Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 146

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 652

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RUBIN, George, physician; b. Russia, Aug., 1875; s. Mayer and Hannah Rubin; reared at St. Petersburg, where received primary educa- tion in public school and under private tutor; came from Russia direct to Chicago, 1889; at- tended public and private schools; took up study of medicine in 1894; grad. med. dept. of the Univ. of Illinois, 1898. Served 1 year as hospital interne; took post-graduate courses at the Paris (France) and Berlin (Germany) med. faculties, and at the Paris Pasteur In- stitute. Was sec. and founder of the Brainard Policlinic at Chicago; instructor in gynecology in med. dept. of the Univ. of Illinois. Fellow in pathology Rush Med. College (Univ. of Chicago) ; consulting physician Hammond (Ind.) Hosp .: attending physician and sec. of the med. staff to Jewish Old People's Home. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Medical Assn .; mem. International Med. Congress. Paris, 1900; mem. The Alliance Français, Ethical Culture Soc. Author essays on Immunity, Cause of Appendicitis, Gyneco- logic Massage, Genito-Urinary subjects, and letters from Paris and Berlin. Office: 92 State St. Residence: 3525 Grand Boul.

RUECKHEIM, Frederick William, manufac- turing confectioner: b. Japenzin, Ger., Apr. 18, 1846; s. John and Maria (Zanda) Rueckheim; common school education in Germany; at- tended night school while in army, and after- ward took private lessons in Berlin; served in German Army, 1865-9; took part in conflict between Prussia and Austria, 1866; m. Chi- cago, Nov. 28, 1872, Mathilda Mell (died Mar. 21, 1902); children: Frederick W., Jr., Edwin Louis, Emma Lydia, Laura Wilhelmina. Started in manufacturing confectionary busi- ness, Nov., 1872, in firm of F. W. Rueckheim

& Bro. (with brother Louis); Paul Fernald became a partner, 1895, but sold out in 1897 to Henry G. Eckstein, and in June, 1902, the firm was incorporated as Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein, of which he is pres. Firm has occu- pied various locations, but in Apr., 1904, re- moved to own building at cor. Harrison and Peoria Sts. Republican. Methodist. Office: Har- rison and Peoria Sts. Residence: 4201 Vin- cennes Av.

RUECKHEIM, Louis, manufacturing con- fectioner; b. Pommerania, Ger., Sept. 30, 1849; s. John and Mary Sander Rueckheim; ed. pub- lic schools in Germany; came to Chicago direct from Germany in 1871; m. Chicago, Nov., 1877, Margaret Hangartner; children: Stella, Flor- ence, Lily. In 1874, with brother, established in the manufacturing confectionery business un- der the style of F. W. Rueckheim & Bro .; in- vented and in 1896 introduced the confection known as "Cracker Jack," which has extended its sale all over the country, and which the present firm, Rueckheim Bros. & Eckstein, in- corporated in 1902, are sole manufacturers; also manufacture a general line of staple can- dies, employing 500 people. Republican. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Diana Hunting, Illinois Manufacturers. Office: Corner Harrison and Peoria Sts. Residence: 4226 Vincennes Av.

RUEHL, Louis A., pres. Ruehl Bros. Brew- ing Co .; b. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 6, 1855; s. Wil- liam and Christina (Ulf) Ruehl, both German born; removed to Chicago, Apr., 1856; ed. pub- lic schools of Chicago, and went to Germany to study medicine, graduating from Univ. of Göttingen, M.D., Aug. 6, 1881; m. Apr. 25, 1883, Augusta Schwartz; children: William, Mildred, Harold, Lorraine. Practiced medicine in Chicago, Oct., 1881, to Jan., 1887, when he left the practice to accept the position of vice- pres. and treas. of the Ruehl Bros. Brewing Co., of which he later became pres. Club: Ger- mania. Mason. Office: Harvard and Washtenaw Avs. Residence: 1837 Sheridan Rd.

RUFFNER, William Rogers, coffee broker; b. Chicago, July 26, 1872; s. Francis W. and Annie Maria Ruffner: grad. Chicago public school, 1886; Chicago Manual Training School, 1890; in business college. June-Nov., 1890; m. Chicago, Aug. 29, 1903, Grace Cosby. Entered employ of W. M. Areson, in coffee brokerage business, Nov. 15, 1890: went with Sullivan Bros., same business, May, 1892; with Ar- buckle Bros.' Chicago house, Oct., 1894; in Sept., 1896, formed partnership of Ruffner & Atwood, in brokerage business; in Nov., 1897, went to Brazil for W. F. Mclaughlin & Co., Chicago; formed partnership of Entorf, Ruff- ner & Co., Aug., 1898; of Ruffner & McDowell, May, 1901. Firm wholesale green coffees ex- clusively, from foreign exporters and domes- tic dealers, to large roasters and dealers in all parts of the U. S. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Office: 25-27 Wabash Av.

RUGGLES, Oliver W., passenger agent; s. M. W. Ruggles. Began railway service as er- rand boy with general passenger agent, Ohio & Miss. R. R .; rose by grade until he became chief clerk of passenger dept. In freight dept. Ohio & Mississippi R. R., as voucher clerk, claim clerk and chief clerk; later on St. L., I. M. & S. Ry., St. Louis, baggageman, conductor, traveling passenger agent and general pas- senger agent; on consolidation with Mo. Pac. Ry:, became asst. passenger agent of both lines, until Dec. 10, 1881, when hecame gen- eral passenger and ticket agent M. C. R. R. Office: LaSalle Street Station. Residence: 33 Roslyn Pl.

RUHSTRAT, Adolph, pres. Ruhstrat-Cowley Co., wholesale cigars; b. Oldenburg, Ger., Aug. 26, 1860; s. August and Caroline (Beedeker) Ruhstrat; ed. public schools in Germany; came to U. S., 1878; m. Chicago, Mar., 1894, Frida Rapp; 1 daughter: Carola. Resided in Balti-

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more, Md., 1878-85; came to Chicago, 1885, and established a tobacco business; in 1902, with others, organized the Ruhstrat-Cowley Co., wholesale cigars, of which is pres. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Office: 43 State St. Residence: 1949 Deming Pl.

RUMSEY, Henry Axtell, grain commission; b. Chicago, Dec. 15, 1871; s. Israel P. and Mary (Axtell) Rumsey; grad. Lake Forest Acad., 1890; Williams College, Mass., A.B., 1894; was with the Holt Lumber Co. and the Am. Lum- ber Co., Chicago, and treas. of latter, 1894- 1901; sec. of the Wabash Screen Door Co., 1901-3; since 1903 mem. of firm of Rumsey & Co. (established by father, 1867), Board of Trade commission merchants. Also dir. of the Dearborn Oil & Gas Co. Mem. Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Lake Forest Winter. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: Lake Forest, Il1.

RUMSEY, Israel Parsons, commission mer- chant; b. Stafford, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1836; aca- demic education; m. 1867, Mary M. Axtell, of Batavia, N. Y .; children: Juliet Lay (wife of Rev. Grant Strok, Muscogee, Ind. Ty.), Min- nie May, Henry Axtell, Wallace Donnelson, Lucy Ransom (wife of William Arthur Holt, of Oconto, Wis.). Began business career at 17 in dry goods store, Buffalo, N. Y .; went to Keokuk, Ia., 1857; worked in store, and later had newspaper route; then mgr. of a store until 1858, when he came to Chicago; worked for grain firm of Flint & Wheeler, and in 1860, with others, organized grain firm of Fin- ley, Hoyt & Rumsey. Assisted in organizing Taylor's Chicago Battery in Apr., 1861, and when it was mustered into U. S. service, July 16, 1861, as Co. B, 1st Ill. Light Artillery, was elected junior 2d lieut .; served with the bat- tery through its memorable career, becoming its capt., until the fall of 1864, when he re- turned to Chicago, and with brother estab- lished flour brokerage firm of I. P. & J. W. Rumsey, later adding grain; has continued in the grain commission business (except for 2 years) ever since, his firm, now Rumsey & Co., being one of the largest receiving houses on the board. Has been active in reform poli- tics, especially in securing high license; pres. since 1877 of Citizens' League for Suppression of Sale of Liquors to Minors and Drunkards; was on several important committees for se- curing the World's Fair for Chicago. Presby- terian; trustee Presbyterian League; chair- man finance committee that raised money for building Grace Presbyterian and 6th Presby- terian churches, in which he was elder for several years; was 8 years mem. board of managers, Presbyterian Hosp. Mem. Loyal Legion and Thomas Post, G. A. R. Club: Union League. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.

RUMSEY, Joseph Francke, broker; b. Ba- tavia, N. Y., July 26, 1848; s. Joseph E. and Lucy M. (Ransom) Rumsey; ed. successively in "little red school house," Miss Thrall's pri- vate school, Batavia, N. Y .; Ft. Edward (N. Y.) Institute; old Chicago Univ., B.S., 1869; also law school of same; admitted to bar, 1871, but never practiced; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 28, 1886, Martha B. Downing (now de- ceased) ; children: Richard Downing, Joseph Francke. Morris Jones. Operating on Chicago Board of Trade since Oct., 1872, first employe and then partner of John W. Rumsey; senior mem. Rumsey & Chandler, 1881-91; since 1895 alone. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, On- wentsia. Office: 6 Sherman St. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.

RUNNELLS, John Sumner, lawyer; b. Ef- fingham, N. H., July 30, 1844; s. John and Huldah S. Runnells; early education. in public schools of Tamworth, N. Y., and New Hamp- ton (N. H.) Acad .; grad. Amherst College, 1865; studied law at Dover, N. H .; removed to

Iowa, 1867, becoming private sec. to Governor of Iowa; filled consular appointments in Eng- land, 1869-71; m. Des Moines, Ia., Mar. 31, 1869, Helen R. Baker; children: Mabel (Mrs. Robert I. Jenks), Lucy (Mrs. A. A. Jackson), Clive, Alice Rutherford. Admitted to Iowa bar, 1871; practiced at Des Moines, 1871-87; in Chicago as general counsel of the Pullman Co. since 1887, and since May, 1905, as vice-pres. and general counsel of that company, and senior mem. of the law firm of Runnells & Burry; was U. S. District Atty. for Iowa, 1881-5. In Iowa gained prominence in a specialty of rail- way and telegraph law, and also in his suc- cessful management of the case, which he carried through its various stages through the State courts and up to the Supreme Court of the U. S., involving the constitutionality of sections of the Prohibitory law of Iowa. Re- publican; was chairman Iowa State Commit- tee, 1879 and 1880; mem. Republican Nat. Com- mittee from Iowa, 1880-4; delegate Republican Nat. Convention, 1880. Well known as orator on patriotic and public occasions. Clubs: Chi- cago, Union, Chicago Literary, Fellowshin, On- wentsia; also of University, New York. Office: Pullman Bldg. Residence: 593 N. State St.

RUSCO, Charles Alvin, wholesale stove mer- chant; b. Chicago, Mar. 22, 1861; s. Volney E. and Jenney R. (Sayles) Rusco; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, 1885, Bessie A. Martin; 1 son: Charles Alvin, Jr. Began busi- ness life in 1881 as a furniture salesman, and in 1899 he became a stove salesman for the C. T. Boals Stove Co., continuing until 1893, when he was appointed Western mgr. of the Reading Stove Works, in which capacity he remained until 1901, when he was appointed Western mgr. for the Abram Cox Stove Co. Mason, Shriner, Templar. Office: 17 W. Lake St. Residence: 311 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Il1.

RUSH, George Frederick, lawyer; b. Milwau- kee, Wis., Oct. 20, 1863; s. George F. Schuster (a school teacher and writer) and Theresa Rost Rush, both of Milwaukee, Wis. Family removed to Chicago in 1868; ed. grammar and high schools of Chicago, and in Univ. of Michi- gan, attaining degrees of A.B. in 1889, and A.M., 1891; also studied 1 year in law school of Univ. of Michigan, and finished in Chicago in law school of Lake Forest Univ., graduat- ing LL.B., 1891; m. June, 1897, Katharine Nellis Carter, daughter of the late Marshall W. Carter, bldg. contractor, of Chicago. Ad- mitted to bar of Illinois, 1891; since then en- gaged in general practice of law in Chicago, and now senior mem. of the firm of Rush & Holden. Assisted J. S. Miller and W. S. For- rest in prosecution of the election cases by Civic Federation in 1894 and 1895, when over 30 offenders were convicted of violation of the election laws; and for same organization con- ducted investigation of the Stock Yards water steals in 1895, and prosecuted offenders against the Primary Election Law in 1896; has been leader in movement for reform of pri- mary elections, and wrote the Illinois Pri- mary Election Law. Appointed Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of Cook Co. in 1895 by Judge Ball. Prof. of Equity Plead- ing and Practice in John Marshall Law School. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: University, Hamilton (life mem.), Homewood, Kenwood (dir.), Law. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 5719 Washington Av.

RUSSELL, Charles Edward, journalist, au- thor; b. Davenport, Ia., Sept. 25, 1860; s. Ed- ward and Lydia (Rutledge) Russell; grad. St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad., 1881. Was engaged on various newspapers; published Chicago Ameri- can until Jan. 1, 1902; since then editorial writer for New York Journal, Chicago Ameri- can and San Francisco Examiner. Club: Au-

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thors (New York). Contributor to magazines. Author: Such Stuff as Dreams, 1902; The Twin Immortalities, 1904. Office: 216 Madison St. Residence: Windermere Hotel.

RUSSELL, Edmund A., asst. treas. the Otis Elevator Co .; b. New York, July 1, 1866; s. Ed- mund and Jane Cook Russell; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; m. Chicago, Nov. 1, 1888, Mary R. Crane; children: Edmund A. Jr., Emily C., Maransia. Identified with eleva- tor business since 1883; was sec. and treas. Crane Elevator Co. from 1890 till it became merged with Otis Elevator Co .; has been asst. treas. of the Otis Elevator Co. since 1898; dir. Otis Elevator Co. and Mill Owners Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Mid-Day, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia. Office: Railway Exchange. Residence: Lake Forest, Il1.

RUSSELL, Edward Perry, banker and bro- ker; b. New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 15, 1857; s. John and Mary Lee (Barnard) Russell; ed. pub- lic schools of Massachusetts; m. Springfield, Ill., Nov. 19, 1888, Mary Louise Fowler; chil- dren: Doris, Mary Louise. Entered the office of Edward L. Brewster & Co. in 1885; now senior active mem. of the firm of Russell, Brewster & Co., successors to Edward L. Brewster & Co., Mr. Edward L. Brewster, of the original firm, still being interested as spe- cial partner. Also dir. of the Am. and British Securities Co., of London, Eng. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Exmoor; also Metropolitan (New York). Office: 137 Adams St. Residence: 206 Goethe St.

RUSSELL, Edward Willis, district mgr. Nat. Cash Register Co .; b. Marshall Co., Ill., May 13, 1868; s. Willis and Eliza (Simpson) Rus- sell; ed. common and high schools in Marshall Co., Ill., graduating 1888; m. Des Moines, Ia., 1896, Nellie Stickley; children: Edward W., Jr., Grace. After graduating from high school engaged in school teaching in Colorado in 1888; later was for 5 years with the A. H. An- drews Mfg. Co .. of Chicago, school furniture, etc .; since 1898 has been in service of the Nat. Cash Register Co., coming from Duluth, Minn., in the spring of 1904, to become district mgr. for the company at Chicago. Office: 48-50 State St. Residence: 1224 Oak Av., Evanston, Ill.

RUSSELL, John Burnett, banker; b. Hart- wick, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1869; s. J. E. and Belle (Burnett) Russell; ed. Wyoming Seminary, and Wyoming College of Business, Kingston, Pa .; m. 1892, Fannie Schooley; children: Louise, Joseph E., John Burnett, Jr. Began business life at Wilkes Barre, Pa., organizing, 1895, the firm of J. B. Russell & Co., bankers and fiscal agents for the Illinois Tunnel Co., and the Automatic Electric Co. Dir. Automatic Electric Co., Illinois Tunnel Co., Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Co .; treas. and dir. Am. Electric Light Co., Am. Gas Co., of Bloomsburg, Avoca Electric Light Co., Blossburg Water Co., In- ternational Smoke Prevention Co., Lackawan- na Valley Electric Light and Power Supply Co., Lehighton Water Supply Co., Smoke Pre- vention Co. of America, Standard Electric Light Co. of Danville, Standard Gas Co. of Danville, Dushone Water Co. and Blossburg Water Co. Clubs: Calumet, Exmoor, Midlo- thian, Chicago, also Union League, Lawyers and Mid-Day (New York). Office: 46 Wall St., New York. Residence: 182 Riverside Drive, New York.

RUSSELL, Robert, carpet merchant; b. Blairgowrie, Scotland, May 8, 1862; s. Robert and Elizabeth (Patterson) Russell; ed. public schools in Scotland; m. Chicago, July 2, 1891, Lillian B. Sutherland. Began business life with 3 years' service in jute mfg. business in Scot- land, until 1882, when went to Montreal, Can., engaging first in the iron commission business and later in other mercantile pursuits, until 1882, when became traveling salesman for the

carpet dept. of Marshall Field & Co., until 1900, when organized the Russell Carpet Co., doing a mail order business in carpets, cur- tains, rugs, etc., of which company is pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 124 Market St. Residence: Glencoe, IlI.

RUST, Henry Appleton, pres. Manufactur- ers' Junction Ry. Co .; b. Springfield, Mass., Nov. 26, 1832; s. Elisha Converse and Minerva Rust; ed. Springfield (Mass.) public schools and Connecticut Literary Institute, Suffield, Conn .; m. Chicago, Dec. 28, 1864, Sarah Ster- ling, daughter of Gen. Charles and Mary Ann (Sterling) De Forest; children: Henry Apple- ton, Jr. (deceased), Bessie Sterling (wife of James Wright Johnston), Philip De Forest, Mary Converse (wife of Enos Melancthon Bar- ton). Came to Chicago, Mar. 2, 1854, and was employed by Store & Boomer, railroad bridge builders, and in 1855 went to Davenport, Ia., and engaged in construction of the Rock Isl- and bridge, the first ever built across the Mis- sissippi; later sec. Sterling & Rock Island R. R. Co., resigning Aug. 12, 1861, to enter Union Army as adjutant 27th Ill. Infy .; served in armies of the Mississippi and the Cumberland; after Chickamauga detailed by Gen. Grant for service in engineering dept. on bridge con- struction; wounded in head at Rocky Face Ridge; promoted capt. and maj. of his regt .; mustered out after 3 years' service. Engaged as contractor with government, 1865-6, for re- building of railroad bridges in Tennessee, Ala- bama and Georgia; from 1866 engineering con- tractor Public Works, railway bridges and railways throughout the west, with offices in Chicago. Pres. Manufacturers' Junction Ry. Co., and dir. Chicago Terminal Transfer R. R. Co. Mem. G. A. R., Loyal Legion, Soc. of the Army of the Cumberland; trustee Hahnemann Med. College and Hosp., Mount Hope Cemetery Assn. Club: Quadrangle. Office: 77 Jackson Boul. Residence: Quadrangle Club.

RUTHERFORD, Clarendon, physican, pres. German-Am. Hosp .; b. Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., June 22, 1854; s. Maj. John T. and Belinda Evelyn Rutherford; fitted for college at Waddington High School; student Hobart College, 1872-5; Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., 1875-6, graduating as A.B., 1876, and A.M., in course, 1879; grad. McGill Med. Col- lege, Montreal, M.D., C.M., 1882; m. Chicago, May, 1885, Jessie Haiselden; 1 daughter: Bes- sie Evelyn. Came to Chicago, Sept., 1882, and has since been engaged in general practice of medicine and surgery in Chicago; elected prof. of anatomy in Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1888. Fellow of Am. Acad. of Medicine; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc. and Am. Med. Assn. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason. K. T., I. O. O. F. Office and residence: 646 Fullerton Av.

RUTISHAUSER, Eugen, manufacturer; b. Chicago, Sept. 17, 1864; s. John J. and Marga- ret Rutishauser; ed. public schools of Chicago to 1880; m. Chicago, Apr. 8, 1889, Nellie Smith; children: Elmer, Howard, Helen, Marian. Since leaving school has been actively engaged in wood turning work, and was in the employ of Edward Roos Mfg. Co., and later of M. Gar- rison & Co., until 1889, when he established in business on his own account as a manufac- turer of turned and spiral mouldings, spin- dles, balls, dowels, etc., including all kinds of wood turnings: on Jan. 1, 1904, reorganized and incorporated the business as the Artistic Wood Turning Works, of which is pres. and treas. Republican. Office: 67 N. Sangamon St. Residence: 467 Troy St.

RUTTER, Lynn Ryerson, lawyer, coal mer- chant; b. Chicago, Sept. 13, 1873; s. David and Mary E. (McMurtry) Rutter; attended public schools of Evanston and Chicago, graduating from latter; grad. Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., June, 1891; Princeton Univ., B.S., 1895; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1898;

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m. Highland Park, Ill., Dec. 7, 1898, Mabel Adelaide Hill; children: David Ryerson, Cath- erine Burton, John Turnley. Admitted to bar, June, 1897; practiced law in office of Otis & Graves, Chicago, until July 1, 1901, when was made vice-pres. of David Rutter & Co. (incor- porated), shippers of and wholesale and retail dealers in coal, and July 1, 1902, was elected pres. and treas. of the company. Independent Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Exmoor. Office: 98 Dearborn St. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.

RYAN, Andrew Joseph, lawyer; b. Chicago, Dec. 29, 1869; s. William F. and Ellen (Far- rell) Ryan; ed. common schools; studied law in offices; m. Chicago, Aug. 26, 1896, Nellie T. Cahill; children: Helen F., William A. Admit- ted to Illinois bar, 1893, and since actively en- gaged in practice. Twice elected to office of City Atty. of Chicago; formerly dir. of the Chi- cago Public Library. Pres. Carbondale Coal Co .; dir. Western Consolidated Granite Co. Democrat. R. C. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Royal Arcanum, Royal League, Catholic Or- der of Foresters. Clubs: Iroquois, Sheridan. Office: Title and Trust Bldg. Residence: 1624 W. Adams St.

RYAN, John M., pres. and treas. of the Ryan & Hart Co., railroad printers; b. Chicago, Mar. 16, 1867; grad. St. Patrick's Acad., June, 1882. Started in printing business in mfg. dept. of the J. M. W. Jones Stationery and Printing Co., Sept., 1882; worked through the different depts. and was head of the mfg. dept., and a mem. of the company, at time of severing his connection with the house; resigned, Nov., 1893, for the purpose of going into business for himself, in the firm of Ryan & Hart, in- corporated, 1896, as the Ryan & Hart Co., which now occupies 2 large floors at 22 and 24 Custom House Pl., and employs a working force of 75 people. Mem. Chicago Typothetæ, Master Printers' Assn., Knights of Columbus, Royal League, Nat. Union, Knights of Equity, Irish Fellowship, Chicago Riding and Driving Club. Office: 22 Custom House Pl. Residence: 4447 Vincennes Av.

RYAN, Timothy E .; b. Ballycahill, Co. Tip- perary, Ireland, Jan. 15, 1848. Came with par- ents to U. S. in 1852, locating in Pittsburgh, Pa., until 1856, when came to Chicago, and re- moving again to Lockport, Ill., 1859. Learned trade of ship-carpenter and caulker and worked at it for some years, but later estab- lished in real estate business as head of firm of Ryan & Walsh, in Chicago. Now pres. of Citizens' Construction Co., and of Gaffney & Long Construction Co. Became prominent in Democratic politics as City and Co. Commit- teeman, and was elected W. Town Assessor, 1891; re-elected, 1893, and again elected in 1897. Was grand marshal on the occasion of Irish Day at the World's Columbian Exposi- tion, 1893. Office: 138 Washington St. Resi- dence: 63 Macalister Pl.

RYCROFT, Herbert Edward, capitalist; b. Liverpool, Eng., Apr. 4, 1865; s. Rev. Canon Dyson and Anna Maria (Innes) Rycroft; ed. Liverpool College, Liverpool, Eng .; m. Brook- lyn, N. Y., Mar. 17, 1890, Theresa Lucinda Cos- tello; children: Fannie Lucy, Ethel Josephine, Annie Dyson, Herbert Dyson, Theresa Lu- cinda, Ernest Costello. Was a mem. of the firm of Bartlett, Frazier & Co., grain and commis- sion merchants, for 10 years; retired from active business, July 1, 1903. Vice-pres. Cres- cent Oil, Asphalt & Gas Co .; dir. Buffalo, Dun- kirk & Western R. R. Co., etc. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Washington Park, Glen View, Colonial. Office: Nat. Life Bldg. Residence: 4541 Forest- ville Av.

RYERSON, Edward Larned, iron and steel merchant; b. Chicago, Nov. 24, 1854; s. Joseph T. and Ellen Griffin (Larned) Ryerson; ed.

Chicago public and high schools and Yale Univ., graduating Ph.B., 1876; m. New Haven, Conn., 1879, Mary Pringle Mitchell; children: Joseph Turner, Mary Mitchell, Donald Mitch- ell, Edward Larned, Jr. In 1876 entered in the business established by his father in 1842 as a wholesale dealer in iron and steel, the firm becoming Joseph T. Ryerson & Son upon his admission to partnership in 1879, and incor- porated under same name in 1888; now pres. and dir. of the company. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union; also University (New York), New York Yacht. Of- fice: 18 Milwaukee Av. Residence: 31 Bank St.

RYERSON, Edwin Warner, physician; b. New York City, Mar. 14, 1872; s. George Wil- son and Sarah Dean (Brown) Ryerson; pre- pared for college at Univ. School; entered Har- vard College, 1891; grad. Harvard Univ. Med. School, 1897; was house surgeon at Boston Children's Hosp. until Nov., 1898; went to Ber- lin and Vienna for post-graduate study, and began general practice of medicine in Chicago in June, 1899; m. Chicago, Dec. 6, 1904, Ade- laide Kendall Hamilton, daughter of David Gil- bert Hamilton. Orthopedic surgeon to St. Eliz- abeth's Hosp .; adjunct orthopedic surgeon to St. Luke's Hosp .; instructor in orthopedic sur- gery in Chicago Policlinic; associate in sur- gery, Rush Med. College. Mem. Massachusetts Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Orthopedic Soc., Mississippi Valley Med. Soc. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Sad- dle and Cycle. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 135 Lincoln Park Boul.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 146

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 652

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 652