The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 36

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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CAMPBELL, Alexander Fergus, agent for Chicago Underwriters' Assn .; born Westmore- land Co., Pa., May 20, 1852; son Mungo D. and Mary Ann (Mabon) Campbell; ed. pub. schools of Monmouth, Ill .; married Oquawka, Ill., Mar. 25, 1885, Carrie S. Graham. Learned the mould- ers' trade in a foundry at Monmouth, Ill., be- ginning at the age of 13 and remaining 2 years; then was for 5 years clerk in the postoffice at Monmouth, Ill., and after that in ry. mail serv- ice on the C.,B.&Q.R.R. for 13 years; came to Chicago in 1888, and was in charge of the cir- culating dept. of the Chicago Times until 1893, when entered police dept. of Chicago and served as sec. and capt. until 1899; inspector of police in charge of North Side, 1899-1904; since Feb. 1, 1904, agent for Chicago Underwriters' Assn. Republican. Mem. St. Andrew's Soc. Club: Illi- nois. Recreations: baseball and other athletic sports. Residence: 3504 Jackson Boul. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

CAMPBELL, Archibald Matthew, bldg. con- tractor; born Chicago, Feb. 4, 1868; son Mur- doch and Jeanette Barr (Caldwell) Campbell; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Feb. 14, 1894, Fannie Mary Holmes; children: Frances Ade- laide, Jeannette, Holmes. Was cash boy for C. W. & E. Partridge, dry goods, 1878-80; office boy, asst. bookkeeper, bookkeeper and cashier, A. S. Gage & Co., wholesale millinery, 1880-5; private sec. to Albert S. Gage, 1885-6. Carpenter apprentice, Nov. 1886-May 1888, with Campbell Bros. Mfg. Co. (father's co.); from May 1888- May 1898, junior partner of Murdoch Campbell Co., which built 30 bldgs. on Chicago World's Fair grounds; also built at New Orleans, La., the Hennen Bldg., Liverpool and London and Globe Ins. Bldg., Tulane Coll. Bldg. and the New Orleans Telephone & Telegraph Co. Bldg. In May 1898, alone in business as Arch. M. Camp- bell Co., now a corpn., of which is pres., and has built a total of $3,000,000 in buildings for Mar- shall Field & Co., Bradner Smith & Co., Jacob Birk, Jacob L. Kesner, Otto Young, Washing- ton Porter, Hanley, Casey Co., Goss Printing Press Co., B.&O.R.R.Co., Pa.R.R.Co., Lalance & Grosjean, etc. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shrin- er); mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Illinois, Columbia Yacht, Chicago Auto- mobile. Residence: 500 S. Ashland Boul. Office: The Rookery.

CAMPBELL, Daniel Alexander, postmaster; born Elgin, Ill., June 23, 1863; ed. high schools, Winnebago Co., Ill., and in law at Union Coll. of Law, Chicago. Admitted to bar, Mar. 5, 1886. Mem. 38th General Assembly of Ill .; postmas- ter of Chicago since 1907. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Residence: 1209 Washington Boul. Office: 358 Federal Bldg.

CAMPBELL, David C., real estate and invest- ments; born Wheeling, W.Va., 1834; ed. pub. schools of W.Va .; married Iowa, 1862, Mary A. Shonts; children: John A., Charles P., David S. Was in banking in Centerville, Ia., 1871-93, when removed to Chicago; now pres. Campbell In- vestment Co. and senior mem. of D. C. & C. P. Campbell, real estate. Residence: 9204 S. Robey St. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul.

CAMPBELL, Donald A., broker; see Vol. 1905. CAMPBELL, Donald Francis, college prof .; born East River, St. Mary's, N. S., Can., Apr. 26, 1867; son George and Ellen Esther (Gunn) Campbell; B.A., Dalhousie Coll., Halifax, N.S., 1890; B.A., Harvard Univ., 1894, M.A., 1895. Ph. D., 1898; married Lou Rena Bates, of Danielson, Conn., Mar. 28, 1906. Instr. mathematics, Har-

vard Univ., 1897-1900; prof. and head dept. mathematics, Armour Inst. Technology, Chica- go, since 1900. Lecturer on ins., Northwestern Univ. School of Commerce. Author: The Ele- ments of the Differential and Integral Calculus, 1904: A Short Course in Differential Equations, 1907; A Short Course in Life Insurance, 1909. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Mathe- matical Soc .; fellow Am. Inst. of Actuaries. Clubs: University, Faculty. Residence: 1134 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Armour Institute.

CAMPBELL, Hilary Erskine, lawyer; born Havana, Ill., Oct. 3, 1876; son Washington Hil- ary and Elisabeth (Conwell) Campbell; ed. Ra- cine Coll. Grammar School, Univ. School, of Wis., Univ. of Chicago, Leland Stanford Univ., Northwestern Univ. Law School; married Lor- raine, daughter of Howard J. Decker, of Chi- cago, June 25, 1901. Admitted to Ill. bar, Oct. 1902; associated first in practice with firm of Parker & Pain; later in office of Charles E. Pain; now mem. firm of Pain, Campbell & Kas- per. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Ill. State Bar Assn., Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Edgewater Golf, Edgewater Country. Residence: 1066 Berwyn Av. Office: Room 1301, 38 S. Dearborn St.

CAMPBELL, James Tweedie, physician; born Whitby, Ont., Can., Nov. 9, 1865; son James and Rebecca (Tweedie) Campbell; ed. pub. and high schools, Whitby, Can .; M.B., Univ. of Toronto, Med. Faculty, 1889; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., New York, 1889; Royal Coll. of Surgeons of England as M.R.C.S., 1890. Since 1890 con- tinuously engaged in practice of medicine and surgery in Chicago, now specializing in diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Formerly instr. anatomy, Northwestern Univ. Med. School; now laryngologist to St. Luke's Hosp., and prof. laryngology, rhinology, and otology, Post-Grad. Med. School. Mem. Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons of Ontario, Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Laryngological Soc. Clubs: University, South Shore Country. Residence: 449 Bowen Av. Or- fice: 15 E. Washington St.

CAMPBELL, John Gailey, physician; born Fonda, N.Y., Dec. 6, 1869; son John D. and Mary (McLaury) Campbell; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1893, A.M., 1896; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1896; married Nelle M. Hawksworth, of Chicago, June 25, 1900; 2 daughters: Margaret and Mary Louise. Interne St. Luke's Hosp .. 1896-8; since then engaged in the practice of internal medicine and obstetrics; clinical instr. in medicine, Northwestern Univ. Med. School: medical referee Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York, and examiner for Hartford Life Ins. Co. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Theta Delta Chi, Phi Beta Kappa, Nu Sigma Nu. Republican. Pres- byterian. Residence: 7143 Princeton Av. Officer. 6914 Wentworth Av.

CAMPBELL, John Gladstone, lawyer; born Whitby, Ont., Jan. 28, 1869; son James and Re- becca (Tweedie) Campbell; grad. Toronto Univ., 1890; took course in law at Osgood Hall, To- ronto, 1890-1; came to Chicago, 1891. Admitted to bar, 1892; associated with the firm of Ald- rich, Payne & Defrees, and when that firm was succeeded by the firm of Defrees, Brace & Rit- ter, became a partner in the latter: now mem. of firm of Defrees, Buckingham, Ritter & Camp- bell. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Legal, Law, Homewood Golf, South Shore Country. Residence: 3545 Ellis Av. Office: Farwell Trust Co. Bldg.

CAMPBELL, Ralph Rankin, physician; born Johnstown, Pa., July 6, 1867: son Gen. Jacob M. and Mary R. Campbell; ed. Johnstown pub. schools, Eldersridge Acad., Pa., The Hill School. Pottstown, Pa., Eastman's Business Coll .. Poughkeepsie, N.Y .; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll .. Phila., Apr. 2, 1890; post-grad. studies in Hei-

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delberg, Germany; married Chicago, Feb. 10, Charles W. and Harriet (Hoyt) Campbell; ed. 1892, lda Belle M. Macarthur; children: Robert pub. school, Bath, N.Y., and Acad. of Canan- daigua, N.Y .; married Chicago, Feb. 13, 1871, Alice Ten Eyck. Was clerk in Pay Dept., U.S. A., during last 2 years of Civil War; clerk in wholesale drug house of Smith, Cutler & Co., Chicago, 1866-8; entered govt. service as ry. postal clerk, Feb. 1868, promoted through grades and became asst. gen. supt. in Washington, 1890; resigned, Feb. 28, 1893, and became con- nected with Am. Surety Co., in Chicago; con- nected with that and other surety cos. until July 1901; since Jan. 1, 1902, mgr. Chicago Safe Deposit Co. Republican. Mason. Residence: 5704 Madison Av. Office: 125 W. Monroe St. Macarthur, Katharine Rankin. Was mechanical and civil engr. previous to taking up study of medicine and surgery; engaged in practice since 1890. Prof. of skin, venereal and genito-urinary diseases, Chicago Policlinic; asso. dermatolo- gist on staff of Cook Co. Hosp .; dermatologist to Passavant Memorial and Policlinic hosps. Has written numerous monographs on subjects pertaining to skin and genito-urinary diseases. Pres. Chicago Urological Soc .; sec. for Section of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, A.M.A. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Urological Soc., Chicago Dermatological Soc. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 32 N. State St.

CAMPBELL, Richard Cobden, gen. freight agt .; born Davenport, Ia., Sept. 2, 1866; son James Daniels and Ada Kate (Campbell) Camp- bell; A.B., Williams Coll., Williamstown, Mass., 1890; married Maude Goodwin, of Marshall- town, Ia., May 1, 1905. Traveling agt. and insp., Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co., 1891-4; chief clerk to lines sales agent, 1894-6, chief clerk to gen. mgr. and to 2d vice- pres. Phila. & Reading Ry. Co., 1896-9; gen. western freight agt. Phila. & Reading Ry. Co. since Aug. 1899, to Central R.R.Co. of N.J. since Mar. 1, 1910. Independent Republican. Episco- palian. Mem. Sigma Phi. Mem. Loyal Legion. Mem. Board of Trade. Club: Traffic. Was capt. Williams Coll. Football Club, 1889, Williams Coll. Baseball Club, 1890; holder of world's amateur record throwing baseball since Oct. 1888. Residence: 4254 Vincennes Av. Office: 500 Old Colony Bldg.

CAMPBELL, Robert Willis, lawyer; born Frankfort, Clinton Co., Ind., July 30, 1874; son Joseph C. and Lena (Nicoll) Campbell; removed in childhood to Cal., where father is mem. of San Francisco bar; ed. pub. schools of Stockton and San Francisco, San Francisco Boys' High School (now Lowell High School); B.A., Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1896; Hastings Coll. of Law, San Francisco, 1897-8; married Wheaton, Ill., Sept. 10, 1901, Bertha, daughter of Hon. Elbert H. and Julia E. (Graves) Gary; 1 daugh- ter: Julia Elizabeth. Read law and was clerk in the office of Reddy, Campbell & Metson, San Francisco, until Apr. 1899, when was admitted to Cal. bar and became managing clerk for the firm until 1900, when, on the death of Mr. Reddy, was admitted to firm under style of Campbell, Metson & Campbell; in May, 1904, came to Chicago, and, resigning from the San Francisco firm, joined Kemper K. Knapp and William Duff Haynie in forming firm of Knapp, Haynie & Campbell, which, on withdrawal of Mr. Haynie on Jan. 1, 1909, became Knapp & Campbell; in gen. practice of law and gen. coun- sel for Ill. Steel Co., and other corpns. Repub- lican. Methodist; K.T., Mason, mem. Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Union League, University, Chi- cago Automobile, Law, Chicago Golf, Wheaton Golf. Residence: 416 Ellis Av., Wheaton, Ill. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

CAMPBELL, William Lorn, vice-pres. Eco- nomical Drug Co .; born Toronto, Ont., Can., Dec. 23, 1871; son John and Caroline Matilda Camp- bell; ed. pub. schools, Toronto, and attended Wellesley High School, 1885; grad. Ontario Coll. of Pharmacy, 1890; married Chicago, 1891, Laura Augusta George. Began experience as druggist in Toronto, 1885, and continued there until after graduation in pharmacy, when came to Chicago and in 1892 joined in the organiza- tion of the Economical Drug Co., operating a retail cut-price drug store, of which he is now vice-pres. Independent in politics. Presbyter- ian. Mason, K.P., Shriner; Knights of Khor- assan. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Woodlawn Temple. Recreation: athletic sports. Residence: 5310 Washington Av. Office: 134 N. State St.

CAMPBELL, William Patterson, business man; born Bath, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1846; son

CAMPION, John, ex-fire marshal; born Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, 1849; son Michael and Julia (Hughes) Campion; came to Chicago in early childhood; ed. parochial, grammar and high schools; married Chicago, Jan. 10, 1872, Mar- garet Mulroy; children: Frank J., Ida, John W., Corinne M. Was appointed on Chicago Fire Dept., Apr. 1, 1870, as pipeman on steam engine Little Giant; promoted asst. foreman, 1871, capt., Nov. 11, 1873; appointed asst. marshal and chief of battalion, Apr. 8, 1882; 3rd asst. fire marshal, July 1, 1893; 2d asst. fire marshal, Apr. 30, 1895; 1st asst. fire marshal, July 1, 1901; ap- pointed fire marshal and chief of brigade, Oct. 17, 1904, by Carter H. Harrison, mayor; now ins. agt. Catholic. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Resi- dence: 3461 Jackson Boul. Office: 29 S. La- Salle St.

CANAVAN, Austin A., lawyer; born Philadel- phia, Nov. 5, 1852; son Anthony and Ann (Hughes) Canavan; removed with parents to Illinois, 1857; grad. St. Viator's Coll., Kankakee Co., Ill., 1874; LL.B., Yale Law School, 1876; married Chicago Dec. 1881, Emma Valliquette. Admitted to bar of Conn., 1876, and to bar of. Ill. same year. Catholic. Residence: 4512 Indi- ana Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

CANBY, Caleb Harlan, broker; senior mem. firm C. H. Canby & Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Residence: 4821 Ellis Av. Office: Board of Trade.

CANDLISH, William James, lawyer; born Forest City, Neb., Aug. 4, 1870; son James and Mary A. (Clair) Candlish; ed. Rawlins (Wyo.) High School, 1887; Adrian (Mich.) Coll., 1887- 91; Chicago Coll. of Law, 1892; Kent Coll. of Law, 1893; married Chicago, Feb. 22, 1894, L. May Poucher, of Adrian, Mich .; 1 daughter; Hazel L. Admitted to bar, Mar. 1893; was clerk for Osborne Bros. & Burgett, lawyers, 3 years; engaged in practice on own account, Jan. 1, 1895; associated with Hon. George Edmund Foss in law practice, 1895-8; mem. firm of Candlish, Fletcher & Hamblen until dissolved. Vice-pres. Capron Creamery Co., Farnam Dental Labora- tory Co., E. B. Fairfield & Co .; sec. Pasture, Stock Food Co. Prof. med. jurisprudence, Ill. Med. Coll., 1897-1903. Author of Candlish on Voluntary Assignments, a treatise on the Ill. law of failures. Republican. Residence: 846 Barry Av. Office: Royal Ins. Bldg.

CANNON, John Cornelius, gen. mgr. Cregier Signal Co .; born Chicago, Sept. 11, 1863; son Cornelius and Ellen (Dooner) Cannon; educated Franklin and Jones schools, Chicago, graduat- ing at 14; married Chicago, Nov. 19, 1890, Anna Redell; children: Irene, Clara. Upon leaving school, 1877, entered employ of Western Elec- tric Co .; promoted at different periods until, at time of leaving that company, May 18, 1903, was in city trade; with Western Electric Co., altogether, 26 years; mgr. of the Consolidated Fire Alarm Co., 1903-6; gen. mgr. Cregier Sig- nal Co. since 1906. Chmn. Board of Election Commrs., July 9, 1906-May 1909; chief clerk Board Election Commrs., May 1, 1909-Dec. 6, 1910; represented 26th Ward in Chicago City Council, Apr. 1897-Apr. 1899; candidate for nom- ination for city clerk, 1911. Republican. Mem. Irish Fellowship Club. Recreations: baseball

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and fishing. Residence: 1811 Larchmont Av. pendent Republican. Club: University. Resi- Office: 30 N. LaSalle St. dence: 2532 Prairie Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Avenue.

CANNON, Thomas Henry, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Jan. 23, 1864; son Thomas and Mary (Walsh) Cannon; ed. pub. schools; grad. Chi- cago High School, 1881; Chicago Coll. of Law, 1892; married Catherine A. Mullen, of Chicago, Aug. 7, 1906. Began practice of law, 1892; in May 1897, associated with James H. Poage, forming the present firm of Cannon & Poage. Republican. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Catholic. Mem. Catholic Order of Foresters (secretary, 1892, and high chief ranger since 1894), Knights of Columbus, Columbian Knights, Royal League, Royal Arcanum, Modern Wood- men. Clubs: Hamilton, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 4043 Sheridan Rd. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg.

CANTILLON, William David, ry. official; born Janesville, Wis., Aug. 5, 1861. Began with C.&N.W.Ry., as brakeman and conductor, 1875- 91, trainmaster, at Milwaukee, 1891-3, asst. supt., at Milwaukee, 1893-7, supt. Minn. and Dak. div., at Winona, Minn., 1897-1901, asst. gen. supt., at Chicago, 1901-2, gen. supt., 1902- 6, asst. gen. mgr., 1906-10, and gen. mgr. since Nov. 1, 1910. Residence: 928 Buena Park Ter- race. Office: 226 W. Jackson Boul.

CANTY, Francis James, gen. atty. London Guarantee & Accident Co .; born Erie, Pa., July 3, 1862; son Jeremiah H. and Mary (Hendricks) Canty; ed. Erie (Pa.) pub. schools up to 1877; Stratford (Ont.) High School, 1878; Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., 1879; Milwaukee (Wis.) High School, 1880-1; Chicago Coll. of Law, 1893- 6; married Washington, D.C., Nov. 23, 1897, Mary H. Coulson; children: Francis Coulson, Mary Loyola, Laura Mercedes. Worked for Wis. Central Ry. and C.,M.&St.P.Ry., in gen. freight and claim offices, and on the road as agent, 1881-92 ; last position, 1891-2, in charge of freight for latter ry. in Chicago; with Am. Casualty Co., as adjuster, 1893; had charge of claim dept., London Guarantee & Accident Co., 1893-6; since gen. atty. for same company. Independent Dem- ocrat. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Yacht, Ridge Country, Beverly Country. Residence: Morgan Park, Ill. Office: 134 S. La- Salle St.

CAPPER, John Sheville, merchant; born Phil- adelphia, Pa., Nov. 19, 1867; son Henry and Sa- rah Jane (Sheville) Capper; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Apr. 25, 1888, Nellie Ebersole; children: Howard Chislett, Emma Bessie (de- ceased), Marion Nell, Marguerite Gertrude, John Sheville, Jr. Began business career as cash boy with C. W. and E. Partridge; then 5 years with C. R. Harshberger, and 3 years with W. B. Blackman & Bro .; pres. and treas. Capper & Capper, mfrs. and retailers men's furnishing goods. Democrat. Universalist. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Horticultural Soc., South West Mich. Breeders' Assn. Mem. Normal Park Lodge A.F.&A.M. Clubs: Beverly Country, Chi- cago Gun. Recreations: breeding high grade cattle (Guernseys), books and outdoor diver- sions. Residence: 5658 South Park Av. Sum- mer Residence: Roseheath Orchards, Osterhaut Lake, Grand Junction, Mich. Office: 18-20 E. Jackson Boul.

CAPPS, Joseph Almarin, physician; born Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 28, 1872; son Stephen R. and Rhoda S. (Tomlin) Capps; A.B., Ill. Coll., 1891; M.D., Harvard Univ. Med. School, 1895; A.M., Harvard Univ., 1897; married Chicago, Ill., 1904, E. Christy Brooks. Fellow in pathol- ogy, 1895-6, house physician, 1 year (1895), Mc- Lean Insane Hospital, Waverley, Mass .; house physician, 1897, in Boston Lying-In Hospital; house physician, Mass. General Hosp., Boston, 2 years; since 1897 in general practice of med- icine in Chicago; since 1898 instructor and asso. prof. medicine, Rush Med. Coll .: asst. visiting physician Presbyterian Hosp .; attending phys- Ician, Cook Co. Hosp., since 1906. Appointed 1st Heut. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, 1911. Inde-

CARD, William Dinsmoor, broker; born Steu- benville, O., Jan. 2, 1869; son William Warren and Harriet (Dinsmoor) Card; prep, edn, pub. school, and Newell Inst., Pittsburg, Pa .; C.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N.Y., 1890; special course in elec. engring., Sibley Coll. of Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y .; married Sada Tra- cy, of Burlington, Ia., Sept. 25, 1901. Engaged with the Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, 1891-2; supt. of the Mellon Pipe Lines, Pittsburg, 1893-4; broker in commercial paper, at Chicago, 1895-1901; out of business and traveling most of the time, 1901-7; mem. firm of Walter Fitch & Co., stock, grain and provision brokers, Chicago, since 1908. Was al- so treasurer and director United Box Board & Paper Co., of New York, 1906. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Mem, Theta Xi fra- ternity, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. Chicago Alumni Assn. Clubs: University. Chicago Ath- letic, Exmoor Country. Recreations: horseback riding, travel. Residence: 179 E. Chestnut St. Office: 1 Board of Trade.

CARDEN, John, grain dealer; born Phelps, Ontario Co., N.Y., Dec. 10, 1855; son John and Bridget (O'Connor) Carden; ed. Chicago pub. schools and St. Mary's of the Lake (parochial) ; married Chicago, Dec. 29, 1878, Anna Reynolds; children: John (deceased), William H., James L., Mary Rosina. Began as a maltster in the employ of Union Brewing Co., Chicago, 1871; later, with father, rented a malt house of Doyle Brewing Co., and operated it for several years; then interested in the Carden Malting Co., 1880- 90; in malting business on own account, 1890- 7, which he sold to the Am. Malting Co. in 1897 and was buyer for that corpn. until 1908; mem. firm of Brennan & Carden, commn. merchants, since 1908. Catholic, Mem. Knights of Colum- bus. Recreations: reading and music. Resi- dence: 426 Belmont Av. Office: 803 Royal Ins. Building.

CARDWELL, James Robert, president Union Draft Gear Co .; born Concord, Va., Oct. 27, 1873; son Charles Wesley and Dolly Ming (Franklin) Cardwell; grad. manual training school of Wash- ington Univ., St. Louis, 1893; married Zonella Durbin, of Chicago, Mar. 14, 1904. With Am. Cotton Oil Co., in various capacities, 1893-1905; organized, Apr. 1905, and since pres. Union Draft Gear Co .; also pres. and dir. Cardwell Mfg. Co .; vice-pres, and dir. Am. Marble Co. Has invented a number of devices now in use. including the friction draft gear. Guarantor Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Union League, City. Edgewater Golf, Western Railway. Recrea- tions: outdoor sports. Residence: 4700 Sheridan Rd. Office: Monadnock Blk.

CAREW, James, actor; born Goshen, Ind., Feb. 5, 1878; ed. pub. schools and business coll .. Chicago, Chicago Conservatory of Music and Columbia Univ., New York; cashier for A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, several years; married at Pittsburgh, Ellen Terry (actress), Mar. 22, 1907. Began professional career, Chicago, 1898: leading man with Amelia Bingham. 1901-2. Max- ine Elliott, 1904-5, and others; leading man with Ellen Terry, since 1906, playing in Captain Brassbounds' Conversion and The Good Hope. Residence: 6247 Wabash Av .. Chicago. Address: 42 St. James Pl., S.W .. London, Eng.

CAREY, see also Carry, also Cary.

CAREY, William P., vice-pres. and mgr. Ca- rey-Lombard Lumber Co .; born Bloomington. Ill., Aug. 25. 1861; son John B. and Sarah ( Ben- nett) Carey: ed. pub. schools: married Vermil- lon, Erie Co .. O., Apr. 23, 1885, Mary E. Young: children: John William. Charles Daniel, Mary J., Clarence J .. Francis E., Katharine S. Began as asst. in lumber yard at Wichita, Kan .; in the

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lumber trade since 1876, and since 1889 vice- pres., dir. and mgr. Carey-Lombard Lumber Co .; also vice-pres. and mgr. of Carey, Lombard, Young & Co. Democrat. Club: Union League. Residence: 3933 Grand Boul. Office: 137 S. La- Salle St.

CARHART, George Tappen, commn. mer- chant; born Chicago, Oct. 17, 1871; son Richard I. and Lucinda A. (Smith) Carhart; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Sept. 19, 1894, Susie P. Page; 2 daughters: Dorothy Murray and Mar- garet. After leaving school in 1888, entered em- ploy of Montague & Co., commn., grain, etc., and has since continued in same house; incor- porated, 1896, and became pres. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Mason. Residence: Waukegan, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

CARLETON, Stanley, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

CARLILE, William Buford, life ins. mgr .; born Lebanon, Ky., Jan 21, 1870; son Charles Robert and Mary Prudence (Spalding) Carlile; ed. private schools, Lebanon, St. Mary's Coll., Ky., and Louisville Business Coll .; married Mem- phis, Tenn., Apr. 26, 1893, Miss Virginia Fon- taine. Entered ins. business, 1890, and was ap- pointed special agent, traveling from the home office of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York; was made inspector of agencies for the U.S. and Can., 1896, and in 1899 came to Chicago to organize the Western special dept .; in 1900 be- came mgr. Chicago agency. Mem. Chicago Life Underwriters' Assn .; vice-pres. Western Mgrs.' Assn. of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of New York. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Union, South Shore Country, Chicago Golf, Chicago Yacht, Mid-Day. Residence: Virginia Hotel. Office: 200 Tribune Bldg.

CARLSON, Anton Julius, physiologist; born Bohuslän, Sweden, Jan. 29, 1875; son Carl and Hedwig (Anderson) Jacobson; came to Amer- ica, 1891; B.S., Augustana Coll., Ill., 1898, M.S., 1899; Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1899-1903, Ph. D., 1902; married Esther Sheagren, of Rock Isl- and, Ill., Sept. 26, 1905. Asst. in physiology, Stanford Univ., 1903; research asst. Carnegie Instn., 1904; instr., Woods Hole laboratories, 1904-7; asst. prof. physiology, 1904-8, prof. since 1909, Univ. of Chicago. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. council Am. Physiol. Soc .; mem. Soc. for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Independ- ent Republican. Clubs: Quadrangle, City. Con- tbr. to Am. and German journals of physiology, on researches, including work on heart and cir- culation, the heart nerves, the lymph and lymph formation, saliva and saliva secretion, the thy- roids, and the distribution of immune bodies in the body fluids, etc. Address: 5228 Greenwood Avenue.

CARLSON, Gustaf Henry, civil engr. and surveyor; born Malmö, Sweden, Apr. 16, 1848; son Carl Axel Carlson; ed. pub. schools of Mal- mö until 10 years old; then at a school at Christiansfeld, Germany, where studied classics and engring., graduating in 1867; returned to Sweden, and was variously employed until 1870, when emigrated to the U.S .; married Hyde Park (Chicago), 1878, Julia Vodoz; children: Gustaf Henry, Jr., Julie Vodoz. On arrival in this coun- try first essayed stock raising in Kansas; came to Chicago, 1872, and entered employ of S. S. Greeley, engr. and surveyor, as asst. engr., un- til 1874, when became asst. engr. of Hyde Park and was engaged in getting out an atlas of that village; returned to Mr. Greeley in 1877, became his partner, 1882, under firm name of Greeley & Co., changing, 2 years later, to Greely, Carlson & Co .; in 1887 incorporated as Greeley, Carlson Co., continued under that name until Feb. 1898, then engaged in business alone. Compiled the last atlas of Chicago from plats and abstracts of title, showing all land within city limits; in 1901-2 he made a complete survey and atlas of the Town of Pullman for the Pullman Co. Asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Democrat.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 36

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