The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 180

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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18SS, to L. H. Prentice Co., of which is pres. Has U.S.V., 1898-01; apptd. capt. asst. surgeon vol served as heating contractor of many notable Feb. 7, 1901; served in Southern fever camps, buildings, among them: Sherman, Blackstone and Cuba, at San Francisco and in the Philippines; ho LaSalle hotels, McCormick Bldg., Peoples Gas discharged, Feb. 1, 1903; awarded Congression medal for services in P.I .; in practice at Chicag since 1903; prof. surgery and clin. surgery, I Med. Coll., 1903-9; prof. surgery, med. dept. Loyo Univ., since 1909; attending phys. to Lake Vie Hosp. since 1908; apptd. 1st lt. Med. Reserve Corp U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Ch cago med. socs. Republican. Mason, K.P .; mer Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of Ame ica. Club: Press. Home: 803 Lakeside Pl. Offic 1002 Wilson Av. Bldg., City Hall Square Bldg., Harvester Bldg. (all of Chicago); the Flatiron Bldg., Hippodrome, City Investing Bldg., New York; Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Phila .; also many chs., theatres, schs., hosps., etc., and pvt. residences, Chicago and else- where. Mem. Founders and Patriots of America, S.A.R. Club: Union League. Recreations: experi- mental farming at Chittenden Lake, nr. Grays- lake, Ill. Home: 308 Julian St., Waukegan, Ill. Of- fice: 328 Sherman St., Chicago.

PRENTIS, Percy Lucius, immigration officer; b. Rich Valley, Ind., July 28, 1870; s. Xavier Thomas and Rebecca (Glasier) Prentis; ed. Bedford (O.) High Sch .; Cleveland Business Coll .; M.D., Univ. of Medicine and Surgery, Cleveland, 1893; m. Anna Pfeffer, of Cleveland, Apr. 4, 1894; children: Ros- coe Johnson, Loreen Elizabeth. Practiced medicine in Southern Ia., 1893-01; mem. Ia. Ho. of Rep., 1895-1900; mem. Ia. Commn. to St. Louis Expn., 1901; resigned, Dec., 1901, to accept position in U.S. Immigration Service; insp. in charge at Van- couver, B.C., Winnipeg, Man., and at Chicago since Dec. 15, 1909. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Pres. Chicago Christian Missionary Soc. Recrea- tion: gardening. Home: 5433 W. Ohio St. Office: 845- S. Wabash Av.

PRENTISS, William, lawyer; b. Davenport, Ia., Sept. 19, 1848; s. Dr. William and Elizabeth (Ga- pen) Prentiss; parents removed to Schuyler Co., Ill., and afterward to Fulton Co., where his father died, 1854; mother married James Manley, a Mc- Donough Co. farmer, 1860, upon whose farm he lived several years; attended Knox Coll., Gales- burg, but ill health compelled him to leave before graduation; m. Elizabeth Helen McCaughey, of Ma- rietta, Fulton Co., Ill., 1872; children: James Man- ley (deceased), Jackson McCaughey, William, Jr. Went to Minn., where farmed, taught sch., and was 3 yrs. county supt. of schs. of Cottonwood Co .; ad- mitted to bar, June, 1878, and same year was elect- ed state's atty. of McDonough Co., Ill., to fill a vacancy; re-elected, 1880, for full 4-year term; came to Chicago, 1891. Elected mayor of Macomb on Dem. ticket, 1881; nominee for Congress in old 11th Dist., 1888; Dem. nominee for judge of Circuit Ct. Cook Co., 1893, 98, 1903; delegate Dem. Nat. Conv., 1896; chmn. Dem. State Conv., 1898; active in campaigns of 1896 and 1900 as orator, and was candidate for Dem. nomination for governor, 1904, but withdrew his name. Was a prominent candi- date for mayor of Chicago, 1905, by municipal ownership advocates, but when Judge E. F. Dunne was nominated by Democrats on municipal owner- ship platform, withdrew and supported him; civil service commr., 1905-7, and pres. of bd. during 2d year; now active in law practice. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Independent in poli- tics with Abraham Lincoln as his ideal and Lin- coln's words, in 1854, as his motto: "Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong." Owner of farm and recreates as farmer. Home: 1048 Catalpa Av. Office: 155 N. Clark St.

PRESCOTT, Henry Washington, college profes- sor; b. Boston, July 30, 1874; s. Washington L. and Rebecca A. (Boyce) Prescott; grad. pub. Latin sch., Boston, 1892; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1895, A.M., 1896, Ph.D., 1901; m. Clara Walton, of Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. 27, 1905; children: Walton, Gordon, Stephen, Richard. Instr. Latin, Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1898-9; instr. Greek and Latin, Harvard Coll., 1899-1901; instr. Latin, 1901-4, asst. prof. classical philology, 1904-9, asso. prof., Jan .- June, 1909, Univ. of Cal .; asso. prof. classical philology, 1909-11, prof. since 1911, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Philol. Assn., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Quadrangle. Home: 5524 Kimbark Av.

PRESS, Adam John, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

PRESS, William Adolph, wagon mfr .; b. Chicag Oct. 6, 1871; s. Jacob Henry and Elizabeth (Blass Press; ed. pub. schs. and business coll., Chicag( m. Mina Bell Tosh, Chicago, Nov. 1, 1891 (died Dec 1898); 4 children: Violet M., Ethel M. (deceased Raymond Lester and Merle (deceased); m. 2. Adell Elizabeth Bausenbach, of Chicago, Mar. 1 1902; 1 son, William A. Began in father's wago shop, and upon latter's death, 1891, assumed charg of the business for his mother, and upon her death 1895, with brother, Jacob H., purchased the bus ness, which they have since conducted under fir name of Jacob Press' Sons. Mason (32°, Shriner Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, etc. Recreatior motoring. Home: 3753 Pine Grove Av. Office: 30 N. Halsted St.

PRESTON, Charles F., picture frames; b. Cardif Eng., Jan. 25, 1871; s. of William and Katherin (Fruin) Preston; ed. schs. of Cardiff; m. Mary Humphreys, of Bridgen, South Wales, Apr. 3, 1889 10 children: Beatrice (Mrs. Bert Hooker), Arthu: Nellie, Katherine, Charles, Minnie, Louis, Myrtl William, Leonard (died 1897). Came to Americ and settled at Chicago, 1891; entered employ of } B. Livingston & Co., 1891; established the Presto Frame Mfg. Co., mfrs. picture frames, 1898, an since pres. Republican. Mason. Home: 111 Sawye Av., LaGrange, III. Office: 334 S. Clinton St., Chi cago.

PRESTON, Deming Haven, coal mcht .; b. Byron Genesee Co., N.Y., Dec. 2, 1845; s. John Bower an Clarissa (North) Preston; removed to Wis. i childhood; worked on farm in summers and at tended sch. winters, at Berlin, Wis .; m. Chicag( Oct. 12, 1869, Ella C. Mendsen. Came to Chicago Apr., 1864, and secured a position as bookkeepe with W. E. Johnson & Co., and in 1869 was admit ted as a partner in the business of that firm o wholesale dealers in coal and coke; in 1873 bough 'the interests of Mr. Johnson, changing to the styl of D. H. Preston & Co .; pres. Hinsdale State Ban since July 1, 1908. Republican. Congregationalist Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Unio: League, Hinsdale. Home: Hinsdale, Il1.

PRESTON, William, real estate; b. Lisburn, Ire land, Feb. 26, 1866; s. William and Agnes (Mairs Preston; ed. Nat. Schs., Ireland; Science and Ar Dept., South Kensington, London; Bryant an Stratton Coll., Chicago; Chicago Athenæum; Chi cago Coll. of Law (Law Dept. Lake Forest Univ.) m. Georgiana Frances Douglass, of Chicago (for merly Toronto, Can.), Dec. 31, 1888; children: Wil liam Douglass, George Frank, Marion Evelyn, Ar thur Mairs, Charles Harold. Came to Chicago, 188€ and immediately became connected with Willian D. Kerfoot & Co., real estate, serving as collector stenographer, bookkeeper, cashier, salesman, mgr of sales dept., and was admitted to firm, Jan. 1 1915; was sec. Austin Annexation Club and took : prominent part in the successful movement to an nex Austin to Chicago. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896 Mem. and sec. Bd. of Edn., Libertyville Township High Sch. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicag Assn. Commerce, Chicago Bd. Underwriters, Nat Assn. Real Estate Bds. Democrat. Presbyterian Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Kenloch Country, Lib ertyville Commercial. Recreations: country life gardening, motoring. Home: Libertyville, Ill. Of fice: 58 W. Washington St., Chicago.

PRESNELL, James Frederick, M.D .; b. at Iowa Center, Story Co., Ia., Mar. 22, 1867; s. Dr. James and Mary (Hurst) Presnell; grad. Scranton (Ia.) High Sch., 1884; M.D., Univ. of Ia., 1889; m. Ger- trude Impey, of Iowa City, Ia., Oct. 8, 1890; 1 son, PRICE, Arthur Edgar, M.D .; b. Chicago, 1875; § Oscar Jay (M.D.) and Anna (Wilder) Price; ed Robert Richard. Practiced at Omaha, Neb., 1889- 94, Lake View, Ia., 1894-8; acting asst. surgeon high schs., Chicago, and Northwestern Univ .; M.D.

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ish Med. Coll., 1897; post-grad. work Johns Hop- University of Evanston, Westmoreland Country. ns. Interne, St. Elizabeth's Hosp., 1897-8; exam- Home: 2006 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: 300, 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. er for Md. Casualty Co .; chief surgeon, Union sualty Co. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- go Therapeutic Club, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi. ub: Illinois. Contbr. numerous articles to med. urs. Recreation: golf. Office: 1015, 175 W. Jack- n Boul.

PRICE, Charles Wilson, editor. Removed to New rk. (See Who's Who in America.)

PRICE, Edward Valentine, mfr. clothing; b. Sa- nnah, Mo., May 9, 1856; s. William A. and Eliza- th Price; ed. common sch., Savannah; m. Pueblo, lo., Nov. 17, 1884, Emma Sharp. Went to Cal., 72, worked as cowboy on cattle ranch; then in ver mines in Nevada; drove stage on Western erland stage road; became a Wells-Fargo mes- nger and later route agent; traveling salesman r wholesale clothing firm, 1882-96; since 1896 thing mfr. in Chicago; now pres. Ed. V. Price & ., wholesale tailors. Vice pres. and chmn. labor ard of National Wholesale Tailors' Assn. during bor troubles, 1905-6. Republican. Mason. Club: icago Athletic. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 7 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

PRICE, Edwin Carlton, packers' supplies; b. at ndwich, Mass., Nov. 14, 1867; s. of William and relia (Parker) Price; ed. pub. schools, Boston, 76-83, and in Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; Rowena May Bloss, Chicago, Oct. 21, 1891; 3 chil- en: Catherine Aurelia, Dorothy M. (deceased), a May. Began with Swift Bros., Boston, 1883; me West, 1885, for Swift & Co .; worked in yards d later became successively cattle buyer and pur- asing agt., in which capacity he went to Omaha, 90; gen. mgr. for Swift & Co., Omaha, 1899-1901, en retired to go into business for himself, buy- a half interest in the Fred K. Higbie Co., pack- s' supplies, and becoming pres. and treas., 1908; w sr. mem. firm of Edwin C. Price & Co., packers' pplies. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: icago Athletic, Onwentsia, Union League, South ore Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions, ding. Home: 5001 Drexel Boul. Office: 1822 S. ark St.

PRICE, Frederic Augustus, insurance; b. Toron- Ont., June 14, 1865; s. Samuel A. and Carrie ustin) Price; ed. pub. schs .; m. Kansas City, Mo., 7, Lida Windsor (died Mar., 1913); 1 daughter, rothy. In ins. business in Chicago, since 1884, st in firm of Weed & Price, until 1892, then with mes W. Nye, 1892-3; since 1893 mem. of firm of nkling, Price & Webb, gen. agents for the Lon- 1 Guarantee and Accident Co., Ltd .; vice pres. lelity & Deposit Co. of Md. Was 1st lt. Co. E. Mo. N.G. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Columbia cht (ex-commodore), Forty. Recreation: yacht- . Home: 483 West End Av., New York. Office: W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

PRICE, George Vincent, banker, broker; b. Wau- ran, Ill., Sept. 1, 1885; s. Guerdon W. and Eunice bb) Price; ed. pub. schs., Waukegan; grad. Lake rest Acad., 1904; m. Jessie Agnes Heg, of Chi- o, Apr. 27, 1910; 1 daughter, Janet Heg. Began asst. sec. Price Cereal Products Co., 1904, later oming treas .; entered banking and brokerage siness, 1912; mem. firm Perry, Price & Co. since 4. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Republican. scopalian. Club: South Shore Country. Recrea- s: motoring, tennis, golf. Home: 5718 Kenmore Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.

RICE, Henry Wilbur, lawyer; b. Huntington, , May 1, 1865; s. Rev. J. A. and Katherine (An- ws) Price; grad. Baltimore City Coll., 1883; ., Johns Hopkins, 1885; LL.M., Columbian Univ., 8; m. Marie Griswold, of Chicago, 1893; chil- n: Griswold, Edward. Admitted to D.C. bar, 8; came to Chicago, 1889; practiced with Mil- 1 & Smith until 1890; then with Smith, Helmer Moulton; with Smith, Helmer, Moulton & Price, 4-1902; mem. Long & Price, counsel for the Ill. e Ins. Co., 1902-6; acting alone as counsel of the pany since 1906. Nominated on Rep. ticket for ge Circuit Court, 1909, but declined nomination. m. Am., III. State and Chicago bar assns., Chi- o Law Inst. Republican. Methodist. Mason T.). Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Law, City,

PRICE, Ira Maurice, Orientalist; b. Welsh Hills, nr. Newark, O., Apr. 29, 1856; s. Thomas Davis and Sarah Jane (Jones) Price; B.A., Denison Univ., 1879, M.A., 1882 (LL.D., 1903); B.D., Bapt. Union Theol. Sem., Morgan Park, Il1., 1882; Ph.D., M.A., Univ. of Leipzig, 1886; m. Jennie Rhoads, of Gran- ville, O., June 13, 1882 (died Sept. 23, 1905). Prof. Greek and modern langs., Univ. of Des Moines (now Des Moines Coll.), 1879-80; instr. German and French, Morgan Park Mil. Acad., 1880-3; instr. Hebrew, Wheaton (Ill.) Theol. Sem., 1882-3; instr. Harper's Hebrew Correspondence Schs., 1882-4; instr., 1886-8, prof. Hebrew and cognate langs., 1888-92, Bapt. Union Theol. Sem .; asso. prof. Se- mitic langs. and lits., 1892-1900, prof. since 1900, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Biblical World, Am. Jour. of Semitic Langs. and Lits., since 1892, Am. Jour. Theology, since 1897. Chmn. commn. on moral and religious edn. Northern Bapt. Conv. since 1910; mem. Internat. S.S. Lesson Com., 1902-8, sec. since 1908. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Soc. Bibl. Archæol- ogy (London), Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis. Club: Quadrangle. Author of a number of vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Home: 6043 Ellis Av.

PRICE, Oscar Jay, M.D., surgeon; b. at Adrian, Mich., Apr. 4, 1845; s. Phineas and Hannah Price; studied Adrian Coll .; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1866; hosp. steward, Army of the Tenn., 1865; practiced Toledo, O., 1866-8; clin. course in New York hosps., 1867; m. Anna Wilder, of Englewood, Ill., Apr. 2, 1874 (died Jan. 27, 1907); 1 son, Arthur E. (M.D.); m. 2d, Mrs. Lucy House Strong, of Lowville, N.Y., Dec. 30, 1908. In practice at Chicago since 1869; surgeon, Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R.R. over 30 yrs .; surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., 6 yrs. Mem. A. M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc. and numerous local med. societies. Club: Illinois. Home: 1537 W. Adams St.

PRICE, Vincent Clarence, president Price Fla- voring Extract Co .; Dec. 11, 1832-July 14, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

PRICE, William Bates, piano mfr .; b. Loudon, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1859. Engaged in piano manufactur- ing at Chicago since 1890; organized 1902, and since pres. Price & Teeple Co .; also pres. Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co. Home: 708 Sheridan Rd. Office: 218 S. Wabash Av.

PRIDMORE, John Edmund Oldaker, architect; b. Edgbaston, Eng., July 18, 1864; ed. Soho Park Sch., Birmingham, Eng .; m. Nov., 1891, Clara G. Lee, of N.Y. City; m. 2d, June 10, 1916, Blossom Hull, of Chicago. Left England, 1880, and spent 3 yrs. in the Western States before locating at Chicago, 1883. Mem. A.I.A. and Ill. Chapter same. Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Golf. Home: 5959 Win- throp Av. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

PRIDMORE, William Addison, real estate; b. at Birmingham, Eng., Feb. 7, 1866; s. William H. and Avice Emma (Oldaker) Pridmore; ed. schs. of na- tive city; m. Chicago, 1892, Fanny A. E. Milne, of Canadian birth; 1 son, William G. Removed with parents to U.S. in 1880, locating in Sioux City, Ia .; worked on father's farm 3 yrs .; settled in Chicago, 1883; in employ of B. F. Cronkrite & Co., real estate, 1887-90; in real estate business in own name since 1890. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd .. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Chicago Tennis. Recreations: gar- dening, horticulture and outdoor diversions. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 1620 City Hall Sq. Bldg., Chi- cago.

PRIEBE, William F., poultry, eggs and butter; b. Schneidemuehl, Germany, Mar. 23, 1858; m. Ma- tilda Simater, of Minonk, Ill., Feb. 11, 1881. Pres. and gen. mgr. W. F. Priebe Co., packers of poultry, eggs and butter: also interested in 3 other corpns. in same line. Apptd. mem. Food Administration Bd. under H. C. Hoover, in charge of poultry and egg dept. Mem. Nat. Poultry and Egg Assn., Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce. Home: 528 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 192 N. Clark St., Chicago.

PRIGGE, Hugh G., automobile specialties: b. at Waverly, Minn., Nov. 13. 1875; s. Cord and Dorette (Carls) Prigge; prep, edn. high sch .; student Univ.

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of Minn., 1891-4; m. Beatrice Halpin, of Minneapo- lis, Mar. 9, 1902; 2 children: Dorothy, Beatrice. Traveling salesman, 1896-1910; mgr. Thermoid Rubber Co., 1910-11; with Prigge Bros., 1911-15; mgr. Matador Tire & Vulcanizing Co., Chicago, 1915-16; sec. and gen. mgr. Nat. Jack & Mfg. Co. since Mar. 9, 1916; dir. Matador Tire & Vulcanizing Co. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Automobile. Recreation: books. Home: 7733 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 130 S. Clinton St.

PRIMLEY, Jonathan Philip, president of Wis. Granite Co .; Dec. 14, 1852-Feb. 9, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

PRIMLEY, Walter Simonton, terra cotta; b. Elk- hart, Ind., Mar. 3, 1887; s. Jonathan Philip and Euphemia (Simonton) Primley; A.B., Harvard, 1909; m. Kathleen F. Drumm, of Montreal, Can .. Nov. 21, 1911. Has been identified with Wis. Gran- ite Co. since 1909, pres. since 1914; sec., treas. Mid- N.Y., June 10, 1862; s. William and Mary Belt land Terra Cotta Co. since 1910. Republican. Clubs: University, Glen View. Recreations: golf, motor- ing. Home: 903 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

PRINCE, Herbert William, clergyman; b. Lon- don, Eng., Dec. 11, 1878; s. Edward Philip and Elizabeth (Smith) Prince; ed. City of London Sch .; grad. Ch. Missionary Coll., London, 1907; m. Ethel Abernathy, of Oak Park, Ill., Nov. 16,1909; 1 daugh- ter, Margaret E. Deacon, 1907, Ch. of England; priest, 1909, P.E. Ch. in U.S .; first curacy, St. Mat- thew's Ch., Croydon, Eng., 1907; missionary at Palamcottah, S. India, 1908; curate Grace Ch., Oak Park, Ill., 1909; rector St. Mark's Ch., Glen Ellyn, 1909-12; asst. rector St. Paul's Ch., Chicago, 1912- 13; rector Ch. of the Epiphany, Chicago, since Oct., 1913. Republican. Recreations: golf, tennis, swim- ming. Home: 312 S. Ashland Boul.

PRINDIVILLE, James Winslow, marine trans- portation; b. Chicago, Mar. 31, 1871; s. John and Margaret (Prendergast) Prindiville; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago; m. Grace Clark, of Chi- cago, May 1, 1894; 2 children: Elizabeth Margaret, Mary Ellen. Engaged in marine transportation business since 1889; pres. John Prindiville & Sons (established, 1856), since 1906. Democrat. Catho- lic. Clubs: Union League, Indian Hill. Recreations: yachting, golf. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

PRINDIVILLE, John K., judge; b. Chicago, Oct. 28, 1851; s. Redmond and Mary (Harman) Prindi- ville; ed. Seton Hall Coll., S. Orange, N.J., to 1868; m. South Bend, Ind., Feb. 17, 1886, Mary Hooper. Admitted to Ill. bar, Sept. 23, 1873, and began prac- tice in Chicago; apptd. justice of the peace in May, 1879, reappointed 7 times, continuing until Dec. 1, 1906; was 10 yrs. police magistrate at the Harrison St. Station; judge Municipal Court for term expir- ing 1918. Mem. Cook Co. Democracy, Chicago Sharp- shooters' Assn. Elk. Clubs: Iroquois, Chicago Ath- letic, Mohawk, Vincennes Athletic. Home: 3801 Grand Boul. Address: City Hall.

Congl. Ch. of Oak Park. Mason. Clubs: Hamilto Union League, City (Chicago); Colonial (O. Park); Glen Oak Country (dir.). Home: 410 Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 203 S. Dea born St., Chicago.

PRINGLE, Robert; b. at Seaforth, Ont., Feb. 1866; s. James and Mary (Walker) Pringle; € pub. schs. Began with E. H. Sedgwick & C grain commn., as settling clerk and bookkeepe 1883; later established on own account as a brok in stocks, grain and provisions; was senior mem. the firm of Pringle, Fitch & Rankin, 1904-9; sin then looking after personal interests. Mem. Ch cago Board of Trade. Republican. Presbyteria Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian, Gl View, Exmoor, South Shore Country, Chicago Yach Recreation: golf. Office: Board of Trade.

PRINGLE, William James, lawyer; b. at Madri (Goldie) Pringle; ed. pub. and high sch., Madri Ph.B., Grinnell (Ia.) Coll., 1885, A.M., 1888; edi work, 1885-96; supt. schs., Northfield, Minn .; pri high sch., Aurora, Ill .; student Chicago Coll. Law; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1896; m. Doroth Sisson Gorham, of Galesburg, Ill., June 26, 18 (died May 15, 1909); 2 children: William J., J Margaret Miller. Practiced in Chicago since 189 mem. of firm of Pringle, Northup & Terwillige 1902-13, now Pringle & Terwilliger; atty. Dole. & Shepard Co., Chicago & Ill. Western Ry., et( dir. Hyde Park State Bank. Mem. Chicago Ci Council, 1904-12; chmn. com. on gas, oil and ele- tric light 3 yrs .; regarded as an authority on pu, utilities rates; mem. arbitration bd. to fix g; rates for City of Galesburg, Ill., 1915; etc. Le turer on torts and agency, Chicago-Kent Coll. Law, since 1898. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bi assns., Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Republi an. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Union Leagu Hamilton, City, Flossmoor Country. Author "Telephone Rate Making" and other public utilit articles; edited a book of cases on torts. Has bee extensively interested for a number of years agrl. lands located in Saskatchewan, Can .; spent some time each summer looking after interes there. Recreations: baseball, golf. Home: 40: Lake Park Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.

PRINTY, James Anthony, M.D. (See vol. 1911. PRITCHARD, Edward Randolph, secretary Der of Health; b. Dayton, Ind., Sept. 7, 1852; s. Ezeki and Caroline (Eggleston) Pritchard; ed. New Loi don (Ind.) Acad .; m. Kokomo, Ind., 1878, Nancy I Thorne; children: Margaret, Frederick Paige, Lud Thorne. Started out as a country sch. teache then edited a country newspaper; came to Chicag 1882, and engaged in newspaper work as reports and editor until 1898, last 5 yrs. as polit. and mi nicipal writer; apptd., Mar., 1898, by civil servic examination, as sec. Dept. of Health of Chicag Democrat. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Acad. P. lit. and Social Science, etc. Mason; mem. Royà League. Club: Press. Home: 2915 E. 77th St. O. fice: 710 City Hall.

PRINGLE, Frederick Wilmot, lawyer; b. Napa- nee, Ont., June 17, 1864; s. of Ira and Eliza Jane PRITZKER, Louis J., M.D .; b. Kieff, Russi Dec. 29, 1867; s. Jacob N. and Sophia (Schwar: mann) Pritzker; prep. edn. gymnasium, Kief came to U.S., 1882; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 189: post-grad. work Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, and Buda pest, 1904, 05; m. Lily Vey Cohn, of Louisvill Ky., Jan. 10, 1906; 2 children: Sylvia Violet, Jacc Theodore. Practiced at Chicago since 1891; ol stetrician and gynecologist, Cook Co. Hosp., 189 96; instr. gynecology, Northwestern Univ. Me Sch., 1905-10; prof. obstetrics, Jenner Med. Col since 1913; gynecologist and obstetrician, Norwe gian Tabitha Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State an Chicago med. socs .; del. 16th Internat. Med. Cor gress, at Budapest, 1909. Liberal Republican. Ma son. Author of various monographs and pamp lets on med. topics. Home: 4817 Sheridan Rd. O1 fice: 25 E. Washington St. (Lapum) Pringle; ed. high sch., Napanee; m. Grace D. Hale, of Topeka, Kan., June 4, 1890; children: Everett Hale, Wilfred Ira (deceased), Alden Fred- erick, Henry Lapum Benedict. Began study of law at Topeka, Kan., in office of George R. Peck, then gen. counsel of A.,T.&S.F.R.R., 1886-8; went to Co- lumbia Law Sch., New York, and completed course; admitted to bar in Mo., 1889, Kan. and Ill., 1890. For 2 yrs. after graduation was in ry. service with Trans-Mo. & Western Passenger Assn .; began prac- tice at Chicago, Jan. 1, 1891, first with Hanecy & Merrick, and later with Miller & Starr; associated with Cohrs, Green & Campbell, 1892-6; mem. Green, Pringle & Campbell, 1896-7, Green & Pringle, 1897- 1902; alone until 1906; with H. L. Fearing, as Prin- gle & Fearing since 1906. Apptd. May, 1896, atty. for Town of Cicero and completed work, begun in 1895, of revising general ordinances of the town; again apptd. town atty., 1898; village atty. of Oak PROCTOR, Warren Ellsworth, tenor singer; 1 Wayne Tp., Mitchel Co., Ia., Oct. 4, 1882; s. Joe Gardner and Ida (Holly) Proctor; grad. account ancy course, Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, Ia .; B.Di Iowa State Teachers' Coll., Cedar Falls, Ia .; stu dent Iowa Coll., Grinnell; m. Gertrude Carlson, c Park, 1902-7, and since Jan., 1914; revised village ordinances of Oak Park, 1916. Former mem. and pres. of Oak Park and River Forest Township High Sch. Bd. Vice pres. Silver Lake Estates of Florida. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Mem. and formerly trustee Second Chicago, Dec. 21, 1911. Professional singer sinc

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1905; in Chicago since 1911; has served as soloist ters, Knights of Columbus; ex-pres. St. John Bap- Apollo Club, Musicians' Club of Chicago, Chicago tist Soc. Home: 4441 Washington Boul. Office: 307 Ashland Blk. Singverein, Bach Choral Soc., Haydn Choral Club, First Ch. of Christ, Scientist. Mem. Chicago Grand PROUTY, Henry Woodruff, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) Opera Assn. 3 seasons; prin. rôles: Walther in "Tannhauser"; Froh in "Das Rheingold"; "Parsi- fal"; "Koenigskinder," etc. Spring tour with Min- neapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mason. Home: 1845 S. 9th Av., Maywood, Ill.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 180

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