The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 220

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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THOMASON, Samuel Emory, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 24, 1883; s. Frank David and Diana M. (Bean) Thomason; grad. Englewood High Sch .. Chicago, 1900; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1904; LL.B., North- western Univ., 1906; m. Alexina E. Young, of Chi- cago, Sept. 10, 1907; 1 daughter, Elizabeth. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1906; practiced in office of Stu- art G. Shepard until 1909; mem. firm of Stuart G. Shepard & Robert R. McCormick, 1909-11; firm of Shepard, McCormick, Thomason, Kirkland & Pat- terson since Jan. 1, 1911. Dir. West Town State Bank. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Theta Delta Chi. Republican. Universalist. Clubs: University, Ridge Country, Legal. Contbr. to Ill. Law Rev. Home: 10451 Seeley Av. Office: 1418 Tribune Bldg.

THOMASSON, Nelson, real estate; b. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 15, 1839; s. William Poindexter and Char- lotte Pierce (Leonard) Thomasson; ed. pvt. schs. and an acad., Louisville, Ky .; married; children: Leonard (in real estate business, Duluth, Minn.), Nelson, Jr., Nanienne (Mrs. Ellwood Offutt, of Oakland, Md.). Left Louisville at 18 and became student and clk. in offices of Morris, Thomasson & Blackburn, and later in office of John G. Rogers, meanwhile attending law sch .; enlisted in the Sturges Rifles, 1861, and served in Army of the Potomac; promoted to regular army after the cam- paign in Western Va., becoming mem. of Co. E, 5th

Texans under Sibley and Bailey, and later rode for 3 yrs. side by side with Kit Carson against the Navajos and other Indians of N.M., Colo. and Ariz .; afterward engaged in recruiting service at Chi- cago and Newport Barracks, and afterward was on the plains until Dec., 1870, when retired from the army; came to Chicago and established in the real estate business. Vice pres. Chicago Real Es- tate Bd., 1910. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Mem. Loyal Legion. Club: Union League. Home: 1247 N. State St., Chicago; (summer) Oakland, Md. Office: 117 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

THOMASSON, Nelson, Jr., lawyer; b. Chicago, May 3, 1877; s. Nelson and Nanienne (Norton) Thomasson; ed. University Sch., Chicago; A.B., Princeton, 1900; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1903; m. Indie Gardiner, Jan. 7, 1911. Admitted to Il1. bar, 1903; apptd. asst. corpn. counsel, 1907. In 1906 organized the Protective Com. for minority stock- holders of West Chicago Street Ry. Co. in "trac- tion fight;" now engaged in building up Albany Park, at Kedzie and Lawrence Avs. Mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Prince- ton, University. Recreations: collector of Oriental rugs, music. Home: 4921 N. Sawyer Av. Office: 4813 N. Kedzie Av.

THOME, Mathias, hair goods; b. Prussia, Ger- many, Feb. 24, 1856; s. of Marcus and Angeline (Kerscht) Thome; ed. pub. schs., Germany; m. Jo- sephine Goutschke, of Die Kirch, Germany, Jan., 1873 (died 1902); children: Leo, Edward, Victoria (Mrs. Frank Minninger), Mattie (Mrs. John P. Sage); m. 2d, May Reitz, of Chicago, Jan. 1, 1906. Came to U.S., 1876; learned cabinetmaker's trade and followed same 4 yrs .; in hair goods business in own name since 1886. Catholic. Club: Hamil- ton. Recreation: travel. Home: 508 Diversey Park- way. Office: 22 W. Monroe St.

THOMPSON, see also Thomson.

THOMPSON, Albert Edward, importer of gro- ceries; b. Quebec, Can., Nov. 29, 1862; s. James and Sarah (LeCheminant) Thompson; ed. Quebec; m. Quebec, July 6, 1889, Elizabeth Borland; children: Mary, Eleanor (Mrs. E. M. Whitney), Elwyn Hib- bard, Harold Edgar, Albert Edward, Jr., Charles Bowles. Began in ins. office, Quebec; later in office of mfr. and afterward custom house clk. for whole- sale grocery house in Quebec; in retail grocery business. Winnipeg, 1884-91; went to Duluth, Minn., 1891, as grocery salesman, in St. Paul for Michaud Bros. until July, 1895; came to Chicago and traveled for Chocolat-Menier Co. until 1897: established in business as mfrs.' agt. and importer of groceries since 1897. Republican. Home: 7059 N. Ashland Av., Rogers Park. Office: 224 N. Dear- born St.

THOMPSON, Arthur James, merchant; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 18, 1872; s. George and Rebecca (Heath) Thompson; ed. pub. schs. of Evanston and a 2 yrs.' business course in the Chicago Manual Training Sch .; m. Virgin O'Bannon, of Louisville, Ky., July 1, 1893; 1 daughter, Margaret Nancy. On leaving training sch. engaged for 18 mos, in raising thor- oughbred stock, on Shadeland Farm, nr. Lafayette, Ind .; came to Chicago, and was office boy for Cor- bin, May & Co., then salesman for Ariel Meinrath; later with Beach, Wells & Co., and L. R. Wing & Co .; established business for self, 1897. under style of Arthur J. Thompson & Co., inc. Feb. 11, 1909. as the Arthur J. Thompson Co., of which was pres. until 1913; operating since 1913 as Arthur J. Thompson, domestic beans, peas and dried fruits. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago Athletic. Evanston Golf, Wilmette Men's; Old Colony (New York). Home: Wilmette. Il. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago,

THOMPSON, Carl Dean; b. Berlin, Mich., Mar. 24, 1870: s. Abram and Rachel (Eddy) Thompson; A.B., Gates Coll., Neligh, Neb., 1895; R.D., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1898; M.A., Univ. of Chicago, 1900; m. Kate Mygatt, of Long Pine. Neb., 1898. Minister Congl. Ch. until 1901: mem. Wis. Ho. of Rep., 190 ;- 09: city clk., Milwaukee, 1910-11; dir. information and research dept. Socialist Party, 1912-15; now sec. Public Ownership League of America. Author: Municipal Ownership, 1917. Wrote campaign book

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for Socialist Party, 1912-15; also brochure on Pub- lic Ownership of Railways. Home: 4131 N. Keeler Avenue.

Jan. 27, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, Charles Francis, lumber; b. Lacon, Ill., Aug. 13, 1864; s. Charles F. and Elizabeth Hen- derson (Twells) Thompson; ed. grammar and high schs. of Logansport, Ind .; m. Chicago, Apr. 25, 1888, Emma M. Adams; 1 daughter, Elizabeth Adams. Began lumber business with Thompson Bros. & Co., 1881; cashier C. C. Thompson & Wal- kup Co., 1884-9; sec. C. C. Thompson Lumber Co., 1889-93; sec., treas. Henry Oil Co., 1893-4; sec., treas. Alpha Oil Co., 1894-8; organized, and became pres. the Thompson Lumber Co., 1898; organized, 1900, Miss. Lumber Co., of which is vice pres. and gen. mgr .; pres. Kingston Lumber Co. since 1902; organized, 1902, Bank of Quitman (Miss.), of which is vice pres .; also pres. George Adams & Fred- ericks Co., and treas. and gen. mgr. Miss. Eastern Ry .; vice pres. C. L. Gray Lumber Co. and Water- ford Lumber Co .; dir. Rex Planing Mill Co. of Meridian, Miss. Republican. Mason, Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing and hunting. Home: 845 Drexel Sq. Office: 332 S. Mich- igan Av.

THOMPSON, E(ly) Franklin, lawyer; b. Bureau Co., Ill., Aug. 12, 1854; s. Moses M. and Anna C. (Raines) Thompson; grad. high sch .; pvt. instrn., and attended old Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Yale Univ., 1887; m. 1891; 3 children: Frederick, Kath- erine, Donald. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1887; was for a timc mem. firm Thompson & Curtis; in 1895 with Francis Clark, in firm of Thompson & Clark, be- coming Thompson, Delamater & Clark upon the admission, 1896, of Hon. George W. Delamater, of Pa .; later mem. firm of Magruder, Thompson & Candee, and associated with Francis H. Clark, and later firm of Thompson, Moore & Clark. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Club: Chicago. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

THOMPSON, Frank Robert, insurance; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 28, 1873; s. of John F. and Mary Ann (Brown) Thompson; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., June, 1899, Clara Darling Rob- bins; 1 daughter, Edith Darling. Began with R. W. Hosmer & Co. as office boy, 1889, continuing 10 Swift & Co., 1899; resigned to become mgr. of Jameson & Frelinghuysen's; in gen. ins. for self since 1907. Republican. Christian Scientist. Home: 4732 N. Paulina St. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

THOMPSON, Fred Lawrence, civil engr .; b. nr. Grandview, Edgar Co., Ill., Feb. 1, 1872; s. Edward Taylor and Mima J. (McDonald) Thompson; prep. edn. DePauw Univ. Acad .; B.S. in C.E., Univ. of Ill., 1896; m. Maude Nellie Martin, of Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 21, 1900; 2 children: Donna Grace, Ruth Louise. Entered engring. corps I.C.R.R. as chain- man, June, 1896; rodman, 1896-9, asst. engr., 1899- 1903, roadmaster, 1903-7, asst. engr. of bridges, 1907-10, engr. of bridges and bldgs., 1910-14, asst. chief engr. since Apr. 1, 1914, entire service with I.C.R.R. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Ry. En- gring. Assn., Am. Assn. Engrs. Clubs: Chicago Engineers', Calumet Country. Home: 6421 Ken- wood Av. Office: Central Station.

THOMPSON, Frederick Shepard, belting. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, George Farnsworth, M.D., surgeon; b. Oconto, Wis., Mar. 17, 1875; s. M. C. and Mar- garet (Bellew) Thompson; B.S., Univ. of Wis., 1896; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899; m. Chicago, June 11, 1902, Irma Sturm; 4 children: Dorothy, Irma Beatrice, Helen, Georgiana. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1899-1900; asso. attending surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., 1901-2; attending surgeon, same, since 1903; asst. prof. clin. surgery, Univ. of Ill. Coll. of Medicine; prof. surgery, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; surgeon to "Soo" R.R. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Surg. Soc., Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons. Recreation: motor- ing. Home: 3826 Van Buren St. Office: 4100 W. Madison St.

THOMPSON, Glenn Doran, vice president of the Franklin Hat Works. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, James Westfall, college professor; THOMPSON, Charles C., publisher; Oct. 9, 1867- b. Pella, Ia., June 3, 1869; s. Rev. Abraham and

Anna (Westfall) Thompson; A.B., Rutgers Coll., 1892; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1895; studied, Sor- bonne and in foreign archives, 1903, 07; m. Martha Landers, of Indianapolis, Aug. 15, 1911. Asst. in history, 1895-7, asso., 1897-9, instr. European his- tory, 1899-1904, asst. prof., 1904-8, asso. prof., July 1, 1908-13, prof. mediæval history since Oct. 1, 1913, dean Jr. Coll. of Philosophy (men), 1906-9, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Phi Beta Kap- pa, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Caxton, Chicago Liter- ary, Quadrangle. Author several hist. vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5427 Greenwood Av.

THOMPSON, John R., restaurateur; b. on farm in Vermilion Co., Ill., Nov. 13, 1865; s. John R. and Elizabeth (Wright) Thompson; ed. pub. sch. on home farm until 16, then 2 yrs. in normal sch. at Danville, Ill .; m. Georgetown, Ill., Aug. 5, 1891, Rose Holloway; children: John R., III, Ruth E., Florence H. Began business life in 1887 at Fithian, Ill., a small country town, with a "general store," and postoffice in a corner of the store; sold out, 1891, and came to Chicago. Began in restaurant business, Dec. 19, 1891, at 397 State St. In 1895 began branching out in Chicago and later opened restaurants in the principal cities of the U.S. and Canada; incorporated the John R. Thompson Co., at $6,000,000; operating 102 restaurants at present. Formerly treas. of Cook Co. Has stock farm at Libertyville, Ill., also at Fithian, Vermilion Co., Ill. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic (life), Hamilton (life), South Shore Coun- try (life). Recreations: horseback riding, stock farming. Home: 4415 Grand Boul. Office: 350 N. Clark St.

THOMPSON, John S., type casting machines; b. Racine, Wis., June 22, 1872; s. Peter Lawrence and Ellen (Tomine) Thompson; ed. pub. schs., Racine; m. Margaret J. Donahoe, of Chicago, June 12, 1894. Instr., 1902-4, supt., 1904-6, Inland Printer Tech. Sch .; asso. editor Inland Printer, 1904-7; inventor Thompson Typecaster, 1906; business mgr. Thomp- son Type Machine Co., 1907-13, pres. and gen. mgr. since 1913; patentee Thompson Static Neutralizer. Rationalist. Author: Mechanism of the Linotype, 1902; Correct Keyboard Fingering, 1903; History yrs .; resigned to become mgr. of the ins. dept. of of Composing Machines, 1904. Recreation: motor- ing. Home: 4751 Malden St. Office: 223 W. Erie St.

THOMPSON, Leverett, broker; b. Chicago, 1869; s. John Leverett and Laura (Chandler) Thompson; A.B., Harvard, 1892; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1895; m. at Lake Forest, Ill., Oct. 1, 1901, Alice Poole, of Chicago; 1 daughter, Laura Chandler. Engaged in practice of law at Chicago, 1895-1904; sec. Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co., 1904-11; now mem. Poole & Thompson, investment brokers; dir. Chicago Morris Plan Bank, Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co. Mem. Loyal Legion. Presby- terian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Harvard. Recreation: golf. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

THOMPSON, Merritt Walter, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, Percy Wallace, captain U.S. Rev- enue Cutter Service. Removed to Palo Alto, Cal. (See Who's Who in America.)

THOMPSON, Richard Swain, lawyer; Dec. 27, 1837-June 3, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, Robert John, consul; b. La Porte City, Ia., Oct. 15, 1865; s. Francis M. and Eliza H. Thompson; ed. La Porte City High Sch .; pvt. in- strn. in law and philosophy; m. Martha Leimer, of Waterloo, Ia., June 27, 1885. Sch. teacher, 1883-5; in U.S. ry. postal service, 1885-91; later on edi- torial staff Chicago Times; inventor Nat. Record- ing Safe; pres. of Automatic Recording Safe Co. Originator and dir. Lafayette Monument project; diplomatic envoy of President Mckinley to Presi- dent Loubet, 1900; sec. and dir. Lafayette Monu- ment Commn .; apptd. consul to Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1905, did not serve; Am. consul at Hanover, Ger- many, 1906-12, Sheffield, England, 1912-13, Aix-la-

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Chapelle, Germany, 1913-15. Officier de la Légion Has taken an active part in important industrial d'Honneur of France; mem. Soc. for Psychical Re- matters at Chicago and New York. Clubs: Union League, City, Hinsdale Golf. Office: 76 W. Monroe Street. search, Institut Psychologique Internationale. Au- thor: The Proofs of Life After Death-A Twenti- eth Century Symposium; A Square Deal for Every Man (collation of quotations from addresses and messages of Theodore Roosevelt). Address: 1501 Masonic Temple.

THOMPSON, Slason, journalist; b. Fredericton, N.B., Jan. 5, 1849; s. George and Charity (Slason) Thompson; ed. Univ. of New Brunswick; m., 1887, Julie D., d. George Watson, or Evanston, Ill .; 3 children. Admitted to bar, New Brunswick, 1870; in Cal., 1874; entered journalism, 1876, with San Francisco Morning Call; reported New York Trib- une, 1878-80; western agent N. Y. Associated Press, Chicago, 1880; one of the founders Chicago Her- ald, 1881; one of the founders America; has held editorial positions with Chicago Record, Evening Journal, Post; chief editorial writer Times-Herald and Record-Herald, 1898-1903, Railway News Bu- reau since 1903. Clubs: Chicago Literary. Univer- sity, Onwentsia, Old Elm. Compiler: The Humble Poets, 1886; Sharps and Flats, 1900; The Railway Library, annually since 1909. Author: Eugene Field (biography), 1902; Cost, Capitalization and Esti- mated Value of American Railways, 1908. Plays: M'liss, 1878; Sharps and Flats, 1880. Recreation: golf. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 1529 Ry. Ex- change, Chicago.

THOMPSON, Theodore N., wholesale millinery; b. in Minn., Jan. 3, 1866; s. Nels and Christine Thompson; ed. pub. schs. in Dak. and 3 yrs. in coll., Northfield, Minn., and 1 yr. in normal sch., Milnor, N.D .; grad. Northern Ind. Normal and Business Coll., 1890; m. Chicago, Sept. 17, 1891, Annie Lilja. Established present business of T. N. Thompson & Co., wholesale millinery goods, 1891; up to 1899 also operated 3 retail millinery stores at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 137 N. Wabash Av., Chicago.

THOMPSON, Thomas Oliver, publisher; Apr. 11, 1854-Apr. 24, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, William Campbell, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, William Hale, mayor; b. Boston, May 14, 1869; s. William Hale and Medora (Gale) Thompson; removed with parents to Chicago in infancy; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary Walker Wyse, of Chicago, Dec. 5, 1901. Spent five seasons on ranches of Standard Cattle Co., in Colo., Mont. and Wyo .; mgr. cattle ranch in Neb. 3 yrs .; since father's death has managed real estate interests left by father and other real estate interests of his own. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Alderman from 2d Ward, Chicago, 1900-2; county commr., Cook Co., 1902-4; mayor of Chicago since Apr. 26, 1915, term of 4 yrs. Mem. Rep. Nat. Com., 1916-20. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Marquette, South Shore Country, Illinois Athletic

(ex-pres.), Columbia Yacht. Home: 3200 Sheridan and 3, Krause's Surgery of the Brain and Spinal Rd. Office: City Hall.

THOMPSON, William McIlwain, surgeon; b. Ire- land, Nov. 28, 1868; s. Samuel Huston and Martha (McIlwain) Thompson; brought to U.S. in infancy; student Macalester Coll., St. Paul, 1886-8, Prince- ton Univ., 1888-9; med. dept. Univ. of Minn., 1889- 91; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1892; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1903; m. Anna Carruth, d. Hamilton Hill, of Boston, Apr. 25, 1901; 2 chil- dren: Anna and William McIlwain, Jr. Attending gynecologist to St. Joseph's and Tribune hosps. In med. service in France, 1917. Dir. Aetna State Bank. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Gynecol. Soc. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Chicago Lit- erary, Lincoln Park Rowing. Recreation: rowing. Home: 512 Wrightwood Av. Office: 32 N. State Street.

THOMPSON, William Ormonde, lawyer; b. in England; s. Edwin Thompson; m. Eleanor Frances Gregsten, of Chicago. Mem. bd. of arbitration, Hart, Schaffner & Marx, mfrs., for the cloak indus- try, and Herzog factories, Chicago, also for cloak industry, New York, 1914-16, and counsel for late U.S. Commn. on Industrial Relations, Washington.

THOMS, Burton, investment banker; b. N. Y. City, Apr. 2, 1865; s. John B. and Eugenia Thoms; ed. pub. schs., Baltimore, Md .; m. Ella M. Read, of Chicago, Aug. 25, 1892. Mem. firm of Peabody, Houghteling & Co .; dir. N. W. Power & Mfg. Co., Peabody Bond & Mortgage Co. Club: Chicago Yacht. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

THOMS, Charles F., wholesale mcht .; b. Niles, Cook Co., Ill., 1858; s. William and Maria (Brue- digam) Thoms; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mrs. Emma Thoms, of Harlem, Ill., Sept. 9, 1884; children: Mathilda, Alma, Elsa, H. Charles. Left school at age of 14 and took up lithography; after 2 yrs. en- gaged in selling paper to the retail trade; in whole- sale paper business since 1895; pres. and treas. Thoms Bros. Co. Republican. Lutheran. Home: 2205 W. Walton St. Office: 212-220 N. Sangamon Street.

THOMSEN-VON COLDITZ, Grambow, see Von Colditz, Grambow Thomsen -.

THOMSON, see also Thompson.

THOMSON, Charles Marsh, judge; b. Chicago, Feb. 13, 1877; s. James and Julia (Marsh) Thom- son; A.B., Washington and Jefferson Coll., 1899, A.M., 1902; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1902; m. Besse Holbrook, of Chicago, Oct. 24, 1905. Began practice of law, Chicago, 1902; mem. City Council, Chicago. 3 terms, 1908-14; resigned 1913; mem. 63d Congress (1913-15), 10th Ill. Dist .; judge Circuit Court of Cook Co., term 1915-21. Progres- sive Republican. Presbyn. Mem. Delta Tau Delta. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Hamilton, New England Soc. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Court House, Chicago.

THOMSON, Robert Boyd; Apr. 21, 1869-Sept., 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

THOREK, Max, surgeon; b. Hungary, Mar. 10, 1880; s. Isaac and Sarah (Mahler) Thorek; prep. edn., Budapest, Hungary; came to U.S., 1900; M.D., Rush Med. Coll. (Univ. of Chicago), 1904; m. Fannie Unger, of Vienna, Austria, Apr. 16, 1905; 1 son, Philip. Practiced at Chicago since 1904; or- ganizer of first theatrical hosp. in the world (1916); pres. and surgeon in chief Am. Hosp. and Training sch. for Nurses; consulting surgeon. Cook Co. and Sheridan Park hosps .; prof. clin. surgery, Med. Dept. Univ. of Valparaiso: ex-asso .. diseases of women, United Hebrew Charities; ex- prof. clin. surgery, Bennett Med. Coll. (Loyola Univ.); surgeon Actor's Fund of America, W.R. A.U. and Associated Actresses of America: chief of staff Am. Theatrical Hosp. Assn. Republican. Jewish religion. Mason. Author: Health. Dis- ease and Emergencies, 1916. Translator of vols. 2 Cord, 1914. Health editor New York Clipper. Home: 646 Sheridan Rd. Offices: 1503 Marshall Field Annex Bldg. and 850 Irving Park Boul.

THORNE, Charles Hallett, merchant: b. Chica- go, Dec. 3, 1868; s. George R. and Ellen (Cohb) Thorne; ed. pub. and pvt. schs .. Racine Coll. Gram- mar Sch., Hyde Park High Sch. and Univ. of Mich .: m. Belle Wilber, of Peoria, Ill .. Dec. 31, 1891: 3 children: Hallett, Elizabeth and Leslie. Entered employ of Montgomery Ward, as stock clerk, 1889. becoming treas., Feb., 1893, pres., 1914, and chair- man. 1916. Dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. Trustee Art Inst. of Chicago, Beloit Coll .: dir. of Public Welfare of State of Ill. Clubs: Chi- cago, Commercial, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Midlothian. Home: 1200 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

THORNE, George Arthur, merchant; s. George R. and Ellen (Cobb) Thorne. Formerly sec. and dir., now vice pres., Montgomery Ward & Co. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 618 W. Chicago Av .. Chicago.

THORNE, George R., merchant; b. Vergennes. Vt, Sept. 29, 1837; s. Hallett and Sarah (Frost)

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Thorne; ed. common schs .; m. Ellen Cobb, of Kala- business since 1883, with Goodrich Transit Co., ex- mazoo, Mich., 1863; 7 children: William C., Laura cept 2 yrs. with Flint & Pere Marquette R.R. Co .; (Mrs. Reuben H. Donnelley, of Chicago), Charles now vice pres. and gen. mgr. Goodrich Transit Co .; Hallett, George Arthur, James Ward, Robert Jul- dir. Manitowoc (Wis.) Shipbuilding Co. Mason, lius, Mabel C. (deceased). Began as clk. in dry K.P. Clubs: Traffic, Birchwood Country. Home: 808 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: Foot of Michigan Av., Chicago. goods store, Kalamazoo; served as It. in quarter- master's dept., Civil War; then in lumber business at Chicago; assisted, 1872, in founding Montgom- ery Ward & Co., mail order house, of which was 1st vice pres., 1889-1910 (retired). Republican. Pres. Western Golf Assn. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian Country (pres. 1898-1910), Onwentsia, Exmoor. Recreations: golf, horseback riding. Home: 515 N. Sheridan Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.

THORNE, James Ward, merchant; s. George R. and Ellen (Cobb) Thorne: m. Narcissa, d. William Caldwell and Fannie (Herr) Niblack, of Chicago. Vice pres. and dir. Montgomery Ward & Co. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Casino. Homes: Lake Forest, Ill., and 1200 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Office: 618 W. Chicago Av., Chicago.

THORNE, Robert Julius, merchant; b. Chicago, 1875; s. of George R. and Ellen (Cobb) Thorne; LL.B., Cornell Univ., 1897; married. Upon leaving coll. entered Kansas City branch of Montgomery Ward & Co., of which became gen. mgr .; returned to Chicago and entered the main office, becoming pres. of the corpn. Also dir. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, Chicago Morris Plan Bank. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, etc. Home: Sheridan Rd., Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 618 W. Chicago Av., Chicago.

THORNTON, Charles Solon, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

THORNTON, Edward Loren, lumberman; b. De Peyster, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., Nov. 16, 1864; s. Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth (Austin) Thornton; grad. high schs. at Heuvelton, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y .; m. Elsie Newman Farwell, of Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 19, 1904. Began in lumber business as sales- man at Chicago with Albert Russell, 3 yrs .; then became mgr. for George E. Plumb & Co., until busi- ness was merged with the Superior Lumber Co., of which was sec .- treas. and gen. mgr. until 1900; vice pres. John E. Burns Lumber Co., 1900-6; pres. Thornton-Claney Lumber Co. since 1906. Repub- lican. Clubs: Builders', Press, Glen View, Edgewa- ter Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 2244 Lincoln Park West. Office: 2315 Elston Av.

THORNTON. Eva Hanson (Mrs. Francis E. Thornton); b. Caledonia, Ill .; d. John Andrew and Aurelia (Jepson) Hanson; ed. pub. schs., Beloit, Wis .; m. Francis E. Thornton (M.D.), of Chicago, June 6, 1889; children: Beula, Marion Lucile, Fran- ces Evelyn. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, since Nov., 1915. Widely known throughout Rock River Conf. on account of work in Woman's Home Missionary Soc .; one of founders of Hobbs House Home for Working Girls, and Peek Orphanage, Polo, Ill .; chmn. Hobbs House Girls' Club. Mem. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc., O.E.S., etc. Republican. Methodist. Club: Irving Park Sorosis. Home: 2524 Kimball Av.

THORNTON, Everett A., lumber; b. DePeyster, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., July 2, 1869; s. Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth (Austin) Thornton; grad. Union Free Sch., Heuvelton, N.Y., 1886; B.S., St. Law- rence Univ., Canton, N.Y., 1891; m. Edith Frances, d. H. C. (Sr.) and Rose Grosse, of Chicago, Dec. 21, 1898. Shipping clk., later salesman, for Cen- tral Lumber Co., Chicago, 1892-7; salesman for Charles H. Mears & Co. (later Mears, Slayton Lum- ber Co.), 1897-1901; associated with C. M. Smalley and J. H. Krueger, mgrs. Chicago Lumber & Coal Co., 1901-7; organized, 1907, and since pres. E. A. Thornton Lumber Co .; also pres. Marquette (Mich.) Box & Lumber Co. Mem. Lumbermen's Assn. of Chicago, Nat. Assn. of Box Mfrs., Alpha Tau Ome- ga. Republican. Mason, K.P. Clubs: University, Ridgemoor Golf (Jefferson, Ill.), Marquette (Mar- quette). Recreations: hunting, fishing, golf. Home: 912 Airdrie Pl. Office: 1120-24 Lumber Exchange.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 220

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