The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 175

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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consolidation with Mo. Pac. Ry., became asst. tell, of Batavia, N.Y .; children: Juliet Lay gen. passenger agent of both lines, until Dec. 10, 1881. when became general passenger and ticket agent M.C.R.R. Residence: Lessing An- nex. Office: LaSalle St. Station.

RUH, Oscar Julius, sec. and mgr. Albert Schwill & Co .; born Ueberlingen, Germany, Nov. 11, 1858; son Anthony and Anna (Ruch) Ruh; ed. Latin, grammar and high schools, Con- stance and Stuttgart, Germany, and Polytech- nicum, Stuttgart, and Zürich, Switzerland; mar- ried Kathleen J. Stewart Welsh, of London, Eng., July 16, 1884; 4 children: Rhoda, Roland, Ruth and Reta. Came to America, 1883; con- nected with the malting business since 1886; sec., mgr. and dir. Albert Schwill & Co., malt manufacturers, since 1895. Mem. Soc. Brewing Technology. Republican. Catholic. Mason; mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Germania Maennerchor. Re- creations: reading and travel. Residence: 442 Briar Pl. Office: Traders' Bldg.

RUHSTRAT, Adolph, pres. Ruhstrat-Cowley Co .; born Oldenburg, Germany, Aug. 26, 1860; son August and Caroline (Boedeker) Ruhstrat; ed. public schools in Germany; came to U.S., 1878; married Chicago, Mar. 1894, Frida Rapp; 1 daughter: Carola. Resided in Baltimore, 1878-85 came to Chicago, 1885, and established a tobacco business; in 1902, with others, organ- ized the Ruhstrat-Cowley Co., wholesale cigars, of which is pres. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Recreations: billiards and bowling. Residence: 439 Deming Pl. Office: 161 N. Wabash Av.

RUMMLER, Eugene Albert, patent lawyer; born Kalamazoo, Mich., Apr. 20, 1872; son Jo- seph J. and Jenny R. (Sittig) Rummler; grad. pub. grammar school, Detroit, 1887, Detroit High School, 1891; B.S., in mech. engring., Univ. of Mich, 1898; married Clara L. Wen- borne, of Buffalo, N.Y., June 23, 1903; children: Charles W., Rosalia, Frederick S., Emma. Draftsman engring. dept., Detroit Water Works, Detroit Dry Dock Co., and Crescent Shipyards, Elizabeth, N.Y., 1898-1901; mech. expert and

solicitor of patents since 1901; mem. firm Rummler & Rummler. Mem. Patent Law Assn. of Chicago, Western Soc. of Engineers, Elec- tric Club, Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Royal Arcanum. Republican. Unitarian. Recreations: gardening, yachting. Residence: 965 Spruce St., Winnetka, Ill. Office: 1400 Tribune Bldg.

RUMMLER, William R., lawyer; born Du- buque, Ia., Aug. 22. 1865; son Joseph J. and Jenny R. (Sittig) Rummler; B.S., Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1886; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1890; mar- ried Susan Harding, of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1905; 2 children: Joseph Manig and Adelaide. Ad- mitted to bar, 1890; member patent law firm of Rummler & Rummler. Republican. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Patent Law Assn., A.A.A.S., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Residence: Glencoe, Ill. Office: Tribune Bldg.

RUMSEY, Henry Axtell, grain commission; born Chicago, Dec. 15. 1871; son Israel Parsons and Mary M. (Axtell) Rumsey; grad. Lake Forest Acad., 1890; Williams Coll., Mass., A.B., 1894; married June 12, 1906, Marion E. Doud; children: Elizabeth Doud, Henry A. With the Holt Lumber Co. and the Am. Lumber Co., Chicago, and treas. of latter, 1894-1901; sec. Wabash Screen Door Co., 1901-3; became mem. firm of Rumsey & Co. (established by father, 1867), Board of Trade commn. merchants, 1903, and treas. on its incorporation in 1904; treas. Prairie State Grain & Elevator Co .; vice-pres. Rumsey, Moore & Co., Peoria, Ill. Treas. Ill. Children's Home and Aid Soc. Mem. Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Universi- ty, Lake Forest Winter. Recreation: motoring. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

RUMSEY, Israel Parsons, commission mer- chant; born Stafford, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1836; aca- demic education; married 1867, Mary M. Ax-

( wife of Rev. Grant Stroh, of Heyworth, Ill.), Minnic May, Henry Axtell, Wallace Donnelson, Lucy Ransom (Mrs. William Arthur Holt, of Oconto, Wis.). Began business career at 17 in dry goods store, Buffalo, N.Y .; went to Keokuk, Ia., 1857; worked in store, and later had newspaper route; then mgr. of a store until 1858, when he came to Chicago; worked for grain firm of Flint & Wheeler, and in 1860, with others, organized grain firm of Finley, Hoyt & Rumsey. In Apr. 1861 assisted in or- ganizing Taylor's Chicago Battery, which was in service of the state until mustered into U.S. service, July 16, 1861, as Co. B, 1st Ill. Light Arty., was elected junior 2d lieut .; served with the battery through its memorable career, be- coming its capt., until the fall of 1864, when he returned to Chicago, and with brother es- tablished flour brokerage firm of I. P. & J. W. Rumsey, later adding grain; has continued in the grain commission business (except for 2 years) ever since, his firm, now Rumsey & Co., being one of the largest receiving houses on the board. Pres. Prairie State Grain & Ele- vator Co., Builders' Specialities Co .; dir. Belden Mfg. Co. Has been active in reform politics, especially in securing high license; pres. since 1877 of Citizens' League for Suppression of Sale of Liquors to Minors and Drunkards; in 1906 was instrumental in passing a state law prohibiting saloons within 1/8 mile of army posts or naval stations. Was on several im- portant committees for securing the World's Fair for Chicago. Trustee Presbyterian League; chairman finance com. that raised money for building Grace and 6th Presbyterian churches, in which he was elder for several years; was 8 years mem. board of managers, Presbyterian Hosp. Mem. Loyal Legion and George H. Thomas Post No. 5 G.A.R. Club: Union League. Recreation: horseback riding. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

RUMSEY, Joseph Francke, broker; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

RUNNELLS, Clive, mfr .; born Des Moines, Ia., Sept. 10, 1877; son John Sumner and Helen R. (Baker) Runnels; ed. private schools and Harvard Univ., class of 1900; unmarried. With the Chicago Junction Ry. Co. 11/2 years; then with traffic dept. of the Pere Marquette R.R., as commercial agent at Chicago, 1904-5; con- nected with the Western Steel Car & Foundry Co., Jan. 1905 to Mar. 1907; then vice-pres. McCord & Co., railway supplies, until Jan. 1910, and has since been with the American Car & Foundry Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Union, Saddle and Cycle, Chi- cago Golf, Onwentsia, South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring, shooting, fishing. Resi- dence: 1525 N. State St. Office: Ry. Exchange.

RUNNELLS, John Sumner, lawyer; born Ef- fingham, N.H., July 30, 1844; son John and Huldah S. Runnells; early edn. in pub. schools of Tamworth, N.Y., and New Hampton (N.H.) Acad .; grad. Amherst Coll., 1865; studied law at Dover, N.H .; removed to Iowa, 1867, becom- ing private sec. to gov. of Iowa; filled consular appointments in England, 1869-71; married Des Moines, Ia., Mar. 31, 1869, Helen R. Baker; children: Mabel (Mrs. Robert I. Jenks), Lucy (Mrs. A. A. Jackson), Clive, Alice Rutherford. Admitted to Iowa bar, 1871; practiced at Des Moines, 1871-87; in Chicago as general counsel of the Pullman Co. since 1887, and since May 1905 as vice-pres. and general counsel of that company, and senior mem. of the law firm of Runnells, Burry & Johnstone. Dir. Pullman Co., Merchants Loan & Trust Co., Pullman Trust & Savings Bank, Roseland Savings Bank. U.S. District Atty. for Iowa, 1881-5. In Iowa gained prominence in a specialty of railway and telegraph law, and also in his successful management of the case, which he carried through its various stages through the state courts and up to the Supreme Court of U.S.,

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involving the constitutionality of sections of the prohibitory law of Ia. Chmn. Ia. State Rep. Com., 1879 and 1880; mem. Rep. Nat. Com. from Ia., 1880-4; del. Rep. Nat. Convention, 1880. Well known as orator on patriotic and public occa- sions. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union, Chi- cago Literary, Fellowship, Onwentsia; also of University (New York). Recreation: automo- biling. Residence: 1525 N. State St. Office: Pullman Bldg.

RUPP, Nicholas John, manufacturer; born Chicago, June 2, 1864; son of Charles and Mar- garet (Dohl) Rupp; ed. parochial schools, Chi- cago; married Elizabeth Repphagen, of Chica- go, Mar. 7, 1893; 3 children: Walter Martin, Clara Hattie, Elsie Carrie. In 1887, on leaving school, began in a shop for the mfr. of parlor furniture and learned the trade, at which he continued until 1885; then identified with John L. Diez & Co., mfrs. of greenhouse construction material, until 1893, when company was re- organized and incorporated under the name of J. C. Moninger Co., of which has since been sec. and treas. Republican. Lutheran. Resi- dence: 3508 Janssen Av. Office: 902 Blackhawk Street.

RUPRECHT, Frank Herman, meat packer; born Chicago, May 1, 1868; son John and Caro- line (Scheibel) Ruprecht; grad. pub. grammar school, 1883; student W. Division High School, 1 year, Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., 6 months; unmarried. Upon death of his father in 1897, with his brother William, succeeded to the meat packing business of Ruprecht & Co .; assisted in organizing the Western Packing & Provision Co., 1905. Built the Ruprecht Bldg .. cor. Randolph and Jefferson Sts., 1908. Repub- lican. Lutheran. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: outdoor sports. Res- idence: 3532 Adams St. Office: 558-560 W. Ran- dolph St.

*RUSCO, Charles Alvin, stove merchant; see Vol. 1905.

RUSH, Charles Goethe, elec. engr. and con- tractor; born Milwaukee, Wis., June 5, 1869; son George Frederick Shuster and Theresa (Rost) Rush; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; mar- ried Mrs. Alice Myers, of Baltimore, May 3, 1901; 1 daughter: Georgia Alice. With Chicago Telephone Co., 1887-92; elec. contractor, 1892- 1903; supt. Baltimore Co. Water & Electric Co., 1903-5; asst. elec. engr. Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, 1906-7; mem. firm of C. G. Rush & Co., elec. contracting engrs., Chicago, since 1908. Private Co. E, 2d Regt. U.S. Vol. Engrs., Span- ish-Am. War. Asso. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Electric. · Residence: 5719 Washington Av. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

RUSH, George Frederick, lawyer; born Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 20, 1867; son George Frederick Shuster (teacher and writer) and Theresa (Rost) Rush; family removed to Chi- cago in 1869; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1889, A.M., 1892; studied 1 year in law school of Univ. of Mich .; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Law School, 1893. Engaged in general practice in Chicago; mem. firm of Rush & Holden. Assisted J. S. Miller and W. S. Forrest in the Civic Federation wholesale prosecutions of election offenders in 1894 and 1895, and as atty. for same organiza- tion conducted a successful investigation of the Stock Yards water steals in 1895, and was later engaged to prosecute primary election of- fenders in 1896; writer and lecturer upon re- forms in primary elections; in 1894 wrote the Ill. Primary Election Law, enacted finally in 1898, special session, being the first law where- by primary elections were changed from pri- vate party elections into pub. official elections. Five times apptd. master in chancery Superior Court of Cook Co. by Judge Ball; resigned, 1905. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns. First Heut. Troop F', 1st Cav. I.N.G .; Mason,

Elk; mem. Nat. Union. Clubs: University, Ham- ilton (life mem.), Kenwood, South Shore, Law. Legal. Residence: 5719 Washington Av. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

RUSK, John, clergyman; born Ashton-under- Lyne, Eng., Aug. 19, 1849; son James and Ma- ria (Booth) Rusk; came to America, 1854; B.A., Marietta (O.) Coll., 1875, M.A., 1880; grad. Lane Theol. Sem., Cincinnati, 1878; Ph.D., Univ. of Wooster, 1885; married Martha S. Kendall, of Marietta, May 23, 1878 (now deceased). Or- dained Presbyn. ministry, 1878: pastor Cincin- nati, 1878-88 (Sixth Presbyn. Ch. built during his administration, and 3 other chs. organized), Fifth Av. Ch., Columbus, O., 1888-92, Fullerton Av. Ch., Chicago, 1892-5; founder, 1895, and since pastor, independent organization in heart of Chicago. Pres. Nat. Home Seekers' Assn .. Soc. for Prevention of Crime; mem. Delta Up- silon. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 4717 St. Lawrence Av.

RUSSELL, Charles Edward, journalist; born Davenport, Ia., Sept. 25, 1860; son Edward and Lydia (Rutledge) Russell; grad. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad., 1881; married Theresa Hirsche, of Chicago, July 5, 1909. Was engaged on various newspapers; pub. Chicago American until Jan. 1, 1902; later editorial writer on New York American; contbr. to mags. since 1904. Clubs: Authors, Liberal (New York). Author of set- eral books, for titles see Who's Who in Amer- ica. Residence: Windermere Hotel.

RUSSELL, Edmund A., vice-pres. and treas. Otis Elevator Co .; born New York, July 1. 1866; son Edmund and Jane Cook Russell; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Inst .; married Chicago, Nov. 1, 1888, Mary R. Crane; children: Edmund A., Jr., Emily C., Marausia. Identified with ele- vator business since 1883; was sec. and treas. Crane Elevator Co., 1890, till it became merged with Otis Elevator Co. in 1898; dir. Hamilton Nat. Bank, Mill Owners' Mutual Fire Ins. Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mid-Day, Chi- cago Athletic, Onwentsia. Recreations: golf, shooting. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Ry. Exchange.

RUSSELL, Edward Perry, banker and bro- ker; born New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 15, 1857; son John and Mary Lee (Barnard) Russell; ed. pub. schools of Mass .; married Springfield, Ill., Nov. 19, 1888, Mary Louise Fowler: children: Doris, Mary Louise. Entered the office of Ed- ward L. Brewster & Co. in 1885; now senior active mem. firm of Russell, Brewster & Co .. successors to Edward L. Brewster & Co. Dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Conti- nental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. Commercial Nat. Safe Deposit Co., North Shore · Electric Co. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Un- ion, Onwentsia, Exmoor (Chicago), Metropoli- tan (New York). Recreation: golf. Residence: 19 E. Goethe St. Office: 116 W. Adams St.

*RUSSELL, Edward Willis; see Vol. 1905.

RUSSELL, John Burnett, banker; see Vol. 1905.

*RUSSELL, Robert, carpet merchant; see Vol. 1905.

RUST, Henry Appleton; 1832-1911; see Vol. 1905.

RUTHERFORD, Clarendon, physician, pres. German-Am. Hosp .; born Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., June 22, 1854; son Maj. John T. and Belinda Evelyn Rutherford; student Hobart Coll., 1872-5: A.B., Union Coll., Schenectady, N. Y., 1876, A.M., 1879; M.D., C.M., McGill Med Coll., Montreal, 1882; married Chicago. May 1885, Jessie Haiselden; 1 daughter: Bessie Eve- lyn. Came to Chicago, Sept. 1882, and has since been engaged in general practice of medicine and surgery in Chicago; prof. anatomy. Chica- Ro Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 1888-93 Fellow Am. Acad. Medicine; mem. Chicago

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Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Inde- pendent in politics. Episcopalian. Mason (K. T.), Odd Fellow. Recreations: motoring, walk- ing. Office and Residence: 624 Fullerton AV.

RUTISHAUSER, Eugen, mfr .; born Chicago, Sept. 17, 1864; son John J. and Margaret Ru- tishauser; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; mar- ried Chicago, Apr. 8, 1889, Nellie Smith; chiil- dren: Elmer, Howard, Helen, Marian. Began in wood turning work, and was in the employ of Edward Roos Mfg. Co., and later of M. Gar- rison & Co., until 1889, when he engaged in business on his own account as a mfr. of turned and spiral mouldings, etc .; on Jan. 1, 1904, in- corporated as the Artistic Wood Turning Works, of which is pres. and treas. Republic- an. Residence: 1326 Troy St. Office: 311 N. Sangamon St.

RUTTER, Lynn Ryerson, lawyer, coal mer- chant; born Chicago, Sept. 13, 1873; son David and Mary E. (McMurtry) Rutter; grad. Shat- tuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1891; Princeton Univ .. B.S., 1895; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1898; married Highland Park, Ill., Dec. 7, 1898, Mabel Adelaide Hill; children: David Ryerson, Catherine Burton, John Turn- ley. Admitted to bar, June 1897; practiced law in office of Otis & Graves, Chicago, until July 1. 1901, when was made vice-pres. of David Rutter & Co. (incorporated), shippers of and dealers in coal, and July 1, 1902, was elected pres. and treas. of the co. Pres. Chicago Coal Dealers' Assn., 1909-10. Mem. Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. Clubs: University, Exmoor Country. Recreations: outdoor and athletic sports. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 106 N. Dearborn St.

RYAN, Andrew Joseph, lawyer; born Chica- go, Dec. 29, 1869; son William F. and Ellen (Farrell) Ryan; ed. common schools; studied law in offices; married Chicago, Aug. 26, 1896, Nellie T. Cahill; children: Helen F., William A. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1893; twice elected city atty. of Chicago; formerly dir. of the Chi- cago Pub. Library. Pres. Carbondale Coal Co .; dir. Western Consolidated Granite Co. Demo- crat. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Royal Ar- canum, Royal League, Catholic Order of For- esters. Clubs: Iroquois, Sheridan. Residence: 3543 Jackson Boul. Office: First Nat. Bank Building.

RYAN, John M., printer; born Chicago, Mar. 16, 1867; grad. St. Patrick's Acad., 1882. Start- ed in printing business with the J. M. W. Jones Stationery & Printing Co., Sept. 1882; worked through the different depts. and was a mem. of the co., until Nov. 1893; went into business for himself, in the firm of Ryan & Hart, 1893, incorporated, 1896, 'as the Ryan & Hart Co., railroad printers, of which is pres. and treas. Mem: Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Master Printers' Assn., Knights of Columbus, Royal League, Nat. Union. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ben Franklin, Irish Fellowship. Recreations: athletic sports and fishing. Residence: 4447 Vincennes Av. Office: 328 Federal St.

RYAN, Timothy E .; born Ballycahill, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, Jan. 15, 1848; son Law- rence and Ellen (Fitzpatrick) Ryan; came with parents to U.S., in 1852, locating in Pittsburg, Pa., until 1856, when came to Chicago, and re- moving again to Lockport, Ill., 1859; married Chicago, 1879, Mary A. Ryan; 3 children: John H., Lawrence E., Norine E. Learned trade of ship-carpenter and caulker and worked at it for some years, but later established in real es- tate business as head of firm of Ryan & Walsh, in Chicago. Now pres. of Citizens Construction Co., and Gaffney & Long Construction Co. Be- came prominent in Dem. politics as city and co. committeeman, and was elected West Town Assessor, 1891; re-elected, 1893, 1897, 1898 and 1899. Was grand marshal on the occasion of Irish Day at the World's Columbian Exposi- tion, 1893. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore

Country. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 1270 Macalister Pl. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

RYAN, William Mathew, pres. Ryan Car Co .; born Tidioute, Pa., Oct. 24, 1869; son Michael and Anna (Ryan) Ryan; ed. pub. schools. Be- gan with the Pullman Co., at Pullman, Ill., 1889-1902, resigning as mgr. of freight car dept .; with the Western Steel Car & Foundry Co., 1902-6; organized, 1906 and since pres. of the Ryan Car Co .; dir. Lemac Carriers Co. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Ridge Country. Residence: 10164 Longwood Av. Of- fice: 607 McCormick Bldg.

RYCROFT, Herbert Edward, capitalist; born Liverpool, Eng., Apr. 4, 1865; son Rev. Canon Dyson and Anna Maria (Innes) Rycroft; ed. Liverpool College, Liverpool, Eng .; married Brooklyn, N.Y., Mar. 17. 1890, Theresa Lucinda Costello; children: Fannie Lucy, Ethel Jose- phine, Annie Dyson, Herbert Dyson, Theresa Lucinda, Ernest Costello. Was a mem. firm of Bartlett, Frazier & Co., grain and commn. mer- chants, for 10 years, and pres. Bartlett, Frazier Co. since July 1, 1910. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Colonial, South Shore Country, Chicago Automobile. Res- idence: 4541 Forrestville Av. Office: 111 W. Jackson Boul.

RYDEN, Otto G., lawyer; born Sweden, Sept. 6, 1874; son Carl G. and Britta L. Ryden; came to America, 1889; ed. in pub. schs. in Sweden to 13; grad. Evanston Tp. High Sch., 1899; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1903, A.M., 1905; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1905; married Gertrude Louise Gibbs, of Chicago; 2 children: Alice Gertrude, Ruth Louise. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1905; associated in the law practice with Hoyne, O'Connor & Hoyne, and Hoyne, O'Con-

nor & Irwin, 1905-8; practiced alone since Sept. 1, 1908. Town clerk of Evanston 4 suc- cessive terms, 1900-4. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Mason; mem. Alpha Kappa Phi fraternity. Republican. Methodist. Recre- ations: fishing and outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: 1010 Elmwood Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 614 Hartford Bldg.

RYERSON, Edward Larned, iron and steel merchant; born Chicago, Nov. 24, 1854; son Joseph T. and Ellen Griffin (Larned) Ryerson; Ph.B., Yale Univ .; married New Haven, Conn., 1879, Mary Pringle Mitchell; children: Joseph Turner, Mary Mitchell (Mrs. Donald M. Frost), Donald Mitchell, Edward Larned, Jr. In 1876 entered in the business established by his fa- ther in 1842 as a wholesale dealer in iron and steel, the firm becoming Joseph T. Ryerson & Son upon his admission to partnership in 1879, and incorporated under same name in 1888; now pres. and dir. of the co .; dir. Merchants Loan & Trust Co. Dir. Chicago Commons. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Union, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle; also University (New York). Residence: 38 Banks St. Office: 2558 W. 16th St.

RYERSON, Edwin Warner, physician; born New York, Mar. 14, 1872; son George Wilson and Sarah Dean (Brown) Ryerson; prepared for coll. at Univ. School; entered Harvard, 1891; grad. Harvard Univ. Med. School, 1897; was house surgeon at Boston Children's Hosp. until Nov. 1898; went to Berlin and Vienna for post-grad. study, and began general practice of medicine in Chicago in June 1899; married Chicago, Dec. 6, 1904, Adelaide Kendall, daugh- ter of David Gilbert Hamilton. Orthopedic sur-

geon to St. Luke's, St. Elizabeth's, Children's Memorial and Cook Co. hosps. and to Home for Destitute Crippled Children; prof. orthopedic surgery, Chicago Policlinic; asst. prof. surgery, Rush Med. Coll. Apptd. 1st 1t. U.S.A. Med. Re- serve Corps, Feb. 1911. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Orthopedic Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Orthopedic Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Soc. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Saddle

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and Cycle, University. Residence: 743 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

RYERSON, John Albert; 1866-1910; see Vol. 1905.

RYERSON, Martin A .; born Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 26, 1856; son Martin and Mary A. (Campau) Ryerson; ed. pub. schools of Chica- go and private schools, Paris, France, and Ge- neva, Switzerland; LL.B., Harvard, 1878; mar- ried Chicago, 1881, Carrie, daughter Charles Hutchinson. Dir. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, Northern Trust Co., Elgin Nat. Watch Co. Pres. board trustees Univ. of Chicago; vice-president Field Museum of Natural History, Art Inst. of Chicago; trustee Carnegie Institution of Wash- ington, D.C .; dir. Chicago Orphan Asylum. Asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Chicago Athletic, Commercial (ex-pres.), Chicago Lit- erary, South Shore Country, Caxton, Quadran- gle, Cliff Dwellers, Lake Geneva Country. Res- idence: 4851 Drexel Boul. Summer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Building.

RYERSON, Thorval Lewis, vice-pres. W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., mill supplies; born Chicago, May 19, 1874; son Thomas and Minnie (Pfitz- ner) Ryerson; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; mar- ried Cora Grimm, of Chicago, Mar. 1901; 1 daughter: Helen June. On leaving school be- came office boy with W. D. Allen Mfg. Co. of which became sec., 1901, and vice-pres., 1908. Mason (Blue Lodge). Club: Park Ridge Coun- try. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: Park Ridge, Ill. Office: 133 W. Lake St.

SABATH, Adolph Joseph, congressman; born Zabori, Bohemia, Apr. 4, 1866; son Joachim and Barbara (Eisenschimel) Sabath; ed. schs. of native town; removed to Chicago, 1881; grad. Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., 1885; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1891; unmarried. Justice of the Peace, Chicago, 1895-7; police magistrate, 1897-1907; mem. 60th, 61st and 62d Congresses (1907-13), 5th Ill. Dist. Mem. Cook Co. Central and Exec. Com .; del. Dem. Nat. Conv., 1904. Mason, Royal League. Clubs: Iroquois, Chica- go Press. Residence: 2006 S. Ashland Av. Of- fice: Reaper Blk.

SABATH, Joseph, judge Municipal Court of Chicago; born Zabori, Bohemia, Mar. 25, 1870; son Joachim and Barbara (Eisenschimel) Sa- bath; grad. grammar school, Zabori, 1880, from private high school, Horazdovitz, 1885; came to America 1885; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; married Regina Meyer, of Chicago. Aug. 9, 1888; 3 children: Albert, Milton J. and Stella. Successively errand boy, clerk, salesman, real estate broker; admitted to Ill. bar, 1897; with firm of Churan, Jandus & Sabath, 1897-1902; lias since practiced alone. Democrat; elected judge Municipal Court of Chicago, Nov. 8, 1910, by 150,000 votes, the highest received by any candidate on the judicial ticket. Jewish relig- ion. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Elks, Royal Arcanum, Royal League. B'nai B'rith, Sons of Benjamin (Deputy Grand Master). Speaks 6 languages. Clubs: Iroquois, Pilsen Sokol. Residence: 4828 Grand Boul.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 175

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