The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 51

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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CROSBY, George H(arrington), ry. official; born Hillsboro, Ill., Sept. 23, 1855; son H. W. and Susan (Willis) Crosby; ed. in private schools and Notre Dame Univ., Ind .; married Jennie M. Wolcott, of Chicago, May 19, 1880; 1 daughter: Blanche W. Began ry. service with Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R., 1872, and held various positions with that road and C., B.&Q. Ry., until 1881; gen. freight agt. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R.R., St. Joseph, Mo., 1881-3; 1st asst. gen. freight agt. and gen. agt., 1883-90, gen. freight agt., Denver, 1890- 1902, Burlington & Mo. River R.R .; asst. freight traffic mgr., 1902-5, freight traffic mgr., since Feb. 1, 1905, C.,B.&Q.Ry. Club: Union League. Residence: 818 Junior Terrace. Office: 226 W. Adams St.

CROSBY, Frederick W., dir. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank. Trustee McCormick Theol. Sem. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.

CROSBY, George Heman, ry. official; born Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 27, 1849; son Heman and Eveline (Hill) Crosby; ed. pub. and private schools, Ft. Edward (N.Y.) Inst. and Cornell Univ .; married Jennie M. Ball, of Trumans- burgh, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1871; children: Herbert B., Fred K., Hermione, Edith E. Entered ry. service as rodman on Pa. & Sodus Bay Ry., Aug. 1870; asst. engr. Chicago & Southwest- ern Ry., Atchison, Kan., Sept. 1871-Mar. 1872; has been identified with C.,R.I.&P.Ry. since Mar. 1872, as clerk 2 years, passenger agent 1 year, traveling agent 2 years, traveling auditor 3 years, freight auditor, 1880-98, sec., 1898- 1903, sec. and treas., 1903-9, vice-pres., sec. and treas. since Dec. 1909; also vice-pres., sec. and treas. C.,R.I.&El Paso Ry. Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Rock Island Improvement Co .; sec., treas. and dir. Rock Island Coal Co., Consolidated In- diana Coal Co .; dir. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Ry. Co. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Traffic, Chicago Railway. Residence: 7220 Yale Av. Office: La Salle St. Station.

CROSS, Albert Eugene, provisions and grain commn .; born Aurora, Ill., Mar. 6, 1870; son Jesse G. and Harriet E. (Perry) Cross; ed. pub. schools and at Leipzig and Berlin; married Aurora, III., Oct. 7, 1896, Fannie Ferre. Began business career as proprietor (with his brother, George R.) of a business college; later in em- ploy of Underwood & Co., and the Internat. Packing Co .; then joined firm of Henry EElls- worth & Co., which was later incorporated as the Ellsworth & Cross Co., provisions and grain, of which was vico-pres. until it changed to a partnership under firm name of Ellsworth & Cross, Dec. 1, 1909, of which remains a mem- ber; also pres. Otis Desk Co .: dir. Independent Packing Co., Chicago, and Naylor Mfg. Co .. Plano, III. Dir. Chicago Board of Trade. Re- publican. Methodist. Mem. Republican Club of Lyons Twp. Clubs: Union League, LaGrange Country, LaGrange Motor. Recreations: golf. motoring. Residence: 300 5th Av., LaGrange. Ill. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg.

CROSS, Clarence Louine, lumberman; born Binghamton, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1864; son Alfred J. and Francelia R. (Harvey) Cross; came to Chi-

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cago, 1857; ed. pub. schools and old Chicago Univ .; married Apr. 21, 1880, Grace, daughter of Ezra L. Sherman, of Chicago; children: Bes- sie, Alfred, Phylis. Began business career at 17 as office boy for T. W. Harvey, lumberman; promoted asst. bookkeeper and traveling sales- man, and, 1880-2, mgr. of buying, selling and correspondence; sec. T. W. Harvey Lumber Co., 1882-9; then of firm of Cross, Badger & Co., 1889-95; since handling cypress lumber exclu- sively. Was also identified with an extensive yard business in Nebraska. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Wholesale Lumber Deal- ers' Assn., Chicago Hardwood Lumbermen's Exchange. Former trustee and pres. Village of Riverside. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Riverside Golf, Lumbermen's Golf. Recrea- tions: golf, hunting and 'fishing. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk.

CROSSETTE, Charles Henry, mfr. and job- ber of men's furnishing goods; born Alsted, N. H., Nov. 6, 1848; son Rev. Robert and Dorothea (Fisher) Crossette; graduate Suffield (Conn.) Univ., 1866; married Beemerville, N.J., Sept. 13, 1873, Mary A. Dunning; children: Charles D., Robert G., Murray F., Aurelia M. Came to Chicago in 1866, and entered employ of Kim- ball, Stevens & Co., wholesale woolens; re- mained with them for 2 years, and afterward with firm of Damon, Temple & Co., neckwear mfrs., for 6 years; on Jan. 1, 1874, with Joel E. G. Scott and Henry W. K. Cutter, established firm of Scott, Cutter & Crossette, which dis- solved Jan. 1, 1880, and was succeeded by pres- ent firm of Cutter & Crossette. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale, Hins- dale Golf. Recreations: golf and driving. Resi- dence: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 138 S. Market St.

CROSSLEY, Frederic Beers, lawyer and sec. Northwestern Univ. Law School; born Glen Eyre, Pa., Dec. 2, 1872; son Thomas and Mary (McRoy) Crossley; ed. Honesdale (Pa.) High School, Harvard Univ., 1897; LL.B., Northwest- ern Univ. Law School, 1899; married Honesdale, Pa., 1903, Susan E. Jenkins; 2 children: Fred- eric McRoy and Martha Jenkins. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1899, and since then engaged in prac- tice, principally in consultation work; sec. of the Northwestern Univ. Law School since 1901. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Club: University. Residence: 602 Washington Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 31 W. Lake St.

*CROSSMAN, Augustus Brown; moved to Toledo, O .; see Vol. 1905.

CROUSE, see also Kraus.

CROUSE, Daniel Howard; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

CROUSE, John Nathan, dentist; born near Downington, Chester Co., Pa., Sept. 15, 1842; son Daniel and Mary (Mowrer) Crouse; ed. Mt. Carroll (Ill.) Sem., 1859-62; D.D.S., Pa. Dental Coll., Philadelphia, 1867; married Clinton, N.Y., 1870, Ruma Arvilla Hull; children: Daniel How- ard, Dean. Began practice of dentistry at Mt. Carroll, Ill., 1864, and since 1868 has practiced in Chicago. Founder and pres. Dental Protect- ive Assn .; pres., treas. and dir. Dental Protect- ive Supply Co .; publisher Dental Digest, 1895- 1908. Mem. Nat. Dental Assn .; ex-pres. Ill. State Dental Soc. (charter mem.), Chicago Den- tal Soc., Am. Dental Assn. Baptist. Republic- an. Clubs: Tolleston Shooting, Calumet. Ad- dress: 2231 Prairie Av.

CROW, Louis W., lumberman; born Crystal Lake, Ill., Sept. 24, 1864; son James and Sarah A. Crow; grad. Beloit Coll., Ph.B., 1886; mar- ried Crystal Lake, Ill., Dec. 22, 1896, Nettie C. Cannon; children: Walter Dana, Rollin Salis- bury, Frances Louise. With W. L. Scott Coal Co., 1886-92; commenced as bookkeeper and cashier for Charles H. Mears & Co., 1892-6, mgr. of one of their yards, 1896-9; admitted to part- nership, 1899; company was reorganized, 1907,

as the Mears-Slayton Lumber Co., and he be- came vice-pres. Republican. Clubs: Builders', Chicago Athletic. Recreation: hunting. Resi- dence: 4320 Hazel Av. Office: 1237 Belmont Av.

CROWELL, Henry Parsons, mfr .; born Cleve- land, O., Jan. 27, 1855; son Henry L. and Anna (Parsons) Crowell; ed. pub. school, Cleveland, and Greylock Inst., South Williamstown, Mass .; married Cleveland, O., July 10, 1888, Susan Cole- man; children: Henry Coleman, Annie Bayard. Became pres. of the Quaker Mill Co. at Raven- na, O., 1881; in June 1891, when this company was sold to the Am. Cereal Co., of Akron, O., became vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of latter until Feb. 1898, when was made pres. Also pres. the Quaker Oats Co., and vice-pres. the Cleveland Foundry Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Trus- tee McCormick Theol. Sem .; pres. of Board of Trustees of Moody Bible Inst .; chmn. Laymen's Evangelistic Council. Clubs: Chicago, Onwent- sia, Skokie. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Railway Exchange.

CROWLEY, Jerome Joseph, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Sept. 3, 1877; son Jeremiah Jerome and Eleanor Cecilia (Sullivan) Crowley; grad. Lake View High School, 1897; student Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind., 1897-8; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1900; married Henrietta L. O'Brien, of South Bend, Ind., Feb. 22, 1908; 1 son: Jerome J., Jr. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1900; in practice at Chicago as mem. firm of Barry & Crowley since 1901. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Sigma, Delta Up- silon, Knights of Columbus, Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Recreations: motoring, travel. Residence: 742 Marquette Terrace. Office: 1217 Ashland Blk.

CROXTON, H(ugh) W (orthington), real es- tate and first mortgage loans, and real estate expert; born Jackson, Mich., Sept. 11, 1879; son W. A. and Clara S. (Miller) Croxton; grad. Ft. Wayne (Ind.) High School, 1897; married Ruth M. Lytle, of Oak Park, Ill., Nov. 14, 1908. Be- gan in real estate business in Chicago, 1901; real estate expert Cook Co. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mem. Sons of the Revolution (dir.), Delta Sigma Nu fraternity, Ind. Soc. Club: Edgewater Country. Residence: 5919 Kenmore Av. Office: 82 W. Washington St.

CROZIER, Frank, lawyer; born Madison, Ind., May 18, 1872; son James H. and Anna (Cordrey) Crozier; B.S., Hanover (Ind.) Coll., 1892, A.M., 1895; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1894; married Rochester, N.Y., Jan. 31, 1899, Clara A. Pope; 4 daughters: Marion, Frances, Mildred, Janet. Since 1894 has practiced in Chicago. Mason. Residence: 945 E. 53d St. Office: Fisher Building.

CRUICE, Daniel Larkin, lawyer; born Buf- falo, N.Y., June 30, 1868; son Martin and Maria (Cannon) Cruice; grad. high school, 1888; LL. B., Chicago Coll. Law (Lake Forest U.), 1894. Entered postoffice at Buffalo, N.Y., 1888, was transferred to the ry. mail service and contin- ued in that service until 1900; admitted to bar, Nov. 1, 1894; since 1900 engaged in general practice of law. Democrat. In politics was as- sociated with late Gov. John P. Altgeld, and candidate for alderman on his ticket, 1899; nominated by labor men for mayor, 1903; has been affiliated with the progressive movements of the city; organized the Referendum League in 1901, and participated in the various cam- paigns for the pub. policy questions submitted by virtue of the pub. policy law. Pres. Refer- endum League; mem. Municipal Ownership League. Catholic. Residence: 5032 Sheridan Rd. Office: Unity Bldg.

CRUIKSHANK, Charles Eli, lawyer; born Utica, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1857; son Levi and Ann (Crosby) Cruikshank; A.B., with honors, Ham- ilton Coll., 1879; studied law in office of Con- gressman J. Thomas Spriggs, of Utica, and was admitted to N.Y. bar; married Utica, Aug. 17, 1887, Della Beckwith. Practiced at Utica until 1882; removed to Chicago, where has since been

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engaged in practice. Elected to Ill. State Sen- ate, from 19th Dist., in 1906. Office: 106 N. La- Salle St.

CRUISE, Robert Joseph Stanislaus, dentist; born Dublin, Ireland, June 2, 1868; son Sir Francis Richard (M.D., D.L.) and late Mary Frances (Power) Cruise: ed. Beaumont Coll., Berkshire, Eng., 1879-81; Tullabeg Coll., Tulla- more, King's Co., Ireland, 1881-6; Royal Univ., Ireland, 1886-90; Chicago Coll. of Dental Sur- gery, 1895-8, D.D.S., 1898. Engaged in practice of dentistry in Chicago from 1895. Mem. Ill. State Dental Soc., Chicago Dental Soc., Delta Sigma Delta fraternity. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office and Residence: 3327 Jackson Boul.

CRUMB, William Hanford, president W. H. Crumb & Co., engrs. and contractors; born Chi- cago, Oct. 24, 1872; son Darwin and Emma (Chase) Crumb; ed. high school, Rockford, Ill., and Cornell Univ., 1895; married Marie Mc- Carthy, of Toledo, O., June 28, 1899. In general telephone engring. and construction in Chicago since 1896; has built telephone plants in sev- eral cities in different parts of U.S. and served as expert in telephone matters for City of Chi- cago and other city authorities, on various oc- casions. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Western Soc. of Engrs. Presbyterian. Mason, K.T., Con- sistory and Shrine. Clubs: Press, Woodlawn Park. Residence: 1538 E. 66th St. Office: 72 W. Adams St.

*CRUMP, Lawrence Mortimer, tobacco; see Vol. 1905.

CRUMP, William R., tobacco merchant; born Bacon's Castle, Surry Co., Va., Oct. 17, 1863; son Lawrence Mortimer and Lucy Ann (Han- kins) Crump; attended private school, Rich- mond, Va., 5 months; night school, Boys' Home Soc., Baltimore; married Jessie M. Munson, of Mt. Forest, Ill., Feb. 10, 1892; 2 children: A. Louise and Lawrence Y. Lived on farm in Va. until 1879; went to Baltimore, 1879, and en- gaged in numerous occupations for 5 years; re- moved to Chicago, 1884. and entered tobacco trade; in business on own account since 1893, as mem. firm of Crump Bros. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: South Shore Country. Recreations: read- ing, golf, swimming, riding and driving. Resi- dence: 5460 Lexington Av. Office: 121 W. Lake Street.

CRUNELLE, Leonard, sculptor; born Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, July 8, 1872; son Alberic and Marie (Strady) Crunelle; pupil of Lorado Taft and Art Inst., Chicago; married Augusta Waughop, of Washington Heights, Chicago, Sept. 1893. Sculptor in Chicago since 1891; medal and diploma, Atlanta Expn., 1895; special prize, Fall exhibit, Art Inst., Chicago, 1904; bronze medal and diploma, St. Louis Expn., 1904. Mem. Soc. Western Artists, Chicago Soc. Artists. Republican. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Res- idence: 2034 E. 73d St. Studio: Fine Arts Bldg.

CRUTCHFIELD, George Alburtis, chief U.S. naturalization examiner; born Dallas, Tex., May 30, 1862; son James Oscar and Frances Patience (Floyd) Crutchfield; B.S., Dallas (Tex.) Coll., 1878: M.I. (Master of Instruction), Sam Hous- ton Normal Inst., Huntsville, Tex., 1880; B.L., Univ. of Va., 1883; married Anna Crandall Shep- herd, of Washington, D.C., Mar. 6, 1888; chil- dren: Floyd, James A. and Clara A. Practiced law in Tex., 1883-5; clerk, War Dept., Washing- ton, 1885-7; special examiner U.S. Pension Bu- reau. 1887-1907; spl. asst. to atty .- gen. of U.S .. in charge of naturalization matters. Chicago, May-Dec. 1908; chief U.S. naturalization exam- iner, Chicago, since Dec. 1, 1908. Democrat. Methodist. Mason; Woodmen of the World. Recreation: reading. Residence: 5541 Drexel Av. Office: 628 Federal Bldg.

CRUTTENDEN, Thomas Spencer, dry goods commn .; born Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1847;

son Thomas and Hannah (Patten) Cruttenden; ed. pub. schools and Free Acad., New York City; married at Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1871, Susie Rebecca Smith; children: Mrs. John Stu- art Frasher, Edmund Spencer, Walter Wemple, Susie, Arthur Thomas. In 1866, entered employ of Garner & Co., mfrs. cotton goods; started business in Chicago in 1874, in firm of Thorn & Cruttenden, agents for Garner & Co .; sole agt. for that co., 1876-1909; now connected with Bliss, Fabian & Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago branch Sons of New York. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Midlothian Country; also Manhattan (New York). Recreation: golf. Residence: 5059 Washington Av. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul.

CRUVER, Curtis Leroy, pres. Cruver Mfg. Co .; born Diamond Lake, Ill., Nov. 26, 1869; son Salem P. and Hannah Ann (Pelton) Cruver; ed. high school, Spencer, Ia .; married Detroit, June 26, 1895, Addie J. Smith. Clerk in father's store, 16 to 21; on road selling goods to the trade and canvassing, 2 years; removed to Chicago, 1893, and engaged in mfg. satin spar jewelry under firm name of Cruver & Hammond, 1893- 6; started the Photo Jewelry Mfg. Co., 1896, in- corporated, 1902; changed name to Cruver Mfg. Co., 1906; dir. Photo Products Co. Mugwump. Clubs: Advertising, Rotary. Residence: 2124 Monroe St. Office: 1419 Carroll Av.

CUBBINS, William Robert, surgeon; born Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 6, 1874; son John and Miriam (Windiate) Cubbins; ed. Memphis Inst., 1888-91, Hanover (Ind.) Coll., 1891-2; B.S., Cen- tre Coll., Danville, Ky., 1896; M.D., Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School, 1900; married Cora Hott Brindley, of Washington, Ia., Sept. 18, 1901; 2 sons: Lawrence B. (died Apr. 13, 1905), Will- iam Robert, Jr. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1900- 2; asst. prof. surgery, Northwestern Univ. Med. School, since 1910; prof. surgery, Post-Grad. Med. School, since 1905; surgeon to Post-Grad. Hosp .; adj. surgeon to Wesley Hosp. An ed- itor of Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med., Path .. and Surg. socs., Phi Delta Theta, Nu Sigma Nu fratern- ities. Clubs: University, Physicians'. Resi- dence: 648 Woodland Park. Office: 29 E. Mad- ison St.

CUDAHY, John, packer; born Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1843; son Patrick and Elizabeth (Shaw) Cudahy; came to U.S. 1849, parents settling in Milwaukee; attended pub. schools until 14 years old; married Mary Nolan, of Bridgeport, Conn., 1873; married 2d. Margaret F. O'Neil, of Chicago. 1882. At 14 to 17 worked in packing house of Ed. Roddis, Mil- waukee, later 4 years with John Plankinton and Plankinton & Armour; then in fruit and ornamental tree business until 1870; afterward in employ of Milwaukee packing firms; became partner Chapin & Co., Chicago, 1875, firm be- coming Chapin & Cudahy, 1877, and later Cud- ahy Packing Co .; is also partner in Cudahy Brothers Co., packers, of Milwaukee. Clubs: Union League, Chicago. Residence: 3254 Mich- igan Av. Office: Corn Exchange Bank Bldg.

CUDAHY, Michael, packer: 1841-1910: see Vol. 1910.

CULBERTSON, Carey, physician: born Piper City, Ill., Oct. 5, 1871; son Samuel D. (M.D.) and Clara Kate (Culver) Culbertson: A.B .. Northwestern Univ., 1895, graduate student in pathology, 1897-8: M.D .. Northwestern Univ. Med. School. 1898; studied at Vienna. 1903: married Katherine Graham, of Manitowoc, Wis .. June 20, 1900; 2 children: John Carey and Vir- ginia Graham, Interne, Chicago Lying-In Hosp .. 1898-9; practiced medicine at Piper City, 1899- 1902, Chicago since 1903. Instr. obstetrics and gynecology, Rush Med. Coll., since 1904; asst. attending obstetrician and gynecologist, Pres- byterian Hosp .; consulting obstetrician and pynecologist. Mary Thompson Hosp. Lit. editor The Club Fellow. 1898-1903; contributor stories

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to mags. and articles to med. journals. Mem. Savings Bank, Morden Frog & Crossing Works, A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Ill. State Med. etc. Clubs: Chicago, University, Calumet, Chi- cago Athletic, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf. Recreations: golf, hunting and fishing. Residence: 845 Lincoln Parkway. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Therapeutic Club, Sigma Chi, Theta Nu Ep- silon, Pi Beta Phi. Club: Illinois. Recreations: golf and literature. Residence: 2854 Washing- ton Boul. Office: 1006, 108 N. State St.

*CULLEN, George Appleton, ry. official; see Vol. 1905.

CULLEN, John Wesley, mgr. Main Belting Co .; born Dover, Del., June 11, 1874; son Heze- kiah and Margaretta (Kimmey) Cullen; ed. in pub. schools of Del .; married Camden, Del., Jan. 21, 1903, Elizabeth Schabinger; children: John W., Jr. and Elizabeth. Began business career in the employ of the Main Belting Co .; started as clerk, became mgr. of Boston office, Jan. 1902, and Feb. 1909 was appointed western mgr. at Chicago. Republican. Quaker. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 119 N. Market St.

CULLERTON, Edward F., alderman; born Chicago, Oct. 14, 1842; son Edward and Cather- ine (Ryan) Cullerton; ed. pub. schools; mar- ried Winifred Dyer, of Chicago, Jan. 2, 1867 (died 1910). Engaged as contractor and broker at Chicago during entire business life. First elected alderman in 1871, and now serving his 18th term; was mem. Ill. State Board of Equal- ization, 1892-6; mem. 28th General Assembly of Ill. Legislature, 1872-4. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. North Am. Union. Residence: 1632 W. 20th St. Office: 105 N. Clark St.

CULVER, Alvin Howard, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Mar. 9, 1873; son Morton and Eugenia M. (Taylor) Culver; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1893, LL.B., 1895; married Jean Gehan, of Chicago, 1907; 1 son: Alvin S. Taught night school, 1894-5; in law office of Paden & Gridley, 1895- 1902; mem. law firm of Gridley, Culver & King, 1902-10, Culver & King since Dec. 1, 1910. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chi- cago Law Inst. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Skokie Country. Recreations: golf and gymna- sium. Residence: 839 Lawrence Av. Office: New York Life Bldg.

CULVER, Morton Taylor, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Dec. 2, 1870; son Morton and Eugenia M. (Taylor) Culver; ed. prep. dept., Northwestern Univ .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1890; mar- ried Geneva, Ill., June 17, 1899, Florence M. Hawkes. Admitted to bar, Jan. 1892; engaged in practice and also entered real estate busi- ness with father and brother, Harry N .; in 1894 entered into law practice exclusively with Har- ry N. Culver and so continued until 1898; then practiced alone until Jan. 1, 1909, when entered into partnership with George B. Byron and Harry N. Culver as Culver, Byron & Culver. Pres. Law Publishing Co. Mem. Glencoe Re- publican Club. Mem. 1st Inf., I.N.G., 1887-96; served at Pana and Pullman strikes, 1894; dis- charged as sergeant; qualified as Distinguished Sharpshooter and as "Candidate"; now a mem. Veteran Corps, 1st Inf., I.N.G. Pres. Village of Glencoe, 1900-2; atty. for village, 1898-1900 and 1902-9. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Cook Co. Real Estate Board. Mason, A. O. Fay Lodge No. 676, Evanston Chapter; "I Will" Council Royal Arcanum. Club: Press. Residence: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 30 N. LaSalle Street.

CUMMINGS, see also Cummins.

CUMMINGS, D(avid) Mark, capitalist; born Pekin, Ill., Feb. 18, 1866; son late Columbus R. and Sarah M. Cummings; A.B., Yale, 1887; mar- ried Chicago, 1893, Miss Ruth Dexter; children: Edith, Dexter. Began business life as a banker and broker in Watriss, Breese & Cummings, 1887, which subsequently became Breese & Cummings; on the death of his father, 1897, he succeeded him in the management of many of his large financial enterprises. Dir. Union Nat. Bank, 1897, until it consolidated with the First Nat. Bank, of which he has since been a dir .; also dir. Chicago Telephone Co., First Trust &

CUMMINGS, Edmund A., real estate; born Lowell, Mass., Nov. 29, 1842; son Edmund and Clarissa Cummings; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, Sept. 11, 1867, Ellen M. Merrill; 6 children, 2 living. Came to Chicago, 1864; es- tablished real estate business, 1867, and has since been at the head of the firm of E. A. Cummings & Co. Also pres. and dir. Oak Park Construction Co .; dir. Avenue State Bank, Oak Park, Chicago Title & Trust Co., Harlem State Savings Bank, Northwestern Gas Co., West Chicago (Ill.) State Bank. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board (pres. 1886), Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Oak Park. Residence: 163 N. Lombard Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 42 N. Dearborn St.

CUMMINGS, Edmund Stephen, lawyer; born Aurora, Ill., July 1, 1863; son William and Catherine (Kavanagh) Cummings; A.B., Niag- ara Univ., 1883; married Negaunee, Mich., 1894, Delia Winter; children: Gertrude, Joseph, Ed- mund. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1885, and since in practice of law in Chicago; master in chancery Superior Court of Cook Co., 1893-6. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Democrat. Ex-pres. Menoken Club. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Resi- dence: 4628 Beacon St. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

CUMMINGS, Edward M., sec. Builders' Club; born Montreal, Quebec, Can., Mar. 17, 1856; son Thomas A. and Emily J. (Milward) Cummings; ed. at Montreal in French Normal School, 1865- 70, and Jesuit Coll., 1870-3; married Chicago, Dec. 31, 1884, Emma Maud Lewis; children: Aleen, Adeline, Bernice, Thomas, Edna, Cla- risse, Valerie, Bonita, Granville, Edward. Came to Chicago, 1879, and held various positions under the city government; was mem. Ill. House of Representatives in 42d and 43d Gen- eral Assemblies and active in support of the Mueller bill for municipal ownership; city oil inspector, 1903-5; city gas inspector, 1905-7; sec. Builders' Club since 1907. Democrat and active in politics of 30th Ward, in which has resided since 1879. Catholic. Mem. Royal Ar- canum, Nat. Union. Club: Watita. Residence: 4424 Wallace St. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

CUMMINGS, John James, mfr .; born Chris- tian Co., Ill., July 25, 1875; son Walter J. and Mary (Doyle) Cummings; ed. Auburn (Ill.) grammar schools and in the engring. dept. of Armour Inst. After leaving school became con- nected with the McGuire-Cummings Mfg. Co., mfrs. of street and interurban cars, trucks, etc., of which has been pres. since Jan. 1, 1904; also pres. Globe Iron & Wire Works. Catholic. Res- idence: 4151 Sheridan Rd. Office: 400 N. San- gamon St.

CUMMINGS, Robert Fowler, grain merchant; born N. Oxford, near Worcester, Mass., June 17, 1848; son Abel B. and Emily (Fowler) Cum- mings; came to Ill. with parents from Mass., in 1853; ed. pub. schools, Wenona, Ill., 1856-64; Lake Forest Acad., Lake Forest, Ill., 1865-7; married Onarga, Ill., July 6, 1874, Minnie A. Marston; children: Lenore, Marion (Mrs. Ralph C. Stevens, of Chicago), Florence (Mrs. Thomas J. Hair), Irene (perished in Iroquois Theatre fire), Benjamin (died in infancy), Marston. Un- til 1868 was asst. in his father's grain, lumber and general merchandise business at Clifton, Ill .; clerk for B. Fowler & Co., grain (Chicago Board of Trade), 1868-9; acquired a one-third interest, 1870, in E. S. Fowler & Co., dry goods merchants at Wenona, Ill., which sold out in 1877; removed to Clifton, Iroquois Co., Aug. 1877, and engaged in the grain and coal busi- ness upon a small scale; has gradually en- larged the business in Clifton and several ad- joining towns, and now owns and operates 15

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 51

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