The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 125

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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LESH, Llewellyn Boyd, pres. and treas. Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co .; born Pierceton, Ind., June 20, 1867; son Gabriel B. and Melissa C. (Matthews) Lesh; grad. DePauw Univ., Green- castle, Ind., 1889; married Chicago, June 14, 1903, Florence E. Forkner. Began with the G. B. Lesh Mfg. Co., Warsaw, Ind., until 1890; in 1890 became mgr. of the Chicago branch of the G. B. Lesh Mfg. Co., and in 1891 organized and incorporated the Lesh & Matthews Lumber Co., mfrs. of hardwood lumber; partner firm of Ol- son & Lesh, Memphis, Tenn. Republican. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Mason. Residence: 4558 Prairie Av. Office: Marquette Bldg.

LESHER, Jacob Henry, tailors' trimmings; see Vol. 1905.

LESLIE, John Hampton, merchandise broker; born Montrose, Scotland, Nov. 4, 1851; son George and Jean (Hampton) Leslie; came to Chicago with parents in childhood; ed. Chicago pub. schools and an acad .; married 1875, Sallie L., daughter ex-Mayor James H. Woodworth; married 2d, Flora C. Dodson; children: Jean Agnes, John Woodworth, Almyra Virginia, Eli- anor Irene. Employed in a wholesale grocery house, 1872; then joined his father in merchan- dise brokerage, later becoming partner and finally head of the firm, now known as John H. Leslie & Co., importers of and commn. mer- chants in dried fruits and canned goods. Was candidate for treas. on Citizens' ticket, 1891; Republican. Baptist; for many years supt. of Sunday School in Calvary First Baptist Church, and deacon of Calvary Baptist Church; dir. Baptist Hosp. and Beulah Home. Recreations: church matters, also reading and the society of his family. Residence: 3344 Rhodes Av. Office: 53 E. Lake St.

LESPINASSE, Victor Darwin, surgeon; born Aurora, Ill., Dec. 2, 1878; son Raymond and Clara Belle (Bradley) Lespinasse; ed. Engle- wood High School; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1901; married Anna L. King, of St. Louis, June 30, 1909; 1 daughter: Victoria D. Engaged in practice of surgery at Chicago since 1901; interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1901-3; asst.

Wis .; instr. genito-urinary surgery, Northwest- ern Univ. Med. Sch., since 1903; surgeon B.&O. R.R. Mem. Am. Urological Assn., Chicago Uro- logical Soc., Am., Ill. State and Chicago Med. socs., Alpha Kappa Kappa. Awarded certificate of honor for method of blood vessel anastomo- sis, A.M.A., St. Louis, 1910. Residence: 824 W. 65th St. Office: 7 W. Madison St.

LESTER, Albert G., banker; born Boston, Feb. 11, 1857; son Albert G. and Maria A. (Storrs) Lester; father died 1857; mother mar- ried Renslow S. Parker, 1859; family moved to Chicago; ed. pub. and high schools; married Chicago, Apr. 5, 1881, Fanny I. Boggs; children: Helen (Mrs. E. S. Rockwell), Ruth. In 1874 en- tered board of trade business; in 1893 went with Lobdell, Farwell & Co., stocks and bonds; became a mem. firm of Granger Farwell & Co., established Jan. 1, 1899, incorporated as Far- well Trust Co., Apr. 1907, of which is now vice- pres. and sec. Republican. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Bankers', Union League, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 5721 Washington Av. Office: 226 S. La Salle St.

LESTER, Dudley Woodbridge, business man; born at Chicago, Nov. 19, 1879; son of Franklin and Julia Elizabeth (Paddock) Lester; ed. pub. schools and Armour Inst., Chicago, and Univ. of Mich .; married Mabelle Grace Page, of Chi- cago, Oct. 25, 1905; 2 children: Julia Page, Dud- ley Woodbridge, Jr. Began business career with Maxwell Bros., cooperage and boxes, con- tinuing until 1903; gen. mgr. Apollo Cooperage Co., Apollo, Pa., 1903-6; now sec. Am. Meat Packers Supply Co .; also vice-pres. Higbie-Les- ter Co., ry. supplies; treas. Page-Lester Co., mfrs. rubber goods. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mem. Delta Chi. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 6403 Kimbark Av. Office: The Rookery.

LETOURNEAU, Robert Antoine, physician; born Kankakee, Ill., Feb. 9, 1862; son George R. and Eladie (Langlois) Letourneau; ed. St. Via- teur's Coll .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1895; married New York City, 1900, Cornelia A. Ferguson; children: Raymond, Florence, Robert A., Jr. Surgeon and vice-pres. staff of Chicago Baptist Hosp .; gynecologist to Provident Hosp. and Dispensary; surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., 1902-3. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 3601 Ellis Av. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

LETTERMAN, Edmund R., insurance; born Pekin, Ill., Sept. 24, 1863; son Fred and Mary A. (Dunkelberg) Letterman; ed. pub. schools of Pekin, Ill .; married Apr. 1, 1893, Milwaukee, Wis., Minnie L. Parker; 1 daughter: Helen Min- da. Connected with insurance business in Chi- cago since 1882. Now mem. insurance firm or Letterman & Chamberlin. Republican. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Fly Casting. Recreations: fishing, scientific angling. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

LETTON, Harold Willis, underwriter; born Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 13, 1875; son Theodore W. and Mary C. Letton; prep. edn. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; A.B., Yale, 1897; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1900; unmarried. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1900, and practiced in Chicago until 1903; apptd. U.S. asst. gen. mgr. Prussian Nat. Ins. Co. of Stettin, Germany, 1903, and gen. mgr. since Oct. 1908. Republican. Clubs: University, Union League, Calumet Country, Exmoor; also Yale (New York). Residence: University Club. Office: N.Y. Life Bldg.

LETTON, Theodore W., fire insurance; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

LETTS, Frank Crawford, pres. Western Gro- cer Co .; born Magnolia, Ill., Apr. 28, 1861; son Noah H. and Herma (Cowan) Letts; ed. pub. schools; married Washington, D.C., 1897, Cora, daughter late U.S. Senator Perkins; children:

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Fred Clayton, Herma Leona, Courtney Louise, Hollis. Began business life as clerk in store at Afton, Ia., 1876-8; in employ of A. T. Stewart & Co., Chicago, dry goods, 1878-81; in retail dry goods business in Marshalltown, Ia., 4 years, wholesale groceries, Marshalltown, Ia., 1885, as the Letts-Fletcher Co .; since 1898 pres. West- ern Grocer Co., owning and operating 10 whole- sale grocery houses in Ia., Mo., and Minn .; also pres. Nat. Grocer Co., owning and operating 15 wholesale grocery houses in Mich., Ill., and Ind. Pres. Booth Fisheries Co., U.S. Transportation Co., Booth Cold Storage, with plants, ships and cold storage plants extending from Boston to Seattle; dir. Pacific-Am. Fisheries, Puget Sound (mem. exec. com.). Republican; served as col. on staffs of Govs. Jackson, Drake and Shaw, of Ia. Mason, K.T., Shriner. Clubs: Chicago, Un- ion League, Mid-Day, Glen View, Chicago Golf, Evanston Country, Industrial. Recreations: golf, horseback riding, motoring, fishing. Resi- dence: Virginia Hotel. Office: Majestic Bldg.

LEVERE, William C., author; born New Ha- ven, Conn., Oct. 10, 1872; son Charles F. and Mary (Collin) Levere; ed. Northwestern Univ., 1898; unmarried. Editor of Evanston Index, 1901-5; treas. Evanston, Ill., 1901-3; mem. Ill. Gen. Assembly, 1907-9; Republican. Eminent supreme archon of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra- ternity, 1902-6, hon. eminent supreme archon, 1909-10. Author: Imperial America, 1898; 'Twixt Greek and Barb, 1900; The Evanston Poets, 1903; (play) Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth; The Original Minutes, 1904; History of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, 2 vols., 1910. Residence: 600 Davis St., Evanston, Ill.

*LEVERING, Mortimer; see Vol. 1905.

*LEVERING, Richmond, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

LEVINSON, Harry Charles, lawyer; born Maryampol, Russia, Mar. 12, 1879; son Isaac and Sophia (Reichseligman) Levinson; grad. Medill High School, Chicago, 1894; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1900; married Chicago, Dec. 17, 1902, Fannie Cohn. Admitted to bar, 1900; since practiced in Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Sec. and dir. A. L. Lilienthal & Co., Roger Smart Shoe Co. Jew- ish religion. Trustee Temple Israel. Mason, Royal Arcanum, K.P. Recreations: horseback riding, automobiling, fishing. Residence: 4333 Grand Boul. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

LEVINSON, Salmon Oliver, lawyer; born No- blesville, Ind., Dec. 29, 1865; son Newman D. and Minnie (Newman) Levinson; ed. old Univ. of Chicago, 1883-5; A.B., Yale Univ., 1888; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1891; married Chi- cago, Aug. 9, 1894, Helen Bartlett Haire (now deceased) ; children: Horace C., Ronald B., Helen W. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891, and since in general practice; mem. firm of Newman, Northrup, Levinson & Becker since 1892. Dir. of Acme Harvesting Machine Co. Republican. Sec. and treas. Rubinkam Lecture Assn. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Yale. Residence: 4049 Lake Av. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

LEVIS, John Mitchell, mfr .; born Alton, Ill., Apr. 30, 1857; son Edward and Mary (Moffitt) Levis; ed. pub. schools of Alton, Ill .; married Edwardsville, Ill., May 10, 1880, Julia Ida Cot- ter; children: Albert C., Mary K. Began with Ill. Glass Co., 1872, of which is treas. and mgr. Also pres. Western Bottle Mfg. Co., the U.S. Bottle & Supply Co., and Sheldon-Foster Glass Co. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Residence: Chicago Athletic Assn. Office: 227 W. Randolph St.

LEVY, Alexander H., mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

LEVY, David, commn. merchant; born in Treves, Germany, Aug. 23, 1874; son Solomon and Johanna (Blatt) Levy; ed. pub. schools and Real Gymnasium, Treves, Germany; came to America, 1890; married Blanche Greenfielder, of Cincinnati, Ohio, May 25, 1903; one son: Rob-

ert Charles. Began with Edward Rueb & Co., produce commission merchants, 1894, becom- ing a mem. in 1903. Republican. Hebrew. Ma- son. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Recre- ation: motoring. Residence: 5642 Prairie Av. Office: 703 W. Randolph St.

LEVY, David Rose, lawyer; born Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 27, 1867; son Zadig and Rose (Benjamin) Levy; ed. pub. and high schools, Springfield, Ill .; married at Chicago, Sadie Sal- zenstein, Aug. 5, 1908. Teacher in Springfield, Ill., 1885-6; in employ of Wabash R.R. and was successively in claim, engring. and transporta- tion depts., 1887-93; admitted to bar of Ind., 1893; of Ill., 1896; asst. sec. Ill. R.R. and Ware- house Commn., 1893-5; sec. to .Hon. John P. Altgeld, gov. of Ill., 1895-6; since 1896 engaged in practice of law in Chicago, making a spe- cialty of corpn. law; partner in law firm of Prentiss, Gregg & Levy, 1896-8; asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago, Dec. 15, 1902-Jan. 1906. Democrat. Jewish religion. Clubs: Iroquois, Ill. Athletic, Metropolitan. Residence: 4621 Michigan Av. Office: 1506 Tribune Bldg.

LEVY, Edward E., pres. Calumet Shirt Co .; born Morrow, Warren Co., O., Mar. 22, 1857; son Ephraim and Bertha (Oppenheim) Levy; ed. pub. schools of Moscow and Cincinnati, O .; married Chicago, Jennie Sax, of Ottumwa, Ia., May 8, 1889; 2 children: Hortense, Erwin Sax. Began in employ of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.'s retail store, in 1877 (remaining about a year) ; then traveling salesman for Eisenstaedt Bros., mfrs. of neckwear, until 1903; since then pres. Calumet Shirt Co. Republican. Hebrew. Club: Standard. Residence: 4310 Grand Boul. Office: 1407 Jackson Boul.

LEVY, Maxwell, jobber and broker in cullet; born Berlin, Germany, Oct. 30, 1872; son Jacob and Johanna (Solomon) Levy; brought to America by parents in 1874; grad. pub. gram- mar sch., Chicago; unmarried. Became identi- fied with firm of Max Levy & Co., jobbers and brokers in cullet, in 1895, becoming sole owner upon the death of other partners in 1900. Re- publican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, swimming. Resi- dence: 1832 Hammond St. Office: 1632 W. Kin- zie St.

*LEVY, Simon Henry, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

LEVY, Sylvanus George, lawyer; born Chica- go, Feb. 16, 1880; son of Joseph E. and Matilda (Witkowsky) Levy; ed. Lincoln and Douglas schools, South Division High School, Chicago; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; LL.B., North- western Univ. Law Sch., 1903; unmarried. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1904, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm of Lipson & Levy. Sec. Young Men's Good Government Club. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Mason; mem. Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho (Univ. of Chica- go). Clubs: Book and Play, Standard. Recrea- tions: tennis, horseback riding, photography. Residence: 3238 Vernon Av. Office: 1607 Ft. Dearborn Bldg.

LEWALD, Frank, wholesale jeweler: 1854- 1910; see Vol. 1905.

LEWIS, Benjamin F., pres. Lewis Publishing Co. Club: Hamilton. Residence: Wilmette, 111. Office: Pontiac Bldg.

LEWIS, Benjamin Tucker, mgr. Ry. Appli- ances Co .; born Madison Co., Ind., June S, 1853: son Samuel and Margaret (Tucker) Lewis; ed. grammar schs, of Madison and Parke counties, Ind., and Chester Co., Pa., and Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill .; married Minnie C. Miller. of South Wayne, Wis., June 11, 1878. Began business career as clerk and private sec. to the pres. of Chicago & Ia.R.R. and Chicago, Pekin & South Western R.R., in 1872, later becoming sec. and dir., also purchasing and gen. pass. and ticket agt. of those corpns .. the Chicago,

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St. Louis & Western Ry. and Chicago & St. ing, literature, agriculture, live stock. Resi- Louis Ry., until 1887; dir., purchasing, tax and dence: 3620 Michigan Av. Office: 1200 Michigan fuel agt., Chicago, Santa Fé & Cal. Ry., 1887- Avenue. 90; asst. to the vice-pres, and gen. mgr. A.,T.& LEWIS, Edwin Herbert, coll. prof .; born at Westerly, R.I., Nov. 28, 1866; son A. Herbert and Augusta (Johnson) Lewis; A.B., Alfred Univ., 1887, A.M., 1887; Ph.D. in Latin, Syra- cuse Univ., 1892; Ph.D. in English, magna cum laude, Univ. of Chicago, 1894; married Eliza- beth Loxley Taylor, of Plainfield, N.J., June 30, 1890. Sr. teacher and vice-prin., Plainfield High School, 1887-8, 1889-90; studied in Ital- ian libraries, 1888-9; prof. Latin, Alfred Univ., 1890-2; asst. in rhetoric, 1893-4, instr. in Eng- S.F.Ry., and Mexican Central Ry., 1890-1900, with residence at Topeka, Kan., 1890-8, and at Mexico City, Mex., 1898-1900; identified with the Ry. Appliances Co., Chicago, as mgr., since July 1901. Has been instrumental in develop- ing and perfecting a number of new and origi- nal devices for R.R. service, since widely adopted. First village clerk of the Village of LaGrange, Ill. Republican. Unitarian. Mason; Royal Arcanum, Nat. Union. Club: Suburban of LaGrange. Recreations: hunting, fishing, in- door games. Residence: 221 7th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1770 Old Colony Bldg.

LEWIS, David R., vice-pres. and dir. Hiber- nian Banking Assn. since 1900; vice-pres. and treas. Mansion Co. Has been in the banking business during his entire career. Mem. Chi- cago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Chicago, Univer- sity, Evanston Country, Edgewater, Onwentsia. Residence: 1504 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Clark and Monroe Sts.

LEWIS, Dean DeWitt, physician; born Ke- wanee, Ill., Aug. 11, 1874; A.B., Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., 1895; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899. Engaged in practice of medicine at Chicago since 1899; asst. in anatomy, 1900-1, asso., 1901-3, instr. since 1903, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Assn. Am. Anatomists, Ill. State Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc. Residence: 556 E. 50th St. Of- fice: 1405, 122 S. Michigan Av.

LEWIS, Denslow, physician and surgeon; born New York City, Apr. 2, 1856; son William Gill and Caroline (Owen) Lewis; grad. Ogden School (pub.), Chicago; studied at Univ. of Neb., at Paris (France), and Marburg (Ger- many); grad. as pharmaceutical chemist, Univ. of Mich., 1877, and M.D., from med. dept., 1878. Has practiced in Chicago since graduation; health officer of Hyde Park, 1879-80; was ob- stetrician, gynecologist, surgeon, and also served as sec. and pres. of attending staff, Cook Co. Hosp. for 16 years; prof. gynecology, Chi- cago Policlinic, 6 years; special commr. Health Dept., and of the Ill. State Bd. of Health, 1892, for investigation of municipal sanitation in Eu- ropean cities; consulting obstetrician, Flor- ence Nightingale House; senior gynecologist and obstetrician, Lakeside Hosp. Ex-pres. Chi- cago and Am. assns. of med. examiners; chmn. 1906, and delegate, 1907, of the Section on Pre- ventive Medicine and Pub. Health of A.M.A .; vice-pres. Am. International Congress on Tu- berculosis, and Medico-Legal Soc. of New York; ex-pres. Physicians' Club of Chicago; mem. many med. socs. Mason (32°, Shriner), Elk; Senior Past Regent Hyde Park Council No. 582 Royal Arcanum; Senior Past Archon Amity Council No. 13, Royal League. Author of "Ob- stetric Clinic" and many med. and medico-so- ciologic monographs. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Quadrangle. Residence: 115 E. 56th St. Office: 108 N. State St.

*LEWIS, Edward B., banker; see Vol. 1905.

LEWIS, Edward Chace, heating and venti- vating engr. and contractor; born Ottawa, Ill., Oct. 5, 1845; son Samuel R. and Ann E. (Har- ley) Lewis; ed. Univ. of Chicago, and Wheaton (Ill.) Coll .; married Nellie G. Armstrong, of Deer Park, LaSalle Co., Ill., Oct. 13, 1869; 3 children: Mabel, Samuel R., Julia Isabel. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1866, and practiced at Otta- wa until 1872, when retired from practice and engaged in raising blooded stock, until 1890; with John H. Kitchen organized firm of Lewis & Kitchen, heating and ventilating engrs. and contractors, in 1894; also sec., treas. and dir. Lewis Cranberry Co., Minong, Wis. Mem. Ill. State Board of Agr., 1880-9; state R.R. and warehouse commr., 1881-5; chmn. bd. of super- visors of LaSalle Co., Ill., 1880-6; Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Recreations: fish-

lish, 1895-6, Univ. of Chicago; asso. prof. Eng- lish, 1896-9, Univ. of Chicago and Lewis Inst .; prof. English since 1899, dean coll. students since 1906, Lewis Inst., Chicago. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: Lewis Institute.

*LEWIS, Francis Hervey, mfrs.' agt .; see Vol. 1905.

LEWIS, George, tea importer and exporter; born San Francisco, Jan. 10, 1867; son S. J. and Caroline Lewis; ed. pub. schools, San Francis- co; coll. in Oakland, and Cal. Mil. Acad .; mar- ried Waukegan, Ill., May 2, 1896, Florence Lo- rena de Castro; 1 son: Gaynard Spencer. Early in life worked for the Pacific Steamship Co .; afterward became an officer on their ships; and still later entered firm of Bernard & Mantel, teas and coffees, San Francisco, to manage branch of the firm at Stockton, Cal .; then man- aged San Francisco branch for Thomson & Taylor Spice Co., of Chicago, for 6 years; joined Carter, Macy & Co., teas, New York, Japan and China, and had charge of its western trade out- side of Chicago; in 1896 established Chicago branch for C. F. Blanke Tea & Coffee Co., of St. Louis, of which was gen. mgr. until 1905; since in business for self under firm name of Geo. Lewis & Co., Inc., with offices at Chicago, New York, Yokohama and Shanghai. In 1889 was mem. Cal. Drill Corps, N.S.G.W .; recently capt., 1st Cav. Regt., I.N.G., q .- m. and commissary. Republican. Episcopalian. Has been an exten- sive traveler in the U.S. and foreign countries. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Yacht, Midlothian Country, South Shore Country. Residence: 4757 Lake Av. Office: 59 E. Lake St.

LEWIS, Harry Albert, lawyer; born Berwick, Ill., Aug. 20, 1869; son John V. and Anna (Hum- iston) Lewis; ed. pub. schools; Elliott's Coll., Burlington, Ia., class of 1891, and Northwest- ern Univ. Law School; married Chicago, June 18, 1895; children: Ethel, Esther, Alberta. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1896; now mem. law firm of Ellis & Lewis. Asst. state's atty. of Cook Co., 1901-4, and state's atty. since Dec. 1904. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Union League, Bev- erly Country, Englewood. Recreations: bil- liards, golf. Residence: 340 W. 65th St. Offices: County Bldg., and 69 W. Washington St.

LEWIS, Harry Stephen, stock and bond bro- ker; born St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 18, 1871; son John V. and Margaret (Barnes) Lewis; ed. in public schools of St. Paul; married Grace Gutches, of Chicago, 1898; 2 children: John Stephen, Madelyn. In stock and bond business since 1900; pres. and treas. Harry S. Lewis & Co. (inc. 1905). Mason, Royal Arch. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chica- go Gun. Recreations: motoring, shooting, hunt- ing, fishing. Residence: 1436 Hyde Park Boul. Office: Borland Bldg.

LEWIS, Henry Foster, physician; born Chi- cago, Feb. 15, 1864; son Joseph Briggs and Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Lewis; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1885, M.D., 1888; post-grad. work at Univ. of Chicago, 1898, Univ. of Berlin, 1902; mar- ried Cedar Rapids, Ia., July 9, 1890, Minnie Dows Naa, of Bangkok, Siam; children: Kath- arine, Maude, Josephine, Henry Foster, Jr. In- terne, Boston City Hosp., 1888, Cook Co. Hosp.,

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1888-90; curator Pathological Museum in same, at Chicago, 1880-90, supt. since 1890, having 1892; prof. physical diagnosis, Coll. of Physi- general charge over the co.'s operations in the mfr. of cottolene, etc., at the Chicago works. Republican. Mem. Loyal Legion. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 4140 Ellis Av. Office: 225 19th St. cians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1892-3; instr. in medicine, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. School, 1891; asst., 1899, asso., 1900, instructor since 1901, in obstetrics and gynecology, Rush Med. Coll .; asst. obstetrician, presbyterian Hosp., 1900-5; attending surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. since 1907. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. of Medicine, Miss. Val- ley Med. Assn., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecological Soc., Physi- cians' Club. Democrat. Residence: 4426 Lake Av. Office: Heyworth Bldg.

LEWIS, Isaac John, fire insurance; born Ma- haska Co., Ia., June 9, 1845; son William J. and Elizabeth (Jenkins) Lewis; ed. pub. schools, Burlington, Ia., and Cleveland, O .; married Cleveland, O., June 18, 1867, Anna F. Loud. En- tered ins. business, 1862, at Cleveland, as office boy with May & Coe; came to Chicago, 1866, representing the Cleveland and Commercial Mutual Ins. cos. of Cleveland; in 1868 became local agt. for the Detroit Fire & Marine Ins. Co. (which he is at present, thus making him the oldest insurance agt. in Chicago, holding direct agency of the co.). Became associated with C. H. Hinckley, as C. H. Hinckley & Co .; then was mem. of Magill, Hall & Lewis, vessel agts., un- til 1870; in business for self until in 1871 formed partnership with J. K. Hathaway, as Lewis & Hathaway; the great fire dissolved partnership; alone until 1873, and then as Lewis & Prindiville for 1 year; since then has con- ducted insurance agency alone. Chiefly instru- mental in organizing and placing on a perma- nent basis, in 1871, the Chicago Fire Ins. Pa- trol, and was its sec., 1874-81. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Residence: 3335 Indiana av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

LEWIS, James Hamilton, lawyer; born Dan- ville, Va., May 18, 1866; removed to Augusta, Ga .; ed. Houghton Coll. and Univ. of Va .; stud- ied law, Savannah; admitted to bar, 1884; mar- ried Rose Lawton Douglas, of Ga., Nov. 1898. Located at Seattle, Wash., Nov. 1886; elected to Territorial Senate; declined nomination for Congress, 1890; candidate for gov., 1892; nomi- nee for U.S. senator, 1894; State of Wash. can- didate for vice-presidential nomination, Dem. Nat. Conv., 1896; mem. 55th Congress (1897-9), Wash .- at-large; caucus nominee for U.S. sena- tor, 1899; was author resolution in Congress, 1897, for recognition Cuban independence; can- didate for Vice-Pres., 1900, Dem. Nat. Conv., at Kansas City-endorsed by the Pacific Coast States. Served on staff Gen. F. D. Grant in Spanish-Am. War in Cuba, 1898; was credited to Joint High Commn. on Canadian and Alas- kan boundaries at London. Removed to Chica- go, 1903; corpn. counsel for Chicago, 1905-7. Dem. candidate for gov. of Ill., 1908. Mem. Hist. Soc. of Paris. Address: N.Y. Life Bldg.

LEWIS, James Henry; see Vol. 1905.

LEWIS, John Calvin, supt. for N. K. Fair- bank & Co .; born North Bend, Hamilton Co., O., Apr. 17, 1836; son Joseph and Mary (Wakefield) Lewis; grad. Miami Univ., Oxford, O., 1860; studied law, 1860-1; married 1863, Alice E., daughter Dr. John H. F. Thornton, of North Bend, O., and granddaughter of Pres. William Henry Harrison; children: Thornton, Joseph D .. Charles Rea, Mary W. (Mrs. George Van Ha- gen), Frank E. While studying law in the of- fice of his uncle, S. F. Lewis, of Clinton, III., the war broke out, and in July 1861 mustered into service as 2d lieut .; Aug. 5, 1861, promoted 1st lieut. just after the surrender of Ft. Donel- son, and capt., Apr. 3, 1862; was in numerous battles, but because of ill health resigned Oct. 1862, and returned North. Came to Chicago, 1870, and was connected with the lumber firms of Newman & Summalt, and Holmes & Co., be- coming identified, 1875, with N. K. Fairbank & Co .; supt. St. Louis branch, 1878-80; asst. supt.

LEWIS, S(amuel) Thompson, publisher; born Lebisty, Ind., Sept. 3, 1840; son L'Mander and Mary (Dodge) Lewis; ed. pub. schools and Val- paraiso (Ind.) Male and Female Coll .; married Harriet Hosea, of New Castle, Ind., Dec. 16, 1886. Sec. and treas. Lewis Publishing Co., since 1877; retired from active business; spends much time at his winter home, Pasadena, Cal., and in travel abroad. Served in Troop G, 9th Ill. Cav., 1861-4. Mem. George H. Thomas Post G.A.R. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Pontiac Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 125

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