The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 104

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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HECOX, Charles L., insurance; b. at Ionia, Mich., Aug. 10, 1862; s. Charles L. and Melinda (Ford) Hecox; ed. pub. schs .; m. Betty A. Clark, of Jack- son, Mich., Mar. 1, 1888. Began as local agt. Home Ins. Co. of Greenville, Mich .; propr. Row & Ed- munds Agency, Lansing, Mich., 1895; spl. agt. in Ohio of Am. Fire Ins. Co. of Phila., 1896-1906; asst. mgr. O. C. Kemp Gen. Agency, Chicago, 1906-11; mgr. Ohio Farmers' Ins. Co., at Chicago, since 1911; partner Guy A. Richards & Co. since 1914. Treas. Fire Ins. Underwriters of the Northwest, Chicago Bd. Underwriters. Mason. Club: Union League. Recreation: golf. Home: 4505 Lake Park Av. Office: 2119 Insurance Exchange.

HEDENBERG, James W., real estate; b. Kirk- wood, Mo., Sept. 18, 1855; s. John W. and Isabella

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(Challacombe) Hedenberg. Ex-pres. Cook Co. Real Louis, 1896; then field paymaster, constrn. dept. Estate Bd .; mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Club: Hamilton. Home: 1461 Hollywood Av. Office: 40 N. Dearborn St.

HEDGER, Caroline (Miss), M.D .; b. at Brace- ville, O., Jan. 12, 1868; d. John Richards and Maria Louise (Caskey) Hedger; student Wellesley, 1889- 90; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. (Woman's Dept.), 1899, Rush Med. Coll., 1904. Began practice in Eau Claire, Wis., 1899; practiced in Chicago since 1903; spl. collaborator of U.S. Bureau of Edn. Dir. Nat. Assn. for Study and Prevention Infant Mortality; mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Single Taxer. Clubs: Woman's City, Chicago Woman's, Cordon. Author of Tuberculosis in the Stock Yards (World's Work, 1906); Report of the Campaign Against Summer Diarrhea, in Chicago (Ill. Med. Jour., 1909); The Relation of Infant Mortality to Long Hours of Work for Women (Bull. of Am. Acad. Medicine, 1910) ; The Relation of the Educa- tion of the Girl to Infant Mortality (Proc. Inf. Mortality Congress, London, 1912); The School Children of the Stock Yard District (Trans. 15th Internat. Congress of Hygiene, 1912); also short articles in Am. Review, on Americanization, 1916. Home: 5341 Kimbark Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

HEDGES, Albert Parker, M.D .; b. Chatham, Can- ada West, June 6, 1863; s. William Hawkins and Maria (Clark) Hedges; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1890; m. Evansville, Ind., Sept. 30, 1890, Ber- tha Gilleland; children: Myra Lavinia, Leland Gille- land, Helen Decker. In gen. practice of medicine since 1890; prof. surgery, Nat. Med. Coll., 1897-8; prof. obstetrics, Chicago Home. Med. Coll., 1902- 04. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Inst. Homeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Assn., Chicago Homo. Med. Soc. Served I.N.G., Camp Ford, 1889- 90. Republican. Presbyterian. Recreations: music, literature. Home: 3733 Kenmore Av. Office: 1124 Wilson Av.

HEDGES, Samuel Parker, M.D .; b. Sinclairville, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., July 23, 1841; s. Col. Elias Sears and Rebecca L. (Parker) Hedges; prepared for Yale at Jamestown (N.Y.) Acad .; enlisted July 23, 1862, as pvt. in Co. B, 112th Regt. N.Y. Vol. Inf .; promoted to sergt., 2d lt., 1st It. and adj. and capt. in his regt .; captured May 16, 1864, before Richmond, Va., and was a prisoner for 10 mos .; when exchanged, rejoined regt. and served until close of war; mustered out with regt. June 13, 1865; entered Cleveland Homœ. Med. Coll., Oct., 1865; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1867; m. Jamestown, N.Y., Mar. 12, 1867, Rachel Dan- forth; children: Helen, Paul, Myra, Corinna, Wil- liam, Robert, Grace, Samuel. In gen. practice at Chicago since 1867; prof. anatomy, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1868-72; at formation of Chicago Homœ. Med. Coll. was prof. theory and practice of medi- cine; now prof. practice of medicine in same; con- sulting phys. Chicago Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum many yrs .; consulting phys. Chicago Union Hosp. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Assn. (pres. 1886); pres. Chicago Homœ. Med. Soc. 2 terms, etc. Republican. Presbyterian; elder since 1868. Mem. Washington Post G.A.R., Chicago, Ill. Commandery Loyal Legion, Western Soc. of the Potomac, Army of the James. Recreations: church work, camping, fishing. Home: 945 Airdrie Pl. Of- fice: 4557 Broadway.

HEDRICH, Otto Herman, coal; b. Chicago, Aug. 27, 1869; s. of L. F. A. and Augusta (Neunuebel) Hedrich; ed. grammar schs. and business coll .; m. Cincinnati, O., 1898, Ida Hoffman; children: Otto H., Jr., Roland L., Carl A., Margaret E. Began in coal business with Robert Law, 1885-92; with Bra- zil Block Coal Co., 1892-1901; vice pres. and sec. Brazil Coal Co., 1901-3; since May, 1903, firm of Otto H. Hedrich & Co. Lutheran. Club: Apollo. Home: 2134 Lunt Av., Rogers Park. Office: 1640 Monadnock Blk.

HEED, Thomas D., manager estate; b. St. Louis, Mar. 19, 1875; s. Thomas D. and Mary (Barnett) Heed; ed. Coll. of Emporia, Kan., 1890-2; m. Au- gusta Miller Charlier, of N.Y. City, Nov. 19, 1907. Began in gen. auditor's office, M.,K.&T.Ry., at St.

Standard Oil Co .; cashier, Southwestern Passenger Bureau; chief clerk, treasury dept. St.L.&S.F.R.R., also asst. sec. and asst. treas .; asst. sec. and asst. treas., C.&E.I.Ry., 1893-1913, now dir .; mgr. Estate of H. H. Porter since 1914; vice pres. The Nevada Land Co., Nevada Mining Co., Judson Land Co., Judson Mining Co. Clubs: Mid-Day, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: reading, golf. Home: 4917 Sheri- dan Rd. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

HEFFERAN, William S., lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 13, 1865; s. Martin and Ann (McNichols) Hefferan; A.B., St. Ignatius Coll., 1882, A.M., 1896; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1884; m. Helen Maley, of Chicago, June 8, 1892; 3 children: William S., Jr., Thomas E. M. and Helen M. Admitted to Il1. bar, 1886; mem. firm English (William J.) & Hef- feran, 1895-8; master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1896-8. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Demo- crat. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Columbian Knights, Knights of Columbus. Home: 6631 Harvard Av. Office: 1418 Ashland Blk.

HEIDHUES, Eberhard, importer and wholesaler of gloves; b. Cologne, Germany, Apr. 6, 1862; s. Heinrich and Maria (Hunold) Heidhues; grad. ele- mentary and high schs., Cologne; m. in Chicago, Helene Rosenthal, of Cologne, Dec. 8, 1887; 2 sons: Harry E., Arthur J. (twins). Came to U.S., 1882; entered retail dry goods business on own account, at N. Halsted and Center Sts., 1890; moved to larger quarters, at North Av. and N. Halsted St., 1894, continuing there until 1904; then engaged in importing dry goods specialties but soon special- ized in handling ladies' gloves exclusively, title of Eberhard Heidhues; firm incorporated, 1916, as E. Heidhues & Co., of which is pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Germania Lodge No. 182, A.F.& A.M .; Oriental Consistory, S.P.R.S .; Medinah Tem- ple, A.A.O.N.M.S. Club: German. Recreation: trav- eling. Home: 3820 Rokeby St. Office: 223 W. Jack- son Boul.

HEIDKAMP, Emil M., optician; b. Port Wash- ington, Wis., Jan. 25, 1865; s. Adolph and Anna (Hansen) Heidkamp: ed. pub. schs. of Port Wash- ington; m. Rose I. Young, Port Washington, May 15, 1889; 5 children: Emil N., Herbert A., George A., Mary, Paul C. Entered employ of Watry & Borsch, opticians, in 1885, and when the firm dis- solved, 1886, continued with N. Watry until 1900; mem. firm of N. Watry & Co., 1900-13; since mem. Watry & Heidkamp; also pres. Bowmanville Nat. Bank. Pres. Ill. State Soc. of Optometrists, 1911- 12. Democrat. Mem. K.C., C.O.F. Recreation: pho- tography. Home: 2125 Wilson Av. Office: 11 W. Randolph St.

HEIDLER, Frank Joseph, lumber; b. in Bo- hemia, Mar. 8, 1874; s. Frank Xaverious and Ber- tha (Halbhuber) Heidler; came to America with parents in 1888, family settling at Chicago: ed. pub. schs., of Chicago and 2 yrs. in high sch. at Prague, Bohemia; m. twice, first wife died July 5, 1904; m. 2d, Frances Marie Anderson, of Chicago, June 19, 1906; 4 children: Antoinette M., Rose S .. Frank J., Jr., Alice L. Identified with the lumber industry since 1890; in employ of Traverse City Lumber Co., 1890-1: with C. A. Barker. 1891-2: with the Barker Cedar Co. until 1900. when estab- lished firm of F. J. Heidler & Co .: organized Fink- Heidler & Co., 1902, inc. 1903, as the Fink-Heidler Co., of which has since been pres. and gen. mgr. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Odd Fel- low. Recreations: motoring. fishing. Home: 201 S. Humphrey Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 2449 S. Ash- land Av., Chicago.

HEIFETZ, Samuel, life underwriter; b. Vilna. Russia, June S. 1885; s. Morris M. and Caroline (Asine) Heifetz; ed. Govt. schs., Vilna; m. Eleanor Salins, of Chicago, Nov. 21. 1911: 2 children: El- mer M., Carroll M. Emigrated to U.S., 1901; in gen- eral store, Lawrence, Mass., 1902-6: removed to Chicago, 1906, and entered general store; became agent for Prudential Life Ins. Co., 1907: trans- ferred to Gary, Ind., 1908-12; resigned and returned to Chicago and entered employ of Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York, opening a branch office of the company in Ins. Exchange Bldg., 1915. Republican.

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Jewish religion. Mason (Apollo Lodge, Auburn Park Chapter, Woodlawn Council, Peoria Consist- ory, Mohammed Temple, Peoria, Ill.). Clubs: City, Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Recreations: hunt- ing, fishing. Home: 6032 Vernon Av. Office: 1816 Insurance Exchange.

HEIL, Benitius M., clergyman; b. Fulda, O., Oct. 2S, 1866; s. Sebastian and Catherine (Singer) Heil; ed. parochial and pub. schs. in Ohio; taught pub. schs. 2 yrs .; entered House of Studies of the Ser- vite Fathers, Sept. 21, 1887, finishing theol. studies at Granville, Wis. Ordained priest R.C.Ch., at St. Francis Sem., June 21, 1896, and assigned Our Lady of Sorrows Ch., Chicago, and master of the professed students of the Servite Order and dir. of studies, until Nov., 1900; master of novices and dir. of studies, 1900-2, superior of the monastery, 1902-S, House of Studies, Granville, Wis .; master of professed clerics, Our Lady of Sorrows Ch., Chi- cago, 1908-9; elected provincial of the Am. province of the Order of Servites, July 20, 1909, re-elected, July 23, 1912; represented the Servite Order in the U.S.A., at the General Chapter, at Florence, Italy, May, 1913. Home: 3121 Jackson Boul.

HEILMAN, Ralph Emerson, prof. economics; b. Ida Grove, Ia., Apr. 15, 1886; s. Dr. Elwood C. and Nancy Jane (Blazer) Heilman; Ph.B., Morningside Coll., Sioux City, Ia., 1906; A. M., Northwestern Univ., 1907; Ph.D., Harvard, 1913; m. Elsie May became a partner in that business; removed to Chi-

Weary, of Dwight, Ill., Sept. 8, 1909; 1 child, Gwen Flocile. Instr. in economics, Harvard, 1912-13; asst. prof. economics and chief Bur. of Social Wel- fare, Univ. of Ia., 1913-14; asst. prof. economics, Univ. of Ill., 1914-16; prof. economics and social science, Northwestern Univ., since Sept. 1, 1916. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Western Econ. Soc., Delta Tau Delta. Methodist. Clubs: City, University of Evanston. Author: Chicago Traction (pub. by Am. Econ. Assn.), 1908; also numerous articles on pub. utilities and kindred subjects. Home: 1505 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill.

HEINE, Heinrich Richard, chimney builder; b. Koenigsberg, Germany, 1871; s. Heinrich and Mar- garitha (Buetner) Heine; C.E., Univ. of Berlin, 1896; m. Maude Blanke, of Chicago, 1913; children: Hildegard, Heinrich, Jr. Came to America, 1896; in employ Am. Bridge Co., Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Chicago, 1896-1904; in engring. and constrn. business on own account since 1904; pres. The Heine Chimney Co. since 1906. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Lu- theran. Mason (32°, Shriner). Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 123 W. Madison St., Chicago.

HEINECK, Aimé Paul, surgeon; b. Bordeaux, France, Mar. 10, 1870; s. Auguste and Anna (Cazal- bou) Heineck; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1896; m. Léonie Pallissard, of St. Anne, Ill., 1907; 4 children: Pauline, Irène, Camille, Aimé Paul. Practiced in Chicago since 1896; prof. surgery, Coll. Medicine and Surgery; surgeon to Cook Co., Frances Willard, Jefferson Park, and Rhodes Av. hosps. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pathol. Soc. Editorial staff of Sur- gery, Gynecology and Obstetrics (Chicago), La Clinique (Montreal, Can.). Mem. Alliance Fran- çaise, Comité Patriotique and Société Française de Bienfaisance, Independent Religious Soc. (Chi- cago). Mem. Ashlar Lodge No. 308, A.F.&A.M .; Aryan Grotto No. 18, M.O.V.P.E.R .; Washington Chapter No. 43, R.A.M .; Chicago Council No. 4, R. and S.M .; Chicago Commandery No 19, K.T .; Me- dinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S .; also mem. K.P. Club: Chicago Motor. Author of numerous contributions to med. press, among them: Appendicitis and Pregnancy; Fractures of the Patella; Hernias of the Urinary Bladder; Hernias of the Ovary, of the Fallopian Tube, and of the Fallopian Tube and Ovary; The Modern Treatment of Exophthalmic Goitre; The Terminations and Treatment of Extra- Uterine Pregnancy; The Modern Treatment of In- tra-articular Bodies Originating Within the Organ- ism; Local and General Surgical Anesthesia; etc. Home: 1809 S. Trumbull Av. Office: 2007, 2009 and 2011 Marshall Field Annex Bldg.

HEINEMANN, Henry Emil Otto, newspaper man; b. Manchester, Eng., Apr. 21, 1864; s. Arnold Henry and Wilhelmine (Knop) Heinemann; ed. Bürgerschule, Brunswick, Germany, 1868-72; Jo- hanneum (Latin Sch.), Hamburg, Germany, 1873- 82, Chicago Law Sch., 1896-1900; admitted to bar, Dec. 18, 1900; m. Chicago, Nov. 10, 1898, Lillian Amelia Hopkins; children: Marie Virginia, Henry Edward Orville, Arnold Hopkins, Robert Knop. Re- porter on various Chicago newspapers, 1882-91; ed- itor in charge of Teutonic languages, dept. of pub- licity, World's Columbian Expn., 1891-2; city edi- tor Evening Press, 1892; editor Am. Brewers' Re- view, 1897-1916; in publicity service since 1916. Republican. Lutheran. Mason. Club: Press. Wrote: The Rule of Not Too Much; Unsere Weltausstel- lung; translator of Sketch of Martin Luther (Open Court), etc. Recreations: outdoor diversions, read- ing (sociology). Home: 1625 W. 102d St. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

HEINRICHS, Herman William, shoe merchant. (See vol. 1911.)

HEINSHEIMER, Edward Richard, mfr. cloaks and suits; b. Glenwood, Ia., Nov. 18, 1873; s. David L. and Sarah (Pettinger) Heinsheimer; ed. pub. schs. of Glenwood, and at Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia .; m. Rose Kahn, of Chicago, Nov. 14, 1906; chil- dren: William Richard, Edward Richard. Began as clerk in a general store at Glenwood, and in 1897

cago, 1903, to become pres. Shoninger-Heinsheimer Mfg. Co., mfrs. of cloaks and suits. Republican. Elk. Club: Standard. Recreations: outdoor diver- sions. Home: 857 Michigan Av., Wilmette, Ill. Of- fice: 234 S. Market St., Chicago.

HEINTZ, Edward Louis, M.D .; b. at Rolla, Mo., Apr. 27, 1874; s. John Louis and Fannie (de Bauern- feind) Heintz; grad. White Lake (S.D.) High Sch., 1890; student Univ. of S.D., class of 1896; Ph.G., St. Louis Coll. of Pharmacy; M.D., Coll. of Medi- cine Univ. of Ill., 1901; m. Bertha Marie Hansen, May 4, 1911; 1 son, John Louis, 2d (died 1914). Was adj. prof. materia medica, now asst. prof. medicine and clin. medicine, Coll. of Medicine of Univ. of Ill .; a founder, sec. and dir. and attend- ing physician University Hosp .; a founder, sec. and dir. University Hosp. Training School for Nurses. Pres. Eta Chapter House Assn .; Past Grand Pres. Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity (Grand Sec., 1902-10); chmn. incorpn. com. of Inter-Med. Fraternity Conf .; pres. Alumni Assn. Coll. of Medi- cine Univ. of Ill., 1913; mem. Alpha Omega Alpha, A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Re- publican. Methodist. Compiler of Directory of Alpha Kappa Kappa Fraternity, 1907, and Cata- logue of same, 1909. Contributor to medical peri- odicals. Home: 5968 W. Chicago Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

HEINZE, Victor, pianist and teacher; b. Ober- Glogau, Germany, Sept. 16, 1865; s. Leopold (au- thor of numerous works on music and mathe- matics) and Benigna (Redelbach) Heinze; collegi- ate and musical edn. at Breslau and Berlin, and afterwards was pvt. pupil of Leschetizky; came to Chicago in 1893; pres. Cosmopolitan Sch. of Music and Dramatic Art, 1907-12; dir. Master Sch. of Ar- tistic Piano-playing, at Berlin, Germany, 1912-15, at Chicago since 1915; dean of musical dept. Ferry Hall, Lake Forest Univ. Exponent of the Leschetiz- ky principles of piano playing. Home: 1400 Winne- mac Av. Studio: 508 Fine Arts Bldg.

HEISEN, Charles Constantine, real estate owner; b. Cassel, Germany, Sept. 19, 1854; s. George C. and Elise (Young) Heisen; ed. Coll. at Cassel, Ger- many; m. Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 31, 1881, Ida Wad- dill; children: Myrtle, Mamie, Carl and George. Was in cotton commn. business in Miss. for 9 yrs .; came to Chicago from Miss., and engaged in real estate business since 1886. Republican. Episco- palian. Home: Ardmore, Ill. Office: 219 S. Dear- born St., Chicago.

HEISER, Albert C., printing; b. Chicago, July 4, 1875; s. Frederick and Mary Elizabeth (Bentley) Heiser; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; m. Anna D. Ram- ler, of LaSalle Co., Ill., Apr. 8, 1896; 2 sons: Russell A., mem. Battery D, 1st Ill. Arty., and Fred B., age

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16. Began at 14 as apprentice in printing trade; in business for self since 1898. Republican; candi- date for alderman 5th Ward, 1906; delegate Rep. Nat. Conv., 1912; mem. Chicago Plan Commn. Ma- son; mem. Royal Arcanum. Home: 2329 W. 35th Pl. Office: 3535 Archer Av.

HEISSLER, Jacob Frank, pres. and treas. Heiss- ler & Junge Co .; b. Chicago, Ill., Apr. 21, 1873; s. Jacob and Sophie Heissler; m. Chicago, Apr. 23, 1902, Julia E., d. C. Emil Ernst; 1 daughter, Dor- othy Blanche. After leaving school became con- nected with the large wholesale bakery business established by father, and in Apr., 1901, assumed position as pres. and treas. Heissler & Junge Co. Clubs: Germania, Ill. Athletic. Home: 2818 Sheri- dan Rd. Office: 301-323 W. 39th St.

HEITMAN, Fred P., bonds and mortgages; b. at Chicago, May 8, 1884; s. George and Sophia (Turn- er) Heitman; ed. pub. schs., Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; m. Ella Swanson, of Chicago, June 6, 1906; children: Virginia, Frederick P., Jr., Jack. In employ of the Royal Trust Bank, Chicago, 1903- 09; then with Frank & Heitman Co. 4 yrs .; pres. Heitman Bond & Mortgage Co., since 1913; dir. Germania Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Republican. Baptist. Mason (32°, Shriner). Recreation: golf. Club: German. Home: 1333 Rosedale Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.

HEKTOEN, Ludvig, pathologist; b. at Westby, Wis., July 2, 1863; s. Peter P. and Olave Hektoen; A.B., Luther Coll., Decorah, Ia., 1883, A.M., 1896; studied Univ. of Wis .; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1887; studied Upsala, Prague, Berlin, Vi- enna, 1890-4-5-6-7; (M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1896; Sc.D., Univ. of Mich., 1913); m. Habo, Sweden, El- len Strandh, July 7, 1891. Pathologist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1889-1903; lecturer pathology, Rush Med. Coll., 1890-2; physician to coroner's office, Chicago, 1890-4; prof. pathology, Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1892- 94; prof. morbid anatomy, 1895-8, pathology since 1898, Rush Med. Coll .; prof. and head dept. pathol- ogy and bacteriology, Univ. of Chicago, since 1901; dir. Memorial Inst. for Infectious Diseases since 1902; mem. Occupational Disease Commn. of Ill., 1899-1911. Editor Journal of Infectious Diseases since 1904. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, A.M.A., Chicago Pathol. Soc. (pres. 1898-1902), Assn. Am. Pathologists and Bacteriologists (pres. 1903), A.A. A.S. (vice pres. 1909); foreign mem. Norwegian Med. Soc., Christiania. Author: Post-mortem Tech- nique, Chicago, 1894. Editor: Durek's Pathologic Histology. Co-editor and contbr. to Am. Text-Book of Pathology, 1902. Has written numerous articles of pathol. and bacteriol. interest. Residence: Hotel Del Prado. Address: 637 S. Wood St.

HELLYER, Arthur Tirrell, tea importer; b. at Kobé, Japan (parents temporarily there), Mar. 18, 1879; s. Frederick and Georgiana (Tirrell) Hell- yer; ed. University Sch., Chicago; Cornell Univ. Law Dept., 1897-8; m. Kate Chapman, of Bay City, Mich., Feb. 17, 1903; 2 children: Frederick, Arthur Bidwell. Mem. firm of Hellyer & Co., importers of tea, since 1900; succeeded father who established the business in 1875. Episcopalian. Clubs: Univer- sity, Riverside Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: Riv- erside, Ill. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.

HELLYER, Frederick, tea importer; Jan. 10, 1849-1915. (See vol. 1911.)

HELLYER, Walter, tea importer; b. Boston, Aug. 24, 1880; s. Frederick and Georgia-Anna (Tirrell) Hellyer; student Univ. of Chicago, 1897-9; m. Bes- sie, d. Clarence L. Cross, of Riverside, Ill., Apr. 27, 1904; 2 sons: Thomas W. and Philip. Member of firm of Hellyer & Co., tea importers. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Riverside Golf. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.

HELMER, B(essie) Bradwell (Mrs. Frank A. Helmer), editor, publisher, lawyer; b. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1858; d. Judge James B. and Myra (Colby) Bradwell; father came to Chicago, 1834, mother the first woman in the modern world to apply for admission to the bar; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1876 (valedictorian); A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1880. A. M., 1883; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1882 (valedic-

torian); m. Frank Ambrose Helmer (lawyer), of Chicago, Dec. 23, 1885; 1 daughter, Myra Bradwell (m. Dr. J. Stuart Pritchard, Oct. 21, 1915). Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1882; became asst. editor Chicago M., 1883; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1882 (valedic- Legal News, 1894, chief editor since 1907, also pres .; editor Hurd's Revised Statutes of Illinois since 1905; also edited 9 vols. Appellate Court Re- ports of Ill. Sec. Soldiers' Home in Chicago since 1894; vice chmn. World's Congress Auxiliary (wom- an's com.) on Government Reform (mother was chmn. same com.); chmn. for 12 yrs. of fellowship com. Assn. Collegiate Alumnæ and now mem. coun- cil (pres. of assn. 2 yrs.). Hon. mem. Ill. State Bar Assn .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Ill. Press Assn., D. A.R., Woman's Western Golf Assn. Republican. Club: Chicago Woman's. Residence: Virginia Ho- tel; (summer) Midlothian Country Club. Office: 32 N. Dearborn St.

HELMER, Frank Ambrose, lawyer; b. near Cuba, N.Y., Apr. 8, 1854; s. Herman K. and Elizabeth (Keller) Helmer; ed. graded sch., DeKalb, Ill., un- til 15; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1878, A.M., 1881; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1881; m. Bessie Brad- well, of Chicago, Dec. 23, 1885; 1 daughter, Myra Bradwell (m. Dr. J. Stuart Pritchard). Admitted to bar, 1881; began practice in clerical capacity for Frank J. Smith, with whom was partner, 1882-9; practiced alone, 1889-90; mem. firm of Smith, Hel- mer & Moulton (with Frederick A. Smith and Frank I. Moulton), 1890-7, Smith, Helmer, Moulton & Price, 1897-1902; Smith, Helmer & Moulton, 1902- July 1, 1903, when Mr. Smith was elected judge Circuit Court; then mem. Helmer & Moulton until Jan. 1, 1904, when, by admission of Roland D. Whitman, firm became Helmer, Moulton & Whit- man (Lloyd C. Whitman being admitted in 1912) ; now mem. Helmer, Moulton, Whitman & Whitman. Treas. and asso. editor Chicago Legal News. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Delta Kap- pa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Repub- lican. Clubs: University, City, Law, Hamilton, Reynolds, Midlothian. Recreation: golf. Residence: Virginia Hotel; (summer) Midlothian Country Club. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.

HELMHOLZ, Frederick Ernest Theodore, grain commn. (See vol. 1911.)

HELMING, Oscar Clemens, clergyman; b. Frank- lin, Wis., Jan. 17, 1867; s. Herman and Henrietta (Smithing) Helming; A.B., Butler Univ., Indian- apolis, Ind., 1888; grad. Union Theol. Sem., New York, 1894; m. Joanna Parker, of Atchison, Kan., Nov. 14, 1900; 4 children: Ruth, Vernon, Clemens, James. Ordained Congl. ministry, Oct. 24, 1894; pastor Island Pond, Vt., 1894-5, First Ch., Atchison, Kan., 1895-9, North Ch., Indianapolis, 1899-1903, Nutley, N.J., 1903-6, University Ch., Chicago, since 1907. Home: 5737 Dorchester Av.

HELSTEIN, Meyer, wholesale meats; b. Balti- more, Md., Nov. 24, 1861; s. of Faust and Sophia (Hess) Helstein; ed. grammar schs. and studied German; m. Annie Zwilling, of Chicago, Sept. 5, 1893. Engaged in cattle business until 1891; in meat and commn. business since 1892: propr. John Powell & Co., wholesale meats, S Fulton Market; also treas. of S. A. Smith Co., wholesale grocers (Gary, Ind.), and Berger Furniture Co. (Peoria, Ill.). Republican. Mem. of Apollo Lodge. No. 642, A.F. and A.M .; Apollo Lodge No. 78. Nat, Union. Recreation: golf. Home: 5401 University Av. Office: 838 Fulton St.

HEMINGTON, Francis, organist; b. at London, Eng., Aug. 22, 1866; s. James Alexis and Emily (Al- len) Hemington; asso. Royal Coll. of Organists. London, 1885: (Mus. Doc., New York Conservatory of Music, 1910) ; m. Sarah Jennie West, of London, Mar. 2, 1892. Came to America. 1893; organist and choirmaster, Grace Episcopal Ch., Oak Park, Ill., 1893-4, St. Paul's Universalist Ch., Chicago. 1894-S. Ch. of /the Epiphany, Chicago, since 1898, Zion Temple (Jewish), Chicago, since 1910: dir. Oak Park Sch. of Music. Episcopalian. Mason. Ad- dress: 838 North Boul., Oak Park, Ill.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 104

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