The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 148

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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MORRIS, Robert Wallace, business mgr .; born Wallingford, Conn., Nov. 13, 1867; son Dennis Edward and Adeline (Wallace) Morris; ed. Wallingford High Sch .; A.B., Yale, 1892; unmarried. Came to Chicago, 1892, as mgr. for R. Wallace & Sons Mfg. Co., in which position has since continued; also dir. of the co. and of the Wallingford Silver Co. Baptist. Mem. Sig- ma Nu fraternity. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Calu- met Country, Kenwood Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 5022 Vincennes Av. Office: Silversmiths Bldg.

MORRIS, Seymour, business man; born Uti- ca, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1863; son Joseph and Clara Elizabeth (Seymour) Morris; grad. high school, Chicago, 1880; married Ida Nesbitt Tucker, of Chicago, Jan. 18, 1888; 1 son: Seymour, Jr. Be- gan business life in real estate offices of Judge L. B. Otis, with whom remained until latter's death in 1903, when became trustee of his es- tate; also trustee of estates of Charles Coun- selman, Levi Z. Leiter, Albert Keep and Lam- bert Tree; dir. Chicago Rys. Co., Northwestern Elevated R.R., Spaulding & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Presbyterian. Trustee Chicago Hist. Soc .; mem. Am. Hist. Assn., N. E. Historic-Geneal. Soc., S.A.R., Soc. Colonial Wars, etc. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mid-Day, Kenwood, Glen View Golf, South Shore Country, and Lake Geneva (Wis.) Country; also Union League (New York). Rec- reation: his library. Residence: 2018 Prairie Av. Office: 1217 Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg.

MORRISON, see also Morison, also Morris- son.

MORRISON, Armer David, accident insur- ance; born Rockville, Adams Co., O., Apr. 6, 1844; son David and Martha (Mitchell) Morri- son; ed. common schools and Young's Acad., Covington, Ky., and grad. from Queen City Commercial Coll., Cincinnati; married Cincin- nati, Oct. 1, 1867, Irene Doty; 1 son: Frank (now deceased). Was 10 years chief reporter for R. G. Dun & Co .; then 14 years agt. of New England Mutual Life Ins. Co .; gen. agt. Central Accident Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, 1900-8, since gen. agt. Md. Casualty Co. of Baltimore. Re- publican. Methodist. Residence: 7142 Harvard Av. Office: Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg.

MORRISON, Charles B., master in chancery; grad. Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1878. Began law practice at Dixon, Ill .; state's atty. of Lee Co., Ill., 3 terms; was asst. U.S. district atty., 1898-1905, and U.S. dist. atty. for Northern District of Ill., 1905 and 1906; now master in chancery U.S. Circuit Court. Special asst. U.S. atty .- general, 1906-9, and was one of the coun- sels for the govt. in its case against the Stand-

MORRISON, Charles E., real estate; born Chicago, Aug. 20, 1855; son Ezekiel and Caro- line (Van Duser) Morrison; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Emma H. Sylvester, of Chica- go, Feb. 28, 1876. In real estate business since 1872. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Residence: 4024 Ellis Av. Office: 105 N. Clark St.

MORRISON, Clyde A., lawyer and publisher; born Peotone, Ill., Mar. 12, 1876; son John Wel- lington and Pearl (Palmer) Morrison; ed. com- mon and high schools of Chicago, and Univ. of Va .; married Lyda Pate, of Wellington, Ill., Nov. 15, 1900; 2 children: William Alexander, Alexander Pate. Admitted to bar, 1895; has been mem. law firms Pam, Calhoun & Glennon, Wetten & Morrison, Eddy, Haley & Wetten; formerly master in chancery Superior Court of Cook Co .; chief asst. city atty. since Apr. 1907. Republican; was sec. Governor Deneen's first campaign com .; sec. Busse campaign com. Was editor "The Hamiltonian," official publication of Hamilton Club, about 3 years; part owner and editor National Irrigation Journal and dir. Nat. Irrigation Journal Pub. Co. Pres. Morri- son Pub. Co .; and also publisher and editor-in- chief "Morrison's Chicago Weekly." Dir. For- ward Movement. Baptist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Hamilton, Colonial. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 1313 Madison Park. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

*MORRISON, Richard William, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

MORRISON, William Mckenzie, photogra- pher; born Detroit, Mich., Mar. 23, 1857; son Hugh and Diana (McKay) Morrison; ed. pub. schools and Metropolitan Business Coll., Chi- cago; married Chicago, Alice L. Hoke, of Louis- ville, Nov. 24, 1884. Began business as photog- rapher in Haymarket Theatre Bldg. in 1889, and removed studio to Champlain Bldg. in 1899, in which has since continued. Republican. Presbyterian. Recreation: stock ranch in S.D. Summer Home: Palisade, N.J. Residence: 56 E. Division St. Studio: Champlain Bldg.

MORRISSON, James William, wholesale druggist; born Richmond, Ind., Sept. 1, 1872; son Robert and Fayette (Lord) Morrisson; ed. pub. schools of Chicago, Harvard School, and the Chicago Manual Training School; married Richmond, Ind., Feb. 7, 1900, Mary T. R. Foulke, Jr .; children: Robert, Foulke, Mary. After leaving school entered the wholesale drug house of Morrisson, Plummer & Co. (of which his father was one of the founders in 1874), and is now pres. of the co. Dir. First Nat. Bank, Richmond, Ind., Richmond Brick Co. Mem. exec. com. Ill. Council Nat. Civic Federa- tion. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary. Recreation: outdoor diversions; collector of books. Residence: 719 Rush St. Office: 310 W. Washington St.

MORRON, John R., pres. Peter Cooper's Glue Factory; pres. Atlas Portland Cement Co., New York; dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic, C.G.W. R.R. Mem. Chicago Board of Edn. for term ex- piring 1911. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Commercial, Mid-Day, Onwentsia, Midlothian. Residence. 3206 Michigan Av. Office: 206 S. La Salle St.

MORROW, William Ambrose, lawyer; born Omro, Wis., June 17, 1875; son Patrick and Sa- rah (Goggins) Morrow; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1900. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901, and began practice of law with firm of Ennis, Morrow & McMillan, and in 1903 changed to firm of Mor- row & Popham; since Apr. 1907, practicing

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alone. Democrat. Catholic. Residence: 93G

Rush St. Office: The Rookery.

MORSE, Andrew Gray, mfg. confectioner; born E. Hardwick, Vt., Mar. 16, 1869; son of Amasa and Louisa (Orcutt) Morse; ed. in pub. schools of St. Johnsbury, Vt .; married Libbie Odell Lewis, of Peoria, Ill., Oct. 13, 1899; chil- dren: Evelyn Lewis, Julia Louise. Came West in 1889 and located in Peoria, Ill .; was clerk for Clark & Co., dry goods, and in other con- nections until 1893, when he embarked in his present business; now head of A. G. Morse Co., mfrs. of chocolate confections. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Rotary and Oak Park. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 210 N. Halsted St.

MORSE, Charles Franklin, lawyer; born Pic- ton, Ont., Can., May 14, 1864; son Edward Web- ster and Eliza (Forbes) Morse; ed. pub. schools, Oswego, N.Y .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law (Northwestern Univ. Law School), 1891; mar- ried Katharine Ames, of Chicago, Oct. 26, 1892; 2 children: Katharine Elizabeth and Franklin Ames. Came to Chicago, 1883; in gen. mgr.'s office C.&W.I. and Belt rys. 1 year; with Ill. Trust & Savings Bank 5 years; admitted to bar, 1891, and since in practice at Chicago; mem. firm of Morse & McIlvaine. Republican. Club: University. Residence: 1121 Lake St., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 1406 Marquette Bldg.

MORSE, Charles Hosmer, merchant, mfr .; born St. Johnsbury, Vt., Sept. 23, 1833; son John and Elizabeth (Hosmer) Morse; ed. com- mon schools and in St. Johnsbury Acad .; mar- ried Cincinnati, O., June 30, 1868, Martha J. Owens; children: Elizabeth (Mrs. R. M. Ge- nius), Charles Hosmer, Robert Hosmer, Frank- lin Fairbanks. Left St. Johnsbury Acad., Dec. 11, 1850, to become clerk for E. & F. Fairbanks & Co., scale mfrs., at a salary of $50 per year and board for 3 years; promoted to bookkeeper in their merchandise store, 1853; transferred to New York City, 1855, as clerk and salesman in house of Fairbanks & Co .; sent to Chicago, Apr. 1858, with L. L. Greenleaf, of Boston, to open a branch house under name of Fairbanks & Greenleaf; admitted as a partner, 1862, firm becoming Fairbanks, Greenleaf & Co .; went to Cincinnati, O., 1864, and opened house of Fair- banks, Morse & Co .; while there opened branch houses of Fairbanks, Morse & Co. at Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Louisville; in fall of 1869 re- turned to Chicago to take charge, because of failing health of Mr. Greenleaf, and on retire- ment of latter, Jan. 1, 1872, Chicago house be- came Fairbanks, Morse & Co., incorporated, 1890, and now has houses in Chicago, Cincin- nati, Cleveland, Detroit, Louisville, Indianapo- lis, St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Minneapo- lis, Omaha, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francis- co, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Spokane, New York . and London, Eng., handling complete lines of Fairbanks scales; also large mfrs. of gasoline engines, steam pumps and windmills, and many other machines and devices. Pres. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Sheffield Car Co .; dir. Fairbanks- Morse Elec. Mfg. Co. (Indianapolis), Fairbanks- Morse Canadian Mfg. Co. (Toronto), Canadian Fairbanks Co. (Montreal), Western Valve Co. (Chicago), First Nat. Bank (Chicago). Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Mid-Day. Residence: 4804 Greenwood Av. Office: 900 Wabash Av.

MORSE, John Hale, stock broker and mfr .; born Metamora, Woodford Co., Ill., Apr. 23, 1853; son Levi P. and Mary Ann (Parminter) Morse; attended Eureka (Ill.) Coll., 1871-2; taught district schools in Woodford Co., Ill., 3 years, and the grammar dept., Metamora, Ill., pub. schools, 1 year, 1876; entered Univ. of Ill., 1877, completed courses, eclectic and military, in June 1881; no degree-but commn. as capt. of State militia; taught as principal, Metamora, Ill., schools for 3 years, 1881-4; married Jessie Griest, of Kansas City, Kan., Aug. 14, 1901; 2

sons: John Hale, Jr. (died Oct. 20, 1903), David Levi (died May 5, 1905). Deputy sheriff Wood- ford Co., Ill., 1884-5; studied law for short time; took management of Peoria district for Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn., of New York; went to Kansas City, Mo., 1887, and engaged in real estate business in firm of Zinser & Morse. Organized, 1890, and pres. Home Embroidery Machine Co., Kansas City; vice-pres. and mgr. Chicago office The Equitable Finance & Devel- opment Co., Denver, Colo .; pres. Old Colony Life Insurance Co. till Apr. 1, 1910. Also pres. Colo. & Pike's Peak Consolidated Mining Co., The Union Coal Co., The Porphyry Ridge Gold Mining Co .; dir. Colo. Onyx Co., Crescent Cat- tle Co., Platte River Cattle Co., White Bear Land & Cattle Co. and Cedar Ridge Irrigation Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 814 E. 42d St.

MORSE, John Whitaker, ry. agt .; see Vol. 1905.

MORTENSEN, Jacob, vice-pres. Colonial Trust & Savings Bank. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: Home Ins. Bldg.

*MORTIMER, William Henry, contractor; see Vol. 1905.

MORTON, Joy, merchant; born Detroit, Sept. 27, 1855; son J. Sterling (Sec. of Agr., 1893-7) and Caroline (Joy) Morton; ed. Talbot Hall, Nebraska City, Neb .; married Carrie, daughter Judge George B. Lake, of Omaha, Sept. 23, 1880; children: Jean (born 1883), Sterling (born 1885). Sr. mem. firm Joy Morton & Co. since 1885; pres. and dir. Standard Office Co., Inter- nat. Salt Co. of Ill., Great Western Cereal Co., Morton-Gregson Co .; dir. C.&A.R.R., Continen- tal & Commercial Nat. Bank, Am. Trust & Sav- ings Bank, Ry. Exchange Bank (vice-pres.), Western Cold Storage Co. (Chicago), Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U.S. (New York). Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Commercial, Chica- go, Caxton (Chicago), Lawyers', Transporta- tion (New York). Residence: 1104 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Ry. Exchange.

MORTON, Mark, merchant; born at Omaha, Neb., Nov. 22, 1858; son J. Sterling and Caro- line (Joy) Morton; ed. schools of Nebraska City, Neb .; married Jan. 1887, Martha Park- hurst, daughter John Weare, of Cedar Rapids, Ia .; children: Helen, Joy, Jane. At 18 years of age became office boy with C., B.&Q.Ry., stead- ily advancing until he became traveling freight agt .; in employ of T. W. Harvey Lumber Co. as traveling salesman, 1882-4; supt. of packing house of Nebraska City Packing Co., 1884-5; with brother, Joy, became, 1885, mem. of firm of Joy Morton & Co., which succeeded E. I. Wheeler & Co., then the oldest house in the salt business in the West: pres. Western Cold Storage Co .; vice-pres. Morton-Gregson Co .. packers; treas. U.S. Sugar Refinery: treas. In- ternational Salt Co. Club: Chicago. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Ry. Exchange.

MOSEBACK, William, investments; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

MOSELEY, Carleton, teas and coffees: born Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 26, 1863; son Fred P. and Mary E. (Clark) Moseley: ed. Boston Latin School: married Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1892, Marion L. Wilder: children: George Clark. Marion Renwick. Began business career with Nash, Spaulding & Co., importers and refiners of sugar, continuing, 1881-86, identified with Chase & Sanborn, importers of teas and coffees. since 1886, becoming a mem. of the firm in 1900. Trustee Presbyterian Church of High- land Park, Ill. Pres. School Board of High- land Park district schools. Clubs: Union League. Exmoor, Chicago Yacht, Highland Park. Resi- dence: Highland Park. Office: 76 E. Lake St.

MOSER, George W., wholesale paper dealer: born Chicago, Mar. 9, 1850; son Philip and Mary (Sands) Moser: ed. Chicago pub, schools; married Chicago, Nov. 27, 1873, Mary J. Leslie.

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Entire business career has been spent in the wholesale paper trade; was with Laflin, Butler & Co., 1866-71; with Bradner Smith & Co., 1871-5; with F. P. Elliott & Co., 1875-93; in 1893 formed the Moser-Burgess Paper Co., which changed, 1901, to the Moser Paper Co., of which he is pres. and treas. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, West- ward Ho. Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 621 Plymouth Court.

MOSES, Adolph, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

MOSES, Charles Alonzo, contractor; born at Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., June 14, 1851; son Anson F. and Mary A. (Bowen) Moses; ed. pub. schools; married Jessie E. Culver, of Great Bend, Kan., Jan. 6, 1886; married 2d, Mrs. Emma Stieglitz, of LaGrange, Ill., Mar. 10, 1897; children: Ruth F., Marian I. Began to learn the bldg. trade at age of 16; came to Chi- cago, Dec. 1871; senior of firm of Moses & Johnson, 1874-7; pres. C. A. Moses Construc- tion Co. since 1907. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mem. Contractors' and Masons' Assn. Mason (K.T.). Club: Suburban of LaGrange (ex-pres.). Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1004 Chamber of Commerce.

MOSES, Hamilton, lawyer; born at Chicago, Feb. 18, 1874; son Adolph and Matilda (Wolf) Moses; ed. pub. schools; married Nathalie Baer, of Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 8, 1909. Admitted to bar, 1901; and since in practice at Chicago; also treas. and dir. U.S. Corpn. Bureau. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Club: Idlewild Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4025 Ellis Av. Of- fice: 600 The Temple.

MOSES, Joseph Washington, lawyer; born Chicago, Feb. 22, 1870; son Adolph and Matilda (Wolf) Moses; ed. Chicago pub. schools until 1885; 3 years at Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, and Nancy, France; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1888; married Martha Neuberger, of Chi- cago, Nov. 20, 1895; 2 children: Margaret R., Howard A. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891; has been connected with firm of Moses, Rosenthal & Kennedy and predecessors since 1888; partner in firm since 1892. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Jewish religion (Reformed). Clubs: Standard, Iroquois, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, motoring. Resi- dence: 5482 Greenwood Av. Office: 600-613 The Temple.

MOSS, Jesse Lathrop, real estate; born West- erly, R.I., Nov. 12, 1847; son Jesse Lathrop and Fanny (Dixon) Moss; grad. Phillips Acad., An- dover, Mass., 1865; Yale, A.B., 1869; married Chicago, 1876, Fanny Greene Larned (died 1887); 1 daughter: Julia (Mrs. Joseph Curtis Sloane); came to Chicago, 1887; married 2d, Morristown, N.J., 1892, Harriet Allison Cal- houn, daughter Rev. Simeon Howard Calhoun; 1 son: Jesse Lathrop, Jr. Mem. firm of Walker, Larned & Moss, real estate, 1889-92; since 1898, sec. and financial agt. of the Newberry Library. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia. Recreation: horti- culture. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: The Newberry Library.

MOSS, Leopold, investments; born New Al- bany, Ind., Mar. 6, 1853; son Frederick and Fannie (Levy) Moss; ed. pub. schools until 13 years of age; married Rebeca Lewis Silverman, of Chicago, 1880; 2 children: Benjamin, Muriel. Left school at age of 13; came to Chicago and entered employ of Potter Palmer (dry goods) as cash boy, and afterward with Marshall Field & Co .; later lived in Aurora, 9 years; returned to Chicago, and was in wholesale boot and shoe business 4 years; went to Buffalo, Wyo., found- ed the Johnson Co. Bank and acquired large cattle interests; returned to Chicago and was in banking house of Lazarus Silverman, 1885- 93; now extensively interested in iron ore lands

in Minn .; pres. and treas. Marshall Ventilated Mattress Co. since 1905. Democrat. Jewish re- ligion. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Lakeside, Iroquois, Rotary. Mem. Nat. Union, B.P.O.E. Residence: Great Northern Hotel. Office: 326 S. Michigan Avenue.

MOSS, Solomon Centennial, woolen goods merchant; born Akron, O., May 9, 1876; son Herman W. and Rosina (Wolff) Moss; ed. pub. schools of Akron, O .; married Chicago, Aug. 2, 1899, Ella D. Lilienfeld; 1 daughter: Dorothy Hortense. Was in reportorial work, 1892-3; asst. cashier of The Werner Co., publishers, Akron, O., 1893-4; since Oct. 22, 1894, in woolen business; since Jan. 1, 1901, of firm of Friend, Moss & Morris; also treas. Morris Woolen Co. Republican. Hebrew religion. Mason, Elk. Rec- reation: travel. Residence: 4809 Forrestville Av. Office: 29 S. Franklin St.

MOSS, William Lathrop, lawyer; born Gran- ville, Mass., Oct. 25, 1835; son William L. and Minerva C. Moss; removed with parents, in infancy, to Peoria Co., Ill., where was brought up on farm; subsequently attended Jubilee Col- lege; read law in office of Jonathan K. Cooper, of Peoria; married June 14, 1865, Hattie D. Mc- Lean, of New Hartford, N.Y .; 3 children: An- nie Tilden, Edith Helen, Charles McLean. Ad- mitted to bar, 1869; associated in practice with his preceptor at Peoria, until 1871; then, just after the great fire, came to Chicago, where has since been engaged in practice. Residence: 4531 Greenwood Av. Office: 809 Monadnock Block.

MOSS, William Ray, lawyer; born at Maple Rapids, Mich., Nov. 3, 1867; son Myron S. and Mary A. (Price) Moss; ed. Mich. State Normal School, 1887-91; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1899; married Carrie Gauss, of Palo, Mich., Dec. 27, 1892. Admitted to bar, 1899, and since prac- ticed at Chicago; mem. firm of Mastin & Moss, 1902-5; one of trial attys. for Met. West Side Ry. Co. since 1905. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, University. Recreation: golf. Residence: 238 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 542-3-5 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

MOSSER, Edwin Jacob, lawyer; born Lehigh Co., Pa., Nov. 16, 1870; grad. Muhlenberg Coll., Allentown, Pa., A.B., 1893; Univ. of Michigan, LL.B., 1899. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900, and since engaged in practice in Chicago. Repub- lican. Clubs: University, Hamilton. Residence: 750 Kenesaw Terrace. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.

MOSSER, Stacy Carroll, bond dealer; born Abingdon, Ill., Jan. 16, 1872; son John and Sarah Jane (Carroll) Mosser; ed. high school, and Hedding Coll., Abingdon, Ill., until 1892; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; unmarried. Re- porter on Chicago Times Herald, and Chicago Record Herald, 1898-1900; then with Chicago Daily News in same capacity until 1902; sec. and dir. of Thomas J. Bolger Co., bond deal- ers, since 1902. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Phi Delta Theta, and Modern Woodmen of America. Clubs: University, City, South Shore Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions and music. Residence: Hotel Del Prado. Office: Association Bldg.

MOTH, Morris Jonathan, physician; born in Winnebago Co., Wis., May 16, 1853; son Robert S. and Margery D. (Bacon) Moth; grad. high school, Berlin, Wis., 1872; Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1890; married Randall, Wis., Dec. 16, 1879, Laura L. Shibley (now deceased); children: Laura Harriet, Robert Shibley, Margaret Dor- othy. Began business as general merchant in Winnetka, Ill., at age of 21; sold out at age of 32 and took up study of medicine; since graduation, 1890, practiced at present location. Has been mem. of faculty of Hahnemann Med. Coll. for 17 years; now prof. materia medica in same; mem. med. staff of Hahnemann Hosp. Mem. Ill. Homœ. Med. Assn., Homœ. Med. Soc.

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of Chicago, Clinical Soc. of Hahnemann Hosp. Mason (life mem. Apollo Commandery K.T., mem. Chicago Chapter, Lakeside Lodge). Re- publican. Liberal in religion. Residence: 543 E. 34th St. Office: 32 N. State St.

MOTT, Edgar Washington, Chicago manager Earl & Wilson; born Manhasset, L.I., N.Y., Feb. 23, 1866; son William E. and Amelia A. (Gilder- sleeve) Mott; married Mary V. Golder, of New York City, Aug. 19, 1885; children: Percy R., Edgar C. and Virginia A. Began as a boy in employ of Earl & Wilson, mfrs. collars and cuffs, New York, Jan. 1, 1880; came to Chicago, Jan. 1, 1894, to take charge of Chicago branch; also vice-pres. Shane Caugherty Co. Republic- an. Baptist; trustee Berwyn Baptist Church. Mem. Royal League, Royal Arcanum, Independ- ent Order of Foresters. Club: Berwyn. Rec- reations: motoring, motor-boating. Residence: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 323 W. Jackson Boul.

MOTT, John Grenville, vice-pres. J. H. Win- terbotham & Sons; born Sparta, O., Jan. 23, 1843; son Egbert Benson and Mary (Winter- botham) Mott; ed. private and pub. schools of DeKalb Co., Ind .; married Rue Winter- botham, of Michigan City, Ind., Mar. 24, 1874; children: Russell and Genevieve. Went to Cal., 1863, and spent 11 years there and in various mining camps of Nev .; resident of Michigan City, Ind., 1874-1906, since in Chicago; vice- pres. J. H. Winterbotham & Sons; pres. Ind. Mfg. Co. (Jeffersonville, Ind.); dir. Ind. Trans- portation Co. (Michigan City), J. C. Pennoyer & Co. (Chicago). Pres. Bd. of Park Commrs., Michigan City, 1892-1905. Served 4 months in Union Army, in W.Va., 1862. Gold Democrat. Episcopalian. Ex-pres. Indiana Soc. Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country, Highland Park. Recreations: shoot- ing, fishing, golf. Residence: Laurel Av., High- land Park, Ill. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St.

MOULDING, Joseph Watkins, mfr .; born Chi- cago, Sept. 23, 1873; son Thomas and Sarah (Watkins) Moulding; ed. Northwestern Univ .; married Jane Tilt, of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1895; 4 children: Joseph W., Jr., Sarah M., Arthur and Margaret. In 1892 entered service of the Thomas Moulding Co., the oldest enterprise in the brick line in Chicago, founded by his fa- ther, 1870, of which has been sec. and treas. since 1894; also dir. Buckeye Fire Brick & Clay Co. Was mem. of I.N.G., receiving honorable discharge, 1902. Clubs: Edgewater Country (ex- pres.), Architectural, Edgewater Golf (dir.). Residence: 5453 Lakewood Av. Office: 1201- 1202 Chamber of Commerce.

MOULTON, Don Alonzo, banker; born Wel- lington, O., Sept. 6, 1852; son D. A. and Adeline (Wallis) Moulton; ed. pub. school, Wellington, O., and Univ. of Cleveland, O .; married Alice H. Willard, of Ironton, O., 1878. Began banking business 35 years ago with the First Nat. Bank of Ironton, O .; went from there to the First Nat. Bank of Topeka, Kan .; came to Chicago, 1889, and was with the Globe Nat. Bank until 1898; since then with the Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, of which has been vice-pres. since 1898. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Bankers', Chicago Automobile, Midlothian Coun- try. Recreations: motoring, reading and asso- ciation of family. Residence: 4812 Kimbark Av. Office: Corn Exchange Nat. Bank.

MOULTON, Forest Ray, astronomer; born LeRoy, Mich., Apr. 29, 1872; son Belah G. and Mary C. (Smith) Moulton; A.B., Albion Coll., 1894; Ph.D. (summa cum laude), Univ. of Chica- go, 1899; married Estella Gillette, of Owosso, Mich., Mar. 25, 1897. Asso. in astronomy, 1898- 1900, instr., 1900-3, asst. prof. 1903-8, asso. prof. since 1908, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Jour- nal of Geography, 1904-7, Transactions Am. Math. Soc. since 1907; research asso. Carnegie Instn. since 1908. Fellow Royal Astron. Soc., A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Astron, and Astrophys. Soc. America, Circolo Matematico di Palermo. Author: Celestial Mechanics, 1902;

Introduction to Astronomy, 1905; contbr. to math. and astron. jours. Residence: University of Chicago.

MOULTON, Frank Irwin, lawyer; born at Springfield, Mass., Jan. 5, 1854; son Billings and Harriet C. (Smith) Moulton; ed. pub. schs .; LL.B., Knox Coll., 1874; married Miss Ella L. Cozzens, of St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1884. Practiced alone at St. Louis, 1879-83; removed to Chicago, 1883; mem. law firm of Mcclellan, Cummins & Moulton, 1886-90, Smith, Helmer & Moulton, 1890-1903, since then mem. of Helmer, Moulton & Whitman. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Legion of Honor, St. Louis, Mo. Clubs: Hamilton, City, Homewood Country. Resi- dence: 4927 Madison Av. Office: Straus Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 148

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