The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 34

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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BUSWELL, Henry Grant, ins .; born Jersey City, N.J., Mar. 4, 1865; son Henry L. and Isa- bella (Smith) Buswell; ed. pub. schools; mar- ried Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1890, Josephine del Risco; children: Josephine, Walter, Marian, Florence. Began business career in the office of Provident Savings Life Assurance Soc. in New York City; clerk in the home office of the Home Ins. Co. of New York, 1885, and has remained in the service of that co. continuously ever since, coming to Chicago in June 1903, as local mgr. Treas. Chicago Board of Underwriters. Served 10 years as mem. of the 23d (Brooklyn) Regt. N.G.S.N.Y. Presbyterian. Club: Evanston Golf. Recreations: salt water sailing, fishing. Residence: 1014 Greenwood Boul., Evanston, Ill. Summer Residence: Center Moriches, L.I.,N.Y. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

BUTLER, Albert Edwin, broker; born Cam- eron, Mo., Feb. 14, 1879; son of Frank H. and Mary (Fruen) Butler; grad. pub. schs., Chica- go, 1894; Armour Inst., 1894-5; Evanston Town- ship High School, 1897; Northwestern Univ., class of 1903; married Agnes Howard, of Ev- anston, Ill., 1905; 1 son: Howard C. Associated with John Burnham, 1903, and organized with him firm of Burnham & Butler, dealers in stocks and bonds; name changed to Burnham, Butler & Co., 1904; withdrew from that firm and or- ganized firm of A. E. Butler & Co., 1909; also pres. and treas. L. & M. Rubber Co., and Miller Tire & Rubber Co. of Carrollton, O. Mem. Chi-

cago Stock Exchange since 1905. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Theta Nu Ep- silon (Northwestern Univ.). Enlisted 1st Cav. Ill. Vols., May 10, 1898, Spanish-Am. War; dis- charged at Ft. Sheridan, Oct. 11, 1898; enlisted 1st Cav. I.N.G., Oct. 12, 1898; served Virden, Ill., riots, Oct. 1898; commissioned 2d lieut., Aug. 1899; 1st lieut., 1900; re-commissioned, 1903; appointed capt., ordnance officer and in- spector of rifle practice, 1st Cav., I.N.G., 1906; mem. Ill. State Rifle Team, Nat. Matches, Sea- girt, N.J., 1905-6, Camp Perry, O., 1907; placed on retired list, Oct. 1, 1910. Club: Evanston. Recreations: military, rifle shooting, hunting, fishing. Residence: 1509 Chicago Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 116 S. LaSalle St.

BUTLER, Burridge Davenal, newspaper pub- lisher; born Louisville, Ky., Feb. 5, 1868; son Rev. Thomas Davenal and Marie Burridge (Radcliffe) Butler; common school edn .: mar- ried Winifred, daughter of Dr. I. J. Whitfield, of Grand Rapids, Mich. (she died July 26, 1904); married 2d, Ina Hamilton, daughter of Norval H. Busey, of New York, July 30, 1906. In editorial work, Grand Rapids, 1885-93; ad- vertising mgr., Chicago, 1894-9; founded Omaha Daily News (vice-pres.), 1899, St. Paul Daily News, 1900, Minneapolis Daily News, 1903; sold newspaper properties and returned to Chicago, 1909; owner and publisher The Prairie Farmer, founded 1841, the oldest publication of its class in the U.S .; pres. Prairie Farmer Publishing Co. Mason. Interested in civic reform and prac- tical charitable work; owns valuable art collec- tion, postage stamp collection. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country, Agate (Chicago), Minneapolis, Minikahda, Minneapolis Automo- bile (Minneapolis), American Automobile Assn., Touring Club of France. Recreatons: golf, fish- ing, motoring, foreign travel. Residence: The Pattington, 700 Irving Park Boul. Office: 223 W. Jackson Boul.

BUTLER, Edward Burgess, merchant; born Lewiston, Me., Dec. 16, 1853; son Manly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler; ed. Boston pub. schools; married Norwalk, Conn., 1880, Jane, daughter of William Henry and Esther (Pratt) Holly. Employed in wholesale dry goods house, Boston, 1870-6; with brother, George H., found- ed, 1877, house of Butler Bros., at Boston; now at New York, Chicago and St. Louis (general merchandise). Was chmn. ways and means com. and chmn. dept. of admissions and collec- tions, World's Columbian Exposition. Pres. for years Ill. Manual Training School Farm, Glen- wood, Ill .; trustee Hull House Social Settle- ment, Chicago Orphan Asylum, Erring Wom- an's Refuge, First State Pawners' Soc., Rock- ford Coll., Bureau of Associated Charities. Clubs: Commercial, Merchants', Chicago, Union League, Midlothian. Recreations: fond of out- door diversions. Residence: 3408 Michigan Av. Office: 416 W. Randolph St.

BUTLER, Eugene Kincaid, retired mfr .; born on farm near Rome, N.Y., June 8, 1843; son Ezekiel and Eunice (Shaw) Butler; ed. Keno- sha (Wis.) High School; married Geneseo, Ill., Mar. 4, 1867, Sarah R. Olmsted; children: Hul- bert W., Frank (died in infancy), Robert S., Edward Earl. Worked on farm, 1859-66; en- tered employ of C. H. & L. J. McCormick, as salesman, continuing with that firm and their successors until 1898, in various depts. up to sec. and gen. mgr .; out of active business, 1898- 1902. Pres. The Keystone Co., Sterling, Ill., mfrs. of farm implements, 1902-5; assisted in organizing, 1901, and is now interested in the Brownsville (Tex.) Land & Irrigation Co. Re- publican. Club: Union League. Recreations: travel, motoring. Residence: 4850 Greenwood Av. Office: Reaper Blk.

BUTLER, Frank Osgood, paper merchant; born Chicago, Apr. 22, 1861; son Julius Wales and Julia (Osgood) Butler; ed. Brown School and Central High School, Chicago; married

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Louisville, Ky., June 10, 1886, Fannie M. Bre- maker; children: Paul, Julius Wales, Jr. After leaving school entered employ of J. W. Butler Paper Co. as clerk, salesman, etc., and since 1890 has been vice-pres. of the co .; also vice- pres. Standard Paper Co. of Milwaukee, and pres. Southwestern Paper Co. (Dallas and Hous- ton, Tex.); pres. Natoma Farm, Hinsdale, Ill. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale Golf, LaGrange Motor. Recreations: farming, stockraising, dairying. Residence: Hinsdale, Il1. Office: 221 W. Monroe St.

BUTLER, George Frank, physician, author; born Moravia, N.Y., Mar. 15, 1857; son Isaac and Asenath (Chase) Butler; grad. Baldwin's Acad., Groton, N.Y., 1874; · pharmacist, Pitts- field, Mass., 1874-8; in sheep and drug business, southwestern Kan., 1878-86; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1889; (hon. A.M., Valparaiso Univ., Ind., 1908) ; married Nannie Blanche Por- ter, of Monmouth, Ill., Mar. 21, 1882. Lecturer med. pharmacy and materia medica, Rush Med. Coll., 1889-92; prof. materia medica, therapeu- tics and clin. medicine, Northwestern Univ. Women's Med. Sch., 1890-6, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1892-1906; prof. medicine, Dear- born Med. Coll., 1905-6; prof. internal medicine, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. Sch., 1905-7; med. supt. Alma Springs Sanitarium, Alma, Mich., 1900-5; prof. and head of the dept. therapeutics, and prof. of clin. and preventive medicine, Chicago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery (Valparaiso Univ.), 1906-11; pres. faculty and prof. diseases of the kidneys and of the digestive system, Practitioners' Coll., Chicago, since 1911; at- tending phys. Cook Co. Hosp .; consulting phys. Frances Willard Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Am. Therapeutic Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Ill. State Med. Soc., Mich. State Med. Soc., Chicago Soc. Internal Medicine, Chi- cago Pathol. Soc., Physicians and Therapeutic clubs; fellow Chicago Acad. Medicine. Clubs: Press, 101, Wilmette Country. Author: Text- book of Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Phar- macology, 1896; Love and Its Affinities, 1890; Materia Medica and Therapeutics (Practical Medicine series of Year Books), 1892; The Isle of Content, 1902; The Exploits of a Physician Detective, 1907; Sonnets of the Heart, 1909; Treasures of Truth, 1909; Songs of the Heart, 1910. Residence: Wilmette, Ill.

BUTLER, Hurbert Wilson, real estate; born Freeport, Ill., Jan. 10, 1868; son Eugene K. and Sarah (Olmstead) Butler; ed. Chicago pub. schools; LL.B., Yale Univ., 1888; married Viola Douglas; 1 son: Douglas; married 2d, Chicago, Sept. 17, 1901, Alice Carter. Engaged in real estate business since 1890. Alderman from 27th Ward for a number of years. Republican. Chmn. board of trustees First Congregational Church of Jefferson Park. Mem. Royal League, Odd Fellows, K.P .; Mason (K.T.). Residence: 1991 Roberts Av. Office: 105 N. Clark St.

BUTLER, John Gage, mgr. Chicago branch, Pillsbury Flour Mills Co .; born Concord, N.H., Dec. 1, 1856; son Nehemiah and Mary (Gage) Butler; ed. in pub. schools and Penacook (N.H.) Acad .; widower. In 1879 entered employ of Chas. A. Pillsbury & Co., flour mills, Minneap- olis, continuing with their successors, the Pills- bury-Washburn Flour Mills Co., Limited, be- coming mgr. of Chicago office in 1903, name changing in 1908 to Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Il1. Ath- letic, South Shore Country. Recreation: driv- ing. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 1106, 112 W. Adams St.

BUTLER, John Sinnott, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

entered his father's wholesale paper business, beginning as clerk in the stationery dept., and later becoming city buyer, then city salesman, and in 1891 was made gen. supt. of the mfg. depts .; since 1892, sec. of the co .; also dir. Standard Paper Co. (Milwaukee), Southwestern Paper Co. (Dallas and Houston, Tex.), Inter- state Paper Co. (Kansas City); vice-pres. and sec. Natoma Farm, Hinsdale, Ill. Mem. Paper Trade Club of Chicago. First lieut. Co. G, 2d Regt., I.N.G., 5 yrs. Republican. Congregation- alist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Westward Ho, Oak Park. Recreations: farming, horseback riding. Residence: 3 Elizabeth Ct., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 221 W. Monroe St.

BUTLER, Julius Wales, paper merchant; born Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt., May 7, 1828; son Zebediah (paper mfr.) and Ester (Morris) Butler; ed. elementary and academic schools of Vt .; married May 1858, Julia A. Osgood, of Bellows Falls, Vt .; children: Frank Osgood, Julius Fred, and also 2 daughters, both now deceased. At age of 13 was apprenticed to a harness and trunk maker at Hinesburg, Vt., to remain until his majority, at a remuneration of $30 per year, and 3 months' schooling each year; at 18 he had become expert at his trade and made a set of carriage harness and a trunk, both of which took first prize at the State fair; at 20, in consideration of exceptional services, he was given a year off his time, and came west to Ill., in 1848, the journey taking 4 weeks, which was then considered a quick trip from New England to Chicago. Went to St. Charles, Ill., where his brother, Oliver M., had a paper mill and gen. store; clerked in his brother's store about 6 years; then became partner in a paper warehouse in Chicago (But- ler & Hunt), which handled the products of the St. Charles mill; firm became Laflin, Butler & Co., 1862, and J. W. Butler & Co., 1869; incor- porated as J. W. Butler Paper Co., 1872, of which he is pres .; also pres. of the Standard Paper Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Mem. and officer Union Park Congregational Church. Club: Union League. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 221 W. Monroe St.

BUTLER, Morton, timber lands; born New York, Feb. 2, 1859; son of Cyrus and Marion (Beardsley) Butler; ed. pvt. schs. in New York and at Yale Univ .; married Julia S. Pettibone, of Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 16, 1884; 4 children: Ger- ald Morton, Donald, Nora and John Meigs. In 1884 entered large printing house of the Buf- falo Courier as asst. sec., remaining until 1885, when he came to Chicago and entered employ of Joseph Rathborne, and shortly after became mem. firm of Joseph Rathborne & Co., owners of several large southern mills, with which continued until 1896; pres. New River Lumber Co., 1901-8; engaged buying timber lands since 1908. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Country, Evanston Golf. Recreations: motoring, hunting. fishing. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 702 Marquette Bldg.

BUTLER, Nathaniel, educator; born East- port, Me., May 22, 1853; son Nathaniel and Jen- nette (Loring) Butler; A.B., Colby Univ., 1873. A.M., 1876 (D.D., 1895, LL.D., 1903); married Florence Reeves Sheppard, of Chicago, 1881 (died June 21, 1902): married 2d, Lillian M. Googins, of Chicago, Dec. 12, 1903. Asso. prin. Ferry Hall Female Coll., Lake Forest, I11., 1873- 6, Highland Hall Coll. for Women, Highland Park, Ill., 1876-9, prin. same, 1880-4; master Yale Sch. for Boys, Chicago, 1879-80; ordained Bapt. ministry, 1884: prof. rhetoric and English lit., old Chicago Univ., 1884-6; prof. Latin, 1886-9, prof. English lang. and lit., 1889-92, Univ. of Ill .; acting dir. Univ. Extension Div., 1893-4, Univ. Extension asso, prof. English lit. and dir. Univ. Extension Div., 1894-5. Univ. of Chicago; pres. Colby Coll., 1895-1901: prof. edn. and dir. co-operative work since 1901. dean Coll. of Edn., 1905-9, Univ. of Chicago. Del.

BUTLER, Julius Fred, sec. J. W. Butler Pa- per Co .; born Chicago, Ill., July 20, 1866; son Julius Wales and Julia A. (Osgood) Butler; grad. West Division High School, 1884; mar- ried Lillie J. Taggart, Louisville, Ky .; 1 daugh- tor: Florence Elizabeth. After leaving school Univ. of Chicago to World's Congress on Univ.

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Extension, London, 1894. Residence: 1217 E. of Indianapolis, 1873; children: Elsie (Mrs. Jesse 56th St.

BUTLER, Rush Clark, lawyer; born North- wood, Ia., Aug. 27, 1871; son Lindley S. and Ju- lia (Pickering) Butler; Ph.B., Univ. of Ia., Iowa City, 1893; married Chicago, June 6, 1901, Isa- belle Crilly; 3 sons: Rush Clark, Jr., Crilly and Eldon Pickering. Admitted to bar, 1894; mem. law firm of Cassoday (Eldon J.) & Butler, July 1, 1899, until Mr. Cassoday's death, June 18, 1910; senior mem. Cassoday, Butler, Lamb & Foster since 1910, partners being William E. Lamb, former Judge Stephen A. Foster, Ernest! O. Best and Cornelius Lynde. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Republican. Trus- tee Plymouth Congregational Church. Formerly capt. and inspector of rifle practice, 1st Inf. I.N.G. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Univer- sity, Law, Midlothian Country, Tuscumbia Golf (Green Lake, Wis.). Residence: 3826 Michigan Av. Office: Monadnock Blk.

*BUTLER, Wallace Edward; see Vol. 1905.

BUTLER, Walter, lawyer; born Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N.Y., Jan. 7, 1841; son Walter and Maria (Van Alen) Butler; resident of Chi- cago since Oct. 16, 1844; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1862, M.A., 1866; married Waukegan, Ill., Feb. 10, 1881, Bertha Heinrichs. Taught school in N.J., 1862-3; read law in offices of Woodbridge & Grant, Chicago, Aug. 1863-5, when was ad- mitted to bar, and since continuously engaged in general practice. Master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 17 years: alderman from the 25th Ward, Apr. 1899-Apr. 1901. Dir. Ill. Hu- mane Soc. since 1901. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Independent in politics. Residence: 646 Fuller- ton Av. Office: Tacoma Bldg.

BUTLER, William J., physician; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1894. Asst. prof. diseases of chil- dren, Rush Med. Coll .; asst. attending physi- cian, dept. of diseases of children, Presbyterian Hosp. Appointed 1st lieut. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pediatric Soc. Club: Ill. Athletic. Residence: 3220 Jackson Boul. Of- fice: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg.

*BUTTERFIELD, William Louis, retired real estate dealer; see Vol. 1905.

BUTTOLPH, Albert Charles, wholesale gro- cer; born Charlotte, Vt., Sept. 8, 1852; son Al- bert A. and Laura A. (Burnham) Buttolph; ed. pub. schools and at Morris (Ill.) Classical Inst .; married Keokuk, Ia., Dec. 27, 1877, Louise E. Fuller; children: Grace T., Roy B., Ruth, Es- ther, Albert C., Jr. First business experience was in a retail grocery house at Morris, Ill., 1873; came to Chicago and entered the employ of W. M. Hoyt Co., wholesale grocers, import- ers and mfrs .; was admitted to partnership Jan. 1, 1879; now managing dir. of the company. Re- publican. Clubs: Kenwood (pres., 1903-4), Chi- cago Athletic, Midlothian. Residence: 4822 El- lis Av. Office: 22d St. Bridge.

BUTTON, Frank Morse, landscape gardener; born Brandon, Vt., Aug. 1866; son Frank R. and Laura A. (Morse) Button; grad. Brandon (Vt.) High School; C.E., Univ. of Vt., Burlington, 1887; married Florence Brison, of Chicago, Apr. 17, 1894; 1 daughter. In engring. work q .- m. dept. U.S.A. on construction of Fort Sheridan, Ill., 1889-93, mil. post, Little Rock, Ark., 1893- 5; asst. engr. World's Columbian Commn., 1891- 2; identified with O. C. Simonds, landscape gar- dener, Chicago, since 1895, becoming mem. of O. C. Simonds & Co. in 1905. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Fellow Am. Soc. Landscape Archi- tects; mem. Sigma Phi fraternity. Clubs: Edge- water Country (pres.), City. Residence: 5242 Magnolia Av. Office: 1101 Buena Av.

BUTTON, William Jesse, school and college text book editor; born Covington, Ind., Dec. 6, 1846; son James P. and Sarah R. (Hock) But- ton; ed. Indianapolis pub. schools and in Butler Coll., Indianapolis; married Martha Commons,

H. Taylor) and Rosemary. Came to Chicago in 1873 as Chicago mgr. for Harper & Brothers, publishers, until 1893; pres. The Werner School Book Co., 1893-1904; identified with editorial dept. of Am. Book Co. since 1904. Republican. Recreation: literature. Residence: 5619 Madison Av. Office: 1104 S. Wabash Av.

BUTZ, Otto Charles, lawyer; born Chicago, May 2, 1857; son Caspar and Julia (Magnus) Butz; ed. Kinzie School and Wiedingers German School, Chicago, Schau's German School, New York; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1877; married Le Roy, N.Y., Mar. 3, 1880, Alice Rogers; children: Robert Otto, Theodore Caspar, Herbert. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, Apr. 1, 1877; since practicing in Chicago, first in firm of Butz, Eschenburg & Prussing, and successively, Butz & Eschenburg, Otto C. Butz, Lackner & Butz, and firm of Lack- ner, Butz & Miller, since Nov. 1, 1889. Repub- lican. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Chicago Title & Trust Bldg.

BUTZ, Theodore Caspar, mortgage invest- ments; born Chicago, Aug. 16, 1888; son Otto Charles and Alice (Rogers) Butz; ed. Chicago pub. schools; Rugby School, Kenilworth, Ill .; Lewis Institute, Chicago; Athenaeum Business College; unmarried. Began active career in 1904; then went to Robertson & Lackner and was admitted to the firm, Jan. 1908; Mr. Rob- ertson withdrew and name changed to Lackner & Butz Sons, which continues; dir. Northwest- ern Debenture Bond Co. Mem. Mfrs.' and Deal- ers' Club, Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: athletic sports. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 82 W. Wash- ington St.

BUTZOW, Arthur M., physician; born Chi- cago, Nov. 7, 1874; son of C. H. and Emma Mary (Kraul) Butzow; grad. high school, Chicago, 1894; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1898; married Chi- cago, Nov. 27, 1901, Mary A. Arens. Interne St. Joseph's Hosp., 1898-9; since then in general practice; personal asst. to late Nicholas Senn, 1898-1907, at St. Joseph's Hosp .; instr. bandag- ing, 1 year, instr. anaesthetics, 1 year, Rush Med. Coll .; attending physician and surgeon, St. Joseph's Hosp. Dispensary, 1900-4; attend- ing surgeon, St. Joseph's Hosp., since 1904. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., German Med. Soc. Office and Residence: 1706 Melrose St.

BUXBAUM, Emanuel, wholesale clothing; born Eibechheim, Baden, Germany, Feb. 2, 1855; son Moses and Malka (Schlesinger) Buxbaum; ed. New York; married Chicago, Nov. 12, 1889, Julia Kuh (died July 10, 1899) ; married 2d, Apr. 22, 1903, Carrie L. Hart; children: Myra C., Louise R. Came to U.S. in 1860; engaged in clothing business, and in 1889 became connect- ed with the wholesale house of Kuh, Nathan & Fischer Co., of which he has been pres. since 1901. Hebrew religion. Clubs: Standard, Ravis- loe Country. Residence: 4418 Michigan Av. Of- fice: 330 S. Franklin St.

BUZZELL, Edgar Augustus, lawyer; born Lowell, Mass., Oct. 10, 1860; son Rev. Oliver Augustus and Mary Adelaide (Merrill) Buz- zell; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1886; married Apr. 4, 1888, Jennie Isetta Gibson, of Chicago; chil- dren: Edgar Gibson, Althea May, Harold Win- field, Merrill Elliott, Miriam Dorothea. Stu- dent in law office of Holden & Farson, 1886-8; admitted to bar, Oct. 1888, and became clerk in office of same firm until Dec. 1889; mem. law firm of Holden (William H.) & Buzzell since Jan. 1, 1890. Republican. Mem. Chicago Law Inst. Club: University. Residence: 6136 Ellis Av. Summer Residence: Delavan Lake, Wis. Office: Hartford Bldg.

BYAM, John W., lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BYERS, John Wesley, live stock; born York Co., Pa., Dec. 12, 1844; son Jacob and Sarah

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(Myers) Byers; ed. pub. schools of Pa .; mar- ried Harrisburg, Pa., 1868, Frances M. Mohler; children: Nellie A., Pina B., Daisy M., Ralph M. Born and reared on a farm; at the age of 19 came to Ill. and engaged with his brother in the live stock commn. business for several years. Salesman at the Union Stock Yards with Den- ney & Redman, live stock commn., till 1876; as- sociated with his brother and others in the live stock commn. business, first under firm name of Patterson, Byers & Co., later under the name of Byers, Moon & Byers, and since 1890 under the style of Byers Bros. & Co., with branches at S. Omaha, Neb., S. St. Joseph, Mo., and Kan- sas City, Mo. Mem. Chicago Live Stock Ex- change. Republican. Residence: 426 Oakwood Boul. Office: Exchange Building, Union Stock Yards.

BYFORD, Henry Turman, gynecologist; born Evansville, Ind., Nov. 12, 1853; son Dr. William H. and Anne (Holland) Byford; grad. Berlin (Germany) High School, 1868, and Williston Sem., 1870; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll. (North- western Univ.), 1873; married Lucy Richard Larned, of Chicago, Nov. 8, 1882; children: Gen- evieve, Mary, Heath Turman, William Hol- land. Engaged in practice in Chicago; prof. gynecology, Coll. Physicians and Surgeons, Chi- cago (Univ. of Ill.), since 1892; surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago. Appointed 1st lieut. U. S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, 1911. Hon. pres. Inter- nat. Congress Gynecology, 1896; F.R.C.M., Eng- land; pres. Chicago Gynecol. Soc., 1887-8; mem. Am. Gynecol. Soc., A.M.A., Western Surg. and Gynecol. Soc. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ken- wood Country, Homewood Country, Chicago Lit- erary, Physicians' (Chicago), Authors' (Lon- don). Author: Manual of Gynecology; Diseases of Women (with late Dr. William Heath By- ford). Joint Author: American Text Book of Gynecology; Keating and Coe's Clinical Gyne- cology; Kelly and Noble's Operative Gynecol- ogy; To Panama and Back, 1908. Also over a hundred papers on gynecol. subjects. Resi- dence: 1411 Hyde Park Boul. Office: Reliance Building.

BYLLESBY, Henry Manson, elec. engr .; born Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 16, 1859; son Rev. De Witt Clinton and Sarah (Mathews) Byllesby; ed. Le- high Univ., Bethlehem, Pa .; married Roselle, N. J., June 15, 1882, Margaret Stearns Baldwin. Was associated with Thomas A. Edison in the early days of electric lighting in N.J., and has been identified with many movements and ad- vances in elec. enterprises. Now pres. of H. M. Byllesby & Co., engrs .; also dir. Chicago, Mil- waukee & Puget Sound R.R. Co., The Public Se- curities Co. of Chicago, Public Utilities Co. of Boston; officer and dir. of Mobile (Ala.) Elec- tric Co., Ft. Smith (Ark.) Light & Traction Co., Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., Oklahoma City, Okla., Enid (Okla.) Electric & Gas Co., Musko- gee (Okla.) Gas & Electric Co., Ottumwa (Ia.) Ry. & Light Co., San Diego (Cal.) Consolidated Gas & Electric Co., Tacoma (Wash.) Gas Co., Northern Idaho & Montana Power Co. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Nat. Civic Federation (exec. com.), Chicago Civic Federation (pres.). Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, South Shore Country, Mid-Day, Glen View, Midlothian (Chi- cago), Lawyers', Railway (New York), Minne- sota (St. Paul), Arlington (Portland, Ore.). Residence: 4358 Drexel Boul. Summer Resi- dence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 206 S. LaSalle Street.

BYRAM, Harry E., ry. vice-pres .; born Gales- burg, Ill., Nov. 28, 1865; son Maynard and Cor- nelia Byram; ed. common schools; married Es- tella Berquist, of Galesburg, Ill., May 26, 1891. Entered service of C.,B.&Q.R.R.Co. as call boy at Galesburg, at 16; was stenographer and clerk at Chicago until 1889; clerk in gen. mgr.'s of- fice and chief clerk in vice-pres.'s office G.N. Ry., St. Paul, 1894-8; asst. gen. supt. Mont. Central Ry., Great Falls, Mont., Mar. 1898-Oct. Vol. 1905.

1899; supt. Cascade division G.N.Ry., Everett, Wash., 1899-1902; asst. to 1st and later to 4th vice-pres. C.,R.I.&P.Ry., Chicago, 1902-4; gen. supt. Southwestern district C.,R.I.&P., Topeka, Kan., Feb .- July 1904; gen. supt. Neb. district, Sept. 1904-May 15, 1909; asst. to the 2d vice- pres., May 15, 1909-Feb. 1, 1910, 2d vice-pres. since Feb. 1, 1910, C.,B.&Q.R.R.Co. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 226 W. Adams St.

BYRNE, see also Burn.

BYRNE, John Henry, physician; born Liver- pool. Eng., Feb. 4, 1841; son Foster and Jane Maria (McKenny) Byrne; grad. Rush Medical Coll., Chicago, M.D., 1874; married Chicago, Apr. 22, 1870, Catherine Scott Whiteford; chil- dren: John Gerald, Edith, Grace Digby, Craw- ford James. Came to America, 1864; employed in wholesale drug houses for 3 years; went into retail drug business and continued until grad. medicine, 1874. Was surgeon for Ins. Pa- trol, 1892-5; was on staff of Baptist Hosp. on Rhodes Av. for some years. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Medico-Legal Soc., Therapeutic Club. Prohibitionist. Baptist. Address: 3329 Washington Boul.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 34

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