The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 17

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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BEECROFT, David, editor; born Wingham, Ont., Can., July 17, 1875; son John and Anne Jane (Golley) Beecroft; grad. Barrie (Ont.) Collegiate Inst., 1895, Ontario Normal School, Toronto, 1894, Ontario Normal Coll., Hamilton, 1899; grad. Walseley Barrack, London, Ont., taking subaltern and capt.'s course; grad. Stan- ley Barracks, Toronto, taking field officer's course; capt. Co. A, 25th Regt., Canadian Mili- tia, St. Thomas, Ont., 2 years; married Char- lotte Stacey, of St. Thomas, Ont., Can., Oct. 14, 1904. Taught school, St. Thomas, Ont., 1896- 1902, during same period on editorial staff St. Thomas Daily Times; advertising solicitor Chi- cago Daily News, 1902-3; technical editor Mo- tor Age, 1905-8, and editor since 1908. Dir. Class Journal Co. Mem. contest board and nat. technical board Am. Automobile Assn. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Chicago Motor (pres.). Recreations: golf, tennis, motoring. Residence: 5701 Indiana Av. Office: 1200 Michigan Av.

BEEDLE, Edwin W., printing; vice-pres. In- land Printer Co., Henry O. Shepard Co. Office: 634 Sherman St.

BEEK, William G., optician; born St. John's, N.B., Can., Feb. 10, 1872; son George N. and Annie (Green) Beek; brought to Chicago by parents in 1873; ed. pub. schools and Metro- politan Business Coll .; student Harvey Medical Coll., 1890-3; M.D., Dearborn Med. Coll., 1894; unmarried. Started retail optical business in Jan. 1897, which was incorporated in 1906 as Beek Optician, of which has since been sec., treas. and mgr .; also vice-pres. and dir. Geo. S. Johnston Co., mfrs. and jobbers of optical goods, since Jan. 1909. Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recrea- tions: motoring, golf, sailing, outdoor sports. Residence: 45 E. Oak St. Offices: 22 Washing- ton St., and 105 N. Wabash Av.

BEERY, Charles Curtis, physician; born Clyde, O., Apr. 14, 1854; son Philemon and Sa- rah A. (Curtis) Beery; early edn. pub. and pvt. schools at New York City; grad. Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1879; married Mary Maxwell, of Upper Sandusky, O., Dec. 28, 1885; children: Jennie (Mrs. George Hough), Edward L. (de- ceased) and Mary M. In U.S. Marine Hosp. service at Phila., Pa., and Portland, Me., 1879- 81; came to Chicago, Aug. 1881 and has since been in gen. practice of medicine. Mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Residence: 4544 Michigan Av. Office: 1737 Wa- bash Av.

BEHAN, Louis Joseph, lawyer; born New Or- leans, Mar. 10, 1876; son Frank A. and Kathe- rinc (Coffin) Behan; ed. pub. and high schools, New Orleans; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1897. Admitted to bar, Feb. 1898; served during war of 1898 as corporal Troop H, 1st Ill. Vol. Cav .; married Chicago, Mar. 12, 1901, May Louise Hull; children: Dorothy (deceased), Louis J., Jr. Associated in law practice with Perry A. Hull, 1898-1902; special master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1902-3; asst. co. atty. Cook Co. in charge of tax litigation, 1907-10. Sec. to Harry S. New, chmn. Rep. Nat. Com., 1904-8; chief clerk and purchasing agt. in Taft- Bryan campaign, 1908, Rep. Nat. Com. at west- ern headquarters, Chicago; candidate for Con- gressional nomination 2d Dist., 1910. Mem. Chi-

cago Bar Assn., Chicago Hist. Soc., Knights of Columbus. Catholic. Recreations : outdoor sports. Residence: 5443 Prairie Av. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

BEHLES, Nicholas G., mfr .; born Chicago, Oct. 17, 1876; son Peter and Barbara (Kuhn) Behles; ed. Chicago pub. schools until 1891; married Minnie Moody, of Chicago, Nov. 4, 1899; 2d, May Leawald, Apr. 13, 1906; 1 daughter: Lucile. Began business life in 1891 and worked with different paper box factories until 1902, when became pres. and mgr. of the Julius Mar- quardt Co., mfrs. of paper boxes, which was es- tablished, 1892, by Julius Marquardt, who died in 1902. Mem. Royal Arcanum; Mason. Recre- ations: golf and automobiling. Residence: 3452 Lexington St. Office: 345 W. Michigan St.

BEHRENDT, Arthur J., physician and sur- geon; born Germany, Dec. 18, 1865; son Joseph and Cecelia (Spickholz) Behrendt; Ph.G., Chi- cago Coll. of Pharmacy, 1886; M.D., Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1891; married Hunt- ington, Ind., Feb. 27, 1894, Anna Plummer; chil- dren: Mildred, Florence and A. James. Engaged in gen. practice since 1891. Mem. Chicago Med. Society, German Med. Soc. of Chicago, A.M.A., Miss. Valley Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club. Mason (33º, K.T., Shriner; med. dir. of Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine). Office and Residence: 2026 Fowler St.

BEIDLER, Adam Warner, pres. Ill. Terra Cotta Lumber Co .; born Reading, Pa., Apr. 27, 1857; son Franklin C. and Hannah M. (Warner) Beidler; ed. pub. school; married Detroit, Oct. 5. 1893, May Donnelly; 1 daughter: Louise. Telegraph operator for Western Union Tele- graph Co., at Reading and Philadelphia, 1873-5; came to Chicago, 1875, and worked for the same co. until 1881; was on the Board of Trade with C. W. Brega & Co., 1881-7; took position with the Ill. Terra Cotta Lumber Co., 1887, and later became stockholder in the co., then sec. and treas., later vice-pres., and pres. since 1902; also president McRoy Clay Works. Republican. Clubs: Builders', Union League, Midlothian. Recreation: golf. Residence: Hotel Metropole. Office: The Rookery.

BEIDLER, Francis, lumber merchant; born Chicago, 1854; son Jacob and Mary Ann (Funk) Beidler; ed. Chicago pub. schools and in Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Mar. S, 1893. Elizabeth M. Loose, of Springfield, Il1. Began in lumber business in the employ of J. Beidler & Bro., 1870-3; was sec. of the South Branch Lumber Co., 1873-93; established, 1894, lumber firm of Francis Beidler & Co., of Chicago, of which is now pres .; pres. Republic Lumber Co. (Chicago, and Marinette, Wis.), pres. Santee River Cypress Lumber Co. (Ferguson, S.C.). Beidler & Robinson Lumber Co. (Mayville, N. D.), Commercial Sash & Door Co. (Chicago.) Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Midlothian, Hamilton, South Shore, Ra- venswood, Coleman Lake. Residence: 4736 Drexel Boul. Office: 1112, 72 \V. Adams St.

BEIDLER, George, real estate; born Chicago. Oct. 28, 1864; son Jacob and Mary Ann (Funk) Beidler; ed. common school and business coll .; married Chicago, Feb. 22, 1900, Margaret E. Young; 5 children: John Jacob, Virginia, Doro- thy, Paul William and Marion. Associated with Beidler-Robinson Lumber Co., Mayville, N.D .. 1884-8, and Beidler Bros. Lumber Co., Chicago, 1888-91; mgr. of his father's property interests until 1900; now in real estate business. Repub- lican. Past Grand, I.O.O.F. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country: also Macatawa Yacht (Macatawa, Mich.). Recrea- tions: automobiling and agriculture. Resi- dences: Holland, Mich., and Pasadena, Cal. Of- fice: 649 W. Washington Boul.

BEIFELD, Alexander, cloak mfr .; born Hun- gary, July 7, 1864; son Ignatz and Rose (Her- zog) Beifeld; ed. in Hungary and Vienna, Aus- tria; married Chicago, June 27, 1895, Florence

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Florsheim; children: Robert Siegmund and Mar- garet Rose. Came to the U.S., 1881; in employ of Beifeld Bros. till 1892; became mem. of firm of Joseph Beifeld & Co., which in 1902 was succeeded by Beifeld, Hirsch & Kline. Mem. Sinai Temple. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Recreations: golf, reading. Residence: 3344 S. Park Av. Office: 317 W. Ad- ams St.

BEIFELD, Joseph, pres. Hotel Sherman Co. Clubs: Hamilton, Standard. Residence: 3304 Calumet Av. Office: Hotel Sherman.

BEIL, Carl, sculptor; born Stetten a. k. M., Germany, Dec. 9, 1857; son Johann and Therese (Forstenegger) Beil; studied art at Acad. Mu- nich, Germany; married New York, Sept. 19, 1894, Irene Maybeck; 4 children: Margaret, Ju- liett, Richard and Irene. Began in profession in New York, 1885; removed to Chicago, 1894; associated with Max Mauch, 1894-1905 (when he died), since then with Leon Hermant, as Beil & Hermant. Was supt. sculpture dept. Chicago, Buffalo and St. Louis expns. Prin. works in La Salle Hotel, Congress Hotel, County Bldg., Chi- cago. Mem. Ill. State Art Commn. Club: Ger- mania. Republican. Recreation: reading. Resi- dence: 1306 Winona St. Studio: 19-21 E. Pear- son St.

BEILFUSS, Albert W., printer; born in Pom- erania, Germany, 56 years ago; family came to America in 1868, settling in Oswego, N.Y. Learned printer's trade in Oswego; removed to Chicago, 1886 and worked as a compositor until becoming a mem. firm of Severinghaus & Beil- fuss (now a corpn. of which he is treas.). First elected alderman in 1896, and has been reëlect- ed 7 times, present term expiring Apr. 1911; was mem. Finance Com. over 10 years, and was chmn. Special Park Commn. Republican. Pri- mary nominee for city treas., Feb. 28, 1911. Residence: 2258 Cornelia St. Office: 778 Mil- waukee Av.

BEITLER, Henry Clay, judge; born near Ha- gerstown, Md., July 1, 1866; son Samuel J. and Catharine Beitler; ed. Washington Co. High School at Hagerstown; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1888; unmarried. Admitted to bar, May, 1888, and practiced at Hagerstown, Md., 18 months; removed to Chicago in spring of 1890. Mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep. several terms from 1898; now judge Municipal Court of Chicago, for term ex- piring 1914. Republican. Mem. Ill. Commn. to Louisiana Purchase Expn. Residence: 1839 Lin- coln Av. Office: 116 S. Michigan Av.

BELASCO, Daniel, lawyer; born Phila., Pa., Apr. 23, 1878; son Isaac D. and Annie (Jacobs) Belasco; ed. pub. schools of London, Eng., Bos- ton, Mass., Providence, R.I., and Chicago; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1899; resident of Chica- go since 1892; married Adelaide Wiegandt, of Chicago, June 30, 1905; 1 child: Daniel, Jr. Worked for a number of law firms until ad- mitted to bar of Supreme Court of Ill., Oct. 14, 1899; since engaged in gen. practice; mem. firm of Johnson & Belasco since 1905. Mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Republican. Mem. Royal Ar- canum. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 542 Mil- lard Av. Office: 179 W. Washington St.

BELDEN, Edgar Stanton, engr .; born Paw- tucket, R.I., July 20, 1870; son Francis Stanton and Anna Marie (Le Valley) Belden; ed. high school, Evanston, Ill., R.I. School of Design, Providence, and Univ. of Ill. in class of 1892; married Ella Celeste Pomeroy, of Chicago, Jan. 1, 1900. Began business in office of D. H. Burn- ham, architect, Chicago, 1892-3; with Holabird & Roche, architects, 1893-5; architect of Met. West Side Elevated R.R., 1895-8; practiced ar- chitecture as senior mem. firm of Belden & Hig- ginson, 1898-1905; construction engr. for George A. Fuller Co., builders, since 1905. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: 5216 Cornell Av. Office: 1027 Marquette Bldg.

BELDEN, John Secord, ins .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BELDEN, Joseph Congdon, pres. Belden Mfg. Co .; born Chicago, June 11, 1876; son John Sec- ord and Amanda Williams (Pool) Belden; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1897; married Chicago, June 7, 1902, Mary Campbell Rew; 1 son: Joseph C., Jr. Pres. Belden Mfg. Co. since 1902. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Sad- dle and Cycle, Onwentsia (Chicago), Yale (New York). Residence: 751 Lincoln Parkway. Of- fice: 23d St. and Western Av.

BELFIELD, Andrew Miller, patent lawyer; born Chicago, Sept. 6, 1873; son Henry Holmes and Anne W. (Miller) Belfield; ed. Chicago pub. schools to 1887, Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1887-90; engring. course, Purdue Univ., Lafay- ette, Ind .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1894; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1894, and was with Judge Lysander Hill, 1894-6; mem. firm Page & Belfield, 1897-9; of Brown, Cragg & Belfield, 1901-2; in independent practice with specialty in patent law since 1902. Mem. Chi- cago Patent Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Republican. Presbyterian; deacon in Hyde Park Church. Vice-chairman Hyde Park Dept. Y.M.C.A. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Law, Homewood Coun- try, Men's of Hyde Park (ex-pres.). Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: Hyde Park Hotel. Of- fice: Monadnock Blk.

BELFIELD, Henry Holmes, educator; born Phila., Nov. 17, 1837; son William and Selener (Marshall) Belfield; A.B., Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., 1858 (Sargent gold medals for scholar- ship, 1857-8, valedictorian of class), A.M., 1868, Ph.D., 1878; A.M., Griswold Coll., 1861; married Anne Wallace Miller, of Chicago, July 27, 1869. Served in Civil War as 1st It. and adj. 8th Ia. Cav., on staffs of Brig .- Gen. J. T. Croxton and Maj .- Gen. E. M. McCook; prisoner of war in 1864; mustered out, Aug. 27, 1865. Tutor in Greek, Ia. Coll., 1858; prin. and supt. pub. schs., Dubuque, Ia., 1859-60, 1861-3, 1865-6; tutor in Latin, Griswold Coll., 1860-1; prin. grammar sch., Chicago, 1866-76, North Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1876-83; organized and dir. Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1883-1903; dean Univ. High Sch., 1903-8, retired. One of the earliest advocates (1872) of manual training. Lecturer on edn .; spl. commr. U.S. Dept. of Labor to in- spect and report on tech. schs. in Europe and U.S., 1891-2. Author of series of arithmetics; editor of English and French classics. Repub- lican. Trustee Presbyn. Home for the Aged. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., G.A.R .; past sr. vice- comdr., Ill. Commandery Mil. Order Loyal Le- gion; charter mem. Nat. Soc. for Promotion In- dustrial Edn. Club: Chicago Literary. Resi- dence: 5738 Washington Av.

BELFIELD, William Thomas, physician; born St. Louis, 1856; son William and Selener (Mar- shall) Belfield; student Univ. of Mich., 1872-3; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1878; post-grad. work in Univ. of Vienna; unmarried. Lecturer of Cartwright Fund, New York, 1883; prof. gen- ito-urinary and venereal diseases, Chicago Poli- clinic, since 1888; prof. genito-urinary surgery, Rush Med. Coll., since 1898. Pres. Chicago Med. Soc., 1887-8, Am. Assn. Genito-Urinary Sur- geons, 1902-3, Chicago Urol. Soc., 1903-4, Am. Urol. Soc., 1908-9; mem. French Urol. Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Literary. Con- tributor to med. jours. Residence: 5438 Cornell Av. Office: 32 N. State St.

BELL, Edgar Solyman, physician; born Chi- cago, June 15, 1868; son Robert B. and Ellen (De Wolf) Bell; grad. from Ottawa (Ill.) High School, 1888; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1896; un- married. Engaged in med. practice since 1896; practice limited to eye, ear, nose and throat. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Assn. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Physicians, Colonial. Residence: Lexington Hotel. Office: 31 N. State Street.

BELL, Fred C., banker; born Colerain, Frank- lin Co., Mass., Oct. 25, 1862; son Joseph S. and

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Sarah L. (Packer) Bell; ed. Powers Inst., Ber- nardston, Mass .; Arms Acad., Shelburne Falls, Mass .; married Alton, Ill., June 15, 1892, Clara Leyhe. Mem. firm of McKey and Poague, real estate, since 1893; cashier and dir. Woodlawn Trust & Savings Bank; dir. Washington Park Nat. Bank, Woodlawn Masonic Temple Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (32°). Club: South Shore Country. Residence: 6330 Wood- lawn Av. Office: 1206 E. 63d St.

BELL, George Humphrey, merchant; born Manitowoc, Wis., Mar. 25, 1863; son Robert L. and Mary E. (Humphrey) Bell; ed. Chicago pub. schools; widower; 1 son: Douglas H. En- gaged as clerk until 1887, since then has rep- resented Samuel Cabot, mfr. of building spe- cialties, Boston, Mass., and for 22 years has been western mgr. for that business. Resi- dence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 350 Dear- born Av.

BELL, Herbert E., pres. Bell & Zoller Coal Co. Residence: 4543 Malden St. Office: Fisher Building.

BELL, J(ames) Hamilton, importer teas, cof- fees and spices; born New Hudson, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1839; son Nathaniel Davidson and Rebecca (Anderson) Bell; ed. Rushford (N.Y.) Acad. to 1859; married Lexington, Ky., Sept. 1877, Mary Elizabeth Stone; children: Mrs. Elsie Davidson, Daisy Bell. Worked on father's farm until 1861; entered service of 6th N.Y. Cav. as 2d lt., Co. I, Oct. 1861; mustered out in Aug. 1865 as capt .; was in all campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, and was with Sheridan in the Shenan- doah Valley campaign. Began business career, Nov. 1865 at Sparta, Wis., as wholesale grocer; came to Chicago in Mar. 1872 and became a mem. of the firm of Bell, Conrad & Co .; pur- chased Mr. Conrad's interest in 1897, and changed the firm name to J. H. Bell & Co., of which is pres. Republican. Mem. Loyal Le- gion, George H. Thomas Post G.A.R. Club: Union League. Residence: 4037 Drexel Boul. Office: 209 N. Michigan Av.

BELL, James Stephenson, physician; born Ireland, Aug. 25, 1841; son William and Nancy A. (Smith) Bell; immigrated to U.S., 1848; at- tended Geneseo Acad., 1856, Genesee Wesleyan Sem., 1857-8; Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1864-5, New York Homoeopathic Med. Coll., 1865-6, M.D., 1866; married Naperville, DuPage Co., Ill., Nov. 10, 1868, Julia M. Keith; children: Will J. and Eva F. (Mrs. Curtis B. Camp). In practice of medicine in Chicago since 1865. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy, Ill. Homoeo- pathic Med. Assn. Lectured in Nat. Med. Coll. of Chicago on Fevers, 1898. Enlisted in 1861 and served in Civil War in Co. I, 12th Regt., Ill. Vol. Inf. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason; K.P., Royal Arcanum, Knights of Honor. Of- fice and Residence: 4321 Van Buren St.

BELL, Marcus Lafayette, lawyer; born Pine Bluff, Ark., Jan. 11, 1880; son late Marcus La- fayette and Cynthia Ellen (Vanderwerker) Bell; A.B., Univ. of Ark., 1898; law student, Univ. of Chicago, 1903; married Ruth Van Doren Bogue, of Hinsdale, Ill., Nov. 8, 1906; 2 sons: Marcus Lafayette, III, and Robert Bogue. Admitted to bar, 1903, and practiced at Pine Bluff, Ark., 1903-4; entered law dept. C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co., New York, 1904; came to Chicago, as asst. atty., Jan. 1, 1905, becoming local atty., Nov. 1, 1906, asst. gen. atty., Aug. 1, 1909, and gen. atty., Apr. 1, 1910. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Kappa Sigma fraternity. Clubs: Uni- versity, Beverly. Residence: 5227 Madison Av. Office: 1025 LaSalle St. Station.

BELL, William Edward, division commercial supt. Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co .; born Montreal, P.Q., Can., Mar. 6, 1856; son William and Sarah (Williamson) Bell; ed. common and high schools at London, Ont .; married Evans- ton, Ill., May 11, 1892, Henrietta Pettit; 1 daughter: Helen Victoria. Began career as mes- senger for Montreal Telegraph Co., at London,

Ont., Aug. 9, 1870; promoted to joint position as bookkeeper, receiving and delivery clerk, same place, Mar. 1, 1871; resigned Dec. 31, 1872, to take position of asst. bookkeeper Western Union Telegraph Co., at Chicago, Jan. 1, 1873, later promoted to asst. chief bookkeeper, and on Oct. 1, 1882, became audit clerk, first dist., central division of same co .; apptd. by Vice- Pres. and Gen. Supt. Clowry, Aug. 9, 1886, as supt. and sec. of the Western Automatic Weigh- ing Machine Co., which resigned Oct. 31, 1888, to become chief clerk and auditor first dist. central division, Western Union Telegraph Co., which held until Oct. 31, 1890, when resigned to become supt. Am. Dist. Telegraph Co., on staff of Charles H. Wilson, gen. supt. of the Chicago Telephone Co .; resigned Sept. 1, 1893, to become business mgr. of the Nat. Cash Reg- ister Co. at Chicago; transferred to New York office as mgr. Apr. 1, 1899; resigned Dec. 31, 1899, and Jan. 1, 1900, was apptd. gen. supt. Ill. District Telegraph Co .; resigned July 1, 1901, and became sec. and treas. of the Jackson-Cor- bett Co., and gen. supt. of the Ill. Construction Co .; resigned Dec. 1, 1901, and Dec. 16, 1901, accepted position of dist. supt. Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co .; also dir. Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co. of Ill. Republican. Methodist. Served in 1st Cav., I.N.G., 1877, serving private to lt., Troop A, and adj. Mem. Old Time Teleg- raphers' Assn. Club: Union League. Recrea- tions: outdoor diversions. Residence: 1113 Dear- born Av. Office: 220 W. Washington St.

BELL, William White, banker; born Sparta, Tenn., Apr. 16, 1842; son Brig .- Gen. Joseph Warren (U.S.V.) and Rose Ann (Smith) Bell; ed. private schools, also grammar and high schools, Chicago, 1855-60; served in Civil War as capt. 13th Ill. Cav. and breveted maj. U.S.V. for gallant and meritorious services in battle of Cache River, Ark., July 7, 1862; married Chi- cago, Apr. 16, 1863, Nannie C. Brown; children: Lilian (author, now Mrs. Arthur H. Bogue), Clara (now Mrs. Lessig), James Edward (capt. 2d U.S.Inf.). Was private banker, 1857-8 (at age of 15); mem. firm of J. M. Lyons & Co., bankers, 1865; paying teller Nat. Bank of Com- merce, Chicago, 1870-1; vice-pres. Neb. City Nat. Bank, 1871-2; cashier Bank of the State of Ga., Atlanta, 1873-7; in dry goods commn. business, Chicago, 1878-80; mem. Board of Trade and in grain commn., 1881-4; in banking business, 1885-91; cashier and dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic, which he organized with $1,000,000 capital, 1891; since 1892 banker and dealer in commercial paper. Republican. Was 1st treas. of Immanuel Baptist Church, mem. finance com., and for 16 years a trustee. Resi- dence: 3930 Lake Av. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St.

BELLOWS, John Austin, publisher: born Guilford, Mo., Nov. 9, 1866; son Franklin and Mary (Dilling) Bellows; prepared at Maryville (Mo.) High School; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1892; student 1 year in law school of same; married, Cora Barney, at Lacon, Ill., Oct. 16, 1895; children: Franklin Barney, John Austin, Jr., Esther Katherine, Gordon, George Kings- ley. Began business life as mgr. Parliament Pub. Co., afterwards represented Ginn & Co., school book publishers; since Jan. 1, 1898, pres. Bellows Bros. Co., publishers; also pres. Inter- state School of Correspondence. Mem. Phi Kap- pa Psi and Phi Delta Phi. Mem. New Trier Township High School Board of Edn. Club: Kenilworth. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 629 S. Wabash Av.

BELSHE, Edwin Luther, pres. and gen. mgr. Chicago Portrait Co .; born La Plata, Mo., Mar. 10, 1872; son Thomas M. and Lina (Elgin) Belshe; grad. high school of La Plata. Mo .. 1892; married Kirksville. Mo., Oct. 12, 1899, Al- ta Baird; children: Edwin Baird, Albert Thom- as, Martha Evilyn, Alta Dec. Entered employ of Chicago Portrait Co. as traveling salesman, Jan. 1, 1895; was made dist. mgr. Feb. 1, 1896, and road mgr., Jan. 1, 1897; on Jan. 1, 1899, be-

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came a stockholder and took position as corre- spondent in the house; elected dir., Apr. 1902, sec., 1903, and is now pres, and gen. mgr. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Hamilton, South Shore Country. Resi- dence: 5118 Madison Av. Office: 509 S. Wabash Avenue.

BELT, William Osborn, lawyer; born Wash- ington, D.C., May 16, 1870; son Robert V. and Joanna W. (Kirkwood) Belt; ed. pub. schools and Columbian Univ., Washington, D.C., grad. in the class of 1892; married Morrison, Ill., June 6, 1890, Cora L. Wood; 2 children: Robert Kirkwood, Virginia Margaret. Admitted to bar in 1892; practiced in New York, 1892-5; since at Chicago where has devoted himself almost ex- clusively to practice in the U.S. courts, with a specialty in the law of patents, trade marks, and copyrights; mem. of firm of Linthicum, Belt & Fuller. Republican. Mem. Patent Law Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Ma- son, Home Lodge No. 508, Oriental Consistory, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Union League, Ouilmette Country, Skokie Country. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk.

BEMAN, Solon Spencer, architect; born at Brooklyn, Oct. 1, 1853; son William Riley and Sarah Ann (Robins) Beman; ed. private and pub. schools; studied architecture with Richard M. Upjohn, New York, 1870-77; married Pull- man, Ill., Sept. 1882, Miriam Agnes Smith (died 1887); 2 children: Florence and Spencer; mar- ried 2d, Apr. 30, 1888, W. New Brighton, S.I., N.Y., Mary H. Miller; 1 son: Roffe Josslyn. Be- gan practice in New York in 1877; removed to Chicago 1879. Designed all buildings in town of Pullman (now a part of Chicago), town of Ivorydale, with the extensive works, near Cin- cinnati; also Pullman, Studebaker, and Fine Arts bldgs., Grand Central Station, T. B. Black- stone Mem. Library, the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Churches of Christ, Scientist, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bryson Apartment Bldg., etc. (Chicago), Pioneer Press Bldg. (St. Paul), Bee Bldg. (Omaha), Mining and Merchant Tailors' bldgs., Chicago Expn., 1893, Pabst and Northwestern Mutual Life bldgs. (Milwaukee), Michigan Trust Co. Bldg. (Grand Rapids), T. B. Blackstone Mem. Libra- ry (Branford, Conn.), Union Station (Peoria, Ill.), Berger Bldg. (Pittsburg), J. M. Stude- baker, Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co.'s Administra- tion and Y.M.C.A. bldgs. (South Bend, Ind.), Bankers' Life Ins. Co.'s Bldg. (Lincoln, Neb.), Christian Science Pub. House (Boston), bldgs. each named First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Milwaukee, Wis .; Portland, Ore .; Lincoln, Neb .; Cincinnati, Ohio, etc., and Second Church of Christ, Scientist, in Detroit, and Denver. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects (ex-pres. Ill. Chap- ter). Clubs: Chicago, Hamilton, Cliff Dwellers. Residence: 5502 East End Av. Office: 303, 606 S. Michigan Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 17

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