The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 83

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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FRUIT, Walter E., M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

FRY, George Cook, lawyer; b. Selinsgrove. Pa., Sept. 30, 1846; s. Conrad J. and Margaret (Hotten- stein) Fry; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1868, A.M., 1871: m. Sue Lawyer, of Freeport, Ill .. Jan. 14, 1874; children: Catherine (Mrs. Richard F. Peyton. High- land Park), Helen (Mrs. Karl W. Knorr, Misha- waka, Ind.), William L. Admitted to Ill. bar. 1869; consecutively mem, of firms of Fry & Long. Braw- ley & Fry, Page, Plum & Fry, House & Fry, Fry & Babb, Fry & Hyde, now alone. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Homewood Golf. Home: 5822 Blackstone Av. Office: 128 N. LaSalle St.

FUGARD, John Reed, architect; b. Newton, la., Dec. 6, 1886; s. Judson H. and Ella (Slemmons) Fugard; B.S. in Architecture, Univ. of 111., 1910; m. Rowena Celestia Owen, of Plano, Ill., June 18, 1910; 1 son, John Reed, 2d. Practiced in Chicago since 1910; mem. firm of Fugard & Knapp. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Ill. Soc. Architects, S.A.R. Republican. Baptist. Club: Hamilton. Home: 6200 Blackstone Av. Office: 111 W. Monroe St.

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FULKERSON, Monroe, lawyer; Feb. 23, 1867- iteville, S.I., N.Y., 1908-10, Pacific Beach, Cal., Feb. 22, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

FULLER, Alfred Tracy, vice pres. Nat. Packing Co. (See vol. 1911.)

FULLER, Arthur Lee, western mgr. Towle Mfg. Co .; b. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 2, 1874; s. Erasmus Quin- cy and Rosamond (Coffin) Fuller; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Mary Pease, of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1900; 1 daughter, Dorothy Lee. Entered employ Towle Mfg. Co., silversmiths, with factory at Newbury- port, Mass., 1891; western mgr. for the company at Chicago, since July 1, 1913. Republican. Meth- odist. Home: 7029 Eggleston Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

FULLER, Charles, wholesale drugs; b. Peek- skill, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1868; s. Oliver Franklyn and Phebe Ann (Shipley) Fuller; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago; grad. Peekskill Mil. Acad., 1889; m. Mary An- tonette Hait, of Peekskill, Nov. 10, 1892; children: Revilo Franklyn, Dain Depew. Began in employ of W. A. Irwin & Co., wholesale and retail drugs, El Paso, Tex., 1889; became connected with Fuller & Fuller Co., Chicago, 1891, gen. mgr., 1894-1915; vice pres. Fuller-Morrisson Co., wholesale drugs, since Jan. 1, 1915. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: City, Indian Hill. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 419 Sheridan Rd., Winnetka, Ill. Office: 540 W. Ran- dolph St., Chicago.

FULLER, Charles Gordon, surgeon, oculist, au- rist; b. Jamestown, N.Y., Apr. 9, 1856; s. Frederick Augustus and Emeline Rathbone Fuller (direct "Mayflower stock"); ed. pub. schs. and Jamestown Collegiate Inst., 1874; spl. studies Columbia Coll .; M.D., Chicago Homœ. Med. Coll .; spl. studies Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), New York Ophthal. Hosp. Coll. (O.A. Ch.), New York Opthal. and Aural Inst .; m. Isabella Hunt White, of New York, June 30, 1885; children: Dorothy R. (Mrs. William A. Vawter, 2d), Elizabeth B. (Mrs. Charles B. Good- speed). Ex-maj. and surgeon 1st Inf., I.N.G .; oph- thalmic and aural surgeon Evanston Hosp .; ex- asst. surgeon New York Ophthal. Hosp. Fellow Royal Micros. Soc., Eng .; mem. A.A.A.S., Assn. Mil. Surgeons U.S., Am. Micros. Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Clubs: University, On- wentsia, Glen View, Chicago Literary, Old Elm. Recreations : golf and gen. outdoor life. Home: 1235 Astor St. Office: 32 N. State St.

FULLER, Charles Houston, retired; b. at Rome, Pa., Oct. 17, 1843; s. Lucius and Candace (Newell) Fuller; parents located at Belvidere, Ill., 1845; ed. pub. schs. of Rockford, Lee Center, and Belvidere, Ill .; m. New York, 1869, Alice E. Doolittle (died 1910); 1 son, Lucius C .; m. 2d, Mrs. F. C. Yates, of Buffalo, N.Y., 1915. In hardware trade at Belvi- dere, Ill., for 5 yrs. before coming to Chicago in 1871, and engaging in the newspaper business with the Chicago Mail, and later with the Daily News for 5 yrs .; established newspaper and mag. adver- tising business, 1880, and in 1888 incorporated un- der name of Charles H. Fuller's Advertising Agen- cy, of which was pres. until 1908 (retired). Repub- lican. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Glen View Golf. Recreations: golf, travel. Residence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: 629 S. Wabash Av.

FULLER, Henry Blake, author. (See Who's Who in America.)

FULLER, Leroy Walker, mfr. car seals; b. Chi- cago, Dec. 4, 1862; s. of William A. and Ginevva (Walker) Fuller; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary Louise Hall, of Ottawa, Ill., Feb. 8, 1887; children: Wil- liam A., 2d, Dorothy (Mrs. Bruce Borland). In lumber business 24 yrs .; engaged in mfr. of car seals since 1905; now pres. Chicago Car Seal Co. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Casino, Saddle and Cycle. Recreation: golf. Home: 936 Lake Shore Drive. Offices: 364- 370 N. Green St., and 112 W. Adams St.

FULLER, Leslie Elmer, clergyman; b. Los An- geles, Cal., Dec. 28, 1882; s. Henry and Helen (Day) Fuller; ed. Pomona (Cal.) Coll., 1903-7; B.D., Drew Theol. Sem., 1910; M.A., Columbia, 1910; Ph.D., Univ. of Berne, Switzerland, 1912; m. Mabel Belle Gore, of Redlands, Cal., Sept. 2, 1908; 1 son, John Leslie. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1911; pastor Gran-

1912-13; asst. prof. O.T. interpretation, Garrett Bibl. Inst., since 1913. Mem. Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis, Am. Oriental Soc., Chicago Soc. Bibl. Re- search. Democrat. Club: University. Home: 720 Simpson St., Evanston, Ill.

FULLER, Levi Harper, lawyer; b. West Union, Ia., Dec. 10, 1868; s. William E. and Lurissa J. (Harper) Fuller; descendant of Edward Fuller of the Mayflower; B.S., Upper Ia. Univ., Fayette, Ia., 1891, M.S., 1893; LL.B., State Univ. of Ia., 1892; m. Elizabeth Brown, of Canon City, Colo., Sept. 5, 1893; 2 children: Dorothy, Elizabeth. Began prac- tice at Iowa City, Ia., 1892; removed to Chicago, 1893; prof. law, Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1902-10. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Soc. Mayflower Descendants (dep. gov.), S.A.R., Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Presbyterian. Recreations : hunting, fishing, gardening. Home: 234 S. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

FULLER, Lucius Chipman; electrotyper; b. at Chicago, Apr. 14, 1875; s. Charles H. and Alice E. (Doolittle) Fuller; ed. Chicago pub. schs., Chicago Manual Training Sch., and Cornell Univ .; m. Pitts- burgh, Pa., 1902, Margaretta McDowell Patterson; 1 daughter, Margaret Macfarlane. Treas. Charles H. Fuller's Advertising Agency, 1897-1906; later mem. Fuller & Henriquez, advertising agts .; now pres. Union Electrotype Foundry. Club: Union League. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 422 S. Dear- born St., Chicago.

FULLER, Lucius Eckstein, editor, publisher; b. Warren, O., Dec. 27, 1854; s. Ida Lucius and Mary Benjamin (Stevens) Fuller; grad. Warren High Sch., 1872; Cornell Univ., class of 1877, left in jr. year; m. Kate Marion Groves, of Bradford, Pa., Nov. 5, 1885 (died Jan. 9, 1911). Newspaper report- er and editor, 1876-81; broker in oil, stocks and grain, 1881-6; in banking business at Crete, Neb., 1886-90; commn. and wholesale business, Chicago, 1890-2; entered lumber newspaper business, Chi- cago, 1892, and established the Lumber World, 1906; pres. Lumber World Publishing Co .; vice pres. Lumber World Review, 1912. Mem. Delta Tau Delta, Cornell Univ. Alumni Assn. Republic- an. Mason (Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commandery, Shrine); mem. Royal Arcanum, Hoo-Hoo. Home: 1404 E. 57th St. Office: 608 S. Dearborn St.

FULLER, Oliver Franklyn, wholesale drugs; b. Sherman, Conn., Oct. 19, 1829; s. Revilo and Caro- line E. (Hungerford) Fuller; ed. pub. schs., Sher- man, Conn .; m. Peekskill, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1858, Phebe Ann Shipley; children: Frank R., Charles. Began business career as a boy at Peekskill, N.Y., 1844, in the drug business; came to Chicago, 1852, and established drug business, in which has since been engaged; business was incorporated 1885, as Fuller & Fuller Co., of which was pres. until that com- pany was merged with Morrisson, Plummer & Co., as the Fuller-Morrisson Co., Jan. 1, 1915, of which has since been chmn. bd. dirs. Mem. Chicago Vet- eran Druggists' Assn. Republicar. Recreations: literature, travel. Home: 1001 N. Dearborn St. Office: 540 W. Randolph St.

FULLER, William, surgeon; b. at Lawson, Mo., Feb. 19, 1864; s. Alfred and Elizabeth (Turner) Fuller; attended Central Coll., Fayette, Mo .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1887; m. Jaell Gentry, of Sedalia, Mo., June 5, 1901. Prof. clin. and operative surgery, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), since 1901; mem. surg. staff, Englewood Hosp .; mem. asso. staff, St. Luke's Hosp. Fellow Am. Coll. Sur- geons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Surg. Soc., Western Surg. Assn., Orthopedic Soc., Physicians' Club. Recreation: music. Home: 5420 Blackstone Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

FULLER, William Alden, retired mfr .; b. Lan- caster, Mass., Aug. 31, 1836; s. Ephraim and Ju- dith (Goss) Fuller; ed. pub. schs .; widower; chil- dren: Leroy W., Ginevra (Mrs. Charles G. King). Began as station agt. Worcester & Nashua R.R. (now B.&M.) at South Lancaster, 1852; came to Chicago, 1854, and entered upon the mfg. business in lumber and bldg. material, and continued for 45 yrs .; began as bookkeeper and in 1866 organized the corpn. of Palmer, Fuller & Co., of which was pres. until retirement in 1899. Dir. Northern Trust

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Co. Trustee Chicago Hist. Soc. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Union League, Onwentsia. Home: 1450 Astor St. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

FULMER, Harriet (Miss), supervisor of rural nursing service of Cook Co .; b. Fulmerville, Pa .; d. John Roerick and Emma Jane (Beardsley) Fulmer; ed. pvt. sch., Bridgeport, Conn .; grad. St. Luke's Hosp. Training Sch. for Nurses, Chicago, 1895. Supt. Visiting Nurse Assn. of Chicago, 1898-1912. Pres. Ill. Nurses' Ednl. League, 1913-14, Ill. Grad. Nurses' Assn. 3 yrs., Nurses' Round Table of Chi- cago, 1913-14; extension sec. Ill. State Assn. for Prevention of Tuberculosis, 1913-14; mem. Nat. Assn. for Prevention of Tuberculosis, St. Barnabas Guild for Nurses, Consumers' League of Ill. Mem. Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Red Cross Nursing Service; pres. Nat. League for Nursing Edn .; mem. D.A.R .; pres. St. Luke's Alumnæ Assn. 5 yrs .; del. Inter- nat. Congress of Women, Berlin, 1901, Internat. Congress of Nurses, Paris, 1906, 50th Anniversary of Dist. Nursing, Liverpool, 1907, Conf. of Nat. Housing Assn., Phila., 1912, also now mem. of the Conf .; mem. editorial staff Am. Journal of Nursing 3 years. Progressive Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Chicago Social Service (pres., 1900). Author of various papers. Editor of Visiting Nurse Quarterly, Chicago, 1907-9. Home: 917 E. 47th St. Office: 1130 County Bldg.

FULTON, Arthur William, lawyer; b. Wyoming, Ill., Jan. 11, 1867; s. John and Fanny (Atkinson) Fulton; ed. Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ., Teachers' and Commercial degrees, 1889; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1893; unmarried. Prin. of school, Dana, Ill., 1887-92; practiced in Chicago since 1893, insurance law a specialty during recent years. Elected alderman 13th Ward, Chicago, 1907, re- elected, Apr., 1909; Rep. candidate for Congress, 6th Dist., Nov., 1912, and Nov., 1916. Served 3 yrs. in Co. H, 1st Regt. I.N.G .; hon. discharged, 1898. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republic- an. Mason (K.T., Shriner); mem. Modern Wood- men of America, Knights and Ladies of Security, Royal Neighbors of America, Court of Honor. Clubs: Town and Country, West Side Co-Educa- tional. Recreations: golf, traveling. Contbr. many articles to legal mags. Home: 3343 Monroe St. Office: 111 W. Washington St.

FULTON, Survetus Quinn, gypsum mfr .; b. Mar- tinsville, Clinton Co., O., Jan. 9, 1849; s. Robert (related to steamboat inventor) and Mary (Mor- gan) Fulton; ed. dist. and high schs., Clinton Co., O .; m. Sarah J. Peters, of Springfield, O., Mar. 14, 1870. On farm until became salesman in Cincin- nati, O .; then in hardware, implement and grain business, Wilmington, O., 17 yrs .; became vice pres. and gen. mgr. Adamant Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1889; amalgamated with U.S. Gypsum Co. and moved to Chicago, 1902; vice pres., treas. U.S. Gyp- sum Co. since 1903; treas., dir. Canadian Gypsum Co., Gypsum Fireproofing Co. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mason (K.T., and Consistory, Shriner). Recreation: country life. Home: 4542 Drexel Boul. Office: 205 W. Monroe St.

FUNK, Antoinette Leland; b. Dwight, Ill .; d. of Cyrus Leland; orphaned in early childhood; ed. Bloomington, Ill .; LL.B., Ill. Wesleyan Coll. of Law, Bloomington, 1899; m. Mr. Watrous, actor, at 18 (now deceased); 1 daughter, Anna Virginia; m. 2d, Lincoln Funk, of Bloomington, Ill .; 1 daugh- ter, Rey Leland. Practiced law at Pontiac, Ill., with firm of C. C. Strawn & Son, 1899-1902; came to Chicago, 1902, and engaged in law practice. Member campaign com. of Dem. Nat. Com. and stumped the state for Wilson, 1916; vice pres. con- gressional com. Nat. Woman's Suffrage Assn .; vice chmn. Woman's Liberty Loan Com., and chmn. of subcom .; mem. Woman's Defense Orgn. Office: 120 W. Adams St.

FUNK, Clarence Sidney, business man; b. Scales Mound, 111., Aug. 14, 1866; s. Sidney B. and Frances A. (Cowen) Funk; ed. common schs., bus. coll. and law study at home; m. Kathryn Frances Meeker, of Chicago, Dec. 22, 1895. Began as clerk, Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, mnfrs. of harvesting machin- ery, Springfield, O., and Chicago, 1885, and became sales mgr., 1901; business was purchased, 1902, by Internat. Harvester Co. and was made asst. to the

pres .; gen. mgr. same, 1906-13; pres. M. Rumely Co., LaPorte, Ind., 1913-16. Dir. Universal Military Training League. Dir. Chicago Theol. Sem., Oak Park Y.M.C.A .; trustee First Congl. Ch., Oak Park, Ill. Republican. Clubs: Union League, City, Press, Oak Park Country (Chicago); Lawyers' (New York). Contbr. to mags. and other publs. and fre- quent speaker on business and gen. topics. Home: 620 N. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 137 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

FUNKHOUSER, Metellus Lucullus Cicero, dep- uty supt. police; b. St. Louis, Jan. 17, 1864; s. Rob- ert Monroe and Sarah Johnson (Selmes) Funk- houser; ed. pub. schs., St. Louis, 1872-80; m. Euge- nie J. Mermod, of Kirkwood, Mo., Apr. 20, 1886; children: Julia Mermod, Louise Burroughs, Euge- nie Mermod, Mary Mermod. Began active business, 1881, in St. Louis, and afterward for a short time in New Orleans; returned to St. Louis and was en- gaged commercially until coming to Chicago, 1884; in gen. ins. business until 1913; 2d deputy supt. of police since Mar., 1913. Was It. Chicago Hussars, 1889-94; capt. Chicago City Troop, afterward Troop C, 1st Cav., I.N.G., 1894-8; capt. 1st Inf. U.S.Vols., 1898; during war with Spain was promoted to act- ing asst. adj. gen., 1st Brigade, 3d Div., 5th Army Corps; capt., 1st Inf., I.N.G., 1898-1900; later maj., same. Ex-pres. Ill. branch Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba; treas. Mil. Order Foreign Wars of the U.S. (Ill. Commandery). Mason (32°, K.T., Shrin- er). Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Press. Recreation: military affairs. Home: 1517 Fargo Av. Office: 1002 City Hall.

FURAY, John Baptist, college pres .; b. Omaha, Neb., Mar. 25, 1873; s. John B. and Catharine (Mc- Shane) Furay; A.B., St. Mary's Coll., Kan., 1890; post-grad. philosophy, St. Louis Univ., 1894-7; stu- dent in theology, same, 1902-7. Joined Society of Jesus, 1891; ordained R.C. priest, 1905; instr. St. Louis Univ., 1897-8; asst. prof. classics, St. Igna- tius Coll., Chicago, 1898-1902; prof. classics, St. Stanislaus Sem., Florissant, Mo., 1907-8; vice pres. and dean St. John's Univ., Toledo, O., 1908-10; pres. St. Ignatius Coll., Cleveland, 1910-15, Loyola Univ., Chicago, since Sept., 1915. Address: 1076 W. 12th Street.

FURBECK, Warren Fuller, investment securi- ties; b. Duanesberg, N.Y., Sept. 1, 1849; s. John H. and Adeline Sophia (Fuller) Furbeck; ed. pub. schs. of Schenectady, N.Y., and Chicago, and in commercial coll. at Chicago; m. Sophia E. Whaples, of Oak Park, Ill., June 15, 1871; children: George Warren, Rollin Judson, John Philip, Lyman Albert, Stanley Brooks. Clerk in First Nat. Bank, 1863-82; cashier, C. T. Yerkes, Jr., & Co., bankers and brok- ers, 1882-5; cashier First Nat. Bank of Sioux Falls, Dak., 1886; paying teller Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, Chicago, part of 1886-7; pvt. sec. for Charles T. Yerkes, 1887-92; vice pres. N. Chicago St. R.R. Co., 1892-9; in stock and bond business as W. F. Fur- beck & Co., 1899-1901, as Furbeck & Co., 1901-6; mgr. of Rudolph Kleybolt Co., bonds, 1906-12; now with bond dept. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Royal League. Club: Union League. Recrea- tions: boating, swimming, reading. Home: 1040 Ontario St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

FURBER, Henry Jewett; July 17, 1840-Aug. 25, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

FURBER, Henry Jewett, Jr., lawyer: b. Green Bay, Wis., 1865; s. Henry Jewett and Elvira (Ir- win) Furber; ed. pub. schs., Green Bay, 1876-80; prep. sch., 1880-3; B.S., old Univ. of Chicago, 1886; (hon. A.M., Bowdoin, 1880); student Univ. of Ber- lin, 1886-7, and 1888-9; Univ. of Vienna, 1887-S; Univ. of Leipzig, 1889-90; Univ. of Halle. 1890-1. A.M. and Ph.D., magna cum laude, Halle, 1891. In employ Columbus Safe Deposit Co., Chicago, 1892; prof. economics, Northwestern Univ., 1893-4; 1st vice pres., Nat. Life Ins. Co., of Washington, D.C., 1897-1900; mem. law firm Steere & Furber, 1899- 1903, practiced alone 1903-4; organized, May 1. 1904, with Harry W. Wakelee, law firm of Furber & Wakelee, gen. counsel Chicago Bd. of Under- writers. Was instrumental in opening the univs. of France to foreign students on substantially the same basis as are those of Germany, 1897; elected

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pres. of the Internat. Olympian Games of 1904. Trustee Chicago Acad. of Sciences; mem. Am. Sta- tis. Assn. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France. Hon. mem. Battery D, I.N.G. Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Wrote Geschichte der Oekonomi- schen Theorien in Amerika, Halle, 1891; and nu- merous contributions to economic jours. and re- views. Inventor of method of locating the point of projection of vibratory impulses, employed in range-finding, and in determining the position of distant sounds. European Address: care of French, Lemon & Co., Florence, Italy. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. .

FURNESS, William Eliot, lawyer; Aug. 21, 1839- July 19, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

FURRY, Frank William, mfr .; b. Wadsworth, O., Feb. 25, 1858; s. William and Mary (Ettinger) Furry; ed. pub. schs. of Ohio; m. Lydia W. Smith, of Akron, O., Nov. 20, 1882; children: Clara H. (Mrs. Eben Rutherford), William. Began business life as a telegraph operator for the old Atlantic & Great Western R.R., and was afterward in the freight and passenger depts. of the Valley road; next employment was with the Am. Cereal Co. in Akron, O .; came to Chicago in 1894, and has since been vice pres., gen. mgr. Ohio Injector Co. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian, South Shore Country. Rec- reations: fishing, golf. Home: 437 E. 49th St. Office: 1437 Monadnock Blk.

FURSMAN, Frederick Frary, artist; b. El Paso, Ill .; s. Elias S. and Myra E. (Poole) Fursman; ed. common schs., El Paso; studied art at Art Inst. of Chicago and Julien Acad., Paris, France, 1906-9; m. Ida L. Morton, of Chicago, Sept. 2, 1902; 1 daugh- ter, Lucile L. Exhibited at Paris Salon and Inter- national Expn., Rome; awarded the Martin B. Cahn Prize, Art Inst. of Chicago, 1911; represented in the Toledo Museum of Art. Instr. Sch. of Fine and Applied Arts, Milwaukee, and dir. Summer Sch. of Painting, Saugatuck. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Artists' Guild. Socialist. Home and Studio: 4465 N. Kildare Av.

FURSMAN, Ida Luella Morton, president Chi- cago Teachers' Federation; b. Toronto. Can., Dec. 3, 1868; d. Charles and Catharine (Johnson) Fish; ed. high schs. at Lindsay, and Cobourg, Ont .; wes- leyan Coll., Hamilton, Ont .; m. Frederick F. Furs- man (artist), of El Paso, Ill., Sept. 3, 1902. Served as head asst. to the Avondale Sch., Chicago, 12 yrs., and in similar position at the Linne Sch. 6 yrs .; pres. Chicago Teachers' Federation 5 consec- utive terms and now serving. Joined Socialist Party, 1913; pacifist, single-taxer, trade-unionist. Christian Scientist. Mem. Polit. Equality League, Women's Legislative Congress (1st vice pres. 1914 and 1916). Recreations: walking, riding, boating. Home: 4465 N. Kildare Av. Office: 1335 Unity Bldg.

FURST, Conrad, retired mfr .; b. at Ottweiler, Rheinish Prussia, Germany, June 24, 1829; s. An- dreas and Louise (Kleber) Fürst; ed. pub. schs. of birthplace; m. Chicago, Jan. 6, 1860, Dorothea Kroeger (died May 8, 1906); children: William C., Edward A., Mrs. Louise C. Ernst. Came to Chicago June 3, 1849; worked 3 yrs. for J. C. Littlefield, wagon and carriage mfr., the last 2 yrs. as fore- man of the shop, and 1 yr. for William H. Spearing, half-brother of Littlefield, and his successor in the business; became partner of Spearing, 1853; bought out his interest in the business in June, 1854; in Oct., 1854, was joined by David Bradley in firm of Fürst & Bradley, Inc., 1872, as Fürst & Bradley Mfg. Co., of which was pres. until with- drew, on account of poor health, in 1881; lived in Germany, 1881-5; pres. of the Machinists' Supply Co., 1885-93; sold out business in 1893 and since then, with sons, is taking care of his real estate holdings. Republican. Evangelical Lutheran. Rec- reation: walking. Home: 2340 Lincoln Park West. Office: 192 N. Clark St.

FURST, Edward A., real estate; b. Chicago, Aug. 9, 1863; s. Conrad and Dorothea (Kroeger) Fürst; ed. pub. and pvt. schs. and business coll. in Chi- cago and business coll. in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany; m. Chicago, Sept., 1893, Jessie Warren; 1 daughter, Jessie Laurenza. Was connected with Fürst & Bradley Mfg. Co., 1879-81; then went to Europe; on return was part owner of the Machin-

ists' Supply Co. 9 yrs., until sold out in 1893; since then associated with father in real estate and other interests. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Clubs: Germania, Chicago Athletic. Home: 1346 Astor St. Office: 192 N. Clark St.

FURST, George Conrad; b. Chicago, Mar. 12, 1854; s. Jacob and Louisa Fürst; ed. Chicago pub. schs. to 1869; m. Bertha W. Kramer, of Chicago, Dec. 27, 1877; children: Louisa (Mrs. Charles H. York), Clara (Mrs. William Smale), William H., Edith (Mrs. A. S. Harnstron), Gertrude. As a boy on leaving sch. in 1869 entered upon the business established by his father in the early '60s as a cut stone contractor and in 1877 became a partner in the business. After the death of his father the firm became known as Jacob Fürst Sons, and so con- tinued until Jan. 1, 1904, when the firm of Fürst & Fanning succeeded to the business. Republican. Home: 230 E. Delaware Pl.

FURST, Henry, retired; b. Ottweiler, nr. Saar- brücken, Germany, July 25, 1832; s. of Jacob and Catharine (Brück) Fürst; attended sch. in native place until 14 yrs. old; learned stone cutting trade in his father's establishment and quarry; was only 6 yrs. old at time of father's death and 12 at time of mother's death; the children kept house together for 5 yrs. thereafter; he then went to Saarbrücken and worked as journeyman stone cut- ter; came to the U.S., landing at New York, May 1, 1853; went to Akron, O., and then to Cleveland, O., and worked at trade; came to Chicago, June 1, 1855, and worked for the Ill. Stone Co., until 1861, when, with Mr. Henry Kerber, under name of Fürst & Kerber, started a stone yard; this firm was dissolved in 1865, and he then established his yard at 5th Av. and Polk St., continuing actively in business till 1893, when was succeeded by his son, Henry, and his cousin, Carl Fürst. The firm of Fürst, Kerber & Co., organized, 1898, succeeded to the business, establishing large yards at Bedford, Ind., and maintaining offices at Chicago. Home: 1112 Ashland Boul.

FUTTERER, Gustav, M.D .; b. Peine, Hanover, Germany, Mar. 17, 1856; s. Alexander and Eliza- beth Fütterer; ed. pub. sch. and gymnasium of na- tive place; became naturalized citizen of U.S., in Aug., 1878; went to Germany to enter, as med. student, Univ. of Göttingen, 4 yrs .; M.D., Univ. of Würzburg, 1883; continued spl. research work, and in Mar., 1884, was made asst. to Prof. Rindfleisch, and in 1884 was apptd. 1st asst. in the Pathol. Inst. of the Univ. of Würzburg, in which position had sole charge of the Pathol. Lab. and Mus. and lec- tured on gen. and spl. pathology, bacteriology, micros. diagnosis, etc., until Oct., 1889; m., Lu- zerne, Aug., 1889, Marie Rumpholz, niece of Prof. Rindfleisch; 1 son, Wolfram A. Returned to U.S., arriving in New York, Dec. 31, 1889, and then came to Chicago, where has since engaged as specialist in gen. med. diagnosis and diseases of the diges- tive organs. Now prof. diseases of the digestive organs, Chicago Policlinic; consulting phys. to Columbus Hosp .; 1st lt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Frequent contbr. to Am. and European med. jours. Home: 514 Fullerton Parkway. Office: Marshall Field Annex Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 83

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