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MORISON, see also Morrison, also Morrisson.
*MORISON, John Archibald, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)
MORLAN, Halford J., physician; b. at Enfield, White Co., Ill., Sept. 20, 1880; s. John H. and Florence (Jordan) Morlan; ed. grammar and high schs., Fairfield, Ill .; Hayward Coll., Fairfield; M.D., St. Louis Univ. Sch. of Medicine, 1905; m. Percy E. Bohrer, of Champaign, Ill., June 30, 1906. Be- gan practice in St. Louis, 1905; removed to Chi- cago, 1909; prof. diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch., since 1910; asso. prof., Chicago Coll. Medicine; formerly prof. Post- Grad., Bennett, and Univ. of Ill. med. schs. (re- signed). Organized Co. E of 9th Ill. Vol. Inf., Spanish-Am. War, and served with Co. K, 4th Ill. Vol. Inf .; saw service in Cuba, and later in China, during the Boxer Rebellion and in the Philippines. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. Mem. Am. Athletic Union (gov.), Nat. and Washington Park amateur casting assns. (pres. of both). Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.
MORLEY, Robert Lyth, western manager Mich. Stove Co. Removed to Nebraska. (See vol. 1911.)
MORONEY, John James, pres. Chicago Brick Machinery Co .; b. Chicago, Feb. 4, 1869; s. Michael and Bridget (Sinnott) Moroney; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; unmarried. Began with Chisholm, Boyd & White Co., mfrs. of brick machinery, 1886. with which remained successively as office boy and salesman; organized, 1896, Chicago Brick Machin- ery Co., of which has since been pres .; pres. U.S. Rocking Grate Bar Co .; pres. Grand Rapids (Mich.) Brick Co .; gen. mgr. Am. Sand Lime Brick Co. Republican. Home: 945 Buena Terrace. Office: 20 W. Jackson Boul.
MORRELL, Frederick Lathrop, life ins .; b. at Aurora, Cayuga Co., N.Y., May 27, 1854; s. Charles and Margaret (Lathrop) Morrell; ed. high sch., Aurora; m. Marguerite Gerrans, of Dunkirk, N.Y., Sept. 22, 1881; 1 daughter, Gladys Lathrop (Mrs.
73; with Blue Line Fast Freight, 1873-92, in gen. office at Rochester, N.Y .; then as agt. at Kansas City and St. Louis, Mo .; insp. bldg. and loan assns. for Ill. under Gov. John P. Altgeld; with Franklin Life Ins. Co. of Springfield; with Manhattan Life Ins. Co., of N.Y., and its mgr. at Chicago, 1898- 1914; mgr., Columbian Nat. Ins. Co. since 1914. Col. on staff of Gov. John P. Altgeld, 1892-6. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Iroquois, Oak Park, Elmhurst Golf. Residence: Plaza Hotel, Oak Park, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MORRILL, Allan Augustus, varnish mfr .; b. at East Kingston, N.H., May 3, 1859; s. Charles Enoch and Adeline Susan (Carter) Morrill; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; m., Manchester, N.H., Mar., 1883, Cora Susan Dodge; 1 son, Allan Donald. Entered the house of Valentine & Co., mfrs. of varnishes and colors, 1879, of which is now vice pres. Democrat. Clubs: South Shore Country, Midlothian Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: Windermere Hotel. Office: Fisher Bldg.
MORRILL, Donald Littlefield, lawyer; b. Auburn, Me .; s. Nahum and Anna I. (Littlefield) Morrill; prepared for coll. at high sch., Auburn; A.B., Brown Univ., 1880, A.M., 1883; m. Edith M. Storey, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1890; 1 son, Nahum. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1886; engaged in practice in Chicago since 1889. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, 1890-1, and atty. for the bd., 1891-8; Dem. candidate for judge Circuit Court of Cook Co., June, 1909. Mem. bd. mgrs. Chicago Law Inst .; mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., S.R. Unitarian. Clubs: Law, University, Edgewater Golf. Author: Federal and State Government; Illinois School Law Annotated; Elementary Treatise on Laws of Persons; Stu- dent's Manual of the Constitution of Illinois. Rec- reation: gardening. Home: 6332 Kenmore Av. Office: Title and Trust Bldg.
MORRILL, E (lla) Franc, M.D., surgeon; b. York- town, Ill., Aug. 13, 1866; d. John L. (M.D.) and Louise (Smith) Morrill; Morrills came to America, 1634; A.B., Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1887; M.D., Northwestern Woman's Med. Sch., 1891. Practiced in Chicago since 1891; supreme examiner Royal Neighbors of America since 1895; commr. West Pullman Park. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Polit. Equality League. Progressive Repub- lican. Methodist. Club: City. Home: 12124 Stew- art Av.
MORRIS, Edward, packer; Oct. 1, 1866-Nov. 3, 1913. (See Who's Who in America, 1912-13.)
MORRIS, Edward, Jr., packer; b. Chicago, Mar. 3, 1893; s. late Edward and Helen (Swift) Morris; ed. Chicago Latin Sch .; m. Helen, d. Luther W. Conover, of Chicago, May 31, 1916. Elected vice pres. and dir. Morris & Co., packers, upon the death of his father, 1913, and became pres., 1916; dir. Peoples Stock Yards State Bank, Stock Yards Sav- ings Bank, Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank, West Side Trust & Savings Bank, Liberty Trust & Sav- ings Bank. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore, Saddle and Sirloin. Home: 5017 Drexel Boul. Office: U.S. Yards.
MORRIS, Frank Marion, bookseller; b. in Clin- ton Co., O., June 9, 1857; s. of George and Jennie (Strawn) Morris; ed. pub. schs. and at Butler Univ., Ind .; m. Chicago, 1884, Willa Guffin; 1 son, George. Began as a clk. in book store of Bowen- Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind., 1880-4; came to Chicago, 1884, and opened a book store, which has since continued, known as "The Morris Book Shop." Republican. Formerly mem. Indianapolis Light Inf., a part of the Ind. N.G. Mem. Ill. State Library Assn., Bibliog. Soc. America, Am. Book- sellers' Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Forty, Cax- ton, Chicago Library, Indiana Society. Recreations: traveling, fishing. Home: 1124 E. 46th St. Office: 24 N. Wabash Av.
MORRIS, Henry Crittenden, lawyer; b. Chicago, Apr. 18, 1868; s. John and Susan (Claude) Morris; B.A., Lombard Coll., 1887, A.M., 1890; LL.B., Chi- cago Coll. of Law, 1889; (hon. A.M., Buchtel Coll., 1910); married, 1917. U.S. consul, Ghent, Belgium, 1893-8. Sec. to Chief Justice Fuller, 1905, in Muscat Dhow arbitration before Internat. Perma-
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nent Court at The Hague. Trustee Lombard Coll., 1900-15; pres. Young People's Christian (Univer- salist) Union of Ill., 1891-2. Mem. Am. and Chi- cago bar assns., Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Polit. Science Assn., Nat. Municipal League, Am. Civic Assn., Lake Mohonk Peace Conf., League to Enforce Peace (dir. Am. br.), Am. Peace Soc. (dir.), Chi- cago Peace Soc. (pres.), Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Ill. Hist. Soc., Geog. Soc. Chicago, Authors' League of America, Alliance Française. Clubs: Hamilton (sec. 1908-9, dir. 1909-10, 1912-14, vice pres., 1910-11), City, Chicago Literary; Auth- ors' (London). Author: The History of Coloniza- tion from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, 1900; A History of the First National Bank of Chicago, 1902. Home: 4442 Grand Boul. Office: 924 Marquette Bldg.
MORRIS, Ira Nelson, diplomatist; b. Chicago, Mar. 8, 1875; s. Nelson and Sarah (Vogel) Morris; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1892; A.B., Yale, 1895; m. Constance Lily Rothschild, of New York, 1898. Retired from active financial affairs, but extensively interested in many banks, rys. and corpns. Commr. gen. to Italy, 1913, in behalf of Panama P. I. Expn. Democrat. E.E. and M.P. of U.S. to Sweden since July, 1914. Mem. Acad. Polit. Science, Am. Mus. Natural History. Clubs: Army and Navy (New York); Quadrangle (Chicago) ; Ranelagh (London). Author: With the Trade Winds, 1897. Extensive traveler. Home: Chicago. Address: American Legation, Stockholm, Sweden.
MORRIS, Nelson, packer; b. Chicago, Dec. 21, 1891; s. late Edward and Helen (Swift) Morris; ed. Harvard Univ .; unmarried. Chmn. bd. dirs. Morris & Co. since 1914; also pres. William F. Mosser Co., St. Louis Nat. Stock Yards, Crescent City Stock Yards & Slaughter House Co., Ltd .; dir. First Nat. Bank (Chicago), Drovers Nat. Bank (Kansas City), Nat. Stock Yards Nat. Bank. Dir. Michael Reese Hosp., Children's Memorial Hosp. Clubs: South Shore Country, Mid-Day, Saddle and Sirloin, Ravisloe Country. Home: 4800 Drexel Boul. Office: Union Stock Yards.
MORRIS, Robert Nelson, M.D .; b. in Hillsdale Co., Mich., July 14, 1860; s. Robert and Ellen (Whan) Morris; ed. Reading (Mich.) High Sch .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1889; M.D., ad eundem, Hering Med. Coll .; m., Brooklyn, Mich., July 25, 1886, Rosa Woodward. Was pharmaceu- tical chemist for Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, until began med. course; in practice at Constantine, Mich., 1889-95, since in Chicago; connected with Hering Med. Coll. and Hosp., as prof. of diseases of the chest since 1895, and as registrar of the coll., and dean since Jan., 1909. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Chicago Homo. Soc., Internat. Hahnemannian Soc. Socialist.
Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Motor, Chicago Auto- mobile, The Templar. Home: 4517 N. Ashland Av. Office: 7 W. Madison St.
MORRIS, Robert Wallace, business manager. (See vol. 1911.)
MORRIS, Robert Wilson, M.D .; b. South Ar- gyle, N.Y., Mar. 3, 1876; s. Abraham Wilson and Laura Jane (Gilkerson) Morris; grad. Greenwich (N.Y.) High Sch., 1894; B.A., Monmouth (Ill.) Coll., 1898; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), 1902; m. Katharine Eaton Critchell, of Cincinnati, Apr. 14, 1909. Interne, St. Luke's Hosp., 1902-4; lecturer, St. Luke's Hosp. Training Sch. for Nurses, since 1904; instr. in medicine, Coil. of Medicine Univ. of Ill., since 1905; surgeon to 1.C.R.R. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 4335 Green- wood Av. Office: 4301 Ellis Av.
MORRIS, Seymour, business man; b. Utica, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1863; s. Joseph and Clara Elizabeth (Sey- mour) Morris; grad. high sch., Chicago, 1880; m. Ida Nesbitt Tucker, of Chicago, Jan. 18, 1888; 1 son, Seymour, Jr. Began in real estate offices of Judge L. B. Otis, with whom remained until lat- ter's death in 1903, when became trustee of his estate; also trustee of estates of Charles Counsel- man, Levi Z. Leiter, Albert Keep and Lambert Tree; vice pres. Chicago Rys. Co .; dir. Merchants Loan & Trust Co., Spaulding & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Treas. Chicago Orphan Asylum;
mem. Draft Exemption Bd., 1917. Sec. Chicago Hist. Soc .; mem. Am. Hist. Assn., N.E. Hist .- Geneal. Soc., S.A.R., Soc. Colonial Wars, etc. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mid-Day, Kenwood, Glen View Golf, South Shore Country; Lake Geneva (Wis.) Country; Union League, Metropolitan (New York). Recre- ation : his library. Home: 1020 Ardmore Av. Office: 1217 Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg.
MORRIS, William Fennell, lumber mcht .; b. at Phila., Apr. 6, 1862; s. Jacob Giles and Isabelle (Fennell) Morris; ed. pvt. sch., Easton, Md .; m. Charlotte Idella Tinsley, of Center Point, Howard Co., Ark., June 21, 1887; 4 children: William Fen- nell, Margaret Eliza, Jacob Wistar, Robert Tracy Giles. Began as sales mgr. George T. Houston & Co., 1892; continued in same capacity with other lumber houses until 1908; jr. partner, J. S. Houston Co., hardwood lumber, since Jan. 1, 1908. Mem. Church of Christ. Home: 1701 S. 7th Av., May- wood, Ill. Office: 1030 Hooker St., Chicago.
MORRISON, see also Morison, also Morrisson.
MORRISON, Armer David, accident ins .; b. at Rockville, Adams Co., O., Apr. 6, 1844; s. David and Martha (Mitchell) Morrison; ed. common schs. and Young's Acad., Covington, Ky .; m. Irene Doty, of Cincinnati, Oct. 1, 1867; 1 son, Frank (now de- ceased). Chief reporter for R. G. Dun & Co. 10 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1874; life ins. agt. 17 yrs. and in accident ins. 16 yrs .; mem. firm of Morrison & Miller, gen. agts. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co., accident and health dept., since Jan., 1913. Re- publican. Methodist. Home: 7142 Harvard Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
MORRISON, Charles B., lawyer; b. Broom Co., N.Y., 1853; ed. high sch .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1877; m. Emma Mason, of Dixon, Ill., 1880; 3 children: Bess (Mrs. P. E. Schroeder), Lucille (Mrs. W. J. Matthews), Mary. Admitted to bar, 1877, and began practice at Dixon; state's atty., Lee Co., Ill., 1880-98; practiced law, Chicago, with late S. H. Bethea, 1898-1905; U.S. dist. atty., Northern Dist. of Ill., Mar., 1905-Sept. 1, 1906 (re- signed); retained by U.S. Govt. to prosecute Stan- dard Oil Co. under Sherman "anti-trust" law; mas- ter in chancery, federal courts, Chicago, since 1910; spl. asst. U.S. atty. gen. Mem. Am., Ill. State, Chicago and Lee County bar assns. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Dixon Country. Home: Dixon, Ill. Office: Federal Bldg., Chicago.
MORRISON, Charles E., real estate; Aug. 20, 1855-June 4, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
MORRISON, Clyde A., lawyer and pub .; b. Peo- tone, Ill., Mar. 12, 1876; s. John Wellington and Pearl (Palmer) Morrison; ed. grammar and high schs. of Chicago, and Univ. of Va .; m. Lyda Pate, of Wellington, Ill., Nov. 15, 1900; 2 children: Wil- liam Alexander, Alexander Pate. Admitted to bar, 1895; has been mem. law firms Pam, Calhoun & Glennon, Wetten & Morrison, Eddy, Haley & Wet- ten; formerly master in chancery Superior Court of Cook Co .; chief asst. city atty., 1907-11. Repub- lican; was sec. Governor Deneen's first campaign com .; sec. Busse campaign com. Was editor "The Hamiltonian," official publication of Hamilton Club, 5 yrs .; part owner and editor Nat. Irrigation Jour- nal and dir. Nat. Irrigation Journal Pub. Co .: pres. Morrison Pub. Co .; and also pub. and editor in chief Morrison's Chicago Weekly. Incapacitated from business 3 years (1912-15) with glaucoma- a serious eye trouble, rendering him blind for a long time; resumed business latter part of 1915; perfected the marvelous "Oil Tone Picture Process" in 1915, pronounced one of the greatest art achieve- ments of the century and known all over the world; founder, and chmn. bd .. Famous Pictures Corpn., now engaged in mfg. pictures by the mil- lions under his process. Dir. Forward Movement. Baptist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Colonial. Recreation: motoring. Home: 4421 Clifton Av. Office: 20 E. Jackson Boul.
MORRISON, Thomas Harvey, book mfr .; b. Ham- ilton, Ont., May 5, 1870; s. Thomas and Jane (Brown) Morrison; grad. high sch., Oshawa, Ont .; m. Ester Fisher, of Paoli. Orange Co., Ind., Nov. 18, 1903; 4 children: Marian, Robert Fisher.
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Thomas, William. Came to U.S., 1891; has been connected with Robert O. Law Co., edition book mfrs., since 1903; sec. and mgr. same since 1910. Served in Canadian militia, 1890. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Club: Canadian. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Residence: 1626 W. 104th Pl. Office: 633 Plymouth Ct.
MORRISON, William Mckenzie, photographer; b. Detroit, Mich., Mar. 23, 1857; s. Hugh and Diana (McKay) Morrison; ed. pub. schs. and Met. Busi- ness Coll., Chicago; m., Chicago, Alice L. Hoke, of Louisville, Nov. 24, 1884. In business as photog- rapher, 1889-11 (retired). Republican. Presby- terian. Recreation: stock ranch in S.D. Home: 56 E. Division St., Chicago; (summer) Palisade, New Jersey.
MORRISSON, James William, wholesale drug- gist; b. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 1, 1872; s. Robert and Fayette (Lord) Morrisson; ed. pub. schs. of Chi- cago, Harvard Sch., and Chicago Manual Training Sch .; m. Mary T. R. Foulke, Jr., of Richmond, Ind., Feb. 7, 1900; children: Robert, Foulke, Rosemary, Reeves, James Lord. After leaving sch. entered the wholesale drug house of Morrisson, Plummer & Co. (of which father was one of the founders, 1874), of which became pres .; and pres. of its suc- cessor, Fuller-Morrisson Co., since Jan. 1, 1915. Mem Chicago Assn. Commerce (vice pres. 1915, mem. senior council), Nat. Wholesale Druggists' Assn. (pres.); mem. exec. com. Ill. Council Nat. Civic Federation. Clubs: Union League, City, Chi- cago Athletic, Skokie Country. Recreations: eco- nomics and sociology, outdoor diversions; collector of books. Home: 719 Rush St. Office: 540 W. Ran- dolph St.
MORRISSON, Mary Foulke (Mrs. James Wil- liam Morrisson) ; b. Richmond, Ind., Nov. 14, 1879; d. William Dudley and Mary Taylor (Reeves) Foulke; A.B., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899; m. James William Morrisson, Richmond, Indiana, Feb. 7, 1900; 5 children: Robert, Foulke, Rosemary, Reeves, James. Pres. Woman's League for Civic Betterment, Richmond, Ind., 1905-9; sec. Lower North Council of United Charities, Chicago, 1911- 12; mem. Juvenile Protective Assn., Antiquarian Soc., Art Inst. of Chicgao, Immigrants' Protective League, Parents' Assn. of Francis Parker Sch., Parents' League, Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Assn. (sec., 1915-16), Ill. Equal Suffrage Assn. (sec., 1912-13), Chicago Equal Suffrage Assn. (sec., 1911- 14, pres., 1917), exec. council Ill. Div. Women's Council of Nat. Defense, etc. Clubs: Woman's City, Bryn Mawr, Hicksite Friend. Home: 719 Rush St.
MORRON, John R., glue mfr. Removed to New York, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
MORROW, William Ambrose, lawyer; b. Omro, Wis., June 17, 1876; s. Patrick and Sarah (Goggins) Morrow; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1900; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901, and began practice of law with firm of Ennis, Morrow & McMillan, and in 1903 changed to firm of Morrow & Popham; practicing alone since Apr., 1907. Democrat. Catholic. Home: 905 N. State St. Office: The Rook- ery.
MORSE, Andrew Gray, mfg. confectioner. (See vol. 1911.)
MORSE, Charles Adelbert, engineer; b. Bangor, Me., Jan., 1, 1859; s. Charles B. and Elsie (Emery) Morse; C.E., Univ. of Me., 1879. Chainman, instru- ment and office man C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1880-1; div. engr. Mexican Central Ry., 1881-4; again with C.,B.&Q. R.R., 1884-5; with A.,T.&S.F. Ry. as transitman, div. engr., and resident engr., Ft. Madison, Ia., and Pueblo, Colo., 1886-1901, asst. to chief engr., To- peka, 1901-2, prin. asst. engr., La Junta, 1902-3, engr. eastern grand div., Topeka, Mar .- July, 1903, acting chief engr., Topeka, 1903-4, asst. chief engr., Topeka, 1904-5, acting chief engr., A.,T.&S.F. Ry. coast lines, Los Angeles, 1905-6, chief engr. A.,T.& S.F. Ry., Topeka, 1906-9, chief engr. A.T.&S.F. Sys- tem, Topeka, 1909-13; chief engr. Rock Island Lines, Chicago, since 1913; also chmn. valuation com. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Ry. Engring. Assn. (vice pres.). Clubs: Engineers', Kenwood, Mid- lothian Country, University. Residence: Winder- mere Hotel. Office: 803 LaSalle Station.
MORSE, Charles Franklin, lawyer; b. Picton, Ont., Can., May 14, 1864; s. Edward Webster and Eliza (Forbes) Morse; ed. pub. schs., Oswego, N.Y .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law (Northwestern Univ.), 1891; m. Katharine Ames, of Chicago, Oct. 26, 1892; 2 children: Katharine Elizabeth, Franklin Ames. Came to Chicago, 1883; in gen. mgr.'s office C.&W.I. and Belt rys. 1 yr .; with Ill. Trust & Savings Bank 5 yrs .; admitted to bar, 1891, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. firm Zane, Morse & Mckinney. Republican. Clubs: University, Glen View, Coun- try of Evanston. Home: 1019 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
MORSE, Charles Hosmer, mfr .; b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Sept. 23, 1833; s. John and Elizabeth (Hosmer) Morse; ed. St. Johnsbury Acad .; m. Martha J. Owens, Cincinnati, June 30, 1868 (died Oct. 24, 1903); m. 2d, Mrs. Helen H. Piffard, of New York, July 22, 1911. Left St. Johnsbury Acad., Dec. 11, 1850, to become clerk for E. & F. Fairbanks & Co., scale mfrs .; became mem. firm of Fairbanks, Greenleaf & Co., Chicago, 1862, and Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Jan. 1, 1872, ex-pres., now dir .; pres. Sheffield Car Co .; dir. Fairbanks-Morse Elec. Mfg. Co. (Indianapolis), First Nat. Bank, First Trust & Savings Bank, Nat. Safe Deposit Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Union League. Resi- dence: The Blackstone. Office: 900 Wabash Av.
MORSE, Charles Reuben, mfr .; b. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 1, 1872; s. John Sawyer and Philora (Brown) Morse; ed. high sch., Topeka; engring. course, Univ. of Kan .; m. Mary Corinne Blair, of Chicago, Jan. 1, 1903; children: Davida, John, Marjorie. Engaged in engring. work at Topeka, Salt Lake City, 1890-1900; engr. with Hammond Packing Co., Chicago, 1900-3; efficiency engr. Am. Bridge Co., 1903-6; asst. engr. Jackson & Corbett Co., 1906; invented, 1906, the Morse adding machine, the smallest listing-adding machine made, and since engaged in its manufacture; organized Charles R. Morse Mfg. Co., 1906, absorbed by Morse Adding Machine Co., 1912, of which has since been pres. Democrat. Congregationalist. Mason (32°, Shri- ner), Odd Fellow, Elk, K.P., Royal Arcanum. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 5030 Berteau Av. Office: 18 N. Ada St.
MORSE, Edward L(eland) C(lark); b. Dover, N.H., June 12, 1855; s. Moses L. and Louisa (Clark) Morse; A.B., Harvard, 1877; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1893; studied Univ. of Chicago and Cornell Univ :; m. Louisa Weaver. Prin. Phil Sheridan Sch., Chicago, since 1892. Mem. Sociedad hispania y Americana (pres.), Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Polit. Science Assn., Modern Lang. Assn. America, Ill. Bar Assn. Episcopalian. Club: Harvard. Author: Spanish-American Life, 1917. Home: 7650 Sagi- naw Av.
MORSE, John Hale, stock broker and mfr. Re- moved to Kansas City. (See vol. 1911.)
MORTON, Joy, merchant; b. Detroit, Sept. 27, 1855; s. J. Sterling and Caroline (Joy) Morton; ed. Talbot Hall, Nebraska City, Neb .; m. Carrie, d. Judge George B. Lake, of Omaha, Sept. 23, 1880; 2 children: Jean (Mrs. Joseph M. Cudahy), Ster- ling; m. 2d, Margaret Gray, of Chicago, Jan. 16, 1917. Sr. mem. firm Joy Morton & Co. since 1885; pres. and dir. Standard Office Co., Morton Salt Co .; dir. Morton-Gregson Co., C.&A.R.R., Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, Western Cold Storage Co. (Chicago), Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U.S. (New York). Apptd. mem Inland Waterway Trans- portation Com. of Council of Nat. Defense, June, 1917. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Commer- cial, Chicago, Caxton (Chicago); Lawyers' (New York). Home: Lisle, Du Page Co., Ill. Office: Railway Exchange, Chicago.
MORTON, Mark; b. at Omaha, Neb., Nov. 22, 1858; s. J. Sterling and Caroline (Joy) Morton; ed. schs. of Nebraska City, Neb .; m. Jan., 1887, Martha Parkhurst, d. John Weare, of Cedar Rapids, Ia .; children: Helen, Joy, Jane. At 18 yrs. of age be- came office boy with C.,B.&Q.Ry., steadily advan- cing until he became traveling freight agt .; in em- ploy of T. W. Harvey Lumber Co. as traveling salesman, 1882-4; supt. of packing house of Ne- braska City Packing Co., 1884-5; with brother,
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Joy, became, 1885, mem. of firm of Joy Morton & Co., which succeeded E. I. Wheeler & Co., then the oldest house in the salt business in the West; pres. Western Cold Storage Co .; vice pres. Morton-Greg- son Co., packers; treas. U.S. Sugar Refinery; treas. International Salt Co. Club: Chicago. Home: Whea- ton, Ill. Office: 421 N. State St., Chicago.
MOSELEY, Carleton, teas and coffees; b. Dor- chester, Mass., Oct. 26, 1863; s. Fred P. and Mary E. (Clark) Moseley; ed. Boston Latin Sch .; m. Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1892, Marion L. Wilder; children: George Clark, Marion Renwick. With Nash, Spaulding & Co., importers and refiners of sugar, 1881-6; identified with Chase & Sanborn, importers of teas and coffees, since 1886, becom- ing a mem. of the firm in 1900. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, Highland Park, Exmoor Country, Bob o' Link Golf. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 76 E. Lake St., Chicago.
MOSER, George W., wholesale paper dealer; b. Chicago, Mar. 9, 1850; s. Philip and Mary (Sands) Moser; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m., Chicago, Nov. 27, 1873, Mary J., d. George Leslie. Entire busi- ness career has been spent in the wholesale paper trade; was with Laflin, Butler & Co., 1866-71; with Bradner Smith & Co., 1871-5; with F. P. Elliott & Co., 1875-93; in 1893 formed the Moser-Burgess Paper Co., which changed, 1902, to the Moser Paper Co., of which is pres. and treas. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Glen Oak Country (Glen Ellyn, Ill.). Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 621 Plym- outh Ct., Chicago.
MOSES, Charles Alonzo, contractor; b. at Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., June 14, 1851; s. Anson F. and Mary A. (Bowen) Moses; ed. pub. schs .; m. Jessie E. Culver, of Great Bend, Kan., Jan. 6, 1886; m. 2d, Mrs. Emma Stieglitz, of LaGrange, Ill., Mar. 10, 1897; children: Ruth F. (Mrs. O. Carpen- ter), Marian I. Began to learn the bldg. trade at age of 16; came to Chicago, 1871; sr. mem. Moses & Johnson, 1874-7; pres. C. A. Moses Constrn. Co. since 1907. Mem. Contractors' and Masons' Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Builders', Suburban of LaGrange. Home: La Grange, Ill. Office: 133 W. Washington St., Chicago.
MOSES, Hamilton, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 18, 1874; s. Adolph and Matilda (Wolf) Moses; ed. pub. schs .; m. Nathalie Baer, of Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 8, 1909; children: Hamilton, Jr., James. Ad- mitted to bar, 1901, and since in practice at Chi- cago; mem. Moses, Rosenthal & Kennedy since 1897; treas. and dir. U.S. Corpn. Bur. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Hamilton, Ravisloe Coun- try. Recreation: golf. Home: 4139 Drexel Boul. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
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