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 162

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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sumed at once) ; Street, Chatfield & Darr, 1878- 1880; Street, Chatfield & Keep, 1880-98; Street, Chatfield & Co., 1869 to date. Also in 1888, be- came pres. Interior Lumber Co. Now. pres. of Charles A. Street Lumber Co., and interested in lumber companies in Florida and Louisiana. Clubs: Caxton, Church. Office: 25 W. Fullerton Av. Residence: 133 Astor St.

tered office of Street, Chatfield & Co., Jan., 1896, as asst. bookkeeper and office boy; be- came asst. mgr., 1898, and admitted to firm as junior partner in spring of 1901. Also sec. Charles A. Street Lumber Co .; vice-pres. Lum- bermen's Assn., of Chicago. Club: Saddle and Cycle. Office: 25 W. Fullerton Av. Residence: 133 Astor St.

STREET, Richard Juson, banker; b. Hamil- ton, Ont., Nov. 13, 1846; s. Richard P. and Jane H. (Hudson) Street; ed. private schools; m. Apr., 30, 1873, Emmeline C., daughter of James and Eliza Hamilton, of London, Ont .; children: Richard Hamilton, Gerald Basil, Margaret Essington. Upon leaving school en- tered an insurance office at Hamilton, Ont., but came to U. S., 1865, arriving in Chicago, Oct. 16, and entering the service of the First Nat. Bank Oct. 17 as a messenger boy, from which advanced to position of cashier and later manager of Division "D." Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Bankers, Exmoor, High- land Park. Office: First Nat. Bank. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.

STREET, Robert Robertson, merchant; b. Stirling, Scotland, Jan. 8, 1850; s. Richard and Elizabeth (Robertson) Street; ed. public schools of Racine, Wis .; resident of Chicago since 1870; m. 2d, Chicago, Jan. 19, 1901, Lu- cille Hollis Knapp; children (by 1st wife): Robert Kenneth, Mrs. George A. Melbourne. In 1870 entered employ of Enos Brown & Co., dye stuffs, etc., and remained with them until 1876, when began his present business, R. R. Street & Co., dye stuffs, colors, chemicals, textile machinery, mill supplies, etc. Repub- lican. Mason (32º); Shriner. Club: Chicago Athletic, Cumberland Lodge, Horicon Shoot- ing. Office: 184-186 Washington St. Residence: 3967 Drexel Boul.

STREET, William, lawyer; b. Sterling, Scot- land, May 29, 1848; s. Richard and Elizabeth (Robertson) Street; came to U. S. with par- ents, 1855, settling, first in Grant Co., Wis .; ed. Scotland, in public schools of Grant Co .. Wis., public and private schools at Utica, N. Y., public school, Maumee City, Ohio, Racine (Wis.) High School, Carroll College (Wauke- sha, Wis.) and grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, Ph.B., 1874; LL.B., 1875; m. Waukesha, Wis., Mar. 28, 1878, Katherine E. Gray. As a boy worked on farm in Wisconsin and later in woolen mills, becoming supt. at 20; studied nights and earned his way through schools and colleges. Began law practice at Wauke- sha, Wis., 1875-80; Janesville, Wis., 1880-9; Florence, Ala .. 1889-90; since then in Chicago. Mem. A. O. U. W., Royal Arcanum. Baptist. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 325 S. Franklin Av.

STREET, William DeLatre Cameron, mgr. Chicago Clearing House; b. New Market, Ont., Can., Apr. 19, 1846; s. Rev. Geo. C. Street and Anne S. (Bourne) Street; ed. public schools and Racine College; m. Chicago, Jan. 17, 1879, Emily A. Pardee; children: Agnes B., Douglas P. Came to the U. S. from Canada in 1853, and to Chicago, 1862; during part of the Civil War in the U. S. q. m. dept. in Chicago; became accountant for Munson, Skinner & Co .. Chicago, 1864-7, after that bookkeeper for the

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old 5th Nat. Bank and in other banking posi- tions in Chicago until 1890, when assumed present position. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Bankers, Edgewater Golf, Saddle and Cycle. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 302 Schiller St.

STRIPPELMAN, William, architect; b. Cas- sel, Ger., Sept. 28, 1842; s. Frederick K. and Julia Strippelman; ed. schools and university until 19 years of age, pursuing technical course, followed by philosophical course at Univ. of Marburg, until 1862; went to Nash- ville, Tenn., becoming draftsman to the Army of the Cumberland under Gen. Thomas, which position filled until close of the war; m. St. Louis, 1868, Hermine Schaefer (native of Coburg, Ger.); children: Alexander, Anne, Julia, William. Practiced after war at New Orleans and Galveston until 1868, then came North and located in Chicago; served 4 years with Board of Public Works. Fellow Am. In- stitute of Architects. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Residence: 873 Jackson Boul.

STROBEL, Charles Louis, consulting en- gineer; b. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 6, 1852; s. Carl and Ida Louise Strobel; ed. public schools of Cincinnati, followed by 4 years at Royal Tech- nical High School at Stuttgart, Ger., from which he was grad. as civil engineer, 1873; m. Chicago, 1890, Henrietta Baxter; children: Charles Louis, Jr., Marion. Began profes- sional life as draftsman in railroad office in Cincinnati, 1873; asst. engineer, 1874, and later engineer of bridges, until 1878; chief en- gineer and vice-pres. Keystone Bridge Co., Pittsburgh, 1878-83, and consulting engineer to Carnegie, Phipps & Co., Ltd .; edited their handbook for engineers and architects, and designed the new sections for steel beams, which have since become standard; repre- sented the Keystone Bridge Co. and Carnegie firms in Chicago, 1883-93, taking a leading place in the development of skeleton steel construction for Chicago office buildings. De- signed numerous large bridges over the Mis- souri, Mississippi, Ohio and other rivers. Since 1893 in independent practice as con- sulting and contracting engineer. Mem. and past dir. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers and Western Soc. of Engineers; Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, etc. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 412 N. State St.

STROEVER, Carl Bernhard Wittekind, law- yer, author; b. Wedigenstein, Prussia, Dec. 11, 1865; s. Bernhard and Caroline (Boedecker) Stroever; grad. gymnasium, Minden, Prussia, 1884; studied agriculture, politics and economics, Univ. of Berlin, 1888-90; grad. law dept. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1894. Served in Prussian infantry, 1887-91; commissioned, 1890, lieut. 54th Prussian infy .; came to U. S., 1891; citizen of U. S., 1896; maj. Ill. Vol., Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Admitted to bar, 1894; m. Chicago, 1904, Martha Gross. Sec. and dir. Diamond Spiral Mfg. Co. Mem. Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science. Author: The Ha- waiian Problem, 1898. Office: Unity Bldg. Resi- dence: 411 Cornelia Av.

STROMBERG, Alfred; b. near Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 9, 1861; s. Andrew Stromberg (threshing machine manufacturer); ed. Swe- den; m. 1886, Ellen Johnson, of Chicago; chil- dren: Minnie, Alice, Emil, Eve. Studied elec- trical work with L. M. Ericsson, European tel- ephone manufacturer, and others; worked in telephone construction in Sweden, Norway and Denmark; came to U. S., 1884; employed in repair dept. of Bell Telephone Co., Chicago, 1884-9; supt. in charge of burglar alarm sys- tem of Chicago Electric Protective Co., 1890-3; associated with Andrew Carlson, 1893, in man- ufacture of telephones, the outgrowth being the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Co., of which he is vice-pres. Office: 82 W. Jackson Boul. Residence: 1642 W. Monroe St.

STROMBERG, Charles John, printer; b. Chicago, Mar. 26, 1882; s. Charles John and Augusta J. (Anderson) Stromberg; ed. public and private schools of Chicago. Since leaving school in 1898 has been identified with the business of Stromberg, Allen & Co., printers, stationers, etc., established by his father in 1869; after death of father, on Mar. 12, 1904, succeeded to the presidency of the company, in which continues. Republican. Mason. Of- fice: 302 S. Clark St. Residence: 1528 Walfram St.

STRONG, James Edmund, sec. Selz, Schwab & Co .; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1852; s. Charles Edmund and Susan (Hutchinson) Strong; ed. at Onondaga Acad., Syracuse, N. Y .; mı. Syracuse, N. Y., Apr. 7, 1875, Lucia Hutchinson; 1 son Edmund Hutchinson. Was bank clerk in Syracuse, N. Y., 1867-71; came to Chicago, 1872, and in June, 1872, entered employ of M. Selz & Co. as cashier and book- keeper; in 1878 became credit man; firm be- came Selz, Schwab & Co., 1878, and was in- corporated under same name in 1890, when he was chosen to his present position as sec., in charge of office and credits; large manu- facturer of shoes of the higher grades. Re- publican. Office N. W. cor. Market and Mon- roe Sts. Residence: 598 E. Division St.

STRONG, Joseph Harvey, insurance; b. New Era, Pa., Sept., 1853; s. James E. (killed at Ft. Fisher, Jan. 1, 1865) and Uzilla B. (Sands) Strong; ed. public schools and in the Susque- hanna Institute, Towanda, Pa .; m. Adele M. Smith, of Newton, Kan. After leaving the Sus- quehanna Institute taught school, and after- ward was salesman in general store, and later traveling salesman for a Philadelphia boot and shoe house, before going, 1877, to Rock Island, Ill., where became associated with a local insurance agency until 1883; mem. of fire insurance firm of Hayes, Cleveland & Strong, Des Moines, Ia., 1883-4; was asst. mgr., 1885-7, and since 1887 has been mgr. of the western dept. of the U. S. Life Insurance Co .; also, since Jan. 1, 1901, general agent at Chicago for the General Accident Insurance Co. of Scotland. Republican; was mem. of staff of Gov. Richard Yates, with rank of col. Mason (32º); K. T. Mem. S. A. R. Clubs: Union League, Calumet, Washington Park, Hamilton, Marquette. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 2528 Indiana Av.

STRONG, Joseph Leavitt, sec. George E. Wood Lumber Co .; b. Cook Co., Ill., May 20, 1869; s. Joseph and Emma (Prescott) Strong; ed. public schools of Chicago and high school at Ann Arbor, Mich .; m. Chicago, Sept. 1, 1891, Estella W. Cresap; children: Donald C., Dor- othy P. Began business career as bookkeeper for the Holbrook Co., 1886-94; then bookkeep- er for George E. Wood Lumber Co., later becoming sec. Also dir. Sinclair Laundry Ma- chinery Co. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Office: 135 Adams St. Resi- dence: 7025 Princeton Av.

STROUD, Edmund Henry, metals and ma- chinery; b. Birkenhead, Cheshire, Eng., June 21, 1860; s. William Lawrence and Elizabeth (Chamney) Stroud; ed. Birkenhead, Eng., and Brooklyn, N. Y. Began business life as a boy in 1875 with his father, a large importer of iron, steel, tin plate and metals in New York City, and in 1879 had full power of attorney from him; became, 1882, partner in Stroud, Sibbald & Co., New York City, who furnished nearly all the steel rails to build the Cana- dian Pacific Ry .; partner Stroud & Co., 1886; in 1890 established branch house in Kansas City, Mo., for Merchant & Co., of Philadel- phia; in 1892 promoted to management Chi- cago house of same firm. Began business in own name Apr., 1896, and in Sept., 1896, with Charles A. Raynolds formed the partnership of E. H. Stroud & Co .; bought partner's in-

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terest, 1898;

now principally engaged as manufacturer of crushing, pulverizing, street sweeping, mechanical stoking, rolling mill, tin plate mill and steel works machinery. Episco- palian. Mem. committee of management (1902- 1904), Central Dept. Y. M. C. A., Chicago; chairman Central Section Committee Athletic League Y. M. C. A. of North America; char- ter mem. Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mason (Altair Lodge, Brooklyn, N. Y.); was mem. Apollo Club, Chicago, 1894-8. Office: 30-36 LaSalle St. Residence: 426 N. State St.

STRUCKMANN, William Franz, lawyer; b. Hanover, Cook Co., Dec. 17, 1866; s. George and Christiana (Busche) Struckmann; reared on farm; ed. district schools, Elgin Acad. and law dept. of Univ. of Michigan, graduating, LL.B., 1888; m. Sept., 1893, Alvena Heidemann, Elgin, Ill .; children: George, Maria. Was mailing clerk in postoffice at Elgin, Ill., 1886; admitted to bar, 1888; minute clerk and record writer of the Superior Court of Cook Co., 1889-93; began practice with Amzi W. Strong, 1893, as Strong & Struckmann, and Sept. 1, 1894, firm became Strong, Struckmann & Ehle, which later dissolved. Since 1894 asst. county attorney of Cook Co., in charge of trials in tax cases. Mason, mem. Royal League, Odd Fellow. Republican. Universalist. Club: Chicago Whist. Residence: 3309 Irving Av., Berwyn, Ill.

STUART, James Edward, post office inspec- tor; b. Forfar, Scotland, July 8, 1842; s. James Stuart and Helenor (Edwards) Stuart; re- moved to Oshkosh, Wis., with parents, 1851; ed. Arbroath, Scotland, and in Oshkosh public schools; then was law student in office of Hon. Gabriel Bouck, Oshkosh, until war broke out; mustered in as private Co. B, 21st Wis. Vols., Aug., 1862, becoming successively 1st ser- geant, 2d lieut., and capt., then detailed as aid to Gen. Harrison C. Hobart, commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, until general muster-out at Washington in summer of 1865; participated in many engagements; m. Oct. 3, 1870, Marie E., daughter late Hon. Peter Roberts, of Iowa City, Ia. After muster out became postal clerk on route between Chi- cago and Green Bay, Wis., until 1868; chief clerk railway mail service of Iowa, 1870-3; when promoted to postoffice inspector, in charge division comprising the States of Illi- nois, Michigan and Wisconsin; active in fer- reting out and convicting large numbers of persons for fraudulent use of mails and other postal crimes. Active in 2d regt., I. N. G., since 1885, of which he has successively been capt., maj. and col .; regt. enlisted in Govern- ment service for war with Spain and was sent to Jacksonville, Fla., and thence to Havana, Cuba; placed on detached service after war as chairman military postal committee and es- tablished postal service in Porto Rico. Mem. Union Vet. League, Loval Legion and G. A. R. Office: Chicago Postoffice. Residence: 1419 W. Monroe St.

STUART, Robert, miller; b. Ingersoll, Ont., Nov. 22, 1852; s. John and Elsie (Bremner) Stuart; ed. public schools; m. Aug. 2, 1876, Margaret Sharrar; children: John, Margaret, R. D. Engaged in milling in Canada, 1871-3; came from Canada, 1873, to Cedar Rapids, Ia., and became a mem. of the firm of Douglass & Stuart, merchant millers. of Cedar Rapids, Ia .; resided in Cedar Rapids until 1879; since then in Chicago: firm sold mills to the Am. Cereal Co., of which he has been treas. since 1890. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Washing- ton Park. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Resi- dence: 4850 Woodlawn Av.

STUBBS, John C., railway official; b. Ash- land, O., May 31, 1847. Entered railway ser- vice, 1869; held various positions on different roads until 1871; asst. gen. freight agent, 1871-3, general freight agent, 1873-82, freight

traffic mgr., 1882-4, Central Pacific Road; gen- eral traffic mgr., same road and leased lines, 1884-5; general traffic mgr. Southern Pacific Co., 1885-9; now 3d vice-pres. and traffic dir. Southern Pacific R. R .; traffic dir. U. P. R. R., Oregon R. R. & Navigation Co., Oregon Short Line R. R .; traffic mgr. Mexican International R. R. Mem. S. A. R. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 620 Dearborn Av.

STUMER, Louis M., merchant; b. Baltimore, Md., Apr. 24, 1869; s. Michael and Jennie (Kellner) Stumer; ed. public school until 13 years old, and afterward at Notre Dame (Ind.) College; since 1890 of firm of Stumer, Rosen- thal & Eckstein, controlling various mercan- tile corporations and interests in realty, bldg. and leasehold investments on State St. Pres. Emporium-World Millinery Co., Chicago, and of Strauss & Stumer Mercantile Co., St. Louis; vice-pres. Am. Restaurant Co., Red Book Cor- poration and Importers' and Manufacturers' Millinery Co .; dir. Public Drug Co., and of Steven-Lewis Drug Co .; all of these corpora- tions being controlled by Stumer, Rosenthal & Eckstein. Also dir. Jackson Trust and Sav- ings Bank. Republican. Mem. Sinai Congrega- tion. Dir. Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans; sec. Home for Jewish Friendless; mem. Ad- visory Board of Dunning institutions. Clubs: Lakeside, Standard. Office: 150-152 State St. Residence: 4404 Grand Boul.

STURGES, Charles Mathews, lawyer; b. Mansfield, O., May 8, 1838; s. Edward (mer- chant and banker) and Mary (Mathews) Sturges; grad. Kenyon College, 1860; studied law, Columbus, O., 1860-1, Harvard Law School, 1861-2; m. Chicago, 1865, Ella Du Bois Delafield; children: Alice Delafield (deceased), Edith Delafield (Mrs. Russell M. Heller), Ed- ward Spencer, Mary Mathews, Grace Delafield (Mrs. Reginald G. R. Crane), Esther Wallace (Mrs. Warner Fite), Howard Putnam, Caro- line Margaret. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1862; practiced at Mansfield, O., 1862-3; removed to Chicago, 1863; since practiced there. Counsel 38 years for Northwestern Nat. Bank of Chi- cago; active after Chicago fire in restoration of library and collections of the Chicago Law Institute, and (1870-2) its sec .; incorporating mem. (1874) Chicago Bar Assn .; mem. Phi Beta Kappa; mem. Executive Committee Am. Anti- Imperialist League; literary contributor to journals; writer of pamphlets opposed to Im- perialist policy, etc. Office: 140 Washington St. Residence: 56 Central Av., Oak Park, Ill.

STURGIS, Charles Inches, railway official; b. Paris, France, July 21, 1860; s. Robert Shaw and Susan Brimmer (Inches) Sturgis: ed. St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., and Harvard Univ., graduating, A.B., 1882; m. Chicago, June 6, 1893, Margaret Noble; children: Rob- ert Shaw, Frank Noble. Has been in service of the C., B. & Q. Ry. Co., from 1880, begin- ning as clerk in freight dept., Chicago, 1880; in general agent's office, Denver, 1881; cashier local freight office, Denver, 1882; paymaster's clerk, Chicago, 1884; asst. paymaster, Chicago, 1885; paymaster, Chicago, 1886; asst. general auditor, 1888; general auditor since 1893. Re- publican. Unitarian. Clubs: University, Chi- cago. Office: 209 Adams St. Residence: Win- netka, Ill.

STURM, Adolph, manufacturer of veneers; b. Vienna, Austria, Oct. 15, 1848; s. Moritz and Charlotte Sturm; ed. public schools, and worked in à silk factory and later in a tan- nery in Vienna before coming to Chicago, 1868; m. Chicago, 1873, Johanna Schoth, of Ger- many; children: Arthur, Amanda, Gisela. Irma, Litta, Ernst, Charlotte, Grant, Adolph. In 1870 went to work for T. S. Constantine in veneer mfg. business until 1872, when established on own account the business he now conducts as the Adolph Sturm Co. Office: 51 W Wash- ington St. Residence: 515 Wells St.

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STURM, Meyer J., architect; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 11, 1872; s. Adolph and Pauline (Frank) Sturm; ed. public schools of Cincin- nati and Chicago, Chicago Manual Training School, and Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, graduating, 1896, Dept. of Architec- ture, with degree of B.S .; m. Boston, Sept. 17, 1903, Aimée Goulston. Was draftsman and supt. for architects in Chicago, 1896-9; chief engineer Luminous Prism Co., 1898-1900; mem. of firm of Hallberg & Sturm, architects, Mar., 1900, to Mar., 1902; since then practicing alone as architect. Gold medal World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904, for 'hosp. plans. Republican. Of- fice: 84 LaSalle St. Residence: 868 Pine Grove Av.

STURTEVANT, Henry Dexter, broker; b. White Lake, Mich., June 9, 1862; s. James D. and Minerva (Hills) Sturtevant; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Apr. 20, 1887, Isabella Doyle. Resident of Chicago since 1884; en- tered employ of Counselman & Day, and be- came a mem. of the firm, 1896; when firm dis- solved later, became partner in firm of Coun- selman & Co., and on demise of Charles Coun- selman was only surviving partner; on May 21, 1904, consolidated the business with that of Shearson, Hamill & Co., of New York, in which is now resident partner. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Ath- letic, Washington Park, Glen View; also St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.). Office: 240 LaSalle St. Residence: 150 Lincoln Park Boul.

SULLIVAN, David, lawyer; b. Island of Va- lentia, on Southwest coast of Co. Kerry, Ire- land, Apr. 3, 1856; s. John C. and Mary Sulli- van; came to U. S. with parents in 1865, set- tling at Marquette, Mich., and in Mar., 1871, in Chicago; early education in Ireland, fol- lowed by several years in public and high schools at Marquette, Mich .; m. Chicago, Jan. 15, 1884, Kate A. Healy; children Edmund H., Margaret F. While a boy had picked up some knowledge of printing business, and in 1871 found a place on Chicago Times, first at set- ting type, afterward as reporter and later as proofreader. Studied law in office of Judge Crooker, and later in that of Judge Moran. Admitted to bar, 1879; was for several years a master in chancery of Superior Court. Served in 32d and 33d General Assemblies as representative from the 1st District, 1880-4; atty. of Co. Board, 1883-8. Democrat. Mem. Nat. Union, Royal Arcanum. Office: 97 Clark St. Residence: 680 48th Pl.

SULLIVAN, Denis Emmet, lawyer; b. Ke- wanee, Ill., Nov. 16, 1869; s. Mortimer and Ellen (Hurley) Sullivan; ed. public schools and later in Chicago Law School (now Union College of Law), graduating, LL.B., in class of 1895; m. Pittsfield, Ill., Jan. 17, 1900, Marie Carlisle Mullins; 1 daughter: Marie Carlisle. Admitted to Chicago bar, 1894, and practiced alone until 1901; then of firm of McDannold, Sullivan & Jarrett, 1901-4, and on death of Mr. McDannold firm changed to present style of Sullivan & Jarrett. Democrat. Mem. of 40th (regular and special sessions), 41st and 42d General Assemblies of Illinois; asst. corpora- tion counsel of Chicago, 1897-1901. R. C. Mem. of Knights of Columbus, and Irish Fellowship Club. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 3229 Mal- den St.

SULLIVAN, Louis Henry, architect; b. Bos- ton, Mass., Sept. 3, 1856; s. Patrick and An- drienne Sullivan; ed. public schools, Boston; special courses in Massachusetts Inst. Tech- nology and École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France; m. Chicago, July 1, 1899, Margaret Hattabough. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects; also various local tech. socs .; received Gold Medal Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1894. Office: Auditorium Tower. Residence: The Lessing Annex.

SULLIVAN, Roger C., sec., treas. and dir. Ogden Gas Co .; sec. and dir. Cosmopolitan

Electric Co. Has been mem. of the Democratic Co., and State, and is now mem of the Nat. Committee for Illinois. Office: 115 Dearborn St. Residence: 1269 Washington Boul.

SULZBERGER, Max J., vice-pres., gen. mgr. and dir. Schwarzschild & Sulzberger. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Club: Standard. Of- fice: 4100 S. Ashland Av. Residence: Standard Club.

SULZBERGER, Solomon Lindauer, pres. En- terprise Paint Mfg. Co .; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 5, 1857; s. Leopold and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzberger; grad. Central High School, Phila- delphia; m. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1887, Clara Frank; children: Frank, Louise, Helen. Began busi- ness life in Philadelphia in 1871; came to Chicago, 1876, and was employed with Lin- dauer Bros. & Co. until Dec. 1, 1893, when organized the Enterprise Paint Mfg. Co., of which has since been pres .; paints and colors. Mem. Paint, Oil and Varnish Assn. (ex-pres.) ; Illinois Manufacturers' Assn. Republican. Dir. United Hebrew Charities. Clubs: Standard (pres.), Ravisloe Country, Illinois Athletic. Office: Peoria and VanBuren Sts. Residence: 4404 Michigan Av.

SUMMERS, Leland Laflin, consulting en- gineer; b. Cleves, O., Mar. 6, 1871; s. Charles H. and Emma (Porter) Summers; grad. High- land Park (Ill.) High School, 1886, followed by special instruction in mathematics, physics and engineering; m. London, Ont., Apr., 4, 1899, Eva H. Brodlique; children: Lesley E., Llewellyn Brodlique. Became asst. electrician, Western Union Telegraph Co., 1889-92; elec- trician Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., eastern di- vision, 1892-4; consulting engineer since 1894 on important works of electrical, mechanical and hydraulic character. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Yacht, Twentieth Century; also Denver, Denver Athletic (Denver, Colo.). Of- fice: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 218 E. 60th St.

SUMMY, Clayton Frick, dealer in pianos, music publisher; b. Landisville, Pa., Dec. 9, 1852; s. Daniel and Ann (Frick) Summy; ed. public schools of Pennsylvania and Sterling, Ill., to which place he removed with parents, 1865; made special study of music; m. Chica- go, Nov. 9, 1880, Mina Rommeiss; children: Edna Emma, Dorothy. Worked in music store in Sterling, Ill., 2 years; taught music until 1872, when he went to Boston and studied mu- sic in Boston Music School; returned to Ster- ling and taught music until 1876-7; returned to Boston for a year for further study of music; taught in Hershey Music School, Chicago, 1877- 9; with Lyon & Healy, in charge of retail sheet music dept., 1879-88; established sheet music and publishing business, 1888; established present corporation of Clayton F. Summy Co., of which he is vice-pres. and treas., 1895; general dealers in pianos and importers and publishers of sheet music; he is also sec. and treas. the Peoples' Music Publishing Co. Mem. Royal League, City Club. Republican. Office: 220 Wabash Av. Residence: 1935 Oakdale Av.

SUMNER, Walter Taylor, clergyman; b. Manchester, N. H., Dec. 5, 1873; s. Charles Davenport and Rinthal (Thompson) Sumner; ed. Manchester (N. H.) High School; Dart- mouth College, B.S., 1898; Western Theologi- cal Seminary, Chicago, 1904. Was city sales- man Western Electric Co., Chicago, 1898-1900; sec. to Bishop Coadjutor of Chicago since 1903; ordained priest, 1904, and appointed priest in charge of St. George's Episcopal Church. Republican. Office: Masonic Temple. Residence: 7519 Monroe 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 162

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