Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 105

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 652

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LLEWELLYN, John Thomas, manufacturer; b. Briton Ferry, South Wales, July 7, 1863; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Gower) Llewellyn; came to America with parents same year; at- tended Holden Grammar School, Chicago, 2 years; moved to Milwaukee in 1869, and at- tended Bay View High School. Began work at 16 as office boy at Milwaukee Works, North Chicago Rolling Mill Company (now Illinois Steel Co.); advanced at different periods to telegraph operator, order clerk, asst. paymas- ter and asst. sales agent; when offices Mil- waukee Works moved to Chicago, in 1892, ac- cepted position mgr. Belle City Malleable Iron Co.'s Works, Racine, Wis., remaining six years; then organized Chicago Malleable Castings Co., of which is now vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Treas. Hendee Wire Brush Co., Mil- waukee; dir. Llewellyn Park Land Co., Racine, Wis. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Kilbourne Lodge No. 3, A. F. & A. M. (Milwaukee), and Western Railway Club (Chicago); m. June 23, 1886, Mary Agnes, daughter James Sheriffs, "of Milwaukee, Wis .; 1 son: James S. Office: 120th St. and Center Av., West Pullman. Resi- dence: 5494 Cornell Av.

LLEWELLYN, Joseph Corson, architect; b. Philadelphia, Pa., July 22, 1855; s. David R. and Huldah S. (Corson) Llewellyn; grad. Univ. of Illinois, 1877; m. Monticello, Ill., May, 1883, Emma C. Piatt; children: Ralph C., Clarinne, Ruth, Vida. Instructor in Univ. of Illinois, 1877-9; with J. W. Givens as bldg. supt.,

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1879-80; supt. Lindell Ry., St. Louis, 1880-6; engaged for self in various branches of work until 1893; since then in practice as architect in Chicago. Was 2 terms pres. of the Architec- tural League of America. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Architectural, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, LaGrange Country. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 324 6th Av., LaGrange, Ill.

LLEWELLYN, Silas James, manufacturer; b. Briton Ferry, Wales, Oct. 25, 1860; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Gower) Llewellyn; ed. public schools, Milwaukee, Wis .; m. Milwaukee, June 19, 1884, Mary E., daughter of William B. Parkes; children: Paul, Gertrude, Elizabeth. Entered employ of N. Chicago Rolling Mill Co., Milwaukee, Wis., Oct., 1879, as clerk; re- malned with that company and its successor, Illinois Steel Co., until 1897, successively as salesman, asst., and acting mgr., Milwaukee works; removed to Chicago, with same com- pany, 1895-7; in 1897 became vice-pres. and dir. Inland Iron and Forge Co .; this merged, 1899, into Republic Iron and Steel Co., of which was sec. and mem. of the executive committee; in 1900, vice-pres. Plano Mfg. Co., which was merged in the International Harvester Co. in which he is division mgr. Also vice-pres. Chica- go Malleable Castings Co., Jones Automatic Stoker Co .; dir. Chicago, W. Pullman & South- ern Ry. Co. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Evanston. Office: 7 Monroe St. Residence: 1246 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.

LOBDELL, Charles Wesley, retired mer- chant, banker and manufacturer; b. Victor, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1834; s. George A. (descendant of Simon Lobdell, of Milford, Conn., 1646) and Almira (Preston) Lobdell; academical ed- ucation; m. Moline, Ill., Oct. 22, 1864, Henri- etta M. Shaw; children: Edwin L., Mrs. Frances Lobdell Brown, Mrs. Marion Lobdell Bradford. Engaged in practice of law, 1859-62; abandoned profession for business life in 1862, and was merchant, banker and manufacturer at Moline, Ill .; removed to Chicago, 1888; now retired. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Repub- lican. Reformed Episcopalian. Residence: 3861 Lake Av.

LOBDELL, Edwin Lyman, banker and bro- ker; b. Illinois, July 14, 1857; s. Charles W. and Eliza J. (Gere) Lobdell; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Jan. 4, 1883, Annie Philpot; chil- dren: Charles, Adeline Edith. Came to Chicago in 1873, and served as teller in 1st Nat. Bank, 1874-81; on Board of Trade as partner in firm of Nash, Wright & Co., and in 1888 started brokerage and banking business. In 1890 took partner, the firm being known as Lobdell, Far- well & Co., which dissolved in 1898; estab- lished present firm of Edwin L. Lobdell & Co. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Bank- ers, Exmoor, Midlothian, Twentieth Cen- tury. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 2716 Prairie Av .; summer, Highland Park, Ill.

LOBDELL, Harry Harrison, wholesale boots and shoes; b. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1866; s. J. Harvey and Julia (Harrison) Lobdell; ed. publle schools; m. Chicago, Sept. 24, 1890, Nelly F. Lamson; children: Warren, Ruth, Harrison. Began business career as an office boy in 1883 with George W. Ludlow & Co., manufacturers of boots and shoes, when left that firm, 1891, to organize the Harry H. Lob- dell Co., manufacturers of shoes, of which he is mgr. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Chicago Yacht, Midlothian. Office: 203- 205 Monroe St. Residence: 62 Oakwood Boul.

LOCKETT, Oswald, hardware merchant; b. Manchester, Eng., Aug. 1, 1843; s. James Gar- net and Sarah (Gunner) Lockett; ed. common schools, Boston, Mass .; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1876, Anna Maria Wood, of Galesburg, Ill .; children: Oswald, Kenneth, Anna, Harold. Came to Chicago, Oct., 1863; entered employ of Botsford & Kimball, 109 Lake St., to learn hardware business; in 1865 went with Edwin

Hunt, wholesale and retail hardware, and traveled through the West selling goods; re- mained with that firm until after the great fire in Oct., 1871; on May 2, 1872, formed co- partnership with Frank B. Orr, under firm name of Orr & Lockett, at 129 W. Randolph St .; on S. Clark St., 1873-93; since May 1, 1893, at 71-73 E. Randolph St .; now vice-pres. and treas. Orr & Lockett Hardware Co., wholesale and retail hardware; has devoted much atten- tion, for 30 years, to improvement of builders' hardware, for purpose of combining art with utility. Republican. Swedenborgian. Club: Un- ion League. Office: 71-73 E. Randolph St. Resi- dence: 5116 Madison Av.

LOCKETT, Samuel Hobart, mgr. Insurance Survey Bureau; b. Marion, Ala., June 25, 1870; s. Samuel H. and Cornelia C. (Clark) Lockett; spent 3 years of his childhood in Cairo, Egypt, where his father was chief of staff in Khed- ive's Army; returned to U. S., 1878, attending private schools and 1 term in public school at Knoxville, Tenn., and his father's lectures in physics and chemistry at Univ. of Tennes- see; after 1883 in public school and high school in New Jersey, and at Rutgers College, grad- uating from the engineering and scientific course, 1890; m. Chicago, Apr. 6, 1896, Addie McMichael; children: Samuel H., Jr., Donald McMichael. After graduation engaged in sur- veying and in mechanical and electrical engi- neering work until 1891; sprinkler, electrical and special hazard expert Middle States In- spection Bureau, 1891-4; asst. special agent for a few months in New England, 1894, and later in Chicago until 1898, insurance engi- neer, for Continental Insurance Co., of New York; since 1898 mgr. of Insurance Survey Bu- reau. Clubs: Midlothian, Auburn Park Golf, Kenwood Country, Chicago Fire Insurance. Of- fice: 315 Dearborn St. Residence: 7052 Yale Av. LOCKWOOD, Isaac Le Grand, agent N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R .; b. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 2, 1847; s. Isaac I. and Mary (Stevens) Lock- wood; reared and ed. Kentucky; attended com- mon schools and took a practical course in college, and afterward read law 1 year in Cin- cinnati; m. 1876, Lillie A. Bowlby, of Ply- mouth, O .; 1 daughter: Lillie M. In railway service as clerk in claim dept. of the B. & O. R. R., Columbus, O., 1872-3; chief clerk of Globe Fast Freight Line (auxiliary to the B. & O. R. R.), with office at Toledo, O., 1873-4; local agent, Plymouth, O., 1874-80; Tiffin, O., 1880-1, and for a few months, in 1881, at Sandusky, O .; transferred to Chicago, 1881, and was local freight agent B. & O. system until Oct., 1882; since then agent for the N. Y., C. & St. L. R. R. Also pres. State Line R. R. Co .; dir. Mutual Bldg. and Loan Assn. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Club: Englewood Men's. Office: Taylor & Clark Sts. Residence: 325 W. 61st Pl.

LOEB, Adolph, fire insurance mgr .; b. Bin- gen, Ger., Mar. 9, 1839; s. Ludwig and Helen (Brandeis) Loeb; ed. Normal School; m. Cin- cinnati, O., 1864, Lucille Hart. Began business life as a bookkeeper and continued in that vocation until 1869, when he established a fire Insurance agency at Memphis, Tenn .; moved to Chicago, 1873, and established a local fire Insurance agency, which is still conducted un- der the style of Adolph Loeb & Son. Also, since 1893, U. S. mgr. for the N. German Fire Insurance Co., of Hamburg, Ger., and the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Co., of Ham- burg. Pres. of the N. German Fire Insurance Co., of New York, and local agent of the Ger- man of Freeport, New Hampshire of Manches- ter, and general agent of the Anchor Fire In- surance Co., of Cincinnati, and of the Atlan- ta-Birmingham Fire Insurance Co., of Atlanta. Ex-pres. Chicago Sinai Congregation; pres. Jewish Agricultural Aid Soc. of America; ex- pres. District Grand Lodge, Independent Or- der of B'nai B'rith; trustee Cleveland Orphan

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Asylum. Club: Standard. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 3622 Grand Boul.

LOEB, Albert Henry, sec. Sears, Roebuck & Co., general mail order supply house; b. Rockford, Ill., Feb. 18, 1868; s. Moritz and Jo- hanna (Unna) Loeb; ed. public schools, Chica- go high schools, and in Johns Hopkins Univ., classical and economic course to 1887; m. Chi- cago, Apr. 26, 1894, Anna Bolmen; children: Allan M., Ernest G. After leaving school taught in public evening schools in Chicago, at same time studying law; admitted to bar by Su- preme Court of Illinois, 1889, and practiced law in firm of Loeb & Adler until 1901, when he became sec. of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Re- publican. Mason (32º). Clubs: Standard, Rav- isloe. Office: Fulton and Desplaines Sts. Resi- dence: 397 E. 50th St.

LOEB, Leo A., insurance underwriter; b. Memphis, Tenn., June 20, 1867; s. Adolph and Lucille (Hart) Loeb; entered public school, Chicago, 1873, and high school, 1879, gradu- ating 1883; m. Chicago, Jan. 19, 1893, Minnie Elson. On June 20, 1887, entered the insur- ance agency of A. Loeb & Son, in which he is now a partner, and which was established by his father in 1873. Is vice-pres. of the N. German Fire Insurance Co., and asst. U. S. mgr. of the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Co. Republican. Dir. United Hebrew Charities, Chi- cago; mem. executive committee Nat. Hosp. for Consumptives, Denver, Colo .; vice-pres. Home for Jewish Friendless. Clubs: Standard, Hamilton. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 4113 Grand Boul.

LOEHR, Gustavus Henry, pres. of the Per- fected Furnace Co .; b. Carlinville, Ill., Oct., 1865; s. John C. and Frederica (Knabner) Loehr; ed. in public schools of Carlinville, Ill. Began business career in the wholesale jew- elry trade, 1883-8; solicitor for the Consoli- dated Adjustment Co., 1888-91; supt. of same company, 1891-1903; since organization in Sept., 1903, pres. of the Perfected Furnace Co., contractors for steam boiler plants. Also vice- pres. and treas. of the Mexico Gold Fields Co. Independent in politics. Mason; K. T. (Cheva- lier Bayard Commandery); mem. Nat. Union and Royal League. Office: Unity Bldg. Resi- dence: 50th St. and Calumet Av.

LOESCH, Frank Joseph, lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Apr. 9, 1852; s. Frank and Mary (Fish- er) Loesch; ed. private and public schools of Buffalo, graduating Grammar School No. 16, June, 1868; 3 years' course in Union College of Law, graduating LL.B., June, 1874; m. Chi- cago, Oct. 2, 1873, Lydia T. Richards; chil- dren: Angeline, Winifred (Mrs. Frederick Z. Marx), Richards Llewellyn, Joseph Benjamin. Admitted to Illinois par, Sept. 8, 1874, and en- gaged in practice, making specialty of rail- way, telegraph and corporation law; counsel at Chicago for Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh since Apr., 1886; general counsel since 1892, for Western Division (composed of all states west of Pennsylvania to Moun- tain states) for the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. Senior mem. law firm Loesch Bros. & Howell. Mem. Chicago Board of Education, July 11, 1898, to July 10, 1901; reappointed for second term; resigned Nov. 11, 1902. Re- publican. Mem. Am., Illinois and Chicago Bar Assns. Club: Union League. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 46 Lincoln Pl.

LOFTIS, Samuel T. A .; b. Cincinnati, O., May, 1860; ed. public schools of Cincinnati. Learned jewelry business in Cincinnati, and in 1885 came to Chicago and established as a manufacturing jeweler, with his brothers, and is now pres. of Loftis Bros. & Co., watches, jewelry, diamonds, etc. Republican. Office: 92 · State St. Residence: 1921 Indiana Av.

LOGAN, Floyd Tilghman, manufacturer; b. Newport, Ky., Feb. 20, 1860; s. Floyd Franklin and Augusta Anna (Hayman) Logan: grad. Peekskill Military Acad., Peekskill, N. Y., 1879;

m. Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 18, 1886, Laura Anna Hackett; 1 son: Floyd Thomas. Began business career in 1880 as an employe of the Western Sash and Door Co., of Kansas City, Mo., remaining in that business until Jan. 1, 1891, when, with John A. Gauger, became part- ner in the firm of John A. Gauger & Co., now a corporation, of which he is sec. and treas., manufacturers of sash, doors, blinds, mould- ings, etc. Republican. Mem. of Masonic or- ders. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Calu- met. Office: 22d and Laflin Sts. Residence: 3906 Lake Av.

LOGAN, Frank Granger, retired commission merchant; b. on farm in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 7, 1851; s. Simeon Ford and Phebe (Hazen) Logan; ed. public schools and in Ithaca (N. Y.) Acad .; m. 1882, Josie, daughter of John L. Hancock, of Chicago. Came to Chicago, 1870; clerk in dry goods house of Field, Leiter & Co .; then for a year with a Board of Trade firm before establishing, 1876, under style of F. G. Logan & Co., in the commission grain trade, beginning on a very modest scale, and becoming one of the leading houses operating on the Board of Trade. Made a fine collection of archaeological specimens, which he exhib- ited in Anthropological dept. of World's Colum- bian Exposition; also a collection of interest- ing relics of John Brown and Abraham Lin- coln, exhibited in the Illinois Bldg. Congrega- tionalist; officer of Plymouth Church; dir. City Missionary Soc. Club: Union League. Of- fice: Board of Trade. Residence: 2919 Prairie Av.

LOGAN, Theron, commission merchant; sen- ior mem. firm of Logan & Bryan; dir. Work- man's Legal Security Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange (dir.). Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 6533 Stewart Av.

LOMBARD, Isaac Gross, banker; b. Truro, Mass., Sept. 9, 1835; s. Louis and Sarah Cross Lombard; ed. Davis' Acad., Truro; m. Boston, Mass., Dec. 24, 1857, Margaret Baker; children: Katherine, Ernest Baker. Sec. Union Insur- ance and Trust Co., 1857-63; cashier 5th Nat. Bank of Chicago, 1863-83; pres. Nat. Bank of America, 1898-1900; dir. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank since 1900; chairman of clearing house committee, 1880-1900. Mem. Sons of New Eng- land Soc., Mayflower Soc. Conservative Repub- lican. Clubs: Bankers. Union League. Office: Corn Exchange Bank. Residence: 1819 Indiana Av.

LONG, Frank Elmer, advertising; b. on farm in Boone Co., Ill., Oct. 7, 1865; s. Joseph and Rhoda Anna (Wheeler) Long; ed. public school and at Northern Indiana Normal School, Val- paraiso, Ind .; m. Kansas City, Mo .. Oct. 18, 1898, Nellie Wilhelmina Ebert; children: El- mer Ebert, Constance Evelyn. On leaving school was employed for several years in dry goods store of Albert Rivet, Rockford, Ill., and later in collertion dept. of Emerson, Tal- cott & Co., manufacturers of agricultural im- plements. Rockford, and still later mgr. of that dept. for several years; resigned to en- ter employ of Frank B. White, special repre- sentative of publishers, at Chicago, June, 1892; in May, 1894, Frank B. White Co., advertising agents, was incorporated, of which became vice-pres., later assuming management of eastern office at New York until July, 1902, when elected to presidency of Frank B. White Co. In Sept .. 1903. with others, incorporated the Long-Critchfleld Corporation, of which is also pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 156 Wabash Av. Resi- dence: Oak Park, Ill.

LONG, James Henry, sales mgr .; b. Chica- go, Mar. 5, 1844; s. James and Cerusa (Con- ant) Long; ed. high school, Chicago, and Chi- cago Univ .; m. Chicago, Sept. 4, 1867, Isabel Johnson. Served 3 years in Battery A, Chicago Light Artillery during Civil War; after war

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engaged in business as lumberman in Chicago for 12 years. Was traffic mgr. Illinois Steel Co., 1878-93; since 1893 mgr. of the Chicago of- fice of the Am. Steel Foundries (office, New York). Also dir. of the Am. Oil Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary, Ken- wood Country, Office: Fisher Bldg.

LONG, John Harper, prof. chemistry, Med. School, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, since 1881; b. near Steubenville, O., Dec., 1856; s. John Long; grad. Univ. of Kan., B.S., 1877; studied at Tübingen, Würzburg, and Breslau, Ger. (Sc.D., Tübingen, 1879); m. Cedar Rapids, Ia., Aug. 24, 1885, Catherine Stoneman. Mem. several scientific socs; pres. Am. Chem. Soc., 1903. Author. (See Who's Who in America for list of books, etc.) Residence: 7748 Sangamon St. Office: 2421 Dearborn St.

LONG, Theodore Kepner, lawyer; b. Millers- town, Pa., Apr. 26, 1857; s. Abraham and Cath- arine (Kepner) Long; ed. Millerstown High School, Millerstown, Pa .; State Normal School, Millersville, Pa .; New Bloomfield (Pa.) Classical Acad .; took special studies at Yale and was grad. law dept. of same, 1878, degree LL.B .; m. Eau Claire, Wis., Nov. 25, 1885, Kate Carson; 1 son: William Carson. Was clerk in War Dept., Washington, D. C., 1879; editor Mandan (N. Dak.) Daily Pioneer, 1882; com- piled Long's Legislative Hand Book for Dako- ta, 1883; in active practice of law since 1884; States Atty. for district west of the Missouri River, Dakota, 1885; atty. for N. P. R. R., Bismarck, Dak., 1887; located in Chicago, 1894, where has been mainly devoted to corporation law. Legal adviser in formation of the Illinois Life Insurance Co., the Western Trust and Savings Bank, and other corporations. Gen- eral counsel and dir. the Illinois Life Insur- ance Co. and Western Trust and Savings Bank; dir. Pullman Loan and Savings Bank; general counsel Charles A. Stevens & Bros. (corpora- tion); mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton (ex-pres.), Kenwood, Midlothian. Office: Ft. Dearborn Bldg. Residence: 4823 Kimbark Av.

LONGENECKER, Joel Fitch, lawyer; b. Ol- ney, Ill., Dec. 21, 1880; s. Joel M. and Emma Florence (Fitch) Longenecker; ed. public schools, Bryant & Stratton Business College and Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating in class of 1902. Began practice of law in 1902 in firm of Longenecker & Longenecker (Joel M., R. R. and J. F.). Dir. and sec. of the Am. Art Glass Co .; dir. Chicago and Cook Co. Os- teopathic Assn. Republican; pres. 10th pre- cinct of 6th Ward and chairman of 6th pri- mary district. Methodist. Mem. Sons of Vet- erans (Division sec. Illinois Division). Of- fice: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 4125 Vincennes Av.

LONGENECKER, Joel M., lawyer; b. on farm in Crawford Co., Ill., Jan. 12, 1847; s. Edwin A. and Mary (Byers) Longenecker; ed. public schools until 1862, when enlisted in Co. F, 5th Ill. Cav., serving until end of war; then attended Robinson High School, Crawford Co., with intervals of teaching in public schools to sustain himself while prosecuting studies; m. Robinson, Ill., 1870, Emma Florence Fitch; children: Rolla R., Joel F., Theodosia M. Admitted to Illinois bar at Olney, Richland Co., 1871; was city atty. of Olney, 2 years; State's atty., 1876-80; removed to Chicago, 1881; was asst. State's Atty. under Luther Laflin Mills and Julius Grinnell, and on pro- motion of latter to bench was elected to fill his unexpired term and, upon its expiration, for a full term; tried many important cases, including the Cronin case. Republican. Mem. G. A. R., Lincoln Post, 91; Past Dept. Com- mander State of Illinois, 1900. Masonic (Blue Lodge), Chapter and Commandery; also Mys- tic Shrine; K. P. Pres. of the Law Institute and mem. Chicago, State and Co. Bar Assns.

Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 4125 Vin- cennes Av.

LONGENECKER, Bolla Rudolph, lawyer; b. Olney, Ill., Apr. 1, 1875; s. Joel M. and Emma Florence (Fitch) Longenecker; ed. common and high schools of Chicago and studied law 5 years in office of Joel M. Longenecker; m. Chicago, Sept. 20, 1904, Grace Louise Brinker- hoff. Admitted to bar, 1900,' and joined his father, Joel M. Longenecker in forming firm of Longenecker & Longenecker, in which a younger brother, J. F., is also now a mem. Since 1901 prof. of med. jurisprudence in the Am. College of Osteopathic Medicine and Sur- gery. Dir. Chicago and Cook Co. Osteopathic Assn. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Sons of Veterans, K. P. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Chi- cago Riding and Driving. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: 6045 Calumet Av.

LONGLEY, Albert Warren, merchant; b. Westford, Mass., Oct. 12, 1848; s. Otis and Nancy Lock (Goodhue) Longley; attended pub- lic schools of Springfield, Mass. Came to Chi- cago and conducted a retail grocery store and meat market on W. Madison St., 1869-72; re- built the Massasoit House and opened it as a hotel, 1873; in 1882 established firm of Long- ley, Low & Alexander, wholesale hats and caps, of which is pres .; also pres. Cosmopoli- tan Cap Factory. Republican. Club: Washing- ton Park. Office: 193-195 Adams St. Residence: Lexington Hotel.

LOOMIS, Edward Beach, physician and sur- geon; b. Brooklyn, N. Y .. Apr. 6, 1848; s. Rev. Harmon and Charlotte M. (Torrey) Loomis; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute to 1863; Univ. of the City of New York, Univ. of Ver- mont and med. dept. of Univ. of Vermont, graduating, M.D., 1870; m. Burlington, Vt., Mar. 14, 1871, Effogene M. Fuller; 1 daughter: Charlotte C. Mem. Illinois State Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Therapeutic Club. Republican. Club: Illinois. Office: 34 Wabash Av. Residence: 145 S. Ro- bey St.

LOOSE, Jacob L., manufacturer; b. Frank- lin Co., Pa., June 17, 1850; s. Isaac and Eliza (Scholl) Loose; removed to Sangamon Co., Ill., 1860; ed. schools of Franklin Co., Pa., and De- catur (Ill.) High School; m. 1878, Ella, daugh- ter of Jonas Clark, of Carthage, Mo. After leaving school, clerk, for short time, in dry goods house, Decatur, Ill .; later at Chetopa, Kas., clerk in a dry goods store conducted by 2 of his brothers as D. A. Loose & Co .; bought interest of 1 brother, firm becoming D. A. & J. L. Loose; established branch at Joplin, Mo .; partnership dissolved soon after, elder brother taking Missouri business, while he conducted Kansas business. In 1882, with brother, J. S. Loose, bought controlling interest in Corle Cracker and Confectionery Co., Kansas City; changed, 1889, to Loose Bros. Mfg. Co .; built up large business which he, with other large biscuit manufacturers, consolidated as Am. Biscuit and Mfg. Co. (incorporated May 15, 1890), of which he was pres. for 7 years, until he retired and went to Europe. Afterward business was merged into Nat. Biscuit Co. After long rest established, in conjunction with brother, J. S., and others, bakeries in competition with Nat. Biscuit Co. at Kansas City, St. Louis, Dallas, Minneapolis and other places as Loose-Wiles Cracker and Candy Co., of which is pres. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Midlothian, Washington Park (Chi- cago); also Kansas City and Kansas City Country (Kansas City). Office: The Rookery. Residence: Auditorium Annex.

LORD, Daniel Miner, vice-pres. Metropoli- tan Trust and Savings Bank; b. Newton Cor- ner, Mass., Sept. 29, 1844; s. Daniel Miner and Eliza (Hardy) Lord; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Sept. 21, 1887, Alice Barbee Tullis; children: Arthur D., Alice Tullis, Florence Eliza, Daniel M., Jr. Was fitted for college in

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1861, but, owing to his father having been killed in an accident, he gave up a college course. Engaged in shipping business in New York until the close of the Civil War; came to Chicago, Oct., 1868, and within 2 years entered the newspaper advertising business, which he continued as senior mem. of the firm of Lord & Thomas until Feb. 1, 1904, when sold inter- est to former employes and retired from busi- ness. Vice-pres. and dir. Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank, and of Sterling Remedy Co .; treas. and dir. Opaque Shade Cloth Co .; pres. and dir. H. G. & M. Oil Co .; dir. Quaker Co., Indiana Mineral Springs Co., Illinois and In- diana Oil Co. Independent in politics. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic (ex-pres.), Chicago Literary, City, Kenwood, Bankers, Calumet Country. Address: 5450 Cornell Av.

LORD, Edgar A., pres. Lord & Bushnell, lumber merchants; b. St. Joseph, Mich., 1842; s. James F. and Marcia Pepper Lord; ed. pub- lic schools; m. St. Joseph, Mich., 1868, Mary B., daughter of B. C. Hoyt; children: James F., Helen P. (now Mrs. E. L. Hasler), Mary B. From age of 21 years engaged in the lumber business with his father until latter sold out to Babcock & Bros .; then engaged in lumber business with A. T. King as A. T. King & Co .; bought with Abbott L. Adams, interest of F. W. King in that firm on death of latter in 1870, and in 1872, upon death of A. T. King, firm became Adams & Lord, and in May, 1882, Winslow Bushnell having become interested, the business was incorporated as the Lord & Bushnell Company, of which has ever since been pres. Clubs: Calumet, Washington Park. Office: West 22d St. and Center Av. Residence: 1901 Indiana Av.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 105

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 652

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 652