The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 50

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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COMFORT, William E., Chicago mgr. Consoli- dated Dental Mfg. Co .; b. London, Eng., Dec. 18, 1876; s. James William and Keziah (Castle) Com-

dent Butler Univ., Indianapolis, Ind., 1893; m. Jen- nie Ostlie, of Montevideo, Minn., Oct. 30, 1911. Be- gan active career in employ of the Marshall Dental Mfg. Co., Des Moines, Ia., 1897; removed to Chi- cago, 1913, as Chicago mgr. Consolidated Dental Mfg. Co., of New York. Single Taxer. Norwegian Lutheran. Mason. Recreations: walking, farming. Home: 2424 N. Sawyer Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

COMISKEY, Charles A., president Chicago White Sox, baseball team; b. Chicago, Aug. 15, 1859; s. John and Mary Comiskey; ed. pub. schs., Albany, N.Y .; m. Nan Kelly, of Dubuque, Ia., Sept. 30, 1882; 1 son. J. Louis. Pres. Am. League Baseball Club of Chicago since 1900. Home: 3816 Michigan Av. Of- fice: 35th St. and Shields Av.

COMPTON, Don Martin, mfr. steel furnaces; b. Peoria, Ill., Apr. 28, 1884; s. Edward F. and Ella (Martin) Compton; ed. pub. schs., Peoria; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1905; m. Wilda Woodruff, of El- gin, Ill., 1908; 3 sons: Richard Gale, Gale, Charles. Came to Chicago, 1896; with New Kentucky Coal Co., 1905-7; pres. Quaker Mfg. Co., mfrs. steel fur- naces, since 1907. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Flossmoor. Home: 6126 Kimbark Av. Office: 180 N. Dearborn St.

COMPTON, Frank Elbert, publisher; b. at Grand Rapids, Wis., Aug. 7, 1874; s. Harry Henry and Frances (Shepard) Compton; ed. Univ. of Wis., class of 1898 (won place in debating team); m. Emma Blaeser, of Newark, N.J., Oct. 14, 1905 (died 1914); children: Frank Frederick, Edna McAdoo. Paid expenses at college by selling books during · vacations; became salesman for C. B. Beach & Co., pubs., Chicago, 1894; purchased business, 1907, and changed name to F. E. Compton & Co., of which is pres .; also pres. Compton-Johnson Co., pubs. (es- tablished Jan., 1915); pub. and distributor of "The New Student's Reference Work" and "Pictured Knowledge" (subscription books). Pres. Glencoe (Ill.) Sch. Bd. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Mem. Theta Delta Chi Fraternity (pres., 1911-13), Univ. of Wis. Soc. of Chicago. Clubs: University, City, Skokie Country, Univ. of Wis. Club. Recrea- tions: golf, fishing, horseback riding. Home: Glen- coe, Ill. Office: 58 E. Washington St., Chicago.

COMSTOCK, Charles G., vice pres. Otis Elevator Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Mid-Day, Onwentsia, Midlothian Country. Office: 600 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

COMSTOCK, Fred Samuel, lawyer; b. Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 8, 1857; s. Samuel F. and Marie Diadema (Runals) Comstock; Ph.B., (old) Univ. of Chicago (pres. of class), 1879; m. Annie I. Lydiard, of Lom- bard, Ill., Sept. 16, 1890; 3 children: Winfred Lyd- iard, Lydia Diadema (Mrs. Ernest S. Tillman), Helen Elizabeth. Admitted to bar, 1885, but devot- ed most of time to management of corpns .; dir., sec., treas. Comstock Grape Fruit Co .; dir., sec. Eastern Cuba Plantation Co .; dir. liquidator Dear- born Savings, Loan & Bldg. Assn. and Home Bldg. & Loan Assn. Club: Hamilton. Home: 5832 Ken- more Av., Edgewater, Ill. Office: 140 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

COMSTOCK, William Charles, grain mcht. and capitalist; b. in Oswego Co., N.Y., Oct. 20, 1847; s. of Charles and Julia J. (Sprague) Comstock; ed. Northwestern Univ .; m. 1868; widower since 1902. Has been resident of Evanston and Chicago since 1861; identified with Bd. of Trade operations since 1868. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: golf, travel, reading. Residence: Au- ditorium Hotel. Office: Bd. of Trade.

COMSTOCK, William Hunt, coal mcht .; b. Cin- cinnati, O., Jan. 29, 1854; s. William H. and Cath- arine (Foote) Comstock; ed. pub. schs., Cincinnati, and Hartford, Conn., and business coll., Carlisle. Pa .; unmarried. In clerical position in various lines in Baltimore until 1882; removed to Chicago and became mem. of France & Co., shippers of coal, until 1888; mfr. window blinds and awnings, 1889- 90; with Coxe Bros. & Co., coal, 1890-1905; pres. and treas. Cross Creek Coal Co. since 1905. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf. Casino. Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 1219 N. State St. Office: 6 N. Clark St.

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CONDEE, Leander Devine, lawyer; b. in Athens County, O., Sept. 26, 1847; s. Henry M. and Jane ( Rickey) Condee; prep. edn. St. Paul's Acad., Kan- kakee, Ill .; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1868. Admitted to bar, 1868; practiced in Butler, Bates Co., Mo., 1869-73, since in Chicago. Atty. for Village of Hyde Park, 1879-83, for town of Hyde Park, 1891-4; elect- ed senator from 2d Dist. of Ill., 1880; nominee for judge Superior Court, 1892, Circuit Court, 1904, but defeated with ticket. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chi- cago bar assns. Republican. Methodist. Home: 4640 Greenwood Av. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St.

CONDEE, Ralph Waterbury, lawyer; b. Cleve- land, O., Oct. 4, 1877: s. Leander Devine and Mar- tha Johnson (Waterbury) Condee; early edn. pub. schs .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1900; m. Jan. 25, 1908, Ruth A., d. Judge Elbridge Hane- cy; children: Elbridge H., Ralph W., Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900, and engaged in practice in part- nership with father, firm of Condee & Condee, until Aug., 1906; since practiced alone. Master in chan- cery, Circuit Court, 1910-16. Republican. Home: 930 E. 46th St. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

CONDON, James Gregory, lawyer; b. Blooming- ton, Ill., Nov. 28, 1871; s. William and Maria (Mc- Namara) Condon; grad. St. Viator's Coll., Kanka- kee, Ill., 1892; LI,.B., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloom- ington, 1894; m. Lucy Dalton, of Bloomington, June 30, 1897; children: Marian, Jane. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894, and practiced at Bloomington until 1895, since at Chicago; mem. firm of Ryan & Condon, 1908-14, since mem. Ryan, Condon & Livingston. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Co- lumbus. Clubs: Iroquois (pres., 1910-11), Chicago Athletic (dir.), Edgewater Golf. Recreations: golf, horseback riding, motoring. Home: 1512 N. Dear- born Parkway. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

CONDRON, Theodore Lincoln, civil engr .; b. at Washington, D.C., Apr. 16, 1866; s. Rev. George M. and Abby (Smith) Condron; ed. pvt. and pub. schs. of Washington, to 1879; C.E., Rose Polytechnic Inst., Terre Haute, Ind., 1890, M.E., 1894; m. Grace E. Layman, of Terre Haute, June 9, 1896; children: Tolman, Helen, Arnold. Asst. engr. on reconstruc- tion of Burlington bridge over Miss. River for C., B. &Q.R.R., 1890-1; instr. engring. dept. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., and with Robert Moore, con- sulting engr., St. Louis, 1892-4; resident engr. Pitts- burgh Testing Laboratory, Ltd., 1894-1900; began practice as a designing and consulting engr., 1900, designing bridges and bldgs .; sr. mem. Condron & Sinks, civ. engrs., 1906-11; pres. Condron Co., struc- tural and industrial engrs., engaged principally in the designing of industrial bldgs. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Ry. Egring. Assn., Am. Soc. for Testing Materials. Republican. Clubs: Engineers', Union League, Oak Park. Home: 212 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk., Chicago.

CONEY, Gurden Herbert, mortgage banker; b. at Elmhurst, Ill., Mar. 16, 1875; s. William and Harriet (Groves) Coney; ed. pub. schs. of Elm- hurst, Ill .; unmarried. Began business career as clerk in a real estate office in 1895, in which re- mained until 1902; became identified with the Colo- nial Trust & Savings Bank in 1902, as mgr. of its loan dept., becoming asst. cashier in 1904 and cash- ier in 1905, in which capacity continued until 1907; resigned to engage in mortgage banking business on own account under firm name of G. H. Coney & Co .; firm consolidated, 1914, with C. C. Mitchell & Co., of which is vice pres. Mem. Chicago Real Es- tate Bd. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Home: 550 Surf St. Office: 69 W. Wash- ington St.

CONGDON, Charles Bowen, grain commn. mcht. (See vol. 1911.)

CONGER, Romaine Marvin, real estate; b. Pal- myra, Wis., June 11, 1851; s. Marvin E. and Mary (Barnes) Conger; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Ad- die Fennimore. Came to Chicago, 1878, and was a commercial salesman for Cleveland, Cummings & Shelly 1 yr., then with Jos. H. Walker & Co .; in real estate business for self since 1889. Episcopa- lian. Club: Illinois. Residence: Greenwood Inn, Evanston, Ill. Office: 133 W. Washington St., Chi- cago.

CONINE, Henry Voorhees, valves; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1865; s. Granden and Emeline (Mount) Conine; ed. pub. schs., Brooklyn; m. Matie Belle Newton, of Chicago, Sept. 26, 1895; 2 daughters: Gertrude E., Louise E. In employ of The Fair- banks Co., New York, 1881-90; came to Chicago, 1890, to take charge of Western Valve Co., of which was mgr. until 1917, since mgr. The Fairbanks Co., valves; dir. Waugh Draft Gear Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Edgewater Country, West- moreland Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 5249 Kenmore Av. Office: 188 N. Market St.

CONKEY, Walter Blakesley, printer, publisher; b. Sterling, Ont. (Canada West), July 13, 1858; s. Willard and Emma Tobey (Blakesley) Conkey; great-grandfather, Silas Conkey, served as fifer in Col. Woodbridge's Mass. regt. in Revolutionary War; ed. pub. schs .; m. Kate Phillips; children: Walter, Henry, Jane P. (Mrs. F. F. Wimans). Learned printer's trade in Chicago and started in business on own account; built up the W. B. Con- key Co., of which he has been pres. since its in- corpn .; pres. Franklin Printing & Pub. Co. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. (ex-pres.), Typothetæ; mem. S.A. R., Soc. Colonial Wars. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Press, Church. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Home: 916 Hohman St., Hammond, Ind. Office: 502 Marquette Bldg., Chi- cago.

CONKLIN, William Burke, banker; Oct. 14, 1849- Oct. 11, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

CONKLIN, William H., secretary and sales mgr. Commonwealth Motors Co .; b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., July 26, 1885; s. Charles Samuel and La Netta (Blount) Conklin; ed. pub. schs., Ft. Wayne; gram- mar and high schs., Bloomington, Ill .; also busi- ness coll .; m. Olga Helen Tischer, of Chicago, July 25, 1908; 2 children: Linette, Charles. Has been a resident of Chicago since 1909; began in employ of the Marvin-Smith Co., mail order house, 1905, con- tinuing 2 yrs .; then with the Black Mfg. Co., mfrs. of automobiles, 1907-11; with the Crow-Elkhart Motor Car Co., 1911-13, and the Partin Mfg. Co., 1913-15; sec. and sales mgr. Commonwealth Motors Co., mfrs. of Partin-Palmer motor cars, since Jan., 1915. Republican. Methodist. Recreations: tour- ing, fishing, tennis. Home: 4838 West End Av. Of- fice: 326 W. Madison St.

CONKLING, Allen, mfr., inventor. (See vol. 1911.) CONKLING, Benjamin Hixon, insurance; b. at Newburgh, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1855; s. Hixon and Ange- line (Walsh) Conkling; ed. pub. schs. of New- burgh; m. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 26, 1886, L. J. Mur- phey. Came to Chicago, 1884; associated with George F. Kimball, Apr. 1, 1886-Jan. 1, 1890; with James W. Nye, representing the Am. Casualty Co., 1890-3; gen. agt. for Ill., Ind. and Mo. of London Guarantee & Accident Co. since Dec. 1, 1893, and at same time formed the firm of Conkling, Price & Webb, of which is sr. mem. Served with the N.Y. State Militia 7 yrs. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreation: horses. Home: 4925 Woodlawn Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boulevard.

CONLEY, John W., retired broker. Clubs: Chi- cago, South Shore Country. Home: 4535 Grand Boulevard.

CONLEY, Thomas Joseph, M.D., surgeon; b. at Whitewater, Wis., Mar. 4, 1859; s. Patrick and Catharine (Diamond) Conley; ed. pub. grammar and high schs .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1885; m. Laura Sexauer, of Chicago; 5 children: Thomas Joseph, Catherine, Marcella, Henry Quig- ley, Paul Agnew. Asst. physician Cook Co. Insane Asylum, 1885-6; med. supt. Cook Co. Infirmary, 1887-9; surgeon West Side Hosp .; surgeon to Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; prof. surgery, Loyola Univ. Med. Sch .; attending surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., sev- eral years from 1889. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Westward Ho. Au- thor: First Aid in the Home, 1914. Home: 2256 Kedzie Boul. Office: 32 N. State St.

CONLON, Andrew Aloysius, M.D .; b. Worcester, Mass., Jan. 11, 1862; s. Patrick D. and Margaret (Lavin) Conlon; grad. high sch., Worcester; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., New York, 1885; m. Chi- cago, Oct. 13, 1899, Mary Louise Linebarger. Prac-

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ticed medicine in Worcester, Mass., some years after graduation; removed to Chicago, 1894; asso- ciated with Chicago Health Dept. since 1899. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A. Home and Office: 4433 Broadway.

CONNELL, Charles John, contractor; b. Hatley, Stanstead Co., Que., Mar. 31, 1839; s. David and Margaret Graham (Macfarlane) Connell; ed. pub. schs. of Hatley and acad. at East Hatley, Can .; m. Fanny A., d. S. S. Mulford, of Montrose, Pa., Sept. 20, 1877; children: Charles Mulford, Philip Gra- ham. Came to Chicago, 1861, as cashier for W. F. Coolbaugh & Co., bankers; cashier Union Nat. Bank, 1863-71; engaged since 1871 as contractor for pub. works, and pres. The FitzSimons & Con- nell Co., which in 1911 changed to FitzSimons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co. Sec .- treas. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Owners' Protective Assn., and Ill. Dredging Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Evans- ton, Glen View. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

CONNERY, Francis Daniel, coal; b. at Chicago, Apr. 12, J867; s. William Martin and Mary E. (To- bin) Connery; ed. St. Stephen's (parochial) Sch. and St. Patrick's (commercial) Acad., Chicago; dist. sch., Hamilton Co., Ia .; pub. night sch., Chi- cago; m. Ellen Gertrude Osborne, of Chicago, Nov. 26, 1891; 6 children: Ellen Marie, Marie Jeannette, Francis Daniel, Jr., Vivian, Dorothy, John Joseph (deceased). Began as clerk for King & Bogle, coal mchts., 1883; clerk and cashier, Silver Creek & Morris Coal Co., 1884-9; clerk and asst. sec., James W. Thatcher Coal Co., Omaha, Neb., 1889; dock supt., Silver Creek & Morris Coal Co., West Supe- rior, Wis., 1890-1; traveling salesman, dock supt. and purchasing agt., Peabody Coal Co., 1892-1907; purchasing agt., Miami Coal Co., 1907-9 and since 1917. Alderman 28th Ward, Chicago, 1901-3 and 1907-9; city clerk, 1909-15; comptroller Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, 1915-17. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs : Illinois, Ill. Athletic. Recreation: baseball. Home: 1128 Columbia Av. Office: 1804 McCormick Bldg.

CONNERY, John Tobin, coal mcht .; b. Bristol, R.I., Jan. 10, 1861; s. William Martin and Mary E. (Tobin) Connery; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Chicago, and Chicago Atheneum; m. Mary E., d. of Bryan Daly, of Chicago, June 9, 1886; children: Mae E. (Mrs. Joseph E. Bidwill, Jr.), Marguerite (wife of Dr. C. M. Rose), Lillian, Edwin John. Began in 1878 as yard clerk for E. L. Hedstrom & Co., coal; cashier and bookkeeper, Silver Creek & Morris Coal Co., 1881-4; sec., same co., 1884-94; mgr. Youghio- gheny & Lehigh Coal Co., 1894-1904; pres. Miami Coal Co., miners, since June 1, 1904. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Knights of Co- lumbus, Catholic Order of Foresters. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country, Edgewater Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 5228 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1804 McCormick Bldg.

CONNERY, Joseph F., secretary Chicago Dist. Ice Assn .; b. Chicago, Mar. 2, 1871; s. William Mar- tin and Mary E. (Tobin) Connery; ed. grammar schs. and West Div. High Sch., Chicago; unmar- ried. Began as bookkeeper for trustees of Grace- land Cemetery Improvement Fund, of which is now sec., and Walker Estate; now sec. Chicago Dist. Ice Assn .; mgr. George C. Walker Estate; sec., treas. Graceland Corpn .; recorder of deeds of Cook Co., 1912-16. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Co- lumbus, Columbian Knights. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Town and Country, Edgewater Beach Yacht. Rec- reations: motoring, golf. Home: 2028 Washington Boul. Office: 801 Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.

CONNOR, Frank Hughes, live stock commn .; b. Warsaw, 111., May 27, 1865; s. Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Lamb) Connor; ed. pub. schs. of War- saw, Ill .; m. Warsaw, June 20, 1894, Evalyn Hill; 1 son, Ronnoc Hill. Employed by O. J. Lewis & Co., commn., St. Louis, 1882-4; in employ of vari- ous banks and live stock companies in Kan., Colo. and Wyo., 1884-90; was mgr. of banks in Neb., 1890-6; came to Chicago, 1897, and became mem. of firms of John Clay & Co., and of Clay, Robinson & Co. Dir. Chicago Charity Hosp. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian. Recreations: golf, hunting. Home: 5645 Woodlawn Av. Office: The Rookery.

CONOVER, Abram Beekman, treasurer John A. Roebling's Sons Co., wire rope and cables; b. Har- lingen, Somerset Co., N.J., Apr. 20, 1861; s. Abram Beekman and Rebecca (Cox) Conover; ed. public schs. in N.J .; m. Anna Slack, of Yardley, Pa., Dec. 20, 1888. Worked on farm until 21; then clerked in grocery store, Trenton, N. J .; became identified with John A. Roebling's Sons Co., in 1883; came to Chicago for co. in 1888 and was elected treas. in 1905. Republican. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreation: motoring. Home: 1142 E. 46th St. Office: 165 W. Lake St.

CONOVER, Charles H., merchant; July 12, 1847- Nov. 4, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

CONOVER, George Walker, purchasing agt .; b. Warren Co., O., July 25, 1857; s. Joseph and Cath- arine (Barkalow) Conover; ed. Northern Ind. Nor- mal Sch., Valparaiso; m. Valparaiso, Apr. 20, 1881, Kate N. Sayles; 2 sons: Harry S., G. Raymond. Taught in district schs. of Butler Co., O., 1876-80; retail hardware business at Valparaiso, 1880-5; came to Chicago and became associated with the Chicago Telephone Co. in the contract dept .; later mgr. Home Telegraph Co. of Kan .; returned to Chicago and became purchasing agt. for the Elec- trical Supply Co., and afterward engaged in inde- pendent business as a gen. purchasing and for- warding agt. for telephone, electric ry. and other elec. material. Dir. General Engring. Co. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Birchwood Coun- try, Birchwood Golf. Recreation: reading. Home: 7078 N. Ashland Av. Office: 730 Consumers Bldg.

CONOVER, Lawrence Peterson, lawyer; b. Day- ton, O., Mar. 18, 1863; s. Harvey and Ellen M. (Pease) Conover; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1885, LL.B., 1887; m. Isabel C. Storer, of Madison, Wis., Sept. 13, 1886; children: Mary S., Harvey, George S., Richard A. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1887; since en- gaged in gen. practice in Chicago; atty. for Village of Hinsdale, Ill. Republican. Unitarian. Club: Hinsdale. Home: 51 S. Oak St., Hinsdale, Ill. Of- fice: 5 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.

CONOVER, Luther W., live stock commn .; b. in Cass Co., Ill., Aug. 26, 1867; s. William H. and Martha L. (Outten) Conover; ed. pub. schs., Gar- nett, Kan .; Baker Univ., Baldwin City, Kan., 1880- 84; grad. Gem City Business Coll., 1885; m. Helen Stribling, of Virginia, Ill., Oct. 16, 1888; 3 chil- dren: Luther Harold, George S., Helen M. Worked at yard work, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, for Alexander, Rogers & Crill, until 1892; organized firm of Alexander, Conover & Co., 1892; partner firm of Alexander, Ward & Conover, 1894, inc. 1904, and now sec. and treas. same; also farming and pasturing in Highlands, south of Jackson Park, Chicago. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Saddle and Sirloin. Home: 5142 Ellis Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

CONRAD, Charles Henry, merchant; b. Janes- ville, Wis., May 28, 1874; s. John Henry and Euge- nia (Barker) Conrad; B.L., Univ. of Mich., 1895; m. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 23, 1900, Betty Brearley. After leaving college became a salesman and asst. credit man for Bell, Conrad & Co .; mem. firm J. H. Conrad & Co., importers of teas, coffees and spices, 1898- 1913; pres. Bell, Conrad & Co. since 1913. Repub- lican. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: University. Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Indian Hill Golf. Recreations: athletic sports, travel. Home: 223 E. Delaware Pl. Office: 417-427 W. Ohio St.

CONRAD, Martin, wagons; deceased. (See vol. 1911.)

CONROY, Thomas Francis, M.D .; b. Chicago, Feb. 24, 1865; s. James and Margaret Jane (Mock- ler) Conroy; ed. St. Gall's Sch., Milwaukee, Wis .; St. Mary's Coll., Kan., 1881-4; A. B., St. Louis Univ., 1885, A.M., 1892; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1896; in. Katherine E. Kerwin, of Chicago, June 27, 1900; 5 children: Michael Kerwin (deceased), Thomas Francis, Jr., Mary Katherine, John Mock- ler, Elizabeth Jane. Prof. Latin and Greek class- ics, St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago, 1888-92; surgeon Conroy Hosp., Neillsville, Wis., 1896-1905; dir. Dr. Conroy's Sanatorium, Chicago, since 1905. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Repub- lican. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Elks. Clubs:

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Irish Fellowship, Physicians'. Recreations: fish- ing, boating, hunting. Home: 1321 Sherwin Av. Ill., Feb. 27, 1861; s. William and Mary (Sherwood) Office: 4811-4813 Broadway.

CONVERSE, Clarence Myron, president Chicago Heater & Supply Co. (See vol. 1911.)

CONVERSE, Edmond DeWitt, M.D .; b. Princeton, Ill., July 9, 1853; s. Dr. William and Elizabeth (Burr) Converse; grad. Princeton High Sch .; at- tended Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill .; M.D., North- western Univ. Med. Coll., 1874; m. Millie Water- man, of Chicago, 1882 (died 1892); 1 son, William W .; m. 2d, Lucy L. Driver, of DeKalb, Ill., 1897. House surgeon, Mercy Hosp., 1874, and later house physician, U.S. Marine Hosp. in Lake View until 1876; then apptd. surgeon for C.&N .- W.Ry .; asst. physician, Ill. Southern State Hosp. for the Insane, 3 yrs .; surgeon in med. dept. Mo. Pacific Ry., 1879; formerly pres. U.S. Examining Bd. of Pensions; in practice in Chicago since 1892. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., and Beta Theta Pi. Mason, K.P., Odd Fellow. Home: 4816 Win- throp Av. Office: 39 W. Adams St.

CONVERSE, William Adelbert, chemist; b. Pio- neer, O., Aug. 31, 1862; s. Ebenezer Pratt and Fran- ces E. (Brower) Converse; ed. pub. schs. of Ohio; Ph.G., Chicago Coll. of Pharmacy, 1889; m. Emma E. Conklin, of Montpelier, O., Sept. 10, 1887; 1 daughter, Ethel Fern (Mrs. G. B. Atchison). Clerk in drug store at Pioneer, O., 1874-87; pharmacist, with Dr. T. N. Jamieson, Chicago, 1887-96; became identified with the Dearborn Drug & Chem. Works, now the Dearborn Chemical Co., as chem. dir., 1896, and has been sec. and chem. dir. since 1907. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc. (sec. Chicago Sect. 6 yrs. and chmn. 1 yr.), Am. Electrochem. Soc., Am. Soc. Mech. En- grs., Western Soc. Engrs. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: golf and mo- toring. Home: 4320 Greenwood Av. Office: 2005 McCormick Bldg.

CONWAY, Edwin Stapleton, mfr .; b. Province of Ont., Can., 30 miles from Detroit, Mich., 1850; moved to Wis. at age of 7, and from there to Lake City, Minn., where he remained until 1868; ed. in common schs. and at the Wesleyan Sem., West Eau Claire, Wis. Became connected with W. W. Kim- ball & Co., pianos, 1871, in charge of wholesale business of firm in Chicago, 1876-82, becoming sec., 1882-1905, vice pres. since 1905. Dir. Union Bag & Paper Co., New York. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Oak Park, Mar- quette. Home: 226 Maple Av., Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 310 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.

CONWAY, Richard Francis, contractor; b. Kil- kenny, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1839; s. Richard and Mary (Power) Conway; came with parents to U.S., lo- cating at Fall River, Mass., 1852, and in Chicago, 1855; ed. common schs .; m. Chicago, 1862, Sarah E. Young; children: Richard (deceased), Kate, Mar- ion Isabella (Mrs. John J. McCarthy), Helen; m. 2d, Chicago, 1886, Mary E. Fisher; children: Rose, Alice, Florence, Agnes, Blanche, Margareth, Ruth, Richard F. Began in grain business, 1859; engaged as contractor, 1871, and was many years pres. R. F. Conway & Co., and Internat. Asphalt Co. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Home: 6208 Sheridan Rd.

COOK, see also Cooke.

COOK, Arthur B., wall paper mcht. (See vol. 1911.)

COOK, Clarence E., mfr .; b. Holland, Wis., Nov. 6, 1867; s. Benjamin H. and Catherine W. (Mar- shall) Cook; descendant of William Robert Far- rand, who married Jael Manchester, whose family emigrated to America during the Revolutionary War; reared on farm; ed. pub. schs .; m. Carrie A. Richardson, of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., Sept. 16, 1905; children: Carolyn Anne, David E., Philip R. Engaged in furniture business 2 yrs .; in cheese business 3 yrs .; was identified with mfr. of chairs 3 yrs .; sec. Sall Mountain Asbestos Co., 1896-9; vice pres. and treas. Sall Mountain Co., roofings, asphalt shingles and asbestos products, since 1899. Mem. S.A.R. Mem. Reformed Episcopal Church. Mason (Oriental Consistory, 32°, S.P.R.S .; Medinah Tem- ple, A.A.O.N.M.S.). Club: North Shore Country. Recreations: golf, baseball. Home: 1340 Asbury Av., Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 230 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 50

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