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Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Edgewater Golf. Office: 7 E. Monroe St. Residence: 2646 Kenmore Av.
MONTGOMERY, Frank Hugh, physician; b. Minnesota, Jan. 6, 1862; s. Albertus and Mary Louisa Montgomery; ed. St. Cloud High School and Univ. of Minnesota; grad. Rush Med. College, 1888; post-graduate work in Vi- enna, London and Paris; m. Chicago, Jan. 11, 1897, Carrie L. Williamson; children: Hamil- ton, Charlotte, Mary Louise. Associate prof. skin and genito-urinary diseases, Rush Med. College; dermatologist to St. Elizabeth and Presbyterian hosps .; mem. Am. Dermatological Assn., Congress Am. Physicians and Surgeons, Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med., Chicago Med., Pathological and Medico-Legal socs. Clubs: University, Chicago Literary, Quadran- gle, Homewood, Physicians. Author: A Practi- cal Treatise on Diseases of the Skin (with Dr. James Nevins Hyde), 7th edition, 1904; A Manual of Syphilis and the Venereal Diseases (with Dr. James Nevins Hyde), 2d edition, 1900. Has written papers and monographs on Blastomycosis and Dermatological subjects, including Radio-therapy and Photo-therapy. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 5548 Wood- lawn Av.
MONTGOMERY, Frank Mathews, pres. Chi- cago Crushed Stone Co .; b. Rochester, N. Y., July 22, 1862; s. George W. and Mary (Bliss) Montgomery; ed. public and high schools, Rochester, N. Y., graduating, 1877; m. Chica- go, Nov. 23, 1897, Jessie Griffith. After leav- ing school was engaged in banking business in Rochester, N. Y., from messenger to teller, until 1883; established in general contracting business at St. Paul, Minn., 1883-90, the last 6 years with MacArthur Bros. Co., and after that with same company at Chicago, until 1898, when became pres. of the Chicago Crushed Stone Co., whose extensive works are at Summit, Ill. Republican. Mem. Builders' Club. Office: 108 LaSalle St. Residence: 190 45th St.
MONTGOMERY, George Warner, fire under- writer; b. Genesee Co., N. Y., June 26, 1842; s. Alva and Sally (Kent) Montgomery; ed. pub- lic schools of Genesee Co., N. Y. Removed to Chicago, 1859, when 17 years old, and was bookkeeper in wholesale drug house 2 years, then associated with a firm of packers until 1862, when enlisted in Union Army in the Mer- cantile Battery of Chicago, until honorably discharged, Mar., 1863, because of impaired health; appointed, 1864, cashier in office of Col- lector of International Revenue in Chicago and afterward in dry goods house until 1869, when became partner with O. W. Barrett in insur- ance business until 1873; then of Williams & Montgomery, 1873-4; afterward conducted busi- ness as George W. Montgomery & Co., until 1898, when the present firm of Montgomery & Funkhouser succeeded; they are general agents of the Farmers' and Merchants' Insur- ance Co., of Lincoln, Neb .; Potomac Fire, of Washington; German Fire, of Pittsburgh; Con- cordia Fire, of Milwaukee; Lloyd's Plate Glass Insurance Co., of New York. Pres. Farmers' and Merchants' Insurance Co., and of Far- mers' and Merchants' Bank, of Lincoln, Neb., and dir. of Nebraska Underwriters' Insurance Co., of Omaha, Neh. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, Washington Park. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: Chicago Club.
MONTGOMERY, Hugh Munro Stewart, grain commission; b. Port Hope, Ont., May 7, 1861; s. John Thomas and Marcella (Stewart) Montgomery; ed. public and high schools in Canada; m. Chicago, Oct. 14, 1885, Frances Trego; children: Estelle, Frances. Began busi- ness career with the Bank of Montreal at various place in Canada for 4 years; came from Toronto to Chicago, 1880, and began in the grain commission business with the firm of Culver & Co., and later, as partner, in the
firm of J. M. Love & Co., until 1885, when be- came a partner with William T. Trego, in the present firm of Trego & Montgomery. Mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade since 1882, and has served as vice-pres. and a dir. Republican. Club: Washington Park. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 4729 Woodlawn Av.
MONTGOMERY, John Rogerson, lawyer; b. Chicago, Mar. 8, 1866; s. William A. and Ellen S. (Smith) Montgomery; grad. Beloit College, A.B., 1887; Union College of Law, LL.B., 1889; m. Beloit, Wis., Feb. 11, 1896, Marion Howard; children: Ellen, John R., Jr., Marion. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1889; practiced in firm of Mont- gomery & Montgomery, 1889-95; Montgomery & Hart, 1896-1901; Ritsher, Montgomery & Hart, since 1901. Mem. Illinois State Bar Assn. and Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Illinois Commandery Loyal Legion. Clubs: Congregational, Law, Univer- sity. Office: Chicago Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: Lakeside, Ill.
MONTGOMERY, John T., civil engineer; b. Carrollton, Mo., Mar. 5, 1876; s. T. L. and Eleanor (Creel) Montgomery; preparatory ed- ucation in high school, Carrollton, Mo .; grad. Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Ind., 1898, with degree B.S. in Civil Engineering; m. Chicago, June 18, 1901, Lillian Mead; 1 son: Maurice Mead. Has been engaged in the engi- neering profession and in bldg. in Chicago for the past 6 years, and is now resident mgr. for the Roebling Construction Co. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers. Democrat. Clubs: Evanston Country, Chicago Athletic, Architectural. Of- fice: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 1230 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill.
MONTGOMERY, William Teel, physician, oculist; b. Gibson Co., Ind., Aug. 12, 1843; 8. Isaac and Mary (Teel) Montgomery; lost par- ents when he was 10 years of age and was adopted by an uncle; ed. public schools, and at Owensville (Ind.) High School; worked on farm when not in school, 1853-60; removed, with uncle, to Princeton, Ind., 1860, where lat- ter engaged in hotel business and put him to work as office clerk and general utility man; enlisted, 1861, in Co. F, 33d Iowa Vols., and served with the regt. until the war closed; at- tended and taught school, 1865-8, and in fall of 1868 began med. study with Dr. William T. Kirk, of Atlanta, Ill .; grad. Rush Med. College, Chicago, M.D., 1871, with first prize for best anatomical preparation; was interne, Cook Co. Hosp., July, 1871, to Mar., 1873; m. 1st, Mar., 1873, Mettie McCague, of Springfield, Ill. (died, Jan., 1880); m. 2d, Apr., 1890, Maud Graham, of Oquawka, Ill. Engaged in general practice of medicine in Chicago, Mar., 1873 to 1888; since then has confined his attention to eye and ear practice. Appointed oculist and aurist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1875; prof. ophthalmology and otology in Women's Med. College, Chicago, 1879, and surgeon to Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1880; now pres. of Board of Trustees of latter, and oculist to Presbyterian Hosp. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., and of Chicago Ophthalmological and Otological Soc. Republi- can. Presbyterian. Clubs: Illinois, Physicians. Office: 31 Washington St. Residence: 1107 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill.
MOODY, Charles Henry, manufacturer of pies; b. Chicago, Feb. 26, 1867; s. Alexander and Ellen (Hearken) Moody; ed. Michigan Mil- itary Acad., public schools of Chicago and Souders Business College; m. Chicago, June 12, 1889, Agnes O'Dowd; children: Marie, El- len, Charles, William. In 1883 left school and went into business with Moody & Waters, pie manufacturers, founded by his father, and C. E. Waters, in 1869; succeeded his father and brother (William J.) as pres. of the Moody & Waters Co., 1898. Republican. Mem. Royal Ar- canum. Club: Illinois. Office: 283-291 W. Con- gress St. Residence: 94 Lafin St.
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MOODY, Walter Irving; b. Elgin, Ill., Oct. 31, 1862; s. William J. and Urcilia (Williams) Moody; grad. Elgin High School, 1879; m. Osage, Ia., 1884, Eda Nichols; children: Wal- ter, James. Began business life in 1880 in em- ploy of Kingsley & Son, creamery operators in Bremer Co., Ia., and soon engaged in same business for himself, owning numerous cream- eries in Northern Iowa, known as the Moody system, with headquarters at Nashua, Ia .; later became western agent for James Row- land & Co., New York commission merchants, and is now a dir. in that corporation; estab- Ilshed butter business on S. Water St., and be- came pres. of Moody, King & Cook; later be- came gen. mgr. and dir. of the Am. Rolling Mill Corporation, operating extensive mer- chant bar iron mills at Muncie, Ind., and Mus- kegon, Mich., with main office in Chicago, and still holds that position; also pres. of the Providence Oil Co., and a dir. of the Madsen Institute Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park. Office: Stock Exchange. Residence: 4815 Kenwood Av.
MOODY, William Vaughn, prof. English lit- erature, Univ. of Chicago; b. Spencer, Ind., July 8, 1869; s. Francis Burdette and Henriet- ta Emily (Stoy) Moody; grad. Harvard, 1893 (A.M., 1894). (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Address: Univ. of Chicago.
MOORE, Benjamin, wholesale dealer in coal and coke; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 18, 1861; s. John B. and Elizabeth (Ellis) Moore; ed. com- mon and high schools, Pittsburgh, graduating 1876; m. Pittsburgh, Dec. 24, 1884, Amabel Nease; 1 daughter: Esther Anne. Began busi- ness career as clerk in office of Mansfield Coal and Coke Co., Pittsburgh, 1888. Was in lumber business in Upper Michigan, then in coal busi- ness in Chicago, and upon the organization, Jan. 1, 1904, of the Chicago Coal and Coke Co., wholesale dealers in coal and coke, became its pres .; also now vice-pres. Black Band Collier- ies Co., Charleston, W. Va. Republican. Office: Old Colony Bldg.
MOORE, Charles Brearley, manufacturer; b. Macomb, Ill., Aug. 28, 1874; s. Josiah and Jen- nie E. (Lindsay) Moore; ed. public schools of Kewanee, Ill., and Lake Forest Univ., gradu- ating in class of 1895. Began business life in 1895 in the contracting and bldg. business un- der firm name of C. B. Moore & Co .; then en- gaged in the manufacture of heating appa- ratus in the Columbia Heating Co., until Jan., 1902, when joined in the orgainzation of the Am. Locomotive Equipment Co., manufactur- ers of locomotive equipment, of which is gen. mgr. Mem. Traveling Engineers' Assn., Mas- ter Mechanics' Assn. Republican; alderman of Lake Forest, Ill., 1901-2. Office: Ry. Exchange Bldg. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.
MOORE, Edwin White, lawyer; b. Williams- burg, Pa., Aug. 10, 1849; s. Rev. John (D.D., Presbyterian clergyman) and Anne Eliza (White) Moore; prepared for college at Hast- ings Acad., Philadelphia; grad. Princton Univ., 1870; m. Chicago, Oct. 25, 1889, Helen L. Miller (now deceased) ; children: Alice, Robert Grier. Admitted to bar, Sept., 1872; practiced law at Racine, Wis., before coming to Chicago, 1894; was asst. corporation counsel of Chicago. Dem- ocrat. Presbyterian. Club: Skokie Country. Of- fice: Temple Bldg. Residence: 101 Lincoln Park Boul.
MOORE, Eliakim Hastings, prof. since 1892, and head of dept. of mathematics, Univ. of Chicago, since 1896; b. Marietta, O., Jan. 26, from army on account of ill health, Sept., 1863.
1862; s. Rev. Dr. David Hastings Moore, bish- op M. E. Church; ed. Woodward High School, Cincinnati, O., 1876-9; grad. Yale, 1883 (Ph.D., same, 1885); studied Univ. of Berlin, 1885-6; hon. Ph.D., Univ. of Gottingen, 1899; hon. LL.D., Univ. of Wisconsin, 1904; m. Columbus, O., June 21, 1892, Martha Morris Young. Tutor mathematics, Yale, 1887-9; asst. prof. North- western Univ., 1889-91; associate prof., same,
1891-2. Mem. Am. Math. Soc. (2d vice-pres., 1897; 1st vice-pres., 1899; pres., 1901); mem. Circolo Matematico di Palermo, Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung, London Math. Soc., Nat. Acad. Sciences; associate fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences. Editor Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 1900. Address: 5607 Monroe Av.
MOORE, Emery Brown, wood carpet; b. Whately, Mass., Mar. 10, 1845; s. James and Fidelia (Bardwell) Moore; ed. Wilbraham Acad .; m. Nov. 28, 1867, Susan Ella Smith, of Northampton, Mass .; children: Arthur G., Wal- ter H., Gertrude L. Came to Chicago, 1875, and has since been engaged in the manufac- ture of hardwood flooring lumber, wood carpet, etc. Head of firm of E. B. Moore & Co. Repub- lican. Club: Hamilton. Office: 76 Wabash Av. Residence: 119 S. Park Av., Austin, Ill.
MOORE, Frederick Warner, fire insurance agent; b. Chicago, Nov. 27, 1867; s. James H. and Nancy A. (Warner) Moore; ed. Chicago public schools; Chicago High School; Hins- dale (Ill.) High School; m. Chicago, 1897, Min- nie B. Googins. Began business career in the insurance office of Moore & Janes, 1886, and continued in various capacities until 1898, when became a mem. of the firm (established 1864), which was in 1901 consolidated with the insurance agency of Lyman & Herrick, form- ing the firm of Moore, Janes, Lyman & Her- rick. Republican. Mem. S. Congregational Church. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Congre- gational. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 4511 Greenwood Av.
MOORE, George Henry, fire insurance; b. N. Hartland, Vt., Jan. 20, 1848; s. Reuben and Ann Mariah Hunt Moore; ed. public schools; m. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 16, 1870, Emma E. Smith; children: Carleton W., Ella F., George Albert, Louise H., Irene H., Warren W. Com- menced insurance business with Manhattan Fire Insurance Co., of New York, 1877, as spe- cial agent for Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indi- ana and West Virginia; in Oct., 1882, accepted Michigan State agency, for Liverpool and Lon- don and Globe Insurance Co., and in 1893 was transferred to Chicago, becoming asst. sec. of the company. Was pres. Underwriters' Assn. of the Northwest, 1896-7. Mem. Soc. of Colo- nial Wars, Sons of the Revolution. Club: Un- ion League. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Resi- dence: 2131 Orrington Av., Evanston, IIl.
MOORE, Henry Robert, traffic mgr. Repub- lic Iron and Steel Co .; b. Warrensville, O., Feb. 16, 1856; s. Thomas and Katharine (Gill) Moore: ed. Cleveland public schools; m. Cleve- land, 1876, Harriette Burnham. Began railway service in 1872 as a clerk with the L. S. & M. S. Ry., with which served at Cleveland, O., in various positions to contracting agent, until 1899; Jan., 1890, to July, 1899, general freight agent of the Cleveland, Canton & Southern R. R .; since July, 1899, traffic mgr. of the Repub- lic Iron and Steel Co., Chicago. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 4843 Madison Av.
MOORE, James Hills, insurance; b. Wind- ham, N. H., July 4, 1840; s. Silas and Hannah Moore; ed. public schools, Windham, and Ches- ter Acad., until 1856; then came west and con- tinued studies at Mendota (Ill.) College until 1859; m. 1st, Chicago, Oct. 10, 1865, Nannie D. Warner; m. 2d. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1889, Ju- lia H. C. Tuthill. Employed in Elgin Bank, El- gin, Ill., 1859, to July, 1861, when he enlisted as private in 36th III. Vol. Infy .; promoted to q. m. and 1st lieut. 71st Ill. Vols., but retired Came to Chicago and took position with insur- ance firm of L. D. Olmsted & Co .; later became partner in the firm, which was afterward known as S. M. Moore & Co., Moore & Janes, and now as Moore, Janes, Lyman & Herrick, of which he is senior partner; firm has repre- sented Hartford Insurance Co. for 40 years, and other leading companies, and is one of the largest and most successful fire insurance
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agencies in Chicago. Has been mem. of nearly every underwriting organization ever organ- ized in Chicago, and was for 2 years pres. Chi- cago Fire Underwriters' Assn. Office: 159 La- Salle St. Residence: 4433 Greenwood Av.
MOORE, James Hobart, lawyer, promoter; b. Berkshire, N. Y., June 14, 1852; acad. educa- tion; m. Apr. 26, 1883, Lora Josephine Small. Bank clerk, Binghamton, N. Y., 1871-3; located in Chicago, 1873; admitted to Illinois bar; jun- ior, W. H. & J. H. Moore, since 1881; promoter (with his brother, W. H. Moore) of large in- dustrial corporations, including Diamond Match, New York Biscuit, Am. Tin Plate, and other combinations of capital. Dir. C., R. I. & P. R. R. Co., Am. Can Co., Frazer Lubricator Co., Price Flavoring Extract Co., Union Bag and Paper Co., of New Jersey, International Forest, Fish and Game Assn. Office: 76 Monroe St. Residence: 2922 Michigan Av.
MOORE, Lewis Theodore, consulting engi- neer I. C. R. R .; b. Thompson, Conn., Feb. 20, 1843; s. Samuel and Sophronia F. (Stone) Moore; ed. public and high schools and at a school in Providence; m. 1st, E. Douglas, Mass., Burnett E. Stone, May 26, 1866; m. 2d, Amboy, Ill., Feb. 10, 1875, Mrs. Martha M. Hinds; children: Frank E., Lewis E. Began engineering on street railroad in Providence, R. I., 1864. Since 1867 continuously in the ser- vice of the I. C. R. R., beginning as asst. divi- sion engineer at Amboy, Ill., 1867-9; then be- coming, consecutively, division engineer, Cen- tralia, Ill., 1869-72; division engineer, Amboy, Ill., 1872-7; roadmaster, Amboy, Ill., 1877-81; engineer, Chicago, 1881-7; chief engineer, 1887- 92; since Mar. 1, 1892, consulting engineer, I. C. R. R. Office: Central Station. Residence: 4403 Lake Av.
MOORE, Nathan Grier, lawyer; b. Indiana Co., Pa., Jan. 26, 1853; s. Rev. John and Anna Eliza (White) Moore; grad. Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in class of 1873; m. Peoria, Ill., 1881, Alma Walker; children: Mary W., Mar- jorie. Admitted to bar, 1878; practiced at Pe- orla, Ill., in firm of James, Jack & Moore, 1878-85; since then in Chicago, first in law firm of Wilson & Moore, 1885-8, and since 1888 Wilson, Moore & Mcilvaine. Vice-pres. and counsel Federal Trust and Savings Bank; dir. Dolese & Shepard Co. Associate mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Board of Trustees of Scoville Institute, and of High School Board of Oak Park, Ill. Clubs: Union League, University, Oak Park, Westward Ho. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 529 Forest Av., Oak Park, Ill.
MOORHEAD, William Henry, hay and grain commission; b. Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 16, 1860; s. Jacob and Alice (Bell) Moorhead; came to Chicago with parents, in childhood; m. DeKalb Co., Ill., Oct. 11, 1883, Alice Blair; children: Walter George, Maude B. Learned the boiler- maker's trade in the rolling mills now owned by the Illinois Steel Co .; started as a boy and advanced until was foreman of the shop Started in retail feed business July 20, 1883, and after 8 years sold out and engaged in the commission business with Kilmer Commission Co. In 1895 bought an interest and became a mem. of the present firm of Van Wie & Moorhead. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 58 Campbell Park Boul.
MOORHOUSE, William Russell, tobacco manufacturer; b. Chicago, July 17, 1873; s. William Henry and Frances (Farrar) Moor- house; preparatory ed. Harvard School, Chi- cago; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1894; m. Ot- tumwa, Ia., Nov. 17, 1896, Merry Mitchell; 1 daughter: Phyllis. Clerk for Spaulding & Mer- rick, tobacco manufacturers, 1894-7; cashier, 1897-1900; sec., 1900-2; business mgr., 1902-4; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. since Jan., 1904. Clubs: Calumet, Washington Park, Chicago Automobile, Chicago Athletic; also Yale Club
(New York). Office: 271 Michigan St. Resi- dence: Hotel Metropole.
MOOS, John Peter, manufacturer; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 21, 1862; s. Peter and Mary (Wol- lensak) Moos; ed. public schools of Chicago; m. Sept. 1, 1891, Minnie Halvorsen. After leav- ing school was in barber business until 1893, in which year he became assistant to his uncle, Frank Voigtmann, a manufacturer of galvanized iron and other metal cornices, sky lights, and contractor for tin, slate and tile roofing work, and has continued in that busi- ness, now being pres. of the Frank Voigtmann Cornice Co., incorporated in Jan., 1903. Inde- pendent in politics. Office: 129-131 N. Franklin St. Residence: 2719 Wayne Av.
MOOS, Joseph Bernhard, cigar and tobacco merchant; b. Chicago, Apr. 24, 1867; s. Bern- hard and Caroline Moos; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, 1889, Katherine H. Hoyt; 1 daughter: Elizabeth M. Since 1883 in cigar and tobacco business; now pres. of J. & B. Moos, wholesale cigars and tobaccos, and well known as the largest cigar and tobacco job- bers in the West. Republican. Club: City. Of- fice: 102-104 Michigan Av. Residence: 1814 Oakdale Av. and Lake Forest, Ill.
MORAN, Thomas A., Jr., lawyer; s. late Judge Thomas A. and Josephine (Quinn) Moran; mem. law firm of Moran, Mayer & Meyer. Clubs: Washington Park, Chicago Ath- letic, Germania Männerchor. Office: Clark and Monroe Sts. Residence: 4170 Vincennes Av.
MORAS, Edmond Raymond, physician; b. St. Raymond, Que., Can., Dec. 15, 1864; s. Ferdi- nand and Adeline (Angers) Moras; classical education Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont .; grad. Harvard Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1888, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chi- cago, M.D., 1889; m. Chicago, July 19, 1900, Anna Stamm; 1 son: Carl Stamm. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Prof. of obstetrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, since 1896. Re- publican. R. C. Office and residence: 1403 Washington Boul.
MORE, Clair Ellis, lawyer; b. Buckingham, Wayne Co., Pa., Sept. 20, 1862; s. James M. and Rebecca (Van Horn) More; father died in 1865; attended district schools in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and high schools at Greeley, Colo., and Walton, N. Y., and Univ. of Mich- igan; grad. Union College of Law, Chicago, LI.B., 1885; m. Aurora, Ill., Aug. 27, 1895, Julia Stockwell; 1 son: Stuart. At 13 years of age was taken by mother to Colorado; worked as cowboy in Colorado and Wyoming, attend- ing school at Greeley, Colo., winters, and earning money on the range to pay for subse- quent education. Admitted to bar, 1885; clerk in law office of H. H. Anderson and Millard & Smith until 1888, then went to work for law firm of Weigley, Bulkley & Gray; afterward became a mem. of that firm; since May 1, 1895, of firm of Bulkley, Gray & More. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, Union League. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Residence: Hotel Del Prado.
MORENUS, Howard Bailey, sec. and treas. of The Hobart M. Cable Co .; b. Walton, N. Y., May 31, 1869; s. Harvey B. and Elizabeth Hunter Morenus; ed. public schools of Walton, N. Y .; m. Walton, N. Y., 1893, Martha S. Cable; 1 son: Richard Cable. After leaving school became clerk in the 1st Nat. Bank of Walton, N. Y., and was afterward promoted to bookkeeper in the same bank. Came west and entered the employ of the Chicago Cot- tage Organ Co., as bookkeeper and traveling salesman, afterward becoming mgr. of that company's Southern business, with head- quarters at Atlanta, Ga. On the organization of the Hobart M. Cable Co., 1900, became sec. and treas. of that company. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: Steinway Hall. Resi- dence: 4947 Lake Av.
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MORF, Paul Frederick, physician; b. Blue Island, Cook Co., Ill., Oct. 26, 1871; s. C. F. and Katherine (Walz) Morf; grad. Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1897; m. Chicago, July 9, 1903, Louise E. Paulus; 1 son: Karl F. P. House physician, Cook Co. Hosp., June, 1897, to Dec., 1898. Asst. in surgery Chicago Policlinic; instructor in surgery, Northwest- ern Univ. Med. School. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine. Republican. Methodist. Office: 270 Larrabee St. Residence: 318 Webster Av.
MORGAN, Ike, illustrator; b. Grand Tower, Ill., June 28, 1871; father German; mother Scotch-Irish; ed. public schools, St. Louis; studied drawing and painting St. Louis School of Fine Arts. Did first illustrating for St. Louis Republic; since 1896 in Chicago doing special work for Record-Herald. Illustrated: Kids of Many Colors; Pickaback Songs, etc. Studio: Record-Herald Bldg. Residence: 386 Dearborn Av.
MORGAN, Otho Herron, varnish manufac- turer; b. Lawrenceburgh, Ind., Aug. 11, 1838; s. Elisha and Catharine (Coit) Morgan; ed. Wil- liston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass .; m. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 19, 1864, Julia Potwin; children: William P., Anson C., Elisha, Cath- arine C., Helen V. D., Julia P. Entered Union Army as 2d lieut. 7th Ind. Battery, Dec., 1861; promoted capt. of same, Apr., 1864; mustered out of service Dec., 1864; entire military ser- vice in the Army of the Cumberland. With A. C. Potwin, in 1866, established the Chicago Varnish Co., not incorporated till several years later, when he became vice-pres., and later pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason-mem. Apollo Commandery and Oriental Consistory. Clubs: Union League, Marquette. Office: 35 Dearborn Av. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.
MORGAN, Thomas J., lawyer, socialist lead- er; b. Birmingham, Eng., Oct. 27, 1847; s. Thomas J. and Hannah (Simcox) Morgan; ed. Sunday and evening schools; m. Jan. 26, 1867, Elizabeth Chambers; children: Thomas S., Annie (now Mrs. Allen Courser). Worked at machinist's trade 37 years; active in labor movement since 1873; Socialist Labor nominee for mayor of Chicago, 1891; one of the com- mittee to secure location of World's Fair at Chicago; represented the labor organizations of the U. S. before congressional committee at Washington, requesting the opening of the World's Fair on Sunday. Grad. Chicago Law College, 1895; is now in practice as a lawyer. Delivered an address before the Trust Conf., Chicago, "A Socialist's View of the Trusts." One of the committee of 100 selected by Civic Federation to recommend reforms in Chicago public schools. Sec. of nat. campaign commit- tee, Social Democratic party, 1900; Social Democrat candidate for state's atty., Cook Co., Ill., 1900. Lecturer Nat. Social. Convoca- tion, Lake Bluff, Ill., 1900. Delegate Nat. Con- vention Socialist party, Indianapolis, 1901; nominee Socialist party for city atty., Chicago, 1903; delegate to Nat. Convention Socialist party (Chicago), 1904, and chairman of Ill1- nois state campaign committee. Mem. of grand lodge Order of Sons of St. George, including Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. Mason; Odd Fellow. Office: Unity Bldg. Residence: 6235 Madison Av.
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