The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 172

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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PARKER, William Reynolds, grain commn .; b. ixon, Ill., Oct. 22, 1861; s. Orlando L. and Clara Fitch) Parker; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, 1884, ary M. Paynter; 1 son, Gilman M. Began as re- ivers' agt. on the C.&N.W.Ry. at Chicago, 1878; ten entered office of his brother, G. G., commn. cht., grain and provisions, and in 1887 became a artner in firm of George G. Parker & Co .; now in usiness alone. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Re- ublican; alderman from 6th Ward, 1910, 1911. lub: Colonial. Home: 4453 Calumet Av. Office: 40 W. Van Buren St.

PARKES, see also Parks.

PARKES, Charles Herbert, surgeon; b. Chicago, ct. 15, 1872; s. Charles Theodore and Isabella Gouterman) Parkes; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1897; . Edna Bigelow, of Toronto, Can., Sept. 21, 1916. racticed at Chicago since 1897; surgeon, Sheri- an Park Hosp .; capt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. ellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State, ri-State and Chicago med. socs., Miss. Valley Ied. Assn. Republican. Home: 1910 Lincoln Av. ffice: 25 E. Washington St.

PARKHURST, John Adelbert, astronomer; b. at ixon, Ill., Sept. 24, 1861; s. Sanford B. and Cla- issa Jane (Hubbard) Parkhurst; S.B., Rose Poly. nst., Terre Haute, Ind., 1886, S.M., 1897; (A.B., Wheaton Coll., 1906); m. Anna Greenleaf, of Terre [aute, Nov. 21, 1888; 1 daughter, Anna E. Instr. mathematics, Rose Poly. Inst., 1886-8; astronomer, vt. obs., Marengo, Ill., 1892-9; vol. research asst., erkes Obs. (Univ. of Chicago), 1898, 1900, asst., 900-2, Carnegie investigator in stellar photometry, 903-5 (all at Yerkes Obs.); instr. practical astron- my, 1905-12, asst. prof. since 1912, Univ. of Chi- ago. Specialist in stellar photometry. Mem. A.A. .S., Astron. Soc. America, Royal Astron. Soc., stronomische Gesellschaft. Congregationalist. ome: Williams Bay, Wis.

PARKIN, Harry Alvin, lawyer; b. Elgin, Ill., ar. 2, 1877; s. Richard and Sybil R. (Smith) Par- in; A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1900; LL.B., ake Forest Univ .; m. Edna Rex, of Creston, Ia., une 26, 1901; 3 children: Margaret, Richard Rex, enry A. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1905; associated in ractice with Bancroft & Adams, later with Ten- ey, Coffeen & Harding; now mem. Tenney, Hard- ig & Sherman. Was asst. U.S. atty. Mem. Ill. tate Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Delta heta. Republican. Mem. Modern Woodmen, For- sters of America. Club: Hamilton. Home: 418 E. aurel Av., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 137 S. La alle St., Chicago.

PARKINSON, Robert Henry, lawyer; b. at Cape lizabeth, Me., Aug. 10, 1849; s. Royal and Juanna Griffin) Parkinson; A.B., Dartmouth, 1870; m. elen B. McGuffey, of Cincinnati, 1878; children: lizabeth D., June G. (Mrs. Alfred E. Manierre), tirling B., Kelso S. (deceased). Admitted to bar, t. Louis, 1872; practiced in Cincinnati; removed

to Chicago, 1893; specialty patent and trade-mark law. Republican. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst., Phi Beta Kappa. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University (Chicago); Lawyers' (New York) ; Queen City (Cincinnati). Home: 110 Bellevue Pl. Office: Marquette Bldg.

PARKS, see also Parkes.

PARKS, Grace Runyan (Mrs. Samuel Shaw Parks); b. Chicago, Dec. 14, 1868; d. Eben Fitch and Ruth Florella (Avery) Runyan; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago, and under pvt. tutor; m. Samuel Shaw Parks, of Chicago, Aug. 6, 1888; 3 children: Clarence Runyan, Dora Ruth, Jessie Grace. Pres. Chapter A, Ill. P.E.O.' Sisterhood, 1899; pres. Chapter I, Ill. P.E.O. Sisterhood, 1903- 1907; state pres. Ill. P.E.O. Sisterhood, 1905-7; nat. pres. P.E.O. Sisterhood, 1911-13. Democrat. Mem. Warren Av. Congl. Ch. Clubs: West End Woman's, Phi Sigma Literary, West Side Co-educational, Gnosis. Home: 3231 Fulton St.

PARKS, Samuel Shaw, lawyer; b. Palmer, Mass., May 6, 1863; s. of William R. and Dora (Shaw) Parks; descended from Sir Robert Parke, who set- tled at Boston, 1630, and in 1649 was one of the first settlers of New London; on maternal side had 16 ancestors on the Mayflower; grad. Monson (Mass.) Acad., 1882; B.A., Amherst, 1886; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1886; M.A., North- western Univ., 1902; m. Aug. 6, 1888, Grace, d. late Eben F. Runyan, of the Chicago bar; children: Clarence Runyan, Dora Ruth, Jessie Grace. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, June, 1888, and since in practice, making a specialty of corpn. and ins. law; candi- date for judge of Circuit Court, 1903; mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi. Mem. various Dem. organizations. Clubs: Amherst, Press (life), Oak Park. Lecturer on Indian Art and other art and hist. subjects. Home: 3231 Fulton St. Office: 155 N. Clark St.

PARLETTE, Ralph, lecturer, editor; b. nr. Dela- ware, O., Aug. 30, 1870; s. Rev. John and Elizabeth (Phillips) Parlette; grad. Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, 1891, A.M., 1899; unmarried. Lyceum and chautauqua lecturer since 1896; editor The Lyceum Magazine since 1909; mem. Parlette and Snyder, publs. University Herald, Ada, O .; sec .- treas. Par- lette-Padget Co., Chicago; mem. Padget-Parlette & Padget, Chicago. Charter mem. Internat. Lyceum Assn .; mem. Am. Press Humorists. Christian Sci- entist. Author: The University of Hard Knocks. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

PARLIAMENT, Samuel, cheese mcht .; June 3, 1847-Feb. 10, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

PARROTT, Herbert Irving, clergyman; b. Chi- cago, July 11, 1881; s. Henry H. and Augusta (O1- son) Parrott; Wabash (Ind.) Coll., 1903-7; Univ. of Chicago, 1908; McCormick Theol. Sem., 1910, 11; Div. Sch. of Univ. of Chicago, 1912; m. Bessie E. Fowler, of Chicago, June 28, 1916. Asst. pastor Crerar Presbyn. Ch., Chicago, 1908; student pastor, Carlisle, Ind., 1909-10; ordained Congl. ministry, 1911; pastor Windsor Park Congl. Ch. since 1911. Chaplain Triluminar Lodge No. 767, A.F. and A.M .; Odd Fellow. Home: 7344 Yates Av.

PARROTTE, Walter Lee, wholesale hats; b. at Rushville, 111., Mar. 23, 1855; s. Josiah and Cath- erine Ann (Scripps) Parrotte; ed. Rushville, Ill .; m. Macomb, Il1., Nov. 24, 1880, Mary E. Tunnicliff. In business as wholesale dealer in hats and mfr. of caps since Jan., 1881; head of W. L. Parrotte & Co., Omaha, until 1890; pres. Parrotte, Andrews & Co., Chicago, 1890-4, Taylor & Parrotte, 1894-1904. Parrotte, Beals & Co., 1904-14, Parrotte, Mcintyre & Co. since 1914. Also pres. Windermere Lodge Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, Chicago. Recreations: travel and life on his ranch. Office: 200 S. Market St.

PARSONS, Deo Reynolds, broker; b. Union City. Mich., May 26, 1885; s. Leo S. and Hattie (Rey- nolds) Parsons; ed. Union City High Sch .; unmar- ried. With Bankers Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1905-9: then in auditing dept. of Continental Nat. Bank: with foreign exchange dept. Nat. City Bank 1 yr .; mom. firm of I. H. Christian Co., 1911-15; pres. Midwest Investment Co .; vice pres., sec. Christian

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& Parsons Co. since 1915; also vice pres. Lakeside Motor Truck Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Assn. Credit Men, Mich. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Ill. Ath- letic, South Shore Country, Three Score and Ten. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: Ill. Ath- letic Club. Office: 805, 208 S. LaSalle St.

PARSONS, Laura Orvis (Mrs. Robert L. Par- sons), educator; b. Chicago, May 7, 1873; d. Colum- bus A. and Harriet S. (Sargeant) Orvis; ed. pvt. schs. Chicago and spl. courses in higher instns .; m. Robert L. Parsons, of East Orange, N.J., Oct. 31, 1900. Sec. Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1895- 1902; instr. French, same, 3 yrs .; instr. physical edn., Chicago Business Woman's Club and pub. schs. of Evanston; instr. physical edn., pub. schs. of Riverside, Ill., 2 yrs .; founded, 1903, Chicago Sch. of Physical Edn., now the Chicago Normal Sch. of Physical Edn., and pres. same; dir. Camp of Chicago Normal Sch. of Physical Edn., at Sau- gatuck, Mich. Mem. N.E.A., Am. Physical Edn. Assn., Middle West Soc. of Hygiene and Physical Edn. Episcopalian. Clubs: Woman's City, Central Eleanor. Recreations: tennis, swimming, long dis- tance motoring. Home: 5454 Harper Av. Office: 430 S. Wabash Av.

PARSONS, William Edward, architect; b. Ak- ron, O., June 19, 1872; s. William Cheney and Sarah (Seymour) Parsons; A.B., Yale, 1895; B.S. in Ar- chitecture, Columbia, 1898; winner McKim Travel- ing Fellowship, 1899; studied École des Beaux Arts, Paris; m. Myra Louise Matthews, of New Hart- ford, Conn., Aug. 21, 1911; 2 children: Louise Kel- logg, Seymour. Began practice at New York, 1903; consulting architect for U.S. Govt. of P.I., 1905-14; associated with E. H. Bennett, Chicago, in practice in city planning since 1914. Mem. A.I.A., Soc. Beaux Arts Architects. Republican. Club: Uni- versity. Recreations: travel, motoring. Home: 1236 N. Dearborn St. Office: 1800 Railway Ex- change.

PARSONS, Winslow Randall, inventor and mfr .; b. Lomira, Dodge Co., Wis., Apr. 12, 1851; s. Ben- jamin Battles and Polly Maria (Blanchard) Par- sons; ed. pub. schs., Wis. and Waterloo, Ia .; m. Mary M. Thayer, of Jamestown, N.Y., and Water- loo, Ia., Dec. 24, 1878; children: Winslow Thayer (deceased), Meriwyn Thayer. Began active career in Waterloo, 1872, removing to Chicago, 1884; in sewing machine and sewing machine attachment business, 45 yrs., as salesman, inventor and mfr .; inventor and mfr. Parsons sewing machine attach- ments, hemstitcher, embroiderer and underbraid- er, also the Parsons process for mechanical pol- ishing and finishing, and mgr. Parsons machines for that purpose; built oil refinery at Chanute, Kan., 1905, and was sec. and treas. Kan. Co-opera- tive Refining Co. until Aug. 10, 1916; pres., treas. and mgr. The Parsons Mfg. Co., mfrs. hardware specialties, since Nov., 1908; propr. and mgr. W. R. Parsons Polishing and Finishing Process. Pro- gressive Republican. Odd Fellow, Mason; mem. Ia. Legion of Honor. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Recrea- tion: motoring. Home: 4445 Irving Park Boul. Office: 411-413 S. Clinton St.

PARTRIDGE, see also Pardridge.

PARTRIDGE, Charles S., electrotyper, etc .; Apr. Who's Who in America.) 15, 1856-Nov. 8, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

PARTRIDGE, Lester Earle, glass; b. Lake Co., Ill., Jan. 12, 1869; s. late Charles A. and Jennie (Earle) Partridge; grad. Waukegan (Ill.) High Sch., 1886; m. Chicago, Jan. 3, 1895, Mary A. Hop- kins; 2 children: Florence A., Helen E. At age of 17 began working for George F. Kimball, glass jobber, remaining with him until he sold out, 1897; then with Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co .; joined in organization, 1901, of Sharp, Partridge & Co., job- bers of window and plate glass, of which is sec. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Ex-trustee Vil- lage of LaGrange. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, Suburban of LaGrange, LaGrange Country. Recreation: golf. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 2261-2269 Lumber St., Chicago.

PARTRIDGE, Newton Augustus, lawyer; b. at Peacham, Vt., Mar. 23, 1852; s. A. L. and Ellen C. (Miner) Partridge; attended high sch., Buda, Ill., and 1 yr. Peacham (Vt.) Acad .; m. Nellie L. Ham-

mond, of Chicago, May 18, 1882; children: Edith A Edwin H. (deceased), Newton L. Admitted to bar June, 1877, and since in practice at Chicago; atty for Village of Hyde Park, 1889; treas. Rogers Par. Water Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Civil Servic Reform League, Civic Federation. Republicar. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary, Hennepin Shooting. Office: 89 W. Washington St.

PASHLEY, Alfred Foster, architect; b. Lod: Wis., Sept. 22, 1856; s. Walter and Maris (Wil liams) Pashley; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and unde pvt. tutors and by travel; m. Hattie Sinnard, o Oskaloosa, Kan., Dec. 20, 1893; children: Ruth Ma ria, Harriet Foster. Practiced architecture at Chi cago since 1885. Fellow A.I.A., and mem. Ill Chapter same. Progressive. Recreations: farming country life. Home: "Hillcrest," Palos Park, Ill Office: 431 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

PASSOW, Louis August, pres. Passow & Sons; b Chicago, Nov. 14, 1873; s. of Charles and August: (Schneidewend) Passow; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, te 1889; m. Chicago, Dec. 15, 1898, Carrie M., d. Johı L. Hoerber; 1 son, Louis Arthur. On leaving school 1889, entered employ of his father, mfr. of billiard tables and fixtures; was admitted as a partner 1896; father died, 1901, and in 1904 the busines was incorporated as Passow & Sons, of which ha: since been pres. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Elk. Home 3322 Washington Boul. Office: 832 W. Madison St

PATE, Davey S., lumber mcht .; b. in England Mar. 24, 1838; s. Thomas P. and T. E. (Davey Pate; attended pub. schs. at Galena, Ill .; m. 2d 1896, Catherine B. Davis. Was a bookkeeper, 1865 75; in lumber business since 1873, now pres. D. S. Pate Lumber Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Home 812 Waverly Pl., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 11 S LaSalle St., Chicago.

PATRICK, Hugh Talbot, M.D .; b. New Philadel phia, O., 1860; s. Abraham W. and Mary (Talbot Patrick; ed. Univ. of Wooster, O .; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1884; studie( mental and nervous diseases abroad, 1891-4; m Chicago, Apr. 28, 1896, Fannie E., d. Hon. Joseph E. Gary; children: Talbot, Catherine, Elizabetl (deceased). Prof. nervous and mental diseases Chicago Policlinic; clinical prof. nervous and men tal diseases, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; neu rologist to Wesley, Passavant, People's, and Hen rotin Memorial hosps .; consulting neurologist to St. Anthony's Hosp., and Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Ex-pres. Am. Neurol. Assn., Chi cago Neurol. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn .; ex chmn. section on nervous and mental diseases A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Inst. o Medicine, Chicago Pathol. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc Clubs: University, Physicians', Glen View. Au thor: Disorders of Sleep, in Hare's System o Therapeutics; The Diagnosis of Hysteria; Th Course and Destination of Gowers' Tract; Trunl Anesthesia in Locomotor Ataxia; The Points o Distinction between Cerebral Syphilis and Genera Paralysis of the Insane; Nervous and Mental Dis eases, Practical Medicine Series, 1915 to 1917, and numerous other articles in med. jours. Recrea tion: golf. Home: 1428 N. State Parkway. Office 25 E. Washington St.

PATRICK, Robert Goodlett, college pres. (Se

PATTEN, see also Patton.

PATTEN, Amos Williams, theologian; b. Balti more, Feb. 11, 1848; s. William and Harriet (Ed wards) Patten; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1870 A.M., 1873; B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1871 (D.D. 1888); studied univs. of Berlin and Leipzig; m Belle R. Harrison, of Monticello, Wis., Dec. 5, 187 (died Apr. 11, 1875); m. 2d, Ella S. Prindle, o Evanston, Ill., Oct. 25, 1883. Entered Rock Rive Conf. M.E. Ch., 1871; pastor in Ill. at Crete, Lock port, Chicago, Dixon, Evanston, Aurora, Joliet an Chicago, until 1899; prof. Bibl. lit., Northwester Univ., since 1899. Traveled extensively in Europe Palestine and Egypt, and has lectured on Bibl. an archæol. subjects. Trustee Northwestern Univ 1887-99, Wesley Hosp., Chicago. Republican. Mem Soc. for Bibl. Research, Phi Gamma Delta. Club University. Editor: Bennett's Christian Archæol ogy, 1898. Contbr. to mags. and revs. Home: 61 Foster St., Evanston, Ill.

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PATTEN, Cora Mel (Miss), teacher, lecturer, vice pres. Nat. Packing Co. since 1904; also pres. ramatic reader; b. Kellogg, Ia., Jan. 27, 1869; d. Peoples' Ice & Cold Storage Co., Omaha; vice pres. Tilliam Talbot and Mary Ellen (Winters) Patten; Schulze Baking Co .; treas. and dir. Hygienic Ice Co .; dir. Ft. Dearborn Nat. Bank, Drovers Nat. Bank, Drovers Trust & Savings Bank, Woodlawn Trust & Savings Bank, Drovers Nat. Safety De- posit Co., Goodman Mfg. Co., Chicago Bearing Metal Co. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Saddle and Sirloin. Recreation: motoring. Home: 1418 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 4201 S. Halsted St. rad. Newton (Ia.) High Sch., 1887, Soper Sch. of ratory, Chicago, 1895; private study in eastern chools. Traveled extensively in this country and urope. Teacher, public schools of Iowa, 1889-92; acher of expression, Iowa Wesleyan Univ., 1892- 1, Soper School of Oratory, 1896-8; founder, 1899, nd since principal Marden School of Music and xpression, Chicago. Lectures on pedagogy and terature. Contbr. to ednl. journals. Nat. chmn. nior dept. of Drama League of America; mem. ternat. Lyceum Assn. Address: 6414 Kimbark venue.

PATTEN, Henry Jay, grain commn .; b. at Sand- ich, Ill .; s. Alexander R. and Agnes (Beveridge) atten; Ph.B., Cornell Univ., 1884; m. Emma The- se Herpin, Dec. 18, 1893; 1 daughter, Rhoda Vio- t (Mrs. Leslie Wheeler). In grain commn. busi- ess on Chicago Bd. of Trade since 1884; treas. artlett-Frazier Co. Trustee Cornell Univ. Mem. hicago Hist. Soc. (dir.), Geog. Soc. Chicago (dir. nd ex-pres.), Cornell Univ. Alumni Assn. of Chi- ago. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union eague, University, Cliff Dwellers, Glen View, Uni- ersity of Evanston; also Cornell University (New ork). Recreations: travel, horseback riding. Come: 316 Davis St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 111 W. ackson Boul., Chicago.

PATTEN, James A .; b. Freeland Corners, Ill., Tay 8, 1852; s. Alexander R. and Agnes (Bever- lge) Patten; ed. country schs .; m. Louise Bu- hanan, of Chicago, Apr. 9, 1885; children: Agnes, homas Beveridge (deceased), John Lowrie. Clerk country store, 1869-71; on grandfather's farm, 871-4; employe state grain inspection dept., Chi- ago, 1874-8; with firm of G. P. Comstock & Co., 878-80, and with brother, George W., in grain ommn. business, as Patten Bros., 1880-1903; mem. rm of Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington, 1903-10; re- red. Dir. Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank, ity Nat. Bank of Evanston. Mayor of Evanston, 11., 1901-5. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Westmoreland, Evanston Country, Glen iew. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: Western Union ldg., Chicago.

PATTERSON, Frederick Wallace, automobiles; . Wyanet, Bureau Co., Ill., Aug. 27, 1883; s. Thomas Vallace and Margaret J. (Calhoun) Patterson; rad. Haven (pub.) Sch., Chicago, 1899, South Div. ligh Sch., 1903; attended Armour Inst. short time; 1. Mabel Frances Armstrong, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 909. Telegraph operator and agt. I.C.R.R., 1904- 7; with The Bendix Co., automobile mfrs., 1907-9, s mechanic, purchasing agt., factory mgr., and 908-9, sec., treas. and dir .; organized, Jan., 1909, nd since pres. Ajax Auto Co. Also pres. Davis Totor Co. of Chicago. Methodist. Mason. Club: hicago Motor. Recreation: motoring. Home: 4442 rexel Av. Offices: 834 E. 43d St. and 2333 Michi- an Av.

PATTERSON, J (oseph) Medill, editor, author; Chicago, Jan. 6, 1879; s. Robert Wilson and Elea- or (Medill) Patterson; B.A., Yale, 1901; m. Alice liginbotham, of Chicago, Nov. 19, 1902. Reporter, sst. Sunday editor, editorial writer, and asst. ed- or Chicago Tribune, 1901-5; chmn. of bd. and sec. hicago Tribune, 1912-15, co-editor and pub., since 914, and vice pres. Chicago Tribune, since 1915. Tem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1903; commr. of public orks, Chicago, 1905-6. War corr., China, 1900, ermany and Belgium, 1914, France, 1915. Pvt., orpl., sergt., Ill. Field Arty., in Tex., 1916; 1st lt., st Ill. Field Arty. (now 149th Field Arty.), 1917. lubs: University, Chicago, Lambs, Onwentsia. uthor: A Little Brother of the Rich, 1908; Dope, 08; The Fourth Estate (with J. Keeley and Har- et Ford), 1909; By-Products, 1910; Rebellion lovel), 1911. Home: Libertyville, Ill. Office: 7 S. carborn St., Chicago.

PATTERSON, Lemuel B., vice pres. Nat. Pack- g Co .; b. Roodhouse, Ill., Jan. 24, 1869; s. James and Mary (Willmington) Patterson; ed. pub. hs. of Roodhouse; m. Harriet B. McAdoo, of maha, Neb., May 12, 1908. Began in employ of wift & Co., 1886; advanced through various posi- Cons until became mgr. of the Omaha plant, 1903;

PATTERSON, Perry Smith, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 18, 1881; s. Charles A. and Mary (Kennedy) Patterson; ed. Englewood High Sch .; Univ. of Chi- cago; Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .; m. Coletta Dunne, of Coudersport, Pa., Sept. 27, 1916. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1909, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm of Shepard, McCormick, Thomason, Kirkland & Patterson. Corpn. counsel City of West Hammond. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Legal Club, Sigma Nu. Republican. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: City, Kiwanis (pres., also 1st vice pres. of nat. organization). Recreation: golf. Home: 928 W. Garfield Boul. Office: 932-948 Trib- une Bldg.

PATTERSON Rudolph McCabe, real estate; b. Huntington Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1864; s. Col. George W. and Sara Patterson; ed. Valparaiso (Ind. ) Univ .; unmarried. Established in real estate business in Chicago, 1890; farm and loan banker 15 yrs. Apptd. by Mayor Swift, Apr. 25, 1895, to look after the real estate owned and controlled by the City of Chicago; mem. Ill. State Pure Food Commn., June 1, 1901-5, by appmt. of Gov. Richard Yates; real estate expert, City of Chicago, since 1906; mem. Ill. Live Stock Commn., by appmt. of Gov. E. F. Dunne, since Sept. 25, 1914; pres. Ill. Audit Co. Apptd. col. on staff of Gov. Yates, Dec. 3, 1903. Republican. Engaged in a joint debate on the money question with U.S. Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina, at Phila., Pa., Sept. 19, 1896. Chosen orator on La- bor Day in Chicago for 10 consecutive years, 1897- 1907. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: walking, reading. Residence: Edgewater Beach Hotel. Of- fice: 130 N. Fifth Av.

PATTERSON, William Rodney, consulting engi- neer; Nov. 4, 1854-July 19, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

PATTISON, George H., pres. Economy Oil Co .; b. Hudson, Mich .; s. Charles H. and Harriett (Childs) Pattison; prep. edn. Hyde Park High Sch., Chicago; Ph.G., Univ. of Mich. Sch. of Pharmacy, 1892; m. Alice McClure, of Chicago, Oct. 20, 1898; children: Donald, Eugene, Walter, George, Jr. In oil busi- ness since 1893; now pres. Economy Oil Co. Re- publican. Methodist. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 823 Ashland Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 542 W. 13th St., Chicago.

PATTISON, James William, artist; July 14, 1844- May 30, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914- 15.)

PATTISON, William King, lawyer; b. Thorold, Can .; s. William Douglas and Mary J. (King) Pat- tison; ed. Collegiate Inst., St. Catharines, Ont., and Upper Can. Law Soc., Toronto; admitted to bar at St. Catharines, 1879, and practiced law there 13 yrs .; admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm of Pattison & Shaw. Dem. presdl. elector, 1904. Mason. Home: 7330 Sheridan Rd. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.

PATTON, see also Patten.

PATTON, Joseph McIntyre, M.D .: b. at Ralston, Pa., Dec. 8, 1860; s. Joseph R. and Janet (Vevers) Patton; ed. Hasbrouck Inst., N.J .: M.D., Univ. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1882; m. Grace Klumb, of Chicago, Aug. 5, 1886; 1 son, Leigh. Practicing at Chicago since 1882; prof. physical diagnosis, 1890- 91, asso. prof. medicine, 1891-1904, prof. clin. medi- cine since 1904, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago; prof. diseases of the chest, Chicago Policlinic, since 1891; prof. gen. anæesthesia and physical di- agnosis, dental dept. Univ. of 111., 1902-7; consult- ing phys. Cook Co. Hosp. Mom. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .; ex-pres. Pathol. Soc .: hon. mem. la. Med. Soc. Republican. Club: Illinois. Author: Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Heart. Lungs and

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Pleura; Anæsthesia and Anæsthetics. Home: 336 S. Hoyne Av. Office: 108 N. State St.

PATTON, Normand Smith, architect; July 10, 1852-Mar. 16, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

PATTON, Walter I., electric appliances; b. Cam- bridge City, Ind., Oct. 30, 1870; s. William A. and Jennie P. (Patton) Patton; ed. pub. schs., Indian- apolis; Hanover Coll., Madison, Ind .; m. Ethel L. Sullivan, of Osborn, O., Sept. 15, 1903; 3 children: Helen Louise, Ethel Virginia, Marjorie Dorothy. Bookkeeper Northern Ind. Hosp. for Insane, 1889- 93; with G. H. Hammond & Co., packers, 1894-1900; with Audit Co. of New York, 1900-4; has been identified with the Automatic Electric Co., mfrs. automatic electric appliances, since 1904, now sec .; dir., sec. and treas. Automatic Enumerator Co., Am. Talking Film Corpn .; dir. and auditor Auto- matic Home Telephone Co., Pontiac, Ill .; auditor South Bend (Ind.) Home Telephone Co., Home Telephone Co., Champaign County, Ill. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Elec. Credit Assn. of Chicago, Chicago Assn. Credit Men. Republican. Presbyterian. Rec- reations: hunting, fishing. Home: 6136 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1001 W. Van Buren St.

PAULING, Edward G., mortgage loans; b. Chi- cago, July 21, 1859; s. of Henry F. and Sophia D. (Meyer) Pauling; ed. pub. schs. and business coll .; m. Chicago, Aug. 14, 1900, Marie F. Seeman; chil- dren: Helen M., Janet. Was with a real estate firm for 15 yrs., first as employe and then as mem. of firm; has been in the mortgage loan business for himself since 1890. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Lutheran. Vice pres. Forward Movement. Mem. Royal Ar- canum (ex-Regent of North Western Council). Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Recreations: golf, swimming. Home: 1248 Astor St. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 172

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