The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 89

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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GODING, Frederic Webster, consul-gen .; b. Hyde Park, Mass., May 9, 1858; s. Alphonso Landon and Lydia Mehitable (Chandler) Goding; ed. pub. schs., Chicago and Kaneville, Ill .; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1882; Ph.D., Bethel Coll., Tenn., 1890; m. Ella Blanche Phelps, of Kaneville, Ill., June 8, 1880; m. 2d, Jessie E. Ayre, of Montevideo, Uru- guay, May 12, 1912. Taught in pub. schs., Ill., 5 yrs .; prof. science, Loudon (Tenn.) Coll., 1 yr .; practiced medicine, 1882-98; mayor of Rutland, Ill., 10 yrs .; del. Ill. Rep. State convs., 1886, 96; consul at Newcastle, N.S.W., 1898-1908, at Montevideo, Uruguay, 1908-13; in charge Am. Legation at Mon- tevideo, June-Sept., 1911; consul-gen. at Guaya-

quil, Ecuador, since 1913. Mem. Assn. Econ. Ento- mologists, A.A.A.S., Royal Anthropological Soc. of Australasia, Polynesian Soc., First Ecuadorian Med. Congress. Club: Union (Guayaquil). Home: Chicago. Address: Am. Consulate General, Guaya- quil, Ecuador, S.A.

GODMAN, Elwood Garner, lawyer; b. Phila., Pa., Oct. 29, 1881; s. Cornelius and Anna (McNeil) God- man; removed to Chicago from Phila., 1893; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; LL.B., John Marshall Law Sch., 1903; m. Rebecca Jane Deacon, of London, Eng., Sept. 21, 1905; 2 children: Elwood Deacon, Isabel Annie. Was employed in law dept. of the A.,T.&S.F.R.R. 112 yrs., and in offices of Winston, Payne & Strawn about 15 mos .; asst. U.S. atty. for Northern Dist. of Ill., 1903-13; mem. Sims, Welch & Godman since 1913. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Soc. of Advocates. Club: Hamilton (sec. 1915-16). Home: 6219 Wood- lawn Av. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.

GOEHST, John Henry, constructing electrical engr .; b. Chicago, Jan. 19, 1865; s. John Henry and Madelena (Jullich) Gehst; ed. grammar schs., West Div. High Sch., and Met. Business Coll., Chi- cago. After graduating, started work as an ap- prentice with H. M. Wilmarth Co., gas fixtures; 1881; electrician for Western Edison Light Co., Dec., 1882; then constrn. supt. for Chicago Edison Co. (now Commonwealth Edison Co.), May 1, 1887, in which position has since continued. Secured, during the past 20 yrs., 38 U.S. patents on im- provements on electric light devices. Pres. Fed- eral Electric Co., which he and his associate, John F. Gilchrist, organized, 1901; also pres. Federal Sign System (Electric), since 1904; pres. Air De- vice Mfg. Co .; treas. Minerallac Electric Mfg. Co. Mem. Am. Inst. of Elec. Engrs., Illuminating En- gring. Soc. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood. Home: 4810 Dorchester Av. Office: 736, 72 W. Adams St.

GOESSELE, John Henry, printer. (See vol. 1911.) GOETSCH, Gustaf Adolf, M.D .; b. Racine, Wis., Mar. 15, 1869; s. of Henry William and Louisa (Deutschle) Goetsch; ed. grammar and high schs., Watertown, Wis .; Univ. of Wis .; Ph.G., Chicago Coll. Pharmacy, 1890; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1898; m. Lillie Eilenberger, of Chicago, Nov. 29, 1899; 2 children: Marguerite Juanita, Dorothy Virginia. Came to Chicago, Aug. 18, 1888; engaged in drug business at West Harrison St. and Oakley Av., 1890-5; practiced in Chicago since 1898; prof. der- matology, Chicago Hosp. Coll. of Medicine since 1914; also mem. bd. of administration; dermatolo- gist to Ill. Coll. of Chiropody. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Dermatol. Assn. Universalist. Mason (Olympia Lodge, Ori- ental Consistory, A.A.S.R., Chicago Chapter No. 122, R.A.M., Shrine). Contbr. to med. jours. on dermatology. Home: 54 Washington Boul., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 31 N. State St., Chicago.

GOETZ, Fritz, mfr .; Aug. 20, 1850-May 3, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

GOFF, Frederic L., lawyer; b. St. Louis, Jan. 13, 1871; s. James B. and Sue C. (Church) Goff; ed. pub. schs., Austin, Tex .; Add-Ran Univ., Hood Co., Tex., 1885-7; lit. and scientific course Univ. of Tex., 1887-9, B.L., 1893; m. Bertha M. Bretherton, of Chicago, June 3, 1908; 1 son, Frederic L., Jr. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since practiced in Chi- cago; mem. Hastings & Goff, 1900-5, Bither, Goff & Francis, 1911-15, Bither & Goff since 1915. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Christian Scien- tist. Club: LaGrange Country. Recreations: out- door sports. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1721 Harris Trust Bldg., Chicago.

GOING, Judson Freeman, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) GOLBECK, Henry Detlef, furniture mfr .; b. at Elmshorn, Holstein, Germany, Oct. 21, 1853; s. of Heinrich and Elise (Holmer) Golbeck; ed. common and high schs., Elmshorn; m. Sophia Weber, of. Chicago, July 12, 1879; 3 children: Harry Detlef, Ella Pauline, Waldemar Adolph. Came to U.S., 1872; founded firm of Olbrich, Golbeck & Co., mfrs. furniture, 1879, of which is now pres. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Turnverein German Singing Soc., Columbian Circle. Mason (32°, K.T.). Home: 636

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Linden Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 355 N. Ashland Herbert, Minnie (Mrs. A. S. Loevenhart). Began Av., Chicago.

GOLDBERG, Julius A., shoe mcht .; b. at N.Y. City, Mar. 4, 1879; s. Aaron and Leah (Abrams) Goldberg; grad. pub. schs .; m. Josie Kean, of Chi- cago, Sept. 3, 1901. Engaged in shoe business at Chicago since Feb. 28, 1903, as sec. and treas. of O'Connor & Goldberg. Christian Scientist. Mason, Elk. Club: Hampden. Recreation: horseback rid- ing. Residence: Blackstone Hotel. Office: 205 S. State St.

GOLD, Egbert Habberton, president Vapor Car Heating Co., Inc .; b. at Cornwall, Litchfield Co., Conn., Jan. 31, 1868; s. Samuel F. and Harriet (Hab- berton) Gold, descendant in 8th generation from Nathan Gold, who came from Berry St. Edmunds, Eng., and settled in Cornwall, Conn., about 1647; ed. pub. schs. and Stevens Inst. Tech., 1889; m. Margaret Jayne Dickey, of South Bend, Ind., June 30, 1904; 3 children: Samuel Dickey, Mary Jayne, Egbert H., Jr. Formerly a resident of N.Y. City, coming thence to Chicago in 1890; was for 15 yrs. mgr. and dir. Gold Car Heating Co. until organi- zation, 1901, of Chicago Car Heating Co .; now pres. Vapor Car Heating Co., Inc .; chmn. bd. of dirs., U.S. Lighting & Heating Corpn. Mem. Electrical Mfrs.' Club. Presbyterian. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country, Exmoor. Recreations: mo- toring, hunting. Home: 4929 Woodlawn Av. Of- fice: 1450 Railway Exchange.

GOLDBECK, Edward, writer; b. Berlin, Germa- ny, Apr. 21, 1866; s. Carl and Luise (Bollert) Gold- beck; ed. Univ. of Berlin; m. Lina' Abarbanell (act- ress and singer), Oct. 10, 1900. Officer in Prussian army 7 yrs .; came to U.S., 1911; contbr. special articles to Chicago Tribune. Protestant. Author: Krieg in Sicht, 1906; Deutschland's Zukunft Na- tionaldemokratie, 1907; Briefe an den Deutschen Kronprinzen, 1907; Politische Plauderin, 1908; Sei- ne Hoheit der Bastard; Die Bazillenkutsche. Home: 921 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.

GOLDBLATT, Maurice Henry, violinist, compos- er; b. Reval, Russia, May 30, 1883; s. Joseph Eli and Rose Olga (Brin) Goldblatt; brought to Amer- ica at age of 4; grad. Chicago Musical Coll., 1903 (gold medal), Mus.Bach., 1904; unmarried. Début as violin soloist at old Exposition Bldg., St. Louis, at age of 13; concertmeister Italian Grand Opera Co., New York, 1908, Chicago Philharmonic Or- chestra, 1909; instr. violin, Chicago Musical Coll., since 1910; first violinist Chicago Opera Assn. Mem. Am. Soc. Musicians, Am. Guild Violinists. Charter mem. Washington Park Lodge No. 956, A.F. and A.M. Clubs: Assembly, Fortnightly. Com- poser numerous pieces for violin and piano, pub. in America and Germany. Home: 4833 Prairie Av. Studio: 624 S. Michigan Av.

GOLDEN, John Ferdinand, surgeon; b. Apple- ton, Wis., Nov. 29, 1880; s. James and Margaret (Grimes) Golden; prep. edn. St. Mary's, Appleton, Wis .; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1903; post-grad. studies at London, Paris, Berlin; m. Florence Ly- don, of Chicago, Jan. 19, 1915; 1 daughter, Flor- ence. Engaged in practice of surgery at Chicago since 1903; asso. in surgery, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., attending surgeon, Mercy Hosp. Fel- low A.M.A., Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. of Chicago Surg. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Clubs: South Shore Country, Press, Chicago Yacht. Home: 411 E. 48th St. Office: 104 S. Michigan Av.

GOLDSMITH, Alexander A., M.D .; b. at Aurora, Ill., Dec. 28, 1878; s. David and Bertha (Buxbaum) Goldsmith; prep. edn. Sterling (Ill.) High Sch .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1901; m. Co- rinne Rosenfeld, of Chicago, Sept. 5, 1916. Prac- ticed in Chicago since 1901; now prof. diseases of stomach, Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; asso. in medicine, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; mem. attending staff, Wesley Memorial Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Physicians' Club. Home: 444 E. 48th St. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

GOLDSMITH, Moses, president Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refining Co .; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 8, 1861; s. Marcus and Minnie (Speyer) Goldsmith; ed. Lexington (Ky.) Coll .; m. Fannie Speyer, of Lexington, Ky., Oct. 8, 1884; 3 children: Melvin,

with father as assayer, smelter and refiner, in Lex- ington, 1876; succeeded father as Goldsmith Bros. (Simon and Moses), 1884; removed to Chicago, 1884, and pres. Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refin- ing Co. since 1908; engaged on extensive scale as mfr. for jewelry and dental trade; pres. Black Ra- ven Coal Co. since 1895, Black Raven Coal & Coke Co. since 1900. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Wholesale Jewelers' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Com- merce, North Am. Union, Nat. Union. Democrat. Hebrew. Clubs: Idlewild Country, Chicago Gun, Knapp Island Gun, Valley Gun. Recreations: golf, hunting, fishing. Home: 4517 Forrestville Av. Of- fice: 29 E. Madison St.

GOLDSPOHN, Albert, M.D., surgeon; b. in Dane Co., Wis., Sept., 1851; s. William and Frederika (Kohlmann) Goldspohn; M.S., Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill., 1875; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1878; widower. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 19 months, 1878- 79; in gen. practice of medicine, Des Plaines, Ill., 1879-85; post-grad. study in 5 German univs., in surgery and diseases of women, Aug., 1885-Aug., 1887, and again for 6 months of 1899. Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1887; prof. diseases of women, Post-Grad. Med. Sch., since 1892; attend- ing surgeon, dept. of diseases of women and ab- dominal surgery, German Hosp., till 1906; in same dept., Post-Grad. Hosp .; surgeon in chief, Evan- gelical Deaconess Hosp., since 1906. Author of about 45 original theses of articles on various sub- jects in surgery and diseases of women. Mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., A.M.A., Am. Assn. Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Internat. Periodical Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecol- ogists. Independent Republican. Mem. Evangelical Assn. Recreations: study of medicine and its al- lied sciences. Office and Home: 2120 Cleveland Av.

GOLDSTINE, Mark Twain, surgeon; b. at Chi- cago, Sept. 28, 1877; s. Isaac and Dora Goldstine; prep. edn. Toensfeldt Coll., St. Louis, Mo .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1900; post-grad. studies at Ro- tunda Hosp., Dublin, Ireland; m. Miss Rumley, of Kankakee, Ill., May 5, 1914. In surgical practice at Chicago since 1900; clin. asst. in gynecology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., since 1912; attend- ing gynecologist, Wesley Memorial Hosp., and Halsted St. Institutional Church Dispensary. Fel- low Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Press (life mem.). Home: 4942 Michigan Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

GOLDZIER, Julius, lawyer; b. Vienna, Austria. Jan. 20, 1854; s. Philip and Mathilde (Wehle) Gold- zier; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1877, Clara Lemien; children: Mrs. Ella Dietrich, Harry, Mar- guerite. Admitted to bar, 1877; now head of firm of Goldzier, Rodgers & Froehlich. Alderman 22d Ward, 1890-2 and 1899-1902; mem. Congress, 4th Ill. Dist., 1892-5. Democrat. Clubs: Germania, German. Home: 421 St. James Pl. Office: 1020 Chamber of Commerce.

GOOD, Eli, banker. (See vol. 1911.)

GOOD, Robert Hosea, M.D .; b. Waterloo, Ont .. Can., Dec. 31, 1873; s. Joel and Agnes (Hosea) Good; student Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill., M.S .; B.S., Albion (Mich.) Coll., 1899; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1902; post-grad, work at Vienna, Aus- tria; m. Ella Bell Wagstaffe, of Toronto, Ont., July 26, 1900; 3 children: Palmer, Grace, Carlton. In practice of medicine and surgery at Chicago since 1902; head prof. diseases of the ear, nose and throat, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery, 1906- 15; chief surgeon, diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, Evangelical Deaconess Hosp., since 1905: surgeon, diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Frances Willard Hosp., since 1906; staff mem. Oak Park Catholic Hosp., West Suburban Hosp .; ex- clin. asst., Rush Med. Coll., and Chicago Policlinic. Methodist. Home: 278 Ashland Av., River Forest. Ill. Office: 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.

GOODE, J(ohn) Paul, college prof .; b. Stewart- ville, Minn., Nov. 21, 1862; s. Abraham John and Huldah Jane (Van Valkenburgh) Goode: B.S., Univ. of Minn., 1889; grad. student Harvard, 1894: grad. student, 1895-9, fellow in geology, Univ. of Chicago; grad. student, 1900-1, Ph.D., 1901, Univ.

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of Pa .; m. Ida Katherine Hancock, of Crookston, Minn., Sept. 12, 1901. Prof. natural science, State Normal Sch., Moorhead, Minn., 1889-98; prof. phys- ical science and geography, Eastern Ill. State Nor- mal Sch., Charleston, 1899-1901; instr. geography, Univ. of Pa., 1901-3; asst. prof. geography, 1903-10, asso. prof., since 1910, Univ. of Chicago. Author of a series of Physical Wall Maps and a series of Political Wall Maps. Asso. editor Journal of Geog- raphy. Dir. and ex-pres. Geog. Soc., Chicago; fel- low A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Assn. Geographers (vice pres.). Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Clubs: Quad- rangle, City. Address: 6227 Kimbark Av.

GOODHUE, Allan Johnston, sales mgr. U.S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co .; b. Akron, O., July 18, 1844; s. Hon. Nathaniel W. and Nancy (Johnston) Goodhue; grad. grammar and high schs., Akron, O .; entered army as private 104th Ohio Vol. Inf., Aug., 1862; was made chief clerk adj. gen.'s office, Dept. of Ohio, and was mustered out Aug., 1865; served some time in latter part of 1865 with Gov. Brownlow, of Tenn .; m. Kate Beardsley, of Akron, O., May 4, 1869; children: Willis Maxwell, Kath- arine (Mrs. J. D. Hyatt), Allan Edward. Banker in Akron, 1866-9; engaged in mfg. and wholesale shoe business, Rochester, N.Y., 1869-78; in banking business in N.D., 1878-86; with Lake Shore Foun- dry, Cleveland, 1886-99; western sales mgr. U.S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co. since 1899. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. Sumner Post G.A.R. Club: Hinsdale. Recreations: hunting, fish- ing. Home: 89 Elm St., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

GOODKIND, Maurice Louis, M.D .; b. Chicago, Nov. 14, 1867; s. Louis Goodkind; prep. edn., St. Paul's Sch .; student Williams Coll., 1885-6; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), New York, 1889; post-grad. work Vienna and Munich; m. Chi- cago, 1896, Rose S. Snydacker; children: Theodore, Ruth, Louis. Attending phys. Cook Co. Hosp. 14 yrs., Michael Reese Hosp. 25 yrs .; prof. medicine, Univ. of Ill. Med. Dept., 21 yrs .; specializes in in- ternal medicine. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Soc. Internal Medicine, Chicago Neurol. Soc., Medico-Legal Soc., Physicians' Club, Chicago X-Ray Soc. Republican. Mason. Club: Quadrangle. Home: 5450 Cornell Av. Office: 5 S. Wabash Av.

GOODMAN, Frederick Marion, pharmacist. (See vol. 1911.)

GOODMAN, Harry, lawyer; b. Chicago, Oct. 24, 1872; s. Hugo and Martha (Miers) Goodman; A.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; read law in offices of Newman, Northrup, Levinson & Becker; student Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1896; m. Blanche W. Lowenthal, of Chi- cago, Dec. 19, 1900; children: Helen, William D., James H., Richard H. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896; admitted as a mem. firm of Newman, Northrup, Levinson & Becker, May, 1902; now mem. Newman, Poppenhusen & Stern; dir. Kansas City Tire & Rub- ber Corpn., Encyclopedia Britannica Co., Pioneer Asphalt Co., North Shore, Racine & Milwaukee R.R. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Home: 4734 Ellis Av. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St.

GOODMAN, John Saxton, publisher; June 13, 1839-Oct. 8, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

GOODMAN, Kenneth Sawyer, lumber; b. Chi- cago, Sept. 19, 1883; s. William Owen and Erna M. (Sawyer) Goodman; prep. edn. Harvard Sch., Chi- cago, and The Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa .; Litt.B., Princeton, 1906; m. June 12, 1912, Marjorie Johns- ton Robbins, of Chicago; 1 daughter, Marjorie Sawyer. Asst. treas., dir. and Chicago representa- tive of the Goodman (Wis.) Lumber Co., since 1908; also Chicago representative Sawyer-Good- man Co., of Marinette, Wis., since 1908. Trustee Chicago Orphan Asylum; governing life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Republic- an. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, Caxton, Cliff Dwellers, Casino, Shore Acres; also Princeton, New York Yacht, Metropoli- tan (New York). Recreations: golf, motoring, sail- ing, tennis. Home: 10 E. Schiller St. Office: Rail- way Exchange Bldg.

GOODMAN, William Alfred, fire insurance; b. at Chicago, Sept. 1, 1880; s. William Alfred and Helen (Chase) Goodman; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1903;

m. Adele Moyer, of Chicago, Sept. 16, 1908. En- tered employ of Thomas & W. A. Goodman (grand- father and father), as clerk, 1903, becoming propr. of the agency upon the death of both of the or- ganizers about one and one-half years later. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Fire Underwriters. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Colonial. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

GOODMAN, William Owen, lumberman; b. at Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa., Sept. 24, 1848; s. Owen Bruner and Susan (Barber) Goodman; parents died when he was very young, and he was put under care of grandparents and aunts at Columbia, Pa .; ed. Columbian Inst. and later at Athens, Pa .; m. Oct. 31, 1878, Erna M., d. Hon. Philetus Sawyer, U.S. senator from Wis .; 1 son, Kenneth Sawyer. In 1866 entered employ of uncle, Gen. Williston, lumber dealer at Athens, Pa .; removed to Chicago, 1868, and became bookkeeper, and, in 1869, sales- man for Spalding & Porter, lumber; soon after represented interests of Hon. Philetus Sawyer and also began investing in lumber business on own account at various points in Ill., Ia. and Neb .; with others organized firm of Sawyer, Goodman & Co., 1878, inc., 1880, as Sawyer-Goodman Co., of which is treas .; vice pres. Goodman (Wis.) Lumber Co. Pres. Friends of Am. Art. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Automobile, Saddle and Cycle, Casi- no, Caxton, Cliff Dwellers, Midlothian; also Auto- mobile of America (New York). Recreations: golf. motoring, yachting. Home: 1355 Astor St. Office. 80 E. Jackson Boul.

GOODNOW, Charles Allen, railway official; b. at Baldwinsville, Worcester Co., Mass., Dec. 22, 1853; s. Josiah B. and Abigail R. (Wheeler) Goodnow; ed. pub. schs .; m. Josephine A. B. Gleason, of Lew- iston, Me., Oct. 3, 1876; 1 daughter, Carlotta Jo- sephine. Entered ry. service, 1869, and was con- secutively with Vt. & Mass. R.R., Fitchburg, Troy & Greenfield Ry. and Hoosac Tunnel, N.Y., W.S. & B. as train master and train dispatcher; then from Dec., 1884, with C.,M.&St.P.Ry. as supt. of constrn., div. supt., asst. gen. supt. and gen. supt .; gen. mgr. C.,R.I.&P.Ry., Apr. 15, 1902, to Nov. 1, 1903; gen. mgr. C.&A.Ry., Nov., 1903-Jan. 1, 1908; asst. to the pres. C.,M. & Puget Sound Ry., Jan. 1, 1908-Jan. 1, 1913; asst. to the pres., Jan. 1, 1913-July 5, 1917, vice pres. since July 1, 1917, C.,M.&St. P.Ry. Also pres. Gallatin Valley Ry. Co .; vice pres. Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Ry. Co. Republican. Club: Union League. Home: 1627 Wesley Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1229 Railway Exchange, Chicago.

GOODRICH, Adams Augustus, lawyer; b. Jer- seyville, Ill., Jan. 8, 1849; s. Henry O. and Jane A. (Knapp) Goodrich; ed. pub. schs. of Jerseyville and 31/2 yrs. at U.S. Mil. Acad., from which ill- health compelled him to resign before graduation; traveled in the west 2 yrs. for the benefit of his health, then returned to Jerseyville and studied law in the offices of his uncle, Robert M. Knapp, and later at Springfield, Ill., in office of Hon. A. L. Knapp, another uncle. Admitted to bar, 1873; prac- ticed in Jerseyville; elected state's atty. Jersey Co., 1878, 1880, 1884; resigned Oct., 1887, and was elected county judge of Jersey Co .; removed to Chicago, Aug., 1889, practiced here until retired, 1912; was sr. mem. of firm of Goodrich, Vincent & Bradley. While county judge of Jersey Co., sat on bench of Cook Co. to assist Judge Richard Pren- dergast; was 1 yr. atty. for Chicago Sanitary Dist. and later inspector of House of Correction of Chi- cago; apptd., 1895, by Gov. Altgeld, one of 5 trus- tees to select a location and establish and build the Northern Ill. Normal Sch., and for many years pres. bd. of trustees. Democrat. Mason (K.T.), Odd Fellow, K.P. Home: Jerseyville, Il1.

GOODRICH, Albert w., president and chmn. of the board of dirs. Goodrich Transit Co .; 2d vice pres. and dir. Chicago City Ry. Co .; sec. and dir. Chicago & Milwaukee Transportation Co .; dir. of Manitou Steamship Co. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf, etc. Home: 920 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Ft. of Michigan Av.

GOODRICH, Horace A., real estate; b. Chicago, July 9, 1837; s. Grant and Juliet (Atwater) Good- rich; ed. Chicago schs. and, 1851-2, at Mt. Morris, Ogle Co., Ill .; later in Northwestern Prep. Sch. and Univ. until 1860, when health failed; studied

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law, but by reason of continued ill health was forced to seek open-air employment; m. Evanston, Ill., July 7, 1880, Theodosia Hamline (died Nov. 21, 1881); m. 2d, Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 25, 1883, Alice LaDue; children: Juliet Theodosia, Harriet, Gladys, Grant, also Grace (died in infancy). Clerked for Meth. Book Concern, Chicago, 1855-6; supt. of Joliet Mound Co., 1863-8; in real estate and loan business, Chicago, since 1872; vice pres. Nat. Mutual Church Ins. Co .; dir. Ill. State Bank. Charter mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd .; mem. Chi- cago Hist. Soc .; charter mem. Ill. Alpha Chapter Phi Delta Theta. Republican. Trustee First M.E. Ch., Chicago, since 1889, and sec. and treas. of bd. since 1893; trustee Chicago Home Missionary and Ch. Extension Soc. Recreations: fishing and other outdoor diversions. Home: 522 Deming Pl. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

GOODSELL, Byron Woodward, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

GOODSMITH, Heber Milton, M.D .; b. Chicago, Feb. 6, 1866; s. William and Annie (Hammond) Goodsmith; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; M.D., Univ. of Ill. Med. Dept., 1887; m. Elizabeth W. Moulding; children: Marion M., Catherine. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine in Chicago since 1887; was dem- onstrator of anatomy, Chicago Coll. of Dental Sur- gery, 4 yrs .; div. med. dir. Chicago Telephone Co. since 1914; mem. staff, Beulah Home and Mater- nity Hosp .; med. examiner for Met. Life Ins. Co .; dir. Thomas Moulding Co. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Med. Examiners. Mem. bd. dirs. Washington Home'Assn .; mem. Nat. Security League. Mem. Meth. Social Union. Re- publican. Mason (Royal Arch, K.T.). Clubs: Elec- tric, Jovian League, Delavan Lake Country. Home: 4649 Beacon St. Office: 212 W. Washington St.

GOODSPEED, Charles Ten Broeke, lawyer; b. at Quincy, Ill., May 19, 1869; s. Thomas Wakefield and Mary Ellen (Ten Broeke) Goodspeed; A.B., Denison Univ., Granville, O., 1890; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law (Lake Forest Univ.), 1893; grad. student Univ. of Chicago, and Chicago Coll. of Law; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1893, and since practiced in Chicago; atty. for Prairie State Bank 8 yrs. until its merger, 1912. Mem. commn. on protection of residence dists., by appmt. of Mayor Harrison; pres. South Park Improvement Assn .; ex-pres. Neighborhood Improvement League of Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. (pres. during 1916); mem. bd. dirs. Ill. State Assn. Y.M.C.Assns .; mem. and rec. sec. bd. mgrs. Chicago Y.M.C.A. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Quadrangle, City. Home: 5765 Blackstone Av. Office: 189 W. Madison St.

GOODSPEED, Edgar Johnson, college prof .; b. Quincy, Ill., Oct. 23, 1871; s. Thomas Wakefield and Mary Ellen (Ten Broeke) Goodspeed; A.B., Denison Univ., Ohio, 1890; Yale, 1890-1; Univ. of Chicago, 1892-8; D.B., Chicago, 1897, Ph.D., 1898; Univ. of Berlin, 1898-9; m. Elfleda Elizabeth Bond, of Chicago, Dec. 3, 1901. Teacher of classics, Mor- gan Park Acad., 1891-2, South Side Acad. (now Univ. High Sch.), Chicago, 1894-8; asst. in Bibl. and Patristic Greek, 1898-1900 (on leave in Eu- rope, Egypt and Syria, 1898-1900), asso., 1900-2, instr., 1902-5, asst. prof., 1905-10, asso. prof., 1910- 15, prof. since 1915, Univ. of Chicago. Asst. dir. Haskell Oriental Mus., since 1902. Mem. Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kap- pa. Progressive. Clubs: Quadrangle, University, Plum Lake Golf. Author or editor of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5706 Woodlawn Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago, 1917, Part 89

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