The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 216

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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WILLIAMS, Harvey Spencer, grain broker: born Earlville, Madison Co., N.Y., June 26, 1874: son Hugh Spencer and Ellen (Jones) Williams; ed. Englewood High School; unmarried. Be- gan as clerk for A. Geddes & Co., 1889-1900; with McReynolds & Co., 1900-1; mem. firm Karrick, Gray & Williams, 1901-3; broker alone 1903-5, and associated with Gardner & Paddle- ford since 1905. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Yacht. Recreations: baseball, walking. Residence: Union League Club. Of- fice: 56 Board of Trade.

*WILLIAMS, Henry R., ry. official; see Vol. 1905.

WILLIAMS, Herbert Evan, pres. Ill. Bridge Co .; born Columbus, O., Jan. 9. 1870; son Evan and Harriet (Stimson) Williams; ed. at Gran- ville, O .; unmarried. Engaged in contracting business at Milwaukee, Wis., many years be- fore coming to Chicago in 1890 to continue in the same line; pres. Ill. Bridge Co. since 1897. Independent in politics. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. Clubs: Union League. Ill. Athletic. South Shore Country; also Ohio Club of Colum- bus. O. Recreations: motoring. hunting and fishing. Residence: 2243 Calumet Av. Office: 1522 Monadnock Blk.

WILLIAMS, (Wilbur) Herschel, author: born N. Manchester, Wabash Co., Ind .. Feb. 21, 1874; son John Wesley and Elizabeth (Kohser) Will- iams; student Northwestern Univ., 1891-3; spl. course Denver Univ., 1894; unmarried. Began on Denver Post, 1894; with Detroit Free Press. 1898-1902; lit. editor Detroit Journal. 1903: re- signed to write St. Louis Fair story for Laird Lee. Chicago; since in lit. work. Mem. Il. Alpha Phi Delta Theta. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America Residence: 3433 South Park Av.

WILLIAMS, Hugh Blake, physician; born Washington, Ark .. Mar. 12. 1860; son Abner Bryson and Ann Blake (Carruth) Williams; ed. Univ. of Ark .. 1878-80; M.D., Univ, of La. (now Tulane). 1884; resident student New Orleans Charitable Hosp., 1882-4; married Chicago. Apr. 30. 1901. Josephine Nelson Betts, Was asst physician to Ark. State Iamatic Asylum, 1SS4- 8: since 1889 in practice in Chicago, as spo- cialist in diseases of the eye and ear. Asst.

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surgeon, eye dept., Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Onwentsia. Residence: 1241 Hinman Av., Ev- Infirmary; prof. diseases of the ear, nosc and anston, Ill. Office: 205 W. Monroe St. throat, Bennett Med. Coll. (med. dept. Loyola Univ.) Mem. Ophthalmological Soc. and Oto- Laryngol. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Clubs: Press, Southern (vice- pres.). Residence: 3435 Elaine Pl. Office: Rc- liance Bldg.

WILLIAMS, John Charles, lawyer; born on farm near Lime Springs, Howard Co., Ia., May 8, 1873; son Owen E. and Ann (Thomas) Will- iams; grad. high school, Aberdeen, S.D., 1891; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; married Evans- ton, Ill., June 16, 1896, Lillian F. Whipple; children: Gladys Elmeda, Helen Lavina. Worked in bank, Aberdeen, S.D., 1891-Feb. 1892; admit- ted to bar at Chicago, June 1894; associated with leading law firms to Nov. 1, 1901; prac- ticed alone, 1901-4; formed partnership with Emery S. Walker, under firm name of Walker & Williams, May 1, 1904. Apptd. asst. atty. Sanitary District of Chicago, Mar. 1906, and elected atty. same, July 1907; state representa- tive from 6th Senatorial District, 1905-6; Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mason (Shriner); mem. Order of True Ivorites (Welsh); Ouilmette Council Royal Arcanum; Evanston Municipal Assn. Clubs : Evanston, University of Evanston, Hamilton. Residence: 1307 Chicago Av., Evans- ton, Ill. Office: 1500 American Trust Bldg.

WILLIAMS, John Falkenburg, surgeon; born Centre Co., Pa., May 6, 1837; son Geo. and Mary (Adams) Williams; ed private and pub. schs .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Medical Coll., 1865. Served as a private in Civil War, Jan. to June 1862; asst. surgeon 2d U.S. Vol. Inf., Mar .- Dec. 1865; married Turtle, Wis., Mar. 13, 1867, Fran- ces E. Raymond; 1 daughter: Elizabeth A. (Mrs. H. A. E. Chandler, Tucson, Ariz.) En- gaged in practice of medicine at Ashton, Lee Co., Ill., 1866-9; in Chicago since 1869. Med. inspector Chicago Board of Health for North Division, 1872-7. Republican. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Mem. and surgeon Columbia Post G.A.R. Episcopa- lian. Recreations: mechanics and gardening. Residence and Office: 311 Center St.

WILLIAMS, John Rede, insurance; born Chi- cago, June 29, 1871; son John and Nony (Rede) Williams; B.A., Yale Univ., 1895; LL.B., Har- vard, 1898; married Elizabeth Lindsey, of Louisville, Ky., Oct. 25, 1904. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1898, and practiced in Chicago until 1904; mem. firm of Williams & Williams, insurance brokers, since 1904. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, Lake Ge- neva (Wis.) Country. Recreations: horseback riding and golf. Residence: 154 E. Superior St. Office: Association Bldg.

WILLIAMS, Lawrence, pres. Oliver Type- writer Co .; born Cincinnati, O., Oct. 23, 1859; son Simeon B. and Cornelia Williams; removed to Lake Forest, Ill., 1864; grad. Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H., 1879; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1882; married New York, 1883, Adele H. Wheeler; children: Cornelia, Dorothy, Lawrence, Wheel- er. Engaged in real estate business, 1882-91; gen. mgr. Gladstone Co., 1891-6; sec. and treas. Oliver Typewriter Co., 1896-8, vice-pres. until 1900, and since then pres. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Saddle and Cycle; also Yale (New York). Residence: 56 Bellevue Pl. Office: 159 N. Dearborn St.

WILLIAMS, Milton Bryant, clergyman; pas- tor First M.E. Church, Elgin, Ill., since Oct. 1910; see Vol. 1905.

WILLIAMS, Nathan Wilbur, real estate; born Chicago, Mar. 30, 1867; son John Marshall and Elizabeth Caroline (Smith) Williams; ed. Chi- cago pub. schools; married Chicago, Feb. 17, 1894, Elizabeth Mae Cook; children: Elizabeth, Bronson. Engaged in real estate business since 1888; now principally occupied with the man- agement of the estate of John Marshall Will- iams. Republican. Clubs: Evanston, Exmoor,

WILLIAMS, Norman, mfr .; born Chicago, Feb. 23, 1873; son Norman and Caroline Sherill (Caton) Williams; A.B., Yale Univ., 1896; mar- ried Joan Chalmers, of Chicago, Dec. 3, 1902. Identified with Chalmers & Williams since or- ganization, 1904, becoming vice-pres. and treas., upon incorporation, 1907. Republican. Presby- terian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Residence: 39 E. Schiller St. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

WILLIAMS, Orva Gilson, mfr .; born Saline- ville, O., Apr. 25, 1865; son Richard Gilson and Elmira (Frost) Williams; ed. Mt. Union Coll., Alliance, O .; student Cincinnati Law School; married Josephine Clark Ryan, of Denver, 1894; 3 children: Elsie, Dorothy and Orva Gil- son, Jr. Pres. and treas. The O. G. Williams Mfg. Co., advertising novelties and leather goods. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason (32°, K.T.), Elk, K.P. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Iro- quois, Kenwood, Caxton. Residence: 5302 Cor- nell Av. Office: 318 W. Washington St.

WILLIAMS, Oscar Eugene; born Henry Co., Ill., Jan. 24, 1856; son Andrew and Mary (Blair) Williams; ed. pub. schools, Henry Co., Ill .; married Rock Island, Ill., Nov. 6, 1880, Louise Cass; children: Eugenie, Mabel, Clark, Bernice, Stanley, Gladys. Taught school, 1874-87; supt. pub. schools, North Henderson, Ill., 2 years; engaged in grain business at Woodhull, Ill., 1887-1902; vice-pres. W. A. Fraser & Co., grain commn., 1902-Jan. 1, 1910, resigned. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Royal Arch Mason. Residence: 6418 Drexel Boul.

*WILLIAMS, Theodore Henry, civil engr .; see Vol. 1905.

WILLIAMS, William Carver, musician; born Kent, Portage Co., O., July 8, 1867; son Charles T. and Mary Priscilla (Carver) Williams; grad. Western Reserve Acad., Cleveland, 1885; Yale .University, 3 years; B.A., Adelbert Coll. (West- ern Reserve Univ.), 1889; M.D., Western Re- serve Med. School, 1892; married Eliza Thom- son Dunn, of Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1896; 3 chil- dren: Mary Carver, Priscilla and Charles Tu- dor. Engaged in med. practice at Chicago, 1892- 1907; registrar and dir. Cosmopolitan School of Music and Dramatic Art since 1907; also dir. Starrett Sch. for Girls, Chicago. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Musical Art Soc .; pres. Nat. Archery Assn. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Triangle, Mendelssohn (pres.). Recreations: fishing and archery. Res- idence: 1037 E. 49th St. Office: 9th floor Au- ditorium Bldg.

WILLIAMS, William Erastus, patent atty. and mech. expert; born Wernerville, Wis., Sept. 24, 1858; son William and Mary Elizabeth (Williams) Williams; ed. high school, Fort Dodge, Ia .; studied civil engring. in private of- fices; read law in offices of Judge E. H. Will- iams, of Ia .; unmarried. Learned machinist's trade as a boy; began civil engring. work on railroads, 1878; chief engr. Chicago. Hannibal & Springfield Ry., 1889; began practice as pat- ent solicitor and mech. expert, 1891; engaged in mfr. of matches and match making machin- ery, 1892-1903; pres. Auto Machine Works Co. since 1899; also pres. Williams Biscuit Co. and Park Match Co. Has taken out several patents on labor-saving machinery. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Spiritist. Mason. Club: Kenwood. Recreation: study of the science of the mind. Residence: 601 Woodland Park. Of- fice: 331 S. Clinton St.

WILLIAMS, William Porter, pres. Art Mar- ble Co .; born Pompey, Onondaga Co., N.Y., July 2, 1855; son Porter B. and Mary H. Williams; grad. Union College, 1881; married 1892, Grace Greenwood Jackson, of Glenwood, Ia. President Art Marble Co., Chicago, since 1889. Was asst. U.S. treasurer at Chicago several years follow- ing Dec. 20, 1907. Republican. Episcopalian.

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One of the original Mckinley men; delivered first Mckinley speech in Chicago, at Marquette Club banquet, Dec. 1895, which, with several other of his speeches, were published as cam- paign literature in 1896; one of organizers, 1896, and chmn. finance com. William Mckinley Business Men's Club; one of organizers and vice-pres. Mckinley and Hobart Nat. Wheel- men. Clubs: Union League, Forty (vice-pres.). Recreations: golf, tennis, music, horses. Resi- dence: 4463 Woodlawn Av. Office: 2608 Flour- noy St.

WILLIAMSON, Charles Spencer, physician; born Cincinnati, O., May 15, 1872; son William F. and Mary Louise (Spencer) Williamson; B.S., Univ. of Cincinnati, 1893; M.D., Med. College of Ohio, 1896; married Chicago, Oct. 15, 1903, Josephine Gillette Stilwell; 3 daugh- ters: Mary Josephine, Isabel Gillette and Elizabeth Spencer. Resident physician Cin- cinnati Hosp., 1896-7; in practice in Chicago from 1901; adjunct prof. medicine, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 1901; prof. clinical medicine in same, 1903; asst. prof. diseases of stomach, Chicago Policlinic, 1901, prof. of same, 1907; consulting physician to Cook Co. Hosp., 1906, and to Cook Co. Institutions, 1906. Editor of French's Practice of Medicine, 1910. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A., Physicians' Club, Chicago Pathological Soc., Society of Internal Medicine, Deutsche Medicinsche Gesellschaft. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity; honor- ary Phi Beta Kappa and Nu Sigma Nu. Episco- palian. Recreation: equestrianism (charter mem. and 1st sec. Chicago Equestrian Assn.). Residence: 1351 Dearborn Av. Office: Columbus Memorial Bldg.

WILLIAMSON, Samuel A., machinery sales agent; see Vol. 1905.

WILLIAMSON, William George, architect; born Wick, Scotland, Apr. 19, 1861; son Robert B. and Elizabeth (Phimister) Williamson; came to Chicago in boyhood; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; married Chicago, Nov. 13, 1881, Alice B. Boy- ington (now deceased) ; married 2d, Chicago, Mar. 26, 1904, Jennie M. Matson. Began pro- fessional experience as a draftsman in Chi- cago in 1876, and afterward in various cities; in 1884 formed partnership with W. W. Boy- ington as W. W. Boyington & Co., which con- nection continued until Mr. Boyington died in 1897, when he succeeded to the entire busi- ness: Erected the Columbus Memorial Bldg., Royal Insurance Bldg., the Illinois State Bldg. at the World's Columbian Exposition, bank and insurance building at Dubuque. Ia .; the Mil- likin Bank Bldg., Decatur, Ill., and Hahnemann Hosp., Chicago, and many others. Mem. Chi- cago Architectural Club. Republican. Presby -. terian. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: sailing. Residence: 2316 Jackson Boul. Office: 19 S. La Salle St.

WILLING, Mark Skinner, real estate; B.A., Yale Univ., 1902. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. South Shore Country. Residence: 630 Rush St. Of- fice: 1114 Monadnock Blk.

WILLIS, Lloyd Manley, real estate; born Liberty, Delaware Co., O., Feb. 17, 1862; son Jay Bartlett and Lavinia ( Buell) Willis; worked on farm until 18 years of age, attending dis- trict school during winter months; completed course at Galena High School by doing odd jobs; taught school 2 years to secure funds to take course at Ohio Wesleyan Univ .; married Chicago, Oct. 31, 1894, Martha D. Broadbent; 1 son: Howe Broadbent. Came to Chicago, 1888, embarking in real estate business; since 1894 of firm of Willis & Frankenstein. Republican. Clubs: Union League, 111. Athletic. Recrea- tions: horticulture; collector antique furniture. Residence: 706 Sheridan Drive, Evanston. Of- fice: 25 N. Dearborn St.

WILLIS, Paul, pres. Kenwood Bridge Co. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs., etc. Clubs: Union League, University, Kenwood, Homewood Coun- try. Residence: 4857 Madison Av. Office: 1416 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

WILLIS, Thomas Hite, real estate; born in "Rock Hall," Jefferson Co., W. Va., Nov. 14, 1872; son Nathaniel Hite and Jane Charlotte (Washington) Willis; ed. Charles Town (W. Va.) Male Acad .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1900; married Josephine Bangs, of Louisville, Ky., Oct. 10, 1903; 2 children: Adelia Bangs and Jane Washington. Admitted to Ill. bar, Oct. 1901, but never practiced; mem. firm of Henry H. Walker & Co., real estate, since 1901. Inde- pendent in politics. Episcopalian. Mem. Chi- cago Real Estate Board, Chicago Bar Assn. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 201 Tacoma Building.

WILLISTON, Charles Stoddard, lawyer; born Flushing, N.Y., July 21, 1871; prep. edn. pub. grammar and high schools, Davenport, Ia .; A.B., Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., 1893; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, Chicago, 1895. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and engaged in prac- tice in Chicago; identified with the law firm of Runnells & Burry, 1895-7; then mem. firm of Holt, Freeman & Williston; now claims atty. for the Pullman Co. Residence: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 400 Pullman Bldg.

WILLISTON, Samuel Wendell, palæontolo- gist; born Boston, July 10, 1852; son Samuel and Jane A. (Turner) Williston; B.S., Kan. Agrl. Coll., 1872, A.M., 1875; M.D., Yale, 1880, Ph.D., 1885; married Annie I. Hathaway, of New Haven, Conn., Dec. 20, 1880. Asst. in palæ- ontology and osteology, 1876-85, demonstrator of anatomy, 1885-6, prof., 1886-90, Yale; prof. hist. geology and anatomy and dean Med. Sch., Univ. of Kan., 1890-1902; prof. palæontology, Univ. of Chicago, since 1902. Asst. palæontolo- gist, U.S. Geol. Survey, 1882-5; asst. editor Sci- ence, 1885-6; health officer, New Haven, Conn., 1888-90; mem. Kan. State Bd. Health, 1898- 1900, Bd. Med. Examiners, 1900-2. Foreign corr. London Geol. Soc., London Zoöl. Soc .; fel- low Geol. Soc. America; pres. Sigma Xi, 1901-5, Kan. Acad. Science, 1897; pres. Soc. Vertebrate Palæontology, 1903. Author of several books, etc., for titles see Who's Who in America. Ad- dress: University of Chicago.

WILLITS, Ward Winfield, mfr .; born Mercer Co., Ill., Oct. 26, 1859; son Job E. and Caroline Baxter Willits; ed. Chicago pub. schools; mar- ried Cecelia M. Berry, of Chicago, Oct. 25, 1897; 4 children: Helen Baxter, John McGregor, Car- oline M. and Ward Winfield, Jr. With Adams & Westlake Co. since 1879, and now pres. and gen. mgr .; also vice-pres. and treas. Curtain Supply Co., vice-pres. and dir. U.S. Headlight Co .; Republican. Protestant. Royal Arch Ma- son. Clubs: Union League (since 1886), Chica- go Athletic (from organization), Industrial, Highland Park, Exmoor; also Machinery Club, New York. Recreation: golf. Residence: High- land Park, Ill. Office: 319 W. Ontario St.

WILLOUGHBY, Edward Mckean, real es- tate; born Buffalo, N.Y., Mar. 23, 1874; son Ferson M. and Amie C. (Robinson) Willough- by; ed. pub. schools of Chicago and at High- land Mil. Acad., Worcester, Mass .; married Chi- cago, Oct. 27, 1898, Harriette M. Gobel: 2 daughters: Dorothy Mae, Eleanor Marie. After leaving school employed in clothing house of Willoughby, Hill & Co .; then went to St. Louis and took charge of property interests of C. L. Willoughby; afterwards in Boston in the gen- eral real estate business 3 years; returned to Chicago, became connected with Aldis, Aldls. Northcote & Co., and later, again engaged in business for self; since Dec. 1, 1899, mem. of firm of Farnham, Willoughby & Co., real estate and management of office bldgs. Mem. Build- ing Managers' Assn., Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Mason (32º, K.T., Shriner).

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Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile, Glen View Golf, Edgewater Golf, Town. Rec- reations: golf, motoring. Residence: 5419 Ken- more Av. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg.

WILLSON, Henry; born High-Hall, Hert- fordshire, Eng., Apr. 17, 1838; son James and Eliza ( Moore) Willson; ed. pub. schools in Can- ada .; married 1860, Jane Blue; came to Chicago from Canada in 1869, and, in 1870, established the present business at 55 Clark St., which es- tablishment was burned out in the great fire of 1871. Re-established the business after the fire, and later it was incorporated as the Tab- let & Ticket Co. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: traveling. Resi- dence: 4522 N. Paulina St. Office: 541 W. Jack- son Boul.

*WILMERDING, Charles Henry, consulting engr .; see Vol. 1905.

WILMS, William, lumberman; born Lübeck, Germany, Sept. 11, 1868; son Adolph H. and Wilhelmine (Schlichting) Wilms; ed. high school in Germany; served in German Army 1 year; came to America, 1893; married Lydia Paepcke, of Chicago, Sept. 20, 1904; 2 children: Hermann Paepcke, Paula Elizabeth. Began in lumber business in Tex. in 1896; came to Chi- cago in 1901; vice-pres. Paepcke-Leicht Lum- ber Co., Chicago Mill & Lumber Co., Helena Lumber & Box Co .; dir. Chicago Packing Box Co. of Ill., Am. Box Co. Residences: 1315 Astor St. and Glencoe, Ill. Office: 940 W. Chicago Av.

WILSON, see also Willson.

WILSON, Albert Edward, lawyer; born at Brooklyn, N.Y., May 29, 1874; son William White and Irene Mayhew (Ladd) Wilson; A.B., Hobart Coll., 1895, A.M., 1896; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; married Freda M. Clary, Chicago, Oct. 25, 1905; 2 daughters: Genevieve G., Frances E. Teacher in Lake High School, 1895-8; law clerk, 1898-1901; in legal dept. Ill. Telephone Construction Co., 1901-6; atty. for Automatic Electric Co. Dir. South Bend Home Tel. Co .; also dir. Southern Ind. Tel. Co. Was several years instructor in law of private cor- porations, John Marshall Law School. Resi- dence: 3217 Calumet Av. Office: 1001 W. Van Buren St.

WILSON, Alonzo Edes, journalist; born Mad- ison, Wis., Feb. 5, 1868; son James V. and Char- lotte (Plants) Wilson; ed. grammar and high schools, Chicago; married Rockford, Ill., June 14, 1897, Anna Marie Nelson; 3 children: Grace Esther. Virginia Hale, James Voorhis. Editor St. Paul Times, 1886, Chicago Lever, 1890-5; correspondent and writer for various papers. Active in Prohibition party; has been sec. 6 state and 3 nat. conventions; candidate for clerk Appellate Court, Cook Co. (Chicago), 1890, receiving largest vote ever given any Pro- hibition candidate in the co .; candidate for sec. of state, 1896; sec .- treas., 1891-1902, chmn. since 1902, Ill. State Prohibition Com .; elected as prohibitionist, 1904, mem. Ill. General As- sembly from 41st District. Pres. Lincoln Chau- tauqua System. Author: Prohibition Hand Book, 1900; American Prohibition Year Book, 1901-11. Club: City. Recreation: poultry rais- ing, dairying .. Residence: Wheaton, Ill. (R.F.D. 2.) Office: 106 N. LaSalle St.

WILSON, Benjamin Snyder, commn. mer- chant; born Chicago, Dec. 20, 1865; son Henry and Ellen (Dean) Wilson; ed. Chicago pub. lic schools; married at Chicago, 1894, Alice Borland; children: Benjamin, Dorothy, Leonard. Began in employ of J. C. Howell, commn. mer- chant in grain, 1879-96; with T. E. Wells, 1896- 1902; was admitted to the firm of T. E. Wells & Co .. commn. grain, provisions, etc .; is also a 'dir. of several other corpns. of which Mr. Wells is pres. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Mason (32°; Englewood Commandery K.T., and Medi- nah Temple Mystic Shrine; sec. and dir. of Englewood Masonic Temple). Club: Ill. Ath-

letic. Residence: 7240 Yale Av. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul.

WILSON, Elijah Crane, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

WILSON, F. Cortez, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

WILSON, Francis Servis, lawyer; born Youngstown, O., Feb. 7, 1872; son Hon. David M. (lawyer) and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wil- son; ed. Western Reserve Acad., Hudson, O .; LL.B., Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, 1896; married Caroline E. Siegfried, of Youngstown, Nov. 18, 1903; 2 children: David and Francis Servis, Jr. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1896; nomi- nated for judge of Probate Court, Mahoning Co., O., 1896; removed to Chicago, 1897; nomi- nated for judge Municipal Court of Chicago on independent ticket, 1906; for a number of years a mem. firm of Darrow, Masters & Wilson; now practicing alone; dir. and sec. Ill. Publishing & Printing Co. (Examiner), Evening American Publishing Co. (The American.) Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Legal Club of Chicago, Chicago Law Inst., Delta Kappa Ep- silon. Democrat. Clubs: Jefferson, Homewood Country. Residence: 6028 Jackson Park Av. Office: 601-604 Ashland Blk.

*WILSON, George, real estate, hotel proprie- tor; see Vol. 1905.

WILSON, George Landis, pres. F. Cortez Wil- . son & Co .; born Chicago, Dec. 4, 1864; son F. Cortez and Catherine Elizabeth (Landis) Wil- son; grad. West Division High School, 1883; studied Chicago Athenæum, and under private tutors during machinist apprenticeship, 1883-6; married Harriet Louise, daughter of J. Sher- man Hall, of Chicago, Aug. 10, 1887; 4 chil- dren: Elizabeth D., Frances H., Ruth, George Landis, Jr. With M. C. Bullock Mfg. Co., 1883- 6; with F. Cortez Wilson & Co., sheet metal workers, since 1886, successively as clerk, trav- eling man, supt., mgr. and pres .; has been con- nected with The Sheldon School as dir. busi- ness counsel division. on editorial staff, and during 1910 as dir. educational division. Pres. Municipal Service League; mem. Internat. Ly- ceum Assn .; pres. Internat. Acetylene Assn., 1899, 1900; mem. Ways and Means Com., Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce, chmn. Hardware Sub- division, 1909-11, and mem. Com. on Industial and Commercial Edn., 1909. Assessor Oak Park, Ill., 1908, 1909, 1910. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Inventor of various sheet metal de- vices, including an acetylene headlight. Ma- son; Past Regent Royal Arcanum; Past Archon Royal League. Clubs: Oak Park, Rotary, Busi- ness Science. Author: The Future of Acetylene Lighting, 1901: Relation of Cost to Salesman- ship, 1904; The Functions of Management, 1910. Recreations: outdoor diversions; investi- gation of industrial conditions for commercial clubs. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 323 W. Lake St.

WILSON, Granville Mason, banker; vice- pres. Union Trust Co. Club: Bankers'. Resi- dence: 5339 Madison Av. Office: Tribune Bldg. WILSON, Harry Ritchie, mfr., engr .; see Vol. 1905.

WILSON, Horatio Reed, architect; born Liv- ingston Co., N.Y., Dec. 5, 1858; son Henry S. and Speedy D. (Powell) Wilson; ed. pub. school and prep. school for college; architectural study abroad; married Chicago, Oct. 4, 1882, Lillie C. Earley. Designer for Charles J. Hull, 1878-85; since 1885 in continuous practice as an archi- tect in Chicago. Designed and built the Illinois Theatre; assisted in designing World's Fair buildings. Mem. Am. Inst. of Architects, Art Institute of Chicago. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: Chicago Architectural, Archi- tectural Sketch, South Shore Country. Recrea- tions: motoring and ... golf. Residence: 4559 Greenwood Av. Office: 206 S. LaSalle St.

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*WILSON, Hugh Monroe, journalist; see Vol. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank. Trustee 1905.

WILSON, John Gordon, physician; born Ed- inburgh, Scotland. Dec. 10, 1866; son John and Grace (Glass) Wilson; M.A., Edinburgh Univ., 1885, M.B. and C.M., 1889; student univs. of Vienna and Berlin, 1890-1; married Lilias Aim- ers, of Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 1900. Dispensary surgeon to Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow, Scot- land, 1894-1900; came to Chicago, 1901, as a mem. of the faculty of the Univ. of Chicago, being respectively instructor and asst. prof. till 1908 in the dept. of anatomy; specialized in diseases of the nose, ear and throat; prof. and head of dept. of otology, Northwestern Univ. Med. School, since 1908. Author of numerous articles on neurology and other med. subjects. Mem. Am. Anatomical Assn., Am. Laryngolog- ical Assn. Club: Quadrangle. Residence: 5221 Hibbard Av. Office: 15 E. Washington St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 216

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