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WOLFF, John Frederick, mfr .; b. Chicago. Nov. 20, 1858; s. Ludwig and Elizabeth (Geils) Wolff; ed. Brown and Hayes schs., Chicago, Racine Coll., and Royal Polytechnic High Sch., Hanover, Ger- many; m. Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, Alwine Witte (now deceased) ; children: Franklyn L., Har- old W., Carla H .; m. 2d, Chicago, Apr. 8, 1905, Eve- lyn M. Staat. Elected vice pres. L. Wolff Mfg. Co., 1882; became pres. upon death of father, 1911; re- signed, 1917, and since pres. Monument Pottery Co., of Trenton, N.J. Ex-mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn. Mason (33º, William B. Warren Lodge, Corinthian Chapter, Apollo Commandery, K.T., Oriental Con- sistory). Republican. Lutheran. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht, Horicon Gun (Wis.), Garfield Gun, Cumberland Gun (Ind.). Recreations: motoring, hunting, yachting. Home: 3541 W. Monroe St.
WOLFF, Louis, Jr., mfr .; b. at Chicago, Dec. 21, 1873; s. Ludwig and Elizabeth (Geils) Wolff; ed. Racine (Wis.) Coll. Grammar Sch., Harvard Sch., Chicago, and Univ. of Chicago; m. Clementine Grif- fin, Chicago, Mar. 2, 1896; 1 son, Louis, 3d. Began with the L. Wolff Mfg. Co., mfrs. of plumbing goods, in 1895, becoming a dir., 1904, treas., 1909, pres., 1917; dir. Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank. Served as 2d lt. 1st Cav. I.N.G .; aide de camp on staff of Governor Yates with rank of col., 1901-5. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Theta Nu Epsilon. Mem. William B. Warren Lodge A.F. and A.M. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Golf, Chicago Automobile, Glen View, South Shore Country. Recreations: farming, hunting, painting, motoring. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 601 W. Lake St., Chicago.
WOLFF, Ludwig, president L. Wolff Mfg. Co .; Mar. 11, 1836-Apr. 14, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
WOLFF, Oscar, olives and pickles; b. Dorsten, Westphalia, Germany, May 4, 1865; s. Meyer and Eva (Eisendrath) Wolff; brought to U.S., Aug., 1878; ed. pub. schs., and Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness Coll., Chicago; unmarried. Has been identi- fied since beginning of active career with the olive and pickle business (wholesale) established by father, 1878; pres. M. Wolff & Sons, since 1903; treas. B. B. Hanak Co., Store Equipment Co. Mem. Nat. Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Jewish re- ligion. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Home: 1237 N. Dearborn St. Office: 1338 W. Randolph St.
WOLFF, William, mfr .; b. Racine, Wis., Nov. 28, 1870; s. Simon and Augusta (Zimmern) Wolff; ed. pub. schs., Racine; m. Elinor M. Jacob, of Galves- ton, Tex., Nov. 1, 1915. Began with S. Wolff's Sons, retail clothing, Racine, 1889; then with the Wolff Realty Co., of which is now sec. and treas .; pres. Wolff Fuel Saver Co., mfrs. of Baske fuel saving devices, since 1914. Jewish religion. Ma- son, Odd Fellow, Elk. Club: Standard. Home: 5138 University Av. Office: 14 E. Jackson Boul.
WOLLENBERGER, Hermann, investment bank- er; b. Heilbronn, Württemberg, Germany, Dec. 31, 1867; s. Isaac L. and Caroline (Marx) Wollenber- ger; ed. in Germany; m. Rosa Kohn, of Chicago, Mar. 18, 1896; children: Robert Hermann, Marion Rose. Began with Sam I. Stern, banker, Heilbronn, 1884-6; with Danziger Privat Actien Bank, Dant- zig; in German Army, 1888-9; with Deutsche Bank, Frankfort, 1889-91; with Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, Brussels, Belgium, 1891-3; Ill. Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1893-6; broker on Chi- cago Stock Exchange, 1896-9; with Otis, Wilson & Co., 1899-1903; mgr. bond dept. Western Trust & Savings Bank, 1903-8; mem. Wollenberger & Co., investment bankers, since 1908. Republican. Clubs: German, Ravisloe Country, Schwaben Verein, Home: 5121 University Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle Street.
WOLSELEY, Henry W., lawyer; b. Liverpool, Eng., Nov. 3, 1849; s. Rev. R. W. (1st cousin of Gen. Lord Wolseley, formerly comdr. in chief of the British Army) and Georgina Wolseley; ed. St. Pe- ter's Coll., York, Eng .; sailed several yrs. in vessels engaged in the China sea trade; studied seaman- ship and navigation, and at 20 was 1st mate on board a vessel plying between Boston and Cape of Good Hope; gave up sailing, 1871; m. Ella Wil- liams, of Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 15, 1880; children: Alice (Mrs. F. S. Vories), Nell (Mrs. B. F. Piercy). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1874, and since practiced at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Union League. Mason (32°, Shriner). Republican. Rec- reation: farming. Home: St. Joseph, Mich. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
WOLTERSDORF, Arthur Fred, architect; b. at Chicago, Jan. 19, 1870; s. Louis and Emma (Haeger) Woltersdorf; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago; after 3 yrs. of study in architects' offices, entered Mass. Inst. Tech., taking a 2-year spl. course in architecture, followed by travel and study in Eu- rope; unmarried. Returned to U.S., 1893, and to Chicago, 1894; mem. firm Hill & Woltersdorf, 1894- 1914; in practice alone since 1914. Lutheran. Fel- low A.I.A .; past pres. Ill. Chapter same, Chicago Architects' Business Assn .; mem. Northwestern Assn. of Mass. Inst. Tech. Clubs: University, Ger- mania, Cliff Dwellers. Recreations: music, drama, literature. Home: 4816 Kenmore Av. Office: 138 N. LaSalle St.
WOLTERSDORF, Ernest, real estate; b. in Ger- many, Oct. 18, 1855; s. Frederick and Fredericka (Ohnesorge) Woltersdorf; came to Chicago with parents, 1860; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1884, Henriette E. Nockin; 1 daughter, Virginia. Began as office boy in drug house of E. Burnham & Son and later connected with Van Schaack, Ste- venson & Co .; credit man for Robert Stevenson & Co., 1886-93; in real estate and loan business since 1893. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Soc. for Eth- ical Culture. Clubs: City, Illinois. Recreations: motoring, nature study, travel. Home: 300 S. Sco- ville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Offices: 1607 W. Madison St. and 40 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.
WOOD, Alice Holabird (Mrs. Ira Couch Wood), social service; b. St. Louis, Mo., July 16, 1871; d. Henry Clarkson and Louise (Holabird) Wicker; ed. pub. schs., Evanston, Kirkland Sch., Chicago; grad. Ogontz (Pa.) Sch., 1890; studied and traveled in Europe 2 yrs .; m. Ira Couch Wood (lawyer), of Chicago, June 14, 1894 (died May 23, 1915): 2 daughters: Louise Holabird, Frances Alice. Has devoted much time to work on civic reform and philanthropy; pres. Ill. Training Sch. for Nurses ; yrs .; elected trustee Village of Winnetka, 1916; mem. and exec. sec. woman's com. Council of Nat. Defense since May 23, 1917. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Fortnightly, Wednesday. Fri- day, Cordon, Woman's City. Every Day. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Address: 1814 N St., N. W., Wash- ington, D. C.
WOOD, Casey Albert, ophthalmologist: h. Wel- lington, Ont., Nov. 21, 1856: s. Orrin Cottier and Rosa Sophia (Leggo) Wood; grad. Ottawa (Can.) Collegiate Inst., 1874; C.M., M.D., Univ. of Bishop's Coll., 1877 (D.C.L., 1903) ; M.D., C.M., McGill Univ., Montreal, 1906: m. Emma Shearer, of Montreal, Que., Oct. 28. 1886. Prof. chemistry and pathol- ogy, Univ. of Bishop's Coll., 1878-85; student Ber- lin, Vienna, Paris, London, 1887-9; went to Chicago, 1889; attending ophthalmologist to St. Luke's. Passavant Memorial and Post-Grad. Med. School hosps .; consulting ophthalmic surgeon. Cook Co. and St. Anthony hosps .; prof. ophthalmology, Chi- caro Post-Grad. Med. Sch., since 1890; prof. clin. ophthalmology. Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1898-1906; prof. ophthalmology, med, dept. of Northwestern Univ., 1906-8, now same, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Illinois. Major Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Fellow Am. Acad. Medicine (pres. 1907-8); mem. Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology (pres. 1905-6), Internat. Med. Con- gress, Pan-Am. Med. Congress, Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft. A.M.A., Zoöl. Soc. London; fellow A.A.A.S., Chicago Acad. Medicine, etc. C'lub: I'ni- versity. Editor Annals of Ophthalmology, 1694- 1901 (ophthalmology editor dept. Italian literature
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same); on staff Ophthalmic Record and Practical Medicine Series; contbr. to various text-books and translator numerous ophthal. works from German, French and Italian. Author: Lessons in the Diag- nosis and Treatment of Eye Diseases, 1895; The Toxic Amblyopias, 1896; The Commoner Diseases of the Eye (with Dr. T. A. Woodruff), 3d edit., 1907; A System of Ophthalmic Therapeutics, 1909; A System of Ophthalmic Operations (2 vols.), 1911; American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology (10 vols.). Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 7 W. Madison St., Chicago.
WOOD, Charles Baldwin, lawyer; b. Onarga, Ill., Oct. 12, 1860; s. Charles H. and Julia (Baldwin) Wood; student Brown Univ., 1879-81; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1883, and since practiced at Chicago; now mem. firm of Wood & Oakley; spe- cializes in examination of municipal bonds as to legality. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: University. Home: 5420 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 1142 The Rookery.
WOOD, Cyrus J., lawyer; b. Sempronius, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Dec. 3, 1857; s. Cyrus A. and Mary A. (Roe) Wood; ed. Union Graded Sch., Moravia, N.Y .; grad. Cortland (N.Y.) Normal Sch., 1877; A.B., Univ. of Rochester, 1883; attended Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Hattie B. Gallaway, of Chicago, Oct. 30, 1888; 2 sons: Cyrus B. (M.D.), William G. (law- yer). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1885; practiced at Gales- burg, Ill., 1885-90, since at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Inst., Alpha Delta Phi. Republic- an. Methodist. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Recreation: gardening. Home: 1475 Gregory St. Office: 307 Ashland Blk.
WOOD, Donald MacPherson, insurance; b. Chi- cago, July 27, 1882; s. Donald Wallace and Eliza- beth Victoria (Stafford) Wood; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and grad. St. John's Mil. Acad., Delafield, Wis., 1900; m. Josephine Unzicker, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1909; 1 son, Donald M., Jr. Began in employ of Wood Bros., live stock commn. mchts., Union Stock Yards, Chicago, continuing 3 yrs .; salesman for William H. Colvin & Co., stock and bond brokers, 1903-8; mem. firm of Childs, Young & Wood, gen. ins. agency, since 1907. Pres. Ins. Federation of Ill., 1916; sec. Local Agents' Club of Chicago, 1914- 16; mem. governing com. Ill. branch Workmen's Compensation Service Bur .; mem. (by examina- tion, 1915) Casualty Actuarial and Statis. Soc. of America; lecturer before Fire Ins. Club of Chica- go, 1916. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (ways and means com.), Delta Sigma Nu. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreations: tennis, swim- ming, golf. Home: 523 Melrose St. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
WOOD, Elijah Carey, lawyer; b. Porter Co., Ind., July 17, 1861; s. of Daniel and Amelia (Bunker) Wood; ed. dist. schs., Porter Co., Ind .; m. Edna B. Stephens, of Chicago, Oct. 20, 1900; 1 daughter, Amelia E. Studied law in office of William John- ston, Valparaiso, Ind .; admitted to Ind. bar, 1886, and began practice at Valparaiso; removed to Omaha, Neb., fall of 1886, and practiced there un- til 1895, since at Chicago; pres. Dixie Pecan Or- chard Co. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Christian Scientist. Mason (Shriner). Club: Olympia Fields Country. Recrea- tions: golf, farming. Home: 4632 Lake Park Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
WOOD, Francis Asbury, philologist; b. at Point Bluff, Wis., Jan. 17, 1859; s. Rev. Harvey Colcord and Ann Jane (Ellis) Wood; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1880, A.M., 1883; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1895; Univ. of Göttingen, Germany, 1888-90; (L.H. D., Northwestern Univ., 1910) ; m. Rose H. Burt, of Aurora, Neb., Aug. 6, 1896. Prof. Greek and Latin, Chaddock Coll., Quincy, Ill., 1890-3; fellow in Ger- manic langs. and lits., Univ. of Chicago, 1893-5; asst. Medill High Sch., Chicago, 1895-7; prof. Ger- man, Cornell Coll., Ia., 1897-1903; instr., 1903-5, asst. prof. Germanic philology, 1905-9, asso. prof., 1909-14, prof. since 1914, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn., Am. Philol. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5407 Greenwood Av.
WOOD, Frank Clifford, real estate; removed to Los Angeles, Cal., 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
WOOD, Frank L., editor Chicago Daily Law Bul- letin; b. N. Manchester, Ind., Sept. 25, 1864; s. Eli- jah E. T. and Tillie (Reed) Hazen; adopted by fa- ther's sister and her husband; ed. pub. schs. and business coll .; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1897; grad. Chautauqua Lit. and Scientific Circle, 1886; m. Chi- cago, Mar. 26, 1889, Isabel O. Watson; 1 son, El- mer W. Left sch. at 14 and worked as newsboy; clk. with A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co., 1878-82; Glens Falls Ins. Co., 1882-3; editor The Enterprise (a West Side weekly), 1883-94; deputy clk. Probate Court of Cook Co., 1894-8; in practice of law, 1898- 1903; asst. chief clk. Probate Court, Jan .- Mar., 1903; asst. judge of Probate Court, 1903-6; with the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin since 1906. Social- ist. Trustee Western Av. M.E. Ch. Home: 327 S. Campbell Av. Office: 179 W. Washington St.
WOOD, Frank Montgomery, M.D .; b. Marshall, Mich., June 20, 1871; s. Frank Marion and Martha Jane (Van Tuyl) Wood; grad. Fargo (N.D.) High Sch., 1892; Princeton (N.J.) Prep. Sch., 1893; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1897; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chi- cago, 1901; m. Elizabeth Gantz Terhune, of Prince- ton, N.J., June 20, 1901; 6 children: Carl Van Tuyl, Clarence Lyon, Harold Terhune, Helen Forsyth, Frank Marion, John Milton. Attending phys., at Camden (N.J.) City Dispensary, 1902-4; vaccine phys., Camden, 1903; attending phys., Ill. Chari- table Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1911-12, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll., 1912-13, Chicago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, 1914; dir. Dept. of Vac- cine Therapeutics, Mandel Memorial Dispensary, since 1915; specializes in treatment of diseases caused by infection with bacteria; owner and dir. Wood Vaccine Inst. for Vaccine Therapeutics and Serology. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Progressive Republican. Methodist. Author: The Etiology of Cancer, 1901; The Various Meth- ods of Vaccination with Suggestions as to the Best Method (Phila. Med. Jour.), 1903; Principles and Advanced Methods in Vaccine Therapy, 1913; Auto- genous Vaccines (a new method for their prepa- ration and use by the surgeon), 1910; Hay Fever and Asthma (Chicago Med. Record), 1915; New Methods of the Preparation and Use of Non-Toxic Vaccines, June, 1916; also book, Food and Health in a Nut Shell, May, 1917. Home: 6712 Edison Park Av. Office: 209 S. State St.
WOOD, Frederick Webster, M.D .; b. at Pokogon, Mich., Dec. 2, 1874; s. Adelbert C. and Elizabeth Marion (Fish) Wood; grad. Niles (Mich.) High Sch., 1895; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1899. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1899-1901; m. Mar- garet Child, Oct. 12, 1915. Prof. mental and ner- vous diseases, Hahnemann Med. Coll., since 1909. Republican. Mason. Home: 3929 Vincennes Av. Offices: 3901 Cottage Grove Av. and 25 E. Wash- ington St.
WOOD, Guilford Sigler, wholesale rubber goods; b. Burlington, Vt., July 12, 1852; came to Chicago, 1854; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, 1882, Carrie Al- berta, d. Weeden Stanton; children: Chester Guil- ford, Gladys Marie (Mrs. W. H. Strom). Worked for father in retail grocery business, 1863; re- turned to school until 1868; then with Sturgis, Mc- Allister & Co., wool and woolen goods, to Apr., 1871, and their successors, Schoenfeld Bros., until Oct., 1871; for short time messenger Northwestern Nat. Bank; rodman for G. C. Morgan and L. B. Fuller on preliminary railroad surveys until 1872; with Chicago, Danville & Vincennes (now C.& E.I.) R.R., under Joseph Young, as rodman in the construction of branch lines, and with C.&W.I.R.R., in same work, until 1876; asst. purchasing agt. in charge of purchases, same rd., until 1882; railroad rep. W. H. Salisbury & Co., rubber goods, 1882- Dec., 1901; in business for self, as jobber of rub- ber goods, since Jan., 1902. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Mason (Garfield Lodge, York Chap- ter, Columbia Commandery K.T., Oriental Consist- ory, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine, Butler Chap- ter O.E.S.). Clubs: Union League, Western Railroad, Glen Oak Golf. Recreations: cultivation of fruit, farming. Home: 418 S. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 206, 20 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
WOOD, Harry V., real estate; b. Lansing, Mich., Mar. 9, 1868; s. John S. and Maria (Eaton) Wood;
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ed. pub. schs. of Lansing; m. Blanche I. Aber, of tauqua Co., N.Y., Sept. 30, 1885. Chief insp. and Lansing, June 29, 1893; 1 daughter, Janet A. Was mgr., Am. Bell Telephone Co., Jamestown, 1883; in ry. service for 6 yrs. with C.&N. W.Ry., Ia. Cen- elec. engr. Pa. R.R., Erie, Pa., 1884-5; elec. engr. tral Ry., C.,St.P.&K.C.R.R., Houston & Tex. Cen- Erie County Light Co., Erie, Pa., 1885-9; dist. engr., tral R.R., and S.P.Ry., as passenger rate clk. and Edison Electric Co., Portland, Ore., 1889, 1890; elec. chief clk. in passenger depts .; in real estate busi- ness since 1890; now gen. mgr. central properties H. O. Stone & Co. Mem. Building Managers' Assn., Mich. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Hamil- ton (pres. 1905), Chicago Athletic. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 326 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
WOOD, Henry Chancellor, lawyer; Oct. 3, 1863- Aug. 8, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
WOOD, Horace Edward R., railway official; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 24, 1854; s. Horace R. and Clara (Rubio) Wood; ed. in mil. sch., Weston, Conn., Weston Boarding Sch., Palmer Acad., Chi- cago, and Mrs. Wertz' School, Geneva, Ill .; m. Frances Virginia Parish, of Chicago, May 25, 1886; 2 children: Margaret Frances (Mrs. Lawrence C. Laughlin) and Florence Angelina. Began as clerk in treasurer's office C.&A.R.R., 1872, and has since been identified with that road and its subsidiary cos .; sec. and treas. C.&A.R.R. and Joliet & Chi- cago R.R., 1898-1902, asst. sec. and treas. since 1902; also sec. and treas. La. & Mo. River R.R. and Joliet & Chicago R.R. since 1898, of the Kan., St. Louis & Chicago R.R. since 1908, and of the Miss. River Bridge Co. since 1898; sec. and treas. Rut- land Toluca & Northern R.R. Co. since 1910. Served in 1st Inf. I.N.G. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 5440 Harper Av. Office: 900, 608 S. Dearborn St.
WOOD, Ira Couch, lawyer; June 15, 1864-May 23, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
WOOD, John Clarence, grain commn .; b. Rock- ville, Tolland Co., Conn., Aug. 19, 1870; s. John B. and Rebecca (Magill) Wood; ed. high sch .; m. Durand, Ill., 1893, Evea Normington (now de- ceased); 1 daughter, Marion; m. 2d, Dayton, O., June 16, 1909, Mary V. Bell; 2 daughters: Mary Elizabeth, Frances Catherine. In employ Internat. Packing Co., 1890-5; became mem. Bd. of Trade and established J. C. Wood & Co., grain and provisions. Dir. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Pres. bd. of trustees Village of Hinsdale, 1909-15; pres. Hinsdale Tp. High Sch. Bd. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hins- dale, Hinsdale Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Oak and 3d Sts., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 48 Board of Trade Bldg., Chicago.
WOOD, John H., merchant; b. Chicago, June 16, 1858; s. John and Mary L. (Young) Wood; grad. high sch., Cairo, Ill., 1875; student Univ. of Ill., 1875-6; m. Myrtle, d. ex-Mayor Monroe Heath, of Chicago, June 15, 1882; 2 children: John Heath, Warren K. Began as bundle boy in Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s retail store, 1876; when the firm bought the Charles Gossage & Co.'s business, 1884, was placed in charge of the West End store; was apptd. mgr. the State St. store, 1886, gen. mgr. since 1890. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country, Kenwood (president 1904), Industrial (pres. 1914). Recreations: golf, music, books. Home: 6922 Euclid Av .; (summer) Flossmoor, Ill. Office: State and Madison Sts., Chi- cago.
WOOD, Kay, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 28, 1871; s. Samuel E. and Mary (Stough) Wood; ed. Har- vard Sch., Chicago; Harvard Univ .; Univ. of Ber- lin; LL.B., Northwestern Law Sch., 1895; m. July 8, 1914, Mary Ripple; 2 children: Mary, Kay. After admission to bar entered office of Winston & Mea- gher, continuing until 1900; atty. for the G. H. Hammond Co., 1901; became atty. of the Nat. Pack- ing Co., 1903; entered firm of Wood Brothers, at the Union Stock Yards, 1906. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, University, City, Hinsdale Golf, South Shore Coun- try; Harvard (Chicago, New York and Boston). Home: (summer) Hinsdale, Ill. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
WOOD, Montraville M., lecturer, inventor; b. at Leon, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., Apr. 16, 1860; s. Cor- nelius S. and Elizabeth W. (Taylor) Wood; ed. at pub. schs. and Collegiate Inst., Jamestown, N.Y .; m. Carrie Francis Whittemore, of Fluranna, Chau-
engr. Ansonia Elec. Co., Chicago, 1891-3; with Stanley Elec. Co., Pittsfield, Mass., 1893-5; with Gen. Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., until 1906; since research work in own lab. and lecturing be- fore chautauquas and lyceums, etc. Inventor two- button snap switch (electric) and many other de- vices. Has now nearly 100 patents, many of which are in general use. Republican. Protestant. Ma- son (K.T.). Clubs: Aero (Chicago), Berwyn Coun- try. Address: 7005 34th St., Berwyn, Ill.
WOOD, Nathan Elliott, M.D .; b. Owego, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1852; s. Ephraim J. and Lucy (Elliott) Wood; A.M., Columbia Univ., New York, 1872; stu- dent Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1872-3; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1878; studied Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1889; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1890; M.D., Coll. of Medicine and Sur- gery, Chicago, 1907; m. Olive Henline, of Canton, O., Nov. 14, 1890. Pres. Chicago Med. and Surgical Inst. since 1891, Am. Training Sch. for Nurses since 1910; treas. Coll. of Medicine and Surgery since 1908. Universalist. Mason (32°, K.T., Shrin- er). Author: Atlas of Eye and Ear Diseases, 1880; Private Medical Counselor, 1887; Reincarnation, 1901; Dollars to Doctors, 1903. Address: 1555 N. LaSalle St.
WOODBURY, DeWilton Brown, hardware mer- chant. (See vol. 1911.)
WOODCOCK, Lindsay Todd, general mgr. Mar- shall Field & Co. (retail); Aug. 23, 1858-Aug. 2, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
WOODLAND, Fred Buchanan, banker; b. at Chi- cago, Aug. 31, 1872; s. of George and Ophelia C. (Buchanan) Woodland; ed. Oakland High Sch. and Chicago Manual Training Sch .; m. Lilian F. Petyt, Kankakee, Ill., Feb. 22, 1897. Started as bank mes- senger with Merchants' Nat. Bank, 1890; became teller in Prairie State Bank (then the Prairie State Savings and Trust Co.), 1892; later, asst. cashier. cashier, 1900, vice pres., 1910; upon consolidatior. with Central Trust Co. of Ill., 1912, became vice pres. of latter. Recreation: motoring. Home: $45 Drexel Sq. Office: 125 W. Monroe St.
WOODLAND, George, banker; Nov. 30, 1847- Feb. 8, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
WOODLE, Edward Ryan, lawyer; b. Janesville. Wis., Mar. 8, 1853; s. Isaac and Cornelia (Sheldon) Woodle; A.B., Racine Coll., 1873, A.M., 1875; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1875; m. Oct., 1884, Hattie Louise, d. Christopher C. Bradley, of Syracuse, N. Y .; chil- dren: Maria, George. Admitted to Wis. bar, 1875; entered law office of Isham & Lincoln. 1876, and was admitted to Ill. bar; entered law dept. of the I.C.R.R., 1878, and was atty. for that company 14 yrs .; gen. practice since 1892; dir. Kindl Car Truck Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Home: 4907 Win- throp Av. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.
WOODMAN, Andrew Whitney, civil engr .; b. at Gardner, Mass .; s. George Edwin and Catherine Damon (Whitney) Woodman; B.S. in Civ. Engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1890; m. Florence Dean Tenney. of Chelsea, Mass., June S. 1893; children: Cather- ine, Samuel Tenney, Dean Whitney. Began as tracer in office of Boston Bridge Works, 18Ss, and advanced through drafting office, works, field, sales and engring. depts. until 1897; supervising engr. on reconstrn. of Slade's Ferry Bridge, Fall River, Mass., under appmt. of Mass. R.R. Commn., 1897: contracting engr., Harrington. Robinson & Co .. Boston, 1898-9; gen. agt. for New England of The Roebling Constrn. Co., 1900-5; gen. western art. same company, 1905-9; contracting engr. (power plants), 1910-14; pres. The Joliet Bridge & Iron Co., since 1914; pres. Andrew W. Woodman & Co., now the DePere Manufacturing Co., boilers and steel. Mem. Am. Soc. C.ES., Boston Soc. C.E., West- ern Soc. Engrs. Episcopallan. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Engineers', Evanston Country. Rec- reations: woods, fishing, sailing. Home: 1111 Hin- man Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av .. Chicago.
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WOODMAN, George Alverado, mechanical engr. Ill. State. and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Ophthal. and inventor: b. Dunkirk, N.Y., Aug. 21, 1866; s. Soc. (vice pres. 1906, pres. 1908), Ill. Soc. for Pre- vention of. Blindness (vice pres.), Zeta Psi, British Empire Assn. of Ill. (vice pres.), Soc .. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Chicago, University, Canadian (pres. 1912-15). Author: (with Casey A. Wood) Com- moner Diseases of the Eye, 1904. Formerly edi- torial sec. Ophthalmic Record and writer of papers upon ophthalmology. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel; (summer) New London, Conn. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av., Chicago. G. W. and Mary F. (Jewell) Woodman; ed. pub. and high schs., Dunkirk. N.Y .; m. Florence E. Elli- ott, of Conneaut, O., May 26, 1891; 1 daughter, Hannah Marie. Was in machine shop and draw- ing rooms Brooks Locomotive Works, 1884; at Green Bay, Wis., 1886-93; mech. draftsman, with I.C.R.R., 1893-5; supt. car dept. Lima (O.) Locomo- tive & Machine Co., 1895-7; asst. master car build- er, Swift & Co., 1899-1900; asst. supt. Am. Car & Foundry Co., Chicago, 1900; mech. supt. Universal Car Bearing Co. of W.Va., at Chicago, 1901-5; mech. engr. for Kirby Equipment Co., 1905-13; vice pres. and gen. mgr. Nat. Car Equipment Co. since 1913. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Home: 6752 Perry Av. Office: 339 Railway Exchange.
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