The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 194

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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STRANDBERG, Carl Thorsten; see Vol. 1905.

STRANDBERG, Erik Peter, contractor; born Jerntland, Sweden, Mar. 10, 1860; son Erik Mor- tenson and Anna Johanna (Nelson) Strandberg; ed. pub. school; married Chicago, Oct. 9, 1889, Hilma C. Anderson; children: Erik Leon, Anna Frances. Became a cabinet maker at the age of 20; came to U.S., 1882, first locating at St. Cloud, Minn .; went to Joliet, Ill., and engaged as contractor there, 1883-4; since spring of 1885 in business as general contractor in Chicago; now pres. of the E. P. Strandberg Co .; also pres. Chicago Cemetery Assn .; vice-pres. Scan- dia Life Ins. Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- merce, Builders' & Traders' Exchange, Masons' & Builders' Assn., Carpenters' & Builders' Assn. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Hamilton, Builders'. Re- publican. Residence: 5005 Drexel Boul. Office: 1133-35 Stock Exchange Bldg.

STRATTON, Abram B., lawyer; born Syra- cuse, N.Y., Mar. 7, 1868; son Rev. Lemuel N. and Maria L. (Norwood) Stratton; A.B., Whea- ton (Ill.) Coll., 1888; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1890; married Carrie M. Helmer, of Wheaton, May 27, 1891; 3 children: Bernice E., Helen H., Olive M. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890; since 1894 in legal dept. of Armour & Co .; dir. in a number of corpns. in which Ar- mour & Co. are interested. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Phi Delta Phi, Chi- cago Mendelssohn Club. Republican. Presby- terian Dir. Oak Park Horse Show Assn. Clubs: Oaks (Austin), Westward Ho Golf. Recrea- tions: music, golf. Residence: 5850 W. Ohio St. Office: Union Stock Yards.

STRAUS, Samuel J. Tilden, investment bank- er; born Ligonier, Ind., July 12, 1876; son Fred- erick William and Madlon (Goldsmith) Straus; ed. pub. schools and Harvard School, Chicago, and Metropolitan Business Coll., 1895; married Chicago, June 6, 1900, Lillie Wolf; 1 son: Fred- erick William, II. After leaving school entered office of S. W. Straus & Co., real estate loans and investment securities, and has remained with the house ever since, becoming a mem. of the firm after his father's death in 1899; firm was incorporated in 1906, and he has since been sec. and treas. of the co .; also sec. and treas. of Realization Co. of America, buyers of as- sets secured by real estate. Republican. Club: Standard. Residence: 427 E. 44th St. Office: 24 N. LaSalle St.

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STRAUS, Simeon, lawyer; born Milwaukee, Nov. 21, 1855; son Samuel and Rosine Straus; has lived in Chicago continuously since 1856; grad. Jones (pub.) School, 1868, Chicago High School, 1872; entered class of 1876 in academic dept. of Yale, but quit and entered Yale law dept., graduating, 1874, as LL.B .; married Chi- cago, Feb. 24, 1880, Adelaide Eisendrath; chil- dren: Samuel N., Dr. David C., Ira E., Marion R., Edna R. Admitted to Conn. bar, June 1874, and same year established practice in Chicago; atty. for German Nat. Bank, German Savings Bank, Henry Greenebaum & Co., bankers, May 1875-Dec. 1877; since then in practice, confin- ing work to chancery and probate cases and real estate law; now associated in practice with his son, Ira E. Has had the settlement of some of the largest estates in Chicago and the handling of some of the largest real estate cases and business. Republican. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Waupanseh. Residence: 3943 Ellis Av. Office: 302-305 Ashland Blk.

STRAUS, Simon William, investment banker; born Ligonier, Ind., Dec. 23, 1866; son Freder- ick William and Madlon (Goldsmith) Straus; ed. Chicago pub. schools and Hughes High School, Cincinnati, O .; married Pittsburgh, Pa., Apr. 25, 1893, Hattie Klee; children: Madeline, Louise, Harriet. Began business life with fa- ther, until 1888, in Chicago branch of Straus Bros. & Co., bankers, of Ligonier, Ind .; mem. of firm of Chan & Straus, bankers, Chicago, 1888-94; succeeded, 1894, by firm of S. W. Straus & Co., investment bankers, of which was senior mem. until its incorporation in 1905, and has since been pres. Pres. Realization Co. of America, organized, 1906; dir. Ins. Co. of State of Ill. Republican. Dir. Sinai Temple. Clubs: Hamilton, Standard, Ravisloe Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions, preferably in the country. Residence: 3440 Michigan Av. Of- fice: Straus Bldg.

STRAUSS, Joseph Baerman, pres. the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co .; born Cincinnati, O., Jan. 9, 1870; prep. edn. pub. grammar schools, Cincin- nati; Univ. of Cincinnati, 1892, degree of Civil Engr .; married. Practiced profession of bridge engring. since 1892, as asst. engr., chief engr. and in private practice; made a specialty of movable bridge design and originated the Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, which has since come into general use. Organized the Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. in 1905, and, as pres. and chief engr., directs the affairs of the co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, West- ern Soc. Engrs., Canadian Soc. of Civil Engrs., Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Office: 901-904 Fort Dearborn Bldg.

STRAUSS, Julius, wholesale millinery; born Darmstadt, Ger., May 4, 1859; son Simon and Bertha (Altheim) Strauss; ed. in Darmstadt; married Chicago, Nov. 15, 1894, Hannah Kohn. Came to U.S., 1876; was salesman for Western territory for James G. Johnson & Co., New York, 1884-93; in charge of their Chicago of- fice, 1893-5; was mem. commn. firm of Strauss & Edwards, 1895-9; sold out to Mr. Edwards, to become vice-pres. and treas. Theo. Ascher Co., wholesale millinery. Republican. Mem. United Hebrew Charities Assu. Clubs: Ill. Athletic (life mem.), Standard (vice-pres. 1900-2), Lake Shore Country, Ravisloe. Recreations: golf, motoring, travel. Residence: 2240 Calumet Av. Office: 30 S. Michigan Av.

STRAUSS, Milton L., merchant; born Chica- go, Nov. 6, 1868; son Leopold and Carrie (Mey- er) Strauss; ed. pub, grammar school and Chi- cago Manual Training School; married Minnle Woolner, of Peoria, Ill., May 17, 1892; children: Dorothy W., J. Milton. Began as office boy, Nov. 10, 1882, and salesman, 1887-93, commn. salesman until 1897; pres. Chicago Tailoring Co. since 1897. Republican. Hebrew. Mason. Mem. several charity boards. Clubs: Ill. Ath- letic, Standard, Press, Lake Shore Country, Ravisloe Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring.

Residence: 4331 Drexel Boul. Office: 229 S. Market St.

STRAWN, Silas Hardy, lawyer; born on farm near Ottawa, Ill., Dec. 16, 1866; son Abner and Eliza (Hardy) Strawn; grad. Ottawa High School, June 1885; taught school 2 years; mar- ried Binghamton, N.Y., June 22, 1897, Margaret Stewart; children: Margaret Stewart, Kather- ine Stewart. Admitted to bar, Ottawa, Ill., May 22, 1889; practiced at Ottawa, 1889-91; came to Chicago, 1891; with law firm of Weigley, Bulk- ley & Gray, 1891-2; clerk in law firm of Wins- ton & Meagher, Apr. 1892-Sept. 1894; partner in same to Dec. 1901; in firm of Winston, Bab- cock, Strawn & Shaw, to June, 1903; since then of Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw. Gen. so- licitor C.&A.R.R .; gen. counsel Chicago Union Transfer Ry. Co., Calumet Ins. Co. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., Chicago Law Club. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day (vice- pres.), South Shore Country (dir.), Glen View (dir.), Exmoor (dir.). Pres. U.S. Golf Assn. Residence: 4824 Woodlawn Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

STREAM, John Joseph, grain; born Chicago, Feb. 1, 1870; son Joseph and Mary Stream; ed. Chicago pub. schools; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1892; married Rock Island, Ill., Martha Avery Clarke; 1 daughter: Edna. Began as of- fice boy for Charles Counselman & Co., and has been identified with the Counselman business affairs, under various corporate names. Pres. and treas. Chicago Grain & Elevator Co. until 1906, operating country elevators on the C., R.I. &P.Ry. in Ia .; pres. South Chicago Elevator Co., and mem. of firm of J. C. Shaffer & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Beverly Country, Chicago Athletic. Recreations: golf, horseback riding. Residence: 1617 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 234 S. LaSalle St.

STREET, Charles Arthur, lumberman; born Newmarket, near Toronto, Ont., Aug. 23, 1842; son Rev. George C. (Church of England) and Ann S. Street; parents removed to Davenport, Ia., 1850; ed. by his father and in pub. schools: married Chicago, 1870, Elizabeth Kate McRey- nolds, of Detroit, Mich. (died 1885); 2 sons: Harry Lockman, Norman Arthur: married 2d, 1890, Rosalind C., daughter Charles R. Larra- bee, of Chicago; children: Charles Larrabee, Margaret Bourne, Edward Porter. In 1860 en- tered office of Thomas Basnett, sec. of Caton Telegraph Co., Ottawa, Ill., to learn telegraphy: after a few months entered employ of George Dunbar, ry. supplies, Chicago; after battle of Ft. Donelson, was telegraph operator at Cairo, Ill., 1 year; later in charge railroad telegraph office at Dixon, Ill .; then cashier business dept. Chicago Times until about 1863; after that chief clerk in g .- m.'s office for transportation of troops from Chicago, until close of war. In book and stationery business, 1865-S: in lum- ber business firm of Mason, Street & Co., 1868- 9; Street & Chatfield, 1869-78 (burned out in 1871, but resumed at once) : Street, Chatfield & Darr, 1878-80: Street, Chatfield & Keep, 1880- 98; Street, Chatfield & Co., 1899-1910: now pres. Street-Chatfield Lumber Co .; also sec Excelsior Cypress Co., Timberton, La. Club: Church. Recreations: golf and boating. Resi- dence: 1429 Astor St. Summer Residence: Hyannis Port, Mass. (Cape Cod.) Office: 1880 Fullerton Av.

STREET, Charles R., fire ins .: born Tish- omingo Co., Miss., Jan. 5, 1866; ed. private school and 2 years at A. and M. Coll. of Miss .: married Sadie F. Ryan, of Chicago, 1889: 1 son living. Entered ins. business in his father's agency at Meridian, Miss., in 1882, where re- mained until 1884, when came to Chicago as clerk with the Phenix Fire Ins. Co., and its successor the Fidellty-Phenix, of New York. at Chicago, since 1884, becoming asst gon. agt. in 1899, and sec. and western mgr. Dec 1, 1910; also see. and treas. Western Factory Ins.

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Assn. since 1902. Clubs: Chicago Athletic. Edgewater Golf. Recreations: motoring, golf, shooting. Residence: 660 Graceland Av. Of- fice: 9th floor, Home Ins. Bldg.

STREET, Conrad Drum, sec. and treas. Street & Kent Mfg. Co .; born Phila., Sept. 11, 1853; son William J. and Catherine (Cooper) Street; ed. pub. schools of Phila. until 1870; married Jane Cullen, of Philadelphia, Nov. 16, 1874; 2 children: William J. and Stephanie M. Began as errand boy for Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co., Phila., 1870; bookkeeper and mgr. for Frederick O'Neill, plumber, Phila., 1877-84; came to Chicago, 1884, and was bookkeeper for Leliner, Johnson & Hoyer, plumbers' sup- plies, until 1889; resigned, and with Mr. Kent, engaged in the mfr. of plumbers' brass goods and specialties, incorporating, 1893, as the Street & Kent Mfg. Co., of which is sec. and treas. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Pis- takee Yacht. Recreation: motor boating. Sum- mer Residence: Pistakee Lake, Ill. Residence: 4548 Dover St. Office: 549 Fulton St.

STREET, Harry Lockman, lumber; born Chi- cago, Feb. 26, 1871; son Charles Arthur and Elizabeth Kate (McReynolds) Street; ed. Fes- senden School, 1880-4; St. Austin's School (Episcopal), New Brighton, S.I., N.Y., 1885- 1890; Yale Univ., 1891-5, graduating, B.A .; mar- ried Jeanne Eleanor, daughter of John A. Wakefield, of Omaha, Neb., Feb. 20, 1909; 1 child: Jeanne Rosalind. Entered office of Street, Chatfield & Co. (now Street-Chatfield Lumber Co.), Jan. 1896, as asst. bookkeeper and office boy; became asst. mgr., 1898, and admitted to firm, 1901. Mem. Lumbermen's Assn. of Chicago. Clubs: Saddle and Cycle, University, Church. Recreations: tennis, golf and horseback riding. Residence: 1222 N. State St. Office: 1880 Fullerton Av.

STREET, Norman Arthur, patent lawyer; born Chicago, Oct. 8, 1876; son Charles A. and E. Kate (McReynolds) Street; B.A., Yale Univ., 1898; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1901; mar- ried Luella E. O'Neil, of Chicago, June 4, 1910. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901; mem. law firm of Heidman & Street since 1907. Republican. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, Yale. Res- idence: 17 E. Division St. Office: 1509 Peoples Gas Bldg.

STREET, Richard Hamilton, physician; born Chicago, Feb. 8, 1874; son Richard Judson and Emmeline Caroline (Hamilton) Street; gen. edn. at Bishop Ridley Coll., St. Catherines, Ont., Can .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Mar. 28, 1898; married Aug. 27, 1906, Lillian Wood- ward. House physician, Hahnemann Hosp., 1898-99; practice limited to ear, nose and throat diseases; med. dir. First Nat. Bank pension dept .; med. examiner Security Mutual Life Ins. Co., Binghamton, N.Y .; adjunct prof. laryngology and rhinology, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; attending physician Hahnemann Hosp. Mem. Chicago Homeopathic Med. Soc., Ill. Homeopathic Med. Assn., Am. Inst. Homeo- pathy, Am. Homeo. Ophthal., Otol., and Laryngol. Soc .; business mgr. Ill. Homeopathic Med. Assn. Club: Chicago Yacht. Recreation: yachting. Residence: 56 E. 36th PL. Office: 512, 32 N. State St.

STREET, Richard Juson, banker; born Ham- ilton, Ont., Nov. 13, 1846; son Richard P. and Jane H. (Hudson) Street; ed. private schools; married Apr. 30, 1873, Emmeline C., daughter of James and Eliza Hamilton, of London, Ont .; children: Richard Hamilton, Gerald Basil, Margaret Essington. Upon leaving school en- tered an ins. office at Hamilton, Ont., but came to Chicago, Oct. 16, 1865, entering the service of the First Nat. Bank Oct. 17 as a messenger boy, from which advanced to position of cash- ier and later mgr. of Division "D"; retired Jan. 1, 1910, after 45 years' active service. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Bankers', Exmoor, Highland Park. Residence: Highland Park, Il1.

STREET, Robert Robertson, merchant; born Stirling, Scotland, Jan. 8, 1850; son Richard and Elizabeth (Robertson) Street; ed. pub. schools of Racine, Wis .; resident of Chicago since 1870; married 2d, Chicago, Jan. 19, 1901, Lucille Hollis Knapp; children (by 1st wife) : Robert Kenneth, Mrs. George A. Melbourne. In 1870 entered employ of Enos Brown & Co., dye stuffs, etc., continuing until 1876, when began his present business, R. R. Street & Co., dye stuffs, mill supplies, etc. Republican. Ma- son (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Cumberland Lodge. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Residence: 4809 Lake Av. Office: 209 W. Washington St.

STREET, William, lawyer; born Stirling, Scotland, May 29, 1848; son Richard and Eliza- beth (Robertson) Street; came to U.S. with parents, 1855, settling, first in Grant Co., Wis .; ed. Scotland, in pub. schools of Grant Co., Wis., pub. and private schools at Utica, N.Y., pub. school, Maumee City, O., Racine (Wis.) High School, Carroll Coll. (Waukesha, Wis.) and grad. Univ. of Wis., Ph.B., 1874, LL.B., 1875; married Waukesha, Wis., Mar. 28, 1878, Kath- erine E. Gray. As a boy worked on farm in Wis., and later in woolen mills, becoming supt. at 20; studied nights and earned his way through schools and colleges. Began law prac- tice at Waukesha, Wis., 1875-80; Janesville, Wis., 1880-9; Florence, Ala., 1889-90; since in Chicago. Prohibition candidate for state's atty. of Cook Co., Nov. 1908, receiving 45,528 votes; before then was Prohibition candidate for municipal judge of Chicago and judge Su- perior Court of Cook Co .; in 1909 candidate for Congress from the 6th Ill. (Lorimer's old) Dis- trict. Mem. N.A.U. Baptist. Recreation: base- ball. Residence: 128 N. Franklin Av. Office: 38 Portland Blk.

STREET, William DeLatre Cameron, mgr. Chicago Clearing House Assn .; born New Mar- ket, Ont., Can., Apr. 19,. 1846; son Rev. George C. and Anne S. (Bourne) Street; ed. pub. schs. and Racine (Wis.) Coll .; married Chicago, Jan. 17, 1879, Emily A. Pardee; children: Agnes B., Douglas P. Came to the U.S. from Canada in 1853, and to Chicago, 1862; during part of the Civil War in the q .- m. dept. in Chicago; ac- countant for Munson, Skinner & Co., Chicago, 1864-7, after that bookkeeper for the old Fifth Nat. Bank and in other banking positions in Chicago until 1890, when assumed present po- sition. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Bankers', Edgewater Golf, Saddle and Cycle. Recreations: golf and sailing. Residence: 41 E. Schiller St. Office: Cor. LaSalle and Monroe Streets.

STRICKLAND, James Percy, real estate; born Hamilton, Ont., June 17, 1875; son Will- iam P. and Martha (Moore) Strickland; ed. pub. schools of Hamilton; married Tilla Frances Crane, of Chicago, Mar. 8, 1899; 2 children: Martha and Helen. Began active career with John Calder & Co., Hamilton, 1889; removed to Chicago, 1892, and was with L. Z. Leiter, 1892- 6; with W. A. Merigold, 1896-1902; then with the Northern Trust Co., until 1905; mem. real estate firm of White & Tabor since 1905. Epis- copalian. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Real Estate Board. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ravenswood Golf. Recreations: golf, bowling and swimming. Residence: 628 Sheri- dan Rd. Office: 115 S. LaSalle St.

STRICKLAND, Samuel George, ry. official; born, Lakefield, Can., Aug. 15, 1859; son George W. R. and Fannie St. C. (Rothwell) Strickland; ed. collegiate school, Port Hope, Can .; married at Omaha, Neb., Louise Yates, of' New Or- leans, La., June 12, 1901. Began as agent and telegraph operator Canadian Pacific Ry., 1877; operator and clerk St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry., 1878-9; with the C.,St.P.,M.&O. Ry., 1879-1908, as agent, gen. agent, asst. supt. and supt. at Omaha until 1905, gen. supt. at St. Paul, 1905-8; asst. gen. supt., 1908-10, gen.

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supt. since 1910, C.&N.W.Ry. Episcopalian. Club: Evanston Golf. Residence: 1639 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 226 W. Jackson Boulevard.

STRINGFIELD, C. Pruyn, physician and surgeon; born Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 1866; son Dr. Frank M. and Sara Agnes (Munson) Stringfield; ed. pub. schools of Topeka, Kan., and Northwestern Univ. Med. Coll., M.D., 1889; married Josephine Milgie, of Chicago, Aug. 14, 1889. Began in newspaper office after leaving school, then in retail drug store and after- ward with the Bradstreet Commercial Agency, from which returned to retail drug business on own account, studying medicine while so en- gaged; since 1889 engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago. Surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp .; physician to the Actors' Fund of Amer- ica. Med. Examiner Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co .; ex-surgeon U.S. Marine Corps. Mem. First Ill. Cav., 1881-6, 2d Inf., 1886-9; aide-de- camp Governor Yates' staff with rank of col., 1901-5. Mem. A.M.A., Assn. of Military Sur- geons of U.S., Am. Assn. of Life Examining Surgeons; ex-pres. Chicago Med. Examiners' Assn .; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Republican. Mason (Blaney Lodge No. 271 A.F.&A.M., Lincoln Park Chapter No. 177 R.A.M., Apollo Commandery No. 1 K.T., Ori- ental Consistory S.P.R.S., Medinah Temple A. A.O.N.M.S .; med. dir. of Medinah Temple, 1907- 11); Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht, Hamilton,

Forty. Recreations: horseback riding and walking. Residence: Grand Pacific Hotel. Of- fice: 422 Western Union Bldg.

STRIPPELMAN, William, architect; born Cassel, Germany, Sept. 28, 1843; son Frederick K. and Julia Strippelman; ed. schools and univ. until 19 years of age, pursuing technical course, followed by philosophical course, Ber- lin and Univ. of Marburg, until 1862; went to Nashville, Tenn., becoming draftsman to the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas, until close of the war; married St. Louis, 1868, Hermine Schaefer (native of Coburg, Ger- many); children: Alexander, Anne, Julia, Will- iam. Practiced after war at New Orleans and Galveston until 1868, then located in Chicago; served 4 years with Board of Public Works. Fellow Am. Institute of Architects. Resi- dence: 2149 Jackson Boul. Office: 105 S. Dear- born St.

STROBEL, Charles Louis, consulting engr .; born Cincinnati, O., Oct. 6, 1852; son Carl and Ida Louise Strobel; ed. pub. schools of Cin- cinnati, followed by 4 years at Royal Tech- nical Univ., Stuttgart, Germany, from which he was graduated as civil engr., 1873; married Chicago, 1890, Henrietta Baxter (died 1905); children: Charles Louis, Jr. and Marion; mar- ried 2d, Mary Wilkins, at Chicago, 1910. Be- gan professional life as draftsman in railroad office in Cincinnati, 1873; asst. engr. Cincinnati Southern Ry., 1874-8; chief engr. and vice- pres. Keystone Bridge Co., Pittsburg, 1878-85, also consulting engr. to Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Ltd., and, as such, brought out and edited the company's handbook for engrs, and archi- tects, designing the new sections for steel beams which have since become standard, and introducing the Z-bar column. Represented the Keystone Bridge Co. and Carnegie firms in Chi- cago, 1885-93, having at the same time an in- dependent practice as consulting engr., and taking a leading place in the development of skeleton steel construction for Chicago office buildings. Designed large bridges over the Mo., Miss., Ohio and other rivers. Since 1893 in independent business as contracting engr. Incorporated his contracting business in 1905 under the name of the Strobel Steel Construc- tion Co., of which is pres. and treas. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs. (vice-pres.), Western Soc. Engrs., Institution of Civil Engrs, of Great Britain. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and

Cycle, Chicago Golf, Onwentsia. Recreation: golf. Residence: 846 Lincoln Parkway. Of- fice: Monadnock Blk.

STROMBERG, Alfred, mfr .; born near Stock- holm, Sweden, Mar. 9, 1861; son Andrew Strom- berg (threshing machine mfr.); ed. Sweden; married 1886, Ellen Johnson, of Chicago; chil- dren: Minnie, Alice, Emil, Eve. Studied elec- trical work with L. M. Ericsson, European telephone mfr., and others; worked in tele- phone construction in Sweden, Norway and Denmark; came to U.S., 1884; employed in re- pair dept. of Bell Telephone Co., Chicago, 1884- 9; supt. in charge of burglar alarm system of Chicago Electric Protective Co., 1890-3; asso- ciated with Andrew Carlson 1893, in mfr. of telephones, the outgrowth being the Strom- berg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co .; now pres. Stromberg Motor Devices Co. Residence: 5442 Sheridan Rd. Offices: First Nat. Bank Bldg. and 64 E. 25th St.

STROMBERG, Charles John, pres. Strom- berg, Allen & Co .; born Chicago, Mar. 26, 1882; son Charles John and Augusta J. (Anderson) Stromberg; ed. pub. and private schools of Chicago. Since leaving school in 1898 has been identified with the business of Stromberg, Al- len & Co., printers, stationers, etc., established by his father in 1889. Mem. Nat. Business League. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shrin- er). Recreations: general athletic sports. Res- idence: 830 Wolfram St. Office: 430 S. Clark Street.

STRONG, Amzi Wood, lawyer; born Scipio, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Jan. 1, 1864; son Philip and Cornelia J. (Freeman) Strong; ed. Scipio pub. schs., Moravia Union Sch., Sherwood Select School, LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1888; married Anne Saltinstall-Taylor, nee Anne Lynas, of Chicago, Oct. 22, 1904; 2 children: Thomas Richard Lynas and Amzi Wood, Jr. Admitted to Mich. bar, 1887, to Ill. bar, 1888, and since practiced at Chicago. Mem. firm of Strong & Struckmann, 1893-5; Strong, Struckmann & Ehle, 1895-1900; Strong, Struckmann, Ehle & Milsted. 1900-2; then alone until Sept. 15, 1910, when the firm of Strong & Mecham (John B.) was organized; firm is Chicago counsel for Drexel & Co., Phila .; The Fleischmann Co., Cincin- nati; Howard Shipyards Co., Jeffersonville, Ind .; Kankakee Electric R.R.Co., Kankakee, Ill .: Ill. Vinegar Mfg. Co., Chicago; Alberta-Pa- cific Elevator Co., Calgary, Can., etc. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Dir. and chmn. exec. com. Church Club of Chicago. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Highland Park, Union League. Recreations: golf and other outdoor sports. Residence: Highland

Park, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.

STRONG, Edward B., capitalist: dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St.

STRONG, Gordon, real estate; born Burling- ton, Ja., Inne 3, 1869: son Henry and Mary (Halsted) Strong; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1885; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1889; LL.B., Column- bian Univ., Washington, 1890, LL.M., 1894; studied mech. engring. and technics, Washing- ton, 1892-3, science and mathematics, Colum- bian Univ., 1894, civil engring., Univ. of Va .. 1900: married Margaret Hubbard, of Minne- apolis, May 15, 1901. Admitted to bar, 1890: practiced at Chicago and Denver until 1892: examiner, U.S. Patent Office. 1893-4: practiced patent law at Chicago, 1895-7; in real estate. Chicago (Gordon Strong & Co.) since 1900. Served in D.C. and W.Va. N.G., and in 3d U.S. Vol. Engrs. and Ili. N.G .; now col. asst. chief of ordnance, gen. staff, III. N.G. Republican Mom. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Onwentsia. Residence: 38 Bellevue Pl. Office: 209 S. State St.

STRONG, James Edmund, sec. Sels, Schwab & Co .; born Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 21. 1852; son

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 194

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