The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 92

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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JONAS, Charles, pres. Metallic Folding Bed Co .; b. Racine, Wis., Aug. 20, 1874; s. late Charles Jonas (Consul-General at St. Peters- burg, and twice lieut .- gov. of Wisconsin) and Christina Korzak Jonas; ed. Racine public and high schools and undergraduate Chicago Med. College and Chicago School of Pharmacy: m. Chicago, 1903, Hattie Eichmann. Was vice and deputy U. S. Consul at Crefeld, Ger .. Cleveland's 2d administration. At time of in- corporation of the Metallic Folding Bed Co., manufacturers of steel furniture, in 1878, be- came its sec. and asst. mgr .; later advanced to pres. and mgr., which position still holds. Also sec. and dir. of Standard Gold Mining Co., of Kingman, Ariz. Office: 21st and Jefferson Sts. Residence: 6258 Jackson Park Av.

JONES, Alexander J., lawyer and trustee Chicago Sanitary District; b. Sangamon Co .. Ill., July 11, 1860; ed. public schools. Began career as a school teacher and later was in journalism in Chicago; admitted to bar and engaged in general practice. Democrat; has served in the General Assembly of Illinois, and as U. S. Consul in Colombia; elected in 1895 a trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago. and re-elected in 1900. Office: 1SS Madison St. Residence: S28 71st Pl.

JONES, Alfred Hanby, state food commis- sioner: b. Crawford Co., Ill., July 4, 1850: 8. John M. and Elizabeth (Ford) Jones: ed. Nat. Normal School, Lebanon. O., and West field (111.) College: m. 1st, Greenhill. Ind., 1873. Ellen M. Thompson: 1 son: Gustavus A .: m. 2d. Robinson. Il .. Nov. 26. 1575. Catherine A Beals. Read law in office of Callahan & Jones, Robinson, Ill., and admitted to practice in 1875; Inter took Mr. Jones' placo in firm. which has continued as Callahan & Jones for

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28 years. Dir. 1st Nat. Bank of Robinson, Ill, and afterward at Canandaigua, N. Y .; removed and of Robinson Creamery Co. Republican; chairman of County Republican Committee of Crawford Co. since 1880; was mem. of State Central Committee for 8 years; counsel for the C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. (Cairo Div.). State's atty. for Crawford Co., Ill., 1876; mem. Illinois Legislature, 1885; was pres. of Board of Trus- tees, Eastern Illinois State Normal School; since 1899 state food commissioner. Chairman Commercial Club, Robinson, Ill. Office: Man- hattan Bldg. Residence: Robinson, Ill.

JONES, Arthur Russell, banker and broker; b. Vinton, Ia., Jan. 8, 1865; s. Bushrod W. and Lydia (Stickney) Jones; ed. public school and high school; m. Vinton, Ia., Aug. 6, 1889, Edith Forrester; 1 son: Arthur Forrester. Came to Chicago in 1883 and entered service of the C. & N .- W. Ry. as traveling live-stock agent; in 1889 was made asst. gen. mgr. of Street's Western Stable Car Line; then with the M., K. & T. R. R. as general freight agent, with head- quarters at Ft. Worth, Tex., until 1896, when came to Chicago and established firm of Ar- thur R. Jones & Co., making specialties of commercial paper, etc. Treas. and dir. Illinois Machine and Foundry Co. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Co- lonial, Chicago Automobile, Fox Lake Yacht. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 3810 Forest Av.

JONES, Casius Clay, State bank examiner; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., May 3, 1845; s. Walton and Mary A. (Edwards) Jones; ed. district schools and 2 terms at Seneca Falls (N. Y.) Acad .; m. New Brunswick, N. J., Dec. 29, 1869, Mary D. Hankinson; 1 daughter: Grace L. (b. 1874, died 1888). After leaving acad. worked in general store 2 years; moved to Albany, N. Y., 1861; engaged in railroading, 1861-8, except during service in U. S. N., 1863-4; moved to Rockford, Ill., 1868, and was bank officer there, 1868-81; coal dealer, 1881-8; appointed State bank examiner, 1890; served until 1893, and again, 1897-1901; auditor Chicago Title and Trust Co., Jan., 1902, to Aug., 1903; again re- appointed as State bank examiner. Republican. Served in N. Y. N. G. 5 years; I. N. G., 7 years; adjt .- gen. G. A. R. (Nat.), 1894-5; Su- pervisor of Census, 2d District Illinois, 1890. Episcopalian. Resident of Chicago since 1902. Mason, K. P., Elks, Shriner. Address: Hyde Park Hotel.

JONES, Charles Edward, business educator; b. Thurman, Ia., May 1, 1862; s. James S. and Amanda M. (Wylie) Jones; ed. Thurman (Ia.) public schools; Tabor (Ia.) College; Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; m. Chicago, Oct. 19, 1894, Mary J. Armstrong; 1 daughter: Frances Dora. Since 1886 engaged as an edu- cator in business colleges; pres. and treas. of Jones Business College, 160 Washington St .; Jones North Chicago Business College, and Jones Business College, Hammond, Ind., de- voting entire attention to these institutions. Republican. Office: 160 E. Washington St. Residence: 1114 S. 3d Av., Maywood, Ill.

JONES, Cyrus Marsh, supt. of The Fair; b. Cleveland, O., Apr. 27, 1854; s. Abraham and Martha (Hale) Jones; ed. public schools of Louisville, Ky .; m. Louisville, Feb. 1, 1883, Harriet H. Johns; 1 daughter: Martha Hous- ton. In employ of the E. Jennings Co., 403-5 W. Madison St., becoming gen. mgr., 1879-89; gen. supt. The Fair, dept. store, 1890-3; in business for self, 1893-4; gen. supt. A. M. Rothschild & Co., 1894-7; since 1897 again supt. of The Fair. Republican. Methodist. Club: Hamilton. Office: State, Adams and Dearborn Sts. Residence: Riverside, Ill.

JONES, Fernando, title examiner; b. Chau- tauqua Co., N. Y., May 26, 1820; s. William and Anna (Gregory) Jones; moved to Buffalo, 1824; ed. public schools, Buffalo, and was student under Millard Fillmore, afterward pres. of the U. S .; acad. at Fredonia, N. Y.,

to Chicago, 1835; m. 1853, Jane Grahame; 1 child: Grahame. On coming to Chicago was clerk in his father's hardware store; learned the Pottawatomie tongue; was em- ployed in the land office, Chicago, 1835-6; bought property; went into abstract business (with partners) and compiled abstracts of all titles in Cook Co., which became of enor- mous value to the land owners when the records of the county were destroyed by the great fire in 1871; business was consolidated with that of the two other abstract firms and finally merged in the Title Guarantee & Trust Co., now known as the Chicago Title & Trust Co. Alderman, 1859-60; South Town super- visor during war; helped establish Camp Douglas; was trustee Orphan Asylum, State Asylum for Insane, Jacksonville, Ill., and the old Chicago Univ. Mem. Chicago Historical Soc., and Historical Soc. (Buffalo, N. Y.). Clubs: Press, Calumet. Address: 1834 Prairie Av.

JONES, Frank Hatch, lawyer; b. Griggsville, Pike Co., Ill., Mar. 6, 1854; s. George W. and Cecelia B. Jones; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1875; studied law in Columbia Law School, New York, and Chicago Law School. Began practice at Springfield, Ill., in 1879, and since 1897 has been engaged in practice of law in Chicago. Now sec. Am. Trust and Savings Bank. Demo- crat. Served in General Assembly in 1891, and made nominating speech for Gen. John M. Palmer for the U. S. Senate; 1st asst. post- master general of U. S., 1893-7. Clubs: Chica- go, Union League, Merchants, University, Iro- quois, Union, Onwentsia, Bankers. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 354 Huron St.

JONES, Frank Warren, pres. U. S. Mica Mining and Milling Co .; b. Stoughton, Mass., Aug. 20, 1855; s. Francis and L. Augusta (Thompson) Jones; descendant of Gov. Wins- low, who landed from Mayflower at Plymouth, Mass., 1620; ancestors settled in Norfolk Co., Mass., 1636, and served in Indian, Colonial and Revolutionary wars; grand sire was one of the incorporators and first selectman of Ded- ham, Mass., the county seat; ed. public schools in Massachusetts; m. Lynn, Mass., 1879, Abbie A. Gardner; children: Myron Scott, Marion Louise. Was supt. of a shoe manufactory, 1876-84; treas. and gen. mgr. of a shoe mfg. company, 1884-8; Jones, Curtis & Towne, 1888- 1898; pres. of electric company, 1896-1900; sec. and dir. Belt Line Electric Ry., 1890-5; pres. of Home Med. Co. since 1898; sec. and vice- pres. Kraig Chemical Co. since 1902; pres. Am. Insulite Co. since 1904; since Sept., 1901, pres. U. S. Mica Mining and Milling Co., owning the largest deposits and being the largest pro- ducers of mica in the U. S. Democrat; was mem. House of Representatives of Massachu- setts, 1884-5; senator of Massachusetts, 1886- 1887-8; prison commissioner of Massachusetts, 1890-5; gen. supt. of prisons, 1893-5; park com- missioner, 1889-94; nominated for congress, 1892, against Henry Cabot Lodge, and nomi- nated for mayor, 1900; declined both, although election was assured. Chairman Democratic Committee of Essex Co., Mass., 1886-96; mem. executive Massachusetts Democratic Club. Be- came resident of Chicago, 1900. Mem. Henry George Assn. and of Municipal Ownership League. Club: Iroquois. Office: Railway Ex- change. Residence: 2940 Lake Park Av.

JONES, Fred Bennett, vice-pres. the Adams & Westlake Co .; b. Peoria, Ill., Jan. 14, 1858; s. George W. and Cecelia (Bennett) Jones; ed. public schools; graduate of high school. En- tered the employ of the Adams & Westlake Co., manufacturers of railway supplies, hard- ware specialties, etc., in sales dept., in 1877, and soon afterward became stockholder and dir. Now vice-pres. of the Adams & Westlake Co., and dir. the Curtain Supply Co., U. S. Head Light Co., and other corporations. Clubs:

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Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Mid-Day. Office: 110 Ontario St. Residence: 290 LaSalle Av.

JONES, George Herbert, pres. Inland Steel Co .; b. Co. of Surrey, Eng., Jan. 25, 1856. Was with S. D. Kimbark, iron and steel, 1871-1893; since 1893 pres. Inland Steel Co. Also vice- pres. Buffalo Steel Co., of Tonawanda, N. Y .; dir. Sunnyside Coal Co., and pres. Inland Coal and Washing Co. Clubs: Union League, Chica- go Athletic. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 56 Woodland Park.

JONES, George Phifer, manufacturer; b. S. Solon, Madison Co., O., Apr. 3, 1839; s. William and Sarah (Phifer) Jones; ed. public schools of London, Madison Co., O .; m. London, O., May 1, 1861, Samantha Graham; children: Gra- ham P., Belden D., Florence, Grace Marie. Kept country store, London, O., 1861-4; in dry goods business, Joliet, Ill., 1864-7; Des Moines, Ia., 1867-9; in mfg. business, Joliet, 1869; or- ganized Will Co. Nat. Bank, 1871, with H. N. Higinbotham, and conducted it 5 years as cashier; moved to Chicago, 1877, and was em- ployed by Keith Bros. in credit dept .; supt. of public service, Cook Co., 1889; bought the Jones Car Door Co., 1890 (now pres.). Has been receiver for several large corporations. Republican. Methodist. Club: Union League. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 2721 Ken- more Av., Edgewater, Ill.

JONES, Jenkin Lloyd, independent minister, editor, lecturer; b. Cardiganshire, S. Wales, Nov. 14, 1843; s. Richard Lloyd and Mary (Thomas) Jones; parents moved to Wisconsin when an infant; worked on farm until 1862; private 6th Wis. Battery, 3 years in Civil War; grad. Meadville (Pa.) Theological Seminary, 1870; 9 years pastor All Souls Church, Janes- ville, Wis .; was sec. Western Unitarian Con- ference for 9 years; organized and was first sec. Western Unitarian Sunday School Soc .; in 1878, with others, established Unity, a weekly paper, now organ of the Congress of Religion, and has been its editor since 1879; organized and since 1882 pastor of All Souls Church, Chicago; sec. World's Parliament of Religions, 1892-3; in 1894 was instrumental in organizing the Congress of Religion in Illi- nois, its gen. sec. since; pres. Illinois State Conference of Charities; lecturer in English, univ. extension dept., Univ. of Chicago; pres. Tower Hill Summer School of Literature and Religion; founder and first pres. Chicago Browning Soc. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Address: N. W. Cor. Oakwood Boul. and Langley Av.

JONES, John Sutphin, pres. the Jones & Adams Co .; b. Washington Court House, O., Jan. 4, 1848; s. William R. and Elizabeth (Morris) Jones; ed. public schools in Ohio; m. Granville, O., Oct. 22, 1884, Sarah F. Follett. From 1870 to 1888 was engaged in the railroad business as operator, conductor, trainmaster and supt .; after that date engaged in the coal business as pres. of The Jones & Adams Co., operating coal mines in West Virginia, Ohio and Illinois, and coal docks on the lakes, with general offices in Chicago. Resident of Chicago (coming from Ohio) since 1887. Also pres. of the National Hocking Coal Co .; and is con- nected with the Little Kanawha syndicate, in building branch railroads and acquiring coal properties in West Virginia. Republican. Mason (32º); mem. Apollo Commandery, K. T. (Chicago); Cincinnati (O.) Consistory, A. A. S. R .; Medinah Temple (Chicago), Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Kenwood, Mid-Day. Office: Old Colony Bldg. City residence: Union League Club. Country home: Monomoy Place, Gran- ville, O.

JONES, Joseph Russell, retired; b. Con- neaut, Ashtabula Co., O., Feb. 17, 1823; s. Joel and Maria (Dart) Jones; ed. local school; m. Galena, Ill., Sept. 14, 1848, Elizabeth Ann

Scott; children: Russell Sheldon, Ben Camp- bell, Lizzie Scott, Frank Ormsby, Rebecca Fulkerson, Eliza Maria. Was clerk in store at Conneaut; went to Galena, Ill., and was first clerk and later partner in wholesale gro- cery business at Galena, 1840-61; sec. and treas. the Galena & Minnesota Packet Co., 1846-61; was alderman in Galena; mem. Illi- nois Legislature, 1860; U. S. Marshal at Chi- cago, 1861-9; U. S. minister to Belgium, 1869- 1875; on his return from Belgium was ten- dered the position of Sec. of the Interior in Gen. Grant's Cabinet, which he declined, and was then appointed collector of the port of Chicago, 1875-6. Organized, 1863, the Chicago W. Division Ry. Co., and was its pres. for about 25 years, except when residing abroad as minister to Belgium. Organized the North- Western Horse Nail Mfg. Co. and was its pres. many years. Dir. Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago Telephone Co., Central Union Telephone Co., Guarantee Co. of N. America. Republican. Pres. Pelee Club, located on Pelee Island in Lake Erie, Ontario, Can. Office: Illi- nois Trust and Savings Bank. Residence: 2108 Michigan Av.

JONES, Judson M. W .; b. Hoosac, Rensse- laer Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, 1821; common school education; m. 1859, Harriet, daughter of George W. Snow. At 18 removed to Troy, N. Y., and was engaged in the book and station- ery business, first as employe and later as proprietor, until 1857; came to Chicago, 1857, and bought out the blankbook and stationery business of Burley & Co .; now pres. J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co. Burned out in fire of 1871, but immediately secured other premises and resumed business. Built his pres- ent printing house, 1888. Club: Chicago. Of- fice: 76-82 Sherman St. Residence: 480 Dear- born Av.

JONES, Nathaniel Magruder, lawyer; b. Jackson, La., Aug. 8, 1850; s. Benjamin and Rachel W. B. Jones; ed. schools of Port Gib- son, Miss., and Southern Univ., Greensboro, Ala., graduating, with honors, 1869; instructor in Collegiate Institute of Baton Rouge, La., 1869-71; read law in office of Trusten Polk, St. Louis, Mo., 1871-2; m. Oct. 4, 1881, Mary E., daughter of H. T. Merrill, of Chicago; chil- dren: Helen M., Mildred B., Rachel B., Gordon M. Came to Chicago, 1873; admitted to practice in Illinois, 1874, and was associated with B. D. Magruder until latter went to the Supreme bench in 1885; in partnership under name of Jones & Hacker, and Jones & Strong for sev- eral years; since then engaged in practice alone, making a specialty of real estate, chan- cery and corporation law. Mem. Oak Park M. E. Church. Elector School District No. 1. Oak Park. Mem. of Chicago and Illinois Bar Assns. Pres. Chicago Law Institute, 1902. Office: Ta- coma Bldg. Residence: 324 Kenilworth Av .. Oak Park, Ill.

JONES, Richard, lawyer; b. Columbus, O .. Nov. 3, 1867; s. David and Eliza (White) Jones; ed. public schools and under private in- structors in Philadelphia; grad. Harvard Col- lege, A.B., 1890; m. Columbus, O., Nov. 7. 1894, Eliza Sinks; children: George, Richard. III. Studied law and was admitted to bar, 1892. beginning practice at Columbus, O., and in 1899 came to Chicago, making a specialty of corporation law. General solicitor of the Ro- public Iron and Steel Co. Republican. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, Harvard, of Chicago and New York; also Columbus, Ohio. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 149 Lincoln Park Boul.

JONES, Stephen B., coal merchant; b. Co- lumbus, O., Jan. 16, 1856; R. Daniel S. and Frances (Evans) Jones; ed. public school. Co- lumbus, O., graduating grammar grade at age of 17; then attended Bryant Business College; m. Columbus, O., Mar. 12, 1879, Mary A. Evans. of Columbus, O .; children: Homer D., Frances

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E., Alma E., Jennie Irene, Ethel Grace, Steph- en Barrett, Russell A. Began business life at age of 18 as bookkeeper with Columbus Buggy Co .; became traveling salesman at 19 and re- tained position for 11 years; moved to Chicago in 1886. Has organized several companies, in- cluding the Western Fuel Co., of which is pres. and treas., and Banner Coal Co., of which is pres .; also the Medicated Cream Soap Co., the Dr. Gossom Co., and the Manila Drug Co., of each of which is pres. and treas. Republi- can. Methodist. Club: Union League. Office: Adams and Rockwell Sts. Residence: 1643 W. Adams St.

JONES, Walter Clyde, lawyer; b. Pilot Grove, Ia., Dec. 27, 1870; s. Jonathan and Sa- rah (Buffington) Jones; ed. public and high schools of Keokuk, Ia .; grad. engineering course, Iowa State College, as M.E., 1891; from Chicago College of Law (Lake Forest Univ.), LL.B., 1895; m. Paulina, Ia., 1896, Emma Boyd; 1 son: Walter Clyde, Jr. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1895, and since then in general practice of law in Chicago. Mem. law firm of Jones & Addington. Dir. and treas. Benjamin Electrical Mfg. Co., Knickerbocker Mfg. Co., and Peary Time Stamp Co .; also gen. mgr. of latter. Mem. Franklin Institute, Philadelphia; Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers; ex-pres. Chicago Elec- trical Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Quadrangle, Midlothian. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 5540 Monroe Av.

JONES, William A., manufacturer; b. Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., Nov. 23, 1849; s. Nathan W. and Sarah E. (Gilman) Jones; largely self educated; m. LaSalle, Ill., May 23, 1872, Mary C. Baxley; children: Elsie May (deceased), Jessie E., Clara E., Mabel A., Marcia A. (deceased), Sarah L., Grace G., War- ren G., Frankie B. Apprenticed to learn iron molder's trade, Ottawa, Ill., 1866; advanced to foreman in shop before apprenticeship was finished; moved to Marseilles. Ill., where was foundry foreman for Marseilles Mfg. Co., 1876- 1882; moved to Chicago to take position of foundry supt., which held until June, 1890; started foundry for self, 1890; incorporated, Jan. 1, 1904, W. A. Jones Foundry and Ma- chine Co. Ex-pres. and life mem. Am. Foun- drymen's Assn. Republican. Baptist. Club: Ash- land; also several gun clubs. Office: 142-64 W. North Av. Residence: 325 S. Harvey Av., Oak Park, Il1.

JONES, William Hugh, vice-pres. Interna- tional Harvester Co .; b. Penygroes, Wales, May 1, 1845; s. Hugh Jones; ed. Wales until 1857; emigrated to Columbia Co., Wis .; m. 1868, Elizabeth Owen; children: Hugh W., William O., Garfield R. Worked on farm in Wisconsin until 1865; agent for Dodge reapers and Cham- pion mowers, Berlin, Wis., 1866-8; traveling salesman for L. J. Bush & Co., Milwaukee, 1868-70; employe of E. H. Gammon and Wil- liam Deering, 1870-81; with E. H. Gammon established Plano Mfg. Co., at Plano, Il1., 1881, becoming pres., and in 1893 removing plant to W. Pullman; in 1902, on organization of In- ternational Harvester Co., became vice-pres. Republican. Methodist. Club: Union League. Office: 7 Monroe St. Residence: Evanston, Il1. JONES, William Thomas, mgr. Wright & Hills Linseed Oil Co .; b. St. Louis, Mo., May 2, 1846; s. William H. and Mary T. (Richeson) Jones; ed. public schools; m. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8, 1871, Anna L. Carter; children: Claudia Richardson, Olive Rankin, Varella Hebbert, Clarence Becktold. Began business career in the fire brick and sewer pipe works of the Cheltenham Fire Brick Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1863-9; then became connected with the Col- lier White Lead and Oil Co., of St. Louis, and after its linseed oil dept. was consolidated with the Nat. Linseed Ofl Co., continued with latter company until in 1899 its effects were absorbed by the Am. Linseed Co .; then as- sumed the management of its Wright & Law-

ther Oil and Lead Manufacturing Co. branch at Chicago, and on Mar. 3, 1899, was transferred to the management of the Wright & Hills Lin- seed Oil Co., Chicago, which is a part of the Am. Linseed Co. Methodist. Royal Arcanum, A. O. U. W. Office: 22d and Lumber Sts. Resi- dence: 6506 Peoria St.

JORDAN, Edwin Oakes, associate prof. bac- teriology, Univ. of Chicago, since 1900; b. Thomaston, Me., July 28, 1866; s. J. L. and E. D. (Bugbee) Jordan; grad. Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1888 (Ph.D., Clark Univ., 1892); m. June 16, 1893, Elsie Fay Pratt. Chief asst. biologist Massachusetts State Board of Health, 1888-90; lecturer on biology Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1889-90; fellow in morphology Clark Univ., 1890-2; associate, 1892-3; instructor anatomy, Univ. of Chicago, 1893-5; Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1896. Pres. Soc. of Am. Bacteriologists, mem. Am. Public Health Assn., Am. Assn. Pathologists and Bacteriologists. Address: 5720 Woodlawn Av.

JOSLIN, Alexander Davis, auditor of pas- senger receipts, I. C. R. R .; b. Norwalk, Huron Co., O., May 13, 1848; s. Richard Davis and Mary (Vredenburgh) Joslin; ed. district school, Peru Twp., Huron Co., O., and gram- mar and high school, Norwalk, O .; m. Chicago, Oct. 25, 1876, Cora Ella Smith; children: Alex- ander Smith, Ruth. In 1864 entered office of L. S. & M. S. Ry. machine shops, Norwalk, O., as bookkeeper's asst .; left early in 1866; came to Chicago, May, 1866, and in July went to Water- vliet, Mich., and entered general store of Swain, Olney & Co., until Nov., 1866, when re- turned to Chicago and entered general passen- ger dept. of the I. C. R. R. Co., which company he has since served continuously, in passenger dept. until 1874, in accounting dept. since, be- coming, Jan. 1, 1890, auditor of passenger re- ceipts. Also dir. Knickerbocker Ice Co .; pres. and dir. Nat. Union Bldg. Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Union. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: Central Station. Residence: 331 E. 50th St.

JOYCE, Joseph, pres. Empire Paper Co .; b. Chicago, Mar. 27, 1860; s. Michael and Mary Joyce; attended Holy Family School, Clark public school; m. Chicago, June 10, 1885, Ella Mclaughlin; 1 son: Joseph Henry. At age of 16 took position in the wholesale paper house of Bradner Smith & Co .; afterward with Cleve- land Paper Co., J. W. Butler Paper Co., and Calumet Paper Co., until 1895, when he organ- ized the Empire Paper Co. (pres. and treas.). Catholic. One of organizers of Chicago Zou- aves. Mem. Royal Arcanum and Royal League, Knights Columbus. Club: Sheridan. Office: 72 Sherman St. Residence: 5234 Prairie Av.

JOYCE, William Thomas, lumberman; b. Salisbury, Conn., Jan. 2, 1860; s. David and Elizabeth F. (Thomas) Joyce; ed. Allen's Acad., Chicago; m. Clinton, Ia., Oct. 15, 1884, Clotilde Gage: children: David G., James Stan- ley. Engaged in lumber business with his fath- er at Clinton, Ia., 1880, and succeeded to his father's interests in 1895; now president of the Joyce Lumber Co., The W. T. Joyce Co., Itasca Lumber Co., Pearl River Lumber Co., Trinity County Lumber Co., Joyce-Pillsbury Lumber Co., Forest Product & Mfg. Co., Park Hotel Co., Minneapolis & Rainey River R. R. Co., Merchants' Nat. Bank of Clinton, Ia .; 1st Nat. Bank of Lyons, Ia .; and Lyons Savings Bank. Operates 27 retail lumber yards in Iowa and 1 in Minnesota. Dir. in White River Lum- ber Co., Mississippi River Logging Co., St. Paul Boom Co., Manistee & Grand Rapids Ry. Co .; also Inter-State Trust and Banking Co., New Orleans. Republican. Mem. Masonic Lodge at Clinton, Ia .; Elk. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Chi- cago Yacht, Midlothian. Office: 234 LaSalle St. Residence: 4614 Woodlawn Av.

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JUDAH, Noble B., lawyer; b. Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 7, 1851; s. Samuel and Harriet (Brandon) Judah; student of public schools, Vincennes Univ., Indiana State Univ .; grad. Brown Univ., 1872; studied law in office of Hitchcock & Dupee, Chicago, and in law dept., Univ. of Michigan; m, 1878, Kate Hutchinson; children: Noble B., Jr., Helen A. Admitted to bar, 1874; partner, 1875, in firm of Hitchcock & Dupee, and after Mr. Hitchcock's death, in the firm of Dupee & Judah, and then Dupee, Judah, Willard & Wolf; since Apr. 1, 1905, Judah, Willard & Wolf. Mem. of Chicago Bar Assn. Dir. Englewood Elevated R. R. Co. Clubs: Calumet, Hamilton. Office: 187 Dear- born St. Residence: 2701 Prairie Av.

JUDGE, Thomas Francis, tax agent; b. To- ronto, Can., July 18, 1842; s. Patrick and Marv Sheridan Judge; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, 1876; Mrs. Mary A. Duffy; children: Frank L., Mary L., Frances C. Resident of Chicago since 1863; was employed in City Collector's office, 1869; later in Co. Treasurer's office for 11 years; clerk of the Drainage Board, 1890-6; ap- pointed by Judge Carter, 1898, as Democratic representative on the Board of Election Com- missioners; mem. of firm of Judge & Berg, tax agents. Club: City Democratic. Offices: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg., and 4th floor City Hall. Residence: 728 W. Adams St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1905, Part 92

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