The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 49

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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COWAN, William P., vice-pres. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana; born Cleveland, O., July 8, 1846; son William C. and Caroline (Stillwell) Cowan; ed. pub. schools of Cleveland; married June 3, 1880, Anna Clark Mackenzie. Began in employ of the freight dept. of the old C.,C.,C&I.R.R., until 1875, when became connected with the Standard Oil Co. at Cleveland; removed to Chi- cago in 1889, and became vice-pres. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. Club: Chicago Athletic. Res- idence: 3218 Michigan Av. Office: 9th floor, 72 W. Adams St.

COWDERY, Edward Gilmore, vice-pres. Peo- ples Gas Light & Coke Co .; born North Ando- ver, Mass., Oct. 4, 1856; son William S. and Eliza J. (Wilson) Cowdery; ed. pub. schools and Mass. Inst. Technology; married Jennie Van Fleet Burr, of White Pigeon, Mich., May 19, 1887; 3 children: Louise, Corene and Ches- ter. Began as civil engr., Toledo, O., until 1875;

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then with The Toledo Gas Light & Coke Co., until 1877; engr. with Milwaukee (Wis.) Gas Co., 1877-82; with Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, 1882-4; supt. Milwaukee Gas Light Co., 1884-93, and vice-pres. and gen. mgr. same, 1893-1903; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis, 1903-7; vice-pres. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, since 1907; also pres. Merchants Power Co., Memphis, Tenn .; vice-pres. Beloit (Wis.) Gas, Water & Electric Co. Mem. Am. Gas Inst., Illuminating Engring. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, etc. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Automo- bile, South Shore Country, Chicago Press, Ex- moor Country. Recreation: motoring. Resi- dence: 1367 N. State St. Office: Peoples Gas Building.

COWEN, see also Cowan.

COWEN, Israel, lawyer; born Houston, Tex., Dec. 12, 1861; son Bennett and Bertha (Sem- mel) Cowen; ed. pub. schools in Cal. and Tex .; Heilbronn's Private School, New York, 1871; Royal Gymnasium, Ostrowo, Germany, 1872-8; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1881; mar- ried Alma M. Desenberg, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mar. 15, 1897. In practice in Chicago since Jan. 4, 1883; master in chancery Superior Court, 1896-9; Dem. candidate for judge of Superior

Court, 1900. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Pres. Jewish Chautauqua Soc. of America; vice-chmn. board of delegates on Civ- il and Religious Rights; sec. K.A.M. Congrega- tion; mem. boards of Chicago Hebrew Inst., Or- thodox Home for Aged Jews, Synagogue and School Extension of America; trustee Nat. Hosp. for Consumptives, Denver, etc. Mem. B'nai B'rith, Ancient Order United. Workmen. Club: City. Recreations: general outdoor exer- cises. Residence: 437 E. 48th St. Office: 907 Tacoma Bldg.

*COWEN, Willis Michael; see Vol. 1905.

COWEN, Winfield Scott, chief grain inspect- or for Ill .; born on farm in Blair Co., near Al- toona, Pa., Dec. 13, 1848; son George and Mary (Barnhart) Cowen; ed. in pub. school; came West with parents to Carroll Co., Ill., 1856; married Lucy Hileman, of Carroll Co., Ill., Mar. 2, 1873. Has always been engaged in farming; also in grain and live stock buying, 1876-88; dealer in hardware and farm machinery at Shannon, Ill., 1887-92. Postmaster of Shannon, 1889-93 (apptd. by Pres. Harrison); apptd. chief grain inspector by Gov. Yates, June 10, 1904; reapptd. by Gov. Deneen, July 1, 1907. Mem. Nat. Chief Grain Inspectors' Assn., Ill. Grain Dealers' Assn. Trustee Elgin Insane Asylum, 1897-1901; trustee of Shannon, Ill., several terms and pres. of the board 2 terms; del. to Repub- lican Nat. Convention at Minneapolis, 1892, and was one of the 14 who consistently voted for J. G. Blaine for presidential nominee. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner); K.P. Recreation: motor- ing. Residences: Shannon, Ill .; also 640 York Pl., Chicago. Office: 206 S. LaSalle St.

COWLES, Alfred, lawyer; born Chicago, Jan. 5, 1865; son Alfred and Sarah Frances (Hut- chinson) Cowles; A.B., Yale Univ., 1886, post- grad. course, 1886-7; studied law, Yale Law School, 1887-8. Northwestern Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, 1888-9; married S. Manchester, Conn., Nov. 28, 1890, Elizabeth Cheney (now deceased) ; children: Alfred III, Knight Cheney, John Che- ney, Thomas Hooker. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, and has since practiced law, except during the period from the fall of 1898 to Jan. 1901, dur- ing which was actively engaged in the manage- ment of The Chicago Tribune, most of the time being sec. and treas. Dir. Tribune Co .; pres. Rialto Co .; dir. Am. Radiator Co., Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank, Electric Smelting & Aluminum Co. and other corpns. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: University, Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf. Residence: 1130 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Postal Telegraph Building.

COWLES, Henry Chandler, botanist; born Kensington, Conn., Feb. 27, 1869; son Henry Martyn and Eliza (Whittlesey) Cowles; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1893; fellow in geology and bot- any, 1895-7, lab. assistant, 1897-8, Ph.D., 1898, Univ. of Chicago; married Elizabeth Waller, of Louisville, Ky., June 25, 1900. Prof. natural sciences, Gates Coll., Neb., 1894-5; special field asst. U.S. Geol. Survey, summer, 1895; instr. botany, 1902-7, asst. prof. since 1907, Univ. of Chicago. Pres. Assn. Am. Geographers; 1st vice-pres. and dir. Geog. Soc. Chicago; mem. Bot. Soc. of America, Internat. Bot. Assn., Bot- anists of Central States, A.A.A.S., Sigma Xi. Universalist. Club: Quadrangle. Author: Vege- tation of Sand Dunes of Lake Michigan, 1899; Plant Societies of Chicago, 1901; Text-book of Plant Ecology, 1910. Address: 517 E. 60th St.

COWLES, Walter Linsley, engr .; born Wal- lingford, Conn., Jan. 7, 1859; son Robert H. and Hattie M. (Beadle) Cowles; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1878; married Beaver Falls, Pa., Feb. 11, 1891, Hattie J. Alford; 1 daughter: Marjorie B. Since leaving coll. has been engaged in engring. work all over the U.S., making a specialty of bridge and building construction: since 1901 in Chi- cago, practicing as consulting engr .; now divi- sion engr., Chicago Passenger Subways; also sec. D. F. Holman Ry. Tracklayer Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engrs., Western Soc. of Engrs., S.A.R. Recreation: golf. Residence: 309 Ontario St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Borland Building.

COWPER, John Whitfield, civil engr .; born Suffolk, Va., Apr. 27, 1871; son Henry D. and Evelyn (Whitfield) Cowper; ed. private schools and Bethel Mil. Acad., Warrenton, Va .; married Josephine Osborn, of Oak Park, Ill., Dec. 27, 1907; 1 son: John W., Jr. Began engring. with Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific R.R. in 1888-93; resident engr. C.,L.&W. to 1895; div. engr. Big Four R.R., 1895-1901; supt. and mgr., in England, for James Stewart & Co., 1901-5; mgr. of constrn. work at Milwaukee and Pitts- burg for James Stewart & Co., 1905-9; came to Chicago in 1909 as vice-pres. Worden-Allen Co .; also vice-pres. Lackawanna Bridge Co. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs .; asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs. Episcopalian. Clubs: Engineers', South- ern (Chicago), Engineers' (New York), Du- quesne (Pittsburg), Milwaukee, Milwaukee Country. Residence: 919 Lakeside Pl. Office: 937 Commercial Nat. Bank Building.

COWPERTHWAITE, Allen Corson, physi- cian; born Cape May, N.J., May 3, 1848; son Joseph C. and Deborah Cowperthwaite; ed. Tou- lon, Ill., Sem .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll .. Phila., 1869; Ph.D., Central Univ. of Ia., 1876; (LL.D., Shurtleff Coll., 1888): married Ida E. Erving, of Oskaloosa, Ia., June 2, 1870. Practiced Galva, Ill., 1869-73, Nebraska City, Neb. 1873-7; dean and prof. materia medica, Homœ. Med. Dept., State Univ. of Ia., 1877-92, also, 1884-5. dean Homœ. Med. Coll., Univ. of Mich .; since 1892 practicing in Chicago; prof. materia med- ica and therapeutics. 1892-1901, pres. since 1901, Chicago Homœ. Mcd. Coll .; prof. materia med- ica and therapeutics, Hahnemann Mcd. Coll .: consulting physician to Cook Co., Chicago Union, Chicago Homœ. and Hahnemann hosps. Ex- pres. state homœ. medical societies of Ia .. Ill. and Neb .; ex-pres. Am. Inst. Homœopathy; fel- low Soc. Science, Letters and Arts, London. Rc- publican. Baptist. Author: Insanity in Its Med- ico-Legal Relations, 1876; Materia Medica and Therapeutics, 1881; Text Book of Gynecology. 1888; Text Book of the Practice of Medicine. 1901. Also numerous monographs, and of ar- ticles in med. jours. Residence: 110 Ashland Boul. Office: 34 E. Washington St.

COX, Alfred John, bookbinder; 1835-1909; see Vol. 1905.

COX, Amariah George, mfr .; born Nunda. N. Y., July 10, 1849; son William G. and Sarah C. Cox; ed. pub, and high schools of Nunda, N.Y .:

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married Nashville, Tenn., 1896, Angie W. Will- iams; children: Mrs. Blanche Atwater, of New York City, Olive P. Cox (Mrs. Fred Sleeper, of Chicago). After leaving school engaged in teaching until 1868; was in tug and wrecking business at Cleveland, O., 1868-1874, and sec. of the Cleveland Towing Assn .; since 1874 in paint mfg. business; now sec., treas. and gen. mgr. of the Rubber Paint Co., and treas. and gen. mgr. of the Eureka Paint Co. Is also ex- tensively engaged in the chewing-gum indus- try, being gen. mgr. of the Zeno Mfg. Co. Mem. Paint Grinders Assn. (ex-pres.); mem. Paint, Oil and Varnish Assn .; ex-pres. Annexation Club. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, South Shore Country. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Recrea- tions: motoring, swimming, billiards and golf. Residence: 4220 Sheridan Rd. Office: 725-735 W. VanBuren St.

COX, Arthur Malcom, lawyer; born Chicago, June 16, 1873; son Jesse and Annie (Malcom) Cox; grad. West Division High School, 1892; studied law in office of Jesse Cox, and passed examination in Appellate Court in 1894. Began practice of law in father's office, 1894, and con- tinued with him up to the time of his death in Sept. 1902; practiced alone until May 1, 1903, when became a mem. law firm of Carnahan, Slusser & Cox; appointed master in chancery Superior Court, in Dec. 1907; became associated with the firm of Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reich- mann, in May 1908. Republican. Baptist. Mas- ter Mason. Mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Recreations: yachting, golf and horseback rid- ing. Residence: 4524 Lake Av. Office: 1501 Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.

COX, Henry Joseph, meteorologist; born New- ton, Mass., Apr. 5, 1863; son Thomas and Han- nah M. (Perkins) Cox; A.B., Harvard, 1884; (hon. A.M., Norwich Univ., 1887); married Ma- ry, daughter C. C. Cavanagh, of Somerville, Mass., Sept. 8, 1887. Prof. Norwich Univ., 1886- 8; in weather service since Aug. 1, 1884; pro- moted steadily until became, Mar. 1, 1899, prof. meteorology, in charge North Central Forecast Dist. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Chicago Acad. Sci- ences, Geographic Society Chicago (pres.). Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Yacht. Residence: 4566 Lake Av. Office: Federal Bldg.

COX, Howard Malcom, patent atty .; born Phila., Pa., June 14, 1871; son Jesse and Annie (Malcom) Cox; B.S., in mech. engring., Univ. of Mich., 1895; LL.B., John Marshall Law Sch., Chicago, 1905; married Aurelia M. Crossette, of Hinsdale, Ill., Apr. 30, 1907; 1 daughter: Bar- bara. In engring. practice with Denver (Colo.) Engring. Co., 1898-1900; engr. with Gates Iron Works, Chicago, 1900-1; practiced patent law with father until latter's death in 1902; mem. firm of Cheever (Dwight B.) & Cox since 1902. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Calumet Country, Electric. Recreations: gen- eral outdoor exercises. Residence: 1360 Ken- wood Park Pl. Office: 1133 Monadnock Blk.

COX, Hyatt, broker; born Chicago, Sept. 12, 1876; son William T. and Mary (Hyatt) Cox; ed. Douglas (pub.) School, Chicago, 1884-91; Chicago Manual Training School, 1891-3; Ar- mour Inst., 1893-4. After 2 years with father in live stock commn. business at Union Stock Yards, 1894-6, started in Northwestern Nat. Bank as messenger, 1896; after its consolida- tion with Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, worked with latter until 1901, when became associated with the stock and bond house of Otis Wilson & Co., remaining with that firm until it be- came a part of the Western Trust & Savings Bank in 1903; after a year as asst. to Edward Tilden, pres. of Libby, McNeill & Libby; or- ganized a commercial paper business in April 1904, under the title of Merrill Cox & Co .; sold out interest in this business and in Feb. 1907

was elected dir., vice-pres. and treas. United Box Board & Paper Co., holding the same posi- tions with its successor, the United Boxboard Co., until Nov. 1910, when resigned. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Calumet, Chicago Yacht (Chicago), New York (New York). Residence: Calumet Club.

COX, James Brady, ry. engr .; born Philadel- phia, Oct. 30, 1857; son John and Louisa (Fahn- estock) Cox; ed. pub. schools, and in Pa. Coll., 1875-8; married Chicago, 1889, Tillie Smith. Be- gan professional life as rodman on the Pa.R.R., 1880-2; was asst. supervisor and supervisor of same road, 1882-9; engaged in private practice as civil engr., 1889-95; asst. engr. C.,H.&W.R.R., 1895-8; chief engr. of the Chicago Junction Ry. Co., 1898-1907; in private practice as consult- ing engr. since Oct. 1, 1907. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs., Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way Assn. Residence: 938 Glengyle Pl. Of- fice: 707, 343 S. Dearborn St.

COX, Rensselaer William, cooperage; born Cincinnati, O., May 14, 1855; son William and Electra Robinson (Stanford) Cox; ed. high school, Chicago; married Columbus, O., Feb. 11, 1904, Miss Deshler. In financial dept. of Pull- man Co., 1875-7; then in grain business. In 1882 went into the mfr. of cooperage in firm of Seaman, Cox & Brown, which was later merged into the Seaman, Cox & Brown Cooperage Co., which, after the death of Mr. Brown, and re- tirement of Mr. Seaman, was consolidated with original St. Louis plant of that name and be- came the Pioneer Cooperage Co., of which is pres. Republican. Mem. Central Church. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Onwentsia, Commercial, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 1539 Astor St. Office: 446 N. Hoyne Av.

COX, Stephen Williams, surgeon; born Balti- more, Md., Jan. 11, 1859; son John and Mary (Eldridge) Cox; ed. pub. schools of Menard Co., Ill .; Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind .; Val- paraiso (Ind.) Normal School; Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, M.D., 1889; Ill. Coll. of Electro-Thera- peutics; Chicago Policlinic and Hosp .; Ill. Post- Grad. Med. School; married Chicago, Dec. 24, 1890, Nellie J. Sullivan; 1 son: Donald Stephen Linne. Was a school teacher in Menard and Mason cos., Ill., 1873-80; also taught music while a school teacher; student, literary and med., 1880-9; trained nurse for 2 years, 1886-7, in Cook Co. Hosp .; was mem. Cook Co. Hosp. med. staff, 1900-1; formerly attending surgeon Kedzie Hosp .; physician and examiner for Mont- gomery Ward & Co., 1904; was supt. Kirkland Free Dispensary, 1889-95; formerly med. exam- iner Sons and Daughters of St. George and mem. Grand Med. Board of Sons of St. George for Ill., Wis., Mich. and Mo .; surgeon in chief St. Stephen's Sanitarium; surgeon to West Side Hosp .; U.S. examining surgeon, 1st Pension Board, Chicago. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Mason, 32°. Residence: 2914 Jackson Boul. Office: 32 N. State St.

COXE, Charles Albert, merchant; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

COYKENDALL, John Franklin, ry. official; born Canton, Ill., Oct. 25, 1859; son Cyrus and Catherine (Fawcett) Coykendall; ed. public grammar school, Canton; married Eliza B. Ed- miston, of Canton, Sept. 30, 1879; 3 children: Charles E., Edith E. and Alice C. Began ry. service with C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1884-9; with U.P.Ry., at Omaha, Neb., as chief clerk to vice-pres., 1889-92; traffic mgr. Fraser & Chalmers Co. and its successor, the Allis-Chalmers Co., at Chi- cago, 1892-1906; traffic mgr. Chalmers & Will- iams, at Chicago, 1906-9; sec. and treas. C.G.W. R.R.Co. since Oct. 1, 1909. Baptist. Mason (K. T., Shriner). Club: Traffic. Residence: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 406 Grand Central Station.

COYNE, Daniel Joseph, commn. merchant; born Chicago, Apr. 19, 1863; son Luke and Cath- arine (O'Neil) Coyne; ed. parochial and pub.

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schools, Chicago; married Mary Julia Crowley, of Chicago, July 17, 1881; 5 children: Daniel Joseph, Jr., May L., Edna A., Florence V., George L. Employed by S. Water St. produce commn. house, 1878-94; with brother Richard J., organ- ized firm of Coyne Bros., Apr. 1894. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters. Recreations: baseball, football. Res- idence: 225 S. Humphrey Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 119 W. South Water St.

COYNE, Frederick E., gen. mgr. Sebree Mail Exchanging Device Co .; born E. Orange, N.J., 1860; ed. pub. schools, E. Orange; has lived in Chicago since 1883; married 1886, Pauline Nie- haus, of Chicago. Was a clerk in Chicago for a time, then started a bakery and later bought restaurants and added a wholesale bakery de- partment; the business was later discontinued. Has been active in politics as a Republican; collector internal revenue, Chicago, 1897-1901; postmaster of Chicago, 1901-1906; gen. mgr. Se- bree Mail Exchanging Device Co. since 1910. Residence: 2846 Warren Av. Office: The Temple.

CRAFT, John Corson, banker; born Morris- town, N.J., Oct. 2, 1863; son Joseph V. and Mar- tha Parker (Garretson) Craft; ed. pub. schools, Rochelle, Ill .; married Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 3, 1888, Zada B. Dustin; children: Daniel Dustin, Catharine Garretson. Cashier and dir. Rochelle (Ill.) Nat. Bank, 1884-90; acting asst. treas. of U.S. at Chicago, 1890-2; asst. cashier, 1892-3, cashier, 1893-1903, vice-pres., 1903-9, Bankers Nat. Bank; vice-pres. and dir. Commercial Nat. Bank, 1909-Aug. 1, 1910, since which time vice- pres. Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank. Clubs: Union League, Bankers', Homewood Country, Kenwood. Recreations: golf, fishing and bowling. Residence: 5206 Hibbard Av. Of- fice: 72 W. Adams St.

CRAFTS, Clayton Edward, lawyer; born Au- burn, O., July 8, 1848; son Edward and Helen B. (Johnson) Crafts; ed. pub. schools and Ec- lectic Inst. of Hiram, O. (later known as Hiram Coll.); LL.B. with honors, Union Coll. of Law, Cleveland, O., 1868; married Sept. 15, 1869, Cor- delia E., daughter of Oscar M. and Charity Kent, of Aurora, Ill .; children: William C. (de- ceased), Fred A. (deceased), Helen (Mrs. F. W. Job), Harry K. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1868; en- tered practice at Watkins, N.Y., with Judge John J. Van Allen, but in 1869 came to Chicago and became member firm Lincoln (Henry) & Crafts until 1873; alone 1873-85;, mem. firm Crafts & Stevens (George M.) since 1885. Was chmn. Dem. Com. of Cook Co., 1888; mem. Ill. House of Representatives, 1882-96 and 1901 (speaker of House, 1891-3). Mem. Royal Ar- canum, Royal League. Mem. Ill. State and Chi- cago Bar assns., Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Mason. Pres. Board of Trustees of 1st Presby- terian Church (Austin, Ill.) since 1873. Club: The Oaks (Austin). Residence: 5448 Washing- ton Boul., Austin. Office: Chicago Stock Ex- change.

CRAFTS, Miles Benjamin, grain; born Au- burn, Geauga Co., O., Apr. 14, 1842; son Benja- min and Elsie (Whitcomb) Crafts; ed. public schools of Ohio; married Newberry, O., Feb. 25, 1864, Julia F. Gilbert; children: Arthur A., Zina B. At age of 17 in partnership with broth- er in operating a farm; came to Chicago, 1868; engaged in real estate business until 1871; moved his family west and established in the grain commn. business; was also in retail mer- chandise business at Austin. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade since 1879; charter mem. and ex-pres. Open Board of Trade of Chicago. Re- publican. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, West Chicago Driving (a founder, and ex-pres., and now 1st vice-pres.), The Oaks (Austin). Recreations: fond of horses, riding, driving and frequent outings on his farm in Valparaiso. Ind. Resi- dence: 142 N. Park Av., Austin. Office: 46, 306 Sherman St.

CRAGIN, Henry Benjamin, broker; see Vol. 1905.

CRAIG, Augustus Lesseure, physician; born Georgetown, Ill., Aug. 1, 1853; son William D. and Clara P. (Reeves) Craig; grad. Univ. of Ill., 1873; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1879; married New Boston, Ill., 1881, Abbie Kirlin. Practiced medicine at Aledo, Ill., 1879-89; was in Denver, Colo., 1889-92, on account of health; came to Chicago in 1897; now vice-pres. and med. dir. Old Colony Life Ins. Co. Mason (K.T., Shriner; past master Aledo Lodge 252). Residence: 4173 Lake Av. Office: Old Colony Bldg.

CRAIG, Calvin Francis, banker; born Winne- shiek Co., Ia., June 6, 1867; son Francis J. and Isabelle (Elliott) Craig; reared in Canada where attended pub. schools, and Woodstock (Ont.) Collegiate Institute; married Charlotte Hoops, of Chicago, Jan. 20, 1909; 1 son: Will- iam Francis. Began with Traders Bank, Wind- sor, Ont., Can., to 1899, serving in various ca- pacities and in several branches in different parts of Canada; came to Chicago in 1899, and became identified with Metropolitan Trust & Savings Bank, of which has been cashier since 1909. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Bankers', Wanderers, Undercliff Shooting. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Residence: 3866 Lake Av. Of- fice: 30 N. LaSalle St.

*CRAIG, Dickey Willard, surgeon; see Vol. 1905.

CRAIG, Edward Marshall, sec. and gen. mgr. Building Contractors' Council, and Mason Con- tractors' Assn .; born Philadelphia, Feb. 1, 1860; son Benjamin and Marguerette (Nickel) Craig; ed. public schools of Philadelphia; married Dec. 9, 1878, Tillie M. Stengel, of Philadelphia; chil- dren: William H., B. Clarence. Began business career as office boy for Philadelphia attorney; when 18 years of age began to learn the trade .of steam fitter; came to Chicago, Mar. 1890, as agent for Pierce, Butler & Pierce Mfg. Co., and when the firm was consolidated with Am. Boil- er Co., became mgr. of latter until 1897; re- signed to establish a business of his own. Elected, 1897, gen. mgr. of the Master Steam Fitters' Assn. and became sec. of the Western League of Steam Fitters; also sec. and mgr. of the Building Contractors of Chicago, and Nat. Building Trades Employers' Assn. Pres. West End Republican Club of 18th Ward of Phila., 1886; elected mem. of Pa. Legislature, 16th Dist. of Phila., 1888; one of organizers and 6 terms pres. Cook Co. Republican Marching Club; pres. Douglas Park Club of Chicago, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910-11. Mason, K.P .; Royal Ar- canum, Yeomen of America, Knights of Golden Eagle, Knights of Friendship. Recreation: baseball: Residence: 1617 S. Kedzie Av. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

CRAIG, Robert, mfr .: born Port Glasgow. Scotland, May 9, 1840; son James and Chris- tina (Houston) Craig: ed. Scottish schools; married Peotone, Ill., 1872, Jane Duffy. Left Greenock, Scotland, 1854; settled in Providence, R.I., until 1869; served apprenticeship 4 years at trade of plumbing, steam and gas fitting. with J. W. Bishop, New Haven, Conn .; came to Chicago, June 1865, and continued in the trade until 1867, when joined Robert Weir in firm of Weir & Craig, plumbers; incorporated, 1889. Weir & Craig Mfg. Co., of which is vice-pres. Presbyterian. Mason. Residence: 6609 Lexing- ton Av. Oflice: 2439 Wallace St.

CRAIG, Willis Green, theologian; born Dan- ville, Ky., Sept. 27, 1834: son William and Mar- tha E. (Green) Craig; A.B., Centro Coll., Ky .. 1852, Danville Theol. Sem., 1860; (D.D., Centre Coll., 1875; LL.D., Princeton, 1893): married Amelia Owsley, of Springfield, Ill., Oct. 24. 1861. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1862; pastor First Church, Keokuk, la., 1862-82: prof. of ec- cleslastical history, 1882-91. Cyrus H. McCor- mick prof. didactle and polemic theology, since

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1892, McCormick Theol. Sem. Moderator Gen. til Dec. 1901; then employed as clerk by Steere Assembly Presbyn. Church, U.S.A., Washing- ton, 1893; pres. board trustees Parsons Coll., la., since 1875. Address: 2312 N. Halsted St.

CRAIN, see also Crane.

CRAIN, Charles Hicks, physician; born La- fayette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Dec. 7, 1854; son William S. and Marietta (Taylor) Crain; at- tended private schools and Collegiate Inst., La- fayette, Ind., 1863-70; Wabash College, 1871-4; Miami Med. Coll., 1874-6; New York Policlinic, 1887-8; Ill. Med. Coll., 1889-91; married Lafay- ette, Ind., Oct. 1, 1879, Jennie W. Vernon, of Lykenstown, Pa. Practiced medicine at Lafay- ette, Ind., 1876-87, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1888- 91; removed to Chicago and continued in gen- eral practice of medicine, 1891-4; since 1894 has limited practice to ophthalmology. Asst. in opthalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll. Also mem. of firm of Crain Bros., wholesale and retail drugs, chemicals, paints and oils; pres. Eastern Oil Co., Salt Lake City; sec. Southwestern Coal & Iron Co., Salt Lake City. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 860 Leland Av. Office: 31 N. State St.

CRAM, George F., publisher; born Lowell, Mass., May 20, 1842; son Joseph T. and Anna D. (Blanchard) Cram; early edn. in Lowell schools; ed. Wheaton (Ill.) Coll., 1862; married Martha A. Hiatt, of Wheaton, Oct. 3, 1865 (died Aug. 10, 1907). Served in Union Army, 1862-5. Began publishing maps and atlases, 1867. Au- thor: Hand Book of Geography, 1882; Minette, a Tale of the Crusaders, 1901. Residence: 4166 Drexel Boul. Office: 111 N. Market St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 49

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