The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 8

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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ASHCRAFT, Edwin M., lawyer; born Vir- ginia, Aug. 27, 1848; son James M. and Clarissa (Swiger) Ashcraft; ed. pub. schools of Virginia and Illinois; married Belleville, Ill., Mar. 16, 1875, Florence R. Moore; children: Raymond M., Edwin M., Jr., Florence V., Alan E. Admit- ted to bar, Jan. 1, 1873; now senior of firm of Ashcraft & Ashcraft. Mem. (ex-pres.) Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Union League. Recreations: golf, hunt- ing, horseback riding. Residence: 6046 Kim- bark Av. Office: The Temple.

ASHCRAFT, Raymond Moore, lawyer; born Vandalia, Fayette Co., Ill., Jan. 9, 1876; son Ed- win M. and Florence R. (Moore) Ashcraft; ed. Vandalia public schools, 1884-6, Chicago public schools, 1887-92; grad. Chicago Manual Train- ing School, 1894; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School 1897; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ. Law School, 1898; married Chicago, Aug. 3, 1901, Charleta, daughter of Charles Peck; 1 child: Charleta Jane, born Dec. 8, 1906. Admitted to bar, June 16, 1897; employed by law firm of Ashcraft & Gordon, 1894-1900; engaged in prac- tice with father and brother, Edwin M. Ash- craft, Jr., in firm of Ashcraft & Ashcraft. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Delta Chi, City Club. Residence: 6133 Monroe Av. Office: The Temple.

ASHTON, Henry Major, lawyer; born Arca- dia, Wis., Apr. 6, 1867; son William and Eliza- beth (Faulds) Ashton; attended the Univ. of Wis., 1889-92; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1898, by the Supreme Court of Ill., and has since been continuously engaged in general law practice in Chicago. Contributor to newspapers and magazines on public questions. Mem. Law- yers' Assn. Democrat. Mason. Club: Press. Residence: 3716 Lake Av. Office: 54 W. Ran- dolph St.

ATKIN, Godfrey Harold, manager Electric Storage Battery Co .; born Eccleshall, York- shire, Eng., May 10, 1866; son Godfrey and El- len (Hall) Atkin; ed. at Elmfield Coll., York, Eng., and King's Coll., London, Eng .; married Gwendolen Shaw, of Chicago, Dec. 12, 1906; 1 daughter: Margaret. Was in employ of the Pullman Co., 1887-90, General Electric Co., 1890- 99; treas. and dir. Woods Motor Vehicle Co., 1899-1901; gen. western mgr. Electric Vehicle Co., 1901-2; mgr. Electric Storage Battery Co. since Mar. 1902. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Yacht (vice-commo- dore, 1904), South Shore Country; also Royal Canadian Yacht Club (Toronto). Recreations: yachting and golf. Residence: 1351 E. 53d St. Office: 1425 Marquette Bldg.

ATKINS, Llewellyn Reynolds, lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

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ATKINSON, see also Adkinson.

ATKINSON, Charles Andrew, lawyer; born Webster, O., Feb. 9, 1852; son Lewis A. and Amanda L. (Long) Atkinson; early edn. in pub. schools; taught school for 3 years, beginning teaching at age 17; grad. from Ohio Univ., Ath- ens, O., 1874; married Jackson, O., Dec. 25, 1876, Florence B. Gilliland. Admitted to bar, 1875; engaged in practice in Ohio and was 4 years prosecuting atty. for Jackson Co., O .; removed to Lincoln, Neb., where was city atty., and later was special U.S. atty. 2 years; located in prac- tice in Chicago, 1900; is vice-pres. and gen. counsel Federal Life Ins. Co. Republican. Meth- odist. Mason. Club: Illinois Athletic. Resi- dence: 4541 Woodlawn Av. Office: Marquette Building.

ATKINSON, Charles Thomson, sec. Chicago Stock Exchange; born Elmira, N.Y., Nov. 4, 1864; son Frank Holway and Helen (Dunn) At- kinson; ed. pub. schools; married Chicago, June 18, 1891, Martha Wells. In ry. service with va- rious rds., ending with C.,B.&Q.R.R. as general agent at Cincinnati, O., 1884-91; with Leonard, Atkinson Co., mfrs. of boots and shoes, Chi- cago, 1891-7; with M. D. Wells & Co., same line, 1897-9; stock broker with William H. Colvin & Co., Chicago, 1900-2; with Finley Barrell Co., stocks, bonds and grain, 1902-6; then mgr. Ry. Exchange office, Farson, Son & Co., stocks, bonds and grain; sec. Chicago Stock Exchange since Dec. 1, 1909. Mem. S.A.R., Sons of Revo- lution, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Republican. In Ill. Naval Reserve as ensign, and later, lieut., 1896-8. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Cliff Dwell- ers. Residence: 4847 Lake Av. Office: The Rookery.

ATKINSON, John F., supt. Chicago Boys' Club; born Union Co., Ind., Apr. 1, 1857; son Charles and Huldah J. (Morris) Atkinson; ed. district schools and Alexandria (Ind.) Normal School; married Lizzie C. Wilson, of Muncie, Ind., Aug. 1879; 2 children: Blanche Pearl and Charles W. Engaged in commercial pursuits, 1885-90; district supt., 1890-6, financial sec., 1896-7, Iowa Children's Home Soc .; financial sec. Ill. Children's Home and Aid Soc., 1897- 1901; founder, 1901, and since gen. supt. Chi- cago Boys' Club; also gen. supt. Chicago Girls' Trade School. Mem. council Boy Scout move- ment; mem. Social Service Club. Republican. Methodist. Proprietor, "Waifs of the Slums and Their Way Out," 1906. Residence: 1216 Le- land Av.

ATKINSON, William Walker, author; born Baltimore, Dec. 5, 1862; son William C. and Em- ma L. (Mittnacht) Atkinson; ed. pub. schools; married Margaret Foster Black, of Delanco, N. J., Oct. 31, 1889. In commercial life, 1882-94; admitted to Pa. bar, 1894, to Ill. bar, 1903; as- sociate editor "Suggestion," Chicago, 1900; ed- itor "New Thought," Chicago, 1901-5. Author or compiler of numerous books on New Thought, etc., for titles see Who's Who in America. Res- idence: 6144 Lexington Av.

ATTLEY, James Miles, lumber merchant; born Chicago, June 30, 1857; son John and Mary (McKendrick) Attley; lived at Polo, Ill., 1858- 1893; ed. pub. school there; married Dixon, Ill., 1881, Kate McGrath; children: Philip, Alice, George Emmett. Was engaged in the lumber business at Polo, and is still interested there as pres. of the McGrath & Attley Lumber Co. Came to Chicago in 1893; senior mem. firm of J. M. Attley & Co. Also treas, and dir. Sagola Lumber Co .; dir. Ross-Attlcy Lumber Co., Heth, Ark. Mem. Order of Hoo-Hoos, North Am. Union. Clubs: The Oaks (Austin), Westward Ho, Ill. Athletic. Residence: 5903 Midway Park, Austin. Office: Railway Exchange.

ATTLEY, John Daniel, lumber merchant; born Polo, Ill., Aug. 16, 1867; son John and Mary (McKendrick) Attley; ed. pub. school Po- lo; married Dixon, Ill., 1889, Myrtle Dickinson; 1 daughter: Myrtle. Began lumber business at

Polo; came to Chicago, 1896; in 1901, with J. M. Attley, established the firm of J. M. Attley & Co., of which he is junior partner. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen. Clubs: Ill. Athlet- ic, The Oaks (Austin). Residence: 5924 W. Ohio St., Austin. Office: Railway Exchange.

ATWATER, Arthur Jerome, coal; born Fond du Lac, Wis., May 8, 1858; son John Bowman and Laura (Allen) Atwater; grad. high school, Geneva, Ill., 1876; married Chicago, Oct. 9, 1889, May Purdy; 5 children: Harry Arthur, George Wilson, Elaine Laurette, Cordelia Althea, Max- ine Helen. After leaving school entered employ Coxe Bros. & Co .; later with the Consolidated Coal Co .; afterward with the New Pittsburgh Co .; thence, in 1900, to the Sunday Creek Coal Co., for which is western sales agent. Repub- lican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Was for 8 years mem. board of trustees, was also mem. board of local improvements, Morgan Park; vestry- man Church of the Mediator (Episcopalian). Mem. S.A.R., Royal League, Modern Woodmen of America. Clubs: Ridge Country, Beverly Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: Morgan Park, Ill. Office: Old Colony Bldg.

ATWELL, Charles Beach, botanist; born The- resa, N.Y., Apr. 11, 1855; son of Joseph and Mary (Beach) Atwell; Ph.B., Syracuse Univ., 1879, Ph.M., 1882; post-grad. student, Harvard Univ., 1887, Univ. of Freiburg (Baden), 1891; married Mary Josephine Kellogg, of Water- town, N.Y., Dec. 27, 1883; children: Henry K., Francis Charles, Ruth Sarah, William Joseph. Instr. Lowville (N.Y.) Acad., 1879-80; instr. mathematics and physics, acad., Northwestern Univ., 1880-2; prin. of pub. schools, S. Evans- ton, Ill., 1882-4; instr. natural science, acad., Northwestern Univ., 1884-8; instr. biology, 1888- 91, prof. biology, 1891-4, prof. botany since 1894, Northwestern Univ. City forester of Ev- anston, Ill., 1909-11. Author: Genealogy of the Atwell Family of New London, Conn., 1906. Editor: College Alumni Record of Northwest- ern Univ., 1902. Contributor to botanical and other journals. Fellow A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. Naturalists, Ill. Acad. Science, Chicago Acad. Sciences, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Club: University of Evanston. Rec- reations: camping, walking. Residence: 1938 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill.

ATWOOD, Fred Holmes, lawyer; born LeRoy, Calhoun Co., Mich., Feb. 4, 1863; son Ephraim and Samantha J. Atwood; ed. country school, W. LeRoy, Mich., Battle Creek (Mich.) Coll .: law dept., Univ. of Mich., 1883-4; married Vicks- burg, Mich., Nov. 4, 1885, Minnie P. Best; chil- dren: Ivan Jay Best, Ephraim Henry, Lenna Gertrude. Admitted to bar, Feb. 20, 1884; prac- ticed alone until 1887; mem. firm of Cruikshank & Atwood, 1887-97, of Atwood, Pease & Loucks since 1897; trial lawyer of the firm. Asst. co. atty., 1890-1; presidential elector on Cleveland and Stevenson ticket, 1892. Democrat until 1896, since Republican. Mem. Il1. Soc. S.A.R. Mason. K.T. Residence: 503 Melrose St. Office: Tacoma Building.

ATWOOD, Harry Fuller, lawyer; born on farm near Morgan Park, Ill., Jan. 1, 1870; son Orville Elbridge and Martha Elvira (Townsend) Atwood; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; LL.B .. Chicago Coll. of Law, 1898, and Ill. Coll. of Law, 1899; married Fox Lake, Wis .. Aug. 23. 1905, Maud, daughter of Dr. J. T. Smith and niece of former Gov. William Smith. of Wis .; 1 daughter: Martha Regina. In practice at Chi- cago since 1899; asst. state's atty., Cook Co., 1901-4; asst. U.S. atty. since 1908. From early manhood distinguished as an orator and debat- er; was pres. Oratorical Assn. and Debaters' League of the Univ. of Chicago, and of North- ern Oratorical League, comprising the large colls. of the middle west; speaker in co. and state campaigns, and in many states under Republican Nat. Com .; one of the speakers at several large meetings, New York, 1908, with

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Pres .- elect Taft and Gov. Hughes. Has deliv- ered orations on Our Three Great Wars; Wash- ington, Lincoln and MeKinley: God in American History; Abraham Lincoln. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Baptist. Mason; mem. Royal Arcanum, Modern Woodmen of America. Mem. 1st Ill. Cav., Spanish-Am. War, and later sergeant, Troop M. Clubs: Ridge Country, Hamilton, Central Y. M. C. A. Recre- ations: politics, gymnasium, riding, gardening, lecturing, checkers and chess. Residence: 1946 Morgan Av., Morgan Park, Ill. Office: 826 Fed- eral Bldg.

ATWOOD, Wallace Walker, geologist; born Chicago, Oct. 1, 1872; son Thomas Green and Adalaide Adelia (Richards) Atwood; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1897, Ph.D., 1903; married Harriet Towle Bradley, of Chicago, Sept. 22, 1900; 3 children: Rollin, Wallace and Harriet. Asst. geologist, N.J. Geol. Survey, 1897, Wis. Natural History Survey, 1898-9; instr. Lewis Inst., Chi- cago, 1897-9, Chicago Inst., 1900-1; fellow asst. and associate, 1899-1903, instr. and asst. prof. physiography and general geology, 1903-10, as- sociate prof. since 1910, Univ. of Chicago. Asst. geologist, U.S. Geol. Survey, 1901-9; geologist since 1909; geologist Ill. Geol. Survey since 1906. Author: Physical Geography of the Dev- ils Lake Region, 1899; Physical Geography of the Evanston-Waukegan Region of Ill., 1908; interpretation of Topographic Maps, 1908; Gla- ciation of the Uinta and Wasatch Mountains, 1909; Mineral Resources of Southwestern Alas- ka, 1910; Geology and Mineral Resources of the Alaska Peninsula, 1911; also numerous scien- tific and ednl. papers. Sec. Chicago Acad. of Sciences and sec. board of trustees, same; fel- low Geol. Soc. America; mem. Assn. Am. Geog- raphers, Nat. Geog. Soc., Chicago Geog. Soc., Ill. Acad. Sciences, Chicago Museum and Li- brary Extension Council. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Residence: 5453 Monroe Av.

AURAND, Samuel Herbert, physician; born Loran, Stephenson Co., Ill., Oct. 26, 1854; son Joel and Susannah (Getgen) Aurand; worked on farm and attended district school until 1873; attended Iowa Wesleyan Univ. and Mt. Morris Coll., 1881; grad. Hahnemann Med. Coll. of Chi- cago, M.D., 1884, and has taken various post- grad. courses; married 1887, Maggie Tollmeier (died 1893); 1 son: Arthur; married 2d, Free- port, Ill., 1895, Flora I. Knoll. Began teaching pub. school, 1874; began practice of medicine, 1884, at Loran, Ill. (6 years) ; then spent 1 year in Chicago hosps. and colls .; practiced at Pearl City, Ill., 4 years, Freeport, Ill., 2 years; in Chi- cago since 1897. Mem. Cook Co. Hosp. staff, 1893-4. Vice-pres. and prof. of materia medica and clinical medicine Chicago Homo. Medical Coll .; vice-pres. Ill. Homœ. Med. Assn .; mem. Chicago Homo. Med. Soc. and of Am. Inst. of Homeopathy. Vice-pres. Pearl City (Ill.) Bank. Republican. Mem. and trustee Park Av. M.E. Church. Mason: Blue Lodge, Chapter and Con- sistory; Modern Woodmen of America. Resi- dence: 2059 Washington Boul. Office: 717, 34 E. Washington St.

AUSTIN, Bernard Nelson, general passenger agent; born Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 9, 1856; son Robert N. and Sarah (Ford) Austin; ed. Mil- waukee pub. schools, Royal Mil. Acad., Berlin, Germany (1867-71); high school and Milwaukee Academy, Milwaukee, 1871-4; married Clara A. Whitcomb, of Milwaukee, Nov. 1880; children: Lester W., Juliet, Louise. Began ry. service as general office clerk of the C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1874- 80; general office clerk in auditing dept. of N.P. R.R., 1880-4; passenger and ticket agent at Min- neapolis, 1884-8; asst. general passenger agent at St. Paul, 1888-1897, same road; general pas- senger agent B.&O.R.R. since June, 1897. Also chmn. of the exec. com. of the Central Passen- ger Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Railway. Residence: 4833 Lake Av. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

*AUSTIN, Charles Orlando, banker; see Vol. 1905.

AUSTIN, Frederick Carleton, pres. Municipal Engring. & Contracting Co .; born Skaneateles, N.Y., June 2, 1853; son Dorr and Marietta (Hatch) Austin; ed. pub. schools of New York and Skaneateles Acad .; married Chicago, 1887, Anna Barker; children: Wesley Ogden, Marion Ogden (Mrs. H. A. Richardson). Began busi- ness life in Chicago as resident partner of the firm of Goulds & Austin, farming tools, 1883-7; then became pres. and treas. of the F. C. Austin Mfg. Co., until 1902, when sold interests in that company and joined in organization of the Mu- nicipal Engring. & Contracting Co., of which is pres. and dir. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Twentieth Century, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Resi- dence: Plaza Hotel. Office: Railway Exchange.

AUSTIN, Harry Geoffrey, pres. Old Colony Life Ins. Co .; born London, Eng., June 10, 1868; son George Franklin and Clarissa (Malot) Aus- tin; came to America, July 20, 1886; ed. pub. schools of Haldinand Co., Ont., Ontario Mil. Acad., and Western Business Coll. of Ont .; at- tended summer law lectures at Univ. of Mich .; married Martha Fletcher Ransom, of Lexing- ton, Ky., Sept. 23, 1891. Began ins. with the Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of the U.S. at Richmond, Ind., in 1888, remained until 1890; in service of the Nat. Life Ins. Co. of D.C., 1890-4, and the Northwestern Mutual of Mil- waukee, 1895-8; was agent, special agent and asst. supt. of agencies Provident Savings Life, 1899-1905, when became identified with the Old Colony Life Ins. Co., Chicago, as sec., 1906-8, vice-pres. and gen. mgr., 1908-9, and pres. and gen. mgr. since 1909; also pres. and dir. Com- mercial Banking Co. of Ky. Democrat. Episco- palian. Mem. Masons, Odd Fellows, Red Men. Residence: 843 Lakeside Pl. Office: Old Colony Building.

AUSTIN, Henry Warren, banker and real es- tate; born 217 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill., Jan. 22, 1864; son Henry Warren and Martha Sophia (Voorhees) Austin; grad. Oak Park High School, 1881, W. Division High School, Chicago, 1884; B.A., Williams Coll., 1888; married Nov. 17, 1904, Edna Lee Harris. After graduation from Oak Park High School worked as clerk for H. W. Austin & Co. in hardware business, 1881-3; bookkeeper for C. T. Boal Stove Co., 1888-89. On death of father, 1889, came into management of his real estate interests. One of organizers, Feb. 1892, and first pres. Oak Park State Bank, later changed to Oak Park Trust & Savings Bank, of which he is still pres. and dir .; vice-pres., treas. and dir. Mackie- Lovejoy Mfg. Co .; sec. and dir. Niles Mfg. Co. Republican. Mem. 43d, 44th and 45th Ill. Gen- eral Assemblies from 23d Senatorial Dist .; school trustee of school district, 39-13, April 1894-Apr. 1903; treas. village of Oak Park since its organization as a village. Congregational- ist. Ex-pres. Williams Coll. Alumni Assn. of Chicago; treas. Chicago Soc. of Alpha Delta Phi. Clubs: Oak Park (treas. 6 terms), Hamil- ton, City. Residence: 217 Lake St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 179 W. Washington St.

AUSTIN, William Baden, treasurer John T. Shayne & Co .; born Rensselaer, Ind., Apr. 21, 1860; son John Martin and Sarah Jane (Webb) Austin; B.A., Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1881, later A.M .; attended Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1882; married Rensselaer, Nov. 7, 1882, Louie Hammond; 1 child: Virginia A. (Mrs. Roy M. Shayne.) After graduating from coll. entered employ of law firm of Thompson & Bro., Rensselaer; admitted to Ind. bar, 1882, and entered into partnership with Hon. E. P. Hammond, 1887, which lasted until Judge Ham- mond went to Supreme bench, 1890; then prac- ticed alone until 1900, when removed to Chi- cago; now engaged in handling bonds and mort- gages; also managing dir. Knox Hat Mfg. Co.

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of New York; treas. and gen. mgr. John T. Shayne & Co., Chicago. Organized the Farm- ers' State Bank of Knox, Ind., 1892; organized the Commercial State Bank of Rensselaer, 1894, and controlled the same (now the First Nat. Bank); is large owner of real estate in North- western Ind. and in Chicago. Mem. Ind. State Bar Assn., Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Com- merce. Republican. Presbyterian. Has been tendered various political appointments, includ- ing foreign consulships, all of which declined. Mem. K. of P., Phi Kappa Psi; vice-pres. Ind. Soc. of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Univer- sity, Hamilton (vice-pres.), Marquette (pres.). Recreations: motoring and golf. Residence: 25 Scott St. Offices: 35 S. Dearborn St. and 43 S. State St.

*AVERY, Samuel Jeffery, physician; see Vol. 1905.

AYER, Edward Everett, capitalist; born Ke- nosha, Wis., Nov. 16, 1841; son Elbridge Gerry and Mary (Titcomb) Ayer; married Emma Au- gusta Burbank, Sept. 7, 1865; 1 daughter: Mrs. Elizabeth Burbank Johnson. Has extensive lum- ber interests in South and West; dir. Ayer & Lord Tie Co. Owns one of finest pvt. libraries in the U.S. and an especially noteworthy collec- tion of Americana. Pres. Field Columbian Mus., 1893-8; dir. Field Columbian Mus., Newberry Library, Art Inst. Life mem. Am. Hist. Assn .; dir. Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Cax- ton, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Riverside, South Shore Country (Chicago), Country (Lake Geneva, Wis.). Recreation: motoring. Resi- dence: 1 Banks St., Chicago. Summer Resi- dence: "The Oaks," Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: Railway Exchange.

AYERS, Frank David, lawyer; born on farm in McLean Co., near Bloomington, Ill., June 15, 1867; son Joseph B. and Sarah C. (Hayberger) Ayers; ed. prep., literary and law depts. of the Illinois Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, Ill., graduating 1890; unmarried. Began practice of law at Ottawa, Ill., 1890, as member firm of Browne & Ayers; came to Chicago, 1893, form- ing the law firm of Ayers, Rinaker & Ay- ers. Republican. First asst. city atty., Apr. 1903-Oct. 8, 1906; became city atty. and re- signed latter position Mar. 1, 1907, and became atty. Chicago Terminal R.R. Co .; atty. Board of Election Commissioners. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Mason (Shriner), K. of P. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Colonial. Residence: 4459 Prairie Av. Of- fice: Chamber of Commerce.

AYERS, Seymour Warren, lawyer; born Mc- Lean Co., Ill., Aug. 12, 1863; son Joseph B. and Sarah C. (Hayberger) Ayers; educated public schools of McLean Co., Ill., Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Bloomington, Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill .; law course at Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1889-92; married, Carlinville, Ill., Nov. 4, 1903, Zoe, daughter of P. L. Denby; 1 child: Elizabeth. From time of leaving Knox Coll. was engaged in raising fine horses, cattle and hogs in McLean Co., Ill., un- til entered on study of law; came to Chicago from Bloomington, Ill., 1892; was senior mem. of law firm of Ayers, Rinaker & Ayers until Mr. Rinaker was elected to the bench; firm is now Ayers & Ayers; also dir. the Meyercord Co. Re- publican. Mason. Club: Colonial. Recreations: horseback riding and literature. Residence: 523 E. 44th St. Office: Chamber of Commerce.

BAACKES, Frank, general sales agent Am. Steel & Wire Co .; born Germany, Mar. 9, 1863; son Godfrey and Franziska Baackes; ed. schools in Germany until about 15 years old; married Katie O'Rourke (deceased); 1 son: Godfrey D .; married 2d, Mamie E. Lutz; 2 sons: Frank, Karl. Spent a year in works of wire nail mills at Oberbilk-Düsseldorf before coming, in 1879, to Cleveland, O., where he joined his brother, Michael, at the H. P. Nail Co.'s works; worked in every dept. of the mill, 1879-81, then became

supt. of the plant, 1881-4; went to Beaver Falls, Pa., 1884, to erect wire nail plant for Hartman Steel Co .; while there became impressed that in order to extend consumption of wire nails they must be made of such pattern and quality as to supplant the cut nails; after much experiment, succeeded, in 1885, in introducing what is now known as the Standard wire nail, which grew rapidly in favor; organized, July, 1885, and be- came gen. mgr. Salem Wire Nail Co., of Salem, O., which he developed to importance; business was absorbed, Apr. 1898 with other plants at New Philadelphia and Findlay, O., by the Am. Steel & Wire Co., of Ill., of which became gen. mgr. When this was absorbed, Jan. 1899 by the Am. Steel & Wire Co. of N.J. was elected gen. supt., and in 1900 was elected to present posi- tion as gen. sales agent and dir. of the co., and in 1905 was also made vice-pres. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Automo- bile, Mid-Day, Calumet, South Shore Country, Germania. Recreations: golf, motoring, and fish- ing. Residence: 4932 Lake Av. Summer Resi- dence: Baackes Lodge, Lake Content, Eagle Riv- er, Wis. Office: 72 W. Adams St.

BABB, Washington Irving, lawyer; born Des Moines Co., Ia., Oct. 2, 1844; son Miles and Mary (Moyer) Babb; A.B., Iowa Wesleyan Univ., 1866, A.M., 1869 (LL.D., 1898, State Univ. of Ia., 1907); served 8th Ia. Vol. Cav., 1863-5; mar- ried Alice Bird, of Mt. Pleasant, Ia., Oct. 9, 1873; children: Max W. (Milwaukee), Miles T. (Kansas City), Alice (Aurora, Ill). Admitted to bar, 1868; practiced at Mt. Pleasant, Ia., 1868-1906, Chicago, since 1906. Pres. Western Wheeled Scraper Co., Aurora, Ill .; vice-pres. Austin Mfg. Co., Chicago, Old Second National Bank, Aurora, Ill. Mem. Ia. Ho. of Rep., 1884; judge 2d Jud. Dist., 1891-5; Dem. candidate for gov., 1895; received Dem. vote Ia. Legislature for U.S. senator, 1896; chairman Sound Money Dem. Conv., Ia., 1896. Regent, State Univ. of Ia., 1898-1906; trustee Ia. Wesleyan Univ. since 1873. Club: Union League. Residence: Aurora, Ill. Office: 1329 Manhattan Bldg.

BABBITT, Benton Holcomb, manager Alfred Peats Co .; born on farm, Warren Co., O., July 28, 1858; son James Madison and Eleanor R. (Hall) Babbitt; ed. common schools of Warren Co .; married Danville, Ill., Dec. 16, 1886, Alice Knight; children: Alice, Benton Knight, El- eanor, Gladys. At 15 years of age began work in a grocery store in Warren Co., O .; was with Hale & West, wall paper, Lebanon, O., 1872-S; with J. H. Madden, Danville, Ill., stationery and wall paper, 1878-83; came to Chicago and was traveling representative for J. J. McGrath, 1883-7; traveling salesman, 1887-91, and office mgr., 1891-7, Lartz Wall Paper Co .; Chicago mgr. Alfred Peats Co., wall paper, since 1897. Republican. Club: Birchwood Country. Resi- dence: 1309 Lunt Av. Office: 25 S. Wabash Av.

BABCOCK, Adolph Borie, stock broker; born Washington, D.C., Aug. 10, 1876; son Gen. Or- ville E. (U.S.A.) and Annie (Campbell) Bab- cock; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School (Yale Univ.), 1898; unmarried. Since 1900 engaged as a stock broker in Chicago, and now connected with Babcock, Rushton Co., bankers and brokers. Clubs: Chicago, University. Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Saddle and Sirloin. Residence: 748 Lincoln Parkway. Office: The Rookery.

BABCOCK, Alfred Jerome, Chicago mgr. for mfrs .; born Brookfield, N.Y., Mar. S, 1850; son Alfred F. and Lucy (Brownell) Babcock; ed. pub. schools of Brookfield, N.Y .; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1880; married Saginaw, Mich., Dec. 15, 1880, Henrietta R. Ripley : children: Earle. Fred. Lucy, Dorothy, Marion. Engaged in various lines of business in Saginaw, Mich., and Chi- cago; since 1885 identified with the Chicago branch of Manning, Maxwell & Moore, ry. and machinists' tools: became manager of Chicago branch in 1898; dir. Manning. Maxwell & Moore (Incorp.). Republican. Clubs: Union League.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 8

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