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REED, Frank Fremont, lawyer; b. Mon- mouth, Ill., 1857; s. Philo E. and Minerva D. Reed; ed. Warren (O.) public schools, 1868-75; at Univ. of Michigan, 1876-80, graduating A.B., 1880; studied law in offices in Cleveland and Warren, O., 1880-2; m. Riverside, 1888, Hallie C. Allen; 1 son: Allen Martin. Admitted to bar, Sept., 1882, and has since been in con- tinuous practice; makes a specialty of the law of copyrights and trade-marks. Lecturer on law of copyrights and trade-marks, Univ. of Michigan since 1893; professional lecturer on copyright and trade-mark law in Univ. of Chicago since 1903. Mem. Am. Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Riverside Golf, Hins- dale Golf; also Missouri Athletic (St. Louis), Lawyers (New York). Office: Rector Bldg. Residence: Riverside, Ill.
REED, Frank J., passenger agent; b. Lafay- ette, Ind., Dec. 8, 1854. Since 1885 in the ser- vice of the Louisville, New Albany & Chi- cago Ry. and its successor, the C., I. & L. Ry., first as city passenger agent at Chicago, 1885- 1893, and since June 15, 1893, as general pas- senger agent. Office: 198 Custom House Pl. Residence: 705 49th St.
REED, Lawrence Joseph, paving contractor; b. Chicago, Oct. 7, 1866; s. William and Annie (Conway) Reed; ed. St. Patrick's Acad., Chi- cago; m. Chicago, June 28, 1893, Helena J. Quirk; children: Richard J., Lawrence C., Mildred, Constance, Muriel. Began business life Mar., 1879, as a cash boy in the store of Field, Leiter & Co .; Sept., 1880, became a clerk in the offices of the C. & E. I. R. R .; since 1889, paving contractor; now treas. and dir. R. F. Conway Co., contractors for asphalt paving. Also treas. and dir. of the Interna- tional Asphalt Co., dealers in asphalt, and mem. of the Warner-Quinlan Asphalt Co., im- porters and refiners, with refinery at Tremley Point, N. J. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Meno- ken, Sheridan. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 1383 Washington Boul.
REEDY, William Henry, elevators; b. Rock Island, Ill., Sept. 10, 1861; s. John and Mary (Graham) Reedy; resident of Chicago since 1872; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Sept., 1889, Clara R. Downey; children: Marie,
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Clara, Leo, Marguerite, John, William. After leaving school in 1879 entered the business of the J. W. Reedy Elevator Mfg. Co., and served in various capacities, finally becoming pres. of the company. Democrat. Knight of Columbus. Office: 83-91 Illinois St. Residence: 130 Gale Av., River Forest, Il1.
REES, William Alfred, manufacturer; b. Sheerness, Kent, Eng., Mar. 6, 1868; s. William F. and Jane Rose (Plane) Rees; ed. English High School and in Electrical College in Eng- land; m. Cadiz, Spain, May 26, 1896, Jesusa Maria de Tornos; 1 son: Edward Alfred. Was for 12 years deep sea cable operator for the Eastern Telegraph Co., of England, in Egypt, Africa, Greece, Spain and Portugal; and was supt. for that company on west coast of Africa, 1894-6; came to Chicago from Eng- land, arriving Nov. 4, 1896. In Jan., 1903, joined in the organization of the Standard Gas Lamp Co., manufacturers gasoline light- ing systems, etc., of which is sec. and treas. Republican. R. C. Office: 141-143 Ontario St. Residence: 336 N. State St.
REEVES, William Titsworth, dentist; b. Aurora, Ill., Oct. 29, 1855; s. Charles Henry and Lydia B. Reeves; ed. public schools in Aurora, and Chicago College of Dental Sur- gery, graduating, D.D.S., 1891; m. Aurora, Ill., 1879, Theodosia Ruggles; children: Helen, Al- lan Gould, Marjorie. Engaged in practice as dentist in Chicago from 1891. Mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Chicago Odontographic Soc., Nat. Dental Assn., Illinois State Dental Soc., North- ern Illinois Dental Soc. Office: Masonic Temple. Residence: Aurora, Ill.
REGAN, James L., pres. the Regan Printing House; b. London, Eng., Aug. 10, 1849; s. James L. and Frances (Robinson) Regan; ed. public schools in London and New York City. After leaving school, 1865, learned printing trade in New York City; came to Chicago, 1870, and worked for various printing offices until 1879, when established in printing busi- ness as J. L. Regan & Co. Was located at corner of Lake and Franklin Sts. until 1887; incorporated The Regan Printing House, 1888, of which is now pres. Independent in poiltics. Mem. Chicago Typothetæ. Mason, Elk. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 83 Ply- mouth Ct.
REGELIN, William Charles, real estate; b. Chicago, Apr. 20, 1872; s. Frederick and Wil- helmine (Hayden) Regelin; grad. St. Peters Parochial School, 1886; m. Kenosha, Wis., May 9, 1896, Louise E. Kunze; 1 son: Wil- fred Howard. In real estate business since 1894, and now senior mem. of Regelin, Jenson & Co. Also sec. and treas. Oregon Develop- ment Co. and the Oregon Irrigation & De- velopment Co. Served 6 years in I. N. G., 1890- 1896; 4 years in infy., and 2 years on signal and special messenger corps. Republican. Prot- estant. Archon (pres.), Arion Council, Royal League. Club: The Northwest. Office: 105 Washington St. Residence: 1389 Humboldt Boul.
REHM, William Henry, brewer; b. Chicago, June 29, 1866; s. Jacob and Philippina (Reich- enbacher) Rehm; ed. Chicago public schools and in the gymnasiums of Arnstadt and Son- dershausen, Ger .; m. Chicago, June 14, 1899, Clara Jessie Hotz; 1 daughter: Catherine. Started in 1888 as shipping clerk for the U. S. Brewing Co., and later was made bookkeeper; in 1891 became sec. of Chicago Breweries Co., Ltd., and in 1896 bought and became pres. of the Nat. Brewing Co., and so continues. Also elected a dir. of the Schuttler & Hotz Co., wagon manufacturers, in Feb., 1904. Demo- crat. Protestant. Clubs: Germania, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Glen View, Skokie Country. Office: 846 W. 18th St. Residence: 537 N. State St.
REICHMANN, Frank Joseph, transporta- tion official; b. Chicago, Oct. 1, 1860; s. Joseph
and Dorothea (Kriete) Reichmann; ed. public schools, Dubuque, Ia., and Dubuque Commer- cial College, followed by private studies in mechanical engineering law and economics; m. Chicago, Jan. 5, 1885, Josephine Lemos; children: Julia, Frank J., Josephine D., Ernest R. Bookkeeper and general office man in gen- eral merchandise store of Alexander Reich- mann, LeMars, Ia., 1877-9; in general offices, C. & N .- W. Ry., Chicago, Jan., 1880, and re- signed as chief clerk in freight auditor's of- fice, June, 1884, to go with Nat. Despatch Fast Freight Line (Grand Trunk Ry.), as general contracting freight agent, etc. In Sept., 1897, when the various refrigerator car lines oper- ating over Grand Trunk System were con- solidated under control of Chicago, New York & Boston Refrigerator Co., was made gen. mgr., serving thus until Nov. 1, 1902, when became gen. mgr. Street's Western Stable Car Line, and in Feb., 1903, was elected a dir. and made vice-pres. and gen. mgr. Trus- tee and chairman committee on finance village of River Forest, 1900-4. Office: Old Colony Bldg. Residence: 5207 Kimbark Av.
REICHMANN, Joseph Benjamin, sec. of the Nat. Starch Co .; b. Dubuque, Ia., Aug. 28, 1875; s. Joseph and Dorothea (Kreite) Reich- mann; removed to Chicago, 1884; ed. grammar and high schools of Chicago until 1891; m. Chicago, Oct. 13, 1894, Agnes Sickel; 1 daugh- ter: Dorothea. On leaving school entered the service of the Ogdensburg Transit Co., re- maining until 1900; in 1901 with Chas. Pope Glucose Co .; Feb., 1902, became sec., treas. and a dir. of the Nat. Starch Co .; also pres. of the Illinois Sugar Refining Co. Independent in politics. Club: Hamilton. Office: The Rook- ery. Residence: 1922 Kenmore Av.
REID, William H., banker; vice-pres. and dir. Illinois Trust & Savings Bank; dir. Illi- nois Trust Safety Deposit Co. Office: LaSalle St. and Jackson Boul. Residence: 2013 Prairie Av.
REILLY, Francis William, physician, sani- tarian; b. Bolton, Eng., Jan. 11, 1836; s. Ter- ence, of Co. Cavan, Ireland, and Hannah Mary (Leigh) O'Reilly, of Yorkshire, Eng .; came to U. S. in childhood; ed. public and high schools, Philadelphia, up to 1851; student in Charleston (S. C.) Med. College, 1853-4; Rush Med. College, Chicago, 1855-6; grad. Chicago Med. College, M.D., Mar. 4, 1861; m. The Grove, Cook Co., Ill., June 9, 1862, Alice Mary Kennicott; children: Frank Kennicott, Leigh, Robert Kennicott (died Nov. 26, 1899), Cora Frances (died Oct. 12, 1899), Rodolphe Ran- som. Soon after graduation appointed demon- strator of anatomy, Chicago Med. College; entered Union Army as volunteer surgeon, Mar., 1862; wounded at Shiloh, Apr. 6, 1862, while in charge of 45th Ill. Infy .; later ap- pointed asst. surgeon of that regt., with com- mission dated Mar. 21, 1862; promoted, Nov., 1862, surgeon 26th Ill. Vol., serving as such until close of the war, having charge of gen- eral and field hosps., and employed on special duties under orders of Gens. Grant, Logan and Sherman; resigned commission on close of war, May, 1865, and returned to Chicago. Appointed sanitary inspector of Health Dept. of City of Chicago, Apr., 1867; surgeon U. S. Marine Hosp. Service, 1873-5; surgeon in charge of port of Cincinnati, 1876; engaged in yellow fever work in Memphis and Vicksburg; sanitary inspector Nat. Board of Health, 1878, in charge of sanitary regeneration of city of Memphis, with Col. George E. Waring, and in 1879 placed in charge of sanitary inspec- tion of the Mississippi Valley; asst. sec. Illi- nois State Board of Health, 1881-5; editorial writer Chicago Daily News, July, 1885, later managing editor same until Sept., 1891; then mem. and sec. Illinois State Board of Health until July, 1893; became connected with City Health Dept., 1894, and since Jan. 10. 1895,
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asst. commissioner of health. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Am. Public Health Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chicago Med. Soc. (honorary); mem. Loyal Legion. Office: Dept. of Health, City Hall. Residence: 137 Lincoln Park Boul.
REININGER, Edward E., physician; b. Pottsville, Pa., May 1, 1854; s. Jacob and Elizabeth (Weismandel) Reininger (both natives of Maintz, Ger.); attended Northwest- ern Univ., and later, 1884-8, Chicago Home. Med. College, from which was grad., M.D., 1888; m. Chicago, June 12, 1888, Nettie Traver. For 9 years was teacher in several med. col- leges as tutor, associate prof. and prof. of institutes of homo. therapeutics and materia medica. Has been on med. staff of Cook Co. Hosp. for 11 years. Mem. International Hahne- mannian Assn., Illinois State Homo. Med. Assn. and Chicago Homo. Med. Soc. Repub- lican in nat., independent in local politics. Mason: Garden City Lodge, A. F. & A. M., York Chapter, R. A. M .; Columbia Command- ery, K. T .; Oriental Consistory, A. A. S. R., and Medinah Shrine. Mem. Royal League, Royal Arcanum, Maccabees, North Am. Union, etc. Office and residence: 353 Oakley Boul.
REMICK, Andrew Edward, mgr. William R. Warner & Co .; b. Trenton, Ill., Sept. 14, 1861; s. George W. and Eleanor C. (Powers) Remick; ed. public and high school, Trenton, Ill .; McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill .; Whit- tlesey Commercial College, Lebanon, and Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill .; m. Wooster, O., Apr. 29, 1896, Maude Coe; chil- dren: Edward, Arthur, Virginia. In drug busi- ness at Pocahontas, Ill., 1881-6; at Cawker City, Kan., 1886-7; Emporia, Kan., 1888; rep- resentative of William R. Warner & Co. (manufacturing pharmacists of Philadelphia), at Kansas City, Mo., 1889-91; mgr. Chicago branch since 1891 (company has been estab- lished over 50 years at Philadelphia, and has branches also in New York, New Orleans and London, Eng.). Republican. Clubs: Chicago Drug, Hamilton, Ravenswood. Office: 47 S. Franklin St. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.
REMIEN, Frank Henry, wall papers, etc .; b. Neustadt, Holstein, Ger., Jan. 30, 1850: s. Cornelius Henry and Elizabeth (Helberg) Re- mien; ed. public schools in Germany; m. Chi- cago, May, 1875, Kate Gall; children: Charles, Frank, Harry, Alice, Alfred. Came to Chicago from Iowa in 1869, and was a dealer in wall · papers, paint, etc., alone until 1902, when the Remien & Kuhnert Co. was incorporated, of which is pres .; paper hangings, oils, paints, varnishes, etc. Also sec. of the Remien Deco- rating Co., 182 Indiana St. Independent in politics. Offices: 188 Ohio St. and 32 Lake St. Residence: 35 E. Pearson St.
REMY, Curtis H., lawyer; b. near town of Hope, Bartholomew Co., Ind., Apr. 29, 1852; s. Allison C. and Sophia (Spaugh) Remy; ed. Nazareth Hall (the famous Moravian School in Pennsylvania) and Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky., graduating, 1871; also law dept. of the Butler Univ. at Indianapolis, graduating 1872; then studied at Indianapolis. Admitted to bar, 1873; practiced at Indian- apolis until 1876; since then in Chicago; mem. firm of Remy & Chumasero, 1879-82; Flower, Remy & Gregory, 1882-9; later of Remy & Mann; now practicing alone; m. Oct. 27, 1875, Fannie Wheeler; children: Victor, Curtis, Jr., Eleanor. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn. Republican. Mason and K. T. (Evanston Lodge, Chapter and Commandery). Clubs: Union League, Evanston, Evanston Boat. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Residence: 1622 Forest Pl., Evanston, Ill.
REND, William Patrick, coal operator; b. Co. of Leitrim, Ireland, Feb. 10, 1840; came to U. S., 1847; grad. Lowell (Mass.) High School, 1857; taught school in New Jersey and Mary- land; studied at St. John's College, Maryland;
served in 14th N. Y. Vols., 1861-5; became freight clerk in Chicago; organized a trucking business and later started firm of W. P. Rend & Co. Has been lieut .- col. I. N. G .; has served as arbitrator in various labor disputes. Office: 119 Dearborn St.
RENDELL, Louis, western representative of Pratt Food Co .; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 7, 1872; s. Joseph and Eleanor (Baker) Rendell; ed. Philadelphia public schools; also took course in manual training; m. Chicago, June 24, 1901, Adelina M. Giller; 1 daughter: Doro- thy Eleanor. Immediately after leaving school took a position with the Pratt Food Co., man- ufacturers of Pratt's food for horses and cat- tle, Pratt's poultry food, Pratt's improved dog biscuits, etc., and after having served the company at its main office at Philadelphia until 1893, was transferred to Chicago, where he has since resided as the western represen- tative of the company, which has factories at Philadelphia and Chicago, and agencies at San Francisco, Toronto, London, Eng., Lagos, W. Africa, and Dunedin, New Zealand. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mason; I. O. O. F. Office: 341 S. Canal St. Residence: 2877 N. Paulina St.
RENNIE, Albert St. Clair, insurance; b. Ma- doc, Can., Apr. 24, 1865; s. Rev. John and Elizabeth (St. Clair) Rennie; ed. public schools and business college, Binghamton, N. Y .; m. South Bend, Ind., Feb. 22, 1902, Berta Baird. In life insurance business since 1887, and since 1889 in service of the Security Mutual Life Insurance Co., of Binghamton, N. Y., since 1897, mgr. of the western dept. of th' company, at Chicago. Mem. Life Underwriters' Assn., of Chicago. Clubs: Hamilton, Wood lawn Park, Colonial, Monastery. Office: Mar- quette Bldg. Residence: 381 E. 62d St.
RENSHAW, Frederick William, sec. and treas. Kirby Lumber and Equipment Co .; b. Chicago, Feb. 26, 1880; s. William and Idella (Reeme) Renshaw; ed. public and private schools of Chicago, and Sheffield Scientific School of Yale Univ., graduating Ph.B., 1900; m. Bay City, Mich., Feb. 25, 1902, Edith Mc- Cormick. Entire business life has been con- nected with the trade in lumber and railway supplies; was with the Lappin Brake Shoe Co. until Jan., 1902, when, upon the organization of the Kirby Lumber and Equipment Co., as- sumed present position as sec., treas. and dir. Republican. Club: Washington Park. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: 4439 Ellis Avenue.
RENWICK, Edward Anderson, architect; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 24, 1860; s. William B. and Mary (Whilmore) Renwick; ed. Grand Rapids High School; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct., 1885, Hattie Bonney; children: Ralph B., Margaret G. In employ of firm of Holabird & Roche, architects, 1882-96; since 1896 partner in the firm. Mem. Chicago Chapter Am. Insti- tute of Architects, Western Soc. of Engineers. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 1574 Sheri- dan Rd.
RE QUA, Charles W., trustee Am. Trust and Savings Bank. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 2454 Michigan Av.
REVELL, Alexander Hamilton, merchant; b. Chicago, Jan. 6, 1858; ed. public schools; m. Maude Richardson; children: Margaret, Alex- ander H., Jr., Richardson. Pres. Alexander H. Revell & Co .; dir. Nat. Business League, LaFayette Memorial Commission, Chicago Athenaeum, Chicago Musical College, Central Trust Co. of Illinois, Manufacturers' Bank; trustee Northwestern Univ., Mckinley Nat. Monument Assn. Clubs: Union League (ex- pres.), Marquette (ex-pres.), Chicago Athletic (ex-pres.), Merchants (vice-pres.), Hamilton (ex-vice-pres.). Was a mem. of executive com- mittee World's Columbian Exposition. Active in reform movements. Republican. Office: 198
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Wabash Av. Residence: 184 Lincoln Park Boul.
REXFORD, Henry Lee, lawyer; b. Blue Isl- and, Cook Co., Ill., Oct. 6, 1854; s. Stephen and Elvira R. (Barber) Rexford; ed. Blue Island High School, studied 3 years in law office of George H. Leonard, of Chicago, and also in Union College of Law, graduating, LL.B., 1879. Admitted to bar of Illinois in 1879, and since then continuously engaged in general practice of law in Chicago. Office: 69 Dearborn St. Residence: 172 E. Madison St.
REYNOLDS, Arthur Rowley, physician; b. Meaford, Ont., July 21, 1854; s. James and Sarah (Wilkinson) Reynolds; ed. Meaford public schools; matriculated Toronto Univ .; was grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. College, 1876. Engaged in practice in Chicago, 1882; health commissioner, Chicago, 1893-1905. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Am. Public Health Assn., Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: University, Glen View, Press. Office: 34 Washington St.
REYNOLDS, Chauncey Preston, agricultural journalist; b. Owasso, Shiawassee Co., Mich., Feb. 13, 1875; s. Preston B. and Delia E. (Cooper) Reynolds; grad. Owosso (Mich.) High School, and Michigan State College of Agriculture, Lansing, Mich .; m. Milford, Mich., Dec. 31, 1902, Mary M. Ross. After leaving college engaged extensively as a con- tributor to leading Am. agricultural journals on agricultural topics; Sept. 15, 1901, joined staff of Chicago Daily Drover's Journal, as a special writer on agricultural topics, and was later made associate editor and then agri- cultural editor in which capacity continued until Mar. 18, 1905, when he resigned to be- come editor of the Prairie Farmer, published by Rand, McNally & Co. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Dir. Illinois State Farmers' Institute from 1st Congressional District; pres. Cook Co. Farmers' Institute. Office: Rand-McNally Bldg. Residence: 5037 Grand Boul.
REYNOLDS, Frank P., lawyer; b. Lockport, N. Y., July 31, 1856; s. James and Mary (Early) Reynolds; attended public schools of Lockport, N. Y., until 1872; LaSalle College, Toronto, Ont., 1872-4; high school, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1874-6; Union College of Law, Chica- go., 1877-9, graduating, LL.B. Admitted to bar of Illinois, June 14, 1879; since then contin- uously engaged in general practice of law in Chicago, mostly in chancery and corporation law. Independent in politics. Office: 79 Dear- horn St. Residence: 1036 Evanston Av., Buena Park. Ill.
REYNOLDS, George McClelland, vice-pres. Continental Nat. Bank; b. Panora, Ia., Jan. 15, 1863; s. E. J. and Eliza (Anderson) Reynolds; ed. public schools and grad. Guthrie Co. High School, class of 1879; m. Panora, Ia., Oct. 15, 1884, Elizabeth Hay; 1 son: Earle H. Began business life as clerk in Guthrie Co. Nat. Bank, 1879-86; went to Hastings, Neb., 1886-8; returned to Panora and was cashier and mgr. of the Guthrie Co. Nat. Bank, 1888-93; cashier of the Des Moines Nat. Bank, 1893-5, and its pres., 1895-7; still a dir. of that bank; came to Chicago, Dec., 1897, as cashier of the Con- tinental Nat. Bank, and was elected in May, 1902, vice-pres. Dir. Guthrie Co. Nat. Bank of Panora, Ia .; treas. and sec. Northwestern Safe and Trust Co., of Chicago. Office: 218 LaSalle St. Residence: 3961 Drexel Boul.
REYNOLDS, George W., prop. Virginia Hotel; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 19, 1852; Conrad and Frederica Reynolds; ed. public and private schools, Baltimore, Md .; m. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 19, 1876, Gertrude M. Wright; 1 son: Ralph. Has been in the hotel business ever since leaving school, and has conducted some of the largest hotels in the country, viz .: The Montana, Anaconda, Mont .; Hotel Del Monte, Del Monte, Calif .; Chicago Beach Hotel, Chicago, Ill .; proprietor of the Virginia Hotel
since Oct. 1, 1904. Republican. Club: Chicago Athletic. Address: Virginia Hotel.
REYNOLDS, Henry James, M.D .; b. Mea- ford, Ont., Apr. 26, 1852; s. James and Sarah ( Wilkinson) Reynolds; ed. Toronto Univ .; be- gan study of medicine, 1871, in Toronto School of Medicine; grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Col- lege, New York, 1875, receiving the award of the "Mott" prize against more than 500 com- petitors. Practiced in Michigan, 1875-83; since then in Chicago, and during several years past as specialist in skin diseases and diseases of the genito-urinary organs. Held chair of skin diseases in the College of Physicans and Sur- geons, and was one of founders and formerly professor of skin diseases of the Chicago Policlinic. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc. and Am. Med. Assn. Democrat. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 34 Washington St. Residence: Chicago Athletic Club.
REYNOLDS, James Joseph, civil engineer; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 12, 1855; s. James and Margaret (Regan) Reynolds; ed. public schools of Cincinnati, followed by studies in civil engineering; m. Dodgeville, Wis., 1888, Dora E. Thomas: 1 daughter: Dora L. Reynolds. Entered office of the city engineer of Cincin- nati in 1875 and continued there until 1880, when resigned to engage in railroad work; came to Chicago, 1884; was appointed chief engineer of the Calumet Terminal Ry., 1887, and completed the construction work of that road; one of incorporators of Chicago Elevated Terminal Ry. Co., 1890, and was appointed its chief engineer, 1890, serving until 1897; engi- neer and supt. of construction Snoqualmie Falls Power Co., Seattle, Wash., 1898-9; now engaged in general practice as consulting en- gineer; mem. Western Soc. of Engineers, and has served as 2d and 1st vice-pres. and dir. of the soc .; mem. Iroquois Memorial Assn. (served as its 1st pres.). Office: 144 VanBuren St. Residence: 421 45th St.
REYNOLDS, John Parker, retired; b. Leb- anon, O., Mar. 1, 1820; s. John P. and Laura Patience (Willson) Reynolds; grad. Miami Univ., 1838 (A.M., LL.D.); grad. Cincinnati College of Law, 1840; admitted to Ohio bar, 1841; to Federal Courts, 1842; practiced Ham- ilton, O., until 1849; m. Hamilton, O., Nov. 3, 1842, Eliza A., daughter William Babb (Gov. of Ohio, 1847-8) and Sarah Shuck Babb; re- moved to northern Illinois; engaged in stock farming; sec. Illinois State Agricultural Soc., 1860-71; pres. State Board of Agriculture, 1873- 1874; pres. Ill. State Hosticultural Soc .; Ill. commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1867; pres. Illinois Commission to Centennial Exposition, 1876; pres. Illinois State Sanitary Commis- sion during Civil War; chief inspector of grain, State inspection dept., 4 years; sec. Inter-State Industrial Exposition, Chicago, 1873-91; dir .- in-chief, Illinois World's Fair Commission, 1891-3. Republican. Residence:
Chicago.
RHODES, John Edwin, physician; b. Bath, Summit Co., O., Feb. 12, 1851; s. John and Re- becca Clark (Smith) Rhodes; grad. Univ. of Chicago, A.B., 1876 (A.M., same); Rush Med. College, M.D., 1886; m. Sacramento, Calif., July 12, 1877, Anna Louise White; children: John Edwin, Jr., Margaret. After graduation, 1876, engaged in wholesale iron, steel and hardware business in Sacramento, Calif., then took med. course, and after study and travel in Europe for several months began general practice in Chicago, but soon confined prac- tice to diseases of the throat, nose and chest. Associate prof. of diseases of chest, throat and nose, Rush Med. College; formerly prof. of physical diagnosis and clinical medicine, Woman's Med. College. Mem. Am. Laryngologi- cal Assn, Chicago Laryngological Assn .; Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Physi- cians' Club. Laryngologist to Cook Co. Hosp.,
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St. Mary's of Nazareth Hosp. and Home for Destitute Crippled Children; attending physi- cian to Marion Sims Sanitarium and Charles- ton (Ill.) Sanitarium. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Forty, Reynolds, University of Chicago Alumni. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 146 S. Central Park Av.
RICE, Charles Byron, real estate and loans; b. Syracuse, N. Y., May 10, 1857; s. Byron and Emma (Sanford) Rice; ed. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., in class of 1879; m. Evanston, Ill., Feb. 15, 1883, Mary E. Webster; children: Webster B., William W., Charles B., Jr. En- tered business life as a manufacturer of ma- chinery as mem. of the firm of Rice, Whitacre & Co., 1880-90; since 1890 engaged in the real estate business as a mem. of the firm of Rice & Creighton. Also vice-pres. Highland Park State Bank. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Highland Park. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: Highland Park, Ill.
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