The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 31

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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BUCKINGHAM, William F., pres. Bucking- ham Bros. Co., skirts. Residence: 5236 South Park Av. Office: 180 W. Adams St.

BUCKLEN, Herbert E .; born W. Winfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y., July 9, 1848; ed. public schools of Herkimer Co., N.Y., New York State Acad., and finished at a business coll. in Chi- cago; married 1879, Bertha E., daughter of Hon. George Redfield. Removed, 1860, with parents, to Elkhart, Ind .; was druggist there, 1863-79; came to Chicago, 1879, and has since been en- gaged in the mfr. of proprietary medicines; now pres. and treas. of H. E. Bucklen & Co .; also publisher of The Druggist. Residence: 814 S. Michigan Av. Office: 802 S. Michigan Av.

BUCKLEY, Charles Wilbur, grain commn .; born Peoria, Ill., Aug. 20, 1857; son Robert C. and Elizabeth M. Buckley; ed. pub. schools of Peoria, Ill .; married Peoria, 1882, Nannie B. Johnston; children: Robert, Saidee, Warren, Elizabeth. Removed to St. Louis, Mo., 1880, where was engaged in the grain business until 1884, when came to Chicago, and nas since been continuously engaged in commn. business; vice- pres. Pratt & Buckley until 1905, when it dis- solved; since then of Buckley & Co., commn. merchants, in grain, provisions, etc .; also vice- pres. W. G. Press & Co .; sec. and dir. Somers, Jones & Co .; mem. Buckley, Pursley & Co., Pe- oria, Ill .; pres. Phillips Land Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade (dir., 1898-1901). Clubs: Ex- moor, Highland Park. Recreation: horseback riding. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

BUCKLEY, Edmund, lecturer; born Birming- ham, Eng., Mar. 30, 1855; son James and Mary Ann (Lapworth) Buckley; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1884, A.M., 1884; student in Germany, 1884-5, at London, 1885-6; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1894; married Sara S. Craig (M.D.), of Churchville, N.Y., July 15, 1885. Prof. philosophy, Doshisha Coll., Kyoto, Japan, 1886-92; traveled in China, India, Egypt, Palestine and Europe, 1892-3; fel- low in hierology, 1893-4, docent in hierology, since 1894, Univ. of Chicago. Editor The World

To-Day, 1902-4. Editor: Universal Religion, 1897; University Lessons in Art, 1901; contbr. to mags. Residence: 5635 Madison Av.

BUCKLEY, Homer John, sec. and treas. Buck- ley, Dement & Co; born Rock Island Co., Ill., Mar. 16, 1879; son John A. and Mary (Sullivan) Buckley; ed. pub. schools, St. Ignatius Coll. and Bryant & Stratton Business College, Chicago; married Lucile Kathleen Wallace, of New York City, Sept. 23, 1908. Began business career with Marshall Field & Co., in 1891, as messen- ger, remaining with them for 14 years in va- rious positions, resigning as mgr. of the circu- lar advertising and follow-up systems, in 1905; organized the corpn. of Buckley, Dement & Co., form letters, mailing lists, etc., in 1905, with which has since been identified as sec., treas. and dir .; also pres. Standard 5 and 10 Cent Stores. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Chicago Assn. of Commerce (chmn. advertising com.), St. Ignatius Alumni. Clubs: Chicago Advertising, Suburban of LaGrange, LaGrange Country, Irish Fellowship (sec., 1904- 10), Chicago Athletic. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: 240 8th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 85 W. Harrison St.

BUCKLIN, Edward Ira, lawyer; born Danby, Vt., Sept. 18, 1873; son Charles Knox and Sa- mantha Elizabeth (Vail) Bucklin; ed. Burr & Burton Sem., Manchester, 1888-91; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1897; married Edith M. Farnsworth, of Hyde Park, Mass., Mar. 25, 1908; 1 son: Edward Ira, Jr. Practiced law alone, 1897-1902; senior mem. firm of Bucklin & Bucklin since 1902. Co-sec., co-treas. and co- mgr. Ironite Co. Member Chicago Bar Assn. Served as pvt. Co. H, 1st Inf. I.N.G., 1896-7. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Recre- ations: general outdoor exercises. Residence: 143 N. 52d Av. Office: 118 N. LaSalle St.

BUCKLIN, Vail Rhodes, lawyer; born Danby, Vt., Aug. 16, 1878; son Charles Knox and Sa- mantha Elizabeth (Vail) Bucklin; grad. Burr & Burton Sem., Manchester, Vt., 1894; LL.B., Chi- cago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1902; married Chicago, May 29, 1906, Imogene Pearl White. Taught in pub. schools, 1894-1900; mem. firm of Buck- lin & Bucklin since May 1902; dir., co-sec., co- treasurer and co-mgr. Ironite Co .; dir. and sec. Standard Earth Auger Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Independent Republican. Congregation- alist. Recreations: golf and other outdoor ex- ercises. Residence: 1205 LaSalle Av. Office: 118 N. LaSalle St.

BUCKNER, John Lee, lumber; born Sweet Springs, Mo., Dec. 19, 1863; son W. G. and Sa- rah (Brown) Buckner; ed. Westminster Coll., Fulton, Mo .; married Slater, Mo., Apr. 23, 1885, Alice P. Smith; children: Madeline, Frances, J. L., Jr. Started at age 16 in lumber business with G. W. Smith at Sweet Springs, Mo .; thence to Kansas City, 1886; mgr. 2 years for C. P. Deatherage Lumber Co .; then in retail lumber business for himself up to 1895; in wholesale lumber brokerage to 1896; lumber traffic mgr. Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Ry. till July, 1898; came to Chicago in 1898: founded the firm of Buckner, Saunders & Co. (J. L. Buckner, A. P. Buckner), mfrs. and wholesale dealers in yellow pine lumber, with specialties in long leaf yellow pine and railroad timbers. Clubs: Marquette, South Shore. Recreation: golf. Res- idence: 4719 Michigan Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.

BUDD, Britton Ihrie, pres. Met. West Side Elevated Ry. Co .; born San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 7, 1871; son Wayman C. and Annabelle (Parks) Budd; ed. public schools, Chicago, and Shattuck Sch., Faribault, Minn .; married Kath- arine Krugh, of Chicago, Jan. 1, 1900. Began as mem. of a ry. surveying corps in Ohio, 1892; was with the Intramural Ry. at the Chicago World's Fair, 1893; identified with the Met. West Side Elevated Ry. Co. since 1894, begin- ning as clerk in storehouse and since served in various capacities, becoming pres. and gen.

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mgr., Apr. 10, 1910. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, City, West- ern Ry. Recreations: outdoor sports. Res- idence: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 1001 Royal Ins. Building.

BUDDE, John George, printer; born Mount Pleasant, Ia., May 27, 1874; son of Dietrich Adrian and Rebecca Jane (Cuddy) Budde; grad. Mt. Pleasant (Ia.) High School and Elliott's Business Coll., Burlington, Ia .; married Anna Dorothea Wolfgram, of Chicago, Oct. 4, 1899. Began business career in the Nat. State Bank of Mt. Pleasant, for 3 years before coming to Chicago in 1897; became identified with Regan Printing House as sec., treas. and dir. in 1904, and has since remained in that capacity; also dir. Am. Poultry Journal Co., and head of J. G. Budde & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason, Oak Park Lodge, Cicero Chapter, Siloam Com- mandery, Oriental Consistory, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ill. Athletic, Press, Hawkeye Fellowship. Recrea- tions: hunting and fishing. Residence: 635 S. Oak Park Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 527 Plymouth Pl.

BUDZBAN, Nicholas Stanislaus, real estate and ins .; born Poland, Germany, Sept. 15, 1877; son of John and Julia (Jagodzinska) Budzban; came to America with parents, 1879; ed. at St. Stanislaus parochial schools and St. Stanislaus Coll., Chicago; married Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25, 1901, Mary Kolassa (died May 20, 1908). En- gaged in real estate and ins. business since 1907; sec. and dir. Eagle Brewing Co. Mem. Board of Local Improvements during Mayor Dunne's administration, 1905-7; member State Board of Equalization, 1908-12. Democrat. Cath- olic. Gen. sec. Polish Roman Catholic Union of America; mem. Catholic Order of Foresters, Macierz Polska. Residence: 1256 Fry St. Office: 1024 Noble St.

BUECKING, Edward Frederick, physician; born Washington, Franklin Co., Mo., Sept. 18, 1857; son Dr. John Henry and Minnie (Grieve) Buecking; ed. St. Francis Solanus Coll., Quincy ; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1876, and Louisville Eclectic Med. Coll., M.D., ad eundem gradum, 1877; married Apr. 13, 1879, Alona R. Watkins; children: Henry Watkins, Vera Clark. Engaged in practice in Chicago since 1877, in which year became lecturer on anatomy and orthopedic surgery in Bennett Med. Coll., of which has since been, successively, prof. prin- ciples and practice of surgery, and of clinical surgery. Served as surgeon at Cook Co. Hosp., surgeon-in-chief at Chicago Policlinic and Post- Grad. Policlinic schools. Mem. Ill. State Ec- lectic Med. Society (ex-pres.), Chicago Eclectic Med. Soc. (ex-pres.), Nat. Eclectic Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Residence: 3301 Cottage Grove Av. Office: 32 N. State St.

*BUEHLER, John W .; see Vol. 1905.

BUEHLER, William Emmett, physician; born Hatboro, Montgomery Co., Pa., Jan. 27, 1869; son George Washington and Alice (Green) Buehler; ed. Hatboro Lollar Acad., Phila. pub. schools and pvt. schools at Hatboro, Pa .; grad. Am. Coll. of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, D.O., Jan. 1903; M.D., Coll. of Medi- cinc and Surgery, Chicago, May 1904; married Phila., Scpt. 5, 1893, Ella May Abcl. Began practice as ostcopath Feb. 1, 1903, and since May 1904, as physio-mcd. and osteopathic phy- sician and surgcon. Mem. of faculties of Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, Am. Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, and Am. Coll. of Osteopathie Med- icine and Surgery. Vicc-pres. Chicago and Cook Co. Osteopathic Soc .; mcm. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A. Baptist. Mason, Odd Fellow; mem. Red Men, Patriotic Order Sons of America. Club: Illinois. Residence: 1421 Farwell Av. Office: 64 EC. Van Buren St.

BUEL, Munson Parker, live stock commn .; born Croton, Licking Co., O., Oct. 14, 1845; Son

Joshua H. and Lucy (Gear) Buel; ed. public schools, followed by short term at Granville (O.) Coll .; married Chillicothe, Mo., Mar. 13, 1873, Evaline Wigley; children: Forest Lee, Daisy (Mrs. McNeil). Reared on farm in Ohio until 17 years old; 4 years in gen. merchandise store at Croton, O .; moved to Austin, Nev., and was asst. cashier nat. bank there 21/2 years; health being affected by confinement, severed connection with bank and went to Chillicothe, Mo., where engaged in buying and handling live stock; became mem. of live stock commn. firm of Hunter, Evans & Co., at St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 1876; moved to Chicago, Apr. 15, 1885, and began business under same firm name, incorpo- rated, 1889, as Evans-Snider-Buel Co., of which was vice-pres. until 1894; since then pres. Pres. Chicago Live Stock Exchange, 1904-6. Repub- lican. Mem. Evangelical Church. Club: Saddle and Sirloin (ex-pres.). Residence: 4444 Green- wood Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

BUELL, Charles Clinton, lawyer; born Ster- ling, Ill., Feb. 14, 1867; son Clinton C. and Mary A. (Niles) Buell; grad. Sterling High School, and afterwards attended Univ. of Ill., leaving in sophomore year; married Chicago, Oct. 26, 1892, Maude Hoyne; children: Temple Hoyne, Charles Clinton, Jr., Frances Vedder. Came to Chicago, 1886, and read law in office of uncle, Ira W. Buell; admitted to bar in Mar. 1888, af- terward forming partnership with uncle under firm name of Ira W. & C. C. Buell (dissolved) ; mem. firm of Buell & Abbey since Apr. 1, 1905. Has paid special attention to corpn., real estate, chancery and probate law. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Attends Second Presbyterian Church. Past-master Bla- ney Lodge No. 271, A.F.&A.M .; mem. of Oriental Consistory and Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Law, Chicago Athletic, Lake Zurich Golf, Midlothian Country. Residence: 1833 In- diana Av. Office: 1612 Tribune Bldg.

BUELL, Ira Warner, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BUFFINGTON, Eugene Jackson, capitalist; born Guyandotte, W. Va., Mar. 14, 1863; son James H. and Columbia (Nicholas) Buffington; student Chickering Inst., Cincinnati, 1879-80, Vanderbilt University, 1881-3; married Drucilla Nichols Moore, of Catlettsburg, Ky., Nov. 27, 1888; 2 children: Eugenia M., Sarah Louise. Treas. Am. Wire & Nail Co., Anderson, Ind., 1884-8; sec. and treas. Am. Steel & Wire Co., 1888-9; pres. Ill. Steel Co., since Jan. 1, 1899; also pres. Ind. Steel Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Commercial, Mid-Day. Residence: Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St.

BUFFUM, Joseph Howard, oculist; born Pitts- burg, Pa., Aug. 24, 1849; son Joseph C. and Ma- ria Buffum; A.B., Cornell Univ .; student Hahne- mann Med. Coll., Philadelphia, 1 ycar, then in New York Homoeopathic Med. Coll., graduating 1873; married 1876, Evelyn Barrett Sprague. of Jamestown, N. Y .; children: Howard E., Na- talie S. Practiced in Pittsburg, Pa .: attending physician to Pittsburg Homœopathic Hosp., 1873-6; practiced in New York City. 1876-80. with special study and practice in diseases of the cye and ear: called to Chicago, 1880, as prof. discases of the eye and car in the Chicago Homeopathic Med. Coll .. and has since prac- ticed here as a specialist in discases of the eye and ear. Was pres. of Indianapolis meeting of Am. Soc. of Homeopathic Oculists. 1882. Mom. Am. Inst. Homoopathy. Author of a work on Ophthalmology. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Of- fice: 15 E. Washington St.

BUFORD, Coleman Graves, surgeon: born Lafayette Co., Mo., Jan. 25, 1872; son La G. and Orra (Chinn) Buford; ed. Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington. Mo .: M.D .. Northwestern Univ. Med. School, Chicago, 1894: married Iro- quois Co., Ill., Sept. 6, 1899, Ada M. Abildgaard; children: Morgan, Shelby, Mary, Coleman, Jr ..

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Robert Lee, Margaret. Physician at Ill. East- ern Hosp. for the Insane, Kankakee, 1894-6; personal asst. to late Dr. Christian Fenger, 1896-1900; since 1900, specialist in surgery. Instr. clinical surgery, 1897-1907, also instr. operative surgery, 1900-1, Northwestern Univ. Med. School; now instr. clinical surgery, Rush Med. Coll .; surgeon to St. Joseph's and Chil- dren's Memorial hosps .; surgeon-in-charge her- nia dept. Home for Destitute Crippled Children. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Surgical Soc., Soc. Med. History, Chicago Med. Soc., North Side Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Zeta Chapter Nu Sig- ma Nu. Mem. Royal League; mem. and past supreme med. examiner Independent Order of Red Men. Residence: 240 E. Huron St. Office: 1433, 122 S. Michigan Av.

BULKLEY, Almon Wheeler, lawyer; born Groton, Tompkins Co., N.Y., Apr. 13, 1852; son Lorenzo and Juliette Ann (Coonley) Bulkley; grad. Cornell Univ., degree of B. Arch., 1875; married Joliet, Ill., June 17, 1882, Ella Jay Stafford (died Jan. 4, 1896); children: Helen, Josephine. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1879; deputy clerk Appellate Court of Ill., 2d Dist., 1879-80; located in Chicago, Aug. 1, 1880; since May 1, 1895, of firm of Bulkley, Gray & More. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Mason, Garden City Lodge, Fairview Chapter, Cheva- lier Bayard Commandery, K.T. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Windsor Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 7154 Euclid Av. Office: Home Ins. Bldg.

BULL, Follett Wilkison, lawyer; born La Salle, Ill., June 30, 1870; son E. Follett and Helen (Perrin) Bull; ed. Univ. of Mich., 1888-9; married Ottawa, Ill., Oct. 26, 1893, Jennie Per- kins; children: Helen P., E. Follett, Lothrop Perkins. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1893; since en- gaged in active practice: Gen. counsel Security Life Ins. Co. of America. Was sec. Chicago Bar Assn., 1903; sec. Civil Service Reform Assn., 1897-1904. Residence: 332 Home Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

*BULLARD, Charles William, hardware mer- chant; see Vol. 1905.

BULLARD, Elihu Robins, commn. merchant; born Wendell, Mass., Jan. 5, 1848; son Albert and Samantha (Robins) Bullard; ed. common schools of Mass .; married Etta Rudd, of Orion, Mich., May 17, 1882. Began as clerk at Am- herst, Mass., in 1864; came to Chicago, Apr. 1869; bookkeeper for a South Water St. commn. house, 1869-84; went to Detroit, Mich., in 1884, becoming bookkeeper for The G. H. Hammond Co. until 1889, when returned to Chicago and engaged in wholesale fruits and commn. busi- ness; mem. firm of F. E. Nellis & Co. since 1889. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Illinois. Recreation: billiards. Residence: 3446 W. Mon- roe St. Office: 111 W. South Water St.

BULLEN, Fred Fitzherbert, maltster; born Delaware, Ont. Co., Can., Nov. 25, 1853; son William F. and Anna (Mullen) Bullen; ed. com- mon schools in Can .; married 1883, Cora Belle, daughter Thomas Landers, of New York; 1 daughter: Mabel La Clare Bullen (Mrs. Her- man F. Friested). When 14 years of age came to Ill .; soon after went to Kenosha, Wis., and was employed in malt house of his brother, George Bullen; became stockholder 3 years la- ter, in Lill & Bullen Malting Co., Chicago, later known as George Bullen & Co .; in 1889 built malt house of his own at 52d and Moffett Sts., organizing and becoming pres. and treas. of Fred F. Bullen Malting Co .; sold business in Sept. 1897 to Am. Malting Co., of which was asst. gen. mgr., 1899. Interested in Merchants' Distilling Co., of Terre Haute, Ind. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country. Res- idence: 6141 Sheridan Rd. Office: 160 W. Jack- son Boul.

BULLOCK, George Sumner; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BULLOCK, Henry Edwin, mfr .; born Otter- ville, Ont., Mar. 29, 1852; son Edward Bullock, of Essex, Eng., and Matilda Catherine, daugh- ter Maj. Rivers, 91st Regt., British Army; ed. pub. school, Otterville, Ont .; commercial coll., London, Ont .; married Harriet, daughter Elijah Samuel Mark, of Pekin, Ill., May 27, 1885. In April, 1871, entered employ of Crane Bros. (then known as Northwestern Mfg. Co.); became su- perintendent of malleable dept. for them June 1874 and a dir. of the co., 1875, until Mar. 1880, when started in malleable iron business for himself at Rochelle, Ill .; moved it to Chicago, 1884, and with his brother, James E., incorpo- rated Ill. Malleable Iron Co., of which is pres .; also pres. Internat. Land & Live Stock Co. Also interested, with his brother in developing a cotton harvester. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chica- go, Glen View Golf. Residence: 541 Deming Pl. Office: 1801-1825 Diversey Parkway.

BULLOCK, James Edward, mfr .; born Mid- dlesex Co., Ont., Can., Jan. 31, 1844; son Ed- ward Bullock, of Essex, England, and Matilda Catherine, daughter of Maj. Rivers of the 91st Regt., British Army; ed. pub. schools in Can- ada; married 1st, Bay City, Mich., May 17, 1877, Mrs. Mary A. Burger (a widow), who died May 26, 1888; married 2d, Nov. 4, 1891, Ida Mary Blood, of Leavenworth, Kan .; 1 daughter: Mary Kathrine. Began business life at Otterville, Ont., Can., in lumber business for self, 1860- 72; 1872-7 in the contracting line on the Port Dover & Lake Huron R.R. in the constrn. of that road, which was absorbed by the Grand Trunk R.R. Co. in 1880. In 1881 removed to Rochelle, Ill., and in conjunction with his brother, H. E. Bullock, established the Ill. Mal- leable Iron Co .; removed to Chicago, and since July 1884 has been sec. and treas. of the Ill. Malleable Iron Co. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Club: Glen View Golf: Resi- dence: 516 Oakdale Av. Office: 1801-1825 Di- versey Parkway.

BULLOCK, Thomas H., mfrs'. agt .; born in Ireland, Nov. 29, 1868; son Thomas and Mary (Wherry) Bullock; brother of "Shan F." Bul- lock, Irish author, London, Eng .; ed. high schools in Ireland; married Christine Green- field, of Chicago, June 15, 1903; 2 children: Catherine Mary, Gordon Wherry. Came to U.S., 1891; engaged as mfrs'. agt. at Chicago since 1898; representing the Buffalo Gasoline Motor Co., Termaat & Monahan Co .; also pres. and treas. Bullock Motor Co., automobiles. Served in Co. F, 1st Inf., I.N.G., 312 years; and in Troop C, 1st Ill. Cav., as sergt. during Spanish- Am. War. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Motor, Chicago Yacht, Fox Lake Yacht. Recreations: yachting, golf, automobil- ing, gymnastics. Residence: 244 N. Prairie Av., Austin. Office: 1409 Michigan Av.

*BUMANN, Charles Frederick, banker; see Vol. 1905.

BUNCH, Francis Marion, grain commn .; born Peoria, Ill., Oct. 25, 1871; son James Franklin and Hannah (McFall) Bunch; ed. Peoria gram- mar and high schools; married Peoria, Ill., Apr. 30, 1899, Evangeline Gould; 1 son: Francis M., Jr. Began business career as office boy with the Advance Elevator Co., Peoria, 1885-6; with Smith-Hippen Co., grain, Peoria, 1886-94; with Rumsey, Lightner & Co., grain, Chicago, 1894- 1902, and since 1902 mem. firm of Rumsey & Co. (established 1867), commn. merchants in grain, seeds and provisions; firm incorporated in 1906 and he became its sec .; also treas. Rum- sey-Moore Co., Peoria, Ill .; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Prairie State Grain Elevator Co., Chicago. Mem. Peoria Board of Trade since 1890, Chica- go Board of Trade since 1894 (dir. 1907-8-9, vice-pres. 1910-11). Republican. Mem. Am. Re- formed Church. Clubs: Union League, Ridge- moor Golf, Chicago Automobile; also Creve Couer Club (Peoria). Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: 4726 Magnolia Av., Sheri- dan Park. Office: Board of Trade.

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BUNGE, Gustave Herman, pres. Post Am. Forwarding Co .; born Meltzow, Province of Brandenburg, Germany, Feb. 22, 1865; son Carl and Christine (Fraude) Bunge; came to Amer- ica, 1872; ed. common schools; took 3 years' course at Seminary of Evangelical Synod of North America, Elmhurst, Ill .; studied law 3 years in offices at Chicago; admitted to Ill. bar, 1898; married Fannie M. Mason, of Kernan, La Salle Co., Ill., Feb. 22, 1888; 1 son: George Her- bert. Employed as station agt. at various points in Ill. on A.,T.&S.F.Ry. and C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1888- 98; began law practice in Chicago as mem. firm of Gray & Bunge, 1898, later, Bunge, Thorpe & Burns; pres. and gen. mgr. Post Am. Forward- ing Co. since 1900 (foreign and domestic for- warding of freight, also warehousing). Twice nominated as state's atty. of Du Page Co., Ill .; atty. village of Downers Grove 6 yrs .; mem. Board of Trustees 2 yrs., Board of Edn. 2 yrs. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. K.P., Woodmen, Royal League. Club: Traffic. Residence: Downers Grove, Ill. Office: 189 W. Madison St.

BUNKER, Charles Henry, ins .; born on farm at East Troy, Wis., Sept. 22, 1850; son George and Fannie (Hulbert) Bunker; ed. Univ. of Wis .; married Oregon, Wis., Oct. 15, 1873, Helen A. Abbott; children: Genevieve Estelle, Gerald DeForest, Arthur Stuart. Engaged in railroad building and development of coal lands in Kan., 1873-6; organized, 1877, and managed until 1889 the Abbott Buggy Co. of Chicago. Entered ins. business, 1889, as sec. and mgr. of Met. Acci- dent Assn .; organized, 1900, and was pres. Met. Accident Co., which was later, with the North- western Benevolent Soc., the Continental As- surance Co. of Detroit, the Ry. Officials and Employes Accident Assn. of Indianapolis, and others, consolidated as the Continental Casual- ty Co., of which he was pres. several years. One of organizers, pres. 2 years and chmn. exec. com. Internat. Assn. of Accident Ins. Under- writers. Republican. Clubs: Colonial, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Kenwood. Residence: 433 E. 42d St.

BUNNELL, John Alexander, grain commn .; born Brantford, Ont., Apr. 21, 1864; son Enos and Cornelia (Kennedy) Bunnell; ed. public schools; married Paris, Ont., Apr. 11, 1896, Kate Capron Baird; 1 daughter: Margaret. Came to Chicago in 1882 and held various positions until 1891, when became a mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade and a mem. of the firm of Hately Bros., commn. merchants in grain and provisions. Republican. Episcopalian. Member Chicago Board of Trade (dir. 1897-9; pres. 1909). Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor, Church (pres.). Recreations. golf, church matters. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

BUNTE, Ferdinand, mfg. confectioner; born Germany, July 16, 1846; son Charles and Flor- ence (Schamhard) Bunte; ed. pvt. school in Germany; married Phila., Pa., Aug. 16, 1868, Maria Fauss; children: Theodore W., Charles F., Martha (Mrs. W. Künkele, of Germany), Laura (Mrs. Albert Künkele, of Germany), Florence (Mrs. Walter A. Keefer, of Chicago). Lived in Phila., 1865-76; served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1865-7; in the candy business in Phila., 1867-76; came to Chicago, 1876, establishing, with associates, the firm of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, which was incorporated Mar. 1, 1903. as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., and in Apr. 1906 as Bunte Bros. Co., of which has since been pres. Republican. Was 3 years mem. Board of Edn. of Rogers Park prior to annexation. Mason (Park Lodge No. 843). Residence: 511 Aldine Av. Office: 720-728 W. Monroe St.

in Phila., 1866-9; came to Chicago, 1869, con- tinuing in same line, and in 1876, with his broth- er Ferdinand and C. A. Spoehr, established firm of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, mfrs. of candies, in- corporated, Mar. 1, 1903, as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., of which was vice-pres. until Apr. 1906, when name was changed to Bunte Bros. Co., of which has since been vice-pres. and treas. In- dependent in politics. Mem. Schwaben Verein, Harmonie Maennerchor of Lake View. Resi- dence: 618 Fullerton Av. Office: 720-728 W. Monroe St.

*BURCH, Julian Alvaro, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 31

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