The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 73

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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HAHN, Herman F., wholesale dealer in watches, diamonds and jewelry; b. Eppel- sheim, Hesse Darmstadt, July 4, 1841; s. John and Florin (Hart) Hahn; ed. public schools of Philadelphia, 1849-53; Uniontown, O., 1853 - 1854; m. Uniontown, O., Mar. 27, 1867, Jose- phine Joseph; children: Harry W., Marion W., Edmond J., Florence. Mem. firm of J. Hahn & Son, Suffield, O., 1859-65; Joseph Bros. & Hahn, Akron, O., 1865-9; Joseph & Hahn, 1869-73; in wholesale jewelry business alone, Chicago, 1873-4; since 1874 of H. F. Hahn & Co., of which is still pres. Was delegate to Nat. Democratic Convention at Baltimore, Md., 1872, from 19th Ohio Dist. Was vice-pres., 1885-8; pres., 1888-96, Nat. Assn. of Jobbers in Am. Watches. Honorary mem. Battery D, Chicago. Pres. of United Hebrew Charities, and of Michael Reese Hosp., Chicago, 5 years; vice-pres. of same 10 years, and trustee 7 years. Jewish religion. Mason (32º), Oriental

Consistory. Clubs: Standard, Jewelers, Iro- quois. Office: 156 Wabash Av. Residence: 3626 Grand Boul.

HAIGHT, Allen Thomas, physician; b. Cor- nell, Ont., Can., Dec. 30, 1866; s. Hiram and Margaret (McNamara) Haight; grad. Western Reserve Univ., M.D., 1894; m. Chicago, 1895, Mabel Meisenwinkel; 1 son: Richard Allen. Was engaged in surgical instrument business, 1888-94; came to Chicago, 1894, and has since been engaged in practice, limited to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Was eye and ear surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., 6 years, and later on staff of Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary. Prof. of diseases of the eye and -ear at Chi- cago Clinical School. Pres. of the Manhattan Terrace Construction Co., of New York. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthalmological Assn., Mississippi Valley Med. Assn., Chicago Laryngological Assn. Republican. Mason (32°). Clubs: Washington Park, Glen View, Chicago Athletic, Illinois Athletic, Germania, Concor- dia; also Lawyers' (New York). Office: 103 State St. Residence: 1097 N. Clark St.

HAINES, Thomas Louis, school supplies; b. Snyder Co., Pa., Feb. 16, 1844; s. Reuben S. and Sevilla (Shadel) Haines; ed. public schools of Michigan and at Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill., A.M., 1872; m. Belle Plaine, Ia., 1875, Addie L. Snyder; children: Edna (de- ceased), Cora (Mrs. I. R. Rehn), Charles Reu- ben (deceased), Charlotte Grace, Thomas Lloyd. Served in 12th Mich. Infy. in Civil War. Taught at Northwestern College, Plain- field, Ill., 1867-9; came to Chicago; traveling, selling books on subscription. In 1874 pur- chased half interest in Western Publishing House, continuing until 1887, when acquired a one-third interest in the Central School Supply House. Also pres. Big Ten Oil Co., Montpelier, Ind. Mem. United Evangelical Church. Prohibitionist (candidate for Mayor of Chicago in 1903). Mem. U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. Author of Royal Path of Life; Worth and Wealth. Co-author: Museum of Antiquity. Office: 315 Wabash Av. Residence: 211 Ash- land Boul.

HAINES, Walter Stanley, prof. chemistry, pharmacy and toxicology, Rush Med. College, since 1876; b. Chicago, Sept. 27, 1850; ed. Chi- cago High School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology; grad. Chicago Med. College, 1873 (A.M., M.D.); prof. chemistry Chicago Med. College, 1873-6. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., The Chemical Soc. of Lon- don, Chicago Med. Soc. Author: A Text-Book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology. Address: Rush Med. College.

HAIR, Benjamin Morton, lumberman and manufacturer; b. Covington, Ky., Jan. 14. 1848; s. Rev. Gilbert M. (Presbyterian) and Jane Morton (Semple) Hair; ed. public school. Franklin (O.) Preparatory School, Elder's Ridge, Pa., and Centerville (Ind.) Collegiate Institute (did not graduate); served in U. S. Army 10 days in July, 1862; m. Shawneetown. Ill., Jan. 16. 1873, Harriette Ridgway: chil- dren: Mrs. Mabel Ridgway Barbour, Genevieve Ridgway (died 1889. aged 10), Ida Ridgway. Thomas Ridgway. Clerked in dry goods store. 1865-6; at school, 1867-9; clerk in real estate office, Chicago, 1870-1: worked for clerk of U. S. Circuit Court, Pittsburgh, 1872-3: in lum- ber business, B. M. Hair & Co., Shawneetown. Ill., 1874; asst. state treas, of Illinois, under Thomas S. Ridgway, treas., 1875-6. In 1877 established in Chicago firm of Hair & Ride- way, and was actively engaged in the lumber. planing mill and box factory business until 1901, when he sold his stock in the company and withdrew; since 1901 has devoted time largely to private affairs and the Northwest- ern Yeast Co., of which he is now president; president and director Cook Co. Stato Savings Bank; vice-pres. and dir. 1st Nat Bank of

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Shawneetown, Ill. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 889 N. Ashland Av. and Great Northern Bldg. Residence: 1030 Forest Av., Evanston.

HAKANSON, Alfred, physician; b. Geneseo, Henry Co., Ill., May 12, 1866; s. John and Hannah (Pearson) Hakanson; grad. Luther Acad., Wahoo, Neb., May, 1886, and continued classical course through freshman year at Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., 1887; grad. Omaha Med. College (med. dept. Univ. of Nebraska). 1890; post-graduate course in clinical medicine at New York Post-Graduate Med. School and Hosp., 1895, and in clinical medicine and diseases of nose and throat at Chicago Policlinic Hosp., 1899; m. Chicago, May 12, 1892, Bertha Wilhelmina Lindberg. Began practicing medicine at Rockford, Ill., 1890, but in 1891 removed to Chicago. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 262 E. 31st St.

HALBACH, J. Fred. A., decorator and fur- nisher; b. Peru, Ind., Dec. 25, 1856; s. J. Louis C. and Henrietta F. A. (Gloede) Halbach; ed. public and high schools of Toledo, O. Began artisan career with the firm of Wm. C. Cheney, Toledo, O., 1871-7; came to Chicago, 1877, and remained until 1880, perfecting himself in decorating, with Fred N. Atwood, May, 1877, to May, 1880; went to New York for same purpose, employed as decorator and designer with Pottier & Stymus Co., New York City, 1880-5. In 1885 with Otto W. Mitchel estab- lished in Chicago under firm name of Mitchel & Halbach, decorating and furnishings. Repub- lican. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, New Illinois Ath- letic; also New York Athletic, New York. Of- fice: 264 Michigan Av. Residence: 4464 Lake Avenue.

HALBE, Oscar John Dietrich, optometrist and optician; b. New York City, Aug. 31, 1860; s. August and Eliza (Dimler) Halbe; ed. pub- lic schools of New York City and Guttenberg, N. J., and at Chicago Post-Graduate Optical College; m. Chicago, 1890, Susie A. Gray; chil- dren: Richard Valentine, Earl Oscar, Amy, Charlotte, Arthur (died at age of 7). Began career in optical business with H. Borsch, Chi- cago; later mgr. of Optical dept. for Kuehne & Kappelman; after that refractionist for California Optical Co., of San Francisco; re- turned to Chicago, and became mgr. of optical dept. for Sweet, Wallach & Co., of whom later bought their optical dept., removing it to the Trude Bldg. Sec. of Illinois Optical Soc. and of Chicago Optical Soc. Office: Trude Bldg. Residence: 810 W. Monroe St.

HALBERT, Homer Valmore, physician; b. Otsego, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1858; s. Morris and Anna Eliza (McFarland) Halbert; prepared in acad. at Gilbertsville, N. Y .; grad. Williams College, Mass., 1881, and from Hahnemann Med. College, M.D., 1887; m. Chicago, June 2, 1892, Abbie M. Sherman; children: Howard Valmore, Frances. Engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago from 1887. Soon after graduation was appointed adjunct lecturer in anatomy at Hahnemann Med. College, Chi- cago; became prof. of anatomy in 1888, and prof. of theory and practice of medicine in 1890. Since 1898 senior prof. of clinical medi- cine, same college. Editor of Clinique, 1901-2. Regular contributor to various med. journals. Now writing a work on practice. On Cook Co. Hosp. med. staff. Mem. Clinical Soc., Chicago Homo. Med. Soc., Am. Institute of Home- opathy, Illinois Homo. Med. Assn. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, Kenwood. Office: 70 State St. Residence: 4630 Greenwood Av.

HALE, Albert Barlow, ophthalmic surgeon; b. Jonesville, Mich., June 5, 1860; s. Edwin M. and Abba George Hale; grad. Univ. of Mich- igan, 1882; Chicago Med. College, 1886; matriculated at the Univ. of Strassburg, Ger., 1886-7; m. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1889, Ida Viller. Associate clinical prof. ophthalmology, Rush Med. College. Mem. Am.

Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., German Med. Soc., Ophthalmol. Soc., Neurol. Soc., Heidel- berg Ophthalmol. Soc. Translator Fick's Dis- eases of the Eye. General contributor to med. literature; associate editor Ophthalmology, Anales de Oftalmologia, Mexico; Archivos de Oftalmolgia, Spain. Clubs: University, Wood- lawn Tennis. Office: 103 State St.

HALE, Carlton Cheever, treas. the Foster- Munger Co .; b. near Oshkosh, Wis., May 13, 1865; s. A. M. and Cynthia E. (Silverthorn) Hale; grad. high school, Oshkosh, Wis .; m. Des Moines, Ia., 1899, Edith M. Holmes; 1 daughter: Elizabeth L. After graduation from high school became clerk with the sash and door firm of Carlton, Foster & Co., Oshkosh, Wis., and has continued in the same line of business ever since, helping in 1892 to organ- ize the Foster-Munger Co., large wholesale dealers in doors, blinds, glazed sash, plate and window glass, and all kinds of mill work, of which company he is treas. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Office: W. 20th and Sanga- mon Sts. Residence: 216 E. 47th St.

HALE, William Gardner, prof. Latin and head of the dept. since 1892, Univ. of Chicago; b. Feb. 9, 1849; grad. Harvard, 1870 (LL.D., Union, 1895; Princeton, 1896) ; fellow in philosophy, Harvard, 1874-6; fellow of Har- vard in classics and student Leipzig and Göt- tingen, 1876-7; tutor in Latin, Harvard, 1877- 1880; prof. Latin, Cornell, 1880-92; m. 1883, Harriet Knowles Swinburne, Newport, R. I. Asso. editor Classical Review, since 1895; chairman, 1894-9, Am. Sch. Classical Studies, Rome. Author: The Art of Reading Latin; The Cum- Constructions-Their History and Functions; The Sequence of Tenses in Latin; The Anticipatory Subjunctive in Greek and Latin; Hale-Buck Latin Grammar (with Carl D. Buck). Address: 5757 Lexington Av.

HALEY, Patrick Columbus, lawyer; b. Sir Knight, N. Y., Mar. 17, 1849; s. Thomas and Hannah (Caton) Haley; ed. public and high schools, graduating from latter; grad. law dept. Univ. of Michigan in class of 1871; m. Joliet, Ill., Dec. 1, 1875, Mary A. D'Arcy; chil- dren: Margaret, Robert, Columbia, Madeline, Genevieve, Paul, Angela, John. Admitted to Illinois bar in 1871 and engaged in practice at Joliet, Ill .; elected city atty., 1874; since then engaged in private practice; was special counsel for Sanitary District for 12 years. Democrat; was alderman from 5th Ward of Joliet for 12 years, and in 1891 was elected mayor of Joliet, serving one term; twice candidate for Congress on Democratic ticket. R. C. Still resides in Joliet, but practices also in Chicago in firm of Eddy, Haley & Wetten. Office: Temple Bldg. Residence: Joliet, Il1.

HALL, Charles Berrien, physician; b. Chi- cago, July 5, 1860; s. Amos Tuttle Hall (sec. and treas. C., B. & Q. R. R., 1853-81) and Lucy (Duncan) Hall; ed. public schools in Aurora, Ill., 1866-70, of Hinsdale, Ill., 1870-1; of Chi- cago, 1871-80, graduating old Central High School; grad. Hahnemann Med. College, 1886; m. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1896, Jessie Thompson Brown (granddaughter of Oliver H. Thomp- son, one of Chicago's first board of aldermen); children: Priscilla (b. Mar. 5, 1897), Phyllis (b. Aug. 9, 1903). Engaged in general prac- tice as physician since 1886. Prof. of sanitary science in Hering Med. College, Chicago. Re- publican. Office and residence: 293 E. 53d St.

HALL, Charles Frederic, consulting engineer and inventor; b. Scranton, Pa., Oct. 15, 1870; s. Robert A. and Augusta (Pratt) Hall; public schools; m. Chicago, 1899, Kathryn V. ed. Shaw; 1 daughter: Virginia Augusta. Since 1890 has been engaged in engineering work, and came to Chicago from Elmira, N. Y., early in 1896. Is inventor and patentee of the Hall rail joint and is vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of the Hall Rail Joint Co .; also inventor of a tobacco stripping machine; also pres. of the

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Hall Bascule Bridge Co., manufacturers of and dealers in railway supplies. Republican. Club: Ashland. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Resi- dence: 1374 Franklin Boul.

HALL, Emery Stanford, architect; b. Chats- worth, Ill., Nov. 25, 1869; s. Justin Smith and Sarah Mahitable (Stanford) Hall; ed. district and village schools in Vermilion Co., Ill .; summer school, Danville, Ill .; preparatory and college courses, Univ. of Illinois, graduating B.S., 1895, with 3 months graduate work, 1896; m. Mendota, Ill., June 20, 1900, Clara L. Adams; children: Halbert Hugo, Ruth Alden. Taught country school, 1888-9; first practical experience in office of William Prosser, Jr., architect, spring and summer, 1892. Designed 1st Baptist Church, Urbana, Ill., and began practice in spring of 1895; partner with N. S. Spencer, Champaign, Ill., as Spencer & Hall, architects, Mar., 1896, to Sept., 1896; after graduate work in university, came to Chicago, and Jan. 1, 1897, became partner in Harvey L. Page & Co., architects, until Apr., 1900; then succeeded to firm's business under own name. Makes specialty of auditorium planning, including all classes of buildings for public assembly. Mem. Chicago Acad. of Science, Chicago Architects Business Assn. (pres., 1901-2). As chairman of committee on public action of latter conducted architects' fight to secure uniform enforcement of building laws. Mem. Municipal Art League, Y. M. C. A. Re- publican. Baptist. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 1483 W. Monroe St.

HALL, Francis Joseph, educator; b. Ashta- bula, O., Dec. 24, 1857; s. Joseph B. and Juliet E. H .; ed. Racine College, General Theological Seminary and Western Theological Seminary; B.A., M.A .; D.D., Kenyon College, 1898; m. 1886, Prudence A. Griswold, his cousin. Or- dained priest, 1886; registrar diocese of Chi- cago since 1894; sec. diocesan standing com- mittee, 1898-1901; examining chaplain diocese of Chicago, 1901; appointed on General Conv.'s commission on Swedish orders, 1901; pres. Western Theological Seminary Alumni, 1898- 1899; prof. dogmatic theology, Western Theo- logical Seminary, since 1886. Author: Theolog- ical Outlines, 3 vols .; Historical Position of the Episcopal Church; The Kenotic Theory. Address: 654 Park Av.

HALL, Frank, mgr. Hotel Majestic; b. Van Ettenville, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1851; s. George B. and Charlotte (Lewis) Hall; ed. public schools, Owatonna, Minn., until 1865, and Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1865-7; m. Owatonna, Minn., Oct. 20, 1874, Ella M. Rice; 1 son: How- ard R. Began business career as dry goods clerk, 1868-70; afterward grain buyer for H. W. Pratt Co. of Owatonna, Minn., until 1879; partner in firm of Beynon, Mace & Co., grain dealers, Milbank, S. D., 5 years; engaged in real estate, 1884-5; went to Ashland, Wis., and was co-proprietor of the Colby House, 1 year; afterward had charge of the Hotel Royal, Joliet, Ill .; came to Chicago and was for a short time mgr. of the Saratoga Hotel; went to Davenport, Ia., and for 3 years was mgr. of the Kimball House; went to St. Paul, Minn., and was for 3 years interested in the Mer- chants Hotel; returned to Chicago, and re- sumed the management of the Saratoga Hotel, 1895-1903; since 1903 has been mgr. of the Hotel Majestic. Address: Hotel Ma- jestic.

HALL, Frank H., printer; b. Portsmouth, N. H., May 12, 1858; s. Jonathan and Laura Ann (Tennant) Hall; ed. public school of New Hampshire and Tilton Seminary, Tilton, N. H .; m. Dec. 24, 1879, A. H. Swearingen. First em- ployment was as compositor on Decatur (Il1.) Republican; established Decatur Herald, 1881; sold out, 1890, and came to Chicago; bought an interest in printing firm of Daniels & Pit- kin, since merged into the Rogers & Hall Co., jof which he is pres .; dir. U. S. Packing Co .;

1st lieut. Co. H, 5th Regt., I. N. G. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Office: 132 Market St. Residence: 1061 Sheridan Rd.

HALL, George Washington, physician; b. Crawfordsville, Ind., June 18, 1869; s. Y. P. and Martha E. (Stillwell) Hall; grad. Wabash College, A.M., 1890; Rush Med. College, M.D., 1893; m. Crawfordsville, Ind., June 5, 1894, Nell Nicholson; children: Martha Nadine, Ber- tram Brower. Since 1893 engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago. In 1904 made special post-graduate studies at the Nat. Hosp. for Paralyzed and Epileptics, London, Eng., and in Berlin, Ger. Instructor in medicine, Rush Med. College. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Neurological Soc. of Chicago, Am. Med. Assn. Ex-attending physi- cian Cook Co. Hosp. Office: 34 Washington St. Residence: 641 E. 46th Pl.

HALL, James Parker, dean of Univ. of Chi- cago Law School; b. Frewsburg, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1871; s. Edward L. and Charlotte (Parker) Hall; ed. grammar and high schools, James- town, N. Y., 1882-90; Cornell Univ., 1890-4, A.B., 1894; Harvard Law School, 1894-7, LL.B., 1897; m. Buffalo, N. Y., 1900, Evelyn H. Movius; 1 son: Livingston. Practiced law, Buf- falo, N. Y., 1897-1900; lecturer on constitu- tional law and real property, Buffalo Law School, 1898-1900; associate prof. of law, Le- land Stanford Jr. Univ., 1900-2; prof. of law, Univ. of Chicago, since 1902; dean of Univ. of Chicago Law School since 1904. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Am. Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Quadrangle, Law. Office: Univ. of Chi- cago Law School. Residence: 5545 Woodlawn Av.

HALL, Jesse Edson, pres. Belding-Hall Mfg. Co .; b. Ashfield, Mass., Nov. 9, 1863; s. Joshua and Electa C. (Edson) Hall; ed. public schools of Ashfield, Mass .; m. Boston, Mass., 1892, Anne S. Waterman; children: Edson, Maurine. Came to Chicago from Massachusetts in 1881; was formerly with American Wire Nail Co., of Anderson, Ind .; Loring & Parks, of Plymouth, Mass., and R. Hoffeld & Co., of Buffalo, N. Y .; since 1888 with the Belding-Hall Mfg. Co., refrigerators, etc., of which is now pres. Re- publican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Chi- cago Press, Twentieth Century; also Chicago, of Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 196 Monroe St. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.

HALL, Ora Loftin, Sunday editor Chicago Inter Ocean; b. Putnam Co., Ind., July 4, 1877; s. Jonathan T. and Julia (Loftin) Hall; ed. public schools, LaFayette, Ind., and Edgar Co., Ill., 1883-95; Greer College, Hoopestown, Ill., 1895-6; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, 1900-2; m. Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 1, 1904, Frieda Pauline Cohen. Engaged as teacher, 1896-7; asst. cashier Hughes Bank, Hume, Ill., 1897-1900; reporter and asst. Sunday editor, 1900-3; Sunday editor since 1903, Chicago Inter Ocean. Republican. Mason: mem. Orien- tal Consistory. Office: 110 Monroe St. Resi- dence: 520 E. 65th St.

HALL, Richard Cartwright, rubber goods merchant ;; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 19, 1858; s. Henry Augustus and Susan Beddoes (Cart- wright) Hall; ed. grammar and high schools, Poston; m. Framingham. Mass., June 10, 1901, Grace Ellis; children: Richard Ellis, Dorothy. Began business as shipping clerk, Boston Belting Co., Boston, Sept., 1875-7; traveled in west for Eastern Rubber Co., of Boston, 1877-83; resident mgr. for same in New York City, 1883-5; mem. firm Elson, Hall & Co., Chicago, 1885-7; since Jan., 1887, with Lyndon C. Lawton (co-partnership) under firm name of The Duck Brand Co., wholesale dealers in "Duck Brand" rubber and oil clothing, mackintoshes, rubber boots, shoes and um- brellas. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Skokie Country. Office: 319-27 Frank- lin St. Residence: 1138 Judson Av., Evanston.

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HALL, Ross Carlos, lawyer; b. Rushville, Ill., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Thomas M. and Harriet S. (Ross) Hall; ed. public and high schools of Macomb, 111., and Georgetown College, Wash- ington, D. C., graduating 1888, LL.B .; m. Macomb, Ill., Aug. 19, 1890, Catherine Twy- man; children: Carlos T., George R. Admitted to bar in Washington, D. C., 1888, and practiced in Macomb and Rushville, Ill., until 1893; since then in Chicago; now mem. firm of Bailey, Hall & Spunner, engaged in general practice, mak- ing a specialty of municipal law. Democrat; was mem. of 40th General Assembly of Illi- nois, 1897-8; town atty. for the Town of Cicero since 1902. Episcopalian. Club: Colonial, of Oak Park. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 309 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park.

HALL, Thomas Alonzo, mgr. office build- ings; b. Richmond, Vt., Dec. 24, 1849; s. Joseph Alonzo and Sarah (Bronson) Hall; ed. public schools of Oberlin, O., graduating 1865; grad. Acad. of Oberlin College, 1867; grad. Oberlin College, A.B., 1872; m. Castile, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1889, Winifred M. Long; children: Ray- mond Russell, Isabel Bronson, Helen Frances, Mildred Castleton, Lowell Lyman. From Feb., 1876, to Aug., 1877, clerk and traveling sales- man under Col. Redfield Proctor (later Gov. and U. S. Senator); mgr. Boston Marble Co., Boston, 1877-81; mgr. Chicago branch Ver- mont Marble Co., and Producers' Marble Co., 1881-6; treas. and mgr. Graphic Mining & Smelting Co., Socorro, N. M., 1886-8; in real estate business, Chicago, 1888-9; since June, 1889, mgr. of office buildings for Bryan La- throp; member firm of Hall & Bradley, 1898- 1900; since then of Thomas A. Hall & Co .; is also still mgr. with one-half interest in rent dept. of Bryan Lathrop. Pres. Building Man- agers' Assn .; mgr. Dearborn Power Co. Was pres. of Hyde Park Protective Assn., 1893-9. Charter mem. Civil Service Reform Assn. in New York City, Boston, and Chicago; on ex- ecutive committee Civil Service Reform League, Chicago, 1882-7. Presbyterian. Club: Union League. Office: Old Colony Bldg. Resi- dence: 6428 Lexington Av.

HALL, William Franklin, pres. W. F. Hall Printing Co .; b. Columbia City, Ind., June 4, 1862; s. Alexander and Frances (Wendle) Hall; high school education; m. Chicago, Nov. 7, 1889, Jessie Guffin. Started as a boy to learn printing in country office at Columbia City, Ind .; when 19 years old came to Chicago, and for a short time was in newspaper work as reporter; then with the printing firm of J. L. Regan & Co. as foreman, eventually ris- ing to gen. supt. In 1892 organized Van Sick- len Printing Co., of which was pres., and in 1895 changed firm name to W. F. Hall Print- ing Co., of which has been pres. ever since. Also pres. U. S. Telephone Directory Co. Mem., and on executive committee, Chicago Ty- pothetæ. Pres. Master Printers' Assn. of Chi- cago. Republican. Mason; K. T. Mem. and on executive committee Citizens' Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Press, Forty. Office: 21-5 Plymouth Ct. Residence: 3545 Grand Boul.

HALLBERG, Lawrence Gustav, architect; b. Wenersnas, Sweden, Sept. 4, 1844; s. Jonas and Marie Christina Hallberg; ed. public and private schools and Chalmers Polytechnic In- stitute at Gothenburg, Sweden; spent a good deal of time in travel in Europe; m. Chicago, Oct., 1881, Florence P. Estey; children: Mar- garet L., Marie Josephine, Lawrence G., Norman D'Este. Began to practice profession of archi- tect at Gothenburg and Gefle, Sweden; came to America in 1871, and has been in this city ever since, engaged in practice of his pro- fession. Fellow Am. Institute of Architects. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers. Associate mem. of the Chicago Real Estate Board. Re- publican. Office: 84 LaSalle St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

HALLE, Edward Gustav, underwriter; b. Leipzig, Germany, Jan. 5, 1844; s. Heinrich and Henrietta Halle; ed. Germany; came to U. S., 1866; m. 1869, E. Gutenberg; children: Frank E., Fannie F. Soon after arrival in U. S. be- came interested in insurance business; became special agent Germania Fire Insurance Co., of New York; later secured a state agency and since 1883 has been western mgr. for that company, with headquarters at Chicago. Mem., 1891-8, Board of Education of Chicago (pres., 1896-8); pres of "German Day," World's Co- lumbian Exposition; pres. advisory committee to Nat. Republican Committee, 1896. Mckinley elector, 1900; col. on staff of Gov. Yates, 1900- 1904. Mem. German Soc. Clubs: Germania (was pres. 3 years), Union League, Marquette. Of- fice: 169 Jackson St. Residence: 485 Dearborn Av.

HALLEMAN, Gustus William, dealer in ice, coal, wood, etc .; b. St. Charles Co., Mo., Aug. 13, 1869; s. August and Louisa (Schaper) Halleman; ed. public school and at St. Charles College, St. Charles, Mo .; m. Cutler, Washing- ton Co., O., Aug. 13, 1896, Martha Jane Trickle. Came to Chicago from St. Charles, Mo., 1888; engaged in grocery and meat business and later in milk business until 1893, when he be- came a stockholder in the Wisconsin Lime & Stone Co., of which became mgr. of city sales and later vice-pres. until Nov., 1897; estab- lished in spring of 1899 the ice and coal business now known as the Halleman Ice & Coal Co., of which he is pres. and dir. Re- publican. Clubs: 27th Ward Republican, Els- mere Pleasure. Methodist. Office: 948-952 N. Spaulding Av. Residence: 943 N. Spaulding Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 73

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