; was its first
Sec., and since 1890 its Pres. ; mem. of 111. Senate
1889-93; Pres. Board of Commissioners of 111. State
Penitentiary from 1897 to 1901.
ALFRED M. HEWLETT, Kewauee.
Born in Ky., June 13, 1849. Came to Kewanee, 111.,
1876; has been connected with Western Tube Co. since
1881 as Bookkeeper; Treas., Sec. and Vice-Pres. of the
Co. since 1898.
CHARLES E. McCULLOUGH, Kewanee.
Born in Mt. Joy, Pa., May 20, 1849. Came to Polo, 111.,
in 1856, and removed to Kewanee in 1882; admitted
to the bar of 111. in 1878; Cashier First Nat'l Bank of
Kewanee 1883-90; from 1890 to 1893 was with the Na-
tional Tube Works Co., McKeesport, Pa.; since 1893
Treas. of the Western Tube Co.
CHARLES I. PIERCE, Kewanee.
Born in Kewanee, 111., March 24, 1871. Educated at
the Univ. of 111. 1887-90; from 1890 to 1892 in the
service of the National Tube Wks. Co. at McKeesport,
Pa.: became associated with the Western Tube Co
1892, and elected Sec. 1899.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
PAUL, WILLJS, Chicago.
Born in Orange, N. J., December 21, 1863. Located in
Chicago 1889; Secretary and Engineer of the Kenwood
Bridge Co. since its organization in 1889; member of the
American Society of Engineers, the Western Society of
Engineers and the Kenwood Club.
O
FRANK W. It \lt K l-:it. Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 15, 1851. Pres. of the Kenwood
Bridge Co., of which he, with Mr. Willis, was the or-
ganizer, in 1890. Member of the C. A. A. and Kenwood
Clubs, and Western t-oc. of Engineers. Admitted to the
bar of Illinois, 1877.
XENOPHON CAVERNO, Kewanee.
Born in Waukesha. Wis., Dec. 26. 1865. and came to
111. in 1870; Grad. Univ. of Wis., 1890; engaged in
R. R. business, Denver, 1890-3; moved to Kewanee in
1893; Vice-Pres. and Mgr. Kewanee Gas Light & Coke
Co. until 1899; in 1899, on the formation of the Ke-
wanee Light & Power Co., became its Pres. and Mgr.;
Mgr. Kewanee Pneumatic Water Supply Co. and Pres.
Kewanee Sanitary Supply Co.
HENRY H. MARCUSSON, La Grange.
Born in Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1865. Located in
Chgo. in 1881; Sec. and Treas. Haggard & Marcusson
Co., manufacturers of spring beds and woven wire mat-
tresses; Sec. Western Spring Bed. Mfg. Assn.; Pres.
Chgo. Union of Y. P. S. C. K.; Treas. Secretarial Inst.
and Training School, Y. M. C. A.: mem. of First Con-
gregational Church, LaGrange, III.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MANUFACTURERS.
DAVID J. POWERS, Chicago.
Mechanical engineer and manufacturer; President of
the Union Wire Mattress Co.; an early Western pio-
neer; came West in 1838, and to Chicago in 1868; :in
ex-member of the Wisconsin Legislature; ex-member of
the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, and ex-pub-
lisher of the Wisconsin Farmer; hale, hearty and active
at near 90 years of age.
ALLEN CONKLING, Chicago.
Born at Fort Plain, N. Y. Came to Illinois in May,
1885; engaged in the manufacturing of laundry ma-
chinery for the past 18 years; Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of
the Troy Laundry Machinery Co. ; Proprietor of the
Conkling Chemical Co., Chicago.
ROBKRT S. NELSON, Chicago.
Born in Norway, and located in Chgo. .in 187ft: in 1890
engaged in the business of manufacturing laundry ma-
chinery under the firm name of Nelson & Kreuter.
ADAM KREUTER, Chicago.
Born in Germany. Removing to Chgo. in 1880; mem.
of the firm of Nelson & Kreuter, uifrs. of laundry
machinery, the firm having been established in 1890; has
been identified with the machinery business all his life.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
JOHN MARDER, Chicago.
Born Greentown, Ohio, March 5, 1835. Locatf-d In Chgo.
in I860,: enlisted In the war of 1861-5 in Co. A. Chgo.
Light Artillery; Mgr. of the American Type Founders
Co., Chgo., organized In 1892.
ARTHUR M. BARNHART, Chicago.
Located In Chgo. In 1868; Pres. Barnhart Bros. &
Spindler, type founders; mem. Board of Governors Art
lust, and mem. Municipal Art League of Chgo., Union
league, Iroquols, C. A. A. and Glenview and Hoinewood
jolt Clubs and Sons of N. Y.
THOMAS W. EATON, Chicago.
Born in Lamoille Co., Vt. Came to 111. In 1856; lived
n Chgo. since 1871; Pres. ind Gen. Mgr. of the Eaton
i: Prince Co., manufacturer!! of freight and passenger
-levators, and has been engaged in this business since
1873.
EDWARD B. LEIGH, Chicago.
Born in Townsend, Mass., April 13, 1853. Moved to
St. Louis in 1855: Sec. St. Louis Elevator Co. 1876-82;
Mgr. American Brake Co. 1882-7; moved to Chgo. in
1889; Gen. Mgr. National Hollow Brake Beam Co.
1888-93: Gen. Mgr. Chicago Railway Equipment Co.
1893-1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
259
MANUFACTURERS.
HARRY H. LATHAM, Cliica&o.
Born in 111. From 1878 to 1884 was engaged as Civil
and Mining Engr. in Nevada, Idaho, Cal., Utah and
Wyoming; from 1884 to 1902 engaged in the manufac-
ture of printers' and bookbinders' machinery in Chgo. ;
Pres. Latham Machinery Co.
JOHN A. ROCHE, Chicago.
Born in Utica, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1844. Located In 111.
July, 1867, mem. 111. Legis. 1876; Mayor of Chgo in
1887; Mgn. Dir. Otis Elevator Co.; mem. of Union
League and Kenwood Clubs.
N. B. LEWIS, Chicago.
Born in Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1844. Removed to
Milwaukee May 1, 1862; Aug. 15, 1862, enlisted in the
24th Wis. Inf., war 1861-5, serving until the close of
the war; in 1874 removed to Chgo., where he has since
been engaged in the iron business.
L. L. MU1VN, Freeport.
Born In St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1829. Lo-
cated in Freeport in 1846 and engaged in mercantile
business; Pres. of the Arcade Mfg. Co.; 33d degree
Mason.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
CHARLES G. BLAKE, Chicago.
Born 1866, and was identified from his youth with the
monument business at Westerly, the great granite town
of Rhode Island; removing to Chgo. in 1885; studied
monumental art in Europe and received honorable
mention from the Chgo. Art Inst. ; is inventor of the
Perfect ventilator for mausoleums; built the Ashtahula
bridge disaster monument, the Carter H. Harrison,
Frances K. Willard, Nelson Morris and hundreds of
other monuments and mausoleums; member Apollo
Club; 32d degree Mason.
OZIAS M. HATCH, Springfield.
Born April 11, 1814, at Hillsborough, N. H. Removing
to 111. in 1835; in 1850 was elected to the 111. Legis-
lature; in 1856 was elected Sec. of State for 111., and
re-elected in 1860; was the Sec. and one of the original
mem. of the National Lincoln Monument Assn.; died
March 12, 1893.
HEXRY G. THIEBEL,, Peorin.
Born Nov. 10, 1856, Peoria, 111. Trustee Pleasure
Driveway & Park Dist. 1894-7; mem. of the Peoria
Board of Education and the Oeiman Free School;
Vice-Pres. of the Peoria Stone and Marble Co., manu-
facturers and dealers in monuments.
HOWARD T. KEL.TIE, .Toilet.
Born June 27, 1851, Clinton, Ont. Removing to Joliet.
111., 1877: engaged in the stone business, and is the
Sec. and Tread, of the Keltie Stone Co.; Sec. and Treas.
Triumph Adjustable Stove Pipe Mfg. Co.. Joliet. 111.:
stockholder in the Will Co. National Bunk of Joliet.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MANUFACTURERS.
ALBERT RAYMOND, Chicago.
Born in Dodge Co., Wis.. Feb. 11, 1848. Founded the
firm of Raymond Bros. Impact Pulverizer Co., making
u specialty of nne pulverizing and separating machinery;
previously engaged in the wind mill business, and
which is now operated by Aulthaus, Wheeler & Co.,
Waupun, Wis.
JOHN M. JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born May 13, 1845. Entered railway service Jan. 1,
1871, at Franklin, Ind.; Station Agt. I., C. & L. Ry.;
Nov. 1, 1872, appointed Gen. Freight and Ticket Agt.
Cincinnati & Martinsville Ry.; July 1, 1875, Traveling
Auditor of the I.. C. & L. Ry.; Nov. 29, 1879, Asst. Gen.
Freight Agt.; Feb. 25. 1884, appointed Asst. Gen.
Freight Agt. C., R. I. & P. Ry. ; March 1, 1884. Its Gen.
Frt. Agt.; 1896. Us Frt. Traffic Mgr., and In 1899
elected its 3d Vice-Pros.
M. M. BAKER, Chicago.
Born in Alton, Madison County, Illinois, May 4, 1871.
Secretary of The Western Supply Co., Chicago, and in
charge of the Peoria branch of its business; Secretary
and Treasurer of Illinois Warehouse Co., Peoria, 111.;
member Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, and
Creve Coeur Club of Peoria.
JAMES O. MASON, Anrora.
Born in Fort Ann. Washington Co.. N. Y., Feb. 6, 184(5.
Located in Aurora. 111., in 1*68; engaged in the bakery
business as Mason Bros, in 1874; in 1890 sold business
to the American Biscuit Co.. which in 1898 merged into
the National Biscuit Co., continuing ns Mgr. of the busi-
ness until July, 1900; Treas. Aurora Corset Co.; Vice-
Pres. of Aurora Gas Light & Coke Co.; Dir. German-
American National Bank.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
HENRY A. TAYLOR, Chicago.
Born Aug. 6, 1856, Providence, R. I. Located in Chgo.
in 1880; Western Mgr. of the American Screw Co.
HARRIS A. WHEELER, Chicago.
Born in Maine, July 30, 1850. Located in Chgo., Sept.,
1880; Pres. and General Manager Northwestern Ex-
panded Metal Co.
AXEL A. STROM, Chicago.
Horn in Sweden, March 31, 1855. Located in U. S. and
Chgo. in 1872; engaged in the manufacturing business,
and is the Sec. and Treas. of the Strom Mfg. Co. and
Sec. and Treas. of the Pettibone-Mullikin & Co.
"WILLIAM H. HOOPER, Chicago.
Born in England, 1860. Gen. Agt. of the Safety Car
Heating & Lighting Co. since 1897 of the Western
States, with offices in Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MANUFACTURERS.
MOSES BEN SINGER, Chicago.
Born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 17, 1839. Came to Chicago
and became Mgr. of the Brunswick-Balke Co. in 1869,
and its president in 1K75; Pres. of the Standard Club
for many years; member of C. A. A.
EMORY B. MOORE, Chicago.
Born in Whately, Mass., March 10, 1845. Located in
Chgo. in 1871; engaged in the manufacture of wood car-
pets and parquet floors since 1879.
CHARLES ERWIN HILL, Chicago.
Born in Vermont. Removing to 111. in 1894; President
of the Chgo. Writing Machine Co., manufacturers of
"The Chicago" Typewriter.
LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, Chicago.
Bom Oct. 2tt. 1859, Cincinnati, O. Moved to Lake For-
est, 111., 1804; primary education in public schools;
grail, in 1879 Phillips Academy, Exeter. N. II.; grad.
from Yale, Ph. B., 1882; real estate dealer in Chgo.
1882-91; Gen. Mgr. Gladstone Co. 1891; Sec. and Treas.
1896, and Vlee-Pres. 1898; Pies, in 1900 of the Oliver
Typewriter Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
ABRAM JOHN SCHUL.ER, Chicago.
Korn Warren, Pa., 1860. A resident of 111. since 1SC8;
is engaged la the art glass manufacturing business
under the name of Sohuler & Mueller, 20 W. Madison
St.; Treas. of the National Ornamental Glass Mfr.
Assn. and Chgo. Ornamental Glass Mfgrs. Assn.; mem.
Royal Arcanum and National 1'nion.
MATTHEW W. JACK, Strentor.
Born in Old Chester, Pa., May 18, 1852. Removing to
111. 1872; Pres. and Treas. Streator Bottle & Glass Co.
GEORGE H. STAHL., Qnlncy.
Born in Virginia City, Nev., Feb. 29. 1864. Located in
Quincy 1868; public school education; engaged in the
manufacture of incubators In 1886 under the name of
Geo. H. Stahl.
SAMUEL, D. SIMPSON, Chicago.
Born in Lancaster, Pa., April 22, 1854. Located ii>
Chgo. 1878; for 25 yrs. engaged in the business of a
manufacturer of corks.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
265
MANUFACTURERS.
HENRY C. UANNARD, Chicago.
Horn in N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1844, and grad. at Yale,
1869, removing to Chgo. in 1869; admitted to the bar.
1869; Pres. Chgo. Cluh. 1896-7; now Pres. United
Breweries and Treas. United Breweries.
GEORGE FREDERICK MILLS, Chicago.
Born in Derby, Eng. Came to U. S. in 1872 at the age
of 12 and with his parents located in Va., where he was
educated; returned to Eng., remaining 3 yrs.; in 1880
returned to U. S. and to Washington, where he was em-
ployed for 3 yrs.; since 1883 has been connected with
the Xiles Tool Wks., both at Hamilton and Chgo.; Mgr.
of the Chgo. branch since 1894; Western Mgr. of the
Xiles-Bement-Pond Co., of which the Niles Tool Wks.
Co. is a part.
JOSEPH BOND, Chicago.
Born Ware, Mass., Feb., 1852, and resides 2733 Mich.
Ave.
ISAAC HIRSCH, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Pres. Am. Cutlery Co., and for 27 yrs.
engaged in the cutlery business.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
ROBERT WEIR, Chicago.
Born Feb. 22, 1838, in Renfrewshire. Scotland. Located
in Chgo. in 1846; in 1866 engaged in the plumbing and
steam fitting business under the firm name of Weir &
Craig; subsequently engaged in manufacturing business;
Pres. and Treas. of the Weir & Craig Mfg. Co.
ROBERT CRAIG, Chicago.
Born in Scotland. Coming to U. S. in 1854, and to
Chgo in 1865; Sec. of the Weir & Craig Mfg. Co.,
makers of steam pumps for all kinds of work; machin-
ists, iron and brass founders.
WILLIAM H. SARD, Chicago.
Born at Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1850. Located in
Chgo. 1863; Vice-Pres. Rathbone, Sard & Co., stove
manufacturers.
HEXRY CRIBBEN, Chicago.
Born in the Isle of Man, 1833. Located in Chgo. in
1872; Capt. of the 140th N. Y. Inf. in the war of
1861-5; mem. of Loyal Legion: Pres. of Cribben & Sex-
ton Stove Co., which was founded in 1873.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
267
MANUFACTURERS.
JOSEPH W. EMERY, Qniney.
Born at Taunton, Mass., Nov. 10, 1850. Came to
Quincy, 1854; after grad. from Quincy High School, en-
tered the bank of L. & C. H. Bull; subsequently be-
came Cashier; resigning In 1881, he aided in the estab-
lishment of the present Channon-Emery Stove Co.. of
which he is Pres. and Mgr. ; is Pres. of the Western
Assn. of Stove Mfrs. and of the Quincy Country Club;
Director of Chamber of Commerce and a Trustee of
Blessing Hospital.
CHAIJ1VCEY H. CASTLE, Quiney.
Born Columbus, 111., July 10, 1843. Served In the Civil
War, 73d 111. Inf.; entered firm of Comstoek-Castle Co.,
1865, becoming a partner, 1868; Pres. of the Comstock-
Oastle Stove Co., 1884; Pres. of the Stove Foundry
National Defense Assn. ; Director in the American
Strawboard Co. and the State Savings, Loan & Trust
Co., the Newcomb Hotel Co., the Quincy Freight Bu-
reau, and Pres. of the M. & B. Planing Mill Co.
JOHN J. FISHER, Qnincy.
Horn in Quincy, 111., July 6, 1869. Public school educa-
tion; established the Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Co., 1890,
makers of National stcves and mnjres; mem. of Elks
and K. of P.
CHARLES BECKER. Dellevllle.
Born in Germany, 1840, and came to Belleville, 1851 .
engaged as foundry mechanic, 1856; in the Civil Wai
from 1861 to 1862; organized Belleville Stove Works in
ISM, and was its president; State Treas. from 1889 to
1891; director First National Bank of Belleville.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
JAMES L,. DAUGHERTY, Streator.
Horn in Washington Co., Pa., Dec. 27, 18t3. Grad. Mt.
1'leasant College. Ohio, in 1860; veteran of the war of
1861-5; until 1869 was connected with the public schools
of Ohio; from 1869 to 1892, engaged in the manufactur-
ing business: in 1892 removed to 111. and established the
Streator Clay Mfg. Co., and since has been its Pres.
and Gen. Mgr. ; I'res. of the Western Sewer Pipe Mfgr.'s
Assn.
JOHN HENRY CHAPMAN, Chicago.
Born Deptford, England, Jan. 11, 1853. Family came to
America in 1856; located near Waukegan, 111.; early
years spent on a farm, attending school in winter; at
18 came to Chicago, entering the employ of Thomp-
son, Steele & Price; subsequently manager of their
factory; engaged for 4 yrs. as a traveling salesman:
In 1878. with four other young men. established the
present house of Chapman & Smith Co., of which he is
uow the sole head, the others having withdrawn; Pres.
for the llth time of the Baptist Young People's Union
of America.
CHARLES EMMERICH, Chicago.
Born in Birkenfeld, Germany, Aug. 31, 1840. Came to
Chgo. in 1856; in 1858 engaged in the feather business,
and in 1865 established the present firm of Chas. Em-
merich & Co. : Troas. of the German Aid Soc. and of
the German Hospital.
JACOB BAUR. Chicago.
Pres. and Treas. of Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Co..
makers of chemicals and soda water supplies, and the
Pres. of the Chas. L. Bastain Mfg. Co., makers of
brass goods, Terre Haute, Incl.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
269
MANUFACTURERS.
CHARLES F. EIKER. Chicago.
Born in Knoxville, 111., Nov. 16. 1860. Educated at
Knox Coll.. Galesburg; came to Chgo. in 1870 and en-
gaged in business with the Pioneer Fire Proofing Co.,
of which he is now Pres. and Gen. Mgr. ; mem. Union
League, Washington Park and Kenwood Clubs.
SHELDON H. BASSETT, St. Lonis. Mo.
Pres. of the lola -Portland Cement Co.. makers of
high-grade Portland Cement, with general sales office
In Lincoln Trust Bldg., St. Louis.
JONAS SPIEGEL, Chicago.
Born in Hungary, 1844. Located in U. S. in 1865 and
in Chgo. in 1890; Pres. of Diamond Glue Co., Diamond
Casein Co. and senior member of .1. Spiegel & Co.:
for 25 years engaged in the manufacture and sale of
glue and by-products.
C. B. SHEFLER, Chicago.
Born Sept. 19, 1847, Mansfield, O. For 24 yrs. in the
service of the Pennsylvania Hy.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
of the Garden City Sand Co. since 1884; Pres. of th°
Hillsdale Fire Brick & Clay Co. for the last 3 yrs.
270
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
"WILLIAM H. ALSIP, Chicago.
Born at Prairie du Ohien. Wis., 1-858. Came to Illinos
in 1873; organized the Alsip Brick Company; director
and member of executive committee of Illinois Brick
Company; graduate of the Chicago High School. Uni-
versity of Chicago, and Union College of Law.
BILLWYJT V. PURINGTON, Chicago.
Born in Sidney, Kennebec Co., Me., Jan. 22, 1841. En-
listed as a pri. in the war of 1861-5, and discharged as
a Capt.; located in Chgo. April, 1869; is engaged as a
brick manufacturer and contractor.
WILLIAM SCHLAKE, Chicago.
Born Sept. 11, 1863, York, Pa. Sec. 111. Brick Co.
manufacturers of brick; Alderman of the 26th Ward
from 1894 to 1900.
L. H. HARLA1VD. Chicago.
Born in England in 1843. Has been engaged and iden-
tified with brick mfg. in Chgo. since the spring of 1872;
Pres. of the 111. Brick Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
271
MANUFACTURERS.
>1. J. CHARLEY, La Salle.
Since 1885 manufacturer of brick under the firm name
of Charley Bros.; Alderman, 1889-92; City Treas., 1895-
7; member of Township High School Board, 1895-8, and
now Mayor of La Salle.
CHRISTIAN STEIN3IAYER, La Salle.
Born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 6, 1854. Located
In U. S. in 1874, and in La Salle in 1875; since 1887
engaged in the making of pressed brick; Pres. and Gen.
Mgr. of the La Salle Pressed Brick Co.
EDWIN H. SEDGWICK, Chicago.
Born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Came to Chicago in 1870;
Treasurer and General Manager of the S. Wllks Mfg.
Co., manufacturers of the Wilks Water Heaters, Tanks
and Steam Generators. Died Sept., 1901.
GEORGE E. GERTS, Chicago.
Born in Portland, Me., in 1827. Came to Chgo. in 1S50,
establishing himself in the business of a brush manu-
facturer, and located on Wells St., now Fifth Ave.;
the business was conducted under the name of Geo. E.
Gerts, afterward Gerts & Loder; afterward it became
Geo. E. Gerts & Co., and subsequently Gerts, Lumbard
& Co.
272
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Soaps — Mexican Amole Soap Co.
ABRAHAM BRAYSHAW, Peorla.
Born in Yorkshire. England. Deo. 21. 1838. fame to
D. S. in 1868, and to Illinois. 1870; commenced manu-
facture of soap, 1884, and founded the Mexican Amole
Soap Co. that year, and is 1'res. of the company; he is
a member A. O. U. W.
W. W. BRAYSHAW, Peoria.
Horn Peoria, 111., Jan. 21. 1872. Vice-Pres. Mexican
Amole Soap Co., soap maker and chemist; member
Charter Oak Camp, Modern Woodmen.
BEXJAMIX W. BRAYSHAW, Peoria.
Born Aug. 1, 1869, Newburg, N. Y., and came to Illinois
in 1870. Sec. and Treas. Amole Soap Co.
CL.AREXCE BRAYSHAW. Peoria.
Born Sept. 2. 1882. Peoria, 111. Shipping Clerk Mexi-
can Amole Soap Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
273
MANUFACTURERS.
Soaps.
MILTON W. KIRK, Chicago.
Born in Oneida Co., N. Y. Pres. James S. Kirk & Co.,
soap mfgrs.
J. J. BURNS, Chicago.
Born Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 20, 1850. Mgr. Cosmo
Buttermilk Soap Co.
C. S. KNIGHT, Chicago.
Born in State of Vt. in 1846. Has beea a resident of
Chgo. since 18S9: has been identified with the tirni of
Andrew Jergens & Co. since 1897 as Mgr.
NICHOLAS KOCH, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. June 22, 1854. Is engaged in the manu-
facturing of trunks; for 15 yrs. meiu. of the Royal Ar-
canum; in 1897 was elected Regent of the Northwestern
Council: elected Delegate to the Grand Council R. A.
274
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
JOHN W. C. HASKELL, Chicago.
Born Rochester, Mass., July 4, 1844. Has been engaged
in business in Chgo. since Sept., 1865; senior mem. of
the firm of Haskell Bros., trunk mfgrs. ; charter mem.
C. A. A.
J. I.. HASKELL, Chicago.
Born Feb. 27, 1846, Plymouth Co., Mass. Junior mem.
of the firm of Haskell Bros., trunk mfgrs. and dealers,
in Chgo.
CHARLES T. WILT, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22, 1859. Located in
Chgo. in 1860; grad. from Lincoln School; engaged as
a miner In the West; in 1881 engaged in business as a
trunk and bag manufacturer in Chgo. with his father;
i'lisiness established by father and continued by son;
Capt. of Volunteer Inf. at Santiago in the Spanish-
American war.
JOSEPH S. HARTMA1VN, Chicago.
Born in Bohemia, Austria, Aug. 30, 1846. From 1867
to 1875 a resident of N. Y. City, removing to Milwau-
kee, Wis., and was for 15 yrs. mem. of the firm
t'arpeles & Hartmann; since 1890 has been engaged in
business in Chgo., and the Pres. of the Hartmann
Trunk Co. ; Dir. Standard Club and Vice-Pres. Sinai Con-
gregation; resides at 4525 Calumet Ave., Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
275
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
GEORGE WELLES PITKIN, Chicago.
Born In Manchester, Conn., May 25. 1827. Located In
Louisville in 1855. and in Chgo. in 1859; in 1868 engaged
In the wholesale grocery business, and subsequently
started in the ready mixed paint business; sold in Chgo.
the first gallon of ready mixed house paint; died July
17, 1900.
GORHAM B. COFFIN, Chicago.
Born Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 18, 1846. Moved to
Chgo. 1870; continuously engaged in the manufacture
and sale of paints for 30 yrs.; prominent in club, mili-
tary and Masonic circles; First Pres. of the Paint and
Varnish Assn.
ERNEST W. HEATH, Chicago.
Itorn in Chgo. Jan. 21, 1858, being the son of ex-Mayor
Monroe Heath, Chgo.; Pres. and Mgr. of the Heath «fc
Milligan Mfg. Co. of Chgo. ; mem. Union League, Wash-
ington Park, C. A. A. and Midlothian Clubs.
ELLIOTT Dt'RAND, Chicago.
ISorn in Vermont, and came to Chgo. in 1869; enlisted
as a private in 111. in the war of 1861-455; Lieut. Col.
nncl Asst. Inspector Gen. I. N. G.; Col. of Durand's
Provisional Regiment of Cavalry in the Spanish-Ameri-
can War; Vice-Pres. Heath & Milllgnn Mfg. Co.
276
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
P. P. SENOL'R, Chicago.
Born in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1850. Located in
Chgo. in 1878; established the Senour Mfg. Co. in
1884; Pres. Paint, Oil and Varnish Club of Chgo..
1892-3; died Oct. 5. 1895.
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W. F. SENOUR, Chicago.
GEORGE M. VIAL, La Grange.
Born on a farm in 111. Sec. and Mgr. of the Chgo
White Lead & Oil Co.; Pres. National Paint, Oil and
Varnish Assn. 1901.
A. G. COX, Chicago.
Born in Nunda, N. Y., and came to Chgo. in 1876;
Mgr. of the Kubber Paint Co. and the Zeno Mfg. Co.;
member Paint, Oil, Varnish Assn. ; Ex-Pres. Paint an-1
Varnish Assn.; member C. A. A., Hamilton. Colonial
and X. Y. Clubs, Auburn Park Golf Club and Illinois
Mfg. Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
277
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints. Oils and Varnishes.
CHARLES C. BARRETT, Chicago.
Born in Nantucket, Mass., Sept. 14, 1855, pioving to
New York City in 1871, and to Chgo. in 1888. In 1875
was clerk for F. W. Devoe & Co., New York. Vice-
Pres. of Devoe & Raynolds Co., Chgo.. since 1893. Di-
rector of F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds Co., New
York, since 1892.
JOSEPH EARL MARTIN, Chicago.
Born in Rockford, 111., April, 1855. In 1873-4 took a
special course at N. W. Univ., Evanston; from 1882
to 1893 mem. of the firm of F. W. Devoe & Co., paint
rnfrs. ; since 1893 Sec. of the Devoe & Raynolds Co.
S. I . SL'LZBERGER, Chicago.
Born in Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 5. 1857. Located in
Chgo. in 187(j; grad. from the Philadelphia High School;
Pres. and Sec. Enterprise Paint Mfg. Co.; Dir. Paint,
Oil anil Varnish Club; Dir. of United Hebrew Charities
of Chgo.; mem. 111. Hfrs. Assn. and the Standard Club.
SAMUEL, ROSEXTHAL, Chicago.
Born in X. Y., Jan. 19. 1871. Located in Chgo. in 1879;
Sec. and Mgr. of Bradley & Vroonian Co.. paint mfrs.
278
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
CHARLES !•:. MORRILL, Chicago.
Born Jan. 11, 1832. In 1879 removed from Boston to
Chgo.; Pres. of Valentine & Company, mfrs. of var-
nishes, Chicago; mem. of Union League and Washington
Park Clubs.
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ALLAN A. MORRILL, Chicago.
Born in N. H. Educated in Philips Academy, Andover,
Mass.; resident of Chicago for 23 yrs. ; for 23 yr£. with
the Valentine Co. ; Asst. Treas. of Valentine & Co. ;
mem. of C. A. A.
DANIEL D. SHIPMAN, Chicago.
P.orn in Essex, Conn. located in Chgo. 1853; founded
the D. B. Shipman White Lead Wks. 1865, now branch
of National Lead Co.
FLETCHER W. ROCKWELL, Chicago.
Born Wyoming Co., X. Y., 1843. Located in St. Louis
in 1865, entering the service of the Southern White
Lead Co.; in 1889 located in N. Y. City, aiding in the
formation of the National Lead Co.; since 1894 has been
the Vice-Pres. of the National Lead Co. and Mgr. of its
Chicago branch.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
279
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
GEORGE E. VAN WOERT, Chicago.
Born Feb. 1, 1848, in Saratoga Co., N. Y. Engaged In
business in Scranton, Pa.. 1868; located in N. Y. City
in 1870, and in Chgo. in 1876; returned to N. Y. City in
1882. and in 1889 again located in Chgo.; resident
Manager of the Murphy Varnish Co.
CHARLES D. ETTINGER, Chicago.
Born at Wadsworth, Ohio, 1838. Resided in Chgo.
since Jan. 10, 1884; Sec. of the Murphy Varnish Co.
FRANK HAYES, Chicago.
Born in Limerick, Me. Came to Chgo.. 1866. and with
H. M. Hooker since that time; mem. Illinois and Ham-
ilton Clubs; Vice-Pres. of the H. M. Hooker Co.
ALEXANDER H. LEVY, Chicago.
Born in Richmond. Va. Removing to Chgo. in 1893;
since 1869 has been engaged in the paint business;
Gen. Mgr. of the Alston Mfg. Co., mfrs. of colors and
paints and crushers of linseed.
280
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
OSCAR ROSENBERG, Chicago.
Born In Alabama. Located in Chgo. in 1885: 2d
Vice-Pres. and Manager of the Standard Varnish Wks. ;
mem. of the Standard Club.
ROYAL, C. VIL.AS, Chicago.
President of the Pyle-National Electric Headlight Com-
pany, with offices in the Monadnock Bldg., Chicago.
DANIEL W. TROTTER, Chicago.
Horn in Canton, Mo. Located in Chgo. in 1890; Asst.
Treas. American Linseed Co.
G. E. II ic. II I.I :>. Chicago.
Born May, 1854. Came to Chgo., Aug., 1866; Se.c. of
the- American Linseed Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
281
MANUFACTURERS.
Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
LAUREN J. DRAKE. Chicago.
Born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 29. 1842. Came to Chgo.,
1896: Gen. Mgr. Standard Oil Co.: Mem. Trinity Epis-
copal Church and Union League Club.
GEORGE R. JENKINS, Evaiititnn.
Born in Boston. Sept. 2, 1841. Came to Chgo. in 1864,
where he has been since engaged in the oil business.
THOMAS G. M,-c I l.l.on. Chicago.
Born at Logansport. Ind. Located In Peoriu, 111., in
1x53; Cashier Second National Bank. Peoria. 1871-6;
engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil since '1876;
Vice-Pres. and Trens. National Linseed Oil Co.: Pres.
Confectioners' & Bakers' Supply Co. and Federal Mfg.
Co.
PETER M. BAUMGARDNER, Chicago.
Bora In Grand Haven, Mich.. Sept. 10. 1860. Removing
to Chgo. in 1880 and educated in the public schools;
Pres. and Mgr. of Holland Linseed Oil Co. ; Vlce-Pres.
and Treas. of International Serum Co. . and Vlce-Pres.
of American Exploration & Development Co.
282
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Electrical — Western Electric Co.
ENOS M. BARTOX, Chicago.
Born at Lorraine, N. Y., 1842. Located In Chicago in
1869; Sec. Western Electric Co. 1892; later Vice-Pres.,
now President; Trustee of the Univ. of Chicago; Dir.
Merchants' Loan & Trust Co.
JAMES W. JOHNSTON, Chicago.
Born in Springfield, 111., March 11, 1860. Came to Chgo.
in 1881; Treas. Western Electric Co., Chgo.
CHARLES G. 1)1 BOIS. Chicago.
Born in X. Y. City, March 22. 1870. Came to 111. in
1897; Grad. Dartmouth Coll. 1891; Dir. in American
Klectric Co., St. Paul; Standard Ele-tric Co. of Cin-
cinnati; Director California Electrical Works, San Fran-
cisco.; Sec. Western Electric Co.
CHESTER D. CRANDALL, Chicago.
Horn in N. Y. State. Located in .Chgo. in 1879; Mgr.
of the Western Electric Co. of Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
283
MANUFACTURERS.
Electrical.
GEORGE: A. MCKINLOCK, Chicago.
I'res. of the Central Electric Co., wholesale and re-
tail electrical supplies, Okonite wire and cables.
AUSTIN CLEMENT, Chicago.
Horn in Bridgewater, Vt., Sept. 19, 1842. Public school
education; located in Chicago in J86(>, entering the firm
of Clement, Ottman & Co.; later the firm was Clement,
Kane & Co.; Dec. 31, 1900, nrrn retired from business;
1889 organized the Page Woven Wire Fence Co. of Illi-
nois and became its Vice-Pres. ; Pres. Chicago Electric
Protective Co. since 1892; Dir. Page Wire Fence Co. of
Walkerville, Ont.; Dir. Bond Steel Post Co. of Adrian,
Mich.; Vice-Pres. of Page Woven Wire Fence Co. of
New Jersey.
W. R. PATTERSON. Chicago.
Born in Effingharn, X. II., Nov. 4, 1854. Grad. from
Dartmouth Coll. in 1876; located in 111. in 1877. enter-
ing the service of the Western Electric Co.; Gen. Supt.
and Dir. of the Western Electric Co.
MILO G. KELLOGG, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State, April 14, 1849. Kemoving to Chgo
in 1870; from 1870 to 1885 was with the Western Elec-
tric Co. and predecessors; from 1875 to 1885 was Its
Supt.; in 1897 organized the Kellogg Switchboard & Sup-
ply Co., making and installing complete telephone
plants, and has ever since been Its Pres.
284
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Electrical.
B. E. SUNNY, Chicago.
Born in Brooklyn, X. Y., May, 1856. Located in Chgo.
1875; Gen. Western Mgr. of the Thomson-Houston
Electric Co.
GEORGE E. BAILEY, Cliica&e.
Born 1847, Lambertvllle, N. J., and moved to Chgo.
Jan. 1, 1£86. Is the Secretary and Treasurer of the
John A. Hoeblings Sons' Co.. with which company he
has been associated since July 1, 1S79.
JOHX SCHAAF, Chicago.
Born in London, Eng., Aug. 13, 1846. A resident of
ChfD. since 1871: Treas. and Supt. of the W. S. Ed-
wards Mfg. Co.. makers of gas and electrical fixtures.
JOHX A. STILLWELL. Quincy.
Born Hannibal, Mo.. Jan.. 1861. public school educq-
tion; located in Quincy 1884. entering the service of
L. & C. H. Bull, bankers; Sec. and Treas. since 1890
of the Electric Wheel Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
285
MANUFACTURERS.
Electrical.
CHARLES T. PAGE, Chicago.
Born April 18. 1849, Hillsdale, Mich. Moved to Chgo.
from Kockford, 111., in 1872: Pres. Bankers' Electric
Protective Co.; Dir. Lake St. Elevated R. R.; organ-
ized the Englewood Electric Light Co.
FRANK B. TAYLOR, Chicago.
Born at Elmira, N. Y., March 18, 1858. Located in
San Fiancisco 1879, In Tacoma 1888, South Bend, Wash.,
1890, and in Chgo. 1897; engaged in the real estate
business from 1879 to 1897; organized the National
Autophone Co. in 1899, manufacturers of a combination
telephone and signaling mechanism for district mes-
senger, night watch, police and fire patrol service;
Vice-Pres. and Treas. of the company.
AARON K. STILES, Streator.
Born Missisquos Co., Canada. March 23, 1834. Located
in Chgo. in 1849. and in DeKall) Co. In 1852; from
1853 to 1864 County Clerk of DeKalh Co.: in 1868
founded the "DeKalb County News:" Pres. of the Van
Depoele Electric Mfg. Co., the first to install electric
roads; engaged in the manufacture of barb wire; lo-
cated in Streator in 1894; Pres. of the Streator Gas &
Light Co.
ALBERT TIERK, Chicago.
Born in Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 14, 1851. Located in 111.
in 1871; since 1884 engaged in manufacturing; mem.
of the firm of Albert Tuerk & Co., makers of self-
winding electric clocks, clock movements for mechan-
ical purposes, automatic time stamps, special parts for
telephone and metal specialties.
286
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Electrical.
JAMES WOLFF, Chicago.
Born in X. Y., Nov. 27, 1865. Located in Chgo. in
1894; Western Mgr. of the X. Y. Insulated Wire Co.
ALFRED STROMBERG, Chicago.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, March 9, '1861. Located
in U. S. and Chgo. in 1884; in 1877 engaged in the busi-
ness of telephone manufacturing and installation; pat-
entee of the system used by the Chgo. Electric Pro-
tection Co. ; in 1895 formed and made Pres. of the
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co., makers of tele-
phone apparatus and installers of complete telephone
plants.
EDMOXD A. FORDYCE, Chicago.
Born in \Vis. Removing to Chgo. in 1889; Sec. and
Treas of the Bostedo Pneumatic Tube Co., and the in-
ventor of the system.
CHARLES \\ . FARR, Chicago.
Born at Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 2, 1849. Located
in Chicago in 1892, coming from Detroit, Mich., and
was associated with the American Express Company
in Chicago until 1895. when he founded the Fan1
Telephone and Construction Supply Company, located
at 118-120 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, manufacturers
of telephones and telephone parts, of which he is the
President.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
287
MANUFACTURERS.
FAYETTE S. CABLE, Chicago.
Born March 18, 1855, Cannonsvllle, N. Y., and moved
to Chgo. 1879; elected Sec. of the Cable Piano Co. In
1891; elected Pres. of the Cable Piano Co., March, 1899,
to succeed the late Hermon D. Cable.
W. B. PRICE, Chicago.
Born In Loudon, Tenn. Sec. of the Cable Piano Co. of
Chgo.
J. V. STEGER, -i.-u.-r.
Born In Ulm, Germany. Pres. of the Steger & Sons'
Piano Mfg. Co at Steger, 111. ; retail warerooms cor.
Wabash Ave. and Jackson Blvd.. Chicago, 111.
W. IV. VAN MATRE, Chicago.
Born June 29, 1851. Pres. of the Schumann Piano Co.
288
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
THOMAS E. DOUGHERTY, Chicago.
Born Port Byron, N. Y.. Aug. 25. 1856. Pioneer in the
manufacture of the New England Condensed Mince Meat,
establishing in 1880 factories at Port Byron, N. Y.. and
Chgo. ; disposed of this business by sale in 1895; in
189 1, bought the Schaeffer Piano plant at Riverview,
111., organizing the Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co., having
offices at 215 Wabash Ave., Chgo., and with agents in
the more important cities of the U. S.
WILLIAM LINCOLN BUSH, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, March 3, 1861. Entered the piano
business in 1884 as a manufacturer; elected Secretary
of the Bush & Gerts Company in 1891 and President
in 1901; President of the Marquette Club, 1901, and re-
elected in 1902; one of the founders and builders of
the Bush Temple of Music, erected as a monument to
his father's memory.
SOL. GROLLMAN, Chicago.
Located in Chgo. in 1880. Pres. and Treas. Sol Groll-
man Co.. manufacturers and importers of piano and
organ stools, piano scarfs, chair and duet benches; fac-
tory located at Kast Tolleston, Ind.; office and ware-
rooms 259 Wabash Ave., Chicago.
LOUIS DEDERICH, Chicago.
Born at Stormville. Dutchess Co., X. Y., April IS.
1861. Located in Chicago with the Weber Piano Com-
pany in 1882 as Manager, which position he still holds;
residence 804 Bryan Ave., Chicago.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
289
MANUFACTURERS.
GEORGE LANZ, Chicago.
Born In Germany, Dec. 3, 1835. Mgr. and Treas. of
Lanz, Owen & Co., mfrs. of tine leather goods, and
Mgr. of the Lanz Canteen Co.
GLTSTAV HOTT1NGER, Chicago.
Horn in Vienna, 1848. Came to 111. in 1869; Pres. N. W.
Terra Cotta Co.; mem. of the Germania Club.
DR. V. C. PRICE, Wnnkejjan.
Born Dec. 11, 1832. Pres. Lincoln National Bank;
Pres. Price Flavoring Extract Co.; Pres. Pan Confection
Co. ; originator Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder.
JOHN B. FOLEY, Chicago.
Born in Chicago in 1857. Hemoved to Ohio in early life,
returning to Chietigo in 1888; Pres. of Foley & Co.,
manufacturers of proprietary medicines: has large in-
terests in mineral lands in Arkansas and in agricultural
lands in Alabama; is a member of the Union League and
Athletic Clubs: resides at 1421 Castlowood Terrace, on
the North Shore.
290
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
ARVIN W. WITHERELL, Chicago.
Born in Louisa Co., la., Dec. 9, 1858. Successor to
J H. Emerson, photographer, Keokuk, la., 1881; lo-
cated In Chgo. and aided in 1894 in the formation of
the Chgo. Portrait Co.; Vice-Pres. and Treas. Kester
Mfg. Co.; mem. Chgo. A. A.
J. vvn H I:IM:I.I.. Chicago.
Horn in Henderson Co., 111., Feb. 8, 1861. Located in
Chgo. in 1895; Pres. Kester Electric Mfg. Co.; mem. of
C. A. A.
DAVID A. KITCH, Chicago.
Born Mercer Co., Pa., Dec. 2, 1862. Vice-Pres. Chgo.
Portrait Co. and Chgo. Picture Frame Wks.
FELIX B. TAIT, Decatnr.
Born in Decatur, 111., Nov. 29, 1850. Educated in pub-
lic schools, and grad. from the 111. State Normal Uni-
versity in 1873; admitted to the bar in 1876. practicing
lav until 1881; formed the firm of Tait Bros. & Co.,
and which became the F. B. Tait Mfg. Co. in 1897, of
which he is Pres. and Treas.; Pres. of the Manufac-
turers' and Jobbers' Assn. of Decatur, 111.; Dir. in
the Manufacturers' and Consumers' Coal Co. of Decatur.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
291
MANUFACTURERS.
Chicago Portrait Go.
E. A. EVANS, Chicago.
Born In Jackson Co., Ohio. Educated in Missouri; con-
nected with the Chicago Portrait Co. since 1895: Treas-
urer Harvey & Lyles Print & Art Co.; Pres. and Gen-
eral Manager Chicago Portrait Co.; mem. C. A. A.,
Washington Park Club and Hamilton Club; a 32d de-
gree Mason and a Shriner.
i.l)\\ IN I.. BELSHE, Chicago.
Born La Plata, Macon Co., Mo., March 10, 1872. Moved
to Chicago in 1897; Secretary and Director of the Chi-
cago Portrait Company; member of the Hamilton Club
the LaGrange Suburban and Country Clubs.
S. M. PAINE, Chicago.
Born at Greenville, Pa., 1874. Graduated from Kirks-
ville Normal School, Kirksville. Mo.. 1895; Special Rep-
resentative of the Chicago Portrait Company 1890 to
1900; present Treasurer Chicago Portrait Co.; member
Chicago Athletic Assn.. also Washington Park" Club
Jind Hamilton Club: 32d degree Mason and Shriner.
GILBERT S. LYLES, Chicago.
Born Aug. 14, 1859. Pres. Harvey & Lyles Print. &
Art Wks., Chgo., and mem. of the Chgo. Portrait Co.;
Introduced electricity in the process of photographic en-
largements in 111. in 1886.
292
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MANUFACTURERS.
Chicago Portrait Go.
JOHN L,. MILEY, Chicago.
Born In Macon Co., Mo., June 1, 1870. Located In
Chgo. 1895; Asst. Mgr. Chgo. Portrait Co.; Sec. H. &
L. Print. & Art Co.; mem. Washington Park Club and
C. A. A.
BIJRRELL, D. JONES. Chicago.
Born Sept. 4, 1874, near Springfield, 111. Education
((.•inmon school and Business Coll. in Springfield and
Chicago; for 8 yrs. a commercial traveler; 2d Vlce-Pres.
Chicago Portrait Co.
GEORGE W. MOTTER, Chicago.
Born in Kirksville. Mo., Aug. 5. 1869. Grad. Kirksville
State Normal. 1891; Deputy County Clerk Adair Co.,
Mo., 1892-6: Special Representative of the Chicago Por-
trait Co. 1897-1902: Corresponding Sec. Chicago Portrait
Co. and a Director.
THEOPHII/US HERBERT MAIN, Chicago.
Born in Jamaica, West Indies, May 19, 1864. Edu-
cated in London 1873-85: located in U. S. in 1888;
from 1890 to 1891 traveled: returning to U. S. in 1892;
located in Chgo. in 189C: Asst. Gen. Mgr. and Gen.
Mgr. of the Art Dept. of the Chgo. Portrait Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
293
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
HENRY E. WEAVER, Chicago.
Born in Niagara Co., N. Y. Located in Chgo. when a
young. man and engaged in the coal business; Pres. of
the wearer Coal Co.
S. M. DALZELL,, Chicago.
Born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3, 1850.
Located in Illinois in 189J; General Manager of the
Spring Valley Coal Co.; President of the Illinois Third
Vein Coal Co.; President of the Illinois Coal Operators'
Association from its organization in 1897 until Decem-
ber, 1900, at which time he declined re-election; four
years Commissioner of the Illinois Bureau of Labor.
FRANCIS S. PEABODY, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., July 24, 1859. Educated at Exeter
Academy and Yale Coll. ; Pres. of the Peabody Coal Co.
O. S. RICHARDSON, Chicago.
Born In Cleveland, O., Sept. 29, 1844. Enlisted In
U. S. Vol. Army 1861-5; located in Chgo. 1864; has
since been engaged In the coal business.
294
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
GEORGE F. GETZ, Chicago.
Horn Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., Dee. 26,
1865. Removing to Chgo., April, 1879. entering the
service of the B. & O. R. R. ; subsequently of the
firm of Weaver, Todd & Co., and Weaver. Getz & Co.;
in 1893, established the present firm of Geo. F. Getz,
wholesale dealers of coal and coke.
EDWIN P. DANIELS, Chicago.
Born Jan. 23, 1848, In Concord, Mich. Came to Chgo.,
1876; engaged in coal business. 1881; Prop, of the firm of
Edwin F. Daniels & Co.; Pres. and Treas of the
Daniels Coal & Coke Co.; Pres. and Treas. of the New
Ohio Washed Coal Co.
FRED GARDNER, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, March 31, 1867. Sec. Daniels Coal &
Coke Co.; Sec. New Ohio Washed Coal Co.; Mgr. Ed-
win F. Daniels & Co., Chicago.
LESLIE MULLEN, Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati, O. Common and high school educa-
tion; engaged in commercial business in Cincinnati;
came to Chicago in 1894 and entered into the coal busi-
ness; Vice-Pres. Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Co., which
company became the Daniels Coal & Coke Co.; Vice-
Pres. of the Daniels Coal <k Coke Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
295
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
"WALTER S. BOGLE, Chicago.
Born N. H., 1852, removing to Chgo. in 1861. Grad.
from Chgo. High School, 1868. Pres. Crescent C«al &
Mining Co., the Torey Coal & Mining Co., and Cornell
Machine Co. Member of Union League, Illinois and
Manhattan, N. Y. Clubs. Vice-Pres. B. & O. Coal Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
CHARLES W. GILMORE, Chicago.
Born in Madison, Ind., Aug. 31, 1868. Removing to
Chgo., Aug. 31, 1882; grad. from the public schools
in 1884; engaged for 9 yrs. in wholesale dry goods
house of Chgo., and for 2 yrs. represented in the west-
ern states a New York mfg. concern; with the Crescent
Coal & Mining Co. as Vice-Pres. since 1895. mgn. their
bituminous dept. and distributing coal from their va-
rious mines located in 111., Ind., Ohio and Va.
CHARLES B. NIBLOCK, Chicago.
Born Youngstown, Ohio, July 6, 1860. Has been en-
gaged in the business of :i coal merchant, and since
1892 Pres. of the Brazil Block Coal Co.
GLENN W. TRAER, Chicago.
Born in Vinton, la., June, 1859. Located in Chgo. U»
1887; Pres. of the Whitebreast Fuel Co. of 111., the
Cardiff Coal Co., the St. Paul Coal Co.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
A. I.. SWEET, Chicago.
Born Aug. 21. 1831. Located in Chgo. in 1865; em-
ployed by E. D. Taylor & Son. coal merchants; Chi-
cago W. & V. Coal Co. since 1868; pioneer coal operator
of state; Pres. Chgo. Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Co.
JAMES MCDONALD, mns.i.-ii.-.
Born in England, July. 1865. For 18 yrs. has been en-
gaged in the coal business with the Chgo. Wilmington
& Vermilion Coal Co., and is its general salesman.
THOMAS A. L.EMMON, Chicago.
Horn in New Albany, Ind.. April 16, 1841. Served from
Sept. 11. 1861, to end of Civil War in Co. D, 5th Ohio
Cav.; came to Chgo. July 5. 1806. entering the emiilo,
of E. IX Taylor & Sons, coal dealers: Sec. and Tre;is.
of the Chgo.. Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Co., and
has been with this company f<jr 22 yrs.
F. B. 1VEWELL,, Chicago.
Born in Princeton, 111., Feb. 17, 1865. Organized the
Peoria Fuel Co., Peoria. 111., 1888; Newell & Clark.
1891; Newell Coal Co., 1892; moved business to Chicago
1893.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
297
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
FRANCIS J. POSTA, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Mgr. of the Chgo. and Wellston Coal
Co. for 10 yrs. ; mem. of Apollo Commandery and Con-
sistory and the Shrine.
L. R. DOTY, Chicago.
Born In Springfield, ().. April 22, 1847. In 1872 moved
to Columbus, <_)., and to Chgo. in 1890; Pres. Northern
Fuel Co.; I'res. Ohio Coal Co.; 3d Vice-Pres. Pittsburg
Coal Co.
DeWITT C. DeWOLF. Chicago.
Born in Chester, Mass., Feb. 10, 1864. Came to Chgo.,
1!?80; for 15 yrs. In the employ of Phelps, Dodge &
I'alnier Co., and 5 yrs. a director; 1889, organized the
Chgo. Coal Co. of Seymour, In., having offices at 355
Dearborn St.; Pres. of the Chgo. Coal Co., Seymour
and Nuuiu Coal Co. of Iowa.
JOHN T. COXXERY, Cliicagro.
Born Jan. 10, 1801, Bristol, K. I. Came to Chgo. in
1863; from 1S7U-SU Yard Clerk for E. L. Heustrom
& Co.; 1881-6 Cash'er and Bookkeeper Silver Creek
& Morris Coal Co. ; 1S8C-95 Sec. Silver Creek & Morris
Coal Co. ; present Mgr. of the Youghiogheny & Lehigh
Coal Co.
298
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
SIDNEY P. HOSTLER, Chicago.
Born Dec. 28, 1861, Putnam Co., Ohio. Moved to
Chgo. in 1883; has been engaged in the wholesale coal
trade since 1888; President Hostler Coal & Coke Co.;
32d degree Mason.
AMANDTJS EMERY HOSTLER, Chicago.
Horn April 21, 1865. Putnam Co., O. Moved to 111. in
1886; has been engaged in the wholesale coal trade
since 1892; Secretary Hostler Coal & Coke Co.
CHARLES C. HARDER, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1840. Coming to Chgo. in 1856; en-
gaged in the coal business in 1866. and has continued
in the business since that date; Pres. of the Harder &
Hafer Coal Mining Co., and also the Hymera Coal Min-
ing Co.; entered into copartnership with Mr. Hafer in
1867.
HENRY HAFER, Chicago.
Porn in Germany in 1837. Removing to America in
1S54, and to Chicago in 1855; coal operator sinot: 1867;
a member of the tirm of Harder & Hafer, Chicago;
!^ec and Treas. of the Harder & Hafer Coal Mining Co.
and the Hymera Coal Mining Co. of Sullivan County,
Ind.; President of the Fairbanks Land & Construction
Co., Terre Haute, Ind., being one of the pioneers in
the coal trade of 111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
299
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
DELOS HULL, Chicago.
Born at Lafayette. N. Y., April 12. 1842. Removing to
Lombard, 111.. June, 1858; enlisted in Co. H. 8th Reg.
111. Vol. Cav., Aug., 1861; discharged from service July,
1865: Postmaster at Oak Park from 1889 to 1894; Pres.
111. & Wls. Retail Coal Dealers' Assn.: Pres. National
Council State and Interstate Retail Coal Assn.; is en-
gaged in the wholesale coal business.
FRANK E. LUKENS, Chicago.
Born in Indianapolis, Ind., July 19. 1859. Removing to
Peoria in 1882, and to Cbgo. in 1895; engaged in coal
business at Peoria, and was City Clerk; Sec. Retail Coal
Dealers' Assn. of 111. & Wis.; Sec. National Council of
Retail Coal Assn.; Sec. National Assn. of Agricultural
Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers; Sec. "Charlevoix
Club." Chgo.
CHARLES L. DERING. Chicago.
Born New Diggings, Wis. Engaged for 18 yrs. in the
<-oal trade in Chgo.; in 1890'-97. Pres. of the Coal
Dealers' Assn. of 111. and Wis.: Mgr. of the coal dept.
of the D., L. & W. R. R. Co.
J. K. DERING. Chicago.
Born in Darlington, Wis., 1870. Came to Chgo. in 1888;
started in business in 1897; now engaged in the whole-
sale coal business.
300
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
I-:. L. HEDSTROM, Chicago.
Head of the firm of E. L. Hedstrom & Co., coal mer-
chants, Marquette Bldg., Chicago.
JOHN H. BROWN, Chicago.
Born Coxsackle, On-the-Hudson. Feb. 23. 1840. Entered
into business at the age of 19, removing to Chgo. In
1885; senior member E. L. Hedstrom & Co.; member
of the Union League and Sons of the Revolution. .
WALTER FRAZER BROWN. Chicago.
Born in Buffalo, N. Y., April 24, 1870, removing to
Chgo. In 1886. Member of the firm of E. L. Hedstrom
A- Co.. wholesale coal merchants; mem. Chicago Delta
Upsilon Club and Sec. Illinois Society Sons of the
Hevolntlon, 1901.
J. A. AGEK. Chicago.
Born Riverton, Sangamon County, 111., May 12, 1866.
Came to Chicago. October. 1*94; Vice-President and
General Manager of the Riverton Coal Company.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
DIGORY U. It \KI.U. Chicago.
Born in Cornwall, England, Dee. 17, 1836. Came to
Chicago In 1852, where he has lived continuously, ex-
cept for a period of seven years, during which he
lived in DuPage Co., 111., on a farm he still owns; In
1867, under the firm name of Baker Bros., he entered
iuto the coal business in Chicago; this firm is still
Coing business.
II I :M« 1 BAKER, Chicago.
Born in Cornwall, England, Jan. '21, 1843. Came to
Chicago in 1853; mern. of the firm of Baker Brothers,
wholesale coal merchants, Security Bldg., Chicago; re-
sides in LaG range.
AVILLIAM II. BAKER. Chicago.
Member of the firm of Baker Brothers, coal and coke;
Commissioner of Sanitary District of Chicago.
HENRY HOLVERSCHEID, Hinsdnle.
Born at Stratford, Ont., Aug. 31. 1856. Removing to
Chgo. 1859; engaged in tlie coal business with the Pa.
Coal Co. May 1, 1876; Supt. Pa. Coal Co. to March,
1901; Pres. The Colfax Co., coal miners.
302
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
WILLIAM WALLER, Chicago.
Born in Lexington, Ky., Sept. 28, 1857. Resident of
Chgo. since 1860; Pres. of the Waller Coal Co.: mem
of the University Club, C. A. A., Washington Park
Club, Chicago Golf, ' Onwentsia Golf, Lake Geneva
Golf Clubs; Western Golf Champion in 1900- mem
Saddle and Cycle Club.
THOMAS J. HUDSON, JR., Chicago.
Born in Springfield, 111., March 17, 1875. Sec. and
Trees, and Vice-Pres. of the New Kentucky Coal Co.:
mem. Kenwood, Washington Park, Calumet and Chicago
Yacht Clubs.
P. C. RICHARDS, Chicago.
Born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Jan. 15, 1861. Located in
Chgo. iu 1887; Mgr. of the Marmet Co., miners and
Shippers of West Va. and 1'a. coal and coke.
FRED A. BUSSE, Chicago.
Born in Chicago March 3, 1SCG. Educated in Chicago
public schools; engaged with his father for many yrs.
in the hardware business; one term Clerk of North
Town; 4 yrs. in the Sheriff's Office; Chief Clerk in
North Town Collector's office 1 year; Sec. of the North-
western Coal Co. and mem. of the firm of Busse iV
Keynolds, coal dealers; mem. of the 111. House of Rep-
resentatives 2 terms (1894-C); elected State Senator
from Cook Co. 1898.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
303
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
GEORGE H. 1,1 1. 1.. Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Sept. 27, 1868. Educated in the pub-
lic and Lake View High Schools ; in 1886 engaged • in
the coal business as mem. of the George Lill Coal Co.:
in 1888 the company was incorporated, and he was
made Sec. and Treas., and since has been its Gen.
Manager.
GEORGE LILL, Chicago.
Born in Lincolnshire, Eng., May 21, 1845. Parents lo-
cated in Illinois in 1850; subsequently removed to
Janesville, Wis. ; grad. from Janesville High School;
enlisted in 1864 in the war of 1861-5; located in Chi-
cago 1866; from 1872 to 1892 engaged in the brick
business; 1886 entered into the coal business under tbe
name of the G.eorge Lill Coal Co. ; in 1888 the company
was incorporated, and since has been its President and
Director.
"WILLIAM IV. LILL. Chicago. .
Born in Chicago, Oct. 6, 1870. Educated in Chicago
public schools; mem. of the George Lill Coal Co. since
1S89; 1890 elected a Director and made Vice-Pres.
JAMES J. KELLY. Chicago.
Born in St. Johns, Newfoundland, March 23. 1856.
('nine to Chgo. July, 1869; has been engaged in the coal
trade of 111. for 30 yrs. ; Gen. Sales Agt. in Chgo. of
the Springfield Dlst. Coal Co.
304
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
ALFRED OTIS TANDY, Chicago.
Born in Pike Co., 111., Oct. 18, 1873. Edited daily and
weekly paper at Cameron. Mo.. 1888-90; located in
Chgo. and engaged in the coal business in 1891; Sec.
of the Chgo. Coal Exchange 1899-1902; miner and whole-
sale shipper of coal; Manager Island Coal Company
1890-1902.
DEMING H. PRESTON, Hinsdale.
Born in Byron, Is\ Y., Dec. 2, 1845. Located in Chgo.
in April, .,864; has since been engaged in the coal
JOHN S. JONES, Chicago.
Born Jan. 4, 1848, at Washington Court House, Ohio.
From 1870 to 1888 engaged in the railroad business as
Operator, Conductor, Trainmaster and Supt. ; after that
date engaged in the coal business as Pres. of the Jones
& Adams Co., operating coal mines in West Virginia.
Ohio and Illinois, and coal docks on the lakes; general
office in Chicago.
PRANK P. READ, Chicago.
Born In St. Elmo. 111., May 16, 1869. From 1885 to
1893 engaged as Civil Engr. in railroad construction;
from 1893 to 1898 Vice-President and General Manager
of Southern Illinois Coal Mining & Washing Co. at
Marion. 111.; from 1898 to 1902 General Sales Agent
Marion District Coal Assn., Chicago, 111.; President of
the Coal Belt Electric Railroad and engaged in general
railroad construction and mining, with temporary head-
quarters at 411 Roe Building. St. Louis, Mo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
305
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
JOHN H. M. CLAGGETT, Chicago.
Bern in Frederick Co., Md., 18G1. Educated at St.
John's Coll., Annapolis, Md., and entered the employ
of I., B. & W. Ky., Indianapolis, Ind., May, 1881;
in 1889 to 1891 Paymaster and Cashier I., B. & W.
Ky. ; in Jan., 1891, entered the service of the Phila-
delphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co.: made its Sale
Agent at Buffalo, Jan., 1894; made Resident Mgr. of
the Philadelphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co., at Chgo.,
1S9S.
LEVERETT L. HULL,, Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati, O., in 1867. Removing to Chgo.
from Louisville in May, 1895; mem. of the firm of Hull
& Co., dealers in coke and coal.
J. O. PARKER, Chicago.
Born in Vienna, Oneida Co., N. Y. Located in Chicago
in Is.Vi and engaged in the wholesale grocery and to-
bacco business; burned out in the great fire of 1871,
and since engaged in the coal business: for the past.
20 years has been connected with The Phila. & Reading
Coal «.V: Iron Co.; residence Wiunetka, Cook Co., 111.
JOHN Iv. SEIFERT, Chicago.
Born in Pn., Sept. 13. 1852. Located in 111. 1884; Gen.
Mgr. New Pittsburg Coal & Coke Co. since 1885: Man-
ager Indiana Southern Coal Co. since 19U1; Consulting
Engineer for C.innel Coal Co. of Laredo, Tex., Rio
(irande iV Kagle Pass R. H. Co. since 1894, anil Hanna
Mine and Milling Co. of Colorado since 1900; Gen. Mgr.
Pontiac Coal Co. since 1898: Civil, Mining and Mechan-
ical Engineering, Mining Expert and Coal Prospector.
306
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
H. H. TAYLOR, Chicago.
Born Aug. 14, 1876, Columbus, Ohio. Has been Agent
B. Uhrig Fuel Co.. Sales Agent W. L. Scott & Co., and
Is now Sec. and Treas. New Kentucky Coal Co.
JOSEPH H. GARAGHTY, Chicago.
Born In Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1864. Removed to
III. In 1895; In the railway service 13 yrs. as tele-
graph operator, train dispatcher; in executive dept.
in the C., H. V. & T. Ry., and Gen. Purchasing Agt.
of the "Big Four" previous to his engaging in the coal
business.
"WILLIAM LINCOLN PUFFER, Chicago.
Born Downers Grove, 111. Located in Chgo. in 1880.
and has been engaged in the coal trade; since 1897
has been Pres. of the Burlington Coal Co. ; mem. of the
Chgo. Coal Exchange.
CHARLES A. SWEET, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., where he has since resided. Engaged in
The coal business since 1894: Sec. -Treas. Burlington
Coal & Coke Co. of Chgo., Milwaukee and St. Louis.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
307
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
P. LYON ROACH, Chicago.
Born In Boone Co.. 111., Dec. 29, 1874. Located in Chgo.
iu 1875; educated In the public schools; employed in the
drafting rooms of Wells, French & Co. ; engaged in the
ooal business in 1896.
HUNTER W. FINCH, Chicago.
Born Boydton, Va., June 26, 1803. Removing to Chgo.
Oct.. 1885; engaged in the business of a wholesale coal
merchant.
L. M. HAMMOND, Chicago.
Horn in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.. Dec. 12, 1835. Came
to Chgo. from Milwaukee In 1880; shortly -after engaged
in the coal business in Chgo.; incorporated Jan. 1. 1902.
«s the L. M. Hammond Coal Co., of which he is the
1'tvsident.
JOHN E. WINDSOR, Chicago.
Born in Portland, Me., Nov. 22, 1869. Located in Chgo.
In 18811; General Sales Agent Kellyville Coal Co.
308
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
EDGAR H. NICHOLS, Chicago.
Dorn fn Marshall Co., la.. May 15, 1867. Engaged In
coal trade in Cbgo. May, 1892, as a wholesale aud re-
tail merchant.
J. G. WARDEN, Chicago.
Born in Grandville, O., Sept. 8, 1843. Located In 111.
in 1866; engaged in the business of a wholesale coal
operator.
HENRY ELLSWORTH, Chicago.
Born in McHenry Co., 111., April 8, 184C.
THOMAS C. LOICKS, Chicago.
Horn in Russell, Ont., April 6, 1858. Engaged in the
coal business in the year 1894, under the firm name of
T. C. Loucks & Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
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MERCHANTS.
Coal.
STEPHEN B. JONES, Chicago.
Born at Columbus, O., Jan. 16, 1856. Located In
Chicago Jan. 1886; engaged as a solicitor with the
Tegtmeyer Lumber & Box Co.; March 12, 1892, he in-
corporated the Western Fuel Co., of which he is the
President and Treasurer.
ISAAC WANTLING, Peoria.
Born in England, Jan. 5, 1844. Located in Peoria in
1866; Pres. of the Central 111. Soft Coal Assn. since
its formation; Pres. of the 8th Dist. and mem. of Ex-
ecutive Board of the State Operators' Assn.; Coal
Operator in Peoria Co. since 1870.
JAMES N. SHOL.L,, Peorin.
Born Jan. 4. 1848. Operates coal mines in 1'ooria Co.
and owns extensive mining interests; Vice-Pres. of the
Central 111. Soft Coal Assn.
STEPHEN \VOLSCHL,AG, Peoria.
Born in Peoria Co., Dee. 21, 1857. Since 1887 has been
engaged in the business of a coal operator.
310
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Coal.
HERBERT O. ROBINSON, Peorin.
Born in Elm wood. 111., June 5, 1863. Entered the service
of the C., B. & Q. Ky. as Agent and Operator in 1880.
and continued in this position 18 years; since 1898 has
been engaged in the coal business in Peoria, 111.
RICHARD NEWSAM, Peoria.
Born in Chorley, Lancashire, Eng., Nov. 11, 1843. Lo-
cated in Peoria, 111., Sept. 28, 1869; is engaged in tue
business of coal operator; Pres. of the State Mining
Board of 111.
MIID J. LUTHER, Streator.
Born in Amity, Allegany Co., N. \"., Oct. 15. IS'Kj. From
1858 to 1867 engaged in railroad service in the oil re-
gions of Pa.; removed to 111. in 1867, continuing in rail-
road service until 1871; engaged in coal mining and coal
washing business from 1871 to 1900; was Pres. of the
Streator Coal Co.; founder and Pres. of the Luther Je
Tyler Coal & Coke Co. and the Wilmington Washed Coal
Co. ; has been engaged extensively in iron ore and metal
mining in Mich. and Minn.
CHARLES H. RATHBfX, Streator.
Born at Howard, X. Y., Sept. 25, 1846. Located in 111.
in 1867; in merchandise and railroad business until
1885; aided in the organization of the Star Coal Co.;
in 1881 was its Sec., and the Gen. Mgr. since 1892;
Dir. of the Union National Bank.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
311
MERCHANTS.
Produce Commission.
GEORGE: s. SLOAN, Chicago.
Born in Thetford, Vt.. Sept. 11, 1838. Located in Chgo.
In 1866; since 1870 has been engaged in the business
of a general commission merchant.
GEORGE B. SLOAN, Chicago.
Bern in Chgo., 111., June 17. 1873. Engaged In business
on South Water St. as a general commission merchant
Jan., 1894.
THOMAS DAVID RANDALL, Chicago.
Born in Cranston, U. I., in 1834. Located in 111. in
ISoO; cigar mfg. in 1851; founded the commission
house of T. D. Randall & Co., 1852; life mem. of
Apollo Commandery and Convention Chapter.
CHARLES H. WEAVER, Chicago.
Born Whitestown, N. Y., in 1843. Head of the firm of
C. H. Weaver & Co., commission merchants in South
Water St.; engaged in commission business in Chgo.
since 1863; mem. of Illinois and Menoken Clubs; Kx-
I'res. Chgo. Produce Exchange; Pres. of the 111. Cream-
ery Co.: Pres. of the Elgin Butter Co. of Elgin; Dir. in
Bankers' National Bank.
812
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Produce Commission.
JOHN G. GARABALDI, Chicago.
Born In Italy, Jan. 22, 1849. Moved to Chgo in 18C3;
established the firm of Garibaldi & Cuneo in 1881.
WAI/TER D. STELLA, Chicago.
Born in New Orleans, July 25, 1873. Located in Chgo.
in May, 1892; engaged in the wholesale banana trade
in 1896.
JOHN ZUCCA, Chicago.
Born in Triest, Austria, 1853. Located in N. Y. City
in 1871, engaging in fruit business with his brother In
1872; 11 yrs. in business in New Orleans, La.; lo-
cated in Chgo. in 1891, engaging in the business of
wholesale fruits and bananas and importers' agent;
Pres. of John Zucca & Co. (incorporated), representing
the Independent S. S. Co., banana importers, New
Orleans, La.
J. V. PIAZZA, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, Aug. 25. 1863. Located in Chgo.
in 1894; grad. from the Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville;
Chgo. Agt. of banana importers; dist. through the job-
bing trade over 2,500 cars of bananas annually: aided in
the organization of the National Guard of Vicksburg.
Miss., in 1884.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
313
MERCHANTS.
Commission.
THOMAS 0111: \|{\. Cliicag-o.
Born in Chicago, May 15, 1858. Engaged in the poul-
try and game business when a youth; later in the
wholesale poultry, game, fruit and vegetable busi-
ness with James B. Fitzgerald under the style of
Ohearn and Fitzgerald, until the death of Mr. Fitz-
gerald, when it became Thomas Ohearn & Co.
JAMES S. WATSON, Chicago.
Rorn in N. Y. City in 1852. Located in Chgo., Sept.
8, 1870; Pres. of Porter Bros. Co., commission brokers,
with offices in Chgo., New York, Boston, Minneapolis,
St. Paul, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
JOHN W. CASSIDY, Qnlney.
liorn in Kankakee Co., 111., Jan. 20, 1865. Moved to
Quinoy, 18!t4; Pres. of the Cassidy Com. Co.; member
of the Chgo. Board of Trade, St. Louis Merchants Ex.,
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and Peoria Board of
Trade.
FRANK FROEHL.ING, Chicago.
Born in Germany, April 8 1862. Removing to Chgo.
In 1878, he established the present firm of Froehling:
& Heppe, wholesale provision and packing business. <-
314
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Packers.
PHILIP D. ARMOUR, Chicago.
Born in Stockbridge, One'iUa Co., N. Y., May Hi, 1832.
Located in Cal. in 1850; located in Chgo. 186U, engag-
ing in the packing business: founded Arinoiu- lust.;
died Jan. 6, 1901.
SAMUEL W. ALLERTON, Chicago.
Born on a farm in Duchess Co., N. Y., 1829, where he
remained until the age of 18; engaged in stock raising
at the age of 21, purchasing a stock farm in Piatt Co.,
III.; subsequently removed to Chgo. and entered inti>
the live stock and packing business; Pres. and Dir.
Allerton-Clark Co., The Arcade File Works, The Art
Marble Co.; Dir. Chgo. City Railway Co., First Na-
tional Bank and the National Safe Deposit Co.
MICHAEL CUDAHY, Chicago.
Born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Dec. 7, 1841.
Located in Chgo. in 1873; in employ of various packing
concerns in Milwaukee previous to 1873; mem. Armour
& Co. 1873-90; established Cudalfy 1'ucUing Co. 1890 at
Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago.
JOHN CUDAHY, Chicago.
Born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1843.
Came to America in 1849; to Chgo. in 1876; member of
the firm of Cudahy Bros., packers.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
315
MERCHANTS.
Packers.
WALTER C. HATELY, Chicago.
Born in England. Mem. of the firm of Hately Bros.,
puckers; located In 111. In 1882; mem. of Chgo. Board of
Trade.
JESSE P. L.YMAX, Chicago.
Born Alburgh, Vt., 1862. 1'res. Hammond Packing Co.
Director Chicago Junction It. It. Co.
EDWARD F. ROBB1NS. Chicago.
Born in Terre Haute, Ind., July 27, 1862. Located in
Chgo. in 1872; Pres. Omaha Packing Co.; I'res. Del
Hay Salt Co.; Pres. Hntchinson Packing Co.; Vice-
Pres. Kriedmm Mfg. Co., and Vice-Pres. of the Chgo.
Hair Bristle Co.
JOHN ROBERTS, Chicago.
Born Ireland, 1866. Located in Chgo. In 1881; in 1S95
aided in organizing the firm of Roberts & Oake; Vice-
Pres. and Dir. of Miller & Hart in 1901; mem. of
Cligo. Board of Trade.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Packers.
NELSON MORRIS, Chicago.
Corn in Black Forest, Germany, Jan. 21 1839 Lo-
cated in Chgo. in 1854, working at the Stock Yds a
year; engaged in business in 1856; Pres. Fairbank
Canning Co.; partner Nelson Morris & Co.; Dir. First
Nat'l Bank, Nat'l Live Stock Bank, New England Stock
Yds. Co., Brighton Stock Yds. Co., St. Louis Stock Yds.
Co., St. Joe Stock Yds. Co., Western Meat Co., So.
Omaha Land Co., San Francisco Land Improvement Co.,
Union Rendering Co. and the A. Al. Rothschild & Co.
IRA NELSON MORRIS, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Educated in Philips Academy and Yale
Univ. ; partner in firm of Nelson Morris & Co. and Sec-
retary and Assistant Treasurer of the Fairbank Can-
ning Co.
EDWARD MORRIS, Chicago.
Born Oct. 1, 1866. in Chicago. Educated in the public
schools, and engaged in business in 1880; partner Nelson
Morris & Co.; Vice-President Fairbank Canning CD.,
and identified with the following: National Stock Yards
Co., East St. Louis; Consumers' Cotton Oil Co., East
St. Louis Stock Yards National Bank, St. Joseph Stock
Yards Co., The Brighton Stock Yards Co., The New
England Stock Yards Co., The Western Meat Co.
GAINES GREENE, -Petersbnrj?.
Born in 111. in 1853. 7th son of Wm. G. Greene;
i>lected mem. State Board of Equalization from the
17th 111. Dist. in 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
317
MERCHANTS.
Packers.
WALTER H. MILLER, Chicago.
Horn in Chgo., March 15, 1857. Grad. from High School;
from 1877 to 1882 was in tbe employ of the Anglo-
American Provision Co.; in 1883 mem. Board of Trade;
in 1884 established the firm of Miller & Hart, and
since its Pres.; mem. of the firm of Sidney W. Miller
& Bro.. prop, of the Pacific Flush Tank Co.
HUGH SHIELLS, Chicago.
Horn in County Antrim,- Ireland, June 23, 1858. En-
gaged in the grocery business in 1873-0; 1879-98 in tlue
service of Thos. J. Lipton; Vice-Pres. Miller & Hart
1898-1901, retiring from Miller & Hart in 1901; mem.
Chgo. Board of Trade.
CHARLES A. BRUCE, Chicago.
Horn at Uacine, Wis., .Tuly 17, 1853, removing to 111. In
IsTl' ;m<l to Chgo., 1891. At the age of 17 entered
the employ of the American Ex. Co. Engaged in the
wholesale confectionery business in Bloomington. 111.,
where he resided and traveled for this business on the
road until IMll. Entered the employ of Miller & Hart
ISO" and was elected the Treas. of this company at
the date of its incorporation, 1S9S.
DAVID C. ROBERTOX, Chicago.
Horn in Paisley, Scotland, Nov. 21, 18G5. Educated in
Paisley and Univ. of Glasgow; from 1883 to 1887 As-
sociate of the lust, of Chartered Accountants, Glasgow;
located in Chgo., Nov., 1887; in 1888 in the service as
salesman of the late W. II. Woodard, produce merchant,
Chco. ; since 1888 with the firm of Miller & Hart; Dir.
and Mgr. of the jobbing dept. of Miller & Hart.
318
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission — Rappal Bros. Go.
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LAWREKCE L. RAPPAL, Chicago.
Born Oct. 2, 1859, Joliet, 111. In 1882 the firm of Rap-
pal Bros. & Co., live stock commission merchants was
established by his father, brother, Frederick, anil him-
self; the present firm is composed of L. L. Rappal,
F. J. Rappal, Jr., J. II. Uappal and S. P. Rappal.
FRED J. RAPPAL,, JR., Chicago.
Born Sept. 6, 1861, at Joliet, 111. With his father and
his brother, Laurence, founded the firm of Rappal Bro.s.
& Co., live stock commission merchants, in 1882; the
present firm is composed of L. L., Frederick J., Jr.,
John II. and Lyman P. Rappal.
JOHN H. RAPPAL,, Chicago.
Born April 13, 1863», at Joliet, 111. Attended Niagara
Univ.; was admitted to the firm of Uappal Bros. & Co.,
live stock commission merchants, Jan. 1, 189G.
SYMOX P. RAPPAL, Chicago.
Born Jan. 30, 1869, at Joliet, 111. Attended Nmj.'.ir.i
Univ.: admitted to the firm of Uappal Bros. & Co.,
Jan. 1, 1896.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
319
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
JOHBT T. ALEXANDER. Chicago.
Horn in Morgan Co., 111., Nov. 19, 1850. Raised in' the
live stock business, and in the early days of this busi-
ness was a shipper to New York and eastern markets;
entered the live stock commission business April, 18S7.
at the U. S. Yds., Chicago; son of John T. Alexander,
who in his lifetime was the largest cattle feeder and
shipper in America.
GEORGE T. WARD, Chicago.
Born in Green County, Ohio, June 24, 1837. Moved
with his father to Warren County. 111., in the fall of
1850; raised on a farm and worked on a farm up until
1857. when he commenced buying and shipping stock;
continued in the stock business and farming business
until 1872; in Feb., 1872, came to Chicago and engaged
in the Live Stock Commission business, and has con-
tinued in that business; 1890 bought a farm, and since
has been interested in farming and feeding stock, with
the commission business.
L.ITHER W. CONOVER, CliicnKO.
Born at Virginia, 111.. Aug. 20. 1867. Educated in
Garnett. Kan., public schools and Baker Univ.. Bald-
win City. Kan.; in 1807 engaged in the live stock com-
mission business at the I". S. Yds.; son of W. H.
Conover, one of the old-time 111. cattle feeders anil
shippers.
LOUIS PFAELZER, Cliiongro.
Born In Baden, Germany, Feb. 6, 1846. Engaged in
1 lacking business in 1864 at the old Merricks Yards,
subsequently locating in the Union Stock Yards; acted
as head buyer for Schwarzschild & Sulzberg Co.
320
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
JAMES WOOD, Chicago.
Born in Moravshire, Scotland. Jan. 16, 1833. Locate;!
In Canada 1835; educated in Embro Schools. Knox Coll.
and Toronto Univ.; located In Chgo. in 1864; engaged
in the live stock commission business, U. S. Y., Chgo.
S. E. WOOD, Chicago.
Born in Oxford Co.. Canada. July, 1838. Practiced
medicine in Ohio 1860-3; 1st Lieut. 86th Ohio Inf.. Co.
E, war of 1861-5; sin<_e 1867 engaged as a live stock
broker at the Union Stock Yds. under the firm name
of Wood Bros., live stock brokers.
J. M. FOX, Freeport.
Born in Freeport, June 2, 1852. Living on a farm until
1888. in 1891 engaged in the livery business; in 1893
was a traveling salesman; from 1895 to 1896 served
as Chief Deputy Sheriff; in 1898 was elected Sheriff,
and was Pres. of the Intel-state Sheriffs' Assn.; Mason,
Knight of Pythias.
JOHN H. WOOD, Chicago.
Born in Emhro. Canada. Sept. 21. 1835. Commenced
business in Chicago in 1861; was one of the early pio-
neers of the trade; was the founder of Woods Bros, in
1867. one of the best known houses in the West: sold
out in 1880, and now member of the firm of John II.
Wood & Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
321
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
JAMES M. UOUD, Chicago.
Born Turin, N. Y., 1864, and until 1876 resided in
Home, N. Y. ; since this date has been engaged in the
live stock business in Chgo., and since 1893 has been
in the commission business.
LESTER C. YOUNG, Chicago.
Born in Carlyle. 111., 1869. Located in Chgo. in 1887;
engaged as a buyer for Swift & Co. until 1893; since
1893 Sec. and Treas. of the Doud & Young Co., live
stock commission merchants.
W. B. STICKNEY, East St. Louis.
Born Jan. 1, 1858, Prince Edward Co., Ont., Canada.
Manager Drutuui Flato Co. of the National Stock
Yds., East St. Louis; Dir. St. Louis Live Stock Ex-
change; mem. Executive Com. National Live StocU
Exchange; Postmaster National Stock Yds., and Dir.
Union Trust and Savings Bank, East St. Louis. 111.
A. B. WILSON, Chicago.
Manage:- of the Chicago branch and a Director of the
Drumm-Flato Commission Company of Chicago, Kan-
sas City and St. Louis.
322
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
W. H. RICE, Chicago.
Born In Schuyler Co., 111., March 17, 1846. Reared on a
farm; subsequently embarked in mercantile business,
and later engaged in the live stock industry; served as
Paymaster's Clerk in the Civil War, 1861-5; in 1864 re-
eulisted and served as Lieut, in the 137th 111. Inf. until
the war closed; located in Chgo. in 1890; organized the
live stock commission firm of Rice Bros., U. S. Y.,
Chgo.
GEORGE W. SHANNON, Chicago.
Born at Farmingtou, 111.. July 4. 1839. Engaged in
farming, stock feeding and shipping in Ogle and Win-
nebago Cos., 111.; in 1872 located in Chgo., where he
has since been engaged in the business of a live stock
commission broker; Dir. and Treas. of the Live Stock
Exchange, U. S. Yds.
HENRY C. F. ZEISS, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1860. Resided in Chgo. siuce 1876;
engaged in business with Bojd, Lunham & Co. in the
exporting and packing business since 1878.
JOHN P. BOWLES, Chicago.
Born in Quincy, 111., 1859. Until 21 years of age lived
on a farm; July 7, 1881 was employed in commission
business by Keenan & Hancock, of the U. S. Yards,
Chicago; 1890, became a member of the firm of Tomlin-
son. Bowles & Co.: 1895. became a stockholder and di-
rector of the Strahorn-Hutton-Evans Commission Co. ;
1898. he established the firm of J. B. Bowles & Co.;
18.99. organized the Bowles Live Stock Com. Co., of
which he is Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
323
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
SILAS PALMER, Chicago.
Born in Devonshire in 1847. Located in America in
1871, and engaged in the live stock business in 1884
with Elwell & Green; in 1892 established the firm of
Silas Palmer, live stock commission business.
JOHN PARK GILLETT, Elkliart.
Horn Feb. 24, 1861, in Logan Co., 111. In 1890 was
made Pres. of Elkhart Bank; extensively engaged in
the breeding of fine beef and blooded cattle, utilizing
for this purpose farm land amounting to 4,000 acres;
died Sept. 8, 1901.
JAMES IX BECKETT, Chicago.
Born April 15, 1830. Removing to Chgo. from the State
of N. Y. in 1855; engaged in selling and buying horses
and supplied the U. S. Gov. in the Civil War 30,000
head; from 1882 to 1896 imported horses from Europe;
has two large stock farms located in Cook and Du Page
Cos., on which he feeds and grows cattle; Director in
La Grange State Bank.
"WILLIAM L. ELLWOOD. DeKalb.
Born in DeKalb, Nov. 3, 1859. Engaged in the import-
ing and breeding of live stock in 1881; Director of the
DeKulb National Bank.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
HOWARD I>. CffPELAND, Chicago.
Born Aug. 19, 1853, Marion, O. Grad. Brown's Busi-
ness Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ohio Wesleyan Univ.;
engaged in banking at Chariton, la., in 1873; State
Bank Examiner of la. from 1883 to 1893; established
live stock commission house of H. D. Copeland & Co.,
U. S. Yds., Chgo., in 1893.
FRANK O. MILLS, Chicago.
Horn in Denmark, la., June 1, 1854. At the age of 17
began shipping live stock to Chicago markets; in 1875
took a position at the U. S. Yds., Chgo.; subsequently
engaged in cattle feeding on a ranch in Montana; 1883
re-entered the service of his former employers at the
U. S. Yds.; in 1886 entered into partnership with J. E.
Grier, doing a live stock commission business under the
firm name of Grier, Mills & Co., with branch houses in
Kansas City and St. Louis.
HARRY BENEDICT, Chicago.
Born in Bureau Co., 111., in 1856. In 1890 engaged in
the live stock commission business under the firm name
of Lee & Benedict; in 1896 the firm became Benedict,
Murray & McDowell; with C. R. Benedict, his brother,
is engaged in cattle feeding and farming at Arlington,
Bureau Co., 111.
FRANK KEYS, Chicago.
Bom in Waynesville. O., in 1856. In 1881 was em-
ployed in the U. S. Yds.. Chgo.. and worked for Keenan
<fc Sons until 1893, and until 1895 was employed by G. B.
Van Xorman; in 1895 he engaged in the live stock
com. business for himself.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
325
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Cbmmission.
DAVID V. COLBERT. Chicago.
Born in Baltimore, Md., April 24, 1875. Educated in
the public schools; moved to Chgo. in ?.8S9; with the
U S Army in campaign against Santiago de Cuba.
July, 1898; now Sec. of the firm of Miller & Hart,
packers, Chgo.
ABNER P1ATT, Chicago.
Born at Lagrange, Lycoming Co., Pa., March 27, 1827.
His youth was spent as a tanner and a civil engi-
neer; was educated at Lewisburg Academy; for the
last thirty years he was engaged in the live stook
commission business. Died Oct. 21, 1901.
SAMUEL, COFFMAN, Chicago.
For ninny years engaged in the live stock commission
business at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Deceased
C. A. MAL.L.ORY, Chicago.
President of the C. A. Mallory Commission Co., live
stock dealers, Union Stock Yards, Chicago; Director of
the Federal Life Insurance Company.
326
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock 'Commission.
GEORGE B. VAN NORMAN, Chicago.
Born in Elmlra, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1842. Located in Wis.
1855: enlisted as a soldier Co. H, 8th Wis., "Live
Eagle" Reg., in the war of 1861-5; re-enlisted and
mustered out a Lieut.; engaged in the live stock busi-
ness in 1866; opened a live stock commission house
in Milwaukee in 1874; in 1893 engaged in the commis-
sion business. U. S. Y., Chgo., under the name of
G. B. Van Norman & Co.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the
South Milwaukee Land Co. ; Pres. of the Eagle Horse-
shoe Co. of South Milwaukee, Wis.
JOHN DEAN GIL,L,ETT, Elkhart.
Born Fairhaven, Conn., April 28, 1818. Coming to 111.
at 18 yrs. of age, he entered government lands, be-
coming one of the largest owners in 111. of farm lands;
was the Pres. of the First Nat'l Bank of Lincoln, 111.;
engaged extensively in raisins; the finest herds of cat-
tle in the country; first cattle raiser to ship with suc-
cess his beef cattle to England; was called "The Cattle
King of the West;" deceased.
SAMUEL, R. SWANSON, ».:i l.-shn ru.
Born in Galesburg, 111.. Aug. 7, 1858. Engaged in the
live stock business in 1881; mem. of the firm of S. R.
Swanson & Bros., feeders and shippers of live stock;
Dir. of Smith, Haas & Co., live stock commission
house, Chgo., and a Dir. of the Bank of Galesburg.
LOUIS KEEFER, Chicago.
Born Hohnlein, Hessen, Darmstadt. Germany, July 1,
1844. Became a resident of the U. S. 1863; engaged in
the live stock business at Pittsburg until 1876. in which
year he removed to Chgo., and lias since continued in
the live stock commission business.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
327
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
GEORGE ADAMS, Chicago.
Born In Floor, Northhamptonshire, England, July 21,
1835. Identified with the Stock Yards of Chicago for
40 years, but retired from active business Jan. 1, 1901.
Died May 25, 1901.
STEPHEN HEAL.Y, Chicago.
Engaged in the live stock business since 1860 at the
Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
N. COCHRAN, Chicago.
Born in Pembroke, N. H.. Nov. 27. 1838. Educated in
district schools and academy; from 1861 to 1863 re-
sided in Cal. ; the fall of 1863 returned to former home
In the East, where he remained till 1868; subsequently
removed to Clarence, la., where he engaged in rearing
live stock and lumber business; in 1872 removed to
Chgo., and engaged in the live stock commission busi-
ness; died Nov. 11. 1901.
LEWIS R. HASTINGS, Chicago.
Born Mt. Sterling, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1831. Removing to 111.
in 1852; moved to Chgo. in 1858, engaging in the live
stock business with the firm of Gregory & Hastings,
subsequently Gregory, Cooley & Co., being its Vice-
Pres. ; engaged In later yrs. In the ranch business at
Lubbock, Tex.; died Sept. 22, 1900.
328
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock Commission.
SAMUEL COZZENS, Chicago.
Born Providence, R. I.. May 8, 1848. Dealer in coach
and driving horses; came to Chgo. in 1867: from 1870
to 1899 Supt. of the Horse Dept., U. S. Yds.; D.rectoi
Nat. Live Stock Bank.
JOHN S. COOPER, Chicago.
Engaged in general teaming, with stables at 450 In-
diana St., and sale stables at Barn 1, U. S. Yds.,
Chicago.
E. H. SCHLOEMAN, Chicago.
Born in Iowa Co., la., Nov. 29, 1858. Located in Chgo.
in 18}v9; cattle salesman, U. S. Yds., 1S90-6: horse,
commission, boarding and livery stable. 4167-73 Em-
erald Ave., 1896-99: horse commission business in the
U. S. Yds. since 1899.
A. O. ELDER, Chicago.
Born Mt. Pleasant, Pa., May 1, 1846. Moved to Port
Byron. 111., 1865, and a year later moved to Warsaw
111.; subsequently removed to Melville, X. I).; ap-
pointed by Gov. Pierce Com. of Foster Co.. and con-
tinued such for 7 years; in 1892 came to Chgo. and
engaged in the live stock business at the U S Yds
under the firm name of A. O. Elder & Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
329
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock.
JOHN B. SHERMAN, Chicago.
Born Jan., 1825 at Beekman, Duchess Co., X. Y. In
1849 engaged In gold mining in California; 1850
located in 111. on a farm in Kendall Co., and later
removed to Chgo. ; engaged in the commission business
as a mem. of the firm of Black & Sherman; in 1885
operated the Bull's Head Stock Yds. on W. Madison St..
and in 1856 the Myrick Yds. at 39th and Cottage Grove:
In 1866 aided in founding the Union Stock Yds. of
Chgo., of which he was Mgr. for a long time; died 1902.
JAMES H. ASHBY, Chicago.
Born Duchess Co., N. Y., in 1847. and came to Chicago,
April, 1880; Gen. Supt. of the Union Stk. Yds. Co. for
the last 12 years; director in the Stk. Yds. Nat. Bank,
•WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, Chicago.
Born July 4, 1842, at Valatie. X. Y. A resident of
Chgo. since 1873: Pres. of the Chgo. Live Stock Ex-
change for the past 13 yrs. ; Pres. for the past 10 yrs.
of the Xational Live Stock Exchange: mem. Chgo.
Board of Education for 3 yrs. ; Pres. of the Town of
Lake in 1889.
W. E. SKINNER, Chicasro.
Born June 24. 1863. at Waterdown, Ont.. Canada. Gen.
Agt. of the U. S. Yds. Transit Co.: Vice-Pres. 2d Dlst.
111. State Board of Agriculture: Gen. Mgr. of the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition at Chgo. 1902.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Live Stock.
CHARLES D. MOVER, Chicago.
Born in Freeburg, Pa. Sec. and Treas. of the Chgo.
Junction R.v. Co. and the Sec. and Treas. of the Union
Stock Yards and Transit Co.
CHARLES O. ROBINSON, Chicago.
Member of the live stock commission firm of Clay,
Robinson & Co., Chicago, with offices in The Rookery
Bldg.
WILLIAM L. GREGSON, Chicago.
Born near Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 10, 1866. Removed to
111. in 1882: Pres. of Morton-Gregscjn Co., packers, of
Nebraska City. Chicago and Liverpool: Dir. Chgo. Board
of Trade 1899-1901; 2d Vice-Pres. of the Chgo. Board of
Trade in 1902; Trustee of the Village of Morgan Park.
SAMUEL A. McCLEAN, JR., Chicago.
Born in Belfast, Ireland, 1870. Vice-President Anglo-
American Provision Company, Omaha Packing Com-
pany; President of Fowler Packing Company and
Friedman Manufacturing Company; President Stock
Yards Warehouse Company; Director Chicago Live
Stock Savings Bank and the Chicago Board of Trade.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
WILLIAM SEYMOUR WARREN, Chicago.
Born In Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1853. Located in Chgo.
and employed in the commission business on the Board
of Trade in 1869: in 1877 engaged in the commission
business for himself, subsequently retiring: in 1893
again entered into the commission business under the
firm name of Hulburd, Warren & Co., a corporation
of 'which he is President; Pres. of the Chgo. Board of
Trade.
SAMUEL, C. SCOTTEN, Chicago.
Born in Burlington, la., Oct. 31, 1851. Mem. of the
firm of J. F. Han-is & Co., grain and commission
brokers; mem. of the Board of Trade.
JOHN F\ HARRIS. Chicago.
Born fn Boston. Ten yrs. engaged in the grain and
stack business, Chgo.; mem. of N. V. Stk. Ex. and
Chgo. Boaru of Trade; rneiii. Chgo. and Union League
Clubs and C. A. A.
CHARLES W. TUTTLE, Highland Park.
Born Oswego, N. Y., April 30, 1871. Since 1897 with
the firm of J. F. Harris & Co., grain brokers: Lieut.
Naval Militia since its reorganization in 191)0, and
ranked as an Ensign during the late war with .Spain.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
ISRAEL P. RUMSEY, Lake Forest.
Horn in Stafford, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1836. Located in 111.
in 1858; mem. of Board of Trade since 1859; in 1861
aided in the formation of Taylor's Chgo. Battery; sub-
sequently its Capt.; since the war has been engaged in
the grain commission business; twice elected a director
of the Board of Trade.
FRANK G. LOGAN, Chicago.
Bom in Cayuga Co.. N. Y.. Oct. 7. 1851. Located in
Chgo. 1870; engaged in grain business in 1876, organ-
izing grain and stock commission house of F. G.
Logan; mem. N. Y. Stk. Ex., Chgo. Board of Trade,
Union League Club; Trustee of ReloH Coll. (museum
named after himl; governing mem. of the Art InsL ;
Dir. Bureau of Asso. Charities.
S. W. LAMSON, Chicago.
Born at N'yack, N. Y., in 1838. Engaged in agricultural
pursuits in 111. until the age of 30; removed to la. in
1868, and engaging in the nursery business; located in
Chgo. in 1875 and entered into the commission busi-
ness under the firm name of Lamson Bros. & Co., and
has been in active business since; Ex-Pres. of the Oak-
land School Board; Ex-Pres. of the Board of Directors
of All Souls Church and one of its organizers; life mem.
of the C. A. A.
CHARLES W. BUCKLEY, Evanston.
Born Peoria, 111., Aug. 20, 1857. Removing to St. Louis
in 1880 and to Chgo. in 1884. Director of Bd. of
Trade of Chgo., 1898, for 3 yrs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
333
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
LUTHER W. BODMAX, Chicago.
Born in Mass.. 1845. Mem. of the firm of Milmine,
Hodman & Co.; mem. Chgo. Board of Trade since 1S84.
HARRV SCULL,, Chicago.
Born in Bristol. Eng.. 1845. Left England In 1873; 18
months in Canada; came to Chgo. in 1874, and married
in 1876; mem. of Chgo. Board of Trade.
GEORGE S. McREYNOLDS, Chicago.
Born at Peoria. 111. Located in Chgo. in 1876; on Jan.
1, 1899, organized the firm of McUeynolds & Co.. en-
giigine in the shipping and grain elevator business;
mem. Chgo., Union and Washington 1'nrk Clubs.
PORTUS BAXTER WEARE, Chicago.
Born Jan. 1, 1842, at Otsego, Mich. Engaged in the
grain business in Chgo. in 1862; later Mgr. of the Chgo.
Hallway Terminal Elevator Co.; organized the Weare
Land & Live Stock Co. of Wyoming and Montana; in
18!)1 organized the North American Transportation &
Trading Co., doing business in Alaska; charter mem.
of the Illinois Club; mem. of the Chgo. Board of Trade
since 1862; mem of the N. Y. Produce Exchange: mem.
of the Art Inst., Union League and Chgo. Clubs.
334
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission — Finley Barrell & Co.
JAMES BARRELL, Chicago.
Born In London over 60 yrs. ago, and a resident of
Chicago for over 50 yrs.; in grain elevator business
(Armour, Dole & Co. and Dole & Co.) for 31 yrs., first
as a clerk, then as a partner; retired from this busi-
ness; re-entered business with his sons under the firm
name of Finley Barrell & Co.. stock and grain com-
mjssion brokers; mem. Chicago Board of Trade and Chi-
cago and Washington Park Clubs.
FINLEY BARRELL, Chicago.
Born In Chicago, Oct. 20, 1804. Engaged in business In
Chicago In 1891 as a broker on the Board of Trade;
mem. of the firm of Finley Barrell & Co. ; mem. N. Y.
Stk. Exchange, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and
Chicago Stk. Exchange and Board of Trade; mem. of
Chicago, Union League. Washington Park and Mid-
lothian Country Clubs.
STEWART E. BARRELL, Chicago.
Born in Chicago in 1869. Common school education; in
1886 employed by the firm of Fleming & Boyden on the
Chicago Board of Trade; mem. of the firm of Finley
Barrell & Co., stock anil grain commission brokers;
mem. of X. Y. Coffee Exchange, X. Y. Cotton Exchange
and Chicago Board of Trade; mem. of Washington Park
and Union League Clubs.
ALBERT M. BARRELL, Chicago.
Born in Chicago 25 years ago. Educated at Harvard
School in Chicago, Andover. Mass., and grad. from Yale
in 1900; Cashier of Finley Barrell & Co., stock and
grain commission brokers; mem. of Calumet and Wash-
ington Park Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
335
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
GEORGE A. SEAVERNS, SR.. Chicago.
Born in Boston. Located in Chgo. in 1853; Prop. Alton
Elevator. Mabbatt Elevators and the Seavers Elevators
at Davenport, la.; mem. Chgo. and Washington Park
Clubs.
GEORGE A. SEAVERXS, JR., Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Partner in the firm of Geo. A. Seaverna;
mem. C. A. A. and Washington Park Club.
WILLIAM H. LAKE. Chicago.
Boi-n In Chjro.. 1861. Entered the grain business in
1877 with Dwight & Gillett; from 1881 until 1889 was
with Bartlett, Frnzier & Co.: in 1901 engaged in grain
and stock business with Arthur Leask, under the firm
name of Lake & Leask. 6 Sherman St.; mem. of Chgo.
Stk. Ex.. Chgo. Board of Trade. Milwaukee Chamber of
Commerce, and the C. A. A.. Washington Park. Chgo.
Yacht and Glenview Golf Clubs and N. Y. Produce Ex-
change.
ARTHUR LEASK, Chicago.
Born Sept. 2. 1857, Brooklyn. X. Y. Came to Chgo. in
1882; engaged in grain business with Baldwin, Gurnev
& Co., anil subsequently organized the firm of Lake &
Leask, grain commission and stock brokers.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
JOHN L. PYFFE.
Born 1n Dublin. Ireland. Sept. 8. 1858. Removing to
America in 1866. and to Chgo. In 1879: from 1890 to
1901 was a member and Director of the Board of Trade,
and held this position at the date of his death, Jan. 13,
1901; was the senior mem. of the firm of Fyffe Bros.
& Co.
WILLIAM J. FYFFE, Chicago.
Born in Dublin. Ireland. June 13, 1862. Removing to
America in 1866, and to Chgo. in 1879; mem. of the
Chgo. Hoard of Trade since 1883. and a mem. of the
firm of Fyffe Bros. & Co.; mem. C. A. A.
EDWARD F. LELAND.
Born in Boston, May 16. 1802. Came to Chgo. 1866;
in 1898, with J. H. Ware, he established the present
firm of Ware & Lelttnd. frain and stock brokers: mem.
C. A. A.. Chicago an'l Glenview Golf Clubs; mem. of
the Chgo. Board of Trade. New York and New Orleans
Cotton Exchanges; mem. N. Y. Athletic Club an'l New
York Yacht Club.
JOHN HERBERT WARE, Chicago.
Born Brantford. Canada, Feb. 2, 1862. Located in Chgo
in 1868: since 1898 mem. of the firm of Ware & Leland:
mem. of the Board of Trade: mem. of the Chgo. and
Washington Park Clubs and the C. A. A. and the Mid-
lothian and Exmore Golf Clubs: mem. St. Louis Mer-
?hants" Exchange. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce.
N. Y. Coffee Exchange, N. Y. Yacht Club, N. Y. Ath-
letic Club and The Strollers of New York; Tres. Opaque
Shade Cloth Co., Chicago, and Treas. Keystone Shade
Roller Co. of Saginaw.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
AUGUSTUS N. EDDY, Chicago.
Born in Ind., June 3, 184?. Moved to Cbgo. in 1856;
attended Chgo. High School and Douglas University;
afterward entered the employ of Farwell, Field & Co. ;
meiu. of the Board of Trade and Stock Exchange; Dir.
American Linseed Co. ; Pres. North American Exchange,
Paris, France; Imperial Expanded Metal Co.. Chicago;
mem. of the Chgo., Caxtou, Washington Park, Saddle &
Cycle, Wheaton Golf, Calumet Clubs, the Essex Co.,
and Reform and N. Y. Clubs of New York.
HOMER II. !'l. I i:us. Chicago.
Born in Dexter, Mich.. Jan. 20, 1854. Educated at
Ann Arbor, Mich.; removed from Detroit, Mich., to
Cbgo. in 1889; has been engaged in the grain business
since 1\71.
CHARLES H. CO1VGDO1V, Evanston.
Born in Worcester Co.. Mass., Murch 11, 1853. Moved
to Chgo. in 1873; member of the Board of Trade since
1874; member of the Union League Club; trustee of the
N. W. Univ. of Kvanston.
"WILLIAM X. ECKHARDT. Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Elected Dir. of the Board of Trade in
IMM>. and 2d Vice-Pres. of the Board of Trade. Jan..
1!»0(); mem. of Pope & Kckhardt Co.. Grain Commission
.Merchants.
338
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
HERBERT EDWARD RYCRQFT, Chicago.
BorD in Liverpool in 1865. Located in New York in
1885, and Chgo. in 1892; mem. of the firm of Bartlett,
Frazier & Co. ; mem. of the Chicago, Colonial, Chgo.
Yacht and Glen View Clubs and C. A. A. and Washing-
ton Park Clubs.
SIDNEY C. LOVE, Chicago.
Born in Ottumwa, la., Jan. 2, 1872. Engaged in busi-
ness in Keokuk, la., in a bank; 1893 joined in the
formation of the firm of John C. King & Co.; 1900 be-
came a mem. of the N. Y. Stk. Ex. and established the
firm of Sidney C. Love & Co., with offices in Chgo., St.
Louis and N. Y.
SIDNEY H. WARNER. Chicago.
Born Mendota, 111., Oct. 9, 1862. Located in Chgo.
1874; formed the firm of Warner & Wilbur in 1879;
mem. Chgo. Board of Trade and C. A. A.
WILLIAM HENRY HARPER. Chicago.
Born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., May 4. 1845. Removing
to Iroquois Co., 111., 1851, and subsequently to El Paso;
1864 enlisted in the 145th 111.; engaged in the live stock
and grain business, removing to Chgo. 1868. becoming a
mem. of the Board of Trade; 1873 appointed Chief Grain
Inspector Chgo.: 1876 organized the Chgo. & Pacific
Klevator Co. ; 1890 was one of the organizers of the
Globe National Bank; 1882 mem. of 111. Legis., serving
two terms.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
339
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
GEORGE W. HIGGINS, Chicago.
Born at East Brewster, Mass., April 21, 1829. Made
three voyages, when but a youth, around Cape Horn;
went to California in '49 and spent four years there;-
located in Chicago in the fall of 1853 and was for a
short time engaged in the commission business (live
stock); became a member of the Chicago Board of
Trade In 1854; laid the first stone in the packing houses
west of the stock yards in June 1868; was engaged in
the packing business from 1859 to 1884; retired from
active business.
GEORGE W. STONE, Chicago.
Rorn in N. Y. City, July 3, 1844. Came to Chicago in
Oct., 1877, and started in a commission business on
the Board of Trade; mem. of the Sixth Presbyterian
Church and Oakland and Midlothian Clubs.
CHARLES HEAD SMITH, Chicago.
Born Dec. 23, 1859, Macomb, 111. Located In Chicago
in 1879; rneni. of Board of Trade since 1882; Commis-
sion Merchant and extensive operator on the Board of
Trade.
LYMAX G. HOL.I-EY, Chicago.
Born in Jefferson Co.. X. Y. Removing to 111. in 1868;
Chgo. Mgr. of the Pillsbury-Washbura Flour Mills Co.;
mem of the Chgo. Board of Trade, and resides at Oak
Park.
340
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
JOHN P. GRIER, Chicago.
Born in Peoria. 111., in 1868. Coming to Chgo. In 1896,
organized the firm of Allen, Grler & Zeller Co.. which
Inter took a most active part in the great wheat deal
of 1897-98; mem. of the Board of Trade.
HENRY T. GUBBINS, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., June 17, 1854. In the grain business
since 1871; in 1898, established the firm of H. T.
(Jubbins & Co.; mem. of Board of Trade; appointed
official Grain Sampler of Chgo. Board of Trade Jan.,
1898.
ARTHUR R. JONES, Chicago.
Born in Vinton. la., Jan. 8. 1865. Engaged in the rail-
road business until 1897; since 1897 mem. of Chgo.
Board of Trade and engaged in the commission business;
niem. C. A. A. and Washington Park Club.
FRANK C. REMICK, Chicago.
Born Cornish, Me., Aug. 29. 1841. Located in III. in
1875; mem. Board of Trade since 187C; engaged in the
i-ommission business in 1.S93 with Fred Helmholz. under
the firm name of Helmholz & Remick; elected Dir. for
the term of 1901-4.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
341
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
ROBERT BINES, Chicago.
Born Bloomfleld, O., July 15, 1842. Came to Chicago,
June 1, 1866; member of the Hoard of Trade since
Oct. 7, 1869, and now on the Board of Directors.
JOHN S. CARPENTER, Chicago.
Born in Harford, Pa., Jan. 15, 1845. Grad. Harford
Univ., 1862: first shrpper of western grain in N. J.,
direct to millers, 1874-81; removed to Chgo. in 1881.
and established the firm of John S. Carpenter & Co.;
associated with G. Montague & Co. in 1888, and on
death of Mr. Montague incorporated the firm of Mon-
tague & Co. ; since continuing as its Pres. ; Director
and Vice-Pres., 1889-96, of the Apollo Cluo, and char-
ter member and Vice-Pres. of Mendelssohn Club.
GEORGE G. PARKER, Chicago.
Born in Boston. May 1C, 1851. Located in Chgo. In
1862; been engaged in the business of a commission
merchant since ls~5; mem. of Chgo. Board of Trade and
mem. of the Com. on Arbitration and Appeals 1881-84;
Vic.-Pivs. .-Hid Iiir. in 1885-90.
EDWARD STONE, Chicago.
Born in Charlotte, Vt., 1834. Engaged in the business
of a ^omrnisslon merchant; mem. of the Chgo. Board
of Trade; located in 111. in 1863.
342
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
"WILLIS F. JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born Yates Co., N. Y., 1834. Moyed to Wickliffe, now
Palatine, Cook Co., 111., 1844: from 1856 to 1874 engaged
in business in Morrison, 111.; mem. Chgo. Board of
Trade since 1873; engaged in commission business,
Chgo., since 1874.
RALPH E. PRATT, Chicago.
Born in Conn. Senior mem. of the firm of R. E. Pratt
& Co., grain merchants, and resides at 4122 Grand
Blvd.
GEORGE H. PHILLIPS, Chicago.
Born in Morris, 111.. Jan. 11, 1869. Located in Chgo.
Aug. 24. 1886; grad. the same year from the Morris
High School; engaged in the grain elevator and' pro-
vision business; grain commission broker; for 5 yrs.
connected with the grain elevators of Chgo.; commission
business Board of Trade.
ERICH GERSTENBERG, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, 111. Received an academic education;
engaged in busiress with his father under the firm name
of C. G-erstenberg & Co. in the grain and produce com-
mission business in 1873: from 1879 to 1883 mem. of the
firm of Gerstenherg & Co.; from 1883 to 1899 mem. of
the firm of Gerstenbere & Croeschell; since 1899 mem.
of the firm of Gerstenberg & Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
343
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
SANFORD A. SCRIB1VER, Chicago.
Born in Plattsburg, N. Y. Located In Chgo. In 1859:
mem. of Chgo. Board of Trade since 1862; engaged in
the grain and commission business with Low< 'Bros. &
Co., and subsequently with John Creighton Cd • since
1887 the firm has been Scribner, Creighton & Co:, died
Dec. 28, 1901.
THOMAS M. HUNTER, Chicago.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1852. Removing to Chgo.
in 1879; Dir. Chgo. Board of Trade; Dir. Cicero Light,
Heat & Power Co.; first Alderman elected from the
35th Ward; resides at 225 Prairie Ave., Austin.
ZIXA R. CARTER, Chicago.
Born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1846. Came to
111. in 1864 and several yrs. later to Chgo.; member
of Board of Trade since 1872, and its Pres., 1897; Mem.
of Board of Trustees of the Sanitary Dist. of Chgo.
WILLETS G. WANZER, Oak Paris.
Born in Chgo., Jan. 7. 1866. Is engaged in commission
business since 1882 under the name of Wanzer & Co.;
mem. of the Chgo. Board of Trade since 1888.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
Z. R. WINSL,OW, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, Jan. 9, 1841. Located in C'hgo. in
1854; enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1861-5 in the
19th 111. Inf.; transferred to 58th 111. Inf., serving as a
2d Lieut.; Past Commander U. S. Grant Post. G. A. R. ;
mem. of Pleiades Lodge, Wiley M. Eagen Chapter,
Chgo. Council, Chgo. Commandery.
SYLVESTER W. McMASTER, Rock Inland.
Born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1811. Located
in Rock Island in 1836; engaged in the grain and flour
mill business in Rock Island, Galena and St. Louig
until 1866; built first grain elevator In St. Louis in
1863; built the first flour mill in Galena in 1848;
author of "Sixty Years on the Upper Mississippi;"
retired from business in 1866.
BENJAMIN WARREN, JR., Peoria.
Born La Harpe, Hancock Co.. 111., July 22, 1852. Lo-
cated in Peoria, March 15, 1876; immediately engaged
in the grain commission business under the firm name
of Warren & Co.; Sec. and Gen. Mgr. Iowa Elevator
<>>. ; Pres. Peoria Wagon Co.; Dir. 111. National Bank;
lias been engaged in grain business since 1873.
JAMES M. QUINN, Peoria.
Born in Brown Co., O., June 2, 1831. Located in Taze-
well Co.. 111., in 1846. and in Peoria in 1872: is en-
gaged in the grain and commission business: Pres. of
North Park Mining & Smelting Co. of Colo. ; Ex-Pres. of
the Peoria Board of Trade, now Director, and a Dir. of
the Peoria Public Library.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
345
MERCHANTS.
Grain Commission.
JACOB S. McFERREN, Hoopeston.
Born Level, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1845. Moved to Paxton, 111.,
Sept., 1865, and to Hoopeston In 1872; Pres. of the First
National Bank since Its organization; partner of Moore
& McFerren Mills of Memphis, and partner in the
Hoopeston Canning Co. of Hoopeston.
WILLIAM P. BRYAN. Peorla.
Born Lancaster, Pa.. 1851. Moved to 111. in 1852;
member of Peoria Board of Trade. 1876-96; also its
president; member of the Peoria City Council, 1895-99;
Mayor, April, 1901.
E. R. UL.RICH, JR., Springfield.
Born Feb. 8, 1861. Mem. of the firm of E. K. Ulrica
& Sons, grain merchants.
W. H. READ, Sprinsfleld.
Born Deo. 12. 1852. Keene, X. II. Located in Chgo. In
1S77; since 1889 has conducted the business of stock,
bond, grain and provision broker: mem. of the Chgo.
Board of Trade; difd January, 1902.
346
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Stocks and Grain.
JOHN C. ItING, Chicago.
Born In Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1864. Came to Chgo.
1890; mem. N. Y. Stk. Ex., Chgo. Stk. Ex., Cleveland
Stk. Ex. and Chgo. Board of Trade: mem. of the Chgo.,
Union and Washington Park Clubs.
ARTHUR J. WHIPPLM, Chicago.
Born In Wlnona, Minn., In 1869. Located In Chgo.
1892; engaged In business as 'a stock broker and nwm.
of the Chgo. Stock Exchange and the N. Y. Stock Ex-
change.
HERBERT C. WRIGHT. Chicago.
Located In Chgo. In 1893. Financial Editor of the
Chgo. Record In 1894-7, and Literary Editor 1894-7; is
•engaged In the business of a stock broker.
HERMAN HERBST, Chicago.
Born April 11, 1849, Fond du Lac, Wls. Removing to
Chgo. in 1856, where he has since resided; engaged in
business as a stock broker.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
347
MERCHANTS.
WILLIAM R. RUFFNER, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., July 26, 1872. Treas. of the Kato Cof-
fee Co., mfrs., refiners and concentrators of the Kato
Pure Coffee Tablet, and of the Kuffuer & McDowell
coffee importing and commission merchants, 19 Wa-
bash Ave.
I. D. RICHHEI91ER, Chicago.
Born Nov. 14, 1871. Originator of roasting coffee by
electricity and patentee of cooling coffee by cold air in
revolving coolers instead of former process of throwing
water on the coffee.
HENRY DLMMERT, Chicago.
Born in Hamburg, Germany, July 4, 1857. Came to
Chgo. in 1880 as an exporter, and now a member of
W. W. Bierce, Ltd., 658 Rookery Bldg., agents,
brokers and exporters of cottonseed and packing-house
products.
JOSEPH E. OTIS, JR., Chicago.
Born in Chgo., March 5,. 1867. In 1891 engaged In the
real estate business; on Jan. 1, 1890. ihe firm of Otis.
Wilcox & Co. was organized in 1898. and was succeeded
by Otis, Wilson & Co., Jan. 1, 1901, of which he is a
mem.; mem. N. Y. Stk. Ex. and Chgo. Stk. Ex.; mem.
of the Univ., Chicago, Calumet and Saddle and Cycle
Clubs and the Chgo. Heal Estate Board; Organizer and
Vice-Pres. of the Chgo. Savings Bank.
348
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
ADOLPH NATHAN, Chicago.
Born St. Goar, on the Rhine, Germany. Kuh, Nathan
& Fischer, wholesale clothiers; former Pres. Street's
Western Stable Car Line; Treas. Nat'l Assn. Merchants
and Travelers 1885-8; Dir. World's Fair; Pres. Civic
Federation 1897-8.
LEO WAMPOLD, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Sept. 5, 1865. Grad. Columbia Coll. in
1888; mem. of the firm of Calm, Wampold & Co.,
manufacturers of clothing; Capt. 1st Cav., I. N. G.;
mem. Standard, Hamilton, Union League and Germania
Clubs.
EMATVIEL, J. KOHN, Chicago.
Horn in Chgo., Dec. 23, 1864. For 20 yrs. engaged in
the clothing business; financial and credit man of Kohu
Bros., wholesale clothing mfrs. ; mem. Executive Board
of Sinai Temple and United Hebrew Charities; Past
Master of Chgo. Lodge. A. F. & A. M.; mem. of Stand-
ard Club; Trustee of National Hospital for Consunw
tives, Denver, Colo.
JOSEPH BEIFELD, Chicago.
Born in Hungary, Aug. 22, 1853. Came to Chgo. 18G7;
with Field, Leiter & Co. 1869-78; engaged as a cloak
mfr. 1878; lessee with Nelson Morris of the Sherman
Hotel.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
349
MERCHANTS.
EMANUEL, BrXBAUM, Chicago.
Born Elbighelm, Baden. Germany. Feb. 2, 1855. Ke-
moving to N. Y. .in 1860 and to Chgo. in 1871; for 12
yrs. was connected with Kuh, Nathan & Fischer, mfrs.
of clothing, Chgo., and upon the reorganization of the
firm, Dec., 1900, was made its Pres. ; member of the
Standard Club past 20 yrs.
DAVID B. FALTER, Chicago.
Born in Austria. Engaged in the manufacture of cloth-
ing; Pres. Lake Side Club and mem. of Standard Club.
EDWARD B. GROSSMAN, Oliionjro.
Born Oct. 17. 1873. Chgo. In 1893, established the
firm of Edward B. Grossman & Co.. wholesale and re-
Tail cloak mfrs., having both an extensive mail order
dept. and branches of the business in St. Louis; Dir. in
various corporations: mem. Standard Club,
C. F. HEXRY, Rockford.
Born in Plymouth, Mass., March 15, 1854. Removing
to Rockford, 111., 1864; for 12 yrs. served in the capac-
ity of a clerk, subsequently embarking in the cloth-
ing business for himself.
350
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
JOHNSTON RICHMOND. BOWMAN, Cliieaso.
Born in Allegheny City, Pa., Dec. 13, 1852. Established
the Bowman Dairy Co., in 1877 and Is the Pres. of
the company.
COMFORT EDSON PECK, Chicago.
Born Warren Co., Pa., Oct. 10, 1846. Grad. of the
Medical Dept. of the Univ. of Buffalo in 1873, and of
Beltevue Hospital Coll. in 1879; Vlce-Pres. of the Bow-
man Dairy Co.
CHARTRS S. KILBOl'RNE, Anrora.
Born in East Berkshire. Vt.. Nov. 6, 1851. Founder of
the Fox River Butter Co., makers of "Clover Hill" but-
ter; one of the largest producers of pure butter.
EDWARD S. ENO. Ely in.
Born at Honesdale, Pa.. May 2G, 184S. Removing to
Elgin, 111., 1871, becoming Supt. Borden's Condensed
Milk Co. in 1S81, which position he now retains.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
351
MERCHANTS.
E. W. GILLETT, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State. Located in Chicago, 1852; Prop.
Gillett's Chemical Wks., Chgo. and Toronto, Ont. ;
Pres. Northwestern Yeast Co., Chgo.; Pres. Champion
Chemical Wks., Chgo. and New York.
DANIEL B. SCULLY, Chicago.
Born in Ireland. A resident of Chgo. since 1862; en-
gaged in the manufacture of syrups and molasses under
the firm name of the D. B. Scully Syrup Co. since 1872.
"WILLIAM J. MOXLEY, Chicago.
Pres. of the Moxley Butterlne Co.; mem. of Chgo.
Board of Trade; mem. of Illinois, Lincoln Clubs and
C. A. A.; Pres. West Side Driving Assn., and Col.
since 1901 on Gov. Yates' Staff.
CHAHLES A. SPOEHR. Chicago.
Born Goeppingen, Germany. Came to Chgo. in 1869; in
1876 established the firm of Bunte Bros. <y. Spoehr, con-
fectioners.
352
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Born
P. W. RTJECKHEIM, Chicago.
In the northern part of Germany in 1846. Lo-
cated in Chgo in 1869; established the firm of F. W.
Rueckenheim & Bro., mfg. confectioners, in 1872.
R. C. PRICE, Wankegan.
Born Jan. 13, 1858. Vice-Pres. and Mgr. of the Price
Flavoring Extract Co.; Vice-Pres. of the Pan Confec-
tion Co.
I. ALLEGRETTI, Chicago.
Born in Italy, 1825. Came to America 1859; served in
U. S. Army and resigned as Lieutenant 1862: started
confectionery business in Washington, D. C., 1862; in-
vented the Allegretti Iceberg Refrigerator 1869: in-
vented Neapolitan bricks of ice cream 1870: shipped
first carload of dressed beef from Chicago to New York
City 1874: originated Allegretti Chocolate Creams 1880;
came to Chicago 1892: inventor of appliances for the
transportation of all perishable articles, and the first
to put them into practical use.
JOHN KR'ANZ, Chicago.
Born Jan. 17. 1841. in Wurtemberg. Germany. Became a
resident of Philadelphia in 1860. and Chgo. in 1867:
engaged in the candy business in Chgo.. aad has since
continued as a wholesale and retail manufacturer of
candies; mem. of Germania Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
353
MERCHANTS.
MARSHALL FIELD, Chicago.
Born in Conway. Mass., Aug. 18, 1835. Came to Chgo.
in 1856, employ of Cooley, Wadsworth & Co. as a sales-
man; one year later became Cooley, Farwell & Co.;
admitted to a junior partnership In 1860; In 1865 the
firm became Field, Palmer & Letter, and two years
later Field, Letter & Co.; in 1881 Marshall Field & Co.;
in 1893 Mr. Field gave $1,000,000 to found the Field
Columbian Museum, and built and endowed, 1901, a
library building in his native town of Conway, Mass.
HARRY G. SELFRIDGE, Chicago.
Born in Kipon. Wis., Jan. 11, 1858. Located
Chgo. Feb., 1879; Marshall Field & Co.
JOHN Ml'IR. Chicago.
Born in Scotland in 1837. From 1859 to 1863 was In
the dry goods business with the firm of Potter Palmer,
Chgo. ; since 1868 was with the firm of Field, Letter
& Co., subsequently the Marshall Field Co., retail
store.
LINDSAY T. WOODCOCK, Oak Paris.
Born Baring, Me.. Aug. 23, 1858. Resided in Princeton.
Me.; located in Chgo. in 1876; entered the employ of
Marshall Field & Co. April 6. 1877: Supt. retail store
since 1889: mem. of Dak Park Club: officer of Third
Presbyterian Church 1884-5, and meui. of sessions of
1st Pres. Church since Oct., 1896; mem. Union League
Club.
354
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
ARTHUR C. BLAXEY, Chicago.
Born in the City of Dublin in 1851. Came to Chicago
in 1863; employed as cash hoy by Potter Palmer until
1866: attended Skinner public school; re-entered the
employ of Field, Palmer & Leiter as Collector; re-
mained with their successors, Field. Leiter & Co., and
the present retail house of Marshall Field & Co., as
Credit Man; in 1872 moved to Riverside, and was for
seventeen consecutive years elected town and village
Clerk; was a charter member of Company H. First
Regiment of Illinois State Militia; is charter member
of the Mondamin Council. Royal Arcanum; past ten
years a resident of the 6th Ward.
ADOLPHl'S L. BELL, Cliicagro.
Born in 111.. 1849. Quartermaster 1st Reg. I. X. G.
for 25 yrs; foreign buyer and the department mgr. of
6 departments of Marshall Field & Co., retail store,
Chgo.
H. N. HIGGINBOTHAM. Chicago.
Born on a farm near Joliet, 111., in 1838. In 1861 lo-
cated in Chgo.. entering the employ of Cooley. Farwell
& Co., predecessors of ,T. V. Farwell & Co.; in 1862
enlisted in the Mercantile Battery in the war of 1861-5.
and was transferred to the Quartermaster's Dej>t.: upon
return to Chgo. entered the firm of Field, Palmer &
loiter: mem. of the firm of Marshall Field & Co.; re-
tire/1 from mercantile business in 1901: Pres. of the
LAFAYETTE McWILLIAMS, Chicago.
Born June 11, 1843, Peterboro. N. Y. Educated in the
common and academic schools of Peterboro; taught
school; enlisted as a private in the war of 1861-5 in the
157th N. Y. Inf., and mustered out a Capt.; located in
Chgo. in 1865. entering the service of the dry goods
bouse of Field, Palmer & Letter, later Marshall Field
& -Co., retiring in Feb.. 1900: mem. Loyal Legion.
0 A. R., Union League Clubs and the Midlothian Golf
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
355
MERCHANTS.
JOHX VILLIERS FARWELL, Chicago.
Born July 29, 1825. at Campbellville, Steuben Co.. N. Y.
In 1838 the family moved to Ogle Co., N. Y.; in
1845 came to 111. ; employed in the City Clerk's office
of Chgo. ; bookkeeper and salesman In the dry goods
store of Hamilton & White: afterward with Hamlin &
Day. and later in the employ of Wadsworth & Phelps;
subsequently was with Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., of
which firm he became a mem. fn 1850; this firm is the
present firm of John V. Farwell & Co.
CHARLES B. FARWELL,, Chicago.
Born near Painters Pond, .Steuben Co.. N. Y. In 1844
located in Chgo.; Deputy Clerk of Cook Co. under Geo.
Davis; in 1853 was elected County Clerk; in 1864 he
became a partner and Manager of the present firm of
J. V. Farwell & Co.; 1870-80 mem. of Congress; mem.
of first State Board for' the Equalization of Taxes:
built the Washington Street Tunnel; elected U. S. Sen-
ator in 1887; mem. of Chgo. and Union League Clubs
and the Commercial and Bankers' Clubs.
GEORGE FABYAN, Chicago.
Born in Boston in 18C7. Moved to Chgo, in 1883; mem.
of the firm of Bliss. Fiibvan it Co., Commission Mer-
chants: Ii:cm. of Onv. Yiites' Staff.
LEVI Z. LEITER, Chicago.
Born in 1S34 at Leitersburg, Md. Located in Chgo. in
1854; in the serviie of Bowes & Vnu Wick; afterward
with the house of Cooley. Wadsworth & Co.; engaged in
the dry goods business as a mem. of the firm of Palmer,
Field ,t L,elter; from 1867 to 1881 the firm was Field.
Letter & Co.; in 1881 retired from commercial business;
first Pres. of the Commercial Club; mem. of I'nlon
League, Iroquois, Calumet ami Washington Park Clubs.
356
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
LEON MANDEL,, Chicago.
Born in Gsrmauy, 1841. Came to Chgo. In 1S53.
DAVID MAYER, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Aug. 10, 1851. Located in Chgo. in
1865: since 1872 mem. of the firm of Schlesinger &
Mayer, dry goods merchants, Chgo.
A. M. ROTHSCHILD, Chicago.
Born in Nardstetten, Germany, in 185:5. Came to Amer-
ica in 1866, locating in Davenport. la. ; located in
Chgo. in 1871; engaged in the clothing business in
West Madison St.: in 1875 disposed of retail store and
engaged in the manufacture of clothing: in 1894 sold
this business and formed the A. M. Rothschild de-
partment store: Pir. National Bank of the Republic;
mem. Board of Directors Columbian Exposition.
ISAAC KEIM, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Xov. 28, I860: Second Viee-Pres.
Siegel, Cooper & Co.; with tho Fair store. Chiciiiin,
until 1887; with Siegel, Cooper & Co. since May. 1.S87.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
357
MERCHANTS.
EDWARD J. L.EHMANN, Chicago.
Born In Chgo.. March 21, 1870. After finishing prelimi-
nary school work in Chgo., entered the N. VV. Law
School in 1896; entered the Fair store in 1899.
J. I., u i .SM:I«. Chicago.
Born in London, Eng., Dec. 30, 1865. Moved with his
parents to America in 1808, locating in Chgo. in 1876;
public school and Business Coll. education; in 1878 en-
tered "The Fair" as cash boy; in 1883 made a Dept.
Buyer; later was Asst. Gen. Mgr. ; in 1895 be was made
Gen. Mgr. of "The Fair;" mem. Hamilton, Standard
and Lakeside Clubs; life mem. of the Art Inst., and
n<em. of the Commercial Club and Citizens' Organiza-
tion.
CYRUS M. JONES, Chicago.
Born at Cleveland, Ohic, April 27, 1854. Former Man-
ager The E. Jennings Co. from 1879 to 1889; Supt. The
Fair Department Store 18!)0 to 1893; Supt. A. M.
Rothschild & Co. 18!>4 to 1897; since 1897 Supt. The
Fair; resides at Riverside.
CHARLES GREVE, Chicago.
Born Mecklenburg. Germany, Aug. 16, 1S47. Came to
N. Y. in 1853; to Wis., 1855; to Chgo. in 1880; en-
gaged in work at "The Fair." 18?0; since 1890, has
been the Mgr. of the estate of E. J. Lehmann.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
CHARLES NETCHER, Chicago.
Born in Buffalo in 1852. Located In Chgo. In 1869;
employed as a bundle boy in the Boston Store; now
Prop, of the Boston Store.
EDMUND L,. MANSURE, Chicago.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa., in 1860. Located In 111. In
1885; Pres. of the E. L. Mansure Co., rnfrs. of
trimming; mem. Union League, Washington Park and
Kenwood Clubs and C. A. A.
GEORGE W. PAULLIN, Chicago.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., .1864. Located in Chgo. in
1885; engaged in the manufacture and importing of furs;
Sec. of the Chgo. Fur Merchants' and Manufacturers'
Assn.; received the degree of LL. B. from the Lake
Forest I'niv., and in 1892 was admitted to the bar; Dir.
Evanston Public Library.
ISAAC B. COUNTRYMAN, Dixon.
Born in Herkimer Co., N Y.. 1846. Came to Dixon in
18C8 and engaged as a clerk for Alonzo Wood: 1871
entered general merchandise business with W. G.
Stevens, under the firm name of W. G. Stevens &
Co.; 1877 it became the firm of I. B. Countryman;
now Pres. I. B. Countryman Co.; Sec. Dixon Electric
Light & Power Co.; Dir. Lee Co. Tel.; Pres. of the
Dixon Bank; Mem. of the Merchants' Assn.; Knight
Templar and Mason.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
359
MERCHANTS.
HIRAM T. LAY, Kewanee.
Born In Kenosha, \Vis., Jan. 16, 1839. Removing to
Kewanee in 1854; since 1854 has been engaged in the
dry goods business; from 1868 to 1874 in partnership
with Ellas Lyman, as the firm of Lyrnan & Lay; subse-
quently asso. with Wm. H. Lyman, the firm being Ly-
man. Lay & Lyman, from 1874 to 1883 and since 1883
as Lay & Lymau; one of the organizers in 1890 of the
Boss Mfg. Co.
WILLIAM H. LYMAX, Kewanee.
Born at White River Junction, Vt., June 3, 1852. Edu-
cated at Norwich and White River Junction, Vt., and
special instruction from Hiram Orcutt, West Lebanon,
N. H. ; removed to 111. in 1869; engaged In the dry
goods business in Kewanee since 1869; from 1874 to
1883 mem. firm of Lyman, Lay & Lyman; since 1883
mem. of the firm of Lay & Lyman, dry goods merchants;
Pres. and one of the organizers in 1890 of the Boss Mfg.
Co., makers of husking goods; Vice-Pres. of the Union
National Bank since its organization in 1880; Mayor of
Kewanee two years.
TOM MURRAY, Chicago.
Born in I860. Brooklin. Ont., Canada. Came to Chgo.
In 1872; 6 yrs. with the firm of Marshall Field & Co.;
6 yrs. with the firm of Henry W. King & Co.. whole-
sale clothing merchants: 6 yrs. with Chas. P. Kellogg
& Co., clothiers; in 1897 engaged in the men's furnishing
business. "He Makes Shirts."
HERBERT D. THOMAS. Chicago.
Born Constantine, Mich.. March 15, 1870. A resident
of Chgo. since 1889: mem. of the firm of Thomas tt
navies, men's and ladies' furnishings.
360
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
JOHN S. CAPPER, Cliicaso.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19, 1867. Moved to
Chgo. in 1879; started in business in 1893; Pres. of the
firm of Capper & Capper.
ZENAS ZELL.A JACKSON, Chicago.
Born in, Quincy 111., May 30, 1871. Came to Chgo. in
1890; mem. of the firm of Capper & Capper, men's fur-
nishers.
ALFRED C. TORBERT, Chicago.
Born October 28, 1868, at Dowingtown, Chester County,
Pa. Located in Illinois in 1892; In the service of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with headquarters at
Philadelphia, Pa., from 1884 to 1889; located in St.
Paul, Minn., in 1890; with Harrison & Hawley, water
works construction and hydraulic engineers, 1890 to
1891; Purchasing Agent McArthur Brothers' Company,
railroad and general contractors. Chicago, 1891 to 1898;
member of the firm of Torbert & Peckham since 1898.
GIS. M. GREENEBAUM, Danville.
Born Chgo., Sept. 4, 1863. Removing to Danville, April
1897: Pres. Chamber of Commerce; Vice-Pres. the Na-
tional Good Roads Assa.; President Ike Stern & Co..
and President Danville Department Store.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
361
MERCHANTS.
HENRY L. PITCHER, Chicago.
Born in Michigan in 1847. In 1872 engaged in the dry
goods business as Henry L. Pitcher & Co.; 1874 firm
became Pitcher, Jones & Sonner; retired in 1884, re-
moving to Janesville, \Vis., engaged in clothing busi-
ness until 1886; sold business and removed to Kansas
Citv in charge of the clothing firm of Browning, King
& To. until 1892; returned to Chicago to manage Chi-
cago branch Browning, King & Co. until after the death
of Mr. King in 1898, retiring from firm 1898; 1899 es-
tablished the house of Henry L. Pitcher Clothing Co.
in Kansas City: 1899 elected President of Rosehill
Cemetery Company, and devotes his time to its man-
agement.
GEORGE L.YTTO1V, Chicago.
Born June 12, 1874, Chgo. From 1890 to 1893 attended
Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Mich.; in 1897 was
Shipping Clerk in the "Hub" store; 1899 Vice-Pres.
and Treas. of the "Hub" clofhing store; member Wash-
ington Park. Exmore Country, Chgo. Yacht. Hamilton,
Lake Geneva Country Clubs, and Sons of American
Revolution.
FRED L,. ROSSBACH, Oak Park.
Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 29. 1867 Located in
Cbgo. in 1883; founded the Washington Shirt Co. in
1891. and is its Pres. and Gon. Mgr. : Supreme .Treas.
Order of Columbian Knights since 1897; Treas. Colum-
bian Hospital Assn. and Supreme Treas. Daughters of
Columbia.
SAMUEL, J. KLIXE, Chicago.
Born July 19, 1859, at Leavenworth, Kan. Came to
Chgo. in Dee.. 1871; mem. of Standard. Hamilton and
Kavisloe Country Clubs; Pres. Chicago Credit Men's
Assn. 1901-2; Dir. National Assn. of Credit Men 1902;
Kx-Treas. of the Hamilton Club.
362
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
EDWARD B. BUTLER, Chicago.
Born in Lewiston, Me., Dec. 16, 1853. Educated In the
Boston public schools. Commenced business career at
the age of 16 and in 1877, with his brothers, estab-
lished the firm of Butler Bros., came to Chgo. in 1879.
Now Pres of Butler Bros. ; chairman Ways and Means
Com. of the World's Fair; Pres. 111. Manual Training
School for Boys; Director of Chgo. Orphan Asylum;
Hull House Assn.; State Pawners' Soc.; Rockford Coll.
JAMES H. HIRSCH, Chicago.
Born July 20, 1860, at Chicago. Educated in public
schools of Chgo. and Univ. of Notre Dame; educated as
a C. E., but entered commercial life, and for 23 yrs.
has been engaged in the wholesale clothing business;
Alderman 25th Ward, 1898-99; April 18, 1901, appointed
Lincoln Park Comr. ; Vestryman Church of Our Savior
(Episcopal); Col. on Gov. Yates' staff.
LOUIS M. STUMER, Chicago.
Born in Baltimore, Md., April 24, 1869. Moved to Chgo.
in 1870; attended Notre Dame Coll.; in 1890 formed
the firm of Stumer, Rosenthal & Eckstein Emporium
Millinery establishment. 150-152 State St.; one of the
proprietors of the American Restaurant, the Millinery
World, the Public Drug Co. and North American Res-
taurant, and Pres. of the Strauss & Stumer Mercantile
Co. of St. Louis, Mo.; Dir. the Chgo. Home for Jewish
Orphans: mem. Standard and Lakeside Clubs.
JULES II \ I 1,1 Mil !!<.. Chicago.
Born Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 20, 1849. Has been en-
gaged in the retail millinery business in Chgo. since
1880.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
363
MERCHANTS.
JOHN T. SHAYNE, Chicago.
Born in Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1S52.
Attended Mehan s Private Academy; located in Chgo.
in 1884; formed the firm of John T. Shayne & Co., of
which he is the senior mem. ; served two yrs. as Pres.
Chgo. Commercial Assn.; Treas. of Associated American
Exhibitors of the Columbian Exposition in 1893; mem.
Union League and Washington Park Clubs and C. A. A.
A. B. ADAMS, Chicago.
Born Dunfermline, Scotland, 1839. Moved to Chicago,
186-1; Pres. Edson. Keith Co. Corporation, importers,
jobbers and manufacturers of milliner}' and straw
goods.
WILLIAM H. BUSH, Chicago.
Born Martinsburg, N. Y., Oct. 22. 1849. Removing to
Chgo. Feb. 22. 18t>9, engaged in the wholesale hat
and cap business and resides at 606 N. State St.
GEORGE P. RICHARDSON, Chicago.
Born in Hillsboro, Bridge, N. H., Dec. 14, 1850. Lo-
cated in Chgo. in 1872; Pres. and Treas. of Richard-
son Silk Co. ; mem. Union League and Glen View Golf
Clubs and the Merchants' Central of New York; mem.
Silk Assn. of Am.
364
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
ORLOW W. RICHARDSON, Chicago.
Born In Orland, Steuben Co., Ind., in 1844. Engaged in
the carpet and rug business in Chicago in 1875; common
and high school education; President O. W. Richardson
& Co.; mem. of Hamilton Club.
FREDERICK BODE, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Aug. 20, 1856. Emigrated to Amer-
ica in 1870; Pres. of Gage liros. & Co.; member of
Union League and C. A. A. Clubs.
DOUGLAS HAPEMAN, Ottawa.
Born in Ephratah, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1839. Removing to
La Salle Co. in 1845; in U. S. A. in Civil War from April,
1861, to June, 1865, as a 2d Lieut., llth 111. Inf.;
Lieut. -Col. and Col., 104th 111. Inf.. and commanding
1st Brig., 1st Div., 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland; publisher Ottawa Free Trader from 1865
to 1882: merchant from 1805 to 1895; Seo.. Treas. and
Mgr. Thomas Electric Light Co. from 1884 to 1899;
Pres. Ottawa Hydraulic Co.; Pres. Bid. Homestead and
Savings Assn.
JOHN R. JOHNSON, Sterling.
Born in Ontonagon, Mich., Dec. 18, 1859. Resided in
Clinton, la.. 1868-71; Sterling, 111., 1871-5; St. Joseph,
Mo., 1875-80; Chicago, 1880-2; resided in Sterling. 111.,
since 1882. engaging in the manufacturing of undertak-
ers' supplies; Postmaster at Sterling 4 yrs. ; sold manu-
facturing plant and engaged in the business of under-
taking; Mayor of Sterling 2 terms.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
305
MERCHANTS.
J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co.
J. S. FORD, Chicago.
Born In Geauga Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1831. In 1847 be-
came a resident of Columbus, O., removing to Michi-
gan City Ind., in 1868, and to Chgo. in 1873, where he
engaged in the chair mfg. business: Pres. of the Na-
tional Chair Mfg. Assn.; Pres. of the Chicago Furniture
Mfg Assn.; for over 12 yrs. a Dir. of the Chgo. Relief
and Aid Soc. ; mem. 6th Presbyterian Church.
GEORGE W. JOHNSOX, Dloliiie.
Born in Henry Co., 111., Oct. 9, 1857. From 1884 to
1892 engaged in mercantile business in Oriva, 111.;
engaged in the real estate business in Moline from
1892 to 1898; became Pres. and Treas. of the Moline
Furniture Works in 1898; Dir. State Bank of Oriva
since its organization: Director Moline National Bank;
mem. of 41st and 42;1 111. Gen. Assemblies.
R. A. HITCHCOCK, Chicago.
Born Jan. 28, 1842, at Burton, O. Removing to 111. in
1872- engaged in the business of chair manufacturing,
under the firm name of J. S. Ford. Johnson ft Co.;
Treas. and a Dir. of the company; Dir. of the \\estern
«'ane Seating Co. of Michigan City. Ind.; Vice-Pres ami
Dir of the Hitchcock Chair Co.. Michigan City, Ind.;
mem. of the C. A. A.; resides at tin- Lexington.
CHARLES C. RUGGLES, Chicago.
Born in North Fairfleld. O. Located in 111. in 1878;
salesman of the firm of J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co.,
manufacturers of chairs: subsequently representing the
firm on the road; in 1890 mem. of the firm of J. S.
Ford, Johnson & Co.; mem. III. Mnnufacturers' Assn.,
and mem. of the Soc. of Colonial Wars.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
FREDERICK H. HERHOLD, Chicago.
Born In Chgo. Mem. of the firm of V. P. P. Herhold
& Son.; Ex-V.-P. Public Library Board; Pres. of the
Elm wood Cemetery Co.; Pres. 111. Coffee and Rubber
Co., Chicago.
ERXEST J. MAGERSTADT, Chicago.
Born In Germany, Dec. 26, 1864. Clerk of Criminal
Court of Cook Co. 1894-8; Sheriff of Cook Co. 1S99-
19C2; engaged in the furniture business.
HENRY STICKART, Chicago.
Born in X. Y., 1854. Is engaged in the business of a
hardware and furniture merchant: Alderman from 1893
to 1898; Assessor of the South Town in 1898.
FRED BEXDER, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1806. Removing to this country in
1883; maker of modern store fixtures and since 188S
a manufacturer of store and office fixtures in New York
and Chicago; Prop, of the American Store & Office
Fixture House, 1935, Main Store 2010-12 Wabash Ave.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
3G7
MERCHANTS.
PRANK B. TOBEY, Chicago.
Born Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass., 1833. Located In Chgo.
in 1857; engaged in the furniture business in 1858;
descended from Elder Brewster of the "Mayflower."
ALEXANDER H. REVELL,, Chicago.
Head of the firm of A. H. Revell & Co., manufacturers
and merchants.
ARTHUR J. DUNBAR, Chicago.
Born in Cleveland. O.. April 8, 18GO. Located in 111.
in 1880: in the employ of the Illinois Steel Co. until
1883; embarked in the. hardware and furniture business
in 1883; mem. 111. State Com. to the Charleston, S. C.,
Interstate and West India Exposition 1901-2.
JOHN D. HAGGARD, Chicapro.
Born in Chgo., Dec. 4, 1847. Engaged in the hardware
business with his father. Samuel H. Haggard, prior to
1880: in 1880 commenced manufacture of spring beds;
in 1888 was associated witli Francis Karr and H. H.
Marcusson as the Karr, Haggard Compy. ; subsequently,
with H. H. Marcusson and Jno. G. Smith, as Smith,
Haggard & Co. ; in 1894 established the present corpo-
ration of Haggard & Mnrcusson. manufacturers of
spring beds and wire mattresses, of which he is Presi-
dent: member Co. D. 134th 111. Inf., war 1861-5, and
Kilpatrick Tost, G. A. U.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
S. Karpen & Bros.
SALOMON KARPE1V. Chicnjfo.
Born In Germany Jan. 7. 1858. Removed to America In
1872, and to Chgo. in 1873; engaged in the manufac-
ture of upholstered furniture in Chgo. Aug., 1880.
ADOLPH KARPEN, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1860. Came to Chgo. in 1873; engaged
in the furniture business in 1880 as a mem. of the firm
of S. Karpen & Bros., mfrs. of upholstered furniture;
Pres. Chgo. Furniture Assn.; mem. C. A. A. and Ma-
sonic Fraternity. .
OSCAR KARPKBT, Chicago.
Born in Germany, 1859. Removing to Chgo. in 1873;
engaged in the manufacturing of upholstered furniture
in Chgo. in 1880, as a mem. of the firm of Karpen Bros.
ISAAC KARPEX, Chicago.
Born in Germany, March 1, 18C5. Came to Chgo.
1873; public school education: 20 yrs. engaged in the
furniture business: mem. of the tirni of Karpen Bros.,
manufacturers of upholstered furniture.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
369
MERCHANTS.
W. VERNON BOOTH, Chicago.
Born Dec. 22, 1856. Pres. A. Booth & Co.; Vice-Pres.
Chgo. Horse Show Assn.; Pres. Union Club; mem.
Chicago, Chicago Golf, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle,
Onwentsia Clubs and C. A. A.
FREDERICK DIERSSEN, Chicago.
Born ic Hanover, Germany, 1842. Came to Chgo. In
1866; entered flsh business, wholesale and retail, in
1868; in 1872 staited in wholesale, and In 1885 formed
the firm of F. Diersseji & Bro. ; since 1898 branch of A.
Booth & Co.; Pres. Chgo. Sash, Door & Blind Mfg. 'Co.
ADOLPH WITTE, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Jan. 30, 1867. Until 23 yrs. of age in
the employ of Chas. \Vitte, his father, in the wholesale
fish and oyster business at 1 Milwaukee Ave. ; upon re-
tirement of Chas. Witte, formed a copartnership with
Henry E. Dieterle, continuing the business at same
location from 1890 to 1898; business later purchased
by A. Booth & Co.; Manager since for the Chas. Witte
& Co. branch of A. Booth & Co., wholesale dealers
in fish and oysters.
HEXRY E. DIETERLE, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 11, 1855. Engaged in the wholesale
flsh business for the past 20 yrs. as a partner In the
firm of Chas. Witte & Co., now branch of A. Booth
& Co.
370
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
W. M. Hoyt & Co.
WILLIAM M. HOYT, Chicago.
Born July 26, 1837. Pres. of the W. M. Hoyt Company;
commenced business in Chgo. in 1853; site of old Ft.
Dearborn occupied by offices and warehouse of the
company.
R. J. BENNETT. Chicago.
Born Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1839. School
teacher in 1856-63; entered service of W. M. Hovt Co.
in 1863; mem. of firm 1865.
ALBERT C. BUTTOLPH, Chicago.
Born in Charlotte, Vt., Sept. 8, 1852. Located ia Chgo.
1873; Dir. in W. M. Hoyt Company.
GRAEME STEWART, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Mem. of the firm of W. M. Hoyt & Go.
Jan. 1, 1879; mem. National Republican Com. 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
NATHANIEL, K. FAIRBANK, < I. i.-.-iu...
Born at Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., 1829. Educated in
the common schools and located in Buffalo in 1855:
later came to Chicago as representative of David Dows
& Co. of New York City; in 1885 the present firm of
N. K. Pairbank & Company was incorporated; retired
from active business in .Tune. 1891.
J. B. DURAND, Chicago.
Born Clinton Co., N. Y., May 31. 1838. Came to Chgo.
In 1857; from 1858 to 1878. engaged in the wholesale
grocery business in Milwaukee; senior mem. of the firm
of J. P.. Durand & Co., Chgo.
HENRY B. STEELE, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 26, 1863. Pres. of Steele, Wedeles
Co.
EDWARD L. WEDELES, Chicago.
Born in Austria, Oct. 16, 1855. Resided in Chgo. since
1871; mem. of the firm of Steele, Wedeles Co., whole-
sale grocers, since 1888; Ex-Pres. Chgo. Credit Men's
Assn.; State Vice-Pres. of "the National Assn. of Credit
Men; Ex-Pres. Lnkeside Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
L,UMAN R. WING, Evanston.
Born In N. Y. City, April 10, 1855. For 15 yrs. en-
gaged In the wholesale grocery business In X. Y. City;
located in Chgo. as a merchant In 1890.
JAMES i. DABDBH, Chicago.
Born in Martin Co., N. C. Reared on the Pacific Coast,
where he was interested in the wholesale grocery and
canning business in Portland and San Francisco;
achieved prominence as -a leader in a nuinber of business
enterprises, and he is now identified in the operation
of a number of factories in New York and Pennsyl-
vania.
LOUIS W. STAYART, Chicago.
Born Nov. 25, 1859, Chicago. Pres. of the Louis W.
Stayart Co., wholesale grocers.
EMIL GEHRKE, Chicago.
Born Dec. 25, 1856, Chgo. Business established by his
father, Conrad Gehrke, in 1857; in 1871 he entered
into business, and succeeded his father in 1897, con-
tinuing in the wholesale flour business at 145 E.
Kinzie St.; resides at 1132 Winthrop Ave., North Edge-
water.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
373
MERCHANTS.
GEORGE: .1. i.. JANES, Chicago.
Born in Canada. Coming to Chgo in 1880; has been
for many yrs. engaged 'in the jobbing and grocery busi
of the American Importing Co.; Vice-Pres.
ness; Pres
of the British-American Co
British- American.
Publisher of the Western
WILLIAM BEST, Chicago.
Born in Canterbury, Eng., Aug. 29, 1841. Came to
Chgo in 1852; insnector and in charge of Indian supply
station of U. S.; Collector of the South Town, 1883; in
March, 1886, appointed a commissioner of the South
Park Board, and has been reappointed from time to
time; acted as Pres., Sec. and Auditor of the board;
engaged in the business of importing and manufactur-
ing of cigars, under the firm name of Best & Russell.
FRED G. SHOUDY, Rockford.
Born Sept. 13, 1861, at Kochelle, 111. Pres. and Treas.
of the Rockford Wholesale Grocery Co.; located in
Roekford in 1870; educated in High School and Busi-
ness Coll.
AIGUST NYLANDER. Rockford.
Born Sweden, Oct. 16, 1869. Located in the U. S. in
1880, working at different trades; in 1894 engaged in
the grocery business, Rockford; twice elected inem. of
Board of Supervisors, and served one term on the Board
of Education of Rockford; Supt. of Postal Station No.
2, Rockford, 111.
374
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
GEORGE: MUNROE, Joiiet.
Born in Lanark, Scotland, April 4, 1821. Located in
Brownsville, N. Y., 1828: located in Will Co.. 111.,
1849; in 1862 elected Sheriff; served 2 terms as Treas.
of Will Co. ; mem. of School Board and City Counsel
of Joiiet; was a wholesale grocer; died Sept. 5. 1 310.
A. S. OAKFORD, Peoria.
Horn Oct. 28, 1845, in Peoria Co., 111. Pres. and Mgr.
of Oakford & Fahnestock, wholesale grocers, operating
one of the largest mercantile houses in 111. outside of
Chgo. ; Vice-Pres. of the Bank of Illinois.
G. A. HUENKEMEIER, Freeport.
Born in Freeport in 1862. Engaged in farming in S.
Dakota until 1887; subsequently engaged in mercantile
business in Saline Co., Neb., until 1889; in 1891 opened
a grocery store in Freeport, 111.; elected Alderman in
the years 1895-8; in 1901 elected Mayor; mem. Busi-
ness Men's Assn. and Treas. Grocerymen's Assn.
JOH1V W. BINX, Springfield.
Born Hunterdon Co., N. J. Moved to 111. In 1847: Vice-
Pres.
can State Comm.
wholesale grocer.
Selz,_Schwab & Co., Chicago; mem. of Republi-
Vice-Pres. Springfield Marine Bank;
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
375
MERCHANTS.
LAFAYETTE H. SMITH, Chicago.
Born in Shaftsbury, Vt., Nov. 24. 1824. Located in
Chgo. in 1836; established the wholesale drug house of
Lord & Smith in 1860; grad. from Rush Medical Coll.
in 1S57; retired 1876; died July 29, 1891.
CHARLES L. BARTLETT, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State, and came to 111. in 1895. Chief
distributor of the Proctor & Gamble Co.. of Cincinnati;
Pres. of the Oraugeine Chem. Co., Chgo. mfrs. of
Orangeine Powders.
FREDERICK A. BRYAN, ChioaKO.
Born Wellington. Eng., Sept. 14. 1819. Removed to
Chgo. in 183G; died at Chicago, Dec. 18, 1886.
BARENT VAN BUREN, Chicago.
Born March 8, 1840, Orange Co., N. Y. Enlisted as a
pri. in the war of 1861-5 in the 102d N. Y. Inf.; made
a Lieut, at the battle of Cedar Mountain; mustered
out Capt., Dec., 1864; subsequently Col. of the 192d
N. Y. Vol.; located in Chgo. 1872; engaged in the drug
business at Calif. Ave. and W. Madison St.; retired
Nov., 1897.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
AL.DO SOMMER,
Horn in Germany, Dec. 13, 1830. Located In U. S.
1849; established an apothecary in St. Louis in 1853;
located in Quincy in 1857, and engaged in the drug
business in partnership with F. Flachs & Co. ; late'r
the firm was Sommer & Metz, subsequently Sommer,
Lynds Co. ; since 1894 the nrm is Aldo Sommer's
Drux Co.
LUMABf T. HOY, Woodstock.
Born Alden, 111., Oct. 28, 1850. Removing to Wood-
stoc-k, 111., 1865; attended high school until 1869; en-
gaged in the drug business in 1869; Pres. of the Wood-
stock Sentinel Co., and Sec. 111. State Board of Phar-
macy; mem. of Hep. State Cent. Com. and Chairman of
the McHenry Co. Rep. Com.
WILLIAM H. EDGAR, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State. Coming to 111. in 1872; Pres. of
the Dearborn Drug und Chemical Works, and has occu-
pied the position as Pres. of this company since its
establishment in 1888.
ROBERT F. CARR, Chicago.
Born in Argcnta, 111., 1871. Came to Chgo. in 1894;
has been Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Dearborn
Drug and Chemical Wks. since 1896.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
377
MERCHANTS.
SENECA D. K Ml II \ 1C K. Chicago.
Born in Venice, Cayaga Co., N. Y., March 4, 1832. Lo-
cated in Chgo. In 1852; in 1858 engaged in business as
Hall, Kimbark & Co., iron and hardware; in 1872 be-
t'ame Kimbark Bros. & Co., and in 1876 became sole
prop.; pioneer merchant of iron and steel trade, Chgo.
JAMES II. GORML.EY, Chicago.
Horn June 17, 1856, rGlencoe, 111. Common school edu-
cation; engaged in business in 1882; Pres. Bullard &
Gormley Co., hardware merchants, 78-80 Randolph
St., Chicago; Pres. Masonic Fraternity Temple Assn.
since 1898; mem. C. A. A., Illinois and Oak Park Clubs;
resides in Oak Park.
FRANK H. ORR, Chicago.
Since 1872 has been identified with the hardware busi-
ness of Chgo. as a mem. of the firm of Orr & Locketi
nnil the corporation of Orr & Lockett Hardware Co.
GORHAM J. COTTREL,!.,, Qniiicy.
Boru in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 1830. Removing to
Maconib, 111., in 1855; engaging in the hardware busi-
ness, and in 1866 engaged in the hardware business in
Quincy; Pres. Cottrell Hardware Co.: Pres. Cottrell-
Sboll Furniture Co. ; Pres. Quincy Hotel Co. ; Directoi
Comstock Castle Stove Co.; Charmon Emory Stove Co.;
Arrow Rock Mining Co.
378
MERCHANTS.
ISAAC WALKER, Peorla.
Born Dec. 1, 1803, In Lancaster Co., Pa. Located in
I'eoria, 111., 1842; founded the Isaac Walker Hardware
Co., oldest wholesale hardware house In the Wesf
died Nov. 27, 1880.
EDWARD H. WALKER, Peoria.
Born in Peorla, June 4, 1852. Grad. from Peoria High
School; la 1870 engaged in the wholesale hardware
business founded in 1842 by his father, Isaac Walker;
Pres. of the Isaac Walker Hardware Co. since 1881.
HENRY SANDMEYER, Peoria.
Born in Bavaria. 1829. Locating in 111. in 1849; since
1851 engaged in the hardware and stove business; Viee-
Pres. Merchants' National Hank; Pres. Peoria Stone &
Mnrble Co.
FRANCIS M. RYON, Streator.
Born in Yorkville, 111. Resided in Streator since 1808,
and is engaged in the hardware business; Postmaster
of Streator in 1884-5; Pres. of the Bottle & Glass Co.
of Streator; interested in Streator Tile Wks. and Coal
Mines; 111. Canal Com.; Vlce-Pres. Streator National
Bank iu 1892.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
379
MERCHANTS.
JOHN O'NKILL, JR., Peorin.
Born in I'^oria, May 7, 1864. Mem. of the tirin since
1885 of John O'Neill & Son, plumbers, steam and gas
fitters.
ANDREW O'NEILL,, Peoria.
Born in 1'eoiia. 111., Nov. 4, 1805. Mem. since 1885 of
the tiriii of John O'Neill & Son, plumbers, steam and gas
titteis.
BENJAMIN B. FELIX, Chicago.
Horn in Chgo., May 31, 1871. Attended Univ. School,
Chgo. ; Mich. Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Mich.;
entered the employ of the Felix & Marston, wholesale
woodenware merchants, in 1888, and since has been
made its Mgr.
EDMUND HENRY" STROUD, Chicago.
Horn June 21, 1SCO, IMrkenhead, Cheshire, England.
Located in Chgo. in 1892; Chgo. representative of the
liii-mingham ISrass Co. of Shelton, Conn., the Muir-Kirk
Furnace of Muirkirk, Md., the Pittsburg Strel Foundry,
the IJraddock Machine <fc Mfg. Co., the Central Cyclone
Co. (Limited) of London, Kng. ; formerly publisher of
the "Metal Market. Report;" mem. firm of E. H. Stroud
& Co.. 3(i La Salle St., Chicago, metal and machinery
merchants.
380
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
LLOYD >l M.Nou. Chicago.
Born in Baltimore, Md. Pres. and Treas. Spaulding &
Co., jewelers and silversmiths.
ALBERT L. SERCOMB, Chicago.
Born in Milwaukee. Wis., Aug. 22, 1847. Located in
Chgo. 1875; Western Mgr. Merldan-Brittania Co., sil-
versmiths; Pres. Chicago Jewelers' Assn. 1891-2; mem.
North Shore, Union League and Marquette Clubs and
Apollo Com. and Columbia Post.
FRANK LEWALD, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, Sept. 14, 1855. Came to Chgo. in
1870; from 1873 to 1881 was with C. E. Webber & Co.,
fruits and fancy groceries; in 1881 engaged in the jew-
elry business, under the firm name of F. Lewald & (Jo.,
wholesale dealers in jewelry.
ALBERT E. ZIEHME, Cliieapro.
Born Tomah, Wis., Sept. 1, 1867. Located in Chgo.
in 1895; mem. of the firm of A. E. Ziehme & Co.,
wholesale jewelers; Pres. of Ravenswood Exchange
Bank; mem. Hamilton and Bankers' Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
381
MERCHANTS.
OTTO YOUNG, Chicago.
Born Dee. 20, 1844, Elberfeld. Germany. Located in
U. S. in 1859, and Chgo. in 1872; engaged in the jew-
elry business in 1872; Sec. and Treas. of the Fair.
JULIUS SCHNERING, Chicago.
Horn in Elderfeldt. Germany, Sept. 10. 1852. Located
with parents in Philadelphia; in 1865 entered the serv-
ice of Otto Young & Co., jewelry, in Chgo.; subse-
quently admitted to partnership in the firm.
ROBERT JOHNS, Chicago.
Born Hazel Green, Wis., April 3, 1859. Moved to Cligo.
in 1892 and engaged in the wholesale jewelry and china
business: 1st Viee-Pres. Hyde Park Protective Assn.
and mem. of Hoard of Management of Hyde Park
Y. M. C. A.
WILLIAM A. GILES, Chicago.
Born in Mass, in 183G. Educated in New Salem Acad-
emy; taught High School; removed to Chgo. in 18G2,
engaging in the wholesale watch and jewelry business;
retired in 1882; Pres. of New England Soc. of Chgo. ;
Dir. of the American Assn. of Political Science: Patri-
otic League of America ; Bureau of Asso. Charities of
Chgo. ; Civic Federation; mem. Les Sehenux Club and
National Municipal League; Union League and Hamilton
Clubs.
382
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
CHARLES F. PFEIL, Chicago.
Born In Hanau, Hessen Nasau, Germany. Learned jew-
elry trade in Hauau; came to New York in 1875; 1884
located in the West and Chicago; manufacturer of
jewelry and diamond importer; mem. of Elks and a
Knight Templar.
ROBERT M. JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born in Toronto, Canada, May 6, 1843. Moved to Chgo.
1866; engaged in the manufacture of jewelry and dealer
in diamonds; Past Commander in Chief Oriental Con-
sistory, S. P. R. S. ; Past Potentate Medinah Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S.; Most Puissant Sovereign St. John's
Conclave, Knights Red Cross of Constantino; Inspector
Gen. 33, Sept. 23, 1884.
R. A. KETTLE, Chicago.
Born Jan. 3, 1860, at Philadelphia, Pa. Came to Chgo.
Feb., 1882; Mgr. for Robbing «fc Appleson, Gen. Agts.
of the American Waltham Watch Co.
C. G. BREITENBACH, Chicago.
Born in New York City, July 13, 1861. Came to Chi-
cago in 1882; entered the silver-plated ware business
in 1883; formerly with Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co.;
took the Western Agency of William A. Rodgers (Ltd.),
knife, fork and spoon manufacturers, in 1899.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
:js:r
MERCHANTS.
CHARLES LESTER, Chicago.
Born in London, 1857. Located in this country when
a youth, and subsequently engaged iu the jewelry
business in Brooklyn, N. Y. ; located in Chgo. in 1879;
in 1881 entered the office of the New Haven Clock Co.
and has since continued in their employ; Western
Mgr. New Haven Clock Co. and the New England
Watch Co. of Waterlmry, Conn.: mem. of the Colonial
Club: I>ir. in the Charlevoix Club; life mem. in the
Commandery r.nd Consistory.
ORLIN H. MINER. Spriugfield.
Horn at Wells, Vt., May 24, 1825. Grand Master Ma-
sonic Grand Council of 111. 1863; Grand High Priest,
Grand Chapter, 1866; Grand Secretary Grand Lodge
1868-72; Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge and Grand
Chapter 1878-80; Auditor of Public Accounts State of
111. 1864-8; 33d Scottish Rite Masonry; watchmaker in
Ohio, Costa Rico and 111.; died at Springfield. 111.,
May 20, 1880.
M. C. EPPENSTEIX,
liorn Kolmar, Germany. Coming to Chgo. in 1871, en-
gaged in the jewelry business in Chgo. until 1885; since
has been in the business of manufacturing watch
cases; in 18S9. removed to Klgin, 111., erecting a big
plant for the manufacture of watch cases; Pres. and
Mgr. of the company.
"WILLIAM J. FOWLER, Anrora.
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 8. 1854. A resident of
Aurora, 111., since childhood: been identified with the
silverware business since 1875; Treas. and Mgr. of the
Aurora Silver Plate Mfg. Co.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
CHARLES H. CHADWICK, Chicago.
Born at Moline, 111., Feb. 11, 1865. Moved to Chgo. In
1889; Mgr. Baker Wire Co., 1891; Pres. Chgo. Towel
Supply Co.
JAMES E. PLEW, Chicago.
Born in Brown Co., 111., July 3, 1862. Located in Chgo.
in 1880; grad. in medicine in 1885; engaged in the
towel supply business in 1885; invented Plew Saddle
in 1896; Treas. Chgo. Towel Supply Co. 1901.
EDWARD D. ELLIS, Chicago.
Born in Beloit, Wis., Oct. 5, 1852. Moved to Chgo.
Vpr. 4, 1872; Pres. Sanitary Laundry Co.
GEORGE W. REED, Chicago.
Born in Mauch Chunk, Pa., Oct. 7. 1842. In 1891 es-
tatilished in Clip), the Geo. W. Reed Laundry Co.;
mem. of National Laundrymen's Assn.; served 2 yrs.
In the war of 1861-5 in Co. G, 1st Wis., and Oct. 8,
1802. was wounded at Chaplin Hills, Ky.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
385
MERCHANTS.
ALBERT P. GREEN, Chicago.
Born Chgo., May 2, 1856. Grad. Chgo. High School,
Ih75; mem. of the firm of Perry & Green, 1888; in
1891, purchased half Interest In the Excelsior Laundry,
and at the date of Its Incorporation, in 1893, was made
its Sec. and Treas. ; charter mem. and First Vlce-Pres.
of the Colonial Club of Cbgo., 1901.
CARL, G. SWANSON, Chicago.
Born 1867 in Sweden. Located in Chgo. in 1888; en-
gaged in laundry business in 1889 under the name of
the Swan Laundry Co., 2821 S. State St.; in 1890 es-
tablished the Palace Laundry, 592 N. Clark St., which
he sold in 1893; in 1894 established the Crystal Laundry
at 599 N. Clark St., which he continues to own and
operate; mem. of the Chicago Laundrymen's Club and
a Director; mem. of the National Laundryman's Assn.;
mem. of the Swedish Glee Club.
VICTOR E. ADLAND, Chicago.
Born Racine Co., \Vis.. Feb. 17, 1875. Moved to Chi-
cago 1891; President of King's Model Laundry Co.,
established 1880; Sec.. Chicago Laundrymen's Club;
member of Ashland Club and Laundrymen's National
Assn.
J. C. WILSON, Chicago.
Born in Westerly, R. I., March 28, 1860. Engaged in
the laundry business iu Chgo. in 1889; Pres. of the
Excelsior Laundry Co. ; 2d Lieut, in Troop A, 1st 111.
Cav., in the Spanish-American war; promoted Capt.
Dec. 22, 1898; Senior Capt. 1st 111. Cav., I. N. G.
38G
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
"WILLIAM N. EISENDRATH, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Dec. 5, 1853. Engaged in the tanning
business in 1876; First Vice-Pres. of the American Hide
& Leather Co., manufacturers and exporters of upper
leathers, and operating 26 tanneries.
THOMAS S. WALLIN, Chicago.
Born Otsego Co., N. Y., 1829. Located with parents
in Berrien Co., Mich., in 1836, and in Chgo. in 1851;
became mem. of firm of C. C. Wallin & Sons, leather
merchants, 1851; in 1896, upon the death of C. C.
Wallin, the firm merged into the Wallin Leather Co.,
of which Thos. S. Wallin is President.
THOMAS EDWARD WILDER, IMiiiliurst.
Born Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 15, 1853. Grad. from
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. in 1873; located in Chgo.
1875; partner Johnson & Wilder in 1879. Wilder & Hale
In 1880, Wilder & Co. 1887; Chairman J. W. & E. P.
Howard & Co., Limited, Corry, Pa.; Vice-Pres. Wilder-
Maiming Tanning Co.; Pres. Mass. Soc. in Chgo., 1900;
mem. of Union League Club and C. A. A.
JOHN E. WILDER, Evanston.
Born in Lancaster, Mass., April 16, 1801. Grad. Mass.
Agricultural Coll. in 1882; located in Chgo. and engag-
ing in the leather business the snrne year; mem. of
Wilder & Co. in 1887; Sec. and Treas. Wilder, Man-
ning Tanning Co., Waukegan, 111.; Trustee of Beloit
(Wis.) College, and mem. of Union League Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
387
MERCHANTS.
DANIEL FORBES, Chicago.
Horn, 1843, Bridgeville, Nova Scotia. Removing to the
U. S. in 1861, and to Chgo. in March, 1869; since 1880
has been engaged in the leather business.
HARRY LINCOLN FLANDERS, Chicago.
Born at Farmington, N. H.. Oct. 16, 1866. Grad
Fariuington High School, 1884'; grad. Mass. Coll. of
Pharmacy, 1887; entered the leather business in 1891;
established the firm of H. L. Flanders & Co. in 189ti;
Vice-Pres. of the Federal Leather Co., organized in
1902.
WILLIAM GREINER, Chicago.
limn March 21, 1856, Sullivan Co., N. Y. Removing to
»'hjro. in 1857; Gen. Mgr. of William Greiner Tan-
nery from 1877 to 1885; engaged in the wholesale
lent her business, Chgo.
FRANCIS HERVEY LEWIS, Evanaton,
Horn Oct. 19, 1S56, England. A resident of Chgo. since
May, 1876; engaged in business in Chgo. with Walker,
Oakley & Co. from 187(i to 1883; in 1893 became the
Western Agt., with place of business at 205 Lake St.,
of Fred. Kuepiug Lea. Co.
388
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
MORRIS M;I./.. Chicago.
Born Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 2, 1826. Located in
America in 1843, and in Chgo. in 1854; in 1871 formed
the company of Selz, Schwab & Co., wholesale boot
and shoe manufacturers, of which he is the President.
J. HARRY SELZ, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., April 22, 1864. 2d Vice-Pres. Selz,
Schwab & Co., mfrs. and wholesalers of boots and
shoes.
MARTIN HOWARD, Chicago.
Born in Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1850. Moved to Chi-
cago June 1, 1873; grad. from the Wayland Univ.;
mem. Executive Com., Dir. and Sec. C. M. Henderson
& Co. ; Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Central Asphalt &
Refining Co. ; mem. Executive Com. Western Shoe Job-
bers' Assn. and its local Assn.: mem. C. A. A. and
Hamilton Club.
S. M. FARGO, Chicago.
Born at Tyringham, Mass., 1841. Coming to Chgo. in
1858; mem. of the firm of Fargo, Keith & Co., shoe
jobbers.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
389
MERCHANTS.
JAMES B. RICHARDSON, Chicago.
Born in Utica, N. Y., March. 1846. For 25 yrs. in the
service of Reynolds Bros., infrs. of shoes, Utica, N. Y.,
and for a number of years chief salesman for H. F. C.
Dovenmuehle & Sons, Chgo. ; served as a volunteer iu
the 14th N. Y. Inf., war of 1861-5; mem. of Columbia
Post, G. A. E.
FERDINAND O. KETTERING, Chicago.
Born in Will Co., 111. Mgr. of the Western Branch of
tl«e Lycoming Kubber Co. since 1886; mem. pf Masonic
order
EDGAR G. STEARNS, Chicago.
Born in Columbus, O., in 1861. Located in Chgo. in
1868; engaged in business of wholesale rubbers and
mackintoshes.
RICHARD T. WHELPLEY, Chicago.
Born in Kings Co., X. B., April 2, 1847. Located in
N. Y. City in 1866; located in Chgo. in 1868; resided
in Kansas 2 yrs.; in 1871 returned to Chgo., where ho
has since engaged iu the rubber goods business.
390
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
•WILLIAM P. IPHAM, Qnincy.
Born Melrose, Mass., 1841. Located iu Quincy, 111., In
1878; engaged in the wholesale hoot and shoe business
since 1878, having a branch house in Springfield, Mo.;
Dlr. in the State Savings, Loan and Trust Co. ; Trustee
of Blessing Hospital.
J. W. GOSSARD, Chicago.
Born In Ind. Commercial education In Indianapolis;
moved to Pacific Coast; removed to Chgo. in 1891;
founder of the Higher Practical Educational Society,
whose alms are to give practical aid to the unfortunate,
unsuccessful and the poor by giving instruction and
extending a line of credit for board, lodging and other
necessaries for one week, providing the recipient, if in
good health, will accept a position and work within
that time.
FRANCIS T. SIMMONS, Chicago.
Horn in Little Compton, R. I., Sept. 8, 1855. Moved to
Chgo. In 1882; became mem. of Bush, Simmons & Co..
afterwards Francis T. Simmons & Co., importers;
officer In Sons of the American Revolution; mem.
Board of Directors, Chicago Credit Men's Assn. ; mem.
I'nion League ar.d Dir. of Marquette Club; Pres. for
10 yrs. of the Northern Building & Loan Assn.; ex-mem.
Civic Federation; Commissioner of Lincoln Park in
1001.
RICHARD C. JORDAN, Ottawa.
Born in Hudson, N. Y. Mem. 138th 111. Vol. Inf.. war
1801-5; mem. of Board of Education 1898-1901; merchant
Ottawa, 111., since 1879; from 1871 to 1879 Cashier
National City Bank; Ex-Grand Commander of the Seth
C. Earl Post, G. A. R.; Dir. of The Ottawa Develop-
ment Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
391
MERCHANTS.
CHARLES II. HERMANN, Chicago.
Horn in 1871, and removing to Chgo. in 1887; Sec.
Cbapin & Gore, wholesale and retail liquor dealers.
HARRY I :. BLOOD, Chicago.
Born in 1859, Great Falls, N. H. For 14 yrs. the Chgo.
Mgr. of the National Cash Register Co., now Western
Mgr. of Paris, Allen & Co., who control the "Old Crow"
and "Hermitage" Distilleries,
CHARLES SCHAFFNER, Chicago.
Horn in Germany. Engaged in wholesale whisky busi-
ness in Louisville, Ky., in May, 1^80, under the tirm
name of Chas. Schaffner & Co., and in September, 1893,
organized the Manhattan Brewing Co. of Chicago, of
which he is President.
WILLIAM J. CONZELMAN, Pekin.
Born in St. Louis, May 20, 1865. In 1891 removed to
Pekin, 111., and engaged in the distillery business; elected
Mayor of Pekin, 1U01; Mem. of Gov. Yates' Staff, 1901.
392
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
THAD DEAN, Chicago.
Born In Mass., 1829. Pres. Home Lumber Co., Central
Lumber Co. and People's Mill Co.; mem. Illinois Club;
died April, 1902.
JOHN H. WITBECK, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. Vice-Pres. Ft. Dearborn National Bank;
Grand Treas. Grand Commandery of K. T., State of
Illinois, 23 yrs. ; engaged In the lumber business.
TURLIIVGTOX W. HARVEY, Chicago.
Born in Madison Co., N. Y., 1835. Removing to Chgo.
in 1854; engaged in the lumber business in 1859; en-
paged in the oil and gas business as Pres. of the Mason
Oil Co. 1895; Pres. of Aid & Relief Soc. ; mein. Chgo.
Commercial and Chgo. Clubs; Pres. The Acme Gas Co.
CHARLES F. SPAL.DING, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Oct. 5, 1865. Educated at the Har-
vard School, Chicago, and at Phillips Exeter Academy,
Exeter, N. H.; Vice-Pres. Spaulding Lumber Co.; IMr.
Hibernian Banking Assn.; mem. C. A. A., Germania,
Glenview Golf Club and Esmoor Country Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
393
MERCHANTS.
Lumber — Edward Hines Lumber Co.
EDWARD HINES, Chicago.
Born in Buffalo, N. Y., July 31, 1863. Pres. Edward
Hines Lumber Co., Chgo. ; mem. 111. and Chgo. Clubs.
L. L. BARTH, Chicago.
Born Dec. 31, 1850, South Bend, Ind., Vice-Pres. Edward
Hines Lumber Co. Member of the Illinois Club and
Lincoln Club.
CHRISTIAN F. WIEHE, Chicago.
Born Sept. 6, 1862. Sec. Edward Hines Lumber Co.;
Sec. and Treas. Lumbermen's Mill Co.; mem. Illinois
and Ashland Clubs.
WILLIAM J. CARNEY, Chicago.
Born in Ireland, Sept. 20, 1855. Came to Chgo. In
1865; engaged in the lumber business in 1870; in 1881
in Grinnell, la., commenced business under the firm
name of Carney Bros. ; Pres. Carney Bros. Co. ; Pres.
White River Lumber Co.; Dir. Edmund nines Lum-
ber Co.
894
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Lumber — Soper Lumber Co.
JAMES SOPER, Chicago.
Born at Rome, N. Y., March 18, 1830. President of the
Soper Lumber Co. from May, 1890, until his death,
October, 1891.
ALBERT SOPER, Chicago.
Born at Home. N. Y., February, 1812. For many years
president of the Soper Lumber Company. Died in' Chi-
t-ago, in May, 1890.
ALEXANDER C. SOPER, Chicago.
Born in Home, N. Y., June 6, 1846. Pres. of the Soper
Lumber Co.; Treas. of the 111. & Georgia Improvement
Co.; Trustee of Hamilton Coll., and mem. of Union
League Club.
JAMES P. SOPER, Chicago.
Born in Rome, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1851. Vice-Pres. of the
Soper Lumber Co.; mem. Union League and Kenwood
Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
395
MERCHANTS.
Lumber — T. Wilce Co.
THOMAS WILCE, Chicago.
Born July 28, 1819, Cornwall, England. Came to Chgo.
in 1848; died In Chgo., March 2, 1897; established the
firm of T. Wllce Co., hardwood flooring and lumber
dealers.
E. HARVEY WILCE, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., Dec., 6, 1862. Pres. T. Wllce Co.
hardwood flooring and lumber dealers.
GEORGE C. WILCE, Chicago.
Born Dec. 7, 1864, Chgo. Vlce-Pres. and Treas. T.
Wllce Co., hardwood flooring and lumber dealers.
THOMAS E. WILCE, Chicago.
Born Feb. 16, 1868, Chgo. Sec. T. Wllce Co., hard-
wood flooring and lumber merchants.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
ADAM W. BEIDLER, Chicago.
Born In Heading, Pa., April 27, 1857, removing to Chi-
cago, July 15, 1875. President of the 111. Terra Cotta
Lumber Co.
GEORGE BEIDL.ER, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., Oct. 28, 1864. From 1884-88 with
Beldler- Robinson Lumber Co., May view, N. D.; In 1888
and 1891 with Beldler Bros. Lumber Co.: Mgr. of tin-
property of Jacob Beldler, Chgo., until 1900, and owner
and operator of factory bldgs. on the west side.
FRANCIS BEIDLER, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., Oct. 18, 1854. Ts engaged ID the whole-
sale lumber business and resides at 4736 Drexel Blvd.
M. F. RITTENHOUSE, Chicago.
Born In St. Catharines, Ont., Aug. 12, 1846. Located
in Chgo. in 1864: is engaged in the wholesale lumber
business; Pres. Rittenhouse & Embree Co.; Pres. Ar-
kansas Lumber Co.; Treas. Wis. Oak Lumber Co.; Dlr.
Drovers' Nat'l Bank; Pres. Free Home Building &
Loan Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
:v,)7
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
HERMAN PAEPCKE, Chicago.
Born Schwerin. Germany, Feb. 12. 1851. Pres. Paepcke-
Leicht Lumber Co.; mem. C. A. A. and Germanic Club.
EDWARD A. I.I :ii HI. Chicago.
Born in Jersey City, X. J., Oct. 31. 1866. Is engaged
in the business of lumber merchant, anil is the Treas.
of the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., Chgo. ; mem. of
C. A. A.
FRANK B. STONE. Chicago.
Born Oct. 15, 1860, in Chgo. Engaged in the business
of a wholesale lumber dealer: mem. Union League
Club C. A. A. and Midlothian Country Club.
RICHARD R. STONE, Chicago.
Engaged in the lumber business with Frank B. Ston«,
lumber dealer; mem. of Technical Club.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
EDGAR A. LORD, Chicago.
Born in St. Joseph, Mich., 1843. Came to Chgo. 1848;
engaged in the lumber business in 1872; Pres. of Lord
& Huslmell Co., wholesale lumber merchants; mem.
Calumet and Washington Park Clubs.
J. J. NICHOLS, Chicago.
Born Aug. 27, 1848, in Canada. Located in the U. S.
in 1864. and in Chgo. in 1890; is engaged in the whole-
sale lumber business: Sec. and Treas. South Side Lum-
ber Co., and Vice-Pres. First National Bank of Engle-
wood.
CHARLES W. DREGA, Chicago.
Born in Hamilton, Ont., removing to Chgo. in 1803.
Member of Chgo. Board of Trade.
O. G. GIBBS, Chicago.
Born in X. Y. in 1842. Removed with parents to Wis.
in 1846, removing to Chgo. in 1866; served as a soldier
in the Civil War of 1861-5, as a mem. of the 13th Wis.
Keg., being mustered out as a Lieut, in 1865; engaged
In the wholesale lumber business, Chgo., 111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
399
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
SAMUEL, A. SPRY, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Dec. 11. 1863. Vice-Pres. John
Lumber Co.
Spry
FRED W. UPHAM, Chicago.
Born in Racine, Wis., Jan. 29, 1861. Located in 111.
1894; mem. of Board of Review.
WILLIAM O. GOODMAN, Chicago.
Born in Wellsboro, Pa., Sept. 25, 1848. Mem. ami
Treas. of the Sawyer, Goodman Co., Marinette, Wis.:
Sec. of the Marinette Lumber Co.; Director of the
Royal Trust Co., Chgo.; mem. Union League. C. A. A.,
Washington and Midlothian Country Clubs.
GEORGE E. "WHITE, Chicago.
Born in Milllmry, Mass., March 7, 1848. Located in
Chgo. in 1867; engaged in the hardwood lumber busi-
ness Aug., 1868, under the name of Geo. E. White &
Co.; Alderman 186.1-8; State Sen. 1878-86; Congressman
1895-9; Dir. Garden City Bank & Trust Co.: mem.
C. A. A., Washington Park and Chgo. Yacht Clubs.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
CHARLES A. MARSH, Chicago.
Born July 16, 1857, in Granville, Ohio. Vice-Pres. of
the Marsh & Bingham Co., dealers in lumber and tim-
bers; Pres. of the Lumbermen's Mutual Ins. Co.; Trus-
tee of the Divinity School of the Univ. of Chgo. ; mem.
Union League e'"' Quadrangle Clubs.
B. M. FREES, Chicago.
Born at Orono, Maine, August 3, 1846. Engaged in
general lumber business, with offices at 234 La Salle
St., Chicago.
EDMUND B. BLIiVTV, Chicago.
Born Keeseville, N. Y., July 30, 1861, removing to
Chgo. In 1868. Is engaged in the wholesale lumber busi-
ness.
"WILLIAM O. KING, Chicago.
Born Feb. 25, 1855, in Ky. Came to Chgo. in 1882;
sonior partner \V. O. King & Co., wholesale lumber
dealers.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
401
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
CHARLES A. PAL.TZER, Chicago.
Born in Prussia, Nov. 5, 1845. Is engaged In the whole-
sale lumber business and Pres. of the C. A. Paltzer
Lumber Co. ; Ex-President Lumbermen's Association.
HERMAN H. HETTLER, Chicago.
Born in Ind., June 17, 1762. Vice-Pres. Edwin S. Hart-
well Lumber Co.; Dir. Lumbermen's Assn.; mem. C. A.
A., Washington Park and Union Clubs.
HENRY C. PURMORT, Chicago.
Born Jay, Essex Co., N. Y., .Dec. 15, 1845. Has been
engaged in the lumber, sash, doors, etc., business for
33 yrs. in Chgo. ; pi-Tor to this was in the service of Jay
Gould at Rutland, Vt., and in 1864 was Clerk for the
Gen. Freight Agt. of the C., B. & Q. Ry.
JOHN C. AMES, Streator.
Born in Freedom Township, La Salle Co., July 17, 1852.
Organized the J. C. Ames Lumber Co., and in 1891 or-
ganized the City National Bank of Streator; President
of same till 1898, when Pres. McKinley appointed him
1T. S. Marshal: Mayor of Streator, 1885 and 1887;
Canal Commissioner for four years under Gov. Flfer.
402
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Lumber.
GEORGE EDWIN OHARA, Cairo.
Born in Fond du Lac, Wis., March 5, 1855. Located in
Cairo in 1871. and in 1874 established himself in the
drug business; later was engaged in the manufacture of
ice; in 1888 engaged in the wholesale lumber business;
Treas. of the National Hardwood Lumber Assn.; official
of the Nat'l Cottonwood Lumber Assn.; Grand Captain-
Gen., Grand Commandery K. T. of 111.
FRANK E. DARROW, Rookford.
Born at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 1847. Moved to Wash-
ington, D. C., in 1863, New York City and Brooklyn in
1875, Rockford. 111., 1889; Pres. Co-operative Furniture
Co. ; Auditor Mechanics Furniture Co. ; Auditor Stand-
ard Furniture Co.; mem. of the National Hardwood
Lumber Assn. ; interested in the San Pablo Co. in Mex-
ii'o, producers of mahogany, logwood, Spanish cedar,
rubber, chicle and other fancy hardwoods; 32d degree
Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner and Elk.
FREDERICK C. W1L.COX, Joliet.
Born it) Joliet, 111., March 29, 1858. Sec. and Treas.
corporation of Wilcox Bros., lumber and carriages;
Pres. Flnley Lawn Hake Co.; mem. Executive Com.
and Ex-Pres. Joliet Business Men's Assn.
JOHN R. WISDOM, Qniiioy.
Born near Stuigeon, Mo. Resided in Hannibal, Mo..
1861; located in Quincy, 111., 1890; Pres. of Gem City
Saw Mill Co.; mem. Mo. Legis. from Marion Co.
1880-81.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
403
MERCHANTS.
MOSES DILLON, Sterling.
Horn In Zanesville, Ohio., Sept. 19, 1845. Came to
Sterling in 1860; served in the 140th 111. Inf. in the Clv.l
War of 1861-5; in 1865 entered into business in Ster-
ling; Past Commander of Will Robinson Post, G. A. R. ;
Pres. of the Soldiers' Monument Assn. of Sterling;
Lieut. -Col. of the 2d Reg. 111. P. M.
PRANK F. WHIFFEN, Kewanee.
15orn In Kewanee, 111., May 11, 1858. Engaged in mer-
cantile business in 1877-80; live stock business in
1889-94; since 1894 in. the lumber business; Assessor
of Kewanee Township 4 terms; Mayor of Kewanee
since 1899.
RUDOLF LINK, Chicago.
Horn Dec. 12. 1862, Germany. Moved to 111. in 1895
as the Mgr. of Keuffel & Esser Co. of N. Y. ; previously
tniveled for the firm 10 yrs., having entered their em-
ployment in 1885 in N. Y. as City Salesman.
PETER HEER, Chicago.
Engaged in the manufacture of engineering and survey-
ing instruments at 86-96 E. Ohio St., Chicago.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
Paper.
AUSTIX H. DWIGHT, Chicago.
Born Martin, Allegan Co.. Mich., Jan., 1855. Moved to
111., Sept., 1891; Pres. Dwlght Bros. Taper Co., Chicago.
"WALTER E. DWIGHT, Oak; Park;.
Born In New Haven, Conn., June 14, 1860. Vice-Pres.
and Treas. Dwight Bros. Paper Co., Chicago; mem. Oak
Park, Austin Clubs, and Press Club, Chicago.
JOHN C. F. BROCKL.EBAXK, Chicago.
Born in X. Y., in 1854. Removing to Chgo. in 1885;
second Vice-Pres. and Western Mgr. of the Manufactur-
ers' Paper Co. of New York; member of C. A. A.,
Colonial, Sons of the American Revolution and Foreign
Wars, Glen View and Edgewater Golf Clubs.
JAMES T. MIX, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., June 23, 1861. Until Feb. 1, 1901, was
the western representative of the International Paper
Co.; Western Mgr. of the Great Northern Paper Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
405
MERCHANTS.
R. F. NEWCOMB, Qniiiey.
Born in Barnardston, Mass., in 1837. Educated at Wil-
liston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass.; enlisted in 52d
Mass. Vol., war 1861-5; located in Beloit, Wis., in
1866, and engaged in the paper business; in 1868 was
Vice-Pres. of the N. W. Paper Co.; in 1872 located in
Quincy, operating a paper mill as a branch of the N. W.
Paper Co.: in 1880 sold his interest and purchased the
Quincy Mill, organizing the Quincy Paper Co.; in 188$)
sold out to the American Strawboard Co., and in 1898
was elected Pres. of the Strawboard Co.
SAMIEL HOPKINS EMERY, Qnincy.
Born Taunton, Mass., Aug. 3, 1840. Educated in public
schools and attended Amherst and Harvard; came to
Quincy in 1856; engaged in business with the firm <>l
Comstock & Co., and continued with this firm until
1879; in 1887, Vice-Pres. of the Quincy Paper Co., now
the American Strawboard Co.; Vice-Pres. Strawboard
Co.
J. C. WINTERMEYER, Chicago.
Born March 22. 1842, Wiesbaden, Germany. Came to
I*. S. in 1850, and located in Chgo. in 1867; engaged ii»
the business of u box manufacturer; served 3 yrs. in
the 14th Wis. Inf. in the war of 1861-5; mem. Columbia
Post 706, G. A. U.
H. J. M. SCHROETER, Chicago.
Born in Chgo Subsequently resided in Wis., and edu-
cated in the East; located in Chgo. in 1890; established
in 1898 the Schroeter Mfg. Co., makers of folding paper
boxes.
406
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
DWIGHT JACKSON, Oak Park.
Born April 11, 1858, Rochester, Wis. Came to Chgo
Dec., 1873: Pres. Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co.,
Chgo.; mem. Board of Education, Oak Park, and Oak
Park Club.
HENRY WILLSON, Chicago.
Born In Eng., April 17, 1838. Located In Canada 1844,
and the U. S. in 1864; Chgo. in 1869; naturalized citi-
zen In 1872: Pres. of the Tablet & Ticket Co., sole
manufacturers of Willson's Gummed Paper Letters and
Office Bulletin Boards.
C. E. BOLLES, Chicago.
Born in Cambrldgeport, Vt., 1844. Came to Illinois in
1855, and in the Civil War of 1862-65 enlisted in the
13th 111. Inf.; senior member of Bolles & Rogers, hide
dealers, established in 1880: Pres. of Avenue State
Bank, Oak Park; Pres. of West Chicago Brick Co. of
West Chicago; Vice-Pres. Oak Park Construction Co.
GEORGE HOHIVER. Chicago.
Born In Buffalo, In 1846. Removing to Chgo. In 1863;
employed In a lamp store and in 1870 became a part-
ner; burnt out In big fire of 1871. but resumed busi-
ness on the lake front; moved into permanent quarters
in the spring of 1872 and continuing the business till
1898; now manufacturer of the brilliant gasoline lamp;
member of the Ircquois, Washington Park, C. A. A. and
Douglas Clubs, and was an officer with the 1st Inf.,
I. X. G.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
407
MERCHANTS.
I I :\ SMALL, Kankakee.
Born in Kankakee Co., 111., June 16, 1862. Elected
Supervisor 1895: elected Circuit Clerk Kankakee Co.
in 1896; elected State Senator in 1900; elected See.
State Horticultural Soc. at the age of 21; elected mem.
State Board of Agriculture 1894-96; in 1897 appointed
Trustee 111. Eastern Hospital for the Insane, and made
Pres. of the Board ; Republican State Committeeman
from 12th Congressional Dist.
FRED M. FARWELL, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Pres. of the Oakwoods Cemetery Assn.;
mem. Woodlawn Park Club, Chicago Fly-Casting Club,
Columbia Yacht Club.
GEORGE \V. de SMET. Chicago.
Born in London. Eng., 1861. Came to U. S. In 1890;
Mem. Eugene, Cavbert & Co., representing in the
TJ. S. the North Portland Cement Wks. of Antwerp,
Belgium; became agent in 1S97 of the Vulcanite Port-
land Cement Co. and the Gen. Western Sales Agent of
this company in Dec., 1900.
CLARENCE H. WISNER, Chicago.
Born Allegheny Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1867. Located In
North Dakota in 1881 ; Cashier of the Bank of Lisbon
1866; located in Chgo. In 1893; formed the State Bank
of West Pullman in 1894; Cashier, and in 1897 Presi-
dent; in 1898 Vice-Pres.; Sec. Sills-Eddy Mica Co.
408
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
PRANK l\ I Mil \l.l. ROOT, Chicago.
Born in Jersey City, N. J., June 23. 1856. Came to
C'hgo. with his father, E. Towner Root, when 4 yrs.
of age; subsequently engaged in the music business:
See. and Treas. of the McKlnley Music Co.; head of
the firm of E. T. Root & Sons.
NEIL, STEWART, Evanston.
Born Nov. 14, 1861, in Scotland. Entered the employ
of the Dr. Jaeger's Co. as a salesman In 1890. and has
continued in the service of this company ever since;
Mgr. Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Woolen System Co.
FRED L. BLOCK, Peoria.
Born In Germany, Oct. 30, 1855. M-em. of the firm
of Schipper & Block.
RUBEN MILES "WHITE, Lena.
Born at Lena, 111., Feb. 5, 1864. Employed as a Clerk
in 1880: in 1885 mem. of the firm of Miles White &
Son; mem. Stephenson Co. Board 1901; mem. Masonic
Lodge. Past Chancellor K. of I'., iiieiu. Knights of the
Globe.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
409
MERCHANTS.
HENRY J. WILLING, Chicago.
Born at Westfleld, N. Y., July 15, 1836. Mem. of firm
of Field. Leiter & Co.. 1867; retired from the firm of
Marshall Field & Co. 1883; mem. of Union League, Chi-
cago and Union Clubs.
H. A. WILLIAMSON, Quincy.
Born io Freeport, Pa., Sept. 7, 1828. Located in
Quincy, 111., 1859; in continuous business since as a
merchant, manufacturer and banker.
JAMES AVERELL LAWRENCE, Evanston.
Born Lynn, Mass., 1857. Moved to Illinois in 1873;
was connected with the wholesale boot and shoe busi-
ness for twenty-five years; is now interested in land de-
velopment; is a salt-water yachtsman, and built the
yacht "Charlotte" at Provincetown, Mass.. in 1901;
member of Union League Club, Chicago, and Eastern
i'acht Club of Marblehead, Mass.
JONATHAN W. BROOKS, Chicago.
Born Norwich, Conn., Sept. 6, 1847. and came to 111.
in 1861. In 1872 entered into business under the firm
name of 1'itkin & Brooks as china merchants; Trustee
of Relief and Aid Soc. ; Pres. Kenwood Country Clut>;
Vice-Pres. Union League Club; Vice-Pres. Kenwood
Club, and member of the Com. of Fifty appointed by
the Mayor in 1895 to organize in aiding Charity and
Relief.
410
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
GEORGE B. CARPENTER, Chicago.
Born Conneaut, Ohio, March, 1834. and came to Chgo.
in 1850; grad. St. Mary's Coll., 1852; in 1852 began
business with Marsh & Carpenter, packers; entered
firm of Gilbert, Hubbard & Co. in 1857, and In 1881
bought interest of Mr. Hubbard and changed firm name
to Geo. B. Carpenter & Co.
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BENJAMIN CARPENTER, Chicago.
Born Sept. 16, 1865. Grad. from Harvard Univ. in
1888 and entered business with the firm of Geo. B.
Carpenter & Co.; In 1891 became a member of the firm.
"WALTER J. RAYlttER, Chicago.
Born in Woodstock, Ont., June 21, 1864. Located in
Chgo. In 1880; elected Alderman of Chgo. from the
15th Ward in 1898; elected Alderman from the 28th
Ward in 1900. and re-elected in 1902; mem. of the
Hamilton and Lincoln Clubs.
HENRY S. FITCH, Chicago.
Born in Rochester. N. Y. Removing to Chgo., June,
1869; Pres. Champion Oil Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
411
MERCHANTS.
HENRY CHANNON, Chicago.
Born Brldgewater, Eng., Feb. 24, 1835. Came to 111.
in 1858; Pres. H. Cbannon Co.; established by him In
1871.
HARRY < II \ N NO v Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Nov. 9, 1868, and has since resided
here; entered the employ of H. Channon Co.. 1884,
;md is now the Sec. of the company; Vice- Pres. and
Treas. Union Elevator & Machine Co.; Vlce-Pres. and
Treas. Modern Machinery Publishing Co.
JAMES H. CHANNON, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., July 24. 1866, and has since resided
here; entered the employ of H. Channon Co., lx»2,
and Is now the Vlce-Pres. of the company; Pres. Union
Elevator & Machine Co. ; Pres. Modern Machinery Pub-
lishing Co.; Vice-Pres. 111. Mfrs. Assn.: appointed Lin-
coln Park Board Com.. l'JOO-1 ; I>lr. Cbgo. A. A.
F. BOWDEN DeFOREST, Chicago.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and the son of Geo. Vance
DeForest of New York; a Trustee of Jefferson Park
Presbyterian Church; grandson of Jos. Bowden. the mfg.
jeweler of N. Y.; Chicago representative of the White
Rock Mineral .Springs Co. of Waukesha, AVis.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
AUGUST SCHWARTZ, Chicago.
Born February 3, 1824, in Unter Regenbuch, Wiirtten-
berg, Germany. Located in Chgo. in April, 1856, and
with his savings of a few hundred dollars, started a
dying establishment in a frame house of modest dimen-
sions, at 156 Illinois St., Chgo.; burned out in the
style of August Schwartz & Son, at 150 Illinois St.,
iitterwards embarked again in the sam-e business, which
's now conducted by his son, G. P. Schwartz, under the
style of August Schwartz & Son. at 156 Illinois St.,
Chicaero.
GOTTLIEB F. SCHWARZ, Chicago.
Born In Boston, Mass., Feb. 9, 1850. Came to Chicago
in 1856; mem. of the firm of August Schwarz & Son,
dyers.
CHARLES PFEIFER, Chicago.
Established a dyeing and cleaning business in Alle-
gheny City, Pa., 30 yrs. ago; under the name of Weber
& Pfeifer established at 4430 State St., Chgo., a dyeing
establishment which is still in operation; died Dec. 28,
1896, as the result of the accidental discharge of his
pun while hunting: his business has been continued
ever since by his widow, Sarah J. Pfeifer.
CHARLES HEXRY WILLIAMSON. Qniney.
Born in Quincy, 111., Sept. 1, 1802. Grad. Racine Coll.
in 1882; Pres. Quincy Chamber of Commerce; Quincy
Humane Soc. 3 terms; Chairman Executive Com. III.
Gold Democrats 1896: Sec. 111. delegation Indianapolis
Convention of Gold Democrats 1890; engaged in the cold
storage business
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
413
MERCHANTS.
ROCKWELL KING, Chicago.
Horn in Chgo. Pres. Western Cold Storage Co. of Cbgo.
RICHARD M. BIRDSALL, Chicago.
Horn Green, Chenango Co., X. Y., 1843. Moved to Chi-
cago, 1877: from 1877 Dir. and Sec. of the Western
(.'old Storage Co.
GEORGE: DIETRICH,
Kuril Neustadt, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, Jan. 30,
l.MMi. Moved to Pekin, 111., in 1868; located In Chgo.
in 1884; in 1885 entered the service of Karl Bros.;
Mgr. of the lirm until recently; now Manager of The
Western Cold Storage Co. ; admitted to the bar in 1890;
mem. of the Marquette Club.
LeGRAND SMITH, Chicago.
Horn in Toronto, Can., July, 1855. A resident of Chgo.
since J856; grad. from Yale in 1876; Pres. of the Union
Cold Storage Warehouse Co.. which was established in
Nov., 1888. and the first mechanical cold storage ware-
house built in the West.
414
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
WILLIAM M. SMITH, Lexington.
Born in Frankfort, Ky., May 23, 1827. Pres. Board of
Agriculture of 111.; served 3 terms us a mem. of the
111. General Assembly, and Speaker of the House 1
term: 8 yrs. mem. of the Railroad and Warehouse Com.,
being its Chairman for C yrs.; died March 25, 1886.
W. L. ROSEBOOM, Chicago.
Born in Amsterdam, New York, April 12, 184U. Lived
on a farm until 1865; became interested in the broom
manufacturing business in the capacity of foreman of
the Bronson Broom Works at Amsterdam until 1870,
when he embarked in business for himself: moved from
the East to Galesburg, 111., in 1871, where he was en-
gaged In the Broom Corn business until the spring of
1876; he then removed to Chicago and established the
well-known Broom Corn house of W. L. Hoseboom &
Co., of which he is still the senior member; Pres. Chi-
cago Ferrel Co. and the Union Broom Supply Co.
WILLIAM S. PARRY, Peoria.
Born in Peoria. 111., July 8, 1864. Sec. and Treas.
Clarke Bros. & Co.
JOHX E. KAVANAGH, Chicago.
Born in North Java. N. Y., Dec. 30, 1859. Moved to
Chgo. in 1881; senior mem. of the firm of Ilubbard At
Co., broom corn merchants: Dir. Western State P>ank
and Chgo. Ferrule Co., Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
415
MERCHANTS.
AUGUSTUS H. GRUNEWALD, Chicago.
Born lu Chgo., Nov. 20, 1851. Was engaged in the re-
tall hardware trade for 6 yrs. ; became a mem. of the
firm of J. P. Gross & Co. in 1873. and purchased part-
ner's Interest in 1888. continuing the business since
under old firm name of .7. P. Gross & Co.
MATHEW HENEBERY, Peorlti.
Horn in Ireland, Co. Kilkenny, Sept. 8, 1834. Came t.>
Peoria, 111., Oct., 1K49, where he has resided ever since
and where he has extensive business interests.
JOHN S. FIELD, Chicago.
Born Beloit, Wis., Aug. 14, 1847. Removing to Chgo.
in 1861; since May, 1867, been engaged in the ice busi-
ness: Pres. Knickerbocker Ice Co.; mem. Calumet. Union
League, C. A. A. Clubs; Dlr. Chgo. Commons, (ilemvoo 1
School. Clign. Charity Hospital and Plymouth Church.
LEWIS T. M. SLOCUM, Chicago.
Born Long Branch, N. J., Dec. 3, 1857. Located in
Chgo. Sept. 11, 1879, engaging in the manufacturing
business until 1883; in 1885 with the firm of C. P.
Adams Co. of Erie. Pa., operating over 30 stores in
different parts of the U. S.; Mgr. of their Cleveland.
Ohio, store in 1885. New York store in 1886, and the
Chjto. store from 1887 to 1897: since 1897 Vice-Pres. and
Asst. Gen. Mgr. of the company, with offices lu Chgo.
416
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
ABRAHAM A. DEVORE, Chicago.
Born In Washington Co., Pa., June 29, 1831. Lieut. Co.
I, 2d Beg. Volunteers, California, Pa., April 19, 1861:
received medal for bravery as a scout; came to Chicago
July 1, 1878; established the merchant tailoring firm
of A. A. Devore & Son; member of the Masonic order
since 1865; mem. of the Apollo Comruandery, K. T.,
Chicago; died June 6, 1899.
JOHN A. DEVOHE. Chicago.
Born in Washington Co., Pa., Oct. 7, 1858. Came to
Chicago with his father; junior member of the firm of
A. A. Devore & Son, and at his father's death became
the sole proprietor.
CHARLES EDWIN HYDE, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, Sept. 29, 1841. Removing to New-
ark, N. J., in 1855; enlisted 2d N. J. Vol., war 1861-5,
and re-enlisted and detailed as Post Adjt., Camp Car-
rington and Annapolis. Md. : mustered out of service
in 1865; and removing to Chgo. ; engaged in business in
1868; burned out in fire of 1871; subsequently established
at Clark and Monroe: continued in the business of a
merchant tailor, for the past 30 yrs. : Pres. Merchant
Tailors' National Exchange 1898; 32d degree Mason.
GEORGE R. ATKINSON, Roeltford.
Born in England, Sept. 19, 1835. Moved j*> Kockford,
111., Sept. 10, 1864.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
417
MERCHANTS.
CARROLL, S. McMILLEN, Chicago.
Born May 25, 1864. Located in Chgo. in 1884; engaged
in the business of merchant tailor since 1S89.
JOHN D. NADHERIVY, Chicago.
Born in Bohemia, Province of Austria, Dec. 10, 1870.
Located in Chgo. in 1888; in 1896 engaged in the busi-
ness of merchant tailor, Cbgo.
GEORGE] H. FIEDLER, Chicago.
Born in Henry, 111., Nov. 16, 1866. Removing to Chgo.
in 1884, established the firm of Geo. II. Fiedler & Co.,
u.erchaut tailors.
W. F. CASTBERG, Chicago.
Engaged in the business of a milliner at 14 Jackson
Blvd., Chicago.
418
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
MERCHANTS.
HENRY REINHARDT, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Dec. 4, 1858. Established the Henry
Reinhardt Art Gallery in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1886; in
Chgo. since 1898 as an importer high-class modern and
ancient oil paintings. '
W. SCOTT THURBER, Chicago.
Born Black Lake, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July 24,
1848. Located in Chgo. in 1866; stoce 1880 been en,-
gaged in the business of an art dealer.
MARTIN O'BRIEN, Chicago.
Born in County Galway, Ireland, Nov. 4, 1830. Located
in U. S. in 1837, residing in Burlington, Vt., for IS
yrs. ; in 1855 located in Chicago, and since 1861 has been
engaged in the business of a dealer in the line arts.
JAMES G. MOULTON, Chicago.
Born in South Boston, Mass., May 12, 1844. Grad.
from Boston High School, and subsequently served 5
yrs. at engraving, designing and carving; in 1876 ap-
pointed Professor of Mathematics and Lecturer of the
Bryant & Stratton Business Coll. of Baltimore, Md.,
continuing in this capacity for 5 yrs.; for 12 yrs. has
been engaged in Chgo. in the business of importer iu
American and foreign paintings.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
419
OFFICIALS.
FREDERICK E. COYNE, Chicago.
F.orn in 1800, in East Orange, N. J., and moved to
Chgo. in 1883 and engaged in bread making, afterward
establishing si wholesale bakery business and conductini:
3is prop, two of the leading bakery lunch places in
Ohgo.; appointed Collector of Internal Kevenue, 1897,
by Pres. McKinley, and subsequently appointed by Pres.
McKiule.v Postmaster of Cbgo.
JAMES EDWARD STUART, Chicago.
Born Forfar, Scotland, July 8, 1841. Studied law; en-
listed as a private from Iowa in the war of 1861-5;
discharged as Capt.; appointed in 1868 a Clerk In the
R. M. S.; 1870 Chief Clerk R. M. S. of Iowa; Post-
office Inspector 1873-6; since 1876 Chief Postoffice In-
spector of the Dept. of the Northwest; Capt.. Major
and Col. of the 2d Reg., I. N. G.; Major of the 2(1
111. Vol. Inf. In the Spanish-American war; on detache-1
service, establishing Postal Service In Porto Rico.
-MAURICE J. McGRATH, Chicago.
Horn in Ottawa, Can., Feb. 22. 1839. Capt. Co. H,
52.1 111. Vol. Inf., Civil War 1861-5; Clerk 111. Legis.
1806-7; appointed Clerk R. M. S. 1867; Asst. Gen. Supt.
R. M. S. 1870-3; appointed Supt. of Mails, Chgo. P. O..
1873-86; Supt. City Delivery, P. O., 1889-1901; ap-
pointed Supt. of Mails, Chgo. P. O., 1901.
WILLIAM W. MARR, SR., Chicago.
Born In Washington, D. C. Educated in common schools
nnd academy; grad. from Rettenhouse Academy, Wash-
ington, D. C.; 1868-71 Clerk In Washington. D. C.,
Postoffice; 1871 located In Cbso., entering mailing divi-
sion of the Chicago P. O.; subsequently transferred to
the registry division, where be has since remained,
except ing one year of service In the railway mall
service.
420
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
AVILLIAM GRANT EDENS, Chicago.
Born in Richmond, Ind., Nov. 27, 1863. Engaged fop
over 17 yrs. in railway service; Oct. 1897, appointed by
I'res. McKinley an Asst. Supt. of the Free Delivery
System of the Postoffice Dept.
SPENCER EDDY, Chicago.
Born June 18, 1873, in Chgo. Grad. from Harvard
Coll.; prepared for college at St. Paul's School and
one year at Berlin and Heidelberg; with Hibbard,
Spencer, Bartlett & Co.; appointed Pri. Sec. to John
Hay, Ambassador to Eng., subsequently 3d Sec. of
Embassy; afterward made Sec. of the American Em-
bassy at Paris, under Gen. Horace Porter; at the
close of the Paris Exposition he was made 1st Sec.
of the U. S. Legation at Constantinople, Turkey,
which position he continues to hold.
\VIL,L,IAM PORTER WILLIAMS, Chicago.
Born in Pompy, Onondaga Co., N. Y., July 2, 1855.
President and Treasurer Art Marble Company; Secretary
Union League Club 1890-8; appointed Assistant Treas-
urer U. S., Chicago, Dec. 20. 1897: reappointed Dec.,
1901.
PERCIVAL G. RENNICK, Peoria.
Born March 4, 1864. Grad. Toulon High School, and in
1886 from the Northern 111. Normal School; from 1880
to 1889 Principal of graded schools; U. S. Internal
Revenue Inspector in 1889-93; Bookkeeper for Wilson
Wholesale Grocery Co., 1893-96; Chairman Hep. Cent.
Com., 1898-1902: Clerk of the Circuit Court of Peoria
Co. from 1896 to 1901: appointed Collector of Intel-nil
Revenue, 5th Dist. of 111., Aug. 26, 1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
421
OFFICIALS.
F. A. FREER, Galesburgr.
Born in Butler, Pa., 1843. Attended public schools and
grad. Hedding Coll., 1871; taught school until 187*.
becoming a resident of Galesburg, 1879; vo.lunteer sol-
dier In the Civil War, 1861-65; Sergt.-at-Arms of 111.
State Senate, 1885-86; appointed Postmaster of Gales-
bur;: in 1889; reappointed by Pres. McKinley in 1897,
anil in 1902 reappointed by Pres. Roosevelt.
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, »Juiii< .- .
Born Hollidaysburg, Pa., Aug. 15, 1837. Educated in
public schools, and engaged in farming until 1801:
enlisted Co. D, 16th 111. Inf., in the war of 1861-5;
from 1865 to 1893 In the Internal Revenue Service:
from 1893 until 1897 in commercial business; appointed
Supt. of Quincy, III., Soldiers' Home in 1897 by Gov.
Tanner, and reappointed in 1901 by Gov. Yates.
WILLIAM B. WICKERSHAM, "Western
SprliiK'H.
Born in Henry Co., Ind., March 4, 1844. Grad. from
Earlham Coll. in 187C; taught school until fall of 1871:
Supt. of Blue Island. 111., schools; Sec. of the Ch«o.
Public Library Board since July 20, 1872.
JASPER TV. REECE, Springfield.
Born Abingdon, 111., April 30, 1841. Educated at Hed-
ding Coll. ; mustered out of volunteer service as Capt.
in 1864; located in Springfield In 1873; entered the
service in National Guard in 1876; Brig. -Gen. 2d Brig,
in 1877; Adjt.-Gen. under Gov. Flfer, Gov. Tanner and
Gov. Yates; died April, 1902.
422
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
ELWELL S. OTIS, Chicago.
Born In Maryland, March 25, 1838. Grad. from Univ.
of Rochester and Harvard Law School; in the war of
1861-5 Capt. and Lieut. -Col. 140th N. Y. Inf., and
Brevet Brig.-Gen. ; in 1866 Lieut.-Col. U. S. Army, and
Col. in 1880; Brig.-Gen. in 1893; Major-Gen. U. S. Vol..
commanding 8th Army Corps, and Military Governor of
the Philippines from Aug., 1898-1900; Major-Gen.
U. S. A., June, 1900; assigned to command Military
Dept. of the Lakes, Chgo., Oct., 1900; retired 1902.
•WILLIAM P. HALL, Chicago.
Born in Randolph Co., Mo.. June 11, 1848. Grad. from
West Point, June, 1868; served in 5th U. S. Cav. for
nearly 25 yrs. on the plains; was awarded by Congress
a medal of honor for most distinguished gallantry in
action near camp on White River, Colo.. Oct. 20, 1879;
appointed Major and Asst. Adj. -Gen. Nov., 1893; pro-
moted to be a Colonel April, 1901.
STAXHOPE E. BLUNT, Rock Island Arsenal
Born Boston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1850. Grad. U. S. Mili-
tary Academy, 1872; Lteut. 13th U. S. Inf. and Lieut,
to Maj. Ord. Depts. U. S. Army; author of "Firing
Regulation for Small Arms;" member of board that
adopted magazine rifle for army; now commanding Rock
Island Arsenal.
•WILLIAM THOMAS WOOD, Chicago.
Born Montgomery Co., .111., June 19, 1854. Grad. West
Point 1877, and a 2d Lieut. 18th Inf.; 1st Lieut. 18th
Inf., Oct., 1886; promoted to a Capt., June, 1894,
and Major, February 2, 1901; served in Philip-
pine Islands from June 15, 1898. to June 30, 1900 dur
ing the Spanish-American war; 1898 to 1900 Chief Ord
nance Officer Dept. of Pacific and 8th Army Corps
Collector of Customs and Asst. U. S. Treas., Cebu
P. I. ; Treas. of Philippine Archipelago and Islands of
Guam.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
423
OFFICIALS.
EDWIN B. ATWOOD, Chicago.
Born In Garrettsville, Portage Co., Ohio, March 18,
1842. In Ohio Volunteers from 1861 to November, 1865;
In U. S. Army from May. I860, to present date; Colonel
and Assistant Quartermaster General U. S. Army.
HENRY CLAY GANG, Chicago.
Born Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 12, 1845. Deputy Sheriff
of the Appellate Court, Chgo. ; was a volunteer In the
Civil War of 1861-5, engaging In the campaigns in Ky.
against Gens. Zollicoffer, Morgan and Smith, and oar-
tieipating in many skirmishes along Green River and
In the battles of Cedar Mountain, Corinth, Ft. Henry,
Fredericksburg, Jackson, Pittsburg Landing, Stone
River and others; originated the idea of "Rough
Riders" in the presidential campaign in 1900.
MARTIN D. HARDIN, Chicago.
Born in Jacksonville, 111., June 20, 18,-!7. Grad. West
Point 1859; Lieut, in 3d U. S. Artillery, July. 1859;
Col. 12th Reg. Pa. Reserves, 1862; Brig. -Gen. Vol. 1864;
appointed Maj. 43d U. S. Inf. 1866; transferrerf to 1st
U. S. Inf. 1869; Brig.-Gen. U. S. A., and retired Dec.
15, 1870.
GEORGE M. MOULTON, Chicago.
Born March 15, 1851, Readsboro, Vt. At the age of 2
yrs. his parents moved to Chicago; one of the found-
ers of The Pioneer Fireproof Construction Co. of
Chgo.; Pres. of the River Bank Coal Co. of Streator;
Pres. of Commerce Vault Co. and a Dir. of the Chgo.
Deposit Vault Co.; Maj. 2d Reg., I. N. G., and Col. of
the 2d 111. Vol. Inf. in the Spanish-American war;
mein. of the Masonic Order.
424
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
JAMES EDGAR HILL, Lincoln.
Horn Murphysboro, 111., March 24, 1848. Deputy U. S.
Marshal 13 yrs. ; Mayor of Lincoln, 111., two terms;
in the State Militia 9 yrs.; served through the Spanish-
American War in Cuba and In the Philippines as Major
of the U. S. V.; made Treas. of Rizul Province Pasig,
Philippines, July 1, 1901.
JOHN OGLESBY, Elkhart.
P.orn March 19, 1878, Decatur, 111. Educated Adams
Academy, Quincy, Mass., St. Mark's School, Southboro,
Mass., and Harvard Coll.; for 3 yrs. pri. 5th Reg.,
1. N. G.; 1st Lieut. 2d Brig. 1 yr.; Capt. 1st 111. Vol.
Cav. in the Spanish-American war; Inspector Republic
Iron & Steel Co., East Chicago, for 7 months: Sec. to
Gov. Yates, and mem. of staff with rank of Colonel, and
Sec. of Governor's staff.
RICHARD YATES, SR., Jacksonville.
Born at Warsaw, Ky., Jan. 18. 1818. Grad. at the 111.
Coll. 1838; admitted to the bar 1839: mem. of the
Legis. 1849-50; elected to Congress 1850; elected Gov-
ernor of Illinois 1860; "War Governor of Illinois;'' died
Nov. 27, 1873.
JOHN R. TANNER, Springfield.
Born April 4, 1844, Warrick Co., Ind. Enlisted as a
soldier in the war of 1861-5; Sheriff of Clay Co. 1870;
State Senator in 1880; U. S. Marshal 1883; State-
Treasurer 1887; U. S. Asst. Treas., Chgo., 1892; Gov.
of 111. 1897; died May 23, 1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
425
OFFICIALS.
J. MACK TANNER. Springfield.
Born Nov. 10, 1868, Bates Co.. Mo. Teller U. S. Sub-
Tl-eas., Chgo., 1892; Asst. Cashier, County Ti-eas. of
Cook Co., 1895; Private See. of Gov. John R. Tanner
1897; Col. 4th Inf., I. N. G., In 1900; Sec. State Board
of Charities 1901.
WILLIAM BUTLER, Springfield.
Horn Dec. 15, 1797. State Treasurer 1861-3; died Jan.
11, 1876.
P. K. WHITTEMORE, Springfield.
Born in the State of New York. Located in SpringfieM
when a youth; Cashier Bunn's Bank, State National
Bank of Springfield, 111., for more than 20 yrs. ; Acting
Asst. Treas. U. S., Chgo.. under Pres. garrison;
elected State Treas. In 1898; Asst. State Treas. in
1900.
JAMES A. ROSE, Golconda.
Born Oct. 13, 1850, in Pope Co., 111. In 1873 elected
Supt. of Schools of Pope Co., and re-elected in 1877;
in 1880 elected State's Atty., and re-ele?ted in 1884;
appointed Trustee Pontiac Reform School in 1889; ap-
pointed a Commissioner of the Southern 111. Peniten-
tiary In 1890; elected Sec. of State in 1896, and re-
elected In 1900.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
HENRY YATES, Springfield.
Born in Jacksonville. 111.. In 1848. From July 29, 1897,
to May 6, 1901. Chief Deputy and Acting Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Eighth District of Illinois;
May 6. 1901. appointed State Superintendent of In-
surance.
O
MAC M. MALLARY, Pontiac.
Born in Greenfield, la., 1863. Moved to 111. in 1867;
reared on a farm; Grad. from High School and North
Western Normal; 12 yrs. a teacher in the Public
Schools; appointed County Supt. of Schools in 1894,
and twice elected to the same position; resigned to
accept the position of Gen. Supt. of the 111. State
Reformatory at Pontiac.
DAVID ROSS, Springfield.
Born Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 19, 1861. In 1868,
with his parents, located in Illinois; elected from Lti
Salle Co., 111., a mem. of the 36th 111. Gen. Assembly,
serving 3d term as Sec. of the 111. State Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
WALTER FIELDHOUSE, Chicago.
Born ill Yorkshire, Eng., July 29, 1851. Removed to
N. Y. City in 1871, and to 111. in 1881; Alderman in
1895 of the City of Jacksonville; 1897 Sec. and Treas.
Assn. of Western Manufacturers; in 1900. Sec. of 111.
Rep. State Com. and Advisory Board National Civic
Federation; mem. of Gov. Yates' Staff; Sec. West Chgo.
Park Commissioners 1901; Military Com. International
Olympian Games 1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
427
OFFICIALS.
B. F. CARTWRIGHT, Peoria.
Born in Peoria, 111., June 28, 1859. Member of The
Park Board since 1894, and now filling the position
of Sec. of the Board.
GEORGE F. McKNIGHT, Chicago.
Born at Buffalo. N. Y.. March 9, 1837. Served 3 yrs.
in the Civil War of 1861-5; Alderman 1889-90; founder
of Lake Gas Co., and Sec. and Treas. of same 1880-8;
mem. 111. State Board of Equalization 1888-1900.
PRED C. HELD, Freeport.
Born Aug. 26, 1845, Germany. Removing to Freeport
in 1856; was :\ miller until the Civil War; enlisted in
Co. C, 46th Keg., 111. Inf., in 1864; elected Treas. of
Kreeport in 1881-3; appointed Deputy Collecter Inter-
nal Revenue 1*88-93: elected County Clerk in 1894; re-
elected in 1898; elected Commander John A. Davis
1'ost, G. A. R., 1899; re-elected 1900 and 1901.
PHILLIP STEIXMLEL.LER, Chicago.
Born in Hessen, Darmstadt, Heachelheim, Germany.
Sept. 10, 1835. Located in Cbgo. in 1852; engaged in
mercantile business, retiring from business in 1891;
since 1897 lias been Deputy State Inspector.
428
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
FRANK P. SARGENT, Peorin.
Born East Orange, Vt., Nov. 18, 1854. Entered the
service of the Southern Pacific R. R. 1880; elected
Vice-Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen 1882, and Grand Master in 1885.
FRANK WENTER, Chicago.
Born Jn Bohemia in 1854. Located in Chgo. in 1869;
engaged in manufacturing from 1873 to 1898; mem. of
the Board of Education 1883-90; Trustee of Sanitary
Dist. of Chgo. 1889; re-elected in 1895; acted as its
Pres. 1891-5.
P. J. CAHIL.L,
Born Dee. 6, 1843. in Ireland. Came to 111. in 1845
and to Chgo. 1860; on the Chgo. Tribune. 1^60; on
recommendation of Jos. Medill, was appointed Dep.
Sheriff, 1878, and was promoted Dep. in charge of Civil
Court, 1882-98; in 1898 elected Clerk of the Criminal
Court.
HENRY L,. HERTZ, Chicago.
Born Nov. 19, 1847. Coroner Cook Co. 1884-92; State
Treas. of 111. 1896-98.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
429
OFFICIALS.
ROBERT M. SIMOX, Chicago.
Horn Feb. 17, 1866, in Chgo. Elected Collector of Lake
View in 1894; elected Recorder of Deeds of Cook Co.
in 1896, and re-elected in 1900.
HARRY OL.DAM, Chicago.
Born Feb. 14, 1858, in Eng. Located in U. S. in 1884;
appointed Deputy Recorder Dec., 1896; reappointed in
1901 ; prior to occupying this position was on the staff
of the Inter Ocean from 1894 to 1896; Republican nomi-
nee for Senator from 6th Dist. 1902.
CHARLES W. PETERS, Chicago.
Horn in 1858 in Germany. In 1866 came to the U. S.
with his parents; first employment was as an errand
boy; later occupied clerical position in the Treasurer's
office of the C., R. I. & P. Ry.; Gen. Man. in the
Northwestern Hank, now the Corn Exchange National
Hank; Deputy Sheriff under Mateson and Gilbert: Chief
Deputy under Pease, and reappointed by Magerstadt —
a continuous service of 16 yrs. ; mem. of Royal Arcanum
and Kx-Supreu'.e Treasurer of the Royal League.
JOHN E. TRAEGER, Chicago.
Horn in Chgo.. Nov. 13, 1857. Collector of the Town of
Lake in 1897-8, and re-elected in 1899; elected Coroner
of Cook Co. Nov. 6, 1900; is engaged in the meat busi-
ness.
430
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
JOHN \UKKl.l, COOKE, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., i&ug. 28, 1857. Alderman, 1890, and
twice re-elected; elected Clerk Circuit Court of Cook
Co.: member Cook Co. Rep. Cent. Com., and chairman
of the Sub-Corn, on Halls and Speakers.
JOHN L,. "WHITMAN, Chicago.
Born at Sterling, 111., July 23, 1862. Appointed a guard
at Cook County Jail, Dec. 1, 1890; served later as Asst.
Jail Clerk and Chief Clerk; appointed Jailer of Cook
County May 1, 1895; the John L. Whitman Moral Im-
provement Association named in his honor.
SAMUEL E. ERICKSON, Chicago.
Born Lindkoping, Sweden, March 4, 1860. In 1864,
with his parents, came to Chicago; messenger and
operator -of the Western Union Telegraph Co.; in the
Abstract Dept. of Cook Co. ; Deputy Sheriff 10 yrs. :
elected mem. Lower House 111. Gen. Assembly 1890-2-8-
1900.
GEORGE s. oi.i'.so V Chicago.
Was born In Sweden, Dec. 28, 1850. Located in U. S.
and Kan., where he resided until 1876, when he moved
to Chgo. ; worked for Sprague, Warner & Co. for 14 yrs. ;
appointed Asst. County Agt. Jan. 1, 1894, and appointed
County Agt. Jan. 1, 1895.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
431
OFFICIALS.
CHARLES FREDERICK GIJNTHER, < I. i -
CHJJTO.
Born Wildberg, in the Kingdom of Wurtemberg, March
6, 1837. Removed to Columbia, Pa., 1842, removing to
111. in 1850, i<nd to Chgo. in 1863; Pres. Coliseum Co.;
mem. Chgo. Hist. Soc., Academy of Science, Art Inst.,
Iroquois and Union League Clubs; City Treas. ; Ex-Al-
derman.
JOHN Ml \ \\ i:«.i:\. Chicago.
Alderman of the 21st Ward, serving a second term.
HONORE PALMER, Chicago.
Born in Chicago in 1874. Harvard Univ. 1898; Alder-
man of the 21st Ward, April 2, 1901; mem. Chicago.
Union and University Clubs, Chicago Golf and Onwent-
sia Country Clubs, Newport Golf Club; mem. A. P.
Club, Alpha Delta Phi, Hasty Pudding Club, D. K. E.
and Polo Clubs of Harvard.
ROLLIX B. ORGAN, Chicago.
Born July 19, 1844, at Washington, la. Formerly in
railway service and an official of the N. Y. C. & F. L.
Ry.; mem. of the Board of County Corns, of Cook Co.;
Ex-Pres. of 111. State Sportsmen's Assn.; nominated
for Congress in 1898, 1st Dist. of 111.
432
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
DENNIS J. SWENIE, Chicago.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 29, 1834. Located In
Cbgo. in 1848; joined the volunteer fire dept. In 1849.
with "Niagara Engine Co. No. 3;" in continuous service
of the Chgo. Fire Dept. from 1849 to 1901; made Chief
of the Cbgo. Fire Dept. in 1858; organizing the paid
dept., and reappoiuted in 1879; resigned in 1901.
W. HENRY MUSH AM, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Feb. 9, 1840. Joined the Vol. Fire Dept.
of the City of Chgo. in 1855, at the age of 15, and has
been in continuous service even since; 1902 made Chief
of the Chgo. Fire Dept.
JOSEPH KIPL.EY, Chicago.
Born at Paterson, N. J., Jan. 6, 1846. Came to Cbgo.
July 3, 1865; Jan. 22, 1872. became a policeman; filled
various positions from patrolman to Gen. Supt., :ni(l
April 15, 1897, made Chief of Police of Chgo.
JOHN E. PTACEK, Chicago.
Born Nov. 11, 1861, Ottawa. 111. Appointed Patrolman
Dec. 15, 1884; resigned 1895; in 1895 appointed Chief
of West Park Police; appointed Patrolman July 26,
1897; Capt. in 1897; April 19, 1900, appointed proba-
tionary Asst. Chief of Police, and Oct. 19, 1900, ap-
pointed regular Asst. Chief of Police.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
433
OFFICIALS.
ROBERT M. CAMPBELL, Peoria.
Boru In Westmoreland Co., Pa., May 10, 1839. Lo-
cated in Monmouth in 1856; enlisted as a soldier in the
war of 1861-5, in the 17th Keg. 111. Inf. ; appointed Capt.
Co. F., 47th Reg. U. S. Colored Troops, in 1863. and
mustered out in 1866; located in Peoria 1876; on Board
of Trade 10 yrs.; Asst. Postmaster 1889-94; re-ajipointed
1898, and again re-appointed in 1902; Past Commander
Bryan Post 67, G. A. R. : Ex-Senior Vice-Commander of
the Dept. of 111.; mem. 1st Presbyterian Church.
E. M. KENNEDY, Peoria.
Born in Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 28, 1864. For 25 yrs.
engaged in the mfg. of glucose; May, 1901, appointed
Supt. of Police, Peoria. 111.
SIMON MAYER, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., July 14, 1871. Grad. from Primary School
at the age of 13. and took a post course of study at Bry-
ant & Stratton's Business Coll.; City Buyer for D. B.
Fisk & Co. ; for 3 years in the hanking and real estate
business with his father; in 1899 appointed Sec. of the
Police Dept. of Chgo.
LUKE COLLERAN, Chicago.
Ex-Patrolman, Ex-Police Sergeant and Ex-Capt. of De-
434
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
OFFICIALS.
LAWRENCE McGANN, Chicago.
Ex-Street Commissioner, Ex-Supt. Gen. Electric Ry.
Ex-Mem, of Congress, Ex-Commissioner of Public Wks.
Comptroller of City of Chicago.
F. W. BLOCKI, Chicago.
Born Nov. 2, 1868, Chicago. Appointed Supt. of Map
Dept. July, 1898; appointed Deputy Commissioner of
Public Works Dec. 4, 1899; appointed Commissioner of
Public Works May 2, 1901.
WILLIAM J. SUTHERLAND, Chicago.
Born Nov. 3, 1863, Logansport, Iml. Located in Chgo.
in 1880, entering the service of the Mooney & Boland
Agency, Chicago and New York; subsequently became a
partner, Vice-Pres. and Genl. Mgr. of the Western
division.
ROBERT E. BURKE, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Sept., 1860. Engaged in the book and
stationery business, until 1901. Appointed in 1893, aa
inspector of Weights and Measures by Carter H. Har-
rison, Sr. Appointed in 1897 Oil Inspector by Mayor
Carter H. Harrison, Jr. Six yrs. Sec. Dem. County
Cent. Com.; five yrs. Sec. County Democracy; four yrs.
member of the State Cent. Com.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
435
OFFICIALS.
JOHN C. SCHUBERT, Chicago.
Born March 26, 1857, Chgo. Smoke Inspector City of
Chicago; County Commissioner 1888-89; Clerk of the
Criminal Court In 1890; Delegate National Democratic
Convention, Chgo., 1896; Elector-at-Large, Democratic
National Ticket, 1900.
MICHAEL J. DOHERTY, Chicago.
Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1866. Elected Town
Clerk of Lake, 1888-89; in 1894, appointed Chief Clerk
of the Supt. of the Engr. Dept. of Chgo.; since 1894
occupied the office of Supt. of Streets of Chgo.
IRVING WASHINGTON, Chicago.
Born Aurora, 111., Sept. 11, 1860. Grad. from the Univ.
of Rochester, N. Y., in 1883; Principal Public Schools
of Rochester, N. Y., in 1885-8; Supt. State Industrial
School, Rochester, N. Y., in 1888-90; located in Chgo.
1891; engaged in business in 1891-7; appointed Business
A>rt. of the City of Chgo., upon the creation of the D"e-
piirtment of Supplies, Jan., 1898.
j. F. MCCARTY, Chicago.
Born in Boston, Nov. 21, 1856. Became a resident of
Chgo. in Feb., 1883; entered the service of the city of
Chgo. in June, 1893; now Deputy City Collector.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PHYSICIANS.
DANIEL, LICHTY, Rockford.
Born Marshallsvllle, O., May 8, 1845. Educated in com-
moii schools and Inland Coll. of Ohio; served with his
four brothers, war of 1861-5, Co. E, 162 O. V. I.; In
3871 grad. Med. Dept. N. W. Univ.; mem. A. M. A.
since 1874; mem. State and County Med. Socs. ; Pres.
School Board; Pres. ICockford Hospital Med. Staff; Pres.
Roekford Chautauqua Assn.
ALBERT GREEN, Roekford.
Born In Elizabeth, 111., April, 1853. Educated at Mt.
Morris Seminary and N. W. Univ.; medical courses at
Univ. of Mich, and Chgo. Med. Coll.; grad, from the
latter in 1878; post-grad, courses at N. Y. Polyclinic
in 1890; N. Y. Post-Grad. in 1891; Phila. Polyclinic in
1894, and N. Y. Post-Grad. 3897; mem. Winnebago Co.
Med. Soc., Wisconsin State Med., the 111. State Med.
and American Med. Assns.
FRANK ANTHONY, Sterling.
Born in Sterling. 111., March 9, 1858. Grad. from
Hush Medical Coll., Chicago, in 1881; since April,
1881, in practice in Sterling, 111.; Surgeon 6th 111.
Vol. in the Spanish-American War; Surgeon C. & N. W.
Ry.; mem. American Med. Assn.. 111. State Med. Soc.
and Natioual Assn. of Railway Surgeons
JOHN FRANKL.IN KEEFER, Sterling.
Born May 10, 1856. Grad. at Carthage Coll. 1878; grad.
at Hush Med. Coll. 1881; U. S. Pension Examiner; mem.
of A. M. A., M. V. M. A.; Ex-Pres. N. C. I. M. A.;
mem. R. R. V. M A.; Ex-Pres. Great Northwestern
Fair Assn. ; owner of the Sanitarium at Sterling.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
437
PHYSICIANS.
CLINTON HELM, Rockford.
Born North Blenheim, N. ¥., Feb. 21, 1329. Grad.
Feb. 25, 1852, from the Medical Dept. of the Iowa
Univ.; practicing physician and surgeon, Rockford; was
the surgeon of the 92d Reg. 111. Vol., war of 1861-5,
from its organization until the close of the war.
WALTER B. HELM, Rockford.
Born in Butlerville, la., Oct. 12, 1859. In 1881 grad. at
the N. W. Univ., and in 1884 at the N. W. Univ. Medical
Coll.; 1884 and 1885 Interne at Cook Co. Hospital; in
1895 Post-Graduate Course N. Y. Post -Graduate School;
located In Rockford in 1885; Physician and Surgeon
Rockford City Hospital; Surgeon I. C. R. R.; mem.
Am. M. Assn., Winnebago Co. Med. Soc. and Wis. Cent.
Med. Soc.
HKRBERT C. JONES, Decatnr.
Born Athens, O., 1855. Grad. Med. Coll. of O. 1876;
Post-Grad. Rush Med. Coll. in 1883; removed to I>ern-
tur. 111.. 1890; mem. Am. Med. Assn., 111. State Med.
So,-.. Mini Kx-Pres. Decatur Med. Soc.; Surgeon Vandalia
Railway.
EVERETT J. BROWN. Decatnr.
Born in Decatur, 111., Jan. 20. 1865. Grad. Medical
Dept. N. W. Univ.. 1888; Interne Cook County Hos-
pital, 1888-9; N. Y. Polyclinic, 1892; six months In
Gen. Hospital. Vienna. Austria. 1898; Treas. 111. State
Med. Soe. ; member American Med. Assn.
438
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PHYSICIANS.
HENRY HATCH, Qulncy.
Born Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 22, 1848. Removing to
Griggsville. 111., 1855; entered 111. Normal Univ. in
1862; resided in Lawrence, Kan., 1876; took degree of
medicine at Louisville in 1873, and located in Griggs-
ville in 1876 and New Salem in 1879: locating in
Qulncy in 1881; Post. Grad. Course in 1880 to 1881,
Berlin and Paris, and Post-Grad. Course at Long Island
Hospital; mem. A. M. A. and I. S. M. S., M. B. M. S.
R. J. CHRISTY, JR., Qnincy.
Physician, engaged in general practice at Qulncy, 111.
HENRY HART, Quincy.
Born at West Point, 111., Feb. 13, 1863. Removing to
Quincy in 1889; grad. Chaddock Coll. in 1887; Post-
Grad. Med. School and Hospital, Chgo.. in 1889; Gyne-
cologist St. Mary's Hospital; Physician of Quincy Board
of Health 1890; Sec. Adams Co. Med. Soc., and Ex-Pres.
St. Mary's Hospital Staff.
CHARLES D. CENTER, Qniney.
Bora In Ottawa, 111., July 8, 1869. Grad. Knox Acad-
emy, 1889; Rush Med. Col.. 1894: Presbyterian Hos-
pital, Chgo., 1896; Mem. Adams Co. Med. Soc., 111.
State Med. Assn., American Med. Assn.; Mem. of Med-
ical Staff of Blessing Hospital Quincy; Asst. Sec. 111.
State Med. Soc.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
439
PHYSICIANS.
DAVID H. LAW, Dlxon.
Born In K. Y City, July 4, 1830, and removing to 111.
and Dlxon In 1840; In 1861 grad. at the Coll. of P. &
S., Keokuk, la.; mem. Rock River Valley Assn.; S. M.
S.. A. M. S.; Loyal Legion, Knlgbt Templar, Mason.
JULIUS KOHL, Belleville.
Engaged in general practice at Belleville, 111.
JAMES A. EGAN, Springfield.
Born in Mass., and moved to Chgo. in 1887; grad. of the
Chgo. Mod. College; formerly Medical Officer Chgo.
Health Dept.: in 1897. Sec. State Board of Health, and
mem. of this board since 1901; mem. American Public
Health Assn., American Medical Assn., State Medical
Soc. : Treas. Nat. Conference of State Boards; mem.
Hamilton Club. Chgo.
CHARLES H. STARKEL. Belleville.
Born in St. Libory, 111., July 18, 1862. A resident of
Belleville since 1869; grad. from Hush Medical Coll.
in 1884; engaged in practice in Belleville In 1885; mem.
of American Medical Assn., 111. State and St. Clair Co.
Medical Societies: Ex-Health Com. of Belleville an.l
Ex-Mem, of 111. State Board of Health; Chief Surgeon
E. St. Louis & Suburban Hy.
440
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PHYSICIANS.
W. J. CHENOWETH, Deeatur.
Born Greensburg, Ky., Dec. 1, 1823. Graduated Augusta
College 1846; graduated in medicine Univ. of Louisville
1853; moved to Decatur 1854; Surgeon 35th Illinois Vol-
unteers.
CASS CHENOWETH, Decatur.
Bora at Poplar Plains, Ky., March 28, 1848. Grad
from Rush Med. Coll., 1869.
WILLIAM CHENOWETH, Decatnr.
Born at Decatur, 111., Aug. 7, 1871. Grad. from Med.
Coll. of Ohio, Cincinnati, O., 1896.
WILLIAM BARXES. Decatnr.
Born Decatur, 111., Sept. 3. I860. Graduate Harvard
S. B., 1883; Harvard Medical School, 1886; Post-Grad-
uate Boston City Hospital. Munich, Heidelberg and
Vienna; member American .Medical Assn. and Vice-Pies
Harvard Medical School Alumni Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
441
PHYSICIANS.
CHARLES I . WILHEMJ, East St. l.oui*.
Born in Nashville, 111., Dec. 31, 1858. Ex-Pres. East
St. Louis Medical Soc. ; Chief of Stuff of Henrietta
Hospital; Vice-Pres. Board of Health; Pres. Board of
Directors East St. Louis Public Library; mem. 111. State
Med. Soc. and American Medical Assn. ; Surgeon Ter-
minal K. R. Assn. and Sec. U. S. Board of Examining
Surgeons; Dir. East St. Louis Trust & Savings Bank;
Surgeon for St. Louis, Troy & Eastern B. R. Co.,
Swift & Co., Nat'l Stk. Yds., 111.
s. H. MCLEAN, HilUfeoro.
Born in Montgomery Co., 111., April 12, 1849. Grad. in
medicine at Cincinnati Jan. 27, 1874; engaged in the
practice of medicine in Hillsboro from 1874 to 1901;
Sup.t. A. F. M. C., Lincoln, 111., since July 1, 1901.
J. W. MORGAN, Mollne.
Born Dec. 4, 1837, Thorntown, Ind. Located in 111.
1840; grad. from the Coll. of P. and S., Keokuk, la.;
engaged in the practice of medicine 1859; Asst. Sur-
geon of the 14th and 40th Iowa Inf., war of 1861-5;
Major-Gen. Union Veterans' Union, commanding Division
of 111.
JAMES S. WATSON, Anrora.
Born in Beatyestown, N. J., Oct. 10, 1851. Moved to
Kane Co., 111., 1852, and located in Aurora in 1889;
gnid. M. I).. I'niv. of Mich.. Issl; engaged in practice
as a physician in 1883 in Elburn. 111.; physician in at-
tendance at St. Charles and Aurora Hospitals.
442
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PHYSICIANS.
CHATJNCEY SHERRICK, Monmotith.
Born Decatur. 111., in 1858. Grad. from the Mo. Med-
ical Coll. 1881; located In Little York 1881-97, and since
1897 resided In Monmouth; mem. American Med. Assn.,
Miss. Valley Med. Soc.. State Med. Soc.. Warren Co.
Med. Soc.
DANIEL P. HIGGINS, Jollet.
Born May 2, 1849, at DuPage. 111. Served as a private
In the 100th 111. and 51st 111. V. V. I.; grad. at the
N \V. Coll. !n 1874; admitted to the bar in 1879.
FRANK S. WHITMAN, Elgin.
Born in Belvldere, 111., Sept. 27, 1849. Grad. Hahne-
m.-inn Medical Coll. in 1872; engaged in medical prac-
tice, Belvidere, in 1872-99; Supt. 111. Northern Hospital
for the Insane in 1899; Vice-Pres. People's Bank of
Belvidere, 111.
JOSEPH H. FIRESTONE, Freeport.
Born Fredericksburg, Ohio., 1862. Grad. N. W. Univ.
Medical School, 1897; post-graduate Chgo. Clinical
School, 1901; mem. American Medical Assn.. Mississippi
Valley Assn., 111. State Medical Soc., Stephenson Co.
P. &'S. Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
443
PHYSICIANS.
JEREMIAH H. STEAL.Y, Freeport.
Born April 29, 1858. Physician and Surgeon, located at
Streator, 111.
JOHN F. FAIR, Freeport.
Bora Stephenson Co., 1855. Grad. from Carthage Coll.
iii 1878, and from the Medical Dept. Univ. of N. Y.
City, 1881; Jefferson Medical Coll., 1885; in 1881, en-
gaged in the practice of medicine in Freeport; mem.
American Medical Assn., State Med. Soc., Stephenson
Co. Society of I'. & S.; Surgeon I. C. R. R., and a 33d
degree Mason.
J. W. BROOKS, SR., Chicago.
Born Nov. 7. 1812. Died July 28, 1892.
WILLIAM SPENCER CALDWELL,, Free-
port.
Born in Mecklenburg Co., N. C. Grad. of Eclectic of
Cincinnati. 185(i; t'niv. of N. Y., 1864; Chgo. N. W.,
1866; Jefferson. Philadelphia, 1869; Ann Arbor, 1871;
member American Med. Assn., 111. State Med. Soc.,
International Med. Assn., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., In-
ternational Assn. of Railway Surgeons: Fellow of the
British Gynecol. Soc.; L'Assn. Francaise de Chirurgie.
444
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
PHYSICIANS.
JOHN C. OVTHET, Chicago.
Born June 4, 1875, in Chgo. Educated In the Skinne.
School, West Div. High School, Rush Medical Coll.,
Chgo., and Barnes Medical Coll., St. Louis; engaged in
the practice of medicine and surgery in Chgo. ; member
Knights of Pythias and Masonic order.
JOSEPH R. HAWL.EY, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Sept. 9, 1872. Grad. Chgo. Med. Coll.
1893: Prof, of Practice of Medicine Chgo. Clinical
School; Editor Journal of American Animal Therapy
Assn.; Med. I)lr. New Animal Therapy; one of the
originators of the Roberts-Hawley Lymph Compound.
JOHX C. BRYAN, Chicag-o.
Born Oct. 31, 1850. Chgo. Member of the Chgo. Path-
ological Soc.
HENRY L.EL.AND TOI.MAN, Chicago.
Born at Carrollton, 111., July 29, 184H. Grad. from the
Rochester Univ. in 1869. locating in Chgo. in 1870;
Lawyer 1870-3: Chgo. Tribune 1873-85; Microscopical
Expert 1880-1901; Professor in Medical Dept. Univ. of
111. 1894-1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
445
PHYSICIANS.
C. PRUYN STRINGFIEL.D, Chicago.
Horn in Washington, D. C. Grad. Medical Dept. North-
western Univ. in 1889; Surgeon Cook County Hospital;
luem. of the Governor's Staff, with the rank of Colonel;
Medical Dir. Marquette Life Ins. Co.; mem. Chicago
Med., 111. State Med. Socs. and American Med. Assn.;
Treas. Chicago Medical Examiners' Assn. and Ameri-
can Assn. of Life Ins. Examining Surgeons; mem. of
»' V A., Chicago Yacht, Hamilton, Marquette and 40
Clubs.
W. A. KUFLEWSKI, Chicago.
Born In Poland, May 26, 1870. Came to Chgo. in
1886; and grad. of the Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons
1894; engaged in gen. surgery practice; Prof, of Surgery
in Clinical School; Instructor of Surgery in Univ. of 111.;
Attending Surgeon Cook Co. Hospital; Chief Med. Ex-
aminer of the Polish National Alliance; Vice-Pres. of
Chgo. Library, and Surgeon of the 2d Reg., I. N. G.;
mem. A. M. S.. C. M. S.: Surgical Soc. ; Polish Sur-
gical Soc. of Cracow, and Med. Soc. of Illinois; Pres. of
the Polish National Library.
EDWIN HARTLEY PRATT, Chicago.
Born In Towanda, Pa., Nov. 6, 1849. Located ia 111.
and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1871;
from Hahnemann Medical College in 1873; Demon-
strator and Professor of Anatomy in Haliueuiann Med-
ical College from 1873 to 1876; Professor of Anatomy
In the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College from 1876
to 1883; Professor of Surgery from 1883 to 1S89; since
then Professor of Oriflcial Surgery; founder of tho
Orifloial Philosophy; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of
Oriflcial Surgery.
J. ROBBINS, Jacksonville.
Physician «ngaged In general practice at Jacksonville,
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
AVYLLYS W. BAIRD, Chicago.
Born In New Haven, Conn., Aug. 23, 1859. Removing
to Chgo. in infancy, where be has since resided; entered
the real estate firm of Baird & Bradley in 1878; senior
member of the real estate firm of Baird & Warner,
organized by him in 1893; member Chicago Real Estate
Board, and Union League Club%
HENRY H. BANFORD, Chicago.
Born in Danville, Ky., Nov. 4, 1869. Removing to
C'hgo. in 1891; attended Centre Coll., Danville. Ky. ; en-
tered the real estate business in 1892, in which he has
been engaged ever since; member of Chgo. Real Estate
Board.
I/1TMAN I! \ lit I). Chicago.
Born Cheshire Co., N. H., Dec. 20, lS2t». Removing to
Chgo. from New Haven, Conn., in 1857 and entered into
the mortgage loan and real estate business in Chgo.,
In which he has continued. Pres. of the Chgo Real
Estate Board, 1885.
CHARLES T. BOAL,, Chicago.
Born in Reading. O. Removed with his parents to
Lacon, 111.; located in Chgo. in 1854; afterward with
Hall, Kimbark & Co., wholesale iron, and subsequently
a partner; in 1862 recruited a company and became an
officer in the 88th 111. Vol. ; after the war he engaged in
business, Chicago, under the firm name of Austin »V
Boal, wholesale stoves and farming tools; later the firm
became Chas. T. Boal; burned out in the big fire; built
the Chgo. Stove Wks. ; sold out and entered the whole-
sale stove and hollowware business: retired in 1894 and
engaged in real estate; mem. of the Loyal Legion.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
447
REAL ESTATE.
"WILLIAM A. BOND, Chicago.
Born Nov. 15, 1849. Firm of William A. Bond & Co.;
Pres. Chgo. Real Estate Board 1893.
"WILLIAM BOLDENWECK, Chicago.
Born in Germany, Aug. 9, 1851. Came to Chicago in
June, 1854; father and mother died In July, 1854, of
cholera; member of the Chicago Drainage Canal Board
and twice its president.
GEORGE M. BOGUE, Chicago.
Bora In N. Y., 1842. Removing to Chgo. In 1856;
in the real estate business since 1867; member Board
of Commissioners, 1873-74; member of the Legis. 1875-6;
delegate to the Nat. Rep. Convenlion, 1876; member
of Board of Railroad and Warehouse Com., 1877-83;
1'res. Chicago Real Estate Board 1889; Chairman Valua-
tion Com. of the Real Estate Board 1890-91; Chairman
of Com. on Public Service of Real Estate Board 1892-4.
JOHX T. BODDIE, Chicago.
Born Jackson, Miss., Feb. 28, 1864, and was reared in
Christian Co., Ky., receiving his education at Vander-
bilt Univ. and moved to Chgo. in 1890. Is a member
of the Univ. and Iroquois Clubs and a member of the
Chgo. Real Estate Board.
448
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
JAMES H. BRADY, Chicago.
Born Indiana Co.. Pa.. June 12. 1862. Pres. of the
American Land Co. slnee 1884; Pres. of the American
Falls Power Co., Idaho Canal Co., Great Feeder Canal
Co., Marysville Canal Co.; came to Chgo. in 1895.
THOMAS BRE1VA1V, Chicago.
Born In Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia. Re-
moved to Chicago In 1849; Div. Quartermaster In Mulll-
jran's Brigade; Cashier in City Collector's office after
the war; Cashier In City Treas.'s office, 1873; Assessor
West Town. 1878; member Board of Education since
1878: Brenan School, In the Fifth Ward, named in
honor of Thos. Brenan.
FREDERICK W. BRYAX, Chicago.
Born Chgo., 1848, on Clark St., site of Gov. Postofflce.
ALFRED C. BRYAN, Hinsdale.
Born July 22, 1852, at Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
449
REAL ESTATE.
WILLIAM H. CAIRNDUFF, Chicago.
Born Prince Edward Co., Ontario, Canada, Jan. 30,
1850, and came to Chgo. in 1881; in 1884 engaged in the
real estate business and in 1887 founded the present
firm of W. H. Cairnduff & Co. as sole member and
proprietor.
FRANCIS M. CASE, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., April 17, 1866. Engaged in general real
estate business for 16 yrs., in subdividing and building
in different sections of the city; now a member of the
firm of Spooner, Case & Co.; son of Salmon M. Case
(deceased), one of the early wholesale merchants of
this city.
ALBERT L. COE, Chicago.
Born in Talmadge, O. Firm of Mead & Coe; served 4
yrs. in army in war 1861-5, and a Major of Volunteers;
Pres. Royal Trust Co. 4 yrs. from organization; Vice-
Pres. and Dir. Union League Club during first 10 yrs.;
in real estate business since 1867.
ROMAINE M. CONGER, Chicago.
Born at Whitewater, Wis., June 11, 1851. Removing
to Chgo. in 1878, engaging in the wholesale dry goods
business until 1800, when he entered the real estate
business; member of Renl Estate Board.
450
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
D. P. CHILLY, Chicago.
Born In Mercersburg, Pa., 1838. In early youth he was
apprentice to the trade of brick laying; in 1861 located
In Chgo., where he worked at his trade for several
years; subsequently becoming a master contractor in
masonry work; in 1886 he entered the real estate busi-
ness; 1899 appointed a South Park Com., vice J. W.
Ellsworth, resigned; in 1902 reappolnted for 5 yrs. and
elected Pres. of the Board; mem. Union League, Ham-
ilton, Builders', Sheridan Clubs, and the Real Estate
Board.
"WILLIAM CROTTY, Roclsford.
Born in N. Y., July 4, 1847. Engaged in real estate
and loan business; was interested in many manufac-
turing interests; Dlr. Nat. Bank and Viee-Pres. Swedish
Bldg. & Loan Assn. Died Aug. 4, 1899.
FREDERICK P. CROTTY, Rockford.
In the real estate and loan business.
JOHN S. CRUTTENDEN, Qnincy.
Born in Quincy, Feb. 8, 1858. Public school education;
engaged for 5 yrs. in grocery business; Dep. Co. Treas.,
1877-82; elected Co. Treas. from 1882-86: elected mem-
ber State Boaid of Equalization, 1896-1900; re-elected
in 1900 to 1904; senior member of firm Crnttenden &
Bauman; Director Recker National Bank.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
451
REAL ESTATE.
!•:. A. OUMMINOS, Chicago.
Born in Lowell, Mass. Pres. Chgo. Real Estate Board.
1886.
SAMUEL DELAMATER, Chicago.
r.orn Troy, N. Y., in 1829. Came to Chgo. in 1864 and
since that date has been engaged in the real estate
business, buying and selling his own property: mem.
Heal Estate Board.
CHARLES J. DELFOSSE, Chicago.
Born April 11, 1872. Graduate West Div. High School.
Formerly manager Peter Van Vlissingen. Formerly
junior partner of the firm of Haberer & Delfosse. Now
of the firm of Chas. J. Delfosse & Co.
"WALLACE L. DeWOLF, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Grad. High School and Union Coll. of
I.MW: mem. of firm of W. L. DeWolf & Co. and Pres.
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Co.; mem. of Union
League, Kenwood. Midlothian. Onwentsia and Calumet
Clubs.
452
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
HENRY S. DIETRICH, Chicago.
Born in Detroit, March 4, 1844. Came to Chgo. in 1860;
at the age of 17 enlisted in the 19th 111. Inf., war of
1861-5, participating in ull the battles of this famous
regiment during its 3 yrs. service; since 1868 has been
engaged in the real estate business in Chgo. and in 1901
was Pres. of the Chgo. Real Estate Board; Mem.
G. A. R. and since Jan., 1897, Gen. Inspector of Rifle
Practice of the I. N. G., with the rank of Colonel.
JOSEPH iH)\M-:ii»iir.i«.r.i<. Chicago.
Born in Cincinnati, O., Sept. 29, 1843. Engaged in the
real estate business in Cincinnati; in 1869 removed to
Chgo. ; and since has been engaged in the real estate
business; in 1876 to 1881 Pres. of the Town of Cicero
Trustees; from 1881 to 1884, County Commissioner;
since 1889, South Park Com.; Pres. of the Real Estate
Board, 1889.
JOHN F. EBERHART, Chicago.
Born in Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 20, 1829. Grad. at Alle-
gheny College in 1853, receiving later the degree of
A. M., LL. D.; moved to Chgo. in 1855: first Supt. of
the Schools of Cook Co., continuing in this position 10
yrs.; founded the Cook Co., now the Chgo. Normal
School, in 1867; Editor N. W. Home and School Jour-
nal; mem. of the Com. on Normal and High School
of the Civic Federation; projected the suburban towns
called Cbgo. Lawn and Norwood Park.
CALLISTUS S. ENNIS, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 14, 1863. Educated in public schools
and grad. from Chicago High School; subsequently an
academic course; for many yrs. a mem. of Co. F, 1st
Reg., I. N. G., and its veteran corps; engaged in com-
mercial pursuits; in 1890 entered into the real estate
business with the firm of Dunlap Smith & Co., and of
which he is a mem.; previously took a course in law;
mem. of the Chgo. Real Estate Board, and its former
Sec., and is now a Director.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
453
REAL ESTATE.
FRANK M. ELLIOT, Evanston.
Born March 27, 1853, at Corinna, Me. In 1855 moved to
Minneapolis; to Evanston in 1873; grad. at the North-
western Univ. 1877; has been in real estate and loans
business in Chgo. since 1878; meni. of the Real Estate
Board, University Club, Glen View Golf Club, Evanston
Club. First Congregational Church, and President Evans-
ton Hospital Association from 1895 to 1902.
HENRY H. EVANS, Aurora.
Born in Canada, March 9, 183(5. Came to Aurora, 111.,
in 1841; mem. State Senate 111. Legis. for 24 consecu-
tive years.
MARVIN A. FARR, Chicago.
Born in Essex Co., N. Y, Pres. of the Heal Estate
Board in 1897; First Vice-Pres. Union League Club in
1900; in 1901. Governor of the 111. Soc. of Colonial Wars;
Pres. of Kenwood Club two terms, and uu official of
the Midlothian Golf Club; resident of Chgo. since 1872;
prominent in civic affairs, but never held political oftk-e.
JOHN C. FETZER, Chicago.
Born June 13, 1865. Manager of real estate interests of
the estate of Cyrus H. McCormick; mem. of the Chicago
Real Estate Board; Pres. 111. Northern Ry.; mem. and
Dir. of the Executive Com. of the Protection Mutual
Fire Ins. Co.; Dir. Finance Com. Hamilton Club; mem.
Grant Park Boaid; Trustee and mem. Finance Com.
Church of the Covenant; Sec., Treas. and Dir. "Com-
pania Industrial" of Baja, Cal. ; Trens. and Dir. of New
National Tunnel & Milling Co. of Colo.
454
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
WILLIAM B. FRANKENSTEIN, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., April 15, 1873. Mem. of the firm of
Willis & Frankenstein, real estate brokers.
LESSER FRANKLIN, Chicago.
Founder and builder of Franklin Park and Englewood
Heights.
JOHN V. FOX, Chicago.
Horn in Beloit, Wis., Jan. 1C, 1863. Removing to Chi-
cago in 1876; engaged in the real estate, loans and in-
vestment business; member of C. A. A. and Chicago
Yacht Club.
HENRY H. STASSEN, Jollet.
Engaged in general real estate business at Joliet,
111.. Hesident Agent for the Germania Life Insurance
Company.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
455
REAL ESTATE.
JACOB FORSYTH, Chicago.
Born in Ireland, Jan. 12, 1821. Removing to America
in 1836, and to Chgo. in 1857; engaged for several yrs.
in the railroad business; in 1866 he acquired title to
10,000 acres of land in Lake Co.. Ind.. and was known
for many years as the largest land owner in the Calumet
region; died Jan. 29, 1899.
OLIVER O. FORSYTH, Chicago.
Born in Pittsburg, Pa., June 15, 1858. Came to Chgo.
when 2 yrs. old; engaged in the real estate business
with his father, the late Jacob Forsyth.
JOHN J. FORSYTH, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 12, 1861. Engaged in the real
estate business with his father, the late Jacob Forsyth;
died March 15, 1902.
CHARLES ULYSSES GORDON, Chicago.
Born near Dunlap, Peoria Co.. 111., April 3. 1865.
Grad. from Maquan High School, 1881, and Parish Busi-
ness Coll.; subsequently read law; came to Chgo., Dec.,
1881; engaged in business, Jan. 1, 1883, with Stevens,
Wilce & Co., lumber; March 9, 1885, engaged in the
real estate business under the firm name of C» U.
Gordon & Co. ; in 1896 aided in the organization of the
Marquette Club, and was for three years its Sec.; In
March. 1894. elected its Pres.; March 19, 1897. ap-
pointed Postmaster of Chgo.
456
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
A. i:. G. GOODRIDGE, Chicago.
Born Feb. 17, 1864. Mem. of the firm of E. Goodridge
& Co.; Sec. Chgo. Real Estate Board; mem. C. A. A.,
Hamilton and Asbland Clubs.
SAMUEL EBERLY GROSS, Chicago.
Real estate operator, lawyer and author.
GEORGE J. HABERER, Chicago.
Boru in Chgo., Aug. 21, 1865. Senior member of the
firm of Haberei- & Delfosse; Pres. of the Cheo. & New
South Gold Mining & Milling Co.
JOHN J. HANBERG, Chicago.
Born Schleswlg Holstein, Jan. 29. 1858. Removing to
U. S. and to Chgo. In 1877; grad. from the Mercan-
tile School at Flensburg; engaged as Clerk in wholesale
and retail stores in Chgo.; In 1882 established in South
Chgo. a crockery store, and this was enlarged and in
1891 cold, entering at this time into the real estate
business; was elected Collector Town of Hyde Park,
1894-5-7 for 4 terms; elected Pres. of the County
Board of Cook Co., Nov., 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
457
REAL ESTATE.
I :. ORRIS HART, Chicago.
Born March 29, 1866, at Crystal Lake, 111. Entered the
real estate business In Chgo. In 1885; for 11 yrs. Mgr.
for Win. A. Bond & Co.; embarked in business for him-
self; for 10 yrs. mem. real estate and banking firm of
K. W. Zander & Co., 155 La Salle St.; mem. Chgo. Real
Estate Board and Marquette Club; resides in Ravens-
wood.
JAMES IV. ii i :m : MM :n c;. Chicago.
Born Sept. 18, 1855, at Klrkwood (St. Louis, Mo.). En-
Kaged in the real estate business; member and former
Secretary Chicago Real Estate Board; mem. of the
Chgo. Library Board during construction of Its library
building.
GEORGE HENRY HIGH, Chicago.
Born In Chgo., 111., May 15, 1864. Engaged In the real
estate business; mem. of the Chicago Real Estate Board.
T. N. HOLDEN, Aurora.
Born March 21, 1839, at North Charlestown, N. H.
Removing to 111. in 1853; In 1871 was engaged in the
wholesale glassware trade; in 1895 was in the hard-
ware business in Aurora, 111.; Mayor of Aurora from
1897 to 1899; mem. Board of Supr. of Kane Co. for
15 yrs., 8 of which he was Chairman of the Board;
18 yrs. mem. of the Board of Education.
458
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
HOMER G. HOWARD, Chicago.
Born June 10, 1873, at Gentryville, Mo. Removing to
Chgo. in 1877; mem. of the firm of H. G. Howard &
Co., real estate.
PRANK G. HOYNE, Chicago.
Born July 17, 1854, in Chgp. In 1872 engaged in busi-
ness with Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co. ; entered real
estate business in 1890 under the firm name of Hoyue
Bros.; U. S. Appraiser in 1886-90 and in 1894-8; mem.
Real Estate Board.
PHEL.PS BUTTOL.PH HOYT, Chicago.
Born Sept. 25, 1873, in Chgo. Grad. Yale 1893, Ph. B.;
is engaged in the real estate business.
ROBERT E. ISMOIND, Chicago.
Extensively engaged in bundling property in the central
dist. of Chgo.; mem. of Chgo. Real Estate Board and
Chicago Athletic Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
459
REAL ESTATE.
WILLIAM D. KERFOOT, Chicago.
Horn in Lancaster, Pa. Moved to Chgo. in 1854; real
estate dealer; World's Fair Director and Ex-Comptroller
of the City of Chicago.
WILLIAM CRANE K I \ M ; V, Chicago.
Born on a farm near Lena wee, Mich., in 1838. Removed
to Bureau Co., 111., in 1859; grad. from Union Coll. of
Law in 1861; Lieut. Co. E., 93d 111. Inf., war of 1861-5;
located in Nashville, Tenn., in 1870, and subsequently
iu Kansas City, Mo.; in 1872 located in Chgo., engaging
in the real estate business as the firm of Kinney &
Kimball; past 8 yrs. the firm has been Kinney & Stand-
ish; Trustee of Hyde Park before annexation; 1st Aid.
of the old 32d, now 6th, Ward; mem. of the Loyal
Legion and a Knight Templar Mason.
PETER KIOLBASSA, Chicago.
Born in the Province of Upper Silesia, Prussia, Oct. 13,
1838. Came to America in 1854; in the Federal Army
i'est
Mayor Harrison in 1901.
1838. Came to America in 1854; in the Federal Arn
from 1862 to 18C6; mem. 111. Legis. 1877-8; elect*
Treas. of Chgo. 1891; Alderman 1896-8; Supervisor Wei
Town 1899; appointed Commissioner of Buildings I
JOHN B. KNIGHT, Chicago.
Born in Christian Co., Ky., Oct. 1, 1847. Moved to
Chgo. 1871; is engaged in the real estate business in
Chgo.; mem. of the Chgo. Real Estate Board, Union
League Club, Kenwood Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
THIES J. LEFENS, Chicago.
Engaged in the real estate business; Capitalist.
JOSIAH LEWIS LOMBARD, Chicago.
Born Truro, Mass., Nov. 30, 1833. Grad. Harvard Law
School 1864; Pres. Chgo. Real Estate Board 1891; Pres
111. Soc. Sons of American Revolution 1894; Pres Se-
curity Title & Trust Co., Chgo., 1895; Pres. Civic Fed-
eration of Chgo. 1898.
WILLIAM J. LUKENS, Chicago.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 20, 1854. Moved to
Sparta, 111., 1872, to Newton, Kan.. 1876, to Chicago
1880; with Wm. Deering & Co. until 1886; since 1886
in the real estate and loan business.
JOHN B. LYON, Chicago.
Born in Conneaut, O., April 16, 1829. Moved to Chgo.
Aug.. 1857; is engaged in the real estate business at
12 Sherman St.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
461
REAL ESTATE.
JAMES P. MAL.LETTE, Chicago.
Horn In St. Louis, 1851. Is engaged in the real estate
business in Chgo.; from 1892 to 1896 mem. Board of
Education. Chgo.. from which he resigned in 1896;
elected a Trustee Chgo. Sanitary Dist. 1895-1900, dur-
ing its construction.
PHILIP I . MARSHALL, Chicago.
Born Oct. 30, 1868. Is engaged in the business of a
real estate broker; mem. of the Chgo. Real Estate
Board, C. A. A. and Kenwood Club.
AARON BENEDICT MEAD, Chicago.
Born in Franklinville. N. Y., Nov. 7, 1838. Enlisted In
Co. A, 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, in the war of
1861-5; located in N. Y. City in 1863; engaged in the
real estate business in Chgo. Jan. 1. 1867; Jan. 1,
1868, formed partnership with A. L. Coe under name
of Mead & Coe; mem. G. H. Thomas Post No. 5,
G. A. R. ; Trustee 111. Coll.: mem. Board of Manage-
ment Chgo. Y. M. C. A.; Treas. 111. Home Missionary
Soc. since 1886.
THOMAS J. Ml .1)1 II . Rock Island.
Born in Milan, 111., March 16, 1859. Located in Rock
Island in 1885; Mayor of Kock Island from 1SIW to
1895, and from 1897 to 1899; l*res. of the Board of
Trustees of the 111. Western Hospital for the Insane
1896-7; 1'res. of the Rock Island Club.
462
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
WILLIAM A. MERRIGOLD, Chicago.
Born in St. Catharines, Ont., May 19, 1850. Located in
Chgo. in 1862; engaged in real estate business in
I860 with W. D. Kerfoot & Co.; became a partner in
1871; in 1886 engaged in the real estate, renting and
loan business for himself, and has since continued.
J. FRED McGUIRE, Chicago.
Born Jan. 22, 1868, Chgo. Educated in the Chgo. pub-
lic schools: mem. of the firm of McGuire & Orr, real
estate brokers.
WILLIAM D. McKEY, Chicago.
I'.orn in Janesville. Wis., Sept. 17, 1853. Is engaged in
the real estate business and is a mem. of the Chgo.
Keal Estate Board; mem. of the firm of McKey &
Poague.
DANIEL W. MILLS, Chicago.
Born in Ohio, Feb. 25, 1838. Came to Chgo. in 1866;
from 1877 to 1881 served as Warden of the Cook Co.
Hospital; twice elected Alderman of the 12th Ward;
mem. of the 55th Session of Congress from the 4th
Congressional Dist. of 111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
463
REAL ESTATE.
SILAS M. MOORE, Chicago.
Born Dec. 15, 1830, in Wlndham, N. H. Located in
Mendota, 111., in 1856, engaging in tbe real estate and
insurance business; in 1860 located in Chgo., continuing
in the real estate and insurance business, under the
firm name of S. M. Moore & Co.; subsequently the firm
became E. A. Cummings & Co.; charter mem. Union
League Club and mem. of Kenwood and Tolleston Clubs;
for 20 yrs. Mgr. and Pres. of the Chgo. Summer Resort
Club at Charlevoix, Mich.
CHARLES HENRY MULLIKEN, Chicago.
Born in Augusta, Me., March 18, 1832. Located In
Chgo. in Aug., 1867; since 1874 has been engaged in (lie
real estate and loan business in Chgo.; mem. of the
Chgo. Real Estate Board, Union League and Chicago
Clubs, and closely identified with Sabbath School work.
\VILLARD T. ORR, Chicago.
Born in Kankakee, 111.. Dec. 29, 1865. Located in
Chgo. in 1891; is engaged in the real estate business
under the firm name of McGuire & Orr, real estate
brokers.
R. M. OUTHET, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., June 28, 1844. Ex-Mem, of the Board
of Trade; mem. of Chgo. Real Estate Board. Illinois
Club, and life mem. of Masonic bodies; extensive owner
of real estate.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
FREDERICK RAYMOND OTIS, Chicago.
Horn In Berlin, Erie Co.. Ohio, Feb. 10, 1825, and
located in Cbgo. in 1869; extensive owner of real estate
In Chgo.
JOSEPH E. OTIS, Chicago.
Born April 30, 1830, Berlinville, Erie Co., O., and lo-
cated in Chgo. in 1860; extensive owner of real estate
In Chgo.; died In Chicago in 1902.
JAMES OTIS, Chicago.
Born April 18, 1818, Monteville, Conn. Located in 111.
in 1850; was a large owner of real estate in Chgo.:
from 1870-84 was the Treas. of the N. W. Theological
Seminary, now the McCormick; died Sept. 14,. 1895.
RUDOLPH M. PATTERSON, Chicago.
Born in Huntingdon Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1864. Is en-
gaged in the business of real estate broker, and was
appointed City Real Estate Agt. April 25. 1895, by
Mayor Swift: Sept. 19. 1896. engaged in joint debate
with U. S. Senator B. It. Tillman on the "Money Ques-
tion" at Philadelphia.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
465
REAL ESTATE.
D. K. PEARSONS, Hinsdale.
Born Bedford, Vt., April 14, 1820. Twice elected Al-
derman of Chgo.; he is an extensive real estate owner;
has contributed immense sums of money in gifts to the
schools and smaller colleges of the middle west and
west.
EDWARD H. PETERS, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City. Located in Chgo. in 1874; is en-
gaged in the business of real estate broker; mem. of
the West Park Board; mem. of Illinois and Hamilton
Clubs.
JAMES REDDICK, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 28, 1862. Alderman of the old 15th
Ward, now the 28th, 1892-4; Chief Clerk West Town
office in 1895; Clerk of the Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. in
1896-8; Clerk of the Probate Court in 1898-1902; mem.
Cook Co. Republican Central and Executive Com. since
1894.
WILLIAM C. REGELIN, Chicago.
Born April 20, 1872, in Chgo. Is engaged in the busi-
ness of real estate broker, and mem. of the real
estate, renting and mortgage loan firm of Regelin,
Jensou & Co.
466
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
ISAAC F. RUBEL, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., April 14, 1864. Grad. West Division
High School in 1882; former Director of the American
Cutlery Co. ; engaged in the real estate business in
1S94; mem. of the Chicago Real Estate Board.
CHARLES B. SAWYER, Chicago.
Born in Mass., Aug. 7, 1819. Located in Chgo. in 1855;
engaged in the dry goods and boot and shoe business
in 1855; burned out in fire of 1871; Pres. Fifth National
Bank from 1869 to 1874; extensive real estate dealer
and owner; died Jan. 6, 1896.
LOUIS A. SEEBERGER, Chicago.
Born at Oskaloosa, Iowa, July 23, 1863. Member of
the Chicago Heal Estate Board and Merchants' and
University Clubs; engaged in general real estate busi-
ness with offices at 189 La Salle St., Chicago.
THOMAS ALEXANDER SMYTH, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Sept. 27, 1848. Mem. of the Chgo. Real
Kstate Board and of the Chgo. Board of Trade; elected
Trustee of the Sanitary Dist. of Chgo., Nov. 7, 1895;
re-elected in 1901 and made President.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
467
REAL ESTATE.
miNLAP SMITH, Chicago.
Born in Cbgo.. 1863. Grad. at Harvard 1884; real estate
dealer; Pres. Keal Estate Board in 1895; died 1902.
F. E. STITELEY, Dixon.
Born Mt. Carroll, 111., Nov. 18, 1859. High School edu-
cation and Davenport, la., Business Coll.; principal
stockholder F. E. Stiteley Co., real estate and loans;
Dir. and Ex-Cashier of Leaf River Bank; Dir. and
Treas. Dixon Power & Lighting Co.; Dir. Midland Univ.,
Dixon. 111.; stockholder Union State Bank; previously
engaged in the dry goods business.
HORATIO O. STONE, Chleaeo.
Born in Chgo., July 15. 1860. Grad. from Chgo. public
schools in 1879. and Yale 1883; Civil Engr. in New
Mexico from 1883 to 1887; engaged in the real estate
business in Chgo. since 1888.
VALENTINE II. SIRGHNOR, Chicago.
Born I'runtytown. Va., Feb. 8, 1847. Moved to Hanni-
bal. Mo., 1859. and to St. Louis in 1866. and to Chgo.
in 1881; Sec. Chgo. Real Estate Board in 1894; Chair-
man of Executive Com. 1896. and Chairman Board of
Directors in 1901: mem. Medinah Temple, Elks. K. of
P., C. A. A., Calumet Club, 32d degree Mason, and
S. of A. Revolution.
468
MEN .OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
GEORGE H. TAYLOR, Chicago.
Agent for the Royal Insurance Building and engaged in
tbe real estate business.
NELSON THOMASSON, Chicago.
Born in Louisville, Ky. Grad. from the Union Law
School in 1860; enlisted as a soldier in the war of
1861-5 in Sturges Rifles; officer in regular army 1861;
resigned in 1870, engaging in the real estate business
in Chgo.
JOHN H. TRUMBULL, Chicago.
Born in Belleville, 111. Engaged in the business of a
real estate broker, and is a mem. of the Cheo Real
Estate Board.
BARTOW A. UL.RICH, Chicago.
Born in Fishkill, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1840. Bookkeeper for
E. R. Ulrich of Springfield, 111., in 1858; studied at
Heidelberg, Germany, 1859-CO; grad. at Law Dept.,
Ann Arbor. Mich., 1864; located in Chicago in 1864,
nnd engaged in the practice of law until 1869; since
1869 has been engaged in the real estate business under
the firm names of Ulrich & Bond, Ulrich & Barnes and
tTIrich & Sons; has written several books on municipal
government and on subjects of a literary character.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
469
REAL ESTATE.
B. R. OE YOUNG, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, Aug. 18, 1843. Served in the war
of 1861-5; came to Chgo. in 1865; in insurance business
till 1870; since 1881 in the real estate business and
mem. of the Real Estate Board; mem. of the firm of
B. R. DeYoung & Co., engaged in the real estate and
loan business; for 4 successive terms Assessor of the
South Town of Chgo. ; mem. Union League Club and
G. A. K. organizations.
EDWARD W. ZANDER, Chicago.
Born May 1, 1859. Moved to 111. in 1863; entered real
estate, loan and renting business in 1879; established
the Ravenswood Bank in 1892; mem. of Chicago Roal
Estate Board, Ravenswood Club, Ravenswood M. E.
Church, and Board of Management Y. M. C. A.; mem.
of firm of E. W. Zander & Co., banking, real estate,
loans and renting.
CHRISTIAN R. WALJLECK, Chicago.
Born Oct. 29, 1862. Moved to Chgo. 1869; senior mem.
of the firm of Walleck Bros., real estate brokers and
mortgage bankers.
ROBERT P. WALKER, Chicago.
Born at Indianapolis, Ind., 1857. Located in Chgo.
1885, engaging in the real estate business in 1886;
Sec. of the Chgo. Real Estate Board in 1891; mem.
Valuation Com. 1895-6; mem. Industrial Location Com.
in 1901; Sec. Union League Club in 1899-1900.
470
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
REAL ESTATE.
HENRY H. WALKER, Chicago.
Engaged In the business of a real estate broker.
GEORGE L. WARNER, Chicago.
Born In New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19, 1851. Located In
Chgo. 1868; engaged In the business of a real estate
broker: Treas. Chgo. Real Estate Board 1883-4; Vlce-
Pres. 1S98, and Pres. 1900; mem. Chgo. Board of Edu-
cation 1891-4.
GILBERT M. WEEKS, Chicago.
Horn in Chgo. Real estate broker; member of the firm
of Gilbert M. Weeks & Co.
JAMES P. WHEDON, Chicago.
Born Port Washington, Wis., Oct. 9, 1851. Located in
Cligo. in 1867; is engaged in the real estate and loan
business; Ex-Pres. Marquette Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
471
REAL ESTATE AND MARINE.
LLOYD M. WILLIS. Chicago.
Born in Delaware, O., Feb. 17. 1862. A resident of
Chgo. since 1885; engaged in the business of a re:il
estate broker under the firm name of Willis & Frank-
enstein.
"WALTER HERBERT WILSON, Chicago.
Born in Boston, May 15, 1856. Mem. firm French. Pot-
ter & Wilson, wholesale crockery and glassware, 1879-88;
since 1888 engaged in the real estate business; Vice-
Pres. Chgo. Union Traction Co.: Vice-Pres. Royal Trust
Co. ; Governing Mem. of Art Inst. ; mem. Merchants.
Chicago, Union League Clubs, and Onwentsia and Mid-
lothian Golf Clubs.
C. M. DIRPHY, Chicago.
Born in Ohio, and came to 111. in 1854. Sec. and Treas.
of the Chgo. Dock Co.
O. R. SINCLAIR, Chicago.
Born Dec. 7, 1862, Miles, Mich. Resided in Chgo.^since
1886, excepting 2 yrs. in Brazil, Ind. ; Sec. of Chgo.
.Ship Building Co. since 1891, and its Treas. since 1900.
472
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
RESTAURANTS.
PHILIP m:\uiri Chicago.
1'rop. Phillip Henrici bakery and restaurant, 108 Ran-
dolph St.
PHILIP HENRICI, JR., Chicago.
Born in Chgo., Aug. 3, 1874. Is engaged in the restau-
rant business, and resides at 519 Cleveland Ave.
JOHN Z. VOGLESANG, < liiratvo.
Horn in Ripley Co., Ind., July 17, 1860. Located in Cin-
cinnati in 1878, entering the employ of the Gibson
House; since 1883 has been engaged in the restaurant
business in Chgo. ; in 1899 opened the new German style
of restaurant at 178-82 Madison St., Chgo.
WILLIAM MANGLER, Chicago.
Born in Massillon, O., May 26, 1854. Located in Chgo.
in 1860; for 25 yrs. with the Adams & Westlake Co.,
Chgo.; Oil Inspector under Mayor Harrison 1893-5;
elected Alderman 1896-8; Feb. 1, 1896, established the
Mangier Catering Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
473
PAGE JOSEPH THIBODEAUX, Chicago.
Horn In New Orleans, La., March 29, 1873. Located in
Chicago in 1882; connected with Congress Hotel Co.
until 1896; Proi>. of Page J. Thibodeaux Buffet, 173 B.
Jackson Blvd.
R. M. CAMPBELL,, Chicago.
Horn in Monroe Co., la., in 1869. Located in Chgo. in
1881; since 1881 has been engaged in hotel and restau-
rant business; engtiged in the restaurant business at 10
.Sherman St., Chicago.
JAMES C. LYNCH, Chicago.
Horn Feb. «, 1859, in Mitchell, Wis. 1'res. and Treas.
of the Lynch Wall Trunk Co., 46 E. Jackson Blvd.;
inventor of the Traveling Library Box and of a bureau
and wall trunk; mem. of the Sheridan Club.
THEODORE B. THIELE, Evanaton.
474
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TELEPHONE.
JOHN I. SABIN, Chicago.
Born In N. Y., Oct. 3, 1847. Entered the service of
tbe Independent Tel. Co. of N. Y. in 1862 as a mes-
senger; in 1864 entered the army as a telegraph oper-
ator, and in 1867 entered the service of the Western
Union at San Francisco as an operator; in 1878 aided in
the formation of tLe Bell Telephone Co.; became Pres.
on the death of Mr. Ladd; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the
Chicago Telephone Co.
JOHN M. CLARK, Chicago.
Born in Mich., Aug. 1, 1836. Came to Chgo. in 1846;
Ex-Mem. City Council. 1880; former Mem. Board of
Education; Collector Port of Chgo., 1889; elected Pres.
Chgo. Tel. Co., 1897.
ANGUS S. HIBBARD, Chicago.
Born Milwaukee. Feb. 7, I860. Removing to Chgo. in
1893, and N. Y. from 1885 to 1893; entered the tele-
phone business in 1879; Supt. \Vis. Co. from 1881 to
1885; Gen. Supt. Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1885-
93; Gen. Mgr. Chgo. Telephone Co. since 1893.
SHERWOOD J. L.ARNED, Chicago.
Born Buffalo, N. Y., July 28, 1867. Came to Chgo. in
1892; grad. Cornell Univ. 1890; engaged in the business
of Electrical Engr.. and was with the American Tel. &
Telgr. Co. from 1890 to 1892; from 1892 to 1895 Supt.
of Traffic for the Chgo. Tel. Co.; from 1895 to 1896
Supt.; 1896-1900 Gen. Supt.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
475
TELEPHONE.
CHARLES E. MOSLEY, Cliieneo.
Born In Milwaukee, Feb. 3, 1842. Located In Chicago
1883; engaged in commission business, Milwaukee and
Chicago, 1880 to 1889; District Superintendent Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph Company until April, 1893;
since 1893 Secretary and Treasurer of Chicago Tele-
phone Company; Vice-President American Telephone &
Telegraph Company of Illinois.
HARRY HUNT ROBINSON, Evnnston.
Horn in Detroit, May 19, 1874. Located in 111. and en-
gaged in the telephone business with the American
Telegraph & Telephone Co. in 1896; Special Agt. for the
Central Union Telephone Co.. May, 1897; Traffic Mgr.
same Co., Oct., 1899; since 1901 Gen. Supt.
MELVIN E. RICHARDSON, Clitcn&o.
Born in Hopedale, O., 1852. Organized and was Pres.
of the El Capitao Cattle Co. and the El Capitan Sheep
Co. at Richardson, Lincoln Co., N. M.; sold both inter-
ests iu 1900 and located in Chgo. ; Pres. of the Na-
tional Automatic Telephone Co. of Chgo., and of the
Sterling Telephone Co. of Sterling, Kan.
JOSEPH HARRIS, Chicago.
Born in Chgo., June 19, 1854. and has always resided
here; Sec. of the Automatic Telephone Co.
476
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TELEPHONE.
ALBERT G. WrHEELER, Chicago.
Born in X. Y. City, April 27, 1854. Pres. 111. Tele-
phone & Telegraph Co. ; Pres. 111. Telephone Construc-
tion Co. ; Dir. Automatic Electric Co. and Strowger
Automatic Telephone Exchange; mem. of Cbgo. Board
of Trade.
JACOB FRANKS,
Born in N. Y. City. Pres. Chgo. Library Board and
mem. since 1897; mem. of the Lakeside Club.
ARCHIE B. CONKLIST, Aurora.
Born in Steuben Co., Ind. First Secretary of the Inde-
pendent Tel. Co. at Wauseou, O., Adrian Co., at Adrian.
Mich., the Citizens' Co. of Washington Court House.
Ohio, the Warren & Niles Co. of Warren, O., and
Akron People's Co. of Akron, O. ; first Treas. of the
North Western Tel. Co. of Joliet, 111., and the Treas.
of its successor, The Interstate Independent Telephone
& Telegraph Co.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Conkliu
Const ruction Co.
EDWARD R. CONKL.I1V, Aurora.
Born Stuben Co.. Ind., April 12, 1863. Sec. and Gen.
Mgr. Interstate Independent Tel. & Telegraph Co.: Sec.
North Western Tel. Co.; Sec. and Treas. Whlteside Co.
Tel. Co.: Sec. and Gen. Mgr. Oskaloosa Home Tel. Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
477
THEATRICAL.
WILLIAM J. DAVIS, Chicago.
Born Washtenaw Co., Mich., Feb. 8. 1844. Educated in
public schools, Elkhart, Ind.; came to Chicago 1865;
Prop, of Haymarket Theater 1887, and the Columbia
Theater in 1890; opened the Illinois Theater 1900.
H. J. POWERS, Chicago.
Manager and Proprietor of Powers' Theater, Chicago.
EUGENE H. MACOY, Chicago.
Eorn May 4, 1857, Cambridge, Vt. Pres. of the Na-
tional Printing and Engraving Co.; Prop, and Mgr. of
the Alhambra, Academy and Bijou Theaters, Chgo.
478
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
MARVIN HITGHITT, Chicago.
Born in Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Telegraph Operator
1850; Trainmaster C. & A. Ry. 1854; Gen. Supt. I. C.
H. R. 1867; Asst. Gen. Mgr. C.. M. & St. P. Ry. 1870;
Gen. Mgr. Pullman Palace Car Co. 1871; Gen. Supt.
C. & N. W. Ry. 1872: Gen. Mgr. and Vice-Pres. 187<i;
Pres. since 1887: Pres. C.. St. P., M. & O. Rv. 18S2;
Pres. F. E. &. N. W. R. R. 18S3.
ALBERT KEEP, Chicago.
Born in Homer, N. Y. Removed to Whitewater, Wls.,
1846, and came to Chgo. in 1851: elected Dir. Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. 1865; elected Pres.
C. & N. W. Ry. Co. 1873; from 1887 to 1901 served as
the Chairman of the Board of Directors; Dir. Mer-
chants' Loan & Trust Bank and Trustee of the Chgo.
Home of Incurables: until 1857 he engaged in mercantile
business; from 1857 to 1873 was engaged in the real
estate business; Trustee John Crerar Library; mem. of
the Chgo. and Calumet Clubs.
JOHN M. WHITMAN, Chicago.
Born in Klbridge. Onondaga Co., N. Y., 1837. Entered
railway service in 1856 as Rodman; 1860 became en-
gineer in charge of construction of the Brunswick &
Albany Railroad in Georgia; in 186C-7 engineer in
charge of construction of the Union Stock Yards, Chgo.:
Supt. Iowa Div. C. & N. \V. Ry., 1880-83; Gen. Supt.
C., St. P., M. & O. Ry.. 1883-7; Engr. Dept. 111.
Cent. R. R.; Ki'gr. in charge of construction, and sub-
sequently Gen. Mgr. Chgo. & N. W. Ry. in 1887; Vice-
Pres. since Nov., 1899.
HIRAM M. McCULLOUGH, Lake Forest.
Born Oct. 7, 1850. 3d Vice-Pres. of the Chgo. & North-
western Ry.; Vice-Pres. of the Kreeuiont. Elkhorn &
Mo. Viilley and the Sioux City & Pacitic R. R. ; Dir.
W. & St. P. R. R., S. I. Ry., P. & W. Ry., E., I. N.
& W. Ry.. gt 1'. E. & G. T. Ry., M. V. & B. Ry.,
and Bridge Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
WILLIAM A. GARDNER, Chicago.
Born Gardner, 111., March 8, 1859. Entered the service
Chgo. & X. W. Ry., June, 1878. as a telegraph operator
and Div. Supt. Clerk; received promotion from dif-
ferent positions until Dec. 1, 1900, when he was ap-
pointed Gen. Mgr. of the C. & X. W. Ry.
SHERBURN SAXHORN, Chicago.
Born in Bath, X. H., Sept. 15, 1834; 1857 Brakeman on
11. & H. R. R. ; 1861 with Am. Ex. Co.; 1863-70 Ticket
Agt., C. & X. W. Ry.; 1870-74, Genl. Agt., C. & X W
Ry.; 1874-87, Asst. Genl. Supt., C. & X W Rv • 1887-
1900, Genl. Supt., and 1900, Asst. Genl. Mgr.'/ C. &
RICHARD H. AISHTON, Chicago.
Born Evanston, 111., June 2, 1860. High school educa-
tion; hegan work as axeman in Engrs. Corps. C. &
X. W. Ry.. 1878; filled positions of Rodman. Division
Engr., Roadmaster, Supt. Buildings and Bridges. Asst.
Div., Supt., Div. Supt., and since Dec. 1, 1899, Gen.
Supt. of the C. & X. W. Ry.
MARVIN HEWITT, JR., ChienffO.
Born Sept. 24, 1861. Entered railway service in 1£81
in general freight dept. of the Chicago & Xorthwestern
Ry.; appointed Division Freight Agent, Feb. 1 1887
appointed Asst. Gen. Freight Agt., Jan. 1, J893; ap-
pointed General Freight Agent, Oct. 1, 1896; appointed
Freight Traffic Manager, Feb. 1, 1900.
480
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
EDWARD J. SEYMOUR, Chicago.
Commenced railway service in 1872. In General Freight
Dept. of Grand Trunk Ry., Grand Rapids & Ind. R. R..
Ohio & Miss. R. R., and M.. L. S. & W. Ry. until
1880; 1880-5 Chief Clerk; 1885-93 Asst. Gen. Freight
Agt. M., L. S. & W. Ry., Milwaukee; since 1893 Asst.
Gen. Freight Agt. Chicago & Northwestern Ry.
THOMAS S. RATTLE, Chicago.
Entered the railway service with the C. & N. W. Ry.
Co. Aug. 5, 1868; April 1, 1873-5 Chief Clerk of Wlnona
& St. Peter Ry. at Winona. Minn.; in 1875-7 Rate
Clerk, Gen. Frt. Office Michigan Cent. Ry. In Chgo. ;
since 1877 Freight Solicitor, Contracting Agt., Com-
mercial Agt., and since 1896 Asst. Gen. Frt. Agt. at
Chgo. of the C. & N. W. Ry.
EDMUND D. BRIGHAM, Chicago.
Born in Dunkirk, N. Y., 1856, removing to Chgo. in
1863. Attended the Chgo. common schools, removing
in 1868 to Sharon, Wis., with his parents; in 1873 en-
tered the services of the Chgo. & N. W. Ry. as tele-
graph operator; subsequently occupying the positions of
Freight Agent, Traveling Agpnt, Div. and Asst. Gen.
Freight Agent, and now Gen. Freight Agent of C. &
N. W. Ry.
CHAS. H. KNAPP, Chicago.
Born January 12, 1837, Victory, Cayuga County, New
York. Entered railway service March 1, 1859, with
Chicago & North-Western Ry., as follows: March 1 to
September 1, 1859, as Check Clerk in freight house:
Sept. 1. 1859. to Nov. 10, 1864, Cashier and Ticket
Clerk: Nov. 10, 1864. to Nov. 10, 1875, Agent at Free-
port, 111. ; Nov. 10, 1875, to October, 1879, General Agent
at \yinona, Minn. ; October, 1875, to date Asst. Gen.
Freight Agent, office Chicago, 111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
JOSIAH F. CLEVELAND, Oak Park.
Born June ID, 1847. Masonville, N. Y. Moved to 111.,
1855; Sergt. Co. H, 153d 111. Inf.. war of 1861-65;
from 1891 to 1897 member Oak Park School Board;
1882 appointed Asst. Land Commissioner and in 1897
Land Com. C. & N. W. Ry. Co.
JOSEPH B. it i ;m i i:i.n. Chicago.
Born in Delaware Co., N. Y. Located in 111. in 1855;
Auditor C. & N. W. Ry.
M. J. CARPENTER, La Grange.
Born in 1850, in Boone Co., 111. Telegraph operator,
train dispatcher, railroad agent, Supt., Gen. Mgr. and
now Pres. of the C. & E. I. K. R. Co.
EDMUND P. BROUGHTON, Chicago.
Born in Coin, England, 1838. Removing to the U. S.
in 1842; entered K. II. service in 1S58 as telegraph
operator on Buffalo & Lake Huron Ry. ; agent Grand
Trunk Ry.. 18(>2-72; entered service of C. & A. Ry..
1873; resigning to enter service of C. & E. I. Ry..
187!». ns Freight Agent: promoted to Gen. Supt. of this
company, In 1892, in which position he still remains.
482
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
ROSWELL MILLER, New York City.
Born Oct. 28, 1843. Moved to 111. In 1873; connected
with the Cairo & Vlncennes Ky., Chgo. & Western Ind.
Ry. and the Chgo., Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.
ALBERT J. EARLING, Chicago.
Born Richfield, Wls., Jan. 19, 1848. Entered the service
of the "St. Paul" Ry. in 1866 as Telegraph Operator; in
1882 was Division Supt.; In 1888 was Gen. Supt. ; in
1S90 was Gen. Mgr.; in 1896-98, 2d Vice-Pres.; in
1899, elected Pres.; has a record of 35 years' contin-
uous service with this road.
A. C. BIRD, Kvnnston.
Born March 4, 1843, near Pittsfield, 111. Served four
yrs. and eight months in U. S. Army during the Civil
War. Commenced railroad work in Dec., 1865, as a
night watchman; afterwards was a freight handler and
clerk at local station and was subsequently transferre>l
to headquarters, where he advanced through all the
grades of the traffic dept. to his present position of
Third Vice-Pres., C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
HENRY R. WILLIAMS, Chicago.
Born Palmyra, Wis., July 14, 1849. Employed as Tele-
graph Operator C., M. & St. P. Ry. in' 1867; Ass.t.
Train Dispatcher, Milwaukee, 1870; Chief Train Dis-
patcher at Minneapolis in 1872; Trainmaster in 1,882;
Supt. Iowa and Minnesota Divisions in 1888: Asst.
Gen. Supt., Minneapolis, 1890; Gen. Supt., Chgo. in
1898, and Gen. Mgr. since 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
483
TRANSPORTATION.
CHARLES A. GOODNOW, Evanston.
Born in Baldwinville, Mass. Entered railway tele-
graph service of Vt. & Mass. R. II. Co., now Fitchburg
Div. of the Boston & Maine R. R.; entered the service
C., M. & St. P. Ry. in 1884 as Asst. Train Dispatcher;
Supt. of Construction in 1886: Div. Supt., 1888 to
1J-9"); Asst. Gen. Supt., 1895-1900; since 1900, Gen.
8u]it. C.. M. & St. P. Ry.; Gen. Mgr. C., R. I. & P.
Ry., April 15, 1902.
FREDERICK A. MILLER, Chicago.
Itorn in Hartford, Pa., April 10. 1858. Engaged In
railway service in A«g., 1874; Clerk Gen. Passenger
Dept. C., M. & St. P. R. R. 1883-5; Gen. Agt. 1885-7;
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. 1887-1900; since 1900 Gen. Pass.
Agt. C., M. & St. P. Ry.
II. R. LLOYD, Chicago.
Horn in York Co.. Ont., April 6, 1850. In 1874 entered
the employ of the C., M. & St. P. Ry. at Minneapolis;
In 1883 wns appointed Fuel Agt.
EDWARD CARLETON 1VETTELS, Chicago.
Horn Moingona, Boone Co., la., May 12, 1870. Entered
railway service in 1887; located in Chgo. ip JS92; Sec.
to Geo. R. Peck, Atty. a«d Gen. Counsel C., M. & St.
1'. Ry. Co.
484
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
JOHN C. WELLING, Chicago.
Horn hi N. J., Feb. 24, 1840. Paymaster's Clerk Vol-
unteer Service, in U. S. Army in 1861-0; Cashier of a
railroad and mining company in Ironfron, Pa. in 1866-
70; 1874 entered tbe New York office I. C R R Co •
July, 1874, made Asst. Treas. in Chgo.; Auditor in' 1876
Gen. Auditor 1883, Comptroller Jan.. 1890 and Vice-
Pres. since Oct., 1890: Dir. I. C. R. R. Co.' since 1892;
IMr. 111. Trust and Savings Bank and the Corn Exchange
National Bunk.
JAMES THEODORE HARAHAN, Chicago.
Born in Lowell, Mass., 1843. Second Vice-Pres. I. O.
R. R. Co. since Nov., 1890; engaged with various rail-
roads from 1864 to 1885; Asst. Gen. Mgr. and Gen.
Mgr. L. & N. R. R. April, 1885-8; Asst. Gen. Mgr.
L. S. & M. S. Ry.; Gen. Mgr. C. & O. Ry. and Gen.
Mgr. L., N. O. & T. Ry., Oct., 1888-90.
JOHN FINDLEY WALLACE, Chicago.
Born in Pall River, Mass. Entered railroad service in
1869 as Rodman; 1871-6 Asst. Engineer U. S. Engineer
Corps; 1876-83 Chief Engineer and Supt. of Construction
P. & F. Ry. and Central Iowa Railroad; 1883-6 En-
gineer of Construction and Master of Trans. Iowa Cen-
tral Railway; 1887-89 Bridge Engineer A., T. & S. F.
Ry. ; Resident Engineer Missouri River Bridge; 1891-2
Engineer of Construction Illinois Central R. R.; 1892-7
Chief Engineer I. C. Ry.; 1897-1901 Asst. Second Vice-
President; since 1901 Asst. General Manager Illinois
Central Railroad.
ALBERT H. HANSON, Chicago.
Born Oct. 24, 1846, at Salem, Mass. Entered railway
service in 1869 with the Illinois Central road; for 5 yrs.
in charge of claims in the general freight office; 3 yrs.
Sec. to Gen. Supt.; 6 mos. Asst. Gen. Passenger Agt.;
since June, 1880 Gen. Passenger Agt.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
485
TRANSPORTATION.
DAVID W. ROSS, Chicago.
Born at Mineral Point, Wis., Nov. 9, 1869. Located in
Chgo. in 188?; in March, 1888, entered the service of
the 111. Cent. R. R. Co. in Telegraph Dept. ; served in
various capacities in offices of Gen. Supt., Gen. Mgr.,
Pres. and 2d Vice-Pres. until March, 1895; Chief Clerk
in the office of 2d Vice-Pres.; June 1, 1901, appointed
Purchasing Agent for the 111. Cent. R. R. Co.; 1889-90
and 1893-4 attended night school of the Chgo. Coll. of
Law; nieui. of Governor's Staff, with rank of Colonel.
JOHN WILFRED HIGGINS, Chicago.
Born in Newport, R. I., Oct. 12, 1864. Gen. Supt. of
Transportation of the I. C. R. R. and Yazoo & Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad.
BENJAMIN THOMAS, Chicago.
Born in Towanda, Pa. Entered railway service in 1865;
Train Dispatcher N. Y., L. E. & W. R. R. 1865-73;
Supt. 1873-81; Supt. of Transportation 1881-3; Gen.
Supt. 1883-7; from 1887 to 18S8 Gen. Mgr. Chgo. & At-
lantic R. R.; Sept. 1, 1888, to June 1, 1891, Vice-Pre.s.
and (Jen. Mgr. Chgo. & Western Ind. R. R. and the
Belt Road of Chgo.; since June 3. 1891, I'res. and Gen.
Mgr. of the Belt Ry. Co. of Chgo.
C. C. CHACE, Chicago.
Born Aug. 30, 1857. Removing to Chgo. Feb., 1896;
appointed Auditor of C., H. & W. R. R. Co., April,
1896; the first accounting officer of this company, re-
tained position under name of Chgo. Junction Ry. Co.,
Jan. 1, 1898, and was appointed Auditor U. S. Y. & T.
Co., April 1, 1899.
486
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
EDWARD P. RIPLEY, Chicago.
Born Oct. 30, 1845, Dorchester, Mass. Moved to Chgo.
in 18"8 and became General Freight Agt., subsequently
Traffic Mgr. and Gen. Mgr., C., B. & Q. R R • 1890-6
Vice-Pres. 0.. M. & St. P. Ry.; since 1896 President
PAUL MORTON, Chicago.
Born in Detroit, Mich., May, 1857. Moved to Cheo
Dec., 1874; 2d Vice-Pres. A., T. & S. F. Ry.
J. W. KENDRICK. Chicago.
Borl?r In, ^"or?,estT?r> Mass- Oct. 14, 1853. 3d Vice-Pres.
- 1 - , I - cfc o. r , xiy.
GEORGE T. NICHOLSON, Chicago.
Born in N. C., July 1. 1856. Engaged in railway serv-
ice; Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. and Gen. Pass Agt A. T
& S. F. Ry. ; Gen. Pass. Agt. Frisco Line; Pass. Traffic
Mgr. of the Santa Fe system.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
487
TRANSPORTATION.
•WILLIAM BAXTER 1111)1)1 I :. Chicago.
Born in Beloit, Wis., Nov. 12, 1856. Entered railway
service 1878, as a brakeinan. Afterwards became clerk
of local freight. Appointed chief clerk (Jen. Frt. Dept.
and subsequently to the position of Asst. Gen. Freight
Agent. In 1887 became Div. Freight and PHSsenger
Agent. Now Freight and Traffic Mgr. A. T. & Santa
Fe Ry.
WALTER E. HODGES, Chicago.
Born July 23, 1860, at Fall River, Mass. Gen. Pur-
chasing Agt. of the A. T. & Santa Fe. Ry. system;
resides at Riverside, Cook Co., 111.
CHARLES W. HILLARD, Chicago.
Born June 9. 1805,- at North Hampton, Eng. Entered
railway service in 1875, since which time he has been
Asst. Sec. of the Chicago, St. 1'aul & Minneajwlis Uy.
and its successor. The Chicago & Northwestern Ry.;
subsequently was Treas. and later Vtce-1'res. and Treas.
of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R. ; Viee-Pres.
and Treas. of the Duluth & Iron Range R. R. Co. from
1889 to 1899.
F. E. LEARNED, Chicago.
Born In Boston, Mass., April 28, 1857. In 1882 he re-
moved to Rock Island, 111., entering the service of the
C., B. & Q. Ry. ; located In Chgo. 1884, where he was
employed by the Pool Commission, and subsequently en-
tered the service of the Wabash Ry. ; In 1889 was the
Traveling Auditor of the Elgin & Eastern Ry., and later
was made Traveling Freight Agt. and Chief Clerk o(
the Traffic L)ept. and Asst. Traffic Mgr.; since May 1,
1901, Traffic Mgr. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern and Chgo.,
Lake Shore & Eastern Rys.
488
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
S. M. FELTON, Chicago.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3, 1853. Entered rail-
road service in 1868 as a rodman; in 1873 grad. from
Mass. Inst. of Technology; 1873-4 Chief Engr. C. & D.
K. Ry.; 1874-82 Gen. Supt. P. C. & St. L. Ry.; 1882-4
Gen. Mgr. N. Y. & N. E. Ry. ; 1884-5 Asst. to Pres.
and Gen. Mgr. N. Y., P. & O. Ry.; 1885-90 Vice-Pres.
N. Y., L. E. & W. Ry.; 1890-9 Pres. E. T., V. & G.
Ry. and Pres. C., N. O. & T. P. Ry.; since Sept., 1899.
Pres. Chicago & Alton Railway and Chicago & Alton
Railroad.
FREDERICK A. WANN, Chicago.
Born in Ireland. May 7, 1850. Entered railway service
in 1869; advanced through various promotions to the
j>osition, in 1896, of Gen. Freight Agt. of the Chgo. &
Alton Ry.
JAMES H. BARRETT, Chicago.
Born in Ireland, 1847. In 1862 entered R. R. service of
the Pitts., Ft. Wayne & Chgo. Ry. as telegraph operator:
from 1864 to 1871 was train despatcher of the Atlantic
& G. W. Ry.; 1871 to 1881 Supt. P., C. & St. L. Ry.;
in 1881 to 1886, Supt. C., H. & D. Union Rys.; in 1886
to 1892 Supt. Transportation and Gen. Supt. of Erie
Ry.; in 1892-94 Gen. Supt. B., R. & P. Ry.; 1894-96
Gen. Supt. C., A. & C. Ry. ; 1890-1901 Supt. and Gen.
Supt. Southern Ry.; 1901 Gen. Supt. Chgo. & Alton Ry.
FRANCIS C. DONALD. Chicago.
Born in Canfield, Ohio. Com. of the Cent. Pass. Assn.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
489
TRANSPORTATION.
GEORGE B. HARRIS, Chicago.
Second Vlce-Presldent of the C., B. & Q. Ry. Co., Chi-
cago.
FREDERICK DELANO, Chicago.
Born in Hong Kong, China, Sept. 10, 1803. Grad. from
Harvard Univ. in 1885; entered the railway service in
Aurora shops, Aug., 1885; subsequently in charge of
the Rail Inspection Bureau; Asst. to 2d Vlce-Pres. ;
Supt. of Freight Terminals and Supt. of Motive Power;
Gen. Mgr. C., B. & Q. R. R.
LOT BROWN, Morton Park:.
Born in Rockford, III., Dec. 25, 1855. Local Freight
Agent C., B. & Q. Ry., Chicago, from 1880 to 11.01; at
present Commercial Agent of the C., B. & Q. ; Secretary
and President of the National Association of Local
Freight Agents of the U. S. : Trustee of the Town of
Cicero; member of the Cook County Republican Central
Committee, and 1'resldent of Morton Park Club.
PERCY A. EUSTIS, Chicago.
Bom Feb. 16, 1857, Milton. Mass. Nov.. 1876. Clerk
B. & M. R. R. at Omaha. Neb.; May, 1881, Gen Pass.
Agt. of B. & M. R. R.; since June 10, 1888, Gen. Pass,
Agt. C., B. & Q. R. R.
490
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
RAMSON R. CABLE:, Rock
Born Athens Co., O., Sept. 23, 1834. Located in 111.
1857; Dlr. C.. K. I. & P. Ry. 1876; Vice-Pres., Asst.
to Pres., Gen. Mgr. and Pres. since 1880; subsequently
Chairman of the Executive Board.
WARREN G. PURDY, Chicago.
Born in Baltimore, Md., May 20, 1843. Located in 111.
and entered the employ of the I. C. II. R. Aug. 1,
1859, and the C., R. I. & P. Hy. in Jan., 1867, becom-
ing its Pres. June 1, 1898; Pres. Keokuk & Des Moines
Ry. ; Treas. Des Moines & Ft. Dodge Ry. ; mem. Union
League, Kenwood Country Club and Midlothian.
HILON A. PARKER, Chicago.
Born Dec. 30, 1841, Plessis, N. Y. Served in the Union
Army from 1862 to the close of the war. Entered service
C., R. I. & P. Ry. in 1866 as Chainman; successively
Leveler, Transitman, Division Engr., Res. Engr., Chief
Engr., to Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. west of Mo. River
in 1888; Asst. to Pres. in Chgo. in 1899; 3d V.-P.
1890-8; 2d V.-P. in 1898, and Gen. Mgr. in 1899; 1st
V.-P. and Dir. in March, 1899.
J. M. JOHNSON, Chicago.
Born in Portland, Me., May 8, 1826. Removed to Buf-
falo, N. Y., 1850, and to Chgo. in 1887; Sec. and Treas.
Raymond Bros. Impact Pulverizer Co.; died Feb. 13,
1901.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
491
TRANSPORTATION.
A. J. HITT, Chicago.
Born Jan. 31, 1849, at Ottawa, 111. Engaged in railway
service in 1870, filling various positions prior to Oct.
1, 1899, when he was made Supt. of the entire system
of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry.
HARRY GOWER, Chicago.
Born in Rochford, Eng. Coming to the U. S. in 1872,
entered service of the C., R. I. & P. Ry. in 1878; 2d
Asst. Gen. -Freight Agt., 1887; First Asst. Gen. Freight
Agt.. 1888; Gen. Freight Agt. ia 1896; Asst. Freight
Traffic Mgr., 1899.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, Chicago.
Born January 28, 1849, at Newport, Ky. Entered the
railway service in 1869; Passenger Traffic Manager of
the C. R. I. & P. Ry. Co., Chicago.
ALEXANDER H. PETERS, Chicago.
Born in Boston. Railroad Tax Commissioner Chgo.
Terminal Transfer Co.
492
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
JOHN NICHOLSON FAITHORN, Chicago.
Worn in London, March 21, 1852. Pres. of Chgo. Ter-
minal Transfer R. R. Co.
W. H. McDOEL, Chicago.
Born in Goffstown, N. H., March 28. 1841. Moved to
I nil 1861, and to Chgo. 1884; Pres. Chgo., Indianapolis,
Louisville Uy.; Pres. Ind. Stone R. R.; Dlr. Chgo. &
Western Jnd. R. R. and Belt Ry. of Chgo.; Pres. Ky.
& Ind. Bridge & Ry. Co.; Dir. American Trust & Sav-
ings Bank"; mem. of Washington Park, Calumet and
Union League Clubs and Midlothian and Chgo. Country
Clubs.
CHARLES H. ROCKWELL, Chicago.
Born in Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 14, 1852. Entered rail-
road service 1869 as Yard Clerk C., C.. C. & 1. Ry. at
Indianapolis; Auditor and Gen. Pass. Agt. I., P. & C.
Ry. ; Gen. Mgr. O. & B. S. Ry. ; Auditor and Gen. Pass.
Agl. C., H. & D. R. R.; Sec. to the late Geo. M. Pull-
man; Gen. Supt. Hocking Valley; Gen. Supt. and Asst.
to President C. & E. I. R. R. ; Gen. Pass. Agt. C., A.
& C. R. R.; Auditor Western & Trans-Continental Pass.
j»ssn.; since March 1, 1897, Traffic Mgr. Chgo., Indian-
apolis & Louisville Ry. (Monon Route).
GEORGE K. LOWELL, Chicago.
Born in Dover, N. H., March 19, 1856. Entered railway
service in 1876; from June to July, 1889, Western Pas-
senger Agent L. E. & St. L. Rd.; July, 1889-90, Master
of Transportation L. E. & St. L. Rd.; 1891 to Jan.,
1893, Asst. Supt. Louisville. New Albany & Chicago
Rd.; Jan., 1893, to Dec., 1893, Supt. of this road; since
Dec., 1893, Gen. Supt. of the Chicago, Indianapolis &
Louisville R. R., successor of the Louisville, New
Albany & Chicago Rd.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
493
TRANSPORTATION.
GEORGE: M. PULLMAN, Chicago.
Born In Brocton, N. Y., March 3, 1831. Common school
education; at the age of 14 employed In a country store
In Westfleld, N. Y.; 3 yrs. later with his brother, en-
gaged In the cabinet business at Albion, N. Y. ; for 10
yrs. he was a contractor engaged in the removal of
buildings; in 1858 located In Ohgo., where he cpntinued
In this business; originated the Pullman Sleeping Car
In 1860; late President of the Pullman Palace Car Co.;
founded the town of Pullman.
THOMAS H. WICKES, Chicago.
Born Aug. 28, 1846. Entered service of Pullman Co.,
April 1, 1868; has occupied since the following posi-
tions: April 1, 1868-70, Asst. to Agt. at East .St.
Louis; 1870 to May, 1873, Asst. Supt.; May, 1873, to
May, 1885, Division Supt. at St. Louis; May, 1885, to
Sept., 1886, Western Gen. Supt. at Chgo. ; Sept., 1886,
to Jan., 1889, Gen. Supt.; Jan., 1889, to Oct., 1890, 2d
Vlce-Pres. ; since Oct., 1896, Vice-Pres.
GEORGE F. BROWN, Clilcag-o.
Born in Chgo., Oct. 1, 1843. Entered railway service
July, 1867; was the Sec. and Treas. for the receiver of
the M., C. & L. Road; from 1868-69, agent in charge of
war claims and agent freight dept. 111. Cent. Ry.; 18(1
to date with Pullman Palace Car Co. and its successor,
the Pullman Co., as follows: To 1873, in Gen. Supt.'s
office; 1873 to Oct., 1880, Asst. to Gen. Supt.; Oct. to
Dec., 1880, Acting Gen. Supt.; Dec.. 1880, to May 1.
1865, Gen. Supt., and since that date Gen. Mgr.
HOPKINS J. HANFORD, Evanston.
Born 1859, North Fairfield, O. Supt. Registered Letter
System, Washington, D. C., 1881; Gen. Mgr. American
Refrigerator Car Line 1887; Chief Clerk Bureau of
Comptroller of Currency, Washington, D. C.. 1890;
Cashier National Bank of Deposit, New York. 1893;
Founder and Gen. Mgr. Detroit, Mich., Subway and
Telephone Co. 1896; Founder and Gen. Mgr. Kinlock
Telephone Co. and the Citizens' Electric Lighting &
Power Co., St. Louis. Mo., 1897-1 898- 1899; Vice-Pres.
Chicago-Tennessee Coal & Coke Co. 1901; Pres. Mil-
waukee Telephone Co. 1902.
494
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
DAVID G. HAMILTON, Chicago.
Born Jan. 10, 1842, Chgo. Pres. of the Chgo. City Ry.
Co. ; Dir. Union Mutual Life Ins. Co. of Me. ; Pres. of
the National Ry. Co. (Chgo. & St. Louis), 18S9 to 189!).
Co., 155 La Salle St.; mem. Chgo. Keal Estate Board
and Marquette Club.
JOHN MILLARD ROACH, Chicago.
Born in Lowell, O., Jan. 30, 1851. Located in 111. in
1867, and in Chgo. in 1872; engaged in street railway
service, filling positions of conductor to cashier in 1887
to Asst. Supt. in 1893; 2d Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
West Chgo. St. R. R. Co., and Pres. of the Cicero &
Proviso St. R. R. Co.; Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. West
Chgo. St. R. R. Co. in 1897; in July, 1899, Vice-Pres.
and Gen. Mgr. of Chgo. Union Traction Co.
GEORGE HIGGINSON, JR., Chicago.
Born in Stockbrldge, Mass., Sept. 3, 1864. Grad. Har-
vard, 1887; with the K. C., F. S. & M. Ry. at Kansas
City, Mo., 1889 to Sept., 1892; Chgo., Oct., 1892; Treas.
and Dir. Chgo. Maternity Hospital; Treas. and Oil-
Cotton Club; Dir. 111. Children's Home and Aid Soc.;
mem. Univ. Club, Saddle and Cycle Club, Skokie Coun-
try Club; Sec., Treas., Vice-Pres. and Dir. of the Met-
ropolitan West Side Elevated Ry. Co.
HEXRY M. HRINCKERHOFF, Chicago.
Born in 1868, in Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. Grad. 1890,
Mechanical Engr., Stevens Inst. of Tei-nnology ; Lineman
Street Ry. Co., Boston: Construct'on Man. Thomson-
Houston Co.; Asst. P. H. Engr., Utica Belt Line St.
Ry. ; Asst. Elect. Eugr., Intramural Ry., World's Fair,
Chgo.; Elect. Engr., Supt. Motive Power and Way,
Asst. Gen. Mgr.. Gen. Mgr. Metropolitan West Side
Elevated Ry. ; came to CUgo. in 1892.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
495
TRANSPORTATION.
JOHN M. BRAMLETTE, East St. Louis.
Born Elizabethtown, Ky., 1863. Public school and col-
lege education; telegraph operator from 1883 to 1890;
engaged with the Sprague Elect. Co. of St. Joseph, Mo.;
in 1890 was associated with the Union Depot R. R. Co.
of East St. Louis; now Gen. Mgr. East St. Louis &
Suburban Ry. Co.
DWIGHT L. WING, Chicago.
Horn East Douglas, Mass., Aug. 5, 1851. Pres. Peoria
& Springfield Ry. Co. ; Pres. Sweetwater Coal Co., and
mem. of the firm of S. B. Wing & Co.
ALONZO C. MATHER, Chicago.
Born in Fairfield, N. SL Located in Chgo. 1875; from
1875 to 1890 engaged in the business of wholesale men's
furnishing goods, etc.; Pres. of the Mather Humane
Stock Transportation Co.
JOSEPH STOCKTON, Chicago.
Born in Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 10, 1833. Located in Chgo.
1851 ; mustered into the vol. service of the war of
1861-5, Capt. of Co. A, 72d 111. Inf., and mustered out
a Lieut.-Col. ami Brevet Brig. -Gen.; mem. Geo. H.
Thomas Post. G. A. R., Loyal Legion, and metu. of the
Union League and Ex-Corn, of Lincoln Park.
496
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
OWEN H. PAY, Chicago.
Born Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 6, 1858. Removing to Chgo.
in 1879, engaged in the livery business in 1880; Pres.
and Treas. of the Owen H. Fay Livery Co.,, Chgo., 51,
53, 55 Plymouth place.
HENRY H. CHURCHILL,, Chicago.
Born in St. Joseph, Mo., March 17, 1870. and came to
Chgo. in 1893; Traffic Mgr. American Fast Freight Line
GEORGE "WILLIAM DIXON, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. Sec. and Treas. of the Arthur Dixon
Transfer Co.; Sec. Chgo. Methodist Social Union; Sec.,
Treas. and Chairman of Political Action Com. of the
Hamilton Club.
THOMAS JOHN DIXON, Chicago.
Born Sept. 9, 1869, at Chgo. Alderman of the 2d Ward;
Gen. Mgr. of the Arthur Dixon Transfer Co. ; mem.
Union League, Hamilton, C. A. A. Clubs.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
497
TRANSPORTATION.
ARTHUR DIXON, Chicago.
Born in Ireland, March 27, 1837. Came to Chgo. in
1861; mem. of 111. Legis., 1870-72; Pres. Chgo. City
Council, 1869-76; Dir. Metropolitan Nat. Bank, Grand
Trunk Ry., B. & O. Ry.; Chairman Cook Co. Republican
Cent. Com., 1885-86; Pres. Arthur Dixon Transfer and
Forwarding Co. ; Dir. Frank Parmelee Co. and Pres.
Board of Trustees First Methodist Church Block.
GEORGE \\ . CLAUSSENIUS, Chicago.
Born N. Y. City, Nov. 19, 1860. Mem. of the lirrn »t
H. Claussenius & Co., which was established in 18<>4
by the late Consul Henry Claussenius as a German
Banking House, Foreign Exchange, European Collection
and Steamship Agency; Mem. of the Board of Educa-
tion.
HARRY W. THORP, Chicago.
Boru in Chgo., April 26, 1865. In the service of the
Goodrich Trans. Co. for 19 yrs.. Gen. Mgr. ; Sec. and
Treas. of the Manitou S. S. Co. ; mem. Menoken Club.
CHARLES B. HOPPER, Chicago.
Born in Claremont, Ont., in 1869. Completed his edu-
cation at a business coll. at Toronto; 1890 was Asst.
Ticket Agt. of the Grand Trunk Ry. ; entered the em-
ploy of the Chgo. & \V. Mich. Ry. in 1891 at White
Cloud, Mich., acting as Operator and Station Agt.; in
1897 was appointed Local Freight Agt. for the P., G.
R. & W. Ry. ; subsequently was made Gen. Freight and
Passenger Agt. of the Holland on its absorption by the
Graham & Morton Line.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
TRANSPORTATION.
W. H. DAMSEL,, I :»i n sinn.
Born in West Chester, Pa. Since May 1, 1864, has
been in the continuous service of the Adams Express
Co. ; Second Vice-President of Adams Ex. Co.
ALBERT ANTISDEL, Chicago.
Born Otsego Co., N. Y., May 7, 1840. Came to Chi-
cago, 1866; in the employ of the American Express Co.
since 1863; occupying the position of agent, Asst. Supt.,
Div. Supt., Gen. Supt., Asst. Gen. Mgr., and Gen. Mgr.;
member of Chicago and the Saddle & Cycle Clubs.
BERNARD WYGANT, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. State, Nov. 11, 1836. Located in 111.
1849; entered the express business in 1865 with the
American Express Co., and continued with this com-
pany until 1887; in 1880 entered the service of the
Wells-Fargo Express Co., and since 1895 has been Gen.
Agt. in Chicago.
GROVER B. SIMPSON, Chicago.
Born in Oregon, Feb. 28, 1858. Located in 111. in
1899; from 1872 to 1877 in the office of the Surveyor-
General of Oregon; entered the employ of Wells, Fargo
& Co. in 1877 as messenger; Agt. at Spokane Falls,
Wash., 1883; Agt. at Tacoma 1886; Route Agt., 1886,
Portland, Ore.; subsequently Supt. and Agt. at Helena,
Denver, Kansas City, Omaha and St. Louis; Jan. 1,
18U9, Supt. at Chgo.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
499
HAMILTON BORDEN, Chicago.
Born In Burlington Co., N. J. In 1835 removed to
Memphis, Tenn., becoming agent of the Adams Express
Co.; resided In Memphis and Vicksburg until 186S,
removing to Portland, Ore., In 1860; located In Chgo.
in 1876.
HENRY S. HAWLEY, Chicago.
Born in Bridgeport, Conn. Removed to Chgo. in 1872;
entered the railroad service in 1883; Traffic Mgr. and
Treas. Chgo. Terminal Transfer It. R. Co.
I.. K. HIRSCH, Chicago.
Born in Bates ville. Ark., in 1862. Removing to Chgo.
in 1890; engaged in the railway supply business.
FRANK W. ARNOLD, Peorin.
Born Oct. 5, 1851, Columbus. Ohio. Admitted to prac-
tice of law In Ohio in 1879; elected Grand Master
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, 1879, and served
to 1886; elected Grand Sec. and Treas. same organ-
ization, 1892 to date.
500
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
THOMAS T. MORFORD, Chicago.
General Agent of the Union Steamboat L.ine. Chicago.
Resides In New York City.
T. P. SHONTS, Chicago.
Born In Crawford Co., Pa. Grad. B. A., Monmuutb
Coll., 1876; In 1877 engaged In banking; from 1878 to
1881 lawyer; from 1881 to 1882 Supt. Railroad Con-
struction; from 1882 to 1897 Gen. Supt. and Gen. Mgr.
I., I. & I. Ry., and subsequently President and Gen.
Mgr.
DICKINSON MacALLISTER, Chicago.
President of the Metropolitan Elevated Ry. Co., Chi-
cago.
JOHN E. EARLE, Chicago.
Member of the firm of John E. Earle & Co., steam-
ship agents, with offices at 12 Sherman St., Chicago.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
501
W. A. ALEXANDER, Chicago.
Born Corinth, Miss., 1856. Spent his early life on an
estate In Mississippi; a resident of Chicago since 18So;
Western Manager of the Fidelity and Casualty Co. of
New York.
SMITH D. ATKINS, Freeport.
Editor and Postmaster, Freeport, 111.
HARRY C. ADAMS, Chicago.
Horn Indianapolis. Ind., March 3, 1858. Moved to Ohio
January, 1865; with Scioto Valley R. R. In Columbus,
Ohio, 1880; moved to Chicago. 1881; coal business Since
1889; now Vice-Pres. the Jones-Adams Co.
LAFAYETTE W. BREWER, Ottawa.
Born at Clarkson, Monroe Co., New York, Oct. 14,
1842. Located iu Illinois in 1844; educated in the
common schools, Lombard Univ. and at Ann Arbor,
Mich.; served two and a half years in the war of
1861-5; City Atty. for Ottawa, 111., 3 yrs.; served as
State's Atty. for La Salle County 4 yrs.; senior member
of the law flrm of Brewer & Strawu, Ottawa.
502
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
CLEMENT L. BOON, Chicago.
Born at Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y. Located in
Chicago in 1892, engaging in the municipal bond
business.
THEODORE BRENTANO, Chicago.
Judge, Superior Court of Cook County, Chicago.
TIMOTHY M. BRADLEY, Chicago.
One of the early settlers of Chicago. Deceased.
D. W. BOWLES, Chicago.
Formerly with the "Chicago Inter-Ocean."
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
503
RAYMOND W. BEACH, Chicago.
Member of the law firm of Beach & Beach, Ashland
block, Chicago.
ELMER E. BILLOW, Evanston.
Born May 11, 1862, Shelby, O. Removing to Chgo. in
1888; grad. Wlttenburg Coll., class of 1883; Pres. of the
National Supply Co.; member Beta Theta 1'i Frat.,
Technical Club and Evanston Boat Club.
A. G. BECKER, Chicago.
Born in Warsaw, O., Sept. 21, 1857, came to Chgo. in
1801.
JOHN P. BRISHINGHAM. Chicago.
Born X. Y., Feb. 16, 1855. Came to Chicago in 1875;
twenty-five years a Methodist preacher in Chicago;
Trustee of the N. W. University; member of the Union
League Club; pastor of the First M. E. Church.
504
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
HENRY C. BEGOLE, Belleville, 111.
Born in Caseyville Twp., St. Clair Co., 111., Jan. 21,
1857. Removing to Belleville in 1891: educated in ti •
public schools and Howe Inst. ; engaged In farming until
1891, at which time he entered into the livery and
undertaking business; In 1894 was elected Co. Treas.
and In 1898 State Sen. for St. Clair Co.
CHARLES PAGE BRYAN, Elmhurst.
Born in Chicago, Oct. 2, 1855. Educated at the Univ.
of Virginia; attended Columbia Law School, and ad-
mitted to the bar at Washington, D. C., 1878; served
in the Legis. of Colorado in 1881-2; mem. of 111. Legis.
in sessions 37, 38, 39 and 40; appointed Minister Pleni-
potentiary to China 1897; transferred in 1898 to Brazil;
mem. of Sons of the Revolution and mem. of the Uni-
versity Club of Chicago.
CHARLES P. BLAKELY, Chicago.
Born Danielsonville, Conn., July 18, 1846. Removing to
Chgo. in 1865: Pioneer Printer and Publisher, having
been engaged in this business since his boyhood.
G. H. BELL,, Chicago.
Born in Chgo. For past 15 yrs. Mgr. of the Western
Dept. of Samuel Cabot Co. of Boston, Mass.. manufac-
turers of Cabot's Creosote Shingle Stain and other prod-
ucts of the paint trade; served 4 yrs. as the Mgr. at
San Francisco, Cal.; the remaining time he has managed
the Chgo. office of the company.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
505
RICHARD WATSON BARGER, Chicago.
Born at Waynesville, DeWitt County, 111., November
11, 1847. Member of the law firm of Barger & Hicks,
with offices at 171 La Salle St., Chicago.
DAVID BRADLEY, Chicago.
Born Nov. 8, 1811. Founder of the David Bradley
Manufacturing Co. Died Feb. 19, 1899.
PLEASANT T. CHAPMAN, Vienna.
Engaged in general law practice and State Senator
from the 61st Dist.
SIMEON B. CHAPIN, Chicago.
Member of the firm of S. B. Chapin & Co.. Rookery
lildg.. Chicago; member of the New York Stock Ex-
change. Chicsigo Stock Exchange and the Chicago
Board of Trade.
506
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
HORACE CLARK, Peoria.
Secretary of the Clark Coal & Coke Company, Peoria.
LEWIS L. COBURN, Chicago.
Member of the law firm of Coburn, McRoberts & Mc-
Elroy, patent lawyers, Monadnock Block, Chicago.
JOHN ALEXANDER COOPER, Cliiea&o.
Born Aug. 6, 1850, in London, Eng. Educated Christ's
Hospital, 1865; came to Chgo. in 1872; for 12 yrs.
accountant of the Pullman Co.
A. O. COOPER, Chicago.
Born Burlington, la., March 9, 1858. Grad. from the
Chgo. Toll, of Law. 1897, and admitted to the bar in
1897; elected Clerk of the Probate Court, Nov. 6, 183 1.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
507
DAVID RADNOR COOVER, Chicago.
Born ID. Washington Co., la., Feb. 20, 1861. Moved to
Iowa City in 1873; engaged for several yrs. in news-
paper work; Vice-Pres. I. C. Dry Plate Co.; Sec. Pho-
tographic Assn. of America; Vice-Pres. P. A. of A.;
Prop. Radnor Coover School of Photography; special
photographer for the World's Columbian Exposition.
WALTER B. CONKEY, Chicago.
Born Sterling. Canada West. Pres. W. B. Conkey Co.
printers, publishers and book manufacturers.
JOHN V. CLARKE, Chicago.
Born in Chicago. Oct. 15, 1863. President of
Hibernian Banking Assn., Chicago.
ALBERT W. CLANCY, Chicago.
Born in Ohio, January 27, 1849. Educated in Ohio;
taught school and later Superintendent of Schools in
Indiana; agent for A. 8. Barnes in Iowa; for the past
12 years agent for the American Book Company at
Chicago.
508
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
A. >l. CRAIG, Galeslmrgr.
Ex-Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Illinois.
CHARLES T. DAZEY, Quincy.
Born at Lima, 111., August 13, 1855. Grad. from Har-
vard College in class of 1881; has written a number of
plays, among them "In Old Kentucky" and "Thp
Suburban."
CHARLES SAMUEL, DEXEEN, Chicago.
Born at Edwnrdsville. Madison Co., 111., May 4,. 1863.
State's Atty. for Cook Co., 111.
ARCHIBALD E. EGGERT, Chicago.
Born New Brunswick. N. J., Aug. 29, 1804. Moved to
Chgo., 1884; since 1885 has been with the Yawman •*
Erbe Mfg. Co., and since 18U8 has been Mgr. of the
Chgo. branch of Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
509
JAMES II. ECKELS, Chicago.
Born in Princeton, 111., Nov. 22, 1858. In 1893-98,
Comptroller of the Currency of the Treasury Dept. of
the U. S.; Pres. Commercial Nat. Bank of Chgo.
H. S. ELLIOTT, Evanston.
Bora Apiil 1, 1858, Bloomingburg, Ohio. Mgr. of the
Chgo. house of the Presbyterian Board of Publication
and Sabbath School Work.
CHARLES E. FIELD, Chicago.
Comptroller, National Lead Company, 1510 State St.,
Chicago.
SPAFFORD C. FIELD, Beloit, Win.
Born Adams, N. Y., August 3, 1809. Married Martha
A. Cooper, April 27, 1846, at Peru, I ml. Capitalist,
Mining, Real Estate. Died Aug. 13, 1880.
510
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
THOMAS FOLF.Y, Chicago.
Torn In Ireland Aug. 16, 1842, and removing to Amer-
ica In 1848, and to Chgo. In 1854; in 1897 established
his present billiard rooms at 209 State St.; in 1872 he
operated the billiard rooms on what is now the location
of the Grand Opera House.
MARCUS A. FARWELL, Chicago.
Located in Chicago in 1851. One of the founders of
Oakwoods Cemetery Association, and its President 1
12 years; deceased.
SAMUEL, FALLOWS, D. D.. LL. D., Chicago.
Born at Pendleton, near Manchester, England, Dec. IS,
1835. Moved to Wis., July. 1848; grad. Valedictorian
Dnlv. of Wis., 1859; Chaplain 32d, Lieut.-Col. and later
Colonel of the 49th Wis. \ol. Inf.; Brev. Brig.-Geu.
1862-5; Rector St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal Church,
Chicago, and Bishop jurisdiction of the Northwest and
West 1875-1902; Chairman of Educational Congress
World's Fair: author of "Liberty and Union." "Home
Beyond" and Popular and Critical Biblical Encyclope-
dia, etc.; ex-Chaplain Dept. Illinois G. A. It., 2d Regt.
I. N. G. and Loyal Legion, State of Illinois: Presiding
Bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church; Pres. Board
of Managers Illinois State Reformatory.
GEORGE MILLER FERGUSON. Chicago.
Born at Auburn. N. f.. Oct. 22. 1870 Member 01
the Washington Park, Union League clubs of Chicago
and the Lambs' Club of New York.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
511
CHARLES KITZSJMONS, Chicago.
Born In N. Y. Pres. of the FitzSimons & Connell
Engr. Contractors; mem. Illinois and Union League
Clubs.
PATRICK AUGUSTINE FEEHAN, Chicago.
Born In County Tipperary, Ireland, Aug. 29, 1829.
Entered upon the duties of priesthood in 1852; conse-
crated bishop of Nashville, Tenn.. in 1865; appointed
first archbishop of Chicago In 1880. Died July, 1902.
ROBERT J. GUNNING, Chicago.
Born January 2, 1856, at Buffalo, N. Y. President of
the Gunning System; Vice-President American Posting
Service of Chicago: President of the St. Louis Bill
Posting Co. of St. Louis, and Vice-Pres. of the North-
ern Display Advertising Co. of St. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, Minn.; member of Ihe C. A. A., Chicago Yacht
Club. Hamilton Club and the Chicago Real Estate
Board; mem. of the New York Athletic Club of New
York.
JOSEPH E. GARY, Chicago.
Judge, Superior Court of Cook County, Chicago.
512
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
JOHN WARNE GATES, Chicago.
Born in DuPage County. Illinois. May 18. 1855. Chair-
man of the American Steel & Wire Co.
OSSIAX 1.1 Til ill I :. Chicago.
Born Turin, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1826. Removing to Chgo.
in 1846; Master Mechanic in construction Hdy. Works
of the 111. -Mich. Canal, a work designed by his father.
Alfred Guthrie; Chief Engr. of these works from 185;;
to 1868; in 1885 Chairman of the Citizens' Asso. Com.,
which inaugurated the Chgo. Drainage Canal; distin-
guished as a geologist and as an investigator on scien-
tific subjects; at the World's Columbian Exposition his
exhibit of geological specimens was very complete.
JOHN J. GALLERY, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, Sept. 18, 1869. Mem. of the firm of
Roemheld & Gallery, Contracting Engineers.
JULES E. ROEMHELD, Chicago.
Born April 10, 1865, Chicago. 111. Mem. of the firm of
Koemheld & Gallery, Contracting Engineers; studied
profession in Uensselaer Polytechnic Inst. at Troy,
N. Y.; Supt. of Bridges of the City of Chicago, 1891-8.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
513
BERTRAND E. GRANT, Chicago.
Born in Troy, N. Y., Dee. 12, 18G8. Graduated a C. E.
1890 from Kensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y.;
in 1891 Asst. City Engr. of Waterbury, Conn.; 1802-8 in
Engineering Dept. of the Sanitary Dist. of Chicago;
1898-9 Asst. Engr. Snoqualmie Falls Power Co.. Seattle,
Wash.; since Oct., 1899, mem. of firm of Hill & Grant,
Consulting Civil Engineers, Marquette Bldg., Chicago;
Vice-Pres. Western Soc. of Eugrs. 1901; mem. W. S. E.,
Rensselaer Soc. of Engrs. and A. F. &. A. M.
H. >l. HIBBARD, Chicago.
Member of the firm of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett &
HORACE E. HORTOX, Chicago.
Born in Herkimer County, New York, Dec. 20, 1843.
Located in Chic'ism in 1889. President of the Chicago
Bridge & Iron Company.
G. T. HORTOX, Chicago.
Vice-President of the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company.
514
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
GEORGE HUNTER.
Born at Wendell, Mass., Nov. 13, 1834. Left school In
1847 to become factory operative; machine shop appren-
tice 1853; with American Watch Co., Waltham. Mass.,
1859-64; organized the Machinery Dept., Elgin National
Watch Co. in 18G4, Superintendent since 1872.
JOHN A. HAMMETT, Chicago.
Born in Chicago. Dec. 8. 1854. Sales Agent for the
National Fireproof Construction Company, with offices
In the Hartford Bldg., Chicago.
AVON S. HALL, Chicago.
Principal of the Calumet High School, Chicago.
HAROLD V. HAYES, Chicago.
Born Chicago, 111., Feb. 12, 1855. Attended public
schools; graduated 1874 at Notre Dame University,
Indiana; Clerk City Comptroller's Office; Newspaper
Reporter and Writer; Accountant Excelsior Electric
Co.; Cashier World's Fair: Chief Accountant Palmer
House Co. ; Mgr. Consignment Dept. Nelson Morris &
Co. ; Sec. Loretto Iron Co.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
515
SAMUEL, FLORSHEIM. Chioa&o.
Wholesale dealer in jewelry, novelties and hair orna-
ments.
CHARLES \\ . HINKLEY, Chicago.
Born July 9, 1857. Grad. of Cornell Univ.; Treas.
Soper Lumber Co.; mem. Union League Club, Midlothian
Country Club, Washington Park Club.
W. W. HAL,L,IBLRTO.\, Alton.
Engaged in the business of an Architect.
FRANK A. HECHT, Chicago.
Member of the firm of Charles Kaestner & Co., Chi-
cago.
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MEN OF ILLINOIS.
CHARLES D. IRWIN, Chicago.
Member of the firm of Irwin, Green & Co., commission
merchants, with offices at the Uialto Bldg., Chicago.
HENRY A. KNOTT, Chicago.
Senior member of the real estate firm of Henry A.
Knott & Co. ; member of the Chicago Real Estate
Hoard since 1888; member of the Union League, Uni-
versity, Saddle and Cycle and Onwentsia Clubs.
JULIUS RAYNOLD KLINE, Chicago.
Born In Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 15, 1855. Kducatel
at the Pa. State Normal School and Allegheny Coll.;
located in Chicago 1880; Ex-Commander of the Naval
Reserve; Professor of Law in the Chicago Law School.
KRAMM, Peorin.
Engaged In the general real estate business at I'eorla,
111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
517
JOHN C. KING, Chicago.
Member of the law firm of King & Gross, with offices
at 87 Washington St., Chicago.
RUDOLPH KOEHNE. Chicago.
Secretary of the Oliver Mfg. Company, 203 So. Des-
plalnes St., Chicago.
D.
u. I. LUFKIN, Cliienso.
Organized the Lufkin Stock Yards imd Feeding Com-
pany, located at the west city limits and the new
ROBKRT H. LOVKTT, Peoriu.
Born July 2. 1860, in Krimfleld. 111. Admitted to the
bar In 1S85. engaging in law practice in I'eoria;
elected County Judge in 1894 and re-elected in 1898;
has served as U. S. Commissioner und Master in
Chancery.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
W. G. LEMAY, Chicago.
Born Sept. 13. 1851, London, England. Came to 111. in
1869; is engaged in the fire ins. business in Chicago.
WILLIAM S. LOVE, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis in 1867. Grad. from Washington
Univ., St. Louis. 1888; in 1890-2 was Sec. of the Pond
Engr. Co., St. Louis; in 1892 came to Chgo. ; in
1895-8 Manager of the Western Office of Abendroth &
Root Mfg. Co.; since 1898 Mgr. of the Western Office
of Wheeler Condenser & Engr. Co.
OSCAR F. L.INDMAN, Chicago.
Born May. 1848. Came to Chicago from Milwaukee,
Wis.. in 1888; member of the Chicago Board of Trade
and the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce; member of
the Kenwood, Midlothian and Washington Park Clubs.
C. F. LOWETH, Chicago.
Born in Cleveland. O., March 3. 185T. Received a tech-
nical education; mem. of the Am. Soc. of Civil Engrs.
and the Western Soc. of Engrs.; for 18 yrs. located at
St Paul, Minn., where be acted as Consulting En?r.
on bridge construction for most of the several railroads
in the Northwest; now Engineer and Supt. of Bridges
and Construction for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Ry.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
519
JOHN LAMBERT, Chicago.
Born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, January 12,
1847. Located In Joliet, 111., in 1874; in 1879 he
entered into the manufacture of wire as a member
of the Lambert & Bishop Wire Fence Co. ; President
of the American Steel & Wire Company.
MATTHEW LAFLIN, Chicago.
Born at Southwick, Mass., Dec. 16, 1803. Located in
Chicago in 1859; was an extensive real estate owner;
founded the Matthew Laflin Memorial Building in Lin-
coln Park. Died in Chicago, May 25, 1897.
LEONARD AUGUSTUS LOWER, Chicago.
Born in N. Y. City, June 7, 1855. At 15 yrs. of age
entered the U. S. Navy, and se'rved in it until he
reached the age of 21 yrs. ; is engaged in the practice
of pedic surgery.
JONATHAN MERRIAM, Chicago.
Born at Passumpsie, Vt., Nov. 1, 1834. Educated at
111. Wesleyan Univ. and McKendree Coll.; enlisted in
war of 1861-5, serving 3 yrs. as Lieut. -Col. 117th 111.;
in 1870 mem. 111. Constitutional Convention; Collector
Internal Revenue. Springfield Dist., 1873-82; engaged
in banking, Pekin. 111., for 11 yrs.; Prps. Farmers'
National Bank of Springfield 2 yrs.; mem. 111. Legis.
1894-8; appointed U. S. Pension Agt. at Cbgo., Jan.,
1898, and reappointed in 1902.
520
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
\VILLIAM N. MITCHELL,, Chicago.
Born at Knobnoster, Mo., Sep. 21, 1861. Manager of
the Railway Dept. of the International Correspondence
School of Scranton, Pa.
C. E. MABIE, Chicago.
Ex-Pres. National Life Ins. Co.; Vice-Pres. of the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co. of New York; re-
sides In New York.
W. P. MUSSEY, Chicago.
Born in Rutland, Vt., 1860. Resided and educated in
St. Louis 1869-83; located in Toronto in 1883 as the
Canadian representative of the Brunswick-Balke Co.;
since 1883 has resided in Chgo., and where be now
operates billiard and bowling rooms.
C. A. MOORE, CliicaKO.
Formerly Proprietor, Washington Laundry, 405 \V.
Madison Street, Chicago.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
521
CARL, F. MEYER, Chicago.
Born at Harrington, 111., July 1, I860. Common school
education; engaged in his present business when 16
years of age; senior member of the firm of C. K. Meyer
& Co., Ashlaml Block. Chicago; handling collections for
business houses and physicians in Chicago as well as
throughout the United States and foreign countries.
President of the Commercial Reference Company, Chgc.
JOHN W. McKINXON, Chicago.
Vice-President, Assets Realization Co., Ashland Block,
Chicago.
ROBERT L. McELROY, Chicago.
President. Mexico Planters' Assn., with offices at 188
Madison St., Chicago.
ALFRED E. McCORDIC, Chicago.
Member of the law firm of McCordic & Sheriff, with
offices in the Rookery Bldg., Chicago.
522
MEN OF. ILLINOIS.
WILLIAM HAMILTON MITCHELL, Chicago.
Born in Belmont County, Ohio, Mar. 9, 1817. Located
in Chicago in 1874: First Vice-President of the Illinois
Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago.
JOHN J. MITCHELL, Chicago.
Born at Alton, 111., November 3, 1853. President of
the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago; director
Chicago Stock Exchange and the Traders' Insurance
Company.
ANDREW McANSH, Chicago.
Born in Scotland, 1864. Came to Chgo. in 1872; Prop.
McAnsh American Angostoria Bitters; Sec. and Treas.
of Sauer, Dwyer & Co., wholesale furniture manufac-
turers; former mem. State Board of Equalization; Vice-
Pres. Chicago Parlor Furniture Co.
JAMES S. McCtLLOUGH, I rlmnn.
Born in Mercersburg, Pa., May 4, 1843. Located in 111.
in 1854; mem. of Co. G, 76th 111. Inf., war of 1861-5;
lost left arm April 9, 1865, assault on Ft. Blakely,
Ala.; elected County Clerk Champaign Co., 111., 1873,
and resigned in 1896; elected Auditor of Public Ac-
counts Nov., 1896, and re-elected in 1900.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
523
JOY MORTON,
Born in Detroit, Mich., 1855. Moved to Chgo. 1879;
engaged in the salt business since 1880, and mem. of
the firm of Joy Morton & Co., salt merchants.
JOHN W. NORTHROP, Chicago.
With the Emerson Piano Co., 207 Wabash Av., Chi-
cago.
WILLIAM NELSON, Rockford.
Born at Sycamore, 111.. Oct. 29. 1857. Engaged in the
manufacture of hosiery in 1887; Vice-Pres. and Mgr.
Nelson Knitting Co. ; I'res. Nelson Hotel Co. ; Pres. For-
est City Knitting Co.; Vice-Pres. B. *. Barnes Co.; Col.
on Gov. Yates* Staff.
THOMAS EDWARD NELSON, Cli
Born March 4, 1861. Vice-Pres. and Treas. of John L
Nelson & Bros., decorators, 48 Jackson Blvd., Chgo.
and 160 Fifth Ave., N. Y.; mem. Calumet Club.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
WASHINGTON PORTER, Chicago.
Born Oct. 26, 1846. An active member of the Ways
and Means Committee, World's Columbian Exposition,
member of the Washington 1'urk Club and C. A. A.
MAX PAM, Chicago.
Horn in Austrin. July 16. 1865. Senior member of the
Law Firm of Pam, Calhoun & Glennon, Chicago.
WILLIAM RICKARD PARSONS, Chicago.
Horn in Cornwall. EUR., Dec. 25. 1843. Educated at
Benjamin Williams' private school 1855-60; located in
Chgo. June 1, 1870; grad. at Uush Medical Coll. 1873-4;
since 1875 been engaged in the practice of medicine and
surgery in the Stock Yards Dist.
W. C. POWELL, Chicago.
Superintendent of Schlesinger & Mayer, retail
goods store, 129 State Street, Chicago.
dry
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
525
D. VAN NESS PERSON, Chicago.
Born in Coxsackie, N. Y., 1847. Always engaged <n
newspaper work; Publisher of Paint. Oil and Drug
Ueview, Chicago; Secretary of National organizations.
WILLIAM A. PRIDMORE, Chicago.
Engaged in general real estate business with offices at
234 La Salle St., Chicago.
CHARLES PIERSON, Chicago.
President, Pierson Dairy Co., 186, 23d St., Chicago.
LOl'IS S. OWSLEY, Chicago.
Vlce-1'resiUeiit, Union Elevated Railroad Company, Chi-
cago.
526
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
JOHN J. P. om:i I.. Chicago.
Member of the firm of John J. P. Odell & Co., bankers,
171 La Snlle St., Chicago.
HARRY RUBENS, Chicago.
Member of the law firm of Ilubens, Dupuy & Fischer,
with offices at 108 La Salle St., Chicago.
E. TOWER ROOT, Chicago.
Born in Sheffield, Mass., in 1822. Located in Chgo. in
1857; established the music house of Root & Cady,
publishers of the many famous war songs; a pioneer
music publisher in the U. S. ; died in Chgo. in 1896.
ALBERT RALCH, SR., Chicago.
Born in Germany. Located in America and N. Y.
in 1848. and in Chgo. in 1850; in 1855 engaged in the
retail furniture business; in 1868 began the manufacture
of furniture, making desks and office furniture.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
JEFFERSON HODGKINS, Chicago.
Born in LaMoine, Me. Removing to Chgo. in 1872; 3
terms South Park Commissioner; two terms County
Commissioner, following the "Boodlers" Keign;" Pri.
Co. C, 26th Reg., 111. Vol. Inf., war 1861-5; Pres.
Brownell Improvement Co. ; stockholder in the Finley
& Cleveland, Ohio, Pressed Brick Co.; Dir. Calumet &
Portland Cement Co.; mem. Union League, Englewood,
Hamilton and Builders' Clubs.
ERNEST RECK ITT, Chicago.
Born Oct. 8, 1866, in Hull, Eng. Grad. from Victoria
Univ., Eng., June, 1887; since 1891 has been engaged
in the business of public accountant in Chgo., and has
offices 511-12 Royal Insurance Bldg.
RICHARD WALTER RATHBORNE. Chi-
cagro.
Born in Ireland in 1825. Moved to U. S. in 1846, and
to Chgo. in 1863; appointed Chief Flour Inspector at
Buffalo; Chief Flour Inspector of the Board of Trade in
Chgo., which position he still holds.
JOHN M. RAYMOND, Aurora.
528
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
C. S. RUNNELLS, Jacksonville, 111.
CHARLES M. ROE, Chicago.
Horn at Uockton. 111., Oct. 15. 1869. Manager of Chgo.
bouse of the American Baptist Publication Society.
WILLIAM B. RIDGELY, Chicago.
Secretary, Ilepublic Iron & Steel Company, 108
Salle St., Chicago.
La
S. W. RAWSON, Chicago.
1'resident of the Union Trust Company, Chicago.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
529
ALFRED J. SWEENEY, Chicago.
Born in New York City. Sep. 15. 1876. Came to Chi-
cago in 1882; first engaged in architectural business.
Civil Service Office, then in Electrical Department of
the City of Chicago.
H. S. SHA1LER, Chicago.
Engaged in the business of a Civil Engineer.
JULIUS STEELE, rhicujso.
Born Const'antine. Mich.. 1852. A resident of Chgo.
since 1857: Sec. and Treas. At wood & Steele, importers
and manufacturers; mem. Kenwood Club, C. A. A.
CHARLES B. SOULE, Chicago.
Manager of the .Security Trust & Life Insurance Co.
of Philadelphia, for Northern Illinois and Wisconsin.
530
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
ALBERT SCHONBECK, Chicago.
Born in Chicago, February 27, 1857. Engaged in the
real estate business for the past 29 yrs. ; resides at
1870 Melrose St., Chicago; appointed a member of the
Board of Local Improvements by Mayor Harrison
April 14, 1901.
ADOLPH J. SABATH, Chica&o.
Justice of the Peace, 186 W. Madison St., Chicago.
L,. E. STANHOPE, Chicago.
Born in Lee County, 111., Oct. 9, 1873. First engaged
in the practice of an architect in Chicago in 1894.
•Office, 184 La Salle St., Chicago.
HENRY L,. SLAYTON, Chicago.
Born in 'Woodstock, Vt., May 29, 1841. Educated at
Norwich Univ., Vt., and Albany Law School; in Civil
War from 1863 to 1866; came to Chgo. in 1867; prac-
ticed law from 1868 to 1871 ; Supt. Texas public schools
from 1872 to 1873; established the Slayton Lyceum
Bureau of Chgo. in 1874; under its management over
57,000 lectures and concerts have been given, ending
1902.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
531
THOMAS SIDWELL, Chicago.
Born In England. Came to America when a young
man; President of the S. Brainard Sons' Co. Music-
House, which was established In Cleveland, O., in
1836 and later moved to Chicago.
JOHN LANCASTER SPAULDING, Peoria.
The Catholic Bishop of Peoria.
GILBERT B. SHAW, Chicago.
Vice-Pres. American Trust and Savings Bunk.
PHILIP R. SHLMWAY, Chicago.
President of the Paper Mills Company, with office*
at 215 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
532
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
KASPER GEORGE: SCHMIDT, Chicago.
HORACE B. TINGLE. Chicago.
Born in Cambridge, O. Located In Chicago in 1&K>:
with the "Cincinnati Post" 2 yrs.. "The Cincinnati
Enquirer" 3 yrs., and the "Commercial-Tribune" 2 yrs. ;
newspaper artist on the "Chicago Chronicle."
WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON. Chicago.
Engaged in general real estate business in Chicago,
with offices at ?-T7 \V. Madison St.. and 218 La Salle
St., Chicago. Alderman of the Second Ward, City of
Chicago.
FRANK DeWITT TALMAGE. D. D.,
Chicago.
Pastor Jefferson Park I'resb.vterian Church. Chicago.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
533
ALBERT H. VEEDER, Chicago.
Born at Fonda, Montgomery Co., N. Y., April 1, 1844.
Located in Chicago in 1874; attorney for the Town
of Lake from 1874 to 1885; Director of the Chicago
Junction Ry. and the Union Stock Yards Co., of Chi-
cago, Member of the Kenwood Club and C. A. A.; 32d
degree Mason. Knight Templar, member of the Scot-
tish Rite and Mystic Shrine.
CHARLES J. VOPICA, Chicago.
Horn Nov. 3. 18T>7. Pres. and Mgr. of the Atlas Brew-
ing Co. ; mem. of the Chgo. Board of Education.
CHARLES T. WILT, Chicago.
Born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22, 1S59. Engaged in
trunk and bag manufacturing. Chicago; business es-
tablished in 18(52 by his father, continued by the son,
Charles T. Wilt; mem. of Royal Arcanum and Red Men.
"WILLIAM F. WOLFNER, Peoria.
Born in Chicago, March 10, 1862. Moved to Peoria
Oct. 10, 1881; Asst. Sec. Great Western Distilling Co.;
Manager Standard Distilling and Distributing Co.; Vice-
Pres. National Cooperage Co. and Woo.lcuware Co.
534
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
HENRY WEISS, Chicago.
Assi. Mgr. of the M. Brand Brewing Co., now of the
United Brewers' Assn.
EDWARD C. YOUNG, Chicago.
Born Savannah, Mo., March 1. 1862. Dir. Belding Bros.
& Co. ; Sec. and Dir. Belding-Hall Mfg. Co.; Dir. Ameri-
can Union Life Ins. Co.; late Colonel First Cav., 111.
Volunteers, Spanish-American war; Col. 1st Cav.,
I. N. G.
F. M. ZEILER, Chicago.
Member of the firm of F. M. Zeiler & Co., stocks, bonds
and foreign exchange. 189 La Salle St., Chicago; suc-
ceeded Wm. J. Wollman & Co. in 1898; member of the
Chicago Stock Exchange.
WILLIAM J. YOUXG, Chicago.
Commercial Agent for the Illinois Central Railroad
Company at Chicago. Resides at Evanston, 111.
MEN OF ILLINOIS.
535
JAMES B. WILBUR, Chicago.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 11. 1856. Located in
Chicago in 1890, organizing the Royal Trust Co., of
which he is now the president.
C. HUCK, Chicago.
Capitalist, with offices in the Chamber of Commerce,
Chicago.
DAVID SPEXCKR WEGG, Chicago.
Horn at St. Thomas, Canada, Dee. 16, 1847. Located
in Chicago in 1885. in charge of the law department of
the Wisconsin Central Ily. Co.; later I'resident of th •
Chicago & Northern Pacific Ky. Co.: Director of the
Northern Pacific Ry. Co., which position he resigned.
O. S. MERRIFIELD. Chicago.
Collector of commercial accounts.
LAWRENCE AMZI WITHE HSPOON
Chicago.
Born January 17, 1900, Chicago.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA