The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 69

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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GOSSARD, Henry Williamson, pres. of the H. W. Gossard Co .; b. near Frankfort. Ind., Mar. 18, 1871; s. William and Cynthia (Arm- strong) Gossard; ed. public schools of Frank- fort, Ind. Came to Chicago, 1889, and was salesman for G. H. Foster & Co. until 1835, when the business of French, Gossard & Co. was established (was succeeded by Gossard & Pinkerton), and in 1900 it was incorporated under the present style of the H. W. Gossard Co., of which he is pres. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Midlothian. Office: 143-145 Wabash Av. Residence: Chicago Athletic Assn.

GOSSARD, James William, sec. the H. W. Gossard Co .: b. near Frankfort. Ind., July 23. 1860; s. William and Cynthia (Armstrong) Gossard; ed. public schools of Frankfort. Ind .: commercial education in Indianapolis. Went from Indiana to Pacific Coast, remaining there until 1891, when came to Chicago; has since been devoted to business and philanthropic in- terests: since 1895 has been In present husi- ness, which was incorporated in 1900 as the H. W. Gossard Co., of which he is sec. En- deavors to live systematically and has a time for business and a time for philanthropy. do- voting one day each week to philanthropic work through the Higher Practical Educa- tional Soc., of which he is founder and for which Thursdays are his office days. Office: 143-145 Wabash Av. Residence: Auditorium Annex.

GOULD, Charles Henry, agent of estates b. Owosso, Mich .. Dec. 25. 1856, s. Henry and Nancy (Shattuck) Gould: ed. public schools of Owosso, Mich .: m. Chicago, Apr. 19, 1853. Janet Frost; children: Harold Peck, Helen, Ma- rion, Esther. After leaving school was for sev- eral years engaged in newspaper work In Now York, Buffalo and Detroit; now agent of the estate of Harold S. Pock Republican Chub: Union League. Office: 6 Madison St Residence; Riverside, 111.

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GOULD, Frank, pres. L. Gould & Co .; b. Peacham, Vt., Aug. 1, 1841; s. Bennett and Sarah (Marsh) Gould; public school educa- tion; m. Chicago, 1868, Myra Miller; children: Elsie, Leonora. Came to Chicago, Oct. 15, 1860, and entered employ of Warner & Gould; with that house and its successor, L. Gould & Co., ever since, except for 31/2 years, when he re- turned to Peacham, Vt .; pres. of the com- pany since 1899. Also pres. of the Fibre Goods Co. Dir. Bankers Nat. Bank. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Office: 160 W. Lake St. Resi- dence: 1142 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.

GOULD, John, real estate; b. Essex, Essex Co., N. Y., May 15, 1861; s. Henry N. and Saralı Paine (Skinner) Gould; ed. Chicago grammar and high schools; m. Chicago, Apr. 26, 1886, Ellen Judith French; children: John, Jr., Charles French, Agnes Ellen, Eleanor. Began business career Aug., 1880, with Gould & Ar- mour, wholesale grocers, Chicago; became partner in firm of John S. Gould & Co., 1886- 1889; in real estate business alone, 1889-91, with L. A. Seeberger, as Gould & Seeberger, 1891-2; alone again until Feb., 1903, when he became a mem. of the firm of W. L. DeWolf & Co. Dir. and registrar North Am. Iron Co. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Onwentsia, Lake Forest Win- ter. Office: 232 LaSalle St. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.

GOURLEY, Arthur, lumberman; b. Co. Tyrone, Ire., Apr. 17, 1842; s. Arthur and Eliza (Mckinney) Gourley; in youth worked on his father's farm and attended schools in Ireland; came to Chicago, 1870; m. Ireland, 1863, Jane Mckinney; 1 daughter: Maggie (Mrs. J. L. Campbell). Peddled dry goods and notions for 4 months in Chicago, 1870; then worked in yard of S. K. Martin & Co .; became shipping clerk, 1874; partner and vice-pres. S. K. Martin Lumber Co., 1883-8; partner in firm of Arthur Gourley & Co., 1889; subse- quently incorporated as Arthur Gourley Co., of which is pres. Office: Loomis, near 22d St. Residence: 329 Ashland Boul.

GOWER, Harry, railway official; b. Roch- ford, Eng., May 31, 1853; s. William and Eliza- beth Lindsell Gower; ed. private schools, Eng- land; m. Chicago, 1879, Sarah Ellen White. Began business career as clerk in mercantile house, London, Eng. In 1878 became clerk in auditor's office of the C., R. I. & P. Ry., with which he has ever since been connected, becoming chief clerk in auditing dept. and Oct. 7, 1881, chief clerk general freight dept .; promoted to 2d asst. general freight agent in Apr., 1887; 1st asst. general freight agent, Mar. 1, 1888; general freight agent Mar., 1896, and, since Mar. 1, 1899, asst. freight traffic mgr. C., R. I. & P. Ry. Clubs: Union League, Homewood. Office: 144 VanBuren St. Resi- dence: 180 51st St.

GRADLE, Henry, M. D .; b. Frankfurt, Ger., Aug. 17, 1855; s. B. and Rosa (Schottenfels) Gradle; ed. Chicago; grad. Chicago Med. Col- lege, 1874; also studied in Vienna, Heidelberg, Leipzig and Paris; m. New York, Aug. 31, 1881, Fanny Searls; children: Harry, Roy. Was prof. physiology; now prof. diseases of the eye and ear, Northwestern Univ. Med. school. Author: Bacteria and the Germ Theory of Disease, 1883; Text-Book of Dis- eases of the Nose, Pharynx and Ear, 1901; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Med. Soc. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 165 Eugenie St.

GRADY, William R., dealer in surgical in- struments; b. Philadelphia, Pa., June 28, 1861; s. William and Julia (Maley) Grady; ed. Philadelphia public schools; m. Dec. 24, 1884, at St. Louis, Mo., Miss J. P. Ricketts; chil- dren: Julia R., Agnes S. Began business career at Philadelphia, Pa., with J. H. Gemrig & Sons; went to St. Louis, Mo., 1880, and was with A. S. Alve & Co., and later Holekamp, Grady & Moore, until 1893, when came to Chicago;

was with Truax, Greene & Co., physicians' supplies, until 1899, when established the R. Grady Co., of which he is pres. and treas., dealers in and importers of surgical instru- ments, hospital furniture and physicians' sup- plies. Office: 45-47 Wabash Av. Residence: 6544 Washington Av.

GRAFF, Edwin Adolphus, pres. the Colum- bia Malting Co .; b. Mt. Vernon, O., Apr. 22, 1851; s. John A. and Mary (Haynes) Graff; cd. Western Univ. of Pennsylvania; m. 1st, Allegheny, Pa., Apr. 11, 1872, Eleanor M. Davis; children: Henderson D., Mary L., John A., Edwin A., Jr., Eleanor M .; m., 2d, Feb. 8, 1899, Josephine M. Hewson; 1 daughter: Doro- thy J. After leaving college engaged in the grain and produce business at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1872, and has ever since been in the grain business. In 1897 came to Chicago, organizing the Columbia Malting Co., of which is pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Kenwood; also Duquesne (Pittsburgh). Office: 234 La- Salle St. Residence: 4907 Madison Av.

GRAFF, James Graham, civil engineer and surveyor; b. on farm in Westmoreland Co., Pa., Mar. 14, 1860; s. Henry and Margaret L. (Wilkinson) Graff; ed. country schools of In- diana Co., Pa., from 3 to 5 months each win- ter, 1867-78; Blairsville (Pa.) Acad., 1879-80; State Normal School, Indiana, Pa., 1882-3; Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 1885-8, graduating with degree of C.E .; m. Mead- ville, Pa., Sept. 20, 1892, Frances E. Bell. Was employed on farm, clerked in store and taught school while not attending school, 1867-88; taught preparatory and freshman mathematics in college, 1887-8; came to Chicago, 1888, and was employed by engineering firm of Cole, Alvord & Shields; engineer in charge of con- struction of Madison Street cable, 1889-90, engineer in charge of preliminary and topo- graphical survevs, of Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance, and Washington Park for Board of National Commissioners, World's Columbian Exposition, 1891; made topographical surveys and was engineer in charge of construction for country home of Cyrus H. McCormick, Lake Forest, Ill .; designed and constructed irrigation and water power system on the Snake River, Idaho, 1896-7; has laid out many subdivisions and suburbs in and around Chi- cago; elected county surveyor of Cook Co., 1900 and 1904. Republican. Methodist. Resi- dence: 2034 W. Congress St.

GRAHAM, Andrew J., banker; b. Chicago, Feb. 5, 1861; public school education. At 14 began business career as a boy in the furni- ture store of John M. Smyth, and after some years there established, with his father, the present banking business of Graham & Sons. Democrat. Was appointed a mem. of the Board of West Park Commissioners by Gov. Alt- geld in 1893, and has been a mem. of the board ever since. Clubs: Illinois, Iroquois, Ashland, Sheridan. Office: 134 W. Madison St. Residence: 1411 Washington Boul.

GRAHAM, David Wilson, surgeon; b. Biggs- ville, Ill., June 11, 1843; s. Andrew and Rachel (Davis) Graham; grad. Monmouth College, Ill., 1870; A.M .. 1873; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. College, 1872; served in Civil War in 83d Ill. Vols., 1862-5; m. Chicago, July, 1877, Ida A. Barned; children: David Barned, Evarts Ambrose; surgeon Presbyterian Hosp., Chi- cago, since 1884; prof. surgery, Rush Med. College. Formerly surgeon Cook Co. Hosp .; prof. anatomy Woman's Med. College, 1877- 1882; prof. surgery, ibid., 1883-98; was sur- geon Wesley Hosp. several years; consulting surgeon Evanston Hosp .; frequent contributor to med. journals and med. socs .; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc. (pres., 1894), Chicago Med. Soc. (pres., 1885), Chi- cago Surgical Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., etc. Mem. G. A. R., Thomas Post No. 5, Grand Army, and Memorial Hall Assn. Clubs: Illi-

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nois, Irving. Office: 34 Washington St. Resi- dence: 672 W. Monroe St. GRAHAM, Edwin R., publishing agent Western Methodist Book Concern; b. Upper Sandusky, O., May 7, 1854; s. Rev. John and Jane Glasgow (McKee) Graham; grad. Bald- win Univ., Berea, O., B.S., 1874; m. Ft. Dodge, Ja., Nov. 14, 1888, Mary Hawthorne Dolliver; children: Dolliver Wiltsee, Robert Hawthorne. After leaving college in 1874 was engaged in mercantile pursuits until 1881; from 1893 to 1904 was western representative of Hough- ton, Mifflin & Co., publishers, of Boston; and in May, 1904, was elected by the general con- ference of the M. E. Church, held in Los An- geles, Calif., to be publishing agent of the Western Methodist Book Concern, in assn. with Rev. H. C. Jennings, D.D., of Cincinnati, O. (Jennings & Graham). Republican. Metho- dist. Trustee of Baldwin Univ., Berea, O. Of- fice: 57 Washington St. Residence: Evanston.

GRAHAM, Ernest Robert, architect; b. Lowell, Mich., Aug. 22, 1867; s. Robert and Emma (Post) Graham; ed. Lowell, Mich .; m. Chicago, 1894. Carlotta Hall. Came to Chicago in May, 1888, and began work as architect, and during the construction and operation of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago was asst. dir. of works; in 1894 became asso- ciated with D. H. Burnham as a partner in the practice of architecture under then firm name of D. H. Burnham & Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mid-Day; also Duquesne, Un- ion, Pittsburgh, Pa. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: 4858 Washington Av.

GRANGER, Alfred Hoyt, architect; b. Zanesville, O., May 31, 1867; s. Judge Moses M. and Mary Hoyt (Reese) Granger; ed. Ken- yon College, Gambier, O., 3 years to June, 1886; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (spe- cial 2-year course in architecture), 1886-8; student at Acad. Julian and under M. Le- teurte, Paris, 2 years; m. Chicago, Oct. 4, 1893, Belle, daughter of Marvin Hughitt; children: Elisabeth Sherman, Barbara Hughitt, Martha Mccullough. Spent several years as drafts- man in offices of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, both in Boston and Chicago, and with Jenney & Mundie, Chicago; began practice for self at Cleveland, O., Feb. 1, 1893; in 1895 took as partner Frank B. Meade (classmate at Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology) in firm of Granger & Meade, until Jan. 1, 1898; then joined Charles S. Frost, Chicago, in present firm of Frost & Granger. Republican; served 4 years in town council of Lake Forest. Mem. P. E. Church. Mem. Bibliophile Soc., Boston. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Caxton, City, Onwentsia; also Rowfant (Cleveland), Grolier (New York). Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: "Woodleigh," Lake For- est, Ill.

GRANT, John, western mgr. New Haven Clock Co .; b. Aberdeen, Scotland, Apr. 1, 1869; s. Thomas and Mary (Connon) Grant; moved to Chicago with parents In 1880; ed. grammar schools of Chicago until 1884; m. Chicago, June 17. 1903, Jemima Thomson; 1 daughter: Helen Mildred. Was in employ of Chicago branch of the New Haven Clock Co., 1889-94; then with Overman Wheel Co., bicycles, 1894-9; in 1899 returned to New Haven Clock Co. as asst. mgr .; became western mgr. in 1901. (The company, which has its factories In New Ha- ven, Conn., was incorporated In 1853.) Indo- pendent in politics. Office: 149 State St. Resl- dence: 6625 Kimbark Av.

GRAVER, William, pres. William Graver Tank Works; b. Chambersburg, Pa., May 9. 1842; s. Philip and Christina (Ackerman) Graver; ed. public schools; m. Allegheny, Pa., Jan. 1, 1866. Christina Penman: children: James P., William F .. Philip S., Herbert S., Alexander M., Alice, Elizabeth. In 1858 became apprentice to Michael Graver, Pittsburgh, Pa., to learn the trade of tank mnker, and contin-

ued in his shop until 1880; from 1880 to 1884 continued in tank business for self. In 1884 came to Chicago and continued same line un- til 1888, when he organized the William Gra- ver Tank Works, manufacturers of iron and steel tanks; is still pres. and dir., the com- pany now doing an extensive business as man- ufacturers of storage tanks for all purposes. Republican. Lutheran. Englewood Masonic Lodge, Chapter, Commandery and Oriental Consistory, and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Office: 77 Jackson Boul. Residence: 7211 Yale Av.

GRAVES, Albert Mattoon, sec. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., wholesale hardware; b. Sunderland, Franklin Co., Mass., Nov. 21. 1847; s. Warren M. and Amanda (Root) Graves; ed. Sunderland common schools and in Powers' Institute, Bernardston, Mass .; m .. 1st, Chicago, Dec. 8, 1874, Mary E. Bronson; 1 daughter: Eva Bronson Graves, now wife of Rev. Orlo J. Price, of Freeport, Ill .; m., 2d. Chicago, Jan. 20, 1904, Mary Lucile Barr. Came to Chicago in 1866, and entered the em- ploy of Field, Palmer & Leiter. In 1868, en- tered the employ of the firm of Hibbard & Spencer, wholesale hardware merchants; has remained with that house continuously since, becoming a dir. in 1898, of Hibbard, Spen- cer, Bartlett & Co., and sec., Jan. 1, 1904. In 1880 devised, developed and patented the Graves system of filing and handling travel- ing salesmen's orders, now used all over the world. Republican. Mem. Kenwood Union Evangelical Church. Clubs: Union League. Kenwood. Office: State St. Bridge. Residence: 4526 Woodlawn Av.

GRAVES, Charles Edward, manufacturer; b. Nenagh, Ireland, Mar. 6, 1865; s. Thomas and Sarah A. (Moran) Graves; ed. in church school. Midleton, Ireland, 1869-74; Carmichael's School. Cork, 1874-5; Midleton College. Ireland. 1875- 1880, and by private study, 1880-2; m., 1st, Cork, Ireland, June 20, 1886, Annie Baker, who died Apr. 7, 1887, leaving 1 son: Francis Hen- ry; m., 2d, New York, Oct. 17, 1891. Bertha Emily Lux; children: Kasten North, Ber- tram Danvers, Gladys Olivia. Is first cousin (once removed) of Gen. William Graves, of Gravesend (the family seat), Co. Derry. Ire- land, who is now head of the famlly. Family has contributed 8 admirals to the British navy. Was private sec. to Maurice Healy, atty .- at- law and mem. of the British House of Com- mons, 1882-8; in office of gen. supt. Wells- Fargo Express Co., New York, Oct., 18SS. to Oct., 1889; in practice of law, court reporter and commissioner in chancery at Roanoke, Va .. Oct., 1889, to Oct., 1894; In law dept. of Metro- politan St. Ry. Co. of New York, and in law office of Reed, Simpson, Thacher & Barnum. New York, 1894-9; since May 15, 1899, asst. sec. Republic Iron and Steel Co., at Chicago. Came to U. S., Sept., 1888; naturalized, Sopt . 1893. Republican. Unitarian: trustee Unity Church. Oak Park. Club: Oak Park_ Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: Oak Park. I11.

GRAVES, Charles Eugene, pres. and dir Charles E. Graves & Co., Jewelers, successors to J. B. Chambers & Co. Clubs: Evanston Coun- try, Edgewater Golf. Glon Vlew, Office: 128 Madison St. Residence: 1047 Forest Av., Evans- ton.

GRAVES, Frank Pliny, lawyer; h. Grand Rapids, Mich., June 27. 1871; & John R and Frances F. (Greene) Graves: grad Grand Rapids High School, 1858; Unly, of Michigan, A.B., 1893; T.1 .. R .. 1895: m. Chicago, Jan 4. 1899. Lucy Crawford: 2 children: Virginia, An- drew Crawford (deceased) Admitted to bar. 1895, and has since then been engaged In prac- lice. Served as capt In 33d Mich. Vols In cam- paign against Santlago, 1895, commissioned as col., Michigan N. G, 1900, in practice in Chleago, alnce Jan 1, 1901. Mom Army of

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Santiago, Order of Spanish-Am. War. Repub- lican. Clubs: Union League, University, Glen View. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 96 Pine Grove Av.

GRAVES, Henry Eliphas, general western agent Nat. Despatch-Great Eastern Line; b. Lyndon, Vt., Apr. 22, 1844; s. Erastus and Me- lissa (Bradley) Graves; ed. public schools of Vermont; enlisted, 1862, and served 15 months in Co. G, 15th Vt. Vol. in Civil War; m., 1st, Lyndon, Vt., 1869, Mary A. Ide; m., 2d, Chica- go, 1887, May Mann; children: Helen Dorothy, Marion Ruth, Henrietta Grace. Was engaged at work on the family farm until entering the army. In 1864 entered railway service with the Passumpsic R. R. (now a part of the Boston & Maine R. R.); 1865-6, engaged in commis- sion business at N. Bridgewater and Boston, Mass .; 1866-80, employed by the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain R. R. as station agent; came to Chicago, May, 1880, as general west- ern agent Nat. Despatch Fast Freight Line and Nat. Despatch and New York Despatch Refrigerator Lines; later represented the Cen- tral Vermont Line of steamers, and at present general western agent Nat. Despatch-Great Eastern Line. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 486 N. Forest Av., River Forest, Ill.

GRAVES, Nathaniel Abraham, physician; b. DeKalb Co., Ill., July 5, 1864; s. Abraham D. and Salina L. (Churchill) Graves; ed. public and high schools, Sycamore, Ill., Northwest- ern Univ. Preparatory School, and Bennett Med. College, M.D., 1890; m. DeKalb Co., Ill., Aug. 11, 1885, Carrie C. Van Voorhis; chil- dren: Pansy, Nathaniel, Mildred. Was 2 years interne at Cook Co. Hosp .; prof. of practice of medicine and sec., Bennett Med. College; attending physician at Cook Co. and Bennett Hosps. Mem. Chicago Eclectic Med. Soc., Illi- nois State Eclectic Med. Soc., Nat. Eclectic Med. Assn. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Republican. Office: 100 State St. Resi- dence: 518 W. Chicago Avenue.

GRAY, Allen William, physician; b. Chi- cago, Ill., Dec. 16, 1839; s. John and Phebe Maria (Allen) Gray; ed. Northwestern Univ., 1858-61; left the univ. Apr. 19, 1861 (the first student to enlist in the Civil War), and enlisted as private Battery A, Chicago Light Artillery; transferred to 51st Regt. Ill. Infy .; promoted to regimental adjutant and served in all 4 years; grad. Chicago Med. College, M.D., 1868; m. Chicago, Oct. 13, 1862, Sarah Helen Adams, of Northfield, Cook Co., Ill .; children: Ethan Allen, Louis Adams, Helen Barbara, Philip Mosher, Carolyn. In continu- ous practice of medicine since 1868. Repub- lican. Mem. Ancient Order United Workmen, Royal League, Chicago Med. and Illinois State Med. Socs. Office and residence: 1410 Wash- ington Boul.

GRAY, Edward Everett, lawyer; b. Derby, Eng., Jan. 14, 1862; s. James and Ann C. (Colechin) Gray; ed. grammar schools in Eng- land; Union College of Law, Chicago, LL.B., 1883. Came to Chicago from England in 1880. Was admitted to bar, 1884; mem. firm of Weigley, Bulkley & Gray, 10 years; upon re- tirement of Mr. Weigley present firm of Bulk- ley, Gray & More was formed. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., and Illinois State Bar Assn. Clubs: Hamilton, Illinois Athletic, Bel- mont Golf. Office: 205 LaSalle St. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel.

GRAY, Franklin D., capitalist; b. Sharon, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 19, 1818; s. Silas A. and Lucretia Wedhams Gray; passed his early years on a farm and ed. district school until 10 years of age, later supplemented by 1 year at high school; m. Norfolk, Conn., July 4, 1843, Anna O., daughter of Jeremiah Phelps, now deceased. Came to Chicago, 1840, and en- tered employ of a general store, in which he became partner, 1845; continued the grocery business under different firm names until

death of his brother, when firm was dissolved. Was dir. First Nat. Bank of Chicago, 1866-9, and vice-pres., 1867-82; pres. Nat. Safe Deposit Co., until 1899, when he retired; now pres. Stearns Lime & Stone Co. In early days was a mem. of Chicago Fire Dept., Engine Co. I, being sec. and treas. 10 years; later co-operated in establishing Firemen's Insurance Co. Has been an invalid for several years. Residence: 2807 Prairie Av.

GRAY, George Covert, mgr. the Jenkins & Reynolds Co .; b. Mt. Oreb, Brown Co., O .; ed. public schools at New Vienna, O. After leav- ing school was chief clerk to the treas. of the Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia R. R., at Cincinnati; resigned and came to Chicago in 1892, as cashier for a real estate firm; in 1895, elected treas., and in 1901 also sec. and mgr. of the Jenkins & Reynolds Co. Republi- can. Methodist. Mem. Chicago Mason and Bldg. Club, Chicago Architectural Club. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Illinois Athletic. Office: Chamber of Com- merce. Residence: 4465 Oakenwald Av.

GRAY, James J., lawyer; b. Chicago, Nov. 23, 1861; s. Patrick L. and Sarah L. (Murphy) Gray; ed. public schools of 21st Ward. Learned printing trade; deputy probate clerk, 1893-5; deputy circuit clerk, 1895-7, and was assigned to Judge Tuley's court, in which be- came the judge's minute clerk and record writer; studied law; was admitted to bar, 1896, and soon afterward associated in practice with M. J. Moran under firm name of Gray & Mo- ran. Elected N. Town assessor, 1897, and re- elected, 1898; later in 1898 elected mem. of the Cook Co. Board of Assessors (the only Democratic mem.), and continued as such un- til Dec. 31, 1904, and was pres., 1903-4. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 639 Cleveland Av.

GRAY, John, stenographer; b. Derby, Eng., Sept. 15, 1849; s. James H. and Bertha (Hall) Gray; ed. public schools, Derby, Eng .; m. Sheffield, Eng., 1878, Violet Shipman. Came to U. S., 1868; clerk in a mercantile house, Oma- ha, Neb., and also employed for special ser- vice by Omaha Herald. Engaged by State of Nebraska to report proceedings of the Con- stitutional Convention of 1871; in 1870 was appointed deputy county clerk of Douglas Co., Neb., and in Feb., 1872, came to Chicago and entered employ of the official stenographers upon the resumption of court business after the great fire; then formed firm of Dement, Gray & Co., stenographers, which continued until 1876, then of Gray, Hewitt & Co., until 1886; since 1886, of Gray, Abbott & Williston. Office: 79 Dearborn St.

GRAY, Richard Meredith, mgr. Chicago Beach Hotel; b. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 12, 1875; s. Fred W. and Kate (Little) Gray; ed. public schools, Omaha, Neb., and Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn .; m. Anna Scott Nugent. Com- menced business career 1891 as a bookkeeper for father, who was in the lumber business; was afterward mgr. for his father until 1896; then went to Escanaba, Mich., and was book- keeper for the First Nat. Bank until 1899; came to Chicago, 1899, and was employed as clerk in the Am. Trust and Savings Bank un- til 1900; afterward auditor Chicago Beach Hotel until 1904; went to British Columbia and engaged in the lumber business until 1905; returned to Chicago and was appointed asst. mgr. of the Chicago Beach Hotel, later as- suming his present position as mgr. Repub- lican. Club: Midlothian. Address: Chicago Beach Hotel.

GRAY, William Houser, life insurance; b. Piqua, O., Sept. 23, 1847; s. Jacob C. and Cath- erine (Houser) Gray; ed. Piqua High School and at Denison Univ .; m. Feb. 22, 1882, Orpha Ella Buckingham; children: Ina B., William B., Ralph B. After leaving college was em- ployed by Lake Erie & Western R. R. Co. as civil engineer; later in lumber business at Piqua, O., until 1871; connected with life in-

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surance company at Indianapolis until 1877, when he went to Ohio and organized the K. T.'s and Masonic Mutual Aid Assn., of Cin- cinnati, O., and was its mgr. until 1883. In 1884 came to Chicago, organizing the K. T.'S and Mason's Life Indemnity Co., of Chicago, incorporated May 4, 1884, of which he has ever since been mgr. Was the originator of the company which removed old Libby Prison from Richmond, Va., to Chicago, and was its treas. until it was sold to a syndicate. Dir. W. Side St. R. R .; largely interested in Texas, Indiana and Illinois lands. Mason; mem. St. Bernard Commandery; K. T., Covenant Lodge. Clubs: Union League, Marquette, Midlothian. Office: Masonic Temple. Residence: 599 Dear- born Av.

GREELEY, Frederick, civil engineer, sur- veyor; b. Chicago, Mar. 13, 1856; s. Samuel Sewall and Annie Morris (Larned) Greeley; ed. public grammar and high schools of Chi- cago and Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, Boston; m. Chicago, Sept. 21, 1881, Flor- ence Morehouse Arnold; children: Samuel Ar- nold, Harriet Arnold. Since 1877, engaged in practice of his profession of civil engineer and surveyor, now of Greeley-Howard Co., civil engineers and surveyors, of which he is treas .; also treas. Cameron Septic Tank Co. Republican. Mem. of the Special Park Com- mission, Chicago, and of the Public Library Board, Winnetka, Ill. Episcopalian. Clubs: Merchants, Union League (sec.), Engineers, Chicago Literary. Office: Chicago Opera House. Residence: Winnetka, Il1.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 69

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