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BAURMANN, Gustav, mgr., Phoenix Car Spring Co .; b. Louisville, Ky., June 30, 1859; s. Gustav and Lydia (Picard) Baurmann; ed. public schools of Louisville, Ky .; m. Rich- mond, Va., Sept. 21, 1881, Elizabeth Ryan; one son: Henry R. Sec. Western Steel and Spring Co., 1882-92, mgr. collection dept., Deering Harvester Co., 1893-4, mgr. Chicago Sewing Machine Co., 1895-1903, mgr. Phoenix Car Spring Co. since 1903. Republican. Office: Rook- ery Bldg. Residence: 494 Belden Av.
BAUSHER, Henry, commission merchant in cotton seed oils, rosin, soap stock, etc .; b. New York City, Oct. 7, 1847; s. Henry and Elizabeth Genevieve (Gray) Bausher; ed. New York; served in Civil War as acting quartermaster; was afterward collector of internal revenue for the Second Dist. of Louisiana; m. at Coop- erstown, N. Y., 1892, Miss May Browning. Started in business as a member of the firm of Fogg, Bausher & Co., burned out in the great fire of 1871; business was resumed after the fire and developed into the large refining and packing business of Peck & Bausher. After Mr. Peck's death started Board of Trade commission business, and now pres. and direc- tor of H. Bausher Co., commission merchants and dealers in cottonseed oils, rosin, Ceylon and Cochin oils, silicate of soda, purified soap stock, tallow, grease, turpentine, etc. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle. Office: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: 384 LaSalle Av.
BAXTER, George Edwin, physician; b. Griggsville, Ill., Oct. 27, 1874; s. Edwin Walter and Helen Maria Baxter; grad. Griggsville (Ill.) High School, May, 1891; Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., June, 1893; Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., Ph.B., June, 1896; North- wesetrn Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1899; m. June 7, 1905, Cecile Maude Hitchcock. Interne St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1899-1901; clinical instructor in medicine since 1902; instructor in pathology, 1902-3; instructor in haemotol- ogy, 1902-4, Northwestern Univ. Med. School. Mem. dispensary staff, St. Luke's Hosp .; sec. North Shore Branch Med. Soc. since 1902; mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illi- nois State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Club: Casino (Edge- water). Office: 1916 Evanston Av. Residence: 2317 Kenmore Av.
BAY, George Philip, banker; b. Wiborg, Den- mark, July 9, 1830; s. Soren and Henriette Bay; liberal education in Denmark; m. 1855, Clara T., daughter of R. Buck, of McHenry Co., Ill .; eleven children; of whom those living are Mrs. Clara H. Miller, Mrs. Alice B. Blish, Charles P., Hiram H., Effie L., Henry M., Irene Jeannette, George P., Jr. Learned trade of wood turner; came from Denmark direct to Chicago in 1852; was engaged in furniture business until 1861; in retail grocery trade, 1861-73; established in 1873 the banking house of Peterson & Bay, which, in 1899, was incor- porated as the Western State Bank, of which was pres., 1899-1900. Residence: 6400 Went- worth Av.
BAYLEY, Edwin Fisher, lawyer; b. Manlius, N. Y., June 11, 1845; s. Calvin Chapin and Ann Sophia (Fisher) Bayley; early life on farm near Waupun, Wis., where he attended school until 1858; in acad. of Brockway College (af- terward Ripon College), 1858-64; served enlist- ment of 100 days as private, Co. B, 41st Wis- consin Inf'y, summer of 1864; in Ripon College, 1864-6, Amherst College, 1866-8, graduating, A.B .; grad. from St. Louis Law School, 1870; m. Chicago, Nov., 1876, Anna Katharine Ober; children: Helen (Mrs. Charles T. Mordock, Terre Haute, Ind.) and Katharine (Mrs. Ed- win H. Clark, Chicago). Began practice of law at St. Louis, Mo., in office of Elmer B. Adams (now U. S. Dist. Judge) in 1871; came to Chi- cago, Oct. 9, 1872; mem. of firm of Scoville, Corwin & Bayley until 1877; practiced alone, 1877-85; mem. of firm of Bayley & Waldo, 1885- 95; since then (with Charles R. Webster) of Bayley & Webster. Republican, with "mug- wump" tendencies. Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Church. Clubs: Kenwood, Union League, Wash- ington Park, Homewood, Chicago, City. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Residence: 4634 Greenwood AV
BAYLIES, Ripley N., lawyer; b. St. Helena Parish, La., Sept. 5, 1845; s. Nicholas and Har- riet (Cahoon) Baylies; ed. public schools Polk Co. and in the collegiate and law depts. of
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the Univ. of Iowa; was resident of Iowa from age of 14 to 1892; m. Osage Mission, Kas., 1873, Miss Harriett Sinnamon (now deceased) ; chil- dren: Mrs. Nettie B. Poor, Fred N., Harry L., Harriet H. Admitted to bar in Iowa in 1867, and practiced in Kansas several years; then at Des Moines, Ia., until 1890, when was elected judge of the Circuit Court of Polk Co., Ia., and at expiration of term resumed prac- tice; since 1892 has been engaged in practice of law in Chicago. Is also pres. of the Rock- ford Construction Co., and pres. of the Rock- ford and Interurban Ry. Co. Republican. Club: Kenwood. Office: 1425 Unity Bldg. Residence: 170 Fifty-first St.
BAYNES, James, editor; b. Valley Forge, near Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 30, 1840; s. Bee- zon and Lowry (Humphries) Baynes; ed. pub- lic schools in Pennsylvania and Indiana; m. Salem, Ind., Nov. 21, 1871, Ella Lyon; children: Harry L., Clara. Served 3 years in 5th Ind. Cav., Co. E, in Army of the Ohio, 1862-5; par- ticipated in Sherman's movements from Chat- tanooga to Jonesboro. Moved to Indiana when 15 years old and located on farm, remaining there until 1879; then went to Alexandria, S. Dak., and engaged in publishing the Alexan- dria Herald; started the American Swineherd in 1884 and in 1890 removed it to Chicago, where has since resided, as its editor and senior mem. of firm of James Baynes & Son, its publishers. Republican; was mem. of the Territorial Legislature of Dakota, 1880-1. Mem. George G. Meade Post, G. A. R. Office: 323 Dearborn St. Residence: 522 W. 61st Pl.
BEACH, Elli Alonzo, pres. Beach-Wickham Grain Co .; b. Stratford, N. H., July 9, 1842; s. Lawrence Clinton and Lucy A. (Brockett) Beach; came west with parents in 1852; ed. Beloit, Wis., and Darlington, Wis., finishing at the Platteville Acad .; then taught school in winter of 1863; m. first, Oct. 13, 1868, Abbie D. Stillwell, of Providence, R. I. (died, Jan., 1881); children: Annie S., Henry L., Clinton S .; m. second, Harriett A. Peck, Providence, R. I. In Jan., 1864, came to Chicago; served an ap- prenticeship of 3 years in office of David H. Lincoln, with whom became partner in June, 1867; firm dissolved, 1877, each partner contin- uing alone; in 1879 became partner in Mead, Beach & Co., which continued until 1890; from then until 1902, E. A. Beach & Co .; since 1903, pres. of the Beach-Wickham Grain Co., which was incorporated in that year; director Board of Trade from 1893-6. Mem., deacon and trus- tee of Memorial Baptist Church. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 57 Bryant Av.
BEACH, Elmer Ellsworth, lawyer; b. Civil Bend, Fremont Co., Ia., Dec. 19, 1861; s. Henry W. and Eva E. (Canfield) Beach; ed. public school Antrim City, Mich., Grand Rapids gram- mar school, Grand Rapids High School, 1877- 1881, graduating, 1880 German course, 1881 in classical course; Univ. of Michigan, 1881-4, graduating, B.A .; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., July 27, 1889, Jessie E. Taylor; children: Elizabethi Clara and Mae Vee. Studied law and was ad- mitted to bar in 1888; now mem. of the law firm of Beach & Beach. Pres. Northwestern Development Co. (mining). Republican. Mason, Park Lodge, Park Chapter, Evanston Comman- dery, and Medinah Temple (Shrine). Mem. Royal League, K. P., Chicago Bar Assn., Illi- nois State Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Marquette, Hamilton, Birchwood. Office: Ash- land Blk. Residence: 1140 Lunt Av. (Rogers Park).
BEACH, Myron Hawley, lawyer; b. Seneca Falls, N. Y., May 22, 1828; s. Elam and Han- nah (Edwards) Beach; ed. district school; at Seneca Falls Acad., winters of 1845-6, Ham- ilton College, 1850-3, graduating A.B., 1853; m. Seneca Falls, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1857, Helen Mary Hoskins; children: Lansing H., Harrison L., Woolsey E. Prof. of mathematics, Brock- port Collegiate Institute, 1853; principal Sen-
eca Falls Acad., 1853-6; admitted to bar 1856; served in Union Army in 1864. Engaged in practice at Dubuque, Ia., where he was director of the Board of Education, and a director of the German Theological Seminary; in practice in Chicago since 1885. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Mem. G. A. R., Loyal Legion, Alpha Delta Phi College Fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa Col- lege Fraternity; Am. Historical Assn. Clubs: Union League, Caxton, Mem. Am. Bar Assn; also Chicago and Illinois Bar Assns. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 3630 Lake Av.
BEACH, Raymond Walter, lawyer; b. Perci- val, Ia., Nov. 29, 1863; s. Henry Walter and Eva (Canfield) Beach; spent most of boyhood and youth in Grand Rapids and Charlevoix, Mich .; ed. grammar and high schools, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in Univ. of Michigan, grad- uating B.S. and C.E., 1886, and from law dept., LL.B., 1889; m. Chicago, Oct. 4, 1892, Jennie Healy; one daughter: Ethel Corinne. Admitted to bar of Illinois, 1889, and at once joined his brother, Elmer E. Beach, present firm of Beach & Beach, in general practice of law, making a specialty of corporation, real estate and insur- ance law. Also treas. and director Northwest- ern Development Co. and other corporations. Lecturer on common law pleadings in Chicago Law School and a mem. of the Faculty. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Delta Ypsilon fraternity. Republican. Mason. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 59 Clark St. Res- idence: 857 Pratt Av.
BEALE, William Gerrish, lawyer; b. Win- throp, Kennebec Co., Me., Sept. 10, 1854; s. William and Lucinda (Bacon) Beale; ancestors early settlers of Massachusetts and Maine; ed. public schools, Winthrop, Me., Winthrop High School, Waterville (Me.) Classical Institute, Hallowell (Me.) Classical and Scientific School and Bowdoin College, graduating, 1877; unmar- ried. Studied law in office of Williams & Thompson, Chicago; admitted to Illinois bar, 1881, and has since then been continuously in practice in Chicago in connection with the law firms of Isham & Lincoln, and Isham, Lincoln & Beale. Served one term as mem. of the Board of Education of Chicago, declining re- appointment; corporation counsel of Chicago, 1895-7. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Union (Chicago); also Union, Univer- sity and Lawyers' (New York). Office: 184 La Salle St. Residence: 10 Astor St.
BEARD, Charles Heady, physician; b. Spen- cer Co., Ky., Jan. 27, 1855; s. James P. and Emerin (Heady) Beard; ed. public schools of Spencer Co., Ky., and Transylvania Univ., Lex- ington, Ky .; grad. from med. dept. Univ. of Louisville, Ky., M.D., 1877; m. Cannelton, Ind., Sept., 1888, Laura Clark; children: Halard, Charlotte. In general practice at Cannelton, Ind., 1877-83; went to New York City, 1883, and studied at Post-Graduate Med. School, Polyclinic, Knapp's Institute, and then became house surgeon, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hosp. Studied in London, Paris, Zürich and Vienna about 2 years. In Chicago since 1887, making specialty of eye and ear practice. Was made asst. surgeon Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1887, and surgeon in 1890; oculist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1 year, and attending phy- sician at Central Free Dispensary a year; ocu- list to Passavant Memorial Hosp .; ex-pres. Chicago Ophthalmological and Otological Soc .; mem. Mississippi Valley Med. Assn., Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Neurological Soc., Physicians' Club. Office: 34 Washington St. Residence: 264 E. Sixty-first St.
BEARD, Thomas Francis (known only as "Frank Beard"), artist; b. Cincinnati, Feb. 6, 1842; s. James H. and Mary Caroline Beard; ed. Cincinnati and Painesville, O. Served in Civil War in 7th Ohio Regt .; furnished pictures for all leading periodicals from age of 12 to the present time; 17 years lecturer at Chautauqua,
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N. Y .; has lectured for lyceums for 25 years; first lecture was entitled "Chalk Talk," from which the word originated; prof aesthetics, Syracuse Univ., 1881. Author: Black Board in the Sunday School; and numerous short sto- ries. Office: 110 LaSalle Av. Residence: 3525 Calumet Av.
BEARDSLEE, Franklin Smille, manufactur- er; b. on farm in DeKalb Co., Ill., Dec. 28, 1861; s. Smilie Ransom and Ruth (Hebron) Beards- lee; ed. public schools of Iroquois Co., Ill., and at Grand Prairie Seminary, Onarga, Ill., grad- uating 1884; m. Chicago, Apr. 8, 1891, Char- lotte Isabel Harland; one son: Harland Frank- lin. After leaving school, 1884, traveled for various firms in the gas and electric fixture line, out of Chicago, until 1889; in 1889 was one of the corporators of the W. S. Edwards Manufacturing Co., with which he remained until August, 1901; withdrew and organized the Beardslee Chandelier Manufacturing Co. (wholesale manufacturers of gas, electric and combination fixtures), of which he is pres. Republican. Club: Edgewater (Casino). Office: 253-255 S. Canal St. Residence: 1430 Montrose Boul.
BEATON, David, congregational clergyman; b. Arbuthnot, Scotland, 1848; ed. Aberdeen and Univ. of Edinburgh (M.A.); ordained to min- istry, 1877; pres. Redfield College, S. D., 1889- 91; since 1891 pastor Lincoln Park Congrega- tional Church, Chicago. Pres. of the Polytech- nic Soc. of Chicago since 1903. Author: Cyrus the Magician, 1898, P8; Selfhood and Service, 1898, R3; A Scientific System of Religious Education. Address: 1920 Arlington PI.
BEATTIE, Charles Stuart, lawyer; b. Ot- tawa, Ill., Sept. 20, 1855; s. Charles J. and Eliza B. (Card) Beattie; removed with parents in 1857 to Pontiac, Ill., and was ed. in public and high schools there; removed to Chicago, 1872, studied law in office of John Lyle King 1 year and after that in office of Charles J. Beat- tie, his father; m. New Orleans, La., Dec. 25, 1884, Miss Florence L. Smith; a daughter: Gladys. Admitted to bar Jan., 1876, by exami- nation before Supreme Court in Springfield. Democrat. Odd Fellow, K. P., A. O. U. W. Of- fice: 131 LaSalle St. Residence: 1081 W. Wash- ington Boul.
BEATTY, Ross James, general mgr. Inland Steel Co .; b. on farm in Beaver Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1854; s. Jonathan and Perthenia Jane (Sheets) Beatty; ed. public schools, acad. at Damascus, O., and Iron City Business College, Pittsburgh, Pa., graduating, 1873; m. Muncie, Ind., Sept. 12, 1894, Mildred Veronese, daugh- ter of Hon. J. W. Ryan; children: John Town- send, Suzanne Dodge. Employed in mercantile business, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1873-80; treas. and bookkeeper, Portsmouth (O.) Iron and Steel Co., 1880-4; general sales agent Leechburg Iron Works and Chartiers Iron and Steel Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1884-8; general sales agent W. Dewees Wood Co., manufacturers of planished iron, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1888-92; in 1891-2 organ- ized Midland Steel Co. and built a steel plant and rolling mill at Muncie, Ind .; was pres. and general mgr. of same until works were sold, Apr. 1, 1900, to Am. Sheet Steel Co., of which was general western mgr. until Apr. 30, 1901; since May 1, 1901, general mgr. and director Inland Steel Co. of Chicago. Director Federal Life Insurance Co. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Res- idence: 127 E. Fifty-first St.
BEATTY, William Trimble, manufacturer; b. New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 2, 1864; s. William T. (D.D.) and Sarah C. (Fulton) Beatty; ed. private and public schools of Pittsburgh, Pa .; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Apr., 1901, Valerie Lee Jones. Since June, 1885, with Austin Manufac- turing Co., manufacturers of road building and railroad machinery, of which is vice-pres. and general mgr .; also sec. and general mgr. of the Austin-Western Co., Limited. Clubs: Union
League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Homewood. Office: 315 Dearborn St. Residence: Flossmore, Ill.
BEAUMONT, George, architect; b. Farnley, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, Feb. 13, 1854; s. James and Elizabeth (Gledhill) Beaumont; common school education obtained in Farnley Iron Co.'s schools, near Leeds, England; m. Chicago, Apr. 13, 1882, Harriet Wood, of Leeds, England (deceased) ; children: Marie, Francis Harold, George Stanley, Bessie. Began study of architecture Nov. 1, 1869; obtained medal of Leeds and Yorkshire Architectural Assn., Leeds, England, 1880; mem. Royal Institute of British Architects since 1881; traveled exten- sively in Europe for architectural study; emi- grated to U. S., locating in Chicago, Sept. 2, 1881; employed as architectural draftsman and general supt. on buildings to Feb. 4, 1886; since then in general practice on own account. Organized Architectural Club, Chicago (pres., 1886-7); fellow Am. Institute of Architects, mem. (now pres.) Illinois Chapter of same; mem. Chicago Architects' Business Assn. (pres. 1899-1900). Independent in politics. Protestant Episcopalian. Office: 115 Dearborn St. Residence: 13 Surrey Ct.
BEAUMONT, John F., physician; b. Free- port, Ill., Mar. 29, 1855; s. John H. and Alcista Bedee Beaumont; ed. public schools of Free- port, Ill., acad. at Montrose, N. J., and Hahne- mann Med. College, Philadelphia, M.D., 1877; m. Chicago, 1896, Carrie R. Wilder. After grad- uation located in practice of medicine at Min- neapolis, Minn., 1877-94; was prof. diseases of eye at Univ. of Minnesota, 1890-4; since then in practice of medicine in Chicago, specializ- ing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Mason (32º). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Calumet, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Press. Office: 103 State St. Residence: High- land Park, Ill.
BEAUNISNE, Albert G., asst. to the publish- er of the Chicago Daily News; b. Canada; re- moved to U. S. in infancy. Taught school and studied law; afterward did newspaper work in various cities of the United States and Canada; has been connected with the Chicago Daily News since 1879. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle, Caxton. Office: 123 Fifth Av. Resi- dence: 6022 Kimbark Av.
BEBB, Edwin, lawyer; h. Salem, III., Oct. 19, 1858; s. Michael S. and Catherine (Hancock) Bebb; ed. country dist. schools, Wheaton (Ill.) College, Univ. of Illinois, and grad. LL.B., Chicago College of Law (Lake Forest Univ.); m in Byron Twp., Ogle Co., Ill., Feb. 18, 1885, Minnie A. Jones; children: Herbert, Kenneth, Edwin Adams. Was appointe state grain in- spector in 1878, and in 1883 was appointed agent of the grain receiving commission mer- chants of the Chicago Board of Trade to take charge of their business at Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. receiving depot. Admit- ted to bar, 1893, and ever since engaged in general practice of law. Republican. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Residence: 1748 W. 102d St.
BECK, Alexander Richard, retired lumber- man; b. Madgeburg, Prussia, May 3, 1839; s. Alexander and Jane (Kirk) Beck; father was Scotch, and mother was English; came to U. S., settling in Milwaukee, Oct., 1846; ed. public schools of Milwaukee; m. 1st, 1869, Elizabeth Wall, of Milwaukee, who died the same year, leaving him 1 child: Edward W. R .; m. 2d, 1871, Annie Walsh, of Chicago; children: Mar- garet J., Clara B., Alexander E., Mary G., An- nie L. Began career of sailor on Great Lakes In 1852, filling all positions from cabin boy to capt. until 1866; lumber inspector in Chicago market, 1866-73; foreman of lumber yard for Sylvester Wheelock, 1873-4; mgr. of lumber yard at S. Chicago for Mr. Wheelock, 1874-8; in business for himself, 1878-84; incorporated, 1884, as A. R. Beck Lumber Co., of which he
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was pres .; was treas. of the Rudolph Hegener Co. Was school dir. and pres. Board of Educa- tion S. Chicago, 1875-9; trustee village of Hyde Park, 1878-84. Democrat. Prominent Ma- son; has served as high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter and Eminent Commander of K. T. Residence: 6019 Kimbark Av.
BECK, Carl, surgeon; b. Milin, Austria, Mar. 26, 1864; s. Ignatz and Elizabeth (Pollak) Beck; ed. common school and gymnasium in Prague, Bohemia, and med. school of the Royal and Imperial Univ. of Prague, graduating M.D., 1889; served as asst. in surgical and gynecolog- ical clinics in Prague, assisting first Prof. Gussenbauer and later Dr. Schauta, famous gynecologist of Vienna; m. Chicago, Apr. 10, 1899, Eda Stein; children: Helen Babette, Frances Eda. Visited most of the univs. of Germany, Austria and other countries; made several trips to America as steamer surgeon, 1889-90, and in 1890 settled in Chicago in gen- eral practice of medicine. Became attending surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., St. Joseph Hosp. and other hosps., devoting time to surgery. Founded St. Anthony Hosp. with the Sisters of Joliet, founded German Med. Soc. and Bo- hemian Med. Soc. of Chicago. Is prof. of sur- gery in Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons (Univ. of Illinois), Post-Graduate Med. School and Chicago College of Dentistry. Mem. Am. Med. Assn. and most of the local med. socs .; also of the German Soc. of Sur- geons of Berlin, and Soc. of Physicians of Prague. Served as volunteer in 11th Infy. regt., Austrian Army, and later first lieutenant of 75th Infy regt. Contributor to Am. and foreign med. journals on surgical subjects. Mem. Inde- pendent Religious Soc. Office: 98 State St. Resi- dence: 42 Roslyn Pl.
BECK, Joseph Carl, physician; b. Bohemia, Austria, Sept. 26, 1870; s. Ignatz and Louise (Pollack) Beck; resided in Clinton and Holden, Mo., 1885-93; since 1893 in Chicago; ed. public schools of Prague, Austria, and in Catholic Convent school in Holden, Mo .; grad. from Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons (med. dept., Univ. of Illinois), M.D., 1895; m. Chicago, Mar. 26, 1899, Carrie A. Stein; children: Elsa, Philip. Since 1895 engaged in practice of medicine and surgery in Chicago, limiting practice to eye, ear, nose and throat. Prof. of otology and laryngology in Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College; adjunct prof. of otology and rhino-laryngology, in College of Physicians and Surgeons; oculist to St. Joseph Hosp .; now organizing and founding new private hosp. in conjunction with his brothers, called Beck's Hosp., for surgical work, to be on Clark St., near Wrightwood Av. Fellow Am. Acad. of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology; mem. Am. Laryngological, Rhinological and Otologi- cal Soc., German Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Laryngological Soc., and Nu Sigma Nu, med. fraternity. Republican. Mem. Chicago Lodge No. 437, A. F. & A. M. Office: 92 State Street. Residence: 173 Lake View Av.
BECK, Rudolph, dentist; b. Prague, Austria, Sept. 18, 1868; s. I. and Elizabeth Beck; grad. Chicago College of Dental Surgery, 1898; un- married. Has resided in Chicago since 1888; adjunct prof. of surgical pathology, Chicago College of Dental Surgery. Mem. Illinois State Dental Soc., Chicago Odontographic Soc. Club: New Illinois Athletic. Office: 98 State St. Resi- dence: 1260 Rokeby St.
BECKEN, Albert Charles, wholesale jeweler; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1855; s. Ferdinand Charles and Ulricka (Halz) Becken; ed. dist. school; father died when was 10 years old and mother married again; m. Driftwood, Pa., Apr. 19, 1883, Grace, daughter of Judge Hunt- ley; children: Clara Louise, Albert Charles. After mother's second marriage, stepfather took him from school to assist in live stock business, which proved too hard for him; went
into barber shop and learned the trade; estab- lished for self in barber business at Drift- wood, Pa., 1874, and by 1883 had saved $9,000; entered the jewelry business, traveling among lumber camps selling watches to the men; went to St. Paul, Minn., in 1886 and estab- lished in watch-jobbing business, introducing the Dueber-Hampden watches in that terri- tory; since 1892 in wholesale watch and jew- elry business. Mem. Chicago Jewelers' Assn. and Am. Horological Soc. Republican. Mem. First Presbyterian Church. Mason, K. T. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: Powers' Bldg. Resi- dence: Park Ridge, Ill.
BECKER, Abraham G., dealer in commercial paper; b. Warsaw, O., Sept. 21, 1857; s. Nathan and Henrietta (Schaffner) Becker; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Feb. 8, 1887, Kate Fried- man; children: Helen, Louise, James H., Mar- garet. Began business career Jan. 1, 1878, in house of Hermann Schaffner & Co., in which he became a partner, and after the death of Mr. Schaffner organized and incorporated, July 1, 1894, the firm of A. G. Becker & Co., dealers in commercial paper, of which has ever since been pres. and treas. Also director Audit Co., of Illinois, Live Stock Investment Co., Drexel Cafe Co., and Woods Motor Vehicle Co. Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Standard. Office: 178 LaSalle St. Residence: 5132 East End Av.
BECKER, Anthony William, merchant and manufacturer; b. Dubuque, Ia., Apr. 27, 1858; s. Gerhard and Fannie (Kohaus) Becker; ed. public schools of Dubuque, Ia., to 1872, then student in preparatory school at Telgte, Ger- many, for 3 years; m. Chicago, Apr. 27, 1881, Clara Elma Hoagland, of Dayton, O .; one son: Frederick G. Becker (student at Yale). Began in 1878 as bookkeeper with his father, a whole- sale clothing dealer at Dubuque, Ia .; in 1879 went to Minneapolis, Minn., as mgr. of branch house, and in 1880 both plants were removed to Chicago. Was financial mgr. and credit man of the firm from 1880 to 1890, and upon his father's retirement from the clothing business, entered firm of Lange Bros. & Co., but retired from it Jan. 1, 1893, to organize, with H. L. and Joseph Mayer and H. B. Hellman, the present firm of Becker, Mayer & Co., manufac- turer of clothing for youths and juveniles, in which is credit man and financial mgr. Repub- lican. Roman Catholic. Mem. Credit Men's Assn., Chicago Commercial Assn., Illinois Manufacturers' Assn. Club: Hamilton. Office: 216-218 Van Buren St. Residence: 4329 Oaken- wald Av.
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