The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 22

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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BLAYNEY, Frederick Hamilton, physician and surgeon; born Summerton, Morrow Co., O .. Jan. 3, 1869; son Henry Giles and Mary Caro- line (Todd) Blayney; A.B., Washington and Jefferson Coll., Washington, Pa .. 1891, later A. M .: M.D., Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1898; married Corning, la., June 29. 1904, Grace Beymer; 2 children: Anna Eliza- beth and Frederick Arthur. Taught Latin and Greek in Corning (Ia.) Acad., Sept. 1891-June 1895; interne West Side Hosp., Chicago, 189S- 1900; engaged in general practice of medicine since June, 1900. Instr. in surgery, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons; asst. in surgery, Ill. Post-Grad. School; capt. and asst. surgeon, 2d Inf. I.N.G. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc .. A.M.A., Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U.S .: mem. Phi Gamma Delta and Nu Sigma Nu fra- ternities. Mem. K.P. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Illinois. Recreations: camping and shoot- ing. Residence: 115 N. 53d Av. Office: 1551 W. Madison St.

BLECH, Gustavus Maximilian, surgeon; born Riga, Livonia. Nov. 28. 1870; son Johann (or- thopedic physician) and Johanna (Wohlfarth) Blech: collegiate edn., Riga City Lycee: studied medicine in Germany, France and U.S .: M.D. from Barnes Univ., 1894; honorary degrees from other professional schools; married Rose Ber- kenstadt. Engaged in practice of medicine since 1892. Consulting surgeon People's Hosp .: chief

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surgeon Lincoln Hosp .; prof. surgery, Loyola Univ .; dir. commanding Ill. div. Red Cross Field Corps. Served as asst. surgeon of vols. during Spanish-Am. War. Mem. A.M.A., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., West Chicago Med. Assn. (founder). Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Au- thor of several med. books and contributions to med. literature. Residence: 2805 Indiana Av. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg.

*BLEE, Joseph McHard, coal mining com- pany official; see Vol. 1905.

BLEI, George Frederick, mfr. and dealer in cooperage supplies, etc .; born Chicago, Oct. 18, 1872; son Daniel and Wilhelmina (Ladwig) Blei; ed. in Chicago pub. schools and in Bryant & Stratton Business Coll .; married Chicago, Oct. 23, 1897, Ida M. Saubert; children: Ruth M.C., Henrietta O. and George W. Began busi- ness life as an office boy and was connected in various capacities with several mercantile con- cerns in Chicago, until 1901, when joined Mr. J. D. Hollingshead in organizing the Hollings- head & Blei Co., mfrs. of cooperage supplies, of which is pres. Residence: 3532 Janssen Av. Office: 717, 206 S. LaSalle St.

BLESSING, Lewis Greene, treas. and gen. mgr. The Bastian-Blessing Co .; born Manteno, Ill., Mar. 28, 1873; son John Lewis and Jane (Esgar) Blessing; ed. pub. schools, Morris, Ill., and Chicago; married Grace Elizabeth Will- iams, of Columbus, O., Sept. 1, 1896; 1 daugh- ter: Marion Elizabeth; married 2d, Rosalie Koch, of Chicago, Oct. 4, 1910. Clerk in gen. offices of C.,B.&Q.R.R., June 1, 1889-Feb. 12, 1894; bookkeeper, Cleveland Faucet Co., Chi- cago, 1894-5, Berner-Mayer Co., 1895-7; dept. mgr. Liquid Carbonic Co., 1898-1900; with Gil- more & Blessing, coal, 1900-2; traveling sales- man, Charles L. Bastian Mfg. Co., 1902-7; treas. and gen. mgr. The Bastian-Blessing Co., brass and aluminum founders, since 1907. Republi- can. Mason (Windsor Park Lodge 836). Club: Colonial (Oak Park). Recreations: motoring, traveling and baseball. Residence: 225 N. Elm- wood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 125 W. Mich- igan St.

BLESSING, Wilbur Paul, mgr. Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sunday School Work; born Greenville, O., Feb. 12, 1875; son Ira W. and Elizabeth (Herbert) Blessing; ed. public grammar and high schools, McPherson, Kan .; married Grace Anderson, of Dayton, O., July 21, 1899; 2 children: Genevieve and Holly Paul. Engaged with United Brethren Pub. House, Dayton, O., 1893-1900; identified with the Pres- byterian Board of Publication and Sunday School Work since 1900, as asst. mgr. until 1903, and mgr. of the Chicago depository since 1903. Republican. Club: Ill. Athletic. Resi- dence: 857 Windsor Av. Office: 509 S. Wabash Avenue.

BLEYER, Charles Edwin, pres. Hawley Down Draft Furnace Co .; born Davenport, Ia., Aug. 1, 1856; son Maurice H. and Antoinette S. Bley- er; ed. pub. schools of Iowa, and St. Louis, Mo .; widower; 1 son: Clifford Melville. Began busi- ness career in St. Louis, but since 1885 has been a resident of Chicago, except for 5 years, 1901-6, when lived in New York. In 1889 or- ganized the Hawley Down Draft Furnace Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Col. on staff of Gov. Tanner, 1897-1901, on staff of Gov. Yates, 1901-5. Was sec. and treas. The Inter- state Nat. Guard Assn. of America for 6 years and was instrumental in obtaining from Con- gress an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the benefit of the national guard of the U.S. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic (Chicago), En- grs.' and Machinery (New York). Mem. Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Rec- reations: traveling, literature. Residence: 3651 Grand Boul., Chicago. Offices: Park Row Bldg., New York, and 736 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

*BLINN, Edmund B., lumber merchant; see Vol. 1905.

BLISS, Charles Lewis, fire ins .; born Carroll Co., Ill., Nov. 11, 1852; son George Jenkins and Climanda (Preston) Bliss; ed. Northwestern Univ., class of 1875. Engr. on N.P.R.R., 1873-4; actuarial dept. of Nat. Life Ins. Co. of U.S.ofA., 1875-8; then with land dept. of the C.&N .- W. Ry.Co. until 1885; fire ins. since 1885. Repub- lican. Mason (Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Jackson Park Yacht. Recreation: yacht- ing. Residence: 1409 E. 62d St. Office: 8 S. La- Salle St.

BLISS, Eliakim Raymond, lawyer; born New Brunswick, N.J., Sept. 3, 1846; son Rev. George Ripley (D.D.) and Mary A. (Raymond) Bliss; ed. Univ. of Lewisburg, Pa., and old Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Columbian Univ., 1873; mar- ried Chicago, 1880, Margaret Holmes; 1 son: E. Raymond. Has lived in Chicago since 1863; ad- mitted to bar, 1873, but did not begin practice until 1876; county atty., Cook Co., 1882-4 and 1886-9; has been identified with much impor- tant litigation; in 1889, as county atty., estab- lished validity of law permitting annexation of Hyde Park, Lake View and other suburbs; gen. counsel Chicago City Ry. Co. Mason (33°); was one of the 3 Masons appointed to carry out plan of erecting Masonic Temple in Chicago. Republican. Judge advocate general I.N.G. since 1897. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. and Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Hyde Park, Hamilton, South Shore Coun- try. Residence: 5001 Madison Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BLISS, Gilbert Ames, univ. prof .; born Chi- cago, May 9, 1876; son George Harrison and Mary Maria (Gilbert) Bliss; B.S., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1897, M.S., 1898, fellow, 1899-1900, Ph.D., 1900; student Univ. of Göttingen, 1902-3; un- married. Instr. mathematics, Univ. of Minn., 1900-2; asso. in mathematics, Univ. of Chicago, 1903-4; asst. prof. mathematics, Univ. of Mo., 1904-5, Princeton Univ., 1905-8; asso. prof. mathematics, Univ. of Chicago, since 1908. As- so. editor Annals of Mathematics since 1906, Transactions Am. Math. Soc. since 1908. Re- publican. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Quadrangle, University. Address: Hitchcock Hall, University of Chicago.

BLISS, Samuel Eugene, mfr .; born Jericho, Vt., Jan. 31, 1846; son Samuel Butler and Sally Clarisa (Cadwell) Bliss; ed. Underhill (Vt.) Acad .; married Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 1869, Mary Frances Hickok. Worked in shop of fa- ther, blacksmith and carriage builder, 1862-4; clerk in hardware store, Burlington, Vt., 1864- 8; arrived in Chicago Mar. 23, 1868; clerk and traveling salesman until 1885; in business for self as dealer, 1885-91; sold out, Feb. 1891, and started in business as a mfr. of shafting; or- ganized Bliss & Laughlin, Harvey, Ill., incor- porated, of which he is pres., treas. and dir .; also pres. Metropolitan Trust & Savings Bank; vice-pres. LaPorte (Ind.) Carriage Co .; dir. Parkhurst & Wilkinson Co. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Mason, K.T. (past master and past high priest of Chapter and past grand sovereign of the Order of Red Cross of Con- stantine); pres. Ill. Soc. S.A.R .; vice-pres. nat. soc. S.A.R. Clubs: Chicago Athletic (life), Un- dercliff Sportsman Assn. Recreations: fishing and hunting. Residence: 3636 Lake Av. Offices: 30 N. LaSalle St. and 129 N. Canal St.

BLOCK, Isaac, iron merchant; born Phila- delphia, Dec. 23, 1840; son Leopold and Rebecca (Weil) Block; ed. pub. schools, Cincinnati, O .; was engaged as scout in an independent com- pany at the time of the Morgan raid through Ohio, during the Civil War; married Cincinnati, O., Nov. 26, 1879, Rosa Liebenstein; children: Alma, Grace. Resided in Cincinnati until 1884; since then in Chicago; with Block-Pollak Iron Co. many years from 1884, of which was vice- pres .; also dir. Parkhurst & Wilkinson Co., iron, Chicago, and La Porte (Ind.) Carriage Co. Ma-

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son. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Standard, Ravisloe Country. Residence: 4521 Ellis Av.

BLOCK, Leopold E., steel; born Cincinnati, Jan. 13, 1869; son Joseph and Rose (Kahn) Block; ed. pub. schools of Cincinnati; married Chicago, June 20, 1900, Cora B. Bloom; 1 son: Joseph. Entire business life has been in the coal and iron trade, first in Cincinnati, and since 1897 in Chicago; treas. and dir. Inland Coal & Washing Co., 1897-1905; vice-pres. In- land Steel Co. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country, Lake Shore Country. Resi- dence: 4119 Grand Boul. Office: First Nat. Bank Building.

BLOCK, Philip Dee, steel mfr .; born Cincin- nati, O., Feb. 16, 1871; son Joseph and Rose (Kahn) Block; grad. Hughes High School, Cin- cinnati, June 1888; married Chicago, June 1, 1899, Celia F. Leopold; children: Madeline Bab- ette, Philip Dee, Jr. With Block-Pollak Iron Co., Chicago and Cincinnati, 1888-1903; since 1903 with Inland Steel Co. as vice-pres. and treas. Also vice-pres. Chicago, Ill. & Ind. Ry. Co., Buffalo Steel Co .; dir. Indestructible Post Co. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country, Lake Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 3333 Michigan Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BLOCK, Willard Thomas, capitalist; born Columbia, Pa., Jan. 6, 1853; son Abraham Ber- nard and Barbara A. (Brobst) Block; ed. pub. and high schools of Columbia; married 1880, Anna E., daughter of William P. Scott, of Ia., and niece of Col. Thomas A. Scott, formerly pres. Pa. Ry. Began business career at 14 (1867) with Phila. & Reading R.R., serving in various capacities and advancing steadily un- til 1878, when came to Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R. at solicitation of John B. Carson, to reor- ganize the accounts of the mech. dept. of that road, 1878-82; entered employ of R. T. Wilson & Co., of New York, 1882, in charge of con- struction of the Wis., Ia. & Neb. R.R., in Ia., and was consecutively auditor, treas., traffic mgr. and supt., 1883-7; rested 1 year; bought Fort Madison & Northwestern R.R., under fore- closure; organized new company, of which was pres. until, under his personal supervision, 75 miles of the road had been built; promoted nu- merous enterprises, including the organization of the Grant Locomotive Works, Siemens & Halske Electric Co., Grant Land Assn. (being sec. and treas. same), The United Telephone, Telegraph and Electric Co., of which was pres. until sold out to eastern syndicate in 1902. Pres. Chicago & Southwestern Ry., part of the Chicago Terminal Co., and negotiated purchase of several large acre deals; the Sturges farm of 380 acres, for $570,000, the Hetty Green tract. 651 acres, for $1,020,000 and many other smaller tracts; controls a large acreage of cop- per bearing lands in upper Mich. which is de- veloping. Col. on staff of Gov. Larrabee. of Ia., as aide-de-camp. 1885-9. Republican. Episco- palian. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Ill. Soc. S.A.R. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country. Recreations: reading; fond of the country. Residence: 3123 Calumet Av. Office: 1610 Chicago Title & Trust Bldg.

BLOCKI, Frederick William, electric and steam railroads; born Chicago, Nov. 2, 1868; son John and Emma (Leadbeater) Blocki; ed. high school. and Lewis Inst., Chicago; married Chicago, 1899, Louise Woltersdorf; 1 son: Fred- erick A. L. Engaged in business as druggist and mfr. of perfumes; treas. firm of John Blocki & Son; now treas. Brennan Electric Con- struction Co., Blocki-Brennan Refining Co .; dir. Barney Coal Co., Warrior Coal Co., Miami Coal Co., City Fuel Co. Has been active in politics in Chicago. Appointed by Mayor Carter H. Har- rison, Jr., as supt. of Bureau of Maps, City of Chicago; 6 months later promoted to deputy commr. of pub. works, and, after 18 months. commr. of pub. works; reappointed after 2 years, and held that position until Apr. 1905,

when was elected treas. of the City of Chicago, term ending 1907. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ill. Athletic, Germania Maennerchor, Iroquois, Illi- nois, Chicago Riding and Driving, Pickwick, Rotary. Recreations: motoring and fishing. Res- idence: 717 Ashland Boul. Office: 15 N. LaSalle Street.

BLOCKI, Gale, lawyer; born Chicago, Dec. 22, 1870; son William F. and Emily L. (Hal- lock) Blocki; grad. River Forest pub. school, 1886; Oak Park High School, 1890; Chicago Coll. of Law, 1895; married; 2 children: Gale, Jr. and Jane. Began practice of law, 1895; went to Cal. to take charge of western litigation for Chicago clients in 1896, and practiced law in Los Angeles for 1 year; opened an office in Chi- cago, 1897, and has been in active practice here since that time. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, South Shore Country. Residence: 6407 Kimbark Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BLOCKI, William F., druggist; born E. Prus- sia, Germany, Dec. 8, 1841; son Frederick Will- iam and Emma (Doehling) Blocki; ed. by pri- vate tutor in Germany and high school, She- boygan, Wis .; served in Civil War as 1st sergt., Co. B, 12th Ill. Vols .; married Chicago, Mar. 11, 1868, Emily L. Hallock (now deceased) ; 2 chil- dren: Gale and Mrs. G. E. Grossbeck, living in Cal. In 1858 entered drug and stationery busi- ness of A. F. Wheeler, Sheboygan, Wis .; came to Chicago and took position with Gale Bros., wholesale and retail drugs, Dec. 5, 1859; be- came mem. of firm, 1864. when name of firm was changed to Gale & Blocki, and later be- came a corpn. under same name, of which was vice-pres. and dir. Also dir. White Rock Min- eral Spring Co. Republican. Unitarian. Mason (Supreme Council, 33°; also K.T. and Scottish Rite). Mem. Am. Pharmaceutical Assn .. Chi- cago Veteran Druggists' Assn. Club: Wood- lawn Park. Residence: 6040 Kimbark Av.

BLODGETT, Edward A .; 1835-1910; see Vol. 1905.

BLOME, Rudolph S., contractor; born Mon- roe, Mich., Apr. 7, 1871; son of Joseph and Car- oline (Blome) Sedlaczek; ed. at Monroe (Mich.) High School, Univ. of Mich. and Detroit Busi- ness Univ .; came to Chicago, 1891, and in 1895, because of the difficulty experienced by most English-speaking people in pronouncing the name of Sedlaczek, secured a decree of court changing his surname to Blome; married Chi- cago, Jan. 18, 1899, Viola Josephine Dix. In Jan. 1892, entered the business of Joseph Stam- sen, established 1866, contractor for cement paving and concrete construction; became part- ner, Jan. 1894, under firm name of Stamsen & Blome; acquired sole ownership of the business after the death of Mr. Stamsen. in 1896, and the firm name changed to Rudolph S. Blome Co .. reorganized in 1904. Mr. Blome remaining sen- ior partner of the firm. The company employs several thousand men. has offices in Chicago. New York, Birmingham. New Orleans. Spokane, and Vancouver, B.C .. with other subsidiary con- nections: has executed a vast amount of con- crete and asphalt work of every description, in- cluding concrete buildings, bridges, subways. reservoirs, etc .. its operations extending throughout the U.S. and Can. They are the in- ventors of the patented Granitoid concrete street pavement, which has met with great suc- cess. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Chicago Automobile. South Shore. Marquette. Germania. Pres. Chicago Concrete Contractors' Assn. Residence: 612 Deming Pl. Office: Unity Building.

BLOMFELDT, Peter Axel, mfr .: born Koping. Sweden, Apr. 10, 1858; son Peter Eric and Anna (Bernwall) Blomfeldt; ed. pub. schools in Swe- den: came to Chicago direct from old country in 1880; married Chicago. Oct. 1896, Emily Sam- nelson: 1 son: Axel Allen. Learned the machin- ist trade in Sweden, beginning in 1873: after

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coming to Chicago worked at the trade until 1896, when he established for himself; now mem. firm of Blomfeldt & Rapp, special ma- chinery. Republican. Club: Swedish Singing. Mem. Independent Order of Svithiod. Resi- dence: 6523 Perry St. Office: 108 N. Jefferson Street.

BLOMGREN, Oscar Nathaniel, retired; born near Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept. 11, 1848; son Carl and Hanna (Benett) Blomgren; came to Chicago with parents in 1854; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Dec. 31, 1876, Emma Peterson; children: Edna Olivia (Mrs. Rev. Adolf Hult, of Omaha), Natalie Amanda, Ray Augustus. After learning the trade engaged on his own account, in 1875, in the business of en- graving and electrotyping, and was pres. of Blomgren Bros. & Co., engravers and electro- typers till 1909, when he retired. Was mem. School Board, Lake View. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Recreations: yachting and fishing. Res- idence: 5912 Winthrop Av. (Edgewater).

BLOOMFIELD, Willis Elliott, mgr. Chicago office Houghton Mifflin Co .; born Jackson Co., Wis., Apr. 1, 1861; son William and Louisa (Button) Bloomfield; ed. pub. schools of Wis .; married Margaret Conklin, of Milwaukee, Wis., July 19, 1892. Became identified with the ednl. publishing business in 1892, as mem. firm of Gillan & Bloomfield, Milwaukee, Wis., publish- ers of The Western Teacher, with which re- mained until 1894, when came to Chicago as mgr. of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., publishers, of Boston, and its successor, Houghton Mifflin Co., in which position has since remained. Inde- pendent in politics. Mem. Modern Woodmen of America. Clubs: Press, Edgewater Golf. Resi- dence: 6718 Bosworth Av. Office: 629 S. Wabash Avenue.

*BLOOMINGSTON, Herbert W., ins. pub .; see Vol. 1905.

BLOSSOM, George W., underwriter; born Du- buque, Ia., Oct. 1, 1854; son Alonzo and Frances E. (Williams) Blossom; ed. pub. schools of Du- buque; married Chicago, 1888, Carrie R. Board- man; children: George B., Francis R., Kather- ine May. Began business career in a local fire ins. agency at Dubuque, and afterward served in the office of the western dept. of the Ger- man-Am. Ins. Co., 8 years, and in the western dept. of the Conn. Fire Ins. Co., 3 years; then became a partner in Fred S. James & Co., Chi- cago; is also asst. gen. agent Nat. Fire Ins. Co .; also a partner in the New York agency of Fred S. James & Co. and one of the mgrs. for the U.S. of the Gen. Fire Assurance Co., of Paris, France. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Kenwood, Midlothian, Kenwood Country. Recreations: golf and motoring. Res- idence: 4858 Kenwood Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle Street.

BLOUKE, Milton Baker, physician; born Stoyestown, Somerset Co., Pa., Feb. 19, 1862; son Henry and Susan (Kimmel) Blouke; ed. pub. and private schools in Pa .; M.D., Chicago Homœ. Med. Coll., 1885; married Chicago, Feb. 19, 1891, Ola Louise Matthews; children: Louise, Pierre, Dorothy, Elizabeth. Since Apr. 1885, in practice in Chicago; prof. gynecology, Hahne- mann Med. Coll. and Hosp .; attending surgeon Chicago Homo. Hosp. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy, Homo. Med. Assn. of Ill., Homo. Med. Soc. of Chicago. Independent in politics. Congregationalist. Club: Town and Country. Residence: 2907 Washington Boul. Office: Mar- shall Field Bldg.

BLOUNT, Fred Meacham, ins .; born White- hall, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1853; son John Darwin and Sarah (Meacham) Blount; came to Chicago in childhood; ed. old Chicago Univ .; married Chi- cago, Mar. 25, 1874, Kittie E. Deane; children: Harry D. and Kittie E. (Mrs. Charles F. Wein- land). Began as messenger with Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., and thence to asst. treas. of U.S., Chicago, and at the starting of the Chi-

cago Nat. Bank went with them as receiving teller, became cashier and later vice-pres. and dir .; now senior mem. firm of Fred M. Blount & Sons, ins. Dir. Equitable Trust Co., Peoria Gas & Electric Co. Republican. Protestant. Has been mem. Board of W. Chicago Park Commrs. and Chicago Board of Edn .; treas. Sanitary District of Chicago, Board of W. Chi- cago Park Commrs .; mem. Ill. commn. to La. Purchase Exposition. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Illinois. Residence: Wheaton, Ill. Office: The Temple.

BLUM, August, banker; born in Rhenish Ba- varia, Germany, June 29, 1846; son Isaac and Marian (Felsenthal) Blum; ed. in pub. and pri- vate schools, Germany; married Chicago, Feb. 14, 1880, Edith Bromfield; children: Marian, Herbert, Bernard, Helen, Margaret. Came to U.S., 1867, and entered employ of Henry Greene- baum & Co., bankers; later head of foreign de- partment same, until 1877; went to New York and employed Limburger & Thalmann (later Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co.), bankers, 2 years; returned to Chicago, and became mgr. foreign dept. of the Internat. Bank; organized same dept. Union Nat. Bank, 1881, and was mgr. same until 1890; also asst. cashier, 1888-92, and cashier from 1892-1900, when Union Nat. Bank was consolidated with First Nat. Bank of Chi- cago, of which he was asst. cashier until Jan. 1, 1905, being since then mgr. of Division F (banks and bankers), and vice-pres. since 1907. Clubs: Bankers', Chess and Checkers. Recrea- tions: books, concerts, chess. Residence: 3245 Groveland Av. Office: First Nat. Bank.

BLUM, Julius, men's furnishings; born Burg- preppach, Bavaria, Dec. 19, 1849; son Seligmann E. and Therese (Amerikaner) Blum; ed. in pub. schools of Bavaria (Germany); married Carrie Sonlander, of Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 1880; children: Sidney J., Jerome S., Edna T. (Mrs. Milton C. Kaufman, of Chicago). In Jan. 1880, with brother, Simon S., established firm of Blum Bros., wholesale men's furnishings. Re- publican. Mason. Residence: 4619 Michigan Av. Office: 119 S. Market St.

BLUM, Simon S., merchant; born, Burgprep- pach, Bavaria, Sept. 16, 1856; ed. in Bavaria. Began business in Chicago in 1880 as. mem. of the firm of Blum Bros., wholesalers of men's furnishing goods. Mem. Chicago Turngemeinde, German Aid Soc. (dir.), German-Am. Hist. Soc. of Ill., Ill. Commercial Men's Assn. (dir.), Art Inst. Mem. Sinai Temple. Club: Germania Maennerchor. Recreation: travel. Residence: 4927 Grand Boul. Office: 119 S. Market St.

*BLUMENAUER, Charles Henry, glass; moved to W.Va .; see Vol. 1905.

BLUMENTHAL, Isadore Sidney, lawyer; born Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 20, 1879; son Solomon and Rebecca Jennie (Shaffer) Blumen- thal; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; private schools and instruction in German and ancient lan- guages and English; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law (Lake Forest Univ.), 1900; married Rubie, daughter of David A. Radzinski, of Chi- cago, Feb. 3, 1909; 1 child: Ethel Anne. With William E. O'Neill, atty., Chicago, 1894-1906; admitted to bar, 1901; mem. firm Sonnenschein, Blumenthal & Berkson, 1906-9, since alone. Re- publican. Assisted in organizing the Chicago Savings Bank, Northern Life Ins. Co .; atty. for Chicago House Wrecking Co. and many other corpns. and firms. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns., Hebrew Inst., Young Men's Asso- ciated Charities, Associated Jewish Charities. Mem. Oriental Lodge B'nai B'rith (ex-pres.), Isaiah Temple. Mason, Apollo Lodge A.F.&A. M .; Montefiore Council Nat. Union. Recrea- tions: outdoor sports. Residence: 4555 Prairie Av. Office: 1616 Tribune Bldg.

BLUNT, John Ellsworth, civil engr .; born Brainard, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1833; son Ainsworth E. and Harriet (Ellsworth) Blunt; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; married Augusta E.

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Wood, Oct. 11, 1856. Engr. on various rys., Ga. and Ala., until 1862; constructing engr. Chicago & Galena Union R.R., 1862-4; div. engr., 1864- 88, chief engr., Nov. 1, 1888-Dec. 3, 1899, con- sulting engr., since Dec. 3, 1899, C.&N .- W.Ry. Residence: 1560 Asbury Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 226 W. Jackson Boul.

BLUNT, John Ellsworth, Jr., banker; born Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 12, 1870; son John E. and Augusta (Wood) Blunt; ed. pub. schools of Wheaton, Ill., and Winona, Minn., and grad. Winona High School, 1886; married St. Paul, Minn., June 4, 1898, Carlene Curtis. Entered employ of C.&N .- W.Ry. in 1886 as messenger; remained with that company and the C.,M.&St. P.Ry. as telegraph operator, ticket agent and traveling passenger agent of the C.&N .- W. un- til 1892; with Second Nat. Bank of Winona, Minn., Jan .- Mar., 1893; came to Chicago, and in Dec. 1893 entered office of Farson, Leach & Co., remaining until Jan. 1899, when entered service of the Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., organiz- ing its bond dept., and was elected vice-pres., Jan. 1910. Clubs: Mid-Day, Union League, Ev- anston, Bankers'. Recreation: golf. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 22

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