The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 158

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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SPINDLER, Oscar, manufacturer of orna- ments for bldgs .; b. Modlau, province of SI- lesia, Ger., Aug. 31, 1861: s. Gustave and Rer- tha (Friedrich) Spindler; ed. from 6th to 14th

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years of age in common school of Germany, and from 14th to 18th years at a trade school in Bunzlau, Ger .; as an apprentice for interior decoration, 1875; advanced in his trade by working in some of the important cities in Germany and attending public and private art schools; prior to his arrival in this country, 1887, when located in Utica, N. Y., and carried on his profession until 18SS, when he came to Chicago and worked as decorator and designer for leading firms in this city. Since Apr. 1, 1896, vice-pres. of the Decorators' Supply Co .; m. Chicago, 1888, Sa- lome Wiegand; children: Raymond O., Ilse S. Mem. Art Institute. Independent in politics. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Architectural, Chisel and Palette, Illinois Athletic. Office: 215 S. Clinton St. Residence: 6616 Jackson Av.

SPINK, Frank Augustine, gen. mgr. Provi- sion Dealers' Despatch; b. Ft. Vancouver, Wash., June 16, 1866; s. Philip A. and Marga- ret L. (Hite) Spink; ed. public and high schools of Madison, Ind., graduating, 1884; m. Chicago, Jan. 4, 1893, Maude Powell; children: Philip H., Dorothy M. Read law in offices of Copeland & Golden, Madison, Ind., 1884-6; ad- mitted to bar in Madison, Ind., 1887; came to Chicago, 1888, and entered offices of Sterling Piano Co .; from there went to the N. K. Fair- bank Co., and then to Keokuk, Ia., with Stand- ard Oil Co .; after that was 2 years in Chicago with the Live Poultry Transportation Co., and then with the Southern Ry. Co. for 6 years, followed by 6 years with the Anglo-Am. Pro- vision Co., as traffic mgr .; since 1902 gen. mgr. Provision Dealers' Despatch, and Nat. Car Line Co., and general traffic mgr. of the Nat. Packing Co. Republican. Mason (32°). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 400 S. Central Av., Austin.

SPOEHR, Charles August Frederick, mfg. confectioner; born Goeppingen, Würtemberg, Southern Germany, Dec. 16, 1841; s. George Conrad and Charlotte (Mayer) Spoehr; ed. Germany; m. Chicago, Aug. 31, 1884, Frida Baeuerlein; children: Conrad, Herman, Victor. Has been actively identified with the confec- tionery business since 1867; in Philadelphia, 1867-9; since 1869 in Chicago. In 1876, with Ferdinand and G. A. Bunte, established the firm of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, manufacturers of high grade chocolates and candies, and on the incorporation of the business, Mar. 1, 1903, as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., became treas. and chairman of the executive committee of the company. Independent in politics. Mem. Hesperia Lodge, A. F. and A. M. Office: 139- 141 W. Monroe St. Residence: 1088 Evanston Av.

SPOFFORD, George Washington, real es- tate; b. Peterboro, N. H., Aug. 9, 1831; s. Ira and Miriam (Atwood) Spofford; ed. public school, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter (N. H.), and partial course at Harvard, leaving before completion of baccalaureate course be- cause of impairment of sight; read law under E. S. Cutter, county solicitor; came to Chicago and in 1856 was appointed principal of the Foster School, which position held until July 1, 1870; m. Dec. 24, 1859, Hannah, daughter of Orsemus Morrison; children: Percy M., Flor- ence M. Began in real estate business in 1870, and has since been actively engaged in real estate operations, and has large investments in real property. Was elected Co. Commis- sioner of Cook Co. in 1879, and again in 1888. Was chairman of the Dunning poorhouse and asylum committee, and a mem. of the Cook Co. Hosp. Committee. Attended the Farmers' Congress, Montgomery, Ala., 1891, at request of Gov. Fifer, and was sucessful in securing the votes of 700 delegates in favor of Chicago as the place for the World's Columbian Expo- sition against 17 for New York; later worked in Texas and Arkansas for the Atlanta (Ga.) Exposition. Republican. Congregationalist. Ma-

son: mem. of St. Bernard Commandery, K. T., and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Club: Menoken. Office: 278 S. Halsted St. Residence: 1520 Washington Boul.

SPOONER, Frank Eugene, real estate; b. Belchertown, Mass., June 8, 1844; s. John M. and Phoebe T. (Chapin) Spooner; ed. common schools, Springfield, Mass .; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 12, 1869, Maria Pettibone; children: Carrie (Mrs. Francis M. Case), Mae P. Came to Chicago, Mar., 1864, from Springfield, Mass .; was engaged in lime and stone business in Chicago, 1864-93; since 1896 mem. of firm of Spooner, Case & Co., investments, real estate. Republican. Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Church. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Of- fice: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 4940 Greenwood Av.

SPOONER, William, farm mortgages; b. Kent, Conn., Oct. 16, 1847; s. Lewis and Editha (Hatch) Spooner; ed. common schools in Con- necticut; acad. at Cornwall, Conn., and acad. at Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, N. Y .; m. Chica- go, Oct. 11, 1870, Elizabeth Winchester Brown; children: Edith H. (now Mrs. W. J. Pell), Harry S., Marion E., William, Jr. Clerk, C., R. I. & P. R. R. Co., Chicago, 1869-70; clerk and office mgr. T. M. Avery & Co., lumber, Chicago, 1870-82; pres., 1882-98, and still dir., Chicago Hardware Co .; since 1900 dealing in farm mortgages. Republican. Congregational- ist. Mem. board trustees Scoville Institute, Oak Park, for several years, and sec. of the board; mem. board dirs. Chicago City Mission- ary Soc. 20 years, sec. of same 18 years; mem. board of trustees many years, and 5 years auditor of Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 237 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill.

SPOOR, John Alden, capitalist; pres. Union Stock Yards and Transit Co., Chicago Junction Ry. Co .; vice-pres. Stock Yards Savings Bank; dir. 1st Nat. Bank, 1st Trust and Savings Bank, Nat. Live Stock Bank, Nat. Safe De- posit Co., Calumet & Western Ry. Co., North- western Gas, Light and Coke Co., City of Chi- cago Brewing and Malting Co., Am. Straw Board Co., Ogden Gas Co., and other financial and industrial enterprises; was dir. Union Nat. Bank until it consolidated with the 1st Nat. Bank, 1900. Mem. S. A. R., Soc. of Colo- nial Wars, Soc. of the Mayflower Descendants. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Union, Washington Park, Bankers, Caxton, Commer- cial, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf, Onwent- sia. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 596 N. State St.

SPRAGUE, Albert Arnold, merchant; b. Ran- dolph, Vt., May 19, 1835; s. Ziba and Caroline M. (Arnold) Sprague; grad. Kimball Union Acad., 1854; Yale, 1859; m. Royalton, Vt., Sept. 29, 1862, Nancy A., daughter of Ebenezer At- wood: 1 daughter: Mrs. Elizabeth S. Coolidge. Came to Chicago, 1862, and engaged in grocery trade; founder and senior mem. of Sprague, Warner & Co .; dir. Chicago Telephone Co., Edison Electric Light Co., one of the organ- izers and a dir. Northern Trust Co .; dir., since 1873, Relief and Aid Soc. (pres. 1887-90) ; trustee Chicago Orphan Asylum, Presbyterian Hosp., and Rush Med. College; mem. Chicago Literary Soc .; dir. Art Institute; mem. Yale Assn. Republican. Clubs: Commercial (charter mem. and pres., 1882), Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Homewood; also Pelee (Canada). Office: Randolph St. and Michigan Av. Resi- dence: 2710 Prairie Av.

SPRAGUE, Albert Arnold, II, wholesale grocer; b. Chicago, May 13, 1876; s. Otho Syl- vester Arnold and Lucia Elvira (Atwood) Sprague; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., to 1894; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1898; m. Rye Beach, N. H., June 22, 1901, Frances Fi- delia Dibblee; 1 son: Albert Arnold, III. On leaving college entered the house of Sprague, Warner & Co., wholesale grocers, and is now

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a dir. of the company; also dir. Hamilton Nat. Bank; dir. Associated Bureau of Charities; mem. of the finance committee of Municipal Voters League. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, City, Chicago, Merchants, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf, Mid-Day (charter mem.). Office: 7 Randolph St. Resi- dence: 1922 Calumet Av.

SPRAGUE, Otho Sylvester Arnold, mer- chant; b. E. Randolph, Orange Co., Vt., May 13, 1839; s. Ziba and Caroline (Arnold) Sprague; ed. district school, E. Randolph, and at Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N. H .; m. 1871,- Lucia E., daughter of Ebenezer and El- vira Atwood, of Malone, N. Y .; children: Mrs. Mary Sprague Miller, A. A., II, Nancy A., Lucy. On leaving school entered general store of H. Holden; in 1860 he bought an interest in the store, the firm being H. Holden & Co .; enlisted and became orderly sergeant, Co. G, 8th Vermont Vols., and went to New Orleans in corps of Gen. B. F. Butler, but after short service was compelled to resign, because of failing health. As soon as health would per- mit, came to Chicago, joining his brother, A. A. Sprague and Ezra J. Warner, in estab- lishing firm of Sprague, Warner & Co., which has grown to be the largest wholesale gro- cery enterprise in the U. S .; now retired from active work in business. Dir. in Pullman Co., and Southern California Ry. Co. Republican. Was one of Royal Greek Commissioners to World's Columbian Exposition, and received from King of Greece the cross of an officer of the Royal Order of the Saviour. Clubs: Commercial, Union, Chicago, Chicago Liter- ary. Office: 7 Randolph St. Residence: Pasa- dena, Calif.

SPRAY, John Campbell, physician; b. Bridgeport, Ind., Sept. 21, 1845; s. James and Elizabeth (Owen) Spray; ed. Friends' School, Bridgeport, Ind., followed by course in classics and higher English at Earlham College, Rich- mond, Ind .; studied medicine in office of Drs. L. and C. H. Abbott, Indianapolis; then came to Chicago as student in Bennett Med. Col- lege, from which grad. M.D., 1870; was stu- dent at med. dept. of Northwestern Univ., 1870-1 and 1872-3, graduating, M.D., 1873; also passed a year in schools and hosps. in New York City; m. New York City, Aug. 28, 1872, Mary A. Gunn; children: Jessie Mabel, Edith Dorothy, John C. Practiced general medicine, 1873, until Jan. 1, 1878, when be- came med. dir. of the Cook Co. Hosp. for the Insane, the Cook Co. Almshouse, and the Ob- stetrical and Venereal wards until Sept. 1, 1882; after that med. supt. of the Insane Asylum exclusively until Sept. 1, 1884, when he left the asylum owing to political changes in the county board; on Sept. 1, 1885, again became med. supt. of the Cook Co. Hosp. for the Insane, serving until 1889; then resumed private practice, with specialty in mental and nervous diseases. Introduced great im- provements in methods of caring for the in- sane, notably in the introduction of female physicians and trained nurses, and marked sanitary improvements. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Cook Co. Med. Soc. Mason (32º). Office: Masonic Temple.

SPROEHNLE, Albert William, wholesale watches; b. Chicago, Oct. 31, 1861; s. John Martin and Anna Margaret (Seyfarth) Sproehnle; ed. Haven School, 1867-76; studied law in Notre Dame Univ., but was not grad .; m. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1889, Isabel Grace Kuh; children: Katherine Margaret, John Robert. Employed as clerk by Perry & Co., stove man- ufacturers, 1878-83; was in retail business 4 years, and in 1887 formed partnership with his brother, Frank M. Sproehnle, in the wholesale Jewelry business, which continued until 1896; organized, September, 1897, corporation of Sproehnle & Co., wholesale watches, of which is now pres. Republican. Mem. Ethical Culture

Soc. Clubs: Chicago Jewelers, Chicago Ath- letic. Office: 42 Madison St. Residence: 5809 Washington Av.

SPROEHNLE, Frank Martin, wholesale watches; b. Chicago, Feb. 28, 1859; s. John Martin and Anna Margaret (Seyfarth) Sproehnle; ed. Haven School, Chicago; m. Chi- cago, Jan. 11, 1893, Mary Reeves Caliger; 1 daughter: Frances. Left school at about 14 years of age; worked for one wholesale jew- elry house continuously, commencing as office boy and finishing as office mgr., until 1882; now sec. and treas. Sproehnle & Co. Republi- can. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: Stewart Bldg. Residence: Vendome Hotel.

SPROGLE, Howard Owen, lawyer; b. Frank- lin, Pa., Aug. 1, 1855; s. John Landis and Nancy L. (Eshelman) Sprogle; ed. St. Ig- natius College and old Chicago Univ .; studied at the law dept. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, being admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1878; m. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1890, Emma K. Hop- son; children: Frances, Olive, Howard. Was for 3 years asst. district atty. at Denver, Colo .; practiced in courts of Pennsylvania, Colorado and Virginia; was engaged in jour- nalism several years with the Philadelphia Press and with the Chicago Evening Post; re- sumed practice of law; was asst. State's atty. of Cook Co., 1896-1903, Republican. Mason (32°); Shriner. Mem. of the Chicago and Illi- nois State Bar assns., and State's Attys. Assn. of Illinois. Office: 81 Clark St. Residence: 3936 Enfield Av., Edgebrook, Ill.

SPRY, George Edward, vice-pres. and treas. John Spry Lumber Co .; b. Chicago, Oct. 15, 1865; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. Chi- cago public schools; m. Chicago, 1888, Jennie Taylor; children: William, Ellen, Jennie, Cath- erine, Alden. After leaving school entered the business of which his father was head, the John Spry Lumber Co., and in 1899 became vice-pres. and treas. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Illinois. Mem. Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Office: 22d St. and Ashland Av. Residence: Wilmette, Ill.

SPRY, John C., lumberman; b. Chicago, Feb. 25, 1857; s. John and Ellen Hirst Spry; ed. public schools and commercial college, Chica- go; m. 1885, Jennie, daughter of late Thomas Wilce; children: Emeline, Gladys, Eleanor. Af- ter leaving business college entered firm of Gardner & Spry, of which his father was a mem., as bookkeeper, later becoming partner. Mr. Gardner retired in 1885, and the business was incorporated as the John Spry Lumber Co., of which, after the death of his father, 1891, he was pres., to 1900. dealer in timber land, and pres. Southern Oak Lumber Co. Re- publican. Clubs: Illinois, Union League, Glen View. Office: 138 Washington St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

SPRY, Samuel Alfred, pres. John Spry Lum- ber Co .; b. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1863; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. Chicago public and private schools, and at Morgan Park and Lake Forest; m. Chicago, 1888, Elizabeth Jepson: children: Bessie, John, Marcella. On leaving school became associated with the Spry Lum- ber Co., wholesale lumber merchants and manufacturers of oak and maple flooring and interior finish, of which, since 1901, has been pres. Business was established, 1866, by Gard- ner & Spry; was incorporated in 1869 as Gard- ner & Spry Lumber Co., and changed in 1885 to present style of John Spry Lumber Co .; John Spry was pres. until his death, Feb. 5. 1891, when he was succeeded in presidency by eldest son, John C. Spry, who in turn was suc- ceeded in 1901 by his brother, Samuel A. Spry. the present incumbent, with another brother. George E., as vice-pres. and treas. Republican. Clubs: Calumet, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian. Washington Park. Office: 22d St. and Ashland Av. Residence: 180 E. 29th St.

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SPUNNER, George William, lawyer; b. Cuba, Lake Co., Ill., July 14, 1871; s. William and Alfreda (Porter) Spunner; grad. North- western Univ., Ph.B., 1896, and Illinois Col- lege of Law, LL.B .; m. Dixon, Ill., Oct. 9, 1900, Lillian Lane. Admitted to bar of Illinois, 1900; now of law firm of Bailey, Hall & Spun- ner. Pres. of the Barrington Excavator Co. Democrat. Baptist. Mason, Odd Fellow. Mem. Modern Woodmen. Office: Tribune Bldg. Resi- dence: 308 Lake St., Barrington, Ill.

SQUIERS, Harry, men's neckwear; b. New- port, Ky., Apr. 6, 1865; s. James E. and Har- riet (Evans) Squiers; ed. public schools; m. Arkansas City, Kan., Oct. 16, 1888, Luella N. Brown; children: James E., John M. Pres. Squiers, Vandervoort & Co. since incorpora- tion, Oct. 3, 1900, manufacturers of men's neckwear; also pres. Vogue Shirt Co. Demo- crat. Episcopalian. Club: Evanston Golf. Of- fice: 297 Franklin St. Residence: 1584 Wesley Av., Evanston, Ill.

STACEY, Thomas Isaac, electrical supplies; b. Bristol, Eng., Jan. 12, 1870; s. William and Christiana Dix (Hancock) Stacey; ed. public and high schools of Evanston, Ill .; m. Evans- ton, Ill., May 5, 1897, Lily Mary Parker; chil- dren: Marion Parker, Elizabeth Hancock. Be- gan business life, 1886-7, with Abbott Buggy Co .; with Central Electric Co., 1887-90; since organization, 1891, sec. and treas. of the Elec- tric Appliance Co. Dir. Evanston Y. M. C. A. Vestryman St. Mark's Church, Evanston (Episcopalian). Office: 136 W. Jackson Boul. Residence: 1312 Church St., Evanston, Ill.

STAFFORD, Charles Burke, lawyer; b. New Orleans, La., May 29, 1865; s. Stephen D. and Agnes (Burke) Stafford; grad. New Orleans public high school, 1878; grad. Tulane Univ. of Louisiana, both from the collegiate and law depts., 1886; m. Chicago, 1897, Matilda Rose: 1 daughter: Helen. Admitted to Louis- iana bar, 1886, and practiced in New Orleans until 1892, when came to Chicago, establish- ing in practice in this city; formerly mem. of firm of Waterman, Thurman, Stafford & Ross; since July 1, 1904, in practice alone; Demo- crat; Democratic nominee for Congress from 2d Congressional District of Illinois in 1904. Mason; K. T. Clubs: Iroquois, Washington Park; also Lotos, of New York. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 4526 Prairie Av.

STAHL, Frank August, physician and sur- geon; b. Chicago, Sept. 11, 1862; s. John G. and Louisa F. Stahl; ed. public schools and W. Division High School, until 1878; entered auditor's office, I. C. R. R., 1878, under J. C. Welling (now 1st vice-pres.), and resigned as cashier in asst. treas.'s office of I. C. R. R., to enter Rush Med. College, from which he was grad., M.D., 1887; interne at Michael Reese Hosp., Chicago, 1887; post-graduate studies at Royal Bavarian Frauen Klinik, Munich, Ger., 1888; Univ. of Vienna, 1889; Faculté de Medecine de Paris, 1889; with Thure Brandt, gynecological athletics, Stock- holm, 1889. Engaged in practice in Chicago since return from Europe; mem. Rush Med. College Faculty, 1890-1901. Mem. Chicago Gyn- ecological Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Med. Republican. Congregationalist. Office: 103 State St.

STANFORD, George Wilson, lawyer; b. Wheeler, Steuben Co., N. Y., Feb. 21, 1833; s. Charles and Jerusha (Chadwick) Stanford; ed. common school and acad .; m. 1902, Mary V. Mustard, of Indiana; 1 daughter: Mrs. Monnie C. Percy. Admitted to bar, 1856; conducted the proceeding by which the special assessments for paying for land taken for W. Side parks were levied. Republican. Was mem. and pres. for 8 years of W. Chicago Park Commission, and 1 term mem. of the Board of Education. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 781 W. Monroe St.

STANHOPE, Leon Eugene, architect, city official; b. Lee Co., Ill., Oct. 9, 1873; s. Eugene and Isabel (Raymond) Stanhope; ed. public schools of Lee Co .; m. June 6, 1894, Maude Dorothy Leggett; 1 daughter: Dorothy Susan. Located in Chicago, 1887, as architectural draftsman; began practice of architecture, 1894; appointed Deputy Commissioner of Bldgs. of the City of Chicago, Dec. 21, 1903, which office he still holds. Mem. Am. Institute of Architects, Chicago Architects' Bldg. Assn., Chicago Architectural Club. Office: City Hall. Residence: 6427 Greenwood Av.

STANSFIELD, James Howard, lawyer; b. Lawrence Co., Ill., Oct. 25, 1866; s. George W. and Mary E. (Irish) Stansfield; ed. common schools of Shelby Co., Ill., until 1886; then 2 years at high school, Mt. Carmel, Ill .; grad. Shelbyville (Ill.) High School, June, 1890; from law dept. of Lake Forest Univ., June 13, 1894; m. Owego, N. Y., Mar. 13, 1901, Inez P. Snyder. Taught school in country schools of Shelby Co., Ill., for 3 terms, until Mar., 1891, when came to Chicago; studied short- hand and clerked as stenographer until ad- mitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois, 1894; began practice for self, 1896, and has built up good business in general civil prac- tice, with specialties in chancery, probate and real estate law; admitted to practice in U. S. Circuit Court, 1897. Republican. Presbyterian. Enlisted as private in 2d Regt., I. N. G., June 1, 1891, and has served with regt. in all its duties since then; promoted to corporal and sergeant; elected 2d lieut., 1st lieut., capt., and is now serving 2d term as maj. 2d Infy .; was capt. Co. F, 2d Ill. Infy., U. S. V., in Spanish-Am. War, and is pres. of the board for the examination of officers of Nat. Guard and Naval Reserves. Mem. and junior vice-com- mander, Dept. of Illinois, United Spanish- War Veterans. Club: Lincoln (dir.). Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 81 N. St. Louis Av.

STANTON, George Edgar, grocer; b. Osin- ing, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1844; s. George Edgar and Augusta M. (Arthur) Stanton; ed. Chicago High School, with supplementary study in France and Germany; m. Frankfurt-on-the- Main, Ger., July 25, 1870, Helene Ernst; chil- dren: Edna (now Mrs. A. A. Michelson), George Edgar. Was consul of the U. S. at Bristol, Eng., 1870-5; at Barmen, Ger., 1875- 1881; consul-general at St. Petersburg, Russia, 1881-5; resigned from U. S. Consular Corps, 1885, after 15 years' service, and returned to the U. S. to take charge of the business of Stanton & Co., grocers, established in 1859, of which he is now pres. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Club: Onwentsia. Office: 69 Washington St. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.

STANTON, William Alexander, silk manu- facturer; b. Barnstad, Can., Feb. 14, 1844; s. Samuel M. and Agnes J. (McAllister) Stan- ton; ed. public schools and acad., Milwaukee, Wis .; m. Chicago, Jan. 30, 1868, Augusta L. Sinclair; children: May H., Harry Samuel, Jeanie Belding. With T. A. Chapman, dry goods, Milwaukee, Wis., 1861-4; came to Chi- cago, 1864, becoming a mem. of the silk firm of Beiding Bros. (established 1860), later Belding Bros. & Co., incorporated 1882; is dir. and asst. treas. Also treas. Belding-Hall Mfg Co .; dir. Richardson Silk Co., and Phyllis Knitting Co. Republican. Clubs: Unior League, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton. Office 196 Monroe St. Residence: 4824 Grand Boul.

STANWOOD, Thaddeus Perkins, treas. Ed. wards-Stanwood Shoe Co .; b. Augusta, Me. Feb. 6, 1857; ed. public schools in Maine. Came to Chicago about 1875; in 1879 became an em ploye of the wholesale and mfg. shoe hous of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Co .; Edwards Stanwood Shoe Co., of which he is treas. wa .. organized 1899, to take over the business o Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, who retired. Club

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Union League. Office: 222 Monroe St. Resi- dence: Evanston, Ill.

STAPLES, Frank Manning, railway plies; b. Natchez, Miss., Feb. 15, 1847; s. John N. and Maria C. (Colvor) Staples; grad. Mose- ly School, Chicago, 1864; private in 134th Regt. of Ill. Vols. in 1864; m., 1st, Chicago, May 15, 1885, Sarah C. Hall; m., 2d, Chicago, Aug. 15, 1895, Fanny R. Porter. Entered ser- vice of Crerar, Adams & Co., dealers in rail- way supplies and contractors' materials, July 1, 1866, and he has continued with the house to the present time, now being sec. and treas. Republican. Member St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Evanston, and Y. M. C. A., Evanston. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Nat. Union. Club: Evanston. Office: 11-13 5th Av. Residence: 1453 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.

STARCK, Philip Adam, piano manufactur- er; b. Chillicothe, O., May 29, 1860; s. Rev. C. W. and Catherine Starck; early education chiefly by his father, and at 16 entered theo- logical seminary; later took a course in a busi- ness college in Chicago; also studied music from early age and played organ in church when 10 years old; m. 1880, Margaret M. Zim- merman, of Barrington, Ill .; children: Philip T., L. Marguerite, Gladys M. In 1878 entered employ of a piano and organ house and ad- vanced to the head of the mfg. dept .; then traveled in the interest of the house. In 1891 established in business on his own account as a manufacturer and dealer in pianos. Re- publican. Clubs: Hamilton, Casino (Edge- water). Office: 204-206 Wabash Av. Residence: 2908 Kenmore Av.

STARKWEATHER, Frank Henry, mgr. of estates; b. Chicago, July 13, 1853; s. Charles Robert and Mary (Eager) Starkweather; ed. private school, Chicago, and Beloit College, graduating, 1875; m .. 1st, Beloit, Wis., 1875, Frankie Edwards (died 1882) ; m., 2d, Du- buque, Ia., Jan. 25, 1894, Estelle Staples; chil- dren: Julia Gertrude, Doris Estelle, Rodney Staples. With Merchants' Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1875-82; organized and became managing dir. and cashier 2d Nat. Bank, of Beloit, Wis., 1882; sold out, 1890, and returned to Chicago; since then engaged in making investments and managing and handling estates. Cleveland Democrat. Mason (32°); Grand Treas. of Ma- sonic Grand Lodge State of Wisconsin for many years. Col. and chief of staff, Wisconsin Brigade, Uniform Rank, K. P. Mem. Soc. of Co- lonial Wars; S. A. R. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Evanston Coun- try. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 1824 Chi- cago Av., Evanston, Ill.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 158

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