The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 63

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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FRIEND, Henry, retail cloak merchant: h. Jassv. Roumania, Apr. 26. 1862; s. Abraham and Rebecca (Bass) Friend; ed. public schools in Europe; m. New York City. July 12. 1883. Emma Komiss; children: Bertha. Ethel, Mil- ton M. Came to United States in 1878, and first worked at Manistee, Mich., for R. G. Peters, lumber manufacturer, as a mill hand, and then on construction of railroad; after 1 year went to Milwaukee, where was on- gaged with the Blatz Brewery; soon after- ward served apprenticeship as cigar maker with Asherman Co., for 3 years; then in 1881 worked at his trade and In folowing year

started in business for self as retail coal deal- er; sold out a year later and went into manu- facture of garments and afterward in various mercantile enterprises, each time succeeding to something better; went into wholesale clothing business at Madison St. and 5th Av., until 1892; engaged in the shoe business. 1892-8. Established, in 1898, present business as retail dealer in cloaks under name of H. Friend; also treas. and sec. Friend Bros. and vice-pres. Washington Cloak Co. Independent Republican. Jewish religion. Office: 154 State St. Residence: 4343 Grand Boul.

FRIEND, Henry, wholesale woolens; b. Ellsworth, Me., Apr. 7, 1857; s. Jacob and Dora Friend; ed. public schools and Cooper Insti- tute, New York City; m. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 3, 1886, Hattie Freiburger; children: Adele Freiburger, Julius Harry, Henry, Jr. Be- gan business career as office boy in broker's office in New York City, afterward became a retail merchant at Fort Wayne. Ind .; since 1896 merchant in Chicago. and since 1899 senior mem. of the firm of Friend. Moss & Morris, wholesale woolens. Office: 246 Frank- lin St. Residence: 4353 Vincennes Av.

FRIESTEDT, Luther Peter, pres. L. P. Friestedt Co .; b. Watertown, Wis., Apr. 30, 1860; s. Peter H. and Mary Leslie (Danforth) Friestedt; ed. public schools and Univ. of Michigan, graduating, M.E., 1879; m. Dora N. Huver: children: Arthur, George, Willis. Luther. On leaving college began mechanical engineering in Chicago; now pres. the L. P. Friestedt Co. Inventor and patentee of the interlocking channel bar and pres. and dir. of Interlocking Channel Bar Co .; also dir. Columbia Tool Steel Co. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers. Republican: alderman of the 13th Ward 5 years; resigned, 1905. Mem. S. A. R. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Lincoln. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 170 S. Central Park Av.

FROEHLING, Frank. butcher: b. Wort- phalia, Ger., Apr. 8. 1862; s. Frank and Eva Froehling: ed. schools in Germany: came to Chicago. 1877; m., 1st, Chicago. 1885. Mary Heppe: 2 sons: George, Arthur: m., 2d, Chicago, 1896. Emma Heppc. Began in butcher business in 1878 with Joseph Parensen at 360 S. Clark St .; remained with him 5 years; since 1884 in business with George Heppe, in firm of Froeh- ling & Heppe. Mem. Germania Männerchor. B. P. O. Elks. Office: 412 S. Clark St. Residence: 394 LaSalle Av.

FROLICHSTEIN, William B., manufacturer: h. Mobile, Ala .. Sept. 25. 1861: s. Hirsch and Sarah (Loch) Frolichstein: ed. Mobile public schools: m. Milwaukee. Wis .. Mar 7. 1893. Mrs. Detta L. Levy. Farly business life in Mobile, Ala .: since 1889 in Chicago; was in fancy grocery trade and in that Hino western representative of Reiss & Brady, of New York. until 1899, when he engaged in manufac- turing: acquired interest in Globe Iron Works (established. 1871). June 1. 1902: became pres. and treas, of the company. . Fino 1. 1201 Club. Ravisloe Country. Mem. Builders & Traders Exchange. Office: 31-41 Indiana St. Residence' 34 E. 16th St.

FROST, Albert Carl, banker and railway official: h. Berend. Germany. Mar. 20, 1965: 8 Carl and Phillipine (von Wietersheim) Frost: cd. Bromberg, Germany, and in public school at Alpena. Mich., to which place be removed in 1876; m. Alpena, Mich. Feb 5. 1890. Clara F Des Jardins; children: Acrielle. Lucile, Mario. Albert Carl. On leaving school. 1880. engaged as clerk in store until 1883; bookkeeper for a lumber manufacturing company, 15$3-6; esfah- lished plumbing and short Iron works in 1556- 1890; in machinery business, 1890-2 Came to Chicago in winter of 1992-3 and ratablisted business of A C. Frost & Co, municipal and corporation bonds Projected and brille the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric R R. 199S-

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1900; was its vice-pres. until 1902; since then its pres. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Germania, Exmoor. Office: 108 LaSalle St. Residence: 285 Lake Av.

FROST, Albert Garfield, sec. and mgr. of the Engineering Agency; b. Kane Co., Ill., Aug. 3, 1877; s. G. E. and Mary (Betts) Frost; ed. high school and business college; m. Aurora, Ill., May 2, 1901, Myrtle Rossetter; 1 daugh- ter: Marion Wilson. Engaged in high grade engineering employment for 5 years; built 7 miles of steam railroad in central Illinois; was for 4 years engaged in chemical engineer- ing business, refining glycerine recovered from oleaginous material. Now sec., mgr. and dir. of The Engineering Agency. Republican. Of- fice: Monadnock Blk.

FROST, Alfred Sidney, soldier; b. Chicago, Feb. 5, 1858; s. Thomas and Mary Emma (Stickley) Frost; ed. public schools of Syra- cuse, N. Y .; grad. U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1891; m.

Evanston, Ill., Dec. 31, 1884, Florence Eugenia Mann; children: Florence Myrtle, Ethel Grey, Louise Mann. Private, corporal, sergeant, 2d lieut., 1st lieut., capt. and maj. U. S. Army, 1881-90; col. 1st S. Dak. Infy., U. S. Vol., dur- ing Spanish War and Philippine insurrection; nominated by Pres. Roosevelt for brevet of brig .- gen., U. S. V., for conspicuous gallantry in action in 3 battles with Philippine insur- gents; owing to ill health was retired from U. S. A. with rank of maj., 1900. At present in charge of the recruiting service, U. S. A., at Peoria, Jacksonville and Springfield, Ill., with headquarters at Springfield. Law- ver; admitted to bar of 3d judicial circuit of South Dakota, 1893; to bar of supreme court of South Dakota, 1894; to supreme court of the U. S., 1900. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. (5th vice-pres.) Soc. Army of the Philippines, Military Order of Foreign Wars. Home: 641 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Official address: 100 E. Side Sq., Springfield, Ill.

FROST, Charles Sumner, architect; b. Lewiston, Me., May 31, 1856; s. Albert and Eunice (Jones) Frost; ed. public schools; studied architecture in offices and took special course at Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Boston; m. Jan. 7, 1885, Mary, daugh- ter of Marvin Hughitt; children: Margaret, Marvin, Virginia. Was draftsman, and later architect, in Boston; removed to Chicago in 1882, and practiced with Henry Ives Cobb under the firm name of Cobb & Frost, 1882- 1889; afterward alone for several years; now senior mem. of firm of Frost & Granger, archi- tects. Fellow Am. Institute of Architects. Clubs: Mid-Day, Union League. Onwentsia. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: Lake Forest, Il1.

FROST, David, produce commission; b. Lebanon Co., Pa., Mar .. 8, 1849; s. David and Susanna (Boyer) Frost; came to Illinois when 6 years old; reared on farm near Naperville; ed. public schools, Naperville, Ill .; resident of Chicago since 1872; m. Aurora, Ill., May, 1879, Wilhelmina Grevey; 4 children. Began in produce commission business in Chicago in firm of Ermeling, Frost & Beckwith, 1872-7, and became a mem. of Thayer & Frost, 1881, changing in 1892 to present style of Frost Bros. Republican. Mem. Produce Exchange, Nat. League of Commission Merchants. Office: 122 S. Water St. Residence: 2675 N. Robey St. (Ravenswood).

FROST, E. Allen, lawyer; b. Fayette Co., Pa., Mar. 27, 1871; ed. public schools Union- town, Pa., and Waynesburg College, Pa., grad- uating at 18, and on recommendation of the faculty of that college was elected pres. of Ozark College, Grenfield, Mo .; grad. Colum- bian Univ. Law School; m. 1899, Miss Edna Van Alen. Came to Chicago to practice law, 1893, and was for a time associated with ex-

Solicitor General Charles H. Aldrich; was ap- pointed asst. to receiver of the Columbia and Chemical Nat. Banks, 1893; later asst. to re- ceiver of the Nat. Bank of Illinois and the Calumet Electric St. Ry. Co. With Mr. Joseph T. Talbert designed a system of accounts for receivers of nat. banks now largely used; dep- uty comptroller of City of Chicago under Comptroller W. D. Kerfoot, and later atty. for Commission on Revision of City Accounts; then engaged with the extensive litigation growing out of the failure of the Nat. Bank of Illinois; closely identified with work of Civic Federation and the movement for City Charter reform, taking active part in organi- zation of Chicago New Charter Convention, and assisted in securing passage of the resolu- tion for constitutional amendment. Is general counsel Nat. Business League; mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn. Club: Union League. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Residence: 451 Belden Av.

FROTHINGHAM, James, clergyman; b. Johnstown, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1834; s. John and Jane Ann (Dodge) Frothingham; ed. Johns- town (N. Y.) Acad., 1846-51; Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., 1851-3; Princeton (N. J.) Theological Seminary, 1854-7; m. Busti, N. Y., July 23, 1857, Chloe D. Hazeltine; children: Harold J., Hazel, Herbert H., Frances, Earl H. Ordained to Presbyterian ministry, 1857; in charge of Spencer Acad., Ind. Ty., 1857-9; pas- tor at Caledonia, Minn., 1860-4; Lansing, Ia., 1864-78; Manchester, Ia., 1878-80; Morrison, Ill., 1880-4; Waukegan, Ill., 1884-8; Ninth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1888-92; Har- vey, Ill., 1899-1903. Stated clerk of the Presby- tery of Chicago. City editor of The Interior. Chicago, since 1897. Address: 527 Kenwood Ter.

FRUIT, Walter E., physician; b. on a farm near Edwardsville, Ill., Nov. 9, 1862; s. Jeffer- son and Elizabeth Ann (Vawter) Fruit; pre- liminary education in country school in Madi- son Co., Ill., then at Lincoln Univ., Illinois, and at Indiana State Normal School, Valpa- raiso, Ind .; received med. education in Hahne- mann Med. College, Chicago, M.D., 1890; m. Edwardsville, Ill., June 28, 1893, Ellen Eliza- beth Crossman; 1 son: Julian Elliott; has been teaching the subject of Diseases in Chil- dren in different med. colleges in Chicago since 1890; now has that chair in Chicago Homœ. Med. College, of which is a dir. Re- publican. Mem. 41st St. Presbyterian Church. Office: 92 State St. Residence: 4647 Indiana Av.

FRY, George Cook, lawyer; b. Selinsgrove, Pa., Sept. 30, 1846; s. Conrad J. and Margaret (Hottenstein) Fry; grad. Univ. of Michigan, A.B., 1868; A.M .. 1871; m. Freeport, Ill., Jan. 14, 1874, Sue Lawver; children: Catherine. Helen, William L. Studied law in office of late Hon. Joseph M. Bailey; admitted to Illinois bar, Aug., 1869; after Mr. Bailey's election to the Circuit Court was a partner of F. W. S. Brawley, of the firm of Bailey & Brawley. Has practiced in Chicago since 1869; consecu- tively of firms of Fry & Ling, Brawley & Frv, Page, Plum & Fry, House & Fry, Fry & Babb, and now of Fry & Hyde. Republican. Episco- palian. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Ken- wood, Calumet Golf, Homewood. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 5121 Kimbark Av.

FRY, Henry Thomas, wool merchant; b. Bol- ton, Mass., June 5, 1854; s. John E. and Re- becca (Akin) Fry; ed. public schools of Chi- cago; m. Chicago, Oct. 9, 1877, Julia Thomp- son; 1 son: Robert Thompson Fry. Began busi- ness career with J. T. Rawleigh, 1870, and re- mained until 1871; with Wiswall & Thompson as entry clerk and bookkeeper, 1872-5; office man with Clement Morton & Co., wholesale clothing, 1875-7; in 1877 entered firm of H. T. Thompson & Co., as partner. Mr. Thompson retired in 1888, but the firm name continues as

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H. T. Thompson & Co., the mems. being H. T. schools, Chicago Manual Training School, and Fry and L. G. Stiles, wool merchants. Repub- lican. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Whist. Office: 201-09 Michigan St. Residence: 2383 Clarendon Av.

FULKERSON, Monroe, lawyer; b. Marion, Ill., Feb. 23, 1867; s. C. T. and Virginia G. Ful- kerson; ed. Gainesville, Tex., and Chicago, Ill .; grad. Kent College of Law, Chicago (pres. of the class), 1896, LL.B .; Chicago Law School, LL.M., 1898; Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1897; m. Chicago, Sept. 19, 1899, Jessie A. Ri- ley; children: Stanley Monroe, Jessie Muriel. Admitted to bar, Sept. 1, 1896; lecturer on law of insurance Chicago Law School; went to Central America, 1897, and secured release from jail of Am. citizen after Am. minister and others had failed. Democrat. Presbyterian; trustee of Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church. Active in cause of municipal ownership of public utilities; pres. Central Organization of Municipal Ownership Clubs, 1903; since 1903 asst. corporation counsel. Chicago, and was Fire Dept. atty. for City of Chicago; conducted investigation of the famous Iroquois disaster on behalf of the City of Chicago; a mem. of the committee of the City of Chicago that brought about the enactment of the "Mueller Bill." Clubs: Chicago Democratic, Cook Co. Democracy. 32º Mason; pres. of the Consistory Class of 1904, Medinah Temple Shrine; Illi- nois State Bar Assn. Office: Title & Trust Bldg. Residence: 630 N. Ashland Av., La- Grange, Ill.

FULLER, Charles Gordon, surgeon, oculist, aurist; b. Jamestown, N. Y., Apr. 9, 1856; s. Frederick Augustus and Emeline Rathbone Fuller (direct "Mayflower stock"); ed. public schools and Jamestown Collegiate Institute, : 1874; special studies Columbia College; grad. Chicago Home. Med. College; post-graduate studies College Physicians and Surgeons, New York; New York Ophthalmological Hosp. Col- lege (O. A. Ch.), New York Ophthalmological and Aural Institute; m. New York, June 30, 1885, Isabella Hunt White; children: Dorothy Rathbone, Elizabeth Barrett. Ex-major and surgeon 1st regt. infy., I. N. G .; ophthalmic and aural surgeon several Chicago hosps .; ex- asst. surgeon New York Ophthalmological Hosp .; fellow Royal Microscopic Soc., Eng- land; mem. A. A. A. S., Assn. Military Sur- geons U. S., Am. Microscopical Soc., Am. Insti- tute Homoeopathy, Am. Home. Ophthalmol .. Otol. and Laryngol. Soc. Clubs: Chicago Liter- ary, Glen View. Office: 100 State. Residence: 1305 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill.

FULLER, Charles Houston, advertising; b. Rome, Pa., Oct. 17, 1843; s. Lucius and Can- dace (Newell) Fuller; parents located at Bel- videre, Ill., 1845; ed. public schools of Rock- ford, Lee Center, and Belvidere, Ill .; m. New York, 1869, Alice E. Doolittle; 1 son: Lucius C. In hardware trade at Belvidere, Ill., for 5 years before coming to Chicago in 1871, and engaging in the newspaper business with the Chicago Mail and later with the Daily News 'or 5 years; in 1880 established newspaper and nagazine advertising business, and in 1888 ncorporated under name of Charles H. Ful- er's Advertising Agency, of which has since een pres. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chica- ro Athletic, Union League, Atlas. Office: 112 Dearborn St. Residence: 1734 Asbury Av., Evanston.

FULLER, Henry Blake, author; b. Chicago, an. 9, 1857. Author: The Chevalier of Pen- ieri-Vani; The Chatelaine of La Trinite; The Cliff Dwellers; With the Procession; The Pup- et-Booth (dramatic sketches); From the Other Side (short stories); The Last Refuge; Under the Skylights. Address: 2831 Prairie V.

FULLER, Lucius Chipman, advertising; b. Chicago, Apr. 14, 1875; s. Charles H. and Alice (Doolittle) Fuller; ed. Chicago public

Cornell Univ .; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., 1902, Marga- retta McDowell Patterson: 1 daughter: Mar- garet Macfarlane. Since leaving college in 1897, with Charles H. Fuller's Advertising Agency, of which he is treas. Also dir. Co- lonial Trust and Savings Bank; 2d vice-pres. Northern Liquidation Co., dir. Ryder Belt and Cordage Co .; pres. Union Electrotype Foundry; pres. Advertisers Printing Co. Clubs: Union League, Glen View, Evanston Country. Office: 112 Dearborn. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

FULLER, Oliver Franklin, wholesale drug- gist; b. Sherman, Conn., Oct. 19, 1829; s. Revilo and Caroline E. (Hungerford) Fuller; ed. pub- lic schools of Sherman, Conn .; m. Peekskill, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1858, Phebe Ann Shipley; chil- dren: Frank R., Charles. Began business career as a boy in Peekskill, N. Y., in 1844, in the drug business, and in 1852 came from Peeks- kill to Chicago and established himself in the drug business, in which he has ever since been engaged; business was incorporated 1885, and has ever since been pres. of Fuller & Ful- ler Co., wholesale druggists. Republican. Of- fice: 220 Randolph St. Residence: 325 Dearborn Av.

FULLER, William Alden, retired manufac- turer; b. Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 31, 1836; s. Ephraim and Judith (Goss) Fuller; ed. public schools; widower; children: Leroy W., Ginevra (now Mrs. King). Began business life as sta- tion agent for the Worcester & Nashua R. R. (now known as the Boston & Maine) at the station at S. Lancaster in 1852; came to Chi- cago, 1854, and entered upon the mfg. business in lumber and bldg. material and continued in that business continuously for 45 years, began as bookkeeper and in 1866 organized the cor- poration of Palmer, Fuller & Co., of which he was pres. until his retirement in 1899. Dir. Northern Trust Co. Republican. R. E. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Union League. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 2913 Michi- gan Av.

FUNKHOUSER, Metellus Lucullus Cicero, underwriter; b. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 17, 1864; s. Robert Monroe and Sarah Johnson (Selmes) Funkhouser, both now deceased; ed. St. Louis public schools, 1872-80; m. Kirkwood, Mo., Apr. 20, 1886, Eugenie J. Mermod; chil- dren: Julia Mermod, Louis Burroughs, Eugenie Mermod, Mary Mermod. In 1881, at age of 17, began active business in St. Louis, and after- ward for a short time in New Orleans; return- ed to St. Louis and was engaged commercially until coming to Chicago, 1884. Soon after, entered office of George W. Montgomery & Co., general insurance agents, and later was ad- mitted to partnership in local and general agency business, firm becoming Montgomery & Funkhouser, now one of the leading firms in fire and plate glass insurance and bonds of suretyship. Vice-pres. Farmers' and Mer- chants' Insurance Co., of Lincoln, Neb .; dir. Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of Lincoln. Neb., and of Nebraska Underwriters' Insur- ance Co., of Omaha, Neb. Was lieut. Chicago Hussars, 1889-94; capt. Chicago City Troop. afterward Troop C., 1st Cav., I. N. G., 1894-8; in 1898 capt. 1st Infy. U. S. Vols., command- ing Co. K; during war with Spain was pro- moted to acting asst. adjutant general, 1st brigade, 3d division, 5th Army Corps; capt .. 1st Infy. I. N. G. commanding Co. K, 1898- 1900; since 1900, major 1st Infy. I. N. G., commanding 1st battalion. Pres. Illinois branch Soc. of the Army of Santiago de Cuba: treas. Military Order of Foreign Wars of the U. S. (Illinois Commandery). Mason (32º); Scottish Rite. Clubs: Union League. Chicago Athletic. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: Si? Hinman Av., Evanston.

FURBECK, Warren Fuller, broker: b. Duanesburg, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1849; s. John H. and Adeline Sophia (Fuller) Furbeck; ed. pub-

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lic schools of Schenectady, N. Y., and Chicago, and in commercial college at Chicago; m. Oak Park, Ill., June 15, 1871, Sophia E. Whaples; children: George Warren, Rollin Judson, John Philip, Lyman Albert, Stanley Brooks. Clerk in First Nat. Bank, 1863-82; with C. T. Yerkes, Jr., & Co., bankers and brokers, as cashier, 1882-5; cashier First Nat. Bank of Sioux Falls, Dak., 1886; private sec. for Charles T. Yerkes, 1887-92; vice-pres. N. Chi- cago St. R. R. Co., 1892-9; since 1899, stock broker. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Office: 253 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 440 Lake St., Oak Park.

FURBER, Henry Jewett; b. Rochester, Staf- ford Co., N. H., July 17, 1840; s. Benjamin and Olive (Hussey) Furber; ed. high school of Great Falls, Stafford Co., N. H., and at Bow- doin College, Brunswick, Me., in class of 1861, but left in junior year in 1860 to become prin- cipal of the public schools in Green Bay, Wis., 1860-2; subsequently the college conferred upon him his A.B. degree and enrolled his name with the mems. of his class; m. Green Bay, Wis., Jan. 7, 1862, Elvira Irwin; chil- dren: W. E., H. J., Jr., F. I. Studied law while principal of schools at Green Bay, and admit- ted to Wisconsin bar in 1862; partner in prac- tice of law with E. H. Ellis, at Green Bay un- til July, 1865; while so connected was appoint- ed special agent for Wisconsin for Metropolitan Fire Insurance Co., and in Jan., 1865, general agent for that company for several Western States, and in Apr., 1865, appointed the com- pany's gen. mgr. for the Western States and removed to Chicago, July, 1865; in October, 1865, elected vice-pres. of the Universal Life Insurance Co., and removed to New York, re- siding there until spring of 1879 as officer of various life insurance companies; removed to Chicago, May, 1879, and was partner in Hig- gins, Furber & Cothran, a leading law firm; later identified with large financial enterprises. Office: 103 State St. Residence: Lexington Ho- tel.

FURBER, Henry Jewett, Jr., lawyer; b. Green Bay, Wis., May 12, 1866; s. Henry Jew- ett and Elvira (Irwin) Furber; ed. public school, Green Bay, 1876-80; preparatory school, 1880-3, and college, 1883-6, graduating B.S., old Univ. of Chicago; Bowdoin College, Me., A.M. (honoris causa), 1889; student Univ. of Berlin, Prussia, 1886-7, and 1888-9; Univ. of Vienna, Austria, 1887-8; Univ. of Leipzig, Saxony, 1889-90; Univ. Halle, Prussia, 1890-1, A.A., LL.M., and Ph.D. (magna cum laude), 1891. In employ Columbus Safe Deposit Co., Chicago, 1892; prof. of economics, Northwest- ern Univ., 1893-4; 1st vice-pres., Nat. Life In- surance Co., of Washington, D. C., 1897-1900; mem. law firm Steere & Furber, 1899-1903, practiced alone 1903-4; organized, May 1, 1904, with Harry W. Wakelee, law firm of Furber & Wakelee. Was instrumental in opening the univs. of France to foreign students on sub- stantially the same basis as are those of Ger- many, 1897; elected pres. of the International Olympian Games of 1904, but resigned on transfer of games to St. Louis, Mo. Wrote Geschichte der Okonomischen Theorien in Amerika, Halle, 1891; and numerous contribu- tions to economic journals and reviews. Mem. Chicago Acad. of Sciences, Am. Statistical Assn., Am. Economic Assn. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor of France. Gold Democrat. Honorary mem. Battery D, I. N. G. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Chicago Athletic, Columbia Yacht, Chicago Yacht. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 816 Pullman Bldg.

FUREY, Charles La Tour, vice-pres. Am. Guaranty Co .; b. New York City, Aug. 19, 1860; s. Edward and Mary Elizabeth (La Tour) Fu- rey; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, N. Y., and New York City, and in Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; m. Denver, Colo., Dec. 24, 1887, Car-

oline Revere Smith; 1 daughter: Caroline La Tour. Was engaged in mining and merchandiz- ing in Colorado 15 years; bank receiver in Chi- cago, 1893; vice-pres. of the Am. Guarantee Co .; pres. of the Salt Lake Southern R. R. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Marquette; also Lawyers' Club, New York. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 135 Lincoln Park Boul.

FURNESS, William Eliot, lawyer; b. Phila- delphia, Pa., Aug. 21, 1839; s. James Thwing and Elizabeth Margaret (Eliot) Furness; fitted for college at private school of Charles Short, Philadelphia; grad. Harvard College, A.B., 1860; studied law in Philadelphia under Peter McCall and at Harvard Law School, gradu- ating LL.B., 1863; served in army Aug., 1863, to Oct., 1865, as ist lieut. of 3d U. S. colored troops, capt. 45th U. S. colored troops, and judge advocate U. S. Vols .; m. Boston, Mar. 27, 1865, Lucy Fairfield Wadsworth; children: Grace Eliot (deceased), Elizabeth Margaret, Ruth Wadsworth (now Mrs. James F. Porter), James Thwing (deceased). Admitted to Illi- nois bar in 1866 and has ever since been en- gaged in general practice, covering all

branches, but chiefly employed in matters of real estate law, chancery practice and probate practice. Dir. Multiple Speed and Traction Co. Republican. Unitarian. Companion of Illinois Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Le- gion, U. S .; comrade George H. Thomas Post, No. 5, G. A. R .; mem. S. A. R. and Soc. of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Har- vard, University; also Harvard Club, of New York. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 417 Orchard St.

FURRY, Frank William, manufacturer; b. Wadsworth, O., Feb. 25, 1858; s. William and Mary (Ettinger) Furry; ed. public schools of Ohio; m. Akron, O., Nov. 20, 1882, Lydia W. Smith; children: Clara H., William. Began business life as a telegraph operator for the old Atlantic & Great Western R. R., and was afterward in the freight and passenger depts. of the Valley road; next employment was with the Am. Cereal Co. in Akron, O .; came to Chicago in 1894, and since that time has been vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of the Ohio In- jector Co. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Midlothian. Office: Monadnock Blk. Resi- dence: 698 E. 49th St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 63

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