The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 146

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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MOHR, Louis, sec. and consulting engr. John Mohr & Sons; born Chicago, Sept. 27, 1858; son John and Theresa (Meyer) Mohr; grad. pub. schs., Chicago, 1873; student Central High Sch., 1873-6; special student Chicago Athenæum, 1876-8: Univ. of Ill., 1878-81, full 4 years' course in mech. engring. in 3 years, did not ap- ply for degree; North Chicago Rolling Mills in advanced metallurgy 1 year; unmarried. Con- sulting engr. John Mohr & Son, 1882-93, and since 1893 sec. and consulting engr. John Mohr & Sons; sec. and treas. Whitlatch Mining Co., Gould Mines Co., Landers Power Co., all in Mont .; mem. firm of Mohr Bros. Dir. German Hosp. of Chicago. Republican. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Am. Soc. Naval Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Geog. Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc., Geog. Soc. of Chi- cago, Am. Economic Assn., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Grolier Club (New York), Bibliophile Soc. (Boston), Caxton Club (Chica- go), Industrial Club (exec. com.), Il1. Mfrs'. Assn. (legislative com.), A.A.A.S., etc. Mem. Arion Council Royal League. Took full course in military science at Univ. of Illinois. Clubs: Union League, Calumet, South Shore Country, Germania Maennerchor, Marquette, City (leg-

MOLNER, Herman, mfr .; born Maggaros, Hungary, Sept. 29, 1865; son Moritz and Rosie (Thenwald) Molner; ed. pub. schools in Hun- gary; married July 15, 1889, Sarah Mayer (now deceased) ; children: Ritta, Belle; married 2d, New York, July 2, 1898, Evelyn Fleischer. Learned picture frame making and stained glass work in town of Neutra, Hungary, and at age of 20 came to U.S .; worked in New York City for Evans & Co., joining frames and setting glass at $4 per week; struck a job as freight brakeman on the P.R.R. and worked at that for 10 months; then worked as wood carv- er in a furniture factory; came to Chicago and worked for the Wells Glass Co., until 1896, when organized the Illinois Moulding Co., of which is pres. Democrat. Jewish religion. Res- idence: 5148 Michigan Av. Office: 2411 W. 23d Street.

MOLTHROP, Charles Peal, lawyer; born Knoxville, Ill., Sept. 11, 1873; son David O. and Esther L. (Britain) Molthrop; ed. Woodhull High School, Ill .; LL.B., Chicago Law School, 1902; married Myrtle M. Goodman, of Chicago, Sept. 16, 1899; 2 daughters: Charlotte P., Jean E. Admitted to bar, 1902, and has since prac- ticed at Chicago; mem. firm of Johnson & Mol- throp. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Democrat. Mason (Columbian Lodge No. 819 A.F.&A.M., Oriental Consistory, Medinah Temple); Prairie Council Royal Arcanum. Rec- reation: outdoor exercise. Residence: 2302 S. Ridgeway Av. Office: 901, 89 W. Randolph St. MONAGHAN, James Lester, deputy comp- troller of Cook Co .; born Philadelphia, Apr. 10, 1857; son Peter L. and Elizabeth G. (Donnelly) Monaghan; ed. pub. schools; read law in Chi- cago; passed in Appellate Court; married Chi- cago, 1890, Ada E. Cooke: children: Mary E., Ada M., Florence M. Resident of Chicago since 1877; mem. Ill. Legislature in 36th General As- sembly; was deputy of Henry L. Hertz in office of coroner of Cook Co., 1889; deputy county comptroller since 1894. Has served as mem. of Republican State, County and City Central Com- mittees, and has been mgr. of the Lorimer campaigns for Congress, securing his election in spite of strong combinations. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 4421 Washing- ton Boul. Office: County Bldg.

MONASH, Charles Pincus, mfr .; removed to New York; see Vol. 1905.

MONASH, David, physician; born Platts- burgh, N.Y., Jan. 20, 1871; son Pincus and Helen (Emanuel) Monash; ed. pub. schools of Plattsburgh and Syracuse, N.Y., and Syracuse Univ .: M.D., Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Univ., 1893; practiced at Des Moines, Ia., 1895-9, at Chicago since 1899; clinical prof. medicine, Post-Graduate Med. School; lecturer on obstetrics, Northwestern Univ. Med. Coll .: asso. obstetrician Mercy Hosp .: mem. staff Michael Reese Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc .. 111. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Physicians' Club. Office: Vincennes Hotel, 615 E. 36th St.

MONCRIEF, John Wildman, univ. prof .: born Wirt, Ind., Sept. 10, 1850; son Jeptha and Grace Moncrief; A.B., Denison Univ .. 1873; tutor in history and Greek, Franklin Coll., 1873-5: stud- ied Univ. of Leipzig, 1875-6; A.M., Franklin. 1876; (D).D., Denison, 1904); married Lucy I .. Wood, of Willshire, O., Dec. 12, 1878. Prof. Greek, Franklin Coll., 1876-9; prin. prep. dept .. Denison Univ., 1879-81: prof. history, Franklin. 1881-94: asst. prof. ch. history. 1894-7. asso. prof. since 1897, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am Hist. Assn., Nat. Geog. Soc. Address: Univ. of Chicago.

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MONIN, Louis Celestin, college prof .; born in Switzerland. Nov. 9, 1857: sou Louis Céles- tin and Marie Magdalena Euphrosina (Hool) Monin; grad. Gymnasium, St. Gall, Switzerland, 1878: student Univ. of Leipzig, 1878-9, Univ. of Zürich, 1879-81; prin. high school, Canton Glar- us, Switzerland, 1881-3; student and tutor, Milan, Italy, 1883-5; student Univ. of Zürich, 1885-6, Univ. of Heidelberg, 1886-8; came to Chicago, 1888; teacher University and Harvard (private) schools, 1890-2, and at same time took post-grad. course in Lake Forest Univ., Ph.D., 1892; married Cathinka Elizabeth Weiss, of Germany, 1886. Docent in philosophy, Univ. of Chicago, 1892-4; prof. modern languages and instr. philosophy, Armour Inst. of Technology, 1893-9; also prin. Armour Scientific Acad .; prof. economics and philosophy, and dean cultural studies, Coll. of Engring. and Armour Scien- tific Acad. of Armour Inst. of Technology since 1903. Asst. prof. edn., summer quarter, Univ. of Chicago, 1900. Mem. Nat. Edn. Assn., Am. Econ. Assn., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Western Philos. Assn., Am. Psychol. Assn., Am. Sociol. Assn., Wayfarers Club. Residence: 3250 Prairie Av.

MONROE, Alexander Ross, fire underwriter; born near Tain, Rossshire, Scotland, July 12, 1862; son Donald and Helen (Ross) Monroe; ed. pub. schools in Scotland and Gillespie Coll., Edinburgh; married Dora Griffith, of Indian- apolis, Ind., 1883; 3 daughters: Cora (Mrs. C. M. Fox), Irene and Lucile. Began business ca- reer in offices of Renton & Kerr, share brok- ers, Edinburgh, to 1881, when came to U.S .; cashier for J. W. Hess & Co., dry goods, In- dianapolis, 1881-4; asst. bookkeeper, later asst. sec. and city agent Franklin Ins. Co., Indian- apolis, 1884-6; independent underwriter, and later mgr. of Robert Zenor & Co., 1889-95; spe- cial agent for Ind. and Ky. of Conn. Ins. Co., 1895-1900; state agent for Ind., Queen Ins. Co. of America, Jan. 1, 1900-Jan. 1, 1905, when apptd. asst. mgr. of the western dept. at Chi- cago. Pres. Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest (elected unanimously, the first time a pres. was so elected). Republican. Presby- terian. Mason. Club: Union League. Resi- dence: 5459 Washington Av. Office: 1200 Royal Insurance Bldg.

MONROE, Charles Wesley, lawyer; born Alden, Erie Co., N.Y., June 7, 1850; son John and Clarinda (Dunning) Monroe; student Ober- lin (O.) Coll., 1870-2, law dept. of Univ. of Wis., 1873-4; married Aug. 4, 1881, Clara, daughter of Francis Blesch, of Ft. Howard, Wis .; children: Clara Eloise, Alma Antoinette. Taught district and village schools, 1865-73; admitted to bar, 1874, and practiced at Ft. Howard, until June 1881; since then in prac- tice in Chicago, making a specialty of real es- tate law. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Congregationalist. Residence: 5526 S. Green St. Office: 164 W. Washington St.

MONROE, Harry, evangelist; born Exeter, N.H., Jan. 17, 1853; son Maurice M. and Mary A. (Ford) Monroe; ed. common school, Exeter; married Emma A. Kissner, of Town of Worth, Cook Co., Ill., May 22, 1890; 4 children: George, Ruth, Charles and Harold. Through the in- fluence of Col. and Mrs. George R. Clarke, founders of the Pacific Garden Mission, 67 W. Van Buren St., Chicago, became associated in rescue mission work and upon decease of Col. Clarke, June 21, 1892, was apptd. asst. supt. of the mission. Sec. Chicago Boys' Club. Prohi- bitionist. Presbyterian. Residence: 2252 Ar- lington Av., Morgan Park, Ill. Office: 67 W. Van Buren St.

Nelson, lawyer; deceased; see

MONROE, Vol. 1905.

MONS, Harry William, sec. Hill, Clarke & Co .; born Chicago, Feb. 25, 1883; son Julius Frederick and Rose (Rohrig) Mons; grad. pub. grammar school, 1897, Chicago English High and Manual Training School, 1900; married Ef-

fie Mary Thompson, of Chicago, Oct. 17, 1907; 1 daughter: Harriet M. Began as office boy for Valentine & Co .; clerk, salesman, and upon in- corporation, Jan. 1905, became sec. and dir., and later sales mgr. Hill, Clarke & Co .; also sec. and dir. Chicago Machine Tool Co. Con- gregationalist. Mason. Residence: 921 Oak- wood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 125 N. Canal Street.

MONTGOMERY, Frank Boylan, ry. official; born Parkersburg, W.Va., Oct. 14, 1864; son James and Alma (Hutchinson) Montgomery; ed. Ogden Coll., Bowling Green, Ky .; married Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 31, 1894, Lillian Bass; 1 daughter: Frances. Began ry. service in supt.'s office of the L.&N.R.R .; afterward worked for the Ohio Valley Ry., Louisville, St. Louis & Texas R.R., Nashville, and Chattanoo- ga & St. Louis R.R .; traffic mgr., Fowler Pack- ing Co., Kansas City, Mo .; came to Chicago, Feb. 1, 1900, as traffic mgr. McCormick Har- vesting Machine Co. Since 1902 vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Illinois Northern Ry., Chicago, West Pullman & Southern Ry., Chicago & Southeast- ern Ry., Lagonda Western Ry. and Deering Southwestern Ry. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Edgewater Golf. Residence: 6143 Kenmore Av. Office: 606 S. Michigan Av.

MONTGOMERY, Frank Hugh, physician; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

MONTGOMERY, Frank Mathews, pres. Chi- cago Crushed Stone Co .; born Rochester, N.Y., July 22, 1862; son George W. and Mary (Bliss) Montgomery; ed. grammar and high schools, Rochester, N.Y., graduating, 1877; married Chi- cago, Nov. 23, 1897, Jessie Griffith. After leav- ing school was engaged in banking business in Rochester, N.Y., from messenger to teller, until 1883; established in general contracting busi- ness at St. Paul, Minn., 1883-90, the last 6 years with MacArthur Bros. Co., and after that with same company at Chicago, until 1898, when became pres. Chicago Crushed Stone Co. Mem. Builders' Club. Residence: 1017 E. 45th St. Of- fice: 30 N. LaSalle St.

MONTGOMERY, Frederick D., sec. Manz En- graving Co .; born Lockport, N.Y., Feb. 7, 1864; son Joseph and Margaret (Massey) Montgom- ery; ed. pub. schools of Lockport, N.Y .; came to Chicago in 1887; married Lillian, daughter of Capt. J. J. Rardon, of Lockport, N.Y., Jan. 2, 1887; 3 sons: James R., Harold F., F. Dorsey. Engaged in printing and engraving business since 1885; now sec. the Manz Engraving Co., Chicago; also treas. Scientific Engraving Co., of New York. Club: Chicago Athletic. Resi- dence: 1441 Dearborn Av. Office: 4015 E. Ra- venswood Pk.

MONTGOMERY, George Warner, fire under- writer; born Genesee Co., N.Y., June 26, 1842; son Alva and Sally (Kent) Montgomery; ed. pub. schools of Genesee Co., N.Y. Removed to Chicago, 1859, when 17 years of age, and was bookkeeper in wholesale drug house 2 years; then associated with a firm of packers until 1862, when enlisted in Union Army in the Mer- cantile Battery of Chicago, until honorably dis- charged, Mar. 1863, because of impaired health. Appointed, 1864, cashier in office of collector of internal revenue in Chicago and afterward in dry goods house until 1869, when became partner with O. W. Barrett in insurance busi- ness, continuing until 1873; mem. firm of Will- iams & Montgomery, 1873-4; afterward con- ducted business as George W. Montgomery & Co., until 1898, when the present firm of Mont- gomery & Funkhouser was organized; the firm acts as general agent of the Farmers' and Merchants' Ins. Co., of Lincoln, Neb., the Con- cordia Fire, of Milwaukee, and Lloyd's Plate Glass Ins. Co., of New York. Pres. Farmers' and Merchants' Ins. Co., and of Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, of Lincoln, Neb .; dir. of Ne- braska Underwriters' Ins. Co., of Omaha, Neb., Congress Hotel Co., Passavant Memorial Hosp.

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Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, South Shore Country, Ill. Athletic. Recreation: traveling. Residence: Chicago Club. Office: Nat. Life Bldg.

MONTGOMERY, George Wilmont, general mgr. The Fair; born Detroit, Mich., May 25, 1865; son William C. and Sarah E. (Moore) Montgomery; grad. pub. school, Detroit, at 14; unmarried. Began business career as news agent on train, Detroit to Bay City, Mich., for 3 years; came to Chicago, 1883, and entered employ of The Fair, with which has since been identified, beginning as errand boy, and serving in various capacities in different depts. until 1910, when became general mgr. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Calumet Country, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 5149 Cornell Av. Office: The Fair.

MONTGOMERY, Hugh Munro Stewart, grain commn .; born Port Hope, Ont., May 7, 1861; son John Thomas and Marcella (Stewart) Montgomery; ed. pub. and high schools in Canada; married Chicago, Oct. 14, 1885, Fran- ces Trego; children: Estelle, Frances. Began business career with the Bank of Montreal at various places in Canada for 4 years; came from Toronto to Chicago, 1880, and began in the grain commn. business with the firm of Culver & Co., and later, as partner, in the firm of J. M. Love & Co., until 1885, when became a partner with William T. Trego, in the firm of Trego & Montgomery; since death of Mr. Trego, Feb. 28, 1909, in business for self as trader on Board of Trade. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade since 1882, and has served as vice- pres. and a dir. Republican. Recreations: read- ing and theatre. Residence: 5515 East End Av. Office: Board of Trade.

MONTGOMERY, John Rogerson, lawyer; born Chicago, Mar. 8, 1866; son William A. and Ellen S. (Smith) Montgomery; grad. Beloit Coll., A.B., 1887; Union Coll. of Law, LL.B., 1889; married Beloit, Wis., Feb. 11, 1896, Ma- rion Howard; children: Ellen, John R., Jr., Ma- rion. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889; practiced in firm of Montgomery & Montgomery, 1889-95, Montgomery & Hart, 1896-1901, Ritsher, Mont- gomery & Hart, 1901-4, Ritsher, Montgomery, Hart & Abbott, 1904-10, Montgomery, Hart & Smith since 1910. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mem. Ill. Commandery Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Congregational, Law, University, City, Skokie Country. Residence: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: Borland Bldg.

*MONTGOMERY, John T., civil engr .; see Vol. 1905.

MONTGOMERY, Liston Homer, physician; born Mccutchenville, O., Aug. 21, 1848; son Dr. John and Harriet Newell (Willard) Mont- gomery; ed. pub. schs. of McCutchenville and Adrian, O., and Mt. Gilead (O.) High School, and Heidelberg Coll., Tiffin, O .; enlisted as private in Co. G, 164th Ohio Vol. Inf., May 1864; saw active service in Army of the Potomac, and was mustered out Aug. 27, 1864; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., Mar. 14, 1871; married Mrs. Libbie Lyke Cregier, of Chi- cago, Jan. 25, 1883; 1 daughter: Esther Har- riet; married 2d, Mrs. Olive Branch (Jack) Motherspaugh (widow of Marshall D. Moth- erspaugh), Sept. 10, 1893; 1 son: Liston Ho- mer, Jr. In general med. practice in Chi- cago since Nov. 20, 1871; was interne 1 year and later senior resident physician of Mercy Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., III. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. (asst. sec., 1887 and 1893, also sec., 1893, of section of surgery and anatomy; sec., 1894, preventive medicine and public health, and, 1895, chmn. of this section; act- ing chmn., 1893-9, of special com. on nat. leg- islation) ; mem. Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Ill. Army and Navy Med. Assn., Am. Pub. Health Assn. One of founders, 1874, Chicago Medico- Hist. Soc .; charter mem. Chicago Medico-Le- gal Soc. Del. to British Med. Assn., 1888, 1890; mem. 9th and 10th Internat. Med. Congresses,

1887-90; mem. committee on dept. of medicine World's Columbian Expn .; med. insp. in Chi- cago Health Dept., 1885-93; U.S. attending del- egate to First Internat. Conference for Pre- vention of Venereal Maladies at Brussels, 1901. Surgeon to Northwestern, Chicago and Oak Park elevated rys .; pres. Am. Assn. of Med. Examiners, 1910-11. Mason (32°, Shriner); mem. George H. Thomas Post G.A.R., West- ern Soc. Army of the Potomac, Ohio Soc. Res. idence: 1416 Dearborn Av. Office: Stewart Building.

MONTGOMERY, William Teel, physician. born Gibson Co., Ind., Aug. 12. 1843; son Isaac and Mary (Teel) Montgomery; lost parents when he was 10 years of age and was adopted by an uncle; ed. pub. schools, and at Owens- ville (Ind.) High School; enlisted, 1861, in Co F, 33d Ia. Vols., and served with the regt. un- til the war closed; attended and taught school, 1865-8, and in fall of 1868 began med. study with Dr. William T. Kirk, of Atlanta, Ill .; M. D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1871, with first prize for best anatomical preparation; interne Cook Co. Hosp., July 1871-Mar. 1873; married Mar. 1873, Mettie McCague, of Springfield, Ill (died Jan. 1880); married 2d, Apr. 1890, Maud Graham, of Oquawka, Ill. Engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago, Mar. 1873-88; since then has confined his attention to eye and ear practice. Appointed oculist and aurist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1875; prof. ophthalmology and otology, Women's Med. Coll., Chicago. 1879, and surgeon to Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1880; now pres. of board of trustees of latter, and oculist to Presbyterian Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill State Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthalmological and Otological Society. Republican. Presbyterian Clubs: Illinois, Physicians'. Residence: 1107 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 34 E Washington St.

MOODY, Charles Henry, mfr. of pies; bori Chicago, Feb. 26, 1867; son Alexander and Ellen (Harkin) Moody; ed. Mich. Mil. Acad. pub. schools of Chicago and Souder's Busines? Coll .; married Chicago, June 12, 1889, Agner O'Dowd; children: Marie, Ellen, Charles, Will iam. In 1883 left school and went into busi ness with Moody & Waters, pie mfrs., founded by his father, and C. E. Waters, in 1869; suc ceeded his father and brother (William J.) a pres. of the Moody & Waters Co., 1898. Repub lican. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: Illinois Residence: 212 Ashland Boul. Office: 1107 W Congress St.

MOODY, Frank Alexander, sec. and treas. Moody & Waters Co .; born Chicago Apr. 13, 1872; son Alexander and Ellen (Harkin) Moody; ed. pub. schools, and St. Viateur's Coll., Bourbonnais, Ill .; married Mabel, daughter of W. J. Moxley, of Chicago, Jan. 9, 1901: 2 sons: Frank, Jr., and Richard Paul. Entered employ of Moody & Waters Co., bakers, 1893, becom- ing sec. and mgr. of sales, Sept. 1894, later treas. and is now sec. and treas .; also treas. and dir. Moxley Cold Storage Co. since 1907; sales mgr. Wm. J. Moxley, Inc., butterine, since 1909. One of organizers and pres. Supply Men's Credit Assn. Held rank of col. of cadets at St. Viateur's Coll. Republican in nat. politics Catholic. Clubs: Illinois (vice-pres.), Il1. Ath- letic. Residence: 1407 W. Congress St. Of. fices: 1107 W. Congress St. and 541 W. Ran- dolph St.

MOODY, Walter Dwight, managing dir. Chi- cago Plan Commission; born Detroit, Jan. 16, 1874: son Rev. Edward Bursell and Anna Ma. ria (Guilloz) Moody: father a native of Lon. don, Eng., and a clergyman of Baptist Church mother a native of France, both coming to America with parents about 1865, and settled in Detroit; pub. sch. edn .: married Lillian Han- nah Slater, of Detroit. June 24. 1896. Began active career at 14 in dry goods trade; travel- ing salesman with wholesale millinery firm of

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Macauley & Co., Detroit, 1891-8; organized, 1898, wholesale millinery house of Mitchell- Moody-Garton Co., of which was vice-pres. and European buyer until fall of 1904; sales mgr. of wholesale millinery house of Gage Bros. & Co., Chicago, 1904-7. Became deeply interested in the Chicago Commercial Assn. (now Chica- go Assi. of Commerce), and held several im- portant committee chairmanships in the or- ganization previous to being elected business migr. of the assı., Dec. 1907; elected gen. mgr., Jan. 5, 1909, and resigned to become managing dir. the Chicago Plan Commission, Jan. 15, 1911. Mem. advisory board LaSalle Extension Univ. Club: Press. Author: Men Who Sell Things, 7th edition, 1910. Residence: 4880 Sheridan Rd. Office: 20 W. Jackson Boul.

MOODY, Walter Irving, real estate; born El- gin, Ill., Oct. 31, 1862; son William J. and Ur- cilia (Williams) Moody; grad. Elgin High Sch., 1879; married Osage, Ia., 1884, Eda Nichols; children: Walter, James. Began business life in 1880 in employ of Kingsley & Son, cream- ery operators in Bremer Co., Ia., and soon en- gaged in same business for himself, owning numerous creameries in Northern Iowa, known as the Moody system, with headquarters at Nashua, Ia .; later became western agent for James Rowland & Co., New York commn. mer- chants, and is now a dir. in that corpn .; estab- lished butter business on S. Water St., and be- came pres. of Moody, King & Cook; later be- came gen. mgr. and dir. Am. Rolling Mill Cor- poration, operating extensive merchant bar iron mills at Muncie, Ind., and Muskegon, Mich., with main office in Chicago, continuing until 1906; since then manager Bitter Root Valley Irrigation Co. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreation: golf. Residence: Chi- cago Beach Hotel. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

*MOODY, William Vaughn, university prof .; moved to New York; see Vol. 1905.

MOORE, Addison Webster, univ. prof .; born Plainfield, Ind., July 30, 1866; son John Shel- don and Adaline (Hockett) Moore; A.B., De- Pauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., 1890, A.M., 1893; prin. Marion (Ind.) High School, 1890; instr. in prep. sch., DePauw Univ., 1891-3; scholar Sage Sch. of Philosophy, Cornell Univ., 1893-4; fellow in philosophy, Univ. of Chicago, 1894-5, Ph.D., 1898; married Ella E. Adams, of Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 1, 1891; 1 daughter: Cather- ine Adams. Asst. in philosophy, 1895-7. asso., 1897-8, instr., 1898-1902, asst. prof., 1902-4, as- so. prof., 1904-9, prof. since 1909, Univ. of Chi- cago. Mem. Am. Philos. Soc., Am. Psychol. Assn., Western Philos. Assn. Clubs: City, Quadrangle. Residence: 5744 Washington Av.

*MOORE, Benjamin, coal and coke; see Vol. 1905.

MOORE, Charles Brearley, mfr .; born Ma- comb, Ill., Aug. 28, 1874; son Josiah and Jen- nie E. (Lindsay) Moore; ed. pub. schools of Kewanee, Ill., and Lake Forest Univ., gradu- ating in class of 1895. Began business life in 1895 in the contracting and bldg. business un- der firm name of C. B. Moore & Co .; then en- gaged in the mfr. of heating apparatus in the Columbia Heating Co., until Jan. 1902, when joined in the organization of the Am. Locomo- tive Equipment Co., of which is gen. mgr. In- vented and patented many devices in general use in the operation of locomotives. Member Traveling Engrs.' Assn., Master Mechanics' Assn., Am. Civic Assn., U.S. Naval League (Ill. branch). Republican. Club: University. Resi- dence: The Paddington. Office: Ry. Exchange.

MOORE, Edward Small, vice-pres. Rock Is- land Lines; born Chicago, Jan. 6, 1881; son William Henry and Ada (Small) Moore; prep. edn. Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn .; student Yale Univ., class of 1903; married Jean Mc- Ginley, of Pittsburg, Pa., Apr. 17, 1905; 3 chil- dren: Edward Small, Jr., Jean and Marion. Be-

gan ry. service with Rock Island Lines, Chica- go, 1903; with same road at Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1904; with Frisco lines at St. Louis, 1905-8; 2d asst. to the pres., 1908-9, vice-pres. since Dec. 1, 1909, Rock Island Lines; dir. Rock Island Co., C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co., Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. Clubs: Metropolitan, Racquet and Tennis, Rail- way (New York), Industrial, Union, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia (Chicago). Recreations: out- door sports. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Of- fice: LaSalle St. Station.

MOORE, Edwin White, lawyer; born Will- iamsburg, Pa., Aug. 10, 1849; son Rev. John (D.D., Presbyterian clergyman) and Anne Eliza (White) Moore; prepared for coll. at Hastings Academy, Philadelphia; grad. Princeton Univ., 1870; married Chicago, Oct. 25, 1889, Helen L. Miller (now deceased); children: Alice, Robert Grier. Admitted to bar, Sept. 1872; practiced law at Racine, Wis., before coming to Chicago, 1894; was asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Demo- crat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Skokie Country, Uni- versity of Evanston. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Borland Bldg.

MOORE, Eliakim Hastings, univ. prof .; born Marietta, O., Jan. 26, 1862; son David Hastings and Julia Sophia (Carpenter) Moore; A.B., Yale, 1883, Ph.D., 1885; Univ. of Berlin, 1885-6; (hon. Ph.D., Univ. of Göttingen, 1899; LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1904; Sc.D., Yale, 1909; Math.D., Clark, 1909); married Martha Morris Young, of Columbus, O., June 21, 1892. Tutor mathe- matics, Yale, 1887-9; asst. prof. mathematics, 1889-91, asso. prof., 1891-2, Northwestern Univ .; prof. mathematics, since 1892, head of dept. since 1896, Univ. of Chicago. Editor Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 1899-1907. Asso. fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences; fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Math. Soc. (2d vice- pres. 1897, 1st vice-pres. 1899, pres. 1901-3), Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Deutsche Mat- ematiker Vereinigung, London Math. Soc., Am. Philos. Soc. Contbr. to math. periodicals of Europe and America. Address: 5607 Monroe Av. MOORE, Emery Brown, wood carpet; born Whately, Mass., Mar. 10, 1845; son James and Fidelia (Bardwell) Moore; ed. Wilbraham Acad .; married Nov. 28, 1867, Susan Ella Smith, of Northampton, Mass .; children: Arthur G., Wal- ter H., Gertrude L. Came to Chicago, 1875, and has since been engaged in the mfr. of hard- wood flooring lumber, wood carpet, etc. Head of firm of E. B. Moore & Co. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Residence: Grand Haven, Mich. Of- fice: 129 N. Wabash Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 146

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