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HOUGH, Emerson ("E. Hough"), author; born Newton, Ia., June 28, 1857; son Joseph Bond and Elizabeth Hough; A.B., State Univ. of Ia., 1880; married Charlotte A. Cheesebro, of Chicago, Oct. 26, 1897. Traveled over the wild- est portions of the West; explored the Yellow- Stone Park, winter, 1895, traveling on ski. The act of Congress protecting the Park buffalo was due to this trip. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 6140 Woodlawn Av. Office: Commer- cial Nat. Bank Bldg.
HOUGHTELING, James Lawrence, banker; 1855-1910; see Vol. 1905.
HOUGHTELING, James Lawrence, Jr., in- vestment banker; born Chicago, Nov. 6, 1883; son James Lawrence and Lucretia Ten Broeck (Peabody) Houghteling; ed. University School, Chicago, to 1897, Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., 1897-1900; A.B., Yale, 1905; unmarried. In em- ploy of Peabody, Houghteling & Co., bankers and investment dealers, 1906-9; admitted to firm, Jan. 1, 1909, becoming associate with Messrs. J. L. Houghteling, W. R. Stirling, A. S. Peabody and Alexander Smith; vice-pres. and
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dir. Mackinaw Land Co .; sec. and dir. Hawkins Lumber Co .; pres. and dir. Kalamazoo Spring & Axle Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon. Clubs: University, City, Church, Sad- dle and Cycle, Onwentsia (Chicago), Graduates (New Haven, Conn.), Yale (New York). Recre- ations: golf, motoring, tennis. Residence: Win- netka, Ill. Office: Borland Bldg.
HOUGHTON, Edwin Wallace, lumber mer- chant; born Houghton, Allegany Co., N.Y., July 28, 1834; son Warren J. and Alzina (Mason) Houghton; ed. pub. schools of Houghton, N.Y .; married Allegany Co., N.Y., 1859, Adeline Bean; children: Mrs. Hattie E. Russell, Orren W., Warren O., Edwin F., Mrs. Blanche Mcclintock; married 2d, Dallas, Tex., 1900, Mrs. M. M. Way. Started as carpenter and builder in New York in 1852; began lumber business in Ill., 1870, as E. W. Houghton & Co., incorporated in 1887 as E. W. Houghton Lumber Co., of which is pres., dealing at retail in lumber and bldg. materials at Galva, Altona, Bradford, Wyoming, Wyanet, Victoria, LaMoille and Van Orin, Ill. Mem. Ill. Lumbermen's Assn. Republican; representative in 40th General Assembly of Ill .; pres. town board, Galva, Ill., 1896. Congregationalist. Res- idence: 1414 Estes Av.
HOUGHTON, Frederick B., ry. official; began ry. service as clerk and operator, Toledo, Pe- oria & Western Ry., 1883-4; identified with A., T.&S.F. System since 1884, in telegraph, ac- counting and traffic depts. until 1891, clerk and chief clerk to freight traffic mgr., at Chicago, 1891-7, div. freight and pass. agent, at El Paso, Tex., 1897-1901, asst. gen. freight agent, at San Francisco, 1901-5, asst. freight traffic mgr. and freight traffic mgr., at Chicago, since 1905. Res- idence: 5463 Washington Av. Office: 1129 Rail- way Exchange.
HOULIHAN, Francis Joseph, lawyer; born Ogdensburg, N.Y., July 20, 1865; son Francis R. and Mary (O'Gorman), Houlihan; ed. Ogdensburg Acad .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1892; married Mary J. Conway, of Chebanse, Ill., Apr. 28, 1897; 4 children: Robert A., Mary T., Eileen and Francis Joseph, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892; law clerk in office of Byam, Wein- schenk & Hirschl, 1890-3; mem. firm of O'Hara & Houlihan, 1893-7; now mem. firm of Rosen- thal, Kurz & Hirschl. Was candidate, 1908, for nomination by Republican party for municipal judge; formerly mem. N.Y. State N.G. Catholic. District deputy Knights of Columbus. Resi- dence: 229 N. Austin Av., Austin. Office: Rector Building.
HOULTON, Charles Horatio, timber and lum- ber dealer; born Monticello, Weight Co., Minn., Aug. 5, 1866; son Horatio and Mary J. (Har- vey) Houlton; ed. high school, Elk River, Minn., and business coll., St. Paul; unmarried. Began in real estate business at St. Paul as mem. firm of Cullen & Houlton, in 1886-90; firm of Houl- ton Bros., timber and timber lands, Duluth, Minn., 1890-1907; organized the Lake Superior Piling Co., at Duluth, Minn., Nov. 20, 1897, which now has branches at Duluth and New Orleans, of which has since been pres .; was partner in Houlton Lumber Co., 1905-7; is also engaged in handling timber lands in La. Inde- pendent in politics. Unitarian. Club: Chicago Whist. Recreation: whist. Residence: Lexing- ton Hotel. Office: 22d and Morgan Sts.
HOUSE, Arthur Albert, lawyer; born Delhi, Ia., May 22, 1867; son Albert E. and Louise (Spang) House; ed. Epworth (Ia.) Sem. and Lenox Coll., Hopkinton, Ia .; studied law in of- fice of E. C. Perkins, of Delaware Co., Ia., and afterward attended Northern Ill. Coll. of Law, Fulton, Ill. Practiced at Delhi, 1889-1902; came to Chicago, 1902; was mem. law firms of Lynn & House, Lynn, House & Roe, and Utt Bros. & House; now alone. Democrat. Residence: 6042 Ellis Av. Office: Ashland Blk.
HOUSER, Edward Wing, prcs. Barnes-Crosby Co .; born Mishawaka, Ind., Sept. 20, 1866; son Edward Franklin and Mary Jane (Siminton)
Houser; high school edn. and a year and half at Notre Dame Univ., Ind .; married Chicago, June 13, 1895, Nellie Hayes. Since 1889 engaged in the engraving and electrotyping business, Chi- cago; since 1898 pres. of the Barnes-Crosby Co. of Chicago, New York and St. Louis; also branch offices in 12 of the principal cities of the U.S., engravers, electrotypers, catalogue publishing, art work, etc .; also pres. of the A. Zeese & Co., in similar line of work. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Nat. Assn. of Mfrs. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Yacht (Chicago), Mo. Athletic and Mercantile (St. Louis). Recreations: boating and motoring. Residence: 1016 Wilson Av. Of- fice: 226 W. Madison St.
HOUSSIN DE SAINT-LAURENT, Baron Lou- is Emile, consul for France ;- born Chateau du Guislain, Normandy, France, Dec. 21, 1857; son Baron Emile Auguste Houssin de Saint-Lau- rent and Isabelle Ganne de Beaucoudrey; grand- son of Baron de Saint-Laurent, a general under Napoleon I; ed. mil. coll. of La Fleche, France, and in law at Univ. of Caen, France, degree of Doctor in Law; married Emma Dupré (related to the family of Jacques Cartier, discoverer of Canada), of Quebec, Nov. 8, 1892. Sec. in pri- vate office of the French minister of war, Paris, 1878-84; entered diplomatic service as attaché French legation at Athens, Greece, 1884; one of civil commrs. at Madagascar before the con- quest by the French, 1894-5. Consul at Van- couver, B.C., Can., 1898-1902, Island of Mauri- tius, 1902-6, at Chicago since 1907. Decorated with orders of Tunis, Indo-China and Madagas- car for services in the colonies; also special medal for acts of courage. Honorary pres. French Benevolence Soc. of Ill., Alliance Fran- çaise, Chicago, Soc. of Professors of French in the U.S., group of the Central Western States. Club: Chicago. Recreation: books (especially history and economics). Residence: Lessing Annex. Office: 157 W. Adams St.
HOUSTON, Archibald Woods, stock and bond broker; born at Waynesboro, Va., Aug. 3,- 1865; son William Wilson and Mary ( Waddell) Hous- ton; grad. Washington and Lee Univ., Virginia, 1883; married Caroline Evans, of Cincinnati, O., 1890; 2 children: Livingston W. and Katharine. Began in iron mfg. business in 1883 at Cincin- nati; pres. Toledo Rolling Mill Co., 1894-1900; vice-pres. Republic Iron & Steel Co., 1901-6: since then engaged as broker in stocks and bonds. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Onwent- sia. Recreations: fishing, golf, horseback rid- ing. Residence: 1120 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 3 The Rookery.
HOUSTON, Frank B., lumberman; born Cen- terville, Ia., Sept. 2, 1873; son Joseph W. and Sarah Ann (Saunders) Houston; educated pub. schools. Removed from Ia. to Chicago in isss and has since then been in the lumber business with his brother, George T .; now mem. firm of George T. Houston & Co. (George T., George B. and Frank B. Houston), mfrs. of hardwood lumber; also vice-pres. Miss., Yazoo & Sunflow- er River Transportation Co. Clubs: Midlothian Country, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: golf, motoring and hunting. Residence: 4816 Madison Av. Office: Tribune Building.
HOUSTON, George Theodore, lumberman: born Centerville, Ia., Oct. 21, 1863: son Joseph W. and Sarah Ann (Saunders) Houston: ed. pub. schools; married DesMoines, Ia., Feb. 1SS9. Cora M. King; children: George T., Jr., Philip D., Horace King. Clerked in general store at Centerville, Ia., 1879-81; in 1880 began shipping black walnut to Chicago from Centerville, Ia .. and in 1883 removed to Chicago and established yard; discontinued yard business in 1902; has branch mill plants and yards at Cairo, Ill., Memphis, Tenn., Bigbee, Miss., and Vicksburg, Miss., being senior mem. of firm of George T. Houston & Co., mfrs. and wholesale dealers in lumber. Has large interests in pine and hard-
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wood timber lands in Miss, and Ala. Also pres. of the Miss., Yazoo and Sunflower River Trans- portation Co. Mem. Lumber Dealers' Assn. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood. Recreations: hunting; student and lover of na- ture. Residence: 4931 Lake Av. Office: Tribune Building.
HOUSTON, James Perry, physician; born Sid- ney, O., Aug. 28, 1860; son Harvey and Rebecca (Kerr) Houston; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1884; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1889; married Sand- wich, Ill., Apr. 2, 1890, Minnie G. Adams; 1 daughter: Nancy. Asst. physician Ill. Eastern Hosp. for Insane, Apr. 1-Nov. 15, 1889; in prac- tice of medicine at Somonauk, Ill., 1889-92, at Chicago since 1892. On staff of Chicago Poli- clinic, 1894-1904, prof. diseases of children since Nov. 1910; attending physician Memorial Children's Hosp., 1900-9 (pres. of staff, 1907-9) ; physician to Ravenswood Hosp. since 1907. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Club: Physicians'. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Recreations: motor boating, fish- ing. Residence: 3503 Sheffield Av. Summer Residence: Walloon Lake, Mich. Office: 3424 Sheffield Av.
HOUSTON, James Sherman, lumber; born Centerville, Ia., Feb. 24, 1867; son Joseph W. and Sarah Ann (Saunders) Houston; ed. pub. schools of Centerville, Ia .; married Chicago, Feb. 15, 1904, Grace Halla. Since 1884 connect- ed with the lumber trade in Chicago, formerly with the firm of George T. Houston & Co., and Houston & Curtis; now J. S. Houston & Co., wagon and carriage wood stock. Republican. Clubs: Exmoor, Colonial. Residence: 4816 Mad- ison Av. Office: Marquette Bldg.
HOUSTON, John William, lawyer; born Dud- ley, Eng., Jan. 30, 1859; son John and Sarah (Oakley) Houston; came to Chicago when 8 years old; ed. pub. and high schools of Chicago and Union Coll. of Law, LL.B., 1880; married Neb., Mar. 1, 1885, Clara Riggle; children: John V., Margaret. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1880, prac- ticing until 1884, then engaged in farming and cattle raising in Neb. until 1891, when returned to Chicago and resumed practice of law. Atty. for Board of Election Commrs. for a short time; asst. county judge, 1898-1904; apptd. elec- tion commr., Nov. 11, 1904, elected chmn. of board, Dec. 6, 1905; apptd. county judge of Cook Co., June 28, 1906; elected judge of Mu- nicipal Court of Chicago, for term Dec. 1906- Dec. 1910. Club: Westward Ho Golf. Residence: 4041 Lowell Av. Office: 1031 Unity Bldg.
HOWARD, Arthur W., investment banker; born Kewanee, Ill., Aug. 28, 1867; son Horace M. and Elizabeth (Pierce) Howard; ed. pub. grammar and high schs., Aurora, Ill .; unmar- ried. Began banking career in 1886, with the First Nat. Bank, Aurora, of which became asst. cashier in 1889; came to Chicago, 1892; con- nected with N. W. Harris & Co. (now Harris Trust & Savings Bank), 1892-1900, then mem. of Devitt, Tremble & Co., bankers, until Dec. 1904, when organized the firm of Howard, Sim- mons & Co., dealers in bonds, of which has since been senior mem. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Golf, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 5201 Kimbark Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
HOWARD, Austin Alexander, broker; born Hamilton Co., Ia., Jan. 27, 1872; son William H. and Sarah J. (Crill) Howard; ed. pub. schools in Ia .; married Chicago, June 3, 1902, Bessie J. Quiggle; 1 daughter: Gladys. Began business career in 1890 as asst. in grain buying and op- erating elevators in Ia .; came to Chicago in 1897, and has since been engaged as a broker in grain. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Re- publican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Residence: 931 Lafayette Parkway. Office: 72 Board of Trade.
*HOWARD, Charles Henry, editor and pub- lisher; see Vol. 1905.
HOWARD, Earl Dean, univ. prof .; born Fay- ette, O., June 9, 1876; son Albert John and Cora (Hoffman) Howard; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902, Ph.M., 1903, Ph.D., 1905; Univ. of Berlin, 1904-5; married Margaret Allen, of Covington, Va., June 19, 1907. Instr. economics, Univ. of Pa., 1905-7; asst. prof. economics and finance, Northwestern Univ., since Oct. 1907. First win- ner of the 1st Hart, Schaffner & Marx prize for economic essays, 1905. Mem. Board of Econo- mists, Census Bur., summer of 1909. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Sigma Chi. Clubs: University (Chi- cago and Evanston, Ill.). Author: Cause and Extent of the Recent Industrial Progress of Germany, 1905. Address: Evanston, Ill.
HOWARD, Harold Alexander, real estate and loans; born Chicago, Dec. 12, 1867; son William B. and Sarah J. (De Creet) Howard; ed. pub. schools of Chicago and in private schools; mar- ried Chicago, Nov. 11, 1890, Alice Byram; 1 son: Byram Howard (deceased). Began busi- ness life as buyer and shipper of ore at Hur- ley, Wis., for the Calumet Iron & Steel Co., 1885; then timekeeper for the Chicago Furnace Co., and was vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of both companies, 1889-92; since 1892 in real estate business, principally as mgr. of estates and in the making of loans. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf. Recrea- tion: Golf. Residence: 1416 Lake Shore Drive. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
HOWARD, Henry Benton, wool dealer; born Chicago, Sept. 11, 1875; son John Henry and Lucinda Austin (Pray) Howard; educated pub. schools of Chicago and Salem, Mass., and Chi- cago Athenaeum; married Jessie Melville, of Oak Park, Ill., Oct. 3, 1899. Identified with the wool business since leaving school in 1895; mem. firm of John H. Howard & Son since Jan. 1907. Enlisted in 1st Inf. I.N.G., May 18, 1902; now 1st 1t. Co. K. Republican. Methodist. Ma- son (Ashlar Lodge, Oriental Consistory, Medi- nah Temple Mystic Shrine). Mem. S.A.R., Vet. Corps of First Infantry. Club: Lake Bluff Country. Recreations: billiards, bowling, ten- nis, military. Residence: 438 Chicago Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 10 W. Michigan St.
HOWARD, Homer Gannaway, real estate; born Gentryville, Mo., June 10, 1873; son George W. and Mary Susan (Adkisson) Howard; ed. Raymond School, Chicago, and Met. Business Coll .; married Chicago, Sept. 25, 1895, Ida Maude Boyington. Was with Judge Lucius B. Otis (real estate), 1890-1; then with Allen, Gassette & Opdyke; in 1896, with brother, succeeded to that business under firm name of A. L. Howard & Bro., until May 1899, when the firm name was changed to H. G. Howard & Co., and in 1907 changed to H. G. & A. L. Howard and in- corporated as Howard Bros. & Co., of which is pres .; also vice-pres. Monticello (Fla.) Pecan Grove Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Board. Club: Ill. Ath- letic. Recreations: motoring and traveling. Res- idence: Hotel Metropole. Office: 68 W. Wash- ington St.
HOWARD, John Corse, atty .; born Chicago, Mar. 3, 1871; son William B. and Sarah J. (De- Creet) Howard; A.B., Harvard, 1894; married Springfield, Mass., Oct. 15, 1895, Helen T. Breck; 1 daughter: Helen. Admitted to Ill. bar, Jan. 12, 1895; first 3 years in employ of Flower, Smith & Musgrove; since Sept. 1897, practicing alone. Episcopalian. Clubs: University; also Country (Springfield, Mass.). Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
HOWARD, John Henry, wool merchant; born Lawrence, Mass., June 17, 1849; son John B. and Eliza R. (Hayward) Howard; old New Eng- land ancestry on both sides; paternal grand- mother lived to be 102 years old; ed. at Law- rence (Mass.) High School, Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., and business coll., Poughkeep- sie, N.Y .; married Lucinda A. Pray, of Danvers, Mass., Dec. 28, 1869; 4 children: Hattie E. (de-
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ceased), Mildred R., Henry Benton and Edward C. (deceased). First employment was in the Methuen (Mass.) Woolen Mills, where remained 3 years to learn the wool business; then worked 8 months for Holmes, Butler & Co., wool deal- ers, Detroit, and in Sept. 1870, came to Chicago and engaged in wool trade, and is at present time dean of the wool trade in this city; be- came partner with James Walton, but the great fire of 1871 dissolved the firm; soon after fire started business alone on W. Lake St .; removed to South Side, 1872, but gave up business for himself, 1874, becoming mgr. of wool interests of Bowen Bros., until Feb. 1876; partner in firm of Lewis & Tuttle, 1876-9, Lewis & How- ard, 1879-91; in business alone, 1891-1907; in 1907 H. Benton (son) entered into partnership under present style, John H. Howard & Son. Mason, Ashlar Lodge (life mem.), LaFayette Chapter R.A.M., Palestine Council R.&S.M., Apollo Commandery K.T. (life mem.), Oriental Consistory (32°), St. John's Conclave (Premier No. 1), Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Mem. S.A.R. (2 grandfathers in Revolutionary War.) Lieut. Chicago Continental Guards; mem. New England Soc. of Chicago. Pres. Village of Lake Bluff, Ill .; dir. Ill. Mayors' Assn .; pres. board of trustees Grace M.E. Church, Lake Bluff. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Lake Bluff Country. Recreations: billiards, music. Residence: Lake Bluff, Ill. Offices: 10 W. Michigan St., Chicago, and 246 Summer St., Boston.
HOWARD, Sylvester Newton, surveyor; born St. Mary's, O., Oct. 31, 1850; son Alexander Cameron and Martha Ann (Shinn) Howard; ed. pub. schools in Ohio to 1868; Nat. Normal School, Lebanon, O., 1869-72; Van der Naillen's Inst. of Engring., Chicago, 1872; married La- Grange, Ill., Sept. 12, 1888, Martha Bale Bor- well. In employ of Wolcott & Fox, surveyors, Chicago, 1872-5; engr. of Lincoln Park, Chica- go, 1875-7; in mercantile business, 1877-8; in city engrs. office, Chicago, 1879; entered em- ploy of Samuel S. Greeley, Chicago, 1880; be- came mem. of firm of Greeley, Carlson & Co., land surveyors, 1882, which was succeeded by the corpn., Greeley-Carlson Co. in 1887; name of company changed, 1898, to Greeley-Howard Co., of which is sec. and dir. Mem. Ill. Soc. of Engrs. and Surveyors. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: Chicago Opera House Blk.
HOWE, Arthur Tappan, pres. Marblehead Lime Co .; born Wayne Co., N.Y., Mar. 13, 1838; son William H. and Mary Ann (Bell) Howe; ed. Palmyra (Wis.) High School; married Clara L. Smith, of Chicago, Jan. 7, 1880; 2 children: Douglas H. and Clara Mildred. Served about 2 years in U.S.A. ordnance dept. at Vicksburg, Mobile and Baton Rouge during and after the Civil War. Began business as head of the Pe- waukee Lime Co., 1871-5, when organized the Marblehead Lime Co., works in Ill., Wis. and Mo., of which has since been pres .; also vice- pres. Western Lime & Cement Co .; dir. Union Lime Co. Republican. Christian Scientist. Res- idence: 5617 Kenmore Av. Office: 1105 Masonic Temple.
HOWE, Clinton Wilson, mfr .; born Thomp- son, Carroll Co., Ill., Mar. 16, 1875; son Alex- ander Camell and Ida M. (Hinds) Howe; grad. Lena (Ill.) High School, supplemented by 1 year in private post-grad. course and 1 year private business course; married Mary Ger- trude, daughter of Rev. J. C. Kauffman, of Or- ville, O., Nov. 28, 1900; 1 daughter: Gertrude Louise. Came to Chicago in 1895, and was bookkeeper for the Straube Piano Co. until 1897; then asst. mgr. of Hoffmann Piano Co. un- til Feb. 1900; one of organizers, Feb. 9, 1900, and was sec. and dir. Schumann Piano Co. until Mar. 1902; organized the Strohber Piano Co., of which was vice-pres., dir. and gen. mgr. until 1905; assisted in organizing the Western X-Ray Coil Co., June 1905, and the W. Schcidel Coil Co., Mar. 1906, of both of which was vicc-pres. and dir. until they were consolidated as the
Scheidel-Western X-Ray Coil Co., Aug. 6, 1907, of which has since been sec., dir. and gen. mgr. Republican. English Lutheran. Mason; K.P .; Modern Woodmen of America. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Residence: 1019 E. 62d St. Office: 541-547 Jackson Boul.
HOWE, Frederick A., ry. official; 1829-1911; see Vol. 1905.
HOWE, Richard F., mfr .; born Green Bay, Wis., June 25, 1863; son James H. and Mary Gordon (Cotton) Howe; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1884; married St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 3, 1898, Abby Marion Deering; 1 son: William Deering. After leaving coll. became identified with mfg. and banking in Wis. and Chicago un- til 1899. Since then was with Deering Harvest- er Co. until the organization, 1902, of the Inter- national Harvester Co .; became sec. and treas. of the company. Also vice-pres. of the S. Chi- cago Furnace Co. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Chicago, Union, Saddle and Cycle, Mid-Day, Chi- cago Golf, Onwentsia; also Tennis and Racquet and Brook (New York), Tennis and Racquet (Boston). Office: Harvester Bldg.
HOWE, Samuel James, lawyer; born Ogle Co., Ill., Apr. 5, 1858; son William R. and Eliz- abeth A. (Jones) Howe; ed. pub. schools of To- ledo, Ia., and Ashton, Ill .; married Maquoketa, Ia., June 29, 1882, Louisa E. Watts; 1 son: Wil- lard C. Teacher in pub. schools of Ia. and Ill .; co. supt. of schools of Lee Co., Ill., 1882-6; practiced law, Dixon, Ill., 1887, Wichita, Kan., 1887-90, Chicago since 1890. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Mason, St. Bernard Commandery K.T. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Press. Office: Fort Dearborn Bldg.
HOWE, Silas, pres. The William D. Gibson Co., steel springs. Residence: 4554 Greenwood Av. Office: 500 W. Huron St.
HOWE, Thaddeus Harley, real estate; born Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1863; son Harley J. and Mary Mahala (Wadsworth) Howe; grad. high school, Rochester, 1880; married Lora Bell Woolever, of Elmira, N.Y., Nov. 3, 1892; 1 daughter: Irma Dagmar. Learned trade of scale maker in father's employ, Rochester, N. Y., 1880-6; in employ of W. S. Kimball & Co.,. Rochester, tobacco and cigarette mfrs., 1886 to Jan. 1, 1891, coming to Chicago to represent the firm here, 1888; broker, mfr., jobber and retailer of tobacco, 1891-1904; engaged in real estate operations since 1904, under firm name of Thad. H. Howe & Co .; also dir. Graham Nursery Co., Rochester, N.Y. Asso. commr. from Ill. to Paris Expn., 1900; nat. pres. Cigar Dealers Assn. of America, 1902-3, Travelers Protective Assn. of America, 1906-7; mem. Chi- cago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Bd. of Under- writers, Chicago Life Underwriters Assn., Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce. Mason (K.T., Con- sistory, Shrine). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring and billiards. Residence: 3800 Grand Boul. Of- ficc: 29 E. Madison St.
HOWE, Willard Clay, editor and special writer; born Rochelle, 111., Sept. 3, 1884; son Samuel James and Louisa Emma (Watts) Howe; ed. pub. schools, Hyde Park High Sch., Chicago, Morgan Park Acad., Univ. of Chicago (no degree), Benton Coll. of Law, St. Louis; married Bloomington, Ill., Sept. 5, 1908, Adele S. Plant. Was associated with father for some years after leaving school; asso. editor Amer- ican Lumberman, Chicago, since Jan. 1, 1906. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason, lodge, chap- ter, council, and commandery. Clubs: Ill. Ath- letic, Marquette. Residence: 4809 Sheridan Rd. Office: Manhattan Bldg.
HOWELL, Cornelius DuBois, mfr .; born Duchess Co., N.Y., Aug. 7, 1858; son Charles J. and Mary M. (DuBois) Howell: ed. Charlotte Hall Mil. Acad., Md .; married Margaret Hayt, of Chicago, Jan. 8, 1889. Dry goods clerk, Pough- keepsie, N.Y., 1874-86; traveling salesman for Calham, Robbins & Co., New York, 1886-9; sec.
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Hayt & Alsip Brick Co., Chicago, 1889-99; pres. Lucy Peterson (Washburn) Howland; ed. Mid- 111. Brick Co., 1899-1909; now pres. John A. Colby & Sons, furniture; vice-pres. Purington Paving Brick Co., of Galesburg, Ill. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League and Evanston. Residence: 330 Greenwood Boul., Evanston, Ill. Office: 29 S. Wabash Av.
HOWELL, Cortlandt, life ins .; born New York City, July 12, 1878; son George R. and Minnie (Evans) Howell; prep. edn. Poly Inst. of Brooklyn, in class of 1896; married Mar- garet Blackburne Darnall, of Lexington, Ky., Oct. 4, 1899; 3 sons: George R., Shelby and Cortlandt, Jr. In operating dept. of Northern Pacific R.R. at Tacoma, Wash., 1898-1900; en- gaged in lumber business in Washington for a year, after which went to St. Paul, Minn. and interested in the ry. supply business for 2 years; came to Chicago in 1903 and has since been identified with life underwriting, first as asst. mgr. Mutual Life of New York until 1910, when joined in organizing the firm of McCary, Howell & Co., gen. agts. of the Penn Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Philadelphia. Republican. Episcopalian. Residence: Washington Av. Of- fice: 1010 Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.
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