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MARCH, Calvin Cate, lawyer; see Vol. 1905. MARCUSE, Benjamin, banker and broker; born Berlin, Ger., Mar. 19, 1871; son Max and Lena (Lasker) Marcuse; grad. high schools of Berlin, Ger., 1887; married Chicago, 1896, Cor- nelia Drom. Came to New York from Germany, 1887, and was traveling salesman for clothing house there until 1894, when came to Chicago, becoming traveling salesman for Strauss, Eis- endrath & Drom and for Daube, Cohn & Co., wholesale clothing, until 1901, when joined Fritz von Frantzius, forming present firm of Von Frantzius & Co., bankers and brokers. Re- publican. Mem. German Aid Soc., Associated Jewish Charities, Art Inst. of Chicago, Chicago Singverein. Recreations: music and motoring. Club: Ill. Athletic (life). Residence: 3846 Grand Boul. Office: 124 S. LaSalle St.
MARCUSSON, Henry Hall, mfr. spring beds; born Lockport, N.Y., Sept. 17, 1865; son John W. and Julia (Beringer) Marcusson; academic edn .; married Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 12, 1888, Minnie Starkweather. Began as telegraph op- erator, 1881-4; then in the office of a life in- surance co. until 1888, when associated with Mr. John D. Haggard in mfr. of spring beds,
Haggard & Marcusson Co., of which is sec. and treas. Vice-pres. and chmn. board of dirs. Inst. and Training School of Y.M.C.A. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: LaGrange Country. Recreations: music (violin), golf, amateur pho- tography. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1109 W. 37th St.
MARCY, George Edward, grain merchant; born Lockport, Ill., Aug. 14, 1863; son William W. and Mary (Dowse) Marcy; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; married Carrie E. Emery, of Chi- cago. Began business career with firm of H. W. Rogers & Bro., grain, in 1879, with which con- tinued until 1889, when became identified with Armour & Co., grain, and Armour Grain Co., with both of which has since remained, becom- ing pres. Armour Grain Co. in 1907; dir. Union Trust Co., Calumet Ins. Co. Mem. Royal Ar- canum, Royal League, Nat. Union. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Automobile, Kenwood, Exmoor, South Shore Country, Industrial. Recreations: motoring, golf. Residence: 4700 Kenwood Av. Office: Home Ins. Bldg.
MARK, Clayton, 2d vice-pres. Nat. Malleable Castings Co .; born Fredericksburg, Pa., June 1858; son Cyrus and Rebecca (Strohm) Mark; ed. pub. schools in Pa. and Chicago; lived in Chicago since 1872; married Anna C. Griffith, of Ia., Sept. 1880; children: Clarence, Alice, Clayton, Jr., Lydia, Phyllis, Cyrus, Cythia. Af- ter leaving school entered the office of the Chi- cago Malleable Iron Co., which subsequently was succeeded by the Nat. Malleable Castings Co .; has been dir. of the co. since 1894, and 2d vice-pres. since 1902; pres. of the Mark Mfg. Co. Republican. Ex-pres. Board of Edn. of the City of Chicago; Mason. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, Germania Männerchor. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: W. 26th St. and Blue Island Av.
MARKHAM, Charles Henry, ry. pres .; born Clarksville, Tenn., May 22, 1861; son Daniel and Mary (Reddan) Markham; ed. pub. schools, Addison, N.Y., 1873-7; married Anna E. Smith, of Louisville, Ill., Feb. 18, 1884; 2 children. Be- gan ry. service as section laborer on A.,T.&S.F. Ry. in 1881; station laborer and clerk at Dem- ing, N.M., station agt., Lordsburg, N.M., Ben- son, Ariz. and Reno, Nev., 1881-97; agt. and dist. freight and pass. agt., Fresno, Cal .; gen. freight and pass. agt. of Ore. Lines, Portland, 1897-1901; asst. freight traffic mgr., San Fran- cisco, Sept. 1-Dec. 28, 1901, Southern Pacific Co .; vice-pres. Houston & Texas Central R.R., 1901-4; vice-pres. and gen. mgr., Apr. 1-Nov. 1, 1904, Southern Pacific Co .; gen. mgr. Guffey Petroleum Co. of Beaumont, Tex., 1904-9; pres. Gulf Refining Co. and Gulf Pipe Line Co., Pitts- burg, Pa., 1909-Jan. 11, 1911; pres. Ill. Central R.R. Co. since Jan. 12, 1911. Also pres. Ocean Steamship Co. and Central of Ga. Ry. since Feb. 8, 1911. Club: Union League. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: Central Station.
MARKLE, Lafayette, automobiles; born at Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 13, 1881; son Lafayette and Ellie Waring (Reade) Markle; ed. public grammar and high schools; unmarried. Inter- ested in importing automobiles, New York, 1900-5; mech. engineer Corbin Motor Vehicle Corpn., 1905-7, asst. sales mgr., 1906-7; with Olds Motor Works, 1907-9, as commercial trav- eler, and mgr. Chicago branch, 1908-9; mgr. Chicago branch and state agent Buick Motor Co. since Oct. 1, 1909. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country; also Automobile Club of Amer- ica (New York). Recreation: golf. Residence: 4127 Ellis Av. Office: 1452 Michigan Av.
MARKLEY, John Randolph, lawyer, capital- ist; born Knox Co., O., Mar. 13. 1855; son James and Catherine (Ankeny) Markley; ed. Cornell Coll., Ia., law dept. Univ. of Mich., and Frei- burg Univ., Ger .; married Waukegan, Ill., 1884, Ida M. Wilder; children: Lawrence, Ruth, Ro-
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land. Admitted to bar in 1878 and practiced law at Cedar Falls, Ia., and Niobrara, Neb., un- til 1884; was registrar U.S. Land Office at Nio- brara and at O'Neill, Neb .; moved to Corvallis, Ore., and engaged in the fruit business, also be- coming abstracter of titles; in abstract busi- ness, Butte, Mont., 1895-7; came to Chicago and organized several land and lumber cos., among them the Laguna Co., mahogany lumber, Mexi- can Gulf Coast Land & Lumber Co., San Pablo Co., Pa. Campeache Land & Lumber Co., Mobile Portland Cement & Coal Co .; pres. Markley Coal Co. of Mobile, Ala .; mem. firm of Markley & Miller, contractors and wholesale lumber, firm also operates a steel steamship between Mobile and Mexico; also interested in the mfr. of cement and coal mining. Democrat. Recrea- tion: travel. Residence: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: Fisher Bldg.
MARKS, Kossuth, insurance; born Chicago; son James and Elizabeth (Peacock) Marks; ed. in pub. and private schools of Chicago; unmar- ried. Began active career in ins. office of W. H. Cunningham, Chicago, 1878; became mem. firm of R. S. Critchell & Co., 1889; in 1901 the firm was consolidated with Smith, Miller, Whit- ney & Barber, under title of Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Barber, of which is a partner. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Hamil- ton. Recreations: motoring, fishing and hunt- ing. Residence: 4541 Michigan Av. Office: 2 S. LaSalle St.
*MARKWALD, Ernst M .; see Vol. 1905.
MARKWELL, Max Matthew, merchant; born Milwaukee, Wis., Mar. 2, 1864; son Isadore and Caroline (Rindskopf) Markwell; ed. Milwaukee pub. and high schools; married Cincinnati, Dec. 2, 1891, Carolyn Hyman; 1 son: Robert Max. Was engaged as a traveling salesman for wholesale clothing business in Milwaukee for 12 years before coming to Chicago, Nov. 1899 to engage in the wholesale millinery business, as vice-pres. Chicago Mercantile Co. Gold Dem- ocrat. Jewish religion. Clubs: Standard, Ravis- loe, Ill. Athletic, Lake Shore Country. Recrea- tions: study of economic conditions of society and persistently and consistently advocating the duties the wealthy owe to their less fortu- nate fellow citizens. Residence: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 19 N. Wabash Av.
MARLOW, Charles Francis; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
MARQUIS, Albert Nelson, publisher; born Brown Co., O .; son Cyrenus G. and Elizabeth (Redmon) Marquis; left an orphan in early childhood; brought up by grandparents (moth- er's side) till 18 years of age; ed. in schools of native co .; married Harriette Gettemy Morgan, Monmouth, Ill., June 11, 1910. Began business career as a boy, in grandfather's general mer- chandise store, Hamersville, O., and after death of grandfather personally conducted, at age of 18 to 21, the business, which was taken over by himself, a younger brother and two elder sisters; subsequently employed for a few months by a publishing house in Cincinnati; since then personally engaged in the publish- ing business; came to Chicago, 1884, and soon thereafter engaged in business under the firm name of A. N. Marquis & Co .; earlier publica- tions consisted mainly of directories, guide books and maps, general literature being added later. In 1899 established Who'sWho in America (a biographical dictionary of notable living Americans, revised and reissued biennially- and now regarded the world over as the most important biographical reference book extant pertaining to living Americans); established Who's Who in New England (similar to Who's Who in America, but confined to the New Eng- land states) in 1909; established The Book of Chicagoans, 1905. Clubs: Illinois (trustee 1904, vice-pres .. 1905, pres., 1906), Hamilton (dir., 1905-6). Was pres. Ashland ("lub. 1903-4. Resi- dence: 947 Lawrence Av. Office: 440 S. Dear- born St.
MARQUIS, David Calhoun, theologian; born Lawrence Co., Pa., Nov. 15, 1834; son Andrew and Lydia (Morehead) Marquis; A.B., Jefferson Coll., Cannonsburg, Pa., 1857; student Western Theol. Sem., Pa., and Northwestern Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1860-3; (D.D., Washington and Jeffer- son Coll., 1875; LL.D., Westminster Coll., Mo., 4891, Westminster Coll., Pa., 1892, Washington and Jefferson, 1902): married Anna M. Ken- nedy, of Pittsburg, Oct. 8, 1863; married 2d, Helen M. Pearson, of Baltimore, July 16, 1879; married 3d, Emeline E. Vaughn, of Ashland, Wis., Oct. 10, 1898 (died Feb., 1901). Licensed to preach, 1862; ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1863; pastor Decatur, Ill., 1863-6, Chicago, 1866- 70, Baltimore, 1870-8, St. Louis, 1878-83; prof. N.T. lit. and exegesis, 1883-1903, N.T. interpre- tation, 1903-9, emeritus prof. N.T. lit. and exe- gesis, 1909, McCormick Theol. Sem. Moderator Presbyn. Gen. Assembly, 1886; mem. Pan-Pres- byn. Council, Edinburgh, 1877, Glasgow, 1896. Residence: The Plaza.
MARQUIS, George Paull, physician; born Al- legheny, Pa., Sept. 12, 1868; son Rev. David C. and Anna (Kennedy) Marquis; A.B., Washing- ton and Jefferson Coll., 1889, A.M., 1892; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1892; married Philadelphia, 1899, Emily Chamberlain; 1 daugh- ter: Anna. Engaged in med. practice since 1892; practice limited to diseases of the ear, nose and throat; attending laryngologist and otologist to Cook Co., St. Luke's, St. Joseph's and Columbus hosps .; asst. prof. laryngology and rhinology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; asso. prof. otology, Chicago Policlinic. Was chief surgeon 2d Ill. Vols. in Spanish-Am. War for 1 year, in Cuba and Jacksonville, Fla .; now chief surgeon the division and deputy surgeon- gen. I.N.G., with rank of It .- col .; apptd. 1st lt. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Am. Academy Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology, Chicago Laryngological Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Ill. and Nat. assns. of Mil. Surgeons. Clubs: University. Glen View. Residence: 44 Cedar St. Office: Co- lumbus Memorial Bldg.
MARRIOTT, Abraham Robert, vice-pres. Chi- cago Title & Trust Co .; born on farm in Du Page Co., Ill., May 26, 1860; son William and Kittie (Gresham) Marriott; ed. pub. schools of Wheaton, Ill., and Chicago Coll. of Law; married Oct. 19, 1882, Minnie C. Cooper: chil- dren: Ida Elizabeth, Arthur Cooper. Robert William, Thomas Benton. Clerk with Haddock, Coxe & Co. and Haddock, Vallette & Rickcords (abstracts of title), 1875-91; supt of Haddock, Vallette & Rickcords Co., 1891-5; vice-pres. Se- curity Title & Trust Co., 1895-1901; vice-pres. and dir. Chicago Title & Trust Co. since 1901. Dir. Standard Trust & Savings Bank; pres. All- man-Gary Title Co., Gary, Ind. Asso. mem. Chi- cago Real Estate Board and Cook Co. Real Es- tate Board. Republican. Mem. Siloam Com- mandery, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: The Oaks (Austin), Hamilton. Residence: 219 N. Park Av., Austin, Office: Title & Trust Bldg.
MARSH, Charles Allen, lumber; born Gran- ville, O., July 16, 1857; son F. O. and Jennie E. (Allen) Marsh; grad. Denison Univ., Granville, O., 1878; married Oct. 22, 1881, Lide, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Storey) Shepardson, of Granville, O. (died Apr. 22, 1890); children: Harold (deceased). Helen, Allen Fletcher; mar- ried 2d, Oct. 19, 1899, Mary Bimm, of Dayton, O. Came to Chicago, Sept. 1878; began business career by working for his board for 6 months in the office of his uncle, George A. Marsh, a lumberman, afterward as bookkeeper. inspec- tor, etc., in lumber firm of George A. Marsh & Co .; then mem. firm of Marsh Bros, and Ran- som until Jan. 1883, when the Marsh & Bing- ham Co. was organized and he became sec., and since 1898 vice-pres. Sec. Capilano Timber Co .. Limited, of Vancouver. B.C. Pres. board of trustees Univ. of Chicago Divinity School. Bap-
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tist. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle, Home- wood, Reynolds, City, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 5639 Washington Av. Office: 1405 W. 37th St.
MARSH, George Samuel, railway official; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.
MARSH, John P., mortgage banker; born at Chicago, Feb. 24, 1874; son John W. and Annie S. (Porter) Marsh; ed. Chicago grammar and high schools and business colls. and in Chicago Coll. of Law; married Chicago, Dec. 1902, Mary McWilliams; children: John McWillianis, La- fayette McWilliams. With the First Nat. Bank of Chicago, 1892-5, N. W. Harris & Co., bankers, 1895-6; in 1896 entered real estate mortgage and insurance business. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Mason. Recreation: horseback riding. Residence: 5545 Woodlawn Av. Office: Tribune Building.
MARSH, William Dixon, insurance; born El- lington, Conn., Feb. 7, 1840; son Ezekiel and Eliza (Dixon) Marsh; ed. Edward Hall's School for Boys, Ellington, Conn., and Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; married Madison, Wis., 1884, Lora E. Campbell; children: Richard T., Josephine (Mrs. D. M. Nourse), Mabel Dixon. Since 1878 mem. of Fred S. James & Co. (es- tablished 1873), of which he is now vice-pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Union League. Residence: 4809 Kenwood Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.
MARSHALL, Alfred, machinery; born New York City, Sept. 3, 1868; son Henry George and Jessie (Jardine) Marshall; ed. pub. schools of New York and Polytechnic Inst. of Brooklyn; married Chicago, 1895, George Martin. In em- ploy Prentiss Tool & Supply Co. of New York, 1884-98; came to Chicago in 1889 and was mgr. of the co.'s branch house here until 1898, when resigned and organized the Marshall & Hus- chart Machinery Co., of which is pres. Inde- pendent in politics. Mem. St. Andrews Lodge A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ill. Ath- letic, Evanston. Residence: 1560 Oak Av., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 17 S. Jefferson St.
MARSHALL, Benjamin Howard, architect; born Chicago, May 5, 1874; son Caleb H. and Celia F. (Le Baillie) Marshall; ed. Harvard School, Chicago; married Chicago, Feb. 1, 1905, Mary Elizabeth Walton; children: Elizabeth H., Benjamin H., Jr. At age of 17 left school and was employed as office boy with Clement, Bane & Co. (wholesale clothing) at $5 per week; af- ter learning cutting, spent the last months in designing clothing; at 19 became office boy for H. R. Wilson, architect; worked way up and at 21 was given half interest in the business, the firm becoming Wilson & Marshall, until Apr. 1902; practiced alone, 1902-5, designing $3,000,- 000 worth of bldgs. the first year, including theatres: Illinois, Powers, Colonial (Chicago), Nixon Opera House (Pittsburgh, Pa.), etc .; in partnership with Charles H. Fox, as Marshall & Fox, since 1905; architects of the Blackstone Hotel, Blackstone Theatre, Steger Bldg., Max- ine Elliott's Theatre (New York), etc. Episco- palian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Automo- bile, Exmoor, South Shore Country. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring, farming. Residence: 49 E. Cedar St. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
MARSHALL, Caleb Howard; 1840-1910; see Vol. 1905.
MARSHALL, Charles H., mfr .; born Utica, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1854; son Joseph and Abigail Jane (Lyon) Marshall; removed with family to Chi- cago, 1863; ed. Skinner and Scammon schools of Chicago; married Chicago, Dec. 3, 1880, Kath- arine W. King; children: Clara E., Fanny L., Katharine W., Marion, Dorothy. Began busi- ness career at 12, as cash boy; after great fire, salesman in Marshall Field & Co.'s retail store; in shawl dept. (wholesale) of J. V. Farwell & Co., 1872-5; then with G. H. Foster & Co., no- tion specialties, until 1880; then in dry goods business for himself; removed several times to
secure larger quarters because of growth of business; sold out, 1890, and with two others put up 14-story Security Bldg., and was sec. Security Deposit Co. until 1899, when estab- lished in soap mfg. business, as pres. Lekko Soap Co. Republican. Baptist; trustee 1st Bap- tist Church; dir. Chicago Baptist Hosp. Mason, Oriental Lodge; Gen. Grant Council Royal Ar- canum. Residence: 4422 Lake Av. Office: 53 E. Lake St.
MARSHALL, Charles Grey, retired leather mfr .; born Chicago, Dec. 2, 1858; son James Douglas and Augusta A. (Hall) Marshall; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Grand Island, Neb., 1901, Flora McDaneld; children: James D. (deceased), Charles Arthur, Robert Grey. Brought up in the tannery business established by his father, and upon his death in 1897 suc- ceeded to the business, continuing until 1907, when retired. Republican. Mason, K.T. Resi- dence: 311 N. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill.
MARSHALL, George Edward, pres. Marshall- Jackson Co., stationers; born Utica, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1853; son J. B. W. and Abigail (Lyon) Mar- shall; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Feb. 1882, Mary Louise Chapin; children: Gertrude, Louise, Mildred, Leonard Lyon. Began as clerk in house of J. M. W. Jones Stationery Co., and John H. Small & Co., until went into business for self in 1874, under name of George E. Mar- shall & Co., which continued until 1904, when they absorbed the Thayer & Jackson Station- ery Co .; name was then changed to Marshall- Jackson Co., stationers and printers, of which is pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Former mem. of Co. H, 1st Regt., I.N.G. Ma- son, Apollo Commandery, K.T. Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: travel- ing, golf, reading. Residence: 574 Hawthorne Pl. Office: 26 S. Clark St.
MARSHALL, Hobart Elmore, fiscal agent; born Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Oct. 14, 1874; son John J. and Helen M. (Elmore) Marshall; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Sheffield Scien- tific School (Yale) ; married New York, Jan. 10, 1903, Harriet F. Brown; 2 daughters: Harriet Helen, Mary Ellen. Came to Chicago from Grand Rapids, 1895, and engaged in life ins. business, Feb. 1898-1907; now sec. and treas. Am. Marketing Co .; dir. Middleby Oven Mfg. Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Yale, North End Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 1213 Monadnock Blk.
MARSHALL, John, Jr .; born in Scotland; son John and Agnes (Patterson) Marshall; came to America when a boy and was ed. in pub. and high schools of San Francisco; mar- ried 1896, Eleanor Margaret McMurray, of Den- ver, Colo .; children: Eleanor M., Johnetta Lor- raine. At age of 16 entered a fire ins. office in San Francisco, remaining until 1888, when he went into the field on the Pacific Coast; in 1896 was apptd. gen. agt. for the Royal Exchange at Chicago, continuing until 1890, when he be- came mem. firm of Marshall & McElhane, mgrs. of central dept. Firemen's Fund Ins. Co. and Home Fire & Marine Ins. Co., both of San Francisco. Ex-sec. Western Union; ex-pres. Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason, K.T., Shrin- er. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht, Hins- dale Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 172 3d St., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: N.Y. Life Bldg.
MARSHALL, John Irwin, mfr .; born Jeffer- son Co., N.Y., June 19, 1864; son Irwin and Margaret (Shearer) Marshall; ed. pub. schools of Watertown and Oswego, N.Y .; in Ontario and at Grand Rapids, Mich. After leaving school went to Milwaukee, Wis., as clerk to W. D. Gray, of the Edward P. Allis Co., then sec. to J. Donohue, gen. supt. and asst. to gen. mgr. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western R.R .; came to Chicago in fall of 1892 and became con- nected with the fire brick dept. of the Garden City Sand Co .; Oct. 1893 entered employ, as
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Chicago mgr., of Middleby Oven Co., Boston, Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, South Shore Country. Recreation: motoring. Summer Resi- dence: Wheaton, Ill. Residence: 3914 Ellis Av. Office: 164 N. Wabash Av.
Mass .; spent 1 year with that co., then organ- ized the Middleby Oven Mfg. Co., of which is pres. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Ill. Athletic. Of- fice: 769 W. Adams St.
MARSHALL, Leon Carroll, univ. prof .; born Zanesville, O., Mar. 15, 1879; son John Wesley and Rachel (Tanner) Marshall; A.B., Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, 1900; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1901, A.M., 1902, Henry Lee fellow and asst. in economics, 1902-3; married Mary Brown Keen, of Delaware, O., Sept. 1, 1903; 2 chil- dren: Mary Rachel, Leon Carroll, Jr. Prof. eco- nomics, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1903-7; asst. prof. polit. economy, 1907-8, asso. prof. since 1908, dean Coll. of Commerce and Administra- tion since 1909, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Journal of Political Economy. Joint author: Outlines of Economics, 1910; Bibliography of Economics, 1910; also numerous articles on economic subjects in journals. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: City, Quadran- gle. Residence: 1320 E. 56th St.
*MARSHALL, Philip L., real estate; see Vol. 1905.
MARSHALL, Thomas, lawyer, asst. state's atty .; born Chicago, Sept. 1, 1876; son Thomas and Rosanna (Johnson) Marshall; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Hyde Park High School, Lake Forest Univ. Law School; married Phoebe B. Fournier, of Chicago, Aug. 29, 1903; 1 son: Thomas, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, Nov. 1897; conducted litigation which resulted in the sec- ond Primary Election Law being held uncon- stitutional (1907)-Rouse vs. Thompson, 228 Ill. Supreme Court Reports; apptd. asst. state's atty., Dec. 7, 1908, in charge of grand jury and indictment dept. Republican. Methodist. Ma- son, Englewood Chapter, Englewood Command- ery, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine; mem. Sons of St. George, Royal Arcanum; Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Beverly Country. Residence: 7009 Perry Av. Office: Criminal Court Bldg.
MARSTON, Thomas Brunton, lawyer; born St. Louis, July 2, 1857; son Thomas and Emma (Catherwood) Marston; came to Chicago in childhood; ed. Chicago pub. schools, including high school; grad. Yale Coll., 1879; studied law; married Chicago, 1896, Julia Dale Ewart; children: Dorothy Ewart, Thomas Ewart. Ad- mitted to bar, 1882, and, with Henry N. Tut- tle, formed law firm of Marston & Tuttle. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Club: University. Rec- reation: golf. Residence: 672 Cass St. Office: Tacoma Bldg.
MARTHENS, Chester Nino, interior marble work; born Covington, Ky., May 31, 1864; son Albert W. and Elizabeth J. (Hayt) Marthens; ed. pub. schools of Cincinnati, O .; married Cin- cinnati, O., Oct. 1, 1899, Carrie Armstrong; children: Eunice, Bradley F., C. Raymond, Al- bert Francis, Edith. Came to Chicago, 1889; organized the Chester N. Marthens Co., 1896, which was changed to the Chester N. Marthens Marble Co., 1899, of which he is pres .; pres. and treas. Cumberland Marble Mill Co. Republican. Club: LaGrange Country. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 53d and Wallace Sts.
MARTIN, A. Vere, mfr .; born on farm in De Kalb Co., Ill., May 2, 1859; son George W. and Laura (Driggs) Martin; ed. Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill., 1875-9; married Davenport, Ja., Feb. 5, 1895, Edith Maud Whitcomb (now de- ceased); 1 son: Whitcomb (now deceased) ; married 2d, Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 9, 1905, Mrs. Stiles Brockman. Taught school 1 year after leaving coll .; traveling salesman, 1880-96; asst. mgr. Federal Life Ins. Assn., 1896-1900; en- gaged in mfg. since 1900; mgr. and propr. Marteross Co., mfrs. clothes bars: dir. Oliver Mfg. Co. (Chicago), Inter-Mountain Co. (Hel- ena, Mont.); Chicago mgr. for Goodell-Pratt Co., Bridgeport Chain Co., Caldwell Mfg. Co.
MARTIN, Albert, lawyer; born Bourbon Co., Ky., Dec. 19, 1870; son Samuel Fitch and Re- becca J. (Carpenter) Martin; A.B., Ky. Wes- leyan Coll., 1889; grad. course in Cornell Univ., 1890; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1892; married Chi- cago, June 27, 1900, Bettie Garth Fible; 1 son: Edmund Fible. Admitted to bar, June 1892; mem. law firm of McClanahan & Martin. Mem. Law Inst., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Hinsdale Golf, University. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Of- fice: 206 S. LaSalle St.
MARTIN, Amos Wilson, lawyer; born Lan- caster Co., Pa., Nov. 12, 1848; son David and Barbara (Witmer) Martin; B.E., State Normal School, Millersville, Pa., 1870; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1873; married Ann Arbor, Mich., Apr. 2, 1873, Eliza J. Storms; 1 son: Edward H. S. Has been for many years the western atty. and representative of the Portsmouth Savings Bank, of Portsmouth, N.H .: also of the Grand Crossing (Ill.) Tack Co., the Tonk Mfg. Co., of Chicago (of which is a dir.) and many other corpns .; was atty. for the Union Nat. Bank un- til its consolidation with the First Nat. Bank; practice more generally in corpn., real estate and probate law; since 1900, has associated son, under firm name of A. W. & E. H. S. Mar- tin. Mem. Cook Co. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Treas. Wash- · ingtonian Home. Club: Illinois. Residence: 6442 Ingleside Av. Office: Tacoma Bldg.
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