The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 145

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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MILLS, Frank O., live stock salesman; see and Mary Eliza (Moore) Mills; educated graded Vol. 1905. Residence: 3751 Indiana Av.

MILLS, George Frederick, Chicago mgr. Niles-Bement-Pond Co .; born Derby. Eng., Sept. 22, 1860; son James and Maria (Milnes) Mills; ed. private school in England, and high school, Staunton, Va., graduating, 1877; married H. P. Drake, Lexington, Ky .; children: Alice Peachy, Lily Louise. Began business career as aman- uensis to official reporter of the U.S. Senate, 1880-3; then engaged with the Niles Tool Works, Hamilton, O., in various capacities, and since that company merged in the Niles-Be- ment-Pond Co. has continued with latter, be- coming mgr. of the Chicago branch, 1894. This corpn. controls and operates the works of the Niles Tool Works, Hamilton, O .; Bement, Miles & Co., Philadelphia; Niles Crane Co., Philadel- phia; Pond Machine Tool Co., Plainfield, N.J .; Pratt & Whitney Co., Hartford, Conn. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, Shriner) ; Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Chicago. Athletic, Edgewater Golf; also Pullman (Pull- man, Ill.), Minnesota (St. Paul). Recreations: reading, motoring, golf and the society of his family. Residence: 5446 Kenmore Av., Edge- water, Ill. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

MILLS, Luther Laflin, lawyer; 1848-1909; see Vol. 1905.

MILLS, Matthew, lawyer; born Chicago, Aug. 30, 1877; son Luther Laffin and Ella J. (Boies) Mills; grad. Yale Univ., B.A., 1900; Northwest- ern Law School, LL.B., 1903. Admitted to bar, Oct. 1903, and became associated with his fa- ther and Sidney S. Gorham, forming firm of Mills, Gorham & Mills; now of Brothers & Mills. Mem. Ill. House of Representatives, be- ing elected in 1906 and reëlected in 1908. At Yale a mem. of the Kappa Psi Soc., Psi Upsilon Fraternity and Scroll and Key Soc. Republic- an; mem. Roosevelt Club of Chicago and pres. of 25th Ward Republican Club. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Yale, Saddle and Cycle. Recre- ations: walking and other outdoor exercise. Residence: 675 Sheridan Rd. Office: N.Y. Life Building.

MILLS, Stephen B., soldier, real estate op- erator; born in Spencer Co., Ky., July 5, 1846; son Ferdinand and Mary (Thurman) Mills; ed. country dist. schs. and 6 months at Ladoga (Ind.) Sem .; married Alice Craig, of Ralls Co., Mo., 1880. In real estate business in Chicago since 1890; senior mem. S. B. Mills & Co. (with Roy L. Reichert.) Served as private in Co. D, 43d Ind. Vols., during Civil War. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Past post commander Major Hunt Post No. 185 Dept. of Mo. G.A.R. Recreation: driving. Residence: 2754 Washington Boul. Office: 179 W. Washington St.

MILLS, Stephen Crosby, officer U.S.A .; born New Hartford, N.Y., May 8, 1854; son Henry Abiran and Julia (Crosby) Mills; ed. pub. schs., Mt. Carroll, Ill., Syracuse, N.Y., Ann Arbor, Mich .; grad. U.S. Mil. Acad., 1877; married Lil- ian Lee, of San Francisco, Apr. 10, 1894. Apptd. 2d lt. 17th Inf., June 15, 1877: 2d lt. 12th Inf., June 30, 1877; 1st lt., May 28, 1884; capt., Dec. 16, 1894; maj. insp .- gen. vols., May 12, 1898; hon. discharged from vols., July 28, 1898; maj. insp .- gen. U.S.A., July 25, 1898; It .- col. insp .- gen., Feb. 2, 1901; col. insp .- gen., Apr. 12, 1903. Bvtd. 1st lt., Feb. 27, 1890, "for gallant serv- ices in action against Indians in the San Andreas Mountains, N.M., Apr. 7, 1880. and in the Las Animas Mountains, N.M., Apr. 28, 1882." Served on plains, 1877-82; abroad col- lecting information, 1890-1; recorder of commn. apptd. to investigate conduct of War Dept. in Spanish-Am. War; chief of staff, Div. of the Philippines, 1907-9, Dept. of the Lakes since Sept. 23, 1909. Mem. Gen. Staff U.S.A. Clubs: Army and Navy (New York and Washington). Address: Federal Bldg.

MILLS, Walter, real estate; born Terre Haute, Ind., May 24, 1870; son Isaac Taylor

schools, Terre Haute, 1876-84; high school, 1884-7; Rose Polytechnic Inst., 31/2 years, end- ing Dec. 1890; married Chicago, Apr. 15, 1903, Floy Amber Gilmore. In real estate office of J. E. Mills & Co., Chicago, Jan. 1900, as clerk; in 1892, with S. B. Mills, formed present firm of S. B. Mills & Co., who have ever since dealt exclusively in factory, dock and warehouse property. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board (elected vice-pres., 1903). Republican. Mem. Christian Church. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Indiana Soc. of Chicago. Recreation: "to get into my shop and work with my tools." Residence: Chase Av., N.E. cor. Pauline St., Rogers Park. Office: 21 N. La- Salle St.

MILLSPAUGH, Charles Frederic, botanist; born Ithaca, N.Y., June 20, 1854; son John Hill (artist) and Marion E. (Cornell) Millspaugh; studied Cornell, 1872-3; M.D., New York Homœ. Med. Coll., 1881; married Mary Louisa Spauld- ing, Sept. 19, 1877 (died Dec. 1907). Practicing phys., Binghamton, N.Y., 1881-90, Waverly, N. Y., 1890-91; botanist W.Va. Univ., 1891-3; cu- rator dept. botany, Field Mus. of Natural His- tory, Chicago, since 1894; prof. med. botany, Chicago Homœ. Coll., since 1897; professorial lecturer econ. botany, Univ. of Chicago, since 1895. Mem. Pan-Am. Com. on Med. Botany; hon. mem. New York Homœ. Med. Soc., Faculty of Medicine Mexico, Faculty of Medicine Bra- zil, Binghamton Acad. Science; fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, Explorers Club, New York; dir. Chicago Geog. Soc., 1909. Explored in Mexico, 1887, 1894, 1898, 1900, West Indies, 1887, 1894, 1898, 1900, Brazil, 1888, a number of uninhabited Bahamian islets, 1904, 1905, 1907, in interest bot. science; spl. field of botanic work, The Antillean region. Editor Homœo- pathic Recorder, 1890-2. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: Field Museum.

MILNER, Duncan Chambers, clergyman; born Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., O., Mar. 10, 1841; son David N. and Mary Ann (Chambers) Milner; sergt. maj., 1st lt. and adj. 98th Ohio Inf .; wounded at Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863; A.B., Washington and Jefferson Coll., 1866; Union Theol. Sem., 1866-8; (D.D., Coll. of Em- poria, Kan., 1883); married Lucie M. Reid, of Mt. Pleasant, May 19, 1868. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1868; pastor Osceola, Mo., 1868-71, Third Ch., Kansas City, 1871-5, Ottawa, Kan., 1875-82, Atchison, Kan., 1882-7, Manhattan, Kan., 1887-92, Armour Mission, Chicago, 1893-8, Joliet, Ill., 1899-1905, Logan Sq. Ch., Chicago, 1905-7. Del. U.S. Christian Commn., 1864; pres. Ottawa (Kan.) Chautauqua Assembly, 1882-99; pres. Kan. State Temperance Union, 1893-4; moderator Synod of Kan., 1883-4; editor Kan- sas Presbyter; chaplain, Ill. Commandery Loy- al Legion, 1902-3. Frequent contbr. to mags. and newspapers. Address: 4336 N. Hermitage Avenue.

MILNER, James Talcott, vice-pres. Standard Car Truck Co .; born Norwich, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1861; son Thomas and Charlotte (Talcott) Mil- ner; ed. pub. schools, New York and Chicago; married Lora N. Houck, of Chicago, May 15, 1900. Began with the Pullman Co., Pullman, Ill., 1880-93, resigning as asst. purchasing agent; then became western sales agent Pressed Steel Car Co., and later engaged in ry. supply busi- ness until 1904; now vice-pres. and dir. Stand- ard Car Truck Co. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: motoring and athletics. Res- idence: 4715 Greenwood Av. Office: 1522 Mc- Cormick Bldg.

MINER, Truman Henry, lawyer; born Ley- den, Mass., Feb. 22, 1876; son James R. and Mary E. (Newcomb) Miner; ed. high sch., Greenfield, Mass .; Languages and Oratory, New York; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1908;

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married July 12, 1910, Rowena Gilbert, of Chi- cago. Salesman, wholesale grain business, New York, 1899-1901; grain broker, Produce Ex- change, New York, 1901-3; stock and grain bro- ker, Consolidated Stock Exchange, New York, and Chicago Board of Trade, 1903-6; insurance and bonds, 1906-8; in law practice since Dec. 1908. Republican. Baptist. Recreation: motor- ing and music. Residence: 5121 Washington Avenue. Office: 931 Unity Bldg.

MITCHEL, Otto W., decorator and furnisher; born Vesbeck, near Hanover, Germany, Oct. 8, 1853; son Louis and Christna (Langrahr) Mitchel; ed. pub. schools; married Zanesville, O., 1880, Edith Geiger. Came to Chicago, 1873; learned trade with Fred M. Atwood; engaged in decorating and furnishing business with J. Fred A. Halbach, 1885, under firm name of Mitchel & Halbach, which was incorporated Apr. 13, 1908, as Mitchel & Halbach Co., of which is treas. Republican. Mason. Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Recreations: traveling and fish- ing. Residence: 4353 Lake Av. Office: 718 S. Michigan Av.

MITCHELL, Charles Bayard, clergyman; born Allegheny City Pa., Aug. 27, 1857; son Rev. Daniel Patrick and Anna E. (Baker) Mitchell; A.B., Allegheny Coll., 1879, A.M., 1882, Ph.D., 1892 (D.D., 1893); married Clara Aull, of Pittsburg, July 6, 1882. Ordained M.E. min- istry, 1879; pastor Pittsburg, 1886-8, Plainfield, N.J., 1888-92, Kansas City, 1892-7, Minneapolis, 1897-1901, First Church, Cleveland, 1901-8, St. James', Chicago, since 1908. Del. Third Ecu- menical Conf., London, 1901, Gen. Conf., Los Angeles, 1904, Baltimore, 1908. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Tau Delta. Mason (33°). Resi- dence: 4611 Ellis Av.

MITCHELL, Clement Clinton, real estate; born Hillside, Ont., Nov. 11, 1877; son Thomas and Mary (Delano) Mitchell; early childhood was spent in a lumber camp in Northern Mich .; never went to school until 15, then continued until grad. high school, North Branch, Mich .; then taught in schools there 2 years; LL.B., Univ. of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 1902; married North Branch, Mich., Sept. 7, 1904, Nellie Harrinton; children: Harrington C., Cle- ment C., Jr. Came to Chicago, 1902, and began work in the real estate loan dept. of the Royal Trust Co. Admitted to Ill. bar, May 1903; vice- pres. of the Jennings Real Estate Loan Co., 1903-6, since as C. C. Mitchell & Co. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Board. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Wilmette Country. Recreation; hunt- ing. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

MITCHELL, Clifford, physician; born Nan- tucket, Mass., Jan. 28, 1854; son Francis Macy and Ellen Mitchell; A.B., cum laude, Harvard, 1875; studied Chicago Med. Coll., 1876-7; M.D., Chicago Homœ. Med. Coll., 1878; married Susan P. Lillie, of Kansas City, May 1878 (died May 8, 1901). In practice since 1878; practice lim- ited to diseases of the kidneys; prof. chem- istry, clin. urinology and diseases of the kid- neys, Hahnemann Med. Coll., since 1905. As- cended Pike's Peak on foot in 3 hours 45 min- utes, Aug. 1893; invented protective coating for iron and steel, Sept. 1901. Mem. Am. Inst. Ho- mœopathy, Chicago Homo. Med. Assn., Ill. State Homœ. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa (chapter Alpha of Mass.). Club: Harvard. Author of several med. books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Asso. editor of The Clinique. Res- idence: 7134 Eggleston Av. Office: 138 N. State Street.

MITCHELL, Francis Joseph Ross, lawyer; born Paris, Ill., Sept. 21, 1872; son George D. and Mary C. (Driskell) Mitchell; grad. Paris High School, 1891; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1896, A.M., and LL.B., 1899; married Ruth Baird, of Evanston, Ill., Dec. 18, 1900; children: Robert Baird, William Hamilton, Francis J. R., Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, Oct. 1899, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm Mitchell &

Levin, 1902-3; mem. Simmons, Mitchell & Irv- ing since 1907; mainly corpn. practice; asso- ciated with Hon. John G. Carlisle in corporate litigation extending over a period of 7 years; pres. Osage Investment Co .; sec .- treas. Bear River Valley Land Co .; dir. Internat. Tool Co .; sec. Am. Changemaker Co. Republican. Meth- odist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. and Phi Delta Theta, Delta Chi (coll. fra- ternities). Mason (Blue Lodge and Chapter). Contributor American Law Review, American Law Register, National Corporation Reporter, etc. Clubs: Evanston, University, Evanston Golf (all of Evanston). Recreations: hunting and boating. Residence: 2206 Sheridan Rd., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

MITCHELL, Harley Bradford, editor; born Ottawa, Ill., Feb. 20, 1855; son John S. and Inger A. (Nelson) Mitchell; ed. Denison Univ., Granville, O., and old Chicago Univ., A.B., 1876, later A.M .; married Chicago, May 4, 1880, Edith Ramskill; children: Herbert H., Harley W. Came to Chicago, 1873, and in 1876 became ed- itor of the American Miller and the American Elevator and Grain Trade; later organized the Mitchell Bros. Co., publishers of these papers, of which is pres. Vice-pres. LaGrange Trust & Savings Bank. Republican. Formerly mem. of the Board of. Edn., and pres. Village of La Grange, Ill., 1905-7. Recreation: collection of books. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: Man- hattan Bldg.

MITCHELL, John Hennon, mgr. of sales, western district, Pressed Steel Car Co .; born New Brighton, Pa., Aug. 30, 1872; son Joseph F. and Margaret Jane (Hennon) Mitchell; ed. New Brighton (Pa.) High School and Pa. State Coll .; M.E., Cornell Univ., 1896; married Beaver Falls, Pa., Nov. 2, 1898, Mary R. Morrison; 1 son: Herbert Morrison. Mech. engr. with P.&L.E.R. R., 1896-1901; mech. engr. Pressed Steel Car Co., 1901-2; since 1902 mgr. of sales for west- ern district for same company; also mgr. of sales western district Western Steel Car & Foundry Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engrs., Am. Acad. of Political and Social Sci- ence. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Sko- kie Country, Glen View, Evanston Country; also Minnesota (St. Paul, Minn.). Residence: 1031 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Old Col- ony Bldg.

MITCHELL, John J., banker; born Alton, Ill., Nov. 3, 1853; son William H. and Mary A. Mitchell; ed. pub. schools and at Kent's Hill, Me .; married Mary Louise Jewett, of Bristol, R.I., Feb. 11, 1890. Entered employ of Ill. Trust & Savings Bank as messenger, 1873, of which has been pres. since 1880; vice-pres., chmn. western bd. control and mem. advisory .com. The Audit Co. of New York; trustee and mem. advisory com. Am. Surety Co. of New York; dir. First Nat. Bank of New York. Man- hattan Trust Co., New York Trust Co., Ill. Trust & Safe Deposit Co., Kansas City South- ern Ry. Co., C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co., C.&A.R.R .. P., Fort Wayne & C. Ry. Co., Pullman Co., West- ern Union Telegraph Co., Am. Telephone & Tel- egraph Co., etc. Clubs: Chicago, Union League. Chicago Automobile, University, Mid-Day, Lake Geneva Country, Lake Shore Country. Resi- dence: 5012 Woodlawn Av. Office: LaSalle St. and Jackson Boul.

MITCHELL, Leeds, stocks and grain commn .; born Chicago, Apr. 26, 1877; son Joseph Sidney and Helen (Leeds) Mitchell: grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1895: Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1899; married Dorothy Day, of Lake Forest, Ill., July 7, 1910. Entered brokerage business Jan. 1, 1900, with Otis, Wilcox & Co., with which remained until they retired in 1902, when went with Wm. H. Colvin & Co., until 1904: be- came identified with Pringle, Fitch & Rankin. brokers in stocks, grain and provisions. in 1904. becoming a mem. of the firm in 1905. which May 1, 1909, changed to Walter Fitch & Co.

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Republican. Mem. K.O.A. Soc., Andover, Mass., and Book and Snake Soc., of Yale. Clubs: Uni- versity, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Recre- ations: tennis and sailing. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 1 Board of Trade.

MITCHELL, Lewis Byron, grain commn .; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

MITCHELL, Sidney, pres. United Boxboard Co .; born Chicago, Feb. 12, 1876; son Joseph Sidney and Helen S. (Leeds) Michell; educated Moseley School and Armour Inst. Began busi- ness career, Jan. 1896, as clerk for A. L. De- war & Co., and in 1898 became their floor bro- ker in the Chicago Stock Exchange; mgr. for Milmine, Bodman & Co., 1900; partner Mil- mine, Bodman Grain Co., 1905; pres. United Boxboard Co. and Am. Strawboard Co. since 1907. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange (dir.). Clubs: Calumet (dir.), Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Yacht; also New York (New York). Residence: 417 E. 48th St. Office: 306 Sherman St.

MITCHELL, William Hamilton, banker; 1817- 1910; see Vol. 1905.

MITTEN, Thomas Eugene, street ry. pres .; born Brighton, Sussex, Eng., Mar. 31, 1865; came to U.S. with parents, 1877; on farm in Newton Co., Ind., until 19. Began ry. career as telegraph operator and joint agt. for C.&E.I. R.R. and Big Four, at Wyndham, Ind .; local agt. at Attica, Ind., 1887-90; in minor positions with D.&R.G.R.R., Rock Island, and the Rio Grande Western R.R., 1890-3; gen. supt. Den- ver, Lakewood & Golden R.R., 1893-6; asst. supt. and gen. supt. Milwaukee St. R.R., 1896- 1901; gen. supt., 1901-4, gen. mgr., 1904-5, In- ternat. Ry. Co., Buffalo; vice-pres., 1905, and shortly after elected pres. Chicago City Ry. Co., also vice-pres. and mng. dir. Internat. Ry. Co., Buffalo. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Building.

MIX, Charles Louis, physician; born Byron, Ill., Dec. 3, 1869; son Ernest and Louise (Misick) Mix; grad. Harvard Univ., A.B., 1890, A.M., 1891, M.D., 1894; student at Imperial Univ. of Vienna, 1896-7, and Berlin Univ., dept. of medicine, 1897; married Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 27, 1894, Jeannette Elise Caldwell. Taught biology in West Division High School, 1894-6; began practice of medicine, 1897; abandoned general practice, 1902; since then specialist in nervous diseases and internal medicine. Was apptd. prof. anatomy Woman's Med. School, 1899, and at Dental School of same, 1901; asst. prof. anatomy, Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1900-3; prof. physical diagnosis in same since Sept. 1903; prof. general medicine, Post-Grad. Med. School, 1900-5; attending physician Cook Co. and Mercy hosps .; consulting physician Chicago Board of Edn. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Neurol. Soc. (ex-pres.), Physicians' Club (ex-sec. and ex-treas.). Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Har- vard, University. Residence: 5321 Greenwood Av. Office: Columbus Memorial Bldg.

MOAK, William Barnum, lawyer; born New- ark, N.Y., July 16, 1859; son William and Han- nah S. (Ramsdell) Moak; ed. country school at Tinley Park, followed by course in normal school; studied law in offices of Gardner & Schuyler and Knickerbocker & Holdom; mar- ried Chicago, Aug. 19, 1886, Etta H. Newton; children: Raymond C., Olive L., Mildred I., Ger- trude, Marguerite. Admitted to bar Apr. 1879, and has since practiced law alone, except for 3 years, when firm was VanBuren & Moak (Augustus VanBuren). Mason; vice-pres. En- glewood Masonic Temple. Mem. People's Lib- eral Church. Democrat. Residence: 6924 Stew- art Av. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg.

(McClellan) Moderwell; grad. Geneseo (Il1. ). Collegiate Inst., 1885; Ph.M., Univ. of Wooster, O., 1889; imarried Jennie L. Cadwallader, of Joliet, Ill., Oct. 6, 1897. Began as bookkeeper for Mont. Coal & Coke Co., of Fairmont, W.Va., at Chicago, Oct. 1891; western mgr. of that co. and its successor, the Fairmont Coal Co., 1895- 1902; organized the National Coal & Coke Co., which was succeeded in 1905, by C. M. Moder- well & Co., Inc., of which has since been pres .; organized in 1906, and since pres. and dir. United Coal Mining Co. Trustee Univ. of Woos- ter since 1904. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Beta Theta Pi college fraternity. Clubs: Un- ion League, City, Edgewater Golf. Residence: 5944 Winthrop Av. Office: 1717 Fisher Bldg.

MODJESKI, Ralph, bridge engr .; born Cra- cow, Poland, Jan. 27, 1861; son Gustav and Helena Modrzejewski; came to U.S. with mother, 1876; name changed to Modjeski for purposes of Am. naturalization, his mother be- ing the distinguished tragedienne Helena Mod- jeska; grad. civil engr. Collége des Ponts et Chausées, Paris, France, at head of class, 1885; married 1885, Felicie Benda, of Poland. Asst. engineer of bridge over Mississippi, at Thebes, bridge, Omaha, Neb., 1886-7; shop inspector, Athens, Pa., of the superstructure of the Wil- lamette (Portland, Ore.), Nebraska City, Sioux City and Cairo bridges, for Morison & Corthell; chief draftsman in New York office of same firm, Aug. 1888, and with Mr. Morison of same firm, at Chicago, until Nov. 1890; later asst. engineer and chief inspector of the Memphis, (Tenn.) and Winona (Minn.) bridges; since 1892 consulting bridge engr., with office in Chi- cago. Designed and built new Govt. bridge at Rock Island, Ill., and many ry. bridges for the Northern Pacific and other railways; consult- ing engr. for City of Chicago, and for the Chi- cago Sanitary District in the bldg. of bascule bridges; employed by U.S. Govt. to design and construct large fireproof warehouse in Rock Island Arsenal; mem. firm of Noble & Mod- jeski, chief engrs. of bridge over Mississippi, at Thebes, chief engr. Vancouver-Portland bridges, Mckinley Bridge, St. Louis; mem. Board of Engineers, New Quebec Bridge. Mem. Am. Soc. of C. E., British Inst. Civil Engineers, Western Soc. Engrs. (pres. 1903-4), Canadian Soc. Civil Engrs., Assn. Amicale des Ingen- ieurs Civils des Ponts et Chausées de France, Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Cliff Dwellers, Engineers', South Shore Country, Homewood. Residence: 5326 East End Av. Office: Monadnock Blk.

MOENG, Edward D., pres. The Franklin Co .; born Chicago, Nov. 5, 1856; son Diedrich and Dora (Degenner) Moeng; ed. pub. schools, Chi- cago; married Chicago, 1886, Helen Jahn. Be- gan business career as an errand boy, 1871, with the house of Zeese & Rand, electrotypers, and after the fire with A. Zeese, successor to Zeese & Rand. Left Feb. 2, 1872, to learn the plumbing trade, at which served 4 years; re- turned to A. Zeese & Co. in 1876-82, serving an apprenticeship of an electrotyper; from 1882-9, with Blomgren Bros., as supt. of their electro- type foundry; 1889-99, supt. for A. Zeese & Co., during which time the company was or- ganized as the Franklin Engraving and Elec- trotyping Co .; mgr. of latter company for 2 years, and 1901 became its pres .; Jan. 1, 1905, company's name was changed to The Franklin Co., of which is pres. and mgr. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Advertising. Recreations: motoring, gardening. Mason; Royal Arcanum. Residence: 1054 Columbia Av. Office: 530 S. Dearborn St.

*MOERDYKE, Peter, clergyman; moved to South Bend, Ind .; see Vol. 1905.

MOFFETT, Willard, lawyer; born Chicago, Feb. 4, 1878; son Frederick S. and Sue H. (Ma- son) Moffett; ed. grammar schs. of Morgan

MODERWELL, Charles Mcclellan, pres. United Coal Mining Co .; born Geneseo, Ill., May 6, 1868; son John B. and Maria Antoinette Park, Ill .; Calumet High School, Chicago; LL.

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B., John Marshall Law School, 1902; married islative com.). Recreations: music, art; collect- Almira I. Baldwin, of Morgan Park, Sept. 7, or of books and has one of finest private li- braries in the city, consisting of over 5,000 vol- umes and covers all matters of general inter- est in literature, history, biography, etc. Resi- dence: 1520 N. Robey St. Office: 349 W. Illinois Street. 1904; 2 children: Willard Gordon and John Dudley. Admitted to Ill. bar, Oct. 1902; in em- ploy of Matz, Fisher & Boyden, attys., 1903-6; since practiced alone; village atty. for Morgan Park since May 1907. Republican. Christian Scientist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Club: City. Recreation: horticul- ture. Residence: Morgan Park, Ill. Office: As- sociation Bldg.

MOFFITT, John, lawyer; born Hancock Co., Ill., Nov. 12, 1842; son John and Mary Moffitt; ed. Notre Dame Univ., Ind .; read law in law office at Carthage, Ill .; married Jennie Somer- ville, of Carthage, Ill., June 15, 1868. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1867, and began practice in Han- cock Co .; at Osage Missions, Kan., 1869-75; St. Louis, Mo., 1875-9; at Chicago since 1879. Con- sul at Chicago for Republic of Uruguay since 1904. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Legal Club. Recreations: gardening, outdoor diversions, reading. Residence: 5235 Adams St. Office:1614 Unity Bldg.

MOHLER, Charles Keagle, consulting engr .; born LaFayette, Linn Co., Ia .; son Isaac and Eliza Jane (Barclay) Mohler; B.C.E., Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1890; post-grad. work at Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y., 1892-3; unmarried. Engaged in civil engring. work for railroad and traction cos., 1890-1905; in traction report and valuation work with Ford, Bacon & Davis, Chi- cago, New York and Pittsburg, 1905-7; em- ployed by the Loop Protective Assn., Chicago, 1908, to make a report of the Union Elevated loop, as to traffic delay, property damage, etc .; engaged in original research on earth pressure, etc., 1909; consulting engr., specialist in design of abutments and retaining walls, etc., since 1910. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. Republic- an. Methodist. Club: City. Residence: 234 N. Prairie Av., Austin. Office: 1839 McCormick Building.

MOHR, Joseph, mfr .; born Chicago, 1855; son John and Theresa (Meyer) Mohr; ed. Chi- cago pub. schools. Began serving apprentice- ship as boilermaker with the Excelsior Iron Works, 1870; became foreman of the boiler dept., 1877; resigned, May 1882, and with fa- ther started the boiler mfg. business of John Mohr & Son, incorporated 1892 as John Mohr & Sons. Held position of gen. mgr. and treas. until 1903, when, upon the death of father, be- came pres. and treas. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, North West Chicago, Chicago En- gineers', South Shore Country, Union League. Residence: 1520 N. Robey St. Office: 349 W. Illinois St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 145

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