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O'BRIEN, John, pres. O'Brien Land and Lumber Co .; b. Co. Kerry, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1847; s. Patrick and Mary (Forhan) O'Brien; ed. public schools in Ireland, and came to Chi- cago, 1866; m. Chicago, 1870, Mary Lane; chil- dren: Katherine, Mary, John, Robert, Walter, Francis, Teresa, Elizabeth, Angie. Began busi- ness career with Dalton Bros., lumber, at 18th St. Bridge, 1866; later for 5 years with B. L. Anderson & Co., of which became vice-pres .; in 1886 organized firm of O'Brien, Green & Co., later becoming the John O'Brien Lumber Co., and in Nov., 1903, organized the O'Brien Land and Lumber Co., of which he is pres .; also dir. Mandell Lumber Co. Mem. Knights of Co- lumbus. Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 4523 Prairie Av.
O'BRIEN, Quin, lawyer; b. Hancock, Mich., March 27, 1871; s. of Quinlan and Margaret (Green) O'Brien; ed. public school, Jefferson, Ia .; Panora (Ia.) College, and Highland Park College, Des Moines, Ia., graduating, A.M., in classical course, 1894; graduating, LL.B., Chi- cago College of Law, 1896; m. Davenport, Ia., Nov. 14, 1901, Ella, daughter of Dr. McCort- ney; 1 daughter: Kathleen. Came to Chicago, 1893, and worked in law office while attending law school. Admitted to bar, 1896; attracted attention same year in nat., and following spring in city, campaigns as political speaker. Trial lawyer for city, 1897-9; resigned to take up practice of Willard Gentleman on his death. Democrat. R. C. Lecturer in Chicago Law School. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Young Men's Institute. Clubs: Sheridan, Iro- quois. Office: Unity Bldg. Residence: 1827 Mel- rose St., Lake View.
O'BRYAN, Edward T., lawyer; b. Fairfield, Ia., Feb. 24, 1864; s. Thomas and Ellen (Raf- ferty) O'Bryan; ed. public schools of Fair- field, Ia., and Parsons College at same place; Law Dept. of Iowa State Univ., LL.B., 1884; m. 1888, Katherine Kronert, of Aberdeen, Wash .; 1 son: Edward, Jr. Admitted to Iowa bar, 1884; removed to Wichita, Kan., and prac- ticed law there for 10 years, and in 1896 came to Chicago to take present position of western atty. for the New York Life Insurance Co. Also dir. of the Municipal Gas Co. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Homewood Country, Wash- ington Park, Chicago Athletic. Office: 171 La- Salle St. Residence: 4909 Madison Av.
O'BYRNE, Charles Clayton, physician; b. Pike Co., Mo., Oct. 14, 1868; s. Stephen C. and Sarah J. (Coffman) O'Byrne; ed. public schools of Missouri, 2 years in Pauline College, Col- lege Mound, Mo .; grad. College of Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, 1894; m. Chicago, Aug. 23, 1893, Sadie A. Stratton; 1 son: Stuart Clark. Has practiced medicine in Chicago since graduation; attending surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. for past 5 years; associate prof. of pathology, med. dept. of Univ. of Illinois; prof. of sur- gery, Harvey Med. College. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn, Republican. Presbyterian. Office and residence: 1336 Washington Boul.
O'BYRNE, Timothy Joseph, merchandise broker; b. Chicago, Apr. 20, 1861; s. Patrick and Ann (Riley) O'Byrne; ed. Kinzie School, Chicago; m. Jan. 25, 1882, Ella Fodey; chil- dren: James Joseph, Mabel Lauretta, Esther Eleanore, Marie Elizabeth, Timothy Ariel, Thomas Edward. Began business life as driver
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for Kellogg & Barrett; 10 years in teaming and transfer business; then with Gray, Burt & Kingman as porter, stock clerk and later fancy grocery dept. mgr. 7 years; then in brokerage business as salesman with Ariel Meinrath as Meinrath & Co., 1889-96; mgr. Cutting Fruit Packing Co., 1896-8. Since 1898 for himself, firm of T. J. O'Byrne & Co., mer- chandise brokers at 42 River St., representing packers of canned fruits, canned salmon, canned peas, and all kinds of canned vege- tables; California dried fruits and domestic dried fruits, nuts, honey and beans, imported figs and currants, French sardines, mushrooms and peas. Democrat; mem. of Cook Co. Democ- racy; mem. Royal League, Nat. Union, Knights of Columbus. Office: 42 River St. Residence: 311 Bissell St.
OCHSNER, Albert John, surgeon; b. Bara- boo, Wis., Apr. 3, 1858; s. Henry and Judith (Hottinger) Ochsner; ed. public schools of Baraboo, Wis., Univ. of Wisconsin, graduating B.S., 1884; Rush Med. College, Chicago. M.D., 1886; m. Chicago, Apr. 3, 1888, Marion Mitchell; children: Albert Henry, Bertha. Has practiced medicine in Chicago since 1886. Chief surgeon Augustana and St. Mary's Hosps .; prof. of surgery, Univ. of Illinois (med. dept.). Mem. Southern Surgical and Gynecological Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Surgical Soc. Author: Handbook of Appen- dicitis; Text-Book of Clinical Surgery; and has written numerous monographs on med. subjects. Office and residence: 710 Sedgwick St.
OCHSNER, Edward H., surgeon: b. Honey Creek, Sauk Co., Wis., Jan. 12, 1868; s. Henry and Judith (Hottinger) Ochsner: grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, B.S., 1891; Rush Med. College, Chicago, 1894; studied Univ. of Vienna, 1896; m. Chicago, Sent. 2. 1899, Julia I. Andersen; children: Marion Louise, Edward Herbert. Resident surgeon and physician, Cook Co. Hosp., 1894-5; attending surgeon, Augustana Hosp., since 1904; adjunct prof. clinical sur- gery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, since 1900: attending surgeon St. Mary's Hosp. since Mar. 19, 1902. Mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc .. Chicago Surgical Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Cook Co. Hosp. Alumni Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc. Club: Physi- cians. Office: 710 Sedgwick St. Residence: 49 Lane Pl.
O'CONNOR, John, lawyer; b. Chicago; s. Patrick and Johanna (Donahue) O'Connor; family removed in his childhood to Cincin- nati, O .: attended public schools, Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, Ky .; private schools at In- dianapolis and Lafayette, Ind .; prepared for college at Phillips Acad .. Andover, Mass., and Phillips Acad .. Exeter. N. H., graduating at the latter, 1874; attended Harvard College 2 years; m. East Saugus, Mass., 1887, Nellie M. Johnson: children: Johnson. Eleanor. Admitted to bar, St. Louis. Mo., 1878; came to Chicago to practice law. 1880; mem. firm Follanshee & O'Connor, 1884-7: of Hoyne, Follansbee & O'Connor, 1887-99; of Hoyne, O'Connor & Hoyne since 1899. Republican. Office: 108 La- Salle St. Residence: 5210 Woodlawn Av.
ODELL, John Johnson Peavey, banker; h. Fastport, Me .. Aug. 19. 1847; s. D. I. and H. E. (Peavey) Odell; ed. public schools of Eastport and 1 year at private school in Providence, R. I. Came to Chicago, 1865; employed for a month by C., B. & Q. R. R .; bookkeeper North- western Nat. Bank, 1865-6; bookkeeper Union Nat. Bank, 1866; remained with that bank in all positions from bookkeeper, becoming cash- ier, 1880; vice-pres., 1885; pres., 1890-6; mem. John J. P. Odell & Co., bankers and brokers, since 1896. Was a dir. of the World's Colum- bian Exposition; pres. Union Cold Storage & Warehouse Co .. and of Nat. Storage Co .; pres. and dir. 1st Nat. Bank, Duluth, Minn .; dir. but in freshman year, 1864, served for
P. F. Pettibone & Co., E. E. Naugle Tie Co., Am. Locomotive Equipment Co .; dir. Chicago Athenaeum; mem. Chicago Board of Trade; fellow Institute of Bankers of London, Eng. Club: Chicago. Office: 226 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 1632 Irving Park Boul.
ODELL, William R., mem. firm Winston & Co., real estate and loans. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Union, Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Golf, Onwentsia. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 145 Lincoln Park Boul.
O'DONNELL, James Vincent, lawyer and master in chancery; b. Portland, Me., Sept. 14, 1868; s. Patrick and Mary (Gaugherty) O'Donnell; early education in public schools of Portland, Me .; grad. Univ. of Notre Dame, B.S., 1889; also from law dept. of same, LL.B., 1889; grad. Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1890; m. Chicago, June 21, 1899, Agnes Gene- vieve Lynch; children: John Burke, Ruth Mar- garet, Constance Mary. Admitted to har by Supreme Court of State of Illinois, 1890; be- gan practice, 1891; in 1892 entered law part- nership with Judge John Gibbons, now on Circuit bench and Judge Marcus Kavanagh, now on the Superior bench, under firm name of Gibbons, Kavanagh & O'Donnell; changed to Kavanagh & O'Donnell in 1893, when Judge Gibbons went to bench, and since fall of 1898. when Judge Kavanagh went to bench, has practiced alone. Master in chancery, Superior Court of Cook Co., since Mar. 3, 1902. Served as 1st lieut., Co. I, 7th Ill. Vol. Infy., during Spanish War. Republican. Roman Catholic. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Nat. Union, Knights of Columbus. Office: Reaper Blk. Residence: 1851 Barry Avenue.
O'DONNELL, Joseph A., lawyer; b. Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1859; s. Patrick and Catherine (Nellis) O'Donnell; came from Ireland to Chicago with parents, in 1866; ed. St. Patrick's Acad. and Chicago public schools, later attending night schools; was an office boy and later learned the machinist trade, be- ing foreman when, at 22, he was compelled to leave that business on account of impaired health: took un study of law and was grad. from Union College of Law, LL.B., 1887, later taking degree of LL.M .; m. 1886, Rose E., daughter of Thomas Dugan. a pioneer of Chi- cago (1833); 1 son: Joseph D. Admitted to bar, 1887, and ever since engaged in successful practice; now senior mem. of law firm of O'Donnell & Coghlan. Democrat. Elected to House of Representatives of Illinois General Assembly, serving in sessions of 1889, 1891 and 1893, and special session called to legis- late on World's Fair matters. Introduced many important bills, and through his efforts the Australian ballot law was passed; was one of the "101" who secured election of John M. Palmer as U. S. Senator. Was nominated for judge of Superior Court. 1902, under law of 1901 creating 6 additional judges for that court, but name was not on ballot because law was decided unconstitutional; nominated for judge of Circuit Court on so-called Provi- sional ticket, 1903, and received large majority, but Supreme Court again decided that law under which he and colleagues were elected was unconstitutional. Served as 1st lieut., 2d Regt., I. N. G. Member of numerous Irish societies, Royal League, Ancient Order of TTnited Workmen, Nat. Union. Knights of the Maccabees. Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hibernians; mem. Illinois State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., and a stockholder in the Chicago Law Institute. Club: Iroquois. Office: 163 Randolph St. Residence: 225 W. Chicago Av.
OFFIELD, Charles K., lawyer; b. Lewiston, Fulton Co., Ill., July 12, 1845; s. Franklin Pike Offield, who died while he was an infant, and Martha K. Offield; prepared in seminary at Aurora, Ill., and entered Northwestern Univ., 9
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months in Kentucky and Missouri as sergeant of the 134th Ill. Vols .; grad. law dept. of Univ. of Michigan, LL.B., 1869; m. 1875, May R. Munson, of New Haven, Conn .; children: Charles K., Jr., James R. Settled in Chicago and was admitted to Illinois bar, 1870, and continued studies in office of Goodwin, Larned & Towle, and when E. G. Larned retired from that firm, 1874, took his place, the firm becom- ing Goodwin, Offield & Towle, making a spe- cialty of soliciting patents and patent litiga- tion. The firm became Offield & Towle, 1879, and Offield, Towle & Linthicum, 1887. Dir. Den- tal Protective Supply Co. of the U. S .; dir. Chi- cago Postal Pneumatic Service Co. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Illinois. Office: Monad- nock Bldg. Residence: 379 Ashland Boul.
OGDEN, Howard Newton, lawyer, educator; b. Worthington, Marion Co., near Fairmont, W. Va., Apr. 16, 1864; s. Dr. Presley B. and Mary Ellen (Coombs) Ogden; grad. West Vir- ginia State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va., 1877, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, as A.B., 1881; A.M., 1884; honorary degree of Litt.D., 1894; Ph.D., Marietta College, Ohio, 1894, for advanced studies in political science and history; LL.D., Washington Univ., 1898; m. Fairmont, W. Va., 1887, Olive Margery Mayers; children: Mary Marjorie, Alma Vir- ginia, Dana Presley, Olive Josephine. Admitted to bar in West Virginia and in Virginia, 1884; practiced law in Fairmont, W. Va., until 1888; in St. Paul, Minn., 1888-90; prof. of English language and literature, West Virginia Univ., 1890-3; graduate student and lecturer in the extension division in the Univ. of Chicago, 1893-4; resumed active practice of law in Chicago, 1894; lecturer in Chicago law schools. 1894-6; founded, 1897, and since then pres. of the college and dean of the faculty of Illinois College of Law, Chicago. Mem. Am. Historical Assn., Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science, Am. Bar Assn., Illinois State and Chi- cago Bar Assns., Chicago Law Institute. Au- thor: A. Method for Critical Study of English Literature, Literature of the Virginians. Editor of Blackstone's Commentaries, and other legal publications. Republican. Baptist. Club: Ham- ilton. Office: 112 Clark St., and Illinois College of Law, 301 E. Erie St. Residence: 6116 Wood- lawn Av.
OGILVIE, George W., publisher; b. Brook- lyn, N. Y., July 18, 1860; s. Robert and Betsy (Whyte) Ogilvie; ed. public schools of Brook- lyn, N. Y., and New York City High School; m. Dubuque, Ia., Mar. 31. 1886. Jennie Cam- eron Deuel, of Chicago. Established in busi- ness as publisher in Chicago, 1884, branch in New York, 1886; also established a publishing business in London, Eng., in 1891; in 1890 was pres. of the publishing houses of Ogilvie & Gillett Co. and George W. Ogilvie Co .; later had controlling interest in Ogilvie Publishing Co., which was merged with W. B. Conkey Co .; now pres. and treas. George W. Ogilvie & Co., Incorporated; also still continuing individ- ually, as George W. Ogilvie. In 1904, after 10 years' preparation (during 7 of which his time was wholly devoted to the task) republished in Chicago the first complete Webster's dic- tionary of the English language ever edited and published west of Massachusetts. Under nom-de-plume of George W. Conklin has com- piled several reference books, the sales of which exceed 8,000,000 copies. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 169 E. Randolph St. Resi- dence: 1462 Wesley Av., Evanston, Ill.
O'KEEFFE, Patrick James, lawyer; b. Ire- land, Mar. 29, 1861; s. Patrick and Margaret Fox (Sullivan) O'Keeffe; ed. Limerick (Ireland) Diocesan College and Queen's Univ .; grad. Lake Forest Univ., LL.B., 1896; m. Chicago, Aug. 7, 1889, Isabelle C. Kelly; children: Isa- belle Margaret, Laura Edward. Was engaged in journalism in Ireland, 1879-80, and in New York and Chicago, 1881-6; employed in a con-
fidential capacity by Armour & Co., and espe- cially with late Philip D. Armour, 1886-96; admitted to bar, 1896. Democrat. R. C. Chair- man 7th Regt. (I. N. G.) Auxiliary Assn. Clubs: Press, Union League; also Catholic Club (New York). Office: Ashland Blk. Resi- dence: 4912 Michigan Av.
OLDBERG, Oscar, educator, pharmacist; b. Alfta, Sweden, Jan. 22, 1846; s. Anders and Fredrika Oldberg; ed. Swedish public schools, private teachers and, 1857-60, at Gymnasium, Gefle, Sweden (Pharm.D., honoris causa, Nat. College Pharmacy, Washington); m. May 17, 1873, Emma Parritt, Youngstown, O .; children: Arne, Olga (now Mrs. Thornton W. Small- wood), Virgil. Came to the U. S. in 1864; en- gaged in pharmacy; vice-consul of Sweden and Norway, Memphis, Tenn., 1872; chief clerk and acting med. purveyor, U. S. Marine Hosp. Service 7 years and at the same time mem. of faculty of Nat. College of Pharmacy; dean School of Pharmacy, Northwestern Univ., since 1886; mem. Committee Revision Pharmacopoeia of U. S. since 1880; mem. of A. A. A. S .; mem. Am. Pharm. Assn. and sev- eral State Pharm. assns .; sec. 7th International Pharm. Congress, 1893. Author: Companion to the United States Pharmacopoeia (Oldberg & Wall), 1884; Weights and Measures, 1885; Laboratory Manual of Chemistry (with Prof. John H. Long), 1894; Home Study in Phar- macy, 1890; Fifteen Hundred Examples of Prescriptions and Formulas, 1892; Inorganic Chemistry, General, Medical and Pharmaceu- tical, 1900. Has written numerous papers on pharmacy, chemistry, pharmacopoeias and metrology. Office: 87 Lake St. Residence: 7808 Union Av.
O'LEARY, John Joseph, broker; b. Chicago, 1865; ed. Chicago public schools. Has been a mem. of the Board of Trade since 1885; oper- ated for other firms until 1894, since then trad- ing on own account. Office: 255 LaSalle St. Residence: 431 S. Marshfield Av.
OLESON, Richard Bartlett, physician; b. Bloomingdale, Ill., Feb. 11, 1870; s. Charles Wilmot and Abbie Lydia (Bartlett) Oleson; ed. public schools, Bloomingdale, Ill., 1876; Colum- bus, O., 1877; Lombard, Ill., 1877-83; Wheaton College, 1883-5; Univ. of Wisconsin, 1888-9; med. dept. of Northwestern Univ., 1890-3; M.D., 1893; m. Lombard, Ill., Apr. 19, 1894, Clara Elizabeth Wrisley; 1 son: Wrisley Bartlett. Began as errand boy, 1885-7, Morrisson, Plum- mer & Co., wholesale druggists, Chicago; with Burlington Lines at St. Joseph, Mo., 1887-8; with C. D. Smith Drug Co., St. Joseph, Mo., 1888; with Morrisson, Plummer & Co., Chi- cago, 1889-90; Merchants Publishing Co., 1890, with West Chicago Bank (vacation), 1891; sec. Allen B. Wrisley Co., Chicago, manu- facturers of soaps, perfumes and glycerine (established 1862), since 1895. Was resident surgeon of Cook Co. Hosp., 1893-4; since 1894 in practice of medicine at Lombard, Ill. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Soc. of Alumni of Cook Co. Hosp. Democrat (gold standard); pres. town council of Lombard, 1899-1901 (2 annual terms, declined 2d re-election); pres. board of local improvements, 1899-1901; health officer since 1903, Lombard, Ill. Deacon 1st Congregational Church of Lombard, Ill. Club: Tuesday (Lom- bard). Office and residence: Lombard, DuPage Co., Ill.
OLIVER, Albert James, pres. and treas. A. J. Oliver Lumber Co .; b. Chicago, Apr. 20, 1874; s. John and Mary (McLaren) Oliver; grad. Central Park School, June, 1889, and took full course in Metropolitan Business Col- lege. Began as office boy at Oliver Bros., lumber, May 1, 1891; worked on dock and at mills until 1895; handled sales dept. until Nov., 1898; employ of Paepcke & Leicht Lum- ber Co., 1898-1902, when started for self. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Menoken,
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Columbia Yacht. Office: Ft. Dearborn Bldg. Residence: 1426 Washington Boul.
OLIVER, David, 2d, sec. Great Western Cereal Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 27, 1877; s. David and Mary Elizabeth Oliver; ed. Emerson, Mar- quette and Tilden schools, graduating from latter; grad. West Division High School; m. Chicago, Feb. 11, 1903, Bessie Harden Utley; 1 daughter: Henrietta. After leaving school learned oatmeal milling business with father at Joliet, Ill .; traveled for firm several years; since May, 1901, sec. the Great Western Cereal Co. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Ashland, Illinois. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Resi- dence: 8 Gordon Terrace.
OLIVER, John Milton, lawyer; b. Washing- ton Co., Pa., Apr. 15, 1846; s. John Milton and Mary Anne (Towne) Oliver; grad. B.S., Wash- Ington and Jefferson College, 1868; enlisted in 8th Pa. Reserve Regt., Apr., 1861, serving in war until expiration of term of service; m. Uniontown, O., Nov. 17, 1870, Agnes Sharp; children: Paul, M.D .; Mark, atty. Admitted to bar May, 1870; came to Chicago and opened law office with brother, Franklin E. Oliver, fall of 1870; burned out in fire in 1871; part- ner with A. R. Abbott as Abbott & Oliver, 1873-8; John W. Showalter admitted 1878, and on Mr. Abbott's death firm became Oliver & Showalter until Mr. Showalter was appointed U. S. Circuit Judge, 1895; since then firm has been Oliver & Mecartney. Republican. Was West Chicago Park Commissioner for a time; removed by Gov. Tanner for political reasons. Clubs: Illinois, Union League, Chicago, and about 2 dozen shooting and fishing clubs. Of- fice: 145 LaSalle St. Residence: 514 W. Con- gress St.
OLIVER, Walter Denton, real estate; b. Buf- falo, N. Y., Feb. 29, 1860; s. Dr. Frederick and Eliza J. (Johnstone) Oliver; ed. Heathcote Acad., Buffalo, N. Y .; m. Chicago, June 17, 1891, Stella W. Dibble; children: Gladys, Blair, Wal- ter Lloyd. Dorothy. In grain commission busi- ness in Chicago. 1880-90; flour salesman and milling. 1890-1900; in real estate since 1900, firm of Oliver & Scott (E. Norman Scott). Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Club: Calumet. Of- fice: 110 Dearborn St. Residence: 4576 Oaken- wald Av.
OLMSTEAD, William Backus, clergyman and religious editor; b. Branch Co., Mich., July 22, 1862; s. Gideon Albert and Elvira (Cham- berlain) Olmstead; ed. public schools of Mich- igan and at Spring Arbor Seminary; studied privately after leaving school and was later mem. of faculty of Spring Arbor Seminary for 2 years; m. Madison, O., Aug. 28, 1884, Minnie Luce, of Ashtabula. O .; children: Benjamin L., Albert W., Ray Carroll, Frances. Began to preach, 1883; mem. of the Ohio Annual Con- ference of the Free Methodist Church; preached in Ohio, 1884-95; elected editor of the Sunday School literature of the Free Methodist Church hy General Conference of 1898, and Sunday School sec. for same church in U. S. and Canada. Mem. board of dirs. of Chicago Industrial Home for Children, and of Old People's Rest Home (treas.), both located at Woodstock. Ill., with office at 14 N. May St., Chicago. Mem. and dir. General Mission- ary Board of Free Methodist Church; dir. Olive Branch Mission: trustee (several years pres. of board) of Spring Arhor (Mich.) Sem- inary. Publisher The Children's Friend (in in- terest of the Woodstock homes). Prohibition- ist. Residence: 45 Nebraska Av. Office: 14 N. May St.
OLNEY, Thomas Albert, physician and sur- geon: b. Warsaw, Ind .. Aug. 5, 1870; s. Freder- ick E. and Frances (Elliott) Olney; ed. public schools of Indiana and Rush Med. College, M.D., 1892; m. Las Vegas, N. M., June 6, 1889, Mary Long; children: Thomas A., Jr., Elliott. In general practice of medicine since 1892;
served as interne at Presbyterian and Cook Co. Hosps .; now associate surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp .; instructor in surgical anatomy, Rush Med. College; surgeon Metropolitan Elevated R. R. and Monroe St. Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. and Physicians' Club. Republican. Office: 34 Washington St. Residence: 880 W. Adams St.
OLSEN, Henry, manufacturer; b. on a farm in Norway, Aug. 24, 1846; s. Ole Mitchell and Dorothea Margaret Olsen; ed. public schools in Norway; came to U. S. in 1864; enlisted in Oct., 1864, in 82d Ind. Infy., serving 1 year in Army of the Tennessee; m. Chicago, Jan. 7, 1866, Amelia Maria Harriet Blomquist; chil- dren: Louisa, Dora, Millie, Alfred. Learned cabinet making in Norway; after big fire of 1871 took up millwright and machinist trade, working principally for Charles Kaestner Co. until 1888, when he established for himself; business incorporated, 1901, as the Olsen & Tilgner Mfg. Co., machinists, millwrights, etc. Republican. Office: 37-39 Ontario St. Resi- dence: 517 N. Hoyne Av.
OLSEN, Olof C. S., manufacturer; b. Stavan- ger, Norway; ed. public schools. Learned trade of cabinet maker and has been engaged in work of that kind from the time he left school; came to Chicago in 1883. In 1890 established business on his own account under the style of O. C. S. Olsen & Co., as a manufacturer of office desks. Office: Austin Av. and May St.
OLSON, Albert John, wholesale dairyman; b. Elgin, Ill., June 24, 1865; s. John Olson; ed. public schools of Elgin, Ill .; m. Lee, Ill., Jane Seaverson. Began business experience in em- ploy of J. J. Solon, in charge of a milk route, 1883-6; since latter year in business for self as dealer in milk and cream from Elgin dairies, at wholesale and retail. Pres. Capron Co. Creamery Co .; dir. McHenry Co. State Bank. Republican; was mem. of House of Representatives in 39th and 40th General As- semblies of Illinois; was 2 terms alderman from 22d Ward of Chicago. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Athletic. Office and residence: 261 N. Franklin St.
ONAHAN, William James, banker; b. Leigh- lin, Co. Carlow, Ireland; s. John and Johanna Onahan; ed. Liverpool; came to Chicago, 1854; m. Chicago, 1860, Margaret Gertrude Duffy (died Mar. 10, 1902). Was employed in rail- road and business offices, and was city col- lector of Chicago, 1869-71, and again, 1879-87; city comptroller, 1887-91; later jury commis- sioner. Was vice-pres. and is now pres. Home Savings Bank. Distinguished as Catholic lay- man; organized first General Catholic Con- gress, Baltimore, 1889; Columbian Catholic Congress, Chicago, 1893; decorated, 1895, by Pope Leo XIII, and appointed honorary pri- vate chamberlain to the pope, and hence often referred to as the "premier Catholic layman of the U. S." Degree LL.D., and Laetare medal conferred upon him by Univ. of Notre Dame and other Catholic institutions. Took lead in founding St. Patrick's Soc., and the 2d Regt., I. N. G. Has been mem. Chicago Board of Education, and mem. and pres. Chicago Public Library Board. Has contributed to various periodicals. Club: Columbus (one of founders). Office: 152 Monroe St. Residence: 47 Macalester Place.
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