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WHITNEY, Max Hanson, lawyer; born Grand Rapids, Wis., Mar. 3, 1870; son George W. and Emily (Hanson) Whitney; ed. pub. schools of Wis. and Me .; grad. Grand Rapids High School; student Univ. of Wis. and Oberlin Coll .; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1897; married Milwaukee, July 1, 1899, Lucy, daughter A. L. Worden. Ad- mitted to bar, 1896; practiced in Chicago as mem. Merrick, Evans & Whitney, 1896-9; now mem. firm of Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw. Asst. U.S. dist. atty., 1892; pres. Woods Motor Vehicle Co., 1892-4. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Phi Delta Phi, Law Club. Clubs: Hamilton, Press, Illinois, Chi- cago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Golf, South Shore Country. Residence: 5053 Grand Boul. Office: 1400 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
WHITNEY, Robert Edwin, dept. mgr. New York Life Ins. Co .; born Indianapolis, Sept. 9, 1865; son Charles Carroll and Marion (Clarke). Whitney; grad. pub. schs., New York, 1879; student Coll. City of New York 2 years; mar- ried Louise E. Landon, of Bordentown, N.J.,
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Feb. 16, 1898; 1 child: Dorothy Louise. With New York Life Ins. Co. since beginning of active career, 1883; apptd. mgr. Seaboard Dept., June 1, 1892, inspector of agencies and in charge Japan, China and Philippines, Jan. 1, 1901; in charge of Great Central Dept., head- quarters Chicago, since May 1, 1907. Republic- an. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, K.T. and Shrine). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, University of Evans- ton, Evanston Country, Skokie Golf. Residence: 1245 Asbury Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: New York Life Bldg.
WHITON, Lander Kirke, broker; born Chica- go, June 11, 1868; son Henry Kirke and Louise (Lander) Whiton; ed. Chicago pub. schools and Harvard School, Chicago. Began in employ of Phelps, Dodge & Palmer, Aug. 12, 1885, resigned July 1, 1893; stock broker since 1894. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Club: South Shore Country. Republican. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: travel, golf. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.
*WHITTEMORE, Don Juan, civil engineer; moved to Milwaukee, Wis .; see Vol. 1905.
WHITTIER, Clarke Butler, prof. law; born St. Louis, July 24, 1872; son Clarke and Eliza (Oliver) Whittier; A.B., Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1893; LL.B. (cum laude), Harvard, 1896; married Clara Winifred Caldwell, of Pasadena, Cal., Sept. 9, 1896. Practiced law, Los Angeles, 1895-6; instr. law, 1897-9, asst. prof., 1899-1900, asso. prof., 1900-2, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ .; prof. law, Univ. of Chicago, since 1902. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: City, Quadrangle. Address: 5601 Woodlawn Av.
WHYTE, George Stuart, mfr. wire rope; born Crossgates, Fifeshire, Scotland, Mar. 20, 1867; son George and Isabella (Primrose) Whyte; ed. common schs. in Scotland, and business course in Chicago evening schools; married Milwau- kee, Wis., Feb. 15, 1890, Anna A. Jessel; 1 son: Jessel Stuart. Was 7 years stenographer and salesman with the Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co .; in 1897, with F. B. Macomber, engaged in mfr. of wire rope, and is now pres. of the Macomber & Whyte Rope Co. Mem. Iron and Steel Inst. of Great Britain. Republican. Baptist. Mem. St. Andrew's Soc. of Ill. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Automobile, Beverly Country. Residence: 5320 Michigan Av. Office: 507 S. Clinton St.
WICKERSHAM, William Bailey, sec. Chica- go Pub. Library; deceased; sec Vol. 1905.
WICKES, Pere L., Jr., insurance; born York, Pa., Mar. 2, 1873; son Pere L. and Henrietta C. (Welsh) Wickes; A.B., Johns Hopkins Univ .. 1894; LL.B., Univ. of Maryland, 1896; married Chicago, June 4, 1902, Anna C. Boal; 1 son: Robert Boal. Began practice of law in Balti- more, 1896, but on Jan. 1, 1897, entered the em- ploy of the Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Mary- land. In 1899 came to Chicago as special agent and atty., and in Mar. 1901 was promoted to general agent of the co., continuing until Dec. 1906; since then gen. agt. Pa. Casualty Co. and United Surety Co. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chi- cago Automobilc, Chicago, Ill. Athletic. Rcc- reations: motoring and other outdoor diver- sions. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
WICKETT, Frederick H., lawyer; born Ols- worthy, Devonshire, Eng., June 23, 1868; son Richard and Jane (Hooper) Wickett; taken to Canada by parents in 1871; ed. Ontario, Can .; read law in office of Colin MacDougall, Q.C., St. Thomas, Ont .; married Alice Wiswell, of Mor- gan Park, Ill., May 1, 1893; 3 children: Kcn- neth, Dorothy and Marjorie. Came to Chicago in 1890, as atty. for N.P.R.R.Co., with which remained until 1893; since then engaged in cor- poration practice; now counsel for various cor- porations and banks: mem. law firm Horton. Wickctt, Miller & Meier. Dir. Drexel State Bank, Chas. Herendeen Milling Co., Chicago Re-
duction Co .; chmn. of bd. South Side Brewery Co. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Midlothian Country, Chicago Golf, Kenwood, South Shore Country. Recrea- tions: motoring, golf. Residence: 4740 Kimbark Av. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.
WIEHE, Christian Frederick, lumberman; born Chicago, Sept. 6, 1862; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, 1887, Katherine Hines (now deceased) ; children: Trude A., Hazel Marion, Charles Edward (deceased). Began lumber bus- iness, 1880, with H. Witbeck Co .; later with S. K. Martin Lumber Co., and in 1892 was one of the incorporators of the Edward Hines Lumber Co., of which is now sec. and dir .; also sec. and treas. Lumbermen's Mill Co., North Wis. Lum- ber & Mfg. Co., and 6 other corpns .; dir. Saw- yer County State Bank, Hayward, Wis .; sec. St. Croix Lumber & Mfg. Co. of Winton, Minn .; dir. Mason (Wis.) State Bank, Virginia- & Rainy Lake Lumber Co., Virginia, Minn .; pres. Shavings & Sawdust Co., Pearson Lumber Co. Pres. Builders' and Traders' Exchange; dir. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn .; mem. exec. com. for Ill. Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Assn .; dir. Chicago Band Assn. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Builders', Illinois, South Shore Country, Homewood Coun- try, Pickwick Country; also Y.M.G.A. and Bos- ton Clubs (New Orleans). Recreation: motor- ing. Residence: 1520 Jackson Boul. Office: Lin- coln St., south of Blue Island Av.
*WIEMERS, William F., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
WIGGIN, Twing Brooks, physician; born Al- legheny City, Pa., Jan. 8, 1865; son Richard and Rebecca Howe (Johnson) Wiggin; grad. Janes- ville (Wis.) High School. 1882; student Van- . derbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn., 1SS3; M.D., Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1886: post-grad. courses at New York Post-Graduate School, London, Vienna, and Johns Hopkins Univ .; married Janesville, Wis., Nov. 23, 1887. Louise Adele Merril. Began practice in Chica- go, 1886; prof. physiology, Am. Dental School. 1889-94; prof. physiology and general pathol- ogy, Northwestern Univ. Dental School, since 1894; prof. physiology, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 1896-9; prof. microscopical and chen- ical diagnosis, same, 1899-1901; adjunct prof. practice of medicine and clinical medicine. same, since 1901; prof. physical diagnosis, same, since 1908; mem. asso. staff of physi- cians to Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Author: Out- lines of Physiology, Lectures on Pathology. etc. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Physicians'. South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and travel. Residence: 442 E. 48th St. Office: Re- liance Bldg.
WIGGLESWORTH, Albert Wesley, mechan- ical engr .; born Walworth, N.Y., Dec. 21. 1872: son Albert W. and Ella M. (Griswold) Wiggles- worth; prep. edn. high school, Palmyra, N. Y .. M.E., Cornell Univ., 1893; married Helen Gif- ford, of Newark, N.J., Dec. 31, 1895: 4 sons: Albert G., James D., Robert G. and Thomas S. Began as machinist in C.,B.&Q.Ry. shops at Havelock, Neb .; chemist, Utah Sugar Co. (Lchf. Utah). 1893; engr. at Eugenie Teresa, Manza- nilla, Cuba, 1894-5; became clerk in 1895. sales- man. 1896, mgr., 1902. dir. and treas., 1905, Hill. Clarke & Co .; pres. Universal Boring Machine Co .; treas. Chicago Machine Tool Co .; dir. Wood Turret Machine Co. Republican. Methodist Mason (K.T. and Shriner), Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 426 Central Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 125 N. Canal Street.
WIGGS, George Washington, grain broker. editor; born Hollandsburg. O., Der. 3. 1553; son Felix Gilbert and Emly (Thomas) Wiggs: BS. Ind. Univ., 1874. Began as agent for Charles H. Cummings, grain exporter. Philadelphia.
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1876-80: came to Chicago and became mem. of the Board of Trade; mem. George W. Wiggs & Co., grain and stock brokers, 1880-1907; edi- tor of "Good Cheer" since 1907. K.P. Mem. Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Press, Ill. Athletic. Office: 69 E. South Water St.
WIGHT, Byron William, lawyer; born La- grange Co., Ind., Apr. 5, 1864; son Elias and Sophia Ann (Telfer) Wight; grad. Lagrange High School, 1883; removed to Chicago, 1885; grad. business coll., Chicago, 1886; LL.B., Chi- cago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1903; married Margaret Luella Moore, of Goshen, Ind., Dec. 28, 1892. Began as credit mgr. Devoe & Raynolds Co., 1887-95; with Peter Van Schaack & Sons, whole- sale druggists, 1895-1903; admitted to bar, 1903. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Delta Chi, Indiana Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Men's of Hyde Park. Recre- ations: travel and study. Residence: 5463 Ridgewood Ct., Hyde Park. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
WIGHT, Peter Bonnett, architect; born New York. Aug. 1, 1838; son Amherst and Joanna G. (Sanderson) Wight; A.B., Coll. City of New York, 1855; married Marion Onley, of Norwich, Eng., Mar. 19, 1882. Practiced architecture, New York, 1861-71, Chicago, since 1871; sec. Ill. State Bd. Examiners of Architects, since Sept. 1897. Editor Fireproof Magazine, 1904-8. Fel- low Am. Inst. Architects (sec. Ill., chapter) ; sec. Municipal Art League of Chicago, 1900-5; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Contbr. to architectural and other jours. Residence: 4743 Langley Av. Office: 1112 Cham- ber of Commerce.
WIGHTMAN, Charles Addison, real estate and loans; born Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 11, 1861; son Addison Porter and Sarah Jane (Richards) Wightman; grad. Evanston Village High Sch., 1880; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1885; married Evanston, Ill., Mar. 8, 1894, Cecelia Agnes Da- ley; children: Catherine Sarah, Margaret Mary, Alice Cecelia, Rosemary Caroline. Since 1889 engaged in real estate and loan business; makes a specialty of Evanston property and the loan- ing of money of clients upon North Shore property. Was sec. Evanston Savings & Loan Assn., 1889-1902. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Democrat. Presbyterian. Served one term as alderman of the City of Evanston. Edited in conjunction with Walter L. Fisher and Mason Bross, the catalogue of the Sigma Chi fraternity. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Evans- ton, University of Evanston. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Residence: Maple Av., N.W. Cor. Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1606 Chicago Av., Evanston.
WILBER, Marshall D., treas. Wilber Mer- cantile Agency; born Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1864; son John D. and Jennie M. (Marshall) Wilber; attended pub. schools, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Towanda, Pa., and grad. Eastman's Business Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y .. 1883; mar- ried Chicago, June 19, 1888, Isadora Ludlow Runyon; 2 daughters: Marcia Dodge and Jean- nette Runyon. Entered the service of the Wil- ber Mercantile Agency, Chicago, upon leaving school in 1883; became treas. upon its incorpo- ration in 1890, and its gen mgr. shortly there-
after, still holding these positions. Commodore Chicago Yacht Club, 1904-5; mem. Chicago Ath- letic Assn. Recreation: yachting. Residence: 5708 Madison Av. Office: Ashland Blk.
WILBUR, Jacob Herrick, grain commn .; born Richfield Springs, Otsego Co., N.Y., Sept. 30, 1833; son Sidney and Caroline (Pettis) Wilbur; ed. schools of Otsego Co., N.Y .; married near Catskill, N.Y., May 1862, Mary Hiller; 1 son: J. Ralph. Was treas. Waterville Mfg. Co .; buy- er of wool for Bennington Mfg. Co., of Ben- nington, Vt., 1866-74; supt. Rank Knitting Co., Cohoes, N.Y., 1877-9. Came to Chicago, 1879, and embarked in grain commn. business with Abram J. Warner as Warner & Wilbur, in which bus- iness and firm has ever since continued. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Royal Arch Mason, K.T. (Evanston Commandery.) Republican. El- der 2d Presbyterian Church, Evanston, since 1894. Residence: 715 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg.
WILBUR, James Benjamin, ex-pres. Royal Trust Co,; see Vol. 1905.
*WILBUR, Romeo Maran, insurance; see Vol. 1905.
WILCE, E(dmund) Harvey, lumber; born at Chicago, Dec. 6, 1862; son Thomas and Jane (Carlisle) Wilce; ed. Chicago pub. schools; mar- ried Chicago, 1903, Mrs. Dorothy Deming; 1 son. At age of 15 entered his father's office as clerk; became partner in 1883 and since 1897 has been pres. the T. Wilce Co., mfg. hardwood floor- ing. Was vice-pres. Lumberman's Exchange, 1890; dir. Chicago Hardwood Dealers' Assn. Mem. Builders' and Traders' Exchange. Clubs: Builders', Hamilton, Illinois. Residence: Audi- torium Hotel. Office: 2209 Throop St.
WILCE, George Carlisle, lumber; born Chica- go, Dec. 7, 1864; son Thomas and Jane (Car- lisle) Wilce; ed. pub. schools and in Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Mar. 14, 1910, Maxine Patenaude. Began in the lumber busi- ness on leaving school in 1878, as asst. in the business owned by his father; now vice-pres. and treas. T. Wilce Co., mfrs., hardwood floor- ing, etc. Mem. Lumberman's Assn., Builders' Club, Builders' and Traders' Exchange. Club: Illinois Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Repub- lican. Methodist. Residence: 4833 Michigan Av. Office: 22d and Throop Sts.
WILCE, Thomas Ernest, lumber; born Chi- cago, Feb. 14, 1867; son Thomas and Jane (Car- lisle) Wilce; ed. pub. schools of Chicago and business. coll. At age of 17 entered the busi- ness of his father. In 1898 became sec. of the T. Wilce Co., mfrs. hardwood flooring, etc. In- dependent in politics. Baptist. Residence: 606 S. Marshfield Av. Office: 2209 Throop St.
WIGMORE, John Henry, univ. dean; born San Francisco, Mar. 4, 1863; son John and Har- riet (Joyner) Wigmore; A.B., Harvard, 1883, A. M., LL.B., 1887; (LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1906, Harvard, 1909); married Emma Hunt Vogl, of Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 16, 1889. Practiced at Boston, 1887-9; prof. Anglo-Am. law, Fukuzawa Univ., Tokyo, Japan, 1889-92; prof. law since 1893, dean faculty of law since Sept. 1901, Northwestern Univ. Clubs: University, Law. Author and editor of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: Ho Golf, Oak Park. Recreation: golf. Resi- 207 Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: Northwest- ern University Bldg.
WILCOX, Fred Wallace, mfr .; born Surrey, N.H., Sept. 1, 1864; son George H. and Celudy (Tufts) Wilcox; came to Ill. in childhood; ed. pub. schools; married Margaret Muir, Chicago, Dec. 18, 1887; 1 daughter: Margaret. Began in the shops of W. W. Wilcox & Co., mfrs. ry. supplies, Chicago, 1880; firm was incorporated as W. W. Wilcox & Co., 1908, and he became pres .; also vice-pres. Wilcox & Harvey Mfg. Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Westward dence: 319 Wesley Av., Oak Park. Office: 330, 443 S. Dearborn St.
WILCOX, George Guy, retired lumberman; born Chicago, Apr. 22, 1848; son Erastus and Jane (Newell) Wilcox; ed. pub. schools of Chi- cago; married Meadville, Pa., Dec. 7, 1871, Mary Church; 1 daughter: Mrs. Anna Jane Hamwell. Began in the lumber business at Chicago 1868; was vice-pres. S. N. Wilcox Lumber Co., White Cloud, Mich., 1878; later vice-pres. and sec. John O'Brien Lumber Co., and pres. Albion Lumber Co., San Francisco, Cal. Residence: 1733 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 167 W. Washington St.
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WILCOX, Guy Maurice, physicist; born Kan- sas City, Kan., Feb. 2, 1870; son Charles Ed- ward and Abbie Ripley (Reynolds) Wilcox; A.B., Carleton Coll., Northfield, Minn., 1891; A.M., Univ. of Wis., 1902; married Lillian Eliza Spencer, of Northfield, Aug. 15, 1893; 4 chil- dren: Maurice L., Margaret S., Ruth L., and Dor- othy. Prin. high school, Faribault, Minn., 1894- 6; instr. science, high sch., Albert Lea, Minn., 1896-1900; instr. physics, Univ. of Wis., 1901-3; prof. physics, Armour Inst. of Technology, Chi- cago, since 1903. Mem. Am. Physical Soc .; fel- low A.A.A.S. Republican. Presbyterian. Resi- dence: 5225 Ingleside Av.
WILCOX, John William, merchant; born Al- lensville, O., Aug. 31, 1847; son Dr. Joseph and Mary J. (McClanahan) Wilcox; ed. pub. schools; entered Union Army, Nov. 12, 1863, at 16 years of age, and served 11 months; taught in pub. school 11/2 years after leaving army; married Hamden, Vinton Co., O., Sept. 29, 1871, Mary E. Hurtt; 1 daughter: E. Blanche (died Oct. 26, 1910). Began as clerk in country store; estab- lished general store, 1872, at Hamden, O., and continued there and at Springfield, O., and Marysville, Union Co., O., until 1884; removed to Pratt, Pratt Co., Kan .; organized the Farm- ers & Merchants' Bank and was its cashier un- til 1888; sold interest and was for several years connected with Pond's Extract Co., of New York, with headquarters in Montreal, Can., and afterward in Chicago; resigned, 1897, and purchased interest in C. M. Barnes Co., wholesale school and coll. text books, of which was sec. and treas. until 1908, when name was changed to C. M. Barnes-Wilcox Co., of which is sec. and treas. Republican. Presbyterian. Recreations: reading, walking. Residence: 5029 Kenmore Av. Office: 323 S. Wabash Av.
*WILCOX, Wayland D., clergyman; see Vol. 1905.
WILCOXON, Howard Thomas, lawyer: born Freeport, Ill., Jan. 11, 1869; son Thomas D. and Ellen E. (Mennig) Wilcoxon; A.B., Northwest- ern Univ., 1893; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1896; married Evanston, Ill., May 17, 1899, Faerie D. Bartlett; 1 son: John T. (now deceased), and 1 daughter: Elizabeth. Engaged in law prac- tice .since 1897; now asst. gen. solicitor for the Pullman Co. Republican. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Hamilton, Evanston. Residence: 1030 Maple Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 400 Pullman Building.
WILD, Harrison Major, organist, conductor; born Hoboken, N.J., Mar. 6, 1861; son Thomas Samuel and Georgina Hannah Wild; mus. edn. under Arthur J. Creswold, and, 1878-9, at Leip- zig; studied in Chicago, 1879-83; married Ger- trude Younglove Cornell, of Chicago, Oct. 29, 1884: Five years organist Ascension Ch., Me- morial Ch., 1 yr., at Unity Ch., 13 yrs., now at Grace P.E. Ch., Chicago. Conductor since Dec. 1895, Mendelssohn Mænnerchor; also conductor of Apollo Club, Chicago. Mem. Chicago Manu- script Soc., Am. Guild of Organists, New York; etc. Residence: 3263 Groveland Av. Office: 304 S. Wabash Av.
WILD, John Daniel, real estate and real es- tate law; born Newport, Vt., Jan. 24, 1875: son Edward Payson (D.D.) and Ruth S. (Nichols) Wild; prepared for coll. at Burr and Burton Sem., Manchester, Vt .; A.B., Williams Coll., 1895; married Fanny Eggleston, of Manchester, June 19, 1901; 2 children: John D., Jr., Fran- ces. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896, and since prac- ticed at Chicago; associated with Hoyne, Fol- lansbee & O'Connor, 1896-9; counsel for Henry A. Knott & Co., and Knott, Chandler & Co., 1899-1908; mem. and legal counsel Chandler. Hildreth & Co. since 1908; also treas. and dir. Southern Ill. Improvement Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Hamilton, Calumet Country. Recrea-
tion: golf. Residence: 925 E. 45th St. Office: 40 N. Dearborn St.
WILD, Payson Sibley, teacher; born North Craftsbury, Vt., May 25, 1869; son Edward Pay- son and Ruth Sibley (Nichols) Wild; prep. edn. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad .; A.B., Williams Coll., Williamstown, Mass., 1891; graduate student Univ. of Chicago, 1904-8, fellow in classical dept., 1908-9; married Caroline Smith Peabody, of Columbus, O., Aug. 21, 1895; 2 sons: Sear- gent P., Payson S., Jr. Instr., 1892-6, headmas- ter, 1896-8, St. John's School, Manlius, N.Y .; dean Princeton-Yale School, Chicago, 1898- 1902; asso. principal Harvard School, Chicago, 1902-4; now engaged in special hist. and clas- sical research. Pres. Southern Ill. Improve- ment Co. Mem. Classical Assn. of the Middle West and South, Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: Chicago Literary, - City, Quadrangle. Recreations: golf, tennis, fishing. Residence: 5533 Lexington Av.
WILDE, Arthur Herbert, univ. prof .; born Framingham, Mass., Apr. 29, 1865; son Joseph and Susan Emily (French) Wilde; A.B., Boston Univ., 1887, S.T.B., 1891; Harvard Grad. Sch., 1898-1901, A.M., 1899, Ph.D., 1901; married Sa- rah Frances Fellows, of Centre Sandwich, N. H., Sept. 6, 1892. Instr. Tilton (N.H.) Sem., 1887-9; instr. history, Acad. of Northwestern Univ., 1892-1901; instr. history, Northwestern Univ., 1893-1901; on leave of absence, 1898- 1901; asst. prof. history, 1901-5, prof. since 1905, Northwestern Univ .; prin. Evanston Acad. of Northwestern Univ. since June 1904; asst. to the pres., and sec. of the Univ. Council since 1909. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., North Central History Teachers' Assn. Congregationalist. In- dependent Republican. Contbr. to mags. and revs. on culture of early middle ages and gen. ednl. matters. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 31 W. Lake St.
WILDER, Henry White, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.
WILDER, John Emery, tanner and leather merchant; born Lancaster, Mass., Apr. 16, 1861; son Charles Lewis and Harriet Ellen ( Harris) Wilder; ed. Lancaster, Mass., pub. schools and Mass. Agricultural Coll., B.S., 1882; married Oak Park, Ill., Apr. 14, 1886, Laura Hurlbut; children: Lawrence Russell, Emory Hurlbut, Lois, Antoinette. Commenced as clerk for Wil- der & Hale, Nov. 1, 1882; became salesman, 1883, and partner, 1886, the firm changing, 1887, to Wilder & Co. (his brother, Thomas E., being senior mem.), tanners and leather merchants; on incorporation of firm, Dec. 31. 1906. was made vice-pres. Also pres. and treas. Wilder- Manning Tanning Co., Waukegan, Ill .: dir. J. W. & A. P. Howard Co., Ltd., Corry, Pa .; dir. Nat. City Bank of Chicago. Dir. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn .; sec. Nat. Assn. of Tanners. Republican. Presbyterian. Chmn. State Exec. Com. III. Y. M.C. assns .; dir. Evanston Y.M.C.A .: trustee Beloit Coll. Clubs: Union League. Glen View. Skokie Golf. Recreations: travel, golf. Resi- dence: 1211 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 228 W. Lake St.
WILDER, Ralph Everett, cartoonist: born Worcester, Mass., Feb. 23, 1875: son Frank N. and Susan (Danforth) Wilder: ed. Chicago pub. schs., Morgan Park Acad., Art Inst., Chicago. and Chicago Art Acad .; married Charlotte L. White, Sept. 20, 1900. Cartoonist on Chicago Record-Herald, since June 6, 1903. Residence: 2131 Tasso Pl., Morgan Park, Ill. Office: The Record-Herald.
WILDER, Thomas Edward, tanner and loath- er merchant: born Lancaster, Mass .. Aug. 15. 1855: son Charles Lewis and Harriet Ellen ( Harris) Wilder: ed. Lancaster ( Mass.) Acad. and Worcester (Mass. ) Polytechnic Inst., grad- uating with degree of M.I ..: married Chicago. 1880, Anna G., daughter William F. Tucker: children: Marjorie (Mrs. William H. Emery ). Edward Tucker, Erskine Phelps, Harold, Paul, Harris Emory. Taught school, 1874-5; came to
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Chicago, 1875, as clerk with Walker, Oakley & Co .; started in commin. leather business, 1878, and in 1879 became mem. Johnson & Wilder, ifrs. of cut soles, etc .; firm of Wilder & Hale succeeded, 1880, changing in 1887 to the pres- ent style of Wilder & Co., of which was senior mem., with his brother, John E. Wilder, as the partner; firm was incorporated Dec. 31, 1906, and he became pres. and his brother vice-pres. Also vice-pres. of Wilder-Manning Tanning Co., of Waukegan, Ill., and chmn. of board of mgrs., J. W. & A. P. Howard Co., Ltd., Corry, Pa. One of the organizers of the Chicago Assn. of Com- merce, of which is original mem. board of dirs., Executive Com. and Ways and Means Com .; ex-chmn. Publicity Com. and ex-gen. sec. Chmn. Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Com .; ex- vice-pres. Nat. Congress of Rivers and Har- bors for State of Ill. (now dir.); mem. Internat. Business Congress and Nat. Conservation Con- gress. Trustee, since 1907, Worcester Poly- technic Inst. Republican. Unitarian. Ex-pres. Massachusetts Soc .; ex-pres. New England Soc. Clubs: Union League, Aero (dir.), Elmhurst Golf (ex-pres.). Residence: Elmhurst, Ill. Of- fice: 228 W. Lake St.
WILDER, William Hamlin, physician; born Covington, Ky., Dec. 16, 1860; son Josiah and Emma (Morse) Wilder; grad. Belmont Coll., Cincinnati, A.B., 1879; Med. Coll. of Ohio, M.D., 1884; resident physician Cincinnati Hosp., 1883-4; student in Univ. of Göttingen, 1889, Univ. of Vienna, 1890; pursued study also in hosps. of Berlin and London, 1890-1; married Cincinnati, O., June 10, 1884, Ella Taylor (died 1898); children: Russell Morse, Laura Carroll; married 2d, Dec. 25, 1907, Carrie Rothschild; 1 son: William Hamlin. Practiced at Cincinnati, 1884-9; specialist in diseases of the eye and ear in Chicago since 1892; prof. ophthalmology, Rush Med. Coll., and Chicago Policlinic; sur- geon Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; ophthalmologist to Presbyterian Hosp. Apptd. 1st 1t. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Mem. Am. Ophthalmological Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthalmological Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc. Independent Republican. Clubs: Quadran- gle, Chicago Athletic, Homewood Country, Uni- versity, Physicians'. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 5811 Monroe Av. Office: Peoples Gas Building.
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