The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 116

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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*KESSLER, Hallet H., carriages; see Vol. 1905.

KETMAN, Tony Louis, western sec. of the Missionary Dept. Am. Baptist Publication Soc .; born Humboldt Co., Ia., Sept. 30, 1868; son H. J. and Frances (De Smidt) Ketman; A.B., Cen- tral Univ. of Iowa, 1894; studied theology in Divinity School of Univ. of Chicago; (D.D., Central Univ. of Iowa, 1903); married Monroe, Ia., Dec. 1, 1897, Minnie Comey; children: Er- minie Lynn, Theodore Louis. Was ordained to Baptist ministry while pastor of the First Bap- tist Church of Omaha, Neb., Dec. 3, 1896; con- tinued work as pastor until Sept. 1, 1902, when entered upon present work as western sec. of the Missionary Dept. of the Am. Baptist Pub- lication Soc., now having oversight of mission- ary work of the soc. in 9 states. Republican. Residence: 519 E. 36th St. Office: 107 S. Wa- bash Av.

KETTING, Robert, mgr. Tuttle & Bailey Mfg. Co .; born New York, Jan. 6, 1868; son William and Elizabeth (Smith) Ketting; ed. pub. schools, New York; married Marie L. Brosseau, of Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 4, 1894; 3 sons: Ogden, Robert and Howard. Began as mechanic in New York shops of Tuttle & Bailey Mfg. Co., 1881, with which company has since been identified, becoming mgr. of the Chicago office in 1893. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Residence: 1311 Astor St. Office: 225 W. Lake St.

KETTLES, Robert P., chief, grain sampling and seed inspection dept. Chicago Board of Trade; born in Scotland, Feb. 22, 1859; son Francis Drummond and Margaret (Philips) Kettles; ed. pub. schools in Scotland; married Rachel Spence, of Dundee, Scotland, Mar. 11. 1896. Learned milling business in Scotland and followed it there until coming to U.S., Mar. 1887; grain sampler Chicago Board of Trade, 1887-9; in milling business, Plano, Ill., 1889- 91; grain sampler, 1891-1904, chief of grain sampling and seed inspection dept. since 1904. Chicago Board of Trade (of which has been a member since 1894). Republican. Presbyterian.

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Mason. Mem. St. Andrew Soc., Englewood York Univ.), 1874; married. Jane Ann Trumper, Scottish Club. Recreation: reading. Residence: 7108 Normal Boul. Office: 716 Board of Trade.

KEYES, Albert Belcham, physician; born Ashington, Co. of Essex, Eng., Aug. 16, 1862; son William and Mary (Kilworth) Keyes; ed. Kelvedon and St. John's Coll., Hurstpierpoint, Eng .; grad. Northwestern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1890; married 1891, Florence Norris Mar- tin; children: Fanshawe Martin, Hubert Ash- ingdon, Norman Belcham. Interne St. Luke's Hosp., 1890, and Cook Co. Hosp., 1891; asst. in Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1892-6; asso. in surgery, Rush Med. Coll., 1898; elected, in 1898, prof. gynecology, Chicago Policlinic, Post-Graduate School; asst. prof. gynecology and obstetrics, Rush Med. Coll .; surgeon to Cook County Hosp .; gynecologist to Presbyte- rian, Policlinic, Henrotin Memorial and Dea- coness hosps. Apptd. 1st It. U.S.A. Med. Re- serve Corps, 1911. Residence: 1005 N. State' St. Office: 122 S. Michigan Boul.

KEYES, Rollin Arthur, wholesale grocer; born Somerville, Mass., Dec. 14, 1854; son Rol- lin Webb and Abigail A. (Chandler) Keyes; ed. pub. schools and 1 year in Chicago Acad .; mar- ried Chicago, Oct. 4, 1876, Katharine D. Officer; children: Mrs. Frances Keyes Pearsons, Rollin Webb, Mrs. Katharine Keyes Slade. Began bus- iness career as clerk with E. H. Sargent & Co., retail druggists, 1871-2; in 1872 entered serv- ice of Franklin MacVeagh & Co., wholesale gro- cers, as clerk, and in 1880 was admitted to the firm which was incorporated, Mar. 1909, and he became pres .; dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic, and First State Pawners' Soc. Republican. Swedenborgian. Dir. Evanston Hosp. Assn. Clubs: Commercial, Chicago, University, Glen View. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Wa- bash Av. and Lake St.

KEYES, Thomas Bassett, physician; born Oneonta, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1874; son Melville and Elizabeth (Bassett) Keyes; M.D., Albany Med. Coll., 1895; married Elsie Holden, of Chicago; 1 daughter: Theodosia B. Chmn. organization com. First Am. Congress of Tuberculosis; vice- pres. Internat. Congress of Tuberculosis, St. Louis Expn., 1904. Mason; mem. B.P.O.E. Au- thor: The Cure of Consumption with Subcu- taneous Injections of Oil, 1907; The Renewal of Life, 1910; The Riddle of Life and Health, 1910; The Natural System of Treatment, 1910. Residence: 6711 Sheridan Rd. Office: 606 Stew- art Bldg.

KIDSTON, James, commn. grain; born Chi- cago, Feb. 28, 1853; son Alexander and Ann (Stewart) Kidston; ed. pub. schools of Chica- go; married Chicago, 1876, Frances J. Henry; children: William H., Ross H. Began business life in the employ of the grain commn. firm of J. H. Hurlbut & Co., 1875-83; then was in busi- ness for self in firm of Kidston & Cayzer for 3 years, and afterward alone for 8 years; then joined by his son, W. H. and later by another son, Ross H., in present firm of James Kidston & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: LaGrange Country, Suburban of LaGrange, La- Grange Motor. Recreation: baseball. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg.

KIEFER, Edgar S., leather merchant; born Detroit, Mich., June 3, 1863; son Dr. Herman Kiefer; grad. Heidelberg Univ., Tiffin, O., 1895; married Minnie Klapenbach, 1891. In banking business at Detroit 5 years; then in leather business at Grand Rapids; came to Chicago and organized the Dahm & Kiefer Tanning Co., of which is pres. Was mem. Grand Rapids Bd. of Edn., Bd. of Public Works. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce. Elk. Club: Germania Maennerchor. Residence: 523 Belmont Av. Of- fice: 214 W. Lake St.

KIERNAN, James George, neurologist; born New York, June 18, 1852; son Francis and Mary (Aiken) Kiernan; student Coll. City of New York, 1868-71; M.D., Univ. Med. Coll. (New

of New York, Feb. 10, 1881. Asst. phys. Ward's Island (now State Insane) Hosp., 1874-8, and as officer N.Y. Neurol. Soc. was active in re- forms brought about by that soc. in Am. psy- chiatry and neurology; asst. prof. nervous and mental diseases, Northwestern Univ., Ill., 1881-2; insp. Nat. Bd. Health, 1882; supt. Cook Co. Insane Hosp., Chicago, 1885-9, and forced investigation of co. charities, 1885, which led to the "boodle" trials and convictions of 1887; prof. forensic psychiatry, Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1890-1902; prof. mental and nervous diseases, Milwaukee Med. Coll., 1894-7; prof. neurology, Chicago Post-Grad. School, 1903-4; prof. med. jurisprudence, Dearborn Med. Coll., Chicago, 1904; prof. nervous diseases, Ill. Med. Coll., 1906-8. Expert for defense in Guiteau trial, 1881, Mooney trial, 1884, and in many other criminal and civil cases in which medico- legal issues were involved. Foreign asso. mem. French Medico-Psychologic Assn .; fellow Chi- cago Acad. Medicine; hon. pres. sect. Nervous and Mental Diseases, Pan-Am. Med. Congress, 1893; mem. Internat. Med. Congress, 1900; hon. mem. Chicago Neurol. Soc. Contbr. to med. and scientific jours. on insanity, neurology, psychi- atry. Democrat. Residence: 1644 Pratt Av. Of- fice: 31 N. State St.

KIES, William S., lawyer; born Mapleton, Minn., Dec. 2, 1877; son Christian L. and Ber- tha A. (Steeps) Kies; B.L., Univ. of Wis., 1899, LL.B., 1901; married Mabel D. Best, July 1905. Came to Chicago from Madison, Wis., Sept. 1901; with legal dept. of the Chicago City Ry. Co., 1901-3; trial atty. for City of Chicago, as ranking 1st asst. city attorney, 1903-5; gen. atty. of the C.&N.W.Ry.Co., 1905-10; gen. solic- itor Chicago & Western Ind. R.R.Co. and Belt Ry. Co. of Chicago since Mar. 1910. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Wis. Soc. of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma. Re- publican. Clubs: Exmoor, Union League, Chi- cago Athletic. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Of- fice: 45 Dearborn Station.

KILBEY, George Alfred, clergyman, gen. mgr. Chicago Christian Industrial League; born near Cheltenham, Eng., Jan. 22, 1857; son of George and Elizabeth (Webb) Kilbey; ed. Eng- land; married Belfast, Ireland, 1883, Margaret. Coatsworth; children: Catherine E. (Mrs. Earl Sanders), Alfred D., Margaret, Grace A., Flor- ence E., George, Cornelie. Entered Salvation Army Training School, London, 1880. Filled many important positions in the organization and rose to high rank; was promoted commis- sioner, 1899, and appointed to oversight of all Salvation Army work in South Africa, so serv- ing through Anglo-Boer War; commr. and dep- uty commander of all Salvation Army work from Chicago to Pacific Coast (also including Hawaii), with headquarters at Chicago, Nov. 2, 1904-1908, when resigned. In 1909, with John H. Flaherty organized and in 1910 started the Chicago Christian Industrial League, a philan- thropic institution, incorporated, associated with the Presbyterian Church of Chicago. In 1909 accepted as a minister by the Presbyte- rian Church. Mason (32º), Shriner. Residence: 139 N. 52d Av. Office: 10-14 E. 12th St.

KILNER, John Caleb, publisher; born York- shire, Eng., June 6, 1855; son William and Sa- rah (Taylor) Kilner; ed. private schools in Yorkshire and in London, Eng .; married York, Neb., Sept. 27, 1877; children: Alice (Mrs. A. B. Riddiford), Isabel (Mrs. John F. Miller), Lou- ise (Mrs. M. L. Carr), Harold, Ralph, Mercedes (Mrs. H. M. Reid), Frederic, Cedric. Was with Kilner Bros., glass bottle mfrs., London, Eng., 1869-77; farmer, York Co., Neb., 1877-82; in foundry and machine shop, 1882-9; since Nov. 1889 with and now dir., treas. and mgr. Ad- vance Publishing Co., publishers The Advance, Congregational weekly. Congregationalist. Res- idence: 2715 Warren Av. Office: 700 E. 40th St.

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KIMBALL, Charles Frederick, carriages; de- publican. Odd Fellow, Elk. Residence: 702 Sher- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

KIMBALL, Charles P., pres. C. P. Kimball & Co., carriages. Residence: 203 E. Chestnut St. Office: 1102 Michigan Av.

KIMBALL, Curtis Nathaniel, pres. W. W. Kimball Co., mfrs. of pianos, pipe organs, etc .; born Wayne Tp., Mitchell Co., Ia., Jan. 4, 1862; son David W. and Sarah (Moore) Kimball; ed. country and private schools, finishing at 18; took business course in Chicago; married Chic- opee Falls, Mass., Nov. 1894, Fannie C. B. Had- ley; children: William Wallace, David Wheeler. Prior to 1879 engaged on his father's farm in Ia .; since 1879 with W. W. Kimball Co., be- coming treas. 1893, later vice-pres., and since 1905 pres. of the co. Protestant. Clubs: Chi- cago, Exmoor Country, Highland Park. Resi- dence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 302 S. Wa- bash Av.

KIMBALL, Edward Devalson, iron merchant; born Hennepin, Ill., June 2, 1849; son Luke S. and Nancy S. (Roberts) Kimball; ed Naper- ville (Ill.) and Warrenville (Ill.) acads. and district schools; married Chicago, June 26, 1889, Ida M., daughter O. S. Hough. Salesman with Seneca D. Kimbark, 1872-85; in 1885 organized firm of E. D. Kimball & Co., incorporated, 1889, of which has been pres. since 1893. The co. are extensive jobbers of iron and heavy hardware and dealers in horseshoers' and blacksmiths' supplies and carriage and wagon wood mate- rial. Republican. Clubs: Homewood Country, Kenwood. Recreations: golf and other athletic sports. Residence: 4828 Kenwood Av. Office: 159 N. Market St.

KIMBALL, Elmer Allen, lawyer; born Green- ville, N.H., Jan. 18, 1862; son Marshall and Louisa J. (Allen) Kimball; ed. Appleton Acad., New Ipswich, N.H .; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., 1885 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; married Ella H. Howard, of Chicago, Feb. 11, 1898; 1 son: Allen H. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1888. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Mason, Odd Fellow. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Ra- venswood. Recreations: motoring, golf, bowl- ing. Residence: 4443 N. Lincoln St. Office: 1301 Unity Bldg.

KIMBALL, Eugene S., capitalist; born Chi- cago; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Lake Forest Acad. and at Waltham, Mass. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Midlothian. Residence: 4523 Greenwood Av. Office: 9 S. LaSalle St.

KIMBALL, George F., glass dealer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

KIMBELL, Spencer Smalley, pressed brick mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

KINDELBERGER, Charles, mgr. western branch Chocolat-Menier; born Alsace (then in France), Mar. 15, 1861; son Charles and Wil- helmina (Ern) Kindelberger; ed. schools of Al- sace and by private tutor; married Switzer- land, Aug. 2, 1883, Anna Elizabeth Hintze; mar- ried 2d, Elgin, Ill., Apr. 22, 1897, Mary Louise Batterman; children: Charles Henry Hintze, Anna Elizabeth, Pauline Charlotte, Waldemar Eugene Julius, Esther Laura, Charlotte Lcah. After completing studies became bookkeeper in Alsace, and later mgr. of a salt factory in Lor- raine to 1892; came to U.S., 1892, and became bookkeeper and cashier for Chocolat-Menier, and mgr. western branch, Dec. 15, 1897. Repub- lican. Residence: 871 King Pl. Office: 143 N. Wabash Av.

KING, Arthur John, piano mfr .; born Syra- cuse, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1856; son Franklin B. and Lucretia (Copley) King; ed. pub. schs .; mar- ried Angeline Zepf, of Chicago; 2 sons: Frank, Arthur. Was engaged in business enterprises at Buffalo, N.Y., before coming to Chicago, 1898, to organize the King Piano Co., of which is pres .; the co.'s mfg. plant being located, first, at Sheboygan, Wis., but now at Buffton, Ind .; also pres. Mfrs.' Piano Co., Detroit, Mich. Re-

idan Rd. Office: 336 S. Wabash Av.

KING, Charles A., ry. official; born Palmyra, Ill., Oct. 11, 1862. Began ry. service with C.&A. R.R., 1881, with which has since been identi- fied, as check clerk, agt. and operator at Kan- sas City, Mo., 1881-5, sec. to the asst. supt. and asst. dispatcher at Slater, Mo., 1885-6, agt. at Odessa, Mo., 1886-94, at Alton, Ill., 1894-7, chief clerk gen. freight office at St. Louis, 1897-9, traveling freight agt., 1899-1901, div. freight agt. at Mexico, Mo., 1901-2, asst. gen. freight agt., 1902-5, gen. freight agt. at Chicago, 1905, and now freight traffic mgr. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 5748 South Park Av. Office: 909 Ry. Exchange.

*KING, Charles Bohan, retired merchant; see Vol. 1905.

KING, Charles Garfield, broker; born Chica- go, Feb. 1, 1873; son Charles B. and Ella (Gar- field) King; prep. edn. University School, Chi- cago; B.A., Yale Univ., 1894; married Ginevra Fuller, of Chicago, Jan. 6, 1898; 3 children. Be- gan as mem. the firm of Shanklin & King, mortgage bankers, 1894-1900; engaged in bro- kerage business since 1900, and in 1906, organ- ized the present firm of King, Farnum & Co., of which he is senior mem. Mem. New York and Chicago stock exchanges and Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Clubs: Univer- sity, Racquet (New York), Chicago, University. Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Recreation: golf. Summer Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Resi- dence: 2913 Michigan Av. Office: 128 S. LaSalle Street.

KING, Charles Homer, lawyer; born Grand Rapids, Mich., June 4, 1872; son John and An- geline (Simmons) King; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1896; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1899; married Edith Patterson, of Platts- mouth, Neb., June 27, 1900; 1 son: Richard Pat- terson. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1899, and since in practice at Chicago; senior mem. firm of King, Lamb & Gage. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Delta Upsilon and Delta Chi. Residence: 216 S. Utica St., Waukegan, Ill. Office: 1311 Hart- ford Bldg.

KING, Christopher, lawyer; born Brooklyn. N.Y., Sept. 12, 1863; son Godfrey and Kathe- rine (Kinzie) King; removed, when 12 years old, to Bradford, Ill .; ed. in pub. schools of Brooklyn, N.Y .; Northwestern Normal School at Geneseo, Ill., 1885-6; Kent Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, LL.B., 1896; married Charlotte Dutton, Sept. 15, 1906; 1 child: Ruth Viola. Taught school; admitted to bar, 1896, and since en- gaged in practice of law in Chicago; since 1902, firm of Gridley, Culver & King. Republican. Club: Marquette. Recreation: baseball. Resi- dence: 4863 Winthrop Av. Office: New York Life Bldg.

KING, Hoyt, lawyer; born Danville, Ind .. Apr. 12, 1870; son Smith and Laura (Hoyt) King: grad. high school, 1888; LL.B., Ind. Univ .. 1892: married Springfield, Il1., 1898, Maude Lemon (now deceased); 1 son: Norman Hoyt; mar- ried 2d, Union City. Pa., 1909. Ethel, daughter C. E. B. Hunter. Came to Chicago, 1892: en- tered law office of Keep & Lowden; then asst. private sec. to Maj. McClaughry, chief of po- lice, for 112 years; began practice of law in spring of 1894; mem. law firm of Prussing. Brown & King several years from 1903. Sec. Municipal Voters' League. 1896-8; sec. Citizens' Assn., 1899-1901; secretary Legislative Voters' League, 1901-3. Mgr. Real Estate of Sanitary District of Chicago: now vice-pres, and gen. mgr. Chicago Transfer & Clearing Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assu .. Ind. Soc. Clubs: City, Law. Union League. Residence: 711 Forest Av., Wil- mette. Ill. Office: 1730 Tribune Bldg.

KING, Jesse Gustavus, sec. and custodian Grand Army Hall and Memorial Assn .; born Chantauqua Co., N.Y., June 13, 1841; son Aaron

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Noyes and Sarah Pierpont (Ayers) King; ed. the treatment of 23 nearly consecutive cases of pub. schools Chautauqua Co., N.Y., Aurora, Ill., mania and melancholia. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Wis. State Med. Soc., Chicago Neurol. Soc., A.M.A. Club: Illinois. Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 7 W. Madison St. and Maple Park. Ill .; served in 52d Regt. Ill. Vol. Inf., Aug. 1861-Oct. 1864; severely wound- ed at battle of Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862; married Maple Park, Ill., Nov. 1865, Cornelia A. Van Vlack (died June 1887); children: Harry Ver- non, Hollan Richard (deceased), Howard Clay- ton. Clifford Morton. Worked on father's farm in Kane Co., Ill., until enlistment in 1861; set- tled in Chicago, Mar. 1865; engaged in insur- ance until 1877; then became connected with the Bradstreet Co., mercantile agency, of which was made asst. supt. in 1880, supt. at Chicago, 1888-1907; since 1909 in present position. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Geo. H. Thomas Post G.A.R. (past commander.) Club: Wood- lawn Park (was 2 years pres.). Recreation: reading. Residence: 6428 Minerva Av. Office: Public Library.

KING, John A., retired banker; born DeWitt Tp., Onondaga Co., N.Y., 1834; son William M. and Hannah (Hadley) King; reared on farm; married. Entered employment of grocery firm of Syracuse at 15; later served messenger to teller Mechanics' Bank of Syracuse; in busi- ness in Toledo, O., 1859-61; bookkeeper and la- ter treas. S. M. Nickerson & Co., distillers, 1861- 7; wholesale drug business, 1867-88; bought controlling interest in McAvoy Brewing Co., 1888, selling property to English syndicate, 1889; pres. Ft. Dearborn Nat. Bank, 1889-1903; trustee Chicago Sanitary Dist., 1889-91. Dem- ocrat. Clubs: Illinois, Iroquois, Union League. Residence: 431 Ashland Boul.

KING, John Blair Smith, physician; born Philadelphia, Feb. 11, 1855; son Edwin and Sa- rah C. (Smith) King; ed. Penn Quaker School, Phila., followed by 4 years at Gregory's Acad .; grad. Phila. Coll. of Pharmacy, 1875; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1883; married Chicago, Mar. 22, 1883, Arabell Surbridge; chil- dren: Jules Moyes, Vivien, Louis, Cedric, Hil- ary, Raymond, Arthur, Laurence, Merle, Mad- eline. Since 1883 actively engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago. Sec. Internat. Hahnemannian Assn .; mem. Ill. Homœ. Med. Assn., Englewood Homo. Society. Residence: Glenview. Office: Masonic Temple.

*KING, John C., broker; see Vol. 1905.

KING, John C., lawyer; grad. St. Mary's Col- lege, Cincinnati, O., 1871; taught school at Cin- cinnati 1 year, and attended lectures at Union Coll. of Law. Admitted to bar, Cincinnati, O., 1873; mem. firm of Morrow & King, 1873-8; came to Chicago, 1878; principally engaged in criminal law practice until 1895; now head of firm of John C. & W. J. King. Residence: 1511 W. Congress St. Office: 58 W. Washington St.

KING, Oscar A., neurologist; born on farm nr. Peru, Ind., Feb. 22, 1851; son Timothy Lew- is and Mary M. (Wright) King; grad. (vale- dictorian), Peru High School; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1878; mar- ried Minerva Guernsey, of Janesville, Wis., 1887. Second and 1st asst. physician Wis. State Hosp. for Insane, 1879-82; attended lectures Univ. of Vienna and clinics in Allgemeinen Krankenhausen, 1880-1; spl. studies in neurol- ogy and psychiatry under Meynert, Leiders- dorf, Weiss and Benedict. Prof. mental and nervous diseases, 1882, and later of neurology, psychiatry and clin. medicine, sec. 1894, vice- dean since 1900, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), Chicago; pathologist and consulting alienist Wis. state charitable and penal instns., 1895; prof. neurology, Post-Grad. Med. School; chief dept. of neurology West Side Free Dis- pensary; asso. mem. med. staff Cook Co. Hosp. Founded, 1883, the Oakwood Retreat, Lake Ge- neva, Wis., a private sanitarium for care of the insane, of which became pres. and chief of med. staff; founded, in 1896, Lake Geneva Sanitarium, and in 1901 the two sanitaria were united into one, of which remains dir. In 1896 applied the toxine of erysipelas effectively in

KING, Ralph Warren, grain merchant; born Three Rivers, Mich., Oct. 6, 1871; son Jasper and Helen Louise (Greene) King; moved to Berrien Co., Mich .; attended pub. and high sch. there and later West Division High School, Chicago; married Chicago, June 30, 1897, Ne- lora Sarah Borden; children: Jasper Seymour, Nelora Helen, Ralph Warren, Jr., Winifred. After leaving school was salesman in wholesale house of Marshall Field & Co. until going into grain business in 1892. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade since 1898. Republican. Mem. Washing- ton Park Congregational Church. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Residence: 5113 Michigan Av. Office: 132 Root St., cor. LaSalle St.

KING, Rockwell; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

KING, Samuel Balch, lawyer; born Ottawa, Ill., May 27, 1865; son Claude B. and Anna (Wyman) King; removed with parents to Chi- cago, 1871; ed. pub. schools of Hyde Park un- til 1878. At age of 13 went to work for a mer- cantile house and continued until 1885; began study of law, Sept. 1885 in offices of Doolittle & McKey, at same time entering Union Coll. of Law, from which grad., LL.B., 1887; admitted to bar, 1887. One of the incorporators of Kent Coll. of Law; lecturer Chicago Law School. Re- publican. Sec. Sons of the Revolution, 1905-7, vice-pres., 1907-8; mem. Ill. Soc. Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Mem. First Unitarian Church. Club: City. Residence: 5417 Washington Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

KING, Simeon Woodrow, U.S. commr .; born King's Section, Pennsville, Morgan Co., O., Aug. 18, 1843; son Hiram Rogers and Deborah (Woodrow) King; ed. T. Clarkson Taylor's Acad., Wilmington, Del., and at Union Coll. of Law, Chicago. Came to Chicago, 1854; served on Gov. Richard Yates' staff at battle of Shiloh, 1862; admitted to Ill. bar, Apr. 3, 1863; ap- pointed U.S. commr. Northern district of Ill. by Hon. Thomas Drummond, Oct. 7, 1864, under administration of Abraham Lincoln, and reap- pointed by subsequent U.S. judges, serving continuously to present time, present appoint- ment being dated Mar. 27, 1908; is also the only commr. of deeds in Chicago for all of the states and territories, besides Canada and other European govts .; also notary pub. and passport agent. Was mem. of the old board of super- visors of Cook Co. for 7 years and introduced and procured passage of resolution that estab- lished the Cook Co. Normal School; hence the "father" of that institution. Was co. atty. of Cook Co. 3 terms; has been pres. South Town Board; also South Town clerk and co. commr. Republican; speaker in city, state and nat. campaigns. Was present at the Lincoln and Douglas debate, 1858, at the Tremont House, Chicago, and was one of Lincoln's pall bearers at Chicago, Apr. 1865. In 1896, during McKin- ley election period, stumped the state of Mich. with Theodore Roosevelt, speaking in all prin- cipal cities of the state and in other states; was the youngest man ever apntd. to office as judge of U.S. Commrs. Court, Oct. 7, 1864, and is dean of U.S. Commrs. Court in Chicago. Methodist. Residence: Garden City Hotel. Of- fice: Monadnock Blk.

KING, Thomas C., cashier Northern Trust Co. Residence: Glencoe, Ill. Office: LaSalle and Monroe Sts.

KING, William Oliver, lumber merchant; born Hartford, Ky., Feb. 25, 1855; son William C. and Nancy S. (Haynes) King; ed. pub. schs. of Hartford, Ky .; married Chillicothe, Mo., Sept. 15, 1886, Effie Browning; 1. son: William B. In 1873 went to Tex. and engaged in cattle business until 1878, then to the Black Hills of Dak. for a few months; again in Ky., 1879-80;

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then went to Evansville, Ind., and engaged in Recreations: tennis and fishing. Residence: lumber mfg. until 1882; came to Chicago; now Quadrangle Club. in wholesale hardwood lumber business (W. O. King & Co.). Mem. Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange, Nat. Hardwood Lumber Assn. and Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country. Residence: 2305 Calumet Av. Office: 2452 Loomis St.

KINGSLEY, Sherman Colver, general supt. United Charities of Chicago; born Waverly, Ia., May 27, 1866; son Calvin and Mary (Williams) Kingsley; grad. high school, Waverly, Ia., Knox Coll., 1892; post-grad. work Harvard Univ., 1893-4; married Detroit, Mich., Aug. 1895, Bes- sie L. Cook; 2 daughters: Elizabeth and Fran- ces Josephine. Asst. sec., Brooklyn (N.Y.) Bu- reau of Charities, Sept. 1894-Feb. 1895; agent Boston Children's Aid Soc., Feb. 1895-Aug. 1900; gen. sec. Boston Children's Friend Soc., 1900-4; supt. Chicago Relief and Aid Society, Apr. 1904-Apr. 16, 1909; upon consolidation of the Relief and Aid Soc. and the Bureau of Charities he became gen. supt. of United Char- ities of Chicago. Congregationalist. Clubs: City, Evanston Golf, Social Service. Recreation : golf. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 167 N. La Salle St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 116

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