The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 185

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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SILVESTRI, Hugo, consul of Austria-Hun- gary; born Malè, Austria, Sept. 8, 1871; ed. Consular Acad., Vienna; married Maria Berti, of Diinaro, Austria. Entered Austro-Hungarian diplomatic service as attaché of legation, Pe- king, China, 1897-1901; vice-consul at Chicago, 1902-6; temporarily attached to embassy, Wash- ington, 1906-7; consul at Cleveland, 1907-9; acting consul-gen. at Chicago since 1909. Club: University. Residence: 207 E. Chestnut St. Office: The Temple.

SIMMONS, Francis Tolles, importer kid gloves; born Little Compton, R.I., Sept. 8, 1855; son Albert H. and Sarah J. (Tolles) Sim- mons; direct descendant John and Priscilla Alden; ed. pub. schools and Burr & Burton Sem .; married Chicago, 1883, Hattie Northam Bush; 2 children: William Bush, Kathryn Eliz- abeth. Came to Chicago, 1881, representing the Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. until 1893, when he went into business as mem. of Bush, Simmons & Co .; now sec. and treas. Francis T. Simmons Co., importers and jobbers of kid gloves; also sec. and dir. William H. Bush & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Lin- coln Park commr. since 1901 and president of the board since 1905. Mem. Small Parks Commn. City of Chicago, Chicago Assn. of Commerce, S.A.R., Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Skokie Golf, City. Residence: 21 E. Goethe St. Office: 327 W. Adams St.

SIMMONS, George H., physician; born Eng- land, Jan. 2, 1853; son George and Sarah Louise (Clifford) Simmons; came to U.S., 1870; preliminary edn. in England; also studied at Tabor Coll., Ia., 1871-2; Univ. of Neb., 1872-6; grad. Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1882; Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1892; L.M. Rotunda Hosp., Dublin, 1884; (hon. A.M., Tabor Coll., 1899; LL.D., Northwestern Univ., 1907); in Europe, 1883-4; studied in Dublin, Ireland, Bir- mingham and London, Eng., and Vienna, Aus- tria. Practiced medicine and surgery at Lin- coln, Neb., 1884-99; gen. sec. A.M.A. and editor Journal of Am. Med. Assn. since 1899. First lt. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps since 1908. Sec. State Med. Soc., 1895-9, Western Surgical and Gynecological Soc., 1896-9. Clubs: University, City (Chicago), Army and Navy (Washington, D.C.). Residence: 4217 Kenmore Av. Office: 535 Dearborn Av.

SIMMONS, Parke Edmund, lawyer; born at Tipton, la., Oct. 29, 1858; son Edmund B. and AAmelia (McLeod) Simmons; A.B., Cornell Univ., 1881; Ph.B., Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1888; married Jessie B. Williams, of Ev- anston, Ill., Oct. 9, 1895. Admitted to bar in lowa, 1882, and Ill., 1883; came to Chicago, 1882, and has since been engaged in practice here. Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Union League, University, Caxton, Glen View and University of Evanston. Residence: 1746 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1211 Marquette Bldg.

SIMMONS, Russell Mix, banker; born Au- rora, Ill., Mar. 9, 1876; son Nathan C. and Hor- tense S. (Mix) Simmons; ed. West Aurora (Ill.) High School and Univ. of Mich., B.Litt., 1899; married Kate W. Pope, of New York, Mar. 9, 1909. Teller First Nat. Bank, Aurora, 1897, Merchants' Nat. Bank, Aurora, 1898; salesman for Devitt, Tremble & Co., bankers and bond dealers, Chicago, 1899-1904; mem. firm of Howard, Simmons & Co., banking and general bond business, since 1904; also vice- pres. Citizens Gas Light Co., Jackson, Tenn., Jackson County Light, Heat & Power Co. of Mo. Republican. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Elks. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: motoring, golf, hunting. Res- idence: 5050 Drexel Boul. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

SIMMS, see also Sims.

SIMMS, S(tephen) Chapman, ethnologist; born Georgetown, D.C., Mar. 22, 1864; son Jo- seph Libbey and Rosa Margaret (Edmonston) Simms; ed. private schools; married at Wash- ington, Margaret Elizabeth, daughter Ephraim Whitlock, of Brooklyn, Apr. 23, 1891. Report- er, corr., asst. managing editor, 1884-90; asst. sec. and chargé d'affaires, dept. foreign affairs, Chicago Exposition, 1891-4; Royal Portuguese vice-consul, Chicago, since 1892; made repre- sentative of late Sultan of Johore, Straits Set- tlement, during Chicago Exposition; asst. cura- tor of industrial arts, 1894, asst. curator eth- nology since 1894, Field Mus. Natural His- tory, Chicago. Ethnologist in charge div. of ethnology, dept. anthropology, St. Louis Ex- position, 1904. Address: 2023 Kenwood Terrace.

SIMON, Charles William; born Hudson, N.Y., Apr. 30, 1854; son George and Catherine (Dietz) Simon; ed. common school and at Albany (N.Y.) Acad .; has lived in Chicago since 1875; cashier and mgr. for Perry & Co., wholesale stoves, until 1888; mem. Ehman & Simon Mfg. Co., 1889-96; and since then has devoted entire attention to the business of the Interior Wood Working Co. (established Jan. 1, 1893), which in 1906 became the Interior Mantel & Tile Co., of which is pres. Lutheran. Mem. Germania Maennerchor, Ancient Order of Aztecs, North Chicago Bowling Assn. Recreations: bowling and traveling. Residence: 611 Barry Av. Of- fice: 21 E. Van Buren St.

*SIMON, Robert Matthew; see Vol. 1905.

*SIMONDS, Edwin Franklin; moved to New Orleans, La .; see Vol. 1905.

SIMONDS, Ossian Cole, landscape gardener; born Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 11, 1855; son Joel A. and Harriet Newell (Garfield) Simonds; grad. Grand Rapids High School, 1874; C.E., Univ. of Mich., 1878; married Martha E. Rum- sey, of Grand Rapids, Mich., May 12, 1881; children: Gertrude E., Herbert R., Marshall G., Donald R. and Robert O. Mem. firm Holabird, Simonds & Roche, architects, Chicago, 1880-3; supt. Graceland Cemetery, 1881-98, mem. board of mgrs., and landscape gardener since 1898; also engaged in general landscape gardening since 1883, and as senior mem. firm of O. C. Simonds & Co., since 1903. Lecturer on land- scape gardening, Univ. of Mich., since 1909. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs., Am. Soc. Land- scape Architects, Assn. of Am. Cemetery

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Supts., Delta Upsilon, etc. Clubs: University, City, Cliff Dwellers. Recreation: landscape gardening. Residence: 929 Montrose Av. Of- fice: 1101 Buena Av.

SIMONS, Algie Martin, editor; born N. Free- dom, Wis., Oct. 9, 1870; son Horace B. and Linda (Blackmun) Simons; B.L., Univ. of Wis., 1895, special honors in economics; mar- ried Eleanor May Wood (May Wood Simons, writer), of Baraboo, Wis. In social settlement and associated charity work, 1895-9; editor Worker's Call (now Chicago Socialist), Mar. 1899-Jan. 1900; editor International Socialist Review, 1900-6; editor Chicago Daily Socialist, since Nov. 1906. Writer and lecturer on social- ism. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 2319 Sher- man Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 205 W. Wash- ington St.

SIMONS, Franklin P., lawyer; born New York City, Sept. 18, 1853; son Nelson P. and Henrietta (Height) Simons; left motherless at age of 2, and an orphan at 7, without any means except his native courage; sold papers, blacked boots and did what he could for a liv- ing; attended school whenever possible; went to Aurora, N.Y., at 16, and was aided by E. B. Morgan and E. B. Wells, of that place, to se- cure educational advantages; after 2 years of general study took up study of law during the leisure hours left from other duties; came to Chicago, 1872, continued his studies and was admitted to Ill. bar, 1878; married at Bat- tle Creek, Mich .. 1884, Emily Hubbard; chil- dren: Harriett H., Erskine Phelps. In general practice of law since 1878 in Chicago; during earlier years of professional life had numerous important criminal cases, including the Cary murder case in 1878 and the case, in same year, of Mark Gray, for attempting to assas- sinate Edwin Booth, the famous Shakespear- ean actor; has for many years confined himself to civil cases, and settled many important questions of law now regarded as leading precedent cases of Ill. In 1907 he finished a treatise on probate practice, the law of estates, testate and intestate, in 2 volumes, published by Callaghan & Co., the work being now con- sidered the standard work for Ill .; has about completed a general treatise on the law of Administration and Wills. Lectures on these subjects in Chicago Law School. Mason (K.T.), Royal Arcanum. Residence: 6629 Yale Av. Office: 1407 Marquette Bldg.

SIMONS, Joseph, grain commn .; born Bris- tol, Eng., June 29, 1866; son Lewis and Jane (Jacobs) Simons; came to Chicago with par- ents in childhood; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Nov. 12, 1900, Carrie K. Kirschner; children: Alexander, Raymond, Rayner, Lewis, Grace. In employ of E. A. Bigelow, grain com- mission, and later with O. H. Roche; then mem. firm of Gulick, Simons & Co., and on May 1, 1903, succeeded to the business as sole propri- etor, under firm name of J. Simons & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: farming, reading. Residence: Elm- hurst, Ill. Office: Board of Trade Bldg.

SIMONSON, Roger Allen, pres. Roger A. Si- monson & Co .; born Newark, N.J., Jan. 26. 1875; son Rev. George Allen and Emeline (Clarke) Simonson: ed. pub. schools, Newark, N.J., 1881-3; Woburn, Mass., 1883-4: St. Charles, Ill., 1884-8; IS. St. Charles (Ill.) High School, 1888- 92; grad., 1892, extension course of Univ. of Chicago; married Chicago, Nov. 18, 1902, Edith. daughter John H. Byrne, M.D .: 2 children: Roger A., Jr., Edith Byrne. Was employed in Marshall Field & Co.'s wholesale store, 1892-4; in Library Bureau, 1894-1901; on Aug. 10, 1901. organized Roger A. Simonson & Co., of which is pres., mfrs, of fittings and furnishings for banks, libraries, court-houses and business of- ficos, in steel and hardwood. Republican. Bap- tist. Mom. Ill. Mfrs' Assn., Chicago Credit Men's Assn. Clubs: Berwyn and Berwyn Ro-

publican. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Sum- mer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Residence: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 1070 Peoples Gas Bldg.

SIMPSON, George Edwin, ry. official; born Concord, N.H., May 25, 1847; son James and Eliza (Grant) Simpson; ed. pub, schools of Concord, N.H .; married Aurora, Ill., Feb. 13, 1877, Zytilla G. James; 2 children: Edna O., James F. Began as telegraph operator at the Buda Station of the C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1864; later station agt. at Buda, train dispatcher at Gales- burg, chief train dispatcher at Aurora, Ill., and Ottumwa, Ia .; supt. of telegraph, 1882-8, supt. of transportation, since Oct. 1888, C.,M.&St.P. Ry .; with headquarters at Milwaukee, until 1891; since then in Chicago. Residence: 6157 Crescent Rd. Office: 1212 Ry. Exchange.

SIMPSON, Grover Benjamin, general supt. Wells, Fargo & Co. Express; born near Ft. lamhill, Ore., Feb. 28, 1858; son Hon. Benjamin and Nancy (Cooper) Simpson; ed. Willamette Univ., Salem, Ore .; married The Dalles, Ore., Nov. 26, 1885, Alma C. Beezley; children: Dud- ley E., Burney J. In surveyor general's office at Portland, Ore., 1872-7; since 1877 in service of Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, beginning as messenger, and later agt. at Spokane Falls. Wash., then consecutively agt. at Tacoma, Wash .; route agt. at Portland, Ore .; route agt. at San Antonio, Tex .; asst. supt. and agt. at Helena, Mont .; agt. at Denver, Colo .: general agt. at Kansas City; supt. at Omaha, Neb., 1892. then at St. Louis, Mo., and Chicago, 1899-1909; gen. supt. Atlantic Dept., western headquar- ters, Chicago, since May 1, 1909. Republican. Mason. Residence: 5535 Madison Av. Office: Hartford Bldg.

SIMPSON, James, second vice-pres. Marshall Field & Co .; born Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 26, 1874; son of William and Isabella (Brechin) Simpson; parents came to U.S. in 1880, settling at Chicago; ed. pub. schools and business coll., Chicago; married Jessie McLaren, of Chicago, Dec. 1, 1903; 2 sons: James, Jr., John McLaren. Began business career with Marshall Field & Co., as clerk in cashier's office, May 18, 1891, becoming confidential clerk in Mr. Field's of- fice in 1892, later serving in various other re- sponsible capacities until the death of Mr. Field, in 1906, when became 2d vice-pres. and asst. to the pres. Dir. Rush Med. Coll .; treas. Chicago Fresh Air Hosp. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf, Westward Ho Golf. Recreations: golf, tennis, outdoor diversions. Residence: $46 Buena Av. Office: Adams St. and 5th Av.

SIMPSON, Marcus D. L., brigadier-general U.S.A .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

SIMPSON, Samuel Diller, cork mfr .; born Lancaster, Pa., Apr. 22, 1854; son John and Henrietta (Ferrier) Simpson: ed. in public schools of Lancaster, Pa .: married Nellie Lou- ise Fellows, at Racine, Wis .. Apr. 26, 1883: 1 son: Samuel Diller, Jr. Brass moulder, until 1877; then, until May 1878, in cork factory of Lancaster (Pa.) Cork Works, and from May 1878 until 1885 was their western agt., and after the failure of that concern became, 1885-9. western agt. for the Phoenix Cork Works of Lancaster, Pa .: in 1889 began on own account. under style of Chicago Cork Works, which, in 1900, was incorporated as Chicago Cork Works Co., of which is pres. Democrat. Mem. Ger- man Reformed Church. Mason (32°. K.T .. Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic. Mfrs. and Deal- ers, Fox Lake Country (dir.). Recreations: sailing, fishing, Summer Residence: Fox Lake. Ill. Residence: 3326 South Park Av. Office: $09 Plymouth Ct.

SIMS, see also Simms.

SIMS, Edwin Walter, lawyer; born Hamil- ton, Ont., Can., June 4, 1870; son Walter and Elizabeth (Knowles) Sims: acad. edn. Bay City. Mich. ; LL. B., Univ. of Mich, 1594; mar- ried Charlotte Smith, of Chicago, Feb. 9, 1898.

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Previous to 1892 served at different times as reporter, editor or spl. corr. on staff Tribune, Times-Press and Post, Bay City, and Journal, Detroit. Admitted to bar, July 1, 1894; entered practice of law in Chicago, 1894. Apptd. co. atty., Cook Co., Ill., June 4, 1900, reapptd. Dec. 1, 1902; resigned to accept position of spl. atty., Bnr. Corpns., Washington, Sept. 15, 1903; apptd. solicitor Dept. of Commerce and Labor, by Pres. Roosevelt, Mar. 4, 1905; sent by Govt. to make spl. investigation of the Alaskan Fur Seal Fisheries on the Pribilof Islands in Bering Sea, Alaska, 1906; apptd. U.S. atty. for North- ern Dist. of Ill. (Chicago), Sept. 1, 1906; apptd. mem. Advisory Bd., Fur Seal Service, Feb. 6, 1909; Republican. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Clubs: Union League, Ham- ilton, Press, Law, South Shore Country, Wood- lawn Park. Residence: 6520 Kimbark Av. Of- fice: 826 Federal Bldg.

SINCERE, Charles, stock broker; born Chi- cago, July 3, 1874; son Henry and Rose Sin- cere; ed. pub. schs .; married Mayme Wershin- ski, of Mendota, Ill., Oct. 9, 1900. Began as bookkeeper in Corn Exchange Bank; became identified with the stocks and grain business, entering the employ of John Dickinson & Co. in 1898, and was mgr. of their Chicago office, 1901-6, when engaged in brokerage business on own account under the firm name of Charles Sincere & Co. Was mem. Co. K, 1st Regt. Inf., I.N.G., about 9 years; now mem. Veteran Corps, 1st Regt., I.N.G. Mason (Chapter). Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 5338 Prairie Av. Office: 425 Home Ins. Bldg.

SINGER, Berthold, consul, patent atty .; born Jaszberény, Hungary, Nov. 23, 1860; son Maxi- milian and Fanny (Kopperl) Singer; ed. gym- nasium in Hungary; Univ. of Budapest, 1880-2, Univ. of Berlin, 1882-4; married Berlin, Ger., July 16, 1885, Anna Ebner; children: Fay, Al- bert, Alexander, Ada. Came to U.S., 1884, and to Chicago, 1889. Since 1899 consul of Spain, Nicaragua and Costa Rica in Chicago. Author: Patents, Trade-Marks, Designs, Copyrights; United States and Foreign Copyright Laws. Club: Illinois. Residence: 2023 Washington Boul. Office: Security Bldg.

SINGER, Mortimer Henry, theatre mgr .; born Oconomowoc, Wis., Apr. 13, 1878; son Bernhard and Sarah (Gross) Singer; ed. high school, Milwaukee; married Celia Nathan, of Chicago, 1907; 1 son: Jerome. Began as office boy in Bijou Theatre, Milwaukee, 1893; man- aged theatres at St. Paul and Minneapolis, 1899- 1904; pres. LaSalle Theatre Co., Chicago, since 1904, and Princess Theatre Co. and Princess Amusement Co., Chicago, since 1908. Has pro- duced: The Umpire; The Time, The Place and The Girl; The Girl Question; The Girl at the Helm; The Golden Girl; The Stubborn Cinder- ella; Prince of To-Night; Miss Nobody from Starland; The Flirting Princess, etc. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Lambs, Friars (New York). Residence: 4731 Michigan Av. Office: Princess Theatre.

SINGLETON, Shelby Magoffin, sec. and atty. of Citizens' Assn. of Chicago; born Alexandria, Va., May 2, 1867; son William F. and Gertrude (Magoffin) Singleton (grandson of Beriah Ma- goffin, war gov. of Ky., and great-grandson of Gen. Isaac Shelby, first gov. of Ky.); attended Evanston High School, 1884-7; Northwestern Univ., 1887-8; Northwestern Law School, grad- uating LL.B. in 1892, as valedictorian in class of 80 members; married Evanston, Ill., June 6, 1893, Olive Mary Finley; children: Shelby Ma- goffin, Jr., Mary Eleanor, Elizabeth Anne. Prac- ticed law, 1892-4; in charge Chicago Law Inst. Library, largest law library in the West, 1895-6; on staff of Chicago Inter Ocean, 1896- 1901; Sunday editor Milwaukee Sentinel, 1901-2; political editor Chicago Record-Herald, 1902-3; sec. Citizens' Assn. of Chicago since May 1903. Mem. Phi Delta Phi, Delta Upsilon (1st vice-

pres. of nat. organization, 1904, pres. Chicago Delta Upsilon Club, 1910). Club: City. Recrea- tion: tennis. Residence: 522 Hill St., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 106 N. LaSalle St.

SINSHEIMER, Benjamin, jobber of shoes; born Chicago, Oct. 26, 1867; son Zachariah and Caroline (Kohn) Sinsheimer; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Jan. 27, 1902, Rena Spiesberger; 1 daughter: Florence. Began as office boy in wholesale dry goods store of Shoyer & Co .; remained 11 years, becoming traveling salesman. In 1890 entered the retail shoe store of his brother, Simon; in 1894, with his brother and Mr. Julius A. Bach as partners, organized firm of Sinsheimer, Bach & Co., job -. bers of children's shoes; in 1910 with his broth- er, Simon, organized present firm of Sinsheimer Bros. & Co. Republican. Jewish. Club: Ham- ilton. Residence: 4747 Forrestville Av. Office: 215 W. Monroe St.

SIPPY, Bertram Welton, physician; born at Neptune, Wis., Oct. 30, 1866; son Thomas and Laura (Welton) Sippy; student Univ. of Wis., 1884-7; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1890; interne Cook Co. Hosp., Chicago, 1890-2; Univ. of Vienna, 1895-6, Univ. of Berlin, 1902; mar- ried Mabel Lamberson, of Madison, Wis., June 25, 1895. In practice at Chicago, since 1890; asst. chief surgeon N.P.R.R., 1892-5; instr. and asst. prof. medicine, 1897-1906, prof. medicine since 1906, Rush Med. Coll. (Univ. of Chicago) ; attending phys. Cook Co., and Presbyn. hosps. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, A.M.A. Residence: 5613 Woodlawn Av. Office: 32 N. State St.

SISLEY, Lyman Archibald, editor; born Chi- cago, Feb. 2, 1861; son John James and Annie (Lyman) Sisley; ed. pub. schools; read law privately; married Helen Meikeljohn, of Butte, Mont., Aug. 27, 1890; 1 son: Lyman Noyes. Ad- mitted to Neb. bar, 1887, and engaged in prac- tice at O'Neill, Neb., until 1897; vice-pres., dir. and editor of The Mining World, Chicago, since 1897. Republican. Episcopalian. K.P. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Club: Colonial. Residence: 4220 Vincennes Av. Office: 1419 Monadnock Blk.

SISSON, Edgar Grant, newspaper man; born Alto, Wis., Dec. 23, 1875; son Earl Truman and Lucy (Learned) Sisson; prep. edn. pub. gram- mar and high schools, Rochester, Minn .; stu- dent Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., 1894- 7; married Dixie, daughter Ralph A. and Fran- ces M. Ladd, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1898; 2 chil- dren: Mildred and Edgar G., Jr. Coll. corre- spondent and staff reporter Chicago Chronicle, 1895-8; reporter, 1898-9, dramatic editor, 1899- 1901, Chicago Tribune; asst. city editor, 1902, city editor, 1903, Chicago American; asst. city editor, 1903-9, city editor since Sept. 1909, Chi- cago Tribune. Mem. Northwestern Chapter Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Newspaper, Evanston Golf. Residence: 929 Elmwood Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: The Tribune.

SISSON, Everett, publisher; born Rush Co., Ind., Jan. 13, 1871; son of Marquis L. and Nan E. (Harold) Sisson; ed. pub. schools, and Spice- land (Ind.) Acad .; married Josephine Amy Pierce, June 26, 1897; 1 daughter: Helen Pierce. Pub. accountant, 1891-3; became identified with The Interior, 1893, becoming business mgr., 1895, and publisher, in charge of editorial and business policy, 1901-10; The Interior absorbed The Westminster, of Phila., 1910, under name of The Continent, of which has since been pub- lisher. Sec. McCormick Pub. Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Trustee Presbyn. Hosp. Clubs: Union League, Westward Ho Golf. Recrea- tions: golf, fishing, literature. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: Ohio Bldg., cor. Wabash Av. and Congress St.

SITTS, Lewis D., produce commn .; born at Caughdenoy, N.Y., July 20, 1858; son George H. and Eliza (Waltz) Sitts; grad. Washington School, Chicago, 1878. Began in employ of H. P. Stanley Co., wholesale fruit dealers, 1878-

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1904; sec. McGregor Machinery Co., 1904-8; mem. firm Hovland & Sitts, produce commn., since 1908. Del. to Rep. Nat. Convention, 1904; alderman from 17th Ward of Chicago since 1903. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Royal League. Residence: 1471 Grand Av. Office: 19 E. South Water St.

SKEELE, Edward Ellms, lumber merchant; born Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 7, 1863; son John H. and Clara (Ellms) Skeele; came to Chicago in 1867; student Amherst Coll., 1881-2; mar- ried Edna Disbro, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 31, 1890; 2 children: Ruth K. and Edward D. Began in father's firm, J. H. Skeele & Co., in 1883-8, then with Mich. Lumber Co. until 1888; later was identified with various lumber inter- ests until 1902, when assisted in organizing the Estabrook-Skeele Lumber Co. of which has since been vice-pres. and dir. Dir. Turtle Lum- ber Co., Columbus, Miss., Newhouse Mill & Lumber Co., Gould, Ark .; general supt. Gould Southwestern Ry. Republican. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Club: Beverly Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 9220 Pleasant Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.

SKELTON, Leonard Lawshe, physician and surgeon; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

SKIFF, Frederick James Volney, museum dir., expn. mgr .; born Chicopee, Mass., Nov. 5, 1851; son James Martin and Angeline C. (Win- chell) Skiff; ed. Springfield, Mass., and Brook- lyn; (hon. M.A., Colo. College, 1905; LL.D., George Washington Univ., 1908); married Mary R., daughter Dr. Otis Everett French, of Gar- nett, Kan., June 3, 1876. Removed to Kan., 1870; in newspaper work, Lawrence, Kan., 1870- 7; on staff Denver Tribune, 1877, and advanced until he became its mgr. Mem. Colo. Legisla- ture, 1885-6; apptd. commr. of immigration and statistics for Colo., 1889; prepared exhibits re- sources of Colo. at Chicago Expn., 1899, St. Louis Expn., 1890; apptd., 1890, by President Harrison, mem. Chicago Commn .; chmn. com. mines and mining, same; also apptd. by act of legislature, 1891, mem. Colo. State Bd., Co- lumbian Fair Mgrs .; chief dept. mines and mining, 1891-3, and deputy dir .- gen., 1892-3, Chicago Expn. Dir. Field Mus. of Natural His- tory since 1894. Assisted in organizing and be- came mem. jury of awards, Nashville (Tenn.) Expn., 1897; dir .- in-chief U.S. exhibits, Paris Expn., 1898-1901; dir. of exhibits, St. Louis Ex- pn., 1901-5; apptd., 1908, U.S. commr .- gen. Japa- nese Expn., 1917. Received bronze medal from France and gold medal from Germany at Chi- cago Expn .; comdr. Legion d'honneur, France, 1904; comdr. Leopold, Belgium, 1904; Crown, Italy, 1904; Red Eagle, Germany; Francis Jo- seph, Austria; comdr. Double Dragon, China; comdr. Sacred Treasure, Japan; etc. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Internat. Mus. Assn. of Eng., N.E.A., Nat. Geog. Soc., A.A.A.S., etc. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: Field Muse- um of Natural History.

SKINNER, Edward McGinnis, gen. mgr. of Wilson Bros .; born Boston, Mass., Sept. 4, 1864; son Otis A. and Martha (McGinnis) Skinner; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, July 5, 1893, Carolyn Caldwell. Began as mes- senger in the wholesale store of Field, Leiter & Co., in 1881, remaining with that house until 1892, when went with Cluett, Coon & Co., in charge of their credit dept., 1892-6; since 1896 with Wilson Bros., first as credit man and since 1901 as gen. mgr. and dir. One of or- ganizers, then dir. and 1 year pres. of the Chicago Credit Men's Assn .; ex-1st vice-pres. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country, City. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 528 S. 5th Av.

Fisher, Denver, Colo .. as salesman and buyer of dry goods, 1877-87; since 1887 in present business as partner in firm of Skinner Bros. (incorporated, 1895), of which is now pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill., Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League (chmn. house com.), Chicago Yacht. Midloth- ian Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: Union League Club. Office: 206 S. Market St. SKINNER, Hubert Marshall, author; born Valparaiso, Ind., Jan. 15, 1855; son Hon. John N. and Joanna E. (Marshall) Skinner; B.S., Valparaiso Coll., 1871; A.M., DePauw Univ., 1877; (Ph.D., Chattanooga Univ., 1902, Valpa- raiso, 1907); married Emily S. Ogden, of North- field, Minn. Supt. city schools, Brookville, Ind., 1880-3; deputy state supt. pub. instruction, 1883-6; first sec. Teachers' Reading Circle of Ind .; in charge of reading circle correspond- ence of Am. Book Co., since 1892. Has written poems for occasions of national interest; orig- inated celebration of "Lincoln Day." Councilor Am. Inst. Civics; vice-pres. Western Assn. Writers, 1904-5. Editor-in-chief of Collegiate Course for Home Study (12 vols.), 1908-9. Au- thor of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: Morgan Park, Ill. Of- fice: 1104 Wabash Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 185

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