The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 83

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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*GOODWIN, Leonard, lawyer; see Vol. 1905. GOODWIN, William Ransdall, editor and publisher; born Brookville, Ind., Aug. 19. 1863; son of Rev. William Rees and Sue A. (Keely) Goodwin; A.B., DePauw Univ., Greencastle. Ind., 1883, A.M., 1886; married Mary Eva Put- nam Hazlett, of Quincy, HIL., Nov. 3. 1892. Be- gan as stock farmer and breeder, and live stock journalist, with Kansas City Live Stock Indicator, 1884-5; identified with Sanders Pub- lishing Co., Chicago, since 1885, of which has been vice-pres. since 1890; also managing edi-

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tor The Breeder's Gazette. Mem. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Commodore Lake Weir Yacht Club, Fla. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Saddle and Sirloin, Chicago Automobile. Rec- reations: motoring and motor boating. Resi- dence: Naperville, Ill. Office: 1100 Pontiac Bldg. GOOKIN, Frederick William; born Ludlow, Vt., Aug. 2, 1853; son Frederick Young and Elizabeth Annette (Patrick) Gookin; ed. schools of Joliet, Ill., and under private tutors; mar- ried Marie Clotilde Frederica Sieboth, of Utica, N.Y., June 1, 1898; 1 daughter: Nathalie Clo- thilde. Messenger and teller First Nat. Bank, Joliet, Ill., 1870-2; teller for Lunt, Preston & Kean, bankers, and their successors, Preston, Kean & Co., 1872-81; paying teller Northwest- ern Nat. Bank, Sept. 1881, becoming asst. cash- ier a few months later, and cashier, 1888, until bank consolidated with Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, 1900; asst. city treas. of Chicago, 1901-2; pres. Prudential Bldg. Co., Buffalo, N.Y., since 1901; asso. mgr. Chicago office U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., of Baltimore, 1910. Treas. and mem. exec. com. Am. Anti-Imperialist League, 1898-9. Began study of fine arts when a boy; has employed leisure in designing book deco- rations and cover stamps for publishers; a col- lector of Japanese paintings and color prints. Mem. Asiatic Soc. of Japan (life), Japan Soc. (London), Japan Soc. (New York). Clubs: Uni- versity, City, Chicago Literary (sec. and treas. since 1880) Caxton (treas.), Aztec Tennis. Au- thor: A Liberty Catechism, 1898; Catalogue of Loan Exhibition of Japanese Colour Prints (Art Institute, Chicago), 1908; Our Defective Amer- ican Banking System, 1909; numerous articles on banking and finance. Residence: 13 W. Wal- ton Pl. Office: 306 The Rookery.

GORDIN, Harry Mann, chemist; born in Rus- sia, Aug. 16, 1855; ed. classical gymnasium; studied pharmacy at St. Petersburg and Mos- cow; grad. in pharmacy at Univ. of Moscow; came to U.S., 1882; engaged in drug business at San Francisco till 1893; studied chemistry in France, Germany and Switzerland; Ph.D., Univ. of Berne, 1897; married. Research chemist for the U.S. Pharmacopoeia at Univ. of Mich., 1897- 1900; head chemist for The Wm. S. Merrell Chemical Co., Cincinnati, 1900-2; prof. chemis- try, schools of dentistry and pharmacy of Northwestern Univ., since 1902. Special sub- jects, alkaloids and drug assaying. Mem. many chemical and pharmaceutical socs. Residence: 13 E. Chestnut St. Office: 31 W. Lake St.

GORDON, Arthur Horace, physician; born Calais, Me., Oct. 23, 1863; son David and Mary (Brooks) Gordon; ed. 4-years' classical and sci- entific course in Calais Acad., to 1880; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1887; married Chicago, Dec. 30, 1891, Julia Agnes Cavanaugh; 1 daughter: Julia. Engaged in practice of med- icine in Chicago since 1887. Prof. physical di- agnosis, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; attending phy- sician, Hahnemann Hosp. Treas. Modern Nee- dle Co .; pres. Chicago Job Press Co. Great Med. Examiner, Knights of the Maccabees, and mem. executive board; mem. Sons of St. George, and Heptasophs (also med. examiner). Mem. Am. Inst. Homœopathy, Ill. Homœ. Med. Assn., Chi- cago Homœ. Med. Soc., Clinical Soc. of Hahne- mann Hosp. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: Press. Recreation: motoring. Office and Residence: 858 LaSalle Av.

GORDON, Charles Ulysses, real estate; born near Dunlap, Peoria Co., Ill., Apr. 3, 1865; son Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Jane (Stokes) Gordon; ed. high school and Parish Business Coll., Peoria, Ill .; read law with Senator A. J. Bell, Peoria; came to Chicago, Dec. 1881, and completed studies at Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness Coll .; married June 23, 1898, Gertrude Wil- son, daughter Alexander Pate, banker, of Wel- lington, Ill. Engaged in real estate business, 1885, in firm of C. U. Gordon & Co .; in 1896 dis- continued general real estate business to de- vote his time to his own property interests.

Was long time mem. 1st Regt. I.N.G., and now honorary mem. Co. B. Postmaster of Chicago, 1897-1901. Republican. Clubs: Marquette (one of organizers, 1st sec., and pres. 1894), Union League, Hamilton. Recreation: farming. Office: 704 Rector Bldg.

GORDON, Francis, clergyman; born Trysze- zyn, Province of Posen, Germany, Aug. 29, 1860; son Thomas and Anna (de Rozycki) Gordon; ed. Tryszezyn High School; Bromberg Classical School; St. Mary's Coll., Marion Co., Ky .; phi- losophy and theology, Gregorian Univ., Rome, Italy. Came to America, 1881; ordained priest Catholic Ch., at Rome, Apr. 20, 1889; rector St. Stanislaus School, asst. clergyman at St. Stan- islaus Ch. and mgr. Polish Publishing Co., Chi- cago, 1889-92; prof. Coll. of Resurrection Fa- thers, Andrinople, Turkey, 1893-4; acting pro- curator-general at mother house of Resurrec- tion Fathers, Rome, 1895-6; asst. clergyman St. Stanislaus parish, 1896-9; pastor St. Mary's of the Angels parish, 1899-1905, St. Stanislaus parish, 1906-9, St. Mary's of the Angels parish, since 1909; mgr. Polish Daily News since 1896; mgr. St. Adalbert Cemetery, Niles, Ill., since 1906. Moderator Macierz Polska, the Young Men Catholic Assn. of N. America. Democrat. Club: Commercial. Received 1,132,524 votes (plurality of 138,354) in Chicago Examiner con- test, 1906, for most popular clergyman; made trip, 1907-8, to Germany, Austria, Poland, Rus- sia, Italy, Egypt, Holy Land and Turkey. Resi- dence: 1810 N. Wood St.

GORDON, George Wadsworth, lawyer; born Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 1880; son Joseph C. and Anna S. (Wadsworth) Gordon; A.B., Prince- ton Univ., 1899; LL.B., Harvard Univ., 1904; married Janet S. Sheldon, of Greenwich, Conn., Apr. 25, 1905; 2 children: George Sheldon, Janet Reid. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1904; formerly as- sociated with Matz, Fisher & Boyden; asst. atty. for Northern Trust Co., 1906-9. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Mem. Legal Club, Chicago Bar Assn. Club: University. Recreation: ten- nis. Residence: 318 Hamilton St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

GORE, Edward Everett, public accountant; born Carlinville, Ill., Dec. 4, 1866; son David and Cinderella Davis (Keller) Gore; ed. Blackburn Coll., Carlinville, Ill., Jacksonville (Ill.) Busi- ness Coll. and Univ. of Ill .; read law in offices 4 years; married Amanda Jeannette Burgdorff, of Carlinville, Ill., Oct. 6, 1892; 3 daughters: Florelle Jeannette, Mary Amanda, Virginia Cin- derella. Was justice of the peace at Carlinville, 1889-93; chief of building and loan dept., state auditor's office, Springfield, Ill., 1893-7; chief of state banking dept., same office, 1895-7; engaged as pub. accountant at Chicago, 1897-1908; vice- pres. Assets Realization Co., 1908-10; mem. firm Barrow, Wade, Guthrie & Co., pub. account- ants, since 1910; also pres. and treas. Bench Land Orchards Co. Republican. Universalist. Knights of Pythias. Mem. S.A.R. Fellow Am. Assn. Pub. Accountants, Ill. Soc. Certified Pub. Accountants. Clubs: Mid-Day, Hamilton, South- ern, Chicago Automobile. Recreations: farm- ing, fruit growing. Residence: 15 6th Av., La Grange, Ill. Office: 824 Monadnock Blk.

GORHAM, Sidney Smith, lawyer; born Rut- land Co., Vt., Nov. 6, 1874; son Frank E. and Mary J. (Smith) Gorham; ed. common schools, Rutland, Vt .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1894; married Chicago, July 15, 1896, Myrtle G. Wil- lett; 2 sons: Sidney S., Jr., Willett N. Admit- ted to bar Nov. 6, 1895, having been previously associated as an employe (student and clerk) with Luther Laflin Mills from 1890; afterward became partner with Mr. Mills and his son Matthew under firm name of Mills, Gorham & Mills. In 1906 formed co-partnership with Hen- ry W. Wales, as Gorham & Wales; engaged in general law practice. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., New England Soc. of Chi- cago. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Chicago Athletic, Illini Country, LaGrange

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Country, LaGrange Motor. Recreations: motor- ing, golf. Residence: LaGrange, Ill. Office: New York Life Bldg.

GORMAN, James Edward, ry. official; born Chicago, Dec. 3, 1863. Began ry. service with C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1877, with which remained, in va- rious capacities, until 1881; then clerk, C.,R.I. &P.R.R., until 1884; clerk Chicago Lumber Co., 1884-5; clerk gen. freight office C.&N.W.Ry., 1885-7; chief clerk gen. freight office Chicago, Santa Fé & Cal. Ry., 1887-9; tariff clerk gen. freight office I.C.R.R., 1889-90; clerk and chief clerk Chicago, Santa Fé & Cal. Ry., 1890-3; traf- fic mgr. Joy Morton & Co., 1893-5; with A.,T.& S.F.R.R. as chief clerk to traffic mgr., Mar .- Sept. 1895, asst. gen. freight agt. at Chicago, 1895-9, general freight agt., 1899-1904, asst. freight traffic mgr., 1904-5; now 1st vice-pres. in charge of freight traffic C.,R.I.&P.Ry. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Midlothian. Residence: 5001 Madison Av. Office: 811 LaSalle St. Station.

GORMLEY, James Henry, pres. Bullard & Gormley Co .; born Glencoe, Cook Co., Ill., June 18, 1856; son of Michael and Ellen (Hartray) Gormley; ed. pub. schools of Chicago; married 1886, Anna C. Budd; children: Belle B., Arthur S. Since 1873, has been continuously engaged in hardware business, first with J. L. Wayne & Son, 1873-7; with Kellogg, Johnson & Bliss, 1877-83; joined Charles W. Bullard, 1883, estab- lishing firm of Bullard & Gormley, successors to Kellogg, Johnson & Bliss, now incorporated under name of Bullard & Gormley Co., of which he is pres. Also sec., treas. and dir. Prescott Hardware Mfg. Co. Mason (32°, K.T.). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois, Oak Park, Colonial. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Residence: 339 S. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 7 E. Lake St.

GORTON, Edward F., lawyer; born Ashtabula Co., O., May 6, 1854; son Anson and Ellen (Fisk) Gorton; ed. pub. schools; married June 1879. Was admitted to the bar in June 1876. Prac- ticed in partnership with William P. Conger from 1876 until Mr. Conger's death in 1887, then with Walker Blaine until latter's death in 1889; since alone. Republican; mayor of Lake Forest, 1895-1902. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Onwentsia. Residence: Foxford Farm, on Fox River, Geneva Township, Ill. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

GORTON, Frank Sanford; 1847-1910; see Vol. 1905.

GOSS, Charles Oliver, real estate; born Chi- cago, Dec. 28, 1851; son Oliver S. and Sara E. (Hoag) Goss; ed. Chicago pub. schools; mar- ried Winnetka, Aug. 21, 1869, Ida Stanley (died Oct. 24, 1900); 1 son: Stanley T .; married 2d, Chicago, Oct. 24, 1907, Alice M. Stanley. Was in grocery business, 1870-3; with old Fidelity Savings Bank, 1873-7; since 1877 mem. of firm of E. A. Cummings & Co., real estate. Repub- lican. Was formerly alderman of Winnetka. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Homewood Country (dir.). Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: 5339 Cornell Av. Office: 42 N. Dearborn St.

GOSS, Frederick Llewellyn, printing presses; born Newport, Wales, July 6, 1847; son Joseph S. and Mary Ann (Brown) Goss; ed. public schools; married Milwaukee, Wis .. Jennie Mc- Ginn; children: Nellie N., Grace N., Josephine I., Frederick L., Jr. After leaving school was employed in the B. W. Gates Iron Works; then went into a printing office, learned type-setting and press work, and was for 10 years with the J. M. W. Jones Printing Co., as supt., until the great fire of 1871; after fire was in the printing business for self, and failed; after en- gaging in minor commercial enterprises estab- lished, in 1885, as a mfr. of printing presses, having béfore that time and since, taken out numerous patents, in own name, for various kinds of printing machines and devices; now vice-pres. Goss Perfecting Press Co. Repub-

lican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Residence: 3512 Monroe St. Office: 1535 S. Paulina St.

GOSSARD, Henry Williamson, pres. H. W. Gossard Co .; born near Frankfort, Ind., Mar. 18, 1871; son William and Cynthia (Armstrong) Gossard; ed. pub. schools of Frankfort, Ind .; married June 19, 1906, Pearl Sunshine Miller. Salesman for G. H. Foster & Co., Chicago, 1889- 95, when the business of French, Gossard & Co. was established (was succeeded by Gossard & Pinkerton), and in 1900 it was incorporated under the present style of the H. W. Gossard Co., of which he is pres. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Recreations: horseback riding, breeding of blooded saddle horses, hunting big game in Rocky Mountains. Residence: 5476 East End Av. Summer Residence: Stockfarm near Mar- tinsville, Ind. Office: 64 E. VanBuren St.

GOSSARD, James William, sec. the H. W. Gossard Co .; born near Frankfort, Ind., July 23, 1860; son William and Cynthia (Armstrong) Gossard; ed. pub. schools of Frankfort, Ind .; commercial edn. in Indianapolis. Went from Ind. to Pacific Coast, remaining there until 1891, when came to Chicago; has since been devoted to business and philanthropic interests; since 1895 has been in present business, which was incorporated in 1900 as the H. W. Gossard Co., corsets, of which he is sec. Endeavors to live systematically and has a time for business and a time for philanthropy, devoting one day each week to philanthropic work through the Higher Practical Educational Soc., of which he is founder and for which Thursdays are his office days. Office: 64 E. VanBuren St.

GOULD, Charles Henry, agt. of estates; born Owosso, Mich., Dec. 25, 1856; son Henry and Nancy (Shattuck) Gould; ed. pub. schools of Owosso; married Chicago, Apr. 19, 1883, Janet Frost; children: Harold Peck, Helen, Marion, Esther. After leaving school was for several years engaged in newspaper work in New York, Buffalo and Detroit; now agt. of the estate of Harold S. Peck. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: 81 E. Madison St.

GOULD, Frank, pres. L. Gould & Co .; born Peacham, Vt., Aug. 1, 1841; son Bennett and Sarah (Marsh) Gould; ed. pub. schools; mar- ried Chicago, 1868, Myra Miller; children: Elsie, Leonora. Came to Chicago, Oct. 15, 1860, and entered employ of Warner & Gould; with that house and its successor, L. Gould & Co., ever since, except for 31/2 years, when he returned to Peacham, Vt .; pres. of the co. since 1899. Also pres. of the Fibre Goods Co. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 700 Lake St.

GOULD, John, real estate; born Essex, Essex Co., N.Y., May 15, 1861; son Henry N. and Sarah Paine (Skinner) Gould; ed. Chicago grammar and high schools; married Chicago, Apr. 26, 1886, Ellen Judith French; children: John, Jr., Charles French, Agnes Ellen, Eleanor. Began with Gould & Armour, wholesale grocers, Chi- cago, Aug. 1880; partner in firm of John S. Gould & Co., 1886-9; in real estate business alone, 1889-91, with L. A. Seeberger, as Gould & Seeberger, 1891-2; alone again until Feb. 1903, when became a mem. of the firm of W. L. De- Wolf & Co. Independent in politics. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Union League, Onwentsia, Lake Forest Winter. Recreations: golf, books, ath- letic sports. Residence: Lake Forest, III. Of- fice: 226 S. LaSalle St.

GOURLEY, Arthur, lumberman: born in Co. Tyrone, Ire., Apr. 17, 1842; son Arthur and Eliza (Mckinney) Gourley; in youth worked on his father's farm and attended schools in Ireland; came to Chicago, 1870: married Ireland, 1863. Jane Mckinney : 1 daughter: Maggie ( Mrs. J. L. Campbell). Entered employ of S. R. Martin & Co., lumber, in 1870; became shipping clerk. 1874; partner and vice-pres. S. R. Martin Luni- ber Co., 1883-8; partner in firm of Arthur Gour-

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ley & Co., 1889-98; pres. Arthur Gourley Co., dence: 4901 Kimbark Av. Office: 230 S. LaSalle 1898-1906; since of firm Arthur Gourley & Co. Street. Residence: 926 Argyle St. Office: 30 N. LaSalle Street.

GOWER, Harry, ry. official; born Rochford, Eng., May 31, 1853; son William and Elizabeth Lindsell Gower; ed. private schools, England; married Chicago, 1879, Sarah Ellen White. Be- gan business career as clerk in mercantile house, London, Eng. In 1878 became clerk in auditor's office of the C.,R.I.&P.Ry., with which has since been connected, becoming chief clerk in auditing dept. and Oct. 7, 1881, chief clerk general freight dept .; promoted to 2d asst. gen- eral freight agt. in Apr. 1887; 1st asst. general freight agt., Mar. 1, 1888; general freight agt., Mar. 1896; asst. freight traffic mgr., Mar. 1, 1899; freight traffic mgr. since Jan. 15, 1906, C.,R.I.&P.Ry. Clubs: Union League, Homewood. Recreation: golf. Residence: 1405 51st St. Of- fice: LaSalle St. Station.

GRACE, William, builder; born Hull, Eng., Sept. 11, 1847; oldest son William Evans and Mary (Bodell) Grace; pub. sch. edn. in Eng- land; married Mary Booth, of Middleton, Eng., Aug. 20, 1868. Came to Chicago, Mar. 1872, and took charge of constrn. work for Charles Cook and others until the fall of 1874, when engaged as builder on his own account, in which has since continued; organized the corpn., William Grace Co., builders and contractors, of which has since been pres. Operations have extended to many parts of the U.S. and Canada; among the more prominent structures erected are:

Grand Central Station, rebuilt, 1898; First Nat. dence: 4523 Greenwood Av. Office: 105 S. La

Bank Bldg., Hagerman Blk., Antlers Hotel, and other bldgs. at Colo. Springs; postoffice and custom house at Newberne, N.C .; Union De- pot, Omaha, Neb .; Rock Island Sta. and office bldg. at Topeka, Kan .; Agrl. Coll. bldgs. at St. Anne's, P.Q., Can .; Union Bank and office bldg., Montreal, Can .; Bank of British N. America, and numerous other bldgs., at Winnipeg, Man., Can .; the Coliseum, Stock Yards Pavilion, La Salle St. Sta., new Cook Co. Court House, Hib- bard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.'s bldg., and many of the bldgs. of the Univ. of Chicago; besides numerous others. Independent in politics. Ma- son, Landmark Lodge, Fairview Chapter, En- glewood Commandery, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Builders. Residence: 2828 Pine Grove Av. Coun- try Home: "Gracefield," Barrington, Ill. Office: 1408 Wabash Av.

GRADLE, Henry, ophthalmologist; born at Frankfurt, Germany, Aug. 17, 1855; son Ber- nard G. and Rosa (Schottenfels) Gradle; ed. Chicago; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1874; stud- ied also at Vienna, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Paris; married Fanny Searls, of Waukegan, Ill., Aug. 31, 1881. Prof. physiology, 1879-83, diseases of the eye and ear since 1898, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. Author: Bacteria and the Germ The- ory of Disease, 1883; Text-book of Diseases of the Nose, Pharynx and Ear, 1901. Contbr. to med. periodicals. Residence: 160 Eugenie St. Office: 32 N. State St.

*GRADY, William R., surgical instruments; see Vol. 1905.

GRAFF, Edwin Adolphus, pres. Columbia Malting Co .; born Mt. Vernon, O., Apr. 22, 1851; son John A. and Mary (Haynes) Graff; ed. Western Univ. of Pa .; married Allegheny, Pa., Apr. 11, 1872, Eleanor M. Davis; children: Hen- derson D., Mary L., John A., Edwin A., Jr., El- eanor M .; married 2d, Feb. 8, 1899, Josephine M. Hewson; 1 daughter: Dorothy J. Engaged in grain and produce business at Pittsburgh, Pa., 1872, and has since been in the grain business. In 1897 came to Chicago, organizing the Co- lumbia Malting Co., of which is pres. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country, Kenwood; also Duquesne (Pitts- burgh). Recreations: motoring, fishing. Resi-

GRAFF, Henderson Davis, sec. and treas. The Columbia Malting Co .; born Pittsburgh, Pa., Mar. 20, 1873; son Edwin A. and Eleanor (Da- vis) Graff; ed. Western Univ. of Pa. (now Univ. of Pittsburgh); married Carrie L. Darling, of Chicago, Nov. 28, 1900; 2 children: Louise D., Margaret D. Began in a minor position in a Pittsburgh bank, with which remained until 1893, when joined his father in the grain busi- ness until 1898; came to Chicago and assisted in organizing The Columbia Malting Co., of which has since been sec. and treas. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Residence: 5218 Kimbark Av. Office: 230 S. LaSalle St.

GRAFF, James Graham, civil engr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

GRAFF, Walter A., bonds; born Clarinda, Ia., Dec. 31, 1874; son Valentine and Nannie E. (Fairley) Graff; prep. edn. Lake Forest (Ill.) Acad .; A.B., Lake Forest Coll., 1898; married Ruth Kimball, of Chicago, July 1, 1909; 1 daughter: Ruth K. In a minor position with the old Merchants Nat. Bank of Chicago, 1898- 1900; in employ of Chicago office of Kleybolte & Co., 1904-8; vice-pres. McCoy & Co., invest- ment bankers, since 1908; also vice-pres. and dir. Chicago Tubing & Braiding Co. and Pub. Securities Co. Mem. Kappa Sigma. Clubs: Uni- versity, Mid-Day, Midlothian Country. Resi- Salle St.

GRAHAM, Andrew J., banker; born Chicago, Feb. 5, 1861; son John Graham; pub. school edn. At 14 began business career as a boy in the furniture store of John M. Smyth, and after some years there established, with his father, the present banking business of Graham & Sons. Democrat. Was appointed a mem. of the Board of West Park Commissioners by Gov. Altgeld in 1893, and has been a mem. of the board ever since. Candidate for Dem. nomina- tion for mayor of Chicago, primary election, 1911. Clubs: Illinois, Iroquois, Chicago Athletic. Residence: 3340 Washington Boul. Office: 659 W. Madison St.

GRAHAM, David Wilson, surgeon; born at Briggsville, Ill., June 11, 1843; son Andrew and Rachel (Davis) Graham; grad. Monmouth (Il1.) Coll., 1870, A.M., 1873 (LL.D., 1910) ; M.D., Belle- vue Hosp. Med. Coll., 1872; served in Civil War in 83d Ill. Vols., 1862-5; married Chicago, July 1877, Ida A. Barned; children: David Barned, Evarts Ambrose. Surgeon Presbyterian Hosp., Chicago, since 1884; consulting surgeon Evans- ton Hosp .; prof. surgery, Rush Med. Coll. For- merly surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. and Wesley Hosp .; prof. anatomy, 1877-82, surgery, 1883-98, Woman's Med. Coll .; lt .- commander and sur- geon Ill. Naval Reserves. Frequent contributor to med. journals and med. socs. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc. (pres. 1894), Chicago Med. Soc. (pres. 1885), Chicago Surgical Soc. (pres. 1906-7), Chicago Pathological Soc., etc. Mem. G.A.R., Thomas Post No. 5, Grand Army and Memorial Hall Assn. Clubs: Illinois, Irving. Residence: 1801 W. Monroe St. Office: 15 E. Washington St.

GRAHAM, Edwin R, publishing agt .; born Upper Sandusky, O., May 7, 1854; son Rev. John and Jane Glasgow (McKee) Graham; B.S., Baldwin Univ., Berea, O., 1874; married Ft. Dodge, Ia., Nov. 14, 1888, Mary Hawthorne Dol- liver; children: Dolliver Wiltsee, Robert Haw- thorne. After leaving coll. was engaged in mer- cantile pursuits until 1881; western representa- tive of Houghton, Mifflin & Co., publishers, of Boston, 1893-1904; and May 1904, elected by the General Conference of the M.E. Church, held in Los Angeles, to be publishing agt. of the West-

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ern Methodist Book Concern; reëlected by Gen- Madison St. Business Men's Assn .; mem. Soc. eral Conference in Baltimore, 1908; is associ- ated with Rev. H. C. Jennings, D.D., of Cincin- nati (Jennings & Graham). Republican. Meth- odist. Treas. Board of Sunday Schools M.E. Church; asst. treas. Episcopal Fund of M.E. Church; trustee of Baldwin Univ. Club: Uni- versity (Evanston). Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 14 W. Washington St.

GRAHAM, Ernest Robert, architect; born at Lowell, Mich., Aug. 22, 1867; son Robert and Emma (Post) Graham; ed. Lowell, Mich .; mar- ried Chicago, 1894, Carlotta Hall. Came to Chi- cago in May, 1888, and began work as architect, and during the construction and operation of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago was asst. dir. of works; in 1894 became associ- ated with D. H. Burnham as a partner in the practice of architecture under the firm name of D. H. Burnham & Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mid-Day; also Duquesne, Union (Pitts- burgh, Pa.). Residence: 1326 Astor St. Office: Ry. Exchange.

GRAHAM, William Joseph, insurance; born Jefferson Co., Ky., 1876; son Capt. William Thompson and Anna (MacDonald) Graham; un- der grad. St. Xavier Coll., Louisville, Ky., and post-grad. St. Francis Xavier Coll., New York City, degree of M.A .; unmarried. Began as ac- tuary Sun Life Ins. Co. of America, 1895-1902; actuary on staff of Met. Life Ins. Co., 1902-5; actuary in charge examination, New York Life Ins. Co. (commissioned by Western States), 1905-6; vice-pres., actuary and dir. Northwest- ern Nat. Life Ins. Co., Minneapolis, 1906-11; Western supt. for Equitable Life Assurance Soc., headquarters at Chicago, since Feb. 1, 1911. Author: The Romance of Life Insurance, 1910. Consulting actuary Am. School of Ins. Mem. Internat. Congress Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, Mo., 1904, Internat. Congress Mathema- ticians, Heidelberg, Germany, 1904, Internat. Congress of Actuaries, Berlin, Germany, 1906, Internat. Congress Med. Dirs., Berlin, 1906. Fellow Actuarial Soc. America; mem. Am. Mathematical Soc., Am. Statistical Assn., A.A. A.S., Nat. Geog. Soc., Circolo Matematico di Pa- lermo, etc. Residence: LaSalle Hotel. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 83

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