The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 76

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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FREUND, Ernst, univ. prof .; born New York, Jan. 30, 1864; son of Ludwig A. and Nannie (Bayer) Freund; ed. Kreuzschule, Dresden, gym- nasium, Frankfort-on-Main, univs. of Berlin and Heidelberg (J.U.D., 1884), Columbia Univ. Law Sch. and Sch. of Polit. Science, Ph.D., 1897; unmarried. Acting prof. administrative law, Columbia, 1892-3; instr., asst. prof., asso. prof., 1894-1902, prof. jurisprudence and pub. law since 1902, Univ. of Chicago. Commr. of Uni- form State Laws for Ill. Mem. Am. Assn. La- bor Legislation, Am., Ill. and Chicago Bar assns., Am. Polit. Science Assn. Clubs: Quad- rangle, University, City, Law, South Shore Country. Author: Legal Nature of Corporations, 1897; Police Power, 1904. Contbr. numerous ar- ticles in legal periodicals. Residence: 5730 Woodlawn Av.

FREUND, Gustav, merchant; born in Austria, Nov. 2, 1852; son Solomon and Fannie Freund; ed. pub. schools in Austria; married Minna Op- penheimer, of New York, 1878; children: Bella (Mrs. Clarence L. Coleman), Hennie R. (Mrs. Walter S. Baer), Erwin O. and Florence F. Came to U.S. about 40 years ago and has been continuously identified with the house of S. Op- penheimer & Co., dealers in sausage casings; resident partner of the firm in Chicago since 1880. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republic- an. Trustee Sinai Congregation; dir. Chicago Hebrew Inst. Clubs: Standard, Ill. Athletic,

Lake Shore Country. Recreation: reading. Res- idence: 4759 Ellis Av. Office: 2700 Wabash Av.

FREUND, Ignatz Herman, mfr .; born Bar- ranquilla, Republic of Colombia, South Amer- ica, Sept. 11, 1876; son Hon. Herman and Ra- chel (DeSourdis) Freund; family went to De- troit, Mich., 1878; ed. pub. grammar and high schs. of Detroit, and Armour Inst., Chicago; married Lily Baumgartl, of Chicago, July 16, 1906. Began business career as mgr. of his fa- ther's rice plantation in La., remaining there until father's death in 1897; during the same time made experiments with cement roof tiles, the machines and patents for which were brought to the U.S. by his father, and in 1897 began to mfr. tiles commercially, at Detroit; came to Chicago in 1904, and in 1906 organized the Federal Cement Tile Co., with factory at Hammond, Ind., of which he has since been sec. and gen. mgr. Residence: 6529 Minerva Av. Of- fice: 909 Fort Dearborn Bldg.

FRIEDBERG, Ralph Temple, automobiles; born Galesburg, Ill., May 19, 1865; son Morris and Mary (Brien) Friedberg; ed. high schools, Galesburg, Ill .; married Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 3, 1891, Ella Liebshutz. Traveled extensively in Europe, 1887-1900; noted as the first Am. bi- cyclist, 1887-9, winning the championship of the world 14 times in foreign countries under the nom de guerre of "Ralph Temple"; a dealer in bicycles, 1890-1900; entered the automobile trade, 1901, being the first automobile dealer in Chicago; now pres. of the Ralph Temple Auto- mobile Co. Independent Republican. Jewish re- ligion. Clubs: Standard, Chicago Motor. Rec- reations: travel, golf. Residence: 4312 Grand Boul. Office: 1221, Michigan Av.

FRIEDLANDER, Robert, scientific electri- cian; see Vol. 1905.

FRIEDMAN, Herbert Jacob, lawyer; born at Chicago, Mar. 2, 1876; son Jacob and Henrietta (Kahn) Friedman; A.B., Harvard, 1897, LL.B., 1900; married Elsie, daughter of Richard Siden- berg, of New York, Oct. 1, 1907. Mem. law firm of Zeisler & Friedman since 1904. Prof. law, John Marshall Sch. of Law since 1902; prof. criminal law, Northwestern Univ., since 1904. Writer on spl. subjects in Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure since 1904. Dem. candidate for Congress, 2d Ill. Dist., 1906. Clubs: City, Press, Harvard, Chicago Literary, Book and Play, Ra- visloe Country. Residence: 5495 East End Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

FRIEDMAN, Isaac Kahn, author; born Chi- cago, Nov. 3, 1870; son Jacob and Henrietta (Kahn) Friedman; of German-Jewish descent; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1893; spl. studies in polit. economy and philosophy; later took part of post-grad. course in philosophy and English, Univ. of Chicago; married Mrs. Sarah M. Gim- bel, of Cincinnati, O., Jan. 9, 1909. In florist business with brother 3 yrs .; since then spl. writer on Chicago newspapers and for mags .; traveled extensively in Japan, China and Korea, 1908, as corr. for Chicago Daily News on finan- cial, econ. and sociol. topics; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Press. Author: The Lucky Num- ber, 1896; Poor People, 1900; By Bread Alone; The Autobiography of a Beggar; The Radical, 1907. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.

FRIEDMAN, Louis Julius, grain broker; born Budapest, Hungary, Jan. 20, 1861; son Adolph and Lena (Herrman) Friedman; collegiate edn. at Budapest; married Chicago, 1890, Rose Lesen. Came to U.S., 1878; in general merchandise bus- iness at Union City, Tenn., 1883-8; came to Chi- cago, 1888, and has since been a grain broker on the Chicago Board of Trade, of which he is a mem. Republican. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recre- ation: motoring. Residence: 3716 Grand Boul. Office: 304 Sherman St.

FRIEND, Emanuel, surgeon; born Chicago, Aug. 5, 1868; son Berman and Hannah (Brie- denbach) Friend; grad. Chicago High School,

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1886, Rush Med. Coll., M.D., 1890; post-grad. fishing. Residence: 135 S. Central Park Av. Of- work in Univ. of Vienna and Paris hosps. Instr. fice: Tribune Bldg. surgery, Rush Med. Coll .; attending surgeon to Michael Reese Hosp .; asst. attending surgeon to Presbyterian Hosp .; attending surgeon to Home for Jewish Friendless Working Girls; dir. surgical dept. Emanuel Mandel West Side Dispensary; consulting surgeon to Winfield Tu- berculosis Sanatorium. Mem. Chicago Surgical, Chicago Med. and German Med. socs. Resi- dence: 3652 Indiana Av. Office: Kesner Bldg.

FRIEND, Emil, newspaper man; born Vienna, Austria, Dec. 25, 1867; son Adolph and Kath- erine (Brandeis) Friend; grad. Univ. of Vienna; married Frieda Meyer, of Chicago, Jan. 9, 1899; 2 children: Raymond and Esther. Began news- paper work on reportorial staff of Fremden- blatt, Vienna, Austria; came to U.S., 1886, and was on staff of German press at New York, subsequently on English literature, musical and dramatic papers, New York, until 1898, when came to Chicago; on staff Chicago Daily News, 1898-1908; financial editor Chicago Ex- aminer since 1908. Writes under nom de plume of "Boersianer." Independent in politics. Clubs: Press, Newspaper. Recreations: music, litera- ture. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: Chicago Examiner.

FRIEND, Henry, retail cloak merchant; born Jassy, Roumania, Apr. 26, 1862; son Abraham and Rebecca (Bass) Friend; ed. pub. schools in Europe; married New York City, July 12, 1883, Emma Komiss; children: Bertha (Mrs. Charles Levy), Ethel (Mrs. Dr. Victor Pacyna), Milton M. Came to U.S. in 1878, and first worked at Manistee, Mich., for R. G. Peters, lumber mfr., as a mill hand, and then on construction of R.R .; after 1 year went to Milwaukee, where was engaged with the Blatz Brewery; soon af- terward served apprenticeship as cigar maker with Asherman Co., for 3 years; then in 1881 worked at his trade, and in following year started in business for self as retail coal deal- er; sold out a year later and went into mfr. of garments and afterward in various mercantile enterprises, each time succeeding to something better; went into wholesale clothing business at Madison St. and 5th Av., until 1892; engaged in the shoe business, 1892-8; established, in 1898, present business as retail dealer in cloaks under name of H. Friend; also treas. and sec. Friend Bros., and sole owner of Jenkins & Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Independ- ent Republican. Jewish religion. Club: Press. Recreation: horseback riding. Residence: 4343 Grand Boul. Office: 6 S. State St.

FRIEND, Henry, wholesale woolens; born Ellsworth, Me., Apr. 7, 1857; son Jacob and Dora (Morris) Friend; ed. pub. schools and Cooper Inst., New York; married Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 3, 1886, Hattie Freiburger; children: Adele Freiburger, Julius Harry, Henry, Jr. Be- gan as office boy in broker's office in New York, afterward became a retail merchant at Fort Wayne; since 1896 merchant in Chicago, and since 1899 senior mem. of the firm of Friend, Moss & Morris, wholesale woolens. Mason. Res- idence: 4353 Vincennes Av. Office: 31 S. Frank- lin St.

FRIESTEDT, Luther Peter, pres. L. P. Frie- stedt Co .; born Watertown, Wis., Apr. 30, 1860; son Peter H. and Mary Leslie (Danforth) Frie- stedt; M.E., Univ. of Mich., 1879; married Dora N. Huyer; children: Arthur, George, Willis, Lu- ther. On leaving coll. began mech. engring. in Chicago; now pres. the L. P. Friestedt Co .; also pres. Cullen, Friestedt & Co., engring. contrac- tors, U.S. Music Co., British Steel Piling Co. (of London); dir. Columbia Tool Steel Co. In- ventor and patentee of the interlocking chan- nel bar. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs. Republican; alderman of the 13th Ward, 1900-5. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner); mem. K.P., S.A.R. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Mid-Day, Ill. Athletic, Chicago Automobile. Recreations: motoring, hunting,

FRISBIE, Chauncey Osborn, traffic mgr. Ar- mour & Co .; born Lemont, Ill., July 14, 1867; son Charles F. and Lois L. (Mitchell) Frisbie; ed. pub. schools, Bryant & Stratton and Met. Business colls., Chicago; married Jennie John- son, of Chicago, Dec. 14, 1887; 3 children: Hen- ry C., Margaret, Chauncey O., Jr. Went to work for Armour & Co. as messenger boy, Oct. 10, 1881; promoted from time to time until Oct. 1896, was made traffic mgr .; pres. Ill. Tunnel Co., since Oct. 1, 1909; dir. Armour Car Lines. Republican. Dir. Baptist Hosp .; trustee Park- side Baptist Church, and supt. Sunday school. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Saddle and Sirloin, Traffic. Recreations: farm at Buchanan, Mich. Resi- dence: 5433 East End Boul. Office: Armour & Co., Union Stock Yards.

FRITCH, Louis Charlton, engr .; born Spring- field, Ill., Aug. 11, 1868; son Joseph and Mar- garet (Mader) Fritch; engring. course Univ. of Cincinnati; married Frances Myers Fritch, of Jeffersonville, Ind., Apr. 1904. Div. engr., 1892-9, supt., 1899-1904, B.&O.R.R., at Cincinnati; asst. to gen. mgr., 1904-6, asst. to pres., 1906-9, con- sulting engr., 1909, I.C.R.R., at Chicago; chief engr. C.G.W.Ry. since Nov. 15, 1909. As con- sulting engr. I.C.R.R., made plans for electrifi- cation of Chicago terminals of that co. Vice- pres. Nat. Rys. Advertising Co. Pres. Am. Ry. Engring. and Maintenance of Way Assn., 1910; mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., A.A.A.S., Western Soc. Engrs., Engrs.' Club (Chicago), Nat. Geog. Soc., Sigma Alpha Epsi- lon. Republican. Methodist. Residence: 5119 Kimbark Av. Office: Grand Central Station.

FROEHLING, Frank, butcher; see Vol. 1905. FROLICHSTEIN, William B., mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

FROST, Albert Carl, financial and timber business; born in Prussia, Mar. 20, 1865; son Carl and Phillippine (von Wietersheim) Frost; ed. Bromberg, Germany, and pub. schools in Alpena, Mich., where he located in 1876; mar- ried Alpena, Feb. 5, 1890, Clara DesJardins; children: Aerielle, Lucile, Marie, Albert Carl, Jr. Came to Chicago in the fall of 1882 and es- tablished the business of A. C. Frost & Co., mu- nicipal and corpn. bonds. Projected and built the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric R.R.Co. and other ry. properties, and was largely interested in them. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Un- ion League, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Residence: 54 E. Division St. Office: Corn Ex- change Bank Bldg.

FROST, Albert Garfield, engr .; born Kane Co., Ill., Aug. 3, 1877; son G. E. and Mary (Betts) Frost; ed. high school and business coll .; married Aurora, Ill., May 2, 1901, Myrtle Rossetter; 2 children: Marion Wilson, Robert. Engaged in high grade engring. employment business for 7 years; built 27 miles of steam R.R. in central Ill .; was for 4 years engaged in chemical engring. business, refining glycerine recovered from oleaginous material; now pres. The Engring. Agency, Inc. Republican. Club: Hamilton. Residence: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Mo- nadnock Blk.

*FROST, Alfred Sidney, soldier; see Vol. 1905.

FROST, Charles Sumner, architect; born at Lewiston, Me., May 31, 1856; son Albert and Eunice (Jones) Frost; ed. pub. schs .; studied architecture in offices 3 yrs .; spl. course Mass. Inst. Tech .; married Mary, daughter Marvin Hughitt, Jan. 7, 1885; 3 children: Margaret. Marvin, Virginia. Draughtsman in Boston 3 yrs .; removed to Chicago, 1882, and practiced with Henry Ives Cobb under firm of Cobb & Frost, 1882-9; afterward practiced alone for several yrs., now senior mem. of firm Frost & Granger. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects. Clubs: Union League, Onwentsia, Cliff Dwellers. Resi-

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dence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle A.M., 1871; married Freeport, Ill., Jan. 14, 1874, Street.

FROST, David, produce commn .; see Vol. 1905.

FROST, E. Allen, lawyer; born Fayette Co., Pa., Mar. 27, 1871; ed. pub. schools, Uniontown, Pa., and Waynesburg Coll., Pa., graduating at 18, and on recommendation of the faculty of that coll. was elected pres. of Ozark Coll., Greenfield, Mo .; law clerk, office of comptroller of currency, Washington, D.C., 1891-3; grad. Columbian Univ. Law School; married 1899, Miss Edna Van Alen. Came to Chicago to prac- tice law, 1893, and was for a time associated with ex-Solicitor General Charles H. Aldrich; was appointed asst. to receiver of the Columbia and Chemical Nat. banks, 1893; later asst. to receiver of the Nat. Bank of Ill. and the Calu- met Electric St. Ry. Co. With Mr. Joseph T. Talbert designed a system of accounts for re- ceivers of nat. banks; deputy comptroller of City of Chicago under Comptroller W. D. Ker- foot, and later atty. for Commn. on Revision of City Accounts; then engaged with the extensive litigation growing out of the failure of the Nat. Bank of Ill. Closely identified with work of Civic Federation and the movement for City Charter reform, taking active part in organiza- tion of Chicago New Charter Convention, and assisted in securing passage of the resolution for consitutional amendment. Is general coun- sel Nat. Business League; mem. law firm Chy- traus, Healy & Frost since Mar. 1911. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Am. Soc. of Internat. Law. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Residence: 529 Bel- den Av. Office: Marquette Bldg.

FROST, Walter Albert, canned goods commn .; born Lewiston, Me., Dec. 10, 1862; son Albert E. and Eunice M. (Jones) Frost; ed. pub. schools of Lewiston, Me .; married Chicago, Dec. 31, 1890, Julia Seaton. Was for two years in the dry goods store of Wagg, Eustis & Co., Lewis- ton, Me., then with the commn. house of Albert W. Cobb & Co., Chicago, for six years. Mem. commn. firm of Frost & Small, 1884-6; mem. C. M. Webber & Co., merchandise brokers and commn. merchants in canned goods, fruits, veg- etables and dried fruits, until Apr. 1, 1904, when that firm was succeeded by Walter A. Frost & Co., of which he is the head. Repub- lican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 3360 Calumet Av. Office: 222 N. Wabash Av.

FROTHINGHAM, James, clergyman; born Johnstown, N.Y., Sept. 21, 1834; son John and Jane Ann (Dodge) Frothingham; ed. Johnstown (N.Y.) Acad., 1846-51; Union Coll., Schenectady, N.Y., 1851-3; Princeton (N.J.) Theol. Sem., 1854-7; married Busti, N.Y., July 23, 1857, Chloe D. Hazeltine; children: Harold J., Hazel, Her- bert H., Frances, Earl H. Ordained Presbyte- rian ministry, 1857; in charge of Spencer Acad., Okla., 1857-9; pastor Caledonia, Minn., 1860-4, Lansing, Ia., 1864-78, Manchester, Ia., 1878-80, Morrison, Ill., 1880-4, Waukegan, Ill., 1884-8, Ninth Presbyterian Church, Chicago, 1888-92, Harvey, Ill., 1899-1903. Stated clerk of the Presbytery of Chicago. City editor of The In- terior, Chicago, since 1897. Residence: 5000 Mad- ison Av.

FRUIT, Walter E., physician; born on a farm near Edwardsville, Ill., Nov. 9, 1862; son Jeffer- son and Elizabeth Ann (Vawter) Fruit; ed. Lincoln (Ill.) Univ., Ind. State Normal School, Valparaiso; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chi- cago, 1890; married Edwardsville, Ill., June 28, 1893, Ellen Elizabeth Crossman; 1 son: Julian Elliott. Has been teaching the subject of dis- eases of children in different med. colls. in Chi- cago since 1890. Republican. Mem. 41st St. Presbyterian Church. Residence: 5314 South Park Av. Office: 108 N. State St.

FRY, George Cook, lawyer; born Selinsgrove, Pa., Sept. 30, 1846; son Conrad J. and Margaret (Hottenstein) Fry; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1868,

Sue Lawver; children: Catherine (Mrs. Richard F. Peyton, Highland Park), Helen (Mrs. Karl W. Knorr, Mishawaka, Ind.), William L. Stud- ied law in office of late Hon. Joseph M. Bailey; admitted to Ill. bar, Aug. 1869; after Mr. Bai- ley's election to the Circuit Court was a part- ner of F. W. S. Brawley, of the firm of Bailey & Brawley. Has practiced in Chicago since 1869; consecutively mem. of firms of Fry & Ling, Brawley & Fry, Page, Plum & Fry, House & Fry, Fry & Babb, Fry & Hyde; now alone. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Homewood Golf. Residence: 5222 Washington Av. Office: 128 N. LaSalle St.

FRY, Henry Thomas, wool merchant; see Vol. 1905.

FULKERSON, Monroe, lawyer; born Marion, Ill., Feb. 23, 1867; son C. T. and Virginia G. Fulkerson; ed. Gainesville, Tex., and Chicago, Ill .; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago (pres. of the class), 1896; LL.M., Chicago Law School, 1898; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; mar- ried Chicago, Sept. 19, 1899, Jessie A. Riley; children: Stanley Monroe, Muriel, Jessie, Mar- shall. Admitted to bar, Sept. 1, 1896; lecturer on law of ins., Chicago Law School; went to Central America, 1897, and secured release from jail of Am. citizen after Am. minister and others had failed. Presbyterian; trustee of Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church. Active in cause of mu- nicipal ownership of pub. utilities; pres. Cen- tral Organization of Municipal Ownership Clubs, 1903; since 1903 asst. corpn. counsel, Chi- cago, and was fire dept. atty. for City of Chi- cago; conducted investigation of the famous Iroquois disaster on behalf of the City of Chi- cago; a mem. of the com. of the City of Chica- go that brought about the enactment of the "Mueller Bill." Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Mem. Bd. of Edn., LaGrange, Ill. Mason (32°, pres. of the Consistory Class of 1904, Medinah Temple Shrine). Recreations: society of his family, billiards. Residence: 630 N. Ashland Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

FULLER, Alfred Tracy, vice-pres. Nat. Pack- ing Co .; born Marshalltown, Ia., May 27, 1865; son Darius and Elvira (Tracy) Fuller; ed. Mar- shalltown High School and (old) Chicago Univ .; married Helen A. Goddard, of Fond du Lac, Wis., July 5, 1893; 1 daughter. Began with Swift & Co., packers, 1882, with which remained until Sept. 1905, when became vice-pres. Nat. Packing Co. Democrat. Baptist. Mason (Shrin- er). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Residence: 3815 Michigan Av. Office: The Rookery.

FULLER, Charles Gordon, surgeon, oculist, aurist; born Jamestown, N.Y., Apr. 9, 1856; son Frederick Augustus and Emeline Rathbone Ful- ler (direct "Mayflower stock"); ed. pub. schs. and Jamestown Collegiate Inst., 1874; spl. stud- ies Columbia Coll .; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll .; spl. studies Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Co- lumbia), New York Ophthal. Hosp. Coll. (O.A. Ch.), New York Ophthal. and Aural Inst .; mar- ried Isabella Hunt White, of New York, June 30, 1885; children: Dorothy Rathbone, Elizabeth Barrett. Ex-maj. and surgeon 1st Inf., I.N.G .; ophthalmic and aural surgeon several Chicago hosps .; ex-asst. surgeon New York Ophthal. Hosp. Fellow Royal Micros. Soc., Eng .; mem. A.A.A.S., Assn. Mil. Surgeons U.S., Am. Micros. Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, Chicago Lit- erary, Glen View. Residence: 1305 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 32 N. State St.

FULLER, Charles Houston, retired; born at Rome, Pa., Oct. 17, 1843; son Lucius and Can- dace (Newell) Fuller; parents located at Belvi- dere, Ill., 1845; ed. pub. schools of Rockford, Lee Center, and Belvidere, Ill .; married New York, 1869, Alice E. Doolittle; 1 son: Lucius C. In hardware trade at Belvidere, Ill., for 5 years

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before coming to Chicago in 1871, and engaging in the newspaper business with the Chicago Mail, and later with the Daily News for 5 years; in 1880 established newspaper and mag- azine advertising business, and in 1888 incorpo- rated under name of Charles H. Fuller's Adver- tising Agency, of which was pres. until 1908; since then retired from business. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Evanston. Rec- reation: travel. Residence: 1734 Asbury Av., Evanston. Office: 629 S. Wabash Av.

FULLER, Henry Blake, author; born Chi- cago, Jan. 9, 1857. Now editorial writer Chica- go Record Herald. Author: The Chevalier of Pensieri-Vani, 1891; The Chatelaine of La Trin- ité, 1892; The Cliff Dwellers, 1893; With the Procession, 1895; The Puppet-Booth (dramatic sketches), 1896; From the Other Side (short stories), 1898; The Last. Refuge, 1900; Under the Skylights, 1901; Waldo French and Others, 1908. Residence: 2207 Prairie Av.

FULLER, Levi Harper, lawyer; born West Union, Ia., Dec. 10, 1868; son William E. and Lurissa J. (Harper) Fuller; B.S., Upper Ia. Univ., Lafayette, Ia., 1891, M.S., 1893; LL.B., State Univ. of Ia., 1892; married Elizabeth Brown, of Cañon City, Colo., Sept. 5, 1893. Be- gan practice at Iowa City, Ia., 1892; removed to Chicago, 1893; prof. law, Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1902-10. Republican. Presbyterian; mem. Session Second Presbyn. Ch., Oak Park; teacher in Sunday School; mem. Chicago Broth- erhood of Presbyn. Ch. Treas. Soc. Mayflower Descendants; mem. Sons Am. Revolution, Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Recreations: hunting, fish- ing, gardening. Residence: 234 S. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

FULLER, Lucius Chipman, advertising; born Chicago, Apr. 14, 1875; son Charles H. and Alice E. (Doolittle) Fuller; ed. Chicago pub. schools, Chicago Manual Training School, and Cornell Univ .; married Pittsburgh, Pa., 1902, Margaretta McDowell Patterson; 1 daughter: Margaret Macfarlane. Treas. of Charles H. Fuller's Ad- vertising Agency, 1897-1906; now of Fuller & Henriquez, advertising agts .; pres. Union Elec- trotype Foundry, Advertisers' Printing Co. Club: Union League. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 629 S. Wabash Av.

FULLER, Lucius von Eckstein, editor, pub- lisher; born Warren, O., Dec. 27, 1854; son Ira Lucius and Mary Benjamin (Stevens) Fuller; grad. Warren (O.) High School, 1872; Cornell Univ., class of 1877, left in junior year; mar- ried Kate Marion Groves, of Bradford, Pa., Nov. 5, 1885 (died Jan. 9, 1910). Newspaper reporter and editor, 1876-81; broker in oil, stocks and grain, 1881-6; in banking business at Crete, Neb., 1886-90; commn. and wholesale business, Chicago, 1890-2; entered lumber newspaper bus- iness, Chicago, 1892, and established the "Lum- ber World," 1906; pres. and treas. Lumber World Publishing Co. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Mason (Blue Lodge, Chapter, Command- ery and Shrine); mem. Delta Tau Delta frater- nity, Royal Arcanum, Cornell Univ. Alumni Assn. Clubs: Press, Lumberman's Golf. Resi- dence: 1446 E. 54th St. Office: 22 W. Quincy St.

FULLER, Oliver Franklin, wholesale drug- gist; born Sherman, Conn., Oct. 19, 1829; son Revilo and Caroline E. (Hungerford) Fuller; ed. pub. schools of Sherman, Conn .; married Peekskill, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1858, Phebe Ann Ship- ley; children: Frank R., Charles. Began busi- ness career as a boy in Peekskill, N.Y., in 1844, in the drug business, and in 1852 came from Peekskill to Chicago and established himself in the drug business, in which he has ever since been engaged; business was incorporated 1885, as Fuller & Fuller Co., of which he has since been pres. Mem. Chicago Veteran Druggists' Assn. Republican. Recreations: literature, trav- el. Residence: 1001 Dearborn Av. Office: 235 W. Randolph St.

FULLER, William, surgeon and physician; born Lawson, Mo., Feb. 19, 1864; son Alfred and Elizabeth (Turner) Fuller; attended Central Coll. at Fayette, Mo .; Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1887; married Jaell Gentry, of Sedalia, Mo., June 5, 1901. Prof. clinical and operative sur- gery, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago. Mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc., Orthopedic Soc., Physicians' Club, A.M.A., Chicago Surg. Soc. Residence: 4402 Berkeley Av. Office: Reliance Bldg.

FULLER, William Alden, retired mfr .; born Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 31, 1836; son Ephraim and Judith (Goss) Fuller; ed. pub. schools; widower; children: Leroy W., Ginevra (now Mrs. King). Began business life as station agt. for the Worcester & Nashua R.R. (now known as the Boston & Maine) at the station at S. Lancaster in 1852; came to Chicago, 1854, and entered upon the mfg. business in lumber and bldg. material, and continued it for 45 years; began as bookkeeper and in 1866 organized the corpn. of Palmer, Fuller & Co., of which he was pres. until his retirement in 1899. Dir. North- ern Trust Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Union League. Residence: 2913 Michigan Av. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 76

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