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MARQUIS, William Stevenson, clergyman; b. at Kenton, Hardin Co., O., Oct. 2, 1853; s. James Ed- gar and Mary (DuBois) Marquis; A.B., Ill. Wes- leyan Univ., Bloomington, 1876, A.M., 1879; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1879; (D.D., Knox Coll., 1895) ; m. Adelaide M. Bell, of Minonk, Ill., Dec. 21, 1881. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1879; pastor Minonk, Ill., 1879-84, Broadway Ch., Rock Island, June, 1884-1913, and pastor emeritus same since 1913. Elected commr. to Gen. Assembly Presbyn. Ch. U.S.A. 4 times; moderator Synod of Ill., 1905; chmn. of com. on foreign missions, Synod of Ill., for 22 consecutive years; del. World's Missionary Conf., Edinburgh, 1910; del. to Council of Chs. holding Reformed Faith, Aberdeen, 1913. Dir. Geneseo (Ill.) Collegiate Inst., Winona Assembly and Bible Conf. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta. West- ern rep. of Presbyn. Gen. Assembly's Com. for the Every Member Plan. Home: 2480 Orchard St. Of- fice: 509 S. Wabash Av.
MARRIOTT, Abraham Robert, vice pres. Chi- cago Title & Trust Co .; b. on farm, DuPage Co., Ill., May 26, 1860; s. William and Kittie (Gresh- am) Marriott; ed. pub. schs., Wheaton, Ill., and Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Minnie Cooper, of Chi- cago, Oct. 19, 1882 (died June, 1910) ; children: Ida Elizabeth, Arthur Cooper, Robert William, Thom- as Benton; m. 2d, Mabel Rogerson, of Chicago; children: Abraham Rogerson, Elizabeth Jane, Da- vid Francis. Clerk with Haddock, Coxe & Co. and Haddock, Vallette & Rickcords (abstracts of title), 1875-91; supt. of Haddock, Vallette & Rickcords Co., 1891-5; vice pres. Security Title & Trust Co .. 1895-1901; vice pres. Chicago Title & Trust Co.
since 1901; dir. Standard Trust & Savings Bank; pres. Allman-Gary Title Co., Gary, Ind. Asso. mem. Chicago and Cook Co. real estate bds. Re- publican. Mason (Siloam Commandery, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine). Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park Country. Home: 212 N. Menard Av., Austin. Office: 69 W. Washington St.
MARSH, A(llen) Fletcher, secretary Marsh & Truman Lumber Co .; b. Chicago, July 9, 1888; s. Charles Allen and Lida (Shepardson) Marsh; Ph. B., Yale, 1910, M.F., 1911; m. Margaret Dean Trow- bridge, of New Haven, Conn., May 25, 1912. With the Marsh & Truman Lumber Co. since 1911, now sec. and dir. Mem. Nat. Hardwood Lumber Assn., Lumbermen's Assn. of Chicago, Transportation Assn. of Chicago. Trustee Evanston Y.M.C.A. Re- publican. Baptist. Clubs: Traffic, Evanston Coun- try, Indian Hill. Recreation: golf. Home: 909 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
MARSH, Charles Allen, lumber; b. Granville, O., July 16, 1857; s. Fletcher O. and Jane E. (Allen) Marsh; grad. Denison Univ., Granville, 1878; m. Lida, d. Daniel and Eliza (Storey) Shepardson, of Granville, Oct. 22, 1881 (she died Apr. 22, 1890); children: Harold (deceased), Helen (Mrs. Samuel MacClintock), A (llen) Fletcher; m. 2d, Mary Bimm, of Dayton, O., Oct. 19, 1899. Came to Chicago, Sept., 1878; began in lumber firm of George A. Marsh & Co .; then mem. firm of Marsh Bros. and Ransom until 1883; sec. Marsh & Bingham Co., 1883-98, vice pres., 1898-1911; pres. Marsh & Tru- man Lumber Co. since 1911; sec. Capilano Timber Co., Ltd., of Vancouver, B.C. Pres. trustees Univ. of Chicago Div. Sch. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, City, Quadrangle, Flossmoor, Rey- nolds, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 5639 Blackstone Av. Office: 332 S. Michigan Avenue.
MARSH, Clarence Stephen, registrar; b. Peoria, Ill., Sept. 15, 1882; s. James Daniel and Hannah Jane (Simpson) Marsh; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1910; m. Fern Emily Greene, of Galena, Ill., Aug. 25, 1916. Teacher of English, high sch., Danville, Ill., 1910-11; registrar Coll. of Liberal Arts, North- western Univ., since Sept., 1911. Mem. Am. Assn. Coll. Registrars, N. Central Assn. Colls. and Sec- ondary Schs., Beta Epsilon, The Scribblers. Meth- odist. Clubs: University of Evanston, City of Chi- cago. Home: 2100 Lincoln St. Address: Univer- sity Hall, Evanston, Ill.
MARSH, George Linnaeus, professor English; b. Marshall Co., Ia., 1871; s. Theodore P. and Laura (Tomlinson) Marsh; ed. pub. schs., Marshalltown, Ia .; A.B., Grinnell (Ia.) Coll., 1892; A.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1899, Ph.D., 1903; m. Ethel MacEwen (A.B., Grinnell), of Postville, Ia., 1911. Newspa- per work on Ottumwa Courier and Marshalltown Times-Republican, 2 yrs .; studied law in office and admitted to Ia. bar, 1895; reader, extension div .. 1901-2, asso., 1902-4, instr., 1904-9, extension asst. prof. English, 1909-10, extension asso. prof. since 1910, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. of America. Club: Quadrangle. Author: (thesis) Sources and Analogues of "The Flower and the Leaf," 1906; Teachers' Manual for the Study of English Classics, 1912; Good English, Oral and Written (with others), 1916. Recreations: tennis, golf. Home: 5712 Dorchester Av.
MARSH, John P., Chicago mortgages: b. at Chi- cago, Feb. 24, 1874; s. John W. and Annie S. (Por- ter) Marsh: ed. Chicago grammar and high schs .. business colls., and Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Mary McWilliams, of Chicago, Dec., 1902; children: John McWilliams, Lafayette McWilliams, William Mc- Kinley Porter. With the First Nat. Bank of Chi- cago, 1892-5, N. W. Harris & Co., bankers, 1895-6; in mortgage business since 1896. Republican. Epis- copalian. Mason (K.T.). Recreation: horseback riding. Home: 5620 Woodlawn Av. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.
MARSH, Myron Maurice, editor; b. San Fran- cisco, Cal., Sept. 12, 1860; s. Andrew Jackson and Adelaide (Hall) Marsh; ed. high sch., San Fran- cisco; m. Sue Forester Hill, of St. Louis, Dec. 11. 1895. Began as sec. to gen. freight agt., Central Pacific R.R., San Francisco, 1877: later sec, to gen. freight agt., also to 2d vice pres. Wabash R.R.
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Co., St. Louis; served in editorial dept. newspapers in leading cities of U.S. and at Yokohama, Japan; actively connected with Chicago dailies, 1892-9; asso. editor American Lumberman since 1901. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress, Cal. Soc. of Ill. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: City (Chicago); Nat. Press (Washington, D.C.). Home: 6215 St. Lawrence Av. Office: 431 S. Dearborn St.
MARSH, William Dixon, insurance; Feb. 7, 1840- Jan. 3, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
MARSHALL, Alfred, machinery; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 3. 1868; s. Henry George and Jessie (Jar- dine) Marshall; ed. pub. schs. of New York and Polytechnic Inst. of Brooklyn; m. Chicago, 1895. In employ of the Prentiss Tool & Supply Co. of New York, 1884-98; came to Chicago in 1889 and was mgr. of the company's branch house until 1898, when resigned and organized the Marshall & Huschart Machinery Co., of which was pres. until 1917. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ill. Ath- letic, Evanston. Home: 1560 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 17 S. Jefferson St., Chicago.
MARSHALL, Benjamin Howard, architect; b. at Chicago, May 5, 1874; s. Caleb H. and Celia F. (Le Baillie) Marshall; ed. Harvard Sch., Chicago; m. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1905, Mary Elizabeth Walton; children: Elizabeth H., Benjamin H., Jr., Dorothy. At 19 became office boy for H. R. Wilson, archi- tect; worked way up and at 21 was given half in- terest in the business, the firm becoming Wilson & Marshall, until Apr., 1902; practiced alone, 1902-5, designing $3,000,000 worth of bldgs. the first year, including theatres: Illinois, Powers, Colonial (Chi- cago), Nixon Opera House (Pittsburgh, Pa.), etc .; in partnership with Charles E. Fox, as Marshall & Fox, since 1905; architects of the Blackstone Ho- tel, Blackstone Theatre, Steger Bldg., Burlington Bldg. (Chicago), Northwestern Mutual Life Insur- ance Bldg. (Milwaukee), Forrest Theatre (Phila.), Maxine Elliott's Theatre (N.Y.), etc. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Chicago, Old Elm, Exmoor Country, South Shore Country, Onwentsia, Seaview Golf, Shore Acres. Recreations: golf, motoring, farm- ing. Home: 49 Cedar St. Office: 700 Lincoln Park- way.
MARSHALL, Charles Grey, leather mfr .; Dec. 2, 1858-Jan. 7, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
MARSHALL, Charles H., mfr .; b. Utica, N.Y., Aug. 28, 1854; s. Joseph and Abigail Jane (Lyon) Marshall; removed with family to Chicago, 1863; ed. Skinner and Scammon schs. of Chicago; m. Chicago, Dec. 3, 1880, Katharine W. King; chil- dren: Clara E. (Mrs. David Griffith Boyd), Fanny L. (Mrs. J. R. Clark), Katharine W. (Mrs. Ken- neth Frank Griffiths), Marion (Mrs. John D. Rock- well), Dorothy. Began business career at 12, as cash boy; after great fire, salesman in Marshall Field & Co.'s retail store; in shawl dept. (whole- sale) of J. V. Farwell & Co., 1872-5; with G. H. Foster & Co., notion specialties, until 1880; then in wholesale dry goods business for himself; re- moved several times to secure larger quarters be- cause of growth of business; sold out, 1890, and with two others erected 14-story Security Bldg. (one of the first sky-scrapers erected in Chicago), and was sec. Security Deposit Co. until 1899; es- tablished in soap mfg. business as pres. Lekko Soap Co. since 1899. Advocated and worked for the construction of the Elevated Loop. Republic- an. Mem. 1st Bapt. Ch. (chmn. bd. of trustees, 1908-12, 1916-17) ; dir. Chicago Bapt. Hosp. Mason (Oriental Lodge) ; mem. Gen. Grant Council Royal Arcanum. Home: 4422 Lake Park Av. Office: 923 S. 5th Av.
MARSHALL, Edward Asaph, lecturer, author; b. Cambridge, Washington Co., N.Y., Oct. 3, 1866; s. John L. and Jane W. (Warner) Marshall; ed. pub. schs. and pvt. study; m. Cynthia D. Jones, of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1909. Dir. course in missions, ch. history and Orientalism, Moody Bible Inst., Chicago, since 1903. Has lectured on religious sub- jects in almost every state in U.S .; traveled around the world, 1902-3, 1907-8. Presbyterian. Author: Methods of Bible. Study, 1900; Christianity Com- pared with Non-Christian Religions, 1910. Home: 469 Deming Pl. Office: 153 Institute Pl.
MARSHALL, George Edward, president Mar- shall-Jackson Company, stationers; b. Utica, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1853; s. J. B. W. and Abigail (Lyon) Mar- shall; came to Chicago with family, Jan. 1, 1863; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary Louise Chapin, of Chicago, Feb., 1882; children: Gertrude (Mrs. Charles Laid- law Williams, of N.Y. City), Louise, Mildred (Mrs. Chauncey B. Blair), Leonard Lyon. Began as clerk with J. M. W. Jones Stationery Co., later with John H. Small & Co .; entered business for self in 1874, under name of George E. Marshall & Co., which continued until June, 1904, when the firm absorbed the Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co .; name was then changed to Marshall-Jackson Com- pany, stationery, printing, and office furniture, of which is pres. Dir. Chicago Morris Plan Bank. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Former mem. of Co. H, 1st Regt. I.N.G. Mason (Apollo Command- ery, K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: traveling, golf, reading. Home: 574 Hawthorne Pl. Office: 24-26 S. Clark St.
MARSHALL, Hobart Elmore, investments. (See vol. 1911.)
MARSHALL, John, Jr., insurance; b. in Scot- land; s. John and Agnes (Patterson) Marshall; came to America when a boy and was ed. in gram- mar and high schs. of San Francisco; m. 1896, Eleanor Margaret McMurray, of Denver, Colo .; children: Eleanor M., Johnetta Lorraine. At age of 16 entered a fire ins. office in San Francisco; went into the field on the Pacific Coast, 1888; then gen. agt. for the Royal Exchange at Chicago; mem. firm of Marshall & McElhane, mgrs. of central dept. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 1890-1914, since sole mgr. Pres. Western Union; ex-pres. Fire Un- derwriters' Assn. of the Northwest. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Un- ion League, Mid-Day, Chicago Yacht, Hinsdale Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 172 3d St., Hins- dale, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MARSHALL, John Irwin, mfr .; b. Jefferson Co., N.Y., June 19, 1864; s. Irwin and Margaret (Shear- er) Marshall; ed. pub. schs. of Watertown and Os- wego, N.Y .; also at Ontario and at Grand Rapids, Mich. After leaving school went to Milwaukee, Wis., as sec. to J. Donohue, gen. supt. and asst. to gen. mgr. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western R.R .; removed to Chicago, 1892, and became connected with the fire brick dept. of the Garden City Sand Co .; Chicago mgr. of Middleby Oven Co., Boston, 1893; spent 1 yr. with that company, then organ- ized the Middleby-Marshall Oven Co., of which is pres. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ill. Athletic, Chi- cago Yacht, Exmoor Country. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 769 W. Adams St., Chicago.
MARSHALL, Leon Carroll, college dean; b. at Zanesville, O., Mar. 15, 1879; s. John Wesley and Rachel (Tanner) Marshall; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1900; A.B., Harvard, 1901, A.M., 1902, Henry Lee fellow and asst. in economics, 1902-3; m. Mary Brown Keen, of Delaware, O., Sept. 1, 1903. Prof. economics, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1903-7; asst. prof. polit. economy, 1907-8, asso. prof., 1908-11, prof. since 1911, dean Coll. of Commerce and Adminis- tration since 1909, dean Senior Colls. since 1911, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Journal of Polit. Economy. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Sociol. Soc., Western Econ. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: City, Quadrangle, University. Home: 1320 E. 56th Street.
MARSHALL, Louis Telford, stationery and printing; b. Rock Island, Ill., Sept. 15, 1875; s. Joseph Albert and Alice Ann (Telford) Marshall; ed. pub. schs .; grad. Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1893; m. Grace Sheldon, of Chicago, Feb. 14, 1900; 2 children: Marjorie Amy, Edward Albert. Entered stationery business in Chicago, 1893; treas. and dir. The Marshall-Jackson Co. since 1914. Republican. Mason. Home: 1555 Pratt Boul. Office: 24 S. Clark St.
MARSHALL, Thomas, lawyer; b. Chicago, Sept. 1, 1876; s. Thomas and Rosanna (Johnson) Mar- shall; ed. pub. schs. and Hyde Park High Sch .; Lake Forest Univ. Law Sch .; m. Phoebe B. Four- nier, of Chicago, Aug. 29, 1903; 1 son, Thomas, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897; 1st asst. state's atty., 1908-12; spl. asst. atty. gen., 1917; mem. firms Way- man & Marshall, and Marshall, Smith & Feindt
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since 1913. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Methodist. Mason (K.T., Shriner); mem. Sons of St. George. Home: 7009 Perry Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.
MARSTON, Thomas Brunton, lawyer; b. at St. Louis, July 2, 1857; s. Thomas and Emma (Cath- erwood) Marston; brought to Chicago in child- hood; A.B., Yale, 1879; studied law; m. Julia Dale Ewart, of Chicago, 1896; children: Dorothy Ewart, Thomas Ewart. Entered office of Lawrence, Camp- bell & Lawrence, and admitted to bar, 1881; asso- ciated with Hon. John A. Jameson and Walter W. Augur, 1885, and formed the firm of Jameson, Marston & Augur, which, on death of Judge Jame- son, 1888, became Marston, Augur & Tuttle; title changed on death of Mr. Augur, 1905, to Marston & Tuttle, which was dissolved in 1912; practicing alone since 1912. An organizer Chicago Title & Trust Co. and 1st sec., and many years dir .; dir. Link-Belt Co. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Club; an incorporator and ex-pres. Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Episco- palian. Clubs: University (charter mem., ex-vice pres., and dir. many years), Onwentsia. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 417 Home Insurance Bldg., Chicago.
MARTHENS, Chester Nino, interior marble work; b. Covington, Ky., May 31, 1864; s. Albert W. and Elizabeth J. (Hayt) Marthens; ed. pub. schs. of Cincinnati; m. Cincinnati, Oct. 1, 1899, Carrie Armstrong; children: Eunice, Bradley F., C. Raymond, Albert Francis, Edith. Came to Chi- cago, 1889; organized the Chester N. Marthens Co., 1896, which was changed to the Chester N. Marthens Marble Co., 1899, of which he is pres .; also pres. and treas. Cumberland Marble Mill Co. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 53d and Wallace Sts., Chicago.
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MARTIN, A. Vere, hardware; b. in DeKalb Co., Ill., May 2, 1859; s. George W. and Laura (Driggs) Martin; ed. Northwestern Coll., Naperville, 111., 1875-9; m. Edith Maud Whitcomb, of Davenport, Ia., Feb. 5, 1895 (now deceased); 1 son, Whitcomb (deceased) ; m. 2d, Mrs. Stiles Brockman, of Whea- ton, Ill., Aug. 9, 1905. Taught school 1 yr. after leaving coll .; traveling salesman, 1880-96; asst. mgr. Federal Life Ins. Assn., 1896-8; mfrs.' rep. since 1898; propr. Martcross Co., mfrs. clothes bars, since 1900; dir. Oliver Mfg. Co. (Chicago), Inter-Mountain Co. (Helena, Mont.). Republican. Clubs: South Shore Country, Hardware (pres. 1905- 1907). Recreation: motoring. Home: 4458 Drexel Boul. Office: 202 N. Wabash Av.
MARTIN, Albert, lawyer; b. Bourbon Co., Ky., Dec. 19, 1870; s. Samuel Fitch and Rebecca J. (Carpenter) Martin; A.B., Ky. Wesleyan Coll., 1889; grad. course in Cornell Univ., 1889-90; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1892; m. Chicago, June 27, 1900, Bettie Garth Fible; children: Edmund Fible, Betty F. Admitted to bar, June, 1892; mem. law firm of McClanahan & Martin until 1916, since mem. Mar- tin & Williams. Mem. Law Inst., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: University, City, Hinsdale Golf. Home: 5635 Dorchester Av. Office: 69 W. Wash- ington St.
MARTIN, Amos Wilson, lawyer; b. Lancaster Co., Pa., Nov. 12, 1848; s. David and Barbara (Wit- mer) Martin; B.E., State Normal Sch., Millersville, Pa., 1870; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1873; m. Eliza J. Storms, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Apr. 2, 1873; 1 son, Edward H. S. Has been for many years western atty. and rep. Portsmouth (N.H.) Savings Bank; also of the Grand Crossing (Ill.) Tack Co. and other corpns .; atty. Union Nat. Bank until its con- solidation with the First Nat. Bank; has associat- ed son, under firm name of A. W. & E. H. S. Mar- tin since 1900. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Methodist. Club: Illinois. Home: 6442 Ingleside Av. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.
MARTIN, Benjamin Franklin, dentist. (Sec vol. 1911.)
MARTIN, Cecil; b. Sacramento, Cal., July 4, 1880; s. Ludolph Parmly and Minnic J. (Tukey) Martin; ed. Denver (Colo.) High Sch .; Dummer Acad., South Byfield, Mass .; A.B., Harvard, 1905; unmarried. Engaged in gen. contracting, Milwau- kce, Wis., and Lancaster, Pa., 1905-9; resident mgr.
at Chicago, of Worden-Allen Co., engrs. and con- tractors, since 1909. Republican. Congregational- ist. Club: University. Recreation: golf. Home: 11 Oak Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: 208 S. La Salle St., Chicago.
MARTIN, Charles, congressman; was alderman 5th Ward, Chicago, when elected to 65th Congress = (1917-19), 4th Ill. Dist .; Democrat. Home: 3635 Emerald Av.
MARTIN, Edgar, architect; b. Burlington, Ia., Feb. 26, 1871; s. Daniel and Narcelia Jane (Black) Martin; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; studied abroad, principally at Paris; attended lectures at École des Beaux Arts and Conservatoire des Arts et Mé- tiers 2 yrs .; pupil of Courtois and Colin at the Academy Colarossi; m. Berthe Eugenie Parcot, of Chicago, Oct. 21, 1909. Practiced in Chicago since 1890; mem. firm of Richard E. Schmidt, Garden & Martin since 1907. Apptd. state architect of Ill., 1917; spl. examiner Chicago Civil Service Commn .; served on com. of engrs. that drafted the struc- tural section of the Chicago Building Code. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials, Concrete Inst. Recreations: modern French writers. Home: 1719 E. 55th St. Office: 104 S. Michigan Av.
MARTIN, Edward Hiram Storms, lawyer; b. at Chicago, Apr. 22, 1877; s. Amos Wilson and Eliza J. (Storms) Martin; grad. Skinner Sch., 1890, West Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1893; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1897; Univ. of Mich. Law Sch., 1896-7; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1899; m. Grace A. Borland, of Chicago, Sept. 12, 1900; i son, Edward Howard. In gen. civil practice; has practiced in Supreme Court of U.S .; mem. firm of A. W. & Ed- ward H. S. Martin. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Dir. Washingtonian Home. Republican. Congregation- alist. Recreation: golf. Home: 508 S. Central Park Av. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.
MARTIN, Francis James, clergyman; b. Aber- deen, Scotland, 1870; s. James and Fanny (Smith) Martin; came to U.S., 1896; A.B., Alma (Mich.) Coll., 1900; Lane Theol. Sem., Cincinnati, 1903; m. Grace, d. Dr. Samuel P. Hedges, of Chicago, 1901; children: Paul Martin, Alexander, Frances, David. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1904; pastor Charles- ton, W.Va., 1904-6, Cincinnati, 1906-11, Jefferson Park Ch., Chicago, since 1911. Home: 1307 Adams Street.
MARTIN, Franklin H., surgeon, medical editor; b. Ixonia, Wis., July 13, 1857; s. Edmond and Jo- sephine (Carlin) Martin; ed. pub. schs. and acads. of Wis .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1880; m. Isabelle Hollister, of Chicago, 1885. Prof. gyne- cology, Graduate Sch. of Medicine of Chicago; con- sulting surgeon, St. Luke's Hosp. Editor Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. Maj. Med. Officers' Re- serve Corps, U.S.A., 1917; apptd. mem. Coun- cil of Nat. Defense by Pres. Wilson, 1916. Mem. Am. Gynecol. Soc., Western Surg. and Gynecol. Soc., A.M.A. (chmn. sect. on diseases of women, 1895), Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc. (pres. 1895). Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, South Shore Country, Exmoor Country. Author of a number of books on gynecology. Home: Kenil- worth, Ill. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av., Chicago.
MARTIN, Frederick Stanley, broker; b. Olean, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1857; s. Russell and Lydia (Hawes) Martin; A.B., Racine (Wis.) Coll., 1876. later A.M .; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1885, Annie W. Sands; 1 daugh- ter, Lillian. Began with Reynolds Bros., and after- ward with Charles Counselman & Co., 1888-1904; established as broker on own account, 1904. Clubs: Chicago, University, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Glen View. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg., Chicago.
MARTIN, Hiram M., oculist and aurist. (See vol. 1911.)
MARTIN, Horace Hawes, lawyer; b. Olean, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1855; s. Russell and Lydia (Hawes) Mar- tin; lived in Olean till 1869; ed. pub. schs. of Olean, N.Y .; Racine (Wis.) Coll .; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1880; m. Florence ES. Durkee, Buffalo, N.Y., 1892. Came to Chicago, 1880; mem. firm of Swift, Campbell, Jones & Martin, later of Herrick, Allen, Boyesen & Martin, and now of Scott. Bancroft, Martin & Stephens. Mem. Am. and Chicago bar
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assns. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Caxton, Univer- MARTIN, Robert Grant, teacher; b. at Orange, sity, Onwentsia, Law. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. N.J., Feb. 16, 1882; s. Robert Mitchell and Helen Office: 134 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MARTIN, James Charles, judge; b. Elgin, Ill., June 21, 1861; s. Thomas and Ellen (Rowan) Mar- tin; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1884, LL.B., 1886; also received teacher's diploma for proficiency in Greek, Latin and German; m. Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 15, 1887, Elizabeth J. Kirk (died June, 1908) ; chil- dren: Verna, Sydney, Stephen D., Ruth. Admitted to bar, 1886, and engaged in practice until apptd. by Gov. Altgeld, July, 1895, justice of the peace; judge Municipal Court of Chicago, 1910-16; re- sumed practice. Democrat. Home: 2944 Indiana Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.
MARTIN, James Lawrence, investment bonds; b. Boston, Jan. 28, 1878; s. James Lawrence and Lucy Jane (Black) Martin; ed. pub. schs., Boston, and Melrose, Mass .; grad. Melrose High Sch., 1894; m. Ruth Judson Hall, of Melrose, June 4, 1902; 2 children: Katharine, Jane. Entered investment banking business in Boston, with William Basset, 1894; became connected with Estabrook & Co., bankers, Boston, 1896; opened Hartford (Conn.) office of this concern, 1906, and was mgr. there 4 yrs .; came to Chicago for same firm and opened Chicago office, June 1, 1910, of which was mgr. un- til 1917; took over this office, Feb. 1, 1917, under name of James L. Martin & Co., which acts. as corr. of Estabrook & Co., Boston, and of Messrs. Aldred & Co., New York; dir. Great Lakes Power Co., Ltd., Internat. Transit Co., Ltd. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Mid-Day, Exmoor Country (sec .- treas.). Home: 115 Linden Av., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 715 The Rookery, Chicago.
MARTIN, John Dennis, fire underwriter; b. at Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 10, 1857; s. George and Grace Elizabeth (Smith) Martin; ed. high sch., Pitts- burgh, and St. Mary's Coll., Dayton, O .; m. Char- lotte Court House, Va. (then known as Smithville), Oct. 27, 1881, Julia Lee Raine; children: Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Edward R. Turnbull, Jr.), Lillian Spraggins (Mrs. Frank W. Graham), Charles Pres- ton, Harry Raine, Helen Plum, Joseph Holmes. Was bookkeeper Augusta Nat. Bank, 1878-82; with Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, 1882-8; since Nov., 1888, in fire insurance business in Chi- cago; became a mem. of firm of Fisher, Martin & Wurts, 1889, later of Holmes, Martin & Co., and in 1905 formed present firm of John D. Martin & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park. Recreations: reading, outdoor diver- sions. Home: 5227 Cornell Av. Office: 332 S. La Salle St.
MARTIN, John Irwin, lawyer. (See Who's Who in America, 1912-13.)
MARTIN, John Twedie, live stock commn .; b. Burlington, Ia., Mar. 25, 1859; s. Lawrence Twedie and Sarah (Nairn) Martin; ed. at Fairfield, Ia., pub. schs. and business coll., Chicago; m. Jennie B. Corrigan, of Chicago, June 1, 1882; 2 children: Olive C., Pauline H. (Mrs. T. Clifford Peck). First employed by Martin Bros. & Co., live stock com- mn., Chicago and Omaha, becoming mem. of firm, 1889. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. of Royal League. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Saddle and Sir- loin. Home: 4726 Michigan Av. Office: 50 Ex- change Bldg., Union Stock Yards.
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