The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 196

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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SUMNER, Walter Taylor, clergyman; born Manchester, N.II., Dec. 5, 1874; son Charles Davenport and Rintha (Thompson) Sumner; B.S., Dartmouth, 1898; grad. Western Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1904; unmarried. Deacon, 1903, priest, 1904, P.E. Ch .; sec. to bishop of Chi- cago since 1903; pastor St. George's Ch., Chi- cago, 1904-6; dean, Cathedral SS. Peter and Paul and supt. City Missions, Episcopal Ch., since 1906. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn., since 1909; chmn. gen. advisory com. United Char- ities; 1st vice-pres. Juvenile Protective League; dir. and treas. Charles Sumner Social Settle- ment; trustee Home for Aged Persons; chmn. Tribune Lodging House Com., Com. on Unem- ployed; vice-pres. Juvenile Ct. Com. Clubs: University, Church, Social Service, Illinois, City, Forty (chaplain). Address: 117 N. Peoria Street.

SUNDAY, William Ashley, evangelist; born Ames, Ja., Nov. 19, 1863; son William and Mary Jane (Cory) Sunday; ed. high sch., Nevada, Ja .; student Northwestern Univ .; married Helen A. Thompson, of Chicago, Sept. 5, 1888. Was pro- fessional baseball player, 1883-90, in the Chi- cago, Pittsburg and Phila. teams of the Nat.

League. Asst. sec. Y.M.C.A., Chicago, 1891-5; evangelist since 1896; received from 1,000 to 3,000 converts per month, 1904-7, and about 75,000 conversions during past 10 yrs .; or- dained Presbyn. ministry, by Chicago Pres- bytery, Apr. 15, 1903. Prohibitionist. Address: 203 Throop St.

SUNDERLIN, Newton Austin, clergyman; born Clearfield, Pa., Sept. 5, 1849; son John D. and Lydia A. (Steeres) Sunderlin; ed. Cedar- ville and Mt. Morris, Ill., and Univ. of Wis .; taught school 8 years; B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill., 1880; married Ellen McKahan, of Monroe, Wis., Apr. 2, 1874; 4 children: Lulu B., Floyd M., Eva Gertrude and H. Harold. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1880; pastor in Ill. at Garden Prairie, 1880-3, Rockton, 1883-6, Cap- ron, 1886-91, Harvard, 1891-6, Woodstock, 1896- 1905, 49th Av. Church, Chicago, 1905-9, Doug- las Park Ch., Chicago, 1910. Chaplain 1st Bri- gade I.O.O.F. Residence: 711 N. 53d Av.

SUNNY, Bernard Edward, business mgr .; born Brooklyn, May 22, 1856; ed. pub. schools; (hon. degree D. Engring., Armour Inst. Tech- nology, 1908); married Ellen Clifton Rhue, of Brooklyn, 1878. Telegraph operator, night mgr. and mgr. Chicago office Atlantic & Pacific Tele- graph Co., 1875-9; supt. Chicago Telephone Co., 1879-88; pres. Chicago Arc Light & Power Co., 1888-91; western mgr. for Thomson-Houston Electric Co. and western mgr. and also a vice- pres. of its successor, the General Electric Co., 1892-1908 (continues to be a dir. in latter co.); pres. Chicago Telephone Co. since May, 1908; a vice-pres. Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co. Served 1 yr. as dir. Chicago Expn., but de- clined reëlection in order to become pres. of the Intramural R.R. at the World's Fair. Del. 6th Congressional Dist. of Ill. to Rep. Nat. Conv., Phila., 1900. Pres. Civic Federation of Chicago, 1901-4; pres. bd. trustees Ill. Eastern Hosp. for Insane, 1905-9; pres. Grover Cleve- land Memorial Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Union League (chmn. polit. action com.), Commer- cial, Mid-Day, Kenwood, Homewood, Hamilton, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country. Res- idence: 4933 Woodlawn Av. Office: 230 W. Washington St.

SURGHNOR, Valentine Harrison, real es- tate; born Taylor Co., Va .; son Valentine H. and Mary E. (Brashear) Surghnor; ed. dist. schools in Va .; married Quincy, Ill., Nov. 1878, Lizzie Moffett (died Aug. 20, 1890). In dry goods business, Hannibal, Mo., 1869-75; then in wholesale ice business until the business was swept away by the flood of 1881; since 1881 in real estate business in Chicago. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board (sec. 1894, vice-pres. 1903). Democrat. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), K.P., Elk; mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Calumet, Chicago Athletic. Recreation: reading. Residence: 2626 Indiana Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

SUTCLIFFE, John, architect: born Bacup, Eng., Mar, 28, 1853; son John and Martha (Townend) Sutcliffe: ed. pub. schools and in S. Kensington, London, graduating in archi- tecture and art; married England, 1879, Lydia Knight; children: Arthur George, Helen Mary, Clara Mabel, Edwin Alan, Isabel Ray. Was in business as architect at Bacup, Eng., and with the Admiralty at Portsmouth, Eng., for 4 years. Engaged in practice of architecture at Birmingham, Ala., 6 years; came to Chicago, 1892. Republican. Residence: Oak Park, 111. Office: 206 S. LaSalle St.

SUTHERLAND, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; born Wallington, Vt .. Oct. 31. 1848; son Gen. Thomas J. and Hannah (Packer) Sutherland; father died when son was 1 year of age; made way through schools by own exertions: taught school, then took course at Ft. Edward Col- legiate Inst .; grad. Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., 1868; Albany Law School, Albany, N.Y., 1870: married 1872. Adelaide K. Beaman, of Rutland, Vt .: children: Blanche B., Robert P .. Walter E. Resident of Chicago since 1870, in

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practice of law. AAsst. corpn. counsel of Chica- go, 1897-1908. Residence: 2529 Bryant Av. Of- fice: 105 W. Monroe St.

SUTHERLAND, William Jesse, vice-pres. Mooney & Boland agency, of New York and Chicago; born Logansport, Ind., Nov. 3, 1863; son George C. and Esther A. (Gerhart) Suth- erland: ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, May 30, 1888, Ella M. Minnick. Began as clerk in grocery store of A. H. McDonald, at Logans- port, Ind., 1878-9; came to Chicago in 1880 and was employed as a clerk in the Mooney & Boland agency, the largest of its kind in the country, looking after the confidential matters of the largest corporations and most promi- nent individuals; subsequently became a part- ner and is now vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of the Western Division. Republican. Methodist. Mason, Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Press, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Riding and Driving, South Shore Country, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Automobile. Recreations: motoring, yachting, horseback riding. Residence: 3659 Grand Boul. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

SUTTER, Eduard Anthony, leaf tobacco; born Detroit, Feb. 19, 1856; son Victor Urso and Appolonia (Geschwind) Sutter; ed. private schools, Detroit; married Adrienne Louise Denney, of Chicago, June 14, 1898. Identified with the tobacco business since 1871; until 1903 was stockholder and dir. of Sutter Bros., Inc., leaf tobacco dealers; since 1903 vice-pres. and treas. A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. Re- publican. Catholic. Clubs: Midlothian Coun- try, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and reading. Residence: 5463 East End Boul. Office: 193 N. LaSalle St.

SUTTER, Louis Philip, leaf tobacco; born village near Strassburg, France, Nov. 30, 1846; son Victor U. and Appolonia (Geschwind) Sut- ter; came to U.S. in boyhood; ed. pub. schools of Detroit, Mich .; married Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1871, Louise Grimard. Was employed by Francis Eccard & Co., Detroit, 1860-6; started in cigar business at Detroit, 1866; removed to Chicago and established, July 1876, business of Sutter Bros., later incorporated as Louis P. Sutter & Bros., of which has been pres. since 1904; also pres. A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. Republican. Catholic. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: farming. Residence: Delavan, Wis. Office: 139 W. Lake St.

SUTTON, Frederic William, ry. official; born Springfield, Ill., Oct. 16, 1855; son Goyn A. and Sarah M. (Fulkerson) Sutton; ed. at Spring- field, Ill .; married at Springfield, Clara Minna Gehrmann, June 12, 1895. Auditor Springfield & Northwestern R.R., 1876-82; sec. Ellsworth Coal Co., Danville, Ill., 1882-5; in auditing and pass. dept. C.,B.&Q.R.R., at Chicago, 1885-6; in comptroller's dept. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R.R., Kansas City, Mo., Mar .- Aug. 1886; auditor and dir. E.,J.&E.R.R., since Aug. 1886, and of Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Ry. since June 22, 1899. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Of- fice: 1401, 72 W. Adams St.

SWABY, William Arthur, pres. Gould Co .; born Seneca Falls, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1863; son Will- iam A. and Amelia S. (Gould) Swaby; ed. high school, Seneca Falls, N.Y. Entire business ex- perience has been in the line of pumps and well supplies; on Sept. 1, 1893, became identi- fied with the Gould Co., of which is now pres. Club: South Shore Country. Recreation: motor- ing. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: Corner Ohio and Franklin Sts.

SWADENER, Edward Elliott, sec. F. A. Hardy & Co .; born Dayton, O., Oct. 25, 1875; son Charles Edward and Leila L. (Deuel) Swadener; ed. pub. and private schools, Day- ton, O., and St. Paul's School, Garden City, L. I .; studied law, Columbia Law School, New York; married Mae Morse, of Chicago, Apr. 16, 1898; 1 son: John Fairfield. Identified with F. A. Hardy & Co., wholesale optical goods, since

beginning of business career, Nov. 4, 1896, of which has been sec. and dir. since 1906. Re- publican. Vice-pres. foreign trade div. Chica- go Assn. of Commerce, 1910-11. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 5006 Washington Av. Of- fice: 10 S. Wabash Av.

SWAN, Charles F., physician; born Byron, Ill., Oct. 5, 1852; son Henry W. and Rachael M. (Westlake) Swan; ed. private schools and Univ. of Cincinnati; married Hulda Auster- man, of Waukesha, Wis., Nov. 1878; 1 child: Nellie R. (Mrs. William W. Loomis.) Began practice at South Chicago, 1875; trustee Vill- age of Hyde Park, 1887-88; alderman City of Chicago, 1889; mem. Chicago Plan Commn. Re- publican. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Mason (K.T.). Club: Il1. Athletic. Residence: 7251 Jeffrey Av. Office: 9139 Commercial Av.

SWAN, C(harles) Joseph, physician; born Mansfield, Pa., Sept. 25, 1864; son Charles F. and Catherine (Morris) Swan; grad. Mansfield State Normal School, 1885; grad. Hahnemann Med. Coll. of Chicago, 1890; 2 years' post-grad. work in Vienna and London; married Chcago, 1895, Elizabeth Washburn. Began practice in Chicago in 1892 as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Prof. ophthal-' mology and otology, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; eye and ear surgeon on staff of Hahnemann Hosp .; former eye and ear surgeon of the Chi- cago Baptist Hosp .; nose and throat surgeon on staff of Chicago Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Inst. of Homœo- pathy, Ill. State Homo. Soc., etc. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 15 E. Washington St.

SWAN, Thomas Walter, lawyer; born Nor- wich, Conn., Dec. 20, 1877; son Thomas W. and Jane (Maynard) Swan; ed. pub. schools; grad. Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass., 1896; A. B., Yale, 1900; LL.B., Harvard, 1903; unmar- ried. Admitted to bar, 1903, and since prac- ticed at Chicago; associated in offices of Bent- ley & Burling, becoming mem. of the firm, 1909, with title of Bentley, Burling & Swan. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: City, University, Cax- ton. Residence: 609 Rush St. Office: 203 S. Dearborn St.

SWANSON, Herman Alenius, mining; born Boras, Lerma, Sweden, May 22, 1863; son An- dreas and Maria (Parson) Svensson (Swan- son); ed. high school in Sweden; married Chi- cago, Nov. 25, 1892, Stella A. Sampson. Came from Sweden to U.S., 1879, going to the Pa- cific Coast, and followed various pursuits at Ogden, Utah, Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., for about 10 years prior to locating in Chicago in 1890; pres. of the Swanson Rheu- matic Cure Co., 1895-1906; since then in min- ing operations; now 1st vice-pres. Seven Troughs Coalition Mining Co. Clubs: Chicago Athletic; also Commercial (Salt Lake City). Recreations: philosophy and occult sciences. Residence: The Lessing. Office: 38 S. Dearborn Street.

SWARTCHILD, Samuel, merchant; see Vol. 1905.

SWEET, Albert L., coal; born on farm south of Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 21, 1831; son Rev. Joel and Patience Rathburn (Dodge) Sweet; ed. pub. schools; married New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. 15, 1856, Annie E. Sanderson; children: Charles Albert, Stella E. (Mrs. R. M. Wilson.) Began business career at age of 19; clerk in canal collector's office, New Brunswick, N.J., 1850-6; paying teller Bank of New Jersey, 1856-8; agent Alton Packet Co., and C.&A.R.R., St. Louis, Mo., 1858-61; agent Rock Island R.R., LaSalle, Ill., 1861-5; agent for Col. E. D. Tay- lor, Chicago, 1865-8; supt. Chicago and Wil- mington Coal Co., 1868-72; gen. mgr., 1872-93,

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pres. since 1893, Chicago, Wilmington and Ver- million Coal Co., operating mines at Braid- wood, South Wilmington, Streator and Thayer, Ill .; pres. South Wilmington and Southern R. R. Co., Thayer Junction R.R. Co. Republican. Baptist. Summer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Residence: 326 S. Ashland Boul. Office: McCormick Bldg.

SWEET, Charles Albert, pres. Burlington Coal & Coke Co .; born Chicago, May 27, 1874; son Albert L. and Annie E. (Sanderson) Sweet; grad. pub. school, Chicago, 1890; married Chi- cago, June 1, 1897, Harriet Studebaker Thur- ber; children: Thurber, Marjorie. With Ill. Trust & Savings Bank, 1891-3; with Chicago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Co., 1893-7; or- ganized 1897, the Burlington Coal Co., which changed in 1902 to the Burlington Coal and Coke Co .; elected sec. and treas. at organiza- tion, 1897, and has been pres. since 1904. Re- publican. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Recrea- tions: yachting, golf and tennis. Residence: 3360 South Park Boul. Office: McCormick Bldg. SWEET, E. C., physician; born Lundy's Lane, Pa., Mar. 30, 1846; son George S. and Nancy Jane (Hopkins) Sweet; grad. Coldwater (Mich.) High School, 1864; student Univ. of Mich .; grad. Eclectic Med. Coll., 1870; grad. Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1884; married Chicago, Dec. 12, 1893, Florence A. MacGee; children: Florence V. (Mrs. Fredrick J. Ar- nold), Jerome Edwards. Practiced medicine at Grand Rapids, Mich., several years; in Muske- gon, Mich., 4 years; came to Chicago, Oct. 1885. Has for 22 years been chief physician, Ill. Masonic Orphans' Home. Dir. Ill. Coffee and Rubber Co. Mem. Chicago Homo. Med. Soc., Ill. Homœ. Med. Assn. (treas.), Am. Inst. of Homœopathy. Republican. Protestant. Ma- son. Recreation: literary work. Residence: 1650 W. Monroe St. Office: Masonic Temple.

SWEET, John W., wholesale hats; see Vol. 1905.

SWEETLAND, Edward Coates, fire under- writer; born Chicago, Jan. 23, 1873; son Ed- ward and Amelia R. (Coates) Sweetland, ed. pub. schools; married Evanston, Ill., Apr. 25, 1901, Alice A. Aiken. Began as office boy in fire insurance office of James A. Miller & Co., Chi- cago, about 1887. In 1900 became a mem. of the firm of George Herrmann & Co., of which is now sec. Sergeant of Co. K, 1st Regt., I.N.G. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: athletic sports. Residence: 1559 Maple Av., Evanston. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

SWETT, Frank Wentworth, lawyer; born on farm near Bloomington, Ill .. Oct. 13, 1875; son John Adams and Jennie (Sands) Swett; grad. Lawrence High School, 1895: student Univ. of Kan., 1896-8, Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1898-1901 (LL.B.); unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901; private sec. to Justice B. D. Ma- gruder, Supreme Court of Ill., 1901-6. Repub- Jican. Baptist. Mem. Legal Club, Chicago Bar Assn .; vice-pres. Chicago Alumni Assn. of Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Hamilton, Ridgemoor. Recreations: golf. hunting. Residence: 4917 Winthrop Av. Office: 1000-1004, 155 N. Clark Street.

SWIFT, Charles H., packer; born Lancaster. Mass., Dec. 27, 1872; son Gustavus F. and An- nie M. (Higgins) Swift. Vice-pres. and dir. Swift & Company. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, South Shore, Kenwood, Saddle and Sirloin. Residence: 4848 Ellis Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

SWIFT, Edward Foster, packer; vice-pres. and dir. Swift & Company, packers; pres. and dir. Swift Fertilizer Works; dir. Nat. Packing Co., Consumers Cotton Oil Co. Trustee North- western University. Clubs: Commercial, Union League, Chicago, Mid-Day. Chicago Athletic. South Shore Country, Midlothian. Kenwood. Saddle and Sirloin. Summer Residence: Lake

Geneva, Wis. Residence: 4949 Greenwood Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

SWIFT, George B., ex-mayor of Chicago; born Cincinnati, Dec. 14, 1845; son Samuel W. and Elizabeth Bell Swift; ed. Galena (Ill.) com- mon schools and West Chicago High School; married Chicago, Nov. 14, 1868, Lucy L. Brown; children: Brown F., H. B., George L., Grace B. (Bachelder), Adelaide Pearl (Taylor), Eldred Brown, Edith L. Was alderman Chicago 2 terms; commr. of pub. works, 1887-9; acting mayor, Nov. 1893-Apr. 1895; mayor, 1895-7; apptd. mem. Chicago Board of Edn., Jan. 1911. Pres. George B. Swift Co., Frazer Lubricator Co., Swift Fuel Co. Mason, K.P., Roval Ar- canum, Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Hamilton, Hyde Park. Residence: 5132 Washington Av. Office: Security Bldg.

SWIFT, Herbert Brown, sec. and treas. Geo. B. Swift Co .; born Chicago, July 21, 1872; son George B. (ex-mayor of Chicago) and Lucy L. (Brown) Swift; ed. pub. and private schools; married Elizabeth Buchanan, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1903; 1 daughter: Elizabeth. Began in mi- nor position with Met. Nat. Bank, 1890-2; with Nat. Malleable Castings Co., 1893-4; with John Spry Lumber Co., 1895-8; sec. and treas. Geo. B. Swift Co., gen. contractors, since 1898. Re- publican. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Athletic, Kenwood, South Shore Country, Forty. Residence: 4900 Washington Av. Of- fice: Security Bldg.

SWIFT, John Burnett, supt. Adams Express Co .; born Marietta, O., Mar. 25, 1846; son John and Mary G. (Hill) Swift; ed. common and high schools of Marietta, O .. to 1863; married Maria M. Taylor, of Zanesville, O., Oct. 17, 1872 (died Aug. 8, 1909); children: Harry Taylor, John Burnett, Jr. Began service with Adams Express Co., at Marietta, O., 1862, as clerk and messenger; later became agent and route agent. and in 1893 came from Richmond, Ind., to Chi- cago, as asst. supt .; in 1899 was appointed to his present position as supt. of the Adams Ex- press Co. Mason, Odd Fellow. Republican. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 6518 Yale Av. Office: 621 W. Monroe St.

SWIFT, Louis Franklin, packer: born Saga- more, Cape Cod, Mass., Sept. 27, 1861; son Gus- tavus F. and Annie M. (Higgins) Swift; mar- ried Ida May Butler, of Chicago, Sept. 9. 1880. Pres. Swift & Company since 1903. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League, Mid-Day, Saddle and Cy- cle, Saddle and Sirloin. Onwentsia. South Shore Country, Kenwood. Residence: Lake Forest. Ill. Office: Union Stock Yards.

SWIFT, M. Lewis, retired: born Sempronius. Cayuga Co., N.Y., Dec. 9, 1847: son Arnold and Harriet (Snook) Swift; ed. pub. schools, Dres- serville, N.Y .; married C. Alphoretta Clark, of Brooklyn, Mich., 1874. Began in father's gon- eral store. Dresserville, N.Y .. and succeeded father (upon latter's death, 1868) as postmas- ter; engaged in hardware business at Sand Lake, Mich., 1869-82. and was postmaster at Sand Lake, 1872-82; then in hardware business at Grand Rapids until 1888; came to Chicago and engaged in real estate and building until 1897, when retired. Republican. Mason (K.T. ). Club: Union League. Residence: 445S Ellis Av.

SWITZER, Edward Hall; see Vol. 1905. SYKES, sec also Sikes.

SYKES, Bernard Greenleaf, automobiles: born Dorset, Vt., Nov. 19, 1869; son Gilbert M and Lydia Kimball (Greenleaf) Sykes: ed. pub. schools, Dorset. Vt., and St. Johnsbury (\'t.) Acad., class of 1890; married Marian Chandler Hatch, of Strafford, Vt., Sept. 9. 1903; 1 dangh- ter: Charlotte Kimball. Superintendent of the Chicago branch of the Locomobile Co, of Amer- ica. May 1901-Oct. 1905: since then vice-pres and see. Bird-Sykes Co., automobile dealers. Republican, Congregationalist. Clubs: Ill. Ath-

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letic, Chicago Automobile. Residence: 1010 Hin- man Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 2210 Michigan Avenue.

SYKES, Raymond Gilson, pres. Sykes Steel Roofing Co .; born Canfield, O., Apr. 29, 1849; son Saxton and Racliel (Gilson) Sykes; ed. Ma- honing Acad., Canfield, O., until 15; married Niles. O., May 30, 1871, Clara Luse; children: Jessie B. (Mrs. Beardsley), Aubrey Luse, Roy Raymond. Began to learn trade of tinner, 1864, and worked at trade until 1870, when opened a store in Niles. O .; received patent on iron roof- ing, 1877; sold out store and began mfg. in Niles; business there now one of oldest in line of metal roofing in U.S., and known as Sykes Metal Lath and Roofing Co., of which is pres. Started branch in Chicago, 1890, calling it Sykes Steel Roofing Co., of which is also pres. Was one of organizers of the Bostwick Steel Lath Co., also of the First Nat. Bank of Niles, of which was pres. until removing to Chicago, 1897. In 1897 bought business and plant of Corning Steel Co., Chicago, which sold to Am. Sheet Steel Co., 1899. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Colonial, South Shore Country. Mason (K.T., Lake Erie Consistory and Al- koran Shrine No. 352); mem. Elks' Lodge, Niles, O. A lover of fine horses. Residence: 4321 Grand Boul. Office: Monadnock Blk.

SYMINGTON, Donald Leith, ry. supplies; born Baltimore, Md., Oct. 28, 1881; son W. Stu- art and Lelia Wayles (Powers) Symington; ed. private schools in Va., and 2 years in Amherst Coll .; married Elsie Jenkins, of Baltimore, Apr. 19, 1909. Rodman, U.S. Geol. Survey, in Vt. and N.Y., summer and fall, 1902; with Palmetto Phosphate Co. at Tiger Bay, Fla., 1902-3; be- came clerk in foundry of The T. H. Symington Co. in 1903, and has since been identified with that company, becoming mgr. of Western sales in charge of the Chicago office, in 1909. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Saddle and Cycle; also Maryland (Baltimore). Recreation: tennis. Residence: 751 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

SZWAJKART, Adam, physician; born Ry- kow, Galicia, Austria, Dec. 24, 1860; son Charles (M.D.) and Malvina (Wodiera) Szwajkart; ed. high school, Stanislawow, Austria, 1870-5; Univ. of Cracow, Austria, 1880; Univ. of Lem- berg, 1883, completing edn. in pharmacy and receiving degree of Master in Pharmacy; came to U.S., 1886; grad. Bennett Med. Coll., M.D., 1897; med. dept. of Univ. of Ill., M.D., 1903; married San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 10, 1893, Eu- genia Nowierska; children: Adam, Eugene, Blanche. In 1887 bought a drug store on the West Side, and after that 5 other drug stores in succession; in 1897 gave up drug business, and has since devoted entire attention to med. practice. In 1894 was sent by his Polish com- patriots to represent them at the. Kosciusko Exposition at Lemberg, Austria. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Catholic. Reg- ular Republican nominee for alderman from 16th Ward, 1902 (defeated); appointed, 1904, commr. of the West Side Parks. Chief med. ex- aminer of the Polish R. C. Union of America; mem. staff of St. Mary of Nazareth Hosp .; ex- physician to Austro-Hungarian Consulate Gen- eral. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 3535 W. Diversey Av. Office: 1410 N. Ashland Av.

TABER, Sydney Richmond, lawyer; born New York, Sept. 14, 1862; son Henry More- house and Mary Elizabeth (Phillips) Taber; A. B., Princeton, 1883; LL.B., Columbia Coll. Law School, 1885; married Julia Biddle. daughter of James Sitgreave Cox, late of Phila., Oct. 18, 1890. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1888, and since in practice at Chicago; dir. and sec. Marquette Safe Deposit Co., Am. & British Securities Co., Ltd .; trustee Bd. of Chicago Real Estate Trus- tees, Bd. of City Real Estate Trustees, Bd. of

Western Cities Trustees. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Dir. Am. Humane Assn., Anti-Cruelty Soc. (Chicago). Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Cliff Dwell- ers, Church, Princeton, Onwentsia (Chicago), University, Princeton (New York). Residence: "The Brambles," Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 532 Monadnock Blk.

TABOR, Roy Bartling, real estate; born Law- rence, Kan., July 28, 1877; son Rufus King and Louisa (Gleason) Tabor; ed. pub. schs. of Kan., Englewood High School, Chicago, and Univ. of Chicago; unmarried. Employed by U.S. Govt. 21/2 years with the Paris Exposition Commn., much of the time in Europe; began in real es- tate business in Chicago, 1901; with Robert White formed present firm of White & Tabor. Pres. Chicago Real Estate Board, 1911; dir. Home for Destitute Crippled Children. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Board of Underwriters. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ham- ilton, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 115 S. LaSalle St.

TAFT, Harry Lee, banker; born Chicago, Dec. 5, 1873; son Oren B. and Frances E. (Schlosser) Taft; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Harvard prep. school, 1890; Chicago University, 1893; married Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 28, 1903, Amy I. Johns; 1 son: Oren B., II. Entered em- ploy of Northwestern Bond and Trust Co. as clerk, 1894; business was afterward taken over by the Pearsons-Taft Land Credit Co., of which he became sec. and treas., 1899. This corpn. (established 1865) is a State bank, and con- fines its business to investments, through bonds and mortgages. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country. Recreations: horseback riding, travel. Residence: 1451 Dearborn Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 196

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