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BANNISTER, Henry Martyn, physician; b. Cazenovia, N. Y., July 25, 1844; s. Rev. Henry (D.D.) and Lucy (Kimball) Bannister; grad. Northwestern Univ., 1863, A.M., 1869; National Med. College (med. dept. Columbia Univ.), 1871; m. June 14, 1887, Delia C. Ladd, Chi- cago. On geological survey of Illinois, 1867-8; U. S. geological survey of territories, 1872; practiced medicine since 1874. Founded with Dr. J. S. Jewel and jointly edited for 7 years Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases; has been connected with other med. journals, now with Journal American Med. Assn. Specialist in nervous diseases. Mem. American Med. Assn., American Medical Psychological Assn .; associate mem. American Neurological Assn. Author: (with Dr. D. R. Brower) A Practical Manual of Insanity, 1902. Contributed chap- ters to Hare's System of Therapeutics, 1901, and Reference Handbook of Med. Sciences, 1902; also to geological reports. Articles in med. journals chiefly neurological and psychi- atrical. Office: 103 Dearborn Av. Residence: 828 Judson Av., Evanston. Ill.
BARAGWANATH, Henry Dunstan, manu- facturer; b. Chicago, Feb. 8, 1860; s. William and Maria (Loveland) Baragwanath; ed. pub- lic and high schools of Chicago to 1875; m. St. Louis, Mo., Aug., 1888, Emily I. Williams: children: Elsie, Genevieve, Ruth. Cecil, Mabel. After leaving school in 1875 entered the Pa- cific Boiler Works, established by his father in 1850, and later was admitted as a partner under the style of William Baragwanath & Son, continuing the business after the death of his father in 1888, and on Jan. 1, 1904, in-
corporating it under the same style, and now being pres. of the company, sole manufactur- ers of the Steam Jacket Feed-Water Boiler and Purifier. Democrat. Mason. Mem. Royal League. Office: 50 W. Division St. Residence: bo Humboldt Boul.
BARBER, Albert Harry, produce commis- sion merchant; b. Chicago Feb. 13, 1882; s. Albert H. and Mary (Pennell) Barber; ed. public schools and Cornell Univ. in class of 1905; unmarried. Upon death of father, 1903, succeeded him as pres. and director of A. H. Barber & Co. Also vice-pres. and mgr. of the A. H. Barber Creamery Supply Co. Republican. Mem. Chicago Cornell Alumni Assn. Office: 229 S. Water St. Residence: 22 Bryant Av.
BARBER, Hiram, lawyer; b. Queensbury, Warren Co., N. Y., Mar. 24, 1835; s. Hiram and Salome (Seeley) Barber; moved to Wisconsin, 1846; ed. district schools and 3 years in Univ. of Wisconsin; attended Albany Law School; m .. 1857, Louisa, daughter of Gen. James Mc- Ewan, of Chester, Wis .; children: Helen (now Mrs. H. L. Kadish), Florence (now Mrs. D. C. Everitt), Sherman, Cameron. Admitted to bar, 1856; practiced at Juneau, Wis., as partner of Hon. Charles Billinghurst; later at Water- town, Wis., partner of Col. Charles R. Gill, former attorney-general of Wisconsin; re- moved to Chicago, 1866; partner with late Ed- mund Jussen as Jussen & Barber until 1869; then with Francis Lackner as Barber & Lack- ner, 1869-78; mem. of Congress, 1879-81; re- ceiver of Land Office, Mitchell, Dak., 1881-5; returned to Chicago and practiced in partner- ship with Theodore Brentano until latter was elected to bench of Superior Court; since then in practice alone; master in chancery Superior Court of Cook County since 1891. Republican. Mason, K. T. Office: 112 Clark St. Residence: 4642 Indiana Av.
BARBER, John Child, manufacturer; b. St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, 1844; s. Alonson and Emeline (Child) Barber; ed. public schools of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and Rock Co., Wis., 1852-60; served as a soldier in a Wisconsin regt. in the Civil War, Sept., 1861, to Aug., 1865; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., Mar. 3, 1869, Fannie M. Craig; children: Annie C., Franklin L., Levi W. From Sept., 1865, to Apr., 1871, was employed as a car builder by the Chicago & Northwestern Ry. at Fond du Lac, Wis .; car foreman Northern Pacific Ry., St. Paul, Minn., Apr., 1871, to 1873; master car builder, Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry., 1873-83, Se- dalia, Mo .; superintendent Rio Grande division, Texas Pacific Ry., Ft. Worth. Tex., 1883-5; master car builder, Northern Pacific Ry., St. Paul, Minn., 1885-97. Afterwards prominent as an inventor in railroad appliances. and origin- ator and patentee of the Barber trucks. Pres. Standard Car Truck Co. Republican. Office: Old Colony Bldg. Residence: 5628 Washington Av.
BARBER, Lyman W., sec. and accountant; h. St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Apr. 12, 1846; s. Alonson and Emeline (Child) Barber; ed. pub- lic schools of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and Rock Co., Wis., 1852-60; m. Beaver Dam, Wis., Mar. 27, 1871, Elizabeth M. Rowell (now de- ceased); children: Bert S., Belle M. Engaged in railroading 1862-3; engraver on marble. 1864-73; bookkeeper and cashier for J. S. Rowell, Sons & Co., Beaver Dam, Wis., 1873- 1885; head bookkeeper for David Bradley & Co., Minneapolis, Minn., 1885-8; sec. and mgr. the J. S. Rowell Manufacturing Co., Beaver Dam, Wis., 1888-95: since then director same. Since 1896, sec. and director of the Standard Car Truck Co., Chicago. Republican. Office: Old Colony Bldg. Residence: 4139 Indiana Av.
BARBOUR, Frank, fire insurance agent: h. Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 18, 1863; ed. public schools; unmarried. Entered insurance busi- ness in 1880 and later became a member of the firm of Smith, Miller. Whitney & Barbour, Aire insurance agents (established 1874), consoli-
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dated in 1901 with R. S. Critchell & Co. (estab- lished 1863), under firm name of Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Barbour (composed of R. S. Critchell, B. C. Miller, C. P. Whitney, Frank Barbour, Kossuth Marks, L. M. Drake), local fire insurance agents, being sole agents for eleven large English and American companies. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Midlothian. Office: LaSalle St., S. W. corner Madison St. Residence: Chi- cago Beach Hotel.
BARBOUR, James Joseph, lawyer; b. Hart- ford, Conn., Dec. 28, 1869; s. Rev. H. H. and Frances E. Barbour; ed. common and high schools of Newark, N. J., up to 1886, Chicago College of Law, 1889-92; m. Chicago, Sept. 1, 1891, Lillian Clayton; children: Justin F., Heman H., Elizabeth. Upon admission to the bar at age of 21, in 1891, became attorney for the Commercial National Bank of Chicago, and continued as such until the death of Henry F. Eames, its pres., in 1897. In 1894 associated in law partnership with Joseph A. Sleeper, and so continued until the latter retired from practice; since then has practiced alone. Asst. State's Attorney, 1904. Republican. Mem. and sec. Sons of Connecticut. Club: Marquette. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 444 Greenleaf Av., Rogers Park.
BARD, George Morris, pres. Norwall Manu- facturing Co .; b. Alliance, O., July 22, 1852; s. Jesse and Sarah (Ulary) Bard; ed. public schools of Ohio; m. Beverly, Mass., 1881, Helen Norwood; children: Norwood, Ralph A., Roy Emerson. Was engaged in general hardware business at Alliance, O., and at Cleveland, 1869-83; in iron and steel business at Cleve- land, 1883-91; treas. and mgr. of the Indiana Iron Co., Muncie, Ind., 1891-99; general super- intendent and director Republic Iron and Steel Co., Chicago, 1899 to Oct. 1, 1901; since 1903 pres. Norwall Manufacturing Co. Republican. Mason, K. T. Club: Homewood. Office: 138 Jackson Boul. Residence: 4841 Madison Av.
BARKER, Clarence Freeman, physician; b. Montville, Waldo Co., Me., Jan. 19, 1852; s. Isaac Truman and Abbie (Dyer) Barker; ed. Kent's Hill College and Seminary, Readfield, Me., graduating 1876; grad. Hahnemann Med. College and Hosp., Chicago, M.D., 1880; m. Chicago, Feb. 24, 1881, Arta Louise Culver. While obtaining literary education was a teacher in public schools; after graduation from med. college, settled in Holliston, Mass., and practiced 2 years; removed to Manistee, Mich., practicing there until 1894; since 1895 in practice in Chicago. Prof. of surgery Hahne- mann Med. College, Chicago. Mem. Am. Insti- tute of Homeopathy, Illinois Med. Asgn., Clinical Soc. of Hahnemann Med. College and Hosp. Office and residence: 3914 Ellis Av.
BARKER, David Nelson, manufacturers' mgr. in iron and steel; b. Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., Mar. 3, 1844; s. David Earle and Naomi {Hill) Barker; ed. public school and Cortland County Acad., Homer, N. Y., and in Ames Commercial College, Syracuse, N. Y .; m. Waukegan, Ill., Sept. 7, 1870, Mary, daughter of Alson S. Sherman; children: Earle Sherman Barker, Mrs. Marion Barker Wing. Came to Chicago, 1872; since Jan., 1875, with Jones & Laughlin, and in Aug., 1894, became mgr. of the Chicago house for the great manufactur- ing corporation formerly known as Jones & Laughlins, Limited, but now as Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., operating large plant at Pittsburg, Pa., in the manufacture of all kinds of iron and steel products. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: 28 W. Lake St. Resi- dence: 1236 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.
BARKER, Frank William, manufacturer; h. Chicago, Oct. 15. 1851; s. Joseph N. and Frances M. (Long) Barker; ed. public schools and old Chicago Univ .; m. Chicago. June 15, 1882, Julia R. Shumway; children: Joseph S., Margery, Ellen Gould. Admitted to Illinois
bar, 1877; practiced law until 1882; appointed receiver for an iron concern and abandoned the law for iron and steel mfg .; now pres. of the Kenwood Bridge Co .; dir. Nat. Storage Co. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Kenwood, Chicago Ath- letic; Dunedin (Fla.) Yacht. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 4633 Greenwood Av.
BARKER, John Samuel, life underwriter; b. Toledo, O., Mar. 15, 1858; s. Calvin and Mary (White) Barker; ed. Racine (Wis.) College; m. Cleveland, O., 1886, Helen Sanford; children: John C., Helen Elise. Entered business life in Toledo, O .; in the grain commission trade until 1878; after that coal merchant at the same place until 1891; removed to Wisconsin in 1891 to become state mgr. for the Massa- chusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Spring- field, Mass., and so continued until 1896, when came to Chicago to accept present posi- tion as manager for the New York Life Insur- ance Co. Clubs: Evanston, Evanston Golf, Ham- ilton. Office: 279 Dearborn St. Residence: 1423 Judson Av., Evanston.
BARKER, Nelson Earle, banker; b. New Haven, Conn., June 14, 1857; s. Oliver E. and Martha J. (Potter) Barker; grad. from Rus- sell School (collegiate and commercial insti- tute at New Haven, Conn.) in class of 1874; m. Ansonia, Conn., Oct. 14, 1885, Adela Lin- coln Terry; children: Terry Earle, Nelson E., Jr., William Cowles. Began business career with the Security Insurance Co. at its home office at New Haven, Conn., and remained there several years; pres. Chattanooga Savings Bank, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1889-93; from 1893 to 1902 pres. of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Ala., and in July, 1902, came to Chicago and was appointed to his present posi- tion as vice-pres. of the Continental National Bank. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Washing- ton Park. Office: 218 LaSalle St. Residence: 4932 Lake Av.
BARLER, Augustus Condon, pres. A. C. Bar- ler Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of oil heaters; b. Chester, Ill., May 23, 1856; s. Orson L. and Emeline A. (Condon) Barler; ed. pri- vate schools and Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, Ill .; m. Chicago, June, 1878, Cordelia J. Higgins; children: Alice L., Harold A. Came to Chicago in 1875, entering employ of McClay & Tucker, produce commission merchants, as clerk, and remaining with that house until Nov., 1877, when entered employ of Sidney Shepherd & Co. as bookkeeper and asst. cash- ier, later representing them on road until 1886; went to Fremont, Neb., 1886, and joined Theo. Huette & Sons, hardware, as partner, remaining until 1892; then came to Chicago, organizing and incorporating the Huette-Bar- ler Manufacturing Co .; in 1893 acquired the interests of the Messrs. Huette, and changed the name to A. C. Barler Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of oil heaters and hardware specialties. Republican. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 104-6 Lake St. Residence: 1918 Arlington Pl.
BARLOW, Henry Clay, mgr. Chicago Ship- pers Assn .; b. Niles, Mich., Aug. 15, 1850; s. Lemuel and Hannah (Orcutt) Barlow; at- tended school at Niles until 12 years old; re- moved with family to Amboy, Ill .; went to school 1 year there; m. Jan. 12, 1883, Mary Cone, of Winona, Minn .; children: Henry Cone, Louise F., Frances F. Began railway service as office boy and clerk Illinois Central R. R. at Warren, Ill., Feb. 17, 1866; became telegraph operator Chicago & North-Western Ry. at Bar- rington, Ill., June, 1866, to Feb., 1867; clerk and operator on various divisions same road, 1867-71; agent at Norwalk, Wis .. 1871-9; travel- ing freight agent, same road, 1879-81; division freight agent Winona & St. Peter and Dakota Central R. R. at Winona. Minn., 1881-2; asst. general freight agent, 1882-3, and general freight agent, 1883-4, Atchison, Topeka &
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Santa Fe R. R .; traffic mgr. Mexican Central 1891; now lecturer on gynecology, Post-Grad- R. R., 1884-6; traffic mgr. Wisconsin Central uate Med. School and Hosp., Chicago. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., German Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc. Independent in politics, Formerly asst. surgeon, I. N. G. Office: 2600 Wallace St. Residence: 4031 Vin- cennes Av. lines, 1887-93; vice-pres. and general mgr., 1893-5, and pres., 1895-1901, Evansville & Terre Haute R. R .; now mgr. of Chicago Shippers Assn. Mason. Club: Union League. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 611 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park.
BARLOW, Louis Nathan, physician; b. Tis- kilwa, Ill., July 30, 1861; s. Nathan W. and Asena S. (Greenman) Barlow; ed. public schools of Illinois and Nebraska and later by private tutor; ed. Northwestern Univ. Med. School (Chicago Med. College), graduating, M.D., 1885; m. Chicago, Oct. 25, 1893, Addie E. Wilcox; children: Roland W., Eleanor S., Ruth Christobel. Was engaged in drug business from 1875 to 1878, Kearney, Neb .; 1879-82, Peoria, Ill .; since med. graduation in 1885 has been in continuous practice of medicine in Chicago. Physician (internal medicine) People's Hosp. Republican. Reformed Episcopalian. Mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc .. Am. Med. Assn. Office: 3035 Indiana Av. Residence: 4039 Indiana Av.
BARNARD, Frederick, law printer; b. Somer- ton, Somersetshire, Eng., Oct. 3, 1836; s. Thomas and Amelia (Frampton) Barnard; ed. schools in England until 1847, when came to Chicago; m. Chicago, 1858, Jennie A. McLean; children: Bertie, Lucy (now Mrs. W. M. Elton), Alice (Mrs. F. M. Wagner), Edward, Frederick. Began business career as a newsboy, carrying the Chicago Journal in 1847; learned printing trade in old Journal office. Began as master printer in Jan., 1857, in firm of Beach & Bar- nard; changing to Beach, Barnard & Co., 1871, and in 1895 to Barnard & Miller, who make a specialty of law printing. Is oldest "boss" printer and oldest "newsboy" in Chicago. Mem. Typothetae (ex-pres.). Chicago Historical Soc., Oak Park Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Gen. Grant Council, Royal Arcanum; Lincoln Council, Nat. Union; Old-Time Printers' Soc., Manufacturers' Assn. of Chicago. Mem. 1st Congregational Church, Oak Park. Office: 44 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 424 South Boul., Oak Park, Ill.
BARNARD, Gilbert Wordsworth, merchant; b. Palmyra, Wayne Co., N. Y., June 1, 1834; s. George Washington and Sabrina (Deming) Barnard; father died during his infancy; re- moved with mother to Michigan; ed. public schools of that state; m. Chicago, May, 1863, Mary Dooling; 4 children, 1 now living. Came to Chicago at 15: was employed in gen- eral store of John C. Williams; afterwards en- gaged in book and stationery business, and later conducted general commercial business. Was member of the volunteer fire department of Chicago, 1850-8. Was made a Mason Oct., 1864; advanced steadily in Masonry until he received the 33rd degree, Scottish Rite, Nov. 13, 1873. Is Past Master Garden City Lodge No. 141, Past High Priest Corinthian Chapter No. 69, R. A. M., Past Eminent Commander St. Bernard Commandery No. 35. K. T., Past Com- mander-in-Chief Oriental Consistory, Grand Sec. Grand Chapter; Grand Recorder Grand Council and Grand Commandery, Grand Sec. of the Council of Deliberation, S. P. R. S., and various other bodies in Illinois; sec. Masonic Orphans' Home. Office: Masonic Temple. Resi- dence: 3359 Calumet Av.
BARNARD. Hayden Suffield, physician and surgeon; h. Monroe, Mich., Aug. 19, 1866; s. Richard Barnard and Marianna (Barnett) Barnard; ed. public and high schools of Chi- cago, the Univ. of Chicago. Rush Med. College ( graduating, M.D., 1889), Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, and Univ. of Vienna, Austria; m. Stuggart, Germany, May 2, 1894, the Baroness Sophie von Georgii-Georgenau: children: Rosa- lie, Hayden E. F., Richard Edwin, Sophie Eu- genia, Harold Suffield. Engaged in general practice of medicine and surgery in Chicago since 1889. Resident physician the Royal Ba- varian Hosp. for Women, Munich, Germany,
BARNARD, James Henry, lawyer; b. Albion, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1869; s. Henry B. and Huldah L. (Comstock) Barnard; ed. Albion High School and Cornell Univ., 1886-7; m. Feb. 3, 1904, Mrs. Louise Black Clarke, daughter of ex-Mayor John Black, Milwaukee, Wis. Admitted to bar 1890; since then engaged in general practice. Pres. Benedetto Allegretti Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Office: Ash- land Block. Residence: 71 Astor St.
BARNARD, Lucius Allyn, coal dealer; b. Cortland, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1850; s. William O. and Katie C. (Allyn) Barnard; ed. public school, Cortland, N. Y .; m. South Bend, Ind., 1900, Minnie Fountain; children: William O., Lois E., Lewis A., Katie I. Came west to Mason City, Ia., in 1872, and was engaged in the coal business there until 1888; came to Chicago and engaged in the same line as sales agent for the Cairo City Coal Co. and the Lehigh and Franklin Coal Co .; since 1898 gen- eral sales agent for the New Ohio Washed Coal Co., Carterville Mining Co., Carterville Colliery Co., Bessemer Washed Coal Co. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: 4461 Lake Av.
BARNES, Albert Crane, lawyer, jurist; b. Addison, Vt., June 28, 1853; s. Asahel and Ellen S. (Crane) Barnes; grad. Univ. of Ver- mont, A.B., 1876; Albany Law School, Al- bany, N. Y., LL.B., 1877; m. Chicago, May 25, 1895, Jessie Welles Griswold. Admitted to bar of New York State, 1877, and after further study in Keeseville and Plattsburgh. N. Y., went to Washington, D. C., and passed civil service examination and was appointed to position in U. S. general land office, re- quiring him to write decisions upon con- tested land claims within railroad grants, which position held from 1879 to 1883; went to North Dakota and was appointed by the governor one of the commissioners to or- ganize Bottineau Co., of which, in 1884, was elected district atty .; came to Chicago, 1885: practiced in connection with S. M. Millard until 1896, when was appointed by Charles S. Deneen asst. state's atty., and after the resignation of Judge McEwen was first asst. until elected judge of Superior Court of Cook Co. for term expiring 1910. Republican. Mem. Sons of the Revolution. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Calumet Golf, Union League. Residence: 180 E. 51st St.
BARNES, Albert Rice, printer; h. West Brookfield, Mass., Sept. 21, 1851; s. Harrison and Rebecca (Rice) Barnes: ed. public schools Brookfield and academy at West Salem, Mass .: m. Chicago, Dec., 1879, Cora Shedd. Came from Massachusetts to Chicago in 1872, and has ever since been engaged in the printing busi- ness. In 1873 the firm became Barnes & Gritz- ner, and in 1875 changed to Bliss, Barnes & Co., so continuing until 1879, when it became A. R. Barnes & Co. In 1902 the business was incorporated as A. R. Barnes & Co., printers and copying hook manufacturers, of which is pres. and director. Independent in politics. Clubs: Union League, Evanston, Hennepin Shooting. Mem. National Manufacturers' Assn. Office: 521 Wabash Av. Residence: 1314 Forest Av., Evanston.
BARNES, Charles Joseph, managing director of the Am. Book Company; b. Evansville, Ind .: ed. public schools. In 1860 became connected with the house of A. S. Barnes & Co .; was with the house at New York until 1868, when came to Chicago as manager of the branch house in this city, so continuing until 1890, when, with other large school book publishers, com-
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bined in formation of the Am. Book Co., of which has since been managing director at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Historical Soc .; gov- ernor of the Art Institute of Chicago. Clubs: Calumet, Caxton, Chicago, Chicago Golf, Wash- ington Park. Office: 521 Wabash Av. Residence: 297 Ontario St.
BARNES, Charles Montgomery, school books; b. Canton, Ill., 1833; s. Rev. Romulus and Olivia (Denham) Barnes; grad. Knox Col- lege, Galesburg, Ill., 1856; student Andover (Mass.) Theological Seminary, 2 years; grad. Chicago Theological Seminary, 1859; m. Men- dota, Ill., Oct. 31, 1863, Ellen Moore; children: William Robbins, Olivia Lee (Mrs. Dodds), Samuel Denham, Mary Maud (Mrs. Steele), Ellen Estelle (Mrs. Fox). Entered Congrega- tional ministry, 1859, and was pastor at Kan- kakee, Ill., and Neponset, Ill .; while pastor at Neponset was elected and commissioned chap- lain of the 93d Ill. Vols .; served until close of war; laid out suburban town of Hinsdale, 17 miles west of Chicago; was pastor at Ply- mouth, Ill., but left ministry on account of poor health. In 1869 originated a new busi- ness of jobbing second-hand school books; later also adding new books and incorporating business as C. M. Barnes Co., of which he is pres. Also vice-pres. Pan-Am. Planters' Co .; treas. Travelers' Mining Co. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Office: 263 Wabash Av.
BARNES, Charles Reid, prof. of plant physi- ology, Univ. of Chicago, since July, 1898; h. Madison, Ind., Sept. 7, 1858; grad. Hanover (Ind.) College, 1877; A. M., 1880; Ph.D., 1886; graduate study at Harvard, 1877, 1878, 1885-6, 1892; m. Dec. 25, 1882, Mary King Ward, La- fayette, Ind. Prof. natural history, Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind., 1880-6; prof. botany, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1886-98; co-editor Botan- ical Gazette since 1883. Sec. Botanical Soc. of America, 1893-8 (pres., 1903); general sec. A. A. A. S., 1896 (vice-pres., 1899). Writer on botanical subjects (see Who's Who in Amer- ica). Address: 306 56th St.
BARNES, Clifford Webster, educator; b. Cor- ry, Pa., 1864; s. Joseph and Anna (Webster) Barnes; grad. Yale, A.B., 1889; B.D., ibid., 1892; fellow Univ. of Chicago, 1892-3; M.A., same, 1893; m. Lake Forest. Ill., 1898, Alice Reid. Resident worker, Hull House Social Settle- ment, Chicago, 1893-4; pastor in Chicago, 1894-7; student at Oxford, Eng., 1898; director of Student Christian Movement, Paris, France, 1898-9; acting pres. Am. Art Assn., Paris, France, 1898-9; instructor sociology and di- rector Univ. Settlement Work, Univ. of Chi- cago, 1899-1900; pres. and prof. sociology, Illi- nois College, 1900-5; general sec. of the Re- ligious Education Assn. of America since 1905. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Onwentsia (Lake Forest, Ill.), Country (Jacksonville). Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: Lake Forest, Il1.
BARNES, Francis Asbury, real estate; b. St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July 17, 1845; s. Aaron H. and Betsey (Camp) Barnes; ed. district schools of Will Co., III .; m. Chicago, May 17, 1870, Vilena Holton Cater; children: Bessie E., Clara E., Percy C., Winifred, Lewis F., Helen V. Began business life at age of 13 as a boy in the employ of William M. Tilden & Co. at the Union Stock Yards, and later was stock buyer for Griffin Bros. in the state of Minnesota; next was in drug business, 1865-72; employed in real estate business 1872-75; since then in business for self, and in 1878, with Samuel M. Parish, established present firm of Barnes & Parish, real estate, loan and renting agents, which continued until death of Mr. Parish, Dec. 30, 1904; present style of firm is Francis A. Barnes & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Congregationalist. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Residence: 229 Oakley Boul.
BARNES, Frank John, wholesale chairs; b. Swanzey, N. H., Sept. 10, 1845; ed. public
schools of Athol, Mass .; removed to Wiscon- sin (when 4 years of age) with parents, who located on a farm in Newton, Wis .; learned chair-making trade in Boston, 1861-4; came to Chicago, 1864, and established chair jobbing business under name of E. F. Pierce & Co .; bought out Mr. Pierce in 1871, and established business as Stolle & Barnes, and 1 year later the firm of Stolle & Barnes was dissolved. He then formed a partnership with J. S. Ford Johnson & Co., which continued until 1883; since then he has been the Chicago mgr. for the Croker Chair Co. and the Milwaukee Chair Co. Republican. Office: 190-1 Michigan Av. Residence: 4337 Grand Boul.
BARNES, Julian, architect; b. Haverstraw, Rockland Co., N. Y., Apr. 20, 1856; s. Na- thanael and Mary Elizabeth (Thiel) Barnes; ed. public and high schools of Joliet, Ill., and at Northwestern Univ., 1878-80; m. New Len- ox, Ill., Aug. 22, 1881, Helen Amanda Lewis; children: Julian Lewis, Erma Lewis. Lived with parents on farm near Joliet, Ill., until entered college; after leaving college, taught 1 year in public schools of Joliet, then prac- ticed as architect there, 1883-94, when moved to Chicago, and has since practiced here, while retaining residence at Joliet. Dir. and pres. of the Cylinder Oil Co .; dir. the J. H. Wood Claim and Adjustment Co. Fellow Am. Institute of Architects. Republican, Office: Railway Exchange. Residence: 410 Richards St., Joliet, Il1.
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