The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 82

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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HIGGINS, John Franklin, printer and bind- er; b. Madison, Wis., July 24. 1859: s. Martin and Bridget (Gorman) Higgins: ed. public schools of Madison, Wis .: m. Chicago, 1SS1. Catherine A. Fleming. Came to Chicago from Madison, Wis., in 1871; was with the Chicago Times & years and with the A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co. 2 years; in printing, publish- ing, binding. engraving and lithographing busi- ness for self since 1879. Also pres. G. D. Steere Co., bindery, and interested in the Regan Printing House. Hon. mem. Typographical Un- ion No. 16. mem. Old Time Printers' Assn .. K. P., Nat. Union, Chicago Elks. No. 4. Office: 279 E. Monroe St. Residence: 1566 W. Monroe St.

HIGGINSON, George, Jr., vice-pres. Metro- politan W. Side Elevated Ry. Co .: h. Stock- bridge, Mass .. Sept. 3. 1864: s. George. Jr .. and Elizabeth Hazard (Barker) Higginson: grad. Harvard Univ., 1887, followed by 1 vor of travel in Europe: m., 1st, New York City. May 20. 1891. Edyth Green Griswold: m .. 2d. Winnetka, Ill .. Sept. 7, 1895, Emily Waken: children: George III. Roger Griswold (do- ceased), Theresa, Emily. Began railway ser- Vice with the K. C .. Ft. S. & M. Ry. at Mem- phis, Tenn., Oct .. ISSS; went to Kansas City office same road, May, 18$9; continued with that company until Oct., 1992. when came to Chica- go to become 1st see, and treas, the Metropoli- tan W. Side Elevated Ry Co., so continuing until 1902, when assumed present position as vice-pres .. treas, and dir of same company Treas, and dir. Maternity Hosp; dir Illinois Children's Home and Ald Soc., vice-pres and

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trustee of the Allendale Assn. Republican. Episcopalian; junior warden of Christ Church, Winnetka. Mem. Village Board of Winnetka. Mem. Zeta Psi fraternity. Clubs: University, Harvard (pres. 1904), Caxton (former treas. and dir.), Saddle and Cycle, Skokie Country, Am. Kennel, Collie Club of America. Office: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.

HIGGS, Charles Henry, manufacturer; b. Berlin, Wis., Mar. 1, 1857; s. William H. and Ellen M. (Hook) Higgs; ed. common school, Stockbridge, Wis., until 14 years old; m. Ber- lin, Wis., Sept. 10, 1885, Jennie L. Pierce; children: Dana C., Dorothy P. Leaving school at 14 worked on farm 3 years; in woolen mill, Berlin, Wis., 2 years; clerk in dry goods store, Berlin, Wis., 3 years; studied shorthand and bookkeeping, evenings; worked as stenograph- er in Milwaukee 2 years. In 1881 went to work in woodenware factory of Hook Bros. Mfg. Co., Union City, Ind .; in 1883 entered firm; in 1887 went with Creamery Package Mfg. Co., in charge of plant at Mankato, Minn., promoted to Northwestern mgr., 1897, with headquarters at Minneapolis, Minn .; made vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Nov. 20, 1901, moving to Chicago. Also vice-pres. DeLaval Dairy Supply Co., San Francisco, Calif .; vice-pres. Hook Bros. Mfg. Co., Union City, Ind. Republican. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Oak Park, Chicago Automobile; also Minneapolis Commercial Club. Office: 182-88 E. Kinzie St. Residence: 212 S. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill.

HIGH, George Henry, real estate; b. Chica- go, May 15, 1864; s. George Meeker and Mary (Higgins) High; ed. Chicago public schools and Lake Forest Univ .; m. Chicago, June, 1889, Suzanne F. Farlin; children: Gwendolyn, Gladys. After leaving college in 1888 became a mem. of the firm of Fessenden & High, which partnership continued for a number of years; since the dissolution of that firm he has con- ducted the business under the name of George H. High & Co., doing a real estate, loan and renting business. Is owner of considerable Chicago real estate. Pres. Masonic Temple Assn. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chi- cago Stock Exchange, Chicago Underwriters' Association. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League. Office: 83 Washington St. Residence: 63 Lake Shore Drive.

HIGHLAND, Lewis James, mgr. Shepherd Engineering Co .; b. Syracuse, N. Y., May 1, 1862; s. T. B. and Caroline (Dodge) High- land; ed. public schools; m. LaFayette, Ind., Mar. 10, 1887, Louise C. Henninger; 1 son: Raymond. Studied mechanical and electrical engineering and filled various engineering po- sitions from 1880, and is mgr. of the Shepherd Engineering Co., sec. Crescent Engineering Co., and sec. and treas. of the Gibson Electric Light and Power Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: Gib- son City, Ill.

HIGINBOTHAM, Harlow Niles, pres. World's Columbian Exposition; b. Joliet, Ill., Oct. 10, 1838; ed. Lombard Univ., Galesburg, Ill., and the Commercial College, Chicago; clerk in store and later clerk and cashier in bank at Joliet; bookkeeper in dry goods house of Cooley, Farwell & Co., Chicago, 1861-2; pri- vate in Mercantile Battery of Chicago, Union Army, and chief clerk with chief q. m., dept. of the Ohio, 1862-5; entered employ of Field, Palmer & Leiter, 1865; partner in that firm's successors, Fieid, Leiter & Co., 1868; and, 1881-1901, of the present firm of Marshall Field & Co. Pres. Am. Luxfer Prism Co., Mal- ta Vita Pure Food Co., Nat. Grocer Co., dir. Northern Trust Co .; pres. the Caxton Co., pres. the World's Columbian Exposition from 1892 until its close, pres. Nat. Portland Cement Co., Field Columbian Museum, Chicago Home for Incurables. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian. Caxton. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 2838 Michigan Av.

HIGLEY, Charles Wellington, insurance; b. Cedar Rapids, Ja., Mar. 18, 1866; s. Wellington W. and Jane (Farnum) Higley; ed. Coe Col- lege, Cedar Rapids, Ia .; m. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Sept. 17, 1894, Nora Hall; 1 son: Philo Hall. Began business life as clerk in the hardware store of his father at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and about 1883 started to learn business in whole- sale dry goods store of Braun & Jones, Cedar Rapids. In 1888 went to Minneapolis and en- gaged in fire insurance business, afterward becoming adjuster for the Hanover Fire In- surance Co., for the states of Minnesota, Wis- consin, Iowa, N. Dakota and S. Dakota; in Apr., 1899, came to Chicago as asst. to general agent, and in August, 1901, was made general agent of the Hanover at Chicago. Dir. First Nat. Bank of Frazer, Minn. Republican; was mem. of the 1st Regt., Iowa N. G. Episcopa- lian. Club: Hinsdale Golf. Office: Temple Bldg. Residence: 51 E. 53d St.

HILAND, James H., railway official. Was asst. traffic mgr. C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. prior to June, 1882; general traffic mgr., 1882-3, and general freight agent, Oct., 1883, to Dec., 1884; arbitrator and referee Chicago, St. Louis & Missouri River Passenger Association, De- cember 15, 1884, to July 1, 1885. General agent Minneapolis Millers' Association, July 1, 1885, to Sept., 1887, at Minneapolis. General agent, Sept., 1887, to Feb., 1889; general freight agent, Feb., 1889, to Jan., 1900; traffic mgr., Jan., 1900, to Mar., 1903; since then 3d vice-pres. of C., M. & St. P. Ry. Clubs: Chica- go, The Forty, Union League, Washington Park, Illinois Athletic. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: The Kenwood.

HILD, Frederick Henry, librarian Chicago Public Library since 1887; b. Chicago; ed. pub- lic schools, Chicago. Has been connected with Chicago Public Library since 1874; mem. of, and has held several offices in Am. Library Assn. Address: Public Library, Chicago.

HILL, Francis Henry, manufacturer; b. Ca- nal Dover, O., May 23, 1835; s. Edmund and Mary M. (Rupp) Hill; family removed to Bal- timore, 1838, and later to Pittsburgh, Pa .; ed. school at Pittsburgh, of which Isaac Whittier, brother of the Quaker poet, was principal; m., 1st, 1856, Caroline Griffith (died 1884); 2đ, 1886, Mary Hildreth (died 1888); 1 son: Frank H .; 3d, 1890, Catherine Tracey, of Chi- cago; 1 son: Nathaniel Joseph. Apprentice in cabinet shop of H. H. Ryan, Pittsburgh, 1849- 1853; in employ of Brotherlin & Halm, Co- lumbus, O., 1854-6; worked in Des Moines, Ia., for C. Harbach and for J. H. Boyd, 1856-61; returned to Pittsburgh and worked at trade, 1861-4; joined William G. Algeo, as partner in coffin mfg. business in Pittsburgh, 1864, as Excelsior Coffin Mfg. Co., the first in the U. S. to use machinery in mfg. coffins; invented the machinery; sold out to that company, 1866, and established, with J. H. Boyd, in manufac- ture of coffins in Chicago, as Boyd & Hill; burned out in 1871, but resumed 35 days after; Boyd retired, 1874, Mortimore Goff was ad- mitted as a partner under firm name of F. H. Hill & Co., incorporated, 1886, as F. H. Hill Co., manufacturers of coffins and general un- dertakers' supplies. Republican since his first vote for John C. Fremont, 1856. Mason. Of- fice: 255 Washington Boul. Residence: 745 W. Monroe St.

HILL, George Mortimer, physician; b. Ra- cine, Wis .. Oct. 10, 1871; resided at Racine, Wis., until 1883, and at Pasadena, Calif., 1883- 1894, attending school at those places; since 1894 in Chicago; grad. Hahnemann Med. Col- lege of Chicago, 1897. Prof. of medicine in Hahnemann Med. College. Mem. of Chemical Soc. of Chicago, Am. Institute of Homœop- athy, Illinois State Homœ. Soc. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 4700 Grand Boul.

HILL, Henry William, architect; b. Elm- shorn, Ger., Jan. 29, 1852; s. Claus and Anna

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Elsabe (Koelln) Hill; was 3 years in elemen- tary common school, then, until 16 years old, at Gerber Institute in Elmshorn, 1 year at Manual Training School at Altona and 3 years at Institute of Technology and Poly- technicum at Hamburg, Ger. Came in Mar., 1872, to Chicago, and was employed in the offices of several leading architects; formed partnership with James J. Egan, as Egan & Hill, in 1875; formed partnership with Augus- tus Bauer, 1881, as Bauer & Hill, and with Arthur Woltersdorf, 1894, in present firm of Hill & Woltersdorf. Has been architect for many business and residence structures, hotel, bank and other buildings in Chicago and else- where. Mem. and fellow of Am. Institute of Architects; past pres. Illinois Chapter, Am. Institute of Architects. Republican. Honorary mem. 1st Regt., I. N. G. Club: Chicago Ath- letic (life mem.). Office: 70 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 235 Michigan Av.

HILL, John, Jr., mem. Board of Trade; b. Peru, Ill., Nov. 23, 1856; s. John and Elizabeth (Donohue) Hill: came with parents to Chica- go in 1861; ed. Chicago public schools; m. May, 1881, Nellie M., daughter of Charles H. and Dorothy (Douglas) Graham; children: Doro- thy, Jessie. At 16 entered office of W. G. Pur- dy, cashier C., R. I. & P. Ry., serving until 1876; with grain commission house of Mc- Landburgh & Co., 1876-81; in same business for himself from 1881 to 1897; mem. firm McCourtie, Hill & Co., 1889-97; since then not engaged in business. Dir. Board of Trade, 1892, re-elected 1895; chairman bucket shop com- mittee, 1896-8. Mem. and chairman committee on gambling, Civic Federation of Chicago, 1896. Distinguished on the Board of Trade as a vigorous and aggressive leader in the fight against bucket shops and illegal trading. Roy- al Arch Mason; mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 6049 Kimbark Av.

HILL, John Harrison, lawyer; b. Tuscola, Ill., May 4, 1869; s. William and Mary (Wright) Hill; ed. Tuscola High School, Bloomington Law School and Union College of Law, Chicago (now Northwestern Univ. Law School), graduating 1890. At early age began working as clerk in store at Tuscola, Ill .; after that taught in district and graded schools of Douglass Co., Ill .; admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois, June, 1890. Pro- hibitionist. Mem. M. E. Church. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 4156 Berkeley Av.

HILL, John Wilson, lawyer; b. Ottawa, Ill., May 9, 1857; s. Isaac and Sarah A. (Wilson) Hill; ed. public schools of Gilman, Ill., and Frankfort, Mich., and 1 year at the Michigan State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Mich .; m. Frankfort, Mich., Sept. 28, 1878, Ida E. Watson; 1 son: Roy Wilson. As a young man connected with the lumbering business in various posi- tions from the tree to the market; taught school several years; later in confidential ca- pacity with large lumbering concern; on fail- ure of the company, caused by heavy losses by fires, was appointed trustee by creditors to close up the business. While so engaged, stud- ied law; admitted to Michigan bar, 1890; came to Chicago, Feb., 1891, and was associated with brother, Lysander Hill, in practice until Jan., 1898; since then practicing alone, with special practice in patent, trade-mark, copyright and corporation law. Republican; nominee, 1904, for State Representative 6th District. Episco- pallan; vestryman Church of Our Savior, 702 Fullerton Av. Mason (32º); Shriner and K. T .; Odd Fellow; pres. 24th Ward Republican Club. Clubs: Hamilton, Exmoor. Office: Monad- nock Blk. Residence: 57 Surrey Ct.

HILL, Lysander, lawyer; b. Union, Me., July 4, 1834; s. Isaac Hill and Eliza M. (Hall) Hill; ed. common schools, Warren (Me.) Acad., and Bowdoin College, graduating with honors, 1858; studied law in office of A. P. Gould,

Thomaston, Me .; m. Feb. 1864, Adelaide R. Cole, of Roxbury, Mass. (died Feb. 3, 1897) ; children: William M., Charles S., Mabel A. Admitted to bar of Maine, 1860, and with J. P. Cilley practiced as Cilley & Hill until 1862, when he entered the Union Army as capt. 20th Maine Infy .; discharged, 1863, on account of physical disability and engaged in law prac- tice at Alexandria, Va., in firm of Hill & Tucker, 1866; registrar in bankruptcy for 8th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1867-9; circuit judge for same circuit, for unexpired term, 1869-70; withdrew from the practice at Alex- andria, 1870, and with partner established firm of Hill & Ellsworth, at Washington, D. C., specially devoted to patent law, practicing there until 1881, when he came to Chicago; since then in patent law practice here; in firm of Hill & Dixon, 1881-90; since then alone. Republican; was 2 years chairman Republican State Committee of Virginia; delegate from Virginia to Nat. Republican Convention, 1868. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor. Office: Monad- nock Bldg. Residence: 387 Ontario St.

HILL, Russell Day, real estate and invest- ments; b. Chicago, 1869; s. Henry L. and Flora D. Hill; attended Yale Univ .; m. Chicago, 1896, Lucia E. Green; 1 daughter: Helen D. Since leaving college in 1889 has been engaged in the real estate and investment business. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Dir. in several corporations. Republican. Clubs: Exmoor, Mid-Day. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 2316 Calumet Av.

HILL, William Wallace, banker; b. Louis- ville, Ky., Apr. 5, 1866; s. William Wallace and Martha Jane (Smith) Hill; ed. Louisville, Ky. Began as clerk in dry goods business at Louisville, Ky., for 2 years; then in railroad business, 1880-90, part of time in construc- tion dept. and later in financial dept. as sec., paymaster and purchasing agent of the Louis- ville & Southern R. R. Sec. Columbia Finance and Trust Co., of Louisville, 1891-1901; came to Chicago and was sec. of Continental Nat. Bank, 1901-3; western representative of Red- mond, Herr & Co., 1903-4, and in 1904 became western representative of Plympton, Gardiner & Co., New York bankers. Republican. Pres- byterian. Clubs: Calumet, Glen View. Exmoor. Bankers. Office: 232 LaSalle St. Residence: Cal- umet Club.

HILLIS, David Marquis, lawyer: b. on farm in Decatur Co., Ind., Feb. 15. 1841; s. David and Patsy (McConnell) Hillis; early educa- tion in winters in country school (working on farm summers); grad. Northwestern Christian (now Butler) Univ., Indianapolis, A.B., 1864 (valedictorian); read law with Cumback & Bonner, Greensburg, Ind .. and 1 year at Yale College Law School; m. Chicago, Dec. 28, 1871. Dora E. Knights, daughter of Darius Knights. a Chicago pioneer; children: David S., George H. In November, 1865, went into the law office of Polk & Hubbell, Des Moines. Ia., practicing with them 2 years; since Jan., 1868, in general practice of law in Chicago. Pres., dir. and counsel Hartford Deposit Co., etc. Republican. Mem. of the Mangasarian Lecture Assn .: trus- tre of the Disciples Divinty House (Chicago TTniv.). Club: Union League. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 5404 S. Park Av.

HILTON, Albertus Allen, vice-pres, and gen mgr. Chicago Car Wheel and Foundry Co .: h. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 23. 1862; s. Hoyt W. and Mary J. (Woodman) Hilton: ed. public schools: m. Kansas City, Mo., Sept., 1887, Ella Havenor: children: Hoyt W., A. A., Jr. Began business life as bookkeeper for Bouve. Daniels & Goss. Boston; went to Kansas City, 1882, became connected with the Kansas City Car and Foun- dry Co., 1887-92, at Kansas City, Mo .; then at St. Louis, Mo., with St. Louis Car Wheel Co .. 1892-1902; since 1902, vice-pres. and gon. mgr. of the Chicago Car Wheel and Foundry Co. Congregationalist. Club: Homewood. Office:

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Western Union Bldg. Residence: 5501 Cornell Av.

HILTON, Henry Hoyt, publisher; b. Cam- bridge, Mass., Apr. 17, 1868; s. L. W. and Louisa B. ( Leighton) Hilton; grad. Dartmouth College, 1890; m. Belfast, Me., 1897, Charlotte T. Sibley; children: Katharine, Charlotte, Thorndike. Traveled in New England for Ginn & Co., educational publishers, Boston, from 1890 until transferred to Chicago to take charge of the High School dept. until 1894, when he became a mem. of the firm and one of the two mgrs. of the Chicago office. Congre- gationalist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Uni- versity, City, Quadrangle, Midlothian. Office: 378-88 Wabash Av. Residence: 5634 Wood- lawn Av.

HILTON, Pelatiah R., pres. and dir. the Henry O. Shepard Co., the Inland Printer Co., the Inland Printer Technical School. Office: 130 Sherman St. Residence: 6628 Perry Av.

HINER, Joseph Watson, lawyer; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 12, 1854; s. William Henry and Sarah (Fisher) Hiner; ed. Fond du Lac High School, and in Univ. of Wisconsin, grad- uating B.Litt., 1876; studied law; admitted to bar of Wisconsin, 1880; m. Fond du Lac., Wis., Oct. 17, 1893, Frances Augusta Moore. Prac- ticed law in Fond du Lac, Wis., 1880-93; since then in Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chi- cago Law Institute; city atty. of Fond du Lac, Wis., 1891-2; mem. Fond du Lac Board of Ed- ucation 4 years; trustee of public library of Fond du Lac., Wis., 10 years; mem. Board of Supervisors of Fond du Lac Co., Wis., 1 year. Clubs: Chicago Literary, City. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 228 E. 47th St.

HINES, Edward, lumber merchant; b. Buf- falo, N. Y., July 31, 1863; s. Peter and Rose (McGarry) Hines; came to Chicago with pa- rents, 1865; attended public schools until 14 years old; m. 1895, Loretta O'Dowd. At 14 became "tally boy" in the lumber yards of Fish & Bro., and a few months later office boy for the lumber firm of S. K. Martin & Co., with whom he served 14 years, advancing to bookkeeper and general office man, and later for 4 years as traveling salesman; sec. and treas. S. K. Martin Lumber Co., 1884-92; or- ganized, Apr. 15, 1892, and ever since pres., treas. and gen. mgr. Edward Hines Lumber Co .; president Lumbermen's Mill Co .; director Continental National Bank. President Lumber- men's Assn. Pres. N. Wisconsin Lumber Co., Hayward, Wis .; pres. Sawyer Co. State Bank, Hayward, Wis. Clubs: Illinois, Union League. Office: S. Lincoln St. and Blue Island Av. Resi- dence: 497 Jackson Boul.

HINKLEY, Charles Watson, lumber mer- chant, financier; b. Westfield, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., July 9, 1857; s. Wilson S. and Clara (Thatcher) Hinkley; ed. public schools until 1872; grad. Greylock Institute, S. Williamston, Mass., 1875, followed by 3 years at Cornell Univ. in class of 1879; m. Dunkirk, N. Y., June 18, 1884, Jessie Carlisle Williams; 1 son: Ger- ald Watson. Began business, 1878, as clerk for S. Water St. commission firm for 6 months; then in employ of Benjamin Allen & Co., wholesale jewelers until 1880; salesman for Brooks, Harris & Co., wholesale boots and shoes, 1880-3; bought interest, 1883, in whole- sale shoe house of Crofoot, Stelle & Cass, which became Crofoot, Stelle & Hinkley until 1887; sold out of this firm and took half inter- est in Bensley, Hinkley & Co., commission merchants in live stock, Union Stock Yards. In 1890, with Edward Tilden, organized the W. Side Bank, a State bank, and took half interest in firm of Hinkley & Tilden, bankers; sold out to Metropolitan Nat. Bank, 1898, and took in- terest in Soper Lumber Co., of which he is now treas. and dir. Also dir. Ft. Dearborn Nat. Bank. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Fi- nance Committee, Municipal Voters League.

Clubs: Union League, Bankers, City, Mid-Day, Washington Park, Midlothian. Office: 723 Laf- lin St. 'Residence: 4544 Greenwood Av.

HINMAN, George Wheeler, editor-in-chief and mgr. Chicago Inter Ocean since 1897, and pres. Inter Ocean Newspaper Co .; b. Mt. Mor- ris, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1863; s. Wheeler and Lydia (Seymour) Hinman; ed. Hamilton College; univs. Heidelberg, Berlin, Leipzig. Lecturer on foreign history and diplomacy; was on edi- torial staff New York Sun, 1887-97. Address: The Inter Ocean.

HINSEY, John Adams, special agent C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co .; b. Robsonia, Berks Co., Pa., Aug. 10, 1833; s. Jacob and Lydia Hibbard Hinsey; ed. public schools; m. Morencey, Mich., 1855, Sara Jane Wise. Began railroad- ing in 1856 with M. C. R. R., as brakeman on freight train; became conductor on passenger train running between Chicago and Detroit, 1857, and so continued several years; since 1865 in employ of C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co., in charge of their claim dept .; located at first in Milwaukee but removed to Chicago in 1890 with removal of general offices of the com- pany. Was for 21 consecutive years mem. of the Common Council in Milwaukee and 12 years pres. of the Council; was also mem. of the Co. Board of Supervisors, and for several years mem. of the school board and trustee of the Public Library. Mem. K. P. since Apr. 28, 1878, and has held in order offices of Past Chancellor, Grand Representative, Vice Grand Chancellor, Grand Lecturer, Grand Chancellor and Supreme Representative of Wisconsin; also pres. of Board of Control of the Endowment Bank (insurance branch of order), 1888-1901. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: 707 E. 49th St.

HINTZE, Robert Albert, manufacturer; b. northern Prussia, Ger., Feb. 26, 1849; s. Gott- fried William and Fredericka (Quolke) Hintze; ed. public schools of Chicago, graduating from old Chicago High School in class of 1864; won scholarship and took course in Bryant & Stratton Business College; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., Apr. 27, 1879, Jennie K. Gillett; chil- dren: Irene F., Ada G., Arthur Warren. While getting his education was a newsboy on a carriers' route for the Chicago Evening Jour- nal; after leaving business college worked with Charles J. L. Meyer, wholesale sash, doors and blinds, from Oct., 1866, to 1881; in busi- ness for self in firm of Hintze & Baker until 1883, when firm dissolved; then formed part- nership of Hintze & Weise, which in 1903 was reorganized as the Chicago Millwork Supply Co., wholesale manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, etc., of which he is pres. and treas. Republican. Office: 239-45 W. 22d St. Residence: 5127 Indiana Av.

HIPP, William Harrison, physician and sur- geon; b. Berrien Springs, Mich., Jan. 12, 1864; s. Barton G. and Jennie (Bennett) Hipp; ed. public schools of Michigan; grad. from Ben- nett Med. College, 1885; m. Darlington, Ind., Oct. 8, 1902, Goldyn Hunt; 1 son: Barton Hunt. Began practice at Benton Harbor, Mich., 1885- 1886; came to Chicago in 1888; surgeon to his private hosp. (S. Side Hosp.); surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., Chicago Hosp., Bennett Hosp. and the Am. Hosp. Prof. surgical diseases of women Bennett College of Eclectic Medicine and Surgery, and Am. College of Medicine and Surgery. Now mem. Illinois State Board of Health. Mem. City, State and Nat. Eclectic med. socs. Republican. Congregationalist. Of- fice: 100 State St. Residence: 5409 Michigan Av.

HIRSCH, Emil G., clergyman; b. Luxem- burg, Germany, May 22, 1852; s. Samuel and Louise (Mickolls) Hirsch; academic education in Germany; grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1872 (A.M., 1875); student Univs. of Berlin and Leipzig, 1872-6; alumnus of High School for Jewish Science, Berlin, 1872-6; rabbi, 1877;

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(LL.D., Austin College, Il1., 1896; L.H.D., Western Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1900; D.D., Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1901), Min- ister of Har Sinai Congregation, Baltimore, 1877; Ardath-Israel Congregation, Louisville, Ky., 1878; Sinai Congregation, Chicago, since 1880. Pres. and mem. Public Library Board, Chicago, 1888-97; prof. rabbinical literature and philosophy, Univ. of Chicago, since 1892. Presidential elector-at-large for Illinois, 1896. Republican. Editor Zeitgeist, Milwaukee, 1880- 1887; Reformer, New York, 1886; now of The Reform Advocate, Chicago. Editor Biblical Dept. Jewish Encyclopedia. Author of various monographs on Biblical and religious subjects. Address: 3612 Grand Boul., Chicago.

HIRSCH, James Hugo, merchant; b. Chica- go, July 20, 1860; s. A. M. and Mathilda (Hil- debrand) Hirsch; ed. Chicago public schools, and at Notre Dame Univ., Ind .; m. South Bend, Ind., Feb. 28, 1883, Anna M. Fox; children: Verna M., Harold E. Served 2 years under his father (who was chief asst. engineer of Street Dept., Chicago, 32 years); employe of Henry W. King & Co., 7 years; Clement Bane & Co., 6 years, L. C. Wachsmuth & Co., 9 years; since 1897, as James H. Hirsch & Co., engaged in manufacture and handling of uniforms and equipments. Was mem. Lackey's Zouaves, 1881; aide-de-camp on staff of Gov. Richard Yates, with rank of col. Republican; alderman, 25th Ward, 1897-8; mem. Lincoln Park Board; mem. Outer Belt Park Commission. Episcopa- lian. Mason: mem. St. Bernard Commandery. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Lincoln, Glen View. Office: 212-14 Market St. Residence: 1802 Ar- lington Pl.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 82

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