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ANDREWS, Albert Henry, physician; b. Os- kaloosa, Ia., Dec. 21, 1861; s. Benjamin C. and Mary (Bruff) Andrews; grad. Med. Dept., Univ. of Iowa, 1889; m. Alton, Kan., 1886, Hattie Frazey; children: Jay W., Loire. Began practice of medicine, 1889, first at Marion, Ia., and later at Springville, Ia., in general prac- tice until 1895; since then in special practice in Chicago as oculist and aurist. Prof. of otol- ogy, Post-Graduate Med. School; oculist and aurist and director, German Am. Hosp .; eye and ear surgeon, Chicago, Rock Island & Pa- cific R. R. Mem. Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, Chicago Laryngological and Climatological Assn., Am. Med. Assn., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc. Club: Physicians. Republican. Methodist. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 4714 Greenwood Av.
ANDREWS, Alfred Hinsdale, manufacturer and merchant; b. New Britain, Conn., Dec. 25, 1838; s. Alfred and Mary L. (Shipman) An- drews: ed. graded school and high school of New Britain. Conn., and Suffield (Conn.) In- stitute; m. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 6, 1872, Ella Matson; children: Bertha Matson, Herbert Cornelius. Clerk for the Holbrook School Ap- paratus Co. of Chicago, 1857-65. In 1865 en- gaged in business on his own account under Arm name of A. H. Andrews & Co., becoming extensive manufacturers of and dealers in school furniture and supplies, opera chairs, church, bank, lodge and office furniture, etc. The firm was incorporated 1896 as the A. H. Andrews Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars. Office: 174-176 Wabash Av. Residence: Lombard, Du Page Co., Ill.
from college in 1890 entered employ of the Burlington & Missouri River R. R., in Ne- braska, until 1893, when entered on law course; admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois, 1895; associated with law firm of
Paden & Gridley until May 1, 1898; since then in association with Eugene G. Fassett in law firm of Fassett & Andrews. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Ravenswood, Skokie Country. Office: 204 Dear- born St. Residence: 2583 N. Hermitage Av.
ANDREWS, Clement Walker, librarian John Crerar Library since 1895; b. Salem, Mass., Jan. 13, 1858; s. Joseph and Judith (Walker) Andrews; grad. Harvard, 1879 (A.M., 1880); instructor of chemistry, 1883-95, and librarian, 1889-95, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy. Unmarried. Mem. Am. Library Assn., etc .; hon. mem. Cobden Club: Clubs: Onwentsia, Union, University, Chicago Literary (vice- pres.). Office: The John Crerar Library. Resi- dence: Union Club.
ANDREWS, Edward Wyllys, surgeon; b. Chicago, Mar. 25, 1856; s. Dr. Edmund and Sarah E. (Taylor) Andrews; ed. Babcock's and Palmer's private Acads., Northwestern Univ., A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881, Chicago Med. College, M.D., 1881, Univ. Vienna, Austria, 1884-5; m. Bloomington, Ill., 1890, Alice Scranton Davis (daughter G. P. Davis, granddaughter of Hon. David Davis, judge and vice-pres. of U. S., and U. S. Senator); children: Edmund, Eleanor. Engaged in practice as surgeon in Chicago, since 1881; since 1883 prof. surgery in North- western Univ. Med. School. Surgeon Mercy Hosp. since 1881, Michael Reese Hosp., 1891, Wesley Hosp., 1900, consulting surgeon Provi- dent Hosp., 1904, Captain-Surgeon I. N. G. 1884; U. S. Surgeon, Bureau of Pensions, since 1889. Author of Surgery of the Stomach; New Methods of Herniotomy; Rectal and Anal Surgery, etc. President Chicago Surgical Soc .; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Am. Surgical Assn., Il - linois State Med. Soc., Cook Co. Med. Soc., Mississippi Valley Med. Assn., Tri-State Med. Soc. Mem. Loyal Legion. Club: Univer- sity. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 2525 Prai- rie Av
ANDREWS, Frank Taylor, physician; b. Chicago, Apr. 10, 1858; s. Edmund and Sarah E. (Taylor) Andrews; ed. Chicago public schools, Chicago Acad., Northwestern Univ., A.B., 1881, A.M., 1885; Chicago Med. College, M.D., 1884; m. Chicago, 1893, Miss C. M. Gal- lup; children: Frank T., Jr., Howard Gallup, Robert Harvey, Susannah Elizabeth. In prac- tice of medicine in Chicago since 1884; special- ist in gynecology. Prof. gynecology in med. school of Northwestern Univ .; gynecologist to Mercy and Wesley Hosps. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecological Soc., Mississippi Valley Med. Assn., Sigma Chi and Phi Rho Sigma fraternities. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Literary, University. Office: 100 State St. Resi- dence: 4589 Oakenwald Av.
ANDREWS, James Roy, sec. and treas. An- drews & Johnson; b. Galesburg, Ill., May 2, 1871; s. James W. and Sarah (Gould) An- drews; ed. Chicago public schools, Lake View High School and Metropolitan Business Col- lege; unmarried. After leaving college, 1892, entered firm of Andrews & Johnson, heating and ventilating contractors, and 2 years later was made sec. of the company until early in 1904; since then treas. and sec. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason; past master of Ra- venswood Lodge, No. 777. Clubs: Ravenswood. Hinsdale Golf, Illinois Athletic. Office: 256 Washington Boul. Residence: 2614 N. Hermit- age Av.
ANDREWS, Joseph Hyde, real estate owner and builder; b. Milan, Erie Co., O., Nov. 17, 1835; s. Ebenezer and Rachel (Hyde) Andrews; ed. Huron Institute, Milan, O., and later
ANDREWS. Carlos Samuel, lawyer; b. Anna- wan, Henry Co., Ill., Feb. 16, 1871; s. Samuel L. and Frances (Talbot) Andrews; ed. public schools; grad. Doane College, Crete, Neb., A.B., 1890. and Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1895; unmarried. After graduation . Green's Farms Acad., Fairfield Co., Conn., and East Hampton, Mass .; grad., B. A., Yale Col- lege, 1859 (M.A., 1862); grad. Cincinnati Law College, LL.B., 1860; unmarried. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1860, New York bar, 1861, later to Illinois bar; in law office of Speir & Nash,
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New York City, 1861-2; since 1862 in Chicago; in coal trade and shipping business on Lakes until 1867; since then in real estate and build- ing; built several buildings which were de- stroyed in fires of 1871 and 1874; afterward rebuilt at same locations, on Madison St., Clark St. and Wabash Av. Was 20 years mem. Board of Trade of Chicago. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi Chapter of Yale), and Chicago Delta Kappa Epsilon Assn. Mem. Art Institute of Chicago. Clubs: Yale (director and a vice-president), Calumet (charter mem .; was chairman Finance Committee at time of rebuilding, 1894, and a director several years). Office: 194 Clark St. Residence: Calumet Club.
ANDREWS, Martin, vice-pres. the King & Andrews Co., iron founders; b. Steubenville, O., Aug. 11, 1861; s. Martin and Caroline (Wol- cott) Andrews; studied at Yale Univ., 1884; m. Chicago, Aug. 29, 1885, Edith Erskine; children: Martin, Jr., Barbara Wolcott, Wol- cott. Began business career with Illinois Wire Nail Co. in 1887, continuing until 1890, when became associated with the King & Andrews Co., at Chicago Heights, as vice-pres. and treas., which position still fills; also pres. of Phoenix Fire Extinguisher Co., with works at Chicago Heights. Republican. Office: Chicago Heights, Ill .; First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago. Residence: 742 Winthrop Av.
ANDREWS, Sidney Francis, lawyer; b. Allegheny City, Pa., Mar. 2, 1857; s. James and Maria (Carson) Andrews; grad. Western Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1878, B.S .; took post- graduate course, 1878-9, at Cornell Univ., and 1879-80, at Carlsruhe, Ger .; studied law at St. Louis, Mo., 1880-2; m. Bolivar, Tenn., 1887, Mary W. Fentress. Admitted to bar at St. Louis, Mo., 1882, and engaged in general practice of law; in 1892 accepted position of local atty. for the I. C. R. R. Co., and after- ward became district atty. and asst. general solicitor for the company; now gen. atty. for the same company. Mem. Chicago and Illinois State Bar Assns. Republican, with some demo- cratic tendencies. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Homewood. Office: Central Station. Residence: 120 Lincoln Park Boul.
ANDRUS, Sherwood Dickerson, insurance; b. Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Apr. 5, 1855; s. Merritt M. and Angelica F. Andrus; ed. public schools, Watertown, N. Y., and Hope College, Holland, Mich .; m. Chicago, June 18, 1888, Laura J. Stebbins. Began busi- ness career, 1871, in office of Northern Ins. Co. of New York, at Watertown, N. Y .; came to Chicago and was asst. cashier Sprague, War- ner & Co., wholesale grocers, 1878-84; special agent Sun Fire Office of England, in Illinois, 1884-6; with Norwich Union Fire Insurance Soc. of England, for Illinois and Indiana, 1886-90; daily report examiner Western Dept., National Fire Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., 1890-3; special agent for Providence Washington Insurance Co., of Providence, R. I., for Illinois and Tennessee, since 1893. Was sergeant Co. C, 39th Regt. N. G. of State of New York, 1876-8. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Auburn Park Lodge No. 736 A. F. & A. M., mem. Fidelity Council No. 74, Royal League, Normal Park. Clubs: Round Table, Friendship, Adelphian. Office: 315 Dearborn St. Residence: 5344 Drexel Av.
ANGUS, John, contractor; b. Scotland, Feb. 10, 1845; s. John and Elizabeth (Ganson) Angus; ed. public schools of Scotland; m. Nov. 9, 1871, Agnes Jackson. of New York City; children: John, Esther. William. Learned cut- stone trade in Scotland, under his father, who was a cut-stone contractor and superintendent of a stone quarry; went to England, 1866, where worked for a year; came to U. S., 1867, and worked at his trade until 1872; engaged in business with his brother, William, as William and J. Angus, cut-stone contractors, 1872-5: in
business alone, 1875-80; in firm of Allen, Angus & Gindele, 1880-1; then of firm of Angus & Gindele; now pres. of Angus Bros. & Co. Re- publican. Mason; mem. Lakeside Lodge, A. F. & A. M., York Chapter, R. A. M., and Cheva- lier Bayard Commandery, K. T. Clubs: Union League, Builders. Office: 188 Madison St. Resi- dence: 3139 Michigan Av.
ANSON, Adrian C., city clerk of Chicago; b. Marshalltown, Ia., Apr. 17, 1852; s. Henry and Jeannette (Rice) Anson; ed. public school, Marshalltown, Ia., 1858-67; State University of Iowa, 1867-9; Univ. of Notre Dame, 1869; Pearsons Business College, Philadelphia, 1876; m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1876, Virginia M. Fiegel; children: Grace R., Adele, Dorothy, Virginia. Became identified with base-ball, profession- ally, about 1871, being 1 year in the Rock- ford (Ill.) Club, and 4 years in Philadelphia, before coming to Chicago, 1876, and becom- ing, for 22 years, captain and manager of the Chicago National League Base Ball Club, in which still holds 130 shares of stock. Made a trip to Europe in base-ball interests, 1874, and while with the Chicago Club made a trip around the world in 1888. Now pres. and treas. A. C. Anson Co., bowling alleys and billiard hall. Democrat; mem. Cook Co. Marching Club; elected city clerk of Chicago, Apr., 1905. Of- fices: City Hall and 141 E. Madison St. Resi- dence: 160 E. 30th St.
ANTHONY, George Fort Donelson, lawyer: b. Chicago, Feb. 18, 1862; s. Judge Elliott and Mary (Dwight) Anthony; ed. Chicago public school, West Division High School, Amherst College, graduating, A.B., 1885, A.M., 1888; grad. Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1887; m. first, Emma E. Niblock, 1895; m. sec- ond, Miss Levene Thomas, Feb. 20, 1904. Since 1887 has been engaged in general practice of law in firm of C. E. & G. D. Anthony. Ex-State Senator, 21st Dist., 1895-9. Mason (32°), K. P .. Odd Fellow and mem. National Union, Exalted Ruler of Elks. Mem. Illinois Bar Assn. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 383 LaSalle Av.
ANTISDALE, Edwin Sawyer, physician; b. Manchester, N. Y., May 17, 1861; s. Luther B. and Lucy M. (Southworth) Antisdale; ed. pub- lic schools of Centreville, Mich., to June, 1878; ·taught graded school in Nyack, N. Y., 1879-82; entered Michigan Agricultural College, grad. B.S., 1885; grad. regular med. dept. Univ. of Michigan, M.D., 1890; m. 1st, June 21. 1888. Helen L. Gardner, Centreville, Mich., who died June 19, 1891, leaving daughter, Helen Ger- trude (b. June 16, 1891) : m. 2d. Cleveland O .. Sept. 18, 1895, Stella Minor. Practiced for 3 years in Berrien Co., Mich., 1890-3; as special- ist in eve, ear, nose and throat diseases at Benton Harbor, Mich., 1893-7; since then in Chicago. Prof. of clinical ophthalmology, Har- vey Med. College, since 1898. Was asst. sur- geon Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirm- ary, 1901-3; ophthalmologist and otologist to Continental Hosp., Chicago. Was granted a. U. S. patent on a book rest, June 17. 1902. Re- publican. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 5403 Woodlawn Av.
ANTISDEL, Albert, general mgr. Am. Ex- press Co .; b. Lodi, Otsego Co .. N. Y .. May 7, 1840; s. Daniel A. and Mary (North) Antisdel; ed. high school, Clarksville. N .. Y .; m. Coop- erstown, N. Y., 1862. Sophia M. Bradford: children: Ophelia Martha (Mrs. Charles Ed- ward Blakeway), Mary Fargo, Lloyd Sterling. At age of 20 entered a mercantile house, re- maining 3 years; came west. entered service Am. Express Co. as agent at Jackson, Mich .. in Apr., 1863: promoted to route agent, Michi- gan division. 1864-5: agent Detroit. 1865-7; asst. supt. Illinois division. 1867-9; supt. Wis- consin division. 1869: in 1881 the Minnesota division, comprising the States of Minnesota. Dakota, and the Province of Manitoba. were added to the Wisconsin division under his care; promoted general supt. Northwestern
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division, 1884-6; asst. general mgr. with head- quarters Chicago in 1886, general mgr. since Feb. 1, 1893; now also vice-pres. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago, Washington Park, Saddle and Cycle, Mid-Day (mem. executive committee). Office: 76 Monroe St. Residence: 66 Bellevue Place.
ANTRAM, Harry Alfred, box and label man- ufacturer; b. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 10, 1856; s. James B. and Sarah E. (Stevens) Antram; ed. public and high schools, Cincinnati, O., to 1871; m. Cincinnati, June 17, 1885, Bertha G. Basch; one daughter: Edith S. Was engaged in vari- ous business connections at Cincinnati, O., 1871-8; then became traveling salesman; in 1885 became identified with the druggists' box and label trade; came to Chicago, 1888, from Cincinnati, O .; in 1894 organized the Randolph Box and Label Co., of which is vice-pres. and general mgr. Republican. Mason-Dearborn Lodge, Chicago Chapter, Chevalier Bayard Commandery. Mem. Chicago Drug Trade Club and Chicago Athletic Assn. Office: Lake and Clark Sts. Residence: 4619 Woodlawn Av.
AP MADOC, William Tudor, lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1873; s. William and Elize (Maurice) Ap Madoc; ed. public schools, Utica, Utica Acad .; also special course Ar- mour Institute, Chicago, during its first year; later attended Univ. of Michigan, studying in both literary and law depts., grad. LL.B., 1896; unmarried. Admitted to Illinois bar,
June, 1896; now mem. law firm Peckham, Smith, Packard & Ap Madoc, attorneys for the First National Bank of Chicago and other prominent corporations. Republican. Was pres. Welsh Republican Club of Illinois, 1900; has campaigned in all campaigns since. 1896. Presbyterian. Mem. Landmark Lodge A. F. & A. M. (Master, 1900). Sec. Graduate Council Central Debating League, comprising North- western and Chicago Univs., and Univs. of Michigan and Minnesota. Chairman of New City Charter Committee of the Hamilton Club and mem. Campaign Committee of Chicago New Charter Convention, 1904. Clubs: Colonial, Hamilton. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 4905 Washington Park Pl.
ARMBRUST, Charles William, manufacturer of railway supplies; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1861; s. Abraham and Anna Elizabeth (Colebrook) Armbrust; ed. Union School and Union Classical Institute, Schenectady, grad- uating, 1883; m. Schenectady, Dec. 25, 1884, Harriet Webber; children: Charles William, Jr., Dorothy. Began career as tutor, afterward as private clerk to J. W. Hutt, general supt. National Express Co., Albany, N. Y .; private clerk to Edgar Hill, general freight agent Bee Line R. R., Cleveland, O .; private clerk to Oscar G. Murray, vice-pres., C., C., C. & St. L. R. R., Cincinnati, for a short time; chief clerk to E. P. Lord, supt. motive power, C., C., C. & St. L. R. R .. Cincinnati; asst. to pur- chaser C., C., C. & St. L. R. R., Cincinnati. In 1899 organized the Manufacturers' Ry. Supply Co., doing a general commission business in railway supplies; was pres. from the inception of the company. In 1900 and since invented and engaged in the manufacture and selling of Interlocking Car Brake Shoes, Interlocking Driver Brake Shoes and Interlocking Driver Brake Heads. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 6023 Lexington Av.
ARMBRUSTER, Ferdinand Philip, mer- chant; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 18, 1861; s. Charles William and Catherine Elizabeth Arm- bruster; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chi- cago, Aug. 3, 1892, Norma E. Schlichting; no children. From 1876 to 1882 was with John S. Stott in the stationery business; in 1882 en- tered, in a humble capacity, the old pioneer house of Burley & Tyrrell (established 1838) -the leading house in the west in the whole- sale trade in crockery, china, and glassware; advanced step by step until he reached his
present position as sec. and treas. to the com- pany. Republican. Club: Oak Park. Office: 238- 240 Adams St. Residence: Oak Park.
ARMOUR, J(onathan) Ogden, capitalist, packer; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11, 1863; s. late Phillip Danforth and Malvina Belle (Og- den) Armour; entered Yale, but did not com- plete course, yielding to request of father that he should return to Chicago and relieve him of some of his business cares; m. New York, Lolita Sheldon; one daughter: Lolita. Now pres. and director of corporation of Armour & Co., packers, Ft. Worth Stock Yards Co .; di- rector of Armour Car Lines, Armour Grain Co., C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co., Continental Na- tional Bank, Hammond Packing Co., Hutchin- son Packing Co., National Packing Co., North- western National Insurance Co., Omaha Pack- ing Co .; Am. trustee Prussian National Insur- ance Co. of Stettin. Clubs: Chicago, Commer- cial, Calumet, Washington Park. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Residence: 3724 Michigan Av.
ARMOUR M(ichael) Cochrane, resident part- ner of Rogers, Brown & Co., pig iron mer- chants; b. Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851; s. John and Lillias Armour; ed. public schools; m. Hyde Park, Chicago, June, 1888, to Minnie T. Huggins; four children. Began business career at Marshall, Mich., as clerk for the Hon. George Ingersoll, grain and merchant milling; later at same place in grain and grocery busi- ness with his father under firm name of J. & M. C. Armour; came to Chicago in 1876, and was for some years a dept. mgr. for Adams & Westlake Co .; went to Cincinnati, where was vice-pres. and general mgr. of the Radford Pipe and Foundry Co., also partner in the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co .; returned to Chi- cago, 1895, still as partner in the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co. Also pres. and director Chicago Short Line Ry .; pres. and director of the Iroquois Iron Co .; vice-pres. and director Rogers Iron Mining Co .; director Cleveland Furnace Co. Clubs: Union League, Country Club of Evanston, Glen View Golf. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 1608 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.
ARMS, Harrison, pres. Arms Palace Horse Car Co .; b. Adams, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1839; s. Lu- man and Elizabeth (Pierce) Arms; ed. public schools of New York State; m. Henderson, N. Y., 1863, Lucy R. Wooley. Began life as farmer in New York at age of 18; then became proprietor of livery and sales stable at Toledo, O., from 1863 to 1883. when came to Chicago; organized the Arms Palace Horse Car Co. in Toledo in 1886, of which has been at head as pres. and director since its organization; di- rector Toledo Carriage Woodwork Co., Toledo, O. Republican. Club. Washington Park. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 2243 Michigan Av.
ARMS, William Rufus, mgr. city office, Darling & Co .; b. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1852; s. W. R. and Harriet M. Arms; ed. Albany pub- lic schools; m. Chicago, Apr. 29, 1879, Jennie L. Lockwood; children: Frank R., Fred L. Came to Chicago, Sept. 3, 1873, from Albany; worked for the Union Stock Yards and Transit Co., and later in business for himself on Chi- cago Board of Trade, until 1894; since then city mgr. for Darling & Co., whose principal office and factory are at the Union Stock Yards and who are wholesale dealers in hides, wool, tallow and other animal products. Re- publican. Mem. Royal Arcanum, National Union, American Fraternal League. Club: Charlevoix. Office: 133 Kinzie St. Residence: 1012 E. Fifty-ninth St.
ARMSBY, James Kendall, Jr., merchant; b. Beloit, Wis., Nov. 21, 1866; s. James K. and Mary (Wyman) Armsby; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Oct. 28, 1891, Mary Livingston, daughter of Richard L. Dakin; children: Mary, Jeffrey Kendall (now deceased). En- tered house of James K. Armsby & Co. in 1882, at a salary of $5 per week; traveling salesman
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for same, 1885-94, and pres. since 1902. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Skokie Golf, Evanston Country, Evanston Boat, also Ark- wright of New York, Cosmos, San Francisco, Pasadena (Calif.) Country. Office: 42 River St. Residence: Evanston, Il1.
ARMSTRONG, Charles Mackie, grain com- mission; b. Baltimore, Mo., Oct. 18, 1849; s. George Buchanan (founder of the Railway Mail Service) and Julia (Mackie) Armstrong; came to Chicago from Baltimore with parents in 1854; ed. public and high schools of Chi- cago, grad. 1867; m. Chicago, Oct. 9, 1879, Nettie Southard. After leaving school was first in employ of James H. Dole Co., com- mission merchants. In 1902 established busi- ness for himself as a commission merchant in grain exclusively. Mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Kenwood. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg. Residence: 4751 Lake Av.
ARMSTRONG, Frank H., sec. Reid, Mur- doch & Co., wholesale grocers; b. Wayne Co., O., July 27, 1853; s. William B. and Phebe (Hough) Armstrong; ed. public schools, Mt. Vernon, Ia., and at Cornell College there (hon. A.M., same) ; m. Miss Blanche Swingley, Chi- cago; one son: Horace W. Came to Chicago from Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1873, and entered em- ploy of Reid, Murdoch & Fischer, in sales dept., and in 1881 was given profit-sharing in- terest. In 1891, when its successor, Reid, Murdoch & Co. (wholesale grocers) was incor- porated, he became sec. and still continues. Is a governing mem. of the Art Institute; trustee Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia. Clubs: Merchants (ex-sec., vice-pres., 1905-6), Union League, Mid-Day, Evanston, Onwentsia. Of- fice: Lake and Market Sts. Residence: 1622 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.
ARMSTRONG, George Buchanan, journal- ist; b. Baltimore, Md .; s. George Buchanan Armstrong (founder of the U. S. Ry. Mail Service) and Julia H. W. (McKee) Armstrong; ed. Chicago High School and Union College of Law; m. Jennie M. Stanard; one son: George B., Jr. Became connected with the Chicago Inter Ocean staff in May, 1872, serving as music and art critic until May, 1882; also city editor Inter Ocean, 1877-82; resigned in May, 1882. having been appointed by Pres. Arthur to the office of Register of Public Lands in Dakota Territory; established the Daily Times at Huron, S. D., and aided in the organization of the Huron National Bank, of which he was vice-pres. Was also pres. of Huron School Board for 2 years. served as Register of Pub- lic Lands for 4 years; then bought the Daven- port (Ia.) Gazette and edited it for 2 years; sold the Gazette and became editorial writer and literary editor Detroit Free Press; when the Chicago Evening Post was established ac- cepted position as editorial writer and music critic on the Evening Post staff, and served as such until 1894, when he became interested in music trade journalism; was editor of the Chicago Indicator and part owner, for 10 years; now editor and proprietor the Chicago Piano Trade, monthly magazine. Republican. Mem. Chicago Board of Education, 1878-81, and vice-pres. of the school board for 1 year; mem. Chicago Public Library Board. 1881-2. Office: Steinway Hall. Residence: 1669 Ken- more Av.
ARMSTRONG, Julius, supt. Chicago City Missionary Soc .; b. La Salle Co., Ill., Aug. 18, 1840; s. George W. and Nancy (Green) Arm- strong; ed. public school, Morris, Ill., 1857-60. taking a classical course; Chicago Theological Seminary, 1871-4, graduating B.D., 1874; D.D., Wheaton College, 1898: m. Grundy Co., Ill., Aug. 10, 1865, Hattic V. Goodrich; children: Rev. A. H. Armstrong, Mrs. Anna Armstrong Green, J. R. Armstrong. Enlisted in 91st Illi- nois Infy., Aug., 1862, and served 3 years, be- ginning as 4th sergeant; promoted to 1st ser-
geant, 1863, and to 2d lieutenant, 1864. Congre- gational clergyman in regular pastorates, 1874-82; since its organization, Dec. 12, 1882; supt. of the Chicago City Missionary Soc. of the Congregational Church. Director Chicago Theological Seminary, 1888-1902. Republican. Formerly mem. George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., but resigned because of pressure of other duties. Office: 151 Washington St. Residence: 743 W. Harrison St.
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