The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 115

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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MARSTON, Thomas Brunton, lawyer; h. St Louis, Mo., July 2, 1857; s. Thomas and Emma (Catherwood) Marston; came to Chicago in childhood; ed. Chicago public schools, includ- ing high school; grad. Yale College, 1879; studied law; m. Chicago, 1896, Julia Dale Ewart; 1 daughter: Dorothy Ewart. Admitted to bar, 1884, and with Henry N. Tuttle, formed law firm of Marston & Tuttle. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Club: University. Office: .Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 126 Cass St.

MARTHENS, Chester Nino, interior marble work; b. Covington, Ky., May 31, 1864; s. Albert W. and Elizabeth J. (Hayt) Marthens; ed. public schools of Cincinnati, O .; m. Cin- cinnati, O., Oct. 1. 1899, Carrie Armstrong: children: Eunice. Bradley F., C. Raymond. Albert Francis. Has long been identified with the execution of interior marble, mosaic and tile work; came to Chicago in 18$9; organized the Chester N. Marthens Co., 1899, of which he is pres. and treas. Republican. Club: La- Grange Country. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: LaGrange, Ill.

MARTIN, A. Vere, manufacturer: b. on farm In De Kalb Co., Ill., May 2, 1859; s. George W. and Laura (Driggs) Martin: ed. Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill., 1875-9: m. Davenport, Ia., Feb. 5, 1895, Edith Maud Whitcomb (now deceased); 1 son: Whitcomb (now deceased). Taught school 1 year after leaving college;

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traveling salesman, 1880-96; asst. mgr. Federal Life Insurance Assn., 1896-1900; engaged in infg. since 1900; mgr. Martcross Co., manufac- turers clothes bars; dir. Oliver Mfg. Co. Re- publican. Clubs: Hamilton, Birchwood, Ken- wood Country. Office: 40 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: Pullman Bldg.

MARTIN, Albert, lawyer; b. Bourbon Co., Ky., Dec. 19, 1870; s. Samuel Fitch and Re- becca J. (Carpenter) Martin; grad. Kentucky Wesleyan College, A.B., 1889; graduate course in Cornell Univ., 1890; grad. Univ. of Mich- igan, LL.B., 1892; m. Chicago, June 27, 1900, Bettie Garth Fible; 1 son: Edmund Fible. Ad- mitted to bar, June, 1892; mem. of law firm of Taylor & Martin. Mem. Law Institute, Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Hinsdale Golf. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg.

MARTIN, Amos Wilson, lawyer; b. Lancas- ter Co., Pa., Nov. 12, 1848; s. David and Bar- bara (Witmer) Martin; grad. State Normal School, Millersville, Pa., B.E., 1870, and from law dept. of Univ. of Michigan, graduating LL.B., 1873; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., Apr. 2, 1873, Eliza J. Storms; 1 son: Edward H. S. Has been for many years the western atty. and repre- sentative of the Portsmouth Savings Bank, of Portsmouth, N. H .; also of the Grand Crossing Tack Co., of Grand Crossing, Ill .; the Tonk Mfg. Co., of Chicago (of which is a dir.) and many other corporations; was atty. for the Union Nat. Bank until its consolidation with 1st National Bank; practice more generally in corporation, real estate and probate law; since 1900, has associated son, under firm name of A. W. & E. H. S. Martin. Mem. Cook Co. Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Treas. Washingtonian Home. Clubs: Illinois, Lincoln. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Resi- dence: 6442 Ingleside Av.

MARTIN, Benjamin Franklin, dentist; b. Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 27, 1866; s. Frank and Albina Martin; ed. schools of Jacksonville, Ill., and grad. Chicago College of Dental Sur- gery in 1896; m. Chicago, 1903, Nora Marr. Has been a resident of Chicago from 1887, and since 1896 engaged in active practice of dentistry in this city. Mem. of the Chicago Odontographic Soc., Chicago Dental Soc., Illi- nois State Dental Soc. Mem. Masonic order, I. O. O. F., Royal Arcanum. Office: 70 State St. MARTIN, Frederick Stanley, broker; b. Olean, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1857; s. Russell and Lydia (Hawes) Martin; ed. public schools and at Racine (Wis.) College, graduating, A.B., in class of 1876, and later, A.M .; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1885, Annie W. Sands; 1 daughter: Lil- lian. Began business life with Reynolds Bros., and afterward with Charles Counselman & Co., 1888-1904; established, 1904, as broker on own account. Clubs: Chicago. University, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Glen View, Caxton, Evanston, Evanston Golf. Office: Postal Tele- graph Bldg. Residence: 1640 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill.

MARTIN, Franklin H., physician; b. Ocono- mowoc, Wis., July 13, 1857; s. Edmond and Josephine (Carlin) Martin; ed. public schools, Oconomowoc; grad. Chicago Med. College. 1880; m. Chicago, 1885, Isabelle Hollister. Prof. gynecology, Post-Graduate Med. School, Chicago; surgeon, Post-Graduate, Woman's and Chicago Charity Hosps. Ex-pres. Chicago Gynecological Soc .; ex-pres. section of dis- eases of women, Am. Med. Assn .; mem. Il1. State Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecological Soc., Am. Gynecological Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian. Author: Electricity in Diseases of Women, 1892; Treatment of Febroid Tumors of the Uterus, 1897. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 3210 Lake Av.

MARTIN, Henry Scoville, sec. of the Dolese & Shepard Co., quarrymen, paving contractors; b. Grand Haven, Mich., June 5, 1846; s. Henry and Jane (Scoville) Martin; ed. public schools in Michigan; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept.

23, 1875, Frances Patten; children: Grace P., Martha M. First came to Chicago in 1858, but soon went west, and was driving stage coach out of Denver for Wells, Fargo Express Co. in 1864; returned to Chicago and engaged in business as dealer in building material and supplies, and remained in that business until 1896, when the Dolese & Shepard Co. was or- ganized and incorporated as producers and shippers of stone, etc., crushed granite and paving contractors; has since been sec. of the company. Republican. Episcopalian. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: LaGrange, Ill.

MARTIN, Hiram M., oculist and aurist; b. Morris, Ill., Oct. 29, 1859; s. William and Ma- ria (Vail) Martin; ed. Morris Normal School, and at Carthage College, and grad. medicine, Univ. of Michigan, 1879. Began practice, Oct., 1879; engaged in drug business, 1881-6, but continued eye and ear studies; since 1886 actively engaged in practice, confining it to the eye and ear. Taught ophthalmology in Chicago Ophthalmic College, from Jan., 1888- 1901; since then has taught same at Jenner Med. College; pres. Jenner Med. College, and of Chicago Ophthalmic College. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc. Unitarian. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 523 Jackson Boul.

MARTIN, Horace Hawes, lawyer; b. Olean, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1855; s. Russell and Lydia (Hawes) Martin; home in Racine, Wis., 1872- 1880; ed. public schools of Olean, N. Y .; Ra- cine (Wis.) College, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., LL.B., 1880; m. Buffalo, N. Y., 1892, Florence E. Durkee. Came to Chi- cago, 1880; engaged in practice; later for 4 years a mem. of the firm of Campbell, Jones & Martin, and for past 10 years has been of firm of Herrick, Allen, Boyesen & Martin. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Chi- cago Law Club. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Cax- ton, University, Onwentsia. Office: 107 Dear- born St. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.

MARTIN, James C., lawyer; b. Elgin, Ill., June 21, 1861; s. Thomas and Ellen (Rowan) Martin; ed. Elgin Acad., Lake Forest Univ. (1 year); grad. Univ. of Michigan, A.B. and LL.B .; also received teacher's diploma from Univ. of Michigan for proficiency in Greek, Latin and German; m. Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 15, 1887, Elizabeth J. Kirk; children: Verna, Sydney, Stephen D., Ruth. Admitted to bar, 1886, and engaged in practice until appointed by Gov. Altgeld, July, 1895, justice of the peace. Democrat. Office: 125 S. Clark St. Resi- dence: 2419 Indiana Av.

MARTIN, James Gray, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Northern Grain Co .; b. Tiffin, O., Sept. 23, 1863; s. Charles and Sophie (Pfau) Martin; ed. Heidelberg College, Tiffin, O .; m. Tiffin, O., 1885, Mintie P. Cole; children: Lucile, Hazel C. Was in business at Ashland, Wis., until 1890, when he came to Chicago and organized the Northern Grain Co., of which he has since been vice-pres. and mgr., and which has ever since been engaged in a cash grain business. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League. Office: Western Union Bldg. Residence: 2508 Magnolia Av.

MARTIN, John Dennis, fire underwriter; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 10, 1857; s. George and Grace Elizabeth (Smith) Martin; ed. public and high schools of Pittsburgh, Pa., and at St. Mary's College, Dayton, O .; m. Charlotte Court House, Va. (then known as Smithville), Oct. 27, 1881, Julia Lee Raine; children: Mary Elizabeth (now Mrs. Edward R. Turnbull, Jr., Lawrenceville, Va.), Lillian Spraggins, Charles Preston, Harry Raine, Helen Plum, Joseph Holmes. Was bookkeeper in Augusta Nat. Bank, 1878-82; went to Minneapolis and worked in Northwestern Nat. Bank there, 1882-8; since Nov., 1888, in fire insurance business in Chicago; became a mem. of firm of Fisher, Martin & Wurts, Jan. 1, 1889, and later of Holmes, Martin & Co., representing

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leading fire and plate glass insurance com- panies. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Oak Park. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 112 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill.

MARTIN, Joseph Earle, coal; b. Rockford, Ill., Apr. 28, 1855; s. Rev. Henry L. and Jane Goldthorp Martin; ed. Northwestern Univ .; m. Chicago, 1882, Sylvia Reynolds; children: Lois, May, Dorothy, Josephine. Came to Chicago from Rockford, Ill., 1875, and was with the Heath & Milligan Co., 1875-82; after that with the Devoe-Raynolds Paint Co. as sec. for 22 years; since May, 1904, sec. and treas. of the Sunnyside Coal Co., also sec. and treas. of the Warden Washed Coal Co. Mem. Coal Club. Re- publican. Mason-large, chapter, K. T., com- mandery and Mystic Shrine. Club: Union League. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 2578 N. Hermitage Av.

MARTIN, Nicholas, teas and coffees; b. Co. Galway, Connaught, Ireland, Apr. 15, 1845; s. Nicholas and Ann (Ashe) Martin; ed. common schools in Ireland; came direct from Ireland to Chicago, arriving here Oct. 2, 1866; m. Kingston, Can., Nov. 26, 1876, Mary B. Car- ruthers; children: Ann Louise, Bessie Flor- ence, George Robert, Nicholas, Jr., Richard. Retail grocer, 1868-74; since 1874 head of N. Martin & Co., jobbers of teas, coffees, syrups, etc. Republican. Mason; mem. Lakeside Lodge, and Chevalier Bayard Commandery, K. T. Office: 44-46 S. Water St. Residence: 3639 Grand Boul.

MARTIN, Robert De Los, lawyer; b. Free- port, Ill., Aug. 28, 1860; s. Dr. Chancellor and Mary F. (Hall) Martin; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1876; Yale Univ., A. B., 1880; law dept. Columbia Univ., LL.B., 1882; m. New York, Jan. 25, 1891, Harriet S. Joy, of Newark, N. J .; children: Joy Delos, Helen T. Admitted to bar in New York City, 1882; went west and practiced law at Mitchell, S. Dak., and was elected judge of probate court there; came to Chicago, about 1894, and has since been engaged in general practice of law here; since 1900 mem. of law firm of Iles & Martin. Republican. Clubs: Yale, Hamilton, Kenwood Country. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 4828 Kimbark Av.

MARTIN, Samuel Klump, Jr., banker; b. Chi- cago, Aug. 12, 1876; s. Samuel K. and Hattie Ann (Babcock) Martin; preparatory education at Lawrenceville School; grad. Princeton Univ., 1899; m. Chicago, Nov. 17, 1903, Laura E. Young. After leaving college became sec. of the S. K. Martin Lumber Co., of Chicago, un- til, upon the organization of the Manufactur- ers' Bank of Chicago, Oct. 12, 1903, was elected its vice-pres .. which position he now holds. Is 1st lieut. and aide-de-camp, 1st brigade, I. N. G. Clubs: Calumet, Washington Park, Univer- sity, Chicago Auto Assn., Lake Geneva (Wis.) Country Club, Lambs Club (New York City). Office: Clinton St. and Jackson Boul. Resi- dence: 2600 Michigan Av.

MARTIN, William P., gen. mgr. People's Gas Light and Coke Co .; pres. and dir. Acetylene Apparatus Mfg. Co., U. S. Acetylene Car Light- ing Co. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, Chi- cago Golf. Office: 157 Michigan Av. Residence: 60 Bellevue Pl.

MARTYN, Chauncey White, lawyer; b. Can- ton, N. Y., July 17, 1865; s. Albert T. and Mary S. (Clark) Martyn; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., with degree of B.S., in class of 1885; grad. Union College of Law, Chicago, with degree of LL.B., 1890; m. Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 24, 1894, Anna D. Thompson; 1 son: Chauncey W., Jr. Resident of Chicago since 1888; admitted to bar of State of Illinois, 1890; since then continuously engaged in general practice of law in Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Kenwood, Calumet Golf. Office: Fish- er Bldg. Residence: 4905 Lake Av.

MASHEK, Vojta Frank, lumberman; b. Ke- waunce, Wis., Sept. 12, 1867; s. Vojta and Anna

(Kwapil) Mashek; ed. Kewaunee High School to 1881; Markham Acad., Milwaukee, Wis., 1881-4; Cornell Univ., 1885-9, graduating A.B., 1889; m. Litchfield, Ill., Feb. 25, 1902, June S. Crabb. After graduation entered wholesale lumber business in Chicago and is now vice- pres. and treas. of the Pilsen Lumber Co., and Mashek Lumber Co .; dir. Mashek Chemical and Iron Co. Mason. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, and Chi Psi. Clubs: University, Midlothian, Chica- go Athletic. Office: Laflin and 22d Sts. Resi- dence: 3750 Grand Boul.

MASON, Arthur John, contracting engineer; b. Melbourne, Australia, June 1, 1857; s. Cyrus and Jessie (Campbell) Mason; ed. public schools and Univ. of Melbourne; m. Kansas City, Mo., Jan., 1886, Hattie Adelaide Devol; children: Arthur John, Jr., Marjorie Jessy, Har- riet Devol, Carroll Adelaide. In Australia was engaged as engineer in chief's dept. of Govern- ment Rys., and in 1881 came to U. S., and en- gageu in engineering work in California, Ore- gon, Utah, Colorado and Kansas. Lived in Kansas City, 1884-1900, and was asst. city en- gineer and a mem. of the board of public works there. After extensive experiments joined Mr. Frank K. Hoover in the firm of Hoover & Mason, contracting engineers for the design and manufacture of machinery for the handling of iron ore from mine to furnace, and processes and appurtenances in the iron and steel industry. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil En- gineers, Western Society of Engineers. Clubs: Washington Park, Quadrangle, Homewood. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: 5713 Woodlawn Av.

MASON, Frank G., physician; b. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Can., June 8, 1865; s. John J. and Amelia (Evans) Mason; grad. Chicago College of Pharmacy, Ph.G., 1887; Rush Med. College, M.D., 1890; m. Chicago, May, 1894, Daisy E. Willard; 1 son: Willard J. Was in drug business in Canada. 1882-5, and in Chi- cago, 1885-90; since 1890 engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago. Instructor in materia medica Chicago Dental College and Rush Med. College. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc. Republican. Club: Illinois. Office: 92 State St. Residence: 474 W. Congress St.

MASON, Fred Bonfoy, life insurance; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 24, 1868; s. Ira J. and Clara (Bon- foy) Mason; attended Oberlin College, 1886- 1890; m. Bertha Sickles Pfeffer; 1 son: Ira J., II. In Aug., 1890, entered the service of the Atna Life Insurance Co. as a solicitor; in Oct., 1901, became associated with his father in firm of Ira J. Mason & Son, agents of the Ætna Life Insurance Co. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mem. and now in 4th annual term as sec. Nat. Assn. of Life Underwriters; mem. Life Underwriters of Chicago, and was sec .. 1893-9, and vice-pres., 1899-1904. Club: Union League. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 281 Fremont St.

MASON, George, manufacturer: b. Paisley. Scotland, Mar. 1, 1840; s. Carlile and Jean (Mc- Arthur) Mason; came to Chicago with parents in 1844; ed. private schools in Chicago and scientific dept. Univ. of Michigan, leaving in senior year to enlist in 12th Ill. Infy .: served on staff of Gen. McArthur at Battle of Shiloh. where his horse was killed under him; pro- moted to adjutant for meritorious conduct there, and later acting asst. adjt .- gen. on Gen. Oglesby's staff; with 16th Army Corps in cam- paigns of Army of the Tennessee, up to the fall of Atlanta, breveted maj., Mar .. 1865. Ro- turned to Chicago on completion of his term of service in army; became interested in the Excelsior Iron Works, of which he is now pres. Dir. Chicago Public Library, 1873-80; on executive committee of Inter-State Industrial Exposition, 1880-92: W. Park Commissioner. 1885-92, part of time pres .: mem, and sec. of Shiloh Battlefield Commission, Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1900; mem, and chairman

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Board of Inspectors, House of Correction. Re- Wellesly and Harriet Masters; ed. St. John publican. Congregationalist. Mem. G. A. R., Loyal Legion, vice-pres. Soc. of the Army of the Tennessee; dir. Memorial Hall Assn. and of Central Free Dispensary. Commander Amer- ica Post, G. A. R., 1902; commander Illinois Commandery Loyal Legion, 1903-4; m. June 18, 1867; 1 son: Carlisle (a mechanical engi- neer, residing in New York). Club: Illinois. Of- fice: 100 N. Clinton St. Residence: 511 Monroe St.

MASON, Ira Jenks, life insurance; b. Bur- lington, Conn., Mar. 7, 1834; s. Ira and Emelia (Frisbie) Mason; ed. common schools and was student at Oberlin College, 1856; m. Oberlin, O., Nov. 10, 1857, Clara Bonfoy (now de- ceased); children: Maude E. M. (Howland), Rose B., Fred B. Came to Chicago, 1858; began insurance business with B. W. Phillips & Co., 1861; since 1863 consecutively of Paul & Ma- son, Wells & Mason, Wells, Mason & Merrill, Paul & Mason, Ira J. Mason and Ira J. Mason & Son; has been general agent of the Ætna Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., since 1876. Mem. of the Board of Trade 30 years: mem. Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Republican. Presbyterian; mem. of the Church of the Cove- nant. Club: Union League. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 354 Bissell St.

MASON, Lewis F., lawyer; b. Chicago, Aug. 20, 1874; s. William Ernest (ex-U. S. Senator) and Edith J. (White) Mason; ed. Washington, (D. C.) High School and W. Division (Chicago) High School; 2 years at Northwestern Univ. Law School; grad. Kent Law School (LL.D.); m. Waukegan, Ill., June 22, 1898, Emily M. Coon; 1 daughter: Eleanor. Admitted to bar, June, 1896; since 1898, in partnership with his father in firm of Mason & Mason. U. S. Com- missioner for Northern District of Illinois since 1898. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Office: 205 LaSalle St. Residence: Waukegan, Il1.

MASON, Roswell Bertram, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 24, 1873; s. Edward G. and Julia M. (Starkweather) Mason; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1895; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1897. Admitted to bar, 1897. Was asst. Corpo- ration Counsel of the City of Chicago, 1899- 1902. Is vice-pres. of the Chicago Union Trans- fer Ry. Co. Democrat. Office: 81 Clark St.

MASON, William Ambrose, banker; b. Niles, Trumbull Co., O., May 14, 1847; s. Henry H. and Adliza T. (Kingsley) Mason; ed. Niles dis- trict schools and at Hiram (O.) College; m. So- lon, O., Oct. 1, 1868, Frances H. Bull. Began business career in Niles, O., 1868, conducting general store until 1873, when engaged in wholesale dry goods business at Cleveland; re- moved to Chicago, 1882, continuing in whole- sale dry goods business until 1892; since then has given exclusive attention to banking busi- ness (established 1890) of Mason, Lewis & Co., of which is senior mem. Firm have offices in Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia, and are dealers in municipal, railroad and corporation bonds. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Marquette, Glen View. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 43 Banks St.

MASON, William Ernest, lawyer; b. Frank- linville, N. Y., July 7, 1850; removed with pa- rents to Bentonsport, Ia., 1858; academic edu- cation; taught school, 1866-70, last 2 years in Des Moines, Ia .; m. June 11, 1873, Edith White. Admitted to bar; has practiced in Chicago since 1872; mem. Illinois General Assembly, 1879; State Senator, 1881-5; mem. of Congress, 1887-91; U. S. Senator, 1897-1903; delegate Nat. Republican Convention, 1904, and on the Re- publican ticket for Presidential Elector; mem. law firm of Mason & Mason. Republican. Clubs: Menoken, Marquette, Hamilton. Office: 205 LaSalle St. Residence: 1477 Washington Boul.

MASTERS, Arthur Wellesly, gen. mgr. Lon- don Guarantee and Accident Co .; b. Amherst, Cumberland Co., N. S., Apr. 11, 1850; s. Arthur

(N. B.) Cutten Grammar School, 1860-4, and Acadia College, Wolfville, N. S., 1865-7; stud- icd navigation and received certificate of com- petency as Master Mariner from English Board of Trade; m. St. John, N. B., Aug. 6, 1883, Es- telle F. De Vine; children: John Robbins, Es- telle. Went to sea in 1867, became master of ship Decori in 1875; sailed as commander of various large ships to all parts of the world; left the sea in 1887, joined forces of Equitable Life Assurance Soc., Canada, 1888; became supt. of agents, 1889-92; in 1892 came to Chi- cago as inspector for London Guarantee and Accident Co., and July, 1894, was promoted to present position as gen. mgr. for same com- pany. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Washington Park. Office: Manhattan Bldg.

MASTERS, Benjamin Franklin, lumber mer- chant and manufacturer of packing boxes; b. Masterton, O., Dec. 10, 1859; s. Benjamin and Mary (Evans) Masters; ed. public and normal schools of Ohio and Duffs College, Pittsburgh, Pa .; m. Masterton, O., Oct. 2, 1883, Anna M. Day; children: Ada Louise, Harry Benton. At the age of 16 began teaching in the country schools of Noble, Monroe and Washington counties, O., teaching during the winter and attending school during the summer. At the age of 20 attended Duff's College, Pittsburgh, Pa. After graduating was engaged by that col- lege as teacher of bookkeeping and mathemat- ics. Engaged in mercantile business in Kansas City, 1885; removed to Omaha, 1888; and to Chicago, 1892. Employed by Armour & Co., packers, for several years, and since 1899 treas. and dir. of the Rathborne, Hair & Ridg- way Co., wholesale lumber dealers, planing mills and manufacturers of packing boxes. Also pres. of the Nat. Assn. of Box and Box Shook Manufacturers of the U. S. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois. Office: Union and Lumber Sts. Residence: 932 Adams St.

MASTERS, Edgar Lee, lawyer; b. Garnett, Kan., 1868; s. H. W. and Emma J. (Dexter) Masters; removed to Illinois in infancy; ed. Knox College; studied law in his father's of- fice; m. June 21, 1898, Helen M., daughter of Robert E. Jenkins, Chicago; 1 son: Hardin W., Jr. Admitted to bar, 1891; came to Chicago, 1892. Mem. law firm Darrow & Masters. Dem- ocrat. Mem. Chicago Bar. Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn. Clubs: Press, Twentieth Century, Jefferson. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 4219 Ellis Av.

MASTERSON, Edwin F., lawyer; b. Water- town, Wis., Nov. 12, 1850; s. John and Rose (Rogan) Masterson; ed. Northwestern (Luth- eran) Univ., Watertown, Wis., and State Univ. of Wisconsin; enlisted in Union Army, 1865, too late for active service; m. Watertown, Wis., Oct. 19, 1882, Mary Mullen; children: Edwin Stanley, Arthur Vincent, Helen Marie, Frederick Joseph. Worked as farmer, teacher, on railway, and in other occupations in youth in order to secure means to complete a univ. education. Admitted to bar in Wisconsin, 1877; also mem. of bar of Minnesota, Dakota, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and of U. S. courts. Mem. law firm of Masterson & Haft, 1892-1905; also now pres. and dir. Virginia & Kentucky Ry. Democrat. R. C. Clubs: Sheridan, Iroquois. Of- fice: Atwood Bldg. Residence: 3825 Vernon Av.

MASTIN, George Crawford, lawyer; b. Ros- coe, O., Apr. 19, 1853; s. Jethro and Katherine (Dougherty) Mastin; ed. public schools, Free- port, Ill., and in old Chicago Univ., class of 1877; m. 1st, 1877, Fannie Shelby, of Shannon, Ill. (now deceased); m. 2d, Mt. Carroll, Ill., Sept. 30, 1884, Ada C. Crummer; 1 daughter: Katharine. Learned printer's trade when boy; was teacher in the public schools in Carroll County, Illinois, 1875-86; county superintend- ent of schools, Carroll County, Illinois, 1881-6;

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read law in offices of C. B. Smith, Mt. Carroll, Ill .; admitted to bar, Apr., 1884. Practiced law in Kansas and Washington, D. C., 1886-93, when returned to Chicago, where has since been in the practice of law, representing many large coal corporations; since 1902 senior mem. of law firm of Mastin, Moss & Sherlock. Also vice-pres. and dir. of the Mammoth Vein Coal Co .; dir. of the Chicago, Wilmington & Ver- million Coal Co., and of G. E. Lewis & Co., and Chicago Law Institute, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Republican. Mason. Club: West- ward Ho. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 448 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill.

other corporations. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., ' tor, musical writer; b. Loudon, N. H., May 8,

MATHER, Alonzo Clark, inventor, manufac- turer; b. Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y .; s. William and Mary Ann (Buell) Mather; ed. Fairfield Preparatory School. After leaving school obtained employment at Utica, N. Y .; from there went to Quincy, Ill., and in 1875 to Chicago; engaged in business ever since; patentee of many inventions, including a glove fastener, of which large quantities have been sold. His leading inventions are the Mather automatic car coupler, and a car for cattle transportation, which greatly adds to the com- fort and condition of the cattle carried in them, for which he received a gold medal from Am. Humane Assn .; now pres. Mather Hu- mane Stock Transportation Co., and pres. Ma- ther Stock Car Co .; vice-pres. Union Stock Yards Bank, Buffalo, N. Y. Republican. Was one of the first mems. of 1st regt. I. N. G. Clubs: Union League, Marquette. Office: 204 Dearborn St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 115

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