The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 31

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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BROWN, Charles Turner, patent attorney and patent and mech. expert; b. E. Bethel, Vt., May 3, 1849; s. Jonathan Marston and Susan Stone (Turn- er) Brown; descendant of Colonial ancestors and Revolutionary soldiers on both sides; ed. at pub. schs. and Gaskell's Business Coll., Manchester, N.H., and Phila. (Pa.) Poly. Inst .; married; chil- dren: Mrs. Alice Brown Ross, Maud. Practiced civil and mech. engring., 1872-9; read law and was admitted to practice by Supreme Court of Ill., Nov., 1881; has made patent law a specialty. Mason (32°, Shriner), Odd Fellow; mem. Gesang Verein Froh- sinn. Club: Press. Home: 814 S. Sacramento Boul. Office: 127 N. Dearborn St.

BROWN, Charles Walter, author; b. St. Louis, June 23, 1866; s. Prof. Isaac Hinton and Esther L.

(Quin) Brown; grad. Edwardsville (Ill.) High Sch., 1883; studied Univ. of Mo., 1885-7; (hon. A.M., Mc- Kendree Coll., Ill., 1902); m. Mary Nelson, d. Con- gressman C. C. Matson, of Ind., Sept. 14, 1904. En- gaged in lit. work since 1887; spl. writer on St. Louis Republic, 1889-93; lecturer on hist. and ednl. subjects. Author of various books, for titles see Who's Who in America, 1912-13. Home: 5938 Win- throp Av.

BROWN, Edward Eagle, lawyer; b. at Chicago, June 4, 1885; s. Edward Osgood and Helen Ger- trude (Eagle) Brown; A.B., Harvard, 1905; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1908; m. Phyllis Wyatt, of Chi- cago, 1913. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1908, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Miller, Starr, Brown, Packard & Peckham; atty. First Nat. Bank, First Trust and Savings Bank. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Legal Club, Law Club. Democrat. Clubs: Mid-Day, University, City, Caxton; Harvard (New York). Home: 179 E. Chestnut St. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BROWN, Edward Milton, M.D., surgeon; b. Ot- tawa, LaSalle Co., Ill., Jan. 1, 1869; s. Edward and Mary (Prindiville) Brown; grad. Ottawa High Sch .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1893; married. Practiced in Chicago since 1893; surgeon to West Side Hosp .; prof. surgery, Chicago Coll. of Medi- cine and Surgery; same, Post-Grad. Sch. of Medi- cine. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Surg. Soc., Physicians' Club, Art Inst. of Chicago. Club: Palette and Chisel. Home: 4623 Ellis Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

BROWN, Edward Osgood, judge; b. Salem, Mass., Aug. 5, 1847; s. Edward and Eliza (Dalton) Brown; A.B., Brown Univ., 1867; law studies, Salem, Mass .. and Harvard Law Sch .; admitted to bar, 1870; m. Helen Gertrude Eagle, of Chicago, June 25, 1884; children: Edward Eagle, Helen Dalton, Walter El- liott (U.S.N.), Robert Osgood, Mary Wolmarth. Asst. clerk Supreme Court of R.I., 1870-1; began practice in firm of Peckham & Brown, Chicago, 1872; candidate for judge Superior Court, 1893; counsel for Lincoln Park Commrs., 1894-7; judge Circuit Court, Cook Co., Ill., 1903-9, and apptd. jus- tice Appellate Court, 1st Dist., 1904; mem. law firm Peckham, Brown, Packard & Walsh, 1909-10; again elected judge Circuit Court, Cook Co., 1910, and again apptd. justice Appellate Court, 1st Dist., Dec. 1, 1910; mem. law firm of Miller, Starr, Brown, Packard & Peckham since 1915. Radical Democrat; nationally active in single tax movement. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: University, City, Chicago Literary, Law, Mid-Day, Press, Iroquois. Has written sev- eral legal papers and pamphlets relating to lit- toral rights on Lake Michigan; many papers and pamphlets on the single tax and other econ., polit. and hist. subjects, and opinions in vols. 117-192, Ill. Appellate Court Reports. Home: 1216 N. State St. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BROWN, Edward Vail Lapham, oculist: b. Mor- rison, Ill., Aug. 15, 1876; s. George H. and Marga- ret (Lapham) Brown; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1897, and Rush Med. Coll., 1898; m. Frieda M. Kirchoff, Aug. 10, 1912. Interne Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1899; student in eye pathology, Berlin, 1902, Vien- na, 1906-7, also in clin. ophthalmology, Vienna, 1911-12; attending oculist, Cook County and Pres- byn. hosps .; asst. prof. of eye pathology. Univ. of Chicago; asst. prof. ophthalmology, Rush Med. Coll. Mem. A.M.A., Inst. of Medicine of Chicago, Am. Ophthal. Soc., Chicago Ophthal. Soc. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago.

BROWN, Edwin Franklin, banker, mfr .; Jan. 26. 1862-Feb. 15, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

BROWN, Everett Chase, live stock commn .: b. Oneida, 111., Oct. 14, 1863; s. Thomas and Emily (Ware) Brown; ed. pub. schs., Bryant and Strat- ton Business Coll .; LL.B., Chicago Evening Coll. of Law (Lake Forest Univ.), 1892; m. Glencoe, Ill., Dec., 1901, Elizabeth Sawyer Dupee. Entered em- ploy of St. John & Brown, live stock commn. mer- chants, 1881; now gen. mgr. of the Brown-St. John Commn. Co. Mem. Co. C, 1st Inf. I.N.G., 5 yrs. Mem. Chicago Plan Commn. since 1909. Apptd. mem. U.S. Live Stock Industry Com., 1917. Repub-

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lican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T.). Pres. Chicago Live Stock Exchange, 1916-17; pres. Nat. Amateur Athletic Union, 1910-11. Clubs: Chicago Athletic (pres. 1909, 10), South Shore Country (pres. 1914- 17), Olympia Fields Country, Saddle and Sirloin. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 4558 Ellis Av. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

BROWN, Frank Arnold, mfr .; b. Chicago, Oct. 14, 1872; s. David Paul and Ellen M. (Francis) Brown; ed. Ravenswood pub. sch., Mich. Mil. Acad. and Lake View High Sch .; m. Chicago, Aug. 14, 1895, Ella Grace Bryan; 3 children: Dorothy G., Olney Frank and Gertrude. In Mar., 1894, went to work for Squire Dingee Co., mfrs. of pickles, vine- gar, etc .; later took charge of sales and Chicago office; became vice pres., later treas., and is now pres. of the company. Republican. Methodist. Ma- son (32°). Clubs: Hamilton, Westmoreland Coun- try, Ouilmette (ex-pres.), Ravenswood (ex-pres.). Recreations: motoring, golf. Home: 502 Washing- ton Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1908-1918 Elston Av., Chicago.

BROWN, Frank Melven, purchasing agt .; b. St. Joseph Co., Mich., Feb. 14, 1855; s. Spencer and Julia A. (Harwood) Brown; ed. grammar and high schs .; m. 2d, Clara I. Ackerman, of Chicago, Oct. 7, 1916; 2 children by first marriage: Willard L., Mar- vin H. Served as telegrapher and station agent, Mich. Cent. R.R. Co., 5 yrs., beginning 1876, ticket agt. C.&N .- W.Ry. 1 yr .; train dispatcher U.P.R.R. 3 yrs .; in mercantile pursuits until 1898; then be- came connected with the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., at Anaconda, Mont .; purchasing agent same company at Chicago, since 1902. Republican. Epis- copalian. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, motoring, working with tools. Home: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 1825 Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago.

BROWN, Frank Townley, patent atty .; b. Louis- ville, Ky., Aug. 2, 1857; s. of Theodore and Sallie (Bryan) Brown; prep. edn. pub. and pvt. schs .; LL.B., Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., Washington, D.C., 1879; m. Harriette Marshall, of Ga., May 26, 1908. Was examiner and later prin. examiner and atty. for U.S. Patent Office, 1876-89; admitted to D.C. bar, 1879, Supreme Court of U.S., 1885, Ill. bar, 1889; came to Chicago, 1889, and since actively engaged in practice of patent law; mem. Butterworth, Hall & Brown, 1889-93, Brown & Hop- kins, 1905-14, Brown, Nissen & Sprinkle since Sept., 1914. Republican. Mem. Patent Bar Assn. (ex- pres.). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, University, South Shore Country. Recreations: collie dogs, golf, horses, driving and farming. Home: 426 Surf St. Office: 1124 Monadnock Blk.

BROWN, Frederick Anson, lawyer; b. Decatur, Ill., Aug. 9,1867; s. Josiah and Sarah Elvira Brown; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1889; m. Jan. 7, 1891, Mary Lois Roby; children: Kilburn Roby, Mary Lois. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, practiced at Decatur, Ill., 1889-90, Tacoma, 1890-8, Chicago since 1898; spe- cializing in ins. law; mem. Ill. State Bd. of Law Examiners; dir. Lincoln State Bank. Dir. Central Howard Assn. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. (vice pres.), Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Uni- versity, Law, Union League, Press, South Shore Country. Frequent contbr. to Insurance Law Jour. Home: 5485 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 10 S. LaSalle Street.

BROWN, Frederick Harvey, inventor; 1843-1911. (See vol. 1911.)

BROWN, Frederick Lee, lumberman; b. Albion, Erie Co., Pa., Nov. 4, 1870; s. Henry King and Ly- dia (Barns) Brown; grad. Edinboro (Pa.) State Normal Sch., 1891; Univ. of Chicago; m. Conneaut, O., Dec. 27, 1899, May Carlin Bigelow. Taught in pub. schs. of Pa., Minn. and Ohio, 1891-1901; prin. grammar sch., Akron, O., 1897-1901; with Cran- dall & Richardson, wholesale lumber, Chicago, 1901-6; mem. firm Crandall (James N.) & Brown, wholesale hardwood lumber, since 1906; also pres. Lumbermen's Mut. Casualty Co. and The Elgin Motor Car Corpn. Pres. Chicago Hardwood Lum- ber Exchange. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Ken- wood, South Shore Country. Home: 1637 E. 53d St. Office: 3300 S. Racine Av.

BROWN, George Van Ingen, surgeon. Home: Milwaukee, Wis. (See Who's Who in America.)

BROWN, Harry Adams, secretary and treasurer Squire Dingee Co .; b. Providence, R.I., Jan. 17, 1876; s. David Paul and Ellen M. (Francis) Brown; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Apr. 14, 1898, Maud Billings; 2 children: Nellie Frances and Paul. Began in real estate office, and afterward with Sweet, Dempster & Co .; identified with Squire Din- gee Co., mfrs. of pickles, since 1898, becoming sec. and treas. of company, 1902. Republican. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1918 Elston Av., Chicago.

BROWN, Harry Forbes, water meters; b. Red Oak, Ia., Dec. 10, 1872; s. George B. and Mary (Forbes) Brown; ed. pub. schs. of Red Oak, Ia., and Iowa State Coll., Ames, class of 1892; m. Ames, June 18, 1895, Blanche Granger (died Oct. 15, 1905); m. 2d, Cecelia L. Arnold, of Owensboro, Ky., Jan. 17, 1907; 2 sons: Harry A., Herbert B. Was engaged in various mercantile and banking enter- prises at Red Oak, Ia., 1892-1900; came to Chicago, 1900, and has since been western mgr. for the Nep- tune Meter Co., of N.Y. City. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), K.P. Club: Hamilton. Recre- ations: motoring, hunting, fishing. Home: 835 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 565 W. Washington St., Chicago.

BROWN, Heman Hampton, M.D., oculist; b. at Jersey Shore, Pa., July 8, 1863; s. George R. and Elizabeth G. Brown; ed. literary and med. depts. Univ. of Mich. (M.D., 1886); m. Adrian, Mich., 1886, Myrtie L. Poucher; children: Myrtie, Belle. After graduation established in practice in Ohio, and for 4 yrs. was U.S. pension examining surgeon under the Harrison administration; came to Chicago, 1892, and has since practiced as a specialist in oph- thalmology, otology, rhinology and laryngology. Was formerly associated in dept. of ophthalmolo- gy, in the Chicago Policlinic, and in same dept. of the Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; oph- thalmologist to Tribune Hosp., Columbus Hosp .; was prof. ophthalmology and 8 yrs. pres. Ill. Med. Coll .; prof. ophthalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll. Mem. Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, Chicago Ophthal. Soc., A.M. A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Club: University. Home: Manor House, Edgewater, Ill. Office: 31 N. State St., Chicago.

BROWN, Henry Seymour, clergyman; b. Roches- ter, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1875; s. John Milton and Cordelia Jane (Fletcher) Brown; prep. edn. Lyons Tp. High Sch., LaGrange, Ill .; A.B., Univ. of Tex., 1897; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1900; (D.D., Blackburn Coll., Carlinville, Ill., 1917) ; m. Emma Slee Underhill, of East Aurora, N.Y., June 25, 1907; children: Fletch- er Gridley, Katherine Underhill, Henry Seymour, Jr. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1900; asst. pastor South Park Ch., Newark, N.J., 1900-2, Tabernacle Ch., Phila., Pa., 1902; pastor 1st Ch., East Aurora, N.Y., 1902-5, 1st Ch., East Cleveland, O., 1905-12, 1st Ch., Lakeview, Chicago, since 1912. Club: City. Home: 4232 Kenmore Av.

BROWN, Henry Temple, member firm of Chase & Sanborn, importers of teas and coffees; b. Yar- mouth, N.S., Jan. 21, 1866; s. of George S. (mem. of Provincial Parliament) and Elizabeth (Bond) Brown; grad. English High Sch., Boston, 1885; m. Chicago, Nov., 1893, Anna F. Lenz; children: Eliza- beth Anna, Ronald Norman. On graduation ob- tained a position in the coffee importing business in Boston, and a year later entered the employ of Chase & Sanborn; for 2 yrs. traveled for the firm through Neb. and Colo., and in 1888 became asst. mgr. of the Chicago dept. of the firm, devoting par- ticular attention to the development of the tea business. Admitted to partnership, Jan. 1, 1900. Mason (Lincoln Park Chapter R.A.M.). Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Home: 831 Buena Av. Office: 76 E. Lake St.

BROWN, Isaac Eddy, Y.M.C.A. worker; b. Chau- tauqua Co., N.Y., May 17, 1849; s. Russell McCary and Electa Louisa (Sherman) Brown; grad. Ill. State Normal Univ., 1874; A.B., Knox Coll., Ill., 1892, A.M., 1896; m. Mary Johnson, of Greenfield, Wis., Dec. 28, 1881. Prin. Decatur High Sch., 1874- 80; state sec. Ill. Y.M.C.A., 1880-1909; a founder Western Secretarial Inst. Y.M.C.A., 1884, and start- ed Training Sch. Y.M.C.A., 1890, the two being com- bined, 1896, to form the Inst. and Training Sch. for Y.M.C.A. (now Y.M.C.A. College), of which he has.

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been dean since Sept. 1, 1909. First pres. of 1st student Y.M.C.A. in Ill., at Ill. State Normal Univ., 1872; mem. 21 yrs. and pres. 13 yrs. of Bd. of Inst. and Training Sch. Y.M.C.A. Congregationalist; del. to Nat. Council Congl. Chs., 1915. Mem. Art Inst. of Chicago, S.A.R., Alden Kindred America. Clubs: Congregational, Chicago City. Author: Y.M.C.A. Buildings; Fifty-five Years, Y.M.C.A., Chicago; va- rious Y.M.C.A. pamphlets. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 5315 Drexel Av., Chicago.

BROWN, James Edgar, lawyer; b. Monongalia Co., W.Va., Feb. 8, 1865; s. Granville and Eliza- beth (Watson) Brown; (great-grandfather, Thom- as Brown, was a soldier of the Am. Revolution and fought with Gen. Greene at the Battle of the Cow- pens, S.C .; grandfather, Samuel Byrne Brown, was a soldier in the War of 1812; father was an officer in the Union Army in the Civil War); B.S., W.Va. Univ., 1889, LL.B., 1891. In practice in Chicago since 1892; admitted to practice in all the state and federal courts and the Supreme Court of the U.S. Has traveled extensively and made a spl. study of municipal affairs and administration of justice in various countries of Europe; has taken active in- terest in local, state and nat. politics and as cam- paign speaker. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Cook County Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Nat. Geog. Soc., Ill. Soc. S.A.R. (state registrar), Ill. Soc. War of 1812 (pres.), Ill. State Hist. Soc., Chicago Hist. Soc., Nat. Star Spangled Banner Assn. (treas.); patriotic instr. Sons of Vet- erans. Club: Hamilton. Author: Genealogy of the Brown Family of Prince William County, Va., 1898. Contbr. to various mags. on criminology and so- ciology, also on legal, patriotic and miscellaneous subjects. Recreations: traveling, hunting and lec- turing. Home: 904 Wilson Av. Office: 1253 Conway Bldg.

BROWN, John A., lawyer; b. Tannersville, Green Co., N.Y., June 21, 1876; s. James and Catherine (Goggin) Brown; ed. under pvt. tutor and later in North Div. High Sch., Chicago; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1898; LL.B. and LL.M., Ill. Coll. of Law, post-grad. course, 1899; m. in Chicago, Margaret Glessner, of Galena, Ill., Oct. 12, 1912; 1 daughter, Margaret Ellen. Started in study of law by occu- pying positions as clk. of Circuit Court of Cook Co. under Frank J. Gaulter; later clk. in law office of Lackner & Butz; when Jacob J. Kern retired from state's atty.'s office, 1896, and formed a part- nership with Elisha S. Bottum, started in with them; Mr. Bottum died in 1898 and Charles D. Ful- len became partner, as Kern & Fullen; became si- lent partner in that firm and upon retirement of Mr. Fullen, 1900, firm became Kern & Brown until 1910; in practice alone since Oct., 1910; identified with formation of large industrial corpns. and a gen. equity and law practice; purchased the prop- erty including the lake, at Glen Ellyn, 1907, and subdivided the same, and added it to the village, the subdivision being known as John A. Brown's Addition to Glen Ellyn, DuPage Co., Ill. Demo- crat. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Alpha Delta, Empire State Soc., Central Y.M. C.A. Past Regent Ill. Council Royal Arcanum; mem. Northwestern Council Royal Arcanum, Ban- ner Lodge No. 219, K. of P. Clubs: Press, Ill. Ath- letic, Kenwood, Prairie, Chicago Gun, Chicago Rifle. Author of special articles for legal publs. and oth- ers, also has written extensively briefs for courts of appeal. Recreations: outdoor sports. Home: 7146 Paxton Av. Office: 1601 Chicago Title & Trust Bldg. .

BROWN, Lincoln, real estate; b. Galesburg, Ill., Sept. 23, 1861; s. Luke S. and Elmina (Wright) Brown; resident of Chicago since 1868; ed. high sch., Chicago, to 1876; read law in offices of Walk- er, Dexter & Smith, in which remained until 1884. Sec. Metcalf Stationery Co. until 1891; retired 1891-5; since 1895 in real estate business in Chi- cago; also pres. Elk Rapids Iron Co. Mason (32°). Clubs: Caxton, Chicago Athletic, City; also Row- fant (Cleveland). Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 123 W. Madison St., Chicago.

BROWN, Marshall L., wholesale produce; b. at Sycamore, Ill., Nov. 11, 1861; s. Caleb and Louisa A. (Jackman) Brown; ed. high sch., Sycamore; married 1901. Began in wholesale produce busi- ness on Water St., Chicago, 1888; pres. and owner

Marsh. L. Brown & Co. Also dir. of Chicago Cold Storage & Warehouse Co., Mexico Fuel Oil Co. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T., Shrin- er). Clubs: Chicago Athletic (life mem.), South Shore Country (life mem.). Home: 5435 Michigan Av. Office: 79 W. South Water St.

BROWN, Moreau Roberts, M.D .; July 26, 1853- Mar. 22, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

BROWN, Paul, lawyer; Dec. 1, 1864-Dec. 19, 1914. (See vol. 1911. )

BROWN, Philip Sidney, lawyer; b. at Evanston, Wyo., Apr. 10, 1876; s. Clarence A. and Corinne (Stubbs) Gooding; mother married Frank E. Brown, 1883, who in 1890 legally adopted him as his son; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1894; student North- western Univ. Law Sch., 1895-6; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1897; m. Rose Swain Brown, of Minneapo- lis, Minn., Dec. 22, 1906; 2 sons: Frank Edward, Philip S., Jr. Was in law office of Clarence S. Dar- row, 1896-1900; in practice alone since 1900. Joined Social Dem. party, 1900. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago. Recreations: golf, yachting. Home: 219 Park Av., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 1438, 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

BROWN, Ralph Crissman, M.D .; b. Morrison, Ill., June 10, 1878; s. Orville H. and Anna (Mckay) Brown; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1904; interne, Cook Co. Hosp .; post- grad. work Univ. of Vienna, 1910-12; m. Marion Phoebe Mills, of Chicago, Dec. 2, 1913; 1 son, Ralph Gordon. Practiced at Chicago since 1912; asso. at- tending phys., Presbyn. Hosp .; asst. prof. medi- cine, Rush Med. Coll. Capt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Acad. Medicine of Chicago, Soc. Internal Medicine, etc. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Quadrangle. Home: 4723 Kenwood Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Avenue.

BROWN, Richard Hunt, M.D .; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 2, 1862; s. Richard and Thalia (Newton) Brown; grad. high sch., Canfield, O., 1879; 3 yrs. at Frank- lin (Ind.) Coll .; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chi- cago, 1891 (2d honors); m. Fremont, O., Apr. 6, 1893, Elva L. Powers; children: Ralph Powers, Eben Newton and Elva Powers. Practiced in Chi- cago since 1891; specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat; conducted clinic at West Side Dispensary in this specialty, 1892-1902; asso. clin. prof. diseases of ear, nose and throat, Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1902-16; otologist, West Suburban Hosp. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Congregationalist. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Gnosis (literary). Contbr. many articles to med. jours., among them: Plastic Operations on the Nose (Wis. Med. Jour.); Case of Exfoliation of Anterior Arch of the Atlas (A.M.A. Jour.), 1904; Submucous Resection of the Nasal Septum (Wis. Med. Jour.), 1906; A Guarded Burr for the Septal Resection (The Laryngoscope, St. Louis), 1907; The Tonsil Question (Il1. Med. Jour.), 1909; Modern Advances in Medical Science (Plexus -Med. Coll. of Univ. of Ill.); Chronic Running Ear (Ill. Med. Jour.), 1916; also articles on Eugenics, Foreign Travel in Cook County, Modern Methods of Prolonging Life, etc. Recreation: swimming. Home: 2742 Jackson Boul. Office: 1102, 7 W. Madi- son St.

BROWN, Sanger (Monroe), M.D .; b. Bloomfield, Ont., Can., Feb. 16, 1852; s. Stewart and Catherine (Comer) Brown; ed. Albert Coll., Belleville, Ont., 1872-3; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll (New York Univ.), 1880; m. Bella Christy, of Chicago, July 9, 1885; 1 son, Christy. Asst. phys. Hosp. for Insane. Ward's Island, New York, 1880-1, Danvers (Mass.) State Hosp. for Insane, 1881, Bloomingdale Asy- lum, New York, 1882-5: acting med. supt., same, 1886; prof. neurology, Post-Grad. Med. Sch., Chi- cago, since 1890; prof. med. jurisprudence and hy- giene, Rush Med. Coll., 1892-7; asso. prof. medi- cine and clin, medicine, 1901-6, prof. clin. neurol- ogy since 1901, Coll. Phys, and Surg. (Univ. of II.). Attending phys. St. Luke's, St. Elizabeth's, Cook County hosps .; 1st It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., since 1908. Conducted (with prof. E. A. Schäfer) series of vivisection experiments on monkeys at University Coll., London, 1886-7, which afforded first conclusive proof that in these animals the center for vision is in the occipital lobe; results

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were published as an Investigation Into the Func- 31, 1913. Mem. Mil. Order Foreign Wars of U.S .; tions of the Occipital and Temporal Lobes of the comdr. Ill. Commandery and comdr. in chief Nat. Commandery Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War; pres. Veteran Corps, First Inf., I.N.G. Epis- copalian; mem. Brotherhood of St. Andrew; pres. Nat. Conf. of Church Clubs. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League, South Shore Country, Church (Chicago) ; Army and Navy (New York and Wash- ington, D.C.). Home: 5210 Kenwood Av. Office: 808 Marquette Bldg. Monkey's Brain (Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. of Lon- don), 1Sss. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Neurol. Soc., Chicago Neurol. Soc .; fellow Royal Soc. of Medicine (Eng.), New York Acad. Medi- cine. Clubs: Union League, University, Glen View. Wrote: Hereditary Ataxia, with Clinical Report of 25 cases (Brain), 1892; Responsibility in Crime from the Medical Standpoint (Popular Science Monthly), Dec., 1894; Applied Eugenics (Am. Jour. *BROWN, Thomas James, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.) of Insanity), Oct., 1914; Measures for Promoting the Nutrition in the Psychoses (Jour. of A.M.A.), June, 1915. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Offices: 59 E. Madison St., Chicago, and Kenilworth, Ill.

BROWN, Scott, lawyer; b. Defiance, O., Feb. 15, 1875; s. of Frank George and Katherine (Oliver) Brown; prep. edn. Omaha High Sch .; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; Ph.D., Northwestern Univ., 1899; m. Lida Scott, of Evanston, Ill., Oct. 5, 1902. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1899; practiced in Chicago, 1899- 1901; dir. Chautauqua Instn., 1901-5, now trustee; gen. counsel and sec. Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. and The Studebaker Corpn., 1905-14; resumed gen. practice in Chicago, 1914; treas. and dir. North Am. Light & Power Co .; dir. and mgr. Studebaker Bros. Trust; gen. partner Warren Gorrell & Co. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Clubs: Uni- versity, Union League, Quadrangle, Westmoreland Country (Chicago); Lotos (New York); Detroit (Detroit). Home: 1745 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BROWN, Stewart Reed, lawyer; b. at Brooklyn, Sept. 18, 1876; s. Alexander Parks and Jeannette (Fraser) Brown; ed. Marquette Grammar School, Chicago; Central Y.M.C.A .; extension work Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1897; m. Evelyn Wilson, of Toronto, Can., Sept. 1, 1913. In practice at Chicago since 1902; mem. firm of Mc- Mahon, Cheney & Brown until 1914; gen. counsel Produce Reporter Co. since 1914. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Commercial Law League America. Sec. North Side Center, Univ. of Chicago extension dept., 1901-3, and mem. advisory bd., 1904-9, now asso. mem .; trustee Cumberland Presbyn. Ch. Ma- son, K.P. Was chmn. North Side div. Associated Cycling Clubs and vice pres. of central body, 1898- 1900; was mem. com. that worked for boulevarding. Jackson St. and the speedways in parks; actively engaged in racing sport, winning several races, and later engaged in lawn tennis diversions, affiliating with several lawn tennis clubs. Recreation: ten- nis. Home: Lincoln Pl., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 212 W. Washington St., Chicago.

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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