The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 163

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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PLUME, Glenn Edward, street ry. official; born Clay, Ia., Sept. 30, 1866; son Edward B. and Isabel (Mills) Plumb; grad. Streator (Ill.) High School, 1885; Ph.B., Oberlin Coll., 1891; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1893; married Chi- cago, Jan. 1, 1895, Grace Edith Clarke (died 1898); children: William Clarke, Grace Isabel; married 2d, June 1907, Marie E. Coyle. Came to Chicago, Sept. 1892; entered law office of Mil- ler & Starr, and continued with them and their successor, Peck, Miller & Starr, after gradua- tion until July 1897, when left to become atty. for the Chicago General Ry. Co., and Sept. 1, 1903,, took charge of the company as gen. mgr. for the reorganizing bond holders, and elected pres. Chicago General Ry. Co., Nov. 1904; trac- tion counsel for City of Chicago, 1905; gen. mgr. Southern Street Ry. Co., 1906-8; pres. Calumet & South Chicago Ry. Co. since 1909. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Calumet Country, Chicago Automobile. Residence: 5110 Jefferson Av. Office: 1600 First Nat. Bank Building.

PLUMBE, George Edward, statistician; born Pawlet, Vt., Oct. 29, 1837; son Rev. Elijah Whiton and Sarah (Woodman) Plumbe; A.B., Middlebury (Vt.) Coll., 1861; Albany Law School, 1861-3; (LL.D., Middlebury, 1908) ; mar- ried Clara P. Russel, Oct. 7, 1863 (died 1906). Practiced law at Potsdam, N.Y., 1863-8; on staff Chicago Republican, 1869-71, Inter Ocean, 1871-7; with postal service, 1877-80; on staff Chicago Daily News, and Record, 1880-1901; lit. and statistical work, 1901-6; statistician and librarian Chicago Assn. of Commerce since 1906. Editor 16 vols. Daily News Almanac and Polit. Register, 1885-1900. Author: Our Curi- osity Shop, 1875; From the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, 1906; Chicago its Natural Ad- vantages as an Industrial and Commercial Cen- ter and Market, 1910. Mem. waterway com. of Nat. Council of Commerce, Washington. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, New England Soc., Nat. Geographic Soc. Club: Press. Resi- dence: 238 N. Park Av. Office: Great Northern Building.

PLUMMER, Daniel Clarence, resident mgr. for Berry Bros., Limited; born Windsor, Ont., Can., Jan. 1, 1861; son James and Julia (Sul- livan) Plummer; ed. pub. schools: married Hamilton, Ont., 1895, Jessie Turnbull (now de- ceased) ; children: Daniel C., Jr., Jean, James T. Began busines career as a telegraph oper- ator in office of Berry Bros., at Detroit, Mich., and incidentally assisted in their varnish busi- ness, becoming regularly identified with the varnish business in 1876 and remaining with the factory and main office at Detroit until 1894, when was apptd. to present position as resident mgr. for the company at Chicago. Ro- publican. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Paint, Oil and Varnish Club. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Homewood Country. Recreations: golf and other outdoor diversions. Residence: 1023 45th St. Office: 59 E. Lake St.

PLUMMER, George Washington, lawyer; born Tyrone, Pa., Dec. 23, 1844; son William R. and Catharine (Traister) Plummer; A.B., Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., 1869; studied law with Judge Derickson, at Meadville, and S. S. Blair, of Hollidaysburg, Pa .; admitted to Pa. bar, 1870; married Meadville, Pa., July 14, 1870, Emily E. McClintock; children: Ralph, Earle, Phyllis; married 2d, Mary R. Redfield, Nov. 22, 1892. Removed to Chicago, 1871, admitted to Ill. bar, and has since engaged in practice. Re- publican. Methodist. Mason. Recreation: farm- ing at Tyrone, Pa., on the old homestead, "The Mountain." Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1008 Tribune Bldg.

PLUMMER, Samuel C., surgeon; born Rock Island, Ill., Apr. 27, 1865; son Samuel C. and Julia (Hayes) Plummer; A.B., Augustana Coll., Rock Island, 1883; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1886; married Mary Louise Middleton, of Dav- enport, Ia., Mar. 18, 1903; 3 children: Susan M., William M., Samuel C., Jr. Has practiced sur- gery in Chicago since 1891; clin. prof. surgery, Northwestern Univ. Med. School, since 1908; surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp .; chief surgeon, C., R.I.&P.Ry., since 1908. Apptd. 1st lt. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Mem. Am. Acad. Medicine, Chicago Acad. Medicine, Western Surg. Assn., Chicago Surg. Soc., A.M.A., Il1. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Kenwood, Beverly Country. Rec- reation: golf. Residence: 4539 Oakenwald Av. Office: 809 Venetian Bldg.

PLUMMER, Wharton, lawyer; born Tyrone, Pa., May 26, 1862; son James S. and Charlotte (Wharton) Plummer; A.B., Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa., 1884; married Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 3, 1891, Claire Plummer; children: Whar- ton, Jr., Dorothy Jean, Richard Peyton. Stud- ied law and admitted to bar, 1886; since in practice at Chicago. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Was capt. and adjutant U.S. Mil. Battalion at Allegheny Coll .; lieut. provisional regt. organized in Chicago by Col. J. F. Waters for service in Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Mem. Delta Tau Delta (was gen. sec. and editor of its journal, "The Rainbow"). Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1008 Tribune Bldg.

POAGUE, Charles Martin, real estate and banking; born Greene Co., O., Aug. 23, 1856: son Robert Davis and Mary E. (Goode) Poague: attended Miami Univ., Oxford, O., 1873-4: A.B., Kenyon Coll., Gambier, O., 1878; LL.B., Cincin- nati Law School, 1880; married Mt. Vernon, O., July 11, 1883, Catherine Walker, daughter of Dr. H. W. Smith; children: Walter S., Cath- erine B. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1880; practiced at Cincinnati until 1889, when removed to Chi- cago, and established real estate business with William D. McKey, as McKey & Poague. Vice- pres. Woodlawn Trust & Savings Bank: also vice-pres. Woodlawn Safety Deposit Co .: treas. San Carlos Co. Republican. Residence: 6501 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1206 E. 63d St.

*PODRASNIK, Alois, wholesale wall paper; see Vol. 1905.

PODSTATA, Vaclav H., physician; born Hohenbruck, Austria, Apr. 24, 1870: son Vaclav and Anna Koblizek Podstata: ed. pub. school, Hohenbruck; high school, Braunau, Austria. and coll. at Chrudim, Austria, 1858; arrived in Chicago from Austria, 1889, and until 1892 was asso. editor of missionary paper "Pravda", Chi- cago: during 1892-5, engaged in med. study and some work on same paper; took interne examination for 111. State Hosp, positions and received appointment to the Ill. Eastern Hosp. for Insane at Kankakee: went there June 1. 1895, and in Sept. was apptd. to regular staff, remaining until Oct. 1, 1899, leaving to take post-grad. work; returned to Kankakee, May 30, 1900, as mem. of med. staff; chief of med staff, Feb. to May 1902: physician in charge of Oakwood Sanitarium, Lake Geneva, Wis .. July 1902-June 1, 1903: married Mary Graham Por-

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ter, Jan. 12, 1903. Gen. supt. of Cook Co. Insti- tutions, June 1, 1903-July 1, 1906; supt. Ill. Northern Hosp. at Elgin, Ill., July 1906-March 10, 1910. Mem. Kankakee Co. Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Chi- cago Neurological Soc. Club: Physicians'. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Residence: 5480 Everett Av. Office: 32 N. State St.

POGGE, Charles F., plate glass insurance; see Vol. 1905.

POLLOCK, William John, physician; born Hebron, Wis .. May 17, 1871; son William John and Jane (Boyd) Pollock; ed. pub. schools of Wis. and Whitewater (Wis.) State Normal School: M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1901; married Mittie Van Voorliis, of Fairdale, Ill., June 24, 1903; 1 son: Robert John. House phy- sician, St. Gerard's Hosp., Chicago, 6 months. 1901; since then in practice of medicine and surgery at Chicago; prof. obstetrics, 1904-6, prof. medicine since 1906, and dir. and sec. of faculty and board of trustees, Bennett Med. College; attending physician, Jefferson Park Hosp .; mem. consulting staff of Cook Co. Hosp. Pres. Ill. State Eclectic Med. Soc., 1906-7; mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Nat. Med. Soc. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mason. Recreation: motoring. Address: 2100 Chicago Av.

POLLOCK, William Wallace, wholesale fuel merchant; born Chicago, July 12, 1872; son William and Nancy (Clark) Pollock; ed. Chi- cago pub. schools; married Udell, Ia., June 9, 1900. Zoe Elsbeth Stuckey; 3 sons: Robert, William James and Frederick. After leaving school was with the lumber firm of Nathan & C. H. Mears, 2 years, then 2 years with W. W. Kimball Co., pianos and organs, and 1 year with J. V. Farwell & Co., wholesale dry goods; with The Commercial Lumber Co., as mgr. of one of their yards 2 years; then took charge of their Chicago office under firm name of The Eastman Fuel Co .; then in wholesale fuel bus- iness with the East Chicago Wood Co. till 1898; with the Jones & Adams Co., 1897-1901, much of the time also conducting a wholesale fuel business for himself under his own name Organized, Feb. 1, 1901, The Soo Fuel Co., of which he was pres .; vice-pres. Northern Wood Co. till 1910; organized the Neal Pollock Co., in July 1910, of which he is pres., the com- pany making a specialty wood fuel and whole- saling lumber. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Residence: 4545 N. Paulina St. Office: 1204 Steger Bldg.

*POMEROY, De Forest, coal; see Vol. 1905. POMEROY, Edward Dwight, lawyer; born Crystal Lake, Ill., Oct. 11, 1872; son Eleazar L. and Mary F. (Hastings) Pomeroy; grad. Union High School, Crystal Lake, Ill., June 1892; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1894. Admitted to the bar at Ann Arbor, Mich., and in Ill., May 1894; entered employ of Bangs, Wood & Bangs, attys., July 1894, and continued until July 1897; mem. Pomeroy & Martin since Mar. 1, 1908. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Residence: 4317 N. Hermitage Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.

POND, Alembert Lucion, mgr. Fort Wayne Electric Works; born Corunna, Mich., Feb. 9, 1874; son Elon and Lydia (Merrill) Pond; ed. pub. schools of Corunna, Mich., supplemented by courses in mech. and elec. engring. in Mich. Agrl. Coll., Lansing; married Harriett Maude Weter, of Belding, Mich., June 21, 1899. With Sprague Electric Elevator Co., New York, 1896- 8; short time with Charles F. Parker Construc- tion Co., on the Erie Canal; installed water power plant for Citizens Light Co., Belding, Mich., 1899-1902; traveled for Mich. Electric Co., Detroit, 7 months; supt. water works and electric light dept., Coldwater, Mich., 1903-5; came to Chicago, July 1, 1905, to become iden- tified with Fort Wayne Electric Works, with which has since continued, becoming mgr. of the Chicago office, July 1, 1910. Asso. mem.

Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Hamilton, Columbia Yacht. Recrea- tions: yachting and athletic sports. Residence: 4358 Kenmore Av. Office: 623 Marquette Bldg.

POND, Allen Bartlit, architect; born Ann Ar- bor, Mich., Nov. 21, 1858; son Elihu B. and Mary (Allen) Pond; grad. Ann Arbor High School, 1876; Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1880; taught Latin 3 years; studied architecture; has prac- ticed since 1886 in Chicago (firm of Pond & Pond). Fellow Am. Inst. Architects. Contrib- utor to architectural journals; devotes consid- erable time to political and social movements; trustee Hull House (social settlement) Assn .; has been 14 years mem. exec. com. Municipal Voters' League. Clubs: Union League (vice- pres. ), City, Commercial, University, Cliff Dwellers, Little Room. Recreations: studies of social and economic problems and history. Res- idence: Pullman Bldg. Office: Steinway Hall.

POND, Irving Kane, architect; born Ann Ar- bor, Mich., May 1, 1857; son Elihu Bartlit and Mary Barlow (Allen) Pond; ed. Ann Arbor pub. schools and Univ. of Mich., graduating, C.E., 1879. Came to Chicago, 1879; head draftsman in office of S. S. Beman during construction of Town of Pullman, of which latter was archi- tect; went abroad for year of travel and study, 1883-4, visiting France, Spain, Tangier, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Low Countries, Eng- land and Scotland, contributing sketches and articles to The Inland Architect; again head de- signer for S. S. Beman, 1884-6; since 1886 part- ner with brother, Allen B., in firm of Pond & Pond, architects. Interested in measures for civic and social betterment and architects for Hull House, the Chicago Commons and the Northwestern Univ. Settlement, in Chicago, be- sides social settlement buildings and institu- tional buildings (Y.M.C.A., etc.), in various cities; also residences, commercial buildings, etc. Independent Democrat. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects, pres. 1910-11, dir. for 3 years, chmn. for 3 years of com. examination for admission and com. on allied arts, A.I.A., whose report has been separately published by the Institute; ex-pres. Ill. Chapter A.I.A .; ex-pres. Chicago Architects' Business Assn .; one of founders and hon. mem. and vice-pres. Architectural Sketch Club (now the Architectural Club). Gold medallist (Pond & Pond) of Ill. Chapter, A.I.A., for most meritorious work of architec- ture erected in Ill. by Ill. architects and ex- hibited at Architectural Club exhibit, 1909. Served on jury of U.S. Treasury Dept. (super- vising architects) in the matter of the Denver Post Office and U.S. courts. Clubs: University, City, Chicago Literary, Little Room (one of founders). Contributor to architectural jour- nals, and of architectural and art criticisms and reviews to The Dial. Recreations: athletics and study of acrobatics from an art stand- point. Residence: Pullman Bldg. Office: Stein- way Hall.

POND, Walter Merritt, lumber merchant; born Camden, Oneida Co., N.Y., May 14, 1842; son Merritt and Ariadna (Soper) Pond; ed. pub. school at Camden and acad. at Sterling, Ill .; married Chicago, May 2, 1865, Sarah A. Webb; children: Lillie (Mrs. O. W. Holmes), Walter Elmer. Began in business for self in 1868 as mem. firm of Pond & Soper, lumber and plan -. ing mills; 10 years later firm was organized as a stock company under the name of Soper & Pond Co., of which he became vice-pres. and supt .; sold out his interest in 1884 and estab- lished retail yards in Southern Kan. and Okla., with headquarters at Wichita, Kan., under the firm name of W. M. Pond & Co., of which is still senior mem. Served in Chicago city coun- cil, 1888-92, from 11th Ward (now the 20th Ward). Republican. Methodist. Club: Union League. Residence: 1117 Forest Av., Evanston, Illinois.

*POND, William Spencer, ins .; see Vol. 1905.

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POOL, Marvin Bemis, asst. gen. mgr. Butler Bros .; born Janesville, Wis., Aug. 21, 1869; son James Madison and Elizabeth (Bemis) Pool; ed. high school, Janesville, Wis .; married Edith Emerson Butler, of Boston, Jan. 16, 1909. Be- gan in retail mercantile house, Clinton, Ia., 1886, which he purchased in 1891; and in 1893 opened a wholesale house and continued his re- tail stores, until became identified with Butler Bros., wholesale general merchandise, Chicago, Jan. 8, 1900. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Forty, Indus- trial, Midlothian Country, South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: golf, traveling and outdoor life. Residence: 5116 Washington Av. Office: Randolph St. Bridge.

POOLE, Charles Clarence, patent lawyer; born Benicia, Cal., Nov. 27, 1856; son Charles Henry and Mary A. (Daniels) Poole; descend- ed from John Poole who came from England with Gov. Thomas Dudley, and settled in Read- ing, Mass., in 1636; also from Gov. Bradstreet and Gov. Dudley, of the Mass. Colony; also from Manasseh Cutler, of Ipswich, Mass., who introduced anti-slavery provision in Ordinance of 1787, excluding slavery from Northwest Territory. Educated in pub. schs. of Washing- ton, D.C .; fitted for practice of civil engring. by private instructors; grad. law school of Col- umbian Univ., with prize for essay on trade- marks, 1882; married Chicago, 1884, Anne, daughter of the late Dr. William Frederick Poole, librarian of the Newberry Library and author of Poole's Index of Periodical Litera- ture; children: Frances, Charles H., Clarence F., Dorothy. In 1874-5 served as asst. engr. in surveys carried on by the Engineer Dept. of the U.S.A .; came to Chicago in fall of 1882, and engaged in practice as solicitor of patents and patent lawyer, and was afterward joined by Taylor E. Brown in the present firm of Poole & Brown; practice confined to patent, copyright and trade-mark law. Mem. of the bar of the Supreme Court of U.S., Chicago Pat- ent Law Assn. (at one time pres.) Club: Un- ion League. Recreations: fond of field sports and an enthusiastic fisherman. Residence: 939 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 140 S. Dear- born St.

POOLE, Clark L., investment banker; born Dubuque, Ia., July 12, 1868; son Horace and Frances (Langworthy) Poole; ed. pub. schs .; married Evelyn Richards, of Dubuque, Ia., June 8, 1892. Engaged in bond business in Chicago for 10 years prior to Jan. 1, 1905, when, with H. C. Barroll and Edward C. Cronwall, joined in organizing firm of H. C. Barroll & Co., bank- ers, of which was mem. until 1905, when that firm was succeeded by Clark L. Poole & Co., of which is senior mem. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Chicago Automobile, Chicago Golf, Homewood Country. Recreations: travel, motoring and golf. Resi- dence: Congress Hotel. Office: 600 Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

FOOLE, Ralph Hutchinson, real estate and farm mortgages; born Chicago, Mar. 14, 1878; son Abram and Mary (Howe) Poole; grad. Uni- versity School, Chicago, 1896; C.E., Princeton, 1900; married Marie Richards, of Philadelphia, Aug. 20, 1907. With engring. corps C.&N.W.R. R., 1900-1; mem. Chicago Board of Trade, 1902- 3; in farm mortgage business since 1904. Pres- byterian. Dir. Chicago Nursery and Half Or- phan Asylum, Municipal Voters' League. Clubs: University (sec.), Caxton (sec.), Cliff Dwellers, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, City. Residence: 25 E. Walton Pl. Office: 415 Royal Ins. Bldg.

1893-1900; western representative of the Weber Ry. Joint Mfg. Co., ry. supplies, 1900-7; Euro- pean representative Rail Joint Co., 1907-9, since then western representative of the company. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Midlothian, South Shore Country. Rec- reations: yachting and other outdoor sports. Residence: 2702 Michigan Av. Office: Monad- nock Blk.

POPE, Charles Evans, lawyer; born Saline, Mich., Aug. 11, 1847; son George Greenleaf and Edwina R. (Evans) Pope; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1869, A.M., 1872; came to Chicago and studied law with William Eliot Furness; married Sept. 4, 1883, Louise T., daughter of George H. Hess, of Chicago; children: Edwina Lydia, Mary Howe, Charles Evans, Jr. (died), George Guion, Charles Evans, Jr. Admitted to bar by exam- ination in open court, June 1871. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., S.A.R. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Harvard, University of Evanston. Resi- dence: 627 Library St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

POPE, Howard Walter, clergyman; born New Haven, Conn., Jan. 21, 1849; son Charles R. and Mary F. (Treat) Pope; A.B., Yale, 1871, B.D., 1874; married Alice S. Gray, of New Haven, May 19, 1875; 2 children: Edith Gray (Mrs. M. Carter Holt), and Charles Augustine. Ordained Congl. ministry, 1874; pastor Bridge- port, Conn., 1874-81, Manchester, Conn., 1881-6, Palmer, Mass., 1886-92, Somersworth, N.H., 1892-4; sec. Internat. Christian Workers Assn., 1894-8, Conn. Home Missionary Soc., 1898-9, Northfield Extension Work, 1899-1907; supt. of men at Moody Bible Inst. of Chicago, since Mar. 1, 1907. Author: What Every Christian Needs To Know, 1905; II Timothy 2:15, 1910. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi (Yale). Residence: 837 LaSalle Av. Office: 153 Institute Pl.

POPE, William J., commn. merchant; see Vol. 1905.

POPHAM, George Moon, lawyer; born War- saw, Ind., Nov. 23, 1866; son Joseph and Fran- ces Mary (Byron) Popham; ed. pub. schools; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1888; married Black River Falls, Wis., Oct. 11, 1893, Sara A. Argyle; chil- dren: Kathryn, Argyle, George Alfred. Ad- mitted to Wis. bar, 1888; prosecuting atty. Jackson Co., Wis., 1893-9: city atty. Black River Falls, 1893-4; came to Chicago, Feb. 1, 1900, and was associated with Dupee, Judah. Willard & Wolf, until 1902; mem. firm of Mor- row & Popham several years from 1902; now mem. Popham, Wolfner & Rittenhouse. Repub- lican. Methodist. Mason, Odd Fellow, K.P .. Independent Order of Foresters, M.W.A. Resi- dence: 6432 Drexel Av. Office: 79 W. Monroe Street.

POPPENHUSEN, Conrad Herman, lawyer: born on Long Island, N.Y., July 21, 1871; son Herman C. and Caroline S. (Funke) Poppen- husen; ed. Flushing (N.Y.) High School; then 8 years in school and univ. in Europe, and later at Union Coll. of Law, 1891-2; married Evans- ton, Ill., June 25, 1895, Harriet G. Gunn. Ad- mitted to bar, 1893; since 1899 mem. firm of Gregory, Poppenhusen & McNab. Mem. Phi Delta Phi, Law Club, Chicago, Ill. State and Am. Bar assns. Republican, and active in pol- itics: formerly sec. and chief examiner, Civil Service Commn .; alderman of Evanston, Ill .. 1896-8; formerly mem. Evanston High School Board. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Onwentsia, Glen View Golf. Chicago Athletic. Press, City, Evanston. Residence: 1242 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

POOR, Fred Arthur, ry. supplies; born An- dover, Me., Apr. 16, 1870; son William C. and POPPENHUSEN, Herman A., treas. Green Engring. Co .: born Long Island, NY .. Jan. 1875; son Herman C. and Caroline S. (Funko) Poppenhusen; ed. pub. schools, Northwestern ITniv., and Mass. Inst. of Technology; married Philadelphia, 1898, Clara C. Dittrich: children: Hattie (Smith) Poor; grad. high school, Port Chester, N.Y., 1887; married Chicago, June 20, 1894, Nettie Baylies. Began with Adams Ex- press Co., with which held various positions until 1892; with Hall Signal Co., in engrins. dept., 1892-3; with T.C.R.R., in engring. dept., Caroline, Eleanor, Marie Louise (deceased).

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Clara Malvine. In 1898 became connected with the Green Engring. Co. (mfrs. of chain grate stokers, etc.) as chief engr., of which is now treas, and gen. mgr. Mem. Northwestern Soc. M.I.T .; pres. Bd. of Edn., Dist. No. 76, Ill., 1908-9, and mem. board, 1909-12. Clubs: Ill. Athletic (Chicago), Mo. Athletic (St. Louis), Engrs.' (New York). Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul.

POPPENHUSEN, Paul Albert, pres. Green Engring. Co .; born College Point, L.I., N.Y., Nov. 4, 1873; son Herman C. and Caroline S. (Funke) Poppenhusen; ed. 1883-9, Kiel, Ger .; in Evanston (Ill.) High School, 1889-90; North- western Univ., 1890-1. From 1891 to 1897 en- gaged in various enterprises; in 1897 organ- ized and since pres. Green Engring. Co., mfrs. of the Green traveling link grates (automatic stokers). Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston Golf, Engi- neers', Glen View Golf, South Shore Country (Chicago), Duquesne (Pittsburgh), Mo. Ath- letic (St. Louis), Engrs.', Machinery, Montag- nais Fish and Game (New York). Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul.

PORONTO, Halsey Earl, sec. and purchasing agt. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. and Chi- cago Junction Ry. Co .; born West Rutland, Vt., Dec. 19, 1872; son Edward D. and Irena (Bald- win) Poronto; ed. Univ. of Vt., and Albany (N. Y.) Business Coll .; married Grace Bartlet Ker- shaw, of Rutland, Vt., June 12, 1900; 1 son: Halsey Earl, Jr. Was connected with N.Y. Central R.R.Co., at Albany and New York, 1893-9; came to Chicago with the Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., Apr. 1899; dir. Chicago Junction Ry. Co., Chicago Junction R.R.Co., Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank, The Midland Warehouse & Transfer Co .; industrial agt. for the Central Mfg. District. Clubs: Mid-Day, Saddle and Sirloin, Homewood Country. Recre- ations: golf, motoring, fishing. Residence: 5310 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1305 First Nat. Bank Building.

PORTER, Charles M., paving contractor; born Proviso, Ill., Aug. 11, 1863; son Irving A. and Sarah H. (Steele) Porter; ed. common schools, and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; married Harriet E. Foster, of Melrose Park, Ill., Mar. 25, 1886; 7 children: Irving D., Sarah H., Ella M., Charles A., Mabel, Dorothy, Ruth. Began as paving contractor at May- wood, Ill., 1892; removed to Chicago, 1896; pres. Charles M. Porter Co. since 1909; also pres. and dir. Ariz. Ironite Co., Ill. Ironite Co. Town collector, Town of Proviso, Ill., 1888-93; trus- tee River Forest Bd. of Edn., 1902-8; Repub- lican. Mason; mem. Order of the Eastern Star, Royal League. Recreations: fishing, motoring. Residence: 161 Gale Av., River Forest, Ill. Of- fice: 118 N. LaSalle St.

PORTER, George French, sec. Chicago Trans- fer & Clearing Co .; born Chicago, July 26, 1881; son Henry Homes and Eliza (French) Porter; prep. edn. University School, Chicago, and Law- enceville (N.J.) School; B.A., Yale, 1903; un- married. Began active career in Chicago, 1904; sec. and dir. Chicago Transfer & Clearing Co., Chicago Union Transfer Ry. Co .; dir. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., Security Bank, Chicago. Trustee Field Museum of Natural History. Sec. Soc. Friends of Am. Art. Clubs: Chicago, University (dir.), Union (pres.); also Univer- sity (New York). Residence: 26 E. Erie St. Office: 1730 Tribune Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 163

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