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WOOD, Ira Couch, lawyer; b. Chicago, Ill., June 15, 1864; s. William Hilliard and Frances A. (Gregory) Wood; grad. W. Division High School, Chicago, 1882; Amherst College, Mass., A.B., 1886; Union College of Law, LL.B., 1888; m. Kenilworth, Ill., June 14, 1894, Alice Hola- bird Wicker; children: Louise Holabird, Frances Alice. Began study of law in office of Gen. I. N. Stiles and John Lewis, 1886; ad- mitted to bar, 1888; in Aug., 1889, entered office of Col. John S. Cooper and William W. Gurley, and in 1891 became partner in law firm of Gurley & Wood; now of the firm of Gurley, Stone & Wood. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi, Royal Arcanum. Mason. Mem. Law Club, Chi- cago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.
WOOD, John Clarence, grain and provi- sions; b. Rockville, Tolland Co., Conn., Aug. 19, 1870; s. John B. and Rebecca (Magill) Wood; ed. public and high schools; m. Du- rand, Ill., 1893, Evea Normington; 1 daughter: Marion. In employ International Packing Co., 1890-5, when became a mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade, and established the business of J. C. Wood & Co., commission merchants in grain and provisions. Republican. Presby- terian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hins- dale, Hinsdale Golf. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill.
WOOD, John H., mgr. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s retail store. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Washington Park, Chicago Athletic, Kenwood (pres.), Homewood. Office: State and Madison Sts. Residence: 5806 Rosalie Ct.
WOOD, Kay, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 28, 1871; s. Samuel E. and Mary (Stough) Wood; ed. Harvard School, Harvard College, A.B., Univ. of Berlin, and Northwestern Law School, LL.B., 1895. After admission to bar, Nov., 1895, entered office of Winston & Meagher, attys., leaving them to practice on his own account June, 1900; accepted position of atty. for the G. H. Hammond Co., Apr., 1901; since May 1, 1903, atty. of the Nat. Packing Co., manufacturers of packing-house products. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Clubs: University, Washing- ton Park, Calumet Golf, Calumet Yacht, Ham- ilton, Law. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards. Residence: 3924 Michigan Av.
WOOD, Samuel E., live stock commission; b. Embro, Can., July 27, 1838; s. Alexander and Barbara (McPherson) Wood; early educa- tion in schools of Woodstock, Can .; came to U. S., 1858, and settled in Crawford Co., O .; attended Oberlin College; studied medicine; served, 1863-4, as 1st lieut. Co. E, 86th Ohio Vol. Infy .; m. 1860, Mary E. Stough, of Mt. Vernon, O .; children: Samuel Kay, Susanna Ella. Came to Chicago, 1865; practiced medi- cine until 1867, when engaged in the live stock commission business at the Union Stock Yards, where his firm, Wood Bros., is recog- nized as one of the most successful live stock commission firms in the trade. Mem. Abraham Lincoln Post, G. A. R. Club: Washington Park. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards. Residence: 3924 Michigan Av.
WOOD, Walter Mabie, supt. of education Y. M. C. A .; b. Findlay, O., Jan. 19, 1871; s. William Smith and Louisa Hamilton (Ander- son) Wood; grad. Indiana Univ., A.B., 1893; m. Findlay, O., June 6, 1894, Mary Norma Grauel; children: Gertrude Norma, Arthur Grauel. Teacher and principal in public schools
of Jackson Co., Ind., 1887-91; instructor In- diana Univ., 1892; educational dir. of Central Dept., the Y. M. C. A. of Chicago, 1893-1903; instructor in the Institute and Training School of Y. M. C. Assns., since 1894; supt. of education the Y. M. C. A. of Chicago since 1903. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Congregational, Chicago Literary. Of- fice: 153 LaSalle St. Residence: 130 S. 5th Av., LaGrange, Ill.
WOOD, William Fairfax, treas. George E. Wood Lumber Co .; b. Davenport, Ia., Sept. 24, 1861; s. George E. and Harriet (Lovejoy) Wood; grad. Mt. Pleasant Military Acad., Sing Sing, N. Y., in class of 1881; m. Hins- dale, Ill., Oct. 21, 1889, Augusta Rawson; children: Ellery Lovejoy, Elizabeth, Rawson. Began business life, 1882, in retail lumber yard at Galesburg, Ill., employed as general utility man about the yards and office; about 1883 came to Chicago and was shipping clerk with Richards, Hanks & Co., until 1886, when entered employ of his father, George E. Wood, lumber, until 1888, when he became treas. of Kelley, Maus & Co., iron and heavy hardware, until 1893, when assumed his present position as treas. of George E. Wood Lumber Co., man- ufacturers and wholesalers of lumber, lath and shingles. Is also treas. Cicero Lumber Co., sec. Sanford Lumber Co., vice-pres. Sin- clair Laundry Machinery Co., treas. Torpedo Mining Co. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: Merchants' Loan and Trust Bldg. Resi- dence: Kenilworth, Ill.
WOODBURY, DeWilton Brown, hardware merchant; b. S. Albion, N. Y., July 18, 1856; s. George Farnam and Anna (Brown) Wood- bury; ed. Pulaski (N. Y.) Acad .; m. Marshall, Minn., June 17, 1885, Harriet Elizabeth Burchard; children: Margaret, Henry Bur- chard. Was for several years with the Mar- shall-Wells Hardware Co., Duluth, Minn., un- til 1891, when he came to Chicago as mer. of the Chicago branch of the Stanley Works, makers of wrought steel builders' hardware. including butts, hinges, door bolts, blind trim- mings, etc. The works are at New Britain. Conn., and where established 50 years ago. Independent in politics. Office: 22 Lake St. Residence: 4328 Lake Av.
WOODCOCK, Lindsay Todd, supt. Marshall Field & Co., retail; b. Baring. Me., Aug. 23, 1858; s. Aaron Hovey and Olive Jane (Gould) Woodcock; moved to Princeton, Me .. when a child; attended district grammar school until 17 years of age; m. Chicago, June 3, 1884, Maud H. Waterhouse; children: Robert Lind- say, Marjorie Louise, Helen Gladys, Lois Todd. First business experience was in a coun- try store, and had charge of store of F. Shaw & Bro .. Grand Lake Stream, Me., until came to Chicago, 1876; entered service of Field, Leiter & Co.'s retail store, Apr. 6, 1877. and has continued ever since with that firm, and its successor. Marshall Field & Co .; be- came asst. mgr., 1878, of the ribbons, jewelry. fans, parasols and umbrellas sections, and mgr. same sections in 1881; in 1889 was pro- moted to the position of supt. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Office: Mar- shall Field & Co., 91 State St. Residence: 429 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill.
WOODLAND, Fred Buchanan, banker; b. Chicago, Aug. 31, 1872: s. George and Ophelia C. (Buchanan) Woodland: ed. Oakland public school, Oakland High School and Chicago Manual Training School, graduating from lat- ter, June, 1890; m. Kankakee, Ill., Feb. 22. 1897, Lilian F. Petyt. Started as bank mes- senger, Oct., 1890, with Merchants' Nat. Bank. Became a teller in the Prairie State Bank (then the Prairie State Savings and Trust Co.), Apr., 1892; later, appointed asst. cashier, and since Oct., 1900, has been cashier. Repub- lican. Office: W. Washington Boul and Des- plaines St. Residence: 4058 Grand Boul.
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WOODLAND, George, banker; b. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1847; s. George and Hannah (Stevens) Woodland; ed. public schools of Utica, N. Y .; m. Utica, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1871, Ophelia C. Buchanan; children: Fred B., Mar- gie, LeRoy. Entered banking business in Chi- cago, Dec. 20, 1871, as messenger with the Prairie State Bank, of which he subsequently became teller, asst. cashier, cashier, and now vice-pres. Republican. Clubs: Colonial, Bank- ers, Calumet Golf. Office: Prairie State Bank. Residence: 4058 Grand Boul.
WOODLE, Edward Ryan, lawyer; b. Janes- ville, Wis., Mar. 8, 1853; s. Isaac and Cornelia (Sheldon) Woodle; early education in private schools; grad., A.B., Racine College, 1873, A.M., 1875; grad. law dept. of Univ. of Wis- consin, 1875; m. Oct., 1884, Hattie Louise, daughter of Christopher C. Bradley, of Syra- cuse, N. Y .; children: Maria, George. Admitted to Wisconsin bar, 1875; afterward spent sev- eral months in New York, but in 1876 returned to Chicago, entered law office of Isham & Lin- coln, and was admitted to the Illinois bar; entered law dept. of the I. C. R. R., 1878, and was atty. for that company 14 years; since 1892 in general practice in State and Federal courts. Pres. Ophir Copper Mining Co., Butte City, Mont .; pres. Pine Forest Lumber Co .; dir. Kindl Car Truck Co., etc. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamil- tou, Germania (Chicago); Silver Bow (Butte, Mont.). Office: 85 Dearborn St. Residence: 5763 Madison Av.
WOODMAN, George Alverado, mechanical engineer; b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1860; s. G. W. and Mary F. (Jewell) Woodman; ed. public and high schools, Dunkirk, N. Y., to 1884; m. Conneaut, O., May 26, 1901, Florence E. Elliott; 1 daughter: H. Marie. Was in ma- chine shop and drawing rooms Brooks Loco- motive Works, 1884, at Green Bay, Wis., 1886- 1887-93; mechanical draftsman with I. C. Ry., 1893-5; in Lima, O., as supt. car dept. Lima Locomotive and Machine Co., 1895-7; asst. master car builder with Swift & Co., 1899-1900; asst. supt. Am. Car & Foundry Co., Chicago, 1900; mechanical supt. of the Uni- versal Car Bearing Co., of West Virginia, at Chicago, 1901-5; mechanical engineer for Kirby Equipment Co. since 1905. Republican. Mem. Englewood Lodge No. 690, A. F. & A. M., and Englewood Commandery, K. T. Office: Railway Exchange. Residence: 6458 Eggleston Av.
WOODRUFF, John Samuel, lumber and real estate; b. St. Clair, Mich., Sept. 9, 1841; s. Samuel H. and Elizabeth (Walker) Woodruff; ed. Thomson's Acad., St. Clair, Mich., and other private and public schools; m. Webster, Mich., Aug. 1, 1867, Helen Frances Williams; children: Eugene Cyrus, Edwin Francis, John Williams, Helen Jennie, Orra Emeline. Began in lumber business for Eber B. Ward, of De- troit, at Ludington, Mich., Sept., 1871, and kept at the business there for 29 years; most of time had charge of two sawmills and two shingle mills, and ran general store in con- nection. Early in 1871 built the Silver Smelt- ing Works at Wyandotte, Mich., for Eber B. Ward; was sec. Père Marquette Boom Co. at Ludington, Mich., for 10 years; now vice-pres. J. S. Stearns Lumber Co., dir. Stearns-Culver Lumber Co., vice-pres. and dir. York Lumber Co., stockholder Lyon Cypress Lumber Co. Also since Apr., 1891, dealer in real estate. Republican. Mem.
Univ. Congregational Church; supt. of Sunday School over 35 years; part of time 2 schools. Club: Congregational. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 5735 Mon- roe Av.
WOODRUFF, Thomas Adams, physician; b. St. Catharines, Ontario, Can., June 4, 1865; s. Samuel De Veaux and Jane Caroline (Sander- son) Woodruff; ed. Upper Canada College, To- ronto, Ont., and med. dept. of McGill Univ., Montreal, graduating, 1888, M.D.C.M .; spent
2 years in Europe attending hosps. in London and the univs. and hosps. of Göttingen and Berlin, Ger .; licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Eng., 1890. Came to Chicago in fall of 1890, when began to prac- tice medicine, continuing in same until 1894; spent 1894-5 attending the clinics on the eye and ear in Vienna and London; returned to Chicago in fall of 1895; since then has been doing special practice in the eye and ear. Ophthalmic surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp., to St. Anthony de Padua Hosp. and to Post- Graduate Hosp. Author of several papers re- lating to ophthalmology; one of the authors of the book on The Commoner Diseases of the Eye; editorial sec. of the Ophthalmic Record; collaborator of Ophthalmology. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., fellow Am. Acad. of Medicine, fellow Am. Acad. of Ophthalmology, mem. Chicago Med. Soc., the Chicago Ophthalmologi- cal Soc., Physicians' Club, Mitglied der Oph- thalmologischen Gesellschaft. Episcopalian. Clubs: Calumet, Washington Park, Iroquois, University. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg. Residence: 1813 Indiana Av.
WOODS, Hiram, commission merchant; b. Newburg, Pa., Aug. 28, 1866; s. Henry and Susan (McElwain) Woods; ed. public schools of Pennsylvania; m. 1st, Lathrop, Mo., Nellie Klepper, Jan. 1, 1889; 2d, Florence Vaillens- court, Waukesha, Wis., Nov. 15, 1902; children: Queena N., John K., Harry I. Worked on a farm in Missouri until 19, then went to Den- ver; employed in grocery and fruit store; pur- chased his employer's interest, and conducted the business for himself. In 1890 conducted general commission business in Denver, com- ing to Chicago in 1899, and established in a general produce commission business; is a re- ceiver and distributer of domestic fruits, can- taloupes, oranges, lemons, etc., in car lots. Mem. Chicago Produce Trade and Credit Assn., Wholesale Produce Merchants Assn. Mason: Temple Lodge No. 84, Denver. Office: 127 S. Water St. Residence: 406 E. Erie St.
WOODWARD, Arthur Herbert, manufactur- er; b. Chicago, Oct. 27, 1870; s. James Little and Hannah Greenleaf (White) Woodward; grad. Cottage Grove Grammar School, 1885; Chicago Manual Training School, 1888; Sibley College of Engineering, Cornell Univ., M.E., 1892; m. Jefferson. O., May 20, 1896, Edith M. Norton; children: Julian Laurence, Elinor Maud. Treas. the International Register Co., 1896-7; pres. since Jan., 1898; manufacturers railway fare registers, small savings banks, etc. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon and of Northwestern Alumni Assn. of D. K. E. Clubs: Union League, Colon- ial. Office: 124 W. Jackson Boul.
WOODWARD, Frederic Campbell, prof. law; b. Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y., Feb. 23, 1874; s. Benjamin C. and Harriet M. (Camp- bell) Woodward; ed. public school, 1879-87; Wallkill Acad., 1887-90, Middletown, N. Y .; grad. Cornell Univ. Law School, 1894, LL.M., 1895; practiced law, New York, 1895-8; prof. law, Dickinson College, 1898-1902 (hon. A.M., 1902); prof. law, Northwestern Univ. Law School since 1902. (See Who's Who in Amer- ica for books, writings, etc.) Club: University. Residence: 716 Foster St., Evanston, Ill.
WOODWORTH, Laurence Conger, cashier Manufacturers' Bank; b. Gouverneur, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1874; s. Albert Linden and Lydia Elizabeth (Conger) Woodworth; attended pub- lic school and Gouverneur High School until age of 17, when left (1 year before gradua- tion), Mar., 1891, to enter employ of 1st Nat. Bank of Gouverneur, N. Y .; when came to Chicago to take position with Central Trust Co. of Illinois, 1902, of cashier and dir. of the Manufacturers' Bank since bank was opened, May 18, 1903. Office: Jackson Boul. and Clin- ton St. Residence: 278 Marshfield Av.
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WOODWORTH, Plumer Morton, M.D .; b. Warrenville, Du Page Co., Ill., May 24, 1851; s. Jacob and Ellen D. (Bird) Woodworth (father was a physician, practicing in Chica- go, and later in Aurora, but forced by ill health to retire in 1864, settled on a McHenry Co. farm); ed. public schools and Jennings Acad., Aurora; m. July 9. 1878, Esther Har- riet, daughter of John Teare, M.D. Remained on father's farm until 1873, when came to Chi- cago to accept appointment as hosp. steward in U. S. Marine Hosp., remaining 4 years; while there began study of medicine, entering Chicago Med. College, from which grad., 1878; began practice in Chicago, was for over a year acting asst. surgeon in Marine Hosp. Service. One of the 3 organizers, 1883, of Augustana Hosp. and 6 years attending physician there; 2 years attending physician Maurice Porter Memorial Hosp., now mem. consulting staff St. Joseph's Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illi- nois Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., and Physi- cians' Club. Republican; mem. Board of Com- missioners of Lincoln Park, 1897-9, and pres. of the board for greater part of term. Mason (32º). Office: 1246 N. Clark St. Residence: 1246 N. Clark St.
WOOLF, Isaac, pres. Woolf's Clothing Co .: b. London, Eng., Jan. 3, 1853; s. Elias and Regina (Jacobson) Woolf; ed. public school, Lafayette, Ind., and Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness College; widower; children: Marion, Lu- cile, Hamlin B. Began life for self as newsboy selling papers; from that went to stripping tobacco and then was retail clothing sales- man; later traveling salesman for wholesale clothing house until 1880, when established in retail clothing business for self on W. Side; now pres. Woolf's Clothing Co. Out of his early experience has come a deep sympathy with newsboys, which manifests itself in the annual Thanksgiving dinner which he gives to the newsboys of Chicago. Mem. Sinai Con- gregation. Mason. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: Standard. Office: State and Monroe Sts. Resi- dence: 3431 Michigan Av.
WOOLFOLK, Clinton Swallow, lawyer; b. Columbia, Mo., May 16, 1874; s. Alexander M. and Anna Cleveland (Swallow) Woolfolk; ed. Evanston (Ill.) High School, Northwestern Univ. Acad., graduating 1890; Chicago College of Law; m. Chicago, Dec. 26, 1899, Mary Mun- son Curtis; children: Kathryn, Curtis Blair. Admitted to bar, 1896; mem. of firm of Wool- folk & Browning until 1898, and became mem. of present firm of Walrath & Woolfo"-, and treas. of Chicago Business Law School. Or- ganized Northern Liquidation Co., with Wil- liam B. Walrath, 1902; now sec. and dir. of same; also treas. and dir. R. A. Richards Co. Lecturer at Armour Institute of Technology on commercial law. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Clubs: Evanston Country, Automo- bile. Office: Annex Title and Trust Bldg. Resi- dence: 2514 Harrison St .. Evanston, Ill.
WOOLLEY, John Granville, author, lectur- er, editor The New Voice since Aug., 1899; b. Collinsville, O., Feb. 15, 1850; s. Edwin C. and Elizabeth (Hunter) Woolley; grad. Ohio Wes- leyan Univ., 1871 (A.M., 1873); m. Mary V. Gerhard, Delaware, O .; admitted to bar Su- preme Court, Illinois, 1873; U. S. Supreme Court, 1885; city atty., Paris, Ill., 1875; pros. atty., Minneapolis, Minn., 1881; practiced in New York City, 1886; entered lecture field, 1888, and has since spoken in principal Eng- lish-speaking cities of the world. Prohibition candidate for Pres. U. S .. 1900. Made tour of world, speaking on Prohibition. 1901. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Resi- dence: 5535 Cornell Av. Office: 139 E. 56th St. WOOLLEY, John Henry, dentist; b. Phila- delphia, Pa., Aug. 4, 1838; s. George W. (M.D.) and Marietta (Royce) Woolley; ed. private and public schools in Philadelphia, Pa., San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif .; m. Cold-
water, Mich., 1869, Cecelia Parker. Was stu- dent in dentistry, Sacramento, Calif., 1854-6; San Francisco, 1856-60; practiced dentistry in Washington, D. C., and San Francisco, Calif., 1860-4; then at Coldwater, Mich .; came to Chicago, 1876. Mem. Illinois State Dental Soc. (life mem.), Northern Illinois Dental Soc., Chi- cago Dental Soc., Chicago Odontological Soc., Chicago Odontographic Soc. Formerly instruc- tor dental therapeutics in Chicago College of Dental Surgery and in Northwestern Univ. Dental School. Republican. Mason: mem. Fair- view Lodge, Fairview Chapter, R. A. M., Mont- joie Commandery, K. T. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 3032 Wabash Av.
WOOSTER, Clarence K., vice-pres. Peoples' Gas Light and Coke Co. Clubs: Chicago, Mid- Day, Washington Park, Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Yacht. Office: 157 Michigan Av. Resi- dence: 3500 Ellis Av.
WORCESTER, Charles Henry, lumberman; b. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 23, 1864; s. Ira and Caroline C. (Cooper) Worcester; ed. Detroit public schools; m. Chicago, Jan. 3, 1894, Mary F. Southwell. Was in employ of Farrand, Wil- liams & Co., wholesale druggists, Detroit. Mich., 1882-9; mgr. Peninsula White Lead and Color Works, Detroit, 1889-92; in investment securities and real estate, Chicago, 1892-5; in lumber business since 1895; now pres. C. H. Worcester Co., Marinette, Wis., and Chicago; pres. Worcester Lumber Co., Chassell, Mich., and pres. Munising Mfg. Co., of Munising. Mich., these 3 corporations owning saw-mills and being engaged in lumbering and produc- ing lumber and cedar products. They are all close corporations, owned principally by Hen- ry E. Southwell and C. H. Worcester. Republi- can. Mem. Chicago Art Institute. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Office: Tribune Bldg. Resi- dence: 469 N. State St., and Chassell, Mich.
WORK, Andrew S., clothing manufacturer; b. McConnellsburg, Pa., Feb. 2, 1842; s. Sam- uel J. and Mary Ann (Hoke) Work; reared on farm; attended district school; came to Chi- cago, 1859. Was clerk in a store in Henry, Ill., and Chicago, 1859-61; went to Huntsville, Ala., and had a general store there, 1863-4; came back to Chicago, 1866, and was a salesman with Bowen, Whitman & Winslow, wholesale dry goods, and Sweet, Dempster & Co., whole- sale hats and caps; went into business with Charles W. Packer and George Z. Work, 1877. under style of Work, Packer & Co., wholesale hats, in which had charge of the credits: firm of Work Bros. & Co. went into the clothing mfg. business in 1879, and sold out the hat business, 1880; the clothing firm was incor- porated. 1903, as Work Bros. Co., of which is pres. Republican. Clubs: Washington Park. Chicago Athletic. Calumet. Office: 164 Wabash Av. Residence: Hotel Metropole.
WRENN, Howard A., broker: senior mem. firm Wrenn, Calkins & Egan. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Of- fice: The Rookery. Residence: 4043 Ellis Av.
WRENN, John H., senior mem. firm of John H. Wrenn & Co., brokers. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Chi- cago, Mid-Day, Calumet, Caxton, University. Quadrangle, Onwentsia. Office: 225 LaSalle St. Residence: 166 Astor St .; summer, Lake For- est. Ill.
WRENN, William Brent, broker: b. Middle- town, O., May 31. 1849: s. George I .. and Mary Jane (Duffield) Wrenn: ed. Chicago Univ .: m. Chicago; children: William B., Jr., Edwin Duf- field, Eliot Franklin. Mem. John H. Wrenn & Co .. 1876-86; since then alone as broker in stocks, bonds, etc. Dir., and since Jan. 1. 1905. sec. of the Chicago Stock Exchange Repub- lican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: Chicago Stock Exchange. Residence; Highland Park. I11.
WRIGHT, Frank Solomon, cement: h Mil- waukee, Wis., July 27, 1846; s. Peter R. and
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Elizabeth (Ledden) Wright; ed. public schools of Milwaukee and Sheboygan, Wis .; m. Jan. 4. 1866, Mercy A., daughter of Col. Smith McClevey, of Chicago. Joined F. D. Meacham, 1874, in establishing firm of Meacham & Wright, Utica and Portland cements, of which he is now vice-pres. Republican. Mem. Royal League (formerly of its Supreme Council). Clubs: Illinois, Builders. Office: 138 Washing- ton St. Residence: 497 W. Jackson Boul.
WRIGHT, John Edwards, newspaper editor; b. Toulon, Stark Co., Ill., Oct. 14, 1861; s. Wil- liam Wilberforce and Anne Matilda (Creigh- ton) Wright; ed. high schools of Toulon and Champaign, Ill., and at Univ. of Illinois (hon. A.M., Univ. of Illinois, June 11, 1903); m. Champaign, Ill., May 5, 1903, Etta Lorraine Beach. In journalism in Chicago since Sept., 1885; city editor, 1892-1900; managing editor since 1901, Chicago Evening Post. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Press (pres., 1889- 1890). Office: 154 Washington St. Residence: 2439 Lakewood Av.
WRIGHT, John Frost, grain merchant; b. Esperance, Schoharie Co., N. Y., July 13, 1838; s. John C. (ex-comptroller of New York State) and Louisa (Marsh) Wright; ed. Albany Boys' Acad., Poughkeepsie Collegiate Institute, and in Naval Acad., Sept., 1854, to 1857, when re- signed; m. McGregor, Ia., May 16, 1859, Clara Safford; children: Fannie Louise, George Saf- ford. Was in employ of C., M. & St. P. R. R. at Prairie du Chien and Milwaukee, Wis., 1857- 1862; solicitor with C. C. Moeller & Co., grain, as solicitor, 1862-5; in same capacity with J. G. Smyth & Co., 1865-8; with Elmendorf, Watte & Co., grain, on joint account, 1868-88; with Wright & Haughey, on joint account, grain, 1888-91; founded house of Haughey, Wright & Co., grain, 1891; Wright & Taylor, grain, 1894-1904, and in Apr., 1904, Mr. Taylor having died, organized Wright, Bogert & Co., of which is vice-pres. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Live Stock Exchange. Mem. Sons of New York. Democrat. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 3733 Lake Av.
WRIGHT, Silas, manufacturer of mould- ings; b. Toronto, Ont., Nov. 2, 1853; s. Wil- liam and Ellen (Clegg) Wright; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Thanksgiving Day, 1876, Bridget McLain; children: William John, Jen- nie, Frank, Joseph Henry, James Raymond, Carrie Lottie, Silas, Jr., Norman. Came to Chi- cago, Apr. 16, 1864; started with father in manufacture of mouldings, 1869; in latter part of 1871 entered employ of L. R. Brown, and so continued until 1890, when, with Ben Cray- croft, established present firm of Wright & Craycroft, manufacturers of mouldings. Demo- crat. Office: 518-542 W. 21st St. Residence: 1205 W. 15th St.
WRIGHT, William Van Doren, merchant; b. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 5, 1871; s. Mansur H. and Jennie (Van Doren) Wright; ed. Indian- apolis public schools; m. Lake Placid, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1898, Louise Brier Stephens; chil- dren: Jane Van Doren, Redmond Stephens. Came to Chicago from Indianapolis, 1889; in business since 1890; in iron and steel busi- ness since 1899; on organization and incor- poration, Jan. 1, 1904, of Wright-Thiffault Co., jobbers of iron and steel, became pres. of the company; tin and terne plates, sheet iron and metals. Republican. Clubs: Washington Park, Exmoor Country, Onwentsia. Office: 101 F. Kinzie St. Residence: 410 E. Ontario St.
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