The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 202

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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TRISKA, Joseph Frank, lawyer: born Chica- go, July 19, 1884; son Joseph and Mary (To- man) Triska; grad. grammar school. Chicago. 1897; student Lewis Inst., 1899-1901: LL.B .. John Marshall Law School. 1907: married Louise Hopp, of Chicago. June 1. 1910. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1907, and since practiced at Chicago; independent candidate for alderman 10th Ward, 1907. Sept. 15. 1910. organized Slav- ic-Am. Savings Bank, of which is pres .: dir. Peoples Fuel & Supply Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Democrat. Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters. First Central Union. Clubs: Iroquois, Bohemia. Ros- idence: 4707 S. Robey St. Offices: 69 W. Wash- ington St. and 1945 W. 47th St.


TRISTRAM, Fred H., asst. gen. passenger ngt. Wabash R.R. Co .: born South Norwalk. Conn., July 5, 1864: son Bartholomew and Fran- cos (Hanford) Tristram: ed. Marion, O., and Flushing, NY. Entered service of Hocking Valley Ry., at Columbus. O., as passenger agt .


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1888; apptd. traveling pass. agt. Wabash R.R. Co., Toledo, O., 1888; transferred to Pittsburg as district pass, agent 1889; apptd. asst. gen. pass, agt., same line. Pittsburg, 1902, and Chi- engo. 1905. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Traffic. Residence: 1720 La Salle Av. Office: 68 W. Adams St.


TRITSCHLER, Charles Frederick, sec. and treas. Columbus Shirt Co .; born Bollschweil, Germany, May 24, 1863; son Kasimir and Paul- ina (Schneider) Tritschler; ed. pub. school at Bollschweil. Germany; married Chicago, July 29, 1896. Mary Charlotte Moran; children: Charles, Frederick, Alexander, Eugene and Kas- imir. Came to Chicago, 1881; learned the shirt business; associated with brother as a partner since Mar. 1886: now sec. and treas. Columbus Shirt Co. Republican. Clubs: Edgewater Golf, Birchwood Country. Recreations: billiards and golf. Residence: 7364 Sheridan Rd. Office: 16 S. Market St.


TRITSCHLER, Frank Joseph, pres. Colum- bus Shirt Co .; born Bollschweil. Germany, Dec. 5, 1861; son Kasimir and Paulina (Schneider) Tritschler; ed. pub. school in Bollschweil, Ger- many, and at business coll. in Freiburg; mar- ried Chicago, June 10, 1887, Anna Friedrichs; children: Elsa (died 1910), Florence, Lorraine, Frank, Arnold. Started to work at age of 16 in a furnishing goods store and factory as an ap- prentice in Freiburg, Germany; came to Chi- cago in June 1880; secured a position as shirt cutter and worked for a salary for 5 years; started shirt mfg. on own account in 1885; as- sociated with brother, C. F., in partnership, 1886, and in Dec. 1900, business was incorpo- rated as Columbus Shirt Co., of which is pres. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Credit Men's Assn. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Germania, Edgewater Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 822 Junior Ter- race. Office: 16 S. Market St.


TROEGER, John Winthrop, educator, author; born Oswego, Ill., Aug. 20, 1849; son George A. and Catherine B. (Opel) Troeger; B.S., North- western Coll., Naperville, Ill., 1875; married June 15, 1876, Elizabeth Rassweiler, Naperville, Ill. Taught district school, Clayton Co., Ia., 1869, LaSalle Co., Ill., 1874-6; principal Paw Paw (Ill.) Classical Seminary, 1876-80; supt. schools, Blue Island, Ill., 1881-5, Hinsdale, Ill., 1885-6; since 1893 principal Irving Grammar School, Chicago. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.). Residence: LaGrange, Ill.


TROOP, J (ared) G (rassie) Carter, university prof .; born Bridgetown, N.S., Can., Mar. 20, 1859; son William Henry and Georgiana (Cos- ter) Troop; A.B., Trinity Coll. (Univ. of Toron- to), 1892, A.M., 1893; 3 yrs.' post-grad. work in Toronto; married Minnie Plenderleath Temple, of Toronto, Oct. 7, 1896. Editor of The Week (lit. and polit. jour. established by Goldwin Smith, 1882), 1894-7; instr. English, 1898-9, asst. prof., 1899-1904, asso. prof. Eng. lit. since July 1, 1904, Univ. of Chicago. Sent by Domin- ion Govt. to Australia, 1893, to report on pos- sibilities of trade development between that country and Can .; delivered many pub. ad- dresses in Australian cities; has lectured in nearly every state in the Union and province in Can., and traveled extensively in Europe and the East. Mem. exec. convocation Trinity Coll., 1894-7. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Eng- lish, Quadrangle (Chicago). Chief work is in delivering pub. addresses on lit. subjects, Univ. Extension. Contbr. English and Am. revs. and mags., etc. Address: Univ. of Chicago.


TROUT, Frost L., live stock commn .; born Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 30, 1876; son David L. and Caroline (Gray) Trout; ed. Wabash Coll., class of 1896; unmarried. Engaged in live stock commn. business in Chicago since June 1893; sec. Standard Live Stock Commn. Co., since 1899, Wm. S. Flenner Co., since 1909; also sec. Trout-Minch Land Co., of Monticello,


Ind. Republican. Mem. Royal League, and Phi Gamma Delta. Clubs: South Shore Country, Kenwood Country. Recreations: motoring, ten- nis. Residence: 443 E. 46th St. Office: 173 Ex- change Bldg., Union Stock Yards.


TROUT, George William, hardware; born at Maquoketa, Ia., Feb. 4, 1862; son Thomas and Amanda (Knittle) Trout; ed. Maquoketa High School; married at Maquoketa, Jan. 5, 1884, Grace Wilbur; children: Thomas Wilbur, Philip Wilbur, Ralph Belden. Clerked in a hardware store at Maquoketa, 6 years, then was owner of the business, 9 years before coming to Chicago; mem. firm of Trout & Sacket 3 years, from Jan. 1, 1893; then George W. Trout & Co. succeeded (the "co." being nominal). Mason (K.T.). Re- publican. Club: Oak Park. Residence: 434 For- est Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 15 E. Lake St.


TROWBRIDGE, Cornelius Miller, 2d vice- pres. Burley & Tyrrell Co .; born Hudson, N.Y., Jan. 21, 1869; son Hobart and Katherine Van Wagenen (Miller) Trowbridge; ed. Hudson Acad., Lake Forest (Ill.) Acad., Lake Forest Univ .; married Harriet A. Durand, of Lake Forest, Sept. 14, 1897; 4 children: Calvin Du- rand, Cornelius Miller, Jr., Katherine Van Wagenen, Jane. Began as office boy for French, Potter & Wilson (chinaware), 1886, succeeded by French & Potter Co., 1891; in charge of ho- tel business of the firm, 1891-7; entered em- ploy of Burley & Co., 1897, elected dir., 1904, and vice-pres. in 1905; in 1907 firm became Burley & Tyrrell Co., of which is 2d vice-pres .; also sec. and treas. Lake Forest Water Co. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 7 N. Wabash Av.


TROWBRIDGE, Edward Gilbert, physician, surgeon; born Tompkins Co., N.Y., Feb. 7, 1855; son David and Joanna (Doyle) Trowbridge; ed. Cortland (N.Y.) Normal School, 1878-81; grad. Mich. State Normal School, 1881; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., 1897; married Chicago, Apr. 26, 1898, Lydia Hayes Jones. Principal Mich. public schools 10 years after graduating from normal school. In practice since May 1897. Mem. Ill. State Eclectic Med. and Nat. Eclectic Socs .; hon. mem. Wis. State Eclectic Soc. Republican. Residence: Lombard, Ill. Office: 1404 Heyworth Building.


TROWBRIDGE, Lucius Atwater, bonds; born Danbury, Conn., Apr. 19, 1847; son Matthew Thomas and Agnes K. (Sherman) Trowbridge; went to Rockford, Ill., with parents, 1861; ed. Rockford High School; married June 12, 1881, Caroline Frances Cobb; children: Lucie Alice, Jessie Gray, Caroline. Began in employ James B. Howell, proprietor of the "County Book- Store" at Rockford; bookkeeper in private bank of Spafford & Penfield, 1863; bank was reor- ganized same year as 3d Nat. Bank of Rock- ford, with which he remained 27 years, from bookkeeper to cashier; resigned, 1891, to estab- lish bond and banking business in Chicago; in- corporated, 1895, as Trowbridge & Co., becom- ing Trowbridge-Niver Co., in 1900, of which was pres. until 1907; in 1910 organized The Hanchett Bond Co., of which became pres. Re- publican. Club: Union League. Residence: Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.


TROWER, William George, clergyman; born Passaic. N.J., Apr. 9, 1870; son Ebenezer and Mary (Whitaker) Trower; ed. pub. schools, Hopkins Acad., Oakland, Cal., and Willamette Univ., Salem, Ore .; B.D., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1893; married Annie Ross Munro, of Oakland, Cal., Jan. 15, 1894; 1 son: Wendell Phillips. Ordained Congregational ministry, 1893; pastor Hutchinson, Minn., 1894-6, Hastings, Minn., 1896-9, Presbyn. Church, Monterey, Cal., 1899- 1905, Seventh Presbyn. Ch., Chicago, since 1905. Lecturer on hist. and biog. subjects .. Mason (K.T.); I.O.O.F., Royal Arcanum, Woodmen of


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the World. Recreations: walking, bicycling. Residence: 8624 S. Sangamon St.


TRUAX, Charles Henry, mfr., merchant; born Milton, Wis., Sept. 24, 1852; son Dr. Gal- loway and Mary (Stiles) Truax; ed. pub. schs., Maquoketa, Ia., until 16 years of age; married Feb. 6, 1876, Mary Wolff, Maquoketa, Ia .; chil- dren: Mrs. Ruth Nagle, Charles Truax, Jr. Vice-pres. Truax, Greene & Co., physicians' and hosp. supplies. Pres. Nat. Peace Jubilee, Chi- cago, 1898, and Chicago Fall Festival, 1899. Republican. Mem. Nat. Assn. Military Sur- geons, Nat. Assn. Ry. Surgeons. Author: Me- chanics of Surgery, 1900. Clubs: Union League, Glen View, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and other outdoor diversions. Residence: 4555 N. Paulina St. Office: 171 N. Wabash Av.


TRUDE, Alfred Samuel, lawyer; born on At- lantic Ocean, Apr. 27, 1847; son Samuel and Sallie (Downs) Trude; parents English; child- hood in Lockport, N.Y .; grad. Union Coll., 1864; studied Union Coll. of Law, Chicago; married 1868, Algenia D. Pearson; children: Percy (de- ceased), Daniel P., Walter S. and Celie. Ad- mitted to bar, 1871; noted as a criminal law- yer; prosecuted P. E. J. Prendergast, who was convicted and hanged for the murder of Carter H. Harrison; has tried many celebrated will cases, among which were Meadowcroft Bros. bank fraud case, the Wilbur F. Storey extradi- tion case, and the Henrietta Snell will contest. Has been prominent in Dem. politics; was pres. Board of Education 2 terms. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 4960 Drexel Boul. Office: 135 N. Clark St.


TRUDE, Daniel Pearson, lawyer; born Chi- cago, July 20, 1877; son Alfred Samuel and Al- genia D. (Pearson) Trude; student Dartmouth Coll., and Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Northwest- ern Univ., 1904; married Daisy V. Wilson, of Chicago, June 28, 1903; 2 daughters: Virginia and Jane. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1904. Republic- an; mem. 5th Dist. Senatorial Com. Episcopa- lian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Delta Kappa Ep- silon. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Mid- lothian. Recreation: golf. Residence: 6123 Mon- roe Av. Office: 135 N. Clark St.


TRUDE, George Arthur, lawyer; born Lock- port, N.Y., Feb. 5, 1866; son Samuel and Sallie (Downs) Trude; cd. Chicago High School, 1882. and Union Coll. of Law, LL.B., 1888; married Chicago, June 15, 1899, Fannie, daughter of Judge Sydney Smith; 1 son: Sydney Smith. Resident of Chicago since 1875; admitted to bar, 1888; city atty., 1892-5; appointed by Gov. John R. Tanner, 1897, as judge of the Superior Court of Cook Co. to succeed Judge Goggin. deceased, and served until 1898; since engaged in general practice. Democrat. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 5009 Grand Boul. Office: 135 N. Clark St.


TRUDE, Samuel Henry, lawyer; son Henry Trude; (first cousin of A. S. and ex-Judge George A. Trude); reared on father's farm in LaSalle Co., Ill .; cd. Normal School. Morris, III., Knox Coll., and at Union Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, LL.B. Republican. Elected South Town supervisor, 1896. Club: Colonial. Residence: 3239 South Park Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.


TRUE, Albert William, treas. and sec. True & True Co., mfrs. sash, doors and lumber; born Ottawa, Ill., Oct. 30, 1856; son William Mariner and Mary (Matson) True; ed. pub. schools of Ottawa and Chicago; grad. old Central High School, 1876; attended Northwestern Univ .. 1876-7; married Chicago, Sept. 21, 1898, Fran- ces Munger. Held business positions in Chica- go since 1878, with Methodist Book Concern, 3 years; Phoenix Insurance Co., 1 year; Hair & Odiorne, lumber dealers, 1 year: Hintze & Baker Co., wholesale dealers in sash and doors, 3 years; since 1887 an officer of True & Truc Co., wholesale mfrs. and jobbers of sash, doors and similar material (established 1887), of


which is now treas. and sec. Republican. At- tendant Grace Episcopal Church. Clubs: Illi- nois, Hinsdale Golf. Recreations: books, gar- dening, golf, etc. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Of- fice: Blue Island Av., cor. Lincoln St.


TRUE, Charles Jackson, pres. True & True Co., mfrs. sash, doors and lumber; born Ot- tawa, Ill., Apr. 21, 1859; son William Mariner and Mary (Matson) True; ed. pub. schools of Ottawa, Ill., until 1870, and afterward in Chi- cago pub. schools, graduating old Central High School, 1876; student Northwestern Univ., 1876- 7; married Laura Walbridge Daley, of Chicago, Apr. 25, 1908. Was employed with Lord, Owen & Co., wholesale druggists, 1877-82; with Hair & Odiorne, lumber, 1882-3; in retail drug busi- ness in Chicago, 1883-91; since 1891, pres. of True & True Co. (established 1887), wholesale mfrs. and jobbers of sash, doors and simi- lar material. Attendant St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Republican. Clubs: Illinois, Union League, Glen View, Kenwood. Mem. Lumber- men's Golf Assn .; was formerly pres. Riverside Golf Club. Recreations: travel, golf and mo- toring. Residence: 5007 Madison Av. Office: Blue Island Av., cor. Lincoln St.


TRUE, John R., terra cotta mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.


TRUMAN, Malcolm George, sec. The Marsh & Bingham Co .; born Chicago, July 15, 1876; son John Henry and Georgia T. (Cowdery) Truman; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; married Jane Mackintosh, of Chicago, Jan. 19, 1904; 2 sons: Gordon M. and John Henry. Began in clerical position in commercial houses until 1895; then entered employ of The Marsh & Bingham Co. (timber), later becoming sec. of the corpn. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Union League. Recreation: outdoor di- versions. Residence: 4346 Clarendon Av. Office: 1405 W. 37th St.


TRUMAN, Percival Henry, patent atty. : born Chicago, Apr. 28, 1875; son John Henry and Georgia (Cowdery) Truman; prep. edn. pub. grammar schools, and Lake View High School. Chicago; A.B., Williams Coll., 1898; read law at Providence, R.I .; married Leonora, daughter Comm. Francesco (Royal director of Royal Pal- ace. Milan, Italy) and Mélanie (Durfce) Mari- otti, of Rome, Italy, June 27, 1907; 2 children: Mélanie Boughton and Francis Mariotti. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1904, and since engaged in practice of patent law at Chicago; associated with Otto Raymond Barnett since 1908. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Member Patent Law Assn. of Chicago; asso, mom. Western Soc. of Engrs. Clubs: University, City. Recreations: reading and travel. Residence: 833 Windsor Av. Office: 1515 Monadnock Blk.


TRUMBULL, Donald Shurtleff, lawyer: born Sedalia, Mo., Apr. 19, 1875; son Morris and Em- ily (Shurtleff) Trumbull; A.B., Univ. of Chica- go, 1897: LI.B., Northwestern Univ., 1901 : mar- ried Gertrude Mavor, of Chicago, June 11. 1910. Admitted to Ill. bar in 1901; became identified with the firm of Judah, Willard. Wolf & Reich- mann, of which became a mem. in 190%. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Mem. HIL State Bar Assn .. Chicago Bar Assn .. Chicago Legal Club. Clubs: University. Quadrangle Rosi- dence: 1368 ES. 53d St. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St


TRUMBULL, George Thomas, merchant: born Boston. Apr. 17.1858; son James and Julia (Gillick) Trumbull; ed. Boston pub, schools and Boston Coll .: married Cincinnati. O., Nov. 18, 1878, Laura Mckee: children: Laura. Kate. Emily, Jennie. Mary (deceased) Bookkeeper with Loudon, Tower & Co., railroad supplies. Boston, 1874-9: in soan mfg. Covington Kr. 1879-82: on Feb. 15. 1582, went with Hall's Safe and Lock Co., of Cincinnati, Q. 88 8881 10 mgr. of sales dept .: removed to Chicago and became treas. Chicago branch, same company. until Feb. 28, 1898. On Mar, 17. 159%, organ-


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ized, and has since been pres, and treas. Trum- bull Safe & Vault Co. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters, Roy- al Arcanum, Royal League, Nat. Union, North Am. Union. Recreation: baseball. Residence: 4547 Dover St. Office: 77 W. Lake St.


TUCKER, Henry Stevens, physician; born Kane Co., Ill., May 1, 1853; son John R. and Margaret Thompson Tucker; grad. high school; attended Wheaton Coll. 2 years; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll. (Chicago), 1879; married Emma, daughter Joseph Kronenberg, a hardware mer- chant, of Hamburg, N.Y .; 1 daughter: Inez. Practiced medicine in Chicago since 1879; dem- onstrator anatomy Bennett Med. Coll., 1879-83 (prof. surgery, attending and consulting phy- sician in the coll. hosp., 1889-1900); dean, and prof. surgical gynecology, Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery; attending surgeon Cook Co. Hosp., 6 years; mem. staff Frances Willard Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Republican. Methodist. Ma- son (Ashlar Lodge, Lafayette Chapter, Mont- joie Commandery, Oriental Consistory, Medi- nah Temple). Club: Chicago Athletic. Recre- ations: travel, fishing. Residence: 451 E. 42d St. Office: 1015 Masonic Temple.


*TUCKER, Horace; see Vol. 1905.


TUCKER, Joseph Francis, chairman Central Freight Assn .; born Saco, Me., Sept. 29, 1835. Came to Chicago, Sept. 15, 1856; ticket agent, I.C.R.R., 5 years; pres.'s sec. 2 years, general freight agent 10 years, general supt. 2 years, master of transportation 1 year, traffic mgr. 71/2 years; arbitrator Transcontinental Assn. and Cal., Colo. and Utah Pool, 1884-5; asst. gen. mgr. C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1885-90; asst. to pres., same road, 1890-1; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Chicago, Ft. Madison and Des Moines Ry., 1892-3; commr. Chicago & Ohio River Traffic Assn., 1893-6; since Apr. 1. 1896, chmn. Central Freight Assn. Residence: Auditorium Hotel. Office: The Rookery.


TUFTS, James Hayden, univ. prof .; born Monson, Mass., July 9, 1862; son Rev. James and Mary E. (Warren) Tufts; A.B., Amherst, 1884, A.M., 1890; B.D., Yale, 1889; student Freiburg and Berlin, 1891-2; Ph.D., Freiburg, 1892; (LL.D., Amherst, 1904); married Cynthia Hobart Whitaker, of Leverett, Mass., Aug. 25, 1891. Instr. mathematics, Amherst, 1885-7; instr. philosophy, Univ. of Mich., 1889-91; asst. prof. philosophy, 1892-4, asso. prof., 1894-1900, prof. since 1900, head of dept. since 1905, dean Sr. Coll., 1899-1904 and 1907-8, Univ. of Chi- cago. Mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., Am, Philos. Soc., Western Philos. Assn. Author, translator and editor of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: University of Chicago.


TULEY, Murray Floyd, judge; deceased; see Vol. 1905.


TUNISON, Henry Cuthbert, map publisher; born on farm near Pekin, Tazewell Co., Ill., Feb. 5, 1855; son Isaac Caustner and Elizabeth (Baker) Tunison; ed. pub. grammar and high schools, Roodhouse and Mt. Pulaski, Ill .; mar- ried Catherine Reed Murray. of Manchester, Ill., Mar. 23, 1876; 5 children: Murray C., Frank E., Florence (now Mrs. Dr. W. P. Duncan), Es- telle and Warren H. Began selling maps and charts near Roodhouse, Ill., 1868; established map business at Maryville, Mo., 1874, remov- ing to Manchester, Ill., 1877. Jacksonville, 1881, and Chicago, 1902. Prohibitionist. Methodist. Recreation: travel. Residence: Lake Bluff, Ill. Office: 2452 Van Buren St.


TURCK, Fenton Benedict, physician; born Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 25, 1857; son James B. and Sarah A. (Ashby) Turck; prep. edn. Mark- ham Acad .; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll. (now med. dept. Northwestern Univ.), 1891; house sur- geon Alexian Brothers' Hosp., 1891-2; married Avis L. Paine, of Dixon, Ill., June 10, 1897; 2


children: Fenton Benedict, Jr., Katherine. Prof. internal medicine, Post-Grad. Med. School, since 1893; sec. staff of Cook Co. Hosp. Lec- turer, Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1896, Coll. Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1901-2, Univ. of Rome, Italy, 1906. Mem. Internat. Med. Con- gress, 1894, 1897, 1900, 06, 09; corr. mem. Royal Geog. Soc., Lisbon, Societe d' Urologie de France; fellow Chicago Acad. Medicine; mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Gastro-Enterological Assn., Am. Assn. for Prevention of Tuberculosis, Nat. Geog. Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago Med. socs., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Calumet, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht, Wisconsin Soc. of Chicago. Recreations: golf, horseback riding, yachting. Residence: 37 Cedar St. Office: 1468 Peoples Gas Bldg.


TURNER, Arthur Clarence, sales mgr .; born Gardner, Mass., Jan. 8. 1867; son Andrew W. and Christiana Turner; prep. edn. at Gardner, but did not enter coll .; married Alice H. Hor- ton, Gardner, Mass., June 8, 1893; 1 son: Har- old H. Gen. Western mgr. John A. Dunn Co. a number of years from 1895; sales mgr., at Chi- cago, Standard Chair Co., since 1910. Resi- dence: 6026 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1319 Mich- igan Av.


TURNER, Charles M., vice-president Federal Life Ins. Co .; born Fowler, St Lawrence Co., N.Y., Nov. 4, 1850; son L. D. and Ourilla (Sprague) Turner; ed. pub. schools of St. Law- rence and Chenango cos., N.Y .; married Mary E. Rennie, of Binghamton, N.Y., Mar. 1882; children: Louis E. and Georgia (deceased). Or- ganized the Security Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1886, and was its mgr. and pres. up to Feb. 1908; vice-pres. and general mgr. Federal Life Ins. Co. until 1910, and since then vice-pres .; pres. Occidental Investment Co. Republican. Baptist. Mason, Odd Fellow. Club: Colonial. Residence: Winamac Apartments, cor. Oakwood Boul. and Ellis Av. Office: 1314 Marquette Bldg.


TURNER, Edward A., capitalist; born Mari- etta O., Aug. 27, 1849; son Samuel R. and Han- nah (Butler-Potter) Turner; ed. Marietta pub. schools and Marietta Coll .; married 1872, Ame- lia Haigh, of New York City; children: Grace, Louise, Gertrude, Fanny. After leaving coll., asst. teller, Marietta Bank; 1 year clerk in Cin- cinnati dry goods store; afterward in New York, until 1872; in St. Louis 18 months; then again in New York until 1878; came to Chicago and established a branch of the Eagleton Mfg. Co. In winter of 1880, with W. D. Ewart and Frank I. Pearce, organized the Link-Belt Ma- chinery Co., of which was sec. and treas. until 1887; in 1887 established Dodge Cold Storage Co. in Philadelphia, and conducted it until 1892, when he returned to Chicago; pres. Link-Belt Machinery Co. (now the Link-Belt Co.), Nov. 1892-1906. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Commercial. Residence: Kenwood Ho- tel. Office: 1528 Monadnock Blk.


*TURNER, James Robinson, coal; see Vol. 1905.


*TURNER, John Clayton, merchant tailor; see Vol. 1905.


TURNER, Laurin Hilliard, dry goods com- mission; born Chicago. Sept. 26, 1845; son John M. and Hannah M. (Hamilton) Turner; ed. pub. schools and (old) Univ. of Chicago; married Mary Wrenn Duffield, of Chicago, Oct. 14, 1873; 2 children: L. Hamilton and Mary Adele (now Mrs. Charles D. W. Halsey). Mem. firm of E. H. & L. H. Turner, lumber, 1870-83, Turner Bros. & Co., dry goods commn., from 1883-96; mgr. of J. Spencer Turner Co., 1896-1906. In 1906 organized The Laurin H. Turner & Co. Republican. Baptist. Mason. Club: Union League. Office: 112 W. Adams St.


TURNER, Tracy Lay, stock broker; born Chicago, Aug. 26, 1879; son Edward H. and Ida B. (Foster) Turner; ed. private schools; mar- ried Chicago, Oct. 3, 1899, Claribel Countiss; 2


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sons: Tracy L., Jr. and Foster. Began in Mar- shall Field & Co.'s wholesale house, 1896, and later was with Whiteside & Wentworth, real estate; in 1897 entered employ of Chapin & Gaylord, stock and bond brokers, of which later became office mgr., and in Feb. 1901, a partner in the firm of S. B. Chapin & Co., bank- ers and brokers. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, South Shore Country, Glen View, Kenwood Country, Tuscumbia. Recreations: golf, fishing and mo- toring. Residence: 1120 E. 48th St. Office: The Rookery.


TUTEUR, Edwin B., physician; born La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 9, 1866; son Isaac and Fan- ny (Baerman) Tuteur; grad. High School, La Crosse, Wis., 1883; Ph.G., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1887; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Philadelphia, 1890; married Chicago, 1893, Emma Grossman; 1 daughter: Frances Pauline. Consulting phy- sician Daily News Sanitarium for Children; physician St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Phy- sicians'. Recreation: travel. Office: 31 N. State Street.


TUTHILL, Frank Hall, mfr .; born St. Louis. Mo., June 7, 1849; son George M. and Anna Haines (Hall) Tuthill; ed. Pontiac (Mich.) High School until 1864; later finished fresh- man year at the Univ. of Mich., leaving in June 1870; married Oct. 6, 1885, Isabella Heath Hall, of New York City; children: Stella Wes- ton, Margaret Hall; married 2d. Chicago, May 10, 1893, Emma Holt. Began as bookkeeper in the First Nat. Bank of Kalamazoo; came to Chicago, 1880, and established the present bus- iness of the Tuthill Spring Co., of which has been pres. from organization. For 8 years the works of the company were at Hammond, Ind., where he resided; city clerk of Hammond, 1887-8; removed residence and works to Chica- go, 1892. Established and managed the First Nat. Bank of Hammond, 1886-92; was engaged in World's Fair branch of the Northern Trust Co.'s bank during 1893. Republican. Congre- gationalist; life dir. Am. Bible Soc .; honorary life mem. Am. Board of Commrs. for Foreign Missions; life member Am. Missionary Assn. Mem. Congregational Club; mem. Geographic Soc. of Chicago, Chicago Peace Soc., Am. Free Trade League. Recreation: walking. Residence: 6958 N. Ashland Av. Office: 760 W. Polk St.




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