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BATCHELDER, George Hutchinson, fire ins .; b. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 8, 1862; s. George W. and Helen M. (Bartine) Batchelder; grad. East Orange (N.J.) High Sch., 1878; m. Frances L. Taylor, of Denver, Colo., Apr. 10, 1889. In employ of London Assurance Corpn., New York, 1880-3; engaged in mining and ins. business in Colo., 1884-1907; asst. mgr. at Chicago of several ins. companies, 1907-11; asst. mgr. Rochester German Underwriters, Ger- man-American Ins. Co., Rochester, N.Y., 1911-15; mgr. Penn. Fire Ins. Co. since 1915. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: Insurance Ex- change, Chicago.
BATEMAN, Floyd Lawerence, forwarding agent and warehouse man; b. Grand Island, Neb., July 26, 1875; s. of Selim James and Josephine E. (Boyce) Bateman; grad. Grand Island High Sch., 1893; m. Kenosha, Wis., June 11, 1900, Alta E., d. of George D. Aspinwall; 3 children: Donald F., Lawerence and Barbara Jean. Was engaged as a gen. railroad accountant until Mar. 1, 1903, and then became sec. and treas., later, pres., of the Trans-Continental Freight Co. (incorporated, 1899), engaged as for- warding, distributing and export freight agents throughout the country, and conducting a general warehouse and transfer business at Los Angeles and San Francisco, Cal., and Seattle, Wash .; sec. and treas. Chicago Furniture Forwarding Co., for- warders for Chicago Furniture Mfrs.' Assn., since Aug., 1915; sec. Chicago Furniture Mfrs.' Assn. Republican in nat., independent in local politics. Presbyterian. Clubs: Traffic, Union League. Chi- cago Automobile, Wilmette Country, Chicago Yacht. Recreations: golf and motoring. Home: 735 Michi- gan Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 203 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
BATES, James Benjamin, marine inspector; b. Windsor, N.S., Apr. 22, 1842; s. Thomas and Han- nah (Dyer) Bates; ed. pub. schs. of Nova Scotia; m. Catherine Corrin, of Milburn, Ill., May 22, 1879; children: James Perry, Ida Catherine. Byron Ross. Began as a farm hand in boyhood, then served an apprenticeship in the shipyard of W. C. Fitch, at Windsor, N.S .; came to Chicago in 1869 and worked at trade for W. W. Bates & Co .; was made foreman, and in 1892 established firm of J. B. Bates & Co .; now marine insp. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Home: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 1049, 175 W. Jackson St., Chicago.
BATES, Mark, grain commn. mcht. (See vol. 1911.)
BASTIAN, Charles Leopold, mfr. soda fountain parts; b. Baden Baden, Germany, Nov. 16, 1861; s. BATES, Morley Da Costa, M.D. (See vol. 1911.) Frederick and Pauline Bastian; ed. pub. schs. of Baden Baden, and Meyers Commercial Coll., Mil- BATES, Onward, civil engr .; b. St. Charles Co., Mo., Feb. 24. 1850: s. Barton and Caroline Matilda (Hatcher) Bates; student Rensselaer Poly. Inst., class of 1875, did not graduate; (hon. C.E., Univ. of Wis., 1897); m. Virginia Castleman Breckinridge. of St. Louis, June 23, 1892. Engr. and supt. bridges and bldgs., C.,M.&St.P.Ry. Co., 1888-1901. Trustee waukee, Wis .; m. Chicago, Feb. 18, 1888, Meta Schroeder; children: Pauline (Mrs. William Lo- thar), Emily (Mrs. William C. Buttner), Emil, Henrietta, Elsa. Came to U.S., 1880, settling at Milwaukee; engaged in elec. business until 1886; came to Chicago, becoming mem. of firm of T. S. Wild & Son, brass founders and finishers, to whom Chicago Bur. Public Efficiency. Mem. Am. Soc. C.F.
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(pres. 1909), Western Soc. Engrs. (pres. 1899) In- Coast and Geod. Survey, 1900-2; magnetic observer stn. of C.E. (Great Britain), Theta Xi, etc. Clubs: City, University, Engineers' (Chicago), Engineers' (New York). Democrat. Presbyterian. Home: 832 Belden Av. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av.
BATES, Robert Peck, head master Chicago Latin Sch .; b. Coventry, R.I., Jan. 28, 1872; s. Mason Ar- nold and Cornelia (Peck) Bates; prepared for coll. at Windham High Sch., Willimantic, Conn .; grad. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1893; m. Mary, d. Judge John M. Lansden, of Cairo, Ill., July 1, 1905. Head master Chicago Latin Sch. since 1894. Epis- copalian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University. Recreation: fishing. Home: 17 Scott St. Office: 18 E. Division St.
BATES, Thomas, lawyer; b. Griggsville, Pike Co., Ill., Mar. 4, 1844; s. Thomas and Elvira (Cleve- land) Bates; ed. pub. schs .; was in govt. service as a wagon-master under Gen. Sully in his expdn. against the Indians, 1865-6; assisted father in his lumber office at Lincoln, Ill .; principal of Gilman (Ill.) pub. sch. 4 yrs., reading law during the last 2 yrs .; came to Chicago, Apr., 1876, and finished legal studies in office of Leonard Swett; m. Dec. 24, 1870, Sarah H., d. of Albion Ricker, of Turner, Me .; children: Rose Cleveland, Alfred Ricker. Admitted to Ill. bar, Sept., 1876, and was 2 yrs. mem. of firm of Swett & Bates, then for 1 yr. of Higgins, Swett & Bates, later of Swett, Bates & Haskell and of Bates, Harding & Atkins, now Bates & Bates. Mem. Law Inst. Republican. Club: Evanston Country. Lecturer on insurance law, Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law. Home: 2112 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BATTEN, John Henry, lawyer; b. London, Eng., July 16, 1850; s. John H. and Mary Ann Batten; ed. Franklin and Newberry Schs., Chicago, 1856-66; Racine (Wis.) Coll., 1866-9; m. Ida Haight, of Na- perville, Ill., Aug. 26, 1874 (died Aug. 15, 1915) ; children: Marion (Mrs. Albert Hayes Wetten), Percy Haight, Ralph Ellsworth. Admitted to bar, 1872; state's atty. DuPage Co., Ill., 1888-96; county judge, DuPage Co., first to fill unexpired term and later for full term, 1897-1902; acting county judge of Cook Co., assisting Judge Carter 2 yrs .; acting probate judge of Cook Co., 1899-1900. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: Hamilton (pres., 1910-11). Residence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: Chicago Title and Trust Bldg.
BATTIS, Angie Belle (Mrs. William S. Battis), pianist; b. Eau Claire, Wis., July 7, 1889; d. Charles and Elizabeth Sager; ed. pub. and high schs., Osh- kosh, Wis .; studied piano and pipe organ under pvt. teachers, Oshkosh, until 1907, when came to Chicago to study piano under Emil Liebling; m. William Sterling Battis, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 1909. Professional pianist and organist at Oshkosh and Chicago for 13 yrs .; mgr. Professional Service Bur. Christian Scientist. Home: 517 Elgin Av., Forest Park, Ill. Office: 64 E. Jackson St., Chicago.
BAUER, see also Baur.
BAUER, John C., publisher; b. La Porte, Ind., Oct. 25, 1858; s. Anton and Catherine Bauer; went to Aurora, Ill., in early childhood, living there until 17 yrs. of age; ed. pub. schs .; m. Lena M. Stevens, of Chicago, May 25, 1881; children: John W., Harry W. Learned printer's trade in Aurora, and in 1873 became a printer on the Chicago Times; estab- lished Union Printing Co. in 1887 and in 1889 or- ganized the Horse Review Co., publishers of the Horse Review, of which is pres. and treas. Repub- lican. Protestant. Recreations: driving and fish- ing. Home: Naperville, Ill. Office: 159 N. State St., Chicago.
BAUER, William Charles, electrical engr .; b. at Cincinnati, Dec. 26, 1873; s. Ludwig and Wilhel- mina (Buehler) Bauer; B.S. (in elec. engring.), Univ. of Cincinnati, 1896, post-grad. course and instr. civ. engring., 1896-7; student Univ. of Chi- cago, 1905; Sc.D., Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan., 1908; m. Alice Jeannette Strahley, of Cincinnati, Aug. 24, 1896. Prof. physics and chemistry, Baker Univ., 1897-1908; prof. physics and elec. engring., Univ. of Denver, 1908-9; prof. elec. engring., since 1909, acting dir. Coll. of Engring., 1911-12, Northwestern Univ. Also in consulting practice since 1903. Mag- netic observer and dir. Baldwin Magnetic Obs., U.S.
in Can. of eclipse for same, 1905. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Electrochem. Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Sigma Xi. Club: University. Home: 2149 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill.
BAUER, William Fairbanks, manager Chicago branch Edison Storage Battery Co .; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 14, 1868; s. Alex Henry and Helen (Gos- nell) Bauer; ed. pub. schs. of Baltimore; m. Bessie Cofiell, of Arcadia, Md., Oct. 15, 1902; 2 children: Audrey Helen, Patricia Cofiell. Identified with elec- trical business since 1886, beginning in Baltimore; removed to Chicago, 1889; with elec. dept. Pullman Co., Chicago, 1889-91; asst. to elec. engr., Elec. Ac- cumulator Co., Newark, N.J., 1891-5; foreman elec. dept. Pullman Co., Jersey City, N.J., 1895-7; travel- ing electrician, Wagner Palace Car Co., New York, 1897-1900; traveling insp. Consolidated Ry. Elec. Lighting & Equipment Co., New York, 1900-4; chief electrician M.P.R.R., St. Louis, 1904-6; sales engr. Electric Storage Battery Co., Chicago, 1906-8; asst. mgr. Chicago office Nat. Battery Co., 1908-9; mgr. of Chicago branch U.S. Light & Heating Co., 1909- 13; asst. mgr. ry. dept. Edison Storage Battery Co., 1913-14; mgr. Chicago branch same company since 1914. Clubs: Ill. Athletic (Chicago), Mo. Athletic (St. Louis). Recreation: golf. Home: 801 Green- wood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 2025 Michigan Av., Chicago.
BAUER, William M., piano mfr. and dealer; b. Chicago, Feb. 11, 1870; s. Julius and Anna Maria (Mueller) Bauer; ed. pub. and manual training schs., Chicago; m. Emma Eagle, of Pa., 1894. Be- gan, 1889, in piano business established by father in 1857; formerly vice pres. Julius Bauer & Co., pres. since 1914. Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: 5860 Kenmore Av. Office: 305 S. Wabash Av.
BAUGHER, Albert Howard, M.D., surgeon; b. at Bucklin, Mo., Jan. 26, 1883; s. Arthur Oliver and Clara Belle (Maddox) Baugher; A.B., Univ. of Mo., 1908; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1909; m. Ila Bell, of Chicago, June 1, 1910; children: Albert Howard, John Oliver, Margaret Elizabeth. Asst. resident pathologist, St. Luke's Hosp., 1910-14; prof. pathology, Chicago Policlinic, 1914-15; pvt. pathologist to Dr. John B. Murphy, 1915-16. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pathol. Soc. Club: University. Home: 5201 Ingle- side Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.
BAUM, Harry H., banker; b. New Haven, Conn., Mar. 11, 1866; s. Emanuel and Marian Baum; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; m. Nettie Lederer, of St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 1901; 2 sons. Began as bank clk., 1880; pres. Madison & Kedzie State Bank since 1913; dir. Chicago House Wrecking Co., Har- ris Steel & Wire Co., Harris Home Co. Club: Cen- tral Mfg. District. Recreations: swimming, golf, motoring. Home: 4825 Grand Boul. Office: 35th and Iron Sts.
BAUM, L(yman) Frank, author. Removed to Hollywood, Cal. (See Who's Who in America.)
BAUM, William Louis, M.D .; b. Morris, Ill., May 11, 1867; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Zorrman) Baum; ed. Morris Normal Sch .; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1888; spl. courses in univs. and hosps. of Vienna and Berlin; m. Mervyn Winston Lawrence, Nov. 24, 1913; 1 son, William Mervyn. In practice in Chicago since 1891 as specialist in skin and ve- nereal diseases; treas. and prof. skin and venereal diseases, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; dermatolo- gist to St. Luke's Hosp. Sec. Chicago Medico-Legal Soc .; mem. Chicago Dermatol. Soc., Am. Urol. Assn., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Pathol. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Soc., Tri-State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club; fellow Am. Coll. Sur- geons, Chicago Acad. Medicine. Capt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Republican; was coroner of Grundy Co., 1888. Clubs: University, Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic Assn., Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Author of article on Skin Diseases in Practitioner's Year Book. Recreation: yachting. Home: 915 N. Dearborn St. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.
BAUMANN, Ferdinand Otto, mfr. (See vol. 1911.) BAUMANN, Gustave, artist, engraver; b. Magde- burg, Germany; s. Gustav and Pauline (Nagel) Baumann; came to U.S., 1891; Art Inst. of Chicago;
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Kunst Gewerbe Schule, Munich, Germany; unmar- ried. Has exhibited in Chicago and in eastern gal- leries; Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris; gold medal, San Francisco Expn., 1915, for wood cuts; repre- sented in City of Chicago collection. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Arts Club (Chicago), Soc. Arts and Crafts, Boston. Home: Westport, Conn .; (summer) Wyoming, N.Y.
BAUMGARTL, Isidor, brewer; b. Pesth, Hun- gary, Mar. 29, 1860; s. Adolph and Betty (Stein) Baumgartl; ed. high sch. and Dyrenforth Univ., graduating 1878; m. Chicago, 1881, Bertha Wil- hartz; children: Clara (Mrs. H. H. Abt), Lillie (Mrs. I. H. Freund), Leroy, Olga (Mrs. Carl Hess), Gertrude. Began as bookkeeper in wholesale liquor house of Joseph Stein & Co., 1878; mem. Stein & Baumgart1, 1880-2, and of Stein Bros. & Baumgartl, 1882-7; in the real estate business, 1887-9; built the Calumet Distilling Co.'s distillery; sold out to the trust and organized Monarch Brewing Co .; consoli- dated that in United Breweries Co., of which is now chmn. of the bd .; pres. Art Wall Paper Mills, Federal Cement Tile Co. Clubs: Standard, Mid- Day. Recreations: fishing, traveling. Home: 4600 Drexel Boul. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.
BAUR, see also Bauer.
BAUR, Jacob, chemist, pharmacist; Oct. 12, 1856- July 19, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
BAXMAN, Martin J., commission mcht. (See vol. 1911.)
BAXTER, George Edwin, M.D .; b. Griggsville, Ill., Oct. 27, 1874; s. Edwin Walter and Helen Ma- ria Baxter; grad. Griggsville High Sch., 1891, Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., 1893; Ph.B., Ill. Coll., Jacksonville, 1896; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1899; m. June 7, 1905, Cecile Maude Hitchcock. In- terne, St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1899-1901; instr. in pathology, 1902-3, instr. in hæmotology, 1902-4, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. Formerly sec. and pres. North Shore Branch Med. Soc .; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club (ex-pres.). Republican. Congregationalist. Home: 5621 Kenmore Av. Office: 4603 Broadway.
BAXTER, Robert W., railway official. Removed to Seattle, Wash. (See vol. 1911.)
BAYLEY, Edwin Fisher, lawyer; b. at Manlius, N.Y., June 11, 1845; s. Calvin Chapin and Ann So- phia (Fisher) Bayley; early life on farm nr. Wau- pun, Wis., where he attended sch. until 1858; in acad. of Brockway Coll. (afterward Ripon Coll.), 1858-64; served enlistment of 100 days as private, Co. B, 41st Wis. Inf., summer of 1864; in Ripon Coll., 1864-6; A.B., Amherst, 1868; LL.B., St. Louis Law Sch., 1870; m. Anna Katharine Ober, of Chi- cago, Nov., 1876; children: Helen (Mrs. Charles T. Mordock, Winnetka, Ill.) and Katharine (Mrs. Ed- win H. Clark, Chicago). Began practice at St. Louis, in office of Elmer B. Adams (late U.S. cir- cuit judge) in 1871; came to Chicago, Oct. 9, 1872; mem. of firm of Scoville, Corwin & Bayley until 1877; practiced alone, 1877-85; mem. firm of Bayley & Waldo, 1885-95, Bayley & Webster (Charles R.) since 1895. Mem. bd. trustees Amherst Coll., 1905- 10; mem. bd. trustees Old People's Home and Home for Incurables. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican (with mugwump tenden- cies). Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Ch. Clubs: Ken- wood, Union League, City, University, Indian Hill Country, Onwentsia. Recreation: golf. Home: 4634 Greenwood Av. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.
BAYLIES, Ripley N., lawyer; b. St. Helena Par- ish, La., Sept. 5, 1845; s. Nicholas and Harriet (Ca- hoon) Baylies; ed. collegiate and law depts. of the Univ. of Ia .; m. Harriet Sinnamon, of Osage Mis- sion, Kan., 1873 (now deceased); children: Nettie B. (Mrs. F. A. Poor), Fred N., Harry L., Harriet H. (Mrs. Averill Tilden). Admitted to bar in Ia., 1867, and practiced in Kan. several years; then at Des Moines, Ia., until 1890, elected judge of the Circuit Court of Polk Co., Ia., 1890, and at expiration of term resumed practice; in practice in Chicago since 1892. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic Assn., South Shore Country. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 648 Railway Exchange Bldg.
Ind., having moved to Ind. at 15; m. Ella Lyon, of Salem, Ind., Nov. 21, 1871; children: Harry L., Clara. Served 3 yrs. in Army of the Ohio, Civil War; participated in Sherman's movements from Chattanooga to Jonesboro. Went to Alexandria, S.D., 1879, and engaged in publishing the Alexan- dria Herald; started the American Swineherd, 1884, and removed it to Chicago, 1890; now editor same and pres. Am. Swineherd Pub. Co. Mem. Terri- torial Legislature of Dak., 1880-1. Republican. Mem. George G. Meade Post, G.A.R. Home: 418 W. 61st Pl. Office: 320 Old Colony Bldg.
BAYS, Alfred William, lawyer; b. Vermont, Ill., July 12, 1876; s. of Enos William and Elizabeth (Smith) Bays; B.S., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1901; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Law, 1904; m. Anna Carnahan, of Chicago, Sept., 1912; 2 daughters: Catherine, Marjory. Lecturer, 1905-9, instr. and asst. prof. commercial law, 1909-12, prof. law since 1912, Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Com- merce and Northwestern Univ. Law Sch. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd. Progressive. Mason. Club: City. Author and Compiler: American Com- mercial Law Series (9 vols.), 1911-12, comprising: Contracts; Debtor and Creditor; Insurance; Sure- tyship; Agency and Partnership; Negotiable Pa- per; Private Business Corporations; Real Prop- erty; Sales of Personal Property; Banks and Bank- ing; Insurance; also Cases on Commercial Law, 1914. Home: 2549 Eastwood Av. Office: 109 N. Dearborn St.
BEACH, Chandler Belden, editor and publisher; b. Groton, N.Y., June 27, 1839; s. Edwards A. and Rhoda C. (Churchill) Beach; A.B., Marietta (O.) Coll., 1863, A.M., 1866; m. Cincinnati, Dec. 24, 1869, Laura B. Nerney; 4 children: E. Chandler, Anna C., Rhoda B., Laura E. Capt. and asst. quartermaster in Civil War; has engaged in publication and sale of various books in Chicago since 1870; dir. Cen- tral Trust Co. of Ill. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. G.A.R. Editor and Publisher: The Students' Cyclopaedia, 1893; The Students' Reference Work, 1902; The New Students' Reference Work, 1909. Recreations : golf, fishing, etc. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BEACH, Clinton Stillwell, grain commn .; b. Chi- cago, Aug. 8, 1875; s. Elli Alonzo and Abbie Davis (Stillwell) Beach; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; m. Ada C. Lloyd, of Chicago, 1903; children: Lloyd E., Harriette C. Entered employ of grain firm of E. A. Beach & Co., July, 1897; became an officer of Beach- Wickham Grain Co. upon its organization, 1903, continuing until the corpn. was dissolved in 1905; since mem. firm of Beach-Wickham Grain Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. Trade, Beta Theta Pi. Republic- an. Baptist. Recreation: golf. Home: Ravinia, Ill. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.
BEACH, Edmund Chandler, gas company opera- tor; b. Chicago, July 24, 1879; s. Chandler Belden and Laura B. (Nerney) Beach; A.B., Amherst, 1903; m. Natalie G. Apperson, of Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 18, 1909; 2 children: Chandler Apperson, Mar- guerite. Mgr. various gas companies, 1904-12; pres. Gas & Electric Improvement Co., Chicago, since 1912. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Art Inst. of Chicago, Chi Phi (Am- herst). Clubs: University, Riverside Golf. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BEACH, Elli Alonzo, president Beach-Wickham Grain Co .; July 9, 1842-Sept. 8, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
BEACH, Elmer Ellsworth, lawyer; b. Civil Bend, Fremont Co., la., Dec. 19, 1861; s. Henry Walter and Eva C. (Canfield) Beach; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1884; m. Jessie E. Taylor, of Ann Arbor, Mich., July 27, 1889; children: Elizabeth Clara, Mae Vee. Admitted to bar in 1888; now mem. firm of Beach & Beach. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Mason (Commandery, Consistory, Shrine). Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: golf, angling, motoring, etc. Home: 1312 Lunt Av., Rogers Park. Office: 111 W. Washington St., Chi- cago.
BEACH, Harrison L., newspaper man. Removed to San Antonio, Tex. (See Who's Who in America. )
BEACH, Henry Lawrence, wool meht .; b. at Chi- cago, Dec. 22, 1872; s. Elli Alonzo and Abbie (Still-
BAYNES, James, editor; b. at Valley Forge, nr. Phila., Pa., Nov. 30, 1840; s. Beezon and Lowry (Humphreys) Baynes; ed. pub. schs. in Pa. and well) Beach; ed. Doolittle Grammar Sch .; Chicago
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Manual Training Sch .; Art Inst. of Chicago; grad. fishing. Home: 6336 Kenwood Av. Office: 108 E. Arch. and Bldg. Dept. of Armour Inst., 1894; m. South Water St. Marion Copeland, of Chicago, June 10, 1903; 1 BEARD, Charles Heady, M.D .; Jan. 27, 1855-Jan. 3, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.) daughter, Helen Elizabeth. Was actively identified with real estate, fire ins. and building business for 7 yrs., erecting about 30 buildings in Chicago and vicinity; associated since 1910 with brother-in- law, Thomas A. Copeland, of Chicago, and Charles Milnes, of Yorkshire, Eng., as treas. Chicago Wool Co .; also sec. Clybourne Wool Scouring Co .; dir. Planters' Coffee Co. Independent Republican. Bap- tist. Recreations: tennis and long walks through the country. Home: 1227 Ashland Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 18 W. Austin Av., Chicago.
BEACH, Myron Hawley, lawyer; May 22, 1828- 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
BEACH, Raymond Walter, lawyer; b. Percival, Ia., Nov. 29, 1863; s. Henry Walter and Eva C. (Canfield) Beach; spent most of boyhood and youth in Grand Rapids and Charlevoix, Mich .; B.S. in C.E., Univ. of Mich., 1886, LL.B., 1889; (J.D., Chi- cago Law Sch., 1910) ; m. Jennie Healy, of Chicago, Oct. 4, 1892; 1 daughter, Ethel Corinne. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, and at once joined his brother, Elmer E. Beach, firm of Beach & Beach, which still continues, making a specialty of corpn., real estate and ins. law; also treas. and dir. Northwestern De- velopment Co. and other corpns. Lecturer on com- mon law pleadings in Chicago Law Sch. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Delta Upsilon. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Edgewater Golf, Birchwood Country. Recreations: golf, automobiling. Home: 1615 Pratt Av. Office: Conway Bldg.
BEAL, Sarell Wood, dealer in timber and lum- ber; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 13, 1870; s. Wil- liam Henry and Gertrude V. B. (Wood) Beal; ed. pub. schs. of Grand Rapids; m. Mary Ellen, d. of T. Austin Nutt, of Hinds Co., Miss., Apr. 27, 1898; 3 children: James Lacey, Sarell Wood, Jr., Mary Barbara. Began as office boy with Robinson & Lacey, timber dealers, Grand Rapids, in 1887, re- maining with that firm until its dissolution in 1891; continued with its successor, J. D. Lacey, be- coming a mem. of the firm of J. D. Lacey & Co. in 1898, with which company has since continued; re- sided in New Orleans, 1894-1908, Chicago since 1908; vice pres. and treas. James D. Lacey Timber Co .; treas. and dir. Clallam Lumber Co .; sec. and mgr. Tensas Delta Land Co., Ltd. Clubs: Union League, Glen View Golf; Kent Country (Grand Rapids). Recreations: motoring, golf, photog- raphy. Home: 1333 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1750 McCormick Bldg., Chicago.
BEALE, William Gerrish, lawyer; b. Winthrop, Me., Sept. 10, 1854; s. William and Lucinda (Ba- con) Beale; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1877 (LL.D., 1912); read law in office Williams & Thompson, Chicago; m. Elizabeth Caruthers, of Chicago, Nov. 2, 1904. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1881, and since in practice at Chicago; head of firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale. Pres. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, 1891-2; corpn. counsel, 1895-7; one of 3 trustees holding majority of stock of Chicago Tribune under will of Joseph Medill, deceased. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union League (Chicago) ; Union, University (N.Y.). Home: 40 E. Burton Pl. Office: 72 W. Adams St.
BEALS, Charles Edward, clergyman. Removed to Worcester, Mass. (See Who's Who in America.)
BEALS, H. Wallace, retired; b. in Cass Co., Ill., Mar. 1, 1868; s. Peter and Eliza M. (Corrie) Beals; ed. pub. schs. of Rushville, Ill .; m. Chicago, Oct. 1, 1895, Malvinia S. Tyler; 2 children: Helen Roxana, John Tyler. With W. L. Parrotte & Co., Omaha, Neb., hats and caps, 1886-90; treas. Parrotte, An- drews & Co., Chicago, 1890-4; firm became Taylor & Parrotte, of which he was sec., 1894-1904; name changed to Parrotte, Beals & Co., Jan. 18, 1904, of which was vice pres. and sec. until Nov., 1914, when retired. Republican. Home: Winnetka, Ill.
BEARD, William, teacher of voice; b. at Horse Cave, Ky., Sept. 27, 1872; s. William and Ada Anna (Mckay) Beard; ed. pub. schs., Ky., also in Louis- ville, Ky., and Chicago; m. Catherine Thompson, of Louisville, Apr. 26, 1898; children: Catherine Thompson, Sarah Elizabeth. Engaged for a num- ber of years as concert and opera singer; teacher in Cosmopolitan Sch. of Music, Chicago, when it was organized, and afterward in Chicago Conser- vatory and Spry Sch., later began teaching pri- vately; now dir. Fountain St. Bapt. Ch. Choir and Malek Choral Soc., Grand Rapids, Mich .; head of voice dept. Malek Sch. of Music, Grand Rapids. Sec. and treas. Soc. Am. Musicians, Inc., Chicago. Recreation: golf. Home: 5221 Kimbark Av. Studio: 418 Fine Arts Bldg.
BEARDSLEE, Franklin Smilie, mfr .; b. DeKalb Co., Ill., Dec. 28, 1861; s. Smilie Ransom and Ruth (Hebron) Beardslee; removed with parents to Iro- quois Co., Ill., 1867; grad. Grand Prairie Sem., Onarga, Ill., 1884; m. Charlotte Isabel Harland, of Chicago, Apr. 8, 1891; 1 son, Harland Franklin. After leaving school traveled for various firms in gas and electric fixtures until 1889; was one of the incorporators of the W. S. Edwards Mfg. Co .; withdrew (1901) and organized Beardslee Chande- lier Mfg. Co., of which is pres. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Electric, Edgewater Country; also Delavan Lake Yacht. Recreations: motoring and yachting. Residences: (winter) S. Pasadena, Cal .; (summer) Delavan Lake, Wis. Home: 5741 Kenmore Av. Office: 216 S. Jefferson St.
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