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*BATES, Henry Moore, lawyer; see Vol. 1905. BATES, James Benjamin, ship builder; born Windsor, N.S., Apr. 22, 1842; son Thomas and Hannah (Dyer) Bates; ed. pub. schools of Nova Scotia; married Catherine Corrin, of Milburn, Ill., May 22, 1879; children: James Perry, Ida Catherine, Byron Ross. Began as a farm hand in boyhood, then served an apprenticeship in the shipyard of W. C. Fitch, at Windsor. N.S .; came to Chicago in 1869 and worked at trade for W. W. Bates & Co .; was made foreman, and in 1892 established firm of J. B. Bates & Co., of which is now senior mem. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mason. Residence: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 2424 S. Halsted St.
BATES, Mark, grain commn. merchant; born Walsall, Eng., Mar. 30, 1867; son of William and Sarah (Holder) Bates; ed. pub. schools of England; came to America and settled at Chi- cago, Feb. 1884; married Mae Henderson, of Chicago, 1893. Began business career as book- keeper for W. G. Press & Co., grain commn. merchants, Mar. 4, 1884, and has since been identified with that company, becoming vice- pres. upon its incorporation in 1892, and pres. in 1900. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Inde- pendent in politics. Episcopalian. Residence: 6153 Lexington Av. Office: 59, 304 Sherman St.
BATES, Morley Da Costa, physician; born Millersburg, Iowa Co., Ia., Sept. 17, 1872; son Dr. Homer O. and Dr. Laura (Cowgill) Bates; grad. West Division High School, 1893; grad. Rush Med. Coll., M.D., 1896; married Chicago, Aug. 29, 1900, Edith Gray Brown; 2 children: Katherine Brown, Morley Da Costa, Jr. Interne Presbyterian Hosp., 1897-8; surgeon for Home- stake Mining Co., of Lead and Deadwood, S.D., 2 years; since then in practice in Chicago. Instr. in Rush Med. Coll .; attending physician and treas. Grace Hosp .; lecturer School for
physician and lecturer for the com. on the Pre- vention of Tuberculosis of The Visiting Nurses' Assn., Chicago; physician Met. Elevated Ry. Formerly attending physician to Nat. Temper- ance Hosp. Mem. Physicians' Club, A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Soc. of Med. History of Chicago. Republican. Meth- odist. Residence: 417 S. Central Park Av. Of- fice: Cor. Ashland Boul. and Van Buren St.
BATES, Onward, civil engr .; born St. Charles Co., Mo., Feb. 24, 1850. Engr. and supt. of buildings of the C.,M.&St.P.Ry.Co., 1888-1901. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs. Residence: 832 Belden Av. Office: 537 S. Dearborn St.
BATES, Robert Peck, head master Chicago Latin School; born Coventry, R.I., Jan. 28, 1872; son Mason Arnold and Cornelia (Peck) Bates; prepared for coll. at Windham High School, Willimantic, Conn .; grad. Trinity Coll., Hart- ford, Conn., 1893; married Mary, daughter of Judge John M. Lansden, of Cairo, Ill., July 1, 1905. Head master Chicago Latin School since 1894. Episcopalian. Mem. Delta Kappa Ep- silon, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University. Rec- reation: fishing. Residence: 11 Scott St. Office: 18 E. Division St.
BATES, Thomas, lawyer; born Griggsville, Pike Co., Ill., Mar. 4, 1844; son Thomas and Elvira (Cleveland) Bates; ed. pub. schools; was in government service as a wagon-master un- der Gen. Sully in his expedition against the Indians, 1865-6; assisted father in his lumber office at Lincoln, Ill .; principal of Gilman (Ill.) pub. school 4 years, reading law during the last 2; came to Chicago, April, 1876, and fin- ished legal studies in office of Leonard Swett; married Dec. 24, 1870, Sarah H., daughter of Albion Ricker, of Turner, Me .; children: Rose Cleveland, Alfred Ricker. Admitted to Ill. bar, Sept. 1876, and was 2 years mem. of firm of Swett & Bates, then for 1 year of Higgins, Swett & Bates, later of Swett, Bates & Haskell and of Bates, Harding & Atkins. Democrat. Club: Evanston Country. Residence: 2112 Or- rington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle Street.
BATTEN, John Henry, lawyer; born London, Eng., July 16, 1850; son John H. and Mary Ann Batten; ed. Franklin and Newberry Schools, Chicago, 1856-66; Racine (Wis.) Coll., 1866-9; studied law in Chicago in the office of Dent & Black; married Naperville, Ill., Aug. 26, 1874, Ida Haight; children: Marion (Mrs. Albert Hayes Wetten), Percy Haight, Ralph Ells- worth. Admitted to bar, 1872; state's atty. Du- Page Co., Ill., 1888-96; county judge DuPage Co., first to fill unexpired term and later for full term, June 1897-Dec. 1902, and sat in coun- ty court of Cook Co., at Chicago, for 2 years as acting county judge, assisting Judge Carter; acting probate judge of Cook Co., Mar. 20, 1899- Dec. 1, 1900, having charge of the Probate Court from the resignation of Judge Kohlsaat and until Judge Cutting was elected and took his seat. Republican. Club: Hamilton (pres., 1910-11). Residence: 5510 East End Av. Office: Chicago Title & Trust Bldg.
BAUER, see also Baur.
BAUER, Alexander, pres. Bauer & Black, mfrs. surgical dressings. Residence: 5026 Grand Boul. Office: 45 W. 25th St.
BAUER, John C., publisher: born La Porte, Ind., Oct. 25, 1858; son Anton and Catherine Bauer; went to Aurora, Ill., in early childhood, living there until 17 years of age; ed. Aurora pub. schools; married Chicago, May 25, 1881, Lena M. Stevens; children: John W., Harry W. Began work at 9 years; learned printers' trade in Aurora, Ill., and in 1873 became a printer on the Chicago Times; established Union Printing Co. in 1887 and in 1889 organized the Horse Review Co., publishers of the Horse Review. of which is pres. and treas. Republican. Club:
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Press. Recreations: driving and fishing. Resi- & Baumgartl, 1880, and in 1882 firm consoli- dence: Naperville, Ill. Office: Masonic Temple. dated business with that of Adolph Stein and became Stein Bros. & Baumgartl. Severed act- ive connection with that firm in 1887, engaging in the real estate business, and in 1889 built the Calumet Distilling Co.'s distillery; sold that to the trust and organized Monarch Brewing Co .; consolidated that in United Breweries Co., of which is now chmn. of the board. Built Art Wall Paper Mills, 1900, and is now pres and dir .; also sec. Stein Bros .; organized, 1907, and since pres. Federal Cement Tile Co., and built factory at Hammond, Ind. Pres. Home for the Friendless; pres. Brewers Exchange of Chicago. Clubs: Standard, Mid-Day. Residence: 4837 Grand Boul. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. BAUER, William Charles, elec. engr .; born Cincinnati, Dec. 26, 1873; B.S., in elec. engring., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1896; student Univ. of Chi- cago, 1905; Sc.D., Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan., 1908. Instr. civil engring., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1896-7; professor physics and chemistry, Baker Univ., 1897-1908; prof. physics and elec. engr- ing., Univ. of Denver, 1908-9; prof. elec. engring., Northwestern Univ., since 1909. Magnetic ob- server and dir. Baldwin Magnetic Observatory, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1900-2; mag- netic observer in Can. of eclipse for U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1905; supt. Baldwin (Kan.) Light & Power Co., 1907-8; consulting elec. and mech. engr. since 1903. Fellow A.A.A. BAUR, see also Bauer. S .; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. for Promotion Engring. Edn., etc. Residence: 2149 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill.
BAUM, L(yman) Frank, author; born Chit- tenango, N.Y., May 15, 1856; son Benjamin Ward and Cynthia (Stanton) Baum; acad. edn. at Syracuse, N.Y .; married Maud, daughter of Matilda Joslyn Gage, of Fayetteville, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1882. Began newspaper work, 1880; ed- ited Dakota Pioneer, Aberdeen, S.D., 1888-90. The Show Window, Chicago, 1897-1902. Clubs: Press, Chicago Athletic, Colonial (Chicago), Players (New York). Author of numerous books and plays, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: (Oct. to June) 5243 Mich- igan Av., Chicago; (June to Oct.) Macatawa, Michigan.
BAUM, William Louis, physician; born Mor- ris, Ill., May 11, 1867; son Henry and Elizabeth (Zorrman) Baum; ed. Morris Normal School; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1888; special courses in univs. and hosps. of Vienna and Berlin. Unmarried. Since 1891 in practice in Chicago as specialist in skin and venereal dis- eases. Treas. and prof. skin and venereal dis- eases, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. School; derma- tologist to Baptist, German and Chicago hosps .; attending physician for contagious diseases in Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. Physicians' Club; sec. Chicago Medico-Legal Society; fellow Chicago Acad. of Medicine; mem. Chicago Dermatologi- cal Soc., Am. Urological Assn. (treas.), A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Soc., Tri- State Med. Soc. Republican; was coroner of Grundy Co., 1888. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic, Marquette, Chicago Yacht (fleet surgeon). Residence: 807 Pullman Bldg. Office: 31 N. State St.
BAUMANN, Ferdinand Otto, mfr .; born Wa- tertown, Wis., Jan. 29, 1853; son Jacob and Margareth (Meyer) Baumann; ed. pub. schools of Watertown, Wis .; married Chicago, Nov. 5, 1883, Carrie Linsenbarth; children: Nettie A., Frances, Lucille. Began active business career as cabinet maker at A. H. Andrews & Co.'s, in 1875, and rose to gen. supt., leaving in 1895; then in mantel mfg. business in the Baumann- Simon Co. until 1898; since Feb. 1, 1898, supt., sec. and dir. the William H. Warren Mfg. Co., until Aug. 1, 1905, when purchased the busi- ness and changed firm name to F. O. Baumann Mfg. Co., Inc., of which is pres. and treas. Gold Democrat. Protestant. Mem. North Chicago Bowling Assn. Recreations: bowling and auto- mobiling. Residence: 530 Hawthorne Pl. Office: Blackhawk St. and Smith Av.
*BAUMIIR, Norbert' Joseph, atty .; see Vol. 1905.
BAUMGARTL, Isidor, brewer; born Pesth, Hungary, Mar. 29, 1860; son Adolph and Betty (Stein) Baumgartl; ed. high school and Dyren- forth Univ., graduating 1878: married Chicago, 1881, Ber :ha Wilhartz; children: Clara, Lillie. Leroy, Olga, Gertrude. Began as bookkeeper in wholesale liquor house of Joseph Stein & Co., 1878; admitted to partnership in firm of Stein
BAUR, Jacob, chemist, pharmacist; born Louisville, Ky., Oct. 12, 1856; son J. J. and Ma- rie (Stuber) Baur; ed. pub. schools; graduate Phila. Coll. of Pharmacy, 1881; married. Was in drug business, Terre Haute, Ind., 1869-90; also in flour mill business there, 1887-8; since 1888, pres. and treas. Liquid Carbonic Co., op- erating plants in many large cities; also pres. and treas. Federal Brass Works. Mem. socs. of chemical industry of England and America, Am. Pharmaceutical Assn. Republican. Episcopal- ian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 59 E. Division St. Office: 440 Wells St.
BAURMANN, Gustav; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
BAUSHER, Henry, commn. merchant; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.
BAXMAN, Martin J., commn. merchant; born Wheeling, Ill., July 17, 1871; son John G. D. and Carolina (Clausing) Baxman; ed. public schools, Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., Chi- cago; grad. Central Coll. of Correspondence, St. Louis; married Tillie S. Rotermund, of Nor- wood Park, Ill., June 25, 1898. Began in live stock commn. in employ of Ingwersen Bros. & Smith, 1893-1901; cashier Smith, Haas & Co., 1901-6; sec. and treas. Smith, Carey & Co., 1906-8; sec., treas. and dir. Smith Bros. Commn. Co. since 1908; also sec. and dir. Cuban-Am. Land Co. Republican. Methodist. Mason (K.T.). Residence: 10620 Seeley Av. Office: 33-36 Ex- change Bldg., U.S. Yards.
BAXTER, George Edwin, physician; born Griggsville, Ill., Oct. 27, 1874; son Edwin Wal- ter and Helen Maria Baxter; grad. Griggsville High School, 1891, Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., 1893; Ph.B., Ill. Coll., Jacksonville, 1896; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1899; married June 7, 1905, Cecile Maude Hitchcock. Interne St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1899-1901; instr. in pathology, 1902-3, instr. in haemotol- ogy, 1902-4, Northwestern Univ. Med. School; attending physician St. Vincent's Infant and Ravenswood hosps. Asst. editor Ill. Med. Jour- nal. Formerly sec. and pres. North Shore Branch Med. Soc .; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc .; pres. Physicians' Club. Republican. Congregationalist. Recreation : trav- eling. Residence: 5216 Kenmore Av. Office: 4603 Evanston Av.
BAXTER, Robert W., ry. official; born in Scotland, Feb. 22, 1859; son Robert W. and Hel- en (Graham) Baxter; ed. pub. schools. Began ry. service with U.P.Ry., 1870, as messenger. with which remained until 1890, as operator. train dispatcher, chief train dispatcher, train master. asst. supt. and supt. various divs .: supt. Ohio and Midland divs., B.&O.R.R .. at Newark, O., Apr .- Sept. 1891; again with U.P. Ry., as supt. Ore. and Wash. divs., at Portland. Ore., 1891-2, gen. supt. Pacific div., at Portland. 1892-4. gen. agent for receivers, at Portland. 1894-8, and supt. Neb. div., at Omaha, 189S- 1903: supt. Pa. div., at Sayre, Pa .. July-Dec. 1904, Wyo. div., at Wilkes-Barre. Pa., 1904-5. Lehigh Valley R.R .; gen. supt. I.C.R.R., at Chi-
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cago, since July 1, 1910. Club: South Shore Co., July 1897; became an officer of Beach- Country. Residence: 5411 East End Av. Office: 701 Central Station.
BAY, George Philip, banker; 1830-1910; see Vol. 1905.
BAYLEY, Edwin Fisher, lawyer; born Man- lius, N. Y., June 11, 1845; son Calvin Chapin and Ann Sophia (Fisher) Bayley; early life on farm near Waupun, Wis., where he attended school until 1858; in acad. of Brockway Coll. (after- ward Ripon Coll.), 1858-64; served enlistment of 100 days as private, Co. B, 41st Wis. Inf., summer of 1864; in Ripon Coll., 1864-6; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1868; LL.B., St. Louis Law School, 1870; married Chicago, Nov. 1876, Anna Katharine Ober; children: Helen (Mrs. Charles T. Mordock, Winnetka, Ill.) and Katharine (Mrs. Edwin H. Clark, Chicago). Began prac- tice at St. Louis, in office of Elmer B. Adams (now U.S. circuit judge) in 1871; came to Chi- cago, Oct. 9, 1872; mem. of firm of Scoville, Corwin & Bayley until 1877; practiced alone, 1877-85; mem. of firm of Bayley & Waldo, 1885- 95; since of Bayley & Webster (Charles R.). Republican, with mugwump tendencies. Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Church. Clubs: Kenwood, Union League, University, Homewood, Onwent- sia, City. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4634 Greenwood Av. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.
BAYLIES, Ripley N., lawyer; born St. Hel- ena Parish, La., Sept. 5, 1845; son Nicholas and Harriet (Cahoon) Baylies; ed. collegiate and law depts. of the Univ. of Iowa; married Osage Mission, Kan., 1873, Harriett Sinnamon (now deceased) ; children: Mrs. Nettie B. Poor, Fred N., Harry L., Harriet H. Admitted to bar in Iowa in 1867 and practiced in Kan. several years; then at Des Moines, Ia., until 1890, when was elected judge of the Circuit Court of Polk Co., Ia., and at expiration of term resumed practice; since 1892 in practice in Chicago. Re- publican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 2702 Michigan Av. Office: 1222 McCormick Building.
BAYNES, James, editor; born Valley Forge, near Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 30, 1840; son Bee- zon and Lowry (Humphreys) Baynes; ed. pub. schools in Pa. and Ind .; married Salem, Ind., Nov. 21, 1871, Ella Lyon; children: Harry L., Clara. Served 3 years in 5th Ind. Cav., Co. E, in Army of the Ohio, 1862-5; participated in Sherman's movements from Chattanooga to Jonesboro. Moved to Ind. when 15 years old and located on farm, remaining there until 1879; then went to Alexandria, S.D., and en- gaged in publishing the Alexandria Herald; started the American Swineherd in 1884 and in 1890 removed it to Chicago, where has since resided, as its editor and pres. of American Swineherd Pub. Co., its publishers. Republican; was member of the Territorial Legislature of Dakota, 1880-1. Member George G. Meade Post G.A.R. Residence: 418 W. 61st Pl. Office: 443 S. Dearborn St.
BEACH, Chandler Belden, editor and pub- lisher; born Groton, N.Y., June 27, 1839; son Edwards A. and Rhoda C. (Churchill) Beach; A.B., Marietta (O.) Coll., 1863, A.M., 1866; mar- ried Cincinnati, Dec. 24, 1869, Laura B. Nerney; 4 children. Capt. and asst. quartermaster in Civil War; has engaged in publication and sale of various books in Chicago since 1870; dir. Central Trust Co. of Ill. Republican. Presby- terian. Mem. G.A.R. Editor and Publisher: The Students' Cyclopaedia, 1893; The Students' Reference Work, 1902; The New Students' Ref- erence Work, 1909. Recreations: golf, fishing, etc. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 215 S. Market St.
BEACH, Clinton Stillwell, grain commn .; born Chicago, Aug. 8, 1875; son Elli Alonzo and Abbie Davis (Stillwell) Beach; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; married Ada C. Lloyd, of Chi- cago, 1903; children: Lloyd E. and Harriette C. Entered employ of grain firm of E. A. Beach &
Wickham Grain Co. upon its organization, 1903, continuing until the corpn. was dissolved in 1905; since mem. corpn. Beach-Wickham Grain Co. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Recreation: golf. Residence: 537 Bryant Av. Office: 543-546 Postal Telegraph Building.
BEACH, Elli Alonzo, pres. Beach-Wickham Grain Co .; born Stratford, N.H., July 9, 1842; son Lawrence Clinton and Lucy A. (Brockett) Beach; came west with parents in 1852; ed. Beloit, Wis., and Darlington, Wis., finishing at the Platteville Acad .; then taught school in winter of 1863; married Oct. 13, 1868, Abbie Davis Stillwell, of Providence, R.I. (died Jan. 1881); children: Annie S., Henry L., Clinton S .; married 2d, Harriett A. Peck, Providence, R.I. In Jan. 1864, came to Chicago; served an ap- prenticeship of 3 years in office of David H. Lincoln, with whom became partner in June, 1867; firm dissolved, 1877, each partner contin- uing alone; in 1879 became partner in Mead, Beach & Co., which continued until 1890; from then until 1902, E. A. Beach & Co .; since 1903, pres. of the Beach-Wickham Grain Co., which was incorporated in that year. Dir. Chicago Board of Trade, 1893-6. Clerk of Memorial Bap- tist Church for 22 years. Residence: 533 Bry- ant Av. Summer Residence: Castle Park, Mich. Office: 543-546 Postal Telegraph Bldg.
BEACH, Elmer Ellsworth, lawyer; born Civil Bend, Fremont Co., Ia., Dec. 19, 1861; son Hen- ry Walter and Eva E. (Canfield) Beach; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1884; married Ann Arbor, Mich., July 27, 1889, Jessie E. Taylor; children: Eliz- abeth Clara and Mae Vee. Studied law and was admitted to bar in 1888; now mem. of the law firm of Beach & Beach. Republican. Mason, K.T., Shriner. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 1312 Lunt Av., Rogers Park. Office: Ashland Blk.
BEACH, Harrison L., newspaper man; born Dubuque, Ia., Jan. 12, 1863; son of Myron H. and Helen Mary (Hoskins) Beach; common school edn .; married Jessie M. Bowen, of Bick- ford, Can., Sept. 5, 1905. Entered newspaper work in Chicago, 1889; has been connected with Associated Press since 1892; correspondent at Santiago and other points during Spanish-Am. War, and for many years represented Associat- ed Press at nat. political conventions; supt. central div., comprising 16 states, with head- quarters at Chicago, since Jan. 1, 1909. Pres- byterian. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Caxton. Residence: 3630 Lake Av. Of- fice: 111 W. Jackson Boul.
BEACH, Myron Hawley, lawyer; born Seneca Falls, N.Y., May 22, 1828; son Elam and Han- nah (Edwards) Beach; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1853 (LL.D., 1905); married Seneca Falls, N.Y., Dec. 23, 1857, Helen Mary Hoskins (died Apr. 12, 1902); children: Lansing H. (grad. U.S. Mil. Acad., now lieut .- col. in charge of Engring. Dept. of the Gulf, with headquarters at New Orleans), Harrison L. and Woolsey E. Prof. of mathematics, Brockport Collegiate Inst., 1853; prin. Seneca Falls Acad., 1853-6; admitted to bar, 1856; served in Union Army in 1864. En- gaged in practice at Dubuque, Ia., where he was dir. Board of Edn. and a dir. German The- ol. Sem .; in practice in Chicago since 1885. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. G.A.R., Loyal Legion, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Hist. Assn., Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Union League, Caxton. Residence: 3630 Lake Av. Of- fice: The Rookery.
BEACH, Raymond Walter, lawyer; born Per- cival, Ia., Nov. 29, 1863; son Henry Walter and Eva E. (Canfield) Beach; spent most of boy- hood and youth in Grand Rapids ard Charle- voix, Mich .; B.S.,C.E., Univ. of Mich., 1886, LL. B., 1889; married Chicago, Oct. 4, 1892. Jennie Healy; 1 daughter: Ethel Corinne. Admitted to
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Ill. bar, 1889, and at once joined his brother, Elmer E. Beach, present firm of Beach & Beach, making a specialty of corpn., real estate and ins. law. Also treas. and dir. Northwestern De- velopment Co. and other corpns. Lecturer on common law pleadings in Chicago Law School. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns., Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce, Delta Upsilon. Re- publican. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Edge- water Golf. Recreations: golf and automobil- ing. Residence: 857 Pratt Av. Office: Ashland Block.
BEAL, Sarell Wood, dealer in timber and lumber; born Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 13, 1870; son William Henry and Gertrude V. B. (Wood) Beal; ed. pub. schools of Grand Rap- ids; married Mary Ellen Nutt, of New Orleans, La., Apr. 27, 1898; 2 sons: James Lacey and Sarell Wood, Jr. Began business career as of- fice boy with Robinson & Lacey, timber deal- ers, Grand Rapids, in 1887, remaining with that firm until its dissolution in 1891, when contin- ued with its successor, J. D. Lacey, becoming a mem. of the firm of J. D. Lacey & Co. in 1898, with which company has since continued. Re- sided at New Orleans, 1894-1908, at Chicago since 1908; treas. and dir. Clallam Lumber Co .; sec. and mgr. Tensas Delta Land Co., Ltd .; sec. and dir. Pigeon River Lumber Co .; dir. Tenn. & N.C. Ry. Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Midlothian, South Shore Country, Traffic; also Boston Club (New Orleans), and Kent Country Club (Grand Rapids). Recreations: motoring. golf, photography. Residence: 4554 Greenwood Av. Office: 1215 Old Colony Bldg.
BEALE, William Gerrish, lawyer; born Win- throp, Me., Sept. 10, 1854; son William and Lu- cinda (Bacon) Beale; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1877; read law in office of Williams and Thompson, Chicago; married Elizabeth Caruthers, of Chi- cago, Nov. 2, 1904. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1881; has since practiced at Chicago; head of firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale. Pres. Board of Edn., Chicago, 1891-2; corpn. counsel, Chicago, 1895- 7; one of 3 trustees holding majority of stock of Chicago Tribune under will of Joseph Me- dill, deceased. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Union (Chicago), Union, University (New York). Residence: 1100 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 72 W. Adams St.
BEALS, Charles Edward, clergyman, sec .: born Stoughton, Mass., July 15, 1869; son of Charles Emery and Susan (Fisher) Beals; stu- dent mech. engring. 4 years, Mass. Inst. Tech- nology; grad. Drew Theol. Sem., 1892; married Nellie Vernon Drake, of Stoughton, June 30, 1892; children: Helen Drake, Charles Edward, Mary Lunn, Robert Vernon. Entered M.E. min- istry, 1892; pastor Emmanuel Ch., Mansfield, Mass., 1892-6; asst. pastor Maverick Congrega- tional Church, E. Boston, Mass., 1896-7; pastor First Congregational Church, Stoneham, 1897- 1900, Second Church, Greenfield, 1900-3, Pros- pect St. Church, Cambridge, 1903-8; field sec. Am. Peace Soc. since Apr. 1, 1908; also sec. Chicago Peace Soc. since Jan. 4, 1910. Delegate 17th Universal Peace Congress, London, 1908; organized 2d Nat. Peace Congress, Chicago, 1909; reorganized Chicago Peace Soc., 1910. Capt. 1st Co. Inf., Mass. Provisional Militia, 1898; chaplain 5th Inf. Mass. Vol. Militia, 1899- 1901. Sec. Sagamore Sociological Conference, 1907-9; mem. Am. Soc. Internat. Law, New England Hist .- Geneal. Soc., City Club of Chi- cago. Editor: Report of Second National Peace Congress, Chicago, 1909. Residence: 307 Davis St., Evanston. Summer Residence: Passacon- away, N.H. Office: Association Bldg.
BEALS, H. Wallace, merchant; born in Cass Co., Ill., Mar. 1, 1868; son Peter and Eliza M. (Corrie) Beals; ed. pub, schools of Rushville, Ill .; married Chicago, Oct. 1, 1895, Malvinia S. Tyler; 2 children: Helen Roxana, John Tyler. With W. L. Parrotte & Co., Omaha, Neb., hats and caps, 1886-90; in Chicago with Parrotte.
Andrews & Co., as treas., 1890-4; firm became Taylor & Parrotte, of which he was sec., 1894- 1904; changed to Parrotte, Beals & Co., Jan. 18, 1904, of which is vice-pres. and sec. Trustee Oakland M.E. Church. Republican. Residence: 4100 Vincennes Av. Office: 200 S. Market St.
BEARD, Charles Heady, physician; born Spencer Co., Ky., Jan. 27, 1855; son James P. and Emerin (Heady) Beard; ed. public schools of Spencer Co., Ky., and Transylvania Univ., Lexington, Ky .; M.D., Univ. of Louisville, Ky., 1877; married Cannelton, Ind., Sept. 1888, Laura Clark; children: Halard, Charlotte. In gen. practice at Cannelton, Ind., 1877-83; went to New York City, 1883, and studied at Post- Grad. Med. School, Polyclinic, Knapp's Inst., and then became house surgeon Manhattan Eye and Ear Hosp .; studied in London, Paris, Zürich and Vienna about 2 years. In Chicago since 1887, making specialty of eye and ear practice; became asst. surgeon Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1887, and surgeon in 1890; oculist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1 year, and at- tending physician at Central Free Dispensary a year; oculist to Passavant Memorial Hosp. Author: Ophthalmic Surgery; Ophthalmic Di- agnosis. Ex-pres. Chicago Ophthalmological and Otological Soc .; mem. Am. Ophthalmological Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Neuro- logical Soc., Physicians' Club. Recreations: drawing, painting, motoring. Residence: 1019 E. 48th St. Office: 15 E. Washington St.
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