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CLARK, Michael Johnson, sec. and auditor C. & W. I. R. R., and Belt Ry. Co., Chicago, h Hamilton, Ont., Sept. 20, 1841; s. Hutchinson and Elizabeth Johnson Clark; ed. public schools, Hamilton, Ont .: m. Detroit, Mich, 1867, Miss Margaret Heaslip. Was in service
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of G. W. Ry. of Canada, 1863-80, 1 year as clerk in general freight office at Hamilton, Ont .; 6 years as billing clerk in freight office at Windsor, Ont., 1 year billing clerk in freight office at Hamilton, 4 years as clerk in audit- or's office, 1 year chief clerk same office, and 3% years stationer; was auditor D., G. H. & M. R. R., 1880-5; since Mar. 17, 1885, sec. and auditor of the C. & W. I. R. R. and of the Belt Ry. Co. of Chicago. Republican. Methodist. Office: 9 Dearborn Station. Residence: 522 W. 67th St.
CLARK, Richard H. G., salt fish ;
b. Gloucester, Mass., Aug. 8, 1857; s. John J. and Elizabeth (Curtis) Clark; ed. Gloucester (Mass.) High School; m. Chicago, Mar. 10, 1884, Evelyn F. Norwood. Came to Chicago, May 1, 1872, and was employe in the fish busi- ness until 1884, when established on own ac- count under present firm name of R. H. Clark & Co., importers and wholesale salt fish deal- ers. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Whist, Mar- quette, Hamilton. Office: 2 N. Union St. Resi- dence: 374 E. Ontario St.
CLARK, Solomon Henry, prof. public speak- ing, Univ. of Chicago, reader and lecturer; ed. College City of New York, Queen's Col- lege, Kingston, Can .; Univ. of Chicago; m. To- ronto, Can., Aug. 18, 1889, Anna Maude Fra- lick. (For list of books and writings see Who's Who in America.) Residence: 5761 Washington Av.
CLARK, Thomas Collier, lawyer; b. Flint, Mich., Oct. 27, 1860; s. George T. and Mary E. (Duxbury) Clark; ed. Univ. of Michigan, class of 1881; m. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 29, 1896, Edith M. Smith; children: Hobart, Thomas Col- lier, Jr., Margaret Smith, Hovey Charles. Was connected with C. & W. M. Ry. and D., L. & N. R. R. Co. in various capacities, 1879-91; practiced law at Muskegon, Mich., 1891-3; re- moved to Chicago, 1893, and has since been engaged in practice here; since 1895 of law firm of Smiley & Clark. Democrat. Episcopa- lian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Law, Un- ion League, City. Office: Marquette Bldg. Resi- dence: 1424 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.
CLARK, Wallace Grant, real estate dealer and builder; b. Iroquois Co., Ill., Apr. 2, 1863; s. Daniel G. and Mary A. (Potter) Clark; resi- dent of Chicago since 3 years old; ed. public schools, Chicago; m. Chicago, Nov. 21, 1893, Maude H. Loverin; children: Ruth, Loverin. Began business life at 16 years of age in the gentlemen's furnishing goods business, in which remained for 3 years; and then became city buyer for Cragin Bros. & Co., hardware; since 1882 in real estate business and has been extensively engaged in subdividing and build- ing; was the original subdivider of Clarkdale, Brookdale, and Jackson Park Subdivision. Mem. firm of Clark & Trainer, real estate and builders of high grade residences; also of A. R. Clark & Co., builders; pres. and dir. of Loverin & Brown, wholesale grocers. Re- publican. Methodist. Clubs: Colonial, Chicago Automobile. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 4520 Forestville Av.
CLARKE, Ward Greene, physician; b. Staf- ford, Genesee Co., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1859; s. Rev. Ethan Ray and Elizabeth (Millerd) Clarke; removed to Clarence, N. Y., 1861, and to Buf- falo, N. Y., 1863; began med. study under Dr. E. W. Pyle, of Jersey City, N. J .; student Rush Med. College, 1880-2, graduating, M.D., 1882. Engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago since 1882; served as visiting physician for Northwest District of Chicago, and asst. in dept. of gynecology in Central Free Dispensary until Jan. 1, 1883, when re- signed both positions, becoming interne in Cook Co. Hosp. until Apr. 1, 1864; afterward on general staff of Presbyterian Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Attending physician Passa-
vant Mem. Hosp. Office and residence: 9 St. James Pl.
CLARK, Will Halstead, lawyer; b. Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., Oct. 24, 1863; s. Chester M. and Rachel Katherine (Haynes) Clark; ed. private schools, Chicago, 1870-1; Mosley pub- lic school, Chicago, 1872-6; Homer (N. Y.) Acad., 1876-8; Prof. Taylor's private school, Syracuse, N. Y., 1878-9; Union College of Law, Chicago (LL.B.), 1883-5; Chicago and North- western Univs .; m. Cleveland, O., June 19, 1889, Cora Belle Turney; children: Margaret Alpha, Louise Asenath. Entered law office of Hiscock, Gifford & Doheny (ex-Senator His- cock, N. Y.), Syracuse, N. Y., as student, fall of 1879; returned to Chicago, fall of 1882, and entered office of Cooper, Packard & Gur- ley; associated with W. W. Gurley continuously since, except 2 years (1889-90) when was pres. of C. & S. S. R. T. R. R. Co. (Alley L). Has served as dir. on the board of the Met. Elevated R. R. Co., the Rockford, Beloit & Janesville R. R. Co., and other corporations; now dir. Chicago Union Traction Co. Republi- can. Served in I. N. G. in Cadet Corps, 1st Infy., color Serg. 1st Cav., lieut. and judge advocate Chicago Hussars during World's Fair. Clubs: Union League (sec., 1898), Calu- met, Forty, Chicago Riding and Driving, char- ter mem. Hamilton. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 34 Groveland Park.
CLARKE, William Eddy, western mgr. Lam- son Consolidated Store Service Co .; b. near Richmond, Va., 1852; s. William Eddy and Eliza Green Frisbe Clarke; attended public schools; married. At age of 14 the western fever led him from home; spent 15 years on the 'Plains and in Texas; organized a company of prospectors and hunters at age of 19, and was elected its capt .; distinguished in battle with a band of renegade Cheyenne Indians who were making frontier life unbearable in south- western Nebraska; was connected with Texas Rangers for a year under Capt. Hall; later asst. paymaster on U. P. R. R. under Gen. Hammond, and still later connected with Wa- bash R. R., which he represented on Mer- chants' Exchange floor at St. Louis. On retire- ment of Col. Andrews left railroad business, becoming associated, 1886, with Lamson Con- solidated Store Service Co. of Boston, Mass., which he has served in various capacities ever since, as shareholder and western mgr. with headquarters in Chicago. Also dir. Bostedo Pneumatic Tube Co. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois Athletic. Office: 200 Monroe St. Resi- dence: 941 Estes Av.
CLARK, William Wallace, paper box manu- facturer; b. Middletown, Conn., Nov. 18, 1852; s. Sylvester and Lydia Clark; ed. public schools, Middletown, Conn .; m., 1st, Ella C. Cole, Chicago, 1878; 1 child: Gertrude L. (now Mrs. Guy L. Haydon); m. 2d, Chicago, 1895, Rose Wilkie. Came to Chicago, 1872, from Mid- dletown, Conn., becoming connected with brother-in-law, L. J. Van Sands, until 1881, when joined William C. Pfister in forming present firm of Clark & Pfister, manufactur- ers of paper boxes. Republican. Mason; mem. Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council, St. Bernard Commandery, K. T., Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Office: 53 S. May St. Residence: 536 Washington Boul.
CLARKSON, Ralph, portrait painter; Amesbury, Mass., Aug. 3, 1861; s. Joseph T. Clarkson; ed. Amesbury (Mass.) High School; studied art Boston Art Museum until 1884; Julien Acad. under Lefebvre and Boulanger, 1884-7; m. Fanny Rose Calhoun, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 15, 1890. Exhibited in Salon, 1887. Returned to New York, where he painted por- traits. In 1892 again went abroad, spending part of time in Italy; returned to America, 1895, and settled in Chicago, 1896. Mem. New York Water Color Soc. Pres. Municipal Art Commission, Chicago; Chicago Soc. of Artists;
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Municipal Art League (pres.); mem. Am. Art Jury, Paris Exposition, 1900; Art Jury St. Louis Exposition, and of International Jury of Award. Studio: 203 Michigan Av.
CLAUSSENIUS, Edward, foreign exchange banker; b. New York City, May 29, 1857; s. Henry and Johanna (von Tilly) Claussenius; ed. Chicago schools; m. Chicago, May 18, 1886, Emma Elisabeth Demling; children: Henry Frank, Frances Marie, Elsa Valentine. In July, 1873, entered banking and steamship agency business founded by his father as H. Claus- senius & Co., 1864; became partner and now, with his brother, G. W. Claussenius, conducts the business under the original name. The specialties of the firm are foreign exchange and European collections, and they are general western agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. Republican. Club: Germania. Office: 95 Dearborn St. Residence: 147 Cass St.
CLAUSSENIUS, George W., banker and steamship agent; b. New York City, Nov. 19, 1860; s. Henry Claussenius (German consul until 1877 and consul of Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1882 until 1894 in Chicago) and Johanna (von Tilly) Claussenius; ed. public schools, New York and Chicago, and three years study in Germany. After leaving school engaged in the business of H. Claussenius & Co. (founded by his father), in banking, foreign exchange and agents for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co., in which busi- ness has ever since continued; his brother, Edward, and himself now constituting the firm. Mem. Chicago Board of Education. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Office: 95 Dearborn St. Residence: 585 LaSalle Av.
CLAY, John, live stock commission mer- chant; b. Winfield, Berwick-on-Tweed, Scotland, Apr. 24, 1851; s. John and Patricia (Thomp- son) Clay; ed. Wellfield Acad., Duns, Scotland; St. Andrews, Scotland, and Edinburgh Univ., Edinburgh, Scotland; m. Highland Park, Ill., Jan. 5, 1881, Euphemia Forrest; 1 son: John Clay, III. Commenced working on Scotch farm, 1867; came to America, 1879; settled in Canada, becoming mgr. of Canada West Farm Stock Assn., Bow Park, Brantford, Ont .; left there, 1882, and came to Chicago; organized the firm of Clay & Forrest, May 1, 1883, which was succeeded Jan. 1, 1900, by firm of John Clay & Co., bankers, Chicago. In Sept., 1886, organ- ized the live stock commission firm of Clay, Robinson & Co., now one of the largest in the country, having offices in Chicago, Kansas City, Mo., South Omaha, Neb., Sioux City, Ia., South St. Joseph, Mo., Denver, Colo., Salt Lake City, Utah. Clubs: Chicago, Washington Park, Midlothian. Office: The Rookery. Resi- dence: 4030 Lake Av.
CLAY, William Wilson, architect; b. New York City, May 2, 1849; s. George and Mary Elenor (Martine) Clay; ed. Taylor's Primary School and 13th St. Grammar School, New York; grad. College of the City of New York, 1869; m. New York, Dec. 17, 1876, Alice Gray; 1 son: William Wharton. Mem, firm of Wheel- ock & Clay, 1876-86; Clay & Dutton, 1886-8; Beers, Clay & Dutton, 1888-94; since then alone. Fellow of the Am. Institute of Archi- tects and mem. Illinois Chapter of same; mem. Chicago Architects' Business Assn. Independ- ent in politics, with Socialistic tendencies. Of- fice: 218 LaSalle St. Residence: 3145 Rhodes Av.
CLELAND, Jonas Marshall, vice-pres. the Cable Co., piano and organ manufacturers; b. Jordanville, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Mar. 4, 1852; 8. George M. and Amelia (Treadway) Cleland; ed. public and private schools, New York State; Acads., Fairfield and Clinton, N. Y .; m. Sioux City, Ia., Nov. 29, 1877, Louise D. Pea- vey; children: George Albert, James Fulton, Mary. Studied law in offices of Judge George A. Hardin, of the firm of Hardin & Burrows, of the Supreme Court of New York, at Little
Falls, N. Y .; and of Davenport & Young, Rich- field Springs, N. Y .; came west in 1872, and entered office of Currier & Bolton, Sioux City, Ia .; admitted to Iowa state bar, 1873, and prac- ticed at Sioux City until 1898. Was city atty. of Sioux City 4 terms (8 years) and Mayor of Sioux City 3 terms (6 years), in 1886-7, 1888-9, and 1896-7. After coming to Chicago, 1899, was associated with the Iowa Life In- surance Co., and the Nat. Life Insurance Co., U. S. A., until Feb. 1, 1901, when became asso- ciated with the Cable Co., manufacturers of pianos and organs, of which is now vice-pres. While in Iowa was a mem. of the staff of Gov. Larrabee, later Judge Advocate 2d Brig., Iowa N. G., and during the Spanish-Am .- War was major and paymaster, U. S. V. Republican. Club: Washington Park. Office: Wabash Av. and Jackson Boul. Residence: 218 E. 60th St.
CLELAND, Mckenzie, lawyer; b. Delhi, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1860; s. William J. and Judith (Wil- son) Cleland; grad. Monmouth College, Mon- mouth, Ill., A.M., June, 1882; Washington Univ. Law Dept., St. Louis, Mo., LL.B., June, 1884; m. Lemont, Ill., June 16, 1887, Mary L. Norton; children: Ruth, Jessica, De Witt, Esther. Admitted to bar June 15, 1884; since Oct., 1897, of firm of Phelps & Cleland. Also dir. Great Western Mfg. Co., and of Am. Air Goods Co. Republican. United Presbyterian. Dir. of adult Bible classes in Cook Co. S. S. Assn .; vice-pres. United Presbyterian Mutual Benefit Assn .; mem. board of dirs. of Bible Teachers' Training School of New York City; was pres. Englewood Y. M. C. A. for 6 years. Club: Hamilton. Office: 108 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 6439 Normal Av.
CLEMENT, Allan Montgomery, broker; b. Chicago, Oct. 31, 1869; s. Austin and Sarah (Montgomery) Clement; ed. Chicago public schools and Chicago Manual Training School, graduating 1886; m. Chicago, 1894, Grace Groves; children: Austin Arthur, Franklin Groves. Began business life in 1886, and was in the house of Clement, Bane & Co. for 15 years; partner Raymond, Pynchon & Co., stock brokers, 3 years; then partner in Lester. Kneeland & Co. 1 year, which firm, after the death of Mr. Lester, was succeeded by pres- ent firm of Kneeland, Clement & Curtis, mem. New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges, New York Coffee Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, St. Louis Merchants' Exchange. Re- publican. Trustee of the Illinois Western Hosp. for the Insane. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor, Glen View, Wash- ington Park. Office: 219 LaSalle St. (The Rookery). Residence: 4009 Lake Av.
CLEMENT, Arthur Austin, sec .- treas. and dir. of the Am. Wire Fence Co .: b. Chicago. Mar. 7, 1873; s. Austin and Sarah (Montgom- ery) Clement; grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1894, with degree of B.S., from the course in chemical gineering. For 7 years was connected en- with the Am. Cotton Oil Co. of New Jersey as chemist and chemical engineer at their different plants, leaving that connection to assume, Jan. 1, 1902, present position. Repub- lican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic. Hamilton, Ex- moor. Office: 189 LaSalle St. Residence: 4009 Lake Av.
CLENNY, James Edson, manufacturer; b. Lynn, Ind., June 18, 1854; s. John W. and Deborah (Banks) Clenny; ed. public schools and Winchester High School. Indiana, and Dayton (O.) Commercial School; m. Winches- ter, Ind., July 13. 1881, Emma O. Henderson: children: Russell H., Helen M. Was with Crume & Sefton Mfg. Co. as bookkeeper, May 13, 1878, to Jan. 1, 1$88; elected sec. and treas .. resigned, Oct. 1, 18ss, to organize the J. W. Sefton Mfg. Co., Anderson, Ind., incorporated Nov. 8, 1888; elected vice-pres. and treas, and served until July, 1889, then elected treas. and gen. mgr., in which position has since
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then continued, the company being large man- ufacturers of paper specialties, folding boxes, etc. Also dir. Manufacturers' Bank of Chicago since Nov., 1903; also dir. O. L. Schwencke Lithographic Co., New York, since Oct., 1904. Republican. Office: 241-51 S. Jefferson St. Resi- dence: 949 Jackson Boul.
CLEVELAND, Charles Benson, insurance; b. Masonville, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1845; s. Festus P. and Mary (Lyon) Cleveland; removed with parents to Illinois, 1855; grad. Rockford High School; served in 153d Ill. Vols. in the Army of the Cumberland in Civil War; m. Rockford, Ill., Oct. 15, 1867, Theodosia Garrison; 1 daughter: Edith Grace. After leaving army was cashier in a wholesale dry goods store in Rockford until 1868, when became cashier in the office of the general agent at Rockford of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., with which company has ever since been connected; came to Chicago, 1869, and served in same capacity until 1885; since then gen- eral agent. Republican. Methodist. Mem. John A. Logan Post, G. A. R., Evanston, Ill. Mason; mem. Evanston Commandery K. T. Clubs: Union League, Glen View, Evanston. Of- fice: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 1508 Hinmann Av., Evanston.
CLEVELAND, Chester Emery, lawyer; b. Watsonville, Calif., Oct. 30, 1865; s. Chester E. and Harriet M. (Crenshaw) Cleveland; ed. district schools of Warren Co., Ill .; Hedding College, Abingdon, Ill., until 1883; m. Abing- don, Ill., July 26, 1893, Frances E. Merricks; children: Theo. Frances, Chester Emery, Jr. Worked on farm and attended school until 1883, when entered law office at Galesburg, Ill., as office boy; studied law in office of Williams, Lawrence & Bancroft, Galesburg, Ill., and of Grier & Dryden, Monmouth, Ill .; admitted to bar of Supreme Court of Illinois, 1886; practiced at Abingdon, Ill., until 1891, when came to Chicago; became mem. of firm of Cratty, Jarvis & Cleveland, and later prac- ticed alone until Mar., 1904, when became part- ner in the law firm of Newman, Northrop, Levinson & Becker. Democrat. Mem. Ravens- wood Lodge A. F. and A. M., Columbia Chap- ter, R. A. M., Abingdon Lodge, I. O. O. F. Clubs: Iroquois, Ravenswood. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 412 Wilson Av.
CLEVELAND, George Henry, physician, ed- itor, publisher; b. Adrian, Mich., Feb. 13, 1862; s. Charles Monroe and Susan Amanda (Jen- nings) Cleveland; ed. public schools; grad. med. dept. Univ. of Michigan, class 1882; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., May 18, 1880, Jane Ann Jolly; children: Charles William, Carlton Ed- ward. Practiced medicine at Coleman, Mich., until about 1885, then at Pentwater, Mich., until Oct., 1890, when came to Chicago. Prac- ticed here till 1892, when established the Clin- ical Review, of which he is editor and pub- lisher; under the present name of the Cleve- land Press, is exclusively engaged in the pub- lication of med. books. Mem. Chicago Patho- logical Soc., Therapeutic Club of Chicago. Episcopalian; mem. Church of the Epiphany. Democrat. Office: 346 Ogden Av. Residence: 951 W. Harrison St.
CLEVELAND, Josiah Francis, land commis- sioner, C. & N .- W. Ry. Co .; b. Masonville, N. Y., June 19, 1847; s. Rev. F. P. and Mary (Lyon) Cleveland; high school education; sergeant Co. H, 153d Ill. Infy., Jan., to Sept., 1865; m., 1st, Newark, N. J., Nov. 2, 1869, Electa G. Price; 2d, Chicago, Sept. 25, 1873, Mary E. Frisbie; 3d, New Haven, Conn., Aug. 13, 1902, Kate Bradley; children: Augustus Frisbie, Eva May, Josiah Judson. Clerk in dry goods store, Rockford, Ill., 1866-8; bookkeeper for planing mill, New York City, 1868 to spring of 1870; then with Jones & Sellers, abstractors, Chicago, until the great Chicago fire, Oct. 9, 1871; then with Baird & Bradley, convey- ancers, to Oct., 1872; chief clerk Howe Sewing
Machine Co., 1872-80, handling large line of country collections; since Apr., 1880, with C. & N .- W. Ry. Co .; right of way agent to Apr., 1882; asst. land commissioner, 1882-97; land commissioner since July 1, 1897. Also dir. St. Paul Eastern Grand Trunk Ry. Co., Chicago; lowa & Minnesota Ry. Co., Forest Co. Ry. Co., Western Town Lot Co., Pioneer Town Lot Co. Mem. Board of Education, Oak Park, 1891-97. Free Trade Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Congregational, Westward Ho. Office: Jackson Boul. and Franklin St. Residence: 709 Superior St., Oak Park, Ill.
CLIFFORD, James Orra, freight auditor C. & N .- W. Ry .; b. Salem, Kenosha Co., Wis., Dec. 8, 1856; s. Emery and Mary Jane (Osgood) Clifford; ed. country schools from age of 8, and from age of 11 assisted father in farm work summers and attended school winters until 1873; m. Clinton, Ia., Nov. 7, 1883, Mary Elizabeth Dannatt; children: Grace Edith, Lewis Dannatt, Olive, Marshall Emery, Alice, John Osgood (deceased). In summer of 1873 went to Delmar, Clinton Co., Ia., and became messenger boy and apprentice under his uncle, who was agent for the C. & N .- W. Ry. Co. there; learned telegraphy and the duties of a station agent; from Oct., 1874, to Aug., 1880, was telegraph operator and agent at va- rious stations on the Iowa Division of the C. & N .- W. Ry .; was traveling auditor, 1880-7, and since Nov. 7, 1887, has been freight audi- tor of the C. & N .- W. Ry. Mem., and is now 1st vice-pres., Assn. of Am. Ry. Accounting Officers. Served 2 terms in the City Council, Wheaton, Ill; also 2 terms on the Board of Education. Republican. Attends Episcopal Church. Mem. various Masonic bodies, K. P., Modern Woodmen, Nat. Union, Royal League, Modern Aztecs, Yeoman of America. Clubs: Il- linois Athletic, Wheaton Golf. Office: Jackson Boul. and Franklin St. Residence: Wheaton Ill.
CLIFTON, Theodore, Western sec. of the Congregational Education Soc .; b. Platteville, Wis .; s. William and Frances Ann (Basye) Clif- ton; ed. State Normal School, Platteville, Wis .; Iron City Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Pa .; Beloit College, Beloit, Wis .; Chicago Theologi- cal Seminary; D.D. degree conferred by Drury College, 1898; m. Peoria, Ill., Oct. 6, 1874, Louva Thompson; children: Fred W., Edna, Philip G., Mildred. Ordained to Congregational ministry, 1870, and was a Congregational pas- tor for 22 years-9 years in St. Louis, 4 years at Rockford, Ill., 7 years in Milwaukee, 2 years in Chicago; since 1897, Western sec. of the Congregational Education Soc. Lecturer on sociological and patriotic subjects. Club: Chi- cago Congregational. Office: 151 Washington St. Residence: 9612 Longwood Av.
CLINCH, Duncan L., real estate dealer and agent; b. Augusta, Ga., June 27, 1860; s Col. Henry A. and Ella (Ford) Clinch; ed. entirely by private tutors. From 1874-7 was traveling salesman for George M. Taylor & Co., manu- facturers of tobacco, Danville, Va .; came to Chicago, 1877, and was bookkeeper for Goulds & Austin, belting, 1877-90; salesman for Cre- rar, Clinch & Co., coal, 1890-3; for Hoyne Bros., real estate, 1893-5; for Frank G. Hoyne, real estate, 1895, to Jan. 1, 1904, when was ad- mitted to partnership in firm of Frank G. Hoyne & Co., real estate. Democrat. Office: 88 LaSalle St. Residence: 3958 Drexel Boul.
CLINCH, Richard Floyd, coal and iron; ed. private schools in Georgia and Cheltenham Acad., Pa. Connected with the Joliet Steel Co., 1883-9, when, with John Crerar, estab- lished the firm of Crerar, Clinch & Co., coal and iron, in which firm has ever since continued. Is dir. De Soto Iron Co., the New Pittsburgh Coal and Coke Co., and the North Am. Accident Insurance Co. Democrat. Episco- palian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, Exmoor, Calumet. Office: The Rookery. Resi- dence: 2201 Calumet Av.
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CLINGMAN, George Franklin, gen. mgr. the Tobey Furniture Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 27, 1857; s. William and Harriet E. (Hoffman) Clingman; ed. public schools, Chicago; m. Chi- cago, July 3, 1880, Stuarta K. Watson; chil- dren: Elizabeth, Stuart, Louise, George, Lucy, Ruth, William. Began business career as book- keeper for William M. Murfin & Co., produce commission firm, 1876-7; in 1878 was employed by John A. Colby as a designer in furniture, remaining in that connection until 1888; be- came connected with Tobey Furniture Co., Jan. 1, 1888, as designer of furniture, remaining in that position until 1894, when became gen. mgr. of the company, in which position still continues; also dir. the Tobey & Christian Cabinet Co. Republican. Clubs: Homewood, Bryn Mawr Social. Office: Wabash Av. and Washington St. Residence: 7210 Euclid Av.
CLITHERO, Delbert Anthony, lawyer; b. on farm in Grundy Co., Ill., Nov. 11, 1870; s. Ed- ward S. and Eliza M. (Scott) Clithero; re- moved with parents to Iroquois Co., Ill., when 2 years old, and to Chicago in 1885; ed. public schools, Iroquois Co., and Chicago; grad. Chi- cago Kent Law School (Lake Forest Univ.), 1894; m. Wheaton, Ill., June 29, 1889, Harriet A. Johnson; 1 daughter: Helen Elizabeth. Ad- mitted to bar of Supreme Court of Illinois, 1894, and later to Federal Courts; now mem. of law firm of Warvelle & Clithero. Dir. In- ternational Telephone Mfg. Co., Nat. Portrait Co .; counsel for Schaefer-Martin Chemical Co .; Laird & Lee (publishers), Wilmington Mining & Mfg. Coal Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Office: 115 Dearborn St. Residence: 2143 W. Adams St.
CLOUGH, Harry Sumner, real estate; b. Evanston, Ill., July 12, 1856; s. William War- ren and Hannah J. (Boyce) Clough; ed. public schools and Northwestern Business College; m. Chicago, Nov. 18, 1896, Amelia B. Blauer. With Coon & Co., wholesale dry goods (now known as Cluett, Peabody & Co.), 1878-83; then in same line of business as mgr. for Fel- lows & Co., 1883-9; since 1889 in real estate business as a mem. of the firm of Rounds & Clough. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Residence: 2667 N. Lincoln Av.
CLOUGH, Richard William, manufacturer; b. Newark, N. J., Aug. 7, 1860; s. Richard and Martha (Collins) Clough; came to Chicago in childhood; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, May 10, 1880, Carrie Peters; children: Julia, Rich- ard, William. Began business career with Grace & Co., varnish manufacturers, and re- mained with that firm until 1890, as supt. of the mfg. dept .; held similar position with the Am. Varnish Co. from 1890 until July 1, 1904, when, with W. H. Noake and E. S. Wheeler, purchased the business of the Watts De Gol- yer Co. and reincorporated it as the Noake- Wheeler-Clough Co., of which is vice-pres. Re- publican. Office: 377-91 Illinois St. Residence: 3270 Malden St.
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