The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 51

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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DYRENFORTH, Julius Wilson, patent law- yer; b. Waukegan, Ill., Dec. 17, 1858; s. Julius

and Caroline (Thomson)

Dyrenforth; ed. Carlsruhe, Ger., and at his father's (Dyren- forth's) academy, Chicago; grad. Union Col- lege of Law, LL.B., 1887; m. Chicago, May 31, 1890, Clara L. Manning. After leaving school was first a bookkeeper and then engaged in mining in Colorado, but eventually took up the study of law; was admitted to Illinois bar, 1887; now a mem. of the firm of Dyrenforth, Dyrenforth & Lee. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Waupansen. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 3821 Lake Av.

DYRENFORTH, Philip Charles, patent law- yer; b. Chicago, 1848; s. Julius and Caroline (Thomson) Dyrenforth; ed. in Dyrenforth's In- stitute (conducted by his father) and was afterward a teacher there; spent the year 1876 in the patent office at Washington to prepare himself for his profession; returned to Chicago and established as a solicitor of patents while student in Union College of Law; grad., 1879. After a few years' general practice became exclusively a patent lawyer; joined by his brother, William H., in 1882; by Julius W., another brother, in 1890, and by youngest brother, Douglas, in 1891; John H. Lee later became a partner in the firm, which is now known as Dyrenforth, Dyrenforth & Lee. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Patent Bar Assn. (was pres., 1893-4). Club: Edgewater Golf. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 425 LaSalle Av.

DYRENFORTH, William H., patent lawyer; b. Waukegan, Ill., 1855; s. Julius and Caroline (Thomson) Dyrenforth; ed. Carlsruhe, Ger., and at his father's (Dyrenforth) institute, in Chicago, in which he was later one of the teachers; grad. Union College of Law, 1882; m. Chicago, 1885, Dora Ketcham; children: Ernest, Donald, Dorothy, Lucien Young. Be- gan practice in partnership with brother, Philip C., firm becoming Dyrenforth & Dyren- forth; now Dyrenforth, Dyrenforth & Lee. Was one of the founders and pres. of the Personal Rights League. Was lecturer on patent law in Kent Law School, Chicago. Pres. Flora Burner and Lamp Co. and the Fortin- molite Metal Co. Office: Monadnock Blk. Resi- dence: Evanston, Ill.

EADS, Benjamin Brindley, physician; b. Paris, Ky., Jan. 23, 1870; s. Darwin D. and Anna (Adair) Eads; ed. private schools in Paris, Ky., Carthage Collegiate Institute, Carthage, Mo., Jefferson Med. College, Phila- delphia, Pa., M.D., 1891; m. Mauch Chunk, Pa., 1898, Elizabeth Stedman. Was resident sur- geon Jefferson Hosp., Philadelphia, 1891-2; came to Chicago, 1892. Was instructor of anat- omy and physiology Rush Med. College, 1893- 1894; prof. of anatomy. Illinois Med. College, 1894-7; prof. of applied anatomy, operative and orthopedic surgery, Illinois Med. College, 1897-9; prof. of surgery and clinical surgery and dean Illinois Med. College, since 1899. Sur- geon to Illinois Hosp. and Free Dispensary. Surgeon Cook Co. Hosp., appointed Jan., 1905. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illi- nois State Med. Soc. Mason: Union Park Lodge, York Chapter; mem. St. Bernard Com- mandery, K. T., and of Medinah Temple, Mys- tic Shrine. Club: Illinois. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 683 Washington Boul.

EAGAN, William Howard, pres. Jackson Trust & Savings Bank; b. Mahone Bay, N. S., July 4, 1865; s. S. L. and Margaret A. (Spear- water) Eagan; ed. public schools of Spring- field, Mass., and Hutchinson, Kan .; m. Hutch- inson, Kan., 1896, Alberta Stedman. Began business career with the First Nat. Bank of Hutchinson, Kan., as a messenger, in 1884, and worked up to the position of cashier; came to Chicago, 1903, and organized the Jackson Trust & Savings Bank, of which he

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is pres. Republican. Protestant. Club: Hamil- ton. Office: 15 Jackson Boul. Residence: Chi- cago Beach Hotel.

EAGER, George Eugene, music teacher; b. Enfield, Mass., Mar. 15, 1859; s. John D. and Clarissa (Lathrop) Eager; ed. public schools and at New Haven (Conn.) High School and Gen. Russell's Military Acad., preparing for Yale, but was prevented by ill-health from taking a college course and decided on a musi- cal career; studied at the Royal Conservatory of Music at Leipzig, where for 4 years was under instruction in piano, of Prof. Dr. Carl Reinecke and Bruno Zwintcher, and in theory under Dr. Jadassohn and Gustav Schreck, and received the Helbig prize for excellence. Upon return to America taught for a year at Steinway Hall, New York, and was pianist of the Mozart Club of New York, playing in many concerts; came to Chicago, 1892, in order to take charge of the music dept. of Lake Forest Univ. in Ferry Hall Seminary, Lake Forest, Ill .; also instructs private pupils in Chicago. Office: 203 Michigan Av. Resi- dence: Lake Forest.

EAGLE, William Henry, wholesale broker and commission merchant; b. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 29, 1860; s. Joseph A. and Margaret Eagle; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Milwau- kee, June, 1898, Nancy Belle Parker. Began business life, 1875, as a boy in the employ of W. S. Knight & Co. (established 1874), whole- sale brokers in dried and canned goods and other California products, and eastern canned goods. Has continued with the house ever since and is now at its head as pres. Demo- crat. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Office: 2-4 Wabash Av. Residence: 214 33d St.

EARLE, Frank B., physician; b. Illinois, Oct. 22, 1860; s. Moses L. and Maria E. (Breckenridge) Earle; grad. Waukegan (Ill.) High School, 1881; College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, M.D., 1885; m. 1885, Eliza- beth H. Biddlecom. Engaged in general prac- tice of medicine since 1885. Prof. of obstet- rics, 1894-1902; prof. of pediatrics since 1903, and sec. since 1901, College Physicians and Surgeons. Obstetrician Cook Co. Hosp. since 1895; attending physician, 1895-1903, and con- sulting physician since 1903, Home for Crip- bled Children; attending physician (children's lept.) St. Mary's Hosp. since 1903. Editor Filatov's (Russian) Diseases of Children, 1904. Mem. A.m. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecological Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Med- co-Legal Soc .; fellow Soc. of Am. Obstetri- ians and Gynecologists. Republican. Congre- rationalist. Clubs: Illinois (ex-pres.), West- vard Ho. Office and residence: 903 W. Monroe it.

EARLE, John Estcourt, steamship agent; b. on Island of Jersey, Great Britain, Feb. 28, 838; s. Thomas and Harriette (Estcourt) Carle; ed. Gloucester and Bristol Colleges, ing .; an officer in the British army for 8 ears; m. Oconomowoc, Wis., 1879, Mary E. Ballard; children: Kittie H., Myra, Thomas E. 3., Bessie, Florence, Estcourt, Enid. Went to New York in 1865; was mgr. of the New York ffice of Austin, Baldwin & Co., express and teamship agents and brokers, and in 1873 jas transferred to Chicago as their western en. mgr .; in 1876 was made western gen. igr. for the Anchor Line Steamship Co., and 1 1891 became associated with the firm of 'arle & Massey, so continuing until the dis- olution of that firm, May 1, 1898, when pres- nt firm of John E. Earle & Co. was formed. epublican. Episcopalian. Office: 12 Sherman t. Residence: Cor. Elm and Walnut Sts., Hins- le.

EARLING, Albert J., pres. C., M. & St. P. y .; b. Richfield, Wis., Jan. 19, 1849; common school education; left school at 18; entered nploy C., M. & St. P. Ry., 1866. Has been

consecutively 5 years telegraph operator, 5 years train dispatcher, 4 years asst. supt., 2 years division supt., 4 years asst. gen. mgr .; gen. supt., 1888-90; became gen. mgr., 1890; 2d vice-pres. and gen. mgr., 1896; suc- ceeded Roswell Miller as pres., Sept., 1899. Dir. Central Trust Co. of Illinois, Continental Nat. Bank, St. Paul Coal Co., Standard Office Co. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: 514 N. State St.

EARLY, Patrick Henry, pres. Early's Mer- cantile Agency; b. Northumberland, N. H., Feb. 1, 1852; s. Michael and Elizabeth (Cor- mack) Early; ed. public school at Wells River, Vt .; m. Blairstown, Ia., Jan. 11, 1873, Maria Kirby; children: John Edward, Jerre F., Paul A., Olive L., William A. (deceased). Entered railway service with the C. & N .- W. Ry. Co. in 1867 as telegraph operator and later as station agent, until Nov. 1, 1882; appointed general agent W., I. & N. Ry. at Marshall- town, Ia., Nov. 1, 1882; left railway service in Sept., 1886; since then in mercantile agency business, and now pres. of Early's Mercantile Agency. Republican. R. C. Office: 100 Wash- ington St. Residence: 2200 Kenmore Av.

EASTMAN, Albert Nathen, lawyer; b. Kingsville, O., Oct. 17, 1864; s. Henry A. and Sarah F. (Parrish) Eastman; grad. high school of Ashtabula, O .; complete collegiate course under Rev. Joseph N. McGiffert. Presbyterian clergyman, Ashtabula, O .: m. Ashtabula, O., July, 1889, Myrta E. Hopkins; children: Walker P., Frances E. Came to Chi- cago and studied law in office of Smith & Helmer; admitted to Illinois bar, May, 1887; entered office of Weigley, Bulkley & Gray, Sept., 1887; became a partner in 1894; firm became Weigley & Eastman, 1895, and dis- solved in June, 1896; then practiced alone; now with Edward P. Eastman and Frank White and Harold F. White, in firm of Albert N. and Edward P. Eastman. Presbyterian; trustee and pres. board of trustees of Edge- water Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Hamilton (life mem.), Lincoln (formerly pres.), Casino (Edgewater), Edgewater Golf. Office: 184 La- Salle St. Residence: 724 Winthrop Av.

EASTMAN, Barrett, journalist and dramatic critic; b. Chicago, Jan. 25, 1869; s. Francis Ambrose and Gertrude (Barrett) Eastman; ed. The Gunnery, Washington, Conn., Acad., Utica, N. Y., Racine College (Wis.). In news- paper work since 1889, beginning as reporter on the Chicago Herald; later editorial writer Los Angeles Tribune, Chicago Evening Post, New York Am. and Journal, Chicago Daily Journal; special writer Chicago Inter Ocean, Sunday editor Chicago Tribune; dramatic critic Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily Journal. Author of many contributions. in prose and verse, to magazines, and of book, Paris in 1900; also (with Wallace Rice) Un- der the Stars, and other Songs of the Sea. Ad- dress: Chicago Daily Journal.

EASTMAN, John Coates, publisher Chicago Journal; b. Eaton, O., Dec. 19, 1862; s. John and Harrict Ardella (Davis) Eastman; ed. public schools, and in Ohio State Univ., 1878- 1882; ed. as civil engineer; m. Marion, Ind., July 20, 1886, Eva Harter. Reporter on Chi- cago Herald, 1890-5; business mgr. Chicago Chronicle, 1895-8; advertising mgr. New York Journal, 1898-1900; treas. and business mgr. Chicago American, 1900-4; became owner of Chicago Daily Journal, Apr. 2, 1904, and pres. and treas. Chicago Journal Co. Presbyterian. Mem. Y. M. C. A., Loyal Legion. Clubs: Mid- lothian, Glen View. Office: 160 Washington St. Residence: 220 E. 60th St.

EASTMAN, Osgood Tilton, treas. The Searle & Hereth Co .; b. South Braintree, Mass., Jan. 18, 1865; s. Rev. Dr. L. R. and Octavia (Smith) Eastman; grad. Amherst College, Mass., 1886; m. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 30, 1891, Nellie Mckell Burns; children; Helen, Margaret. Was in

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traffic dept. of the U. P. Ry. at Omaha and Ill., for manufacture of furniture, working i Kansas City, 1886-90; since 1890 treas. of the Searle & Hereth Co., pharmaceutical chem- ists. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Skokie Country, Chicago Drug Tradc. Office: 73 Wells St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

EASTMAN, Royal Adelbert, last manufac- turer; b. VanBuren Co., Mich., July 12, 1855; s. William Wallace and Nancy Jane (Tousey) Eastman; ed. common schools of VanBuren Co., Mich .; m. VanBuren Co., Mich., Oct. 20, 1877, Elma Josephine Field; children: Le Roy Adelbert, Mabel Verne, Gladys, Grace Lucille. Spent boyhood and early youth on farm in VanBuren Co., Mich .; came to Chicago, 1877, and was traveling salesman in the last busi- ness until 1884, since which time he has been pres. of the Chicago Last & Die Co. Repub- lican. Mem. Nat. Union. Club: Lincoln. Office: 194-200 S. Clinton St. Residence: 5029 Calumet Av.

EASTMAN, Sidney Corning, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Jan. 26, 1850; s. Zabina and Mary Jane (Corning) Eastman; early education Chicago public schools; under private tutors in Eng- land, 1861-9, during which period his father was U. S. Consul in Bristol, Eng .; grad. Univ. of Michigan, A.B., 1873; studied French in Geneva, Switzerland, 1866-7; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., June 9, 1886, Charlotte Hall. Studied law after leaving college; admitted to bar July 4, 1876; since then in active practice, and referee in bankruptcy since Dec., 1898. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Illi- nois State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chi- cago Historical Soc. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Glen View, City, Law. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: Melrose Av., cor. Essig St., Kenilworth.

EATON, Charles Scribner, lawyer; b. Pal- myra, Mo., Aug. 24, 1878; s. J. W. and Emma Louise (Scribner) Eaton; came to Chicago yith parents in childhood; early education in Chicago public schools, West Division High School and Lewis Institute, Chicago; grad. Univ. of Chicago in class of 1900, A.B., and Harvard Law School in class of 1903, LL.B .; m. Oct. 6, 1904, Helen Davida Harper, daugh- ter of Dr. Wm. R. Harper, pres. Univ. of Chi- cago. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of the state of Illinois in 1903, and entered into partnership with Messrs. Thomas Dent and Russell Whitman in the law firm of Dent, Whitman & Eaton. Republican. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 6126 Jackson Park Av.

EATON, Marquis, lawyer; b. VanBuren Co., Michigan, Apr. 5, 1875; s. Charles L. and Nellie (Joiner) Eaton; grad. Univ. of Michigan, A.B., in class of 1895; m. Flint, Mich., June 8, 1904, Jacquette Hunter. From 1895 to 1897 was chief of the tax division of the auditor gen- eral's office at Lansing, Mich., and from 1897 to 1900 was associate reporter of the Supreme Court of Michigan. Admitted to bar in Mich- igan in 1897 and in Illinois in 1900, and since 1900 has been engaged in general practice of law in Chicago; since 1903 mem. of law firm of Cody, Eaton & McConahey. Mem. of Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Quadrangle. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 5623 Washington Av.

EATON, Thomas Wood, elevator manufac- turer; b. Morristown, Vt., June 16, 1839; s. Lathrop and Sabrina (Wood) Eaton; ed. pub- lic schools of Morristown, Vt., and of Crete, Will Co., Ill., followed by private studies in natural philosophy, mechanical drawing and the higher mathematics; went to Hyde Park, Vt., 1854, to learn furniture trade; father died, 1855; mother moved to Crete, Ill., 1856; m. 1st, Ann Jane Winslow, of Crete, Ill .; 2d, North Craftsbury, Vt., Dec. 25, 1888, Olive M. Litch; children: Marion Augusta, Edward Winslow, Jessie Maud, Ethel Bell, Charlotte Grace. In 1857 started little shop at Crete,

it when not attending school, and morning and evenings for relaxation from study; con ducted it there until 1864; removed busines to Kankakee, where secured room with wate power; older brother, Augustus, who returne from California, became partner in 1859 bought out brother's interest soon after re moving to Kankakee; later, through death o a party with whom had large contract, was left with large amount of unsalable material gave up assets to creditors and went through bankruptcy; embarked in pattern making, and later contracting and constructing engineer ing work; came to Chicago immediately after fire; worked in elevator shops of Crane Bros Mfg. Co. 16 months; went into business fo self, 1873, as manufacturer of freight and passenger elevators; Midas Brooks became partner, 1875, but in 1876 sold interest to Frederick H. Prince; firm was T. W. Eaton & Co. several years, then Eaton & Prince; incor- porated, 1890, as Eaton & Prince Co., of which is pres. and gen. mgr. Also pres. and dir. Nota- way Mining Co. Republican; candidate for alderman, 1904-5. Mem. and chairman board of trustees Church of the Redeemer (Univer- salist). Mem. Undercliff Sportsmen's Assn. of Chicago and Putnam, Ill. Clubs: Menoken, Garfield Gun (pres.), Valley Gun (vice-pres.), Chicago Fly-Casting. Office: 70-6 Michigan St. Residence: 1447 Fulton St.

EATON, William Thomas, warehouseman; b. Rochester, N. Y., June 8, 1851; s. Thomas Wright and Amanda (Noble) Eaton; ed. pub- lic schools, and at Prof. Miller's Acad. at Friendship, Allegany Co., N. Y .; m. Friend- ship, N. Y., Mary Wheeler. Came to Chicago 1876, at age of 18, as the western representa: tive of the Stoddard Mfg. Co., of Dayton, O. remaining in that position for 14 years; since 1890 in warehouse business, now being treas. dir. and mgr. of the Belt Line Transfer & Storage Co., with warehouse at 76th and Wallace Sts .; is also, on his own account, : jobber of binder twine, and is pres. of the Lake Co. Gravel Co. Republican. Methodist- Clubs: Union League. Englewood Men's. Of fice: 4 Sherman St. Residence: 6620 Harvar Av .; summer, "Sunnyside," Wirt Centre, N. Y

EBELING, George, wholesale millinery; } Chicago, July 26, 1852; s. George Philip an Anna (Dittewig) Ebeling; ed. Chicago publi schools; m. Chicago, Sept. 6, 1876, Louis Affeld. Began business career as bill cler with P. H. Willard & Co., wholesale grocer; 1868-71; bookkeeper and cashier for J. F Dunham & Co., wholesale grocers, 1871-4; wit Reid, Murdoch & Fisher as cashier and late in charge of credits, 1874-82; in Peoria, & sec. and treas. of Peoria Stone & Marble Cc 1882-92; sec. and treas. Gage Bros. & C( wholesale millinery, since 1892. Republica Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 129-131 Micl igan Av. Residence: 1144 Michigan Av., Evan ton.

EBERHART, John Frederick, LL.D., ed cator and real estate dealer; b. Hickory Tw] Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 21, 1829; s. Abraham ar Esther (Amand) Eberhart; reared on farm; r moved to Big Bend, on Allegheny River, who 8 years old; ed. district schools; began teac ing at 16; attended Cottage Hill Acad., Ell worth, O., 2 terms; at Allegheny College, 184 1853, earning money for college course teaching and working in harvest field; gra 1853; m. Chicago, Dec. 25, 1864, Matilda Cha ity Miller; children: John J., Frank N., Ma E., Grace. Was principal of Albright Semi ary, Berlin, Pa., 1853-5; but resigned becau of impaired health, and came to Chicago, A' 15, 1855, becoming lecturer, editor of t. Northwestern Home and School Journal, a also traveled for a New York publishi house; county school supt. of Cook Co., 18! 1869; organized the Cook Co. Normal Scho

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now the Chicago Teachers' College; was one of the organizers of the Illinois State Teach- ers' Assn .; one of founders of State Normal Univ. at Normal, Ill .; principal mover in formation of State Assn. of County Superin- tendents and its first pres .; one of early members of Am. Institute of Instruction; one of first life members Nat. Teachers' Assn. Began to deal in Chicago real estate and since leaving the superintendency of schools has been engaged largely and continuously in real estate transactions. Reared a Methodist, but became one of the early members of the Peo- ple's Church under Dr. H. W. Thomas, who was his former pupil and induced him to come to Chicago; now pres. People's Church of America. Office: 3655 W. 63d St. Residence: 3515 W. 64th St.

EBERHART, Noble Murray, physician and surgeon; b. Benton Harbor, Mich., Apr. 21, 1870; s. Dr. Isa A. and Melissa (Jacobs) Eber- hart; grad. Racine College, B.S., 1888; M.S., Hedding, College, 1891; M.D., Bennett Med. College, Chicago, 1894; M.D., med. dept. of the Univ. of Illinois, 1901; also did graduate work in Univ. of Chicago, Lake Forest Univ., etc. Engaged in practice of medicine since 1894. Formerly interne and for 5 years attending physician of Cook Co. Hosp .; formerly sur- geon Chicago Baptist and St. Gerard's Hosps .; now prof. of electrophysics, Post-Graduate Med. School. Honorary life fellow Soc. of Science, Letters and Art, London, Eng .; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Electro-Therapeutic Soc., Am. Assn. of Life Insurance Examining Surgeons. Author of series of text-books on entomology and one on zoology; formerly con- nected in editorial capacity with various pub- lications. Republican. Brevetted capt. by gov. for services with Reed's Provisional Regt., Spanish-Am. War. Mason (32°), (Garden City Lodge, Oriental Consistory); also Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Club: Calumet. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg. Residence: 341 Oak St.

EBINGER, Frederick Christian, merchant; h. Canfield (now Edison Park), Cook Co., Ill., July 2, 1872; s. Christian and Elizabeth (Stry- ker) Ebinger; ed. Niles township and Park Ridge public schools and in Metropolitan Business College, Chicago; m. Aurora, Ill., Apr. 17, 1902, Nellie Boessenecker. Boyhood up to 20 was divided between hard work on his father's large farm in the town of Maine and attending school; early in 1892 entered employ of Thayer & Jackson Sta- tionery Co., but following July hecame a bill clerk with S. Peterson & Co., wholesale grocers, and advanced in position steadily with that firm until 1898, when with M. Thome organized and incorporated the Paris Fashion Co., retail millinery and hair goods; brothers bought Thome's interest 5 months later; is treas. and mgr. of the company, which, in 1903, moved to present premises; exclusively hair goods business. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Office: 182 State St. Residence: 224 S. Elmwood Av., Oak Park.

ECKELS, George Morris, lawyer; h. Prince- ton, Ill .. Apr. 3, 1863; s. James S. and Mar- garet Davidson (Herron) Eckels; ed. public schools and graduated in law at Columbian Univ., Washington, D. C., 1887: m. Washing- ton, D. C., Apr. 18, 1892, Edith M. Oberly; children: George Morris, Jr., Virginia. Was engaged in railway service, 1881-3; in insur- ance business, 1883-5; in supervising archi- tert's office at Washington, D. C., 1885-7: since 1887 engaged in general practice of law in Chicago. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chi- cago, Quadrangle, Homewood. Office: Commer- cinl Bank Bldg., 175 Dearborn St. Residence: 5537 Woodlawn Av.

ECKELS, James Herron, ex-comptroller of currency, U. S., 1893-7; b. Princeton, Ill., Nov.

22, 1858; s. James Starr and Margaret David- son Eckels; ed. city public schools and high school, graduating from the latter in 1876; grad. Albany, N. Y., Law School, 1880; m. Dec. 15, 1887, Fannie Lissette Reed; 1 daughter: Phoebe. Practiced law at Ottawa, Ill., 1881- 1893; appointed Apr. 3, 1893, comptroller of currency. Democrat. Made speeches on the currency question, and became prominent as gold-standard advocate; in 1896 affiliated with Nat. (gold-standard) Democrats. Remained in office until Dec. 31, 1897, when he resigned to become, Jan. 1, 1898, pres. Commercial Nat. Bank, Chicago. Vice-pres. Hewitt Mfg. Co .; treas. Chicago Union Traction Co., Feather- stone Foundry & Machine Co .; trustee Chicago Real Estate Trustees, Y. M. C. A. of Chicago; dir. Allis-Chalmers Co., Am. & British Securi- ties Co., Ltd., Am. Surety Co. of New York, Bankers' Trust of New York, Oakland Nat. Bank, State Savings Bank, Detroit; 1st Nat. Bank, Baltimore. Mem. western board of con- trol Audit Co. of New York. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Commercial, Merchants. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank. Residence: 18 Ritchie Pl.

ECKHART, Bernard Albert, flour miller and merchant; b. Alsace, France, 1852; s. Jacob and Eva (Root) Eckhart; came with parents to U. S. in infancy; ed. public schools and grad. college in Milwaukee, 1868; m. 1874. Katie L. Johnston; children: Carlos K., Percy B., Hazel, Dorothy M. Was clerk, 1868-9, for the Eagle Milling Co., Milwaukee, for which he was appointed eastern agent, 1869, and Chicago mgr., 1870; in 1874, with James Swan, bought out Chicago business of the company and founded the wholesale flour business of Eckhart & Swan. Republican. Senator in Illi- nois Assembly 4 years: was dir. of Board of Trade, 1888-91. Mem. Republican State Com- mittee from 3rd Congressional District, 1888: mem. board of trustees Sanitary District of Chicago, 1891-1900. Clubs: Commercial, Mer- chants, Chicago, Illinois, Glen View, Union League. Office: 373 Carroll Av. Residence: 187 Ashland Av.

ECKHART, John William, flour merchant and miller; b. West Bend, Wis., Nov. 20, 1855: s. Jacob and Eva Eckhart; ed. high school, Viroqua, Wis .; m. Chicago, Aug. 12. 1884, Mary J. Buchanan; children. Eunice. Paul, John, Jr., James, Mary. Established in flour busi- ness since Apr. 3, 1873, and has since heen extensively engaged in wholesale and milling operations, the business being incorporated as John W. Eckhart & Co., of which he is pres. Mem. Chicago Cavalry. Democrat. Pres. Chi- cago Public Library. Clubs: Illinois, Iroquois, Chicago Athletic. Office: 69-81 N. Carpenter St. Residence: 716 W. Monroe St.

ECKHART, Percy Bernard, lawyer: h. Chi- cago, Jan. 20, 1877; s. Bernard A. and Kate I. (Johnston) Eckhart; grad. Brown School. Chi- cago, 1891; Chicago Manual Training School. 1894; Chicago Acad., 1895: Univ. of Chicago. Ph.B., with honorable mention. 1899: Harvard Univ. Law School. LL, B., 1902; m. Blooming- ton, Ill., June 6, 1903. Charlotte Briggs Capen: 1 child: Eleanor. With Lowden, Estabrook & Davis, attys., 1899. Formed law partnership with Roy O. West, firm of West & Eckhart. 1902, changing, 1903. to present style of West, Eckhart & Taylor. Lecturer on law of public service corporations in Law School of I'niv of Chicago, 1903-4 and 1904-5. Chicago atty. Western Union Telegraph Co .; atty. Nat. Bank of North America (Chicago). Republican Presbyterian. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fra- ternity, Illinois Bar Assn. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle. Office: Ist Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 1302 Berwyn Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 51

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