The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 52

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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COPELAND, William Lowry, M.D .; b. St. Cathar- ines, Ont., Jan. 7, 1851; s. William Lowry and Dency Prudence (Moore) Copeland; ed. pub. schs. of St. Catharines; M. D., McGill Coll., Montreal, 1872, and passed examination of Ontario Coll. of Phys. and Surg. same year; spent a year in Lon- don hosps. and obtained degree of M. R. C. S., Lon- don; m. Mary St. John, of St. Catharines, 1875; children: Maud, Belle. Began practice at St. Cath- arines, 1873; removed to Chicago, 1879; mem. dis- pensary staff Coll. Phys. and Surg. for about 5 yrs. after its establishment; apptd., 1892, attending physician to Cook Co. Hosp., and in 1884, prof. anatomy, Coll. of Dental Surgery; prof. anatomy, Chicago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, 1906. Mem. A. M. A., Chicago Med. Soc. Democrat. Presby- terian. Mem. Royal League, North Am. Union. Home: 3148 Warren Av. Office: 25 E. Washington Street.

COPELAND, William Monroe, lawyer; b. Kent, Ind., Aug. 16, 1859; s. Dr. William H. and Ladema H. (Chambers) Copeland; ed. pub. schs. of Ind., Inde- pendence Acad., Ky., Hanover Coll. and U.S. Mil. Acad. at West Point; m. Miss Clara E. Bruning, of Madison, Ind., Sept. 23, 1885. Admitted to bar, Aug., 1880; elected mem. Ind. House of Rep. at 22, being the youngest man ever elected to that body, and served two terms (1882-6); mem. of Ways and Means and other coms .; chmn. of Joint House and Senate Com. apptd. to visit overflowed cities and towns of Ohio River Valley during great flood of 1883, and made report from personal inspection of flooded district, which resulted in the legisla- ture appropriating $100,000 for the flood sufferers; was the pioneer, 1885, in the movement for the appmt. of a state commn. to select a uniform sys- tem of sch. books to be used throughout the state, and provided by the state at cost and to the poor free; this movement has since become general throughout the country, and has saved millions of dollars to the people of the U.S. At session of 1885 placed in nomination the Republican candi- date for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Albert G. Porter, and made the principal speech in his behalf in the House of Representatives. Practiced law at Madi- son, Ind., 1882-94; removed to Chicago, 1894, and was mem. law firm of Charlton & Copeland, 1894- 1904; has practiced alone since 1904, largely in the federal courts in many states; his clients being located in nearly every country of Europe as well as in North and South America; has won cases that had previously been lost by some of the most distinguished lawyers in U.S. and England. Men. Chicago Assn. of West Pointers. Republican. Ma- son (32°, K. T., Shriner). Has delivered lectures over country on Foreign Travel and other sub- jects. He and his wife are lovers of art and have traveled together extensively abroad, Mrs. Cope- land being an artist and has studied under noted European artists. Home: 445S Oakenwald Av. Of- fice: 39 S. LaSalle St.

COPPENS, Charles, educator; b. Turnhout, Bel- gium, May 24, 1835; s. Peter Hubert and Caroline (Vaes) Coppens; cd. St. Joseph's Coll., Turnhout: St. Louis Univ .; Fordham Univ., New York; joined Soc. of Jesus, 1853. Prof. Latin and Greek, St. Louis Univ., 1855-9, St. Xavier Coll., Cincinnati, 1859-62, Normal Sch., Florissant, Mo., 1865-76: prof. Latin, Greek and English, St. Louis Univ., 1875-80; pres. St. Mary's Coll., Kan., 1881-4; prof.

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philosophy, Detroit Coll., 1886-91, Creighton Univ., Omaha, 1896-1905; lectured meanwhile on med. jur- isprudence, later in Chicago; now prof. philosophy and history of philosophy, Loyola Univ., Chicago. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 1076 W. 12th St.

CORBIN, C(alvin) Dana, wholesale grocer; b. at Chicago; s. Calvin Rich and Caroline Elizabeth (Fairfield) Corbin; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Mary McKay, of Detroit, Mich. Identified with the wholesale grocery trade since entering business life; in employ of Corbin, May & Co., until that company was reorganized as Corbin, Sons & Co., 1898, when became a mem. of the firm. Was mem. Ist Inf. I.N.G. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 20 W. Burton Pl. Office: 421 W. Erie St.

CORBIN, Calvin Rich, wholesale grocer; Feb. 12, 1832-May 2, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

CORBOY, Michael Joseph, president M. J. Cor- boy Co .; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., May 7, 1848; ed. pub. schs., Brooklyn; m. Isabelle Waller, of Chicago, Apr. 30, 1883. Came to Chicago from Brooklyn, and began as gasfitter for E. Baggot & Co., ad- vancing to position of supt .; entered plumbing business on own account, 1871, now pres. and treas. M. J. Corboy Co. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Home: 4742 Grand Boul. Office: 178 W. Randolph St.

CORBUS, Budd Clarke, M.D., surgeon; b. LaSalle, Ill., July 22, 1876; s. Dr. Josephus R. and Sarah (Angle) Corbus; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1897; M. D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1901; m. Gertrude Pitkin, of Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec. 15, 1903; 1 son, Budd Clarke, Jr. Mem. house staff of Alexian Brothers' Hosp., 1902-3, now attending uri- nary surgeon same; asst. prof. genito-urinary dis- eases, Coll. of Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.) until 1913; now instr. genito-urinary surgery, Rush Med. Coll. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A. M. A., Am. Urol. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Urol. Soc. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Collaborator Cabot's American Text- Book on Urology. Contbr. many articles to med. jours. Recreations: swimming, golf, gardening. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av., Chicago.

CORKELL, Paul, lawyer; b. at Chicago, Mar. 22, 1887; s. Thomas W. and Vera (McDermott) Cork- ell; grad. Myra Bradwell Grammar Sch .; Hyde Park High Sch .; Lewis Inst .; Northwestern Univ. School of Commerce; Barrett Inst .; LL.B., Chicago- Kent Coll. of Law, 1912; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1912, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Holmes, Mix, Corkell & Ingraham. Republican. Catholic. Phi Delta Phi, Phi Chi; pioneer mem. Paulist Choristers. Home: 7134 Euclid Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.

CORLIES, Edgar Luyster, fire underwriter; Feb. 25, 1867-Jan. 10, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

CORNEAU, Addison, banker; b. Toledo, O., Feb. 3, 1877; s. William B. and Susan (Addison) Corneau; ed. pub. schs. of Springfield, Ill .; m. London, Eng., Catherine Grey Roberts, of Springfield, Ill., June 20, 1910; 1 daughter, Suzanne Addison. In employ Ridgely Nat. Bank, Springfield, Ill., 1892-1902; cash- ier, dir. N. Side State Savings Bank, 1902-7; asst. cashier Western Trust & Savings Bank, 1907-11; asst. cashier Central Trust Co. of Ill. since 1911. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Bankers', Skokie Country. Home: 805 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 125 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

CORNELIUS, Mary Ann, author; b. at Pontiac, Mich., Sept. 25, 1829; d. Lewis Whiting and Elvira (Bagley) Mann; ed. Pontiac, Mich .; m. at Pontiac, Mich., Samuel Cornelius, D.D., 1850 (now de- ceased). Has been extensively engaged in philan- thropic work; has given a free reading room and free circulating library. Author: Little Wolf, 1880; Uncle Nathan's Farm, 1897; The White Flame, 1900; Why? or, A Kansas Girl's Query, 1905. Ad- dress: 6500 Kenwood Av.

CORNELL, Edward Lyman, M.D .; b. Chicago, Aug. 9, 1883; s. Adna Jerome and Emma (Devine) Cor- nell; ed. pub. grammar sch .; S.B., St. John's Mil.

Acad., Delafield, Wis., S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1907; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1910; m. Mabelle Jane Cass, of Chicago, Sept. 16, 1913; 1 son, Edward Lyman, Jr. Mem. staff Chicago Lying-in Hosp .; of Chicago); Nu Sigma Nu (Rush Med. Coll.). clinic Stock Yards branch, Chicago Lying-in Hosp. Dispensary; demonstrator in obstetrics, North- western Univ. Med. Sch. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Kappa Sigma (Univ. Mem. 1st Regt. Ill. N.G. Hosp. Corps, 1907-8. Ma- son (Golden Rule Lodge No. 726). Club: Chicago Motor. Contbr. to med. jours. Home: 7204 Emerald Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

CORNELL, John Evans; b. Chicago, Aug. 1, 1862; s. Paul and Helen (Gray) Cornell; ed. Univ. of Chi- cago and Univ. of Mich. (B.A., 1884) ;LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1886; m. Chicago, Ill., June 22, 1892, Katharine Spear; children: Katharine, John Evans, Jr., Elizabeth (deceased), Grace El- dredge. Engaged in practice of law, 1886-90; then became associated with his father in the manage- ment of his large property interests, of which lat- ter the Hyde Park Hotel is a part; assumed full management of the estate of his father upon the death of the latter in 1904; has also been mgr. of the Hyde Park Hotel; sec. Bates Valve Bag Co. Republican. Club: Homewood Golf. Home: Grand Crossing, Chicago. Office: 1834, 332 S. Michigan Av.

CORNWELL, Willett Hastings, lawyer; b. Phila- delphia, Mar. 26, 1875; s. Willett and Elmira (Har- roun) Cornwell; ed. Allen's Acad., Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1896; m. Lynnie Bernard, of Riclimond, Va., Apr. 21, 1903. Prac- ticed law in office of Henry M. Bacon, 1896-9; in trial dept. of Employers' Liability Assurance Corpn. of London, Eng., 1899-1902; practiced at Chicago alone, 1902-6, and since 1909. Asst. state's atty. under John J. Healy, 1906-9; state senator from 31st Senatorial Dist. in the 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th General Assemblies of Ill. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: automobiling, trap shoot- ing. Home: 3825 Alta Vista Terrace. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

CORWIN, Arthur Mills, M.D., specialty diseases of nose, throat and ear; b. Honolulu, H. T., 1864; s. Eli (D.D.) and Henrietta S. (Howell) Corwin; A.B., Princeton, 1887, A.M., 1899; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1890, followed by 3 months' post-grad. study in Berlin; m. Chicago, 1893, Fannie L. Hastings; chil- dren: Mary W. Hastings (Mrs. Herbert E. Brad- ley), Sylvia. Demonstrator physical diagnosis, Rush Med. Coll., 1892-1902; attending phys. Cen- tral Free Dispensary, dept. chest, nose and throat; prof. diseases throat and nose, Chicago Clin. Sch. and Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. since 1902; prof. phy- sical diagnosis, Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1903-13; for- merly attending phys. tuberculosis dept., Cook County Hosp .; attending laryngologist, West Side and Sheridan Park hosps .; asso. prof. laryngology, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery. Dir. publicity and edn., Chicago Dept. of Health, 1915-16; edì- torial staff Chicago Medical Recorder; dir. Valmora Sanitarium for Tuberculosis. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Tri-State Med. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngol- ogy, Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Laryngol. and Otol. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Physicians' Club. Dir. Anti-Saloon League of Ill .; founder and first president Good Govt. League; pres. Irving Lit. Soc. of Chicago; sec. Chicago Physicians' Club. Author of volume on Physical Diagnosis of the Chest; also numerous med. papers and addresses; numerous poems: To Dr. A. C. Cotton; Dr. Julia Merrill, In Memorium; The Hospital; The River Rhine; Kit Carson and the Santa Fe Trail; The Suffragette; The Oyster; The Fly, etc. Recreation: fishing. Home: 739 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.

CORWITH, Charles Rogers, real estate; Feb. 13, 1860-Dec. 8, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

CORWITH, Nathan, real estate; b. Galena, Ill., Sept. 26, 1861; s. Nathan and Mary E. Corwith; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1880; m. Chi- cago, Dec. 19, 1893, Marcia Hempstead; 1 son, Na-

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than, Jr. Began with father in lead business, un- der firm name of N. Corwith & Co .; later became identified with the Am. Smelting & Refining Co. as sales agt .; associated, 1902, with Russell D. Hill as a mem. of the firm of R. D. Hill & Co., real es- tate and loans, successors to Henry L. Hill; en- gaged in looking after his own real estate inter- ests since 1905. Republican. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 209 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

CORY, Charles Barney, ornithologist; b. Boston, Jan. 31, 1857; s. Barney and Eliza A. B. Cory; ed. Boston schs. and Lawrence Scientific Sch. (Har- vard), 1879; m. Harriet W. Peterson, of Duxbury, Mass., May 29, 1883. Hon. curator of ornithology, Boston Soc. Natural History until 1905; hon. cura- tor of ornithology, 1895-1906, prof. and hon. cura- tor dept. zoology since 1906, Field Mus. of Natural History, Chicago. Pres. Am. Ornithologists' Union, 1904-5; fellow Zoöl. and Linnean socs., London; mem. numerous Am. and foreign scientific socs .; chmn. com. on hypnotism, Am. Soc. Psychical Re- search, 1888. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5757 Dor- chester Av.

CORY, John Darby, insurance; b. St. Paris, O., Mar. 30, 1863; s. Joel Cory; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chi- cago, Mar. 15, 1898, Elizabeth Cunningham. Began as office boy in insurance office of J. M. Rogers, 1881; remained until retirement of Mr. Rogers, 1894, then mgr. of the agency; became mem. B. F. Rogers & Co., which, in 1902, changed to Klee, Rogers & Cory; established firm of John D. Cory & Co., gen. ins., 1907. Democrat. Recreation: fishing. Residence: Hotel Brevoort. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

COSTA, Peter, fruits; b. Genoa, Italy, Aug. 23, 1866; s. John B. and L. (Lanato) Costa; ed. pub. schs. in Genoa, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain; m. Italy, Nov., 1895, Miss E. Costa. Was in the fruit business in Italy, 1879-89; in 1896, with Louis Gin- occhio, and A. M. Meyer, established the firm of Ginocchio, Costa & Co., foreign, domestic and trop- ical fruits; also the United Fig & Date Co. Home: 809 Lawrence Av. Office: 33 W. South Water St.

COSTELLO, Anthony George, banker; b. Braid- wood, Ill., Feb. 23, 1885; s. Anthony J. and Cath- erine (McGrath) Costello; ed. Braidwood and Chi- cago; m. Elizabeth Kearins, of Oak Park, Ill., June 2, 1915. Began as clerk First Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1904; clerk West Side Trust & Savings Bank, 1906- 09; asst. cashier Liberty Trust & Savings Bank, 1913-16; cashier and dir. Madison & Kedzie State Bank since 1916. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Rec- reations: golf, motoring. Home: 3917 W. Adams St. Office: 3131 W. Madison St.

COSTIGAN, George Purcell, Jr., professor law; b. Chicago, July 19, 1870; s. George Purcell and Emilie (Sigur) Costigan; A.B., Harvard, 1892, A.M., 1894, LL.B., 1894; (LL.D., Univ. of Neb., 1913); m. Maud Whittemore, of Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 31, 1896. Practiced law in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1894- 99; at New York, 1899-1900, at Denver, Colo., 1900- 05; instr. law, 1900-4, prof., 1904-5, Denver Law Sch .; prof., 1905-7, dean, 1907-9, Coll. of Law, Univ. of Neb .; prof. law, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, and editor-in-chief Illinois Law Review since Sept. 1, 1909. Sec. Neb. State Bar Assn., 1907-9; mem. exec. com. Assn. Am. Law Schs., 1907-10, sec .- treas., 1910-12; mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Theta Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi, Order of the Coif. Clubs: University, Legal, Law (Chicago), University (Evanston). Re- publican. Congregationalist. Author: American Mining Law, 1908; The Performance of Contracts, 1911. Editor: Cases on Wills, Descent and Admin- istration, 1910; Cases on Mining Law, 1912. Contbr. to law jours. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 31 W. Lake St., Chicago.

COTSWORTH, Albert, organist, musical writer; b. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 9, 1851; s. Thomas and Eliz- abeth (Webb) Cotsworth; ed. pub. schs .; m. Ger- trude G. Jennings, of Louisiana, Mo., Sept. 12, 1876; children: Gertrude (Mrs. Walter D. Herrick), Staats J. (of Phila.), Albert, Jr. Actively identi- fied ever since beginning of active career with

business and musical affairs; now treas. McClellan Refrigerating Machine Co. Organist 1st Congl. Ch., Burlington, Ia., 18 yrs., and of new 1st Congl. Ch., Chicago, 12 yrs. Writer of "The Elderly Person" articles in Music News, Chicago. Mem. Am. Guild Organists (exec. com.), Bach Choral Soc. (pres.). Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Prairie. Recrea- tion: walking. Home: 1531 W. Adams St. Office: 106 N. LaSalle St.

COTTON, Alfred Cleveland, M.D .; May 18, 1847- July 12, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916- 1917.)

COTTRELL, William Norman, judge; Nov. 26, 1870-Dec. 2, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

COUCH, Ira Johnson, stocks and bonds; b. Chi- cago, June 21, 1871; s. George B. Johnson and Caro- line E. Couch; grandson of Ira Couch; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Beloit (Wis.) Coll .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1896; m. Chicago, 1902, Genevra Laing; children: Ira Laing, Mary Elizabeth, John- son. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896, and was in the of- fice of Arnd & Arnd 4 yrs .; gave up practice and went into the stock investment business, 1900, with S. B. Chapin & Co., becoming a mem. of the firm in 1906. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Bd. of Trade. Mason (32°). Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Athletic, Chicago Golf, Glen View. Recrea- tions: golf, fishing. Home: Golf, Ill. Office: The Rookery, Chicago.

COUGLE, Daniel Depue, commission mcht .; b. Niagara Co., N.Y., May 26, 1852; s. Joseph and Ma- rie (Depue) Cougle; ed. high sch., Sycamore, Ill .; m. Chicago, 1892, Louisa L. Woodworth. Began as salesman in employ of Hibbard & Spencer, hard- ware; afterward successively with George Sloan and Sloan Bros., dealers in oysters, fish, etc., until going into business for self in same line, 1873, firm being Cougle Brothers. Republican. Home: 1517 Fargo Av. Office: 150 W. South Water St.

COULTER, Eugene Calvin, retired; b. Hartford, O., June 8, 1859; s. James Calvin and Harriet Eliza (Clark) Coulter; ed. Hartford Acad .; Grand River Inst .; Oberlin (O.) Coll .; grad. Phillips Acad., An- dover, Mass., 1882; student Williams Coll., 1882-3; A.B., Princeton, 1885, A.M., 1888; m. Anna Eleanor Brewster, of Austinburgh, O., Dec. 17, 1883; 6 chil- dren: Kenneth, Calvin, Evelyn, Eliot, Helen, Anna. Teacher in pvt. schs., New York, 1885-6, Dearborn Morgan Sem., Orange, N.J., 1886-8; headmaster, University Sch., Chicago, 1888-1914. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Kappa Alpha. Club: Univer- sity. Recreation: agriculture. Home: 1139 N. Dear- born St., Chicago, and Austinburgh, O.

COULTER, John Hemphill, lawyer; b. Marissa, Ill., Jan. 17, 1873; s. Dr. A. P. and Phoebe (Jack- son) Coulter; grad. Marissa (Ill.) Acad., June, 1889; A.B., Shurtleff Coll., 1893, A.M., 1896; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1895; m. Chicago, Feb. 11, 1902, Marie Caywood Hoyt. Admitted to Ili bar, June, 1895, and since practiced in Chicago, making a specialty of corpn. law. Was asst. to gen. coun- sel of C.&E.R.R.Co., 1897-9; pres. Wis. Power Co., 1903-6; pres. Mo. Southern R.R. Co., 1905; vice pres. Pettibone-Peabody Co., Appleton, Wis. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: 111 W. Monroe St.

COULTER, John Merle, botanist; b. at Ningpo, China, Nov. 20, 1851; s. Moses Stanley and Caro- line E. (Crowe) Coulter; A.B., Hanover Coll., 1870. A.M., 1873, Ph.D., 1882; Ph.D., Ind. Univ., 1884: m. Georgie M. Gaylord, of Delphi, Ind .. Jan. 1, 1874. Botanist, U.S. Geol. Survey in Rocky Mountains, 1872-3; prof. natural sciences, Hanover Coll., 1874- 79; prof. biology, Wabash Coll., 1879-91; pres. and prof. botany, Ind. Univ., 1891-3; pres. Lake Forest Univ., 1893-6; prof. and head dept. botany, Univ. of Chicago, since 1896. Spl. agt. in botany, U.S. Dept. Agr., since 1887; prin. Bay View Summer Univ .. 1893-6, Winona Summer Sch., 1895-8; founder and editor Botanical Gazette since 1875. Fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S. (vice pres. 1891, gen. sec., 1901); mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Bot. Soc. America (pres. 1897-8), Am. Soc. Naturalists, Soc. Plant Morphology and Physiology, Washing- ton Acad. Sciences; corr. mem. Brit. Assn. Adv. Science; corr. follow Botanical Soc., Edinburgh.

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President Chicago Academy of Sciences. Author of first St. Ch.), since Jan., 1913. Mem. staff the Con- a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5648 Dorchester Av.

COUNSELMAN, Charles, investment banker; b. Chicago, Jan. 6, 1882; s. Charles and Jennie Eliza- beth (Otis) Counselman; ed. Harvard Sch., Chi- cago, Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa., and Princeton Univ .; m. Dorothy L. Felton, Jan. 11, 1906. With Counselman & Co., brokers, 1901-4; vice pres. Chi- cago Grain & Elevator Co., 1904-5; asst. mgr. bond dept. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., 1905-6; asst. western mgr. Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, 1906-10; western mgr. Spencer Trask & Co., bank- ers, New York, 1910-14; organized, 1914, and pres. Counselman & Co., investment bankers. Republic- an. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Mid-Day, Princeton. Recreations: golf, tennis and horseback riding. Home: 41 Banks St. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

COUNSELMAN, Willis, broker; Oct. 8, 1868-Apr. 14, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

COUNTISS, Frederick Downer, broker; b. Chi- cago, June 26, 1872; s. Robert and Louise (Eakin) Countiss; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. New York, Sept. 10, 1910, Eleanor Robinson. Began as mes- senger in Merchants Nat. Bank of Chicago; be- came bookkeeper with the Nat. Bank of the Re- public, 1892, and later teller; entered employ of S. B. Chapin & Co., bankers and brokers, 1896, be- coming a mem. of the firm, July, 1898. Mem. Chi- cago Bd. of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange (pres. 1909-10), New York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Bankers', South Shore Country, Exmoor, Lake Ge- neva Country, Lake Geneva Yacht. Recreations: motoring, yachting, golf. Home: 1550 N. State St., Chicago; (summer) Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: The Rookery, Chicago.

COURTNEY, John, judge; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., June 15, 1868; ed. pub. and parochial schs., Fond du Lac; read law in offices, Milwaukee. Admitted to Wis. bar, 1890, Ill. bar, 1892, and since in prac- tice at Chicago. Judge Municipal Court for term 1912-18. Home: 6401 Maryland Av. Chambers: City Hall.

COURTRIGHT, Chauncey W., surgeon; b. Mini- sink, N.J., Aug. 25, 1850; s. Simeon and Catherine J. (Biddes) Courtright; ed. pub. schs .; grad. Ohio Univ., 1877; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1887; m. Josephine McClain, of Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 12, 1887; 1 daughter, Bess. Began practice in 1877; spl. practice, surgery and gynecology; obstetrician to Cook Co. Hosp., 1896-7. Fellow Am. Coll. Sur- geons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Medico-Legal Soc., Physicians' Club. Unitarian. Home: 5630 Blackstone Av. Office: 1359 E. 63d St.

COUSIN, Robert, lumber; b. Ludington, Mich., Jan. 14, 1879; s. William and Isabell (McCrimmon) Cousin; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; unmarried. Iden- tified with lumber business since 1900; sec. C. H. Worcester Co. since 1914. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 1538 E. Mar- quette Road. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.

COVERLY, Douglas; b. Glasgow, Scotland; s. of William and Christian (Henderson) Coverly; ed. in old country; m. Catherine Murray Lang, of Glas- gow, Aug. 7, 1883; children: Douglas, Roger, Aline. Has been identified with Henderson Bros., Anchor Line service, Glasgow, since 1872; came to New York for same company, 1880, to Chicago, 1900; ad- vanced through various positions and since amal- gamation of Cunard and Anchor Lines, 1914, has been mgr. freight dept. same. Mem. St. Andrews Soc. Presbyterian. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 140 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

COVERT, William Chalmers, clergyman; b. at Franklin, Ind., Oct. 4, 1864; s. Albert Newton and Susan Elizabeth (Magill) Covert; B.A., Hanover (Ind.) College, 1885, A.M., 1888 (D.D., 1905); grad. McCormick Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1888; m. Alice Brown Hudson, of Clinton, N.Y., May 14, 1890. Or- dained Presbyn. ministry, St. Paul, Minn., Sept., 1888; pastor, St. Paul Park, 1888-92, Merriam Park Ch., St. Paul, 1892, Forty-first St. Ch., Chicago, 1905-12, 1st Ch. (combined old 1st Ch. and Forty-

tinent. Dir. McCormick Theol. Sem., since 1902; trustee Presbyn. Training Sch., Chicago; pres. of Starrett Sch. for Girls, Chicago. Mem. Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: University, Beverly Hills Country. Author: The Plumb Line; Glory of the Pines; Wildwoods and Waterways. Home: 4108 Grand Boul.

COWAN, see also Cowen.

COWAN, Minnie Regina, district supt. schs., Chicago; b. Chicago; d. Henry and Catharine T. (Bonfield) Cowan; ed. high schs., Chicago. Roman Catholic. Clubs: The Cordon, Chicago Woman's, Ella Flagg Young Club. Home: 4316 Michigan Av. Address: Tribune Bldg.

COWAN, William Kennett, furniture; b. Chica- go, Oct. 24, 1869; s. Charles H. and Mary S. (Ken- nett) Cowan; grad. Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1889; m. Carrie Jaeger, of Chicago, June 27, 1895; 1 daughter, Ruth Louise. Studied architecture in office of Henry Ives Cobb; left there to become supt. of constrn. of sanitary work at World's Co- lumbian Expn .; designed and installed all plumb- ing and appurtenances on World's Fair grounds; engaged in spl. furniture business under firm name of W. K. Cowan & Co., 1894, inc., 1901, and he be- came pres. and gen. mgr. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League, Exmoor Country, South Shore Country (Chicago) ; The Lambs (New York). Rec- reations: golf, motoring, travel. Home: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 401 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.

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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