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BALDWIN, L (auris) Blake, physician; born Orange, N.J., June 1, 1870; son Abraham and Annie S. (Winterbotham) Baldwin; M.D., Chi- cago Med. Coll., 1894; married Chicago, Oct. 1896, Katherine Walsh; children: John R. Walsh and Lauris. Engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago since 1894; was surgeon in U.S.N. in Spanish-Am. War, serving on U.S.S. Alexander, and received thanks of Congress. Was physi- cian-in-charge and pres. Samaritan Hosp .; ex- pres. Dearborn Med. Coll .; ex-sec. Cook Co. Hosp .; prof. skin and venereal diseases Post- Grad. Med. School; prof. clinical dermatology, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons: attending dermatologist Cook Co. Hosp. Fellow Am. Acad. Medicine, Chicago Dermatological Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: Physicians', Calumet, Univer- sity. Residence: 5460 Washington Av. Office: 1106, 7 W. Madison St.
BALDWIN, Luther Hubbell, pres. Baldwin Equipment & Supply Co .; born Charlotte, Vt., July 27, 1869; son Alonzo M. and Louise C. (Hubbell) Baldwin; grad. Burlington (Vt.) High School, 1888, followed by 2 years in Univ. of Vt .; married Chicago, June 16, 1896, Lillian M. Saunders. Came to Chicago in 1891; with Pull- man Palace Car Co. till 1893; with Continental Bank, 1893-1901 (receiving teller 2 years). Be- came interested in Industrial Co. and the Price Machinery Co. until June 1903; then pres. and treas. of the Chicago Car & Locomotive Works until Aug. 1904, when organized the Baldwin Equipment & Supply Co., dealers in ry. equip- ment, of which he is pres. and gen. mgr .; also pres. and dir. Central Ry. Equipment Co. Inde- pendent in politics. Congregationalist. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Gun. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Residence: 4259 Gladys Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.
BALDWIN, Robert Rogers, lawyer; born Clin- ton, Ia., Jan. 14, 1860; son Isaac and Elizabeth (Means) Baldwin; ed. Clinton pub. schools; LL. B., State Univ. of Iowa, 1884; widower. Estab- lished practice, 1884; in Chicago since 1892, in
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general civil practice. Mem. Am., Ill. and Chi- cago Bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Former sec. Finance Com. Municipal Voters' League; dir. Chicago City Missionary Soc .; treas. Minis- terial Relief Assn. of the State of Ill. Repub- lican. Mason, K.T. Mem. Soc. of the Cincin- nati, S.A.R., Mil. Order of Foreign Wars. Club: City. Residence: 817 Dearborn Av. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St.
BALKE, Julius, vice-pres. The Brunswick- Balke-Collender Co .; born Cincinnati, O., May 27, 1857; son Julius and Charlotte (Harcamp) Balke; ed. high schools at Cincinnati, and poly- technic school, Stuttgart, Germany. Began busi- ness career, 1875, in factory of The Brunswick & Balke Co., Cincinnati, O. (of which his father was one of the founders), and has since been identified with the company and its successor, The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co., becoming dir. in 1890, sec., 1893, 2d vice-pres, 1906. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Mason; Knight of Pvth- ias. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Midlothian. Recreations: billiards and golf. Residence: 4516 Greenwood Av. Office: 324 S. Wabash Av.
BALL, David Morris, lawyer; born Norwood Park, Ill., June 17, 1855; son Charles R. and Louise M. (Dunham) Ball; ed. Jefferson High School, Cook Co .; studied law in Chicago; mar- ried 1880, Laura E. Charbonneau, Chicago, Ill .; 1 son: Arthur L. Admitted to bar, 1880; en- gaged in general practice. Mem. Ill. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Mason; Knight of Pythias. Residence: 6241 Lincoln Pl., Norwood Park. Office: 167 W. Washington St.
BALL, Edward Henry, belting mfr .; born E. Troy, Wis., Nov. 12, 1857; son E. H. and Sarah E. C. (Cobb) Ball; ed. in schools and acads. of Milwaukee and at Princeton Univ .; married Hen- derson, Ky., Apr. 4, 1888, Sarah Beattie; chil- dren: Edward Henry, III, Charles Allis Ball. Began business career with the wholesale gro- cery firm of Ball & Goodrich, Milwaukee, con- tinuing with that firm until 1885; in 1886 be- came interested in ranch in Kansas; sec. Kan- sas City Radiator & Iron Foundry, 1887-8; sec. Chicago Belting Co., 1889-1909, and vice-pres. and sec. since 1909. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Glen View, Evanston, Princeton (Chicago), Princeton, Engineers' (New York), Evanston Country. Recreation: motoring. Res- idence: 1215 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 113-125 N. Green St.
BALL, Farlin Herbert, lawyer; born Chicago, Oct. 19, 1872; son Judge Farlin Quigley and Elizabeth (Hall) Ball; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1895; LL.B., Chicago Law School, 1897; married Laura Frances Leonard, of Chicago, Apr. 23, 1903; 2 daughters: Barbara and Elizabeth. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1897; mem. law firm of Ball & Lunsford, 1901-5. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. (sec., 1907-9), Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Polit. Science Assn., Psi Upsilon. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park, Law, Legal. Recrea- tions: gardening, walking, tennis. Residence: 211 Clinton Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Chicago Title & Trust Bldg.
BALL, Farlin Quigley, judge; born Ohio, Mar. 28, 1838; son James M. and Ketruah (Ford) Ball; Ph.B., Univ. of Wis., 1861; private to major, 31st Wis. Inf., 1862-5; married Elizabeth Hall, of Chicago, June 23, 1868; 2 sons: Farlin Herbert and Sydney H. Admitted to Wis. bar, Nov. 1865; state's atty. of Dane Co., Wis., 2 terms; removed to Chicago, 1869; was especial- ly prominent in the suits arising out of the lake front controversy as atty. for several own- ers of riparian rights. Judge Superior Court of Cook Co., Ill., since 1895; assigned to the Ap- pellate Court 1st Dist. Judge-advocate of the 1st Brigade I.N.G., 6 years. Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park. Author: The Law of National Banks, 1881. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Address: Court House.
BALL, Godfrey Howitt, fancy groceries; born Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 15, 1853; son George Palmer and Isabella Ball; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, N.Y .; married Chicago, June 24, 1885, Mary Clement Herriott; children: James Per- cival, Louise Herriott. Has been actively iden- tified with the fancy grocery importing busi- ness since 1870; mgr. Chicago house of James P. Smith & Co., importers, of New York and Chicago. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Club: Calumet Golf. Recreations: golf, fishing, hunting and baseball. Residence: 4028 Lake Av. Office: 35 E. South Water St.
BALL, William A., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
BALL, William Dearborn, consulting engr .; see Vol. 1905.
"BALLARD, Addison, lumber merchant; see Vol. 1905.
*BALLARD, Charles Nelson, physician; see Vol. 1905.
BALLARD, Frank Edward, real estate and investment broker; born Chicago, Sept. 30, 1856; son Edward and Lucy W. Ballard; ed. public schools of Chicago and Univ. of Ill., in class of 1878; married Lansing, Mich., Feb. 21, 1882, Jessie Wood. Since leaving coll. in 1876, en- gaged in real estate and investment business in Chicago, firm of Ballard, Pottinger & Co .; pres. Maywood Co., lands. Congregationalist. Repub- lican. Mem. Royal League, Nat. Union, Colum- bian Knights. Club: Oak Park. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 735 Marquette Bldg.
BALLENGER, William Lincoln, physician; born Economy, Ind., Apr. 26, 1861; son William and Lydia Ann (Starbuck) Ballenger; student Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind., 1881; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (N.Y. Univ.), 1886; married Ada Poarch, of Richmond, Ind., July 15, 1886. Teacher in pub. schools, Ind., 1881-3; in general practice of medicine, Richmond, Ind., 1886-93, at Evanston, Ill., 1893-5; since 1895, practice limited to otology and laryngology; instr., 1895, lecturer, 1898, asst. prof., 1901, as- sociate prof., 1902, prof. otology and laryngol- ogy since 1903, Coll. Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago; instr. Chicago Policlinic, 1891; prof. otology, Chicago Eye and Ear Coll. Sec., 1899- 1902, pres., 1902-4, and since then councillor Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngol- ogy; councillor, 1903, vice-pres., 1903-4. Chicago Med. Soc .; pres. Chicago Otological and Laryn- gological Soc., 1905; mem. Internat. Otol. Con- gress, and many Am. socs. Congregationalist. Republican. Clubs: Winnetka, Ill. Athletic. Au- thor: Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear (text book), 1900; Otology and Laryngology. Contbr. scientific and clinical articles to med. jours. Residence: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 31 N. State St.
BALLOU, Amos Percy, mining operator; born Bradford, O., Oct. 26, 1874; son of Horace M. and Anna (Sowers) Ballou; ed. high school, Covington, O .; West Side Commercial Coll., Chi- cago; Soper School of Oratory; Soper School of Parliamentary Law; married Covington, O., June 10, 1896, Clara May Ruhl; 1 daughter: Thelma May. Engaged in real estate, building and loan business in Chicago, 1894; treas. Village of Ev- ergreen Park; agent for the subdivision of Ev- ergreen Park and editor Evergreen Park Re- view, 1896: general agent Royal Union Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1899-1902; since 1902 exclusively engaged in mining operations. Mem. 41st St. Presbyterian Church. Republican. Mason, K.T .. Shriner. Clubs: Hamilton, Colonial. Recrea- tions: golf and hunting. Residence: 601 E. 50th St. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
BALLOU, George Frost, sec. the Osgood Co .: born Kennebunk, Me., July 10, 1869; son George William and Miranda P. (Frost) Ballou; stu- dent Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1887-S. Northwestern Univ .. Evanston, Ill., 1891-4; mar- ried Amanda Louise Dingee, of Chicago, Nov. 7. 1895. Was associate editor of the Chicago Dry
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Goods Reporter, 1895; became identified with the Osgood Co., designers, electrotypers and en- gravers, in 1896, as sec., in which capacity has since remained. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi (Northwestern Univ.); Mason, Ravenswood Lodge, Oriental Consistory, Medi- nah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile. Ravenswood. Recreation: automobiling. Residence: 4533 Per- ry St. Office: 500 Sherman St.
BALM, Edmund Alexander, pres. Ill. Metal Ceiling & Supply Co .; born Toledo, O., Apr. 24, 1867; son Alexander and Mary (Dupont) Balm; ed. pub. schools; married Canton, O., Sept. 28, 189S, Ida Biechele. Began as traveling sales- man for Diebold Safe & Lock Co., of Canton, O., nearly 5 years; bookkeeper for the Berger Mfg. Co., 1893-4; came to Chicago and became mgr. of the Ill. Roofing & Supply Co .; later was tak- en into the company, and in 1902 became its pres. and treas .; company liquidated and now pres. and treas. Ill. Metal Ceiling & Supply Co. Independent in politics. Catholic. Residence: 3419 W. Monroe St. Office: 63 E. Lake St.
BALMER, Edwin, author; born Chicago, July 26, 1SS3; son Thomas and Helen Clark (Pratt) Balmer; grad. Northwestern Univ. Acad., 1899; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1902; A.M., Harvard Univ., 1903; married Katharine MacHarg, of Chicago, June 10, 1909; 1 daughter: Caroline. Reporter on Chicago Tribune, fall of 1903; as- sociated with Graham Taylor in the publica- tion of The Commons, Jan. 1904-Oct. 1905, when it was merged with Charities, New York; now editorial adviser and contributor to Hampton's Mag .; also contbr. to Collier's Weekly, Ameri- can Mag., Saturday Evening Post, Youth's Com- panion, and others. Has traveled in Cuba, Mex- ico, Europe, Hawaii and Japan. Author: Way- laid By Wireless, 1909; The Achievements of Luther Trant (with William McHarg), 1910; The Science of Advertising, 1910. One of his short stories in Saturday Evening Post was the basis of Frederic Thompson's production of the play "Via Wireless." Mem. Phi Beta Kappa (honor) fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: Uni- versity, Evanston Golf. Recreations: tennis, golf. Address: 5401 Winthrop Av.
BALMER, Thomas, advertising adviser and dir .; born Belfast, Ireland, Mar. 29, 1848; son Thomas and Mary (Hull) Balmer; ed. King's Coll. School, London, Eng .; married Cincinnati, O., Sept. 23, 1880, Helen Clark Pratt; children: Helen Ruth, Edwin, Julius Pratt, Catherine Gordon. Began business life as mgr. of Hull & Co., linen factory, Drogheda, Ireland; landed in this country Aug. 16, 1869, and entered employ- ment in linen dept. of Cochran, McLean & Co., New York; began in advertising business with Curtis Pub. Co., 1892; advertising mgr. for the and dir. Street Railways Advertising Co. of New York, 1905-10; for The Currier Pub. Co., Chicago, since Sept. 1, 1910. Clubs: Mid-Day, Agate, Exmoor; also Lotos, Aldine Assn., Sphinx (New York). Residence: 1045 Holly- wood Av. Office: Kesner Bldg.
BANCROFT, Edgar Addison, lawyer; born Galesburg, Ill., Nov. 20, 1857; son Addison N. and Catherine (Blair) Bancroft; A.B., Knox Coll., 1878, A.M., 1881; LL.B., Columbia, 1880; married Margaret Healy, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 18, 1896. In general practice, Galesburg, 1884- 92, Chicago since 1892; solicitor for Ill. of A.,T. &S.F.R.R.Co., 1892-5; vice-pres. and general so- licitor Chicago & Western Ind. R.R. Co. and the Belt Ry. Co., 1895-1904; mem. law firm Scott, Bancroft & Stephens since 1904; general coun- sel Internat. Harvester Co. since 1907, also of Butler Bros. Republican presidential elector, 1888. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. (ex-pres.), Chicago Bar Assn. (ex-pres.), Law
Club (ex-pres.). Clubs: University, Union League (pres., 1904-5), Hamilton, Chicago Lit- erary, Merchants' (pres., 1899), City, Cliff
Dwellers, Onwentsia. Author: The Chicago Strike of 1894, 1895; The Moral Sentiment of the People, the Foundation of National Great- ness, 1896; Destruction or Regulation of Trusts, 1907. Recreations: golf, hunting. Residence: 77 E. Cedar St. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.
BANFORD, Henry Harris, real estate; born Danville, Ky., Nov. 4, 1869; son of William H. and Laura (Latham) Banford; ed. Central Univ., Ky .; married Danville, Nov. 14, 1904, Josephine Reid. Journalist and newspaper correspondent at Lexington and Danville, 1888-90; bookkeeper for wholesale grocery house, Danville, 1890-1; came to Chicago, 1891, and was mem. of the registration com. of Am. Trotting Register As- sn. 1 year; with J. L. Cochran, real estate, 1892- 5; in business for self, 1895-1905, and since head of firm of H. H. Banford & Co. Republican. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board (sec., 1905). Recreation: motoring. Residence: 521 Fuller- ton Boul. Office: 34 N. Dearborn St.
BANGS, Frederick Augustus, lawyer; born Lacon, Marshall Co., Ill., Apr. 3, 1865; son Hon. Mark and Harriet Cornelia (Pomeroy) Bangs; ed. common schools of Lacon until 1875, when removed to Chicago, and subsequent edn. was in pub. schools of this city; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1886; married Oct. 5, 1893, Ruth Tiles- ton, of Evansville, Ind .; 1 daughter: Ruth. Ad- mitted to bar, 1886; joined father in firm of Bangs & Bangs; firm later changed to Bangs, Wood & Bangs; now in individual practice. Pres. West Chicago Park Commrs. by appoint- ment of Gov. Richard Yates from 1901; also col. on staff of Gov. Yates. Republican. Mason. Residence: River Forest, Ill. Office: 522 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
BANGS, John Dean, merchant; born Lowell, Mass., July 19, 1855; son Dean and Eliza Buck- ley (Brown) Bangs; ed. pub. schools in Lowell, Mass., and Chicago, and at old Chicago Univ .; married Winnetka, July 14, 1886, Miss Eliza- beth Lathrop. Entered father's hardware store upon leaving school and, in 1878, succeeded to the business under present firm name of John D. Bangs & Co., now specializing in cooking and heating apparatus. Was one of the orig- inal members of 1st Regt. I.N.G., having en- tered as sergt. and later promoted successively as 2d lieut. and 1st lieut. of Co. C; was 3 years q .- m., afterwards elected as major, and also served as treas., 1879-86; resigned. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, boating and fishing. Residence: 3861 Ellis Av. Office: 421 S. Wabash Avenue.
*BANKER, Edward Hamilton, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.
BANKS, Alexander French, ry. official; born Crawford Co., Ind., Jan. 31, 1861; son Henry Butterick Pub. Co., 1900-5; advertising adviser ' Bartlett and Julia C. (French) Banks; ed. pub. schools; married Evansville, Ind., Nov. 13, 1883, Blanche Nichelson; children: Duke N., Blanche, Charles Ackert. Entered ry. service with the St. Louis & Southeastern Ry. Co., 1877, since which he was consecutively contracting agent for same, 1878-80, at Evansville, Ind .; traveling agent and gen. agent Continental Fast Freight Line, 1880-8; gen. agent Ia. Central Ry., Peoria, Ill., Jan. 1-Sept. 1, 1888; gen. freight agent, Sept. 1888-May 1889, gen. freight and passen- ger agent, May 1889-1890, traffic mgr., 1890-3, Iowa Central Ry .; traffic mgr. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry., 1893-1900; since 1900 pres. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. and Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Ry. Dir. Continental and Commer- cial Nat. Bank, Commercial Nat. Safe Deposit Co., Allis-Chalmers Co., South Chicago Savings Bank. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Union League, Glen View, Exmoor. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 1416, 72 W. Adams St.
BANKS, Charles Eugene, author; moved to Seattle, Wash .; see Vol. 1905.
BANKS, William Henry, bonded public ware- houseman; born near Quincy, Adams Co., Ill.,
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June 3, 1842; son of Eli and Harriet (Betts) Banks; ed. pub. schools and in Bryant & Strat- ton Business Coll., Chicago; widower; 1 child: Harry Pickands. In 1861 served as clerk for W. & D. J. Lake, grain commn. merchants, and later for V. A. Turpin & Co., packers. In 1862 began active career as clerk for Larrabee & North, hardware, Chicago; became partner, 1868, in business of agrl. implements, seeds and tools, with J. Harley Bradley, as Bradley & Banks; this firm made first shipments of agrl. implements to Japan, under orders from Japan- ese Govt .; bought interest of partner, 1872, con- tinuing as W. H. Banks & Co .; disposed of in- terest in agrl. business, 1876, and engaged in sale of celebrated Kelly Barbed Wire, control- ling trade in Ill., Ind., and Wis. Became sec. and mgr. Van De Poele Electric Light Co., 1882; while with this company, Van De Poele invented the electric trolley now in use on st. rys. of the world; became mgr. of a storage company, 1889, which operated a warrant sys- tem of storage and issued storage warrants; organized a warehousing company of larger capital, 1899, and continued at its head until it was merged into a New York company, of which he was western mgr., in Chicago; business was conducted by the Am. Warehousing Co. of Bal- timore, 1905-7; acquired interests of Baltimore company, 1907, and has since operated the busi- ness individually. Republican. Episcopalian. Residence: Southern Hotel. Office: The Rook- ery.
BANNARD, Henry Clay, brewer; born New York City, Dec. 21, 1844; son John W. and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard; B.A., Yale Coll., 1869; married Lafayette, Ind., 1879, Florence Spears (died 1883); 1 daughter: Florence Spears; mar- ried 2d, Jan. 1894, Mrs. Alice Yeakel Stockton, of Lafayette, Ind. Admitted to Ill. bar at Springfield, 1869; in law office of Norman C. Perkins, Chicago, 1869-70; associated with Franklin MacVeagh in wholesale grocery busi- ness, Chicago, 1870-81; of Bannard, Lyman & Co., wholesale grocers, 1882-4; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. The N. K. Fairbank Co., 1885-96; out of business, 1897-8; since 1899 pres., treas. and dir. United Breweries Co. Independent in poli- tics. Episcopalian; parishioner St. Chrysostom's Church. Mem. Chicago Yale Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago, Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Chicago (pres., 1896-7), University, Mid-Day (Chicago), English Lake (Ind.) Shooting and Fishing, Uni- versity (New York). Recreation: travel. Resi- dence: 36 Bellevue Pl. Office: First Nat. Bank Building.
BANNING, Ephraim, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
BANNING, Samuel Walker, lawyer; born Chicago, Nov. 16, 1878; son Thomas A. and Sa- rah J. (Hubbard) Banning; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1900; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1903; married Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 12, 1903, Grace M. Edson. Entered law office of Banning & Banning (Ephraim and Thomas A. Banning) in 1900 as clerk and student and was admitted to partnership in the firm July 1, 1903, after admission to the bar in 1903. Specialties of firm are patent, trade mark, copyright and cor- poration law. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Res- idence: 138 5th St., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: Mar- quette Bldg.
BANNING, Thomas A., lawyer; born on farm in McDonough Co., Ill., Jan. 16, 1851; son Eph- raim and Louisa Caroline (Walker) Banning; ed. pub. schools; studied law; married Dec. 21, 1875, Sarah J. Hubbard; children: Samuel Walk- er, Edith, Thomas A., Sarah Louise, Dorothea Esther. Admitted to Ill. bar, Sept. 15, 1875; to bar of Supreme Court of U.S., Jan. 8, 1880; gen- eral practice, but principally in Federal, Circuit and Supreme Courts; head of firm of Banning & Banning; is patent counsel for the Moline Plow Co., Am. Car & Foundry Co., Colo. Fuel &
Iron Co., Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., Inter- nat. Harvester Co., Kokomo Steel & Wire Co., Denning Wire & Fence Co., Crawfordsville Wire & Nail Co, and many other mfg. companies. Republican. Office: Marquette Bldg.
BANNISTER, Henry Martyn, physician; born Cazenovia, N.Y., July 25, 1844; son Rev. Henry and Lucy (Kimball) Bannister; A.B., North- western Univ., 1863, A.M., 1869; M.D., Nat. Med. College, Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., 1871; married Delia C. Ladd, of Chicago, June 14, 1887. On geol. survey of Ill., 1867-8, U.S. Geol. Survey of Territories, 1872; in med. practice since 1874; founded with Dr. J. S. Jew- ell and jointly edited Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases, 1874-1881; has been connected with several other med. jours. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Med. Psychol. Assn. (hon.); asso. mem. Am. Neurol. Assn. Author: (with Dr. D. R .- Brower) A Practical Manual of Insanity, 1902. Contributed chapters to Hare's System of Ther- apeutics, 1901, and Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences, 1902; also to geol. reports and articles in scientific and med. jours. Residence: 828 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.
BANZET, George Thomas, dentist; born Sand- wich, Ill., Nov. 22, 1866; son Albert and Mary (Hickey) Banzet; B.S., Chicago School of Sci- ence, 1891; D.D.S., Northwestern Univ. Dental School, 1893; married Lillian E. Randall, of Chi- cago, June 2, 1898. Actively engaged in prac- tice of dentistry at Chicago since 1893. Mem. internat., nat., state and local dental socs. In- dependent Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Evanston University, Glen View Golf, Chicago Motor. Residence: 416 Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 717, 34 E. Washington St.
BARAGWANATH, Henry Dunstan, mfr .; born Chicago, Feb. 8, 1860; son William and Maria (Loveland) Baragwanath; ed. pub. and high schools of Chicago to 1875; married St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 1888, Emily I. Williams; children: Elsie (Mrs. F. S. Brandenburg, Madison, Wis.), Genevieve, Ruth, Cecil, Mabel. After leaving school in 1875, entered the Pacific Boiler Works, established by his father in 1850, and later was admitted as a partner under the style of Will- iam Baragwanath & Son, continuing the busi- ness after the death of his father in 1888, and on Jan. 1, 1904, incorporating it under the same style, and now being pres. of the company, sole mfrs. of the Steam Jacket Feed-Water Boiler and Purifier. Democrat. Mason; Royal League. Club: Illinois Athletic. Recreation: billiards. Residence: 1637 Humboldt Boul. Office: 1260 W. Division St.
BARASA, Bernard Philip, lawyer: born Ne- gaunee, Mich., Apr. 15, 1878; son Baptist and Mary A. (Marchetti) Barasa; grad. Sacred Heart Coll., Watertown, Wis., 1893, Negaunee High School, 1896; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1905; married Edith N. Gazzolo, of Chicago, Oct. 18, 1905; 1 daughter: Kathryn M. Admit- ted to bar, 1905. Dir. Children's Day Assn. ("tag day"); organized "tag day" work for Messina earthquake sufferers, Jan. S, 1909. Re- publican. Catholic. Member Knights of Colum- bus. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Residence: 3307 W. Monroe St. Office: 1613 Masonic Temple.
BARBEE, William S., lawyer and mir .; born Jefferson Co., Ill., Sept. 28, 1865: son Thomas M. and Mary S. (Kenner) Barbee: ed. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington. Ill .; LL. B .. Chicago Coll. of Law (Lake Forest Univ.), 1904; married Lillian G. Gilen, of Chicago, Nov. 15, 1904. Engaged in real estate operations since 1899 and in prac- tice of law since 1904; also sec., treas, and mgr. Ry. & Traction Supply Co .; sec. and treas. Standard Metal Mfg. Co. Republican. Christian Scientist. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Ham- ilton (life mom .. dir. 3 years). Press 'life mem.). Recreations: reading and travel. Resi-
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dence: 4724 Kenmore Av. Office: 404 Rector Building.
BARBER, Albert Harry, creamery machinery; born Chicago, Feb. 13, 1882; son Albert H. and Mary (Pennell) Barber; ed. Cornell Univ. in class of 1905; unmarried. Upon death of father, 1903, succeeded him as pres. and dir. of A. H. Barber & Co. Also pres. A. H. Barber Creamery Supply Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood Country. Recreation: tennis, Resi- dence: 566 Bryant Av. Office: 223 W. South Water St.
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