The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 65

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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ELDREDGE, Charles Howe, resident mgr. U. S. Casualty Co., of New York; born Fond du Lac, Wis., June 13, 1861; son Charles A. and Maria A. (Upham) Eldredge; grad. Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H., 1884; married Chicago, Apr. 30, 1887, Kate Withington. Began in 1884 as an accountant in the office of Bacon & Co., grain commission merchants on the Chicago Board of Trade, and later was grain inspector for same firm until 1886; then was head man in office of Hamill, Congdon & Co., commission Brush Co., and Goldsmith Bros. Smelting &

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Refining Co. Republican. Residence: 4465

Berkeley Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

ELKAN, Henry, merchant; born Würteni- berg, Germany, Mar. 19, 1847; son Loeb and Babette (Feldenheim) Elkan; ed. common schs. in Germany; came to U.S. in 1866; married Berlin, Wis., Mar. 18, 1875, Emma Gutmann; children: Mrs. Bella Elkan Friedman, Leo H. In 1867 established in the hide business at Madison, Wis., under the firm name of H. El- kan & Co .; removed to Chicago, 1871, and has continued in the same business, now being pres. of H. Elkan & Co. Dir. Michael Reese Hosp. Club: Standard. Residence: 594 Dearborn Av. Office: 10 W. Michigan St.

ELKAN, Lee Nathan, leather; born Würtem- berg, Germany, Dec. 17, 1873; son Nathan and Sarah (Kahn) Elkan; ed. pub. schools in Ger- many and Chicago; unmarried. Came from Germany to the U.S. in 1888, settling in Chica- go, and since 1889 has been continuously en- gaged in the leather mfg. industry, and is now supt. and dir. of Gutmann & Co., Incorporated, leather mfrs. Mason. Clubs: Standard, Ger- mania Maennerchor, Lake Shore Country. Rec- reations: outdoor sports. Residence: 1522 Dear- born Av. Office: 1511 Webster Av.

ELLBOGEN, Max, jeweler; born Appony, Austria, Sept. 18, 1846; son Joachim and Es- ther (Fischer) Ellbogen; ed. pub. schools in Austria; married Chicago, Aug. 8, 1882, Leah Eisendrath; children: Harriet, David, Celia, Al- bert, Marguerite, Charles, Elise. Came to Chi- cago from Austria, 1863; with John Kahn & Bro., wholesale jewelers, 1868-71; Wendell & Hyman, same line, 1871-4; M. Kronberg, same line, 1874-7; since 1877 of Stein & Ellbogen (in- corporated 1893), wholesale jewelers, of which is now pres. Mem. Jewelers' Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Metropolitan, Ill. Athletic. Res- idence: 5531 Madison Av. Office: 31 N. State St.

ELLERT, Peter J., lawyer; born Flensburg, Germany, Aug. 3, 1853; son Charles P. and Ma- ria Ellert; came with parents in 1868 to U.S. and in 1869 to Chicago; ed. pub. schools in Ger- many; married Chicago, 1890, Anna Hansen; children: Anna, Meta. Studied law in office of William M. Stanley, 1879-81; admitted to bar, 1881. Democrat. Was nominee for city atty., 1885; alderman for 16th Ward, 1892-4. Sec. Make-Man Tablet Co .; sec. and dir. Dr. George Leiniger Chemical Co. Mem. Odd Fellows, K.P., Aurora Turner Soc., Royal League, Royal Ar- canum, Plattdeutsche Verein. Address: 1221 W. Lake St.

ELLICOTT, Edward Beach, electrician; born Lockport, N.Y., Mar. 28, 1866; son George M. and Maria (Sears) Ellicott; great grandson of Andrew Ellicott, first surveyor-general of the U.S .; ed. pub. schools Batavia, N.Y .; married Apr. 26, 1898, Minerva Ellsworth, of Milwau- kee, Wis .; 1,son: Chester C. Has been engaged in electrical business since 1885; was for some time electrician for the Salina (Kan.) Gas & Electric Co .; later supt. for the Concordia (Kan.) Electric Light Co., and afterward 9 years with the Western Electric Co., of Chica- go; appointed supt. of the City Telegraph, by Mayor Harrison, and later city electrician, serving until 1905; since electrical engr. in charge of water power development for the Drainage Board. Was chief engr. mech. and elec. dept., Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mem. Western Soc. of Engrs., Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Nat. Assn. Stationary Engrs., Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Democrat. Mason (K.T.), K. P. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Res- idence: 6229 Winthrop Av. Office: 76 W. Mon- roe St.

ELLINGWOOD, Finley, physician, author; born Manchester, Dearborn Co., Ind., Sept. 12, 1852; son Elijah and Mary Abigail (Rice) El- lingwood; academic edn .; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1878; married Jennie S. Elliott, of Chicago, Sept. 1, 1880; 6 children: Elma

Jane, Laura A., Elliott Lee, Finley F., Richard Everett, Lloyd. Practiced medicine at Braid- wood, Ill., 1876-7, in Kankakee Co., Ill., 1878-84, at Chicago, 1884-92; prof. chemistry, 1884-1900, materia medica and therapeutics, 1900-7, Ben- nett Med. Coll. Editor Chicago Med. Times, 1884-1906, Eclectic Med. Annual, 1889-91, and Ellingwood's Therapeutist; pres. Ellingwood's Therapeutist Pub. Co. Republican. Methodist. Hon. mem. of 22 state eclectic med. assns .; sec. Nat. Eclectic Med. Assn., 1902-7; 1st vice-pres. Eclectic Med. Congress since 1906; mem. Nat. Assn. Med. Editors, Ill. State and Chicago Ec- lectic Med. assns., Evanston Pharmacological Assn. Author: Eclectic Medical Annual, 1888; Synopsis of Medical Chemistry, 1889; Manual of Urinalysis, 1891; Ellingwood's Materia Med- ica (8 editions), 1899; Ellingwood's Treatment of Disease (2 vols.), 1906; Ellingwood's Prac- tice of Medicine, 1910. Residence: 2209 Central St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 212, 32 N. State St.

*ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud, zoologist; moved to New York; see Vol. 1905.

ELLIOT, Frank Micajah, real estate; born Corinna, Me., Mar. 27, 1853; son Jacob Smith and Sarah (Moore) Elliot; B.L., Northwestern Univ., 1877; married Evanston, Nov. 13, 1878, Anna Shuman. Was 2 years in the recorder's office of Cook Co., abstract dept .; then formed partnership with George Watson Smith, under the style of Smith & Elliot, real estate and loans. In 1881, Mr. Smith retired from busi- ness; since alone. Dir. State Bank of Evans- ton since organization; treas. Elliot Company, Minneapolis, Minn. Dir. since 1893, pres. since 1895, Evanston Hosp. Assn. Republican; trus- tee of Village of Evanston, 1885. Mem. First Congregational Church, Evanston. Grand con- sul Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1887. Author: His- tory of Omega, A Reminiscence of Northwest- ern; Life of Gov. William H. Bissell, of Illinois. Clubs: University (Chicago), Evanston, Glen View. Recreation: literature. Residence: 225 Lake St., Evanston. Office: 17 N. LaSalle St.

ELLIOTT, Arthur Richard, physician; born Belleville, Ontario, Can., June 2, 1869; son Rob- ert and Meredith (Lazier) Elliott; ed. high school, Belleville, Ont., and Queen's Univ., Can., M.D. and C.M., Queen's Univ. Med. School, 1889; Licentiate College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, 1889; married Milwaukee, Wis., 1901, Hannah S. McNeish. Engaged in practice since 1889; in Chicago since 1891. Prof. medicine, Post-Graduate Med. School of Chicago since 1898; attending physician Post-Graduate and St. Luke's hosps. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chicago Urological Soc., Miss. Val- ley Med. Soc., Soc. of Internal Medicine. Clubs: Chicago, University. Residence: 746 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 31 N. State St.

ELLIOTT, Frank Rumsey, banker; born Jacksonville, Ill., Sept. 14, 1878; son Frank and Cornelia (Sanders) Elliott; graduate Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, I11., 1895; student Ill. Coll., 1895-8; A.B., magna cum laude, Princeton Univ., 1899; married Miss Reon E. B. Osborne, of Jacksonville, Oct. 21, 1905. Worked in El- liott State Bank (of which father is pres. ), Jacksonville, summers, 1897, 1898, 1899; trav- eled in Europe fall of 1899; became connected with N. W. Harris & Co., bankers, Chicago, Jan. 2, 1900, becoming asst. cashier. 1902, until in- corporation, 1907, as the Harris Trust & Sav- ings Bank, when was elected cashier; treas. and dir. The Schiller Co .; dir. Elliott State Bank, Jacksonville. Independent Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Soc. of ill. Coll., Phi Beta Kappa (Princeton). Clubs: Univer- sity, Bankers', Princeton. Recreations: reading. motoring, fishing and travel. Residence: The Pattington. Office: Harris Trust & Savings Bank.

ELLIOTT, George, clergyman; born Licking Co., O., Dec. 14, 1851; son Alexander C. and

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Margaret A. Elliott; student Otterbein Univ .; B.S., Cornell Coll., la., 1872, M.S., 1875 (D.D., 1894, LL.D., 1904; LL.D., Albion Coll., 1902); married Anna Margaret Corfield, of Clinton, Ia., Nov. 12, 1875. Pastor, Baltimore, 1884, Wash- ington, 1887, Phila., 1894, Central M.E. Ch., De- troit, 1900-7; field sec. Bd. of Home Missions, M.E. Ch., since 1907. Mem. Soc. of Bibl. Exe- gesis. Author: The Abiding Sabbath, 1884; The Beauty of Jesus; also several pamphlets. Resi- dence: 5917 Magnolia Av. Office: 14 W. Wash- ington St.

*ELLIOTT, Hugh Stuart, publisher; see Vol. 1905.

ELLIOTT, John Gregg, patent lawyer; born on farm near Evansville, Ind., June 13, 1851; son Dr. William M. and Hannah (Ellison) El- liott; grad. Columbian (now George Washing- ton) Univ. Law School, Washington, LL.B., LL. M., 1875; married Oct. 16, 1889, Alice Young, of Washington, D.C .; 1 daughter, Virginia Marie. Apptd. clerk in appointment division Treasury Dept., Washington, July 17, 1873; examiner Patent Office, 1876-9; in practice at Chicago since 1879; formerly of the firms of Elliott & Omohundro and Elliott & Hopkins; now prac- ticing alone. Charter mem. Patent Bar Assn. of Chicago (pres., 1896). Mason (K.T., Shriner). Residence: 5126 East End Boul. Office: 1429 Monadnock Blk.

ELLIOTT, John Henry, clergyman; born Trafalgar, Ont., Can., Mar. 4, 1853; son William and Mary (Kentner) Elliott; ed. Brampton (Ont.) High Sch .; studied theology under Dr. Robert Boyle in Can .; married Beulah Clem- ence, of Augusta, Ga., Apr. 3, 1879. Gen. sec. Y.M.C.A., Augusta, 1877-9, Nashville, 1879-81, Albany, 1881-3, Minneapolis, 1883-93; evange- list with Moody at Columbian Expn. meetings, 1893; ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1894; as- so. pastor Central Presbyn. Ch., Rochester, N. Y., 1896-8; pastor 34th St. Reformed Ch., New York, 1898-1903; evangelistic work under Pres- byn. General Assembly, 1904-9. Trustee United Soc. Christian Endeavor; twice pres. New York Christian Endeavor. Author: Notes and Sug- gestions for Bible Readings, 1877; Outline Bi- ble Studies and Bible Readings, 1883; Workers Weapon, 1895; Brook in the Pasture, 1903. Ad- dress: Pleasant St., cor. East Av., Oak Park, Ill.

ELLIOTT, William Sanders, lawyer; born Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 20, 1880; son Frank and Cornelia (Sanders) Elliott; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1900; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1903; married Ethel Buckingham, of Chicago, June 4, 1910. Admitted to the Ill. bar, 1903, and since in practice in Chicago; with firm of Wins- ton, Payne & Strawn, 1903-4; mem. firm of Holland (John F.) & Elliott since 1906. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa (honor) fraternity. Clubs: University, City, Princeton, Legal. Recreations: outdoor exer- cises. Residence: 25 E. Walton Pl. Office: 1201 Borland Bldg.

ELLIOTT, William Sidney, Jr., lawyer; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

ELLIS, Frederick William, vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Armour Car Lines; born Detroit, Mich .; son Frederick W. and Sarah A. (Rush- ton) Ellis; ed. Detroit pub. schools; married at Kansas City, 1887, Etta Louise Wilson; 2 chil- dren: Florence and Dorothy. Been for many years in employ of Armour & Co. and was con- nected with their business in Kansas City until 1900, when came to Chicago; now vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Armour Car Lines, Fruit Grow- ers' Express, Kansas City Fruit Express and Continental Fruit Express. Residence: 4929 Lake Av. Office: W. 43d St. and Centre Av.

ELLIS, John Cole, publishing; born Danville, Mo., Jan. 2, 1843; son William Crawford and Eliza Jane (Diggs) Ellis; ed. pub. and private schools and Danville Acad .; enlisted 1861 as musician in 1st Mo. Light Arty .; served through

war and mustered out as sergeant-major, 1865; married Danville, Dec. 21, 1865, Nannie A. Win- ter; children: Orlando D., William S., Kate W. (Mrs. C. B. Reed). After leaving army taught school in Mo. 2 years and was county supt. of schools 2 years. Entered employ of Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor Co., school book publishers, as agent, Jan. 2, 1870; remained with them un- til they sold out in 1890, to the Am. Book Co., for which has since been supt. of the sales dept. in the Chicago office. Mason, K.T., Shrin- er. Club: Union League. Recreations: fishing and reading. Residence: 6414 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1104 S. Wabash Av.

ELLIS, John W., master in chancery, lawyer; born Kenton Co., Ky., Aug. 19, 1871; son James D. and Annie (Weekley) Ellis; ed. high school, Clay Co., Kan .; LL.B., Columbian (now George Washington) Univ. Law School, Washington, 1894; married Maude Barnes, of Chicago, Nov. 19, 1897; 1 daughter: Louise Barnes. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894; mem. firm of Smith & Ellis, 1894-1900, Ellis & Lewis (Harry A.), since 1907. Master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., since 1907. Mem. 32d Ward Rep. Club, Chicago Bar Assn. Baptist. Royal Arch Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Beverly Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: 9357 Pleasant Av. Office: 1108 Title & Trust Bldg.

ELLSWORTH, Henry, commn .; born McHen- ry Co., Ill., Apr. 8, 1846; son Philander and Eliza (Scofield) Ellsworth; ed. pub. schools of McHenry Co .; married Rockford, Ill., May 11, 1871, Ada F. Hurd; children: Alfred Chester, Huber Hurd, Frances Margaret (Mrs. Gary E. Block). Began with the Underwood Packing Co. and had charge of the sales dept. on Board of Trade until 1891, when filled like position with the Internat. Packing Co. until 1898; pres. Ellsworth & Cross Co., commn. merchants, 1898-1910; mem. firm of Ellsworth & Cross since 1910. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chi- cago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Episco- palian. Clubs: Hamilton. Recreations: fishing, rowing and other outdoor diversions. Resi- dence: Twin Lakes, Wis. Office: Postal Tele- graph Bldg.

ELMENDORF, William Alexander, retired mfr .; born Oswego, N.Y., Mar. 29, 1829; son John S. and Elizabeth Whaly Elmendorf; at- tended Boys' Acad., Albany, N.Y .; married Hud- son, N.Y., Jan. 25, 1859, Sarah Billings Allen; children: Willard, Cora Elizabeth (Mrs. O. H. Bardwell), Edmund (died in infancy). Began in grocery store in Hudson, N.Y .; went to Cal., 1852, and returned, 1854; in produce business, New York, 1855-9; in connection with two other New York parties placed the first sleeping cars on the I.C.R.R., in 1859, in connection with line on the Miss. Central & New Orleans R.R., which cars on latter road were destroyed during the Civil War; removed to Chicago, 1859; contin- ued the sleeping car service on I.C. until 1868; in 1872 went into varnish business, and in 1889, with his son Willard, established the Elmen- dorf Varnish Co., of which was the head until 1909, when retired and his son continued the business. Republican. Mem. M.E. Church since 1856. Mem. Chicago Paint, Oil and Varnish Club. Residence: 938 LaSalle Av.

ELMER, Howard Nixon, civil engr .; born Bridgeton, N.J., Apr. 27, 1856; son David Potter and Mary E. (Nixon) Elmer; ed. West Jersey Acad., Bridgeton, N.J., 1868-71, Geneseo, N.Y. (Temple Hill), 1871-2; C.E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N.Y., 1877; married Mary H. Pat- terson, of Philadelphia, Nov. 27, 1889; children: Robert Emmett Patterson, Eleanor Nixon. Asst. engr. U.S. engring. corps, 1877-82; practical civil engring. at St. Paul, Minn., 1882-6; since 1886 handling products of The Trenton (N.J.) Iron Co .; also gen. agt. Siebe, Gorman & Co., Ltd., of London, Eng. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Pres -. byterian. Clubs: Skokie Country, Chicago Engi-

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neers. Recreations: golf, sailing. Winnetka, Ill. Summer Residence: Jamestown, R.I. Office: 1122 Monadnock Blk.

ELMES, Carleton Lewis, sec. and treas. of Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works; born Chi- cago, June 14, 1871; son Charles F. and Clara M. (Clark) Elmes; ed. Chicago Manual Train- ing School; married Chicago, Apr. 1904, Maude Faithorn. As a boy began work in the shops of the Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works and was given an interest in 1891. The business was established by his grandfather, Carleton D. Elmes, in 1861, his father succeeding and re- maining at its head until latter's death in Jan. 1904; business .was incorporated in 1895 as Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works, of which is sec. and treas. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Engineers'. Recreations: horseback riding and driving. Residence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Morgan and Fulton Sts.

ELMES, Charles Warren, pres. Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works; born Buffalo, Ia., Aug. 28, 1872; son Charles F. and Clara M. (Clark) Elmes; grad. Cornell Univ., 1892. During inter- vals of school and coll. work was in shops of the Charles F. Elmes Engring. Works, of which his father was head until his death in Jan. 1904; after leaving coll. became permanently connected with the business, and soon after a partner in the firm, which was incorporated in 1895, and upon the death of his father succeed- ed as pres. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Engineers'. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Recreations: motoring and baseball. Residence: 2922 Prairie Av. Office: Morgan and Fulton Sts.

ELMORE, Charles F., wholesale jeweler; born Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 5, 1868; son Alexander and Adeline Jennie (Hibbard) Elmore; came to Chicago, 1881; ed. Markham's Acad., Milwau- kee, and at a Chicago school, 1881-3; married Milwaukee, Aug. 28, 1892, Laura Belle Rogers; children: Marion Alice, Gertrude. With Hib- bard & Vance, Chicago Board of Trade, 1883-5, employed in lumber district, 1885-8; traveled through the Southern States, 1889-90. purchas- ing oak timber and logs for Ill. Steel Co .; since then in wholesale jewelry business; entered house of Rogers, Thurman & Co., 1893, incor- porated 1898, of which is now sec. and treas. Republican. Episcopalian. Residence: 6547 Kim- bark Av. Office: 105 N. Wabash Av.

*ELMORE, William Edwin, grain; see Vol. 1905.

ELPHICKE, Charles Walter, marine under- writer; born Tenterden, Kent, Eng., Jan. 1848; son John and Elizabeth Elphicke; ed. village schools in England and in a business coll. in Chicago; married Chicago, 1874, Miss Annie E. Hair; 1 daughter: Mary C. Followed the water several years, his home being in Chicago since 1865. Has conducted general marine ins. and vessel agency under name of C. W. Elphicke & Co .; has had gen. marine agency for the Great Lakes of the London Assurance Corpn. since 1891; also local agent for several other com- panies. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 306 Sherman St.

ELSDON, James G., lawyer; born St. John, N.B., July 31, 1861; son Rev. William P. (Bap- tist) and Annie M. (Wiswell) Elsdon; removed to Boston, 1866; attended pub. schools; then en- tered on course in Univ. of Chicago, which was terminated in 1884 by severe attack of typhoid fever; married Chicago, 1888, Jennie A. Olney; 1 child: Cythera. Entered law office of Wallace Heckman as a student in autumn of 1884; ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1886; became partner with Mr. Heckman, 1890, under firm name of Heck- man, Elsdon & Shaw, which continued until 1908; now mem. firm of Carnahan, Elsdon & Slusser. Mem. Chicago Law Inst., Law Club. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Baptist. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: automobiling and fish-

Residence: ing. Residence: 6401 Normal Boul. Office: 1626 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

ELSON, Nathan, cigar mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

ELTING, Howard, sec. Adams & Elting Co .; born New York City, Feb. 15, 1869; son Philip and Harriet (HasBrouck) Elting; prep. edn. pub. schools of New York and Rutgers Prep. School, New Brunswick, N.J .; B.S., in civil engring., Rutgers Coll., 1890; married Florence West, of St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 17, 1903; 2 chil- dren: Carroll, Howard, Jr. Began in local freight office of C.,B.&Q.R.R., Chicago, 1891; la- ter in claim dept. at St. Louis, same road; then chief clerk to the gen. freight agt. of same, Howard Elliott (now pres. N.P.R.R.); later traveling freight agt., gen. agt. and div. freight agt. Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R .; then asst. supt. of terminals of Burlington System, at St. Louis, until 1904; mem. of Adams & Elting Co., mfrs. paints, etc., Chicago, since 1904, of which is now sec. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce - (chmn. sub-division on Ways and Means Com. 2 years, chmn. Membership Com. 1910, gen. sec. since 1910) ; pres. Paint, Oil and Varnish Club; mem. Nat. Paint, Oil and Varnish Assn. (mem. Tariff Com. and chmn. Transportation Com.); pres. Rutgers Club of Chicago; vice-pres. Delta Phi Club of Middle West. Republican. Presby- terian. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 48 Bellevue Pl. Office: 724 Washington Boul.

ELTING, Victor, lawyer; born Yonkers, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1871; son Ezekiel Jan and Katha- rine Bevier (Hulbert) Elting; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1891; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1892; mar- ried Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 1, 1904, Mrs. Wirt Dexter Walker (born Marie Winston) ; chil- dren: Victor, Jr., Winston. Admitted to Ill. bar. 1892. Dir. Winnetka State Bank. Pres. City Homes Assn., Winnetka Republican Club; dir. Chicago School of Civics. Republican. Mem. Law Club of Chicago, Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Univer- sity (dir.), City (dir.), Onwentsia (dir.), Chi- cago, Cliff Dwellers, Saddle and Cycle. Resi- dence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

*ELTONHEAD, Edward Yard; moved to N. Y .; see Vol. 1905.

*ELVIG, Albert J., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

ELWELL, Edward Harmon, life underwriter; 1845-1910; see Vol. 1905.

*ELWELL, William Reeves; see Vol. 1905.

ELY, Charles Franklin, physician; born New York City, Sept. 14, 1855; son William L. and Clara Ann (Denike) Ely; attended Coll. of City of New York until 1872; attended Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll., and the Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, until 1874; M.D., New York Homœ. Med. Coll., 1877; twice married. Visiting physician and sanitary inspector of Board of Health of New York City, 1877-8: came to Chicago, 1878; lecturer on pathological anatomy, demonstrator of morbid anatomy and asst. to chair of surgery, Chicago Homœ. Med. Coll., 1878-81. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc. Residence: 650 Arlington Pl. Office: 15 E. Washington St.

ELY, Frank Griffin, grain; born Ripley, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1863; son John S. and Sarah J. (Mc- Henry) Ely; ed. State Normal School, Indiana, Pa .; married Allegheny, Pa., June 12, 1893, Lil- lian J. Hood; children: Francis H., Robert G. Came to Chicago, 1890, and entered the grain business; established business of fancy clipped oats, Feb. 27, 1897, shipping to New York and Boston. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Mason. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 309 S. LaSalle St.

ELY, James Owen, dentist: horn W. Alex- ander, Pa., Sept. 1. 1863; son James and Anne Donahey (Pollock) Ely: ed. California (Pa.) Normal School, 1882: D.D.S., Pa. Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1887; married Buffalo, Pa., Sept. 1,

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1891, Emma Rebecca Dinsmore; children: Dins- Pres. Hahl Automatic Clock Co .; vice-pres. Chi- more, Maxwell Pollock, Robert Pollock. Taught cago Automobile Clock Co. Mem. Rensselaer Soc. of Engrs. Independent in politics. Clubs: Union League, Germania Maennerchor, Park Ridge Country (pres.). Recreations: automobil- school, 1880-4; practiced in Phila., 1887-92; in Chicago since 1903. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Ill. Dental Soc. Presbyterian. Republican. Res- idence: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Marshall Field ing and golf. Residence: Park Ridge, Ill. Of- Building. fice: 501 W. Huron St.

EMERICH, see also Emmerich.

EMERICH, Martin, real estate; born Balti- more, Apr. 27, 1847; son Philip and Rachael Emerich; ed. pub. schools; married Sept. 27, 1871, Lena Strauss, of Baltimore. After leav- ing school engaged in importing business; ward commr. of the poor, Baltimore, 1870; mem. Md. Legislature, 1880; mem. Md. 5th Nat. Guard and of staffs of Govs. Hamilton and Jackson, with the rank of col. Removed to Chicago, 1887; co. commr. Cook Co., 1892; South Town assessor, Chicago, 1901-2; mem. Congress, 1st Ill. Dist., 1903-5; now in real estate business. Democrat. Mason; mem. Order B'nai B'rith. Dir. Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans, and Chicago Ortho- dox Home for the Aged. Club: Standard. Resi- dence: 3812 Grand Boul. Office: 68 W. Wash- ington St.

EMERSON, Herbert Arthur, produce; born Caledonia, Boone Co., Ill., Feb. 6, 1867; son H. H. and Mary (Tibbitts) Emerson; ed. Beloit (Wis.) High School, and Valparaiso (Ind.) Nor- mal School, 1883; married Maquoketa, la., Nov. 23, 1890, Emma J. Marlow; children: Ethel M., Mildred, Herbert and Elizabeth. Came to Chi- cago, 1884; was with O. P. Emerson & Co. 3 years; spent a year in Mexico in the contract- ing business. In Aug. 1890, returned to Chica- go, and in Feb. 1891, established business of Emerson, Marlow & Co., organized Jan. 1908, and is pres. U.S. Packing Co. Pres. Chicago Butter and Egg Board, 1905-6. Republican; pres. town of Cicero, 1899-1900. Mason (32°). Residence: 630 N. Pine Av., Austin. Office: 208 N. 5th Av.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 65

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