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BOYDEN, William Cowper; b. Sheffield. Ill .. Apr. 6, 1864; s. Albert W. and Ellen R. (Webb) Boyden; ed. public schools, Sheffield, Ill, Phil- lips Exeter Acad., graduating, 1882; Harvard College, A.B., 1886; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1889; m. Chicago, Apr. 13, 1893, Mabel G. Burlingham: children: William C., Preston B., Margaret. Admitted to bar, 1889; practiced law, 1890-7, as mem. of firm of Hamlin, Hol- land & Boyden; since 1897 of firm of Matz, Fisher & Boyden. Republican. Mem. Illinois State and Chicago Bar Assns., Chicago Law Club. Dir. Western Trust and Savings Bank. Clubs: University, Skokie, City. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.
BOYESEN, Ingolf Krohg, lawyer; b. Kongs- berg, Norway, Jan. 5, 1855; s. S. F. and Helen (Trocton) Boyesen; ed. schools of Norway and by private tutor; grad. Chicago Law School, LL.B., in class of 1875; m. Chicago, Dec. 14, 1878, Janie S. Stewart (now de- ceased) ; children: Ralph S., Norman F. En- gaged in practice of law, alone, in Chicago, 1875-90, and in latter year became mem. of law firm of Herrick, Allen, Boyesen & Martin. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago, Quadrangle, Wash- ington Park, Law. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 5125 Kimbark Av.
BOYLE, John Patrick, wholesale grocer; b. Chicago, July 6, 1870; s. Thomas and Mary (Maginnis) Boyle; ed. public schools, Chica- go Manual Training School, Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1888; m. Chicago. Mar. 28, 1894, Grace O'Brien; children: Marion, Thom- as. Engaged in practice of law, and during Mayor Washburn's administration was asst. prosecuting atty. of the City of Chicago; en- gaged in commercial business since 1892; mgr. Lincoln Ice Co., 1892-5; asst. gen. mgr. Knick- erbocker Ice Co., 1895-6; in 1897 bought inter- est in wholesale grocery firm of Walsh, Lange & Co., which changed to the present corpora- tion of Walsh, Boyle & Co., of which is vice- pres. and dir. Democrat. Club: Illinois Ath- letic. Office: 3-13 State St. Residence: 271 Bel- den Av.
BOYLE, Loren Laughlin, western mgr. "The Keystone"; b. New Bethlehem, Clarion Co., Pa., Feb. 1, 1853; s. Rev. John T. and Sarah Ann (Laughlin) Boyle; academic education at St. Joseph, Mo .; m. Warren, O., June 30, 1885, Mary Field; 1 daughter: Allys. Learned print- ers' trade at St. Joseph, Mo., and later took to journalism. Worked on various papers; be- fore was 25 years old was half owner in St. Joseph Daily Evening Chronicle; later was traveling salesman for a wholesale and retail jewelry house of St. Joseph; came to Chicago, Jan. 1, 1903, to take the western office of "The Keystone," organ of the retail jewelry and optical trades (published in Philadelphia), which position has since held. Vice-pres. and treas. Illinois Optical Soc. Republican. Metho- dist. Clubs: Jewelers, Homewood. Office: 42 Madison St. Residence: 5470 Washington Av
BOYLES, Charles Dickinson, sec. Albert Dickinson Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 1, 1865; s. Charles C. and Hannah (Dickinson) Boyles; ed. public schools of Chicago until he was 16 years old; on leaving school, entered employ- ment of the Albert Dickinson Co. as an office boy and has remained continuously in the service of the company in various capacities; has been sec. of the company since 1889. Re- publican. Clubs: Union League, Ashland. Office: Albert Dickinson Seed Co. Residence: Riverside, Ill.
BOYNTON, Charles Theodore, iron me chant; b. West Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 5, 1858; s. Charles Sumner and Elizabeth Thomp- son Boynton; parents removed to farm in New York; ed. public schools of Catskill, N. Y. Began business career as grocer's clerk, and later in other ocupations, until he entered service of Washburn & Moen Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, for which he became western mgr .; also general sales agent of Am. Steel & Wire Co. and pres. of the Shelby Steel Tube Co .; later became and is now mem. of the firm of Pickands, Brown & Co., one of the largest in the U. S. iron and iron ore trade; dir. Bankers' National Bank, Central Trust Co., North Shore Gas Co. of Waukegan, Dearborn Co. of Chicago; trustee of Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Evans- ton, Evanston Country, Glen View. Onwent- sia, Mid-Day. Office: The Rookery. Residence: Evanston.
BOYNTON. Melbourne Parker, clergyman; b. Lynn, Mass., Nov. 6, 1867; s. Benjamin Skinner and Mary Elizabeth (Croscup) Boyn-
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ton; ed. common schools in Massachusetts and New Jersey; California College, Oakland, Calif .; Divinity School, Univ. of Chicago (not graduate of any school; special course in each); m. San Jose, Calif., Sept. 8. 1892, Hattie Wells. Ordained to ministry of Baptist Church, Sept. 8, 1892, at San Jose, Calif .; called to First Baptist Church of San Francisco, Calif., June, 1894, and was consecutively asst., act- ing and full pastor of same until Aug., 1897; since Aug., 1897, pastor of Lexington Av. Bap- tist Church, Chicago; erected new edifice and dedicated it Oct. 26, 1902. Dir. Baptist Hosp .; State sec. Illinois Anti-Saloon League; mem. Baptist City Mission Board, Illinois Baptist General Assn.'s Board of Managers; pres. Beulah Homes Assn. Office: 6209 Lexington Av. Residence: 6201 Greenwood Av.
BOYNTON, Stuart Dunlevy, storage ware- houseman; b. Chicago, Nov. 23, 1869; s. Charles W. and Mary (Morris) Boynton; ed. public and manual training schools in Chicago until 1886; in real estate business, managing father's property, 1886-9; then to Cornell Univ., from which graduated in class of 1893 as mechanical and electrical engineer. In U. S. Revenue Service as 2nd Asst. En- gineer, 1893-4; resigned 1894 to come to Chicago, and since then mgr. and principal of the storage business of C. W. Boynton. Office: 105 Clybourn Pl. Residence: 390 Ontario St.
BRACE, William, lawyer, b. Westernport, Md., Nov. 23, 1850; s. William and Susan (Stafford) Brace; ed. by private tutorship; m. Frostburg, Md., June 17, 1879, Margaret Thomas; 1 son: William, Jr. Admitted to bar, 1871, and has ever since been actively engaged in the general practice of law, but making a specialty of corporation and real estate law; now of law firm of Defrees, Brace & Ritter. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State Bar Assn's, Law Institute (pres., 1901). Republican. Clubs: Marquette, Highland Park, Exmoor. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.
BRACEY, Smith Herbert, railroad contrac- tor; b. Clinton Co., N. Y., Aug. 14, 1859; s. A. S. and Ann (Roberts) Bracey; came west with parents when 6 years old and located in Gales- burg, Ill .; ed. public schools of Galesburg; m. Crown Point, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1880, Nellie A. Speyer; 1 daughter: Mrs. Charles Blackburn. Began railroad work as water boy and suc- cessively became section hand, roadmaster and gen. mgr .; worked on Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the St. Louis & Grand Tower railroads until 1879, when became a railroad con- tractor; now pres. of the Bracey-Howard Con- struction Co., which has built many steam and electric railroads (constructed over 3,000 miles of railroad in U. S. and 400 miles in Canada). Also pres., since 1902, of the Cincinnati, Bluff- ton & Chicago R. R., extending from Hunting- ton to Union City, Ind., 75 miles. Republican. Mason, Odd Fellow. Mem. Independent Order of Red Men. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 177 E. 47th St.
BRADBURY, George Lewis, retired railway official; b. Yarmouth, N. S., Mar. 10, 1843; s. Lewis Robbins and Frances (Hilton) Brad- bury; ed. private school until 14 years of age; enlisted in 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Oct., 1861; served through war and returned with regiment in June, 1865; promoted through sev- eral grades of corporal, sergeant, sergeant major, 2nd and 1st It. and capt .; m. Chicago, Oct., 1896, Nellie Ismon; 1 son: George Lewis, Jr. Clerk in Boston Post Office, 1865-7; agent and conductor Housatonic R. R., 1867-9; gen. western agent Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R. R., located at Council Bluffs, Ia., 1869-78; gen. freight agent, 1878-80; gen. mgr., 1880-6, Peoria, Decatur & Evansville R. R .; vice-pres. and gen. mgr., 1882-6; receiv- er, 1886-7, Michigan & Ohio R. R .; vice-pres.
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R. R., 1886-7; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Lake Erie & Western R. R. and of Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louis- ville R. R., 1887-1900; pres. Peoria & Pekin Union R. R .; retired May, 1900. Dir. Commer- cial National Bank of Peoria. Republican. Mem. Chicago Commandery Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, Washington Park (Chicago); Columbia (Indianapolis). Resi- dence: 3214 Washington Boul.
BRADEN, Joseph Coll, insurance broker; b. Joliet, Ill., Jan. 29, 1858; s. Joseph L. and Jane (Coll) Braden (father was 14 years editor and publisher Joliet Republican, and a Lincoln elector); ed. Joliet public schools and Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind .; later read law in Joliet; m. Agnes I. Stringfield, Dec. 16, 1884, Chicago, Ill. Since 1877 has been engaged in the insurance business; established agency of Park & Braden in Joliet, 1879; sold it out, 1881; since then with Moore, Janes, Lyman & Herrick, fire insurance agents; also since 1889 agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insur- ance Co. of Milwaukee, Wis. Has resided in Hyde Park since 1884 and has ever since been active in politics there. Republican. County central committeeman from 32d Ward, 1894; sec. Cook Co. Campaign Committee, 1894; sec. Republican City Campaign Committee, 1895, when George B. Swift was elected mayor. Elected, 1895, and ever since serving as mem. board of trustees Sanitary District of Chicago, and has acted as chairman of engineering committee for 7 years. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 3931 Prairie Av.
BRADFORD, William B., lawyer; b. Aber- deen, O., Oct. 27, 1851; s. Rev. David G. Brad- ford (Presbyterian clergyman) and Margaret (Boone) Bradford (lineal descendant of Daniel Boone, the Kentucky pioneer); ed. academy and college at Monmouth, Ill., and Chicago High School; studied law at Knoxville, Ill., in office of A. M. Craig (later justice of Supreme Court of Illinois) ; m. 1st, Apr. 5, 1877, Carrie E. (now deceased), daughter of Judge Craig, of Galesburg, Ill .; children: Dorothy Boone. Helen Ewing; m. 2d, Mary E. Keightley, Mar. 11, 1886. Admitted to bar in Jan., 1874, and in Nov., 1874, removed to Chicago, becoming con- nected with the law firm of Bennett, Kretzin- ger & Veeder until Apr., 1876, when formed a law partnership with George W. Plummer. which continued 2 years; since then engaged in practice alone, covering all branches of civil practice. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 149 Madison St. Residence: 1243 Michigan Av.
BRADLEY, Herbert Edwin, lawyer; b. Brooklin, Ont., Can., Dec. 20, 1874; s. Thomas and Margaret (Bradshaw) Bradley; ed. public schools of Ontario, high school work at Whit- by (Ont.), Collegiate Institute and Port Perry (Ont.) High School; grad. Chicago Law School, LL.B., 1899; post graduate work at Univ. of Michigan, 1900, and special student North- western Univ., 1901. Taught in Canadian schools, 1893-5; afterward associated with law office of F. J. Roach. Toronto; came to Chi- cago, 1896, and was with the firm of Morgan & Wright, manufacturers of rubber tires, until 1898; afterward associated with Cratty, Jarvis & Latimer, lawyers, until July 1, 1903, when with Nathan William MacChes- ney established present law firm of MacChes- ney & Bradley; sec. and dir. A. B. MacChesney & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Ashland, Hamilton. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Summer residence: South Shore, Ill. Resi- dence: 742 W. Harrison St.
BRADLEY, John Dorr, real estate agent: h. Boston, Mass., Feb. 9, 1864; s. Richards and Sarah A. W. (Merry) Bradley; grad. Harvard College, A.B., 1886; Harvard Law School. LL.B., 1890; m. Chicago, 1896, Frances E. Kales. Practiced law in Boston, Mass., 1890-3: came to Chicago in 1894 and was associated
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with the real estate office of Bryan Lathrop until 1897, when became connected with firm of Aldis, Aldis, Northcote & Co., and later mem. of present firm of Aldis & Co. Club: University. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.
BRADLEY, Joseph Harley, pres. David Bradley Manufacturing. Co .; b. Racine, Wis., Sept. 30, 1844; s. David and Cynthia (Abbott) Bradley; removed with parents to Chicago, 1845; ed. Chicago public schools; m. 1872, Martha Peugeot, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (died 1896); has 4 daughters. Partner in firm of Jones, Ellinwood & Bradley, implements and seeds, 1865-8; Bradley & Banks, jobbers of farm implements, 1868-72; sec., 1872-82, Furst & Bradley Manufacturing Co. (plows and agri- cultural implements), in which his father was partner; vice-pres. David Bradley Manufac- turing Co., 1882-99; pres. same since 1899, suc- ceeding his father; company has large works at Bradley, Kankakee Co., Ill .; also pres. of Bradley, Clark & Co., Minneapolis; pres. David Bradley & Co., Council Bluffs, Ia .; pres. Brad- ley, Alderson & Co., Kansas City; dir. North- ern Trust Co .; active in affairs of Chicago Relief and Aid Soc. (dir. 1883-4); one of or- ganizers Chicago Freight Bureau; pres. Citi- zen's Assn., 1891. Clubs: University, Chicago, Commercial (pres., 1904) Union League, Illi- nois (pres., 1883-5). Office: 63 N. Desplaines St. Residence: 24 Ritchie Ct.
BRADLEY, Kenneth McPherson, dir. Bush Temple Conservatory of Music; b. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 27, 1873; s. Dr. J. and Anna (Mc- Pherson) Bradley; ed. private tutors until 13 years old, then in Add Ran College, Texas, Univ. of Wooster and Univ. of Kentucky, to 1892; Cincinnati College of Music and Cincin- nati Conservatory of Music, 1892-5, and Paris, France. Dir. of Music School, Waxahachie, Tex., 1896-8; Ft. Worth (Tex.) Acad. of Mu- sic, 1898-1902; since Aug., 1902, dir. of the Bush Temple Conservatory of Music, Chica- go. Republican. B. P. O. E, 722, Ft. Worth, Tex. Clubs: Marquette, Illinois Athletic. Of- fice: Bush Temple Conservatory. Residence: 415 LaSalle Av.
BRADLEY, Luther Daniels, cartoonist; b. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 29, 1853; s. Francis and Sarah Beaman (Ruggles) Bradley; ed. Evanston public school, 1865-6; Northwestern Preparatory Acad., 1867-70; Northwestern Univ., 1870-3; Yale College, 1873-5; m. Evans- ton, Ill., Oct. 31, 1901, Agnes Floyd Smith; children: Francis, John Freeman. Upon leav- ing Yale, 1875, entered business in employ of Baird & Bradley, real estate, Chicago; went to Australia, 1882; cartoonist for Australian Tit Bits, 1884; later cartoonist and editor Mel- bourne Life; cartoonist Melbourne Punch, 1888-93; returned to Chicago, 1893; cartoonist Chicago Journal, 1894; Inter Ocean, 1894-8; Chicago Daily News and head of art dept. since 1899. Independent Republican. Episco- palian. Office: The Daily News. Residence: 1616 Hinman Av., Evanston.
BRADLEY, Ralph Robinson, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Mar. 17, 1870; s. John and Sophia (Rob- inson) Bradley; ed. public schools and Univ. of Michigan, 1892, and Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., class of 1893; m. Ft. Madi- son, Ia., Jan. 10, 1900, Maude Louise Morrison. Admitted to bar, 1893, and became associated in 1894, as a junior partner in the firm of Collins, Goodrich, Darrow & Vincent; in 1895 the present law firm of Goodrich, Vincent & Bradley. Also vice-pres. Joyce & Avers; resi- dent vice-pres. Nat. Surety Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Washington Park, Chi- cago Yacht, Union League, Chicago Automo- bile. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 5201 Washington Av.
BRADLEY, Thomas E. D., lawyer; b. on father's farm near Waynesville, DeWitt Co., Ill., Dec. 13, 1861; s. John Enoch and Sarah
(Spry) Bradley; grad. Illinois State Normal Univ., 1883; Union College of Law, Chicago, LL.B., June, 1888; m. Chicago, June 26, 1890, Lizzie Russell; children: Eleanor, Paul Rus- sell. Admitted to Illinois bar, June 14, 1888, and engaged in practice. Was prof. of law, Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1891-2; prof. law of contracts, evidence and equity juris- prudence and pleading, Kent College of Law, 1892-9; now prof. of the law of contracts and evidence in Chicago-Kent College of Law. Republican. Club: Menoken. Office: Fort Dear- born Bldg. Residence: 799 W. Monroe St.
BRADSHAW, John Herman, merchant; b. Mechanicville, Saratoga Co., N. Y., May 4, 1836; s. William and Lucy (Boynton) Brad- shaw; ed. district school of Mechanicville; m. Charlotte, Vt., June 16, 1875, Frances A. Stone (died 1902); children: Antoinette (died in in- fancy), Grace, Louise, Eugenie Fulton, Agnes Boynton. In mercantile life from boyhood; established in business in Chicago, 1865, as a manufacturer of and wholesale dealer in glu- cose and syrups; firm became Bradshaw & Wait, 1872, but since retirement of Mr. Wait, 1897, has continued the business alone. Pres. of The Advance Publishing Co. since 1902. Republican. Senior Warden St. Paul's R. E. Church for past 18 years. Office: 188-94 Cus- tom House Pl. Residence: 333 Ashland Boul.
BRADWELL, James B., jurist; b. Lough- borough, England, Apr. 16, 1828; s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Gutteridge) Bradwell; came with parents to U. S., settling in Utica, N. Y., when 16 months old; removed to Jackson- ville, Ill., 1833; and later to Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill .; reared on farm; ed. in log school houses, at Wilson's Acad., Chicago, and at Knox College; worked his way through schools and colleges; m. 1852, Myra Colby, afterward famous as Myra Bradwell, editor of the Chi- cago Legal News (died Feb., 1894); 4 children: James and Myra (deceased), Thomas (justice of the peace), Bessie (wife of Frank A. Hel- mer). Admitted to bar, 1852; elected, 1861, and re-elected, 1865, judge of the Cook Co. Court; elected to Illinois Legislature, 1873-5. Has been pres. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn. Prominently identified with the movement for equal rights to women; in- troduced and secured passage of the bill mak- ing women eligible to all school offices. Has been close student of photography. Invented a process for making half-tones and produced the first half-tone cut ever made in Chicago. Was for 4 years regarded as best shot in Chi- cago and was pres. Chicago Rifle Club. Pres. and dir. the Soldiers' Home in Chicago; sec. and dir. The Chicago Legal News Co. Was chairman committee World's Congress Auxil- iary on Congress of Photographers. Republi- can. Mason (33º). Clubs: Union League (char- ter mem. and chairman first board of direc- tors), Press (ex-pres.). Office: 112 Clark St. Residence: 1428 Michigan Av.
BRADWELL, Thomas, justice of the peace; b. Chicago, Dec. 26, 1856; s. James B. and Myra (Colby) Bradwell; ed. Chicago public schools and Union College of Law; m. Chi- cago, 1878, Hattie Barton; 1 son: James B., Jr. Learned machinist trade and worked at it until entered law school. Admitted to bar in 1886 and practiced 1 year; elected justice of the peace, 1887, and has since held the office by successive re-elections. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Mason. Club: Chicago Yacht. Office: 128 Clark St. Residence: 3209 South Park Av.
BRADY, John Franklin, pres. John F. Brady Turbine Co .; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 15, 1862; s. Patrick and Mary A. Brady; ed. pub- lic schools of Cleveland, O .; m. El Dorado, Kan., Sept., 1894, Emma Pierce; children: John F., Edison P. After leaving school was engaged in lumbering at La Pere, Mich., with
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his father; was with the Brush Electric Light Co., in Cleveland, O .; afterwards mining in Leadville and in Cripple Creek, Colo., and thence to Kansas City, where he engaged in real estate, etc., for several years, coming to Chicago in 1897. Invented the Brady steam turbine, sixty-two of which have been con- structed, all experimental in order to work out the details of this principle; perfected at last a steam turbine that uses 50 per cent. less fuel than any other form of steam turbine in use; the engine is devoid of friction, requires no packing, and the bearings are the only parts lubricated; the utility and excellence of the Brady steam turbine is shown by the fact that it is a great conservator of energy, which will result in the displacement of the old time en- gines that have been so desirable in the past. He is also inventor of many other inventions pertaining to electricity, steam and liquid air, and in 1902 organized and established the John F. Brady Turbine Co., of which he is president. Office: 43-7 Fulton St. Residence: Evanston, Il1.
BRAINARD, Edward Chauncey, treas. and trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Illinois; b. Cleveland, O., Jan. 12, 1856; s. Chauncey and Malinda (Parks) Brainard; ed. public schools of Cleveland, O .; m. Chicago, Nov., 1881, Eleanor Millar; 1 son: Millar. Since its organization, 1902, treas. and trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Illinois. Republican. Pres. of the Republican Club of LaGrange, Ill. Delegate to Republican State Convention of Illinois, held at Springfield, Ill., in 1904. Office: Merchants' Loan & Trust Bldg. Residence: 95 Seventh Av., LaGrange, Ill.
BRAND, Charles Herbert, insurance; b. Mill- edgeville, Ill., Nov. 16, 1864; s. Isaac and Emma Viola (Seville) Brand; grad. North- western Univ. in class of 1887; m. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1892, Franc Warner; 1 son: Warner Holmes. After leaving college was employed in the banking house of Preston, Kean & Co., and later with the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank; in 1889 went with the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. as cashier of the Illinois agency until 1902, when became associated with A. D. Morrison, under firm name of Mor- rison & Brand, as general agents for the Cen- tral Accident Insurance Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa. Also mem. of firm of A. N. Warner & Co., Hyde Park, dealers in dry goods. Republican. Methodist. Club: Hamilton. Office: Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg. Residence: 320 Oakwood Boul.
BRAND, Horace L., pres. Brand Bros. Co., distillers, wine growers and wholesalers; b. Chicago, Oct. 6, 1868; s. Michael and Philip- pine Brand; ed. public schools and University School, Chicago, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with the class of 1891; m. Chicago, July 27, 1897, Louise M. Keller; children: Erna, Alma. Was sec. to his father in real estate and loan business, 1891- 1895; furniture manufacturer in Chicago, 1895- 1897; in fruit farm business in Missouri, 1897- 1900; since 1900 pres., treas., mgr. and dir. of Brand Bros. Co., with vineyards and winery at Brandsville, Mo. Also vice-pres. and dir. of Brand Brewing Co .; pres. and dir. of the Brandsville Fruit Farm Co., and dir. of the Chicago and Litka Mining & Milling Co. Democrat. German Lutheran. Mem. Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Assn., Germania Männerchor. Clubs: Exmoor, Tuscarora. Office: 206 Illinois St. Residence: 32 Cedar St.
BRAND, Rudolph, pres. United States Brew- ing Co .; b. Odornheim, near Mainz-on-the- Rhine, Germany. Apr. 10, 1851; ed. schools of Darmstadt, Germany: m. Chicago, 1875, Clara, daughter of Ernest Uhlich; children: Hedwig, Philip Rudolph, Alfred. Learned brewing trade in Darmstadt, Germany, whence came direct to Chicago in 1868; became connected with
the brewery of his uncle, Michael Brand, until 1874; then conducted a brewery of his own at Blue Island, Ill., 1874-8; sold out and became partner with his uncle, organizing corpora- tion of Michael Brand & Co., which, in 1891, became part of the U. S. Brewing Co., of which is now pres., treas. and dir. Also pres., treas. and dir. of U. S. Security Co., and dir. of the Independent Filter Co .; mem. of Board of Education, 1884-7. Democrat. Was city treas. of Chicago, 1881-3. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Mason. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 53 Cedar St.
BRAND, Virgil Michael, pres. Brand Brew- ing Co .; b. Blue Island, Ill., Jan. 16, 1862; s. Michael and Philippine Brand; ed. public schools of Chicago. From 1878 to 1889 was connected with Michael Brand Brewing Co., which then became a part of the U. S. Brew- ing Co., with which remained until 1891. Was out of business from 1891 to 1899, but in the latter year established the Brand Brewing Co., of which has since been at the head as pres. and mgr. Is also pres. of the Globe Brewing Co., vice-pres. Brand Bros. Co., and vice-pres. and dir. of the Brandsville Fruit Farm Co. Office and residence: 1251 Elston Av.
BRANDT, George Washington, lawyer; b. Hampshire Co., Va., 1848; son of Daniel Reese and Eliza (Wilson) Brandt; ed. public and private schools and attended Iowa State Univ. 3 years; m. Chicago, 1870, Helen Augusta Leavitt; children: Berkeley, Gahfea. Admitted to bar in 1868, and has been in same office since building was erected 32 years ago; now senior of firm of Brandt & Hoffmann. Author of the law book: Brandt on Suretyship and Guaranty, 2 volumes. Democrat. Freethinker. Club: Iroquois. Office: 125 S. Clark St. Resi- dence: 1316 Michigan Av.
BRANEN, Frank, physician; b. Fayette Co .. O., Aug. 5, 1865; s. William and Margaret (Briggs) Branen; ed. public and high schools of Fayette Co., O., followed by literary course in Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; grad. Hahnemann Med. College, Philadelphia, Pa., M.D., 1891; m. Charles City, Ia., Sept. 10, 1894, Lillian Sanford. Taught school in Fayette Co., O., 1887-9; after graduation in medicine came to Chicago, and has since been engaged in prac- tice. Gynecologist to Garfield Sanitarium; prof. of gynecology Hering Med. College. Mem. Illi- nois State Homœ. Med. Soc., Cook Co. Homœ. Med. Soc. Republican. Mason; K. P. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 961 W. Monroe St.
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