The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 53

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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COWAN, William P., president Standard Oil Co. of Indiana; b. Cleveland, O., July 8, 1846; s. Wil- liam C. and Caroline (Stillwell) Cowan; ed. pub. schs. of Cleveland; m. June 3, 1880, Anna Clark Mackenzie. In employ of freight dept. of the old C., C., C. & I. R.R., until 1875, entered service of Standard Oil Co. at Cleveland; removed to Chi- cago in 1889, and became vice pres., and in 1911 pres. of Standard Oil Co. of Ind. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, South Shore Country, Chicago Ath- letic. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St., Chicago.

COWDERY, Edward Gilmore, president Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co .; b. North Andover, Mass., Oct. 4, 1856; s. William S. and Eliza J. (Wilson) Cowdery; ed. pub. schs. and Mass. Inst. Tech .; m. Jennie Van Fleet Burr, of White Pigeon, Mich., May 19, 1887; 3 children: Louise, Corene and Ches- ter. Began as civil engr., Toledo, O., until 1875; then with The Toledo Gas Light & Coke Co., until 1877; engr. with Milwaukee (Wis.) Gas Co., 1877- 82; with Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, 1882-4; supt. Milwaukee Gas Light Co., 1884-93, and vice pres. and gen. mgr. same, 1893-1903; vice pres. and gen. mgr. Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis, 1903-7; vice pres. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, 1907-15, and pres. since 1915. Also pres. Merchants Power Co., Memphis, Tenn .; vice pres. Beloit (Wis.) Gas, Water & Electric Co. Mem. Am. Gas Inst., Illuminating Engring. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, etc. Republic- an. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country, Chicago Press; Lotos (New York). Recreation: motoring. Home: 1367 N. State St. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

COWEN, see also Cowan.

COWEN, Israel, lawyer; b. Houston, Tex., Dec. 12, 1861; s. Bennett and Bertha (Semmel) Cowen; ed. pub. schs. in Cal. and Tex .; Heilbronn's Private Sch., New York, 1871; Royal Gymnasium, Ostrowo, Germany, 1872-8; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, 1881; m. Alma M. Desenberg, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mar. 15, 1897; children: Bayard D., Eliza- beth. In practice in Chicago since 1883; master in chancery Superior Court, 1896-9; Dem. candi- date for judge of Superior Court, 1900. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Dir. Jewish Chau- tauqua Soc. of America (ex-pres.); mem. Board of Delegates on Civil and Religious Rights; vice pres. K.A.M. Congregation, Chicago; mem. boards of Chicago Hebrew Inst., Orthodox Home for Aged Jews, Jewish Educational Center of Chicago, Syna- gogue and School Extension of America; elected

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chmn. Chicago Social Service Com., 1916; mem. exec. com. Jewish Congress Assn. of Chicago since 1917; trustee Nat. Hosp. for Consumptives, Den- ver; was presiding officer at memorial services for Sir Moses Montefiore, in Chicago, 1885. Club: City. Contbr. poetry and prose; lecturer on Jew- ish and public questions. Recreations: general outdoor exercises. Home: 437 E. 48th St. Office: 907 Tacoma Bldg.

COWEN, Winfield Scott, grain commn .; b. on farm in Blair Co., nr. Altoona, Pa., Dec. 13, 1848; s. George and Mary (Barnhart) Cowen; ed. pub. sch .; came West with parents to Carroll Co., Ill., 1856; m. Lucy Hileman, of Carroll Co., Mar. 2, 1873. Has always been engaged in farming; also in grain and live stock buying, 1876-88; dealer in hardware and farm machinery at Shannon, Ill., 1887-92. Post- master of Shannon, 1889-93 (apptd. by Pres. Har- rison); apptd. chief grain insp. by Gov. Yates, June 10, 1904; reapptd. by Gov. Deneen, July 1, 1907. Now pres. W. S. Cowen & Co., grain commn. Trustee Elgin Insane Asylum, 1897-1901; trustee of Shannon, Ill., several terms and pres. of the bd. 2 terms; del. to Rep. Nat. Conv. at Minneapolis, 1892, and was one of the 14 who consistently voted for J. G. Blaine for presidential nominee. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner); K.P. Recreation: motoring. Homes: Shannon, Ill .; also 640 York Pl., Chicago. Office: 332 S. LaSalle St.

COWLES, Alfred, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 5, 1865; s. Alfred and Sarah Frances (Hutchinson) Cowles; A.B., Yale, 1886, post-grad. course, 1886-7; student Yale Law. Sch., 1887-8, Northwestern Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1888-9; m. S. Manchester, Conn., Nov. 28, 1890, Elizabeth Cheney (now deceased); children: Alfred, III, Knight Cheney, John Cheney, Thomas Hooker. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, and has since practiced law, except during the period from the fall of 1898 to Jan., 1901, during which was ac- tively engaged in the management of The Chicago Tribune, most of the time being sec. and treas .; dir. Tribune Co., Am. Radiator Co., Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Electric Smelting & Alum- inum Co. and other corpns .; chmn. Rialto Trust Co. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: University, Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, Old Elm. Home: 1130 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 332 S. La Salle St.

COWLES, Henry Chandler, botanist; b. Kensing- ton, Conn., Feb. 27, 1869; s. Henry Martyn and Eliza (Whittlesey) Cowles; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1893; fellow in geology and botany, 1895-7, lab. asst., 1897-8, Ph.D., 1898, Univ. of Chicago; m. Elizabeth Waller, of Louisville, Ky., June 25, 1900. Prof. natural sciences, Gates Coll., Neb., 1894-5; spl. field asst. U.S. Geol. Survey, summer, 1895; instr. botany, 1902-7, asst. prof., 1907-11, asso. prof., 1911-15, prof. plant ecology since 1915, Univ. of Chicago. Pres. Assn. Am. Geographers, 1910; pres. Geog. Soc. Chicago; mem. Bot. Soc. America, Internat. Bot. Assn., Botanists of Central States, A.A.A.S. (vice pres. for botany, 1913), Sigma Xi. Universalist. Club: Quadrangle. Author several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Ad- dress: 5524 Kimbark Av.

COWLES, Paul, newspaper man; b. Chicago; s. Torris Zalmon and Ellen M. (Crooks) Cowles; m. Mrs. Charlotte M. Wynne, of Lombard, Ill., Feb. 6, 1915. Went to San Francisco at 21 and became re- porter on morning dailies; established a newspa- per at Santa Barbara, Cal .; staff Associated Press since 1890; was supt. Western div., San Francisco, and is now supt. Central div., Chicago. Was in charge Associated Press bur. at Tokio, Japan, dur- ing Russo-Japanese War. Home: Lombard, Ill. Office: 721, 111 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

tion: golf. Home: 309 Ontario St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk., Chicago.

COWPER, John Whitfield, civil engineer. Re- moved to Buffalo, N.Y. (See vol. 1911.)

COWPERTHWAITE, Allen Corson, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

COX, Amariah George, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

COX, Arthur Malcolm, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 16, 1873; s. Jesse and Annie (Malcolm) Cox; grad. West Div. High Sch., 1892; studied law in office of Jesse Cox, and passed examination in Appellate Court in 1897. Began practice in father's office, 1897; apptd. master in chancery Superior Court, in Dec., 1907; now mem. firm of Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reichmann. Republican. Master Mason. Mem. Am. and Chicago bar assns., S.A.R. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Hindale Golf. Rec- reations: yachting, golf, horseback riding. Home' 4534 Lake Av. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.

COX, Henry Joseph, meteorologist; b. Newton, Mass., Apr. 5, 1863; s. Thomas and Hannah M. (Perkins) Cox; A.B., Harvard, 1884; (hon. A.M., Norwich Univ., 1887, and Sc.D., 1914); m. Mary, d. C. C. Cavanagh, of Somerville, Mass., Sept. 8, 1887: 3 sons: Harry P., Arthur C., Paul G. Prof. Norwich Univ., 1886-8; in weather service since Aug. 1, 1884; promoted steadily until became, Mar. 1, 1899, prof. meteorology, in charge North Central Fore- cast Dist., Chicago; in charge spl. researches in agrl. meteorology. Mem. A.A.A.S., Assn. Am. Geographers, Ill. Acad. Sciences, Geog. Soc. Chi- cago (pres. 1905-7), Chicago Geog. Soc. (dir.), Chi- cago Acad. Science (dir.), Citizens League (dir.). Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Yacht, Beverly Country. Author: Weather and Climate of Chicago. Also bulls. and reports on spl. researches for the Weather Bur. Home: 4566 Lake Park Av. Office: Weather Bureau, Fed- eral Bldg.

COX, Howard Malcolm, patent attorney; b. at Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1871; s. Jesse and An- nie (Malcolm) Cox; B.S., in mech. engring., Univ. of Mich., 1895; LL.B., John Marshall Law Sch., Chicago, 1905; m. Aurelia M. Crossette, of Hins- dale, Ill., Apr. 30, 1907; children: Barbara, Mary. In engring. practice with Denver (Colo.) Engring. Co., 1898-1900; engr. with Gates Iron Works, Chi- cago, 1900-1; practiced patent law with father un- til latter's death in 1902; mem. firm of Cheever (Dwight B.) & Cox since 1902. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, City, Electric, Hinsdale Golf. Recreations: general outdoor exercises. Home: 1327 E. 50th St. Office: 1133 Monadnock Blk.

COX, Hyatt, broker. (See vol. 1911.)

COX, James Brady, railway engr. (See vol. 1911.)

COX, Rensselaer William, cooperage; b. Cincin- nati, O., May 14, 1855; s. William and Electra Rob- inson (Stanford) Cox; ed. high sch., Chicago; m. Columbus, O., Feb. 11, 1904, Miss Deshler; 2 sons: Rensselaer W., Jr., William D. In financial dept. of Pullman Co., 1875-7; then in grain business; en- tered manufacture of cooperage, 1882, in firm of Seaman, Cox & Brown, later merged into the Sea- man, Cox & Brown Cooperage Co., which, after the death of Mr. Brown, and retirement of Mr. Sea- man, was consolidated with original St. Louis plant of that name and became the Pioneer Coop- erage Co., of which is pres. Republican. Mem. Central Ch. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, On- wentsia, Commercial, Chicago Athletic. Home: 1539 Astor St. Office: 450 N. Hoyne Av.

COX, Stephen Williams, surgeon; b. Baltimore. Md., Jan. 11, 1859; s. John and Mary (Eldridge) Cox; ed. pub. schs. of Menard Co., Ill .; Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind .; Valparaiso (Ind.) Nor- mal Sch .; Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, M.D., 1889; Ill. Coll. of Electro-Therapeutics; Chicago Poli- clinic and Hosp .; Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; m. Chicago, Dec. 24, 1890, Nellie J. Sullivan; 1 son, Donald Stephen Linne. Teacher pub. schs., 111 .. 1873-80; also taught music while a school teacher: student, literary and med., 1880-9; trained nurse

COWLES, Walter Linsley, engineer; b. Walling- ford, Conn., Jan. 7, 1859; s. Robert H. and Hattie M. (Beadle) Cowles; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1878; m. Beaver Falls, Pa., Feb. 11, 1891, Hattie J. Alford; 1 daughter, Marjorie B. Since leaving coll. has been engaged in engring. work all over the U.S., making a specialty of bridge and building constrn .; consulting engr. at Chicago since 1901; also struc- tural engr. Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co. Mem. Am. for 2 yrs., 1886-7, in Cook County Hosp .; mem. Soc. of C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., S.A.R. Recrea- Cook County Hosp. med. staff, 1900-1; formerly

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attending surgeon Kedzie Hosp .; physician and ex- aminer for Montgomery Ward & Co., 1904; supt. Kirkland Free Dispensary, 1889-95; formerly med. examiner Sons and Daughters of St. George and mem. Grand Med. Bd. of Sons of St. George for 111., Wis., Mich. and Mo .; surgeon in chief St. Ste- phen's Sanitarium; surgeon to West Side Hosp .; U.S. examining surgeon, 1st Pension Bd., Chicago. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Mason (32º). Home: 2914 Jack- son Boul. Office: 32 N. State St.

COX, Wilkie A., bookbinder; b. Chicago, Aug. 26, 1859; s. Alfred J. and Jane (French) Cox; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Emma Rettig, of Chicago, Oct. 28, 1SS8; 3 children: Edith Ethel (Mrs. Joseph James White), Alfred Rettig, Carter Addison. At age of 15 entered house established by father in 1860; succeeded to business on decease of father, 1907, incorporating and becoming pres. A. J. Cox & Co. Republican. Protestant. K.P. Club: Chickom- ing Country. Recreations: theatre, motoring. Home: 4729 Dover St. Office: 521 W. Monroe St.

COX-McCORMACK, Nancy Mai, sculptor; b. at Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 15, 1885; d. Herschel Mc- Cullough and Nancy Morgan Cox (second cousins) ; grad. Ward Sem., Nashville, Tenn .; m. Nov. 20, 1903; divorced. Principal works: "Harmony," origi- nal in pvt. collection of C. S. Scotten, Chicago, copy in Nashville Art Mus .; Carmack Memorial, heroic figure of Edward W. Carmack, on Capitol grounds, Nashville, Tenn .; bust of William H. Mitchell, banker, Chicago; also various statues, portraits of children, etc. Presbyterian. Mem. Art Inst. Ad- dress: 19 E. Pearson St.

COYKENDALL, John Franklin, railway official; b. Canton, Ill., Oct. 25, 1859; s. Cyrus and Cather- ine (Fawcett) Coykendall; ed. pub. grammar sch., Canton; m. Eliza B. Edmiston, of Canton, Sept. 30, 1879; 3 children: Charles E., Edith E. and Alice C. Began ry. service with C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1884-9; with U.P.Ry., at Omaha, Neb., as chief clk. to vice pres., 1889-92; traffic mgr. Fraser & Chalmers Co., and its successor, the Allis-Chalmers Co., at Chi- cago, 1892-1906; traffic mgr. Chalmers & Williams, at Chicago, 1906-9; sec. and treas. C.G.W.R.R.Co. since Oct. 1, 1909. Baptist. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Traffic. Home: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av., Chicago. '

COYNE, Daniel Joseph, commission merchant; b. Chicago, Apr. 19, 1863; s. Luke and Catharine (O'Neil) Coyne; ed. parochial and pub. schs., Chi- cago; m. Mary Julia Crowley, of Chicago, July 17, 1881; 5 children: Daniel Joseph, Jr., May L., Edna A., Florence V., George L. Employed by S. Wa- ter St. produce commn. house, 1878-94; with broth- er, Richard J., organized firm of Coyne Bros., Apr., 1894. Democrat. K.C., Forester. Recreations: base- ball, football. Home: 1335 Arthur Av. Office: 119 W. South Water St.

COYNE, Frederick E., postal equipment; b. East Orange, N.J., 1860; ed. pub. schs., East Orange; has lived at Chicago, since 1883; m. Pauline Nie- haus, of Chicago, 1886; children: Jeanette, Freder- ick E., Jr., Edna, Mason B., Richard T., Pauline. Began as clk., at Chicago; then started a bakery and later bought restaurants and added a whole- sale bakery dept .; business later discontinued. Ac- tive in politics as a Republican; collector internal revenue, Chicago, 1897-1901; postmaster of Chi- cago, 1901-6; gen. mgr. Sebree Mail Exchanging Device Co., 1910-15; vice pres. and gen. mgr. of United Ry. Mail Equipment Co. since 1915. Pres- byterian. Clubs: Press, Forty. Home: 2846 Warren Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.

COZZENS, Samuel, live stock; b. Providence, R.I., May 8, 1848. Dir. Globe Rendering Co., Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank, Stock Yards Savings Bank. Home: 4545 Greenwood Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

CRAFT, John Corson, banker; b. Morristown, N.J., Oct. 2, 1863; s. Joseph V. and Martha Parker (Garretson) Craft; ed. pub. schs., Rochelle, Ill .; m. Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 3, 1888, Zada B. Dustin; chil- dren: Daniel Dustin, Catharine Garretson. Cashier and dir. Rochelle (Ill.) Nat. Bank, 1884-90; acting asst. treas. of U.S. at Chicago, 1890-2; asst. cashier,

1892-3, cashier, 1893-1903, vice pres., 1903-9, Bank- ers Nat. Bank; vice pres. Commercial Nat. Bank, 1909-Aug. 1, 1910, since which time vice pres. Con- tinental & Commercial Nat. Bank. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Bankers', Homewood Coun- try, Kenwood. Recreations: golf, fishing and bowl- ing. Home: 5136 Kimbark Av. Office: 208 S. La Salle St.

CRAFTS, Clayton Edward, lawyer; b. Auburn, O., July 8, 1848; s. Edward and Helen B. (Johnson) Crafts; ed. pub. schools and Eclectic Inst. of Hiram, O. (later known as Hiram Coll.); LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Cleveland, O., 1868; m. Cordelia E. Kent, of Aurora, Ill., Sept. 15, 1869; children: William C. (deceased), Fred A. (deceased), Helen (Mrs. F. W. Job), Harry K. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1868; practiced at Watkins, N.Y., until 1869; re- moved to Chicago and became mem. firm Lincoln (Henry) & Crafts until 1873; alone 1873-85; mem. firm Crafts & Stevens since 1885; dir. Chicago & Des Plaines Valley Elec. Ry. Co. Was chmn. Dem. Com. of Cook Co., 1888; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1882- 96 and 1901 (speaker of House, 1891-3). Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Pres. bd. trustees of 1st Presbyn. Church (Austin, Ill.) since 1873. Ma- son (K.T.) Club: Iroquois. Home: 5448 Washing- ton Boul., Austin. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St., Chi- cago.

CRAFTS, Miles Benjamin, grain; Apr. 14, 1842- Sept. 4, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

CRAIG, Alexander Righter, secretary A.M.A .; b. Columbia, Pa., July 31, 1868; s. Alexander (M.D.) and Eleanor Margaretta (Righter) Craig; A.B., Franklin and Marshall Coll., Pa., 1890, A.M., 1893; M.D., Med. Dept., Univ. of Pa., 1893 (class pres.); m. Florence C. Bromwell, of Port Deposit, Md., Oct. 17, 1899. Resident physician Philadelphia Poly. Hosp., 1893-4; practiced at Philadelphia till 1895, Columbia, Pa., 1895-1906, Philadelphia, 1906- 1911; sec. A.M.A. since June, 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Med. Soc. State of Pa., Am. Acad. of Medicine (pres. 1912), Am Acad. of Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology. Clubs: University (Philadelphia), City (Chicago). Home: 9 Chalmers Pl. Office: 535 N. Dearborn St.

CRAIG, Augustus Lesseure, M.D. (See vol. 1911.) CRAIG, Calvin Francis, banker; b. Winneshiek Co., Ia., June 6, 1867; s. Francis J. and Isabelle (Elliott) Craig; reared in Canada; ed. pub. schs. and Woodstock (Ont.) Collegiate Inst .; m. Char- lotte Hoops, of Chicago, Jan. 20, 1909; children: William Francis, Charlotte, Calvin Philip. With Traders' Bank, Windsor, Ont., Can., until 1899, serving in various capacities and in several of its branches in Can .; removed to Chicago in 1899, and became identified with Metropolitan Trust & Sav- ings Bank; cashier same, 1909-11; vice pres. Cen- tral Trust Co., 1911-12; pres. Mechanics & Trad- ers State Bank since 1912. Republican. Mason. Clubs : Bankers', Chicago Athletic. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 4636 Drexel Boul. Office: . 641 W. Washington St.

CRAIG, Edward Marshall, secretary Building Construction Employers' Assn .; b. Phila., Pa., Feb. 1, 1860; s. Benjamin and Marguerette (Nickel) Craig; ed. pub. schs. of Phila .; m. Tillie M. Stengel, of Phila., Dec. 9, 1878 (died Mar., 1912); children: William H., B. Clarence. Learned trade of steam fitter; came to Chicago, 1890, as agent for Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co., and when the firm was consolidated with Am. Boiler Co., represented lat- ter, continuing until 1897; resigned to establish in- dependently. Elected, 1897, gen. mgr. of the Mas- ter Steam Fitters' Assn. and became sec. of the Western League of Steam Fitters; also sec. and mgr. of the Building Contractors of Chicago, and Nat. Building Trades Employers' Assn. Elected mem. of Pa. legislature, 16th Dist. of Phila., 1888. Pres. Douglas Park Club of Chicago, 1906-8, 1910- 11. Mason. K.P. Club: Mystic Athletic. Home: 5540 Magnolia Av. Office: 808 Chamber of Com- merce.

CRAIG, Robert, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

CRAIG, Willis Green, theologian; Sept. 27, 1834- July 4, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

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CRAIN, see also Crane.

CRAIN, Charles Hicks, M.D .; b. Lafayette, Tip- pecanoe Co., Ind., Dec. 7, 1854; s. William S. and Marietta (Taylor) Crain; attended pvt. schs. and Collegiate Inst., Lafayette, Ind., 1863-70; Wabash Coll., 1871-4; Miami Med. Coll., 1874-6; New York Policlinic, 1887-8; Ill. Med. Coll., 1889-91; m. La- fayette, Ind., Oct. 1, 1879, Jennie W. Vernon, of Lykenstown, Pa. Practiced at Lafayette, Ind., 1876- 87, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1888-91; removed to Chi- cago and continued in gen. practice, 1891-4; has limited practice to ophthalmology since 1894; asst. in ophthalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 5615 Winthrop Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

CRAM, George F., publisher; b. Lowell, Mass., May 20, 1842; s. Joseph T. and Anna D. (Blanch- ard) Cram; early edn. in Lowell schs .; ed. Wheaton (Ill.) Coll., 1862; m. Martha A. Hiatt, of Wheaton, Oct. 3, 1865 (died Aug. 10, 1907). Served in Union Army, 1862-5; was 1st sergt., Co. F, 105th Ill. Vols .; participated in battles of Resacca, Beech Tree Creek, Chattanooga, and many minor engagements. Began publishing maps and atlases, 1867. Repub- lican. Author: Hand Book of Geography, 1882; Minette, a Tale of the Crusaders, 1901. Home: 4166 Drexel Boul. Office: 109 N. Market St.

CRAMER, see also Kramer.

CRAMER, Ambrose, real estate; b. Martinsburg, Va., Mar. 5, 1857; s. Augustus F. and Page (Mor- rison) Cramer; ed. pvt. schs. and at U.S. Naval Acad., graduating in class of 1880, and serving as midshipman in U.S. Navy in the Asiatic Squadron for 3 yrs .; m. Susan Skinner, of Chicago, 1886; m. 2d, Isabel Corwith, of Chicago, 1901; children: Elizabeth, Ambrose, Corwith. Business supt. of the pipe mill of the Crane Co., 1883-92; mem. firm of Cramer & Burt, mfrs.' agents, 1892-1905; since then trustee for estate of Henry J. Willing and agent for Mark Skinner estate; dir. Nat. City Bank of Chicago. Republican. Alderman City of Lake For- est, 1902-5. Dir. Navy League of the U.S. Presby- terian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 1114 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.

CRAMPTON, Richard Leicester, central dist. sec. Chamber of Commerce U.S.A .; b. Rock Island, Ill., May 12, 1870; s. Richard and Martha (Beatty) Crampton; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Rock Island, and Chicago Law Sch .; m. Toronto, Ont., June 21, 1898, Gertrude H. Thomas (died Oct. 8, 1908) ; chil- dren: Richard Sydney, Philip Thomas (deceased), Lawrence Randolph; m. 2d, Gertrude Congdon, 1912; 1 daughter, Elizabeth. Began as a messen- ger, Northern Trust Co., June 1, 1891, and worked in all the depts .; during same period had exclusive charge of the advertising of the institution; asst. cashier Nat. Bank of the Republic, Mar., 1902- Oct., 1907; engaged in investment business, 1907- 09; sec. Bankers' Assn. of State of Ill., 1909-17; central dist. sec. Chamber Commerce of the U.S.A., since 1917. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Bank- ers', City. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

CRANDALL, Frank Wilber, wholesale milli- nery; b. Sullivan, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1857; s. Warren D. and Lydia M. (Wilber) Crandall; m. Mary G. Day, of St. Louis, Dec. 6, 1881; children: Harold W., Dorothy. Began in wholesale dry goods business with Rice, Stix Dry Goods Co., St. Louis, 1892; in wholesale millinery business with King, Brins- made Mercantile Co., St. Louis, 1902-14; vice pres. Gage Brothers & Co., Chicago, since 1914; also vice pres. King, Brinsmade Mercantile Co. Mem. Millinery Jobbers' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Club: Birchwood Country. Home: 1226 Sherwin Av. Office: 18 S. Michigan Av.

CRANDALL, Fred Alonzo, banker; b. Hardwick, Vt., Aug. 15, 1863; s. Alonzo and Mary (Bronson) Crandall; ed. pub. schs. of Hardwick and Barre Acad., Barre, Vt .; m. Effle Preble, of Clinton, Wis., May 9, 1887; 1 daughter, Margerie May. Entered employ of Corn Exchange Bank (now Corn Ex- change Nat. Bank) of Chicago, 1889, and remained there until 1900, filling positions of correspondence clerk and mgr. transit dept .; went to Merchants'

Loan & Trust Co., as transit mgr., 1900, continuing until 1907; was then elected asst. cashier of the new Nat. City Bank of Chicago; elected vice pres. same bank, 1909, and so continues. Mem. New Eng- land Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Baptist. Clubs. Bankers', Hamilton, Oak Park Country. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: 434 N. Oak Park Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: National City Bank, Chicago.

CRANDALL, Noble, banker and broker; b. Monc- ton, N.B., Mar. 28, 1880; s. Noble and Laura (Rand) Crandall; ed. pub. schs. of Windsor, N.S .; m. Miss C. C. Eldridge, of Somerville, Mass., June 22, 1904; children: Benjamin Noble, Charles Eldridge, George Burr, Laura Natalie. Came from Nova Scotia to Boston, Apr., 1900, and was with Paine Furniture Co., until Dec., 1901; then employed as clerk by Steere & Burr, bankers and brokers, in their Bos- ton office; came to Chicago office of same firm, as asst. mgr., Feb. 1, 1903; apptd. mgr., Mar., 1904; in 1905 firm changed to George H. Burr & Co., and he became its resident partner. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, Bob o' Link Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: The Rookery, Chicago.

CRANDALL, Roland Asel, investment broker; b. Caledonia, Ill., May 5, 1864; s. James B. and Vic- torene (Rigby) Crandall; descended on paternal side from early Colonial ancestry; ed. pub. schs. and St. Vincent's Coll., Cape Girardeau, Mo .; m. Minnie B. Ballard, of Chicago, Sept., 1884; 1 daugh- ter: Mary Catherine. Was engaged in contracting business in Chicago, 1884-96, when established his present brokerage business in investments, operat- ing in electric lighting and traction propositions, etc .; pres. Commercial Security Co., organized, 1907; vice pres. Bankers' Commercial Corpn. of New York (Bankers' Trust Bldg., 14 Wall St.). W'as 2d lt. Chicago Hussars, in active service in the strike riots of 1894. Republican. Mem. Wood- lawn Lodge No. 841, A.F. and A.M .; Jackson Park Chapter; Woodlawn Commandery; Oriental Con- sistory; Medinah Temple. Clubs: Woodlawn, Colo- nial, South Shore. Recreations: motoring, reading. Residence: South Shore Country Club. Office: 754 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

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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