The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 9

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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South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and Physicians, Am. Climatol. Assn., A.M.A., Nat. motoring. Residence: 5546 Madison Av. Office: 111-115 N. Canal St.

BABCOCK, Frederick Reynolds, lawyer; born Milwaukee, Wis., May 4, 1865; son Simeon and Sarah L. (Reynolds) Babcock; ed. Univ. of Mich., and Chicago Coll. of Law; married Abby Kettelle, of Chicago, Apr. 30, 1900. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1890; retired from practice of law, Jan. 1, 1906, to engage in banking and broker- age business as mem. firm of Finley Barrell & Co., brokers, until 1910. Republican. Mem. Law Club, Chicago Bar Assn., Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Press, Glen View Golf, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Golf; also Lawyers' (New York) and National Golf Links of America. Residence: 14 Bellevue Pl.

BABCOCK, Leland Almanzo, sec. Sprague Canning Machinery Co .; born Freeport, Ill., Oct. 6, 1868; son Leland A. and Margarette Ella (Bechtol) Babcock; ed. common schools of Free- port, Ill., Northwestern Prep. School at Ev- anston, 2 years at Lake Forest Univ., leaving to enter business; later grad. Chicago Coll. of Law; married Chicago, Nov. 19, 1900, Grace Alexandra Heap; children: Grace Elizabeth, Ba- sil Philip. Was with Montgomery Ward & Co., 3 years, then with Sprague, Warner & Co., and after that to Board of Trade in the grain and feed business of Hadfield & Co .; upon decease of father in 1893 succeeded to the estate and devoted time during next 2 years to matters pertaining to the closing of the estate; later employed by Nat. Bank of Ill. and by the West- ern Mutual Life Ins. Co. (as cashier and atty.) until 1899, when entered the Sprague Canning Machinery Co., of which is sec. and dir .; also treas. Western Ranching Corporation, Los An- geles, Cal .; vice-pres. Stickney Machine Co., Portland, Me .; pres. I. W. McCagg Co., Chicago; dir. Canners' and Dried Fruit Packers' Pub. Co. Republican. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recrea- tion: motoring. Residence: 6426 Washington Boul., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 222 N. Wabash Av.

BABCOCK, Orville Elias, banker and broker; born Chicago, Aug. 13, 1872; son Gen. Orville E. (U.S.A.) and Annie (Campbell) Babcock; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School (Yale Univ.), 1894; married Chicago, Nov. 20, 1901, Ellen Walsh. In 1896 became a mem. of John C. King & Co., bankers and brokers; firm was succeeded by King, Hodenpyl & Co., and later again resumed name of John C. King & Co., until Jan. 1, 1907, when it was succeeded by present firm of Bab- cock, Rushton Co., of which is senior member. Mem. New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, Merchants' Exchange, St. Louis. Republican. Clubs: Chi- cago, University, South Shore Country, On- wentsia, Saddle and Cycle; also Racquet and Tennis (New York). Recreations: golf and mo- toring. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: The Rookery.

BABCOCK, Robert Hall, physician; born Wa- tertown, N.Y., July 26, 1851; son Robert Stan- ton and Emily M. (Hall) Babcock; ed. Inst. for Blind, Phila., 1864-7, prep. dept. Olivet (Mich.) Coll., 1867-9, Western Reserve Coll., 1869-73, A.B., 1873, A.M., 1897; Univ. of Mich. (lit. de- partment), 1873-4 (med. dept.), 1874-6; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1878, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1879; continued med. studies Ber- lin, Munich, Wurzburg, 1880-3; (LL.D., Univ. of Mich.); married Lizzie C. Weston, of Montclair, N.J., June 12, 1879; children: Eleanor Clinton, Robert Weston. In practice, Chicago, since 1883; prof. clin. medicine and physical diagno- sis, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. School, 1887-92; prof. clin. medicine and diseases of chest, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1891-1905; attending physician, 1891-1907, consulting physician, since 1907, Cook Co. Hosp .; consulting physician to Mary Thompson, Marion Sims, St. Anthony de Padua and Passavant hosps. Mem. Assn. Am.

Assn. for Study and Prevention of Tuberculo- sis, Internat. Inst. for Tuberculosis, Am. Con- gress of Physicians and Surgeons; corr. mem. Medico-Chirurg. Soc. of Edinburgh; mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, etc. Author: Diseases of the Heart and Arterial System, 1903; Diseases of the Lungs, 1907. Residence: 44 Bellevue Pl. Of- fice: 108 N. State St.

*BABST, Earl D., lawyer; see Vol. 1905.

BACH, Emanuel, merchant; born Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 26, 1841; son Isaac and Fanny (Levigard) Bach; ed. pub. schools in Bavaria; married Carrie Kohn, of Chicago, Apr. 22, 1879; children: Isaac E., Adele I., Corinne E. Came co U.S. in 1858, and in 1861 went to Oskaloosa, fa., where he was engaged in mercantile and banking business for 27 years; came to Chicago in 1888, and established wholesale wool and fur business; since 1905 discontinued the wool business; pres. Bach Fur Co. Republican. Jew- ish religion. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Coun- try. Recreation: golf. Residence: 3432 Michi- gan Av. Office: 108-110 W. Michigan St.

BACH, Frederick A., brick mfr .; born Ploch- ingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, Feb. 13, 1864; son William and Katharina (Haegele) Bach; ed. pub. school and special course in drawing, Plochingen, Germany; came to America, 1880; married Emma A. Hage, of Chicago, July 20, 1893; 3 children: Alice A., Herbert H. and Frederick A., Jr. Began in brick mfg. business at 18, with his father, becoming sec. Wm. Bach & Sons Co., in 1900; then became pres. and treas. Bach Brick Co., when this co. took over the Wm. Bach & Sons Co., in 1905. Republican. Treas. Evangelical Epiphany Church. Member K.P., Schwaben Verein (ex-dir.). Recreations: motoring and fishing. Residence: 4141 Hermi- tage Av. Office: 2647 Montrose Av.

BACH, Otto Carl, mfr .; born Plochingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, Jan. 18, 1872; son Will- iam and Katharina (Haegele) Bach; family came to America, settling at Chicago, 1881; ed. pub. schools, Bryant & Stratton Business Coll., night and correspondence schools; married Louise Cora Gatter, of Evanston, Ill., Jan. 17, 1907; 1 son: Otto Carl, Jr. Began to work for his father, a brick mfr., 1886, becoming a stock- holder of the reorganized firm of Wm. Bach & Sons Co., in 1900, which continued until the retirement of William Bach, Sr., in 1905, when the present corporation, Bach Brick Co., con- sisting of himself and five brothers, was organ- ized, of which has since been secretary. Re- publican. Evangelical Lutheran. Mem. Nat. Union. Recreations: billiards and bowling. Residence: 2023 Montrose Boul. Office: 2647 Montrose Av.

BACH, William Frederick, brick mfr .; born Plochingen, Wurttemberg, Germany, Nov. 29, 1861; son William and Katharina (Haegele) Bach; ed. pub. school and special course in drawing; married Marie Lena Ramspberger, of Plochingen, Germany, 1884; 4 children: William J., Adolph F., Albert J., and Lillie M. Began in brick mfg. business with his father, 1883, becoming mem. firm of Wm. Bach & Sons Co., 1900, and vice-pres. and dir. of its successor, the Bach Brick Co., 1905. Republican. Evan- gelical. Mem. Schwaben Verein. Residence: 5532 Southport Av. Office: 2647 Montrose Av.

BACHAND, Levi Noel, mfr .; see Vol. 1905. BACHELDOR, see also Batchelder.

BACHELDOR, Edward Ayrault, real estate; born Waukegan, Ill .; son Edward S. L. and Ann Atherton (Ayrault) Bacheldor; ed. Lake Forest Acad. In grocery business in Chicago 5 years; in 1873 engaged in the hotel business as pro- prietor of the Atherton House, the Southern Hotel, and later of the Lexington Hotel, until 1900, when disposed of the hotel business and engaged in the real estate business. Repub-

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lican. Club: Union League. Residence: Lexing- Painesville, O., Jan. 1, 1843; son Thomas and ton Hotel.

BACHELLE, Cecil Von, physician; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1897, M.S., 1898; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1900. Asst. prof. obstetrics, Coll. of Phy- sicians and Surgeons (Univ. of Ill.), and Chi- cago Policlinic; attending gynecologist to Ger- man Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Residence: 4521 Sheridan Road. Office: 1400 Reliance Bldg.

BACHRACH, Benjamin Charles, lawyer; born Elgin, Ill., Jan. 29, 1874; son Charles and Leo- nora (Goldman) Bachrach; A.B., Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind., 1892; student Cornell Univ .; stud- ied Columbia Law School, New York; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1896; married Chi- cago, June 5, 1898, Martha Hartman; children: Leona and Marie. In practice at Chicago since 1896. Appeared in defense of Alderman Thomas O'Malley, acquitted of murder; Baron von Bie- denfeld, acquitted of murder; Charles W. Spal- ding, banker, acquitted of embezzlement; Police Officer Baginski, acquitted of murder; John Kiebel, acquitted of murder; Edward R. Hib- bard, convicted in U.S. Court of using mails to defraud, case afterwards reversed; David Ro- senbaum, acquitted of murder; counsel for Ull- man & Keller, Supreme Court of U.S., white slave law declared unconstitutional; atty. for "Mike de Pike," acquitted of conspiracy. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Jewish religion. Mem. K.P. Recreations: golf, swimming, bowl- ing and walking. Residence: 4531 Greenwood Av. Office: 1016 Ashland Blk.

*BACKUS, Wilson Marvin, clergyman; see Vol. 1905.

BACON, Charles Sumner, physician; born Spring Prairie, Wis., July 30, 1856; son John, Jr., and Chloe Ann (Thompson) Bacon; prep. ed. in pub. school and Wisconsin State Normal School; Ph.B., Beloit Coll., 1878; M.D., North- western Univ., 1884; post-grad. study in Ger- many and Austria, 1891, 1894-5; married Vi- enna, Austria, Aug. 17, 1895, Marie von Rost- horn; children: Karl Alfons, Ernst Lecher, Charles Sumner, Jr., Helena Marie. In practice of medicine in Chicago since 1884; formerly in- terne of Cook Co. Hosp. and asst. surgeon Al- exian Bros. Hosp .; prof. of obstetrics Chicago Policlinic and med. dept. of Univ. of Ill .; at- tending obstetrician to Henrotin, Policlinic, University, Evangelical Deaconess and Chicago Lying-In hosps. Contributor of numerous pa- pers on obstetrics to various med. socs. and journals. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecological Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Physicians Club, Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A. Independent in pol- itics. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Clubs: University, City. Office and Residence: 2156 Sedgwick St.

BACON, DeWitt Clinton, dentist; born Oneida, Knox Co., Ill., July 13, 1864; son DeWitt Clin- ton and Louise (Knight) Bacon; ed. pub. schools of Oneida, Ill., Univ. of Mich. and Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, D.D.S., 1887; married Chi- cago, 1887, Marie Thompson. Since 1887 en- gaged in general practice of dentistry in Chica- go. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc. Republican. Ma- son. Residence: Luzerne Hotel. Office: 31 N. State St.

BACON, Edward Richardson, grain; born Chi- cago, Feb. 22, 1857; son Moses S. and Georgian- na (Richardson) Bacon; ed. Ogden School, New- berry School, W. Division High School, Phil- lips Exeter Acad., Harvard Univ., graduating 1878; married 1879, Clara Cram (now deceased) ; married 2d, 1902, Katherine D. Horton; chil- dren: Raymond C., Edward R., Jr., John W., Robert C. Since 1878 engaged in present busi- ness as a buyer and shipper of grain. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Residence: 452 Briar Pl. Office: 230 S. LaSalle St.

BACON, Francis M., live stock commn .; born

Harriet (Smith) Bacon; ed. district school, Ma- rengo Tp., Ill .; married Laporte Co., Ind., June 2, 1864, Sarah Jane McLane (died Oct. 10, 1884); 3 children. Became connected with the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1873, as employe of commn. firm, selling cattle, hogs and sheep; senior member firm of Bacon, Peterson & Co. since 1909. Republican. Mason. Residence: 3532 Indiana Av. Office: Union Stock Yards.

BACON, George Andrew, publisher; born Webster, Mass., Jan. 17, 1847; son George Hale and Ann (Bigelow) Bacon; A.B., Brown Univ., Providence, R.I., 1867; prin. of an acad., Derby, Vt., 1867-8, high school, Gardner, Mass., 1868-9; student Newton Theol. Instn., Newton Centre, Mass., 1869-70, in Germany, 1870-1; (hon. Ph.D., Hamilton Coll., Clinton, N.Y., 1879); married Susan Lyman Hillman, of Northampton, Mass., Aug. 16, 1871; 4 children: George Morgan, Carl Edward, Paul Valentine and Annie. Instr. Poly. Inst. of Brooklyn, 1871-4, high school, Syra- cuse, N.Y., 1874-7 (prin. of latter, 1878-88); en- gaged in publishing business in firm of Allyn & Bacon, Boston, New York and Chicago, since July 2, 1888. Editor of The Academy, 1886-92. Recreations: literature and travel. Residence: 6028 Jackson Park Av. Office: 629 S. Wabash Avenue.

BACON, Paul Valentine, publisher; born Syr- acuse, N.Y., Feb. 14, 1876; son George Andrew and Susan Lyman (Hillman) Bacon; A.B., Har- vard Univ., 1898; studied in France, Italy, Greece and Germany; married Elizabeth Mar- garet Keech, of Waupun, Wis., Jan. 10, 1907. Agent for Allyn & Bacon, school book pub- lishers, since 1897. Mem. N.E.A., Am. Hist. Assn., A.A.A.S., Am. Geog. Soc., Am. Polit. Sci- ence Assn., Classical Assn. of the Middle West and South. Clubs: Quadrangle, Caxton, Chicago Literary. Recreations: literature and travel. Author: German Grammar, 1907; Im Vaterland, 1910. Residence: 6120 Jackson Park Av. Office: 629 S. Wabash Av.

BACON, Robert Stillwell, mfr .; born Hanni- bal, Mo., Apr. 16, 1873; son Robert L. and Julia (Stillwell) Bacon; ed. pub. schools; married Venetia Neville Danner, of Mobile, Ala., June 1906. Started to work at 17 in Dayton's Book Store in Quincy, Ill .; came to Chicago, 1893, and traveled for Lord, Owen & Co., wholesale druggists, leaving them to go to Chicago Ve- neer Co., owned by Mr. Lord of that firm; be- came sec. Chicago Veneer Co. until 1897, when started in veneer business for self; organized. 1900, and since pres. R. S. Bacon Veneer Co .; organized, pres. and mgr. Bacon-Underwood Ve- neer Co., of Mobile, Ala .; resided at Mobile, 1905-8 .. Republican. Residence: 4753 Lake Av. Office: 213 N. Ann St.

BADENOCH, John Joseph, hay, grain, etc .; born Fyfeshire, Scotland, Apr. 19, 1851; son Jo- seph and Helen (Tough) Badenoch; ed. public schools of New York; married Chicago, 1874, Clemence Ward; children: Joseph W., John J., Jr. (deceased), Edward C., Annie L., David A., Ernest W. Began in New York as errand boy; came to Chicago, 1867, and was in employ of M. Kronberg & Co., wholesale jewelers, for 7 years; in 1873 established present firm of J. J. Badenoch & Co., commn. merchants and ship- pers of hay, grain, feed, etc., of which is still at head as pres. Republican. Was alderman of old 11th Ward; pres. of the Board of Election Commissioners 3 years, and Board of Educa- tion 3 years; gen. supt. of police of the City of Chicago 2 years. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Mason, Past Commander St. Bernard Command- ery, K.T. Pres. and one of founders of Masonic Orphans' Home. Pres. St. Andrews' Soc. Club: Illinois. Recreation: yachting and fishing. Res- idence: 2956 Washington Boul. Summer Resi- dence: Brown's Lake, Burlington, Wis. Office: 400 N. Union St.

BADENOCH, Rowland Nathaniel, lawyer;

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born Chicago, Dec. 28, 1871; son Joseph and Elizabeth (Hill) Badenoch; ed. Englewood gram- mar and high schools, graduating, 1891; grad. Chicago Coll. of Law, 1897; married Jackson- ville, Ill., Oct. 25, 1901, Mary R. Russell; 1 son: Rowland Russell. Admitted to bar, Sept. 15, 1898: since then engaged in practice of law. Republican. Baptist. Club: Englewood Men's. Residence: 6548 Ross Av., Englewood, Ill. Of- fice: 1501 Ft. Dearborn Bldg.

BADER, John, lumber merchant; born Ger- many, Aug. 20, 1849. Came to America, 1867; was with the lumber firm Waldo & Waters for several years, and then established retail lum- ber business for self, the firm being Bruce, Bader & Co .; thereafter the firm changed to Dean. Bader & Co., for about 12 years, to John Bader Lumber Co., of which he is senior mem. Residence: 1445 Addison St. Office: Dominick St., Foot of A St.

BADGER, Alpheus Shreve, lumber merchant; born Chicago, Feb. 16, 1862; son Alpheus C. and Elvira C. (Sheridan) Badger; ed. Chicago pub. schools; married Dec. 1890, Sarah Frances Cowles, of San Francisco; children: Edwin H., Shreve C., Frances S. Began lumber business in the office of T. W. Harvey, 1876-8; was after- ward in accounting dept. Pullman Palace Car Co. and later in wholesale dept. of Field, Leiter & Co. In 1888 became connected with the Nat. Lumber Co., at Creston, Ia., and later treas. and mgr. of the co. in Chicago; pres. A. S. Bad- ger Co. since Apr. 1896. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.

BADT, Francis Beatus, elec. engr .; born St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 4, 1849; son Augustus and Ernestine (Von Todleben) Badt (mother is mem. of famous Russian family mentioned in mil. annals of Russian hist.); grad. Royal Gym- nasium of Prussia; joined arty. corps, Prussian Army, 1868; grad. Govt. Mil. Academy, 1870; served through Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1; attended school for officers of arty. and engrs., and grad. Imperial Tech. High School, 1872; commissioned officer of ordnance and served under the ministry of war in the com. of ord- nance and arms, until coming to U.S., 1881; married Elizabeth O'Donnell, of Chicago, Nov. 2, 1885; 2 daughters: Frances E. M. and Er- nestine L. Supt. construction dept., U.S. Elec- tric Light Co., of New York, 1881-8; mgr. pow- er and mining dept., Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Chicago, 1890, until its consolidation with the United Edison Mfg. Co .. of New York, in 1892; gen. mgr. Siemens & Halske Electric Co. of America, 1894-7, and dir., sec. and treas., 1895-7; organized, 1897, present firm of F. B. Badt & Co., elec. engrs .; also western agent for The Weston Elec. Instrument Co., and Ward Leonard Electric Co. Awarded decorations of Iron Cross and campaign medal of German Army for services in Franco-Prussion War, 1871. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Chicago Electric Club. Independ- ent in politics. Russian Church. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian Country, Chicago Electric. Author: Dynamo Tenders; Bell Hangers; Elec- tric Transmission; Incandescent Wiring (all hand books); also Practical Notes on Electro- lytic Refining of Copper; Practical Electrical Units. Residence: 6506 Lafayette Av. Office: 1504 Monadnock Blk.

BAER, Almerin Webster, physician; born Wayne Co., O., Feb. 3, 1862; son Benjamin F. and Amanda (Buttermore) Baer; ed. public schools of Pa .; Ph.G., Chicago Coll. of Phar- macy. 1885; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1889. En- gaged in practice of medicine in Chicago from 1889; now specialist in electro-therapy and X- ray practice. Mem. Am. Electro-Therapeutic Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Office: Heyworth Bldg.

BAGGOT, James Edward, pres. E. Baggot Co., plumbers, gas fitters, etc .; born Chicago, Sept. 6, 1865; son Edward and B. Baggot; grad. St.

Ignatius Coll., 1881; married Chicago, 1890, Ju- lia A. Heeney; children: Edward Genevieve, Evyline, James E. In 1881 entered the plumb- ing business established by his father, in 1861, learning the trade and later having charge of the plumbing and lighting fixtures in many of the largest buildings in Chicago; now pres. of E. Baggot Co., contractors for plumbing and gas fitting and mfrs. of gas and electric fix- tures; also treas. Chicago General Fixture Co. Republican. Catholic. Recreations: outdoor di- versions. Residence: 4103 Vincennes Av. Store: 17 E. Lake St. Factory: 238 E. Illinois St.

BAILEY, see also Baily.

BAILEY, Clarence Mitchell, brigadier-gen. U.S.A .; born New York, Nov. 26, 1841; ed. pvt. and pub. schools in Indiana and Pa .; married. Apptd. from Ind., 2d lt. 6th U.S. Inf., Aug. 5, 1861; 1st lt., July 14, 1863; capt., July 28, 1866; assigned to 8th Inf., Dec. 15, 1870; maj. 15th Inf., July 10, 1891; lt .- col. 18th Inf., Apr. 25, 1895; col. 16th Inf., Nov. 1, 1898; retired for disability in line of duty, May 5, 1899; advanced to rank of brig .- gen. retired, by act of Apr. 23, 1904. Mem. Loyal Legion, G.A.R. Club: Union League. Residence: 2404 N. Clark St.

BAILEY, Edward Payson, mfr .; born Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich., Dec. 28, 1841; son Freder- Ick Kinsman and Sarah (Shaw) Bailey; ed. pub. schools and Bryant & Stratton Commercial Col- lege, Chicago; married Knoxville, Tenn., Dec. 26, 1866, Katharine Baxter; children: Delia Au- gusta (Mrs. Arthur H. Day, New Haven, Conn.), Annie Baxter (died in infancy); married 2d, Chicago, May 9, 1889, Minerva Spruance; chil- dren: Edward Payson, Harmon (daughter), Frederick Spruance, Vaughn. Was clerk for Densmore & Rice, Chicago, 1860-1, for Cooley, Farwell & Co., 1862, Chicago; bookkeeper at

Odell, Ill., 1863; clerk quartermaster's dept., U.S.A., 1863-4; cashier of bank at Knoxville,

Tenn., 1865-75; with A. T. Stewart & Co., New York, 1875-82; since 1882 with Chicago Malle- able Iron Co. and Nat. Malleable Castings Co., for which he is now mgr. of Chicago Malle- able Iron Works, established 1873. Dir. C. B. Live Stock Co., Coonley Mfg. Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co. Mem. board of trustees and board of mgrs. Y.M.C.A. Episcopalian. Mem. Ill. Soc. Colonial Wars, Ill. Soc. Sons of the Revolution, Religious Educa- tion Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary, Church, Midlothian, South Shore Country, Twentieth Century. Residence: 2400 South Park Av. Office: Rockwell St., cor. 25th Pl.

BAILEY, Edward William, grain merchant; born Elmore, Vt., Aug. 31, 1843; son George W. and Rebecca (Warren) Bailey; ed. grammar schools, Montpelier, Vt .; married Montpelier, Vt., May 26, 1870, Jennie Carter (died 1908); children: George C. and Mary Blanchard (Mrs. Fred Meyer) ; married 2d, Corah Haseltine, of Chicago, Oct. 1909. Worked on farm until 1869; then successively in grocery and grain business until 1877, and later exclusively in grain. Came to Chicago, 1879, and established the commn .. grain and provisions business of E. W. Bailey & Co., of which he is sole principal; also under same firm name at Montpelier, Vt., with special co-partners at that branch of the busi- ness, doing a wholesale and retail trade in flour and grain and conducting a mill. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Press, South Shore Country, Beverly Golf. Recreation: his library. Residence: 902 Oakwood Boul. Office: 72 Board of Trade.

BAILEY, E (li) Stillman, physician; born Lit- tle Genesee, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1851; son James and Tacy (Hubbard) Bailey; grad. Milton (Wis.) Coll., 1873; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chi- cago, 1878. Practiced Chicago, since 1878; ex- dean Hahnemann Med. Coll. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy. Republican. Seventh-day Bap-

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tist. Residence: 6222 Woodlawn Av. Office: 34 E. Washington St.

BAILEY, George Coryell, mfr .; deceased; see Vol. 1905.

BAILEY, George Troy, physician; born Jack- sonville, Ill., Nov. 30, 1864; son James R. and Mary T. W. Bailey; ed. Ill. Coll., Jacksonville, and Northwestern Univ. Med. School, grad., M.D., 1894; married Chicago, Feb. 14, 1899, Clara Koch; children: John Hayes, Helen Hil- degarde. Began practice in Chicago, 1894; mem. of the dispensary staff and interne at Michael Reese Hosp. until 1902; since June, 1904, mem. med. board of the N.Y. Life Ins. Co., and was examiner for that company, 1894-June, 1904. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Resi- dence: 656 E. 45th St. Office: N.Y. Life Bldg.

BAILEY, William E., ry. official; born Do- wagiac, Mich., Oct. 26, 1857. Began ry. service with A.,T.&S.F.Ry., 1884, as clerk in auditor's office at Topeka, Kan., 1884-5, traveling auditor and clerk in charge of freight accounts Wichita & Western div., at Wichita, Kan., 1885-90, spe- cial agent in accounting dept., 1890-2, chief clerk to gen. auditor, 1892-5, asst. to the 1st vice-pres., 1895-9, auditor Southern Cal. Ry. and Santa Fé Pacific R.R., 1899-1900, asst. gen. auditor, 1900-5, and general auditor since Oct. 1905. Pres. Assn. of Am. Ry. Accounting Offi- cers. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 1113 Ry. Exchange.

BAILLOT, Edouard Paul, univ. prof .; born Paris, France, 1860; son Amédée and Eliza (Walter) Baillot; ed. Coll. Charlemagne, Paris, Univ. of Paris, and schools in England and Germany; B.Sc., Univ. of France; (L.H.D., Ill. Coll.); came to U.S., 1885; married Laura Col- ton Spooner, of Lockport, N.Y., 1888. Began teaching at Cornell Univ., 1890; later in charge of a dept. Ind. Univ .; now prof. Romance lan- guages and literature Northwestern Univ. Lec- turer Cornell, Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Me. and Columbia. Author: French Composition. Editor series of French books published by Scott, Foresman & Co. Mem. (ex-chmn. Cen- tral branch) Modern Language Assn. of Amer- ica; vice-pres. Assn of French Professors of America (pres. Central branch); dir. Alliance Française of Chicago. Officier d' Académie. Clubs: University of Chicago, University of Evanston. Residence: 2109 Sherman Av., Ev- anston, Ill.

BAILY, see also Bailey.

BAILY, Jacob L., lawyer; born near Ver- mont, Fulton Co., Ill., Aug. 29, 1851; son Thom- as and Nancy A. (Bottenberg) Baily; ed. Ober- lin (O.) Coll. and Northwestern Univ .; mar- ried Table Grove, Ill., Aug. 20, 1876, Lois C. Foster; children: Mrs. Jessie P. Twyman, Fran- ces. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1876; practiced law at Macomb, Ill., until 1900, when came to Chicago; head of firm of Baily, Hall & Spunner. Trial atty. for the Union Elevated R.R. Co., North- western Elevated R.R. Co., Cicero & Oak Park Elevated R.R. Co .; asst. trial atty. Union Trac- tion Co. Democrat. Methodist. Mason (K.T.). Club: Union League. Residence: 4420 Berkeley Av. Office: 913 Ashland Blk.

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The book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of Chicago, 1911, Part 9

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