The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 205

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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SLOAN, George B., commission merchant; b. at hicago, June 17, 1874; s. late George F. and Nan- ie (Blenkinsop) Sloan; ed. pub. schs. and Mich. [il. Acad., 1889-93. Entered father's poultry, fish, yster commn. business, 1894, and became a part- er in Geo. S. Sloan & Sons, 1903. Club: Chicago thletic. Home: 414 Augusta St., Oak Park, Ill. ffice: 62 W. South Water St., Chicago.

SLOAN, William Elvis, valve mfr .; b. at Kansas ity, Mo., Aug. 7, 1867; s. of James E. and Rosa Armstrong) Sloan; ed. pub. schs., Kansas City; 1. Bertha Moore, of Watseka, Ill., 1902; 2 chil- ren: William Moore, Edith Marie. Began in lumbing and heating trade, 1884; came to Chicago com Kansas City, 1887, continuing in same line; ntered manufacture of steam and water valves, 906, as pres. and treas. Sloan Valve Co. Repub- can. Protestant. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Recrea- ons: motoring, travel. Home: 1000 Latrobe Av. ffice: 625 W. Jackson Boul.

SLOCUM, Lewis T. M., vice pres. and asst. gen. gr. C. F. Adams Co .; b. Long Branch, N.J., Dec. 1858; s. John and Eunice (Ferguson) Slocum; ed. ong Branch (N.J.) pub. schs., Pennington, N.J., om., and Eastman's Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, .Y .; m. Lizzie J. Goudy, of Chicago, Sept. 4, 1883; hildren: Helen Goudy, John Ainslie, Elizabeth oudy. Since 1885 with C. F. Adams Co., importers " household goods, of which is vice pres. and asst. en. mgr. Republican. Methodist. Home: Evans- n, Ill. Office: 225 S. State St., Chicago.

SMALE, William, pharmacist; b. Ingersoll, Ont., an., Nov. 2, 1876; s. Isaac and Bridget (Hems- orth) Smale; ed. pub. schs .; Univ. of Ill .; grad. hicago Coll. Pharmacy, 1907; m. Clara E., d. or eorge C. Fürst, of Chicago, June 28, 1905. Was nnected successively with Frank Gazzolo, 1893- , Arthur W. Wilson, 1897-1900, Milton C. Smuck- , 1900-6; in business on own account since 1905. em. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Nat. Assn. Retail ruggists, Ill. Pharm. Assn., Chicago Retail Drug ssn., Chicago Retail Drug Club, Active Club. Rec- ations: music, reading. Home: 3359 W. Adams . Stores: 104 S. Michigan Boul, and 3361 Madison reet.

SMALL, Albion Woodbury, college dean; b. at Buckfield, Me., May 11, 1854; s. Rev. Albion Keith Parris and Thankful Lincoln (Woodbury) Small; A.B., Colby, 1876, A.M., 1879 (LL.D., 1900); Newton Theol. Instn., 1876-9; univs. of Berlin and Leipzig, 1879-81; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1889; m. Valeria von Massow, of Berlin, June 20, 1881. Prof. his- tory and polit. economy, Colby Coll., 1881-8; reader in history, Johns Hopkins, 1888-9; pres. of Colby Coll., 1889-92; prof. and head dept. sociology since 1892, dean Grad. Sch. Arts and Lit. since 1905, Univ. of Chicago. Editor American Journal of Sociology since 1895. Vice pres. and mem. organ- izing com., World's Congress Arts and Sciences, St. Louis Expn., 1904. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5731 Blackstone Av.

SMALL, Alvah Randall, fire prevention engineer; b. South Portland, Me., Dec. 7, 1882; s. of Winfield Scott and Georgia Anna (Spear) Small; ed. pub. schs., Cape Elizabeth and South Portland; B.S., Univ. of Me., 1904; m. Josephine McManus, Brook- lyn, N.Y., Oct. 1, 1906 (died July 30, 1907) ; 1 son, Alvah R., Jr .; m. 2d, Caroline (Greggs) Buchanan, of Chicago, Nov. 30, 1910. Ins. insp. with New York Fire Ins. Exchange, N.Y. City, 1904-6; with the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., since 1906, vice pres. since 1916. Served as cadet capt. Univ. of Me., 1903-4, and recommended to War Dept. for efficiency in military art; mem. Fort Sheridan Citi- zens' Training Camp, 1915. Mem. Nat. Fire Pro- tection Assn., Nat. Safety Council. Republican. Protestant. Recreation: motoring. Home: 401 Mel- rose St. Office: 207 E. Ohio St.

SMALL, Arthur Atwell, M.D .; b. Toronto, Ont., Can., Mar. 30, 1873; s. John Thomas and Katherine Frances (Herriot) Small; ed. Normal Sch. and Up- per Can. Coll .; M.D., Univ. of Toronto, 1895; M.R. C.S. and L.R.C.P., Eng .; m. Ida Irwin Barnes, of Chicago, May 12, 1902. Began practice at Toronto, 1895; came to Chicago, 1902; attending physician, St. Joseph's Hosp. Commd. maj. Med. Officers' Re- serve Corps, U.S.A., July, 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Soc. Inter- nal Medicine. Clubs: Argonaut Rowing (Toronto) ; University, Saddle and Cycle (Chicago). Home: 32 E. Division St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

SMALL, Charles Porter, M.D .; b. Bangor, Me .. Nov. 16, 1863; s. Rev. Albion Keith Parris and Thankful Lincoln (Woodbury) Small; grad. Fall River (Mass.) High Sch., 1882; A.B., Colby Univ .. 1886, later A.M .; M.D., Med. Sch. of Me. (Bowdoin Coll.), 1889; m. Frances Ewing, of Chicago, 1895. Interne Me. Gen. Hosp., Portland, 1889-90; asst. surgeon, Nat. Soldiers' Home, Eastern Br .. Togus, Me. ,1890-1; began pvt. practice in Waterville, Me .. 1891; univ. phys., Univ. of Chicago. 1892-1912: clin. instr. eye dept., Rush Med. Coll. First It. Med. Officers' Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Physicians' Club. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: University, Quadran- gle. Collaborator on The Am. Ency. of Ophthal- mology, and the Ophthalmic Year Book. Home: 5053 Blackstone Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

SMALL, James Dunn, investments; b. Baltimore, Md., July 27, 1875; s. Edward C. and Janet ( Hep- burn) Small; in 9th generation from earliest pa- ternal ancestor in U.S .; A.B., Princeton, 1896; studied law in office of Lackner, Butz & Miller, Chicago, and admitted to bar, 1897; m. Cella Has- kell, of Minneapolis, Nov. 20, 1912. Was with the Cash Register Co., 1897-9; with Knight, Donnelley & Co., brokers, until June, 1902; with brother. Ralph D., organized firm of Small Bros. & Co., of which was vice pres. and sec. until 1909; mem. of Hill, Small & Co., 1909-11; now pres. Burdett Oxy- gen Securities Co., financing, building and operat- ing oxygen and hydrogen mfg. plants, using the Burdett apparatus. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Bob o'Link Golf. Recreations: golf, bridge. Home: 2509 Pioneer Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: 507, 140 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

SMALL, Ralph Duffield, investments; b. Balti- more, Md., Dec. 18, 1871; s. Edward C. and Janet (Hepburn) Small; A.B., Princeton, 1892, A.M., 1895: LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1894; m. Clara Ethel Weaver, of Chicago, June 7, 1904: 3 children: Eliz- nbeth, Jane, Ann. Partner, after admission to bar.

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1894, in law firm of Pope & Small until 1898; then with Otis, Wilcox & Co. until 1902; pres. of Small Bros. & Co., brokers, 1902-6; advertising solicitor, 1906-10; pres. and mgr. Standard Electro-Utilities Co., 1910; mgr. investment dept. and dir. John Burnham & Co., 1911-13; joined A. E. Butler & Co., stocks and bonds, as mgr. investment dept., 1914; organized Butler, Small & Co., Jan., 1916. Repub- lican. Clubs: University, Indian Hill Country. Rec- reations: golf, tennis. Home: 2626 Lake View Av. Office: 112-116 S. LaSalle St.

SMALLEY, Charles Marvin, merchant; b. St. Al- bans, Vt., June 10, 1865; s. Marvin and Sarah E. (Adams) Smalley; removed with parents to Chi- cago in 1866; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; m. Kansas City, Mo., 1887, Sarah E. Miller; 1 son, Fay E. In employ of Thompson Bros. & Co., lumber, 3 yrs .; then with S. B. Barker & Co., lumber, for 4 yrs., and of Murphy & Smalley 4 yrs .; Chicago mgr. Chi- cago Lumber & Coal Co., of St. Louis, wholesale dealers in lumber and coal, since 1894; also sec. E. A. Thornton Lumber Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Lumbermen's Assn. of Chicago. Repub- lican. Clubs: Columbia Yacht, Ill. Athletic, Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Home: 6717 Bennett Av. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St.

SMALLEY, Edmund Harvey, lawyer; Nov. 13, 1852-Aug. 20, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

SMALLEY, Frederick Clarence, mfr. of picture frames, etc .; b. nr. Brewster, N.Y., Mar. 4, 1869; s. Zachariah and Julia Ann Smalley; ed. pub. schs. of N.Y .; m. Julia A. Craft, of Craft, N.Y., June 26, 1907. Came to Chicago, 1892; traveling salesman with A. S. Kline & Co., mfrs. picture frames, Chi- cago, about 5 yrs .; organizer and owner Smalley Mfg. Co. since 1897; pres. The Banner Theatre Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Town and Coun- try. Home: 2650 Washington Boul. Office: 1827 W. Lake St.

SMART, Allen Rich, public accountant; b. Peter- borough, Eng., Oct. 21, 1867; s. Thomas and Sarah (Rich) Smart; ed. Smith's Acad., Peterborough; m. Anna Rightmyer, of Springfield, O., Apr. 27, 1897; 3 children: Jackson Wyman, Robert Ferrell, Mar- tha Rich. Entered accountancy business with brother, at Peterborough, 1885; came to America, 1890; with Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Co., of New York, 1891-7; mgr. br. office of firm in Chicago, 1897-1908, and partner in the firm since Nov. 1, 1908. Pres. Electrolytic Sanitation Co. Fellow Am. Assn. Pub. Accountants, Ill. Soc. Certified Pub. Ac- countants, Ohio State Soc. Certified Pub. Account- ants. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: golf, motor-boating. Home: 1411 Hyde Park Boul. Office: Monadnock Blk.

SMART, Walter Kay, teacher; b. Payson, Ill., York. (See Who's Who in America.) June 18, 1878; s. Kimball E. and Mary E. (Kay) Smart; grad. Evanston Acad., 1898; student North- western Univ., 1898-1900; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902, Ph.D., 1911; m. Julia F. King, of Payson, Ill., Aug. 31, 1905; 1 daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Instr. English, 1904, prof. and head dept. of English since 1910, Armour Inst. Tech. Lecturer in busi- ness English, Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Com- merce since 1910. Republican. Contbr. various ar- ticles in philol. journals. Recreations: golf, base- ball. Home: 1534 E. 66th Pl.

SMEDLEY, Nathan Jay, M.D .; b. at Belvidere, Boone Co., Ill., Jan. 25, 1863; s. Nathan and Adaline D. (Warren) Smedley; grad. South Belvidere Gram- mar Sch., 1880; Belvidere Union High Sch., 1884; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll. (Northwestern Univ.), 1887. In active practice of surgery since Mar., 1887; expert witness, and has witnessed larger number of surgical cases than any other surgeon for City of Chicago; med. adviser for several cor- porations; med. adviser for years for the German- Am. Surgical Co. of New York, wholesale dealers in physicians' supplies, of which is now pres. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State med. socs., A.M.A. Has writ- ten many monographs on diseases of women and children and other med. subjects, more especially pertaining to med. appliances. Mem. many frater- nal and charitable organizations; Mason (K.T.). Home: 3730 Ellis Av. Office: 911 N. LaSalle St.

SMIETANKA, Julius F., lawyer; b. at Chicago May 31, 1872; s. Frank and Johanna Smietanka ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law 1894; m. Mary Barzynski, of Chicago, Feb. 18 1901; children: Virginia, Joseph, Dorothy, Allen Francis. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894, and since prac ticed at Chicago; collector internal revenue, Chi cago, since June 8, 1914; pres. Depositors State & Savings Bank; dir. North Western Trust & Sav ings Bank. Apptd. by Mayor Busse mem. Bd. o Edn., 1909. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State bar assns Democrat. Clubs: City, Iroquois. Recreation: farm ing. Home: 7345 Oglesby Av. Offices: 69 W. Wash ington St. and 426 Federal Bldg.

SMILEY, Frank H., secret service agency; b. a Iowa City, Ia., Sept. 3, 1863; s. John Archibald and Mary Margaret (Woolverton) Smiley; prep. edn acad., Iowa City; State Univ. of Ia., 1881-5; M.D. State Univ. of Ia. Med. Dept., 1885; m. Nellie Eliza beth Snavely, of Marengo, Ia., Apr. 8, 1902. For merly in the employ of Mooney & Boland, and the Burns Detective Agency, Chicago; established th Smiley Secret Service Agency in 1910. Republican Methodist. Mason; mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs Press, Sportsman's. Recreations: hunting, fishing automobiling. Home: 6222 University Av. Office Security Bldg.

SMILEY, Mitchell John, lawyer; May 2, 1841 May 8, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

SMILLIE, William, state grain inspector. (Se vol. 1911.)

SMITH, see also Smyth, also Smythe.

SMITH, Adelbert Warren, produce commn .; b Gloversville, N.Y., July 5, 1846; s. Dudley G. an( Margaret A. (Durfee) Smith; ed. common school: of Lake Co., Ill., and business coll., Waukegan, Ill. m. Lillia A. Ferry, of Waukegan, Ill., May 25, 1870 Engaged in produce commn. business at Chicag. since 1887; senior mem. firm of Smith, Cordes & Co. since organization, 1889. Enlisted in 146th Ill Vol. Inf., Sept. 1, 1864, and served until July 15 1865. Mem. U. S. Grant Post G.A.R. Recreations travel, fishing. Office: 77 W. South Water St.

SMITH, Albert Hopkins, seed and grain mcht. b. Richview, Ill., Aug. 16, 1874; s. Charles Henri and Elizabeth Belle (Hopkins) Smith; ed. publi schs., Lawrence, Kan .; Chicago Business Coll .; m Adele Fowler, of Jersey City, N.J., Oct. 11, 1899 In employ of Commercial Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1886 93; spent 1 yr. traveling and looking after father' interests; with Leonard Seed Co., Chicago, sinc Dec., 1893, of which is now treas. and dir. Serve 5 yrs. in Co. C, 1st Regt. Ill. N.G. Republicar Clubs: South Shore Country, Sherwood Tennis Recreations: golf, tennis. Home: 5438 Harper Av Office: 226-228-230 W. Kinzie St.

SMITH, Alexander, chemist. Removed to New

SMITH, Alexander, investment banker. Men firm Peabody, Houghteling & Co .; dir. Consumer Co .; mng. dir. Abitibi Power & Paper Co. of Can etc. Home: 999 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 10 S. L Salle St.

SMITH, Alfred Hall, general insurance; b. a Brooklyn, N.Y., July 17, 1868; s. of Richmond an Eliza White (Gorin) Smith; ed. pub. schs., Brook lyn, N.Y .; m. Mary Margaret Dobson, of Alton, Ill Oct. 26, 1893; children: George Alfred, Richmond William Gorin, Helen Ainslie, Charlotte Russ, A? fred Hall, 2d. In gen. and casualty ins. busines since 1886; pres. Smith-Lawson-Coambs Co. sinc 1915. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ins. Federa tion of Ill. Congregationalist. Home: 92 Keyston Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: Insurance Exchange Chicago.

SMITH, Ben Mayhew, judge; b. Colona, Henr Co., Ill., June 14, 1863; s. Rufus A. and Harriet I (Hanna) Smith; B.S., Northwestern Normal Sch Geneseo, Ill., 1885; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Ch cago, 1890; m. Katherine C. Welton, of Cambridg Ill., Sept. 9, 1891; children: Frances W., Mabel M Admitted to bar, Dec., 1889; mem. law firm Hand, Milchrist & Smith, 1891-5, Milchrist Smith, to May, 1897; asst. state's atty. of Cook Cc 1897-1901; mem. firm of Castle, Williams & Smit! 1901-5; judge Superior Court of Cook Co., 1905-1

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serving as justice Appellate Court, 1st Dist .; re- Elijah H. and Mary J. (Simpson) Smith; grad. sumed practice of law, 1914, and now head of firm of Smith, Fake, Levinson & Hoffman. Mem. Chi- cago and Ill. State bar assns. Republican. Mason, K.P. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Edgewater Golf. Home: 1231 Lunt Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

SMITH, Bruce Donald, banker; b. Lake Forest, Ill., Aug. 13, 1885; s. late Byron Laflin and Carrie Cornelia (Stone) Smith; B.A., Yale Univ., 1906; m. Miss Mackay, of Boston, Jan. 14, 1909; children: Bruce D., Jr., Pauline S. B. and Charlotte B. En- tered service of Northern Trust Co. (of which his father was pres. many yrs.) in the capacity of clerk, immediately upon leaving college, 1906, and has been asst. cashier since 1911. Apptd. manager of central div. at Chicago of Am. Nat. Red Cross, Sept. 14, 1914. Treas. Chicago Boy Scouts of Amer- ica; treas. Sprague Memorial Inst. Clubs: Chi- cago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Yale, Onwent- sia, Bankers'; also Yale (New York). Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Northern Trust Co., Chicago.

SMITH, Byron Laflin, banker; May 9, 1853-Mar. 22. 1914. (See Who's Who in America, 1912-13.)

SMITH, C. Alfred, retired chemist; b. Philadel- phia, Mar. 8, 1844; s. James F. and Ellen E. (Cad- wallader) Smith; ed. high sch., Reading, Pa., and at the Pa. State Coll., course in agricultural chem- istry, M.A., 1862; m. Reading, Pa., Dec. 29, 1870, Martha E. Ulrich; children: Miles (deceased), Hen- rietta N., Lillian D. (deceased). Was asst. prof. chemistry, 1863-4, prof. chemistry and physics, 1877-82, Pa. State Coll .; mfr. of fertilizers, 1866- 71; supt. of shops, Schuylkill Navigation Co., 1868- 71; in lumber business, 1871-7; pres. and mgr. Mc- Intosh Battery & Optical Co., 1888-1917. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Has contributed extensively to agricultural, medical and scientific journals. Recreation: reading. Home: 913 Lee St., Evans- ton, Ill.

SMITH, C. F. Mather, paper mcht .; b. Chicago, Nov. 21, 1863; s. Charles Mather and Sarah E. (Ro- zet) Smith; ed. Lake Forest Sch .; m. Grace M., d. Hamilton Smith, Denver, Colo., 1908. Began with Bradner Smith & Co., paper, 1881, of which is now pres .; also pres. Pioneer Paper Stock Co. Owns and conducts a fruit farm in Fla. Served in I.N.G. 5 yrs. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic, Mid-Day, Exmoor Country; West Orange Country and Orlando Country (both of Fla.). Rec- reations: motoring, golf, farming. Homes: Oak- land, Orange Co., Fla., and Highland Park, Ill. Of- fice: 175 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

SMITH, Charles, mfr .; b. at Buckinghamshire, Eng., May 31, 1843; s. Daniel and Elizabeth (But- ler) Smith; ed. pub. schs. in Ohio; m. Lizzie J. Ross, of Harrison, N.J., Dec. 20, 1871; children: Luella Mary (Mrs. D. T. McClure), Albert Charles, Ethel Garfield (Mrs. H. L. McCaleb), Myrtle El- frida. Served in Co. G, 96th Ohio Vol. Inf., 1862-5. Established in furnace business, 1873; now pres. Charles Smith Co., mfrs. schoolroom heaters. Pres. trustees Auburn Park Methodist Ch. Republican. Mem. George G. Meade Post G.A.R. Home: 7404 Princeton Av. Office: 70 W. Lake St.

SMITH, Charles Alexander, piano mfr .; 1837- Sept. 30, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

SMITH, Charles Herbert, insurance engring .; b. Dalton, Pa., Feb. 11, 1885; s. Frank L. and Harriet M. (Brown) Smith; grad. Dalton High Sch., 1899; grad. East Stroudsburg (Pa.) State Normal Sch., 1902; B.S. in Chemistry, Pa. State Coll., 1907; m. Jennie L. Thomas, of Rochester, N.Y., June 20, 1911; 1 son, Thomas Charles. Began as inspr., for the Underwriters Bur. of the Middle and Southern States, at New York, 1907; inspr. with the spl. risk dept. of the Hartford Fire Ins. Co., at Hartford, Conn., since 1910; was transferred to Chicago, Mar. 6, 1916. Mem. Phi Sigma Kappa. Republican. Methodist. Recreation: golf. Home: 1700 W. 99th St. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

SMITH, Charles Mather, paper mcht .; Sept. 23, 1831-1911. (See vol. 1911.)

York (Pa.) High Sch., 1902; A.B., Antioch Coll., Yellow Springs, O., 1909; M. A., Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., 1911; LL.B., Cumberland Univ. Law Sch., Lebanon, Tenn., 1913; studied Susque-, hanna Univ., Selinsgrove, Pa., and Harvard Univ .; unmarried. Admitted to Tenn. bar, 1913, and prac- ticed at Nashville a short time, then at Charleston, W.Va .; came to Chicago as counsel for Commercial Security Co., and made sec., Jan. 18, 1916. Inde- pendent Democrat. Lutheran. Mem. Delta Sigma Phi. Residence: Elms Hotel. Office: 755 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

SMITH, Clayton F., city treasurer; b. Chicago, Apr. 11, 1875; s. George and Carrie Smith; ed. pub. schs. and business coll .; m. Mayme Paschen, of Chicago, June 27, 1901. Was mem. and vice pres. Bu. of Local Improvements, Chicago, 1911-14; war- den of Cook Co. tsp., 1914-17: elected treas. City of Chicago, Apr., 1917, for term 1917-19; Democrat. Clubs: City, Northwest Side. home: 1866 N. Leav- itt St. Office: 204 City Hall.

SMITH, Cornelius Van Alen, lawyer; b. Kinder- hook, N.Y., Apr. 17, 1863; s. George A. and Cath- erine (Van Alen) Smith; descended on father's side from the Smiths who founded Smithtown, L.I., about 200 yrs. ago, and on mother's side from the Van Alens who settled at Kinderhook, N.Y., in 1650, and took active part in Indian wars; mater- nal great grandparent was capt. in the Revolution- ary War and a fort, then at Kinderhook, was called Fort Van Alen; prep. edn., Albany High Sch .; A.B., Williams Coll., Mass., 1886; Columbia Coll. Law Sch., 1888; studied law in office of Col. B. F. Watson. New York, while attending law lec- tures; m. Victoria Stafford, of Chicago, Apr. 2, 1907. Admitted to Ill. bar, Sept. 24, 1888, and since in practice at Chicago; mem. firm of Gibson, Smith & Phillips since 1916. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (32°, Shriner) ; mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Club: Ill. Athletic. Contbr. articles to law revs. and to newspapers. Recreations: golf and outdoor diver- sions. Home: 3925 Grand Boul. Office: 137 S. La Salle St.

SMITH, Delavan, journalist; b. Cincinnati, Dec. 28, 1861; s. William Henry and Emeline (Reynolds) Smith; ed. Lake Forest (Ill.) Acad., Lake Forest Coll. and Mass. Inst. Tech .; unmarried. Propr. In- dianapolis News; pres. Cox Multi-Mailer Co .; vice pres. Oliver Typewriter Co., Street Rys. Advertis- ing Co., etc. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Chicago Hist. Soc. Presbyterian. Independent Republican. Clubs: University, City (Chicago); University, Indianap- olis Literary (Indianapolis); City (New York). Homes: Lake Forest, Ill., and 13th and N. Meridian Sts., Indianapolis. Office: Indianapolis News, Indi- anapolis, Ind.

SMITH, Duncan M., newspaper man; b. Rock- ford, Ill., Oct. 24, 1864; s. Archibald and Jean (Tur- ner) Smith; ed. pub. schs., Rockford; m. Grace Woodward, of Defiance, O., Feb. 14, 1894; 1 daugh- ter, Margaret W. Established the Seward (Neb.) Independent, 1890, and the Seward Daily News, 1891, which sold same year; purchased York (Neb.) Independent and established the York Daily News, 1892, and conducted both until 1894; purchased Washington (Ind.) Weekly Herald and established Washington Daily Herald, 1894, and sold both. 1896; on staff Chicago Record, 1897-1901; editor "Hit or Miss" column Chicago Daily News since 1901; doing syndicate and spl. work. Socialist. Mem. Nat. Union. Clubs: Press, Commonwealth. Home: 2939 E. 77th St. Office: Chicago Daily News.

SMITH, Edward Everett, wholesale shoes; Oct. 14, 1856-Jan. 3, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

SMITH, Edward Herndon, typewriters; b. at Beardstown, Ill., July 18, 1859; s. William Henry and Mary H. (Herndon) Smith; Ph.B., Yale, 1878: m. Mae C. Moore, of Champaign, Ill., Dec. 15, 1SS6 (now deceased); 1 daughter, Helen. Clk. for Ha- vana & Western R.R., 1878; then clk. in lumber office of J. H. Pearson & Co .. Chicago; with South- west Lumber Co., Wausau, Wis., and Kansas City. Mo., 1887-90, as mem. of the firm; treas. Central

SMITH, Charles Morse, banker. (See vol. 1911.) SMITH, Claude Leander, secretary Commercial Security Co .; b. Lebanon, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1886; s. of Trust Co., Denver, Colo., 1890-S; became treas. OHi-

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ver Typewriter Co., 189S, also sec., 1902, and 2d Works, 1884-6; established, 1887, and has since vice pres. since 1909. Dir. McCormick Theol. Sem. Republican. Clubs: University. Yale, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: golf; active in Presbyn. Ch. affairs. Home: 44 Cedar St. Office: 159 N. Dear- born St.

SMITH, Edward Page, valuator pub. utilities; b. Chicago, Sept. 7, 1871; s. Amos Robinson and Car- rie Ellis (Freeman) Smith; prep. edn., University School, Chicago; Ph.B., Yale, 1894; m. Bettiebel Beebe, Nov. 22, 1911. Began with Sprague, Smith & Co., glass mchts., Chicago, 1894; became connected with N. W. Harris & Co., municipal and corpn. bonds, 1895; firm incorporated as Harris Trust & Savings Bank, 1907, of which was sec. until 1916; since engaged as valuator of pub. utilities. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Mem. Theta Delta Chi. Clubs: University, Mid-Day, Indian Hill. Recreations: sailing, riding. Home: 777 Prospect Av., Winnetka, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

SMITH, Ernest Charles, clergyman; b. Augusta, Me., May 3, 1864; s. Thomas and Philomela (Hall) Smith; A.B., Bowdoin, 1884; A.M., Harvard, 1888, B.D., 1888; m. Helen M. Mason, of Keene, N.H., Sept. 6, 1893. Ordained Unitarian ministry, 1888; missionary pastor, Seattle, Wash., 1888-90; asso. pastor, Denver, Jan .- Aug., 1891; pastor Framing- ham, Mass., 1892-9, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1899-1901, Hinsdale, Ill., 1901-7, Union Ch., Green Bay, Wis., 1907-9; sec. Western Unitarian Conf. since Apr., 1909; asso. editor Unitarian Advance. Mem. Psi Upsilon. Mason. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 105 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

SMITH, Ezra S., life ins .; b. Stockholm, St. Law- rence Co., N.Y., Nov. 28, 1854; s. Harrison and Me- lissa E. (Sylvester) Smith; ed. Potsdam (N.Y.) State Normal Sch .; m. Ida E. Waite, of Potsdam, July 24, 1879; children: Myron Waite, Harrison Butler. Entered ins. business with the Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co., 1880; has been identified with the New York Life Ins. Co. since 1889; agency dir. same, in Chicago, since 1901. Republican. Presby- terian. Mason. Recreation: gardening. Home: 2131 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.

SMITH, Frank Carpenter, secretary of Carter White Lead Co .; b. Barre, Vt., Nov. 28, 1869; s. Francis B. and Clara (Carpenter) Smith; grad. St. Paul (Minn.) High Sch., 1888; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1892, LL.B., 1893; unmarried. Sec. Carter White Lead Co. since 1897. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: University, Hinsdale Golf. Home: 5333 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 12042 S. Peoria 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 205

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