The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 19

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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BOAK, Robert Burns, merchant; b. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 29, 1849; s. Sir Robert and Matilda S. (Anderson) Burns; ed. private schools, Nova Scotia: m. Bathurst, N. B .. Dec. 19, 1871. Jennie DeBlois; children: Robert, Mary M. (Mrs. V. M. Harding), Jean (Mrs. D. F. Rad- ger), Louise DeBlois. Entered father's office 1864; became partner in firm of Robert Boak & Son, 1871; came to Chicago, 1881, and is now sec. and treas. Boak Fish Co .. of St. Paul. Minn .. and senior mem. firm R. B. Boak & Co., importers of salt fish. Clubs: Kenwood, Homewood. Office: 33 S. Water St. Residence: 4744 Kimbark Av.

BOAL, Charles Thomas, real estate dealer: b. Reading. O., Anr. 16, 1832: s. Dr. Robert and Christiana Walker (Sinclair) Boal; re- moved with parents to Lacon, Ill., and was ed. in public schools there: m. Chicago. Hen- rietta Ayres; children: Horton S. (deceased). Edna M. (now Mrs. D. S. Flood). Anna C. (now Mrs. P. T. Wickes, Jr.), Ayres. Came to Chicago, 1854, and later became con- nected with firm of Hall, Kimhark & Co .. in wholesale iron business, in which afterward became a partner. Recruited a company of infantry, 1862. and became an officer in the 88th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. serving with regt. until end of the war. After war engaged In hardware business in firm of Austin & Boal. afterward changing to Charles T. Roal & Co .: burned out in Chicago fire. Oct. 9. 1871: built the Chicago Stove Works, hut sold out and en- gaged in wholesale stove and hollow-ware business, from which retired in 1894; since then engaged in real estate business. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Mem. Military Order of the Loval Legion. Clubs: Chicago. Calumet. Washington Park. Onwent- sia, Twentieth Century. Office: 97 Clark. Resi- dence: 1732 Michigan Av.

BOARD, Ellsworth Maltby, manufacturer: h Morristown, N. J., Apr. 24. 1855: 9. David .T. and Susan P. (Lewis) Board; came west to Illinois in childhood; ed country school; m Evanston. Ill .. 1883, Madelaine Randall (now deceased) : children: Harold E., Edward P. Dorothy R. Lived on farm 40 miles south of Chicago: came to city when 19 years old; en- tered employ of Chicago & North-Western Ry. as check clerk loading freight cars; ad- vanced to other positions during 916 Years' service. being chief clerk of freight auditor's office for last 316 years with railway, leaving

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in 1884 to connect himself with the Cross Press and Sign Co. (established 1879), of which is now pres. and treas. Also pres. and treas. Rotary Press Sign Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., and pres. of the Board-Crosby Co., Chicago. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Evans- ton. Office: 53-67 Dayton St. Residence: 1602 Hinman Av., Evanston.

BOAND, Jules Augustus, white lead manu- facturer; b. Morges, Canton of Vaud, Switzer- land, Mar. 15, 1860; s. François Louis and Henrietta (Chevaux) Boand; ed. public schools of native place and by private instruction in chemistry at Golden, Colo .; m. St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 3, 1890, Lena Josephine Acker; children: Jennie Elizabeth, Jules Francis. Came to U. S., Jan., 1875; settled in Idaho Springs, Colo., and as soon as became familiar with English language took instruction in chemistry and assaying and followed business of mining and smelting until 1884; became identified, 1884, with Omaha White Lead Co., and in Jan., 1886, with its successor, the Carter White Lead Co .; was first shipping clerk, then fore- man, in one of the depts., and in 1886 became supt .; in 1893 became stockholder in the com- pany, and in May, 1895, when company opened new plant at W. Pullman, Ill., was placed in charge of the mfg. operations there. Stock- holder and dir., since 1897, of State Bank of W. Pullman. Gold Democrat. Protestant. Club: Windsor Country. Office: 121st and Peoria Sts. Residence: 11955 Eggleston Av.

BOARDMAN, Horace Prentiss, civil engi- neer; b. Menasha, Wis., Jan. 21, 1869; s. Hor- ace E. and Susan (Locke) Boardman; grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1894; m. Chicago, 1896, Miss Elsa Leonard; 3 children. Began rail- way service in 1886 as flagman with locat- ing party of the Chicago, Madison & Northern R. R .; afterward rodman on surveys and con- struction at Fort Sheridan, Ill., 1888-9; rod- man on Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry .; with fleld engineer corps, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago; instrument-man of Mem- phis Artesian Water Works, on tunnel con- struction, and on topographic surveys at Fort Logan H. Roots, Little Rock, Ark., vacations, 1890-3; from June 26, 1894, to Dec. 22, 1896, with engineer corps Sanitary District of Chi- cago; Dec. 22, 1896, to Aug., 1897, miscella- neous engineering work in Chicago; Aug. 10, 1897, to July 31, 1901, asst. engineer Chicago & Alton Ry .; Aug., 1901, to Mar., 1904, asst. engineer, bridge and bldg. dept., C., M. & St. P. Ry .; Mar., 1904, became supt. for Savage Construction Co., of Chicago. Residence: 6600 Ellis Av.

BOBO, John Louis, tailors' trimmings; b. Dayton, O., Feb. 5, 1851; s. John and Margaret (Waltz) Bobo; ed. public schools of Ohio; m. Lima, O., Aug. 7, 1877, Ella F. Mowen. Retail clothing business at Lima, O., 1868-80; in 1880 came to Chicago and became mem. of firm of J. H. Lesher & Co., tailors' trimmings, until Dec., 1902, when that firm was succeeded by present one of John L. Bobo & Co., of which is senior mem. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Homewood. Office: 319 Franklin St. Residence: 4246 Drexel Boul.

BOCKIUS, Franklin B. Eisen, physician; b. Galena, Ill., Mar. 9, 1850; s. Joseph Rex and Marie (von Eisen) Bockius; finished course in Galena High School, 1864; was sent to Chi- cago to enter the Univ. of Chicago, but in- stead enlisted as private in Co. C, 140th Ill. Vol. Infy., his parents knowing nothing of his enlistment until he wrote to them from the seat of war; served to end of war, then entered Univ. of Chicago, graduating, B.S., 1868; grad. med. dept. Northwestern Univ., 1872, receiving the prize offered by the faculty for the best thesis on a med. subject; was appointed med. dir. of the Chicago Relief and Aid Soc. in charge of the Chicago Fire Sufferers, 1872-82; m. Racine, Wis., 1891, Doretta Brenzel; chil-

dren: Doretta Eisen, Frances Eisen. Has been engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago from 1872; was asst. to prof. of chem- istry in med. dept. of Northwestern Univ., 1872; physician, 1872-8, and after that con- sulting physician to North Side Dispensary; as a diversion (while continuing med. prac- tice) took course at Union College of Law, 1874-6, graduating, LL.B., and third in his class, 1886; also studied homœopathy in North- western Homo. College, 1878-80; prof. of forensic medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1881-91. Contributor to med. and literary periodicals. Office: 1225 Milwaukee Av. Residence: 1512 W. Wilson Av.

BODDIE, John Thomas, real estate, loans and renting agent; b. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 28, 1864; s. Willie Perry and Martha (McNeill) Boddie; reared in Christian Co., Ky .; ed. Van- derbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn .; m. New York City, Dec. 26, 1894, Judith Reynolds Lott. Came to Chicago from Kentucky in 1890, and has since been engaged in general real estate business, of which he is a large holder in Chicago. He is also engaged in negotiating first mortgage loans, managing estates, rent- ing, and collecting rents (business established 1878, by late Malcolm M. Boddie). Mem. Chi- cago Real Estate Board. Democrat. Clubs: University, Iroquois, Wausaukee. Mem. Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: 47 Delaware Pl.

BODE, Frederick, pres. Gage Bros. & Co., wholesale millinery; b. Eckwarden, Germany, Aug. 20, 1856; s. Frederick and Sophia (Kim- mann) Bode; ed. Hanover Realschule; also studied music in Hanover; m. Chicago, June 19, 1880, Augusta Ebeling: daughter: Ida Francis. Came to Chicago from Germany, 1870; in 1871 entered employ of D. B. Fisk & Co., wholesale millinery, as errand boy; be- came city buyer and left that firm, 1874; with Gage Bros. & Co. (established 1856), 1874-6; with Edson Keith & Co., as buyer and mgr. of the hat dept., 1876-92; in 1892, with others, purchased the business of Gage Bros. & Co., incorporated it, and has been pres. ever since. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Office: 129-31 Michigan Av. Resi- dence: 5827 Washington Av.

BODINE, William Lester, superintendent of compulsory education, Chicago Board of Edu- cation; b. Marion Co., Mo., Sept. 10, 1862; s. Joseph and Eliza (Lewis) Bodine; ed. public schools; m. Clinton, Ia., Feb. 10, 1890, Mae Richardson; children: Helen, Robert. Came to Chicago in 1881 and then went west; was newspaper man originally; State Labor Com- missioner of Colorado, 1890-3; elected vice- pres. National Assn. of Statisticians at Den- ver convention, 1892; appointed special master commissioner of U. S. Court (8th Judicial District) with headquarters at Omaha, 1893; came to Chicago, 1895, with Times-Herald as political reporter until 1899; elected superin- tendent of compulsory education, July 13, 1899, by Chicago Board of Education (holds under Civil Service Law). Chairman of Chi- cago Child-Saving League legislative commit- tee, which carried the child-labor and compul- sory education bills through the Legislature in 1902-3; now on executive committee of Cook Co. child-saving conference. Democrat. Mem. Ancient Order United Workmen. Club: Ravenswood. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 827 Wilson Av.

BODMAN, Luther W., commission merchant and stock broker; b. Charlemont, Mass., Feb. 4, 1845; s. Luther and Philena (Hawks) Bod- man; ed. Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass .; m. Northampton, Mass., 1870, Miss Grace H. Smith; children: Marjorie, Edward, Luther. Began business life at Bement, Ill., 1867, as grain dealer and banker. Came to Chicago, 1884, as resident partner in Milmine, Bodman & Co., grain, provisions, etc., adding

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stocks, bonds, etc., in 1900. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 589 N. State St.

BOGERT, William Benezet, broker, etc .; b. Providence. R. I .; grad. Brown Univ., 1882. Engaged in the cotton mfg. business at Taft- ville, Conn., 1882-4; came to Chicago and be- came a mem. Wright, Bogert & Co., brokers in grain, provisions, stocks and cotton, of which is now pres. Mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 1818 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill.

BOGLE, Walter Scott, coal merchant; b. Dover, N. H., Apr. 3, 1852; s. Daniel and Mary (Boyd) Bogle; removed to Chicago with parents when 9 years old; grad. Chicago High School, 1868; m. Chicago, Mar., 1872, Delia E. Stearns; children, Walter S., Jr., Mrs. C. W. Gilmore, Mrs. H. Edward Sauer. After gradu- ation entered his father's coal business; was mgr. for years of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co .; pres. Crescent Coal & Mining Co .; pres. W. S. Bogle Coal & Mining Co .; dir. Fort Dearborn National Bank. Democrat; was mem. West Park Board 3 years. Mason: mem. Apollo Commandery, K. T. Clubs: Union League, Iroquois (pres. 1 year, vice-pres. 5 years), Illinois, Chicago Yacht; also Manhat- tan (New York). Office: 303 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 1449 Sheridan Road.

BOGUE, Hamilton B., Jr., lawyer and pro- moter; b. Chicago, Dec. 26, 1868; s. Hamilton B. and Emily Augusta (Hoyt) Bogue; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., N. H., 1889; Prince- ton Univ., A.B., 1893; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1895; unmarried. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois in June, 1895, and was engaged in practice of law for 6 years with the firm of Peck, Miller & Starr; for over a year past in legal and general business on own account, attending principally to real estate and corporate matters. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 200 E. 50th St.

BOHN, Henry John, journalist, publisher; b. Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1855; s. Henry C. and Henrietta Bohn; ed. public school and Baldwin Univ .; m. Chicago, 1891, Bertha Ro- selle Bowlby; children: Harold Jay, Olive Ra- mona, Louise Mildred, Beryl Bowlby. Worked on farm until 18, in sawmill at 19, printing office at 20, telegraph office at 22; came to Chicago in Dec., 1876; became foreman in newspaper office at 23, and since Apr., 1879, has been a publisher; now mem. firm of H. J. Bohn & Bro .; editor and publisher of The Hotel World from Apr., 1879; was chairman and has for 22 years been a mem. of board of directors Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Assn. of the U. S. and Canada; organizer and sec. and treas. Illinois Hotelkeepers' Assn. Organ- ized the Chicago Trade Press Assn., and long an officer; 4 years trustee village of Morgan Park; now pres. of board of commissioners of Calumet Park district; organized Hotel Assn. of Chicago, 1897, and still sec. and treas. of same. Publisher of technical books and class papers, and with John J. Bohn proprietor Bohn Mfg. Co. Republican. Agnostic. Mem. Ohio Soc. of Chicago (6 years sec.). Clubs: Press (life mem.), Hamilton (charter mem.), Ridge Country. Office: 324 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: Morgan Park, Ill.

BOHNER, George, manufacturer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1846; s. Alois and Adeline (Brooker) Bohner; ed. public schools of Buf- falo, N. Y .; widower; 1 son: George H. Came to Chicago, 1863; was employed in a lamp store and in 1870 became a partner; was burned out in the great fire of Oct. 9, 1871, but resumed business on the lake front and removed to permanent quarters, 1872; con- tinued in that business until 1898; now pro- prietor of the Bohner Manufacturing Co., and

also of the Brilliant Gas Lamp Co., manu- facturers of the Brilliant, Head Light and other gasoline lamps; also the Chicago Light- ing System. Was formerly an officer of Co. H, 1st Infantry, I. N. G. Mem. Garden City Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; was mem. Chicago Ath- letic, Washington Park, Iroquois Clubs. Office: 42 State St. Residence: 2944 Vernon Av.

BOISOT, Emile Kellogg, banking; b. Du- buque, Ia., Feb. 26, 1859; s. Louis and Alber- tina (Bush) Boisot; ed. public and high schools of Dubuque; m. 1891. Employed in German Bank of Dubuque, Ia., 1875-8; with First National Bank, Chicago, since 1878; in bond and foreign exchange dept., of which he became mgr., 1897. Upon the opening, Jan., 1904, of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Chi- cago, was appointed its vice-pres. and mgr. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Republican. Office: First National Bank. Residence: La- Grange, Il1.

BOISOT, Louis, trust officer, First Trust & Savings Bank; b. Dubuque, Ia., May 23, 1856; s. Louis and Albertina Boisot; grad. Hamil- ton College, 1877; Columbia College, LL.B., 1879; admitted to bar, 1880; m. Adrian, Mich., May 13, 1887, Mary Spencer; 1 child: Pauline. Now trust officer First Trust & Savings Bank. Author: By-Laws of Private Corporations, 1892, 1902; Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens, 1897. Contributor to legal periodicals. Club: LaGrange Country. Office: First Na- tional Bank Bldg. Residence: LaGrange, Ill.

BOKUM, Richard Drummond, state agent of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co .; b. Cin- cinnati, O., Jan. 30, 1854; s. Rev. Herman and Ann R. S. (Drummond) Bokum; ed. public schools; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 13, 1881, Anna L. Harkness; children: Norris H., Richard D., Jr., Marjory. Began business career in 1872 as clerk for the S. S. White D. Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Entered life insurance business, 1887, as agent of New York Life (1 year); then manager in northern Ohio 10 years. Since Nov., 1897, state agent for Illinois of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence, Golf, Il1.

BOLDENWECK, Carl George, manufacturer: b. Chicago, Apr. 2, 1866; s. Louis H. and Louise H. (Kober) Boldenweck; ed. German Acad. and Imperial Textile Acad., Crefeld, Ger- many; m. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1893, Irma Lichten- berger; children: Louis C. W., Adelheid A. L. From 1885 to 1890 was superintendent of silk mills in New York; returned to Chicago, 1890, and established, and has ever since been pres. of the Phoenix Trimming Co., manufacturers of drapery, furniture trimmings and rope por- tieres, valences, etc. Republican. Office: 572 Clybourn Av. Residence: 1729 Waveland Av.

BOLDENWECK, William, manufacturer; b. Jettingen, Germany, Aug., 1851; s. Karl H. and Charlotte Boldenweck; came to Chicago with parents, June, 1854; ed. Dearborn School and Dyrenfurth College; m. Chicago, Mar. 25, 1873. Gusina A. Samme. Learned tinsmith trade. then became bookkeeper for a stove and hard- ware house, cut stone contractor, 1875-79: mayor of Lake View, 1887-9. until its annexa- tion to the City of Chicago; in real estate business and mem. of the Chicago Board of Education, 1889-90; mem. Board of Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago, 1890- 1900; out of business 1901 until 1903: then became sec. and treas. of the Brookman Manu- facturing Co. (established 1879). Is also pres. of the Germania Safe Deposit Co .; dir. Carter- ville Coal Co. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (32°); Shriner. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Mar- quette, Germania. Office: 79-81 LaSalle Av. Residence: Lessing Annex, Surf and Evanston Avs.

BOLEN, John Lincoln, lawyer; b. Knox Co .. Tenn., Sept. 1, 1863; s. Pleasant and Nancy (Trent) Bolen; grad. high school, Irving-

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ton, Ind., 1883, business college, Oberlin, O., 1SS4; Chicago College of Law, 1894; post- graduate course of same, 1895, with degree of LL.B. From 1881 to 1899 engaged in busi- ness of making abstracts of title to real estate, the last 9% years being with Security Title & Trust Co. of Chicago; since 1899 in active law practice and since Apr. 1, 1902, with Eugene Stewart, of firm of Bolen & Stewart. Dir. and treas. Northwestern Mort- gage & Trust Co .; dir. Howard Copper Co. and Hamilton Mercantile Agency. Republican. Methodist adherent, but not mem. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: 1684 Barry Av.

BOLLES, Charles Edwin, merchant, banker; b. Cambridge, Vt., Oct. 14, 1844; s. Lemuel and Mary Ann (Weaver) Bolles; ed. Fulton Military School, Fulton, Ill., and at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill .; m. Turner, Ill., Sept. 19, 1867, Mattie Butterfield; 1 daughter: Mrs. Abram Gale. Served in Civil War as private Co. K, 13th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Began business career in buying and selling hides; was with H. C. Tillinghast & Co. for 10 years as traveling agent; since Jan. 1, 1880, senior partner of firm of Bolles & Rogers, dealers in hides, wool, pelts and tallow. Pres. of the Av. State Bank, Oak Park, Ill .; interested in the Yaryan Heating & Electric Light Plant in Oak Park. Resided in Turner, now West Chi- cago, from 1857 until he entered the war; is largely interested in real estate in West Chi- cago. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park, Phoenix (Oak Park). Office: 142 Kinzie St. Residence: 358 Lake St., Oak Park, Il1.

BOLZA, Oskar, mathematician, educator. Residence: 5810 Woodlawn Av. (See Who's Who in America for sketch.)

BOMAN, Charles H., sec. Scandia Mutual Life Insurance Co .; b. Calmar Co., Sweden, July 9, 1848; s. Charles M. and Caroline (An- derson) Boman; ed. public school in Sweden; m. Rock Island, Ill., June 9, 1880, Margaret, Cervin; children: Ella, Rudolph, Anton, Anna, Berndt, Herbert. At age of 22 came with par- ents to U. S., locating at Galesburg, Ill., where was clerk in general store for about a year; went to Rock Island, Ill., and was a dealer in stoves and hardware until Sept., 1902, when came to Chicago as sec. of the Scandia Mutual Life Insurance Co. Republican. Lutheran. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 952 Win- throp Av.

BONBRIGHT, Daniel, educator; b. Youngs- town, Pa., 1831; s. Daniel Bonbright; prepara- tory education Blairsville Acad., Dickinson Col -. lege, 1846-8; grad. Yale, A.B., 1850 (A.M., same, 1853; LL.D., Lawrence Univ., 1873); m. Evans- ton, Ill., 1890, Alice D. Cummings. Tutor Yale College, 1854-6; studied Univs. of Berlin, Bonn, Göttingen, 1856-8; studied and traveled in Eu- rope, 1869-70; prof. of Latin language and literature Northwestern Univ. since 1858; dean of faculty of liberal arts, same, 1899-1902; acting pres. of univ., 1900-2. Address: Evans- ton, Ill.

BONGGREN, Olof Jakob, journalist; b. Ber- gane, parish of Habol, Dalsland, Sweden, Oct. 7, 1854; s. Olof O. and Maria B. Bonggren; grad. College of Venersborg, 1874 (L.H.D., Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kan., 1900); m. Stora Tuna, Dalecarlia, Sweden, Sept. 24, 1877, Johanna Sporre, who died Oct. 8, 1903. Came to U. S. July 4, 1882; has been connected with the leading newspapers in Sweden; since May 3, 1883, editor-in-chief Svenska Ameri- kanaren, Swedish newspaper in Chicago. Author: Bibeln mot Bibeln, 1879; Läsarelif, 1879; Förstlingar (poems), 1882; Det hem- lighetsfullas verld (theosophical), 1892; Sanger och Sagor (poems), 1902. Translator: Helvetet och Spöken (from Robert Ingersoll), 1878; Cæsar's Kolonn (from Ignatius Don- nelly), 1891. Office: 35 Clark St. Residence: 192 Johnston Av.

BONNELL, Charles Edwin, varnish; b. on farm in Wood Co., O., Dec. 25, 1852; s. Isaac R. and Mary Eve (Simon) Bonnell; ed. coun- try school and academy at Findlay, O .; m. Chicago, July 20, 1882, Rosalyn E. Hall; 1 son: Charles Edwin, Jr. (died in infancy). Mem. of Hammell & Bonnell to 1885; Nubian Paint & Varnish Co. was organized Apr. 1, 1885, and has been mgr. and vice-pres. ever since. Past Supreme Archon (life mem.), and since 1894 mem. of supreme body of Royal League; helped organize the North American Union (fraternal order) in 1895, and was its first vice-pres .; past pres. and life mem. Na- tional Fraternal Congress. Mason-Garden City Lodge, Oriental Consistory, Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Mem. North American Union, Independent Order of Foresters, Bankers' Fraternal Union. Republican. Methodist. Office: Cragin Station. Residence: 1295 Adams St.

BONNEY, Lawton Corl, investments; b. Chi- cago, Jan. 2, 1862; s. Charles Carroll and Lydia A. (Pratt) Bonney; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Milwaukee, Aug. 14, 1895, Olive Baker. Began as messenger in the Merchants Loan & Trust Co. Bank in 1881 and was promoted steadily until became chief clerk, resigning in 1888 to become sec. of the Douglass Park Building Assn., which had a very success- ful career, and from 1892 sec .- treas. and dir. of the Chicago General Ry. Co .; now of firm of Bonney Bros., investments. Christian scien- tist. Mem. Co. H, 1st Regt., I. N. G. Clubs: Chicago, Union League. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 836 W. Adams St.

BOON, Clement Lavern, banker; b. Hamil- ton, Madison Co., N. Y .; s. William H. and Sarah C. (Staples) Boon; ed. Hamilton public schools. After graduation was 2 years prin- cipal of Lowell's Commercial College, at Bing- hamton, N. Y .; devoted spare time to study of law under Hon. Neri Pine of Binghamton; later entered law office of Hon. Alexander Cummings; admitted to New York bar May 3, 1877; engaged in practice; later private sec. and afterward general agent for Hon. Sher- man D. Phelps, of Binghamton, becoming familiar with his large banking and other in- terests; after Mr. Phelps died, went west and was for some years engaged in investing money for large English and Scotch com- nanies, and the handling of securities; since 1893 engaged in the municipal bond business in Chicago; has also capitalized several gas, electric light and traction companies. Now en- gaged exclusively in financing traction and steam railroads and handling securities. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 2 E. 47th Pl.

BOORE, Harry, pork packer; b. Shrewsbury, Eng., Nov. 28, 1852; s. John and Sarah Ann (Davies) Boore; ed. public schools in Eng- land; came from England to Chicago in 1869; m. Chicago, Oct. 1, 1877, Lydia M. Forrest; children: Harriet E., Sarah. After arrival in Chicago worked for various firms in the pork- packing business until 1888; went to Nebraska City, 1888, for Chicago Packing & Provision Co., remaining 1 year; went to St. Louis as a partner in the East St. Louis Packing & Pro- vision Co., 2 years. Returned to Chicago, 1891, becoming connected with the International Packing Co .; continued in that company until they sold out in 1894; assisted in organizing the Continental Packing Co .; on Nov. 12, 1903, established business for self under name of H. Boore & Co., pork packers. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Calumet. Office: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: 4804 Vincennes Av.

BOORN, William Charles, fire underwriter; h. Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 30, 1863; s. Charles P. and Huldah Maria (Stevison) Boorn; ed. pub- lic and high schools, Peoria, Ill .; m. Peoria, Oct. 14, 1897, May C. Giles; 1 son: Philip Henry. In service of Orient Insurance Co.,

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of Hartford, Conn., and Lancashire, of Liver- pool, 1888, becoming agency superintendent of the western department of that company, 1897; since Jan. 1, 1902, with Hartford Fire Insurance Co .; asst. general agent of western dept. of same since Nov. 1, 1903. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Mendelssohn. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 4584 Oakenwald Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 19

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