The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 25

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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BOBO, John Louis, tailors' trimmings; b. Day- ton, O., Feb. 5, 1851; s. John and Margaret (Waltz) Bobo; ed. pub. schs. of Ohio; m. Lima, O., Aug. 7, 1877, Ella F. Mowen; children: Breta (Mrs. Burt T. Stanton), Fred Mowen. Retail clothing busi- ness at Lima, 1868-80; came to Chicago, 1880, and became mem. of firm of J. H. Lesher & Co., tailors' trimmings, until Dec., 1902, when that firm was succeeded by present one of John L. Bobo & Co., of which is senior mem. Mem. Chicago. Assn. of Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Floss- moor Country, South Shore Country, Olympia Fields Country. Recreations: motoring and golf. Home: 4246 Drexel Boul., Chicago; (summer) Dia- mond Lake, Mich. Office: 234 S. 5th Av., Chicago.

BOCKIUS, Franklin B. von Eisen, M.D .; b. Ga- lena, Ill., Mar. 9, 1848; s. Joseph Rex and Marie (von Eisen) Bockius; finished course in Galena High School, 1864; enlisted in Co. C, 140th Ill. Vol. Inf., and served to end of war; B.S., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1868; M.D., Northwestern University, 1872; m. Racine, Wis., 1891, Doretta Brenzel; children: Doris von Eisen, Frances von Eisen. Engaged in practice at Chicago from 1872; med. dir. of Chicago Relief and Aid Soc., 1872-82; asst. to prof. of chem- istry, med. dept. Northwestern Univ., 1872; physi- cian, 1872-8, and after that consulting physician to North Side Dispensary; prof. of forensic medi- cine, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 1881-91. While continuing med. practice took course at Union Coll. of Law, graduating, LL.B., and third in his class, 1886; also studied homœopathy in Northwestern Homo. Coll., 1878-80. Contbr. to med. and literary periodicals. Home: 4657 Wilson Avenue.

BODE, Frederick, merchant; b. Exkwarden, Ger- many, Aug. 20, 1856; s. of Frederick and Sophia (Kimmann) Bode; ed. Hanover Realschule; m. Au- gusta Ebeling, of Chicago, June 19, 1880 (died 1907); 2d, Esther Ellen Simpson, of Chicago, June 19, 1909. Came to America, 1870, and entered em- ploy of D. B. Fisk & Co., wholesale millinery, Chi- cago, as errand boy, 1871; advanced to city buyer; with Gage Bros. & Co., 1874-6; with Edson Keith & Co. as buyer and mgr. of hat dept., 1876-92; with others, 1892, purchased the business of Gage Bros. & Co., and since pres. Pres. The Millinery Jobbers' Assn., 1902-11; mem. exec. com. Chamber of Com- merce of U.S. Republican. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country (pres. 1908-9, 1912-13), Chi- cago Athletic, Industrial (pres. 1912). Home: 5825 Blackstone Av. Office: 18 S. Michigan Av.

BODINE, William Lester, supt. of compulsory edn .; b. Marion Co., Mo .; s. Joseph and Eliza (Lew- is) Bodine; ed. pub. schs .; m. Clinton, Ia., Feb. 10, 1890, Mae Richardson; children: Helen, Robert. Came to Chicago in 1881 and then went west; was newspaper man originally; state labor commr. of Colo., 1890-3; elected vice pres. Nat. Assn. of Sta- tisticians at Denver convention, 1892; apptd. spl. master commr. of U.S. court (8th Judicial Dist.), with headquarters at Omaha, 1893; came to Chi- cago, 1895; with Times-Herald as political reporter until 1899; elected supt. of compulsory edn., July 13, 1899, by Chicago Bd. of Edn. (holds under Civil Service Law). Chmn. of Chicago Child-Saving League legislative com., which carried the child- labor and compulsory edn. bills through the legis- lature in 1902-3; served on exec. com. of Cook Co. Child-Saving Conference. Hon. pres. for life Nat. League of Compulsory Education Officials; pres. Ill. Compulsory Education League, Chicago Public Service League; dir. Juvenile Protective League. Clubs: City, Chicago Motor. Home: 4517 Magnolia Av. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.

BODMAN, Luther W., paperboard; Feb. 4, 1845- May 14, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

BOEGERSHAUSEN, Frederick Carl, district sales mgr. Alberger Pump & Condenser Co .; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 22, 1883; s. J. Fred and Mary (Engel- king) Boegershausen; ed. grammar schs., English High and Manual Training schs., Armour Inst. Tech., Chicago; m. Martha Hoefke, of Chicago,

July 18, 1906; 1 daughter, Judith. Began active career as asst. engr. Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., 1898; then with the Inland Steel Co., Chicago Heights, 1901-2; engr. Western Electric Co., 1902- 6; sales engr. Parker Boiler Co., 1906-10; dist. sales mgr. Alberger Pump & Condenser Co. since 1914. Republican. Mason, Elk. Club: Oak Park. Recrea- tion: motoring: Home: 809 S. Ridgeland Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

BOEPPLER, William, musical director; b. at Pferdsfeld, Germany, Feb. 21, 1863; s. Karl and Catherine (Pauly) Boeppler; ed. high sch., Kreuz- nach Conservatory of Music, and Univ. of Leipzig, Univ. of Bonn; m. Ida Brueggemann, of Wies- baden, Germany, Sept. 14, 1896. Came to U.S., 1894, and settled in Milwaukee, Wis .; organized Milwau- kee A Cappella Chorus, 1895, Wis .- Conservatory of Music, 1899, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, 1902; moved to Chicago, 1904; now dir. Wis. Conserva- tory of Music, conductor Milwaukee A Cappella Chorus and McDowell Club Chorus, also of the Singverein, the Germania Club, and the Male Chor- us of First Nat. Bank, all of Chicago. Has served as teacher of many of the leading musical artists of the country. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Germania, German, Chicago Turngemeinde. Home: 929 Edgecomb Pl. Office: 921 Kimball Bldg., Chi- cago, and Wis. Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wis.

"BOERSIANER," see Friend, Emil.

BOETTCHER, Henry Rudolph, M.D .; b. Holton, Kan., Apr. 15, 1866; s. of Ferdinand and Margaret (Storke) Boettcher; ed. Holton (Kan.) High Sch. and Campbell's Normal Coll., Holton; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1890, and Harvey Med. Coll., Chicago, 1895; m. Olga Krohmer, of Chicago, Oct. 31, 1896; 2 children: Henry Ferdinand Kroh- mer, Katherine Olga. In drug business at Holton, Kan., 1885-7; began practice at Chicago, 1890; sur- geon to Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; eye and ear surgeon to Englewood Hosp .; ex-surgeon, eye dept. Rush Med. Coll. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Mem. Peo- ple's Liberal Ch. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, shooting. Home and office: 6336 Harvard Av.

BOGERT, William Benezet, president Bogert, Maltby & Co .; b. Providence, R.I., Oct. 2, 1860; grad. Brown Univ., 1882; m. June, 1887, Ella Loomis, of Springfield, Mass. (died Dec. 25, 1909); children: William Benezet, Jr., Theodore Loomis, Frances Hoyt; m. 2d, Caroline Wallace Wood, of Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10, 1914. Engaged in cotton mfg. busi- ness at Taftville, Conn., 1882-4; came to Chicago. 1884, becoming mem. of the Bd. of Trade; men. Carrington, Patten & Co., and later Bogert, Maltby & Co., brokers in grain, provisions, stocks and cot- ton. Dir. Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1897-9 (chmn. exec. com., 1898-9). Mem. S. of R. (ex-pres.), Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union League (dir., 1909-11), Chica- go Athletic, Glen View, University of Evanston (pres., 1906-7, 1910-11), Evanston Country. Resi- dence: University Club, Evanston, Ill. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

BOGLE, Walter Scott, coal mcht .; b. Dover, N.H., Apr. 3, 1852; s. Daniel and Mary (Boyd) Bogle: re- moved to Chicago with parents at 9; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1868; m. Delia E. Stearns, of Chicago, Mar., 1872; children: Walter S., Jr., Mary (Mrs. C. W. Gilmore), and Mrs. Nellie D. Chance. After graduation entered father's coal business; was mgr. for years of the Del. & Hudson Canal Co .; pres. Crescent Coal & Mining Co. until 1914; pres. W. S. Bogle & Co., Inc., Retlaw Mines Co. and Essanbee Mines Co .; dir. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank. Mem. West Park Bd. 3 yrs. Democrat. Mason ( Apollo Commandery K.T.). ex-pres. Iroquois Club. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Press, South Shore Country : Manhattan. (New York). Home: 510 Roscoe St. Office: 343 S. Dear- born St.

BOGUE, Hamilton B., Jr., b. Chicago, Dec. 26. 1868; s. Hamilton B. and Emily Augusta (Hoyt) Bogue; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., N.H., 1889; A.B., Princeton, 1893; 1.L.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1895; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar.

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1895, and practiced about 6 yrs .; now in real estate business. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.

BOHANNON, Lacy R., florist; b. Versailles, Ky., Feb. 5, 1872; s. Henry B. and Mary (Todd) Bohan- non; ed. Woodland Coll., Independence, Mo .; m. Eula Allen, of Sedalia, Mo., June 3, 1897; 2 chil- dren: Jenette A., Lacy R., Jr. In floral business since 1897; established the Bohannon Floral Co., retail florists, 1907, and since continued as head of company. Mem. Nat. Union, North Am. Union. Club: Kawanas. Recreations: music, fishing, base- ball. Home: 4338 N. Robey St. Office: 75 E. Mon- roe St.

BOHART, James Camburn, live stock commn. (See vol. 1911.)

BOHN, Henry John, journalist, publisher; b. in Cuyahoga Co., O., Feb. 7, 1855; s. Henry C. and Henrietta (Koechel) Bohn; ed. pub. schs. and Bald- win Univ .; m. Bertha Roselle Bowlby, of Chicago, 1891; children: Harold Jay, Olive Ramona, Louise Mildred, Beryl Marion, Carliemax. Worked on farm until 18, in sawmill at 19, printing office at 20, telegraph office at 22; came to Chicago in Dec., 1876; became foreman in newspaper office at 23, and since Apr., 1879, has been a publisher; now mem. firm of H. J. Bohn & Son, editors and pub- lishers of The Hotel World, founded Apr., 1879; publisher of tech. books and class papers, and with Harold Jay Bohn, propr. Bohn Mfg. Co. Was chmn. and has for 34 yrs. been a mem. of bd. of dirs. Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Assn. of the U.S. and Can .; organizer and sec. and treas. Ill. Hotelkeep- ers' Assn. Organized the Chicago Trade Press Assn., and long an officer; trustee Village of Mor- gan Park 4 yrs .; pres. of bd. of commrs. of Calu- met Park Dist .; organized Hotel Assn. of Chicago, 1897, and still sec. and treas. Republican. Agnos- tic; chmn. bd. of trustees Independent Religious Soc .; mem. Haeckel Fellowship Club. Mem. Ohio Soc. of Chicago (sec. 6 yrs.), Horticultural Soc., Art Inst. of Chicago, Chicago Assn. of Commerce (chmn. subdivision No. 66). Clubs: Union League, Press (life mem. and financial sec. 2 yrs.), Hamil- ton (charter mem.), Ridge Country. Recreation: nature study. Home: 10980 Prospect Av. Office: 1330, 440 S. Dearborn St.

BOHNEN, George J., tea and coffee mcht .; b. Chicago, Nov. 7, 1870; s. George and Anna Mary (Zilligen) Bohnen; ed. St. Anthony's parochial sch .; m. Mary A. Neckermann, of Chicago, Sept. 14, 1897; 3 children: Theodore George, Edwin Joseph, Virginia Elizabeth. In employ of C. R. Cave, dry goods, 1884-7; pattern maker Vierling Steel Works, 1887-96; became connected with the Eureka Tea Co., 1896, and now buyer, sec. and treas. same; dir. Stony Island Trust & Savings Bank. K.C., Forester, Royal League. Home: 6817 Bennett Av. Office: 502 W. 26th St.

BOHNER, George, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

BOISOT, Emile Kellogg, banker; b. Dubuque, Ia., Feb. 26, 1859; s. Louis and Albertina (Bush) Boisot; ed. grammar and high schs. of Dubuque; m. Lillie Reid, of Chicago, Nov. 4, 1891; children: Louis M., Marion. Employed in German Bank, Du- buque, 1875-8; with First Nat. Bank, Chicago, since 1878, in bond and foreign exchange dept., of which became mgr., 1897. Upon the opening, Dec., 1903, of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, was apptd. its vice pres. and mgr .; elected pres. same, Jan. 11, 1916; vice pres. Nat. Safe & Deposit Co., Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Ry .; dir. First Nat. Bank, Ill. Southern Ry. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Un- ion League, Chicago Golf, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Lake Geneva Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: Blackstone Hotel. Office: 56 W. Mon- roe St.

BOISOT, Louis, banker; b. Dubuque, Ia., May 23, 1856; s. Louis and Albertina (Bush) Boisot; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1877; LL.B., Columbia, 1879; ad- mitted to bar, 1880; m. Mary Spencer, May 13, 1887; 1 child, Pauline. Practiced law in Chicago, 1880-1904, except a short time in Colo .; trust officer First Trust and Savings Bank, 1904-15, and vice pres. since 1913. Clubs: University, City, LaGrange Country. Recreations: golf, gardening, chess. Au- thor: By-Laws of Private Corporations, 1892-1902;

Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens, 1897. Contbr. to legal periodicals. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.

BOKUM, Richard Drummond, insurance; Jan. 30, 1854-Apr. 17, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

BOLDENWECK, Frederick, general mdse .; b. at Heilbron, Germany, Apr. 14, 1842; s. Carl George and Christina Boldenweck; ed. in Germany until 12 years of age, when came to America; mainly ed. by practical experience; m. Chicago, Oct. 29, 1876, Salina Alexander. Began mercantile business on Blue Island Av., 1866 and has ever since continued; business conducted in own name. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. Nat. Union, Royal League. Home: 6022 Vernon Av. Office: 6343 S. Ashland Av.

BOLDENWECK, William, ex-assistant U. S. treasurer. (See vol. 1911.)

BOLDUAN, Frank, mfg. chemist. (See vol. 1911.)

BOLES, Frederic T., lumberman; b. Three Rivers, Mich., June 7, 1866; s. of Thomas H. and Rachel (Trattles) Boles; ed. Constantine (Mich.) High Sch., and 3 yrs. in Olivet (Mich.) Coll .; m. Annette Hinman, of Portland, Mich., Oct. 24, 1894; 2 daugh- ters: Marion, Winifred. Began with Detroit Lum- ber Co., Menominee, Mich., 6 mos., 1888; with Per- ley Lowe & Co., Chicago, 1888-9; identified with The Lord & Bushnell Co., lumber, Chicago, since Jan., 1889, beginning as salesman, later sec., vice pres. and gen. mgr., and pres. since 1906. Also pres. Great Northern Lumber Co., Leavenworth, Wash. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League, Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf. Rec- reations: motoring, golf. Home: 45 3d St., Hins- dale, Ill. Office: 2424 Laflin St., Chicago.

BOLGER, Thomas J., investment banker; b. in Waterloo Co., Ont., Can., Sept. 7, 1856; s. John and Mary (Charles) Bolger; ed. pub. schs. of Canada; m. Kate C. Johnson, of W. Williams Tp., Middle- sex Co., Ont., Can., Dec. 7, 1880; children: Rev. T. Johnson, Florence Kate (Mrs. Theo. F. Elworth), Mayme Esther. Began in municipal bond business in Chicago, Jan., 1894, as pres. Thomas J. Bolger Co., which, in 1912, became Bolger, Mosser & Wil- laman. Trustee and treas. Northern Bapt. Theol. Sem. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Art Inst. of Chicago, Humane Soc. Chmn. bd. of trustees Sec- ond Bapt. Ch .; dir. and mem. finance com. Chicago Bapt. Exec. Council, Chicago Bapt. Hosp .; mem. Church Federation of America. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: motoring, travel. Home: 1916 Potomac Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

BOLLENSEN, George Steininger, foreign mgr. Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co .; b. Naperville, Ill., Aug. 8, 1875; s. Louis Christopher and Lizzie Anne (Stein- inger) Bollensen; ed. pub. schs. and business coll .; m. Florence Eleanor Risley, of Rochester, N.Y., Sept. 20, 1905; children: George Joseph, Robert Hinde, Louis Charles. Has been connected with the Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co., mfrs. calculating ma- chines, since 1893; now foreign mgr. for same; managing dir. Comptometer, G.m.b.H., of Berlin, Germany. Republican. Methodist. Home: Wil- mette, Ill. Office: 1713-1735 N. Paulina St., Chicago.

BOLLES, Charles Edwin, merchant, banker; b. Cambridge, Vt., Oct. 14, 1844; s. Lemuel and Mary Ann (Weaver) Bolles; ed. Fulton (Ill.) Mil. School and at Wheaton (Ill.) Coll .; m. Turner, Ill., Sept. 19, 1867, Mattie Butterfield (died Apr. 14, 1910); 1 daughter, Mrs. Abram Gale; m. 2d, Jennie Brice, May 15, 1912. Served in Civil War as pvt. Co. K, 13th Ill. Vol. Inf. Began business career buying and selling hides; traveling agt. H. C. Tillinghast & Co., 10 yrs .; senior partner Bolles & Rogers, dealers in hides, wools, pelts and tallow, 1880-1908; pres. West Chicago (Ill.) State Bank; dir. Avenue State Bank of Oak Park, Harlem State Bank (For- est Park, Ill.). Republican. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Recreations: fishing, hunting; lover of good horses. Home: 917 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 129 W. Kinzie St., Chicago.

BOLTE, Anson Lee, secretary Waugh Draft Gear Co .; b. Lexington, Mich., Sept. 20, 1860; s. William Henry and Jane Usher (Baker) Bolte; came to Chi- cago, Dec. 25, 1867; grad. Haven Grammar Sch., 1876; m. Chicago, Oct. 13, 1887, Marion Endicott; 3

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children: Edward Endicott, Charles Lawrence, Russell Anson. Beginning in 1876, was employed in clerical capacity until 1892; vice pres. Cole Lith- ographing Co., 1892-1900, Snitzler & Bolte Adver- tising Co., 1902-5; sec. C. J. Boedeker Coal Co., 1905-6; sec. Waugh Draft Gear Co. since 1907. En- listed in 1st Inf., I.N.G., 1879; apptd. sergt., 1886; commd. 2d lt., 1887; 1st lt., 1888; capt., 1894; mus- tered into U.S. service as capt. 1st Ill. Vol. Inf., 1898, for war against Spain; served in Cuban Cam- paign; hon. mustered out, Jan., 1899. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Foreign Wars, Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba; ex-comdr. 1st Regt. Veteran Corps. Republican. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Olympia Fields Country. Recreations: golf, fishing, bil- liards. Home: 3757 Ellis Av. Office: 122 S. Michi- gan Av.

BOLTÉ, Charles Guy, mfr .; b. London, Ont., Can., Feb. 8, 1857; s. William Henry and Jane Usher (Baker) Bolté; came to U.S., 1868; ed. Haven Sch., Chicago; m. Jessie Willard, of Chicago, Dec. 18, 1882; 4 children: John Willard, Guy, Linda and Don (deceased). Pres. The Bolté Mfg. Co., mfrs. lighting systems and brass goods. Served in 1st Regt. Inf., I.N.G., 16 yrs., retiring as capt. Meth- odist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Skokie Country. Residence: Skokie Country Club, Glencoe, Ill. Of- fice: 125 S. Racine Av., Chicago.

BOLTÉ, Guy Willard, mfr .; b. Chicago, Ill., Apr. 26, 1888; s. Charles Guy and Jessie (Willard) Bolté; B.S., Univ. of Mich., 1909; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910; unmarried. Was western mgr. Advertising & Selling Magazine, 1915-17; vice pres. The Bolté Mfg. Co. since Jan., 1917. Mem. Battery D, Ill. Field Arty. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta. Home: 234 S. Maple Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 125 S. Racine Av., Chicago.

BOLZA, Oskar, mathematician. Removed to Ger- many. (See vol. 1911.)

BOMAN, Charles H., life ins .; b. Calmar Co., Sweden, July 9, 1848; s. Charles M. and Caroline (Anderson) Boman; ed. pub. schs. in Sweden; m. Rock Island, Ill., June 9, 1880, Margaret Cervin; children: Ella, Rudolph, Anton, Anna, Berndt, Her- bert. At age of 22 came with parents to U.S., lo- cating at Galesburg, Ill .; clerk in gen. store for about a year; dealer in stoves and hardware at Rock Island, Ill., until Sept., 1902; sec. Scandia Life Ins. Co., Chicago, since 1902. Republican. Luther- an. Recreations: gardening, hunting and fishing. Home: 5220 Kenmore Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

BONANNO, Raoul Spoleti (Prince of Cattolica and Duke of Misilmeri), opera and concert singer; b. Palermo, Italy, Oct., 1887; s. Luigi and Theresa Bonanno of the Princes of Cattolica; ed. Palermo Gymnasium; Lyceum; Military Sch .; Conservatory of Milano. Born of a family of soldiers; started for a military career, but abandoned it to study for the opera; appeared in many European opera houses; made three concert tours in U.S., and has appeared as baritone soloist with leading sym- phonic orchestras of the country; formerly dir. Sch. of Opera, Sherwood Music Sch., Chicago. The only exponent of Italian folk songs in America. Mem. Chicago Artists' Assn. Christian Scientist. Club: Chicago Press. Compiler: The Folksongs of Sicily and other Italian Regions, 1917. Recrea- tions: golf, fencing, hunting. Address: 700 E. 40th St., Chicago; (summer) 3109 S. Grand Av., St. Louis, Mo.

BONBRIGHT, Daniel, educator; 1831-Nov. 28, 1912. (See Who's Who in America, 1912-13.)

Chicago, and Grossmont, Cal. Office: 744 S. Michi- gan Av., Chicago.

BOND, William Alonzo, real estate; b. Newark, N.J., Nov. 15, 1849; s. William Scott and Phoebe Elizabeth (Baldwin) Bond; prepared for coll., Lake Forest (Ill.) Acad .; m. Sarah Barber Fisher, of Chicago, Sept. 8, 1874; children: William Scott, Juliette G. (Mrs. Robert V. Massey), Laurence Colton, Rachel Elizabeth (wife of Lt. Comdr. Ral- ston S. Holmes, U.S.N.), Phyllis Eleanor (de- ceased), Gladys Alberta. Engaged in real estate business at Chicago since 1871; mem. firm of Turner & Bond, 1875-1892; organized firm of Wil- liam A. Bond & Co. in 1892, of which has since been sr. mem :; pres. The Pressed Prism Plate Glass Co. Pres. Chicago Real Estate Bd., 1893; vice pres. Chicago Assn. Commerce; trustee Chi- cago Bureau of Public Efficiency, 1910-11. Repub- lican. Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Ch. Clubs: Union League, Camp Fire (Chicago); Hennepin Shooting; Duckville Gun (Utah). Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 4025 Drexel Boul. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

BOND, William Scott, real estate; b. Chicago, May 9, 1876; s. William Alonzo and Sarah Barber (Fisher) Bond; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1899; unmarried. In law offices of Peck, Miller & Starr, 1897-1900; admitted to Ill. bar, 1899; now mem. real estate firm of William A. Bond & Co. Vice pres. Univ. of Chicago Settlement. Republican. Clubs: Univer- sity, Quadrangle, City, South Shore Country. Rec- reations: athletics, hunting, fishing. Home: 4643 Woodlawn Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

BONE, Alfred Rufus, telephone official; b. Shel- byville, Ind., June 25, 1871; s. Alfred Plummer and Louisa Matilda (Deacon) Bone; ed. pub. schs., Shelbyville; student Bethany Coll., W. Va., 1890-2; m. Estelle Kennedy Aldrich, of Greensburg, Ind., Sept. 7, 1892; 3 children: Hester Louisa, Julia Walker, Alfred Rufus, Jr. Began as telephone operator Greensburg Telephone Co., 1887, serving later as repairman, collector and gen. asst .; busi- ness mgr. Anderson (Ind.) Democrat. 1893-5; spl. agt. Interior Dept., Washington, 1895-8; business mgr. Greensburg Telephone Co., 1898-9; with Chi- cago Telephone Co. since 1899, successively as so- licitor, suburban exchange mgr., spl. agt., commer- cial supt. and now gen. commerical supt. Mem. Chamber of Commerce U.S.A., Chicago Assn. of Commerce (chmn. ways and means com. council), Telephone Pioneers of America, Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason, Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Traffic, Electric (pres. 1915). Business Men's Prosperity (pres. 1916), Ridge Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 7233 Harvard Av. Office: 212 W. Washington St.

BONGGREN, Olof Jakob, editor; b. at Bergane, parish of Habol, Dalsland, Sweden, Oct. 7, 1854; s. Olof O. and Maria B. Bonggren; grad. Coll. of Venersborg, 1874; (L.H.D., Bethany Coll., Kan., 1900); m. in Sweden, Johanna Sporre, Sept. 24, 1877 (died Oct. 8, 1903); m. 2d, Olga Amalia Lundin, Apr. 29, 1905 (died Oct. 1, 1906). Came to U.S., 1882; had been connected with newspapers in Sweden; editor of the Svenska Amerikanaren, Swedish newspaper, since May 3, 1883. Author: Bibeln mot Bibeln, 1879; Läsarelif, 1879; Först- lingar (poems), 1882; Det hemlighetsfullas verld (theosophical), 1892; Sånger och Sagor (poems), 1902; Second Coming of the Christ, 1911. Transla- tor: Helvetet och Spöken (from Robt. Ingersoll). 1878; Cæsar's Kolonn (from Ignatius Donnelly), 1891. Home: 2407 N. Kedzie Boul. Office: 208 N. 5th Av.

BOND, Carrie Jacobs, composer; b. Janesville, Wis., Aug. 11, 1862; d. Hannibal (M.D.) and Emma (Davis) Jacobs; ed. pub. schs .; m. Frank L. Bond BONHAM, Walter R., Chicago mgr. Triumph Electric Co. of Cincinnati; b. Lakeville, Dakota Co., Minn., Feb. 6, 1871; s. Eugene W. and Sarah (Pen- ny) Bonham; ed. pub. schs., St. Paul, Minn .; m. Ida Staley, of Farmer City, Ill., Jan. 15, 1902; 2 chil- dren: William W., Helen Louise. Teacher in elec- tric sch., Chicago, 1898-1900; began in elec, busi- ness as selling representative of various com- panies, Chicago, 1900; mgr. at Chicago for Triumph Electric Co. since 1910. Methodist. Mason (32°. Shriner); mem. Royal League. Clubs: Electric. (M.D.), of Iron River, Mich., June, 1887 (died 1895). Pres. C. J. Bond & Son, pubs. Mem. Am. Assn. Pen-Women; hon. mem. Kappa Beta Gamma. Episcopalian. Clubs: Woman's Press, Amateur Musical, etc. Composer: Seven Songs, 1903; Ten Songs, 1904; Eleven Songs, 1904; Path o' Life, 1910; Stories in Verse, 1910; A Perfect Day, 1910; Little Pink Rose, 1911; O Haunting Memory, 1912; Hundred Years from Now, 1913; God Remembers When the World Forgets, 1914; To-Day, 1915; Do You Remember? 1916. Home: 6939 Jeffery Av., Jovian League, Il1. Athletic. Recreations: golf.

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motoring. Home: 9515 S. Robey St. Office: 327 S. LaSalle St.

BONNER, Charles, brick mfr .; b. Mahoning, Pa., Feb. 15, 1855; s. Jeremiah and Eliza (Hutchinson) Bonner; student Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., 1877-9; m. May Stanley Kelly, of Tionesta, Pa., June 14, 1883; children: Archibald B. (deceased), Bertha M. (Mrs. Amos G. Allen), Charles A. En- tered manufacture of brick in Chicago as May, Purington & Bonner Brick Co., 1887; later oper- ated as Charles Bonner & Co., incorporated, 1905, as Bonner & Marshall Brick Co., of which is pres .; also pres. Builders' Teaming Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Builders', South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 5752 Harper Av. Office: 133 W. Washington St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 25

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