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LOUDERBACK, William Johnson, broker; born Hamilton, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1864; son Al- 'fred and Sarah (Wilson) Louderback; grad. Episcopal Acad., Phila., in class of 1880; mar- ried Chicago, 1897, Jane Darragh: children: William J., Elizabeth, Darragh, Sarah and Jane. Clerk for Western Union Telegraph Co., Chicago, 1880-1; then with Central Union Tele- graph Co., as bookkeeper, and afterward as gen. accountant, until 1885; with Pullman Co .. 1886-7, as special accountant; cashier Chicago. Santa Fe & Cal. R.R., until 1889; afterward with Norman Williams, in charge of estates; became mem. King, Hodenpyl & Co., and their successors, John C. King & Co .: now special partner of Babcock, Rushton & Co., stocks and bonds, actively in charge of trust funds. Treas. Goodrich Transportation Co., and of The John Crerar Library. Clubs: Chicago, Exmoor Coun- try. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: The Rookery.
LOUNSBURY, James Allen, wood-working machinery; born Wethersfield, Conn .. June S. 1867; son Cooke and Isabella (Spalding) Louns- bury: ed. pub. schools and high schools of Hartford, Coun .: married Chicago. Sept. 26. 1893, Gertrude Greenlee; children: Ralph. Eliz-
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abeth. Engaged in clec. and mech, engring., 1887-97; during 1892-3, engr. of incandescent lighting for World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago. In 1896 engaged in business of mfg. elec. machinery; in experimental work in con- nection with the mfr. of steel, 1897-8. In 1899 became connected with Greenlee Bros. & Co., and in Jan. 1902, was made a dir. and vice- pres. of the co. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Union League. Recreations: motoring and yachting. Residence: 640 Graceland Av. Office: Ry. Exchange.
LOVE, Charles Finney, pres. C. F. Love & Co .; born Waukesha, Wis., Mar. 29, 1845; son Robert and Martha (Barnett) Love; ed. pub. school; married Chicago, Nov. 1877, Miss Ula Wilkins. Came to Chicago in 1863; worked for a jewelry house until the great fire; after the fire engaged with C. B. Ayers in the produce commn. business under present firm name of C. F. Love & Co .; firm was incorporated, 1904, and he became pres. Republican. Residence: 4471 Lake Av. Office: 9 W. South Water St.
*LOVE, Sidney Cox, banker and broker; see Vol. 1905.
*LOVE, William Samuel; see Vol. 1905.
LOVETT, Robert Morss, univ. dean; born Boston, Dec. 25, 1870; son Augustus S. and Elizabeth (Russell) Lovett; A.B., Harvard, 1892; married Ida Mott-Smith, of Boston, June 4, 1895. Asst. in English, 1892, instr., 1893, Harvard; instr. rhetoric, 1893, asst. prof. Eng- lish, 1896-1904, asso. prof., 1904-9, prof. since 1909, dean in Jr. Colls., 1903-7, dean of Jr. Colls. since 1907, Univ. of Chicago. Clubs: Uni- versity (Chicago), Authors (London). Author: A History of English Literature (with W. V. Moody), 1902; Richard Gresham (novel), 1904; A First View of English Literature (with W. V. Moody), 1905; A Winged Victory (novel), 1907. Residence: 1335 E. 60th St.
LOVEWELL, Charles Hubart, physician; born Fairhaven, Orleans Co., N.Y., Oct. 9, 1848; son Nehemiah and Phebe P. (Cole) Lovewell; parents removed to Coldwater, Mich., settling on farm, 1855; ed. country school and Cold- water High School, walking daily 4 miles each way between farm and school during the 4 years' high school course, and graduating in 1865; taught school, 1865-6; studied medicine in office of Dr. J. H. Bennett, of Coldwater, Mich., and spent 5 years in study, at same time teach- ing to earn money for college course; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1871; married Coldwater, Mich., 1870, Debbie Cladwell; children: C. Hubart, Maurice N., Ralph E., Frank S. Practiced at Coldwater, Mich., as partner with his former preceptor, Dr. Bennett, 1871-5; came to Chicago, 1875, and located in Englewood. Mem. of sev- eral fraternal orders. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn. Mason. Recreations: geneolog- ical studies. Office and Residence: 6058 Went- worth Av.
LOW, James E., dentist; born Otsego Co., N. Y., 1837; son Rinald and Susan (Haywood) Low; ed. Cooperstown Sem., and later studied in dental schools of New York; married Ro- wena Knapp, Milford, N.Y., 1857; children: Maud, Mabel. Came to Chicago, 1865; inventor of advanced methods in dentistry, including that of crown and bridge work, for which re- ceived patent Mar. 15, 1881. Became interested in the Columbian Dental Coll., 1893, and later was its pres. and treas. Residence: 25 N. 53d Av. Office: 8 N. State St.
LOW, John Melvin, hats and caps; born Scho- harie Co., N.Y., June 5, 1847; son Peter and Harriet (Becker) Low; ed. pub. schools and Whitestown Sem .; married New York City, 1885, Nannie Armitage. Bookkeeper for Sweet, Dempster & Co., wholesale hats, 2 years; then for 12 years traveling salesman for same firm. In 1882 joined in organizing Longley, Low & Alexander, hats, caps and gloves, of which is now sec. and treas. Mem. Chicago Assn. of
Commerce. Republican. Clubs: South Shore, Glen View Golf. Recreations: reading and golf. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: 210 W. Adams St.
LOW, Willard Wainwright, electrical sup- plies; born Flint, Mich., Oct. 24, 1858; son Spencer F. and Julia (Seamen) Low; ed. pub. schools, Flint, Mich .; married Flint, Mich., July 5, 1886, Louise Wallingford; 2 children: Herrisa Marguerite (Mrs. Ward Thomas), and Luferry Willard. Learned trade of carriage infg. and was in that line up to 1884. Came to Chicago, 1888, and since the Electric Appliance Co. was organized, 1891, has been its pres. Republican. Mem. of all Masonic bodies up to 33°. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore. Residence: 1357 Kenwood Park Pl. Office: 701 W. Jackson Boul.
*LOWDEN, Frank Orren, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
LOWE, F(rank) MacDonald, lawyer; born Richview, Washington Co., Ill., Aug. 22, 1879; son of Adolphus G. and Harriet (Cameron) Lowe; grad. Hyde Park High School, 1899; Univ. of Mich., literary and law depts., 1899- 1902; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1903; married Helen Althea Whitney, of Chicago, Apr.' 18, 1908. In private office of Marshall Field 1 year, 1902-3; admitted to bar, 1903; law clerk for Jesse A. (now Judge) Baldwin and Henry R. Baldwin, 1904-7; associated in prac- tice with Col. Richard S. Thompson since June 1907. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago. Republican. Chris- tian Scientist. Mem. Phi Sigma, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Phi fraternities. Club: City. Rec- reations: golf and tennis. Residence: 5486 Washington Av. Office: 612 Chamber of Com- merce Bldg.
LOWE, John Williamson, coal merchant; born Dayton, O., Oct. 4, 1861; son Thomas O. and Martha (Harshman) Lowe; ed. Dayton High School. Engaged in coal business since leaving high school, 1879; now vice-pres. Tom Corwin Coal Co., Smith, Lowe Coal Co. and of Weyanoke Coal Co. Mckinley Democrat. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Union, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Recreation: golf. Residence: Union Club. ~ Of- fice: Old Colony Bldg.
LOWE, Perley, lumberman; born Levant, Me., Dec. 6, 1845; son William G. and Susan Moor Lowe; enlisted, 1864, in 1st Me. Cav., and served under Gen. Phil. Sheridan; married Chi- cago, 1873, Eliza Templeton; children: Agnes S., Emily E., Annie E., Grace G. After war taught school in Maine; came to Chicago, 1867; mem. lumber firm of Thompson Bros. & Lowe, 1885-9, Kelley, Lowe & Co., 1889-93, Perley Lowe & Co., since 1889. Several terms dir., vice-pres., 1885, pres., 1886, Lumbermen's Ex- change. Active layman of M.E. Church; has been especially interested in the Halsted St. Mission; lay delegate from Rock River Con- ference to Gen. Conference M. E. Church, Los Angeles, 1904. Pres. Wesley Hosp .; trustee Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Union. League, Westward Ho. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1822 Washington Boul. Office: Railway Ex- change.
*LOWELL, George K., ry. official; see Vol. 1905.
LOWENTHAL, Solomon L., lawyer; born Chicago, Sept. 1, 1868; grad. Englewood High School; LL.B.,Northwestern Univ. Engaged in the practice of law in Chicago since 1889; was atty. for the school trustees of Englewood in settlement of annexation matters with the City of Chicago; was atty. for several property own- ers in connection with the Wentworth Av. Sew- er case, etc. Elected mem. Ill. House of Rep- resentatives, 1894. Residence: 10337 Prospect Av. Office: 32 N. Clark St.
LOWER, Elton, civil service commr .; born Newcastle, Pa., Mar. 9, 1870; son C. B. and
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Sarah (Edwards) Lower; ed. pub. schools, New- in 1889, and in 1902 was chosen sec. of the castle, Pa., and by private tutors at Mt. Her- company, name of which, in 1906, was changed to John F. Jelke Co. Residence: 7314 Sheridan Rd. Office: 509 N. Union St. mon, Northfield, Mass .; married Chicago, 1890, Mabel Campbell; children: Paul, Lillian. After leaving school engaged in government service, Washington, D.C., until coming to Chicago, 1889; entered service of Chicago Daily News, 1889-91; then with Chicago Evening Post; en- tire newspaper career as political reporter. Re- publican. Chmn. Cook Co. Civil Service Com- mission, 1901-7; mem. City Civil Service Com- mission since May, 1907 (now pres.). Mason (Shriner). Clubs: Press, Chicago Automobile. Residence: 921 Castlewood Terrace. Office: City Hall.
LOWETH, Charles Frederick, civil engr .; born Cleveland, O., Mar. 3, 1857; son Daniel and Mary A. P. (Brown) Loweth; attended Oberlin College; married Wilmington, Del., Feb. 15, 1881, Carrie T. Curtis; children: Mary Grace, Margaret, Frederick C., Robert C. Began as rodman on survey for ry. in Ohio; since 1880 civil engr., principally in ry. service, being successively chief engr. of the Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern Ry., and consulting engr. for the N.P.Ry., M., St.P.&S.Ste. M.Ry., M. &St.L.Ry., and others; engr. and supt. bridges and bldgs., 1901-10, chief engr. since 1910, C., M.&St.P.Ry. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Soc. of C. E., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way Assn. Clubs: Engineers', City. Residence: 5206 Jef- ferson Av. Office: Railway Exchange.
LOWREY, Frederick Charles, pres. Central Commercial Co., brokers and merchants; born Chicago, Aug. 25, 1871; son Charles Griffin and Susan Ann (Shaffer) Lowrey; ed. Oak Park (Ill.) High School and Chicago Athenæum; married Van Wert, O., Apr. 25, 1893, Lucy Eva Phillips; children: Forest Roderick, Florence Winifred. Pres. Central Commercial Co., brok- ers and import. merchants; also chmn. board of dirs. of Keystone Oil and Mfg. Co .; pres. Ster- ling Asphalt Co., Chanute, Kan., and Leaf River Turpentine Co., Ellisville, Miss .; dir. Fort Smith (Ark.) Asphalt Co .; chmn. board of Mantle Lamp Co., Chicago, and Herruth Oil Co., Zion City, Ill. Republican. Residence: 267 Franklin Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: 302 W. Randolph St.
LOWRY, Charles Doak, district supt. pub. schools; born Ripley, Brown Co., O., July 6, 1864; son William Ramsey and Rebekah (Good- rich) Lowry; grad. pub. and high schools, Rip- ley, 1881; grad. Northwestern Univ., 1908; mar- ried at Chicago, June 28, 1895, Lydia Purdy Hess; children: Charles Doak, Oswin William, Louise Talman, Timothy G., Oliver Howe. Taught country schools in Brown Co .. O., 1881- 6; senior teacher in State School for Blind, Columbus, O., 1886-9; taught physics in W. Di-, vision High School, Chicago, 1889-96; prin- cipal Arnold School, Chicago, 1896-1900; dis- trict supt. of pub. schools, Chicago, since 1900, except 1 year principal of Wicker Park School. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Literary, Apollo (mu- sical). Recreations: music and outdoor life. Residence: 1643 Kenilworth Av. Office: Trib- unc Bldg.
LOWRY, Francis Maher, mfr .; born Mil- liken's Bend, La., Nov. 3, 1844; son Alfred John and Cleora Cornelia (Hynes) Lowry; ed. St. Joseph's Coll., Bardstown, Ky., and Center Coll., Danville, Ky .; married Spring Lake. Mich., Aug. 31, 1898, Mary E. Clarke Rose: 2 children: Ethan Ray Clarke, Mary Elizabeth Millard. During Civil War served 3 years in Co. B, 3d La. Cav., C.S.A .; clerk in Merchants' Bank, Louisville, Ky., 1866-9; with Cornwall & Bro., mfrs. of soaps, Louisville, 1869-80: 1880 to July, 1882, in St. Louis, Mo., with the Southern Dairy Co., as mgr .; came to Chicago, 1882; en- tered employ of Braun & Fitts, churners of butterine. 1887; was mgr. of their St. Louis house, 1887-1895; the business was incorporated
LOWY, Charles F., lawyer; born in Bohemia, June 17, 1874; son Salomon and Anna (Pollak) Lowy; came to America, 1891; ed. normal school, Bohemia; high school, Vienna, Aus- tria; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ. Law School, 1900, Ill. Coll. of Law, 1901; course in phil- osophy, St. Ignatius Coll., 1902; married Bella Friend, of Chicago, Jan. 15, 1905; 1 daughter: Lucille Anna. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901; prac- ticed alone, 1901-6, since as member firm of Winston, Lowy & McGinn; specialty corpora- tion, real estate and commercial law; has had a number of important cases in Appellate and Supreme courts of Ill. and U.S. courts. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Dem- ocrat (active worker). Mem. Keystone Lodge No. 639 A.F. and A.M., Auburn Park Chapter R.A.M. Chicago Council R. and S.M .; officer U.S. Grand Lodge Independent Order Free Sons of Israel. Recreations: athletics and outdoor exercises. Residence: 5640 South Park Av. Of- fice: 437-444 Stock Exchange Bldg.
LUCAS, Robert Suddards, Chicago mgr. John Lucas & Co .; born Gibbsboro, Camden Co., N.J., July 30, 1870; son John and Harriet Annie (Bowne) Lucas; ed. Episcopal Acad., Phila., and Briar Cliff Mil. Acad., Sing Sing, N.Y., graduat- ing from latter June 20, 1888; married Chica- go, Apr. 26, 1895, Marie Esther Collier; chil- dren: Robert S., Jr., Richard C., Harriet Ma- rie. After leaving school, 1888, entered the Phila. house of John Lucas & Co. (founded by his father in 1848), wholesale mfrs. of and dealers in dry colors, varnishes, brushes, glass and painters' sundries, and since Dec. 1893, has been mgr. of the Chicago house of the same firm. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: farming. Residence: 1024 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1521 S. Morgan St.
LUCE, Franklin Augustus, silks. etc .; born Haydenville, Mass., Oct. 31, 1854; son Augustus and Elvira (Clapp) Luce; ed. pub. schools, Hay- denville, and at Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; married Northampton, Mass., June 2. 1881, Helen Prindle; 1 daughter: Katherine Prindle. Began business career, 1872-5, with Lincoln & Southwick, carpets, dry goods, etc., Northampton; with A. W. Willis, Palmer. Mass., 1877-8; with William Skinner, silk mfr., New York, 1878-80; since 1880 western mgr. for the William Skinner Silk Mfg. Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1507 N. State St. Office: 305 W. Adams St.
LUCE, W (illiam) Grant, 2d vice-pres. Wells Bros. Co .; born Galva, Ill., Nov. 7, 1869; son Morris and Katherine (Yerty) Luce: ed. pub. schs. and business coll., supplemented by spe- cial course in architecture; married Miss Em F. Bates, of Chicago, Feb. 8. 1893; 3 children: El- lenor, Dudley Gordon and William Barrett. Be- gan business experience in offices of Myron H. Church, architect, with whom remained until 1893, when engaged in contracting business on own account, which conducted until 1897: iden- tified with Wells Bros., contractors, and their successors, the Wells Bros. Co., since 1897. as supt. of construction. 1897-1900. sec. and dir. 1900-5, and 2d vice-pres, and dir. since 1905. Republican. Baptist. Club: Hamilton. Resi- dence: Morgan Park, 111. Office: 1218 Monad- nock Blk.
LUDLOW, George McMurtry, mfr .: born Elizabeth, N.J., Sept. 28, 1863; son George Wat- son and Mary (Arrison) Ludlow; ed. pub. schs. of Utica, N.Y., and at Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst .; married Chicago, June 19, 1895. Cornelia Hartwell; children: Edward Hartwell, George Hartwell. Elizabeth Hartwell and Isabel Hart- well. Began business career with his father in
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shoe mfg. business until 1892; in real estate 1895; The Fifth School Year, 1905; also several business, 1892-5; since its organization pres. ednl. monographs. Residence: 2468 N. Clark St. *LUKENS, William Johnson, real estate; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905. and dir. of the Moneyweight Scale Co .; also vice-pres. and dir. The Computing Scale Co. of America, Stimpson Computing Scale Co., W. F. Stimpson Co .; sec. and dir. Computing Scale Co., of Canada. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Mayflower Society, Soc. of Colonial Wars, S.A.R. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston Country, Onwentsia. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1203 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- tice: 165 N. State St.
LUDWIG, Roscoe Fuller, dentist; born Wal- doboro, Me., Sept. 29, 1846; son George and Sarah (Richards) Ludwig; ed. schools of Wal- dobor. Me., and Chelsea, Mass .; came to Chica- go, 1863, and studied dentistry 4 years under Dr, W. W. Alport; also attended course of lectures at Chicago Med. Coll., and full course at Rush Med. Coll .; D.D.S., Ohio Coll. of Dental Sur- gery, 1867; married Chicago, Mar. 1867, Emma Rich Scales; children: Roscoe Frost (died Oct. 25, 1883), Daisy Emma, Faustina, Leon Eu- gene. Since 1867, engaged in continuous prac- tice in. Chicago. Has made several useful den- tal inventions, on which has patents. One of founders of Chicago Dental College, and of the Univ. Dental College; was of faculties of Univ. Dental College, and Am. Dental College, before they were absorbed by Northwestern Univ. Delegate Internat. Med. Congresses at Wash- ington, D.C., and at Berlin, Germany. Served in Civil War, enlisting, 1862, for 9 months' service, at end of which was mustered out; later served a 100-day enlistment in the 134th Ill. Regt. Mem. George H. Thomas Post G.A.R. Mem. Am. Dental Soc., Chicago Dental Soc., Chicago Dental Club. Charter mem. of Subur- ban Club of LaGrange, and of the LaGrange Country Club. Residence: The Larches, La Grange, Ill. Office: 57 E. Jackson Boul.
LUHNOW, Frederick August, pianos; born Chicago, Apr. 17, 1870; son Frederick and Hen- rietta (Pomrehn) Luhnow; ed. pub. and pri- vate schools, followed by 3 years' course in Chicago Athenaeum to 1888; married Chicago, June 21, 1898, Sadie Jung. After leaving school took up study of commercial law and was mgr. for O. S. Richardson & Co., coal, until 1898, when became treas. of the M. Schulz Co., mfrs. pianos and organs. Also treas. of the Werner Piano Co., and dir. of the W. C. Luhnow Coal Co. Republican. Mason (32°). Club: North- west. Residence: 1350 N. Hoyne Av. Office: 711 Milwaukee Av.
LUKENS, Frank Ellwood, sec. Ill. and Wis. Retail Coal Dealers' Assn .; born at Indian- apolis, July 19, 1859; son Richard and Mary F. (Anderson) Lukens; grad. high school, Indian- apolis, 1878, followed by course at Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Margaret L. Miller, of Peoria, Ill., Nov. 18, 1885; 1 daugh- ter: Elsie Louise. Removed from Indianapolis to Peoria in 1882, and engaged in coal busi- ness; was also city clerk of Peoria, 1893-5. Came to Chicago, 1896; sec. Nat. Assn. of Agri- cultural Implement and Vehicle Mfrs., 1900-6; sec. Ill. and Wis. Retail Coal Dealers' Assn. since 1898. Republican. Club: Ridgeway. Rec- reation: fishing. Residence: 5652 Prairie Av. Office: 1528 Monadnock Blk.
LUKENS, Herman Tyson, teacher; born Phila., Jan. 29, 1865; son James T. and Eliza- beth (Jones) Lukens; A.B., Univ. of Pa., 1885, A.M., 1888; univs. of Berlin, Halle, Leipzig, Paris and Jena, Ph.D., Jena, 1891; married El- eanor Lee Spencer, of Baltimore, June 1897. Teacher of biology, Northwest Division High Sch., Chicago, 1891-4; fellow in psychology, 1894-5, docent in pedagogy, 1895-8, Clark Univ .; lecturer on edn., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1896-7; head training teacher, State Normal Sch., California, Pa., 1898-1907; teacher in Francis W. Parker Sch., Chicago, since 1907. Author: Herbart's Psychological Basis of Teaching, 1890; The Connection Between
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LULL, Newton, vice-pres. Marshall-Jackson Co., stationers; born Chicago, Dec. 27, 1848; son Oliver Rugene Webster and Ann Elizabeth (Newton) Lull; B.S., Racine (Wis.) Coll., 1869; married Mary Louise Cotes, of Chicago, June 12, 1872. Began in stationery business, 1879; vice-pres. Marshall-Jackson .Co. since 1904. Mem. S.A.R. Episcopalian. Clubs: Church, Glen View, Edgewater (Chicago), Annandale Country (Pasadena, Cal.). Recreation: golf. Residence: The Walton, Washington Sq. Of- fice: 26 S. Clark St.
LUNDIN, Frederick, congressman; born Par- ish of W. Tollstad, Ostergotland, Sweden, May 18, 1868; pub. sch. edn .; unmarried. Pres. Lun- din & Co., mfg. chemists, Chicago. Mem. Ill. Senate, 1894-8; mem. 61st Congress (1909-11), 7th Ill. Dist .; Republican. Residence: 558 N. 51st Ct. Office: 4704 W. Kinzie St.
LUNDY, Ayres Derby, mech. and elec. engr .; born Ft. Dodge, Ia., May 25, 1861; son Albert D. and Jennie (Ayres) Lundy; A.B., Princeton Coll., 1884; A.M., Cornell Univ., 1887, after 2 years' post-grad. course in elec. engring .; mar- ried Aug. 8, 1888, Mary Thompson, of Topeka, Kan .; 1 daughter: Esther Ayres. On leaving college began in elec. ry. work with the Sprague Electric Ry. & Motor Co. at Richmond, Va .; afterward chief engr. for Sprague Electric Equipment Co., of Chicago, building for them the first electric roads in the states of Iowa, Ohio, Ind., Minn. and Wash .; district engr. for Edison General Electric Co., southern district, 1890-1; since June 1891, of firm of Sargent & Lundy, mech. and elec. engrs. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. Clubs: University, LaGrange Mo- tor. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: Railway Exchange.
LUNHAM, Robert Thomas, pork packer; born Co. Cork, Ireland, Nov. 8, 1856; son Robert and Mary (Darling) Lunham, both natives of Ber- wickshire, Scotland; ed. Liverpool Inst. and School of Art, Liverpool, Eng., and by private tutors at home; married Chicago, June 29, 1881, Elmora Hughes, of Louisville, Ky .; children: Elmore Ainslie, Clayton Westcott, Elsie Fran- ces (Mrs. Ainslie J. Bell), Chester Hughes, Robert Thomas, Jr. Came to Chicago in 1874 and started in business same year in firm of Boyd, Lunham & Co., and continued in pork packing until 1879; then sold packing house and engaged in export provision and commn. business, renting Jones & Stiles' plant at Un- ion Stock Yards until July 1896, when they bought the plant formerly owned by the W. H. Silberborn Co., which have since operated; now sec., treas., dir. and asst. gen. mgr. Boyd, Lun- ham & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade since 1892. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: Colonial. Recreation: farming. Residence: Everett, Ill. Offices: Royal Ins. Bldg. and Union Stock Yards.
LUNSFORD, Todd, lawyer; born Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 15, 1868; son Thomas and Mary Ellen (Todd) Lunsford; ed. at Brooks Military Acad., Cleveland, O., Washington and Jeffer- son Coll .; LL.B., Chicago Law School, 1898; married Oak Park, Ill., Aug. 25, 1904, Kate Gerts. Admitted to Ill. bar, Dec. 1898; mem. firm of Ball (Farlin H.) & Lunsford, 1901-8; has since practiced alone. Formerly asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago. Democrat; pres. Ill. Dem- ocratic League. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chi- cago Bar Assn. Sec. Chicago City Council. Charter Amendment Com .; Chicago represen- tative Boston Transcript. Mem. Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Clubs: Union League, City; also City (New York). Residence: 4220 Cham- plain Av. Office: 54 W. Randolph St.
LUNT, Ernest Miller, western mgr. for Towle Mfg. Co .; born Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 12,
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1870; son George D. and Caroline (Carr) Lunt; soul Peter Christian and Hannah Susanna De- ed. 2 years at Dummer Acad., Byfield, Mass., after that pub. schools of Newburyport, Mass., to 1885; married Chicago, Mar. 22, 1893, Emmy Neuschafer; children: Caroline, Ernest M., Jr., Jessie (deceased) and Ben. On leaving school in 1885 entered the employ of the Towle Mfg. Co., silversmiths and mfrs. of table ware, New- buryport, Mass., continuing in the home office until Aug. 1889, when was transferred to the Chicago house, becoming western mgr. for the company, 1902, and vice-pres., 1910. Mem. Gar- den City Lodge A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Vesper Country (Lowell, Mass.). Rec- reations: reading and outdoor life. Residence: Naperville, Ill. Office: 29 E. Madison St.
LUSSKY, G. Hermann, hardware merchant; born Frauenwalde, Ger., Apr. 26, 1850; son Gotthard and Johanna Louisa (Haubeiss) Lussky; came to U.S. in boyhood; ed. pub. schools, Baltimore, Chicago and Cincinnati; married Cincinnati, O., June 13, 1872, Anna Kramer (died); 1 son: Arthur; married 2d, Cin- cinnati, O., Aug. 1, 1877, Caroline Wocher; chil- dren: Charlotte Louise, Edgar. Errand boy, clerk and salesman with J. L. Wayne & Son, hardware, Cincinnati, 1864-9; traveling salesman Phoenix Iron Foundry, 1869-70; returned to J. L. Wayne & Son as salesman, general order clerk and stock clerk, 1870-9; gen. mgr., Feb. 1, 1879, and partner, Jan. 1, 1882-Jan. 1, 1887, Glaescher & Co., hardware, Cincinnati; sold interest to re- maining partners, and Mar. 16, 1887, bought in- terest in firm of Gibson, Parish & Co., who failed, July 1889. On July 1, 1889, started firm of Lussky, Payn & Co., succeeded, Jan. 1, 1903, by Lussky, White & Coolidge, jobbers of cab- inet hardware and upholstering material, of which has been treas. since incorporation, Jan. 1909. Republican. Protestant. Residence: 1323 E. 50th St. Office: 69 W. Lake St.
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