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*PARTRIDGE, Lyman Herbert, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
PARTRIDGE, Newton Augustus, lawyer; born Peacham, Vt., Mar. 23, 1852; son L. A. and Ellen C. (Miner) Partridge; ed. common school; attended High School, Buda, Ill., and 1 year Peacham (Vt.) Acad .; married Chicago, May 18, 1882, Nellie L. Hammond; children: Edith A., Edwin H. (deceased), Newton L. Admitted to bar, June 1877; since then in general practice in Chicago; atty. for Village of Hyde Park, 1889. Republican. Treas. Rogers Park Water Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. (bd. of mgrs.); mem. Civil Service Reform League, Civic Fed- eration. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Liter- ary, Hennepin Shooting. Office: Borden Blk.
PASSOW, Louis August, pres. Passow & Sons; born Chicago, Nov. 14, 1873; son Charles and Augusta (Schneidewend) Passow; ed. pub. schools of Chicago to 1889; married Chicago, Dec. 15, 1898, Carrie M. Hoerber; 1 son: Louis Arthur. On leaving school, 1889, entered em- ploy of his father, mfr. of billiard tables and fixtures; was admitted as a partner in 1896; father died in 1901, and in 1904 the business was incorporated as Passow & Sons, of which has since been pres. Mason (K.T., Shriner) ; mem. B.P.O.E. Residence: 3322 Washington Boul. Office: 832 W. Madison St.
PATE, Davey S., lumber merchant; born in England, Mar. 24, 1838; son Thomas P. and T. E. (Davey) Pate; attended pub. schools at Ga- lena, Ill .; twice married; last marriage, 1896, Catherine B. Davis. Was a bookkeeper, 1865- 75; has been in lumber business from 1873, now pres. of the D. S. Pate Lumber Co., and vice- pres. C. A. Paltzer Lumber Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Residence: 5131 Michigan Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.
PATRICK, Hugh Talbot, physician; born at New Philadelphia, O., 1860; son Abraham W. and Mary (Talbot) Patrick; ed. Univ. of Woos- ter, O .; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1884; studied mental and nervous diseases abroad, 1891-4; married Chicago, Apr. 28, 1896, Fannie E., daughter Hon. Joseph E. Gary; children: Talbot, Catherine, Elizabeth (deceased). Prof. nervous and mental diseases, Chicago Poli- clinic; clinical prof. nervous and mental dis- eases, Northwestern Univ. Med. School; neu- rologist to Wesley, Passavant, Peoples, Hen- rotin Memorial and St. Joseph's hosps .; con- sulting neurologist to St. Anthony's Hosp., and Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Ex-pres. Chicago Neurological Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Am. Neurological Assn .; ex-chmn. sec- tion on nervous and mental diseases, A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: University, Physicians', Glen View. Author: Nervous and Mental Diseases in
Practical Medicine Series; Disorders of Sleep in Hare's System of Therapeutics; The Diag- nosis of Hysteria; The Course and Destination of Gowers' Tract; Trunk Anesthesia in Loco- motor Ataxia; The Points of Distinction be- tween Cerebral Syphilis and General Paralysis of the Insane, and numerous other articles in med. journals. Residence: 1428 N. State St. Office: 15 E. Washington St.
PATTEN, see also Patton.
PATTEN, Amos Williams, theologian; born Baltimore, Feb. 11, 1848; son William and Har- riet (Edwards) Patten; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1870, A.M., 1873; B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1871 (D.D., 1888); studied univs. of Berlin and Leipzig; married Belle R. Harrison, of Monti- cello, Wis., Dec. 5, 1871 (died Apr. 11, 1875); 2 sons: Harrison E., Clarence B. (died 1875) ; married 2d, Ella S. Prindle, of Evanston, Ill., Oct. 25, 1883; 2 daughters: Emma, Helen. En- tered Rock River Conf. M.E. Church, 1871; pas- tor in Ill. at Crete, Lockport, Chicago, Dixon, Evanston, Aurora, Joliet and Chicago, until 1899; prof. Bibl. literature, Northwestern Univ., since 1899. Traveled extensively in Europe, Palestine and Egypt, and has lectured on Bibl. and archæological subjects. Contributor to pe- riodical press. Editor: Bennett's Christian Ar- chæology, 1898. Trustee Northwestern Univ., 1887-99, Wesley Hosp., Chicago. Republican. Mem. Soc. for Bibl. Research, Phi Gamma Delta. Club: University of Evanston. Resi- dence: 616 Foster St., Evanston, Ill.
PATTEN, George W., broker; died 1910; see Vol. 1905.
PATTEN, James A., grain commn. mcht .; born Freeland Corners, Ill., May 8, 1852; son Alexander R. and Agnes (Beveridge) Patten; ed. country schs .; married Louise Buchanan, of Chicago, Apr. 9, 1885; children: Agnes, Thomas Beveridge, John Lowrie. Clerk in country store, 1869-71; on grandfather's farm, 1871-4; employe state grain inspection dept., Chicago, 1874-8; with firm of G. P. Comstock & Co., 1878-80, and with brother, George W., in grain commn. business, as Patten Bros., 1880-1903; mem. firm of Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington, 1903-10; retired. Mayor of Evanston, Ill., 1901-5. Presbyn. Clubs: Evanston (Ill.), Union League, Chicago. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Western Union Bldg.
PATTERSON, Frederick Wallace, pres. Ajax Auto Co .; born Wyanet, Bureau Co., Ill., Aug. 27, 1883; son Thomas Wallace and Margaret J. (Calhoun) Patterson; graduated Haven (pub.) School, Chicago, 1899, South Div. High School, 1903; attended Armour Inst. short time; mar- ried Mabel Frances Armstrong, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 1909. Telegraph operator and agt. I.C.R.R., 1904-7; with The Bendix Co., automobile mfrs., 1907-9, as mechanic, purchasing agt., factory mgr., and 1908-9, sec., treas. and dir .; organ- ized, Jan. 1909, and since pres. Ajax Auto Co. Methodist. Mason. Club: Chicago Motor. Rec- reation: motoring. Residence: 4336 Indiana Av. Offices: 834 E. 43d St. and 6230 Cottage Grove Avenue.
PATTERSON, James C., alderman, salesman; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
PATTERSON, Joseph Medill, author; born Chicago, Jan. 6, 1879; son Robert Wilson and Eleanor (Medill) Patterson; B.A., Yale, 1901; (hon. M.A., Ill. Coll., 1904) ; married Alice Hig- inbotham, of Chicago, Nov. 19, 1902. War corr. New York Journal, 1900; reporter, asst. Sunday editor, editorial writer, and asst. editor Chica- go Tribune, 1901-5. Mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1903; commr. of pub. works, Chicago, 1905-6. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago, Newspaper, Onwent- sia. Author: A Little Brother of the Rich, 1908; Dope, 1908; The Fourth Estate, 1909. Residence: Libertyville, Ill.
PATTERSON, Lemuel B., vice-pres. Nat. Packing Co .; born Roodhouse, Ill., Jan. 24,
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1869; son James L. and Mary (Willmington) Patterson; ed. pub. schools of Roodhouse (Ill.) ; married Harriet B. McAdoo, of Omaha, Neb., May 12, 1908. Began in employ of Swift & Co., 1886; advanced through various positions until became mgr. of the Omaha plant, 1903-4; vice- pres. Nat. Packing Co. since 1904; also pres. Peoples' Ice & Cold Storage Co., Omaha; dir. Denver Union Stock Yards, Drovers' Deposit Nat. Bank, Drovers' Trust & Savings Bank, Woodlawn Trust & Savings Bank; treas. Hygi- enic Ice Co. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Saddle and Sirloin. Rec- reation: motoring. Residence: 5148 Michigan Av. Office: 45th St. and Center Av.
*PATTERSON, Melvin Elmore; moved to Nashville, Tenn .; see Vol. 1905.
PATTERSON, Robert Wilson, editor; 1850- 1910; see Vol. 1905.
PATTERSON, Rudolph McCabe, real estate; born Huntingdon Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1864; son Col. George W. and Sara Patterson; ed. Val- paraiso (Ind.) Univ .; pres. Chicago Alumni Assn. of Valparaiso. Established in real estate business in Chicago, 1890; mem. real estate firm of Patterson, Shepard & Co .; was appoint- ed by Mayor Swift, Apr. 25, 1895, to look after the real estate owned and controlled by the City of Chicago; mem. Ill. State Pure Food Commn., June 1, 1901-5, apptd. by Gov. Richard Yates; since 1906 real estate expert City of Chicago; also pres. Ill. Audit Co. Apptd. col. on staff of Governor Yates, Dec. 3, 1903. Repub- lican. Engaged in a joint debate on the money question with U.S. Senator B. R. Tillman, of South Carolina, at Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 19, 1896. Has been chosen orator on Labor Day in Chicago for 12 consecutive years. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: walking, read- ing. Residence: Lexington Hotel. Office: Ash- land Blk.
PATTERSON, William Rodney, consulting engr .; born Effingham, N.H., Nov. 4, 1854; son David Hubbard and Irene (Rumery) Patterson; A.B., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H., 1876; studied engring. privately; married Ida L. Jenks, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1882; 3 children: William Hubbard, Ida Louise, Della Irene. Be- came identified with the Western Electric Co., Chicago, in 1877, with which remained until 1908; did pioneer work in underground tele- phone and telegraph conductors, and invented the Patterson cable; was supt. of that co.'s factory at Chicago, 1892-8, and plant engr. for all its factories in U.S. and abroad until 1908; sr. mem. firm of Patterson & Davidson, con- sulting engrs., since 1908. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreations: stamp collecting, and lantern slides. Residence: 5730 Monroe Av. Office: 1448 Monadnock Blk.
PATTILLO, Richard Starr, physician, ocu- list; see Vol. 1905.
ures, animals, etc .; exhibitor at the Salon in Paris (first in 1879), Nat. Acad. of Design, New York; Am. Water Color Soc., New York; the Pa. Acad. Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Exposition at New Orleans; World's Columbian Exposi- tion, 1893; the La. Purchase Exposition, St. Louis (received medal, 1904), Art Inst. of Chi- cago, etc .; received medal at Boston, 1882. Con- stant exhibitor at art galleries all over the country. Mem. Municipal Art League of Chica- go (sec.), Chicago Soc. of Artists (ex-pres.), Soc. of Western Artists, Palette and Chisel Club. Republican. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Lit- tle Room (Chicago), Nat. Arts (New York). Author: Painters Since Leonardo; Painters of the XVII and XVIII Centuries; and of numer- ous magazine and newspaper articles on art topics. Recreation: gardening. Residence: Park Ridge, Ill. Office: Art Inst.
PATTISON, William King, lawyer; born at Thorold, Can., Nov. 6, 1857; son William Doug- las and Mary J. (King) Pattison; ed. Collegiate Inst., St. Catharines, Ont., and Upper Canada Law Soc., Toronto; married Grand Rapids, Mich., 1898, Isabella Kilpatrick. Admitted to bar in St. Catharines, Ont., 1879, and practiced law there for 12 years; admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and since in practice here; now mem. of firm of Pattison & Shaw. Organized Common- wealth Electric Co., 1897, and was pres. first year. Democrat; presidential elector, 1904. Ma- son. Club: Calumet. Residence: 3942 Grand Boul. Office: Tribune Bldg.
PATTON, see also Patten.
PATTON, Jacob Allen, physician; see Vol. 1905.
PATTON, Joseph McIntyre, physician: born Ralston, Pa., Dec. 8, 1860; son Joseph R. and Janet (Vevers) Patton; ed. Hasbrouck's Inst., N.J .; M.D., Univ. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1882; married Grace Klumb, of Chicago, Aug. 5, 1886; 1 son: Leigh. Practicing medicine in Chicago since 1882; chief asst. med. clinic, 1883-90, prof. physical diagnosis, 1890-1, asso. prof. medicine, 1891-1904, prof. clin. medicine since 1904, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Chicago; prof. diseases of the chest, Chicago Policlinic. since 1891; prof. gen. anæsthesia and physical diagnosis, dental dept., Univ. of Ill., 1902-4; at- tending phys. Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc .; ex-pres. Pathol. Soc .; hon. mem. Ia. Med. Soc. Repub- . lican. Club: Illinois. Author: Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Heart, Lungs and Pleura; Anæsthesia and Anæsthetics; and numerous mag. articles on med. subjects. Residence: 336 S. Hoyne Av. Office: Stewart Bldg.
PATTON, Normand Smith, architect; born Hartford, Conn., July 10, 1852: son William Weston (D.D., LL.D.) and Mary Boardman (Smith) Patton; A.B., Amherst, 1873, A.M., 1876; student Mass. Inst. Tech., 1874; married Fran- ces M Keep, of Oberlin, O., Jan. 1, 1885 (died June 13, 1895); 3 children: Marion K., Frances C., Normand K .; married 2d, Emma Louise Ilett, of Chicago, Apr. 9, 1907. Has made a spe- cialty of pub. bldgs .; architect for bd. of edn., Chicago, 1897-8; designed many schs. and coll. bldgs. and pub. libraries in that city and else- where: mem. firm Patton & Miller, architects, since 1900. One of organizers, 2 yrs. sec., West- ern Assn. Architects; dir. Am. Inst. Architects, S.A.R .; pres. Chicago Congl. Club, 1896. Club: Union League. Contbr. articles on library and sch. bldgs. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: S S. Dearborn St.
PATTISON, James William, artist; born at Boston, July 14, 1844; son of Robert Everett (D.D.) and Frances (Wilson) Pattison; general edn. in New England schools; student in art of James Hart, R. S. Gifford and George Inness, New York, 1866-7; Albert Flamm, Düsseldorf; Luigi Chialiva, Paris, 1873-9; married St. Louis, Dec. 1871, Elizabeth Abbott Pennell (now de- ceased); 2d, Düsseldorf, Germany, 1876, Helen Scarlc, of Vt. (now deceased); 3d, 1905, Hor- tense Roberts; children: Patricia, Penelopc. Served in Civil War, 1863-5, as sergeant in Co. G, 57th Mass. Inf .; slightly wounded at siege of Petersburg; later detailed as clerk in War Dept. for a time. Instructor in art at Wash- PAULING, Edward G., mortgage loans; born Chicago, July 21, 1859; son Henry F. and So- phia D. (Meyer) Pauling: ed. pub, schools and business coll .: married Chicago, Aug. 14, 1900, Marie F. Sceman; children: Helen M., Janet Was with a real estate firm for 15 years, first as employe and then as mem, of firm: has been ington Univ., St. Louis, 1868; followed profes- sion in Europe from 1873-82; in Chicago, 1 year; in New York, until 1884; dir. School of Fine Arts, Jacksonville, Ill., until 1895: since 1896 on Faculty of the Art Inst. of Chicago, holding chair of lectureship on antiquities, metals, textiles, etc. Painter of landscapes, fig- in the mortgage loan business for himself since
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1890. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chica- go Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Lutheran. Vice-pres. Forward Movement. Mem. Royal Arcanum (past regent of North Western Coun- cil). Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Marquette (pres. 2 terms), Glen View. Recrea- tions: golf, swimming. Residence: 1248 Astor St. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.
PAULLIN, George Washington, mfr. of furs; born Philadelphia, July 17, 1864; son Charles and Maria Ann (Smith) Paullin; grad. pub. schools, Phila., 1880; Chicago Coll. of Law, 1892; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1893; married Jersey City, N.J., Feb. 2, 1886, Mary Hamilton Garwood; children: Frances Anne, Laura Vir- ginia, Louise Elizabeth. Employed on Medical Journal, Phila., 1880; went to learn fur busi- ness with Edward S. Mawson & Sons, Phila., 1881; came to Chicago, 1885; employed by Charles Gossage & Co., in fur dept .; buyer and mgr. of fur dept., James H. Walker & Co., 1886- 93; afterward with John T. Shayne & Co .; since 1899 in business on own account as mfr. of furs and fur garments. Mem. Cook Co. Central Com. 12 years, and still serving; elected mem. Re- publican State Central Com., 1910. Dir. Evans- ton Pub. Library, 10 years. Elected trustee Sanitary District, Chicago, Nov. 1905, for 3 years, reëlected, Nov. 1908, for the full term of 6 years. Episcopalian. Clubs: Evanston, Ev- anston Country, Hamilton, Union League. Res- idence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Stewart Bldg.
PAUSE, Paul Ernest, mfr .; born Berlin, Ger- many, July 1, 1855; son Gottlieb and Christina (Helfer) Pause; ed. pub. schools, Gymnastic Teachers' Sem., Berlin; was teacher there for 6 years; married Chicago, Jan. 16, 1891, Anna Schultz; 5 children: Paul, Herman, Amelia, Clara, Robert. Learned trade of lithographer and followed it in Germany; came to U.S., 1881; worked as lithographer in St. Louis, 1881-2, and for a short time after coming from St. Louis to Chicago in 1882. In 1883 established business as a mfr. of advertising signs, and is now pres. of P. Pause & Co. Socialist. Mem. Social Turn Verein (pres. 1899-1903). Club: Germania. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 828 Wilson Av. Office: 404 W. Erie St.
PAVLICEK, Charles Borromeo, lawyer; born Bohemia, Austria, Sept. 11, 1863; son Joseph and Marie Pavlicek; came to Chicago in child- hood; S.B., 1888, A.B., 1889, Northern Ill. Nor- mal School, Dixon; LL.B., 1891, Univ. of Mich .; married Buckingham, Ill., Jan. 30, 1892, Hat- tie M. Kellogg; 1 son: Charles B., Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, and since in general practice in Chi- cago; atty. for West Chicago Park Commrs. Republican. West Chicago Park commr., 1897- 1901. Mason (Oriental Lodge No. 33 A.F.&A. M., Lafayette Chapter No. 2 R.A.M., Pales- tine Council No. 66, Apollo Commandery No. 1, Oriental Consistory, Mystic Shrine). Club: Il- linois. Residence: 3047 W. 19th St. Office: Reaper Blk.
PAYNE, see also Pain, also Paine.
PAYNE, John Barton, lawyer; born Prunty- town, Va., Jan. 26, 1855; son Dr. Amos and Elizabeth B. (Smith) Payne; ed. pvt. schs., Or- leans, Fauquier Co., Va., 1860-70. Admitted to bar, 1876; practiced at Kingwood, Preston Co., W. Va., 1877-82; chmn. Dem. Com., Preston Co., 1877-82; spl. judge Circuit Ct., Tucker Co., W. Va., 1880; mayor of Kingwood, 1882; practiced law at Chicago, 1883-93; judge Superior Ct., Cook Co., Ill., 1893-8; sr. mem. firm Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, since 1903. Elected pres. Board of South Park Commrs., Mar. 16, 1911; Democrat. Pres. Chicago Law Inst., 1889. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Union, Law, Chicago Golf, Caxton, Forty, Mid-Day, Way- farers. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
PAYNE, Philip, author; born Dayton, O., Dec. 14, 1867; son Augustus F. and Mary Isabella (Gardner) Payne; A.B., Cornell Univ., 1888; A.M., Columbia, 1889; unmarried. Admitted to
N.Y. bar, 1890, Ohio bar, 1894; later in journal- ism, and contbr. to mags. Mem. Psi Upsilon. Author: The Shadow of the Millionaire, 1891; The Mills of Man, 1903; Duchess of Few Clothes, 1904; The Furnace, 1907; Saviours of Society, 1909. Residence: 101 Cass St.
*PAYNE, Will, editor; see Vol. 1905.
PAYNE, William Morton, educator, literary critic; born Newburyport, Mass., Feb. 14, 1858; son Henry Morton and Emma Merrill (Tilton) Payne; has lived in Chicago since 1868; ed. pub. schools of Newburyport and Chicago; (LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1903); unmarried. Asst. librarian, Chicago Pub. Library, 1874-6; teacher in Chicago high schools since 1876; literary ed- itor Chicago Morning News, 1884-8, Chicago Evening Journal, 1888-92; asso. editor The Dial since 1892. Chmn. Com. on Philol. Congress, Chicago, 1893; pres. Chicago French Club, 1887- 90; sec. and treas. Chicago Twentieth Century Club since 1889; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Let- ters; vice-pres. Anti-Imperialist League, New England Soc .; hon. mem. of Phi Beta Kappa of Northwestern Univ. on English Literature, Univ. of Wis., 1900, Univ. of Kansas, 1904, Univ. of Chicago. 1904. Clubs: Little Room, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago Literary, Chicago Twen- tieth Century .. As literary critic, chiefly con- cerned with modern literature (especially po- etry) in English, French, German, Italian and Scandinavian. Author: The New Education, 1884; Little Leaders, 1895; Editorial Echoes, 1902; Various Views, 1902; The Greater Eng- lish Poets of the Nineteenth Century, 1909; Leading American Essayists, 1910; Bjornst- jerne Björnson, 1910. Translated Björnson's "Sigurd Slembe," 1888 (new edition, 1910), and Jæger's "Henrik Ibsen," 1890, from the Nor- wegian. Edited: English in American Univer- sities, 1895; American Literary Criticism, 1904; Select Poems of Swinburne, 1905; Swinburne's Mary Stuart, 1906. Has published many ar- ticles in periodicals and in Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature. Recreation: Whist. Residence: 2246 Michigan Av. Office: Fine Arts Building.
PAYNE, William Theodore, lawyer; born Lansingburg, Rensselaer Co., N.Y., Aug. 2, 1860; son Frederick Augustus and Sarah (Cassidy) Payne; descended from English ancestors who settled in Mass., 1636; ed. common schools; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1892; married Matilda Schols, of Chicago, Dec. 22, 1883; 3 children: William Theodore, Jr., Fred- erick Charles and Sarah Louise. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and since practiced at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat; pres. Oak Park Democratic Club since 1905. Episcopalian; pres. Men's Club of Grace Church, Oak Park. Mason (Kilwinning Lodge No. 311 A.F.&A.M .; Past High Priest Wiley M. Egan Chapter No. 126 R.A.M.). Mem. Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Recreations: collecting books, chiefly rare and first editions of Am. authors, and works relat- ing to Chicago and Ill. history. Residence: 115 S. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Ash- land Blk.
PAYSON, George Shipman, lawyer; born Chi- cago, June 21, 1862; son George and Margaret A. (Codman) Payson; ed. Ogden (pub.) School; Barnes' private School; Yale Coll. (Sheffield Scientific School), graduating Ph.B., 1883; fol- lowed by legal studies at Union Coll. of Law, Chicago; married Chicago, Jan. 3, 1889, Joseph- ine Ryerson; children: Ellen Larned, Randolph. On leaving coll. entered office of the Adams & Westlake Mfg. Co., Chicago; in 1884, entered law office of Isham, Lincoln & Beale; in 1886 went from there to office of Dent & Black; in Sept. 1887 went to office of Banning & Banning, and in 1888 became a partner in the firm, which continued until July, 1893, when left to become gen. counsel and treas. of the Western R.R. Assn., in which position continues. Republican in Nat. politics. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia,
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Saddle and Cycle, Yale, University; also Uni- versity and Grolier (New York). Recreations: automobiling, motor-boating and tennis. Resi- dence: 1352 Astor St. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.
PEABODY, Augustus Stephen, banker; born Chicago, Dec. 3, 1873; son Francis B. and Har- riet Cutter (Ten Broeck) Peabody; ed. Harvard and Univ. schools, Chicago; Hill School, Potts- town, Pa .; Yale Univ., A.B., 1895; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1897; married Grace Van Alstyne, of Evanston, Ill., 1906. Upon graduation from Law School, entered Peabody, Houghteling & Co., investment bankers (in which firm is a partner), and has been so con- nected ever since. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwent- sia. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Borland Building.
PEABODY, Francis Bolles, investments; de- ceased; see Vol 1905.
PEABODY, Francis Stuyvesant, capitalist; born Chicago, July 24, 1859; son Francis B. Peabody; Ph.B., Yale University, 1881. Entered the coal trade immediately after graduation in 1881, building up the Peabody Coal Co., of which has been pres. ever since. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Iroquois, Cax- ton, Chicago Yacht, Edgewater Golf, Onwent- sia, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: 850 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 1615 McCormick Bldg.
*PEABODY, Fred Forrest, merchant, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.
PEABODY, Harry Ernest, clergyman; born Princeton, Me., Apr. 1865; son Leonard and Mary (Todd) Peabody; grad. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H., 1883; A.B., Harvard Univ.,, 1887; B.D., Yale Div. School, 1891; married Emily S. Clough, of Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 16, 1894; 4 children: Stephen, Leonard, Phillips, Miriam. Ordained Congregational ministry, 1891; pastor First Church, Trinidad, Colo., 1891-6; asst., Ch. of the Redeemer, New Haven, Conn., 1896-9; pastor Windsor Av. Church, Hartford, Conn., 1899-1910, South Church, Chicago, since 1910. Chaplain, Governor's Horse Guards, Hartford, Conn., 1909-10. Dir. Congregational Edn. Soc., Chicago City Missionary Soc. Clubs: Univer- sity, Kenwood Country. Recreations: tennis, golf. Residence: 817 E. 42d Pl.
PEACOCK, Charles Daniel, jeweler; born at Chicago, Aug. 10, 1871; son late Charles Daniel and Mary Ann (Smith) Peacock; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and private schools, Garden City, L.I .; married Emilie Lehmann, of Chicago, Jan. 31, 1894; 3 children: Mildred L., Margaret M. and Catherine M. Has been identified with the jew- elry business established by his father in 1837, since leaving school, becoming treas. and gen. mgr. upon incorporation of the business, 1902; dir. Chicago Trust & Savings Bank. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Yacht, Tolleston (Ind.) Valley Gun. Rec- reations: motoring, golf, fishing and hunting. Residence: 436 Surf St. Office: Cor. State and Adams Sts.
PEACOCK, Robert E., vice-pres. C. D. Pea- cock, Inc .; born Chicago, Apr. 8, 1876; son Charles Daniel (died Feb. 1903) and Mary (Smith) Peacock; A.B .. Univ. of Mich., 1900; married Chicago, Oct. 28, 1902, Josephine Mc- Lane; 2 children: Dorothy and Charles D., III. Since 1896 has been connected with the jewelry house of C. D. Peacock (inc. 1902), of which is now vice-pres. Mem. Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood. Recreation: hunting. Residence: 3733 Lake Av. Office: State and Adams Sts.
PEACOCK, Walter Clarence, jeweler: born Chicago, Feb. 8, 1878; son late Charles Daniel and Mary Ann (Smith) Peacock; ed. University School, Chicago; married Gertrude Blair, of Chicago, Jan. 22, 1902; 2 children: Stewart B. and Mary Ann. Identified with the jewelry business of his father, C. D. Peacock, estab-
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