The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 165

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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PRESNELL, James Frederick, surgeon; born Towa Center, Story Co., la., Mar. 22, 1867; son Dr. James and Mary (Hurst) Presnell: grad Scranton (a.) High School. 1884: M.D., Univ of Ia., 1889; married Gertrude Impey, of Iowa City, Ia .. Oct. S. 1890; 1 son: Robert Richard (born Apr. 29. 1894). Practiced medicine at Omaha, Neb., 1889-94, Lake View, Ta .. 1894-S: acting asst. surgeon U.S. V .. 1898-1901: apptd. capt. asst. surgeon vols .. Feb. 7. 1901: served in Southern fover camps, in Cuba, at San Fran- cisco and in the Philippines; hon. discharged. Feb. 1. 1903; awarded Congressional medal for services in P.I .: in practice at Chicago since 1903; prof. surgery and clin, surgery. ÎN. Med Coll., 1903-9; prof. surgery, med dept. Loyola

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Univ., since 1909; attending physician to Lake and later route agent; traveling salesman for View Hosp. since 1908; apptd. 1st It. U.S.A. wholesale clothing firm, 1882-96; since 1896 clothing mfr. in Chicago; now pres. Ed. V. Price & Co., wholesale tailors; also of the re- tail corpn., Price-Leeman Co., Trinidad, Colo. Vice-pres. and chmn. labor board of National Wholesale Tailors' Assn. during labor troubles, 1905-6. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Residence: Hotel Kenwood. Office: 320 S. Franklin St. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason, K.P .; mem. Wood- men of the World, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Club: Press. Recreations: walk- ing, dancing, all aquatic sports, horseback rid- ing, tennis. Residence: 1060 Wilson Av. Office: 4601 Evanston Av.

PRESS, Adam John, mfr .; born Raunheim- on-the-Main, Ger., June 14, 1846; son Jacob and Mary (Bun) Press; came to Chicago in 1854; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Jan. 21, 1869, Elizabeth Loehr; children: Hubert, Ad- am, Martha (Mrs. Raymond Dreyer), Louisa, Amelia, Laura. Learned the moulding and pic- ture frame trade with Charles Brachvogel, en- tering his employ as a boy in 1861, and upon the death of Mr. Brachvogel, in 1878, succeed- ed him, and in 1884 incorporated the business as the Adam J. Press Mfg. Co., of which was pres. until 1904, when the firm name became Adam J. Press & Co., of which is sole propri- etor. Republican. Mem. Chicago Turngemeinde since 1865, and Deutsche Gesellschaft. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Recreation: home life. Resi- dence: 1935 Lincoln Av. Office: 666 N. Green St.

PRESS, William Adolph, wagon mfr .; born Chicago, Oct. 6, 1871; son Jacob Henry and Elizabeth (Blass) Press; ed. pub. schools and business coll., Chicago; married Mina Bell Tosh, Chicago, Nov. 1, 1891 (died Dec., 1898) ; 4 children: Violet M., Ethel M., Raymond Les- ter and Merle (now deceased); married 2d, Adell Elizabeth Bausenbach, of Chicago, Mar. 19, 1902; 1 son: William A. Began business ca- reer in father's wagon shop, and has since con- tinued with the business; upon death of his fa- ther in 1891 assumed charge of the business for his mother, and upon her death, 1895, with his brother, Jacob H., purchased the business which they have since conducted under firm name of Jacob Press' Sons. Mason (32°, Shrin- er). Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Mfrs. and Dealers Club, North Shore Neighborly Cir- cle. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 3819 Pine Grove Av. Office: 300-302 N. Halsted St.

PRESTON, Deming Haven, coal merchant; born Byron, Genesee Co., N.Y., Dec. 2, 1845; son John Bower and Clarissa (North) Preston; re- moved to Wis. in childhood; worked on farm in summers and attended school winters, at Ber- lin, Wis .; married Chicago, Oct. 12, 1869, Ella C. Mendsen. Came to Chicago, Apr. 1864 and secured a position as bookkeeper with W. E. Johnson & Co., and in 1869 was admitted as a partner in the business of that firm of whole- sale dealers in coal and coke; in 1873 bought the interests of Mr. Johnson in that firm, changing to the style of D. H. Preston & Co .; pres. Hinsdale State Bank since July 1. 1908. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. of Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill.

PRESTON, Edward E .; see Vol. 1905.

PRICE, Arthur Edgar, physician; born Chi- cago, Ill., 1875; son Oscar Jay and Anna (Wil- der) Price; ed. high schools, Chicago, North- western Univ., Rush Med. Coll. (M.D.), 1897, and Johns Hopkins Univ .; interne St. Elizabeth Hosp., 1897-8. Mem. Nu Sigma Nu and Sigma Chi, Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A., Chicago Thera- peutic Club. Club: Illinois. Office: Heyworth Building.

*PRICE, Charles Ryan, coal; see Vol. 1905.

PRICE, Edward Valentine, mfr. clothing; born Savannah, Mo., May 9, 1856; son William A. and Elizabeth Price; ed. common school, Sa- vannah, Mo .; married Pueblo. Colo .. Nov. 17, 1884, Emma Sharp. Went to Cal., 1872, worked as cowboy on cattle ranch; then in silver mines in Nevada; drove stage on Western overland stage road; became a Wells-Fargo messenger

PRICE, Edwin Carlton, pres. Fred K. Higbie Co .; born Sandwich, Mass., Nov. 14, 1867; son William and Aurelia (Parker) Price; ed. pub. schools, Boston, 1876-83, and in Bryant & Strat- ton Business Coll .; married Rowena May Bloss, of Chicago, Oct. 21, 1891; 3 children: Catherine Aurelia, Dorothy M. (died), Ida May. Began business career with Swift Bros., Boston, 1883; came West, 1885, for Swift & Co .; worked in yards and later became successively cattle buyer and purchasing agent, in which capacity he went to Omaha in 1890; gen. mgr. for Swift & Co., Omaha, 1889-1901, when he retired to go into business for himself, buying a half inter- est in the Fred K. Higbie Co., packers' sup- plies; became pres. and treas. of co., 1908; also pres. Kingman Salt Mining Co .; vice-president Standard Salt Co. of New York, Chapman Coal Co. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Union League, South Shore Country. Recreations: outdoor di- versions, reading. Residence: 4739 Lake Av. Office: 1822 S. Clark St.

PRICE, Frederic Augustus, underwriter; born Toronto, Ont., June 14, 1865; son Samuel A. and Carrie (Austin) Price; ed. pub. schools; married Kansas City, Mo., 1887, Lida Windsor; 1 daughter: Dorothy. In ins. business in Chica- go, since 1884, first in firm of Weed & Price, until 1892; then with James W. Nye, 1892-3; since 1893 mem. of firm of Conkling, Price & Webb, general agents for the London Guaran- tee and Accident Co., Limited, and the U.S. Fi- delity and Guaranty Co. Was 1st It. Co. E, 3d Mo. N.G. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Columbia Yacht (ex-commodore), Chicago Yacht, Forty. Recreation: yachting. Residence: 4905 Wood- lawn Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

PRICE, Henry Wilbur, lawyer; born Hunt- ington, Pa., May 1, 1865; son Rev. J. A. and Katherine (Andrews) Price; grad. Baltimore City Coll., 1883; A.B., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1885; LL.M., Columbian Univ., 1888; married Chicago, 1893, Marie Griswold; children: Gris- wold, Edward. Admitted to D.C. bar, 1888; came to Chicago, 1889; practiced with Millard & Smith until 1890; then with Smith, Helmer & Moulton, to which was admitted 1894, the firm becoming Smith, Helmer, Moulton & Price; withdrew in 1902, to become mem. of firm of Long & Price, counsel for the Ill. Life Ins. Co .; Long & Price dissolved, 1906, since which time has alone acted as counsel of the co. Nomi- nated on Republican ticket for judge Circuit Court, 1909, but declined nomination. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chica- go Law Inst. Republican. Methodist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Uni- versity, Law, City, University of Evanston. Residence: 1608 Forest Pl., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 105 W. Monroe St.

PRICE, Ira Maurice, Orientalist; born Welsh Hills, nr. Newark, O., Apr. 29, 1856; son Thom- as Davies and Sarah Jane (Jones) Price; B.A., Denison Univ., 1879, M.A., 1882; B.D., Bapt. Un- ion Theol. Sem., Morgan Park, Ill., 1882; Ph.D., M.A., Univ. of Leipzig, 1886; (LL.D., Denison,- 1903) ; married Jennie Rhoads, of Granville, O., June 13, 1882 (died Sept. 23, 1905). Prof. Greek and modern langs., Univ. of DesMoines (now DesMoines Coll.), 1879-80; instr. German and French, Morgan Park (Ill.) Mil. Acad .. 1880-3; instr. Hebrew, Wheaton (III.) Theol. Sem., 1882-3; instr. in Harper's Hebrew Correspon- dence Schs., 1882-4; instr., 1886-8, prof. Hebrew

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and cognate langs., 1888-92, Bapt. Union Theol. Sem .; asso. prof., 1892-1900, prof. Semitic langs. and lit. since 1900, Univ. of Chicago. Asso edi- tor Biblical World, American Journal of Semi- tic Languages and Literatures, since 1892, American Journal Theology since 1897. Chmn. exec. com. Bapt. Young People's Union Amer- ica since 1898; mem. internat. lesson com., 1902-8, sec. since 1908, S.S. Assn. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Soc. Bibl. Archæology (London), Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis. Club: Quadrangle. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 6043 Ellis Avenue.

PRICE, Oscar Jay, physician, surgeon; born Adrian, Mich., Apr. 4, 1845; studied Adrian Coll .; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1866; vol. Army of the Tennessee, 1865; hosp. steward; practiced Toledo, O., 1866-8; took clinical course in New York hosps., 1867; married Apr. 2, 1874, Anna Wilder (died Jan. 27, 1907); 1 son: Arthur E. (M.D.); married 2d, Lucy (House) Strong, of Lowville, N.Y., Dec. 30, 1908. Practiced in Chi- cago since 1868. Was surgeon Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R.R. over 30 years; was 6 years surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Therapeutic Club, Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Illinois. Residence: 1537 W. Adams St.

PRICE, Raymond Beach, mfr .; see Vol. 1905. PRICE, Vincent Clarence, pres. Price Flavor- ing Extract Co., Price Cereal Products Co .; born Troy, N.Y., Dec. 11, 1832; academic edn .; grad. Med. Coll., 1852; studied medicine and received degree of M.D. from New York Coll., 1856; grad. as pharmaceutical chemist; engaged in practice at Waukegan, Ill., 1861; married Troy, N.Y., 1852, Harriet White. Discovered chemical combination for baking powder, at once healthful and adapted to universal use, and, in 1863, gave up practice of medicine and formed partnership for mfr. of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder; purchased his partner's interest, 1884; formed corpn. of Price Baking Powder Co .; sold out his interest, 1891. Was for 11 years pres. Lincoln Nat. Bank, and pres. Pan Confection Co., latter now merged with Nat. Candy Co. Now pres. Price Cereal Prod- ucts Co. and Price Flavoring Extract Co. Rec- reation: fond of horses. Residence: Waukegan, Ill. Office: 27 E. Illinois St.

PRICE, William Bates, pres. Price & Teeple Piano Co .; born Loudon, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1859. In piano business 20 years; organized the firm of Price & Teeple in 1902. Residence: 708 Sher- idan Rd. Office: 205 S. Wabash Av.

PRIDE, Joseph F .; see Vol. 1905.

PRIDMORE, John Edmund Oldaker, archi- tect; born Edgbaston, Eng., July 18, 1864; ed. Soho Park School, Birmingham, Eng .; married Nov. 1891, Clara G. Lee, of New York City. Left England, 1883, and spent 3 years in the far Western States before locating in Chicago in 1883. Residence: 1034 Winthrop Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

PRIDMORE, William Addison, real estate; born Birmingham, Eng., Feb. 7, 1867; son Will- iam H. and Avice Emma (Oldaker) Pridmore; ed. schools of his native city; married Chicago, 1892, Fanny Milne, of Canadian birth; 1 son: William G. Removed with parents to U.S. in 1880, and settled in Chicago; was employed by real estate firm of B. F. Cronkhite & Co., 1887- 90; since 1890 in real estate business for self. and has been identified with many important deals in real estate and loans. Vice-pres. and treas. Gary (Ind.) Realty Co .; vice-pres. Am. Nat. Land Corporation of Chicago. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Episcopalian. Republican. Club: Gary (Ind.) Commercial. Recreations: cultivation of flowers and trees, and other outdoor diversions. Residence: Evanston, 111. Office: 69 W. Wash- ington St.

· PRIEST, Frederick C., clergyman; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

PRIME, Samuel Thornton Kemeys; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

PRIMLEY, Jonathan Philip, pres. Wis. Gran- ite Co .; born Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 14, 1852; son Jacob and Sarah (Hitchner) Primley; ed. pub. schools in Ind .; married Elkhart, Ind., Nov. 20, 1879, Euphemia Simonton; 1 son: Walter S. Served an apprenticeship and then engaged in retail drug business at Elkhart, Ind., 1874-85; disposed of drug business and engaged in mfr. of chewing gum; came to Chicago, 1892, and continued mfr. of chewing gum until 1899, when sold out and engaged in mfr. of granite paving blocks and crushed granite products. Pres. Wis. Granite Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Am. Chicle Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile, Glen View. Recreations: golf and motoring. Resi- dence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Chamber of Com- merce.

PRINDIVILLE, John K., lawyer; born Chi- cago, Oct. 28, 1851; son Redmond and Mary (Harman) Prindiville; ed. Seton Hall Coll., South Orange, N.J., to 1868; married South Bend, Ind., Feb. 17, 1886, Mary Hooper. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, Sept. 23, 1873, and began prac- tice in Chicago. Appointed justice of the peace in May 1879, reappointed 7 times, continuing until Dec. 1, 1906; was 10 years police magis- trate at the Harrison St. Station. Mem. Cook Co. Democracy. Mem. B.P.O. Elks. Clubs: Iro- quois, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 3400 Ver- non Av. Office: 6 N. Clark St.

PRINGLE, Frederick Wilmot, lawyer; born Napanee, Ont., Can., June 17, 1864; son Ira and Eliza Jane (Lapum) Pringle; ed. high school, Napanee, Ont .; married Topeka, Kan., June 4, 1890, Grace D. Hale; children: Everett Hale, Wilfred Ira, Alden Frederick, Henry Lapum Benedict. Began study of law at Topeka, Kan., in office of George R. Peck, then general coun- sel of A.,T.&S.F.R.R., 1886-8; went to Columbia Law School, New York, and completed course; admitted to bar in Mo., 1889, Kan. and Ill., 1890. For 2 years after graduation was in ry. serv- ice with Trans-Mo. & Western Passenger Assn .; Jan. 1, 1891, began practice in Chicago, first with Hanecy & Merrick, and later with Miller & Starr; in Dec. 1892, associated with Cohrs, Green & Campbell; changed, 1896, to Green. Pringle & Campbell, and in 1897 to Green & Pringle, until 1902; alone until 1906; since with H. L. Fearing, as Pringle & Fearing. Apptd., May 1896, atty. for town of Cicero and com- pleted work, begun in 1895, of revising general ordinances of town of Cicero; again appointed

town atty., 1898; village atty. of Oak Park .since May, 1902. Mem. and pres. of Oak Park and River Forest Township High School Board. Republican. Mem. and formerly trustee Second Congregational Church of Oak Park. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Union League, City (Chica- go), Colonial (Oak Park), Glen Oak Country. Residence: 410 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

PRINGLE, Robert; born Seaforth. Ont., Feb. 6, 1866; son James and Mary (Walker) Prin- gle; ed. pub. schools. Began with E. H. Sedg- wick & Co., grain commn., as settling clerk and bookkeeper, 1883; later established on own ac- count as a broker in stocks, grain and provi- sions; was senior mem. of the firm of Pringle, Fitch & Rankin, 1904-9; since then looking af- ter personal interests. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian, Glen View, Exmoor, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht. Recreation: golf. Residence: 804 Tower Ct. Office: Board of Trade.

PRINGLE, William James, lawyer: born at Madrid, N. Y., June 10. 1862; son William and Mary B. (Goldie) Pringle; ed. In pub. and high school of Madrid: Ph.B., la. (now Grinnell)

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Coll., Grinnell, Ia., 1885, A.M., 1888; engaged in Chemical Industry. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: reading, law. Residence: 2419 N. Clark St. Office: 146 W. Kinzie St.

educational work, 1885-96; supt. schs., North- field, Minn .; prin. high school, Aurora, Ill .; studied law Chicago Coll. of Law; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1896; . married Dorothy Sisson Gorham, of Galesburg, Ill., June 26, 1899 (died May 15, 1909); 2 children: William J., Jr., Mar- garet Miller. Admitted to bar, 1896, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. firm of Pringle, Northup & Terwilliger since 1902. Mem. Chi- cago City Council since 1904, now serving 4th term; climn. com. on gas, oil and electric light for 3 years (this com. has in charge regulation of gas rates, telephone rates and rates charged for electric current). Lecturer on torts and agency, Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, since 1899. Republican. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Plii Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce. Mason (K.T., Shrin- er). Clubs: Union League, Homewood Country, Hamilton, City. Recreations: baseball, golf. Residence: 3840 Ellis Av. Office: The Temple.

PRINTY, James Anthony, physician; born Cincinnati, O., Jan. 7, 1856; son Edward and Catherine (Walsh) Printy; removed to Imo- gene, Ia., 1866; ed. Cincinnati pub. schools, Mal- vern (Ia.) Acad., and Tabor (Ia.) Coll .; M.D., Ja. State Univ., 1882; studied in New York, 1886, especially surgery and gynecology, at New York hosps. and the Post-Grad. Med. School; married New York, Nov. 1888, Allie Weir; children: Eileen, Emmett and Katherine. Practiced at Imogene, Ia., 1882-6, and 1887-8; removed to New York, and later to Chicago. Served on med. staff of Cook Co. Hosp., 1890; was dean and prof. surgical diseases of women, Nat. Med. Coll. of Chicago, 1894-6 (resigned to give closer attention to increasing practice). Democrat. Catholic. Recreations: athletic sports, collecting rare paintings, books and an- tiques. Club: Ill. Athletic. Office and Resi- dence: Wilson Av., cor. Kenmore Av.

PRITCHARD, Edward Randolph, sec. Dept. of Health; born Dayton, Ind., Sept. 7, 1852; son Ezekiel and Caroline (Eggleston) Pritchard; ed. New London (Ind.) Acad .; married Kokomo, Ind., 1878, Nancy M. Thorne; children: Marga- ret, Frederick Paige, Lucy Thorne. Started out as a country school teacher; then edited a country newspaper; came to Chicago, 1882, and engaged in newspaper work as reporter and editor until 1898, last 5 years as political and municipal writer; apptd., Mar. 1898, by civil service examination, as sec. of the Dept. of Health of Chicago. Democrat. Congregational- ist. Mason. Mem. and ex-officio mem. of Su- preme Council Royal League (now chmn. board of supreme trustees). Mem. Nat. Geographic Soc., Am. Red-Cross. Club: Press. Residence: 2915 E. 77th St. Office: 226 W. Madison St.

PRODOEHL, Frederick, mfr .; born Chicago, Aug. 20, 1865; son Frank and Louisa Prodoehl; ed. pub. and Lutheran parochial schs. in Chi- cago; married Bertha Feigenbaum, of Chicago, Dec. 4, 1887; children: Emma and Gertrude. Learned sheet metal trade; in employ of Will- meroth & Raabe a number of years, becoming a stockholder of the Willmeroth & Raabe Co., and on the reorganization, Jan. 1904, as the Cyclone Blow Pipe Co., became sec. and treas. Lutheran. Independent in politics. Member Knights of Pythias. Recreation: fishing. Resi- dence: 1848 S. Ridgeway Av. Office: 541 W. Jackson Boul.

PROPACH, Henry Conrad, mfrs.' mgr .; born Bonn, Germany, Oct. 14, 1869; son L. C. and Jane (Seegesneyder) Propach; ed. Technical High School and Coll., Bonn, Germany; mar- ried Catherine H. Hein, of New York, Mar. 22, 1897; 1 daughter: Hyacinth C. E. Was with Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., New York, 1889-97, and since 1897 has been mgr. of the Chicago house of the co .; also mgr. for Hud- son River Aniline Color Works of Albany, N.Y. Republican. Protestant. Mem. Internat. Soc. of

PROTHEROE, Daniel, teacher of singing and conductor; born Ystradgynlais, South Wales, Nov. 24, 1866; son Daniel and Eleanor (Will- iams) Protheroe; ed. Normal Coll., Swansea, Wales, and Musical Coll. of Wales; Mus. Bach- elor, Trinity Coll., Toronto, 1890; (Mus. Doc., Grand Conservatory, Univ. State of N.Y., 1904) ; married Hannah Harris, of Scranton, Pa., Apr. 26, 1892; 3 children: Helen, Anne, Daniel. Be- gan teaching singing at Scranton, Pa., Oct. 1886; went to Milwaukee in 1894; came to Chi- cago, 1904; now dir. of chorus, Central Church (Dr. Gunsaulus'), Chicago, and Austin M.E. Church; also dir. Arion Musical Club, Milwau- kee; mem. faculty Siegel-Myers Correspond- ence School of Music. Composer of cantatas, choruses, songs, etc. Republican. Mem. Welsh Presbyn. Church. (Mason (32º, K.T., and Shriner). Residence: 515 E. 34th St. Studio: 610 Fine Arts Bldg.

PROULX, Theodore, lawyer; born Province of Quebec, Can., Aug. 11, 1861; son Cyrille and Emilie Proulx; ed. Normal School of Montreal, Can .; was student in lawyer's office at Mon- treal; came to U.S., 1878, and was in the real estate business in Chicago until 1885; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1890; married 1884, Ma- thilda Bussiére. Admitted to bar, 1890, and since engaged in practice; apptd. asst. prose- cuting atty. of Chicago by Mayor Carter H. Harrison, Jr., 1897. Democrat, and long pres. of the French Democracy of Chicago. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League, Catholic Order of Foresters, Knights of Columbus; ex-pres. St. John Baptist Soc. Residence: 1812 W. 13th St. Office: Ashland Blk.

PROUTY, Henry Woodruff, lawyer; born at Concord, O., Dec. 23, 1858; son Edward V. and Betsey Ann (Woodruff) Prouty; B.A., Yale, 1884; LL.B., Albany Law School, 1885; unmar- ried. Admitted to bar of Ill., 1887, of Wash., 1890, Supreme Court of U.S., 1907, Supreme Court of Hawaii Ty., 1908; practiced at Chica- go since Mar. 1887. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Law Club. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Chi Delta Theta, Phi Del- ta Phi. Club: Calumet. Residence: Alexandria Hotel. Office: 65, 35 N. Dearborn St.

*PRUSSING, Ernest Louis, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

PRUSSING, Eugene Ernst, lawyer; born Chi- cago, July 12, 1855; son Ernst and Louise (Peltzer) Prussing; ed. pub. schools and Chi- cago High School; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1878; married Chicago, Louise Schenck, July 12, 1880 (died July 1, 1900) ; married 2d, New York City, Dec. 10, 1902, Lillian Edgerton Barrett. Ad- mitted to bar, Mar. 1878; mem. firm of Butz, Eschenburg & Prussing, 1879-81; practiced alone, 1881-9; in firm of Prussing & Hutchins, 1889-90; Prussing, Hutchins & Goodrich, 1890-1; Prussing, Hutchins & McCulloch, 1891-3; Pruss- ing & McCulloch, 1893-1900; alone, 1900-3; Prussing, Brown & King, 1903-7; now practic- ing alone. Mem. Am., Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns., Chicago Law Inst., Chicago Law Club. Formerly pres. Citizens' Assn. of Chi- cago. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, City, Chi- cago Literary. Author of the "Act to provide for and regulate the administration of trusts by trust cos." .," passed by Ill. Legislature, 1887 and 1889, and copied largely by other states. Contributor on legal and biographical subjects. Recreations: jogs 1 mile and walks 4 miles nearly every day. Residence: 1519 Dearborn Av. Office: The Rookery.

PRUSSING, George Christian, retired; born Lubeck, Ger., Jan. 9, 1846; son Ernst and Ma- ria (Knoop) Prussing; ed. Chicago; married Chicago, Sept. 16, 1873, Bertha Miller. Engaged in bldg., contracting and brick mfg. business

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in Chicago since Jan. 1, 1868; pres. Ill. Brick in grain shipping business; incorporated, 1893, Co., 1904-6; dir. Purington Paving Brick Co., German-Am. Portland Cement Works; vice- pres. Takamine Ferment Co. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Builders'. Residence: 1516 Dearborn Avenue.

FRUSSING, Nicholas, real estate; born Hom- berg, A.D., Hobe, Ger., Sept. 22, 1856; son Dan- iel and Margaret (Morele) Prussing; ed. pub. schools in Germany; also took high school course and courses in French and English; read law in Kent Coll., 1896-7; married Chicago, Oct. 15, 1880, Susan Zink; children: Lillian C. (Mrs. Clinton C. Collins), Peter N. Learned trade of machinist in Germany, and attended manual training schools at Dortmund, Westphalia, Ger., and was chief engr. in the school 8 years be- fore coming to America in 1879; for 13 years was engaged in retail grocery business; estab- lished in the real estate, loan and insurance business, 1893. Democrat. Charter mem. Cath- olic Order of Foresters. Recreations: motor- ing, horseback riding, hunting. Residence: Rogers Park. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg.

PRUYN, Charles Putnam, dentist; born East Schuyler, Herkimer Co., N.Y., Nov. 8, 1854; son William P. and Helen M. (Fairrington) Pruyn; ed. common schools and Sauquoit Acad., New York; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1885; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1886; married Chi- cago, Feb. 13, 1876, Mary E. Mann; children: Edith May, Charles P., Jr., Walter M. Came to Chicago, Dec. 1872; oral surgeon, Provident Hosp .; former prof. principles and practice of operative dentistry, also of elementary chem- istry and physics, Northwestern Univ. Dental School. Pres. Ill. State Board of Dental Exam- iners. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Ill. State Dental Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Med- ico-Legal Soc., A.M.A. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Kenwood, Colonial. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4326 Greenwood Av. Office: 108 N. State St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 165

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