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1885-7; with Westinghouse Electric Co. and West- Co., also partner in the firm of Rogers, Brown & inghouse Machine Co., continuing 21 years with Co .; returned to Chicago, 1895, still as partner in the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co. Also dir. Chicago Short Line Ry .; pres. Iroquois Iron Co .; vice pres. Rogers Iron Mining Co .; dir. Rogers-Brown Ore Co., Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Co. Clubs: Union League, Country of Evanston, Glen View Golf. Home: 1608 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av., Chicago. Westinghouse interests, in charge of order, record and shipping depts .; was connected with Edison Storage Battery Co., 1909-10; branch mgr. at Chi- cago for Phila. Storage Battery Co. since Jan. 21, 1912. Republican. Christian Scientist. Mason. Recreation: automobiling. Home: 1334 E. 53d St. Office: 1621 S. Michigan Boul.
ARMBRUST, Charles William, mfr. of ry. sup- plies. (See vol. 1911.)
ARMBRUSTER, Ferdinand Philip, investment banker; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 18, 1862; s. Charles William and Catherine Elizabeth Armbruster; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Norma R. Schlichting, of Chicago, Aug. 3, 1892. With John S. Stott in the stationery business, 1876-82; entered, in a humble capacity, 1882, the old pioneer house of Burley & Tyrrell (established 1838) the leading house in the west in the wholesale trade in crockery, china, and glassware; advanced step by step until became sec. and treas. of the company; Burley & Tyrrell consolidated with Burley & Co., Jan. 1, 1907, under firm name of Burley & Tyrrell Co., of which was 1st vice pres. until May 1, 1915; treas. Chicago Land Credit & Trust Co. since May 1, 1915. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Oak Park Country, Colonial. Recreations: golf, motoring, and fishing. Home: 231 Wesley Av., Oak Park, Il1. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ARMOUR, A. Watson, packer; b. Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 4, 1882; s. of Kirkland B. and Annie P. (Hearne) Armour; ed. Andover, Mass .; m. Elsa, d. Augustus A. Parker, of Chicago, Nov. 20, 1907. Identified with the packing business since 1903; vice pres. and dir. Armour & Co. since 1915; dir. Anglo-American Provision Co., Hammond Packing Co., Armour Car Lines, Stock Yards Warehouse Co. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Saddle and Cycle, Old Elm, Onwentsia. Home: 1200 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Armour & Co., Union Stock Yards.
ARMOUR, J(onathan) Ogden, capitalist, packer; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11, 1863; s. late Philip Danforth and Malvina Belle Armour; entered Yale, but did not complete course, yielding to request of father that he should return to Chicago and relieve him of some of his business cares; m. at New York, Lolita Sheldon; 1 daughter, Lolita. Now pres. corpn. of Armour & Co., packers; dir. C.,M.&St.P. Ry. Co., I.C. Ry. Co., Nat. City Bank (New York), Stock Yards Nat. Bank (South Omaha), Conti- nental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, Hibernian Banking Assn., Stock Yards Savings Bank, Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank, Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co., Armour Grain Co., Armour Car Lines, North- western Nat. Ins. Co., etc. Trustee, Armour Inst. Tech. Republican. Clubs: Metropolitan, Sleepy Hollow Country (New York), Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, Old Elm, Glen View Golf (Chicago). Author: The Packers and the People, 1906. Treas. State Council of De- fense, 1917. Homes: Lake Forest, Ill., and 3724 Michigan Av. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ARMOUR, Laurance Hearne, vice pres. Armour & Co .; b. Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 8, 1888; s. Kirk- land B. and Annie P. (Hearne) Armour; m. Lacy Withers, of Kansas City, Jan. 11, 1911. Identified with packing business since beginning of active career, 1909; settled in Chicago, 1910; vice pres. Armour & Co. since 1916. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Sirloin, Saddle and Cycle, Mid-Day, Onwent- sia; New York Yacht, Eastern Yacht. Home: 920 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Armour & Co., U.S. Yards.
ARMOUR, M. Cochrane, resident partner of Rogers, Brown & Co., pig iron merchants; b. Au- burn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851; s. John and Lillias Ar- mour; ed. pub. schs .; m. Hyde Park, Chicago, June, 1888, Minnie T. Huggins; 4 children. Began busi- ness career at Marshall, Mich., as clerk for the Hon. George Ingersoll, grain and merchant mill- ing; later at same place in grain and grocery busi- ness with his father under the firm name of J. & M. C. Armour; came to Chicago in 1876, and was for some years a dept. mgr. for Adams & West- lake Co .; went to Cincinnati, where was vice pres. and general mgr. of the Radford Pipe & Foundry
ARMOUR, Philip Danforth, 3d, packer; b. 1894; s. late Philip Danforth, Jr., and May (Lester) Ar- mour; g.s. Philip Danforth Armour, founder Ar- mour & Co .; A.B., Yale Univ., 1914; m. Gwendolin, d. Thomas G. Condon, New York, Jan. 8, 1915. En- tered the house of Armour & Co., packers, Sept. 30, 1914, as clerk to learn the business; elected dir. Armour & Co., Dec., 1915. Home: 1200 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Union Stock Yards.
ARMS, Harrison, president Arms Palace Horse Car Co .; Aug. 3, 1839-July 6, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
ARMS, Herbert Clarke, vice president Central Scientific Co .; b. Dubuque, Ia., Mar. 3, 1871; s. of Charles Henry and Aurora Bartlett (Clarke) Arms; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1891; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1895; m. Elizabeth Watson Gregg, Charleston, S.C., June 20, 1900. Has been vice pres. Central Scientific Co. since 1904. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Sigma Chi. Clubs: University, Illini, Skokie Country, Ouilmette Country. Home: 33 Crescent Pl., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 460 E. Ohio St., Chicago.
ARMSBY, James Kendall, Jr., merchant. Re- moved to San Francisco. (See vol. 1911.)
ARMSTRONG, Edward Kent, M.D .; b. Chicago, July 1, 1880; s. Harold Blakely and Minnie (Kent) Armstrong; M.D., Univ. of Ill., 1905, Northwestern Univ., 1910; m. Caroline H. Focer, of Cape May, N.J., Aug. 11, 1914. Practiced at Chicago since 1913; attending phys. dept. of pediatrics Cook Co. Hosp .; instr. in pediatrics, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Ill .; mem. faculty, Grad. Sch. of Medicine, Chi- cago. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pediatric Soc. Republican. Address: 5501 Prairie Av.
ARMSTRONG, Frank Campion, clergyman; b. at Patricroft, Eng .; s. Capt. Joseph (British Royal Navy) and Emma Armstrong; A.B., St. Oswald's Coll., Ellesmere, 1895; Dorchester Coll., Oxford Univ., 1900; m. Katherine Mary Birmingham, of Ravenswood, Ill., Sept. 23, 1913. Came to America, 1903; deacon, 1903, priest, 1904, P.E. Ch .; rector St. George's Ch. and St. John's Ch., Wakefield, Kan., successively, Ch. of the Epiphany, Sedan, Kan., St. John's Ch., Parsons, Kan .; now asst. rec- tor St. Paul's Ch., Hyde Park, Chicago. Chaplain 1st Ill. Field Arty .; was with regt. on Tex. border, 1916. Naturalized Am. citizen. Democrat. Home: 4141 Berkeley Av.
ARMSTRONG, Frank Edgar, newspaper man; b. Springfield, Ill., Apr. 6, 1871; s. James and Mary (Murphy) Armstrong; ed. St. Joseph's Coll., Teu- topolis, Ill .; m. Annie A. Day, of Springfield, Nov. 4, 1901; children: Francis Day, William Howard, Anne Gertrude. Learned printer's trade; took up newspaper reportorial work, 1893; with Ill. State Journal, at Springfield, and published a weekly newspaper in Springfield, in 1896; removed to Chi- cago, 1897; was with the Times-Herald, Inter Ocean and Chronicle; with Chicago Daily News since 1904, now political writer for same. Home: 3441 W. Monroe St. Office: Daily News, 15 Fifth Av., N.
ARMSTRONG, Frank H., pres. Reid, Murdoch & Co., wholesale grocers; b. Wayne Co., O., July 27, 1853; s. William B. and Phebe (Hough) Arm- strong; ed. pub. schs. and at Cornell Coll., Mt. Ver- non, la. (hon. A.M.); m. Blanche Swingley, of Chi- cago; 2 sons: Horace W. and John. Came to Chi- cago from Mt. Vernon, Dec., 1873, and soon after entered employ of Reid, Murdoch & Fischer, in sales dept., and in 1881 was given profit interest; became sec. when its successor, Reid, Murdoch & Co. (wholesale grocers), was incorporated, 1891. and upon the death of Mr. Murdoch, 1909, was made vice pres .; has been pres. of the company since Jan. 1, 1914; dir. Merchants Loan & Trust Co., City Nat. Bank of Evanston. Dir. Presbyterian Hosp. of Chicago; mem. exec. com. Evanston Hosp.
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Assn .; trustee Cornell Coll .; governing mem. Art Inst. of Chicago; mem. sr. council Chicago Assn. Commerce. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Com- mercial, University of Evanston, Evanston Coun- try, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Home: 1030 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Reid, Murdoch & Co., Clark St. Bridge, Chicago.
ARMSTRONG, George Buchanan, journalist; 1847-Aug. 13, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
ARMSTRONG, Horace White, wholesale grocer; b. Chicago, June 3, 1882; s. Frank H. and Blanche (Swingley) Armstrong; prep. edn. Chicago Latin Sch .; A.B., Yale, 1905; m. Jean Cochrane, of Wells River, Vt., June 30, 1908; 3 children: Frank H., 2d, Jean, Mary Elizabeth. Began work in warehouse of Reid, Murdoch & Co .; then became connected with sales dept. and salesman on road 3 yrs .; dept. mgr. and buyer for several depts .; sec. and dir. Reid, Murdoch & Co. since 1913. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Presbyterian. Clubs: Indus- trial, University, Evanston Country, Westmoreland Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 1101 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Clark St. Bridge, Chicago.
ARMSTRONG, James Elder, teacher; b. Brook- field, Ill., Nov. 30, 1855; s. George W. and Nancy (Green) Armstrong; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1880 (hon. A.M., 1905); m. Clara A. Clark, of Marseilles, Ill., 1883; 4 children: George Wild (deceased), Grace C., Charles H. and Juliette Adams. Instr. Univ. of Ill., 1881-2; prin. pub. sch., Arlington Heights, Ill., 1882-4; instr. natural sciences, 1884-9, prin., 1889- 91, Lake High Sch., Chicago; prin. Englewood High Sch., Chicago, since 1891. Mem. bd. of trustees Univ. of Ill., 1893-9 (pres. bd., 1897-8). Pres. Chi- cago High Sch. Teachers' Council, 1901-2; treas. N. Central Assn. of Colls. and Secondary Schs. since 1903. Author: Laboratory Guide in Chemis- try (with J. H. Norton), 1891; also articles in edu- cational journals. Home: 10638 Prospect Av.
ARMSTRONG, Julius, supt. Chicago City Mis- sionary Soc .; b. LaSalle Co., Ill., Aug. 18, 1840; s. George W. and Nancy (Green) Armstrong; ed. pub. sch., Morris, Ill., 1857-60, taking a classical course; B.D., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1874; (D.D., Wheaton Coll., 1898); m. Grundy Co., Ill., Aug. 10, 1865, Hattie V. Goodrich; children: Rev. A. H., Mrs. Anna Green (deceased) and J. R. Enlisted in 91st Ill. Inf., Aug., 1862, and served 3 yrs., beginning as 4th sergeant; promoted to 1st sergeant, 1863, and to 2d lieut., 1864. Congregational clergyman in regular pastorates, 1874-82; since its organization, Dec. 12, 1882, supt. of the Chicago City Missionary Soc. of the Congregational Church. Dir. Chicago Theol. Sem., 1888-1902. Republican. Home; Oak Park, Ill. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ARMSTRONG, William C., civil engineer. Re- moved to St. Paul, Minn. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)
ARMSTRONG, William Norville, fish importer; b. Rochester, Mich., Feb. 27, 1879; s. John and Phe- dora (Wait) Armstrong; student Detroit Univ., 1896-8; m. Carrie E. Douglas, of Chicago, Sept. 9, 1909. Came to Chicago from Detroit, 1898; entered employ of Ben T. Hosking & Brother, importers and wholesale dealers in fish products, as book- keeper, 1900, becoming sec., 1908, and pres. Dec., 1913. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Methodist. Mason (Blue Lodge and Chapter). Clubs: City, Chicago Motor, Berwyn, Riverside Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 3100 Maple Av., Berwyn, Ill. Office: 346-348 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ARND, Charles, lawyer; b. Bernard's Bay, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1855; s. Frederick Arnd; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1875; post-grad. work in univs. of Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany; studied law in office at Bath, N.Y. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1878; began practice in Chicago; justice of the peace, 1880-6; licensed to practice in all Ill. state and federal courts, also in U.S. Supreme Court; has devoted entire attention to practice since 1886; was mem. Sears & Arnd, later Arnd, Evans & Arnd, Arnd & Arnd, now Charles Arnd. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic Assn., Evans- ton Country, Glen View. Home: Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: Suite 1601, Chicago Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.
ARND, Frederick, lawyer; b. Bath, N.Y., Dec. 7, 1861; s. Frederick and Caroline (Kreutzer) Arnd; prep. edn. Haverling Free Acad .; A.B., Amherst (Mass.) Coll., 1882; student Chicago Coll. of Law, 1884; m. Anna M. Morgan, of Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 30, 1886; m. 2d, Blanche B. Bremond, June 1, 1892. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1884; mem. law firm of Arnd & Arnd; mem. Civil Service Commn. of Ev- anston 6 yrs .; alderman, Evanston, 6 yrs. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Delta Upsilon. Episcopalian. Clubs: Evanston Golf, Evanston (pres., 1910-11), Evanston Country, Men's Club of St. Mark's Church, Evanston. Recreations: golf, hunting and fishing. Residence: Evanston Golf Club, Evanston, Ill. Office: 206 Wabash Av., Chicago.
ARNESON, Nils, mfr .; Mar. 10, 1840-Aug. 19, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
ARNETT, Trevor, auditor Univ. of Chicago; b. Little Hereford, Eng., Nov. 8, 1870; s. John Bill and Sarah Elizabeth (Rowbotham) Arnett; prep. edn. Latin Grammar Sch., Ludlow, Eng., Montclair (N.J.) Mil. Acad., and high sch., St. Paul, Minn .; student Univ. of Minn., 1890-92; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1898, grad. student, 1898-99, fellow, 1899- 1900; m. Bertha M., d. Prof. H. L. Stetson, of Kala- mazoo, Mich., Apr. 21, 1900. Accountant and chief clerk, auditor's office, C.G.W.Ry., 1893-6; chief ac- countant, 1899-1901, auditor since 1901, Univ. of Chicago; also auditor Baptist Theol. Union, since 1902. Republican. Treas. Hyde Park Baptist Church since 1908. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Quad- rangle (treas., 1903), Flossmoor Country. Author: Fraternity Accounting for Chapters, 1910. Recrea- tions: golf, horseback riding, gardening. Home: 5621 Kenwood Av. Office: Press Bldg., University of Chicago.
ARNOLD, Adolph (Frederick William), packer; Sept. 9, 1849-Aug. 6, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)
ARNOLD, Arthur Chester, surety bonds; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 6, 1875; s. August and Katherine (Dex- heimer) Arnold; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Maude M. Young, of Chicago, June 27, 1900; children: Ruth M., Arnold. Connected with the Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. since beginning of active ca- reer, Nov., 1894; mem. firm of Conkling, Price & Webb, gen. agts. of that company, since May 1, 1908. Republican. Mem. Chicago Lodge No. 4, B.P. O.E. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, tennis, baseball. Home: 7725 N. Ashland Av. Office: 1423, 175 W. Jackson Boul.
ARNOLD, Bion Joseph, electrical engr .; b. Cas- novia, nr. Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 14, 1861; s. Joseph and Geraldine (Reynolds) Arnold; student Univ. of Neb., 1879-80, E.E., 1897; B.S., Hillsdale (Mich.) Coll., 1884, M.S., 1887; post-grad. course Cornell, 1888-9; (hon. M.Ph., Hillsdale, 1889, hon. diploma, 1903; D.Sc., Armour Inst., 1907; D.Eng., Univ. of Neb., 1911); m. Carrie Estelle Berry, of Reading, Mich., Jan. 14, 1886 (now deceased) ; chil- dren: Maud Lucille (Mrs. Leroy Hartly Moss), Stanley Berry, Robert Melville; m. 2d, Mrs. Mar- garet Latimer Fonda, of New York, Dec. 22, 1909. Chief designer, Ia. Iron Works, Dubuque; mech. engr., C.G.W.Ry .; later consulting engr. for Chi- cago office Gen. Electric Co .; independent consult- ing engr. since 1893. Designed and built Intra- mural Ry., Chicago Expn .; consulting elec. engr. Chicago & Milwaukee Elec. Ry., Chicago Bd. of Trade, C.,B.&Q.R.R., Grand Trunk Ry. on electri- fication of St. Clair tunnel; consulting engr. Wis. State Ry. Commn., 1905-7; devised plan for elec- trically operating trains of N.Y. Central R.R. in and out of New York, and mem. Electric Traction Commrs. engaged in carrying on the work; mem. electric traction com. Erie R.R., 1900-4; consulting engr. for city of Chicago to revise street ry. sys- tems of city, 1902; chief engr. rebuilding Chicago traction system at cost of $90,000,000, 1907, and chmn. bd. supervising engrs. same; consulting engr. Pub. Service Commn., 1st Dist., N.Y., mat- ters connected with subway and st. ry. properties, New York; chief subway engr. city of Chicago and consulting engr. on traction matters for cities of Pittsburgh, 1910, Providence, Los Angeles, San Francisco, 1911, Toronto and Cincinnati, 1912; ap- praised properties of Seattle Electric Co., Puget Sound Electric Ry. Co., Southern Cal. Edison Co., Los Angeles, 1911; Chicago Telephone Co.'s Sys-
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tem, 1911; Met. St. Ry. System of Kansas City and Toronto St. Ry., 1913; Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co., Denver, 1914; also of the Denver Tram- way Co., 1915. Chosen by the Citizens' Terminal Plan Com. of Chicago to review plans submitted by Pa. Ry. Co. and others for terminals and to recommend a comprehensive system of steam ry. terminals for the city; now mem. Chicago Ry. Ter- minal Commn .; mem. Chicago Traction & Subway Commn., to prepare engring., financial and legal plan for coordinating surface, elevated and sub- way systems of Chicago. Pres. The Arnold Co. Inventor of combined direct-connected machines, a magnetic clutch, storage battery improvements, and new systems and devices for elec. rys .; pioneer in alternating current and single phase electric traction systems. Pres. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., 1903-4 (del. Internat. Elec. Congress, Paris, 1900) ; pres. Western Soc. Engrs., 1906-7; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn .; 1st vice pres. and chmn. exec. com. Internat. Elec. Congress, St. Louis, 1904; chmn. com. A.I.E.E. on Nat. Reserve Corps Civilian Engrs. Mem. Naval Consulting Bd. of U.S. (chmn. transportation com.); mem. com. engring. and inventions State Council of Defense; maj. Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, U.S. Army. Home: 4713 Kimbark Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ARNOLD, Charles Columbus, lawyer. Removed to Riverside, Cal. (See vol. 1911.)
ARNOLD, Daniel Allen, treasurer Rand, Mc- Nally & Co .; Feb. 21, 1843-Mar. 14, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
ARNOLD, Edwin Camp, clergyman; b. Fulton, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1851; s. Frederick Augustus and Sabra Ann (Fuller) Arnold; ed. pub. schs. of Rock- ford, Ill .; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1873 (D.D., 1895); B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1875; m. Martha H. Arnold, of Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1880; children: Florence Winifred, Gladys, Kenneth Fuller. Or- dained deacon M.E. Ch., 1877, elder, 1879; pastoral work since summer of 1874; served in Joliet, Wil- mington, Ottawa, Plainfield, Waukegan, Galena, Batavia and Wilmette (all of Ill.); pastor Sacra- mento Boul. Ch. and Ada St. Ch., Chicago, 1887-93; successively pastor since 1893 of Avondale, Pau- lina St., Hermosa and Langley Av. Chs., in Chi- cago. Sec. and mem. bd. trustees Rock River Conf. Mem. Chicago Methodist Preachers' Meeting, Phi Beta Kappa. Prohibitionist. Home: 6632 Ellis Av., Chicago.
ARNOLD, George B .; b. Troy, N.Y., May 13, 1867; s. James and Sarah J. Arnold; ed. grammar schs., and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; unmarried. Employed as motorman by Chicago & Oak Park Elevated R.R. Co. Mem. exec. bd. Div. 308 Amalgamated Assn. of St. and Electric Ry. Employes of America. Apptd. mem. Chicago Bd. Edn., May, 1917. Republican. Home: 4819 West End Av.
ARNOLD, Hugo F., packer; b. Chicago, July 19, 1873; s. Adolph and Wilhelmina (Kossack) Arnold; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Josephine Lettie, of Chicago, Oct. 5, 1897. Identified with packing busi- ness since 1886; became treas., 1906, pres. since 1912, Arnold Bros., Inc., pork packers; dir. Western Packing Co., Sheppard & Strassheim, wholesale grocers. Mem. Meat Packers' and Sausage Mak- er's Assn. of Chicago (pres. 1917), Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Germania (treas. and dir.), Glen Oak Country, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, reading. Home: 5655 Sheridan Rd. Office: 660 W. Randolph Street.
state and commissioned major of 3d Tenn. Cav .; mustered out of service near close of 1865 and re- turned to Milwaukee; m. 1863, Carrie Wallace, of Salem, Mass. (died 1875) ; children: Jay Brentwood, Blanche Arnold (Mrs. Blanche Arnold Pearson) ; m. 2d, 1876, Mrs. Laura E. (Kenny) Porter, of Salem, Mass. (died 1908). Established in Milwau- kee in the business of buying and selling machin- ery, 1865; removed the business to Chicago in 1876, and erected building at 513-515 Monroe St., in 1884. Has been receiver for several prominent business houses. Was capt, of the celebrated Milwaukee Light Guard, afterward col. 1st Wis. State Militia, 1872-6, and at same time mem. Milwaukee City Council. Mem. G.A.R., Columbia Post 706. Organ- ized and equipped Austin Grand Sons of Veterans, boys from 9 to 16, the 1st organization of its kind in the U.S. Home: 5730 Midway Park, Austin. Of- fice: 5733 South Boul.
ARNOLD, John Jacob, international banking; b. Wallace, Ont., Can., Dec. 29, 1870; s. Adam and Elizabeth (Stricker) Arnold; ed. country sch., Wal- lace; Central Business Col., Stratford; studied law with firm of Darling & Mabee, Lestowel, Ont., 1889- 90; m. Olga D. Hoehn, of Oak Park, Ill., June 9, 1896; 2 daughters: Rhoda Marguerite, Herta Strick- er. Began as jr. clk. and asst. bookkeeper, First Nat. Bank of Chicago, 1891; advanced to head ac- countant, chief clk., asst. mgr. in charge of foreign exchange dept., then mgr., and now vice pres. and mgr. Trustee Village of Oak Park 3 yrs .; trustee Western Old People's Home, Cedar Falls, Ia .; trus- tee Evangelical Publishing House, Cleveland, O. Pres. Ill. Better Community Assn .; mem. exec. com. Legislative Voters' League. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Chicago Automobile, City, Oak Park Country. Mem. Ill. Bankers' Assn. (chmn. foreign trade com.). Mem. Evangelical Assn. Fre- quent writer and public speaker on internat. sub- jects. Recreations: motoring, nature study, fish- ing, swimming. Home: 341 Keystone Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank, Chicago.
ARNOLD, Oswald James, secretary Ill. Life Ins. Co .; b. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1873; s. James and Elizabeth (McKenna) Arnold; B.S., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1897; unmarried. On leaving coll. in 1897, became asst. to E. D. Stevens, sec. of the Ill. Life Ins. Co .; later was in the field, appointing agents and also soliciting life ins., and in 1900 was ap- pointed asst. sec .; elected sec., dir. and actuary of the company, 1901; also dir. Hotel LaSalle Co. Mem. bd. of governors, and ex-pres. Am. Inst. of Actuaries. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Union League, University, South Shore Country, Olympia Country. Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: South Shore Country Club. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.
ARNOLD, Ralph Glenroy, secretary and treas. Arnold Electric Power Station Co .; b. Ashland, Neb., Feb. 25, 1876; s. Joseph and Geraldine (Rey- nolds) Arnold; ed. pub. schs., Neb .; m. Hazel Vir- ginia McLane, of New York, Apr. 5, 1904; children: Virginia, Stanton McLane, Randolph. Sec., treas. and dir. Arnold Electric Power Station and its suc- cessor, The Arnold Co., since July, 1896. Repulic- an. Clubs: City, Union League, Hinsdale Golf. La Grange Motor. Home: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ARNOLD, Samuel George, mfr .; b. Elk Rapids, Mich., Aug. 19, 1873; s. Samuel W. and Sarephine (Bennett) Arnold; ed. pub. schs., Grand Rapids, Mich .; m. Edina, Mo., June 3. 1901. Katherine Moore. Began with Mfrs.' Mutual Fire Ins. Co., at Grand Rapids, 1887; engaged in elec. business with the Grand Rapids Edison Co., 1889; removed to Chicago, 1890; in U.S. customs service, 1893-4; then with Chicago Telephone Co. until 1901; organized Chicago Electric Mfg. Co., 1902, and pres. until or- ganization of Arnold Electric Mfg. Co., May, 1904. of which was pres .; now sec. Standard Galvanizing Co. Past Master Normal Park Lodge No. 797. A.F. and A.M .; mem. Normal Park Chapter No. 210. R.A.M. Republican. Episcopalian. Home: 257 W. 66th St. Office: 2619 W. Van Buren St.
ARNOLD, James Middleton, retired; b. Liberty- ville, Lake Co., Ill., Apr. 26, 1841; s. Christopher and Clarissa (Randall) Arnold; ed. Milwaukee, W'is., and 2 yrs.' course in coll. at Beaver Dam, Wis .; enlisted as private in 24th Wis. Vols., 1862; served with regt., taking part in battles of Resaca, Chaplin Hills, Murfreesboro, Adairville, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville, and several oth- ers; was 4 months in Libby Prison; and after Jan., ARNOLD, Victor Page, judge; b. Chicago, Nov. 17, 1873; s. John and Eliza ( Page) Arnold; ed. Jef- 1865, was ordered to Nashville, where, under Gov. Brownlow, was made asst. adjutant-gen. of the ferson High Sch .; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ .; m.
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Chicago, Nov. 5, 1905, Amy Eugenia Winchell. Ad- Queen Ins. Co .; devoted leisure to study of law, mitted to Ill. bar, 1897, and practiced in Chicago; asst. state's atty., 1908-12; judge Circuit Court for term ending June, 1921 (presiding over Juvenile Court). Sergeant Troop H, 1st Ill. Cav., Spanish- Am. War. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Protestant. Mason. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Union League, Park Ridge Country. Home: 5820 Nicolet Av., Norwood Park. Address: County Bldg.
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