The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 124

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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LE FURGY, Ludlow R., broker and importer in groceries, California products and foreign oils, spices, etc .; born New York, Sept. 19, 1856; son William and Mary J. LeFurgy; ed. pub. schools of New York City; married Detroit, Mich., Sept. 25, 1902, Mrs. Elizabeth L. Knight. Began business in wholesale dry goods house of A. T. Stewart & Co., New York, for 3 years; spent several years "roughing it" in Cal .; has been engaged in present line since Nov. 15, 1883; vice-pres. and treas. W. S. Knight & Co. for a number of years until Jan. 1, 1907, since pres. and treas. Republican. Recreation: lit- erature. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 231 N. Wabash Av.

LEGG, Chester Arthur, lawyer; born St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 16, 1880; son Augustus Mat- thew and Lizzie Lou (Charles) Legg: grad. Lake Forest (Ill. ) Acad., 1900: A.B., Harvard Univ., 1904, LL.B., 1907; married Anna Dick- son, of Cambridge, Mass .. June 10, 1908. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1907, and began practice at

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Chicago; asst. U.S. atty., 1908-10; counsel of exec. coms., Chicago Board of Trade, since Mar. 1, 1910. Republican. Mason. Mem. Phi Delta Theta. Pres. Lincoln League of Ill., 1911. Clubs: Marquette (pres., 1909), Birchwood Country. Recreations: reading, outdoor uiversions. Res- idence: 1328 Bryn Mawr Av. Office: 63 Board of Trade.

LEGLER, Henry Eduard, librarian; born Pa- lermo, Italy, June 22, 1861; son Henry and Raf- faela (Messina) Legler; ed. in Switzerland and U.S .; married Nettie M. Clarke, of Beloit, Wis., Sept. 4, 1890. Mem. Wis. Assembly, 1889; sec. Milwaukee school board, 1890-1904; sec. Wis. Library Commn., July 15, 1904-Oct. 9, 1909; li- brarian Chicago Pub. Library since Oct. 11, 1909. Councilor Bibliog. Soc. of America; cura- tor Wis. Hist. Soc .; chmn. publishing bd. and mem. exec. bd. and exec. council A.L.A .; mem. Am. Library Inst., Am. Hist. Assn., Parkman Club. Author: Chevalier Henry de Tonty, 1896; A Moses of the Mormons, 1897; Leading Events of Wisconsin History, 1897; James Gates Per- cival, 1901; Early Wisconsin Imprints, 1903; The Genesis of Poe's Raven, 1907; also various hist. pamphlets. Address: Public Library.

LEGNER, William G., brewer; born Neustadt, W. Prussia, Germany, Aug. 15, 1858; son Will- iam G. and Flora (Noetzel) Legner; ed. Gym- nasium, Neustadt, Germany, and at business coll., Troy, N.Y .; married Chicago, Sept. 1, 1882, Dora Leusch; children: Harriet O., Ellen H., Roger H. Engaged in father's cigar-box factory, Troy, N.Y., 1876-9; in advertising dept. Chicago Freie Presse and Staats Zeitung, and business mgr. Chicago Democrat, 1879-86; dep- uty collector of internal revenue, 1886-9; since July 1, 1889, with the W. Side Brewing Co., be- ginning as shipping clerk; now vice-pres. and treas. Democrat; presidential elector, 1892; trustee Sanitary District of Chicago, 1900-5. Lutheran. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Central Turn Verein, Teutonia Maennerchor. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Germania, Iroquois. Residence: 1530 N. Hoyne Av. Office: 916 N. Paulina St.

LE GROS, Emil Albert, vice-pres. The Frank- lin Co .; born Chicago, Apr. 10, 1874; son Eman Alois and Josephine (Uher) LeGros; ed. pub. grammar and high schools, private instruction, Chicago Musical Coll., Am. Conservatory of Music and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; unmarried. Began business career, Sept. 29, 1889, in employ of A. Zeese & Co., en- gravers and electrotypers, and has since been identified with it and its successors, Franklin Engraving & Electrotyping Co., and The Frank- lin Co., in various capacities, becoming sec. of the company in 1901, and vice-pres. and mgr. of the engraving and electrotyping depts. in 1908. Republican. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Wheaton Golf, Bohemia, Pal- ette and Chisel, Chicago Advertising Assn. Recreations: music and literature. Residence: 5943 W. Ohio St. Office: 530 S. Dearborn St.

LEHLE, William Louis, architect; born Ulm, Germany, Aug. 31, 1846; son George Louis Lehle; ed. Univ. of Stuttgart, Germany; came to U.S., 1867; married 1872, Josephine Watson; children: George Louis, Amelia Susan, Anna, William Louis, Jr. Since 1872 engaged in prac- tice as architect, and since 1892 has made a specialty of plans and designs for industrial plants. Mem. Architects' Business Assn. Resi- dence: 719 Waveland Av. Office: 64 W. Ran- dolph St.

LEHMAN, Louis Bernhard, wholesale gloves; born Nurnberg, South Germany, Mar. 29, 1854: son Bernhard and Salie (Zeiller) Lehman; ed. Germany; married Chicago, June 25, 1884, Della Reiss; children: Warren, Sadie. Came to U.S., 1869; clerked in retail dry goods store in Wheel- ing, W.Va., 1869-73; in retail dry goods busi- ness at Pittsfield, Mass., 1873-80; with J. & M. Lehman, New York City, as silent partner, 1880-2; then established a wholesale glove busi- ness in Chicago; mgr. glove dept. John V. Far-

well Co. since Jan. 1, 1911. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Jewish religion. Mason. Club: Standard. Residence: 3646 Grand Boul. Office: 102 S. Market St.

LEHMAN, William, pres. Gage-Downs Co .; born Schornweisach, Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 11, 1856; son H. and Louise Lehman; ed. Ger- many; married Parsons, Kan., Feb. 10, 1886, Hattie C. Bing; children: Louise C., Bruce W. Conducted a general store at Chetopa, Kan., 1877-91; pres. of the Gage-Downs Co., mfrs. waists and corsets, since May 1, 1891. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Credit Men's Assn., Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4742 Grand Boul. Office: 2700- 2706 Wabash Av.

LEHMANN, Karl Ludvig, consulting engr .; born Skjolden, Norway, May 6, 1860; son Hans and Synnove (Knudsen) Lehmann; spent child- hood at Bergen, Norway; was 5 years in Poly- technic Inst., Zürich, Switzerland, from which was grad .; was employed for a time in meas- uring degrees for the Indo-European Commn. Returned to Norway, and for a time was em- ployed as teacher of mathematics. Came to U. S., 1882; first engaged in mercantile business, translating, and teaching mechanics, but la- ter engaged as engr. and architect, at St. Paul, and from thence to Chicago, where has since been engaged as engr., designing bridges, ele- vated rys., the great arches at Tattersall's, bascule bridges for the city of Chicago, etc., covering a wide range of civil and architectural engring. work; chief designer engring. division, city engrs.' office, since 1908. Mem. St. Paul Soc. of Engrs. Residence: 3249 Evergreen Av. Office: 32 N. Clark St.

LEICHSENRING, Hermann Carl, contractor for mosaic work, etc .; born Dresden, Ger., Jan. 8, 1865; son Frederick August and J. (Gutwas- ser) Leichsenring; ed. Dresden; married Chica- go, Aug. 1, 1887, Minna Leitritz, of Dresden, Ger .; 5 children: Hermann, Johanna, Anna, Elizabeth, Gertrude. Served apprenticeship as stucco worker in Dresden; worked and studied in Vienna, Trieste, Munich, Cologne and Berlin, 1883-7; came to Chicago in Mar. 1887; organ- ized, 1890, and was supt. until 1902, and since then gen. mgr. of the Art Marble Co. Recrea- tion: farming. Residence: Montague, Mich. Of- fice: 2608 Flournoy St.

LEICHT, Edward Albert, treas. Paepcke- Leicht Lumber Co .; born Jersey City, N.J., Oct. 31, 1866; son Andrew E. and Louise (Seba) Leicht; removed with parents to Chicago in childhood; ed. Lincoln School, Bryant & Strat- ton Commercial Coll. and North Division High School, Chicago, and at Royal Gymnasium, Son- dershausen, Ger .; married Chicago, May 12, 1891, Angelina Madlener: 1 son: Albert Edward. Since 1890 in the Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co. (wholesale mfrs. and dealers in lumber, box- shooks and boxes), of which he is treas. and dir .; also treas. and dir. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co., sec. and dir. of the Marked Tree Lumber Co .; trustee of the Ill. Med. Coll., and mem. of Art Inst. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Un- ion League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Mid-Day, Germania Maennerchor. Rec- reation: travel. Residence: 2400 Lake View Av. Office: 938 W. Chicago Av.

LEIGH, Edward Baker, pres. Chicago Ry. Equipment Co .; born Townsend, Mass., Apr. 13. 1853; son Dr. Edwin and Susan ( Scollay) Leigh; moved to St. Louis, Mo., 1855: ed. City Univ .. St. Louis, 1862-7, Washington Univ., St. Louis. 1867-8; obliged to leave school on account of ill health; married Furnessville, Ind., Nov. 15, 1876, Clara N. Furness: 1 son: Edwin Furness. 2 children deceased. Clerk in Pa. R.R .. 1869-74: asst. sec. St. Louis Grain Elevator Co. and sec. East St. Louis Grain Elevator Co., 1875-82: mgr. Am. Brake Co., St. Louis, 1882-7: organ- ized the Nat. Hollow Brake Beam Co., Chicago,

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18ss, of which was vice-pres. and gen. mgr. un- til Jan. 1893, when he assisted in organizing the Chicago Ry. Equipment Co. (which suc- ceeded to the business of the Nat. Hollow Brake Beam Co.), of which was vice-pres., gen. ingr. and treas. until 1906, since then pres. and gen. mgr .; also pres. Franklin (Pa.) Steel Co. Republican. Elk. Clubs: Union League, Chica- go Athletic, Ill. Athletic, Hamilton, Press (Chi- cago), also St. Louis and Detroit clubs. Resi- dence: 3838 Calumet Av. Office: 1948 W. 46th Street.

LEININGER, George, physician; born Arch- bold, Fulton Co., O., May 2, 1856; son John and Mary (Bender) Leininger; ed. pub. schools; M.D., Univ. of Wooster, Cleveland, O., 1881; married at Bremen, Ind., 1881, Miss Mathilda Schuster; children: Leonard J. G., Otto Will- iam, Emil A. H. Began practice at Red Wing, Minn .; came to Chicago, 1886; prof. anæsthesia, Northwestern Dental Coll. several years; police surgeon, 1893-5. Now pres., treas. and dir. The Internat. Chemical Co. Democrat, and has been active in party affairs, as for several years a mem. of the Democratic Co. Central Com. and on the Executive Com. of same, and for some time pres. of the German-Am. Democracy of Cook Co. Elected collector for West Town of Chicago, 1897, and supervisor of same in 1898; prominent mem. of Cook Co. Democracy; alder- man 16th Ward, 1900-2; coroner's chief sur- geon, 1900, 1901, 1902. Residence: 1521 N. Wood St. Office: 1856 W. North Av.

LEIPOLD, William Charles Augustus, physi- cian; born Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Sept. 28, 1862; son John William L. and Anna Katherine Caroline (Dilthey) Leipold; ed. gymnasium and at private schools in Germany, Vanderwart Inst., Bavaria, Gotha Handel's School; M.D., Hering Med. Coll., Chicago, 1896; unmarried. Came to Chicago from Germany, 1883; engaged with U.P.Ry.Co .; engaged in practice as homœ- opathic physician in Chicago since 1896. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy, Chicago Homœo- pathic Soc. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Colonial. Residence: 4415 Lake Av. Of- fices: 1404, 29 E. Madison St., and 1104 E. 47th Street.

LEITER, Joseph, capitalist; born Chicago, Dec. 4, 1868; son Levi Zeigler and Mary The- resa (Carver) Leiter; A.B., Harvard, 1891; mar- ried Juliette Williams, of Washington, June 10, 1908; 1 son: Joseph, Jr. Agt. for his father, 1892-8; in autumn of 1897 bought wheat on Chi- cago Bd. of Trade to such an extent as to make him, at beginning of 1898, the largest individ- ual holder of wheat in the history of the grain trade; dir. Commonwealth Edison Co., South Side Elevated Ry. Co., Spaulding Co., etc .; pres. Zeigler Coal Co., Chicago, Zeigler & Gulf Ry. Co. Residence: 920 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 21 E. VanBuren St.

LELAND, Charles Warren, real estate; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1896. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, University, Onwentsia. Residence: 56 E. Division St. Office: 308 The Temple.

LELAND, Edward F., grain commn .; born Boston, Mass., May 16, 1862; son G. A. and Anne (Fairfield) Leland; came to Chicago with parents, 1866; ed. Chicago pub. schools. En- tered business life as employe of A. T. Stew- art & Co .; later with Libby, McNeill & Libby; then with Parker, Martin & Co., W. W. Catlin & Co., and finally with Rumsey, Lightner & Co., in which he was a partner until 1892, when, with J. L. Ward, organized the firm of Ward & Leland, dissolved 1896; continued alone until Jan. 1, 1898, when, with John Herbert Ware, formed present firm of Ware & Leland. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Chi- cago Athletic, Glen View. Residence: 4019 Lake Av. Office: Royal Ins. Bldg.

LEMAN, Henry Warren, lawyer; born at Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 6, 1852; son Henry

Warren and Deborah (Whitmore) Leman; ed. pub. schools of Mass .; came to Chicago, 1870, and studied law, attending law school for a time; married Chicago, Feb. 7, 1881, Frances E., daughter James H. Dole; children: Shelson Dole, Frances M. Admitted to bar, 1873, and engaged in practice until about 1890, when re- tired to become 2d vice-pres. of the Chicago Title & Trust Co., and having charge of the trust dept., but resumed practice a few years later. Also vice-pres. J. H. Dole & Co., commn. merchants. Republican; mem. Ill. Senate, 1885- 90, and mem. of the famous 103 who elected General John A. Logan to U.S. Senate after 5 months' deadlock. Was 2 years a mem. of the Ellsworth Zouaves. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Mem. 103 Society. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View, Marquette. Residence: Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

LEMMON, Thomas Alexander, coal operator; born New Albany, Ind., Apr. 16, 1841; son Mi- chael and Martha J. (Griffin) Lemmon; ed. high school, New Albany, Ind., until 1857; married New Albany, Apr. 27, 1865, Sarah C. Berry; children: Mrs. Florence R. McDonald, Chandler Fontaine, Albert Berry. Served in Army of the Tennessee, 1861-5, in 5th Ohio Cav. After leav- ing army was for 11 months in clothing busi- ness in Louisville, Ky .; came to Chicago, July 5, 1866, and entered employ of E. D. Taylor & Son, coal dealers, as bookkeeper; later with Taylor & Thomas for 1 year; started in busi- ness for himself, in firm Lemmon & Cornish, in 1871; burned out in big fire; entered service of Chicago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Co. in 1872, as bookkeeper; since 1887 sec. and treas. of the co .; treas. Eureka Coal & Dock Co. Republican. Mason. Mem. Columbia Post G.A. R. Clubs: Traffic, Ill. Athletic, Ind. Soc. of Chi- cago. Recreation: reading. Residence: 2802 Washington Boul. Office: McCormick Bldg.

LENDERSON, Wallace George, Chicago mgr. Smith Premier Typewriter Co .; born Green, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1862; son George W. and Calistia M. (Leach) Lenderson; ed. common schools, Brisbin, N.Y., Oxford (N.Y.) Coll., and business coll., Utica, N.Y .; married Sioux City, Ia., June 1901, Sarah E. Hanks. At 17 entered employ of D.,L.&W.Ry.Co., serving as agent, train des- patcher, etc., 1880-92; since 1892 with the Smith Premier Typewriter Co., beginning as salesman and advancing to position of mgr. Chicago of- fice, Dec. 1, 1903. Republican. Mason. Baptist. Residence: 4756 Kenmore Av. Office: 65 E. Van Buren St.

LENEHAN, Joseph H., insurance; born Du- buque, Ia., Nov. 15, 1852; son Bartholomew D. and Mary A. Lenehan; ed. pub. schools of Du- buque; married Dubuque, 1883, Margaret Lit- tleton; children: Margaret, Francis Littleton, Mary Calista. After leaving school engaged in insurance business at Dubuque; organized the Will Co., Ill., insurance compact, at Joliet in 1885; later inspector of special hazards for mutual ins. cos., and, in 1887, became Ill. State agent for the Ins. Co. of North America and the Pa. Fire Ins. Co .; assisted in organizing west- ern dept. of the Palatine Ins. Co. of Man- chester, Eng., 1892; asst. mgr. western dept. of North British & Mercantile Ins. Co., 1898-9; asst. gen. agent Phenix Ins. Co. at Chicago, July 1, 1899, and in 1900 became gen. agent of that co. Pres. Ill. State Board of Fire Under- writers, 1890; pres. Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest, 1897; pres. Western Union since 1908. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Glen View, South Shore Country, Home- wood Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: 4515 Greenwood Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

LENFESTEY, John Thomas, flour merchant, real estate operator; born Owen Sound, Ont., Can., Mar. 17, 1856; son Peter and Jane (Be- zeck) Lenfestey; ed. pub. schools, Kankakee, Ill., to 1875; married Kankakee, June 9, 1881, Mary Frances Beardsley; 1 son: Reginald. Was

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13 years jewelry merchant in Chicago and for 4 years a mfr. of household utensils from flax fiber, at Mankato, Minn .; since 1888 has been proprietor of the Lenfestey Milling Co. Re- publican. Member Ivanhoe Commandery K.T., Kankakee, Ill. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- merce, Chicago Art Inst. Clubs: Union League, Flour Men's (pres.). Recreations: reading and travel. Residence: 587 Hawthorne Pl. Office: 18 W. Kinzie St.

LENKE, August, coal; born Hanover, Ger- many, Mar. 16, 1844; son Henry and Christina (Schwerdfeger) Lenke; ed. pub. schools of Han- over to 1859; married Chicago, May 22, 1868, Sophia Rauter; children: August, Jr., Alvina, Anna (Mrs. William Genshow). Resided in Bre- men, Germany, 1859-64; came to New York and thence, after short stay, to Chicago, 1864; ped- dler, 1864-8; in feed and flour business, 1870; in coal business since 1873. In 1877 became part- ner in O. S. Richardson & Co., miners and shippers of coal; in 1905 firm was incorporated and he became its vice-pres. Republican; fish commr. under appointment of Gov. Yates, 1901- 7. Mason. Club: Germania. Recreation: read- ing. Residence: 2156 Ewing Pl. Office: Bedford Building.

LENOX, John Powell, sec. Webster Mfg. Co .; born New York City, Aug. 22, 1851; son John F. and Mary (Powell) Lenox; grad. Chicago High School; married Lucie M. Roberts, of Meredith, N.H., Sept. 21, 1897. Began as mem. firm of Chiville & Lenox, hardware (Chicago), 1876-8; became identified with Webster Mfg. Co., engrs., founders and machinists, 1878, becoming sec. in 1882. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: City; also Minnesouri An- gling (Alexandria, Minn.). Recreations: fishing and collecting books and art photographs. Res- idence: 401 Home Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 2410 W. 15th St.

LENT, Philander Smith, clergyman; born Cobourg, Ont., Can., Dec. 25, 1862; son James Martin and Lydia Maria (Snider) Lent; acad. and normal courses Albert Coll., Belleville, Ont., until 1887; grad. Garrett Bibl. Inst., Ev- anston, Ill., 1891; A.B., Redfield (S.D.) Coll., 1893; A.M., Northern Ill. Coll., Fulton, 1895, Ph.D., 1897; married Lilla Evanella Hawn, of Mt. Vernon, Ia., Nov. 11, 1894; 3 children: Osa Lois, Oral Gertrude, Ruby Edna. Licensed in M.E. ministry, 1887; asst. supt. Children's Home Finding Assn. in N.Y., 1894-5; asst. editor Chil- dren's Home Finder, 1895-7; pastor Joliet, Ill., 1904-7, Elgin, Ill., 1907-9; pastor and supt. Un- ion Av. Ch. and Union Av. Parish House (G. F. Swift Memorial), Chicago, since 1909. Mason; mem. Modern Woodmen of America. Recrea- tions: traveling, conventions, chautauquas. Res- idence: 4356 Union Av.

LEONARD, Arthur George, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co .; dir. and asst. to pres. Chicago Junction Ry. Co .; dir. Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank, Stock Yards Savings Bank, West Side Trust & Sav- ings Bank. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chi- cago Live Stock Exchange, Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Ry. Master Mechanics Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Caxton, Kenwood, Lotus, Saddle and Sirloin, South Shore Country, Ill. Farmers, Montana, New York Railway. Resi- dence: 4801 Woodlawn Av. Summer Residence: Eastern Point, Gloucester, Mass. Office: Union Stock Yards.

Residence: 4549 Vincennes Av. Office: 221 W. Randolph St.

LEONARD, Charles Edward, Chicago mgr. Grasselli Chemical Co .; born Cincinnati, O., June 12, 1879; son Thomas B. and Mary (Lid- dy) Leonard; ed. St. Joseph's Coll. and St. Xav- ier's Coll. Cincinnati, O .; married Cincinnati, Apr. 29, 1903, Gertrude Prindiville; 2 children: Helen Mary and Chas E., Jr. In tea and coffee business, Cincinnati, O., 1896-9; then became connected with The Grasselli Chemical Co., of Cleveland, O .. and since May 1903 has been mgr. of the Chicago branch. Member Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Residence: 7340 Emerald Av. Office: 2235 Union Pl.

LEONARD, John Chandler, seedsman; born Chicago, 1880; son Simeon F. and Louise A. (Chandler) Leonard; ed. in Chicago pub. schs. and Lewis Inst .; married Helen M. Gale, of Chicago, 1903; 1 daughter: Helen Louise. En- tered U.S. Navy, 1898, serving on Steamer Am- phitrite; since then in the seed business, the Leonard Seed Co., of which is treas. Residence: 1530 W. Monroe St. Office: 230 W. Kinzie St.

LEONARD, John Robert, commn. hay and grain; born New York City, Sept. 19, 1865; son Arthur and Elizabeth (Farlow) Leonard; ed. Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn .; married Albany. N.Y., Feb. 1897, Harriet Olcott; children: Mary Elizabeth, Daniel, Harriet. Asst. supt. N.Y.C. &H.R.R.R., 1890-1901; in Apr. 1901 established in Chicago in the hay and grain commn. busi- ness, and in May 1903 associated with George S. Bridge in the present firm of Bridge & Leon- ard. Pres. Winnetka State Bank. Mem. Chica- go Board of Trade. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Saddle and Sirloin. Recreations: tennis and reading. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

LEONARD, Mark Trafton, stocks and bonds: born Mt. Vernon, Ind., Jan. 14, 1863; son Charles F. and Mary E. (Pierce) Leonard; ed. Mt. Ver- non High School; married Mt. Vernon, June 20. 1884, Mary R. Sullivan; children: Frederick Charles, John Hay. Began business life as clerk in the bank of the Mt. Vernon Banking Co .. 1880, and became asst. cashier, 1882; cashier Internat. Bank, Mt. Vernon, 1884; vice-pres. Mt. Vernon Banking Co., 1888; came to Chicago, 1890, and established present firm of Mark T. Leonard & Co., brokers in stocks and bonds. Republican. Residence: 1338 Madison Park. Of- fice: Stock Exchange Bldg.

LEONARD, William Austin, western mgr. the Winsted Silk Co .; born Beloit, Wis .. Sept. 20, 1864; son William A. and Harriet (Taylor) Leonard; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Nov. 15, 1893, Emma B. Neff; children: Lowell Austin and Willard Leslie. Engaged in mercantile pursuits since leaving school and has held his present position since 1890. Re- publican. Club: Hamliton. Recreation: fishing. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 206 S. Market Street.

LEOPOLD, Henry F., merchant; born Han- cock, Mich., Dec. 1862; son Aaron F. and Bertlia F. Leopold: ed. pub. schools, Milwaukee, Wis .: married St. Louis, Mo., 1894. During entire business career has been connected with trade in dried fruits and canned goods; now pres. and treas. of the Leopold & Feron Co. Resi- dence: 4502 Ellis Av. Office: 361-365 River St.

LEONARD, Charles Clyde, mfr .; born Clyde, LEOPOLD, Max, mfr .; born Marietta. O., Jan. 14, 1857; son Louis and Caroline ( Weiler) Leo- pold; ed. pub, schools; married Chicago, Sept. 15. 1887. Sadie Gatzert; children: Lawrence. Gladys, Margery, Robert. Began as a boy about the clothing store of his uncle (Leopold, Kuh &- Co.); later was general utility man about the factory and office and still later traveling sales- man for the house: and in 1899 established. with Henry Solomon, Sigmund L. Eisendrath and Maurice Leopold, present firm of Leopold. O., Nov. 14, 1855; son Joshua W. and Margaret Jane (Crawford) Leonard; ed. pub. schools of Attica, Seneca Co., O .; married Muskegon, Mich., Jan. 3, 1877, Estella G. Clark; children: Irene M., Earl C. In retail drug business until 1883; with John A. King & Co., wholesale drugs, 1883-8; mgr. and dir. Atwood & Stcele, 1888-94. Since Jan. 1. 1894. sec-treas. and mgr. of the U.S. Bottlers' Supply Co .; also dir. Chicago Cork Works Co. and Kimble Glass Co. Republicau. Universalist. Club: 111. Athletic. Solomon & Eisendrath. Club: Standard. Recre-

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ations: tennis, fishing. Residence: 4807 Grand physician Waldheim Sanitarium, Oconomowoc, Boul. Office: 515 S. Franklin St.

LEOPOLD, Nathan Freudenthal, lake trans- portation; born Eagle River, Mich., July 2, 1860; son Samuel F. and Babette F. Leopold; removed to Chicago from Mich. in 1867; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, June 1892, Florence G. Foreman; children: Foreman, Samuel, Nathan F., Jr. Engaged continuously in lake transportation business since 1876, and in 1900 became pres. of the Manitou Steamship Co. Clubs: Union League, Standard. Residence: 3223 Michigan Av. Office: 42 N. Dearborn St.

LERMIT, Gerald Henry, mgr. western dept. Northern Assurance Co. of London, Eng .; born Dedham, Essex, Eng., 1855; ed. pub. schools. Entered employ of Northern Assurance Co. at age of 17 and a few years later was made asst. sec. of the co.'s office in London; while holding that position visited various countries of the world to examine into the affairs of the co. and establish new agencies; visited the U.S. twice before coming here in 1894 as mgr. of the western dept. Clubs: Union League, Homewood Country. Residence: 5119 Jefferson Av. Sum- mer Residence: Point Aux Pins, Mich. Office: Monadnock Blk.

LESCH, Henry, real estate; born Chicago, Aug. 18, 1857; son Frederick and Sophia (Grote) Lesch; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago and Bryant & Stratton Business College; married Mamie I. Niles, formerly of Utica, N.Y., July 5, 1883; children: Inez, Mae, Roy, Lyndon. Engaged in real estate business since 1894. Mem. 1st Inf. I.N.G. about 5 years, resigning as 1st lt., 1882. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. Veteran Corps 1st Inf. I.N.G. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 6522 Ingleside Av. Office: 705 Marquette Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 124

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