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EATON, William Thomas, warehouseman; born Rochester, N.Y., June 8, 1851; son Thomas Wright and Amanda (Noble) Eaton; ed. pub. schools, and at Prof. Miller's Acad. at Friend- ship, Allegany Co., N.Y .; married Friendship, N.Y., Mary Wheeler. Came to Chicago, 1876, at age of 18, as the western representative of the Stoddard Mfg. Co., of Dayton, O., remaining in that position for 14 years; since 1890 in ware- house business, now being treas., dir. and mgr. of the Belt Line Transfer & Storage Co., with warehouse at 76th and Wallace Sts .; is also, on his own account, a jobber of binder twine, and is pres. of the Lake Co. Gravel Co. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Union League, Englewood Men's. Recreations: fishing and travel. Resi- dence: 6620 Harvard Av. Summer Residence: "Sunnyside," Wirt Centre, N.Y. Office: 304 Sherman St.
EBELING, George, wholesale millinery; born Chicago, July 26, 1852; son George Philip and Anna (Dittewig) Ebeling; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; married Chicago, Sept. 6, 1876, Louise Affeld; children: George C., Frederick O., Ella A. (now Mrs. John J. Wolfersperger). Began business career as bill clerk with P. H. Willard & Co., wholesale grocers, 1868-71; bookkeeper and cashier for J. H. Dunham & Co., wholesale grocers, 1871-4; with Reid, Murdoch & Fisher as cashier and later in charge of credits, 1874- 82; in Peoria, as sec. and treas. of Peoria Stone & Marble Co., 1882-92; sec. and treas. Gage Bros. & Co., wholesale millinery, 1892-1905, vice-pres. since 1905. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, South Shore Country, Evanston, Evanston Golf. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: 1144 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 18 S. Michigan Av.
EBERHARDT, Max, judge; born in Germany, 1843; came to America with parents, 1851; ed.
private coll .; removed with parents to Cincin- nati, 1859; LL.B., Law Dept., Lake Forest Univ., LL.M .; hon. D.C.L., Lake Forest. Ad- mitted to Cincinnati bar; located in Chicago, and served several terms as one of justices of the city; judge Municipal Court of Chicago. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., Am. Hist. Assn., Chicago and Ill. State Hist. socs .; ex-pres. German-Am. Hist. Soc. of Ill. Author of book of poems in German, 1902; con- tributor to Journal of Speculative Philosophy, Lalor's Encyclopedia Political Philosophy, etc. Also lecturer. Residence: 6018 Kenmore Av. Office: Municipal Courts Bldg.
EBERHART, John Frederick, real estate; born Hickory Twp., Mercer Co., Pa., Jan. 21, 1829; son Abraham and Esther (Amand) Eber- hart; reared on farm; grad. Allegheny Coll., 1853; married Chicago, Dec. 25, 1864, Matilda Charity Miller; children: John J., Frank N., Mary E., Grace. Was principal of Albright Sem., Berlin, Pa., 1853-5; came to Chicago, Apr. 15, 1855, becoming lecturer, editor of the North- western Home and School Journal, and also traveled for a New York publishing house; county school supt. of Cook Co., 1859-69; or- ganized the Cook Co. Normal School, now the Chicago Teachers' Coll .; was one of the organ- izers Ill. State Teachers' Assn .; one of founders of State Normal Univ. at Normal, Ill .; princi- pal mover in formation of State Assn. of Coun- ty Superintendents and its first pres .; one of early members of Am. Inst. of Instruction; one of first life members Nat. Teachers' Assn. Be- gan to deal in Chicago real estate and since leaving the superintendency of schools has been engaged largely and continuously in real estate transactions. Reared a Methodist, but became one of the early members of the People's Church under Dr. H. W. Thomas, who was his former pupil and induced him to come to Chi- cago; now pres. People's Church of America. Residence: 3417 W. 64th St. Office: 3555 W. 63d Street.
EBERHART, Noble Murray, physician and author; born Benton Harbor, Mich., Apr. 21, 1870; son Dr. Isa A. and Melissa (Jacobs) Eb- erhart; B.S., Racine (Wis.) Coll., 1888; M.S., Hedding Coll., 1891; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1894; M.D., Coll. Physicians and Sur- geons (Univ. of Ill.), 1901; also did grad. work in Univ. of Chicago, Lake Forest Univ., etc .; A.M., Valparaiso Univ., 1909. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine since 1894; ex-interne and 5 years attending physician, Cook Co. Hosp .; for- merly surgeon Chicago Baptist and St. Gerard's hosps .; now head of dept. of electrotherapy and sec. faculty, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery; prof. radiotherapy and sec. Ill. School of Electrotherapy. Author of text-books on electrotherapy, entomology and zoology. Elec- trotherapeutic editor, Medical Brief, and Am. Journal of Physiological Therapeutics. Hon- orary life fellow Soc. Science, Letters and Art, London, Eng .; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Electro-Thera- peutic Soc., Am. Med. Editors' Assn., etc. Re- publican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Press. Residence: 3439 Elaine Pl. Office: Chicago Sav- ings Bank Bldg.
EBINGER, Frederick Christian, merchant; born Canfield (now Edison Park), Cook Co., Ill., July 2, 1872; son Christian and Elizabeth (Stry- ker) Ebinger; ed. Niles Township and Park Ridge pub. schools and in Met. Business Coll., Chicago; married Aurora, Ill., Apr. 17, 1902, Nellie Boessenecker. Boyhood up to 20 was di- vided between hard work on his father's large farm in the town of Maine and attending school; early in 1892 entered employ of Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co., but following July became a bill clerk with S. Peterson & Co., wholesale grocers, and advanced in position steadily with that firm until 1898, when with M. Thome organized and incorporated the Paris Fashion Co., retail millinery and hair goods;
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brothers bought Thome's interest 5 months later; pres. and mgr. of the company, which, in 1905, moved to present premises; exclusively hair goods business. Republican. Mem. M.E. Church. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Art Inst. of Chicago. Club: Chicago Advertisers' Assn. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: 224 S. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 209 S. State St.
ECKELS, George Morris, lawyer; born Prince- ton, Ill., Apr. 3, 1863; son James S. and Mar- garet Davidson (Herron) Eckels; ed. pub. gram- mar and high schools; LL.B., Columbian Univ., Washington, D.C., 1887; married Washington, Apr. 18, 1892, Edith M. Oberly; children: George Morris, Jr., Virginia. Was engaged in ry. serv- ice, 1881-3; in ins. business, 1883-5; in super- vising architect's office at Washington, D.C., 1885-7; since 1887 engaged in general practice of law in Chicago. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Quadrangle, Homewood. Residence: 5537 Woodlawn Av. Office: Com- mercial Nat. Bank Bldg.
ECKELS, James Herron, ex-comptroller of currency, U.S .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
ECKERT, Walter Henry, lawyer; born Wood- stock, Ill., Mar. 10, 1880; son George W. and Bertha (Sigwalt) Eckert; ed. pub. schools of Woodstock, and Northwestern Univ .; married Georgia Cooper, of Austin, Ill., Sept. 3, 1907. Admitted to bar, 1903, and since in practice at Chicago; mem. firm of Ela, Grover, March & Eckert. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, The Oaks. Residence: 229 N. Central Av., Austin. Office: 127 N. Dearborn St.
ECKHARDT, William Nicholas, pres. Pope & Eckhardt Co .; born Chicago, July 20, 1859; son Louis and Katharina (Minke) Eckhardt; ed. private and pub. schools; married Amalie Na- broth, of Oshkosh, Wis., Apr. 5, 1898; children: Laura (Mrs. G. P. Farnum), Lulu (Mrs. C. E. Scarrett). Identified with Chicago Board of Trade interests since 1873; assisted in organ- izing the Pope & Eckhardt Co., grain and seeds, 1895, of which has been a dir. since 1896. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade since 1880 (dir. 3 years and vice-pres. 2 years). Republican. Evangel- ical Lutheran. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Illinois (Chicago); Pistakee Yacht (Fox Lake, Ill.). Residence: 3540 Adams St. Office: 321, 111 W. Jackson Boul.
ECKHART, Bernard Albert, mfr .; born Al- sace, Germany, 1852; son Jacob and Eva (Root) Eckhart; arrived with parents in U.S., in in- fancy; grad. from a coll. at Milwaukee, 1868; married Katie L. Johnston, of Cincinnati, Dec. 25, 1874. Chicago rep. of Eagle Milling Co., Milwaukee, 1870-4; founded firm of Eckhart & Swan, which later became Eckhart & Swan Milling Co., of which is pres .; dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Com- mercial Trust & Savings Bank, Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago Title & Trust Co. Mem. Ill. Senate, 35th and 36th Gen. Assemblies (1887-9); mem. bd. trustees Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, 1891-1900 (pres. bd., 1896-1900) ; pres. bd. West Chicago Park Commrs., 1905-8; del. and chmn. Com. on Rules, Procedure and Gen. Plans Chicago Charter Conv., 1905; appointed mem. Railroad and Warehouse Commn. of Ill., 1907. Assisted in organizing and officer 1st Regt. I.N.G .; a .- d .- c. with rank of col. on staff of Gov. Deneen since 1906. Republican. Dir. Chicago Bd. Trade, 1888-91; 1st pres. Millers' Nat. Fed- eration, 1902-4; pres. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., 1903; vice-pres. Nat. Council of Commerce, 1908; U.S. del. Internat. Congress on Commercial Edn., Vienna, 1910. Trustee Lewis Inst .; mem. exec. com. created to prepare a bill for Ill. Legisla- ture for creation of Municipal Court of Chi- cago. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Illinois, Onwentsia, Commercial, Exmoor. Residence: 210 Ashland Boul. Office: 1314 Carroll Av.
ECKHART, John William, flour merchant and miller; born West Bend, Wis., Nov. 20, 1855; son of Jacob and Eva (Root) Eckhart; ed. high school, Viroqua, Wis .; married Mary J. Buchanan, of Chicago, Aug. 12, 1884; chil- dren: Eunice (Mrs. O. T. Tuchbreiter, Chicago), Paul, John W., Jr., James and Mary. In flour milling business since Apr. 3, 1873, and is pres. of John W. Eckhart & Co. Mem. Chicago Cav- alry. Pres. Chicago Public Library Board, 1900- 7. Democrat. Clubs: Illinois, Iroquois (ex-pres.), Chicago Athletic, Lake Beulah Country. Rec- reations: golf and fishing. Residence: 1903 W. Monroe St. Summer Residence: Lake Beulah, Wis. Office: 311 N. Carpenter St.
ECKHART, Percy Bernard, lawyer; born Chi- cago, Jan. 20, 1877; son Bernard A. and Kate L. (Johnston) Eckhart; grad. Brown School, Chi- cago, 1891, Chicago Manual Training School, 1894, Chicago Acad., 1895; Ph.B., Univ. of Chi- cago, with honorable mention, 1899; LL.B., Har- vard Law School, 1902; married Bloomington, Ill., June 6, 1903, Charlotte Briggs Capen; 3 children: Eleanor, Charlotte Capen, Marion West. Formed law partnership with Roy O. West, firm of West & Eckhart, 1902, changing, 1903, to West, Eckhart & Taylor, and in 1910 to present style of West & Eckhart. Chicago atty. Western Union Telegraph Co. Lecturer on pub. service corpns. and law of damages, Univ. of Chicago Law School, 1903-11. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., The Law Club, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Trustee Village of Kenil- worth. Clubs: University, Union League, Cliff Dwellers, Exmoor Country, Kenilworth. Recre- ations: golf and tennis. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
ECKSTEIN, Henry Gottlieb, treas. of Rueck- heim Bros. & Eckstein; born Chicago, Jan. 15, 1860; son Charles and Julia Eckstein; ed. pri- vate and pub. schools; married Apr. 19, 1883, Emily L. Wegner (died July 25, 1885) ; 1 daugh- ter: Lillian B .; married 2d, July 9, 1887. Louisa M. Rau; 2 children: Henry G., Jr. and Myrtle L. Began at age of 12, in employ of The N. K. Fairbank Co .; in 1883 invented the Filter Press Steaming Process for the extraction of fats from Fuller's Earth; in 1885 was placed in charge of soap mfg. dept .; in 1888 became gen- eral asst. supt. of all manufactured products in Chicago factory; in 1891 invented the Eckstein Process for deodorizing cotton seed oil, and in 1898 was made gen. supt. of the various mfg. depts. of Chicago, St. Louis and Canada fac- tories; retired Oct. 1898, because of ill health. In 1899 bought an active interest in firm of F. W. Rueckheim & Bro., makers of "Cracker Jack" and candies, shortly afterward incorpo- rated as Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein, of which has since been treas. Inventor of the Eckstein "Triple Proof Package," a dust. germ and moisture proof paper package. Mem. Diana. Hunting and Fishing Club. Recreations: hunt- ing and fishing. Residence: 5312 East End Av. Office: Peoria, Harrison and Sangamon Sts.
ECKSTEIN, Louis, merchant: born Milwau- kee, Wis., Feb. 10, 1865; son Samuel E. and Anna (Bloch) Eckstein; ed. pub. schools, Mil- waukee; married Chicago, 1900. Elsie Snydack- er. Was in ry. service with Wis. Central R.R. for 10 years, until entering firm of Stumer. Rosenthal & Eckstein, millinery; firm changed into various corpns. since. Dir. and officer in Emporium-World Co., Am. Restaurant Co., Rec- tor's and the Public Drug Co. Pres. and treas. Red Book Corpn., Story-Press Corpn .. Buck & Rayner's, Buck & Rayner Branch, Consumer's Drug Co., Owl Drug Co., ct al. One of the own- ers of the North American Bldg., and Metro- politan Bldg. Clubs: Standard. Lake Shore. Ravisloe Country. Recreation: motoring. Res- idence: Metropole Hotel. Office: 42 S. State St.
EDDY, Albert Marshall, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.
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EDDY, Alfred Delavan, lawyer; born Bellona, N. Y., June 3, 1846; son Rev. Alfred (Presbyn. clergyman) and Catherine H. (Wilcox) Eddy; removed to Ill., 1856; served 6 mos. in Co. D, 134th Ill. Inf., 1864; student Univ. of Chicago; LL. B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1879; married Caroline H. Silvey, of Chicago, Oct. 7, 1869. In practice in Chicago since 1878. Gen. counsel in the northwest for Standard Oil Co., of Ind. since 1889. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Hamilton, South Shore Country, Midlothian Golf. Residence: 3836 Ellis Av. Of- fice: 72 W. Adams St.
EDDY, Arthur Jerome, lawyer; born Flint, Mich., Nov. 5, 1859; son Jerome and Ellen M. Eddy; studied law at Harvard; married Lucy C. Orrell, of Flint, June 3, 1890. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890, and since in practice at Chicago. Gold Democrat. Clubs: Chicago, Iroquois, Sad- dle and Cycle (Chicago), Valley Hunt and Country (Pasadena, Cal.). Author: The Law of Corporations, 1901; Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile; Delight, the Soul of Art; Recollec- tions of James McNeill Whistler; Tales of a Small Town; Ganton & Co., a novel. Residence: 4152 Sheridan Rd., also Pasadena, Cal. Office: 800 The Temple.
*EDDY, Augustus Newland, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.
EDDY, George Day, foundryman; born Buf- falo, N.Y., Aug. 18, 1849; son Robert M. and Sarah M. (Quackenbush) Eddy; ed. pub. schs. and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., Buffalo; came to Chicago with parents, 1865; married 1871, Adaline Charbonneau, of Chicago (died Dec. 31, 1881); 1 son: George Albert; married 2d, Nov. 26, 1884, Mary V. Riley, of Lake Ge- neva, Wis .; 2 daughters: Alice Hazel (Mrs. John B. Utley), Harriet Ellen (Mrs. Harry E. Parker). Coming to Chicago, went to work in the Globe Foundry, established by his father, 1865; was entrusted with the management for some time before his father's death, Feb. 23, 1884; became pres. upon incorporation, 1885, of the R. M. Eddy Foundry Co. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner; and has held high offices in lodge, commandery, consistory and temple). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Edgewater Country, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: golf, bowling and automo- biling. Residence: 5852 Sheridan Rd. Office: 372 W. Indiana St.
EDDY, George Spencer, real estate; born Brighton, Washington Co., Ia., June 16, 1844; son Ebenezer Cheney and Margaret Ann (Gale) Eddy; ed. pub. school No. 20, Buffalo, N. Y., from 6 to 12 years old; pub. school, Brighton, Ia., and Washington Coll. (private school) from 12 to 18; married Chicago, Oct. 5, 1869, Har- riet Lester Rigdon; 1 son: Henry Cheney. Worked on farm until Aug. 15, 1862, when en- listed in Co. E, 30th Iowa Vol. Inf., of which regt. was q .- m. sergeant; mustered out June 16, 1865, and became clerk in express office and store June 25, 1865, and bookkeeper until May 1, 1868; after that hat and cap salesman until Aug. 1, 1869; bank clerk (Franklin Bank) until Sept. 1872; bank teller Mar. 18, 1873-Aug. 1, 1882 (Fidelity Savings Bank, Chicago, and First Nat. Bank, Independence, Ia.); real es- tate broker in Chicago since Nov. 1, 1882; mem. firm of H. G. Young & Co. until death of Mr. Young since which time engaged in same busi- ness under own name; also sec., treas. and dir. Home Club Amusement Co .; treas. and dir. Soldiers' Memorial Assn. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, G.A.R. Republican. Universalist. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 6811 Went- worth Av. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg.
EDDY, Henry Clay, ins .; born Providence, R. I., May 9, 1848; ed. Highland Military Acad., Worcester, Mass. When 16 years old entered the employ of an ins. agency at Providence, R. I., and from there, 1867, went into the service of the Home Ins. Co., of New York, as a clerk,
until 1871; special agt. for the German-Am. Ins. Co. and for the Phenix Ins. Co., of New York, until 1883, when he became resident sec. at Chicago of the Commercial Union Assurance Co., of London. Pres. Underwriters' Laborator- ies, Underwriters' Western Salvage Co .; vice- pres. Western Adjustment Co. Mem. Fire Un- derwriters' Assn. of the Northwest, and was its pres., 1890-1. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring and fish- ing. Residence: 4225 Sheridan Rd. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.
EDENS, William Grant, asst. sec. Central Trust Co .; born Richmond, Wayne Co., Ind., Nov. 27, 1863; son Hervey D. Washington and Elsie Jane (Fought) Edens; attended pub. and district schools of Lebanon, Ind., and Boone Co., Ind .; beyond this self-taught; married Mil- waukee, Wis., Dec. 9, 1896, Lillian Maud Bru- ner; 1 son: William Mckinley. Began at 14 as messenger boy for Western Union Telegraph Co .; mail carrier and asst. to station master of I.C.&L.R.R., at Lebanon, 3 years; ry. trainman, 1880-7, beginning as brakeman for Ohio Cen- tral R.R. at Bucyrus, O., and serving consecu- tively as freight and passenger brakeman, train baggage man, express messenger, freight and passenger conductor; vice-grand master of na- tional organization, Brotherhood of R.R. Train- men, Oct. 1887-Jan. 1890; chief clerk and cash- ier at nat. headquarters, Galesburg, Ill., until 1896; state organizer of the Ill. Rep. League, and later, in fall of same year, on staff of nat. com. under Chairman Marcus A. Hanna, with supervision of important railroad problems, and particularly of organization of railroad voters; appointed, 1897, asst. gen. supt. of the free delivery system, Post Office Dept .; re- signed June 30, 1904, in order to serve in same capacity as in 1896, in the national campaign; entered employ Central Trust Co. of Ill., Sept. 1905, as mgr. dept. new business; apptd. asst. sec., July 1909. Sec. Group Four Ill. Bankers' Assn. mem. Ill. Hist. Soc. K.P. (Grand Chancel- lor of Ill. 1903-4; mem. finance com. Supreme Lodge); honorary mem. Nat. Assn. of Letter Carriers. Republican; mem. 7th Ward Repub- lican Club. Mem. Woodlawn Park M.E. Church. Clubs: Hamilton, Indiana of Chicago, Ill. Ath- letic. Is interested and active in the develop- ment of organized efforts to secure better legis- lation for the protection and care of the women and children of working people. Residence: 6040 Calumet Av. Office: Central Trust Co.
EDERHEIMER, Max, clothing; born Esslin- gen, Germany, Sept. 28, 1847; son Jacob and Ernstine (Levi) Ederheimer; ed. Stuttgart; married Chicago, Nov. 6, 1877, Cora Kohn; chil- dren: Guy, Edna, Gertrude, Edwin. Was in dry goods business for 4 years in Stuttgart, Ger- many; came to Chicago in 1867; entered firm of H. A. Kohn & Bros., clothing, 1867, as clerk, remaining with them as employe and mem. of the firm until 1889, when with partners organ- ized the present firm of Ederheimer, Stein & Co. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Lake Shore Country. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 4711 Michigan Av. Office: 215 W. Jackson Boul.
EDGAR, Maxwell, lawyer; born Mount Flor- ida, Glasgow, Scotland, June 5, 1871; son John and Eliza (Curr) Edgar; ed. Scotland and Eng- land; came to U.S., 1893; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1900; married Jeanne Weil, Sept. 8, 1900. Sec. to Stuyvesant Fish, pres. I.C.R.R., 1899-1901; admitted to Ill. bar, 1900. Special asst. corporation counsel City of Chicago, in charge of taxation, 1905-7. Sec. Iroquois Club, 1902-4, Ill. St. Andrews Soc., 1902-4, Ill. Tax Reform Assn., 1908-10; pres. Ill. Democratic League, 1909-10. Mem. Am. Bar Assn. Club: Press. Recreation: golf. Residence: Mont Clare, Chicago. Office: 518 Ashland Blk.
EDGAR, William H .; deceased; see Vol. 1905. EDGARTON, A. Lewis, pres. The Superior Rubber Type Co .; born Bouckeville, N.Y., Aug.
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15, 1851; son Joseph and Mary Jenette (Mor- was pres. Residence: 748 Lincoln Parkway. Of- gan) Edgarton; ed. pub. schools of Neenah, fice: 1917 McCormick Bldg. Wis .; married Clara L. Smith, of Malone, N.Y. May 4, 1897. Began the manufacture of rubber type at Chicago, June 30, 1875; organized The Superior Rubber Type Co., Aug. 1892, of which has since been pres .; treas. and dir. Independ- ent Mfg. Co., Muskegon, Mich., since 1899. In- dependent in politics. Presbyterian. Residence: 2236 W. Adams St. Office: 316 S. 5th Av.
EDGCOMB, Robert Franklin, flour merchant; born Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 9, 1864; son Morgan and Harriet (Lenore) Edgcomb; ed. public schools and St. Joseph's Coll., Buffalo, N.Y., to 1879. Began business life in 1879, as a travel- ing man; established business for self as Edg- comb & Co., wholesale flour and corn products; business now located in the Edgcomb Bldg., owned and built by him. Has spent much time for several years past in California. Democrat; was nominee for Congress in 1894 in California; was mem. of Board of Arbitration Committee in California in 1894, in connection with the troubles growing out of the Am. Ry. Union strike. Office: 38 N. Clinton St.
*EDMINSON, John Wilton, banker; see Vol. 1905.
EDMONDS, Howard Owen, banker; born Pottsville, Pa., Jan. 27, 1867; son Howard and Elizabeth (Owen) Edmonds; ed. pub. schools; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., Chicago, 1892; mar- ried Moline, Ill., Oct. 3, 1896, Mary Addison Sechler; 1 son: Thomas S. Began as a reporter on the Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1886-8; came to Chicago; was sec. of the World's Col- umbian Exposition, succeeding Hon. Benjamin Butterfield, of Cincinnati; admitted to bar, 1892; at close of exposition became connected with the estate of Cyrus H. McCormick until 1896; since 1896, asst. sec. and vice-pres. of The Northern Trust Co .; also dir. D. M. Sechler Carriage Co., Moline, Ill. Republican. Episco- palian. Companion of Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Clubs: Union League, Bankers'. Rec- reation: reading. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: The Northern Trust Co.
EDWARDS, Arthur Robin, physician; born Chicago, June 26, 1867; son Arthur (D.D.) and Caroline M. Edwards; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1888, A.M., 1891; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School (Chicago Med. Coll.), 1891; married Rome, Italy, Feb. 15, 1900, Susannah Taylor Harrison. In med. practice since 1891; spe- cialty, internal medicine; prof. principles and practice of medicine and clinical medicine and dean Northwestern Univ. Med. School; attend- ing physician Michael Reese, Mercy, Wesley hosps. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, A.M.A. Club: University. Author: Principles and Prac- tice of Medicine (text book). Contributor to medical journals and proceedings. Residence: 4824 Kimbark Av. Office: 32 N. State St.
EDWARDS, Charles, retired; born Spring- field, Ill., July 6, 1846; son Ninian Wirt Ed- wards (atty .- gen. of Illinois) and Elizabeth P. (Todd) Edwards (sister of Mrs. Abraham Lin- coln); grandson of Ninian Edwards (first gov. of Ill. Territory and one of the first two sen- ators from Ill.); ed. pub. schools of Springfield and at Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; married Springfield, Ill., Feb. 18, 1868, Mary Hickox; 1 daughter: Edith. Was in the newspaper busi- ness at Springfield, Ill., 1866-80; engaged in lithographing business in Chicago, 1880-1910; retired from business in 1910. Democrat. Resi- dence: 4214 Ellis Av.
EDWARDS, Eugene Phelps; born Stonington, Conn., Nov. 28, 1862; son Eugene and Ellen (Phelps) Edwards; ed. pub. schools of Conn. Was engaged in shoe business in Boston until 1892, when came to Chicago, entering the Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Co., and upon dissolu- tion of that firm, in 1898, joined in organization of the Edwards-Stanwood Shoe Co., of which
EDWARDS, Fred W., grain commission mer- chant; sec. and treas. Edwards & Loomis Co., which was organized in 1907 to take over the business of S. W. Edwards & Son (established 1871), now doing a wholesale and retail grain and feed business and mfg. poultry, horse and cattle feeds. Mason. Club: Illinois (sec.). Res- idence: 3264 Washington Boul. Office: 342 N. Elizabeth St.
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