The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 5

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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ALLEN, Charles Warren, lawyer; born Dun- kirk, N.Y., Apr. 27, 1857; son William N. and Almena (Swett) Allen; ed. pub. schools; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1881; married Chicago, 1890, Henrietta Howard; 1 daughter: Miriam. Practiced at Westfield, N.Y., 1882-90, Chicago since 1890. With McCormick Harvest- ing Machine Co., and its successor, the Interna- tional Harvester Co., since 1899, of which is asst. sec. Republican. Residence: 564 46th Pl. Office: Harvester Bldg.

ALLEN, Edmund Albert, lumber commission merchant; born Wilmington, Will Co., Ill., Dec. 10, 1849; son Edmund and Elizabeth (Shoemak- er) Allen; ed. pub. schools of Wilmington, Ill., and prep. school at Lake View, Chicago; mar- ried Quincy, Ill., Oct. 16, 1879, Emma Green; 1 son: Amos Green. Has been continuously en- gaged in the lumber business since leaving school in 1865, first in Wilmington as a mem. of the firm of Allen & Son, and later of Allen & Bro. at same place; came to Chicago in 1888, and has since been engaged in the lumber commission business. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Homewood Country, Church. Residence: Del Prado Hotel. Office: 1007 Chamber of Com- merce.

ALLEN, Harry Windiate, bakers' and con- fectioners' supplies; born Chicago, Nov. 23, 1874; son John William and Emma (Windiate) Allen; ed. Chicago pub. and high schools and business coll .; married Winifred J. Niswanger, of Chicago, June 10, 1897; 1 son: Frank Willis. Began business career in 1890, in the business established by his father in 1881 in the whole- sale mfr. and jobbing of supplies and machin- ery for bakers, confectioners, etc., and in 1895 was admitted to partnership in the firm of J. W. Allen & Co., becoming sec. and treas. upon its incorporation in 1906. Republican. Presby- terian. Mem. exec. com. Cook Co. Sunday School Assn. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 913 Oakley Boul. Office: 110-118 N. Peoria St.

ALLEN, Henry Asa, elec. and mech. engr .; born Madison, Wis., Jan. 22, 1867; son Gen. Thomas S. and Natalia (Weber) Allen; ed. U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md., class of 1887; married Julia C. H. Hawley, of Chicago, Sept. 28, 1897; 1 daughter: Julia C. Electrician and machinist Western Electric Co., Chicago, 1890- 2; elec. and mech. engr., Eaton & Prince Ele- vator Co., 1892-4; private practice, 1894-5; elec. and mech. engr. and mgr. elec. dept., Fraser & Chalmers Co. and the Allis-Chalmers Co., 1895- 1906; now pres. Henry A. Allen & Co., consult- ing engrs. Accompanied President Taft and party of engineers on inspection trip to Pana- ma Canal, 1909; consulting engr. to City of Chicago. Was capt. commanding Ill. Naval Mi- litia; It -. col. chief engineer I.N.G. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Clubs: Engineers' (New York), Chicago Athletic. Recreation: ath- letic sports. Residence: 757 Buena Av. Office: 1233 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

ALLEN, J. Henry, physician and surgeon; born Canada, 1854; son James W. and Elizabeth (Wood) Allen; ed. pub. schools, M.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1884; married Sarah Ray, of Tall- madge, O., June 23, 1886. Engaged in practice as homeopathic physician since 1884. Prof. dis- eases of the skin and miasmatics, Hering Med. Coll .; city physician Baptist Hosp. and Hering Hosp. Author of books: Diseases of the Skin: The Chronic Miasms (2 volumes); also contrib- utor of prose and poetry to literary publica- tions. Pres. International Hahnemannian Assn., 1901. Republican. Seventh-Day Adventist. Res- idence: 4712 Greenwood Av. Office: 29 E. Madi- son St.

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ALLEN, James Lane, lawyer and author; born Lexington, Ky., Mar. 3, 1848; son Albert and Ann E. (Offutt) Allen; grad. Bethany Coll., W.Va., 1867 (M.A., 1880); taught high school; admitted to bar; practiced at Omaha, Neb., 1870-2; in Chicago since 1872; dir. Chicago Pub. Library; married Josephine E. Fenkell, Wau- kegan, Ill., 1870; 1 daughter: Arabella (Mrs. Elbridge B. Keith). Has written numerous magazine papers and sketches, including: Ex- odus of the Children of Ham; Aunt Viney's Story; The Horseshoe Bend. Author: Allen's Handbook of the Nebraska Code. Republican. Clubs: Forty, Midlothian. Residence: Sheridan Rd., Highland Park, Ill. Office: Ashland Blk.

ALLEN, John William, bakers' and confec- tioners' supplies; born Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 4, 1848; son Almond A. and Lucy (Powell) Al- len; ed. Olivet (Mich.) Coll .; married Emma Windiate, of East Leroy, Mich., Nov. 30, 1873; 1 son: Harry Windiate. Engaged as flour mil- ler in Mich. until 1872, when came to Chicago; in various employments until 1881, when es- tablished firm of J. W. Allen, bakers' and con- fectioners' supplies; admitted his son as part- ner, 1895, firm becoming J. W. Allen & Co., in- corporated in 1906, and of which has since been pres. Has also farming interests. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs. Assn. Recreations: mo- toring and farming. Residence: 904 Oakley Boul. Summer Residence: East Leroy, Mich. Office: 110-118 N. Peoria St.

ALLEN, Leon Menard, passenger traffic mgr .; born Davenport, Ia., July 4, 1863; son Elbridge Gerry and Christina (Hannah) Allen; grad. Davenport High School, 1879, followed by sev- eral months at the Univ. of Michigan; married Katherine Augusta Ballard, of Davenport, June 26, 1888; children: Leon Ballard, Priscilla, Fran- cis Gerauld. News editor Davenport Gazette, 1880-1; yard clerk and asst. cashier local freight office of the C.,R.I.&P.Ry. at Davenport, July 1881 to Sept. 1882 and has ever since continued with the same company, serving as asst. ticket agent, 1883-8, ticket agent, 1888-93, and general agent, 1893-8, at Davenport, Ia .; asst. general passenger agent, Dcc. 1898 to Oct. 1901, first asst. general passenger agent, Oct. 1901 to Aug. 1902 at Chicago; general passenger agent for Rock Island lines east of the Missouri River, Aug. 1902 to May 1903 ; general passenger agent, May 20, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1909; passenger traffic mgr. Rock Island lines since Jan. 1, 1910. Re- publican. Trustee Union Church, Kenilworth. Club: Union League. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: LaSalle St. Station.

ALLEN, Philip Schuyler, univ. prof .; born Lake Forest, Ill., Aug. 23, 1871; son Ira W. and Lydia (Ford) Allen; A.B., Williams Coll., 1891; Univ. of Berlin, 1892-4; fellow in German, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-7, Ph.D., 1897; married Jessie Acker, of Brooklyn, Dec. 21, 1894. Instr. Ger- man, Allen Acad., Chicago, 1891-2; instr. Eng- lish, Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1894-5; asst. asso. instr. and asst. prof. German, 1903-9, asso. prof. since 1909, Univ. of Chicago. Mng. editor Modern Philology, 1900-8. Mem. Modern Language Assn. America. Residence: 6019 Jef- ferson Av.

ALLEN, Thomas Grant, physician; born Leeds Co., Ont .. Oct. 14, 1863; son William and Mar- garet Wilson Allen; grad. Queen's Univ., Kings- ton, Ont., 1888 (gold medalist, first-class honor- man chemistry, M.A., 1889); M.D., Northwest- ern Univ., Chicago, 1898; married July 10, 1890, Nettie Mabel Fralick, Toronto, Ont .; children: Clara, Ruth, William, Richard. Demonstrator and instr. Queen's Univ., 1888-9; science master in Seaforth and Ingersoll, Ont., 1890-3: prof. chemistry, Armour Inst. of Technology, 1894-8: univ. extension lecturer in chemistry, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-8; instr. clinical medicine, North-

western Univ., 1901-3; prof. diseases of chil- dren, Post-Graduate Med. School, 1903; asst. prof. pediatrics, Coll. of Physicians and Sur- geons, 1904. Address: 5661 Washington Av.

ALLEN, William D., pres. W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., brass founders and mfrs. leather belting and general mill supplies; married. Mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Golf, Univer- sity (Evanston). Residence: 1626 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 135 W. Lake St.

ALLEN, William Gray, physician; born Chi- cago, Jan. 26, 1874; son John and Jessie (Gray) 'Allen; ed. Univ. of Chicago; M.D., Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School, 1896; married Bradford, Ill., Sept. 7, 1904, Amelia Harrison Arundale. Engaged in general practice as physician and surgeon in Chicago since 1896. Asso. prof. An- atomy, Chicago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery (Valparaiso Univ.). Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Republican. Epis- copalian. Office and Residence: 857 Newport Avenue.

ALLERTON, Samuel Waters, capitalist; born Amenia Union, Dutchess Co., N.Y., May 26, 1828; reared on farm; ed. common schools. Deal- er in live stock in N.Y., 1852-6; since then in Chicago; has extensive interests in the stock yards at Chicago, Omaha, St. Louis, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Jersey City and Baltimore; also owns 40,000 acres of stock farms in Ill., O. and Ia .; dir. Allerton-Clarke Co., Arcade File Wks., Chicago City Ry. Co., First Nat. Bank, etc. Dir. Chicago Exposition, 1893; candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1893. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Calumet, Marquette, Chicago Golf. Res- idence: 1918 Prairie Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Building.

ALLING, Charles, Jr., lawyer; born Madison, Ind., Dec. 13, 1865; son Charles and Harriet Ann (Scovel) Alling; A.B., Hanover (Ind. ) Coll .. 1885, A.M., 1889; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1888. Admitted to bar, 1888; engaged in practice in Chicago. Republican. Judge advocate, 1st Bri- gade, I.N.G., May 6, 1902, to 1907; alderman of old 3d Ward, 1897-1901; of new 2d Ward, 1901-5 (mem. judiciary com., 1897-1905; finance com., 1899-1900: chmn. com. on gas, oil and electric light, 1902-3; chmn. com. on streets and alleys. south, 1900-1); one of two aldermen on New Charter Convention, 1902-3; apptd. by governor, atty. for State Board of Health, 1907. Presby- terian; elder 1st Presbyn. Church. Grand Con- sul of Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1907-9. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns .. South Side Busi- ness Men's Assn. Mason. Chevalier Bayard Commandery K.T. Clubs: Union League, Uni- versity. Residence: 319 E. 22d St. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

*ALLISON, Campbell, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

ALLPORT, Frank, ophthalmologist, otolo- gist: born Watertown, N.Y., Feb. 22. 1857; son Walter Webb and Sarah Maria (Haddock) All- port; ed. at Chicago Univ. and Racine Coll .: M.D., Chicago Med. Coll .. 1876; Univ. of Heidel- berg, 2 years .; married Kate A. Ellwood, of Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 26. 1880. Practiced medi- cine, Sycamore, Ill., 5 years, ophthalmology and otology, Minneapolis, 10 years, Chicago since 1889. Prof. clin, ophthalmology and otology. Univ. of Minn., several years, Northwestern Univ. since 1906; eye and ear surgeon St. Luke's Hosp .; consulting eye and ear surgeon, Chicago Bd. of Edn., C.&N .- W.R.y., C.&E.I.R.y., I.C.R.R .. (.,M.&St. P.Ry. and C .. R.I.&P.Ry. Apptd. 1st It. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Ex-pres. Minu. State Med. Soc. Residence: 2108 Prairie Av. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg.

ALLPORT, Henry Whipple, physician; born Chicago. July 5, 1865; son Walter Webb and Sarah Maria (Haddock) Allport: student Univ. of Michigan, 1884-6; after leaving univ. was for about ten years engaged in civil engineer-

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ing in the Western and Pacific states, with oc- casional lapses into book publishing and maga- zine work: M.D., Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., New York. 1899: unmarried. Since 1900 has prac- ticed in Chicago as a specialist in the diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat. Mem. of va- rious med. socs. Member American Copyright League. Independent Republican. Club: Chica- go Athletic. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel, and Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 1108, 32 N. State St.

ALLPORT, Walter Heydock, physician; born Chicago, 1863; son Walter Webb and Sarah Maria (Haddock) Allport; ed. Univ. of Mich. and Northwestern Univ., grad., M.D., 1887; married Chicago, 1889, Harriet Hamilton; chil- dren: Henry Hamilton, Caroline, Harriet Hub- bard. Katherine. Surgeon St. Luke's and Alex- ian Brothers hosps .; formerly prof. anatomy, Northwestern Univ. and former surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. Apptd. 1st lt. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb. 1911. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Surgical Soc. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, University, Germania, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: 40 Bellevue Pl. Office: 607 Rush St.

ALMES, Herman Earhart, physician; born Long-Run, Armstrong Co., Pa., Dec. 28, 1867; son Samuel A. and Mary (Hineman) Almes; ed. pub. schools and at Elders Ridge (Pa.) Acad .; M.D., Univ. of Wooster, Cleveland, O., July 24, 1889; M.D., Western Univ. of Pa., Mar. 27, 1890; married Cochran Mills, Pa., Dec. 30, 1891, Cora Carnahan. Practiced medicine at Murraysville, Pa., Apr. 4, 1890-Sept. 1890; at Cochran Mills, Pa., Sept. 1890-Sept. 1896; since then in Chica- go. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Examiner for Protected Home Circle, Court of Honor, Columbian Knights, I.O.O.F., Commercial Life Ins. Co. Republican. Mason, 32°, Shriner. Club: Colonial. Residence: 4459 Indiana Av. Office: 4255 Indiana Av.

ALSCHULER, Samuel, lawyer; born Chicago, Nov. 20, 1859; son Jacob and Caroline (Stiefel) Alschuler; family moved to Aurora, Ill., 1861; ed. Aurora High Sch .; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1881; practiced at Aurora, 1881-1901, Chi- cago, since 1901; mem. firm Kraus, Alschuler & Holden, since 1901. Dem. candidate for Con- gress, 1892; mem. State Commn. of Claims, 1893-6; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1896-1900; Dem. candidate for gov., Ill., 1900. Residence: Au- rora, Ill. Office: Tribune Bldg.

ALSIP, Frank, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905. ALTMAN, William Martyn, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

ALTON, William, Jr., lawyer; born Genesee Co., N.Y., Apr. 5, 1862; son William and Caro- line (Bainbridge) Alton; AB., Princeton Univ., 1884; studied law with Hon. Wm. C. Goudy and John P. Wilson; married Chicago, Oct. 15, 1889, Lina E. Wilson; children: Milton Hugh, Will- iam Carol, Lina Wilson. Admitted to bar, 1887; since engaged in general practice, making a specialty of laws relating to real estate, land, etc. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: University, Law. Residence: 2522 Prairie Av. Office: 119 S. Clark St.

ALVORD, John Watson, hydraulic and sani- tary engr .; born Newton Centre, Mass., Jan. 25, 1861; son Rev. John Watson and Myrtilla Mead (Peck) Alvord; ed. Washington, D.C .; married Chicago, Sept. 4, 1889, Helen C. Cornell. En- gaged in the construction of the Hyde Park Station of the Chicago Water Works, 1880-4, also the enlargement of the Lake View pump- ing stations, 1884-8; city engr. of Lake View, now part of Chicago, 1884-8; designed the sewer systems of Lake View and Cicero and from 1890-3 had an important position in charge of an engring. dept. at World's Columbian Expo- sition under dir. of works; since 1893 in prac- tice as consulting, sanitary and hydraulic engr.

throughout the Central West, designing and constructing sewer systems for over 75 munici- palities, water works for 125 cities, water pow- er plants in some 20 localities, sewage disposal plants, dams, tunnels, reservoirs, and other miscellaneous work. Mem. Chicago comm. in- vestigating city expenditures (1910). Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs .; pres. Western Soc. Engrs., 1910, Am. Water Works Assn, 1910; mem. Am. Pub. Health Assn., Am. Acad. Political and So- cial Science; pres. Ill. Soc. Engrs., 1904-6; mem. Ill. Society S.A.R. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Engineers', City. Author of a number of engring. papers and published reports. Resi- dence: 5203 Hibbard Av. Office: Hartford Bldg.

AMBERG, John Henry, stationer; born Min- eral Point, Wis., Dec. 23, 1853; son of John A. and Margaret (Hoeffler) Amberg; ed. public schools, Mineral Point, to 1868; married Chi- cago, June 7, 1881, Mary Emily Plamondon; children: Alfred A., Florence A. (Mrs. E. N. Hurley), Ethel M., Lucy E. In 1868 came to Chicago and began business career with Cul- ver, Page & Hoyne, stationers, printers, etc .; in 1870 became connected with the house of Cameron, Amberg & Co., stationers, printers, binders and blank book makers, and in 1878 was admitted to partnership in the firm; also dir. Amberg File & Index Co., and of Loretto Iron Co. Independent in politics. Club: South Shore Country, and several gun clubs. Recrea- tion: shooting. Residence: 3433 Michigan Av. Office: 17 W. Lake St.

AMBERG, John Ward, mgr. Loretto Iron Co .; born Chicago, Aug. 10, 1870; son William A. and Sarah Agnes (Ward) Amberg; ed. St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago; married Chicago, June 7, 1904, Marie L. Inderrieden. Dir. and gen. mgr. of the Loretto Iron Co. since 1901. Mem. Lake Superior Mining Inst., Visitation and Aid Soc. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Chi- cago Athletic, Glen View. Residence: 1311 N. State St. Office: 1400 Fulton St.

AMBERG, Theodore Jacob, sec. Amberg File & Index Co., born Mineral Point, Wis., Sept. 12, 1858; son John A. and Margaret (Hoeffler) Am- berg; ed. Central High School, Chicago; mar- ried Chicago, Sept. 7, 1881, Bertha A. Atkins; children: Arthur John, Theodore William, Har- old Vincent, Robert Atkins, Paul Gregory, Ed- ward Joseph, William Cameron. Began as printer in the printing office of Cameron, Am- berg & Co., Feb. 1874; transferred to counting room, 1877; mem. of firm since 1885, conducting their letter file business, and when that portion of the business was separated and incorporated, Jan. 24, 1889, also became sec. and mgr. Am- berg File & Index Co. Sec. Loretto Iron Co. Firm believer in and advocate of the economic principles advanced by Henry George. Mem. Henry George Assn. of Chicago. Catholic. Res- idence: 544 Melrose St. Office: 1400 Fulton St.

AMBERG, William A., mfr .; born Albstadt, near Hanau, Bavaria, July 6, 1847; son John A. and Margaret (Hoeffler) Amberg; removed with parents to Mineral Point, Wis., 1852; ed. com- mon schools and Sinsinawa Mound College; married Sept. 7, 1869, Sarah Agnes, daughter of late James Ward, Chicago: children (living) : John Ward, Mary Agnes, Genevieve (Mrs. Jo- seph W. Cremin). Was clerk in dry goods store, Mineral Point, Wis., 1860-4; came to Chi- cago, Jan. 2, 1865; bookkeeper Culver, Page & Hoyne, stationers, 1865-70; one of founders of Cameron, Amberg & Co., stationers and print- ers, 1870, retired 1890; pres. Amberg File & In- dex Co., Loretto Iron Co. In 1868 invented system of flat letter filing now in universal use, and numerous other devices in that line; established branch houses for this business in New York, 1872, and in London, 1875. Founded town of Amberg, Wis., 1887, by establishing granite works, and later town of Athelstane,

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Wis. Jury commr. for Cook Co. since 1907. Club: Mid-Day. Recreations: golf and billiards. Res- idence: 1301 N. State St. Summer Residence: Mackinac Island. Office: 1400 Fulton St.

AMBLER, Eugene, coal; born Milwaukee, Wis., May 23, 1875; son Frank W. and Julia (Belden) Ambler; grad. West Division High School, Chicago, 1893; married Chicago, Oct. 24, 1899, Mittie C. Strong; 1 daughter: Frances. Began as bookkeeper in Chicago office of De- troit Stove Works, 1893-6; in wholesale coal business with Marmet Co. and Consolidated Coal Co. until 1903; engaged in the same busi- ness on own account under firm name of Eu- gene Ambler & Co., later (1905) becoming mem. firm of Richards, Ambler & Co. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Chicago Yacht. Recrea- tions: motoring and fishing. Residence: 3713 Pine Grove Av. Office: 417 S. Dearborn St.

AMBROSE, Charles, sec. Chicago Mine & Mill Supply Co .; born Columbus, O., Aug. 28, 1873; son John and Emma (Parker) Ambrose; ed. pub. grammar and high schools, Columbus; married Cora Yeoman, of Minneapolis, Sept. 16, 1894. Began business career in real estate and loan office at Kansas City, Mo., 1891-7; mgr. Fayer- weather & Ladew, leather belting, 1897-1909; with H. W. Spalding organized, July 1, 1909, the Chicago Mine & Mill Supply Co., of which has since been pres .; also vice-pres. Ambrose- Schwartz Condenser Co. and senior mem. firm of Ambrose & Spalding, mining contractors. Baptist. Recreation: duplicate whist. Resi- dence: 604 Clinton Av., Oak Park, Ill. · Office: 305 N. Michigan Av.

AMES, Edward Scribner, univ. prof., clergy- man; born Eau Claire, Wis., Apr. 21, 1870; son Lucius Bowles and Adeline (Scribner) Ames; A.B., Drake Univ., Des Moines, Ia., 1889, A.M., 1891; B.D., Yale Div. School, 1892; grad. stu- dent in philosophy, Yale, 1892-4; fellow in phi- losophy, Univ. of Chicago, 1894-5; Ph.D., 1895; married Mabel Van Meter, of DeSota, Ia., July 6, 1893; 4 children: Van Meter, Damaris Kath- ryn, Adelaide, Miriam. Instr., Disciples' Div. House, 1895-7, docent in philosophy, 1896-7, Univ. of Chicago; prof. philosophy and · peda- gogy, Butler Coll., Indianapolis, 1897-1900; asso. in philosophy, 1900-1, instr., 1901-9, asst. prof. since 1909, Univ. of Chicago; pastor Hyde Park Church of Disciples of Christ since 1900. Au- thor: Psychology of Religious Experience, 1910. Mem. Am. Psychol. Assn., A.A.A.S., Western Philos. Assn. Clubs: Quadrangle, City, Univer- sity. Recreations: tennis, golf. Residence: 5722 Kimbark Av.

AMES, John C., collector of the port of Chi- cago; born Freedom Tp., LaSalle Co., Ill., July 17, 1852; son Isaac and Aurella Ames; ed. pub. schools and State Normal Univ., Normal, Ill .; married Mar. 2, 1875, Minerva, daughter of John and Elizabeth Ross, Lacon, Ill .; one son: Isaac Carlos Ames. Since leaving school has made home in Streator, Ill .; became connected with drug trade, but later opened a large hard- ware store and subsequently organized the J. C. Ames Lumber Co., of which he is still head; organized City National Bank of Streator, 1891, and was its pres. until apptd. by Pres. McKin- ley, Jan. 1898 to be U.S. marshal, serving as such until 1906; collector of the port of Chica- go since 1906. Active and prominent in Repub- lican party of Illinois; elected mayor of Strea- tor, 1885 and 1887; declined third term; canal commr. for 4 years under Gov. Fifer. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton (Chicago), Streator (Streator, Ill.). Residence: Streator, Ill. Office: Federal Bldg.

AMES, Knowlton L., mem. K. L. Ames & Co., investments. Residence: Evanston. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.

ANDERSON, Alexander Pierce, chemist, bot- anist; born Red Wing, Minn., Nov. 22, 1862; son John and Britta Maria (Gustafson) Anderson

(natives of Sweden); B.S., Univ. of Minn., 1894, M.S., 1895; Ph.D., Univ. of Munich, 1897; mar- ried Highlands, N.C., Aug. 11, 1898, Lydia John- son; children: Leonard Alexander, Louise Alex- andra and John Pierce. Taught country schools and at same time farmed, previous to entering Univ. of Minn., 1890; state botanist and bac- teriologist, Clemenson Coll., S.C., 1896-9; asst. prof. botany, Univ. of Minn., 1899-1900; curator of Herbarium, Columbia Univ., 1901. Inventor new processes of treating cereal grains and starch materials. Residence: 5552 Everett Av.

ANDERSON, Charles Palmerston, bishop; born Kemptville, Can., Sept. 8, 1863; son Henry and Maria R. Anderson; ed. Trinity Coll. Sch., Port Hope, Ont., and Trinity Univ., Toronto (D.D., same, 1900, Western Theol. Sem., Chica- go, 1905); married Janet Glass, of Belleville, Ont., Sept. 4, 1889. Deacon, 1887, priest, 1888, P.E.Ch .; in charge Beachburg, Can., 1888-91, Grace Ch., Oak Park, Ill., 1891-1900; conse- crated bishop of Chicago, 1900. Club: Univer- sity. Author: The Christian Ministry, 1902. Residence: 1612 Prairie Av. Office: 510 Masonic Temple.

ANDERSON, Charles Titus August, real es- tate; born Sweden, Jan. 4, 1872; son Carl Olaf and Mathilda Sophia (Svenson) Anderson; came to America, 1875; ed. pub. schools, Chicago, Y.M.C.A. Coll. (evening school), Soper School of Oratory; married Chicago, Clara A. Kaehler, June 30, 1897; 3 children living: Frederick Au- gust Kaehler, Dorothy Louise, Ruth Mathilda. Became connected with Perry H. Smith, Jr., real estate and law, July, 1889, Dunlap, Smith & Co., real estate, May 1, 1890; in real estate business for self since Nov., 1898. Mem. Cook County Real Estate Bd. Republican. Deacon and financial sec. Holy Trinity English Luther- an Church; treas. Home Mission Bd. Chicago Synod of Lutheran Churches; treas. Luther League of America; trustee Chicago Svnod of Lutheran Churches; chmn. of finance National Convs. Lutheran League of America, 1896-1908; pres. Lutheran League of Ill., 1906-7. Ex-pres. Pinzon Lodge Columbian Knights; ex-chmn. finance com. Grand Lodge Columbian Knights. Recreations: bowling and fishing. Residence: 4018 Perry St. Office: 35 S. Dearborn St.

ANDERSON, David Howard, editor and pub- lisher; born, Tara, Can., Nov. 19, 1858; son Rev. William (M.E.) and Jane (Megahy) Anderson; ed. pub. schools and Elgin (Ill.) Acad .; unmar- ried. Began newspaper career on reportorial staff of the Elgin Leader, 1880, with which remained for 11/2 years, when went with the advertising dept. of the Milwaukee Sentinel

until 1884; editor and proprietor Bay View (Wis.) Herald, 1884-5; came to Chicago, 1SS5, but later in same year removed to Philadelphia and published the Implement Age, which con- ducted until 1891; returned to Chicago and studied irrigation projects, subsequently ac- quiring The Irrigation Age, of which has since been editor; also publisher. Author: The Prim- er of Irrigation. Democrat. Mason, K.T., Shrin- er; mem. B.P.O.E. Club: Press. Residence: El- gin, Ill. Office: 30 N. Dearborn St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 5

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