The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 88

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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HAFFENBERG, Charles Baer, lawyer; born New York City, June 21, 1877; son Maurice L. and Etta (Baer) Haffenberg; student literary dept. Univ. of Chicago, 1896-7, law school of Lake Forest Univ., 1897-8; married Chicago, Aug. 1900, Clara Levy; 2 daughters: Helen Ethel and Ruth H. Has been resident of Chi- cago since 1885; admitted to bar, 1898, and since in practice at Chicago. Democrat. Royal Arch Mason. Mem. Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, and Free Sons of Israel. Residence: 4914 Ellis Av. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.

HAFT, Charles Maltravis, lawyer; born High- land, Kan., Oct. 24, 1871; son James and Addie

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(Close) Haft; ed. pub. schools, Hiawatha, Kan.,

mon schools of New Orleans; married May Rapid City (S.D.) High School; LL.B., Univ. Fox, of Detroit, Mich., Jan. 14, 1886. Publisher of Mich., 1892; married Chicago, Apr. 1900, of The Monumental News, since 1889, and of Pauline Diehl. Admitted to bars of Mich. and Park and Cemetery since 1891. Trustee South- Ill., 1892; mem. firm of Masterson & Haft, ern Industrial Inst., Camp Hill, Ala. Univer- salist. Mem. Nat. Union, Chicago Trade Press Assn. Clubs: Press, City. Residence: Palos Park, Ill. Office: 440 S. Dearborn St. 1893-1905, firm of Hebel & Haft since May 1, 1905. Asst. corpn. counsel since May 1, 1907. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. K. P. Clubs: Hamilton, Woodlawn, University. Resi- HAINES, see also Haynes. dence: 6515 Woodlawn Av. Office: Schiller Building.

HAGAN, Henry Matthew, lawyer; born Shel- byville, Ill., Dec. 28, 1870; son John H. and Mary E. (Wallace) Hagan; ed. pub. school, Shelbyville, Ill., and at Eureka Coll., Ill .; mar- ried Sullivan, Ill., Apr. 2, 1895, Nannie L. Wag- goner; 2 children: Carl Luther (died Apr. 18, 1909), John Martin. Admitted to bar, Mar. 6, 1896; mem. of firm of Parker (Lewis W.) & Hagan, making a specialty of corpn. and com- mercial law. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago Bar assns. Interested in Chautauqua work; mem. of "Mother" Chautauqua, of Chautauqua, N.Y. Democrat. Clubs: Iroquois, Riverside Golf. Recreations: athletics and outdoor sports. Residence: Riverside, Ill. Office: Marquette Building.

HAGAR, Edward McKim, pres. Universal Portland Cement Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Onwentsia, Chicago Yacht. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers, etc. Resi- dence: 1210 Astor St. Office: 1434, 72 W. Adams Street.

HAGAR, John McKim, mfr .; born Canajo- harie, N.Y., Aug. 13, 1846; son Daniel B. and Mary B. (McKim) Hagar; ed. pub. schools, Mass .; married Salem, Mass., 1869, Mary F. Tucker; children: Edward M., Alice P. In bank of Kidder, Peabody & Co., Boston, 16 years, from messenger to mgr .; came to Chicago, 1885, and for 10 years was mgr. of foreign dept. of Union Nat. Bank. Now vice-pres. and treas. Marion Brick Works. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreations: reading and music. Residence: 1226 E. 47th St. Office: 206 S. La- Salle St.

HAGEN, Oscar Emil, wholesale shoes; born Sterley, Germany, Aug. 26, 1863; son Reverend William F. and Louise (Kollman) Hagen; ed. private schools of Germany and at Addison (Ill.) College, graduating in class of 1893; mar- ried Sophia Rohrbach, of Cumberland, Md., Sept. 10, 1885; 1 daughter: Louise. Taught school in Cumberland, Md .; then with whole- sale shoe house of H. F. C. Dovenmuehle & Son, 18 years; in 1900, with Harry B. Tucker, established firm of Tucker & Hagen, jobbers of shoes. Lutheran. Recreation: walking. Res- idence: 1532 Chase Av. Office: 307 W. Monroe Street.

HAGGARD, John David, mfr .; born Chicago, Dec. 4, 1847; son Samuel B. and Mary (Mason) Haggard; ed. pub. school; enlisted in 134th Ill. Vols., serving till end of war; married Chicago, Dec. 1871, Sarah U. Bennett; children: Mrs. Mabel H. Yale, Mrs. Florence G. Farrar. After returning from the war was associated with father in the hardware business, and later went into hardware business for self; in 1880 en- gaged as a mfr. of spring beds and mattresses, later incorporated as the Haggard & Marcus- son Co., of which is now pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 154 N. Pine Av., Aus- tin. Office: 1109-1117 W. 37th St.

*HAGSTROM, Gustavus Arvid, clergyman, editor; moved to St. Paul, Minn .; see Vol. 1905.

HAHN, Herman F., jeweler; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

*HAIGHT, Allen Thomas, physician; see Vol. 1905.

HAINES, Thomas Louis, school supplies; born Snyder Co., Pa., Feb. 16, 1844; son Reu- ben S. and Sevilla (Shadel) Haines; ed. pub. schools of Michigan and at Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill., A.M., 1872; married Belle Plaine, la., 1875, Addie L. Snyder; children: Edna (deceased), Cora (Mrs. I. R. Rehn), Charles Reuben (deceased), Charlotte Grace (Mrs. Dr. Matter, Lake Geneva, -Wis.), Thomas Lloyd. Served in 12th Mich. Inf. in Civil War. Taught at Northwestern Coll., Plainfield, Ill., 1867-9; came to Chicago; traveling, selling books on subscription. In 1874 purchased half interest in Western Publishing House, contin- uing until 1887, when acquired a one-third in- terest in the Central School Supply House. Also pres. Big Ten Oil Co., Montpelier, Ind. Mem. United Evangelical Church. Prohibition- ist (candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1903). Mem. U. S. Grant Post G.A.R. Author of Royal Path of Life; Worth and Wealth. Co-author: Museum of Antiquity. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 2258 W. Monroe St. Office: 1024 W. Van Buren St.

HAINES, Walter Stanley, toxicologist; born Chicago, Sept. 27, 1850; son John C. and Emma A. (Fay) Haines; ed. high sch., Chicago, and Mass. Inst. Tech., 1869-72; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll. (Northwestern Univ.), 1873; (hon. A.M., Monmouth Coll., 1881). Prof. chemistry, Chica- go Med. Coll., 1873-5; student Paris and Lon- don, 1875-6; prof. chemistry and toxicology, 1876-85, chemistry, pharmacy and toxicology, 1885-1905, chemistry, materia medica and tox- icology since 1905, Rush Med. Coll. (Univ. of Chicago); professorial lecturer on toxicology, Univ. of Chicago since 1901. Mem. Com. of Re- vision of U.S. Pharmacopœia since 1900. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., A.M.A., Chem. Soc. of London, Chicago Med. Soc. Author: A Text-Book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology, 1903, 1904; also chapters on alkaloidal poisons in Hamil- ton's System of Legal Medicine, 1894; reviser of Purdy's Practical Urinalysis and Urinary Diagnosis, 1901. Address: Rush Medical Coll.

HAINSFURTHER, Louis, sec. Chicago Mus- lin Underwear Co .; born Winchester, Ill., Dec. 25, 1861; son Mathias and Pauline (Sulzer) Hainsfurther; ed. pub. schools, Winchester, Ill .. Brown's Business Coll., Jacksonville, Ill., and Jacoby Coll., Kempton, Bavaria, Germany; married Emma Baer, of Peru, Ind., Nov. 30, 1886; 2 children: Walter J., Selma. In general merchandise business at Petersburg, Ill., with his father (M. Hainsfurther & Sons), 1884-7, when with his brother organized firm of Hains- further Bros., wholesale jewelry, until 1902: came to Chicago and has since been sec. and dir. Chicago Muslin Underwear Co. Israelite. Mem. K.P., Modern Woodmen of America. Rec- reations: hunting and fishing. Residence: 5817 Calumet Av. Office: 533 S. Franklin St.

HAIR, see also Hare.

HAIR, Benjamin Morton, mfr .; born Coving- ton, Ky., Jan. 14, 1848: son Rev. Gilbert M. and Jane Morton (Semple) Hair; finished edn. in Centerville (Ind.) Collegiate Inst .; married Harriette Ridgway, of Shawneetown, 111., Jan. 16, 1873; children: Mabel Ridgway (Mrs. W. E. Barbour), Genevieve Ridgway (died 1889), Ida Ridgway (Mrs. H. S. Durant), and Thomas Ridgway. Clerked in dry goods store, 1865-6; at school, 1867-9; clerk in real estate office, Chicago, 1870-1: worked for clerk of U.S. Cir-

HAIGHT, Rufus James, publisher; born New Orleans, La., Jan. 20, 1857; son Rufus Smith and Rosilla Cecilia (Murdoch) Haight; ed. com- cuit Court, Pittsburg, 1872-3; in lumber bust-

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ness B. M. Hair & Co., Shawneetown, Ill., 1874; dence: 3606 W. Polk St. Office: 1616 Heyworth asst. state treas. of Ill. 1875-6. In 1877 estab- Building. lished in Chicago firm of Hair & Ridgway, lum- ber, planing mill and box factory, continuing until 1901; since 1901 has devoted time largely to private affairs and the Northwestern Yeast Co., of which is pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Ill. Mfrs'. Assn. Republican. Pres- byterian. Club: Press. Recreations: boating, fishing, motoring. Residence: 1030 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Offices: 1750 N. Ashland Av., and Great Northern Bldg.

HAJICEK, Frank G., banker; born Bohemia, May 4, 1874; son Frank and Mary (Malek) Hajicek; came to America with parents, 1877; ed. in parochial and pub. schools and business coll .; married Theresa Pokorny, of Chicago, Aug. 11, 1885; 2 children: Mary and Ellis. Be- gan as salesman wholesale grocery house, 1891; bookkeeper wholesale woolens and cloth- ing, 1892-6; gen. mgr. wholesale clothing house, 1896-1900; began in real estate business, 1900, changing same into banking, Jan. 1, 1907. Pres. Building Assn. League of Ill. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Mem. Knights of Colum- bus, Catholic Order of Foresters. Office and Residence: 3341 W. 26th St.

HAKANSON, Alfred, physician; born Gene- seo, Henry Co .; Ill., May 12, 1866; son John and Hannah (Pearson) Hakanson; grad. Luth- er Coll., Wahoo, Neb., May 1886, and continued classical course at Augustana Coll., Rock Is- land, Ill., 1887; grad. Omaha Med. Coll. (med. dept. Univ. of Nebraska), 1890; post-grad. course in clinical medicine at New York Post- Grad. Med. School and Hosp., 1895, and in clin- ical medicine and diseases of nose and throat at Chicago Policlinic Hosp., 1899; married Ber- tha Wilhelmina Lindberg, of Chicago, May 12, 1892. Began practicing medicine at Rockford, Ill., 1890, but in 1891 removed to Chicago. Junior asst. ophthalmologist, Royal London Ophthalmic Hosp., London, Eng., 1901; asst. ophthalmologist Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hosp., 1900-5; now laryngologist to Au- gustana Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Scandinavian Med. Soc. Ma- son (K.T., Shriner); mem. several fraternal and benevolent organizations. Residence: 1532 Wil- son Av. Office: Reliance Bldg.

HALBACH, J. Fred A., decorator and fur- nisher; born Peru, Ind., Dec. 25, 1856: son .J. Louis C. and Henrietta F. A. (Gloede) Hal- bach; ed. pub. and high schools of Toledo, O. Began artisan career with the firm of Wm. C. Cheney, Toledo, 1871-7; came to Chicago, 1877, and remained until 1880, perfecting himself in decorating, 1877-80; employed as decorator and designer with Pottier & Stymus Co., New York, 1880-5. In 1885, with Otto W. Mitchel, estab- lished in Chicago under firm name of Mitchel & Halbach, decorators and furnishers, incor- Co., of which is pres. Republican. Mem. Royal" Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Athletic, Forty, One O'Klok Klub (hon. mem.); also New York Athletic. Recreations: art pursuits, traveling, motoring, music and theatre. Residence: 4464 Lake Av. Office: 718 S. Michigan Av.

HALBERT, Homer Valmore, physician; born Otsego, N.Y., Mar. 6, 1858; son Morris and Anna Eliza (McFarland) Halbert; prepared in acad. at Gilbertsville, N.Y .; grad. Williams Coll., Mass., 1881; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1887; married Chicago, June 2, 1892, Abbie M. Sherman; children: Howard Valmore, Frances. Soon after graduation was apptd. adjunct lec- turer in anatomy, Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chi- cago; became prof. anatomy, 1888, prof. theory and practice of medicine, 1890; senior prof. clinical medicine since 1898. Editor of Clinique. Regular contributor to various med. journals. Author of a work on the practice of medicine. Mem. Clinical Soc., Chicago Homo. Med. Soc., Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Soc. Club: Union League. Residence: 4826 Kimbark Av. Office: 34 E. Washington St.

HALE, Albert Barlow, ophthalmic surgeon; see Vol. 1905.

HALE, Carlton Cheever, sec. and treas. the Foster-Munger Co .; born near Oshkosh, Wis., May 13, 1865; son A. M. and Cynthia E. (Sil- verthorn) Hale; grad. high school, Oshkosh, Wis .; married Des Moines, Ia., 1899, Edith M. Holmes; 1 daughter: Elizabeth L. After grad- uation from high school became clerk with the sash and door firm of Carlton, Foster & Co., Oshkosh, Wis., and has continued in the same line of business ever since. Came to Chicago in 1886, and in 1892, with others, organized the Foster-Munger Co., wholesale dealers in doors, blinds, sash, plate and window glass, and mill work, with which has since been identified. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Kenwood, South Shore Country. Rec- reations: outdoor diversions. Residence: 1365 E. 48th St. Office: W. 20th and Sangamon Sts.

HALE, Frederick Churchill, lawyer; born Elizabethtown, N.Y., June 24, 1844; son Safford E. and Elizabeth (Churchill) Hale; was pre- pared for college, but in 1862 enlisted in the 118th N.Y. Vols., and served in Md. and Va. until ordered on detached service and so re- mained; service as chief clerk at headquarters of Army of the James, before Richmond; hon- orably discharged, June 1865, before he was 21 years of age; married Mary L., daughter of Hiram Kennicott, of Wheeling, Ill., 1878; 2 children: Elizabeth Churchill and Robert Saf- ford. On retirement from army became stud- ent in office of his uncle, Judge Robert S. Hale, Elizabethtown, N.Y .; admitted to bar, 1867; practiced at Elizabethtown until 1870, when came to Chicago and has since been engaged in general practice here. Club: Chicago Whist. Recreations: fishing, shooting, whist. Resi- dence: 6018 Jefferson Av. Office: 616 Ashland Block.

HALE, William Browne, atty. at law; born

porated Apr. 13, 1908, as Mitchel & Halbach Chicago, Dec. 7, 1875; son William E. and Mary S. Hale; B.A., Yale Univ., 1898; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1901; A.M., Harvard Univ., 1902; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901, and since in practice at Chicago, making a specialty of real estate and corpn. law; associated in practice with Wilson, Moore & McIlvaine since 1903. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Union League, City, University, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Literary. Residence: 4733 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1612 Marquette Bldg.

HALBE, Oscar John Dietrich, optician; born New York City, Aug. 31, 1860; son August and Eliza (Dimler) Halbe; ed. pub. schools of New York City and Guttenberg, N.J., and at Chi- cago Post-Graduate Optical Coll .; married Chi- HALE, William Gardner, philologist; born Savannah, Ga., Feb. 9, 1849; son William Brad- ford and Elizabeth (Jewett) Hale; A.B., Har- vard, 1870, fellow, 1870-1; fellow and student univs. of Leipzig and Göttingen, 1876-7; (LL. D., Union Univ., 1895, Princeton, 1896, St. An- drew's, 1907, Aberdeen, 1907); married Harriet Knowles Swinburne, of Newport, R.I., June 13, 1883. Tutor in Latin, Harvard, 1874-6, 1877-80; prof. Latin lang. and lit., Cornell, 1880-92; prof. cago, 1890, Susie A. Gray; children: Richard Valentine, Earl Oscar, Amy, Charlotte, Arthur (died at age of 7). Began career in optical business with H. Borsch, Chicago; later mgr. of optical dept. for Kuehne & Kappelman; aft- er that refractionist for California Optical Co., of San Francisco; returned to Chicago, and be- came mgr. of optical dept. for Sweet, Wallach & Co., of whom later bought their optical dept. . Now pres. Halbe & Wallace, opticians. Resi- and head dept. Latin, Univ. of Chicago, since

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1892. Asso. editor Classical Review, 1895-1907; asso. editor Classical Quarterly since 1907; hon. editor Am. Jour. Archæology, 1897-9; joint editor Cornell Univ. Studies in Classical Phil- ology, 1887-92; mem. bd. of editors Classical Philology; chmn., 1894-9, and 1st dir., 1895-6, Am. Sch. Classical Studies, Rome. Hon. mem. Cambridge (Eng.) Philol. Soc .; corr. mem. Archæol. insts. of Berlin, Athens and Rome; pres. Am. Philol. Assn., 1892-3; vice-pres. Clas- sical Assn., 1907. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 5749 Kimbark Av.

HALEY, Patrick Columbus, lawyer; born Saranac, N.Y., Mar. 17, 1849; son Thomas and Hannah (Caton) Haley; grad. high school; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1871; married Joliet, Ill., Dec. 1, 1875, Mary A. D'Arcy; children: Mar- garet, Robert, Columbia, Madeline, Genevieve, Paul, Angela, John. Admitted to Ill. bar 1871 and engaged in practice at Joliet, Ill .; elected city atty., 1874; since then engaged in private practice; was special counsel for Sanitary District, 12 years. Democrat; was alderman from 5th Ward of Joliet, 12 years, and in 1891 was elected mayor of Joliet, serving one term; twice candidate for Congress on Democratic ticket. Catholic. Still resides in Joliet, but practices also in Chicago in firm of Eddy, Haley & Wetten. Residence: Joliet, Ill. Office: The Temple.

HALL, Alfred Marvin, oculist; born North- ampton, Mass., May 12, 1862; son Gordon and Emily (Merwin) Hall; grad. West Division High School, Chicago, Amherst Coll., Mass., A.B., 1885, Northwestern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1889; studied 3 years post-grad. courses in Eu- rope; married Chicago, Sept. 12, 1896, Elise Coleman. Engaged in practice in Chicago since 1897; prof. otology, Chicago Policlinic; oculist and aurist to Passavant Memorial, and Chil- dren's Memorial hosps. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Republican. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: 47 Bellevue Pl. Office: 1208 Reliance Bldg.

HALL, Charles Berrien, physician; born Chi- cago, July 5, 1860; son Amos Tuttle Hall (sec. and treas. C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1853-81) and Lucy (Duncan) Hall; grad. old Central High School, Chicago; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1886; married Chicago, Apr. 15, 1896, Jessie Thomp- son, daughter of Edward Conway and Emma (Thompson) Brown and granddaughter of Ol- iver H. Thompson, one of Chicago's first board of aldermen; children: Priscilla (born Mar. 5, 1897), Phyllis (born Aug. 9, 1903). Engaged in general practice as physician since 1886; prof. sanitary science, Hering Med. Coll. Republican. Residence: 5409 Madison Av. Office: 1381 E. 55th St.

HALL, Emery Stanford, architect; born Chatsworth, Ill., Nov. 25, 1869; son Justin Smith and Sarah Mahitable (Stanford) Hall; B.S., Univ. of Ill .. 1895; 3 months' graduate work, 1896; married Mendota, Ill., June 20, 1900, Clara L. Adams; children: Halbert Hugo, Ruth Alden, Josephine Sarah. Taught country school, 1888- 9; in office of William Prosser, Jr., architect. spring and summer, 1892. Designed 1st Baptist Church, Urbana, Ill., and began practice in spring of 1895; mem. firm Spencer & Hall, Champaign, Ill., Mar .- Sept. 1896; after grad. work in univ., came to Chicago, and Jan. 1, 1897, became partner in Harvey L. Page & Co .. architects, until Apr. 1900; then succeeded to firm's business under own name; formed part- nership with Frank Spencer Baker, Oct. 1907, which dissolved Nov. 8, 1909, and succeeded to business of the firm. Mem. Chicago Acad. of Science, 111. Chapter Am. Inst. of Architects, Chicago Architects Business Assn. (pres., 1901- 2). As chmn. of com. on pub. action of latter, conducted architects' fight to secure uniform enforcement of building laws. Republican. Bap- tist. Residence: 3230 W. Monroe St. Office: 919 Association Bldg.

HALL, Francis Joseph, theologian; born Ash- tabula, O., Dec. 24, 1857; son Joseph B. and Juliet E. (Griswold) Hall; A.B., Racine Coll., 1882, A.M., 1885; studied Gen. and Western Theol. sems .; (D.D., Kenyon Coll., 1898); mar- ried Prudence A. Griswold (cousin), of Ashtab- ula, O., Sept. 14, 1886. Deacon, 1885, priest, 18.86, P.E. Ch. Instr. and prof. dogmatic theol- ogy, Western Theol. Sem., since 1886. Regis- trar of Diocese of Chicago since 1894; sec. dio- cesan standing com., 1898-1901; examining chaplain Diocese of Chicago, 1901-6; apptd. on gen. convs. commn. on Swedish orders, 1901; theol. counsel for the church in trial of Dr. Crapsey, 1906. Pres. Western Theol. Sem. Alum- ni, 1898-9. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 2731 Park Avenue.

HALL, Frank, mgr. Hotel Majestic; born Van Ettenville, N.Y., Nov. 23, 1851; son George B. and Charlotte (Lewis) Hall; ed. pub. schools, Owatonna, Minn., until 1865, and Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1865-7; married Owa- tonna, Minn., Oct. 20, 1874, Ella M. Rice; 1 son: Howard R. Began business career as dry goods clerk, 1868-70; afterward grain buyer for H. W. Pratt Co., of Owatonna, Minn., until 1879; partner in firm of Beynon, Mace & Co., grain dealers, Milbank, S.D., 5 years; engaged in real estate, 1884-5; co-proprietor of Colby House. Ashland, Wis., 1 year; afterward had charge of the Hotel Royal, Joliet, Ill .; came to Chicago and was for a short time mgr. of the Saratoga Hotel; mgr. of Kimball House, Davenport, Ia., 3 yrs .; interested in Merchants Hotel, St. Paul. 3 yrs .; mgr. of Saratoga Hotel, 1895-1903; since 1903 has been mgr. of the Hotel Majestic. Ad- dress: Hotel Majestic.

HALL, Frank H., printer; born Portsmouth, N.H., May 12, 1858; son Jonathan and Laura Ann (Tennant) Hall; ed. Tilton (N.H.) Sem .: married Dec. 24, 1879, Amoretta H. Swearingen. First employment was as compositor on De- catur (Ill.) Republican; established Decatur Herald, 1881; sold out, 1890, and came to Chi- cago; bought an interest in printing firm of Daniels & Pitkin, since merged into the Rogers & Hall Co., of which he is vice-pres. and sec .: dir. U.S. Packing Co. First lieut. Co. H. 5th Regt., I.N.G. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Club: Birchwood Country. Residence: 1649 Bryan Av. Office: 30 S. Market St.

HALL, George Washington, physician; born Crawfordsville, Ind .. June 18, 1869; son Y. P. and Martha E. (Stillwell) Hall; grad. Wabash Coll., A.M., 1890; Rush Med. Coll., M.D., 1893; special post-grad. studies Nat. Hosp. for Para- lyzed and Epileptics, London, Eng., and in Ber- lin, Germany, 1904; post-grad. work in Vienna and Munich, 1907; married Crawfordsville, Ind .. June 5, 1894, Nell Nicholson; children: Martha Nadine, Bertram Brower. Asst. prof. medicine. Rush Med. Coll .; attending neurologist Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Neurol. Soc. of Chicago, A.M.A. Res- idence: 416 E. 46th Pl. Office: Venetian Bldg.

HALL, James Parker, law school dean; born Frewsburg, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1871; son Edward I. and Charlotte (Parker) Hall; A.B., Cornell. 1894; LL.B., Harvard, 1897; married Eveline H. Movius, of Buffalo, 1900. Admitted to bar, 1897. and practiced at Buffalo, 1897-1900; lecturer on constl. law and real property, Buffalo Law Sch .. 1898-1900; asso, prof. law, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ .. 1900-2; prof. law since 1902. dean Law School since 1904, Univ of Chicago. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Am. Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Quadrangle, Law, City. Residence: 1308 E. 58th Street.

HALL, James Thomas, mfr .. inventor: born Newport, Herkimer Co., N.Y., Feh. S. 1835; son Abram and Hanna (Jones) Hall; ed. public school, New York: married Louisa Hamlin, of Holland Patent, N.Y., June 6. 1866 (died July 16, 1905) : 2 daughters: Jessie (Mrs. F. M. Boy-

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er, Watertown, N.Y.) and Nina (Mrs. C. F. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Tribune Hately, Chicago). Has invented various useful Building. devices, including a horse hay fork, 1866, a sheeting lath machine and a ry. cattle guard, 1888, the latter being the pioneer device of its kind; has been engaged in mfg. his inventions and other machinery many years; now pres. Nat. Surface Guard Co., and treas. Marine Iron Works. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League (Chicago); Black River Valley (Water- town, N.Y.). Recreations: billiards, working with tools. Residence: 4355 Lake Av. Office: 450 The Rookery.

*HALL, Jesse Edson, mfr .; see Vol. 1905.

HALL, John Oscar, theologian; born in Nor- way, Feb. 23, 1870; son Ole and Mary (John- sen) Hall; ed. common and high schools in Nor- way; grad. Northwestern Univ. School of Com- merce and Finance, Minneapolis, Minn., 1893; Norwegian-Danish Theol. Sem., Evanston, Ill., 1897; Red Wing Coll., 1900; A.B. and A.M., Den- ver (Colo.) Univ., 1905; pursued studies for de- gree of Ph.D. at univs. of Minn. and Chicago; married Clara Maria Sakrison, of Deer Park, Wis., Oct. 5, 1904; 1 daughter: Evangeline Ora. Joined the Norwegian-Danish Annual Conf. of M.E. Church, 1895; held various pastorates un- til 1905; supt. Chicago district M.E. Church, 1905-8; dean and prof. theology, Norwegian- Danish Theol. Sem., since 1908. Has written several tracts and religious pamphlets. Resi- dence: 1011 Ayars Pl., Evanston, Ill.

HALL, Ora Loftin, dramatic critic; born Put- nam Co., Ind., July 4, 1877; son Jonathan F. and Julia (Loftin) Hall; student Greer College, Hoopeston, Ill., 1895-6, Northwestern Univ., 1899-1902; married at Baton Rouge, La., Frieda Pauline Cohen, of Chicago, Feb. 1, 1904. Teach- er in Douglas Co., Ill., 1896-7; asst. cashier Hughes Bank, Hume, Ill., 1897-9; reporter and asst. Sunday editor, 1900-3, Sunday editor, 1903- 5, Chicago Inter Ocean; dramatic critic, Chica- go Journal, since 1905. Author numerous mag. articles. Residence: 2446 Michigan Av. Office: 15 S. Market St.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 88

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