The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 86

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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GREY, John James, fire underwriter; born Hamilton, Canada, Jan. 8, 1859; son James B. and Melissa A. (Lewis) Grey; ed. pub. schs., Hamilton; married Eudora F. Flowerree, of Hel- ena, Mont., Apr. 12, 1900. Came to Chicago in 1879, and became salesman for Marshall Field & Co., until 1881; in dry goods commn. busi- ness, 1881-4; in ins. bus. since 1884, in ins. bro- kerage until 1905, when assisted in organizing the firm of Waller, Chandler & Grey, fire un- derwriters, of which has since been a mem. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: South Shore Country. Residence: 1215 Astor St. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

GREY, William Lewis; born Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1834; son of Ernest G. and Elizabeth (Bower) Grey; ed. pub. and private schools; married Buffalo, May 2, 1859, Elizabeth Dellen- baugh; children: Walter, Jessie, Florence. Be- gan in leather jobbing house in Chicago, 1850, and later was mem. of the firm of Grey, Mar- shall & Co. until 1857, when the firm of Grey, Clark & Engle was organized; later it became a corpn., of which he was pres. until charter expired in 1907, and concern dissolved; now en- gaged in managing his personal holdings. Re- publican. Clubs: Union League, South Shore . Country, Calumet. Residence: 2010 Prairie Av. Office: 215 W. Lake St.

GRIDLEY, Martin Medbery, lawyer; born Milwaukee, Wis., May 16, 1863; son Nelson Cowles and Helen F. (Medbery) Gridley; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1883, Ph.M., 1885; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1885; married Ruth, daughter Simeon Farwell (pres. John V. Farwell Co.), June 4, 1896. Began practice in office of his father, firm of Gridley & Fletcher; then practiced alone 4 years; mem. firm of Paden & Gridley, 1890-1900; senior mem. firm of Gridley, Culver & King, 1900-10; elected judge Superior Court, Nov. 1910 for term ex- piring 1916. Mem. Civil Service Board, Evans- ton (pres. 1907-9); Dem. nominee for judge of Probate Court, 1900. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Epis- copalian. Mason. Clubs: University, Union League, Iroquois, Law, Glen View, Evanston. Residence: 1433 Hinman Av., Evanston. Cham- bers: Court House.

GRIDLEY, Nelson Cowles, patent lawyer; de- ceased; see Vol. 1905.

GRIER, James Parkinson, lawyer; born Lo- ran, Stephenson Co., Ill., Feb. 8, 1864; son Da- vid C. and Rhoda M. (McEwen) Grier; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1890, A.M., 1892, LL.B., 1892; married Evanston, Ill., Jan. 29, 1895, Jen- nie G. Parkes; children: James P., Jr., Robert Maxwell, Mary R. Clerk in dry goods store, 1878-82; student, 1882-92; admitted to bar, July 1892; since in active practice. Republican; elected alderman from 2d Ward, Evanston, Apr. 1901. Mem. Emmanuel M.E. Church, Evanston. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi. Club: Ev- anston. Residence: 1016 Lake St., Evanston. Office: Ashland Blk.

GRIER, Thomas Graham, sales mgr .; born Lewisburg, Pa., July 23, 1865; son John Alex- ander and Anna Eliza (Marr) Grier; B.S., Univ. of Pa., 1886, M.E., 1887; unmarried. Engr. for Marr Construction Co., Pittsburg, Pa., 1887-90; consulting engr. on own account, 1890-2; con- sulting engr. for the electric wiring contractors for the World's Columbian Expn., 1893; became

mgr. sales dept. of H. P. Paiste Co., 1892; co. was succeeded by the Bryant Electric Co., with which continued until 1896; with the Western Electric Co. (sales dept.), 1896-1900; gen. sales mgr. and dir. The Nungesser Electric Battery Co., of Cleveland, O., since 1900; also mgr. Western office of Harvey Hubbell, Inc., of Bridgeport, Conn., since 1903; pres., treas. and dir. Thos. G. Grier Co., elec. specialties, since 1903. Ex-pres. of the Chicago Elec. Assn .; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc., Arctic Club of America, Art Inst. of Chicago. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Electric. Author: Wiring Tables-How They Are Made and How to Use Them, 1901; Letters from Cuba, 1906; On the Canal Zone, 1908. Extensive traveler, and has contributed articles and sketches of travel to mags. Rec- reations; swimming, pool, bowling. Residence: 1328 E. 53d St. Office: 627 Jackson Boul.

GRIESE, Charles August Robert, mfr .; born Chicago, Sept. 6, 1868; son Frederick and Mary (Wandt) Griese; ed. German Lutheran paro- chial schools, Chicago, to 1881; married Chica- go, Mar. 1893, Antoinette Marx; children: Jean- ette, Gertrude, Hazel. After leaving school en- tered into mechanical business and was at va- rious times employed by the Ill. Carriage Lamp Co. from its origin in 1884, and permanently connected with it since 1896, becoming pres. of the co. on its incorporation in 1902. Recrea- tion: reading. Residence: 6030 N. 72d Av. Of- fice: 224 W. Illinois St.

GRIFFIN, J. Ellsworth, investment banker; born Boston, July 20, 1867; son J. E. and Mary A. (Henry) Griffin; ed. pub. schools of Boston, and by private tutors; married Chicago, May 19, 1902, Ada L. Beach. On leaving school en- tered a furniture house in Boston, remaining until 1888; in iron and steel and foundry busi- ness in Milwaukee until 1895; traveled for health, 1898, and established present business in Chicago, 1900, as head of J. Ellsworth Grif- fin & Co .; organized Federal Life Ins. Co., Ba- nana Products Co., Federal Fruit Co., Internat. Banana Food Co., etc. Now pres. of Internat. Banana Food Co. Democrat. Mason, mem. Ivan- hoe Commandery No. 24, K.T., Milwaukee. Life mem. Press Club of Chicago, Ill. Athletic Club, Winnebago Park Assn. Residence: 849 Castle- wood Terrace. Office: 1210, 134 S. LaSalle St.

GRIFFIN, Thomas A., pres. Griffin Wheel Co. Office: 1214 McCormick Bldg.

GRIFFIN, William Van Rensselaer, sec. and treas. Northwestern Elevated R.R .; born Chi- cago, Jan. 31, 1859; son Edward W. and Fran- ces (Hawkins) Griffin; ed. in pub. schs .; mar- ried Nellie Brown, of Evanston, Oct. 9, 1884; 3 children: Philip, John and Eleanor. Began bus- iness career with Henry W. King & Co. and later went West in the interest of commercial enterprises; with the Northwestern Elevated R.R. Co. since 1897, sec. and treas. since 1900. Also sec. and treas. Chicago & Oak Park Ele- vated Ry. Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Evanston Country, City. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 1127 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- fice: 4430 Evanston Av.

GRIFFITHS, John, contractor; born on farm near Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ont., Apr. 3, 1846; son William and Margaret Griffiths; ed. public schools. Beginning at 17 served 3 years as ap- prentice to mason trade; worked at trade in Canada until 1869, and in Chicago until 1873, when established for himself as contractor and builder; now senior mem. of firm of John Grif- fiths & Son. Among others built the Traders Bldg., Postal Telegraph Bldg., Great Northern Hotel, Grand Central Passenger Depot, Masonic Temple, the Fine Arts Bldg. at the World's Columbian Exposition, and the Oriental Hotel at Dallas, Tex. Republican. Mason (32°). Clubs: Union League, Sheridan, Builders'. Residence: 3806 Michigan Av. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

GRIFFITHS, Joseph Charles, insurance; born Gloucester, Eng., Aug. 26, 1848; son Joseph C.

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and Catherine (Turberville) Griffiths; ed. com- mon schools and commercial colls .; served dur- ing last part of Civil War as paymaster's clerk in Miss. River Squadron, under Commodore Porter; married Lake Co., Ill., 1868, Rose New- comb. In 1868 became bookkeeper and cashier for the Republic Fire Ins. Co., of Chicago, and after the great fire secured a like position in the ins. office of Gen. A. C. Ducat; Wis. State agt. of Home Ins. Co., of New York, June 1880-Dec. 31, 1890; became resident sec. at Milwaukee for the N. British and Mercantile Ins. Co., Jan. 1, 1891, and on July 1, 1894, asso. mgr. of western dept. of same co. at Chicago; gen. agt. Milwau- kee Mechanics Ins. Co., 1898-1902; since 1902 Cook Co. mgr. of the London Assurance Corpn. Was sec. and treas. of the Fire Underwriters' Assn. of the N.W., 1884-90. Mason (32°), K.T., Shriner. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

GRIMME, Louis Henry, cashier Nat. City Bank of Chicago; born Chicago, Mar. 12, 1872; son Louis E. and Henrietta Grimme; ed. gram- mar and high schs., and Y.M.C.A. classes in French, Latin and history; married Lydia M. Raiser, of Chicago, Sept. 1906; 1 daughter: Eth- el Vendala. Began active career with First Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1888; asst. cashier Nat. City Bank of Chicago, Feb. 1907-Jan. 1909 and cashier since Jan. 1909; also dir. LaGrange Trust & Savings Bank. Republican. Del. to Deep Waterways Conv., St. Louis, 1910. Meth- odist. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Bankers', La Grange Motor (treas.), LaGrange Country. Rec- reations: golf and motoring. Residence: 220 S. 5th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: Nat. City Bank.

GRINKER, Julius, physician; born Königs- berg, E. Prussia, Germany, July 1, 1867; son Ruben and Minnie (Zisling) Grinker; grad. City Coll. of Königsberg, 1884, New York High Sch., 1886; med. dept. Univ. of City of New York, 1891, Rush Med. Coll. (now med. dept. of the Univ. of Chicago), 1895; studied in univs. of Vienna and Berlin; married Minnie Friend, of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1899; children: Roy, Bertram. Prof. in nervous and mental diseases, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. Sch. since 1903; consulting neurologist, Cook Co. Hosp., Cook County Insti- tutions at Dunning, since 1904; asst. prof. ner- vous and mental diseases, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. since 1904; asso. attending neurolo- gist, Wesley Hosp. and South Side Free Dis- pensary; consulting neurologist, Home for Jew- ish Friendless, Marks Nathan Orphan Asylum, and Chicago-Winfield Sanitarium. Has published numerous papers on neurological topics in lead- ing med. journals. Mem. Chicago Med .. Society, Deutsche Medizinshe Gesellschaft von Chicago, Chicago Neurol. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M. A., Physicians' Club. Residence: 5640 South Park Av. Office: 1400 Reliance Bldg.

GRISWOLD, Roy Coleman, pres. Northwest- ern Storage Warehouse; born Griswold, Ill., May 5. 1875; son Robert C. and Margaret M. (Brown) Griswold; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1899; mar- ried Boston, Mar. 10, 1907, Frances Haskin. Was mgr. Griswold Cycle Co., 1896-9; with Newberry Warehouse & Storage Co., 1899-1901; mgr. North Western Storage Co., 1901-10, when name was changed to Northwestern Storage Warehouse and he became prcs. Recreation: fishing. Residence: 4036 Prairie Av. Office: 117 E. Michigan Street.

GROMMES, John Baptist, wholesale wine and liquor merchant; born Schoenberg. Prussia, Sept. 14, 1844; son Hubert and Catherine (Klein) Grommes; ed. pub. and private schools; married Chicago, Dec. 6, 1873, Bertha Lehrkind; children: Clara (Mrs. F. A. Rchm). Bertha. Frieda (Mrs. A. W. Brand). In 1860 established present business of Grommes & Ullrich. Clubs: Lake Geneva Golf, Exmoor (Highland Park). Recreation: golf. Residence: Congress Hotel. Summer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 136 S. Dearborn St.

GROMMES, John Baptiste, cigar mfg .; born Cologne, Ger. (while parents were visiting there), Apr. 13, 1876; son Hubert (founder of Grommes & Ullrich, wholesale liquors and cigars) and Louise (Kleinofen) Grommes; ed. pub. schools, Chicago, and by private tutor, and Chicago Coll. of Law; also spent 3 years in of- fice of Albert H. Loeb, lawyer; married Chi- cago, June 30, 1900, Clara Mereness (now de- ceased) ; married 2d, May 2, 1910, Evelyn Stow, of Chicago. Went into cigar business as sales- man for Ruhstrat & Curlett, Apr. 13, 1896; left that firm to go into business for self, July 1, 1900, when the Grommes & Kennedy Co. was organized, continuing to Oct. 1, 1908, the firm name then changing to Grommes & Elson. Rec- reations: fishing, hunting, reading. Residence: 4158 Perry St. Office: Franklin and South Water Streets.

GROSS, Alfred Hermann, lawyer; born Whit- by, Ont., Can., July 8, 1862; son George Conrad and Fannie (Rankin) Gross; ed. Univ. of To- ronto, 1882, and Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884-5; married Chicago, 1888, Anna F. Rew; children: Dorothy, Henry, Theresa, Freda. Came to Chi- cago, 1885; read law in office of Hynes & Dunne, and was admitted to bar, 1886. Pres. Sterling (III.) Gas & Electric Light Co .; sec. DeKalb Co. Gas Co .; vice-pres. Nat. Gas & Water Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Golf, University of Evanston, Glen View. Recrea- tion: golf. Residence: 1100 Ridge Av., Evans- ton, Ill. Office: The Temple.

GROSS, Howard H., ry. supplies; born Mara- thon, N.Y., Sept. 27, 1853; son Dr. John C. and Caroline Hyde (Care) Gross; ed. Galva (Ill.) High School, followed by 2 years as law stu- dent, while teaching 2 years in country schools; married Chicago, Apr. 11, 1878, Dell S. Condit; children: William Condit, Howard H., Jr., Flor- ence Melbourne, Helen Maurine. Traveled for A. H. Andrews & Co., 1873-83; in business for self, and as representative of Eastern mfrs., at San Francisco, 1883; from 1885-93, employing a corps of artists, painted and put up 29 cyclo- ramas from London, Eng., to Melbourne, Aus- tralia; engaged as dealer in paving materials, 1895-1905; since then head of firm of H. H. Gross & Son, mfrs. of wall safes and dealers in ry. supplies. Republican. Mem. Board of Edn., Chicago, 1895-9; introduced domestic sci- ence, civil service and the penny savings into the Chicago schools. Organized the Farmers' Good Roads League, 1906, of which is sec. and treas. Apptd. by President Roosevelt del. from U.S. to the first Internat. Congress of Good Roads, held at Paris, France, Oct. 1, 1908. Fre- quent lecturer and contributor on good roads subjects. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Recreation: literary work. Residence: 6001 Indiana Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

GROSS, Samuel Eberly, capitalist; see Vol. 1905.

GROSSBERG, Jacob Gedaliah, lawyer: born Kovno, Russia. Apr. 10, 1870; son Nathan B. and Pesha (Altman) Grossberg: ed. Classical Gymnasium, Brest-Litovsk; grad. South Divi- sion High School, Chicago, 1888; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1890: married Doris Elkan, of Chicago, Jan. 30, 1894; 3 children: Victor Hugo, Raphael Elkan, and Herbert. Came to America, 1882; in practice in Chicago since Apr. 1891: special counsel for city in Mayor Dunne's ad- ministration, 1905, in case in which Supreme Court reversed Judge Mack's decision enjoining the city from enforcing on traction cos. the so-called "Safety and Comfort Ordinance." Dem- ocrat. In 1899 Independent candidate for alder- man in the then 21st Ward on Altgeld ticket: elected pres. Municipal Ownership League of Ill. but declined: later pres. Public Ownership League. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Mom. Masonic Order, B'nai B'rith. Royal

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League, etc. Club: Lawndale (dir.). Frequent and agency business in cloaks, suits, etc .; also contbr. to daily press during Traction contro- versy, and at various times on other subjects. Residence: 3215 Douglas Boul. Office: 506 Ash- land Blk.

GROSSCUP, Peter Stenger, judge; born Ash- land, O., Feb. 15, 1852; son Benjamin and Su- sannah (Bowermaster) Grosscup; A.B., Witten- berg Coll., 1872; LL.B., Boston Law Sch., 1874; married Virginia Taylor, of Loudonville, O. Ad- mitted to bar, 1874; practiced law at Ashland, O., 1874-83 (city solicitor 6 yrs.); at Chicago, 1882-92; U.S. dist. judge, Northern Dist. of Ill., 1892-9; judge U.S. Circuit Ct. of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1899-1905; U.S. circuit judge since Mar. 1905. Pres. John Crerar Library, Chicago, since 1901. Among his notable judicial acts are in- cluded his opinion (dissenting from the two circuit judges, but sustained by the Circuit Ct. of Appeals) upon the application to close up the World's Columbian Expn. on Sundays; also the injunction issued by him in conjunction with Judge William A. Woods against Eugene V. Debs and other officers of the American Ry. Union, and subsequent proc. in that matter; the Standard Oil case, and many other cases. Residence: Highland Park, Ill. Chambers: Fed- eral Bldg.

GROSSER, Hugo S., statistician and writer; born Silesia, Germany, Jan. 16, 1863; son Sigis- mund and Emily (Marcuse) Grosser; ed. Ger- many; came to U.S., 1878, and became connect- ed with a German newspaper in Mo., at same time studying the English language; came to Chicago, 1880, taught school at Elmhurst, Ill., 1 year and at Manitowoc, Wis., 2 years; mar- ried 1885, Helen Seyring (died 1909); children: Claire H., Frieda E. In 1884 began publication of. German newspapers at Antigo, Wis., and Shawano, Wis .; took an active part in the Cleve- land campaign in 1884, stumping Wis. for the Democratic party, and starting the first Cleve- land and Hendricks Club in that state; at close of campaign removed to Milwaukee, becom- ing one of the editors of the Herold, a German daily of that city; resumed teaching, 1886-92; came to Chicago, 1892, and was engaged in newspaper work until 1898. In that year was appointed supt. of the map dept. of the City of Chicago. In 1900 was appointed librarian of the Municipal Library, and in that position started the present Bureau of Statistics of the City of Chicago; resigned his pub. position Jan. 1, 1908, and organized the Chicago Inst. of Sta- tistics and Research, of which is the present head. Well known throughout the country as a writer and a speaker to workers in the field of municipal progress. Residence: 810 Lakeside Pl. Office: 64 W. Randolph St.

GROSSFELD, Solomon Eli, wholesale grocer; born Krystynopol, Austria, Apr. 26, 1864; son L. and A. (Ehrlich) Grossfeld; ed. Rudolph Royal Gymnasium, Brody, Austria; married Jennie Roe, of Chicago, 1888 (now deceased) ; children: Rose, Gertrude, Pansy Bernice, James Lawrence; married 2d, Lottie Goldwater, of Chicago, Apr. 4, 1907. Came to Chicago district from Austria in 1884 and worked in a retail grocery until 1888; started retail grocery busi- ness on own account, which he sold in 1892, and established the wholesale business under style of Grossfeld & Roe Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Jewish religion. Mason, Blue Lodge, Brith Abram. Recreations: walk- ing and swimming. Residence: 430 St. James Pl. Office: 728 W. Randolph St.

GROSSMAN, Edward Benjamin, merchant; born Chicago, Oct. 15, 1873; son Benjamin and Resa (Weingarten) Grossman; ed. pub. school, military acad. and Notre Dame Coll .; married Chicago, Mar. 8, 1898, Florence Florsheim; chil- dren: Edward B., Jr., Kathryn F. Was clerk for H. Grossman, and later salesman for Jo- seph Beifeld Co., wholesale cloaks and suits. Since 1890 pres. Edward B. Grossman & Co., doing a wholesale and retail, mfg., mail order

treas. F. N. Matthews & Co. Republican; con- nected with various civic coms. Mem. B.P.O.E. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country, Ill. Ath- letic. Recreations: golf; collector of books. Res- idence: 5426 Greenwood Av. Office: 21 E. Madi- son St.

GROSSMAN, Herman, pres. Chicago Cloak Co .; born Chicago, Feb. 19, 1862; son Benjamin and Resa Grossman; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Chicago, Jan. 23, 1889, Charlotta Levy; children: Benjamin H. (died Apr. 1907), M. Hor- tense. Began in the wholesale cloak business from 1879 to 1883; with Joseph Beifeld & Co., in 1883 established business under name of Herman Grossman & Co .; since 1904, as Chica- go Cloak Co. Pres. of the U.S. Restaurant Co .; also pres. Victor Ladies Tailoring Co. Club: Standard. Residence: 3920 Grand Boul. Office: 241 S. State St.

*GROSVENOR, Lemuel Conant, physician; see Vol. 1905.

GROVER, Frank Reed, lawyer; born Town of Lyons, Cook Co., Ill., Sept. 17, 1858; son Aldin J. and Eliza Diana (Reed) Grover; grad. Ev- anston High School at age of 19, and studied 1 year in Union Coll. of Law; married Mar. 20, 1884, Ella F. Smith, of Olmsted Co., Minn .; 1 son: Mortimer Currey. Engaged in commercial pursuits, 1878-81; clerk in law office of Robert L. Latham, of Chicago, 1881; admitted to bar; began independent practice, 1883, and in 1887 formed a partnership with John W. Ela; pres- ent style of firm, Ela, Grover, March & Eckert. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Village trustee of Evanston, 1884; justice of the peace, 1884-8; was last village atty. under the old charter and first atty. of Evanston under the new organization as a city. Vice-pres. and char- ter mem. of Evanston Hist. Soc. Writer upon historical subjects incident to Ill. and its In- dian history. Mason, K.T. Clubs: Evanston, Evanston University, Chicago Press, Les Che- neaux (Mackinac). Resident of Evanston since 1866. Residence: 1100 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Unity Bldg.

GROVER, Oliver Dennett, artist; born Earl- ville, Ill., 1861; son Alonzo Jackson and Octavia E. (Norton) Grover; student Univ. of Chicago, 1877-9; studied painting Royal Acad., Munich, 1879-80, Duveneck Sch., Florence, Italy, 1880-4, Paris, 1884-6; married Louise Rolshoven, of De- troit, Mich., 1887. Received first Yerkes prize for painting "Thy Will Be Done," Chicago, 1892; executed mural decorations Branford (Conn.) Memorial Library, 1897, Blackstone Memorial Library, Chicago, 1903. Has pictures in many pub. collections; silver and bronze medals, St. Louis Expn., 1904. Ex-pres. Soc. Western Art- ists; mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; mem. Municipal Art League of Chi- cago. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Little Room. Stu- dio: Villino Gattaia, Viale Michelangiolo, Flor- ence, Italy; (in winter) Art Inst., Chicago.

GROWER, William Frederick, real estate; born New York City, July 23, 1860; son Col. William Thomas Campbell and Sara E. (Jones) Grower; special studies at Columbia Univ .; married Chicago, Apr. 18, 1888, Emily Stell Rocks. Came to Chicago, 1882, and was for some years engaged in the mfr. of machinery; now interested in real estate; also mgr. of of- fice bldgs. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Il- linois, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Glen View. Residence: 2329 W. Jackson Boul. Of- fice: Unity Bldg.

GRUBBE, Emil Herman, physician; born Chicago, Jan. 1, 1875; son Albert and Bertha (Reets) Grubbe; prep. teachers' and pharmacy courses, Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ., 1890-5; also scientific and classical courses. obtaining de- grees of B.S., M.S., Ph.G .; court and med. re- porter, 1895-6; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll. and Hosp., 1898; married Pentwater, Mich., Sept.

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10, 1899, Clara Antonia Jensen. With Chicago Health Dept. 3 years; also school inspector. Pres. Ill. X-Ray and Electro-Therapeutic Lab- oratory; vice-pres., prof. of radiography and ex-ray therapeutics and dir. Ill. School of Elec- tro-Therapeutics; writer upon med. subjects pertaining to electricity and x-rays; prof. elec- tro-therapeutics and chemistry, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; consulting physician Hahnemann Hosp .; radiographer to Chicago Baptist Hosp. Mem. Am. Roentgen Ray Soc., Am. Electro- Therapeutic Assn., Internat. Elec. Congress, St. Louis, 1904, Clinical Soc. of Hahnemann Hosp., Nat. Soc. of Physical Therapeutics; vice-pres. Chicago Electro-Med. Soc. Residence: 2960 In- diana Av. Office: 130 N. State St.

GRUND, Charles Hugo, druggist; born Kart- stael, Sweden, Apr. 24, 1869; son Frederick and Johanna Grund; ed. common and high schools of Sweden; Pharmaceutical Inst., Stockholm; came to America, Sept. 1889; married at Chi- cago, Anna Brand, of Mellerud, Sweden, June 17, 1892. In drug business in Chicago since 1892. Methodist. Mem. Order of Maccabees. Recreations: hunting and fishing in Fox Lake region, where he has a summer home. Resi- dence: 3607 Hamilton Av. Office: 3511 Archer Avenue.

GRUNERT, Ferdinand, cheese and butter merchant; born Elbing, Ger., Feb. 4, 1855; son John and Alwine Grunert; grad. gymnasium at Elbing, Ger., 1871; married Monroe, Wis., Dec. 17, 1883, Emma Beckman; children: Ar- thur Earl, Clarence Ferdinand. Entire busi- ness life has been spent in the cheese and but- ter trade; came to U.S., 1872; located in Monroe, Wis., 1880; became a resident of Chi- cago, 1902; now pres. of Grunert Cheese Co., organized Apr. 29, 1901, with branch ware- house in Wisconsin. Republican. Mason. Mem. I.O.O.F., K.P., Rotary Club. Recreations: out- door diversions. Residence: 626 Wellington Av. Office: 8 E. Kinzie St.

GRUNEWALD, Augustus Henry, merchant; born Chicago, Nov. 20, 1851; son Christian and Dorothy Grunewald; ed. Chicago pub. school to 1869; married Chicago, Aug. 2, 1882, Emma Baumgartner; children: Louise, Marie, Mattie, Lucille, Marguerite, Augustus H., Jr., Carl F. After leaving school learned tinner's trade and followed it until 1873, when, with J. P. Gross established the firm of J. P. Gross & Co. Mr. Gross died 20 years ago; has since conducted business as sole proprietor without change of firm name. Residence: 2134 Sedgwick St. Of- fice: 12 E. Kinzie St.

GUDEMAN, Edward, chemist; born New York, Jan. 25, 1865; son Moritz T. and Clara (Alexander) Gudeman; Ph.B., Columbia Univ., 1887; post-grad. study in Columbia Univ. and univs. of Berlin and Göttingen, Germany, Ph. D., 1889; married Clara E. Asher, of Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1894; 2 sons: Richard M. and Edward Z. Was prof. chemistry and dyeing, Pa. Museum and School of Industrial Art, 1889; instr. at Columbia Univ., 1890-91; chemist and supt. for sugar, starch and glucose manufac- tories, 1891-1900; in Chicago since 1898; since 1900 in private practice as consulting chemist, chemical engr. and expert. Republican. Jew- ish in religion. Recreations: literary work and travel. Residence: 4856 Forrestville Av. Of- fice: 903 Postal Telegraph Bldg.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 86

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