The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 176

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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SACHS, Theodore Bernard, physician; born Dinaburg, Russia, May 2, 1868; son Bernard and Sophie Sachs; grad. Kherson High School. followed by a 4-years' course in law dept. Odes- sa Univ., Russia: M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), 1895; married Lena Louise Wil- son, of Chicago, Jan. 10. 1900. House physi- cian Michael Reese Hosp., May 15, 1895-Oct. 1, 1897; since then engaged in general med. prac- tice; specialty diseases of the chest. Instr. in- ternal medicine, Coll. Phys. and Surgeons, 1901- 5; attending physician to Cook Co. Hosp., 1903-

5; med. dir. Edward Sanatorium, Naperville, Ill. (dept. of Chicago Tuberculosis Inst.); phy- sician-in-chief, Chicago-Winfield Sanatorium, Winfield, Ill .; sec. Chicago Municipal Tubercu- losis Sanitarium; mem. medical staff Michael Reese Hosp .; dir. tuberculosis clinic of West Side Dispensary; dir. Chicago Tuberculosis Inst. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Nat. Assn. for Study and Pre- vention of Tuberculosis, Internat. Tuberculosis Congress; dir. Ill. State Assn. for Prevention of Tuberculosis. Residence: 1306 Independence Boul. Office: 1106, 32 N. State St.

SACKETT, Robert Emory, life insurance; born Pittsford, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1852; son Robert and Laura J. (Smith) Sackett; parents re- moved to Michigan when he was 2 years old; ed. common schools and Olivet (Mich.) Coll. Became bookkeeper and paymaster Sioux City & Pacific R.R. Co., at Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1874- 80; cashier First Nat. Bank, Denison, Ia., 1880- 2; returned to Sioux City & Pacific and placed in charge of company's lands at Sioux City, Ia .; was clerk of the courts of Sioux City, 1888-95; sec. Iowa Life Insurance Co., at Chi- cago, 1894-1900; company was merged into the Nat. Life Ins. Co. of U.S.A., of which he be- came sec., and in 1906 vice-pres. Club: Union League. Residence: 5318 East End Av. Office: Nat. Life Bldg.

SADLER, Frank Prather, lawyer; born Springfield, Ill., June 10, 1872; son Samuel Jones and Mary (Coover) Sadler; student Val- paraiso (Ind.) Coll., 1890-1; Knox Coll., Gales- burg, Ill., 1891-2; Univ. of Mich., 1892-8, A.B., 1896, and LL.B., 1898; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1898; mem. firm of Taylor, Ingraham & Sadler, 1899-1901; judge Municipal Court of Chicago, 1907-9. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Mason (32°, Shriner), K.P. Clubs: Hamilton, Ill. Ath- letic, Englewood, Lectures upon: "The Crim- inal in the Making," "The Criminal in the Sav- ing"; "Twentieth Century Unrest, its Por- tent"; "The Value of an Ideal in Practical Life"; "The Negro Problem. Its Lights and Shadows"; etc .; also contbr. to numerous pub- lications. Recreations: traveling and golf. Res- idence: 6565 Yale Av. Office: Title & Trust Building.

SAFFORD, George Brigham, clergyman; born South Grove, DeKalb Co., Ill., Aug. 8, 1866; son Charles Brigham and Clara Amanda Safford: A.B., Pierre Univ. (now Huron Coll. ), Pierre, S.D., 1888; grad. McCormick Theol. Sem., Chi- cago, 1891; Ph.D., Univ. of Wooster, 1899; (D. D., Huron Coll., 1908); married Rachel Luetta David, of Ipava, Ill., Aug. 11, 1892. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, Oct. 19. 1891; pastor. Onarga, Ill., 1891-9, Fifty-Second Av. Presby- terian Ch., Chicago, 1899-1907; sec., asst. supt. and asst. treas, Ch. Extension Com. of Presby- tery of Chicago. Moderator Presbytery of Bloomington, Ill., 1898; sec. and asst. treas. Presbyterian League; dir. and sec. headquar- ters com. Anti-Saloon League of Ill .: sec. Co- operative Council of City Missions; sec. state conv. Ill. Anti-Saloon League, 1910. Residence. 326 N. Clark Av. Office: 509 S. Wabash Av.

SAGE, Donald Alexander, coal: born Inger- soll, Can., July 13, 1857; son William M. (traffic mgr. Rock Island System) and Annie ( White) Sage; ed. pub. schools, private school, business coll., and acad .; grad. Chicago Business Law School; married Agnes Louise, daughter of A. W. Mitchell, of Chicago, May 22, 1895. Em- ployed by Richard, Shaw & Winslow, wholesale dry goods, 1871; W. W. Sturges, Board of Trade, 1873; C.,R.I.&P.Ry., 1874-6; with Board of Trade firms of Pope & Davis, 1876, Charles Ray & Co., 1877, Robert Warren & Co., 1550. broker in cash grain, isso, and mem. grain firm of E. P. Marsh & Co., until 1885: in off and real estate business in Santa Paula. Cal .. 1856-9. cribbed corn In Kan, and Neb., 1589-91: con-

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nected with C. B. Congdon & Co., Board of Trade, until 1894; since 1894 in coal business as pres. of Sage & Co. Was mem. Board of Trade, 1878-1902. Republican. Club: Chicago Yacht. Residence: 1424 Pratt Boul., Rogers Park. Of- fice: 304 Ellsworth Bldg.

SAGE, Harmon Martin; born Mumford, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1858; son Henry and Mary E. (Har- mon) Sage; grad. Univ. of Rochester, B.S., 1881; married New York, Oct. 14, 1885, Mary E. Edgington: 1 daughter: Dorothy L. Taught school, 1881-2; entered employ of Western Elec- tric Co., New York, Jan. 1883, and remained there until Feb. 1901; held various positions connected with factory management, and the last few years was asst. shop supt .; supt. West- ern Electric Co.'s Clinton St. shops, 1901-S, asst. gen. supt. Western Electric Co., Hawthorne, Ill., since 190S. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf. Residence: 321 Davis St., Evanston, Ill. Office: Hawthorne, Ill.

SAGE, Walter Henry, insurance; born Hunt- ington, O., Nov. 11, 1857; son Calvin and Corin- tha (Chamberlain) Sage; grad, high school, Wellington, O .; married Chicago, May 1902, Nellie Van Horn. Was employed in First Nat. Bank of Wellington, O., 1874-81, as bookkeeper and teller; in local fire agency business, in con- nection with the bank, 1876-81; after that State agent and adjuster for various companies; then for 10 years State agent and adjuster for the German Am. Ins. Co .; promoted asst. gen. mgr., 1902, and removed to Chicago; in Aug. 1904, be- came gen. mgr. for the German Am. Ins. Co. Dir. Western Adjustment Co., Underwriters' Western Salvage Co .; chmn. governing com. of The Union. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1411 50th St. Office: 76 W. Monroe Street.

SAGER, Hiram Norton, grain commn. mer- chant; born Seacombe (near Liverpool), Eng., June 20, 1859; son Richard G. (cotton import- er) and Harriet M. (Norton) Sager; early edn. commenced in Seacombe, Eng., later attending grammar and high school at Lockport, Ill .; completed edn. at Univ. of Wis .; married Chi- cago, Oct. 10, 1888, Julia M. Cook; children: Harriet Louise, Ruth Margaret, Mildred Eloise, Alice Cook (died in infancy). Spent 5 years in farming and stock raising on the Sager farm in Will Co., Ill., and was, 1884-1902, associated with Norton & Co. (established 1848), one of the largest flour milling concerns in Ill .; be- came treas., dir. and Chicago mgr. for Norton & Co., 1897; resigned, 1902, to become sec., treas. and managing dir. of J. H. Dole & Co. (established 1852) owning and operating a line of grain elevators and doing a regular commn. business in grain, seeds and provisions on Chi- cago Board of Trade. Resident of Chicago since 1884; built present residence in Hyde Park, 1889. For 26 years mem. of Chicago Board of Trade; twice elected president of Chicago Board of Trade and served several times as dir. of same; pres. of council of North Am. Grain Ex- changes, 1911; mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Alumni Assn. of Chicago Members of Univ. of Wis. Club: Colonial. Recreations: boating, fish- ing and hunting. Residence: 4548 Forrestville Av. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St.

SAGER, William Dean, stove merchant; born Belvidere, Ill., Oct. 2, 1863; son Abram and Mary (Dean) Sager; ed. high school, Belvidere, Ill .; married Miss Elizabeth Saunders, of Chi- cago, Oct. 19, 1907; 1 daughter: Elizabeth. Came to Chicago from Belvidere, Ill., 1884, and has since been in the stove business; was Chi- cago mgr. Cleveland Co-Operative Stove Co. until 1889; since then in business for self as wholesale dealer and jobber in stoves and ranges; western jobber for the ranges and cooking and heating stoves of the Pittsburgh

Stove and Range Co., Danville Stove & Mfg. Co., Dighton Furnace Co. Clubs: Winnetka, Skokie Country. Residence: 4109 Kenmore Av. Office: 330-342 N. Water St.

SAILOR, Samuel, vice-pres. Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., chair mfrs .; born Philadel- phia, Aug. 23, 1855; son Samuel and Rebecca (Baymore) Sailor; grad. Central High School, Philadelphia, Jan. 1874; married Philadelphia, Mar. 27, 1879, Sarah J. Jones; children: Horace P., R. Warren, Helen, Charles M. Began as asst. mgr. for Heywood Bros. & Co., in Phila- delphia, Apr. 8, 1874, becoming mgr., Dec. 1, 1893; removed to Chicago, May 20, 1897, as mgr. for sales depts. for Heywood & Morrill Rattan Co .; the co. consodilated, July 1, 1897, with the Wakefield Rattan Co., under name of Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., of which has since been vice-pres. and supt. of sales dept. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: vocal music. Residence: 3461 W. Adams St. Office: 2653 Harvard St.

ST. JOHN, Leonard, physician; born St. Cath- erines, Ont .; son Samuel Leonard and Martha Ann (Seaman) St. John; ed. private schools and acad. at St. Catherines, Ont., and at McGill Univ., Montreal, graduating from, the med. dept. in class of 1872, and from Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Can., 1872; mem. Roy- al Coll. of Surgeons of Eng., 1873; married Anna B. Balch (now deceased). Began practice in New York City, 1874-5; came to Chicago, Dec. 1875. Surgeon at St. Anthony's Hosp. One of the founders of the Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Medico-Legal Soc. Club: Illinois. Residence: 1516 W. Monroe St. Office: Columbus Memorial Bldg.

SAINT-LAURENT, Baron Houssin de (Louis Emile), consul for France; born Chateau du Guislain, Normandy, France, Dec. 21, 1857; son Baron Houssin (Emile Auguste) and Isabelle Ganne (de Beaucoudrey) de Saint-Laurent; grandson of Baron de Saint-Laurent, a general under Napoleon I; ed. mil. sch. of La Fleche, France, and in law at Univ. of Caen, France, degree of Doctor in Law; married Emma Dupré (descendant of Jacques Cartier, discoverer of Canada), of Quebec, Nov. 8, 1892. Sec. in pvt. office of the French minister of war, Paris, 1878-84; one of civil commrs. at Madagascar, before the conquest by the French; entered dip- lomatic service as attaché, French legation at Athens, Greece, 1884; consecutively consul, Isl- and of Mauritius, at Vancouver, B.C., Can., and now at Chicago. Decorated with orders of Tunis, Indo-China and Madagascar for services in the colonies; also spl. medal for acts of courage. Mem. French Benevolent Soc. of Chi- cago. Club: Chicago. Residence: Lessing An- nex. Office: 157 W. Adams St.

SALISBURY, Jerome Henry, physician; born Fitchburg, Dane Co., Wis., Feb. 7, 1854; son Robert Wiley and Atlanta (Spears) Salisbury; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1874; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1878; A.M., Lake Forest Univ., 1888; married Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 17, 1882, Eliza A. Holt; children: Harriet Ruth, Robert Holt. Prof. chemistry, Women's Med. Coll., 1886-98; asst. prof. of chemistry, Rush Med. Coll., since 1899; prof. medicine, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. School. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Methodist. Residence: 2425 W. Adams St. Office: 31 N. State St.

SALISBURY, Rollin D., univ. dean; born Spring Prairie, Wis., Aug. 17, 1859; son Daniel and Lucinda (Bryant) Salisbury; Ph.B., Beloit Coll., 1881, A.M., 1884 (LL.D., 1904). Instr. geology and biology, 1883-4, prof. geology, 1884- 91, Beloit Coll .; student in Europe (chiefly at Heidelberg), 1887-8; prof. general and geo- graphic geology, Univ. of Wis., 1891-2; prof. geographic geology since 1892, dean of Univ. Colls., 1894-6, dean of Ogden (Grad.) Sch. of Science since 1899, head of the dept. of geog-

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raphy since 1903, Univ. of Chicago. Asst. U.S. and fishing. Residence: 3805 Wilton Av. Of- geologist, glacial div., 1882-94, geologist since fice: 111 N. Market St. 1894, geologist in charge of Pleistocene geol- ogy of N.J., since 1891. Mem. Geol. Soc. Amer- ica, Assn. Am. Geographers. Fellow A.A.A.S., Washington Acad. Sciences, Ill. Acad. Sciences. Clubs: University, Cliff Dwellers, Quadrangle, Midlothian Country. Address: 5730 Woodlawn Avenue.

SALISBURY, Warren Metcalf, pres. W. H. Salisbury & Co .; born Augusta, Ga., Nov. 13, 1858; son William H. and Urhaville A. (Wil- bur) Salisbury; ed. private schools, Providence, R.I .; married Evaline C. Kimball, of Chicago, June 14, 1894; 1 son: Kimball. Began business career with W. H. Salisbury & Co. (established by father, 1854), rubber goods and leather belt- ing, in 1876; pres. of the company, 1905-11, when resigned (now a dir.). Also dir. Rock- wood Sprinkler Co., W. W. Kimball Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Golf, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Recreations: golf, outdoor diversions. Residence: 1100 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 105 S. Wabash Av.

SALOPOULOS, Nicholas, consul of Greece; born Sparta, Greece, Feb. 23, 1870; son Athan- asios and Euthimia (Mistriotis) Salopoulos; ed. pub. schools and finished at the Univ. of Ath- ens, Greece, M.D., 1890; married. After leaving the univ. entered the Grecian consular service and in 1899 was appointed consul of Greece at Chicago; also engaged in the practice of medi- cine at Chicago since 1899. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Chicago. Recreation: hunting. Res- idence: 355 E. 53d St. Office: 143 N. Dearborn Street.

SALSBURY, Nate Rawson, real estate, in- vestments; born Freeport, Ill., Apr. 6, 1856; son Washington S. and Celestine (Rawson) Sals- bury; ed. pub. schools at Webster City, Ia .; married Vacaville, Cal., July 14, 1881, Fannie A. Gibbs. Came to Chicago, 1874, at age of 18, and began business career with C. E. Webber & Co., fancy groceries, becoming a mem. of that firm, 1881-5; vice-pres. Porter Bros. Co., California fruits, 1885-96; in real estate business since 1896. Sec. and treas. of Majestic Bldg. Co., formed in 1904, which owns the property, 100x 100 feet, known as the Great Northern Office Bldg., and controls the Hotel Majestic and Great Northern Theatre. Clubs: Chicago, Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country, Midlothian. Residence: 4458 Greenwood Av. Office: Great Northern Bldg.

*SALTER, William Mackintire, lecturer; see Vol. 1905.

SAMMONS, Benjamin Chester, vice-pres. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank; born Blue Island, Ill., Mar. 19, 1866; son Cyrus Baldwin and Oli- via (Root) Sammons; grad. high school, Blue Island, Ill., 1882; married Thekla Schwamb, of Chicago, Feb. 21, 1893; 2 children: Marie and Frederick C. Began as messenger Commercial Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1882-90, becoming paying teller of the Northwestern Nat. Bank, 1890 and asst. cashier 1895, continuing until consolida- tion with the Corn Exchange Nat. Bank in 1900; was asst. cashier of the latter until elect- ed vice-pres., Jan. 1, 1910. Republican. Univer- salist. Clubs: Union League, Bankers', City, Midlothian Country. Recreations: golf and fish- ing. Residence: 461 Maple Av., Blue Island, Ill. Office: Corn Exchange Nat. Bank.

SAMMS, Charles Francis, mfr .; born Rich- mond, Ind., Sept. 7, 1868; son Louis and Mary (Harris) Samms; grad. Earlham Coll., Ind., 1890; married Chicago, Nov. 22, 1892, Anna Swager; children: Louis Elwin, Harry, Frank. With Western Electric Co., Chicago, 1890-2; with Am. District Telegraph Co., St. Paul, Minn., 1892-4; in 1894 in electrical contracting business; now pres. and mgr. Victor Electric Co., mfrs. of electrical specialties. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Electric Club, etc. Republican. Recreations: hunting

SAMPSELL, Marshall E., ry. receiver; born Marshall, Tex., Feb. 28, 1874; son Joseph Benjamin and Fannie (Allnut) Sampsell; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1896; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1901; married July 25, 1900, Edna Flor- ence Smith, Chicago, Ill .; 2 sons: Marshall G., and David. Clerk U.S. Circuit Court for North- ern District of Ill., Apr. 1, 1902-Apr. 1, 1907; apptd. receiver of the Chicago Union Traction Co. and of the North and West Chicago St. R. R. cos., Apr. 22, 1903, and still so serving; also pres. Central Ill. Traction Co. and Central Il1. Public Service Co. Republican. Mem. Royal League. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Exmoor. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 1700 Bor- land Bldg.

SAMSON, Harry Milton, sec. Rothschild & Co .; born Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 12, 1874; son William and Lena (Reinheimer) Samson; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; married Sarah Corn- hauser, of Chicago, Mar. 9, 1910. Began as clerk in a lawyer's office; in a retail dry goods store, 1890-5; became clerk in men's furnish- ing dept., Rothschild & Co., upon opening of store, 1895, and has been sec. of the co. since 1903. Republican. Jewish. Mason. Clubs: Standard, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: motoring and outdoor sports. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: State, cor. Van Buren St.

SAMUEL, Edward Marshall, grain and stock broker; born Lexington, Mo., Mar. 23, 1862; son Web. M. and Anna M. (Russell) Samuel; grad. Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1882: married May, daughter Rev. Samuel J. Niccolls, of St. Louis, Feb. 10, 1887; 2 sons: Harold Niccolls and Edward Marshall, Jr. Engaged in grain and stock brokerage business at Chicago since Jan. 1885; mem. firm Samuel & McCormick, 1885-9, Adams & Samuel, 1889-1910; pres. E. M. Samuel & Co. since Nov. 1910. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Onwentsia, The Winter, Saddle and Sirloin. Recreations: golf, fishing, skating and walking. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Of- fice: 83 Board of Trade.

SAMUELS, Benjamin John, lawyer; born Chicago, Nov. 7, 1863; son John and Cecilia (Schbilski) Samuels; grad. Jones School, Chi- cago, 1878; Chicago Coll. of Law. LL.B., June 1893; married Chicago. Feb. 26, 1897, Gertrude C. Seligman: 1 child: Cecile Jean. Admitted to bar, Sept. 1893; now practicing in partnership with Benjamin Samuels. Republican. . Jewish religion. Mason. Mem. B.P.O.E. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Mem. B'nai B'rith and as such was instrumental in induc- ing the Ill. Legislature to pass the "Pandering Act." Went before the committees of the legis- lature and advocated the measure which was passed in 1908 and broadened amendments in 1909. Revised and compiled a digest of the laws of Ill. for the Bankers' Register. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 4612 Michigan Av. Office: Tribune Bldg.

SANBORN. George C., grain commn .: de-

ceased: see Vol. 1905.

SANBORN, Joseph Brown, pres. . T. B. San- born Co., mercantile agency; born Chester. N. H., Dec. 8. 1855; ed. pub, schools. Came to Chi- cago, 1877: now col. commanding 1st Regt .. I N.G. Mem. Soc. of Santiago. Mason (KT .. Shriner). Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 440 S. Dearborn St.

SANBORN, Victor Channing. real estate: born Concord. Mass .. Apr. 24, 1867: son Frank- lin B. and Louisa Augusta (Leavitt) Sanborn: attended pub, schools of Concord. Mass., and Cornell Univ .: married Chicago, May 2S. 1891. Louisa Wilkinson Kirkland: children: Caroline Kirkland. Louisa Leavitt. Was employed with passenger dept. of the C., B.A.Q.R.R., 1886-97: since 1897 in real estate and investment busi- ness, with Clarence A. Burley. Republican; now

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pres. board of trustees Village of Kenilworth. Mem. New England Historic-Genealogical Soc., New England Soc. Clubs: Mid-Day, Kenil- worth, Chicago Literary. Recreation: garden- ing. Residence: Kenilworth, IN. Office: Rector Building.

SANDBERG, Karl Ferdinand Marius, physi- cian; born Gaustad, near Christiania, Norway, Sept. 15, 1855: son Ole R. A. and Johanne Em- ilie (Barth) Sandberg; ed. abroad; married Chi- cago, July 25, 1885, Inga G. Stensland. Has practiced in Chicago since June 1882. Surgeon and gynecologist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1887-96; surgeon and gynecologist to Frances E. Will- ard Nat. Temperance Hosp., 1889-99, and to Tabitha Hosp. from 1894 (now consulting sur- geon); prof. gynecology, Jenner Med. Coll., 1897-8; mem. Chicago Obstetrical Staff (15th Ward); pres. board of dirs. of Tabitha Hosp. for several years; sec. board of dirs. Wicker Park Hosp. Office and Residence: 2850 Logan Boulevard.

SANDERS, Albert David, mgr. Federal-Hu- ber Co .; born Whately, Mass., Oct. 1852; son Benjamin F. and Sarah W. Sanders; ed. high school, Northampton, Mass .; married North- ampton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1874, Rebecca Clark Strong; children: Albert David, Jr., Amy, Ruth. Engaged in banking until he was 32 years old, the last 8 years being cashier of the First Nat. Bank of Easthampton, Mass .; mgr. Chicago branch of Peck Bros. & Co., of New Haven, Conn., 1887-96; gen. mgr. the Federal Co. (now Federal-Huber Co.), since 1896. Republican. Club: Evanston. Alderman in Evanston, 1898- 1900. Residence: 1227 Benson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Halsted St., S. W. Cor. Fulton St.

SANDERS, Alvin Howard, editor and pub- lisher; born Talleyrand, Keokuk Co., Ia., Sept. 8, 1860; son James H. and Martha (Rogers) Sanders; ed. Cornell Univ .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1881; (hon. degree of Doctor of Agriculture, Univ. of Ill., 1906); married Chicago, Apr. 25, 1882, Elizabeth A. Hilde- brand; children: Elizabeth, Marjorie Louise, Alva May. Admitted to bar, 1881; in 1882 en- gaged in journalistic work on The Breeders' Gazette; in 1888 became managing editor, ac- quired controlling interest, and still holds it. Pres. Sanders Publishing Co., pub. Breeders' Gazette. Author of works on stock breeding. Republican. Was commr. of the U.S. to the Universal Exposition at Paris in 1900, under appointment of Pres. Mckinley. Apptd. by President Taft a member of the U.S. Tariff Board, 1909; chmn. Am. Reciprocal Tariff League. Decorated by the King of Belgium, 1909, with the Cross of Chevalier of the Order of Leopold. Dir. Internat. Live Stock Exposi- tion Assn. of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4356 Drexel Boul. Office: 542 S. Dearborn St.

SANDERSON, George Andrew, pres. Sonora Construction Co .; born Hamilton, O., Feb. 22, 1850; son John and Amanda (McDonald) San- derson; grad. U.S. Naval Acad., 1871; married Ella Dinsmore Phillips, of Washington, Pa .; 2 sons: Shirley and Harold. Commissioned mid- shipman U.S.N. and served a short period, 1871; in ry. service, 1873-1903, serving in va- rious capacities and as traffic mgr. of different roads, located at Indianapolis, Denver, Laredo, Salt Lake City, Phila. and Chicago; organized, 1905, and since pres. Sonora Construction Co. (ry. construction), of which has since been pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Trustee Chi- cago Refuge for Girls. Pres. U.S. Naval Acad. Alumni Assn. of the Middle West. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Chicago, University. Recrea- tions: fishing and hunting. Residence: 2621 Michigan Av. Office: 515 Royal Insurance Building.

SANDERSON, William Joseph, broker; born Sandusky, O., July 12. 1864; son Thomas and

Olive (Shebley) Sanderson; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; married Isabella Barrett, of Chicago, July 27, 1890. Telegraph operator, 1879-90, in employ of telegraph companies, newspapers, Military Dept. of the Lakes, and a number of stock and grain houses; in real estate business, 1890-2; on staff of Col. Rice, commandant World's Fair Guard, 1892-4, as a representative of I.N.G .; with Hammond Elevator Co., 1894- 1907; representative of Abel Davis, county re- corder, Cook Co., 1907-8; in stock and bond bus- iness since Feb. 1908 (Sanderson & Co.). En- listed as private 1st Inf. I.N.G., Chicago, July 30, 1885; corporal, July 1, 1887; sergeant, Mar. 1888; 1st sergeant, Aug. 6, 1888; 2d lt., May 6, 1889; 1st lt., Feb. 15, 1892; capt., Nov. 20, 1893; reëlected, Nov. 20, 1896; resigned June 11, 1897; apptd. 1st lt. and battalion adjt., June 11, 1897; capt. and regimental adjt., Sept. 11, 1899; retired with rank of maj., July 1, 1909. Served in Spanish-Am. War, May 13-Nov. 17, 1898, as 1st It. and battalion adjt., 1st Ill. Vols .; service in Cuba; has a number of military decorations for long and honorable service, war service, sharp shooting, drill prizes, etc. Mason; mem. Military Order of Foreign Wars, Soc. Army of. Santiago de Cuba, Naval and Military Order of Spanish-Am. War, Patriotic Ancient and Hon- orables of Columbia Post G.A.R. Clubs: City, Ill. Athletic (Chicago); Cumberland Lodge Hunting, Valley Gun (Ind.). Recreations: hunting and fishing. Residence: 4341 St. Law- rence Av. Office: The Rookery.

SANDIG, Alfred, mgr .; born Gotha, Ger., July 12, 1876; ed. technical high school and coll. at Dresden and Braunschweig, Ger. Went from Germany to Manchester, Eng., in 1897, and thence to Philadelphia, in summer of 1899; came to Chicago from Phila., Dec. 7, 1900, and since July 1901, has been Chicago mgr. for the Berlin Aniline Works of Berlin, Ger., aniline colors, photographic chemicals, dyestuffs, etc. Lutheran. Mem. S. Side Turner Club, Milwau- kee; Musical Soc., Milwaukee. Clubs: Ger- mania; also Deutscher, of Milwaukee. Resi- dence: 521 Surf St. Office: 12 W. Kinzie St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 176

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