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(pres., 1903), University. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 472 E. 42d St.
SHERIDAN, Thomas Francis, patent atty .; b. Bridgeport, Conn., June 1, 1859; s. Thomas and Julia (Keane) Sheridan; mother died when he was a year old; ed. public schools of Bridgeport and New York City until was 12 years old, when father's failure in business compelled him to go to work; m. 1886, Frances Ager, of Ansonia, Conn; 1 son: Thomas Har- old. Worked at varied occupations and attend- ed evening technical school at Bridgeport to learn mechanical engineering; for a time was draftsman and designer with the Waterbury Watch Co., and later machine modeler with Seth Thomas Clock Co., until 1885; came west in 1886 to become mechanical supt. of the Illinois Watch Co., Springfield, Ill., and while holding this place read law, with aid of bor- rowed books; in winter of 1891-2, took posi- tion in office of Banning, Banning & Payson, and at same time entered Kent Law School, from which grad., 1894; on retirement of Mr. Payson became partner in firm of Banning, Banning & Sheridan, until 1900; since then in practice alone as patent atty. Mem. Modern Woodmen, and B. P. O. Elks. Mem. Chicago Acad. of Sciences. Mem. of Illinois State Bar Assn. and Chicago Patent Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Casino (Edgewater). Office: 204 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 888 Winthrop Av., Edgewater, Ill.
SHERIFF, Andrew Rothwell, lawyer; b. Washington, D. C., Apr. 8, 1872; s. George Lewis and Sarah Borrows ( Rothwell) Sheriff; attended Washington public and high schools; graduate Georgetown Univ. (D. C.) Law School, LL.B., 1892; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1894; Harvard College and Graduate School, 1894-6; A.B., 1896; also A.M., 1897 (for work done, 1895-6); m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1900, Marguerite, daughter of William Hamil- ton Mitchell; children: Rothwell Mitchell, William Hamilton Mitchell. Employed as docu- ment clerk in Smithsonian Institution, Wash- ington, D. C., having custody of the scientific publications of that institution, 1889-92; ad- mitted to bar of District of Columbia, July 2, 1894; Illinois, Nov. 6, 1896; asst. instructor In constitutional law in Harvard College, 1895-6; came to Chicago, Aug. S. 1896; became a mem. of present law firm of McCordic & Sheriff, Feb. 1, 1898. Vice-pres. and dir. Illinois Car Co. Sec. and dir. Chicago and Calumet River R. R. Co. Republican. Vestryman Trinity Epis- copal Church. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Illinois Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: Calumet, Hamilton, City. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 2723 Prairie Av.
SHERMAN, Edwin, sec. Guthmann, Carpen- ter & Telling, manufacturers and wholesalers of shoes; b. Chicago, May 10, 1862; s. William G. and Martha E. Sherman; ed. Haven School, Chicago; studied law at night school of Chi- cago College of Law; m. Evanston, Ill., Jan. 1, 1894, Alida G. White; 1 son: Robert Trow- bridge Sherman. In 1881 started with present firm, later becoming sec. and treas. Clubs: Evanston, Skokie Golf. Office: 222-226 Frank- lin St. Residence: 1253 Judson Av., Evanston, Il1.
SHERMAN, Elijah Bernis, lawyer; b. Fair- field, Vt., June 18, 1832; s. Elias Huntington and Clarissa (Wilmarth) Sherman; grad. Mid- dlebury College, 1860; A.M., 1864; LL.D., Mid- dlebury, 1885; LL.B., Union College of Law, Chicago, 1864; m. Hattie G. Lovering, of Iowa Falls, Ia., 1866: children: Bernis Wilmarth, Ralph Ernest, Clara Gertrude (last 2 now de- ceased). Was principal of Brandon Seminary, Vermont, 1861-2; lieut. 9th Vermont Infy., 1862-3; admitted to bar, Chicago, 1864; mem. of Illinois Legislature, 1877-81; lieut .- col. and judge advocate, 1st brigade, I. N. G., 1877-84; atty. for auditor of public accounts of Illinois, 1877-89; chief supervisor of elections, North-
ern district of Illinois, 1884-93; master in chancery of the U. S. Circuit Court since 1879. Republican. Trustee of Middlebury College since 1892; Mason (32º); grand master of Il- linois I. O. O. F., 1874; mem. G. A. R., and of Military Order of Loyal Legion; pres. Nat. Delta Upsilon fraternity since 1893; pres. Illi- nois Bar Assn., 1882; vice-pres. Am. Bar Assn., 1885 and 1899; has been pres. Vermont Assn. of Chicago. Favorably known as orator and essayist. Clubs: Union League, Oakland Cul- ture. Office: Post Office Bldg. Residence: 3985 Drexel Boul.
SHERMAN, Isaac Newton Walter, wagon manufacturer; b. Dutchess Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, 1833; s. Benjamin and Hannah (Brill) Sher- man; ed. public schools of Dutchess Co., N. Y .; m. Chicago, Nov., 1858, Martha E. Hopkins; children: Fred P., Walter B., Frank P., Charles K. Came to Chicago from New York State in 1858, and was a live stock commission mer- chant at the old Merrit Yards until 1877, in which year he established in present business as a manufacturer of express wagons, coaches, park sprinklers, etc. Republican. Office: 144- 148 S. Green St. Residence: 125 South East Av .. Oak Park, Ill.
SHERMAN, James Morgan, retired grain commission merchant; b. Windsor, Conn., Nov. 20, 1842; s. James T. and Abigail Talcott (Morgan) Sherman; ed. common schools in Con- necticut and Wisconsin; m. Malden, Ill., May 2, 1871, Mary E. French; children: Edwin M., Rogers, Martha Elizabeth, Mary F. Went to Brodhead, Wis., with his parents in 1856. Came to Chicago, 1862, and was a bookkeeper prior to becoming a mem. of the firm of Poole & Sherman, Chicago Board of Trade grain merchants, for 15 years; was also a mem. of the firm of J. M. Sherman & Co .; now retired from business. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Congregational. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 18 Park Av.
SHERMAN, John Dickinson, literary editor Inter Ocean; b. Chicago, Aug. 30, 1859; s. Penoyer L. and Louise (Dickinson) Sherman; graduate Hyde Park High School (before an- nexation), 1877; graduate Hamilton College, 1881; m. at Chicago, 1887, Mary Belle King; one son: John King. Began newspaper work in 1882 as Hyde Park correspondent Chicago Tribune; city editor, same, 1890-5; Sunday edi- tor, 1895; on editorial staff, Chicago Times- Herald, 1896; city editor Inter Ocean, 1897- 1902; literary editor, same, since 1903. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mem. Sigma Phi. Office: Chicago Inter Ocean. Residence: 4614 Lake Av.
SHERMAN, Samuel Stevens, financial editor Chicago Inter Ocean: b. Hyde Park, Ill. (before annexation), July 31, 1869; s. Penoyer L. and Louise (Dickinson) Sherman; graduate Hyde Park High School, 1887; graduate Univ. of Michigan, 1891; m. 1898, Chicago, Martha Coleman; children: Nancy Louise, Martha Coleman. Electrician with Union Switch and Signal Co .. in Chicago and St. Louis, 1891-5; special writer editorial staff Chicago Tribune, 1895; special writer Chicago Inter Ocean. edi- torial staff, 1898; financial editor Inter Ocean since 1898. Republican. Episcopalian. Office: Chicago Inter Ocean. Residence: 831 Forest Av .. Wilmette. III.
SHERWOOD, John B., school desk manu- facturer; b. Westport, Conn., Nov. 12, 1846: s, Charles E. and Anna (Beam) Sherwood: attended district school during the winters from 1856 to 1860; m. Chicago. 1871, Jennie R. Wirt; 1 daughter: Evangeline. Manufac- turer of school desks since 1862; now sec. of the Sherwood Co .; inventor and patentee of many school desks. Republican. Office: Lin- coln and 14th Sts. Residence: 530 W. Monroe St.
SHERWOOD, William H., pianist, composer and teacher; b. Lyons, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1854; s. Rev. Lyman H. and Mary (Balis) Sherwood;
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ed. there; grad. Lyons Musical Acad., of which his father was founder and prin .; m. 1882, Es- telle F. Abrams. Studied in U. S. under Ed- ward Heimburger, Pychowski, Wm. Mason; in Europe with Kullak and Deppe, Berlin, and finally with Liszt at Weimar; also studied or- gan; was organist English Church, Stuttgart; English Chapel, Berlin. Has played in princi- pal cities of Europe and Canada, and all parts of the U. S .; is only Anglo-Saxon Am. ever invited to play with leading orchestras of Ger- many; dir. Sherwood Music School. Composer of music for piano. Author: Music Study and Interpretative Technique. Residence: 3146 Lake Park Av. School: Fine Arts Bldg.
SHIELDS, William Sylvanus, civil engineer; b. on farm in Indiana Co., Pa., Nov. 18, 1860; s. John and Myrtilla (Stewart) Shields; ed. common schools of Indiana Co., Pa .; Acad. in Aledo, Ill .; State Normal School, Indiana, Pa .; taught country school, 1881-3; m. Aledo, Ill., Sept. 28, 1887, Mary L. Candor; children: Ruth Myrtilla, Kathryn Marie, Robert Howard, Ger- trude Maxine. In office of Robert H. Gamble, C.E., Lima, O., Mar .- Sept., 1883; with John A. Cole, C.E., 1883-93; studied nights, secured po- sition of 1st asst. engineer. Practiced alone from Jan. 1, 1893, to 1896, in municipal engi- neering; partner with John W. Alvord, as Al- vord & Shields, 1896-1901; alone again since 1901. Has designed parks, water works and sewerage systems for cities and towns all over the country, including some of the first plants for the purification of sewerage by the bac- terial system built in West. Mem. Am. Water Works Assn., Western Soc. of C. E., Illinois Soc. of Engineers and Surveyors. Republican. Mem. 2d Presbyterian Church of Evanston, Ill. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 1108 Ben- son Av., Evanston, Il1.
SHILEY, Douglas Adolphus, physician; b. Fayette, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, 1849; s. George and Hannah (Hogan) Shiley; ed. public schools, Waterloo Acad. and the Univ. of Michi- gan, and grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. College, M.D., Mar., 1872; m. Waterloo, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1878, Belle M. Parks; children: Sam Wells, Belle Marie. Was asst. physician in Willard State Hosp., New York, 1873-4; then came west to Red Wing, Minn., and practiced there 5 years, and after various other locations came to Chicago, 1896, since which time has been engaged in active practice of profession; spe- cialist in tuberculosis. Episcopalian. Office: 69 Dearborn St. Residence: 6431 Lexington Av.
SHIMIZU, Seizaburo, Consul of Japanese Empire; b. Saitama-Ken, Japan, Oct. 25, 1861. s. Keisuke and Hann Shibuichi; ed. common and high schools at Saitamakken, Japan; grad. Saitama High Normal College, 1884; at French Law College, Tokio, Japan, 1887-90; passed the examination for the high civil service, Dec., 1891. Appointed in consular service as attache, Oct., 1892; promoted Consul Nov., 1894. Is Christian, in broad sense. Has decoration, 6th class, of the Sacred Treasure. Clubs: Union League, University, Quadrangle, Germania Männerchor. Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 5747 Lexington Av.
SHIVERICK, Asa Frank, vice-pres. of the Tobey Furniture Co .; b. Dennis, Mass., Sept. 26, 1861; s. Asa and Ruth (Tobey) Shiverick; grad. grammar school, Woods Holl, Mass .; was 2 years at Lawrence Acad., Falmouth, Mass .; grad. Massachusetts Agricultural Col- lege, B.S., 1882; m. Woods Holl, Mass., Apr. 23, 1891, Ruth Anna Hatch; children: Arthur, Francis Tobey. From 1882-90 was with the Pa- cific Guano Co., of Boston, as chemist of the works at Woods Holl, Mass., and Charleston, S. C., and finally mgr. of the Woods Holl Works: since 1890 with the Tobey Furniture Co., of which is now vice-pres. and treas. A Democrat until 1896; now Republican. Club: Calumet Golf. Office: 100 Wabash Av. Resi- dence: 56 Madison Park.
SHOENBERGER, George Krug, iron and coal; b. Juniata Forges, Huntingdon Co., Pa .; s. Edwin F. and Margaretta Maria (Krug) Shoenberger; ed. Pennsylvania Military Acad., Westchester, Pa .; on breaking out of war en- listed in army, serving through 1862 and 1863; in 1864 went to Univ. of Vienna, Austria, to finish education; m. Chicago, July 31, 1873, Louise Reynolds; children: Mrs. Laura Shoen- berger Cowling, Mrs. Sallie Shoenberger Ham- lin, Edwin Reynolds, Louise. Began in iron business in Chicago, 1868; burned out in the great Chicago fire, 1871, and in early times controlled the iron and engine work of the paper mills of the West; put the first steam in boat on the Red River of Dakota, and much of the early iron work in Chicago and Duluth, Minn., building cars and docks for N. P. R. R., car wheels and stoves (first made in Minne- sota); fire destroyed entire plant in 1875; now owner and personal mgr. of house of G. K. Shoenberger, engines, boilers and foundry; also treas. and gen. mgr. Geneva Optical Co .; gen. mgr. Daniels Creek Coal Co .; was first pres. Duluth Blast Furnace Co .; first pres. Foundrymen's Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Mem. Western Soc. Army of the Po- tomac. Club: Union League. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 567 E. Division St.
SHONTS, Theodore Perry, chairman Isth- mian Canal Commission; b. Crawford Co., Pa., May 5, 1856; s. Dr. Henry Daniel and Margaret Nevin (Marshall) Shonts; parents moved to Iowa in early sixties; ed. public schools of Centerville, Ia .; grad. Monmouth (Ill.) Col- lege, 1876; m. 1882, Harriet Amelia Drake; children: Marguerite Amelia, Mary Theodora. In 1876 went into banking business at Center- ville, Ia .; later studied law; admitted to Iowa bar and practiced 4 years as a mem. of the law firm of Drake, Baker & Shonts. In 1882 en- gaged in railroad construction, building two lines of railroad, from Albia to Centerville, now a part of the Iowa Central system, and one now a part of the Burlington system; later engaged in completing the construction of the Indiana, Illinois & lowa R. R., of which he was chief owner until road was absorbed by the L. S. & M. S. R. R. He is pres. of the Toledo & Western R. R .; also dir. Iowa Central R. R. Co., Am. Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago. and Western Cold Storage Co .; appointed chairman Isthmian Canal Commission by Pres. Roosevelt, 1905. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic, Midlothian, Glen View. Offices: Toledo, O .; Washington, D. C. Residence: Virginia Hotel.
SHOPE, Simeon P., lawyer; b. Akron, O., Dec. 3, 1837; s. Simon P. and Lucinda (Rich- mond) Shope; parents moved to Marseilles, LaSalle Co., Ill., Sept., 1839; ed. district schools; taught school 4 years, studying law at odd hours; studied in law office of Judge Elihu Powell and Judge Norman H. Purple, Peoria, Ill .; m. 1858, Sarah M. Jones (died in Florida, Jan. 4, 1883); children: Clara A., Charles E. (deceased), Clarence W., Mabel Ray. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1858, and began practice at Metamora, Woodford Co .; soon af- ter removed to Lewiston, Fulton Co., where he practiced until 1877; circuit judge, 10th cir- cuit, 1877-85; judge Supreme Court of Illinois, 1885-94; declined renomination; since 1894 in practice in Chicago; now senior mem. of Shope, Mathis, Zane & Weber. Democrat; active in politics until elected to the bench. Mason, K. T., Elk, K. P. Office: 100 Washing- ton St. Residence: 1419 Lawrence Av.
SHOREY, Paul, prof. Greek, Univ. of Chica- go, since 1892; b. Davenport, Ia., Aug. 3, 1857; grad. Chicago High School, 1874; Harvard, 1878 (Univ. of Munich, Ph.D., 1884); admit- ted to bar, Chicago, 1880; prof. Greek, Bryn Mawr College, 1885-92; m. June, 1895, Emma L. Gilbert, Philadelphia. (See Who's Who in
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America for books, etc.) Address: 5516 Wood- lawn Av.
SHORTALL, John G., lawyer, humanitarian; b. Dublin, Ireland, Sept. 20, 1838; s. John and Charlotte (Towson) Shortall; removed to New York, 1841; m. Sept. 5, 1861, Mary Dunham Staples. In Chicago since 1854; studied law; admitted to Illinois bar; in 1861 became owner of real estate abstracts which acquired excep- tional value after destruction of public rec- ords of deeds, etc., by fire of 1871; one of the founders Illinois Humane Soc., 1869; pres. same since 1877; organized Am. Humane (Nat.) Assn., 1877; pres. thereof many terms; presided over Humane Congress, World's Co- lumbian Exposition, 1893, and presented assn.'s exhibit (award). In 1880 appointed appraiser school lands, City of Chicago; 10 years dir. and 3 terms pres. Chicago Public Library; as such obtained in 1890 consent of abutting own- ers and acquired possession of Dearborn Park site for Library. Dir. Title Guaranty and Trust Co., and of Chicago Title and Trust Co. (successor), from organization, etc. Clubs: Chi- cago, Chicago Literary. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 1600 Prairie Av.
SHORTALL, John Louis, lawyer; b. Chicago, May 1, 1865; s. John G. and Mary (Staples) Shortall; ed. private school in Chicago, St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., and Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, Boston; m. Bos- ton, Oct. 1, 1889, Mary Carter; children: Katherine, Helen, Harrington, Margaret. After leaving college studied law. From 1887 to 1891 was engaged in banking at Lake Preston, S. Dak .; then returned to Chicago and was ad- mitted to the bar of Illinois, 1891; engaged in practice; now mem. law firm of Shortall & Murison, making a specialty of real estate, probate and chancery law. Republican. Epis- copalian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Uni- versity, Chicago Athletic, Skokie Country, Chi- cago Literary, Huron Mountain Hunting and Fishing. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.
SHOURDS, Clayton Brown, jeweler; b. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1845; s. James and Maria (Holmes) Shourds; ed. public schools of Rochester, N. Y., to 1862; m. Chicago, Nov. 9, 1871, Emma Storey; 1 son: James L. After leaving school was employed in jewelry busi- ness at Rochester, N. Y., until 1866; came to Chicago, 1866, and was employed with Matson & Hoes, jewelers, until 1870; since 1870 in business for self, first in firm of C. B. Shourds & Co., then Shourds & Storey, then Shourds, Storey & Hamilton, followed by Shourds, Storey & Kasper, and since 1897 of Shourds, Adcock & Teufel. Also sec. of the J. B. Storey & E. A. Clark Co., furniture. Mem. 2d Baptist Church. Mem. Waubansia Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood. Office: 66 State St. Residence: 108 48th St.
SHUEY, William Henry, sec .- treas. Railway Age Co .; b. Haminton, O .; s. John Heilman and Elizabeth Bodman (Mayhew) Shuey; ed. gram- mar school, Oxford, O .; Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass .; Miami Univ., Oxford, O .; m. Northampton, Mass., Dec. 5, 1865, Eleanor Baxter Sanders (now deceased); 1 daughter: Mrs. Elizabeth Mayhew Southward. Began business life as druggist at Springfield, O .; then furniture manufacturer at Minneapolis, Minn. Since Dec., 1886, sec .- treas. of the Rail- way Age Co., a weekly paper devoted to the interests of railways. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Club: Oak Park. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: Oak Park, Ill.
SHUMAN, Edwin Llewellyn, journalist; b. Lancaster, Co., Pa., Dec. 13, 1863; s. William C. and Rebecca (Fertig) Shuman; grad. North- western Univ., 1887, Ph.M., 1890; m. Evanston, Ill., Dec. 25, 1895, Emma Thompson. Editor Evanston Press, 1889-90; traveled in Alaska, 1891; reporter and editor on Chicago Journal,
1892-5; literary editor and editorial writer on Chicago Tribune, 1895-1901; literary editor Chi- cago Record-Herald since Oct., 1901. Editor: A Decade of Oratory, 1888. Author: Steps Into Journalism, 1894; Practical Journalism, 1903. Office: The Record-Herald. Residence: 221 Ked- zie St., Evanston, Ill.
SHUMWAY, Philip Raymond, pres. the Pa- per Mills Co .; b. Evanston, Ill., Jan. 31, 1868; s. Philip B. and Mary (Raymond) Shumway; grad. Northwestern Univ., A.B., 1889; m. Bloomington, Ill., 1902, Harriet Hoblit. Since 1894, pres. of the Paper Mills Co., Mem. Nat. Assn. of Credit Men. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Caxton, University. Office: 319-327 5th Av. Residence: 1605 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill.
SHURTLEFF, Wilford Calvin, wholesale druggist; b. St. Charles, Ill., Mar. 12, 1860; s. Calvin and Sarah (Arnold) Shurtleff; ed. high school, Sycamore, Ill., and at Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia .; m. Waterloo, Ia., Dec. 19, 1882, Kittie L. Crippen; children: Alice E., Howard F., Helen, Bernice. Was in wire busi- ness in Chicago, 1879-80; then went to Water- loo, Ia., and was in business there until 1890; came to Chicago and was northwestern repre- sentative of the Northwestern Wire Co. In 1898 became connected with the wholesale drug house of Morrisson, Plummer & Co. (established, 1874, incorporated 1884) of which he is vice-pres. Dir. of Chicago Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Pres. School Board, Wil- mette, Ill. Mem. Chicago Drug Trade Club; Evans Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Grand Regent for Illinois, Royal Arcanum; mem. S. A. R .; Helmet Lodge, Waterloo, Ia., K. P. Office: 200- 206 Randolph St. Residence: Wilmette, Ill.
SHUTTS, Adelbert J., lumberman; b. New- ark, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1854; s. John and Sarah A. Shutts; removed in childhood to Council Bluffs, Ia., and was ed. in the public schools there; m. Northville, Mich., 1877, Belle Starkweather; 1 daughter: Buda. Came from Council Bluffs, Ia., in 1879, and was engaged as a broker in produce on S. Water St. until 1894, when he became sec. and treas. of the Messinger Hard- wood Lumber Co., hardwood lumber. This business was established in 1874 by Charles T. Messinger, who was pres. of the company until his death in 1903. Republican. Mem. K. P. and Royal League. Office: Mendall St. and Ar- mitage Av. Residence: Glencoe, Il1.
SICKEL, John Trust, commission grain and provisions; b. Baltimore, Md., Mar. 20, 1862; s. John L. and Emily J. (Brooks) Sickel; grad. Friends' High School, Baltimore, Md., June, 1877; m. Alma, Mich., 1898, Emily C. De Russy. Came to Chicago, Jan., 1887, to establish steamship agency of firm of Sickel Bros., with which continued until Apr. 1, 1904, when with Charles J. Roberts established firm of Sickel, Roberts & Co., commission merchants in grain and provisions. Also dir. Victor Chem- ical Works. Dir. Chicago Board of Trade. Re- publican. Clubs: Glen View, Union. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 1608 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill.
SIDLEY, William Kirby, sec. and treas. Keith Bros. & Co .; b. Ahern Park, Co. Cork, Ireland, Feb. 22, 1838; s. Dr. Kyrle Allen and Helen (Kirby) Sidley; brought to America in childhood by parents, father settling in Mil- waukee in practice of medicine; attended pub- lic schools and a private acad .; m. 1865, Mary Frances Pratt; children: 7 boys and 1 girl (5 sons and 1 daughter now living). Owing to death of father was obliged, at age of 12, to go to work and provide for self; worked first in newspaper office and afterwards in clothing business; later was buyer of furs in the then wild Northwest; came to Chicago, 1860; en- tered employ of Keith Bros. in 1865, as gen- eral salesman, traveling several years in the West, going to Salt Lake and other Utah points before any railroad reached the Terri-
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tory, and through Colorado when the stage coach and "broncho" were the only means of conveyance; made buyer and general mgr. in 1883; business was incorporated as Keith Bros. & Co. (manufacturers and jobbers of hats, caps, straw goods, gloves and mittens) in 1886, and upon death of James L. Wood- ward in 1892, became sec. and treas. of the company, which position still holds. Episco- palian. Office: 239-241 Jackson St. Residence: Highland Park. Ill.
SIDLEY, William Pratt, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 30, 1868; s. William K. and Mary Frances (Pratt) Sidley; grad. Williams College, class of 1889; studied law in Harvard Law School, and in Union College of Law, Chicago, grad- uating in class of 1891; m. Oconomowoc, Wis., June 14, 1899, Elaine Dupee; 1 son: William Kyrle. Admitted to bar of Illinois in 1891 and began law practice as a clerk in the offices of Williams, Holt & Wheeler, in which he be- came a junior partner in 1897, and in 1899 the present firm name of Holt, Wheeler & Sidley was adopted, after the death of Norman Williams, by whom the business was estab- lished in 1866. Clubs: University, Union League, Chicago Literary, Homewood. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.
SIDWAY, Leverett Barker, manufacturer and banker; b. Otterville, Jersey Co., Ill., Feb. 14, 1832; s. George D. and Emeline (Douglass) Sidway; ed. Otterville public schools and at Jones' Acad., St. Louis, Mo .; m. Alton, Ill., Feb. 14, 1854, Louise Martin; children: Wil- liam M. and Charles D. (both deceased), George T., Henry T. Came from Alton, Ill., to Chicago, 1858; organized the firm of Turner & Sidway, leather and saddlery, which in 1861 manufactured for the government over 10,000 sets of cavalry horse equipments. Bought stock in State Savings Institution, 1864, and shortly afterward became managing director; sold his stock at 300 per cent premium in 1872; organized Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, 1872; sold his interest in Jan., 1878; later de- voted time to buying and selling land in large bodies and loaning money on mortgages, as L. B. Sidway & Co., but has been gradually winding up his business since 1893. Democrat (old style: "Free Trade and Sound Money"). Was alderman 1 year, 1856, in Alton, Ill. Was one of the original South Park Commissioners; served 5 years, was reappointed and resigned 4 years later. Episcopalian. Wrote, in Nov. number, 1879, for Macmillan's Magazine, pa- per on the Grain Producing Power of the U. S., and since then has contributed to various London periodicals on economic questions per- taining to the U. S. Since 1878 has spent much time in Europe, and in farming and stock growing operations in Godfrey, Illinois. Clubs: Union League; also Piccadilly, London. Office: 163 Randolph St. Residence: 4357 Lake Av .; also Godfrey, Madison Co., Ill.
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