The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 211

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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WEINSHEIMER, Alfred Saeger, sec. the Pullman Co .; born Allentown, Pa., May 12, 1846; son Henry and Rebecca Weinsheimer; ed. at Allentown Sem .; married Alice Beitel, of Allentown, Pa., 1873; 1 son: Warren Edward. Began with Lehigh Valley R.R., 1860, as tele- graph operator, freight clerk and ticket agent, 1860-4; in q .- m.'s dept. U.S.A. at various points on B.&O.R.R., in charge of supply depots, Shen- andoah Valley, 1864; with Lehigh Valley R.R., coal dept., 1865; came to Chicago and entered service of Pullman's Palace Car Co., May 1871, serving with it and its successor, the Pullman Co., in various capacities; cashier, Sept. 1, 1875- Sept. 13, 1878; subsequently sec. Treas. Chica- go Home for the Friendless for many years. Republican. Lutheran. Club: Union League (since 1881). Office: 204 Pullman Bldg.

WEIR, Robert, mfr .; born Houston, Renfrew- shire, Scotland, Feb. 22, 1838; son Donald and Margaret (Nasmith) Weir; came to U.S., 1846, and lived with parents on farm in Palos, Cook Co., until 1857; ed. pub. schools of Cook Co .; married Chicago, Dec. 23, 1865, Ann B. Jardine; children: John (died in childhood), Robert, James, Margaret, Charles N., Alice. Worked at carpenter's trade 7 years; had retail grocery in Chicago, 3 years; plumbing business (Weir & Craig), 1867, incorporated in 1889 in Weir & Craig Mfg. Co., of which became sec. and treas. and in 1895, pres. Mason (K.T.). Republican. Residence: 6323 Yale Av. Office: 2421 Wallace Street.

WEIRICK, Clement Albert, physician; born Liverpool, Pa., Sept. 29, 1852; son J. C. and Margaret (Holsman) Weirick; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1876; married Mar- seilles, Ill., 1876, Lenora Ethridge (died 1888) ; children: A. J. (M.D.), Mabel E. Prof. of san- itary science and materia medica, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; attending physician Foundlings' Home; on staff Mary Thompson Hosp. Mem. Homo. Med. Soc. of Chicago, Ill. Homo. Med. Assn., Am. Inst. Homœopathy. Residence: 2200 Warren Av. Offices: 29 E. Madison St., and 1551 W. Madison St.

WEISKOPF, August Frank, wholesale mil- linery; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

WELCH, see also Welsh.

WELCH, Albert Gaylord, lawyer; born Chi- cago, June 3, 1873; son Leon C. and Laura A. (King) Welch; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and at Lake Forest Acad .; married. Studied law in office of Francis W. Walker, Chicago; admitted to bar, 1894. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Kenwood, Union League. Residence: 1463 E. 50th St. Office: 815 Marquette Bldg.

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WELCH, Ninian H., lawyer; born Rosecrans, Ill., Jan. 1, 1873; son John Tyler and Emma Jane (Page) Welch; B.S., Wheaton (Ill.) Coll., 1898; philosophy and history, Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1 year; A.M., Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., 1899; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1902; married Mabel Mildred Ott, of Chicago, June 18, 1908; 1 daughter: June Juanita. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1902, and since in practice at Chi- cago; asst. judge Probate Court of Cook Co. since 1907. Republican; speaker throughout the middle west in 2 nat. and 4 congressional campaigns. Lectures on historical and patriot- ic subjects; lecturer in Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law. Candidate for nomination for judge Cir- cuit Court of Cook Co., Apr. 1911. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Clubs: Hamilton, Town and Country (pres. ). Recreations: study of his- tory and collector of historical relics. Resi- dence: 2433 Adams St. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

WELCH, Patrick Henry, dentist; born Wau- pun, Wis., July 22, 1867; son Martin and Han- nah (Hinnegan) Welch; ed. common schools of Waupun; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. of Dentistry, 1891; married Chicago, Nov. 11, 1897, Irene Charlotte Cooke (now deceased); 6 children: Harmon, Mildred, Thomas, Elizabeth, Eleanor, and Philip. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Sigma Delta fraternity, K.P., Royal Arcanum. Demo- crat. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ger- mania Maennerchor. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

WELLER, Stuart, geologist; born Maine, Broome Co., N.Y., Dec. 26, 1870; son James and Henrietta (Marean) Weller; B.S., Cornell Univ., 1894; Ph.D., Yale Univ., 1901; married Harriet A. Marvin, of Springfield, Mo., Sept. 23, 1897. Asst. Mo. Geol. Survey, 1890, U.S. Geol. Sur- vey, 1891; mus. asst. in charge palæontology, 1892-3, asst. in geology, 1893-4, Cornell; asst. in palæontology, and grad. student, Yale, 1894-5; palæontologist N.J. Geol. Survey, 1899-1907; asst. geologist, 1901-6, geologist since 1906, U.S. Geol. Survey; geologist Ill. Geol. Survey since 1906; asst. 1895-7, asso., 1897-1900, instr., 1900-1, asst. prof. palæontologic geology, 1901-8, asso. prof. since 1908, Univ. of Chi- cago. Mem. Geol. Soc. America. A.A.A.S., Chi- cago Acad. Sciences, Acad. Science, St. Louis; corr. mem. N. Y. Acad. Sciences. Club: Quad- rangle. Author of reports on Palæozoic and Cretaceous Palæontology of N.J., 1903 and 1907, in Geol. Survey of N.J., and of many papers on palæontol. and geol. subjects. Resi- dence: 5813 Madison Av.

WELLING, John C., ry. official; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

WELLS, Addison E., contractor; born Janes- ville, Wis., Feb. 4, 1856; son Warren A. and Sarah (Harris) Wells; ed. pub, schools of St. Paul, Minn., until 1871, when, at age of 15, re- moved to Chicago; married Janesville, 1877, Alice Conant; children: Arthur F., Harry L., Percy A., Warren M. Immediately after the great fire, started to learn the trade of mason, as apprentice in firm of which his father was at the head; became a partner in father's busi- ness in 1880, under firm name of W. A. & A. E. Wells, incorporated, 1901, as Wells Bros. Co., of which he is pres. Baptist; now pres. of the Baptist Old Peoples' Home, and treas, of the Baptist Executive Council. Mem. Royal League. Royal Arcanum. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Builders', Lake Geneva Coun- try, Midlothian Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing and salling. Residence: 110 Ashland Boul. Office: Monadnock Blk.

WELLS, Arthur Brattle, lawyer; born Chica- go, Nov. 23, 1862; son Frederick Chapin and Clara ( Latimer) Wells; B.A., Yale Coli., 1884; M.A., Columbia, 1886; married Chicago, June 14, 1893, Jane Crelgh Stearns; children: El- eanor, Frederick Chapin. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1886, and was associated with Ezra B. Mecagg until his death. Aug. 2. 1908; now mem. Wells & Blakeley. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar

Assn., Chicago Law Inst .. Law Club. Resi- dence: 2820 Sheridan Rd. Office: 19 S. LaSalle Street.

WELLS, Edward F., physician; born near Dayton, O., May 14, 1853; son Robert S. and Eliza (Saunders) Wells; early edn. in pub. schools; M.D., Med. Coll. of Ohio, 1874; mar- ried Shelbyville, Ind., June 27, 1876, Maria J. Billman; 1 son: Michael B. Engaged in prac- tice since 1874; since 1891 in Chicago. Prof. clinical medicine. Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons (Univ. of Ill.); attending physician Cook Co. Hosp. Apptd. 1st 1t. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Soc. of Internal Medicine, etc. Club: Kenwood. Office and Residence: 4744 Woodlawn Av.

WELLS, Fred Amasa, contractor; born Mitch- ell, Ia., July 26, 1859; son Warren A. and Sarah (Harris) Wells; ed. grammar and high schools of Chicago; married 1882. Sarah Holton; mar- ried 2d, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1888. Ida Kerr; 1 daughter: Edith Sarah. Began at age of 18 as timekeeper for Fowler Bros., packers; later associated with father and brother in contract- ing business as mem. of firm of W. A. & A. E. Wells, incorporated, 1901, as Wells Bros. Co., of which is vice-pres. and treas .; dir., 1907, Duncan Electric Co. Mason, Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Hamil- ton, Chicago Yacht. Midlothian Country; also Manufacturers (Philadelphia). Recreations: golf and automobiling. Residence: 2306 Or- rington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Monadnock Block.

WELLS, H(arry) Gideon, pathologist; born New Haven, Conn., July 21, 1875; son Romanta and Emma Townsend (Tuttle) Wells: Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School (Yale). 1895; A.M., Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., 1897: M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago. 1898; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago. 1903; interne Cook Co. Hosp .. 1898-9; studied in Berlin, 1904-5; married Bertha Robbins, of Newington, Conn., Apr. 2, 1902. Asst. prof. pathology since 1901, dean in med. work since 1904, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. A.M.A .. Chicago Path. Soc., Am. Assn. Pathologists and Bac- teriologists, A.A.A.S., Assn. Am. Bacteriolo- gists, Soc. Biol. Chemistry. Author: Chemical Pathology, 1907. Conthr. numerous articles to med. and biol. jours. Address: Univ. of Chi- cago.

WELLS, Hosea Williams, judge Municipal Court; born Delaware, O., Jan. 27, 1856; son Joseph and Lucinda Ann (Case) Wells; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ. and law dept. Northwest- ern Univ .; married Virginia I. Hammond, of Brunswick. Mo., Sept. 30, 1884: 1 son: George H. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889; active in local politics for many years; elected judge of Mu- nicipal Court of Chicago and reflected for term expiring 1914. Republican. Clubs: Illinois, Hamilton. Residence: 1943 W. Adams St. Of- fice: Municipal Court. City Hall,

WELLS, Marshall Williams, ry. mgr : born West Farnham, Ont., Can., Oct. 27. 1857; son Marshall W. and Delia (Groom) Wells: ed. pub. schools in Canada and at the old Chicago Univ .: married Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 22, 1885, to Kath- erine M. Weinland. Telegraph operator with I.C.R.R., Freeport, Ill., at age of 21: after 2 years entered train service of same road and In about six years became a conductor: subso- quently took a similar position with the Mis- sissippi Central Ry. for 2 years; returned to I.C. af Pontiac. 111., and was train dispatcher 1 year: then passenger conductor until the World's Fair, when was appointed train dir. at the Fair terminals; at close of Fair engaged with the C.&E.L., first as passenger conductor. later as train master at Chicago, and finally as division supt. at St. Elmo, Ill .; became gon mgr. Ill. Southern Ry. Co., 1902; now gen. mgr. Southern Ind. Ry. Co. Mason, K.T. Episcopa-

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lian. Residence: 837 Eastwood Av. Office: Grand Central Station.

WELLS, Moses Dwight, shoes; 1837-1910; see Vol. 1905.

*WELLS, Orson Collins, stock broker; see Vol. 1905.

WELLS, Robert Moses, retired hardware merchant; born Dutchess Co., N.Y .. Aug. 30, 1848; son Moses and Love (Chapin) Wells; moved to Chicago, 1857; ed. Chicago public schools until 1865; married Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 16, 1879. Mary Badgley; children: Brad- ford, Henrietta (deceased), Mildred, Raymond Moses. After leaving school was a short time in service of I.C.R.R., 1866; same year entered employ of Miller Bros. & Keep. wholesale hard- ware, and was traveling salesman, most of time, until 1878, when wholesale hardware firm of Wells & Nellegar was established; incorpo- rated, 1883, as Wells & Nellegar Co., and he was vice-pres. and treas. until 1906; vice-pres. Bankers Nat. Bank until 1910; pres. Homewood Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Flossmoor Country. Residence: 3800 Michigan Av.

WELLS, Thomas Edmund, commn. mer- chant; 1855-1910; see Vol. 1905.

WELLS, William Leonidas, artist; born Painesville, O., Feb. 28, 1848; son Leonidas Knight and Olive (Batchelor) Wells; ed. pub. schs., Monmouth, Ill .; studied art at Chicago Acad. of Design and in independent life classes; studied animal and bird life in Wis., Ill., Minn. and Ia .; married Mary Estell, of Monmouth, Ill .. Aug. 22, 1870; 3 children: Olive E. (Mrs. C. S. Marshall), Constance G. (Mrs. G. L. Mc- Kinnie) and Marguerite. Followed painting of game birds and animals for a number of years; has been head of art dept. Chicago Tribune since 1898. Clubs: Wish-i-ninn-i Hunting and Fishing (life pre ;. ). Evanston Country, Ex- moor Golf. Recreations: hunting, fishing and golf. Residence: 418 Greenleaf St., Evanston, Ill. Office: Chicago Tribune.

WELLS, Willis John, pres. Binner-Wells Co .; born Geneva, Ill., Oct. 17, 1857; son Charles B. and Marietta (Pierce) Wells; el. pub. schools. of Geneva. Ill .; married Cranford, N.J., Sept. 7, 1881, Kate Patten; children: Gladys, Marjorie. Douglas. Came to Chicago, 1872; in printing business with Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co., 1872-82; in publishing business with L. H. Everts & Co., Philadelphia, 1882-5; returned to Chicago, 1885, and was mem. firm of Pettibone, Wells & Co., and afterwards Rog- ers & Wells until 1902. when joined in organi- zation of the Binner-Wells Co., designers, en- gravers and printers, of which has since been pres. Independent in politics. Was mem. of 1st Ill. Inf. 16 years, and served with that regt. in the Cuban Campaign as battalion adjutant. Mem. Soc. of Santiago. Military Order of For- eign Wars. Mason (Lakeside Lodge A.F.&A. M.). Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: books, hunting, fishing. Residence: 3753 Ellis Av. Office: 1006 Michigan Av.

WELSH, see also Welch.

WELSH, John Wallace, clergyman; born El- mira, N.Y., Feb. 25, 1875; son David S. and Ella R. (McCray) Welsh; student Southeast Kan. Coll., Winfield, 1892-3; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1901, A.M., 1902; student Garrett Bibl. Inst., Evanston, Ill., 1896-7 and 1900; married Mary W. Mowry, of Newton, Kan., July 2, 1896; 2 sons: John Wallace, Jr. and Evan M. Began to preach, 1894, and filled pastorates at May- wood, Ill., Hammond, Ind., and in northeastern Kan .; ordained Congl. ministry, 1900; pastor Park Ridge, Ill., 1900-1. Plymouth Ch., Evans- ton, Ill., 1901-3, Princeton, Ill., 1903-10, Cali- fornia Av. Church, Chicago, since 1910. Dir. Ill. Home Missionary Soc., Chicago City Mis- sionary Soc. Residence: 2922 W, Adams St.

WENDELL, Julius A., banking and real es- tate: born on farm in Nicolet Co., Minn., July 18, 1869; son Julius H. and Johanna (Cuske) Wendell; ed. pub. schools of Minn .; Northwest- ern Coll., Naperville, Ill .; married Mary Thorne Tallman, of Watervliet, Mich., Apr. 14, 1904. Began as bookkeeper for the Real Estate and Building Journal, Chicago, 1888-90; started real estate office on Van Buren St. nr. Paulina, 1890, which developed into the present real es- tate and loan agency of J. A. Wendell & Co .; a banking dept. was added in 1906, which was succeeded, 1909, by the Wendell State Bank, of which is pres .; also pres. Wendell Safe Deposit Co., owners of the Wendell Bank Bldg., Madi- son St., Ashland Boul. and Ogden Av. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn of. Commerce. Dir. West Side Dept. Y.M.C.A. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois. Rec- reations: motoring and hunting. Residence: 4901 Washington Boul. Office: Madison St., cor. Ashland Boul. and Ogden Av.

WENDNAGEL, Eugene, mfr .; born Chicago, July 24, 1865; son Louis and Salome (Braesch) Wendnagel; ed. pub. schools and business coll .; married Chicago, Nov. 30, 1898, Bessie Wood- ruff; children: Charles Eugene, Mary Eliza- beth. Began with Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. (about 9 years); in 1891 (with brother) mem. firm of Wendnagel & Co., mfrs. and builders of tanks and steel towers (business established by their father in 1856 under the name of Louis Wendnagel & Co.). Residence: 1910 Calumet Av. Office: 22d and Jefferson Sts.

WENDNAGEL, William (John Ernst), tank mfr .; born Chicago, Sept. 9, 1870; son Louis and Salome (Braesch) Wendnagel; ed. public grammar and night schools, Chicago; married Edith Conover, of Chicago, June 5, 1905; 1 son: William. Mem. firm of Wendnagel & Co. since 1889. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Colo- nial, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 5044 Michi- gan Av. Office: 22d and Jefferson Sts.

WENTER, Frank, broker; born Bohemia, of German parentage, June 7, 1854; came to America and directly to Chicago at 12 years of age; attended night and private schools several years. In 1873 began on a small scale the mfr. of furniture, in which line continued 25 years, the F. Wenter Co. becoming one of the largest in the trade; was pres. of the Chicago Furni- ture Exposition. 1891. Was appointed by the elder Mayor Harrison, 1883, mem. of the Board of Edn., and twice reappointed, resigning in 1890; father of physical culture in the pub. schools of Chicago, having induced the board to introduce it experimentally in 4 schools, with the result of its subsequent general adop- tion. Mem. board of trustees Sanitary Dis- trict of Chicago, elected at the first election in 1889, and reëlected in 1885 and 1900; pres. of the board, Dec. 1891-Dec. 1895; under his 1st term as pres. ground was broken by him on the canal, and while pres. of the board the principal construction of the canal was accom- plished. Democratic nominee for mayor of Chicago, 1895. Residence: 4803 Sheridan Rd. Office: 154 W. Randolph St.

WENTWORTH, Edward Chichester, real es- tate; born Charlestown, N.H., Nov. 6. 1859; son Henry C. and Rebecca S. (White) Wentworth; ed. Skinner School, and West Division High School, Chicago; married Chicago, Apr. 12, 1883, Hettie Currier; children: Carolyn, Robert, Hes- ter. Began in real estate business in 1884 in employ of Mead & Coe; engaged in business for self, 1892; now mem. Whiteside & Went- worth; treas. and dir. Hartford Deposit Co .; pres. Wilmette Exchange State Bank, Wil- mette, Ill. Republican. Residence: 2817 In- diana Av. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St.

WENTWORTH, Frank Warren, 2d vice-pres. Milwaukee Lithographing Co .; born Chicago, May 14, 1868; son Willard Francis and Mary Ann (Warren) Wentworth; Ph.B., Sheffield

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Scientific School, Yale Univ., 1887; married Bessie Louise Cooke, of Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 2, 1907. Was civil engr. on the board of Sani- tary Dist. of Chicago, 1889-91; identified with Milwaukee Lithographing Co. since 1891, of which has been 2d vice-pres. and dir. since 1909; organized, 1909, and since vice-pres. The Shirley Press. Republican. Unitarian. Pres. Central Assn. of Amateur Athletic Assn., 1897; mem. Chi Phi fraternity, Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: University, Chicago Ath- letic (sec. 1896, 1897), Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, Glen View Golf, Atlas, Yale. Recreations: motoring, golf, swimming. Of- fice: 711 S. Dearborn St. Residence: 5031 Mad- ison Av.

WENTWORTH, Moses James, capitalist; born Sandwich, N.H., May 9, 1848; son Joseph and Sarah Payson (Jones) Wentworth; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1863; Harvard Coll., 1868, A.B. and A.M .; Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, LL.B., 1871; married Chicago, Dec. 7, 1891, Lizzie Shaw Hunt; children: John, Hunt. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1871, but never practiced law, devoting attention to the care of property. Dir. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., and of State Bank of Chicago. Democrat; mem. Ill. Legisla- ture, 3 terms. Presbyterian. Trustee of New- berry Library. Life mem. New England His- toric-Genealogical Soc., of Boston. Clubs: Cal- umet (pres. 3 terms), University, Colonial, Sad- dle and Cycle. Recreations: motoring and fish- ing. Residence: 1240 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 54 W. Washington St.

WENTZ, June A., ry. official; see Vol. 1905. WERNO, Charles, lawyer; born Chicago, Nov. 17, 1859; son Matthias and Caroline Werno; ed. Chicago pub. schools and Chicago Athenæum; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1885; married Chi- cago, July 25, 1888, Martha Scheunemann; 1 daughter: Irene. Was employed in wholesale mfg. house of J. W. Griswold & Co., 1876-83; attended law coll., and on graduation, June 1885, was admitted to the bar; since in active practice. Alderman 21st Ward of Chicago, elected, 1899, and afterward was changed (1900) to the 23d, was reëlected in 1901, 1903 and 1905; was chmn. of the Judiciary Com. 4 years. chmn. of the Local Transportation Com. 2 years, also chmn. of the com. that settled the traction question. Pres. Cook Co. Cabinet of the Nat. Union. Clubs: Germania Maennerchor, Edgewater Country. Residence: 5910 Sheridan Rd. Office: 138 N. LaSalle St.

WERT, Albert Alva, druggist; born Chicago, July 24, 1860; son Aaron Peter and Mary (Ald- worth) Wert; ed. Chicago pub. schools, grad- uating, 1876; married Chicago, Apr. 23, 1889, Hattie J. Ledward; children; Alva Ledward, Thomas Chester, Albert A., Jr. (died in in- fancy.) In employ of Fuller & Fuller Co., wholesale druggists, Sept. 1877-May 1894; pur- chased half interest in the Auditorium Phar- macy Co., of which is treas. and dir .; pres. Ashland Drug Co .; treas. Congress Drug Co. Episcopalian. Club: Edgewater Country. Rec- reations: baseball and fishing. Residence: 904 Castlewood Terrace. Office: Ashland Blk.

WESCOTT, see also Westcott.

WESCOTT, Cassius D., physician; born Sal- isbury Center, N.Y., May 25, 1861; son Austin B. and C. Ermina (Byington) Wescott; grad. Scammon School, Chicago, 1875; entered old Central High School, 1875, but was unable to finish the 3d year because of ill health; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1883; married Chicago, Dec. 31, 1890, Ada Virgil; children: Virgil, Helen. While still a student, began teaching at Rush Med. Coll. as asst. in chemical laboratory; demonstrator of chemistry, 1883-4; resident physician at Ill. Eastern Hosp. for the Insane, Kankakee, 1884-6; opened office in 1886, con- tinuing general practice in Chicago until 1894, when gave up general practice for ophthal- mology. In 1886 began special study of dis-

eases of the eye and ear, and was apptd. asst. surgeon at Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear In- firmary, 1887-8; apptd. surgeon to eye and ear dept. Central Free Dispensary, 1887, in con- nection with Rush Med. Coll .; oculist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1891-3; lecturer on eye at Ill. Train- ing School for Nurses since 1891; instr. oph- thalmology, 1894-1900, asst. prof., 1900-7, Rush Med. Coll .; ophthalmologist to C.,M.&St.P.Ry. since 1894; attending oculist Monroe St. Hosp. since 1900; asst. ophthalmologist Presbyter- ian Hosp, 1900-7; consulting ophthalmologist St. Anthony's Hosp. since 1900, to Destitute and Crippled Children since 1908, to Chicago Tuberculosis Inst., and Edwards Sanitarium since 1908; attending ophthalmologist St. Luke's Hosp., since 1907. Apptd. 1st lt. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps., Feb. 1911. Mem. Am. Ophthalmological Soc., A.M.A., Am. Assn. of Ry. Surgeons, Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthalmol. Soc. (pres., 1900), Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc. (pres., 1833), C.,M.&St.P.Ry. Surgeons' Assn., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chicago Physicians' Club. Trus- tee 3d Unitarian Church, 1901-6. Clubs: Uni- versity, Quadrangle. Residence: 1360 E. 58th St. Office: 34 E. Washington St.

WESENER, John Alfonzo, consulting chem- ist; born Saginaw, Mich., Mar. 14, 1865; son Hugo and Bertha (Weingart) Wesener; ed. pub. schools of Saginaw and Owosso, Mich .: Michigan Agrl. Coll., 1886; Ph.C., Univ. of Mich., 1888; M.D., Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons, Chicago, 1894; married Owosso, Mich., Mar. 2, 1891, Delilah Patty. Engaged in prac- tice as chemist in Chicago, 1889; pres. Colum- bus Laboratories. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Am. Chemical Soc., Soc. of Chemical Industry; fellow Acad. of Medi- cine. Mem. of the 25th Ward Republican Club. Club: Chicago Athletic. Protestant. Residence: 4608 Malden St. Office: 31 N. State St.

WESSLING, Milton Phillip, wholesale hard- ware; born Northfield, Cook Co., Ill., May 7, 1876; son Jacob and Harriett (Rapp) Wess- ling; ed. pub. schools, Cook Co .; married Nora J. Fuchs, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1902. Began with Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., 1894-6: with the Wells & Nellegar Co. until 1906; Mc- Voy-Wessling Hardware Co. was organized, 1906, and Feb. 1, 1907, succeeded to the busi- ness of the Wells & Nellegar Co., of which has since been vice-pres., sec. and dir .; dir. Terre Haute Malleable & Mfg. Co. Club: Il1. Athletic. Recreation: bowling. Residence: 6411 Randolph St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 364 River St.

WEST, Charles Lake, pres. and treas. Schweizer & West Mfg. Co .: born near Elk- horn, Wis., May 5, 1861; son Steven G. and Martha A. (Lake) West; ed. pub. school, Elk- horn, Wis. and business college, Milwaukee; married Jessica A. Chapman, of New York. July 8, 1890; 2 daughters: Laura S. and Muriel E. Engaged in building and hardware business at Perry, Ja., 1882-7; organized, and was sec. and mgr. Fremont (Neb.) Mfg. Co., 1887-94: came to Chicago, 1894, and was sec. Edmunds Mfg. Co., until 1909, when reorganized the C. Schweizer Mfg. Co. as the Schweizer & West Mfg. Co., interior finish and cabinet work, of which has been pres, and treas. since May 1. 1909. Mem. Builders' and Traders' Exchange, Chicago, Master Carpenters' Assn. of New York; also Wis. Soc. of Chicago. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason (K.T.), K.P. Clubs: Oak Park, Westward Ho. Recreations: golf and fishing. Residence: 334 S. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 320 N. Ada St.

WEST, George Nelson, dentist; born Chicago. Nov. 26, 1864: son Nelson N. and Tamson (Jamison) West: ed. high school, Chicago; grad. Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, Issi: married Florence. Ala., June 15. 1595, Annie S. Brown: 2 sons: Lonsdale and Robert En- gaged in dental practice in Chicago since 1886;

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was 7 years mem, faculty of Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., 111. State Dental Soc., Nat. Dental Assn. Re- publican. Mason. Residence: 1363 E. 50th St. Office: 32 N. State St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 211

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