The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 182

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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RADFORD, William A., publisher; b. Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 14, 1865; s. of William and Elizabeth (Robinson) Radford; ed. high sch., Oshkosh; m. Wichita, Kan., June 17, 1890, Helen M. Manuel; children: Roland D., William R. First business en- terprise was that of lumber, sash and doors, Rad- ford Bros. & Co., of Oshkosh; advanced through va- rious stages of the business until in 1890 became sec. and treas. of the Radford Sash & Door Co., and in 1902 pres. and treas. of the Radford Archi- tectural Co .; publisher of The American Builder since 1905, also of farm and other building publi- cations. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner); mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Coun- try. Recreation: books. Home: 5555 Hyde Park Bl. Office: 1827 Prairie Av.

RAE, Fred G., newspaper man. (See vol. 1911.) RAE, Joseph John, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)

RAE, Matthew P., mfr. of skirts; b. Blantyre, Scotland, Sept. 6, 1869; s. Daniel and Agnes (Mur- doch) Rae; ed. pub. schs., Scotland; m. Annie Fields, of Pontiac, Mich., May 20, 1892. Came to U.S., 1888; engaged in retail dry goods business, Providence, R.I., 1880-9, Omaha, Neb., 1889-91, Council Bluffs, Ia., 1891-4, Mankato, Minn., 1894-7; removed to Chicago, 1897, and became identified with Buckingham Bros. & Co., 1897, continuing un- til 1910; pres. Ash-Madden-Rae Co. since 1911; also pres. and treas. The Celtic Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore Coun- try, Calumet Country. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: 327 W. Adams St.

RAFTERY, Edmond, stove mfr .; b. at London, Eng .; s. John and Jane (Gravatt) Raftery; ed. City of London Coll .; m. Kate Howard, of Louisville, Ky., Sept. 3, 1894; 1 son, John Howard. Came to America, 1873; began in employ of Rathbone, Sard & Co., Albany, N.Y., 1873; vice pres. and western mgr. for same company, at Aurora, Ill., 1890-1915; pres. Cribben & Sexton Co., stove mfrs., since 1915. Episcopalian. Clubs: Mid-Day, Church, Geneva Golf. Home: Geneva, Ill. Office: 680 N. Sacra- mento Boul., Chicago.

RAGEN, Frank, county commr .; b. Chicago, Mar. 23, 1873; s. of Matthew and Elizabeth (Donnelly) Ragen; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary O'Malia, of Chi- cago, Mar. 7, 1916. In employ of Armour & Co., 20 yrs .; successively in clerical positions with Swift & Co., city treasurer's office City of Chicago, Chicago Telephone Co .; county commr., Cook Co., since 1910, present term expires 1918. Democrat. Pres. Ragen & Elwell, merchant tailors; real estate business since Jan. 1, 1917, firm of Guarno & Ragen. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Ragen Athletic. Home: 1052 W. 55th St. Office: City Hall.

RAILTON, Bert Albert, wholesale grocer; b. Chi- cago, July 4, 1862; s. John and Annie (Layton)

1886, Annie Moore; children: Raymond, Bert, A nie, Josephine, John. Began with George Ross Co., 1874-6; then with Sprague, Warner & Co. un 1881; foreman Chicago Preserving Works, 2 yr now pres. B. A. Railton Co. Republican. K.P. Clu Ill. Athletic. Home: 1524 Jackson Boul. Office: 3 W. Erie St.

er) Rall; A.B., State Univ. of Ia., 1891 (Phi Be Kappa), A.M., 1892; B.D., Yale Div. Sch., 189 studied as fellow of Yale, at Univ. of Berlin, 189 98, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg, 1898-9, A.M., Ph.] 1899; grad. student and lecturer, Yale, 1899-190 (D.D., Univ. of Denver, 1914, Ohio Wesleyan, 1915 m. Rose St. John, of Des Moines, Ia., Aug. 14, 18! Instr. in high schs., Nashua, Ia., 1889-90, Molir Ill., 1892, Des Moines, Ia., 1892-4; ordained M. ministry, 1900; pastor Trinity Ch., New Have Conn., 1900-4, 1st Ch., Baltimore, 1904-10; pre Iliff Sch. of Theology, Denver, 1910-15; prof. Chr: tian doctrine, Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, I. since June 1, 1915. Mem. Am. Assn. for Labor Le islation, social service commn. of Federal Cou cil of Chs., Meth. Federation of Social Servi (sec.). Address: 714 Foster St., Evanston, Ill.

RAMM, Christoph; b. Hamburg, Germany, At 15, 1861; s. Hans Heinrich and Wilhelmina (Hint mann) Ramm; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., in Hambur m. Hoboken, N.J., Sept. 3, 1891, Thusnelda Kaeg behn; children: Frank, Albert, Walter, Paul, We ner. Came from Hamburg to New York, 1882; e tered service of Hamburg-Am. Line, continuing New York, until Nov., 1891; western mgr. for t company in Chicago, 1891-July, 1913 (retired Democrat. Lutheran. Club: Germania Männerch( Home: 2622 Hampden Ct.

RAMSAY, Daniel G., lawyer; b. Martinsville, Il Oct. 29, 1864; s. William and Eliza Ramsay; € high sch., Martinsville; LL.B., McKendree Col Lebanon, Ill., 1888; m. Estella Watson, of Vintc Ia., Oct. 10, 1894; children: Samuel Watson, Estel Kathleen. Began practice at East St. Louis, Fe 1888; removed to Chicago, July, 1894; mem. 37 Gen. Assembly of Ill., 1891 (one of the Palm "101" stalwarts); asst. state's atty., Cook Co., I] 1894-7, and since 1915. Democrat. Mason (32°), O. Fellow. Club: Press. Recreation: motoring. Hom 4616 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 127 N. Dearborn :

RAMSEY, Alfred, theologian; b. Pittsburgh, P Apr. 12, 1860; s. of Joseph and Mary (Patterso Ramsey; A.B., Thiel Coll., Greenville, Pa., 188 later A.M .; grad. Theol. Sem., Phila., 1885; (D.] Muhlenberg Coll., 1909); m. Sarah J. Brown (A.] Thiel Coll.), of Greenville, Pa., Apr. 29, 1886. C dained ministry Evang. Luth. Ch., 1885; pastor Bethlehem Parish, Washington Co., Pa., 1885 -! St. Paul's Ch., Uniontown, Pa., 1890-6, St. Johr Ch., Minneapolis, Minn., 1896-1904; prof. hist. the ogy, Theol. Sem. Evang. Luth. Ch., Maywood, I: since 1904. Republican. Writer of sacred and lig verse and translator of German hymns. Home: 16 S. 11th Av., Maywood, Ill.

RAMSEY, William Wilson, fireproofing contra tor; May 19, 1851-1916. (See vol. 1911.)

RANDALL, Charles Edward, mfr. (See v 1911.)

RANDALL, Charles Henry, commission mcl (See vol. 1911.)

RANDALL, Edwin Mortimer, clergyman. F moved to Seattle, Wash. (See Who's Who in Amd ica.)

RANDALL, Irving, mfr .; b. St. Johnsbury, V June 29, 1883; s. Tabor Pickins and Della (Child Randall; ed. Chicago Latin Sch. (prep.), and Ya Univ .; m. Elizabeth Lee Dickey, of Baltimore, M Oct. 12, 1912; 2 children: Irving, Jr., Tabor Duva Began with Chicago Label & Box Co., 1905, which became sec., 1906, and pres. and treas., 19( Republican. Clubs: University, Exmoor Counti Highland Park. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Offic 312 N. May St., Chicago.

RANDALL, Joshua Odell, clergyman. (See v 1911.)

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RANDLE, Charles H., capitalist; June 25, 1854- Apr. 2, 1917. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem. Ev- ept. 23, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

RANDOLPH, Isham, civil engr .; b. on farm, New arket, Clarke Co., Va., Mar. 25, 1848; s. Robert C. M.D.) and Lucy Nelson (Wellford) Randolph; ed. hiefly by mother and 21 mos. in pvt. day schs. in a .; engring. acquired by study and actual work, eginning as axman in employ of the B.&O.R.R .; D.Engring., Univ. of Ill., 1910); m. Mary Henry aylor, of Chicago, June 15, 1882; children: Robert sham, Oscar DeWolf, Spotswood Wellford. Chf. ngr. C.&N.W.R.R. and Belt Ry., Chicago, 1880; chf. ngr. Chicago, Madison & Northern Ry., 1886; chf. ngr. Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, June 7, 1893-July 1, 1907; then consulting engr. of same until 1912; esigned and built for Queen Victoria Niagara alls Park Commn., the "Obelisk" dam above Horse hoe Falls, which was built upright, on end, and ipped over into the stream, accomplishing the de- ired purpose; mem. Internat. Bd. of Consulting Ingrs. for Panama Canal, 1905-6; mem. Advisory d. of Engrs. Panama Canal, 1909; engr. Milwau- ee Outer Harbor, 1909; mem. Rivers and Harbors ommn. State of Ill., 1911; chmn. Fla. Everglades Ingring. Commn., 1913. Chmn. Internal Improve- hent Commn. of Ill .; served as mem. Ill. State Conservation Commn., Rivers and Lakes Commn. f Ill., Chicago Harbor Commn., etc .; was consult- ng engr. on track elevation, City of Baltimore and Toronto, Can., and for Little River Drainage Dist., Cape Girardeau, Mo .; designed harbor system for Miami, Fla .; reviewed plans of Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Bd., for Barge Canal, 1916; etc. Fel- ow Royal Soc. of Arts (Great Britain) ; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Inst. Consulting Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. (ex-pres.), Engineers' Club (Chicago). Awarded gold medal, Paris Expn., 1900, for work n Chicago Drainage Canal; Elliott Cression Medal, Franklin Inst., for "distinguished achievement in the field of civil engineering." Contbr. to engring. ours. Home: 4700 Kenwood Av. Office: 208 S. La Salle St.

RANDOLPH, Smith Martin, consulting archi- tect; b. nr. New Brunswick, N.J., 1837; s. Lewis Stelle and Hanah (Gilman) Randolph; common sch. edn .; came to Chicago in 1854 to study archi- tecture in the office of an older brother, Mahlon Randolph; m. St. Louis, Feb. 9, 1870, Hattie E. Johnson (died in 1876); 1 child, Hattie (died 1881) ; m. 2d, Chicago, Sept. 14, 1882, Mrs. Harriet Maher Smith (died 1915); children: Grant and Grace (Mrs. William P. Herron). Served 3 yrs. in Civil War as mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade Battery; mem. Ran- lolph Bros., architects, St. Louis, 1865-8; pres. St. Louis Bd. of Police Commrs., 1870-1; after the great fire of 1871 returned to Chicago, resuming his profession; recently practice has been largely as consulting architect in reinforced concrete. Has patented a system of reinforced concrete floor con- truction. Hon. mem. A.I.A., Chicago Architects' Business Assn. Home: 1024 North Boul., Oak Park. fice: 2431 S. Dearborn St. Office: 106 Parkside Bldg., Oak Park, Ill.

RANKIN, James Auld, grain, stocks and provi- dions; b. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 7, 1861; s. Thomas nd Margaret (Kennedy) Rankin; ed. pub. schs .; n. Utica, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1884, Satie A. Williams; 1 aughter, Elizabeth. At age of 15 entered employ f R. W. Roloson; later became associated in office f W. P. Harvey & Co., and was a mem. firm of Pringle, Fitch & Rankin, 1904-8. Mem. Chicago Bd. f Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Beverly Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 5659 Voodlawn Av. Address: Care Harris, Winthrop & o., The Rookery.

anston Lodge, A.F. and A.M .; Oriental Consistory; Raper Commandery, K.T., Indianapolis. Clubs: Mid-Day, Chicago Athletic, Forty, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Advertising, Indiana Soc. Home: 1100 Jud- son Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 104 S. Mich. Av., Chicago.

*RANKIN, William Thomasson, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

RANNELLS, Charles S., life insurance; b. Mor- gan Co., Ill., Dec. 5, 1857; s. Samuel M. and Mary R. (Springer) Rannells; A.B., Ill. Coll., Jackson- ville, 1879; m. Cornelia M. Stevenson, of Morgan Co., Ill., May 19, 1880. Engaged in farming, cattle feeding and shipping grain and live stock until 1910; dir., sec. and in charge of agency dept. Fed- eral Life Ins. Co. since 1910. Mem. Rep. State Com., 1894-1901 (chmn. 1898-1900); railroad and warehouse commr. State of Ill., 1897-1901. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Mem. Lodge No. 682, B.P.O.E., Jacksonville, Ill. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Colonial. Rec- reation: books. Home: 525 Oakwood Boul. Office: 168 N. Michigan Av.

RANNEY, Frederic G., retired ry. treas. Began ry. service Feb. 22, 1866, as bookkeeper for the Western Union R.R .; sec. and treas. same company, 1874-9; cashier, 1879-82, asst. treas., 1882-7, and treas., Feb. 23, 1887-Aug. 31, 1917, C.,M.&St.P.Ry .; retired. Residence: Hyde Park Hotel.

RANSEEN, Mattis C., clergyman; b. in Sweden, Apr. 6, 1845; s. Carl M. and Carrie (Johnson) Ran- seen; came to America, 1867; grad. Augustana Coll. and Theol. Sem. (then at Paxton, Ill.), 1871; m. Anna S. Anderson, of Elgin, Ill., Oct. 3, 1872. Or- dained Luth. ministry, 1871; pastor Dayton, Ia., 1871-3, Elgin, Ill., 1873-5, Ottumwa, Ia., 1875-9, Gethsemane Ch., Chicago, 1879-1910, Nebo Luth. Ch., Chicago, since 1910. Address: 5758 Byron St.

RANSOM, Robert W., newspaper man; b. Lan- caster, Erie Co., N.Y., May 20, 1854; s. Chauncey Monroe and Celina Mary (Standart) Ransom; ed. pub. schs. of Cincinnati, O .; m. Nov. 14, 1876, Anna, d. Dr. William Owens, of Cincinnati; children: Chauncey Owens, Robert Owens. Has worked for St. Louis Globe (now Globe-Democrat), Chicago Tribune, New York World, New York Herald; night editor, news editor, asst. mng. editor Chicago Rec- ord-Herald, 1903-14; with Chicago Assn. Commerce, 1914-17. Home: 564 E. 36th St.

RANSON, Stephen Walter, professor anatomy; b. Dodge Center, Minn., Aug. 28, 1880; s. Stephen Wil- liam and Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Ranson; student Univ. of Minn., 1898-1901; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902, S.M., 1903, Ph.D., 1905; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1907; m. Tessie Grier Rowland, of Durand, Wis., Aug. 18, 1910; children: Stephen William, Margaret Jane, Mary Elizabeth. Identified with Northwest- ern Univ. Med. Sch. since 1909, prof. anatomy since 1911. Club: University. Home: 6152 Ellis Av. Of-

RANSTEAD, Arthur D., mfr., lawyer: b. Earl- ville, LaSalle Co., Ill., Oct. 16, 1870; s. Herbert E. and Sadie (Miller) Ranstead; ed. pub. schs. of Earlville; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1899; LL.M., Chicago Law Sch., 1900; m. Clara Davitt, of Hud- son, Mich., Jan. 30, 1894; 4 children: Norman H., Arthur D., Willard A., Marion A. Began with Henry & Coatsworth Co., lumber dealers, and Ben- jamin Machine Co., mfrs. woodworking machinery, 1889-90; sec .- treas. Amundson Printing Co., 1891-3; then successively with Mackinaw Lumber Co. and First Nat. Bank, St. Ignace, Mich .; Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, Chicago; sec .- treas. Henry Oil Co., Chi- cago, 1895-9; admitted to Ill. bar, 1900; vice pres. Hellesoe-Street Co., woman's wear mfrs .; also vice pres. General Millwork Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Home: 327 N. Menard Av. Of- fice: 6 N. Michigan Av.

RANKIN, William H., advertising; b. New Al- any, Ind., Feb. 18, 1878; s. Hector and Jessie Whitson) Rankin; ed. New Albany High Sch .; pencerian Business Coll., Louisville, Ky .; m. Rob- RAPHAEL, Nathan, cigars; b. Berlin, Germany. May 26, 1867; s. Solomon R. and Pauline (Guth- man) Raphael; ed. in old country. Came to U.S., 1893; removed from New York to Chicago, 1896: pres. Ryan & Raphael Cigar Co., Chicago and Tampa, Fla., since 1908. Hebrew. Residence: Congress Hotel. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul. rta Lisk, of Hudson, N.Y., Apr. 4, 1905; 5 children: obert H., Frances H., William H., Jr., Charles Velch, Mary Elizabeth. In service of I.C.R.R., at ouisville, Ky., 1896-1900; with business dept. In- lanapolis Star, 1903-5; business and adv. mgr. obbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, 1905-7; western gr. Street Ry. Adv. Co., 1907-8; vice pres. Mahin dv. Co., Chicago, 1908-16, pres. since Feb. 1, 1916; RAPP, John Jacob, clergyman and teacher; b. in mpany name changed to William H. Rankin Co., Ont., Can., Feb. 17, 1860; s. Jacob and Caroline

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Normal Sch .; B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill., 1890; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1898; m. Laura Alice Machamer, of Kent, Ill., July 30, 1889; chil- dren: Ruby, Pearl Louise, Robert Edward. Or- dained M.E. ministry, 1884; pastor Morseville, Ill., 1887, East Benton (Zion City), 1888, Sandwich, 1890, Jennings Sem., Aurora, 1891; instr. Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1892, and pastor River Forest; post- grad. study Univ. of Chicago, 1894-8; pastor Berke- ley Av. M.E. Ch., 1894, St. James Ch., 1895, Ken- sington, 1896, Fernwood, 1897, Milledgeville, 1898- 99; substitute prof. Hebrew, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn., 1899; traveling and Bibl. lecturer, 1900-02; asst. prof. O.T. interpretation, Garrett Bibl. Inst., since 1902. Mem. Rock River Conf. M.E. Ch. Recreations: golf, shooting. Home: 1114 Grant St., Evanston, Ill.

RASSWEILER, Henry Haesler, fire insurance. (See vol. 1911.)

RATHBONE, Henry Riggs, lawyer; b. Washing- ton, D.C., Feb. 12, 1870; s. Henry Reed and Clara (Harris) Rathbone; grandson Hon. Ira Harris, founder of the first law sch. in U.S .; his father was in the box at theatre with President Lincoln when the latter was assassinated; prep. edn. by pvt. tuition in U.S. and Europe, and Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; A.B., Yale, 1892; student Albany Law Sch., 1893; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1894; m. Laura Lucille Harney, of Oshkosh, Wis., Dec. 22, 1903. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since in prac- tice at Chicago. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Yale Alumni Assn., Delta Kappa Epsi- lon, Phi Delta Phi. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Odd Fellow, K.P. Clubs: Hamilton (pres. 1916-17), Union League. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 1303, 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.

RATHBORNE, William Walter, mfr .; b. Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland, Feb. 14, 1852; s. Henry Talbot and Catherine Rathborne; ed. pvt. tutors in Ire- land. Came to U.S., 1876; became shipping clk. in a lumber yard at Center Av. and 22d St .; has con- tinued in the lumber business since, in various ca- pacities, and, in 1895, organized, with others, the Rathborne, Hair & Ridgeway Co., wholesale lum- ber dealers, planing mill, and mfrs. of packing boxes, of which is pres. and mgr .; also pres. Kem- ler Lumber Co .; dir. Shavings & Sawdust Co. Epis- copalian. Clubs: Union, Chicago, Mid-Day, Chicago Athletic, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Recrea- tion: reading. Home: 820 Tower Ct. Office: 2279 S. Union Av.

RATHBUN, William Waugh, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

RATHJE, Frederick A., lawyer; b. Bloomingdale, DuPage Co., Ill., May 16, 1866; s. of William and Louise (Ehlers) Rathje; academic edn .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1896; m. at Waukegan, Ill., Aug. 4, 1901, Nellie Keay; 3 children: Helen Louise, Marion Belle, Janette E. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896, and since in practice at Chicago; now mem. law firm Rathje, Lawlor & O'Connor. Dir. Halsted St. State Bank. Home: 6624 Stewart Av. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St.

RATHJE, Louis, banker; b. Monee, Will Co., Ill., May 28, 1855; s. Frederick and Charlotte (Narjes) Rathje; ed. Berea (O.) Coll .; m. Sophia E. Tatge, of Chicago, Apr. 24, 1879; 5 children: Agnes (Mrs. E. H. Holtorff), Fred C., Amanda, Arthur G., Mer- ritt W. Engaged in general merchandise business at Peotone, Ill., 1871-88; since then engaged in real estate and insurance business in Chicago; organ- ized, 1889, sec. until 1902, and since treas. Concor- dia Bldg., Loan & Homestead Assn .; organized, 1892, and since pres. Chicago City Bank & Trust Co., also pres. Englewood Stock Co .; dir. Ill. State Bank of Crete. Lutheran. Home: 654 Englewood Av. Office: 6233 S. Halsted St.

RATHJE, William John, banker; b. Blooming- dale, Ill., Apr. 28, 1870; s. William and Louise (Ehlers) Rathje; ed. country pub. and pvt. schs. nr. Bloomingdale until 14, pub. schs. of Peotone 2 yrs., and Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill .; m. Mary Philpot, Chicago, formerly of Summerfield, O., Sept. 20, 1906; children: Martha, William J., Jr., Alfred Charles, Caryl, Norman Frederick, Robert

(Strohkirch) Rapp; ed. pub. schs., Princeton, Ont .; Louis. Removed to Chicago, Oct., 1891, and becar Brantford Collegiate Inst. and Model Sch .; Ottawa clk. in real estate office of Cohrs & Rathje; wit Louis Rathje, organized, May 4, 1893, the Chicag City Bank, of which was cashier 10 yrs .; organize Peoples Trust & Savings Bank, June 1, 1904, col solidated with the Union Stock Yards State Ban Nov. 6, 1909, under name of the Peoples Stoc Yards State Bank, of which was made vice pres pres. Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank since 191 dir. Reliance State Bank. Mem. Nat. Rivers ar Harbors Congress, 1909-11, under appointment ( Gov. Deneen; trustee Wheaton Coll .; pres. Engl wood Hosp. Republican. Mem. Peoples' Liberi Ch. Clubs: Bankers', Hamilton, Chicago Moto Ridge Country. Recreations: motoring, golf. Hom 10552 Seeley Av. Office: 801 W. Madison St.

RATSCH, Frederick James, mfr. sporting good b. Waukegan, Ill., July 24, 1862; s. William A1 gustus and Theresa (Turrell) Ratsch; ed. pu schs., Chicago; m. Mary Phillips, of Chicago, No 19, 1884; children: Edward J., Maude L. (Mrs. Hug J. Griffith, Jr.), Frederick E., Virginius S .; m. 2 Mabel Pitt, Feb. 16, 1904. At age of 14 went 1 work for Ortmayer & Son, continuing until abol 1895; organized Chicago Sporting Goods Mfg. C 1895, of which has since been pres. Recreation; motoring, fishing. Home: 1140 Lunt Av. Office: 11 S. Jefferson St.

RAUCH, Frederick A., merchant; b. at Chicag July 16, 1859; s. Rudolph and Christina (Ditewig Rauch; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Mary E. Ma quardt, of Delaware, O., Sept. 8, 1886; 1 daughte Avis. Entered employ of Marshall Field & Co 1875-82; became connected with M. Kunkel & Co. 1882, suceeding this firm, 1889; since head of F. . Rauch & Co., wholesale upholstery goods, cabin hardware, bedding supplies and auto trimming Mem. Chicago Assn. Credit Men. Republican. Metl odist. Mem. Kilwinning Lodge A.F. and A.M Corinthian Chapter R.A.M .; Apollo Commander K.T .; Consistory; Shrine. Recreation: basebal Home: 3100 5th Av. Office: 410 S. Market St.

RAUCHFUSS, Charles Frederick, secretary Li uid Carbonic Co. (See vol. 1911.)

RAVENSCROFT, Edward Hawks, civil engr .; Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept. 8, 1871; s. Percy al Mary J. (Hawks) Ravenscroft; came to U.S., 188 ed. Lake View High Sch., Chicago; B.S. in C.F Univ. of Mich., 1898; m. Lucy Abbott, of Woo stock, Vt., Mar. 14, 1896; children: Darthea, E ward A., Verna, Violet. Civil engr., consulting al constrn. work, 1898-08; vice pres. and gen. sur Abbott Laboratories, mfg. chemists, since 190 Mem. Am. Chem. Soc. Republican. Club: Skok Country. Recreations : golf, motoring, photograph Home: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 4753 Ravenswood A Chicago.

RAVLIN, Grace, artist. (See Who's Who America.)

RAWLE, John, cut stone contractor; May 1843-Nov., 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

RAWLEIGH, James Harry, grain commn .; b. Chicago; s. James Thomas and Juliette (Hosle Rawleigh; ed. Brown Sch., Chicago; m. Sylvia M riette Nester, of Geneva, N.Y., June 23, 1891; ch dren: James Nester, Caroline Juliette (Mrs. Jose; F. Dwyer). Engaged in grain commn. business mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade since 1892; vice pre Nash-Wright Grain Co. Republican. Club: La Geneva Country. Residence: Virginia Hotel. C fice: 140 W. Van Buren St.

RAWLINGS, Harry P., wall paper; b. Oakla: Co., Mich., Dec. 26, 1869; s. Henry W. and Ma (Merrill) Rawlings; ed. pub. schs. of Mich .; m. A legheny, Pa., Jan. 15, 1894, Catherine Cahill; ch dren: Hazel, Harry P., Jr. Cashier Bay City (Mich Street Ry. Co., 1887-90; came to Chicago as cori spondent with the Pullman Palace Car Co., th auditor of Armour & Co., 6 yrs .; sec., treas. a gen. mgr. Am. Wall Paper Co., 1898-1908; pres. P. Rawlings Wall Paper Co. since 1908. Hon 1730 Prairie Av. Office: 423 S. Wabash Av.

RAWSON, Frederick Holbrook, banker; b. C! cago, May 30, 1872; s. Stephen W. and Emily (H brook) Rawson; A.B., Yale, 1895; m. Edith Ke nett, of Chicago, Jan. 10, 1907; 1 son, Frederick :

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Jr. Began as entry clk., 1895, with Union Trust Co., became vice pres., 1901, pres. since Jan. 10, 1905. Dir. Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co., C.,B. &Q.R.R.Co., Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Dir. Crerar Library, Presbyn. Hosp., Home for Incurables. Clubs: Bankers', Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Saddle and Cycle, South Shore Country, University, On- wentsia, Exmoor Country. Home: 1550 N. State Parkway. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.

RAY, Allen Sutton, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

RAY, P(erley) Orman, college prof .; b. Colches- ter, Vt., Dec. 11, 1875; s. Orman P. and Mary Isa- dore (Williams) Ray; A.B., Univ. of Vt., 1898, A.M., 1902; post-grad. Cornell, 1901-3, Univ. of Wis., 1907; Ph.D., Cornell, 1909; m. Florence E. Nelson, of Burlington, Vt., Aug. 9, 1905. Admitted to Vt. bar, 1900; fellow in Am. history, 1901-2, asst., 1902- 03, Cornell Univ .; prof. Am. history and govt. Pa. State Coll., 1903-14; Northam prof. history and polit. science Trinity Coll. (Conn.), 1914-15; prof. polit. science, Northwestern Univ., since 1915. Pro- gressive. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Polit. Science Assn., Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi. Club: City (Chicago). Address: Evanston, Ill.

RAYCROFT, Joseph Edward, college prof. Re- moved to Princeton, N.J. (See Who's Who in America.)

RAYMER, Walter John, brass goods mcht .; b. at Woodstock, Ont., June 21, 1864; s. of Robert and Mercy (Mundy) Raymer; ed. grammar sch. of Woodstock and part of term in the collegiate grade; m. Mary Gallagher, of Chicago, Nov. 3, 1885; 3 children: Abigail Mercy, Alice Veronica (Mrs. Arthur W. Kimbell), Ellen May (Mrs. T. E. Con- ley). Came to Chicago, 1881; resident mgr. for the Am. Pin Co., brass goods mfrs., of Waterville, Conn., since Oct. 20, 1890; also pres. Imperial Pin Co. (Montreal), Fullerton-Southport State Savings Bank (Chicago); vice pres. North-Western Trust & Savings Bank (Chicago). Alderman 15th Ward (now 28th Ward), 1898-1906. Republican. Vice pres. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athletic, Park Ridge Golf, Canadian of Chicago (pres. 1916). Rec- reation: golfing. Home: 1650 Chase Av. Offices: 209 S. State St. and 1400 Fullerton Av.

RAYMOND, Charles Eugene, advertising; b. at Reading, Schuyler Co., N.Y., July 11, 1860; s. D. M. and Charlotte (Stilson) Raymond; grad. Starkey Sem., Eddytown, Yates Co., N.Y., 1878; 1 yr. at Cornell Univ., 1879; 1 yr. at Commercial Coll., Os- wego, N.Y., 1880; m. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 28, 1887, Carrie M. Lamb. Was employe and mem. of H. P. Hubbard Co., advertising agency, New Haven, Conn., 1881-90; became connected with J. Walter Thompson, advertising agency, 1890, and came to Chicago in same employ, 1891, and became vice pres. upon incorporation, 1896. Republican. Unita- rian. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf. Home: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 14 E. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 182

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