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 157

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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SNIVELY, Thaddeus Alexander, clergyman; b. Greencastle, Pa .; s. Daniel and Mary A. (Culbertson) Snively; grad. Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., B.A., 1869, M.A., 1872; Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., M.A., 1873. Ordered deacon, 1872; ordained priest, 1875, by Bishop Doane. Asst. St. Peter's Church, Albany, N. Y., 1872-5; rector Emmanuel Church, Geneva, Switzerland; Christ Church, Quincy, Mass .; St. John's Church, Troy, N. Y .; St. James Church, Florence, Italy, 1892; since 1893 rector of St. Chrysostom's Church, Chicago. Sec. Chicago Prayer Book Soc .; pres. of Choir Assn. of Dio- cese of Chicago. Clubs: Union, Church, Univer- sity, Saddle and Cycle. Residence: The Plaza.

SNOW, Albert Eugene, manufacturers' sell- ing agent; b. Chelsea, Mass., Mar. 24, 1856; s. Robert K. and Mary (Taylor) Snow; grad. Carter Grammar School, Chelsea, 1871; Bry- ant & Stratton Business College, Boston, 1874; m. Chelsea, Mass., Mar. 7, 1882, Lois Endicott; 1 son: Herbert Endicott. Began business with J. P. Marshall & Bros., wholesale glassware, Boston, Mass., 1873-9; with H. S. Almy & Co., importers of crockery and glassware, New York, 1879-87; gen. mgr. R. J. Allen, Son & Co., importers of crockery and glassware, Philadelphia, Pa., 1887-90; since 1891 with the Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co., manufacturers of brass and copper goods, etc .; since June, 1893, has been agent of the company in Chicago. Also dir. of United Oil Co., of Indiana. Mem. and ex-pres. S. A. R. Soc. of Illinois, and of the Massachusetts Soc. in Chicago; vice-pres. New England Soc. in Chicago. Republican. Universalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Auburn Park Golf. Office: 199 Lake St. Residence: 3339 Indiana Av.

SNOW, Bernard Willis, editorial writer and crop expert; h. Coleraine, Franklin Co., Mass., Sept. 19, 1864; s. Asaph L. and Teresa L. (Mc- Kinney) Snow; early educational facilities lim- ited to 3 months a year in public schools in Tennessee; during the '80s attended night school at Washington, D. C .; grad. as master of laws from Nat. Univ., Washington, D. C., 1887; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 27, 1887, Liz- zie E. Sinnett; 1 daughter: Teresa Marie. En- tered U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, as office boy, 1882; assigned to Bureau of Statistics and passed up through all grades of clerkship un- til 1889, when Congress created the position of Asst. Statistician, to which he was appoint- ed by Sec. of Agriculture, Jeremiah Rusk. Re- signed, 1892, to enter employ of Swift & Co. as statistical expert. In 1894 organized private bureau of crop reporting, furnishing crop in- formation to leading firms in grain and pro- duce trade. In 1900, in connection with Col. Clark E. Carr, former U. S. Minister to Den- mark, organized, at Paris Exposition, the Am. Corn Kitchen, to exploit the use of Indian corn as food. In 1901 visited S. America to study agricultural resources of Argentine, Uruguay and Brazil, and in 1903 made same study of the Canadian Northwest. Mem. of

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firm of Orange Judd Co. (established 1842), publishers of Am. Agriculturalist, Orange Judd Farmer, Good Housekeeping and Agri- cultural books. Mem. Am. Assn. for the Ad- vancement of Science. Sec. of Am. Maize Propaganda, and mem. of Illinois Assn. of Ag- ricultural Editors. Republican; elected alder- man from 7th Ward, 1902. Clubs: Woodlawn Park, Illinois Athletic. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 6423 Drexel Av.

SNOW, Edgar Morton, real estate; b. Whate- ly, Franklin Co., Mass., Sept. 16, 1856; s. Rev. Porter Howard and Asenath F. (Leonard) Snow; ed. Todd Seminary, Woodstock, Ill., and Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1878, Florence Louise Weaver; 1 daughter: Aline Asenath. Came to Chicago, 1870; engaged in real estate business, 1873; became mem. firm of H. C. Morey & Co., Apr., 1880, and of Snow & Dickinson, May 1, 1884; organized real estate firm of Edgar M. Snow & Co., Nov. 1, 1892. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board from its organization, 1883; sec., 1886; vice-pres., 1900; chairman Valuation Committee, 1897 and. 1904. Mem. Art Institute of Chicago, Soc. of Colonial Wars. Garden City Council Royal Ar- canum. Republican. Presbyterian; mem. board of trustees Highland Park Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Union League, Highland Park (charter mem.), Exmoor. Office: 101 Washing- ton St. Residence: Highland Park, Il1.

SNOW, Isaac Burrows, life underwriter; b. Westminster, Vt., Jan. 28, 1850; s. Barnabas and Julia A. (Burrows) Snow; ed. common school in Massachusetts and grad. Powers In- stitute, Bernardston, Mass., 1870; m. Hatfield, Mass., Sept. 9, 1874. Jennie M. Knight; 1 son: Morton M. Snow, M.D., of Chicago. In service of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. since Nov., 1879; general agent for Kansas, 1879-82; mgr. for Missouri and Kansas, at St. Louis, 1882-9; given charge of the territory west of Mississippi River, 1889-96; since 1896 supt. of agencies of the company as a whole, with headquarters at Chicago. Capt., since 1900, Illinois Soc. of Mayflower Descendants; mem. Illinois Soc. of Colonial Wars: Chicago Life Underwriters Assn. Republican. Mason, and mem. Medinah Temple. A. O. N. M. S. Mem. 41st St. and Grand Boul. Presbyterian Church. Club: Union League. Sec. and treas. Massachusetts Soc. in Chicago, 1903-4; mem. of New England Sor. of Chicago. Office: Mer- chants Loan and Trust Bldg. Residence: Del Prado Hotel.

SNOW, Morton, physician; b. Hatfield. Mass .. June 9, 1876; s. Isaac Burrows and Jeannie (Knight) Snow; ed. public schools and in TIniv. of Kansas, graduating. A.B .; grad. med. dept. of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. M.D., 1900. Came to Chicago. 1900. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc .. Chicago Med. Soc., and various other professional and patriotic socs. Mem. of the faculty of Northwestern Univ. Med. School. Surgeon 1st Illinois Cav- alry. Republican. Office: Oakwood Boul. and Ellis Av. Residence: 4207 Grand Boul.

SNOW, Taylor Alvin, real estate: b. Au- burn. Geauga Co .. O .. Aug. 29, 1847; s. Alvirus and Marv Gay (Read) Snow; grad. Hiram Col- lege, A.R., 1871; m. Price's Mills, Trumbull Co., O., June 29, 1871, Ella M. Calender; chil- dren: Albert T .. James C., Adin C., Mary Ava, Shirley C. Taught school at Burton. O., 1871- 1872; moved to Chicago. Oct .. 1872; studied law under Judge Booth. 1872-3: since 1873 in real estate business; since 1902 of Haberer & Snow Co. Dir. Austin State Bank since its or- ganization, 1891. Republican. Assessor Town of Cicero, 1876. 1890. 1891. Mem. 1st Presbyte- rian Church of Austin. Club: The Oaks (Aus- tin). Office: 95 Washington St. Residence: 403 56th Av., Austin, III.

SNYDACKER, Alfred M., real estate: b. Chi- cago, Dec. 7, 1857; s. Moses and Bertha Sny- dacker; public school education. After leaving

school entered the business of his father, then, as now, known as Snydacker & Co., and later succeeded his father in the business, and still continues it: chairman of the Supply Committee of the Michael Reese Hosp .; treas. of United Hebrew Charities. Republican. Club: Standard (vice-pres.). Office: 153 Washington St. Residence: Standard Club.

SNYDER, John Frazier, lawyer; b. Kish- waukee, Ill., Jan. 16, 1849; s. Rev. J. M. and Harriett (Frazier) Snyder; ed. Normal Univ., Bloomington, Ill .; Monmouth (Ill.) College, and Wheaton (Ill.) College, graduating, 1876; m. 1st, Aug. 14, 1878, Wheaton, Ill., Frankie Ellen Wheaton; her father being the founder of Wheaton, Ill. ; children: Juanita Clemm, John Frazier; m. 2d, King's Station, Ill., Oct. 12, 1898, Fannie L. King, whose father was the founder of Kings, Ill. Studied law in offices; admitted to bar, Oct., 1880; in active practice ever since. Was in partnership with Charles W. Nicholes, and afterward, 1895-8, with Hon. George W. Brown; since then alone. Was po- lice magistrate of City of Wheaton, 8 years. and city atty. 2 terms. Republican. Mem. Wheaton M. E. Church. Office: Tacoma Bldg. Residence: Wheaton, Il1.

SOHM, Otto Frederick, merchant; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1859; s. Otto and Lena (Fisch- er) Sohm; ed. public schools of Chicago, and Bryant & Stratton Business College; m. Chi- cago, July 19, 1884. Mary M. Baumann. In 1875 became identified with the paper stock dept. of Bradner Smith & Co., which. in 1887, was separately organized as the Pioneer Paper Stock Co .; has continued with the latter com- pany, and since 1894 has been its vice-pres. and sec. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Office: 318-328 S. Desplaines St. Residence: 61 Humboldt Boul

SOLLITT, Oliver, contractor; b. Chicago, Oct. 16, 1860; s. Thomas and Eleanor (Nelson) Sollitt; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Fox Lake, Ill., 1898, Eleanor Heinking. Partner, 1881, with his father, Thomas Sollitt & Son, and after father retired, organized, 1890, cor- poration of Oliver Sollitt Co., of which is pres .; the only Am. builder taking part in construc- tion of Paris Exposition, where he built the Am. Fisheries and Forestry Bldg. Republican; trustee St. Paul's Universalist Church. Clubs: Chicago Athletic. Union League, Hamilton, Chicago Yacht, Fox Lake Yacht. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: 4020 Prairie Av.

SOLLITT, Ralph Thomas, contractor; b. Chi- cago, Jan. 13. 1867; s. Thomas and Eleanor J. (Nelson) Sollitt; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago. June 4, 1890, Gertrude L. Shannon; children: Ralph Shannon, George Thomas, Lincoln Abbott, Oliver Gerton. Engaged in con- tracting business for self in 1889, and in 1894 joined with Sumner Sollitt in establishing the business now conducted as the Ralph & Sumner Sollitt Co., builders and contractors. incorporated 1899, of which he has since been pres. Mem. Builders' and Traders' Exchange. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Colonial. Automohlle. Chicago Athletic. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 4545 Forrestville Av.

SOLLITT, Sumner, contractor and builder: b. Chicago. June 27, 1873: s. Thomas and Eleanor (Nelson) Sollitt; ed. public school and S. Division High School, Chicago, to 1889; m. Chicago, June 10, 1896, Grace Shannon: chil- dren: Elanette, Sumner, Jr. Since 1888 contin- uously in the contracting and bldg. business with his brother, Ralph Sollitt; now vice-nres. and treas. of the Ralph and Sumner Sollitt Co. Republican. Independent in religion; pres. of board of trustees of All Souls Church. Mem. of Builders' Assns. of Chicago and New York. Clubs: Union League, Calumet Golf, Chicago Yacht, Hamilton. Colonial, Pullman. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 4922 Forrestville Av.

SOMERS, Albert Louis, grain commission; b. Blue Island, Ill., Jan. 8, 1861; s. Frederick and

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Marie (Krueger) Somers; ed. public and high schools of Chicago, and at business college; m. Chicago, 1883, Louise Fox; children: Elsa Louise, Helen Wheeler. About 1877 began in grain commission business on Board of Trade with firm of Foss, Strong & Co., as salesman on the floor; since 1888 in business for self, first alone, then in firm of A. L. Somers & Co., and in summer of 1904 in present company of Somers, Jones & Co., incorporated, of which is pres. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republi- can. Lutheran. Mason. Club: Colonial. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 4544 For- restville Av.

SOPER, Henry Marlin, elocutionist, educa- tor; b. Alden, Ill., Mar. 17, 1850; s. I. W. and P. L. (Trowbridge) Soper; academic and nor- mal univ. education; ed. elocution at Philadel- phia, grad., 1877; m. July, 1880, Dora Schoon- maker. Several years principal graded and high schools; located in Chicago, 1887; founded So- per School of Oratory, of which he is pres .; was prof. of elocution and oratory, Lake For- est Univ., acad. and seminary; also in Mor- gan Park Theol. Seminary, and several private institutions in Chicago; one of the founders, 1892 (pres., 1899-1902), Nat. Assn. of Elocu- tionists. Office: 17 E. VanBuren St. Residence: 5225 W. Indiana St., Austin, Ill.

SOPER, James Philander, lumberman; b. Rome, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1851; s. Albert and Esther (Farquharson) Soper; ed. schools of Rome, N. Y., until removal of family to Chi- cago, 1865; grad. Chicago High School, 1869; m. Nov. 16, 1882, Henriette H., daughter of Henry S. and Mary (Draper) Hill, of Rome, N. Y .; children: Geraldine D., James P., Jr. Entered lumber business as bookkeeper for Park & Soper, 1871; became partner in firm, 1873, Park, Soper & Co .; with his uncle, James Soper, bought interest of Mr. Park, 1877, firm becoming Soper Bros. & Co .; and when busi- ness was incorporated, Oct., 1884; sec. Soper Lumber Co., until Oct., 1891; vice-pres. since that date. Also vice-pres. Menominee Bay Shore Lumber Co., of Menominee, Mich. Has been pres. and treas. Lumberman's Assn. of Chica- go. Presbyterian. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Kenwood. Office: 723 Laflin St. Residence: 4841 Greenwood Av.

SOUTHWORTH, John Moore, lawyer; b. Bradford, Vt., May 21, 1839; s. E. and Phoebe (Sawyer) Southworth; common school and aca- demic education; m. Chicago, May 21, 1898, Lavinia Rolvink. Enlisted as private in 7th Ill. Infy, Regt., at Elgin, Ill., Apr. 22, 1861, for 90 days; joined 8th Ill. Cav. Regt. as lieut., Sept. 18, 1861; served in Army of the Potomac and engaged in many of its principal battles. After more than 5 years of service, mustered out with rank of maj., June 30, 1866; elected sheriff of McHenry Co., Ill., Nov., 1866; elected clerk of McHenry Co. Circuit Court, Nov., 1868; read law and admitted to bar, 1873; appointed commissioner Joliet Penitentiary, Aug. 20, 1873; drew and procured passage of Habitual Crimi- nal Act, July, 1883; drew and procured pas- sage of Police Pension Act, 1887. Pres. 8th Ill. Cav. Assn. Mem. U. S. Grant Post, 28, G. A. R., and of Western Soc., Army of the Potomac, Sons of Vermont. Republican. Office: 113 Adams St. Residence: 1588 Kenmore Av.

SPALDING, Albert G., sporting goods; b. Byron, Ill., Sept. 2, 1850; s. James L. and Har- riet I. (Goodwill) Spalding; ed. public schools of Byron and Rockford, Ill., and in Rockford Commercial College; m. 1875, Josephine Keith, of Boston, Mass; 1 son: Keith. At 17 had at- tained much local prominence as an amateur base-ball player, and was induced to join the Forest City base-ball club, of Rockford; gained national fame as a pitcher; joined Bos- ton Club, 1871, and until 1875 was its pitcher and capt .; joined Chicago Club, 1876, and re- mained with it as, consecutively, mgr., sec. and pres., until 1891. Established, with broth-

er, J. Waller Spalding, and brother-in-law, William T. Brown, in 1876, firm of A. G. Spald- ing & Bros., sporting goods; now a corpora- tion, of which he is pres. Later organized a mfg. branch as the Spalding Mfg. Co., of which is also pres. Organized and managed world-tour of the Chicago and All-Am. base- ball teams, 1888-9. Now a resident of New York City and in personal charge of the New York house of his firm. Address: 126 Nassau St., New York.

SPALDING, Charles F., lumber manufactur- er, banker; b. Chicago, Oct. 5, 1865; s. Jesse and Adelphia (Moody ) Spalding; ed. Harvard School, Chicago, and Exeter Acad .; m. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1888, Elizabeth Clarke; children: Ber- trande, Vaughn, Jesse, Jr. After leaving school joined his father in the Spalding Lumber Co .; learned the lumbering business in Cedar River, Mich .; now vice-pres. Spalding Lumber Co .; dir. Hibernian Bank; resident vice-pres. Am. Surety Co., and dir., respectively, 1st Nat. Bank, Marinette, Wis., Menominee River Lum- ber Co., Commercial Nat. Bank, Chicago, and Commercial Bank, Iron Mountain, Mich. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, St. Louis, Chicago Athletic, Germania, Forty, Glen View, Exmoor. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 46 Astor St.

SPALDING, Stewart; b. Middlebury, Vt., 1854; s. Joel and Harriet C. (Allen) Spalding; grad. Jefferson Co. (N. Y.) Institute in the class of 1869; m. Chicago, 1883, Carrie S. Chapin. Sec. and treas. of the Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Co. since 1891; is also sec. and business mgr. of the Coliseum Co. Republican. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 495 N. State St.

SPARKS, Edwin Erle, prof. Am. history, Univ. of Chicago, since 1895; b. Licking Co., O., 1860; s. E. F. and Jane Erle (Dodd) Sparks; grad. Ohio State Univ., 1884, A.M., 1891; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1900; m. Portsmouth, O., 1890, Katharine Cotton. Instructor Ohio State Univ., 1884-5; prof. Pennsylvania State Col- lege, 1890-5; lecturer Am. Soc. Univ. Exten- sion, 1893-5; prof. Am. history, Univ. of Chi- cago, since 1895. Dir. Illinois Historical Soc .; mem. Am. Historical Assn., Ill. Soc. for Mark- ing Historic Places; councilor Am. Inst. Civ- ics. Club: Quadrangle. Contributor of serials and essays on historical topics to periodicals. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Address: 5631 Madison Av.

SPECHT, Henry Adam, treas. Manufactur- ers' Straw Board Co .; b. Baden, Ger., Mar. 30, 1877; s. Leonard and Rosina (Bing) Specht; ed. public and high schools, Chicago, to 1892; m. Chicago, Oct. 24, 1900, Ella Forkel; 1 daughter: Florence Luella. After leaving school became connected with the furniture trim- ming business, 1892-4; then of the Excelsior Supply Co., from 1894-1903; subsequently be- came consecutively bookkeeper, cashier and treas. of the Manufacturers' Straw Board Co., jobbers of straw board, organized in 1903 and succeeding J. S. Cline, by whom the business was established in 1900. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Office: 112-114 Michigan St. Residence: 1042 Lincoln Av.

SPELMAN, James, vice-pres. John S. Met- calf Co., engineers and builders of grain eleva- tors; b. Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 10, 1860; s. Michael and Margaret (McKay) Spelman; ed. public schools, Ottawa, Ont., 1868-76; Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, 1876-80, grad- uating 1880; m. Aurora, Ill., Nov. 12, 1889, Jennie A. Mullen; children Florence Mary, Edith Anne, Jennette, James Edward. Was en- gaged in engineering dept. C., B. & Q. Ry., 1881-2; engineering dept. Canadian Pacific Ry., 1883; mechanical engineer for Benjamin & Fisher, Chicago, 1884-5; mechanical engineer for Hoyt & Bro., Aurora, Ill., 1886-94; with Link-Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, 1895-6; since 1897 engineer for John S. Metcalf Co.,

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of which is now dir. and vice-pres. Mem. West- fice: Steinway Hall. Residence: 340 Keystone ern Soc. of Engineers, Canadian Soc. of C. E., Av., River Forest, Ill. Royal Military College Club. Office: The Tem- ple. Residence: 913 Colorado Av.

SPENCER, Charles Carl, lawyer; b. McLean Co., Ill., Apr. 11, 1867; s. Marshall S. and Sarah A. (Simmons) Spencer; grad. Univ. of Michigan, B.L., 1892; m. Alma, Ill., Oct. 20, 1892, Maggie R. Wilson; children: Rose E., Lois E., Charles Dee. After leaving the univ. was admitted to bar of Illinois and entered employ of firm of Mcclellan & Cummins, and became mem. Mcclellan & Spencer, 1894. Of- fice: 115 Dearborn St. Residence: 2880 N. Ash- land Av.

SPENCER, Earl Winfield, broker; b. Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., Apr. 14, 1852; s. Nathan and Polly Ann (Price) Spencer; ed. State Nor- mal School, Cortland, N. Y .; m. Jersey, Eng., Dec. 10, 1887, Agnes L. Hughes; children: E. Winfield, Egbert Hughes, Gladys Mary, Ethel Maud, Dumaresq, Frederick Lionel. Engaged in cattle ranching in Indian Territory and Texas, 1876; mem. firm of Spencer & Drew, 1879-84; was associated with Rufus Hatch and several Englishmen and Scotchmen (including Lord Tweedmouth and the Earl of Aberdeen) in that business. Founded in 1890, the broker- age firm of Spencer & Macdonald, which was merged into the firm of Tracy, Macdonald & Co., and remained a mem. of the latter firm until 1900, at which time withdrew, owing to ill health; started present business in 1902 as broker in stocks, bonds and investments. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Club: Chicago. Office: 160 Washington St. Residence: Highland Park, Il1.

SPENCER, Louis Eugene, Chicago general agent Northwestern Nat. Life Insurance Co., of Minneapolis; b. Grinnell, Ia., July 22, 1856; s. Charles Henry and Mary Ann Spencer; ed. public schools and preparatory dept. of Iowa College, at Grinnell, and at Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Ia., graduating, 1876; took com- mercial course at Bryant & Stratton College, Davenport, Ia., and law course at Iowa College of Law, Des Moines; m. Grinnell, Ia., June 10, 1884, Mary, daughter Milton and Sylvia M. Briggs; children: Raymond, Mabel, Helene. Practiced law 4 years at Grinnell, Ia., and after that conducted private bank at Grinnell until 1880, when organized Citizens' Bank of Grinnell, of which was cashier 8 years. After 1888 in real estate and life insurance business at Beatrice, Neb., representing the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York, and later the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of New Jersey; in Sept., 1895, became mgr. for the U. S. Life Insurance Co. for Nebraska and Iowa, with office at Des Moines, Ia., until 1900, when he resigned to promote the interests of the Northwestern Life and Savings Co. of Des Moines, Ia., of which he was, in 1901, promoted to position as mgr. for Illinois. This company consolidated with the Northwestern Nat. Life Insurance Co., of Minneapolis, Minn., Oct., 1903, and he was continued as mgr. Republi- can. Was city clerk and city atty. of Grinnell, Ia., 1886; supervisor of Gage Co., Neb., 1890-5. Mason; K. T. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 5725 Monroe Av.

SPENCER, Robert Closson, Jr., architect; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Apr. 13, 1864; s. Robert and Ellen W. (Whiton) Spencer; ed. public and high schools of Milwaukee and graduate in mechanical engineering at Univ. of Wiscon- sin; 8th holder of Rotch traveling scholarship in architecture (of Boston), 1891-3; m. Bath, Me., 1889, Ernestine Elliott; children: Marian L., Ernestine M., Charles E. Identified with architectural work in Boston, Mass., until 1895, when came to Chicago, and since that time has practiced architecture in Chicago. Mem. Chicago Architectural Club, Sigma Chi frater- nity. Independent in politics. Club: City. Of-

SPIEGEL, Jonas, manufacturer; b. Barca, Hungary, Apr. 16, 1844; s. M. and Kate Spiegel; ed. Hungary; m. Cincinnati, O., Feb., 1874, Rosa Freshman; children: Max J., Arthur A., I. F., Gustave, Cecelia. Came to the U. S., 1865; lived in New York until 1870; Cincinnati, 1870-90; Chicago, since May, 1890. Pres. Dia- mond Glue Co. since 1893, with factories in Chicago, Madison, Ind., and Kansas City, Kan. Also pres. Diamond Casein Co. Republican. Mason; mem. Cincinnati Consistory. Club: Lakeside. Office: 218 LaSalle St. Residence: 4949 Grand Boul.

SPIELMANN, Adolph, vice-pres. and treas. The Tablet and Ticket Co .; b. Germany, Mar. 18, 1871; s. Peter and Katherine (Fuchs) Spielmann; came to Chicago in boyhood; ed.

Ogden School and Lake View High School, graduating 1890; m. Chicago, July 20, 1892, Bertha Willson; 1 son: Willson. Was with Bank of Commerce, Chicago, 1890-1; in 1892 entered The Tablet and Ticket Co. (founded by Henry Willson, 1871, incorporated, 1882), manufacturers of gummed labels, price cards, advertising hangers, merchants' specialties, etc., of which company he is vice-pres. and treas. Also mem. firm of Spielmann Bros. Co., manufacturers of vinegar and pickles. Repub- lican. Mem. Royal League. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Ravenswood. Office: 87-89 Franklin St. Residence: 737 Sunnyside Av.

SPIELMANN, Charles, manufacturer; b. Germany, Apr. 20, 1869; s. Peter and Kather- ine (Fuchs) Spielmann; ed. public and high schools of Chicago to 1885; m. Chicago, Dec. 15, 1892, Anna Norton; 1 son: Karl Adam Nor- ton Spielmann. Was engaged in study and practice of veterinary surgery, 1885-94, grad- uating from Chicago Veterinary College, 1888. Since 1896 mem. of the Spielmann Bros. Co. (incorporated), manufacturers of vinegar and compressed yeast, of which company he is now vice-pres .; business was established 1879 by his father, Peter Spielmann, and incorpo- rated 1888. Democrat. Mem. Nat. Union. Of- fice: 93-99 E. North Av. Residence: Evanston, Il1.

SPIELMANN, Oscar Peter, manufacturer; b. Chicago, Feb. 4, 1875; s. Peter and Katherine (Fuchs) Spielmann; ed. public and high schools of Chicago; m. Chicago, Nov., 1897, Anna Sehrer; children: Harold, Gordon. After leaving school entered the business estab- lished by his father, Peter Spielmann, in 1879, as a manufacturer of vinegar and compressed yeast, incorporated 1888, and now known as Spielmann Bros. Co .; since 1902 supt. and dir. of the company. Mason. Office: 93-99 E. North Av. Residence: 940 Warren Av.

SPIERING, Theodore B., violinist. (See Who's Who in America for sketch.)

SPIERLING, Ernest John, interior decora- tor; b. Dolgen, Ger., Aug. 9, 1856; s. Edward and Caroline ( Ahrens) Spierling; came to Chi- cago, Oct., 1868; ed. public schools of Ger- many and in Chicago up to 16 years old; after was 21 years old spent 112 years in Art Trade School, Munich, Ger .; m. Chicago, 1882, Caroline A. Behr; children: Ernest Edward, Frank Felix, Arthur Otto, Edith May, Herbert Frederick. Learned trade of decorator in F. N. Atwood's Studio, 1875-7; then went to Munich; on return worked in New York 9 months; returned to Chicago, 1880; 1880-2 was with P. M. Almini, decorator, and in 1882, with Frank L. Linden, established present firm of Spierling & Linden, interior decorators. Independent in politics. Mem. Royal League. Office: 1216 Michigan Av. Residence: 6421 Lexington Av.

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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 157

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