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CASSELBERRY, William Evans, physician; born Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 6, 1858; son Jacob Rush and Ellen Lane (Evans) Casselberry; ed. Fremont Seminary, Norristown, Pa., 1870-2; grad. Lincoln (pub.) School, 1875; Univ. of Pa., Auxiliary Dept. of Medicine, 1875-6, M.D., 1879; interne at Germantown Hosp., Phila., 1879-81; post-grad. courses at Univ. of Vienna, 1881-2; London Throat Hosp., 1882; married Chicago, June 23, 1891, Lilian Hibbard; children: Hib- bard, Catherine, William Evans, Jr. Since 1883 engaged in practice in Chicago; specialist in diseases of the throat. Prof. therapeutics, 1883- 94, and of laryngology since 1894, Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School; laryngologist to St. Luke's and Wesley hosps. Mem. Chicago Acad. of Science; ex-pres. Am. Laryngological Assn .; ex-pres. Chicago Laryngological Assn .; mem. Am. Climatological Assn., A.M.A., Ill. State Medical Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, Physicians'. Rec- reation: landscape gardening. Residence: 1830 Calumet Av. Office: 15 E. Washington St.
CASSELL, Byron, treas. and asst. sec. Chi- cago, Indianapolis & Louisville Ry. Co .; born Clark Co., Ind., Apr. 21, 1854; son Apollos H. and Emeline (Hallet) Cassell; ed. pub. schools; married Solon, O., Aug. 27. 1877, Florence Ade- laide Rhoads; children: Ada, Mayme, Marjorie. Began active career as telegraph operator, New Albany. Ind., Feb. 20, 1870; promoted to clerk in treas. dept., L.,N.,A.&C.Ry.Co., 1875, chief clerk, 1880; treas. C.,I.&L.Ry.Co., May 12, 1906; also dir. and asst. sec. Indianapolis & Louis- ville Ry .; dir., sec. and treas. Indiana Stone R.R. Co .; dir. and sec. Consolidated Stone Co .; sco. and treas. Terminal & Warehouse Co., of Louisville. Republican. Baptist. Residence: 3445 Ivison Av., Berwyn, Ill. Office: 1912 Re- public Bldg.
CASSELS, Edwin Henry, lawyer; born To- mah, Wis., Oct. 6, 1874; son William Beveredge and Mary (Wilson) Cassels; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1895; A.M., Harvard, 1900; Harvard Law School; married May van Steenwyk, of La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 25, 1903. Admitted to Wis. bar and began practice at LaCrosse, 1900; re- moved to Chicago, 1903: asst. corpn. counsel. Chicago, 1907-9; special counsel to Chicago City Council Com. on Harbors, Wharves and
Cassels. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club, Legal Club. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Delta Upsilon fraternity. Clubs: University, City, Harvard, Hamilton, Marquette, Chicago Literary, Skokie Country. Residence: 11 E. Goethe St. Office: 420 The Rookery.
CASTLE, Charles Houston, accountant and administrator; born Chicago, June 30, 1863; son Charles Waters and Isabel (Houston) Castle; ed. private, elementary and public grammar schools, Chicago; grad. Dufferin Coll., London, Ont., Can., 1882; married Louise Clegg, of Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 2, 1902; 1 son: Houston Clegg. With bank of Montreal at Chicago as teller and clerk, 1882-1901; pres. Nebraska City Packing Co .; mgr. Hawthorne Land & Improve- ment Co .; sec. and treas. Seaverns Elevator Co .; sec. Calumet Grain & Elevator Co. Trus- tee Univ. Lecture Assn. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Recreations: reading, lectures, walking. Residence: 6441 Kimbark Av. Office: 374 The Rookery.
CASTLE, Charles Sumner, banker; born Bar- rington, ,Cook Co., Ill., May 13, 1859; son Lester D. and Lucy A. (Taylor) Castle; high school edn .; thrice married; 3d time at Austin, Ill., Apr. 16, 1893, Bessie Kaywood; children: Ward C., Sidney L., Charles S., Jr., Ruth Anna. Taught district school, Palatine, Ill., 1877-8; clerk treas.' office, C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co., 1878-80; clerk freight auditor's office, C.&N.W.Ry.Co., 1880-1; bookkeeper John V. Farwell Co., 1881- 9; postmaster, Austin, Ill., 1889-94; treas. Town of Cicero, 1894-7; pres. Austin State Bank since Jan. 1, 1895; vice-pres. Federal Trust & Sav- ings Bank, Chicago, June 2, 1902-May 1905; cashier Am. Trust & Savings Bank. 1905-9; cashier Continental Nat. Bank, 1909-10; pres. Standard Trust & Savings Bank since 1910; dir. Des Plaines State Bank, Niles Center State Bank, Kee & Chappell Dairy Co. Republican. Mem. Royal League, National Union. Clubs: Union League, Bankers', Mid-Day, Westward Ho, The Oaks (Austin). Recreations: golf and fishing. Residence: 322 N. Central Av., Austin. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
CASTLE, Clarence Fassett, univ. prof .; born Granville, O., Oct. 12, 1856; son William Au- gustus and Sarah (Fassett) Castle; A. B., Deni- son Univ., Granville, 1880; Ph.D., Yale Univ., 1888; studied at univs. of Göttingen and Ber- lin. Germany, 1895, 1900-1; married Mary Shirk, of Greensburg, Ind., July 26, 1883. Prof. Greek. Bucknell . Univ., Lewisburg, Pa., 1888-92; asst. prof. Greek, 1892-5, asso. prof. since 1895, dean Junior Colls., 1898-1905, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Philol. Soc., Beta Theta Pi. Club: Quad- rangle. Author: Inductive Greek Primer, 1894: Greek Prose Composition, 1894. Residence: 5715 Monroe Av.
*CASTLE, Egbert Hosford, mfr .; moved to Quincy, Ill .; see Vol. 1905.
CASTLE, Howard Percy, lawyer; born on farm nr. Barrington, Cook Co., Ill., Feb. 4, 1878: son Arthur L. and Grace E. (Wood) Castle; ed. pub. schs., Dundee and Elgin, Ill .: grad. Elgin High School, 1895; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law. 1901; married Sarah E. Edwards, of Adri- an. Mich., Sept. 17, 1908; 1 daughter: Grace Elinor. Mem. law firm of Castle, Williams & Smith, 1904-5, Castle, Williams & Castle. 1905- 6, Castle, Williams, Long & Castle since May 1. 1906. Village atty. of Barrington. Ill. Mom. Chicago Bar Assn .. Chicago Law Inst., Ill. Soc. Sons of Revolution, Phi Delta Phi (legal fra- ternity). Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: The Oaks, Hamilton, Elgin Tennis, Barrington Tennis. Recreations: tennis and other outdoor exercises. Residence: Barrington . 1019-21 Chamber of Commerce.
CASTLE, Percy V., lawyer; born Barrington. Cook Co., Ill., Feb. 16, 1857; son Lester D. and LAICy A. (Taylor) Castle: ed. Palatino (III. ) High School; Northern Ind. Normal School,
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Valparaiso, Ind., and Union Coll. of Law, Chi- without a partner. Trustee and legal adviser of cago; married Chicago, Jan. 3, 1888, Jessie his alma mater, Ia. Coll. Vice-pres. Quaker Mfg. Co .; treas. Coahuila Mining & Smelting Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, City. Residence: 5545 Washington Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St. Dunlap; children: Ina, Dunlap. Principal of school at Arlington Heights, Ill., 2 years; be- came resident of Chicago, 1882; taught school 5 years; admitted to bar, 1884; mem. firm of Manning & Castle, 1884-91, after that of Cut- ting & Castle, Castle, Williams & Smith, and CAVANAUGH, see also Kavanagh. now senior mem. of Castle, Williams, Long & Castle. Inheritance tax atty. for Cook Co., 1906- 9. Dir. Austin State Bank. Has been mem. Aus- tin Board of Edn. Clubs: Oaks (Austin), West- ward Ho. Hamilton, Union League. Residence: 314 N. Waller Av., Austin. Office: Chamber of Commerce.
CASTLE, Perley de Los, cashier Austin State Bank; born Barrington, Cook Co., Ill., Mar. 2, 1863; son Lester D. and Lucy A. (Taylor) Cas- tle; ed. in pub. schools of Barrington, Ill .; mar- ried Ridgefield, Ill., 1890, Edith A. Davis; chil- dren: Harold A., Lester D., Dorothy I. Engaged in general merchandise business at McHenry, Ill., 1884-90; came to Chicago, 1890, and has since been engaged as cashier of the Austin State Bank of Chicago, in which is also a dir. Republican. Clubs: Oaks, Westward Ho Golf. Residence: 5914 Midway Park. Office: 5637 South Boulevard.
CASTLE, William, vocal dir .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
CASTOR, Hiram Charles, life insurance ; born Indianapolis, Ind., Apr. 11, 1866; son of Edwin A. and Samantha (Graham) Castor; ed. in pub. schools of Indianapolis; M.D., Med. Coll. of Ind., 1890; married Daisy Holl, of Indianapolis, June 22, 1896; 1 daughter: Mildred M. Prac- ticed medicine in Indianapolis, 1890-7, then re- moved to Chicago, continuing in practice 3 years; in life ins. business since 1900; mgr. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co. since 1907. Mem. Life Underwriters' Assn. of Chicago, Ind. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Capt., retired, Ind.N.G .; now capt. of arty. and aide-de-camp on staff of Maj .- Gen. Edward C. Young, I.N.G. Club: Hamilton. Residence: 3815 Pine Grove Av. Of- fice: 19 S. LaSalle St.
CASWELL, Charles Lee, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Dec. 10, 1874; son Charles Lee and Edith (Alison) Caswell; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1896. Admitted to bar, 1896, and since engaged in general practice; now of law firm of Caswell & Healy. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Served for 4 years as mem. of Co. H, 1st Inf., I.N.G., including service in the Pana strike, 1893, and the Pullman strike, 1894. Mason; mem. Chevalier Bayard Com- mandery, K.T. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ken- wood. Residence: 544 Aldine Sq. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
CATHERWOOD, Robert, patent lawyer; born Hoopeston, Ill., Aug. 7, 1874; son Allen Thomp- son and Cornelia (Hartwell) Catherwood; ed. Hoopeston pub. and high schools; Rossville, Ill., High School, 1890-2; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1896; student law school of same, 1896- 9; married Chicago, June 4, 1902, Lucy Cotton Morris. Admitted to bar, 1896. Pres. Chicago Civil Service Reform Assn .; trustee Alliance Française. Mem. Delta Upsilon, Delta Chi. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, City, Legal, Hamilton, Twentieth Century. Residence: 4442 Grand Boul. Office: 924 Marquette Bldg.
CATLIN, George, mfg. druggist; 1843-1910; see Vol. 1905.
CAVANAUGH, Joseph B., coal merchant; born Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 29, 1861; son Ber- nard and Margaret Frances (Oxley) Cavanaugh; grad. Sacred Heart Coll., Watertown, Wis., 1876; married Milwaukee, Oct. 9, 1889, Mary Shea; 1 daughter: Mary. Began as clerk in gen. freight dept. C.&N.W.Ry., Chicago, 1877; con- tracting agt. same road, 1881-7; commercial agt. Wis. Central R.R., 1887-9; asst. gen. freight agt., same, Milwaukee, 1889-91, and gen. freight agt., Chicago, 1891-3; gen. freight and passen- ger agt. E.&T.H.R.R., Evansville, Ind., 1893-5; gen. sales agt. Sunday Creek Coal Co., Chicago, 1895-1900; sec. and treas. Western Coal & Dock Co., Chicago, since 1900; also pres. Big 4 Wil- mington Coal Co., Barney Coal Co .; vice-pres. Sterling Coal & Coke Co., Egyptian Powder Co .; sec. and treas. Big Black Coal Co .; treas. Calu- met Engr. Works, General Wilmington Coal Co. Catholic. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Chi- cago Automobile. Recreations: outdoor diver- sions. Residence: 523 Stratford Pl. Office: 407 S. Dearborn St.
CAVERLY, John Richard, asso. judge Mu- nicipal Court; born London, Eng., Dec. 6, 1861; son James and Mary (Boulter) Caverly; ed. An- nunciation Parish School; grad. St. Patrick's Acad .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law (Lake For- est Univ.), 1897; married Chicago, Sept. 15, 1898, Charlotte J. Cochran. Asst. city atty. of Chicago, 1897-May 1903; justice of the peace and police magistrate, May 18, 1903-Dec. 1, 1906; apptd. city atty. Jan. 1, 1907; elected asso. judge the Municipal Court, for term of 6 years, Nov. 8, 1910. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Chica- go Democratic Club, Cook Co. Democratic Club, Knights of Columbus, Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Clubs: Iroquois, Ill. Athletic. Residence: McCoy's Hotel. Office: 38 S. Dear- born St.
CAWARD, Olin Mason, clergyman; born On- tario Co., N.Y., May 17, 1876; son John Robert and Elizabeth Ann (Hall) Caward; grad. Frank- lin Acad., Prattsburg, N.Y., 1898; B.A., Wes- leyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1903; M.A., Har- vard Univ., 1905; married Clarita Hammond, of Peoria, Ill., Jan. 6, 1909. Ordained Congrega- tional ministry, 1905; asso. pastor Bethseda Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1905-6; pastor First Church, Mattoon, Ill., 1906-8, Normal Park Pres- byterian Church, Chicago, since Jan. 1909. Dir. Citizens' League, Chicago. Mason (32°, K.T.); mem. B.P.O.E., Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Clubs: University, Beverly Country. Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 7258 Princeton Av.
CAYLOR, Worth Ernest, lawyer; born Far- num, Hamilton Co., Ind., Aug. 25, 1867; grad. DePauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., A.B., 1890, LL.B., 1891; married Katherine Mary Vaughan; 1 daughter: Miriam. Was chief clerk for law firm of Hamline, Scott & Lord, 1891-5; asst. city atty., 1895-7; practiced alone, 1897-1904; in 1904 formed partnership with John J. Healy, firm of Healy & Caylor, which was dissolved in 1906; since alone. Residence: 5626 Washington Av. Office: 69 W. Washington St.
CELLA, John Frank, fruit mcht .; see Vol. 1905.
CATTELL, Archibald, lawyer; born Daven- port, Ia., July 14, 1870; son Archibald and Eliz- abeth Stuart (Mills) Cattell; Scotch parentage; CERMAK, Anton Joseph, sec. United Socie- ties; born in Bohemia, May 9, 1873; son Anton and Catherine (Frank) Cermak; came to Amer- ica with parents, 1874; ed. pub. schools and Bo- hemian School, Braidwood, Ill .; married Mary Horeys, of Chicago, Dec. 15, 1895; children: Lil- lie, Ella, Helen. Engaged in coal mining in Ill. ed. pub. schools of Davenport, Ia .; A.B., Iowa Coll., Grinnell, 1891; law dept., Univ. of Mich., 1893; married Fort Dodge, Ia., Nov. 15, 1893, Rose Haskell; children: Jean Haskell, Judith Haskell. Was city editor Davenport (Ia.) Daily Leader, 1891-2; admitted to Ill. bar at Chicago, 1893, and has since been in continuous practice until 1892; removed to Chicago and entered coal
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and wood business, continuing until 1908; sec. United Societies and Liberty League since 1906; pres. Lawndale Bldg. & Loan Assn. since 1907. Mem. 43d, 44th, 45th and 46th General Assem- blies of Ill .; mem. City Council since Apr. 1909; mem. Dem. Co. Central Com. Residence: 2532 S. Trumbull Av. Office: 153 N. Dearborn St.
CERVENKA, James, mfr .; born St. Kriz, Bo- hemia, Feb. 23, 1861; son John and Marie Cer- venka; ed. grammar school at Radnice, Bohe- mia, to age of 12; grad. Dixon (Ill.) Business Coll., 1888; married Chicago, Aug. 17, 1889, Lou- isa Herdlicka; children: Lily, Emma, George, Grace, May, Ruth. Came to U.S., 1885; organ- ized The Cal. Mfg. Co., sash, doors, blinds and interior finish, 1891, of which was sec. and mgr. until 1911, when became pres .; also pres. Chi- cago Stair Co. since 1905; organized Cervenka & Klicka Real Estate & Mortgage Bank, 1911. Republican. Mem. Bohemian Turners Society (Sokol). Mason. Club: Dobrovsky. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 1659 Millard Av. Office: 3945 W. 26th St.
CHACE, see also Chase.
CHACE, Charles C., auditor; born Pt. Jervis, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1858; son Ephraim D. and Sophia C. (Hogeboone) Chace; ed. common schools; married Indianapolis, Jessie M. Tinney; 1 daughter: Margaret. Became cashier L.E.&W. R.R. at Lafayette, Ind., 1876, and agt. same rd. at Findlay, O., 1886; in 1891 became traffic mgr. for the G. H. Hammond Co., packers, at South Omaha, Neb .; auditor Chicago, Hammond & Western Ry., 1892-6; auditor Chicago Junction Ry., since 1896, and of the Union Stock Yards & Transit Co. since 1899. Residence: 11534 Prospect Av., Morgan Park, Ill. Office: Ex- change Bldg., Union Stock Yards.
CHAFFIN, Howard Albert, coal; born Chey- enne, Wyo., Apr. 10, 1876; son John Thomas and Mary Jennings (Jeffress) Chaffin; ed. pub. schools; served in q .- m.'s dept., U.S.A., 1898-9; married Cleveland, O., Feb. 4, 1903, Florence Gertrude Tidd; 1 son: Edward Jeffress. Vice- pres. Hunter W. Finch & Co., coal miners, 1899- 1905; pres. Chaffin Coal Co., since 1905. Episco- palian. Clubs: Belmont Golf, Chicago Athletic. Recreations: fishing, golf. Residence: 4737 Ken- wood Av. Office: 1834 McCormick Bldg.
CHAFIN, Eugene Wilder, temperance advo- cate; born E. Troy, Wis., Nov. 1, 1852; son Sam- uel E. and Betsey (Pollard) Chafin; ed. pub. schs .; LL.B., Univ. of Wis., 1875; married Car- rie A. Hunkins, of Waukesha, Wis., Nov. 24, 1881. Admitted to bar, 1875; in practice, at Waukesha, 1876-1900; supt. Washingtonian Home, Chicago, 1901-4. Active as speaker and organizer in temperance and prohibition move- ments; grand chief templar of Wis. Good Tem- plars, 1886-90, of Ill. Good Templars, 1904-5; Prohibition candidate for Congress, Wis., 1882, Chicago, 1902; for atty .- gen. Wis., 1886, 1900, for gov. Wis., 1898, and for atty .- gen. Ill., 1904; for pres. of U.S., 1908. Author: Voters' Hand- book, 1876; Lives of the Presidents, 1896; Lin- coln, the Man of Sorrow, 1908; Washington as a Statesman, 1909. Residence: 106 N. LaSalle St.
CHALLEN, Charles Henry, Chicago mgr. of The Northwestern Miller; born Waverly, Mor- gan Co., Ill., Feb. 2, 1869; son Joseph and Cor- nelia (Peet) Challen; ed. pub. school; married Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 10, 1894, Eva Frances Parke. Began business career Sept. 2, 1886, as an asst. in the publishing office of The North- western Miller, at Minneapolis, and has contin- ued with that business, advancing steadily to more responsible positions with the firm, and in 1894 was made mgr. of the Chicago office of the co. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Press, Ravenswood Golf (dir.), Flour- men's Club of Chicago (sec. and treas.). Rec- reation: golf. Residence: 930 Leland Av., Ra- venswood. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg.
CHALMERS, Thomas Stuart, mfr .; born Chi-
cago, Sept. 21, 1881; son William James and Joan (Pinkerton) Chalmers; ed. Chicago Man- ual Training School, and Univ. School, Chicago, St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., and Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y., class of 1903; unmarried. Served as apprentice, Bethlehem (Pa.) Steel Co., 1903-4; began as mfr. at Chicago Heights, Ill., Sept. 1904; now vice-pres. Fraser & Chal- mers; pres. Chalmers & Williams, Chicago Heights Mfg. Assn. Mem. Sigma Phi frater- nity. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, On- wentsia (Chicago), Cornell University (New York), Alta (Salt Lake City). Residence: 1100 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Chicago Heights, Ill.
CHALMERS, William James, mfr .; born Chi- cago, July 10, 1852; son Thomas and Janet (Telfer) Chalmers; ed. pub. and high schools of Chicago; married Oct. 1878 Joan, daughter of late Allan Pinkerton; children Joan, Thomas Stuart. After leaving school was apprenticed to the Eagle Works Mfg. Co., of which his fa- ther was then gen. supt .; in 1872 became asso- ciated with his father in the new firm of Fra- ser & Chalmers, which, beginning with 50 men, increased its working force to more than 2,000, becoming the largest mfrs. of mining machin- ery in the world, and with a trade wherever mines are opened; a branch was established at Erith, near London, Eng., 1891; business was incorporated in 1889, when he became vice-pres. and treas., and in Jan. 1891, its pres .; in 1900, united with the great Allis Engine Works at Milwaukee, and other plants, as the Allis-Chal- mers Co., of which was vice-pres. Pres. Com- mercial Nat. Safe Deposit Co .; dir. Fraser & Chalmers, Ltd., London, Eng. Republican. Has been mem. Board of Edn., dir. World's Colum- bian Exposition, Chicago Athenæum, Field Mu- seum of Natural History. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Illinois (ex-pres.), Commercial, South Shore Country, Lake Ge- . neva Country, Saddle and Cycle; also Engi- neers' (New York). Recreation: travel. Resi- dence: 1100 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Commer- cial Nat. Bank Bldg.
CHAMBERLAIN, Charles Joseph, botanist; born Sullivan, O., Feb. 23, 1863; son Esdell W. and Mary (Spencer) Chamberlain; A.B., Ober- lin, 1888, A.M., 1894; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; research at Bonn, 1900-1; married Mary E. Life, of Oberlin, O., July 30, 1888. Prin. Crookston (Minn.) High Sch., 1889-93; student Univ. of Chicago, 1893-6; asst. and asso. in bot- any, 1897-1901, instr., 1901-7, asst. prof. mor- phology and cytology since 1908, Univ. of Chi- cago. Am. editor of cytology in Botanisches Centralblatt since 1902. Mem. Bot. Soc. Amer- ica, Assn. Internationale des Botanistes, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, A.A.A.S. Au- thor of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 6149 Greenwood Av.
CHAMBERLAIN, Frederic William, sec. The Warren Featherbone Co .; born Oberlin. O., Sept. 2, 1876; son William Benton and Emily E. (Peck) Chamberlain; ed. prep. dept. Oberlin Coll .; married Lydia Warren, of Three Oaks, Mich., Jan. 11, 1906; 1 daughter: Mary Louise. With The Warren Featherbonc Co. (sec. since 1908) in various capacities, since 1895, except for one year of travel and one year in Phila- delphia as mng. editor of the Sunday School Times. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Union League. Residence: 715 Sheridan Pl., Evanston, 111. Office: 624 S. Michigan Av.
CHAMBERLAIN, Paul Mellen, mech. engr .; born Three Oaks, Mich., Feb. 28, 1865: son Henry and Rebecca (Van Devanter) Chamber- lain; B.S., Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1888; M.E., Cor- nell, 1890; married Olivia Langdon Woodward, Apr. 23, 1891; children: Rebecca Van Devanter, Wheelock, Olivia, Julia. Asst. engr. Frick Co .. Waynesboro, 1890-2; mech. engr. Hercules Iron Works, Aurora, Ill., 1892-3; asst. prof. mech. engring., Michigan Agrl. Coll., 1893-6; head of engring. work from opening in 1896, and prof.
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mech, engring., 1899-1906, Lewis Inst., Chicago; consulting practice, Los Angeles, 1906-7; chief engr. Underfeed Stoker Co. of America, 1907-9; senior mem. of Chamberlain & Howell, consult- ing engrs. since 1909. Inventor of various de- vices and engring. methods. Mem. Am. Society Mech. Engrs., Delta Tau Delta, Tau Beta Pi, A.A.A.S., Society Colonial Wars. Author of engring. monographs published in engineering transactions and technical press. Residence: 2817 Linden Court. Office: Marquette Bldg.
CHAMBERLAIN, William A., mfr .; born at Cortland, N.Y., Aug. 26, 1861; son Norman and Kate (Jordan) Chamberlain; grad. State Nor- mal School, Cortland, N.Y., 1879; married Grace Dailey, of Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 12, 1897. Began as traveling salesman at Rochester, N.Y., 1880-99; came to Chicago in 1899, and organ- ized and was pres. and treas. Chamberlain Co., and in 1905 organized the Photo Products Co., both of which consolidated in 1908 under the latter name, of which has since been pres., treas. and gen. mgr. Clubs: Windsor Golf (vice-pres.), Rotary (dir.). Recreation: golf. Residence: 5601 Indiana Av. Office: 6100 La Salle St.
CHAMBERLIN, George M., physician; grad. Rush Med. Coll., 1865. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Society. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 4425 Drexel Boul. Office: 3031 Indiana Av.
CHAMBERLIN, Henry Barrett, newspaper man; born Washington, Mar. 10, 1867; son Ar- thur Schofield and Marie Louise (Barrett) Chamberlin; ed. pub. schs., Mansfield, O., and Chicago; studied at Union Coll. of Law, North- western Univ .; married Irene Celene Byrne, Aug. 17, 1903. Editor and publisher The Guards- man, mil. newspaper, 1886-92; reportorial work on Herald, Tribune, Inter Ocean, Times, Rec- ord, all of Chicago; night manager City Press Assn., 1891; with Laffan Bur. and New York Sun, 1894; in charge various depts. Omaha World-Herald, 1895-6. In charge dispatch-boat Hercules of the Chicago Record during Span- ish-Am. war, 1898; was between the fire of the fleets off Santiago, July 3, only newspaper boat there during battle; cruised 35,000 miles, cov- ering news and stories throughout Cuba, P.R. and W.I .; city editor Chicago Record, 1898- 1901; now editor The Voter (mag.); managing editor The Chicago Record-Herald since 1910. Writer of Stories of the Streets and of the Town in Chicago Record-Herald. Capt. A.D.C., I.N.G. Asst. sec. Municipal Voters' League, 1901-4; sec. state legislation com., City Council of Chicago, 1906-8; asst. sec. Chicago Charter Conv., 1906-9; sec. Chicago Plan Commn., 1909- 10; sec. Cleveland Memorial Assn. Clubs: Press (pres., 1909-10), Southern. Residence: 5800 South Park Av. Summer Residence: "Sunset Shack," near Benton Harbor, Mich. Office: Record-Her- ald Bldg.
CHAMBERLIN, Joseph Henry, insurance; born Schenectady, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1850; son George Anson and Mary Caroline (Brown) Chamberlin; ed. Lutheran College at Mendota, 1868; Union Coll., Chicago, 1878; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1882; married Round Grove, Ill., 1878, Kate Winnie Simonson; children: Mabel May, James Percy, Jessie Lavinia, Joseph Frederick. Removed with parents to Ill. in Apr. 1856, set- tling on a farm near Sterling, on which was reared; taught school before taking law course; entered real estate and ins. business at Ster- ling, Ill., 1882; removed to Chicago, 1887, and since engaged in ins. business; now partner in firm of Letterman & Chamberlin. Republican. Methodist. Mason; Royal Arcanum. Recrea- tions: hunting and fishing. Residence: 519 N. Central Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
CHAMBERLIN, Thomas Chrowder, geolo- gist; born Mattoon, Ill., Sept. 25, 1843; A.B., Beloit Coll., 1866, A.M., 1869; grad. science, Univ. of Mich., 1868-9; (Ph.D., univs. of Mich.
and Wis., 1882; LL.D., Univ. of Mich., Beloit Coll., and Columbian, 1887, Univ. of Wis., 1904; Sc.D., Univ. of Ill., 1905); married Alma Isabel Wilson, 1867. Prof. natural science, State Nor- mal Sch., Whitewater, Wis., 1869-73; prof. ge- ology, Beloit, 1873-82, Columbian, 1885-7; pres. Univ. of Wis., 1887-92; prof. and head dept. of geology and dir. Walker Mus., Univ. of Chi- cago, since 1892. Asst. state geologist, Wis., 1873-6, chief geologist, 1876-82; studied glaciers of Switzerland, 1878; U.S. geologist in charge of glacial div. since 1882; geologist Peary Re- lief Expdn., 1894; consulting geologist, Wis. Geol. Survey; commr. Ill. Geol. Survey; investi- gator fundamental problems of geology, Car- negie Instn., since 1902; mem. commn. for Ori- ental Ednl. Investigation, 1909. Member Nat. Acad. Sciences; pres. A.A.A.S., 1908; pres. Chi- cago Acad. Sciences, pres. Ill. Acad. Science, 1907. Author: Geology of Wisconsin; General Treatise on Geology (with R. D. Salisbury) ; etc. Editor of The Journal of Geology. Resi- dence: University of Chicago.
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