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WILK, Frederick Louis, banker; b. Columbus, O., May 25, 1856; s. Frederick and Fredericka (Behnke) Wilk; ed. high sch., Chicago; m. Caroline Bruno, of Chicago, Sept. 7, 1882; children: Ilma M., Emily M. (Mrs. Robert A. Smith), Frederick Louis, Jr., Ruth C., Dorothy M. Entered service of Union. Trust Co., Aug. 5, 1871, as messenger and gen. utility man, and became vice pres. and dir., Jan. 15, 1896; also vice pres. and dir., Ill. Warehouse & Storage Co., Wilson & Wilk Plumbing Co. Mem. Cook Co. Rep. Com. 18 yrs .; chmn. 15th Ward Rep .. Club 6 yrs .; mem. Cook Co. Rep. Exec. Com. and.' its treas. 1 yr. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Recreations: baseball, sailing. Home: 415 Surf St. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.
WILKERSON, James Herbert, lawyer; b. Savan- nah, Mo., Dec. 11, 1869; s. of John W. and Lydia. (Austin) Wilkerson; A.B., DePauw Univ., Green- castle, Ind., 1889; m. Mary Roth, of South Bend,.
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Ind., Aug. 21, 1891. Prin., high sch., Hastings, dinah Temple, Mystic Shrine); took an important Neb., 1890-1; instr. DePauw Univ., 1891-3; in law part in the Knights Templar Conclave, 1910, hav- ing charge of the 12th div. Mem. 15th Ch. of Christ, Scientist, Austin. Clubs: Westward Ho, Chicago Motor, Oaks (Austin). Home: 537 N. Elm- wood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 331 Postal Tele- graph Bldg., Chicago. practice at Chicago, since 1893; was mem. firms of Tenney, Coffeen, Harding & Wilkerson and Brun- dage, Wilkerson & Cassels; mem. Wilkerson, Cas- sels & Potter since 1915. Mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1902; conducted the fight for a state civil service law and introduced and secured the passage of the constl. amendment for a new charter for Chicago. Apptd. co. atty. for Cook Co., 1903, and conducted important litigation involving questions of taxa- tion, particularly the taxation of the capital stock of corpns .; apptd. spl. atty for the U.S., 1906, in cases involving violations of Interstate Commerce acts, particularly prosecutions against the Stand- ard Oil Co .; apptd. spl. asst. to atty .- gen. of U.S., 1910, in proceedings against Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co. and National Packing Co. and their officers for violations of anti-trust act; U.S. atty., Northern Dist. of Ill., 1911-15. Clubs: Union League, University, Law. Home: Glencoe, Ill. Of- fice: The Rookery, Chicago.
WILKIE, Harry Ainsworth, merchant tailor; b. El Paso, Ill., Jan. 9, 1866; s. Daniel Ostrom and Sophroniah (Harvey) Wilkie; ed. grammar sch., Chicago; m. Warrenette M. Mason, of Chicago, Sept. 10, 1889; 2 children: Helen Edith (Mrs. J. F. Wing), Marion Alice (Mrs. Carter P. Brown). En- tered merchant tailoring business at Chicago, 1900, by purchasing John C. Mackay's interest in firm of Carver & Mackay; pres. Wilkie & Sellery, Inc., since 1907. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chi- cago Soc. Merchant Tailors, Internat. Assn. Rotary Clubs, Art Inst. Chicago. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Rotary of Chicago (pres. 1916-17). Recreations: golf, swimming. Home: 1205 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul., Chi- cago.
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WILKIE, John Elbert, electric traction; b. El- gin, Ill., Apr. 27, 1860; s. of Franc B. and Ellen (Morse) Wilkie; ed. pub. grammar and high schs., Chicago; m. Janet Ormsbee, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1882; children: Donald, Jean. Newspaper reporter and foreign corr., Chicago Times, 1878-81; report- er, city editor, commercial editor, Chicago Tribune, 1881-93; London representative Am. Banking and Steamship interests, 1893-7; chief U.S. Secret Serv- ice, Treasury Dept., Washington, 1898-1912; super- vising agt. U.S. Customs Service, 1911-13; vice pres. and dir., Chicago Railways Co. since 1913; asst. to pres. Chicago Surface Lines since 1914. Republican. Clubs: Press, Mid-Day, Chicago Golf. Home: 754 Buena Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.
WILKINS, Ernest Hatch, college prof .; b. New- ton Centre, Mass., Sept. 14, 1880; s. Samuel Francis and Laura Elizabeth (Hatch) Wilkins; A.B., Am- herst, 1901 (Phi Beta Kappa), A.M., 1903; grad. student Johns Hopkins, 1904-5, Harvard, 1905-10, Ph.D., 1910; m. Oriana Phillips Hall, of Cambridge, Mass., June 12, 1906. Instr. Romance langs., Am- herst, 1900-4, Harvard, 1906-12; asso. prof. Ro- mance langs., 1912-16, prof. since 1916, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. America, Am. Assn. Univ. Professors. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: University, Quadrangle. Editor several French and Italian text-books; joint editor of Concordance to Latin Works of Dante. Address: 5624 Dorchester Av.
WILKINS, Harold E., mfr .; b. Chicago, Nov. 3, 1877; s. S. Grafton and Carrie (Donnelly) Wilkins; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; student Univ. of Chi- cago; m. Cecelia S., d. Alfred S. Trude, of Chicago, Dec. 10, 1902; 1 daughter, Helen. With Opaque Shade Cloth Co., West Pullman, 1901-4; sec. Bel- den Mfg. Co., since 1904. Mem. Delta Kappa Ep- silon. Episcopalian. Club: Chicago Athletic. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 4960 Drexel Boul. Of- fice: 2300 S. Western Av.
WILKINS, John Hamilton, grain commn .; b. at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1873; s. Benjamin and Rosana (McClure) Wilkins; ed. pub. schs. and at Univ. of Tenn .; m. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1899, Clara Kleiner; children: Frank Hamilton, Ralph Clifton. Partner in the grain commn. business with A. K. Munson, 1893-9; since then alone, under style of J. H. Wilkins & Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Democrat. Mason (Home Lodge, Chicago Chapter, R.A.M., Chevalier Bayard Commandery, K.T., Me-
WILKINSON, George Lawrence, patent atty .; b. Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 1868; s. A. George and Lue Burnam (Wilson) Wilkinson; descendant of Lawrence Wilkinson, Providence, R.I., about 1650; B.S., Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., 1888, LL.B., 1891, LL.M., 1892; m. Adele Enloe, of Jackson, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1895; 4 children: Frances Ashworth, Lawrence, Lucien, Enloe. Examiner in the U.S. Patent Office, 1889-1901, and law clk. in same, 1901; registrar of Columbian Univ., 1888-9; patent atty. at Chicago since May 1, 1901; mem. Chamberlin & Wilkinson, 1902-7, Sheridan & Wil- kinson, 1907-9, Sheridan, Wilkinson & Scott, 1909- 16, Wilkinson & Huxley since Jan. 1, 1917. Baptist. Clubs: University, Glen View, Evanston Country, University of Evanston; Cosmos (Washington, D.C.). Recreations: society of family, golf. Home: 1027 Greenwood Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.
WILKINSON, Harry, editor, pub .; b. West Leb- anon, Pa., Nov. 8, 1858; s. William Clark and Mary H. (Cooper) Wilkinson; academic edn .; m. Mary Wardell, of Macon, Mo., July 25, 1895; 2 sons: Wardell, William Clark. City editor Pittsburgh Times, 1883-5, Chicago Daily News, 1892; editor and pub. Chicago Daily Globe, 1893; now editor and pub. Chicago Banker. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Automobile (pres. 1902- 06), South Shore Country, Olympia Fields Coun- try. Recreations: golf, motoring, photography. Home: 5127 University Av. Office: 407 Monadnock Block.
WILKINSON, William Cleaver, author; b. West- ford, Vt., Oct. 19, 1833; s. Dr. Thomas and Sarah (Cleaver) Wilkinson; A.B., Univ. of Rochester, 1857, A.M., 1863; grad. Rochester Theol. Sem., 1859; the Sorbonne and College de France, Paris; (D.D., Univ. of Rochester, 1873; LL.D., Baylor Univ., 1904); m. Harriet S., d. Prof. J. F. Richardson of Univ. of Rochester, 1863. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1859; pastor Second Ch., New Haven, 1859-61; prof. ad interim, modern langs., Univ. of Rochester, 1863- 64; afterward pastor Mt. Auburn Baptist Ch., Cin- cinnati, relinquished pastoral work because of fail- ing health; prof. homiletics and pastoral theology, Rochester Theol. Sem., 1872-81; in lit. work. 1883- 92; prof. poetry and criticism, Univ. of Chicago. since 1892. Counselor Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; adjunct lecturer, Wellesley Coll., 1883-4, Baylor Univ., Tex., 1907. Mem. Poetry So- ciety America (charter). Clubs: Greek (New York), The Club (Rochester, N.Y.). Author of nu- merous vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 5630 Woodlawn Av.
WILL, Harry Clayton, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)
WILLARD, Carolyn Louise, concert pianist and teacher; b. Eric, Pa .; d. James Richard and Julia M. (Hobart) Willard; ed. pub. schs. and Erie Acad .; first lessons in music with a pupil of Clara Schu- mann; Oberlin (O.) Conservatory of Music (hon. B.M., 1904); studied composition with George W. Andrews, Oberlin, and Otis B. Boise, Berlin; also studied piano with Ernest Jedliezka, Berlin, but principally with Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, becom- ing for a few years her 1st asst. Début in concert. at Fine Arts Bldg. Music Hall, Chicago, 1900; has appeared with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, De- troit Symphony Orchestra, etc., and as soloist in leading cities of the U.S., also in London and Ber- lin. Mem. Am. Soc. Musicians, Chicago Artists® Assn. Republican. Evangelical Ch. Clubs: Musi- cians' Club Women, Cordon of Chicago (charter mem.); 3 Arts Club (London, Eng.). Recreations. riding, boating. Home: 4472 Oakenwald Av., Chi- caro; (summer) Union City, Mich. Studio: 721 Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago.
WILLARD, Eugene Shaw, dentist; b. Wilming- ton, Ill., Oct. 10, 1856; s. Dr. Edwin Ruthven and Ann (McIntosh) Willard: student Monmouth ( 111.) Coll., 1874-7, Westminster Coll .. 1877-8, Western Theol. Sem., 1878-81, Louisville Coll. of Medicine,
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1896-7; D.D.S., Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch., South Side Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary; su- 1899; m. Carrie McCoy White, of New Castle, Pa., pervisor Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium Sur- Apr. 24, 1879; 4 children: Carrie M., Frederick E., vey. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Robert Koch Soc. for Study of Tuberculosis, Nat. Assn. for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis, Miss. Valley Tuberculosis Conf. Mem. of K.P., O. of F., A.O.F. Home: 3408 Vernon Av. Of- fice: 3545 S. State St. Muriel, Edwin R. Was supt. of schs., and insp. of govt. schs., Juneau, Alaska; in practice of dentis- try at Chicago since 1899; with Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch. since 1904; prof. bacteriology and asst. in operative dentistry, same, since 1912. Was col. on staff of Governor Knapp, of Alaska. WILLIAMS, Albert Rede, insurance. (See vol. 1911.) Mem. Ill. State Dental Soc. Presbyterian. Home: 4832 N. Sawyer Av. Office: 31 W. Lake St.
WILLARD, Gardner Goodrich, lawyer; Apr. 8, 1845-Mar. 20, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
WILLARD, Monroe Livingstone, lawyer; b. at Metamora, Ill., Feb. 26, 1853; s. Peter H. and Eliz- abeth Osgood (Goodrich) Willard; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1871; student Harvard, 1871-4; taught as pvt. tutor and read law under Francis Rawle, Jr., at Phila., 1874-7; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1879; entered employ of law firm of Hitchcock, Dupee & Judah, 1877; became partner in firm of Dupee & Judah, 1882; firm now Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reichmann. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: University, Harvard. Home: 5528 Dorchester Av. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.
WILLARD, Norman Porter, lawyer; b. Zum- brota, Minn., Mar. 10, 1861; s. Rev. Henry and Jeannie (Wells) Willard; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1882, A.M., 1885; m. Sandusky, O., Mar. 18, 1905, Mary Hubbell. Studied law, was admitted to bar, 1884, and engaged in the practice in Chicago, with Fred- erick W. Moore, in the firm of Willard & Moore, 1895-1905, and since May 1, 1905, alone. Mem. Chi- cago and Ill. State bar assns. Congregationalist. Clubs: University, Quadrangle, Hamilton, Congre- gational. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.
WILLARD, William Gleason, M.D .; b. Fairhaven, Mass., Oct. 15, 1865; s. Jonn and Catharine (Steele) Willard; high sch., Newton, Mass., and Carleton Coll., Northfield, Minn .; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1887, and Rush Med. Coll., 1898; m. Edna L. Carpenter, of Chicago. Oct. 2, 1894; children: Helen Carpenter, Catharine Roberts, Edna Steele, Wil- liam Dayton, Mary Tyrrell, John. Interne, 1887-8, and successively consulting phys., gynecologist and surgeon, 1888-98, Cook Co. Hosp. Was surgeon 1st Inf. I.N.G., 7 yrs .; maj. and surgeon 1st Ill. Vol. Inf. during Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Fellow A.M. A .; mem. Am. Assn. Mil. Surgeons, Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Inst. Medicine, Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba, Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War. Ciubs: Physicians', Congrega- tional. Home: 328 N. Kenilworth Av. Office: 132 N. Oak Park Av., Oak Park, Ill.
WILLETT, Consider Heath, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)
WILLETT, Herbert Lockwood, theologian; b. at Ionia, Mich., May 5, 1864; s. Gordon A. and Mary E. (Yates) Willett; A.B., Bethany Coll., W.Va., 1886, A.M., 1887; grad. student Yale, 1890-1; Ph.D .. Univ. of Chicago, 1896; grad. student, Univ. of Berlin, 1898-9; m. Emma Augusta Price, of Ken- ton, O., Jan. 4, 1888. Ordained Christian (Disci- ples) ministry, 1890; pastor Dayton, O., 1887-93; instr. Bible, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1893-5; acting dean and head of Disciples' Div. House, 1894-6, dean since 1896, asst. in Semitic langs., 1896-7, instr., 1897-1900, asst. prof. Semitic langs. and lits., 1900- 09, asso. prof., 1909-15, prof. since 1915, Univ, of Chicago. Minister Memorial Ch. of Christ, Chi- cago, 1908-1912. Asso. editor Christian Century, Chicago. Mem. Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Univer- sity, Quadrangle, Colonial, City. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 6119 Woodlawn Av.
WILLEY, Cameron Lyon, lumber; 1855-Nov. 28, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
WILLIAMS, A. Wilberforce, M.D .; b. at Monroe, La., Jan. 31, 1864; s. Baptice and Flora (Millsaps) Williams; ed. grammar and high schs., Springfield, Mo .; grad. normal dept. Lincoln Inst., Jefferson City, Mo., 1887; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1894; grad. Sheldon Business Coll., 1907; m. Mary Eliza- beth Tibbs, of Danville, Ky., June 25, 1902. Prac- ticed at Chicago since 1894; sec. med. staff Provi- dent Hosp., also attending phys .; attending phys.
WILLIAMS, Arista Bedford, lawyer; b. on farm near Bedford, Ind., Nov. 29, 1860; s. Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Clementine (Fish) Williams; A.B., Valparaiso (Ind.) Coll., 1879; m. Columbus, O., Dec. 19, 1901, Grace Neil; 2 children: Neil, Bedford. Taught Ind. schs .; admitted to Ind. bar, 1884; practiced at Sullivan, Ind., 1893; came to Chicago, and was mem. firm Cutting, Castle & Williams, un- til 1900; after 1901 mem. firm of Castle, Williams & Smith; in 1905 Ben M. Smith was elected judge of Superior Court; since then a mem. Castle, Wil- liams, Long & Castle. Dir. Pioneer State Bank and other corpns. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Gold Democrat. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), K.P. Mem. Indiana Soc. of Chicago. Club: Traffic. Home: 4435 Mag- nolia Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.
WILLIAMS, Arthur J., mfg. jeweler; b. Chicago, May 17, 1883; s. Andrew L. and Mary E. (Niesen) Williams; ed. parochial schs., Chicago; A.B., St. Ignatius Coll., 1901; m. Gertrude Hemmersbach, of Chicago, June 13, 1906; 4 children: Jerome, David, William, Helen. Entered wholesale mfg. jewelry business, 1891; succeeded to business, 1914, on death of father, and now partner A. L. Williams & Co. Catholic. Mem. Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Club: Swaben Verein. Recreations: motoring, golf, shooting. Home: 1619 Highland Av. Office: 27 E. Monroe St.
WILLIAMS, Benezette, civil engr .; Nov. 9, 1844- June 22, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
WILLIAMS, C. Arch, lawyer; b. Bryan, O., May 31, 1869; s. John S. and Ella N. Williams; ed. pub. and high schs., Bryan; engaged in commercial bus- iness at Bryan and Toledo. O., 4 yrs., studying meantime under pvt. tutors; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; m. Gay Bernard Wilbor, of Richmond, Va., Nov. 23, 1915. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894; practiced alone except 1903-6, when mem. firm of Loomis & Williams, and 1906-12, mem. Steere, Williams & Steere; apptd. master in chancery Su- perior Court of Cook Co., May, 1910, reapptd. Dec., 1911, 13, 15; mem. faculty Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Lawyers' Assn., Ohio Soc. of Chicago. Regent Garden City Council, Royal Arcanum, 1903; Grand Regent Ill. R.A., Supreme Orator same, 1913-14, Supreme Vice Regent, 1915-16, elected Supreme Regent, May, 1917; Past Archon of Hyde Park Council, Royal League; Knight of Pythias. Congregationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, Colonial. Recreations: golf, ten- nis, billiards. Home: 4601 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1012, 79 W. Monroe St.
WILLIAMS, Charles A., lawyer; b. at Jefferson, Wis., July 22, 1862; s. Peter H. and Maggie (By- ron) Williams; ed. Normal Sch., Winona, Minn .; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1884; m. Agnes Gleason, of Chicago, Apr. 23, 1889; 5 children: Willard L., Viv- ian Marie, and 3 children deceased. Admitted to bar, 1884; practiced at Chicago since 1886; asst. county atty., Cook Co., 1891-2; judge Municipal Court, 1910-16; resumed practice. Lecturer at De Paul Univ., 1914-15. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Wisconsin Society of Chicago. Demo- crat. Mem. Royal League. Club: Iroquois. Home: 3516 Janssen Av. Office: 401 Otis Bldg.
WILLIAMS, Charles A., lawyer; b. Ottawa, Ill., May 1, 1876; s. Luman and Elizabeth (Braun) Wil- liams; ed. pub. schs., Ottawa, Ill .; Central Normal Sch., Danville, Ind .; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1902; m. Alice Ellsworth, of Ottawa, Dec. 24, 1902; 2 children. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1902; trial atty. for Reed and Rogers, 1902-14; mem. Martin & Wil- liams since 1914; specialist in. tax matters; mem. Rep. Co. Central Com., 1914; candidate at primary election, 1916, for mem. Board of Review. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Served in Troop F 1st Ill. Cav.
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in Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Home: 7700 S. Sanga- preaching as supply, 1893-1901; pastor, Evanston mon St. Office: 69 W. Washington St.
WILLIAMS, Clarence J., wholesale and mfg. jeweler; b. Chicago, Nov. 28, 1884; s. Andrew L. and Mary E. (Niesen) Williams; ed. parochial and pub. schs .; St. Ignatius Coll .; m. Barbara J. Wet- zel, of Chicago, July 24, 1907; 3 children: Chester, Harold, Irene. Became identified, 1900, with whole- sale mfg. jewelry business established by father; succeeded with brother to business, 1914, and con- tinues under original title of A. L. Williams & Co. Catholic. Mem. Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 1818 Berwyn Av. Office: 27 E. Monroe St.
WILLIAMS, Daniel H., M.D .; b. Hollidaysburg, Pa., Jan. 18, 1858; s. Daniel and Sarah Ann (Price) Williams; grad. Janesville Classical Acad., 1878; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1883; (LL.D., Wilberforce Univ., 1908); m. Alice D. Johnson, of Washington, Apr. 2, 1898. Surgeon to South Side Dispensary, Chicago, 1884-92; founded, 1891, and surgeon Prov- ident Hosp .; phys., Protestant Orphan Asylum, 1884-93; surgeon-in-chief to Freedmen's Hosp., Washington, 1893-8; asso. on staff, St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago; prof. clin. surgery, Meharry Med. Coll., Nashville, Tenn., since 1899. Mem. Ill. State Bd. of Health, 1889, reapptd., 1891. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., 9th Internat. Med. Congress; fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons. Home: 445 E. 42d St. Office: 3129 Indiana Av.
WILLIAMS, Dixon. C., mfr .; b. Yellville, Ark., May 3, 1859; s. Dixon C. and Mattie (Dillon) Wil- liams; A.B., Cumberland Univ., Lebanon. Tenn., 1876; m. Woodbury, Tenn., 1876, Sallie Mcknight; children: Mai Fare, J. Lester. Resided at Lebanon, 1861-93; was in banking and newspaper business until came to Chicago, 1893; now pres. Chicago Nipple Mfg. Co .; was apptd. postmaster of Chicago by Pres. Wilson, but appmt. failed of confirmation in the U.S. Senate, after a period extending over 11/2 yrs. Democrat. Elder 1st Presbyn. Ch., Lake View; mem. bd. Presbyn. Training Sch. of Chicago. Odd Fellow. Clubs: Iroquois, Chicago Press, Lake View Men's. Home: 910 Irving Park Boul. Office: 900 W. Lake St.
WILLIAMS, Ednyfed H., lawyer and financial counselor; b. Carnavon. Wales, May 25, 1882; s. of Daniel H. and Annie (Williams) Williams; brought to U.S., 1887; ed. pub. schs., Minneapolis; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1907; post-grad. course Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1908; unmarried. Associated in practice with Master in Chancery Guerin, 1907-8, later becoming partner with M. Henry Guerin and Oliver R. Barrett; practiced alone since May 1, 1916. Mem. bd. dirs. and prof. sales, partnership and domestic relations, Webster Coll. of Law; dir. Talk-Sing Co., Novelty Wire & Iron Co., Royalties Corpn., Pugh Stores Co. (dir. and sec.). Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Mem. Chicago Rep. Conv. Com., 1916; asst. to west- ern treas. of Rep. Nat. Com., 1916. Editor-in-chief of "The Hamiltonian," of Hamilton Club, also of "The Tri-Color," of Ill. Athletic Club. Pres. Chi- cago Alumni Delta Chi; mem. bd. dirs. Am. Choral Soc .; sec. Minn. Soc. of Chicago. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Illinois Athletic (dir.), Three Score and Ten (sec.), Strollers, Palette and Chisel, Delta Chi. Residence: Illinois Athletic Club. Office: 1406 Tribune Bldg.
WILLIAMS, Edward Franklin, clergyman; b. at Uxbridge, Mass., July 22, 1832; s. of George and Delilah (Morse) Williams; Revolutionary ances- try; descendant of John Williams; A.B., Yale, 1856, A.M., 1859; B.D., Princeton Theol. Sem., 1861; (D.D., Ill. Coll., 1882; LL.D., Wheaton, 1899, Adrian, 1909) ; m. Jane Clarissa Pitkin, of Hartford, Conn., Oct. 24, 1886 (died Oct. 27, 1908). Field agt. of U.S. Christian Commn. 212 yrs. in armies of the Po- tomac and the James; was with the 5th Army Corps during its march through the Wilderness. Ordained Congl. ministry, Oct. 17, 1866; prin. Look- out Mountain Ednl. Instns., 1866-7, Normal Dept., Howard Univ., Washington, 1867; pastor of St. Charles, 1869, Tabernacle Ch., Chicago, 1869-73, South Ch. (formerly Forty-Seventh St. Ch.), Chi- cago, 1873-91; in Europe and the East traveling, and in Univ. of Berlin, 1891-3; lit. work and
Av. Ch., Chicago, 1901-11; since pastor emeritus Wellington Av. Ch., Chicago. Western rep. of Con- gregationalist 28 yrs .; pres. Washingtonian Home, Chicago, 5 yrs .; dir. Chicago City Missionary Soc. Clubs: Congregational, University, Chicago Liter- ary. Home: 1051 Cherry St., Winnetka, Ill.
WILLIAMS, Edward I., real estate; b. Chicago, June 20, 1867; s. Ole and Betsy (Williams) Wil- liams; ed. pub. schs .; unmarried. Formerly credit man and cashier commn. firm of H. L. Brown & Son; entered real estate business, 1900; sold out sub-division known as the Edward I. Williams addition to Chicago; trustee of Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, 1905, re-elected for full term, serving un- til 1912. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. K.P., Royal Arcanum. Address: 624 N. Racine Av.
WILLIAMS, Edwin Cutler, M.D. (See vol. 1911.) WILLIAMS, Elmer Lynn, clergyman; b. Martha, Pa., Jan. 29, 1874; s. George W. and Rachel Jane (Sedgwick) Williams; A.B., Dickinson Coll., Car- lisle, Pa., 1904; Northwestern Univ. Div. Sch., Ev- anston, Ill., 1904-5; m. Kathryn Kerr, of Omaha, Neb., Mar. 14, 1906; 2 children: Laura Lynn, Mon- roe Pearre. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1905; pastor Richmond, III., 1905-6, Hermosa Ch., Chicago, 1906- 08, Avondale Ch., 1908-9, Grace Ch., since 1909. Pres. Meth. Brotherhood of Chicago; commr. of the Citizenship Congress of Chicago; mem. Council of Chicago Boy Scouts; sec. Inter-Brotherhood Conf. Com. of Chicago. Home: 159 Locust St.
WILLIAMS, Eugene J., wholesale shoes; b. at West Point, Miss., Feb. 2, 1876; s. Curtis C. and Susie M. (Williams) Williams; ed. pub. schs., West Point; William Jewell Coll., Liberty, Mo .; m. Mae Brown, Johnston, Va., Nov. 5, 1902. Began as stock boy with Hamilton Brown Shoe Co., St. Louis, 1894; worked up to house salesman and afterwards Pacific Coast rep. for same concern; mem. of La Prelle, Williams Shoe Co., organized, 1900; sold out interest, and associated with Endicott, John- son & Co., Endicott, N.Y., as Chicago mgr., until 1914; mgr. at Chicago for Internat. Shoe Co., of St. Louis, since 1914; purchased interest in Shaft- Pierce Shoe Co., Faribault, Minn., and is sales mgr. same, and dir. of sales from Chicago office. Demo- crat. Baptist. Elk. Club: Old Colony. Recreations: golf, hunting. Home: 444 Fullerton Parkway. Of- fice: 189 W. Madison St.
WILLIAMS, Frederick Albert, college prof .; b. New York, Jan. 30, 1855; s. Frederick Albert and Ann Eliza (Brown) Williams; A.B., Univ. of Pa., 1876, A.M., 1879; (Ph.D., Central Coll., 1885); m. Margaret Smith, Apr. 9, 1882. Instr. physics, at Stevens Inst., 1881-3; prof. English, Cornell Coll., 1883-6; prof. English lang. and lit., Wesleyan Coll., 1886-95; prof. same, Crosby Coll., 1895-1902; prof. Latin and English, Univ. of Buffalo, 1902-11. Au- thor: Economical Adjustments, 1913. Address: 949 Lawrence Av.
WILLIAMS, Gardner Stewart, civil engr .; b. at Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 22, 1866; s. Stewart Beach and Juliet Merritt (Ripley) Williams; B.S. in C.E., Univ. of Mich., 1889, C.E., 1899; m. Jessie Benton Wright, of Saginaw, Mich., 1893; children: Harriet Ripley, William Wright. Engr. with Russel Wheel & Foundry Co., Detroit, 1889-93; civil engr. to Bd. of Water Commrs., Detroit, 1893-8; prof. experi- mental hydraulics, Cornell Univ., 1898-1904; prof. civil engring., hydraulic and sanitary engring .. Univ. of Mich., 1904-11; consulting engr. Ann Ar- bor, Mich., since 1911, Chicago, since 1914. Apptd. asso. mem. Naval Consulting Bd., 1916; maj. engr., Officers' Reserve Corps, 1917. Home and Office: Ann Arbor, Mich. Branch office: 1018 Corn Ex- change Bank Bldg., Chicago.
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