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ELLIS, Frederick William, vice president and gen. mgr. Armour Car Lines; b. Detroit, Mich .; s. Frederick W. and Sarah A. (Rushton) Ellis; ed. Detroit pub. schs .; m. at Kansas City, 1887, Etta Louise Wilson; 2 children: Florence, Dorothy. Been for many years in employ of Armour & Co. and was connected with their business in Kansas City until 1900, when came to Chicago; was vice pres. and gen. mgr. Armour Car Lines; now gen. traffic mgr. Armour & Co. and pres. Fruit Grow- ers' Express. Club: Midlothian. Home: Midlothian, Ill. Office: Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
ELLIS, George Washington, investigator, writ- er; b. Weston, Platte Co., Mo., May 4, 1875; s. of George and Amanda Jane (Drace) Ellis; grad. Atchison (Kan.) High Sch., 1891; LL.B., Univ. of Kan., 1893; studied collegiate dept., Univ. of Kan., 4 yrs., while practicing law; took U.S. Census ex- amination and apptd. clerk in Census Dept., Wash- ington, D. C., 1900; post-grad. studies, philosophy and psychology, Howard Univ., Washington, 2 yrs .; grad. Gunton's Inst. Economics and Sociology, New York, 1900; also grad. sch. stenography and typewriting, 1902; widower. Sec. of Am. legation to Republic of Liberia, 1902-10; now mem. law firm Ellis & Westbrooks, Chicago. Studied social conditions in Africa, collecting folk-lore stories and African proverbs, and has contbd. to mags. and newspapers on African problems and questions in Europe and America; contbg. editor Jour. of Race Development, of Clark Univ .; of the Citizen, Bos- ton; of the Champion Mag., Chicago; addresses on Africa and the race question. Has large collection of ethnol. specimens loaned to Nat. Mus., Wash- ington; campaign speaker and dir. of the colored western bur. of Nat. Progressive hdqrs., 1912; mem. 2d Ward Rep. Orgn. Mem. gen. financial bd. A.M.E. Ch .; del. Gen. Conf. A.M.E. Ch., 1912, 16. Fellow
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Royal Geog. Soc., Great Britain; mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, African Soc. London, Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Po- lit. Science Assn .; sec. Cook Co. (Ill.) Bar Assn. Decorated Knight Comdr. of Order of African Re- demption. Wrote: Negro Culture in West Africa (book); Education in Liberia (U.S. Bur. of Edn.), 1905; Justice in the West African Jungle (The In- dependent) ; Political Institutions in Liberia (Am. Polit. Science Rev.); Liberia in the Political Psy- chology of West Africa (Jour. African Soc., Lon- don); Political Importance of the International Loan in Liberia (Jour. of Race Development) ; Ne- gro Social Institutions in West Africa; Islam as a Factor in West African Culture; Sociological Ap- praisement of Liberia's Resources; Political and Economical Factors in Liberian Development; The Psychology of American Race Prejudice; The Ne- gro in the New Democracy; The Psychic Factors in the New American Race Situation; Negro Mor- ality in West Africa (The Light); Negro Morality in the African Black Belt (The Light); The Mis- sion of Dunbar (Citizen of Boston); The Outlook of the Negro in Literature (The Champion) ; The Chicago Negro in Law and Politics (same); Negro Manners and Music in West Africa (same); etc. Home: 3262 Vernon Av. Office: 3000 S. State St.
ELLIS, John B., M.D .; b. London, Can., Sept. 12, 1876; s. P. J. and Maria (Egan) Ellis; grad. West Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1895; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899; unmarried. Practiced in Chicago since 1899; asst. prof. diseases of eye, Rush Med. Coll .; oculist to St. Joseph's Hosp., Presbyn. Hosp., Home for Destitute Crippled Children, State Sch. for Boys. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Ophthal. Soc. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Edgewater Golf. Home: 3753 Pine Grove Av. Office: Marshall Field Annex.
ELLIS, John Cole, publishing. (See vol. 1911.)
ELLIS, John W., lawyer; b. Kenton Co., Ky., Aug. 19, 1871; s. James D. and Annie (Weekley) Ellis; ed. high sch., Clay Co., Kan .; LL.B., Colum- bian (now George Washington) Univ. Law Sch., Washington, 1894; m. Maude Barnes, of Chicago, Nov. 19, 1897; 1 daughter, Louise Barnes. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1894; mem. firm of Smith & Ellis, 1894-1900, Ellis & Lewis (Harry A.), since 1907. Master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., since 1907. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Re- publican. Baptist. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Bev- erly Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 9357 Pleasant Av. Office: 1109 Title & Trust Bldg.
ELLIS, Ralph Edgar, insurance; b. Beloit, Kan., July 4, 1886; s. Edgar C. and Emily (Roy) Ellis; ed. Oberlin Coll., 1903-5; Univ. of Mo., 1905-7; m. Delia Hazeltine, of Grand Rapids, Mich., May 15, 1912; children: Ralph Edgar, Jr., Ann Hazeltine. Trust officer, Pioneer Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo., 1907; with Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, 1908; in bond ins. business on own account, 1909; mgr. Douglas & Co., starch mfrs., Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1910-11; settled at Chicago, 1912; partner of Sherman & Ellis; sec. and treas. Sherman & Ellis, Inc., attys. in fact; sec. and treas. Valentine & Noblett, Inc .; dir. Inter Insurers Trust Co., of To- peka, Kan .; sec. and treas. Inter Insurers Trust Co. of Delaware. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Indian Hill Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 1030 Hubbard Lane, Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 2550 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
ELLIS, William Marshall, real estate and office bldg. management; b. Garnett, Kan., Aug. 1, 1871; s. Charles Gilbert and Julia F. (Hosley) Ellis; stu- dent Ottawa (Kan.) Univ., 1893-6; Univ. of Chi- cago, 1899-1901; m. Marie Hoover, of Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 2, 1901. Teacher, Lake Charles (La.) Coll., 1896-8, Evansville (Ind.) High Sch., 1898- 1903; came to Chicago, June, 1903, as sec. Building Managers' Assn. of Chicago, continuing 6 yrs .; re- signed, 1909, to become mem. of Thomas A. Hall & Co., real estate; reorganized firm, 1916, under title of Hall & Ellis, successors to Bryan Lathrop and Thomas A. Hall & Co., mgrs. office bldgs. and cen- tral business property. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, City, Birchwood Country. Recrea- tions: tennis, baseball. Home: 1431 Jarvis Av. Of- fice: 1675 Old Colony Bldg.
ELLSWORTH, Henry, retired; b. McHenry Co., Ill., Apr. 8, 1846; s. Philander and Eliza (Scofield) Ellsworth; ed. pub. schs. of McHenry Co .; m. Rock- ford, Ill., May 11, 1871, Ada F. Hurd; children: Alfred Chester, Huber Hurd, Frances Margaret (Mrs. Gary E. Block). Began with the Underwood Packing Co. and had charge of the sales dept. on Bd. of Trade until 1891; filled like position with the Internat. Packing Co. until 1898; pres. Ells- worth & Cross Co., 1898-1910; mem. firm of Ells- worth & Cross, 1910-11 (retired). Republican. Episcopalian. Recreation: fishing. Home: 10353 S. Seeley Av.
ELMENDORF, William Alexander, varnish mfr. (See vol. 1911.)
ELMER, Howard Nixon, civil engr .; b. Bridge- ton, N.J., Apr. 27, 1856; s. David Potter and Mary E. (Nixon) Elmer; ed. West Jersey Acad., Bridge- ton, 1868-71, Geneseo, N.Y. (Temple Hill), 1871-2; C.E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N.Y., 1877; m. Mary H. Patterson, of Phila., Pa., Nov. 27, 1889; children: Robert Emmett Patterson, Eleanor Nix- on. Asst. engr. U.S. engring. corps, 1877-82; prac- ticed civil engring. at St. Paul, Minn., 1882-6; han- dling products of The Trenton (N.J.) Iron Co. since 1886; also gen. agt. Siebe, Gorman & Co., Ltd., of London, Eng. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Engineers'; Old Colony (Chicago, N.Y., Phila.) ; Royal Societies (London, Eng.). Recreations: golf, sailing. Home: 639 Spruce St., Winnetka, Ill .; (summer) Jamestown, R.I. Office: 1142 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
ELMES, Carleton Lewis, secretary and treas. Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works; b. at Chicago, June 14, 1871; s. Charles F. and Clara M. (Clark) Elmes; ed. Chicago Manual Training Sch .; m. Chi- cago, Apr., 1904, Maude Faithorn. As a boy began work in the shops established by grandfather, and was given an interest, 1891; business inc., 1895, as Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works, of which is sec. and treas. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Engineers'. Recreations: horseback riding, driv- ing. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 230 N. Morgan St., Chicago.
ELMES, Charles Warren, president Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works; b. Buffalo, Ia., Aug. 28, 1872; s. Charles F. and Clara M. (Clark) Elmes; grad. Cornell Univ., 1892. During intervals of sch. and coll. work was in shops of the Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works, of which his father was head until his death in Jan., 1904; after leaving coll. became permanently connected with the busi- ness, and soon after a partner in the firm, which was incorporated in 1895, and upon the death of his father succeeded as pres. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, South Shore Country, Engineers'. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Recreations: motoring, base- ball. Home: 305 Fullerton Parkway. Office: 230 N. Morgan St.
ELMORE, Charles F., wholesale jeweler; b. Mil- waukee, Wis., Jan. 5, 1868; s. Alexander and Ade- line Jennie (Hibbard) Elmore; came to Chicago, 1881; ed. Markham's Acad., Milwaukee, and in Chi- cago, 1881-3; m. Milwaukee, Aug. 28, 1892, Laura Belle Rogers; children: Marion Alice, Gertrude. With Hibbard & Vance, Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1883- 85, employed in lumber district, 1885-8; traveled through the Southern States, 1889-90, purchasing timber for Ill. Steel Co .; in wholesale jewelry busi- ness since 1890; entered house of Rogers, Thurman & Co., 1893, incorporated 1898, of which is now sec. and treas. Republican. Episcopalian. Home: 6616 Kimbark Av. Office: 5 S. Wabash Av.
ELMQUIST, Axel Louis, college prof .; b. Par- ker's Prairie, Minn., Feb. 3, 1884; s. Peter John and Ida Charlotta (Johansson) Elmquist; grad. Acad. of Northwestern Univ., Evanston, 1901; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1904, A.M., 1905; studied univs. of Leipzig, Germany, Upsala, Sweden, and Copenhagen, Denmark; m. Minna Louise Harter, of Chicago, June 15, 1907. Instr. Greek and Latin, 1906-Feb., 1908, instr. Scandinavian langs., 1909-11, asst. prof. Scandinavian langs., 1911-15, asst, prof. Germanic langs, since Sept., 1915, Northwestern Univ. Asso. editor Publications of Soc. for Ad- vancement Scandinavian Study. Mem. Swedish
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Hist. Soc., Am. Scandinavian Soc. Author or editor Assn. Commerce. Republican. Mem. Dutch Ref. of several books, for titles see Who's Who in Amer- ica. Home: 2123 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill.
ELMSTROM, William Daniel, coal dealer; b. at Buffalo, N.Y., May 15, 1861; s. John Lawrence and Eleanor (Fabel) Elmstrom; ed. grammar schs., Chicago; m. Agnes Carlotta Whiteside, of Essex Co .. Ont., Oct. 3, 1887; 4 children: Carrie Louise, Norman Russell, Irma Agnes, Mary Eleanor. En- gased as coal mcht. since 1895; pres. and treas. William D. Elmstrom Coal Co .; also treas. Amity Building & Loan Assn., South Side Masonic Tem- ple Assn. Pres. Chicago Coal Merchants' Assn. Republican. Mem. Mizpah Lodge, A.F. and A.M .; Delta Chapter No. 191, R.A.M. (sec.); Temple Council No. 65, R. and S.M. (recorder); Apollo Commandery, K.T .; Medinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. Home: 5737 Blackstone Av. Office: 1116 E. 42d St. ELPHICKE, Charles Walter, marine under- writer; b. Tenterden, Kent, Eng., Jan., 1848; s. of John and Elizabeth Elphicke; ed. village schs. in England and in a business coll. at Chicago; m. Chicago, 1874, Annie E. Hair; 1 daughter, Mary C. Followed the water several years, his home being at Chicago since 1865. Has conducted gen. marine ins. and vessel agency; has had gen. marine agen- cy for the Great Lakes of the London Assurance Corpn. since 1891; also local agt. for several other companies; now mem. firm Elphicke, Hempstead & Co. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 209 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ELSDON, James G., lawyer; b. St. John, N.B., July 31, 1861; s. Rev. William P. (Baptist) and Annie M. (Wiswell) Elsdon; removed to Boston, 1866; attended pub. schs .; then entered on course in Univ. of Chicago, which was terminated in 1884 by severe attack of typhoid fever; m. Jennie A. Olney, of Chicago, 1888; 1 child, Cythera. Entered law office of Wallace Heckman as a student in au- tumn of 1884; admitted to Ill. bar, 1886; became partner with Mr. Heckman, 1890, under firm name of Heckman, Elsdon & Shaw, which continued un- til 1908; now mem. firm of Carnahan, Elsdon & Slusser; lecturer John Marshall Law Sch. 2 yrs. Mem. Chicago Law Inst., Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club. Republican. Baptist. Club: Hamilton. Rec- reations: automobiling, golf, fishing. Home: 6401 Normal Boul. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.
ELTING, Howard, paints and varnishes; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 15, 1869; s. Philip and Harriet (Has- Brouck) Elting; prep. edn. pub. schs. of New York and Rutgers Prep. Sch., New Brunswick, N.J .; B.S. in C.E., Rutgers Coll., 1890; m. Florence West, of St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 17, 1903; 2 children: Car- roll, Howard, Jr. Began in local frt. office of C.,B. &Q.R.R., Chicago, 1891; later in claim dept. at St. Louis, same rd .; then chief clk. to the gen. frt. agt. of same, Howard Elliott (now pres. N.Y., N.H. &H.R.R.); later traveling frt. agt., gen. agt. and div. frt. agt. Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R .; asst. supt. of terminals of Burlington System, at St. Louis, until 1904; mem. of Adams & Elting Co., mfrs. of paints, etc., Chicago, since 1904, of which is now sec .; dir. Union Trust Co., Market Trust & Sav- ings Bank. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (sr. council; chmn. sub-div. on ways and means com. 2 yrs .; chmn. membership com. 1910; gen. sec, 1910; vice pres. 1912; pres. 1913) ; pres. Paint, Oil and Varnish Club; mem. Nat. Paint, Oil and Var- nish Assn. (pres. 1917), Chamber of Commerce of U.S.A., Empire State Soc .; pres. Rutgers Club of Chicago; vice pres. Delta Phi Club of Middle West. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Commercial, In- dustrial (vice pres.), Traffic, Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Athletic; Sea View Golf. Recreations: golf, tennis. Home: 48 Belle- vue Pl. Office: 726 Washington Boul.
ELTING, Philip L. F., paints and varnishes; b. New Paltz, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1866; s. Philip D. and Sarah (LeFevre) Elting; ed. pub. schs., New Paltz, and New Paltz Acad .; m. Jessie McNulty, of Chi- cago, 1906; 3 children: Ruth, Philip L. F., Jr., By- ron. Engaged in dry goods business, Yonkers, N.Y .; removed to Chicago, 1890, and was one of founders of the Adams & Elting Co., of which is treas. and gen. mgr .; treas. and dir. Chadeloid Chemical Co. Mem. Nat. Paint, Oil and Varnish Assn., Nat. Mfrs.' Assn., Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago
Ch. Mason, Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Glen View Golf, Chicago Yacht. Recreation: motoring. Home: 117 Bellevue Pl. Of- fice: 726 W. Washington Boul.
ELTING, Victor, lawyer; b. Yonkers, N.Y., Oct. 13, 1871; s. Ezekiel Jan and Katharine Bevier (Hul- bert) Elting; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1891; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1892; m. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 1, 1904, Marie Winston Walker (formerly Marie Winston); children: Victor, Jr., Winston, John. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892; dir. Winnetka State Bank. Pres. City Homes Assn .; chmn. bd. trustees Chicago Sch. of Civics and Philanthropy; trustee Chicago Bureau of Public Efficiency, Allendale Farm (charity orgn.). Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club, Legal Club (ex- pres.), Columbia Alumni Assn. of Ill. (ex-pres.). Clubs: University, City (ex-pres.), Onwentsia, Chi- cago, Cliff Dwellers, Saddle and Cycle, Indian Hill Country; Columbia University (New York) ; Re- publican of Winnetka (pres.). Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ELWELL, Hector Henry, newspaper man; b. at Pullman, Ill., Dec. 4, 1882; s. William Shephardson and Frances Maria (Hall) Elwell; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; m. Lulu Richey, of Chicago, May 17, 1906; 1 son, Gordan Richey. With the City Press Assn. (now the City News Bur.), Chicago, 1897- 1907; with Chicago Evening American since 1907; in editorial dept., until 1910, asst. city editor, 1910- 15, city editor since 1915. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Woodlawn Temple. Recreations: swimming, all athletic sports, motoring. Home: 6615 Kimbark Av. Office: Hearst Bldg.
ELY, Charles E., publisher; b. nr. Paoli, Orange Co., Ind., Feb. 7, 1877; s. William F. and Harriet (Street) Ely; ed. high sch., Osage City, Kan., and Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan .; m. Ida Birdean Mot- ter, of Baldwin, July 11, 1911. Entered publishing business in Chicago, 1897, serving as salesman, sales mgr. and dept. mgr. of The King-Richardson Co. until 1910; treas. W. E. Richardson Pub. Co. since 1910; pres. Midland Press since 1914. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mem. Kappa Sigma. Republican. Methodist. Mason. Home: 5411 Black- stone Av. Office: 20 E. Jackson Boul.
ELY, Charles Franklin, M.D .; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 14, 1855; s. William L. and Clara Ann (Denike) Ely; attended Coll. City of New York until 1872; Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., and Coll. Phys. and Surg., New York, until 1874; M.D., New York Homo. Med. Coll., 1877; twice married. Visiting physician and sanitary insp. Bd. of Health of N.Y. City, 1877-8; came to Chicago, 1878; lecturer on pathol. anatomy, demonstrator of morbid anatomy and asst. to chair of surgery, Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1878-81. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Club: Wheaton Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 733 Buckingham Pl. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
ELY, Frank Griffin, grain. (See vol. 1911.)
ELY, James Owen, dentist; b. at W. Alexander, Pa., Sept. 1, 1863; s. James and Anne Donahey (Pollock) Ely; ed. California (Pa.) Normal Sch., 1882; D.D.S., Pa. Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1887; m. Buffalo, Pa., Sept. 1, 1891, Emma Rebecca Dins- more; children: Dinsmore, Maxwell Pollock, Rob- ert Pollock. Taught school, 1880-4; practiced at Phila., 1887, at Chicago, since 1887. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Ill. Dental Soc. Presbyterian. Repub- lican. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 22 E. Wash- ington St., Chicago.
EMBREE, J (ohn) William, lumber merchant; b. Pennsville, O., Nov. 15, 1862; s. William and Mary Jane (Dunne) Embree; ed. Pennsville High Sch .; m. Carrie A. Stevens, of N.Y. City, Dec. 1, 1888; children: John William, Jr., Henry Stevens. Be- gan as clk. in gen. store, Pennsville, 1879; then clk. in dry goods store, Topeka, Kan .; salesman, 1884-91, sec., 1891-4, vice pres., 1894-1915, pres. since 1915, Rittenhouse & Embree Co .; also pres. of Ark. Lumber Co., Ark. Trading Co., Richton (Miss.) Lumber Co., Edisto River Lumber Co., Embree, S.C .; vice pres. Warren (Ark.) Stave Co .; dir. Federal Union Ins. Co. Dir. of Nat. Lumber Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Mid-Day, Central Mfg. Dist., South Shore
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Country, Beverly Country, Flossmoor Country. Home: 635 Woodland Park. Office: 3500 S. Racine Avenue.
EMERICH, see also Emmerich, also Emrich.
EMERICH, Martin, retired; b. Baltimore, Apr. 27, 1846; s. Philip and Rachael Emerich; ed. pub. schs .; m. Sept. 27, 1871, Lena Straus, of Baltimore. After leaving school engaged in importing busi- ness; ward commr. of the poor, Baltimore, 1870; mem. Md. Legislature, 1880; mem. 5th Regt. Md. N.G., and of staffs of Govs. Hamilton and Jackson, with the rank of col. Removed. to Chicago, 1887; co. commr. Cook Co., 1892; South Town assessor, Chicago, 1901-2; mem. of Congress, 1st Ill. Dist., 1903-5. Democrat. Mason; mem. of Order B'nai B'rith. Home: 1714 E. 56th St.
EMERICH, Melvin Lloyd, investment banker; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 5, 1878; s. Martin and Lena (Straus) Emerich; ed. South Div. High Sch., Chi- cago; unmarried. Engaged in investment banking business at Chicago since 1904; mem. Ames, Emer- ich & Co. since 1911; dir. H. W. Gossard Co. Dir. Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans. Clubs: City, Bond Men's, Lake Shore Country, Idlewild Coun- try; Bankers of America (New York). Home: 1714 E. 56th St. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.
EMERSON, Harry Lewis, engineer and survey- or; b. Door Co., Wis., Dec. 4, 1866; s. Wright M. and Lucy (Lewis) Emerson; ed. pub. schs., Lewis Inst., and pvt. work with prof. of Univ. of Chicago; m. Nellie Ray Cook, of Des Plaines, Ill., Dec. 4, 1915. Served as deputy county surveyor of Cook Co. under late Col. J. T. Foster; county surveyor of Cook Co., 1906-8; then engaged as structural engr .; elected county surveyor of Cook Co., Nov. 7, 1916. Republican. Episcopalian. Home: 5829 Ful- ton St. Office: 1118 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
EMERSON, Herbert Arthur, produce. (See vol. 1911.)
EMERSON, Jay Horace, life insurance; b. New Lenox, Ill., Jan. 17, 1876; s. Wright M. and Lucy (Lewis) Emerson; ed. pub. schs .; m. Anna B. Wil- liams, of Chicago, Nov. 17, 1897; children: Warren M., Gladys, Jay H., Jr. Identified with New York Life Ins. Co. since 1895, now gen. agt. at Chicago; wrote $1,750,000 insurance in 1 yr. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Ham- ilton, Colonial, Church. Home: 4556 Vincennes Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.
EMERY, John Tobey, leather mfr .; b. at Water- ville, Me., July 22, 1864; s. William H. and Mary Adelia (Tobey) Emery; ed. Oak Park High Sch. and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; m. Mary Allen Ball, of Medford, Mass., Dec. 27, 1898; 5 sons: Munson A., John T., Jr., W. Harrison, How- ard P. and Robert B. Identified with the hide and leather business since beginning of active career, 1885; treas. Chicago Rawhide Mfg. Co., Elmhurst Springs Water Co .; dir. North Avenue State Bank, Michigan Avenue Trust Co. Universalist. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Press, Elmhurst Golf. Recrea- tions: golf, hunting, fishing. Home: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 1301 Elston Av., Chicago.
EMERY, William Harrison, banking and bonds; b. Oak Park, Ill., Feb. 4, 1876; s. William H. and Mary Adelia (Tobey) Emery; ed. Univ. of Mich., class of 1898; m. Marjorie Wilder, of Elmhurst, Ill., Dec. 31, 1902; 2 children: Anna Adelia and Ed- ward Wilder. Entered office of The Chicago Raw- hide Mfg. Co., 1896, becoming pres. of the company in 1900; also mem. firm Emery, Peck & Rockwood, bankers and bond dealers, since 1910. Mem. Psi Upsilon fraternity. Recreation: golf. Home: Elm- hurst, Ill. Office: 1301 Elston Av., Chicago.
EMIG, Howard A., municipal bonds; b. Emigs- ville, Pa., Mar. 2, 1888; s. William Henry and Fan- ny M. (Witmer) Emig; ed. York Co. Acad., York, Pa .; York High Sch .; York Collegiate Inst .; B.S., Univ. of Pa., 1908; unmarried. Began active career in Phila. office of N. W. Halsey & Co., investment bankers, 1908; then with the First Nat. Bank, Jo- liet, 111., 1910-12; with Holbrook, Corey & Co., com- mercial paper, Chicago, 1912-14; mgr. Chicago of- fice Cummings, Prudden & Co. since Aug., 1914. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: University, Rec- reations: golf, tennis, outdoor sports. Home: 6 E. Elm St. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St.
EMMERICH, see also Emerich, also Emrich.
EMMERICH, Edward Elting, president and treas. Chas. Emmerich & Co .; b. Chicago, Apr. 24, 1868; s. of Charles and Mary (Elting) Emmerich; C.E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N.Y., 1892; m. Harriet E. Mallery, of Troy, June 24, 1894; 3 chil- dren: Carl Mallery, Marjorie Marie, Dorothy June. In 1893 entered house established by his father (now deceased), one of the largest in the whole- sale feather trade in the U.S., known as Chas. Em- merich & Co., incorporated, 1888, of which is pres. and treas. Mem. Rensselaer Soc. of Engrs. Inde- pendent in politics. Clubs: University, Park Ridge Country (ex-pres.). Recreations: automobiling, golf. Home: Park Ridge, Ill. Office: 501 W. Huron St., Chicago.
EMMERTZ, Nelson A., secretary and treas. Fox River Butter Co .; b. Lund, Sweden, Mar. 3, 1875; s. Andrew P. and Josephine (Nelson) Emmertz; ed. Swedish and Am. schs .; m. Hulda Elizabeth Pick- ens, of Asheville, N.C., Feb. 24, 1906; 3 children: Armin Winston, Russell Winton (deceased), Roger Nelson. Came to U.S., 1886, and engaged in farm- ing in Kan. 3 yrs .; then identified with mercantile and railroad business; became connected with the butter business in Topeka, Kan., 1906; dir. Jensen Creamery Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1908-9, and then in Denver; settled in Chicago, 1911; sec., treas. The Fox River Butter Co. since Aug., 1914. Lu- theran. Mason (32°). Club: Mystic Athletic. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 435 N. Waiola Av., La Grange, Ill. Office: 1526-1540 S. State St., Chicago.
EMRICH, George L., western manager McCall's Magazine; b. Lena, Ill., May 30, 1877; s. Henry S. and Anna (Leamon) Emrich; ed. pub. schs. of Lena and Chicago; m. Anna Betts, of Chicago, Aug. 9, 1898; 3 children: George, 2d, Genevieve, Milton. Was identified with The Interior (religious wkly.), Chicago, 1897-1907; western mgr. McCall's Mag. and the McCall Book of Fashions since 1910. Re- publican. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country, Ouilmette Country. Recreations: hunting, fishing, camping. Home: 915 Ashland St., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1310 Tribune Bldg., Chicago.
EMRICH, Myer S., lawyer; b. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 12, 1862; s. Simon and Caroline (Emerich) Emrich; ed. pub. schs., Baltimore, Md .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1891; m. Rose Eisendrath, of Chicago, Oct. 28, 1891. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891, and since practiced at Chicago; asst. city atty., 1911-17. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Law- yers' Assn., Cook Co. Real Estate Bd. Mem. B'nai B'rith. Club: Iroquois. Recreation: collector of antiques. Home: 6137 Indiana Av. Office: 1010 Cunard Bldg.
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