The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 28

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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BRONSON, Leonard, mgr. Nat. Lumber Mfrs.' Assn .; born Sackett's Harbor, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1856; son Rev. George Franklin (Congregation- al minister) and Charlotte Maria (Holt) Bron- son; ed. pub. schools, Clinton (Wis.) High School, Beloit (Wis.) College; married Grace Preble, of Clinton, Wis., Oct. 11, 1883; children: George Earl and Dorothy. Newspaper man, connected with lumber trade journals most of time since 1881; editor American Lumberman, 1900-10; mgr. Nat. Lumber Mfrs.' Assn. since Jan. 1, 1910, a position created to handle prob- lems especially of a pub. character of common interest to timber owners and lumber mfrs. Investigator and writer on economic and busi- ness subjects, particularly in relation to for- estry and the timber and lumber industries. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Forestry Assn., Phi Kappa Psi. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Press. Recreation: reading. Residence: 233 N. Willow Av., Austin. Office: Fisher Bldg.

BRONSON, Solon Cary, theologian; born West Union, Ia., July 26, 1855; son Harvey S. and Jane (McCool) Bronson; A.B., Upper Ia. Univ., Fayette, Ia., 1875, A.M., 1879; B.D., Garrett Bibl. Inst., Chicago, 1878 (D.D., 1894; D.D., Cornell College, Ia., 1902); married Frances Avann, of Cleveland, O., July 2, 1879; children: Edna M. (Mrs. A. W. Campbell, Seattle), Eliz- abeth G. (Mrs. E. W. Brownell, Seattle), Earle A. and Reid R. Entered M.E. ministry, 1878; pastor in Ia. at Hopkinton, 1878-81, Waterloo, 1881-4, Toledo, 1884-7, Clinton, 1887-92, Bur- lington, 1892-6; Cornelia Miller prof. practical theology since 1896, acting pres., 1908-9, Gar- rett Bibl. Inst .; also sec. of the faculty, same. Author: Religious Delusions, 1895. Trustee Up- per Iowa Univ., 1902-5; vice-pres. Chicago Boys' Club. Mem. Soc. for Bibl. Research, Federation for Social Service, Religious Edn. Assn. Re- publican. Clubs: Methodist Episcopal Union, Upper Iowa, University of Evanston. Resi- dence: 2026 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill.

BROOKE, Freeborn D., clergyman; born Ore- gon, Ogle Co., Ill., Dec. 27, 1858; son William and Paulina Roena (Healy) Brooke; ed. pub. school, Eagle Point, Ill .; married Ridott, Ill., June 28, 1882, Lizzie B. Bardell; children: Clarke Harding, William Sullivan, Lena Harriet, Mae Evangel. United with the Ill. Annual Confer- ence, Free Methodist Church, and traveled in the itinerancy for 10 years; presiding elder, 1891-1901, 1904-7, and since 1910; pastor Engle- wood Free Methodist Church, Chicago, 1901-4; pastor at Evanston, Ill., 1907-10. Treas. Old People's Rest Home, Chicago Industrial Home for Children., Ill. Conf. Board of Dirs .; dir. Ev- ansville Sem .; pres. Free Methodist Ministers Mutual Aid Soc. Prohibitionist. Address: 1113 Grant St., Evanston, Ill.

BROOKE, Thomas Preston, conductor, com- poser; see Vol. 1905.

BROOKS, Everett Wellington, lumber mer- chant; born Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 29, 1840. Established lumber firm of E. W. Brooks & Co., later the Brooks & Ross Lumber Co., mills at Schofield, Wis., and main office in Chicago, of which is pres .; also vice-pres. Prairie River

BROOKS, James Carter, lumber; born Salem, Mass., Aug. 25, 1837; son William H. and Sarah (Carter) Brooks; ed. pub. schools of Cambridge, Mass., and private schools in Boston; married 1867, Rose, daughter of Samuel T. Hambleton, of Cincinnati, O .; children: Alice H. (Mrs. G. J. Farnsworth), Edith G. (Mrs. H. G. Collins), James H. (deceased.) Came to Chicago, 1856, and worked for Artemas Carter, 1856-9; em- ployed with C. Mears & Co., 1859-60, and then, C. Mears retiring, became a partner in Mears, Bates & Co., until 1879, when he retired and spent a year in Europe. He became, in 1866, a stockholder in the Oconto Co., and soon after became interested in the Bay Noquet Lumber Co .; later became a dir. in these companies, and in 1886, George Farnsworth retiring, he suc- ceeded as pres. till 1908. Republican. Unitarian. Recreations: traveling. Residence: 714 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 817 Railway Exchange.

BROOKS, Jesse Wendell, clergyman; born Cheshire, Conn., Sept. 26, 1858; son Jesse R. and Louise A. (Smith) Brooks; 6th in lineal de- scent from Henry Brooks, of the New Haven Colony; A.B., Rutgers, 1881; grad. Union Theol. Sem., 1884; Ph.D., New York Univ., 1889; mar- ried Louise Bissell, daughter of Prof. Nathan Upham, of Brooklyn, 1884. Ordained Congre- gational ministry, 1884; pastor Bay Shore, L.I., N.Y., 1884-7, in Europe, 1887, Stuyvesant Av. Church, Brooklyn, 1887-8, Dutch Ref. Church, Brooklyn, 1888-94, Irving Park Church, Chi- cago, 1894-8; dist. sec. Am. Tract Soc. for the Northwest, 1898-1902; sec. Chicago Tract Soc. since 1898. N.Y. State supt. Christian Endeavor, 1887-8; an organizer and 3 years vice-pres. Am. Soc. Comparative Religion; lecturer and head dept. comparative religion, and ethics, Brook- lyn Union Missionary Training Inst., 1892-4; chmn. Reformed Church Gen. Synod's Sabbath Observance Com. several years and addressed Congressional Com. regarding Sunday closing of World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. Mem. board mgrs. Am. Sabbath Union. Mem. Phi Beta Kap- pa. Residence: Wheaton, Ill. Office: Monon Building.

BROOKS, Jonathan Williams, Jr., merchant; 1847-1910; see Vol. 1905.

BROOMELL, Chester Chapin, real estate; born Chicago, Feb. 19, 1862; son George D. and Ellen (Chapin) Broomell; grad. Hayes School, 1875, Central High School, Chicago, 1879; mar- ried Chicago, July 2, 1888, Lena F. Johnson; children: Ellyn C., Francis J., Mary. Was mem. of night force of Chicago Public Library, 1877- 80; with A. W. Wheeler, wholesale hardware, 1879-82; with Lapp & Flershem, wholesale jew- elers, 1882-4. In 1884 became associated with Jerome J. Danforth in the preparation of a set of abstract indexes, and early in the year 1885, with him, organized and incorporated the Cook Co. Abstract Co., of which was treas. until 1890, and upon its enlargement and reorganiza- tion as Chicago Title & Trust Co., was made mgr. of the guarantee dept .; became sec. of the company about 1900, and so remained until con- solidation of the three leading abstract com- panies of Chicago; then became one of the or- ganizers and incorporators of First-Mortgage Bond & Trust Co., of which was sec. and dir. until it was absorbed by the Royal Trust Co., after which (Oct. 1, 1904) associated with brother, Francis E., in real estate and loan business, under style of Broomell Bros., suc- ceeding to the business of C. J. Hambleton & Co. Mason (32°), K. T., Shriner. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Whist, City. Residence: 5750 Midway Park, Austin. Office: Reaper Blk.

BROOMELL, Francis Ely, real estate; born Chicago, Feb. 6, 1874; son George Dare and

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Ellen B. (Chapin) Broomell; B.S., Swarthmore Coll., 1893; married Sept. 23, 1908, Georgia Sil- ver, of Chicago; 1 son; Kenneth Foster. After graduation spent a year in Washington, D.C., in the study of architecture; returned to Chicago and identified with real estate business; in Oct. 1904, entered into co-partnership with brother, Chester C. Broomell (Broomell Brothers), real estate and loans. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Clubs: University, City, Edgewater. Residence: 920 Argyle St. Office: 74 W. Washington St.

BROOMELL, George Dare, retired; born Ches- ter Co., Pa., July 27, 1832; son John and Letitia (Parry) Broomell; academic edn .; married Chi- cago, 1861, Ellen B. Chapin; children: Chester C., George D., Francis E. In business in Phila- delphia, 1854-6; came to Chicago, 1856; princi- pal Dearborn School, 1857-63; in business 1863- 5; resumed position as principal of Dearborn School, 1865-6; principal of Haven School, 1866- 9; asst. supt. of schools of Chicago, 1869-70; at own request was relieved and appointed teacher of mathematics, Chicago High School, until 1882, when resigned; mem. firm of Wanzer & Co., commission merchants on Chicago Board of Trade until 1893; since retired. An advocate of phonetic reform in English spelling. Uni- tarian. Residence: 2129 Prairie Av. Office: 601 Reaper Blk.

BROPHY, Truman William, oral surgeon; born Will Co., Ill., Apr. 12, 1848; son William and Amelia (Cleveland) Brophy; acad. edn .; D. D.S., Pa. Coll. Dental Surgery, 1872; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1880; (LL.D., Lake Forest Univ., 1889); married Emma Jean, of Chicago, May 8, 1873 (died 1899) ; married 2d, E. W. Strawbridge, of Moorestown, N. J., Mar. 31, 1908. Pres. and prof. oral surgery, Chicago Coll. Dental Surgery; asso. prof. surgery, Rush. Med. Coll. (Univ. of Chicago); dental and oral sur- geon to Presbyn. Hosp .; consulting oral sur- geon to Provident Hosp. Pres 14th Internat. Med. Congress, Internat. Commn. of Edn .; del. 4th Internat. Dental Congress, at Madrid, Spain, 1893. Mem. A.M.A., Nat. Dental Assn. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Chicago Athletic. Resi- dence: 6007 Kenmore Av. Office: 81 E. Madison Street.

BROSS, Mason, lawyer. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle, On- wentsia, Chicago Literary. Residence: 20 E. Goethe St. Office: 32 N. Clark St.

BROSSEAU, Zenophile P., grain commn .; born LaPrairie, P.Q., Can., Oct. 1840; son Louis and Marguerite (Ste. Marie) Brosseau; ed. schools of his native place. At 15 moved to Malone, N.Y., and was employed in a store; came to Chicago, 1860, and the following year became a mem. of the Board of Trade; after fire of 1871 resumed business and established pres- ent Board of Trade commn. firm of Brosseau & Co. Democrat. Officier du Merite Agricole; Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur; officier d'Academie (France). Pres. Société de Bienfais- ance des Illinois; ex-pres. Pub. Library Board; ex-pres. l'Alliance Française. Clubs: Chicago, Iroquois, Chicago Golf, Edgewater Golf, Glen View Golf. Residence: 406 Barry Av. Office: 64 Board of Trade.

BROUGHTON, John Wheat, broker; born St. Charles, Minn., Nov. 17, 1866; son Henry E. and Martha K. (Armstrong) Broughton; ed. pub. schools; married Harriet Herrick, of Poultney, Vt., Oct. 21, 1891; 3 children: Ruth S., Mary and Harriet. Came to Chicago, 1876; began in em- ploy of mfg. concern, 1886-7; was clerk for R. II. Labagh & Co. (Board of Trade) until 1889, when became a mem. of the board and engaged as trader, to 1907; since then broker in mort- gage loans, ins. and investment securities. Mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Recreations: motoring, yachting. Resi- dence: 253 Keystone Av., River Forest, Ill. Of- fice: 804 Association Bldg.

BROWER, Daniel Roberts, physician; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

BROWER, Jule Franklin, lawyer; born Otta- wa, Ill., June 19, 1868; son of Frank F. and Ruth Waldon (Miller) Brower; ed. pub. schools of Ottawa. and Chicago; student Northwestern Univ., 1887-8; LL.B., Chicago Law School, 1892; married. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and since actively engaged in practice at Chicago; has been resident consul of the Republic of Guate- mala at Chicago, since Feb. 1909. Mem. Hol- land Soc. (pres. 1906-7 and trustee since 1905), Chicago Bar Assn. Mason, Blue Lodge, Chap- ter, Consistory. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ex- moor Country. Residences: Highland Park, Ill., and Chicago. Office: 1331 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BROWN, see also Browne, also Braun.

BROWN, Archibald L., mfr .; born Chicago, Oct. 17, 1867; son Edwin Lee and Mary Lapham (Babcock) Brown; ed. private tutors; married, 1st, Washington, D. C., Mar. 30, 1891, Grace, daughter of Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller (she died 1893); married 2d, Buzzard's Bay, Mass:, July 14, 1894, Hester Vail Wentworth; one son: Warren Wentworth. Now pres. West- ern Sand Blast Mfg. Co. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Recreation: golf. Residence: 2745 Pine Grove Av. Office: 548 W. Jackson Boul.

BROWN, Arthur Charles Lewis, univ. prof .; born Avon, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1869; son Rev. For- tune Charles and Sarah (Lewis) Brown; A.B., Hobart Coll., Geneva, N.Y., 1893; A.B., Harvard, 1894, A.M., 1895, Ph.D., 1900; Rogers traveling fellow of Harvard at univs. of Paris and Frei- burg, 1900-1; married Octavia Crenshaw, of Richmond, Va., June 15, 1907. Instr. English, Haverford (Pa.) Coll., 1896-8; instr. and asst. prof. English, Univ. of Wis., 1901-6; prof. and head of dept. English literature, Northwestern Univ., since 1906. Author: Iwain, A Study in the Origins of Arthurian Romance, 1903; also of various articles in philological journals. Editor: Macbeth (in the Tudor Shakespeare), 1911. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mem. Modern Language Assn., Am. Folk-Lore Soc. (pres. Ill. branch), Société Amicale Gaston Paris, Irish Texts Soc., Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: University of Evanston, Cliff Dwellers. Residence: 625 Colfax St., Evanston, Il1.

BROWN, Charles Albert, patent lawyer; born Manchester, N.Y., Aug. 25, 1858; son Thomas A. and Emily A. Brown; A.B., Univ. of Roches- ter, 1879, A.M., 1889; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1890, LL.M., 1891; married Chicago, July 27, 1892, Carolyn Cotton; children: Kenneth, Mal- colm, Meredith, Winifred, Barbara, Marian, Gordon. Entered service of Western Electric Mfg. Co., 1879, became mgr. of its successor, the Western Electric Co. in Chicago, and con- tinued in that position until 1891, when he be- gan the practice of law; made a specialty of patent business, both in the securing of pa- tents and attending to patent litigation. Dir. Am. Spiral Pipe Works, Milwaukee Sanitarium Assn., Hinsdale Trust & Savings Bank, Hins- dale Cemetery Assn. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Clubs: Law, Union League, Uni- versity, Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf. La Grange Motor. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: Monad- nock Blk.

BROWN, Charles Edward, sec. Central Elec- tric Co .; born Philadelphia, July 15, 1866; son George F. and Catherine (Wager) Brown; ed. pub. schools. Was employed for 5 years in the wholesale dry goods house of Marshall Field & Co., prior to 1890, when became connected with the Central Electric Co., electrical supplies, of which he has been sec. since 1892; also vice- pres. Delta Star Electric Co., Price-Mckinlock Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Union, On- wentsia. Recreations: motoring, horseback rid- ing, golf. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 320 S. Fifth Av.

BROWN, Charles LeRoy, lawyer; born Mey-

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ersdale, Pa., Dec. 14, 1874; son of George W. pathologist, 1899-1903, pathologist, 1903-8, eye Ira and Magdalene (Miller) Brown; parents surgeon, 1908, Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear In- firmary; asst. in ophthalmology, 1899-1905, in- str., 1905-7, asst. prof. since 1907 and instr. pathology of the eye since 1909, Univ. of Chi- cago. Appointed 1st 1t. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Club: Quadrangle. Office: 32 N. State. St. moved, 1878, to Dixon, Ill .; A.B., Dixon Coll., 1892; attended Univ. of Michigan, 1893-5; LL. B., Northern Ill. Coll. of Law, 1897. Admitted to bar, 1897; was associated in practice with William Barge at Dixon, for few months; in fall of 1897 moved to Chicago; in law dept. of N. Chicago St. R.R.Co., 1898-9, Chicago Union Traction Co., 1899-1901; in general practice in association with James W. Duncan, 1901-5; mem. firm of Morrison, Brown & Gould, 1906- 1910; since 1910 alone. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Law, South Shore Country. Residence: 4721 Greenwood Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

BROWN, Charles Turner, patent atty. and patent and mech. expert; born East Bethel, Vt., May 3, 1849; son of Jonathan Marston and Susan Stone (Turner) Brown; ed. public schools and Gaskell's Business Coll., Manches- ter, N.H., and in Phila. (Pa.) Polytechnic Inst .; children: Mrs. Alice Brown Ross, Maud. Prac- ticed civil and mech. engring., 1872-9; read law and was admitted to practice by Supreme Court of Ill., Nov. 1881. Mason; Odd Fellow; mem. "Gesang Verein Frohsinn." Residence: 2156 Park Av. Office: Unity Bldg.

BROWN, Charles Walter, author; born St. Louis, June 23, 1866; son Prof. Isaac Hinton and Esther L. (Quin) Brown; grad. Edwards- ville (Ill.) High School, 1883; studied Univ. of Mo., 1885-7; (hon. A.M., McKendree Coll., Ill., 1902); married Mary Nelson, daughter Con- gressman C. C. Matson, of Ind., Sept. 14, 1904. Engaged in lit. work since 1887; spl. writer on St. Louis Republic, 1889-93; lecturer on hist. and ednl. subjects. Author of various books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: Press Club.

BROWN, Edward Milton, physician and sur- geon; born Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Ill., Jan. 1, 1869; son of Edward and Mary (Prindwille) Brown; graduated from Ottawa High School; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1893; married. Engaged in practice as physician and surgeon in Chicago since 1893; adjunct prof. surgery, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons (Univ. of Illinois); instr. in surgery, Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Phy- sicians' Club. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Residence: The Kenwood Ho- tel, 4700 Kenwood Av. Office: 302, 32 N. State Street.

BROWN, Edward Osgood, judge; born Salem, Mass., Aug. 5, 1847; son Edward and Eliza (Dalton) Brown; A.B., Brown Univ., 1867; law studies, Salem, Mass., and Law School, Har- vard; admitted to bar, 1870; married Helen Gertrude Eagle, of Chicago, June 25, 1884. Asst. elerk Supreme Court, R.I., 1870-1; began prac- tice in firm of Peckham & Brown, Chicago, 1872; candidate for judge Superior Court, 1893; counsel for Lincoln Park Commrs., 1894-7; judge Circuit Court, Cook Co., Ill., 1903-9, re- elected, 1910; appointed justice Appellate Court, 1st Dist., 1904, reappointed, 1910; mem. law firm Peckham, Brown, Packard & Walsh, 1909-10. Radical Democrat; nationally active in Single Tax movement. Clubs: University, City, Chicago Literary, Mid-Day, Press, Iroquois. Has written several legal papers and pam- phlets relating to littoral rights on Lake Michi- gan; many papers and pamphlets on the Single Tax and other economic, political and hist. sub- jects, and opinions in vols. 117-146, Ill. Appel- late Court Reports. Residence: 1216 N. State St. Chambers: Ashland Blk.

BROWN, Edward Vail Lapham, oculist; M. D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1897; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1898; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1903; grad. student in eye pathology, Univ. of Berlin, 1902, in Univ. of Vienna, 1907; grad. student in diseases of the eye, 1908. Interne, 1898, asst.

BROWN, Edwin Franklin, banker, mfr .; born Auburn, Me., Jan. 26, 1862; son of Edwin Lee and Mary Lapham (Babcock) Brown; ed. Evanston, Ill., High School, and Univ. of Ill .; married, Chicago, Sept. 10, 1885, Sarah B. Vowell; 1 daughter: Lucile Vowell. Was pres. and owner Brown Bros. Mfg. Co. 12 years, now its vice-pres .; pres. Monroe Nat. Bank since 1906; pres. Brown Specialty Machinery Co .; sec. Union Gas & Electric Co. Sub-treas. Rep. Nat. Com., 1896, 1900, 1904. Clubs: Evanston Country (charter mem.), Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Yacht, Columbia Yacht, South Shore Country (charter mem.), Germania Maenner- chor. Was also charter mem. Chicago Bicycle Club and Chicago Automobile Club. Recrea- tions: walking, motoring, houseboating. Resi- dence: Chicago Athletic Assn. Office: Madison and LaSalle Sts.

BROWN, Everett Chase, live stock commn. broker; born Oneida, Ill., Oct. 14, 1863; son Thomas and Emily (Ware) Brown; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., Chicago Evening Coll. of Law, Lake Forest Univ., LL.B., 1892; married Glencoe, Ill., Dec. 1901, Elizabeth Sawyer Dupee. Entered em- ploy of St. John & Brown, live stock commn. merchants, 1881; now gen. mgr. of the Brown- St. John Commn. Co. Mem. Co. C, 1st Regt. I.N. G., 5 years. Mem. Chicago Plan Commn. since 1909. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (Home Lodge, LaFayette Chapter, Apollo Command- ery). Dir. Chicago Live Stock Exchange, 1911- 14; pres. Nat. Amateur Athletic Union, 1910-11. Clubs: Chicago Athletic (pres. 1909, 1910), South Shore Country (dir. 1910-13, chmn. finance com. 1911), Chicago Motor. Recrea- tions: golf and motoring. Residence: 535 Al- dine Sq. Office: 57 and 59 Exchange Bldg., U. S. Yards.

BROWN, Frank Arnold, mfr .; born Chicago, Oct. 14, 1872; son of David Paul and Ellen M. (Francis) Brown; ed. Ravenswood pub. school, Mich. Military Acad. and Lake View High School; married Chicago, Aug. 14, 1895, Ella Grace Bryan; 3 children: Dorothy G., Olney Frank and Gertrude. In Mar. 1894, went to work for Squire Dingee Co., mfrs. of pickles, vinegar, etc .; later took charge of sales and Chicago office; became vice-pres., later treas., and is now pres. of the co. Republican. Methodist. Mason, 32°. Club: Ouilmette. Re- creation: automobiling. Residence: 502 Wash- ington Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1546 Cly- bourn Place.

BROWN, Frank Edward, banker; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BROWN, Frank Townley, patent atty .; born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 2, 1857; son of Theodore and Sallie (Bryan) Brown; prep. edn. pub. and private schools; LL.B., Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., Washington, D.C., 1879; married Harriette Marshall, of Ga., May 26, 1908. Was examiner and later principal ex- aminer and atty. for U.S. Patent Office, 1876- 89; admitted to D.C. bar, 1879, Supreme Court of U.S., 1885, Ill. bar, 1889; came to Chicago, 1889, and since actively engaged in practice of patent law; mem. Butterworth, Hall & Brown, 1889-93, Brown & Hopkins since 1905. Repub- lican. Mem. Patent Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, University, Chicago Kennel. Recrea- tions: collie dogs, horses, driving and farming. Residence: 4260 Hazel Av. Office: 1124 Monad- nock Blk.

BROWN, Frederick Anson, lawyer; born De-

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catur, Ill., Aug. 9, 1867; son Josiah and Sarah Elvira Brown; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1889; married Jan. 7, 1891, Mary Lois Roby; children: Kilburn Roby, Mary Lois. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, practiced at Decatur, Ill., 1889-90; at Ta- coma, 1890-8; at Chicago since 1898, senior mem. firm of Brown & Ewen. Dir. and sec. Grover Cleveland Memorial Assn .; dir. Central Howard Assn., Kenilworth Sanitarium. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Clubs: University, Law, Union League, Press. Residence: 1358 E. 58th St. Office: Tacoma Bldg.

BROWN, Frederick Harvey, inventor; born Indiantown (now Tiskaiwah), Ill., May 11, 1843; son Joseph Mortimer and Louisa M. Brown; ed. St. Louis High School, Washington Univ. and by private study of natural sciences; married Ida Moore, of Peru, Ill., 1861 (now de- ceased); married 2d, Catherine F. Norwood, of Clinton, La., Apr. 29, 1877. Asst. auditor and clerk for Gen. T. J. Haines, purchasing q .- m. commissary U.S.A., St. Louis, 1862; vice-pres. Magneto Telegraph Co., New York, 1885-6, Brown Telegraph Co., Chicago, 1890; pres. Elec- tro Geodetic Co., Los Angeles, 1900, Nat. Elec- tric & Magnetic Co., Chicago. Invented system of telephoning without batteries, 1885; tele- phone relay, 1899; terreohmeter (instrument for locating minerals underground), 1906; mag- netic wireless system of talking to persons in submarine boats, 1907; has taken out a large number of patents on electric inventions in U. S. and foreign countries. Awarded medal for telephone, Paris Expn. Mem. Southern Cal. Acad. Science. Agnostic. Author: One Dollar's Work, 1893; A Few Wise Things It Were Well for You to Read, 1893. Residence: 1153 W. 37th Pl., Los Angeles, Cal. Address: 63 W. Randolph St., Chicago.

BROWN, Frederick Lee, lumberman; born Albion, Erie Co., Pa., Nov. 4, 1870; son Henry King and Lydia (Barns) Brown; grad. Edin- boro (Pa.) State Normal School, 1891; Univ. of Chicago; married, Conneaut, O., Dec. 27, 1899, May Carlin Bigelow. Taught in pub. schools of Pa., Minn. and Ohio, 1891-1901; principal gram- mar school, Akron, O., 1897-1901; with Cran- dall & Richardson, wholesale lumber, Chicago, 1901-6; mem. firm Crandall (James N.) & Brown, wholesale hardwood lumber, since 1906. Pres. Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, South Side Coun- try. Residence: 5414 Cornell Av. Office: 3300 Center Av.

BROWN, George Francis; 1843-1910; see Vol. 1905.

BROWN, George W., lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BROWN, Harry Adams, sec. and treas. Squire Dingee Co .; born Providence, R. I., Jan. 17, 1876; son David Paul and Ellen M. (Francis) Brown; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married, Chi- cago, Apr. 14, 1898, Maud Billings; 2 children: Nellie Frances and Paul. Began business ca- reer in real estate office, and afterward with Sweet, Dempster & Co .; identified with Squire Dingee Co., mfrs. of pickles, since 1898, be- coming sec. and treas. of the co. in 1902. Re- publican. Residence: 4543 Perry St. Office: 1546 Clybourn Pl.

BROWN, Harry Forbes, Western mgr. of Neptune Meter Co .; born Red Oak, Ia., Dec. 10, 1872; son G. B. and Mary (Forbes) Brown; ed. pub. schools of Red Oak, Ja., and Iowa State Coll., Ames, Ia., graduating 1892; married Ames, la., June 18, 1895, Blanche Granger (died Oct. 15, 1905) ; married 2d, Cecelia L. Arnold, of Owensboro, Ky., Jan 17, 1907; 1 son: Harry A. Was engaged in various mercantile and banking enterprises at Red Oak, Ja., 1892- 1900; came to Chicago in Mar. 1900, to take present position as Western mgr. for the Nep- tune Meter Co., of New York City, in which position has since continued. Republican. Ma-

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 28

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