The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 50

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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CRAMER, see also Kramer.

CRAMER, Ambrose, real estate and invest- ments; born Martinsburg, Va., Mar. 5, 1857; son Augustus F. and Page (Morrison) Cramer; ed. private schools and at U.S. Naval Acad., graduating in class of 1880, and serving as midshipman in U.S. Navy in the Asiatic Squad- ron for 3 years; married 1886, Susan Skinner, of Chicago; married 2d, 1901, Isabel Corwith, of Chicago, Ill .; children: Elizabeth, Ambrose, Corwith. Business supt. of the pipe mill of the Crane Co., 1883-92; then joined Charles S. Burt in firm of Cramer & Burt, mfrs'. agents in cop- per and mining machinery and supplies, etc .; severed connection, 1905; since then trustee for estate of Henry J. Willing, and agent for Mark Skinner estate. Dir. Nat. City Bank of Chica- go, since its organization in 1907. Republican. Alderman, 1902-5, City of Lake Forest. Presby- terian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia. Recreations: shooting and fishing. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk.

CRAMPTON, Richard Leicester, sec. Bank- ers Assn. of State of Ill .; born Rock Island, Ill., May 12, 1870; son Richard and Martha (Beatty) Crampton; ed. public and private schools, Rock Island, and Chicago Law School; married Toronto, Ont., June 21, 1898, Gertrude H. Thomas (died Oct. 8, 1908); children: Rich- ard Sydney, Philip Thomas (deceased), Law- rence Randolph. Began in banking business June 1, 1891, as a messenger in the Northern Trust Co., and worked in all the depts .; during same period had exclusive charge of the adver- tising of the institution; asst. cashier Nat. Bank of the Republic, Mar. 1902-Oct. 1907; en- gaged in investment business, 1907-9; sec. Bank- ers Assn. of State of Ill. since 1909. Republic- an. Episcopalian. Clubs: Riverside Golf, Bank- ers', City. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

CRANDALL, Noble, banker and broker; born Moncton, N.B., Mar. 28, 1880; son Noble and Laura (Rand) Crandall; ed. pub. schools of Windsor, N.S .; married Somerville, Mass., June 22, 1904, Miss C. C. Eldridge; children: Benja- min Noble, Charles Eldridge and George Burr. Came from Nova Scotia to Boston, Apr. 1900, and was with Paine Furniture Co., Boston, un-

& Burr, bankers and brokers, in their Boston office; came to Chicago office of same firm, as asst. mgr., Feb. 1, 1903; appointed mgr., Mar. 1904; in 1905 firm changed to George H. Burr & Co., and he became its resident partner. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, Homewood Country. Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 5320 Cornell Av. Office: The Rookery.

CRANDALL, Roland Asel, investment broker ;. born Caledonia, Ill., May 5, 1864; son James B. and Victorene (Rigby) Crandall; educated pub. schools and St. Vincent Coll., Cape Girardeau, Mo .; married Chicago, Sept. 1884, Minnie B. Ballard; 1 daughter: Mary Catherine. Was en- gaged in contracting business in Chicago, 1884- 96, when established his present brokerage bus- iness in investments, operating in electric light- ing and traction propositions, etc .; pres. Com- mercial Security Co., organized, 1907. Repub- lican. Was 2d lieut. Chicago Hussars, in active service in the strike riots of 1894. Mem. Wood- lawn Lodge No. 841 A.F.&A.M. Recreation: reading. Residence: 6430 Monroe Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

CRANDON, Franklin P., ry. official; son of Consider Howland and Ann (Corbin) Crandon; educated pub. schools; married Sarah Elizabeth Washburn, of Davenport, Ia., Oct. 3, 1859; chil- dren: Anna L., Leila M., Ruth W. Learned and worked at trade of house carpenter and then taught schools until the Civil War, when he entered in the U.S. Vols. as 1st lieut. of cav .; was promoted to capt. and asst. quartermaster and afterward to brevet major; after war was connected with a paper manufactory and was clerk of the county court of Kane Co., Ill. En- tered ry. service in 1873 as a clerk in land dept. of the C.&N.W.Ry., and was placed in charge of assessment and tax matters, and since 1878, when the tax dept. was made a separate dept. of the company's business, has been in charge as tax commr .; was also made tax commr. of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo. Valley and the Sioux City and Pacific railroads, when these rds. came under the control of the C.&N.W. Republican. Mem. Bd. of Edn. of Evanston; trustee Northwestern Univ., Garrett Biblical Inst. Methodist; member Methodists' Social Union. Mem. Loyal Legion, Western Soc. Army of the Potomac, New England Soc .; gov. Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Railway, Glen View. Residence: 1414 Forest Av., Evanston. Office: 226 W. Jackson Boul.

CRANE, see also Crain.

CRANE, Charles Richard; born Chicago, Aug. 7, 1858; son Richard Teller and Mary (Pren- tiss) Crane; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; mar- ried Cornelia W. Smith, of Paterson, N.J., 1881. Entered the Crane Co., mfrs. of iron pipe, fit- tings, etc., and after serving in various capaci- ties, became 1st vice-pres., 1894; dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic. Apptd. E.E. and M.P. to China, 1909, but resigned before assuming official du- ties. Ex-pres. Municipal Voters' League, Chi- cago; mem. Am. Econ. Assn. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Chicago, Calumet, University, Chi- cago Athletic, Iroquois. Residence: 2559 Mich- igan Av.

*CRANE, Edward Compson, real estate; see Vol. 1905.

CRANE, Frank, clergyman; born Urbana, Ill., May 12, 1861; son James L. and Elizabeth (Mayo) Crane; student Ill. Wesleyan Univ. (hon. Ph.B., 1892; D.D., Neb. Wesleyan Univ., 1894); married Ella C. Stickel, of Hillsboro, Ill., Sept. 26, 1883. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1882; pastor Trinity and Hyde Park M.E. churches, Chicago, 1896-1903; ordained Congl. ministry, 1903; pas- tor Union Congl. Church, Worcester, Mass., 1904-9; lecturer, Woodlawn Sunday Afternoon Club, Chicago, since Oct. 1909. Author of sev-

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eral vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 6359 Monroe Av.

CRANE, Harold Osband, treas. Sprague Can- ning Machinery Co .; born Litchfield, Mich., May 26, 1863; son Benjamin P. and Sara (Walter) Crane; ed. Univ. of Mich., class 1884; married Chicago, Apr. 6, 1893, Elizabeth Clarkson; 1 son: Clarkson. Began business career, 1884, as division engr. of Chicago and West Mich. R.R. at Grand Rapids, Mich .; treas. and gen. mgr. Irondale Steel & Iron Co., of Anderson, Ind., 1891-6; managing partner of B. P. Crane & Co., Chicago, metal and tin merchants, 1895-1900; treas. and dir. of the Sprague Canning Ma- chinery Co., since 1900, factory at Hoopestown, Ill. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Union. Recreations: golf, tennis and other outdoor diversions. Residence: 81 Elm St. Office: 376 River St.

"CRANE, Louis Burton, clergyman; moved to Easton, Pa .; see Vol. 1905.

CRANE, Richard Teller, mfr .; born Paterson, N.J., 1832; spent early life chiefly in labor, hav- ing little time for study; twice married. Learned and worked at machinist's trade in Paterson, Brooklyn and New York until 1855, when he removed to Chicago, where his uncle, Martin Ryerson, helped him to start in business by giving him a small piece of land on which to build a brass foundry; later joined by brother, Charles S. Crane, in firm of R. T. Crane & Bro .; began making steam heaters, 1858; added iron foundry, 1862; built 4-story factory, 1864; later incorporated business as Northwestern Mfg. Co., later reorganized as Crane Bros. Mfg. Co. and later as Crane Co., mfrs. pipe and fittings. In 1867 started mfr. of elevators (freight and passenger), which as The Crane Elevator Co. grew to very large proportions. Residence: 2541 Michigan Av. Office: 1214 S. Canal St.

CRANE, Richard Teller, Jr., 2d vice-pres. Crane Co .; born Chicago, Nov. 7, 1873; son Richard Teller and Mary (Prentice) Crane; Ph. B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ., 1895; married June 4, 1904, Florence, daughter of Harlow N. Higinbotham. In 1896, entered works of Crane Co. (established 1855, incorporated 1865) in the foundries, entering the office in the city sales dept. in 1897, and in 1898 becoming 2d vice-pres. and dir. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, Chicago Athletic, University, Onwentsia, Chicago Yacht, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Union. Residence: 1550 Lake Shore Drive. Of- fice: 1214 S. Canal St.

*CRANE, Simeon Henry; see Vol. 1905.

CRANE, William Bantin, lumberman; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

*CRARY, Roscoe; see Vol. 1905.

CRATTY, Josiah, lawyer; born Delaware Co., O., Aug. 16, 1846; son William and Candis (Ben- nett) Cratty; ed. high school; farmed in Ill. un- til 1864; then enlisted as private in Co. L, 5th N.Y. Cav., Custer's Corps; discharged at Win- chester, Va., July 1865; was in battles of Fish- er's Hill, Cedar Creck, and the battles through the Shenandoah Valley in 1864-5; had 2 horses shot under him; married 1875, Libbie M. Ear- ing (dicd 1887); children: Paul Jones, Theo Candis; married 2d, 1892, Kate L. Jabine; 1 son, who died in infancy. After war taught school until beginning study of law with brother, Thomas, at Peoria, Ill., Mar. 1869; admitted to bar at Springfield, Jan. 6, 1872; practiced in Peoria, Ill., with brother until Mar. 1884, when moved to Chicago; since then has devoted him- Self to corpu. law, having organized and been the atty. for many large companies and so- called trusts; mein. law firm of Cratty Bros. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Oak Park, Press, Hamilton, City. Mem. Chicago Bar As- sn., 111. State Bar Assn., Phil Sheridan Post G. A.R., Royal Arcanum, Commercial Law League of America. Country Residence: Forest Glen, Ill. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.

CRAVATH, James Raley, editor and engr .; born Grinnell, Ia., July 11, 1872; son Samuel Austin and Mary (Raley) Cravath; B.S., Ia. (now Grinnell) Coll., 1892; married Grinnell, Apr. 19, 1899, Ruth Myra Rew; children: Aus- tin Melville, Ruth. In electrical contracting business at Grinnell, 1892; later in 1892 came to Chicago and was electrical editor of Street Ry. Review until 1897; in engring. and expert work for self until 1900; western editor of The Street Ry. Journal, the Electrical World and Engineer, and the Am. Electrician, 1900-6; asso. editor Electrical World, 1906-10; consulting il- luminating engr. in addition to editorial work since 1905; since Jan. 1910, consulting engr., specializing in illumination and in management of electric light properties and special con- tributor Electrical World. Pres. Lawrenceville (Ill.) Light & Water Co. since 1908; sec. and treas. Peoples Water & Light Co., of Harris- burg, Ill., since 1910. Author: Practical Illumi- nation, 1907. Was sec. Chicago Electrical Assn. (now elec. section Western Soc. of Engrs), 1895-8; asso. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs .; mem. West- ern Soc. of Engrs .; chmn. Chicago section Illu- minating Engring. Soc., 1908-9. Independent in politics. Mem. Union Church. Residence: 9340 S. Winchester Av. Office: Old Colony Bldg.

CRAWFORD, Henry, lawyer; died 1910; see Vol. 1905.

CRAYCROFT, Ben, mfr .; born Montgomery Co., Md., Dec. 11, 1847; son Aaron and Harriet G. (Harris) Craycroft; ed. Univ. of Mo .; mar- ried Chillicothe, Mo., May 29, 1877, Mary Brown- ing. Began business as salesman for C. H. & L. J. McCormick (which later became the Mc- Cormick Harvesting Machine Co.), later becom- ing gen. agt., remaining in that service 15 years and 3 months; engaged in lumber business at Oklahoma City, Okla., for 4 years, and in 1893 came to Chicago and with Silas Wright estab- lished firm of Wright & Craycroft, mfrs. of hard and soft wood mouldings. K.T. Democrat. Recreation: reading. Residence: 708 Independ- ence Av. Office: 1439 W. 21st St.

CREEKMUR, John W., lawyer; born Prince- ton, Ky., July 29, 1859; son William and Cyn- thia A. (Roberts) Creekmur; grad. Ill. State Normal Univ., Normal, Ill., 1887; married Jes- sie Cyrus, of Camp Point, Ill., Dec. 24, 1891; 2 daughters: Frances and Emily. Read law at Camp Point, Ill .; admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since actively engaged in practice at Chicago; dir. in several corporations. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Hamilton, Ill. Athletic. Beverly Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: 7029 Yale Av. Office: 1407 Mar- quette Bldg,

*CREELMAN, Frank Macbeth, lumber: see Vol. 1905.

CREIGHTON, Thomas Stockstill, investment broker; born Monticello, Minn., May 1, 1857: son of Samuel T. and Catherine (Stockstill) Creighton; removed to Chicago, 1858, to Evan- ston, 1868; ed. pub. schools of Chicago and Evanston, and at Northwestern Univ .; married Evanston, Oct. 7, 1891, Virginia M. Hamline: 1 daughter: Catherine. Employed on Chicago Board of Trade, 1875-8; was with D. K. Pear- sons, later Pearsons & Taft, 1878-90; mem. firm of Rice & Creighton, real estate and invest- ments, 1890-1905, since in present vocation. Re- publican. Clubs: Evanston Country, Glen View. Recreations: sailing, fishing and golf. Rosi- dence: 1722 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

CREMIN, Joseph Wallace, real estate, mort- gage loans and ins .; horn New York City, Aug. 26, 1879; son John F. and Katherine M. (Mul- doon) Cremin; ed, private schools, Austin High School, St. Viateur's Coll .: married Genevieve Amelia Amberg, of Chicago, Sept. 30, 1908: 2 daughters: Florence Agnes and Genevieve Noel. Engaged in real estate, mortgage loans and ins.

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business as mem. firm of Cremin & O'Connor, since Jan. 1899; firm is successor to Cremin & Brenan, established by his father in 1885, who died in 1899. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Bd. of Underwriters. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Westward Ho Golf. Recreations: golf, swim- ming. Residence: 1301 N. State St. Office: 105 N. Clark St.

CRENSHAW, William Percy, life under- writer; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

CRERAR, John, coal and coke; born Pictou, N.S., Jan. 7, 1857; son John and Jane (Hatton) Crerar; ed. pub. schools of England and Scot- land; married Chicago, 1900, Marie G. Owens; 2 daughters: Marie Owens and Catherine Hatton. As a boy was engaged in a ship owner's office in Glasgow until 1879; came to U.S., and direct to Chicago, taking a position with the Joliet Steel Co., until 1884; then started in business for self, and in 1888 formed partnership with R. Floyd Clinch, as Crerar, Clinch & Co., min- ers and shippers of coal, in which continues. Also vice-pres. Denison & Sherman Ry. Co., of Denison, Tex., and Equitable Coal & Coke Co .; dir. Auditorium Assn. Was mem. First Lanark Rifle Vols., of Scotland. Trustee St. Luke's Hosp .; hon. pres. British Empire Assn .; 1st vice-pres. St. Andrew's Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, City. Residence: 1901 Prairie Av. Office: The Rook- ery.

CRESCY, Richard Leroy, mfr .; born Moravia, N.Y., May 21, 1856; son Albert and Lucinda (Newman) Crescy; ed. in pub. schools; married Jennie Epstein, of Chicago, Mar. 30, 1909. Be- gan active career at 12 as helper in a grist mill; learned trade of carpenter and builder with father, at Venice, N.Y .; went to Ossian, Ia., at 20 years of age, and was employed in a general store; later engaged in hotel and liv- ery business at Valley Springs, Ia., and as wool buyer; then at St. Paul in real estate busi- ness; removed to Chicago Dec. 1890, and en- gaged in real estate business for 4 years; be- came connected with the Equitable Life Assur- ance Soc., 1894, of which was Chicago. mgr. 412 years; was state supervisor of the Fidelity Mu- tual Life Ins. Co., 7 years; was also gen. mgr. Des Moines Life, for states of Ill. and Mo .; pres. Red Cross Window Ventilating Co., since 1910. Republican. Mason (32°), Shriner. Rec- reations: horseback riding. Residence: 4552 Magnolia Av. Office: 9 S. LaSalle St.

CRESSLER, Joseph Alexander, sec. Burks Medicine Co .; born Shippensburg, Pa., June 6, 1864; son George Adam and Kate Cressler; ed. pub. schools of Shippensburg, Pa., and Hagers- town, Md., to 1886; married Chicago, Aug. 25, 1896, Sara Shirley; children: David, Joseph, Shirley. Worked on farm near Hagerstown, Md., until 22 years of age; came to Chicago in winter of 1886, and up to 1889 was engaged in groceries, etc. In Oct. 1889, became connected with Burks Medicine Co., mfrs., mfrs'. agents, and wholesalers of patent medicines, drugs, etc .; now sec. of the company. Residence: 614 E. 36th St. Office: 115 W. Lake St.

CREWS, Ralph, lawyer; born Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mar. 29, 1876; son Seth Floyd and Helena Ridgway (Slocumb) Crews; ed. Hyde Park High School, Chicago; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; married Elizabeth Stuart Sherman, of Riverside, Ill., June 17, 1901; 3 children: Mary A., Elizabeth R. and Ralph, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897, and since actively engaged in practice at Chicago; associated in practice with his father until Feb. 1, 1905, since which time has been general counsel Nat. Packing Co. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Member Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Riverside Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

CREWS, Seth Floyd, lawyer; born on farm in Wayne Co., Ill., Mar. 29, 1847; son Andrew and Nancy J. (Vandeveer) Crews; ed. public

schools; married Fairfield, Ill., Nov. 27, 1870, Helena Ridgway Slocumb; 5 children: Seth Floyd, Jr., Ralph, Clemence, Cora, Vandeveer. Admitted to bar, 1870; began practice at Fair- field; state's atty., Jefferson Co., Ill., 1876-80; elected to Ill. House of Representatives, 1882, and assisted in Legislature in election of Sen- ator Cullom to his first term in U.S. Senate; came to Chicago, June 1883, where has since engaged in active practice. Republican. Meth- odist. Club: Press. Residence: 138 S. Kenil- worth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 926 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

CRIBBEN, Henry, pres. Cribben & Sexton Co .; born Isle of Man, Sept. 19, 1833; son Thom- as and Jane (Carran) Cribben, who came to Rochester, N.Y., when he was 4 years old; mar- ried Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 19, 1854, Maria Rob- inson; children: William H., Mrs. R. J. Cald- well, E. W. Enlisted as sergeant Co. F, 140th N.Y. Vols., Aug. 1862; promoted 2d lieut., 1st lieut. and capt., serving in all battles of Army of Potomac until captured at battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; spent 8 months in 7 pris- ons and 3 jails of the Confederacy, escaping Feb. 11, 1865, from prison near Charlotte, N.C., and after 35 days and nights of exposure and travel reached Union lines at Knoxville, Mar. 17, 1865; rejoined regt. after short visit to Rochester and served to close of war. Iron molder in stove foundry of E. E. Sill, 1865-7; organized Rochester Cooperative Foundry Co., 1867, and was its pres., 1867-73; with James A. Sexton organized firm of Cribben & Sexton, dealers in stoves, 1373; began mfg. stoves and hollowware, 1878; firm became Cribben, Sexton & Co., 1879, and incorporated as the Cribben & Sexton Co., 1898, of which has since been pres. Republican; mem. N.Y. Legislature, 1867. Pres. Stove Mfrs'. Defense Assn., 1886-97; pres. Nat. Assn. of Stove Mfrs., 1903. Mem. Loyal Legion, Phil Sheridan Post G. A. R. Mason. Residence: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 443 W. Erie St.

CRIBBEN, William Henry, stove mfr .; born Rochester, N.Y., June 7, 1855; son Henry and Maria (Robinson) Cribben; ed. public school, Rochester, N.Y .; married Chicago, July 22, 1885, Annie Finley; children: Mabel (Mrs. Geo. D. Wilkison), and Florence. Started in 1870 with the Cooperative Foundry Co., of Rochester, N. Y .; came to Chicago, 1872, and started to work with Cribben & Sexton, mfrs. of stoves and ranges; in 1880 was admitted to partnership and firm changed to Cribben, Sexton & Co .; in Jan. 1898, with partner, bought out Mr. Sex- ton's interest and incorporated under name of Cribben & Sexton Co., of which is sec. and treas. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Recrea- tion: fishing. Residence: 330 S. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Sacramento Boul. and West Chicago Av.

CRIGHTON, James, grain commn .; born Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland, Mar. 1851; son William and Elizabeth (Duncan) Crighton; ed. public schools in Scotland; married Chi- cago, Aug. 1882, Mary Wade Hanna; children: Charles Hanna, James Millar. Came from Scot- land to Chicago, 1867, and was an employe in the grain commn. house of Low Bros. & Co. (established 1856); in 1880 firm became Crigh- ton & Scribner, with which continued, as an employe, until death of his uncle, John Crigh- ton, in 1887, when took a junior partner's inter- est with S. A. Scribner, the firm becoming Scribner, Crighton & Co., which continued un- til 1903; mem. Crighton & Co., 1903-9, Crighton & Lasier since 1909. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Life mem. Art Inst .; trustee Chicago Foundlings' Home; in- terested in city mission work. Club: Westward Ho Golf. Residence: 218 S. Grove Av., Oak Park. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg.

CRILLY, Daniel Francis, real estate; born Mercersburg, Pa., Oct. 14, 1838; son John D. and Rebecca (Shafer) Crilly; ed. pub. schools

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of Mercersburg; married 1865, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Snyder, of Fort London, Pa .; children: Erminie, George, Franklin Edgar, Is- abel, Oliver Daniel (deceased). At age of 17 en- tered employ of John Wilson, contractor, of Mercersburg, with whom removed in 1856 to Iowa City, Ia., where remained until 1858; en- gaged in contracting business on own account at St. Louis, 1859-61; came to Chicago, 1861, and for a time engaged in business as a packer, but later returned to contracting work, built the Methodist Church Blk. and numerous busi- ness blks., after the fire, and continued in the contracting business until 1880; since in real estate business. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. South Park commr. 8 years; during his term of office and while pres. of the board he named Mckinley Park and presented it with a statue of President Mckinley. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mason (32°, K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Sheridan. Recreations: hunt- ing and fishing. Residence: 3820 Michigan Av. Office: 35 S. Dearborn St.

CRITCHELL, Robert S., retired; born Eng- land, 1844; came to U.S. in boyhood; ed. pub. schools at Rochester, N.Y. While a boy en- tered Cincinnati office of Home Ins. Co., of New York, and when that company's western office was removed to St. Louis, 1860, followed it there; entered service of Cincinnati office of the Ætna Ins. Co., 1862; served in U.S. Navy as junior officer in closing years of the Civil War; after war special agt. of Home Ins. Co. for Southern States; special western agt. of Phenix Ins. Co., of Brooklyn, 1868-74; resign- ing, when the Phenix opened a western dept., to devote himself to the local agency of R. S. Critchell & Co., which he had established in 1870; in 1901 the agency assumed firm name of Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Barbour, from which he retired, June 1908. Club: Union League. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Of- fice: LaSalle, s.w. cor. Madison St.

CROCKER, Hubert Davis, lawyer; born at Burlington, Ia., Nov. 30, 1859; son Davis J. and Frances (Rorer) Crocker; family removed to Chicago, 1863, and lived first in Evanston and later in Hinsdale; attended Trinity Coll., Hart- ford, Conn .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1885; married Milwaukee, Wis., June 16, 1897, Ma- mie Wheaton; 2 children: Frances R. and Mar- garet E. Admitted to bar, 1885; practiced with father as D. J. & H. D. Crocker until father's death in 1892, then with Henry R. Pebbles, as Crocker & Pebbles, which later dissolved; then with his brother, Ralph R., as Crocker & Crock- er, until 1895; now mem. firm Crocker & Camp- bell. Appointed justice of the peace, 1903. Re- publican. Served in I.N.G. 4 years, with com- missions as 1st and 2d lieut. and capt. of the line, and capt. and inspector of rifle practice of his regt. Lieut. Naval Militia, Ill. Organized 2 companies for the Spanish-Am. War (Harti- gan's Regt.). Mem. Loyal Legion (by inherit- ance). Mason; Odd Fellow, K. of P .; mem. Al- pha Delta Phi. Residence: 3947 W. Irving Park Boul. Office: 167 W. Washington St.

CROFTAN, Alfred C., physician; born New York City, Apr. 11, 1871; prep. edn., Gymnasium in Germany, and univs. of Berlin and Paris; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), 1897; married Elizabeth Hubbard, of Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 9, 1900; 2 daughters. Engaged in prac- tice of internal medicine at Chicago since 1902; formerly physician-in-chief to St. Mary's Hosp .; late prof. medicine, Chicago Post-Grad- uate School; prof. medicine, Chicago Policlinic; general staff of Michael Reese Hosp .; physician to St. Elizabeth's and Post-Graduate hosps .; pathologist to St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. A.M.A .. Miss. Valley Med. Soc., III. State Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chi- cago Pathol. Soc., German Med. Soc. of Chicago, Physicians' Club of Chicago. Clubs: Univer- sity, City, South Shore Country. Residence: 4907 Madison Av. Office: 618 Reliance Bldg.

CRONWALL, Edward Cornelius, bonds and banking; born Moline, Ill., Aug. 6, 1880; son Christian P. and Bessie (Ohlson) Cronwall; ed. Moline pub. schools; married Chicago, Sept. 4, 1901, Annie C. Nelson; children: Wardell N., Stanley E., Edward C., Jr. Began in bond busi- ness and banking, Chicago, 1897; mem. firm of H. C. Barroll & Co., 1900-5, and its successor, Clark L. Poole & Co., since 1905; dir. several lumber companies. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Westward Ho Golf, Muskegon (Mich.) Country, White Lake (Mich.) Yacht. Recreations: motoring, motor-boating and golf. Residence: 539 N. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 600 Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 50

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