The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 102

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 650

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LEE, James Longbotham, printers' ma- chinery; b. Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., July 19, 1839; s. Henry Longbotham and Ruth Ann Lee; common school education; m. Denver, Colo., June 1, 1861, Sarah S. E. Gadsden; children: Fannie G., James Edgar, Lizzie L., Ruth M. Apprentice to printers' trade, Halifax, Eng., Sept., 1851; came to America with par- ents, 1853; completed his apprenticeship in Davenport, Ia .; went to Pike's Peak, 1860; foreman Rocky Mountain News job room, 1861-2; came to Chicago, Sept., 1863; foreman for Jerry S. Thompson, 1865-70; began electro- type foundry with Paul Shniedewend, Nov .. 1870; lost everything in fire of 1871; resumed business in firm of Shniedewend & Lee, until 1893: organized new, the Challenge Machinery Co., Nov., 1893, of which he is pres .; removed factory to Grand Haven, Mich., June 1. 1903, retaining salesroom in Chicago. Home in Chi- cago until 1900, when he had to remove to Pasedena, Calif. Was editor of the Electro- typer and of the Printers' Album (trade pa- pers for printers) for about 20 years. Mem. Illinois Press Assn., Old Time Printers' Assn. of Chicago. Republican. Mason. Office: 127 Market St. Residence: 673 S. Los Robles Av., Pasedena, Calif.

LEE, John H. S., lawyer; b. Topeka, Kan., 1871; s. J. N. and Julia (Sheldon) Lee: grad .. B.A., Lake Forest College; B.A., Harvard Univ., 1896; Northwestern Univ. Law School: m. Evanston, Ill., Oct. 6, 1903. Jessie Haskell Condict. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois, 1898; asst. state's atty. of Cook Co. with Charles S. Deneen. 1899-1902: since 1902 mem. of law firm of Musgrave, Vroman & Lee (Harrison Musgrave. Charles E. Vro- man, James B. Gascoigne, John H. S. Lee), en- gaged in general practice; asst. prof. North- western Univ. Law School. Republican. Clubs: University, Hamilton, Glen View. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 411 Grove St., Evanston, Ill.

LEE, Lester Edwin, lawyer; b. Terre Haute. Ind., Nov. 10, 1872; s. Alfred P. and Mary Margaret (Sheets) Lee: ed. public schools and 3 years in high school at Indianapolis, Ind., to 1891; came to Chicago; grad. Bryant & Stratton Business College, Mar., 1822; grad.

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Northwestern Univ. Law School, June, 1896; m. Chicago, May 1, 1902, Alice Lewis Carter. Admitted to bar June 11, 1896; entered law firm of Phelps & Cleland as junior mem., Sept., 1896, until 1900; since Oct., 1900, with Julian A. Burch, practicing as Burch & Lee. For 6 years past atty. for Englewood Law and Order League; mem. and for past year atty. Citizens Anti-Crime Committee. Republican. Methodist. Has done much civic reform work with different movements. Clubs: Fraternity, City, Hamilton. Office: Journal Bldg. Resi- dence: 6012 Indiana Av.

LEEDS, Joseph Smith, mgr. Santa Fe Re- frigerator Despatch; b. Clermont Co., O., Feb. 18, 1844; s. Aaron and Mary (Smith) Leeds; ed. public schools of Ohio; served in 79th Regt. of Ohio Vol. Infy. in Army of Georgia and with Sherman in march to the sea; m. Ohio, 1867, Sarah Halsted; children: 4 living, Mary B., Hosmer W., Emma, Elizabeth; and now deceased, Josephine A., Alanson H. Began railway service in Feb., 1866, as telegraph operator on the Marietta & Cincinnati R. R. at Cincinnati until 1868; telegraph operator and clerk C., B. & Q. R. R. at Buda and Al- toona, Ill., 1868-9; station agent Lewiston, Ill., 1869-70; chief clerk and cashier Keokuk, Ia., 1870-8; chief clerk general freight office, A., T. & S. F. R. R., 1879-81; asst. general freight agent, 1881-4; general freight agent, 1884-8, A., T. & S. F. R. R .; chairman Transcontinen- tal Assn., St. Louis, 1888-9; freight traffic mgr. Mo. P. Ry., 1889-91; traffic mgr. Traffic Assn. of Calif., San Francisco, 1891-5; traffic mgr. Business Men's League, St. Louis, 1895-7; mgr. Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch since Apr., 1903. Office: Railway Exchange. Resi- dence: 5635 Madison Av.

LEEMING, Charles Whitaker, real estate; b. Brantford, Can., Oct. 17, 1863; s. Henry B. and Janet (Whitaker) Leeming; ed. pub- lic schools of Brantford, Toronto Univ. and Northwestern Univ. Med. College, graduating, M.D., 1891; m. Chicago, 1891, Grace E. Pard- ridge; children: Dorothy, Florence, Grace Jeannette, Mary, Robert Pardridge. Came to Chicago, 1879; grad. in medicine, but has not practiced, always being in business pursuits; was in grain commission business on the Board of Trade for 10 years, but retired in 1900 and has since been engaged in the real estate and renting business. Dir. Knicker- bocker Ice Co. Republican. Clubs: Colonial, Washington Park. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 4545 Grand Boul.

LEEMING, John, physician and surgeon; b. Brantford, Can., Mar. 17, 1859; s. Henry B. and Janet (Whitaker) Leeming; grad. public and high schools and from Collegiate Insti- tute of Brantford, Ont., 1879; med. dept. of Univ. of Toronto, 1886; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ont., 1887; Royal College of Physicians of London, Eng., 1887; m. Chicago, July 16, 1890, Margaret Sibley; children: John, Jr., Francis C., Eleanor W., Tom, James W., Mason Starring. For few years after finish- ing school in Canada was employed in dry goods and grocery store in Brantford, Ont .; came to Chicago, 1879, for a year; employed in wholesale grocery on River St. (Scherer, Sherk & Co.), and 6 months in retail store of

C. H. Slack; traveled for New York firm, Thomas Leeming & Co., 2 years; then took up medical studies at Toronto, Ont., and London, Eng., 5 years; since 1887 in med. practice in Chicago; has been connected with Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School 8 years, as mem. of the faculty and prof. of materia medica; has been since connected as attending surgeon with several hosps .; attending physician Chi- cago Provident Hosp., several years; attend- ing surgeon Lakeside Hosp. and Chicago Hosp., and now attending surgeon Chicago Baptist Hosp. and Cook Co. Hosp .; practice during past 8 years has been chiefly in sur-

gery. Mcm. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Illinois State Med. Soc. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Washington Park, Chicago Athletic, Colonial. Office and residence: 3541 Indiana Av.

LEFENS, Thies Jacob, real estate owner; b. Hamburg, Germany, Mar. 4, 1846; s. Jacob and Meta (Stremmann) Lefens; ed. schools of Germany; m. Chicago, Feb. 12, 1878, Marie Seipp; 4 children. Was apprenticed in Germany to merchant in produce business, 1861-5; came to Chicago in 1865, and was engaged in the produce commission business, 1865-78; became sec. and treas. Seipp Brewing Co., 1878-1902; when the business was sold to Chicago Con- solidated Brewing & Malting Co .; since then in real estate business. Pres. Traders Insurance Co .; vice-pres. South Side Elevated Ry. Co .; vice-pres. Auditorium Assn .; dir. Merchants Loan & Trust Co. Clubs: Chicago, Commer- cial, Washington Park, Tolleston, Germania Männerchor. Republican. Office: Teutonic Bldg. Residence: 2626 Michigan Av.

LEFFINGWELL, Frank Pierce, lawyer; b. Clinton Co., Ia., Mar. 25, 1853; s. William E. and Celinda F. (Walrod) Leffingwell; ed. Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind .; m. Clinton Co., Ia., May, 1878, Annie Wadleigh; 1 daughter: Mrs. Clyde B. Peck. Admitted to bar in 1876; prac- ticed at Clinton, Ia., until 1879; since then in Chicago. Mem. of Chicago Bar Assn. and Chicago Law Institute. Club: Union League. Office: 185 Dearborn St. Residence: 5465 Jef- ferson Av.

LE FURGY, Ludlow R., broker and importer in groceries, California products and foreign oils, spices, etc .; b. New York, Sept. 19, 1856; s. William and Mary J. LeFurgy; ed. public schools of New York City; m. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 25, 1902, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Knight. Be- gan business in wholesale dry goods house of A. T. Stewart & Co., New York, continuing for 3 years; spent several years "roughing .it" in California; has been engaged in present line since Nov. 15, 1883; now vice-pres. and treas. W. S. Knight & Co. Republican. Office: 2-4 Wabash Av. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.

LEGNER, William G., brewer; b. Neustadt, W. Prussia, Ger., Aug. 15, 1858; s. William G. and Flora (Noetzel) Legner; ed. Gymnasium, Neustadt, Ger., and at business college, Troy, N. Y., m. Chicago, Sept. 1, 1882, Dora Leusch; children: Harriet O., Ellen H., Roger H. From 1876-9 engaged in father's cigar-box factory, Troy, N. Y .; 1879-86 in advertising dept. of the Chicago Freie Presse and Staats Zeitung, and business mgr. of the Chicago Democrat; deputy collector of Internal Revenue, 1886-9; since July 1, 1889, with the W. Side Brewing Co., beginning as shipping clerk; now vice- pres. and treas. Democrat; elected, 1892, as presidential elector; 1900, as trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Lutheran. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Central Turn-Verein, Teu- tonia Maennerchor. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ashland, Germania, North West, Iroquois, Co- lumbia Yacht, Fox Lake Yacht, Chicago Rid- ing. Office: 405 N. Paulina St. Residence: 709 N. Hovne Av.

LEHLE, William Louis, architect; b. Ulm, Ger., 1844; s. George Louis Lehle; ed. Univ. of Stuttgart, Ger .; came to U. S., 1867; m. 1872, Josephine Watson; children: George Louis, Amelia Susan, Anna, William Louis, Jr. Since 1872 engaged in practice as architect, and since 1892 has made a specialty of plans and designs for industrial plants. Office:\ 103 Randolph St. Residence: 1727 E. Waveland Av.

LEHMAN, Louis Bernhard, wholesale gloves; b. Nurnberg, South Ger., Mar. 29, 1854; s. Bernhard and Salie (Zeiller) Lehman; ed. Germany; m. Chicago, June 25, 1884, Della Reiss; children: Warren, Sadie. Clerked in re- tail dry goods store in Wheeling, W. Va., 1869- 1873; in retail dry goods business at Pitts-

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field, Mass., 1873-80; with J. & M. Lehman, New York City, as silent partner, 1880-2; then established a wholesale glove business in Chi- cago. Republican. Jewish religion. Club: Standard. Office: 153 Market St. Residence: 3646 Grand Boul.

LEHMAN, William, pres. Gage-Downs Co., waist and corset manufacturers; b. Schorn- weisach, Bavaria, Ger., Dec. 11, 1856; s. H. and Louise Lehman; ed. Germany; m. Par- sons, Kan., Feb. 10, 1886, Hattie C. Bing; children: Louise C., Bruce W. Conducted a general store at Chetopa, Kan., 1871-91; came to Chicago; pres. of the Gage-Downs Co. since May 1, 1891, sole manufacturers waists and corsets. Mem. Chicago Commercial Assn., Chi- cago Credit Men's Assn., Illinois Manufac- turers' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Office: 208-210 VanBuren St. Residence: 3346 Prairie Av.

LEHMANN, Karl Ludvig, consulting en- gineer; b. Skjolden, Norway, May 6, 1860; s. Hans and Synnove (Knudsen) Lehmann; spent childhood at Bergen, Norway, where father was wholesale merchant, and, after death of parents, was 5 years in Polytechnic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland, from which was grad .; was employed for a time in measuring de- grces for the Indo-European Commission, and after traveling over Europe returned to Nor- way to look after the administration of his father's estate, at same time being engaged as teacher of mathematics, and after closing up the affairs of the paternal estate came to the U. S. in 1882. When arrived in this country first engaged in mercantile business, trans- lating, and teaching mechanics, but later en- gaged as engineer and architect, at St. Paul, and from thence to Chicago, where has since been engaged as engineer, designing bridges, elevated railways, the great arches at Tatter- sall's, bascule bridges for the city of Chicago, etc., covering a wide range of civil and archi- tectural engineering work. Mem. St. Paul Soc. of Engineers. Office: 112 Clark St. Residence: 211 N. Humboldt St.

LEICHSENRING, Hermann Carl, contractor for mosaic work, etc .; b. Dresden, Ger., Jan. 8, 1865; s. Frederick August and J. (Gutwas- ser) Leichsenring; ed. Dresden; m. Chicago, Aug. 1, 1887, Minna Leitritz, of Dresden, Ger .; children: Hermann, Johanna, Anna, Elizabeth, Gertrude. Served apprenticeship as stucco worker in Dresden; 1883-7, worked and studied in Vienna, Trieste, Munich, Cologne and Ber- lin. Came to Chicago in Mar., 1887; organized, 1890, and was supt. until 1902, and since then gen. mgr of the Art Marble Co. Office: Flour- noy and Rockwell Sts. Residence: 514 Eddy St. LEICHT, Edward Albert, treas. Paepcke- Leicht Lumber Co .; b. Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 31, 1866; s. Andrew E. and Louise (Seba) Leicht; removed with parents to Chicago in childhood; cd. Lincoln School, Bryant & Strat- ton Commercial. College and North Division High School, Chicago, and at Royal Gym- nasium, Sondershausen, Ger .; m. Chicago, May 12, 1891. Angelina Madlener; 1 son: Albert Ed- ward. Since 1890 in the Paepcke-Leicht Lum- ber Co., wholesale manufacturers and dealers in lumber, box-shooks and boxes, of which he the Marked Trce Lumber Co .; trustee of the Chicago Mill & Lumber Co., sec. and dir. of the Marked Tree Lumber Co .; trustee of the Illinois Med. College, and mem. of Art Insti- tute. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Mid-Day, Germania Maennerchor. Office: Tri- bune Bldg. Residence: 17 Lake View Av.

LEIGH, Edward Baker, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Chicago Ry. Equipment Co .; b. Townsend, Mass., Apr. 13, 1853; s. Edwin and Susan (Scollay) Leigh; moved to St. Louis, Mo., 1856; cd. City Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 1862-7; Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1867-8; obliged to leave school on account of ill health; m.

Furnessville, Ind., Nov. 15, 1876, Clara N. Furness; 1 son: Edwin Furness. Clerk in Pa. R. R., 1869-74; asst. sec. St. Louis Grain Ele- vator Co. and sec. East St. Louis Grain Ele- vator Co., 1875-82; mgr. Am. Brake Co., St. Louis, 1882-7; organized the Nat. Hollow Brake Beam Co., Chicago, 1888, of which he was mgr. until Jan., 1903, when he assisted in organizing the Chicago Ry. Equipment Co. (which succeeded to the business of the Nat. Hollow Brake Beam Co.), and has since been vice-pres., gen. mgr. and treas. of same, and sec. and treas. Nat. Hollow Brake Beam Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Calumet Golf, Illinois Athletic, Hamil- ton; also St. Louis, Detroit. Mem. Elks Lodge No. 9. Office: 40th St. and Princeton Av. Resi- dence: 3838 Calumet Av.

LEITER, Joseph; b. Chicago, Dec. 4, 1868; s. Levi Z. and Mary Theresa (Carver) Leiter; prepared at St. Paul's Schools, Concord, N. H .; grad. Harvard, 1891; assisted his father's agent, 1891-2; agent for his father, 1892-8; in autumn of 1897 bought wheat on Chicago Board of Trade to such an extent as to make him, at the beginning of 1898, the largest in- dividual holder of wheat in the history of the grain trade; vice-pres. Universal Fuel Co .; dir. Chicago Edison Co., S. Side Elevated Ry. Co., Chicago City Ry. Co., Spaulding Co. Office: 81 Clark St. Residence: 101 Rush St.

LELAND, Edward F., commission; b. Boston, Mass., May 16, 1862; s. G. A. and Anne (Fair- field) Leland; came to Chicago with parents, 1866; ed. Chicago public schools. Entered busi- ness life as employe of A. T. Stewart & Co., and later was with Libby, McNeill && Libby; with Parker, Martin & Co., Oct., 1881; with W. W. Catlin & Co. and finally with Rumsey, Lightner & Co., in which he became a part- ner until 1892, when with J. L. Ward organ- ized firm of Ward & Leland, dissolved 1896; continued alone until Jan. 1, 1898, when with John Herbert Ware, established present firm of Ware & Leland. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: 145 VanBuren St.

LEMAN, Henry Warren, lawyer; b. Charles- town, Mass., Dec. 6, 1852; s. Henry Warren and Deborah (Whitmore) Leman; ed. public schools of Massachusetts; came to Chicago, 1870, and studied law, attending law school for a time; m. Chicago, Feb. 7, 1881, Frances E., daughter of James H. Dole; children: Shel- son Dole, Frances M. Admitted to bar, 1873, and engaged in practice until about 1890, when retired to become 2d vice-pres. of the Chicago Title & Trust Co., and having charge of the trust dept., but resumed practice a few years later. Also vice-pres. J. H. Dole & Co., com- mission merchants. Republican; was state senator from the 6th district of Illinois, 1885- 1890; was mem. of the famous 103 who elected Gen. John A. Logan to U. S. Senate after 5 months' deadlock. Was 2 years a mem. of the Ellsworth Zouaves. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn .. Illinois State Bar Assn. Mem. 103 Society. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View, Marquette. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 337 Dearborn Av.

LEMMON, Thomas Alexander, coal operator: b. New Albany, Ind., Apr. 16, 1841; s. Michael and Martha J. (Griffin) Lemmon; ed. com- mon and high schools of New Albany. Ind., until 1857; m. New Albany, Ind., Apr. 27, 1865. Sarah C. Berry; children: Mrs. Florence R. McDonald, Chandler Fontaine, Albert Berry. Served in Army of the Tennessee, 1861-5, in 5th Ohio Cav .; was in first day's Aght at battle of Shiloh, in which his was the only cavalry regiment engaged. After leaving army was for 11 months in clothing business in Louisville, Ky .; came to Chicago July 5, 1866, and entered employ of E. D. Taylor & Son, coal dealers, as bookkeeper; later with Taylor & Thomas for 1 year; started in business for himself, In firm Lemmon & Cornish, in 1821;

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burned out in big fire; entered service of Chi- Office: 212 Randolph St. Residence: 4549 Vin- cago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Co. in cennes Av. 1872, as bookkeeper; since 1887 sec. and treas. of the company. Also treas. Mammoth Vein Coal Co. Republican. Mem. Columbia Post, G. A. R. Mem. William B. Warren Lodge No. 209, A. F. & A. M. Club: Hinsdale. Office: Old Col- ony Bldg. Residence: 5530 Washington Av.

LENEHAN, Joseph H., insurance; b. Du- buque, Ia., Nov. 15, 1852; s. Bartholomew D. and Mary A. Lenehan; ed. public schools of Dubuque, Ia .; m. Dubuque, 1883, Margaret Littleton; children: Margaret, Francis Little- ton, Mary Calista. After leaving school en- gaged in insurance business at Dubuque; or- ganized the Will Co., Ill., insurance compact at Joliet in 1885; later inspector of special hazards for mutual insurance companies, and, in 1887, became Illinois State agent for the Insurance Co. of North America and the Penn- sylvania Fire Insurance Co; assisted in or- ganizing western dept. of the Palatine In- surance Co. of Manchester, Eng., 1892; asst. mgr. western dept. of North British & Mer- cantile Insurance Co., 1898-9; asst. general agent of the Phenix Insurance Co. at Chicago, July 1, 1899, and in 1900 became general agent of that company. Pres. Illinois State Board of Fire Underwriters, 1890; pres. Fire Under- writers' Assn. of the. Northwest, 1897. Clubs: Union League, Glen View, Washington Park, Chicago Athletic. Office: 205 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 4515 Greenwood Av.

LENFESTEY, John Thomas, merchant flour miller; b. Owen Sound, Ont., Can., Mar. 17, 1856; s. Peter and Jane (Bezeck) Lenfestey; ed. public schools, Kankakee, Ill., to 1875; m. Kankakee, Ill., June 9, 1881, Frances Beardsley; 1 son: Reginald. Was 13 years jewelry mer- chant in Chicago and for 4 years a manufac- turer of household utensils from flax fiber, at Mankato, Minn .; since 1888 has been proprie-

tor of the Lenfestey Milling Co., with office and warehouse at 27 Michigan Av., flour mills and water power at Waldron, Kankakee Co., Ill. Has been pres. of the village board of Waldron, Ill., and supervisor of Aroma Tp., Kankakee Co., Ill. Republican. Mem. Ivanhoe Commandery, K. T., Kankakee, Ill. Clubs: Hamilton, Marquette; Kankakee Commercial (Kankakee, Ill.). Office: 27 Michigan Av. Resi- dence: 434 Dearborn Av.

LENKE, August, coal; b. Hanover, Ger., Mar. 16, 1844; s. Henry and Christina (Schwerdfeger) Lenke; ed. public schools of Hanover to 1859; m. Chicago, May 22, 1868, Sophia Rauter; children: August, Jr., Alvina, Anna. Resided in Bremen, Ger., 1859-64; came to New York and thence, after short stay, to Chicago, 1864; peddler, 1864-8; in feed and flour business, 1870; in coal business, 1873; since 1877 partner in O. S. Richardson & Co., miners and shippers of coal; also dir. of Col- lins Coal Co. Republican. Appointed fish com- missioner by Gov. Yates in Jan., 1901. Mason; mem. Cregier Lodge. Club: Germania. Office: Bedford Bldg. Residence: 93 Ewing Pl.

LEONARD, Arthur George, gen. mgr. Union Stock Yards & Transit Co .; dir. Chicago Junc- tion Ry. Co., Nat. Live Stock Bank, Stock Yards Savings Bank. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Caxton, Midlothian. Office: Union Stock Yards. Summer residence: Thornton, Ill. Residence: 4726 Woodlawn Av.

LEONARD, Charles Clyde, merchant, manu- facturer; b. Clyde, O., Nov. 14, 1855; s. Joshua W. and Margaret Jane (Crawford) Leonard; ed. public schools of Attica, Seneca Co., O .; m. Muskegon, Mich., Jan. 3, 1877, Estella G. Clark; children: Irene M., Earl C. Since Jan. 1, 1894, sec .- treas. and mgr. of the U. S. Bot- tlers' Supply Co .; also dir. Chicago Cork Works Co. and of the Kimble Glass Co., manu- facturers of vials. Republican. Universalist.

LEONARD, John Robert, commission hay and grain; b. New York City, Sept. 19, 1865; s. Arthur and Elizabeth (Farlow) Leonard; ed. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn .; m. Al- bany, New York, Feb., 1897, Harriet Olcott; children: Mary Elizabeth, Daniel. Was asst. superintendent of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R., 1890-1901; in Apr., 1901, established in Chi- cago in the hay and grain commission busi- ness, and in May, 1903, associated with George S. Bridge in the present firm of Bridge & Leonard. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Club: Saddle and Sir- loin. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 5228 Hibbard Av.

LEONARD, John William, editor, author; b. London, Eng., June 6, 1849; s. Howard James and Mary Ann (Smith) Leonard; academic education; traveled in Europe, Africa, E. In- dies, Australia; engaged in journalism; came to U. S., July, 1868; m. May 21, 1884, Geor- giana Mix, of Rochelle, Ill .; children: Howard G., William E., Alice Mae, Bessie Virginia, Robert H. Admitted to Texas bar, Nov., 1870, at Beaumont; practiced in Texas, Arkansas, Arizona and Illinois; held various local offices; edited daily and weekly papers; contributor to reviews and magazines on sociol. themes; literary critic; edited The Social Forum, 1899-1900. Organizer and first secretary Terri- torial Democratic Committee, Arizona, 1877-8; Democratic nominee for Congress, 8th Illinois district, 1898, 1900; mem, and sec. board of education, Wheaton, Ill., since 1899; lecturer on natural sciences, Christian sociology and economics; mem. committee on temperance, Illinois State Sunday School Assn .; Illinois delegate to International Sunday School Con- vention, Toronto, 1905. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., A. A. A. S., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Methodist. (See Who's Who in Amer- ica for books, etc.) Residence: Wheaton, Ill.

LEONARD, Mark Trafton, stocks and bonds; b. Mt. Vernon, Ind., Jan. 14, 1863; s. Charles F. and Mary E. (Pierce) Leonard; ed. Mt. Vernon High School; m. Mt. Vernon, Ind., June 20, 1884, Mary R. Sullivan; children: Frederick Charles, John Hay. Began business life as clerk in the bank of the Mt. Vernon Banking Co., 1880, and became asst. cashier in 1882; cashier of International Bank, Mt. Vernon, 1884; vice-pres. of Mt. Vernon Bank- ing Co., 1888; came to Chicago, 1890, and es- tablished present firm of Mark T. Leonard & Co., brokers in unlisted stocks and bonds. Re- publican. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg. Resi- dence: 36 Madison Park.

LEONARD, William Austin, western mgr. the Winsted Silk Co., manufacturers of silk threads; b. Beloit, Wis., Sept. 20, 1865; s. William A. and Harriet (Taylor) Leonard; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1893, Emma B. Neff; children: Lowell Austin and Willard Leslie. Engaged in mercantile pursuits since leaving school and has held his present position since 1890. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Office: 230-232 Adams St. Residence: 5719 Madison Av.

LEOPOLD, Henry F., merchant; b. Han- cock, Mich., Dec., 1862; s. Aaron F, and Bertha F. Leopold; ed. public schools, Milwaukee, Wis .; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1894. During entire business career has been connected with trade in dried fruits and canned goods; now pres. and treas. of the Leopold & Feron Co. Office: 9-15 River St. Residence: 4437 Ellis Av.

LEOPOLD, Nathan Freudenthal, lake trans- portation; b. Eagle River, Mich., July 2, 1860; s. Samuel F. and Babette F. Leopold; removed to Chicago from Michigan in 1867; ed. Chi- cago public schools; m. Chicago, June, 1892, Florence G. Foreman; children: Foreman, Samuel, Nathan F., Jr. Engaged continuously in lake transportation business since 1876, and

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in 1900 became pres. of the Manitou Steam- ship Co. Clubs: Union League, Standard, Hamilton. Office: 108 Dearborn St. Residence: 3223 Michigan Av.

LERMIT, Gerald Henry, insurance; b. Ded- ham, Essex, Eng., 1855; mgr. of the western dept. of the Northern Assurance Co. since 1894. Club: Union League. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 5119 Jefferson Av. Summer home: Pointe Aux Pins, Mich.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 102

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 650

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 650