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BURCH, William Arthur, vice-pres. Metho- dists Church Supply Co .; born Warwick, Can., Oct. 6, 1864; son Oliver Edson and Sarah Jane (Wright) Burch; graduated Jennings Seminary, Aurora, Ill., 1885; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1890, with honors in history and oratory, tak- ing Kirk prize; one of founders of Northern Oratorical League; married Dora M. Bovee, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1892; 1 son: Arthur Courte- nay. Entered M.E. ministry, 1886; served in ministry for 19 years, in Ill. and Minn., last charge being South Park Av. Ch., Chicago; re- tired from ministry on account of serious eye trouble. Financial sec. Northwestern Univ., 1900-2; was in employ of New York Life Ins. Co. in Chicago; became field supt. Columbian Nat. Ins. Co. of Boston; represented the Mu- tual Benefit Ins. Co. of N.J. and was Ill. mgr. for Northwestern Nat., of Minn .; vice-pres. Methodists Church Supply Co. since 1909. Trus- tee Alumni Northwestern Univ .; mem. exec. com. Methodist Social Union; was mem. Chica- go Com. of Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., Dewey Recep- tion Com., Com. of 100 Lincoln Centenary Cele- bration, etc. Republican. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Lecturer and contributor to relig- ious press. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Evanston Golf. Recreations: golf, bowling, fishing. Residence: 1710 Asbury Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 14 W. Washington St.
BURCH, William Elbridge, coffee merchant; born St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 22, 1869; son Will- iam H. and Elizabeth (Norwood) Burch; ed. in Chicago pub. schools to 1883; married Chicago, Apr. 27, 1902, Emma L. Sherer; children: Will- iam Elbridge, Jr., Norwood, Dorothy. Entered coffee business as a boy in 1884, with J. W. Doane & Co., and from 1894-9 represented them in Brazil, South America; entered, 1899, Sherer Bros. Co., importers, of which was sec. and treas. until 1908; vice-pres. of Ruffner, McDow- ell & Burch, coffee and spices, since 1910. Re- publican. Residence: 1239 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 75 E. South Water St.
BURCHARD, Edgar Warne, pub. appraiser; born St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7, 1862; son Mortimer Nelson and Jane G. (Warne) Burchard; ed. pub. schools, St. Louis; married Chicago, July 1S, 1894, Ella Elliott; 1 daughter: Marjorie. Was first engaged in business for himself in firm of E. W. Burchard & Co., wholesale jewelry, and in 1891 became chief accountant for the Am. Radiator Co .; later became auditor and finan- cial man for the Ames & Frost Co. until 1900, when, with Wm. E. Coats, established the Coats & Burchard Co., pub. appraisers and engrs., of which is treas. Republican. Veteran 1st Regt., I.N.G. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Recreations : reading, billiards. Residence: Ken- ilworth. Office: 189 W. Madison St.
BURCHARD, Edward Lawver, social-civic worker; born Freeport, Ill., Sept. 5, 1867: son late Horatio Chapin Burchard (mem. of Con- gress, 1869-79, dir. of the mint, 1879-85) and Jane (Lawyer) Burchard; Ph.B., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1891; special studies University of Chi- 111., Oct. 4, 1893: 1 daughter: Marion B. Resi- clerk, mines dept., World's Columbian Expn .. 1892-3; recorder and librarian, Field Museum
BUNTE, Gustav Adolph, mfg. confectioner; born Lemgo, Germany, Aug. 31, 1852; son cago, 1894; married Alice Barton, of Freeport. Charles and Florence (Schamhard) Bunte; ed. pvt. schools in Germany; married Chicago, June dent of Hull House, Chicago, 1891-2: chief 1, 1879, Philippina Weck; children: Oscar C. A., Elsa Florentine, Charlotta. In candy business
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of Natural History, 1894-8; chief of library and archives division, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey, Washington, 1898-1903; chief of order di- vision, Library of Congress, 1903-7; sec. Civic League, Freeport, Ill., 1908-9; dir. of social mu- seum, Chicago Sch. of Civics and Philanthropy, since 1910. Republican. Mem. Am. Library Assn., Am. Assn. of Museums (charter), Beta Theta Pi. Club: City. Residence: Freeport, Ill. Office: 235, 31 W. Lake St.
BURCHARD, John Charles, lawyer; born Ft. Atkinson, Wis., Sept. 26, 1867; son George W. and Lucinda E. (Charles) Burchard; B.S., Be- loit (Wis.) Coll., 1892; married Chicago, Oct. 18, 1899, Daisy F. Plummer; 1 son: Donald Ed- ward. Learned printers' trade at Ft. Atkinson after leaving high school; after graduation from coll. came to Chicago and studied law; since 1894 in active practice in Chicago. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Mem. Beta Theta Pi. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Chicago Title & Trust Bldg.
BURCHARD, Mortimer Nelson; see Vol. 1905. BURDETT, John Burrus, pres. Burdett- Rowntree Mfg. Co .; born Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1861; son Dr. William M. and Sallie E. (Pot- ter) Burdett; ed. pub. schools of Nashville, Tenn .; married Independence, Mo., 1893, Jessie Henley; 1 daughter: Esther Lucile. Began in commn. business at age of 20 as representative of coffee and sugar plantations, Burdett & Hayes, and in 1885 was in the wool-carding business at Nashville, Tenn .; same year went to Kansas City and leased the plant of the Electric Clock Co., operating it for 3 years. Came to Chicago, 1890, becoming mem. Burdett & Rowntree, incorporated in 1893 as the Bur- dett-Rowntree Mfg. Co., mfrs. of automatic door opening and closing devices and other ele- vator supplies; also pres. Nat. Pneumatic Co., Chicago Welding Co., Pay Within Car Co. Was mem. of the Porter Rifles of Nashville, Tenn. Democrat. Methodist. Club: Ridge Golf. Rec- reation: motoring. Residence: 10244 Longwood Boul. Office: 515 S. Laflin St.
BURDICK, Alfred Stephen, physician, editor; born DeRuyter, N.Y., Feb. 15, 1867; son Rev. Stephen and Susan (Maxson) Burdick; A.B., Alfred (N.Y.) Univ., 1886; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1891; married at West Hallock, Ill., July 9, 1891, Ella Grace Brown. Engaged in general practice of medicine since Apr. 1891; formerly prof. practice of medicine, Ill. Med. Coll. Author: Standard Medical Manual. Ed- itor the Medical Standard, 1899-1904; asso. ed- itor the American Journal of Clinical Medicine since Jan. 1904. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Editors' Assn., A.A.A.S. Republican. Seventh-day Baptist. Clubs: Press, Ridgemoor Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 4846 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 4753 E. Ravenswood Park.
BURDICK, Charles Baker, hydraulic and san- itary engr .; born Chicago, Mar. 6, 1874; son William Richard and Mary (Dewey) Burdick; grad. Wallace High School, Sterling, Ill., 1891; B.S., in municipal and sanitary engring., Univ. of Ill., 1895; married Mabel Taylor, of Chicago, Oct. 8, 1909. Asst. engr. to Alvord & Shields, engrs., Chicago, 1895-7, and to John A. Cole, 1897-1901; asso. in firm of John A. Cole & Son, 1901-2; partner in firm Alvord & Burdick, engrs., since 1902. Designed and supervised water supply and sewage system of Gary, Ind .; engr. for municipal filtration works at Evans- ville, Ind., and Niagara Falls, N.Y., also works of water supply and sewage in about 75 cities. Asso. Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs .; mem. Am. Water Works Assn., Western Soc. Engrs., Ill. Soc. Engrs. and Surveyors (past pres.), Ill. Water Supply Assn., Sigma Chi fraternity. Clubs: Chi- cago Engrs.', Calumet Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: 3704 Grand Boul. Office: 1212 Hart- ford Bldg.
BURDICK, Gordon Granger, physician; born
Janesville, Wis., Sept. 15, 1862; son Edward F. and Mary Electa (Newell) Burdick; ed. pub. schools, Janesville, Wis .; Mitchell (S.D.) Univ .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1890; married Chicago, 1889, Alvina L. Seltz; 1 son: Edward Franklin. Ranching in S.D., 1880-4; since then resident of Chicago; engaged in practice of medicine since 1890; was surgeon at the Columbia Dispensary and at the Charity Hosp .; is asso. prof. surgery, Post-Grad. Med. School; chief surgeon People's Hosp .; prof. of radio-therapy and photo-chemistry, Ill. School of Electro-Therapeutics; prof. physiological therapy, Bennett Med. Coll .; sec. Burdick-Abel Clinical Laboratory; conducts X-ray labora- tory. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Röntgen Ray Soc .; pres. Chicago Electro-Med. Soc .; mem. A.M.A. Office: 7 W. Madison St.
BURGETT, John M. H., lawyer; 1850-1911; see Vol. 1905.
BURHANS, Frank Dennis, clergyman; born Burlington, Ia., July 7, 1866; son Denslow and Clara (Cornick) Burhans; freshman and sopho- more years Ia. Wesleyan Univ., Mt. Pleasant (took both Latin and Greek prizes); junior and senior years Univ. of Denver, graduating A.B., 1894; B.D., Chicago Theol. Sem., 1898, and took first prize ($100 cash) in Hebrew, and first prize ($200 cash) for all-around scholarship; married Burlington, Ia., Aug. 21, 1894, Cornelia F. Kriechbaum; children: Ivan Denslow, Lucile Marie. Was for 3 years in retail grocery busi- ness, and then 4 years, 1886-90, in wholesale grocery business with John Blaul & Sons, Bur- lington, Ia .; pres. Colo. Oratorical Assn., 1893-4; financial agt. Univ. of Denver, 1894; pastor Con- gregational church, Park Ridge, Ill., 1895-8, Plymouth Congregational Church, Salina, Kan., 1899, Washington Park Congregational Church, Chicago, since 1900. Pres. Congregational Min- isters' Union of Chicago and Vicinity, 1909. Residence: 5411 Calumet Av.
BURHANS, James Audubon, lawyer; born LaPorte Co., Ind., Oct. 28, 1852; son Peter and Martha Hunt (Andrews) Burhans; A.B., De- Pauw Univ., 1875, A.M., 1878; LL.B., North- western Univ. Law School, Chicago, 1877; mar- ried Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 7, 1879, Jessie Pier- pont Smith. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1877. Also mem. of firm of Cooper & Burhans, real estate. Mem. M.E. Church, and active in church and Sunday school organizations. Pres. Cook Co. Sunday School Assn., 1899-1901; sec. World's First Sunday School Convention, London, 1889; del. to World's Fourth Sunday School Conven- tion, Jerusalem, 1904. Pres. M.E. Old People's Home, Chicago, 1898-1906, endowment treas. since 1906; pres. Epworth Children's Home, 1893-1900; pres. or vice-pres. and endowment treas. Methodist Deaconess Orphanage since 1900; pres. Agard Deaconess Rest Home and Amanda Smith Industrial Home; trustee and officer of Chicago Deaconess Home, Wesley Hosp., Chicago Boys' Club, Pacific Garden Mis- sion, Jennings Seminary, etc. Republican. Club: Union League. Author: Law of Municipal Bonds; A Digest of the Statutory Laws Gov- erning the Investment of Corporate and Trust Funds. Residence: 5310 Magnolia Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.
BURKE, Edmund Whitney, lawyer; born By- ron, Ill., Sept. 22, 1850; son Patrick and Nancy (Whitney) Burke; grad. Rockford (Ill.) High School, 1863; Mount Morris (Ill.) Acad., 1864; A.M., Northwestern Univ., 1869; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1871; married Rockford, Ill., Dec. 5, 1878, Myra Webster; children: Harold Webster, Ralph Haney. Began practice of law in Chicago in 1876, and has continued in practice ever since, except while on the bench for 9 years as judge of the Circuit Court of Cook Co., and 1 year as judge of the Appellate Court for the 1st Dist., 1893-1904; now in general practice as head of firm of Burke, Jackson & Burke. Lecturer on equity jurisprudence and procedure, Chicago-
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Kent Coll. of Law, and in 1904 succeeded the late Judge Moran as dean of that coll. Dir. of the Nat. Earth Co. and other corporations. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Repub- lican. Methodist; ex-pres. Methodist Social Union of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Illi- nois. Writer of ency. articles on equity. Resi- dence: 2016 W. Adams St. Office: Hartford Bldg.
BURKE, Richard E., elected judge Superior Court of Cook Co., Nov. 1910, for term expiring 1916; Democrat. Residence: 421 S. Central Park Av. Chambers: Court House.
BURKE, Robert Emmett, contractor, granite blocks; born Chicago, Sept. 1858; son Richard M. and Catherine Burke; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; married Chicago, 1890, Louise J. Span- genberg; 1 son. Learned the printing trade and worked at it 15 years, and after that was a news dealer. Became sec. of the Democratic County Central Com. and sec. of the County Democracy; now mem. of the Dem. State Com .; managed the campaign of Carter H. Harrison, Sr., for mayor in 1893, and those of Carter H. Harrison, Jr., in 1897, 1899 and 1901; oil inspec- tor of City of Chicago, 1897-1901; since then head of firm of Robert E. Burke & Co., granite contractors. Residence: 558 LaSalle Av. Office: 122 W. Randolph St.
BURKE, Squire Smith, banker; born in Can., Jan. 22, 1875; son Harmon S. and Emily E. (Root) Burke; came to U.S. with parents in in- fancy; ed. pub. schools and South Chicago High School; married South Chicago, Jan. 7, 1902, Anna Heinsen. Began active career as a news- boy in Chicago; became connected with Calu- met Nat. Bank as messenger, becoming vice- pres., July 9, 1904; also in loan, real estate and ins. business. Republican. Baptist. First vice- pres. South Chicago Old Settlers' Assn. Mem. Harbor Lodge A.F.&A.M., Consistory and Shrine; K.P., K.O.T.M.M. Clubs: Ainsworth, South Chicago Automobile (pres.), Calumet River Boat, 8th Ward Republican (vice-pres.). Residence: 8926 Exchange Av. Office: 9154 Com- mercial Av., South Chicago.
BURKHARDT, Henry Styer, mfr .; born Phil- adelphia, July 10, 1842; son Henry and Eliza- beth C. (Styer) Burkhardt; ed. pub. school, Louisville, Ky., and private "Quaker" school, Phila .; married Cincinnati, O., Mar. 30, 1863, Elizabeth B. Montgomery; children: Alice Cary (Mrs. David C. Walker), Ella V. (Mrs. George E. Ambuhl), Henry, Robert M., William, Abby T. Was in grocery business, firm of Dow & Burkhardt, Louisville, Ky., 1861-7; mfr. of ag- ricultural implements in firm of Hall, Moore & Burkhardt, Louisville, Ky., 1867-72; mfr. of malleable iron castings, in Chicago, from 1873; now asst. mgr. Nat. Malleable Castings Co. Re- publican. West Park Commr., 1884-91. Presby- terian. Clubs: Union League, Illinois, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 1300 Davis St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 2610 25th Pl.
BURKHARTSMEIER, Christian Daniel, mfr .; born Stuttgart, Germany, Apr. 17, 1862; son Jacob and Sophia (Gaub) Burkhartsmeier; came to Chicago with family in 1868; ed. pub. schools and Dyrenforth Business Coll., Chica- go; married Barbara Schuenemann, of Chicago, Nov. 18, 1884; children: May, Lucy, Christian G., Ethel. With his brother, Jacob, organized the firm of Burkhartsmeier Bros., cooperage, ill 1884, taking over the business established by their father in 1871, in which has since con- tinued. Democrat; del. Dem. Nat. Conv., Chica- go, 1896, which nominated the Palmer and Buckner ticket. Lutheran. Mason, Humboldt Park Lodge 813 A.F.&.A.M., Wiley M. Egan Chapter, Tyrian Council, Chicago Commandery, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Club: Ozone. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Residence: 3638 Cortland St. Office: 171-183 N. Peoria St.
Stoufforth and Markham, Can., and in Western Univ., London, Can., graduating M.D., 1892; married Chicago, Dec. 1884, Millie Barkey; chil- dren: Charles Augustus, Ferol (daughter), Otto Frederick. Began practice in London, Can., and since 1893 a resident and practitioner in Chica- go. Is prof. ophthalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll .; prof. ophthalmology, Bennett Med. Coll .; prof. physiology, dental dept. of Univ. of Ill. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Anatomical Soc., Chi- cago Laryngological Soc. Republican. Resi- dence: 5470 Washington Av. Office: Stewart Building.
BURLEY, Clarence Augustus, lawyer; born Chicago, Oct. 10, 1849; son Augustus H. (pio- neer merchant) and Anna Maria (Force) Bur- ley; ed. Miles Mil. School, Brattleboro, Vt., 1865-8; Amherst Coll., 1868 (did not graduate) ; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1876; married Wau- kegan, Ill., Nov. 11, 1880, Avis H. Blodgett (now deceased) ; children: Ruth Monell, Avis. Admit- ted to bar, 1876; in 1897, with William H. Mc- Surely, established firm of Burley & McSurely, which was dissolved on election of Mr. McSure- ly as judge of the Superior Court. Dir. Mer- chants' Loan & Trust Co., Burley & Tyrrell Co. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Union League, Union, Chicago Liter- ary, City. Residence: 254 Dearborn Av. Office: 79 W. Monroe St.
BURLING, Edward Burnham, lawyer; born Eldora, Hardin Co., Ia., Feb. 1, 1870; son Ed- ward and Lucy (Burnham) Burling; ed. pub. schools; studied law in offices; married Chica- go, Nov. 9, 1902, Louisa Peasley. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; since 1898 with Cyrus Bentley in firm of Bentley & Burling. Republican. Club: University. Residence: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 203 S. Dearborn St.
BURLING, William Slocomb, pres. Martin Grate Co .; born Canandaigua, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1861; son Joseph and Lydia (Allen) Burling; ed. pub. schools of Waukegan, Ill .; married Brookfield, Mo., June 6, 1887, Dolle G. Niles; 1 son: Harold Dodge. Traveling salesman for wholesale hardware firm of Pratt & Co., Bur- falo, N.Y., 1882-5, went to Middletown, N.Y., in charge of sales for Wheeler, Madden & Clem- son, mfrs. of saws, until 1890, when entered into mfr. of gray iron castings in Chicago; sold out in 1901 and engaged in present business of mfg. grates and iron specialties for steam boil- ers as pres., dir. and mgr. of the Martin Grate Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Hamilton, Riverside Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: Fisher Bldg.
*BURLINGAME, George Elston, clergyman; see Vol. 1905.
BURLINGHAM, Frederick Wright, lawyer and business mgr .; born Cairo, Ill., Dec. 22, 1868; son E. P. and Susan M. Burlingham; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1891, A.M., 1894, LL.B., 1894; married Sarah McD. Breck, of Claremont, N. H., Dec. 19, 1906; 1 daughter: Susan B. Practiced at Chicago, 1894-1900; asst. mgr. for Charles D. Norton, gen. agt. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1900-4; office mgr. Peabody, Honghtel- ing & Co., bankers, 1906-9; now in charge offices Estabrook & Co., bankers. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Law, City, University. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 715 The Rook- ery.
BURN, see also Byrne.
BURN, William Heber, mfr .; born Toronto, Ont., Can., Mar. 27, 1860; son William David and Matilda ( Wallace) Burn; ed. Upper Can- ada Coll., Toronto; married Mary Conkling Stockton, of Rockford, Ill., Sept. 4. 1884; 2 daughters: Armando and Marguerite. Began business career in 1880, in a minor position with James Robertson & Co., wholesale metal merchants and mfrs., Toronto, with whom re-
BURKHOLDER, Jacob F., physician; born Ont., Can., Sept. 10, 1861; son Samuel and Ma- reda (Fockler) Burkholder; ed. pub, schools of mained until 1889; sec. Buhl Stamping Co., De-
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troit, until 1893; came to Chicago and has since tail. Republican. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- been sec. and dir. Sturges & Burn Mfg. Co., merce. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 932 E. 50th St. Offices: 138 N. State St. and 24 W. Washington St. mfrs. of dairy and sheet metal specialties. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Vice-pres. Ill. Mfrs'. Assn. Clubs: Oak Park (pres. 1909 and 1910), Traffic. Recreations: golf, hunting, fishing. Res- idence: 531 Woodbine Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 508 S. Green St.
BURNETT, Robert Alexander, produce mer- chant; born Kirkcudbright, Scotland, May 4, 1848; son of Robert and Elizabeth (Crowe) Burnett; ed. in Scotland; came to America, 1867; married Kenosha, Wis., Oct. 15, 1881, Mary Pearce. Engaged in farming, 1867-70; general salesman, 1870-5; organized firm of Connor, Burnett & Co., 1876; bought all interests of the firm, 1880, and conducted general produce busi- ness as R. A. Burnett until 1892, when firm be- came R. A. Burnett & Co. Pres. Wholesale Fruit and Produce Assn. Independent in politics. Recreation: general reading. Residence: 5513 Drexel Av. Office: 173 W. South Water St.
BURNHAM, Claude George, ry. official; born Peterboro, Eng., June 20, 1879; son Harry and Fanny (Brawn) Burnham; ed. pub. schools of St. Paul, Minn .; married Mary Gillis, of Minne- apolis, Sept. 6, 1904; 3 sons: James, David, Philip. Began ry. service with Great Northern R.R., St. Paul, 1895, with which remained in various capacities for 7 years; entered foreign traffic dept. of C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1902, becoming foreign traffic agt., 1904, asst. to the 1st vice- pres., 1906, and vice-pres. in charge of traffic C.,B.&Q. and Colo. & Southern rds., Jan. 31, 1910. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, North Shore Golf, Traffic. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 226 W. Adams St.
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BURNHAM, Daniel Hudson, architect; born Henderson, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1846; son Edwin and Elizabeth Burnham; removed to Chicago, 1855; ed. there and in Mass .; studied architecture at Boston and Chicago; (hon. A.M., Harvard and Yale, 1893; Sc.D., Northwestern, 1895; LL.D., Univ. of Ill., 1905) ; married Margaret S., daugh- ter of J. B. Sherman, of Chicago, Jan. 20, 1876; children: Ethel (Mrs. A. B. Wells), Margaret (Mrs. George T. Kelly), John, Hubert, Daniel. Sr. mem. firm Burnham & Root, 1872-91, D. H. Burnham & Co. since 1891. Architect of the Rookery, The Temple, Masonic Temple, Ill. Trust Bank, Great Northern Hotel, First Nat. Bank, Ry. Exchange, Field's retail store and many other bldgs. in Chicago and elsewhere, including the Mills Bldg. (San Francisco), El- licott Sq. (Buffalo), Soc. for Savings and First, Third and Fourth Nat. banks (Cleveland), Land Title Bldg. (Phila.), and new Wanamaker stores, Phila. and New York. Chief architect and dir. of works, Chicago Expn., 1890-3; chmn. nat. commn. for beautifying Washington and of commn. for beautifying Cleveland, O .; planned cities of Manila, Bagnio, San Francis- co, Chicago. Dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Standard Office Co. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects (pres. 1894). Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Chicago Literary, Cliff Dwellers, Caxton, The Little Room, Glen View, Evanston Country; also Century, Lawyers' (New York), Duquesne (Pittsburg), Pacific- Union (San Francisco). Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Ry. Exchange.
BURNHAM, Edward, hair goods; born Hook- set, N.H., Nov. 11, 1848; son James and Lucy A. (Taylor) Burnham; parents removed to Wind- ham, N.H., when was quite young; lived there until coming to Chicago, Jan. 1867; ed. district. school, Windham, N.H., followed by course in Bryant & Stratton Commercial Coll., Manches- ter, N.H .; married Chicago, Jan. 23, 1879, Mary McGee; children: Edward, Jr., Frederic, Ray- mond, Mary Genevieve, Clarence, Norbert, Ger- ald, Harold, Isabel, Julian, Donald. Began in hair goods business, Nov. 1871, just after the Chicago fire, at 134 W. Madison St., and has since continued in same, both wholesale and re-
BURNHAM, Frederic, lawyer; born Chicago, Mar. 7, 1881; son Edward and Mary (McGee) Burnham; A.B., Yale, 1902; LL.B., Northwest- ern Univ. Law School, 1905; married. Began law work in office of Hoyne, O'Connor & Hoyne, Chicago, 1902; connected with legal dept. C.& N.W.Ry Co., Chicago, 1905-9; asst. state's atty. of Cook Co. since Mar. 1909. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Mem. Troop F, 1st Cav. I.N.G. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: City, Hamilton, Ill. Ath- letic, Kenwood Country. Recreations: outdoor exercises. Residence: 4598 Oakenwald Av. Of- fice: Criminal Court Bldg.
BURNHAM, Hugh Lascelle, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Mar. 14, 1857; son Edwin R. and Mary D. (Lascelle) Burnham; ed. pub. schools, Chi- cago Acad .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1882; married Chicago, Dec. 29, 1885, Mary L. Burt; children: Dorothy, Constance, Lawrence B., E. Crebert, Katharine P., Phyllis E., Edwin, Er- nest J., Marjorie, Alice T. Admitted to bar, 1882; since then engaged in gen. practice of law in Chicago. Pres. of village of Glen View 3 terms. Independent in politics. Swedenborgian. Clubs: University, Glen View, Law. Residence: Glen View, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St.
BURNHAM, John, stocks and bonds; born Chicago, Nov. 28, 1878; son of Daniel H. and Margaret (Sherman) Burnham; ed. Evanston grammar and high schools; Hill School, Potts- town, Pa .; Princeton Univ .; married Catharine W. Wheeler, of Evanston, Ill., 1906; 1 daughter: Catharine. In brokerage business in Chicago since 1903, as John Burnham & Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Evanston. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 29 S. LaSalle St.
BURNS, see also Byrnes.
BURNS, John E., lumberman; born Natick, Mass., Mar. 20, 1867; son Lawrence and Ellen Agnes (Dalton) Burns; grad. pub. school of Natick, Mass .; married Agnes May Hines, of Chicago, 1894; 5 children: Dalton Francis, Dor- othy Loretto, Ruth Edna, Eunice, John E., Jr. Started in lumber business at Lowell, Ind., in 1893; sold out to Wilbur Lumber Co., and be- gan business in same line at Chicago in 1898, as the John E. Burns Lumber Co., of which is pres. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Democrat. Mem. Columbian Knights, Knights of Columbus, Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Builders'. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Residence: 6159 Kenmore Av. Office: 700 W. Chicago Av.
BURNS, William Henry, gen. auditor, C.,R.I. &P.Ry.Co .; born Chicago, Apr. 23, 1865; son Pat- rick and Margaret (Casey) Burns; grad. pub. schools, 1881; married Jan. 17, 1893, Mary E. Ryan, of Albany, N.Y .; children: Warren H., Esther, Frances, Howard. Business life has all been in the service of the C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co., be- ginning as clerk in the store dept., July 1881; roadmaster's office, 1882-3; clerk and chief clerk in office of freight auditor, 1883-98; auditor freight traffic, June 1, 1898-July 1, 1902; asst. gen. auditor, Oct. 1, 1905-Dec. 10, 1909, and gen. auditor since Dec. 10, 1909. Residence: 7317 Princeton Av. Office: LaSalle St. Station.
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