The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 157

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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PAINE, see also Pain, also Payne.

PAINE, Lyman May, lawyer; born at East Woodstock, Conn., Mar. 6, 1850; son John and Mary A. (May) Paine; ed. Nichols Acad., Dud- ley, Mass., Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass., 1868; A.B., Amherst Coll., 1872; taught high school, 1872-3; married Woodstock, Conn., Aug. 31, 1881, Geneva Carr; children: Ralph Carr (deceased), Ruth, Olive, Norman Carr, Merlin May. Studied law in office of Bonney, Fay & Griggs, Chicago; admitted to Ill. bar, Jan. 7, 1876; associated in practice of law with Hon. C. C. Bonney until his death in 1903; since then alone. Taught city night school for 5 or 6 years from 1873. Mem. Board of Mgrs. Chicago Law Inst. for past 10 years, and pres., 1907. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Mem. Board of Edn. (Oakland) District No. 3, Hyde Park, 1886-9. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 4224 Langley Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.

PAINE, Stephen Marvin, sec. Chicago Por- trait Co .; born Greenville, Pa., May 24, 1874; son Stephen Marvin and Alvira Mckean Paine; attended Kirksville (Mo.) Normal School, 1891-5. Entered employ of Chicago Portrait Co. in N.Y. State, 1895, becoming road mgr., 1897- 1901; elected dir. and is now sec. Republican. Mason (32°). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: Wa- bash Av. and Congress St.

PALMER, Dudley Chapin, mfr .; born Chica- go, Dec. 12, 1878; son Percival Bowditch and Nellie F. (Chapin) Palmer; B.A., Yale Univ., 1900; unmarried; mem. Percival B. Palmer & Co. (mfrs. of cloaks and suits), since 1905. Re- publican. Clubs: Union League, University, Kenwood, Exmoor. Recreations: golf, horse- back riding, tennis. Residence: 4745 Ellis Av. Office: 367 W. Adams St.

PALMER, Ernest Ensign, sec. Truax, Greene & Co .; born Andrew, Ia., Feb. 18, 1863; son Al- len and Eliza (Lanphere) Palmer; ed. pub. schools in Ia .; married Lillian Perrizo, of Chi- cago, Jan. 19, 1892; 2 children: Russell and Gladys. Taught school in Ia. 2 years; identi- fied with Truax, Greene & Co. since 1883, and has been sec. since 1887. Republican. Mason, Royal League, Nat. Union. Residence: 325 N. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 173 N. Wa- bash Av.

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PALMER, Honore; born Chicago, Feb. 1, 1874; son Potter and Bertha (Honoré) Palmer; ed. schools of Chicago, St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., and Harvard Univ. (grad. 1898); married 1903, London, Eng., Grace Green- way Brown; 2 sons: Potter Palmer, III, and Carroll Honoré. Traveled abroad, 1897-8; went to work in his father's office, 1898, attending to the business of the Potter Palmer estate, and since his father's death has continued in active direction of these interests; pres. East Chicago Co., 1905-6. Elected alderman from 21st Ward, 1901, re-elected, 1903; Democrat. Mem. various coll. fraternities. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union, Chicago Golf; also Strollers (New York). Recreation: fishing. Residence: 849 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

PALMER, Percival Bowditch, cloak mfr .; born Boston, Mass., Aug. 2, 1851; son Dudley R. and Anna (Gibbs) Palmer; grad. English High School, Boston, 1868; married 1877, Nel- lie F., daughter of Nahum Chapin, of Boston; children: Dudley Chapin, Percival Bowditch, Jr., David H., Nahum Chapin, Lucy Farwell. In employ of E. Allen & Co., jobbers in woolen goods, Boston, 1868-70; later with Springer Bros., cloak mfrs., Boston. 1870-5; in employ of J. W. Griswold & Co., cloaks, 1877-87, and upon retirement of senior mem. was partner with E. P. Griswold as Griswold, Palmer & Co., 1887-99, till death of Mr. Griswold; since 1899 head of Percival B. Palmer & Co., mfrs. of women's, misses' and children's cloaks and suits. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Kenwood. South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: outdoor life and travel. Res- idence: 4745 Ellis Av. Office: 367 W. Adams Street.

PALMER, Potter, Jr .; born Chicago, Oct. 8, 1875; son Potter and Bertha (Honoré) Palmer; ed. University School, Chicago; St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass .. and grad. Harvard, 1898; married July 1908, Pauline, daughter Herman H. Kohlsaat. Clubs: Chicago, Union, University, Onwentsia, South Shore Country, Chicago Golf, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: 843 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 721 Peoples Gas Building.

PALMER, Robertson, lawyer; born Carlin- ville, Macoupin Co., Ill., July 5, 1872; son John Mayo and Ellen (Robertson) Palmer; ed. Wy- man Inst. (Western Mil. Acad.), Upper Alton, Ill .; Washington Coll., Tacoma, Wash .; North- western Univ. Law School, Chicago; special student until admitted to Ill. bar, 1893; found- ed the Northwestern Law Review, 1893; mar- ried Antonette. daughter late Capt. George W. Colby, of the 72d Ill. Inf., Feb. 15, 1901. Prac- ticed at Chicago since 1893; was law partner of late John Mayo Palmer; in law dept. Ar- mour & Co., 1904-8; now in general practice. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Capt. 8th U.S. Vol. Inf. and served during Spanish- Am. War. Democrat. Methodist. Mem. Naval and Military Order Spanish-Am. War (recorder Ill. Commandery, 1908). Mason. Clubs: Iro- quois (corr. sec., 1906-7). Army and Navy (New York). Residence: 6132 Lexington Av. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

PALMER, Silas, live stock commn .; born Devonshire, Eng., Jan. 15, 1847; son John and Johanna (Hicks) Palmer; ed. England; mar- ried Inwarleigh, Devonshire, Eng .. Apr. 1871, Elizabeth Heale; children: Elizabeth Ellen. William Hale, Elsie Mabel, Ernest James, Blanche Marion, Edwin Thomas, Ruby Evelyn. Byron Ray. Came to Chicago, 1871; engaged in coal and wood business, 1872-4, wood, coal. flour and feed business, 1874-83; mem. of El- well, Green & Palmer, live stock commn., 1884- 92; has since been in same business alone. Ro- publican. Baptist. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Res- idence: 2319 Warren Av. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

*PALMER, Warren Kingsley; see Vol. 1905. *PALMER, William Arthur, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

PALTZER, Charles Anthony, lumberman: born Binsfield, Prussia, Nov. 5, 1845; son Jacob P. and Mary C. (Faber) Paltzer; attended school in Prussia, until 12th year; family re- moved to U.S., 1857; attended school at Terre Haute, Ind., and St. Louis, Mo .; grad. St. Louis Univ., 1866; married Dec. 5, 1878, Clara C .. daughter Walter N. Woodruff, of Chicago; chil- dren: Catherine W., Susan E. (died Mar. 4, 1906), Charles W. (lawyer). Began as book- keeper in St. Louis, 1867-9; in 1869 with the lumber firm of Thompson Bros. & Co., later Thompson, Henry & Co., St. Louis, Mo .; had charge of their Chicago office, Jan. 1873-4, when firm dissolved and he became partner in the new firm of C. C. Thompson & Co. until 1884; C. A. Paltzer & Co., 1884-94; since then pres. C. A. Paltzer Lumber Co. Was pres. Lumber Dealers' Assn., 1886-7 and 1902-4; pres. Lum- bermen's Exchange, 1890-1. Dir. Chicago Relief and Aid Soc. (now United Charities) since 1895. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: South Shore Country. Residence: 819 Drexel Sq. Office: 3800 Center Av.

PAM, Hugo, lawyer; born Chicago, Jan. 20. 1870; son Alexander and Cecilie (Oesterreicher) Pam; grad. Walsh (pub.) School, W. Division High School, and Univ. of Mich., Ph.B., 1892; studied law and admitted to practice, Oct. 1893. From Sept. 1892 was connected with the law office of Moses. Pam & Kennedy; later admit- ted to partnership in firm of Pam, Calhoun & Glennon; mem. firm of Pam & Hurd until 1910. and now of Pam, Hurd & Day. Engaged in general practice, but principally corpn. busi- ness. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Sec. Jewish Ag- ricultural Aid Soc. of America; dir. Young Men's Associated Jewish Charities. Republic- an. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe, Chicago Auto- mobile, Ill. Athletic. Residence: Hotel Metro- pole. Office: The Rookery.

PAM, Max, lawyer: born nr. Carlsbad, Aus- tria, July 16, 1865; son Alexander and Cecilie (Oesterreicher) Pam; came to U.S. with family. 1868, and settled at Chicago: high sch. edn .. Chicago; studied law in offices of Adolph Moses; admitted to bar, 1886. Mem. law firm of Moses, Newman & Pam, 1889-91. Moses. Pam & Kennedy, 1891-7, Pam & Donnelly, 1897- 8, Pam, Donnelly & Glennon, 1898, later Pam. Calhoun & Glennon, then Pam & Hurd and now Pam, Hurd & Day. Associated as counsel with John W. Gates and others in organization of Am. Steel & Wire Co., 1899: conducted legal part of consolidation U.S. Steel Corpn .. 1901: one of counsel in organization of Internat. Har- vester Co., 1902, Nat. Packing Co., 1902; asso- ciated with E. H. Harriman in reorganization Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf and allied cos. into Kansas City Southern R.R., of which was gen. counsel and dir. until 1905: counsel and in charge organization Allis-Chalmers Co., 1900 (now counsel and dir.); organized. 1901-2, and gen. counsel and dir. Internat. Nickel Co. and Am. Steel Foundries; was counsel in organiza- tion Chicago Title & Trust Co .; with Charles G. Dawes organized Central Trust Co. of Ill .. 1902 (now gen. counsel) : counsel with others in re-organization B. & O. Southwestern R.R .: organized with others, U.S. Nat. Gas Co., 1905 (now gen. counsel) ; has also been counsel for various ry., financial and industrial corpus Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assus, Office: The Rookery.

PARADIS, Frederick Edward, ry. official: sce Vol. 1905. Residence: 1444 E2. 64th St.

PARDRIDGE, see also Partridge.

PARDRIDGE, Albert Jerome, real estate. born Chicago, Jan. 22. 1874: son Charles W and Theresa (Marsland) Pardridge; ed. pub and private schools, Chicago, at Oberlin (O.) Coll .. 2 years, and at Paris, France, and Go-

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neva, Switzerland, 2 years; married Florence attending surgeon Children's Memorial Hosp. E. Myers, of Easton, Pa., June 29, 1898; 2 chil- and Central Free Dispensary: asst. attending surgeon Home for Destitute Crippled Children. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc. (ex-pres.), Chi- cago Orthopedic Soc., Soc. of Med. History of Chicago, Physicians' Club. Collaborated with Dr. Jolin Ridlon on Practical Medicine Series, Orthopedic Surgery, 1910. Residence: 3418 Ful- ton St. Office: 7 W. Madison St. dren: Priscilla and John Albert. Identified with dry goods business with Marshall Field & Co., and Siegel, Cooper & Co., Chicago, and Atkins Sons & Co., New York, a number of years, un- til 1901: active mem. firm of Hillman's, dry goods. Chicago, 1901-5, and is still a mem. of that firm; in real estate business under firm name of A. J. Pardridge & Co. since 1905. Mgr. Reliance and Schiller Bldgs. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Board. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and motoring. Residence: 357 E. Fullerton Park- way. Office: 1316 Reliance Bldg.

PARDRIDGE, Charles Wellington, real es- tate operator and pres. Hillman's (dry goods) ; born Oneida, N.Y., June 15, 1841; son Anson and Amanda (Fields) Pardridge; ed. pub. schs. of N.Y. State; married Pittsburg, 1858, Theresa Marsland (deceased); married 2d, St. Augus- tine. Fla., 1902. Helen B. Bowen (deceased) ; children: Charles A., Edward W., Eva, Albert J., May. Began as clerk in dry goods store of C. Rice & Co., in Lyons, N.Y .; afterward at Buffalo, N.Y., engaged in dry goods business under firm name of C. W. & E. Pardridge, 1861- 70; came to Chicago, 1870, and engaged in dry goods business here; was engaged, with broth- er, as proprietor of the Boston Store, accumu- lated large real estate holdings, and has, since 1875, been largely engaged in real estate busi- ness. Also pres., treas. and dir. of Hillman's (dry goods), State and Washington Sts. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreation: music. Residence: 3200 Michigan Av. Office: 22 N. State St.

PARK, William Lee, ry. official; born Ovid, Mich., Aug. 6, 1859; son Col. Josiah B. and El- len M. (Jones) Park; ed. Seagroves Acad., Oma- ha, Baylies Commercial Coll., Keokuk, Ia .; mar- ried Laura Frances Dill, of N. Platte, Neb., Dec. 24, 1882. Entered service U.P.Ry. as brakeman, 1875; became freight condr. at 18, pass. condr. at 22; apptd. asst. supt. Neb. div., 1889, later supt. western dist. same; supt. Wyo. div., 1900-4; gen. supt., U.P.Ry., headquarters at Omaha, 1904-10; vice-pres. I.C.R.R., Yazoo & Miss. Valley R.R., Indianapolis Southern R. R., in charge of operating, since 1910. Mason (K.T., Shriner); mem. Loyal Legion. Office: Central Station.

PARKER, Andrew Hull, physician, mfr .; born Springfield, O., May 3, 1834; son Emory and Delopha (Bailey) Parker; reared on farm near Geneseo, Ill .; ed. pub. schools, of Geneseo; mar- ried Mary Mickey, of Oquawka, Ill., May 5, 1858; children: Emory H., Charles W. (de- ceased), Maud D., Fred L., Lily M., Andrew H., Jr. Railroad contractor when 19 years old, and built a portion of the track for the C.&R.I.R.R .; as result of panic of 1857 made change of oc- cupation; taught school at Ste. Genevieve, Mo .; held co. office, but took up treatment of hernia during the war; received state (Ill.) certificate as physician, 1883, and since made a specialty of the treatment of hernia. Since 1882, pres. and treas. Common Sense Truss Co. Inventor

of numerous instruments and mechanical ap- pliances for the treatment of hernia. In 1888 successfully defended, as his own atty., a pat- ent suit, Gorse vs. Parker, in United States Court. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Resi- dence: Parker Apartments. cor. Hinman Av. and Church St., Evanston, Ill. Office: N.W. cor. Madison and Franklin Sts.

PARKER, Charles Aubrey, surgeon; born Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 21, 1867; son Dustin Merrill and Celestia (Melvin) Parker; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1891; married Emma E. Kuchs, of Doniphan, Kan., Oct. 16, 1898. In- structor anatomy, Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School, 1891-96; instr. anatomy, 1893-1905, asst. prof. surgery and anatomy since 1905, Rush Med. Coll .; member staff Presbyterian Hosp. Training School for Nurses since 1903;

PARKER, Clarence F., purchasing agent I.C. R.R.Co .; born Charleston, Ill., Feb. 14, 1865; son George W. and Nella (Ferguson) Parker; ed. Washington Univ., St. Louis; married St. Louis, Feb. 6, 1889, Harriet Crangle; 1 daugh- ter: Virginia. Entered train service of St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute R.R. Co., 1888; in 1889 entered office of the gen. mgr. as private sec. and purchasing agent; was thereafter asst. gen. mgr. and gen. mgr., same road, until Apr. 1896, when line was absorbed by I.C.R.R.Co .; then became gen. agent I.C.R.R. until May 1902, when was made coal traffic mgr. until June 1904; since then purchasing agent. Chmn. board of dirs. Madison Coal Corpn. Republican. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Forty. Resi- dence: 4911 Lake Av. Office: Central Station.

PARKER, Francis Warner, lawyer; born Al- ton, Ill., Apr. 1, 1858; son Washington and M. H. (Sallee) Parker; A.B., Shurtleff Coll., 1878, A.M., 1884 (LL.D., 1903); removed to Chicago, 1879; married Alma Chapman, of St. Louis, 1883; children: Francis Warner, Jr., Troy L., Norman Sallee, Leslie. Admitted to bar, 1880; connected with U.S. Patent Office for a time; in practice in Chicago since 1883; pres. The World Today Pub. Co. Mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1st Senatorial Dist., 1885-7; mem. of the "One Hundred and Three" who elected Gen. John A. Logan U.S. senator; state senator from 5th (Hyde Park) Dist., 1902-3. Pres. South Park Improvement Assn .; trustee Univ. of Chicago, Bapt. Theol. Union, Shurtleff Coll .; ex-pres. Baptist City Mission Soc. and of Baptist Social Union. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Patent Law Assn. Mason (32°). Clubs: Hamilton, Union League, Quadrangle. Office: Marquette Bldg.

PARKER, George Green, retired; born Bos- ton, Mass., May 16, 1851; son Orlando L. and Clara F. Parker; came to Chicago with par- ents in 1862; ed. pub. schools of Boston and Chicago; married Chicago, 1874, Luella Knapp; children: Leslie G., Lelia C., Fred A. In 1875 engaged in grain and provision business, la- ter becoming senior mem. of the grain firm of George G. Parker & Co., retiring in 1908. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade (mem. com. on arbi- tration and appeals, 1881-4, and vice-pres. 1885- 90). Clubs: Illinois, Lake Geneva Country. Res- idence: Lake Geneva, Wis.

PARKER, Harrison Magman, advertising agent; born San Bernardino, Cal., July 9, 1877; son Thomas G. and Mary (Owings) Parker: ed. high school, San Francisco, and Univ. of Cal .; married Edith Stubbs, of San Francisco, Oct. 23, 1901; 2 children: Harrison M., Jr., and Mary Stubbs. Began in business dept. of The Wave, San Francisco, 1895; later was in business of- fice of Chicago Times Herald, Chicago Daily News, Collier's Weekly; was business manager Phila. North American, Chicago Tribune; vice- pres. Stack-Parker Co. since 1909. Republican. Methodist. Mem. United Woodmen. Clubs: Un- ion League, Mid-Day. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Residence: 455 Deming Pl. Offices: 1500 Heyworth Bldg. and Commercial National Bank Bldg.

PARKER, Hilon Adelbert, engr .; born Ples- sis, N.Y., Dec. 30, 1841; son Alpheus and Lu- cinda Parker, of Revolutionary stock; acad. edn .; married Mary E. Cunningham, May 25, 1871 (deceased); married 2d, Grace Rowley, Nov. 1894. Served pvt. to 1st lt., 1861-5; fought at Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Shenandoah Val- ley, Richmond, etc. Entered ry. service, 1866;

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held various positions, 1866-85; vice-pres. and chief engr. Chicago, Kan. & Neb. Ry., 1885-9, also gen. mgr., 1888; asst. to the pres. C.,R.I.& P.Ry., 1889-90, and 1893-8, 3d vice-pres. 1890-3, 2d vice-pres. 1898-9, 1st vice-pres. and general mgr. Mar. 1899-Apr. 1903; resigned; consulting engr. Grand Trunk Pacific Ry., 1909. Resi- dence: 10340 Longwood Av.

PARKER, James Harper, retired; born Pitts- burg, Pa., May 11, 1832; son John and Martha (Cochran) Parker; ed. Washington Coll., Wash- ington, Pa .; married Pittsburg, Pa., May 1, 1860, Margaretta Zug; 1 daughter: Mrs. Thom- as S. Blair, Jr. Began business life in 1850 as bookkeeper for his father. In Jan. 1880 es- tablished business as a commn. merchant in packing house products, and grain; firm later became Cowling & Parker, and finally J. H. Parker & Co .; in 1903 disposed of membership on Chicago Board of Trade, and since then has retired from business. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Residence: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 306 Sherman St.

PARKER, Joseph Grafton, real estate; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

PARKER, Lewis Wallace, lawyer; born Cen- tralia, Ill., Aug. 14, 1868; son Lewis H. and Mary E. (McDoel) Parker; B.L., Univ. of Mich., 1889, LL.B., 1890; married Chicago, Apr. 27, 1893, Gertrude Mary Bundy; children: John Curtis Bundy, Eleanor McDoel, Priscilla, Rosa- lind and Lewis Wallace, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890 and since in practice in Chicago, mak- ing a specialty of corpn. and commercial law; now senior mem. of the law firm of Parker & Hagan (Henry M. Hagan and George G. King). Dir. Indianapolis & Louisville Ry. Co., Ind. Stone R.R. Co., Shirley Hill Coal Co., Consoli- dated Stone Co., and other corpns. Mem. Sig- ma Phi. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Athletic, Iroquois, Glen View. Residence: 624 Sheridan Sq., Evanston, Ill. Office: Mar- quette Bldg.

PARKER, Rupert Merrill, physician; born Pleasant Valley, Wis., Feb. 1, 1870; son Charles D. and Angeline F. (Southworth) Parker; grad. State Normal School of Wis., 1890; Univ. of Wis., B.S., 1893; Northwestern Univ. Medical School, M.D., 1896; post-grad. work at Univ. of Vienna, Austria, 1900-1; married Sturgeon Bay, Wis., 1902, Jessie F. Scofield; 2 children: Charles Theodore and Marion. In practice of medicine in Chicago since 1896. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Inde- pendent Democrat. Residence: 5536 Michigan Av. Offices: 7 W. Madison St. and 5310 S. Hal- sted St.

PARKER, Samuel Chester, univ. prof .; born Cincinnati, O., May 31, 1880; son of Samuel B. and Elizabeth Helen (Chappell) Parker; B.A., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1901, grad. student, 1901- 2; A.M., Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., 1903. fellow in edn., 1906-7; married Lucile R. Jones, of Cincinnati, June 4, 1904; 1 son: Harold. Prof. edn., Miami Univ., Oxford, O., 1903-9; asso. prof. edn., Univ. of Chicago, since 1909. Sec. Nat. Soc. for Study of Edn .; mem. Nat. Ednl. Assn., Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Residence: 6022 Monroe Av.

PARKER, William Reynolds, grain commn .; born Dixon, Ill., Oct. 22, 1861; son Orlando L. and Clara (Fitch) Parker; ed. pub. schools: married Chicago, 1884, Mary M. Paynter; 1 son: Gilman M. Began as receivers' agent on the C.&.N.W.Ry. at Chicago, 1878; then entered office of his brother, G. G., commn. merchant, grain and provisions, and in 1887 became a partner in firm of George G. Parker & Co .; now in business alone. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Colonial. Residence: 434 E. 42d Pl. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St.

PARKIN, Harry Alvin, lawyer; born Elgin, Ill., Mar. 2. 1877; son Richard and Sybil R. (Smith) Parkin; A.B. Knox Coll., Galesburg.

Ill., 1900; LL.B., Law Dept., Lake Forest Univ .; married Edna Rex, of Creston, Ia., June 26, 1901; 2 children: Margaret and Richard Rex. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1905; associated first in practice with Bancroft & Adams, later with Tenney, Coffeen & Harding; asst. U.S. atty. since Jan. 17, 1907. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mem. Phi Del- ta Theta, Modern Woodmen, Foresters of America. Club: Hamilton. Residence: 1031 E. 49th St. Office: 826 Federal Bldg.

PARKINSON, Robert H., lawyer; born Cape Elizabeth, Me., 1849; son Royal and Juanna Griffin Parkinson; grad. Dartmouth Coll., 1870; married 1878, Helen B. McGuffey, of Cincin- nati, O .; children: Elizabeth D., June G., Stir- ling B., Kelso S. Admitted to bar in St. Louis, Mo., 1872; practiced in Cincinnati, O., for years, coming to Chicago, 1893; specialty in patent and trade-mark law. Mem. Am., Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns., Chicago Law Inst., Chica- go Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University (Chicago), Lawyers' (New York), Queen City (Cincin- nati). Residence: 110 Bellevue Pl. Office: Mar- quette Bldg.

PARKS, Samuel Shaw, lawyer; born Palmer, Mass., May 6, 1863; son William R. and Dora (Shaw) Parks; grad. Monson (Mass.) Acad .. 1882; Amherst Coll., B.A., 1886; Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, LL.B., 1886; received M.A. de- gree from Northwestern Univ., 1902; married Aug. 6, 1888, Grace, daughter of the late Eben F. Runyan, of the Chicago Bar; children: Clar- ence Runyan, Dora Ruth, Jessie Grace. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, June 1888 and since in prac- tice, making a specialty of corpn. and mining law. Candidate for judge of Circuit Court, 1903. Mem. various Democratic organizations. Mem. Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Phi, Sons of the Rev- olution. Clubs: Amherst (Chicago), Oak Park. Lecturer on Indian Art and other art and his- torical subjects. Residence: 3231 Fulton St. Office: 301-304 Roanoke Bldg.

PARLIAMENT, Samuel, cheese merchant; born Prince Edward Co., Ont., June 3, 1847; son Calvin and Jane (Wood) Parliament; ed. pub. schools of Canada; married Chicago, May 9. 1882, Carrie A. Ela; children: Alice, Clarence. Began as salesman for John H. Clough, provi- sions, Chicago, 1869; afterward was traveling salesman, and in 1878 formed partnership with M. Espert in firm of Parliament & Espert. wholesale cheese, later becoming sole owner of the business, which, however, conducts un- der the old firm name. Presbyterian. Club: Highland Park. Recreation: motoring. Resi- dence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 22 E. Michi- gan St.

PARROTTE, Walter Lee, wholesale hats: born Rushville, Ill., Mar. 23, 1855: son Josiah and Catherine Ann (Scripps) Parrotte; ed. Rushville, Ill .; married Macomb. Ill .. Nov. 24. 1880, Mary E. Tunnicliff. In business as whole- sale dealer in hats and mfr. of caps since Jan. 1881; pres. of Parrotte. Beals & Co., since 1904: pres. Windermere Lodge Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago. Recreations: travel and life on his ranch. Office: 200 S. Market St.

PARTRIDGE, see also Pardridge.

PARTRIDGE, Charles S., pres. Partridge & Anderson Co .; born North Prescott, Mass., Apr. 15, 1856; son Elisha G. and Abby W. (Bacon) Partridge; ed. pub. schools of Hudson, Wis .: married Abby L. Osgood, of Roberts, Wis., Oct. 24, 1877: 3 children: Grace M., Fred O., Lloyd C. Began business career with the A. N. Kel- logg Newspaper Co. in 1875, with which re- mained until 1901, when, with J. O. Anderson (since deceased), organized the firm of Part- ridge & Anderson Co., electrotypers and stereo- typers, in which has since continued. Author: Stereotyping, 1892 (new edition, 1909); Electro-

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typing and Stereotyping, 1905; Electrotyping, 1909. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. North Am. Union, Royal League. Club: Chicago Ad- vertising Assn. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Residence: 6114 Woodlawn Av. Office: 102 N. Fifth Av.

PARTRIDGE, Lester Earle, glass; born Lake Co., Ill., JJan. 12, 1869; son late Charles A. and Jennie (Earle) Partridge; ed. pub. schools of Lake Co., graduating from Waukegan High School, 1886; married Chicago, Jan. 3, 1895, Mary A. Hopkins; 2 children: Florence A. and Helen E. At age of 17, worked for George F. Kimball, glass jobber: remained with him until he sold out, 1897; then with Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. until 1901, when joined in organiza- tion of Sharp, Partridge & Co., jobbers of win- dow and plate glass, of which is sec. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce (mem. ways and means com.). Mem. bd. of trustees of the Vil- lage of LaGrange. Republican. Congregation- alist. Clubs: Hamilton, Suburban of LaGrange. Recreation: horseback riding. Residence: La Grange, Ill. Office: 2261-2269 Lumber St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 157

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