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SPRY, John C., lumberman; born Chicago, Feb. 25, 1857; son John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. pub. schools and commercial coll., Chicago; married 1885, Jennie, daughter of late Thomas Wilce; children: Emeline, Gladys, Eleanor. Aft- er leaving business coll. entered firm of Gard- ner & Spry, of which his father was a mem., as bookkeeper, later becoming partner. Mr. Gardner retired in 1885, and the business was incorporated as the John Spry Lumber Co., of which, after the death of his father. 1891, he was pres., to 1900; now dealer in timber land. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.
SPRY, Samuel Alfred, pres. John Spry Lum- ber Co .; born Chicago, Dec. 11, 1863; son John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. Chicago pub. and private schools, and at Morgan Park and Lake Forest; married Chicago, July 5, 1886, Eliza- beth Jepson; 3 children: Bessie, John, Marcella. On leaving school became associated with the Spry Lumber Co .. , of which has been pres. since 1901; also pres. Superior Process Co. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian, South Shore Country, Chicago Golf. Residence: 4940 Ellis Av. Office: 2459 S. Ash- land Av.
SPRY, Walter, pianist: born Chicago, Feb. 27, 1868; son John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. Chicago Manual Training High School, 1886-9; Royal High School of Music, Berlin, 1890-3; married Esther Orr, of Quincy, Ill., Jan. 1900. Conducts concert tours. U.S. and abroad; dir. Spry Piano School. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 4606 Malden St. Studio: Fine Arts Bldg.
SPUNNER, George William, lawyer; born Cuba, Lake Co., Ill., July 14, 1871; son William and Alfreda (Porter) Spunner; grad. North- western Univ., Ph.B., 1896, and Ill. Coll. of Law, LL.B .; married Dixon, Ill., Oct. 9, 1900, Lillian Lane. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900. Pres. Bar- rington Excavator Co. Democrat. Baptist. Ma- son, Odd Fellow. Mem. Modern Woodmen. Recreation: farming. Residence: 308 Lake St., Barrington, Ill. Office: Ashland Blk.
*SQUIERS, Harry, men's neckwear; see Vol. 1905.
STACEY, Thomas I., electrical supplies; born Bristol, Eng., Jan. 12, 1870; son William and Christiana Dix (Hancock) Stacey; ed. high school, Evanston, Ill .; married Evanston, May 5, 1897, Lily Mary Parker; children: Marion Parker, Elizabeth Hancock.+ Began with Abbott Buggy Co., 1886-7; with Central Electric Co., 1887-90; since organization, 1891, sec. and treas. of the Electric Appliance Co. Vestryman St. Mark's Church, Evanston (Episcopalian). Res- idence: 1312 Church St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 701 W. Jackson Boul.
STACK, Edmund J., lawyer; elected to 62d Congress, 1911-13, from 6th Ill. Dist., Nov. 1910. Democrat. Residence: 338 N. 40th Av. Office: Ashland Blk.
STACK, James L., pres. Stack-Parker Ad- vertising Agency; born Fond du Lac, Wis., 1863; son M. J. and Hannah Langford (Fuller) Stack; grad. Mann's Business Coll., Fond du Lac; unmarried. Began advertising business at St. Paul, in 1885; came to Chicago in 1896 and continued the business under his own name un- til July 1909, when organized and incorporated the Stack-Parker Advertising Agency, of which has since been pres. and treas .; also dir. Nat. Produce Bank. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Golf, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, National Golf, N.Y. Grand Is- land Shooting Lodge. Recreation: shooting; M.F.H. Midlothian Hounds for 6 years. Resi- dence: Polo Farm, Wheaton, Ill., in Summer: The Blackstone, Chicago, in Winter. Office: 1500 Heyworth Bldg.
STADEKER, Leonard Jerome, merchant; born New York City, Oct. 22, 1866; son Jacob and Adele (Hertz) Stadeker; ed. high school and commercial coll., Cincinnati, O .: married Belle Levy, of Canton, Miss., Mar. 27, 1895: 2 children: Jerome L. and Rosadel. Came to Chi- cago, 1892; pres. Porto Rico Export Co .; sec. Thomas Cigar Co., Manila Import Co .; dir. Birmingham & Vicksburg R.R. Hebrew. Rec- reations: baseball and golf. Residence: 4925 Vincennes Av. Office: 208 N. 5th Av.
STAFFORD, Charles Burke, lawyer; born New Orleans, La., May 29, 1865; son Stephen D. and Agnes (Burke) Stafford: grad. high school, New Orleans, 1878; grad. Tulane Univ. of La., both from collegiate and law depts., 1886; married at Chicago, 1897, Matilda Rose; 2 children: Helen, Edward S. Admitted to La. bar, 1886, and practiced in New Orleans; came to Chicago, 1892; now mem. firm of Thurman, Stafford, Hume & Burras. Dem. nominee for Congress from 2d Ill. District. 1904. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Iroquois, Ill. Athletic. Resi- dence: 1012 Linden Av., Wilmette, 111. Office: 1602 Majestic Bldg.
STAFFORD, Ezra Horton, mfr .: born Dun- wich, Elgin Co., Province of Ont., Can., May 1, 1864; son Samuel Guernsey and Sarah Elisa- beth (Horton) Stafford; ed. Chatham Coll., Can., class of 1883; married Florence E. Nee- land, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 24, 1889; 3 sons: Russell H., Webster N. and Gilbert H. Mgr. Haney School Furniture Co., Grand Rap- ids, Mich., 1889-94; pres. and mgr. E. H. Staf- ford Co., Muskegon, Mich., 1894-9; mem. firm E. H. Stafford & Bros., Chicago, 1900-4; pres. and gen. mgr. E. H. Stafford Mfg. Co., furni- ture, Chicago, since 1904: also pres. Concordia Lumber Co. Republican. Congregationalist.
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Mason. Club: City. Recreations: motoring, golf and fishing. Residence: 911 Sheridan Rd., Wilmette, 111. Office: 333 W. Adams St.
STAGG, Amos Alonzo, univ. prof .; born West Orange, N.J., Aug. 16, 1862; son Amos Lindsley and Eunice (Pierson) Stagg; A.B., Yale, 1888; grad. Internat. Y.M.C.A. Training School, Springfield, Mass., 1892; married Stella Robertson, of Albion, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1894; 3 children: Amos Alonzo, Jr., Ruth and Paul. Dir. of athletics, Northfield (Mass.) Students' Conf. and Lake Geneva (Wis.) Students' Conf., summers, 1889-91; asso. prof. and dir. div. of physical culture and athletics, 1892-1900, prof. and dir. since 1900, Univ. of Chicago. Author: (Stagg and Williams) Treatise on Foot Ball, 1893. Represented Univ. of Chicago at Inter- collegiate Conf. of Faculty Representatives since 1896; mem. of foot ball rules com. since 1904; mem. Am. com. Olympic games (Ath- ens), 1906, (London), 1908, (Stockholm), 1912. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Skull and Bones (both at Yale). Clubs: Quadrangle, University. Recrea- tions: tennis, golf, horseback riding, mountain climbing. Residence: 5704 Jackson Av.
STAHL, Frank August, physician and sur- geon; born Chicago, Sept. 11, 1862; son John G. and Louisa F. Stahl; ed. pub. schools and W. Division High School, until 1878; entered audi- tor's office, I.C.R.R., 1878, under J. C. Welling, and resigned as cashier in asst. treas.'s office of I.C.R.R., to enter Rush. Med. Coll., from which was grad., M.D., 1887; interne Michael Reese Hosp., Chicago, 1887; post-grad. studies at Royal Bavarian Frauen Klinik, Munich, Ger- many, 1888, Univ. of Vienna, 1889, Faculté de Medécine de Paris, 1889; with Thure Brandt, gynecological athletics, Stockholm, 1889. En- gaged in practice in Chicago since return from Europe; mem. Rush Med. Coll. Faculty, 1890- 1901. Among the articles and brochures con- tributed are: Emergency Tracheotomy; Post- mature Labor; The Principles and Practice of Episiotomy; The Maternal Impression Element in Twin Pregnancy; Acute Partial Enterocele (Littre's Hernia); Uniformity in Definition and Application of the terms Position and Presen- tation (in obstetrics); Progress of American Effort in Obstetrics at the 50th Annual meet- ing of the American Medical Assn., June 1899; Repeated Pregnancy in the same Tube; Inter- pretation of the Histology of the Villi from early Intra and Extrauterine Specimens-The Syncitium; A new form of blood corpuscle in the embryonal circulation-the Crescent shaped form of red blood corpuscle; Concern- ing the origin of the mature red blood cor- puscle, the red blood plastid of Minot. Mem. Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., A.M. A. Mason (32°). Republican. Congregational- ist. Office: 31 N. State St.
STALEY, William Clive, ry. official; born Mechanicsburg, O., May 24, 1857; son Stephen Shepherd and Emily (Rathbun) Staley; ed. graded and high schools of Mechanicsburg; and Ohio State Univ., Columbus; married, Chicago, Eva Marie Boisacq, of Belgium (came to Chi- cago at age of 4), 1891; 3 children: Irma, Vava and Emily. Began in gen. freight office, I.C.R. R., 1880, continuing 5 years; in gen. agent's office of Santa Fé Rd., 1885-8, and of Rock Is- land Rd., Chicago, 1888-91; commercial agt. Rock Island Rd., at St. Joseph, Mo., 1891-8; gen. agt. same, at Kansas City, Mo., 1898-1902; traffic mgr. of Western Grocer Co., Chicago, 1902-7; gen. agt. freight dept. Mo. Pacific Ry. since Dec. 1907. Republican. Unitarian. Teach- er in evening high schools of Chicago, 1889-90. Scottish and York Rite Mason, Chapter, Shrine (Medinah Temple); mem. Royal League, Ship- ping Clerks Council No. 22, Modern Woodmen of America. Clubs: Traffic, Hamilton, Ill. Ath- letic, Woodlawn Park, Beverly Country, Calu- met Country; also Railroad (Kansas City). Recreation: golf. Residence: 6423 Minerva Av. Offices: 110 S. Clark St.
STALNAKER, William Edward, automo- biles; born Cambridge City, Ind., Jan. 7, 1866; son Lemuel Edward and Martha Jane (Jamie- son) Stalnaker; grad. DePauw Univ., Green- castle, Ind., 1887; married Sara Tatham, of Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., Apr. 13, 1892; 3 chil- dren: William Tatham, Ruth Ellen and John Marshall. With E. C. Atkins & Co., mfrs. saws, traveling, 1891-1903, and mgr. of their Chicago branch, 1903-9; pres. and dir. Premier Motor Car Co. since 1909; also gen. mgr. The Quality Car Co., distributors of the Premier and Mo- line automobiles. Republican. Mason (32°, K. T. and Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Motor (mem. contest board), Suburban of La Grange, LaGrange Motor (dir.), Edgewood Golf. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 65 7th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 2329 Michigan Av.
*STANFORD, George Wilson, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
STANHOPE, Leon Eugene, architect; born Lee Co., Ill., Oct. 9, 1873; son Eugene and Isa- bel (Raymond) Stanhope; ed. pub. schools of Lee Co .; married June 6, 1894, Maude Dor- othy Leggett; 1 daughter: Dorothy S. Located in Chicago, 1887, as architectural draftsman; began practice of architecture, 1894; deputy commr. of bldgs. of Chicago, 1903-6; since in practice for self. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Chicago Architects' Business Assn., Chicago Architectural Club. Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: The Temple.
STANSFIELD, James Howard, lawyer; born Lawrence Co., Ill., Oct. 25, 1866; son George W. and Mary E. (Irish) Stansfield; grad. Shelby- ville (Ill.) High School, June 1890; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., June 13, 1894; married Owego, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1901, Inez P. Snyder. Taught school in country schools of Shelby Co., Ill., 3 terms, until Mar. 1891, when came to Chicago; admitted to Ill. bar, 1894; began practice for self, 1896, with specialties in chancery, probate and real estate law; admitted to practice in U. S. Circuit Court, 1897. Republican. Presbyteri- an. Enlisted as private in 2d Regt., I.N.G., June 1, 1891, and has served with regt. in all its du- ties since then; promoted to corporal and ser- geant; elected 2d lt., 1st lt., capt., and maj., 2d Inf .; now adj .- general 1st Brigade, I.N.G. Was capt. Co. F, 2d Ill. Inf., U.S.V., in Spanish-Am. War. Past dept. comdr. United Spanish War Veterans. Residence: 220 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Chamber of Commerce.
STAHL, John Meloy, agricultural writer, lecturer; born Mendon, Ill., Aug. 24, 1860; son Elias and Ann Elizabeth (Nitzell) Stahl; grad. (valedictorian) Quincy (Ill.) High Sch., 1881; married Mary Chouteau Platt, of Chicago, June 25, 1900. Editor since 1881, propr. since 1886, Farmers' Call, Quincy, Ill .; editor and propr. Illinois Farmer, Chicago, since 1905; extensive farmer. Lecturer at farmers' meetings, Chau- tauqua assemblies, etc .; leader in the "good roads" movement. Apptd. del. to Farmers' Nat. Congress by Govs. Fifer, Altgeld, Tanner, Yates and Deneen, 1888-1909 (asst. sec. 2 years, sec. 1893-1905, pres. 1905-1908, legislative agent since 1908). Mem. exec. com. Nat. Civic Federation; sec. and mem. exec. com. Nat. Agrl. Press League. Traveled abroad 1888, 1900, 1903, to study agrl. and econ. conditions. Specially known as writer on economic-agrl. STANTON, Charles Nelson, pres. Stock Yards Savings Bank; born East Tawas, Mich., June 30, 1874; son Addison Clark and Phoebe Ann (Jewell) Stanton; ed. pub. schools of Nashville, Mich .; married Minnie 'Etta Smith, of Evans- subjects; 1st (1879) to propose free delivery of mail to farmers; began agitation for it (1881) and led in movement until the object was se- cured. Independent Republican. Author: The Real Farmer, 1908. Address: 6063 Jefferson Av. ton, Ill., Dec. 25, 1899; 2 children: Robert Jew-
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ell, Margaret Phoebe. Settled in Chicago, 1890; bookkeeper, office man Morgan Storage & Ware- house Co., 1890-5; receiving teller Royal Trust Co., 1895, and in short time promoted to paying teller; cashier Cook Co. Savings Bank, 1900-5; asst. Cashier West Side Trust & Savings Bank, 1905-9; cashier Stock Yards Savings Bank, 1909-10, pres. since Jan. 4, 1910; also pres. Stock Yards Safety Deposit Co. Presbyterian. Mem. Royal League. Clubs: Saddle and Sirloin. Residence: 5914 South Park Av. Office: Hal- sted St. and Exchange Av.
STANTON, George Edgar, grocer; born Os- sining, N.Y., Dec. 9, 1844; son George Edgar and Augusta M. (Arthur) Stanton; ed. Chicago High School, with supplementary study in France and Germany; married Frankfort-on- the-Main, Ger., July 25, 1870, Helene Ernst; children: Edna (Mrs. A. A. Michelson), George Edgar. Am. consul at Bristol, Eng., 1870-5; at Barmen, Ger., 1875-1881; consul-general at St. Petersburg, Russia, 1881-5; returned to the U.S. to take charge of the business of Stanton & Co., grocers, established in 1859, of which was pres., 1886-1910. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Onwentsia. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.
STANTON, Samuel Cecil, physician, editor; born Newtonville, Mass., June 28, 1856; son Samuel and Ann Louise (Blodgett) Stanton; prep. edn. London (Eng.) School; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1879; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1892; married Harriet Louise Cornwell, of New York, Feb. 12, 1885; 3 children: George Cornwell (died Oct. 18, 1896), Dorothy (died Dec. 8, 1894) and John Bloomfield. Asst. editor Chicago Medical Review, 1880-2; commn. mer- chant and ry. and steamship agent, 1882-7; traveling pass. agent St. Paul, Minn. & Mani- toba Ry., 1887-8; in practice of medicine at Chicago since 1892. Asst. editor Chicago Med- ical Recorder, 1893-4; editor Medical Standard, 1895-8; asst. editor Journal of American Med- ical Association, since 1899. Acting asst. sur- geon U.S.A. and attending surgeon headquar- ters Dept. of the Lakes, 1898-9 and 1904-8; 1st lt. U.S.A. Medical Reserve Corps since 1908. Lt. asst. surgeon, 1897-1902, capt. asst. surgeon, 1902-5, 1st Ill. Inf .; maj .- surgeon I.N.G. since 1907 (sec. to the surgeon-gen.). Contributor to med. journals. Mem. Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U.S., Ill. Assn. of Mil. Surgeons, A.M.A., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chica- go Med. Soc. Club: Physicians'. Residence: 640 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1604 Masonic Temple.
STANTON, William Alexander, silk mfr .; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.
STANWOOD, Thaddeus Perkins, wholesale boots and shoes; born Augusta, Me., Feb. 6, 1857; son Daniel C. and Mary A. (Webster) Stanwood; ed. pub. schools in Me .; married Louise L. Brockway, of Boston, July 19, 1883; 3 children: Elisabeth, Henry C. and Ruth. Came to Chicago in 1875; entered employ Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, 1879; firm retired, 1899, and business was taken over by the Edwards-Stan- wood Shoe Co., of which he was treas., 1899- 1907; sec. of Guthmann, Carpenter & Telling since 1907. Member Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf. Recreations: tennis and golf. Residence: Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 214 S. Franklin St.
STAPLES, Frank Manning, ry. supplies; born Natchez, Miss .; son John N. and Maria (Col- vor) Staples; ed. Chicago schools; private in 134th Regt. Ill. Vols., 1864: married Chicago, May 15, 1885, Sarah C. Hall: married 2d, Chi- cago, Aug. 15, 1895, Frances R. Porter. Entered service of Crerar, Adams & Co., supplies, July 1, 1866, and he has continued with them to the present time, now treas. and dir. of the co. Ro- publican. Treas. St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Evanston; mem. Y.M.C.A., Evanston; dir. and 2d vice-pres. Ill. Humane Soc. of Chicago, Rec- reation: walking. Residence: 1100 Oak Av., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 259 E. Erie St.
STARCK, Philip Adam, piano mfr .; born at Chillicothe, O., May 29, 1860; son Rev. C. W. and Catherine (Urban) Starck; early edn. chief- ly by his father, and at 16 entered theol. sem .: later took a course in a Chicago business coll .; also studied music from early age; married Margaret M. Zimmerman, of Barrington, Ill., 1881; 3 children: Philip T., L. Marguerite, Glad- ys M. In 1878 entered employ of a piano and organ house, advanced to the head of the mfg. dept., and later represented the house as trav- eling salesman. In 1891 established in busi- ness of his own as a mfr. and dealer in pianos and player pianos; now pres. P. A. Starck Pi- ano Co. Republican. Clubs: South Shore Coun- try, Chicago Automobile, Germania. Recrea- tions: travel, motoring, literature and art. Res- idence: 6129 Kenmore Av .. Office: 208 S. Wa- bash Av.
STARKWEATHER, Frank Henry, mgr. of estates; born Chicago, July 13, 1853; son Charles Robert and Mary (Eager) Starkweather; ed. private school, Chicago; grad. Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1875; married Beloit, Wis .. 1875, Frankie Edwards (died 1882) ; married 2d, Dubuque, Ia., Jan. 25, 1894, Estelle Staples; children: Julia Gertrude (Mrs. E. Royce Armstrong), Doris Estelle, Rodney Staples. With Merchants' Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1875-82; organized and became managing dir. and cashier, Second Nat. Bank. of Beloit, 1882; sold out, 1890, and returned to Chicago; since engaged in making investments and managing and handling estates. Cleveland Democrat. Mason (32°; Past Master Blue Lodge; Grand Treas. of Masonic Grand Lodge of Wis. for many years) ; col. and chief of staff Wis. Brigade Uniform Rank K.P. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Wars, S.A.R. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Evanston Coun- try, University of Evanston. Recreations: in- terested in athletic sports. Residence: 1824 Chi- cago Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Ashland Blk.
*STARNES, Pleasant M., insurance; see Vol. 1905.
STARR, Arthur Parley, lands; born Jackson- ville, Vt., Dec. 13, 1855; son Parley and Clara (Blanchard) Starr; ed. pub. schools and East- man Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., with degree of Master of Accounts; married Tama. Ia., Oct. 25, 1882, Florence Murray: children: Leon P., James Ralph, Dorothy Clarissa. Was teller of People's Nat. Bank. Brattleboro, Vt., 1875-9: cashier First Nat. Bank, Tama. Ia .. 1880-91; mortgage broker in Chicago. 1891-4: cashier Union Nat. Bank, Racine, Wis., 1895- 1900; since 1900 engaged in Chicago as dealer in lands. Also, since 1903, sec. McHenry-Mill- house Mfg. Co., S. Bend. Ind., roofing materials. Republican. Was city treas. of Tama. Ia .. 1886. Mem. Woodlawn Improvement Assn. Clubs: Hamilton, Woodlawn Park (treas. 1904-5). Rec- reations: golf, photography and fishing. Resi- dence: 6059 Monroe Av. Office: 17 N. LaSalle Street.
STARR, Frederick, anthropologist; born Au- burn, N.Y., Sept. 2. 1858: son Rev. Frederick and Helen Strachan (Mills) Starr: B.S., Lafay- ette Coll., 1882, M.S., Ph.D .. 1SS5 (Sc.D., 1907): unmarried. Teacher of sciences, Wyman Inst .. 1882-3; prof. sciences. State Normal Sch., Lock Haven, Pa., 1883-4: prof. biol. sciences, Coo Coll., 1884-5: in charge of ethnology. Am. Mus. Natural History, 1889-91; registrar. Chautau- qua Univ .. 1888-9; asst. prof. anthropology. 1892-5. asso. prof. since 1895 and curator an- thropol. sect. Walker Mus., Univ. of Chicago. Has done field work in ethnology and phys. an- thropology, especially in Mex .; went to Japan. 1904, on behalf of St. Louis Expn., to secure a group of the Ainu, the aboriginal population of Japan, for which was awarded a grand prize: led oxpn. into Congo Free State. 1905-6. investigating conditions there, visiting 29 dif- ferent tribes: lectures on anthropology and his Mex. travels and Investigations. Author of a
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number of books, for titles see Who's Who in his business. In 1909 became mgr. Stayart Sons America. Address: Univ. of Chicago.
STARR, Merritt, lawyer; born at Ellington, Chautauqua Co., N.Y .; son James Comfort and Cynthia (MacKoon) Starr; moved to Rock Is- land, Ill., in boyhood; A.B., Oberlin, 1875, A.M., 1878; A.B., Griswold College, 1876; A.B., and LL.B., Harvard, 1881; married Leila Wheelock, of Cleveland, Sept. S, 1885; children: Winifred Ursula, Philip Comfort, Merritt Paul and Leila Beatrice. In practice at Chicago since 1882; mem. Peck (George R.), Miller (John S.) Starr, since 1893. Took an active part in organ- izing Civil Service League, drafting city civ. service laws, and promoting their passage; and of bills for merit system in state and co. instns. and in promoting passage of laws establishing municipal and juvenile cts. Professional work has included litigations and legal adjustments involved in constrn. of leading pub. works and reorganization of pub. service corpns., and growing out of interstate commerce laws; by appmt. of gov. became atty. for the state, to protect its rights in pub. water ways. Village atty. of Winnetka, Ill., 1894-5; mem. township bd. of edn., 1899-1907 (pres. 1900-2, 1903-5). Trustee Oberlin Coll. since 1893; dir. Chicago Law Inst., 1888-90, 1905-8 (pres. 1895-7); pres. Harvard Club of Chicago, 1906-7. Author of several law books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 916 Monadnock Blk.
*STARR, Western, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
STARRETT, Julius, lawyer; born Winches- ter, Ill., June 10, 1854; son Washington and Susan E. Starrett; ed. Winchester, Ill., pub. and high schools; Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., and by private tutor; grad. Amherst Coll., A.B., 1876; Columbia Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1878; married Chicago, Aug. 3, 1892, Henrietta H. Loveland (now deceased). Admitted to bar, 1879, and engaged for years in practice in Chi- cago; of late years engaged in study, travel and literary pursuits. Republican. Congregational- ist. Club: Union League. Residence: 3658 Prairie Av.
STARRING, Mason Brayman, ry. pres .; born Chicago, May 8, 1859; son Henry Justin Dimick and Alida M. (Tower) Starring; ed. common and high schools of Chicago; married Helen, daughter late Prof. David Swing, of Chicago, Oct. 27, 1886; 2 sons: David Swing and Mason B., Jr. His father was a prominent railroad man and the inventor of the present Am. sys- tem of baggage checking; after the latter's death developed the system to its present per- fection; admitted to bar, 1894; asst. gen. coun- sel, 1894-8, gen. solicitor, 1898-1904, gen. mgr., 1904-6, vice-pres., 1906-7, pres. and chmn. board of dirs. since Apr. 1907, Chicago City Ry. Co .; also pres. and dir. Union Consolidated Elevated R.R. Co .; dir. and mem. exec. com. Inter-Ocean Steel Co .; dir. Gulf Coast Co., Allerton, Greene & King. Vice-chmn. exec. com. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Chicago, Lake Geneva Country, South Shore Country, Industrial (Chicago), Metropolitan (New York). Residence: 25 E. Division St .; (summer) Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: Northwestern Elevated R. R. Bldg.
STAVER, Henry Clay, carriage mfr .; 1844- 1907; see Vol. 1905.
STAYART, Louis William, wholesale grocer; born Chicago, Nov. 25, 1859; son Peter S. and Emma (Minninger) Stayart; ed. Chicago pub. schools to 1875; married Chicago, Aug. 8, 1882, Julia Rose Weber; children: Ervin Louis, An- drew Charles, Louis William, Jr. From 1876- 1888 was with the cloak mfg. house of Siegel Bros .; since 1888, of firm of Weber & Stayart, until that firm was dissolved, then continued business on own account and in 1898 organized the corpn. of Louis W. Stayart Co., of which was pres. until 1907, at which time he sold out
& Co., wholesale grocers. Mason (32°, K.T. and Shriner). Club: Germania. Residence: 928 Le . land Av. Office: 663 W. Randolph St.
STEARNS, Charles Brockway, printer and binder; born in Moultrie Co., Ill., Aug. 27, 1867; son Daniel Franklin and Fannie (Brockway) Stearns; ed. pub. schools of Moultrie Co., Ill .; married Clara B. Meeker, of Moultrie Co., Feb. 14, 1896; 4 children: Thomas, Charlene Ger- trude, Charles B., Jr., and Robert Parker. Be- gan in a newspaper office in Moultrie Co., and afterward worked in Macon Co., and was for 2 years one of the proprs. of the Decatur (Ill.) Review; came to Chicago in 1887, and with his brother organized the firm of Mize & Stearns, which was succeeded by the firm of Stearns Brothers & Co., printers and binders, of which is pres. and dir. Mem. North Am. Union, Royal League. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Press, Edgewater Country, Edgewater Golf, Chicago Advertising Assn. Residence: 6252 Winthrop Av. Office: 619-627 S. LaSalle St.
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