The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 139

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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LOEWENTHAL, Milton Elliot, millinery mfr .; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 10, 1890; s. Louis and Mathilde (Strauss) Loewenthal; ed. pub. schs. and Eastman Business Coll .; m. Lucille Ritter, of Chicago, Feb. 11, 1917. Entered business in New York, 1906, con- tinuing there 6 yrs .; removed to Chicago, 1912, and head of Milton E. Loewenthal & Co., mfrs. hat frames, since 1915. Hebrew. Recreations: tennis, horseback riding. Home: 105 E. 58th St. Office: 12 N. Michigan Av.

LOFTIS, Samuel T. A., jewelry; b. Phila., Pa., Dec. 2, 1870; ed. St. Augustine Fathers; grad. of Villanova Coll. Learned jewelry business in fa- ther's store at Phila .; came to Chicago, 1892, and established Loftis Bros. & Co., mail order jewel- ers, with a chain of stores in leading cities, of which is pres. and sole owner. Republican. Home: 5630 Kenmore Av. Office: 108 N. State St.

LOGAN, Frank Granger, retired commn. mcht .; b. on farm in Cayuga Co., N.Y., Oct. 7, 1851; s. Simeon Ford and Phebe (Hazen) Logan; ed. pub. schs. and in Ithaca (N.Y.) Acad .; m. 1882, Jose- phine, d. John L. Hancock, of Chicago; children: Rhea (Mrs. Charles A. Munroe), Stuart, Howard Hancock, Spencer, Waldo. Came to Chicago, 1870; clerk in dry goods house of Field, Leiter & Co .; then for a yr. with a Bd. of Trade firm before es- tablishing, 1876, firm of F. G. Logan & Co., in the commn. grain trade, which later became Logan & Bryan; now retired. Made a fine collection of archæological specimens, which he exhibited in anthropol. dept. of World's Columbian Expn .; also a collection of interesting relics of John Brown and Abraham Lincoln, exhibited in the Ill. Bldg. Officer Plymouth Congl. Ch. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc .; vice pres. Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, City, Onwentsia, South Shore Country, Cliff Dwellers, Midlothian. Recreations: interested in art. Home: 1150 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 141 W. Jackson Boul.

LOGAN, Howard Hancock, broker; b. Chicago, June 9, 1888; s. Frank Granger and Josephine (Hancock) Logan; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1910; unmarried. Began active career with Logan & Bryan, 1910 (firm established by father in 1876); partner in the business since 1913. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, St. Louis Merchants' Ex- change. Republican. Clubs: University, Midloth- ian, South Shore Country, Onwentsia, Swan Lake; Rocky Mountain (New York). Recreations: shoot- ing, golf, motoring. Home: 1150 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 141 W. Jackson Boul.

LOGAN, Stuart, broker; b. at Chicago, 1886; s. Frank Granger and Josephine (Hancock) Logan; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1908; m. Gladys Goodrich, of Chicago, Ill., Nov., 1910; 1 daughter, Phoebe. Identified with Logan & Bryan, brokers in grain, stocks and provisions, 1908-17; partner in the firm 1912-17; retired on account of ill health. Republican. Clubs: University, Old Elm, Onwentsia, South Shore Country. Home: 2258 Lin- coln Park West.

LOGAN, Theron, commission mcht .; formerly mem. firm of Logan & Bryan; dir. Workman's Legal Security Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Home: 6522 Harvard Av.

LOGAN, William Hoffman Gardner, oral sur- geon; b. Morrison, Ill., Oct. 14, 1872; s. Robert E. and Melvina (McCoy) Logan; prep. edn. Morrison High Sch .; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. Dental Surgery, 1895; M.D., Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery, 1903; m. Florence, d. Dr. Truman W. Brophy, of

LOEWENTHAL, Berthold, cotton goods, etc .; b. Bützow, Germany, Apr. 2, 1846; s. Nathan and Chicago, June 13, 1900; 1 child, Jean Brophy. Asso.

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prof. oral surgery and prof. and head of dept. oral pathology, Chicago Coll. Dental Surgery; surg. asst., Frances E. Willard Nat. Temperance Hosp. Commd. maj. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Aug., 1917; chmn. sub. com. of Gen. Med. Bd. of Council of Nat. Defense. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, A. M.A .; pres. Nat. Dental Assn., 1917-18, Ill. State Dental Soc., 1913-14, Chicago Dental Soc., 1909-10; mem. Delta Sigma Delta. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press, Edgewater Country. Residence: Edgewater Beach Hotel. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

LONG, Charles H., M.D .; b. Fredericton, Can., Oct. 4, 1863; s. Henry M. and Annie (Perkins) Long; ed. common schs. and normal sch., York Co., N.B., Can .; M.D., McGill Univ., Montreal, 1888; spl. med. courses, Univ. of Chicago, 1907, Univ. of Vi- enna, 1908; unmarried. Practiced in Chicago, 1889- 90, Escanaba, Mich., until 1905, since in Chicago; prof. otology, rhinology and laryngology, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. Sch., since 1914; prof. otology, Chicago Hosp. Sch. of Medicine; otologist and laryngologist, Post-Grad. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Chicago Oto-Laryngol. Soc. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mason. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 6932 Lowe Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

LONG, Frank Elmer, publisher; b. on farm in Boone Co., Ill., Oct. 7, 1865; s. Joseph and Rhoda Anna (Wheeler) Long; ed. pub. sch. and at North- ern Ind. Normal Sch., Valparaiso; m. Nellie Wil- helmina Ebert, of Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 18, 1898; children: Elmer Ebert, Constance Evelyn. En- tered employ of Albert Rivet, Rockford, Ill., 1880; later with Emerson, Talcott & Co., mfrs. of agrl. implements, Rockford; spl. rep. in Chicago of Frank B. White & Co., pubs., subsequently becom- ing vice pres. and mgr. eastern office at New York and pres. of company, 1902; pres. Long-Critchfield Corpn., 1903-8; pres. National Stockman and Farm- er, also Farmers' Review. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Oak Park Country. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Home: 630 N. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 14 E. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

LONG, Jesse Robert, lawyer; b. nr. Bedford, Ind., Mar. 7, 1866; s. David and Sarah Margaret (Fish) Long; ed. Bedford Male and Female Coll .; Central Normal Coll., Danville, Ind .; Memphis (Tenn.) Law Sch .; m. Ida B. Hargrave, of Rock- ville, Ind., Nov. 22, 1888 (died May 5, 1907) ; chil- dren: Hargrave A. and Roger D .; m. 2d, Mrs. Rosa- lie Carle, of North Raymond, Me., June 22, 1909. Admitted to bar at Memphis, Tenn., 1890; mem. Bingham & Long, Muncie, Ind., 1896-1906; removed to Chicago, 1906, and since mem. Castle, Williams, Long & Castle. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T.). Club: Union League. Home: 4121 Sheridan Rd. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.

LONG, John Harper, chemist; b. nr. Steubenville, O., Dec., 1856; s. John and Elizabeth (Harper) Long; B.S., Univ. of Kan., 1877; studied at Tübin- gen, Würzburg, and Breslau, 1877-80; Sc.D., Tübin- gen, 1879; m. Catherine Stoneman, of Cedar Rap- ids, Ia., Aug. 24, 1885. Prof. chemistry, Northwest- ern Univ. Med. Sch. since 1881; dean Northwestern Univ. Sch. Pharmacy since 1913. Mem. referee bd. of consulting scientific experts U.S. Dept. Agr .; mem. revision com. U.S. Pharmacopoeia. Mem. council on pharmacy and chemistry of A.M.A .; fel- low A.A.A.S .; pres. Am. Chem. Soc., 1903-4; mem. Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft, Washington Acad. Sciences, Soc. Biol. Chemists. Author of sev- eral books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 2421 Dearborn St., Chicago.

LONG, Omera Floyd, professor Latin; b. Millers- burg, Ky., May 10, 1870; s. James Riley and Ar- milda (Cheatham) Long; A. B., Ky. Wesleyan Coll., 1890, A.M., 1893; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1897; m. Margaret A. Kingsley, Feb. 3, 1914. Classical mas- ter, Friends' Sch., Baltimore, 1895-6; instr. Latin, 1897-1901, asst. prof., 1901-6, asso. prof., 1906-10, prof. since June, 1910, Northwestern Univ. Mem. Am. Philol. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa (Alpha of Md.). Clubs: University (Evanston and Chicago). Edi- tor: Livy (selections from the first decade), 1908. Contbr. to philol. jours. Home: Evanston, Ill.

LONG, Ray, editor; b. Lebanon, Ind., Mar. 23, 1878; s. John H. and Mary A. (Hume) Long; ed. pub. schs., Indianapolis; m. Pearl Dillow Schou, of Cleveland, Sept. 25, 1910. On staff Indianapolis News, 1900-5; mng. editor Cincinnati Post, 1905-8, Cleveland Press, 1908-10; asso. editor Hampton's Mag., 1910-11; editor Hampton-Columbian, 1911- 12, The Red Book Mag., The Blue Book Mag., The Green Book Mag. since Jan. 1, 1912. Club: The Players (New York). Recreations: fishing, hunt- ing, automobiling. Home: 2478 Lake View Av. Of- fice: 36 S. State St.

LONG, Sylvester A., lecturer; b. Dayton, O., Aug. 4, 1875; s. Daniel and Salome (Crull) Long; stu- dent Mt. Morris (Ill.) Coll .; Univ. of Chicago; m. Etta M. Moore, of Mt. Morris, June 30, 1898. Supt. normal dept. Plattsburg (Mo.) Coll. 1 yr .; supt. schs., Mt. Morris, Ill., 2 yrs .; dept. of mathematics, Dayton (O.) High Sch., 5 yrs. Identified with ly- ceum and chautauqua platform since 1904; pres. Internat. Lyceum Assn. Scottish Rite Mason. Home: 23 Antioch St., Dayton, O. Address: Audi- torium Hotel, Chicago.

LONG, Theodore Kepner, lawyer; b. at Millers- town, Pa., Apr. 26, 1857; s. Abraham and Cath- arine (Kepner) Long; ed. Millerstown (Pa.) High Sch., and State Normal Sch., Millersville; New Bloomfield (Pa.) Classical Acad .; spl. studies at Yale; LL.B., Yale Law Sch., 1878; m. Kate Car- son, of Eau Claire, Wis., Nov. 25, 1885. Editor of Mandan (N.D.) Daily Pioneer, 1882; compiled Long's Legislative Hand Book for Dakota, 1883; began practice of law, 1884; state's atty. for dist. west of the Mo. River, Dakota, 1885; atty. for N.P. R.R., Bismarck, Dak., 1887; settled in Chicago, 1894. Was legal adviser in formation of Ill. Life Ins. Co., 1899, and gen. counsel same, 1899-1907; assisted in organizing Western Trust & Savings Bank, 1903, and gen. counsel same, 1903-7; retired from active practice, 1908. Founded, 1914, and since pres., Carson Long Inst. (prep. and voca- tional instrn.), New Bloomfield, Pa. Alderman 6th Ward, Chicago, 1909-15. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton (ex- pres.), Kenwood, South Shore Country. Home: 4823 Kimbark Av.

*LONGENECKER, Joel Fitch, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

LONGENECKER, Rolla Rudolph, lawyer; b. Ol- ney, Ill., Apr. 1, 1875; s. Joel M. and Emma Flor- ence (Fitch) Longenecker; ed. grammar and high schs. of Chicago and studied law 5 yrs. in office of his father; attended Kent Coll. of Law, 1897. Chicago Coll. of Law, 1899; m. Grace Louise Brin- kerhoff, of Chicago, Sept. 20, 1904; children: Edwin Donald, Lela Florence. Admitted to bar, 1900, and joined father in forming firm of Longenecker & Longenecker; prof. med. jurisprudence, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery. since 1914. also mem. exec. faculty. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Organizer and sec. Tenants' Protective Assn .; organizer of Sons of Veterans Provisional Regt. of Ill. and capt. Co. A; trustee Ill. Masonic Hosp. Assn. Mem. Sons of Veterans. Republican. Methodist. Mason (32°, Shriner); Past Royal Vi- zier of Chicago Temple, D.O.K.K .; mem. state ju- diciary com. K. of P .; mem. Odd Fellows. Red Men, Grotto. Club: Hamilton (life). Author: How to Prepare a Case for Trial; How to Examine an Ab- stract. Home: 6146 Langley Av. Office: 1313 Con- way Bldg.

LONGLEY, Albert Warren, retired mcht. (See vol. 1911.)

LONGLEY, Harry Sherman, bishop. Removed to Des Moines, fa. (See Who's Who in America.)

LOOMIS, Archibald Gilbert, railway treas .; b. Hartford, Conn., June 20, 1848; s. Pascal and Mar- tha Jones (Greenfield) Loomis; ed. pub, grammar and high schs., Hartford; m. Cordelia Gertrude Harwood, of New York. Nov. 11. 1869 (died Sept. 15, 1873); m. 2d, Mary Walz, of Hartford, Nov. 20. 1878 (died Dec. 30, 1886); m. 3d. Ellen Seymour Hanson, of Hartford, May 18, 1892. Clk. Aetna Nat. Bank, Hartford, 1865-87, cashier, 1887-91. pres, same. 1891-9; vice pres. and dir. Nat. City Bank of New York, 1899-1905; with N. W. Halsey & Co., bankers and brokers, San Francisco, 1905-7:

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vice pres. Union Trust Co., Providence, 1907-15; treas. C.,M.&St.P.Ry., Chicago, since Sept. 1, 1917. Republican. Congregationalist. Office: 1235 Rail- way Exchange.

LOOMIS, Edward Beach, M.D., surgeon; b. at Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 6, 1848; s. Rev. Harmon and Charlotte M. (Torrey) Loomis; ed. Brooklyn Poly. Inst., Univ. of the City of New York, Univ. of Vt .; M.D., Med. Dept. Univ. of Vt., 1870; m. Effagene M. Fuller, of Burlington, Vt., Mar. 14, 1871; 1 daugh- ter, Charlotte C. Leland. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Thera- peutic Club. Republican. Club: Illinois. Home: 333 Wisconsin Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 15 E. Washington St., Chicago.

LOOMIS, Edwin Cooley, metal specialties; b. at Erie, Pa., Mar. 30, 1865; s. William W. and Martha E. (Cooley) Loomis; ed. pub. schs. and business coll., Erie; m. Bertha C. Jewell, of Duluth, Minn., June 2, 1891; 2 children: Dexter A., Edwin Cooley, Jr. Came to Chicago, 1888; with Pitkin & Brooks, china and glassware, 1888-93; one of the organiz- ers, 1901, of the Spengler-Loomis Mfg. Co., of which is pres. and treas .; also pres. and treas. Au- tomatic Pencil Sharpener Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Pa. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Pres- byterian. Clubs: Hardware, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing. Home: 6855 Euclid Av. Office: 58 E. Washington St.

LOOMIS, William Warner, editor, writer; b. at Clermont, Ia., Sept. 16, 1876; s. Addison Harlow and Marian (Warner) Loomis; B.S., State Univ. of Ia., Iowa City, 1899; m. Alice Bibbs, of Boone, Ia., Oct. 23, 1905; children: Marion, Virginia, Clinton, Elnora. Editor Vidette-Reporter, Iowa City, Ia., 1898-9, Clermont (Ia.) Observer, 1900, Atlantic (Ia.) Tri-Weekly Messenger, 1901, Boone (Ia.) Evening Republican, 1901-5, LaGrange (Ill.) Citi- zen since 1905; also asso. editor System mag. and head of The System Co.'s book dept., 1910-11; pres. Citizen Pub. Co., owners and pubs. of 20 newspa- pers in the suburban field near Chicago. Mem. Nat. Editorial Assn., Suburban Publishers' Assn., Cook Co. Press Club (pres. 1914-16), Hawkeye Fellow- ship, Delta Sigma Rho. Republican. Contbr. to mags. Home: 117 S. Madison Av., LaGrange, Ill.

LORD, Alonzo B., grain shipping; b. Danvers, Mass .; s. of Edward A. and Eleanor (Boardman) Lord; m. Lucia M. Shumway, of Plymouth, Mass., Nov. 19, 1895; 2 children: Eleanor, Philip S. In grain shipping business, Chicago, since 1881; mem. Lord & Garland. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Re- publican. Unitarian. Clubs: Evanston Golf, Evans- ton Country. Home: 1235 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

LORD, Daniel Miner, retired; b. Newton Corner, Mass., Sept. 29, 1844; s. Rev. Daniel Miner and Eliza Ann (Hardy) Lord; ed. common schs .; m. Alice Barbee Tullis, of Chicago, Sept. 21, 1887. Was engaged in shipping business, New York, until close of Civil War; went to Chicago, 1868; entered newspaper business, 1870; sr. mem. firm of Lord & Thomas until Feb. 1, 1904; officer or dir. in other corpns. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic (ex-pres.), City, Flossmoor Country. Home: 5450 Cornell Av.

LORD, Frank Elmer, lawyer; b. Danvers, Mass., Dec. 20, 1861; s. Edward A. and Nancy (Boardman) Lord; grad. Holten High Sch., Danvers, Mass., 1878, Salem (Mass.) High Sch., 1879; A.B., North- western Univ., 1883; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1886; mem. firm of Hamline, Scott & Lord, 1889- 1904, Scott, Bancroft, Lord & Stephens, 1904-7, in- dividual practice since 1907. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ev- anston, Skokie Country. Home: 1328 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1011 The Rookery, Chicago.

LORD, John Brackett, president and manager Ayer & Lord Tie Co .; b. Newton Upper Falls, Mass., June 3, 1848; s. Brackett and Clarissa Wil- liams (Winslow) Lord; ed. schs. of Newton, Mass., and Wesleyan Acad., Wilbraham, Mass .; m. 1874, Annie E., d. Dr. James M. Steele, of Grand View, Ill .; children: Clara S., Mary I., Margaret, Rus- sell. In 1867 entered his father's grain and flour business, remaining until 1872, and removed to Kansas, Ill., where his father owned a large grain

warehouse, of which he took charge; became gen. .buyer and shipper of grain through Central Ill., 1875-82; in railroad lumber supply business, with C. W. Powell, Paris, Ill., 1882-4, and at Chicago, 1884-93, when firm dissolved; since 1893 pres. and mgr. of Ayer & Lord Tie Co., now largest oak-tie dealers in U.S .; dir. Harris Trust & Savings Bank. Vice pres. Presbyterian Hosp. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Kenwood, Mid-Day, Flossmoor Country. Home: 4857 Greenwood Av. Office: 1515 Railway Exchange.

*LORD, William Sinclair, author. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

LORENTZ, Christoph August, newspaper pub- lisher. (See vol. 1911.)

LORENZ, Frederick Alexander, life insurance; b. Ontario, Richland Co., O., Oct. 2, 1862; s. Fred- erick and Lucy Ann (Winemiller) Lorenz; A.B., Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, 1883 (D.C.S., 1916); m. Florence May Ayres, of Kalida, Putnam Co., O., Oct. 2, 1884; children: Frederick Ayres, Walter Clark, Faun Marie. In publishing business, Lan- sing, Mich., 1883-7; removed to Chicago, 1887; pres. Central School Book & Supply House, 1890-1903; in ins. business since 1903; mgr. Met. office of Ætna Life Ins. Co. since 1912. Mem. bd. mgrs. Y.M.C.A., and vice pres. Immigration Commission; trustee Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, Gads Hill Center So- cial Settlement (Chicago). Mem. Ohio Soc. of Chi- cago, Chicago Alumni Assn. of Ohio Northern Univ., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Independent Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle, City. Recreations: fishing, gardening, Home: 5621 Woodlawn Av. Office: 111 W. Monroe Street.

LORENZ, Frederick Ayres, Jr., president Hill Binding Co .; b. Lansing, Mich., Feb. 26, 1886; s. Frederick A. and Florence May (Ayres) Lorenz; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1904; student Univ. of Chicago, 1904-5; B.S. in Ry.M.E., Univ. of Ill., 1909; unmarried. Insp. engr. C.&N.W.Ry., 1909; operating engr. Republic Iron & Steel Co., 1910; steel wheel expert, manager wheel dept., Am. Steel Foundries, 1911-17; pres. and treas. The Hill Bind- ing Co. since Aug., 1917; dir. Cast Steel Wheel Co. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Engineers', Illini, Western Railway. Recreations: motoring, golf, handball, swimming. Home: 5621 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1056 W. Van Buren St.

LORIMER, William, ex-senator; b. Manchester, Eng., Apr. 27, 1861; s. William and Sarah (Harley) Lorimer; at age of 5 came with parents to U.S., and in 1870 came to Chicago; m. Susan Mooney, of Chicago, July, 1884. At 10 he became sign-painter's apprentice; later worked in packing houses and for a street railroad co .; entered real estate business, 1886, and later mem. of Murphy & Lorimer in bldg. and brick mfg. business; mem. firm of Lorimer & Gallagher, contractors, since 1900, now inc. as Lor- imer & Gallagher Co., of which is pres .; pres. Fed- eral Improvement Co. since 1907. Supt. water- main extensions and later supt. water dept., City of Chicago, 1887-93; defeated for clerk Superior Court, 1892; mem. 54th to 56th Congresses (1895- 1901), 2d Ill. Dist., and 58th to 61st Congresses (1903-11), 6th Dist .; mem. coms. on Agr. and Riv- ers and Harbors; elected U.S. senator, May 26, 1909, for term 1909-15; resigned from Ho. of Rep. and took seat in U.S. Senate, June 18, 1909. Valid- ity of election challenged in Senate, Jan. 9, 1911; by vote of 46 to 40, Mar. 1, 1911, challenge was not sustained; Senate decided to reopen investigation June 1, 1911; majority of com. reported election not brought about by corrupt means; by vote of 55 to 28, July 14, 1912, Senate sustained a resolution declaring that corrupt methods and practices had been employed in the election and that his election was invalid. Republican. Was pres. LaSalle St. Trust & Savings Bank, 1910-15. Home: 3255 Wash- ington Boul. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St.

LOSCH, Nathaniel Richardson, banker; b. at Brooklyn, Nov. 28, 1869; s. Rev. Henry and Hannah Jane (Richardson) Losch; ed. Phila. High Sch. and pvt. sch .; m. Marion Blanche Stockton, of Chicago, Oct. 24, 1900; children: John Stockton, Nathaniel Richardson, Jr., Henry Covington. Clerk in coal office of Charles Denny & Co., Phila., 1885; later

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same year with W. S. Kimball, real estate; came to ocrat. Methodist. Recreation: handball. Contbr. Chicago, 1886; cashier Carson, Pirie & Co., 1886-8; to med. jours. Home: 734 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park, Ill. Offices: 2449 Washington Boul., and 25 E. Washington St., Chicago. consecutively messenger, asst. cashier and cash- ier, Commercial Nat. Bank; on consolidation with Continental Nat. Bank in 1910, became cashier of LOUNSBURY, James Allen, woodworking ma- chinery. (See vol. 1911.) Continental & Commerial Nat. Bank. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Bankers', Ill. Ath- letic, Wheaton Golf. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank., Chicago.

LOUCKS, Charles Olney, lawyer; b. at Menasha, Wis., June 7, 1877; s. Charles N. and Mary Ellen (Reece) Loucks; grad. Irving Park Grammar Sch., Chicago, 1899, Jefferson High Sch., 1894; 2 yrs.' work in A.B. course at Univ. of Mich., 1894-6; m. Lavina Williams, of Warsaw, Ind., June 28, 1905; 3 children: Mary W., Clarkson W., Elizabeth. Clk. in law office of Pease & McEwen, Chicago, 1896-7, Atwood & Pease, 1897-9; admitted to bar, Dec. 16, 1899, to Supreme Court of U.S., 1906; practiced law alone until Jan., 1901; mem. firm of Atwood & Pease, Jan., 1901-Oct., 1902, Atwood, Pease & Loucks, Oct., 1902-Sept. 1, 1903, Atwood, Pease, Corbin & Loucks, Sept. 1, 1903-Jan. 1, 1906; since then of Atwood, Pease & Loucks; dir. Irving Park Nat. Bank. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Univ. of Mich. Alumni Assn., Nat. Union, Chicago Methodist Social Union. Mem. Federation of Improvement Clubs of 27th Ward; advisory council Legislative Voters' League (25th Dist.). Republican. Club: City. Home: 3900 N. Keeler Av. Office: 1213 Tacoma Bldg.

LOUCKS, Vernon R., lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 23, 1886; s. of Charles N. and Mary Ellen (Reece) Loucks; ed. grammar and Jefferson High Sch., Chi- cago, and Northwestern Univ .; LL.B., Northwest- ern Univ. Law Sch., 1910; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1910, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Atwood, Pease & Loucks. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Methodist. Recreations: golf, tennis, motoring. Home: 3933 N. Tripp Av. Office: 1213 Tacoma Bldg.

LOUDERBACK, Andrew V., dentist; b. Fulton, Ind., Oct. 13, 1867; s. Newton A. and Mary Lucretia (Conn) . Louderback; B.S., Lane Univ., Lecompton, Kan., 1895, M.S., 1898; post-grad. student Univ. of Neb .; D.D.S., Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch., Chi- cago, 1905; m. Artie White, of Marion, Ind., June 15, 1892; 1 daughter, Pauline. Taught school in Ind., 1884-8; supt. schs., Stockton, Kan., 1891-4, Weeping Water, Neb., 1895-7, Wymore, Neb., 1898- 1901; in dental practice at Chicago since 1905; mem. faculty Northwestern Univ. Dental School, 1905-9. First reader, 4th Ch. of Christ, Scientist, 1909-12. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Gen. Phil. Sheridan Camp, Sons of Vets. Republican. Home: 6812 Normal Boul. Office: 81 E. Madison St.

LOUDERBACK, William Johnson, financial agt .; b. Hamilton, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1864; s. Alfred and Sarah ( Wilson) Louderback; grad. Episcopal Acad., Phila., 1880; m. Chicago, 1897, Jane Darragh; chil- dren: William J., Elizabeth, Darragh, Sarah and Jane. Clerk for Western Union Telegraph Co., Chi- cago, 1880-1; with Central Union Telegraph Co. until 1885; with Pullman Co., 1886-7; cashier Chi- cago, Santa Fe & Cal. R.R., until 1889; afterward with Norman Williams, in charge of estates; be- came mem. King, Hodenpyl & Co., and their suc- cessors, John C. King & Co .; spl. partner of Bab- cock, Rushton & Louderback until 1909; since in business as financial agt. Treas. The John Crerar Library. Clubs: Chicago, Bob o' Link, Saddle and Cycle, Old Elm; Metropolitan (New York). Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

LOUNSBURY, Benjamin Franklin, surgeon; b. Watertown, Wis., Oct. 13, 1876; s. Ira D. and Mar- tha (Jordan) Lounsbury; prep. edn. Watertown High School; B.Litt., Univ. of Wis., 1902; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1907; m. Elizabeth Williams, of Mount Vernon, la., June 10, 1910; 1 son, Benjamin F., Jr. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1908, 09; asst. to Dr. A. I. Bouflleur, chief surgeon C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1909-11; asst. chief surgeon C.,M.& St.P.Ry., 1911-14; resident phys., Monroe St. Hosp., Chicago, 1909-12; surgeon Pa. R.R., and chief sur- geon, Washington Boul, Hosp., since 1914. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons, Chicago Surg. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Alpha Kappa Kappa. Dem-

LOUNSBURY, Ralph Reed, lawyer; b. Meriden, Conn., Nov. 3, 1871; s. Cooke and Isabella (Spald- ing) Lounsbury; direct descendant on maternal side, of Elder Brewster, of the Mayflower; de- scendant on paternal side, of Richard Lounsbury, Rye, N.Y., 1640; prep. edn. Hartford (Conn.) High Sch .; B.A. (with honors), Yale, 1894; LL.B., Chi- cago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1900; m. Helen Beeks, of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1902; 2 sons: Richard Cooke, James Breckenridge. After first engaging in news- paper work in the East, came to Chicago, 1897, and for a time did editorial work and spl. corr. work; admitted to Ill. bar, 1900, and since prac- ticed in Chicago, giving spl. attention to anti- trust, federal trade legislation and corpn. law. Re- publican; campaign speaker, nat., state and local, since Mckinley campaign, 1896. Mem. bd. Juve- nile Protective Assn. of North Shore (pres. 1912- 16). Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Beta Chapter Psi Upsilon (Yale), Phi Delta Phi; was counsel Fuller Chapter, Phi Delta Phi, Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, and later pres. Alumni Assn. same chapter. Con- gregationalist. Contbr. on legal and economic sub- jects. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Marquette Bldg., Chicago.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 139

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