The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 23

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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BLYTHE, Hugh, broker; born Burlington, Ia., Aug. 22, 1878; son Joseph William and Margaret Eliza (Gear) Blythe; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1901, LL.B., 1903; prepared to practice law but was not admitted to practice; unmar- ried. In employ of C.,B.&Q.Ry., 1903-5; entered brokerage business, May 1905, and now partner in firm of Harris, Winthrop & Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, University. Recreations: out- door diversions. Residence: 54 E. Division St. Office: The Rookery.

BOAK, Robert Burns, merchant; born Hali- fax, N.S., Dec. 29, 1849; son Sir Robert and Ma- tilda S. (Anderson) Boak; ed. private and gov- ernment schools, Nova Scotia; married Jennie E. DeBlois, of Bathurst, N.B., Dec. 19, 1871 (died 1904); children: Robert, Mary M. (Mrs. V. M. Harding), Jean (Mrs. D. F. Badger), Louise DeBlois (Mrs. Karl R. Slocum) ; mar- ried 2d, Grace Edith Crane, of Chicago, 1906; 1 daughter: Laura Crane. Entered father's office, 1864; became partner in firm of Robert Boak & Son, 1871; came to Chicago, 1881; is senior mem. firm of R. B. Boak & Co., importers of salt and canned fish; also sec. and treas. Boak Fish Co., of St. Paul. Club: Kenwood. Recrea- tion: traveling. Residence: 4744 Kimbark Av. Office: 342 LaSalle Av.

BOAL, Ayres, real estate; born Chicago, Mar. 26, 1879; son Charles Thomas and Henrietta (Ayres) Boal; grad. Harvard School, Chicago, 1896; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1900; married Win- netka, Ill., Jan. 1, 1906, Lesley Stewart John- son; children: Ayres, Jr., Stewart and Thomas. In real estate business in Chicago since 1901. Clubs: City, University, Chicago, Chicago Yacht, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

BOAL, Charles Thomas, real estate dealer; born Reading, O., Apr. 16, 1832; son Dr. Robert and Christiana Walker (Sinclair) Boal; re- moved with parents to Lacon, Ill., and was ed. in pub. schools there; married Chicago, Henri- etta Ayres; children: Horton S. (deceased), Ed- na M. (Mrs. D. S. Flood), Anna C. (Mrs. P. L. Wickes, Jr.), Ayres. Came to Chicago, 1854, and later became connected with firm of Hall, Kim- bark & Co., in wholesale iron business, in which afterward became a partner. Recruited a com- pany of inf., 1862, and became an officer in the 88th Ill. Vol. Inf., serving with regt. until end of the war. After war engaged in hardware business in firm of Austin & Boal, afterward changing to Charles T. Boal & Co .; burned out in Chicago fire, Oct. 9, 1871; built the Chicago Stove Works, but sold out and engaged in wholesale stove and hollow-ware business, from which retired in 1894; since engaged in real estate business. Mem. Chicago Real Estate

Board, Mil. Order of the Loyal Legion. Repub- lican. Clubs: Chicago, Calu'net, Onwentsia, Twentieth Century, South Shore Country. Rec- reation: traveling. Residence: Congress Hotel Annex. Office: 105 N. Clark St.

BOAND, Jules Augustus, mfr .; born Morges, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, Mar. 15, 1860; son François Louis and Henrietta (Chevaux) Boand; ed. pub. schools of native place; mar- ried St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 3, 1890, Lena Jo- sephine Acker; children: Jennie Elizabeth, Jules Francis. Came to U.S., Jan. 1875; settled in Idaho Springs, Colo., and as soon as became familiar with English language took instruc- tion in chemistry and assaying and followed business of mining and smelting until 1884; be- came identified, 1884, with Omaha White Lead Co., and in Jan. 1886, with its successor, the Carter White Lead Co .; was first shipping clerk, then foreman, in one of the depts., and in 1886 became supt .; in 1893 became stockholder in the company, and in May, 1895, when company opened new plant at W. Pullman, Ill., was placed in charge of the mfg. operations there. Dir. since 1897, State Bank of W. Pullman. Gold Democrat. Protestant. Club: Windsor Country. Residence: 11955 Eggleston Av. Of- fice: 121st and Peoria Sts.

BOARD, Ellsworth Maltby, mfr .; born Mor- ristown, N.J., Apr. 24, 1855; son David J. and Susan P. (Lewis) Board; came west to Ill. in childhood; ed. country school; married Evans- ton, Ill., 1883, Madelaine Randall (now de- ceased) ; children: Harold E., Edward P., Dor- othy R. Lived on farm 40 miles south of Chi- cago; came to city when 19 years old; entered employ of C.&N .- W.Ry. as check clerk loading freight cars; advanced to other positions dur- ing 91/2 years' service, being chief clerk of freight auditor's office for last 312 years with railway; pres. and treas. Cross Press & Sign Co .; also treas. Bedencion Plantation Co., Buena Ventura Plantation Co., Bahia Honda, Cuba. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf, Evanston. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1602 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1510 Dayton St.

*BOARDMAN, Horace Prentiss, civil engr .; see Vol. 1905.

BOBB, Dwight St. John, lawyer; born Da- kota, Ill., July 19, 1876; son of Daniel Bingman and Arminda Frost (St. John) Bobb; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1899; A.M., Harvard, 1900, LL.B., 1903, post-grad. student in law, 1903-4; unmarried. Began practice at Chicago, 1904; associated in practice with Matz, Fisher & Boy- den, 1904-9; mem. firm of Adams, Bobb & Ad- ams since 1909. Acting editor "Municipal Af- fairs," published by Reform Club of New York, summer of 1899; asst. in history, Harvard Univ. and Radcliffe Coll., 1900-1; asst. in economics, Harvard, 1901-2; lecturer on pub. service cor- pns., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1904-9; lecturer on pub. service and municipal corpns., John Marshall Law School, 1904-9. Mem. Chi- cago and Ill. State Bar assns., Am. Economic Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Alpha Kap- pa Phi (law), Phi Beta Kappa (honor frater- nity). Republican. Methodist. Clubs: City, Har- vard (Chicago), Evanston, University of Evans- ton (dir.). Recreations: outdoor sports. Resi- dence: University Club. Evanston, Ill. Office: 1124 Am. Trust Bldg.

BOBO, John Louis, tailors' trimmings; born Dayton, O., Feb. 5. 1851; son John and Mar- garet ( Waltz) Bobo; ed. pub. schools of Ohio; married Lima, O., Aug. 7, 1877, Ella F. Mow- on; children: Breta (Mrs. Burt T. Stanton) and Fred Mowen. Retail clothing business at Lima. 1868-80; came to Chicago. 1880, and became mom. of firm of J. H. Lesher & Co., tailors' trimmings, until Dec. 1902, when that firm was succeeded by present one of John La Bobo & Co., of which is senior mom. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Union

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League, Homewood. Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: 4246 Drexel Boul. Summer Residence: Diamond Lake, Mich. Office: 515 S. Franklin St.

BOCKIUS, Franklin B. von Eisen, physician; born Galena, Ill., Mar. 9, 1848; son Joseph Rex and Marie (von Eisen) Bockius; finished course in Galena High School, 1864; was sent to Chi- cago to enter the Univ. of Chicago, but instead enlisted as private in Co. C, 140th Ill. Vol. Inf., his parents knowing nothing of his enlistment until he wrote to them from the seat of war; served to end of war, then entered Univ. of Chicago, graduating, B.S., 1868; graduate med. dept. Northwestern Univ., 1872, receiving the prize offered by the faculty for the best thesis on a med. subject; was appointed med. dir. of the Chicago Relief and Aid Soc. in charge of the Chicago Fire Sufferers, 1872-82; married Racine, Wis., 1891, Doretta Brenzel; children: Doris von Eisen, Frances von Eisen. Has been engaged in general practice of medicine in Chi- cago from 1872; was asst. to prof. of chemistry in med. dept. of Northwestern Univ., 1872; physician, 1872-8, and after that consulting physician to North Side Dispensary; as a diver- sion (while continuing med. practice) took course at Union Coll. of Law, 1874-6, graduat- ing, LL.B., and third in his class, 1886; also studied homeopathy in Northwestern Homœ. Coll., 1878-80; prof. of forensic medicine, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 1881-91. Contbr. to med. and literary periodicals. Residence: 4657 Wilson Av. Office: 1587 Milwaukee Av.

BODDIE, John Thomas, real estate; see Vol. 1905.

BODE, Frederick, pres. Gage Bros. & Co., wholesale millinery; born Exkwarden, Germany, Aug. 20, 1856; son of Frederick and Sophia (Kimmann) Bode; ed. Hanover Realschule; also studied music in Hanover; married Chicago, June 19, 1880, Augusta Ebeling (died 1907); 1 daughter: Ida Frances (Mrs. Edwin F. Weary) ; married 2d, Chicago, June 19, 1909, Esther El- len Simpson. Came to Chicago from Germany, 1870; in 1871 entered employ of D. B. Fisk & Co., wholesale millinery, as errand boy; became city buyer and left that firm, 1874; with Gage Bros. & Co. (established 1856), 1874-6; with Ed- son Keith & Co., as buyer and mgr. of the hat dept., 1876-92; in 1892, with others, purchased the business of Gage Bros. & Co., incorporated it, and has since been pres. Pres. The Millinery Jobbers' Assn. since 1902. Mem. exec. com. Civic Federation. Republican. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country (pres., 1908-9), Chicago Athletic, Industrial. Residence: 5827 Washington Av. Office: 18 S. Michigan Av.

BODINE, William Lester, supt. of compul- sory edn .; born Marion Co., Mo., Sept. 10, 1862; son Joseph and Eliza (Lewis) Bodine; ed. pub. schools; married Clinton, Ia., Feb. 10, 1890, Mae Richardson; children: Helen, Robert. Came to Chicago in 1881 and then went west; was news- paper man originally; state labor commr. of Colo., 1890-3; elected vice-pres. Nat. Assn. of Statisticians at Denver convention, 1892; ap- pointed special master commr. of U.S. court (8th Judicial Dist.), with headquarters at Oma- ha, 1893; came to Chicago, 1895; with Times- Herald as political reporter until 1899; elected supt. of compulsory edn., July 13, 1899, by Chi- cago Board of Edn. (holds under Civil Service Law). Chmn. of Chicago Child-Saving League legislative com., which carried the child-labor and compulsory edn. bills through the Legisla- ture in 1902-3; served on exec. com. of Cook Co. child-saving conference. Also on state com. to revise child labor law; chmn. com. on pub. order, Ravenswood Protective Assn., and mem. exec. com .; dir., Juvenile Protective League, Frances Juvenile Home. Has held nat. record for reduction of truancy since 1905, world's record in 1908 and 1909. Democrat. Club: City. Residence: 4556 Dover St. Office: Tribune Bldg.

BODMAN, Luther W., sec. Am. Straw Board Co .; born Charlemont, Mass., Feb. 4, 1845; son Luther and Philena (Hawks) Bodman; ed. Wil- liston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass .; married Northampton, Mass., 1870, Grace H. Smith; chil- dren: Marjorie (Mrs. J. P. Hobbs), Edward (M. D.), and Luther (died Jan. 2, 1908). Began bus- iness life at Bement, Ill., 1867, as grain dealer and banker; with Milmine, Bodman & Co., com- mn. merchants, Baltimore, 1879. Came to Chi- cago, 1884, as resident partner of same, with which remained until 1906; retired from grain business, Feb. 1, 1908; sec. Am. Straw Board Co. since 1909. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Trustee Chicago Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum. President Board of Trustees 4th Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, City. Residence: 1519 N. State St. Office: 306 Sher- man St.

BOETTCHER, Henry Rudolph, physician; born Holton, Kan., Apr. 15, 1866; son of Ferdi- nand and Margaret (Storke) Boettcher; ed. Holton (Kan.) High School and Campbell's Normal Coll., Holton; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1890, and Harvey Med. Coll., Chicago, 1895; married Olga Krohmer, of Chi- cago, Oct. 31, 1896; 2 children: Henry Ferdinand Krohmer, Katherine Olga. In drug business at Holton, Kan., 1885-7, then came to Chicago and entered med. coll .; began practice, 1890; since 1895 as regular physician and surgeon. Sur- geon to Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; eye and ear surgeon to Englewood Hosp .; ex- surgeon, eye dept. Rush Med. Coll. Mem. Ill. . State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A. Re- publican. Mem. Peoples Liberal Church. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country, Beverly Country. Recreations: golf, shooting. Residence: 6336 Harvard Av. Office: 914 Venetian Bldg.

BOGERT, William Benezet, pres. Bogert, Maltby & Co .; born Providence, R.I., Oct. 2, 1860; grad. Brown Univ., 1882; married June 1887, Ella Loomis, of Springfield, Mass .; chil- dren: William Benezet, Jr., Theodore Loomis, Frances Hoyt. Engaged in cotton mfg. busi- ness at Taftville, Conn., 1882-4; came to Chi- cago, 1884, becoming mem. of the Board of Trade; mem. Carrington, Patten & Co., and later Bogert, Maltby & Co., brokers in grain, provisions, stocks and cotton. Dir. Chicago Board of Trade, 1897-9 (chmn. exec. com., 1898- 9). Mem. Sons of Revolution (ex-pres.), Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union League (director, 1909-11), Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Univer- sity of Evanston (pres., 1906-7, 1910-11), Ev- anston Country. Residence: University Club, Evanston, Ill. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg.

BOGLE, Walter Scott, coal merchant; born Dover, N.H., Apr. 3, 1852; son Daniel and Mary (Boyd) Bogle; removed to Chicago with par- ents when 9 years old; graduate Chicago High School, 1868; married Chicago, Mar. 1872, Delia E. Stearns; children: Walter S., Jr., Mrs. C. W. Gilmore, Mrs. H. Edward Sauer and Nellie D. After graduation entered his father's coal busi- ness; was mgr. for years of the Del. & Hudson Canal Co .; pres. Crescent Coal & Mining Co .; pres. Retlaw Mines Co. and Merchants Fuel Co .; dir. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank. Democrat; was mem. West Park Board 3 years. Mason, Apollo Commandery K.T. Ex-pres. Iroquois Club. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Chicago Yacht, Press, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country; also Manhattan (New York). Resi- dence: 852 North Park Av. Office: 343 S. Dear- born St.

BOGUE, Hamilton B., Jr .; born Chicago, Dec. 26, 1868; son Hamilton B. and Emily Augusta (Hoyt) Bogue; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., N. H., 1889; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1893; North- western Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1895; unmar- ried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and was in practice 6 years with the firm of Peck. Miller

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& Starr; now attends to real estate and com- mercial business. Residence: 4841 Madison Av. Office: Tribune Bldg.

BOHART, James Camburn, live stock com- mn .; born Clark Co., Ind., Dec. 12, 1848; son Peter and Nancy (Clegg) Bohart; worked on farm, attending dist. school winters until 1864; married in Nodaway Co., Mo., 1866, Cinda J. McRoberts; children: Dr. William H., James Edwin, Richard Clegg; also Mary Ellen (died 1873), Eliza J. (died Feb. 1893), John C., Jr. (died Dec. 1893.) Enlisted in Union Army in Co. I 48th Mo. Vol. Inf., Aug. 1864, and served until end of war; after war engaged as a stock- raiser and dealer, in Nodaway Co., Mo., where still has two stock farms. Since 1875 has made his home in Chicago; pres. Bohart Live Stock Commn. Co. Prohibitionist. Mem. Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. Mem. Lincoln Post No. 91 G.A.R. Residence: 4430 Emerald Av. Office: 23 Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

BOHN, Henry John, journalist, publisher; born Cuyahoga Co., O., Feb. 7, 1855; son Henry C. and Henrietta Bohn; ed. public school and Baldwin Univ .; married Chicago, 1891, Bertha Roselle Bowlby; children: Harold Jay, Olive Ra- mona, Louise Mildred, Beryl Bowlby. Worked on farm until 18, in sawmill at 19, printing office at 20, telegraph office at 22; came to Chi- cago in Dec. 1876; became foreman in news- paper office at 23, and since Apr. 1879, has been a publisher; now mem. firm of H. J. Bohn & Bro., editors and publishers of The Hotel World from Apr. 1879; was chmn. and has for 27 years been a mem. of board of dir. Hotel Men's Mu- tual Benefit Assn. of the U.S. and Can .; organ- izer and sec. and treas. Ill. Hotelkeepers' Assn. Organized the Chicago Trade Press Assn., and long an officer; 4 years trustee Village of Mor- gan Park; pres. of board of commrs. of Calu- met Park dist .; organized Hotel Assn. of Chi- cago, 1897, and still sec. and treas. Publisher of technical books and class papers, and with John J. Bohn proprietor Bohn Mfg. Co. Repub- lican. Agnostic; chmn. board of trustees Inde- pendent Religious Soc. Mem. Ohio Soc. of Chi- cago (6 years sec.), Horticultural Soc., Art Inst., Chicago Assn. of Commerce; chmn. Sub- division No. 66, Haeckel Fellowship Club. Clubs: Press (life mem. and 2 years financial sec.), Hamilton (charter mem.), Ridge Country, Union League. Residence: Morgan Park, Ill. Office: 440 S. Dearborn St.

BOHNER, George, mfr .; born Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1846; son Alois and Adeline (Brooker) Bohner; ed. pub. schools of Buffalo, N.Y .; wid- ower; 1 son: George H. Came to Chicago, 1863; was employed in a lamp store and in 1870 be- came a partner; was burned out in the great fire of Oct. 9, 1871, but resumed business on the lake front and removed to permanent quar- ters, 1872; continued in that business until 1898; now proprietor of the Bohner Mfg. Co., Brilliant Gas Lamp Co., Chicago Lighting Sys- tem. Was formerly an officer of Co. H, 1st Inf. I.N.G. Mason. Residence: 2944 Vernon Av. Of- fice: 182 N. State St.

BOISOT, Emile Kellogg, banker; born Du- buque, Ia., Feb. 26, 1859; son Louis and Alber- tina (Bush) Boisot; ed. pub. and high schools of Dubuque; married 1891. Employed in Ger- man Bank of Dubuque, Ia., 1875-8; with First Nat. Bank, Chicago, since 1878; in bond and foreign exchange dept., of which he became mgr., 1897. Upon the opening, Jan. 1904, or' the First Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, was appointed its vice-pres. and mgr .; dir. First Nat. Bank, First Trust & Savings Bank; also pres. Southern Ind. Ry. Co., Ill. Southern Ry. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Golf, Chicago Automobile, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Residence: 5825 Washington Av. Office: First Nat. Bank.

BOISOT, Louis, trust officer, First Trust &

Savings Bank; born Dubuque, Ia., May 23, 1856; son Louis and Albertina Boisot; A.B., Hamilton College, 1877; LL.B., Columbia Law School, 1879; admitted to bar, 1880; married May 13, 1887, Mary Spencer; 1 child: Pauline. Practiced law in Chicago, 1880-1904, except a short time in Colo .; trust officer First Trust & Savings Bank since 1904. Mem. Chicago Law Inst., Delta Kappa Epsilon. Author: By-Laws of Private Corporations, 1892, 1902; Treatise on the Law of Mechanics' Liens, 1897. Contbr. to legal periodicals. Clubs: University, LaGrange Country. Recreations: golf, gardening, reading. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank.

BOKUM, Richard Drummond, state agent of the Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co .; born Cincin- nati, O., Jan. 30, 1854; son Rev. Herman and Ann R. S. (Drummond) Bokum; ed. pub. schools; married Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 13, 1881, Anna L. Harkness; children: Norris H., Richard D., Jr., Marjory. Began business career in 1872 as clerk for S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co., Phila .; entered life ins. business, 1887, as agent of New York Life (1 year); then mgr. in north- ern Ohio 10 years; state agent for Ill. of Mu- tual Benefit Life Ins. Co. of Newark, N.J., since Nov. 1897. Ex-pres. Life Underwriters' Assn. of Chicago. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chi- cago, Mid-Day, Southern, Glen View, Chicago Golf. Recreations: golf and fishing. Residence: 1431 N. State St. Office: Marquette Bldg.

BOLDENWECK, Carl George, mfr .; moved to Tacoma, Wash .; see Vol. 1905.

BOLDENWECK, Frederick, general mdse .; born Hülbron, Germany, Apr. 14, 1842; son Carl George and Christina Boldenweck; ed. in Germany until 12 years of age, when came to America; mainly ed. by practical experience; married, Chicago, Oct. 29, 1876, Salina Alexan- der. Began mercantile business on Blue Island Av., 1866 and has ever since continued; business conducted in own name. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. Nat. Union, Royal League. Residence: 6022 Vernon Av. Office: 6229-6233 S. Ashland Avenue.

BOLDENWECK, William, ex-asst. U.S. treas .; born Jettingen, Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 9, 1851; son Karl H. and Charlotte Boldenweck; came to Chicago with parents June 1854; ed. Dear- born School and Dyrenfurth Coll .; married Chi- cago, Mar. 25, 1873, Gusina A. Samme. Learned tinsmith trade, then became bookkeeper for a stove and hardware house, cut stone contractor 1875-87; mayor of Lake View 1887-9 until its annexation to the city of Chicago; in real es- tate business and mem. Chicago Board of Edn., 1889-90; mem. Board of Trustees of the Sani- tary District of Chicago, 1890-1900; out of busi- ness 1901-3; then became sec. and treas. of the Brookman Mfg. Co. (established 1879); asst. treas. U.S. Sub-Treasury, Chicago, 1906-10. Dir. Carterville Coal Co. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (32°), Shriner. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: Lessing Annex, Surf and Evanston Avenues.

BOLDUAN, Frank, mfg. chemist; born Chi- cago, Jan. 24, 1873; son Gustav and Mathilda (Kramer) Bolduan; ed. Chicago pub. schools and in Metropolitan Business Coll .: married Amanda Zutz, of Chicago, Apr. 28, 1902. After leaving school was employed by the wholesale drug house of Robert Stevenson & Co. and later by Hance Bros. & White, of Philadelphia, mfg. chemists, until 1891; identified with firm of Stearns & White, mfg. chemists, and its suc- cessor, the Stearns & White Co., since 1891. of which is sec. Republican. Recreations: fishing. bowling and billiards. Residence: 1037 Sacra- mento Boul. Office: 232 W. Chestnut St.

BOLEN, John Lincoln, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

BOLES, Frederic T., lumberman; born Three Rivers, Mich., June 7, 1866; son Thomas H. and Rachel (Trattles) Boles; ed. Constantine

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(Mich.) High School, and 3 years in Olivet 2; Ph.D., Göttingen, 1886; married Anna Neckel, (Mich.) Coll .; married Annette Hinman, of of Freiburg in Baden, Dec. 27, 1898. Came to U.S. in 1898; reader mathematics, Johns Hop- kins, 1888-9; asso. mathematics, Clark Univ., 1889-92; asso. prof. mathematics, 1892-3, prof., since 1893, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Math. Soc. (vice-pres., 1904), Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung, Circolo Matematico di Palermo. Contbr. to math. jours. and procs. of various articles on hypereliptic functions, theory of substitution-groups, and calculus of variations. Residence: 5533 Lexing- ton Av. Portland, Mich., Oct. 24, 1894; 2 daughters: Marion, Winifred. Began with Detroit Lumber Co., Menominee, Mich., 6 months, 1888; with Perley Lowe & Co., Chicago, 1888-9; identified with The Lord & Bushnell Co., lumber, Chica- go, since Jan. 1889, beginning as salesman, later becoming sec., vice-pres. and gen. mgr., and pres. since 1906. Independent in politics. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf, LaGrange Mo- tor. Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: 45 3d St., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 1155 W. 22d St.

BOLGER, Thomas J., investment banker; born Waterloo Co., Ont., Can., Sept. 7, 1856; son John and Mary (Charles) Bolger; ed. pub. schools of Canada; married Kate C. Johnson, of W. Williams Tp., Middlesex Co., Ont., Can., Dec. 7, 1880; children: Rev. T. Johnson, Flor- ence Kate and Mayme Esther. Began in mu- nicipal bond business in Chicago, Jan. 1894; now pres. Thomas J. Bolger Co .; vice-pres. Al- bert Lea Light & Power Co .; dir. Sioux Falls Light & Power Co. Independent Republican. Trustee Fourth Baptist Ch .; dir. Bapt. Exec. Council, Bapt. Hosp .; treas. and dir. Chicago Bapt. Social Union. Clubs: Union League, Ham- ilton. Recreations: motoring and travel. Resi- dence: 1916 Potomac Av. Office: 701-705, 19 S. LaSalle St.

BOLLES, Charles Edwin, merchant, banker; born Cambridge, Vt., Oct. 14, 1844; son Lemuel and Mary Ann (Weaver) Bolles; ed. Fulton Mil. School, Fulton, Ill., and at Wheaton Coll., Wheaton, Ill .; married Turner, Ill., Sept. 19, 1867, Mattie Butterfield (died Apr. 14, 1910); 1 daughter: Mrs. Abram Gale. Served in Civil War as pvt. Co. K, 13th Ill. Vol. Inf. Began business career in buying and selling hides; was with H. C. Tillinghast & Co. for 10 years as traveling agent; senior partner Bolles & Rogers, dealers in hides, wools, pelts and tal- low, 1880-1908; pres. Avenue State Bank (Oak Park, Ill.), West Chicago (Ill.) State Bank, Minneapolis (Minn.) Wool Co .; dir. Oak Park Light, Heat & Power Co., Harlem State Bank (Forest Park, Ill.). Republican. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Recreations: fishing, hunt- ing; lover of good horses. Residence: 358 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 129 W. Kinzie St.

BOLTE, Anson Lee, sec. Waugh Draft Gear Co .; born Lexington, Mich., Sept. 20, 1860; son William Henry and Jane Usher (Baker) Bolté; came to Chicago, Dec. 25, 1867; grad. Haven Grammar School, 1876; married Chicago, Oct. 13, 1887, Marion Endicott; 3 children: Edward Endicott, Charles Lawrence, Russell Anson. Be- ginning in 1876, was employed as errand boy, office boy, collector, bill clerk, proofreader, cashier, bookkeeper (the latter for 7 years); vice-pres. Cole Lithographing Co., 1892-1900; vice-pres. Snitzler & Bolté Advertising Co., 1902-5; sec. C. J. Boedeker Coal Co., 1905-6; sec. Waugh Draft Gear Co. since 1907. Enlisted in Co. C, 1st Inf. I.N.G., to date from Sept. 26, 1879, being credited 1 year for service in cadet corps of that organization; apptd. sergt., 1886; commd. 2d lt., 1887; 1st lt., 1888; capt., 1894; mustered into U.S. service as capt. 1st Ill. Vol. Inf., comdg. Co. C, May 13, 1898, for war against Spain; served in Cuban campaign with 5th Army Corps before Santiago de Cuba; hon. mus- tered out, Jan. 1899. Republican. Methodist. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. of Foreign Wars, Soc. Army Santiago de Cuba; comdr. 1st Regt. Veteran Corps. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Ath- letic. Recreations: outdoor sports, fishing, bil- liards. Residence: 3757 Ellis Av. Office: Peo- ples Gas Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 23

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