USA > Illinois > Cook County > Chicago > The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917 > Part 35
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221 | Part 222 | Part 223 | Part 224 | Part 225 | Part 226 | Part 227 | Part 228 | Part 229 | Part 230 | Part 231 | Part 232 | Part 233 | Part 234 | Part 235 | Part 236 | Part 237 | Part 238 | Part 239 | Part 240 | Part 241 | Part 242 | Part 243 | Part 244 | Part 245
BUNTE, Theodore W., mfg. confectioner; b. at Phila., Pa., Jan. 16, 1870; s. Ferdinand and Maria (Fauss) Bunte; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Anna C. Torkilson, of Rogers Park, Chicago, June 10, 1891; 2 children: Ferdinand Andrew, Harriet Marie (Mrs. Fred L. Goss). Associated in business with Bunte Bros., mfrs. high grade chocolates and candies, since beginning of active career at age of 14; gen.
mgr. since 1908, also vice pres. since 1913. Mem. Nat. Confectioners' Assn., Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Birchwood Country, Wilmette Country. Recrea- tions: motoring, outdoor life. Home: 732 Junior Terrace. Office: 720 W. Monroe St.
BUNTING, Guy J., railway comptroller; b. in Va., July 14, 1881; grad. high sch. in Va. Began as gen. accountant of a small ry. in Va., 1900; ac- counting expert in ry. affairs, Interstate Commerce Commn., Washington, to 1y11; gen. accountant, July, 1911-15, gen. auditor, 1915-17, comptroller since July 3, 1917, C.,M.&St.P.Ry. Home: 1221 Hood Av. Office: 1205 Railway Exchange.
BURCH, William Arthur, vice pres. Pathéscope Co .; b. Warwick, Can., Oct. 6, 1864; s. Oliver Edson and Sarah Jane (Wright) Burch; grad. Jennings Sem., Aurora, Ill., 1885; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1890, with honors in history and oratory, taking Kirk Prize; one of founders of Northern Oratorical League; m. Dora M. Bovee, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1892; 1 son, Arthur Courtenay. Entered M.E. min- istry, 1886; served in ministry for 19 yrs., in Ill. and Minn., last charge being South Park Av. Ch., Chicago; retired from ministry on account of seri- ous eye trouble. Financial sec. Northwestern Univ., 1900-2; was in employ of New York Life Ins. Co. in Chicago; became field supt. Columbian Nat. Ins. Co. of Boston; represented the Mutual Benefit Ins. Co. of N.J. and was Ill. mgr. for Northwestern Nat., of Minn .; vice pres. Methodists Church Sup- ply Co., 1909; in land and timber business, 1909-16; vice pres. Pathéscope Co., motion pictures for schools and churches, since 1916. Mem. exec. com. Methodist Social Union; was mem. Chicago Com. of Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., Dewey Reception Com .. Com. of 100 Lincoln Centenary Celebration, etc. Trustee North Shore Music Festival Assn. Repub- lican. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Club: Hamilton; ex- pres. Chicago Delta Upsilon Club. Recreations: golf, bowling, fishing. Home: 618 Colfax St., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 17 N. Wabash Av., Chicago.
BURCH, William Elbridge, coffee mcht .; b. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 22, 1869; s. William H. and Eliz- abeth (Norwood) Burch; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Emma L. Sherer, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1902; chil- dren: William Elbridge, Jr., Norwood, Dorothy. Entered coffee business in 1884, with J. W. Doane & Co., and represented the company in Brazil, S.A., 1894-9; entered, 1899, Sherer Bros. Co., importers, of which was sec. and treas. until 1908; mem. Ruff- ner, McDowell & Burch, coffee and spices, since 1910. Republican. Clubs: City, Skokie Country, Glencoe. Home: 1203 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.
BURCHARD, Edgar Warne, public appraiser: b. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7, 1862; s. Mortimer Nelson and Jane G. (Warne) Burchard; ed. pub. schs., St. Louis; m. Chicago, July 18, 1894, Ella Elliott; 1 daughter, Marjorie. Was first engaged in business for himself in firm of E. W. Burchard & Co., whole- sale jewelry, and in 1891 became chief accountant for the Am. Radiator Co .; later became auditor and financial man for the Ames & Frost Co. until 1900. when, with William E. Coats, established the Coats & Burchard Co., pub. appraisers and engrs .. of which is treas. Republican. Veteran 1st Regt. I.N.G. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Rec- reations: reading, billiards. Home: Kenilworth. Il1. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BURCHARD, Edward Lawver, civic worker: h. Freeport, Ill., Sept. 5, 1867; s. lato Horatio Chapin Burchard (mem. of Congress, 1869-79, dir. of the mint, 1879-85) and Jane (Lawver) Burchard: Ph.B .. Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1891; spl. studies, Univ. of Chi- cago. 1894; m. Alice Barton, of Freeport, Ill., Oct. 4, 1893; 1 daughter, Marion B. Resident of Hull House, Chicago, 1891-2: chief clk., mines dept .. World's Fair, Chicago, 1892-3; recorder and libra- rian, Field Mus. Natural History, 1894-S: chief of library and archives division, U.S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey, Washington, 1898-1903; chief of or- der division, Library of Congress, 1903-6; sec. Civic League, Freeport, Ill., 1908-9: dir. of Extension Dept .. Chicago Sch. of Civics and Philanthropy. 1909-14; dir. various city club civic exhibits, 1912. 15; sec. Civics Extension Com .. 1914-16: civic sec. Community Council of Harrison Tech. High Sch.
102
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
Dist., Chicago, 1915. Progressive. Mem. Am. Assn. of Museums (charter), Beta Theta Pi, Social Serv- ice Club. Club: City. 2254 Marshall Boul. Office: 123 W. Madison St.
BURCHARD, John Charles, lawyer; b. Ft. At- kinson, Wis., Sept. 26, 1867; s. George W. and Lu- cinda E. (Charles) Burchard; B.S., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1892; m. Daisy F. Plummer, of Chicago, Oct. 18, 1899; 1 son, Donald Edward. Learned printer's trade at F't. Atkinson after leaving high school: after graduation from coll. came to Chicago and studied law; in practice in Chicago since 1894. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Congregationalist. Home: Wil- mette, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BURDETT, John Burrus, elevator supplies; b. at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1861; s. Dr. William M. and Sallie E. (Potter) Burdett; ed. pub. schs. of Nashville; m. Independence, Mo., 1893, Jessie Hen- ley; 1 daughter, Esther Lucile. Began in commn. business at age of 20 as representative of coffee and sugar plantations. Burdett & Hayes; in the wool-carding business at Nashville, Tenn., 1885; same year went to Kansas City and leased the plant of the Electric Clock Co., operating it for 3 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1890, becoming mem. Bur- dett & Rowntree, inc., 1893, as the Burdett-Rown- tree Mfg. Co., mfrs. elevator supplies; pres. Bur- dett Mfg. Co., Burdett Oxygen Co. Was mem. Por- ter Rifles, Nashville, Tenn. Democrat. Methodist. Club: Ridge Country. Recreation: motoring. Home: 10244 Longwood Boul. Office: 309 St. Johns Ct.
BURDICK, Alfred Stephen, editor; b. DeRuyter, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1867; s. of Rev. Stephen and Susan (Maxson) Burdick; A.B., Alfred (N.Y.) Univ., 1886; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1891; m. Ella Grace Brown, of West Hallock, Ill., July 9, 1891. In gen. practice of medicine since Apr., 1891, at Dunlap, Ill., Tampa, Fla., and Chicago; prof. practice of medicine, Ill. Med. Coll., 1899-1904. Author: Stand- ard Medical Manual, 1904. Editor Med. Standard, 1899-1904; mng. editor Am. Jour. of Clin. Medicine since Jan., 1904. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Editors' Assn., A.A.A.S. Republican. Home: 2148 Giddings St. Office: 4753 E. Ravenswood Av.
BURDICK, Arch O., insurance; b. at Chicago, Apr. 30, 1878; s. Oscar and Fannie (Munson) Bur- dick; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Frank McCourtie Burdick, of Chicago, June 10, 1903. Began in ins. business in Chicago, 1894; became mem. firm Rol- lins & Burdick, 1899; vice pres. Rollins Burdick Hunter Co. since 1912. Republican. Mason (Cove- nant Lodge No. 526). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreation: travel. Home: 2616 Lake View Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
BURDICK, Charles Baker, hydraulic and sani- tary engr .; b. Chicago, Mar. 6, 1874; s. William Richard and Mary (Dewey) Burdick; grad. Wallace High Sch., Sterling, Ill., 1891; B.S. in municipal and sanitary engring., Univ. of Ill., 1895; m. Mabel Taylor, of Chicago, Oct. 8, 1909. Asst. engr. to Al- vord & Shields, engrs., Chicago, 1895-7, and to John A. Cole, 1897-1901; asso. in firm of John A. Cole & Son, 1901-2; partner in firm Alvord & Burdick, en- grs., since 1902. Designed and supervised water supply and sewage system of Gary, Ind .; engr. for municipal filtration works at Evansville, Ind., and Niagara Falls, N.Y., also works of water supply and sewage in about 75 cities. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Water Works Assn., Western Soc. Engrs., Ill. Soc. Engrs. and Surveyors (ex-pres.), Sigma Chi. Clubs: Chicago Engineers', University, LaGrange Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 419 S. Waiola Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
BURDICK, Gordon Granger, M.D .; b. Janesville, Wis., Sept. 15, 1862; s. Edward F. and Mary Electa (Newell) Burdick; ed. pub. schs., Janesville, Wis .; Mitchell (S.D.) Univ .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1890; m. Chicago, 1889, Alvina L. Seltz; 1 son, Edward Franklin. Ranching in S.D., 1880-4; resident of Chicago since 1884; engaged in prac- tice of medicine since 1890; was surgeon, Columbia Dispensary and the Charity Hosp .; asso. prof. sur- gery, Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; chief surgeon People's Hosp .; prof. of radio-therapy and photo-chemistry,
Ill. School of Electro-Therapeutics; prof. physiol. therapy, Bennett Med. Coll .; sec. Burdick-Abel Clin. Laboratory. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Press. Author: X-Ray and High Frequency in Medicine, 1908; Rational Medicine, 1913. Asso. editor Child Betterment. Contbr. numerous arti- cles on med. jours. Recreations: politics and pho- tography. Home: 1600 Sherwin Av. Office: 7 W. Madison St.
BURGER, William Henry, civil engineer; b. at Caribou, Colo., May 2, 1874; s. Henry and Caro- line P. (Mohr) Burger; ed. pub. schs., Boulder, Colo .; B.S., Univ. of Colo., 1896; post-grad. work, same, 1896-7; m. Elizabeth L. Shotwell, of Evans- ton, Ill., Aug. 7, 1912; 1 son, William Henry, Jr. Instr., Univ. of Colo., 1896-7; with engring. corps, Colo.&N.W.Ry., 1897-9; aid and asst., U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 1899-1910; asst. prof. civ. en- gring., 1910-15, prof. since Sept., 1915, Northwest- ern Univ. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Ill. Engrs.' Soc., Delta Tau Delta. Presbyterian. Club: University of Evanston. Home: 618 Clark St., Evanston, Ill.
BURGESS, Ernest Watson, sociologist; b. Til- bury, Ont., Can., May 16, 1886; s. Edmund James and Mary Ann Jane (Wilson) Burgess; A.B., King- fisher (Okla.) Coll., 1908; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1913; unmarried. Instr., Toledo (O.) Univ., 1912- 13; asst. prof. sociology, Univ. of Kan., 1913-15; asst. prof. economics and sociology, Ohio State Univ., 1915-16; asst. prof. sociology, Univ. of Chi- cago, since July 1, 1916. Mem. Am, Sociol. Soc., Am. Economic Assn., Am. Assn. for Labor Legisla- tion. Club: City. Author: The Function of Social- ization in Social Evolution, 1916. Home: 919 E. 62d Street.
BURGESS, John R., president Englewood State Bank; dir. Englewood Safety Deposit Co. Home: 336 W. 64th St. Office: 235 W. 63d St.
BURGESS, William, clergyman; b. at Norwich, Eng., May 26, 1843; s. William and Elizabeth (Tay- lor) Burgess; ed. Dowson Coll., Norwich; m. Fran- ces A. Miles, of Norwich, Aug. 2, 1865. Lecturer, Scotland, 1868-70; lecturer and sec. National Med. Assn., for Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, England, 1872-5; editor Medical Enquirer, 1875-8; ordained Congl. ministry, 1879; pastor Canton, Ill., 1882-5, Mendon, 1885-90, Des Plaines, 1897-1902, Park Manor, Chicago, 1905-8; sec. Am. Vigilance Assn. since 1911; sec. Pub. Safety Commn. of Chi- cago and Cook County since 1915; dir. Ill. Vigi- lance Assn. Author: Land, Labor and Liquor, 1879; The Bible in Shakespeare, 1902; The Religion of Ruskin, 1905; Bible Side Lights from Shakespeare, 1913; The World's Social Evil, 1914. Home: Des Plaines, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BURGHART, Charles V., general contractor; b. LaCrosse, Wis., Jan. 17, 1879; s. of Gerhard and Emma Salome (Goslyn) Burghart; ed. grammar schs., Chicago; m. Mabel Dorothy, of Chicago, Sept. 16, 1905; 3 children: Ruth Margaret, William Theodore, Robert Edwin. In employ of C., M.&St.P. Ry., 1895-1901; became connected with the Bates & Rogers Constrn. Co., 1901, and now sec., asst. treas. and dir. same. Roman Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Union League, Westmoreland Country. Home: 108 Woodbine Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 875, 37 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.
BURHANS, Frank Dennis, clergyman; b. Bur- lington, Ia., July 7, 1866; s. Denslow and Clara (Cornick) Burhans; freshman and sophomore yrs. Ia. Wesleyan Univ .; A.B., Univ. of Denver, 1894; B.D., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1898; (D.D., Tabor Coll., 1910); m. Burlington, Ia., Aug. 21, 1894, Cornelia F. Kriechbaum; children: Ivan Denslow, Lucile Marie. Was for 3 yrs. in retail grocery business, and then 4 yrs., 1886-90, in wholesale grocery busi- .ness with John Blaul & Sons, Burlington, Ia .; financial agt. Univ. of Denver, 1894; pastor Congl. Ch., Park Ridge, Ill., 1895-8, Plymouth Congl. Ch., Salina, Kan., 1899, Washington Park Congl. Ch., Chicago, 1900-12, Central Ch., Dallas, Tex., 1912-14, Park Manor Ch., Chicago, since 1914. Pres. Colo. Oratorical Assn., 1893-4; pres. Congl. Ministers' Union of Chicago and Vicinity, 1909; pres. Alumni Assn. Chicago Theol. Sem., 1916-17. Home: 6947 Vernon Av.
103
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
BURHANS, James Audubon, law and real es- sistory and Shrine; K. P., K. O. T. M. M., Eagles. tate; b. LaPorte Co., Ind., Oct. 28, 1852; s. Peter Clubs: South Chicago, Ainsworth, South Chicago Automobile (pres.), Calumet River Boat, 8th Ward Republican (vice pres.). Home: 8926 Exchange Av. Office: 9233 Commercial Av. and Martha Hunt (Andrews) Burhans; A.B., De Pauw Univ., 1875, A.M., 1878; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., Chicago, 1877; m. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 7, 1879, Jessie Pierpont Smith (now deceased). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1877; pres. Burhans, Ellin- wood & Co., real estate. Mem. M.E. Church. Pres. Cook Co. S.S. Assn., 1899-1901; sec. World's First S.S. Conv., London, 1889; del. to World's Fourth S.S. Conv., Jerusalem, 1904. Pres. M.E. Old Peo- ple's Home, Chicago, 1898-1906, endowment treas. since 1906; pres. Epworth Children's Home, 1893- 1900; pres. or vice pres. and endowment treas. Methodist Deaconess Orphanage since 1900; pres. Agard Deaconess Rest Home and Amanda Smith Industrial Home; pres. Chicago Deaconess Home; trustee Wesley Hosp., Chicago Boys' Club, Pacific Garden Mission, Jennings Sem., etc. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: Union League. Au- thor: Law of Municipal Bonds; A Digest of the Statutory Laws Governing the Investment of Cor- porate and Trust Funds. Home: 5310 Magnolia Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.
BURKE, Edmund Whitney, lawyer; b. at Byron, Ill., Sept. 22, 1850; s. Patrick and Nancy (Whitney) Burke; grad. Rockford (Ill.) High School, 1863; Mount Morris (Ill.) Acad., 1864; A.M., Northwest- ern Univ., 1869; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1871; m. Myra Webster, of Rockford, Ill., Dec. 5, 1878; chil- dren: Harold Webster, Ralph Haney. Began prac- tice in Chicago in 1876, and has continued in prac- tice ever since, except while on the bench for 9 yrs. as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook Co., and 1 yr. as judge of the Appellate Court for the 1st Dist., 1893-94; now in gen. practice as head of firm of Burke, Jackson & Burke. Lecturer on equity juris- prudence and procedure, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and in 1904 succeeded the late Judge Moran as dean of that coll .; mem. bds. of dirs. of many corpns. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist; ex- pres. Methodist Social Union of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Illinois. Writer of ency. articles on equity. Home: 6163 Kenmore Av. Of- fice: 8 S. Dearborn St.
BURKE, Elliott A., wholesale hardware; b. New Harmony, Ind., Sept. 12, 1866; s. Luke A. and Miriam (Elliott) Burke; ed. pub. schs., New Har- mony and Lafayette, Ind .; m. Edna A. Pettit, of Waukon, Ia., June 30, 1897; 2 children: Richard P., Fulton E. Began as clk. in retail hardware store, Aberdeen, S.D., 1883; traveling salesman for Hib- bard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., 1888-1903; sales mgr. same company since Jan., 1903, and sec. of the company since 1915. Congregationalist. Clubs: City, Oak Park, Oak Park Country. Recreations: fishing, hunting, golf. Home: 520 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 303 N. State St., Chicago.
BURKE, Richard E., judge Superior Court of Cook Co., 1910-16; died June 16, 1916.
BURKE, Robert Emmett, contractor, granite blocks; b. Chicago, Sept., 1858; s. Richard M. and Catherine Burke; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Chi- cago, 1890, Louise J. Spangenberg; 1 son. Learned the printing trade and worked at it 15 yrs .. and after that was a news dealer. Became scc. of the Democratic County Central Com. and sec. of the County Democracy; now mem. of the Dem. State Com .; managed the campaign of Carter H. Harri- son, Sr., for mayor, 1893, and those of Carter H. Harrison, Jr., 1897, 99 and 1901; oil inspector of City of Chicago, 1897-1901: since then head of firm of Robert F. Burke & Co., granite contractors. Home: 1432 N. LaSalle St. Office: 154 W. Randolph Street.
BURKE, Squire Smith, banker; b. in Can., Jan. 22, 1875; s. Harmon S. and Emily E. (Root) Burke; came to U.S. with parents in infancy; ed. pub. schs. and South Chicago High Sch .: m. South Chicago, Jan. 7, 1902, Anna Heinsen. Began active carcer as a newsboy in Chicago; became connected with Calumet Nat. Bank as messenger, becoming vice pres., July 9, 1904; also in loan, real estate and ins. business. Republican. Baptist. Pres. South Chi- cago Business Men's Assn .; vice pres. Retail Mer- chants' Assn. Pres. South Chicago Old Settlers' Assn. Mcm. Harbor Lodge, A.F. and A.M., Con-
BURKHALTER, Robert Proseus, lawyer; b. at Maquon, Ill., May 18, 1873; s. James Louis and Martha Ellen (Adle) Burkhalter; grad. high sch., Galesburg, Ill., 1890; student Knox Coll., 1891-2; Univ. of Chicago, 1894-6; (treas. and mgr. Western Oratorical Assn., 1895-6); Columbia Univ., New York City, 1896-7; New York Law Sch., 1897-8; LL.B., Chicago Law Sch., 1902; m. Elizabeth Whit- more Greene, of Corinth, Miss., Aug. 23, 1898; chil- dren: Robert P., Jr. (deceased), Mary Louise, Louis Alameth. Admitted to bar, Memphis, Tenn., 1898, Corinth, Miss., 1899, Chicago, Ill., 1902; partner of U.S. Senator James Hamilton Lewis, 1912-15; later mem. Burkhalter, Grossberg & Newfield; now mem. Burkhalter & Newfield. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Lawyers' Assn. of Ill., Chicago Bar Assn., S.A.R. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem. Knights of Pythias. Club: Press. Residence: Chi- cago Beach Hotel. Office: 1849 Edison Bldg.
BURKHARDT, Henry Styer, mfr. Removed to Pontiac, Ill. (See vol. 1911.)
BURKHARTSMEIER, Christian Daniel, mfr .; deceased. (See vol. 1911.)
BURKHOLDER, Charles A., M.D., surgeon; b. at London, Ont., Can., July 8, 1886; s. Jacob F. and Millie (Barkey) Burkholder; S.B., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1911; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1912; m. Lala Winterringer, of Arcola, Ill., Dec. 15, 1914. Asso. prof. ophthalmology, Bennett Med. Coll. (Loyola Univ.); asst. surgeon Ill. Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Rho Sigma. Re- publican. Protestant. Royal Arch Mason. Home: 6312 Drexel Av. Office: 108 N. State St.
BURKHOLDER, Jacob F., M.D .; b. Ont., Can .. Sept. 10, 1861; s. Samuel and Mareda (Fockler) Burkholder; ed. pub. schs. of Stoufforth and Mark- ham, Can .; M.D., Western Univ., London, Can .. 1892; m. Millie Barkey, of Chicago, 1884; children: Charles Augustus, Ferol (daughter), Otto Freder- ick. Began practice in London, Can .; a resident and practitioner in Chicago since 1893; prof. oph- thalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll. until 1911; prof. ophthalmology, Dept. of Medicine, Loyola Univ .; prof. physiology, Dental Dept., Univ. of Ill. until 1912. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Author: Anat- omy of the Sheep's Brain (text-book), 1907, 2d edit., 1912; Normal Vision and Diseased Fundi (Annals of Ophthalmology). 1905. Home: 6130 Greenwood Av. Office: 108 N. State St.
BURLEY, Clarence Augustus, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 10, 1849; s. Augustus H. (pioneer mcht.) and Anna Maria (Force) Burley; paternal ancestor settled in Conn., 1646. maternal ancestor in Long Island, between 1660-80; cd. Miles Mil. Sch., Brat- tleboro, Vt., 1865-8; Amherst Coll., 1868 (non- grad.); LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1876: m. Wau- kegan, Ill., Nov. 11, 1880, Avis H. Blodgett (now deceased); children: Ruth Monell, Avis; m. 2d. Mar., 1913, Mary E. Burley: 2 children: Anna Bur- ley. Mary Burley. Admitted to bar, 1876: with William H. McSurely, established firm of Burley && McSurely, 1889, which was dissolved on election of Mr. McShurely as judge of the Superior Court: (lir. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., Burley & Tyr- rell Co. Pres. Chicago Hist. Soc. Republican. Uni- tarian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union League. Chicago Literary, Caxton. Home: 848 N. Dearborn St. Office: 79 W. Monroe St.
BURLING, Edward Burnham, lawyer: b. Eldora. Hardin Co., Ja., Feb. 1, 1870; s. Edward and Lucy (Burnham) Burling: ed. pub. schs .; A.B., Grinnell Coll., 1890; A.B., Harvard, 1891; LL.B. and A.M .. Harvard Law Sch., 1894: m. Louisa Peasley, of Chicago, Nov. 9. 1902: children: Edward, John Lan- caster. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; with Cyrus Bentley in firm of Bentley & Burling until 1915: since mem. Bentley, Burling & Kumler. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn .. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: University. Home: Hubbard Woods, III. Of- fice: 203 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
104
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
BURLING, William Slocomb, president Martin vice pres., 1906, and vice pres. in charge of traffic Grate Co .; b. Canandaigua, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1861; s. C.,B.&Q. and C.&S. rds., Jan. 31, 1910. Democrat. Joseph and Lydia (Allen) Burling; ed. pub. schs. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country, Traffic. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 547 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago. of Waukegan, Ill .; m. Brookfield, Mo., June 6, 1887, Dolle G., d. of Joseph Niles; 1 son, Harold Dodge. Traveling salesman for wholesale hardware firm BURNHAM, Daniel Hudson, architect; Sept. 4, 1846-June 1, 1912. (See vol. 1911.) of Pratt & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1882-5; with Wheel- er, Madden & Clenison, Middletown, N.Y., mfrs. of saws, until 1890; entered mfr. of gray iron castings in Chicago, 1890; sold out in 1901 and became pres. and mgr. Martin Grate Co., mfrs. iron specialties. Pres. Village of Riverside, Ill., 1917-19. Republic- an. Episcopalian. Clubs: Hamilton, Riverside Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 343 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
BURLINGHAM, Frederick Wright, life insur- ance counselor; b. Cairo, Ill., Dec. 22, 1868; s. E. P. and Susan M. Burlingham; A.B., Harvard, 1891, A.M., 1894, LL.B., 1894; m. Sarah McD. Breck, of Claremont, N.H., Dec. 19, 1906; 2 daughters, Susan B. and Barbara. Practiced law in Chicago, 1894- 1900; asst. mgr. for Charles D. Norton, gen. agt. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1900-4; in in- vestment business, 1904-15; opened own offices as life ins. counselor, Aug. 1, 1915. Republican. Pres. Associated Harvard Clubs since May 20, 1916. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Law, City, University. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 821 Corn Exchange Bldg., Chicago.
BURN, see also Byrne.
BURN, William Heber, mfr .; b. Toronto, Ont., Mar. 27, 1860; s. William David and Matilda (Wal- lace) Burn; ed. Upper Canada Coll., Toronto; m. Mary Conkling Stockton, of Rockford, Ill., Sept. 4, 1884; 2 daughters: Armande, Marguerite. Began in 1880 in a minor position with James Robertson & Co., wholesale metal merchants and mfrs., To- ronto, continuing until 1889; sec. Buhl Stamping Co., Detroit, until 1893; came to Chicago and has since been sec. and dir. Sturges & Burn Mfg. Co., mfrs. of dairy and sheet metal specialties. Vice pres. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Oak Park (pres. 1909, 10), Traffic. Home: 657 Sheridan Rd. Office: 508 S. Green St.
BURNAP, Robert Lord, assistant freight traffic mgr .; b. Burlington, Vt., Sept. 20, 1872; s. Wilder Luke and Fannie L. C. Burnap; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1894. Began as clk. in office of station agt., Central Vt. Ry., at Ogdensburg, Vt., Oct. 15, 1894; successively timekpr., clk. to div. frt. agt., clk. in commercial agent's office, New York, traveling frt. agt., commercial agt., same rd., and agt. Nat. Dis- patch Fast Freight Lines, New York, until 1905; gen. frt. agt. same rd., 1905-8; asst. gen. frt. agt., 1908-11, asst. frt. traffic mgr. since Nov. 1, 1911, Grand Trunk Ry. Clubs: Traffic, Exmoor Country, South Shore Country (Chicago) ; Ethan Allen (Bur- lington, Vt.); Transportation (Buffalo). Residence: Lakota Hotel. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
BURNETT, Robert Alexander, produce mcht .; b. Kirkcudbright, Scotland, May 4, 1848; s. Robert and Elizabeth (Crowe) Burnett; ed. in Scotland; came to America, 1867; m. Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 15, 1881, Mary Pearce. Engaged in farming, 1867-70; salesman, 1870-5; organized firm of Connor, Bur- nett & Co., 1876; bought all interests of the firm, 1880, and conducted gen. produce business as R. A. Burnett until 1892, when firm became R. A. Burnett & Co. Pres. Wholesale Fruit and Produce Assn. Recreation: reading. Home: 4636 St. Law- rence Av. Office: 173 W. South Water St.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.