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WILCE, George Carlisle, lumber; b. Chica- go, Dec. 7, 1864; s. Thomas and Jane (Carlisle) Wilce; ed. public schools and in Bryant & Stratton Business College. Began in the lum- ber business on leaving school in 1878, as asst. in the business owned by his father; now vice-pres. and treas. of the T. Wilce Co., manufacturers, hardwood flooring, etc. Mem. Lumberman's Assn., Builders' Club, Builders' and Traders' Exchange. Republican. Metho- dist. Office: 22d and Throop Sts. Residence: 708 W. Harrison St.
WILCE, Thomas Ernest, lumber; b. Chica- go, Feb. 14, 1867; s. Thomas and Jane (Car- lisle) Wilce; ed. public schools of Chicago and business college. At age of 17 entered the business of his father. In 1898 became sec. of the T. Wilce Co., manufacturers hardwood flooring, etc. Independent in politics. Baptist.
WILCOX, John William, merchant; b. Al- lensville, O., Aug. 31, 1847; s. Dr. Joseph and Mary J. (McClanahan) Wilcox; ed. public schools; entered Union Army, Nov. 12, 1863, at 16 years of age, and served 11 months; taught in public school 11/2 years after leav- ing army; m. Hamden, Vinton Co., O., Sept. 29, 1871, Mary E. Hurtt; 1 daughter: E. Blanche (now Mrs. William R. Barnes). Be- gan business life as clerk in country store; established general store of own, 1872, at Hamden, O., and continued in same line there and at Springfield, O., and Marysville, Union Co., O., until 1884; removed to Pratt, Pratt Co., Kan .; organized the Farmers and Mer- chants' Bank there and was its cashier until 1888; sold interest and was for several years connected with Pond's Extract Co., of New York, with headquarters in Montreal, Can., and afterward in Chicago; resigned, 1897, and purchased interest in C. M. Barnes Co., whole- sale school and college text books, of which he is sec. and treas. Always Republican. Pres- byterian. Office: 262 Wabash Av. Residence: 2218 Kenmore Av.
WILCOX, Wayland D., clergyman; b. Coven- try, R. I., Nov. 15, 1875; s. John D. and Ellen E. (Leach) Wilcox; ed. public schools of Providence, R. J., 1882-90; Alfred Acad. and Alfred Univ., Alfred, N. Y., 1894-9; Lewis In- stitute, Chicago, 1902-4; Chicago Theological Seminary, 1904; m. Richburg, N. Y., July 31, 1901, Faith M. Lyon; 1 son: James Lyon Wil- cox. Pastor of Seventh Day Baptist churches, at Preston, N. Y., 1899-1900; Westerly, R. I., 1900-1; Lincklaen, N. Y., 1901-2; since July, 1902, pastor Chicago Seventh Day Baptist Church. Residence: 516 W. Monroe St.
WILCOXON, Howard Thomas, lawyer; b. Freeport, Ill., Jan. 11, 1869; s. Thomas D. and Ellen E. (Mennig) Wilcoxon; grad. North- western Univ., A.B., 1893; law school of Lake Forest Univ., Chicago, LL.B., 1896; m. Evans- ton, Ill., May 17, 1899, Faerie D. Bartlett; 1 son: John T. (now deceased). Engaged in law practice since 1897; now of law firm of Holt & Wilcoxon. Independent in politics. Club: Evanston Golf. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 3142 Forest Av.
WILD, Harrison M., organist, conductor; b. Hoboken, N. J., Mar. 6, 1861; s. Thomas S. and Georgina H. Wild; musical education un- der Arthur J. Creswold, and, 1878-9, at Leip- zig, Ger .; studied in Chicago, 1879-83; 5 years organist Ascension Church, 1 year Memorial Church, 13 years at Unity Church, now at Grace P. E. Church, Chicago. Conductor since Dec., 1895, Mendelssohn Maennerchor; also conductor Apollo Club, Chicago. Mem. Chicago Manuscript Soc .; Am. Guild of Organists, New York, etc. Office: 243 Wabash Av. Residence: 3212 Groveland Av.
WILDER, Henry White; b. Essex, N. Y., July 16, 1866; s. Charles Nelson and Martha Louisa (Thornton) Wilder; ed. public schools and Univ. of Illinois, A.B., 1886; m. Racine, Wis., Feb. 22, 1890, Susan V. Kann: children: Thornton Stower, Chester Nelson. From 1886 to 1889 was in St. Paul, Minn., with Allen Moon & Co., wholesale grocers; since Aug., 1889, sec. Chicago Bridge & Iron Works. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Was capt. and adju- tant 8th Infy., I. N. G., 1885-6. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 105th and Throop Sts. Resi- dence: 9847 Prospect Av.
WILDER, John Emery, tanner and leather merchant; b. Lancaster. Mass., Apr. 16, 1861; s. Charles Lewis and Harriet Ellen (Harris) Wilder; ed. Lancaster, Mass., public schools and Massachusetts Agricultural College, graduating B. S., 1882; m. Oak Park, Ill., Apr. 14, 1886, Laura Hurlbut; children: Lawrence Russell, Emory Hurlbut. Lois, Antoinette. Commenced as clerk for Wilder & Hale, Chi-
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cago, Nov. 1, 1882; became salesman, 1883, and partner, 1886, the firm changing, 1887, to Wilder & Co. (his brother, Thomas E., being senior mem.), tanners and leather merchants. Also treas. and sec. Wilder-Manning Tanning Co .; dir. J. W. & A. P. Howard Co., Ltd., Corry, Pa. Republican. Presbyterian. Pres. Evanston Y. M. C. A. and chairman State Executive Committee of the Illinois Y. M. C. A .; trustee Beloit College. Vice-pres. Illinois Manufacturers' Assn. Clubs: Union League, Evanston, Skokie Golf. Office: 212-214 Lake St. Residence: 1211 Hinman Av., Evanston.
WILDER, Ralph Everett, cartoonist; b. Worcester, Mass., Feb. 23, 1875; s. Frank N. and Susan White (Danforth) Wilder; ed. Chi- cago public schools, Morgan Park Acad., Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago Art Acad .; m. Charlotte L. White. Cartoonist on Chicago Record-Herald since June 6, 1903. Office: The Record-Herald. Residence: 2144 W. 103d St. WILDER, Thomas Edward, tanner and wholesale leather merchant; b. Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 15, 1855; s. Charles Lewis and Harriet Ellen (Harris) Wilder; ed. Lancas- ter (Mass.) Acad. and Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic Institute, graduating with degree of M.E .; m. Chicago, 1880, Anna G. Tucker, daughter of William F. Tucker; children: Marjorie (now Mrs. William H. Emery), Ed- ward Tucker, Erskine Phelps, Harold, Paul, Harris Emory. Taught school, 1874-5; came to Chicago, 1875, as clerk with Walker, Oakley & Co., tanners; started in commission leather business as T. F. Wilder in 1878, and in 1879 as Johnson & Wilder, manufacturers of cut soles, etc .; firm of Wilder & Hale succeeded, 1880, changing in 1887 to the present style of Wilder & Co., of which he is senior mem., with his brother, John E. Wilder, as the part- ner, tanners, cut sole and shoe bottom stock manufacturers, and wholesale jobbers of leather. Also vice-pres. of Wilder-Manning Tanning Co., of Waukegan, Ill., and chairman J. W. & A. P. Howard Co., Ltd., Corry, Pa. Republican. Unitarian. Ex-Pres. of the Massa- chusetts Soc. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Elmhurst Golf (pres.). Office: 212- 2.14 Lake St. Residence: Elmhurst, Ill.
WILDER, William Hamlin, physician; b. Covington, Ky., Dec. 16, 1860; s. Josiah and Emma (Morse) Wilder; grad. Belmont Col- lege, College Hill, Cincinnati, A.B., 1879; Med. College of Ohio, M.D., 1884; resident physician Cincinnati Hosp., 1883-4; student in Univ. of Göttingen, 1889; Univ. of Vienna, 1890; pur- sued study also in hosps. of Berlin and Lon- don, 1890-1; m. Cincinnati, O., June 10, 1884, Ella Taylor (died 1898); children: Russell Morse, Laura Carroll. Practiced general medi- cine and surgery at Cincinnati, O., 1884-9; practiced as specialist in diseases of the eye and ear in Chicago since 1892. Asst. prof. of ophthalmology, Rush Med. College; prof. of ophthalmology, Chicago Policlinic; surgeon Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mem. Am. Ophthalmological Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthalmological Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Medico-Legal Soc. Independent Republican. Clubs: Quadrangle, Washington Park, Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Physicians. Office: 103 State St. Resi- dence: 5811 Monroe Av.
WILEY, Edward Norris, insurance under- writer; b. Hartford, Conn., Mar. 8, 1855; s. William H. and Miranda (Griswold) Wiley; ed. public schools of Hartford, Conn .; m. Chi- cago, 1883, Jennie Moore (died July 15, 1903) ; children: Silas M., Edward N., Jr. Began busi- ness life in the employ of Weatherby, Knaus & Pelton, wholesale dry goods merchants, Hartford; with them for 9 years. Came to Chi- cago in Jan., 1881, and engaged in the fire in- surance business with firm of S. M. Moore & Co., which later became Webster, Wiley &
Co., and in 1901, present firm of Wiley, Jen- nings, Corlies & Magill was formed. Repub- lican. Was a mem. of Co. K, 1st Regt., Conn. N. G. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Midlothian. Mem. Kenwood Evan- gelical Church. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 159 47th St.
WILK, Frederick Louis, banker; b. Colum- bus, O., May 25, 1856; s. Frederick and Fred- ericka (Behnke) Wilk; ed. Wells School, Chi- cago, 1861-4, and 1867-9; Lutheran parochial school, 1864-7; Chicago High School, 1869-71; m. Chicago, Sept. 7, 1882, Caroline Bruno; children: Ilma M., Emily M., Frederick Louis, Jr., Ruth C., Dorothy M. Entered service of Union Trust Co. (formerly Union Insurance & Trust Co.), Aug. 5, 1871, as messenger and general utility man, and has since served with the company through successive promo- tions, becoming vice-pres. and dir., Jan. 15, 1896. Also vice-pres. and dir. of Illinois Ware- house & Storage Co., and of Wilson & Wilk Plumbing Co. Lutheran. Republican; 18 years mem. Cook Co. Republican Committee; 6 years chairman 15th Ward Republican Club; mem. Cook Co. Republican Executive Committee and 1 year its treas. Mason. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Mar- quette, Northwest. Office: 143 Dearborn St. Residence: 1824 Surf St.
WILKERSON, James Herbert, county atty. of Cook Co .; b. Savannah, Mo., Dec. 11, 1869; s. John W. and Lydia (Austin) Wilkerson; grad. DePauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., with degree of A.B., 1889; successfully represented Indiana in the interstate oratorical contest of 1889; m. South Bend, Ind., Aug. 21, 1891, Mary Roth. Principal of high school, Hastings, Neb., 1890-1; instructor in DePauw Univ., 1891-3; admitted to bar in Chicago, 1893, and began practice in connection with Myron H. Beach; became connected in 1894 with law firm of Tenney, McConnell & Coffeen, and became partner in that firm in 1900; firm now Tenney, Coffeen, Harding & Wilkerson. Republican; mem. Illinois Legislature, 1902, from 13th Dist .; conducted the fight for a State Civil Service Law and introduced and secured the passage of the constitutional amendment for a new charter for Chicago. Appointed county atty. for Cook Co., 1903, and has conducted important litigation involving questions of taxation, particularly the taxation of the capital stock of corporations. Clubs: Law, Hamilton, Woodlawn Park. Office: Home In- surance Bldg. Residence: 6448 Minerva Av.
WILKINS, John Hamilton, grain commis- sion; b. Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1873; s. Benjamin and Rosana (McClure) Wilkins; ed. public schools and Univ. of Tennessee; m. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1899, Clara Kleiner; chil- dren: Frank Hamilton, Ralph Clifton. Was a partner in the grain commission business with A. K. Munson, 1893-9; since then alone, under style of J. H. Wilkins & Co. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Riding and Driving, Illinois Athletic. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Resi- dence: 5320 Prairie Av.
WILKINS, Joseph Risburg; sec. Chicago Stock Exchange; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 17, 1841; s. Joseph R. and Maria (Runyon) Wil- kins; ed. Philadelphia schools; m. 1864, Mary L. Hand, of Philadelphia; 2 daughters: Anna Wilkins Coleman, Mary. In 1862 engaged as conveyancer of real estate; started 1866 in stock brokerage business as mem. of firm of McDowell & Wilkins, but later became official- ly connected with Philadelphia Stock Exchange as 1st vice-chairman and later as chairman; became, May, 1882, on its opening, chairman of the Chicago Stock Exchange, which posi- tion he still holds; also since 1894 sec. of the exchange and mgr. of clearing-house. Clubs: Union, Washington Park, Saddle and Cycle. Office: 108 LaSalle St. Residence: 83 Elm St.
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WILKINSON, George Lawrence, patent at- torney; b. Washington, D. C., Sept. 9, 1868; s. A. George and Lue Burnam (Wilson) Wil- kinson; grad. Columbian College, B.S., 1888; Columbian Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1891; LL.M., 1892; m. Jackson, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1895, Adele Enloe; 1 daughter: Frances Ashworth. Was an examiner in the U. S. Patent Office at Washington from June 1, 1889, to May 1, 1901, and law clerk in same, 1901; also regis- trar of Columbian Univ., 1888-9; patent atty. at Chicago since May 1, 1901, and since May 1, 1902, mem. of firm of Chamberlin & Wilkin- son; also dir. B-OK. Tire Co. Baptist. Re- publican. Clubs: Evanston Country, Union League. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 1213 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill.
WILKINSON, Harry, editor and journalist; b. West Lebanon, Pa., Nov. 8, 1858; s. William Clark and Mary H. (Cooper) Wilkinson; aca- demic education; m. Chicago, July 25, 1895, Mary Wardell; 1 son: Wardell. City editor Pittsburgh Times, 1883-5; city editor of the Chicago Daily News, 1892; editor and pub- lisher of the Chicago Daily Globe, 1893; now editor and publisher of the Chicago Banker (financial journal), and pres .- treas. of the Chicago Banker Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Illinois Automobile (pres.), Washington Park. Office: Monadnock Bldg. Residence: 5127 Lexington Av.
WILKINSON, William Cleaver, prof. poetry and criticism Univ. of Chicago since 1892; b. Westford, Vt., Oct. 19, 1833; s. Dr. Thomas and Sarah (Cleaver) Wilkinson; grad. Univ. of Rochester, 1857 (D.D., 1873); Rochester Theol. Seminary, 1859; m. 1863, Harriet S., daughter Prof. J. F. Richardson of Univ. of Rochester. Ordained to ministry, 1859; pastor 2d Bapt. Church, New Haven, 1859-61; prof., ad interim, modern languages, Univ. of Ro- chester, 1863-4; afterward pastor Mt. Auburn Bapt. Church, Cincinnati; relinquished pas- toral work because of failing health; prof. homiletics and pastoral theology Rochester Theol. Seminary, 1872-81; in literary work, 1873-92; counselor Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Address: 5630 Woodlawn Av., Chicago.
WILL, Harry Clayton, physician and sur- geon; b. Buckhannon, W. Va., Feb. 22, 1866; s. James S. and Katherine (Berlin) Will; at- tended public schools until 16 years of age; then at. Iowa State College, Ames, Ia., 3 years, 1882-4; principal of schools at Jewell Junc- tion, Ia., 2 years, 1884-6; engaged in drug business at Eagle Grove, Ia., 4 years, 1886-9; entered med. dept. of Northwestern Univ., 1889, graduating M.D., 1892; m. Chicago, 1904, Laura W. Spice, of Baltimore, Md. Since graduation in 1892 engaged in general prac- tice of medicine and surgery in Chicago. In- structor in surgery, Chicago Policlinic; local surgeon C. & N .- W. Ry. at Ravenswood; ex- aminer for the Banker's Life Assn. of Des Moines, Ia. District county physician of Cook Co., 1893-4. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc .; Mason. Mem. K. P., Modern Woodmen, Independent Order of Foresters. Office: 1916 Evanston Av. Residence: 283 Hazel Av.
WILLARD, Daniel, 2d vice-pres. C., B. & Q. Ry. Co .; b. North Hartland, Vt., Jan. 28, 1861; s. Daniel S. and Mary Daniels Willard; grad. Windsor (Vt.) High School, 1878; m. North Troy, Vt., 1885, Bertha Elkins; children: 2 sons. Entered railway service, 1879, in track dept. of the Central Vermont R. R .; same year entered the employ of the Passumpsic R. R. in Vermont as locomotive fireman; with that company 4 years as fireman and engineer; also with L. S. & M. S. R. R. as locomotive engineer, and with Minneapolis & Sault Ste. Marie R. R., 1+ years as conductor, engineer, trainmaster, and supt .; left there in 1899 to
become asst. gen. mgr. of the B. & O. R. R .; left that company in 1901 to take position as asst. to pres. of the Erie R. R .; remained with that company until Jan. 1, 1904, as asst. to pres., 3d vice-pres. and 1st vice-pres. and gen. mgr .; on Jan. 1, 1904, resigned position with the Erie R. R. to accept present position as 2d vice-pres. of the C., B. & Q. Ry. Co. Of- fice: 209 Adams St. Residence: 2837 Michigan Av.
WILLARD, Gardener Goodrich, lawyer; b. Metamora, Woodford Co., Ill., Apr. 8, 1845; s. Peter H. and Elizabeth Osgood (Goodrich) Willard; ed. preparatory dept. of Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1857-61, and at Harvard Univ., B.A., class of 1869; was private in Chi- cago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Volunteers, in the Civil War, Aug., 1862, to Mar. 1, 1863. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1871; now senior partner in the law firm of Willard & Evans, Chicago. Republican. Clubs: University, Illi- nois. Office: 87 E. Washington St. Residence: 5528 Madison Av.
WILLARD, George, lawyer; b. Natural Bridge, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Apr. 15, 1839; s. Johnson and Margaret (Becker) Willard; ed. district school of native village, Gouverneur College, N. Y., 1858; Union College of Law, Chicago, 1864-5; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 6, 1865, Fannie J. Rodden; children: George Rodden, William Blodgett, Bessie, Grace. Served in Civil War (90 days' service) as 1st sergeant Co. B, 132d Ill. Vol. Infy., June 1 to Oct. 17, 1864. Admitted to bar in June, 1865, and since then engaged in practice in Chicago, principally at atty. and counsel for railroad and other corporations; asst. sec. and treas. Western R. R. Assn., 1869-75; local atty. C. & N .- W. Ry. Co., Chicago, 1870-5; atty. Erie Ry. Co. and its successors, 1871-91; atty. North Chicago Rolling Mill Co., 1871-90; asst. solicitor Pennsylvania R. R. Co. at Chicago, 1873-8; atty. International Navigation Co. of Philadelphia, 1875-1903; atty. Northern Pa- cific Ry. Co., 1877-91; solicitor Pennsylvania R. R. Co. since 1880; atty. Union Steamboat Co. at Chicago, 1880-8. Dir. Calumet River Ry. Co. and of South Chicago & Southern Ry. Co. Republican. Was atty. for Village of Hyde Park, 1885-6; treas. same, 1879-80 and 1882-3; master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1874-80. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., charter mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Mem. George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R .; Hyde Park Coun- cil, Royal Arcanum. Club: Union League. Of- fice: 2 Sherman St. Residence: 262 E. 53d St.
WILLARD, George Edwin, physician and surgeon; b. Wilmington, Will Co., Ill., Nov. 20, 1854; s. Dr. Edwin R. (major-surgeon 13th Ill. Cav.) and Ann (McIntosh) Willard; ed. Wilmington, Ill., graded school and by pri- vate instructors in the sciences and classics, applying time also to study of medicine with father in his drug store until 1871, when be- came student med. dept .. Univ. of Michigan, until 1873; in Chicago Med. College, 1873-4, graduating M.D., 1874; also M. D. od eundem gradum from Jefferson Med. College, Philadel- phia, 1875, and B.S. from Chicago College of Sciences, 1897; m. McHenry, Ill., June 10, 1875, Helen L., daughter of late Rev. Samuel Hewes of Crete, Ill .; children: Mrs. Jennie Hewes Willard Dixon (died June 29, 1900), Donald Edwin, George Earle. Began practice of medicine in Chicago, 1876; in 1880 returned to Wilmington and entered business with father in drugs and chemicals under firm name of Willard & Willard until 1883; re- turned to Chicago and has continued in gen- eral practice of medicine and surgery since then; prof. of medical jurisprudence in Chi- cago Law School, 1897-1901. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Mason: Richard Cole Lodge, Logan Chapter, Apollo Commandery. Office and residence: 470 E. 44th St.
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WILLARD, Monroe Livingston, lawyer; b. Metamora, Ill., Feb. 26, 1853; s. Peter H. and Elizabeth O. G. Willard; parents removed to St. Louis, Mo., in 1857 and from thence to Chicago, in 1861; ed. public schools; grad. Chicago High School, June, 1871; student Har- vard Univ., 1871-4; taught as private tutor and read law under Francis Rawle, Jr., in Philadelphia, 1874-7. Admitted to bar, 1879; entered employ of law firm of Hitchcock, Du- pee & Judah, 1877; became partner in firm of Dupee & Judah, 1882; firm now Dupee, Judah, Willard & Wolf. Mem. Chicago and Illinois Bar Assns. Clubs: University, Harvard, Mid- lothian. Office: 185 Dearborn St. Residence: 5528 Madison Av.
WILLARD, Norman Porter, lawyer; b. Zum- brota, Minn., Mar. 10, 1861; s. Rev. Henry and Jeannie (Wells) Willard; ed. public schools of Minnesota; high school, Troy, N. Y .; Oberlin College, A.B., 1882 (A.M., 1885) ; m. Sandusky, O., Mar. 18, 1905, Mary Hubbell. Studied law; was admitted to bar in 1884, and since then has been continuously en- gaged in the practice of law in Chicago, with Frederick W. Moore in the firm of Wil- lard & Moore, 1895-1905, and since May 1, 1905, alone. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Am. Eco- nomic Assn., Am. Historical Assn. Independ- ent in politics. Congregationalist. Clubs: Uni- versity, Quadrangle, Congregational. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 5555 Woodlawn Av.
WILLARD, Silas Smith, lawyer; b. Herki- mer Co., N. Y., May 13, 1840; s. Silas and Cynthia (Smith) Willard; ed. common school, Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1844-54; Whitestown Seminary and Fairfield Acad., N. Y., 1854-8; Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Law School, 1858-60, LL.B .; m. Chicago, July 1, 1877, Alma M. Hand. Admitted to bar, Syracuse, N. Y., 1861; practiced law at Lodi, Wis., 1861-4; in Chi- cago since 1864, covering a general law prac- tice; from 1873 to 1877 was of law firm of Hutchinson & Willard; since then alone. U. S. Commissioner since 1870. Mem. People's Church. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 6615 Perry Av.
WILLARD, William Gleason, physician and surgeon; b. Fairhaven, Mass., Oct. 15, 1865; s. John and Catharine (Steele) Willard; pre- liminary education at Newton (Mass.) High School and Carleton College, Northfield, Minn .; grad. Chicago Homoeopathic Med. College, 1887; Rush Med. College, 1898; m. Chicago, Oct. 2, 1894, Edna L. Carpenter; children: Helen Carpenter, Catherine Roberts, Edna Steele, William Dayton, John. Interne at Cook Co. Hosp., 1887-8, and served successively as consulting physician, gynecologist and sur- geon during the following 10 years. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Nat. Assn. of Military Sur- geons. Congregationalist. Mem. Chicago Con- gregational Club and Physicians' Club. Sur- geon 1st Infy., I. N. G., 7 years; maj. and surgeon 1st Infy., Ill. Vol., during Spanish- Am. War, serving through the Santiago cam- paign with the 5th Army Corps. Mem. Soc. of the Army of Santiago de Cuba and of the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish- Am. War. Office: 31 Washington St. Residence: 1104 Washington Boul.
WILLETT, Consider Heath, lawyer; b. Onondaga, near Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1840; s. William and Tryphosa (Jackson) Willett; grad. New York State Normal School at Al- bany, N. Y., 1862; volunteered as private, and was afterward promoted orderly sergeant and capt., serving in the Army of the Potomac and Dept. of the Gulf until the close of the Civil War; studied Kent and Blackstone in the army under tuition of a brother officer, and after war attended a course of med. lec- tures in Bellevue Hosp. Med. College, New
York, and law lectures at Albany Law School; studied law in offices in Syracuse, N. Y., and in the law school of the Univ. of Michigan, graduating LL.B., 1867. Admitted to Illinois bar, July 29, 1867; since then engaged in gen- eral practice of law in Chicago. Served 3 terms as village atty. of Hyde Park, and 4 terms as county atty. of Cook Co. Republican. Mem. G. A. R. (Grant Post No. 28), Soc. of the Army of the Potomac; m. Ann Arbor, Mich .. Nov. 5, 1867, Addie L. Wilder. Office: 171 La- Salle St. Residence: 413 E. 48th St.
WILLETT, Herbert Lockwood, educator, lecturer; b. Ionia, Mich., May 5, 1864; s. Gor- don A. and Mary E. Willett; grad. Bethany College, W. Va., 1886, A.M., 1887; student Yale (Semitics), 1890-1; Chicago Univ., 1893-5; Ph.D., Chicago, 1896; graduate student, Ber- lin, 1898-9; m. Kenton, O., Jan. 4, 1888, Emma Augusta Price. Minister, Disciples of Christ. Asst. prof. Semitic languages and literatures, Univ. of Chicago, since 1896; dean Disciples' Divinity House, Chicago. Editor Christian Century, Chicago; asso. editor Biblical World; lecturer on Bible topics. Mem. Delta Tau Delta fraternity. (See Who's Who in America for books, etc.) Residence: 389 E. 56th St.
WILLEY, Cameron Lyon, lumber; b. Dan- ville, N. Y., 1855; ed. public schools and at Russell Institute, LeRoy, N. Y., graduating from latter, 1871. Began business career in employ of his father, in practical work of saw and shingle mill at Warren, Pa., for 7 years; had lumber yard at Allegheny City, Pa., 1877- 90; since 1890 in business in Chicago, making
a specialty of the trade in hardwoods and veneers. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Washington Park. Office: 1225 S. Robey St. Residence: 3659 Michigan Av.
WILLIAMS, Arista Bedford, lawyer; b. on farm near Bedford, Ind., Nov. 29, 1860; s. Thomas Carter and Elizabeth Clementine (Fish) Williams; grad. Valparaiso (Ind.) Col- lege, 1879, A.B .; m. Columbus, O., Dec. 19, 1901, Grace Neil: 1 son: Neil. After gradua- tion taught in Indiana schools, and in 1884 was admitted to the bar of Indiana. Prac- ticed in Sullivan, Ind., 1893; came to Chicago, and became mem. of firm of Cutting, Castle & Williams, which was dissolved on elec- tion of Charles S. Cutting as judge of probate court in 1900; since 1901 of firm of Castle, Williams & Smith. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Institute. Gold Democrat. Mason: Mem. Siloam Commandery, K. T., and of Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine; K. P. Club: Westward Ho. Office: Chamber of Com- merce Bldg. Residence: 1761 Magnolia Av.
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