The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 111

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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Co. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Scandi- navian Med. Soc. Republican. Club: Norwegian. Home: 3108 Logan Boul. Office: 2303 Milwaukee Avenue.

HOLMES, Bayard (Taylor), surgeon; b. N. Hero, Vt., July 29, 1852; s. Hector Adams and Olive A. (Williamson) Holmes; his father was inventor of self-binding attachments and other improvements to harvesters, and removed to Minn., 1865; prep. edn. Carleton Coll., Minn .; B.S., Paw Paw Inst., 1874; M.D., Chicago Homœ. Coll., 1884; M.D., North- western Univ., 1888; m. Agnes Anna, d. of Capt. James W. George, of Lansing, Minn., Aug. 14, 1878. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1885-6; began practice, 1886; for years mem. surg. staff Cook Co. Hosp .; sec., 1891-5, sr. prof. surgery, med. dept., Univ. of Ill. (Coll. Phys. and Surg.), 1892-1908. Organizer Chicago Med. Library Assn .; mem. Am. Acad. Med- icine, A.M.A., Bibliog. Soc., etc .; an organizer Nat. Christian Citizenship League. Socialist; candidate for mayor Chicago, 1895. Editor North American Practitioner, 1889-92. Author: Surgical Emergen- cies; Surgery of the Abdomen, 1905; The Friends of the Insane, 1911; Hieratic Egyptian Medicine, 1913; Adolescent Insanity, 1914; Dementia Precox Studies, 1915; also various monographs, and con- tbns. on med., sociol. and ednl. subjects. Home: Lakeside, Mich. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av., Chicago.

HOLMES, Bayard, Jr., M.D .; b. Yorkville, Ill., Oct. 17, 1879; s. Bayard (M.D.) and Agnes Anna (George) Holmes; grad. Hyde Park High School, 1897; A.B., Williams Coll., Williamstown, Mass., 1901; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1904; m. Phoebe Barton, of Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 6, 1904; 2 children: Violet, Alice E. Practiced in Chicago since 1904. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Delta Upsilon (Williams), Nu Sigma Nu (Rush). Pres. Lake Michigan Yachting Assn., 1907-8. Club: Jackson Park Yacht (commodore, 1908, 09, 10). Recreation: yachting. Home: 843 E. 40th St. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

HOLMES, E (lias) Burton, travel-lecturer; b. at Chicago, Jan. 8, 1870; s. Ira and Virginia (Burton) Holmes; ed. at Allen Acad. and the Harvard Sch., Chicago; m. Margaret Elise Oliver, of Baltimore, Mar. 21, 1914. First lecture in Chicago, 1890; since then in all prin. Am. cities. To date has traveled in and lectured about nearly all countries except New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Author: The Burton Holmes Travelogues, 12 vols. Address: Or- chestra Hall.

HOLMES, Emil Albert, printer; b. Chicago, Aug. 16, 1865; s. Magnus Holmes; ed. pub. schs. of Chi- cago; m. Agnes Ford, 1892; children: Charles F., Emil J., Harold F., Edwin A. In employ of the J. M. W. Jones Printing Co., 1879-90; with Keen & De Lang for 2 yrs .; now mem. firm Jacobs & Holmes, printers. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Mem. Ben Franklin Club. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Advertising. Recreation: motoring. Home: 4556 Malden St. Office: 725 S. LaSalle St.

HOLMES, Frank A., lands. (See vol. 1911.)

HOLMES, Frank Farnsworth, fire ins .; b. War- saw, Ill., Mar. 21, 1858; s. Sollis R. and Rosette Ann (Farnsworth) Holmes; A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1880; m. July 24, 1901, Luella Mae Fox; chil- dren: Willard Farnsworth and Wayne Hosmer. Clk. in ins. agency, 1880; later insp. of agencies and ad- juster of fire losses; local agt. since 1887, as head of agency firm of Frank F. Holmes & Co .; also pres. North Shore Land Assn. since 1890; pres. Wewaho Co. (apple orchard). Sec., treas. Nat. Assn. Fire Ins. Agents, 1898-1904; mem. Chicago Bd. of Un- derwriters, S.A.R. Mason. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Beverly Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 433 S. Normal Parkway. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

HOLMES, Ludvig, clergyman; 1858-1910. (See vol. 1911. )

HOLMES, Marshall Fuller, mfr .; Apr. 8, 1857- June 1, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

HOLMES, Morris Grant, architect; b. LaPorte, Ind., Apr. 27, 1862; s. Isaac Newton and Susan B. (Miller) Holmes; ed. LaPorte High Sch .; tech. edn., 1882-9, in office of Solon S. Beman, architect, Chi- cago; m. Maud Josephine Harvey, of Hyde Park, Chicago, Dec. 31, 1887; 1 daughter, Kathryn Lang-

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ley. With J. M. Wood (San Francisco), Henry Ives consultation on internal medicine. Mem. A.M.A .. Cobb (Chicago), Patton & Fisher, 1893-4; practiced Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Soc. In- ternal Medicine, Chicago Pathol. Soc. Progressive Republican. United Presbyterian. Mason. Home: 5203 Ingleside Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St. alone in Buffalo, N.Y., 1895-8; asst. chief drafts- man, Pan-Am. Expn. bldgs. and grounds, Buffalo, 1899-1900; chief draftsman, Patton & Miller, Chi- cago, 1901-7, share in business same firm, 1907-12; mem. Patton, Holmes & Flinn, 1912-15, Holmes & Flinn since 1915. Designer: Chicago Acad. Sciences; Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton Coll., North- field, Minn .; First Congl. Ch., Oak Park, Ill .; nu- merous schs. and colls., in addition to gen. prac- tice; firm maintains offices in Chicago and Sioux Falls, S.Dak. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects; charter mem. of Chicago Architectural Club. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Clubs: City, Hamilton. Recreations: photography and outdoor sketching. Home: 3816 Ellis Av. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St.

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell, structural steel and foundry; b. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1866; s. Edward B. and Frances (Copsey) Holmes; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and Mich. Mil. Acad., Orchard Lake; m. Lillie, d. Walter M. Pond, of Chicago, Mar. 9, 1887; 1 daugh- ter, Mildred (Mrs. H. O. King). Entered employ of Holmes, Pyott & Co., iron works, 1885, established by his father in 1863, and served in several depts. of the business; succeeded father in the active management, 1896; pres. Holmes, Pyott & Co .; vice pres. Phenix Truck Makers, Inc. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Builders'. Recreations: outdoor sports. Home: 603 Addison St. Office: 159 N. Jef- ferson St.

HOLMES, Palmer Wilson, hardware; b. Auburn, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Feb. 17, 1866; s. Zebulon and Re- becca (Freeman) Holmes; ed. Auburn High School to 1881; m. Grace B., d. Charles E. Hurd, of Chi- cago, Dec. 28, 1898; children: Palmer Wilson, Jr., Grace, Charles Hurd and Jane Rebecca. Began as a clerk in a hardware store at Auburn, N.Y., until 1888; traveled for hardware firms, out of N.Y. City, 1888-97; traveling salesman, with Chicago branch of Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co., of New York, mfrs. of stamped and enameled sheet metal wares, 1897-1901, and mgr. since 1901. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Hardware, Recrea- tion: outdoor diversions. Home: 651 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1900 S. Clark St.

HOLMES, Rudolph Wieser, M.D .; b. Chicago, June 27, 1868; s. Edward Lorenzo and Paula (Wieser) Holmes; ed. Harvard Univ., 1888-90; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1893; work in hospitals at Vienna and Prague, 1900-1; m. Maria Baxter, of Chicago, May 5, 1898. In gen. practice, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology; asso. prof. obstetrics and gynecol- ogy, Rush Med. Coll .; chief of dept. of obstetrics, Augustana Hosp .; obstetrician, Passavant Memo- rial Hosp .; consulting obstetrician, Evanston Hosp. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, Inst. of Medicine of Chicago; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Physicians' Club, Nu Sigma Nu. Republican. Unitarian. Club: Univer- sity. Home: 33 E. Elm St. Office: 122 S. Michigan Avenue.

HOLMES, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; b. at West Union, Adams Co., O., Feb. 9, 1860; s. John and Elizabeth (Traber) Holmes; moved to Aledo, Mer- cer Co., Ill., 1869; student Univ. of Ill., 1880-2; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1885; m. Grace Blood, of Lacon, Ill., Jan. 12, 1892; children: De Voe, Thomas J., Jr., Grace G. Asst. corpn. counsel, City of Chicago, 1895-7; master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1903-5. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mason (32°). Clubs: Midlothian, Ill. Athletic. Home: 5212 Greenwood Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.

HOLMES, William Henry, clergyman; Mar. 15, 1814-May 1, 1912. (See vol. 1905.)

HOLMES, William Henry, M.D .; b. Belfast, Ire- land, Jan. 26, 1887; s. William Henry and Agnes (Shaw) Holmes; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1910; m. Gwendolyn Livesey, of Peoria, 111., Aug. 13, 1910; children: Virginia Gwendolyn, Nata- lie Shaw. State bacteriologist, Ill. State Bd. of Health, 1910-11; asst. phys., Kankakee State Hosp., Mar .- July, 1911; clin. pathologist, Ill. State Psy- chopathic Inst., 1911-12; pathologist to Wesley Me- morial Hosp. since 1912; asso. in pathology, North- western Univ. Med. Sch .; practice limited to office

HOLMQUIST, Gustaf, musician; b. Nora, Swe- den, Feb. 14, 1872; s. of Lars Frederick and Anna Charlotta Holmquist; came to U.S., 1885; ed. pub. schs .; studied music in Chicago and under Jean de Reszke and Oscar Seagle, Paris, France, also in England; m. Anna Olivia Ogren, of Westerwik, Sweden, May 23, 1893. Has appeared as bass solo- ist with leading musical socs. of America, also in many concerts, recitals, etc .; toured Sweden, 1910- 11; dir. and teacher of voice, Chicago Musical Coll., since 1916; bass soloist, Sunday Evening Club and First Congl. Ch., Evanston. Mem. Soc. Am. Musi- cians, Chicago Artists' Assn. Mem. King Oscar Lodge, A.F. and A.M. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Swed- ish. Home: 1430 Argyle St. Studio: 624 S. Michi- gan Av.

HOLSLAG, Edward J., president Holslag & Co .; b. Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1870; s. Charles and Mary (Pierre) Holslag; pub. sch. edn. Began study of art at Art Inst. of Detroit; won prize scholarship of $1,000 donated by James E. Scripps of Detroit Evening News; student Nat. Acad. Design, New York, 3 yrs .; also studied 11/2 yrs. in Munich, Paris, and other European cities; m. Mollie Connor, of Co. Galway, Ireland, Jan. 23, 1898. Employed for a time on black and white work for Collier's Weekly; supt. of work of decorating new Congressional Li- brary, Washington, D.C., 1892-3, and executed paint- ings for the librarian's room, one of the most at- tractive rooms in the bldg .; in Chicago since 1899; pres. Holslag & Co., interior decorators. Catholic. Address: 3736 Grand Boul.

HOLSMAN, Elizabeth Tuttle (Mrs. Henry K. Holsman), painter, sculptor; b. Brownville, Neb., Sept. 25, 1874; d. Smith Perkins (lawyer) and Sarah Elizabeth (Alexander) Tuttle; ed. Univ. of Neb .; Art Inst. of Chicago; m. Henry K. Holsman (archi- tect), of Chicago, May 1, 1896; 3 children: Henry T., John T., William T. Awarded silver medal, Ex- hbn. Artists of the Northwest, at St. Paul (Minn.) Inst., 1916; represented by painting "Still Waters." Omaha (Neb.) Fine Arts Soc .; "Water Lily Pool," Kearney (Neb.) State Normal Sch .; bronze relief of David Rankin, Tarkio (Mo.) Coll .; etc. Mem. Am. Federation Arts, Chicago. Soc. Artists, Uni- versity Settlement League. Clubs: The Arts, Chi- cago Coll. Home and Studio: 1224 E. 57th St., Chi- cago; (summer studio) Lotus Island, Lauderdale Lake, Wis.

HOLSMAN, Henry K., architect and mech. engr .: b. Dale, Guthrie Co., Ia., July 3, 1866; s. Henry and Louise (Kerchner) Holsman: student Guthrie Co. High Sch., Panora, Ia., 1883-5; A.B., Ia. (now Grin- nell) Coll., Grinnell, Ia., 1891; m. Elizabeth Tuttle, of Lincoln, Neb., May 1, 1896; children: Henry T .. John T., William T. Was bldg. supt. for contract- ors, Chicago, 1891-3; mem. Brainerd & Holsman, architects, 1893-7; alone since 1897; consulting engr. to Independent Harvester Co., Plano, Ill., 1910-12. Park commr. of Park Ridge, Ill., 1908-9. Republican. Congregationalist. Pres. Chicago Ar- chitectural Club, 1903; mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Chicago Architects' Business Assn., Western Soc. Engrs., Soc. of Automobile Engrs. of America. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, City. Recreations: golf, an- gling. Home: 1224 E. 57th St. Office: 332 S. Michi- gan Av.

HOLT, Arthur Grant, civil engr .: b. at Chatfield. Minn., Aug. 30, 1864; s. Edmund D. and Caroline ( Warner) Holt; ed. pub, schs., Minn., and Univ. of Minn., class of 1885; m. Caroline Warner, of Hat- field, Mass., Oct. 15, 1892; children: Lois, Elisabeth. Began in engring. dept. Great Northern Ry., 1885: with Duluth & Winnipeg R.R., 1889-90; became connected with C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1890. asst, chief engr. since 1912. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E. Presbyterian. Mason (Darius Commandery, K.T., Minneapolis. Minn .; Missouri Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.). Club: Chi- cago Engineers. Recreation: fishing. Home: Ev- anston, 111. Office: 80 E. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

HOLT, Charles Sumner, lawyer: b. Chicago. Oct. 21, 1855; s. De Villo R. and Ellen M. (Hubbard)

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Holt; A.B., Williams Coll., 1874; student Harvard Law Sch., 1878: m. Camilla McPherson, of Beulah, N.Y., Oct. 9. 1889; children: Isabella, Charles Mc- Pherson, Marian Hubbard. In practice at Chicago since 1878; sr. law firm of Holt, Cutting & Sidley. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Independent Republican. Dir. McCormick Theol. Sem .; trustee Williams Coll., Chicago Orphan Asylum; ex-pres. Presbyn. Broth- erhood America. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Onwentsia, South Shore, Chicago Law, Chicago Literary. Home: 1836 Calumet Av. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.

HOLT, George Hubbard, president Holt Lumber Co .; b. Chicago, July 28, 1852; s. De Villo R. and Ellen M. (Hubbard) Holt; ed. Dearborn Sem. and Lake Forest Acad. Started in lumber business with father; pres. Holt Lumber Co. since 1899; also pres. Am. Lumber Co. of Wis., Holt Timber Co., George H. Holt & Co. Owner of the Manhattan Bldg .; pres. Policy-Holders' Union; vice pres. Co- lumbian Nat. Life Ins. Co. of Boston. Mem. Nat. Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Assn., Nat. Lumber Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chamber of Commerce U.S.A. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago, City, Chi- cago Literary, South Shore Country, Onwentsia. Homes: 920 Lincoln Parkway, Chicago, and Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Manhattan Bldg., Chicago.

HOLT, Robert Newton, lawyer; b. Savanna, Ill., Nov. 4, 1868; s. Rev. Leonard and Lydia (Kellogg) Holt; grad. Rockford (Ill.) High Sch., 1886; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1893, Ph.M., 1895, LL.B., 1895; m. Ora Edith Wakeman, of Chicago, July 14, 1896 (died Apr. 8, 1909); 3 children: Helen, Margaret Lydia, Robert Newton (died July 14, 1915). Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since in practice at Chicago; mem. Holt, Freeman & Williston, 1897-8, Holt & Wilcoxon, 1901-3; asst. state's atty. Cook Co., 1903-7; asst. corpn. counsel, Chicago, Oct. 1, 1907-May, 1911; spl. asst. atty. gen. of Ill., 1912-13; mem. Brundage, Landon & Holt since 1913-17; Lan- don & Holt since 1917. Mem. Cook Co. Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Mason (K.T., Shriner); mem. Nat. Union, Royal League. Mem. U.S. Life Saving Service, Evanston, 1889-93. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Law, Westward Ho Golf. Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 4037 Lowell Av. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.

HOLVERSCHEID, Henry, coal mcht .; Aug. 31, 1856-Jan. 23, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

HOMAN, August, fruit and vegetable shipper; b. Chicago, Nov. 11, 1863; s. late Henry and Barbara H. (Holler) Homan; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Nellie L. Lintner, of Chicago, Aug. 11, 1891; 3 chil- dren: Lintner, Clyde, Kathryn. Began in wholesale jobbing business, 1891; mem. Butler, Homan & Co. since 1891. Mem. Western Fruit Jobbers of Amer- ica. Republican. Baptist. Recreations: travel, out- door life. Home: 6916 Bennett Av. Office: 84 W. South Water St.

HOMBURGER, Oscar, clergyman; b. N.Y. City, June 16, 1881; s. of Henry and Virginia Augusta (Maher) Homburger; A.B., Coll. City of New York, 1897; Univ. State of N.Y .; Temple Univ., Phila .; D.D.S., Univ. of Pa., 1905; Ph.G., Temple Univ., Phila., 1906; Ark. Conf. Coll .; Ark. Sch. of Theolo- gy; D.C.L., Chicago Law Sch .; (D.D., Campbell Coll., Holton, Kan., 1916); m. S. Florence, d. John Ashton Lalor, of Phila., Mar. 15, 1906; children: Henry Lalor, Rosalie Ashton, Virginia Florence, William Oscar. In business, N.Y. City, 1896-1902; practicing dentist and asst. prof. clin. dentistry, Medico-Chirurg. Coll., Phila., 1905-8; minister in charge Grace Ch., Siloam Springs, Ark., 1908-9, Trinity Ch., Independence, Mo., 1909-11; deacon, 1909, priest, 1911, Episcopal Ch .; rector Grace Ch., Chillicothe, Mo., 1911-14, Ch. of the Advent, Chi- cago, 1914-16; priest in charge St. George's Ch., Chicago, since Nov. 1, 1916. Mem. Am. Ch. Union, Am. Soc. Ch. Literature (dir.), Actors' Ch. Alli- ance (chaplain), Eucharistic League, Soc. of the Nazarene. Progressive. Mason. Club: Church. Au- thor of Quiz Compend in Physiology for Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Students, 1905; also article on Care of Teeth, in Draper's Self Culture, etc. Recreations: boating, fishing. Home: 7231 Eberhart Av.

HOMER, Benjamin Franklin, hardware mcht .; b. Granville, Washington Co., N.Y., Feb. 19, 1834; s. Zenas and Rhoda (Beach) Homer; on maternal side descendant of old Colonial ancestry; attended pub. schs. in Livingston Co., N.Y., until 16; then 2 yrs. in Wyoming Acad., N.Y .; later teacher in pub. sch., Warsaw, N.Y .; m. Richfield, N.Y., Nov., 1857, Eme- line C. Firman; children: Florence Elizabeth, Fred Matthews. Farmed in western N.Y. until 1860; in drug business, Warsaw, N.Y., 1860-8; in 1868 en- tered hardware trade in Chicago as mem. of firm of Hodge & Homer, inc. 1890 as Hodge & Homer Co., of which is now pres. Republican. Mem. 1st Congl. Church, Evanston. Club: Congregational. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 549 W. Madison St., Chicago.

HOMER, Fred Matthews, hardware mcht .; b. at Chicago, Sept. 15, 1868; s. Benjamin Franklin and Emeline C. (Firman) Homer; ed. grammar school and business coll., Chicago; Carleton Coll., North- field, Minn .; m. Anna F. Belden, of Chicago, Jan. 23, 1889; 2 children: Helen, Frank B. Has been con- nected with hardware business since 1886; sec .- treas. Hodge & Homer Co., builders' hardware, tools, etc., since 1912. Republican. Christian Sci- entist. Club: Hardware. Recreation: motoring. Home: 707 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 549 W. Madison St., Chicago.

HONNOLD, Fred C., coal operator; b. Maryville, Mo., June 14, 1872; s. John G. and Mary J. (McAr- thur) Honnold; prep. edn. Maryville High Sch .; Ph.G., Denver Univ., 1891; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1896; m. Aimee Coulter, of Chicago, June 10, 1903; 2 children: Mary Josephine, Virginia. Practiced medicine 10 yrs., Chicago and Riverside, Ill .; has been identified with coal business since 1905; now sec .- treas. and gen. mgr. Chicago & Big Muddy Coal & Coke Co., New Enterprise Coal Co. Sec .- treas. Ill. Coal Operators' Assn., Southern Ill. Coal Operators' Assn., Franklin Co. Coal Operators' Assn. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Golf, Chicago Automobile. Home: 7220 Sheridan Rd. Office: 2017 Fisher Bldg.

HONORÉ, Adrian C., real estate; s. late Henry Hamilton and Eliza Dorsey (Carr) Honoré; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1869. After graduation from col- lege assisted father in the care and management of his real estate holdings; also trustee of the estate of Potter Palmer. Clubs: University, Mid- Day, Saddle and Cycle. Home: 841 Lincoln Park- way. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

HONORE, Henry Hamilton, real estate; Feb. 19, 1824-Aug. 16, 1916. . (See vol. 1911.)

HONORE, Lockwood, judge; Sept. 7, 1865-Aug. 31, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

HONORE, Nathanial Kingston, capitalist; s. of Henry Hamilton and Eliza Dorsey (Carr) Honoré; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1877. Engaged in real es- tate investments, principally involving his own and trusteeships. Home: 841 Lincoln Parkway.

HOOD, Grace Gordon (Miss), teacher; b. at Chi- cago; daughter Calvin Todd and Ethel May (Bark- er) Hood; Northwestern Univ .; Lewis Inst .; A.M., Columbia, 1913. Instr. Lewis Inst., 1909-11; teach- er, evening, Speyer Sch., New York, 1911-12, Berke- ley Inst., Brooklyn, 1912-13; instr. home economics, Univ. of Chicago, 1913-14; asst. pror. in charge do- mestic science, 1914-16, prof. in charge domestic science, since Sept., 1916, Lewis Inst. Mem. Am. Home. Economics Assn., Central Assn. Science and Math. Teachers, Improvement Assn. for the Blind, Kappa Phi Delta. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Chicago College. Home: 2959 Washington Boul.

HOOD, James John, Chicago manager A. M. Col- lins Mfg. Co .; b. Phila., June 20, 1873; s. William H. and Margaret R. (Carlisle) Hood; grad. pub. and high schs., Phila .; m. Ida Mary Perrett, of Mer- chantville, N.J., Nov. 15, 1904; 3 children: Saraha Perrett, James Henry, Ida Mary. Entered employ of A. M. Collins Mfg. Co., mfrs. photographic mountings, card board and paper boxes, Phila .; worked in the mill, 1888-1902; traveling salesman, 1902-4; mgr. Chicago office of same company since 1904, also stockholder in the company. Republican. Mason (Golden Rule Lodge No. 926). Recreation: motoring. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 30 E. Ran- dolph St., Chicago.

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HOOF, Addison Coleman, mfr. and jobber vehicle woodstock; b. Chicago, June 29, 1888; s. John Cole- man and Katherine Estelle (Greene) Hoof; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Frances Avery, of Peoria, Ill., Apr. 3, 1914. With engring. dept. of Detroit River Tunnel Co., 1908-10; then identified with landscape gardening 2 yrs .; associated in business with fa- ther, title of John C. Hoof & Co., since 1911, part- ner in firm since 1913. Episcopalian. Home: 493 Park Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: 157 W. Illinois St., Chicago.

HOOF, Harry, mfr .; b. Chicago, Dec. 28, 1878; s. George W. and Mary Elizabeth (Green) Hoof; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Grace B. Waite, of Belvi- dere, Ill., Feb. 25, 1901; 1 daughter, Jane. Began active career with Phoenix Horse Shoe Co., 1900, and continued as salesman 10 yrs .; founded, 1910, the Hoof Bros. Co., mfrs. and importers upholster- ing for automobiles and carriages, etc., of which is pres. and treas. Presbyterian. Mason. Rec- reations: hunting, fishing. Home: 4861 Magnolia Av. Office: 232 Randolph St.

HOOF, John Coleman, mfr .; b. Genoa, Ill., Oct. 30, 1865; s. George W. and Mary Elizabeth (Green) Hoof; ed. pub. schs. and business coll., Chicago; m. Katherine Estelle Greene, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1885; children: Addison Coleman, Frances Margue- rite. Began, Mar. 20, 1880, as office boy for Kelley, Maus & Co., Chicago, and remained with them un- til Jan. 1, 1901; during intervening period held all positions from office boy to credit man, and was credit mgr. for 12 yrs., and for 3 yrs. was pres. of the company; engaged in business for self, organ- izing and becoming sec. and treas. Thompson-Hoof Co., which acquired and succeeded to the business of Parkhurst & Wilkinson Co., which was estab- lished 1865, and with which he continued until 1906; treas. of H. Scherer & Co., mfrs. and jobbers of wagon materials, Detroit, 1906-9; returned to Chicago and formed firm of John C. Hoof & Co., wagon materials, of which is sr. mem .; also pres. Fairmount Cemetery Co. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Bass Lake Fishing and Hunting, Suburban of LaGrange. Recreations: hunting, fish- ing. Home: 101 N. 5th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 157-159 W. Illinois St. and 631 First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.

HOOK, Arthur Schermerhorn, vice president and treas. Calumet Steel Co .; b. Ottawa, Ill., Aug. 3, 1868; s. Charles H. and Anna S. (Schermerhorn) Hook; ed. pub. schs. of Ottawa; m. Annie L. Porter, of Ottawa, June 9, 1892; 2 children: Harmon, JO- seph. Began as a boy with the First Nat. Bank of Ottawa, with which remained for 10 yrs .; with the Moline (Ill.) Plow Co., 2 yrs .; treas. J. E. Porter Co., Ottawa, 10 yrs., until 1902; sec. Inland Steel Co., 1902-7; vice pres. and treas. Calumet Steel Co. since 1907; dir. J. E. Porter Co., Ottawa, Ill. Repub- lican; city treas. of Ottawa, 1891-2. Mem. A.F.& A.M., Ottawa. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Oak Park Country. Recreations: athletic sports, golf. Home: 327 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

HOOKER, George Ellsworth, civic secretary; b. Peacham, Vt., Apr. 25, 1861; s. William Davenport and Esther H. (Bickford) Hooker; A.B., Amherst, 1883; LL.B., Columbia Univ. Law Sch., 1885; stu- dent Union Theol. Sem., New York, 1887-8; B.D., Yale Div. Sch., 1890; unmarried. Admitted to N.Y. bar, 1885, and practiced in N. Y. City till 1887; mem. "Yale Band" and pastor in State of Wash., under Am. Home Missionary Soc., 1890-3; traveled in Eu- rope, 1894-5; investigated city conditions in U.S., 1896-7; sec. spl. street ry. com. of Chicago City Council, 1898; editorial writer, Chicago Tribune. 1899-1902, 1904-5; made 8 trips to Europe, studying city conditions; sec. City Club of Chicago, 1903-8, and civic sec. since 1908. Mem. Permanent Charter Commn. of Chicago, Chicago Plan Commn .; accom- panied Chicago Ry. Terminals Commn. on Euro- pean tour of investigation, summer, 1914; chmn. 111. Pension Laws Commn., 1916. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Geog. Soc. Chicago. Progressive. Congregationalist. Clubs: City, Social Workers' Country. Author: Through Routes for Chicago Steam Railroads, 1914. Contbr. to mags. Home: Hull Hlouse. Office: City Club, 315 Plymouth Ct.

HOOKER, Henry M., founder of H. M. Hooker Co .; died Apr. 16, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 111

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