The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 53

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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EISENDRATH, Louis. manufacturer: b. Laer, Germany. Oct. 16, 1853; s. Levi and Helen (Felsenthal) Eisendrath; ed. college in Ger- many; m. Chicago, June 2, 1874, Hannah Strouss; children: Mrs. Blanche E. Spiesber- ger, Joseph L., Leon L. Began business career as traveling salesman in the carly '70s; later a mem, of the firm of Kahn, Nusbaum & Co., until 1885, when organized the firm of Strouss. Eisendrath & Co., manufacturers of ladies' and children's clothing. Republican. Jewish reli- glon. Club: Standard. Office: Jackson Boul. and Franklin St. Residence: 4344 Grand Boul.

EISENDRATH, Samson Julius, leather: h. Homewood, Ill., June 25, 1869; s. Julius and Regina (Marks) Eisendrath; ed. public and high schools at Blue Island, Ill .; m. Chicago, 1899, Minna, daughter of Judge Philip Stein,

of the Appellate Court; 1 daughter: Edna. Be- gan in the manufacture of leather with W. N. Eisendrath & Co., and was supt. for that firm from 1889 until firm was merged into Am. Hide and Leather Co., 1899, with which con- tinued until Sept. 1, 1903. On Dec. 1, 1903, formed partnership with brother, Henry J., in firm of S. J. Eisendrath & Bro. Sept. 1, 1904, firm was incorporated under the name of Eis- endrath, Schwab & Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Mem. of Nat. Union. Clubs: Lake- side, Ravisloe Golf. Office: 528 N. Halsted St. Residence: 531 E. 44th St.

EISENDRATH, Sigmund L., manufacturer of clothing; b. Munster, Ger., Aug., 22, 1859: s. Levi and Helena (Felsenthal) Eisendrath; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Apr. 3, 1900, Began business career as a bookkeeper for Leopold Bros. & Co., 1876-81; after that was a traveling salesman for 16 years; since 1898, mem. of firm of Leopold, Solomon & Elsen- drath, manufacturers of clothing. Mem. Sinai Congregation. Club: Standard. Office: 236 Mar- ket St. Residence: 103 34th St.

EISENDRATH, Sigmund Moses, tannery; b. Dorston, Ger., Aug., 1860; s. Moses and Bertha (Rosenheim) Eisendrath; brought to Chicago by parents in 1868; ed. Chicago public schools: m. Chicago, June 9, 1891, Ettie Davis; 1 daughter: Natalie (both wife and daughter perished in Iroquois Theatre fire, Dec. 30. 1903). Began business career in 1875 as a boy with the wholesale clothing house of Leopold Kuh & Co .. until 1880; then was cashier for Cahn, Wampold & Co., wholesale clothing, for 20 years. In 1898 became associated with E. R. and Samuel Weil in establishing Weil & Eisendrath, tanners. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Of- fice: 403-421 N. Halsted St. Residence: 449 La- Salle Av.

EISENSTAEDT, Isidore, neckwear manufac- turer; b. Lissa, R. B. Posen, Prussia, Nov. 24. 1842; s. Joseph and Hannah (Oppenheim) Eis- enstaedt; ed. public schools in native town; came to U. S., 1859: served in Civil War in Co. F, 146th Ohio Vol. Infy .; m. Indianapolis. Ind., Feb. 13, 1866, Sarah Salomon. Estab- lished the first neckwear factory in Chicago. 1867; burned out in big fire, 1871; lost heavily. but paid all losses in full; resumed at once after fire and continued as I. Eisenstaedt un- til 1877; since then with brothers. Rudolph and Solomon, under style of Eisenstaedt Bros. Democrat. Mem. Anshe Maariv (Jewish) Con- gregation. Mem. and past junior vice-comman- der U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R .; aide-de-camp to Nat. Commander-in-Chief G. A. R .. 1901-3: aide-de-camp to Dept. Commander of Illinois. 1904. Office: 230 Market St. Residence: 3330 S. Park Av.

EISENSTAEDT, Solomon, physician; b. Wat- seka, Iroquois Co., Ill., Jan. 17, 1867; s. Isidore and Sarah (Solomon) Eisenstaedt: grad. Chi- cago public schools, 1880; Ann Arbor (Mich.) High School, 1884; Univ. of Michigan, B.S., 1888; Rush Med. College, M.D .. 1890: post- graduate work in hosps. and Univ. of Berlin. 1890-1. General Hosp. and Univ. of Vienna. 1891-2: m. Chicago, Dec. 21, 1893. Bertha Gat- zert: 1 son: Norman Horace. In active prac- tice in Chicago since 1892. Adiunet prof. of medicine in Med. Dept. of the Univ. of Illinois (formerly College of Physicians and Sur- geons) ; pres. of Prudential Med. Examiners' Assn., of Chicago, 1903. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc .. Am. Med. Assn .. Chicago Med. Examiners' Asan. Independent in politics. Jewish religion. Office: Hoyworth Bldg., 42 Madison St. Residence: 4619 Vin- cennes Av.

EISZNER, August William, cooperage; h. Chicago, Dec. 17, 1861; s. John and Christine (Schoeneck) Hiszner: ed. public and high schools of Chicago to 1879; m. Chicago, Frb. 1884, Elise Scheuerman; children: Adeline,

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Elizabeth, John, Louise, William, Theophile. After leaving school became identified with the cooperage business, founded by S. H. Me- Lean in 1848, which was acquired by his fath- er, John Eiszner, in 1861; continued under his father until the latter died in Jan., 1903. In Mar., 1903, the business was incorporated as the John Eiszner Co., of which is pres .; also partner in firm of Eiszner & Wolson, Moor- house, Mo., and sec. of the J. H. Kohl Co., of Greenville, Ky. Office: 295 W. Kinzie St. Resi- dence: 135 S. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park.

EITEL, Emil, merchant; b. Stuttgart, Ger- many, Feb. 27, 1865; s. Emil and Charlotte (Trost) Eitel; ed. high school and commercial business college at Stuttgart; m. Chicago, Sept. 27, 1894, Emma Boldenweck. Served in German Army as volunteer 1 year; after leaving school engaged with father in manufacture of photo- graph albums in Germany, 1885-90, when came to Chicago; was clerk for Bond's Commercial agency, 1890-1; then went abroad and estab- lished agencies for World's Fair for German manufacturers. During World's Fair, with brother, engaged in conducting a hotel, and after the fair built the Hotel Bismarck on Randolph St., then Bismarck Gardens. Since 1892, with brother Carl, as Eitel Bros., whole- salers and importers of wines and liquors. Pres. of Hotel Bismarck Co., and of Bismarck Garden; vice-pres. Phoenix Trimming Co. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 186 Randolph St. Residence: 1664 Irving Park Boul.

ELDREDGE, Charles Howe, resident mgr. of the U. S. Casualty Co., of New York; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., June 13, 1861; s. Charles A. and Maria A. (Upham) Eldredge; ed. public schools and Episcopal parish school, Fond du Lac., Wis., and Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H., graduating in class of 1884; m. Chicago, Apr. 30, 1887, Kate Withington. Began busi- ness life, after leaving college in 1884, as an accountant in the office of Bacon & Co., grain commission merchants on the Chicago Board of Trade, and later was grain inspector for same firm until 1886; then was head man in office of Hamill, Congdon & Co., commission merchants, 1886-8; in 1888 went to Milwaukee as general agent of the U. S. Mutual Accident Assn., and in 1895-6 was in New York City with U. S. Casualty Co. of New York as spe- cial traveling agent: since 1896 resident mgr. of the U. S. Casualty Co. Democrat. Episco- palian. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Residence: 5003 Madison Av.

ELDREDGE, Charles John, produce commis- sion; b. Chicago, June 29, 1871; s. Elnathan S. and Eliza C. (McKnight) Eldredge; ed. Chica- go public schools; m. Chicago, 1896, Cecilia Pearson; 3 children. In 1891 entered the pro- duce commission house of Merrill & Eldredge (established 1866) and has remained with it ever since, becoming, 1897, a mem. of the firm, and now sole proprietor. Dir. Hamilton Nat. Bank. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 110 S. Water St. Residence: 2974 Kenmore Av.

ELEY, Ning, lawyer; b. Big Foot, Ind., May 13, 1868; s. Samson and Hannah (Kemmer) Eley; grad. Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso. Ind., 1892; m. Spring Grove, Minn., May 28, 1903, Sarah Lommen. Admitted to bar, 1896; attorney of Village of DesPlaines, Ill., since 1898. Sec. DesPlaines Telephone Co., and of Kellogg Harvester Co. Congregationalist. Democrat. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: Des Plaines. Ill.

ELKAN, Henry, hide merchant; b. Würtem- berg, Ger., Mar. 19, 1847; s. Loeb and Babette (Feldenheim) Elkan; common school educa- tion in Germany; came to U. S. in 1866; m. Berlin, Wis., Mar. 18, 1875, Emma Gutmann; children: Mrs. Bella Elkan Friedman, Leo H. In 1867 established in the hide business at Madison, Wis., under the firm name of H. Elkan & Co .; removed to Chicago, 1871, and

has continued in the same business, now being pres. of H. Elkan & Co. Is a dir. Michael Reese Hosp. Club: Standard. Office: 205 Michi- gan St. Residence: 594 Dearborn Av.

ELLBOGEN, Max, wholesale jeweler; b. Ap- pony, Austria, Scpt. 18, 1846; s. Joachim and Esther Fischer Ellbogen; ed. public schools in Austria; m. Chicago, Aug. 8, 1882, Leah Eisendrath; children: Harriet, David, Celia, Albert, Marguerite, Charles, Elise. Came to Chicago from Austria, 1863; was with John Kahn & Bro., wholesale jewelers, 1868-71; Wendell & Hyman, same line, 1871-4; M. Kron- berg, same line, 1874-7; since 1877 of Stein & Ellbogen (incorporated 1893), wholesale jew- elers, of which is now pres. Mem. of the Jew- elers' Assn. and the Jewelers' Club. Republi- can. Mason. Club: Lakeside. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 3700 Forest Av.

ELLERT, Peter J., lawyer; b. Flensburg, Ger., Aug. 3, 1853; s. Charles P. and Maria Ellert; came with parents in 1868 to U. S. and in 1869 to Chicago; ed. public schools in Ger- many; m. Chicago, 1890, Anna Hansen; chil- dren: Anna, Meta. Studied law in office of Wil- liam M. Stanley, 1879-81; admitted to bar, 1881. Democrat. Was nominee for city atty., 1885; alderman for 16th Ward, 1892-4; sec. Make- Man Tablet Co .; sec. and dir. Dr. George Leiniger Chemical Co. Mem. Odd Fellows, K. P., Aurora Turner Soc., Royal League, Roy- al Arcanum, Plattdeutsche Verein. Address: 377 W. Lake St.

ELLICOTT, Edward Beach, electrician; b. Lockport, N. Y., March 28, 1866; son of George M. and Maria (Sears) Ellicott; is a great grandson of Andrew Ellicott, first surveyor- general of the U. S .; ed. public schools Bata- via, N. Y .; m. Apr. 26, 1898, Minerva Ells- worth, of Milwaukee, Wis .; 1 son: Chester C. Has been engaged in electrical business since 1885; was for some time electrician for the Sa- lina (Kansas) Gas and Electric Co .; later supt. for the Concordia (Kansas) Electric Light Co., and afterward 9 years expert in construction and supt. of construction for the Western Electric Co., of Chicago; appointed supt. of the City Telegraph, by Mayor Harri- son, and when the Dept. of Electricity was or- ganized was appointed city electrician, and served until 1905, when he became principal asst. engineer in charge of water power de- velopment for the Drainage board. Furnished the only acceptable plan for the lighting of the Ferris Wheel when it was first erected, and carried out the work. The number of lights furnished by the municipal street light- ing plant of Chicago has been more than quadrupled under his administration. Dir. and vice-pres. El Portzuelo Light and Power Co. Also chief engineer Mechanical and Electrical Dept. Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and as such designed the power plant and installed the lighting and power service. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers, Am. Soc. Mechanical Engi- neers, the Nat. Assn. of Stationary Engineers, Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Democrat. Mason, K. T., K. P. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Office: 1003 Security Bldg. Residence: 1206 Winthrop Av.

ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud, curator of zoology, Field Columbian Museum; b. New York, Mar. 7, 1835; s. George Thompson and Rebecca Gi- raud (Foster) Elliot; academic education; m. 1858, A. E. Henderson. From youth studied zo- ology; traveled in Europe, Africa, Palestine, Asia Minor, 1856-78; later in greater part of U. S., Canada, Alaska, S. America. Led expe- dition into interior of E. Africa in interest of Field Columbian Museum, 1896, and into the, recesses of the Olympic Mountains, 1898, be- ing first naturalist to penetrate that little- known range. Fellow Royal Soc., Edinburgh honorary, corresponding and active mem many other learned socs .; decorated 10 times by European governments for labors in nat.

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ural science. (See Who's Who in America for list of books and writings.) Address: Field Columbian Museum, Chicago.

ELLIOT, Frank Micajah, real estate; b. Co- rinna, Me., Mar. 27, 1853; s. Jacob Smith and Sarah (Moore) Elliot; attended public school at Minneapolis, Minn., 10 years; preparatory school, Evanston, 1 year; grad. Northwestern Univ., B.L., 1877; m. Evanston, Nov. 13, 1878, Anna Shuman. Was 2 years in the Recorder's Office of Cook Co., abstract dept .; then formed partnership with George Watson Smith, under the style of Smith & Elliot, real estate and loans. In 1881, Mr. Smith retired from busi- ness; since then has carried on the business alone. Dir. State Bank of Evanston; treas. El- liot Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Dir. since 1893, pres. since 1895, Evanston Hosp. Assn. Repub- lican; trustee of Village of Evanston, 1885. Mem. First Congregational Church of Evans- ton. Grand Consul Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1887. Author: History of Omega, A Reminiscence of Northwestern; Life of Gov. William H. Bis- sell, of Illinois. Clubs: University, Evanston, Glen View. Office: 123 LaSalle St. Residence: 225 Lake St., Evanston.

ELLIOTT, Arthur Richard, physician; b. Belleville, Ontario, Can., June 2, 1869; s. Rob- ert and Merebith (Lazier) Elliott; ed. high school, Belleville, Ont., and Queen's Univ., Can., grad. M.D. and C.M., Queen's Univ. Med. School, 1889; licentiate College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, 1889; m. Milwaukee, Wis., 1901, Hannah S. McNeish. Engaged in practice since 1889; in Chicago since 1891. Prof. of medicine, Post Graduate Med. School of Chicago since 1898; attending physician Post Graduate Hosp. and Chicago Charity Hosp .; consulting physician Provident Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Acad. of Medi- cine, Urological Soc., Mississippi Valley Med. Soc., Soc. of Internal Medicine. Has written many monographs on med. subjects, especially on diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet Golf. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 138 Lincoln Park Boul.

ELLIOTT, Hugh Stuart, publisher; b. Bloomingburg, O., Apr., 1858; s. William Wal- lace and Sarah Wilson (King) Elliott; ed. pub- lic schools of Bloomingbury, O., 1866-75; sub- sequent education by personal application af- ter business hours; m. Delaware, O., Oct., 1883, Elizabeth Drake; children: Bruce Wadsworth, Wilbur Dean, Wallace Fordham. Entered book store of Davis & Clingan, Delaware, O., 1880, without salary: remained with them 2 years; then went to T. C. O'Kane. bookseller. Dela- ware, 4 years; with F. O. Randall & Co., Co- lumbus, O., 1 year; then head of retail dept .. the Burrows Bros. Co., Cleveland, O., until 1894; mgr. of Chicago Depository. Presbyte- rian Board of Publication. 1894-1903: resigned. May, 1903, to become sec. and mgr. of the Winona Publishing Co. (incorporated. 1903), publishers and wholesale and retail booksellers. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 195 State St. Residence: 1115 Michigan Av., Evanston, Il1.

ELLIOTT, John Gregg, patent lawyer: h. on farm near Evansville, Ind., June 13, 1851; s. Dr. William M. and Hannah (Ellison) El- lott; grad. Columbian Law School, Washing- ton, D. C., LL.B., LL.M., 1875; m. Oct. 16, 1879, Alice Young, of Washington, D. C .; 1 daugh- ter. Virginia Marie. Appointed clerk in the ap- pointment division of the Treasury Dept. at Washington, July 17, 1873; pursued his law studies; was appointed an examiner in the Patent Office. Jan. 1, 1876; resigned in July. 1879, to enter practice of patent law in Chi- cago; now of Arm of Elliott & Hopkins. Mem. Patent Bar Assn., of Chicago (pres., 1896). Mason; K. T. (Apollo Commandery), Club: Kenwood. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 44 60th St.

ELLIOTT, William Sidney, Jr., lawyer; b. Niles, Mich., May 1, 1849; s. William Sidney and Caroline (Morse) Elliott; parents moved to Quincy, Ill., 1857; ed. public schools and acad. at Quincy; m. Chicago, Oct. 14, 1871, Alinda Caroline, daughter of James and Sa- lome Harris, of Janesville, Wis .; children: Lo- renzo B., Daniel Morse, Emery S., Jessie Flor- ence, Birdie Leon, Charles Sumner (now de- ceased). In law office of Emery A. Storrs as clerk and student, 1879-82; admitted to bar, 1882; partner with Mr. Storrs as Storrs & El- liott, until death of Mr. Storrs; asst. State's atty. under Joel M. Longenecker, 1887-92. Re- publican. Mason, Templar, Shriner; mem. and past regent Garden City Council, Royal Ar- canum; mem. and ex-pres. Stephen A. Douglas Council, Nat. Union, past Archon Alpha Coun- cil, Royal League; was first chief ranger An- cient Order of Foresters of America. Clubs: Illinois, Menoken, Marquette, Hamilton, Lin- coln. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 763 W. Adams St.

ELLIS, John Cole, publishers' mgr .; b. Dan- ville, Mo., Jan. 2, 1843; s. William Crawford and Eliza Jane (Diggs) Ellis; ed. public and private schools and Danville Acad .; enlisted 1861 as musician in 1st Missouri Light Artil- lery; served through war and mustered out as sergeant-major, 1865: m. Danville, Mo., Dec. 25, 1865, Nannie A. Winter: children: Orlando D., William S., Mrs. Kate W. Reed. After leav- ing army taught school in Missouri 2 years and was county supt. of schools 2 years. En- tered employ of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor Co .. school book publishers, as agent, Jan. 2, 1870; remained with them until they sold out in 1890, to the Am. Book Co., for which has since been supt. of the sales dept. in the Chicago office. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Oak- land Culture. Office: 521-31 Wabash Av.

ELLSWORTH, Henry, commission: b. Mc- Henry Co., Ill., Apr. 8, 1846; s. Philander and Eliza (Scofield) Ellsworth; ed. public schools of McHenry Co .. Ill .; m. Rockford. Ill., Mav 11. 1871, Ada F. Hurd; children: Alfred Chester. Huber Hurd, Frances Margaret. Began busi- ness career with the Underwood Packing Co. and had charge of the sales dept. of that com- pany on Board of Trade until 1891, when filled like position with the International Packing Co. until 1898. Since then pres. of the Ells- worth & Cross Co., commission merchants in provisions, grain, etc. Has been mem. of Chi- cago Board of Trade for 25 years. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Auburn Park Golf. Ham- ilton. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 7614 TInion Av.

ELMENDORF, William Alexander, varnish manufacturer; b. Oswego. N. Y .. Mar. 29. 1829; s. John S. and Elizabeth Whaly Elmen- dorf; attended Boys' Acad .. Albany, N. Y .: m. Hudson, N. Y .. Jan. 25, 1859 Sarah R. Allen: children: Willard, Cora Elizabeth, Edmund (died in infancy). Began business experience in grocery store in Hudson. N. Y .: went to California. 1852, and returned. 1854: removed to New York City and engaged in produce business there. 1855 -?; in connection with two other New York parties placed the first sleep- ing cars on the I. C. R. R. in 1859. in connec- tion with line on the Mississippi Central & New Orleans R. R., which cars on latter road were destroyed during the Civil War: removed to Chicago, 1859; continued the sleeping car service on I. C. until 1868. when sold out to the railroad company; in 1972 went into var- nish business, and in 1999, with his son Wil- lard, established the Elmendorf Varnish Co Republican. Mem. M. E. Church since 1956 Mem. Chicago Paint. Oil and Varnish Club Office: 38 Larrabee St. Residence: 322 LaSalle

ELMES, Carleton Lewis, sec. and treas of Charles F. Elmes Engineering Works; h CM cago, June 14, 1871; & Charles F. and Clara

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M. (Clark) Elmes; ed. Chicago public and high schools, and Chicago Manual Training School; m. Chicago, Apr., 1904, Maude Faithorn. As a boy began work in the shops of the Charles F. Elmes Engineering Works and was given an interest in 1891. The business was estab- lished by his grandfather, Carleton D. Elmes, in 1861, his father succeeding and remaining at its head until latter's death in Jan., 1904; business was incorporated in 1895 as Charles F. Elmes Engineering Works, of which is sec. and treas. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Engineers. Office: Morgan and Fulton Sts. Residence: 92 E. 21st St.

ELMES, Charles Warren, pres. Charles F. Elmes Engineering Works; b. Buffalo, Ia., Aug. 28, 1872; s. Charles F. and Clara M. (Clark) Elmes; ed. Chicago public schools, Chicago Manual Training School and Cornell Univ., graduating in the class of 1892. During intervals of school and college work was in shops of the Charles F. Elmes Engineering Works, of which his father was head until his death in Jan., 1904; after leaving college be- came permanently connected with the busi- ness, and soon after a partner in the firm, which was incorporated in 1895, and upon the death of his father succeeded as pres. of the company. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Engineers. Mem. of the Am. Soc. of Mechani- cal Engineers. Office: Morgan and Fulton Sts. Residence: Hotel Metropole.

ELMORE, William Edwin, grain; b. Matta- wan, Mich., Aug. 7. 1868; s. William O. and Emily (Gilman) Elmore; ed. private schools; m. Troy, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1894, Florence Cadby; children: Earl P., Mabel. Began business life at Albany, N. Y., in a minor position with Durant & Elmore Co .. grain merchants. Came to Chicago, Jan. 1, 1904, as vice-pres. of the company, and succeeded to the active business management. Also vice-pres. of the Oneonta Milling Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 2106 Or- rington Av., Evanston, Ill.

ELPHICKE, Charles Walter, marine under- writer; b. Tenterden. Kent, Eng., Jan., 1847; s. John and Elizabeth Elphicke; ed. village schools in England and in a business college in Chicago: m. Chicago, 1874, Miss Annie E. Hair; 1 daughter: Mary C. Followed the water several years, his home being in Chi- cago since 1865. Has conducted general ma- rine insurance and vessel agency under name of C. W. Elphicke & Co .; has had general ma- rine agency for the Great Lakes of the Lon- don Assurance Corporation since 1891; also local agent for several other companies. Is large owner of lake vessels. Clubs: Evanston Country. Office: 6 Sherman St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

ELSDON, James G., lawyer; b. St. John, N. B., July 31, 1861; s. Rev. William P. (Baptist) and Annie M. (Wiswell) Eldson; removed to Boston, Mass., 1866; attended public schools; then entered on course in the Univ. of Chi- cago, which, however, was terminated in 1884, in sophomore year, by severe attack of typhoid fever; m. Chicago, 1888, Jennie A. Olney; 1 child: Cythera. Entered law office of Wallace Heckman as a student in autumn of 1884; ad- mitted to bar of Illinois, 1886; became partner with Mr. Heckman, 1890, firm now Heckman, Elsdon & Shaw. Mem. Chicago Law Institute, Law Club, Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Bap- tist. Club: Hamilton. Office: 92 LaSalle St. Residence: 6401 Normal Av.

ELSON, Nathan, cigar manufacturer; b. in Province of Kiev, Russia, Aug. 24, 1875; s. Adam and Hattie Elson; ed. public schools of Kiev and Chicago. Came to Chicago from Kiev, Russia, 1889; learned cigarmakers' trade; since 1900 partner with Grommes & Kennedy Co., cigar manufacturers, with factories in New York and Chicago. Socialist. Club: Bea-

consfield. Office: 230-232 Kinzie St. Residence: 629 Haddon Av.

ELTING, Victor, lawyer; b. Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1871; s. Ezekiel Jan and Katharine Revier (Hulbert) Elting; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B., 1891; Univ. of Michigan Law School, L.L.B .. 1892; m. Chicago, Aug. 1, 1904, Mrs. Wirt Dexter Walker (b. Marie Winston). Ad- mitted to Illinois bar, 1892; is also master in chancery of the Superior Court of Cook Co. Dir. in the Fayette S. Cable Piano Co., and in the Adams & Elting Co., paints and wood fill- ers. Republican. Mem. Law Club of Chicago, State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: University, City, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Office: The Rookery. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.

ELTONHEAD, Edward Yard, pres. Lincoln Warehouse and Van Co .; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 2, 1851; s. William B. and Katharine Er- mina (Owens) Eltonhead: ed. Friends' Central School, Philadelphia; left school from the highest class in 1867; m. Philadelphia, Aug. 10, 1880, Marion Copeland Truitt. Was asst. supt. Eagle Iron Works, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1868- 1873; engaged in mining of gold and silver ores, erecting and operating plants and open- ing up mines in various parts of the U. S., 1873-80; in firm of George W. Smith & Co., art goods, bric-a-brac and art furniture, Philadel- phia, 1882-6; pres. Fidelity Storage and Ware- house Co., Philadelphia, 1886-91; since 1891, pres. Lincoln Warehouse and Van Co., storage warehouses (incorporated 1892). Republican. Residence: 482 N. State St. Office: 21st and Wabash Av.

ELVIG, Albert J., lawyer; b. Bergen, Nor- way, Apr. 13, 1842; s. Arne and Sophia Elvig; grad. Bergen schools, 1856; came to U. S., alone, 1857; became seaman and warrant offi- cer on the "Massachusetts," at anchor in Bos- ton harbor, and then used as a Reform School for boys, and on breaking out of the Civil War enlisted, 1861, in U. S. N., serving on the frig- ate Mississippi and gunboat South Carolina until 1863, when he was honorably mustered out for disability from wounds received in the service; studied law intermittently in office of Kinney, Peck & Kinney. until 1869; m. Chica- go, 1866, Charlotte Smith (died 1879); several children were born to this marriage, but died in childhood. Admitted to bar, 1869, and has since been continuously engaged in general practice, although largely specializing in chan- cery practice. Republican. Mason. Mem. G. A. R .. K. P., and various Norwegian singing socs. Office: 69 Dearborn St. Residence: Western Springs, Ill.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 53

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