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OVERSHINER, Ellsworth Byron, manufac- turer; b. Elwood, Ind., Jan. 14, 1867; s. James M. and Louisa J. Overshiner; grad. Louisville, Ky., Commercial College. In employ of Penn- sylvania R. R. as conductor, 1889-95: entered independent telephone business, 1895, con- tracting and operating telephone exchanges and long distance lines, and in 1899 organized the Swedish-Am. Telephone Co. of Chicago, which from one of the smallest has become one of the largest telephone manufacturing
enterprises in the world, manufacturing elec- father's farm at Charleston, Cecil Co., Md.,
trical apparatus of every character pertaining to the telephone business. and jobbers of all kinds of electrical supplies. Pres. and treas. Swedish-Am. Telephone Co .: 1st vice-pres. Kansas City & Topeka Ry. Co .; dir. Federal Stock and Bond Exchange. Republican. Clubs: Press, Chicago Automobile. Office: 88-92 W. Jackson Boul. Residence: 1809 Sheridan Rd.
OWEN, Cassius Orlin, printer; b. in Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, 1848; s. Leonard and Julia
(Palmer) Owen; grad. Princeton Univ., A.B., 1871; m. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 2, 1889, Emily Drucker; 1 son: Harry. Came to Chicago in 1871 and learned the printing business in all its branches, being employed first for 3 years by H. Wilson & Co., then by Ottaway & Col- bert for 10 years, and after that by J. L. Regan & Co. for 5 years; in 1888 organized firm of C. O. Owen & Co., printers and book manufacturers, of which is pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Nat. Union. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Casino (Edgewater). Office: 108 W. Jackson Boul. Residence: 1437 Law- rence Av.
OWEN, Richard William, pres. Lanz, Owen & Co., manufacturers of leather traveling goods; b. Carnarvon, Wales, June 8, 1843; s. William and Catherine (Jones) Owen; ed. public schools; m. Racine, Wis., May 7, 1868, Jennie A. Roberts; children: William Robert, Richard W., Jr., Edith Gwladys. Served in Civil War 3 years, 1862-5, in 29th Wis. Vol., taking part in 27 battles, including 7 general engagements, and is a mem. of Post No. 5, G. A. R. Learned harness trade at Racine, Wis., 1865-6, and after about 15 months was made supt. of the shop and store; in spring of 1872 came to Chicago and after a commer- cial experience started in the manufacture of leather traveling goods with T. H. Bryan, changing later to Harrell & Owen, which later consolidated. with the firm of Lanz, Whitney & Co., under the present style of Lanz, Owen & Co., which in 1895 was incorporated, and of which he is now pres. and gen. supt. Mason (Siloam Lodge). Club: Menoken. Office: 183 12- 189 Lake St. Residence: 1314 Washington Boul.
OWEN, William Russell, pres. Standard Oil Drilling Machine Co .; b. Conneaut, O., Aug., 1858; s. Ira H. and Electa A. (Bunker) Owen; ed. graded schools in Michigan and in Acad. at Detroit, Mich .; m. Chicago, 1879, Minnie F. June; 1 son: Ira J. Came to Chicago in 1872, and from that time to 1898 was in the lake marine business. Was mgr. and owner of the Owen Line of freight steamers; established the Escanaba & Lake Michigan Transporta- tion Co. and was its manager; established the Holland and Chicago line, building the "Soo City"; also built the "Puritan," but sold to the Graham & Morton Co .; went out of steam- boat business in 1898. Pres. of the Standard Oil Drilling Machine since Jan. 1, 1904; also treas. of the Nat. Bond and Stock Security Co. Republican. Club: Oak Park. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 110 Maple Av., Oak Park, Ill.
OWENS, John Edward, lawyer: b. Chicago, June 22. 1875; s. P. H. and Mary (Clark) Owens; ed. at St. Stephens Parochial School. St. Patrick's Acad., Christian Brothers, and grad. law dept. of Lake Forest Univ., 1896, L.L.B. Admitted to Illinois bar, May 1, 1896, and engaged in practice of law in 1897: ap- pointed asst. city prosecutor in Feb., 1898; promoted to position of chief asst. city prose- cutor in 1900; served as city atty. of Chicago, Sept. 26, 1901, to Apr. 21, 1903; appointed mas- ter in chancery by the judges of the Circuit Court of Cook Co., Dec. 1. 1904. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Order of Foresters. Clubs: Ashland. Iroquois. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 1092 Warren Av.
OWENS, John Edwin, physician; b. on his Oct. 16, 1836; s. John and Martha (Black) Owens; ed. private schools West Nottingham Acad., Elkton Acad., and under private tutor; grad. Jefferson Med. College, Philadelphia, M.D., 1862; took special course in surgical anatomy and operative surgery under Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, Philadelphia; was resident physician Blockley Hosp., Philadelphia, 1 year; entered med. service of Union Army, 1863; came to Chicago and was assigned to
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duty in military hosp .; m. Dec. 30, 1869, Ale- thia S., daughter of Reuben D. Jamar, of Elk- ton, Md .; 1 daughter: Marie Girvin Owens. After war resumed practice in Chicago; has been surgeon at St. Luke's Hosp .; many years superintending surgeon of I. C. Ry., and chief surgeon C. & N .- W. Ry .; med. dir. World's Co- lumbian Exposition. Lecturer on surgical dis- eases of the urinary organs, 1867-71, on prin- ciples and practice of surgery, 1871-82; prof. orthopedic surgery, 1879-82, Rush Med. Col- lege; prof. principles and practice of surgery, Woman's Med. College, 1877-83; prof. opera- tive and surgical anatomy, 1882-91, and of principles and practice of surgery and clinical surgery, Chicago Med. College. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Medico-His- torical Soc .; fellow Am. Surgical Assn. Clubs: Calumet, Tolleston Shooting. Office: 34 Wash- ington St. Residence: Lexington Hotel.
OWSLEY, Heaton, retired manufacturer; b. Springfield, Ill., Nov. 15, 1856; s. John E. and Henrietta (Heaton) Owsley; ed. public schools of Chicago and at Center College, Danville, Ky., graduating in class of 1877; m. New York City, 1887, Lina D., daughter of late Carter H. Harrison, Sr .; children: Edna B., John E., Preston, Lina Harrison. After leaving school in 1877 embarked in manufacture of bicycles, becoming half owner in the St. Nicholas Mfg. Co., and in 1900 retired from business, and now devotes entire time to managing his real estate interests. Democrat. Club: University. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 408 E. Erie St.
OWSLEY, Louis Septimus, representing Charles T. Yerkes in U. S .; b. Chicago, Aug. 7, 1870; s. John E. and Henrietta E. (Heaton) Owsley; grad. public schools, Chicago, 1885; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1889; entered Yale, 1889; left Yale to enter busi- ness. Entered employ of C. P. Kellogg & Co., wholesale clothing, to learn business, but left at end of 3 months in order to accept posi- tion as asst. sec. of the West Chicago Street R. R. Co., 1891; sec. and treas., 1895-9; asst. treas. Union Traction Co., 1899, but in Aug. of same year resigned to accept position of finan- cial agent of Charles T. Yerkes. Elected, 1899, pres. Northwestern Elevated R. R. Co. and Union Loop Co .; resigned from elevated com- panies, 1901, continuing financial agent Charles T. Yerkes, and pres. and dir. Suburban R. R. Co., Chicago & North Shore Street R. R. Co. and upon Suhurban R. R. Co. going into hands of receiver was appointed receiver. Also pres. and dir. Chicago, Harvard & Geneva Lake R. R .; dir. Benton Harbor & St. Joseph Gas Co. Clubs: Union League, Glen View, Evanston Country. Office: Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg. Residence: 1304 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill.
OYEN, Adolph Bernard, physician; Trondhjem, Norway. Apr. 15, 1857; s. Frederick and Inger Anna (Hofstad) Oyen; came with parents from Norway to Chicago, 1861; grad. Carpenter (public) School, Chicago, 1870; at- tended Chicago High School 2 years; grad. De- troit College of Medicine, M.D .. 1890; m. Bat- tle Creek, Mich., Aug. 2, 1877, Jennie A. Sprague; children: Albert Nelson (Rush Med., '05), Winifred Jane (now kindergarten teach- er), Fred Sprague (died in infancy). Was em- ployed. 1874-6, by Review and Herald Publish- ing House, Battle Creek, Mich., as apprentice, printer. proofreader and editor (part of time in Norway); left in 1886 to study medicine; practiced 1 year in Detroit; moved to Chicago, 1891. Was attending physician of Norwegian Lutheran Tabitha Hosp. of Chicago, 1894-1902, and last 2 years pres. of staff. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Scandinavian Med. Soc. Republican. Of- fice and residence: 801 N. Rockwell St.
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PACAUD, Arthur Duncan, grain commis- sion merchant; b. Montreal, P. Q., Can., July 4, 1872; s. George Jeremiah and Georgiana (Mondlet) Pacaud; early education at Mon- treal high schools, going later to Trinity Col- lege School, Ft. Hope, Ont., from which he was grad. in 1890. Came to Chicago in Nov., 1891, and became connected with the firm of A. L. Pacaud & Co., mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade; remained with that firm until 1895, in which year he became a mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade, entering into busi- ness for self as a commission merchant in grain. Republican. Club: Calumet. Office: 225 LaSalle St. Residence: 2819 Indiana Av.
PACKARD, Arthur T., pres. Chicago En- velope Co .; b. La Porte, Ind., May 25, 1860; s. Jasper and Harriet S. (Tibbetts) Packard; grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B., 1883; m. Oberlin, O., May 27, 1884, Jeanie H. Hayford. Editor Bismarck (Dak.) Tribune, 1883; proprietor Bad Lands Cow Boy, 1884-6; railroad editor Chi- cago Herald, 1886-94; dept. mgr. Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., 1894-1900; since 1900, pres. of the Chicago Envelope Co., manufacturers of envelopes; also vice-pres. of the Photograph Co. of America, manufacturers of photographs. Republican. Club: Press. Office: 61-63 Market St. Residence: 9 St. James Pl.
PACKARD, Frederick William, lawyer; b. Orange, Franklin Co., Massachusetts, Nov. 5, 1850; prepared for college at Williston Semi- nary, East Hampton, Mass .; grad. Amherst College, A.B., 1872; m. Amherst, Mass., July 25, 1877, Stella C. Williams. Entered law office of King, Scott & Payson as student in fall of 1872; admitted to Illinois bar in Jan., 1875. After dissolution of firm of King, Scott & Pay- son, partner with Mr. King in firm of King & Packard, until 1888; now in practice alone. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: Chi- cago, Ill.
PACKARD, George, lawyer; b. Providence, R. I., May 27, 1868; s. William L. and Mary Eastern (Peckham) Packard; ed. English and Classical School, Providence, 1876-85; Brown Univ., 1885-9; A.B., 1889; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1891; m. Chicago, Jan. 23, 1893, Caroline Howe; children: Dorothy, Frank H., Mary. Admitted to bar, 1891, and entered office of Peckham & Brown; asst. atty. World's Columbian Exposition, 1892-3; returned to Peckham & Brown, 1893, and engaged in gen- eral practice; firm changed to Peckham, Brown & Packard, 1897; with Mr. Brown, who was atty. for the Park Board, had much to do, 1896-9, in establishing questions of ripar- ian rights in Illinois, in connection with Lin- coln Park; on withdrawal in summer of 1903 of Mr. Brown, because of election to Circuit Court bench, Edwin Burritt Smith, W. T. ApMadoc and Vincent J. Walsh were added to the firm, which assumed style of Peckham, Smith, Packard & ApMadoc. Democrat. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Dir. Law Institute, Children's Memorial Hosp. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Literary, University, Law, Skokie Country. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 1922 Barry Av.
PACKARD, Samuel Ware, lawyer; b. Shel- burne, Mass., Nov. 29, 1847; s. Rev. Theophilus and Elizabeth Parsons (Ware) Packard; ed. public schools in Shelburne, Mass .; Lima, O., and Mt. Pleasant, Ia .; also at Shelburne Falls, Mass., Acad., and Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass., 1866; m. Lombard, Ill., June 23, 1874, Clara A. Fish; children: Stella Emily, Laura Elizabeth, Walter Eugene, Esther, John Cooper. Came to Chicago at age of 16, and, in 1864-5, began study of law in office of Barker & Tuley, practicing in justice court when only 17 years old; returned East to school, 1865-6; then back to Barker & Tuley's
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office in fall of 1866; admitted to Illinois bar, Aug. 16, 1867, and in 1868 entered upon a partnership with Col. John S. Cooper, which continued 10 years, during the latter part of which Judge Gwynne Garnett and William W. Gurley were also partners. Has general civil practice and has been identified with many important cases, notably the Yankton Bond Case, where, finding his efforts to collect a judgment for $200,000 railroad bonds which he had obtained against the city of Yankton obstructed by the hostility of the Dakota legis- lature, he induced Congress to withhold ad- mission of South Dakota to Statehood until the debt was settled. Was for several years legal adviser of Rev. John Alexander Dowie, and had charge of many important matters for him, notably the Zion Lace Experts Case, procuring their admission by an appeal to the Washington authorities, after they had been ordered deported by the immigration offi- cials. Independent in politics. Mem. 1st Con- gregational Church of Oak Park. Club: Con- gregational. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 368 Lake St., Oak Park, Il1.
PADDOCK, George Laban, lawyer; b. Au- gusta, Ga., Oct. S, 1832; s. George Hussey and Rebecca M. Paddock (both natives of Hudson, N. Y.); removed to Princeton, Bureau Co., Ill., 1846, where engaged in farming; ed. public schools; studied law while serving as deputy circuit clerk of Bureau Co. and deputy county clerk; admitted to Illinois bar, 1858; grad. Harvard Law school, 1859; m. Oct. 1, 1862, Caroline M. Bolles. Was partner with Joseph I. Taylor, lawyer at Princeton, Ill., 1859-61. Entered 12th Ill. Vol. Infy., Apr., 1861, as 1st lieut. Co. I, for 3 months; then took same position in reorganized regiment, serving un- der Grant, 1861-2, in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi; resigned commis- sion and re-entered U. S. service as maj. 7th U. S. Heavy Artillery (colored), and maj. 11th U. S. Colored Infy .; later assigned to duty as asst. inspector gen. on staff of Maj. Gen. Dana at headquarters of dept. of the Mississippi, and mustered out as maj. June 28, 1865. Returned to Princeton, Ill., and was partner with Harvey M. (later judge) Trim- ble, and several years master in chancery of Circuit Court of Bureau Co .; came to Chicago, 1868; mem. of firm of Paddock & Ide, 1871-83; Paddock & Aldis, then Paddock, Aldis & Wright, Paddock & Wright, afterward Pad- dock, Wright & Billings; since 1902 of Pad- dock & Baker. Mem. Soc. of Army of the Ten- nessee; companion Loyal Legion. Mem. Am., Illinois and Chicago Bar Assns., and the U. S. Supreme Court. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Har- vard Law Assn. Office: 189 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 5451 Cornell Av.
PADEN, Joseph Everett, lawyer; b. Litch- field, Ill., Jan. 22, 1861; s. Samuel A. and Polly M. (Scherer) Paden; ed. Univ. of Minne- sota; m. Litchfield, III., 1891, Charlotte Colt; children: David S., Dennison C., Elizabeth, Philip. Taught in country schools; admitted to Illinois bar, 1885; began practice of law at Litchfield; came to Chicago, 1890; now mem. of law firm of Paden & Kropf. Was city atty. of Litchfield, Ill., and later corporation coun- sel of Evanston, Ill. Dir. City Nat. Bank of Evanston. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn .; associate mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Clubs: Union League, Bankers, Evanston. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 1205 Ridge Boul., Evans- ton, Il1.
Marked Tree Lumber Co .; also pres. and dir. Cairo, Memphis & Southern R. R. & Trans- portation Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Germania. Office: Tribune Bldg. Resi- dence: Glencoe, Ill.
PAGE, Charles T .; b. Hillsdale, Mich., Apr. 18, 1849; s. William D. and Frances (Durand) Page; ed. Rockford (Il1.) High School; m. Alexis, Ill., Sept., 1876, Bertha Alexander (now deceased); children: Mrs. Mary Florence Page Ackerman, Edna O. In recorder's office, Rock- ford, I11., 1866-9; Winnebago Nat. Bank, Rock- ford, Ill., 1869-72; Home Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1872-4; in hardware business, Monmouth, Ill., 1875-88; in electric light business, Englewood and Hyde Park, 1888-96; in real estate opera- tions and dir. of corporations, Chicago, since 1896. Dir. Lake St. Elevated R. R .; dir. Dunlap Percolater Co. Republican; has been delegate to State conventions. Presbyterian. Clubs: Un- ion League, Englewood Men's, Auburn Park Golf. Office: 2 Sherman St. Residence: 6159 Lexington Av.
PAGE, James Cowey, broker; b. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 27, 1856; s. John J. and Martha (Cowey) Page; ed. old Chicago Univ .; m. Chicago, Lou Wilson. Began business career in 1875 as messenger boy with B. Fowler & Co., commission merchants on the Chicago Board of Trade; afterward settling clerk for J. Edwards & Co., and became a mem. of that company (a corporation) until Oct., 1901, when established himself as a broker. Dir. Collins Coal Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Independent in politics. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Washington Park, Edgewater Golf. Of- fice: Board of Trade. Residence: 103 Buena Av.
PAGE, Milton Edwin, Jr., boiler manufactur- er; b. Chicago, Oct. 2, 1869; s. Milton E. and Dora O. (St. George) Page; ed. Chicago public school and Bryant & Stratton Business Col- lege; m. Chicago, Feb. 15, 1893, Amolia C. Pfeiffer; children: Christopher Milton, Wil- liam Edwin. Was mgr. of the Spafford Stand- ard Scale Co., then mgr. of the machinery dept. of the M. E. Page Confectionery Co. for several years, afterward entering the boiler manufacturing business of the North-Western Boiler Works in 1893, and continuing with its successor, the Chris. Pfeiffer Boiler Co., manu- facturers of steam boilers, tanks, smoke- stacks, marine work, etc., of which he is now vice-pres. and mgr. Mem. Nat. Assn. of En- gineers. Republican. Veteran of 1st Regt. Infy., I. N. G. Mason (32º). Club: Chicago Engineers. Office: 66-68 Michigan St. Residence: 10 Alta Vista Terrace.
PAGE, Samuel Shope, lawyer; b. on farm in Metamora, Woodford Co., Ill., Jan. 27, 1851; s. Thaddeus and Cordillia Ellen (Shope) Page; afterward moved to farm in Tazewell Co., spending his boyhood there until he was 14; returned to Metamora, attending school, 1865- 1869; taught school, 1869-70; studied law at Metamora, 1870-2; m. 1873, Lucia A. Robin- son, of Clyde, Kan. Admitted to bar, 1872; practiced law in Metamora, 8 years; state's atty., Woodford Co., 1876-80; moved to Peoria, 1880, becoming mem. of firm of Worthington, Page & Bassett; judge 8th Judicial Circuit, 1885-90, resigning in spring of 1890 to engage in practice in Chicago: was senior of firm of Page, Eliel & Rosenthal, 1890-2; since then in practice alone; was one of special counsel for World's Columbian Exposition. Mem. Illi- nois State and Chicago Bar Assns. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Iroquois. Office: 59 Clark St.
PAEPCKE, Hermann, lumberman; b. PAGELS, George, wood-turner; b. province of Pomerania, Germany, Oct. 31, 1852; s. John and Sophia (Schwanebeck) Pagels; removed with parents to Chicago in 1863; ed. public schools of Germany and Chicago until 1865; m. Chicago, 1873, Minnie Dahlke; children: George, Hattie, Millie. Began to learn trade Schwerin, Ger., Feb.' 12, 1851; s. August and Louise Paepcke; ed. Wismer, Ger .; m. In- dianola, Tex., 1878, Paula Wagner; children: Sophie, Lydia, Alice, Walter. In lumber busi- ness in Chicago since 1881; now pres. and dir. Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., Chicago Mill & Lumber Co., Chicago Packing Box Co., of wood turner in Chicago in 1865; worked
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at it as journeyman until 1876, when estab- lished for himself in wood turning, with a specialty in stair work. Independent in poli- tics. Mason (32º); mem. Apollo Commandery, K. T., and of Medinah Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mem. Vorwärts Turn Verein, Schiller Liedertafel, Concordia Gesangverein; also southwestern dir, of the Chicago Skat League. Office: 784 Loomis St., near 21st St. Residence: 916 Jackson Boul.
PAIN, Charles E., lawyer; b. London, Eng- land, Apr. 2, 1866; s. Alfred and Mary Ann Pain; ed. St. Michael's and All Angels, Lon- don; came to U. S., 1884; grad. LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1892; m. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1888, Elizabeth Ann Smith; children: Gertrude Jean, Charles Greayer. Admitted to bar May, 1892, and has since been engaged in general prac- tice; now of firm of Vail & Pain. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Institute, Royal Arcanum. Republican. Protestant. Club: Union League, Exmoor. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: The Netherlands, 1352 Lawrence Av.
PAINE, Lyman May, lawyer; b. East Wood- stock, Conn., Mar. 6, 1850; s. John and Mary A. (May) Paine; ed. Nichols Acad., Dudley, Mass., Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass., 1868; Amherst College, A.B., 1872; taught high school, 1872-3; m. Woodstock, Conn., Aug. 31, 1881, Geneva Carr; children: Ralph Carr (deceased), Ruth, Olive, Norman Carr, Merlin May. Studied law in office of Bonney, Fay & Griggs, Chicago; admitted to Illinois Bar, Jan. 7, 1876; was associated in practice of law with Hon. C. C. Bonney until his death in 1903; since then alone. Taught city night school for 5 or 6 years from 1873. Mem. Board of Managers Chicago Law Insti- tute for past 3 years. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Was mem. Board of Education (Oakland) District No. 3, Hyde Park, 1886-9. Republican. Congregationalist. Office: Tacoma Bidg. Resi- dence: 4224 Langley Av.
PAINE, Stephen Marvin, treas. Chicago Portrait Co .; b. Greenville, Pa., May 24, 1874; s. Stephen Marvin and Alvira Mckean Paine; moved to Kirksville, Mo., in 1887, where he lived on a farm; ed. in district and public schools until 1891; 1891-5, attended Kirksville Normal School. In Aug., 1895, he entered the employ of the Chicago Portrait Co. in New York State; was promoted rapidly until be- came road mgr. in 1897, which position he held until 1901, when he came to Chicago as correspondent; in 1902 was elected dir. and treas. Republican. Mason (32º). Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Washington Park, Exmoor. Office. Wabash Av. and Con- gress St. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel.
PALMER, Honore, capitalist, business man; b. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1874; s. Potter and Bertha (Honore) Palmer; ed. schools of Chicago, St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., and Har- vard Univ. (grad. 1897); m. 1903, London, Eng., Grace Greenway Brown; 1 child: Potter Palmer III. Traveled abroad, 1897-8; went to work in his father's office, 1898, attending to the business of the large Potter Palmer estate, and since his father's death has con- tinued in active direction of these large in- terests; pres. East Chicago Co .; elected alder- man from 21st Ward, 1901; re-elected, 1903. Democrat. Mem. various college fraternities. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union, Germania, Lincoln Cycling, Chicago Automobile, Chicago Golf; also Strollers (New York). Office: La- Salle St. Station. Residence: 187 Lincoln Park Boul.
PALMER, Percival Bowditch, cloak manu- facturer; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 2, 1851; s. Dudley R. and Anna (Gibbs) Palmer; ed. pub- lic schools and graduated English High School, Boston, 1868; m. 1877, Nellie F., daughter of Nahum Chapin, of Boston; children: Dudley Chapin, Percival Bowditch, Jr., David H.,
Nahum Chapin, Lucy Farwell. After gradua- tion was in employ of E. Allen & Co., jobbers in woolen goods, Boston, 1868-70; later with Springer Bros., cloak manufacturers, Boston, 1870-5; represented C. N. Carter & Co., cloak manufacturers of New York, in Chicago, 1875- 1877; in employ of J. W. Griswold & Co., cloaks, 1877-87, and upon retirement of senior mem. was partner with E. P. Griswold as Griswold, Palmer & Co., 1887-99, till death of Mr. Griswold; since 1899 head of Percival B. Palmer & Co., manufacturers of ladies' and children's cloaks and suits, one of the largest in that line in the U. S. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Midlothian. Office: 266-272 Adams St. Resi- dence: 4745 Ellis Av.
PALMER, Potter, Jr., vice-pres. and treas. East Chicago Co .; b. Chicago, Oct. 8, 1875; s. Potter and Bertha (Honore) Palmer; ed. Uni- versity School, Chicago; St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., and grad. Harvard, 1898. In 1902 became associated with the East Chicago Co., of which he is now vice-pres. This com- pany is rapidly building up a great industrial center at East Chicago, Ind., near Indiana Harbor, and 19 miles east of the City Hall of Chicago. Clubs: Chicago, Union, University, Washington Park, Chicago Golf, Saddle and Cycle. Office: LaSalle St. Station. Residence: 100 Lake Shore Drive.
PALMER, Silas, live stock commission; b. Devonshire, Eng., Jan. 15, 1847; s. John and Johanna (Hicks) Palmer; ed. England; m. In- warleigh, Devonshire, Eng., Apr., 1871, Eliza- beth Heale; children: Elizabeth Ellen, William Hale, Elsie Mabel, Ernest James, Blanche Marion, Edwin Thomas, Ruby Evelyn, Byron Ray. Came direct from England to Chicago, 1871; engaged in coal and wood business, 1872; sold out, 1874, and started wood, coal, flour and feed business on W. Lake St .; sold out, 1883; in fall of 1884 became a mem. of Elwell, Green & Palmer in live stock com- mission business; withdrew Jan. 1, 1892, and has since been in same business alone. Re- publican. Baptist. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Of- fice: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards. Residence: 452 Warren Av.
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