The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 41

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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CHARLTON, James, ry. official; born Botnal Co., Northumberland, Eng., May 15, 1832. En- tered ry. service, Apr. 1847, and served from jr. clerk to chief clerk and cashier, Newcastle & Carlisle Ry .; then with Great Western Ry. of Can .; asst. to chief clerk, 1857, auditor and gen. pass. agt., until Mar. 1870; gen. pass. and ticket agt., N.Mo.R.R., 1870-1; gen. pass. and ticket agt., C.&A.R.R., 1871-1900; chmn. Trans- continental Passenger Assn., at Denver, 1900-1, at Chicago, since Oct. 1901. Introduced various improvements in pass. train service. Residence: 1822 Arlington Pl. Office: Ry. Exchange.

CHARTER, James Adams, mech. engr .; born Sterling, Ill., July 24, 1865; son John and Ra- chel (Adams) Charter; ed. pub. school and pri- vate tutor. Took up engring. with Sterling Gas Co., 1885: with Charter Gas Engine Co., 1887; with H. W. Caldwell & Co., of Chicago, 1892-4; mech. engr. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 1894-1908; designing engr. Austin Mfg. Co. since 1908. Has taken out many patents and is the design- er and inventor of the "Fairbanks-Morse" gas and gasoline engines. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Auto- mobile. Residence: 3148 Vernon Av. Office: Manhattan Bldg.

CHASE, see also Chace.

CHASE, Charles Warren, lawyer; born Mil- waukee, Wis., Sept. 26, 1877; son Samuel War- ren and Sarah Virginia (Hulst) Chase; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1900; student Harvard Law School; married Chicago, Nov. 19, 1903, Julia Adèle Mathias. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1902, and since engaged in practice in Chicago; mem. law firm of Wood & Chase since 1907. Democrat. Club: University. Residence: 9246 Robey St. (Beverly Hills.) Office: 1845 Commercial Nat. Bank.

*CHASE, Horace Gair; see Vol. 1905.

CHASE, John Calvin, socialist organizer; born Gilmanton, N.H., May 27, 1870; son Levi M. and Lynthia E. Chase; ed. common schools of Mil- ton Mills and Barnstead, N.H .; married 1906. Shoemaker since 1882. Joined trade union move- ment at 16, became Socialist at 21, elected in 1898, mayor of Haverhill on socialist ticket; re- elected 1899; first socialist mayor elected in America; chmn. Nat. Conv. Social Dem. Party at Indianapolis, 1900; socialist party candidate for gov. of Mass., 1901, 02, of N. Y., 1906; now asst. nat. sec. socialist party. Residence: 1448 N. Clark St. Office: 205 W. Washington St.

CHASE, Samuel Thompson, life insurance; born Chicago, Sept. 24, 1867; son Samuel Blan- chard and Emma E. (Thompson) Chase; ed. pub. and high schools, under private tutor and at Harvard Univ .; married Chicago, Apr. 1896, Mary, daughter of B. F. Ayer, atty. for I.C. R.R .; 3 daughters: Mary Ayer, Emma Eliza- beth, Jannette Hopkins. Began in grocery store at Duluth, Minn., 1892; treas. Kilmer Wire Mfg. Co., Chicago, 1893-6; special agt. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1897-1900; pres. Royal Gas Light Co., 1901-4; mgr. Conn. Mutual Life Ins. Co. for Ill. since 1905. Independent in pol- itics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Univer- sity, Onwentsia, Winter of Lake Forest. Rec- reations: athletic and outdoor sports. Was in- tercollegiate double lawn tennis champion, 1890, western lawn tennis champion, 1889-93, Harvard champion for 2 years and Northwest- ern champion about 1886. Residence: Lake For- est, Ill. Office: 414 Monadnock Blk.

CHATFIELD, Eli Perry, retired mfr .; born Prattsville, Green Co., N.Y., Aug. 14, 1846; son Ira D. and Eliza (Case) Chatfield; ed. district school and acad., Prattsville, N.Y .; pub. schools at Boston, Mass., and Albany, N.Y .; married Chicago, Feb. 13, 1873, Ida M. Parker; children: Anna W. (Mrs. B. V. Bright), Max P. Came to Chicago, 1868, and was first employed by Gur- don S. Hubbard as bookkeeper, and later as supt. until the great fire of 1871; after fire,

business mgr. with C. & A. Price, building con- tractors, and later mgr. of branch house and western business for C. S. Maltby, of Balti- more, Md., until 1889; sec. J. E. Tilt Shoe Co., 1889-1906; now retired. Republican. Mem. Lake View Board of Edn., 1878; trustee and assessor Lake View, 1879-85; presidential elector for Ill., 1900. Mason, Wright's Grove Lodge, Lincoln Park Chapter. Clubs: Edgewater Country, Edge- water Golf. Recreations: fishing and outdoor diversions. Residence: 5053 Kenmore Av. Of- fice: 512 W. Huron St.

CHATFIELD, George Lewis, mgr. of The Mechanical Mfg. Co .; born Tunbridge, Vt., Mar. 27, 1844; son Lorenzo Dow and Maria (Morse) Chatfield; ed. pub. schools of Lockport, N.Y .; married Susie Ellen Cunningham, of Trenton, N.J., Sept. 10, 1884; 2 children: George Cun- ningham and Susie Ida. Came to Chicago in 1869. Entered service of the C.,R.I.&P.R.R.Co. in 1863 as foreman in the car shops at Daven- port, Ia., and remained with that company over 27 years, resigning as asst. gen. supt. of motive power in 1890, to become mgr. and dir. of The Mechanical Mfg. Co., mfrs. ry. supplies and machinery, with which has since been identi- fied. Was pres. board of trustees Town of Lake, 1881-7; was also water commr. of same town- ship for 3 years. Republican. Episcopalion. Mason (32°, K.T.). Club: Colonial. Residence: 434 E. 48th St. Office: Packers Av. and 41st St.

CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Hobart C., author; born Chicago, Mar. 24, 1865; son Henry Hobart and Adelaide (Chatfield) Taylor; B.S., Cornell, 1886; married Rose, daughter late Senator Charles B. Farwell, of Ill., June 19, 1890; chil- dren: Adelaide, Wayne, Otis, Robert. Editor America, 1888-90; consul of Spain at Chicago, 1892-4. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor and Officier de l'Instruction Publique, France; Chev- alier of the Order of the Crown, Italy; Chev- alier of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain; Chevalier of the Order of St. James (for artistic, lit. and scientific merit), Portugal; Officer of the Order of the Bust of the Libera- tor, Venezuela. Fellow Royal Geog. Soc., Eng- land; mem. N.H. Soc. of the Cincinnati, Ill. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union, Century, Players (New York), Metropolitan (Washington), Chi- cago, University, Cliff Dwellers (Chicago). Au- thor: With Edge Tools, 1891; An American Peeress, 1893; Two Women and a Fool, 1895; The Land of the Castanet, 1896; The Vice of Fools, 1898; The Idle Born, 1900; The Crimson Wing, 1902; Molière, a Biography, 1906; Fame's Pathway, 1909. Contbr. to North American Re- view, Bookman, Dial, Harper's Weekly and oth- er mags. Residences: Lake Forest, Ill., and 631 Rush St. Office: Chicago Title and Trust Bldg.

CHATTELL, Bertram Mathews, banker; born Treves, Prussia, Nov. 12, 1856; son John and Margaret (Olk) Chattell; ed. pub. schools in Chicago, aided by private tuition from his father (who was a coll. prof.), and at the old Chicago Univ .; married Chicago, 1884, Laura Condee; 1 son: Clarence. First with a station- ery and book house; then employed with Frank- lin P. Elliott & Co., paper mfrs., as credit man and bookkeeper until June 8, 1882, when en- tered the Ill. Trust & Savings Bank as a gen- eral utility man; became asst. cashier, and since 1902 has been cashier of the bank. Inde- pendent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Un- ion League, University, South Shore Country, Homewood Country. Residence: 4932 Lake Av. Office: LaSalle St. and Jackson Boul.

CHEEVER, Dwight Bissell, patent atty .; born Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 23, 1868; son Henry Sylvester and Laura Edna (Bissell) Cheever; grad. Ann Arbor High School, 1887; grad. en- gineering dept., Univ. of Michigan, B.S. (M.E.), 1891, from School of Law, same, LL.B., 1896; married Pasadena, Cal., Sept. 1, 1904, Arline H. Vallette. Practiced engring. work, exclusively for 3 years, then in general practice of law,

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1896-7; chief clerk in patent law office of Rob- ert H. Parkinson, Chicago, Jan. 1, 1897-May 1, 1901; then engaged in patent law practice alone until Nov. 15, 1904, when was joined by How- ard M. Cox, forming present firm Cheever & Cox, with practice in patent law, trade marks and copyright exclusively. Lecturer on patent law at Chicago Law School. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Chi- cago Patent Law Assn. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Clubs: Hamilton, Kenwood, Union League, Press, Law, Legal, Homewood Coun- try. Recreation: golf. Residence: 5491 East End Av. Office: Monadnock Blk.

CHENEY, Charles Edward, bishop; born Can- andaigua, N.Y., Feb. 12, 1836; son Dr. E. War- ren and Altie W. Cheney; A.B., Hobart, 1857; studied theology at the Alexandria (Va.) Theol. Sem .; (D.D., Grinnell Coll., Ia., 1871; S.T.D., Ho- bart, 1908); married Clara Emma Griswold, of Chicago, Apr. 25, 1860 (died Mar. 1, 1911). Or- dained P.E. ministry, 1858; was rector Christ Ch., Chicago; leader in organizing Reformed Episcopal Ch .; consecrated missionary bishop of the Northwest, Dec. 14, 1873, still being rec- tor of Christ Ch .; made bishop of Synod of Chi- cago, 1878. Pres. Synod of Reformed Episco- pal chs. of Central States, 1905, 1907. Mem. S. A.R., Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Chicago Hist. Soc., Am. Hist. Assn. Clubs: University, Chi- cago Literary. Author: Twenty-eight Sermons, 1880; What Do Reformed Episcopalians Be- lieve? 1888; The Enlistment of the Christian Soldier, 1893; A King of France Unnamed in History, 1902; The Second Norman Conquest of England, 1907. Address: 2409 Michigan Av.

CHENEY, Edwin Henry, electrical engr .; born Shelbyville, Ill., June 13, 1869; son James Wilson and Armilla (Perkins) Cheney; B.S. and E.E., Univ. of Mich., 1892; married June 15, 1899, Mamah Bouton Borthwick; children: John Borthwick and Martha. With Chicago Edison Co. as elec. engr., 1892-7; mgr. Mutual Electric Co., elec. construction, 1897-1900; vice- pres. and mgr. Ill. Maintenance Co. since 1900; pres. Krehbiel Co. since 1905; district mgr. Wagner Electric Co .; also pres. of Station Equipment Co. since 1900. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, River Forest Tennis, Columbian Yacht. Recreations: sailing and music. Residence: 520 N. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Marquette Bldg.

CHENEY, Henry William, physician; born Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 17, 1869; son Seymour H. and Adelaide (Grenell) Cheney; grad. Fond du Lac High School, 1887; Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1892; post-grad. work at Chicago Univ., 1903; post-grad. work, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany, 1906; married Fond du Lac, Wis., 1896, Flora Sylvester; children: Kathryn Winifred, Harold Sylvester. Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1892; attending physician to St. Luke's and Chicago Baptist hosps .; asso. in pediatrics, Northwestern Univ. Med. Coll. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Physicians' Club, Nu Sigma Nu fraternity. Republican. Baptist. Mason. Residence: 6041 Monroe Av. Offices: 1230 E. 63d St. and 31 N. State St.

*CHENEY, John Vance, librarian; moved to San Diego, Cal .; see Vol. 1905.

CHENEY, Maynard Asa, retired; born Frank- lin Co., Mass., Jan. 8, 1854; son Damon E. and Elizabeth (Maynard) Cheney; ed. public schools in Mass .; married Chicago, Jan. 8, 1878, Helen Tyrrell; children: Clara Maynard, John Tyrrell, Maynard Asa, Jr., James Burleigh, Zylpha Maynard. Began as a bookkeeper in a bank, 1872-7; then in lumber business with his father until 1880, when he engaged in lumber business on his own account in West Virginia till 1892; in 1893 joined importing and jobbing crockery and glassware house of Burley & Tyrrell, of which was pres. until 1907, when the wholesale and retail depts. were consolidated under the

firm name of Burley & Tyrrell Co. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: Chicago. Of- fice: 7 N. Wabash Av.

CHESBROUGH, Samuel Kennedy Jennings, publishing agt .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

CHESROWN, Mervin Milton, real estate; born Ashland Co., O., Dec. 18, 1866; son Wesley and Lucetta (Finlay) Chesrown; brought up on farm in Ashland Co., and attended country school there; later attended school at Olney, Ill .; married Chicago, Nov. 23, 1892, Maude Powers Babbitt; 1 daughter: Virginia. Came to Chicago in 1889; in 1890-4 was private sec. to Ernest R. Graham, gen. mgr. of the World's Columbian Exposition Co .; later in partnership with Thomas Kelly, as Thomas Kelly & Co., iron pipe, valves, fittings, etc., and the building of water-works; was also in the electrical mfg. business. Since 1898 chiefly devoted to real es- tate. Mem. Royal League, Modern Woodmen of America. Club: Illinois Athletic. Recreations: fishing and traveling. Residence: 5802 South Park Av. Office: Steger Bldg.

CHETLAIN, Arthur Henry, lawyer; born Ga- lena, Ill., Apr. 12, 1849; son Gen. Augustus L. and Emily (Tenney) Chetlain; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1870; took course in natural sciences at Université Libre, Brussels, Belgium, and grad. B.S., 1871; studied law under William Lathrop, Rockford, Ill .; married 1892, Lottie Lillieberg, of Chicago (formerly Stockholm, Sweden) ; children: Edith M., Arthur L., Frederick H., John Francis, Kent G. Admitted to bar at Rockford, Ill., 1873, but continued studies in Chicago in law office of Edward A. Small, 1873- 4; partner in practice with Stephen S. Gregory, 1874-9; firm was consolidated with Tenney & Flower, 1879; withdrew on account of ill- health, 1881, and traveled a year and a half; resumed practice, 1883-91; first asst. corpn. counsel, City of Chicago, 1891-3; defeated for judge Superior Court of Cook Co., 1893; elected, 1894, for term expiring 1910. Republican. Clubs: Marquette (ex-pres.), Hamilton, Birch- wood Country, Illinois Athletic. Residence: 7414 Sheridan Rd.

CHETLAIN, Augustus Louis, soldier; born St. Louis, Dec. 26, 1824; son Louis and Julia (Droz) Chetlain; ed. common schools; married Emily Tenney, of Elyria, O., Oct. 1847; married 2d, Mrs. Melancthon Smith, Apr. 6, 1865. Assist- ed in raising a company of Galena (Ill.) vols., and elected capt., Apr. 18, 1861; It .- col., 12th Ill. Inf., May 2, 1861; col., Apr. 2, 1861; brig .- gen. vols., Dec. 18, 1863; bvtd. maj-gen. vols., June 18, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war; mustered out, Jan. 15, 1866. Asst. U.S. collector internal revenue, Utah, 1867-9; U.S. consul-gen., Brussels, 1869-72: mem. bd. of edn., Chicago, 1876-7; organized Home Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1872, and was its pres .; organized Industrial Bank of Chicago. 1891, and elected its pres .; now retired. Author: The Red River (Selkirk) Colony in 1821 (pam- phlet); Recollections of Seventy Years, 1898. Address: 7414 Sheridan Rd.

CHEW, John H., physician; M.D., Univ. of Md., 1863; married Alice Meadowcroft, of Chi- cago, May 26, 1880; 1 daughter: Mrs. Theodore W. Forbes, of Baltimore. Engaged in general practice of medicine at Chicago since 1882: pres. Chicago Policlinic; attending physician St. Joseph's and Henrotin Memorial hosps. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Soc. of Internal Medicine, Chi- cago Med. Examiners' Assn. Clubs: Saddle and Cycle, Church. Address: 1223 Astor St.

CHICKERING, Clifford Cummings, piano mfr .; born Cincinnati, Aug. 19, 1863: son Josiah and Sarah Mariah (Browne) Chickering; ed. Chickering Inst., Cincinnati; married Lucile Parish, of Chicago, June 1, 1898. Began in piano mfg. business at Boston, 1881; removed to Chicago, 1890; established firm of Chicker- ing Bros., 1893, of which has since been senior

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member. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Clubs: South Shore Country, Ken- wood, Midlothian. Recreations: golf and fish- ing. Residence: 1354 E. 48th St. Office: 324 S. Wabash Av.

CHICKERING, Fred Wilby, mfr. of pianos; born Cincinnati, O., Mar. 1, 1865; son Josiah and Sarah (Browne) Chickering; ed. by father, who was a lifelong educator at Cincinnati; married Margarita Davidson, of St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 23, 1893; 2 children: Carol Lucile and Miriam. Began business career in piano mfr. business of Chickering Sons, Boston, in 1882; came to Chicago, 1891, and, in 1892, assisted in organizing Chickering Bros., mfrs. of pianos. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Ken- wood, South Shore Country. Recreations: bowl- ing and fishing. Residence: 1548 E. 48th St. Office: 324 S. Wabash Av.

CHILD, Charles Manning, univ. prof .; born Ypsilanti, Mich., Feb. 2, 1869; son Charles Chauncy and Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Child; Ph.B., Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn., 1890, M.S., 1892; Ph.D., Univ. of Leipzig, Germany, 1894; married Lydia Van Meter, of Baltimore, Aug. 15, 1899; 1 daughter: Jeannette Manning. Asst. in biology, Wesleyan Univ., 1890-92; fel- low, asst. and asso. in zoology, 1895-8, instr., 1898-1905, asst. prof., 1905-9, asso. prof. since 1909, Univ. of Chicago. Appointed to the Agas- siz table at Naples (Italy) Zool. Sta., 1894, Smithsonian table, same, 1902-3; instr., Marine Biol. Laboratory, Wood's Holl, Mass., summers, 1895-7. Author of various papers on zoöl. sub- jects, in Am. and German periodicals. Mem. Am. Soc. Zöologists, Am. Assn. Anatomists, Am. Soc. Naturalists, A.A.A.S., Ill. State Acad. Science. Residence: 6036 Ingleside Av.

CHILD, Samuel Penny, mgr. The Spool Cot- ton Co .; born Springfield, Mass., Dec. 7, 1854; son Rev. William S. and Georgianna C. (Jones) Child; ed. St. Paul's Sch., Concord, N.H .; mar- riad Raleigh, N.C., June 29, 1887, Lena Stith. Civil engr. on Morris & Essex R.R., 1876-84; government engr. on river and harbor survey, port of New York, 1884-9; traveling representa- tive for the Coats Thread Co., 1889-95; since 1895 mgr. Chicago depot of The Spool Cotton Co., successors of the Coats Thread Co. Repub- lican. Residence: 49 E. Division St. Office: 206 S. Market St.

CHILDS, Albert Henry, stationer and en- graver; born Chicago, Dec. 19, 1862; son Shu- bael Davis, Jr. and Mary A. (Wright) Childs; ed. pub. schools of Evanston; married Phila- delphia, May 29, 1884, Florence H. Johnson; 1 daughter: Helen. Began business career in 1878 with S. D. Childs & Co., as errand boy; represented the firm as traveling salesman, 1880, and from 1882-6 was house salesman. From the death of his father in 1886, repre- sented the interests of latter in the business until 1902, when the firm was incorporated as S. D. Childs & Co., of which he was vice-pres. until 1908, when became pres. Republican. Mem. Nat. Union. Recreation: fishing. Resi- dence: 1563 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 136 S. Clark St.

CHILDS, C(harles) Frederick, banker and bond dealer; born Brattleboro, Vt., Nov. 22, 1875; son Walter Henry and Clara Maria (Da- vis) Childs; grad. Brattleboro High School, 1894; B.A., Yale Univ. (cum laude in political economy and history), 1899; married Edith Har- ris Newell, of Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 31. 1900; 2 children: Madeleine and Claire. Represented F. M. Tucker & Co. and Mason, Lewis & Co. in Boston, 3 years; came to Chicago, 1904, to open and manage western office, branches and busi- ness of Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, continuing until firm retired from business, 1910; mgr. bond dept. Continental & Commer- cial Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, 1910-11; pres. and mgr. C. F. Childs & Co., bonds, since 1911. Democrat (with preference for Roose-

velt); city alderman, Lake Forest, Ill., 1908-9; mayor of Lake Forest, 1910-11. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Yale, Mid-Day (Chicago), Minneapolis (Minneapolis, Minn.). Recreation: light farming. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Nat. Life Bldg.

CHILDS, George Washington, fire underwrit- er; born Hinsdale, Ill., May 18, 1880; son Rob- ert A. and Mary E. (Coffeen) Childs; prep. edn. pub. schools and Beloit Coll. Acad .; B. S., Univ. of Pa., 1903; married Elizabeth L. Steele, of Highland Park, Ill., June 18, 1908; 1 son: George Frederick. Engaged in insurance business since 1903; mem. firm of Childs, Young & Wood. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi coll. fraternity. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, High- land Park. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Of- fice: 20 S. LaSalle St.

CHILDS, Lester C., lawyer; born Hinsdale, Ill., Oct. 11, 1874; son Hon. Robert A. and Mary E. (Coffeen) Childs; graduated Hinsdale High School, 1892; student Beloit Coll. Acad .; A.B., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1898; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1901; married Celine Lilly, of Hinsdale, Aug. 31, 1903; 1 son: Lester J. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1901; with law firm of Ten- ney, McConnell, Coffeen & Harding, 1901-3; in practice alone, 1903-5; mem. firm of Childs & Childs since 1905. Republican. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf. Recreations: shooting, fishing. Residence: 186 3d St., Hinsdale, Ill. Of- fice: 54 W. Randolph St.

CHILDS, Robert A., lawyer; born Malone, Franklin Co., N.Y., Mar. 22, 1845; son Rev. George and Calista (Cochran) Childs; parents removed to Boone Co., Ill., in 1852; mother died in 1854 and father in 1870; enlisted in Co. B, 15th Ill. Inf., serving in Fremont's Mo. cam- paign, at Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Cor- inth, The Hatchie, or Matamora Heights, under Grant in siege of Vicksburg, in Meridian raid and the march to the sea under Sherman and at grand review at Washington; mustered out at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 1865; after war student at Belvidere (Ill.) High School and Ill. State Normal School, graduating 1870; married Normal, Ill., 1873, Mary E. Coffeen; 5 sons: Lester C., Robert W., George W., John S., Kent. Was principal of schools at Amboy, Lee Co., 1870-3, studying law meanwhile; admitted to bar, 1873; law partner with Gen. George W. Smith, 1873-84; after that practiced alone until 1893; then in firm of Childs & Hudson until 1905; now Childs & Childs. Republican; presi- dential elector, 1884; mem. of Congress from 8th Congressional District, 1893-5. Club: Hins- dale. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 54 W. Randolph St.

CHILDS, Robert William, asst. U.S. atty. for Northern District of Ill .; born Hinsdale, Du- Page Co., Ill., Sept. 27, 1876; son Robert A. and Mary E. (Coffeen) Childs; A.B., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1902; married Chicago, June 8, 1905, Katherine Bar- ton. Was appointed asst. U.S. atty. for North- ern District of Ill. immediately after gradua- tion from Harvard Law School, and continues to hold position. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale, Ill. Athletic. Residence: Hinsaale, Ill. Office: Federal Bldg.

CHINDBLOM, Carl Richard, lawyer; born Chicago, Dec. 21, 1870; son Carl P. and Chris- tine (Engel) Chindblom; A.B., Augustana Coll., Rock Island, Ill., 1890; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1898; (hon. A.M., Bethany Coll., Lindsborg, Kan., 1905); married Christine Nils- son, of Minneapolis, Apr. 27, 1907; 2 children: Richard Nelson and Ruth Christine. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900; with law firm of Deneen (Charles S.) & Hamill (Charles H.), 1904-5, and mem. firm of Brecher (Oscar W.) & Chindblom since 1910. Atty. for Ill. State Board of Health, 1906; mem. Board County Commrs., 1906-10. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. Chicago and Ill.

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State Bar assns. Mason (32°), K.T., Shriner. Club: Swedish. Recreations: reading, walking. Residence: 1744 Foster St. Office: 808, 167 W. Washington St.

CHIPMAN, George Ernest, lawyer; born Tup- perville, N.S., July 14, 1868; son David Scott and Helen (Brooks) Chipman; A.B., Acadia Coll., 1892; A.M., Harvard Univ., 1895; law dept. Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 1898, and prof. of political science in Shurtleff Coll., 1895- 9. Practiced law at Joplin, Mo., 1899-1900; came to Chicago in 1900 and began practice here in the offices of Holt, Wheeler & Sidley; mem. firm of Chipman & Jackson since 1906. Prof. law, John Marshall Law School, since 1901. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Hamilton, City. Author: Outlines of Modern International Law. Editor: IlInois Cases on Evidence; Illi- nois Cases on Common Law Pleading; Illinois Cases on Contracts. Residence: Windermere Hotel. Office: Tribune Bldg.

CHISLETT, Howard Roy, surgeon; born Salt Lake City, Utah, Apr. 6, 1862; son John and Mary Ann (Stockdale) Chislett; completed 4 years' course in St. Mark's Acad., 1878; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll. and Hosp., Chicago, 1888; post-grad. work in London, Berlin and Vienna, 1892, 1895, and at Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1895, 1902, 1904; married Chicago, 1896, Maude A. Coddington. Interne in Hahnemann Hosp., 1888- 9; lecturer on minor surgery, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1889-91; adjunct prof. surgery, 1892, asso. prof., 1895, prof. surgery and clinical surgery since 1897 and since 1903 also dean of Hahne- mann Med. Coll .; attending surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., 1893-1900, to Hahnemann Hospital, from 1893, to Chicago Baptist Hosp., 1897-8, to Streeter's Hosp. from 1900. Mem. Am. Inst. CHURCH, Archibald, physician; born Fond du Lac, Wis., Mar. 23, 1861; son George W. and Susan (Pearse) Church; M.D., Coil. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1884; married Margaret Finch, Homœopathy, Ill. Homeopathic Soc., Wis. Ho- mæopathic Soc. (honorary), Central Ill. Homo- opathic Soc. (honorary), Chicago Homeopathic Med. Soc. (pres., 1901), Clinical Soc. of Hahne- of Maysville. Ky., Mar. 28, 1894; 1 son: Archi- mann Hosp. Republican. Office and Residence: 3604 Grand Boul.

CHRISTENSON, August Neilt, wholesale clothing; born Sweden, Apr. 5, 1864; son W. and Elsa ( Anderson) Christenson; received pre- paratory coll. edn. in Sweden; married Chicago, Feb. 22, 1893, Sara M. Olson; 1 son: Elmer. Was a book agent, 1882-5; in subscription book business in Denver, Colo., firm of Winans & Christenson, 1885-7; merchant tailor in Chi- cago, 1887-9; mem. of Whitney, Christenson & Co., wholesale clothiers, since 1889. Also part- ner in firm of N. J. Olsen & Co., mail order clothing business. Residence: 5931 Ontario St. Office: 237 S. Market St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 41

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