The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 44

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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DAVIES, Charles Francis, lawyer; b. Ur- bana, Ill.,. Feb. 20, 1865; s. Benjamin M. and Elizabeth (Cook) Davies; early education in public schools; grad. Washburn College, 1884; Yale Law School, 1886; m. 1886, Lena Tipton, of Jacksonville, Ill .; children: Nallah Frances, Lubeth Margurite. Admitted to bar, 1886; settled in practice in Chicago same year, and by degrees built up a very large practice, in- cluding among his clients many leading cor- porations and citizens of Chicago: Club: Union League. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 3757 Prairie Av.

DAVIES, Edgar Thomas, chief of the dept. of factory and workshop inspectors of the State of Illinois; b. New York City, Sept. 12, 1873; s. Rev. P. L. and Sarah (Thomas) Da- vies; ed. public schools of Philadelphia. First employed in the Chas. M. Davies Printing and Publishing establishment, Philadelphia; was employe of the Wm. Ayers Advertising Agency of Philadelphia; came to Chicago, 1893, and was local salesman for Marshall Field & Co. for 8 years; in 1901 was made asst. chief fac- tory inspector of the State of Illinois, and Aug. 1, 1902, promoted to chief factory inspec- tor by Gov. Richard Yates. Republican. Bap- tist. Formerly mem. of Co. K, 1st Regt., I. N. G. Pres. of International Assn. of State Fac- tory Inspectors. Chairman of Child Labor Committee Cook Co. Child Saving Conference; chairman Committee of Factory Legislation of the Illinois State Conference of Charities; mem. of Children's Committee Nat. Conference of Charities and Corrections; honorary vice- pres. of the Illinois State Assn. for the pre- vention of tuberculosis. Chairman of the Con- ference Committee which drafted the Illinois Child Labor Law. Mem. of Educational Coun- sel Committee, Central Y. M. C. A. Clubs: Hamilton, Sheridan, Chicago Riding and Driv- ing. Office: Security Bldg. Residence: 465 Bowen Av.'

DAVIES, Thomas, broker in stocks and bonds; b. Prospect, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1852; s. Thomas and Anne (Jones) Davies; ed. public schools of New York to 1866; m. Utica, N. Y., 1878, Mary Williams; 1 son: Thomas, Jr. Began business life as bookkeeper in dry goods store in Utica, N. Y., 1866; came to Chi- cago, 1869, and engaged as bookkeeper with Field, Leiter & Co. until 1875; then of firm of Clapp & Davies, jewelers, until 1887, when became a mem. of L. C. Wachsmuth & Co., wholesale clothing, until 1898; since then in business as Thomas Davies & Co., brokers in stocks, bonds and investment securities. Also

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pres. of the Davies-Chittenden Co. Republican. Mem. Lakeside Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Athletic. Office: The Rook- ery.

DAVIS, Albert Job, pres. Industrial Con- struction Co .; b. Barneveld, Wis., Mar. 7, 1866; s. Benjamin Job and Sarah (Thomas) Davis; ed. in public schools and at Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind .; m. Chicago, Ill., 1891, Dora Gogen; children: Sarah, Flor- ence, Lyman, Albert. Began business career in hardware stores at Montfort and Barneveld, Wis., 1884; since then continuously engaged in the building and contracting business in Chi- cago, first as W. J. Davis & Co., later as the Elgin Factory Building Co .; after that as president of the Hastings Industrial Co., and later as the Industrial Construction Company, of which is president, the company being specially prominent as builders of sanitary milk plants, electric light plants, ice plants, cold storage plants, canning factories, etc. Republican. Office: 54 N. Clinton. Residence: 457 Evanston Av.

DAVIS, Brode Bedford, lawyer; b. Lewis, Ia., Jan. 15, 1868; s. Mahlon J. and Priscilla K. (Shuman) Davis; ed. at Univ. of Iowa, and in law dept. of Univ. of Mich., grad., LL.B., in class of 1890; m. Chicago, Feb. 6. 1901, Bertha Peacock. Admitted to bar in Michigan and Illinois in 1890; mem. of law firm of Walker & Davis from 1892 to 1900; since then in gen- eral practice of law alone, and is office asso- ciate of Col. Frank O. Lowden and Frederick R. Babcock. Dir. Mahin Advertising Co. Pres. of Beta Theta Pi. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League. Calumet, Hamilton, City. Chi- cago Law. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: 2008 Indiana Av.

DAVIS, Charles Edwin, pres. Rothschild & Co., department store; b. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 27, 1861; s. Charles and Sarah (Moulton) Davis; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1883; m. Chicago, Mar., 1888, Sarah Gordon; 1 son: Gordon. Came to Chicago in 1883, and was with John A. Tolman & Co., wholesale grocers, until 1887; in 1887 went with Nelson Morris & Co. as private sec .; gen. mgr. Roth- schild & Co., 1895-1901; since then pres. Re- publican. Mason; mem. Chevalier Bayard Commandery, K. T., and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Club: Midlothian. Office: 279 State St. Residence: 321 49th St.

DAVIS, Elsy Amos, life insurance agent; b. Macomb, Ill., Jan. 10, 1866; s. S. B. and Arti- misa (Stambaugh) Davis: ed. Macomb Normal School, Macomb, Ill., to 1885; business college, Galesburg, Ill., to 1889; m. Galesburg, Ill., Aug. 22, 1889, Mabel Johnson; 1 daughter: Ethel Bernadine. Began teaching school in 1896 at Scioto, Ill .: taught 5 terms; was traveling salesman for 7 years; entered life insurance business as an agent and in 2 years was made general agent at Galesburg, Ill .: 2 years later western mgr. at Kansas City. Mo., and on Jan. 1, 1904, state mgr. for Illinois for the Washington Life Insurance Co., which position still holds. Republican. Methodist. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 5485 Ellis Av.

DAVIS, James Henry, heating and ventilat- ing engineer; h. Oswego, N. Y .. Oct. 12, 1853: s. Richard A. and Susan A. (Sinclair) Davis; ed. public grammar and high school. Oswego, N. Y .; m. Chicago, Oct. 18. 1882, Emily E. Simmons; children: Richard J., Edith O. Came to Chicago, 1873, and shortly after engaged in the heating and ventilating business with Barker & Smith Co., of which was sec .; after- ward with F. W. Lamb & Co., Standard Radia- tor Co. and Warren Webster Co., who were succeeded in business, Mar., 1901, by the Am. Engineering Specialty Co., of which is now vice-pres, and mgr .; company do a general contracting business in steam heating, feed

water heaters and steam specialties. Repub-

lican. Christian Scientist. Mem. Am. Soc. of Heating and Ventilating Engineers. Mason; life mem. lodge, chapter and commandery. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 4916 Wash- ington Av.

DAVIS, Lewis H., lawyer and underwriter; b. near Amsterdam, N. Y., Aug., 1833; s. Clark and Effie (Fancher) Davis; ed. Madison Univ. (now Colgate); studied law with Senator Kernan and later with Senator Roscoe Conk- ling, Utica, N. Y., and was admitted to bar, 1855, while student in office of latter; m. Chi- cago, July, 1860, Harriet Whitney Farlin. Came to Chicago, 1856, and began practice in office of Buell & Davis, later of Peck, Buell & Davis, Davis & Adams (now Judge Adams), and Davis & Schuyler, until 1866. In 1866 pur- chased a one-half interest in a fire insurance agency, which was conducted until 1899 under the style of Davis & ReQua: firm of Davis & Shepherd, 1899-1901; in 1901 organized firm of Case, Shepherd & Co., and turned his inter- ests over to them. Republican; was magis- trate and judge of police court, 1858-62; U. S. Pension Agent, 1864-6; police commissioner, 1874-5. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 1458 Michigan Av.

DAVIS, Lyndall Llewellyn, dentist; b. Yeovil, Eng., Sept. 7. 1858: s. Albert and Anna (Foan) Davis; grad. Univ. of Michigan. D.D.S., 1884; m. 1st. Macon, Ga., 1894. Annie Laurie Harris; m. 2d, Chicago, Dec. 4, 1904, Miss A. Johnson. Since 1884 engaged in prac- tice of dentistry in Chicago. Demonstrator of histology, Chicago Dental College, 1884-8: prof. histology and embryology Am. Dental Col- lege, 1892-3; sec. State Board of Dental Ex- aminers, 1893-7; Dean Northwestern College of Dental Surgery, 1897-9; mem. Chicago Dental Soc. (ex-sec.). Chicago Odontographic Soc., Chicago Odontological Soc. (ex-pres.), Illinois State Dental Soc., Nat. Dental Assn. Associate editor Dental Review. 1885-91. Editor Delta Sigma Delta Desmos, 1892-4. Mem. Chicago Hussars, 1892-4. and City Troop, afterward mustered into Nat. Guard as Troop C, 1st Ill. Cav. Clubs: Jewelers'. Calumet Heights, Rogers Park Yacht and Boat. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 1143 Pratt Av.

DAVIS, Nathan Smith, Jr., M.D .. h. Chicago, Sept. 5, 1858; s. Dr. Nathan Smith and Anna Maria (Parker) Davis; grad. Northwestern Univ., 1880 (A.M., 1883): grad. Chicago Med. College, 1883: has since practiced in Chicago: post-graduate course in Heidelberg. Ger .. and Vienna, Austria, 1885; m. 1884, Jessie B. Hon- kins, Madison. Wis .; children: Nathan Smith III, Ruth, William Deering. Associate prof. pathology. 1884-6: since then prof. principles and practice of medicine and of clinical medi- cine, and dean of Northwestern Univ. Med. School; physician to Mercy Hosp. since 1884; Wesley Hosp. since 1899; formerly sec., sec- tion of practice. Am. Med. Assn .; mem. 9th International Med. Congress. Pan-Am. Med Congress, Illinois State Med. Soc .. Chicago Med. Soc .. etc., Am. Climatological Soc .. Am. Therapeutic Assn., Am. Congress of Physi- cians and Surgeons. Am. Assn. for Advance- ment of Sciences, etc. Clubs: University. On- wentsia. Author: Consumption. How to Pre- vent it and How to Live with It : Diseases of the Lungs. Heart and Kidneys: Dietetics, or Alimento-Therapy, and numerous contribu- tions to med. periodical literature. Office: S W. cor. State and Madison St. Residence: 291 Huron St.

DAVIS, Reginald John, pres. The Reginald J. Davis Co., manufacturers cabinet work, and building contractors; b. near Cardiff. South Wales, Aug. 19. 1848: 8. W. B. and Emma A. Davis; ed. public schools In Wales; m. South Wales, 1878. Amy Carlett. Learned trade In Wales and in 1879 came to the United States.

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settling in St. Paul until 1882, when came to Chicago and engaged in the manufacture of fine cabinet work, afterward adding building contracting business; organized, 1900, and is pres. and dir. of The Reginald J. Davis Co., who operate 3 factories for high class cab- inet work and are building contractors, having built the Railway Exchange, new 1st Nat. Bank Bldg., Marshall Field Annex to retail store, Heyworth Bldg. and other structures. Independent in politics. Royal Arch Mason. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: 945 S. Sawyer Av.

DAVIS, Robert Latham, renting mgr. of office bldgs .; b. on farm in Mercer Co., Ky., Oct. 9, 1862; s. Henry H. and Anna (Latham) Davis; ed. private schools at Harrodsburg, Ky., up to age of 14, then 2 years in Danville, Ky., Military Acad., and sophomore and junior years in Lake View High School, Chicago; also term at Metropolitan Business College, Chicago; m. "Lynnwood," near Danville, Ky., Apr. 29, 1891, Belle RoBards; children: Au- gusta Burton (deceased), Dorothy Belle, Robert Latham, Jr. (deceased), Louisiana Marguerite, Virginia RoBards. Moved with parents to Chicago, 1879; went to school 2 years; then in real estate office of Baird & Bradley 11 years, resigning, Dec. 14, 1891, to take position with Dibblee & Manierre, with whom is still connected, as renting mgr. of office buildings and central business property. Democrat. Episcopalian; vestryman and war- den during past 12 years at Church of Our Savior. Clubs: Mid-Day, Church, Edgewater Golf. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 1040 Winthrop Av.

DAVIS, Thomas Archibald, physician; b. Ingersoll, Ont., Dec. 22, 1858; s. Thomas and Catherine (Kennedy) Davis; moved in early life to Wisconsin; ed. public schools, followed bv partial collegiate training; taught school; employed by a milling and elevator company of New Richland, Minn .: grad. College of Physicians and Surgeons. M.D .. 1885; m. 1893, Jennie, daughter of J. L. McKee, of. Three Oaks, Mich .; interne at Cook Co. Hosp .; in practice in Chicago since 1887. Appointed lec- turer on surgery, 1887; adjunct prof. of sur- gery, 1892; associate prof. of . surgery, 1894, and in 1896 prof. of surgery (which position still holds) in Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons; for 8 years served as 1st asst. to Dr. Christian Fenger, and since 1874 has been surgeon at Cook Co. Hosp .; also surgeon West Side Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chi- cago Pathological Soc., Chicago Surgical Soc. Master Mason, K. T., Shriner. Clubs: Illinois, Physicians. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 981 Jackson Boul.

DAVIS, William J., theatrical mgr; b. on farm, Washtenaw Co., Mich., Feb. 8, 1847; s. Thomas Gleason and Ann Isabella (McWhor- ter) Davis; ed. public schools at Elkhart, Ind .; served in U. S. Navy, 1861-5; in busi- ness offices Chicago, 1866-9; in internal rev- enue service in Mississippi, 1869-73; San Francisco, 1875-6; later in railway service, Chicago; m. 1880, Jessie Bartlett, famous oper- atic contralto (died May, 1905); 1 son: Wil- Jiam J., Jr. Became advance mgr. and agent of theatrical companies; leased Haymarket Theater, Chicago. 1887: mgr. Columbia Theater, Chicago, 1890-1900; mem. Hayman & Davis Co., owners of new Illinois Theater, Chicago, of which he is mgr. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Fellowship, Chi- cago Athletic, Green Room. Office: Illinois Theater, Chicago. Residence: 4740 Grand Boul.

DAVIS, Wilson H., physician; b. Richmond, Ind., Nov. 25, 1843; s. Jacob Osborn and Ann (Bond) Davis; when 13 years old removed with family to Marion. Ind .; ed. Marion (Ind.) Acad. (2 years), and Earlham College, Rich- mond, Ind .; grad. Med. Institute, Cincinnati,

O., M.D., 1865; honorary M.D. from Rush Med. College, 1895; m. Dec. 6, 1882, Hattie L. George, of Waukegan, Ill. After graduation served 2 years in med., surgical and gynecological wards of City Hosp., Cincinnati; since 1867 in practice in Chicago. One of founders of Bennett Med. College, 1869, and for 4 years lecturer upon diseases of respiratory and cir- culatory organs; became prof. materia medica and therapeutics, same college, 1873, and since 1897 senior prof. of therapeutics in Illinois Med. College of Chicago. Was editor and mgr. Chicago Medical Times, 1875-99; visited hosps. and laboratories of Europe, 1892, studying out a new line of treatment for diseases of the kidneys; has since made a specialty of treat- ment of those diseases. Mason (32º) and Odd Fellow, and mem. of other orders. Office: Co- lumbus Memorial Bldg.

DAVISON, Charles, physician and surgeon; b. on farm in Lake Co., Ill., Jan. 13, 1858; s. Peter and Martha Maria (Whedon) Davison; ed. public schools and Wauconda Acad., 1877; grad. Northwestern Med. School (Chicago Med. College), 1883; m. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1887, Mary Lavinia Kidd; 1 son: Charles Marshall. In practice of profession from graduation to present in special work and general surgery. Was interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1883-4; attending surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. since 1894; West Side Hosp. since 1896; Samaritan Hosp. since 1902. Prof. of surgical anatomy, 1899-1900, and ad- junct prof. of clinical surgery since 1900, College of Physicians (Univ. of Illinois) ; prof. of surgery, Chicago Clinical School, since 1897; prof. clinical surgery Dearborn Med. College, since 1903; treas. and dir. West Side Hosp. since 1896, and of Chicago Clinical School since 1897. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Mis- sissippi Valley Med. Soc., Chicago Surgical Soc. Republican; Republican nominee for trus- tee of University of Illinois, 1904. M. E. Mason, K. T. and Shriner. Clubs: Illinois, Westward Ho, Lincoln (charter mem.), Meno- ken. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 955 Jack- son Boul.

DAWES, Charles Gates, financier; b. Mar- ietta, O., Aug. 27, 1865; s. Gen. Rufus R. and Mary B. Dawes; grad. Marietta College, 1884; Cincinnati Law School, 1886; m. Jan. 24, 1889, Cora D. Blymyer; children: Rufus Fearing, Carolyn. During vacations worked as civil engineer, and after final graduation became chief engineer of a road now incorporated in Toledo & Ohio Central R. R .; practiced law, Lincoln, Neb., 1887-94; since then interested! in gas business at Evanston, Ill., LaCrosse, Wis., and various points. Was executive of Mckinley movement in Illinois, resulting in Mckinley instructions at Springfield Conven- tion, Apr., 1896; Illinois mem. Republican Nat. Committee in campaign of 1896; Comptroller of the Currency, 1897-1902; since 1902 pres. Central Trust Co. of Illinois; dir. Manufac- turers' Bank. Author: The Banking Systems of the U. S. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Glen View. Evanston, Evanston Country! Evanston Golf. Marquette, Hamilton. Office: Central Trust Co. of Illinois. Home: Evanston Ill.

DAWES, Chester Mitchell, lawyer, railway official; b. N. Adams, Mass., July 14, 1855; s. Henry L. and Electa S. Dawes; grad. Yale. 1876; Boston Univ. Law School, 1878; m. May 12, 1881. Ada B. Laffin, Chicago. Admitted to bar, 1878; general solicitor C., B. & Q. R. R Co. since 1900. Republican; presidential elec tor, Illinois, 1896. Mem. Chicago Board o Education, 1899-1902. Pres. Fenton & Thom son R. R. Co .; dir. Toledo, Peoria & Westeri Ry. Co. Clubs: University, Union, Chicago Chicago Golf. Office: 209 Adams St. Residence 204 Goethe St.

DAWES, Rufus Cutler, official in gas an electric companies; b. Marietta, O., July 3(

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1867; s. Gen. Rufus R. and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; grad. Marietta College, 1886, B.A. and M.A .; m. June 3, 1893, Helen V. Pal- mer; children: William Mills, Charles Cutler, Jean Palmer. Business life has been spent in organizing and managing gas and electric light companies; pres. and dir. Union Gas & Electric Co., North Shore Gas Co., Ottumwa Gas Light, Heat & Power Co .; vice-pres., treas. and dir. East St. Louis Gas Light Co., South Shore Gas & Electric Co., Shreveport Gas & Electric Co., Granite City-Venice Elec- tric Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Michigan City- Northern Indiana Gas Co .; sec. and dir. Ben- ton Harbor-St. Joe Gas Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Glen View, Evanston Country, Evanston. Office: N. Y. Life Life Bldg. Resi- dence: 592 Ingleside, Evanston.

DAWES, William Ruggles, banker; b. Ripon, Wis., Oct. 5, 1862; s. Hector and Jane (Rug- gles) Dawes; ed. Ripon High School, and Ripon College, graduating 1884; m. White- water, Wis., Aug. 20, 1885, Margaret Booker; children: Neil Booker, Eleanor, Marian. With Spink Co. Bank, Redfield, S. Dak., 1884-9; sec. and treas. the Dawes Business Blk. Co., Lin- coln, Neb., 1890-8; sec. and treas. the Lincoln Coal Co., Lincoln, Neb., 1893-6; cashier Chicago Post Office, 1899-1902; cashier Central Trust Co. of Illinois, Chicago, since 1902. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, Con- gregational, Evanston Country, Bankers. Of- fice: Dearborn and Monroe Sts. Residence: 585 Ingleside Park, Evanston, Ill.

DAWLEY, William Sanborn, civil engineer, railway official; b. Stockton, Wis., Nov. 26, 1856; s. John T. and Lamoile W. (Sanborn) Dawley; ed. public schools, Lake City, Minn .; Univ. of Minnesota, 1875-9, graduating B.C.E., June, 1879; m. Oct., 1890, Angie L. Havens; 1 daughter: Helen Louise. Since 1879 in employ of railway companies, in their engineering depts., including the M. & St. L., 1879-84; G. N., 1883; C. & E. I., 1885-6; C., St. P. & K. C. for year 1887; since beginning of 1888 con- tinuously with C. & E. I. R. R., of which, since May, 1894, he has been chief engineer. Treas. Am. Engineering and Maintenance of Way Assn .; mem. Western Soc. of Engineers and Engineers Club. Republican. Office: La- Salle Station, Residence: 6440 Minerva Av.

DAWSON, Andrew Leslie, manufacturer; b. Springfield, Ill., Nov. 3, 1861; s. Charles H. and Julia A. (Meacham) Dawson; ed. public schools of Springfield and Peoria, Ill., grad- uating Peoria High School, 1879; m. Chicago, 1896, Helen Murphy; children: Robert L., Reginald J., Charlotte, Genevieve. Began busi- ness life with O. R. Keith & Co., wholesale millinery, 1 year; then with wholesale paper house of William H. Rogers & Co., 3 years; then in paper business for self for 3 years, until 1886, when he established in his present business as A. L. Dawson & Co., engines, boilers and machinery, contractors' machinery, steam pumps, laundry machinery, etc. Repub- lican. Office: Canal, N. E. Cor. Washington St. Residence: 6523 Woodlawn Av.

DAWSON, Edwin Alexander, railway official ; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 22, 1845; s. William and Susannah (Scott) Dawson; ed. public and private schools at Pittsburgh; m. Columbus, O., Oct. 16, 1884, Mary Osborn; children: Hor- ace Lathrop, Edwin Scott, Mary Osborn. En- tered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad System in Dec., 1863, and has since held va- rlous positions in the traffic dept. at Pitts- burgh, Pa., Columbus, O., and Chicago; has lived in Chicago since 1888, as western supt. until 1896, and since July 15, 1896, as mgr. of the Union Line Bureau of the Pennsylvania Lincs. Is a dir. of the South Chicago & South- ern Ry, Co. Republican. Served as private in Co. B, 193d Pa. Vol., 1864. Office: 4 Sherman St. Residence: 1225 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.

DAWSON, George Ellis, lawyer; b. Loami, Sangamon Co., Ill., June 23, 1847; s. Charles H. and Julia (Meacham) Dawson; grad. Springfield (Il1.) High School, 1864; Univ. of Michigan, A.B., 1870 (later A.M.); taught school 10 years, and studied law at same time; m. Chicago, Sept. 29, 1885, Eva Manierre; children: Manierre, Mitchell, Lovell. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1881; mem. law firm of Pedrick & Dawson, 1882-1904; since then alone. Was for 31/2 years asst. atty and atty. for Sanitary District of Chicago. Mem. Illinois State Bar Assn., Cook Co. Bar Assn., Chicago Law In- stitute. Democrat. Mem. Chicago Literary Club, Cercle d'Alliance Française. Club: City. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 100 E. 24th St.

DAWSON, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, July 31, 1868; s. John and Mary (Carney) Dawson; grad. North Division High School. 1886, and from law dept. of Lake Forest Univ., LL.B., 1894; m. Chicago, 1898, Mary E. Moran. Engaged in general practice of law in Chicago since 1894. Democrat; has served as Co. Central Committeeman from the 26th Ward; appointed chief asst. prosecuting atty. by Mayor Harrison in 1897; is pres. of the Police & Firemen's Mexican Plantation Co .; counsel for Police Defense Assn .; elected sen- ator from 6th Senatorial district, 1900, and declined renomination, 1904. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Ravenswood Männerchor, Cook Co. Democracy and ex-pres. of the Lake View Irish-American Club. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 816 Wilson Av.

DAY, Albert M., grain commission; formerly mem. firm of Counselman & Day; dir. West- ern Stove Co. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic, Caxton, Onwentsia. Residence: Lake For- est.

DAY, Francis Thomas, investment banker; b. Mountain Home, Colo., Oct. 14, 1868; s. Wil- liam J. and Anna Patterson (Stewart) Day; ed. Colorado public schools until 1879; Ala- mosa (Colo.) High School, 1883; Colorado Military. Institute, Cañon City, Colo., 1883-5, graduating as B.S. and rank of 2d lieut. in the Grand Army State Guard, 1885; m. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 12, 1891, Rebecca Brown Lawrence; 1 daughter: Luella Elvia. Clerk in general store, Walsenburg, Colo., 1885-90; asst. postmaster, postmaster, city clerk and city treas., Walsenburg. Colo., 1890- 1893; in real estate loans and insurance busi- ness, and served as clerk in the District Court and in other minor offices in Walsen- burg, Colo., 1893-1900; came to Chicago, 1900, and in 1901, with William Everett, the pres- ent pres., organized the Western Trust &

Guaranty Co., stocks, bonds and investments. of which he is sec .- treas. Republican. Episco- palian. Mason, Kenwood Lodge, Fairview Chapter, Apollo Commandery, K. T., Oriental Consistory (32º), Medinah Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 1430 Montrose Boul.

DAY. Leonidas A. L., oculist and aurist; b. Belmont Co., O .; s. Israel H. and Catherine (Wise) Day; grad. Pulte Med. College, Cincin- nati, O., M.D., 1885; New York Home. Med. College, M.D., 1890; College of New York Ophthalmic Hosp., with degree of Ocular and Aural Surgeon, 1891. Located in Martinsburg, W. Va., in 1885; Chicago since 1892. Prof. of ophthalmology, otology and laryngology in Hering Med. College and Hosp .. Chicago. Mem Am. Institute of Homeopathy, and of Inter- national Hahnemannian Assn. Office: Masonic Temple. Residence: Wychmere Hotel

DEAN, Marvin Ansel, treas. Sprague, War- ner & Co .: b. Canaan, Conn., Nov. 13, 1$52; 8 Henry and Almira (Munson) Dean; ed. schools of Canaan, Conn., and law office of Peet & Dean; m. Falls Village, Conn., Dec. 31, 15.6. Carrie A. Canfield; children: William Dwight,

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Frances Caroline. Was clerk of Nat. Iron Bank at Falls Village from 14 to 18 years of age; asst. treas. and treas. Falls Village Sav- ings Bank from 18 to 26 years of age; sec. State Assn. of Savings Banks of Connecticut, 1877; came west, 1878; resided Sparta, Wis., 2 years; with Sprague, Warner & Co., wholesale grocers, since 1881; now dir. and treas. Inde- pendent Republican. Office: Sprague, Warner & Co. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 44

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