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 114

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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MANNING, William Josiah, lawyer; b. near Waterloo, Seneca Co., N. Y., Apr. 15, 1838; s. Rockwell and Sarah . (Warner) Manning; family moved, 1849, to DnPage Co., Ill., set- tling near Warrenville: ed. public schools of Waterloo, N. Y., and DuPage Co., Ill .; grad. Warrenville Seminary; m. Aug. 15, 1877, Ellen P., daughter of N. B. Curtiss, banker, of

Peoria, Ill .; children: Ralph C., Curtiss R. After leaving school engaged in mercantile business on his own account; studied law, 1868-71; grad. Union College of Law, 1871; admitted to bar; was one of the representa- tives of Chicago bar when Hon. Melville W. Fuller took oath of office as Chief Justice of the U. S. Republican; formerly mem. Repub- lican central committee of DuPage Co. Mem. Chicago Law Institute, Chicago Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn. Club: Union League. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 3242 Calu- met Av., and Warrenville, Il1.

MANNS, Albert George, chemist; b. Alle- gheny, Pa., June 5, 1860; s. Louis and Sophia (Hahn) Manns; ed. public schools of Oak Park, Ill .; Chicago College of Pharmacy, Univ. of Illinois, B.Sc., 1885; Univ. of Berlin, Ger., Ph.D., 1888; m. Chicago, June 18, 1902, Anna H. Lausten. Was prof. of chemistry, Univ. of Illinois, and chemist of the Agricul- tural Station, 1888-90; was prof. of chemistry, Chicago College of Pharmacy, 1890-3; since June, 1893, chief chemist for Armour & Co. Dir. Union Stock Yards State Bank. Mem. Am. Chemical Soc. Mem. Sigma Chi. Office: Ar- mour & Co., Union Stock Yards. Residence: 5643 Marshfield Av.

MANSURE, Edmund L., manufacturer up- holstery and drapery trimmings; b. Philadel- phia, Pa., June 10, 1860; s. John J. and Mary (Shields) Mansure; ed. Philadelphia public schools; m. Chicago, 1895, Nellie F. Forsman; 1 son: Edmund F. Went to work when a boy of 12 years of age; learned business of manu- facture of upholstery trimmings in factory of William H. Horstmann Co., Philadelphia, with whom he stayed until 1887; came to Chicago and worked for J. H. Stevenson & Co., 1887-90. In 1890 established for self and has built up, in the present corporation of E. L. Mansure Co. (of which he is pres.) one of the largest manufacturing enterprises of its kind in the world. In 1893 absorbed the business of J. H. Stevenson & Co., and in 1900 moved to pres- ent large quarters, where employs 600 people; in 1903 established another plant in Philadel- phia, where 200 hands are employed; also has branch house in New York. Republican. Mason; mem. Montjoie Commandery, K. T. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Wash- ington Park, Kenwood. Office: 74 Michigan Av. Residence: 164 E. 47th St.

MANZ, Jacob, pres. J. Manz Engraving Co .; b. Marthalen, canton of Zürich, Switzerland, Oct. 1, 1837; s. J. J. and Elizabeth (Keller) Manz; ed. schools of native place; learned wood engraving with Lips & Spalinger, Schaff- housen, Switzerland; m. 1st, Chicago, Jan. 6, 1859, Caroline Knoepfle; children: Carrie, Wil- liam; m. 2d, Chicago, Nov. 24, 1867, Johanna Hesse; children: Ida, Paul, Adolph, Helen. Came to Chicago direct from Switzerland, 1855, securing employment with S. D. Childs & Co., then the only engraving house in Chi- cago; in 1867, with partner, established en- graving business as Maas & Manz, later suc- ceeding as sole proprietor; burned out at s. w. cor. Madison and Dearborn Sts. in great fire of Oct., 1871; re-established after fire, first on W. Madison St., afterward on s. w. cor. of Randolph and LaSalle Sts .; moved to LaSalle and Washington Sts., then to 105-7 Madison St., later to 183-7 Monroe St., and finally, in 1895, to present location at 195-207 Canal St. Alfred Bersbach became a partner in 1880 and F. D. Montgomery in 1889, and in 1890 the business was incorporated as J. Manz Engrav- ing Co., of which Mr. Manz is pres .; the com- pany has branches in New York and Cleve- land, O. Mason; mem. K. P., Royal League, Nat. Union, North Am. Union. Swiss Benevo- lent Soc., Deutsche Gesellschaft and Schwaben Verein; mem. and for many years pres. Schweizer Mannerchor and ex-pres. United

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German Singers. Office: 197 S. Canal St. Resi- dence: 562 Burling St.

MARCH, Calvin Cate, lawyer; b. London- derry, N. H., Apr. 30, 1846; s. of Reed C. and Mary (Cate) March; with parents removed to Dixon, Ill., 1855; attended public schools and assisted father in farming until 1864; at- tended Dixon Seminary, 1864-8; read law with J. K. Edsall, at Dixon, then went to law dept. of Univ. of Michigan, graduating LL.B., 1870. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1870; located in prac- tice at Rochelle, Ill., becoming partner with M. D. Hathaway there, 1873-84; since 1884 in general practice of law in Chicago, and now a mem. of the firm of Meek, March & Kubitz, making a specialty of personal injury cases. Mem. of the I. O. O. F. and Nopareil. Office: 163 Randolph St. Residence: 9040 Muskegon Av.

MARCUSE, Benjamin, banker and broker; b. Berlin, Ger., Mar. 19, 1871; s. Max and Lena (Lasker) Marcuse (mother was a niece of Dr. Edward Lasker, Prussian statesman); grad. high schools of Berlin, Ger., 1887; m. Chicago, 1896, Cornelia Drom. Came to New York from Germany, 1887, and was traveling salesman for clothing house there until 1894, when came to Chicago, becoming traveling salesman for Strauss, Eisendrath & Drom and for Daube, Cohn & Co., wholesale clothing, until 1901, when joined Fritz von Frantzius, forming present firm of Von Frantzius & Co., bankers and brokers, and members of the Chicago Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 112 LaSalle St. Residence: 3846 Grand Boul.

MARCUSSON, Henry Hall, manufacturer of spring beds; b. Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1865; s. John W. and Julia (Beringer) Marcusson; academic education; m. Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 12, 1888, Minnie Starkweather. Began business career as telegraph operator, 1881-4; then in the office of a life insurance company until 1888; in the latter year became associated with Mr. John D. Haggard in the manufacture of spring beds, and in 1894 the business was Incorporated under the present style of Hag- gard & Marcusson Co., of which he is sec. and treas. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: La- Grange Golf. Office: 415 S. Canal St. Resi- dence: LaGrange, Ill.

MARK, Clayton, 2d vice-pres. Nat. Malleable Castings Co .; b. Fredericksburg, Pa., June, 1858; s. Cyrus and Rebecca (Strohm) Mark; ed. public schools in Pennsylvania and Chi- cago, coming to this city in 1872 and con- tinuing in school until 1876; m. Iowa, Sept., 1880, Anna Griffith; children: Clarence, Alice, Clayton, Jr., Lydia, Phyllis, Cyrus, Cythia, and unnamed baby. After leaving school en- tered the office of the Chicago Malleable Iron Co., which subsequently was succeeded by the National Malleable Castings Co .; worked up from subordinate position; has been dir. of the company since 1894, and 2d vice-pres. since 1902; the company has plants at Cleveland, Toledo, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Sharon, Pa. Also dir. of the Interstate Foundry Co., of Cleveland, O .; dir. of the Protection Mutual Fire Insurance Co .; pres. of the Mark Mfg. Co., whose plants are at Chicago and Zanesville, O. Republican. President of the Board of Edu- cation of the City of Chicago; has been mem. since 1896; has been 3 times elected pres. of the board. Mason. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Clubs: Union League, Merchants, Midlothian. Office: W. 26th St. and Blue Island Av. Resi- dence: 306 Schiller St.

MARKLEY, John Randolph, pres. of the Laguna Co .; h. Knox Co., O., Mar. 13, 1855; s. James and Catherine (Ankeny) Markley; ed. public schools, Cornell College, Ia., law dept. of the Univ. of Michigan, and Freiburg Univ., Ger .; m. Waukegan, Ill., 1884, Ida M. Wilder; children: Lawrence, Ruth, Roland. Admitted to bar in 1878 and practiced law at Cedar

Falls, Ia., and Niobrara, Neb., until 1884; was registrar of the United States Land Office at Niobrara and at O'Neill, Neb .; moved to Cor- vallis, Ore., and engaged in the fruit business, also becoming abstracter of titles; in 1895 went to Butte, Mont., and continued in abstract business there until 1897, when came to Chicago and organized several land and lumber companies; is pres. of the Laguna Co., importers and wholesalers of mahogany lum- ber; pres. of the Mexican Gulf Land & Lumber Co. and pres. of the San Pablo Co. Democrat. Office: Tribune Bldg.

MARKWALD, Ernst M., treas. of the Calu- met & Western Elevator Co .; b. Berlin, Ger., Sept. 5, 1858; ed. public schools of Berlin; m. Toledo, O., Feb. 20, 1889, De Ette Bennett; 1 son: Conrad Alexander. Since 1892 has been a resident of Chicago and engaged in the grain business; since 1900 treas. of the Calumet & Western Elevator Co. Mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade. Life mem. of the Art Insti- tute of Chicago. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illi- nois Athletic, Washington Park, Kenwood. Of- fice: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: 5426 Green- wood Av.

MARKWELL, Max Matthew, merchant; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Mar. 2, 1864; s. Isadore and Caroline (Rindskopf) Markwell; ed. Milwau- kee public and high schools; m. Cincinnati, Dec. 2, 1891, Carolyn Hyman; 1 son: Robert Max. Was engaged as a traveling salesman for wholesale clothing business in Milwaukee for 12 years before coming to Chicago in Novem- ber, 1899, to engage in the wholesale millinery business, as vice-pres. of the Chicago Mercan- tile Co. Gold Democrat. Jewish religion. Mem. of advisory board of the Jewish Agricultural Aid Soc. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe. Office: 106 Wabash Av. Residence: 4800 Grand Boul.

MARLOW, Charles Francis, sec. and treas. of the Chicago Consolidated Traction Co .; h. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 15, 1864; s. James F. and Jane (Whitaker) Marlow; ed. public schools of Philadelphia to 1879; m. Philadel- phia, Oct. 20, 1897, Georgiana W. Sharpe; 1 son: Edward Sharpe Marlow. In employ Penn- sylvania R. R., freight claim dept., 1879-93; clerk for William Wharton, Jr. & Co., street railway contractors, 1893-4; in U. S. Custom House, Philadelphia, 1894-6; asst. sec. of Sie- mans-Halske Electric Co., Chicago, Sept., 1896, to Dec., 1898; from Dec., 1898, to Feb., 1899, auditor of the Yerkes System of railroads, and upon formation in Feb., 1899, of the Chicago Consolidated Traction Co., assumed present position of sec. and treas. Was ensign in Penn- sylvania Naval Militia, 4 years, at Philadel- phia. Clubs: Evanston Country, Edgewater Golf, Glen View. Office: 444 N. Clark St. Rest- dence: 1225 Greenleaf St., Evanston.

MARQUIS, Albert Nelson, publisher; h. Brown Co., O .; s. Cyrenus G. and Elizabeth (Redmon) Marquis; left an orphan in early childhood; brought up by grandparents (moth- er's side) till 18 years of age; ed. public schools; engaged in general merchandise busi- ness in native county from 18 to 21 years of age: Immediately thereafter employed for 6 months by a publishing firm: since then per- sonally engaged in the publishing business under firm name of A. N. Marquis & Co .; earlier publications consisted mainly of di- rectories, guide books and maps: hook publish- ing was added later; established the Marquis Handy Business Directory of Chicago. 1886; sold it to the Chicago Directory Co., 1889, and it was merged into the Lakeside Business Di- rectory of Chicago, and since published an- nually under that title. Established Who's Who in America (a biographical dictionary of notable living Americans, published biennally), 1899. Has resided in Chicago since 1884. Clubs: Illinois (trustee, 1904; vice-pres., 1905), Ham- ilton (dir., 1905-6). Illinois Athletic, Riverside Golf, Ohio Soc. Was pres. of the Ashland

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Club, 1893. Office: 324 Dearborn St. Residence: 538 Adams St.

MARQUIS, David Calhoun, prof. McCor- mick Theol. Seminary since 1883; b. Lawrence Co., Pa., Nov. 15, 1834; grad. Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Pa., 1857 (D.D., Washington and Jefferson College, 1875; LL.D., Westminster College, Mo., 1891); m. 1st, Oct., 1863, Anna M. Kennedy; m. 2d, July, 1879, Helen M. Pearson; m. 3d, Oct., 1898, Emeline E. Vaughn (died, Feb., 1901). Moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1886; mem. Pan-Presbyterian Coun- cil, Edinburgh, 1877; same, Glasgow, 1896; filled pastorates, Decatur, Ill., 1863-6; Chicago, 1866-70; Baltimore, 1870-8; St. Louis, 1878-83. Residence: The Plaza.

MARQUIS, George Paull, physician; b. Alle- gheny, Pa., Sept. 12, 1868; s. Rev. Daniel C. and Anna (Kennedy) Marquis; ed. Chicago High School, and Washington and Jefferson College, A.B., 1889, A.M., 1892; Northwestern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1892; m. Philadel- phia, 1899, Emily Chamberlain; 1 daughter: Anna. Engaged in med. practice since 1892; practice limited to diseases of the ear, nose and throat. Attending laryngologist and otolo- gist, Cook Co. Hosp .; instructor in laryngology and rhinology, Northwestern Univ. Med. School. Was chief surgeon 2d Ill. Vols. in Spanish-Am. War for 1 year, in Cuba and Jacksonville, Fla .; now chief surgeon 1st brigade, with rank of lieut .- col., on Gen. Moul- ton's staff. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Laryngological Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club. Mem. Illi- nois and Nat. Assns. of Military Surgeons. Of- fice: 103 State St. Residence: 37 Cedar St.

MARRIOTT, Abraham Robert, vice-pres. Chicago Title & Trust Co .; b. on farm in Du- Page Co., Ill., May 26, 1860; s. William and Kittie (Gresham) Marriott; ed. public schools of Wheaton, Ill., and Chicago College of Law; m. Oct. 19, 1882, Minnie C. Cooper; children: Ida Elizabeth, Arthur Cooper, Robert William, Thomas Benton. Clerk with Haddock, Coxe & Co. and Haddock, Vallette & Rickcords (ab- stracts of title), 1875-91; supt. of Haddock, Vallette & Rickcords Co., 1891-5; vice-pres. Security Title & Trust Co., 1895-1901; vice- pres. and dir. Chicago Title & Trust Co. since 1901. On Sept. 1, 1904, awarded contract by Board of Cook Co. for rewriting abstract books and records of Cook Co., to be completed in 2 years. Associate mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Club: The Oaks (Austin). Office: 100 Washington St. Resi- dence: 222 S. Park Av., Oak Park.

MARSH, Charles Allen, lumber; b. Gran- ville, O., July 16, 1857; s. F. O. and Jennie E. (Allen) Marsh; grad. Denison Univ., Granville, O., 1878; m. 1st, Oct. 22, 1881, Lide, daughter of Daniel and Eliza (Storey) Shepardson, of Granville, O. (died Apr. 22, 1890); children: Harold (deceased), Helen, Allen Fletcher; m. 2d, Oct. 26, 1899, Mary Bimm, of Dayton, O. Came to Chicago, Sept., 1878; began business career by working for his board for 6 months in the office of his uncle, George A. Marsh, a lumberman, afterward as bookkeeper, inspec- tor, etc., in lumber firm of George A. Marsh & Co .; then mem. firm of Marsh Bros. & Ransom until Jan., 1883, when the Marsh & Bingham Co. was organized and he became sec .; since 1898 vice-pres. Dir. The World To-Day Co .; vice-pres. P. G. Dodge Lumber Co. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle, Homewood. Office: Old Colony Bldg. Residence: 5639 Washington Av.

MARSH, George Samuel, 1st asst. general passenger agent C., M. & St. P. Ry .; b. Crafts- bury, Vt., Oct. 13, 1855; s. C. A. J. and Caro- line R. Damon Marsh; ed. Meriden, N. H .; Kimball Union Acad .; m. Evanston, 1880, Emma Dunnen; children: Alice D., Charles D., Everett T., Robert B. Began railway career with the Central Vermont R. R. at St. Albans,

Vt., as car and record clerk, Aug., 1869, to Aug., 1871; then, after a year devoted to studies, clerk to gen. supt. of the West Wis- consin Ry. at Hudson, Wis., Sept., 1872, to July, 1875; bookkeeper Waterbury Clock Co. at Chicago, July to Oct., 1875; clerk in local freight office C., M. & St. P. Ry. at Milwaukee, Oct .- Nov., 1875; general clerk general ticket office C. & N .- W. Ry., Chicago, Nov., 1875, to Feb., 1880; ticket accountant C. & G. T. Ry. at Port Huron, Mich., Feb. to May, 1880; chief clerk general passenger dept. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. at Minneapolis, May, 1880, to July, 1882; chief clerk general passenger dept., Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Ry. at Mil- waukee, Wis., 1882-5; chief clerk general pas- senger dept. and asst. general ticket agent N. P. R. R. at St. Paul, Minn., Jan., 1885, to Dec., 1887; general passenger and ticket agent, Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Ry., Dec., 1887, to Mar., 1889; asst. general passenger and ticket agent C., M. & St. P. Ry., Mar., 1889, to Jan. 1, 1900; since then first asst. gen- eral passenger and ticket agent, same road. Mem. S. A. R., Sons of the Revolution, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Club: Evanston. Office: Rail- way Exchange Bldg. Residence: 1332 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill.

MARSH, James P., manufacturer; b. Lock- port, Niagara Co., N. Y., May 29, 1841; s. Caleb and Mary (Latten) Marsh; ed. Union School, Lockport, N. Y .; m. Waukegan, Ill., Aug. 5, 1862, Frances C. Davis of New York; children: Frances Virginia, Celeste Rowena. Reared on a farm; came to Chicago, 1862, and engaged in insurance business (Olcott & Marsh) until 1871; established 1865, under name of James P. Marsh & Co., as a manu- facturer of steam specialties, and since 1871 has devoted entire attention to that business. Republican. Office: 224 Washington St. Resi- dence: 3222 Michigan Av.

MARSH, John P., mortgage banker; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 24, 1874; s. John W. and Annie S. (Porter) Marsh; ed. Chicago grammar and high schools and business colleges and in Chicago College of Law; m. Chicago, Dec., 1902, Mary McWilliams; 1 son: John McWil- liams. From 1892 to 1895 was with the 1st Nat. Bank of Chicago, and 1895-6 with N. W. Harris & Co., bankers; in 1896 entered real estate mortgage and insurance business. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 3735 Lake Av.

MARSH, William Dixon, insurance; b. El- lington, Conn., Feb. 7, 1840; s. Ezekiel and Eliza (Dixon) Marsh; ed. Edward Hall's School for Boys, Ellington, Conn., and Willis- ton Seminary, East Hampton, Mass .; m. Madi- son, Wis., 1884, Lora E. Campbell; children: Richard T., Josephine (Mrs. D. M. Nourse), Mabel Dixon. Since 1878 mem. of Fred S. James & Co. (established 1873), of which he is now vice-pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Union League. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 3604 Grand Boul.

MARSHALL, Alfred, machinery; b. New York City, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1868; s. Henry George and Jessie (Jardine) Marshall; ed. public schools of New York and Polytechnic School, Brooklyn; m. Chicago, 1895, George Martin. Was in employ of the Prentiss Tool & Supply Co. of New York, from 1884 to 1896; came to Chicago in 1889 and was mgr. of the company's branch house here until 1896, when resigned and organized the Marshall & Hus- chart Machinery Co., of which is pres. Inde- pendent in politics. Mem. St. Andrews Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 62-64 S. Canal St. Residence: 1102 Church St. Evanston, Ill.

MARSHALL, Benjamin Howard, architect; b. Chicago, May 5, 1874; s. Caleb H. and Celia F. (Le Baillie) Marshall; ed. Harvard School, Chicago; m. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1905, Mary Eliza- beth Walton. At age of 17 left school and was

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employed as office boy with Clement, Bane & Co. (wholesale clothing) at $5 per week; after learning cutting, spent the last months in de- signing clothing; at 19 became office boy for H. R. Wilson, architect; worked way up and at 21 was given half interest in the business, the firm becoming Wilson & Marshall, until Apr., 1902; then went into practice alone, de- signing $3,000,000 worth of buildings the first year, including 5 large theatres, viz .: Illinois, Powers, Iroquois, Nixon Opera House, Pitts- burgh, Pa .; Mason Opera House, Los Angeles, Calif. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Chicago Automobile. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 4730 Drexel Boul.

MARSHALL, Caleb Howard; b. West Bridge- water, Mass., July 16, 1840; s. Benjamin and Polly (Howard) Marshall; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Nov. 17, 1869, Celia F. Le Baillie; children: Celia H. (died 1873), Benjamin Howard. Engaged in business on own account by buying a general store at South Milford, Mass .; sold out, 1863, and came to Chicago, and was employed in the Oriental Flour Mills (at Madison St. Bridge) for 3 years; then for 3 years in charge of the Star and Crescent Flouring Mills; traveling salesman, 1870-4, and partner, 1875-80, firm of Blake, Herdman & Co., bakers; sold out and organized F. A. Ken- nedy Biscuit Co., 1880, and was its treas. and mgr. until 1884; sold out and bought an in- terest in Blake, Shaw & Co. (Dake Bakery), in which continued as mgr. of manufacturing dept. until 1890, when firm was absorbed by Am. Biscuit Mfg. Co., with which until 1892; since then retired from active business. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 4730 Drexel Boul.

MARSHALL, Charles Grey, leather; b. Chi- cago, Dec. 2, 1858; s. James Douglas and Au- gusta A. (Hall) Marshall; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Grand Island, Neb., 1901, Flora McDaneld; children: James D. (deceased), Charles Arthur. Brought up in the tannery business established by his father, and upon his death in 1897 succeeded to the business. Republican. Mason; Lodge, Chapter and St. Bernard Commandery, K. T. Office: 112-132 Hawthorne Av. Residence: 525 Jackson Boul.

MARSHALL, Charles H., manufacturer; b. Utica, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1854; s. Joseph and Abi- gal Jane (Lyon) Marshall; removed with fam- ily to Chicago, 1863; ed. Skinner and Scammon schools of Chicago; m. Chicago, Dec. 3, 1879, Katharine W. King; children: Clara E., Fanny L., Katharine W., Marion, Dorothy. Began busi- ness career at 12, as cash hoy; after great fire salesman in Marshall Field & Co.'s retail store; in shawl dept. (wholesale) of J. V. Farwell & Co., 1872-5; then with G. H. Foster & Co., no- tion specialties, until 1880; then in dry goods business for himself; removed several times to secure larger quarters because of growth of business; sold out, 1890, and with two others put up 14-story Security Building, and was sec. Security Deposit Co. until 1899, when established in soap mfg. business, as pres. Lekko Soap Co. Republican. Baptist; trustee 1st Baptist Church; dir. Chicago Baptist Hosp. Mason: mem. Oriental Lodge; also mem. Gen. Grant Council, Royal Arcanum. Office: 27 Michigan Av. Residence: 3426 Vernon Av.

MARSHALL, George Edward, pres. Mar- Feb. 9, 1853; s. J. B. W. and Abigail (Lyon) Marshall; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Feb., 1882, Mary Louise Chapin; children: Gertrude, Louise, Mildred. Leonard Lyon. Began busi- ness life as clerk in house of J. M. W. Jones Stationery Co., and John H. Small & Co., until went into business for self in 1874, under name of George E. Marshall & Co., which con- tinued until 1904, when consolidated with the Thayer & Jackson Stationery Co. under the style of Marshall-Jackson Co., stationers and

printers, of which is pres. Former Mem. of Co. H, 1st Regt., I. N. G. Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Golf. Office: 140-146 Monroe St. Residence: 30 Hawthorne Pl.

MARSHALL, Hobart Elmore, insurance; b. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1874; s. John J. and Helen M. Elmore Marshall; ed. public schools, Grand Rapids, Mich .; Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., Yale Univ. (Sheffield Scien- tific School) ; m. New York, Jan. 10, 1903, Har- riet F. Brown; 1 daughter: Harriet Helen. Came to Chicago from Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1895, and engaged in the life insurance business, and since Feb., 1898, supt. of the Northwestern Dept. of the Provident Savings Life Insurance Co. of New York. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Columbia Yacht, Yale. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 3311 Beacon Av.

MARSHALL, John Irwin, manufacturer; b Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 19, 1864; s. Irwin and Margaret (Shearer) Marshall; ed. public schools of Watertown, N. Y .; Oswego, N. Y .; in Ontario and at Grand Rapids, Mich., and in business college; m. Grant Co., Wis., Jan. 2, 1888, Florence Hill; 1 daughter: Florence Hill. After leaving school went to Milwaukee, Wis., as clerk to W. D. Gray, of the Edward P. Allis Co., then sec. to J. Donohue, ger. supt. and asst. to gen. mgr. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western R. R .; came to Chicago in fall of 1892 and became salesman for the Garden City Sand Co .; later entered employ, as mgr., of Middleby Oven Co., of Boston, Mass .; spent 1 year in service of that company, then or- ganized the Middleby Oven Mfg. Co., of which is pres. Spent about 3 years in New York and Boston in the interest of the company. The Middleby Oven is of improved construction, both as baking qualities and economy of fuel, and is largely used by bakers, public in- stitutions, hotels, restaurants, etc. A dir. of the Manufacturers Bank. Independent in poli- tics. Non-resident Mem. Missouri Athletic Club, of St. Louis. Office: 60 W. VanBuren St. Residence: 2110 Kenmore Av.

MARSHALL, Philip L., real estate; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 30, 1868; s. James M. and Susan C. Marshall; ed. Chicago public schools and Univ. of Michigan. Mem. firm of Knight & Marshall, real estate, from 1891, to June, 1904. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Midlothian, Lake Co. (Indiana) Gun. Residence: 159 E. 47th St.

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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 114

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