The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 123

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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LAW, Robert Henry, real estate; born Chi- cago; ed. in Chicago pub. and high schools. In the coal business for many years; in real es- tate business since 1899; pres. Arkansas Land Co., The "Lakota"; dir. Kansas City, Mexico &

Orient Ry. Co. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange; asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Club: Press. Residence: Lakota Hotel. Office: Mar- quette Bldg.

LAW, Robert Oswald, printer and book mfr .; born Ottawa, Can., May 18, 1861; son William H. and Susan Goodall Law; ed. pub. schools of Canada; married Oshawa, Can., 1884, Ellen J. Mackie; children: Hazel Louise (Mrs. John B. Nellegar, Jr.), Oswald J., Charles E. and Rob- ert M. Came to Chicago, 1889; was for 10 years treas. W. B. Conkey Co .; in 1900 established the Robert O. Law Co., printers and binders, of which is pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Republican. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Home- wood Country, Ben Franklin. Recreation: golf. Residence: Flossmoor, Ill. Office: 633 Plymouth Court.

LAWRANCE, Marion, secretary; born Win- chester, O., Oct. 2, 1850; son Elonson and Amanda Melvina (Irvin) Lawrance; moved with parents, 1854, to Yellow Springs, O .; ed. Antioch Coll .; married Flora Gaines (niece of Gen. J. Warren Keifer), Oct. 15, 1874. Book- keeper at Syracuse, N.Y., 1871-3; in retail shoe business, Toledo, O., 1873-7; traveling sales- man, 1877-83; in fire ins. business, 1883-9; sec. Ohio State S.S. Assn., 1889-99; gen. sec. Inter- nat. S.S. Assn. since 1899. Author: How to Con- duct a Sunday School, 1905. Address: Hart- ford Bldg.

LAWRENCE, Andrew Middleton, newspaper publisher; born San Francisco, Dec. 4, 1864; son Clarence P. and Mary (Golding) Lawrence; ed. Urban Acad., San Francisco; married Min- nie M. Young, of San Francisco, Oct. 30, 1884. Began newspaper career as reporter, 1884, then city editor, Washington corr. and mng. editor San Francisco Examiner, with which was con- nected 14 yrs .; came to Chicago as mng. editor Hearst's Chicago American, of which was made publisher, 1903; then pres. and publisher Chi- cago Examiner, in which position continues. Democrat. Mem. Cal. Legislature, 1887-8; del .- at-large from Ill., Dem. Nat. Conv., 1904. Epis- copalian. Residence: 1447 Dearborn Av. Office: 10 S. Franklin St.

LAWRENCE, Dwight, lawyer; born Chicago, Jan. 6, 1874; son Edward F. and Mary (Ballen- tine) Lawrence; ed. pub. and private schools; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1895; married Mervyn, daughter late Frederick S. Winston, of Chicago, June 3, 1901; 2 children: Janet and Winston. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; mem. law firm of Lee & Lawrence, 1895-1901, of Lawrence & Folsom since 1901. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Chicago University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Residence: 1307 Ritchie Pl. Office: 952 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

LAWRENCE, William Elmer, transportation official; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

LAWSON, Victor Fremont, editor and pub- lisher Chicago Daily News; born Chicago. Sept. 9, 1850; son Iver and Melind H. Lawson: ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; married Jessie S. Bradley, of Chicago, Feb. 5, 1880. Took charge of an interest of his father's estate in a printing establishment; bought Chicago Daily News, July 1876, and with his later partner. Melville E. Stone, developed it to success: started morning edition, 1881; bought out Mr. Stone, 1888, and became sole propr. Retained the name Daily News for the evening paper and changed morning issue to the Chicago Rec- ord; latter was merged with the Times-Herald. and 1901, into the Record-Herald. Has been pres. the Associated Press: established Daily News Fresh Air Fund, which maintains the Lincoln Park Sanitarium for sick poor chil- aren, and has been active in other philanthropic work. Residence: 1500 Lake Shore Drive. Of- fice: The Daily News.

LAWSON, William C., lawyer: born Hamil- ton, Ont .. Can., 1860; son Joseph and Charlotte (Davison) Lawson; ed. in Canada: came to Chi-

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cago, 1880; LL.B., Chicago Law School, 1890; married Mary T. Lewis, of Chicago, June 18, 1890; 1 son: William C., Jr. (died Aug. 1897.) Asst. sheriff of Cook Co., 1898-1902; elected clerk of the Criminal Court, 1902, for term ex- piring 1906; Republican. Engaged in law prac- tice since 1906. Presbyterian. Club: Union League. Residence: 5326 Cornell Av. Office: 115 S. Dearborn St.

LAWTON, Lyndon Charles, merchant; born South Egremont, Mass., Mar. 3, 1854; son Charles S. and Roby (Adams) Lawton; ed. pub. schools of Pittsfield, Mass., until 16 years old; married Chicago, Jan. 14, 1879, Alice M. Swan; children: James Swan, Lucile R. (Mrs. James A. Crawford), Marguerite (Mrs. George N. Crawford, Jr.). Came to Chicago, 1875, and was in employ of Goodyear Rubber Co. 6 years; or- ganized, with others, in 1881, the Chicago Rub- ber Clothing Co .; sold out in 1886 and went into the Duck Brand Co. (Lawton & Hall, pro- prietors), rubber clothing; severed connection with Duck Brand Co., Feb. 1910, and became pres. and mgr. of Chicago Rubber Co., the larg- est distributing store of the U.S. Rubber Co. Republican. Universalist. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country. Recreation: horseback riding. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: 218 W. Madison St.

LAY, A(lbert) Tracy, capitalist; born Ba- tavia, N.Y., June 18, 1825; son George W. and Olive (Foote) Lay; ed. pub. schools of Batavia and Geneseo, N.Y .; married Batavia, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1855, Catherine Smith; children: Olive (Mrs. C. A. H. McCauley), Katherine (Mrs. R. F. Clinch). Came to Chicago from Batavia, N.Y., in 1849, and was actively engaged in the lum- ber business until 1888 in the firm of Hannah, Lay & Co. (established 1850); now pres. Han- nah & Lay Co .; pres. Chamber of Commerce Safety Vaults Co .; vice-pres. Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., and of Traverse City (Mich.) State Bank. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Historical Soc. Clubs: Union League, Church, Builders'. Recreations: outdoor diver- sions; fond of cultivation of flowers. Summer Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

LAY, Robert Dwight, life insurance; born Chicago, Sept. 30, 1875; son Charles C. and Fanny M. (Cossitt) Lay; grad. Mich. Mil. Acad., 1894; married Norene B. Sonsley, of Til- ton, Ky., Nov. 4, 1899. Began as office boy for Knickerbocker Ice Co., 1894, resigning as asst. credit man, Nov. 1898, to become mgr. of E. A. Shedd & Co .; has been identified with the Nat. Life Ins. Co. of the U.S. of A., since Dec. 1902, as asst. to the treas. to 1906, sec. and dir. since 1906, and also treas. since 1909; also vice-pres. North Am. Cold Storage Co .; sec. Nat. Life Bldg. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Mid-Day. Residence: 4037 Sheridan Rd. Office: National Life Bldg.

LAYFIELD, Elwood N., civil engineer; born Wilmington, Del., Oct. 27, 1871; son of John T. and Martha (West) Layfield; ed. pub. schools and Delaware Coll .; married Mabel Baker, of Portland, Ore., June 25, 1907. Began railway service with Pa. R. R. in maintenance and con- struction work from Phila. to Washington, 1892-9; asst. engr., 1899-1900, principal asst. engr., 1900-5, chief engr. since 1905, Chicago Terminal Transfer R. R. Co .; since May 1, 1910, division engr., Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Ter- minal R. R., successor to the Chicago Terminal Transfer R. R. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Engineers'. Recreation: ama- teur photography. Residence: 7111 Normal Av. Office: 353 B. & O. Station.

LEACH, Ferry W., mem. A. B. Leach & Co., bonds. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day,

Bankers', Oak Park. Residence: 237 S. Oak Park Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St.

LEACH, Thomas Albert, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Mar. 17, 1870; son of James T. and Cath- erine (Quigley) Leach; A.M., St. Viateur's Coll., Bourbonnais Grove, Kankakee Co., Ill., 1886; post-grad. course, St. Mary's (Kan.) Coll., 1887; married Minnie E. Rehkopf, of Chicago, Dec. 17, 1890; 1 son: James Thomas. Accountant, Chi- cago Gas Light & Coke Co., 1888-93; foreign exchange teller Hibernian Bank, 1893-4; receiv- ing teller Ill. Trust & Savings Bank, 1895; gen. accountant Prairie State Nat. Bank, 1896; asst. supt. constrn. for West Chicago Street R.R. Co., 1897; gen. mgr. legal dept. same company, 1898-9; credit manager John M. Smyth Co., 1900-3; admitted to bar, 1903; gen. counsel John M. Smyth Co. since 1903, and atty. for John M. Smyth Estate. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Lawyers' Assn. of Chicago. Republican. Mem. Knights of Colum- bus, Catholic Order of Foresters. Recreations: all outdoor sports. Residence: 4834 Washing- ton Boul. Office: 903 Schiller Bldg.

LEAHY, William J., ry. official; born Elmira, N.Y., July 25, 1867; ed. pub. schools and St. Joseph's Coll., Buffalo, N.Y. Began ry. service as clerk in auditor's office, Buffalo, N. Y. & Phila. R. R., Buffalo, 1883-4; clerk in pass. dept., 1884-5, ticket agent at Niagara Falls, Syracuse and Jay St. Sta., New York, 1885-7, West Shore R. R .; traveling pass. agent in N.Y. State, 1887-91, pass. agent middle dist., at Phila., 1891-9, gen. eastern pass. agent at New York, 1899-1901, C.,R.I.&P.Ry .; asst. gen. pass. agent at St. Louis, 1901-5; then successively 1st asst. gen. pass. agent at Chicago, C.,R.I.& P.Ry., and St. Louis, Kansas City & Colo. R.R .; now gen. pass. agent C.,R.I.&P.Ry. at Chicago. Residence: 1720 LaSalle Av. Office: 733 LaSalle St. Station.

LEAKE, Joseph Bloomfield, lawyer, soldier; born Deerfield, N.J., Apr. 1, 1828; son Lewis and Lydia Leake; removed with parents to Cincin- nati, Nov. 1836; A.B., Miami Univ., 1846, A.M., 1849; married Boston, Nov. 28, 1865, Mary P. Hill. Admitted to bar, Jan. 16, 1850; practiced in Cincinnati, O., until removed to Davenport, Ia., Nov. 1856; mem. Iowa House of Represen- tatives, 1861-2; elected state senator, 1862, but resigned after first session to become capt. 20th Ia. Vols .; lieut .- col., 1862-5; brevet col. and brig .- gen., U.S.V., 1865; elected state sen- ator, 1866, but again resigned; county atty. Scott Co., Ia., 1866-71; pres. board of edn., Dav- enport, 1868-71; removed to Chicago, Nov. 1871; U.S. atty. northern district of Ill., 1879-84; atty. board of edn., Chicago, 1887-91; since then in private practice. Pres. board of trustees New England Congregational Church. Mem. U. S. Grant Post No. 28 G.A.R., Ill. Commandery Mil. Order of the Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary, Marquette, Church, Congregational. Residence: 864 Cass St. Office: Reaper Blk.

LEAMING, Jeremiah, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

LEARNED, Edwin Julius, treas. Reid, Mur- doch & Co .; born Chicago, Feb. 8, 1858; son Samuel Julius and Ann Elisabeth (Lowry) Learned; studied at Lake Forest Acad. and Amherst Coll., class 1880. With Farwell Re- duction Works, Georgetown, Colo., 1880-2; en- tered the employ of Reid, Murdoch & Fischer as asst. cashier, 1883; became cashier, 1884, re- taining that position until 1891, when the com- pany of Reid, Murdoch & Co. was incorporated and he became treas. of the corporation. Pres- byterian. Republican. Mem. Chi Psi. Clubs: Onwentsia, Chicago Automobile, Chicago Ath- letic. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Lake and Mar- ket Sts.

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LEARNED, Frank Edward, ry. official; born 1902-3, Prentiss & Le Bosky, 1903-4; since then Boston, Mass., Apr. 28, 1856; son Levi L. and alone. Represented Referendum League before Catherine (Heath) Learned; ed. pub. schools; widower. Began railway service in traffic dept. of C.,B.&.Q.R.R., 1882-3; Revenue Pools of Chi- cago, 1883-6; with the Wabash Ry. Co., 1886-8; with E.,J.&E.Ry.Co. since 1888, becoming traffic manager in 1902. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Automobile, Traffic. Recreations: agriculture and horses. Residence: 4526 Perry St. Office: 1422, 72 W. Adams St. election commissioners in attack of Union Traction Co. on municipal ownership petition; represented Chicago Federation of Labor and Internat. Brotherhood of Teamsters in federal courts during teamsters' strike of 1905; and represented acquitted defendants Shea et. al. in conspiracy cases (lasting 6 months) in crim- inal courts of Cook county; acted as arbitrator in disputes between different local divisions of Amalgamated Assn. of St. and Elevated Ry. Employes of America and several companies employing them. Democrat. Residence: 4600 Vincennes Av. Office: Unity Bldg.

LEAVITT, Herbert B., lumber; born on farm in Boone Co., Ill., June 26, 1868; son Oscar and Delilah (Newton) Leavitt; ed. public schools of Boone Co., Ill., and at Cheboygan, Mich., where removed, when 11 years old, with parents, re- maining 5 years; then came to Chicago, and studied a year in Souder's Business Coll .; mar- ried Winsted, Conn., 1893, Louise C. Cooke; children: Helen L., Herbert B. At age of 17 secured position as office boy with Crandall, Schultz & Co., wholesale dealers in pine lum- ber, in Chicago; soon promoted to clerk and from that to more responsible positions; be- came partner, May 1894, with J. N. Crandall in firm of Crandall & Leavitt, hardwoods and yel- low pine, who in 1898 bought extensive tracts of yellow pine timber in Bradley Co., Ark., and erected at Warren, Ark., a sawmill of 60,000 feet daily capacity; Mr. Crandall sold his in- terest in Jan. 1899 to Messrs. Rittenhouse and Embree, and the business was incorporated as the Arkansas Lumber Co., of which was treas. and gen. mgr .; resigned, came to Chicago in Sept. 1903, and became pres. and gen. mgr. of the Wisconsin Oak Lumber Co .; succeeded in 1905 by Leavitt Lumber Co., of which is pres .; also pres. Leavitt Land & Lumber Co. of Chi- cago and Dermott, Ark. Republican. Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 4926 Kimbark Av. Office: 2248 Laflin St.

LEAVITT, Sheldon, physician; born Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 9, 1850; son David Sheldon and Martha Ann Leavitt; pub. school edn .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1877; post- grad. work in Germany, Eng. and France; mar- ried Miss Smith, of Mich., 1871. In practice at Chicago; prof. obstetrics, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1880-98; prof. gynecology, Chicago Homœ. Med. Coll., 1898-1902. Established, 1905, and since editor of Thought; pres. Magnum Bonum Co., publishers. Pres. Nat. Optimistic League; mem. Mich. Soc. of Chicago. Author: The Sci- ence and Art of Obstetrics (text-book), 1882; Psycho-Therapy, 1903; Paths to the Heights, 1908; The Psychic Solution of the Problem of Cure, 1909. Residence: 4665 Lake Av. Office: Reliance Bldg.

LEBOLT, Myer Harry, jewelry; born Chi- cago, Sept. 4, 1868; son of Lazarus E. and Jeanette (Rubel) Lebolt; ed. Chicago pub. schools. Errand boy, later traveling salesman, H. F. Hahn & Co., wholesale jewelry, 1882-95; jewelry buyer for A. M. Rothschild & Co., 1895-9; in July, 1899, established jewelry busi- ness of Lebolt & Co., of which is pres. Inde- pendent in politics. Jewish religion. Mason (32°), Shriner. Clubs: Standard, Press, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Automobile, Ravisloe Coun- try, Lake Shore Country; also Lambs, Criterion (New York). Recreations: motoring, golf and traveling. Residence: 4537 Grand Boul. Office: 41 S. State St.

LEDBETTER, Elmer Ellsworth, lawyer; born Moultrie Co., Ill., Apr. 13, 1881; son William Harrison and Ada Douglas (Carter) Ledbetter; ed. high school, Moultrie Co .; LL.B., Lake For- est Univ., 1904; married Claudia M. Lehman, of Sullivan, Ill., Mar. 26, 1907. Admitted to bar, 1904, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm of Ledbetter, Carpenter & Exter; sec. and treas. Willis Shaw Machinery Co .; treas. McLeod- Ledbetter-Abbott Co .; dir. H. O. Conklin Equip- ment Co. Congregationalist; chmn. bd. of trustees, 6th Congregational Church, Oak Park; supt. of Sunday School. Recreation: study of foreign languages. Residence: 607 N. Cuyler Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 219 S. Dearborn St.

LEDERER, Charles, cartoonist; born Lowell, Mass., Dec. 31, 1856; son John and Bettina Led- erer; self ed .; married Bertha Adele Mitchell, of Chihuahua, Colo., Sept. 29, 1907. Cartoonist and illustrator since 1875 for Frank Leslie's, Harper's, New York World, New York Herald, Chicago Herald and Record-Herald, Chronicle. Writer and illustrator of juvenile books. Clubs: Press, Publishers (hon.). Residence: 5326 Cal- umet Av.

LEDERER, Charles, lawyer; born Chicago, Apr. 22, 1877; son Sigmund and Resie (Klaus- ner) Lederer; grad. Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B., 1898; Northwestern Univ., LL.B., 1901; was mem. of Northwestern Univ. debating team versus Michigan Univ. at Ann Arbor, Mich., in Mar. 1902. Admitted to bar in May 1901. Elected to Ill. Legislature, 1908; Republican. Club: Idlewild Country. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

LE DUC, Alphonse, grain broker; born Mon- treal, P. Q., Can., Mar. 11, 1845; son Louis and Euphrosine S. (de Montreuil) LeDuc; ed. Coll. St. Marie, Montreal, and in Toronto colls .; mar- ried Alma Peniston, of New Orleans, Dec. 18, 1876; 2 children: Alma and Yvonne. Began business at Milwaukee in 1862, where remained, excepting interval during Civil War, until 1869, went to New Orleans and in commission house until 1895, later becoming trader in grain and provisions between Chicago and Europe. Served as vol. a .- d .- c. on staff of Maj .- Gen. N. P. Banks during the last year of Civil War. Special commr. to the New Orleans Expn., 1884: alternate national commr. from La. to World's Columbian Exposition; U. S. commr. to World's Expn., Antwerp, 1894; represented the King- dom of Siam at Paris Expn .. 1900. Commander of the Order of Christ, of Portugal; Chevalier du Mérite Agricole, of France; Knight of the Crown of Siam. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Independent Democrat. Residence: 4017 Lake Av. Office: 67 Board of Trade.

LE BOSKY, Jacob C., lawyer; born Chicago, Oct. 26, 1879; son Harris B. and Mary (Alexan- LEE, Blewett, lawyer; born nr. Columbus, Miss., Mar. 1, 1867; son Lt .- Gen. Stephen Dill (C.S.A.) and Regina Lily (Harrison) Lee: B.S. Agrl. and Mech. Coll. of Miss., 18$3; Univ. of Va., 1883-5; A.M. and LL.B., Harvard, 18S8; studied at univs. of Leipzig and Freiburg. 1888-9; married Frances, daughter John Jacob Glessner, Feb. 9. 1898: 3 children: John Gless- ner, Frances and Martha. Pvt. sec. to Justice Horace Gray of Supremo Ct. of U.S .. 1890: der) Le Bosky; grad. Burr (grammar) School, 1893; studied Y.M.C.A. evening school, 1894- 1895; Lewis Inst., 1896-9: law school, Univ. of Michigan (summer), 1899; Lake Forest Univ. (Chicago) College of Law. LL.B., 1900. Em- ployed in office of Collins, Goodrich, Darrow & Vincent, 1893; mgr. law printing dept. A. B. Case Printing & Publishing Co., 1897-9; with Altgeld, Darrow & Thompson, lawyers, 1901-2; inem. law firm Darrow, Thompson & Cross, practiced law, Atlanta, Ga., 1890-3, Chicago,

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1893-1902; prof. law, Northwestern Univ., 1893- 1901, Univ. of Chicago, 1902-3; gen. atty., 1902-9, gen. solicitor since 1909, 1.C.R.R.Co. Mem. Ain., Ill. State, and Chicago Bar assis. Clubs: Chicago, University, South Shore Coun- try, Law. Democrat. Unitarian. Contbr. to legal periodicals. Residence: 5557 Washington Av. Office: Central Station.

LEE, Edward Hervey, ry. official; born Day- ton, O., Jan. 29, 1863; son John Newton and Julia (Sheldon) Lee; ed. Ohio Univ., 1876-8, and Univ. of Wooster (O.), 1884-5. Since 1880, rod- nian, asst. engineer, etc., with various railroad companies, including the "Nickel Plate," Wis. Central and U. P .; office engr. and chief engr. E.,J.&E. Ry., 1887-93; in private practice, 1893-7, as engineer and supt., and also in charge of field work for Sanitary District of Chicago. In 1898, principal asst. engineer on joint track elevation and depression at 16th St., Chicago; chief engr. C.&W.I.R.R. and Belt Ry. of Chi- cago, 1898-1911. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs., Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Ry. Engring. and Mainte- nance of Way Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Engineers'. Residence: 1251 Wilson Av.

*LEE, James Longbotham, printers' machin- ery; see Vol. 1905.

LEE, John Henry Sheldon, lawyer; born To- peka, Kan., 1873; son of J. N. and Julia (Shel- don) Lee; B. A., Lake Forest Coll., 1895; B. A., Harvard Univ., 1896; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1898; married Jessie Has- kell Condict, of Evanston, Ill., Oct. 6, 1903. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1898; asst. state's atty. of Cook Co., with Charles S. Deneen, 1899-1902; mem. law firm of Musgrave & Lee since 1902. Asst. prof. law, Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1902-1908. Republican. Clubs: Univer- sity, Hamilton, Glen View. Residence: 411 Grove St., Evanston, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

LEE, Lester Edwin, lawyer; born Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 10, 1872; son Alfred P. and Mary Margaret (Sheets) Lee; ed. pub. schools and 3 years in high school at Indianapolis, Ind., to 1891; came to Chicago; grad. Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Mar. 1892; grad. Northwestern Univ. Law School, June, 1896; married Chicago, May 1, 1902, Alice Lewis Car- ter; 1 child: Helen Carter. Admitted to bar, June 11, 1896; mem. law firm of Phelps & Cle- land, 1896-1900, Ward & Lee, 1906-9; practicing alone since. Republican. Methodist. Has done much civic reform work with different move- ments. Member Royal Arcanum. Club: Frater- nity. Residence: 1736 W. 100th St. Office: Reaper Blk.

LEE, William H., publisher (Laird & Lee). Office: 1732 Michigan Av.

LEEDS, Joseph Smith, mgr. Santa Fe Re- frigerator Despatch; b. Clermont Co., O., Feb. 18, 1844; son Aaron and Mary (Smith) Leeds; ed. public schools of Ohio; served in 79th Ohio Vol. Inf. in Army of Georgia and with Sher- man in march to the sea; married Ohio, 1867, Sarah Halsted; children, 4 living, Mary B., Hosmer W., Emma, Elizabeth; and 2 now de- ceased, Josephine A., Alanson H. Began ry. service, Feb. 1866, as telegraph operator Mari- etta & Cincinnati R.R., Cincinnati until 1868; operator and clerk C.,B.&Q.R.R. at Buda and Altoona, Ill., 1868-9; station agent Lewiston, Ill., 1869-70, chief clerk and cashier Keokuk, Ia., 1870-8, chief clerk general freight office, 1879-81, asst. general freight agent, 1881-4, general freight agent, 1884-8, A.,T.&S.F.R.R .; chairman Transcontinental Assn., St. Louis, 1888-9; freight traffic mgr. Mo. P. Ry., 1889-91; traffic mgr. Traffic Assn. of Cal., San Fran- cisco, 1891-5; traffic mgr. Business Men's League, St. Louis, 1895-7; mgr. Santa Fe Re- frigerator Despatch since Apr. 1903. Residence: 4406 Greenwood Av. Office: Railway Exchange.

LEEMING, Charles Whitaker, real estate; born Brantford, Can., Oct. 17, 1863; son Henry B. and Janet ( Whitaker) Leeming; ed. Toronto Univ. and Northwestern Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1891; married Chicago, 1891, Grace E. Pard- ridge; children: Dorothy, Florence, Grace Jean- nette, Mary, Robert Pardridge. Came to Chica- go, 1879; was in grain commn. business on the Board of Trade for 10 years, but retired in 1900 and since in the real estate and renting business. Republican. Residence: Brantford, Can. Office: 9 S. LaSalle St.

LEEMING, John, surgeon; born Brantford, Can., Mar. 17, 1859; son Henry B. and Janet (Whitaker) Leeming; grad. Collegiate Inst., Brantford, Ont., 1879; grad. med. dept. of Univ. of Toronto, 1886; Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons, Ont., 1887; Royal Coll. of Physicians of London, Eng., 1887; married Margaret Sibley, of Chicago, July 16, 1890; children: John, Jr., Francis C., Eleanor W., Tom, James W. and Mason Starring. Since 1887 in med. practice in Chicago; has been connected with Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School 8 years, as mem. of the faculty and prof. of materia medica; has been since connected as attending surgeon with sev- eral hosps .; attending physician Chicago Prov- ident 'Hosp., several years; attending surgeon Lakeside Hosp. and Chicago Hosp., and now attending surgeon Chicago Baptist Hosp. and Cook Co. Hosp .; practice during past 8 years has been chiefly in surgery. Mem. A.M.A., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Ill. State Med. Soc. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Colonial, South Shore Coun- try. Office and Residence: 3541 Indiana Av.

LEFENS, Thies Jacob, real estate owner; born Hamburg, Germany, Mar. 4, 1846; son Jacob and Meta (Stremmann) Lefens; educated schools of Germany; married Chicago, Feb. 12, 1878, Marie Seipp; 4 children. Was apprenticed in Germany to merchant in produce business, 1861-5; came to Chicago in 1865, and was en- gaged in the produce commn. business, 1865- 78; became sec. and treas. Seipp Brewing Co., 1878-92, when the business was sold to Chicago Consolidated Brewing & Malting Co .; since in real estate business; dir. South Side Elevated Ry. Co., Merchants Loan & Trust Co. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Tolleston, Germania Maennerchor. Republican. Residence: 2626 Michigan Av. Office: Teutonic Bldg.

LEFFINGWELL, Frank Pierce, lawyer; born Clinton Co., Ia., Mar. 25, 1853; son William E. and Celinda W. (Walrod) Leffingwell; ed. Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind .; married Clinton Co., Ia., May 1878, Annie Wadleigh; 2 children: Mrs. Clyde B. Peck and Charles W. Admitted to bar, 1876; practiced at Clinton, Ia., until 1880, since at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Club: Union League. Resi- dence: 5006 Jefferson Av. Office: 112 W. Adams Street.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 123

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