The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 37

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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COLBY, John Augustus, furniture; b. Frye- burg, Me., Apr. 1, 1833; reared on farm; ed. public schools, Fryeburg, Me .; m. Boston, Mass., Abigail F. Cady; 1 son: Henry Cady. Established in Boston, under his individual name, as dealer in books and stationery until 1857; in same business in Chicago, 1857-64; in furniture business, firm of Colby & Wirts, 1864-79; since 1879, head of firm of John A. Colby & Sons, manufacturers and retailers of furniture. Office: 148-54 Wabash Av. Resi- dence: winter, Los Angeles, Calif .; summer, Delavan, Wis.

COLE, Aaron Hodgman, biologist; b. Green- wich, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1856; s. Morgan C. (M.D.) and Lydia Ann (Hodgman) Cole; grad. Col- gate Univ., 1884; A.M., 1887; studied in Johns Hopkins Univ., 1889; Univ. of Chicago, 1893, 1896 and 1898; m. Greenwich, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1885, Emma Sarah Mason. (For details of career see Who's Who in America.) Address: 5715 Monroe Av.

COLE, Delavan Burdette, lawyer; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 17, 1867; s. Walter D. and Alice (Stoddard) Cole; ed. Second Normal School of Minnesota, Mankato, and high school, Crystal Lake, Minn .; was principal of schools, Slayton, Minn., 1888-9; grad. law dept. Lake Forest Univ., 1891; m. Slayton, Minn., 1889, Olivia A. Reeve; 1 son: John R. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1892, and has since practiced in Chicago; atty. for West Chicago Park Com- missioners, 1900-4. Republican. Club: Hamil- ton. Office: Reaper Blk. Residence: 328 Marsh- field Av.

COLE, Ernest Chapin, manufacturer; b. Mount Pleasant, Ia., Jan. 18, 1858; s. William Raemy and Cordelia (Throop) Cole; ed. public schools, Mount Pleasant; spent 2 years at

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, grad. Iowa Wesleyan Univ., B.A., 1881; read law and was admitted to Iowa bar; m. Mount Pleasant, Ia., Mar. 9, 1881, Jennie Brown Com- stock; children: Clifford Comstock, Genevieve, Margaret, Ernest Raemy. Was in real estate business, 1881-4; retailer of hardware at Coun- cil Bluffs, Ia. With 2 brothers, organized in 1893 the Cole Mfg. Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Unitarian. Club: Colonial. Office: 3218 S. Western Av. Residence: 4730 Green- wood Av.

COLE, Francis Richard, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 19, 1871; s. Richard and Elizabeth (Byrne) Cole; ed. public and high schools of Chicago, Lake Forest Univ., College of Higher Sciences, and Soper's School of Ora- tory; has degrees of LL.B., Ph.D. and LL.D .; m. Chicago, July, 1895, Sadie Clucas; children: Sylvia Elizabeth, Anna Bernice. Admitted to bar, 1892; nominated for judge by Labor Re- form League, and also candidate for judge of Superior Court on People's ticket, 1898; was chairman county committee, Populist party, 1897-9, and mem. of Populist Nat. Com- mittee; pres. of the Citizens' Sovereignty Assn., 1896-1900; pres. Chicago branch of Co- lumbian College of Citizenship; vice-pres. of the national organization and chairman of faculty in economic dept. Writer of pam- phlets on the Initiative and Referendum, Pro- portional Representation, Civil Service Reform, Public Ownership of National Monopolies, etc., and of widely circulated campaign pamphlet "Civilization, Bryan and the Times." Inde- pendent Democrat. Office and residence: 3958 S. Western Av.

COLE, George E., stationer and printer; b. Jackson, Mich., Mar. 2, 1845; s. Ichabod and Sarah H. Cole; ed. public schools, Jackson; m. Chicago, June 20, 1878, Lois T. Milnes; chil- dren: Theodore B., Henry Munroe. Served 2 years as private, 10th Mich. Vol. Inf. during Civil War. In business as stationer and print- er, Chicago, since Mar., 1878. Independent Re- publican. Organized, 1896, pres., 1896-9, Mu- nicipal Voters' League; pres. Citizens' Assn., 2 years; now pres. Legislative Voters' League. Pres. George E. Cole Co., stationers and print- ers. Clubs: Union League, City. Office: 86 Dearborn St. Residence: 3539 Grand Boul.

COLE, Henry A., wholesale commission merchant in window glass; b. Cheshire, Berk- shire Co., Mass., Feb. 19, 1850; s. Dr. Lansing J. and Caroline A. (Mason) Cole; attended public and private schools in Cheshire and Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Mass., 1 year at Whitesboro, N. Y., Acad., and 1 year at Mon- roe Collegiate Institute, Elbridge, N. Y .; m. Ottawa, Ill., June 1, 1881, Kate S. Eldredge; children: Marie Eldredge, Emma Caroline, Henry Eldredge, Gordon Earle, Robert Mason. Was connected with Ottawa Glass Co., Ot- tawa, 111., manufacturers of window glass, as shipping clerk, bookkeeper, traveling sales- man, dir. and gen. mgr., 1871-87, when the Ottawa Glass Co. was absorbed by the United Glass Co .: was office mgr. for the United Glass Co., Ottawa, Ill., plant, 1887-92, and sec. of the United Glass Co., Chicago, 1892-6; re- signed from the United Glass Co., 1896, and established in present business. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Oak Park. Office: 324 Dearborn St. Residence: 234 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill.

COLE, Howard Grant, pres. Mississippi Val- ley Realty Co .; b. Parkersburg, W. Va., May 1, 1868; s. J. H. and Bettie (Dudley) Cole; cd. public schools, Parkersburg, W. Va., to 1887; M., 1st, 1892, Ruth Atwood; m., 2d, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1, 1900, Hattie Dunwoodie; children: Atwood Dunwoodie, Harrict, James Howard. After leaving school became cashier of the State Savings Bank of Roanoke, Va., 1887-9; n 1889 went south and was engaged in land business in Louisiana and Mississippi; was resident in Vicksburg, Miss., 5 years before

coming to Chicago, Apr. 1, 1904. Pres. Missis- sippi Realty Co., incorporated in 1899 and operating in timber lands in the states of Mis- sissippi and Louisiana. Republican. Office: Ry. Exchange. Residence: 4932 Lake Av.

COLE, Rossetter Gleason, composer, music teacher; b. Michigan, Feb. 5, 1866; grad. Univ. of Michigan, Ph.B., 1888; m. 1896, Fannie Louise Gwinner (pianist, teacher). Studied music in Berlin, 1890-2; won, by competitive examination, scholarship in the Royal Meister- schule for composition, with free tuition, un- der Max Bruch; dir. school of music and prof. music Ripon (Wis.) College, 1892-4; prof. mu- sic, Iowa College, 1894-1901. Mem. New York Manuscript Soc .; also Manuscript Soc. of Chi- cago; vice-pres. for Iowa, 1897-1900, pres., 1902-3, Music Teachers' Nat. Assn. Editor of Good Music. Composer of a lyrical cantata, The Passing of Summer, 1902; Hiawatha's Wooing, 1904, and 45 other published composi- tions for the voice, piano, organ, chorus and orchestra. Office: Fine Arts Bldg. Residence: 5808 Prairie Av.

COLEMAN, Julius Archer, lawyer; b. Mo- bile, Ala., May 1, 1849; s. James Archer and Sarah Ann (Kennedy) Coleman; grad. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., A.B. and M.A. (valedictorian), 1870; m. Apr. 29, 1873, Nannie D. McCormick; children: Martha Sherman (now Mrs. S. S. Sherman), Julia (now Mrs. C. M. Dunning), Leila (now Mrs. Arthur Fox), Ann. On leaving college began study of law and was admitted to bar at Henderson, Ky., 1871; practiced law there until 1876; came to Chi- cago in 1886; was engaged in real estate busi- ness for some years, resuming practice of law in 1894; since then making a specialty of me- chanics' liens and building contracts. Author of text book on Law of Mechanics' Liens for the State of Illinois. Subsequently drafted the law which is substantially the present law of Illinois. His work and his part in the legisla- tion of the state have given him the name of the father of the Illinois Mechanics' Lien Law and a high place among the law authors of the U. S. Office: Ashland Blk.

COLEMAN, W. Franklin, M.D .; b. Brock- ville, Can., 1838; ed. public schools, 3 years at Brockville Grammar School, 3 years Potsdam (N. Y.) Acad .; 3 years in med, dept. McGill College, Montreal; discontinued course because of attack of typhoid fever, but resumed stud- ies 2 years later at Queen's College, Kingston, Can., from which was grad. with honors in 1863; m. St. John, N. B., 1882, Mary Winnicutt Hartt. Practiced medicine at Lyn, Can., 1863-9, then went to London and took special courses in diseases of the cye and ear at Moorfields Eye Hosp. and London Hosp., at end of which took degree of M. R. C. S., England; returned to Canada, 1870, and formed partnership with Dr. Rosebrugh, in Toronto, where practiced 7 years, during which was surgeon of Toronto Eye and Ear Infirmary. Went abroad in 1877 and studied a year in the clinics of Vienna and Heidelberg; practiced in St. John, N. B., 1877-84, during which time was oculist and aurist to the Provincial Hosp .; removed to Chicago, 1885, and has since practiced as a specialist in this city. On arriving here, find- ing there had not been a school for grad- uates in medicine, organized the Chicago Poly- clinic, but in 1889. the management of that institution proving unsatisfactory to several of his colleagues and himself, was active in organizing the Post-Graduate Med. School of Chicago, of which is pres. and prof. of oph- thalmology. Mem. Chicago Ophthalmological Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Medico-Legal Soc .: ex-examiner for pension claims for eye and ear applica- tions. Extensive contributor to med. literature, especially as regards diseases of the eye. Club: Physicians. Office: Venetian Bldg. Residence: 5235 Cornell Av.

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COLEMAN, William Ogden, merchant; b. liffe. After war identified with numerous busi- Dixon, 111., Jan. 1, 1864; s. John and Julia ness enterprises and property interests; pres. of the Chicago Opera House Restaurant from its inception, and treas. of the Sunnyside Park Co. Democrat; was nominee for coroner of Cook Co. against Canute R. Matson, 1880; alderman from the old 16th Ward, 1882-8; mem. and vice-pres. Cook Co. Democratic Cen- tral Committee, 1884-8. Past Commander Han- cock Post, G. A. R. Mason; K. T .; Shriner. Mem. Independent Order of Foresters, Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor. Extensive trav- eler in Europe and British Isles. Address: 481 Dearborn Av. (Cammann) Coleman; ed. public school, Dix- on, Ill .; m. Versailles, Ky., Nov., 1892, Annie Crenshaw; 1 son: William Ogden, Jr. At 18 years of age entered employment of Burley & Co., china and glassware, being traveling salesman for the house until 25 years old; then in various capacities in the house in Chi- cago until 1898, when he became a partner in the firm; elected vice-pres. of the company in 1900. Democrat. Clubs: Iroquois, Chicago Ath- letic. Office: 118-20 Wabash Av. Residence: 334 Park Av., River Forest.

COLLINS, James Hartnett, pres. Collins Construction Co .; b. Hiram, Portage Co., O., Dec. 17, 1859; s. James and Mary (Hartnett) Collins; ed. public schools, Hiram, O., and Hiram College (class of 1878); m. Chicago, 1889, Nellie F. Collins; 1 daughter: Olive Ma- rie. Began business career in train service on the Atlantic & Great Western (now the Erie) R. R., as brakeman during the year 1879, and becoming conductor in 1880; was injured in an accident and was given position as telegraph operator on same road in 1881; in 1883 became asst. train despatcher; resigned from the ser- vice, came to Chicago and went to work for the Western News Co. as collector; from 1884 to 1889 was in lake transportation business in the accounting dept .; in 1889 started in real estate business with S. E. Gross, and in 1891 went in the same business for self; was in the bond brokerage business, 1894-1900, then start- ed in the business of contracting for railroad construction, becoming pres. of the Collins Construction Co. Dir. of the Cheboygan, Elk- hart & Lake Ry. Co. Republican. Catholic. Of- fice: 92 LaSalle St. Residence: 398 Webster Av.

COLLINS, Lorin Cone, lawyer; b. Windsor, Conn., Aug. 1, 1848; s. Lorin Cone and Mary (Bemis) Collins; ed. public schools, St. Paul, Minn., Bryant & Stratton's Business College; 2 years at Ohio Wesleyan Univ., and 4 years at Northwestern Univ., Evanston, B.A. and M.A .; m. Evanston, Ill., Sept. 17, 1873, Nellie Robb; children: Lorin Cone III, Grace, George Robb. Admitted to bar, 1874, and since then engaged in practice in Chicago. Republican. Served for 3 sessions in General Assembly of Illinois, and was Speaker of the House in 1883; Circuit Judge of Cook Co., 1884-93; re- signed in order to resume practice. Presbyte- rian. Clubs: Chicago, Hamilton, Washington Park, Chicago Golf. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: Virginia Hotel, and Wheaton, III. COLLYER, William Davis, U. S. inspector of dairy exports; b. Andersontown, N. J., June 8, 1856; s. Joseph M. and Elizabeth Collyer; ed. public school; m. Earlville, Ia., Sept. 23, 1881, Margaret A. Kennedy; children: Joseph- ine, Frank, Agnes, Alfred, Herbert. Since leav- ing school has been continuously identified with the trade in butter and eggs, first with A. H. Blake, Manchester, Ia .; then of Collyer & Parrott, Lincoln, Neb .; afterward mgr. for A. H. Barber & Co., Chicago, then mgr. of produce dept. of C. F. Love & Co., Chicago; since 1899 broker in butter and eggs under firm name of Collyer & Co. Since July 1, 1901, U. S. inspector of dairy exports. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason, Modern Woodman. Of- fice: 210 S. Water St. Residence: 2446 N. Paulina St.

COLVIN, John Henry, retired; b. Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1839; s. Harvey D. Colvin (mayor of Chicago, 1873-6) and Nancy Colvin; ed. public schools and acad. of Little Falls, N. Y .; came to Chicago, 1854, and was in employ of U. S. Express Co. until 1862, when was elected 1st lieut. of Battery M, 1st Regt., Ill. Light Artillery .; promoted to capt., Oct., 1863, of Colvin's Battery (which was afterward assigned as Battery K, 1st Regt. Ill. Light Artillery), and served to end of war; m. Chicago, Mar. 7, 1872, Anna Wick-

COLVIN, William Gordon, wholesale shoes; b. York, Livingston Co., N. Y., Feb. 28, 1865; s. John and Martha (Trimble) Colvin; ed. pub- lic schools, Castile, N. Y .; m. Kimball, S. Dak., Oct. 3, 1888, May E. Morris; 2 children: Ber- tram Morris, Marion. Retail shoe clerk at Castile, N. Y., 1881-3; bank clerk and asst. cashier at Kimball, S. Dak., 1884-8; in in- surance business, 1889-90; in wholesale shoe trade since 1891; since 1897 treas. the Con- tinent Shoe Co. Also treas. of the Union Bldg. Material Co. Mem. Royal League. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 229-31 Monroe St. Resi- dence: 6642 Yale Av.

COLVIN, William Henry, broker; b. Chicago, Sept. 22, 1871; s. William Henry and Susanna (Burt) Colvin; ed. Chicago public schools and at Pennsylvania Military College; m. Chicago, June, 1894, Bessie Small; children: Jessica, William Henry, Jr., Donald, Laura J. Began business life in 1889, as a clerk in the employ of the Merchants' National Bank; has been identified almost continuously with the bank-

ing business ever since. In 1899 established for self the present firm of William H. Col- vin & Co., stock brokers, of which is now sole principal. Mem. New York Stock Ex- change, New York Coffee Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Tolleston. Of- fice: 182 LaSalle St. Residence: 1625 Hinman Av., Evanston.

COLWELL, Nathan Porter, physician; b. Osceola, Ia., May 25, 1870; s. Fernando N. and Mary Ellen (Shields) Colwell; early educa- tion public schools, Kearney, Neb., until 1887; business college, Grand Island, Neb., 1888-9; Morgan Park (III.) Acad., 1893-6, graduating 1896; Rush Med. College, 1896-1900, M.D., 1900; m. Chicago, May 5, 1903, Agnes Louise Peter- son. Was clerk in store at Kearney, Neb., 1878- 88; taught in business college, Grand Island, Neb., 1889-90; bookkeeper Farmers' Union In- surance Co., Grand Island, Neb., 1891; Con- tinental Insurance Co., Chicago, 1892-3; re- vised and kept records at Morgan Park Acad., 1894-6; revised and kept records, Rush Med. College, 1897-1900, and has been in general charge of students' records, Rush Med. Col- lege, since 1900; while at Rush was special asst. to Prof. Walter S. Haines in chemistry, 1896-7; assisted Dr. Christian Fenger in his surgery clinic, 1889-1900. In practice in Chi- cago since 1900; specialist in diseases of chest, nose and throat; associated with Dr. E. Fletcher Ingals since 1901. Fellow, 1900-01, and asst. from 1901, in diseases of chest, nose and throat, Rush Med. College; asst. to the deans Rush Med. College since 1901. Resident physician Chicago Commons, 1901-03. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illi- nois State Med. Soc., Physicians Club, Chicago Laryngological and Climatological Soc. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Office: 34 Washington St. Residence: 982 W. Congress St.

COMAN, Seymour, banker; b. Newark, O., May 21, 1852; s. Levi Parsons and Martha (Seymour) Coman; was 2 years at Dartmouth College and took law course at Univ. of Michi- gan. Came to Chicago, 1876, and entered law office of William C. Goudy. In 1878 went to Colorado as financial representative for Chi-

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cago interests, and later was in business in Texas. In 1891 returned to Chicago and started business under firm name of Seymour, Coman & Co., commercial paper and collateral loans. Companion Military Order of the Loyal Legion (by inheritance). Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Glen View. Office: 234 LaSalle St. Residence: Union League Club.

COMERFORD, Frank Desalles, lawyer; b. Chicago, Sept. 25, 1875; s. Isaac and Jane (Linane) Comerford; ed. West Division High School, Northwestern Univ. Law School and Illinois College of Law (LL.D.). Prominent in practice of law; miscellaneous contributor to newspapers and magazines, and well known as lecturer. Independent Democrat. Nominated for Senator from 2d District by Democratic party, 1900; defeated. Nominated and elected, as Democrat, for Representative from 2d Dis- trict, 1904; expelled by Illinois Legislature, Feb. 8, 1905, for attacking alleged corrupt methods notorious at Springfield; special elec- tion was called bv Gov. Deneen; re-elected as independent, Apr. 4, 1905. and returned to house. Has been active on platform as advo- cate of political reform measures for past 8 years. Mem. Chicago Democratic Club, Press Club of Chicago, Referendum League, Muni- cipal Ownership League. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 904 W. 12th St. Boul.

COMPTON, Alfred McDonald, supt. of John V. Farwell Co .; b. Decatur, Ala., Dec. 15, 1847; s. Reuben and Mary (Dollar) Compton; ed. public schools of Florence, Ala .; m. Chicago, Jan. 1, 1872, Ella C. Miles (now deceased) ; 1 son: M. Alfred. At early age started in to earn a living for himself, and was for 2 or 3 years a newsboy on Mississippi River steamers plying between New Orleans and St. Louis; soon after war came North, locating in Iowa, and was for about 2 years clerk in a general merchandise store in Montezuma, Ia., until 1868; in latter year came to Chicago and entered the employ of John V. Farwell & Co., beginning in the packing room, and advancing through various depts. until 1872; then on the road for the house for 14 years, and after that a general salesman; given supervision of roadmen in 1893, and in 1896 took present position as gen. supt. Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of Chicago Commercial Assn .; active mem. and officer of the Nat. Assn. of Merchants and Travelers, which he has several times represented before Con- gressional committees. Office: 148 Market St. Residence: Downer's Grove, Ill.

COMSTOCK, Charles G., vice-pres. Otis Elevator Co .; pres. R. S. Bacon Veneer Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Quadrangle, Midlothian. Office: Railway Exchange. Residence: 4835 Lake Av.

COMSTOCK, William Charles, grain mer- chant and capitalist; b. Oswego Co .. N. Y., Oct. 20, 1847; s. Charles and Julia J. Com- stock; ed. Northwestern Univ .; m. 1868; wid- ower since 1902. Has been resident of Evanston and Chicago since 1861. and always identified with Board of Trade operations. Mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View, Chicago Golf. Washing- ton Park. Office: Board of Trade Bldg.

CONDEE, Leander D., lawyer; b. Athens Co., O., Sept. 26, 1847; s. Henry M. and Jane (Rickey) Condee; ed. public schools and St. Paul's Acad .. Kankakee, Ill .; grad. LL.B., Univ. of Michigan, 1868; m. Martha Johnson. Admitted to the bar, 1868: practiced law at Butler, Bates Co., Mo., 1869-73; since then in Chicago; principal features of practice are corporation law and chancery practice; has been identified with much important litigation. Was attorney for village of Hyde Park, 1879- 1883; for town of Hyde Park, 1891-4: elected Senator from 2nd district of Illinois, 1880; nominee for judge of Superior Court, 1892, Circuit Court, 1904, but defeated with ticket.

Republican. Methodist; trustee of St. James M. E. Church. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 4552 Wood- lawn Av., Kenwood.

CONDEE, Ralph Waterbury, lawyer; b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 4, 1877; s. Leander D. and Martha (Johnson) Condee; early education public schools; grad. Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1900. Admitted to bar by Su- preme Court of Illinois in 1900, and ever since engaged in practice of law in partner- ship with father, firm of Condee & Condee. Republican. Club: Kenwood. Office: 107 Dear- born St. Residence: 4552 Woodlawn Av.

CONDRON, Theodore Lincoln, civil- engineer; b. Washington, D. C., Apr. 16, 1866; s. Rev. George M. and Abby (Smith) Condron; ed. private and public schools of Washington, D. C., to 1879; grad., 1890, from course of civil engineering Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Ind .; received Master's degree, 1894; m. Terre Haute, Ind., June 9, 1896, Grace E. Layman; children: Tolman, Helen, Arnold. Was asst. engineer on reconstruction of the Burlington bridge over Mississippi River for C., B. & Q. R. R., 1890-91; instructor engineer- ing dept. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., and with Mr. Robert Moore, consulting en- gineer, St. Louis, 1892-4; since 1894 in Chi- cago as resident engineer of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, Ltd., in charge of. bridge and building inspection. In 1900 began prac- tice as a designing and consulting engineer, designing bridges and steel buildings for the C. & E. I. R. R., M. & O. R. R., M. K. & T. Ry., etc. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, Western Soc. of Engineers, Am. Railway En- gineering and Maintenance of Way Assn., Am. Soc. of Testing Materials, Western Railway Club and Engineers Club of Chicago. Repub- lican. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 233 S. Elmwood Av., Oak Park.

CONGDON, Charles Bowen, grain commis- sion merchant; b. Worcester Co., Mass., Mar. 11, 1853; ed. public schools of Massachusetts. Came to Chicago in 1873; mem. of the Chi- cago Board of Trade since 1874; now senior mem. of the grain commission firm of Cong- don & Steever. Trustee of Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Country. Glen View. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 1427 Judson Av., Evanston, Il1.

CONGER, Romaine Marvin, real estate; b. Palmyra, Wis., June 11, 1851; s. Marvin E. and Mary (Barnes) Conger; ed. public schools: m. Chicago, Addie Fennimore. Came to Chi- cago, 1880, and was a commercial salesman for Cleveland, Cummings & Shelly until 188 ?: since then in real estate business. Mem. Chi- cago Real Estate Board. Episcopalian. Club: Illinois. Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 494 Monroe St.

CONKEY, Walter Blakesley, pres. W. B. Conkey Co., printers and publishers; b. Ster- ling, Ont. (Canada West). July 13. 1858: s. Wil- lard and Emma (Blakesley) Conkey: ed. public schools; m. Kate Phillips; children: Walter. Henry, Jane P. Learned trade of printer in Chicago and as a very young man started in business on his own account on a small scale: pushed the business, adding new depts. until he had built up the W. B. Conkey Co., of which he has been pres. from the start, now having one of the largest publishing, printing and book binding plants in the country at Hammond, Ind., and general offices in Chicago Has printed some of the largest books and most extensive editions ever turned out in this country. Has been a prominent and active mem. of the Typotheter. Also pres, Franklin Printing & Publishing Co. Was a dir. of Ill1- nois Mfrs. Assn. 12 years, and treas for 6 years; mem. S. A. R .. Soc. Colonial Wars Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Wash- ington Park, Chicago Press, Church. Mason: Shriner, St. Bernard Commandery; life mem.

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New York chapter. Office: 345 Dearborn St. F. and Elizabeth (Lamb) Connor; ed. public Residence: 5518 East End Av.

CONKLING, Allen, manufacturer, inventor; b. Fort Plain, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1852; s. of Daniel Rose Howe and Ann Maria (Lovejoy) Conk- ling; ed. public school, acad. and commercial college, at Fort Plain, N. Y .; clerk, 1871-3; chief accountant, 1873-82, Merchants Nat. Bank, Albany, N. Y .; was one of directors, and was elected gen. mgr., 1882, Troy Laundry Machinery Co .; began to manufacture laundry machinery in Chicago, 1885. Sold out interest in Troy Laundry Machinery Co., 1901, and established the Conkling Chemical Co. and the Conkling Machinery Co., for the manufacture of soaps, chemicals and laundry machinery, of which he is inventor and patentee. Repub- lican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park. Office: 96th St. and Erie Av. Residence: Auditorium Hotel.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 37

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