The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 3

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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ADAMICK, Gustave Hattenhauer, druggist; b. Bloomington, Ill., Sept. 22, 1863; s. Adolph and Au- gusta (Hattenhauer) Adamick; ed. pub. schs., Peru, Ill .; Ph.G., School of Pharmacy, Northwest- ern Univ., 1887; m. Rose Schley, of Peru, Ill., Sept. 22, 1890; 1 daughter, Margaret Hay. Began as a clerk for A. D. Murray, dry goods, Peru; a year later became clerk in the drug store of Dr. R. A. Smith, and was also appointed asst. postmaster, his employer being postmaster of Peru; then in drug store of R. C. Hattenhauer; in business for self, LaSalle, Ill., 1887-93; traveling salesman for John Wyeth & Co., Phila., 1893-1900; pres. A. Arend Drug Co. since 1900. Mem. Am. Pharm. Assn. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T.). Club: Hamilton. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Home: 4718 Sheridan Rd. Office: 180 N. Market St.

ADAMS, Albert Hamilton, patent lawyer; b. at Jacksonville, Ill., Sept. 14, 1863; s. Charles H. and Elvira (Hamilton) Adams; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Union Coll. of Law; m. Elk Grove, Ill., Aug. 30, 1888, Carrie Allen; 1 son, Howard Allen. Admitted to bar, 1885, and has since practiced patent law; mem. firm of Bond, Adams, Pickard & Jackson, 1890-1912, of Adams & Jackson since June, 1912. Mem. Patent Law Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Law, Chicago Athletic. Home: 225 Wesley Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk., Chicago.

ADAMS, Alfred S., mfr. glass products; b. De- troit, Mich., Apr. 2, 1882; s. Walter L. and Madge (Burton) Adams; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; student Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .; m. Emma Edmister, of Painted Post, N.Y .; 3 children: Margaret, Vir- ginia, Antoinette. Identified with manufacture of glass jars, bottles and tumblers in Chicago since 1896; mem. firm of Adams Bros. & Co. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Mem. bd. dirs. Olivet Inst. (chmn. building fund com.). Republican. Clubs: Hamilton (chmn. war service com.), Oak Park. Home: 216 S. Maple Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 136 W. Lake St., Chicago.

ADAMS, Asa Grant, lawyer; b. Sunbeam, Mercer Co., 111., Feb. 11, 1868; s. Samuel and Clarissa (Kean) Adams; ed. Buda (Il1.) high sch .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; m. Rockford, Ill., June 14, 1894, Lucy Hartwell; 1 son, Winfield Hollister. Learned jeweler's trade in Buda, Ill., and after-

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ward followed that business with Giles Bros., Chi- Recreation: golf. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: cago, for ten years, then took up study of law; ad- 72 W. Adams St., Chicago. mitted to bar, 1897, and since in practice in Chi- cago. Justice of the peace of the Town of Lake, 1903-6. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Ma- son (32°, K.T., Shriner) ; also mem. Imperial Coun- cil Tribe of Ben Hur, Royal League. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Hamilton, Englewood Men's. Home: 6501 Harvard Av. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.

ADAMS, Benjamin Stearns, stocks and bonds; b. Fort Dodge, Ia., Dec. 27, 1877; s. John Quincy and Frances Cornelia (Smith) Adams; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1896; A.B., Yale, 1900; m. Docela Weaver Clarke, of Creston, Ia., Oct. 30, 1901; 1 son, John Clarke. Engaged in handling western lands from Chicago, 1900-13; treas. John Burnham Co., stocks and bonds, since Jan. 1, 1913; treas. Coast Line Land Co. (Three Forks, Mont.), Adams Investment Co. (Marshalltown, Ia.). Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Mid-Day, Union League, University, Glen View. Home: 1236 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chi- cago.

ADAMS, Charles, surgeon; b. Northamptonshire, Eng., May 29, 1847; s. John and Elizabeth (Clarke) Adams; brought to America at 10 years of age; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1872; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1898; m. Mary Curtis, of Welling- borough, Eng., 1875 (died, 1888); 1 son, Cuthbert C .; m. 2d, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell Gaylord, 1889. In general practice, Chicago, 1873-95, exclusively in surgery from 1895 (retired 1913); prof. surg. pathology, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1873-5; prof. principles and practice of surgery, Chicago Homo. Coll., 1875-84. Surg. maj. 1st Inf., I.N.G., 15 yrs .; maj. and brigade surg., U.S.V., 1898; surg. gen. I.N.G., 1908-13; apptd. 1st It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U.S, Chicago Surg. Soc., Chicago Acad. Sciences; fellow Royal Micros. Soc., London. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Home: 33 Bellevue Place.

ADAMS, Cornelius Rollin, lawyer; b. Washing- ton, D.C., Sept. 16, 1856; s. Cornelius Bull Adams (of Fairfield, Conn.) and Martha B. (Loomis) Adams, d. of Gen. Lewis Loomis, of Colebrook, N.H .; grad. Dr. Hanson's Classical Inst., Water- ville, Me., 1877; student univ. at Lewiston, Me., 1878-9; m. Myrtle Heath, of Colebrook, N.H., Sept. 17, 1883 (now deceased); m. 2d, Alvira Jean Cot- tam, of Truro, N.S., July 3, 1898. On leaving sch. in 1879 came to Chicago; spent 1 year in office of H. S. and F. S. Osborn and then removed to Osh- kosh, Wis., where was admitted to Wis. bar; re- turned to Chicago, 1881; admitted to Ill. bar, 1882, and has since been engaged in gen. practice in Chicago. Republican. Mason, K.P .; mem. Guard- ians of Liberty. Home: Maywood, Ill. Office: 180 N. Dearborn St.

ADAMS, Cyrus Hall, retired Board of Trade mer- chant; b. Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 21, 1849; s. Hugh and Amanda (McCormick) Adams; mother was d. of Robert McCormick; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and old Univ. of Chicago; m. Chicago, Sept. 26, 1878, Emma J., d. of Lyman Blair; 1 son, Cyrus. H., Jr. Entered employ of Cyrus H. McCormick & Co., 1867; became mem. of the firm of McCormick, Adams & Co., in 1871, and head of the firm of Cyrus H. Adams & Co., 1883; retired from business, 1889. During period, 1871- 89, was mem. of the Arbitration Com., mem. of the Appeals Com. and a dir. of the Board of Trade. Democrat. Presbyterian. Trustee McCormick The- ological Seminary; governing mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Recreations: golf and literature. Home: 711 Rush St. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.

ADAMS, Cyrus Hall, Jr., lawyer; b. Chicago, July 30, 1881; s. Cyrus Hall and Emma J. (Blair) Adams; A.B., Princeton, 1903; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Law, 1906; m. Mary S. Shumway, of Chicago, June 19, 1906; 1 son, Cyrus Hall, 3d. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1906, and since engaged in prac- tice in Chicago. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chi- cago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle.

ADAMS, Edward Shields, commission merchant and broker; b. Chicago, Dec. 12, 1859; s. Hugh and Amanda (McCormick) Adams; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago; Allen Acad., West Newton, Mass .; Cornell Univ. Began as bookkeeper, McCormick & Adams, and later became a partner in firm of Cyrus H. Adams & Co .; became mem. Adams & Samuel, 1888; mem. Edward S. Adams Co., brokers, since Jan., 1910. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Demo- crat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

ADAMS, Edwin Augustus, clergyman; b. Frank- lin, Mass., Oct. 21, 1837; s. Newell and Abigail F. (Blake) Adams; student Amherst, 1861; Union Theol. Sem., 1864-5; B.D., Andover Theol. Sem., 1868; (D.D., Knox and Ill. colls., 1891); m. Caroline Amelia Plimpton, of Walpole, Mass., May 16, 1866; children: Rebecca Elizabeth, Mrs. Annie Lewis Harper, Elizabeth May, Kathryn Newell, Edwin Plimpton, George Plimpton. Ordained Congl. min- istry, 1868; pastor North Manchester, Conn., 1868- 72; missionary A.B.C.F.M., Prague, Austria, 1872- 82; pastor Northboro, Mass., 1882-4; organizer of work for Bohemians in Chicago, and pastor Beth- lehem (Bohemian) Ch., 1884-1907 (retired). Vice pres. Chicago Tract Soc. Progressive. Club: Apol- los Ministerial. Home: 854 Lakeside Pl.

ADAMS, Elmer Haney, lawyer; b. New Windsor, Ill., Sept. 22, 1870; s. Samuel and Clarissa (Kean) Adams; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1892; m. Leona Worster, of Chicago, Feb. 21, 1894; children: Stanley Benning and Thornton Shaw. Actively en- gaged in practice at Chicago since 1893; mem. law firm of Adams, Crews, Bobb & Wescott. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Ma- son (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Mid-Day, Chicago Ath- letic, Glen View Golf. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: Glen View Golf Club, Golf, Ill. Office: 1100, 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

ADAMS, Francis, formerly judge Appellate Court of Cook Co .; 1825-Dec. 27, 1915.

ADAMS, George, iron and steel; b. Buffalo, N.Y., June 22, 1858; s. William and Sarah (McDougall) Adams; ed. pub. schs. of Buffalo, N.Y., and in Bry- ant and Stratton Business Coll. until 1871, followed by a practical training in the steel business; m. Minnie Haynes, of Chicago, Aug. 17, 1881; children: Claude (deceased), Mont and Harry. Entire busi- ness career has been in the iron and steel business; resident of Chicago since 1881; Chicago mgr. since 1894 for Houghton & Richards, of Boston, handling their steels for tool-making. Republican. Recre- ation: motor-boating. Home: 2835 W. Monroe St., Chicago; (summer) Lake Side Resort, Mich. Office: 26-28 N. Clinton St., Chicago.

ADAMS, George Everett, ex-congressman; b. at Keene, N.H., June 18, 1840; s. Benjamin Franklin and Louise Ruth (Redington) Adams; attended sch. at Keene, N.H .; family moved to Chicago, 1853; A.B., Harvard, 1860, LL.B., 1865; during war served a short time as mem. of Battery A, Ill. Arty .; m. Adele Foster, of Chicago, Nov. 30, 1871; 2 children: Isabelle (Mrs. Mason Bross), Margaret. Mem. Ill. Senate, 1881 (resigned, 1883); mem. 48th to 51st Congresses (1883-91); served on banking, currency and judiciary coms. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Overseer Harvard, 1892-1904; trustee Newberry Library, Field Mus .; mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn .; pres. Chi- cago Orchestral Assn., 6 yrs. Clubs: Chicago, Un- ion League, University, Hamilton, Harvard. Home: 350 Belden Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.

ADAMS, Harry Coburn, coal merchant; b. Indi- anapois, Ind., Mar. 3, 1858; s. Henry E. and Sarah (Coburn) Adams; ed. pub. sch. of Bucyrus, O .; m. Chicago, May 22, 1884, Sarah J. Robinson. Was for 3 yrs. engaged in railroad work in Columbus, O., before moving to Chicago in 1880; then mgr. of the Chicago branch of the Turney & James Co .; joined, 1898, in the organization of The Jones & Adams Coal Co., of which is pres .; dir. several com- panies. Club: Union League. Recreations: motor-

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ing and golf. Home: 568 E. 51st St. Office: 28 E. dence: Lakota Hotel. Office: 55 Exchange Bldg., Jackson Boul. Union Stock Yards.

ADAMS, Henry Ethelbert, toy mfr .; b. Sandwich, Ill., May 29, 1868; s. J. Phelps and Mary Brainard (Phelps) Adams; ed. pub. schs. of Sandwich and Northwestern Univ .; m. Mary A. Haviland, of Pequanning, Mich., Aug. 14, 1889; 2 children: Flor- ence Haviland (Mrs. Paul B. Sommers), Phelps Haviland. Began with Sandwich (Ill.) Mfg. Co., 1887; came to Chicago and with others organized the Ideal Boiler Co., of which was treas., 1894-7; mem. firm of Adams & Jones, house heating appa- ratus, Boston, 1897-1903; returned to Chicago and became identified with Am. Radiator Co., of which was asst. treas. 1904-13, treas. 1913-15; since vice pres. Kangaroo Mfg. Co .; also treas. Norwall Mfg. Co., Chicago, and dir. Sandwich Mfg. Co. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T.); mem. Sigma Chi. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and motor boating. Home: 1110 E. 52d St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

ADAMS, James Alonzo, clergyman. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

ADAMS, John Benjamin, grain merchant; May 4, 1853-Dec. 13, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

ADAMS, John Quincy, lands and loans; b. Troy, Vt., June 16, 1848; s. Benjamin S. and Susan Smith (Pierce) Adams; ed. Grand River Inst., Austin- burg, O .; B.S., Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, Ia., 1868; m. Frances C. Smith, of Albion, Ia., Dec. 23, 1874; 1 son, Benjamin S. Began in 1869 as deputy county auditor, Mitchell Co., Ia., continuing 1 yr .; trav- eling salesman 10 yrs .; mem. Griffin & Adams, bankers, Spencer, Ia., 10 yrs .; identified with large transactions in lands and loans since 1892, and from May, 1902 to 1910, pres. of the Adams & Denmead Co., dealing in western lands and mort- gage loans; pres. Coast Line Land Co., of Three Forks, Mont., Adams Investment Co., of Marshall- town, Ia. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: Okoboji, Ia. Resi- dence: Evanston Hotel, Evanston. Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

ADAMS, John Russell, dried fruits, beans, canned goods; b. Boston, Feb. 2, 1850; s. William H. and Jeannette R. (Bliss) Adams; ed. pub. and priv. schs. of New England; m. Chicago, June 25, 1874, Ella D. Hackett; children: John Hackett, Alice Montgomery (Mrs. Joseph L. Gunsaulus), Le Baron, Laurence Russell. After leaving sch. went to Cal., and was chiefly engaged with Wells- Fargo Co.'s Express, 1865-71; returned to New York, 1871, and was connected with butter and cheese business; came to Chicago, 1873, and was with J. W. Doane & Co., coffees; then mem. Cobb & Adams, foreign dried fruits, and later in same business alone; became connected with Porter Bros. Co., 1896; established firm of John R. Adams & Co., dried fruits, etc., 1903. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Home: 1360 N. State St. Office: 130 N. 5th Av.

ADAMS, Joseph, retired; b. at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Eng., Oct. 28, 1851; s. John and Eliza (Clarke) Adams; ed. Chicago High Sch .; aft- erward studied with pvt. tutors and Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1896, Edith Almy. En- tered employ of Adams & Eldredge, Union Stock Yards, May 2, 1866; entered partnership with fa- ther, Apr., 1887, continuing until latter's death, Oct. 30, 1889; then with brother, George J., con- tinued business as John Adams & Sons; some years later admitted A. W. Kitchin to partnership under firm style of John Adams' Sons & Kitchin; retired from active business, Jan. 22, 1912, but still inter-

ADAMS, Lyle Edwin, mfr. glass products; b. De- troit, Mich., Oct. 11, 1879; s. Walter L. and Madge (Burton) Adams; ed. pub. schs .; D.D.S., Univ. of Ill., 1903; m. Agnes Sherman, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1906. In practice of dentistry 2 yrs .; mem. firm Adams Bros. & Co., jobbers and brokers of glass products, since 1896. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 139 N. Mayfield Av. Office: 136 W. Lake St.

ADAMS, Milward, theatre mgr. (See vol. 1911.)

ADAMS, Myron Eugene, clergyman; b. Palmyra, N.Y., Feb. 19, 1876; s. Myron H. and Lydia (Brew- ster) Adams; A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1898; Roches- ter Theol. Sem., 1901; m. Roma M. Howell, of De- troit, Mich., June 8, 1914. Director 1st playground, Rochester, N.Y., 1899; Cleveland, 1901; resident worker and probation officer, Welcome Hall Settle- ment, Buffalo, 1901-4; head worker, West Side Neighborhood House, New York, 1904-6; ordained Baptist ministry, 1905; pastor Midland, Mich., 1906-9, Warren Av. Ch., Detroit, 1909-12, 1st Bap- tist Ch., Chicago, 1912-1916. Mem. bd. dirs. Citi- zens' League, Central Bapt. Home, Anti-Saloon League, Anti-Cigarette League, Chicago Tract Soc., Com. of Fifteen, Chicago Dry Federation, Chicago Pub. Welfare Bureau. Scottish Rite Mason (32°). Club: University. Has devoted attention largely to social service since leaving sem. Regular con- tbr. to The Survey, Outlook, etc. Chaplain Officers' Training Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 1917. Home: 5517 University Av.

ADAMS, Nathaniel Holder, M.D .; b. Lexington, O., Jan. 14, 1871; s. Amos S. and Elizabeth S. (Holder) Adams; attended common and high schs. of Mansfield, O .; Ph.M., Chicago Coll. of Pharmacy, 1890; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Coll., 1896; m. Clara R. Melchert, of Chicago, June 2, 1900; 1 son, Nathaniel H., Jr. Specializes in diseases of the nervous system. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Therapeutic Club, Oak Park Physicians' Club. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Home: 722 East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 2257 W. Madison St. and 108 N. State St., Chicago.

ADAMS, Robert H., agent for rolling mill corpn .: b. Chatham, Ont., July 29, 1871; s. of Robert and Marion (Ronald) Adams; ed. high sch., Chatham; m. Chicago, June 6, 1900, Anna Louise Stewart; 1 son, Robert H., Jr. After leaving school, went to Detroit and entered the employ of the Detroit Cop- per & Brass Rolling Mills as clerk, remaining there until 1890; came to Chicago and was salesman in the Chicago branch of the same company until 1892; since then western sales agent and mgr. Chi- cago branch. Mason (32°). Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Recre- ations: yachting, motoring. Home: 5715 Kenwood Av. Office: 111 N. Jefferson St.

ADAMS, Samuel, lawyer; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1871; s. Charles True and Emma S. Adams: prep. edn. at Univ. School, Chicago; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1892; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .. Chicago, 1893; m. Louise Koerner, of Belleville, Ill., May 20, 1899; 1 son, Charles True. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1893; formerly mem. firm of Bancroft & Adams; mem. Adams & Candee. 1908-11: 1st asst. sec. of the interior, June 1, 1911-Mar. 7, 1913: mem. Adams, Follansbee, Hawley & Shorey since 1913. Prof. of law, Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .. 1901- 09. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. and of Legal and Law clubs. Clubs: University, City, Harvard, Indian lill; Cosmos (Washington, D.C.). Recreation: au- tomobiling. Home: 1330 N. State St. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St.

ested in lumber and land. Vice pres. Chicago Live Stock Exchange, 1908-10. Independent in politics. ADAMS, Spencer L., lawyer: b. Skaneateles. N.Y., June 12, 1870: s. of Emerson and Annette (Austin) Adams; attended pub, schs. 12 yrs .; A.B., Cornell Univ., 1893; LL.B., Yale, 1895: unmar- ried. Admitted to N.Y. bar, Feb. 7. 1896; to Il. bar, same year: first entered law office of H. R. Pebbles; then that of Thomas Dent and Russell Whitman and later associated with David B. Ly- man in practice in Chicago, 1899-1914; mem. Ly- man, Adams & Bishop since 1914. Pres. Cornell Alumni Assn. of Chicago, 1909-15; mem. Chicago Mem. Citizens' Assn. of Chicago, Municipal Voters' League, Civil Service Reform Assn., New York, Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Forestry Assn., Municipal Art League, Civic Federation, Bureau of Justice, Public Art League; dir. Ill. Humane Soc. ; life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago; trustee and 2d vice pres. Chi- cago Orchestral Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Literary, Saddle and Cycle, South Shore Country, Chicago Tennis (life). Has traveled widely during recent years. One of original bd. of governors and sec. for 15 mos. of Chicago Athletic Assn. Resi- Law Inst., Legal Club, Empire State Soc. of Chi-

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cago. Republican. Clubs: University, City. Home: 1234 N. State St. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

ADAMS, William, contractor and builder; b. in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland, Feb. 3, 1861; s. Classon and Jeannette (Scott) Adams; ed. Kersland Bar- ony Sch., Ayrshire; m. Jessie Browning, of Tampa, Fla., Oct. 10, 1895; 2 children: J. Mildred, Jeannette Scott. Began as contractor and builder, 1885, con- tinuing in own name for 10 yrs .; incorporated, 1895, as the William Adams Co., of which he is pres. Vice pres. Seven Troughs Coalition Mining Co., Rochester Mines Co., Rochester Continued Mines Co .; dir. Bates Expanded Steel Truss Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Builders'. Recre- ations: fishing, hunting, motoring. Home: 9326 Pleasant Av. Office: 209 S. LaSalle St.

ADAMS, William Alexander, lawyer; b. Chicago, Sept. 10, 1871; s. Robert Alexander and Mary Mar- tha (Riley) Adams; grad. Pinkerton Acad., Derry, N.H., 1894; A.B., Harvard, 1898; LL.B., Ill. Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1902; m. Blanche Spalding Griffin, of Thornton's Ferry, N.H., 1904; 2 children: Wil- liam Byron, Mary Griffin (deceased). Instr., Univ. of Ill., 1899-1901; admitted to Ill. bar, 1902, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Adams, Winnen & Adams; asst. county atty. of Cook Co .; village atty. of Brookfield; mem. Bd. of Edn., Riverside- Brookfield High Sch., 1908-13; prof. of law, Ill. Coll. of Law, 1903-7. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason, Odd Fellow. Clubs: Harvard, Hamilton (Chicago). Home: 316 Grand Boul., Brookfield, Ill. Office: 715 Tacoma Bldg., Chicago.

ADAMS, William Grant, lawyer; Feb. 1, 1867- May 30, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

ADAMS, William Porter, mfr .; b. Cambridgeport, Mass., Dec. 26, 1863; s. Samuel Porter and Caroline W. (Davis) Adams (New England ancestry, dis- tantly related to President Adams' family); grad. Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1883; married June, 1889, Mary Josephine Cook (died Feb. 11, 1895) ; 1 child, Edna (Mrs. William Bradley Harrison); m. 2d, Oak Park, Ill., Mar. 16, 1897, Maud Prescott; 1 child, Dorothy. Began business career in fall of 1884, with H. W. Johns Mfg. Co., New York; came to Chicago, 1886, and worked for father's firm of Adams & Adams, changed, 1888, to Adams & Adams Mfg. Co., of which was vice pres .; established, Jan., 1890, Adams Paint & Oil Co., which was changed in March, 1890, to Adams & Elting Co., mfrs. of paint specialties, of which is pres. Dir. Chadeloid Chem- ical Co. of N.Y. Was mem. of 23d Regt. Cadet Corps, Brooklyn, N.Y .; 1st 1t. 13th Regt. Corps, Brooklyn, N.Y .; col. Order of the Old Guard, Chi- cago. Mem. S.R., S.A.R., Soc. War of 1812, Mass. Soc. Republican. Congregationalist. Pres. Ill. Com- mn. of Perry's Victory Centenary. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton (life), South Shore Country (Chicago); Drug and Chemical (New York); Cres- cent Athletic (Brooklyn). Recreations: motoring, fishing, hunting. Home: 1437 E. 72d Pl. Office: 724 Washington Boul.

ADCOCK, Edmund, patent lawyer; 1854-Apr. 26, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

ADCOCK, Edmund David, lawyer; b. Galesburg; Ill., Apr. 29, 1877; s. William and Mary Jane (Hen- derson) Adcock; A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, 1898; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1902; m. May Rex, of Creston, Ia., Aug. 31, 1905; 1 son, Edmund Rex. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1902; associated in prac- tice with Otis H. Waldo, 1902-4; mem. Wood, Fyffe & Adcock, 1905-7, Fyffe & Adcock, 1907-12; atty. for Sanitary Dist. of Chicago since 1912. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club, Phi Delta Theta. Democrat. Clubs: City, Chicago Athletic Assn., South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht. Home: 5800 Dorchester Av. Office: 900 Michigan Boul.

ADDAMS, Jane, settlement worker; b. Cedar- ville, Ill., Sept. 6, 1860; d. Hon. John H. and Sarah (Weber) Addams; A.B., Rockford Coll., 1881; spent 2 yrs. in Europe, 1883-5; studied in Phila., 1888; (LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1904, Smith Coll., 1910; A.M., Yale, 1910). With Miss Ellen Gates Starr, opened Social Settlement of Hull House, Chicago, 1889, of which has since been head resident. Insp. of streets and alleys in neighborhood of Hull House, 3 yrs. Pres. Nat. Conf. Charities and Cor-

rection, 1909. Writer and lecturer on social and polit. reform. Author: Democracy and Social Eth- ics, 1902; Newer Ideals of Peace, 1907; The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910; A New Conscience and an An- cient Evil, 1911. Now chmn. Woman's Peace Party. Address: 800 S. Halsted St.

ADDINGTON, Keene Harwood, lawyer; b. Bal- timore, Md., Mar. 3, 1874; s. James D. and Emma A. (Martin) Addington; ed. priv. schs., Norfolk, Va., Norfolk Mil. Acad. and Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Florence E. La Victoire, of Chicago, June 26, 1901; 2 children: Florence Elizabeth, James Ro- land. Came to Chicago from Norfolk, Va., 1890; was in law office of John T. Richards; admitted to bar, Mar. 3, 1895; mem. firm of Richards & Adding- ton, 1 yr., Mitchell & Addington, 4 yrs .; associated with W. Clyde Jones, 1900, and formed law firm of Jones & Addington, now Jones, Addington, Ames & Seibold, and jointly with Mr. Jones was for many years the official reporter of the Appellate Courts of Ill .; pres. Sprague Canning Machinery Co., University Motor Livery Co .; sec. Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. of Ill .; treas. Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. of Can., Ltd .; treas. Benjamin Electric, Ltd., of London, Eng., and Frank B. Cook Co. of Ill. Mayor of Lake Forest, Ill., 1917-18. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Old Elm, Shore Acres. Com- piler and editor (with W. Clyde Jones) : Annotated Statutes of Ill. (6 vols.), also Notes of Ill. and Appellate Court Reports (15 vols.). Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 105 W. Monroe St., Chicago; branch office, 2 Rector St., New York, N.Y.

ADE, George, author. Home: Hazelden Farm, Brook, Ind. (See Who's Who in America.)

ADELSDORF, Leopold, treasurer Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refining Co .; b. Walsdorf, Ger- many, Jan. 11, 1860; s. Emanuel and Etta (Silber- man) Adelsdorf; ed. nat. schs. of Germany; m. Minnie Nussbaum, of Plymouth, Ind., Sept. 15, 1891; 2 children: Samuel, Mildred. Came to U.S., 1881; engaged in dry goods and clothing business at Keitsburg, Ill., 1882-1907; removed to Chicago, 1907; treas. and dir. since 1908, Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refining Co., mfrs. for jewelry and dental trade. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Mfg. Jewelers' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Mason. Home: 4716 Ellis Av. Office: 29 E. Madison 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 3

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