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BUNNELL, John Alexander, grain commis- sion; b. Brantford, Ont., Apr. 21, 1864; s. Enos and Cornelia (Kennedy) Bunnell; ed. public schools; m. Paris, Ont., Apr. 11, 1896, Kate Capron Baird; 1 daughter: Margaret. Came to Chicago in 1882 and held various positions
until 1891, when became a mem. of the Chi- cago Board of Trade and a mem. of the firm of Hately Bros., commission merchants in grain and provisions. Republican. Episco- palian. Was dir. of the Chicago Board of Trade, 1897-9. Club: Homewood. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 5140 Cornell Av.
BUNTE, Ferdinand, manufacturing confec- tioner; b. Germany, July 16, 1846; s. Charles and Florence (Schamhard) Bunte; ed. private school in Germany; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 16, 1868, Maria Fauss; children: Theodore W., Charles F., Martha, Laura, Florence. Lived in Philadelphia, 1865-76; served in U. S. Marine Corps, 1865-7; in the candy business in Philadelphia, 1867-76; came to Chicago, 1876, establishing, with associates, the firm of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, which was incorporated Mar. 1, 1903, as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., of which he is pres. Republican; was 3 years mem. Board of Education of Rogers Park prior to annexation. Mason; mem. Park Lodge No. 843. Office: 139-41 W. Monroe St. Residence: 803 Greenland Av., Rogers Park.
BUNTE, Gustav Adolph, manufacturing con- fectioner; b. Lemgo, Germany, Aug. 31, 1852; s. Charles and Florence (Schamhard) Bunte; ed. private schools in Germany; m. Chicago, June 1, 1879, Philippina Weck; children: Oscar C. A., Elsa Florentine, Charlotta. In candy business in Philadelphia, 1866-69; came to Chicago, 1869, continuing in same line, and in 1876 with his brother Ferdinand and C. A. Spoehr established firm of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, manufacturers of high grade choco- lates and candies; on incorporation of the business, Mar. 1, 1903, as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., became vice-pres. Independent in politics. Mem. Schwaben Verein, Harmonie Männerchor of Lake View. Office: 139-41 W. Monroe St. Residence: 652 Fullerton Av.
BURCH, Julian Alvaro, lawyer; b. on farm in Winnebago Co., Ill., Sept. 9, 1860; s. Levi B. and Irena (Briggs) Burch; ed. public schools of Winnebago, Ill., Mt. Morris (III.) College, and Northwestern Univ .; m. Genoa, Ill., Sept. 5, 1893, Elizabeth J. Burzell; chil- dren: Albert Randolph, Clarence Everett, Irene M. Taught school at Genoa, Ill., 1880-6; then attended to lands belonging to father and friends in Nebraska and Kansas; later read law in Genoa, Ill., and Cambridge, Ill., and in 1896 came to Chicago; was admitted to bar; since 1901 mem. of law firm of Burch & Lee. Was formerly for 4 years supreme sec. of the Patrons of Industry for State of Illinois, while residing at Genoa, Ill. Republican. Mem. Genoa Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Knights of the Maccabees. Office: 160 Washington St. Resi- dence: 1035 E. Fifty-third St.
BURCHARD, Edgar Warne, public apprais- er; b. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7, 1862; s. Mortimer N. and Jennie (Warne) Burchard; ed. public schools of St. Louis, Mo .; m. Chicago, July 18, 1894, Ella Elliott; 1 daughter: Marjorie. Was first engaged in business for himself in firm of E. W. Burchard & Co., wholesale jewelry, and in 1891 became chief accountant for the Am. Radiator Co .; later became au- ditor and financial man for the Ames & Frost Co. until 1900, when, with Mr. Wm. E. Coats. established the Coats & Burchard Co., public appraisers and accountants, of which is treas. Republican. Veteran of the 1st Regt., I. N. G. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 3214 Molden St.
BURCHARD, John Charles, lawyer; b. Ft. Atkinson, Wis., Sept. 26, 1867; s. George W. and Lucinda E. (Charles) Burchard; grad. Beloit College, B.S., 1892; m. Chicago, Oct. 1S. 1899, Daisy F. Plummer; 1 son: Donald Ed- ward. Learned printers' trade at Ft. Atkin- son after leaving high school; after gradua- tion from college came to Chicago and studied law; since 1894 in active practice of law in Chicago. Sec. Wyoming Hotel Co. and the
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Clinton Co .; dir. Fox Lake Transportation & Trading Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi, college fraternity. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 34 Elaine Pl.
BURCHARD, Mortimer Nelson, with R. Wal- lace & Sons' Manufacturing Co .; b. Moscow, Livingston Co., N. Y., June 1, 1837; s. Morti- mer Nelson and Louisa Jefferson (Gregg) Burchard; ed. public schools of St. Louis, Mo .; m. June 1, 1859, Jane G. Warne, of St. Louis, Mo. (died, 1868); 2d, Oct. 20, 1870, Harriet L. Greene, St. Louis, Mo .; children (living) : Ed- gar Warne, Alice Webb. Began business career in 1851 with Warne, Cheever & Co., firm be- coming Cheever, Burchard & Co., 1859, and so continuing until 1881, when sold out to new corporation, The Semple, Valle & Burchard Co., which was succeeded, 1883, by the St. Louis Hardware Co., of which he was vice- pres .; resigned same year, came to Chicago and took management of Chicago office of Simpson, Hall, Miller & Co., silversmiths, and when that company was merged into Interna- tional Silver Co., became mgr. Factory L, Chi- cago, until 1903, when formed partnership with Frank H. Challen, under firm name of Burchard & Challen, until 1904; then became connected with the Chicago office of R. Wal- lace & Sons' Manufacturing Co., manufac- turers of silver-plated hollow ware. Mem. Chicago Jewelers' Assn. (has been vice-pres. and pres.). Republican; was pres. Kenilworth School Board. Episcopalian; 10 years vestry- man and trustee of Christ Church, St. Louis; afterward vestryman and trustee of Trinity Church, Chicago, and now of Kenilworth Mis- sion. Mem. S. A. R., Royal Arcanum, National Union, Legion of Honor. Charter mem. Tuscan Lodge 360, A. F. & A. M .; also of St. Louis Royal Arch Chapter, No. 8. Was a mem. Union League Club, 1895-1905. Was one of the found- ers of St. Luke's Hosp., St. Louis. Office: 131 Wabash Av. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill.
BURDETT, John Burrus, pres. Burdett- Rowntree Mig. Co .; b. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1861, s. Dr. William M. and Sallie E. (Pot- ter) Burdett; ed. public schools of Nashville, Tenn .; m. Independence, Mo., 1893, Jessie Henley; 1 daughter: Esther Lucile. Began in business at age of 20 in the commission business as representative of coffee and sugar plantations, in firm of Burdett & Hayes, and in 1885 was in the wool-carding business at Nashville, Tenn., under style of J. B. Burdett & Co. In same year went to Kansas City and leased the plant of the Electric Clock Co., operating it for 3 years. Came to Chicago, 1890, becoming mem. of firm of Burdett & Rowntree, incorporated in 1893 as the Burdett- Rowntree Mfg. Co., manufacturers of auto- matic door opening and closing devices and other elevator supplies. Democrat. Was mem. of the Porter Rifles of Nashville, Tenn. Metho- dist. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Colonial. Office: 85 W. Jackson Boul. Residence: 7746 S. Peoria St.
BURDICK, Gordon Granger, physician; b. Janesville, Wis., Sept. 15, 1862; s. Edward F. and Mary Electa (Newell) Burdick; ed. pub- lic schools of Janesville, Wis .; Mitchell Univ., Mitchell, S. Dak .; Northwestern Univ. Med. School, Chicago, graduating M.D., 1890; m. Chicago, 1889, Alvina L. Seltz; 1 son: Edward Franklin. Was engaged in ranching in South Dakota, 1880-4; since then resident of
Chicago; engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago in 1890; was surgeon at the Columbia Dispensary and at the Charity Hosp .; is asso- ciate prof. of surgery of Post-Graduate Med. School; chief surgeon People's Hosp .; prof. of radio-therapy and photo-chemistry in Illi- nois School of Electro-Therapeutics. Now conducts X-ray laboratory. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Röntgen Rays Soc .; pres. Chicago Electro-Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Independ- ent in politics. Office: 126 State St.
BURGETT, John M. H., lawyer; b. Hart- land, Vt., Apr. 28, 1850; s. Daniel A. and Ade- line (Myron) Burgett; removed with parents to Fulton Co., Ill., 1854; grad. Univ. of Michi- gan, Ph.B., 1872; taught school 1 year; read law in office of R. B. Stevenson, Lewistown, Ill .; m. Chicago, 1892, Jane Clarke. Admitted to bar June, 1875, and in September following settled in general practice in Chicago; partner with Abner Smith as Smith & Burgett, 1877- 1887; now alone. Republican. Office: 159 La- Salle St. Residence: Oak Park.
BURHANS, Frank Dennis, clergyman; b. Burlington, Ia., July 7, 1866; s. Denslow and Clara (Cornick) Burhans; grad. Burlington (Ia.) High School, 1883; took freshman and sophomore years at Iowa Wesleyan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, Ia. (took both Latin and Greek prizes); junior and senior years at Univ. of Denver, graduating A.B., 1894; grad. Chicago Theological Seminary, 1898, with degree of B.D., and took first prize ($100 cash) in He- brew, and first prize ($200 cash) for all-around scholarship; m. Burlington, Ia., Aug. 21, 1894, Cornelia F. Kriechbaum; children: Ivan Dens- low, Lucile Marie. Was for 3 years in retail grocery business, and then 4 years, 1886-90, in wholesale grocery business with John Blane & Sons, Burlington, Ia .; pres. Colorado Ora- torical Assn., 1893-4; financial agent Univ. of Denver, 1894; pastor of Congregational Church, Park Ridge, Ill., 1895-8; pastor Plymouth Con- gregational Church of Salina, Kan., 1899; since 1900 pastor Washington Park Congre- gational Church, Chicago. Address: 5413 Calu- met Av.
BURHANS, James Audubon, lawyer; b. La- Porte Co., Ind., Oct. 28, 1852; s. Peter and Martha Hunt (Andrews) Burhans; grad. De- Pauw Univ., A.B., 1875; A.M., 1878; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, Chicago, 1877; m. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 7, 1879, Jessie Pier- pont Smith. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1877. Also mem. of firm of Cooper & Burhans, real estate. Author of "Law of Municipal Bonds," and of "A Digest of the Statutory Laws Gov- erning the Investment of Corporate and Trust Funds." Mem. M. E. Church, and active in church and Sunday-school organizations. Pres. Cook Co. Sunday School Assn., 1899-1901; sec. World's First Sunday School Convention, Lon- don, 1889; delegate to World's Fourth Sunday School Convention, Jerusalem, 1904. Pres. M. E. Old People's Home, Chicago, since 1898; pres. Epworth Children's Home, 1893-1900; pres. Methodist Deaconess Orphanage, 1900-3; Wesley Hosp. Training School for Nurses, Agard Deaconess Sanitarium; trustee and officer in Chicago Deaconess Home, Wesley Hosp., Chicago Training School for Missions, Jennings Seminary, etc. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: 115 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 1108 Church St., Evanston, Ill.
BURKE, Edmund Whitney, lawyer; b. By- ron, Ill., Sept. 22, 1850; s. Patrick and Nancy (Whitney) Burke; grad. Rockford (Ill.) High School, 1863; Mount Morris (Ill.) Acad., 1864; Northwestern Univ., A.M., 1869; Univ. of Michigan, law dept., LL.B., 1871; m. Rockford, Ill., Dec. 5, 1878, Myra Webster; children: Har- old Webster, Ralph Haney. Born and reared on his father's farm, and spent all vacations from school and college in the harvest field or at other work on the farm until final grad- uation from the univ. Began practice of law in Chicago in 1876, and has continued in prac- tice ever since, except while on the bench for 9 years as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook Co., and 1 year as judge of the Appellate Court for the 1st District, 1893-1904. Now en- gaged in general practice of law as head of firm of Burke, Jackson & Burke. Lecturer on Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure in Chi- cago-Kent College of Law, and in 1904 suc- ceeded the late Judge Moran as dean of that college. Dir. of the Nat. Earth Co., the Samuel
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Gans Co., and other corporations. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., and of the Illinois State Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist; has been pres. of the Methodist Social Union of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Lincoln. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 759 W. Adams St.
BURKE, Robert Emmett, politician; b. Chi- cago, Sept., 1858; s. Richard M. and Catherine Burke; ed. public schools of Chicago; m. Chi- cago, 1890, Louise J. Spangenberg; one son. Began business life by learning the print- ing trade and working at it fifteen years, and after that was a news dealer; gained prominence in politics of the 22d Ward, and became sec. of the Democratic County Central Committee and sec. of the County Democracy; now mem. of the Democratic State Commit- tee; managed the campaign of Carter H. Har- rison, Sr., for mayor in 1893, and those of Carter H. Harrison, Jr., in 1897, 1899 and 1901; oil inspector of City of Chicago, 1897-1901. Head of firm of Robert E. Burke & Co., granite contractors. Club: County Democracy. Office: 163 Randolph St. Residence: 558 La- Salle Av.
BURKHARDT, Henry Styer, manufacturer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1842; s. Henry and Elizabeth C. (Styer) Burkhardt; ed. pub- lic school of Louisville, Ky., and private "Quaker" school in Philadelphia; m. Cincin- nati, O., Mar. 30, 1863, Elizabeth B. Montgom- ery; children: Alice Cary (Mrs. David C. Walk- er), Ella V. (Mrs. George E. Ambuhl), Henry, Robert M., William, Abby T. Was in grocery business, firm of Dow & Burkhardt, Louisville, Ky., 1861-7; manufacturer of agricultural im- plements in firm of Hall, Moore & Burkhardt, Louisville, Ky., 1867-72; manufacturer of mal- leable iron castings, in Chicago, from 1873; now asst. mgr. National Malleable Castings Co. Also pres. and dir. Chicago Railway Equip- ment Co. Republican; West Park Commission- er. 1884-91. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park. Office: Twenty-sixth St., near Western Av. Residence: 677 W. Adams St.
BURKHOLDER, Jacob F., physician; b. Ont., Can., Sept. 10, 1861; s. Samuel and Mareda (Fockler) Burkholder; ed. public schools of Stoufforth and Markham, Can., and in western Univ., London, Can., graduating M.D., 1892; m. Chicago, Dec., 1884, Millie Barkey; chil- dren: Charles Augustus, Ferol (daughter), Otto Frederick. Began practice in London, Can., and since 1893 a resident and practi- tioner in Chicago. Is prof. of ophthalmology in the Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College; prof. of physiology Dearborn Med. College, prof. of physiology in dental dept. of the Univ. of Illinois. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Anatomical Soc., Chicago Laryngological, Rhinological and Climatological Soc., British Med. Soc. Repub- lican. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 5344 Madison Av.
BURLEY, Clarence Augustus, lawyer; b. Chicago, Oct. 10, 1849; s. Augustus H. (pioneer merchant) and Anna Maria (Force) Burley; ed. at private and public schools in Chicago, Miles Military School, Brattleboro, Vt., 1865-8; Amherst College, 1868 (did not graduate), Union College of Law, 1874-6, graduating LL.B,. 1876; m. Waukegan, Ill., Nov. 11, 1880, Avis H. Blodgett (now deceased); children: Ruth Monell, Avis. Admitted to bar, 1876, and engaged in general practice ever since: in 1897 with William H. McSurely established firm of Burley & McSurely, which continues. Dir. Mer- chants' Loan & Trust Co., dir. Burley & Co. (china, glassware, etc.). Republican. Unitar- lan. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union League, Union, Chicago Literary, City; also of Reform Club, New York. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 254 Dearborn Av.
BURLING, Edward Burnham, lawyer; b. Eldora, Hardin Co., Ja., Feb. 1, 1870; s. Ed-
ward and Lucy (Burnham) Burling; ed. pub- lic schools; studied law in offices; m. Chicago, Nov. 9, 1902, Louisa Peasley. Was admitted to bar of Illinois by examination before the Su- preme Court in 1895; since 1898 with Cyrus Bentley in firm of Bentley & Burling, engaged in general practice of law. Republican. Club: University. Office: 215 Dearborn St. Residence: Lakeside, Ill.
BURLING, William Slocumb, pres. Martin Grate Co .; b. Canandaigua, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1859; s. Joseph and Lydia (Allen) Burling; ed. public schools of Waukegan, Ill .; m. Brook- field, Mo., June 6, 1887, Dolle G. Niles; 1 son: Harold Dodge. Entered employ of old whole- sale hardware firm of Pratt & Co., Buffalo, N. Y., in 1882, as traveling salesman, continu- ing there until 1885, when went to Middle- town, N. Y., in charge of sales for Wheeler, Madden & Clemson, manufacturers of saws: remained until 1890, when entered into manu- facture of gray iron castings in Chicago; sold out in 1901 and engaged in present busi- ness of manufacturing grates and iron spe- cialties for steam boilers as pres., dir. and mgr. of the Martin Grate Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Hamilton. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: Riverside, Ill.
BURLINGAME, George Elston, clergyman; b. Shelbyville, Mo., Dec. 1, 1870; s. Edward P. and Bettie (Elston) Burlingame; ed. in public schools of Atchison, Kan., 1877-81, of Belmont, Mo., 1882-89; grad. Clinton College, Ky., A.B., 1894; student Louisville Baptist Theological Seminary, 1895-7; B.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1899; fellow Univ. of Chicago, 1900; D.D., Clinton College, Ky., 1903; m. Fulton, Ky., Aug. 19, 1897, Laura Jim Pewitt; children: Paul, Ruth, George. Was weighmaster Belmont Elevator, Belmont, Mo., 1888; sec. Galveston Wharf Co.'s elevator, Galveston, Tex., 1892-3; or- dained to Baptist ministry at Galveston. Tex., Aug. 18, 1893; pastor Oakton, Ky., 1894-5; pas- tor Clinton, Ky., 1897-8; pastor Windsor Park Church, Chicago, 1901-3; since Apr. 1, 1903, pastor Covenant Baptist Church of Englewood. Chicago. Independent Republican. Sec. Baptist City Mission Soc. Residence: 555 W. 60th Pl.
BURNHAM, Daniel Hudson, architect; b. Henderson, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1846. Removed to Chicago in 1856; ed. there and in Massachu- setts (A.M., Harvard, Yale; Sc.D., Northwest- ern Univ.). Studied architecture in Chicago. and became head of firm of Burnham & Root. now D. H. Burnham & Co .; architect of The Rookery, The Temple, Masonic Temple, Il11- nois Trust Bank, Great Northern Hotel, and many other , buildings in Chicago and else- where; chief architect and director of works World's Columbian Exposition. 1890-3; chair- man National Commission for Beautifying Washington and of commission for beautify- ing Cleveland, O. Dir. Bankers' National Bank, Standard Office Co. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: Evanston, Ill.
BURNHAM, Edward, hair goods; b. Hook- set, N. H., Nov. 11. 1848; s. James and Lucy A. (Taylor) Burnham; parents removed to Windham. N. H. when was quite young: lived there until coming to Chicago. Jan., 1867: ed. district school, Windham, N. H., followed by course in Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College. Manchester, N. H .; m. Chicago, Jan. 23, 1879, Mary McGee: children: Edward, Jr .. Frederic, Raymond. Mary Genevieve, Clar- ence. Norbert. Gerald. Harold. Isabel, Julian. Donald. Began business in November. 1871. just after the Chicago fire, at 134 W. Madison St. Republican. Office: 70-72 State St. Rest- dence: 389 E. Fiftieth St.
BURNHAM, Hugh Lascelle, lawyer: b. Chi- cago, Mar. 14, 1857; s. Edwin R. and Mary D. (Lascelle) Burnham; ed. public schools, Chi- cago Acad. and Union College of Law, grad- uating, LL. B., 1882; m. Chicago, Dec. 29, 1885, Mary 1 .. Burt; children: Dorothy, Constance.
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Lawrence B., E. Crebert, Katharine P., Phyllis E., Edwin, Ernest J. Began business expe- rience as clerk in wholesale drug house of E. Burnham & Son; afterward worked in offices of Chicago Terra Cotta Works; afterward worked on farm in summer and taught dis- trict school during winter months in Van- Buren Co., Mich .; returned to Chicago to take law course, and incidentally worked for Had- dock, Coxe & Co., abstractors, until admission to bar, 1882; since then engaged in general practice of law in Chicago. Pres. of village of Glen View (3 terms). Independent in politics. Swedenborgian. Clubs: University, Glen View, Law. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: Glen View, Ill.
BURNS, John E., lumberman; b. Natick, Mass., Mar. 20, 1867; s. Lawrence and Ellen Agnes (Dalton) Burns; grad. public schools of Natick, Mass .; m. Chicago, 1894, Agnes May Hines; children: Dalton Francis, Dorothy Loretto, Ruth Edna. Started in lumber busi- ness at Lowell, Ind., in 1893; sold out to Wil- bur Lumber Co., and began business in same line in Chicago in 1898, as the John E. Burns Lumber Co., of which is pres. Democrat. R. C. Mem. Columbian Knights, Knights of Colum- bus. Clubs: Illinois, Builders, Edgewater Golf. Office: 40 W. Chicago Av. Residence: 1676 Kenmore Av.
BURNS, William Henry, auditor freight traffic Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry .; b. Chicago, Apr. 23, 1865; s. Patrick and Mar- garet (Casey) Burns; grad. public school, 1881; attended Bryant & Stratton's Business College 6 months during 1882; m. Jan. 17, 1893, Mary E. Ryan, of Albany, N. Y .; children: Warren H., Esther, Frances, Howard. Busi- ness life has all been in the service of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry., beginning as clerk in the store dept., July, 1881, to 1882; roadmaster's office, 1882-3; chief clerk in office of freight auditor, 1883-98; and on June 1, 1898, was promoted to his present position as auditor of freight traffic. Office: 144 Van- Buren St. Residence: 7317 Princeton Av.
BURR, Albert Henry, physician; b. Hancock Co., Ill., Aug. 19, 1850; s. Andrew and Harriet E. (Dickinson) Burr; prepared for college at Hedding Seminary to 1871; grad. Northwest- ern Univ., Ph.B., 1877; Chicago Med. College, 1881; m. 1st, 1879, Lizzie L. Westlake (died, Mar. 18, 1881); 2d, Chicago, Nov. 5, 1885, Johanna Hess; children: Marguerite H., Wal- ter Andrew. Engaged in general practice of medicine from 1881. Adjunct prof. of medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1897- 1900; attendant physician to Provident Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn .; former mem. Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Re- publican. Methodist. Office: 100 State St. Resi- dence: 950 Pratt Av.
BURRELL, Ernest Lincoln, leather belting; b. Stone Church, Pa., Mar. 21, 1865; s. Rev. John Ilgen and Susan Elizabeth (Schwartz) Burrell; ed. public schools until 12 years old; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1888, Alice Bridge Willetts; 1 daughter: Florence Willetts. En- tered, May 12, 1880, service of Charles A. Schieren & Co., of New York, tanners and manufacturers of oak leather belting and lace leather, and served in various capacities in New York, coming to the Chicago house of the same firm in 1889 and now being mgr. of its western dept. Firm has large tanneries at Bristol, Tenn., works in Brooklyn, N. Y., main office in New York, and branches in Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Denver and Ham- burg, Ger., as well as in Chicago. Also pres. Charles Munson Belting Co. Office: 84 Frank- lin St. Residence: 1049 Winthrop Av. (Edge- water).
Pauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., and was grad., LL.B., 1885, from Wesleyan Law School, Bloomington, Ill. The same year was admitted to bar of Illinois. Before and after his grad- uation was a teacher in the public schools of Illinois, and served four years as County Superintendent of Schools of Douglas Co., Ill. Located in Tacoma, Wash., to practice law, but returned to native state in 1892, coming to Chicago, where he has since been engaged in the general practice of law. In politics, Republican. Is a K. P., Odd Fellow; m. Al- meda May Wamsley, at Tuscola, Ill., May 28, 1885; 1 son: Joseph Bland. Clubs: Press, Hamilton. Office: Ashland Blk.
BURROUGHS, George Tyler, pres. of the Am. Battery Co .; b. Warren, Mass., Oct. 13, 1833; s. Abner Tyler and Mary (Rice) Bur- roughs; ed. public schools of Massachusetts, Munson Acad. at Munson, Mass., and Quaboag Acad. at Warren, Mass .; m. Columbus City, Ia., Feb. 23, 1863, Mary E. Zieger; children: George T., Jr., Henry S., F. Coleman, Edgar R. Served through Civil War, beginning as private in the 43d Regt., N. Y. Vol .; promoted to capt., asst. commissary of subsistence, then on staff duty as capt., and near the close of the war as maj. by brevet. Came to Chicago in 1868, and engaged in business as a distiller of alcohol and spirits, distilling and rectify- ing under name of Phoenix Distilling Co. and Abel Ames & Co., 1871-95. In 1893 became identified with the Storage Battery Co., and is now pres. of the Am. Battery Co. Repub- lican. Mason, K. T .; Loyal Legion. Club: Illi- nois. Office: 172-174 S. Clinton St. Residence: 493 Jackson Boul.
BURROUGHS, Wallace McMurray, physi- cian; b. Norman Twp., Grundy Co., Ill., Jan. 28, 1871; s. Charles W. and Mary E. (McMur- ray) Burroughs; early education in country school in Grundy Co., and at Morris, Ill .; 3 years in Univ. of Michigan, 1888-90; Chicago Med. College, 1890-3, graduating, M.D., 1893. Engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago since 1893. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chi- cago Med. Soc. Formerly interne at Mercy Hosp. and at West Side Hosp .; now instructor in Chicago Clinical School and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago. Treas. and dir. Wicker Park Hosp. Assn. Dir. Elmore County Farm Irrigation Co. of Idaho. Mem. and med. examiner Empire Lodge, No. 336, K. P., Royal League and Columbian Knights. Repub- lican. Protestant. Clubs:' Ashland, Neighborly. Office and residence: 807 N. Fairfield Av.
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