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STANWOOD, Thaddeus Perkins, wholesale mer- chant; b. Augusta, Me., Feb. 6, 1857; s. Daniel C. and Mary A. (Webster) Stanwood; ed. pub. schs. in Me .; m. Louise L. Brockway, of Boston, July 19, 1883; 3 children: Elisabeth, Henry C., Ruth. Came to Chicago, 1875; entered employ Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, 1879; firm retired, 1899, and business was taken over by the Edwards-Stanwood Shoe Co., of which he was treas., 1899-1907; sec. of Guthmann, Carpenter & Telling since 1907. Mem. Royal Arca- num. Clubs: Union League, University of Evans- ton. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 301 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
STAPLES, Frank Manning, railway supplies. (See vol. 1911.)
STARCK, Philip Adam, piano manufacturer; b. Mobile Bayview Growers' Assn. of Ala. Enlisted Chillicothe, O., May 29, 1860; s. Rev. C. W. and Catherine (Urban) Starck; early edn. chiefly by his father, and at 16 entered theological seminary; later took a course in a Chicago business college; also studied music from early age; married Mar- garet M. Zimmerman, of Barrington, Ill., 1881; 3 children: Philip T., L. Marguerite, Gladys M. En- tered employ of a piano and organ house, 1878, and advanced to the head of the manufacturing dept .; established business on own account as a manu- facturer and dealer in pianos and Starck player- pianos; president P. A. Starck Piano Co. since its incorporation, 1906. Republican. Clubs: South Shore Country, Chicago Automobile, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: travel, motoring, literature and art. Home: 6100 Sheridan Rd. Office: 210-212 S. Wabash Av .; factory at 39th St. and Ashland Av.
STARKS, Leonard, potato merchant; b. Macomb, N.Y., June 27, 1851; s. of Morgan and Mary Ann (Smith) Starks; largely self-educated; m. Nettie B. French, of Plainfield, Wis., Oct. 5, 1882; 1 daugh- ter, Lelah M. Parents located on farm nr. Plain- field, Wis., 1857; started in country store, then in potato business; came to Chicago, 1887; pres. L. Starks Co., growers and shippers of potatoes, since 1903. Republican. Mason, Elk. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: country life, billiards. Home: 835 Cas- tlewood Terrace. Office: 192 N. Clark St., Chicago.
STARKWEATHER, Frank Henry, manager es- tates; b. Chicago, July 13, 1853; s. Charles Robert and Mary (Eager) Starkweather; ed. pvt. sch., Chi- cago; grad. Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1875; m. Beloit, 1875, Frankie Edwards (died 1882); m. 2d, Du- buque, Ia., Jan. 25, 1894, Estelle Staples; children: Julia Gertrude (Mrs. E. Royce Armstrong), Doris Estelle, Rodney Staples. With Merchants Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1875-82; mng. dir. and cashier, Sec-
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ond Nat. Bank of Beloit, 1882-90; returned to Chi- cago and engaged in investments and managing estates. Cleveland Democrat. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars, S.A.R. Mason (32°); Past Master of Blue Lodge; Grand Treas. of Masonic Grand Lodge of Wis. for many years; col. and chief of staff Wis. Brigade Uniform Rank K.P. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Evanston Country, University of Evanston. Recreations: athletic sports. Home: 1044 Lake Shore Boul., Evanston, Ill. Office: 112 W. Adams St., Chicago.
STARR, Arthur Parley, bonds and mortgages; b. Jacksonville, Vt., Dec. 13, 1855; s Parley and Clara (Blanchard) Starr; ed pub. schs. and East- man Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with de- gree of Master of Accounts; m. Tama, Ia., Oct. 25, 1882, Florence Murray; children: Leon P. (died in mil. camp, Denver, Colo., Apr. 5, 1917), James Ralph, Dorothy Clarissa (died 1910). Was teller of Peoples Nat. Bank, Brattleboro. Vt., 1875-9; cashier First Nat. Bank, Tama, Ia., 1880-91; mort- gage broker in Chicago, 1891-4; cashier Union Nat. Bank, Racine, Wis., 1895-1900; in Chicago as deal- er in lands for a number of years; now in bond and mortgage business. Was city treas. of Tama, Ia., 1886. Mem. Woodlawn Improvement Assn. Re- publican. Mem. New England Soc. of Chicago. Recreations: golf, photography and fishing. Home: 6059 Kenwood Av. Office: 17 N. LaSalle St.
STARR, Frederick, anthropologist; b. at Auburn, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1858; s Rev. Frederick and Helen Strachan (Mills) Starr; B.S., Lafayette Coll., 1882. M.S., Ph.D., 1885 (Sc.D., 1907); unmarried. Teacher of sciences, Wyman Inst., 1882-3; prof. sciences, State Normal Sch., Lock Haven, Pa., 1883-4; prof. biol. sciences, Coe Coll., 1884-5; in charge of eth- nology, Am. Mus. Natural History, 1889-91; regis- trar, Chautauqua Univ., 1888-9; asst. prof. anthro- pology, 1892-5. asso. prof. since 1895 and curator anthropol. sect. Walker Mus., Univ. of Chicago. Has done field work in ethnography and phys. an- thropology, especially in Mexico; went to Japan, 1904, on behalf of St. Louis Expn., to secure a group of the Ainu, the aboriginal population of Japan, for which was awarded a grand prize; led expdn. into Congo Free State, 1905-6, investigating conditions there, visiting 28 different tribes; field study in P.I., 1908; in Japan, 1909-10; in Korea, 1911, 1913 and 1915 to 1916; in Liberia, 1912; lec- tures on anthropology and his various travels and investigations. Foreign recognition: museums medal, Holland, 1900; Officer Order Leopold II (Congo), 1907; palms of Officer of Public Instruc- tion (France), 1908; Chevalier Order Crown of Italy, 1911; Commander Order Leopold II, 1911; Knight Commander Order of African Redemption (Liberia), 1915. Author or editor of a number of vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Ad- dress: University of Chicago.
STARR, Merritt, lawyer; b. Ellington, Chautau- qua Co., N.Y .; s. James Comfort and Cynthia (Mac- Koon) Starr; moved to Rock Island, Ill., in boy- hood; A.B., Oberlin, 1875, A.M., 1878; A.B., Gris- wold Coll., 1876; A.B., and LL.B., Harvard, 1881; m. Leila Wheelock, of Cleveland, Sept. 8, 1885. In practice at Chicago since 1882; mem. Peck, Miller & Starr, 1893-1911, and firm of Miller, Starr, Pack- ard & Peckham, 1911-15, Miller, Starr, Brown, Packard & Peckham, since 1915. Active in organ- izing Civil Service League, drafting city, co. and state civ. service laws, and promoting their pas- sage; and in promoting passage of laws establish- ing municipal and juvenile cts. Professional work has included litigations and legal adjustments in- volved in constrn. of leading pub. works and re- organization of pub. service corpns., and growing out of interstate commerce laws; by appmt. of gov. became atty, for the state, to protect its rights in pub. waterways. Village atty. of Win- netka, Ill., 1894-5, mem. township bd. of edn., 1899- 1907 (pres. 1900-2, 1903-5). Trustee Oberlin Coll., since 1893; mem. exec. com. Civil Service Reform Assn., 1884-1914; dir. Chicago Law Inst., 1888-90, 1905-8 (pres. 1895-7); pres. Harvard Club of Chi- cago, 1906-7, Chicago Literary Club, 1910-11. Au- thor of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.
STARRETT, see also Sterrett.
STARRETT, Helen Ekin, educator, author; b. at Allegheny Co., Pa., Sept. 19, 1840; d. Rev. John and Esther Fell (Lee) Ekin; ed. Pittsburgh High Sch .; m. Rev. William Aiken Starrett, of Fayette Co., Pa., Feb. 15, 1864. Founder Kenwood Inst., Chicago, 1884; prin. Mrs. Starrett's Classical Sch. for Girls, 1893-1915, and became principal emeritus, June, 1915. Author: Future of Educated Women, 1880; Letters to a Daughter, 1882; Letters to Eld- er Daughters, 1883; Gyppie, an Obituary, 1884; Af- ter College, What? For Girls, 1885; Letters to a Little Girl, 1886; Crocus and Wintergreen, poems (with her sister, Frances Ekin Allison), 1906; The Future of Our Daughters, and Other Educational Essays, 1909. Contbr. to mags. Address: 4718 - Woodlawn Av.
STARRETT, Julius, lawyer; b. Winchester, Ill., June 10, 1854; s. Washington and Susan E. Star- rett; ed. Winchester, Ill., grammar and high schs .; Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., and pvt. tutor; A.B., Amherst, 1876; LL.B., Columbia Univ. Law Sch., 1878; m. Chicago, Aug. 3, 1892, Henrietta H. Loveland (now deceased). Admitted to bar, 1879, and engaged for years in practice in Chicago; of late years has devoted time to study, travel and the collection of art objects. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Club: Union League. Home: 3658 Prai- rie Av.
STARRING, Mason Brayman, corporation pres .; b. Chicago, May 8, 1859; s. Henry Justin Dimick and Alida M. (Tower) Starring; ed. com. and high schs. of Chicago; m. Helen, d. late Prof. David Swing, of Chicago, Oct. 27, 1886; 2 sons: David Swing, Mason B., Jr. His father was a prominent railroad man and the inventor of the present Am. system of baggage checking. Admitted to bar, 1894; asst. gen. counsel, 1894-8, gen. solicitor, 1898- 1904, gen. mgr. and dir., 1904-6, vice pres., 1906-7, Chicago City Ry. Co .; pres. Northwestern Elevated R.R. and chmn. bd., Apr. 1, 1907-Aug., 1911; pres. and chmn. bd. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated R.R., from July, 1911; also pres. and mng. dir. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Ry. Co. of N.J .; now pres., dir. United Rys. Investment Co., Cal. Ry. & Power Co., The Railroads and Power Development Co .; chmn. bd. Va. & Ohio Securities Co .; dir. Allegheny Heat- ing Co., The Phila. Co., Duquesne Light Co., Pitts- burgh Rys. Co., Audit Co. of New York. Mem. S. A.R. Clubs: Mid-Day, Recess, Bankers, Metropoli- tan, Sleepy Hollow Country (New York); Chicago (Chicago); Duquesne (Pittsburgh); Lake Geneva (Wis.) Country, Lake Geneva Yacht, Thousand Islands Yacht. Homes: 25 E. Division St., Chicago; Plaza Hotel, New York; (summer) Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 25 Broad St., New York.
STAVER, Harry Boggess, automobile bodies and tops; b. Kansas City, Mo .; s. Henry Clay and Sid- nora A. (Boggess) Staver; ed. pub. schs., and Man- ual Training Sch., Chicago; Mich. Mil. Acad .; m. Martha Van Sickle, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 12, 1914. Pres. Staver Motor Car Co., Staver Carriage Co., Republic Oil & Pipe Line Co. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Home: 7311 Harvard Av. Office: 76th and Wallace Sts.
STAYART, Louis William, wholesale grocer; de- ceased. (See vol. 1911.)
STEARNS, Charles Brockway, printer and bind- er; b. Moultrie Co., Ill., Aug. 27, 1867; s. of Daniel Franklin and Fannie (Brockway) Stearns; ed. pub. schs. of Moultrie Co., Ill .; m. Clara B. Meeker, of Moultrie Co., Feb. 14, 1896; 4 children: Thomas, Charlene Gertrude, Charles B., Jr., Robert Parker. Began in a newspaper office in Moultrie Co., and afterward worked in Macon Co., and was for 2 yrs. one of proprs. of Decatur (Ill.) Review; came to Chicago, 1887, and with brother organized firm of Mize & Stearns, succeeded by Stearns Brothers & Co., printers and binders, of which is pres .: also pres. Chicago Offset Printing Co. Mem. North Am. Union, Royal League. Clubs: 111. Athletic. Press. Edgewater Country, Edgewater Golf. Home: 6252 Winthrop Av. Office: 619-627 S. LaSalle St.
STEARNS, Edgar Grover, rubber goods. (See vol. 1911.)
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STEARNS, Willard Parker, mfg. chemist. (See for co. atty. Shawnee Co., 1902. Mem. Am., Ill. vol. 1911.)
STEARNS, William G., M.D .; b. Ladoga, Wis., Feb. 11, 1865; s. of William and Elsie (Randall) Stearns; ed. Oshkosh (Wis.) State Normal Sch. and Potsdam (N.Y.) State Normal School; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1893; m. Grace Whitney, Kankakee, Ill., June 24, 1897. House physician, St. Luke's Hosp., 1893-4; successively asst. phys., pathologist and med. supt., Ill. Eastern Hosp. for the Insane, Kankakee, 1894-9; prof. gen. pathology, 1894-7, lecturer on mental diseases and ined. jurisprudence, 1897-1900, Northwestern Univ .; prof. neurology, Chicago Clin. Sch., and asst. in neurology, Univ. of Ill. Med. Sch., 1901-2; med. supt. of the Oakwood and Lakeside sanitariums at Lake Geneva, Wis., 1902-6. Chmn. sect. of insanity Nat. Conf. of Charities and Correction, 1898; fel- low Am. Coll. Surgeons; . mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. Medicine, Am. Medico- Psychol. Assn. Republican. Clubs: University of Evanston, Physicians', Ill. Athletic. Home: 320 Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.
STEARNS, William Marion, M.D., surgeon; b. at Dale, N.Y., June 20, 1856; s. George W. and Harriet N. (Chaffee) Stearns; removed in early childhood to Will Co., Ill., and ed. grammar and high schs. there; taught sch. 3 yrs .; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1880; m. 1887, Fannie, d. Dr. William S. Foote, Belvidere, Ill .; children: Helen Frances, Eugene Marion, Clarence Foote. House physician State Penitentiary, Joliet, 3 yrs .; studied diseases of ear, nose and throat at Berlin and Vienna, 1883- 85; clinical asst. on eye and ear, 1885-90; prof. rhi- nology and laryngology, 1890-1905, dean, 1902-5, Chicago Homo. Med. Coll .; prof. same, 1905-10, emeritus since 1910, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; has confined practice to diseases of the ear, nose and throat since 1885. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Ill. Home. Med. Assn., Homo. Med. Soc. of Chicago, Am. Homo. Ophthal., Otol. and Laryngol. Soc. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Contbr. numerous articles and ad- dresses in med. jours. and for med. socs. Recrea- tions: scientific studies and outdoor life. Promi- nent in civic and social circles of the North Shore for 20 yrs. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 22 E. Washington St., Chicago.
STEBBINS, Charles Henry, president Lake Shore Sand Co .; b. Jefferson Co., N.Y., Feb. 27, 1854; s. Henry and Lucy (Adams) Stebbins; ed. pub. schs .; m. at Chicago, 1885; 1 daughter, Florence (Mrs. Thomas Uhrig). For a number of years was en- gaged in the ice business; pres. Lake Shore Sand Co. since 1890. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Builders' and Traders' Exchange. Office: Chamber of Com- merce.
STEBBINS, George Lyman, grain commn .; b. at Morris, Ill., Oct. 4, 1864; s. Thomas Bridgeman and Julia Annah (White) Stebbins; ed. pub. schs .; m. Dora E. Wilcox, of Remington, Ind., Oct. 10, 1889; 1 daughter, Lena B. Was connected in grain business, beginning, 1883, in Chicago, with George M. How & Co., Pope & Eckhart Co. and Harris, Scotten & Co .; mgr. Santa Fe Elevator Co., 1905-8; mem. Stebbins-Witt Grain Co., Indianapolis, Ind., 1909-10; sec. and dir. Sawyers Grain Co., Chicago, since 1911. Mem. Ill. N.G., 1885-7. Treas. Village of Morgan Park, 1914. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, Indianapolis Bd. of Trade, S.R. Mem. Nat. Union, Royal Arcanum. Congregationalist. Home: 1765 Monterey Av. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St.
State and Chicago bar assns. Unitarian. Author of book on Insurance Law used by Am. Sch. of Correspondence. Clubs: Union League, City. Rec- reations: golf, walking. Home: 1535 E. 60th St. Of- fice: 440, 29 S. LaSalle St.
STECK, Edwin Moorehea, live stock commn .; b. Galesburg, Ill., June 1, 1861; s. Henry Benjamin and Mary Eva (Head) Steck; ed. pub. schs., Ma- comb, Ill .; m. Fannie Tipton, of Chicago, Feb. 4, 1886; 1 son, Harry Tipton. Engaged in live stock commn. business at Chicago since 1878; mem. Tip- ton, Steck & Herrick since 1903. Republican. Ma- son. Recreations: fishing, hunting. Home: 4627 Kenmore Av. Office: 64 Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.
STEEL, Sanger Bright, investment banking; b. Joliet, Ill., June 14, 1889; s. Sanger and Oledine (Demmond) Steel; ed. pub. schs., Joliet; Louis Nettelhorst Sch., Chicago; R. T. Crane High Sch .; Racine (Wis.) Coll. Grammar Sch .; A.B., Harvard, 1911; m. Marion Parsons, d. of William Seymour Warren, of Chicago, Dec. 28, 1914; 1 son, William Warren. Began in employ of Chicago office of Lee, Higginson & Co., investment bankers, 1911; in charge of Cincinnati office, same company, 1913- 15; opened Chicago office of Paine, Webber & Co. (Boston), Jan. 1, 1915, as mgr. Episcopalian. Mem. Hasty Pudding and Phoenix clubs (Harvard). Clubs: University, Skokie Country, Bond Men's, Harvard. Recreation: music. Home: 1018 N. State St. Office: The Rookery.
STEELE, Daniel Atkinson King, surgeon; b. in Delaware Co., O., Mar. 29, 1852; s. Rev. Daniel and Mary Leatham Orr (Anderson) Steele; M.D., Chi- cago Med. Coll., 1873; (LL.D., Univ. of Ill., 1906); m. Alice L. Tomlinson, of Rantoul, Ill., Sept. 7, 1876. One of founders, 1882, pres. and prof. prin- ciples and practice of surgery and clin. surgery, 1894-July, 1917, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (med. dept. Univ. of Ill.), Chicago; sr. dean and prof. surgery and head of dept., Coll. of Medicine, Univ. of Ill., Chicago, to July, 1917, resigned; pres. and prof. Univ. Hosp. since 1907; prof. clin. surgery,. Post- Grad. Med. Sch., since 1894; attending surgeon, Michael Reese and Univ. hosps. Apptd. 1st lt. Med. Reserve Corps U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Surg. Soc. (pres. 1907), Chicago Med. Soc. (pres. 1884-5). Club: Physicians. Home: 2920 In- diana Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.
STEELE, Frederick Morgan, mfr. Removed to Los Angeles, Cal. (See vol. 1911.)
STEELE, Julius, grocers' sundries; b. Constan- tine, Mich., Oct. 19, 1852; s. Henry T. and Rebecca (Knox) Steele; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Chicago, Oct. 10, 1878, Ida O. Walter; children: Mary E. (Mrs. Elroy Curtis), Walter C., Rebecca K. (Mrs. C. Hayward Murphy), Blair McClure. In 1889 be- came a mem. firm of Atwood & Steele, inc. as At- wood & Steele Co., 1891, of which is pres. and treas. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Congregational, South Shore Coun- try, Kenwood. Recreations: fruit farming, golf. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: 1428 W. 37th St.
STEELE, Percival, lawyer; Oct. 8, 1864-1913. (See vol. 1911.)
STEELE, Samuel Bernhard, wholesale grocer; b. Chicago, Mar. 14, 1866; s. Bernhard and Sophia (Wedeles) Steele; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Chi- cago, Aug. 17, 1893, Ray F. Leopold. In wholesale grocery house of Harmon, Merriam & Co., 1881-3; then entered the employ of the Steele-Wedeles Co. as salesman, becoming sec. of the corpn., 1894, vice pres., 1900, pres. since 1910. Pres. Merchants' Ex- change, 1910-13; pres. Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans, 1916. Clubs: Standard, Lake Shore Coun- try. Home: 4716 Drexel Boul. Office: 151 W. South Water St.
STEBBINS, Lewis Abyram, lawyer; b. Bradford Co., Pa., June 1, 1863; s. Marcus M. and Elizabeth A. (Johnson) Stebbins; student collegiate dept. Univ. of Kan., 3 yrs., law dept., 2 yrs., LL.B., 1889; m. Katie Selden, of Wabaunsee Co., Kan., Sept. 14, 1885; 5 children: Inca, Selden, John, Julia, Doro- thy. Admitted to Kan. bar, 1889; in practice at STEELE, William Lowe, vice president Niagara Fire Ins. Co. of New York; b. Peterboro, N.H., Oct. 26, 1858; s. George and Charlotte (Lowe) Steele; ed. pub. schs., Hinkley Acad., Bryant and Stratton Commercial Coll .; m. Hannah E. Bevitt, of Madi- son, Wis., Jan. 15, 1883. In service of State of Wis. Topeka, 1889-1904, as Stebbins & Evans during last 13 yrs. of this period; removed to Chicago, 1904; gen. counsel Nat. Life Ins. Co. of U.S. of A. since 1904; counsel for Smith Motor Truck Corpn. and counsel and dir. Commerce Trust Co., The Cen- tral Bond & Mortgage Co., Empire Security Co. in charitable institutions to 1887; chief clk. Hekla Democrat; candidate for judge of Dist. Court of Ins. Co., Madison, Wis., 1887-90; Wis. State agt. Shawnee Co., Kan., 1896; independent candidate Niagara Fire Ins. Co. of N.Y. and Caledonian Ins.
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Co. of Scotland, 1890-4; gen. agt. Caledonian Ins. Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co., since 1901. Repub- Co., 1894-7; asst. mgr. Niagara Fire Ins. Co., 1897- lican. Lutheran. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. 1908, apptd. mgr. same 1908, vice pres. since June Home: 5336 University Av. Office: Steger Bldg. 1, 1917. Mem. Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest. Republican. Protestant. Club: Union League. Recreations: motoring, golf. Home: 715 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jack- son Boul., Chicago.
STEERE, George Selwyn, lawyer; June 14, 1854- Jan. 22, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
STEERE, Lloyd Randol, lawyer; b. at Stanton, Mich., June 20, 1880; s. late George Selwyn and Ethel Lindsay (Dyer) Steere; prep. edn. Mich. Mil. Acad., Orchard Lake, 1897-9; A.B., Harvard, 1903, LL.B., 1905; m. Katharine, d. George J. Charlton, of Oak Park, Ill., Jan. 20, 1909; children: Elizabeth, Katharine, George Selwyn. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1905, and in practice with his father until 1910; then asst. sec. Western Trust & Savings Bank; now asst. sec. and estate officer Central Trust Co. of Ill .; mem. law firm of Montgomery, Hart, Smith & Steere. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Congregation- alist. Clubs: University, Indian Hill. Recreations: sailing, tennis. Home: 861 Prospect Av., Winnetka, Ill. Office: 125 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
STEEVER, Jerome G., commission merchant; b. Newport, Perry Co., Pa., Feb. 27, 1849; s. Mitchell and Catherine (McConnell) Steever; ed. pub. schs .; m. Milwaukee, Oct. 10, 1876, Fanny Davlin; chil- dren: C. Miriam, Jerome E., Frances H. After leaving sch. was employed in the State Bank of Wis. at Milwaukee; came to Chicago, 1870, and engaged in the grain commn. business; was mem. firm of Cudahy & Steever, 1881-4; alone until 1902; then with C. B. Congdon formed firm of Congdon & Steever; title J. G. Steever & Co. since 1912. For- merly mem. of 1st Regt., Wis. N.G., of which was 1st lt. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor. Home: High- land Park, Ill. Office: 51 Board of Trade, Chicago.
STEFFENS, Alfred Bernard, coal mcht .; b. Ham- burg, Germany, June 2, 1871; s. Herman H. and Mary (Voss) Steffens; ed. high schs., Hamburg and Altona, Germany; m. Amelia Heppe, of Chats- worth, Ill., Oct. 20, 1899; 4 children: Alfred H., Ol- ney R., Marion Frances, Robert. Served in Prus- sian Army, and qualified for a commn .; came to America, settling at Chicago in 1892; entered em- ploy of Chicago Sugar Refining Co., 1892, and with it and its successor, Glucose Sugar Refining Co., until 1905, residing at Hamburg, Germany, as its representative, 1900-5; identified with coal mining and shipping industry since 1905; vice pres. T. C. Keller & Co., Franklin Co. (Ill.) Collieries Co., Ses- ser (Ill.) Coal Co. Lutheran. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Yacht, Belmont Golf, Germania. Rec- reation: golf. Home: 5533 Kenmore Av. Office: 37 W. Van Buren St.
STEFFENS, Mathew Joseph, photographer; b. at Hontheim, Germany, June 10, 1852; s. Jacob and Christine (Thullen) Steffens; came to Chicago, 1867; m. Rosetta Fisher, of Switzerland, 1871; 3 children: Laura (Mrs. Louis C. Mullgardt, of San Francisco), Leo, Richard. Has been identified with photographic business since 1873; now propr. The Steffens Photo Studio. Catholic. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Jackson Park Yacht. Recreation: yachting. Residence: Lexing- ton Hotel. Office: 616 Michigan Av.
STEGE, William H. C., banker; b. Homewood, Cook Co., Ill., May 26, 1870; s. Cord and Christine (Dehning) Stege; ed. pub. schs. and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; m. Englewood, Ill., Oct. 24, 1900, Christine Jaeger; 1 daughter, Aurelia. Began in real estate business as jr. mem. of Rathje & Stege, 1890-5; in banking and real estate business alone, 1895-1900, and at 63d and Green Sts., 1900-8; incorporated the Guarantee Trust & Savings Bank, capitalized at $200,000, 1908, of which has since been pres .; dir. Lansing (111.) State Bank. Republican. Lutheran. Club: Olympia Fields Country. Recreation: motoring. Home: 6401 S. Peoria St. Office: 835 W. 63d St.
STEGER, Chris Gustave, treasurer of Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co .; b. Chicago, July 7, 1874; s. John Valentine and Louisa R. (Jacob) Steger; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Sarah Ann Northen: 2 chil- dren: Donald V., Anna Louise. Treas, and dir. of
STEGER, George Frederick, piano mfr .; b. Chi- cago, June 9, 1878; s. John Valentine and Louisa R. (Jacob) Steger; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; m. Clara E. Johnson, of Steger, Ill., Oct. 19, 1900; chil- dren: Grace, John, George, Gertrude, Robert. Be- gan in father's piano factory and became gen. supt. of the factories at Steger, Ill .; sec. of Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co., 1901-16; now sec. and treas. Mason, Elk, Odd Fellow. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Heights Country. Home: Steger, Ill. Of- fice: 238 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.
STEGER, John Valentine, president Steger & Sons Piano Mfg. Co .; Mar. 24, 1854-June 12, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
STEIN, Albert, mfr .; b. Reichensachsen, nr. Cas- sel, Germany, May, 1866; s. Meyer and Jeanette Stein; ed. pub. schs. in Germany, and night schs., New York; came to America, 1884; m. Josie Lie- benstein, of Chicago, Nov. 24, 1896. Engaged in mfg. elastic goods at Chicago since 1887, and has been pres. corpn. of A. Stein & Co. since 1909. Re- publican. Hebrew. Mason. Clubs: Standard, Rav- isloe Country. Summer Home: Homewood, Ill. Of- fice: 1149 W. Congress St., Chicago.
STEIN, David Anthony, clothing mfr .; b. in Ger- man Austria, Nov. 25, 1852; s. Jacob and Adelheit (Schwager) Stein; ed. pub. schs. in Austria; m. at Chicago, Dec. 6, 1881, Bertha Oberndorf; children: Edwin J. (deceased), Mortimer D. Came to Chi- cago from Austria, 1866, connected with wholesale clothing business of Mayer, Monheimer & Co., 1872; with L. Loewenstein, 1874-90; became mem. firm of Ederheimer, Stein Co., 1890; vice pres. Ed- erheimer-Stein Co. since 1914. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Recreation: reading. Home: 4706 Grand Boul. Office: 215 W. Jackson Boul.
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