The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 102

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774

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HOLMES, Palmer Wilson, manager Chicago branch Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co .; born Au- burn, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Feb. 17, 1866; son Zebu- lon and Rebecca (Freeman) Holmes; ed. Au- burn High School to 1881; married Grace B., daughter Charles E. Hurd, of Chicago, Dec. 28, 1898; children: Palmer Wilson, Jr., Grace, Charles Hurd and Jane Rebecca. Began busi- ness life as a clerk in a hardware store in Au- burn, N.Y., until 1888; traveled for hardware firms, out of New York City, 1888-97; be- came connected, 1897, as traveling salesman, with the Chicago branch of the Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co., of New York, mfrs. of stamped and enameled sheet metal wares, and in 1901 became mgr. of that co.'s branch house at Chicago. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Il1. Athletic. Recreation: outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: 6337 Winthrop Av. Office: 1900 S. Clark Street.

HOLMES, Rudolph Wieser, physician; born Chicago, June 27, 1868; son Edward Lorenzo and Paula (Wieser) Holmes; ed. Harvard Univ., 1888-90; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1893; work in hosps. at Vienna and Prague, 1900-1; married Chicago, May 5, 1898, Maria Baxter. Since 1893, engaged in general med. practice, largely spe- cializing in obstetrics and gynecology. Asso. prof. obstetrics and gynecology, Rush Medical Coll .; chief of dept. of obstetrics, Augustana Hosp .; obstetrician, Passavant Memorial Hosp .; consulting obstetrician Evanston Hosp. Mem. Chicago Gynecology Soc .; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Physicians' Club, Nu Sigma Nu. Club: University. Repub- lican. Unitarian. Residence: 1347 N. State St. Office: 125 E. Chicago Av.

HOLMES, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; born West Union, Adams Co., O., Feb. 9, 1860; son John and Elizabeth (Traber) Holmes; moved to Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill., 1869; reared on farm; attended Univ. of Ill., 1880-2; LL.B., Union College of Law, 1885; married at Lacon, Ill., Jan. 12, 1892, Grace Blood; children: DeVoe, Thomas J., Jr., Grace G. Asst. corpn. counsel for City of Chicago, 1895-7; master in chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1903-5. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican; was town com- mitteeman and for 8 years chmn. of the exec. com. of the 2d Ward. Clubs: Midlothian, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 3010 Groveland Av. Office: Portland Blk.

HOLMES, William Henry, clergyman; see Vol. 1905.

HOLSLAG, Edward J., pres. Holslag & Co .; born Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 4, 1870; son Charles and Mary (Pierre) Holslag; pub. school edn. began study of art at Art Inst. of Detroit; won prize scholarship of $1.000 donated by James E. Scripts. of Detroit Evening News; student Acad. of Design, New York, 3 years, in com- pliance with requirements of the scholarship; also studied a vear and a half in Munich, Par- is, and other European cities; married Mollie Connor, of Co. Galway, Ireland, Jan. 23, 1898. Emploved for a time on black and white work for Collier's Weekly; supt. of work of decorat- ing new Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., 1892-3; executed paintings for the libra- rian's room, one of the most attractive rooms in the bldg., in Chicago since 1899; pres. Hol- slag & Co., interior decorators. Catholic. Clubs: South Shore Country, Art Inst., Holland Soc., Colonial, Chicago Architectural. Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: 3736 Grand Boul. Studio: 1420 Michigan Av.

HOLSMAN, Henry K., architect and mech. engr .; born Dale, Guthrie Co., Ia., July 3, 1866; son Henry and Louise (Kerchner) Holsman; student Guthrie Co. High School. Panora, Ia., 1883-5: A.B., Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., Grinnell, Ia .. 1891; married Elizabeth Tuttle. of Lincoln. Neb., Mav 1, 1897; children: John, William and Henry. Was bldg. supt. for 2 firms of contrac- tors, Chicago, 1891-3; engaged in practice of ar- chitecture as mem. firm of Brainerd & Hols- man, 1893-7; engaged in architecture and en- gineering alone since 1897; consulting engr. to Independent Harvester Co .. of Plano, Ill., since 1910; was pres. of the Holsman Automobile Co .. 1904-10. Park commr. of Park Ridge. Ill., 1908-9. · Republican. Congregationalist. Pres. Chicago Architectural Club since 1903: mem. Chicago Architects' Business Assn., Western Soc. Engrs ... Society of Automobile Engrs. of America. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, City. Recrea- tions: golf, angling. Residence: Plano. Ill., and 5167 Madison Av., Chicago. Office: Plano, Il1.

HOLT, Charles Sumner. lawver; born Chica- go. Oct. 21, 1855; son DeVillo R. and Ellen M. (Hubbard) Holt: A.B .. Williams Coll., 1874; Harvard Law School, 1878; married Beulah, N. Y., Oct. 9. 1889, Camilla McPherson; children: Isabella, Charles McPherson. Marian Hubbard. Admitted to Ill. bar, Oct. 1878: partner in firm of Williams & Thompson, 1882-9; Williams, Holt & Wheeler. 1889-99: Holt, Wheeler & Sid- Jey, 1900. Sec. Holt Lumber Co. from 1888. In- denendent Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Elder Second Presbyterian Church from 1893; dir. McCormick Theol. Sem., from 1901; trustee Chicago Orphan Asylum from 1904; pres. Pres- byterian Brotherhood of America from 1907; trustee Williams Coll .. 1906-7 and from 1908; vice-moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1909. Clubs: Chicago. Union League, Univer- sity, Onwentsia, South Shore Country, Chicago Law, Chicago Literary. Residence: 1836 Calu- met Av. Office: 1 N. LaSalle St.

HOLT, George Hubbard, nres. Holt Lumber Co .; born Chicago, July 28, 1852; son DeVillo R. and Ellen (Hubbard) Holt; ed. Dearborn Sem. and Lake Forest Acad. Started in lumber busi- ness with his father. and has continued in it ever since; since 1899 pres. Holt Lumber Co .; also pres. Am. Lumber Co. of Wis., Holt Tim- ber Co., Geo. H. Holt & Co. Owner of the Man- hattan Bldg .; pres. Policy-Holders' Union; vice- pres. Columbian Nat. Life Insurance Co., of Boston. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League. Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, City, South Shore Country, Chicago Literary. Sum- mer Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Man- hattan Bldg.

HOLT, Robert Newton, lawyer; born Savan- nah, Ill., Nov. 4, 1868; son Rev. Leonard and Lydia A. (Kellogg) Holt; grad. Rockford (Ill.)

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High School, 1886; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1893, Ph.M., 1895, LL.B., 1895; married Ora Edith Wakeman, of Chicago, July 14, 1896 (died Apr. 8, 1909); 3 children: Helen, Margaret Lydia and Robert Newton. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since in practice at Chicago; mem. Holt, Freeman & Williston, 1897-8, Holt & Wilcoxon, 1901-3; asst. state's atty. Cook Co., 1903-7; asst. corpn. counsel, Chicago, since Oct. 1, 1907. Mem. Cook County Bar Assn., Am. Inst. of Criminology. Republican. Methodist. Mason, K.T., Shriner, K.P., Nat. Union, Royal League. Mem. U.S. Life Savings Service, Ev- anston, 1889-93. Club: Law. Recreations: golf and fishing. Residence: 4037 Lowell Av. Office: City Hall.

HOLVERSCHEID, Henry, coal merchant; born Stratford, Ont., Can., Aug. 31, 1856; son Robert and Caroline (Weinlaeder) Holverscheid; brought to Chicago by parents in 1859; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, 1883, Emma Marie Butzow; children: Robert, Harry, Erwin, Frederick. Began business career in the employ of Blake, Whitehouse & Co., coal, 1873- 6; on May 1, 1876, became cashier, and in May 1895, supt. Pa. Coal Co., until Mar. 1901, when, with H. J. Koeber, organized firm of Henry Holverscheid & Co .; also pres. and dir. Albany Coal Co .; dir. Barker Coal Co. Club: Hinsdale. Residence: 81 3d St., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 1400 Old Colony Bldg.

HOMER, Benjamin F., hardware merchant; born Granville, Washington Co., N.Y., Feb. 19, 1834; son Zenas and Rhoda (Beach) Homer; at- tended pub. schools in Livingston Co., N.Y., until 16 years of age; then 2 years in Wyoming Acad., N.Y .; later teacher in pub. school, War- saw, N.Y .; married Richfield, N.Y., Nov. 1857, Emeline C. Firman; children: Florence Eliza- beth, Fred Matthews. Farmed in Western N.Y. until 1860; in drug business, Warsaw, N.Y., 1860-8; in 1868 entered hardware trade in Chi- cago as mem. of firm of Hodge & Homer, in- corporated, 1890, as Hodge & Homer Co., of which he is now pres. Republican. Mem. 1st Congregational Church, Evanston. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 549 W. Madison St.

HONORE, Adrian C., real estate; trustee Pot- ter Palmer estate. Clubs: University, Union, Mid-Day, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: 841 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

HONORE, Henry Hamilton, real estate; born Louisville, Ky., Feb. 19, 1824; son Francis and Matilda (Lockwood) Honoré (grandfather came from Paris, France, in latter half of 18th cen- tury and settled near Baltimore, afterward moving to Louisville, Ky., where he and his son, Francis, were wealthy merchants); mar- ried 1846, Eliza, daughter Capt. John Carr, of Oldham Co., Ky .; children: Adrian C., Bertha (Mrs. Potter Palmer), Henry H., Jr., Ida M. (Mrs. Gen. Fred D. Grant, U.S.A.), Nathaniel K., Lockwood. In 1853 became enthusiastic over reports of Chicago and finally removed to this city in 1855; made heavy investments in real estate; erected a large number of office buildings on Dearborn St., and re-erected them and many more after the big fire of 1871; de- veloped Ashland Subdivisions No. 1 and No. 2 on the West Side, of which Ashland Boul. is now part; was largely instrumental in organ- izing and building the park systems, the South Side especially. Republican. Club: South Shore Country. Residence: 841 Lincoln Parkway. Of- fice: Marquette Bldg.

HONORE, Lockwood, judge; born Chicago, Sept. 7, 1865; son Henry Hamilton and Eliza (Carr) Honoré; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Har- vard Univ., A.B., 1888, A.M., 1891; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1891; married Brewster, Mass., Aug. 12, 1902, Beatrice C. Richardson; 1 daugh- ter: Bertha. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891; engaged in general practice of law until elected, 1903, judge of the Circuit Court of Cook Co .; ro- elected, 1909. Clubs: Chicago, University, Un-

jon, Saddle and Cycle, Iroquois, Chicago Golf. Residence: 83 E. Cedar St. Office: County Bldg.

HOOF, John Coleman, mfr .; born Genoa, Ill., Oct. 30, 1865; son George W. and Mary Eliza- beth (Green) Hoof; ed. pub. schs. and business coll., Chicago; married Kate Estelle Greene, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1885; children: Addison Cole- man, Frances Marguerite. Began, Mar. 20, 1880, as office boy for Kelley, Maus & Co., Chicago, and remained with them until Jan. 1, 1901; during intervening period held all positions from office boy to credit man, and was credit mgr. for 12 years, and for 3 years was pres. of the co .; left co. to engage in business for self, organizing and becoming sec. and treas. of the Thompson-Hoof Co., which acquired and suc- ceeded to the business of Parkhurst & Wilkin- son Co., which was established 1865, and with which he continued until 1906; treas. of H. Scherer & Co., mfrs. and jobbers of wagon ma- terials, Detroit, 1906-9; returned to Chicago and formed firm of John C. Hoof & Co., wagon materials, of which is senior mem .; also pres. Fairmount Cemetery Co. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Bass Lake Fishing and Hunt- ing Club. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Resi- dence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 738 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

HOOK, Arthur Schermerhorn, vice-pres. and treas. Calumet Steel Co .; born Ottawa, Ill., Aug. 3, 1868; son Charles H. and Anna S. (Schermerhorn) Hook; ed. pub. schs. of Otta- wa, Ill .; married Annie L. Porter, of Ottawa, Ill., June 9, 1902; 2 children: Harmon, Joseph. Began business career as a boy with the First National Bank of Ottawa, Ill., with which he remained for 10 years; with the Moline (Il1.) Plow Co., 2 years; treas. J. E. Porter Co., Ot- tawa, Ill., 10 years, until 1902; sec. Inland Steel Co., 1902-7; vice-pres. and treas. Calumet Steel Co. since 1907; dir. J. E. Porter Co., Ottawa, Ill. Republican; city treas. of Ottawa, Ill., 1891-2. Mem. A.F.&A.M., Ottawa, Ill. Club: Westward Ho. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1107 Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

HOOKER, George Ellsworth, civic sec. of the City Club; born Peacham, Vt., Apr. 25, 1861; son of William Davenport and Esther H. (Bick- ford) Hooker; A.B., Amherst (Mass.) College, 1883; LL.B., Columbia Law School, New York, 1885; admitted to bar, 1885, and engaged in practice at New York, 1885-7: student Union Theol. Sem., New York, 1887-8, Yale Divinity School, 1888-90, B.D., 1890; unmarried. Or- dained Congregational ministry, Apr. 23, 1891; mem. of "Yale Band" and missionary pastor Medical Lake, Wash., 1891-3, also at Cheney, Wash., 1891-2; resident of Andover (social set- tlement) House, Boston, 1893-4; in Europe, 1894-5, 1898, 1902-3, and summers of 1906. 1908, 1910, studying city planning and other munici- pal subjects; resident of Hull House, Chicago, since 1895; sec. City Council Street Ry. Com .. 1897-8; editorial writer Chicago Tribune, 1899- 1902, 1905. 1906; sec. City Club from its organ- ization, 1903. until elected civic sec., 190S. Sec .. and editor of report of Harlan com. of Chicago City Council on street rys., 1898. Author of magazine and newspaper articles and pamphlets on municipal topics. Mem. Delta Upsilon and Phi Delta Phi. Recreations: bicycling. tramp- ing and sailing. Residence: Hull House, 800 S. Halsted St. Office: City Club.

HOOKER, Henry M., founder of H. M. Hook- er Co., one of the oldest and largest paint. oil and glass houses in Chicago, and of which he was active head for many years, and in which is still largely interested; also financial- ly interested in Chicago White Lead & Oil Co .. and several other business enterprises. Con- grogationalist. Republican. Residence: 1744 Washington Boul.

HOOPER, Edwin Ewing, sec. Lumberman's Assn .: born Nashville, Tenn .. Sept. 2. 1851: son George and Amanda (Alexander) Hooper; ed.

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Nashville High School; married 2d, Chicago, motoring and travel. Residence: 4105 Drexel Oct. 3, 1887, Hattie G. Hahn; children: Wylie Boul. Office: 531 S. Wabash Av. E., John W. (by first marriage), Mildred, Hen- HOOVER, Frank Ernest, hides, wool, tallow, etc .; born Ogle Co., Ill., Mar. 28, 1861; son Dan- iel and Rebecca (Kirk) Hoover; ed. pub. school, Freeport, Ill., from age of 6 to 16; married Freeport, Ill., Oct. 31, 1894, Emma E. Engle; children: Esther, Clara V. Began work for Bolles & Rogers, hide, wool and tallow mer- chants, Jan. 1, 1880, at age of 18; traveled for them for 10 years in capacity of buyer of hides and tallow, and in 1890 became a mem. of the firm, and so continues. Republican. Methodist. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Residence: 721 N. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 127 Kinzie St. ry. At age of 14 became messenger boy, later bill clerk and chief clerk, Nashville, Chattanoo- ga & St. Louis R.R .; gen. agt. "Green Line," 1871-6; gen. agt. St. Louis & Southeastern R.R., at Evansville, Ind., 1876-8; gen. traveling agt. Evansville & Terre Haute R.R., in charge of cot- ton and tobacco traffic, 1878-81; gen. traveling agt. C.&E.I.R.R., at Chicago, 1881-9; sec. Chi- cago Lumber Dealers' Assn., 1889, and upon the consolidation of the lumber organizations in 1890, became sec. Lumberman's Assn. Sec. Lumberman's Mutual Ins. Co., 1889-1904; sec. Lumberman's Building & Loan Assn., 1894- 1904. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Hamilton, Illinois, Chicago Whist. Residence: 3517 W. Adams St. Office: 1308 Rector Bldg.

HOOPER, James Kimball, grain merchant; born Walpole, N.H., Apr. 24, 1852; son Henry and Mary (Chase) Hooper; ed. pub. schools; married Mary Milliken, of Alstead, N.H., Oct. 27, 1882; 3 children: Rena A. (Mrs. Nelson L. Buck), Frances, James M. Reared on farm and at early age engaged in cigar mfg. In 1874 be- gan in the grain business in the Eastern States, and had offices at Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., until 1890, when came to Chicago and be- came manager for Irwin, Green & Co., grain commn .; about 5 years later formed partner- ship with David S. Lasier, firm of Lasier & Hooper, which continued until Dec. 30, 1905, when business was incorporated as Lasier- Hooper Co., of which was pres. In Jan. 1907, firm name changed to Hooper Grain Co., of which is pres .; firm makes a specialty of "Sun- ny Jim Oats." Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Royal League, Nat. Union, New England Soc. Clubs: Union League, Beverly Country. Recre- ations: golf, motoring, travel. Residence: 4643 Woodlawn Av. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg.

HOOPLE, Frank Chandler, pres. Am. Life Ins. Co. of Chicago; born Northfield, Minn., Apr. 16, 1864; son David and Margaret (Hunter) Hoople; common school edn .; married Hattie C. Johnson, of Lake View, Chicago, July 3, 1894; children: Altha R., Frank C. Jr., John D., Flor- ence, Warner W., Henry H. Asst. postmaster, Grafton, N.D., 1882-6; in agricultural imple- ment business, 1887-9; dept. mgr. Swift & Com- pany, 1889-91; with Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 1891-2; sec. and treas. Med. Aid & Burial Assn., 1892-1911; pres. Am. Life Ins. Co. of Chicago since 1907. Pres. 25th Ward Property Owners' Improvement Assn. Congregationalist. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Residence: 3048 Osgood St. Offices: 440 S. Dearborn St. and 72 W. Adams Street.

HOOPS, William Howard, mfr .; born Jack- son, Mich., Apr. 13, 1850; son Joseph Francis and Ann Hoops; ed. pub. school; married Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 9, 1879, Julia A. Dunn; children: Thomas Joseph, William Howard, Harold Fabian, Agnes Julia. Began business career as cashier for the M.C.R.R.Co., in Chi- cago, Nov. 25, 1865; resigned and moved to Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 1, 1877; represented W. J. Quan & Co., wholesale grocers, in Mich., for 5 years and in 1882 succeeded by purchase the senior mem. of the firm of Shield, Bulkley & Lemon; continued in the wholesale grocery business 4 years and then bought a one-half in- terest in the wholesale and mfg. lumber busi- ness, under the name of Tucker & Hoops. In 1890 retired from the lumber business and re- turned to Chicago and established the present concern of William H. Hoops & Co., fireplaces, etc. Became pres. Cadillac Automobile Co. of Ill. and treas. and dir. of the B.O.K. Tire Co .; now pres. and dir. Exchequer (Cal.) Mining & Power Co .; dir. Number Five Mining Co., Hor- nitos, Cal. Republican. Clubs: Ill. Athletic (life mem.), South Shore Country (perpetual mem.), Press (life mem.), Chicago Automobile (charter mem.), Chicago Yacht. Recreations:

HOOVER, Frank Kryder, contracting engr .; born New Berlin, O., Jan. 19, 1854; son Daniel and Mary (Kryder) Hoover; ed. pub. schools in Ohio and at Mt. Union Coll., Mt. Union (now Alliance), O .; married Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 6, 1883, Effie L. Phelps; children: Ray Phelps, Howard Earl. Began business career at New Berlin, O., as a farmer; taught school 5 win- ters; was in partnership 3 years with his broth- er in the mfr. of leather, harness and collars; went to Kansas City, Mo., in 1879 and engaged in the wholesale agricultural implement busi- ness; also in electric lighting and street light- ing; also became associated with Arthur J. Ma- son, civil engr., in various experiments and de- velopments connected with excavating and con- veying machinery, and in 1894 they became as- sociated under the firm name of Hoover & Ma- son as contracting engrs. for designing and building such machinery, and this business, in 1902, they removed to Chicago. They have built much special excavating and conveying machin- ery of the most advanced type, especially ma- chinery for the handling of iron ore from mines to furnaces. Mem. Oriental Commandery K.T. and Ararat Temple Mystic Shrine, both of Kan- sas City, Mo. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athlet- ic, Kenwood, Automobile, South Shore, Home- wood Country. Residence: 4841 Woodlawn Av. Office: Railway Exchange.

HOOVER, George Percy, banker; born Glen- wood, Ia., Sept. 22, 1862; son Joseph and Sarah (Kuhn) Hoover; ed. pub. schools and Knox Acad., Galesburg, Ill .; married Margaret Phil- lips, of Galesburg, Oct. 21, 1886; 3 children: Anna Ewing, Edwin Kuhn and Elizabeth Phil- lips. Began active career with First Nat. Bank of Galesburg, Feb. 1, 1881, continuing until July 1894, as messenger. bookkeeper, teller and asst. cashier; asst. cashier N. W. Harris & Co., Chicago, July 1894-Oct. 1897, cashier and be- came mem. of firm, Apr. 1, 1906; vice-pres. Har- ris Trust & Savings Bank since Feb. 1, 1907. Republican. Episcopalian. Capt. Co. C, 6th Inf. I.N.G., 1882-5. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Skokie Country. Residence: 1045 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Harris Trust Bldg.

*HOOVER, Guy Israel, clergyman; see Vol. 1905.

HOPKINS, Albert J., ex-senator; born De- Kalb Co., Ill., Aug. 15, 1846; A.B., Hillsdale (Mich.) Coll., 1870; married. Admitted to bar and practiced at Aurora, Ill., and Chicago; state's atty. Kane Co., Ill .. 1872-6; mem. Rep. State Central Com., 1878-80; presidential elect- or, 1884; mem. 49th to 57th Congresses (1885- 1903), 8th Ill. Dist .; U.S. senator from Ill., 1903-9. Supported by Rep. congressional dele- gation of Ill. as candidate for Speaker, 56th Congress. Mem. law firm of Hopkins, Peffers & Hopkins, Chicago. Residence: Aurora, Ill. Office: Corn Exchange Nat. Bank.

HOPKINS, Claude C., vice-pres. Lord & Thom- as; born Hillsdale, Mich., Apr. 24, 1866; son Fernando F. and Nancy Marie (Wier) Hopkins; grad. pub. grammar and high schools; studied at Grand Rapids (Mich.) Business Coll .; mar- ried Clara Crawford, of South Bend, Ind., Dec. 17, 1890. Began in advertising dept. of Bissell

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Carpet Sweeper Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., in Sem., 1890, S.T.B., 1893; (S.T.D., Western Theol. 1885; came to Chicago; advertising mgr. of Sem .; D.D., Univ. of Vt.); married Marie Moul- Swift & Company, packers; later engaged in writing advertisements, and finally became iden- tified with Lord & Thomas, of which is now vice-pres. Republican. Baptist. Mem. B.P.O. Elks. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 132 N. Wabash Av.

HOPKINS, Francis Augustus, patent lawyer; born Catonsville, Md., Aug. 2, 1865; son Samuel M. and Laura A. (Mathiot) Hopkins; ed. pub. schools and Columbian (now George Washing- ton) Univ. and Cochran Art Inst., 1891, Wash- ington D.C .; LL.B., Georgetown (D.C.) Univ., 1890; unmarried. Mem. bars of U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Ill., etc .; with a law firm at Washington, 6 years; prac- ticed law at Chicago, in firm of Elliott & Hop- kins, 1893-1905; mem. firm of Brown & Hop- kins since 1905; makes specialty of patent law. Mem. Patent Law Assn. of Chicago (sec., treas. and librarian, 1904-5). Republican. Presbyte- rian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht. Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: 7206 Euclid Av. Office: 1124 Monadnock Blk.

HOPKINS, Harry Stephen, sec. Am. Sand- Lime Brick Co .; born Peoria, Ill., July 23, 1861; son Henry B. and Emily (Hough) Hopkins; ed. pub. schools of Peoria; married Edith C. Perry, of Camden, Me., July 11, 1899. In employ of grain commn. houses, 1880-1900; vice-pres. Chi- cago Brick Machinery Co. since 1900, coming to Chicago from Peoria in 1901 to represent the company here; sec. Am. Sand-Lime Brick Co. from its incorporation in 1903. Mem. B.P.O.E. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1307 Great Northern Bldg.

HOPKINS, Jacob H., judge; born DeKalb, Ill., May 3, 1865; son Thomas Montgomery and Julia Ann (Hawken) Hopkins; grad. DeKalb High School, 1883, Knox. Coll., 1887; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1889; unmarried. In practice at Chicago since 1890. Trustee Ill. Industrial Home for the Blind, 1896-1900; mem. State Bd. of Equalization, 1900-4; judge of Mu- nicipal Court of Chicago since Dec. 1910; Dem- ocrat. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Mem. Masonic Order, Elks, K.P. and Phi Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi fraternities. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 817 Dearborn Av.

HOPKINS, James McHenry, mfr .; born Xe- nia, O., July 24, 1866; son Finley G. and Ray (McHenry) Hopkins; ed. pub. schools in Ohio; married Anna M. Farley, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1894; 2 sons: Farley and James McHenry, Jr. Began business career with Barney & Smith Car Co., Dayton, O., in various capacities, 1885- 7, when came to Chicago and became identified with the Camel Co., ry. supplies, becoming pres., 1908; also vice-pres. Ryan Car Co .; pres. Lemac Carriers Co. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Golf, South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring, travel- ing. Residence: 5125 Madison Av. Office: 610 McCormick Bldg.

HOPKINS, James Stolp, lawyer; born Auro- ra, Ill., June 20, 1879; son Senator Albert J. and Emma (Stolp) Hopkins; student Univ. of Pa., class of 1902; LL.B., III. Coll. of Law, 1903; married Maude Douglas, of Chicago, June 11, 1903; 1 daughter: Josephine Adel. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1903; mem. law firm of Hopkins, Peffers & Hopkins since 1903; master in chan- cery U.S. Circuit Court since 1907. Mem. exec. com. and dir. Ill. Surety Co .; dir. Daily Story Pub. Co., Allyn Pub. Co. Republican. Episco- palian. Mason. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country, Highland Park. Recreations: literature and outdoor di- versions. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Of- fice: 134 S. LaSalle St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 102

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 774

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 774