The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 48

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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COALE, James Johnson, clergyman; b. at Arch Spring, Pa., May 25, 1879; s. James Johnson and Arabella (Parker) Coale; B.S., Princeton Univ., 1901; Union Theol. Sem., New York, 1902-5; m. Nellie Ansley Johnson, of Fairfield, Ill., July 15, 1908. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, Jersey City, N.J., Nov. 2, 1905; asst. minister Rutgers Ch., New York, 1904-6; pastor White Sulphur Springs, Mont., 1906-8, Belden Av. Ch., Chicago, since 1909. Mason. Home: 1618 Fullerton Av.

COATES, Charles Haskell, fire ins .; b. Neenah, Wis., Mar. 20, 1872; s. Haskell E. and Margaret E. (McCallum) Coates; grad. Neenah High Sch., 1890; grad. shorthand and typewriting, Valparaiso (Ind.) Coll., 1891; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1895; m. Annie Laird James, of Dubuque, Ia., Aug. 24, 1899; 3 chil- dren: Haskell E., Mary J., Charles B. Identified with fire ins. business since 1900; asst. mgr. west- ern dept., Germania Fire Ins. Co. of New York, since Jan. 1, 1913. Congregationalist. Mem. Blue Goose (ins.). Mason, Elk. Club: Germania. Rec- reations: motoring, golf. Home: 1414 Dempster St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

Republican. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mem. I.O.O.F., Woodmen of America. Clubs: Hamilton, Ravenswood Golf. Recreation: society of his fam- ily. Home: 631 Sheridan Rd. Office: 11 S. LaSalle Street.

COBB, Albert Wheelwright, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

COBB, Caleb Jesper, hardware mcht .; b. Abing- ton, Mass., Sept. 20, 1865; s. Edward White and El- mina (Howard) Cobb; ed. pub. schools, Abington, Bridgewater and South Braintree, Mass .; m. Alice Elizabeth Benson, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1894; 1 daughter, Jessamine Elizabeth. Began in employ of the Orr & Lockett Hardware Co., Chicago, 1884, continuing 23 yrs .; assisted, 1907, in organizing Cobb, Whyte & Laemmer Co., of which is pres. Re- publican. Mem. Chicago Soc. of the New Jerusa- lem. Clubs: Hamilton, City. - Recreations: golf, music. Home: 613 Gary Pl. Office: 309 .W. Madison Street.

COBB, Emmons Bradley, mfr .; b. Oct. 21, 1849; s. Lemi Bradley and Mary Ann (Emmons) Cobb; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mendota, Ill., Elizabeth Scott. Identified with the soap mfg. business of Graham Bros. & Co. since 1876; in 1884 purchased an in- terest and formed partnership with Charles L. Adams, Mr. Henry J. Heister also becoming a part- ner, 1902. On death of Mr. Adams became sr. part- ner in firm of Graham Bros. & Co., mfrs. of toilet soaps. Republican. Formerly mem. 1st Regt. I.N. G. Club: Glen Oak Country. Home: 530 Belmont Av. Office: 1319 W. Lake St.

COBB, George Wadsworth, real estate. (See vol. 1911.)

COBB, Herbert Edgar, professor mathematics; b. Searsmont, Me., July 4, 1860; s. David Barnabas and Mary Crocker (Post) Cobb; grad. Me. Wesley- an Sem. and Female Coll., Kent's Hill, 1883; A.B., Wesleyan Univ., Conn., 1887, A.M., 1890; Univ. of Chicago, 1892-5; Univ. of Berlin, 1905-6; m. Sara Maxson, of Syracuse, N.Y., Mar. 11, 1890. Teacher mathematics, Me. Wesleyan Sem. and Female Coll., 1887-90; instr. mathematics, Univ. of Colo., 1890-2; lecturer univ. extension div., Univ. of Chicago, 1892-6; instr. mathematics, 1896-9, asst. prof., 1899- 1906, prof., since 1906, Lewis Inst. Fellow A.A.A. S .; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., N.E.A., Alpha Delta Phi. Dept. editor School Science and Mathematics. Author: Elements of Applied Mathematics, 1911. Home: 2958 W. Adams Street.

COBB, Joseph Pettee, M.D .; b. Abington, Mass., June 12, 1857; s. Edward White and Elmina ( How- ard) Cobb; 9th generation from ancestors who set- tled in Weymouth, Mass., about 1650; A.B., Har- vard, 1879; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1883; m. Edith H. Persens, of Milwaukee, Sept. 18, 1882; 1 son, Edmond P. Adj. prof., 1889-93, prof. physiology, embryology and histology, 1893-8, sr. prof. pediatrics, since 1898, Hahnemann Med. Coll., also dean since 1913; prof. diseases of children, Hahnemann Hosp., since 1893. Mem. Am. Inst. Homœopathy (pres., 1903, now trustee), Southern Homo. Assn., Ill. Homœ. Med. Assn., Chicago Homœ. Soc., N. E. Soc. of Chicago (1st vice pres. ). Pres. Chicago Soc. of the New Jerusalem Ch. Home: 4440 Drexel Boul. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

COBB, Julius Ola, surgeon; b. in Pickens Co .. S.C., Feb. 26, 1862; s. James A. and Nancy B. Cobb; M.D., Med. Coll. of the State of S.C., Charleston, 1883; m. Flora Gobel Lorman, of Detroit, Mich., Dec. 14, 1892; 2 daughters. Entered U.S. Public Health Service at Chicago, 1888; served at Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Port Townsend, Wash., Cincin- nati, New York; surgeon in charge U.S. Marine Hosp., Chicago, since 1911. Fellow A.M.A .; mem- ber Am. Pub. Health Assn., Chicago Med. Soc. Ad- dress: 4135 Clarendon Av.

COATS, William Edwin, public appraiser; b. at Woodstock, Ill., Aug. 24, 1851; s. Charles Henry and Susan (St. Clair) Coats; ed. pub. schs. and COBE, Ira Maurice, investments; b. Boston, Oct. 29, 1866; s. Mark H. and Eva (Morris) Cobe; ed. Boston Univ .; m. Annie E. Watts, of Belfast, Me .. Mar. 19, 1892. Admitted to Suffolk bar, Boston, 1888, and practiced in Boston 4 yrs .; joined, 1892. in organizing firm of Cobe & Mckinnon, invest- ments, with which was identified many yrs .: ex- pres. Assets Realization Co .; ex-chmn. bd. Chicago City Ry. Co .; ex-dir. Chicago Title & Trust Co., Northwestern Univ .; completed course in engring .; m. Grand Rapids, Wis., Apr. 14, 1876, Sophie Fon- taine; children: Susan, Gertrude, Marie. On leav- ing sch., 1873, began practice as civil engr. on the river div. of C., M.&St.P.R.R .; was largely engaged in railroad constrn. work; resided at Sparta, Wis., and was elected mayor of that city, 1891; since 1893 at Chicago, engaged in business as public ap- praiser, and now pres. of Coats & Burchard Co. Calumet & South Chicago Ry. Co., Hammond,

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Whiting & East Chicago Ry. Co., Nat. Bank of the Republic, Financial Corpn. of America; ex-chmn. governing com. Chicago City and Connecting Rys. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton (life mem.), Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Automo- bile, Mid-Day. Home: 5825 Blackstone Av.

COBLE, Nicholas Arthur, commission mcht .; b. Sidney, O., Aug. 24, 1848; s. Valentine and Eliza- beth (Sandham) Coble; ed. pub. schs. of Ind., and Wabash Coll., class of 1873; m. Emma J. Kellam, of Chicago, Dec. 24, 1874; children: Robert K., Reginald H., Edith May (now deceased). Began with Mooney, White & Co., grocers, Pana, Ill .; en- gaged in commn. business at Chicago as partner in firm of John Klein & Co., 1874-6; bookkeeper for Bd. of Trade firm of O. F. Gibbs & Son, 1876; trav- eling salesman for Sherman & Knox, 1877-9, C. E. Webber & Co., 1880-1, Coble & Cormack, 1881-4; mem. firm T. W. Pemberton & Co., 1884-7; sr. mem., since 1887, of firm of N. A. Coble & Co., brokers and commn. nichts. in canned goods, etc. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Home: 1232 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 222 N. Wabash Av., Chicago.

COBURN, John J., lawyer; b. on farm, on site of present village of Clyde, Cook Co., Ill., Mar. 14, 1860; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Chittick) Coburn; grad. Englewood High Sch., 1877; taught sch., 1879-81; student at Union Coll. of Law, 1883-4; m. Annie M. Valentine, of Chicago, May 1, 1890; chil- dren: Elizabeth M., Archibald T., Edith, Annie M., Henrietta. Admitted to bar, 1884, and since en- gaged in gen. practice; was partner of the late Maj. Lawrence M. Ennis, in firm of Ennis & Co- burn, 1895-8; mem. firm of Coburn & Case, until 1908 and since 1911, Coburn & Bentley (Frederick M., formerly with Santa Fé Ry. Co.). Actively en- gaged in the condemnation suits when the right of way was acquired for the main channel of the Drainage Canal and the Sag Channel now in course of construction; has been engaged in many of the most important civil, and a few of the important criminal cases that have been tried in the courts of Cook Co .; has in his library 21 volumes of cases in which he has been engaged, in which opinions have been rendered from the Supreme Court and Appel- late Courts of Ill .; is said to have the largest prac- tice in point of numbers of any lawyer in Chicago; noted for success as a jury advocate. Firm repre- sented the widows and orphans of Chicago firemen who lost their lives in the Stockyards fire, 1911, against the com. which collected $225,000 for re- lief, the com. being compelled by order of court to pay the money to the widows and orphans. (Mr. Coburn declined to make any charge for services in this case.) Uncompromising Democrat; has been active upon the stump and has frequently been mentioned for the office of judge, and also the of- fice of state's atty. Home: 5833 W. Ohio St. Office: 106 N. LaSalle St.

COCHRAN, Aaron William, real estate; Jan. 9, 1855-Mar. 7, 1915. (See vol. 1905.)

COCHRAN, James W., fire insurance; b. Lexing- ton, Ky., Apr. 7, 1863; s. John Carr and Ella (De- wees) Cochran; ed. high sch., Covington, Ky .; m. Birdie M. Sweeney, of Dallas, Tex., Dec. 19, 1888; 1 daughter living, Ella Dewees (Mrs. Earnest R. Halliday). In fire ins. business, various positions, since 1883; mgr. western dept. Fire Assn. of Phila., at Chicago, since Feb. 1, 1911. Republican in nat. affairs. Presbyterian. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Club: Union League. Recreations: hunting, fish- ing, country life. Home: 5448 East View Park. Office: Insurance Exchange.

COCHRAN, J (ohn) Lewis, real estate; b. Sacra- mento, Cal., Mar. 23, 1857; s. John Lewis and Mar- tha T. (Austin) Cochran; ed. Phila. High Sch. and Louderback Coll .; m. Alice Vanuxem, of Phila., Nov. 3, 1892; children: Elizabeth Vanuxem (died at 51/2 yrs.), John Lewis, Jr., Louis Vanuxem. En- gaged in real estate business in Chicago since 1884; designer and builder of Edgewater, an attractive residence district on the shore of Lake Michigan, 7 miles north of Madison St., and engaged in han- dling Edgewater property, principally under firm style Cochran & McCluer, since Jan. 1, 1904; ex- pres. Edgewater Coal Co .; dir. Chicago Title & Trust Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Sad- dle and Cycle (an organizer, and pres., 1900-6),

University, Onwentsia, Chicago, Mid-Day (an or- ganizer, and served as sec. and treas., and as pres., 1914). Recreations: outdoor diversions, traveling. Home: 1415 Astor St., Chicago; (summer) Macki- nac Island. Office: 40 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

COCHRANE, David Kipling, lawyer; b. Milwau- kee, Wis., Mar. 23, 1865; s. David M. and Jane (Mc- Manus) Cochrane; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1888; student Law Sch., Univ. of Mich., 1887-8; m. An- gela E. Noyes, of Chicago, June 15, 1904; 1 son, David Kipling, Jr. Practiced in Chicago since 1889; justice of the peace, 1906-10; master in chancery Superior Court of Cook Co. Sec., treas. and dir. Chicago & South Haven S.S. Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: South Shore Country, Kenwood. Recreation: boating. Home: 3616 Ellis Av. Office: 605, 35 N. Dearborn St.

COCROFT, Susanna (Mrs. C. F. Headington), physical culturist; b. Burlington, Wis .; d. Joseph E. and Ann (Woodhead) Cocroft; ed. Rochester (Wis.) Sem .; Univ. of Wis .; m. C. F. Headington, July 26, 1907. Teacher in Rochester Sem .; lectured on history of civilization and on physical develop- ment, etc .; founded Physical Culture Extension Soc. Episcopalian. Author: Beauty a Duty, 1916; Growth in Silence, 1917; Let's Be Healthy in Mind and Body, 1917; The Woman Worth While, 1917; What to Eat and When, 1917; Motherhood; Cocroft Courses of Study on Health, and on Thought Di- rection and Spiritual Inspiration. Home: 742 Buena Av. Office: 624 S. Michigan Av.

CODDINGTON, Archibald Osborn, teacher; b. at Linton, Green Co., Ind., Apr. 8, 1857; s. Isaiah and Elizabeth (Osborn) Coddington; B.L., Univ. of Ill., 1881, M.L., 1883; m. Helen R. Erskine, of Racine, Wis., 1895; children: Donald Clyde, Mildred. En- gaged in teaching, 1881-7; in business at Kansas City, 1888-90; prin. various schs. in Chicago, since 1890, prin. Stewart Sch., since 1906. Rep. nominee for county supt. of schs., 1910. Mem. Chicago Prin- cipals' Club, Philosophical Round Table. Mason. Club: Illini. Recreations: gardening, billiards, golf, camping, fishing. Home: 1519 Estes Av., Rogers Park.

CODY, Arthur Buck, lawyer and mortgage loans; b. Naperville, Du Page Co., Ill., Sept. 26, 1860; s. Judge Hiram Hitchcock and Philomela E. (Sedg- wick) Cody; A.M., Northwestern Coll., Naperville, 1879; m. Grace Goodrich; children: Hiram Sedg- wick, Helen Harriet (Mrs. Helen Cody Baker), Caryl (Mrs. Caryl Cody Pfanstiehl); m. 2d, Toron- to, Ont., June 1, 1898, Clara Cochrane; 1 son, Ar- thur Cochrane. Read law in father's office, 1881-3; admitted to bar, 1883; associated, 1886, with father in law firm of Hiram H. Cody & Son, which be- came, on admission of younger brother, Hope Reed Cody, Hiram H. Cody & Sons. Hiram H. Cody re- tired, 1893, but firm name continued until death of Hope Reed Cody, 1899, when business was taken over by Cody & Woodle, and 2 yrs. later by firm of Cody & Eaton, which continued until Jan. 1, 1910, when became loan agent for Chicago of State Mu- tual Life Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass .; now with his son Hiram, acting as such agent and do- ing a gen. mortgage loan business under the name of Arthur B. Cody & Son, incorporated, Apr. 1, 1917, and of which is pres .; sec. and dir. Page Woven Wire Fence Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason; mem. Roy- al Arcanum, Royal League, North Am. Union. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Flossmoor Country. Home: 6030 Harper Av. Office: 1420, 105 S. La Salle St.

CODY, Hiram Sedgwick; b. at Chicago, Mar. 7, 1888; s. Arthur Buck and Grace (Goodrich) Cody; grandson of Hiram Hitchcock Cody, who was a prominent mem. of Ill. bar and circuit judge 12th Judicial Circuit; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., Chi- cago, 1904; student Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1 yr .; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1908; student Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1908-10; m. Harriett Collins, of Chicago, Aug. 21, 1913; 1 son, Hiram Sedgwick, Jr. For- merly with law firm of Defrees, Buckingham, Rit- ter & Campbell; now in mortgage loan business with father, as vice pres. Arthur B. Cody & Son, mortgage loan agents of State Mutual Life Assur- ance Co. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon and

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Alumni Assn. of Chicago, 1909 (treas., 1914, vice pres., 1915). Was news editor Michigan Daily dur- ing last year at coll .; editor Michigan Bulletin of Chicago, 1909-11. Spent 3 months on bicycle trip in Europe, 1908; lecturer Chicago Daily News lec- tures on "Cycling in Europe," and "California and the Expositions." Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: University, Intercollegiate. Home: 628 Isa- bella St., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

CODY, (Alpheus) Sherwin, author; b. at Cody's Mills, Mich., 1868; s. Aldus and Eliza Ann (Pat- rick) Cody; A.B., Amherst, 1889; m. Marian T. Hur- ley, of London, 1896; 1 son, Edward Morrill. En- gaged in lit. work since 1892. Authority on busi- ness English and letter writing; conducts "Old Greek Press" and "School of English," publishers; mng. dir. Nat. Asso. Schs. of Scientific Business. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Advertising, City (Chicago), Authors (London, Eng.). Author of nu- merous books on business, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: Lake Bluff, Ill. Office: Security Bldg., Chicago.

COE, Almer, optician; b. Marysville, O .; s. Moses and Martha (Boal) Coe; ed. pub. schs .; m. Eliza- beth Scott; 1 daughter, Helen (Mrs. Wm. S. Hub- bard). Came to Chicago, 1880; began in optical business, 1884; established business for self, 1886, in the old Central Music Hall Bldg .; incorporated, 1899, under style of Almer Coe & Co., mfrs. and re- tailers of optical goods, of which is pres. and treas .; also vice pres. Century Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, and the Kryptok Co. (New York) ; dir. Gen. Optical Co., New York, also dir. Hydrox Co., Randolph Film Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Kenwood, City, Flossmoor Country, South Shore Country, Olympian Fields Country. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Home: "The Bryson," 4932 Lake Park Av. Office: 105 N. Wabash Av.

COE, Ethel Louise (Miss), painter, art teacher; b. Chicago; d. Wilbur Elwood and Martha (Janes) Coe; grad. high sch., Evanston, Ill., 1897; grad. with honor and an Am. traveling scholarship, Art Inst. of Chicago, 1902; studied 2 yrs. under Senor don Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, in Madrid, Spain. Exhibited at annual exhbns. of Art Inst. of Chi- cago, of Chicago Soc. of Artists; at San Francisco Expn., 1915; also at Milwaukee, Wis., Decatur, Ill., Phoenix and Prescott, Ariz., etc. Young Fortnight- ly Prize, Chicago Artists' Exhbn., 1911. Principal works: La Nina, Sioux City (Ia.) Museum; paint- ings in rooms of Artists' Guild, Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago, etc. Instr. Art Inst. of Chicago since 1902. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists; charter mem. Artists' Guild, The Arts Club, The Cordon. Pres- byterian. Home: 1223 Elmwood Av., Evanston, Ill. Studio: 4 E. Ohio St., Chicago.

COE, Frank Galt, grain dealer; b. Sterling, Ill., Aug. 15, 1876; s. Mark L. and Julia (Galt) Coe; ed. Sterling High Sch .; m. Ruth Reynolds, of Chicago, Feb. 25, 1909. Reporter, Sterling Gazette, 1896-7; pvt. sec. to W. & J. Sloane, Chicago, 1897-8; asst. mgr. grain dept., Glucose Sugar Refining Co., 1898- 1906; mgr. grain dept., Corn Products Refining Co., since 1906. Progressive Republican. Trustee Lake View Presbyn. Ch .; dir. Presbyn. Training Sch. of Chicago, Belmont Av. Y.M.C.A. Clubs: City, Lake View, Park Ridge Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 746 Bittersweet Pl. Office: 37 Board of Trade.

COE, Lacy, violinist; b. Elkhart, Ind., Oct. 28, 1882; s. Hamlin Alexander and Frances Ann (Lacy) Coe; grad. Chicago Musical Coll., 1905; New York Inst. of Music; unmarried. Mem. Seattle Symphony Orchestra, season, 1905-6; concertized throughout the west until 1911; mem. of faculty, Von Stein Acad., Los Angeles, Cal., 1912-13; again concert- ized in U.S., 1914-15; founded Chicago Ensemble Trio, 1915, and ingr. and violinist same; business mgr. Rundle Sch. of Music. Mem. Am. Guild Vio- linists. Republican. Christian Scientist. Recrea- tions: motoring, tennis, horseback riding. Home: 1058 Berwyn Av. Office: 400 Fine Arts Bldg.

COE, Willard Camp, insurance; b. Ripon, Wis., Apr. 18, 1861; s. Ledyard W. and Charlotte E.

(Young) Coe; ed. grammar and high schs., Mil- waukee, Wis .; m. Mary E. O'Brien, of Chicago, Oct. 21, 1885; 2 children: Dorothy May, Catherine Caryl. Engaged in ins. business in Chicago since 1897; now mem. firm of Herrick, Auerbach & Vastine. Served 3 yrs. with 1st Regt., Ill. N.G. Mem. Wis- consin Soc. of Chicago. Clubs: Edgewater Golf, Chicago Whist. Recreation: golf. Home: 929 Air- drie Pl. Office: 1723 Insurance Exchange.

COEY, Andrew Jackson, M.D., surgeon. (See vol. 1911.)

COEY, Charles A., automobiles; b. Redfield, N.Y., July 19, 1873; s. Andrew S. and Hanna J. Coey; ed. pub. schs. Removed to Rockford, Wash., 1890; in- vented attachment to run bicycle on railroad track; engaged in automobile livery business at Chicago since 1900; pres. Coey Motor Co. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Il]. Athletic, South Shore Country. Home: 5300 Michigan Av. Office: 2010 S. Wabash Av.

COFFEE, Rudolph Isaac, rabbi. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)

COFFEEN, M(ilo) Lester, lawyer; Dec. 20, 1850- Aug. 30, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

COFFIN, Charles Henry, investment securities; b. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 1, 1851; s. Charles Fisher and Rhoda Norman (Johnson) Coffin; ed. pvt. schs. and under tutors; m. Flora Howells, of Richmond, Ind., Dec. 10, 1873 (now deceased) ; children: Rhoda Howells (Mrs. Walter Dexter), Ruth (Mrs. Col- lins), Charles Howells, Flora Howells, Francis J. H. Entered State Bank of Ind. in 1863, vice pres. of same, 1873-84, and officer in many incorporated companies; began dealing in municipal securities and United States bonds and established business in Chicago, 1884; was vice pres. Municipal Invest- ment Co., 1886-99. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Democrat. Episcopalian. Club: Union League. Recreation: reading. Home: Ravinia, Ill. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

COFFIN, Charles Porter, credit mgr. Ill. Steel Co .; b. Batavia, Ill., Apr. 23, 1858; s. William and Mary Elizabeth (Lockwood) Coffin; ed. pub. schs., Batavia, Ill., until 1873; prep. edn. Ripon (Wis.) Coll., 1873-6; Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H., 1876-7; Ripon Coll., 1877-8; A.B., Yale, 1881; m. Adeline Chadwick Selden, of Escanaba, Mich., Jan. 26, 1SS6; children: Sarah Lay, William King (died in in- fancy). After leaving coll. was with C. McCulloch Beecher & Co., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1881-4; in Chicago since 1884; sec. and treas. of the Minn. Iron Co. until Sept .. 1902; since dir. and credit man, Ill. Steel Co. Served 2 terms as alderman 1st Ward, Evanston. Clubs: University (Evanston), Union League, University. Occasional contbr. to periodi- cals. Recreations: reading, music. Home: 1130 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

COFFIN, Henry Spaulding, banker, broker; b. at Orange, N.J., Apr. 25, 1878; s. William H. and Mary Howland (Wood) Coffin; A.B., Harvard, 1900; m. Rose Prescott Brown, of Brookline, Mass., Sept. 12, 1905; children: Rosamond P., Elinor. Began active career in employ of F. S. Moseley & Co., Boston, Mass., 1902; with William R. Compton & Co., St. Louis, Mo., and later with E. W. Clark & Co., Phila., Pa .; asso. mgr. firm of Curtis & Sanger, stocks, bonds and commercial paper, since 1915. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Harvard. Uni- versity, Indian Hill. Recreations: motoring, golf. Home: Indian Road, Winnetka, Ill. Office: 129 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

COFFIN, Percy B., real estate; b. Chicago, Sept. 2, 1871; s. Gorham Bartlett and Helen Augusta (Bullock) Coffin; descendant of Tristram Coffin, Salisbury, Mass., 1642; ed. grammar and high schs. and West Side Business Coll., Chicago; m. Helen J. Lindsey, of Topeka, Kan., Oct. 9, 1907. In real estate business in Chicago since 1905; sec. Civil Service Commn. of Chicago under Mayor Busse. 1908-11; pres, same, by appmt. of Mayor Thomp- son, Apr. 26, 1915-June, 1917; apptd. business mgr. Chicago Bd. of Edn., June, 1917. Served 20 yrs. in 1st Ill. Inf., 10 yrs. Capt. Co. A; participated in Santiago Campaign, Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Re- publican. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba. Mem. Chicago and Cook Co. real estate bds.

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Recreation: military service. Home: 3723 Pine asso. editor Chicago Magazine, 1912; admitted to Grove Av. Office: Tribune Bldg.

COFFIN, Percival Brooks, municipal bond spe- cialist; b. Guilford, N.C., Apr. 25, 1869; s. Charles Fisher and Rhoda Morman (Johnson) Coffin; ed. Ackworth Sch. (now Guilford Coll.); course in ac- counting, London, Eng .; m. Lucy Vincent Baxter, of Richmond, Ind., June 5, 1897. Chartered ac- countant; formerly mgr. Albuquerque (N.M.) Wa- ter Supply Co., Santa Fé (N.M.) Water & Light Co .; in municipal bond business in Chicago since 1898; life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago; mem. Wilson Ornithol. Club. Republican. Mem. Friends Ch. (Quaker). Club: City. Recreation: ornithology. Home: 3232 Ellis Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

COFRAN, John William Gunnison, fire under- writer. (See vol. 1911.)

COHEN, see also Cohn, also Kohn.

COHEN, Julius J., secretary Charles Alshuler Mfg. Co. (See vol. 1911.)

COHEN, Seymour Norton, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 27, 1878; s. Samuel and Minerva Cohen; prep. edn. Princeton-Yale Prep. Sch .; Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1898; unmar- ried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. firm Comerford (Frank) & Co- hen. Republican. Home: 4947 Washington Park Ct. Office: Ashland Block.

COHN, Abe, clothing mfr .; b. Chicago, Jan. 16, 1875; s. Jacob and Rachel Cohn; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago. Began as an employee of the clothing mfg. firm of Cahn, Wampold & Co., 1900; jr. mem. Al- fred Decker & Cohn since 1902. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Jewish religion. Clubs: Stand- ard, Hampden. Home: 5134 Harper Av. Office: 516 S. Franklin St.

COHN, Moses Louis, insurance; Aug. 6, 1857- 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

COLBORNE, Oliver, machinery; b. nr. London, Eng., Mar. 24, 1852; s. of Charles and Elizabeth (Barnes) Colborne; came with parents to Wis., and ed. in pub. schs. of that state; m. Neenah, Wis., 1874, Mary K. Deal; children: Ida E. (Mrs. F. E. Church), Olive E. (Mrs. D. W. Smith). Began work as machinist when 16 yrs. old, in Wis .; came from Decatur, Ill., to Chicago, 1878, and in 1879 established the Colborne Mfg. Co. (mfrs. of ma- chinery), of which is pres. Republican. Recrea- tion: traveling. Home: 4636 Hazel Av. Office: 157 W. Division St.

COLBURN, Isaac, western agent for George H. Morrill Co .; Dec. 13, 1853-July, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

COLBURN, Joseph Elliott, oculist, aurist; b. at Massena, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., Sept. 22, 1853; s. Alfred Reaves and Maria P. (Elliott) Colburn; ed. pub. schs. of N.Y. State; M.D., Albany Med. Coll., 1877; m. Letitia M. Ellis (now deceased) ; m. 2d, Eleanor R. Gump; children: George Alfred, Avery Reaves, Joseph Elliott; m. 3d, Laura Roecker, of Chicago, Apr. 17, 1915. Engaged in practice of medicine since 1877; specialist in diseases of the eye and ear; was ophthalmic surgeon in Cook Co. Hosp. and asst. ophthalmic surgeon in Ill. State Eye and Ear Infirmary; formerly prof. ophthal- mology in Chicago Policlinic, and in Chicago Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose Hosp. and Coll .; formerly asst. to dept. of ophthalmology, Central Free Dis- pensary. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Acad. Oph- thalmology; ex-pres. Western Soc. Ophthalmology; ex-vice pres. Chicago Soc. of Artists. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Author of a book of Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Eye, and of monographs on dis- eases of the eye and allied subjects. Recreation: art. Home: 520 F. 42d St. Office: 30 N. Michi- gan Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 48

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