The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 38

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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CARROLL, Lester S., gen. purchasing agt .: born Hemlock Lake, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1865; son of Edwin Morgan and Sarah A. (Thurston) Car- roll; ed. high school, Hillsdale, Mich .: married Alice V. Igel, of Chicago, Nov. 9, 1890; 1 daugh- ter: Dorothy. Began ry. service with C.&N.W. Ry.Co. in 1884, with which has since been iden- tified, as agt., 1884-6, traveling auditor, 1886-91. gen. traveling auditor, 1891-1901, purchasing agt., 1901-11, and gen. purchasing agt. C.&N.W. Ry. and C.,St.P.,M.&O.Ry. since Jan. 2, 1911. Republican. Mem. Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Automobile, Ravenswood, Sko- kie Country. Residence: 4622 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 226 W. Jackson Boul.

CARRY, see also Carey, also Cary.

CARRY, Edward Francis, mfr .; born Fort Wayne, Ind., May 16, 1867; son Joseph J. and Margaret (Stoops) Carry ; ed. pub. schools; mar- ried Chicago, Nov. 28, 1893, Mabel D. Under- wood; children: Mary Ermina, Margaret. First vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Am. Car & Foundry Co. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Commer- cial, Exmoor, Mid-Day, Onwentsia. South Shore Country, Union League. Residence: 1100 Lake Shore Drive. Summer Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Ry. Exchange.

CARSON, Frank Martin, clergyman: born New York, Nov. 23, 1857: son George Webster and Laura A. (Tileston) Carson: grad. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1875: A.B., Amherst ( Mass.) Coll., 1879; grad. Union Theol. Sem .. New York, 1885: student Univ. of Berlin. Ger-

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many, 1885-6; (D.D., Coe Coll., Ia., 1897) ; mar- ried Jennie Madge Sugg, of Clinton, Ja., Oct. 2, 1894; children: Margaret Tileston, Marion Elise, Alice Morgan. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, Nov. 3, 1886; pastor Matteawan, N.Y., 1886-92, Clinton, Ia., 1892-7, First Church, Lake View, Chicago, since Sept. 1897. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Club: University. Residence: 820 Edge- comb Pl.

CARTER, Byron B., mech. engr .; born Lan- caster, Grant Co., Wis., May 30, 1860; son Will- iam E. and Ellen E. (Rowden) Carter; ed. (pri- mary and grades), State Normal School, Platte- ville, Wis .; grad. as Bachelor Mech. Engring., Univ. of Wis., 1883; married Baraboo, Wis., Aug. 3, 1886, Cora B. Walbridge; children: Fan- ny W., Doris E., Persis. Supt. Mason Car & Foundry Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., 1885; chief designer and chief draftsman, also acting asst. supt., M. C. Bullock Mfg. Co., Chicago, 1886-91; consulting engr. on alteration of Kinzie St. Bridge, C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1892; mech. engr. Rock Island bridge, under U.S. Govt., Nov. 1895-Aug. 1896; mem. board of consulting engrs. on city bridges, 1900; designed machinery for Lake Su- perior Power Co.'s controlling dams, 1901; has checked up machinery for nearly every city bridge built since 1899. Mech. engr. of 3 draw bridges on the crossing of the Columbia and Willamette rivers near Portland, Ore., for the S.P.&S.Ry .; had charge of installation of ma- chinery and elec. equipments in C.&N.W.Ry. bridges at Clinton, Ia., and Milwaukee, Wis .; has charge of design, inspection and installa- tion of operating machinery on I.C. and Santa Fé bridges crossing Drainage Canal; also con- sulting engr. for I.C.R.R.Co. in equipping and installing operating machinery on Kensington & Eastern and Cumberland River bridges. Re- publican. Unitarian. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. Club: Engineers'. Recreations: golf, amateur photography. Residence: 59 N. Wash- ington St., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk.

CARTER, Donald M., lawyer; born Collins- ville, Madison Co., Ill., Sept. 12, 1868; son Hen- ry T. and Marium (Smith) Carter; ed. Collins- ville high school; grad. Ia. State Coll., course of mechanical engring., with special course in electricity and degree of B.M.E .; LL.B., Chica- go Coll. of Law (Lake Forest Univ.), 1896. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since engaged in practice in Chicago, now in partnership with Francis W. Parker, in firm of Parker & Carter, making a specialty of patent law. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, South Shore Country, Rotary, City. Residence: 1361 E. 50th St. Office: 1410 Marquette Bldg.

CARTER, Edward Carlos, civil engr .; born Waverly, Ill., Jan. 11, 1854; son George and Louisa J. (Smith) Carter; C.E., Rensselaer Poly- technic Inst., Troy, N.Y., 1876; married Jack- sonville, Ill., Dec. 16, 1880, Fannie G. Fairbank; children: Edward F., Paul E., Gertrude. Began as rodman on the Jacksonville & Southeastern Ry., 1870-1, on Cairo & St. Louis Ry., 1871; drafts- man and mech. engr. Springfield Iron & Steel Co., 1876-7; asst. engr. on Kansas City exten- sion, C.&A.R.R., 1877-8; in employ of U.S. on Miss. River observations, 1878; asst engr. of construction, Indianapolis, Decatur & Spring- field Ry., 1879-80; resident engr., 1880-4, asst. to chief engr., 1884-5, Wabash, St. Louis & Pa- cific Ry .; asst. and contracting engr., Detroit Bridge & Iron Works, 1885-7; principal asst. engr .. 1887-99, chief engr., since Dec. 1899, C.& N.W.Ry. Dir. North Waukegan Harbor & Dock Assn. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engrs., Western Soc. of Engrs., Am. Ry. Guild. Clubs: Union League, Evanston. Residence: 412 Greenwood Boul., Evanston, Ill. Office: 226 W. Jackson Boulevard.

CARTER, Fred Mason, pres. Carter White Lead Co .; born Beardstown, Ill., Dec. 20, 1868; son of Eliphalet Stephen and Ellen Elizabeth (Carter) Carter; ed. pub. schools of Mendota,

Ill .; married Milwaukee, Wis., Mabel Claire Robinson, of Independence, Ia .. July 24, 1893. Pres. Carter White Lead Co. since Jan. 1, 1908. Republican. Christian Scientist. Clubs: Chica- go Athletic, West Pullman Country, Midlothian. Recreations: shooting, fishing, golf. Residence: 12204 Stewart Av. Office: 12040 Peoria St.

CARTER, Henry Wallace, patent atty. and expert; born Chicago, June 5, 1866; son Con- sider B. and Emma (Marsh) Carter; ed. Skin- ner (pub. ) school, West Division High School, Chicago, Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic Inst., and Nat. Coll. of Law, Washington, D.C .; mar- ried Washington, June 1, 1898, Anna Macauley; children: Macauley, Henry Wallace, Jr., War- ren Gillette. Was asst. examiner of patents U.S. Patent Office, Washington, 1889-92; since 1892 engaged in practice as expert and coun- selor in patent causes. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Western Soc. of Engrs. Club: Union League. Residence: 6132 Winthrop Av. Office: Monadnock Blk.

CARTER, Howard Marshall, lawyer; born Chicago, May 31, 1869; son Consider B. and Emma (Marsh) Carter; ed. Chicago public schools; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1890; married Newark, N.J., Oct. 10, 1893, Louise Johnson. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890. Residence: 726 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Marquette Bldg.

CARTER, James Benajah, merchant; born Jefferson Co., N.Y., Oct. 16, 1849; son Benajah Carter, Jr. and Isabel (Cole) Carter; ed. pub. schools, N.Y. and Ill .; married Chicago, Dec. 29, 1873, Emma Chambers; children: Edith, Anna, Nettie. Coming to Chicago was driver of an ice wagon for 1 year, for W. T. B. Reed; then en- gaged in the grocery business and afterward, in 1877, in the grain business with his brother Zina and with E. W. Fisher, to which the pres- ent business under the style of Z. R. Carter & Bro. are the successors. Baptist. Residence: 4742 Sheridan Rd. Office: 813 W. 16th St.

CARTER, James Madison Gore, physician; born Johnson Co., Ill., Apr. 15, 1843; son Rev. William B. and Mary A. (Deans) Carter; A.B., St. John's Coll., 1874; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1880; A.M., McKendree Coll., 1881, Ph.D., 1887; Sc.D., Lake Forest Univ., 1887; married Eunice R. Northrop, of Fairfield, Vt., 1873 (died 1887); children: Florence Emeline, Helen M., William N .; married 2d, Mrs. Emogene P. Earle, of Chi- cago, June 18, 1890. Served in Co. K, 60th Ill. Vols., 1861-5; was at Island No. 10, Corinth, Nashville, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga to Atlan- ta, with Sherman to the sea, through Carolinas to Rockingham, N.C., where was captured and taken to Libby Prison. Prof. pathology and hygiene, 1891-5, clin. and preventive medicine, 1895-9, prof. emeritus, since 1900, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago (Univ. of Ill.). Mem. Am. Acad. Medicine, A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Society (pres., 1897-8), Chicago Med. Soc., A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Hist. Assn. Mason (32°, K.T.). Club: University. Author: Outlines of Medical Botany of the United States, 1888; Catarrhal Diseases of the Res- piratory Organs, 1895; Diseases of the Stomach, 1902. Also various med. monographs and pa- pers. Residence: 4021 Lake Av. Office: 950 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

CARTER, James Swift, pres. Chapin &. Gore; born Allegany Co., N.Y., Oct. 17, 1834; son Ben- jamin and Sarah (Swift) Carter; ed. public schools; married Chicago, Oct. 6, 1873, Frances Buell; 1 daughter: Kathryn. Began as clerk in country store at Woodstock, McHenry Co., Ill .; chief deputy clerk Circuit Court and recorder of deeds, 1854-8; came to Chicago, 1862, and was bookkeeper for Philip Wadsworth & Co., wholesale clothing, 1862-70; in 1872 became connected with house of Chapin & Gore, first as bookkeeper, then as partner, and upon incor- poration was made sec .- treas. of the co .; on death of Mr. Chapin became pres. Independ-

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ent in politics. Episcopalian. Club: South mer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: Union Stock Yards.

Shore Country. Residence: 5112 Cornell Av. Office: 63 E. Adams St.

CARTER, Leslie, lawyer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

CARTER, Oliver Clinton, gen. freight agt .; born Bloomington, Ind., Mar. 29, 1864; son John Clinton and Theresa Lucretia (Cron) Carter; ed. pub. schools, Bloomington. Since Apr. 1, 1885, in service of Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Ry., and its successor, the Chicago, Indianapo- lis & Louisville Ry. (Monon Route), as mes- senger, clerk and baggageman at Bloomington, Ind., 1885-6; asst. agt., same place, 1886-7; clerk local freight office, Chicago, 1887-9; asst. traveling auditor, 1889-90; asst. traveling au- ditor and local agt. Southern Ry. (L.,N.A.&C. Ry.Co., lessee), Lawrenceburg, Ky., 1890-2; traveling auditor L.,N.A.&C.Ry.Co., and its suc- cessor, C.,I.&L.Ry.Co., 1892-1900; general stone agt., C.,I.&L.Ry.Co., 1900-2; since Aug. 15, 1902, gen. freight agt., same road. Mem. Am. Assn. Freight Traffic Officers, Ind. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Illi- nois, Traffic. Recreations: motoring, hunting. Residence: 5316 Lexington Av. Office: Republic Building.

CARTER, Orrin Nelson, judge; born Jeffer- son Co., N.Y., Jan. 22, 1854; son Benajah and Isabel (Cole) Carter; when he was 10 years old parents removed to DuPage Co., Ill .; early edn. district schools of N.Y. and Ill .; worked his way through Wheaton Coll., graduating A.B., 1877 (LL.D., 1899); studied law in Chicago un- der Judge M. F. Tuley and Gen. I. N. Stiles; taught school; co. supt. of schools of Grundy Co., Ill., 1880-2; resigned to practice law; mar- ried Morris, Ill., Aug. 1, 1881, Nettie J. Steven; children: Allan J., Ruth G. Admitted to bar, 1880; practiced at Morris, Ill .; prosecuting atty. of Grundy Co., Ill., 1882-8, and had charge of some. important criminal trials, notably the prosecu- tion of Henry Schwartz and Newton Watt for the murder of Kellogg Nichols, an express mes- senger on the C.,R.I.&P.Ry., convicting both men and securing a verdict of imprisonment for life; came to Chicago, 1888, and engaged in practice; atty. for Sanitary District of Chicago (Drainage Board), 1892-4; elected co. judge of Cook Co., 1894, re-elected, 1898 and 1902, last time without opposition; resigned when elected justice of the Supreme Court of Ill., June 1906. Chmn. Chicago Charter Conv., 1905-6. Repub- lican. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Member First Con- gregational Church, Evanston. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Congregational (ex-pres.). Recreations: walking and golf. Residence: 619 University Pl., Evanston, Ill. Chambers: Court House, Chicago; Supreme Court Bldg., Spring- field, Ill.

CARTER, William J., pres. Carter & Holmes, neckwear. Residence: 4958 Madison Av. Office: 424 S. 5th Av.

CARTER, Zina R., grain and feed merchant; born in log cabin, Jefferson Co., N.Y., Oct. 23, 1846; son Benajah and Isabel (Cole) Carter; worked on farm and attended school for a brief period; removed to DuPage Co., Ill., when 18 years old and worked on farm several years; came to Chicago and opened a store on the west side, firm now being Zina R. Carter & Bro. Has been alderman; candidate for mayor of Chica- go, 1899; mem. board of trustees, Sanitary Dis- trict of Chicago, 1895-1905 (pres. same, 1903-5). Mem. Chicago Board of Trade since 1872, and was its pres., 1898. Republican. Residence: 1819 Trumbull Av. Offices: 813 W. 16th St. and Se- curity Bldg.

CARTON, Laurence Arthur, treas. and dir. Swift & Co., Swift Fertilizer Works. Franklin Salt Co .; dir. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Nat. Pack- ing Co., Ill. Cattle Co. Clubs: Chicago, Ken- wood, Twentieth Century, Homewood, Chicago Literary. Residence: 4923 Greenwood Av. Sum-

CARTWRIGHT, Charles Merritt, ins. jour- nalist; born Waynesville, O., Nov. 2, 1869; son Seth Levering and Emma F. Cartwright; began edn. in country schools; grad. Waynesville High School, 1866; attended Nat. Normal Univ., Leb- anon, O .; B.A., magna cum laude, Princeton Univ., 1894, receiving the Boudinot fellowship in his- tory; married Oak Park, Aug. 28, 1902, Kathryn B. Abbott; children: Stanley Levering and Hel- en Louise. Began newspaper work as reporter on staff of Chicago Inter Ocean, 1894, becom- ing insurance editor in 1895; resigned, 1898, to become editor of the Western Underwriter, then published in Cincinnati; a Chicago office was opened in 1899; since 1900 has been mgr. of the Western Underwriter Co., and its vice-pres. During 1904, insurance editor, Chicago Tribune. Club: Press. Republican. Episcopalian. Resi- dence: 2215 Lincoln St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 9 S. LaSalle St.

CARUS, Paul, editor, author; born Ilsenburg, Germany, July 18, 1852; son Dr. Gustav and Laura (Krueger) Carus; ed. in Gymnasium at Stettin, Univ. of Strassburg; Ph.D., Univ. of Tübingen, 1876; married Mary Hegeler, Mar. 29, 1888. Editor, The Open Court, and The Monist, Chicago. Author of many volumes, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: LaSalle, Ill. Office: 629 S. Wabash Av.

CARY, see also Carey, also Carry.

CARY, Frank, physician; born Calumet, Wis., Oct. 21, 1857; son Amzi B. Cary, M.D. (surgeon U.S.A.), and Ellen E. Cary; student at Cornell Univ. in class of 1881; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1882; married Aug. 13, 1885, Harriet Heyl (A.B., Cornell; M.D., Blackwell Med. Coll., New York); children: Eugene, Louis, Clara. Soon after graduation entered Wis. State Asy- lum as asst. to Dr. Walter Kempster for 6 months; interne St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago. 18 months; appointed pathologist to St. Luke's Hospital; afterward lecturer and subsequently prof. pathology and still later prof. internal medicine, Woman's Med. Coll .; obstetrician to St. Luke's Hosp. since 1891; also obstetrician at Michael Reese Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., A.M.A., Medico-Legal Soc. Mem. Loyal Le- gion. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Quad- rangle. Office: 2935 Indiana Av.

CARY, Robert John, lawyer; born Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 6, 1868; son Alfred L. and Harriet Maria (Van Slyke) Cary; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1890, A.M., 1892. Came from Milwaukee in 1892 and entered office of Johnson & Morrill; in 1894 entered office of Charles H. Aldrich; formed partnership with Bertrand Walker, 1895, as Cary & Walker, and on Feb. 1, 1904, firm name was changed to Glennon, Cary & Walker; now Glennon, Cary, Walker & Howe; gen. counsel for Chicago, Ind. & Southern R.R. Co., Ind. Harbor Belt Co .; gen. attys. for L.S.&M.S.Ry.Co. and C.,C.,C.&St.L.Ry. Co .; local attys. for N. Y., C.& St.L.R.R. and Pere Marquette R.R .. Presby- terian. Clubs: University, Saddle and Cycle. Recreations: golf, tennis. Residence: 153 E. Erie St. Office: LaSalle St. Station.

*CASE, Alfred Ernest, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

CASE, Calvin Suveril, orthopedic dentist: born Jackson, Mich .. Apr. 24, 1847; son Calvin R. and Lois P. (Meade) Case; grad. from Jones- ville (Mich.) High School; D.D.S., Ohio Dental Coll., 1871; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1884; married Jonesville, Mich., July 2, 1869, Florence Baxter: children: Elisabeth Lois, Carl B. Began prac- tice of dentistry, 1868, as partner of Dr. J. A. Robinson, Jackson, Michigan: demonstrator of prosthesis, Univ. of Mich., 1881-6; prof. of pros- thetic dentistry and orthodontia, Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1890-5, prof. of orthodontia in same, since 1895; prof. orthodontia, Western Reserve Univ., Ohio, 1898-1902. President C.S. Case Co., mfrs. of special dental supplies. Mem.

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Nat. Dental Assn., Internat. Dental Assn., Ill. N.Y., Oct. 26, 1907. Ordained Universalist min- State Med. Soc., Internat. Med. Soc., Chicago Dental Soc., etc. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: yachting, archery, golf. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 1120 Stew- art Bldg.

CASE, Charles Hosmer, retired underwriter; born Coventry, Vt .. Sept. 8, 1829; son Rev. Ly- man and Phebe (Hollister) Case; grad. Bakers- field Acad., 1851; (LL.D., Wheaton Coll., 1901); married Mar. 25, 1852, Laura P., daughter of Andrew Farnsworth, of Bakersfield, Vt. Came west from Vt., spring of 1852; taught private acad. at Warsaw, Ill., several years, and was for 5 years supt. of pub. schools at Warsaw; entered on work of ins. adjuster and special agent in 1862; removed to Chicago, 1867, and became head of a local fire ins. agency also; in 1871 became mgr. for the Royal Ins. Co. of England, for the Northwestern States, and con- tinued until he retired from business. Superin- tended erection of the Royal Insurance Bldg., Chicago, 1883-5. Student of electricity, bacteri- ology, psychology and archaeology. Republican (alderman, Chicago, 1875-6). Mem. First Con- gregational Church (deacon and trustee); was supt. of the Sunday School 13 years; corporate mem. Am. Board of Commrs. for Foreign Mis- sions since 1875; trustee Wheaton Coll. since 1890. Was formerly pres. board of directors Washingtonian Home Assn. 25 years and sev- eral years pres. of the Newsboys' Home, and dir. Chicago Relief Soc .; charter mem. Irving Literary Soc. for 35 years, and of The Gnosis (literary soc.) 12 years. Club: Union League (from its organization). Recreation: study of science. Residence: 220 Ashland Boul.

CASE, Edward Beecher, insurance; born Bos- ton, Mass., Feb. 2, 1853; son Lyman G. and Mary (Cushing) Case; early edn. pub. schools of Cambridgeport, Mass .; grad. Phillips' Acad., Andover, Mass., 1873; entered Yale, 1873, in class of 1877, but left in 1875, to enter business life, coming to Chicago; married Aurora, Ill., Sept. 1, 1880, Lilly Prentiss; children: Pren- tiss Hovey, Emma Louise, Lilly Winifred (Mrs. C. M. Vail), Edith. Was with the Royal Ins. Co., 1875-97; senior mem. firm of Case, Nye, Shepherd & Bowden, until 1905, when consoli- dated with Moore, Janes. Lyman & Herrick un- der present firm name of Moore, Case, Lyman & Hubbard. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, New England Soc., Soc. Mayflower Descend- ants, S.A.R. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athletic, Hamilton. Recreations: fishing, golf, athletics. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 29 S. LaSalle St.

CASE, Elisha W., pres. Case & Martin Co .; born Norwich, Conn., Jan. 3, 1833; son John and Diana (Congdon) Case; ed. pub. schools of Nor- wich; married June 1, 1851, Eliza Jane, daugh- ter William Baldwin, of Branford, Conn .; chil- dren: John Morton, Charles E., Elmer G., Edna J. In 1849 entered employ of his brother, Charles A., a mfr. of pies at Norwich, Conn., and moved to New York; in 1854 they removed to Chicago and established the Connecticut Pie Bakery at 72 Milwaukee Av., then on the out- skirts; conducted it until 1858, when they closed it out, taking charge of the pie dept. of the newly established Mechanical Bakery; in 1863 went to a farm in Clinton Co., Ia .; returned to Chicago, 1866, re-established the Conn. Pie Ba- kery, with S. F. W. Martin, on Apr. 26, 1869, the firm being Case & Martin until 1891, when it was incorporated as Case & Martin Co., of which is pres. Deacon Western Av. Baptist Church for 25 years. Residence: 3334 Wash- ington Boul. Office: 1807 Walnut St.

CASE, Lorenzo D., clergyman; born Water- town, N.Y., Jan. 25, 1872; son Edward E. and Lorain (Weese) Case; Ph.B .. St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N.Y., 1895; grad. Theol. School, Canton, 1896; (D.D., Lombard Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1907); married Inez L. Ladd, of Victor,

istry, 1896; pastor Rome, N.Y., 1895-1900, Al- bany, N.Y., 1900-6, St. Paul's Church, Chicago, since 1906. Trustee Lombard Coll. and Uni- versalist Ch. of Ill. Mem. Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University. Residence: 3006 Prairie Av.

*CASE, Munson T., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

CASE, Theodore Gibbs, lawyer; born Castle- ton, N.Y., July 13, 1853; son Timothy and An- geline (Cornell) Case; attended acad. at New- ton, N.J .; LL.B., law dept., New York Univ., 1876; married Cornille V. Ryce, of New York, Aug. 15, 1882; 1 son: Paul Theodore. In early '70s engaged in railroad construction in Tex., but soon returned to New York; studied law under Linn & Babbitt, of Jersey City, N.J., and under Hon. William M. Evarts, New York City, and in law school. Admitted to bar, 1876; in 1878, as one of solicitors of Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. was assigned to conduct foreclosure of the co.'s 1st and 2d mortgages upon the Green Bay and Minn. R.R .; went to Green Bay and obtained decree of $6,300,000 for his client; removed to St. Louis, 1884; was identified with much important litigation there and foreclosed the 1st mortgage of the St. Louis, Hannibal & Keokuk R.R. Co .; in general practice in Chica- go since 1886, though giving special attention to criminal and personal injury cases. In 1889 in the Cook Co. Criminal Court, he secured a ruling that defendants before police magis- trates involving bridewell sentence, were en- titled to trial by jury. In 1899 the Cook Co. Criminal Court upheld his opinion that in all criminal cases jurisdiction attached at the time mittimus was issued and not from date of in- dictment; originated, and by persistent effort secured the passage of the Short Cause Calen- dar Law. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. Club: Press (life). Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 131 N. Clark St.

CASE, William Warren, lawyer; born Worth- ington, O., Mar. 5, 1857; son William Phelps and Fredonia Whiting (Burr) Case; A.B., Har- vard Univ., Harvard Law School, 1881-3; mar- ried St. Paul, Minn., June 15, 1892, Marian Ward Ingersoll; children: Elizabeth, Isabel, Winthrop Warren, Emily. Admitted to bar at St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 1883; removed to Chicago, Dec. 24, 1884, and since engaged in general practice; mem. firm of Willits, Robbins & Case, Sept. 1891, Green, Willits & Robbins, May 1, 1893, Willits, Case & Odell, June 1, 1894-June 1, 1896; now mem. firm of Matz, Fisher & Boy- den. Mem. Law Club, Chicago Bar Assn. Re- publican. Clubs: City, University. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St.

CASEY, Howard Darst, lumber mfr .; born Peoria, Ill., Dec. 31, 1875; son Edwin A. and Mary E. (Darst) Casey; early edn. pub. schs. of Peoria, followed by 2 years at Pa. Mil. Coll .; attended Univ. of Chicago, 1896-7; married Miss Myrtle Hartwell, of Chicago, Mar. 19, 1902; 1 son: Edwin H. Came to Chicago in 1888; en- gaged in the lumber business since 1902; or- ganized the firm of Howard D. Casey & Co., wholesale and retail lumber, yards at 249 Cher- ry Av., in 1905, of which has since been the head; also vice-pres. and dir. Forest Products Co .; sec. and treas. Western Pine Lumber Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: motoring, golf. Residence: 928 Glengyle Av. Office: 1337 Unity Bldg.

CASEY, John Dominick, lawyer; born Chica- go, Aug. 4, 1864; son Thomas P. and Katherine (Bern) Casey; ed. West Division High School, Chicago; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1888; mar- ried Chicago, Jan. 5, 1898, Margaret E. Cana- van; 1 daughter: Mary Katherine E. In operat- ing dept. of the C.,B.&Q.R.R., during which took up study of law; engaged in law practice since 1888; master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1896-8; asst. to probate judge of Cook

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Co., 1898-1907. Republican. Catholic. Mem. Ill. Bridges, 1909-10; mem. law firm of Wilkerson & State Bar Assn., Cook Co. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Knights of Co- lumbus. Residence: 4309 Washington Boul. Of- fice: 701, 89 W. Randolph St.

CASSADY, Harry James, pres. Cassady-Fair- bank Mfg. Co., hardware specialties, steel stampings and automatic screw work; born Phila., Sept. 3, 1857; son James and Jane (Mor- gan) Cassady; ed. pub. school, Boston, known as Fort Hill, under William T. Adams ("Oliver Optic"); married Margaret I. Fitzpatrick, of Somerville, Mass., Oct. 4, 1892; children: Dor- othy, Ethel, Edith and (adopted) Harry, Annie. Began with Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., wholesale hardware, continuing 12 years, 1878- 90; mgr. for mills of Federal Mfg. Co., 1897- 1905; bought out the Chicago mill of the co. and organized the Cassady-Fairbank Mfg. Co., 1905, of which has since been pres. Democrat. Catholic. Formerly mem. Inst. of Technology, Boston, and Microscopical Soc., Boston; mem. Knights of Columbus. Formerly mem. Mont- gomery Light Guards, Boston. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore (Chicago), Engineers' (New York). Recreations: collie dogs, micro- scope and automobile. Has a kennel of Collie dogs of his own raising, which is regarded as one of the finest in America; has a fine micro- scope and does a lot of work with it, having many slides of his own making; owner of au- tomobile for more than 8 years; has a lot of medals which he won as a bicycle rider. Res- idence: 4833 Kimbark Av. Office: 6130 LaSalle Street.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 38

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