The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 48

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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COOPER, John Sidney, commn. merchant in horses and mules; born Chicago, Mar. 1842; son John Wellington and Mary (Murphy) Cooper; ed. Wilder School, Chicago; married Chicago, Nov. 19, 1868, Mary Walsh (died Feb. 3, 1880); children: Robert Walsh, Mary Grace (deceased). Began business career as railroad man, work- ing as brakeman on the I.C.R.R., and afterward passenger conductor on the C.&A.R.R. for 14 years. After that was engaged as a contractor for street cleaning for 14 years and then es- tablished barns at 321 Indiana St. from which conducts general teaming business, working 150 horses: Since 1885 has been engaged in a strict- ly commn. business for the sale of horses and mules at the Chicago Union Stock Yards. Dem- ocrat. Clubs: Iroquois, Saddle and Sirloin. Res- idence: 10 Pearson St. Office: 1 Dexter Park Av., Union Stock Yards.

*COOPER, John Snider, lawyer; see Vol. 1905. -

COOPER, William Dayton, real estate; born Morristown, N.J., 1846; son David T. and Sarah (Dayton) Cooper; ed. pub. schools. Since 1884 engaged in a general real estate and loan busi- ness in Chicago, in which line is a mem. of the firm of Cooper & Burhans. Is also pres. Lit- tle Rock (Ark.) Cooperage Co .; treas. George E. Cole Stationery Co. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Rec- reation: motoring. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

COOPER, William Fenimore, judge; born Pe- tersburg, Va., Aug. 4. 1860; son John W. and Fanny Agnes (Bass) Cooper; ed. schools at Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C .; St. Mat- thews Inst., Washington; Sadler's Southern Coll., Baltimore; LL.B., Columbian Univ. Law School, Washington, 1880. LL.M., 1881; married Chicago, Ill., Feb. 25, 1895, Kate M. Adams. As boy was page in the U.S. House of Representa- tives, and later to the Supreme Court of the U.S. under Chief Justice Waite, and, 1876-7, to the electoral commn. appointed to decide the Hayes-Tilden presidential controversy. Admit- ted to bar, 1881; came to Chicago and engaged in general practice; master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1892-1910; elected judge Su- perior Court of Cook County, Nov. 1910. Dem. nominee for justice Supreme Court of I11., 1906. Residence: 813 Dearborn Av. Chambers: 805 Court House.

COPE, Henry Frederick, clergyman: born London. Eng., June 17, 1870; son Albert and Elizabeth (Davies) Cope; ed. elementary schs .. London, Govt. Boys' Sch., Enfield. S. Kensing- ton, Dept. Sciences and Arts, London, and pvt. tutors; came to U.S., 1891; studied theology. Southern Bapt. Theol. Sem .. Louisville, Ky .: A.B., Ripon Coll., 1908: married Elizabeth Er- win, of Hornby, N.Y., Aug. 9, 1893. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1893; pastor Rochester, N. Y. 1894-5, Plano, Ill., 1895-8. Dillon, Mont., 1898- 1903: engaged in teaching and spl. lit. work. Chicago, 1903-4: asst. sec., 1905-7, general sec .. since Feb. 7, 1907, Religious Edn. Assn. Clubs: University, Quadrangle. Chicago Literary. On staff Chicago Sunday Tribune, World To-day. Sunday School Times, Service. Editor and au- thor of a number of vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 5526 Cornell Av Office: 332 S. Michigan Av.

COPELAND, William Lowry, physician; born

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St. Catharines, Ont., Jan. 7, 1851; son William Lowry and Dency Prudence (Moore) Copeland; ed. pub. schools of St. Catharines; prepared for med. coll. in offices of Drs. Cross and Downey at St. Catharines; M.D., McGill Coll., Montreal, 1872, and passed examination of Ontario Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons same year; spent a year in London hosps. and obtained degree of M.R.C.S., London; afterward was for several months house surgeon in Reading (Berkshire) Hosp. and visited other hosps. in Great Britain and Ireland before returning to home at St. Catharines; married St. Catharines, Ont., 1875, Mary St. John; children:' Maud, Belle. Began practice of medicine at St. Catharines, Ont., 1873, and was for 5 years physician and sur- geon to the St. Catharines General & Marine Hosp .; removed to Chicago, 1879, and has since been engaged in practice here; when the Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons was established, was a mem. of the dispensary staff for about 5 years; appointed, 1892, one of the attending physicians to Cook Co. Hosp., and in 1884, prof. of anatomy in the Coll. of Dental Surgery; prof. anatomy, Chicago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, 1906. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Patho- logical Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Democrat. Pres- byterian. Member Royal League, North Am. Union. Residence: 3148 Warren Av. Office: 31 N. State St.

COPELAND, William Monroe, lawyer; born Kent, Ind., Aug. 16, 1859; son Dr. William H. and Ladema H. (Chambers) Copeland; ed. pub. schools of Ind., Independence Acad., Ky., Han- over Coll. and U.S. Mil. Acad. at West Point; married Miss Clara E. Bruning, of Madison, Ind., Sept. 23, 1885. Admitted to bar, Aug. 1880; elected mem. Ind. House of Rep. at 22, being the youngest man ever elected to that body, and served two terms (1882-6); mem. of Ways and Means and other prominent coms .; chmn. of Joint House and Senate Com. appointed to visit overflowed cities and towns of Ohio River Valley during great flood of 1883, and made re- port from personal inspection of flooded dis- trict, which resulted in the legislature appro- priating $100,000 for the flood sufferers; was the pioneer, 1885, in the movement for the ap- pointment of a state commn. to select a uni- form system of school books to be used through- out the state, and provided by the state at cost and to the poor free; this movement has since become general throughout the country, and has saved millions of dollars to the people of the U.S. At session of 1885 placed in nomina- tion the Republican candidate for the U.S. Sen- ate, Gov. Albert G. Porter, and made the prin- cipal speech in his behalf in the House of Rep- resentatives. Practiced law at Madison, Ind., 1882-94; removed to Chicago, 1894, and was mem. law firm of Charlton & Copeland, 1894- 1904; since 1904 has practiced alone, his prac- tice being largely in the Federal courts, not only in Ill. but also in N.Y. and many other states, his clients being located in nearly every country of Europe as well as in North and South America. Republican. Mason (32°), Shrin- er and K.T. Residence: 628 Sheridan Rd. Of- fice: Marquette Bldg.

CORBETT, John Joseph, contractor; see Vol. 1905.

CORBIN, C(alvin) Dana, wholesale grocer; born Chicago; son Calvin Rich and Caroline Elizabeth (Fairfield) Corbin; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; married Mary McKay, of Detroit, Mich. Has been identified with the wholesale grocery trade since entering business life, first in employ of Corbin, May & Co., until that co. was reorganized as Corbin, Sons & Co. in 1898, when became a mem. of the firm. Was mem. 1st Regt. Inf. I.N.G. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 758 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 168 N. Michigan Av.

CORBIN, Calvin Rich, wholesale grocer; born Dudley, Worcester Co., Mass., Feb. 12, 1832; ed.

Mass. pub. schools; came west in 1855 and to Chicago, 1857; married 1861, Caroline Elizabeth Fairfield; children: Franklin N., C(alvin) Dana, John, Lawrence Paul. In 1857 became clerk and later partner of J. W. Doane, teas and coffees, until 1865; mem. firm of Swormsted, Corbin & Co., 1865-8; Ingraham, Corbin & May, 1868-83; Corbin, May & Co., 1883-98; since then senior mem. of Corbin, Sons & Co., wholesale grocers. Has been active in reform politics as a mem. of the Citizens' Assn., Civic Federation, Munici- pal League, etc. Unitarian; mem. Unity Church. Club: Union League. Residence: 1523 Dearborn Av. Office: 168 N. Michigan Av.

CORBUS, Budd Clarke, physician; born La Salle, Ill., July 22, 1876; son Dr. Josephus R. and Sarah (Angle) Corbus; grad. Chicago High School, 1897; M.D., Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons, Chicago, 1901; married Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec. 15, 1903, Gertrude Pitkin. Mem. house staff of Alexian Brothers' Hosp., 1902-3; asst. prof. genito-urinary diseases, Coll. of Phy- sicians and Surgeons (Univ. of Ill.). Republic- an. Congregationalist. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 602, 32 N. State Street.

CORLIES, Edgar Luyster, fire underwriter; born Chicago, Feb. 25, 1867; son John W. and Jeanette (Luyster) Corlies; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; married Chicago, 1904, Anna Thomp- son. Began in the fire insurance office of S. M. Moore & Co., 1883; in 1901 became mem. firm of Wiley, Jennings, Corlies & Magill; in 1908 formed firm of Corlies & Co. Republican. Ma- son, K.T., Shriner. Residence: 5100 Sheridan Rd. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

CORNEAU, Addison, banker; born Toledo, O., Feb. 3, 1877; son William B. and Susan (Addi- son) Corneau; ed. pub. schools of Springfield, Ill .; married London, Eng., June 20, 1910, Cath- erine Grey Roberts, of Springfield, Ill. In em- ploy Ridgeley Nat. Bank, Springfield, Ill., 1892- 1902, filling nearly all clerical positions; cash- ier and dir. North Side State Savings Bank, 1902-7; asst. cashier Western Trust & Savings Bank since 1907. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Bank- ers'. Recreations: music, golf. Residence: 4521 Sheridan Rd. Office: The Rookery.

CORNELL, John Evans, mgr. Hyde Park Ho- tel; born Chicago, Aug. 1, 1862; son Paul and Helen (Gray) Cornell; ed. Univ. of Chicago and Univ. of Mich. (B.A., 1884); grad. Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, LL.B., 1886; married Chicago, Ill., June 22, 1892, Katharine Spear; children: Katharine, John Evans, Jr., Elizabeth (de- ceased), Grace Eldredge. Engaged in practice of law, 1886-90; then became associated with his father in the management of his large prop- erty interests, of which latter the Hyde Park Hotel is a part; assumed full management of the estate of his father upon the death of the latter in 1904; has also been mgr. of the Hyde Park Hotel since 1894. Republican. Club: Home- wood Golf. Residence: 1365 Hyde Park Boul. Office: Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park Boul. and Lake Av.

CORNWELL, Willett Hastings, lawyer; born Philadelphia, Mar. 26, 1875; son Willett and Elmira (Harroun) Cornwell; ed. Allen's Acad., Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1896; married Lynnie Bernard, of Richmond, Va., Apr. 21, 1903. Practiced law in office of Henry M. Bacon, 1896-9; in trial dept. of Em- ployers' Liability Assurance Corpn. of London, Eng., 1899-1902; practiced at Chicago alone, 1902-6, and since 1909. Asst. state's atty. under John J. Healy, 1906-9; state senator from 31st Senatorial Dist. in the 47th Gen. Assembly of Ill. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Pres- byterian. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: auto- mobiling, trap shooting. Residence: 3825 Alta Vista Terrace. Office: 1308 Tribune Bldg.

CORWIN, Arthur Mills, physician; born Hon- olulu, H.T., 1864; son Eli (D.D.) and Henrietta

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S. (Howell) Corwin; A.B., Princeton Univ., go, and editor-in-chief Illinois Law Review since 1887, A.M., 1899; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1890, Sept. 1, 1909. Mem. Am., Colo. and Neb. State Bar assns .; sec. Neb. State Bar Assn., 1907-9; mem. exec. com. Assn. Am. Law Schs. since 1907; mem. Am. Econ. Assn. Mem. Theta Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi. Club: University (Chicago). Republican. Congregationalist. Author: Ameri- can Mining Law, 1908. Contbr. to law jours. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Northwestern Univ. Bldg. followed by 3 months' post-grad. study in Ber- lin; married Chicago, 1893, Fannie L. Hastings; children: Mary W. Hastings (Mrs. Herbert Bradley), Sylvia. Demonstrator physical diag- nosis Rush Med. Coll., 1892-1902; attending phy- sician Central Free Dispensary, dept. chest, nose and throat; since 1902 prof. diseases throat and nose Chicago Clinical School, and prof. di- agnosis Coll. Physicians and Surgeons; attend- ing physician Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Climatological and Laryngological Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Physicians' Club. Recreation: fishing. Resi- dence: 3531 W. Monroe St. Office: Venetian Building.

CORWITH, Charles Rogers, real estate; born Galena, Ill., Feb. 13, 1860; son Henry and Isa- belle (Soulard) Corwith; removed to Chicago, 1873; A.B., Yale Univ., 1883. After leaving coll. engaged in the real estate business in Chicago, in which has since continued, his operations covering the various depts. of a general real estate and loan business. Asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, University, Onwent- sia, Commercial, City. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 1945 Prairie Av. Office: Peoples Gas Building.

CORWITH, Nathan, real estate; born Galena, Ill., Sept. 26, 1861; son Nathan and Mary E. Corwith; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1880; married Chicago, Dec. 19, 1893, Marcia Hempstead; 1 son: Nathan, Jr. Began with his father in lead business, under firm name of N. Corwith & Co .; later became identified with the Am. Smeltering & Refining Co. as sales agt., and in 1902 associated with Russell D. Hill as a mem. of the firm of R. D. Hill & Co., real es- tate and loans, successors to Henry L. Hill; since 1905 engaged in looking after his own real estate interests. Republican. Recreations: golf, motoring, other outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: Highland Park. Office: 709 The Rookery.

CORY, John Darby, insurance; born St. Paris, O., Mar. 30, 1863; son Joel Cory; ed. public schools; married Chicago, Mar. 15, 1898, Eliza- beth Cunningham. Began as office boy in insur- ance office of J. M. Rogers, 1881; remained un- til his retirement in 1894, when was mgr. of the agency; went into ins. business for self with Bertrand F. Rogers as half owner in the firm of B. F. Rogers & Co., and 1902, Nathan Klee was admitted, the firm becoming Klee, Rogers & Cory; in 1907 established firm of John D. Cory & Co., gen. ins., and mgrs. for Cook Co., of Old Colony Ins. Co. of Boston, Mich. Com. Ins. Co. of Lansing, and Boston Ins. Co. of Bos- ton. Democrat. Club: South Shore Country. Recreation: fishing. Residence: Hotel Metro- pole. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

COSTA, Peter, fruits; born Genoa, Italy, Aug. 23, 1866; son John B. and L. (Lanato) Costa; ed. pub. schools in Genoa, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain; married Italy, Nov. 1895, Miss E. Costa. Was in the fruit business in Italy, 1879-89; in 1896, with Louis Ginnocchio and A. M. Meyer, established firm of Ginnocchio, Costa & Co., foreign, domestic and tropical fruits; also the United Fig & Date Co. Residence: 809 Law- rence Av. Office: 33 W. South Water St.

COTTON, Alfred Cleveland, physician; born Griggsville, Pike Co., Ill., May 18, 1847; son Porter and Elvira (Cleveland) Cotton; ed. Griggsville High School and by private tutor, normal high school and grad. Ill. State Normal Univ., Normal, Ill., 1869; grad. Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1878; (A.M., Ill. Coll., 1887); married Chicago, May 2, 1893, Nettie U. McDonald; chil- dren: Mildred Cleveland, John Rowell. Was drummer in Co. F, 137th Ill. Vol. Inf. in Civil War. Since 1878 engaged in practice of medi- cine in Chicago; practice limited to diseases of children and consultations. Prof. diseases of children, Rush Med. Coll .; attending physician to children, Presbyterian Hosp .; consultant to Central Free Dispensary and Jackson Park San- itarium; formerly city physician in charge of isolation hosps. and bridewell; formerly phy- sician in charge of infectious disease wards of Cook Co. Hosp .; for several years mem. Cook Co. Hosp. staff. Lecturer Ill. Training School and Presbyterian Hosp. Training School for Nurses. Ex-pres. Chicago Pediatric Soc., Chi- cago Examiners' Assn .; hon. mem. Societé d'Hy- giene of Paris, France; mem. Am. Pediatric Soc .; fellow Chicago Acad. of Medicine; mem. 12th Internat. Med. Congress; pres. Ill. State Med. Soc. Med. referee Prudential Ins. Co. of America. Author of text books: Diseases of Children, Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene of the Developing Period, Care of the Infant; also numerous monographs relating to pediatrics and allied subjects. Republican. Congregation- alist. Surgeon to arty. battalion, I.N.G. Com- mander Am. Post 708 G.A.R. Twice elected cor- oner of DuPage Co., Ill. Mason (K.T.), Doric Chapter, West Chicago; Bethel Commandery, No. 36, Elgin, Ill. Clubs: Press. Physicians'. Office and Residence: 3218 W. Jackson Boul.

*COTTON, Arthur Baxter; see Vol. 1905.

COTTRELL, William Norman, judge; born Mason City, Ill., Nov. 26, 1870; son Norman and Mary Jane (Gamble) Cottrell; S.B., Ill. Wes- leyan Univ., Bloomington, 1891; A.B., Harvard, 1893, LL.B., 1896; married Mrs. Mary Caldwell Turner, of Chatham, Ill., Aug. 17, 1909. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1895; began practice in Chi- cago, 1896; elected judge Municipal Court of Chicago, 1906, for term of 6 years. Mem. Law Club, Legal Club, Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Union League, University, City, Hamil- ton, Exmoor Country. Recreations: golf. farm- ing. Residence: 4929 Lake Av. Office: Munici- pal Court Bldg.

COUCH, Ira Johnson, capitalist; born Chica- go, June 21, 1871; son George B. Johnson and Caroline E. Couch; grandson of Ira Couch; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Beloit (Wis.) Coll., and Chicago Coll. of Law, LL.B., 1896; married Chi- cago, 1902, Genevra Laing; children: Ira Laing, Mary Elizabeth, Johnson. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896, and was in the office of Arnd & Arnd un- til 1900, when gave up practice and went into the stock investment business with S. B. Cha- pin & Co., becoming a mem, of the firm in 1906. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade. Mason (32°). Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Golf, Glen View. Recreations : golf, fishing. Residence: Golf, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

COSTIGAN, George Purcell, Jr., prof. law; born Chicago, July 19, 1870; son George Purcell and Emilie (Sigur) Costigan; A.B., Harvard, 1892, A.M., 1894, LL.B., 1894; married Maud Whittemore, of Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 31, 1896. Admitted to bar, in Utah, and practiced at Salt Lake City, in firm of Moyle, Zane & Costigan, 1894-9; practiced at New York, 1899-1900, at Denver, in firm of Costigan & Costigan, 1900-5; admitted to Supreme Court of U.S., 1905; instr. COUGLE, Daniel Depue, commn. merchant; born Niagara Co., N.Y., May 26, 1852: son Jo- Sycamore, Ill .; married Chicago, 1892, Louisa law, 1900-4, prof., 1904-5, Denver Law Sch .; prof., 1905-7, dean, 1907-9, Coll. of Law, Univ. seph and Marie (Depue) Congle: ed. high school, of Neb .; prof. law, Northwestern Univ., Chica-

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L. Woodworth. Began as salesman in employ of Hibbard & Spencer, hardware; afterward successively with George Sloan and Sloan Bros., dealers in oysters, fish, etc., until going into business for self in same line, 1873, firm being Cougle Brothers. Republican. Residence: Briggs House. Office: 150 W. South Water St.

COULTER, Eugene Calvin, teacher; born at Hartford, O., June 8, 1859; son James Calvin and Harriet Eliza (Clark) Coulter; ed. Hart- ford (O.) Acad., Grand River Inst., Oberlin (O.) Coll .; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1882; student Williams Coll., 1882-3; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1885, A.M., 1888; married Anna Eleanor Brewster, of Austinburg, O., Dec. 17, 1883; 6 children: Kenneth, Calvin, Evelyn, Eliot, Helen, Anna. Teacher in private schools, New York, 1885-6, Dearborn Morgan Sem., Orange, N.J., 1886-8; head-master, University School, Chica- go, since 1888. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Kappa Alpha Soc. Club: University. Recrea- tion: agriculture. Residence: 1139 Dearborn Av.

COULTER, John Hemphill, lawyer; born Ma- rissa, Ill., Jan. 17, 1873 ; son Dr. A. P. and Phoebe (Jackson) Coulter; grad. Marissa (Ill.) Acad., June, 1889; A.B., Shurtleff Coll., 1893, A.M., 1896; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1895; mar- ried Chicago, Feb. 11, 1902, Marie Caywood Hoyt. Admitted to Ill. bar, June 1895; since then engaged in practice in Chicago, making a specialty of corpn. law. Was asst. to gen. coun- sel of C.&E.R.R.Co., 1897-9; pres. Wis. Power Co., 1903-6; pres. Mo. Southern R.R.Co., 1905. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Club: Union League. Residence: 4837 Kenwood Av. Office: 1101 McCormick Bldg.

COULTER, John Merle, botanist; born Ning- po, China, Nov. 20, 1851; son Moses Stanley and Caroline E. (Crowe) Coulter; A.B., Hanover Coll., 1870, A.M., 1873, Ph.D., 1882; Ph.D., Ind. Univ., 1884; married Georgie M. Gaylord, of Delphi, Ind., Jan. 1, 1874. Botanist, U.S. Geol. Survey in Rocky Mountains, 1872-3; prof. nat- ural sciences, Hanover Coll., 1874-9; prof. biol- ogy, Wabash Coll., 1879-91; pres. and prof. bot- any, Ind. Univ., 1891-3; pres. Lake Forest Univ., 1893-6; prof. and head dept. botany, Univ. of Chicago, since 1896. Special agt. in botany, U. S. Dept. Agr., since 1887; prin. Bay View Sum- mer Univ., 1893-6, Winona Summer School, 1895-8; founder and editor Botanical Gazette since 1875. Fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S. (vice-pres., 1891, gen. sec., 1901) ; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Bot. Soc. America (pres., 1897-8), Am. Soc. Naturalists, Soc. Plant Mor- phology and Physiology, Washington Acad. Sci- ences; corr. mem. Brit. Assn. Adv. Science; corr. fellow Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. Author of several vols. on botanical subjects, for titles see Who's Who in America. Residence: 5532 Monroe Av.

COUNSELMAN, Charles, western mgr. Spen- cer Trask & Co., bankers; born Chicago, Jan. 6, 1882; son Charles and Jennie Elizabeth (Otis) Counselman; ed. Harvard School, Chicago, and Hill School, Pottstown, Pa .; married Jan. 11, 1906, Dorothy L. Felton. With Counselman & Co., brokers, 1900-4; vice-pres. Chicago Grain & Elevator Co., 1904-5; asst. mgr. bond dept. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., 1905-6; asst. western mgr. Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, 1906-10; western mgr. Spencer Trask & Co., bankers, New York, since 1910. Republi- can. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Mid- Day. Recreations: golf, tennis and horseback riding. Residence: 41 Banks St. Office: 72 W. Adams St.

COUNSELMAN, Willis, broker; see Vol. 1905. COUNTISS, Frederick Downer, stock broker; born Chicago, June 26, 1872; son Robert and Louise (Eakin) Countiss; ed. pub. schools, Chi- cago; married New York, Sept. 10, 1910, Miss Eleanor Robinson. Began business career as messenger in the Merchants Nat. Bank of Chi- cago, and in 1892 became bookkeeper with the Nat. Bank of the Republic, and later became

teller. In May, 1896, entered employ of S. B. Chapin & Co., bankers and brokers in stocks, grain, provisions, cotton and coffee, and in July 1898 was admitted to partnership in the firm. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange (pres., 1909-10), New York Stock Ex- change, New York Cotton Exchange. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Bankers', South Shore Country, Exmoor, Lake Geneva Country, Lake Geneva Yacht. Recreations: motoring, yachting and golf. Residence: 2922 Michigan Av. Summer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Of- fice: The Rookery.

COURTRIGHT, Chauncey W., surgeon; born Menesink, N.J., Aug. 25, 1850; son Simeon and Catherine J. (Biddes) Courtright; ed. public schools; grad. Cleveland Homoeopathic Hosp. Coll., 1877; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1887; married Josephine McClain, of Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 12, 1887; 1 daughter: Bess. Began practice in 1877; special practice surgery and obstetrics; obstetrician to Cook Co. Hosp., 1896-7. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Medico-Legal Soc. and Physicians' Club. Unitarian. Residence: 5630 Washington Av. Offices: 817, 15 E. Washington St., and 1359 E. 63d St.

COVERT, William Chalmers, clergyman; born Franklin, Ind., Oct. 4, 1864; son Albert Newton and Susan (Magill) Covert; B.A., Hanover (Ind.) Coll., 1885, A.M., 1888 (D.D., 1905); grad. McCormick Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1888; married Alice Browne Hudson, of Clinton, N.Y., May 14, 1890; 3 children: Katharine, Hudson, Seward. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 1888; pastor St. Paul Park, 1888-92, Mer- riam Park Church, St. Paul, 1892. Forty-first St. Church, Chicago, since Mar. 1905. Dir. Mc Cormick Theol. Sem. since 1902. Club: Univer- sity. Recreations: golf, fly fishing. Residence: 436 Oakwood Boul.

*COVEY, James Francis, coal; see Vol. 1905. COWAN, see also Cowen.

COWAN, William Kennett, furniture; born Chicago, Oct. 24, 1869; son Charles H. and Mary S. (Kennett) Cowan; grad. Chicago Manual Training School, 1889; married Carrie Jaeger, of Chicago, June 27, 1895; 1 daughter: Ruth Louise. Studied architecture in office of Henry Ives Cobb; left there to become supt. of con- struction of sanitary work at World's Colum- bian Exposition; designed and installed all plumbing and appurtenances on World's Fair grounds; in 1894 engaged in special furniture business under firm name of W. K. Cowan & Co .; incorporated, 1901, and he became pres. and gen. mgr. of the company. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Exmoor Coun- try, South Shore Country (Chicago), The Lambs (New York). Recreations: golf, motoring, trav- el. Residence: 1422 N. State St. Office: Fine Arts Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 48

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