The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 147

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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RYERSON, John Albert, treas. Victor Chem- ical Works; b. New York City, Jan. 25, 1866; s. George Wilson and Sarah Dean (Brown) Ryerson; grad. Columbia College, A.B. 1885; Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1887. Began prac- tice of law in Chicago, 1887, continuing until 1893; became connected with the insurance firm of Moore & Janes, 1893-4, and with A. C. McClurg & Co., publishers, 1894-9; after organ- ization of that firm into a corporation, 1899, was its sec. and gen. mgr. until 1901; in lat- ter year organized the Victor Chemical Works, of which has since been treas. Also sec. and treas. of Charles E. Reed & Co., manufactur- ers of shoe patterns. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwent- sia. Office: Board of Trade Bldg.

RYERSON, Martin A., capitalist; s. late Martin Ryerson (pioneer) ; married. Director Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, Northern Trust Co., Merchants Nat. Bank, Elgin Nat. Watch Co., Chicago Auditorium Assn .; pres. Board of Trustees of the Univ. of Chicago, associate mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Clubs: Chi- cago, Union League, Washington Park, Chica- go Athletic, Commercial (pres.), Chicago Lit- erary, Caxton, Quadrangle. Office: 204 Dear- born St. Residence: 4851 Drexel Boul.

SABATH, Adolph Joseph, justice of the peace; b. Zabor, Bohemia, Apr. 4, 1866; s. Joachim and Barbara (Eissenschimel) Sa- bath; ed. schools of native town; came to Chicago, 1881. Worked at various kinds of work, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Illinois, 1889; appointed justice of the peace by Gov. Altgeld, 1895, and in 1897 was appointed by Mayor Harrison to be police magistrate at the Desplaines St. Station, and since 1899 police justice at Maxwell St. Sta- tion. Democrat; mem. Cook Co. Central Com- mittee. Clubs: Iroquois, Lakeside. Mason. Mem. Royal League. Office: 186 W. Madison St. Residence: 901 S. Ashland Av.

SACKETT, Robert Emory, sec. Nat. Life In- surance Co. of the U. S. of America; b. Pitts- ford, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1852; s. Robert and Laura J. (Smith) Sackett; parents removed to Michi-

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gan when he was 2 years old; ed. common schools and Olivet College, Mich .; left college on his father's death, 1872, taking charge of farm 2 years. Became bookkeeper and pay- master Sioux City & Pacific R. R. Co., at Ce- dar Rapids, Ia., 1874-80; cashier 1st Nat. Bank, Denison, Ia., 1880-2; returned to Sioux City & Pacific and placed in charge of company's lands at Sioux City, Ia .; was clerk of the courts of Sioux City, 1888-95; sec. Iowa Life Insurance Co., at Chicago, 1894-1900; since then in present position. Club: Union League. Office: 159 LaSalle St.

SAGE, Donald Alexander, coal; b. Ingersoll, Can., July 13, 1857; s. William M. Sage (traf- fic mgr. Rock Island System) and Annie (White) Sage; ed. Chicago at Brown and Hayes public schools, Bell's private school for boys, Bryant & Stratton Business College and Dyrenforth Acad .; grad. Chicago Business Law School; m. Chicago, May 22, 1895, Agnes Louise, daughter A. W. Mitchell. Employed by Richard Shaw & Winslow, wholesale dry goods, 1871; W. M. Sturges, Board of Trade, 1873; C., R. I. & P. Ry., 1874-6; with Board of Trade firms of Pope & Davis, 1876, Charles Ray & Co., 1877, Robert Warren & Co., 1880; broker in cash grain, 1880, and mem. of receiving and shipping grain firm of E. P. Marsh & Co. until 1885; in oil and real estate business in Santa Paula, Calif., 1886-9; cribbing corn in Kansas and Nebraska, 1889-91; connected with C. B. Congdon & Co., Board of Trade, until 1894; since 1894 in wholesale coal business, Sage & Co., producing coal in Indiana, and having ex- clusive agency of Indiana mines for Chicago and the Northwest. Also sec. and dir. Black Hawk Coal Co., Jasonville, Ind. Was mem. Board of Trade, 1878-1902; was private I. N. G. 3 years. Mem. and treas. Coal Shippers' Assn. Mem. Y. M. C. A., Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Chicago Automobile. Office: 355 Dearborn St. Residence: 1034 Pratt Boul., Rogers Park, Ill.

SAGE, Harmon Martin; b. Mumford, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1858; s. Henry and Mary E. (Harmon) Sage; grad. Univ. of Rochester, B.S., 1881; m. New York, Oct. 14, 1885, Mary E. Edgington; 1 daughter: Dorothy L. Taught school, 1881-2; entered employ of Western Electric Co., New York, Jan., 1883, and remained there until Feb., 1901; held various positions connected with factory management, and the last few years was asst. shop supt .; since Feb., 1901, supt. of the Western Electric Co.'s Clinton St. shops. Mem. Am. Soc. Mechanical Engineers. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf. Office: 259 S. Clinton St. Residence: 321 Davis St., Evanston, Ill.

SAGE, Walter Henry, insurance; b. Hunt- ington, O., Nov. 11, 1857; s. Calvin and Corin- tha (Chamberlain) Sage; ed. public schools, and grad. high school at Wellington, O .; m. Chicago, May, 1901, Nellie Van Horn. Was em- ployed in 1st Nat. Bank of Wellington, O., 1874-81, as bookkeeper and teller; in local fire agency business, in connection with the bank, 1876-81; after that State agent and adjuster for various companies; then for 10 years State agent and adjuster for the German Am. In- surance Co .; promoted asst. gen. mgr., 1902, and removed to Chicago; in Aug., 1904, be- came gen. mgr. for the German Am. Insur- ance Co. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 5225 Washington Av.

SAGER, Hiram Norton, grain commission merchant; b. Seacombe (near Liverpool), Eng., June 20, 1859: s. Richard G. (cotton importer) and Harriet M. (Norton) Sager; early educa- tion commenced in Seacombe, Eng., later at- tending grammar and high school at Lock- port, Ill .; completed education at Univ. of Wisconsin; m. Chicago, Oct. 10, 1888, Julia M. Cook: children: Harriet Louise, Ruth Mar- garet, Mildred Eloise, Alice Cook (died in in-

fancy). Spent 5 years in farming and stock raising on the Sager farm in Will Co., Ill., and was, 1884-1902, associated with Norton & Co. (established 1848), one of the largest flour milling concerns in Illinois; became treas., dir. and Chicago mgr. for Norton & Co., 1897; resigned, 1902, to become sec., treas. and man- aging dir. of J. H. Dole & Co. (established 1852), owning and operating a line of grain elevators and doing a regular commission business in grain, seeds and provisions on Chicago Board of Trade. Resident of Chicago since 1884; built present residence in Hyde Park, 1889. Mem. for 20 years, and dir. Chica- go Board of Trade, 1904. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Mem. Alumni Assn. of Chicago Mems. of Univ. of Wisconsin. Club: Colonial. Office: 226 LaSalle St. Residence: 4548 Forrest- ville Av.

SAGER, William Dean, stove merchant; b. Belvidere, Ill., Oct. 2, 1863; s. Abram and Mary (Dean) Sager; ed. public grammar and high schools of Belvidere, Ill. Came to Chica- go from Belvidere, Ill., 1884, and has since been in the stove business; was Chicago mgr. for the Cleveland Co-operative Stove Co. until 1889; since then in business for self as whole- sale dealer and jobber in stoves and ranges; western jobber for the ranges and cooking and heating stoves of the Pittsburgh Stove and Range Co., Buffalo Co-operative Stove Co .. Danville Stove and Mfg. Co., Dighton Furnace Co., and Fox Furnace Co. Clubs: Ashland, Winnetka. Office: 38 Michigan St. Residence: 293 S. Claremont Av.

SAILOR, Samuel, vice-pres. and sales mgr. Heywood Bros. and Wakefield manufacturers: b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. Co., chair 23, 1855; s. Samuel and Rebecca (Baymore) Sailor; grad. Central High School, Philadel- phia, Jan., 1874; m. Philadelphia, Mar. 27, 1879, Sarah J. Jones; children: Horace P., R. Warren, Helen, Charles M. Began business Apr. 8, 1874, as asst. mgr. for Heywood Bros. & Co., in Philadelphia; was made mgr. for same company Dec. 1, 1893; removed to Chi- cago, May 20, 1897, as mgr. for sales depts. for Heywood & Morrill Rattan Co. The busi- ness was consolidated, July 1, 1897, with the Wakefield Rattan Co., under the name of Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., and was made vice-pres. of the company and supt. of sales dept. of new company. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 1302 Harvard St. Residence: 1624 W. Adams St.

ST. JOHN, Leonard, physician: b. St. Cath- erine's. Ont .; s. Samuel Leonard and Martha Ann (Seaman) St. John: ed. private schools and acad. at St. Catherine's. Ont .. and at Mc- Gill Univ., Montreal, graduating from the medical dept. in class of 1872, and from Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Can., 1872; mem. Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1873; m. Anna B. Balch (now de- ceased). Began practice in New York City. 1874-5; came to Chicago. Dec., 1875. Surgeon at St. Anthony's Hosp .; one of the staff of Cook Co. Hosp. One of the founders of the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. and prof. of surgery in same. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc .. Am. Med. Assn. Clubs: Illinois, Washington Park. Of- fice: 103 State St. Residence: 539 W. Monroe St.

SALISBURY, Jerome Henry, physician: h. Fitchburg, Dane Co., Wis .. Feb. 7. 1854: s. Roh- ert Wilcy and Atlanta (Spears) Salisbury: ed. Univ. of Wisconsin, A.B., 1874: Rush Med. College, M.D., 1876; A.M. Lake Forest Univ .. 1888; m. Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 17. 1852. Eliza A Holt; children: Harriet Ruth, Robert Holt. In- terne in Cook Co. Hosn., 1878-9. Was prof of chemistry. Women's Med. College. 15$6-98: since 1899, asst. prof. of chemistry Rush Med. College; prof. of medicine in Chicago Clinical School. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State

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Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Methodist. Office and residence: 982 Adams St.

SALISBURY, Rollin D., prof. geology and geography, Univ. of Chicago, since 1892; dean of Ogden Graduate School of Science since 1898; b. Spring Prairie, Wis., 1859; grad. Be- loit, 1881 (A.M., 1884); prof. Beloit College, 1884-91; Univ. of Wis., 1891-2; connected with U. S. Geological Survey since 1883 and State geological survey of New Jersey since 1891. Address: 5730 Woodlawn Av.

SALSBURY, Nate Rawson, real estate, in- vestments; b. Freeport, Ill., Apr. 6, 1856; s. Washington S. and Celestine (Rawson) Sals- bury; ed. public schools at Webster City, Ia .; m. Vacaville, Calif., July 14, 1881, Fannie A. Gibbs. Came to Chicago, 1874, at age of 18, and began business career with C. E. Webber & Co., fancy groceries, becoming a mem. of that firm, 1881-5; vice-pres. Porter Bros. Co., California fruits, 1885-96; in real estate busi- ness since 1896. Sec. and treas. of Majestic Bldg. Co., formed in 1896, which owns the property, 100x100 feet, known as the Great Northern Office Bldg., and controls the Hotel Majestic and Great Northern Theatre. Vice- pres. Milner Cattle Co., Ft. Benton, Mont. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park; also California (Los Angeles). Office: 77 Jackson Boul. Residence: 3800 Grand Boul. SALTER, William Mackintire, lecturer of Soc. for Ethical Culture of Chicago; b. Bur- lington, Ia., Jan. 30, 1853; s. Rev. William Salter; grad. Knox College, 1871; studied at Yale Divinity School, 1871-3; Harvard Divinity School, 1873-6 (B.D., 1876) ; Göttingen Univ., 1876-7; Columbia Univ. (School of Politi- cal Science), 1881-2; m. Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 2, 1885, Mary S. Gibbens. Lecturer Soc. for Ethical Culture of Chicago, 1883-92, and again since 1897; lecturer Soc. for Ethical Cul- ture of Philadelphia, 1892-7. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Club: Chicago Lit- erary. Residence: 6042 Woodlawn Av.

SAMMS, Charles Francis, manufacturer; b. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 7, 1868; s. Louis and Mary (Harris) Samms; ed. public school, Richmond, Ind., and Earlham College, Ind., graduating, 1890; m. Chicago, Nov. 22, 1892, Anna Swager; children: Louis, Harry, Frank. After leaving college was with Western Elec- tric Co., Chicago, as voucher clerk and city collector, 1890-2; with Am. District Telegraph Co., St. Paul, Minn., 1892-4; in 1894 in electri- cal contracting business; now pres. and mgr. Victor Electric Co., manufacturers of high grade electrical specialties and apparatus for use of physicians, surgeons and dentists. Mem. Am. Surgical Trades Assn., Wholesalers Trade Assn. Republican. Office: 55-61 Market St. Resi- dence: 550 Garfield Av.

SAMPSELL, Marshall E., clerk of the Cir- cuit Court of the U. S .; b. Marshall, Tex., Feb. 28, 1874; s. Joseph Benjamin and Fannie (Allnut) Sampsell; ed. Ashland (O.) High School and Univ. of Chicago, graduating, July, 1896, and Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1901; m. July 25, 1900, Edna Florence Smith, Chicago, Ill .; 1 son: Marshall G. Appointed clerk of the Circuit Court of the U. S. for Northern District of Illinois, Apr. 1, 1902; appointed receiver of the Chicago Union Trac- tion Co. and of the North and West Chicago St. R. R. Co.'s, Apr. 22, 1903, and still so serv- ing. Republican. Mem. Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Washington Park, Exmoor. Office: Federal Bldg. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.

SAMUELS, Benjamin John, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, November 7, 1863; s. John and Cecilia (Schbilski) Samuels; grad. Jones School, Chi- cago, 1878; Chicago College of Law, LL.B., June, 1893; m. Chicago, Feb. 26, 1897, Gertrude C. Seligman. Admitted to bar, Sept., 1889; now mem. of law firm of Shrimski, Guerin, Goss & Samuels. Democrat. Jewish religion. Mason.

Mem. B. P. O. Elks; Social Club. Office: Trib- une Bldg. Residence: 4615 Vincennes Av.

SANBORN, George C., grain commission merchant; b. Dubuque, Ia., June 7, 1854; s. George W. and Grata N. (Emery) Sanborn; ed. public school of Pecatonica, Ill., and Jen- nings Seminary, Aurora, Ill .; m. Shabbona, Ill., 1876, to Cora A. Allen; children: Harold C., Grata Jean. Began as telegraph operator for C. & N .- W. Ry. at Chicago for 2 years; taught school at New Milford, Ill., for 2 years; grain dealer at Pecatonica, Ill., and Shabbona, Ill., 3 years; came to Chicago, 1881; bought member- ship on Board of Trade and has been identi- fied with the houses of Milmine, Bodman & Co., J. F. Harris & Co., and Harris, Scotten Co., in the cash grain business ever since. In 1898 acquired interests in tropical Mexico and organized and became president of the Mexi- can Mutual Planters' Co., owners and oper- ators of plantation of rubber, coffee, etc., at La Junta, Vera Cruz, Mexico. In 1892 organ- ized the Sanborn Lumber & Development Co. (located at Sanborn, Vera Cruz, Mexico), of which he is president, manufacturers of lum- ber and clay products; also personal owner of lands in Mexico. Republican. Elk. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic (Chicago), American (Mexico City). Offices: Board of Trade Bldg. and Jour- nal Bldg. Residence: 834 Walnut St.

SANBORN, Joseph Brown, pres. and dir. the J. B. Sanborn Co., mercantile agency; b. Ches- ter, N. H., Dec. 8, 1855; public school educa- tion. Came to Chicago, 1877; now col. com- manding 1st Regt., I. N. G. Mem. Military Or- der of Foreign Wars, Naval and Military Or- der of the Spanish-Am. War, Soc. of Santiago, Evanston Commandery, K. T., and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Hamilton. Office: 21 Quincy St. Resi- dence: Winnetka, Il1.

SANBORN, Victor Channing, real estate; b. Concord, Mass., Apr. 24, 1867; s. Franklin B. and Louisa Augusta (Leavitt) Sanborn; at- tended public schools of Concord, Mass., and Cornell Univ .; m. Chicago, May 28, 1891, Louisa Wilkinson Kirkland; children: Caro- line Kirkland, Louisa Leavitt. Was employed with passenger dept. of the C., B. & Q. R. R., 1886-97; since 1897 in real estate business, and is also mgr. dept. of estates for Burley & McSurely. Republican; now mem. of board of trustees of the Village of Kenilworth. Mem. New England Historic-Genealogical Soc., New England Soc., S. A. R. Clubs: Mid-Day, Kenil- worth, Sanganois, Chicago Literary, Skokie Country. Office: 140 Dearborn St.

SANDBERG, Karl Ferdinand Marius, physi- cian; b. Gaustad, near Christiania, Norway, Sept. 15, 1855; s. Ole R. A. and Johanne Emilie (Barth) Sandberg; ed. abroad; m. Chicago, July 25, 1885, Inga G. Stinsland. Has practiced in Chicago since June, 1882. Surgeon and gyn- ecologist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1887-96; surgeon and gynecologist to Frances E. Willard Nat. Temperance Hosp. since 1889, and to Tabitha Hosp. from 1894 (now surgeon in chief) ; prof. of gynecology at Jenner Med. College, 1897-8; mem. Chicago Obstetrical Staff (15th Ward) ; pres. board of dirs. of Tabitha Hosp. for sev- eral years; sec. board of dirs. Wicker Park Hosp. Office and residence: 684 N. California .Av.

SANDERS, Albert David, mgr. the Federal Co .; b. Whately, Mass., Oct., 1852; s. Benjamin F. and Sarah W. Sanders; ed. common and high schools of Northampton, Mass .; m. North- ampton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1874, Rebecca Clark Strong; children: Albert David, Jr., Amy, Ruth. After leaving school was engaged in the bank- ing business until he was 32 years old, the last 8 years being cashier of the 1st Nat. Bank of Easthampton, Mass. Came to Chicago, 1887, as mgr. of the Chicago branch of Peck Bros. & Co., of New Haven, Conn., but upon the or- ganization of the Federal Co., in 1896, became

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its gen. mgr. and treas .; manufacturers and jobbers of sanitary specialties and plumbing supplies. Independent Republican. Alderman in Evanston, 1898-1900. Office: 229-237 Washing- ton St. Residence: 1227 Benson Av., Evanston, Ill.

SANDERS, Alvin Howard, editor and pub- Jisher; b. Talleyrand, Keokuk Co., Ia., Sept. 8, 1860; s. James H. and Martha (Rogers) San- ders; ed. Cornell Univ., and Union College of Law, Chicago, graduating B.L., 1881; m. Chi- cago, Apr. 25, 1882, Elizabeth A. Hildebrand; children: Elizabeth, Marjorie Louise, Alva May. Admitted to bar, 1881; in 1882 engaged in journalistic work on The Breeders' Gazette; in 1888 became managing editor, acquired con- trolling interest, and still holds it. Was some years sec. of the Nat. Cattle Growers' Assn., and is the author of works on stock breeding. Republican. Pres. Sanders Publishing Co., pub- lishing The Breeders' Gazette. Was commis- sioner of the U. S. to the Universal Exposi- tion at Paris in 1900, under appointment of Pres. McKinley. Pres. International Live Stock Exposition Assn. of Chicago. Clubs: Un- ion League, Midlothian, Washington Park. Of- fice: 358 Dearborn St. Residence: 4356 Drexel Boul.

SANDIG, Alfred, mgr .; b. Gotha, Ger., July 12, 1876; ed. technical high school and college at Dresden and Braunschweig, Ger. Went from Germany to Manchester, Eng., in 1897, and thence to Philadelphia, in summer of 1899; came to Chicago from Philadelphia, arriving Dec. 7, 1900, and since July, 1901, has been Chicago mgr. for the Berlin Aniline Works of Berlin, Ger., aniline colors, photographic chem- icals, dyestuffs, etc. Lutheran. Mem. S. Side Turner Club, Milwaukee; Musical Soc., Mil- waukee. Clubs: Germania; also Deutscher, of Milwaukee. Office: 229 E. Kinzie St. Residence: 427 Belden Av.

SANDS, Mark, lawyer; b. Kossuth Co., Ia., Aug. 9, 1867; s. Samuel and Harriet Newell (Tyler) Sands; ed. public schools of Iowa and 1 year, 1890-1, at Highland Park Normal School, Des Moines, Ia .; grad. law dept. Univ. of Michigan, B.L., June, 1893. Began practice as lawver in Chicago in Sept., 1893; law part- ner with Carl H. Leopold, as Sands & Leopold, 1896-1900; since Sept. 2, 1903, partner with Alex. Y. Scott, as Sands & Scott, engaged in general practice of law, making a specialty of real estate and corporation law. Also sec. and dir. Am. Milk Product Co .; pres. and treas. Union Book Co., treas. Phoenix Gold and Cop- per Mining Co., etc. Mem. Kappa Sigma Fra- ternity, of which he was elected Worthy Grand Master at New Orleans, La., 1902, and re- elected at St. Louis, 1904. Mason (32º); Me- dinah Temple, Mystic Shrine, K. P. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Wanderers Cricket. Office: 218 LaSalle St. Residence: 5426 S. Park Av.

SARGENT, Frederick, consulting engineer; b. Liskeard, Cornwall, Eng., Nov. 11, 1859; s. Daniel and Jane (Yates) Sargent; ed. grammar schools, England, and Anderson Univ., Glas- gow; came to U. S., 1883; m. Sioux City, Ia., 1885, Laura S. Sleep. Consulting engineer, Chi- cago, since 1890; mgr. mechanical and electri- cal depts., World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; awarded artists' medal. Mom. Am. Soc. Mechanical Engineers, Western Soc. Engineers. Club: Chicago Yacht. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: Glencoe, Ill.

SAUNDERS, Albert E., clergyman: b. Read- ing. Eng., Aug. 25, 1860: s. Rev. William and Ellen (Heath) Saunders: ed. grammar school, Reading. Eng .; Albert Univ .. Belleville, On- tario. Can .: Garrett Biblical Institute, Evans- ton, Ill., B.D., 1891; Taylor Univ., Upton, Ind. (non-resident course), Ph.B., 1901; m. Ker- wood, Ontario, Can., May 25, 1887, Minnic Adelaide, daughter of Rev. W. H. Shaw; chil- dren: William Gordon, Albert Edward, John Wesley, George Moss. Began work of the min-

istry, June, 1882, stationed at Norwich, On- tario, Can .; came to Chicago, 1884, and has since been a mem. of Rock River Annual Con- ference of the M. E. Church. Has been pastor at Downers Grove, Lincoln St., Chicago, and since 1900 at Evanston Av. M. E. Church, Lake View, Chicago. Trustee Lake Bluff Orphanage; sec. Chicago Methodist Preachers' Meeting, 1900-1; sec. and treas. Garrett Biblical Insti- tute Alumni Assn., 1901-4; mem. Aggressive Evangelism Committee for Chicago. Has built 2 churches in Chicago, 1 at Downer's Grove, and 1 at Utica, Ill .; also parsonages at Crete. Ill., and Downer's Grove, Ill. Republican-Pro- hibitionist. Address: 1837 Aldine Av.

SAVAGE, George Slocum Folger, clergyman; b. Upper Middletown (now Cromwell), Conn., June 29, 1817; s. Capt. Absolom and Sally (Wilcox) Savage; prepared for college at Cromwell Acad., Connecticut; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1844; Yale Theological Seminary, 1847: (D.D., Iowa College, 1870, Chicago Theological Seminary, 1903) ; m., 1st. Cromwell, Conn .. Sept. 28, 1847, Elizabeth T. Prudden; m., 2d, Chicago, Feb. 7, 1888, Mrs. Margaret Hyde. Came to Chicago, 1847; pastor at St. Charles. Ill., 1847-60; se. of Am. Tract Soc., with office in Chicago, 1860-72; sec. and dir. Chicago Theo- logical Seminary, 1854-1903; treas. of same, 1872-86; trustee of Beloit College since 1850; corporate mem. of Am. Board of Commission- ers of Foreign Missions. Connected with Con- gregational Illinois State Assn. since 1848. Dir. Congregational Education Soc., and sev- eral religious and educational assns. Resi- dence: 628 Washington Boul.

SAWIN, George, lawyer; b. Boston, Mass .. Apr. 14, 1834; s. John and Charlotte (Lash) Sawin; ed. public school at Chelsea, Mass., and later grad. private school conducted by William D. Swan; read law in offices of Sam- uel E. Guild and Hon. George S. Hillard, of Boston, for about 2 years; health failed and went on an extensive southern and western trip; settled in Chicago in 1854; m. 1855. Caro- line L., daughter of Elijah C. Rust, of James- ville, Onondaga Co., N. Y .: 1 daughter: Ger- trude B. (Mrs. Morton L. Marks). In 1855 be- came credit man for Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota of the mercantile house of W. & L. Mills, Chicago; in 1856 with Adam Carlyle laid out the town of De Soto. Wis., on the Mis- sissippi River, investing all his means in saw- mill, warehouse, and other improvements: financial panic of 1857 wiped out his invest- ments and left him penniless; returned to Chi- cago and worked for Stacy & Thomas until 1859, when they went into liquidation; then entered night service as clerk in Chicago post- office and in day time studied law in office of James P. Root: admitted to bar, 1860: became mem. of law firm of Root, Walker & Sawin. and later of Sawin & Mattocks. Storrs. Kellogg & Sawin, Chase, Munson & Sawin. Now gen. eral solicitor and dir. Irwin Ry. Signal Co. Served in Civil War. enlisting. 1861, as q. m. 58th Ill. Infy .. until his command was cap- tured at the Battle of Shiloh: in active ser- vice in the field and served on staffs of Gens. Smith, Morrow, Dodge and Sweeney: was in 16th Corns. Army of the Tennessee. and was in the Red River Expedition as act- ing maj. on the staff of Gen. Morrow: led a brigade at Pleasant Hill and had 2 horses killed under him; was with Gen. Sherman on the Meridian Raid. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason, and Past Eminent Commander K. T. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: Elmhurst. Il

SAWYER, Arthur Brown, leather: b. Bos- ton, Mass., Oct. 7, 1863; s. Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Soule) Sawyer; ed. Chelsea (Mass.) public schools, and Harvard College, graduat- ing, A.B., 1885. After graduation became sales- man for Lynch Bros., Boston, 1886-90; sales- man for Phelps & Lombard: commission mer- chant, 1890-6; treas. Sawyer Crystal Blue Co.,

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1892; dir. Winnisimmet Nat. Bank, Boston, 1892; came to Chicago, 1896, as western mgr. of L. Beebe & Sons and R. H. Foerderer, leath- er manufacturers; since 1902, western mgr. for Dungan, Hood Co., of Boston and Philadel- phia, tanners of glazed kid. Republican. Club: Harvard. Office: 215 Lake St. Residence: 159 Cass St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 147

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