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WILSON, John P, lawyer; born on farm, Whiteside Co., Ill., July 3, 1844; son Thomas and Margaret (Laughlin) Wilson; A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1865; taught school and . Ill., 1905-9. Recreations: gardening and read-
studied law, 1865-7; married Margaret C., daughter J. D. McIlvaine, of Chicago, Apr. 25, 1871; children: Margaret C., Martha, John P, Jr., and Anna M. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1867; sr. law firm Wilson, Moore & McIlvaine. Drafted the law creating the Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, and successfully carried to the Supreme Court the litigation in which the validity of the law was established. Was gen. counsel World's Co- lumbian Expn. and prepared the constl. amend- ment and legislation relating thereto passed at the Gen. Assembly, 1890; representative of many leading corpns. and business interests. Apptd. mem. Ill. Tax Commn., Mar. 1910. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University. Residence: 1450 Dearborn Av. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.
WILSON, John P, Jr., lawyer; born Chicago, Oct. 7, 1877; son of John P and Margaret C. (McIlvaine) Wilson; grad. St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 1896; A.B., Williams Coll., 1900; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1903; married Oct. 5, 1904, Eloise B., daughter Cyrus P. Smith; 1 son: John P, III. Practiced in Chicago since 1903; mem. firm of Wilson, Moore. & McIlvaine. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: 1412 Astor St. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.
WILSON, Joseph Charles, pres. Excelsior Laundry Co .; born Westerly, R.I., Mar. 28, 1860; son George and Eleanor (Bothrood) Wil- son; ed. pub. schools of Westerly, completing edn. in England; married Appleton, Wis., 1891, Alice Wilcox; 4 children. Began in a woolen mill, but later engaged in mercantile business, and then tried farming; came to Chicago, 1885, and spent 4 years acquiring a practical knowl- edge of the laundry business, and in 1889; with $700 capital, established on his own account, doing a small business at first, but rapidly in- creasing it. A. P. Green became a partner, 1891, and in 1893 the business was incorporated as the Excelsior Laundry Co., of which became pres., and which grew to be the largest laundry in the city. Was a mem. Chicago Hussars, a military organization, from which he resigned in 1897, and enlisted Troop A, 1st Cav., I.N.G .; promoted 2d lieut., Mar. 12, 1898; served as 2d lieut. Troop A, 1st Cav., Ill. Vols., during Span- ish-Am. War; promoted capt. Troop A, Ist Cav .. Dec. 22, 1898; promoted maj. 1st Squadron, 1st Cav., I.N.G., Mar. 12, 1903, which rank he still holds. Apptd. one of officers of I.N.G. to attend U.S. Army maneuvers in Texas, Apr. 1911. Mem. of Naval and Military Order of the Span- ish-Am. War. Clubs: IN. Athletic (chin. house com.), Suburban of LaGrange. LaGrange Coun- try. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 66 E. 22d St.
WILSON, Milton Hollyday, president Wilson Bros., wholesale 'men's furnishing goods; dir.
Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Union League, Twentieth Century, Evanston, Glen View, Ev- anston Country. Residence: 1100 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 528 S. 5th Av.
WILSON, Ralph Chase, banker: born Lafay- ette, Ind., Aug. 12, 1867; son Frank G. and Jen- nie M. (Chase) Wilson; ed. grammar schools, Englewood, Chicago; married Chicago, May 13, 1893, Laura O. Preston; children: Chase Cur- tiss, Preston, Byron A., Ralph C., Jr. Began as messenger for Chicago Journal. 1881; clerk with Lord, Owen & Co., 1883; bookkeeper Atlas Nat. Bank, Aug. 1890; general mgr. Bankers Nat. Bank, 1896, later discount teller, and Jan. 1904, asst. cashier; asst. cashier Commercial Nat. Bank, Sept. 1909, and asst. cashier Conti- nental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Aug. 1910: vice-pres. Old Colony Trust & Savings Bank from May 1911. Chmn. Executive Council Am. Inst. of Banking, 1909; mem. Executive Coun- cil Am. Bankers' Assn., 1910. Mason. Odd Fel- low. Republican. Treas. Village of LaGrange, ing. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: Old Col- ony Bldg.
WILSON, Thomas Edward, vice-pres. Morris & Company; born London, Can., July 22, 1868; son Moses and Mary Ann (Wilson) Wilson; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Elizabeth L. Foss, of Chicago, Nov. 1. 1899; 2 children: Hel- en and Edward. Identified with Morris & Co., packers, since 1890, and as vice-pres. since 1906: dir. St. Louis Nat. Stock Yards, Okla. Nat. Stock Yards, Nat. Box Co. Served in 1st Inf .. I.N.G., 7 years. Republican. Royal Arch Ma- son. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Kenwood. Saddle and Sirloin. Recre- ation: horseback riding. Residence: 4815 Wood- lawn Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.
WILSON, Walter Herbert, real estate; born Boston, Mass., May 15, 1856; son William Hen- ry and Elvy (Margarette) Wilson; fitted for Harvard Coll. at a prep. pub. school, Chelsea, Mass., but gave up studies in 1873. for busi- ness; married 1882, Mary B., daughter of Judge Lucius B. Otis; 4 children. Entered wholesale crockery and glassware house of Abram French & Co., Boston, advancing to responsible posi- tion, and when, in 1879, that firm established a branch house in Chicago, he was taken into the firm, which became French, Potter & Wilson: disposed of his interest. Jan. 1. 18$s. and since engaged in real estate business and in banking: head of firm of Walter H. Wilson & Co .; vice- pres. Western Trust & Savings Bank. City comptroller for term 1907-11. Governing mem. Art Inst. Clubs: Commercial. Chicago. On- 'wentsia, University, Church, Mid-day. Recre- ations: golf and baseball. Residence: 2619 Prairie Av. Office: The Rookery.
WILSON, William C., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.
WILSON, William James, mfr .. inventor: born at Boston: son James W. and Jane Wil- son; moved to Chicago, 1854. Inventor and pat- entee of present process. and the can used therewith, for compressing and preserving meats and other foods in cans; was pres. Wil- son Packing Co., packers of compressed meats. etc., under his own patents, until retired from active business. 1883. Pres. Bd. West Park Commrs., 1897. Republican. Club: Illinois (pres .. 1890, 1899. 1900, 1901). Address: 211 S. Ash- land Boul.
WILSON, William Warfield, congressman: born Ohio, Bureau Co., Ill .. Mar. 2. 1868; son Joseph G. and Sarah A. Wilson: high sch. edn. Ohio, Ill .: student Univ. of Mich. : 1.1 .. B .. Chica - go-Kent Coll. of law. 1893: (1.1. D.); married Sarah M. Moore, of Ohio, Ill., Oct. 11, 1592 In practice at Chicago. Mem. asth to 62d Con- grosses (1903-13), 3d 111. Dist .; Republican,
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Club: Hamilton. Residence: 6711 Stewart Av. Office: S S. Dearborn St.
WILSON, William White, clergyman; (L.H. D., Hobart Coll., 1896). Ordained deacon and priest, P.E. Church, 1876; rector St. Paul's, E. Orange, N.J., 1876-80, St. Paul's, Kittanning, Pa., 1880-9, St. Mark's, Chicago, since 1889. Sec. Diocese of Pittsburg, 1888-9; mem. Dioces- an Bd. of Missions, Diocese of Ill. Residence: 502 Aldine Sq.
WILT, Charles T., mfr .; born St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22, 1859; son Charles T. (Sr.) and Emer- ette A. (Babcock) Wilt; came to Chicago in childhood; grad. pub. schools; married Chicago, July 31, 1888, Charlotte D. Fairbairn; children: Charles T., Jr., Collin D., Robert Lloyd Wheat- on, Elmer Ellsworth and John and Charlotte (twins). In 1878 entered trunk mfg. business (founded by his father, 1862), and is now head of firm (still conducted as Charles T. Wilt). Republican. Capt. 1st Ill. Vol. Inf .; served through Santiago campaign of Spanish-Am. War. Mem. Veteran Corps, 1st Regt. Inf., I.N. G., Soc. of the Army of Santiago; treas. Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War; pres. Holland Soc. of Chicago; mem. S.A.R., United Spanish War Veterans, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Mem. Garden City Council Royal Arcanum. Club: Ill. Athletic (dir.). Recrea- tions: fishing and hunting. Residence: 71 Lake View Av. Office: 123 S. Wabash Av.
WINANS, Edward Clark, physician and sur- geon; born Benton Harbor, Mich., Sept. 24, 1869; son Dr. Richard and Sarah (Atkinson) Winans; ed. pub. schools until 1888, and Ben- ton Harbor Coll., 1889; post-grad. and curator, 1890; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1893; studied law in Ky., 1894; pres. and mgr. Nat. Art Studio, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-4; M.D., Univ. of Ill., 1899; post-grad. work in same, 1900. Interne Ill. Northern Hosp. for the Insane, Elgin, 1900- 1; special instruction in diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat, 1901-2; attending surgeon, Brainard Polyclinic, 1902; married Leona Lou- ena Fancher, 1907. Specialist in diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat; prof. otology and clinical otology, Harvey Med. Coll., 1902-5; now asst. surgeon Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear In- firmary. Mem. Astenius Music Co .; dir. Inter- urban Construction Companies. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mason. Mem. Alpha Upsilon (business fraternity), Nu Sigma Nu (coll. fra- ternity). Recreations: painting, golf and hunt- ing. Residence: 5455 Jefferson Av. Office: 31 N. State St.
WINCHELL, Benjamin La Fon, ry. official; born Palmyra, Mo., July 8. 1858; son Joseph Rice and Kate Anna (La Fon) Winchell; ed. ward and high schs., Hannibal, Mo., 1867-74; married Sept. 15, 1880, Jeanette Helm, of Han- nibal, Mo. Employed in Burlington ry. shops, Hannibal, July 1874; transferred to auditor's office, 1876; chief clerk, gen. freight office, Atchison & Neb. R.R., Atchison, Kan., Nov. 1877; asst. gen. pass. agt., K.C.,F.S.&M.R.R., Kansas City, 1880; gen. pass. agt. U.P.,D.& Gulf roads, May 1895-Apr. 1898; gen. pass. agt. St.L.&S.F.R.R., St. Louis, Apr .- Nov. 1898; gen. traffic mgr. U.P.,D.&G.R.R., Dec. 1898-Jan. 1899; vice-pres. C.&S.R.R., Jan. 1899-Oct. 1900; pres. K.C.,F.S.&M.R.R., Oct. 1900-July 1901. at Kan- sas City; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. St.L.&S.F. R.R., July 1901-Oct. 1903; 3d vice-pres. Rock Island Lines, Oct. 1903-Mar. 1904, and was made pres., Mar. 1904, resigning Dec. 1909, to accept presidency of the "Frisco Lines." Now connected with following railroads: St.L.&S.F. R.R.Co., C.&E.I.R.R.Co., E.&T.H.R.R.Co., St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexican R.R.Co., New Orleans, Texas & Mexico R.R. Co. Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Country ; Denver; Kansas City, Kansas City Country; Chicago, Onwentsia, Sad- dle and Cycle, Chicago Golf, Union (Chicago).
Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: 1100 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 807 McCormick Bldg.
WINCHELL, Benjamin LaFon, Jr., vice- pres. Watson Insulated Wire Co .; born Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 24, 1882; son Benjamin LaFon and Jeanette (Helm) Winchell; ed. Manual Training High School, Denver; Ph.B. in civil engring., Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1905; married at Paris, France, Elisabeth Wins- low, of Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 27, 1909. After graduation worked in shops of the Bald- win Locomotive Works, Phila., and Am. Car & Foundry Co., Chicago; now vice-pres. Watson Insulated Wire Co. and Western representative of the Kerite Insulated Wire & Cable Co. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwent- sia (Chicago), Yale (New York). Recreations: golf and motoring. Residence: 1315 Astor St. Office: 1509 Railway Exchange.
*WINCHELL, Samuel Robertson; see Vol. 1905.
WINDES, Thomas G., judge; born Morgan Co., Ala., Jan. 19. 1848; son Rev. Enoch and Mary A. (Ryan) Windes; ed. Morgan Co., Ala., schs., 1853-63; acad. at Huntsville, Ala., 1866- 7; studied law at Univ. of Va. and privately at Huntsville, Ala., and Jasper, Tenn .; mar- ried Sallie C. Humphrey, of Madison, Ala., Dec. 3, 1868; children: Frank A., Zel F., Susan A., Thomas Guy. Served cav. div. C.S.A., 1864-5; school teacher, 1868-70; farmer, 1871-2; law clerk and practicing lawyer, 1873-92; master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1880-92; judge Circuit Court of Cook Co., since 1892; present term expires, 1915; chief justice, 1908; Democrat. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Cham- bers: County Bldg.
WINDSOR, Henry Haven, editor; born in log cabin in Mitchell, Ia .. Nov. 13, 1859; son Rev. William (D.D.) and Harriet Butler (Holmes) Windsor; collegiate edn .; married Marengo, Ill., June 25, 1889, Lina B. Jackson; 1 son: Henry Haven, Jr. Was city editor Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Ia., 1879-80; private sec. to of- ficial N.P.Ry., St. Paul, 1881-2; sec. Chicago City Ry. Co., 1883-91; founder, editor and pres. St. Ry. Review, 1892-1901; founder, 1901, and since editor and pres. Popular Mechanics mag- azine. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Press, Chicago Athletic, Evanston; National Press (Washington, D. C.); mem. first board of dirs. of the Hamilton Club. Recreations: mo- toring and motor boating. Residence: 1026 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 318 W. Wash- ington St.
WINDSOR, John Edward, coal business; born Saco, Me., Nov. 22, 1867; son J. H. and Lucy E. (Libby) Windsor; ed. pub. schools and 1 year in Beloit (Wis.) Coll .; married LaGrange, Ill., Mar. 25, 1897. Eliza L. Carpenter; children: Es- ther, John. Came from Belvidere, Ill., to Chi- cago, 1889, and was engaged in real estate bus- iness until 1897; general sales agent Kelley- ville Coal Co., 1897-1905; now vice-pres. Alli- ance Coal Co. Pres. Village of LaGrange, 1909- 11. Republican. Mason (Siloam Commandery K.T., Oak Park, and Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine). Clubs: LaGrange Country, Suburban of LaGrange. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 650 Old Colony Bldg.
WING, Frank Everett, gen. supt. Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium of Chicago; born N. Fayette, Kennebec Co., Me., Oct. 24, 1876; son Fred A. and Annie Stevens (French) Wing; prep. edn. Waterville (Me.) High School, 1895, and Me. Wesleyan Sem., Kent's Hill, 1896; B.A., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., spl. honors in chemistry and biology, 1900; course at Ma- rine Biol. Lab., Cold Spring Harbor, L.I .. N.Y., 1899; married Lettie Osburn Buck, of Water- ville, Me., June 28, 1905; 2 children: Deane Allen and Faith Elizabeth. Master, dept. of sciences and athletics, Stamford (Conn.) High School, 1900-1, Milton (Mass.) High School,
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1902; mem. relief com. investigating Paterson (N.J.) flood, 1903; investigator and asst. gen. agent New York Assn. for Improving Condition of the Poor, 1903-5; mem. relief com. investi- gating the Gen. Slocum (steamboat) disaster, 1905; master, dept. science, Allegheny (Pa.) Prep. Sch., 1905-7; asso. dir. Pittsburgh Survey, 1907-8; mem. board of dirs. Woods Run Indus- trial Settlement, Allegheny, 1908; supt. Chica- go Tuberculosis Inst., 1908-10; gen. supt. Mu- nicipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium of Chicago since Sept. 1910. Author of reports and con- tributions to The Survey and other periodicals. Republican. Methodist. Del. Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis, Washington, 1908; sec. Ill. Conf. of Charities and Corrections, 1910; pres. Chicago Public Health League, 1910-11; mem. Nat. Assn. for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Ill. State Assn. for the Preven- tion of Tuberculosis (sec.), and Phi Beta Kap- pa, Phi Nu Theta fraternities. Clubs: City, So- cial Service. Recreations: golf. amateur pho- tography, fishing and camping. Residence: 6242 Ingleside Av. Office: 411, 157 W. Adams St.
WING, Frederick Merritt, lawyer; born Ken- dall Co., Ill., Apr. 13, 1877; son Russell Merritt and Amelia S. (De Land) Wing; ed. public schools of Evanston, Northwestern Acad., and Northwestern Univ .; married Oct. 22, 1910, Omaha, Neb., Ruth Eloise Moorhead. Studied law under his father and admitted to Ill. bar, 1901; continued in father's office, and in Jan. 1903 became a partner, the firm becoming Wing & Wing, engaged in general law practice. Dem- ocrat. Clubs: Calumet, Ouilmette Country. Res- idence: Chestnut and 13th Sts., Wilmette, Ill. Office: New York Life Bldg.
WING, Luman Rueben, commn. merchant in canned goods; born New York City, Apr. 10, 1855; son Rueben W. and Catherine E. (Sher- man) Wing; ed. New York City pub. schools and Coll. of the City of New York; married New York, Feb. 20, 1878. Coralie E. Wood; children: Luman Rueben, Harold Wood, Walter Paterson. Was employe of H. K. Thurber & Co., New York, 1875-90, Delafield, McGovern & Co., Chicago, 1890-4; since Jan. 1, 1894, in bus- iness for self (Luman R. Wing & Co.). Repub- lican. Club: University (Evanston). Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 428 Greenwood Boul., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 233 N. Wabash Av.
WING, Russell Merritt, lawyer; born Big Grove Tp., Kendall Co., Ill., June 2, 1850; son Russell and Mary (Hoag) Wing; ed. Hillsdale Coll .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1875; married Amelia De Land, of Lisbon, Kendall Co., Ill., May 10, 1876; 4 children: Frederick Merritt, Albert De Land, Stella Electa and Bes- sie De Land. Admitted to bar, 1875; practiced at Morris, Ill., later at Joliet, Ill .; now head of firm of Wing & Wing, Chicago. Democrat. Ma- son. Club: Iroquois. Residence: Evanston, 111. Office: New York Life Bldg.
WING, Thomas William, architect; see Vol. 1905.
WINKLER, Frederick Wightman, lawyer; born Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 22, 1874; son Gen. F. C. and Frances (Wightman) Winkler; grad. Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1893; at- tended Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1 year, and Univ. of Mich. Law School, 1
WINNE, William North Duane, comptroller C.,M.&St.P.Ry .; born Schenectady, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1850; son Garret Wemple and Mary Eliz- abeth Swart Winne; ed. pub. schools of Sche- nectady, N.Y., and Madison, Wis., and private schools of Milwaukee; married Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1875, Louise Vincent Morris; children: Julia Morris Chipp, Earle Duane, George Mor- ris. Began as a junior clerk in office of Mil- waukee & Prairie du Chien Ry., until road was absorbed by the C.,M.&St.P.Ry., with which has since remained, as asst. gen. auditor, Sept. 1882-Dec. 1890, general auditor, Dec. 1890-July 1910, and comptroller since July 1910. Episco- palian. Residence: 72 E. Elm St. Office: Rail- way Exchange.
WINSLOW, Benjamin Emanuel, architectural engr. and architect; born Chicago, July 2, 1867; son Christian Wilhelm and Christiane Win- slow; ed. Richmond Co., Va., until 1878, Hauck's Latin og Real Skole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1878-83; School of The Technical Soc., Copen- hagen, 1883-8; Royal Acad. of Fine Arts, Co- penhagen, 1889-91; married Hilfred Rudbeck, Oct. 18, 1908. In practice of profession since Sept. 1891; now consulting architectural engr. Author: The Winslow Tables (diagrams for calculating the strength of wood, steel and cast iron beams and columns), 1900; The Win- slow Slide rules for calculating the strength of steel, wood and reinforced concrete beams. Republican. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., West- ern Soc. of Engrs., Ill. Chapter Am. Inst. of Architects, Chicago Architects Business Assn. Club: Chicago Architectural. Residence: 2540 N. Sacramento Av. Office: 1615 Ashland Blk.
WINSLOW, Edward Delbert, consul-gen .; born W. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 16, 1858; son Charles and Anne (McDonald) Winslow; M.A., St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago, 1877; LL.B., North- western Univ., 1879; married Elizabeth Branch- field, of Sycamore, Ill., Nov. 25, 1883. In grain and provision business, Chicago, 1880-97; mem. firm of E. L. Lobdell & Co., stock brokers, 1901-8; U.S. consul at Stockholm, Sweden, 1897-8, consul-gen., 1898-1900, sec. of legation, 1900-1, resigned; apptd. consul-gen. at Gothen- burg, Sweden, 1909: transferred to Stockholm, Mar. 1909. Republican. Catholic. Club: Union League (Chicago). Residence: Chicago. Ad- dress: 4 Nackstrom Gatan, Stockholm, Sweden.
WINSLOW, Francis Axel, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. The Winslow Bros. Co .; born Dubuque, Ia., Mar. 24, 1859; son F. S. and Wilhelmina J. (Scott) Winslow: ed. schools of Brooklyn and Chicago, Metropolitan School, New York: Brook- lyn Academy and Cooper Inst., New York; mar- ried Chicago, Dec. 26, 1884, Louise Dreier; chil- dren: Dorothy Scott, Mina Louise. Began in New York with Hecla Iron Works, as drafts- man, in 1877, and in 1879 was in charge of the construction dept., and in 1881 was given an interest in the business, remaining until 1886, when joined his brother, W. H. Winslow, in Chicago, forming the Winslow Bros. Co., manufacturers of ornamental iron and bronze work, of which is now vice-pres, and gen. mgr. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Republican. Served for 5 years in the 13th Regt., N.G.S.N. Y. Clubs: Union League. Edgewater, Cliff Dwellers. Residence: 2628 Hampden Ct. Office and Works: 4600 Harrison St.
WINSLOW, William Herman, pres. Win- year; married Sept. 27, 1895, Elizabeth Gordon. slow Bros. Co .; born Brooklyn, N.Y., May 2. 1857; son 14. S. and Wilhelmina J. (Scott) Winslow: ed. schools of Brooklyn and Chicago; married St. Louis, Mo., 1891, Edith Henry; chil- dren: Paul Stuart, Alan Francis, Marjorie Scott. Studied law in New York, and in 1881 became connected with Hecla Iron Works, in New York, as office man: in 1883 became a partner, remaining until 1885, when came to Chicago and joined E. T. Harris, forming the Harris & Winslow Co., mfrs, ornamental iron and bronzo work; later Mr. Harris retired, and
Admitted to Ill. bar Jan. 1, 1896; city atty. of Pontiac, III., 1897-9; referee in bankruptcy, Liv- ingston and Iroquois cos., Ill., 1898-1900; came to Chicago, Oct. 1, 1901, and engaged in practice, uniting with John E. Baker, and L. W. Holder, May 1, 1904, in forming law firm of Winkler, Baker and Holder; since 1909 in in- dividual practice. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Beverly Country, Englewood Men's. Rec- reation: golf. Residence: 342 N. Normal Park- way. Office: 1807 Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg. The Winslow Bros. Co. was formed, of which
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is pres. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Re- Carrie (Palmer) Wisner; grad. Detroit High publican. Mem. 13th Regt. Nat. Guard State of New York. Clubs: Union League, City. Resi- dence: River Forest, Ill. Office and Works: 4600 W. Harrison St.
WINSLOW, Zebedee Ring, provision dealer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
WINSTON, Bertram McIntosh, senior mem. firm of Winston & Co., real estate and loans; born Chicago, Apr. 9, 1868; son Frederick H. and Maria (Dudley) Winston; ed. private sch., Chicago; married Chicago, 1901, Annie, daugh- ter of J. W. Odell. In the real estate and loan business since age of 20, and since 1906 mem. firm of Winston & Co .; trustee of F. H. Win- ston estate. Dir. Chicago Real Estate Board. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day (dir.), Union, Saddle and Cycle (vice-pres.), South Shore Country ( vice-pres.). Recreations: outdoor diversions. Residence: 749 Lincoln Parkway. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
WINSTON, Frederick Seymour, lawyer; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.
WINSTON, Garrard Bigelow, lawyer; born Chicago, July 25, 1882; son Frederick Seymour and Ada (Fountain) Winston; ed. University School, Chicago, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H .; B.A., Yale Univ., 1904; LL.B., Northwest- ern Univ. Law School, 1906; unmarried. Mem. firm of Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, corpn. and railroad law; sec. and dir. U.S. Brewing Co., Chicago Consolidated Brewing & Malting Co .; dir. Chicago Breweries, Ltd. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Institute, Order of the Cincinnati. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Recreation: yachting. Residence: 1508 N. State St. Office: 1400 First Nat. Bank Bldg.
WINTER, Augustus G., pres. Am. Milling Co. Residence: 4427 Madison Av. Office: 20 W. Jackson Boul.
WINTERBOTHAM, Joseph, pres. J. H. Win- terbotham & Sons; born Columbus, O .; son John Humphrey and Mahalia (Rosencrans) Winterbotham; married Genevieve Baldwin, of Orange, N.J .; 4 children: John H., Rue (Mrs. John Carpenter, Jr.), Joseph, Jr. and Genevieve (Mrs. Frank Maurer, of Pasadena, Cal.). En- gaged in cooperage business (J. H. Winter- botham & Sons) since 1875, and is now pres. of the co .; also dir. J. C. Pennoyer Co., team- ing contractors and cooperage stock, and Para- mount Knitting Co. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Residence: Virgina Hotel. Of- fice: 226 S. LaSalle St.
WINTERBOTHAM, Joseph, Jr., mfr .; born Joliet, Ill., Feb. 24, 1879; son Joseph and Genevieve (Baldwin) Winterbotham; prep. edn. private schools; B.S., Yale Univ., 1900; mar- ried Eleanor Hall, of Morristown, N.J., Mar. 30, 1902; 1 daughter: Louise. Began with Para- mount Knitting Co., 1900, becoming vice-pres., 1904; also was chmn. exec. com. Atlantic Terra Cotta Co., New York, and dir. Ind. Chain Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Au- tomobile, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Yale. Recreations: motoring, outdoor sports. Resi- dence: 212 E. Superior St. Office: 1001, 337 W. Madison St.
WINTON, Andrew Lincoln, chemist; born Westport, Conn., Jan. 26, 1864; Ph.B., Yale, 1884, Ph.D., 1904. Chemist, 1884-90, in charge Analytical Lab., 1890-1906, Conn. Agrl. Expt. Sta .; instr. organic analysis, Yale, 1902-6; chief of Chicago Food and Drug Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Agr., since 1906. Mem. Assn. Official Agrl. Chemists of U.S. (pres. 1898), Am. Chem. Soc. Author and translator of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 1603 Manhattan Bldg.
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