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HYNES, William J., lawyer; b. Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland, Mar. 31, 1842; s. Thomas and Catherine (O'Shea) Hynes; father died in 1848, and mother brought family to U. S. in 1853, settling in Springfield, Mass .; attended school; apprentice in office of Springfield Re- publican; m. Sept., 1871, Jennie W., daughter of Judge George B. Way, of Ohio. Student Columbian Univ. Law School, Washington, 1868-70; admitted to bar, 1870, and practiced at Little Rock, Ark .; elected to Congress from Arkansas at large on Greeley ticket, 1872; re-elected by popular vote, 1874, "but counted out"; came to Chicago, 1875; was partner with Judge Walter B. Scates; later senior of firm of Hynes, English & Dunne; now practicing alone. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 3914 Ellis Av.
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IDDINGS, Joseph Paxson, geologist; b. Bal- timore, Jan. 21, 1857; s. William Penn and Almira (Gillet) Iddings; grad. Sheffield Scien- tific School, Yale, Ph.B., 1877, in engineering course; grad. student, same, in chemistry and mineralogy, 1877-8; asst. in mech. drawing and surveying, same, 1877-8; grad. student geology and assaying, Columbia School of Mines, 1878-9; in microscopic petrography, Heidelberg, 1879-80; asst. geologist, 1SS0-S; geologist, 1888-92, and again since 1895, U. S. Geol. Survey; asso. prof. 1892-5, and since 1895 prof. petrology, Univ. of Chicago; for- eign mem. Geol. Soc. London; mem. Scientific Soc. of Christiania; fellow A. A. A. S. (See Who's Who in America for books and writ- ings.) Address: 5730 Woodlawn Av.
ILES, Robert S., lawyer; b. Alexandria, Ky .. Jan. 30, 1848; s. Nicholas and Martha (Smith) Iles; ed. chiefly by parents at home until 17 years old; taught school; grad. North Mis- souri State Normal School, Kirksville, Mo .. 1875; supt. schools, Hiawatha, Kan., 1875-81: took post graduate course, receiving degree of A.M., State Normal School of Missouri; studied law at Hiawatha, Kan., until 1ss0; m. 1876, Althea I. Davis, of Butler,. Mo .; 1 daugh- ter: Bertha. Went to Black Hills of Dakota, 1881, and engaged in cattle ranching; ad- mitted to Dakota bar, 1882; came to Chicago and began practice of law 1882; now senior mem. of Iles & Martin. County atty. of Cook Co., 1894-1900. Republican: mom. Cook Co. Central Committee from 31st Ward, 1891-5. Was Supreme Archon Royal League 3 terms, and now supreme pres. North Am. Union. Clubs: Hamilton. Colonial. Office: 69 Clark St. Residence: 669 48th St.
INDERRIEDEN, John Bernard, importer and commission merchant; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 25, 1839; s. Joseph and Sophia (Harig) Inderrieden; ed. public schools of Baltimore;
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nı. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 5, 1865, Mary O. Le- Beau; children: John LeBeau, Joseph Sylves- ter, Chauvin Valentine, Robert, Virginia, Marie, Zoe, Leontine. First employment was in a Baltimore hardware store; then was clerk with Charles Spiker & Co., importer of toys and notions, 1855-62; with Gail & Ax, to- bacconists, 1862-3; came to Chicago, 1864, and established business in dried and canned fruits, etc., under name of Reessing, Inder- rieden & Co .; firm changed to J. B. Inder- rieden & Bro .. 1867, and in 1893 was incor- porated under style of J. B. Inderrieden Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Club: On- wentsia. Office: 36-8 River St. Residence: 553 N. State St.
INGALLS, Frederick Attwill, grain com- mission; b. Lynn, Mass., Dec. 1, 1864; s. Wil- liam and Susan (Todd) Ingalls. grad, high school at Lynn, Mass. In 1881 came to Chicago and was employed in Board of Trade work with B. P. Hutchinson for 2 years; then with Cudahy & Steever for 8 years, and in 1891 established present firm of F. A. Ingalls & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: Postal Tele- graph Bldg. Residence: 179 Fifty-third St.
INGALLS, Lewis Ellsworth, real estate; b. township of DuPage, Will Co., Ill., Oct. 26, 1839; s. Henry and Louis (Royce) Ingalls; ed. district school in DuPage Co., Ill .; m. Mar- engo, Ill., Jan. 14, 1870, Esther E. Bartholo- mew; 1 daughter: Myra M. (now Mrs. George M. Peale). At age of 16 went to work on farm; subsequently speculated in various commodi- ties, dealt in lumber and building material, owned general stores, traded for land and dealt in real estate. Republican. Universalist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Of- fice: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: Joliet, Ill.
INGALS, E. Fletcher, physician; b. Lee Cen- ter, Ill., Sept. 29, 1848; s. Charles Francis and Sarah (Hawkins) Ingals; ed. public schools, Normal School, Bloomington, Ill., and Rock River Seminary, Mt. Morris, Ill .; m. Sept. 5, 1876, Lucy S., daughter Dr. Ephraim Ingals; children: Francis E., Melissa Rachel, Mary Goodell, E. Fletcher, Jr. Taught school 1 win- ter; bookkeeper in Chicago 1 year; grad. Rush Med. College, Chicago, 1871 (A.M., Univ. of Chicago); interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1871; lec- turer Rush Med. College, 1871; visited hosps. and med. schools, London and Paris, 1873; in general practice 10 years; since then specialist in diseases of throat and chest; now prof. diseases of chest, throat and nose, and conip- troller Rush Med. College; professorial lec- turer in medicine, Univ. of Chicago; ex-prof. diseases of throat and chest, Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School; prof. laryngology and rhinology, Chicago Polyclinic, since 1889. Has been pres. Am. Laryngol. Assn .; Am. Climatol. Assn .; Illinois State Med. Soc .; Am.
Med. College Assn .; Chicago Laryngol. and Climatol. Soc .; Citizen's Assn. of Chicago; mem. (ex-chairman) sec. laryngology, Pan- Am. Congress, 1893, and of Am. Med. Assn .; mem. of nearly every International Med. Con- gress since 1880. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Quadrangle, Colonial, Home- wood. Author: Diseases of the Chest, Throat and Nose, 4th edit., 1900; also many articles and monographs on similar subjects. Office: Venetian Bldg. Residence: 4757 Grand Boul.
INSULL, Samuel, pres. Chicago Edison Co .; b. London, England, Nov. 11, 1859; s. Samuel and Emma (Short) Insull; ed. private schools in London, Reading and Oxford, England; m. New York, May 24, 1899, Margaret A. Bird. Began business career as private sec. to Col. George E. Gouraud, who was then, as London representative of Mr. Thomas A. Edison, en- gaged in forming Edison Telephone Co., of London, which was subsequently merged in Bell Telephone Co., which amalgamated Co. finally became part of National Telephone Co.
Came to U. S., Feb., 1881, and became private sec. to Thomas A. Edison, having full charge of his business affairs for many years. Repre- sented him in organization and management of the Electric Tube Co., first manufacturers of underground conductors for electric lights, Edison Machine Works and Edison Lamp Co .; built and operated as gen. mgr. (for Mr. Edi- son), Edison Machine Works at Schenectady, N. Y. In 1889, the various Edison manufac- turing concerns and the Edison Electric Light Co. were consolidated into the Edison General Electric Co., of which became 2d vice-pres., and when that company was amalgamated, 1892, with the Thomson-Houston Co. as the General Electric Co., became 2d vice-pres. of latter, in charge of manufacturing and selling depts. of company. Resigned, June, 1892, to accept present position as pres. of the Chicago Edison Co., and is also pres. of the Common- wealth Electric Co., the two companies con- trolling the entire electric lighting business of Chicago. Also pres. of the North Shore Electric Co., operating electric lighting and power business in suburbs and residential dis- tricts around Chicago, and pres. of United Gas & Electric Co., and Louisville & Southern In- diana Traction Co .; vice-pres. Economy Light & Power Co .; dir. Union Gas & Electric Co. Mem. of Am. Institute of Electrical Engineers, British Institute of Electrical Engineers. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Clubs: Whitehall, Devonshire (London, England) ; Union League, Lawyers', Engineers' (New York); Chicago, Chicago Athletic. Office: 139 Adams St. Resi- dence: Kenilworth, Ill.
IRWIN, Charles David, grain; b. Albany, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1859; s. D. W. and Harriet L. (Nash) Irwin; ed. Chicago South Division High School; m. 1881, Hettie F. Duryea, of Nyack, N. Y .; children: Jessie N., David D. After leaving school entered the business of Irwin, Green & Co. (established 1854), doing a Board of Trade grain business, shippers, receivers and general grain merchants, becom- ing a partner in 1881. Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Club: Union League. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence, Evanston, Ill.
IRWIN, William T., coal and grain; b. Cir- cleville, O., May 15, 1857; s. John E. and Catherine (Tobias) Irwin; ed. Everett High School, Circleville, O .; m. Dec. 14, 1884, Carrie B., daughter of Dr. Samuel Wagenseller, of Pekin, Ill .; 1 son: Walter B. Learned printing trade, 1868-73, Cincinnati, O .; published Cir- cleville (O.) Advertiser (weekly), 1873-6; came to Chicago, July, 1879; was employed 8 years by Cameron, Amberg & Co .; advertising mgr. for James H. Walker & Co., dry goods, 1887-90; organized Phillip Grain & Coal Co. in May, 1890, and is now managing partner. Democrat. Office: 4798 N. Clark St. Residence: 754 Lunt Av., Rogers Park.
ISHAM, Ralph, railway official; b. Chicago, Feb. 13, 1865; s. Ralph N. and Katherine (Snow) Isham; ed. Chicago public schools, University School, Chicago, and Harvard Univ., graduating 1889; m. Rochester, N. Y., June 24, 1902, Mary Louise Otis; one son, Albert Keep. Clerk with C. & E. I. R. R. Co., 1889-90; with Illinois Steel Co., 1890-9; since Aug., 1899, treas. and dir. Chicago Union Transfer Ry. Also sec. and treas. Chicago Transfer & Clearing Co .; dir. Nat. Warehouse & Transfer Co., Chicago & South-Eastern Ry. Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Har- vard. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 11 Ritchie Pl.
ISMOND, Robert Edwin, real estate broker; b. near Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1849; S. William Henry Harrison and Elizabeth (Masales) Ismond; ed. Port Huron, Mich .; widower. Has been in business as a real
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estate broker since May, 1887, and is now head of the firm of R. E. Ismond & Co. Also dir. of the Jackson Trust & Savings Bank. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board (pres., 1904). Independent Republican. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Residence: 343 Bowen Av.
ISOM, William H., vice-pres. North Am. Transportation & Trading Co .; b. Champaign, Ill., Nov. 27, 1859; s. William G. and Elna (Lysaght) Isom; m. 1st, Nettie Whitton Lena Chittenden (deceased); m. 2d, Chicago, July 12, 1902, Hallie Chittenden; children: Edward W., Frances, Marion, Nettie, Evelyn, Elbert. Oil refiner, Toledo, O., 1880-7; mgr. Toledo division Standard Oil Co., 1887-91; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Standard Oil Co. of Minn., 1891- 1894; gen. mgr., 1896-1900, Indiana Pipe Line & Refining Co., Northern Indiana Oil Co., Cudahy Oil Co., Ohio & Indiana Oil Co .; since 1900, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. North Am. Transportation & Trading Co. Also now sec. Cudahy Oil Co. Republican. Office: The Rook- ery: Residence: Kenilworth, Ill.
IVES, Marvin Allen, soaps; b. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 2, 1859; s. Caleb and Mary Lavinia (Allen) Ives; ed. high school, Monroe, Mich., and Denison Univ., Granville. O .; m. Minne- apolis, Minn., Oct. 7, 1896, Virginia Howard Reno; children: John Reno, Mary Virginia. Has been with the Globe Soap Co. of Cincin- nati, O., since Mar., 1878; now vice-pres., dir. and Chicago mgr. Also pres. and dir. of the C. Turner Soap Co. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor. Office: 21 River St. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.
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JACKMAN, Howard Hill, civil engineer; b. E. Liverpool, O., Feb. 9, 1852; s. Stockdale and Narcissa P. (Hill) Jackman; reared on farm; studied 2 years, Alliance, O., College; grad. Bethany College, W. Va., C.E., 1873; surveyor, E. Liverpool, 1873-5; in city engineering dept., Cleveland, O., 1875-7; returned to E. Liverpool, practicing as civil and mining engineer, 1877- 1878; surveyor in Harper Co., Kan., 1878; m. Anthony, Kan., Dec. 18, 1879, Lydia M. Goss. Co. surveyor, Harper Co., Kan., 1880; upon engineering force, construction dept., St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita R. R., from Fort Scott, through Wichita, to near line Indian Ty., 1882-8; city engineer, Wichita, superin- tending complete sewerage and paving sys- tems, city hall, bridges, parks, etc., 1889-91; engineer on sewerage, Topeka, 1891-2; judge of awards World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; practiced in Chicago, 1894-5; 1895-1903, in the Bureau of Enginering, Chicago, in har- bor div., 1895-6; afterward in construction of waterworks tunnels; in charge of the five city waterworks cribs and of Div. of Tunnel Con- struction and Pumping Station. Repairs, 1900- 1901; since July 1, 1901, engineer in charge location trunk lines of railway across the two Virginias, involving the difficult technical feat of having secured an easy and practicable line across Shenandoah and Allegheny moun- tains and several intervening ranges and streams. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, West- ern Soc. Engineers. Residence: 2177 Washing- ton Boul.
JACKSON, Arthur Stanley, sec. and treas. Badger & Jackson Co., lumber; b. Middletown, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1870; s. William S. and Ella (Helmer) Jackson; grad. Chicago public schools in 1890; m. Chicago, Nov. 19, 1895, Louise Burkhardt; 1 son: Arthur S., Jr. Was engaged with out-of-town luniber firms from 1890 to 1896, and in latter year assisted in organizing the Badger & Jackson Co., dealers in Wiscon- sin lumber, with yards at Green Bay and Rhinelander, of which company, is sec. and treas. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic,
Washington Park. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 17 Drexel Sq.
JACKSON, David Henry, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 14, 1874; s. Jonathan and Mary (Forsyth) Jackson; ed. Lake Forest Acad., 1890-2; Lake Forest College, 1892-5; Cornell Univ., 1895-6; Lake Forest College, 1897; A.B., 1897; taught in Shurtleff College, 1898-9; grad. Northwest- ern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1901. Since 1901 engaged in general practice of law in Chi- cago. Mem. Lake Forest City Council; jus- tice of the peace of Lake Co .; mem. Lake Co. Board of Review, 1904; mem. Republican Central Committee of Lake Co. Mem. Beta Theta Pi, college fraternity, and of Phi Delta Phi, law fraternity. Clubs: Hamilton, Lake Forest Winter, Lake Forest Chicago. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: Lake Forest, Il1.
JACKSON, Dwight, treas. Marshall-Jackson Co., stationers; b. Rochester, Wis., Apr. 11, 1858; s. Abram and Jane (Wright) Jackson; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Mar. 29, 1882, Nellie Hubbard; children: Marshall H., Helen L., Warren. Began at age of 15 as office boy in the stationery store of the Skeen & Stuart Stationery Co., which later became the Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co .; in 1904 that company and George E. Marshall & Co., in the same line, were united and incor- porated as the Marshall-Jackson Co., of which is treas. Republican. Universalist. Was 6 years a mem. of the Board of Education of Oak Park. Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park. Office: 140-6 Monroe St. Residence: 345 Home Av., Oak Park, Ill.
JACKSON, George Washington, civil en- gineer; b. Chicago, July 21, 1861; ed. public schools of Chicago and at Oxford, Eng .; m. Chicago, 1883, Rose Tracy Casey; children: Thomas, Rose. Engaged in engineering and contracting since 1883; was contractor for the Strickler Tunnel through Pike's Peak; for 14-foot subway at Reading, Pa .; pneumatic tube system for the Associated Press; Went- worth Av. drainage system. Chicago, and about 90 per cent of the entire underground system for the Chicago Telephone Co., Postal- Telegraph-Cable Co. and Western Union Tele- graph Co .; also systems at Columbus, O., In- dianapolis, Ind., Muscatine. Ia .. Philadelphia. etc. Engineer and contractor for the entire system of tunnels in Chicago for the Illinois Telephone Construction Co. Consulting en- gineer for the local transportation committee of Chicago in its study of the traction prob- lem, and hydraulic engineer for the high pres- sure water commission of the City of Chi- cago. Pres: Jackson & Corbett Co., contractors; Jackson & Corbett Bridge & Steel Works, In- terlocking Steel Sheeting Co., Security Trust & Deposit Co. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Chicago Riding and Driving, Chicago Technical. Men. Western Soc. of Engineers. K. T., Elk, Mason (32º). Office: 177-9 E. Monroe St. and The Rookery. Residence: 177 E. Monroe St.
JACKSON, Henry Godden, clergyman: b. Manchester, Dearborn Co., Ind., Jan. 1. 1838; s. John and Mabel Gregory (Garrigus) Jack- son; ed. public schools, academy and the In- diana Asbury (now DePauw) Univ., graduat- ing A.B., 1862, A.M., 1865, D.D., 1876; m. Ash Grove, Ill., Sept. 22. 1862, Alice Clark; children: Charles Henry, John Luther, Alice Mabel. Mary Sophia, Arthur Dudley, Harrison Clarke. Emmett Monroe. Raymond Danforth. Or- dained in ministry of M. E. Church, 1862: principal of Stockwell Collegiate Institute. 1862-5; pastor of Ames M. E. Church, New Orleans, La., 1865-6; missionary in Buenos Ayres, South America, 1868-78; pastor Grand Av. M. E. Church, Kansas City. Mo., 1878-83: pres. Lewis College. Glasgow, Mo .. 1883-5: pastor Centenary Church. Chicago, 1885-90: presiding elder. Chicago, 1890-1901: since 1902 pastor Ravenswood M. E. Church, Chicago. Mom. General Missionary Committee of M. E.
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Church; mem., for Rock River Conference, of Joint Hymnal Commission of M. E. Church and M. E. Church, South. Author (while at Buenos Ayres (of "Hymnos Evangélicos," a collection of hymns in Spanish for the use of Evangelical congregations in South Amer- ica. Republican-Prohibitionist. Address: 690 Sunnyside Av.
JACKSON, James Swaine, dealer and agent in real estate; b. Chicago, July 16, 1868; s. John W. and Eleanor S. (Lavis) Jackson; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Nov. 16, 1903, Minnie Mershon; children: Bernice Mer- shon, Eleanor Sarah. Since 1884 has been in the real estate business on the West Side in the old 11th Ward, in which he was born and reared, the firm being Jackson Bros., which style is still continued, although he is now sole proprietor of the business. Republican. Royal Arch Mason. Club: Menoken. Office: 571 W. Madison St. Residence: 765 Warren Av.
JACKSON, John Lovington, clergyman; b. Brantford, Canada, May 31, 1849; s. John and Margaret (McCall) Jackson; grad. Univ. of Chicago, A.B., 1872; A.M., 1876; Baptist Theo- logical Seminary, B.D., 1876; D.D .; m. Chicago, Feb. 3, 1874, Ella Odell Lovett; children: Jay Stanley, Emery Brigham, Laura Ella, Flor- ence Margariette. Ordained to Baptist minis- try, 1876; pastor Aurora, Ill., 1876-84, Bloom- ington, Ill., 1884-90; Grand Rapids, Mich., 1890-6; since 1896 pastor Hyde Park Baptist Church, Chicago. Republican. Address: 5607 Lexington Av.
JACKSON, John Luther, patent lawyer; b. Stockwell, Ind., Oct. 30, 1866; s. Rev. Henry Godden, D.D., and Alice (Clarke) Jackson; studied at DePauw Univ., 1886-9, graduating Ph.B., 1889, A.M., 1892; Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1893; m. Chicago, June 24, 1891, Laura Elizabeth Bond; children: Laura Avis, John Spencer, Amy Clarke, Mabel Bond, Alice Edith. Admitted to bar, 1892. Became a mem. of the firm of Bond, Adams, Pickard & Jack- son, 1892. Republican. Pres. River Forest Board of Education, 3d term. M. E. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Patent Law Assn. of Chicago. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Oak Park; also University, of Washington, D. C. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 337 Keystone Av., River Forest, Ill.
JACKSON, Jonathan Worth, life insurance underwriter; b. Pittsboro, Chatham Co., N. C., Mar. 3, .1859; s. Joseph John and Lucy Jane (Worth) Jackson; ed. Pittsboro Acad. to 1876; in New Garden Boarding School, 1876-8; Univ. of North Carolina, 1878-82, graduating A.B., and with special degree in mathematics; m. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Apr. 20, 1892, Selene Childress. Asst. in Raleigh, N. C., Male Acad., 1882-5; general agent New York Life Insur- ance Co., Nashville, Tenn., 1885-95; since 1895, gen. mgr. for Home Life Insurance Co. of New York, in State of Illinois and Northern Indiana. Democrat in nat., liberal in local affairs. Mem. P. E. Church. Clubs: University, Onwentsia. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Residence: Lake Forest.
JACKSON, Richard Arbuthnot, lawyer; b. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 5, 1858; s. Richard and Anna M. (Knott) Jackson; ed. public schools, Richmond, Ind., and Earlham College to 1875; grad. Univ. of Virginia, LL.B., 1879; m. Ash- land, Neb., Sept. 19, 1882, Anna V. Scott; 1 son: Fielding V. Admitted to bar, Jan., 1880; prosecuting atty. Wayne Co., Ind., 1886-90; general practice to 1902; now 1st vice-pres. and general solicitor C., R. I. & P. Ry. Co .; dir. in following companies: Chicago, Rock Island & El Paso Ry. Co., Choctaw & Chicka- saw R. R. Co., Kansas City-Rock Island Ry. Co., Little Rock & Southern R. R. Co., St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado R. R. Co., St. Louis-Rock Island Terminal Ry. Co .; dir. and vice-pres. in following companies: Gulf Con- struction Co., Rock Island Coal Co., Rock Is-
land Improvement Co. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago, Union League, Mid-Day, University. Of- fice: 144 Van Buren St. Residence: Hotel Metropole.
JACKSON, Samuel Ward, lawyer; b. Berlin, Ont., Can., June 21, 1858; s. Henry F. J. and Isabella Allen (Murphy) Jackson; ed. Berlin, Ont., public and high schools, and grad. as B.C.L. McGill Univ., Montreal, P. Q., 1881. Began practice of law at Montreal, 1881; went to Winnipeg, Man., 1882, and was in the law offices of the Canadian Pacific R. R .; came to Chicago, Sept., 1882, and admitted to the bar, 1883; was in the offices of Frederic Ullman and of Horton & Hoyne until 1888; since then in practice alone, making a specialty of min- ing and corporation law; counsel for the Big Creek Mining Co., Kurtz Chatterton Copper Mining Co., Pearl Land & Town Site Co., and the Big Horn Mining Co .; local counsel for the Nat. Mining & Milling Co., and others. Republican. Mem. of Oriental Lodge No. 33, A. F. & A. M. Clubs: Wanderers Cricket, Ath- letic. Office: 172 Washington St. Residence: 3101 Groveland Av.
JACKSON, Thomas Morierty, cashier of the Chicago Nat. Bank; b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 15, 1861; s. Joseph and Catherine (Henley) Jack- son; ed. public schools of Boston; m. Chicago, Sept. 28, 1884, Helen Nutting; children: Marion, Helen, Elsie. Began business career as a draftsman in the employ of J. M. Van Osdell, architect; subsequently employed by J. M. Adsit, banker, whose business was the nucleus of the present Chicago Nat. Bank; upon organization of latter became clearing- house clerk, and advanced to present position. Treas. Northwestern Gas Co .; dir. of Oakwood Cemetery Co. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park. Office: 152 Monroe St. Residence: River Forest, Ill.
JACKSON, W. J., gen. supt. C. & E. I. R. R .; b. Toronto, Ont., 1859; s. John and Jane Jack- son; ed. public schools of Toronto; m. To- ronto, 1884, Eliza J. Preston; children: Annie, Edna, Emma, Robert. In Nov., 1877, began in the G. T. Ry. shops at Toronto as a machin- ist's helper; in May, 1878, became freight clerk same road, at Toronto, and in Jan., 1882, chief claim clerk at Chicago for C. & G. T. Ry .; general freight foreman, 1885-90, and asst. agent, 1890-1, same road, at Chicago; since Aug., 1891, in service of C. & E. I. R. R., being asst. local freight agent to Jan., 1893, and local agent to July 5, 1899, at Chicago; then asst. gen. supt. until Feb. 1, 1903; since then gen. supt. Mason. Office: 144 VanBuren St. Residence: 7301 Yale Av.
JACKSON, William Stanley, senior mem. Jackson Bros. & Co., commission merchants. Pres. Chicago Board of Trade. Office: 145 Van- Buren St. Summer residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Residence: 37 Aldine Sq.
JACKSON, Zenas Zella, merchant; b. Quincy, Ill., May 30, 1871; s. Henry D. and Eleanor (Huddleston) Jackson; ed. country schools around Blandinsville, Ill., winters until 15 years old; m. Blandinsville, Oct. 7, 1897, Mary Edna Helton. Father died when he was 8 years old, and from that time until 15 worked on farm with grandparents; began business life at 15 as clerk with J. B. Bailey, clothing and men's furnishings, Blandinsville, Ill., for 5 years; came to Chicago, June, 1892; traveled for short time for wholesale clothing firm; since then in retail men's furnishing business, 1 year with Riley Darnell, 2 years with Hubert Fowler, then 1 year again with Riley Darnell; since then with Capper & Capper (incorporated 1893), manufacturers and re- tailers of men's wear, of which he is now vice-pres. and dir. Mem. Chicago Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church. Mason, Blue Lodge. Clubs: Normal Park Golf, Chicago Athletic. Office: 45-7 E. Jackson Boul. Residence: 3234 Groveland Av.
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JACOBS, Charles Robinson,
printer; b. Youngstown, O., Nov. 6, 1866; s. Sheldon and Lucy (Truesdale) Jacobs; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Mar. 15, 1905, Annie Woodruff Orton. Was in stationery business at Eldorado, Kan., 1884-90; came to Chicago and was in employ of S. A. Maxwell & Co., and of Keen & De Lang, respectively; since then engaged in stationery and printing business and now mem. firm of Jacobs & Holmes, printers. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois, Westward Ho Golf. Office: 163-167 Adams St. Residence: 184 E. 47th St.
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