The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 110

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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*JENKINS, Robert Edwin, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

JENKINS, Thomas Atkinson, univ. prof .; born Wilmington, Del., May 24, 1868; son How- ard M. and Mary Ann (Atkinson) Jenkins; A.B., Swarthmore Coll., 1887; Ph.B., Univ. of Pa., 1888; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1894; married Ma- rian Magill, of Swarthmore, Pa., June 19, 1894. Instr. and adj. prof. Romance langs., Vander- bilt Univ., 1895-1900; prof. French, Swarthmore, 1900-1; asso. prof. French philology, Univ. of Chicago, since 1902. Mem. editorial bd. Modern Philology. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Up- silon, Modern Lang. Assn. America, Société Amicale Gaston, Paris, Société des Professeurs Français en Amerique. Editor of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Resi- dence: 5411 Greenwood Av.

JENKINS, Thomas R., cotton goods commn .; born Pittsburg, Pa .; ed. pub. schools, finishing with high school at Oshkosh, Wis .; unmarried. Began as apprentice to a druggist, at Berlin, Wis .; later cashier for Forbes Bros. & Co., Berlin, and McKey Bros. & Folds, Oshkosh; later for nine years in charge of the retail of- fice of Field, Leiter & Co., dry goods, Chicago. In 1880, with partners, established Jenkins, Kreer & Co., cotton goods commn. merchants and converters of cotton goods, of which is pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Calu- met, Union League, Midlothian Country, South Shore Country. Residence: Calumet Club. Of- fice: 223 W. Jackson Boul.

JENKS, Anson B., lawyer; born Berkshire, Tioga Co., N.Y., 1836; son Calvin and Annis (Brown) Jenks; studied law in offices. Admit- ted to bar on examination at Norwich, N.Y., 1858, and practiced at Owego, N.Y., until fall of 1859, when came to Chicago, and opened law

JENKS, Chancellor Livingston, lawyer; born Chicago, May 11, 1863; son Chancellor L. and Pamela M. (Holsington) Jenks; A.B., Dart- mouth Coll., 1886; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1888; married Oakland, Cal., June 25, 1889, Ja- net Lyons; children: Herbert Chancellor, Ruth Elizabeth. Practiced law at San Diego, Cal., 1888-92; became associated with Richard S. Thompson of Chicago in 1892, and in 1902 formed partnership with him in firm of Thomp- son & Jenks; now practicing alone. Mem. and pres. Evanston Board of Edn., 1895-8. Pres. Evanston Musical Club, 1901-4; pres. Dart- mouth Coll. Alumni Assn., 1908. Republican. Club: University. Author of many musical com- positions. Recreations: music and motoring. Residence: 1217 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: Stock Exchange Bldg.

JENKS, James M., vice-pres. Nye & Jenks Grain Co. Residence: 535 Deming Pl. Office: 907, 140 W. VanBuren St.

JENKS, William Shippen, mfr .; born Phila- delphia, Aug. 3, 1859; son Courtland Fell and Caroline Henderson (Leeds) Jenks; ed. pub. schools of Phila .; married Chicago, Oct. 31, 1892, Delphine May, daughter Edwin L. and Josephine M. Gillette. Began business career with Drexel, Morgan & Co., New York, 1876-83; correspondent Northwestern Nat. Bank, Chi- cago, 1883-6; mgr. sales dept. Fairbank Can- ning Co., Union Stock Yards, 1886-8; mgr. sales dept. and treas. N. K. Fairbank Co., 1888- 98; in 1902 joined in organization of the Strang Engine Co., of which is treas. and sec .; also since 1892, asst. mgr. of the Edwin L. Gillette estate. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic. Recreation: travel. Residence: 745 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Hartford Bldg.

JENNEY, Frank LeBaron, physician; born Chicago, Dec. 6, 1869; son William LeBaron and Elizabeth H. (Cobb) Jenney; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Chicago Manual Training School, and Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, M.D., 1890; post-grad. work in Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, and at Berlin and Vienna: married Chicago, August 21, 1907, Winifred Ament; 1 son: William LeBaron. Practiced medicine in Milwaukee, Wis., 1893-7; since 1897 in Chicago. Med. dir. and dir. Federal Life Ins. Co., Chicago; dir. Union Securities Co. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Assn. of Life Ins. Examining Surgeons. Republican. Club: Chicago Literary. Residence: 5001 Washington Av. Office: 1314, 140 S. Dear- born St.

*JENNEY, George Harvey Bullard, capital- ist; see Vol. 1905.

JENNEY, William LeBaron, architect; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

JENNINGS, Edwin Brizse, capitalist: born Chicago, May 11, 1859; son John D. and Hannah W. (Brizse) Jennings (father was one of the pioneers of Chicago, 1837); ed. high school, Chicago. Began in real estate and loan busi- ness in Chicago in 1875, and has continued ever since. Republican. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recrea- tions: athletic sports. Residence: 2406 Prairie Av. Office: S S. Dearborn St.

*JENNINGS, James Elliott, mortgage bank- er; see Vol. 1905.

JENNINGS, William Alexander, lawyer: born Fayetteville. Ark., Jan. 24. 1872; son Fountain E. P. and Mary Susan (Ellis) Jennings: ed. public schools of Eureka Springs, Ark .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law. 1895; married Olive Louise Nordstrom, of Madison, Wis., June 29. 1907. Admitted to bar, 1892, and since in prac- tice at Chicago. Mem. 1st Ark. Regt. Inf .; 1st

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Inf. I.N.G., 1893-S; 1st Regt. Ill. Vols. Spanish- Am. War, serving in Cuba, 189S. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., South- ern Soc. of Chicago, Soc. Army of Santiago, Sons of Confederacy. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen of America. Recreation: mo- toring. Residence: 5007 Sheridan Rd. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

JENSEN, Elmer C., architect; born Chicago, Mar. 18, 1870; son John and Sabine (Petersen) Jensen; ed. pub. schs. and 2 years at Art Inst. of Chicago; married Chicago, Mary D. Nagel, of Buffalo, N.Y., June 27, 1900; 1 son: John Callard. Has been connected with office of the late William LeB. Jenney since 1885; grew up in business under Mr. Jenney and just prior to his death, 1907, organized, with W. B. Mun- die, the firm of Jenney, Mundie & Jensen; many of the skyscrapers of Chicago were de- signed by the old and new firms. Mr. Jenney gained distinction by bldg. the first skeleton construction bldg. in America (the Home In- surance Bldg., Chicago), 1884-5. Mem. Am. Inst. of Architects. Republican. Episcopalian; pres. of Council of Men's Clubs of Diocese of Chicago. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, City, Church. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 3004 Logan Boul. Office: 1401 New York Life Bldg.

JENSEN, Jens, landscape architect; born in Denmark, Sept. 13, 1860; son Christian and Magdalen Sofia (Petersen) Jensen; ed. Agricul- tural Coll., Jutland, Denmark; made further studies in agriculture and horticulture, at Co- penhagen, and later at Berlin and Hanover, Germany; married Anne M. Hansen, of Den- mark, 1874; children: Edward C., Magdalen S., Katherina, Edith D. Came to U.S., 1884; supt. Union and other small city parks, of the west park system, Chicago, 1890-4; supt. Humboldt Park, 1894-1900; landscape architect and gen. supt. west park system, 1906-9; now consult- ing landscape architect west park system. Sec. State Art Commn. of Ill. Dir. Municipal Art League. Clubs: City, Chicago Architectural, Cliff Dwellers, Racine Country. Recreation: nature studies. Residence: 1141 N. Sacramento Av. Office: Steinway Hall.

JEROME, William B., ry. official; born Au- burn, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Mar. 13, 1852. Was telegrapher C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1870-2; telegrapher and bill clerk C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1872-5; clerk in office of gen. supt. M.C.R.R., May 1 to July 5, 1875; ticket agent M.C. and Chicago & W. Mich- igan railroads, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1875-8. Since July 1, 1878, resident of Chicago; Michi- gan passenger agent, M.C.R.R., 1878-80; travel- ing passenger agent, A.,T.&S.F.R.R., 1880-3; since Feb. 1, 1883, general western passenger agent N.Y.C.&H.R.R.R .; special agent N.Y.C. Lines. Club: Union League. Office: LaSalle St. Station.

JERREMS, Thomas William, Jr., live stock commn .; born New Hartford, N.Y., Aug. 20, 1867; son Thomas William and Theresa (Au- tenrith) Jerrems; ed. Plainfield (Ill.) High School, 1882-85, Eastern Ia. Normal School, Co- lumbus Junction, Ia., 1886-87; married Bertha Lindover Devereaux, of Plainfield, Ill., Nov. 10, 1892. Came to Chicago in 1890; in employ of U.S. Treasury Dept. at Chicago, 1892-3; treas. Standard Live Stock Commn. Co. since Apr. 1894. Dir. Chicago Live Stock Exchange. Re- publican. Methodist. Mem. Royal League. Club: Saddle and Sirloin. Residence: 6532 Ingleside Av. Office: 173 Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

*JERREMS, William George, Jr., tailoring; see Vol. 1905.

JESSE, Dan Bowmar, ry. equipment; born Woodford Co., Ky., Feb. 24, 1859; son Thomas and May Anne (Gibson) Jesse; ed. common schools of Woodford Co., Ky .; married St. Louis, June 2, 1892, Anna M. Bezner; 1 son: Dan Bowmar, Jr. In employ of Ill. Watch Co., Springfield, Ill., 1879-85; internal revenue serv-

ice, Pekin, Ill., 1885-90; in employ of Iron Belt Loan Co., Roanoke, Va., 1890-3; sec. Ill. Savings and Loan Co., 1894-8; cashier Bureau of Water, Chicago, 1898-1900; broker in stocks and bonds under firm name of Dan B. Jesse & Co., 1900-4; since then mgr. Federal Car & Equipment Co. Democrat. Ex-pres. Englewood Men's Club. Ma- son (K.T., Shriner). Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: 427 W. 65th Pl. Office: 1742 Monad- nock Blk.

JESSOP, James Bailey, wholesale fish; born Sandwich, Ont., Can., June 23, 1851; son James and Mary (Ryan) Jessop; ed. common school at Sandwich; married Julia Frances Harris, of Sandwich, Apr. 25, 1876; children: Elenora B. (Mrs. John A. Kleine), Catherine J. (Mrs. Charles Siegmund), Theodore Charles, Sydney Thomas, Cordelia Grace. In fish business since boyhood, and since 1872 trading representative for the largest fish concerns in the country; resident of Chicago since 1890; has direct con- nections with extensive lake and ocean fish- eries; organized the Canadian Lakes Fishing Co., Ltd., of which is gen. mgr. and stockhold- er; co. operates on 7 of the largest lakes in Northwestern Canada. Member Columbian Knights, National . Union. Recreations: canoe- ing, yachting. Residence: 1115 Hayes Av. Of- fice: 503, 222 N. Wabash Av.

JEWETT, James Richard, univ. prof .; born Westport, Me., Mar. 14, 1862; son George Wash- ington and Ann Maria (Greenleaf) Jewett; A.B., Harvard, 1884; holder of Harvard fellow- ship, 1884-7, spending time in Syria and Egypt; Ph.D., Univ. of Strassburg, 1891; married Mar- garet Weyerhaeuser, of St. Paul, Minn., June 28, 1894. Instr. Semitic langs., Harvard, 1887-8, Brown Univ., 1890-1; asso. prof. Semitic langs. and Oriental history, Brown, 1891-5; prof. same, Univ. of Minn., 1895-1902; prof. Arabic lang. and lit., Univ. of Chicago, since 1902. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc. (asso. editor Journal Ameri- can Oriental Society.) Clubs: Quadrangle, Uni- versity, Cliff Dwellers, Homewood Country. Residence: 5757 Lexington Av.

JEWETT, Samuel Rountree, horse breeder; born Chicago, Oct. 2, 1862; son John N. and Ellen (Rountree) Jewett; grad. Yale Coll., class of 1883; married Chicago, Oct. 8, 1888, Lucy Virginia McCormick; children: McCormick, El- len Rountree, Emma McCormick, Lucy McCor- mick. Studied law in office of father, and was admitted to practice in July 1885. Practiced with his father and brother until 1904; now breeder of horses. Republican. Clubs: Saddle and Cycle, Swan Lake (sec. and treas. since 1889). Residence: 1317 N. State St. Office: The Rookery.

JOB, Frederick William, lawyer; born Alton, Ill., May 19, 1862; son Zephaniah Bell and Amanda (Montgomery) Job; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1885, LL.B., 1887; married Helen Crafts, of Chicago, Jan. 6, 1897; 3 daughters: Helen Cordelia, Virginia Amanda, Mary Bell. Has practiced law in Chicago since July 1887. Ha- waiian consul-gen. at Chicago, 1894-1900; mem. and chmn. Ill. State Bd. of Arbitration, Mar. 1901-Dec. 8, 1902; resigned to accept position of gen. sec. Chicago Employers' Assn .; also con- sul at Chicago of Dominican Republic. Demo- crat. Clubs: Kenwood, South Shore Country. Residence: 5141 Kimbark Av. Office: 832 Mar- quette Bldg.

JOBSON, Christopher) Frank, architect; born Dundee, Scotland, Oct. 5, 1862; son Ed- ward George and Caroline Emma (Woodburn) Jobson; ed. at Newport pub. school and Dundee High School, Scotland; married Maud Alice Fenn, of Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 24, 1888; children: Clarence Fenn, Edward Russell, Sa- rah Dorothy, Marjorie Alice, Christopher Frank, Jr. Apprentice to Alex. Johnston, architect, Dundee, Scotland, 1877-81; junior draughtsman in Glasgow, with Alex. Dantzig and J. Ford Mckenzie, 1881-3; came to U.S., 1883; practiced

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at Leavenworth, Kan., 1884-6; came to Chicago, 1887; connected with S. S. Beman, 1887-92; mem. firm of Church & Jobson till 1901; since then in practice alone. Episcopalian. Mem. Architects' Business Assn. Clubs: Architectu- ral Sketch, Chicago Athletic, LaGrange Coun- try, Suburban of LaGrange, Hinsdale Country. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 415 Pullman Building.

JOCELYN, Franklin C., lumberman; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

JOHNS, Robert, merchant; born Hazel Green, Wis., Apr. 3, 1859; son John and Grace (Bray) Johns; ed. pub. schools; married LaSalle, Ill., Dec. 25, 1882, Anna F. Patten; children: Ethelle F., Eva L., Gladys P. Began in the mfr. of me- tallic bed springs at Peoria, Ill., to 1888; then in picture and frame business until 1892; came to Chicago and engaged in wholesale crockery and glassware business, and dealer in phono- graphs and records. Republican. Methodist. Pres. Hyde Park Protective Assn .; mem. board of mgrs. Hyde Park Y.M.C.A. Mason. Recrea- tion: church work. Residence: 6463 Kimbark Av. Office: 205 W. Monroe St.

JOHNSON, see also Johnston, also Johnstone.

JOHNSON, Albert Mussey, life underwriter; born Oberlin, Lorain Co., O., May 31, 1872; son Albert H. and Rebecca A. (Jenkins) Johnson; ed. pub. school, Oberlin, O .; special work in Oberlin Coll., 1890; grad. Cornell Univ., 1895; married Oakland, Cal., Nov. 19, 1896, Bessie Morris Penniman. Began work as station agt. on Ark. Midland Ry., 1888-9; sec. and mgr., Mussey Stone Co., Elyria, O., 1897-8; sec. of McDermott Stone Co., 1898; mining lead and zinc, Joplin, Mo., 1899; vice-pres. Ark. Midland R.R., 1901-2; pres. Oberlin (O.) Gas & Electric Co. until 1903; vice-pres. Nat. Life Insurance Co. U.S.A., since 1902. Pres. N. Am. Cold Stor- age Co., Nat. Life Bldg. Co .; dir. Columbus Safe Deposit Co. Republican. Mem. Plymouth Congregational Ch. Clubs: Mid-Day, Edgewa- ter Golf. Recreations: mountain climbing, tent- ing, scientific literature. Residence: 6240 Sheri- dan Rd. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

JOHNSON, Alex (ander) C(arl), ry. official; børn in Crawford Co., Pa., May 20, 1861; son Abraham Carl and Clara Maria (Sigler) John- son; ed. Cochranton (Pa.) Acad., Meadville (Pa.) Coll .; married Miss Ida R. DeVore, of Meadville, Pa., Jan. 4, 1881; 3 children: Evelyn, Alda, Carl D. Entered service of C.&N.W.Ry., 1894, since which time has filled following po- sitions: special agt., 1894-Mar. 15, 1899; gen. agt. for S.D., Mar. 15, 1899-Feb. 12, 1900; gen. agt. at Winona, Minn., Feb. 12, 1900-May 1910; pass. traffic mgr, C.&N.W.Ry. since May 1, 1910. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Elk; mem. Modern Wood- men, United Commercial Travelers of America. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Traffic, Mid- Day; also Traffic (St. Paul), Arlington (Wino- na, Minn.). Recreations: golf, hunting. Resi- dence: Union League Club. Office: 226 W. Jack- son Boul.

JOHNSON, Alex. J., editor; born Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 3, 1850; grad. Univ. of Upsala, Sweden, 1869; married Marie Antoinette Sol- berg, of Sweden, Apr. 17, 1880; 3 children: Will- iam A., Marie Charlotte, Hilma K. (Mrs. Julius Dahlstrom, Denver, Colo.). Came to America in 1882, and settled in Chicago; employed by va- rious concerns, 1882-8; in 1888 purchased the Svenska Kuriren (Swedish Courier), a weekly, of which has since been the publisher and ed- itor; pres. and treas. Swedish News Pub. & Printing Co. Author of Kurre Kalender (in Swedish), published for a number of years. Mem. Rep. State Central Com. at different peri- ods, and del. to state and co. conventions. Ma- son. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press, Glen Oak Country, Swedish. Recreations: golf, swim- ming, etc. Residence: Glen Ellyn, Ill. Office: 358 N. Clark St.

JOHNSON, Alfred Sidney, editor; born at L'Orignal, Ont., Dec. 15, 1860; son Eden P. and Sarah Jane (Marston) Johnson; grad. Govt. Sch. of Mil. Instrn., Toronto, 1882, and gazet- ted 1st lt. 18th Battalion vol. militia, Feb. 16, 1882; A.B., Univ. of Toronto (gold medalist), 1883, A.M., 1885; Ph.D., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1888; married Emma Alexandria, daughter of John Clarke, of Brampton, Ont., Sept. 1884. Fellow Univ. Coll., Toronto, 1883-6; examiner Univ. of Toronto, 1885-7; sub-examiner, ednl. dept., Prov. of Ontario, 1883-6; instr. psychol- ogy and logic, Cornell, 1886-7; prin. Denmark (Ia.) Acad., 1887-90; editor Current History, 1890-1901; mng. editor Technical World, 1904-7; editor in charge cyclo. dept. Radford Architec- tural Co., Chicago, and asso. editor American Carpenter and Builder, and Cement World, since Feb. 1909. As official press representa- tive, accompanied Canadian Govt. eclipse expdn. to Labrador, 1905; on staff of Columbian Cy- clopedia and United Editors' Encyclopedia; ed- itor text-book dept., Am. Sch. Correspondence, 1903-9. Author: The Materials and Manufac- ture of Concrete, 1909. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Canadian Inst., Buffalo Micros. Soc., Royal Astron. Soc. of Can. Residence: 7316 Lafayette Av. Office: 178 W. Jackson Boul.

JOHNSON, Andrew P., chair mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

JOHNSON, Arthur Webster, real estate; born Chicago, June 29, 1877; son Alfred and Ida (Van Bon) Johnson; grad. pub. schools of Chi- cago, 1892; married Josephine Gertrude Brod- erick, of Chicago, Oct. 11, 1906. Has been as- sociated with firm of Rounds & Wetten, real estate, since 1893, and mem. of firm since 1905. Republican. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Royal Arcanum, B.P.O. Elks. Club: Beverly Country. Residence: 4509 Magnolia Av. Office: The Temple.

JOHNSON, Bernard Lyman, editor; born at Clyde, Mich., Dec. 2, 1883; son Lyman J. and Edith Meribah (Stevens) Johnson; grad. Ypsi- lanti (Mich.) High School, 1901; B.S., Kalama- zoo Coll., June 1906; post-grad. work, Univ. of Chicago, receiving B.S. degree, Sept. 1906; mar- ried Kalamazoo, Ruth Wheaton, of Mystic, Conn., June 20, 1908. Began active career with Patton & Miller, architects, Chicago; asst. mech. engr. Fitz-Hugh-Luther Locomotive & Car Works, Hammond, Ind., 1906-8; editor American Carpenter and Builder since Feb. 1908; asso. editor Cement World. Joint editor and author: Framing, 1909; Radford's Cyclope- dia of Construction, 12 vols., 1909; Cement and How to Use It, 1910. Worked way through coll. and univ .; was editor-in-chief Junior Class Year Book, the "Kodak," 1904; editor-in-chief, 1905-6, "College Index" (student monthly) ; spe- cialized in architectural and engring. branches. Mem. Chicago Trade Press Assn. Independent Republican. Baptist. Mason. Residence: 5402 Monroe Av. Office: 178 W. Jackson Boul.

JOHNSON, Charles Lincoln, banker. mfr .: born in a log cabin on Mt. Vernon farm, Han- cock Co., Ill., Jan. 8, 1863: son Christopher William and Margaret Elizabeth (Huff) John- son; grad. Johnson's Commercial Coll., St. Louis, 1878; Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., A.B., 1886, A.M., 1889; Columbia School of Polit. Sci- ence, New York, A.M., 1888; Columbia School of Law, New York, LL.B., 18S9; married St. Louis, Apr. 11, 1893, Helen Sylvester Woods; children: Helen Alathena, Romola Elizabeth, Parkman, Pickens, Margaret Adelaide. Was employed in German Nat. Bank, Denver. Colo., 1886-7: private sec. to the governor of Colo., 1889-91; in Nat. Bank of Commerce. Denver, 1891-2; in State Bank of Chicago, 1892-1900; pres. Western State Bank, Chicago, 1901-3; sec. State Bank of Chicago, 1895-1900: treas. and managing dir. Western Telephone Mfg. Co., Chicago, 1904-9; treas. and dir. Am. Electric Fuse Co., Muskegon, Mich., 1903-10; dir. Union Bank of Chicago. Independent Republican. Con-

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gregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Evanston University. Residence: 1423 Hinman Av., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 178 W. Jackson Boul.

JOHNSON, Charles Nelson, dentist; born in Brock Tp., Ont., Can., Mar. 16, 1860; son Win- throp and Laura (Moore) Johnson; ed. Port Perry high schs .; L.D.S., Royal Coll. Dental Surgeons, Toronto, 1881; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. Dental Surgery, 1885; (hon. A.M., Lake Forest Univ., 1897); married Fannie Patterson, of To- ronto, Mar. 7, 1883. Practicing dentistry in Chi- cago since 1885; prof. operative dentistry, Chi- cago Coll. Dental Surgery, since 1891. Editor Dental Review since 1902. Mem. Nat. Dental Assn., Ill. State Dental Soc., Odontol. Soc. Chi- cago, Chicago Odontographic Soc. Author: The Hermit of the Nonquon, 1893; Filling Teeth, 1900; Poems of the Farm and Other Poems, 1901; Success in Practice, 1903; Operative Den- tistry, 1908. Residence: 6118 Sheridan Rd. Of- fice: 913 Marshall Field Bldg.

JOHNSON, Edward Walter, general western agt .; born Middlebury, Vt., Apr. 4, 1847; son Walter Sheldon and Electa M. (Hagar) John- son; ed. pub. schools and Racine Coll .; married Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 8, 1883, Maud Runkle; 1 son: Sheldon. Began with Goodrich Steam- boat Line, 1861-2; in general office of C.&N.W. Ry., 1862-7; in wholesale groceries at St. Paul, Minn., 1868-79; associated post trader at Ft. Meade, with W. S. Fanshawe & Co., 1879-84; became identified with the Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co., N.Y. Central Fast Freight Lines, at St. Paul and Minneapolis, Jan. 1, 1885, and came to Chicago as general western agt. of the co., Apr. 1, 1899. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Union League; Minnesota of St. Paul. Residence: Union League Club. Office: 79 W. Monroe St.

JOHNSON, Ernest Valentine, mfr., capitalist; continuously in the business of hollow tile fire- proof construction since 1877; born New York City, Feb. 14, 1859; son George H. and Marie (Salkeld) Johnson; ed. Ernst Acad., Buffalo, and Cooper Inst., New York City; married July 1888, Mrs. Eva L. Brooks, of Philadelphia (now deceased) ; married 2d, Estelle M. Wakefield, Nov. 1904. Apprentice for 6 years, 1871-7, in New York office of Stephens & Spilsbury, civil engrs .; came to Chicago, 1877, to join his fa- ther in the fireproof tile enterprise of Johnson & Co., succeeding to his father's interest upon death of latter, in 1879, and upon the reorgani- zation of the business, 1880, as the Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction Co., became treas. and gen. mgr., and designed and supervised the construction of the co.'s large plant at Ottawa, Ill. Also organized, 1889, and became pres. of the Peerless Brick Co .; was elected treas. of the Great Northern Hotel Co., 1890, and later pres. of the Hartford Deposit Co., owners of the Hartford Bldg .; now vice-pres. and western mgr. Nat. Fireproofing Co .; designed and intro- duced Hollow Tile construction for fireproof grain elevators, etc. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Builders', South Shore Country, Columbia Yacht, Automobile. Residence: 422 E. 42d St. Office: 1100 Commer- cial Nat. Bank Bldg.

JOHNSON, Frank Asbury, lawyer; born Go- wanda, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1845; son Alfred and Bet- sy Eliza (Weeks) Johnson; grad. Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis .; married Appleton, Wis., Jan. 14, 1874, Annie C. White; children: Quin- tard, Howard W. In 1863-4 was in lumber bus- iness in Western N.Y .; in 1864-5 was engaged in mfg. sash, doors and blinds at Fond du Lac, Wis .; sold out and took univ. course of 4 years; studied law; admitted to bar, Apr. 28, 1871; since then in practice. Republican. Unitarian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Hist. Assn., Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Club: Hamilton. Office: The Temple.

JOHNSON, Frank Seward, physician; born Chicago, Apr. 18, 1856; son Hosmer Allen and

Margaret (Seward) Johnson; A.B., Northwest- ern Univ., 1878; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1881; married Elizabeth Burbank, daughter Edward Everett Ayer, Sept. 30, 1900. Now emeritus dean and prof. medicine and clin. medicine, Med. Dept., Northwestern Univ .; attending phys. Michael Reese Hosp .; consulting phys. Woman's and Mercy hosps., Chicago. Mem. A. M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Climatol. Assn., Chicago Soc. for Preven- tion of Tuberculosis, Nat. Assn. for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Apptd. 1st It. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Physicians'. Residence: 2521 Prairie Av.

JOHNSON, Franklin, theologian; born Frank- fort, O., Nov. 2, 1836; son Rev. Hezekiah and Eliza Shepherd (Harris) Johnson; grad. Col- gate Theol. Sem., 1861; studied German univs. and traveled in Egypt and Holy Land, 1868-9; (D.D., Univ. of Jena, 1869; LL.D., Ottawa Univ., Kan., 1898) ; married Mary Alma Barton, of Buf- falo, Sept. 28, 1863 (died Jan. 9, 1882); married 2d, Persis Isabel Swett, of Boston, June 29, 1886. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1862; pastor Bay City, Mich., 1861-3, Lambertville, N.J., 1864-6, Passaic, N.J., 1866-72, Newark, N.J., 1872-4, Cambridge, Mass., 1874-88, Athens, Greece, 1888-9; pres. Ottawa Univ., 1890-2; asst. prof. ch. history and homiletics, 1892-4, asso. prof., 1894-5, prof., 1895-1908, retired, 1908, Univ. of Chicago. Co-editor of The Watchman, 1876. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 5531 Washington Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 110

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