The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 49

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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COLBY, Richard H., lawyer; b. Fort Dodge, Ia., Jan. 11, 1890; s. Frederick G. and Capitola E. (Schaffner) Colby; ed. Fort Dodge High Sch .; stu- dent in engring., Internat. Corr. Schs .; M.B., Am. Coll. Pathology and Bacteriology; Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law; LL.B., Webster Coll. of Law, 1913; m. Nina N. Brown, of Chicago, June 6, 1914; 1 son, Richard H., Jr. Automobile editor Des Moines Capital, 1910; city editor Sunday Telegraph and

Ill. bar, 1913; spl. asst. atty. gen. of Ill. since June, 1915. Sec. Ryan Monument Co .; dir. Allon Mfg. Co., Arizona Film Co. Mem. South Shore Safety League. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Lawyers' Assn. of Ill., Phi Delta Phi. Democrat. Christian Scientist. Mem. Aaron Lodge No. 913, A.F. and A.M .; mem. A.O.U.W., Fraternal Order of Eagles, Sons and Daughters of Chicago (dir.). Club: National. Recreation: swimming. Home: 2515 E. 74th St. Office: 522-523 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

COLE, Aaron Hodgman, biologist; Oct. 21, 1856- Dec. 31, 1913. (See Who's Who in America, 1912- 1913.)

COLE, Arthur Throop, retired. (See vol. 1911.)

COLE, Charles R., investments; b. Whitewater, W'is .; s. Daniel Webster and Helen L. (Cady) Cole; ed. pub. schs. Pres. Industrial Securities Co., Per- fection Fire & Rubber Co., Am. Mineral Production Co. Episcopalian. Home: 6029 Indiana Av. Office: 732 Marquette Bldg.

COLE, Delavan Burdette, lawyer; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 17, 1867; s. Walter D. and Alice (Stoddard) Cole; ed. Second Normal Sch. of Minn., Mankato, and high sch., Crystal Lake, Minn .; prin. schs., Slayton, Minn., 1888-9; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1891; m. Olivia A. Reeve, of Slayton, Minn., 1889; 1 son, John R. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and has since practiced in Chicago; atty. for West Chi- cago Park Commrs., 1900-4. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Home: 6635 Glenwood Av. Office: 111 W. Monroe St.

COLE, Ernest Chapin, mfr .; b. Mt. Pleasant, Ia., Jan. 18, 1858; s. of William Raemy and Cordelia (Throop) Cole; ed. pub. schs., Mt. Pleasant; spent 2 yrs. at Mass. Inst. Tech .; B.A., Ia. Wesleyan Univ., 1881; read law and was admitted to Ia. bar; m. Mt. Pleasant, Ia., Mar. 9, 1881, Jennie Brown Comstock; children: Clifford Comstock, Genevieve, Margaret, Ernest Raemy. Was in real estate busi- ness, 1881-4; retailer of hardware at Council Bluffs, Ia. With 2 brothers, organized the Cole Mfg. Co., 1893, mfrs. stoves, of which is sr. mem. Republican. Unitarian. Club: Colonial. Home: 4730 Greenwood Av. Office: 3218 S. Western Av.

COLE, Fay-Cooper, anthropologist; b. Plainwell, Mich., Aug. 8, 1881; s. George Lamont and Ida Jo- sephine (Upright) Cole; student Univ. of Southern Cal., Los Angeles, 1898-9; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1899-1903; studied Univ. of Berlin, 1906; Ph.D., Co- lumbia, 1914; m. Mabel Elizabeth Cook, of Plano, Ill., Oct. 20, 1906. Ethnologist, Field Mus. of Nat- ural History, 1906-12; asst. curator of Malayan ethnology, and physical anthropology, same, since 1912. Mem. various archaeol. expdns. in Am. south- west; conducted two expdns. among pagan tribes of Philippines; spl. investigator for Philippine Bur. of Science, 1906-12. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Anthropol. Soc. (council, 1915), Wis. Archaeol. Soc., Delta Upsilon. Corr. mem. Numismatic and Anti- quarian Soc. of Phila. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Writers' Guild (master, 1915), Chicago Press, Ad- venturers (Chicago); Explorers' (N.Y.). Lecturer and writer on Philippine history and ethnology. Reviser of Philippine ethnology and linguistics, Internat. Encyclo. Home: 5522 Dorchester Av.

COLE, Francis Richard, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

COLE, George E., stationer, printer; b. Jackson, Mich., Mar. 2, 1845; s. Ichabod and Sarah H. Cole; ed. pub. schs., Jackson; m. Lois T. Milnes, of Chi- cago, June 20, 1878; children: Theodore B. (died 1907), Munroe. Served 2 yrs. as pvt., 10th Mich. Vol. Inf., during Civil War; in business as sta- tioner and printer, Chicago, since Mar., 1878; pres. George E. Cole & Co. Organized, 1896, pres., 1896- 99, Municipal Voters' League; pres. Citizens' Assn. 2 yrs .; ex-pres. and dir. Legislative Voters' League; chmn. exec. com. Initiative and Referendum League of Ill. Clubs: Union League, City, Sunday Evening. Mem. George H. Thomas Post, G.A.R. Recreations: reading, golf. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 119 W. Washington St., Chicago.

COLE, Henry A., commission mcht. in window glass; b. Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 19, 1850; s. Dr. Lansing J. and Caroline A. (Mason)

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Cole; ed. pub. and pvt. schs. in Cheshire and Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Mass., 1 yr. at Whites- boro (N.Y.) Acad., and 1 yr. at Monroe Coll. Inst., Elbridge, N.Y .; m. Ottawa, Ill., June 1, 1881, Kate S. Eldredge; children: Marie Eldredge (Mrs. Henry Hunter), Emma Caroline (Mrs. Tracy Luccock), Henry Eldredge, Gordon Earle, Robert Mason. With Ottawa (Ill.) Glass Co., as shipping clk., bookkeeper, traveling salesman, dir. and gen. mgr., 1871-87; office mgr. of Ottawa plant of United Glass Co., 1887-92, and sec. of the United Glass Co., Chicago, 1892-6; commn. mcht. in window glass since 1896; now western rep. of Johnston Broker- age Co., Pittsburgh. Republican. Congregational- ist. Home: 315 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

COLE, Howard, timber lands. Removed to St. Louis, Mo. (See vol. 1911.)

COLE, John Adams, civil engr .; b. Westmore- land, N.H., Dec. 16, 1838; s. John and Elizabeth (Shaw) Cole; ed. Kimball Union Acad., and spl. math. studies; m. Julia Mead Alvord, of Boston, Dec. 15, 1870. In office of Thomas Doane, civil engr., Boston, 1856-9; gen. field agent, Christian Commn., 1862 to close of Civil War, in charge of work in armies of Potomac and the James; deliv- ered addresses in principal cities of N.E. and di- rected expenditure of over $3,000,000; with army in Tex., 1865-6. Civ. engr., Washington, D.C., 1867-69, Chicago, 1873-1904; specialized in municipal engr- ing .; was engr. Lake View and Hyde Park, Ill., and consulting engr. many cities of U.S. and Can .; de- signed and built many water works and sewerage systems, etc .; pres. and treas. Pitometer Co. Hon. trustee Howard Univ. (sec. and treas., 1867-71) ; pres. Chicago Tract Soc., 1911-13, Training Sch., 1912-13. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E. Republican. Presby- terian. Club: Literary. Home: 1346 E. 53d St., Chi- cago. Office: 220 Broadway, New York.

COLE, Mabel Cook (Mrs. Fay-Cooper Cole), au- thor; b. Plano, Ill., Apr. 18, 1880; d. Amer Brower and Ella Augusta (Webster) Cook; A.B., North- western Univ., 1903; m. Fay-Cooper Cole, of Chi- cago, Oct. 20, 1906; 1 son, La Mont Cook (b. July 15, 1916). Traveled in the Orient and spent 4 yrs. in interior of the Philippines studying the sociol- ogy and mentality of the primitive tribesmen. Mem. Chicago Writers' Guild, Chi Omega Sorority, P.E.O. Club: Chrysolite. Author: Philippine Folk Tales, 1916. Contbr. short stories and articles to mags. Home: 5522 Dorchester Av.

COLE, Rossetter Gleason, musician; b. at Clyde, Mich., Feb. 5, 1866; s. Henry Walcott and Mary Charlotte (Gleason) Cole; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1888 (hon. A.M., 1913) ; m. Fannie Louise Gwinner, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 6, 1896. Taught English, German and Latin in high schs., 1888-90; studied composition and organ in Berlin, 1890-2; there by competitive exam. won a 3 yrs.' scholarship in the Royal Meisterschule for Composition, under Max Bruch. Dir. sch. of music and prof. music, Ripon (Wis.) Coll., 1892-4; prof. music, Ia. (now Grin- nell) Coll., 1894-1901; teacher, Chicago, 1902-7; edi- tor of Good Music, 1903-7; prof. music and dir. Sch. of Music, Univ. of Wis., 1907-9; pvt. teacher, Chi- cago, since 1909. Prof. (in charge) music, Colum- bia Univ. summer sessions, since 1908. Mem. New York Manuscript Soc .; vice pres. for Ia., 1897-1900, pres., 1903, 1909, 1910, Music Teachers' Nat. Assn .; dean Ill. Chapter Am. Guild Organists, 1912-14. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Composer of several works, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 1363 Hyde Park Boul. Studio: Fine Arts Bldg.

COLE, Thomas Willoughby, lithographer; b. at Culpeper, Va., July 17, 1860; s. Rev. John and Frances Eleanor (Thompson) Cole; ed. pvt. schs. at Culpeper, Va., and 2 yrs. at Culpeper Mil. Acad., finishing at Episcopal High Sch. of Va., near Alex- andria; m. Josephine Stüber, of Wilmington, Del., Jan. 7, 1885; 1 daughter, Katherine Burgie. Began as clerk in ry. freight office in Culpeper at 16, re- maining there 3 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1879, to open a branch office for Geo. S. Harris & Sons of Phila., of which remained in charge until 1892; or- ganized, 1892, Cole Lithographing Co., mfrs. of cigar labels, cigar bands and general printing, and pres. same, 1892-1917; pres. State Bank of West Pullman, Chicago; dir. Lincoln State Bank, Chi-

cago; dir., sec., treas. Perfection Tire & Rubber Co. of Del., Am. Mineral Production Co. of S. Dak. En- listed as pvt. Co. C, 1st -Ill. Inf., June, 1882; served as sergt. q.m., 2d lt., 1st lt. and capt. Co. K, until 1908; holds bronze, silver and gold medals for "long and honorable service;" maj. in Col. Koch's regt. of inf. raised for service in Spanish-Am. War, but was not mustered into service. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason, K.P., Elk. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 4313 Grand Boul. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.

COLEMAN, Adelbert E., ornamental iron; b. nr. Sandwich, Ill., Feb. 1, 1859; s. Stephen D. and Mar- garet L. (Fraser) Coleman; ed. Sandwich High Sch. and 1 yr. at Univ. of Mich .; m. Chicago, Oct. 14, 1885, Ida Ray; 1 son, B. R. In employ of Chi- cago branch Vermont Marble Ço. until 1890, being mgr. last 2 yrs .; bought an interest in and was vice pres. and dir. Bouton Foundry Co .; with Chi- cago Ornamental Iron Co. since 1893, later becom- ing sec., treas. and mgr., and since 1896 pres. and treas. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Kenwood. Home: 4928 Blackstone Av. Office: 37th St. and Stewart Av.

COLEMAN, Charles Elliott, stoves and mica; b. Howells, Orange Co., N.Y., Nov. 2, 1867; s. Elliott A. and Melissa A. (Reed) Coleman; ed. in district schs. of N.Y. State; m. Binghamton, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1892, Minnie S. Shapley; children: Kingsley L., Helen S., Marion L. At age of 16 learned the tin- smith's trade at Middletown, N.Y .; traveling sales- man for Wilkinson & Banta, stove jobbers, N.Y. City, 1 yr .; with Eugene Munsell & Co., as travel- ing salesman for stoves and mica and covered eastern territory, 1888-96; since then western rep. of that company and of the Mica Insulator Co. at Chicago. Home: 9332 S. Robey St. Office: 542 S. Dearborn St.

COLEMAN, Clarence Louis, sausage casings; b. Memphis, Tenn., May 11, 1879; s. Sol. and Hannah (Phillips) Coleman; ed. pub. schs., Memphis; Werts and Ray Univ., Memphis; passed examination for entrance to Univ. of Tenn., but illness prevented entering; m. Bella Freund, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1912; 4 children: Clarence L., Jr., Minnabel, John E., James G. F. Associated with father in whole- sale and retail cigar business and manufacture of chewing gum, at Memphis, until 1902; removed to Chicago, Mar., 1902; and entered employ of S. Op- penheimer & Co., sausage casings, New York and Chicago, and now sec. of company and gen. mgr. Chicago office. Jewish religion. Trustee Home for Aged Jews. Mason. Clubs: Standard (dir.), Il1. Athletic, Idlewild Country. Recreations: golf, au- tomobiling. Home: 5100 Ellis Av. Office: 2700 Wabash Av.

COLEMAN, Julius Archer, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

COLEMAN, W. Franklin, M.D .; 1838-Jan. 22, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

COLEMAN, William Ogden, china, glass and sil- ver mcht .; b. Dixon, Ill., Jan. 1, 1864; s. John and Julia (Cammann) Coleman; ed. pub. schs., Dixon; m. Versailles, Ky., Nov., 1892, Annie Crenshaw; 3 children: William Ogden, Jr., Margaret, Julia, At 18 yrs. of age entered employment of Burley & Co., china and glassware, continuing in various capaci- ties, and became a partner in the firm, 1893: elected vice pres. in 1900; pres. Burley & Tyrrell Co. since 1900; pres. Am. Flyer Mfg. Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, South Shore Country, Recreations: golf, travel. Home: River Forest, Ill. Office: 7 N. Wa- bash Av., Chicago.

COLLEDGE, William A., educator; b. Edinburgh, Scotland, Nov. 28, 1859; s. Joseph and Margaret J. (Whiteman) Colledge; ed. Established Church Nor- mal Coll., Glasgow, Scotland, 1879-82; studied in London, Eng., 1883-6; (D.D., Adrian Coll., Mich., 1892) ; m. Frances Marshall, of Yorkville, Ill., May, 1902. Ordained Congl. ministry, 1887; in pastorate, 1887-1903; extension lecturer, English lit., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; editor Technical World, 1903; prof. English lit., Armour Inst., Chicago, 1904. Was edi- tor-in-chief New Standard Encyclopedia and His- tory of the World. 1906. Lecturer and head dept. of edn., Redpath Lyceum Bur., since 1911. Fellow Royal Geog. Soc., 1894. Club: University (Chica-

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80). Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 64 E. Van Buren St., Chicago.

COLLETTE, Elpheus Joseph, general agt. Cop- per Range R.R .; b. Richville, Addison Co., Vt., Mar. 21, 1858; s. William and Josephine (Birtz) Col- lette; ed. pub. schs. and Lawrence Univ. night sch., Appleton, Wis .; m. Maud Leola Mercer, of Madi- son, Wis., June 21, 1886; 1 child, Naundas Maud. Journeyman printer, 11 to 21; later shorthand writer and stenographer; contracting freight agt., C., M.&St. P.Ry., 7 yrs .; apptd. commercial agt. Cop- per Range R.R. at Chicago, 1904, gen. agt. since Nov. 1, 1906. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Traffic. Recreations: fishing, yachting. Home: 1029 Buena Av. Office: Railway Exchange.

COLLINGBOURNE, Albert B., thread mfr .; b. at Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 18, 1876; s. Byron T. and Sarah Jane (Lord) Collingbourne; ed. pub. schs .; m. Alice Spooner, of Chicago, Nov. 18, 1897; 1 son, Daniel S. Began manufacture of thread in Elgin, Ill., 1912; pres. Western Thread Co., Warner Co., Warner Kohler Co., Warner Hemmeter Co., Hem- meter-Martens Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Glen Oak. Wrote: Authority on Needlework (series of 18 books), 1915, 1916. Recreations: golf, hunting. Home: 656 Woodland Park. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul.

COLLINS, Charles William, dramatic critic; b. Madison, Ind., Nov. 19, 1880; s. Smith and Mary Luella (Wood) Collins; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; Hyde Park High Sch .; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1903; unmarried. On editorial staff, Chicago Rec- ord-Herald, 1903-7; dramatic critic, Chicago Inter- Ocean, 1907-10 and 1912-14; dramatic critic, Chi- cago Evening Post, since July, 1914. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Author: Great Love Stories of the Thea- tre, 1911. Contbr. to mags. Home: 904 Wilson Av.

COLLINS, James Hartnett, consulting and con- tracting engr. (See vol. 1911.)

COLLINS, J(ames) Ira, insurance. (See vol. 1911.)

COLLINS, Lorin Cone, 3d, M.D., surgeon; b. Chi- cago, Aug. 1, 1876; s. Lorin Cone and Nellie (Robb) Collins; ed. University Sch .; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1900; m. Anna E. Von Stoff Lindblad, of Chicago, Mar. 10, 1904; 2 children: Lorin Cone, 4th, Almida Grace. Interne, Chicago Lying-in Hosp .; obstetrician to German Hosp .; mem. faculty Rush Med. Coll .; asst. attending phys. Children's Memo- rial Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Phy- sicians' Club. Republican. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring, sailing, fishing. Home: 820 Edgecomb Pl. Office: 2003, 25 E. Washington St.

COLLINS, Michael J., railway official; b. Chica- go, Mar. 18, 1861; s. Patrick and Ellen (Foley) Collins; grad. St. Patrick's Acad., 1877; m. Alice A. Galligan, of Chicago, Apr. 19, 1883; children: May (Mrs. George A. Murphy), Nell (Mrs. J. H. Gorm- ley, Boston), Alice (Mrs. J. F. Cahill, St. Louis), Thomas William, Edward, Ruth, Robert. Entered ry. service as messenger M.C.R.R., 1877, with which remained as clk., chief clk. and trainmaster until 1887; with A.,T.&S.F.Ry. since 1887, as sta- tioner and gen. clk., 1887-93, chief clk. purchasing dept., 1893-1901, asst. gen. purchasing agt., 1901-9, and gen. purchasing agt. since 1909. Pres. Austin Nat. Bank since July, 1917. Mem. Bd. of Edn., 1913-17 (pres. 1915). K.C., Royal League. Demo- crat. Home: 137 S. Waller Av., Austin. Office: 925 Railway Exchange.

COLLINS, Richard J., wholesale meats; b. Chi- cago, May 16, 1864; s. Richard J. and Mary Col- lins; ed. pub. schs. and St. Patrick's Acad. Began as wagon boy for a wholesale meat concern, 1878; now pres. Fulton Street Wholesale Market Co .; also dir. Union Trust Co., Mercantile Trust & Sav- ings Bank; treas. and dir. Knight Light Co. Dem. nominee for clk. Superior Court of Cook Co., 1900. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press, Colum- bia Yacht. Home: 945 Crescent Pl. Office: 10 Ful- ton Market.

COLLINS, Sydney Tenison, fire insurance; b. at Tipperary, Ireland, Nov. 19, 1857; s. Joseph Teni- son and Anna (Power) Collins; ed. common schs .; m. Anna M. Farquhar, of Montreal, Can., June 6, 1882; children: Sydney Tenison, Jr., Arthur Far- quhar. Came to America, 1873; western mgr. An-

glo-Nevada Assurance Corpn. of San Francisco, and Caledonian Ins. Co. of Scotland, 1888-91; asst. U.S. mgr. at Phila. of Caledonian Ins. Co. of Scot- land, 1891-3; asst. western mgr. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. of San Francisco, 1893-1900; asst. sec. Traders Ins. Co. of Chicago, 1901-6; western mgr. Providence Washington Ins. Co. of Providence, R.I., since 1908. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale Golf. Recreations: gar- dening, mechanics, golf. Home: Hinsdale, Ill. Of- fice: 1353 Insurance Exchange, Chicago.

COLLIVER, Joseph W., coal operator; b. Picton, Ont., Can., Jan. 28, 1865; s. John and Sara J. (Car- son) Colliver; brought to U.S. at age of 5; ed. pub. schs., Aurora, Ill .; m. Fannie Mae Hodkinson, of Ottawa, Ill., June 7, 1886; 1 daughter, Vera Sara. Began in employ of C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1880, continuing 6 yrs .; then with ry. interests of U.S. Steel Co., 1886-1903; coal operator since 1903; sec., dir. and sales mgr. Old Ben Coal Corpn .; largely interested in Aurora real estate. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mem. Woodmen of the World. Club: Aurora Country (charter mem.). Recreation: golf. Home: 22 S. Chestnut St., Aurora, Ill. Office: 1114 McCor- mick Bldg., Chicago.

COLLYER, Frank P., commission mcht .; b. Man- chester, Ia., Mar. 28, 1886; s. William D. and Mar- garet (Kennedy) Collyer; grad. McPherson Gram- mar Sch., Chicago, 1901; Lake View High Sch., 1905; student Northwestern Univ. 2 yrs .; m. Besse King, of Harvard, Ill., June 12, 1912; 2 children: Mary Elizabeth, Frank Peter. In commn. business, Chicago, since 1909; treas. W. D. Collyer & Co. Mem. Chicago Butter and Egg Bd. (sec., 1914, vice pres., 1915, 1916). Mem. Phi Sigma, Phi Kappa Psi. Republican. Catholic. Home: 730 9th St., Wil- mette, Ill. Office: 203 W. South Water St., Chicago.

COLLYER, William Davis, broker in butter and eggs; b. Andersontown, N.J., June 8, 1856; s. Jo- seph M. and Elizabeth Collyer; ed. pub. schs .; m. Earlville, Ia., Sept. 23, 1881, Margaret A. Kennedy; children: Josephine (Mrs. Victor B. Scott), Frank, Agnes, Alfred, Herbert. Has been continuously identified with the trade in butter and eggs since leaving sch., first with A. H. Blake, Manchester, Ia .; then mem. Collyer & Parrott, Lincoln, Neb .; afterward mgr. for A. H. Barber & Co., Chicago, then mgr. for produce dept. of C. F. Love & Co., Chicago; broker in butter and eggs under firm name of Collyer & Co. since 1899. U.S. insp. of dairy exports, 1901-5. Mem. Chicago Assn. Com- merce, Chicago Assn. Credit Men. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason; Modern Woodman. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 524 Hill St., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 203 W. South Water St., Chicago.

COLNON, John Edward, real estate; b. Oswego, N.Y., July 28, 1863; s. Aaron and Catherine (Hen- nessy) Colnon; ed. state normal sch .; m. Helen Neemes, of Chicago, Nov. 28, 1893. Began as book- keeper for J. W. Kepler, Chicago, 1882-5; with Swift & Co. until 1891; identified with real estate interests since 1892; now sr. mem. firm of John E. Colnon & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Dem- ocrat. Catholic. Home: 4599 Oakenwald Av. Of- fice: 74 W. Washington St.

COLSON, Harry Gilbert, lawyer; b. Davenport, Ia., Jan. 18, 1868; s. Norman F. and Julia (Gilbert) Colson; ed. Hudson, Mich., and Chicago; m. Sarah Garner Wall, of Sherman, Mich., Dec. 7, 1897. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and since practiced in Chi- cago. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Am. Assn. of Title Men, Ill. Soc. S.A.R. Mem. Garden City Lodge, A.F. and A.M .; Oriental Consistory; Medinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press. Home: 856 Galt Av. Office: 1438 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

COLVIN, Edwin M., vice pres. W. F. Hall Print- ing Co .; b. Buchanan, Mich., Aug. 13, 1867; s. Wil- kerson and Elizabeth (Fraser) Colvin; ed. pub. schs., Mich., Ohio and Ky .; m. Clara Fuller, of Buchanan, Mich., Aug. 28, 1888; 4 children: Jay Austin, Edwin Richard, Willard Otis, Ruth Eliza- beth. Began learning printer's trade at Buchanan, 1885; associated with R. M. Eastman, 1908, and purchased the W. F. Hall Printing Co., of which is vice pres .; pres. Photoplay Pub. Co .; vice pres. Central Typesetting Co. Republican. Methodist.

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Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Ath- fort; prep. edn. in England; came to U.S., 1893; stu- letic, Chicago Automobile, City, Sportsmen's of America. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing. Home: 5940 Sheridan Rd. Office: 466 W. Superior Street.

COLVIN, William Gordon, wholesale shoes; b. York, Livingston Co., N.Y., Feb. 28, 1865; s. John and Martha (Trimble) Colvin; ed. pub. schs., Cas- tile, N.Y .; m. Kimball, S.D., Oct. 3, 1888, May E. Morris; 2 children: Bertram Morris, Marion. Re- tail shoe clerk at Castile, N.Y., 1881-3; bank clerk and asst. cashier at Kimball, S.D., 1884-8; in ins. business, 1889-90; in wholesale shoe trade since 1891; became treas. Continent Shoe Co., 1897, and its successor, the Rice & Hutchins Chicago Co., 1910. Mem. Royal League. Republican. Presby- terian. Recreations: golf, tennis, motoring. Home: 6642 Yale Av. Office: 233 W. Monroe St.

COLVIN, William Henry, broker; b. at Chicago, Sept. 22, 1871; s. William Henry and Susanna (Burt) Colvin; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and at Pa. Mil. Coll .; m. Chicago, June, 1894, Bessie Small; children: Jessica, William Henry, Jr., Donald, Laura J., John R. Began as clerk in Merchants' Nat. Bank, 1889; has been identified almost contin- uously with the banking business ever since; es- tablished, 1899, the firm of William H. Colvin & Co., stock brokers, of which is now sole principal. Mem. New York Stock Exchange, New York Coffee Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Bd. of Trade. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Tolleston. Recreation: athletics. Home: 1314 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 104 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

COLWELL, Nathan Porter, secretary of the Council on med. edn. of the A.M.A .; b. Osceola, Ia., May 25, 1870; s. of Fernando N. and Mary Ellen (Shields ) Colwell; grad. Morgan Park (Ill.) Acad., 1896; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1900; m. Chicago, May 5, 1903, Agnes Louise Peterson. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Methodist. Club: City. Home: 717 Elmwood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Of- fice: 535 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

COMAN, Seymour, retired; b. Newark, O., May 21, 1852; s. Levi Parsons and Martha (Seymour) Coman; was 2 yrs. at Dartmouth Coll. and took law course at Univ. of Mich. Came to Chicago, 1876, and entered law office of William C. Goudy; went to Colo., 1878, as financial representative for Chi- cago interests, and later was in business in Tex .; returned to Chicago, 1891, and started business under firm name of Seymour Coman & Co., com- mercial paper and collateral loans, retiring 1913. Companion Mil. Order Loyal Legion (by inherit- ance) .. Clubs: Union League, University. Recrea- tions: motoring, golf. Residence: Union League Club.

COMERFORD, Frank, lawyer; b. Chicago, Sept. 25, 1875; s. Isaac and Jane (Linane) Comerford; ed. West Div. High Sch., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch. and Ill. Coll. of Law (LL.B.); m. Jean Cowgill, of Black Hills, S.D., Mar. 9, 1906. In gen. practice of law; nominated as senator from 2d Dist. by Dem. Party, 1900 (defeated) ; nominated and elect- ed, as Dem., for representative from 2d Dist., 1904; expelled by Ill. legislature, Feb. 8, 1905, for attack- ing alleged corrupt methods at Springfield; reëlect- ed as independent Apr. 4, 1905; advocate of polit- ical reform measures; police atty. of Chicago un- der Mayor Dunne. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chi- cago bar assns. Club: Press. Home: Glen Ellyn, 111. Office: Ashland Blk., Chicago.

COMES, Charles Walter, secretary Armour & Co .; b. New York, Dec. 8, 1847; s. William D. and Elizabeth S. (Osborn) Comes; ed. pub. schs. of New York; m. Mary L. Bickford, of Chicago, Mar. 9, 1876. Bookkeeper and cashier, Armour & Co., in New York, Oct., 1866-Sept., 1868; came to Chicago and continued in similar position, 1868-85; on Bd. of Trade in personal ventures, 1885-9; since with Armour & Co., first as office mgr. and now as sec. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia. Recreation: reading. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 49

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