USA > Illinois > Cook County > Chicago > The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911 > Part 45
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221
COEY, Andrew Jackson, physician and sur- geon; born Chicago, Mar. 21, 1858; son David and Jane (Lawther) Coey; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, Chicago, 1880; special courses at Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., New York, 1884, in Vienna, Austria, 1898, in London, England, and at Johns Hop-
Wis., 1884, Anna Roberts. Engaged in practice of medicine and surgery in Chicago since 1880; attending physician at Cook Co. Hosp. 8 years; city physician, 1887, police surgeon, 1891-3. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Residence: 5238 Michigan Av. Office: 15 E. Washington St.
COFFEEN, M(ilo) Lester, lawyer; born Ant- werp, Jefferson Co., N.Y., Dec. 20, 1850; son William L. G. and Helen E. (Lester) Coffeen; ed. public school, Libertyville, Ill .; Waukegan (Ill.) Acad., 1867-8; Ill. Normal School, Normal, Ill., 1868-9; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law (law dept. old Chicago Univ.), 1871; married Chica- go, Dec. 13, 1877, Martha Martin; children: Mae, Henry Martin (grad. Yale, 1902), Lester. Was employed in law office of Van Arman & Vallette while pursuing law studies in coll .; appointed to clerkship in Superior Court of Cook Co. by Col. Augustus Jacobson, then clerk of the court, just before the great fire of 1871; assisted in restoring the court records after fire and acted as chief deputy clerk until 1879; partner with Emery A. Storrs, 1879-80, then practiced alone until entering firm of Tenney, Bashford & Ten- ney, in 1887; soon after George Driggs came into the firm and after his election as judge of the Superior Court, firm changed to Tenney, Church & Coffeen. In 1895 Judge Samuel P. McConnell resigned from circuit bench and firm became Tenney, McConnell, Coffeen & Harding until Judge McConnell removed to New York, 1898; then Tenney, Coffeen, Harding & Wilkerson; now mem. firm of Tenney, Coffeen, Harding & Sherman. Pres. and dir. Chicago & Milwaukee Telegraph Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Ry. Co., of Milwaukee, and dir. in other corpns. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Hist. Soc., Am. Hist. Soc. Clubs: Chi- cago, City, South Shore Country. Recreation: travel. Residence: 3133 Calumet Av. Office: Home Ins. Bldg.
COFFIN, Charles Henry, investment securi- ties; born Richmond, Ind., Sept. 1, 1851; son Charles F. and Rhoda (Johnson) Coffin; ed. private schools and by tutors; married Rich- mond, Ind., December 10, 1873, Flora Howells (now deceased) ; children: Rhoda Howells, Ruth (Mrs. Collins), Charles Howells, Flora Howells, Francis J. H. Entered State Bank of Ind. in 1863, vice-pres. of same, 1873-84, and officer in many incorporated cos. Began dealing in mu- nicipal securities and U.S. bonds in 1867; estab- lished business in Chicago, 1884; was vice-pres. Municipal Investment Co., 1886-99. Mem. Chi- cago Stock Exchange since 1886. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Club: Union League. Recreation: reading. Residence: 121 E. Oak St. Winter Residence: "Roseheart." Pass Christian, Mississippi. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St.
COFFIN, Charles Porter, credit man Ill. Steel Co .; born Batavia, Ill .. Apr. 23, 1858: son Will- iam and Mary Elizabeth (Lockwood) Coffin; ed. public school, Batavia, Ill .. until 1873; prep. dept. Ripon (Wis.) Coll., 1873-6; Phillips Acad., Exeter, N.H., 1876-7; Ripon Coll., 1877-8; Yale Coll., 1878-81, A.B., 1881; married Escanaba, Mich., Jan. 26, 1886, Adeline Chadwick Selden: children: Sarah Lay, William King (died in in- fancy). After leaving coll. was with C. McCul- loch Beecher & Co., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1881- 4: since 1884 in Chicago, most of time as sec. and treas. of the Minn. Iron Co., until Sept. 1902. when became dir. and credit man of the Ill. Steel Co. Served 2 terms as alderman 1st Ward, Evanston. Occasional contributor to pe- riodicals. Clubs: University, Union League. University (Evanston). Recreations: reading and music. Residence: 1130 Michigan Av. Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 541. 72 W. Adams St.
COFFIN, Gorham Bartlett, paints; seo Vol. 1905.
COFRAN, John William Gunnison, fire un-
146
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
derwriter; born Goshen, N.H., June 13, 1855; son Stephen B. and Alma J. (Gunnison) Cofran; ed. district school, Goshen, N.H .; Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N.H .; married San Francisco, Cal., 1889, Mary C. Conroy. Began in ins. busi- ness as clerk with the Commercial Ins. Co. of Cal., San Francisco, 1874, becoming its special agt .. 1879: special agt. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. at Portland, Ore., 1881; mgr. Pacific dept. at San Francisco, 1885; asst. gen. agt., 1895-6, gen. agt. western dept., at Chicago, 1896-1909, vice- pres. since Nov. 1909, at Hartford, Conn., Hart- ford Fire Ins. Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Mid- Day, Chicago, Commercial, Glen View; also Pa- cific Union and Olympic (San Francisco). Rec- reations: hunting and fishing, traveling and outdoor life generally. Address: Hartford, Con- necticut.
COHEN, see also Cohn, also Kohn.
COHEN, Julius J., sec. Charles Alshuler Mfg. Co .; born Newark, N.J., Nov. 1, 1864; son Jo- seph and Caroline (Bamberger) Cohen; ed. pub. schools of Newark, N.J .; married Stella Kaiser, of Chicago, Mar. 5, 1895; 2 children: Joseph and Iza. Began business career in a bank at Newark at 16 years; cashier for Sanger Bros., Dallas, Tex., 1880-6; in real estate business and as mgr. of several estates, Newark, 1886- 92; came to Chicago in 1892; became identified with Charles Alshuler Mfg. Co., mfrs. of shirts, in 1900, becoming sec. and credit man in 1905, in which capacity has since continued. Hebrew religion. Democrat; active in Dem. politics and del. to several conventions. Mason. Residence: 5242 South Park Av., Chicago. Office: 1213, 14th St., Racine, Wis.
COHEN, Seymour Norton, lawyer; born Chi- cago, June 27, 1878; son Samuel and Minerva Cohen; ed. Princeton-Yale Prep. School, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, gradu- ating in class of 1898. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897, and since actively engaged in practice at Chicago; now mem. law firm Comerford (Frank) & Cohen. Republican. Office: Ashland Blk.
COHN, see also Cohen, also Kohn.
COHN, Moses Louis, inspector of agencies, northwestern branch Royal Union Mutual Life Ins. Co .; born Fond du Lac, Wis., Aug. 6, 1857; son Louis and Babette (Kahnlein) Cohn; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Jan. 16, 1895, Minnie Smith; 2 children: Lyman Gage and Ruth Smith. Began business career at the age of 18, as cigar mfr. and salesman with his fa- ther, under style of Louis Cohn & Son; and continued for 13 years; after that for 9 years with the New York Life Ins. Co., first as so- licitor and later as gen. agt, at New Orleans; moved to Chicago in 1898, and took present po- sition as inspector of agencies, covering 6 states, for Royal Union Mutual Life Ins. Co. Also sec. and treas. Union Development Co., Federated Mines & Milling Co., Metals Produc- ing Co. Independent in politics. Jewish relig- ion. Recreations: reading, sailing and flower culture. Residence: 4900 Washington Park Pl. Office: Continental Nat. Bank Bldg.
COLBORNE, Oliver, mfr .; born near London, Eng., Mar. 24, 1852; son Charles and Elizabeth (Barnes) Colborne; came with parents to Wis., and ed. in pub. schools of that state; married Neenah, Wis., 1874, Mary K. Deal; children: Ida E. (now Mrs. F. E. Church), Olive E. (now Mrs. D. W. Smith). Began work as machinist when 16 years old, in Wis .; came from Decatur, Ill., to Chicago in 1878, and in 1879 established the Colborne Mfg. Co. (mfrs. of machinery), of which is pres. Republican. Recreation: travel- ing. Residence: 3922 Evanston Av. Office: 416 W. Indiana St.
COLBURN, Isaac, western agent for George H. Morrill Co .; born Waltham, Mass., Dec. 13, 1853; son Isaac and Katharine (Farwell) Col- burn; ed. pub. schools of Mass .; unmarried. Be-
gan business career as clerk in a market at Norwood (then S. Dedham), Mass .; became mgr. for Lyman Smith's Sons, leather goods, first at Lynn, Mass., previous to coming to Chi- cago in 1895 as western agent for George H. Morrill Co., printing inks, with which has since been identified. Republican. Universal- ist. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Recreation: shooting in the North woods. Res- idence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 519 S. Dearborn St.
COLBURN, Joseph Elliott, oculist and au- rist; born Massena, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., Sept. 22, 1853; son Alfred Reaves and Maria P. (Elliott) Colburn; ed. pub. school of New York State; M.D., Albany Med. Coll., 1877; married 1st, Letitia M. Ellis (now deceased) ; married 2d, Eleanor R. Gump; children: George Alfred, Avery Reaves, Joseph Elliott, Ruth. Engaged in practice of medicine since 1877; specialist in diseases of the' eye and ear; was ophthalmic surgeon in Cook Co. Hosp. and asst. ophthal- mic surgeon in Ill. State Eye and Ear Infirm- ary; prof. of ophthalmology in Chicago Poli- clinic, and in Chicago Eye, Ear, Throat and Nose Hosp. and Coll .; asst. to dept. of ophthal- mology, Central Free Dispensary. Author of a book of Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Eye, and of monographs on diseases of the eye and allied subjects. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Acad. of Ophthalmology; ex-pres. Western Society of Ophthalmology; ex-vice-pres. of the Chicago Soc. of Artists. Club: The Cliff Dwel- lers. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 15 E. Washington St.
COLBY, Francis T., lawyer; 1860-1909; see Vol. 1905.
COLBY, John Augustus, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
COLE, Aaron Hodgman, biologist; born Green- wich, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1856; son Morgan C. (M.D.) and Lydia Ann (Hodgman) Cole; A.B., Colgate Univ., 1884, A.M., 1887; grad. student Johns Hopkins, 1889, Univ. of Chicago, 1893, 1896, 1898; married Emma Sarah Mason, of Green- wich, N.Y., Dec. 29, 1885. Instr. natural sci- ences, Peddie Inst., 1884-8; lecturer in zoology and geology, Colgate, 1888-92; instr. zoology, Cold Spring Harbor Biol. Laboratory, 1893; lec- turer in biology, Univ. of Chicago, extension div. 1895-1906; instr. biology, Chicago Normal Sch., coll. dept., since 1906. Instr. technique of biol. projection and anesthesia of animals, Univ. of Chicago, 1901. Popular lecturer on bacteriology since 1895; now delivering popular lectures on vital phenomena of lower animals and plants, using them exhibited, by means of a projection microscope for illustrations. In- ventor of scientific apparatus, eye shields, and of methods of highly magnifying on screen im- ages of microscopic animals and plants; also successful method of producing anesthesia of animals used in the live state for zoöl. labora- tory studies, and when photographed; demon- strated method of "teaching biology from liv- ing plants and animals with a projection mi- croscope," 1905. Mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Health League, Chicago Advisory Com. and Authors' League, N.E.A., Ill. State Micros. Soc., National Geog. Soc. Asso. editor United Editors Ency. and Dictionary and author of articles on "The Projection Microscope and Its Use" and "An- esthesia of Animals and Plants." Author: Man- ual of Biological Projections and Anesthesia of Animals, 1907. Also various bulls., papers and monographs. Residence: 6022 Monroe Av.
COLE, Arthur Throop, sec. Cole Mfg. Co .; born Mt. Pleasant, Ia., Feb. 10, 1874; son Will- iam Raemy and Cordelia (Throop) Cole; ed. De Pauw Univ., Ind .; married Los Angeles, Cal., 1898, Mary E. Stillwell; children: Richard and Virginia. Began in retail hardware business at Council Bluffs, Ia., 1891; began mfg. there in co. with two brothers, 1893; removed to Chi- cago, 1895; now sec. and dir. Cole Mfg. Co.,
147
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
stoves; also sec. and dir. Conservant Loan & Investment Co. Unitarian. Mem. Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Union League, Gentlemen's Driving, Chicago Athletic, Wheaton Gun, Wheaton Golf. Recreations: horse breeding, shooting and golf. Residence: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 3218 S. West- ern Av.
COLE, Delavan Burdette, lawyer; born Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 17, 1867; son Walter D. and Alice (Stoddard) Cole; ed. Second Normal School of Minn., Mankato, and high school, Crystal Lake, Minn .; was principal of schools, Slayton, Minn., 1888-9; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1891; married Slayton, Minn., 1889, Olivia A. Reeve; 1 son: John R. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and has since practiced in Chicago; atty. for West Chicago Park Commrs., 1900-4. Re- publican. Club: Hamilton. Residence: 6000 Michigan Av. Office: Reaper Blk.
COLE, Ernest Chapin, mfr .; born Mt. Pleas- ant, la., Jan. 18, 1858; son William Raemy and Cordelia (Throop) Cole; ed. pub. schools, Mt. Pleasant; spent 2 years at Mass. Inst. of Technology; B.A., Ia. Wesleyan Univ., 1881; read law and was admitted to Ia. bar; married Mt. Pleasant, Ia., Mar. 9, 1881, Jennie Brown Comstock; children: Clifford Comstock, Gene- vieve, Margaret, Ernest Raemy. Was in real estate business, 1881-4; retailer of hardware at Council Bluffs, Ia. With 2 brothers, organized in 1893 the Cole Mfg. Co., of which is pres. Re- publican. Unitarian. Club: Colonial. Residence: 4730 Greenwood Av. Office: 3218 S. Western Avenue.
COLE, Francis Richard, lawyer; born Chica- go, June 19, 1871; son Richard and Elizabeth (Byrne) Cole; ed. Lake Forest Univ., Coll. of Higher Sciences, and Soper's School of Ora- tory; has degrees of LL.B., Ph.D. and LL.D .; married Chicago, July 1895, Sadie Clucas; chil- dren: Sylvia, Elizabeth, Anna Bernice. Ad- mitted to bar, 1892; nominated for judge by Labor Reform League, and also candidate for judge of Superior Court on People's ticket, 1898; was chmn. co. com., Populist party, 1897- 9, and mem. of Populist Nat. Com .; pres. Citi- zens' Sovereignty Assn., 1896-1900; pres. Chi- cago branch of Columbian Coll. of Citizenship; vice-pres. nat. organization and chmn. of facul- ty in economic dept. Writer of pamphlets on the initiative and referendum, proportional rep- resentation, civil service reform, public owner- ship of natural monopolies, ctc., and of widely circulated campaign pamphlet "Civilization, Bryan and the Times." Author of several dra- matic works, the historical drama "Belshazzar, Daniel and the Mystic Writing," produced in 1910; the melodrama "Magellan, First Circum- navigator of the World"; "The Stand Patters," a farce comedy, and "Hercules," a farce. Res- idence: 3956 S. Western Av.
COLE, George E., stationer and printer; born Jackson, Mich., Mar. 2, 1845; son Ichabod and Sarah H. Cole; cd. pub. schools, Jackson; mar- ried Lois T. Milnes, of Chicago, June 20, 1878; children: Theodore B. (died 1907), Munroe. Served 2 years as private, 10th Mich. Vol. Inf., during Civil War; in business as stationer and printer, Chicago, since Mar. 1878; pres. George E. Cole Co. Independent in politics. Organized 1896, pres., 1896-9, Municipal Voters' Leaguc: pres. Citizens' Assn., 2 years; ex-pres. and dir. Legislative Voters' League. Clubs: Union League, City, Sunday Evening (dir.). Member George H. Thomas Post G.A.R. Recreations: reading and golf. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Of- flce: 118 N. Dearborn St.
COLE, Henry A., commn. merchant in win- dow glass; born Cheshire, Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 19, 1850; son Dr. Lansing J. and Caroline A. (Mason) Cole; ed. pub. and private schools in Cheshire and Lanesboro, Berkshire Co., Mass., 1 year at Whitesboro (N.Y.) Acad., and 1 year at Monroe Coll. Inst., Elbridge, N. Y .; married Ottawa, 111., June 1, 1881, Kate S. Eld-
redge; children: Marie Eldredge (Mrs. Henry Hunter), Emma Caroline (Mrs. Tracy Luccock), Henry Eldredge, Gordon Earle, Robert Mason. Was connected with Ottawa (Ill.) Glass Co., as shipping clerk, bookkeeper, traveling salesman, dir. and gen. mgr., 1871-87, office mgr. United Glass Co., Ottawa, Ill., plant, 1887-92, and sec. of the United Glass Co., Chicago, 1892-6; re- signed from the United Glass Co., 1896, and established in present business. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Oak Park, Hamilton. Residence: 234 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 440 S. Dearborn St.
COLE, Howard, timber lands; born Parkers- burg, W.Va., May 1, 1868; son J. H. and Bettie (Dudley) Cole; ed. pub. schools, Parkersburg, W.Va., to 1887; married 1892, Ruth Atwood; married 2d, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1, 1900, Hattie Dunwoodie; children: Atwood Dunwoodie, Har- riet, James Howard. Cashier State Savings Bank, Roanoke, Va., 1887-9; in 1889 went South and was engaged in land business in La. and Miss .; was resident in Vicksburg, Miss., 5 years before coming to Chicago, Apr. 1, 1904. Pres. Miss. Realty Co., incorporated in 1899 and op- erating in timber lands in Miss. and La .; in 1908 organized firm of Howard Cole & Co., In- corporated, timber lands, of which is pres. Also pres. Columbia Timber Co. (Vancouver, B.C.), Howard Cole Timber & Investment Co. (Van- couver, B.C.), Silver Lake Timber Co. (Fla.), Fla. Land & Timber Co., Columbia Steel Co. (Elyria, O.), Kansas City (Mo.) Oil Co .; vice- pres. and dir. in a number of other concerns. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Country, Gentlemen's Driving (Whea- ton, Ill.). Recreation: driving. Residence: Ev- anston, Ill. Office: Ry. Exchange.
COLE, Rossetter Gleason, music teacher; born Clyde, Mich., Feb. 5, 1866; son Henry Walcott . and Mary Charlotte (Gleason) Cole; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1888; married Fannie Louise Gwinner, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 6, 1896. Taught English, German and Latin in high sch., 2 years; studied music in Berlin, 1890-2: by competitive exam. won a 3 yrs.' scholarship in the Royal Meisterschule for Composition. under Max Bruch. Dir. sch. of music and prof. music, Ripon (Wis.) Coll., 1892-4; prof. music. Ia. Coll., 1894-1901; teacher of harmony and composition, Chicago, 1902-7; organist 5th Ch. of Christ, Scientist, Chicago, 1903-7; editor of Good Music, 1903-7; prof. music and dir. Sch. of Music, Univ. of Wis., 1907-9; pvt. teacher. Chicago, since 1909. Lecturer in music. Colum- bia Univ. Summer Session, 1908, 1909, 1910. Mem. New York Manuscript Soc .; vice-pres. for Ia., 1897-1900, pres., 1902-3. 1909, 1910, Music Teachers' Nat. Assn. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Com- poser of several works, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 1363 E. 51st St. Studio: 721 Fine Arts Bldg.
COLE, Thomas Willoughby, lithographer: born Culpeper, Va., July 17, 1860; son Rev. John and Frances Elcanor (Thompson) Cole: ed. private schools at Culpeper, Va., and 2 years at Culpeper Mil. Acad., finishing at Epis- copal High School of Va., ncar Alexandria: married Josephine Stüber, of Wilmington, Del .. Jan. 7, 1885; 1 daughter: Katherine Burgie. Be- gan as clerk in ry. freight office in Culpeper at 16, remaining there 3 years; came to Chicago. 1879, to open a branch office here for Geo. S. Harris & Sons of Phila., of which remained in charge until 1892; organized in 1892, and since pres. and dir. Cole Lithographing Co., mfrs. of cigar box labels, trimmings and cigar bands, exclusively. Enlisted as private Co. C. 1st Ill. Inf .. June 1882; served as sergt .. q .- m., 2d lt .. 1st It. and capt. Co. K., until 1908, and holds bronze, silver and gold medals for "long and honorable service"; commissioned maj. in Col. Koch's regiment of inf. raised for service in Spanish-Am. War, but was not mustered into service. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason. Club:
14S
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
Ill. Athletic. Residence: 430 E. 41st St. Office: 3125 Indiana Av.
COLEMAN, Adelbert E., pres. and treas. Chi- cago Ornamental Iron Co .; born nr. Sandwich, Ill., Feb. 1, 1859; son Stephen D. and Margaret L. (Fraser) Coleman; ed. Sandwich High School and 1 year at Univ. of Mich .; married Chicago, Oct. 14, 1885, Ida Ray; 1 son: B.R. In employ of Chicago branch Vermont Marble Co. until 1890, being mgr. last 2 years; bought an inter- est in and was vice-pres. and dir. Bouton Foun- dry Co .; with Chicago Ornamental Iron Co. since 1893, later becoming sec., treas. and mgr., and since 1896 president and treas. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Kenwood. Residence: 4928 Washington Av. Office: 37th St. and Stewart Avenue.
COLEMAN, Charles Elliott, mgr. for Eugene Munsell & Co .; born Howells, Orange Co., N.Y., Nov. 2, 1867; son Elliott A. and Melissa A. (Reed) Coleman; ed. in district schools of New York State; married Binghamton, N.Y., Sept. 10, 1892, Minnie S. Shapley; children: Kingsley L., Helen S., Marion L. At age of 16 learned the tinsmith's trade in Middletown, N.Y .; trav- smith's trade in Middletown, N.Y .; traveling salesman for Wilkinson & Banta, stove jobbers, New York City, for 1 year; with Eugene Mun- sell & Co., as traveling salesman for stoves and mica and covered eastern territory, 1888-96; since then western representative of that co. and of the Mica Insulator Co., with headquarters in Chicago. Residence: 9332 S. Robey St. Of- fice: 1202, 542 S. Dearborn St.
COLEMAN, Julius Archer, lawyer; born Mo- bile, Ala., May 1, 1849; son James Archer and Sarah Ann (Kennedy) Coleman; grad. Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind., A.B. and M.A. (vale- dictorian), 1870; married Apr. 29, 1873, Nannie D. McCormick; children: Martha Sherman (Mrs. S. S. Sherman), Julia (Mrs. C. M. Dunning), Leila (Mrs. Arthur Fox), Ann. Admitted to bar at Henderson, Ky., 1871; practiced law there until 1876; came to Chicago in 1886; in real estate business for some years, resuming prac- tice of law in 1894; since then making specialty of mechanics' liens and bldg. contracts. Author of text book on Law of Mechanics' Liens for the State of Illinois. Subsequently drafted the law which is substantially the present law of Ill. His work and his part in the legislation of the state have given him the name of "father of the Ill. Mechanics' Lien Law." Office: Ashland Block.
COLEMAN, W. Franklin, physician; born at Brockville, Can., 1838; ed. pub. schools, 3 years at Brockville Grammar School, 3 years Pots- dam (N.Y.) Acad .; 3 years in med. dept. Mc- Gill Coll., Montreal; discontinued course be- cause of attack of typhoid fever, but resumed studies 2 years later at Queen's Coll., Kings- ton, Can., from which was grad. with honors in 1863; married St. John, N.B., 1882, Mary Winni- ett Hartt. Practiced medicine at Lyn, Can., 1863-9, then went to London and took special courses in diseases of the eye and ear at Moor- fields Eye Hosp. and London Hosp., at end of which took degree of M.R.C.S., England; re- turned to Canada, 1870, and formed partner- ship with Dr. Rosebrugh, in Toronto, where practiced 7 years, during which was surgeon of Toronto Eye and Ear Infirmary. Went abroad in 1877 and studied a year in the clinics of Vi- enna and Heidelberg; practiced in St. John, N. B., 1877-84, during which time was oculist and aurist to the Provincial Hosp .; removed to Chi- cago, 1885, and has since practiced as a spe- cialist in this city. On arriving here, finding there had not been a school for graduates in medicine, organized the Chicago Polyclinic, but in 1889, the management of that institution proving unsatisfactory to several of his col- leagues and himself, was active in organizing the Post-Grad. Medical School of Chicago, of which is pres. and prof. of ophthalmology. Mem.
Chicago Ophthalmological Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Medico-Legal Soc. Extensive contributor to med. literature, especially as regards diseases of the eye. Club: Physicians. Office: Venetian Bldg.
COLEMAN, William Ogden, merchant; born Dixon, Ill., Jan. 1, 1864; son John and Julia (Cammann) Coleman; ed. pub. schools, Dixon; married Versailles, Ky., Nov. 1892, Annie Cren- shaw; 1 son: William Ogden, Jr. At 18 years of age entered employment of Burley & Co., china and glassware, continuing in various ca- pacities until 1898, when he became a partner in the firm; elected vice-pres. in 1900; since 1907 pres. Burley & Tyrrell Co. Democrat. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: River Forest, Ill. Office: 7 N. Wabash Av.
COLLEDGE, William A., educator; born Ed- inburgh, Scotland, Nov. 28, 1859; son Joseph and Margaret J. (Whiteman) Colledge; grad. Established Church Normal School, Glasgow, Scotland, 1879-82; studied in London, Eng., 1883-6; (D.D., Adrian Coll., Mich., 1892). Or- dained Congregational ministry, 1887; in pas- torate, 1887-1903; extension lecturer, English literature, Univ. of Chicago, 1902; editor Tech- nical World, 1903; prof. English literature, Ar- mour Inst. of Technology, Chicago, 1904-9; lec- turer, Redpath Lyceum Bureau, Chicago, since 1910. Editor-in-chief New Standard Encyclo- paedia (New York) and History of the World (Chicago), subscription publications. Fellow Royal Geographical Soc., Eng., 1894. Trustee State Home for Juvenile Offenders, Geneva, Ill. Club: University. Residence: Evanston, Ill.
COLLETTE, Elpheus Joseph, gen. agt. Cop- per Range R.R .; born Richville, Addison Co., Vt., Mar. 31, 1858; son William and Josephine (Birtz) Collette; ed. pub. schs. and Lawrence Univ., night school, Appleton, Wis .; married Maud Leola Mercer, of Madison, Wis., June 21, 1886; 1 child: Naundas Maud. Journeyman printer, 11 to 21; later shorthand writer and stenographer; contracting freight agt., C.,M.& St.P.Ry., 7 years; apptd. commercial agent Cop- per Range R.R. at Chicago, 1904, gen. agt. since Nov. 1, 1906. Republican. Christian Scientist. Clubs: Traffic, Wisconsin Soc. Recreations: fishing and yachting. Residence: 1029 Buena Av. Office: 845 Marquette Bldg.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.