The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 184

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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SHIVERICK, Asa Frank, pres. Tobey Furni- ture Co .; born Dennis, Mass., Sept. 26, 1861; son Asa and Ruth (Tobey) Shiverick; grad. grammar school, Woods Hole, Mass .; was 2 years at Lawrence Acad., Falmouth, Mass .; B.S., Mass. Agrl. Coll., 1882; married Woods Hole, Apr. 23, 1891, Ruth Anna Hatch; chil- dren: Arthur, Francis Tobey. From 1882-90 was with the Pacific Guano Co. of Boston, as chemist of the works at Woods Hole, and Charleston, S.C., and finally mgr. of the Woods Hole Works; since 1890 with the Tobey Fur- niture Co., of which is now pres. and treas. A Democrat until 1896; now Republican. Mem. Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Union League, Home- wood Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1310 Madison Park. Office: 33 N. Wabash Av.

SHNABLE, Emile R., general contractor; born Chicago, Jan. 14, 1856; son John Jacob and Mary Barbara (Sigwalt) Shnable; ed. pub. grammar and high schools, Chicago, and Cor- nell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y .; married Mary Alice Davis, of Auburn, N.Y., June 20, 1883. Civil engr. on ry. location and construction, 1881-92; div. engr. Chicago Drainage Canal, 1892-8; spe- cial partner firm of Gahan & Byrne in con- struction of Chicago Drainage Canal through Joliet, Ill., 1898-1900; mem. firm of Page & Shnable, 1900-8, constructors for Ashland Av. bascule bridge, granite arch bridge in Jackson Park, locks and aqueducts for Hennepin Canal, and mills for Ind. Steel Co .; senior mem. Shna- ble & Quinn, contractors for irrigation canals and Chicago Drainage Canal, since 1908. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Cornell Univ. Assn. of Chicago, Zeta Psi fraternity, Royal League. Club: Press. Residence: 4156 N. Paulina St. Office: 1037 Stock Exchange Bldg.

SHOENBERGER, George Krug, iron and mines; born Juniata Forges, Huntingdon Co., Pa .; son Edwin F. and Margaretta Maria (Krug)

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Shoenberger; ed. Pa. Military Academy, West Chester, Pa .; on breaking out of war enlisted in army (1861-2); in 1864 went to Univ. of Vi- enna, Austria, to finish edn .; married Louise Reynolds, of Chicago, July 31, 1873; 4 children: Mrs. Laura Shoenberger Cowling, Mrs. Sallie Shoenberger Hamlin, Edwin Reynolds, Louise (Mrs. Barret Conway). Began in iron business in Chicago, Mar. 18, 1868; burned out in Chica- go fire, 1871; fire destroyed entire plant in 1875; owner and mgr. of G. K. Shoenberger, engines, boilers and foundry until 1906, since then as Shoenberger & Co., iron, hydro-electric power and mines; was first pres. Duluth Blast Fur- nace Co .; owner Duluth Car Works. First pres. Foundrymen's Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. Western Soc. Army of the Poto- mac. Club: Union League. Recreation: hunt- ing. Residence: 24 E. Division St. Office: 153 N. Dearborn St.

*SHONTS, Theodore Perry; see Vol. 1905.

SHOOP, John Daniel, asst. supt. of schs .; born Sabina, O., Mar. 3, 1857; son Johnathan M. and Margaret (Snider) Shoop; ed. high sch., Washington C.H., O., Bloomingburg (O.) Acad., Ind. Normal Univ., Cook Co. (Ill.) Normal Sch., and Univ. of Chicago; married Jennie B. Per- rill, of Washington C.H., O., Sept. 1, 1887. Be- gan as country sch. teacher in Ohio, 1878; supt. schs., Bloomingburg, O., 1886-8, Saybrook, Ill., 1889-90. Gibson City, Ill., 1891-6, Paris, Ill., 1897-1902; with city schs., Chicago, since 1903, asst. supt. since Aug. 1, 1909. Mem. N.E.A., Ill. State Teachers' Assn. Republican. K. T. Ma- son. Residence: 6928 Stewart Av. Office: Trib- une Bldg.

SHOPE, Simeon P., lawyer; born Akron, O., Dec. 3, 1837; son Simeon P. and Lucinda (Rich- mond) Shope; parents removed to Marseilles, Ill., 1839; academic edn .; taught dist. school; married Sarah M. Jones, 1858 (died Jan. 4, 1883); children: Clara A., Charles E. (deceased), Clarence W., Mabel Ray. Admitted to bar, 1858; practiced at Metamora, and Lewiston, Ill., 1858- 77; judge Circuit Court, 10th Ill. Circuit, 1877- 85; asso. justice Supreme Court of Ill., 1885- 94; declined renomination; in practice at Chi- cago since 1894; now sr. mem. Shope, Zane, Busby & Weber. Democrat. Mason (K.T.), Elk, K.P. Residence: 941 Lawrence Av. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

SHOREY, Paul, univ. prof .; born Davenport, Ia., Aug. 3, 1857; son Daniel L. and Maria A. (Merriam) Shorey; A.B., Harvard, 1878; Univ. of Leipzig, 1881-2, Univ. of Bonn, 1882, Am. Sch. of Classical Studies. Athens, 1882-3; Ph.D., Univ. of Munich, 1884; (LL.D., Ia. Coll., 1905); admitted to bar, Chicago, 1880; married Emma L. Gilbert, of Phila., June 1895. Prof. Greek, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1885-92; prof. Greek since 1892, head dept. since 1896, Univ. of Chicago. Annual asso. dir. Am. Sch. Classical Studies, Athens, 1901-2; mng. editor Classical Philology since 1908. Pres. Am. Philol. Assn., 1910. Au- thor of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 5516 Woodlawn Av.

SHORT, Benedict J., lawyer; born McHenry Co., Ill .. Ang. 16, 1869; son James M. and Cath- erine (Quinlan) Short; ed. St. Patrick's Acad., Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1893; married Mercie M. Simpson, of Md., Sept. 3, 1908. Admitted to the II. bar, 1893; asst. state's atty, of Cook Co., Nov. 1906-Jan. 1909 and 1st assistant since Jan. 1909. Republican. Mason. Recreations: revolver shooting, motor- ing. Residence: 3047 Logan Boul. Office: Crim- inal Court Bldg.

SHORTALL. John G., lawyer, humanitarian; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

SHORTALL, John Louis, lawyer; born Chica- go, May 1, 1865; son John G. and Mary (Sta- ples) Shortall; ed. private school in Chicago, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., and Mass, Inst. of Technology, Boston; married Boston,

Oct. 1, 1889, Mary Carter; children: Katherine, Helen, Harrington, Margaret. After leaving coll. studied law. Engaged in banking at Lake Preston, S.D., 1887-91; then returned to Chicago and was admitted to Ill. bar, 1891; mem. law firm of Shortall & Murison. Republican. Epis- copalian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Pres. Ill. Humane Soc. Clubs: University. Chicago Ath- letic, Skokie Country, Chicago Literary, Huron Mountain Hunting and Fishing. Residence: 1501 Astor St. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

SHOURDS, Clayton Brown, jeweler; not in business; see Vol. 1905.

SHUEY, William Henry, sec .- treas. Wilson Co .; born Hamilton, O .; son John Heilman and Elizabeth Bodman (Mayhew) Shuey; ed. Wil- liston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; Miami Univ., Oxford, O .; married Northampton, Mass., Dec. 5, 1865, Eleanor Baxter Sanders (now deceased) ; 1 daughter: Mrs. Elizabeth Mayhew Southward. Began as druggist at Springfield. O .; then fur- niture mfr. at Minneapolis; sec .- treas. Railway Age Co., 1886-1908; since sec .- treas. Wilson Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Oak Park. Recreations: photography and music. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: Plymouth Bldg.

SHUMAN, Edwin Llewellyn, author: born Lancaster Co., Pa., Dec. 13, 1863; son William C. and Rebecca (Fertig) Shuman; Ph.B., North- western Univ., 1887, Ph.M., 1890; married Em- ma Thompson, of Evanston, Ill., Dec. 25, 1895. Editor Evanston Press, 1889-90; traveled in Alaska, 1891; reporter and editor on Chicago Journal, 1892-5; lit. editor and editorial writer Chicago Tribune, 1895-1901; lit. editor Chicago Record-Herald since Oct. 1901. Author and edi- tor of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 221 Kedzie St., Evans- ton. Ill.

SHUMAN, George L., publisher; head of George L. Shuman & Co. Residence: 4356 Drexel Boul. Office: 509 S. Wabash Av.

SHUMWAY, Philip Raymond, pres. Paper Mills Co .; born Evanston, Ill., Jan. 31, 1868; son Philip B. and Mary (Raymond) Shumway: grad. Northwestern Univ .. A.B., 1889; married Bloomington, Ill., 1902, Harriet Hoblit. Since 1894, pres. of the Paper Mills Co. Mem. Nat. Assn. of Credit Men. Clubs: Chicago, Univer- sity. Residence: 1605 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 319-327 5th Av.

SHURTLEFF, Wilford Calvin, wholesale druggist; born St. Charles, Ill .. Mar. 12. 1860; son Calvin and Sarah (Arnold) Shurtleff: ed. high school, Sycamore, Ill., and at Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia .; married Waterloo, Ia., Dec. 19. 1882, Kittie L. Crippen: children: Alice E .. Howard F., Helen, Bernice. Was in wire busi- ness in Chicago, 1879-80; then went to Water- loo, Ia., and was in business there until 1890; came to Chicago and was northwestern repre- sentative of the Northwestern Wire Co. In 1898 became connected with the wholesale drug house of Morrisson, Plummer & Co. (estab- lished, 1874, incorporated 1884) of which is vice-pres, and mgr .; dir. Nat. Produce Bank. Mem. Chicago Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Methodist. Pres. School Board, Wilmette. Ill Mem. Evans Lodge A.F.&A.M .: Past Grand Re- gent of Ill. and mem. finance com. Supreme Council Royal Arcanum; mem. Helmet Lodge K.P., Waterloo, Ia. Pres. Citizens' Assn. of Chicago; vice-pres. Chicago Methodist Social Union: treas, and dir. Royal Arcanum Hosp. Assn .; mom. S.A.R. Clubs: Chicago Drug Trade (dir. ), Union League. Ouimette Country Rec- reation: baseball. Residence: Wilmette. 111. Office: 310 W. Washington St.

SHUTTS, Adelbert J., lumberman: born Now- ark, N.Y., Dec. 11. 1864; son John and Sarah \. Shutts; removed in childhood to Council Bluffs. la .. and was ed. in the pub, schools there: mar- ried Northville, Mich., 187 ;. Belle Starkworth- er; 1 daughter: Buda, Came from Council Bluffs.

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Ia., in 1879, and was engaged as a broker in London. Residence: 644 Woodland Park. Of- produce on S. Water St. until 1894, when he fice: 154 W. Randolph St. became sec. and treas, of the Messinger Hard- wood Lumber Co. Republican. Mem. Royal League. Residence: Glencoe, III. Office: 2139 Elston Av.

SICKEL, John Trust, commn. grain and pro- visions; born Baltimore, Md., Mar. 20, 1862; son John L. and Emily J. (Brooks) Sickel; grad. Friends' High School, Baltimore, 1877; married Alma, Mich., 1898, Emily C. DeRussy. Came to Chicago, Jan. 1887 to establish steamship agency of firm of Sickel Bros., with which con- tinued until Apr. 1, 1904, when with Charles J. Roberts established firm of Sickel, Ro- berts & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Clubs: Glen View, Union. Resi- dence: 160S Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

SIDLEY, William Kirby, pres. Keith Bros. & Co .; born Ahern Park, Co. Cork, Ireland, Feb. 18, 1838; son Dr. Kyrle Allen and Helen (Kir- by) Sidley; brought to America in childhood, father settling in Milwaukee in practice of medicine; attended pub. schools and a private acad .; married 1865, Mary Frances Pratt; chil- dren: William Pratt, Kyrle Allen (deceased), Frederick K., Frank C., Mollie (Mrs. Rev. Hen- ry S. Foster, of Denver, Colo.), John S., Thom- as H., Philip (deceased). Owing to death of father was obliged, at age of 12, to go to work and provide for self; worked first in newspaper office and afterwards in clothing business; la- ter was buyer of furs in the then wild North- west; came to Chicago, 1860; entered employ of Keith Bros. in 1865, as general salesman; made buyer and general mgr. in 1883; upon death of James L. Woodward in 1892, became sec. and treas. and upon death of Elbridge G. Keith in 1905, became pres. of the co. Episco- palian. Clubs: Union League, Highland Park. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 320 W. Jackson Boul.

SIDLEY, William Pratt, lawyer; born Chica- go, Jan. 30, 1868; son William Kirby and Mary Frances (Pratt) Sidley; grad. Williams Coll., 1889; studied in Harvard Law School, and in Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, graduating, 1891; married Oconomowoc, Wis., June 14, 1899, Elaine Dupee; 1 son: William Kyrle. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891 and began law as clerk in of- fices of Williams, Holt & Wheeler, in which he became a junior partner in 1897, and in 1899 the present firm name of Holt, Wheeler & Sid- ley was adopted, after the death of Norman Williams, who, with John L. Thompson, had established the office in 1866. Vice-pres. and gen. counsel of Western Electric Co. Pres. Y. M.C.A. of Chicago. Clubs: University, Union League (pres. 1911-12), City, Skokie. Resi- dence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Tacoma Bldg.

SIDWAY, Leverett Barker, mfr. and banker; born Otterville, Jersey Co., Ill., Feb. 14, 1832; son George D. and Emeline (Douglass) Sid- way; ed. Otterville pub. schools and at Jones' Acad., St. Louis, Mo .; married Alton, Ill., Feb. 14, 1854, Louise - Martin; children: William M. and Charles D. (both deceased), George T., Henry T. Came from Alton, Ill., to Chicago, 1858; organized the firm of Turner & Sidway, leather and saddlery; bought stock in the State Savings Institution, 1864, and shortly after- ward became managing dir .; organized Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, 1872; sold his interest in Jan. 1878; later devoted time to buying and selling land in large bodies and loaning mon- ey on mortgages, as L. B. Sidway & Co .; grad- ually winding up his business since 1903. Dem- ocrat. Was alderman 1 year, 1856, in Alton, Ill. Was one of the original South Park commrs .; served 5 years, was reappointed and resigned 4 years later. Episcopalian. Since 1878 in farming and stock growing operations in God- frey, Ill. Clubs: Union League; also Piccadilly,

SIEBEL, John Ewald, chemist; born Hof- kamp bei Wermelskirchen, Germany, Sept. 18, 1845; son Peter and Lisetta (Reininghaus) Sie- bel; A.B., Realgymnasium, Hagen, 1862; Ph.D., Univ. of Berlin, 1865; came to America. 1865; married Anna Regina Schaeffer, of Chicago, Ill., 1870. Chief chemist Belcher's Sugar Re- fining Co., Chicago, 1866-7; established labora- tory, 1868; analyt. and forensic chemist Cook Co. and chemist Bd. of Pub. Works and other city bds., 1869-73; prof. chemistry and physics, German High Sch., 1871; city gas insp. and acting city chemist, 1873-80; pub. and editor American Chemical Review, 1880-6; pub. and editor Original Communications of Zymotech- nic Inst., 1890-1900; dir Zymotechnic Inst. since incorpn., 1901, when Siebel's Brewing Acad. was added. Mem. A.A.A.S., Chicago Acad. Science; hon. mem. Refrigerating Engrs.' Soc., U.S. Brewers' and Brewmasters' Assn., Am. Inst. for Brewing, Zymotechnica Assn. Protes- tant. Club: Germania. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 960-962 Montana St.

SIEBEN, Michael, maltster; born Ebersheim, near Mayence, Germany, Jan. 3, 1835; son Phil- ipp and Margaretha Sieben; ed. elementary school and afterward in Brewers' Acad., Mu- nich, from which he received diploma; married LaPorte, Ind., Sept. 14, 1865, Ida Fausch; chil- dren: Mathilda (deceased), Albert, William, Bernard, Edmund, Theodore, Clara, Leonard, Philip. In brewing business since 1852; came to Chicago, 1860; in 1865 bought brewery from John L. Hoerber, conducting it until 1875, when when built a new brewery on Larrabee St., op- erating it until 1895, when he sold it to the Excelsior Brewing Co .; built new brewery, 1897, at 176-182 Clybourn Av., but sold it in 1898 to the United Breweries Co., but remain- ing its mgr. as the Sieben's branch, United Breweries Co., to 1906; now in malting busi- ness. Independent in politics. Catholic. Resi- dence: 1422 Mohawk St. Office: 1464 Larrabee Street.

SIEBER, Francis Adam, physician; born at Niesse, Silesia, Germany, Mar. 28, 1841; son Paul and Francisca (DeReikert) Sieber; ed. at Coll. of Niesse, and univs. of Bonn and Bres- lau; came to U.S., 1866; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1883; married Santa Fé, N.M., Dec. 25, 1877, Louise Brooks; children: Agnes Isabella, and Frances May (wife of E. H. Lowe, mfr. the "FAL" car). Was in mil. service in Denmark, 1864, and in Austria, 1866; acted as asst. sur- geon at Fort Harker, Kan .; practiced medicine in New York, Leavenworth, Kan., Santa Fé, N.M., and, since 1882, in Chicago. Co. physi- cian and coroner of Ellsworth Co., Kan., 1874- 80; railroad surgeon on Kan. Pacific R.R. (now U.P.), 1870-4; and was surgeon and mgr. of the Woman's Hosp. at Santa Fé, N.M. In 1873 discoverer of The Sieber Serium Toxin; com- missioner of health of Lake View from 1884 until its annexation to Chicago, 1889. Mason. Recreations: motoring and walking. Residence: 4327 Michigan Av. Office: 412, 35 S. Dearborn Street.

SIEGEL, Samuel, pres. Siegel-Myers Corre- spondence School of Music; born Des Moines, Ia., Mar. 17, 1875; son David and Rachel (Zach- aria) Siegel; principally self-ed .; married Anna Saperstein, of Chicago, June 1, 1909; 1 daugh- ter: Dorothy (born May 17, 1910). Began as concert mandolin soloist at 17, and toured U.S. for a number of years; played at Palace The- atre, London, Eng., 6 weeks. 1899; soloist of Festival Concert, St. James Hall, London; was the first Am. mandolinist to appear in London; official mandolinist for Edison, Columbia and Victor phonographs past 10 years. A founder, 1903, holding offices of vice-pres. and dir. of

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instruction, and since 1908 pres. Siegel-Myers Correspondence School of Music, Chicago. Orig- inated Siegel-Myers method of teaching music by correspondence and wrote first course (man- dolin) taught by this school. Author: Siegel's Special Studies, 1901; Siegel's Classical Collec- tion; also composer of "Boston Ideal March," and about 60 other pieces. Charter mem. Am. Guild of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitar- ists. Elk. Honorary mem. Publishers' Club; mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Playgoers' Club. Jewish religion. Residence: 3144 Doug- las Boul. Office: Monon Bldg.

SIGNER, Fred Edmund, transportation mgr .; born Buffalo, N.Y., May 26, 1869; son Charles L. and Lena M. (Habig) Signer; ed. Buffalo pub. schools until 1882; married Chicago, Feb. 27, 1895, Lyle Wiltshire; children: Marjorie, Dorothy. After filling various minor positions in Buffalo was clerk (1 year) of Buffalo, New York & Phila. Ry., Buffalo, to June 1887; clerk Chicago & Atlantic Ry., Chicago, to Dec. 1887; S. Pac. Ry., Los Angeles, Cal., to Nov. 1888; C.&A.R.R., Chicago, to Mar. 1889; clerk Wabash R.R., Chicago, until Apr. 1898; Board of Trade representative same road until May 1900; agent Wabash & Lackawanna Despatch until Apr. 1902; gen. freight and passenger agent Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville R.R. until Aug. 1903; mgr. Lehigh & Wabash Despatch until Jan. 1906; asst. gen. freight agent Wa- bash Ry., St. Louis, until Nov. 26, 1906; gen. freight agent Wis. Central Ry. until Apr. 1, 1909, when it was absorbed by the Soo Line; now gen. freight agent Soo Line, Chicago di- vision. Clubs: Union League, Birchwood Coun- try, Birchwood Golf, Chicago Traffic. Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 1218 Estes Av. Office: Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg.

SIKES, see also Sykes.

SIKES, George Cushing, publicist; born at Dodge Center, Minn., June 4, 1868; son Henry Chauncey and Eleanor (Shepard) Sikes; B.S., Univ. of Minn., 1892; Ph.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1894; married Madeleine, daughter Hon. Alfred Wallin, Feb. 6, 1897. Learned printer's trade; was one time pres. Minneapolis Typographical Union; did newspaper work in Minneapolis and Chicago; editorial writer on Chicago Record, 1895-1900; sec. Chicago St. Ry. Commn., 1900-2; asst. sec., 1903-5, sec., 1906-8, Municipal Voters' League, Chicago: expert investigator for Chi- cago Harbor Commn., May, 1908-Feb. 1909, and for John M. Ewen, Chicago harbor commr., during summer and fall of 1909. Special stu- dent of municipal questions. Has written ex- tensively on municipal problems. Residence: 61. N. Central Av.

SILBER, Frederick David, lawyer; born Mil- waukee, Wis., Jan. 31, 1873; son Lewis and Caroline (Hyman) Silber; ed. German-English Acad., Milwaukee; Milwaukee High School; B.S. in elec. engring .. Univ. of Wis., 1894; mar- ried Beatrice A. Cahn, of Chicago, Jan. 3, 1899; 3 children: Elysabeth, Louise and Rob- ert. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897; mem. firm of Wheeler & Silber, 1897-1905, Wheeler, Silber & Isaacs, since 1905. Republican. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Quadrangle, Ill. Athletic, Idlewild Country. Recreations: general outdoor sports. Resi- dence: 5632 Washington Av. Offlec: Home In- surance Bldg.

SILBERMAN, Adolph, retired; born Rocken- hausen, Germany, Oct. 2, 1853; son Heinrich and Amelia (Adler) Silberman: ed. pub. schools in Germany; came to U.S., 1870; married Rock Island, 111., Mar. 10, 1891, Clara Rosenfield: 2 sons: Heinrich R., Charles Adolph. Lived at Quincy, Ill., 1870-6, at Ottumwa, la., 1876-85. at. Chicago since 1885; mem. Silberman Bros., wool and furs, 1871-1909. Republican. Mason, Clubs: Standard. Il. Athletic. Recreations: walking, country life. Residence: 4239 Grand Boul. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

SILBERMAN, Ferdinand, retired; born Rock- enhausen, Germany, June 17, 1842; son Hein- rich and Amelia (Adler) Silberman; ed. pub. schools in Germany; married Quincy, Ill., May 23, 1871, Fannie Kingsbaker; children: Cecelia (Mrs. Adolph Rosenthal), Selma (Mrs. E. E. Strauss). Came to U.S. in 1864 and engaged in the trade in wool and furs; was at Quincy, Ill., 1866-80; removed to Chicago, 1880; a mem. of Silberman Bros. until 1909, when retired. Re- publican. Mason. Dir. Winfield Tuberculosis Hosp. Club: Standard. Residence: 4943 Grand Boul. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

SILBERMAN, Sigmund, wool and fur; born Rockenhausen, Germany, June 20, 1851; son Heinrich and Amelia (Adler) Silberman; ed. pub. schools in Bavaria; came to U.S., 1870, settling in Quincy, Ill .; married Mary Levy, of Quincy, Ill., May 15, 1883; children: Beulah (Mrs. E. W. Lilienfeld), Hubert, David, Helen, Louise, Joseph D. and Marjorie. Entered the wool and fur business with his brother, at Quincy, in 1870; removed to Chicago, 1886, and with brothers Ferdinand and Adolph estab- lished the firm of Silberman Bros., of which was a member until 1909, when it was suc- ceeded by S. Silberman & Sons, of which is senior member. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country, Chicago Fishing .. Recreations: horseback riding, fishing, other outdoor diversions. Residence: 4539 Grand Boul. Office: 1117 W. 35th St.

SILK, Albert Edward, merchant; 1860-1910; see Vol. 1905.

SILK, Edward Everett, western representa- tive Bettendorf Co .; born Davenport, Ia .. May 28, 1875; son Robert. J. and Kathrine (Kober) Silk; ed. pub. schools, and Purdue Univ., in course in railway mechanical engring. Served time in machine shops and was employed at Government Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., before entering coll. After leaving coll. was connect- ed with the Central R.R. of N.J. in motive power dept., and later 3 years associate editor of Am. Engineer and Railroad Journal, New York; then 2 years Western mgr. of the O. M. Edwards Co., sec. and gen. mgr. The Holland Co., mfrs. and jobbers of ry. supplies until 1908, since then Western representative Bet- tendorf Axle Co., now Bettendorf Co., steel car builders. Presbyterian. Meni. Sigma Nu fra- ternity. Clubs: Union League. Hamilton, West- ern Railway; also Railroad (New York). Rec- reations: horseback riding, tennis, golf, boat- ing. Residence: 5342 Cornell Av. Office: 1510 McCormick Bldg.

SILLS. Edward Prascey, canned goods com :- mission; born Baltimore, Sept. 12. 1839; son Joseph and Ann (Moorhead) Sills; ed. pub. schools of Baltimore: married Sallie E. May, of Phila., Nov. 26, 1868. Entered canned goods commn. and jobbing business, Baltimore. 1873. came to Chicago, 1881, continuing in canned goods commn. on own account; mom. firm of Adams, Sills & Co., 1887-94; in charge of canned goods dept. of The J. K. Armsby Co. since 1894, and is 2d vico-pres., sec. and dir of the company. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago Athletic Assn., South Shore Country, Midlothian Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4327 Oakenwald Av. Office: 326 River St.

SILLS, Fred Mortimer, asst. soc. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank; born County of Loods. Ont., Can., Nov. 14. 1858; son William A. and Hannah (Huddleston) Sills; ed. pub, schools of Brighton. Ont .: married Evanston, Ill .. Mar 15. 1894, Mary Augusta Mott; 3 children: Will- iam Arthur, Joseph Merritt and Marion. Taught school in Ont .: in hardware business in Bright- on. Ont .; came to Chicago. Sept 1886; book- keeper 5 years; salesman for Anglo-American Provision Co. 6 months; entered Illinole Trust & Savings Bank as clerk, 1892. of which has been asst. sec. since Jan. 1899. Republican

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Methodist. Residence: 4613 N. Paulina St. Office: Illinois Trust & Savings Bank.

SILSBEE, Joseph Lyman, architect; born Salem, Mass., Nov. 25, 1848; son William and Charlotte (Lyman) Silsbee; ed. Phillips Exe- ter Acad., 1865; Harvard College, A.B., 1869; also special studies in Mass. Inst. of Tech- nology: married Syracuse, N. Y., June 5, 1875, Anna B. Sedgwick; children: Charlotte (Mrs. Francis Drexel Smith), Margaret (Mrs. Frank E. Wade), Joseph L., Jr., Ralph, Gladys, Anne (Mrs. Edward A. Rosenfeld), Deborah. Prac- ticed in Syracuse 10 years and in Chicago for past 25 years. Republican. Clubs: University, Cliff Dwellers, Press. Glen View. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1044 Hollywood Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

SILVERMAN, Lazarus, banker; 1830-1909; see Vol. 1905.

SILVERTHORNE, George Morrill, sec. and treas. Western Felt Works; born Chicago, Feb. 1, 1877; son A. D. and Frances (Hodgkins) Sil- verthorne; ed. Chicago pub. schools; Mich. Mil. Acad .; Northwestern Univ. Law School; married Riverside, Ill., Oct. 31, 1903, Edith Hellyer. Began in the felt mfg. business in 1898, joining in the organization of the West- ern Felt Works, mfrs. of harness and clothing · felts, of which is sec. and treas. Was capt. Co. A, 161st Ind. Vol. Inf .; saw service in Cuba for 5 months during Spanish-Am. War. Epis- copalian. Club: Riverside Golf. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 4115 Ogden Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 184

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