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SMITH, Willis, lawyer; born nr. Decatur, Ill., Mar. 20, 1854; son William C. and Leacy J. (Pope) Smith; ed. dist. and high schools of Decatur, and Lincoln Univ., Lincoln, Ill .; mar- ried Ada B. Gray, of Decatur, June 2, 1880; 1 son: Raymond Melville. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1880; in employ of Edwin F. Bayley, 1878-84; with Knickerbocker & Holdom, 1884-90; part- nership with John J. Knickerbocker, 1890-8; mem. firm of Smith & Wallace since 1906; atty. for The Fair; also Mrs. Lehmann's personal atty .; pres. Galesburg & Great Eastern R.R. Democrat. Presbyterian. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 6950 Perry Av. Office: 1603 Majestic Bldg.
SMOOT, Harry Edward, lawyer; born Sweet- water, Ill., Jan. 27, 1880; son Charles Edwin and Tempe (Clark) Smoot; ed. Petersburg High School, Ill .; Eureka College; A.B., North- western Univ., 1903; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1907; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1906; mem. Chase & Smoot since Jan. 1, 1908; asst. atty. Legal Aid Soc., 1906-7; atty. for Juvenile Protective Assn. since Jan. 15, 1908. Author: Manual of Juvenile Laws, 1909. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Inst. Criminal Law and Criminol- ogy, Am. Child Conference for Research and Welfare. Mason; mem. Delta Upsilon, Delta Chi. Clubs: University, City, Social Service. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Residence: Hull House. Office: 1520 Ashland Blk.
SMULSKI, John Franklin, banker, lawyer; born Posen, Poland, Feb. 4, 1867; son William and Euphemia (Balcer) Smulski; ed. pub. schs. in U.S. and Germany; 3 years in Govt. Military High School, in Germany; 2 years at St. Je- rome's College, Berlin, Can .; 1 year in law dept. of Northwestern Univ., Chicago; married Chicago, June 7, 1899, Harriet Mikitynski. Was 5 years in the newspaper and publishing busi- ness with his father, who established, 1869, the first Polish newspaper in the U.S .; taught 1 year at St. Stanislaus School, Chicago; con- tributed numerous articles to Am. and Polish newspapers. Admitted to bar, 1890; mem. law firm of David, Smulski & McGaffey, several years to 1905; in 1906 organized the North- western Trust & Savings Bank, of which has since been pres .; also pres. Pulaski Lumber Co. Alderman from 16th Ward 2 terms and from 17th Ward 1 term, 1898-1903; city atty., 1903-5; state treas. of Ill., 1905-7; candidate for Rep. nomination for mayor, primary elec- tion, Feb. 1911. Mem. Board of West Park Commrs. (was pres. of board). Clubs: Press, North-West, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: driving and walking. Residence: 2138 Ewing Pl. Office: 1152 Mil- waukee Av.
SMYTH, John McDonnell, Sr., merchant; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.
SMYTH, John McDonnell, sec. John M. Smyth Company; born Chicago, Sept. 29, 1882; son John M. (died 1909) and Jane A. (Hand) Smyth; ed. St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago, Lewis Inst. and business coll .; unmarried. Began business career with John M. Smyth Com- pany (established by his father in 1867) and served in several depts. in various capacities until Jan. 1903, when became sec. and dir. of the corpn., and gen. mgr. of the John M. Smyth Mail Order Co. Republican. Catholic. Resi- dence: 1446 Dearborn Av. Office: 663 W. Wash- ington Boul.
SMYTH, Thomas Alexander, real estate; born Chicago, Sept. 27, 1848; son Michael K. and Bridget (McDonnell) Smyth; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Boston, Mass., Aug. 27, 1879, Sarah Elizabeth Usher (died Feb. 1894) ; 7 children. Was for a time engaged in the re- tail furniture business with his brother, John
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M. Smyth (now deceased), but sold his inter- est, 1888, and engaged in real estate and ins. business. Trustee Sanitary District of Chicago since 1895; pres. same, 1901-2; reëlected pres. Nov. 8, 1910, for term of 6 years; apptd. by Gov. Yates one of the commrs. for the State of Ill. to the Pan-Am. Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y., 1901. Mem. K. P., Royal Arcanum, Knights of Columbus, Nat. Union, Royal League. Dem- ocrat. Club: Belmont Golf. Recreations: golf, fishing, hunting. Residence: 2022 Jackson Boul. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
SMYTH, Thomas McDonnell, merchant; born Chicago, Nov. 4, 1872; son late John M. and Jane A. (Hand) Smyth; attended pub. schools of Chicago; grad. Jesuit Coll., Fordham, N. Y., 1893; married Chicago, Feb. 6, 1901, Mary A. Flynn; 2 sons: William P. and Thomas M., Jr. First business experience was as office boy, during vacation, in his father's furniture and house- hold goods business; served apprenticeship in the hardwood finishing, upholstering and other depts., including the selection of crockery; first mechanical work was the polishing of stoves and other similar work; advanced steadily in the John M. Smyth Company, and in 1894 became vice-pres., sec. and mgr. of the business, and upon the death of his father, in 1909, he was chosen pres. Republican on na- tional issues. Catholic. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 3436 Jackson Boul. Office: 721 W. Madison St.
SMYTH, William Patrick, treas. John M. Smyth & Co .; born Chicago, July 2, 1880; son late John M. and Jane A. (Hand) Smyth; stu- dent St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago; grad. Lewis Institute, 1892, and from a business college, 1893; unmarried. Began business career with John M. Smyth & Co. (established by father in 1867), and served in several depts. in various capacities until Jan. 1902, when became a dir. and treas. of the company. Republican. Cath- olic. Mem. of several college fraternities. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 1444 Dear- born Av. Office: 721 W. Madison St.
SMYTHE, Edwin Hutchison, patent expert and engr .; born Freeport, Ill., Sept. 3, 1873; son William W. and Emily (Hutchison) Smythe; ed. pub. schools, and Morgan Park (Ill.) Acad .; unmarried. Began in engring. dept. of Chicago Telephone Co., 1891-4; with Central Union Tele- phone Co., 1894-7; in patent and engring. dept. of the Western Electric Co., 1897-1904; en- gaged as patent expert and engr. since 1904. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Am. Electrochem. Soc., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Pres- byterian. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 1113 E. 61st St. Office: 738 Monad- nock Blk.
SNASHALL, Carlton Hosmer, clergyman; born Monroe, Wis., Apr. 7, 1873; son Jabez and Julia Harriet (Shapley) Snashall; A.B., Kala- mazoo (Mich.) Coll., 1897; A.B., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1898; post-grad. studies Div. School of Univ. of Chicago 2 years; married Ida L. Will- mott, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 27, 1899. Or- dained Baptist ministry, Oct. 1900; pastor Grace Church, Chicago, 1899-1908, and its suc- cessor, Epiphany Church, since May 11, 1908. Dir. Chicago Baptist Hosp. Recreation: auto- mobiling. Residence: 2817 Warren Av.
SNELLING, Fred David Perry, real estate; born Kinmundy, Marion Co., Ill., Oct. 11, 1869; son David Perry and Hannah (Alexander) Snelling; grad. high school, Kinmundy, 1887: married, Martha A. Rutherford, of Chicago, Oct. 11, 1897. Salesman with E. W. Zander & Co., real estate, 1890-4; agent Unity Bldg., 127 N. Dearborn St., 1894-7; later mem. firm Mulhol- and & Snelling until Apr. 1, 1910, since then 14. D. P. Snelling & Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Real Estate Board. Mason, Odd Fellow. Democrat. Clubs: 11. Athletic, Iroquois, Ravenswood Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 935 Glengyle Pl. Office: 920 Unity Building.
SNITE, Francis Joseph, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Aug. 16, 1877; son Albert and Josephine (Goss) Snite; ed. West Division High School, 1890-4; Univ. of Chicago, 1894-5; A.B., Har- vard Univ., 1899, LL.B., 1901; unmarried. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1901, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. firm of Snite & McNeil; asst. corpn. counsel, Chicago, 1907-8; trial atty. (asst. city atty.) in office of city atty., since 1908. Republican. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Garden City Lodge K.P. No. 145; Dramatic Or- der Knights of Khorassan, Chicago Temple No. 128. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Yacht. Recreation: yachting. Residence: 2036 Harri- son St. Office: 1206 Marquette Bldg.
*SNIVELY, Thaddeus Alexander, clergyman: see Vol. 1905.
*SNOW, Albert Eugene, mfrs.' agent; see Vol. 1905.
SNOW, Bernard Willis, editorial writer and crop expert; born Coleraine, Franklin - Co., Mass., Sept. 19, 1864; son Asaph L. and Teresa L. (Mckinney) Snow; early ednl. facilities lim- ited to 3 months a year in pub. schools in Tenn .; during the '80s attended night school at Washington, D.C .; LL.M., Nat. Univ., Washing- ton, D.C., 1887; married Philadelphia, Dec. 27, 1887, Lizzie E. Sinnett; 1 daughter: Teresa Marie. Entered U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, as office boy, 1882; assigned to Bureau of Statis- tics and passed up through all grades of clerk- ship until 1889, when Congress created the po- sition of asst. statistician, to which he was ap- pointed by Sec. of Agriculture Jeremiah Rusk. Resigned, 1892, to enter employ of Swift & Co. as statistical expert. In 1894 organized private bureau of crop reporting, furnishing crop in- formation to leading firms in grain and prod- uce trade. In 1900, in connection with Col. Clark E. Carr, former U.S. minister to Den- mark, organized, at Paris Exposition, the Am. Corn Kitchen, to exploit the use of Indian corn as food. In 1901 visited S. America to study agricultural resources of Argentine, Uruguay and Brazil, and in 1903 made same study of the Canadian Northwest. Mem. of firm of Or- ange Judd Co. (established 1842), publishers of Am. Agriculturalist, Orange Judd Farmer. Good Housekeeping and agricultural books. Mem. A.A.A.S., Ill. Assn. of Agricultural Ed- itors. Republican; elected alderman from ith Ward, 1902, reëlected. 1904. 6, S. 10: chairman Council Committee on Finance. 1909-10. Clubs: Woodlawn Park, Chicago Automobile. South- ern. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 6423 Drex- el Av. Office: Marquette Bldg.
SNOW, Charles Goodrich, sec. National Pack- ing Co .: born Baltimore, Md .. Mar. S. 1852; son Edward J. and Mary E. (Inloes) Snow: ed. pub. schools, Baltimore: married Nellie M. Baker. of Chicago, May 6. 1899. Began as clerk for F. J. Snow & Co., flour merchants. Baltimore. 1867- 84; clerk, Frank, Rosenberg & Co., bankers. Baltimore, 1884-8; identified with the Armour interests since 18Ss, becoming soc. National Packing Co., Sept. 1905; dir. National Packing Co., National Car Line Co .. Western Packing Co. (Denver), Denver Union Stock Yards Co .. HI. L. Handy Co., Springfield, Mass .: sec. Fow- ler Packing Co .; treas, and dir. National Steel & Copper Plate Co. Republican. Mason (32). K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic. South Shore Country. Recreations: interested in hu- mane work. Residence: 7132 Palmer Av. Office Union Stock Yards.
SNOW, Edgar Morton, real estate: born Whately, Franklin Co., Mass., Sept. 16. 1856: son Rev. Porter Howard and Asenath F ( Leon- ard) Snow; ed. Todd Sem. Woodstock, Il1. and Chleago pub, schools; married Chicago, Sept. 16, 1878, Florence Louise Weaver (died Och 20. 1906): 1 daughter: Aline Asenath: married 2d, Oct. 31. 1908. May 1 .. , daughter of Scoman P. Richards, of Riverside. Ill Came to Chica- KO, 1870; engaged in real estate business. 1973:
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became mem. firm of H. C. Morey & Co., Apr. 1880, and of Snow & Dickinson, May 1, 1884; organized real estate firm of Edgar M. Snow & Co., Nov. 1, 1892. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board from its organization, 1883 (sec., 1886, vice-pres., 1900, chmn. Valuation Com., 1897, 1904, and 1911); mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- merce, Chicago Board of Underwriters, Art Inst. of Chicago, New England Soc. of Chicago, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Garden City Council Royal Arcanum. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Highland Park (charter mem.), Exmoor. Recreation: trout fishing. Res- idence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.
*SNOW, Isaac Burrows, insurance; see Vol. 1905.
SNOW, Morton, physician; see Vol. 1905.
SNOW, Samuel Dexter, lawyer; born Madi- son, Wis., Aug. 26, 1862; son Charles Backus and Henrietta Belden (Leonard) Snow; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1886; married Daisy Juliana Dorman, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 19, 1896. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1886, and was engaged in practice at Chicago until 1902, when became one of attys. for Internat. Harvester Co .; vice-pres., dir. and atty. for Ill. Northern Ry., Deering Southwest- ern Ry. (Mo.) and Chicago, W. Pullman & Southern R.R. Co., since 1908. Republican. Episcopalian. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Residence: 4802 Kenmore Av. Office: 606 S. Michigan Av.
SNOW, Taylor Alvin, real estate; born Au- burn, Geauga Co., O., Aug. 29, 1847; son Al- virus and Mary Gay (Read) Snow; grad. Hi- ram Coll., A.B., 1871; married Price's Mills, Trumbull Co., O., June 29, 1871, Ella M. Cal- ender; children: Albert T., James C., Adin C., Mary Ava, Shirley C. Taught school at Burton, O., 1871-2; moved to Chicago, Oct. 1872; studied law under Judge Booth, 1872-3; since 1873 in real estate business; now treas. Interstate Bond & Mortgage Co. Dir. Austin State Bank since its organization, 1891. Republican. Assessor Town of Cicero, 1876, 1890, 1891. Mason, K.T., Shriner. Mem. First Presbyterian Church of Austin. Club: The Oaks (Austin). Recreations: biblical studies and gardening. Residence: 60 N. 56th Av., Austin. Office: 9 S. LaSalle St.
SNYDACKER, Alfred M., real estate; born Chicago, Dec. 7, 1857; son Moses and Bertha Snydacker; ed. pub. schools; unmarried. After leaving school entered the business of his fa- ther, then, as now, known as Snydacker & Co .; later succeeded his father in the business and still continues it. Dir. Chicago Musical Coll .; chmn. supply com. of Michael Reese Hosp .; treas. of United Hebrew Charities. Republican. Club: Standard. Recreation: music. Residence: Standard Club. Office: 156 W. Washington St.
SNYDER, Frederick Titcomb, engr .; born Chicago, July 5, 1868; son Frederick Lefevre and Catherine (Titcomb) Snyder; B.S., Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston, 1891; married Lil- lian Jackson, of Denver, Colo., Apr. 6, 1899; 3 children: Elizabeth, Kathryn and Eleanor. En- gineer Colo. Iron Works, Denver, 1891-6; for E. P. Allis Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1896-8; for Ham- ilton Mfg. Co., at Peterborough, Ont., 1898-1902; consulting engr. since 1902; also pres. Metal- lurgic Engring. Co., and Electric Metals Co .; dir. Canada Zinc Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Inst. Min- ing Engrs., Am. Electrochemical Soc., Canadian Mining Inst., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Club: Union League. Residence: 308 Ashland Av., River Forest, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk.
SNYDER, John Frazier, lawyer; born Kish- waukee, Ill., Jan. 16, 1849; son Rev. J. M. and Harriett (Frazier) Snyder; ed. Normal Univ., Bloomington, Ill .; Monmouth (Ill.) Coll., and Wheaton (Ill.) Coll., graduating, 1876; married Aug. 14, 1878, Wheaton, Ill., Frankie Ellen
Wheaton (daughter of the founder of Wheaton, Ill.); children: Juanita Clemm, John Frazier; married 2d, King's Station, Ill., Oct. 12, 1898, Fannie L. King (daughter of the founder of Kings, Ill.); children: Harriett Frazier, George Walter King. Studied law in offices of Van Ar- man & Vallette; admitted to bar, Oct. 1880; in active practice since; in partnership with Charles W. Nicholes, and afterward, 1895-8, with Hon. George W. Brown; since alone. Po- lice magistrate of City of Wheaton, 8 years, and city atty., 2 terms. Republican. Mem. Wheaton M.E. Church. Residence: Wheaton, Ill. Office: Tacoma Bldg.
SOARES, Theodore Gerald, univ. prof .; born Abridge, Essex, England, Oct. 1, 1869; son Au- gusto and Kathleen Mary (Carbery) Soares; came to America, 1886; A.B., Univ. of Minn., 1891, A.M., 1892; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1894, D.B., 1897; (D.D., Knox Coll., Ill., 1901) ; mar- ried Lillian May Martin, of Minneapolis, July 10, 1894. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1894; pastor Rockford, Ill., 1894-9, Galesburg, 1899-1902, Oak Park, 1902-5; univ. extension lecturer on Bibl. lit., 1899-1905, prof. homiletics, 1906-8, prof. homiletics and religious edn. since 1908, head of the dept. of practical theology, Univ. of Chi- cago. Republican. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Quadrangle. Residence: 5541 Lexington Av.
SOHM, Otto Frederick, merchant; born Buf- falo, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1859; son Otto and Lena (Fischer) Sohm; ed. pub. schools of Chicago, Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Chi- cago, July 19, 1884, Mary M. Baumann. In 1875 became identified with the paper stock dept. of Bradner Smith & Co., which, in 1887, was sep- arately organized as the Pioneer Paper Stock Co .; has continued with the latter company, and since 1894 has been its vice-pres. and sec. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Ill. Athletic; also Marasotaria Golf (Marseilles, Ill.). Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 1702 Humboldt Boul. Of- fice: 438-448 W. Ohio St.
SOLLITT, Oliver, contractor; born Chicago, Oct. 16, 1860; son Thomas and Eleanor (Nel- son) Sollitt; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Fox Lake, Ill., 1898, Eleanor Heinking. Entered into partnership, and after father retired, or- ganized, 1890, the corpn. of Oliver Sollitt Co., now Sollitt Construction Co., of which is pres. Has built many large structures in the U.S. Mem. 45th and 46th Ill. General Assemblies; chmn. Finance Com. House of Representatives; Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Hamilton. Chicago Yacht. Residence: 4020 Prairie Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
SOLLITT, Ralph Thomas, contractor; born Chicago, Jan. 13, 1867; son Thomas and Eleanor (Nelson) Sollitt; ed. Chicago pub. schools; mar- ried Chicago, June 4, 1890, Gertrude L. Shan- non; children: Ralph Shannon, George Thomas, Lincoln Abbott, Oliver Gerton. Engaged in con- tracting business for self in 1889, and in 1894 joined with Sumner Sollitt in establishing the business now conducted as the Ralph & Sum- ner Sollitt Co., builders and contractors, incor- porated 1899, of which has since been pres. Re- publican. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton. Colonial, Chicago Athletic. Residence: Goldfield, Ia. Of- fice: Pullman Bldg.
SOLLITT, Sumner, contractor and builder; born Chicago, June 27, 1873; son Thomas and Eleanor (Nelson) Sollitt; ed. South Division High School, Chicago, to 1889; married Chica- go, June 10, 1896, Grace Shannon; children: Elanette, Sumner, Jr. Since 1888 continuously in the contracting and bldg. business with his brother, Ralph Sollitt; now vice-pres. and treas. of Ralph & Sumner Sollitt Co. Republican. Pres. board of trustees of All Souls Church. Mem. of builders' assns. of Chicago and New York. Clubs: Union League, Calumet Golf, Chi- cago Yacht, Hamilton, Colonial, Pullman. Res- idence: 3995 Ellis Av. Office: Pullman Bldg.
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SOMERS, Albert Louis, grain commn .; born Blue Island, Ill., Jan. 8, 1861; son Frederick and Marie (Krueger) Somers; ed. high school, Chicago, and at business coll .; married Chica- go, 1883, Louise Fox; children: Elsa Louise, Helen Wheeler. About 1877 began in grain commn. business on Board of Trade with firm of Foss, Strong & Co., as salesman on the floor; since 1888 in business for self, first alone, then in firm of A. L. Somers & Co., and in sum- mer of 1904 in present company of Somers, Jones & Co., incorporatea, of which is pres. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Colo- nial. Recreations: amateur photography, bowl- ing. Residence: 4544 Forrestville Av. Office: Board of Trade.
SONNENSCHEIN, Edward, lawyer; born Chi- cago, July 6, 1881; son Leopold and Lotti (Stein) Sonnenschein; ed. literary dept. Univ. of Mich .; LL.B., same, 1904; married Louise Burnstine, of Chicago, Mar. 30, 1910. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1904; mem. firm of Sonnenschein, Blumenthal & Berkson, 1906-8, Sonnenschein, Berkson & Fishell, since 1909. For several years mem. 1st Cav., I.N.G. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Ma- son (32°, Shriner), Odd Fellow. Club: City. Recreations: horseback riding, reading. Resi- dence: 4625 Calumet Av. Office: Stock Ex- change Bldg.
SONNTAG, John Haviland, municipal and corpn. bonds; born Evansville, Ind., Feb. 20, 1866; son John Haviland and Ellen (Brennan) Sonntag; ed. pub. schools, Evansville, Ind .; un- married. Began with the old Merchants Nat. Bank, Evansville, 1881-7; deputy treas. of State of Ind., 1887-91; in real estate and fire insur- ance as mem. firm of Sonntag Bros., Evans- ville, Ind., 1891-6; again deputy state treas. of Ind. until 1899; came to Chicago in 1899, and has since been identified with handling munic- ipal and corpn. bonds; pres. Sonntag, Decker & Co. since 1908; also vice-president Rochester (Minn.) Light, Heat & Power Co. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1246 Wilson Av. Office: The Rook- ery.
SOPER, Alexander Coburn, lumber mfr .; born Rome, N.Y., June 6, 1846; son Albert and Esther (Farquharson) Soper; A.B., Hamilton Coll., Clinton, N.Y., 1867, later A.M .; married Mary Eliza Pope, of Rome, N.Y., Apr. 20, 1871; 2 sons: Alexander C., Jr. and Edward H. En- gaged in lumber business at Chicago since 1868; pres. The Soper Lumber Co., Soper- Wheeler Co .; vice-pres. Rome (N.Y.) Locomo- tive & Machine Works; dir. Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co., Standard Coupler Co., Menom- inee Bay Shore Lumber Co. Trustee Hamilton Coll. Republican. Presbyterian. Ex-pres. Lum- bermen's Assn. of Chicago; mem. U.S. Hist. Soc., S.A.R., Sigma Phi fraternity. Clubs: Union League (Chicago), University, Railroad (New York), University (Albany, N.Y.). Rec- reations: golf and fishing. Residence: Lake- wood, N.J. Office: 22d and Loomis Sts.
*SOPER, Henry Marlin, elocutionist, edu- cator; see Vol. 1905.
SOPER, James Philander, lumberman; born Rome, N.Y., Sept. 28, 1851; son Albert and Es- ther (Farquharson) Soper; ed. schools of Rome, N.Y., until removal of family to Chicago, 1865; grad. Chicago High School, 1869; married Nov. 16, 1882, Henrietto H .. daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Draper) Hill, of Rome, N.Y .: chil- dren: Geraldino D., Jamos P., Jr. Entered lum- ber business as bookkeeper for Park & Soper, 1871; bocamo partner in firm, 1873. Park. Soper & Co .; with his uncle, James Soper, bought in- terest of Mr. Park, 1877, firm becoming Soper Bros. & Co .; and when business was incorpo- rated. Oct. 1884, sec. Soper Lumber Co. until Oct. 1891, vice-pres. since that date. Also pres.
Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Co., of Soper- ton, Wis .; vice-pres. Safety Car Heating & Lighting Co., New York; dir. Standard Coupler Co., New York, Rome (N.Y.) Locomotive & Ma- chine Works. Has been pres. and treas. Lum- bermen's Assn. of Chicago. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Presbyterian. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Midlothian, Kenwood. Recrea- tions: golf and travel. Residence: 4841 Green- wood Av. Office: 2204 Loomis St.
SOUTHGATE, Richard Henry, ex-pres. Con- gress Hotel Co .; born Cincinnati, O .; son Rich- ard and Julia (Watson) Southgate; married Ella E. Hathorn, of Saratoga, N.Y., 1868. Has been identified with hotels as owner or mgr. during practically entire active career; was propr. Congress Hotel, Saratoga, N.Y., Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Long Beach Hotel, Long Isl- and, N.Y., Brunswick Hotel, New York; as- sumed lease of the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, in 1890, and in 1893 constructed the Annex, now known as the Congress, and was pres. of the Congress Hotel Co .; also vice-pres. of the Great Northern Hotel, Chicago, and St. Paul (Minn.) Hotel. Owns 1,000-acre estate at Bob- town, Wis., where spends much time fishing. Office and Residence: Congress Hotel.
SOUTHWORTH, Arthur St. Elmo, vice-pres. Munroe & Southworth; born Algonquin, Ill., Feb. 11, 1867; son Gardner Spring and Sarah (Miller) Southworth; ed. high school, Wood- stock, Ill .; married Ida Lillian McConnell, of Woodstock, Ill., Sept. 13, 1893; one son: Arthur Bodine. Started in printing business as mem. firm of Southworth & Truax, in 1895-7, when became mem. present firm of Munroe & South- worth, becoming vice-pres. and dir. upon its in- corporation in 1902. Dir. Printing Trades Mu- tual Fire Ins. Co., 1911. Pres. Chicago Typo- thetæ, 1909-10; mem. exec. com. Nat. Typothetæ of America, 1910-11. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Chicago Advertising Assn. Residence: 1010 Elmwood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1322-1328 Wabash Av.
*SOUTHWORTH, John Moore, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
SPALDING, see also Spaulding.
*SPALDING, Albert G., sporting goods; see Vol. 1905.
SPALDING, Charles F., lumber mfr., banker: born Chicago, Oct. 5, 1865; son Jesse and Adel- phia (Moody) Spalding; ed. Harvard School, Chicago, and Exeter Acad .; married Chicago, Feb. 1, 1888, Elizabeth Clarke; children: Ber- trande, Vaughn, Jesse, Jr. After leaving school joined his father in the Spalding Lumber Co .: learned the lumbering business in Cedar River, Mich .; now pres. Spalding Lumber Co .; dir. Hibernian Bank; resident vice-pres. Am. Sure- ty Co .; dir. First Nat. Bank, Marinette, Wis., Menominee River Lumber Co., and Waccamaw- Lumber Co. of N.C. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Germania, Forty, Glen View, Exmoor, Edgewater, St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.), Lambs (New York). Recreation: golf. Residence: 1300 Astor St. Office: 72 W. Adams St.
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