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GARDINER, Edwin James, M.D .; b. Washing- ton, D.C., May 24, 1856; s. John Carlos and Indiana Ierne (McCleary) Gardiner: A.B., S.B., Univ. of Madrid: M.D., San Carlos Med. Coll., Madrid, 1878; m. Marie C. Clements (now deceased ) : m. 2d. Abby Delano Russell, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1901: children: Indiana C. (Mrs. Nelson Thompson, Jr.), Marion C., Edwin I., Sydney. Engaged in practice of med-
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icine since 1880; specialist in diseases of the eye and ear. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, Inst. of Med- icine, Chicago; mem. Acad. Medicine, A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Ophthal. and Otol. Soc. Clubs: Physicians', University. Con- tbr. articles in Archives of Oplithalmology, A.M.A. Med. Jour., Ill. Med. Jour., etc. Recreation: golf. Home: 1222 N. State St. Office: 15 E. Washington Street.
GARDINER, Henry Martin, fire ins .; b. Amboy, Ill., Sept. 20, 1872; s. John Calvin and Elizabeth Allen (Parker) Gardiner; ed. grammar sch., Otta- wa, Ill .; m. Maude Van Hise, of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1900. In ins. business in Chicago since Sept. 1, 1886; mem. firm of Parker, Aleshire & Gardiner, gen. ins. Trustee Village of Wilmette, 1907-10. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Wilmette Country. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
GARDNER, Addison Leman, lawyer; b. at Wal- worth, N.Y., May 10, 1866; s. Leman and Eliza A. (Knapp) Gardner; ed. Walworth (N.Y.) Acad., Gen- esee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y., and in schools of history and polit. science, Columbia Univ., New York; LL.B., Columbia, 1887; m. Jeanie A. Black, of Chicago, Oct. 4, 1893; 2 children: Addison Le- man, Jr., and Isabel B. Admitted to bar, 1887, and began practice at New York; with law firm of Jen- kins & Harkness, Chicago, 1887-93; asst. atty., South Side Rapid Transit . R.R. Co., Chicago, 1890-3; be- came atty., Met. West Side Elev. Ry. Co., 1903; gen. atty., since 1912, of Met. West Side Elev. Ry. Co., Northwestern Elev. R.R. Co., South Side Elev. R.R. Co., and Chicago & Oak Park Elev. R.R. Co .; gen. atty. Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee R.R. since 1916; mem. law firm of Gardner, Foote & Burns. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Am. Hist. Assn. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, University, City, Oak Park Country. Contbr. to legal jours. Recreations: golf, photography, history and lan- guages. Home: 308 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1602 Corn Exchange Bank Bldg., Chicago.
GARDNER, Allison De Forest, president Nat. Audit Co. Removed to California. (See vol. 1911.)
GARDNER, Frank Gleason, treasurer Chicago Title & Trust Co .; b. Penn Yan, N.Y., July 2, 1867; s. Peleg and Harriett A. (Gleason) Gardner; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y .; Cazenovia (N.Y.) Sem .; LL.B., Cornell Univ. Law Sch., 1891; m. Esther Bogue, of Chicago, Apr. 18, 1899; 2 chil- dren: Dorothy, John Hoyt. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891, and began practice in Chicago; associated with Runnels & Burry, 2 yrs .; asst. trust officer and treas. Chicago Title & Trust Co. since 1903; dir. Mt. Greenwood Cemetery Co. Served as sergt. Troop F, 1st Cav., Spanish-Am. War. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: University, Exmoor, Highland Park. Recreations: golf, reading. Home: 287 Central Av., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
GARDNER, Frederic Stowe, lumber; b. Colum- bia, Ill., Apr. 25, 1864; s. Stephen and Louise (In- galls) Gardner; ed. military acad. at Sing Sing, N.Y .; m. Chicago, Feb. 20, 1894, Bessie Dean; chil- dren: Isabel, Frederic D., Theodore H., Richard S. Since leaving school has been continuously en- gaged in ranching in Wyo., and lumber business, and in 1893 established the business now con- ducted by the Gardner Mill Co. (of which he is pres.), mfrs. of lumber, etc. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Home: 4201 Clarendon Av. Office: 2415 El- ston Av.
GARDNER, Frederic William, mfr. (See vol. 1911. )
GARDNER, George A., M.D .; b. Chicago, Mar. 16, 1868; s. of Samuel S. and Almira H. (Hemstreet) Gardner; ed. high sch. and Chicago Manual Train- ing Sch .; M.D., Coll. of Medicine, Univ. of Ill., 1903; post-grad. study, Vienna and Berlin, 1904-5; m. Lottie M. Thayer, of Morgan Park, Ill., Aug. 14, 1907; 2 children: Austin T., Ruth. Practiced in Chi- cago since 1903; instr. in medicine, Coll. of Medi- cine, Univ. of Ill., 1905-9; now head phys. Stock Yards Dispensary, Municipal Tuberculosis Sanita- rium. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Nat. Assn. for Study and Prevention Tuber-
culosis. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Recreation: golf. Hoine: 1530 E. 66th Pl. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
GARDNER, Henry Alansin, lawyer; b. Chicago, May, 1883; s. Henry A. and Deborah (Fessenden) Gardner; A.B., Yale, 1905; LL.B., Harvard, 1908; m. Evelyn Gifford, of Jersey City, N.J., Nov. 10, 1910. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1908, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Gardner & Carton; sec. Durand Steel Locker Co. Unitarian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: University, Indian Hill. Home: Hub- bard Woods, Ill. Office: 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.,
GARDNER, Horace Chase, engineer, architect; b. Bentonsport, Ia., Oct. 3, 1856; s. David Noble and Susan (Kuhn) Gardner; ed. pub. schs .; studied en- gring. under father; m. Nellie Gray, of Belvidere, Ill., Jan. 5, 1888; 1 daughter, Ruth (Mrs. Robert M. See). Came to Chicago in 1884 and entered employ of Swift & Co., later becoming engr. in constrn. dept., later mgr. constrn. and mech. depts .; licensed as architect, 1897, and since engaged as consulting architect and engr .; mem. firm of Brill & Gardner, 1910-13; mem. Gardner & Lindberg, industrial en- grs. and architects, since 1913. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Assn. Refrigeration, Am. Soc. Refrigeration Engrs., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Recreations: trav- el, music. Home: 4711 Greenwood Av. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.
GARDNER, James Patterson, treasurer Morgan- Gardner Electric Co .; b. Dwight, Ill., Aug. 28, 1858; s. Henry Alansin and Sarah Price (Morgan) Gard- ner; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1881; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1888; m. Ruth May Edgerton, of Chi- cago, Oct. 22, 1884; 2 sons: Paul Edgerton, Ralph Newberry. Mgr. Gardner Sash Balance Co., Chi- cago, 1890-2; organized, 1892, and since treas. and dir. Morgan-Gardner Electric Co. Trustee Lincoln Center. Mem. All Souls' Ch. Clubs: University, Chicago Golf, Homewood Country, Midlothian, South Shore Country, Hinsdale Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 4803 Greenwood Av. Office: 6 N. Mich- igan Av.
GARDNER, James Thomas, railway equipment; Mar. 11, 1858-Apr. 9, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
GARDNER, John, clergyman; b. Dalton in Fur- ness, Eng .; s. William and Elizabeth (Ashworth) Gardner; prep. edn. pvt. sch., Ulverston; Hackney Coll., London; (D.D., Fargo Coll., 1914); m. Agnes Annie Baker, of Poole, Dorset, Dec. 1, 1892; chil- dren: Agnes (Mrs. Agnes Gardner Buttrick, of Quincy, Ill.), Annie, Evelyn, Gladys, Herbert John Ashworth. Ordained Congl. ministry, 1893; pastor Redhill, nr. London, 1892-1905, Horton Lane, Brad- ford, 1905-8, Albion, Hull, 1908-12, New England Ch., Chicago, since 1912. Came to U.S., 1912; took out first naturalization papers, 1913. Club: Univer- sity. Recreation: golf. Home: 137 E. Chicago Av., Chicago; (country) Sequanota, Charlevoix, Mich.
GARDNER, Stella May, specialist in med. labo- ratory work; b. Centreville, Ia., July 18, 1867; d. David Noble and Susan (Kuhn) Gardner; ed. pub. high sch., Osborne, Kan .; grad. Marengo (Ia.) High Sch., 1886; student Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1887-8; grad. Ill. Training Sch. for Nurses, 1892; M.D., North- western Univ. Woman's Med. Sch., 1899. Practiced medicine in Chicago, 1899-1909; insp. of schs., 1899- 1905; mem. bd. for physical examination of teach- ers in pub. schs. since 1905; specialized in labora- tory work since 1908; was asst. prof. of laboratory diagnosis, Univ. of Ill. Med. Sch., 1908-15; partner Lincoln-Gardner Laboratory since July, 1914. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc., A.E.I. (sorority of med. women). Clubs: The Cor- don, Woman's City. Home: 5652 Race Av. Office: Suite 1213, 30 N. Michigan Av.
GARDNER, Stephen, clergyman; b. Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 1885; s. Walter and Laura Virginia (Gardiner) Gardner; prep. edn. McGuire's Univ. Sch., Richmond, Va .; A.B., St. Stephen's Coll., An- nandale, N.Y., 1909; grad. Gen. Theol. Sem., 1912; (A.M., Monmouth, 1914) ; unmarried. Deacon, 1912, priest, 1913, P.E. Ch .; priest in charge Christ Ch., Rushville, Ill., 1912-13; rector Trinity Ch., Mon- mouth, 1913-15; curate Ch. of the Redeemer, Chi- cago, since Sept., 1915. Chaplain I.C.R.R. Hosp. since Feb., 1916. Volunteered for chaplaincy in
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U.S. Army, June, 1917. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason, Elk. Club: Chi- cago Mendelssohn. Recreations: tennis, golf, mu- sic. Home: 5555 Blackstone Av.
GARDNER, William A., railway president; Mar., 1858-May 11, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)
GAREY, see also Gary.
GAREY, Eugene L., lawyer; b. Chicago, Aug. 28, 1891; s. Eugene F. and Ellen F. (O'Boyle) Garey; preliminary edn. Kent Grade Sch., Rockford, Ill .; Rockford High Sch .; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1913; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1913, and has since practiced in Chicago; mem. law firm Fulton, Garey & Deutschman, and now personal atty. of J. M. Hoyt; pres. and treas. Ranches de Los Flores Lands Co .; vice pres. The Hotel Co. of Kenwood; sec., treas. Elsmere Granite Co .; dir. Carpenter-Scheerer Co., Michaelis & Co., of New York. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chi- cago Law Inst., Am. Irish Hist. Soc., Phi Alpha Delta, Am. Nat. Red Cross. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Irish Fellowship, Sportsmen's Club of Amer- ica. Recreation: motoring. Home: 1531 Birchwood Av. Office: 1854 Continental & Commercial Bank Bldg.
GARIBALDI, John G., wholesale fruits; Jan. 22, 1849-Jan. 29, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
GARLAND, Hamlin, novelist, dramatist. Re- moved to New York. (See Who's Who in America.)
GARNER, John P., public service commr .; b. De Kalb, Ill .; s. John C. and Eliza (Rolf) Garner; prep. edn. DeKalb High Sch .; grad. Chicago Coll. of Pharmacy (Univ. of Ill.), 1888; m. Minnie R. Rod- man, of Clinton, Ia., June 16, 1891. In retail drug business, J. P. Garner & Co., Chicago, 1892-1905; Cook Co. commr., 1902-6; cashier County Court, Cook Co., 1907-10; advertising business, 1910-13; life ins., 1913-15; pub. service commr., Chicago, by appmt. of Mayor Thompson, since May 26, 1915. Republican. Baptist. York and Scottish Rite Ma- son; has served as Past Master of Lodge, Comdr. of Commandery, Potentate of Shrine. Clubs: Il1. Athletic, Mystic Athletic, Chicago Motor, Medinah - Temple Motor (pres.). Recreations: motoring, walking, swimming. Home: 617 N. Central Av. Office: 613 City Hall.
GARNETT, Cyrus L(ogan), lawyer; b. Chicago, Aug. 28, 1884; s. Gwynn and Emma P. (Hancock) Garnett; grad. South Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1902; student Univ. of Wis., 1 yr .; Ph.B., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1906; student Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .; m. Mildred M., d. Harry J. O'Brien, of LaGrange, Ill., Oct. 8, 1908; children: Dorothy Patience, Cyrus L., Jr. (deceased), Mildred. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1908, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Gar- nett & Garnett; pres. Motor Corpn .; sec. Federal Tool Co. Mem. advisory bd. Motor Vehicle Under- writers. Mem. Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi, Owl and Serpent. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Subur- ban (LaGrange), LaGrange Country. Recreations: tennis, golf. Home: 116 S. 5th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
GARNETT, Eugene H., lawyer; b. Chicago, Oct. 22, 1872; s. Gwynn and Emma P. (Hancock) Gar- nett; B.L., Univ. of Mich., 1895; read law in office of Wilson, Moore & McIlvaine; m. Louise Munday Ayres, of Plymouth, Ind., June 14, 1900; children: Gordon Munday, Gloria Louise. Admitted to bar, 1897; in partnership with father and brother, Cy- rus L., firm of Garnett & Garnett, since 1899. Trus- tee Mary Thompson Hosp., Chicago Acad. Sciences. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State bar assns. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Skokie Country; Univer- sity (Evanston). Recreation: golf. Home: Evans- ton, Ill. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
GARNETT, Gwynn, lawyer; b. Glasgow, Ky., July 3, 1845; s. William and Eugenia (Tompkins) Garnett; ed. grammar, high and pvt. schs., Louis- ville, Ky .; read law in offices of John G. Rogers, Chicago; LL.B., Union College of Law, 1866; m. Emma P. Hancock, of Chicago, Jan. 20, 1870. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1866, and engaged in practice with John G. Rogers, until the latter's election to the bench in 1870; mem. Cooper, Garnett & Pack-
ard, 1871-85; judge Superior Court of Cook Co., 1885- 90; pres. Title Guarantee & Trust Co. until 1899, then resumed practice and is now sr. mem. Garnett & Garnett. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Floss- moor Country. Home: 6116 Ingleside Av. Office: 1538 Tribune Bldg.
GARNETT, Louise Ayres (Mrs. Eugene H. Gar- nett), author, composer; b. Plymouth, Ind .; d. of Isaac Lafayette and Sallie (Munday) Ayres; grad. Dearborn Sem., Chicago; m. Eugene H. Garnett, of Chicago, June 14, 1900; children: Gordon Munday, Gloria Louise. Episcopalian. Author: The Muffin Shop, 1908; The Rhyming Ring, 1910. Composer: Creature Songs, 1912. Also numerous published songs. Contbr. verse to mags. Address: 409 Green- wood Boul .. Evanston, Ill.
GARNETT, William, lawyer; b. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 22, 1856; s. William and Eugenia (Tompkins) Garnett; came to Chicago in Mar., 1862; grad. high sch., Chicago; studied law in office of brother, Judge Garnett, and at Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Lillie B. Larmon, of Chicago, May 15, 1888; chil- dren: Marion L., Frances E. Admitted to bar, 1880; practices largely in chancery and commercial law. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mem. First Bapt. Ch. Club: Union League. Home: 4450 Vin- cennes Av. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.
GARRETT, Carlton Marshall, electrical devices; b. Shelby, O., Aug. 26, 1876; s. of Myers W. and Eleanor P. (Marshall) Garrett; grad. Englewood High Sch., 1895; D.D.S., Northwestern Univ., 1898. Was pres. Moon Motor Car Co. of Ill .; now sec. Splitdorf Electrical Co. Republican. Clubs: Mid- lothian, Chicago Automobile. Office: 64 E. 14th St.
GARRETT, Myers Andrew, president Garrett Supply Co. (See vol. 1911.)
GARRETT, William Abner, railway official. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)
GARTNER, George I., mfr .; b. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 27, 1877; s. John and Carrie (Cardozo) Gartner; ed. pub. schs., Amsterdam, N.Y .; m. Carrie Sandels, of Chicago, June 18, 1905; 3 children: Gertrude, Je- rome, Ruth. Engaged in grocery business, Amster- dam; then in optical business, St. Paul, Minn .; came to Chicago, 1898, and was with Marshall Field & Co. 4 yrs .; served as agt. for eastern art goods houses 2 yrs .; sr. partner Gartner & Bender, mfrs. advertising specialties, since 1904. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mem. B'nai B'rith. Rec- reations: fishing, motoring. Home: 6935 Chappel Av. Office: 1104 S. Wabash Av.
GARTSIDE, John Measey, lawyer; b. at Phila., Aug. 24, 1849; s. Benjamin and Caroline (Measey) Gartside; moved with family to Iowa City, Ia., 1855, to Davenport, Ia., 1861; m. Annie L. Davis, of Davenport, Sept. 22, 1874; children: Lily Claribel (deceased), John Love, Grace Louise. Came to Chi- cago, 1870, and worked as clerk in law office, 1870- 76; admitted to bar, 1873; in practice on own ac- count since 1876, principally corpn. business. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Home: 4329 Drex- el Boul. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
GARVEY, Benjamin S(t. John), general auditor Chicago Telephone Co .; b. New York, Oct. 27, 1863; s. Benjamin and Helen A. (St. John) Garvey; ed. pub. schs. of N.Y. City, East Orange, N.J., and Ironton, O .; m. Mary E. Blocksom, of Zanesville, O., June 3, 1891; 5 children: Helen Dunham, Ruth Cranston, Hewitt Blocksom, Benjamin St. John, Jr., Isabel Whitney. Began active career as clerk in local freight office of Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Ry., at Ironton, O., 1881; continued with that co. and its successors, the last of which was the C.,H.&D.Ry., until 1897, successively as freight clk., ticket agt., train despatcher and chief clk. to supt., also auditor The Iron Ry. Co., 1885-97; trav- eling auditor Fitchburg R.R., Boston, 1897-S, and chief claim clk. same, 1898-1900: chief clk. to supt. Boston & Maine R.R., 1900-2; chief clk. to auditor Chicago Telephone Co., 1902-9, and auditor same, Mar. 1, 1909-May 1, 1911; general auditor central group Bell tel. companies, Chicago, since 1911. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Traffic. Recreations: reading, outdoor diversiona.
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Home: 1432 E. 51st St. Office: 212 W. Washington Street.
GARVY, William J., commercial paper; b. Chi- cago, July 21, 1871; s. John W. and Mary A. (Mc- Lean) Garvy; ed. St. Mary's Coll., Kan .; LL.B., Georgetown Univ., D.C., 1894; m. Della B. Burns, of Chicago, Sept. 25, 1913; 2 children: Margery Ann, William J., Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894, and practiced in Chicago 4 yrs .; head of The Garvy Co., mfrs. springs and couches, 1898-1913; mem. Lan- quist, Garvy & Co., commercial paper, since 1913. Catholic. Home: 4318 Sheridan Rd. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
GARWOOD, Victor, pianist and teacher; b. Cas- sopolis, Mich .; s. Alonzo and Elvira (Estes) Gar- wood; student Pa. State Coll., 1876-80; Royal High Sch. of Music, Berlin, Germany; m. Grace Hud- dlestone, of Chicago, 1896; children: Victor Es- mond, David Alonzo. Began teaching in Chicago, 1887; now in charge piano dept., Am. Conserva- tory; has appeared many times in concerts and re- citals, in Chicago and leading cities of U.S. Mem. Soc. Am. Musicians, Chicago Soc. Artists. Repub- lican. Clubs: City, Cliff Dwellers. Home: 1242 Madison Park. Studio: Kimball Hall.
GARY, see also Garey.
GARY, Alfred Caton, stocks and bonds; b. Whea- ton, Ill., Jan. 23, 1864; s. George P. and Janette H. (Brown) Gary; ed. pub. grammar and high schs .; widower; children: Laura, Helen, Kathryn, Adin C. Began with Merchants Loan & Trust Co., 1884, with which remained 16 yrs., resigning as bond teller, 1900; treas. Lorain Steel Co., 1900-3; with Ill. Steel Co. and U.S. Shipbuilding Corpn. until 1905; mgr. bond dept. Shearson, Hamill & Co., 1905- 12, since mem. of firm. Mem. Chicago Stock Ex- change (governing com.), Chicago Bd. of Trade, Merchants' Grain Exchange (St. Louis), Minneap- olis Chamber of Commerce, Winnipeg Grain Ex- change. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Wheaton, Ill. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mem. Modern Woodmen of America, Nat. Union. Clubs: Union League, Whea- ton Golf. Recreations: shooting and golf. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 200 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
GARY, I(saiah) Clark, M.D., med. supt. People's Hosp .; b. Cumberland, Md., Mar. 4, 1858; s. William Henry and Rebecca (Gaumer) Gary; ed. pub. schs. of Tama, Ia., 1868-79; Wilton Acad., 1884-6; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1889. Engaged in gen. prac- tice of medicine in Chicago since 1889. Founder the People's Hosp. and Training Sch. for Nurses, 1897, and is now med. supt. of the hosp. and prin. of the training sch. for nurses; has devoted much time to the philanthropic and business develop- ment of the hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc .; ex-pres. Stock Yards br. Chicago Med. Soc. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago. Mem. I.O.F., K.O.T.M., Royal Arcanum, North Am. Union, Royal League. Republican. Mem. Central Ch. Recreations: senti- mental poetry, automobiling, dancing. Address: 253-255 22d St.
GARY, John William, investment securities; b. W. Springfield, Pa., Aug. 8, 1859; s. Dorance B. and Susan (Akerly) Gary; ed. Conneaut (O.) Acad .; m. Chicago, Mar. 31, 1902, Emily C. Lyon; 1 son, Kellogg. Came to Chicago, 1880, as bookkeeper in a lumber office; mgr. of a lumber business in Chi- cago, 1885-91; vice pres. Commercial Loan & Trust Co., 1894-8; mem. Lyon, Gary & Co., investment se- curities and dealers in timber lands, since 1891, of which is now vice pres .; also pres. Lyon Lumber Co. Republican. Clubs : Chicago, Chicago Automo- bile, Onwentsia, Indian Hill Country. Home: 1343 N. State St. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.
GARY, Simon Peter, lawyer; b. Cumberland Co., Pa., Jan. 15, 1863; s. William Henry and Rebecca (Gaumer) Gary; Ph.B., Western (now Leander Clark) Coll., Toledo, Ia., 1893; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1896; m. Amelia Rauch, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1900 (died 1912); 1 daughter, Mildred; m. 2d, Ro- setta A. Mench, of Chicago, May 5, 1917. Admitted to the Ill. bar, 1896, and since practiced in Chicago. Mem. Lawyers' Assn. of Ill., Chicago Band Assn. Mem. M.E. Social Union, Chicago M.E. Aid Soc. Pres. Webster Improvement Club. Mason (32°, Medinah Grotto); Past Great Comdr. Great Camp
of Ill. Maccabees and Record Keeper of Wentworth Tent 20 yrs .; Forester. Clubs: Hamilton, Pa. Club of Chicago. Home: 3161 Fifth Av. Office: Ashland Block.
GASCOIGNE, James B., lawyer; b. at Brooklyn, N.Y .; s. James and Elizabeth Gascoigne; ed. pub. schs. of Brooklyn; m. Emily A. Ellis, of Albany, N.Y. Came to Chicago in 1879 and engaged in mer- cantile pursuits; admitted to bar, by examination, 1889; now mem. firm of Musgrave, Oppenheim & Lee. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Re- publican. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 38 S. Dear- born St., Chicago.
GASH, Abram Dale, lawyer; b. Macon Co., Mo., Feb. 11, 1861; s. William Thomas and Maria (Dale) Gash; ed. pub. schs. of Macon Co., Mo .; m. Nannie Dorothy; 1 son, Lowell Edwin; m. 2d, Apr. 12, 1905, Maude Blomquist; children: William Alexander, Abram Dale, Jr., Rose Marie. Was deputy circuit clk. of Macon Co., Mo., 4 yrs .; removed to Utah, 1890, and admitted to bar there, 1891; pros. atty. for Utah Co., Utah, 2 terms; was judge advocate gen., with rank of col., on staff of Gov. West, of Utah, 1893-6; came from Utah and engaged in practice in Chicago since Sept., 1898; pres. Ill. Highway Commn .; dir. Victor Electric Corpn. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. Democrat; active campaign speaker. Grand Master Grand Lodge of Masons, Utah, 1897; mem. Edgewater Lodge and hon. mem. Columbian Lodge, A.F. and A.M .; Lafayette Chap- ter; hon. mem. Lincoln Park Chapter, K.T .; Medi- nah Temple Mystic Shrine. Author: The False Star (hist. novel), and many poems. Home: 1512 June- way Terrace. Office: 118 N. LaSalle St.
GASTON, Lucy Page, lecturer, writer; b. Dela- ware, O., 1860; d. of Alexander H. and Henrietta (Page) Gaston; ed. Lacon, Ill., and State Normal Sch. Founder of Chicago Anti-Cigarette League, and supt. Anti-Cigarette League America; was ac- tive in W.C.T.U. under Frances E. Willard; led long series of test fights in Cook Co. (Ill.) courts on validity of prohibition law at Harvey, Ill., while editing The Citizen there; has directed, frequently at personal danger, numerous raids against illegal saloons, gambling resorts and cigarette dealers in Chicago and elsewhere; agitated, with frequent success, for anti-cigarette legislation in various states and cities, has extended the work abroad; editor of The Boy Patriot and other reform publi- cations. Home: Harvey, Ill. Address 1119 Wom- an's Temple, Chicago.
GATELY, John; Jan. 3, 1857-Feb. 2, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
GATES, Albert Henry, real estate and cooper- age; b. Arlington, Vt., Aug. 17, 1841; s. Nathan A. and Clara (Brown) Gates; ed. pub. schs .; m. Julia B. Davis, of Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 5, 1867. Began in dairy business; later in produce commn. and hotel business at Dubuque, until 1869; came to Chicago and engaged in commn. business in South Water St. until 1876; operated on Bd. of Trade until 1888; established firm of A. & H. Gates, cooperage, 1878, of which is propr .; engaged in own real estate in- terests during recent years. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade since 1873. Republican. Presbyterian. Res- idence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
GATES, Albert R., lawyer; b. Wyanet, Bureau Co., Ill., Nov. 29, 1869; s. Francis E. and Polly M. Gates; ed. pub. schs. and Lake Forest Univ. Law Sch .; m. Elizabeth H. Young, of Chicago, June 10, 1911; 1 son, William A. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; to Supreme Court of U.S., 1898; in partnership with John C. Farwell under firm name of Gates & Far- well, 1897-1903; in practice alone since 1903, large- ly corpn. law; vice pres. Buena Park Safety De- posit Co .; sec., treas. Gates-Pratt Land Co. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Pres. Western Golf Assn., 1907-8. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, South Shore Country, Calumet Country (pres. 1905- 1906). Recreations: golf, shooting, fishing. Home: 4744 Dorchester Av. Office: 69 W. Washington St.
GATES, Charles Mortimer, mfr .; Feb. 19, 1855- June 22, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
GATES, Errett, clergyman; b. Cortland, O., Mar. 2, 1870; s. Orrin and Rachel Louisa (King) Gates; A.B., Ohio Normal Univ., 1887; Union Theol. Sem.,
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1891-4; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1899, D.B., 1900, Ph.D., 1902; m. Nell Seass, of Arthur, Ill., Mar. 5, 1905. Minister, Disciples of Christ; pastor, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1894-7, Hyde Park Ch., Chicago, 1897-1900; sec. Disciples Div. House, Chicago, 1900- 10; student Univ. of Berlin, 1910-11; asst. prof. ch. history, Disciples Div. House (affiliated with Univ. of Chicago), since 1910; also instr. history same, since 1911. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Author: Early Relation and Separation of Baptists and Disciples, 1904; History of the Disciples of Christ, 1905. Ad- dress: 5616 Kenwood Av.
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