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VANDERPOEL, John H., artist; b. Haar- lemmer-Meer, Holland, 1857; ed. public schools of Chicago; studied drawing and painting in Paris under Boulanger and Lefebvre. Mem. N. Y. Water Color Soc. Now instructor draw- ing and painting, Art Institute of Chicago. Address: 9319 Pleasant Av.
VAN HOOK, Weller, surgeon; b. Greenville, Ind., May 16, 1862; s. William Russell and Tillie (Weller) Van Hook; grad. Louisville Male High School, 1882; Univ. of Michigan, A.B., 1884; College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Chicago, 1885; studied in Univ. of Ber- Jin and Vienna, 1894-5; m. June 16, 1892, Anna Charles Whaley, St. Louis; 1 son: Hubert. Has held chairs of surgery in College of Physi- cians and Surgeons and Chicago Post-Grad- uate Med. School; now head prof. surgery Northwestern Univ. Med. School; surgeon to Wesley and Cook Co. hosps .; consulting sur- geon to Woman's Hosp. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Surgical Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Neurological, Chicago Orthopedic, Chicago Pathological socs. Clubs: Homewood, Union League, Physicians. Contributor to In- ternational Text-Book of Surgery; also papers in med. magazines. Office: 103 State St. Resi- dence: 5759 Washington Av.
VAN HOUSEN, John Henry, pres. Steuben Co. Wine Co .; b. Steuben Co., N. Y., Dec. 24, 1826; ed. public schools of New York State; m., 1st, Jan. 12, 1854, Naples, Ontario Co., N.
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Y., Charlotte A. Torrey; m., 2d, Jackson, Mich., July, 1876, Frances Webster. Began business life as clerk in dry goods store at Bath, Steu- ben Co., N. Y., 1843, and later conducted gen- eral merchandise store about 20 years; in 1872 came west, locating at Jackson, Mich., and engaged in wholesale wine and liquor busi- ness; on Jan. 1, 1876, established the Steu- ben Wine Co. in Chicago, in partnership with sons, B. T. and H. L. Van Housen; and in 1885 they incorporated the business as the Steuben Co. Wine Co. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Office: 210-212 Madison St. Residence: 220 Park Av.
VAN NESS, Frank Colgate, sugar broker; b. Chicago, Feb. 25, 1868; s. Isaac R. and Car- oline A. (Bailey) Van Ness; ed. Chicago pub- lic schools; m. Mayfair, Ill., Aug. 24, 1893, Mabel Harbert Clark; children: Harbert Bai- ley, Mabel Ruth. Began business life as an office boy at 13 years of age; with Reid, Mur- doch & Fischer, 1884, and about 2 years later worked for E. A. Schoyer & Co .. with whom he remained 2 years, and then in the merchan- dise brokerage business for a year or so; later had a working interest in the brokerage firm of E. M. Endicott & Co. about 2 years; then a mem. of the firm of Merrill & Van Ness, sugar brokers, until 1899; since then in busi- ness alone. Democrat. Clubs: Evanston Golf, Wilmette Country; also Hanover (Brooklyn, N. Y.). Office: 36 Wabash Av. Residence: 611 Forest Av., Wilmette, Ill.
VAN NORMAN, George B., live stock mer- chant; b. Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1842; s. Jacob and Mary (Parks) Van Norman; moved with parents, 1855, to Wisconsin, set- tling in Iowa Co .; ed. district schools, and was engaged in farming until 1861; enlisted Co. H, 8th Wis. Vols. (Live Eagle Regt.), for 3 years, but before time was out re-enlisted for entire war, serving 41/2 years; commis- sioned 2d lieut. Co. H, 1864, and was ap- pointed regular drill master of regt. for re- mainder of service; was in 42 different en- gagements, and twice wounded, once at Red River and again at Nashville, Tenn .; m. Dec. 15, 1865, Elizabeth Atkinson; children: Jennie (Mrs. A. Wild, stage name, Jane Payton), Alma (Mrs. J. H. Stewart), Lizzie (Mrs. B. C. Waite). In hardware business at Spring Green, Wis., in 1865. Then engaged in the butcher business and shipping stock to Milwaukee and Chicago. Opened live stock commission house at Milwaukee Stock Yards, 1874, which still conducts; since 1894 has also been in same business at Union Stock Yards, Chicago; senior partner and gen. mgr., G. B. Van Nor- man & Co .; also pres. and gen. mgr. South Milwaukee Co., South Milwaukee, Wis .; also vice-pres. Plankington Packing Co. for 7 years; pres. Eagle Horse Shoe Co., South Mil- waukee; owns 14 houses on 19th St. and Na- tional Av., Milwaukee, and has other large in- terests. Mem. E. B. Wolcott Post, G. A. R., Milwaukee, Wis. Club: Saddle and Sirloin. Of- fice: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards. Resi- dence: 4917 Washington Park Pl.
VAN OSDEL, John Mills, architect; b. New York, Jan. 13, 1838; s. William C. and Har- riet (Ruland) Van Osdel; removed to Illinois with parents, 1840; ed. public schools of Chi- cago, Naperville and Aurora, Ill .; later lived in Dixon, Ill .; served 412 years in Army of the Cumberland and Army of the Frontier, and was capt. of Co. K, 59th Ill. Vol. Infy .; m. Dixon, Ill., 1864, Catherine A. Anderson; children: Frank M., Walter S., Katherine M., Annie G., Martha, Louise. After war located in Chicago, becoming associated with his un- cle, John M. Van Osdel, who was one of the pioneers of Chicago and the city's first archi- tect; remained with him 26 years, until his death, 1892. Mem. Chicago Chapter, Am. In- stitute of Architects. Republican. Was a dir. of the Chicago Public Library, 1895-9. Mem.
George H. Thomas Post, No. 5, G. A. R., and of the Loyal Legion. Office: 225 Dearborn St. Residence: 699 Jackson Boul.
VAN SANT, Edgar Sands, coal; b. Ellicott City, Howard Co., Md., Feb. 20, 1874: s.
James Edgar and Henrietta (Helm) Van Sant; ed. public schools of Ellicott City, 1880-4; Rock Hill College, same city, 1884-90, leaving in junior year (class of 1891); m. Baltimore, Md., Apr. 22, 1896, M. Louise Miller. Entered railway service, 1890, as messenger B. & O. R. R., Baltimore; was in various clerkships, same road, until Aug., 1899; appointed, Sept. 1, 1899, coal and coke agent, same road, with headquarters at Chicago, being youngest offi- cial on company's staff; resigned that posi- tion, Feb. 1, 1902, and was appointed traffic mgr. of the Jones & Adams Co. (wholesale coal and coke), so serving until May 14, 1903, when purchased interest in Globe Coal Co. of which company he is now vice-pres. and sec .; also sec. of the Ohio Fuel Co. Elected, Mar., 1903, and re-elected, Mar., 1904, sec. Coal Shippers' Assn. of Chicago, composed of majority of largest wholesale coal and coke shippers of Chicago. Stockholder in Miami Coal Co., Van Sant & O'Connell, Terminal Ry. Equipment Co. Mem. the Maryland Soc. of Chicago since Jan. 7, 1901. Office: Old Colony Bldg. Residence: 290 LaSalle Av.
VAN STEENBERG, Alfred, contractor and builder; b. Saugerties, Ulster Co., N. Y., Oct. 13, 1853; s. Cornelius L. and Leah (Oster- houdt) Van Steenberg; went with parents from New York to Lansing, Cook Co., Ill., 1855; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Dec. 18, 1879, Elizabeth A. Powers; children: Cornelius W., Charles F., George, John, Victor, Ada, Mina, Cecil. Has resided at Lansing, Ill., con- tinuously from 1855, except for 11 years' resi- dence in Chicago; in contracting and building business since 1879. Dir. Litholite Stone Co .; of Harvey, Ill. Co. Commissioner of Cook Co .; pres. of village of Lansing, Ill., and treas. of board of trustees. Republican. Mason; For- ester. Residence: Lansing, Ill.
VAN WIE, Chester Forseyth, hay and grain commission; b. Central Bridge, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1868; s. George and Frances (Forseyth) Van Wie; ed. public schools of New York State; m. Holland Patent, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1884, Georgia Putnam; children: Frances May, Mur- nie Louise. Became a mem. of Kilmer Com- mission Co., 1893, and in 1894, associating with W. H. Moorhead, established present firm of Van Wie & Moorhead, commission mer- chants in hay, straw and grain, succeeding to the business of the Kilmer Commission Co. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Feed Dealers' Assn. of Chicago, and Nat. Hay Receivers' Assn. Democrat. Mem. Christian Church (Dis- ciples). Mason. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 430 N. Normal Parkway.
VAN ZANDT, George, banker; b. Chicago, May 28, 1844; s. Daniel A. and Fannie M. (Van Zandt) Jones (name changed by legal process in 1873 from George Jones to George Van Zandt): ed. Snow's Acad. and Chicago High School; m., 1st, Oct. 17, 1874, Huldah Barrow, Carbondale, Jackson Co .. Ill. (died Dec., 1880); children: Fred, Paul, Eva; m., 2d, Chicago, Aug. 2, 1882, Grace T. Goodspeed; children: Jerome, Philip, Elwyn, Parker. Clerk in several banks, 1859-76; cashier Prairie Loan and Trust Co., 1876-88, and of Prairie State Nat. Bank, 1888-94, succeeding James W. Sco- . ville as pres. in 1894, and in 1897 becoming pres. of the Prairie State Bank, which posi- tion he still occupies. Independent Prohibi- tionist. Congregationalist. Clubs: Illinois, Co- lonial (Oak Park). Office: 159 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: Oak Park, Ill.
VARNUM, Clark, lawyer; b. Peacham, Cale- donia Co., Vt., Sept. 24, 1846; s. William and Elizabeth (Kimball) Varnum; ed. country school and acad. until 14; worked as farm
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hand in summer and taught school in winter until 1865; removed to Iowa, worked on farm and studied law until admitted to bar, 1870; m. 1st, Sept. 29, 1870, Ella Shipley; children: Lulu, Blanche; m. 2d, Aug. 9, 1893, Irena Gal- loway; children: Clark, Laurent; m. 3d; June 10, 1902, E. Belle Tuttle. Practiced at Mal- com, Poweshiek Co., Ia., 1870-83; at Newton, Ia., 1883-90; since then in Chicago. Mason: was Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons of Iowa, 1883-5, and Grand Commander of Knights Templar of Iowa, 1887-9. Office: 119 LaSalle St. Residence: 6615 Monroe Av.
VAUX, Frederick T., sec. and treas. The Adams & Westlake Co .; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 29, 1858; s. Thomas and Mary (Hawkins) Vaux; ed. grammar and high schools in Chi- cago; m. Chicago, Nov. 4, 1884, Carrie T. May- hew; 1 daughter: Geraldine. After leaving school became connected, in a clerical ca- pacity, with The Adams & Westlake Co., and has continued with the house ever since, now being sec. and treas. of the company, very large manufacturers of railway supplies and equipments, metal bedsteads and specialties. Also pres. of the Am. Stove Board Co., New York and Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Marquette. Office: 110 Ontario St. Residence: 142 Astor St.
VAWTER, William Arthur, pres. of the Ba- ker-Vawter Co., devisers of complete business systems; b. Lafayette, Ind., May 22, 1858; s. Achilles J. and Elizabeth (Richardson) Vawter; ed. public schools of Indiana; m. Plainfield, Ind., Sept. 24, 1881, Alice R. Had- ley; children: Cora C., William A., George H. Learned trade of compositor at Indianapolis in the printing office of Wright, Baker & Co., beginning in 1872, and advanced to position of foreman of the composing room, until 1881; in general merchandise business at Plainfield and Danville, Ind., 1881-6; came to Chicago, 1886, and became a partner in printing busi- ness under style of Baker, Vawter & Co., which was incorporated, May, 1888, as the Baker-Vawter Co., which finally abandoned the general printing business and took up present line as devisers of complete business systems and as manufacturers of loose-leaf binding and filing devices and supplies. Also pres. and dir. Metal Sectional Furniture Co .; dir. Tengwall File and Ledger Co. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Country. Office: Tribune Bldg.
VEBLEN, Thorstein B., asst. prof. political economy, Univ. of Chicago, since 1900; man- aging editor The Journal of Political Econ- omy; grad. Carleton College, 1880; graduate student Johns Hopkins; Ph.D., Yale, 1884; fel- low in economics and finance, Cornell, 1891-2; fellow same, Univ. of Chicago, 1892-3; reader in political economy, same, 1893-4; associate, same, 1894-6; instructor, same, 1896-1900. Au- thor: The Theory of the Leisure Class, 1899; The Theory of Business Enterprise, 1904. Ad- dress: 344 E. 57th St.
VEEDER, Albert H., lawyer; b. Fonda, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Apr. 1, 1844; s. Henry and Rachel (Lansing) Veeder; early education in common schools; grad. Union College, Sche- nectady, N. Y., 1865; supt. of schools, Galva, Ill., 1866-8; at same time studying law; m. Aug. 15, 1866, Helen L., daughter of Rev. Isaac G. Duryee, of Schenectady, N. Y .; chil- dren: Henry, Albert H., Jr., Jessie, Paul L. Admitted to bar, 1868; practiced at Galva, Ill., 1868-74; since then in Chicago; atty. for the town of Lake, 1874-85; now general counsel and dir. St. Louis Nat. Stock Yards Co., San Francisco Stock Yards Co., Swift & Co., Con- sumers' Cotton Oil Co., Libby, McNeill & Libby, etc. Dir. Chicago Junction Ry. Co., Union Stock Yards Co. Mason (32º); K. T., Shriner. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chica- go, Mid-Day, Chicago Athletic. Office: 240 La- Salle St. Residence: 4842 Vincennes Av.
VEEDER, Henry, lawyer; b. Galva, Ill., May 13, 1867; s. Albert H. and Helen L. (Duryee) Veeder; ed. common schools, Englewood, Ill., 1874-80; Univ. of Chicago (preparatory), 1880- 1886; Yale Univ., 1886-90, B.A .; Union College of Law, 1890-2, LL.B .; m. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 27, 1892, Darlene Gibons; children: Harold A., Helen Frances. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of the State of Illinois, July 1, 1892; and has since been engaged in the practice of law; mem. of the firm of Albert H. and Henry Veeder. Is associate counsel for Swift & Co., and other companies. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Mid- Day, Kenwood, Law; also Chicago, of Lake Geneva, Wis., and Lake Geneva Country. Of- fice: 240 LaSalle St. Residence: 4841 Vin- cennes Av.
VEHMEYER, Henry Frederick, pres. Chi- cago Dock Co .; b. Hanover, Ger., Mar. 7, 1845; s. Christian and Elizabeth (Meyerding) Veli- meyer; came to Chicago with parents when 6 years old; ed. Chicago public schools. At age of 14 employed in grocery store, and 2 years later took management of a small grocery, bought by his father, at Adams and Throop Sts .; continued in grocery business 13 years there and at Ann and Lake Sts .; sold busi- ness, 1877, and since then in wholesale broom corn business. Became stockholder and dir., 1890, and since 1893 pres., Chicago Dry Dock Co. Office: 78 LaSalle St. Residence: 4552 For- restville Av.
VENNEMA, John, lawyer; b. Holland, Mich., Oct. 2, 1871; s. Ame Bogardus and Johanna J. DeSwarte; ed. Holland High School and Hope College, Holland, Mich., and Kent College of Law, LL.B., 1896; m. Chi- cago, Oct. 22, 1902, Sybell S. Meyers. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1895; since 1904, partner with Graham H. Harris and Henry Lewis Bird, under firm name of Harris, Vennema & Bird. Dir. Presto Publishing Co .; treas. Benedetto Allegretti Co. Republican. Mem. North Shore Congregational Church. Mem. Park Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Oriental Consistory; Holland Soc. of Chicago (vice-pres.), Sheridan Park Social Club. Office: ist Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 3214 Malden St.
VERBEEK, Herman, pres. and treas. Sani- tary Specialty Mfg. Co .; b. Holland, Ottawa Co., Mich., Jan. 14, 1865; s. Herman W. and Hendertje (Reidsema) Verbeek; ed. public schools of Holland, Mich., followed by special course in bookkeeping and accounting; m. Mill Grove, Allegan Co., Mich., Dell Grace Judd; children: Grace Madeline, Ruth Henriette. Was asst. postmaster, Holland, Mich., 1881; book- keeper, Walsh-DeRoo Milling Co., Holland, Mich., 1883; bookkeeper, Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich., 1884; bookkeeper and confidential man, Sproul & McGurrin, Grand Rapids, Mich., manufacturers of plumb- ing and heating supplies, 1886; organized, 1893, Sanitary Specialty Mfg. Co., plumbing, heat- ing, gas, lighting and water supplies, Chicago, which was incorporated, 1898, and has been its pres., gen. mgr. and treas. ever since. Re- publican. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church and Methodist Social Union. Mem. Chicago Credit Men's Assn., Chicago Supply Assn. Of- fice: 55-57 N. Clinton St. Residence: 3434 Home Av., Berwyn.
VERNON, David, 2d vice-pres. Commercial Nat. Bank; b. Kendall Co., Ill., Dec. 10, 1837; s. William and Sarah W. Vernon; ed. district school, and later in public schools of Chicago, his family moving here 1847; m. Jan. S, 1863, Julia R. Graves, daughter of Warren M. Graves, of Sunderland, Mass .; children: Wil- liam W., Harvey C., Julia G., Marion, Olive. Began business at 17 with exchange bank of H. A. Tucker & Co., remaining until 1861; bookkeeper, cashier and gen. mgr. of a trans- portation co., 1861-4; then in business as man- ufacturers' agent and dealer in fancy papers
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until 1869; began service with Commercial Nat. Bank as bookkeeper, 1869; worked his way through various positions, becoming 2d vice-pres., Jan. 1, 1898. Office: 175 Dearborn St. Residence: 833 W. Monroe St.
VIAL, George McNaughten, manufacturer; b. Lyons Twp., Cook Co., Ill., Feb. 15, 1850; s. Samuel and Margaret (McNaughten) Vial; ed. public school in farming community in Lyons Twp .; m. Grundy Co., Ill., Sept. 15, 1874, Emma F. Goodrich; children: Mary Mc- Naughten, Myrtle Grace, Charles Henry. Brought up on farm; entered paint and glass business in employ of H. M. Hooker, Chicago, 1868; later returned to farm for few years, but re-entered employ of H. M. Hooker (now H. M. Hooker Co.) in Jan., 1880, continuing until 1895, when Mr. Hooker, and others asso- ciated with him, purchased the entire capital stock of the Chicago White Lead and Oil Co .; since Oct., 1895, sec. and gen. mgr. of latter. Congregationalist. Pres. LaGrange Board of Education; dir. LaGrange Public Library. Clubs: LaGrange Country, Chicago Congrega- tional. Office: 41-57 N. Green St. Residence: 124 7th Av., LaGrange, Ill.
VIERLING, Frank Charles, real estate; b. Cincinnati, O., June 13, 1850; s. Francis and Caroline Vierling; came to Chicago, 1855; ed. public schools and in Bryant & Stratton Business College; m. Chicago, Apr. 20, 1871, Margaret Chadwick Williams; children: Mrs. Mary V. Blake, Mrs. Ida V. Waterman, Arthur G. Had varied business experience; was a cook in the Tremont House in 1861; market boy in 1861; cashier, 1862-4, and in Union Army in latter part of 1864 and up to May 28, 1865, serving in Co. F, 23d Ill. Vet. Vols., of which he became corporal, though mustered out before he was quite 15 years old, and was one of the youngest soldiers in the army. On his return to Chicago attended business college; was col- lector, Tribune carrier and clerk, 1867-9; in real estate business since 1870, and has been identified with many important deals. Was school fund appraiser, 1875; alderman from the 2d Ward, 1889-92. Republican. Mem. G. A. R. (three terms commander Custer Post). Mason (32º): mem. Apollo Commandery, K. T .; past noble grand of Union Lodge, I. O. O. F .; mem. K. P. (past chancellor com- mander Welcome No. 1). Clubs: Calumet, Ger- mania, Washington Park. Office: 115 Dearborn St. Residence: 37 75th St.
VIERLING, Louis, manufacturer; b. Chica- go; s. Francis and Caroline Vierling; ed. Chi- cago public schools; m. Chicago, Feb. 7, 1900, Charlotte Bowen Molthop. Began business ex- perience in iron works of N. S. Bouton & Co., 15th and Dearborn Sts., 1872, and in 1882 be- came connected with the Vierling, McDowell & Co. Iron Works, manufacturers of structural and ornamental iron and steel, of which he is now sec. and treas .; also sec. and treas. of Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, Omaha, Neb. Republican. Mem. 7 years and capt. of I. N. G. Mem. 2d Presbyterian Church. Life mem. Art Institute of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Office: 23d St. and Stewart Av. Residence: 120 E. 49th St.
VIERLING, Robert, architectural iron and steel work: b. Buffalo, N. Y .; s. Francis and Caroline Vierling, from Lorraine, France; ed. Chicago public day and evening schools and Chicago Athenaeum. Began in the iron and steel business with N. S. Bouton & Co., Chi- cago, as a boy, in 1871, and continued with them until Apr., 1882, when organized the firm of Vierling, McDowell & Co., manufacturers of structural and ornamental iron and steel, which was incorporated under laws of Illinois, 1884, when became pres., in which position continues. In Dec., 1885, assisted to organize corporation of Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, Omaha, Neb., in same line of manufacture, of which is vice-pres. Also interested in other
industrial' corporations in Chicago. Formerly lieut .- col. 2d Infy., I. N. G., and senior maj. of provisional regt. for Spanish-Am. War. Mem. 2d Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Homewood. Office: 23d St, and Stew- art Av. Residence: 4914 Greenwood Av.
VIGNERON, Eugene, dentist; b. Mexico, Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, 1861; s. John and Annette Vigneron; ed. Mexico (N. Y.) Acad. and Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, D.D.S., 1883; m. Chicago, 1889, Agnes J. Mor- gan; 1 son: Eugene Morgan. Engaged in prac- tice of dentistry in Chicago since graduation, 1883. Formerly prof. of dental pathology at Northwestern Univ. Dental School. Mem. Chi- cago Odontographic Soc., Illinois State Dental Soc. Republican. Office: 92 State St. Resi- dence: 6523 Kimbark Av.
VILAS, Albert H., manufacturer; b. Racine, Wis., June 11, 1848; s. Moses and Harriet (Cary) Vilas; ed. Racine High School; served short term of enlistment in Union Army in Civil War; m. Evanston, Ill., Oct. 8, 1869, Frances E. Gilbert; children: Albert M., Mrs. D. A. Miller, Mrs. D. A. Johnston. Since 1878 a manufacturer of mouldings and picture frames; now pres. of A. H. Vilas Co. Episco- palian. Office: 319 W. Lake St. Residence: Oak Park, Ill.
VILAS, Charles Harrison, ex-pres. and em- eritus prof. of ophthalmology and otology, Hahnemann Med. College and Hosp .; b. Chel- sea, Vt., July 22, 1846; s. Hon. Levi B. and Esther Green (Smilie) Vilas; grad. Univ. of Wis., 1865 (A.M., 1868); grad. Hahnemann Med. College, Chicago, 1873; physician and surgeon; for the last 29 years identified with Hahnemann Med. College and Hosp., in dept. of ophthalmology and otology; formerly pres. Western Acad. of Homoe .; ex-pres. Nat. Oph- thalmol. and Otol. Soc .; etc. Address: 2811 Cottage Grove Av.
VILLMOW, Berthold, Chicago mgr. O. L. Packard Machinery Co .; b. Stolp, Germany, Aug. 21, 1869; s. Herman and Augusta (Erdt) Villmow; ed. public schools in Germany; m. Milwaukee, May, 1893, Anna Kludt; 1 daugh- ter: Eleanor. After leaving school in Germany served as an office assistant to a firm of law- yers until he was about 1612 years of age, when he came to the U. S. Went to Milwaukee and entered service of the O. L. Packard Machinery Co .; served in various capacities until Jan. 1, 1902, when he was appointed mgr. of the company's Chicago branch, in which position he continues. Republican. Lu- theran. Office: 34-36 S. Canal St. Residence: 2693 N. Hermitage Av.
VINCENT, George Edgar, educator; b. Rock- ford, Ill., 1864; grad. Yale, 1885 (Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1896); editorial work, 1885-6; in Europe and Orient, 1886-7; literary editor Chautauqua Press, 1886; vice-prin. Chautauqua System since 1888; prin. of instruction, 1898; fellow in sociology, 1892-4; asst., 1894-5; in- structor, 1895-6; asst. prof., 1896-1900; asso- ciate prof. and now prof. sociology, Univ. of Chicago. Author: Social Mind and Education (with A. W. Small); An Introduction to the Study of Society. Address: 5737 Lexington Av.
VINCENT, William Alexander, lawyer; b. Wheeling, Va., Jan. 1, 1857; s. John A. and Katharine Anne (Blanchard) Vincent; early education in public schools, Springfield, Ill .; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O., A.B., class of 1877; Columbia Law School, New York, LL.B., 1879; m. Springfield, Ill., Nov. 17, 1885; children: Charles Ridgely, Katharine Anne, Jane, John Alexander. In practice of law at Springfield, Ill., June, 1879, until 1883, when went to New Mexico as counsel for the A., T. & S. F. R. R., and for the Scottish Mortgage Co., of Scotland; was appointed by Pres. Cleveland chief justice of the Supreme Court of New Mexico, serving until 1888, and in 1889 was appointed chief justice of Mon-
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tana, and afterward declined the position as chief justice of Utah; came to Chicago and re- sumed practice of law, in partnership with Judge Goodrich, Judge Collins and Clarence S. Darrow, later changing to present firm of Goodrich, Vincent & Bradley. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., and Illinois State Bar Assn. Was capt. and adjt. of 5th regt., I. N. G., while living at Springfield, Ill., and later was judge advocate of New Mexico, with rank of col. Clubs: Chicago, University, Chicago Golf, On- wentsia. Saddle and Cycle, Twentieth Cen- tury, Marquette, Mid-Day. Office: The Rook- ery. Residence: 47 Astor St.
VIRDEN, Frederick B., principal Chicago Business College; b. Jersey Co., Ill., Jan. 20, 1864; s. Francis Wilson and Margaret (Cox) Virden; grad. Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal School, 1887; m. Chicago, Sept. 10, 1894, L. Mae Nelson; children: Frederick W., Harold N. Taught in public schools in Southern Illi- nois for 5 years prior to settling in Chicago, 1887; since 1889 principal of the Chicago Busi- ness College and pres. and treas. of the col- lege corporation. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mem. I. O. O. F. Office: 67 Wabash Av. Residence: 344 W. 59th Pl.
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