The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 54

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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CRANDON, Franklin Philip; b. Portsmouth, R.I., Oct. 28, 1834; s. Consider Howland and Ann (Cor- bin) Crandon; pub. sch. edn .; (hon. A.M., North- western Univ., 1894); m. Sarah Elizabeth Wash- burn, of Davenport, Ia., Oct. 3, 1859. First 1t. and regimental q.m. 1st Md. Cav., Dec. 2, 1862; capt. asst. q.m. vols., Feb. 6, 1865; bvtd. maj. vols., Dec. 30, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious services"; hon. mustered out, July 10, 1866. After war was connected with an Ill. paper manufactory and was clerk of the county court, Kane Co., Ill., 4 yrs .; clerk in land dept., 1873-8, tax commr., 1878-Dec. 31, 1915, C.&N.W.Ry .; now treas. Wyoming Irriga- tion Co. Pres. Ry. Tax Men's Assn. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Evanston, Ill., 26 yrs .; trustee Northwestern Univ., Garrett Bibl. Inst. Methodist. Republican. Gov. Soc. Mayflower Descendants; mem. G.A.R., Western Soc. Army of the Potomac, Loyal Legion (comdr. Ill. Commandery). Clubs: Union League, University of Evanston. Home: 1414 Forest Av., Evanston. Office: 518 Davis St., Evanston, Ill.

CRANE, see also Crain.

CRANE, Charles Richard. Removed to Woods Hole, Mass. (See Who's Who in America.)

CRANE, Frank, clergyman, journalist. Removed to Los Angeles, Cal. (See Who's Who in America.) CRANE, Harold Osband, canning machinery. Re- moved to Marysville, Cal., 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

CRANE, Richard Teller, mfr .; 1832-Jan. S, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

CRANE, Richard Teller, Jr., mfr. steam and plumbing supplies; b. Chicago, Il1., Nov. 7, 1873; s. Richard Teller and Mary (Prentice) Crane; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1895; m. Florence, d. Harlow N. Higinbotham, of Chicago, June 4. 1904; children: Cornelius, Florence. In 1896 entered works of The Crane Co. (established 1855, inc. 1865) in the foundries, entering the office in the city sales dept. in 1897, 2d vice pres., 1898, pres. since 1914. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Shore Acres; also

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Racquet and Tennis, New York Yacht, Jekyl Island (Ga.). Home: 1550 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 836 S. Michigan Boul.

CRANE, Ronald Salmon, teacher; b. Tecumseh, Mich., Jan. 5, 1886; s. Theodore Horace and Bricena (Chadwick) Crane; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1908; Ph.D., Univ. of Pa., 1911; m. Julia L. Fuller, of Chicago, June 20, 1917. Instr. in English, 1911-15, asst. prof. since 1915, Northwestern Univ. Mem. Bibliog. Soc. (London, Eng.). Club: University (Evanston). Author (with W. F. Bryan) The Eng- lish Familiar Essay, 1916. Contbr. to philol. jours. Home: 1823 Wesley Av., Evanston, Ill.

CRATTY, Josiah, lawyer; Aug. 16, 1846-Aug. 10, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

CRAVATH, James Raley, consulting electrical and illuminating engr .; b. Grinnell, Ia., July 11, 1872; s. Samuel Austin and Mary (Raley) Cravath; B.S., Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., 1892; m. Ruth Myra Rew, of Grinnell, Ia., Apr. 19, 1899; children: Aus- tin Melville, Ruth. Electrical editor of Street Rail- way Review, 1892-97; western editor of The Street Railway Journal, the Electrical World and Engi- neer, and the American Electrician, 1900-6; asso. editor Electrical World, 1906-10; consulting elec. illuminating engr. since 1905. Asso. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs .; mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Illuminating Engring. Soc., Electric Club, Jovian League. Mem. Union Ch. Club: City. Author: Practical Illumina- tion, 1907. Home: 9340 S. Winchester Av. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.

CRAVEN, Carl E., voice teacher; b. Truro, Ia., June 15, 1882; s. William Louis and Anna (Carver) Craven; ed. Simpson Coll., Indianola, Ia .; Valpa- raiso (Ind.) Univ .; m. Minerva D. Cole, of Chicago, Oct. 27, 1900; 1 child, Na Dine Elizabeth. Came to Chicago, 1906, to study music; now teaching voice and appearing in recitals and opera; musical dir. and tenor soloist Woolley Memorial M.E. Ch. Re- publican. Methodist. Mason; mem. Royal League. Recreations: tennis, swimming, horseback riding. Home: 305 E. 54th St. Office: 422 Fine Arts Bldg.

CRAWFORD, Adam Wallace, furniture; b. Lex- ington, Neb., Nov. 20, 1876; s. Adam and Grace (Wallace) Crawford; ed. pub. schs., Seward, Neb .; m. Anna Lloyd, of Chicago, Aug. 19, 1914; 1 son, Wallace Lloyd. Identified with furniture business and interior decorations since 1898; pres. John A. Colby & Sons, since 1916; dir. Belz & Crawford Investment Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 1412 Jarvis Av. Office: 129 N. Wabash Av.

CRAWFORD, Edward Benjamin, clergyman; b. Wilton Center, Ill., Dec. 31, 1862; s. John and Lucy J. (Graves) Crawford; ed. Northwestern Univ .; m. Ella A. Ingersoll, of Joliet, Ill., Nov. 28, 1889; chil- dren: Elmer I., Leslie E. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1893; pastor Aurora, Ill., 1893-6, Lockport, 1896-9, Wilmette, 1899-1900, St. Andrew, Chicago, 1900-3, Western Av. Ch., Chicago, 1903-5, Woodlawn Park, 19 05-10, Hanscom Park, Omaha, 1910-12, Garfield Park Ch., Chicago, since Oct., 1912. Pres. bd. of stewards, Rock River Conf .; sec. Methodist Epis- copal Old People's Home; trustee Deaconess Home. Mem. Methodist Social Union. Republican. Home: 251 N. Kedzie Av.

CRAWFORD, William Franklin, general agent Equitable Life Ins. Co. of Ia .; b. Blairsville, Pa., Sept. 29, 1876; s. John Wesley and Nancy (Beatty) Crawford; ed. high sch., Blairsville; unmarried. Supt. furnishing dept. of Pa. plant Am. Sheet & Tin Plate Co., 1893-1903; with Pittsburgh Life & Trust Co., 1903-11; gen. agent in Chicago for Equitable Life Ins. Co. of Ia. since 1911. Pres. Ill. Gen. Agents' Assn., 1917, Chicago Life Underwriters' Assn., 1917. Baptist. Mason (Lincoln Park Chap- ter No. 177; Chicago Commandery No. 19, K.T .; Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine); K.P. Recrea- tions: hunting, fishing. Home: 7512 Greenview Av., Chicago; (summer) Great Platte Lakes, Mich. Office: 247-251 Conway Bldg., Chicago.

Cochran (deceased), William Fowle, Gloria. Asst. sec. and mgr. Chicago Automobile Club, 1907-10; sec .- treas. Chicago City & Connecting Rys. since 1910; sec .- treas. and dir. Chicago Interurban Trac- tion Co. since 1912. Republican. Congregational- ist. Home: 6926 Constance Av. Office: 105 S. La Salle St.

CRAYCROFT, Ben, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

CREEKMUR, John W., lawyer; b. Princeton, Ky., July 29, 1859; s. William and Cynthia A. (Rob- erts) Creekmur; grad. Ill. State Normal Univ., Normal, Ill., 1887; m. Jessie Cyrus, of Camp Point, Ill., Dec. 24, 1891; 2 daughters: Frances and Emily. Read law at Camp Point, Ill .; admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since in practice at Chicago. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Beverly Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 7029 Yale Av. Office: 1407 Marquette Bldg.

CREIGHTON, Thomas Stockstill, broker. (See vol. 1911.)

CREMIN, Joseph Wallace, real estate, mortgage loans and ins .; b. New York City, Aug. 26, 1879; s. John F. and Katherine M. (Muldoon) Cremin; ed. private schs., Austin High Sch., St. Viateur's Coll .; m. Genevieve Amelia Amberg, of Chicago, Sept. 30, 1908; 3 children: Florence Agnes, Genevieve Noel, William Amberg. Engaged in real estate, mortgage loans and ins. business as mem. firm of Cremin & O'Connor since Jan., 1899; firm is successor to Cremin & Brenan, established by his father in 1885, who died in 1899. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Bd. of Underwriters, Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Colum- bus. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Glen View Golf. Recreations: golf, swimming. Home: 1301 N. State St. Office: 105 N. Clark St.

CRENSHAW, Peyton C., president Home Oil Co .; b. Salt Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Aug. 4, 1869; s. Thomas Allen and Gillie (Bramham) Crenshaw; ed. various schs. and colleges in Ky., graduation prevented by death of father; m. at Fargo, N.D., Adele Showler, of N.Y. City, Aug. 1, 1889; 1 daugh- ter, Adele (Mrs. C. E. Karstrom). Entered em- ploy of Standard Oil Co., at Fargo, N.D., Oct., 1886, and served in office, as salesman and as mgr., 1899-1900; mgr. at Kansas City, Mo., 1900-1; then asst. gen. mgr. and gen. mgr. for Standard Oil Co. of Ind., at Chicago, 1901-15; resigned to become pres. Home Oil Co. Mem. Knights of Pythias, Elks. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: hunting. Home: 1349 N. Dearborn St. Office: 76 W. Monroe Street.

CRERAR, John, coal and coke; b. Pictou, N.S., Jan. 7, 1857; s. John and Jane (Hatton) Crerar; ed. pub. schs. of England and Scotland; m. Marie G. Owens, of Chicago, 1900; 2 daughters: Marie Owens and Catherine Hatton. As a boy was engaged in a ship owner's office in Glasgow until 1879; came to U.S., and direct to Chicago, taking a position with the Joliet Steel Co., until 1884; then started in business for self, and in 1889 formed partnership with R. Floyd Clinch, as Crerar, Clinch & Co., min- ers and shippers of coal, in which continues; dir. Equitable Coal & Coke Co., Auditorium Assn. Was mem. First Lanark Riffle Vols., of Scotland. Trus- tee St. Luke's Hosp. Pres. Canadian Red Cross Fund. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cy- cle, Casino. Home: 1901 Prairie Av. Office: 645 The Rookery.

CRESCY, Richard Leroy, mfr. (See vol. 1911.) CRESSLER, Joseph Alexander, secretary Burks Medicine Co. (See vol. 1911.)

CREW, Henry, physicist; b. Richmond, O., June 4, 1859; s. William Henry and Deborah A. Crew; A.B., Princeton, 1882; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1887; m. Helen C. Coale, of Baltimore, July 17, 1890. Instr. physics, Haverford Coll., 1888-91; astrono- mer Lick Obs., 1891-2; prof. physics, Northwestern University, since 1892. Collaborator Astrophysical Journal since 1892. Del. Congress of Physicists, Paris, 1900; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Am. Physical Soc. (pres., 1909), Ill. Acad. Science (pres., 1912). Author: Principles

CRAWFORD, William Wilberforce, railway of- ficial; b. Washington, Conn., June 30, 1882; s. Wil- liam (D.D.) and Judith Perkins (Cochran) Craw- ford; prep. edn. Beloit (Wis.) Coll. Acad .; student Beloit Coll. and Oberlin Coll .; m. Mona Ethel Rich- ards, of Chicago, Sept. 5, 1905; children: Richards of Mechanics, 1908; General Physics, 1908. Contbr.

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to scientific jours. Clubs: University (Chicago and which he had established in 1870; in 1901 the Evanston), Westmoreland Golf. Home: 620 Li- agency assumed firm name of Critchell, Miller, brary St., Evanston, Ill.

CREWS, Ralph, lawyer; b. Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mar. 29, 1876; s. Seth Floyd and Helena Ridgway (Slo- cumb) Crews; ed. Hyde Park High Sch., Chicago; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; m. Elizabeth Stuart Sherman, of Riverside, Ill., June 17, 1901; 3 children: Mary A., Elizabeth R. and Ralph, Jr. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1897, and since actively engaged in practice at Chicago; associated in practice with his father until Feb. 1, 1905; gen. counsel Nat. Packing Co., 1905-13; mem. firm of Adams, Crews, Bobb & Wescott. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: Mid- Day, Chicago Golf, Riverside Golf. Recreations: golf and other outdoor sports. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

CREWS, Seth Floyd, lawyer. Removed to Os- curo, N.M. (See vol. 1911.)

CRIBBEN, Henry, president Cribben & Sexton Co .; Sept. 19, 1833-Apr. 6, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

CRIBBEN, William Henry, stove mfr .; b. at Rochester, N.Y., June 7, 1855; s. Henry and Maria (Robinson) Cribben; ed. pub. sch., Rochester, N.Y .; m. Chicago, July 22, 1885, Annie Finley; children: Mabel (Mrs. George D. Wilkison), and Florence. Started in 1870 with the Cooperative Foundry Co., of Rochester, N.Y .; came to Chicago, 1872, and started to work with Cribben & Sexton, mfrs. of stoves and ranges; in 1880 was admitted to part- nership and firm changed to Cribben, Sexton & Co .; in Jan., 1898, with partner, bought out Mr. Sex- ton's interest and incorporated under name of Cribben & Sexton Co., of which was sec. and treas. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Recreation: fish- ing. Home: 330 S. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill.

CRIGHTON, James, grain commission. vol. 1911.)

(See

CRILLY, Daniel Francis, real estate; b. Mer- cersburg, Pa., Oct. 14, 1838; s. John D. and Re- becca (Shafer) Crilly; ed. pub. schs. of Mercers- burg; m. 1865, Elizabeth, d. Jacob Snyder, of Fort London, Pa .; children: Erminie, George, Franklin Edgar, Isabel, Oliver Daniel (deceased). At age of 17 entered employ of John Wilson, contractor, of Mercersburg, with whom removed, 1856, to Iowa City, Ia., where remained until 1858; engaged in contracting business on own account at St. Louis, 1859-61; came to Chicago, 1861, and for a time en- gaged in business as a packer, but later returned to contracting work, built the Methodist Church Blk. and numerous business blks. after the fire, and continued in the contracting business until 1880; since in real estate business. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. South Park commr. 8 yrs .; dur- ing his term of office and while pres. of the bd. he named McKinley Park and presented it with a statue of President Mckinley. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mason (32°, K.T.). Clubs: Union .League, Hamilton. Home: 3820 Michigan Av. Of- fice: 35 S. Dearborn St.

CRILLY, William Michael, retired contractor and builder; b. Mercersburg, Pa., Jan. 15, 1852; s. John D. and Rebecca (Schaeffer) Crilly; ed. pub. schs. in Pa. and Ia .; m. Louise De Lamar, of Grand Junction, Colo., July 4, 1882; 1 son, William M., Jr. Came to Chicago, 1869; engaged in contracting business from 1885-1915 (retired). Served as col. on staff of Gov. J. R. Tanner. Republican. Metho- dist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Hamilton, Flossmoor, Kenwood. Home: 4943 Blackstone Av.

CRITCHELL, Robert S., insurance; b. England, 1844; came to U.S. in boyhood; ed. pub. schs. at Rochester, N.Y. While a boy entered Cincinnati office of Home Ins. Co., of New York, and when that company's western ofllce was removed to St. Louis, 1860, followed it there; entered service of Cincinnati office of the Aetna Ins. Co., 1862; served in U.S. Navy as junior officer in closing years of the Civil War; after war special agt. of Home Ins. Co. for Southern States; spl. western agt. of Phe- nix Ins. Co., of Brooklyn, 1868-74; resigning, when the Phenix opened a western dept., to devote him- self to the local agency of R. S. Critchell & Co.,

Whitney & Barbour, from which retired, June, 1908. Club: Union League. Home: 603 Woodland Park.

CROCKER, Hubert Davis, lawyer; b. Burlington, Ia., Nov. 30, 1859; s. Davis J. and Frances (Rorer) Crocker; family removed to Chicago, 1863, and lived first in Evanston and later in Hinsdale; at- tended Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1885; m. Mamie Wheaton, at Milwau- kee, Wis., June 16, 1897; 2 children: Frances R., Margaret E. Admitted to bar, 1885; practiced with father as D. J. & H. D. Crocker until 1892, then as Crocker & Pebbles, and as Crocker & Crocker, until 1895; mem. firm Crocker & Campbell, 1895- 1912, since alone. Apptd. justice of the peace, 1903. Served in I.N.G. 4 yrs. as 1st and 2d lt. and capt. of the line, and capt. and insp. of rifle practice of his regt .; organized 2 companies for the Spanish- Am. War (Hartigan's Regt.); It. Ill. Naval Militia. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Republican. Mem. Loyal Legion (by inheritance). Mason, Odd Fellow, K. of P. Home: 3947 W. Irving Park Boul. Office: 179 W. Washington St.

CROFTAN, Alfred Careno, M.D .; b. New York, Apr. 11, 1871; ed. Gymnasium, Germany, and univs. of Berlin and Paris; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1897; post-grad. work, Vienna; m. Eliza- beth Hubbard, of Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 9, 1900. Practiced internal medicine, Chicago, since 1902; prof. medicine, Chicago Post-Grad. Sch. Phys .- in- chief St. Mary's Hosp., etc. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Therapeu- tic Soc., etc. Club: University. Author: Clinical Urinology; Clinical Therapeutics. Home: 1440 N. Dearborn St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

CROFTS, Harris Allan, mfr .; b. East Liverpool, O., May 23, 1867; s. Thomas S. and Mary (Law- rence) Crofts; m. Mary Carson, of San Francisco, Cal., Apr. 25, 1894; 2 children: Harris Carson, Em- ma. Engaged in manufacture of paper boxes since 1897; pres. and treas. Ill. Paper Box Co. Repub- lican. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Mystic Athletic, Rotary. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1333 Carroll Av., Chicago.

CROLL, Frederick W., treasurer Armour & Co .: b. Ontario, Can., Dec. 9, 1865; s. Lewis C. and Elizabeth Croll; ed. pub. schs. of Ontario; m. Mar- guerite Virginia Brissot, of Chicago, Mar. 16, 1893: children: Frederick W., Jr., Helen M. Began as telegraph operator with Grand Trunk Ry., in Can., 1882; bookkeeper and stenographer, Smith, Davis & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1884; pvt. sec. to gen. supt. B. & O. Telegraph Co., Chicago, 1885-S; became con- nected with Armour & Co. as asst. cashier, Aug. S. 1888; advanced to cashier, asst. treas., and treas. and dir. since Oct. 9, 1909; dir. Peoples Trust & Savings Bank. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Mid- Day, Chicago Athletic. Home: 5225 Greenwood Av. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.

CROMER, Clarence E., vice president Fox River Butter Co .; b. Warrenville, Ill., Nov. 22, 1877; s. Dennis W. and Margaret E. (Finch) Cromer: ed. pub. schools, Naperville, Ill .; m. Beulah G. Mac- Tavish, of Aurora, Ill., Oct. 9, 1902; 2 children: Katherine, John. Began as office boy, with the Fox River Butter Co., 1896; advanced to salesman, mgr. of butter dept. and vice pres. since 1912. Mem. Chicago Butter and Egg Bd. Congregation- alist. Elk. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Aurora Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 435 Garfield Av., Aurora, Ill. Office: 1533 Michigan Boul., Chicago.

CRONWALL, Edward Cornelius, bonds and banking; b. Moline, 111., Aug. 6, 1880; s. Christian P. and Bessie (Ohlson) Cronwall; ed. pub. schs .; m. Annie C. Nelson, of Chicago, Sept. 4, 1901; children: Wardell N., Stanley E., Edward C., Jr., Merrill Douglas. Began in bond business and banking, Chi- cago, 1897; mem. firm of H. C. Barroll & Co., 1900- 05, and its successor, Clark L. Poole & Co., since 1905. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Muske- gon (Mich.) Country, White Lake (Mich.) Yacht. Recreations: motoring, motor-boating and golf.

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Home: 539 N. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

CROSBY, George H(arrington), railway official; b. Hillsboro, Ill .; s. H. W. and Susan (Willis) Cros- by; ed. in private schs. and Notre Dame Univ., Ind .; m. Jennie M. Wolcott, of Chicago, May 19, 1SS0; 1 daughter, Blanche W. Began ry. service with Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R., 1872, and held various positions with that road and C.,B.&Q. Ry., until 1SS1; gen. freight agt. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R.R., St. Joseph, Mo., 1SS1-3; 1st asst. gen. freight agt. and gen. agt., 1SS3-90, gen. freight agt., Denver, 1890-1902, Bur- lington & Mo. River R.R .; asst. freight traffic mgr., 1902-5, freight traffic mgr. since Feb. 1, 1905, C.,B.& Q. Ry. Clubs: Union League, Traffic. Home: 818 Junior Terrace. Office: 547 W. Jackson Boul.

CROSBY, George Heman, railway official; b. Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 27, 1849; s. Heman and Eveline (Hill) Crosby; ed. pub. and private schs., Ft. Edward (N.Y.) Inst. and Cornell Univ .; m. Jennie M. Ball, of Trumansburgh, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1871; children: Herbert B. (maj. U.S.A.), Fred K., Hermione (wife of Capt. P. T. Hayne, U.S.A.). and Edith E. Entered ry. service as rodman on Pa. & Sodus Bay Ry., Aug., 1870; asst. engr. Chicago & Southwestern Ry., Atchison, Kan .; Sept., 1871-Mar., 1872; has been identified with C.,R.I.&P.Ry. since Mar., 1872, as clerk 2 yrs., passenger agent 1 yr., traveling agt., 2 yrs., traveling auditor 3 yrs., freight auditor, 1880-98, sec., 1898-1903, sec. and treas., 1903-9, vice pres., sec. and treas. since Dec., 1909; also vice pres., sec. and treas. C.,R.I.&El Paso Ry. Co., and Rock Island Improvement Co .; sec., treas. and dir. Rock Island Coal Co .; vice pres., treas., dir. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry. Co. and officer and dir. various other corpns. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Union League, Beverly Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 7141 Normal Av. Office: LaSalle St. Station.

CROSS, Albert Eugene, provisions and grain commn .; b. Aurora, Ill., Mar. 6, 1870; s. Jesse G. and Harriet E. (Perry) Cross; ed. pub. schs. and at Leipzig and Berlin; m. Aurora, Ill., Oct. 7, 1896, Fannie Ferre. Began business career as proprie- tor (with his brother, George R.) of a business college; later in employ of Underwood & Co., and the Internat. Packing Co .; became associated in the commission business with Henry Ellsworth, 1893, which connection continued until Mr. Ells- worth retired in 1913; formed the corporation of Cross, Roy & Saunders, commission merchants in provisions and grains, of which is president. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade (dir., 1910-12, vice pres., 1913-14). Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Motor, La Grange Country, La Grange Motor. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 300 S. 5th Av., La Grange, Ill. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

CROSS, Clarence Louine, lumberman; Aug. 5, 1854-Dec. 31, 1911. (See vol. 1911).

CROSS, Tom Peete, professor English; b. "Farm- er's Delight," Nansemond Co., Va., Dec. 8, 1879; s. Thomas Hardy and Eleanor Elizabeth (Wright) Cross; A.B., Hampden-Sidney Coll., Va., 1899, B.S., 1900; A.M., Harvard, 1906, Ph.D., 1909; studied Sch. of Irish Learning, Dublin, Ireland, summer, 1909; m. Elizabeth Douglas Weathers, of "Cownes," King William Co., Va., June 9, 1914; 1 daughter, Ellen Elizabeth. Fellow and instr. in English and mathe- matics, Hampden-Sidney Coll., 1899-1900; instr. English, Harvard Univ., 1910-11; prof. English, Sweet Briar Coll., Va., 1911-12; same, Univ. of N.C., 1912-13; asso. prof. English and Celtic, Univ. of Chicago, since 1913. Mem. Am. Council Irish Texts Soc., Kappa Alpha (Southern). Mem. M.E. Ch., South. Home: 5413 Woodlawn Av.

ties and Correction (now Nat. Conf. of Social Work) since 1913. Mem. Nat. Conf. Charities and Correction, Am. Prison Assn., Am. Sociol. Soc., Nat. Municipal League, etc. Methodist. Clubs: Quadrangle, City, Social Service. Recreations: canoeing, tennis, golf. Home: 5801 University Av. Office: 315 Plymouth Ct.

CROSSETTE, Charles Henry, mfr. men's fur- nishing goods; b. Alsted, N.H., Nov. 6, 1848; s. Rev. Robert and Dorothea (Fisher) Crossette; grad. Suffield (Conn.) Univ., 1866; m. Beemerville, N.J., Sept. 13, 1873, Mary A. Dunning; children: Charles D., Robert G., Murray F., Aurelia M. (Mrs. H. M. Cox). Came to Chicago in 1866, and entered employ of Kimball, Stevens & Co., wholesale woolens, re- maining 2 yrs .; then with Damon, Temple & Co., neckwear mfrs., for 6 yrs .; on Jan. 1, 1874, with Joel E. G. Scott and Henry W. K. Cutter, estab- lished firm of Scott, Cutter & Crossette, which dis- solved Jan. 1, 1880, and was succeeded by Cutter & Crossette, of which is vice pres. and treas. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale, Hins- dale Golf. Recreations: golf, driving. Home: Hins- dale, Ill. Office: 337 S. Franklin St., Chicago.

CROSSLEY, Frederic Beers, lawyer and sec. Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .; b. Glen Eyre, Pa., Dec. 2, 1872; s. Thomas and Mary (McRoy) Cross- ley; ed. Honesdale (Pa.) High Sch., Harvard Univ., 1897; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1899; m. Honesdale, Pa., 1903, Susan E. Jenkins; 3 chil- dren: Frederic McRoy, Martha Jenkins, Jean Camp- bell. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1899, and engaged in practice, principally in consultation work, until about 1913; sec. Northwestern Univ. Law Sch. since 1901; mng. editor Journal Am. Inst. Criminal Law and Criminology; librarian Elbert H. Gary Library of Law since 1913. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mason. Club: University. Recreation: travel (salt water). Home: 602 Washington Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 31 W. Lake St., Chicago.

CROUSE, see also Kraus.

CROUSE, John Nathan, dentist; Sept. 15, 1842- Jan. 6, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

CROW, Louis W., lumberman; b. Crystal Lake, Ill., Sept. 24, 1864; s. James and Sarah A. Crow; grad. Beloit Coll., Ph.B., 1886; m. Crystal Lake, Ill., Dec. 22, 1896, Nettie C. Cannon; children: Wal- ter Dana, Rollin Salisbury, Frances Louise. With W. L. Scott Coal Co., 1886-92; commenced as book- keeper and cashier for Charles H. Mears & Co., 1892-6, mgr. of one of their yards, 1896-9; admitted to partnership, 1899; company was reorganized, 1907, as the Mears-Slayton Lumber Co., and he be- came vice pres. Republican. Clubs : Builders', Chicago Athletic. Recreation: hunting. Home: 4320 Hazel Av. Office: 1237 Belmont Av.

CROWDER, Thomas Reid, M.D .; b. at Sullivan, Ind., Feb. 6, 1872; s. Robert H. and Juliet M. (Reid) Crowder; grad. Sullivan High Sch., 1890; Ph.B., De Pauw Univ., 1894; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1897; studied Univ. of Vienna, 1902-3; unmarried. In- terne Cook Co. Hosp., 1897-8; fellow in pathology, Rush Med. Coll., 1899; supt. of sanitation, The Pullman Co., since 1905, also dir. Dept. of Sanita- tion and Surgery, same company, since 1915. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Pub. Health Assn., Inst. of Medicine. of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Gamma Delta, Nu Sigma Nu. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Uni- versity, Quadrangle. Contbr. to med. and scientific jours. Residence: Quadrangle Club. Office: 79 E. Adams St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 54

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