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SPRINGER, George Ward, real estate loans; b. Abingdon, Ill., Dec. 14, 1868; s. Milton Cushion and Mary Elizabeth (Ward) Springer; grad. North- western Univ. Acad., 1884; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1890; m. Klahr Mead, of Youngsville, Pa., July 19, 1904; 3 children: Winogene, Martha Klahr, Jane Esther. Connected with management of the Robbins Estate, 1890-1902; in real estate business for self, 1902, 03; asst. to business mgr. Univ. of Chicago, 1903-9; mgr. Chicago Real Estate Loan Agency of Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co. since Apr. 1, 1909. Mem. bd. trustees Village of Wilmette, 1898- 99, pres. 1901-2. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: City, Westmoreland Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 724 Forest Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 111 W. Mon- roe St., Chicago.
SPRINGER, William Louis, president of North Chicago Roofing Co .; b. Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill., Sept. 17, 1858; s. William and Elizabeth (Bearthel) Springer; ed. Newberry and Lincoln (pub.) schs., Chicago; m. Chicago, Nov. 23, 1882, Katherine Em- rath; 3 children: Adeline (Mrs. P. B. Ransom), Walter, Martha. At 15 yrs. of age began appren- ticeship to business of machinist, and continued in the machinery business until 1885; since then in business as felt, composition and gravel roofer; now pres. and manager of the North Chicago Roof- ing Co. Mayor of Park Ridge, Ill. Mason (32º, Shriner). Home: 353 Ashland Av., Park Ridge, Ill. Office: 851 W. North Av., Chicago.
SPRINKLE, Arthur Lee, patent lawyer; b. Wat- son, Effingham Co., Ill., June 15, 1874; s. Michael, Jr., and Laura Frances (Ward) Sprinkle; A.B., Austin Coll., Effingham, Ill., 1894; Rochester (N.Y.) Business Univ .; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1902; m. Theodocia Deere Sprinkle, of Franklin, Morgan Co., Ill., June 27, 1907. Mem. faculty of Austin Coll., 1896-9; faculty Chicago Business Coll., 1899-1900; with patent dept. Warder, Bush- nell & Glessner Co., Chicago, 1900-2; in employ of experimental dept. Internat. Harvester Co., 1902-6; practiced at Chicago since 1906; now mem. Brown, Nissen & Sprinkle. Mem. Patent Bar Assn. of Chi- cago. Republican. Presbyterian. Knight of Py- thias. Club: Chicago Automobile. Author of a paper entitled "The Patent Suit and the Bankrupt- cy Act," read before the Patent Bar Assn., which attracted considerable notice. Recreations: shoot- ing, motoring. Home: 2023 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1124 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
SPROEHNLE, Albert William, wholesaler of watches; b. Chicago, Oct. 31, 1861; s. John Martin and Anna Margaret (Seyfarth) Sproehnle; ed. at Haven Sch., 1867-76; studied law in Notre Dame Univ. (non-grad.); m. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1889, Isabel Grace Kuh; children: Katherine Margaret, John Robert. Employed as clk. by Perry & Co., stove mfrs., 1878-83; in retail business 4 yrs., and in 1887 formed partnership with brother, Frank M., in the wholesale jewelry business, which continued until 1896; pres. of Sproehnle & Co., wholesale watches, since 1897. Republican. Mem. Ethical Culture Soc. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, City. Rec- reation: golf. Home: 5809 Washington Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.
SPROGLE, Howard Owen, lawyer; b. Franklin, Pa., Aug. 1, 1855; s. John Landis and Nancy L. (Eshelman) Sprogle; ed. St. Ignatius Coll. and old Chicago Univ .; studied law dept. Univ. of Pa .; ad- mitted to the bar in Phila., 1878; m. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1890, Ema K. Hopson; children: Frances, Olive. Howard. Was 3 yrs. asst. dist. atty. at Denver, Colo .; practiced in courts of Pa., Colo, and Va .; engaged in journalism several years with Phila. Press and with the Chicago Evening Post; re- sumed practice of law; asst. state's atty. of Cook Co., 1896-1903; atty. for Civil Service Commn. of Chicago since 1907. Mem. advisory bd. Civic Fed- eration of Chicago. Prof. in Chicago Law Sch., Lincoln Coll. of law. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns .. and State's Attys. Assn. of Ill. Club: Press. Home: 5477 Hyde Park Boul.
SPROUL, Wilford Robert, contractor; b. Chi- cago, Nov. 2, 1886; s. Elliott Wilford and Jessie M.
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(Millar) Sproul; ed. . pub. sch., Chicago; Culver (Ind.) Mil. Acad .; St. Albans Mil. Acad .; grad. busi- ness course, University High Sch. (Univ. of Chi- cago); m. Irene Christian, of Chicago, Nov. 6, 1907; 4 children: Henrietta, Elliott Wilford, Wilford Robert, John St. Clair. Became associated, 1905, with father in mason and gen. contracting busi- ness of which father was the head for 40 yrs .; succeeded as pres. E. W. Sproul Co., 1911. First lt. Vol. Training Corps, 1917. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Episcopalian. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Odd Fellow. Clubs: Saddle and Sirloin, Beverly Country, Central Mfg. Dist., Builders'. Home: 9016 S. Hoyne Av. Office: 1120 W. 35th St.
SPRY, George Edward, real estate; b. Chicago, Oct. 15, 1865; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. ST., see also Saint. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Chicago, 1888, Jennie Tay- lor; children: William, Ellen (Mrs. Kenneth B. Josephus Allen and Susan (Hely) St. John; grad. Fiske), Jennie (Mrs. George G. Foster), Catherine, Alden. After leaving school entered the business of which father was head, the John Spry Lumber Co., and in 1899 became vice pres. and treas .; sold out in 1910 and now in real estate business. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
SPRY, John C., timber lands; b. Chicago, Feb. 25, 1857; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. pub. schs. and commercial coll., Chicago; m. Nov. 26, 1885, Jennie, d. late Thomas Wilce; children: Eme- line (Mrs. Rollin W. Keyes), Gladys, Eleanor (Mrs. Morris K. Wilson). After leaving business coll. entered firm of Gardner & Spry, of which father was a mem., as bookkeeper, later becoming part- ner; after retirement of Mr. Gardner, 1885, busi- ness was incorporated as the John Spry Lumber Co., of which, after the death of father, 1891, was pres., to 1900; now dealer in timber lands. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
SPRY, Samuel Alfred, lumber; b. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1863; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Chicago, and at Morgan Park and Lake Forest; m. Chicago, July 5, 1886, Elizabeth, d. Joseph Jepson; 3 children: Bessie, John, Marcella. On leaving sch. became associated with the John Spry Lumber Co., of which was pres. until firm dis- solved; has since been in business alone; pres. Su- perior Process Co. since 1901; Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic. Home: 3423 Michigan Av. Office: 437, 122 S. Michigan Av.
SPRY, Walter, pianist; b. Chicago, Feb. 27, 1868; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. Chicago Man- ual Training High Sch., 1886-9, Royal High Sch. of Music, Berlin, 1890-3; m. Esther Orr, of Quincy, Ill., Jan., 1900. Conducts concert tours, U.S. and abroad; dir: Spry Music Sch. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Ill. Athletic. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago.
SPUNNER, George William, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)
SPURGIN, Warren C., banking; b. Panora, Ia., June 21, 1875; s. William H. and Martha J. (Rey- nolds) Spurgin; ed. grammar and high schools, Panora; m. Myrtle Parmenter, July 29, 1896; 1 child, Vivian M. Entered banking business at Panora, 1895; now vice pres. and dir. Michigan Av. Trust Co .; also dir. North Av. State Bank. Home: 5758 Kenwood Av. Office: 2218 Michigan Avenue.
SQUIRE, (Viola) Belle (Miss), teacher of piano, writer, lecturer; b. Lima, O .; d. Edmund Garrett and Sarah O. (Gardner) Squire; ed. pub. schs. Was actively associated with No Vote No Tax League of Ill. several years, the league having been or- ganized to protect her in her refusal to pay taxes until she could vote; worker for equal rights for women; wrote suffrage articles for Chicago Sun- day Tribune, also for Woman's World, Harper's Bazaar, etc .; articles on music for Etude, Music Magazine, The Musician. Author: Woman Move- ment in America, 1908; A Psalm of Womanhood, 1912. Interested in social reform, advancement of women, music, especially scientific music memory. Home: 809 S. Kedvale Av.
ST. JOHN, J. Allen, artist, author; b. Chicago; s. pub. schs., N.Y. City; studied Art Students League, New York, and in Paris, Italy and Belgium; m Ella M. Monger, of Chicago, Nov. 11, 1905. Exhib. ited at Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Fine Arts, Sal- magundi Club, Athletic Club (all of New York); Paris Salon, Soc. Internationale, Toulouse, France 1908 (hon. mention), etc. Mem. Chicago Soc. Art- ists, The Arts Club of Chicago, Artists' Guild. Au. thor: The Face in the Pool, 1905. Home: 311 E. 22c Street.
ST. JOHN, Leonard, M.D .; b. at St. Catharines Ont .; s. Samuel Leonard and Martha Ann (Sea- man) St. John; ed. pvt. schs. and acad. at St. Cath. arines; M.D., McGill Univ., Montreal, and Coll Phys. and Surg., Ontario, Can., 1872; mem. Roya Coll. of Surgeons of Eng., 1873; m. Anna B. Balch (now deceased). Practiced in N.Y. City, 1874-5 Chicago, since 1875. One of the founders of the Coll. Phys. and Surg. of Chicago. Mem. A.M.A., Ill State and Chicago med. socs., Medico-Legal Soc Club: Illinois. Home: 4038 Clarendon Av. Office 25 E. Washington St.
STACEY, Anna Lee (Mrs. John F. Stacey), art ist; b. Glasgow, Mo .; d. John and Eliza (Fisher Dey; student at Pritchett Inst. (now Pritchet Coll.); studied at Art Inst. of Chicago; m. John F Stacey, of Boston, Oct. 15, 1891. Awards: Youn Fortnightly prize, Chicago Artists' Exhbn., 1902 Martin B. Cahn prize, Exhbn. by Am. Artists, 1902 Marshall Field prize, 1907; Clyde M. Carr prize Chicago Artists' Exhbn., 1912. Picture, "Vist from the Pont de Leon," purchased by City Com mn. for City of Chicago, 1914. Mem. Chicago Soc of Artists. Address: 6 E. Ohio St.
STACEY, John Franklin, artist; b. Biddeford Me., Mar. 16, 1859; s. John and Agnes (Ricker Stacey; grad. Mass. Normal Art Sch., Boston; str dent Julien Acad., Paris; m. Anna Lee Dey. c Glasgow, Mo., Oct. 15, 1891. Awards: bronze mec al, St. Louis Expn., 1904; bronze medal, Bueno Aires Expn., 1910 (picture purchased by Art Mus Santiago, Chile); Grower prize, Art Inst. Chicag. 1911. Pres. Chicago Soc. Artists, 1907-9. Club: Cli Dwellers. Address: 6 E. Ohio St.
STACEY, Thomas I., electrical supplies; b. Bri: tol, Eng., Jan. 12, 1870; s. William and Christian Dix (Hancock) Stacey; ed. high sch., Evansto Ill .; m. Lily Mary, d. Dr. Andrew Hull Parker, ( Evanston, Ill., May 5, 1897; children: Marion Pa: ker, Elizabeth Hancock. Began with Abbott But gy Co., 1886-7; with Central Electric Co., 1887-9 sec. and treas. Electric Appliance Co. since i orgn., 1891. Vestryman St. Mark's Ch., Evansto (Episcopal). Clubs: City, Westmoreland Countr Home: 1312 Church St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 70 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
STACK, Edmund John, ex-congressman; b. Ch. cago, Jan. 31, 1874; ed. high sch., Chicago; LL.I Lake Forest Univ., 1895; m. Mary A. R. Brazze of Chicago, Apr. 12, 1911. Admitted to Ill. ba 1895, and practiced in Chicago; was asst. corp counsel and chief trial atty .; Dem. nominee f 60th Congress, 1906; mem. 62d Congress (1911-13 6th Ill. Dist. Now sec. Bennett, O'Connell C platers' supplies. Home: 338 N. 40th Av. Offic 3600 S. Morgan St.
SPURLING, Oliver Cromwell, engineer; b. Saint George's, Bermuda, Sept. 19, 1874; s. George and Sarah (Gush) Spurling; ed. pvt. schs. and under tutors, Bermuda; m. Lena May Cronk, of Worces- ter, Mass., Apr. 19, 1899; 2 children: Alice I., Ralph E. Came to U.S., 1893, and became identified with the Western Electric Co .; plant engr. for the com- pany, in Europe, 1902-5; asst. plant engr. for same in America, 1905-8; plant engr. in America, 1908- 15; asst. gen. supt. Western Electric Co., since 1915. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Engineers' Club (Chi- cago), Instn. of Elec. Engrs. (Eng.), Instn. Mech. Engineers (Eng.). Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Union Park Lodge No. 610, A.F. and A.M. STACK, J(ames) Langford, advertising; b. Fo: (Fuller) Stack; grad. Mann's Business Coll., For Home: 224 S. Ridgeland Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: du Lac, Wis., 1864; s. M. J. and Hannah Langfo Hawthorne Station, Chicago.
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du Lac; m. Elizabeth, d. Charles Modini Wood. of Los Angeles, Cal., Mar. 23, 1914. Began advertis- ing business at St. Paul, 1885; came to' Chicago, 1896, and continued the business under own name; organized and incorporated the Stack Advertising Agency, July, 1909, of which has since been pres. and treas. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Golf, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, Chicago Polo (capt.); National Golf (N.Y.); Grand Island Shooting Lodge; Oaahaa Country (Hawaii); Country (Augusta, Ga.). Rec- reation: shooting. Home: Polo Farm, Wheaton, Ill .; (winter) Augusta, Ga. Office: 29 E. Madison St., Chicago.
STADLER, Charles A., business man. Removed to New York. (See Who's Who in America.)
STAFFORD, Charles Burke, lawyer; b. New Or- leans, La., May 29, 1865; s. Stephen D. and Agnes (Burke) Stafford; grad. high sch., New Orleans, 1878; grad. Tulane Univ. of La., collegiate and law depts., 1886; m. at Chicago, 1897, Matilda Rose; 2 children: Helen, Edward S. Admitted to La. bar, 1886, and practiced in New Orleans; came to Chi- cago, 1892; now mem. firm Sabath, Stafford & Sab- ath. Dem. nominee for Congress from 2d Ill. Dist., 1904. Mem. Am. and Ill. State bar assns. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Iroquois, Ill. Athletic. Home: 1012 Linden Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
STAFFORD, Ezra Horton, mfr .; b. Dunwich, El- gin Co., Ont., May 1, 1864; s. Samuel Guernsey and Sarah Elisabeth (Horton) Stafford; ed. Chatham Coll., Can., class of 1883; m. Florence E. Neeland, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 24, 1889; 3 sons: Russell H., Webster N., Gilbert H. Mgr. Haney School Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, 1889-94; pres. and mgr. E. H. Stafford Co., Muskegon, Mich., 1894- 99; mem. firm E. H. Stafford & Bros., Chicago, 1900- 04; pres. and gen. mgr. E. H. Stafford Mfg. Co., furniture, Chicago, since 1904. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mason. Club: City. Recreations: motoring, golf, fishing. Home: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 218 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.
STAFFORD, John Francis, fire ins .; b. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1868; s. John Francis and Mary Frances (Harris) Stafford; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Eve- yn M. Lloyd, of Chicago, Mar. 29, 1891; 1 daughter, Jane. Identified with fire ins. business in Chicago since 1888; now agency supt. London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, Eng., Orient Ins. Co, of Hartford, Conn., Safeguard Ins. Co. of New York. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, Shriner); mem. B.P.O.Elks (Exalted Ruler Evans- ton Lodge No. 1316, 1913-14). Club: Union League. Home: 221 Kedzie St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St .. Chicago.
STAGG, Amos Alonzo, physical dir .; b. at West Orange, N.J., Aug. 16, 1862; s. Amos Lindsley and Eunice (Pierson) Stagg; A.B., Yale, 1888; grad. Internat. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Springfield, Mass., 1892; (hon. degree Master of Physical Edn., 1912); m. Stella Robertson, of Albion, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1894; children: Amos Alonzo, Jr., Ruth, Paul. Dir. of athletics, Northfield (Mass.) Students' Conf. and Lake Geneva (Wis.) Students' Conf., summers, 1889-91; asso. prof. and dir. div. of physical cul- ture and athletics, 1892-1900, prof. and dir. since 1900, Univ. of Chicago. Represented Univ. of Chi- cago at Intercollegiate Conf. of Faculty Repre- sentatives, 1896-1911; mem. of football rules com. since 1904; mem. Am. com. Olympic Games (Ath- ens), 1906, (London), 1908, (Stockholm), 1912. Pres. Soc. of Directors of Physical Edn. in Col- leges, 1911, 1912. Presdl. elector for Progressive Party, 1912. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones (both of Yale). Clubs: Quadrangle, University. 6063 Harper Av. Office: 3401 Michigan Av.
Author: (Stagg and Williams) Treatise on Foot- ball, 1893. Athletic field of Univ. of Chicago named "Stagg Field," 1914, in his honor. Home: 5704 Maryland Av.
STAHL, Frank August, M.D., surgeon; b. Chi- cago, Sept. 11, 1862; s. of John G. and Louisa F. Stahl; ed. grammar schs. and W. Div. High Sch., until 1878; entered auditor's office, I.C.R.R., 1878, under J. C. Welling, and resigned as cashier in asst. treasurer's office, to study medicine; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1887; interne, Michael Reese Hosp., Chicago, 1887; post-grad. studies at Royal Bavarian Frauen Klinik, Munich, Germany, 1888, Univ. of Vienna, 1889, Faculté de Medécine de Paris, 1889; with Thure Brandt, gynecol. athletics, Stockholm, 1889. Engaged in practice at Chicago since return from Europe; mem. faculty Rush Med. Coll., 1890-1901. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mason (32°). Contbr. brochures and articles, among them: Digital Curetting of the Puerperal Uterus; A Case of Quadruplets; Some Expressions
STADEKER, Leonard Jerome, importer; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 22, 1866; s. Jacob and Adele (Hertz) Stadeker; ed. high sch. and commercial coll., Cin- cinnati, O .; m. Belle Levy, of Canton, Miss., Mar. 27, 1895; 2 children: Jerome L. and Rosadel. Came to Chicago, 1892; now importer of Panama hats and cigars; owner Colonial Trading Co. since 1916; sec. Manila Import Co .; dir. Birmingham & Vicks- burg R.R. Hebrew. Recreations: baseball and golf. of Abortive Attempts at Instrumental Abortion; Home: 4854 Grand Boul. Office: 208 N. 5th Av.
A Convenient Technique for the Delivery of the Aftercoming Head Where Gross Disproportion Ex- ists; A Fibromatous Uterus in Labor; Curage: Two Advantages It Possesses Over Curettage; "Emergency Tracheotomy; Post-mature Labor; The Principles and Practice of Episiotomy; The Mater- nal Impression Element in Twin Pregnancy; Acute Partial Enterocele (Littre's Hernia); Uniformity in Definition and Application of the Terms Posi- tion and Presentation (in obstetrics) ; Progress of American Effort in Obstetrics (at 50th Ann. Meet- ing of the A.M.A., June, 1899); Repeated Preg- nancy in the Same Tube; Interpretation of the Histology of the Villi from Early Intra and Extra- uterine Specimens-The Syncitium; A New Form of Blood Corpuscle in the Embryonal Circulation- the Crescent-shaped Form of Red Blood Corpuscle; Concerning the Origin of the Mature Red Blood Corpuscle, the Red Blood Plastid of Minot; The Douche: Concerning Forensic Asepsis and Anti- sepsis (Jour. A.M.A.); etc. Office: 1003, 31 N. State Street.
STAHL, Garland, banker; b. Elkhart, Ill., Apr. 13, 1879; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Ebey) Stahl; ed. Elkhart High Sch .; LL.B., Univ. of Ill., 1903; m. Jennie Mahan, of Chicago, Jan. 24, 1906; 1 son, Garland, Jr. Played ball with Boston Americans, 1903, the club winning world's championship from Pittsburgh; played with and managed Washington Americans, 1904, 05, 06; again with Boston, 1907, 08, 09; retired, 1910, and entered banking busi- ness at Chicago; returned and managed Boston Club, 1912, winning world's championship; now vice pres. and dir. Washington Park Nat. Bank. Clubs: University, South Shore Country. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: 7145 Oglesby Av. Office: 730 E. 63d St.
STAHL, John Meloy, agricultural writer, lectur- er; b. Mendon, Ill., Aug. 24, 1860; s. Elias and Ann Elizabeth (Nitzell) Stahl; grad. (valedictorian) Quincy (Ill.) High Sch., 1881; m. Mary Chouteau Platt, of Chicago, June 25, 1900. Editor since 1881. propr. since 1886, Illinois Farmer & Farmer's Call; pres. Farmers' Nat. Life Ins. Co .; extensive farm- er. Lecturer at farmers' meetings, chautauqua as- semblies, etc .; leader in the "good roads" move- ment. Life mem. Farmers' Nat. Congress (asst. sec. 2 yrs., sec. 1893-1905, pres. 1905-8, legislative agt. 1908-14); mem. Nat. Econ. League, League for Rural Welfare (pres.), Patrons of Husbandry, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Sociol. Soc .. Am. Automobile Assn., Friends of Our Native Landscape, Nat. Editorial Assn., Brothers of the Book, Ill. Hist. Soc., Am. Flag Assn. (life), S.A.R., Ill. Soc. War of 1812 (pres.), Writers Guild (past master), Soc. Midland Authors (treas.). Republic- an. Clubs: Press, Atlas, City, Chicago Motor, Pal- ette and Chisel (Chicago), Authors' ( London, Eng.). Mason (32°, K.T.). Traveled abroad, 18ss. 1900, 1903, to study agrl. and econ. conditions. Spe- cially known as writer on economic-agrl. subjects; 1st to propose free delivery of mail to farmers (1879), and led in movement until object was se- cured. Author: The Real Farmer. 190S. Home:
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STALEY, William Clive, railway official; b. Me- chanicsburg, O., May. 24, 1857; s. Stephen Shepherd and Emily (Rathbun) Staley; ed. graded and high schs. of Mechanicsburg; and Ohio State Univ., Co- lumbus; m. Chicago, Eva Marie Boisacq, of Bel- gium, 1891; 3 children: Irma (deceased), Vava, Emily. Began in gen. frt. office, I.C.R.R., 1880-5; in gen, agent's office of Santa Fe Rd., 1885-8, and of Rock Island Rd., Chicago, 1888-91; commercial agt. Rock Island Rd., at St. Joseph, Mo., 1891-8; gen. agt. same, at Kansas City, Mo., 1898-1902; traffic mgr. Western Grocer Co., Chicago, 1902-7; gen. agt. frt. dept. Mo. Pacific Ry. since Dec., 1907. Mem. Ohio Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Unitarian. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Traffic, Hamil- ton, Ill. Athletic, Beverly Country, Calumet Coun- try; Railroad (Kansas City). Recreation: golf. Home: 6423 Minerva Av. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.
STALNAKER, William Edward, automobiles. Removed to Indianapolis, Ind., 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
STANHOPE, Leon Eugene, architect; b. Lee Co., Ill., Oct. 9, 1873; s. Eugene and Isabel (Raymond) Stanhope; ed. pub. schs. of Lee Co .; m. Maud Doro- thy Leggett, June 6, 1894; 1 daughter, Dorothy Q. Located at Chicago, 1887, as architectural drafts- man; began practice of architecture, 1894; deputy commr. of bldgs., Chicago, 1903-6; in practice for self since 1894. Mem. A.I.A., Ill. Soc. Architects, Chicago Architectural Club. Club: City. Recrea- tions: motoring and golf. Home: Winnetka. Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
STANNARD, Harry William, mfr .; b. Chicago, Dec. 9, 1867; s. William Bangs and Helen Jane (Fittz) Stannard; ed. Skinner Sch., Chicago; un- married. Began in life ins. business, 1888; sec., treas. Water Arch Furnace Co., now called Twin Fire Furnace Co., 1898-1914; pres., treas. same since 1914; pres. Peerless Engineering Co. Trustee Glencoe Union Ch. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: gardening. Home: 115 Mary St., Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 1252 First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.
STANSFIELD, James Howard, lawyer; b. Law- rence Co., Ill., Oct. 25, 1866; s. George W. and Mary E. (Irish) Stansfield; grad. Shelbyville (Ill.) High Sch., 1890; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; m. Inez P. Snyder, of Owego, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1901. Came to Chicago, 1891, and admitted to Ill. bar, 1894; ad- mitted to practice in U.S. Circuit Court, 1897; pres. in 2d Regt. I.N.G., June 1, 1891; promoted to corpl. and sergt .; elected 2d lt., 1st lt., capt., and maj., 2d Inf .; adj .- gen. 1st Brigade, 1909; served with 1st Brigade on Mexican Border, 1916; was capt. Co. F, 2d Ill. Inf., U.S.V., in Spanish-Am. War. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Past Dept. Comdr. Unit- ed Spanish War Vets. Recreation: gardening. Home: 220 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 119, 133 W. Washington St., Chicago.
STANTON, Charles Nelson, banker; b. at East Tawas, Mich., June 30, 1874; s. Addison Clark and Poebe Ann (Jewell) Stanton; ed. pub. schs., Nash- ville, Mich .; m. Minnie Etta Smith, of Evanston, Ill., Dec. 25, 1899; 2 children: Robert Jewell, Mar- garet Phoebe. Settled at Chicago, 1890; book- keeper, office man Morgan Storage & Warehouse Co., 1890-5; receiving teller Royal Trust Co., 1895, and in short time promoted to paying teller; cash- ier Cook Co. Savings Bank, 1900-5; asst. cashier West Side Trust & Savings Bank, 1905-9; cashier Stock Yards Savings Bank, 1909-10, pres. since Jan. 4, 1910; also pres. Stock Yards Safety Deposit Co. Presbyterian. Clubs: Saddle and Sirloin, Wood- lawn Park, Windsor Golf, Olympia Fields Country. Home: 6441 Kimbark Av. Office: 4162 S. Halsted Street.
STANTON, Edgar, merchant; b. Petrograd, Rus- sia, Mar. 30, 1884; s. Edgar and Helene (Ernst) Stanton; brought to U.S., 1888; A.B., Harvard, 1906; m. Harriet Rew, of Chicago, Dec. 30, 1907; 2 children: Edgar, Jr., Francis Rew. Entered the employ of Stanton & Co., importers and grocers, 1906, of which became pres. upon death of father, 1910. Republican. Clubs: University, Indian Hill Country. Home: 315 Ridge Av., Winnetka, Ill. Of- fice: 30 W. Washington St., Chicago.
STANTON, George Edgar, grocer; Dec. 9, 1844- Oct. 23, 1910. (See vol. 1911.)
STANTON, Samuel Cecil, M.D., editor; b. New- tonville, Mass., June 28, 1856; s. Samuel and Ann Louise (Blodgett) Stanton; prep. edn. London (Eng.) Sch .; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1879; M.D., North- western Univ., 1892; m. Harriet Louise Cornwell, of New York, Feb. 12, 1885; 3 children: George Cornwell (died Oct. 18, 1896), Dorothy (died Dec. 8, 1894), John Bloomfield. Asst. editor Chicago Med- ical Review, 1880-2; commn. merchant and ry. and steamship agt., 1882-7; traveling pass. agt. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Man. Ry., 1887-8; in practice of medicine at Chicago since 1892. Asst. editor Chicago Medical Recorder, 1893-4; editor Medical Standard, 1895-8; asst. editor Journal of A.M.A. since 1899; chief med. dir. Farmers' Nat. Life Ins. Co. of America; sec. and editor Military Surgeon, 1913-16. Acting asst. surgeon U.S.A. and attending surgeon hdqrs. Dept. of the Lakes, 1898-9. 1904-8; 1st lt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., since 1908. Lt. asst. surgeon, 1897-1902, capt. asst. surgeon, 1902- 05, 1st Ill. Inf .; maj .- surgeon I.N.G., 1907-13 (sec. to the surgeon-gen.); col. surgeon-gen. of Ill., 1913- 14; brig. gen. Med. Corps, I.N.G., 1914 (retired). Mem. Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U.S., Ill. Assn. of Mil. Surgeons (sec. since 1913), A.M.A., Miss. Val- ley Med. Assn. (treas. since 1905), Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Physicians'. Au- thor: Clover Inhaler, 1893; Prophilaxis of Tetanus, 1904; The Recruit. 1910; Camp at Sparta, 1915; also many articles on preparedness, etc. Recreation: military affairs. Home: 514 Belmont Av. Office: 1604 Masonic Temple.
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