The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 85

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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GREEN, Zola Constantius, mfr .; born Wash- ington, D.C., July 24, 1867; son George Forrest and Maria (Devereaux) Green; ed. pub. and pa- rochial schools and Georgetown Univ., D.C., to 1881; married Chicago, June 5, 1894, Helen Mitchell Green; children: Waverly Hallock, Helen and Emily Blocki. Was with district govt. office, Washington, until. 1885; came to Chicago and was in retail furniture business, 1885-6, then gen. mgr. Cold Blast Feather Co. until 1900, when he organized and has since been pres. and treas. Columbia Feather Co., wholesale dealers in feathers, pillows, and down cushions, and mfrs. of upholstered box springs and hair mattresses. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Mem. Sons of the Revo- lution, Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Credit Men's Assn., Furniture Mfrs.' Assn. Clubs: Irish Fellowship, Westward Ho, River Forest Tennis, Southern, Ill. Athletic. Recrea- tions: golf and tennis. Residence: 313 Erie St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 316 W. Indiana St.

GREENE, see also Green.

GREENE, Charles Frederick, pres. Spaulding & Co., jewelers; born Plymouth, N.H., Apr. 9, 1852; son Frederick E. C. and Elizabeth H. (Heath) Greene; ed. pub. schools of N.H. and Mass .; married Eveline Carryl, of New York, Jan. 6, 1877. Began in jewelry business, at Bos- ton, 1869, where remained until 1878; went to New York and entered employment of Tiffany & Co., later going with Alfred H. Smith & Co., importers of precious stones, continuing with them until coming to Chicago in 1890, since which time has been identified with Spaulding & Co., jewelers (who also have a branch house in Paris, France), of which has been pres., since 1907; spends part of each year at Paris in interests of his company. Club: Chicago. Resi- dence: Virginia Hotel, Chicago, and 64 rue Spontini, Paris, France. Office: 338 S. Michigan Avenue.

GREENE, Frank Catlin, mfr., merchant; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

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GREENE, Harry Irving, writer; born Knox- ville, Tenn., Mar. 24, 1868; son David M. and Mary Greene; ed. Oshkosh (Wis.) High Sch., Minneapolis bus. coll .; unmarried. Has traveled extensively through America and West Indies, writing newspaper articles, mag. stories, re- vising plays, etc. Free thinker. Residence: Press Club.

GREENE, Horatio Nelson, president Truax, Greene & Co .; born New Bedford, Mass., May 9, 1829; son David Russell and Lydia (Bunker) Greene; acad. edn. in private schools; married Gertrude Catlin, of Owego, N.Y., Dec. 18, 1854; children: Effie Lydia (deceased), Frank Catlin, M.D. (died 1908), David Russell and Marie Pauline. Began as clerk in a dry goods store, New Bedford, Mass., 1854-7; resided at Mans- field, O., 1857-65; was mem. city council of Mansfield, 1862; mem. 163d Ohio Vol. Inf., but did not see service on account of disability; went to Europe to recuperate health and upon return engaged in jewelry business at Owego, N.Y., 1865-7; resided at Vineland, N.J., 1867- 78, where was co. commr., and pres. board of edn., 1876; came to Chicago in 1885, and assist- ed in organizing Truax, Greene & Co., of which is pres. and treas. Republican. Episcopalian. Residence: 3500 Ellis Av. Office: 171 N. Wa- bash Av.

GREENE, J. Kent, asst. to chief justice Mu- nicipal Court; born Dayton, Ill., June 9, 1870; son Jesse and Hannah (Rhoads) Greene; de- scendant of family of which Maj .- Gen. Nathan- iel Greene of Revolutionary fame was a mem .; ed. common schs .; grad. Ottawa (Ill.) High School, 1887, taking 4 years' course in 2 years; passed official examination for admission to bar before he was 20 years of age; LL.B., North- western Univ. Law School, 1891, receiving first graduation prize for best thesis on question of practical law; took literary courses at Univ. of Chicago, devoting special attention to Latin, Greek, German, French and Spanish; married Stella Hammond, of Chicago, Apr. 29, 1895; 1 daughter: Marjorie H. In practice in Chicago since 1891; asst. state's atty. Cook Co., 1906-7, in charge of grand jury and indictment depart- ments and afterwards in trial work; legal asst. to chief justice Municipal Court since Oct. 1907. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State Bar assns. Mem. com. of management Wilson Av. Dept. Y.M.C.A. Mason, Blue Lodge and Chapter; mem. board of mgrs. Ill. Soc. S.A. R .; mem. Royal League. Clubs: Hamilton, Ra- venswood Masonic, 26th Ward Republican. Rec- reations: golf; study of languages; speaks Ger- man and French; has been engaged for several years in preparation of extensive Greek liter- ary work, to which he gives much of his time not devoted to professional duties. Residence: 4645 N. Paulina St. Office: Municipal Courts Building.

GREENEBAUM, Elias, banker; born Eppels- heim, Grossherzogthum Hessen, Ger., June 24, 1822; son Jacob and Sarah Greenebaum; ed. pub. schools and in agricultural, commercial and trade schools of Kaiserslantern, Ger .; came to U.S., Sept. 1847; lived a few months at Un- iontown, O .; came to Chicago, Apr. 14, 1848; married Mar. 3, 1852, Rosine Straus; children: Henry Everett, Moses Ernst, Emma E. (Mrs. Gutman), James E. Began business life in mer- cantile pursuits and Jan. 1, 1855, started in banking business, which he still continues. Was school agt. of Chicago in 1856. Independent in politics. One of the founders of Sinai Congre- gation. Residence: 4510 Grand Boul. Office: Ashland Blk.

GREENEBAUM, Henry Everett, banker; born Chicago, Sept. 1, 1854; son Elias and Rosine (Straus) Greenebaum; grad. Jones School, 1867; Chicago Central High School, 1871; at Bryant & Stratton's Business Coll., 1871-2; married Chicago, Apr. 15, 1879, Helen F. Leopold; chil- dren: Carrie (wife of Samuel Nast, mem. New

York Stock Exchange), Walter Jerome, John. With First Nat. Bank, Apr. 1872; with father's firm, Greenebaum & Foreman, bankers, 1873; with banks in New York City, 1873-7; returned to Chicago, 1877, and founded the banking firm of Greenebaum Sons, doing a general banking business, and making a specialty of negotiating loans on Chicago real estate, and underwriting Chicago bond issues, and of supplying invest- ors with investment securities, mortgages, bonds, etc. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Mem. Sinai Temple. Clubs: Stand- ard, Press, Lake Shore Country, French. Rec- reation: travel. Residence: 3337 Michigan Av. Office: Ashland Blk.

GREENEBAUM, James Eugene, banker; born Chicago, Apr. 3, 1866; son Elias and Rosine (Straus) Greenebaum; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1886; married Chicago, Sept. 7, 1893, Amy B. Kramer; children: Frederic J., Charles J., Edith J. En- tered banking house founded by his father, 1855, which in 1877 became Greenebaum Sons; was admitted as a partner a few years later; firm does a general banking and foreign ex- change business and loans money on mort- gages. Republican. Treas. Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans. Clubs: Standard, Yale, Lake Shore Country, Bankers'. Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: 4508 Grand Boul. Office: Ashland Blk.

GREENEBAUM, Moses Ernest, banker; born Chicago, Mar. 17, 1858; son Elias and Rosine (Straus) Greenebaum; ed. high school, Chicago; married Chicago, Dec. 23, 1884, Julia Friedman; children: Eleanore D., Ernest M., Edgar N. On leaving school became identified with his fa- ther's banking business and was admitted to the firm in 1877; now senior mem. of the firm of Greenebaum Sons, bankers. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn. of Commerce (treas.), Citizens' Assn. (exec. com.). Trustee Michael Reese Hosp. Republican. Clubs: Stand- ard, Ravisloe, City, North Shore Country. Rec- reations: golf, motoring. Residence: 4504 Drexel Boul. Office: Ashland Blk.

GREENLEE, Ralph Stebbins, mfr .; born in Summerhill Twp., Crawford Co., Pa., Apr. 13, 1838; son Edmund and Mary (Stebbins) Green- lee; twin brother of Robert Lemuel Greenlee, with whom he has always been associated in business; ed. country schools; worked on fa- ther's farm until was 22 years old; came with brother to Chicago; married Chicago, Feb. 15, 1866, Elizabeth Brooks (sister of his brother's wife); 1 daughter: Gertrude (deceased). With brother opened a cooper shop in Chicago in 1863, later engaged in mfr. of wood working machinery, under style of Greenlee Bros. & Co., of which is dir .; vice-pres. of Northwestern Stove Repair Co .; also pres. Greenlee Foundry Co., established 1886. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: 640 Graceland Av. Office: 662 W. 12th St.

GREENLEE, Robert Lemuel, mfr .; born Sum- merhill Twp., Crawford Co., Pa., Apr. 13, 1838: son Edmund and Mary (Stebbins) Greenlee: twin brother of Ralph Stebbins Greenlee, with whom has always been associated in business: ed. country schools; worked on father's farm until 22, then with brother came to Chicago; married Chicago, Apr. 11, 1867, Emily Brooks; children: William Brooks, Grace (Mrs. C. H. Brackebush), Isabel (deceased). With brother. in 1863, opened a cooper shop in Chicago: later engaged in mfr. of wood-working machinery, under style of Greenlee Bros. & Co., of which is a dir. Also pres. of Northwestern Stove Repair Co., which he and his brother established in 1883, and vice-pres. Greenlee Foundry Co., which they started in 1886. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: 855 Buena Av. Office: 662 W. 12th St.

GREENLEE, William Brooks, pres. Greenlee Bros. & Co .; born Chicago, Apr. 25, 1872; son Robert Lemuel and Emily (Brooks) Greenlee:

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B.S., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y .; married Chi- cago, Jan. 16, 1902, Adeline Fargo; 1 son: Rob- ert Fargo. Immediately after graduation en- tered the business of Greenlee Bros. & Co., now being pres. Is also sec. of the Northwestern Stove Repair Co., and of the Greenlee Foundry Co. Clubs: Union League, University. Resi- dence: 726 Kenesaw Terrace. Office: 662 W. 12th Street.

GREENWALD, Moses Emanuel, pres. Moog & Greenwald Co., live stock commn. buyers; born Allegheny City, Pa., Feb. 9, 1867; son Emanuel and Barbara (Wolfing) Greenwald; ed. common schools, Allegheny City and Duff's Commercial Coll., Pittsburg; unmarried. Began active career as live stock buyer in Pa., Ohio, etc., 1884, continuing until 1890; live stock buyer Nelson Morris & Co., Chicago, 1890-9; jr. mem. firm of Moog & Greenwald, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1899-1909; pres. Moog & Green- wald Co., Inc., U.S. Yards, Chicago, since Feb. 9, 1909; dir. Stock Men's Trust & Savings Bank; vice-pres. Turignano Land Co. Republican. Jew- ish religion. Mason. Club: Saddle and Sirloin. Residence: 4734 Champlain Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

GREER, Fredric, pres. Harvard Electric Co .; born Tombstone, Ariz., Sept. 6, 1880; son Joseph H. and Hattie (Curtis) Greer; ed. pub. schools. Pres. and treas. Harvard Electric Co. since Jan. 1898. Organized Greer Motor Car Co. (deal- ers in automobiles), Oct. 1903, and is also pres. of that co. Apptd. mem. Cook Co. Civil Service Commn., Mar. 11, 1911. Club: Chicago Automo- bile. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 4114 Michigan Av. Office: 525 W. VanBuren St .; also 1458 Wabash Av.

GREGG, John Robert, author and publisher; born Rockcorry, Ireland, June 17, 1867; son George and Margaret (Johnston) Gregg; ed. pub. schools in Ireland and Scotland; married Hannibal, Mo., 1889, Maida Wasson. After leav- ing school studied law in Glasgow, Scotland, and in 1888 published Gregg Shorthand; since that time has devoted entire attention to the diffusion of shorthand; the Gregg system is now used in over 1,500 schools. After leaving Glasgow lived in Liverpool until 1893; then in Boston, 1893-5; since then in Chicago. Pres. of the Gregg School, 32 S. Wabash Av. Also pres. Gregg Publishing Co., publishers of shorthand and commercial text-books, and The Gregg Writer, a monthly magazine; also pres. Ham- mersmark Publishing Co. Independent in poli- tics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Press, Ill. Athletic (Chicago), The Friars, Press, The Pliades (New York). Recreation: traveling. Residence: 567 W. 113th St., New York. Offices: 1123 Broad- way, New York, and 32 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.

GREGORY, Charles Edwin, automobiles; born Newark, N.J., May 22, 1860; son James and Catherine (Fitzgerald) Gregory; grad. public school, Newark, N.J., 1875; attended Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., 1876-7; studied Eng- lish and literature under Rev. Jesse S. Gilbert, Paterson, N.J., 1878; married Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 25, 1885, Ella F. Wendt; children: Frank Frederick, Gerald Gilbert, Perry Eric, Myron Knapp, Charles Edwin, Jr. Supt. Sun Electric Light Co., Chicago, 1884-8; mgr. Hyde Park Electric Light Co., 1888-90; mgr. sales dept., Standard Electric Co., 1891; pres. Charles E. Gregory Co., 1891-6; managing dir. Elliptical Carbon Co., 1896-8; pres. Guarantee Electric Co., 1898-1908; now sec. and treas. Chalmers Motor Co .; pres. Stephenson County Lighting Co .; dir: Freeport Ry. & Light Co .; treas. First Nat. Amusement Co. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago Automobile, Chicago Motor (chmn. Contest Board), LaGrange Motor, Aeronautic, Aero Club of Ill. Recreation: motoring. Resi- dence: 3833 Grand Boul. Office: 1467-1469 Mich- igan Av.

GREGORY, George, printer; born Frankfort- on-the-Main, Germany, June 3, 1854; son Carl

and Anna Mary (Waldschmitt) Gregory; ed. schools in Germany; married Chicago, Nov. 4, 1876, Henrietta E. Bauer; 1 son: Henry Charles. Was employed in a leather store in Phila., 1872-5; then came to Chicago; in printing busi- ness since 1876; since 1906 pres. of George Gregory Printing Co. Mem. K.P., Royal Arca- num. Clubs: Germania Maennerchor, Rotary, Hinsdale. Recreations: gardening; is a phila- telist. Residence: Clarendon Hills, Ill. Office: 504 Sherman St.

GREGORY, Louis Lincoln, physician; born Rockford, Ill., Oct. 18, 1859; son Lewis B. and Lucy E. (Spafford) Gregory; A.B., Beloit Coll., 1884, A.M., 1887; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1888; married Minneapolis, June 25, 1889, Sarah R. Throckmorton; children: Lewis T., Margaret S., Charles Carroll. Interne St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1888-9; lecturer on histology, North- western Dental Coll., 1889-90; attending physi- cian, Daily News Sanitarium for Sick Babies, since 1888; attending physician Frances E. Wil- lard Nat. Temperance Hosp. for 10 years; at- tending surgeon Cook Co. Hosp., 1903-4. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A .; fellow Am. Acad. of Medicine; mem. Physi- cians' Club. Residence: 3535 Evanston Av. Of- fice: 2809 N. Clark St.

GREGORY, Robert Bowman, pres. Lyon & Healy; born Jonesville, Mich., Sept. 4, 1848; son Robert and Elizabeth (Bowman) Gregory; ed. pub. schools of Jonesville, Mich .; married Chi- cago, Dec. 18, 1880, Addie V. Hibbard; children: Eleanor Hibbard (Mrs. Raymond E. Durham), Grace (deceased), Ruth. Came to Chicago in 1863, and became office boy in employ of Root & Cady, and later messenger boy with the State Savings Bank. In 1864, when the firm of Lyon & Healy established in the music business, en- tered their employ as clerk, was traveling sales- man for the firm for 4 years, and was foreign buyer, 1875-92; admitted to the firm as general partner, becoming treas. upon its incorporation, and pres. in 1907. Dir. Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing. Residence: 1638 Prairie Av .; summer: Highland Park, Ill. Office: Wabash Av. and Ad- ams St.

GREGORY, Stephen Strong, lawyer; born Unadilla, Otsego Co., N.Y., Nov. 16, 1849; son J. C. Gregory; removed with parents to Madison, Wis., 1858; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1870, LL.B., 1871, A.M., 1873; married Janet M. Tappan, of Madison, Wis., Nov. 25, 1880; children: Char- lotte Camp, Arthur Tappan, Stephen Strong, Jr. Practiced law at Madison, 1871-4; since then in Chicago; partner of Judge A. H. Chetlain, 1874-9; then of firm of Tenney & Flower, which later was succeeded by Flower, Remy & Greg- ory; mem. firm of Gregory, Booth & Harlan, 1888-93; practiced alone, and later the present firm of Gregory, Poppenhusen & McNab was formed. Was spl. counsel for city of Chicago before the Supreme Court of U.S. in the Lake Front case; with John P. Wilson defended and successfully maintained the constitutionality of the law creating the Sanitary Dist. of Chicago; defended the murder case of Prendergast, and the conspiracy case against Eugene V. Debs. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. (pres. 1900), Ill. State Bar Assn. (pres. 1904), Law Club (ex-pres.). Democrat. Episcopalian. Was election commr. of Chicago 2 yrs. Clubs: Chi- cago, Iroquois (pres. 1886), Church, Skokie Country (Chicago), Lawyers' (New York). Res- idence: 1349 Astor St. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

GREGSON, William Linaker, grain and pro- visions; born Bridge Farm, Crossens, Southport, Lancashire, Eng., Sept. 10, 1866; ed. village school, Crossens, and collegiate school, South- port, Eng .; came to U.S., 1882; married 1889, Fannie, daughter late P. H. Beveridge, of Chi-

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cago; children: Margaret, William Fuller, Win- ifred. With H. Botsford & Co., packers, 1882- 90; with Swift & Co., at Omaha, 1890; asst. sec., 1893, and later vice-pres. Chicago Packing & Provision Co .; then pres. Internat. Packing Co., and afterward pres. Chicago Packing & Provi- sion Co. until 1900. In 1900 established commn. firm of W. L. Gregson & Co., but soon after or- ganized the Morton-Gregson Co., packers, of which he was pres. until 1907; since then vice- pres. W. P. Anderson & Co., grain and provi- sions. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Trustee Village of Morgan Park, Ill. Clubs: Union League, Ridge Country. Recreations: driving, horseback riding. Residence: Morgan Park, Ill. Office: 329 Sherman St.

GREIFENHAGEN, Oscar Fred, sec. and treas. Perry, Mueller & Co .; born Chicago, Oct. 20, 1859; son August F. and Bertha (Seidel) Greifenhagen; ed. Lutheran parochial school, and Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., 2 years; married Anna M. Kleinhans, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1882; 2 sons: Edwin O., Paul F. Entered employ of a wholesale house at 15 as bill clerk, becoming a salesman in 1881, and remained in firm of Perry, Mueller & Co., woolens, with which has since been identified, becoming sec. and treas. upon its incorporation in 1895, and gen. mgr. upon the death of Mr. Perry in 1905. Mem. Chicago Board of Edn. since July 1907. Independent Republican. Lutheran. Mem. Roy- al League, Chicago Turngemeinde, German Aid Soc., Credit Men's Assn., Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Clubs: Germania Maennerchor, Edge- water Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: 475 Deming Pl. Office: 226 W. Madison St.

GREINER, Fred Rudolph, treas. Ill. Terra Cotta Lumber Co .; born Chicago, Mar. 19, 1874; son Guido and Constanze (Rippel) Greiner; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Apr. 1901, Eleanor Slocum; children: Fred Earl, Alice. Began business experience in 1888 in commn. house on S. Water St. (Barnett Bros.), with whom remained 3 years; after that with Bradley & Co., in plate glass business, 1891-5; then with Pitkin & Brooks, 1895-9; joined the Ill. Terra Cotta Lumber Co., mfrs. of and con- tractors for porous fireproofing, in 1899, and in 1902 assumed present position as treas. of the co. Independent in politics. Mem. Royal League; Mason. Club: Park Ridge Country. Recreations: hunting, fishing, tennis. Residence: Park Ridge, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

GREINER, Jacob Baur, gen. sales mgr. Liq- uid Carbonic Co .; born Terre Haute, Ind., June 17, 1869; son David C. and Mary (Baur) Grei- ner; ed. St. Stephen's Coll., Annandale, N.Y .; married Elizabeth Brougham, of Boston, Feb. 22, 1900; 3 children: Jacob Baur, Jr., Edwin P., Jane T. Began active career as salesman Liq- quid Carbonic Co., 1896, and was mgr. same, Chicago branch, 1901-10; now gen. sales mgr .; also pres. and treas. Nat. Whiting Co. since Feb. 1904. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Wilmette Playground Assn., Mfrs.' and Deal- ers' Club (treas.). Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Ouilmette Country. Recreations: motor-boating, fishing. Residence: 631 Lake Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 420-440 Wells St.

GRENELL, Burt Budington, gen. mgr. Chap- man & Smith Co .; born Kingston, N.Y., Feb. 13, 1873; son Zelotes (D.D.) and Inez A. (Buding- ton) Grenell; A.B., Colgate Univ., Hamilton, N. Y., 1896; married Elsie M. Palmer, of Chicago, Aug. 10, 1899. Became identified with the Chap- man & Smith Co., bakers'. and confectioners' supplies, 1896, becoming treas., 1902, and has also been general mgr. and dir. since 1906. Sec. of Lyons Township Bd. of Edn. Independent Republican. Baptist. Mem. Delta Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa (honor). Recreations: tennis, outdoor diversions. Residence: 123 N. Waiola Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 1017-1023 Washing- ton Boul.

GRESHAM, Otto, lawyer; born Corydon, Ind., Jan. 30, 1859; son Judge Walter Q. and Matilda (McGrain) Gresham; ed. Santa- Clara (Cal.) Coll., and Wabash Coll., graduating from latter in class of 1881; read law in office of Baker, Hord & Hendricks, Indianapolis; grad. Colum- bian Law School, Washington, 1884. Practiced law at Indianapolis, 1884-95; since then in Chi- cago. Mem. Chicago, Ill. State and Am. Bar assns., Indianapolis Bar Assn., Beta Theta Pi that capacity until 1892, when organized the fraternity. Mem. Chicago Board of Edn., 1897-8. Clubs: Calumet, University, Southern. Recrea- tions: farming on Ind. farm. Residence: Calu- met Club. Office: Title & Trust Bldg.

GREVE, Charles; born Mecklenburg. Ger- many, Aug. 16, 1847; son Henry and Helena (Lehmann) Greve; came to U.S. in childhood, residing at Manitowoc, Wis., from 1853 to 1880; ed. pub. schools of Manitowoc; married Mani- towoc, Nov. 1867, Augusta Berndt; children: Helena, Serena, Augusta, Henry, Cora. Was en- gaged in operating planing mill, 1873-7, and, 1877-80, in farm machinery business in Mani- towoc, as agt. for McCormick Harvester Co .; came to Chicago, 1880, and entered the Fair, of which E. J. Lehmann was founder and proprie- tor, as an employe, at $12.00 per week, and be- came mgr. of all of Mr. Lehmann's interests in 1890, and since his death has been mgr. of the Estate of E. J. Lehmann, and sec. and treas. of The Fair. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Cook Co. Real Estate Board. Republican. Mem. Odd Fellows, K.P., Sons of Herrmann. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press, South Shore Country. Recreations: reading, motoring, golf, travel. Residence: 3729 Lake Av. Office: 28 W. Monroe Street.

GREY, see also Gray.

GREY, Charles Frederick, retired: born Buf- falo, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1830; son Ernst Gottlob and Elizabeth (Bauer) Grey; ed. pub. schs. and acad., Buffalo; married Anna Lydia Graves, of Cortland, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1855 (before her mar- riage was teaching school on site opposite the present Tribune Bldg., Chicago). Came to Chi- cago, 1849, and engaged in hide and leather business as senior mem. of Charles F. Grey & Co., and later of Grey, Marshall & Co .; organ- ized the Hide & Leather Nat. Bank, 1872, re- tiring from the tanning business; was pres. of the bank until it amalgamated with the Union Nat. Bank about 1900, when retired, except re- taining oversight of personal affairs. For some years trustee of Village of Evanston and Chi- cago Protestant Orphan Asylum. Republican. Baptist. Club: Union League. Has been largely interested in educational matters and has made donations to Northwestern Univ. and Univ. of Chicago; a lover of art and has a well selected collection of paintings by Am. and foreign art- ists. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 1204, 112 W. Adams St.

GREINER, William, leather merchant; born Sullivan Co., N.Y., Mar. 21, 1856; son William and Marie (Schmidt) Greiner; moved to Chica- go in boyhood; ed. Lincoln School, and business coll .; married Chicago, Jan. 15, 1881, Bertha Frasch; children: William (died in infancy), Arthur W., Clarence A. Began work in 1872, assisting father in the tanning business; in GREY, Howard Graves, real estate mgr .; born Chicago, Dec. 2, 1856: son Charles F. and Anna L. (Graves) Grey; ed. Northwestern Univ .. and at Polytechnic School, Stuttgart, Germany; married Evanston, 1884, Lizzie K. Tillinghast; children: Charles F., Donald T., Newton F., 1878 started in the leather jobbing business, which, in 1896, he incorporated as the William Greiner Co., of which is pres .; also sec. Ger- mania Safe Deposit Co. Republican. Clubs: Ill. Athletic Assn., Press, Germania. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Residence: 1930 Lincoln Av. Louise, Dorothy, Anna. Began business life as Office: 167 N. Franklin St. clerk in Hide and Leather Nat. Bank, was af-

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terward employed by Grey, Clark & Engle, and then became mgr. and part owner of. Standard Leather Co., for 10 years; since 1887 has had charge of the business affairs of Hon. Lambert Tree, William C. Lobenstine and the Estate of Simon Reid. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican; has been alderman and city comp- troller of Evanston. Baptist. Trustee Univ. of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Rec- reations: photography, golf, horseback riding. Residence: 329 Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 138 N. LaSalle St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 85

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