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BURWASH, Henry John, M.D .; Nov. 17, 1854- Feb. 8, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
BUSBY, Leonard Asbury, lawyer; b. at Jewett, Harrison Co., O,, May 22, 1869; s. Sheridan and Margaret (Quigley) Busby; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan, 1894; LL.B., Northwestern, 1895. Began practico at Chicago, 1895; mem. firm Jackson, Busby & Ly-
BUSCH, Francis X., lawyer; b. Detroit, Mich., 1876; ed. grammar sch., South Bend, Ind .; grad. high sch., Coldwater, Mich .; came to Chicago, 1895; LL.B., Ill. Coll. Law, 1901, LL.M., 1902, D.C.L., 1903. Admitted to bar, 1901; asst. corpn. counsel and atty. for Chicago Civil Service Commn., Apr., 1904-Jan., 1906; was gen. atty. for Nat. Plumbers and Gas Fitters' Union of U.S .; candidate for Dem. nomination for judge Municipal Court, 1912. Prof. common law pleading and law of bailments, Ill. Coll. of Law, from 1903; dean DePaul Univ. Law Sch. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Lawyers' Assn., etc. Catholic. Clubs: Iroquois, City. Home: 2080 Greenleaf Av. Office: 29 S. La Salle St.
BUSENBARK, William R., broker. (See vol. 1911.)
BUSH, Bertha E., M.D .; b. Sterling, Ill., Nov. 19, 1865; d. Martin Luther and Catherine Dush; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School, 1889. Practiced at Chicago since 1889. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Micros. Soc. Episcopalian. Address: 1644 Morse Av., Rogers Park.
BUSH, David L., railway official; b. at Sharon, Wis., July 31, 1855; s. Jacob H. and Martha Bush; ed. pub. schs .; m. Racine, Wis., 1879, Nellie M. Smith; 3 children. Began ry. service as night oper- ator on the Western Union Ry., 1872; chief opera- tor at Racine, Wis., 1875-7; train dispatcher, Jan. 18, 1877-Sept. 26, 1880; supt. telegraph, Western Union and Sabula, Ackley & Dak. rys., May 1, 1877- Jan. 1, 1882; supt. Racine & Southwestern div. C., M.&St.P.Ry., July 1, 1887-Feb. 1, 1888; supt. James River div., Feb. 1, 1888-Jan. 31, 1890; supt. South- ern Minn. div., Feb. 1, 1890-Aug. 15, 1894; supt. of Hastings and Dak. div., Aug. 15, 1894-Apr. 1, 1898; supt. River div., at St. Paul, Aug. 15, 1894-May 1, 1898; asst. gen. supt. at Milwaukee, May 1, 1898- May 1, 1903; gen. supt. entire C., M.&St.P. System, May 1, 1903-Oct. 1, 1909; gen. mgr. entire system, Oct. 1, 1909-Jan., 1913, vice pres. in charge of op- eration C.,M.&St.P.Ry. since Jan., 1913. Home: Ev- anston, Ill. Office: Railway Exchange, Chicago.
BUSH, Henry W., fire underwriter; Nov. 29, 1847- 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
BUSH, William Henry, retired mcht .; b. Martins- burg, Lewis Co., N.Y., Oct. 22, 1849; s. James and Caroline L. (Hills) Bush; ed. Lowville (N.Y.) Acad .; m. DeKalb, Ill., Feb. 1, 1877, Elva Glidden (died 1906); m. 2d, Oct. 20, 1908, Ruthi Gentry, of Kansas City; 2 children: Wilhelmina Gentry and Ruth Emeline. Clerk for Seth Miller & Son, Con- stableville, N.Y., 1866-8; came to Chicago, 1869; engaged as wholesale dealer in hats, caps and gloves; pres. and treas. of William H. Bush & Co., and later of Bushi Hat Co .; retired Jan. 1, 1917. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Art Inst. of Chicago (governing mem.), United Charities (dir.). Trus- tec Fourth Presbyn. Ch. Clubs: Chicago, City, CHI Dwellers, Caxton, Edgewater Golf, Recreation: travel. Home: 1538 N. State Parkway, Office: 1446, 38 S. Dearborn St.
BUSH, William Lincoln, piano mfr .: b. Chicago. Mar. 3, 1861; s. W. H. and Mary J. (Brunt) Bush. ed. pub, schs., Chicago; in. Chicago. Feb, 26. 1887. Pearl E. Barrow. Began with George Woods & Co., mirs. of pianos at Cambridgeport, Mass., 1877. first in the factory and later as traveling sales- man; represented W. W. Kimball Piano Co. as trav- eling salesman, 1879-81; road mer. for a Board of Trade firm, 1881-5; with his father and John Gerts. formed firm of W. H. Bush & Co., 1885, of which was mgr, and when business was incorporated. 1889, as the Bush & Gerts Piano Co., became sec and mgr., and upon death of his father, became pres .; also pres. Bush & Gerts Piano Co of Tel.
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Bush & Gerts Piano Co., of Memphis, Tenn. Treas. and founder Bush Temple Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art; pres. Bush Temple of Music of Dallas, Tex. Pres. Chicago Harmonic Assn. Re- publican. Mason, Shriner. Residence: Plaza Hotel. Office: 1550 Dayton St.
BUSHNELL, Charles Henry, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)
BUSHNELL, Lemuel Moffett, mfr .; b. Ashtabula Co., O., Jan. 8, 1844; s. Sidney S. and Laura (Mof- fett) Bushnell; ed. pub. schs. of Ohio; m. Chicago, Annie Creswell; 1 son, Charles E. Early life spent on a farm; came to Chicago in 1862 in the employ of J W. Bushnell & Bro., commn. mchts., until 1867; exchange clerk Union Nat. Bank, 1867-8; in retail hardware business with D. H. Wells & Co., as a partner; later engaged in hardware manufac- turing, Vaughan & Bushnell, incorporated in 1882 as the Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co. Presbyterian. Clubs: Illinois, Union League, Glen View, South Shore Country. Residence: Parkway Hotel. Office: 2130 Carroll Av.
BUSHNELL S(amuel) Morgan, electrical engr .; b. Beloit, Wis., Apr. 6, 1866; s. Jackson Jones and Sarah Eliza (Lewis) Bushnell; grad. Beloit Coll., 1888; unmarried. Has been connected with the Commonwealth Edison Co. as elec. engr. since 1888; vice pres. Ill. Maintenance Co. since 1906; mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Am. Soc. Heating and Ven- tilating Engrs.' Congregationalist. Clubs: Univer- sity, Exmoor Country, Ill. Athletic. Recreation: athletic games. Residence: University Club. Office: 72 W. Adams St.
BUSSE, Fred A., mayor; Mar. 3, 1866-July 9, 2914. (See vol. 1911.)
BUSSE, William; b. Elk Grove Tp., Cook Co., Ill., Jan. 27, 1864; s. Louis and Christina (Kirchoff) Busse; ed. pub. and German Lutheran parochial schs. Lived on farm during earlier years; farmed for self, 1885-90; succeeded his father in gen. store business at Mt. Prospect, firm now William Busse & Son; dir. Arlington Heights State Bank. Deputy sheriff Cook Co. under Sheriff Gilbert, 1890-1900; mem. Bd. of Cook Co. Commrs., since 1900 (re- elected every 2 yrs.) and pres. of bd., Apr. 15, 1907- Dec. 5, 1910. Republican. Lutheran. Home: Mt. Prospect, Ill.
BUSSEY, George Newton, M.D., surgeon; b. Al- bion, Wis., Dec. 18, 1864; s. Benjamin and Jane (North) Bussey; student of Albion (Wis.) Acad., 1883-8; Ph.B., Univ. of Wis., 1890; M.D., Rush Med- ical Coll., 1893; house physician Augustana Hosp., 1893-5; m. Chicago, May, 1899, Flora M. Squires; children: Frederick Newton, Kenneth George. En- gaged in gen. med. practice since 1893; attending phys. and surgeon, Ravenswood Hosp. Dir. Ravens- wood Nat. Bank. Mem. North Shore Branch Chi- cago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Univ. of Wis. Club, Physicians' Club. Republican. Meth- odist. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 4543 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 1810 Wilson Av.
BUSSEY, William Thompson, stove mfr .; b. at Troy, N.Y., Dec. 5, 1854; ed. pub. schs. and acad., Troy, N.Y .; m. Millersburg, O., Oct. 12, 1877, Ella Lusk; children: Irene (Mrs. Charles C. Meloy), Cornelia. Entire business career has been in the stove industry, beginning in 1873 in the repair dept. of the Bussey, McLeod Stove Works; in 1876 en- tered the Chicago office of the same company; was for several years pres. the Chicago Stove Works. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Illinois. Recrea- tion. fishing. Home: 5225 Kenmore Av.
BUSWELL, Clark A., M.D., surgeon; b. Carroll Co., Ill., Nov. 8, 1870; s. Joel B. and Laura V. (Shoemaker) Buswell; ed. pub. schs .; Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia .; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), 1900; m. Emma Rink, of Elgin, Ill., Nov. 4, 1903; children: Clark Joel, Robert Rink. Practiced at Chicago since 1903; surgeon to Ravenswood Hosp. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., North Shore Surg. Assn., Physicians' Club. Progressive Republican. Congregationalist. Home: 4455 N. Ashland Av. Of- tice: 1952 Irving Park Boul.
(Smith) Buswell; ed. pub. schs .; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1890, Josephine del Risco; children: Joseph- ine (wife of Dr. Willard D. Duckworth, White Plains, N.Y.), Walter (student Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn.), Marian, Florence. Began in the office of Provident Savings Life Assurance Soc., in N.Y. City; clerk in the home office of the Home Ins. Co. of New York, 1885, and has remained in the service of that company continuously ever since, removing to Chicago in June, 1903, as local mgr. Treas. Chicago Bd. of Underwriters, 1906-11; vice pres. same, 1911-14, pres., 1915-16-17. Served 10 yrs. as mem. of the 23d (Brooklyn) Regt. N.G.N.Y. Presbyterian. Recreations: salt water sailing, fish- ing. Home: 1014 Greenwood Boul., Evanston, Ill .; (summer) Center Moriches, L.I., N.Y. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
BUSWELL, Roy Burr, vice pres. Elliott-Fisher Co .; b. LaGrange, O., May 3, 1874; s. George W. and Clara M. (Hastings) Buswell; prep. edn. Welling- ton (O.) High Sch .; student Oberlin Coll., 1891-2; m. Katharine M. Gott, of Wellington, O., Oct. 23, 1903; children: Otis L., Virginia. Began as sales- man of Smith Premier Typewriter Co., at Cleve- land, O., 1894; then with United Typewriter & Sup- ply Co. until 1901; became connected with Fisher Book Typewriter Co., of Cleveland, and continued with its successor, the Elliott-Fisher Co .; vice pres. same, in charge of western sales, hdqrs. in Chicago, since 1914; dir. Husted Co., Cleveland. Democrat. Clubs: Oak Park (Oak Park), Cleveland (O.) Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Home: 608 S. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 14 N. Frank- lin St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Albert Edwin, investment banker; b. Cameron, Mo., Feb. 14, 1879; s. Frank H. and Mary (Fruen) Butler; grad. pub. schs., Chicago, 1894; Armour Inst., 1894-5; Evanston Township High Sch., 1897; Northwestern Univ., class of 1903; m. Agnes Howard, of Evanston, Ill., 1905; 1 son, How- ard. Associated with John Burnham, 1903, and or- ganized firm of Burnham & Butler, dealers in stocks and bonds; name changed to Burnham, But- ler & Co., 1904; withdrew from that firm and or- ganized firm of A. E. Butler & Co., 1909; also sr. mem. Butler, Small & Co., industrial financing. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange since 1905. Enlisted 1st Cav. Ill. Vols., May 10, 1898, Spanish-Am. War; discharged at Ft. Sheridan, Oct. 11, 1898; enlisted 1st Cav. I.N.G., Oct. 12, 1898; served Virden, Ill., riots, Oct., 1898; commd. 2d lt., Aug., 1899; 1st lt., 1900; recommd., 1903; apptd. capt., ordnance officer and insp. rifle practice, 1st Cav., I.N.G., 1906; mem. Ill. State Rifle Team, nat. matches, Seagirt, N.J., 1905-6, Camp Perry, O., 1907; placed on retired list, Oct. 1, 1910. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Nu Epsi- lon (Northwestern Univ.). Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Evanston, Lincoln Park Yacht, Evanston Gun, Campfire. Recreations: military, rifle shoot- ing, hunting, fishing. Home: 1732 Chicago Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 116 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Burridge Davenal, publisher; b. Louis- ville, Ky., Feb. 5, 1868; s. Rev. Thomas Davenal and Marie Burridge (Radcliffe) Butler; common sch. edn .; m. Winifred Whitfield, of Grand Rapids, Mich. (died 1904); m. 2d, Ina Hamilton Busey, of New York, July 30, 1906. In editorial work, Grand Rapids, 1885-93; advertising mgr., Chicago, 1894-9; founded Omaha Daily News (vice pres.), 1899, St. Paul Daily News (vice pres.), 1900, Minneapolis Daily News (pres.), 1903; sold newspaper proper- ties and returned to Chicago, 1909; owner and pub- lisher The Prairie Farmer (founded 1841) since 1909; pres. Prairie Farmer Pub. Co. Mason. Pres. Agrl. Publishers' Assn. of U.S., 1914-16. Interested in civic reform and practical charitable work; owns art collection, postage stamp collection. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country, Agate. Mem. Am. Automobile Assn., Touring Club of France. Recreations: golf, fishing, motoring, for- eign travel. Home: Waverly Rd., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 536 S. Clark St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Edward Burgess, merchant; b. Lewis- ton, Me., Dec. 16, 1853; s. Manly Orville and Eliza- beth (Howe) Butler; ed. Boston pub. schs .; m. Jane, d. William Henry Holly, of Norwalk, Conn., 1880. With brother, George H., founded house of
BUSWELL, Henry Grant, insurance; b. Jersey City, N.J., Mar. 4, 1865; s. Henry L. and Isabella Butler Brothers, at Boston, 1877; now at New York,
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Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis; dir. Corn Ex- change Nat. Bank. Chmn. ways and means com., and chmn. of dept. admissions and collections, Chi- cago Expn., 1893. Pres. for yrs. Glenwood (Ill.) Manual Training Sch .; trustee Hull House, Chi- cago Orphan Asylum, Girls' Refuge, First State Pawners' Soc., Art Inst. Home: 199 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 440 W. Randolph St.
BUTLER, Eugene Kincaid, real estate; b. on farm nr. Rome, N.Y., June 8, 1843; s. Ezekiel and Eunice (Shaw) Butler; ed. Kenosha (Wis.) High Sch .; m. Sarah R. Olmsted, of Geneseo, Ill., Mar. 4, 1867; children: Hulbert W., Frank (died in in- fancy), Robert S., Edward Earl. Worked on farm, 1859-66; entered employ of C. H. & L. J. McCor- mick, as salesman, continuing with that firm and its successors until 1898 in various depts., becom- ing sec. and gen. mgr .; now in real estate and land business; pres. The Keystone Co., Sterling, Ill., mfrs. of farm implements, 1902-5. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreations: travel, motor- ing. Office: 105 N. Clark St.
BUTLER, Francis Peabody, bonds; b. Chicago, Apr. 12, 1887; s. of Hermon Beardsley and Jessie (Peabody) Butler; ed. The Hill Sch., 1902-5; B.A., Yale, 1909; m. Deborah Hunter, of Fargo, N.D., Aug. 31, 1912; 2 children: Hermon Beardsley, 3d, Deborah.' Connected with Peabody, Houghteling & Co. in various capacities since May, 1910; dir. Chi- cago Morris Plan Bank. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, University, City, Saddle and Cycle. Recreations: golf, tennis. Home: Winnetka, Il1. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Frank DeWitt, fruit and vegetable shipper; b. Berlin, Wis., Jan. 5, 1857; s. DeWitt Clinton and Adeline Matilda (Saxton) Butler; ed. high sch., Walnut Hills (Cincinnati), Ohio, 3 yrs .; m. Katharine Jones, of Oshkosh, Wis., Mar. 27, 1890; 3 children: Hugh DeWitt, Margaret, Kath- arine Lois. With Roundy, Peckham & Co., whole- sale grocers, Milwaukee, Wis., 1874-87; entered jobbing business in Chicago, 1887; partner Butler, Homan & Co. since 1891. Independent Democrat. Mem. B.P.O.E. Club: City. Home: River Forest, Ill. Office: 84 W. South Water St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Frank Osgood, paper mcht .; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 22, 1861; s. Julius Wales and Julia (Os- good) Butler; ed. Brown Sch. and Central High Sch., Chicago; m. Louisville, Ky., June 10, 1886, Fannie M. Bremaker; children: Paul, Julius Wales, Jr. After leaving sch. entered employ of J. W. Butler Paper Co. and became vice pres. in 1890, pres. in 1913; pres. Natoma Farm, Hinsdale, Ill. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale Golf, LaGrange Motor. Recreations: farming, stockrais- ing, dairying. Home: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 221 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
BUTLER, George Frank, M.D., author. Home: Attica, Ind. (See Who's Who in America.)
BUTLER, Horace Graham, publisher; b. Clear- field, Pa., Mar. 13, 1877; s. Henry Seymour and Maria Thatcher (Patterson) Butler; ed. pub. schs., Blairstown, N.J .; Blair Presbyterial Acad., Blairs- town; Princeton Univ., 1895-7; m. Jessie Skelton, 1902 (died 1908); children: Catherine Richards, William Skelton; m. 2d, Susan Farley Rolfe, of Champaign, Ill., May 3, 1911; children: Martha, Emily. Entered employ of Scott, Foresman & Co., publishers, 623 S. Wabash Av., Chicago, 1897; be- came connected with Henry Holt & Co., about 1903, and in a few months was apptd. mgr. for the house in Chicago; has been western managing dir. for the company since 1915. Independent Republican. Con- gregationalist. Recreation: motoring. Home: Downers Grove, Ill. Office: 2451-9 Prairie Av., Chi- cago.
BUTLER, Hurbert Wilson, real estate; b. Free- port, Ill., Jan. 10, 1868; s. Eugene K. and Sarah (Olmstead) Butler; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; LL.B., Yale, 1888; m. Viola Douglas; 1 son, Douglas; m. 2d, Chicago, Sept. 17, 1901, Alice Carter; 1 son, Eugene K., Jr. Engaged in real estate business since 1890. Alderman from 27th Ward for 5 terms. Republican. Mem. First Congl. Ch. of Jefferson Park. Mason (K.T.), Odd Fellow, K.P. Club: Ham- ilton. Home: 5410 Giddings St. Office: 105 N. Clark St.
BUTLER, John Gage, manager Chicago branch, Pillsbury Flour Mills Co .; b. Concord, N.H., Dec. 1, 1856; s. Nehemiah and Mary (Gage) Butler; ed. in pub. schs. and Penacook (N.H.) Acad .; widower. In 1879 entered employ of Chas. A. Pillsbury & Co., flour mills, Minneapolis; continued with its suc- cessor, the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co., Ltd., and became mgr. Chicago office, 1903; name changed, 1908, to Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. and so continues. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreation: driving. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
BUTLER, Julius Fred, wholesale paper; b. Chi- cago, July 20, 1866; s. Julius Wales and Julia A. (Osgood) Butler; grad. West Division High Sch., 1884; m. Lillie T. Taggart, Louisville, Ky .; 1 daugh- ter, Florence Elizabeth. After leaving sch. entered his father's wholesale paper business; was made gen. supt. of the mfg. depts., 1891, sec., 1892, vice pres., 1913. Mem. Paper Trade Club of Chicago. First It. Co. G, 2d Regt., I.N.G., 5 yrs. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Oak Park. Recreations: farming, horse- back riding. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 221 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Julius Wales, paper mcht .; May 7, 1828-Oct. 17, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
BUTLER, Morton, timber lands; b. New York, Feb. 2, 1859; s. Cyrus and Marion (Beardsley) But- ler; ed. pvt. schs. in New York and at Yale Univ .; m. Julia S. Pettibone, of Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 16, 1884; 4 children: Gerald Morton, Donald, Nora (Mrs. E. L. Ryerson, Jr.), John Meigs. Entered printing house of the Buffalo Courier as asst. sec., 1884, continuing until 1885; removed to Chicago and entered employ of Joseph Rathborne, and shortly after became mem. firm of Joseph Rath- borne & Co., owners of several southern mills, with which continued until 1896; pres. New River Lum- ber Co., 1901-8; engaged in buying timber lands since 1908. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Coun- try, Evanston Golf. Recreations: motoring, hunt- ting, fishing. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
BUTLER, Nathaniel, educator; b. Eastport, Me .. May 22, 1853; s. Nathaniel and Jennette (Loring) Butler; A.B., Colby Univ., 1873, A.M., 1876 (D.D., 1895, LL.D., 1903); m. Florence Reeves Sheppard, of Chicago, 1881 (died June 21, 1902); 2d, Lillian M. Googins, of Chicago, Dec. 12, 1903. Asso. prin. Ferry Hall Female Coll., Lake Forest, Ill., 1873-6, Highland Hall Coll. for Women, Highland Park, Ill., 1876-9, prin. same, 1880-4; master Yale Sch. for Boys, Chicago, 1879-80; ordained Bapt. minis- try, 1884; prof. rhetoric and English lit., old Univ. of Chicago, 1884-6; prof. Latin, 1886-9, prof. Eng- lish lang. and lit., 1889-92, Univ. of Ill .; acting dir. Univ. Extension Div., 1893-4, Univ. Extension asso. prof. English lit. and dir. Univ. Extension Div .. 1894-5, Univ. of Chicago; pres. Colby Coll., 1835- 1901; prof. edn. and dir. cooperative work since 1901, dean Coll. of Edn., 1905-9, Univ. of Chicago Del. Univ. of Chicago to World's Congress on Univ. Extension, London, 1894. Address: 1217 E. 56th St.
BUTLER, Rush Clark, lawyer; b. Northwood ... Ia., Aug. 27, 1871; s. Lindley S. and Julia ( Picker- ing) Butler; Ph.B., Iowa State Univ., 1893; m. Isa- belle Crilly, of Chicago, June 6, 1901; 3 sons: Rush Clark, Jr., Crilly, Milburn. Admitted to bar, 1894; mem. firm of Cassoday (Eldon J.) & Butler, July 1. 1899, until partner's death, June 18, 1910; sr. mem. Cassoday, Butler, Lamb & Foster (specializing in practice of interstate commerce and Sherman law- cases), partners being William E. Lamb, ex-Judge Stephen A. Foster, Harry Eugene Kelly, C. R. Hill- yer, Ernest O. Best, Cornelius Lynde and Herbert Pope. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns .. Chicago Law Inst .; life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago; charter mem. Com, of Fifteen. Congregationalist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, University, Law. Midlothian Country, South Shore Country, Indian Hill. Author: (with Cornelius Lynde) The Federal Trade Commission and the Regulation of Business under the Federal Trade Commission and Clayton Laws, 1915. (This publication has had nat. circu- lation.) Home: 3826 Michigan Av. Office: 1414 Monadnock Blk.
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BUTLER, Sheppard (Emery), newspaper man; b. Highland Park, Ill., July 9, 1883; s. Nathaniel and Florence Reeves (Sheppard) Butler; prep. edn. Coburn Classical Inst., Waterville, Me .; A.B., Colby Coll., Waterville, Me., 1903; A.M., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1904; m. Bertha Ballou, of Chicago, Jan. 4, 1909. Instr. in English and Greek, Coburn Classi- cal Inst., 1904-5; reporter Chicago Tribune, 1905-9; spl. writer, asst. dramatic critic and Sunday ed- itor, Chicago Record-Herald, 1909-14; day city edi- tor, Chicago Examiner, 1914-15; editorial staff Chi- cago Tribune since 1915. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsi- lon, Phi Beta Kappa. Independent Republican. Clubs: Press, Chicago Automobile. Home: 946 Ainslie St. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.
BUTLER, Walter, lawyer; b. Kinderhook, Co- lumbia Co., N.Y., Jan. 7, 1841; s. Walter and Maria (Van Alen) Butler; resident of Chicago since Oct. 16, 1844; A.B., Princeton, 1862, M.A., 1866; m. Wau- kegan, Ill., Feb. 10, 1881, Bertha Heinrichs. Taught school in N.J., 1862-3; read law in offices of Wood- bridge & Grant, Chicago, Aug., 1863-5; admitted to bar, 1865, and since continuously engaged in gen. practice. Master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook Co., 17 yrs .; alderman from the 25th Ward, 1899-1901. Dir. Ill. Humane Soc. since 1901 (ex- pres.). Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Home: 646 Fuller- ton Av. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
BUTLER, William J., M.D .; b. Park Hill, Can., May 8, 1874; s. James and Catharine (Doyle) But- ler; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1894; unmarried. Asst. prof. diseases of children, Rush Med. Coll., 1903-8; asst. attending phys., dept. of diseases of children, Presbyn. Hosp., 1903-8; prof. and head of dept. of medicine, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery; at- tending phys., Cook County Hosp., Frances Wil- lard Hosp. Apptd. 1st It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S. Army, 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc. Home: 3220 Jackson Boul. Office: 7 W. Madison St.
BUTT, George B., M.D .; b. Seneca, Kan., Apr. 28, 1876; s. Edward and Ida (Pinckney) Butt; prep. edn. high school; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1900; m. Kathrine Collins, of Chicago, Apr. 26, 1910; 2 children: Georgia, Edward. Practiced at Chicago since 1900. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Mason. Club: Bev- erly Country. Home: 6017 St. Lawrence Av. Of- fice: 401 E. 61st St.
BUTTERFIELD, Ray Evan, clergyman; b. at Weathersfield, Vt., Apr. 25, 1883; s. Stephen War- ren and Sarah Josephine (Mudgett) Butterfield; prep. edn. Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N.H .; A.B., Dartmouth, 1906; grad. Hartford Theol. Sem., 1909; m. Minnie MacGilvary Saunders, of Worces- ter, Mass., June 8, 1908. Ordained Congl. ministry, 1909; pastor Medway, Mass., 1909-11, First Ch., Woodhaven, N.Y. City, 1911-14, Thomas Memorial Ch., Chicago, 1914-17, First Ch., South Chicago, since May 1, 1917. Republican. Clubs: Scrooby, Congregational. Recreations: tennis, camping. Home: 9002 Escanaba Av.
BUTTOLPH, Albert Charles, wholesale grocer. (See vol. 1911.)
BUTTON, Frank Morse, landscape gardener; b. Brandon, Vt., Aug., 1866; s. Frank R. and Laura A. (Morse) Button; grad. Brandon (Vt.) High Sch .; C.E., Univ. of Vt., Burlington, 1887; m. Florence Brison, of Chicago, Apr. 17, 1894; 1 daughter. In engring. work q .- m. dept. U.S.A. on constrn. of Fort Sheridan, Ill., 1889-93, mil. post, Little Rock, Ark., 1893-5; asst. engr. World's Columbian Com- mn., 1891-2; identified with O. C. Simonds, land- scape gardener, Chicago, since 1895, becoming a mem. of O. C. Simonds & Co. in 1903. Fellow Am. Soc. Landscape Architects; mem. Sigma Phi. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Edgewater Country (pres.), City. Home: 5242 Magnolia Av. Office: 1101 Buena Av.
BUTTON, William Jesse, textbook editor. (See vol. 1911.)
BUTZ, Otto Charles, lawyer; b. Chicago, May 2, 1857; s. Caspar and Julia (Magnus) Butz; ed. Kin- zie Sch. and ' Wiedingers German Sch., Chicago, Schau's German Sch., New York; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1877; m. LeRoy, N.Y., Mar. 3, 1880, Alice Rogers; children: Robert Otto, Theodore Caspar,
Herbert. Admitted to Ill. bar, Apr. 1, 1877; since practicing in Chicago, first in firm of Butz, Eschen- burg & Prussing, and successively, Butz & Eschen- burg, Otto C. Butz, Lackner & Butz, Lackner, Butz & Miller, and since 1915 of Butz, Van Ammon & Johnston. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
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