The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 128

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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LOBDELL, Charles Wesley, banker, mfr .; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

LOBDELL, Edwin Lyman, banker; born in Ill., July 14, 1857; son Charles W. and Eliza J. (Gere) Lobdell; ed. pub. schools; married Chi- cago, Jan. 4, 1883, Annie Philpot; children: Charles, Adeline Edith. Came to Chicago, 1873; teller First Nat. Bank, 1874-81; on Board of Trade as partner in firm of Nash, Wright & Co., and in 1888 started brokerage and banking business. In 1890 took partner, the firm being known as Lobdell, Farwell & Co., which dis- solved in 1898; established present firm of Ed- win L. Lobdell & Co. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Athletic, Bankers', Exmoor, Twentieth Century. Residence: 2716 Prairie Av. Summer Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

LOBDELL, Harry Harrison, wholesale boots and shoes; born Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 10, 1866; son J. Harvey and Julia (Harrison) Lobdell; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Sept. 24, 1890, Nell F. Lamson; children: Warren L., Ruth L., Harrison. Began business career as an office boy in 1883 with George W. Ludlow & Co., mfrs. of boots and shoes; left that firm, 1891, to organize the Harry H. Lobdell Co., mfrs. of shoes, of which he is mgr. and treas. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Mid- lothian, Exmoor, South Shore Country, Indus- trial. Recreations: golf and fishing. Residence: 855 Oakwood Boul. Office: 212 W. Monroe St.

LOCKETT, Oswald, hardware merchant; born Manchester, Eng., Aug. 1, 1843; son James Gar- net and Sarah (Gunner) Lockett; ed. common schools, Boston; married Chicago, Oct. 17, 1876, Anna Maria Wood, of Galesburg, Ill .; children: Oswald, Kenneth, Anna, Harold. Came to Chi- cago, Oct. 1863; entered employ of Botsford & Kimball, hardware; with Edwin Hunt, whole- sale and retail hardware, 1865-71; on May 2, 1872, formed co-partnership with Frank B. Orr, under firm name of Orr & Lockett, later incor- porated as Orr & Lockett Hardware Co., of which is pres. and treas. Republican. Sweden- borgian. Clubs: Union League. Residence: 5116 Madison Av. Office: 14-16 W. Randolph St.

*LOCKETT, Samuel Hobart; see Vol. 1905.

LOCKWOOD, Isaac Le Grand, agent N.Y., C. &St.L.R.R .; born Cincinnati, O., Feb. 2, 1847; son Isaac I. and Mary (Stevens) Lockwood; reared and ed. Ky .; attended common schools and took a practical course in coll., and after- ward read law 1 year in Cincinnati; married 1876, Lillie A. Bowlby, of Plymouth, O .; 1 daughter: Lillie M. Clerk in claim dept. of the B.&O.R.R., Columbus, O., 1872-3; chief clerk Globe Fast Freight Line (auxiliary to the B.& O.R.R.), at Toledo, O., 1873-4; local agent, Plym- outh, O., 1874-80, Tiffin, O., 1880-1, and for a few months, in 1881, at Sandusky, O .; trans- ferred to Chicago, 1881, and was local freight agent B.&O. system until Oct. 1882; then agent for the N.Y., C.&St.L.R.R. till May 1907, when became traveling freight agent. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 225 W. 61st Pl. Of- fice: 309 S. LaSalle St.

LOCY, William Albert, zoologist; born Troy, Mich., Sept. 14, 1857; son Lorenzo D. and Sarah (Kingsbury) Locy; B.Sc., Univ. of Mich., 1881, M.Sc., 1884; grad. student in biology, same, 1881-2; fellow in biology, Harvard, 1884-5, Univ. of Berlin, 1891; hon. fellow Univ. of Chicago, 1894-5, Ph.D., 1895; (Sc.D., Univ. of Mich., 1906); married Ellen Eastman, of Flint, Mich., June 26, 1883. Prof. biology, 1887-9, animal morphology, 1889-96, Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ .; prof. physiology, Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1891; prof. zoology, Northwestern Univ., since 1896. Trustee Marine Biol. Sta. Well known as investigator in embryology and animal morphol- ogy; investigator, Zoöl. Sta., Naples, Oct. 1902- Feb. 1903. Writer of numerous scientific papers and monographs in tech. jours .; editor in charge of zoöl. articles, and author of several, in new Am. supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica. Mem. Am. Anat. Assn., Am. Soc. Naturalists, Am. Zoöl. Soc., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Address: 1823 Hinman Av., Evans- ton, Ill.

LOEB, Adolph, fire insurance; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

LOEB, Albert Henry, vice-pres. and treas. Sears, Roebuck & Co .; born Rockford, Ill., Feb. 18, 1868; son Moritz and Johanna (Unna) Loeb; ed. pub. schools, Chicago high schools and Johns Hopkins Univ. (classical and economic course to 1887); married Chicago, Apr. 26, 1894, Anna Bolmen; children: Allan M., Ernest G. and Richard A. After leaving school taught in pub. evening schools in Chicago, at same time studying law; admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, and

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practiced law in firm of Loeb & Adler until 1901, when became sec. of Sears, Roebuck & Co., of which has been vice-pres. and treas. since 1908. Republican. Mason (32°). Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe, Lake Shore Country. Rec- reations: books, golf, chess. Residence: 924 E. 50th St. Office: Harvard St. and Homan Av.

LOEB, Leo A., underwriter; born Memphis, . Tenn., June 20, 1867; son Adolph and Lucille (Hart) Loeb; grad. high school, Chicago, 1883; married Chicago, Jan. 19, 1893, Minnie Elson. On June 20, 1887, entered the insurance agency of A. Loeb & Son, established by his father in 1873, and in which was partner; now pres. Loeb's Ins. Agency Co. Is vice-pres. N. German Fire Ins. Co., and asst. U.S. mgr. of the Trans- atlantic Fire Ins. Co. Republican. Dir. United Hebrew Charities, Chicago; mem. exec. com. Nat. Hosp. for· Consumptives, Denver; vice- pres. Home for Jewish Friendless. Clubs: Standard, Hamilton. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 4605 Woodlawn Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle Street.

LOEHR, Gustavus Henry; see Vol. 1905.

LOESCH, Charles Frederick, lawyer; born Buffalo, N.Y., Mar. 18, 1859; son Frank and Mary (Fisher) Loesch; prep. edn. pub. schools of Buffalo; grad. Union Coll. of Law, Chicago (now Northwestern Univ. School of Law), 1886; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1887, and since in practice at Chicago; mem. Loesch Bros. & Howell, 1892-1905, Loesch, Scofield & Loesch since 1905. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, University, Hamilton, Germania Maennerchor, Edgewater Golf, Ridgemoor Golf. Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: 4223 Kenmore Av. Office: 525 The Temple.

LOESCH, Frank Joseph, lawyer; born Buf- falo, N.Y., Apr. 9, 1852; son Frank and Mary (Fisher) Loesch; grad. Grammar School No. 16, Buffalo, 1868; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1874; married Chicago, Oct. 2, 1873, Lydia T. Rich- ards; children: Angeline (Mrs. Robert Eliot Graves), Winifred (Mrs. Frederick Z. Marx), Richards Llewellyn, Joseph Benjamin. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, Sept. 8, 1874, and engaged in practice, making specialty of ry., telegraph and corpn. law; counsel at Chicago for Pa. Lines west of Pittsburgh since Apr. 1886; senior mem. law firm of Loesch, Scofield & Loesch since 1905. Special state's atty. for Cook Co., Sept. 30, 1908-June 1909, to investigate direct pri- mary election frauds at primary election Aug. 8, 1908; office terminated because direct pri- mary law was declared unconstitutional by Su- preme Court at June term, 1909. Mem. Chicago Board of Edn., July 11, 1908-July 10, 1901; re- appointed for second term; resigned Nov. 11. 1902. Republican. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns .; pres. Chicago Bar Assn., 1906-7. Clubs: Union League, University, Ridgemoor Golf. Residence: 4247 Hazel Av. Office: 525 The Temple.

LOESCHER, Hermann, tanner; born in Reich- enbach, Germany, May 22, 1846; son Frederick Karl and Johanna L. (Steinmann) Loescher; ed. pub. schools in Germany; married Minna Fied- ler, Feb. 1880; children: Fred, Elsie (Mrs. Har- ry Kirk) and Albert. Learned tanning trade with his father; came to this country in 1869 to work for his brother, Julius, becoming a partner of Loescher Bros., 1876; became sole propr. of the tannery, 1890, since known as H. Loescher & Co. Republican. Mem. Chicago Turngemeinde. Residence: 2028 Sheffield Av. Office: 2015 Elston Av.

LOFTIS, Samuel T. A .; born Cincinnati, O., May 1860; cd. pub. schools of Cincinnati. Learned jewelry business in Cincinnati, and in 1885 came to Chicago and established as a manufacturing jeweler, with his brothers, and is now pres. of Loftis Bros. & Co .. watches, jewelry, diamonds, etc. Republican. Residence: 5630 Kenmore Av. Office: 108 N. State St.

LOGAN, Floyd Tilghman, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

LOGAN, Frank Granger, retired commn. mer- chant; born on farm in Cayuga Co., N.Y., Oct. 7, 1851; son Simeon Ford and Phebe (Hazen) Logan; ed. pub. schools and in Ithaca (N.Y.) Acad .; married 1882, Josie, daughter of John L. Hancock, of Chicago; children: Rhea (Mrs. Charles A. Munroe), Stuart, Howard, Spencer, Waldo. Came to Chicago, 1870; clerk in dry goods house of Field, Leiter & Co .; then for a year with a Board of Trade firm before estab- lishing, 1876, under style of F. G. Logan & Co., in the commn. grain trade. Made a fine collec- tion of archaeological specimens, which he ex- hibited in anthropological dept. of World's Co- lumbian Exposition; also a collection of inter- esting relics of John Brown and Abraham Lin- coln, exhibited in the Illinois Bldg. Congrega- tionalist; officer of Plymouth Church. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc .; vice-pres. Art Inst. of Chi- cago. Clubs: Union League, City, Onwentsia, South Shore Country, Cliff Dwellers, Midlothian. Recreations: interested in art. Residence: 2919 Prairie Av. Office: Board of Trade.

LOGAN, Theron, commn. merchant; former- ly mem. firm of Logan & Bryan; dir. Work- man's Legal Security Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Un- ion League, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 6522 Harvard Av.

LOMBARD, Isaac Gross, banker; 1835-1910; see Vol. 1905.

LONG, Frank Elmer, advertising; born on farm in Boone Co., Ill., Oct. 7, 1865; son Jo- seph and Rhoda Anna (Wheeler) Long; ed. pub. school and at Northern Ind. Normal School, Valparaiso; married Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 18, 1898, Nellie Wilhelmina Ebert; children: Elmer Ebert, Constance Evelyn. On leaving school was employed for several years in dry goods store of Albert Rivet, Rockford, Ill., and later in collection dept. of Emerson, Talcott & Co .. mfrs. of agricultural implements, Rockford. and still later mgr. of that dept. for several years; resigned to enter employ of Frank B. White, special representative of publishers at Chicago, June 1892; in May 1894. Frank B. White Co., advertising agents, was incorpor- ated, of which became vice-pres., later assum- ing management of eastern office at New York until July 1902, when elected to presidency of Frank B. White Co. In Sept. 1903, with others, incorporated the Long-Critchfield Corporation. of which was pres. up to July 1908. when sold interests in that corpn. and in Dec. purchased the Rush interests in National Stockman and Farmer, Pittsburg, Pa., and Farmers' Review, Chicago; pres. of both publications. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League. Chicago Athletic. Recreations: motoring and fishing. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 537 S. Dearborn St.

*LONG, James Henry, sales mgr .; see Vol. 1905.

LONG, Jesse Robert, lawyer; born nr. Bod- ford, Ind., Mar. 7. 1866; son David and Sarah Margaret (Fish) Long; ed. Bedford Male and Female Coll .; Central Normal Coll., Danville. Ind .: Memphis (Tenn.) Law School; married Ida B. Hargrave, of Rockville. Ind., Nov. 22, 1888 (died May 5, 1907) : children: Hargrave A. and Roger D .: married 2d. Mrs. Rosalie Carle. of N. Raymond. Me., June 22. 1909. Admitted to bar at Memphis, Tenn., 1890; mem, firm of Bingham & Long. Muncie. Ind., 1896-1906: re- moved to Chicago, 1906, and since mem. of firm of Castle. Williams, Long & Castle. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Il. State Bar Assn. Repub- lican. Mason, 32°, K.T. Clubs: Hamilton, West- ward Ho Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: Hotel Metropole. Office: 1019 Chamber of Com- merce.

LONG, John Harper, chemist: born nr. Steu- benville. O., Dec. 1856: son JJohn and Elizabeth

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(Harper) Long; B.S., Univ. of Kan., 1877; stud- of Ill. and capt. Co. A (his father was col. of ied at Tübingen, Würzburg, and Breslau, 1877- the regt.); mem. Sons of Veterans. Mason, 32°, and Shriner; Royal Vizier of Chicago Temple D.O.K.K .; mem. State judiciary com. K. of P. Club: Hamilton (life mem.). Residence: 5617 Calumet Av. Office: Chicago Stock Exchange. 80; Sc.D., Tübingen, 1879; married Catherine Stoneman, of Cedar Rapids, Ia., Aug. 24, 1885. Prof. chemistry, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. since 1881. Chemist Ill. State Bd. Health since 1885. Mem. referee bd. of consulting scientific experts U.S. Dept. Agr. Fellow A.A.A.S .; pres. Am. Chem. Soc., 1903-4; mem. Deutsche Chem- ische Gesellschaft, Washington Acad. Sciences, Soc. Biol. Chemists. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Resi- dence: 7748 Sangamon St. Office: 2421 Dear- born St.

LONG, Omera Floyd, univ. prof .; born Mil- lersburg, Ky., May 10, 1870; son James Riley and Armilda (Cheatham) Long; A.B., Ky. Wes- leyan Coll., Millersburg, 1890, A.M., 1893; Ph. D., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1897; unmarried. Clas- sical master, Friends School, Baltimore, 1895-6; instr. Latin, 1897-1901, asst. prof., 1901-6, asso. prof., 1906-10, prof. since 1910, Northwestern Univ. Author: Livy, Selections from the First Decade, 190S; also articles in philological jour- nals. Mem. exec. com. Classical Assn. of the Middle West and South; mem. Am. Philolog- ical Assn .; pres. Northwestern Assn. of Johns Hopkins Alumni; mem. Phi Beta Kappa (Alpha of Md.). Clubs: University (Evanston and Chi- cago). Residence: University Club, Evanston, Illinois.

LONG, Theodore Kepner, lawyer; born Mil- lerstown, Pa., Apr. 26, 1857; son Abraham and Catharine (Kepner) Long; ed. Millerstown (Pa.) High School, and State Normal School, Millersville, Pa .; New Bloomfield (Pa.) Clas- sical Acad .; special studies at Yale and grad. LL.B., 1878; married Eau Claire, Wis., Nov. 25, 1885, Kate Carson; 1 son: William Carson. Edi- tor Mandan (N.D.) Daily Pioneer, 1882; com- piled Long's Legislative Hand Book for Dako- ta, 1883; in active practice of law since 1884; state's atty. for district west of the Mo. River, Dakota, 1885; atty. for N.P.R.R., Bismarck, Dak., 1887; located in Chicago, 1894. Was le- gal adviser in formation of and gen. counsel and dir. Ill. Life Ins. Co., Western Trust and Savings Bank; dir. Pullman Loan and Savings Bank; gen. counsel Charles A. Stevens & Bros. Retired from active practice, 1905. Elected al- derman 6th Ward, 1909. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Ham- ilton (ex-pres.), Kenwood, South Shore Coun- try. Residence: 4823 Kimbark Av.

LONGENECKER, Joel Fitch, trial lawyer city attorney's office; born Olney, Ill., Dec. 21, 1880; son Joel M. and Emma Florence (Fitch) Longenecker; ed. pub. schools and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1902; married Jan. 1, 1908, Helen M., daughter of George H. Culver; 1 child: Helen Culver. Began practice of law in 1902. Republican; pres. 8th precinct of 6th Ward. Methodist. Mem. Sons of the G.A.R. (adj. gen.), Improved O.R.M. (chmn. judiciary com. Great Council of Ill.), K.P., D.O.K.K., and S.V. Residence: 4117 Vincennes Av. Office: 822 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

LONGENECKER, Joel M., lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

LONGENECKER, Rolla Rudolph, lawyer; born Olney, Ill., Apr. 1, 1875; son Joel M. and Emma Florence (Fitch) Longenecker; ed. com- mon and high schools of Chicago and studied law 5 years in office of his father; attended Kent Coll. of Law, 1897, Chicago Coll. of Law, 1899; married Chicago, Sept. 20, 1904, Grace Louise Brinkerhoff; children: Edwin Donald, Lela Florence. Admitted to bar, 1900, and joined his father in forming firm of Longen- ecker & Longenecker. Since 1900 prof. of med- ical jurisprudence in the Am. College of Oste- opathic Medicine and Surgery, now known as Littlejohn College. Republican. Methodist. Or- ganizer and sec. Tenants' Protective Assn .; or- ganizer of Sons of Veterans Provisional Regt.

LONGLEY, Albert Warren, merchant; born Westford, Mass., Oct. 12, 1848; son Otis and Nancy Lock (Goodhue) Longley; attended pub. schools of Springfield, Mass. Came to Chicago and conducted a retail grocery store and meat market on W. Madison St., 1869-72; rebuilt the Massasoit House and opened it as a hotel, 1873; in 1882 established firm of Longley, Low & Alexander, wholesale hats and caps, of which is pres .; also pres. Cosmopolitan Cap Factory. Republican. Residence: 2231 Calumet Av. Of- fice: 210 W. Adams St.

LONGLEY, Harry Sherman, clergyman; born Cohoes, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1868; son John Thomp- son and Maria Elizabeth (Fulton) Longley; A.B., St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N.Y., 1891, A.M., 1896; grad. Gen. Theol. Sem., New York, 1894; married Hattie E. Minkler, of Waterford, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1894; 1 son: Harry S. M. Or- dained deacon, 1894, priest, 1895, P. E. Church; curate St. Paul's Parish, Troy, N.Y., 1894-5; rector Trinity Parish, Milford, Mass., 1895-9, Christ Church, Binghamton, N.Y., 1899-1911, St. Mark's Parish, Evanston, Ill., since Feb. 1, 1911. Formerly examining chaplain to the bishop of Central N.Y .; rural dean Diocese of Central N.Y .; deputy to Gen. Conventions, Rich- mond, Va., 1907, Cincinnati, 1910. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner; Past Master Otsen- ingo No. 435, Binghamton, N.Y .; Past Grand Chaplain, N.Y. Grand Lodge). Mem. Kappa Gamma Chi (St. Stephen's Coll.). Clubs: Uni- versity of Evanston, Evanston Golf. Residence: 1501 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.

LOOMIS, Edward Beach, physician and sur- geon; born Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 6, 1848; son Rev. Harmon and Charlotte M. (Torrey) Loom- is; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst., to 1863; Univ. of the City of New York, Univ. of Ver- mont and med. dept. of Univ. of Vermont, graduating, M.D., 1870; married Burlington, Vt., Mar. 14, 1871, Effagene M. Fuller; 1 daugh- ter: Charlotte C. Leland. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Therapeutic Club. Republican. Club: Il- linois. Residence: 2833 W. Monroe St. Office: 15 E. Washington St.

LOOMIS, William Warner, editor, writer; born Clermont, Ia., Sept. 16, 1876; son Addison Harlow and Marian (Warner) Loomis; B.S., State Univ. of Ia., Iowa City, 1899; married Alice Bibbs, of Boone, Ia., Oct. 23, 1905; chil- dren: Marion, Virginia. Editor Vidette-Re- porter, Iowa City, Ia., 1898-99, Clermont (Ia.) Observer, 1900, Atlantic (Ia.) Tri-Weekly Mes- senger, 1901, Boone (Ia.) Evening Republican, 1901-5, LaGrange (Ill.) Citizen since 1905, and Summit-Argo (Ill.) Enterprise and Riverside (Ill.) News since 1910; also asso. editor System magazine and head The System Company's book dept. since Jan. 1910. Pres. Citizen Pub. Co. Contbr. to mags. Republican. Clubs: Press, Hawkeye Fellowship. Residence: 11 S. Cather- ine Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 32 S. Wabash Av.

*LOOSE, Jacob L., mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

LORD, Daniel Miner, retired; born Newton Corner, Mass., Sept. 29, 1844; son Rev. Daniel Miner and Eliza Ann (Hardy) Lord; ed. com- mon schs .; married Alice Barbee Tullis, of Chi- cago, Sept. 21, 1887. Was engaged in shipping business, New York, until close of Civil War; went to Chicago, 1868; entered newspaper busi- ness, 1870; sr. mem. firm Lord & Thomas until Feb. 1, 1904; officer or dir. in other corpns. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic (ex- pres.), City, Kenwood, Homewood Country. Residence: 5450 Cornell Av. Office: 69 W. Wash- ington St.

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LORD, Edgar A., lumber; deceased; see Vol. Charles Denny & Co., Phila., 1885; later same 1905.

LORD, Frank Elmer, lawyer; born Danvers, Mass., Dec. 20, 1861; son Edward A. and Nancy (Boardman) Lord; grad. Holten High School, Danvers, Mass., 1878, Salem (Mass.) High School, 1879; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1883; studied law. Admitted to bar, 1886; in 1889 joined late John H. Hamline and Frank H. Scott in firm of Hamline, Scott & Lord; May 1, 1904-7, Scott, Bancroft, Lord & Stephens; then in individual practice. Mem. Law Club, Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, University, Evanston, Skokie Country. Residence: 1328 Hinman Av., Evans- ton, Ill. Office: The Temple.

LORD, John Brackett, pres. and mgr. Ayer & Lord Tie Co .; born Newton Upper Falls, Mass., June 3, 1848; son Brackett and Clarissa Williams (Winslow) Lord; ed. schools of New- ton, Mass., and Wesleyan Acad., Wilbraham, Mass .; married 1874, Annie E., daughter of Dr. James M. Steele, of Grand View, Ill .; children: Clara S., Mary I., Margaret, Russell. In 1867 entered his father's grain and flour business, remaining until 1872, and removed to Kansas, Ill., where his father owned a large grain ware- house, of which he took charge; became gen- eral buyer and shipper of grain through Cen- tral Ill., 1875-82; in railroad lumber supply business, with C. W. Powell, Paris, Ill., 1882-4, and in Chicago, 1884-93, when firm dissolved; since 1893 pres. and mgr. of Ayer & Lord Tie Co., now largest oak-tie dealers in U.S .; dir. Harris Trust & Savings Bank. Vice-pres. Pres- byterian Hosp. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Kenwood, Mid-Day, Homewood. Residence: 4857 Greenwood Av. Office: Ry. Exchange.

*LORD, Parley Adelbert, lumber; moved to Cal .; see Vol. 1905.

LORENTZ, Christoph August, newspaper publisher; born Oldersum, Germany, May 7, 1858; son Arend Christoph and Zwaantje Lor- entz; ed. pub. and private schools and business college in Germany; married Chicago, Jan. 1, 1892, Clementine Parisek; 1 son: Christoph August, Jr. Came to U.S., 1885; was 2 years in general merchandise store in Logan Co., Ill .; came to Chicago, 1887; 2 years with mercantile house; since 1889 in business dept. of the Abendpost, newspaper, and since 1898 sec. and dir. of the Abendpost Co. Was volunteer in German Army, 1878-9. Mem. Reformed Church. Residence: 2715 Hampden Ct. Office: 101 S. 5th Avenue.

LORIMER, William, senator; born Manches- ter, Eng., Apr. 27, 1861; son William and Sarah (Harley) Lorimer; when 5 yrs. old came with parents to U.S., and in 1870 to Chicago; mar- ried Susan Mooney, of Chicago, July 1884. At 10 he became sign-painter's apprentice; later worked in packing houses and for a street rail- road co .; entered real estate business, 1886, and later mem. of Murphy & Lorimer in bldg. and brick mfg. business; mem. firm of Lori- mer & Gallagher, contractors, since 1900; pres. Federal Improvement Co. since 1907. Supt. water-main extensions and later supt. water dept., City of Chicago, 1887-93; defeated for clerk Superior Ct., 1892; mem. 54th to 56th Con- gresses (1895-1901), 2d Ill. Dist. and 58th to 61st Congresses (1903-11) 6th Dist .; mem. coms. on Agr. and Rivers and Harbors; elected U.S. senator, May 26, 1909, for term 1909-15; resigned from 61st Congress, June 18, 1909. Re- publican. Residence: 3659 Douglas Park Boul. Office: The Rookery.

LOSCH, Nathaniel Richardson, banker; born Brooklyn, Nov. 28, 1869; son Rev. Henry and Hannah Jane (Richardson) Losch; ed. Phila- delphia High School, and private school; mar- ried Marion Blanche Stockton, of Chicago, Oct. 24, 1900; children: John Stockton, Nathaniel Richardson, Jr., and Henry Covington. First engagement was as clerk in coal office of

year with W. S. Kimball, real estate; came to Chicago, Mar. 11, 1886, and 4 days later was made cashier Carson, Pirie & Co .; resigned Sept. 1888, to accept position with Commercial Nat. Bank as messenger; apptd. asst. cashier, Jan. 10, 1900, and cashier Jan. 13, 1905; on con- solidation with Continental Nat. Bank in 1910, . became cashier of Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank. Republican. Presbyterian. Royal Arch Mason. Clubs: Bankers', Ill. Athletic. Residence: 5733 Washington Av. Office: Conti- nental & Commercial Nat. Bank.

LOSEY, Clifford Sutherland, physician; see Vol. 1905.

LOTT, Edward C .; see Vol. 1905.

LOUCKS, Charles Olney, lawyer; born Me- nasha, Wis., June 7, 1877; son Charles N. and Mary (Reece) Loucks; ,grad. Irving Park Grammar School, Chicago, 1889; Jefferson High School, 1894; 2 years' work in A.B. course at Univ. of Mich., 1894-6; married Lavina - Will- iams, of Warsaw, Ind., June 28, 1905; 2 chil- dren: Mary W., Clarkson W. Clerk in law of- fice of Pease & McEwen, Chicago, 1896-7, At- wood & Pease, 1897-9; admitted to bar, Dec. 16, 1899; practiced law alone until Jan. 1901; mem. firm of Atwood & Pease, Jan. 1901-Oct. 1902, Atwood, Pease & Loucks, Oct. 1902-Sept. 1, 1903, Atwood, Pease, Corbin & Loucks, Sept. 1, 1903-Jan. 1, 1906; since then of Atwood, Pease & Loucks. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Univ. of Mich. Alumni Assn., Nat. Union, Chicago Methodist Social Union, Federated Men's Clubs of Irving Park (pres.), Rep. League of the 27th Ward (chmn. exec. com.), United Citizens Assn. of 27th Ward of Chicago (pres.), Federation of Improvement Clubs of 27th Ward (sec.); chmn. advisory council Legislative Voters' League (25th District). Residence: 4041 N. 42d Av. Of- fice: 1213 Tacoma Bldg.

LOUDERBACK, Andrew V., dentist; born Fulton, Ind., Oct. 13, 1867; son Newton A. and Mary Lucretia (Conn) Louderback; B.S., Lane Univ., Lecompton, Kan., 1895, M.S., 1898; post- grad. student Univ. of Neb .; D.D.S., Northwest- ern Univ. Dental School, Chicago, 1905; mar- ried Artie White, of Marion, Ind., June 15, 1892; 1 daughter: Pauline. Taught school in Ind., 1884-8; supt. schools, Stockton. Kan., 1891-4, Weeping Water, Neb., 1895-7, Wymore, Neb., 1898-1901; in dental practice at Chicago since 1905; mem. faculty Northwestern Univ. Dental School, 1905-9. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc. Republican. First reader Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. Residence: 6803 Parnell Av. Office: 304 W. 63d St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 128

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