The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 10

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 784

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AUSTIN, Henry Warren, banking and real es- tate; b. Oak Park, Ill., Jan. 22, 1864; s. Henry War- ren and Martha Sophia (Voorhees) Austin; grad. Oak Park High Sch., 1881; W. Div. High Sch., Chi- cago, 1884; B.A., Williams Coll., 1888; m. Edna Lee Harris, Nov. 17, 1904. On death of father, 1889, came into management of his real estate inter- ests; first pres. Oak Park State Bank, which later changed to Oak Park Trust & Savings Bank, of which is pres .; vice pres. and treas. Mackie-Love- joy Mfg. Co .; treas. Internat. Roofing Mfg. Co., J. P. Seeburg Piano Co. Mem. 43d, 44th and 45th Ill. General Assemblies from 23d Senatorial Dist .; now senator 23d Dist .; sch. trustee, 1894-1903; treas. village of Oak Park since its organization as a village. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Williams Coll. Alumni Assn. of Chicago (ex-pres.), Alpha Delta Phi (nat. pres.). Clubs: Union League, City, Oak Park, Oak Park Country. Home: 1022 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 179 W. Washington St., Chicago.

AUSTIN, Merritt B., electrical materials; b. at Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 24, 1869; s. Jacob Bartlett and Sarah Emily (Grigsby) Austin; ed. normal sch., Terre Haute; pub. schs., Chicago; Chicago Athenaeum; m. Dorothy L. Lynch, of Oak Park, Ill., Oct. 28, 1915; children: (by former marriage) Virginia, Merritt Bartlett. In employ of the West- ern Electric Co., 1885-91; Knapp Electrical Works, 1891-4; entered electrical supply business on own account, 1894, incorporated, 1902, as M. B. Austin & Co., of which is pres. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic Assn., Evanston Country, Exmoor Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 1106 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 700 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

AUSTIN, William Baden, bonds and mortgages; b. Rensselaer, Ind., Apr. 21, 1860; s. John Martin and Sarah Jane (Webb) Austin; B.A., Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind., 1881, later A.M .; at- tended Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1882; m. Louie Hammond, of Rensselaer, Nov. 7, 1882; 1 child, Mrs. Virginia A. Shayne. After graduating from coll. entered employ of law firm of Thompson & Bro., Rensselaer; admitted to Ind. bar, 1882, and entered into partnership with Hon. E. P. Ham- mond, 1887, which lasted until Judge Hammond went to Supreme bench, 1890; then practiced alone until 1900, when removed to Chicago; now engaged in handling bonds and mortgages; also managing dir. Knox Hat Mfg. Co. of New York. Organized the Farmers' State Bank of Knox, Ind., 1892; or- ganized the Commercial State Bank of Rensse- laer, 1894, and controlled the same (now the First Nat. Bank); is large owner of real estate in North- western Ind. and in Chicago. Trustee Wabash Coll. Mem. Ind. State Bar Assn., Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Presbyterian. Rep. elector, 9th Congressional Dist., 1916. Has been tendered various polit. appointments, includ- ing foreign consulships, all of which declined. Mem. K. of P., Phi Kappa Psi, Ind. Soc. of Chicago (pres., 1913). Clubs: Union League, University, Hamilton (ex-pres.), Marquette (ex-pres.), South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring, golf. Home: 103 Bellevue Pl. Office: 1144-46-48, 7 S. Dear- born St.

AUSTRIAN, Alfred S, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 15, 1871; s. of Solomon and Julia R. Austrian ; A.B., Harvard, 1891; m. Mamie Rothschild, of Chicago, Oct. 1, 1901; 1 daughter, Margaret Fuller. Admit- ted to bar, 1893, and since engaged in practice at Chicago; mem. firm of Mayer. Meyer, Austrian & Platt since 1905. Mem. Am., II1. State and Chicago bar assns. Home: 4401 Drexel Boul. Office: 2010, 208 S. LaSalle St.

children: Sewell Lee, Jr., Arla, Lenore, Nancy. Be- gan with the Alabaster Co., 1894; became con- nected with U.S. Gypsum Co., in 1901, and pres. same since 1905; pres. Canadian Gypsum Co., Gyp- sum Fire Proofing Co .; dir. Lake and State Sav- ings Bank, Chicago. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chi- cago Assn. Commerce, Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Mid-Day, City, Cliff Dwellers, Glen View, Old Elm, Evanston Country, University (Evanston). Recre- ations: yachting, golf. Home: 1123 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 205 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

AYER, Edward Everett, capitalist; b. Kenosha, Wis., Nov. 16, 1841; s. Elbridge Gerry and Mary (Titcomb) Ayer; m. Emma Augusta Burbank, Sept. 7, 1865; 1 daughter, Mrs. Frank S. Johnson. Has extensive lumber interests in the South and West; dir. Ayer & Lord Tie Co. Owns one of finest pvt. libraries in the U.S. and an especially noteworthy collection of Americana. Dir. Field Columbian Mus. (pres., 1893-8), Newberry Library, Art Inst. Life mem. Am. Hist. Assn .; dir. Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Caxton, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Riverside, South Shore Country (Chicago), Country (Lake Geneva, Wis.). Recreation: motor- ing. Home: 2 Banks St., Chicago; (summer) "The Oaks," Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: Railway Ex- change, Chicago.

AYERS, Frank David, lawyer; b. on farm in Mc- Lean Co., nr. Bloomington, Ill., June 15, 1867; s. Joseph B. and Sarah C. (Hayberger) Ayers; ed. prep., literary and law depts. of the Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, Ill., graduating 1890; unmar- ried. Began practice of law at Ottawa, Ill., 1890, as mem. firm of Browne & Ayers; came to Chicago, 1893, forming the law firm of Ayers, Rinaker & Ayers; mem. firm Ayers & Ayers since 1906. First asst. city atty., 1903-6, city atty., 1906-7; later was atty. Chicago Terminal R.R. Co .; atty. Bd. of Elec- tion Commrs .; asst. corpn. counsel since 1916. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mason (Shriner), K.P. Clubs: Hamilton, Colonial. Home: 4500 Grand Boul. Office: Corporation Counsel's Of- fice and 505 Chamber of Commerce.

AYERS, Seymour Warren, lawyer; b. McLean Co., Ill., Aug. 12, 1863; s. Joseph B. and Sarah C. (Hayberger) Ayers; ed. pub. schs. of McLean Co., Ill., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill .; law course at Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1889-92; m. Zoe Denby, of Carlinville, Ill., Nov. 4. 1903; 1 child, Elizabeth. From time of leaving Knox Coll. was engaged in raising horses and cat- tle, until entered study of law; came to Chicago from Bloomington, Ill., 1892; was sr. mem. of law firm of Ayers, Rinaker & Ayers until 1906, since of Ayers & Ayers; pres. United Garage Co .; dir. The Meyercord Co. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Mason. Club: Colonial. Recreations: horseback riding, lit- erature. Home: 4546 Vincennes Av. Office: 505-506 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

AYRES, Samuel Gardiner, educator; b. Peru, N.Y., Apr. 25, 1865; s. Rev. David Clough and Kath- arine C. (Moore) Ayres; grad. Burlington (\'t.) High Sch., 1885; Drew Theol. Sem., 1888; B.D .. 1893; m. Olive Reynolds, of Keeseville, N.Y., Apr. 25, 1889. Asst. librarian, 1888-92, librarian, 1892- Sept. 1, 1911, Drew Theol. Sem .; pres. Correspond- ence Sch. of Theology, Madison, N.J., Sept. 1. 1911- Mar. 1, 1912; librarian with title asst., Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill., since June 1. 1912. Mem. Troy Conf. M.E. Ch. Mem. A.L.A., N.J. Library Assn. (pres., 1902), Ill. Library Assn., Meth. Hist. Soc. of N.Y., Am. Peace Soc. : hon. mem. N.E. Meth. Hist. Soc., Browning Soc., N.Y. (hon.). Author or editor of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Illinois.

BAACKES, Frank, vice pres, and general sales agent Am. Steel & Wire Co .; b. Germany, Mar. 9. 1863: s. Godfrey and Franziska Baackes; ed. schs.

AVERY, Sewell Lee, president U.S. Gypsum Co .; b. Saginaw, Mich., Nov. 4, 1874; s. Waldo A, and in Germany until about 15; m. Katie O'Rourke Ellen (Lee) Avery; ed. Mich. Mil. Acad .; LL.B., (now deceased); 1 son, Godfrey D .; m. 2d, Mamie

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E. Lutz; 2 sons: Frank, Karl. Spent a year in wire nail mills at Oberbilk-Düsseldorf before coming, in 1879, to Cleveland, O .; worked in every dept. of the H. P. Nail Co.'s plant, 1879-81; supt. of the plant, 1881-4; went to Beaver Falls, Pa., 1884, to erect wire nail plant for Hartman Steel Co .; while there undertook a series of experiments which re- sulted in producing what is now known as the Standard wire nail; organized, July, 1885, and be- came gen. mgr. Salem Wire Nail Co., of Salem, O .; business was absorbed, Apr., 1898, with other plants at New Philadelphia and Findlay, O., by the Am. Steel & Wire Co., of Ill., of which became gen. mgr .; upon absorption of this company, Jan., 1899, by the Am. Steel & Wire Co. of N.J. was elected gen. supt., and in 1900 was elected gen. sales agent and dir. of the company, being made vice pres., 1905. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chi- cago Automobile, Mid-Day, Calumet, South Shore Country, Germania. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing. Home: 4932 Lake Av .; (summer) Baackes Lodge, Lake Content, Eagle River, Wis. Office: 1432, 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BABB, Washington Irving, lawyer. Home: Au- rora, Ill. (See Who's Who in America.)

BABBITT, Benton Holcomb, wall paper; b. on farm, Warren Co., O., July 28, 1858; s. James Madi- son and Eleanor R. (Hall) Babbitt; ed. common schs. of Warren Co .; m. Danville, Ill., Dec. 16, 1886, Alice Knight; children: Alice (Mrs. Edward M. and diseases of chest, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chi- Gallup), Benton Knight, Eleanor, Gladys. At 15 began work in a grocery store in Warren Co., O .; was with Hale & West, wall paper, Lebanon, O., 1872-8; with J. H. Madden, Danville, Ill., station- ery and wall paper, 1878-83; came to Chicago and was traveling representative for J. J. McGrath, 1883-7; traveling salesman, 1887-91, and office mgr., 1891-7, Lartz Wall Paper Co .; Chicago mgr. Alfred Peats Co., wall paper, since 1897. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Congregational, Birchwood Coun- try. Home: 1309 Lunt Av. Office: 25 S. Wabash Av.

BABCOCK, Adolph Borie, stock broker; b. Wash- ington, D.C., Aug. 10, 1876; s. Gen. Orville E. (U.S.A.) and Annie (Campbell) Babcock; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1898; unmarried. Since 1900 engaged as a stock broker in Chicago, and now connected with Babcock, Rushton Co., bankers and brokers. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: Chicago Club. Office: Home Insurance Bldg.

BABCOCK, Alfred Jerome. (See vol. 1911.)

BABCOCK, Frederick Reynolds, lawyer; b. Mil- waukee, Wis., May 4, 1865; s. Simeon and Sarah L. (Reynolds) Babcock; ed. Univ. of Mich., and Chi- cago Coll. of Law; m. Abby Kettelle, of Chicago, Apr. 30, 1900. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890; retired from practice of law, Jan. 1, 1906, to engage in banking and brokerage business as mem. firm of Finley Barrell & Co., until 1910. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club, Loyal Legion. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Press, South Shore Country, Chicago Golf; California (Los An- geles, Cal.), Midwick (Pasadena, Cal.), Nat. Golf Links of America. Home: nr. Wheaton, Ill.

BABCOCK, Leland Almanzo, secretary Sprague Canning Machinery Co .; b. Freeport, Ill., Oct. 6, 1868; s. Leland A. and Margarette Ella (Bechtol) Babcock; ed. common schs. of Freeport, Ill., North- western Prep. Sch. at Evanston; Lake Forest Univ., 2 yrs., leaving to enter business; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Grace Alexandra Heap, of Chi- cago, Nov. 19, 1900; children: Grace Elizabeth, Basil Philip. Was with Montgomery Ward & Co., 3 yrs .; then with Sprague, Warner & Co., and later with Bd. of Trade in the grain and feed business of Hadfield & Co .; upon decease of father, in 1893, succeeded to the estate and devoted time during next 2 years to matters pertaining to the closing of the estate; later employed by Nat. Bank of Ill. and by the Western Mutual Life Ins. Co. as cashier and atty. until 1899; vice pres. and sec. Sprague Can- ning Machinery Co. since 1899; pres. I. W. McCagg Co., Chicago; vice pres. Stickney Machine Co., Portland, Me. Mem. Nat. Credit Men's Assn. Re- publican. Recreation: motoring. Home: 427 Wash- ington Boul., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 222 N. Wabash Av., Chicago.

BABCOCK, Orville Elias, banker and broker; b. Chicago, Aug. 13, 1872; s. Gen. Orville E. (U.S.A.) and Annie (Campbell) Babcock; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1894; m. Ellen Walsh, of Chicago, Nov. 20, 1901. Became a mem. of John C. King & Co., bankers and brokers, 1896; firm was succeeded by King, Hodenpyl & Co., and later again resumed name of John C. King & Co., succeeded, 1907, by Babcock, Rushton Co., of which is sr. mem. Mem. New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Bd. of Trade. Republic- an. Clubs: Chicago, University, South Shore Coun- try, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle; Racquet and Tennis (N.Y.). Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St.

BABCOCK, Robert Hall, M.D .; b. Watertown, N.Y., July 26, 1851; s. Robert Stanton and Emily M. (Hall) Babcock; ed. Inst. for Blind, Phila., 1864- 7; prep. dept. Olivet (Mich.) Coll., 1867-9; Western Reserve Coll., 1869-73, A.B., 1873, A.M., 1897; Univ. of Mich. (lit. dept.), 1873-4, (med. dept.), 1874-6; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1878, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1879; continued med. studies Berlin, Munich, Wurzburg, 1880-3; (LL.D., Univ. of Mich., 1910); m. Lizzie C. Weston, of Montclair, N.J., June 12, 1879; children: Eleanor Clinton, Rob- ert Weston. In practice, Chicago, since 1883; prof. clin. medicine and physical diagnosis, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. Sch., 1887-92; prof. clin. medicine

cago, 1891-1905; attending physician, 1891-1907, consulting physician, since 1907, Cook Co. Hosp .; consulting physician to Mary Thompson, Marion Sims, St. Anthony de Padua and Passavant hosps. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, Am. Climatol. Assn., A.M.A., Nat. Assn. for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Internat. Inst. for Tuberculosis, Am. Congress of Physicians and Surgeons; corr. mem. Medico-Chirurg. Soc. of Edinburgh; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, etc. Author: Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System, 1903; Diseases of the Lungs, 1907. Home: 74 E. Elm St. Office: 30 N. Michi- gan Av.

BABCOCK, William Wesley, life insurance; b. at Cedar Rapids, Ia., Sept. 2, 1876; s. John Robinson and Josephine (Baker) Babcock; ed. pub. schs., Cedar Rapids; m. Emy E. Davis, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., Feb. 6, 1896 (died 1910); children: Ruth J. (Mrs. Fernly R. Harris), Mary E., Hazel L., Wil- liston A .; m. 2d, Ella F. Crabb, of Chicago, Ill., Oct. 1, 1912; 1 son, Robert W. Engaged in educa- tional pursuits until 1905; life ins. salesman for Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Milwaukee, and N.Y. Life Ins. Co., 1905-15; Chicago mgr. for For- est City Life Ins. Co., Oct. 1, 1915-June, 1917; Chi- cago mgr. Minneapolis Mut. Life Ins. Co. of St. Paul, Minn., since June, 1917. Republican. Meth- odist. Mason. Chmn. fellowship com., Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Recreation: baseball. Home: 1101 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 105 W. Mon- roe St., Chicago.

BACH, Emanuel, merchant; b. Bavaria, Ger- many, Sept. 26, 1841; s. Isaac and Fanny (Levi- gard) Bach; ed. pub. schs. in Bavaria; m. Carrie Kohn, of Chicago, Apr. 22, 1879; children: Isaac E., Adele I., Corinne E. Came to U.S., 1858; went to Oskaloosa, Ia., 1861, where was in mercantile and banking business 27 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1888, and established wholesale wool and fur business; since 1905 discontinued the wool business; pres. Bach Fur Co. Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 5043 Drexel Boul. Office: 108 W. Austin Av.

BACH, Frederick A., brick mfr .; Feb. 13, 1864- 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

BACH, Julius Henry, brick mfr .; b. Plochingen, Germany, Sept. 21, 1865; s. William and Catharina Regina (Haegele) Bach; ed. in Germany and part course in engring., Internat. Corr. Sch., Scranton, Pa .; m. Emma S. Braentigan, of Chicago, Mar. 2, 1903; 3 children: Gilbert Jule O., Julius Irving, Elizabeth D. Came to U.S. with parents, 1881; ac- tively engaged in brick manufacture since boy- hood; assisted father, who started a pottery in Chicago, 1883, which soon was known as W. Bach, mfr. of brick and tile; title changed to William Bach & Sons, Inc., 1895, Bach Brick Co., Inc., 1905,

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6 brothers sole stockholders; father died, 1912, and Officer Baginski, acquitted of murder; John Kie- business now conducted by William, Julius, Henry, bel, acquitted of murder; Edward R. Hibbard, con- Otto and Emil (brother Fred, now deceased, also was in business until 1913); vice pres. and supt. Bach Brick Co., Inc. Patentee of closed top kill burning patent and other devices for brick manu- facture. Assisted in making 8,000 brick in 10 hours with one machine, about 1884; later made 20,000 brick with 2 machines in 10 hours, and in plant on Montrose Av. now manufactures 200,000 brick in day of 8 hours. Republican. Protestant Evan- gelical Ch. (trustee). Clubs: Chicago Motor, Ger- mania, Sharpshooters'. Home: 7306 Sheridan Rd. Office: 2647 Montrose Av.

BACH, Leopold, wholesale jeweler; b. Binswan- gen, Germany, Sept. 21, 1844; s. Isaac and Fannie (Levigart) Bach; ed. in nat. schs. of old country; m. Julie Einstein, of Chicago, Feb. 27, 1877 (died 1916); 3 children: Isaac N., Clarence L., Henry K. (died 1914). Came to U.S. and settled in Pella, Ia., 1864, and engaged in clothing business; removed to Chicago, 1882, and has since been identified with wholesale jeweler's business; pres. and treas. Bach & Co. since 1910. Mem. Nat. Wholesale Jewelers' Assn. Jewish religion. Recreations: motoring, traveling. Home: 4742 Michigan Av. Office: 301 Heyworth Bldg.

BACH, Otto Carl, mfr .; b. Plochingen, Wurttem- berg, Germany, Jan. 18, 1872; s. William and Kath- arina (Haegele) Bach; family came to America, settling at Chicago, 1881; ed. pub. schs., Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., night and corr. schs .; m. Louise Cora Gatter, of Evanston, Ill., Jan. 17, 1907; 4 children: Otto Carl, Jr., Robert William, Marjorie L., Paula Jean. Began to work for father, a brick mfr., 1886, becoming a stockholder of the reorganized firm of Wm. Bach & Sons Co., in 1900, which continued until the retirement of father, in 1905, when the present corporation, Bach Brick Co., consisting of himself and five brothers, was organ- ized, of which has since been sec. Republican. Evangelical Lutheran. Mem. Nat. Union. Recrea- tions: billiards and bowling. Home: 7631 Sheridan Rd. Office: 2647 Montrose Av.

BACH, William Frederick, brick mfr .; b. Ploch- ingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, Nov. 29, 1861; s. of William and Katharina (Haegele) Bach; ed. pub. sch. and spl. course in drawing; m. Marie Lena Ramspberger, of Plochingen, Germany, 1884; 4 children: William J., Adolph F., Albert J., Lillie M. Began in brick mfg. business with father, 1883, be- coming mem. firm of William Bach & Sons Co., 1900, vice pres. of its successor, Bach Brick Co., 1905, and pres. since Jan. 1. 1916. Republican. Evangelical. Mem. Schwaben Verein. Home: 2820 Wilson Av. Office: 2647 Montrose Av.

BACHELDOR, see also Batchelder.

BACHELDOR, Edward Ayrault, real estate; b. Waukegan, Ill .; s. Edward S. L. and Ann Atherton (Ayrault) Bacheldor; ed. Lake Forest Acad. In grocery business at Chicago 5 yrs .; engaged in the hotel business, 1873, as proprietor of the Atherton House, the Southern Hotel, and later of the Lex- ington Hotel, until 1900, when disposed of the hotel business and engaged in the real estate business. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: Lex- ington Hotel.

BACON, Edward Richardson, grain; b. Chicago, BACHELLÉ, Cecil Von, surgeon; B.S .. Univ. of Feb. 22, 1857; s. Moses S. and Georgianna (Rich- Chicago, 1897, M.S., 1898; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1900. Asso. prof. gynecology, Chicago Policlinic; asst. prof. obstetrics, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Ill .; gynecologist to Henrotin Memorial, Chicago Policlinic, and Lake View hosps. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Home: 4521 Sheridan Rd. Office: 30 N. Mich- igan Av.

BACHRACH, Benjamin Charles, lawyer; b. El- gin, Ill., Jan. 29, 1874; s. Charles and Leonora (Goldman) Bachrach; A.B., Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind., 1892; student Cornell Univ .; studied Columbia Law Sch., N.Y .; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1896; m. Chicago, June 5, 1898, Martha Hartman; children: Leona, Marie. In practice at Chicago since 1896. Appeared in defense of Alderman Thomas O'Malley, acquitted of murder; Baron von

victed in U.S. Court of using mails to defraud, case afterward reversed; David Rosenbaum, acquitted of murder; counsel for Ullman & Keller, Supreme Court of U.S., white slave law declared unconsti- tutional; atty. for "Mike de Pike," acquitted of conspiracy; for Jack Johnson, former champion heavyweight pugilist, convicted of violating Mann Act, case reversed by U.S. Circuit Court of Ap- peals; for Joseph Fish, fire ins. adjuster for the assured, indicted for 18 cases of arson, trials in 2 cases ending in acquittals, etc. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Jewish religion. Club: Idlewild Country. Recreations: golf, swimming, bowling, walking. Home: 1053 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.

BACHRACH, Walter, lawyer; b. Chicago, Sept. 13, 1885; s. Charles and Leonora (Goldman) Bach- rach; ed. grammar and high schs .; LL.B., Chicago- Kent Coll. of Law, 1908; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1908; began as law clk. in offices of Moses, Rosenthal & Kennedy, 1907; mem. of firm since Mar. 1, 1913. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Dir. Maxwell Street Set- tlement Assn. Jewish religion. Clubs: City, Idle- wild Country. Recreations: art, literature. Home: 4757 Ingleside Av. Office: 600 Woman's Temple.

BACMEISTER, Theodore, Jr., M.D., surgeon; b. Toulon, Ill., May 15, 1876; s. Theodore Bacmeister; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1898; M.D., Univ. of Mich. Homeopathic Med. Coll., 1900. In practice at Chi- cago since 1900, specializing in obstetrics; lecturer on electrotherapeutics, Univ. of Mich. Homœ. Med. Coll., 1908-9; adj. prof. materia medica and lectur- er on obstetrics, Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago. Dir. Irving Park Nat. Bank. Mem. Chicago Homœ. Soc. (sec.). Home and Office: 4041 N. Keeler Av.

BACON, Charles Sumner, obstetrician; b. Spring Prairie, Wis., July 30, 1856; s. John, Jr., and Chloe Ann (Thompson) Bacon; Ph.B., Beloit Coll., 1878; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1884; post-grad. study in Germany and Austria, 1891, 1894-95; m. Vienna, Austria, Aug. 17, 1895, Marie von Rosthorn. Prac- ticed at Chicago since 1884. Formerly interne of Cook Co. Hosp. and asst. surgeon Alexian Bros. Hosp .; prof. obstetrics, Chicago Policlinic, since 1895; prof. obstetrics, and head of dept. of obstet- rics and gynecology, Univ. of Ill. Med. Sch., since 1903; attending obstetrician to Henrotin. Poli- clinic, University, Evangelical Deaconess, German and Chicago Lying-In hosps. Fellow Am. Coll. Sur- geons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Physicians' Club. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Cul- ture. Author: Obstetrical Nursing, 1915. Clubs: University, City. Home: 2156 Sedgwick St.

BACON, DeWitt Clinton, dentist; b. Oneida, Knox Co., Ill., July 13, 1864; s. DeWitt Clinton and Louise (Knight) Bacon; ed. pub. schs. of Oneida, Ill., Univ. of Mich. and Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, D.D.S., 1887; m. Marie Thompson, of Chicago, 1887. Engaged in gen. practice of dentistry in Chicago since 1887. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc. Republican. Mason. Club: Illinois Athletic. Residence: Luzerne Hotel. Office: 31 N. State St.

ardson) Bacon; ed. Ogden Sch., Newberry Sch., W. Div. High Sch., Phillips Exeter Acad .; A.B., Har- vard, 1878; m. Clara Cram, 1879 (now deceased) ; m. 2d, Katherine D. Horton, 1902; children: Ray- mond C., Edward R., Jr., John W., Robert C. En- gaged as buyer and shipper of grain since 1878. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Home: 452 Briar Pl. Office: 230 S. LaSalle St.

BACON, Francis M., live stock commn. (See vol. 1911.)

BACON, George Andrews, publisher. Removed to Massachusetts. (See vol. 1911.)

BACON, Henry Martyn, lawyer; b. Rochester. N.Y., Apr. 8, 1849: s. Samuel Robert and Lucy Al- mira (Gilbert) Bacon; ed. common schs .; Geneseo Collegiate Inst .; Business Coll .: studied law in of- Biedenfeld, acquitted of murder: Charles W. Spal- fices of the late Charles Hitchcock, and Hitchcock ding, banker, acquitted of embezzlement; Police & Dupee; m. Anna Tilden, d. of the late William

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Lathrop Moss, of Chicago, Feb. 5, 1894; 3 children: Robert Lathrop, Anna Elizabeth, Henry Martyn, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1880, and since practiced in Chicago. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Union League. Recreation: athletics. Home: Highland Park, Lake Co., Ill. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

BACON, Paul Valentine, publisher. Removed to Boston, Mass. (See vol. 1911.)

BACON, Robert Stillwell, mfr. veneers. (See vol. 1911.)

BADENOCH, David Alexander, grain mcht .; b. Chicago. Nov. 21, 1883; s. John Joseph and Clem- ence (Ward) Badenoch; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1904; m. Grace Digby Byrne, of Chicago, Oct. 30, 1906; children: Byrne Mennel, Edward Lee. Identi- fied since 1904 with grain commn. business estab- lished by father; now sec. and treas. Park & Pol- lard Co. of Ill. Mem. Sigma Phi. Republican. Bap- tist. Clubs: University, Traffic. Home: 1033 As- bury Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 727 Postal Tele- graph Bldg., Chicago.

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Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1917 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 784

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1917
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 784