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HARRIS, Elijah Tucker, hardware mfr .; born Springfield, Mass., July 31, 1852; son Samuel H. and Nancy (Preble) Harris; grad. high school, Chicago, 1869; married Bloomer, Wis., May 27, 1886, Florence Parker; children: Elijah, Nancy, Christine, Victor Frederick. Florence. Began as bookkeeper in a planing mill; from that went as supt. for his father, in the mfr. of safe and vault doors, until 1876, when he engaged in the mfr. of light and ornamental hardware. Pres. Harris Brass & Bronze Co., 1881-6, Harris & Winslow Co. and' later of Winslow Bros. Co., 1886-8; also engaged in mfr. of mantle and
and foundry line until 1896; organized the On- ward Co., which was succeeded in 1908 by Har- ris & Reed Mfg. Co., of which is pres. and mgr .; also pres. and treas. Payson Mfg. Co. since 1906. Club: Illinois. Recreation: reading. Res- idence: 1827 Washington Boul. Office: 2918 W. Jackson Boul.
HARRIS, Frederick Gillette, physician; born Chicago, 1874; son Andrew J. and Salome Cath- erine (Gillette) Harris; ed. West Division High School, and Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, M.D., 1899; post-grad. study in Eu- rope, 1903-4, 1907-8. Interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1900-1; resident pathologist, Cook Co. Hosp., 1901-3; now engaged in practice of dermatol- ogy. Adjunct prof. dermatology, Coll. of Phy- sicians and Surgeons, Chicago; prof. dermatol- ogy, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. School, Chicago; mem. attending staff Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Dermatological Soc., German Med. Soc., Am. Urological Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Residence: 2152 Jackson Boul. Office: 64 W. Randolph St.
HARRIS, George B., ry. pres .; born Brook- line, Mass., 1841; son George S. Harris. Went to Hannibal, Mo., 1864; began ry. services as office boy in office of treas. Hannibal & St. Jo- seph R.R .; clerk in land commrs. office, 1871; later in service Atchison & Neb. R.R .; purchas- ing agent C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1882-3; asst. to general mgr., A.,T.&S.F.R.R., 1883-5; asst. to pres. Chi- cago, Burlington & Northern, 1885-90; since then successively gen. mgr., vice-pres. and pres. same road; also 2d' vice-pres. C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1890- 1901; pres. C.,B.&Q.R.R., Feb. 21, 1901-Feb. 1, 1910, chmn. bd. dirs. since Feb. 1, 1910; chmn. bd. and pres. C.&S.Ry., Feb. 1909-Feb. 1, 1910, chmn. exec. com., since Feb. 1, 1910; also pres. Burlington & Mo. R.R., Hannibal & St. Joseph R.R., Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R.R. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Union. Office: 226 W. Adams St.
HARRIS, George Jay, freight transportation mgr .; born Conneautville, Pa., Nov. 6, 1859; son Henry H. and Louise (Norton) Harris; ed. pub. schools in Pa. and in Pontiac, Mich .; married Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 6, 1899, Oritta Fargo. After leaving school became connected with the freight office of the G.W.Ry., then with the Detroit and Cleveland Steam Navigation Co.'s Line, of Cleveland and Detroit, until 1874; since then in steamship business in Chicago; in 1899 became general Western agent of the Canada Atlantic Ry. Co. and the Canada Atlantic Tran- sit Co., furnishing freight transportation be- tween Chicago and Depot Harbor, Can. These companies were absorbed' by the Grand Trunk R.R. Feb. 1, 1908, and he was appointed lake and rail agent for the Grand Trunk Ry. System at Chicago. Mem. Lake Line Agents' Assn. Re- publican. Mason: Kilwinning Lodge, Oriental Consistory and Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Automobile, Traffic. Recre- ations: hunting, fishing, golf and motoring. Residence: Geneva, Ill. Office: 307 E. North Water St., also 902-3 Merchants Loan & Trust Building.
HARRIS, Graham H., lawyer; born Harri- sonburgh, Va., Oct. 11, 1857; son Hon. John T. and Virginia M. Harris; ed. pub. schools, Va. Military Inst .; LL.B., Univ. of Va., 1879; mar- ried Chicago, Oct. 11, 1888, Eleanor M. Spal- ding. Admitted to Va. bar, 1878; practiced law at Harrisonburgh, Va., 1879-81; since 1882 in Chicago; became mem. law firm of Harris, Bird & Wilson. Was asst. U.S. atty. for Northern District of Ill., 1886-90; in 1897 was appointed mem. of the Board of Ed'n. and was pres., 1898- 1906. Democrat. Residence: 1438 N. State St. Office: Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg.
HARRIS, John Francis, grain commn. mer- chant; lives at New York; see Vol. 1905.
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HARRIS, Joseph, pres. Automatic Electric Co .; born Chicago, June 19, 1854; son Solomon and Hannah (Summerfield) Harris; ed. Dear- born and Jones grammar schools and West Di- vision High School, Chicago; married Grace Cole, of Chicago, May 15, 1877; 2 sons: Sanford F. and Harmon A. One of the pioneers in de- veloping the independent telephone service and was the first to promote the automatic tele- phone as a commercial utility; was instru- mental in organizing the Automatic Electric Co. in 1901, of which has since been, consecu- tively, vice-pres. and pres. Has changed the telephone system of Cuba from the manual to the automatic system; also that of Honolulu, H.T., and many centers throughout the U.S .; now engaged in installing the automatic tele- phone. system in Chicago. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., and Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: Mid-Day, Chicago Automobile, Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country; also Republican and New York Ath- letic clubs of New York. Recreation: travel.
HARRIS, Madison R., lawyer; born Summit Co., O., Sept. 28, 1849; son Hon. D. L. and Anna L. (Eyles) Harris; grad. Lombard Univ., Gales- burg, Ill, 1871; studied law with Edsall & Bard- well at Dixon, Ill., until 1874; married Milwau- kee, Wis., Sept. 9, 1886, Catherine F. Duffield. Admitted to bar, 1875; moved to Chicago and became a mem. of law firm of Follansbee & Harris, subsequently of firm of Schaffner & Harris, and later partner with James H. Ward, but for several years past has practiced alone. Republican. Was mem. 32d' Ill. General Assem- bly from 1st Senatorial District, 1880-2; alder- man from the old 9th and present 18th Ward, 1887-91 .. Residence: 2333 Jackson Boul. Office: 105 N. Clark St.
HARRIS, Malcolm LaSalle, surgeon; born Rock Island Co., Ill., June 27, 1862; son Samuel G. and Frances (Greene) Harris; ed. pub. schs. of Ia .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1882; married Rose Breckenridge, of W. Winsted, Conn., Oct. 12, 1887; 1 daughter: Florence. Mem. Internat. Surg. Assn., Am. Surg. Assn., Am. Assn. of Clin. Surgery, A.M.A., Western Surg. and Gyne- col. Assn., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med., Surg., Pathol., Urol. and Orthopædic socs., Chi- cago German Med. Soc. Clubs: Physicians', Chi- cago Athletic, University, South Shore Country. Residence: 1228 Dearborn Av. Office: 612 Re- liance Bldg.
HARRIS, Mark George, wholesale tailor; born Newark, Kendall Co., Ill., Aug. 4, 1863; son Isaac and Rachel Schreir Harris; ed. Foster School and high school, Chicago. Engaged in merchant tailoring business, Joliet, 1883; was awarded first prize diploma at Ill. Merchant Tailoring Garment Designers' Convention, 1891- 2; also first prize gold medal for superior cut and fit of garments at convention of Custom Foreman Tailors' Assn. of America, Cincinnati, 1891; appointed postmaster of Joliet by Pres. Cleveland, Mar. 1, 1894; held office 4 years and 6 months, and at expiration of term was pre- sented with diamond charm by business men of Joliet; studied' law at night sessions of Chi- cago Coll. of Law; admitted to bar, June 1897; was chmn. Will Co. Central Dem. Com. 3 terms; was mem. Joliet City Council as alderman from 2d Ward 6 years. Was Exalted Ruler Joliet Lodge No. 296, B.P.O.Elks, 2 terms. Engaged in wholesale tailoring business in Chicago, Oct. 1900 in firm of Calumet Woolen Co. and Gold Medal Tailors, being vice-pres. and mgr. until Jan. 1, 1904, when the two firms consolidated and incorporated under firm name of Mark G. Harris & Co., of which became pres, and mgr .: originated and copyrighted the Mark G. Harris front, shoulder and sleeve head; author Mark G. Harris Describing Method, and Mark G. Har- ris Cutting Chart. Recreations: outdoor diver- sions. Residence: 4236 Grand Boul. Office: 647 S. 5th Av.
HARRIS, Norman Dwight, univ. prof .; born Cincinnati, O., Jan. 25, 1870; son Norman Wait
and Jacyntha (Vallandingham) Harris; Ph.B., Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Univ., 1892; student univs. of Berlin and Leipzig, 1896-8; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1901; research work at Paris, London and Rome, 1901, 1905; married Jane C., daughter Dr. Z. H. Going, of Chicago, June 19, 1901. Instr. in history, Evanston (Il1.) Acad., 1898-9; prof. history, Lawrence Coll., Ap- pleton, Wis., 1902-6; prof. European diplomatic history, Northwestern Univ., since 1906. Au- thor: History of Negro Servitude in Illinois, 1904. Trustee Chicago Training School for Mis- sionaries, and Northwestern Univ. Settlement. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Am. Polit. Sci- ence Assn., Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Geog. Soc .; life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: University (Evanston and Chi- cago). Residence: 1134 Forest Av., Evanston, Illinois.
HARRIS, Norman Macleod, bacteriologist; born Montreal, Ont., Can., Feb. 3, 1870; son William C. and J. G. Harris; M.B., Univ. of To- ronto, 1894; M.R.C.S., England, and L.R.C.P., London, 1895; grad. student Univ. of Berlin, 1901. Demonstrator bacteriology, Univ. of To- ronto, 1896-7; asst. in pathology, 1897-8, instr. bacteriology, 1898-1900, asso., 1900-3, Johns Hopkins Univ .; instr. bacteriology, 1903-7, asst. prof. since 1907, Univ. of Chicago. Fellow A.A. A.S .; mem. Am. Assn. Pathologists and Bacteri- ologists, Am. Soc. Bacteriologists (sec. and treas. 1908-9), Am. Pub. Health Assn. Address: 26 North Hall, University of Chicago.
HARRIS, Norman Wait, banker; born Becket, Berkshire Co., Mass., Aug. 15, 1846; son Na- than Wait and Charity Emeline (Wadsworth) Harris; grad. Westfield (Mass.) Acad., 1863; married Jan. 1, 1867, Jacyntha Vallandingham, of Cincinnati, O. (died 1873); children: Albert Wadsworth, Norman Dwight, Walter Anderson (died) ; married 2d, Apr. 1879, Emma S., daugh- ter Dr. J. C. Gale, of Newton, N.H .; children: Pearl Emma, Hayden Bartlett, Stanley Gale. Began at 18, as solicitor for the Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co., and became general agt. of the Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of New York 2 years later; organized, 1867, and was sec. and gen. mgr., 1867-80, Union Central Life Ins. Co., Cincinnati; resigned because of ill health and traveled in Europe, 1880-1; organized, 1882, the banking house of N. W. Harris & Co., one of the largest in the country in its specialty of dealing in state, co. and city bonds, which was succeeded by the Harris Trust & Savings Bank, 1907, of which has since been pres. Prominent layman of M.E. Church; trustee Northwestern Univ. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Kenwood, Homewood; also Metropolitan, Lawyers', and Art Clubs of New York City. Pres. Harris Safe Deposit Co .; dir. Am. Telephone & Telegraph Co., etc. Pres. Chicago Training School; vice- pres. board of trustees Y.M.C.A., Chicago; mem. Internat. Com. of Y.M.C.A. since 1900. Summer Residence: Lake Geneva, Wis. Residence: 4520 Drexel Boul., Chicago. Office: Harris Trust Bldg.
HARRIS, Samuel, hardware merchant; born Hartford, Vt., Sept. 15. 1836; son Edward P. and Elizabeth S. (Sanborn) Harris; ed. com- mon schools of Rochester, Mich .; married Wil- braham, Mass., Nov. 25, 1872, Sarah G. Ladd: children: Charles S., Satie E. (Mrs. L. A. Clark. ) Served in Union Army as 1st lieut., Co. A, 5th Mich. Cav., and was very badly wounded near Richmond, Va., Mar. 2, 1864, on the "Dahlgren raid"; was made prisoner and sentenced to be hanged, but was saved through the efforts of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, because he had, previous to this, saved an old schoolmate of hers from starving. After the war became a claim agt. in Washington, D.C .; since 1876 in business as a hardware merchant in Chicago (Samuel Harris & Co.), with a specialty in machinists and mfrs' tools and supplies. Author of booklet, "A Few Facts About Astronomy," and a pub- lished lecture on "Possibilities of This Life."
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Is a student of astronomy. Mem. Columbia Univ. of Lebanon, O., taking degrees of B.S. Post G.A.R., Loyal Legion. Recreation: motor- ing. Residence: 2312 Jackson Boul. Office: 114- 116 N. Clinton St.
HARRISON, Carter Henry, mayor; born Chi- cago, Apr. 23, 1860; son Carter Harrison (5 times mayor of Chicago; killed by assassin, Oct. 28, 1893) ; attended Chicago pub. school and gymnasium, Altenburg, Germany; grad. St. Ig- natius Coll., Chicago, 1881 (LL.D., 1900); grad. Yale Law School, 1883; married Edith, daugh- ter Robert N. Ogden, of New Orleans, Dec. 14, 1887; 2 children: Carter H., Jr., Edith Ogden. Practiced law, 1883-9; in real estate business, 1889-91; publisher and editor Chicago Times, 1891-4; elected mayor of Chicago, Apr. 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903 and 1911 (4 2-year and 1 4- year terms). Democrat. Clubs: Iroquois, Swan Lake, Huron Mountain Hunting and Fishing. Mem. S.A.R., Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of Colonial Wars, Soc. of Cincinnati, Soc. of War of 1812. Recreations: hunting, fishing, horse- back riding, amateur photography. Residence: 607 Rush St. Address: City Hall.
HARRISON, Fairfax, ry. pres .; born New York, Mar. 13, 1869; son Burton and Constance (Cary) Harrison; B.A., Yale Univ., 1890; M.A., Columbia Univ., 1891; admitted to bar, New York, 1892; married Hetty Cary, of Baltimore Co., Md., June 6, 1894. Practiced law in office of Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & McVeagh, New York, 1892-6; solicitor, 1896-1903, asst. to pres., 1903-6, vice-pres., Dec. 1906-Aug. 1910, Southern Ry. Co .; pres. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louis- ville Ry. since Aug. 1910; also dir. Southern Ry. Co., Cincinnati, New Orleans & Tex. Pacific Ry. Co., Ala. Great Southern R.R.Co., Mobile & Ohio R.R.Co., Chesapeake Steamship Co., Stand- ard Trust Co. of New York, Transportation Mutual Ins. Co. of Phila., Va .- Carolina Chem. Co. Clubs: University, Mid-Day (New York), Metropolitan, Chevy Chase (Washington), Uni- versity (Chicago). Home: Belvoir, Fauquier Co., Va. Office: Republic Bldg., Chicago.
HARRISON, Wallace Kasson, physician; born Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Conn., Aug. 11, 1848; son William Robinson and Susan Lydia (Kas- son) Harrison; ed. common schools of Bethle- hem, Conn .; grad. Conn. Literary Inst., 1869; A.B., Yale Coll., New Haven, Conn., 1874; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., 1877; M.D., Coll. of Physi- cians and Surgeons, Chicago, 1882; married Pawtucket, R.I., July 27, 1882, Emma Geneva Wheaton; children: Louise Lillian, Constance Mildred, Geneva Wheaton. Engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago since 1878. Mem. Am. Acad. Medicine, A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Residence: 1244 N. State St. Office: 1604 Masonic Temple.
HARROLD, James Picken, lawyer; born on farm nr. Freeport, Ill., Nov. 17, 1867; son of Samuel and Helen (Picken) Harrold (both na- tives of Scotland); ed. country schools, Rock- ford (Ill.) High School, Rockford Acad .; LL.B., Cornell Univ., 1893, LL.M., 1894; married Lorle Leona Notter, of Chicago, Sept. 29, 1903. Began practice in Chicago, 1895; associated with J. J. Healy, 1896-1904; practiced alone, 1904-6; asst. state's atty. Cook Co., under Mr. Healy, 1906-9; since in general practice alone. Prof. law, Chi- cago Law School, since 1904. Retained in pros- ecution of pandering, in connection with efforts of clubs and socs. to wipe out white slave traf- fic. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Woodlawn Park Presbyn. Church. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Mason, Blue Lodge and Chapter; Royal League, Royal Arcanum, Phi Alpha Delta fraternity. Club: City. Resi- dence: 6147 Greenwood Av. Office: 1017 Ft. Dearborn Bldg.
HARSHA, William McIntire, surgeon; born Harshaville, O., June 15, 1855; son William B. and Rachel (McIntire) Harsha; ed. district school, North Liberty Acad. and Nat. Normal
and A.B .; studied medicine at Univ. of Mich., 1st year, Cincinnati, 2d year, and grad. Chicago Med. Coll., 1883; married Lebanon, O., June 1, 1880, Adelia S. Hutchinson; children: William Thomas, Edward Houston. Practiced medicine at Cerro Gordo and Decatur, Ill., until 1890; since then in Chicago. Prof. operative and clin- ical surgery, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, since 1896; surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Ill. Med. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Chicago Surgical Soc., Phy- sicians' Club. Clubs: University, Hamilton, Press. Independent Republican. Residence: 4201 Grand Boul. Office: Columbus Memorial Bldg.
HART, Charles, mfr .; born Bavaria, Ger- many, May 22, 1847; son Joseph and Babette (Kullman) Hart; ed. Germany and in pub. and private schools of LaFayette, Ind .; married San Francisco, Cal., June 15, 1881, Flora Hauser; children: Joseph Charles, F. Ethel. Previous to 1868 in various business pursuits; since then mfr. of leather; now vice-pres. of Kullman, Salz & Co. (general offices in Benicia, Cal.); has ac- tive management of branch in this city. Mem. K.P. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Rec- reations: outdoor diversions; interested in painting and sculpture. Residence: Hotel Met- ropole. Office: 218 W. Lake St.
HART, E. Orris, real estate; born Crystal Lake, Ill., Mar. 29, 1866; son Edwin R. F. and Margaret E. (Kull) Hart; ed. Chicago pub. grammar and high schools and Bryant & Strat- ton Business Coll .; married 1st, Sept. 27, 1887, Helen M. Kull, of Lake Geneva, Wis .; children: Lincoln E., A. Everett; married 2d, Chicago, J'une 10, 1897, Mollie A. Nuveen; children: Lu- cile Ella, Milton Nuveen, Willard E. With E. W. Zander & Co., real estate, 1885-9; mgr. rent- ing dept., Turner & Bond, 1889-92; mgr. Will- iam A. Bond & Co., real estate, 1892-1900; in real estate business for self 1 year, 1900; mem. firm of E. W. Zander & Co., 1901-8; since mem. E. Orris Hart & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Chicago Board of Underwriters. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Royal League, Nat. Union. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Recreations: golf, fishing. Residence: Evanston, Ill. Office: Boyce Bldg.
HART, Edgar Robert, lawyer; born Chicago, May 16, 1874; son Robert and Carrie (Leopold) Hart; grad. Champion (Mich.) High School, 1889; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1895; unmar- ried. In practice in Chicago since 1895; asst. corpn. counsel since May 1907. Tried and dis- posed of well-known Mecartney litigation, win- ning for the city (cases pending for 17 years) ; also won in defense of the city in federal courts the case of the Burlington Savings Bank vs. City of Chicago and Town of Cicero; the ques- tion of liability of the City of Chicago being for defaulted Cicero local improvement bonds, the city having annexed a part of Cicero (Aus- tin) subsequent to issuance of said bonds. Mem. exec. com. 3d Ward Republican Club. Jewish religion. Served in 1st Inf., I.N.G., 1892-1903; saw service in coal strike at Pana, Ill., 1894, R.R. riots of 1894; also took part in Santiago Campaign, Spanish-Am. War; capt. commdg. Co. H, 1st Regt. Inf., and retired at own re- quest, Sept. 1903. Mem. Independent Order B'nai B'rith, Columbia Camp, United Spanish War Veterans, Soc. of Army of Santiago de Cuba. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreations: golf, motoring. Residence: 3752 Grand Boul. Office: City Hall.
HART, Eli Stillson, pres. Rodger Ballast Car Co .; born Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1832; son Roswell and Polly Ann (Stillson) Hart; took 3 years' course in Hamilton Coll. and 2 years' course in Hamilton Coll. Law School, graduat- ing 1855; married Clinton, Ia., Nov. 21, 1861, Olive Miriam Williams; children: Harry Still- son, Gertrude W., Pauline Belle (Mrs. Evan A. Evans). Admitted to N.Y. bar, June 1855; prac-
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ticed at Lyons, Ia., 1856-61, in Chicago, 1861-5; oil producer, Titusville, Pa., 1865-7; practiced law, Chicago, 1867-71, at Clinton, Ia., 1871-6; pres. Clinton Bridge Co., 1874-7; general opera- tor, 1877-89, gen. mgr., 1889-99, pres. 1899-1906, since chmn. board of dirs., Rodger Ballast Car Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Biscayne Bay Yacht (Miami, Fla.), Halifax River Yacht (Daytona, Fla.). Residence: 2922 Prairie Av. Office: Ry. Ex- change.
HART, Harry, senior mem. Hart, Schaffner & Marx, clothing mfrs. Residence: 4639 Drexel Boul. Office: Monroe and Franklin Sts.
HART, Harry Stillson, mfr .; born Clinton, Ia., Sept. 2, 1870; son Eli S. and Olive Miriam (Williams) Hart; grad. Clinton (Ia.) High School, 1889; B.S., in mech. and elec, engring., Rose Polytechnic Inst., Terre Haute, Ind., 1893. Elec. constructing engr. for Siemens & Halske Electric Co. for 6 months after leaving coll .; represented Crouse-Tremaine Carbon Co. as eastern mgr. in New York, 1894-9; Apr. 1899, became connected with the Rodger Ballast Car Co., mfrs .; elected its sec., 1900, vice-pres. and gen. mgr., 1902-6, and pres. of the co. since 1906. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Un- ion League, University, South Shore Country, Exmoor Golf. Recreation: farming. Residence: Barrington, Ill. Office: Ry. Exchange.
*HART, Hastings Hornell, clergyman; see Vol. 1905.
HART, Henry George, sec. and mgr. the Bos- ton Store; born Cincinnati, O., Apr. 21, 1877; son George W. B. and Clara B. (Hyams) Hart; ed. pub. schs., Chicago Athenaeum, and Y.M.C.A. evening school; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1899; married Selma N. Alpiner, of Chicago, Apr. 15, 1902; children: Marjorie A., Henry George, Jr. Began the practice of medicine in 1899, but abandoned it in 1904 to become sec. and mgr. of the Boston Store; also pres. Ward Chemical Co. Mason (32°, K.T.); mem. Nat. Union. Recreation: motoring. Residence: 5036 Ellis Av. Office: Boston Store.
HART, James Abner, pres. Chicago Gravel Co .; born Girard, Erie Co., Pa., July 10, 1855; son Leffert and Eliza Moorhead (Dempsey) Hart; ed. at Girard Acad. and Grand River Inst .; married Chicago, Oct. 6, 1881, Eva Runkle Cruzen; children: George B., Faye Earl. Has been active as baseball mgr., having been vice- pres. and mgr. Louisville Baseball Club; pres. and mgr. Milwaukee Baseball Club; pres. Chi- cago National League Baseball Club from 1889- 1905; pres. and treas. Chicago Gravel Co. since 1903; pres. and treas. Joliet Sand & Gravel Co. since its organization in 1908. Mason, K.T .; Elk. Recreation: traveling. Residence: 815 Bu- ena Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.
HART, Max, mem. firm of Hart, Schaffner & Marx, wholesale clothing. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Standard. Residence: 4643 Drexel Boul. Office: 24 S. Franklin St.
HARTMAN, Joseph S., mfr .; born Bresko- witz, Bohemia, Aug. 30, 1846; son Simon and Ludmilla (Klein) Hartman; ed. common school and private school, Breskowitz, Bohemia; mar- ried New York, June 1, 1868, Lori Heller; chil- dren: Samuel, Henry, Hugo, Bella (Mrs. A. W. Bensinger), Mildred. Taught German and He- brew in Bohemia, 1862-7; landed in New York, Apr. 1, 1867; remained until Apr. 1875, giving private lessons in German and Hebrew, also doing some soliciting for fire ins. and for a while keeping books for a paint house; book- keeper for Heller Bros. & Co., wholesale cloth- ing, 1875-6, for Leo Roth, wholesale tobacco, 6 months; then with Carpeles, Heiser & Co., trunk mfrs., Milwaukee, successively, as bookkeeper, 1877-9, as salesman on road, 1879-80, and be- came partner, 1880, successor in firm of Car- peles, Schram & Co., which changed to Car- peles, Hartman & Co. In Oct. 1890 started pres-
ent business as mfr. and dealer in trunks, with office in Chicago and factory at Racine, Wis., under the style of the Hartman & Puffer Trunk Co., changing, 1892, to the Hartman Trunk Co., of which he is pres. Republican. Mem. Chicago Sinai Congregation (Jewish). Club: Standard. Active in philanthropic work, which aims to elevate the mental as well as physical condi- tion of his co-religionists. Residence: 4330 Michigan Av. Office: 205 W. Jackson Boul.
HARTMAN, Leon, sec. and treas. Hartman Furniture & Carpet Co .; born Baltimore, Nov. 8, 1866; son Henry and Mary (Straus) Hart- man; ed. pub. schools, and in Stuart's Hall, Bal- timore; married Chicago, June 5, 1890, Rose E. Greenebaum; children: Mildred R., Beatrice E. Began at Baltimore, as a clerk in the store of H. & E. Hartman & Co., and came to Chicago in 1888, establishing in the retail furniture and carpet business under the style of the People's Outfitting Co .; in 1898 organized the Hartman Furniture and Carpet Co., of which is sec .- treas. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe, Ill. Ath- letic, Chicago Automobile. Recreations: motor- ing, travel. Residence: 4720 Grand Boul. Of- fice: 230 S. Wabash Av.
HARTMAN, Milton Lewis, furniture; born Baltimore, May 13, 1869; son Henry and Mary (Straus) Hartman; ed. Baltimore City Coll .; married Blanche Smith, of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1900; 3 children: Henry, Sylvia Blanch, Charles Milton. Began business career in Baltimore, 1886; in clothing business of H. & E. Hartman; came to Chicago, June 2, 1891, and took charge of the furniture business of Moore Bros. Fur- niture Co., until Mar. 1898; since then gen. mgr. and vice-pres. Hartman Furniture & Carpet Co .; also vice-pres. Hartman Furniture & Car- pet Co., of Peoria, Ill., and Hartman Furni- ture & Carpet Co., of St. Joseph, Mo .; dir. of cos. of the same name at Milwaukee, Minne- apolis and Omaha. Mem. Maryland Soc. of Chi- cago. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: motoring, golf. Residence: 4912 Woodlawn Av. Office: 230 S. Wabash Av.
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