The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 25

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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BOTSFORD, Henry, commn. merchant; dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Union League. Residence: Pullman Bldg. Office: 206 S. LaSalle St.

BOUFFLEUR, Albert I., surgeon; born at Springville, Wis., Aug. 20, 1864; son Philip and Mary A. Bouffleur; prep. edn. Viroqua (Wis.) High School and Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1887; married Grace Francher, of Mt. Vernon, Ia., Sept. 18, 1889; 1 child. En- gaged in practice of surgery at Chicago since 1887; surgeon-in-chief to Monroe St. Hosp. since 1900; consulting surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. Am. Assn. of Ry. Surgeons, A.M.A., 111. State and Chicago Med. socs., Chicago Surg. and Pathol. socs. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Phy-

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sicians'. Residence: 2501 W. Monroe St. Office: Deposit & Surety Co. of Philadelphia, from Peoples Gas Bldg.

BOULTON, George D'Arcy, banker; 1844- 1909; see Vol. 1905.

BOURNIQUE, Augustus Eugene, prof. of dancing; born Cirey, France, Oct. 27, 1842; son Augustus and Pauline Bournique; came to New York with parents, 1845; ed. pub. schools, at Acad. of the Holy Infancy, Manhattanville, and Bourseaux Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y .; married Chi- cago, June 14, 1862, Elizabeth Ann Corning, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Hiram V. Corning (nee Chase), adopted daughter Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Branigan; children: Eugene A., Alvar L., Hugh L. (now deceased), May E., Lyman G. Removed with parents to Chicago, 1857; was bookkeeper in father's plate glass business until 1858; then in dry goods house of Ross & Foster, as sales- man, 1858-61; after that salesman in clothing house of George T. Belding & Co. Studied and practiced dancing from boyhood; after coming to Chicago attended the dancing school of Prof. J. P. Lasairre, in which Miss Corning was a teacher until he married her. In 1865, with wife, established Bournique's Dancing Acad., at State and Randolph Streets, and soon after a branch at Adams and Halsted Sts. Fire de- stroved the downtown premises in the great conflagration of 1871; rebuilt on 24th St., be- tween Mich. and Ind. Avs., and in 1883 built the present large academy on 23d St., between Prairie and Calumet Avenues; also conducting branches on North and West Sides, Chicago; The Athenaeum, Milwaukee, Wis .; Winter Club, Lake Forest, Ill .; Highland Park Club, North- western Mil. Acad., Highland Park, Ill .; Hins- dale (Ill.) Club; Assembly Hall, LaGrange, Ill .; Assembly Hall, Riverside, Ill .; Kenwood Club, Chicago. Club: Calumet. Recreations: fishing, canoeing, billiards; fond of fine horses. Office and Residence: 315 E. 23d St.

BOURNIQUE, Eugene Augustus, real estate; born Chicago, June 13, 1864; son Augustus Eu- gene and Elizabeth Ann (Branigan) Bournique; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, 1894, Stella Grace Curtis; children: Joy, Hellen, Ruth. Was for 13 years associated with father, Prof. A. E. Bournique, teacher of dancing. Since 1890, real estate business, Eugene A. Bournique & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Clubs: Mid-Day, Exmoor Country, Highland Park. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BOUTELL, Henry Sherman, congressman; born Boston, Mar. 14, 1856; son Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell; A.B., Northwest- ern Univ., 1874, A.M., 1879; A.B., Harvard, 1876, A.M., 1877; (LL.D., Northwestern, 1904); ad- mitted to bar, 1879; married Euphemia Lucia Gates, of Providence, R.I., Dec. 29, 1880; 3 chil- dren. In practice, Chicago, since 1879; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1884; mem. 55th, 56th and 57th Congresses, 6th Ill. Dist., and 58th to 61st Con- gresses, 9th Dist. (1897-1911) ; apptd. U.S. min- ister to Portugal, Mar. 1, 1911. Republican. Trustee Northwestern Univ., since 1899. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa (pres. 1899), Ill. Soc. S.A.R. (pres. 1895), Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Chi- cago, Union League, University (pres. 1897-9), Germania, Marquette, Chicago Literary. Resi- dence: 82 Rush St. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St.

BOUTON, Nathaniel Sherman; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BOWEN, Ira Pardee, banker; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BOWEN, Joseph Tilton; born Providence, R.I., Apr. 1, 1854; son William H. and Ednah B. (Goodhue) Bowen; ed. pub. and high schools of Providence; married Chicago, June 1, 1886, Louise Hadduck de Koven; children: John de Koven, Joseph T., Jr., Helen Hadduck, Louise de Koven. Until Jan. 1, 1890, with Cheney & Bro., silk mfrs., South Manchester, Conn .; resident vice-pres. and mgr. City Trust, Safe

1890 until co. merged into Met. Surety Co. of New York and was connected with latter co. until Jan. 1, 1910. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, University, City, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Church. Recreations: horse- back riding and fishing. Residence: 1430 Astor St. Office: The Rookery.

BOWER, Robert Allan; born Brown Co., O., Dec. 10, 1841; son William Smith and Margaret McArthur (Sutherland) Bower; ed. State Nor- mal Univ., Bloomington, Ill .; married Chicago, 1876; Charlotte E. Cuyler. Bookkeeper 4 years after leaving normal school; taught school; came to Chicago, 1869, and identified with print- ing and publishing house of Rand, McNally & Co .; became dir. in 1877, and, after the death of Andrew McNally, 1904, was elected vice- pres., retiring in 1908 after a continuous con- nection with firm for nearly forty years. Start- ed map dept. of the house; originated the index map system, and had charge of map dept., 1871- 1908. By suggestion to the Pa.R.R. officials re- ceived credit for originating the Limited Train system, which was first put in operation on the Pa.R.R .; (the Pennsylvania Co. gave him full credit for originating this fast passenger service on its lines). Republican. Mem. Wau- bansia Lodge No. 160 A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Glen View Golf. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 660 Graceland Av. Office: 159 W. Adams St.

BOWERS, Lloyd Wheaton, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BOWERSOCK, Clement Cory, lawyer; born St. Paris, O .; son Samuel and Sarah (Cory) Bowersock; took special literary course in Univ. of Mich. and law course in Union Coll. of Law (now Law School of Northwestern Uni- versity), Chicago, graduating, LL.B., 1887. Ad- mitted to bar in 1887, and has since been en- gaged in practice in Chicago, formerly as mem. firm of Wells, Bowersock & Stillwell; since Dec. 1896 mem. Bowersock & Stillwell. Mem. Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity). Mason. Club: Illinois. Residence: 110 S. Ashland Boul. Office: 89 W. Randolph St.

BOWES, C(harles) Frank, mgr. Chicago of- fice The Lunkenheimer Co .; born Crete, Will Co., Ill., Dec. 25, 1865; son George H. and Syl- via A. (Adams) Bowes; ed. pub. schools; mar- ried Alice W. Eggleston, of Chicago, July 27, 1889; 2 children: Laurence C. and Leon F. Be- gan with E. B. Preston & Co., as office boy in 1880, and in 1886, when business of E. B. Preston & Co. was succeeded by W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., contiued with the latter and, after va- rious promotions, became vice-pres. and dir., 1899-1907; disposed of his interests and became mgr. Chicago office of The Lunkenheimer Co., engring. specialties. Mason (K.T.). Recreation: hunting. Residence: 7058 Eggleston Av. Office: 186 N. Dearborn St.

BOWES, Frank B., ry. official; born Chicago, Jan. 29, 1862. Began ry. service with I.C.R.R. in 1876, with which has since been identified, as clerk in auditor's, gen. freight and gen. pass. offices, 1876-86, gen. northern pass. agt., 1886- 94, asst. gen. pass. agt., 1894-5, gen. freight agt. southern lines and Yazoo and Miss. Valley R.R., 1895-1903, asst. traffic mgr. same lines, 1903-5, freight traffic mgr. same, 1905-8, and gen. traf- fic mgr. I.C., Yazoo & Miss. Valley and Ind. Southern rys. since 1909. Club: Union League. Residence: 1027 E. 46th St. Office: 602 Central Station.

*BOWLES, Charles Edward, clergyman; see Vol. 1905.

BOWLES, John P., live stock commn .; born Quincy, Ill., May 26, 1859; son John and Mary (Cass) Bowles; ed. pub. schools of Quincy, Ill., and Gem City Business Coll .; married Quincy, Ill., Oct. 18, 1893, Ella Bertha Hense; children: Dolores Joan, John Hense, Helen Edith. Reared

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on a farm and from boyhood identified with live stock business, in which was engaged at Edina, Mo., before coming to Chicago, 1881; was with Keenan & Hancock 9 years; mem. firm of Tomlinson, Bowles & Co. 7 years; after that 3 years of Strahorn, Hutton, Evans Commn. Co., until present co. of Bowles Live Stock Commn. Co. was organized, of which is pres. Democrat. Clubs: South Shore Country, Saddle and Sirloin. Residence: 4340 Vincennes Av. Of- fice: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

BOWMAN, Johnston R., pres. Bowman Dairy Co. Residence: 436 Wellington Av. Office: 152 W. Ontario St.

BOWMAN, William Charles, manager Linen Thread Co .; born Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1861; son Theodore H. and Angeline (Major) Bow- man; ed. Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., and at Noelle's School of Language, Hanover, Ger .; married Chicago, Apr. 1901, Carrie M. Warden. Began business career as salesman; since 1887 connected with the Linen Thread Co., beginning in a subordi- nate capacity and advancing step by step until 1900, when became mgr., in which position has since continued. Also sec. of the Art Marble Co. Republican. Protestant. Recreations: au- tomobiling, yachting and fishing. Residence: Plaza Hotel. Summer Residence: Sylvan Beach, White Lake, Mich. Office: 154-158 W. Michigan Street.

BOWMAN, William Henry, real estate; born Zanesville, O., June 9, 1841; son John and Su- sannah (Border) Bowman; ed. pub. schools of Zanesville; served as pvt. in 159th Ohio Inf. during its term of service; married Springfield, O., Nov. 9, 1876, Anna S. Moore. Assisted fa- ther, who was in pork packing business at Zanesville, O., until 1866; from that year in Colo. in range cattle business 9 years; came to Chicago in 1878, employ of Chicago Packing & Provision Co. and later with Charles Counsel- man & Co .; in real estate business in Chicago since 1884, making specialty of building homes for working people in the Brighton Park dist .; built 600 cottages there; now retired from bus- iness. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Pres- byterian. Club: South Shore. Republican. Res- idence: 4017 Grand Boul.

BOWRING, William Palmer, secretary C. H. Worcester Co .; born Detroit, Mich., Oct. 18, 1868; son Thomas and Susan (Doubell) Bow- ring; ed. Detroit pub. schools; unmarried. Be- gan business career at Detroit, Mich., in 1885, as sales manager with Leonard Laurense & Co .; came to Chicago in 1903; sec., treas. and dir. C. H. Worcester Co., lumber and cedar prod- ucts, since 1901; also treas. Greenwood Lumber Co., of Ontonagon, Mich., since 1907. Repub- lican. Recreations: books, art, outdoor diver- sions. Residence: 1219 N. State St. Office: 1028 Tribune Bldg.

BOWYER, Lorraine Fleetwood, coal miner and shipper; born Mt. Pleasant, Ia., June 30, 1866; son of Lewis Franklin and Elizabeth Sa- repta (Surface) Bowyer; ed. in Chicago public schools; grad. Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind., 1885. After leaving coll. entered into newspa- per work on the staff of The Chicago Daily News; then in 1889 in the wholesale coal busi- ness; now pres. and treas. of the Kanawha Val- ley Coal Co .; vice-pres. New Kanawha Coal & Mining Co. Has large real estate interests in Chicago owns the Bowyer Blk., 305 N. Mich. Av. Republican. Recreations: golf and driving. Residence: 1946 Park Av. Office: 305 N. Mich. Avenue.

BOYCE, Simeon Leonard, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Jan. 14, 1850; son LcRoy Merrick and Helen Maria (Williams) Boyce; grad. Yale Univ., 1873; studied law in offices of Walker, Wirt, Dexter & Smith, Chicago; married Chi- cago, Jan. 7, 1875, Helen Isabel, daughter Wil- lard and Eliza (Adams) Adams, of Syracuse, N.Y .; children: Helen, James Leonard (Yale,

1901), Elizabeth. Admitted to Ill. bar, and be- gan practice, Jan. 1, 1876. Pres. board of trus- tees and elder First Presbyterian Church of Chicago since 1904; trustee Am. Coll. for Girls at Constantinople, Turkey, Old People's Home of Chicago (treas.). Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago, University (life), Homewood Country Golf (treas.), Yale of Chicago, Associated West- ern Yale Clubs (pres., 1910). Residence: 3335 Grand Boul. Office: 1208, 112 W. Adams St.

BOYCE, William D., publisher; born Alle- gheny Co., Pa., June 16, 1860; son David and Margaret J. Boyce; ed. Univ. of Wooster, O. Began bus. career as adv. solicitor, Chicago, 1881; became newspaper pub. in Dak .; organizer and mgr. bur. of correspondence, representing 1,200 newspapers, New Orleans Cotton Expn., 1884; established "patent inside" "house, Chica- go, and Winfield, Kan .; assisted in establishing the Saturday Blade, Chicago, of which became owner; bought Chicago Ledger and other publs. now pub. by W. D. Boyce Co. (pres.) ; pres. Mar- seilles (Ill.) Land & Water Power Co. Owner of Boyce Bldg., Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Office: Boyce Building.

BOYD, Edward B., ry. official; born Green- castle, Ind., July 18, 1861; son George M. and Ann G. (Thorpe) Boyd; ed. pub. schools in Ind .; married May Marshall, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1889. Began ry. service, 1883, in gen. offices C.,R.I.&P.Ry., becoming chief rate clerk, 1887- 92, 2d asst. gen. freight agt., 1892-6, 1st asst. gen. freight agt., 1896-7, gen. freight agt. lines west of Mo. River, 1897-9, and gen. freight agt. lines east of Mo. River, 1899-1904; mgr. trans- portation dept. Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1904-8; asst. to the vice-pres. "Gould system" since Jan. 1, 1908. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Ex- moor Country. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: 4558 Lake Av. Office: 519 Western Union Bldg.

BOYDEN, Ralph Whiting, business mgr .; born Saline, Mich., July 12, 1874; son James H. and Castella (Whiting) Boyden; ed. Ypsilanti (Mich.) State Normal Coll .; married Clara Lou- isa Everett, of Sharon, Mich., Feb. 2, 1898; 3 children: Ruth, Francis, Arthur. Farmed at Sharon, Mich., until 1904, when came to Chica- go as resident mgr. of The A. I. Root Co., bee- keepers' supplies, of Medina, O. Independent in politics. Baptist. Mason. Recreation: church work. Residence: 2236 Leland Av. Office: 213- 231 Institute Pl.

BOYDEN, William Cowper; born Sheffield, Ill., Apr. 6, 1864; son Albert W. and Ellen R. (Webb) Boyden; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., 1882; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1886, LL.B., 1889; married Chicago, Apr. 13, 1893, Mabel G. Bur- lingham; children: William C., Preston B., Mar- garet, Elizabeth. Admitted to bar, 1889; prac- ticed law, 1890-7, as mem. of firm of Hamlin, Holland & Boyden; since 1897 of firm of Matz, Fisher & Boyden. Dir. Western Trust & Sav- ings Bank. Republican. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., Chicago Law Club. Clubs: University, Chicago, Skokie, City. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St.

BOYESEN, Ingolf Krohg, lawyer; moved to Colo .; see Vol. 1905.

BOYESEN, Norman Fravel, lawyer: born Chicago, Jan. 5, 1888; son Ingolf K. and Janie S. (Stewart) Boyesen; grad. Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., 1907: Chicago-Rent Coll. of Law; unmarried. Began as sec. Goodall News Service (now Nat. Press Assn.) : later he- came identified with the Crane Co., in various depts. of the factory; law office of Herrick, Al- len, Boyesen & Martin. Republican. Residence: 6411 Lexington Av. Office: 72 W. Adams St.

BOYLE, John Patrick, ice: born Chicago, July 6, 1870; son Thomas and Mary ( Maginnis) Boyle; ed. Chicago Manual Training School, Chicago Coll. of Law, LL.B., 1s&s; married Chi-

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cago, Mar. 28, 1894, Grace O'Brien; children: born Chicago, Nov. 23, 1869; son Charles W. Marion, Thomas. Practiced law a few years; during Mayor Washburn's administration was asst. prosecuting atty. of Chicago; mgr. Lin- coln Ice Co., 1892-5; asst. gen. mgr. Knicker- bocker Ice Co., 1895-6; mem. firm of Walsh, Lange & Co., wholesale grocers, which later be- came incorporated as Walsh, Boyle & Co., 1897- 1906; now vice-pres. Boyle Ice Co. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: hunting and fishing. Residence: 271 Belden Av. Office: 219-231 N. State St.

BOYLE, Loren Laughlin; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BOYLES, Charles Dickinson, sec. The Albert Dickinson Co., field seeds; born Chicago, Aug. 1, 1865; son Charles C. and Hannah (Dickinson) Boyles; ed. high school, Chicago, and old Chi- cago Univ .; married Detroit, Jan. 31, 1899, Edith M. Johnson. Began in employ of The Al- bert Dickinson Co. in 1878, while still attending school became asst. sec. on incorporation of the co. in 1887, and sec., 1888. Episcopalian. Club: Union League. Recreations: golf, horseback riding. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: W. Taylor St. and the river.

BOYLSTON, John, engrs'. supplies; born Chicago, May 6, 1864; son John and Alice (Quinlan) Boylston; ed. pub. schs .; married Mary Moore, of Chicago, 1898; 4 children: Em- ily, Marie, John, Ruth. In mercantile business since 1886; now pres. Western Kieley Steam Specialty Co. and of the Chicago Engrs'. Sup- ply Co. Residence: 4526 Malden St. Office: 66 TV. Lake St.

BOYNTON, Charles T., vice-pres. Pickands, Brown & Co .; born West Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 5, 1858; son Charles Sumner and Elizabeth (Thompson) Boynton; ed. pub. schools, Cats- kill, N.Y .; married Anna E. Bell, of Catskill, N.Y., June 17, 1880; 3 children: Elizabeth, Edith, Donald. Came to Chicago, 1879, and en- tered employ of the Washburn & Moen Mfg. Co., as office boy, with which remained until 1898, and was gen. western mgr. of that co. when it was sold to Am. Steel & Wire Co., of which was gen. sales agt. and dir. until June 1900; pres. Shelby Steel Tube Co., 1900-02; vice- pres., sec. and dir. Pickands, Brown & Co. since Mar. 1, 1902. Also pres. and dir. North Shore Consolidated Gas Co .; dir. Continental & Com- mercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Commercial Trust Co., Central Trust Co. of Ill., Dearborn Co., Calumet Ins. Co., Buck & Rayner Drug Co., Zenith Furnace Co. Republican. Clubs: Chica- go, Onwentsia, Exmoor Country, Evanston Country, Highland Park. Recreations: golf, mo- toring, fishing, shooting. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

BOYNTON, John R., physician; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1880. Pres. Hering Med. Coll. Residence: 1324 LaSalle Av. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg.

BOYNTON, Melbourne Parker, clergyman; born Lynn, Mass., Nov. 6, 1867; son Benjamin Skinner and Mary Elizabeth (Croscup) Boyn- ton; ed. common schools in Mass. and N.J .; Cal. Coll., Oakland, Cal .; Divinity School, Univ. of Chicago (not grad. of any school; special course in each); married San Jose, Cal., Sept. 8, 1892, Hattie Wells. Ordained as a Baptist minister, Sept. 8, 1892, at San Jose, Cal .; con- secutively assistant, acting, and pastor First Ch., San Francisco, 1894-7; pastor Lexington Av. Church, Chicago, since Aug. 1897; erected new edifice and dedicated it Oct. 26, 1902. Mem. headquarters com. Ill. Anti-Saloon League; pres. Beulah Home Assn .; dir. Beulah Home; trustee Shurtleff Coll .; sec. Chicago Midnight Mission; mem. Nat. Vigilance Com .; dir. Ill. Vigilance Assn., Ill. Baptist State Convention, Baptist Social Union, Baptist Exec. Council, Co-operative Council of City Missions. Resi- dence: 6529 Ingleside Av.

BOYNTON, Stuart Dunlevy, mech. engr .;

and Mary (Morris) Boynton; ed. pub. and man- ual training schools in Chicago until 1886; in real estate business, managing father's proper- ty, 1886-9; grad. Cornell Univ. as mech. and elec. engr., 1893. In U.S. Revenue Service as 2d asst. engr., 1893-4; resigned 1894 to come to Chicago; was mgr. and principal of the storage business of C. W. Boynton until 1906; since then pres. Power Equipment Co., contractors for steam and electric plants. Club: Union League. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing. Residence: 211 E. Ontario St. Office: Fisher Building.

BRACE, William, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BRACEY, Smith Herbert, ry. contractor; born Clinton Co., N.Y., Aug. 4, 1859; son A. S. and Ann (Roberts) Bracey; came west with parents when 6 years old and located in Galesburg, Ill .; ed. pub. schools of Galesburg; married Crown Point, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1879, Nellie A. Speyer; 2 children: Mrs. Charles Blackburn, Smith Her- bert, Jr. (died 1901.) Began railroad work as water boy and successively became section hand, roadmaster and gen. mgr .; worked on C.,M.&St.P., the C.,B.&Q. and the St. Louis & Grand Tower rys. until 1889, when became a railroad contractor; has constructed over 3,000 miles of railroad in U.S. and 400 miles in Can- ada; pres., since 1902, Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago R.R. Republican. Mason, Odd Fellow, Independent Order of Red Men. Club: Kenwood. Residence: 1128 E. 47th St. Office: Tribune Building.

BRACH, Emil Julius, mfg. confectioner; born Schoenwald, Germany, May 21, 1859; son Mar- tin and Wilhelmina (Hamler) Brach; brought to U.S. by parents when 7 years of age; ed. in schools of Germany and Burlington, Ia .; mar- ried Katharine A. Cunningham, of Chicago, Sept. 24, 1885; children: Edwin James, Francis Leo, Anna Theresa. Came to Chicago 31 years ago from Burlington, Ia., and for 30 years has been engaged in the confectionery business; pres. and supt. of the Dreibus-Heim Co., mfg. confectioners, 1896-1904; mfg. confectioner un- der his own name since Dec. 3, 1904. Republic- an. Mem. Royal League. Residence: 4151 Sher- idan Road. Office: 503 LaSalle Av.

*BRADBURY, George Lewis, retired ry. offi- cial; see Vol. 19.05.

BRADEN, Joseph Coll, ins. broker; born Jo- liet, Ill., Jan. 29, 1858; son Joseph L. and Jane (Coll) Braden (father was 14 years editor and publisher Joliet Republican, and a Lincoln elec- tor); ed. Joliet pub. schools and Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind .; later read law in Joliet; married Agnes I. Stringfield, Dec. 16, 1884, Chicago; 3 daughters: Agnes G., Frances Marion, Joseph- ine C. Since 1877 has been engaged in the ins. business; established agency of Park & Braden in Joliet, 1879; sold it out, 1881, and since with Moore, Case, Lyman & Hubbard, fire ins. agts .; also agt. for Conn. Mutual Life of Hartford, Conn. Has resided in Hyde Park since 1884 and has ever since been active in politics there. Re- publican. County central committeeman from 32d Ward, 1894; sec. Cook Co. Campaign Com., 1894; sec. Rep. City Campaign Com., 1895, when George B. Swift was elected mayor. Member board of trustees Sanitary District of Chicago, 1895-1905 (chmn. of engring. com. 7 years). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country; also Commercial (Joliet). Recreations: hunt- ing, reading. Residence: 3931 Prairie Av. Of- fice: Nat. Life Bldg.

BRADFORD, William B., lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BRADFORD, William Josiah, wholesale pa- per merchant; born in Romulus, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1858; son Theron and Mary Elizabeth (Draper) Bradford; ninth descendant of Gov. William Bradford, of Plymouth, Mass .; reared and ed.

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at Syracuse, N.Y .; married Marion Emma Lob- sis. Residence: 39 E. Elm St. Office: Bush dell, of Chicago, Feb. 12, 1895; 2 sons: William Temple. Josiah, Jr., Charles Lobdell. Came to Chicago from Syracuse, 1886; in employ of the M. J. Fitch Paper Co., 1886-97; on May 1, 1897, estab- lished present firm of W. J. Bradford & Co., wholesale jobbers, importers and mfrs. of pa- per specialties. Also interested in pecan farm- ing in Florida. Republican. Mem. Reformed Episcopal Ch. Recreations: fishing and motor- boating. Residence: 3854 Lake Av .; Summer Residence: Macatawa Park, Mich. Office: 152 W. Kinzie St.

BRADLEY, Herbert E., lawyer; born Brook- lin, Ont., Can., Dec. 20, 1874; son Thomas and Margaret (Bradshaw) Bradley; ed. pub. schools of Ont., Port Perry (Ont.) High School, Whitby Collegiate Inst .; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1900; special student in Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1909; married Mary W. Hastings, June 21, 1910. Taught in Canadian schools, 1893-5; came to Chicago in 1896; was with firm of Mor- gan & Wright until 1898, afterwards engaged in gen. practice of law, becoming associated with the present firm of MacChesney, Becker & Bradley in 1900, admitted to firm in 1903. In- terested with Col. MacChesney largely in Chi- cago real estate. Republican. Presbyterian. Ma- son; Royal Arcanum (Past Regent Fort Dear- born Council). Clubs: Hamilton, Twentieth Cen- tury. Residence: 834 E. 64th Pl. Office: Chicago Stock Exchange.

BRADLEY, John Dorr, real estate agt .; born Boston, Feb. 9, 1864; son Richards and Sarah A. W. (Merry) Bradley; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1886, LL.B., 1890; married Chicago, 1896, Fran- ces E. Kales; 2 daughters: Alice Pritchard, El- eanor. Practiced law in Boston, 1890-3; came to Chicago in 1894 and was associated with the real estate office of Bryan Lathrop until 1897, when became connected with firm of Aldis, Al- dis, Northcote & Co., and later mem. present firm of Aldis & Co. Clubs: University, City, Cliff Dwellers, Onwentsia. Recreations: agri- culture, outdoor sports. Residence: Lake For- est, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk.

BRADLEY, Joseph Harley, mfr .; born Ra- cine, Wis., Sept. 30, 1844; son David and Cyn- thia (Abbott) Bradley; removed with parents to Chicago, 1845; ed. Chicago pub. schools; mar- ried 1872, Margie Peugeot, of Brooklyn, N.Y. (died 1896); 4 daughters. Partner in firm of Jones, Ellinwood & Bradley, implements and seeds, 1865-8; Bradley & Banks, jobbers of farm implements, 1868-72; sec., 1872-82, Furst & Bradley Mfg. Co. (plows and agricultural im- plements), in which his father was partner; vice-pres. David Bradley Mfg. Co., 1882-99; then succeeded his father as pres. till Jan. 1910; also pres. Bradley, Clark & Co., Minneapolis, till Jan. 1909; pres. David Bradley & Co. (now Bradley, Merriam & Smith), Council Bluffs, Ia .; pres. Bradley, Alderson & Co., Kansas City; dir. Northern Trust Co. from its organization to 1907. Has been active in affairs of Chicago Re- lief and Aid Soc. (dir. 1883-4); one of organiz- ers Chicago Freight Bureau; pres. Citizens' Assn., 1891. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial (pres. 1904), Union League. Was pres. Illinois Club, 1883-5. Residence: 607 Rush St. Office: 217 N. Desplaines St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 25

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