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TYLER, Albert Smith, glass; b. Chicago, Mar. 4, 1846; s. Orson and Amelia (Farrant) Tyler; attended private school in Chicago from 6 to 10 years of age; went to Milwau- kee, attending public schools and finishing at a private acad. at 16 years of age; m. Chicago, Oct. 5, 1876, Addie L. Spring; 1 daughter, Irna Clayton. In 1862 entered employ of the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., general freight dept., at Milwaukee; returned to Chicago, 1866, and was in employ of J. W. Doane & Co., wholesale grocers, until 1872, when entered employ of P. C. Hanford & Co., paints and oils; then cashier of George T. Kimball & Co., glass dealers, 1879-87; in 1887, with Louis A. Hip- pach, established firm of Tyler & Hippach, plate and window glass, which was later in- corporated as Tyler & Hippach Co., of which
is pres. Republican. Episcopalian. Office: Clin- ton St. and Carroll Av. Residence: 5401 East End Av., Hyde Park.
TYLER, Harvey Ainsworth, physician; b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 30, 1869; s. William H. and Mary Jane (Frellick) Tyler; grad. W. Di- vision High School, 1886; Rush Med. College, M.D., 1889; m. Chicago, Nov. 22, 1892, Alice E. Rutherford; 1 son: William R. Was interne 11/2 years at Presbyterian Hosp., 1889-90; since then in general practice of medicine, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics. Taught gynecology and obstetrics in Rush Med. College, 1893-8; prof. of gynecology in Chicago Policlinic and Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 92 State St. Residence: 555 Dearborn Av.
TYRRELL, Albert H., lawyer; b. Antioch, Ill., Aug. 12, 1863; s. Lewis and Emily (Gil- more) Tyrrell; ed. public schools of Antioch, Ill .; m. Chicago, Mar. 15, 1897, Abbie E. Mar- tin. Studied law in offices of Thomas J. Suth- erland, Henry M. Bacon, and Hynes, English & Dunne, and was admitted to Illinois bar, 1889; engaged in practice in Chicago ever since, and from Jan. 1, 1902, of firm of Tyrrell & Fellingham. First vice-pres., dir. and general solicitor Chicago and Tropical Planters Co .; dir. and general counsel Oanaca Assn. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Clubs: Ashland, Illinois. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 656 W. Monroe St.
U UHRLAUB, Francis Adolph Edward, bank- er; b. Bremen, Ger., Feb. 9, 1851; s. Anton Ludolph and Elizabeth Catharine (Luderitz) Uhrlaub; ed. business college in Bremen, Ger., and private schools and tutors in Bremen; m. Oconomowoc, Wis., Aug. 18, 1896, Louise Rupp (now deceased). Began business career Mar. 1, 1866, with G. H. Primavesi & Co., of Bremen, Ger., doing business with South America and the West Indies; went to New York, Oct., 1870, and engaged in the West Indian trade; lived in South America and West Indies, most- ly in Santo Domingo, representing several German firms, 1871-4; in Oct., 1874, accepted position with Volkart Bros., of Bombay, East Indies, and 1875-9 was mgr. of their Malabar Coast business, with headquarters at Cochin. Left India, 1879; lived in Baltimore until 1884; since then in Chicago. Organized foreign ex- change and bond dept. for Chicago Nat. Bank. 1885, and remained mgr. of that dept. until 1902; since then vice-pres. of Central Trust Co. of Illinois. Also dir. Rochelle & Southern R. R. Co. Clubs: Germania, Mid-Day. Office: Central Trust Co., Monroe and Dearborn Sts. Residence: 175 Lake View Av.
UIHLEIN, Edward Gustav, brewer; h. Wert- heim-on-the-Main, Baden, Ger .. Oct. 19. 1845; s. Benedict and Katherine (Krug) Uihlein; grad. Wertheim Gymnasium, 1861: came to U. S., June, 1864; m. Jan., 1875, Augusta Manns, St. Louis, Mo .; children: Edgar, Clara. Olga, Ella, Melita. Was employed in the gro- cery business in St. Louis 3 years; manufac- turer of oils in Chicago, 1867-71; since Jan. 1. 1872, in charge of the Chicago agency of the Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., of Milwaukee, and now vice-pres. of the company. Mem. Chicago and Milwaukee Brewers' Assn .; mem. U. S. Brewers' Assn .: was West Park Commissioner 3 years under Gov. Altgeld. Pres. Chicago Hor- ticultural Soc .; pres. German Hosp. Mason (32º). Has a notable collection of tropical palms and orchids. Clubs: Germania, Orpheus. Teutonia, Maennerchor, German Press. Office: Ohio and N. Union Sts. Residence: 34 Ewing St.
ULLMANN, Frederic, senior mem, law firm Ullmann & Hacker. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., etc.
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Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Chicago Lit- erary. Office: 279 Dearborn St. Residence: 282 48th St.
ULLMANN, Herbert James, insurance; b. Racine, Wis., Nov. 9, 1855; s. James J. and Rosina (Hovey) Ullmann; ed. Chicago public schools and Chicago High School; m. Vin- cennes, Ind., Apr. 30, 1885, Clara R. Williams; children: Ralph Williams, James Wilson, Her- bert Satterlee. Has been in the fire insurance business since 1875, and consecutively mem. of the firms of Bowmar & Ullmann, 1877-85; O. W. Barrett & Co., 1885-94; R. A. Waller & Co., 1894-1901; Marsh, Ullmann & Co. since 1901. Mem. Veteran Corps, 1st Infy., I. N. G., S. A. R. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: Oak Park, Ill.
UNDERWOOD, Arthur Waring, lawyer; b. Ft. Edward, N. Y., June 6, 1863; s. Jarvis A. and Eunice (Shapleigh) Underwood; grad. Glen Falls (N. Y.) Acad., 1880; Williams Col- lege, Massachusetts, A.B., 1884; at law school Univ. of Wisconsin, 1888; Union College of Law, Chicago, 1889; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1893, Lucy C. Cronkhite; children: Pierson, Eunice Shapleigh, Josephine Cronkhite. Was princi- pal of Pattersonville Educational Institute, Pattersonville (now Hull) Ia., 1884-5; manu- facturer of veneers at Tigerton, Wis., and Eagle River, Wis., 1885-8; then in law schools, at Madison and Chicago, and while taking Chicago course also served as clerk in law office of Tenney, Bashford & Tenney; admit- ted to bar, 1890; practiced successively in firms of Conover, Shedd & Underwood, Smith, Shedd & Underwood and Smith, Shedd, Un- derwood & Hall; since 1898 alone. Dir. and counsel Colonial Trust and Savings Bank, Pea- body Coal Co., Busse-Reynolds Coal Co., Coal Belt Electric Ry. (sec.), Adamite Abrasive Co. (sec.); dir. and vice-pres. Indian Territory Traction Co., Elmwood Cemetery Co .; dir. and treas. Underwood Land Co., Climax Fence Post Co., Egyptian Prospecting Co .; dir. Cen- tral Illinois Construction Co., Underwood Ve- neer Co., W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., Southern Illi- nois Coal Mining and Washing Co., Evanston Elevator and Coal Co., Am. Shovel and Stamp- ing Co. Republican; alderman 2d Ward, Evans- ton, Ill., 1888-1901. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club; Phi Beta Kappa (Williams) 1883. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Literary, Skokie Country. Office: Mar- quette Bldg. Residence: Evanston, Ill.
UNDERWOOD, George Walter, police jus- tice, lawyer; b. Belleville, St. Clair Co., Ill., Sept. 22, 1860; s. Joseph Brown and Mary Letitia (McKee) Underwood; lost father by death when 7 years old, and mother when 16 years old; removed to Chicago, Dec., 1867; at- tended Haven, Moseley and Douglas public schools, finishing at latter; engaged in real estate office of E. A. Cummings & Co., 1875-81; took care and management of real estate of William Hale Thompson 3 years; studied law in office of Rich, Noble & Stone; received de- gree at Chicago Law School, LL.B., 1901; m. Chicago, Feb. 23, 1892, May, daughter of James R. Terhune, merchant; children: George Wal- ter, Jr., Mae Terhune, Jr., William Edward. Admitted to bar, 1887; practiced law 7 years, previous to appointment, 1894, as South Town justice of the peace by Gov. John P. Altgeld; police justice at Harrison St. Station, 1895-7; reappointed police justice, 1901, and assigned to 35th St. Police Court; reappointed to pres- ent term in 1903. Was lecturer at Chicago Law School and Kent Law School. Repub- lican; for 10 years member of Executive Committee of Republican organization of home ward (now the 2d); delegate to 4 state and many city and county conventions. For 10 years mem. Chicago Bar Assn. and Illinois State Bar Assn. Mason: mem. Corinthian Chap- ter, R. A. M., and of Chevalier Bayard Com- mandery, K. T. Clubs: Hamilton (one of 4
original organizers, charter and life mem.). City, Jackson Park Yacht (honorary mem.). Office: 1st M. E. Church Blk., Clark and Wash- ington Sts. Residence: 2973 S. Park Av.
UNDERWOOD, William Jackson, railway official; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Apr. 19, 1852; ed. Milwaukee public schools. Brakeman, C., M. & St. P. Ry., 1872-4; conductor, 1874-84; division supt., 1884-94; asst. gen. supt., 1894-1900; gen. supt., Feb. to Dec., 1900; since Dec. 11, 1900; asst. gen. mgr. Club: Union League. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: Glencoe, Ill.
UNRATH, Charles Fred, wholesale provision dealer; b. S. Germany, Sept. 11, 1847; s. John and Regina Unrath; ed. public schools in Ger- many; m. Watertown, Wis., 1878, Ernestine Moser; children: Charles F., Jr., Robert M. Came to Chicago, 1869, and established him- self in the butcher business, and has since been continuously in business on his own ac- count; incorporated the business, Oct., 1903, as the Fulton Packing Co., beef and pork pack- ers, of which he is pres., his son, Robert M., vice-pres., and his son, Charles F., sec. Re- publican. Mason: Blair Lodge, Washington Chapter, Chicago Commandery, K. T., and Medinah Temple, Shrine. Office: 188-190 Fulton St. Residence: 836 Warren Av.
UPHAM, Frederic William, lumberman, pres. Cook Co. Board of Review; b. Racine, Wis., Jan. 29, 1861; s. Calvin H. and Amanda E. (Gibbs) Upham; ed. primary and second- ary schools at Racine, Wis., and in Ripon College, Ripon, Wis; m. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Helen Hall. Leaving college in 1880 entered employ of the Upham Mfg. Co., of which his uncle, William H. Upham (governor of Wis- consin, 1895-7), was pres .; served that com- pany until 1894, in all capacities, from lum- ber inspector to gen. mgr .; removed to Chi- cago, 1894, and organized Fred W. Upham Lumber Co., of which has since been pres .; also senior mem. of Upham & Agler, lumber merchants; pres. the Busse-Reynolds Coal Co., Wisconsin Oak Lumber Co .; vice-pres. Peabody Coal Co. and Pawnee R. R. Co .; dir. Chicago and Indiana Coal Co., Illinois and In- diana Coal Co., Marion District Coal Assn., Peabody Mining Co., Southern Illinois Mining and Washing Co. Republican, and active in party and public affairs. Delegate from 8th Wisconsin District to Nat. Republican Con- vention at Minneapolis, 1892; elected alderman from the 22d Ward of Chicago, 1898, but re- signed on election in Nov., 1898, as pres. of Cook Co. Board of Review, upon duties of which he entered Jan. 1, 1899, and in which has continued by subsequent elections. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars, S. A. R., Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chicago, Mid- Day, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Wash- ington Park, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Männer- chor, Glen View, Hamilton, Lincoln, Mar- quette, Merchants, Press. Office: 215 Dearborn St. Residence: 8 Ritchie Ct.
UPTON, Edward Lytton, lawyer; b. Barre, Vt., Sept. 10, 1850; s. Clark Warren and Har- riet (Sherman) Upton; ed. Waukegan (Ill.) public schools and at Lake Forest (Ill.) Acad .; m. Waukegan, Ill., Oct. 27, 1875. Marion Bur- ton; 1 son: Edward Clark. Studied law in the office of Blodgett & Upton. and was admitted to practice in all courts of Illinois, 1871, and in U. S. Court, 1873. Is vice-pres. respectively of Goodrich Transportation Co., Besley Brew- ing Co. of Waukegan; Monorail Portable Ry. Co. of Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Re- publican. Office: 50 Borden Blk. Residence: Waukegan, Ill.
UPTON, George Putnam, journalist; b. Bos- ton, Mass., Oct. 25, 1834; s. Daniel P. and Lydia N. Upton; ed. Roxbury (Mass.) Latin School; grad. Brown Univ., 1854 (A.M.). En- tered journalism, Oct. 29, 1855, in Chicago; was 25 years musical critic, later becoming editorial writer on the Chicago Tribune; m.
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1880, Georgia S. Wood. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.). Mem. Am. Archæolog- ical Soc .; corresponding mem. Chicago His- torical Soc., Wisconsin Historical Soc. Clubs: Union League, Press. Residence: 2427 S. Park Av.
URION, Alfred R., lawyer; b. Salem, N. J., Sept. 29, 1863; s. John and Mary (Randolph) Urion; ed. South Jersey Institute and Cen- tral High School, Philadelphia, Pa .; studied law at St. Paul, Minn., and in North Dakota; m. 1885, Mabel, daughter of Henry M. Kim- ball, then editor of the Carlinville (Ill.) Demo- crat; children: Frances, Henry, Alfred, Jr., Virginia. Admitted to bar on examination by Supreme Court of North Dakota, in 1885; later admitted to Minnesota bar, at St. Paul, and in 1888 came to Chicago, to enter legal service of Armour & Co., for whom he is now gen. atty. Clubs: Press, Oakland. Mason. Of- fice: Armour & Co., Home Insurance Bldg. Residence: 106 40th St.
USHER, Thomas James, Chicago mgr. for Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., builders' hard- ware; b. Cincinnati, O., May 28, 1863; s. Sam- uel and Elizabeth (Hughes) Usher; ed. public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1886, Jessie S. Van Valkenburgh; children: Harold L., Thomas J., Jr., Louis C. Began business career as office boy in em- ploy of Sheepshead Bay & Coney Island Ry. Co. for 2 years; then entered employ of the Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., on Mar. 4, 1880, as order clerk in the New York City office, and later being for 20 years traveling salesman for the company in the territory west of the Missouri River; became mgr. of the Chicago office, Jan. 1, 1904. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. B. P. O. Elks. Clubs: Chicago Athletic; also Missouri Athletic, of St. Louis. Office: 22 Lake St. Residence: 6336 Woodlawn Av.
UTT, Nathan Enoch, lawyer; b. Platteville, Wis., Jan. 13, 1851; s. Elias and Abigail (Bo- rah) Utt; ed. State Normal School, Platteville, Wis., and law school of Univ. of Michigan, LL.B., in class of 1876. Practiced law at Du- buque, Ia., 1876-1900; since then in Chicago. Republican. Mason. Club: Marquette. Office: 108 LaSalle St.
UTT, William Henry, lawyer; b. Platteville, Wis., Feb. 22, 1848; s. Elias and Abigail (Borah) Utt; ed. common school near Platte- ville, Wis., and 1st State Normal School, Platteville, graduating, 1871; then Michigan Univ., 1875, LL.B .; m. Ottumwa, Ia., Mar., 1895, Sarah C. McDermott. Began practice of law at Dubuque, Ia., 1875, and in 1876 joined brother, N. E. Utt, in firm of Utt Bros., Du- buque; appointed by Governor to fill vacancy as circuit judge of the 9th Judicial District of Iowa, Jan. 1, 1884, and elected, Nov., 1884. for a full 4-years term in same office but left bench and returned to law practice, Jan. 1, 1887; removed from Dubuque to Chicago, 1896, and has since been in active and general prac- tice here, with brother, N. E. Utt, and Arthur A. House as partners, firm being Utt Bros. & House. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Mem. all Ma- sonic orders, K. P. Republican. Club: Hamil- ton. Office: 108 LaSalle St. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel.
UTZ, Alonzo L., pres. Am. Copying Co .: b. Marshalltown, Ia., Feb. 10, 1858; s. John and Jane E. (Strickland) Utz; public school educa- tion; m. Marshalltown, Ia., Nov. 18, 1886, Agnes Hovle. Began business career as clerk in general store in Marshalltown; traveling salesman for Chicago house, 1880-5; in men's furnishing and boot and shoe business at Mar- shalltown, Ia., about 1 year; went to St. Louis, Mo., as mgr. for southwestern territory for Am. Sewing Machine Co., till 1899, when ac- cepted position as mgr. for Wilcox & Gibbs, Cincinnati, O .; came to Chicago, 1890, and established the Imperial Portrait Co .; the com- pany's affairs were wound up in 1900 and he
organized the Am. Copying Co., of which has since been pres .; also treas. of Chicago-Kansas Oil & Gas Co .; vice-pres. of the Laguna Co .; pres. of Adnof Mfg. Co. (all of Chicago), and vice-pres. Cleveland Automobile Co., Cleveland, O. Mason; Shriner. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Automobile, Homewood Country, Woodlawn Park. Office: 192 Michigan Av. Residence: 260 66th Pl.
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VAIL, Charles Winfield, clerk of Superior Court of Cook Co .; b. on farm 7 miles south- west of Fairbury, Ill., Mar. 14, 1861; s. John D. (Sr.) and Harriet A. (McNulty) Vail; at- tended country school until was 18 years old; 2 winters in Lincoln (public) School, Chicago; grad. Metropolitan Business College, Chicago, 1884; m. Evansville, Ind., Dec., 1896, Clara I. Barton; children: Edna Eloise, Charles Win- field, Marjorie. Left farm at age of 22, and after taking course at business college be- came bookkeeper for Chicago Gas Light and Coke Co., 1884-6; traveling salesman for Gard- ner Ladder Co., 1886-8; then with Felix & Marston, jobbers in woodenware, 1888-91; since 1891 mortgage broker. Republican; mem. 32d Ward Republican Club. Elected, Nov., 1904, clerk of the Superior Court of Cook Co. Mem. Hesperia Lodge, No. 411, A. F. and A. M., Cook Co. Lodge, No. 240, I. O. O. F. Clubs: Hamilton, Englewood Men's. Office: 125 La- Salle St. Residence: 7159 Normal Av.
VAIL, Edward P., lawyer: b. Frederick, Schuyler Co., Ill., July 30, 1849; s. Samuel P. and Wealthy (Farwell) Vail: ed. common school at Frederick, and in Ill. College at Jack- sonville, Ill .; served in Civil War as a private in Co. F, 18th Ill. Vol. Infy .; m. Rushville. Ill., Oct. 4, 1876, Carrie M. Putman; children: Robert P., Bryant E., Karl V. V., Dorothy, Donald. Admitted to Illinois bar. Oct., 1870; practiced law at Rushville, Ill., for 11 years; served as state's atty. of Schuyler Co. 4 years; moved to Decatur, Ill., 1877; was state's atty. of Macon Co. for 3 years and 6 months; was elected to the Circuit Bench. 18SS, and re- mained judge until June, 1903; removed to Chicago to engage in general practice of law. Republican. Mem. G. A. R. Club: Exmoor (Highland Park). Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 232 Hazel Av.
VALENTINE, Patrick Anderson, merchant; b. Forres, Scotland, Dec. 13, 1861; s. John Ross and Johannah G. Valentine: ed. Victoria Col- lege, Channel Islands; m. Mar. 6, 1902. May Lester Armour: 1 son: Patrick Anderson. Jr. Long associated as employe and partner with the late Philip D. Armour; now vice-pres. Ar- mour & Co .. Union Stock Yards Co., Omaha: dir. Nat. City Bank, New York, Central Trust Co. of Illinois, New York Security and Trust Co. of New York, Continental Nat. Bank, Chi- cago; Farmers' Loan and Trust Co., New Nat. York; Fidelity Trust Co., Interstate Bank, Chicago Junction Ry .. Chicago Junction Rys. and Union Stock Yards Co., K. C. R. and Light Co., Kansas City. Union Stock Yard and Transit Co., Stock Yards Savings Bank. St. Louis Stock Yards Co .. Nat. Packing Co .. Kansas City Electric Light Co., Armour Grain Co., Chicago Subway Co .. U. S. Realty Im- provement Co., New York. Clubs: Union League. Metropolitan, N. Y. Yacht. Lotos (New York) : Chicago, Chicago Golf. Washing- ton Park (Chicago), Office: Armour Co. Resi- dence: 3700 Michigan Av.
VAN ALKEMADE, Cornelis Van Ryn; b. London, Eng .. Sept. 15. 1865: s. Leendert Wil- lem and Tonia Van Ameyden Van Daym Van Alkemade: ed. schools in Holland; m. Chicago, July 14. 1896, Sobella De Bey; children. Leen- dert Willem, Eva Cornelia, Cornelia Petronel- la, Johanna. Began in service of the Holland- Am. line steamers between New York and Rot-
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terdam, via Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, at the Rotterdam office, 1888, and has been with the company ever since, serving consecutively after that, at the New York office, the Rotter- dam office again, the office at Boulogne-sur- Mer, and since 1893 in charge of the office at Chicago as general western agent of the line. Independent in politics. Office: 69 Dearborn St. Residence: 6045 Jefferson Av.
VAN ARSDALE, Robert Letson, Jr., insur- ance broker; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1876; s. Robert Letson and Emeline (Bristol) Van Arsdale; came to Chicago, 1885; ed. Brown (public) School. On graduation from school was with the sporting goods house of the Thorsen-Cassidy Co., 1890-2; in 1892 entered the Chicago office of Charles E. and W. F. Peck, insurance brokers (established in New York, 1870), and has been with the firm ever since, now being mgr. of the Chicago office; firm continues old name, although W. F. Peck retired, 1901, and W. A. Prime succeeded to his interest. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg. Residence: 6221 Mon- roe Av.
VAN ARSDALE, William Traphagen, insur- ance; b. New Brunswick, N. J., Apr. 10, 1860; s. John R. and Mary Elizabeth (Tannehill) Van Arsdale; ed. public schools of Evanston, Ill .; m. Newark, N. J., May 25, 1898, Lillian H. Wendell; 1 son: William Kenneth. After leaving school was engaged with the Mer- chants' Nat. Bank of Chicago until 1890; then entered the service of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, N. J., at its Chi- cago office, and in 1897 became associated with Richard D. Bokum in the firm of Bokum & Van Arsdale, State agents for Illinois for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. Mem. Life Underwriters' Assn., Chicago Life Under- writers' Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Evanston Golf. Office: Marquette Bldg. Resi- dence: 939 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill.
VAN BENSCHOTEN, William C., physician; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1870; s. Samuel and Mary (Crowell) Van Benschoten; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1891 (A.M., Northwest- ern, 1896); A.B., Harvard Univ., 1892; student Illinois College of Pharmacy, 1892-3; grad. Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1896; m. Chi- cago, 1899, Katherine Parr; children: Ruth, William Parr. Was interne St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1896-8; surgeon Illinois Steel
Co., 1898-1900; now surgeon St. Luke's Hosp. Dispensary. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc .; fellow Am. Acad. of Medicine. Republican. Episco- palian. Office: 369 E. 63d St. Residence: 6454 Kimbark Av.
VAN BERGEN, William Fred, railway offi- cial; b. Troy, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1849; s. Freder- ick S. and Pamelia A. Van Bergen; ed. Dear- born (public) School. Chicago; m. Lansing, Mich., Feb. 9, 1875, Ella Wood: children: Wil- liam Charles, John Shellette, Frank Gerritt- son, Jessie Pamelia. In service of C. & N .- W. Ry. since June 1, 1865, beginning as office boy in telegraph dept., to June, 1866; clerk in audi- tor's office to June, 1871; clerk general ticket office to Aug., 1879; chief clerk general ticket office to 1882; since Jan., 1882, ticket auditor C. & N .- W. Ry. Co .; also since Sept., 1885, ticket auditor, Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, and Sioux City & Pacific Railroads. Re- publican. Congregationalist; mem. 2d Congre- gational Church of Oak Park, Ill. Sec. Chicago Holland Soc. Office: N .- W. R. R. Station. Resi- dence: 632 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park. Ill.
VANCE, Joseph Anderson, clergyman; b. Sullivan Co., Tennessee, Nov. 17, 1864; S. Charles Robertson and Margaret (Newland) Vance; ed. private and public schools of Bris- tol, Tenn., 1870-81; King College, Bristol, Tenn., graduating, A.B., with oratorical, de- baters' and science prizes and first honors, 1885; B.D., Union Seminary, Virginia, 1888;
D.D., Huron (S. Dakota) College, 1901; King College, 1903; m. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 15, 1890, Mary B. Forman; children: Dorothy, Robertson (deceased), Joseph Anderson, Jr., Mary Forman, Jr. Pastor of Woodland Av. Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., 1888-91; Maryland Av. Church, Baltimore, Md., 1891-9; Hyde Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, since 1899. While in Baltimore was mem. ex- ecutive committee of Charity Organization Soc .; organizer and mem. executive committee of Union for Public Good. Identified in Chi- cago with Bureau of Charities. Moderator of Chicago Presbytery, 1902-3; now chairman committee on examination. Residence: 181 E. 53d St.
VANCE, William Little, retired broker; b. Mercer Co., Ky., Sept. 5, 1860; s. William L. and Letitia Hart (Thompson) Vance; ed. pri- vate schools in Memphis, Tenn .; m. Chicago, Nov. 8, 1888, Grace I. Matthews; 1 daughter: Marie. Began in grain commission business as a clerk in the office of Thomas J. Martin; then a broker for Crosby & Co., for 5 years, and was afterward with Jones, Kennett & Hop- kins until 1889; after that in business for self as broker and commission merchant in grain and provisions until May 15, 1904, when re- tired. Club: Glen View. Office: Royal Insur- ance Bldg. Residence: Evanston, Ill.
VANDERKLOOT, Adrian, pres. S. Halsted St. Iron Works; b. Island Texal, Province N. Holland, Netherlands, Dec. 7, 1849; s. Marinus L. and Meis (Koning) Vanderkloot; ed. com- mon schools of Holland, coming from Hol- land to Chicago with parents at 18 years of age, in 1868; m. Dec. 7, 1872, Elizabeth Bertha, daughter of Evan Burnett; children: Marinus A., William J., Richard. On arriving in Chi- cago he and his father became connected with the iron works of N. S. Bouton, until 1872, when, with Evan Burnett, they established an iron-working enterprise on W. Chicago Av., under the firm name of Burnett, Vanderkloot & Co .; business was later removed to 2607- 2625 S. Halsted St .; incorporated, 1885, as the S. Halsted St. Iron Works, of which became sec. and treas., and later assumed present po- sition as pres. and dir. Republican. Mem. Hol- land Soc. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Coun- try, Lake Bluff Country (pres.). Treas. of Lake Bluff Village. Mason. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: Lake Bluff, Ill.
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