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 27

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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BURWASH, Henry John, physician; b. St. Andrews, province of Quebec, Can., Nov. 17, 1854; s. Albert and Jane (Jefferson) Burwash; ed. public school of St. Andrews, P. Q., Can., La Chute Acad., 1874; graduate med. dept. Mc- Gill Univ., Montreal, P. Q., Can., 1879; also licentiate of Royal College of Physicians, London, Eng., 1879; post-graduate St. Thomas Hosp. Med. School, London, 1879; m. Minne- apolis, Minn., May 3, 1883, Margarita A. Meyer, of Hanover. Germany; children: Elvira T. J., Florence M. H. (died at age of 5 years). Has practiced medicine in Chicago since 1884; for several years surgeon Cook Co. Hosp .; mem. and ex-pres. McGill Alumni Assn., Chicago. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Pathological Soc. Has written numerous monographs on medical subjects. Republican. Mason, D. C. Cregier Lodge, Washington Chap- ter; Chicago Commandery, K. T .; Royal League. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office and resi- dence: 721 N. Hoyne Av.

BUSBEY, William Harrison, journalist; b. Vienna, Clark Co., O., Feb. 24, 1839; s. Thomas C. and Anna Botkin Bushey; m. Oak Grove, Ill., May 21, 1868, Mary M. Harvey; children: Winifred Grace, Mabel Harvey. Left school Apr., 1861, to enlist in Union Army, serving until June 19, 1864, Co. C, 1st Kentucky Volun- teer Infantry. While in the army served as newspaper correspondent; at close of war was city editor of Ohio State Journal until 1867; was private sec. to Governors J. D. Cox and R. B. Hayes, of Ohio, 1867-8; again city editor Ohio State Journal, 1868-71; associate

editor Toledo Blade, 1871-3; came to Chicago and was western editor and mgr. of the Am. Agriculturalist and Hearth and Home; later with Chicago Tribune; and since 1876 has been editorial writer on the Inter Ocean; managing editor, 1883-98. Office: The Inter Ocean. Resi- dence: 843 W. Adams St.

BUSBY, Leonard Allen, lawyer; b. Jewett, Harrison Co., O., May 22, 1869; s. Sheridan and Margaret (Quigley) Busby; ed. public school, Jewett, O., until 16, then taught in public schools of Harrison Co., O., 4 years; student Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1890-4, grad- uating A.B .; Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1894-5, graduating LL.B. Admitted to Illinois bar, June, 1895; clerk with law firm of Lyman & Jackson; admitted to the firm, Dec., 1898 (David B. Lyman leaving the firm to become pres. Chicago Title & Trust Co., and his son, David B. Lyman, Jr., becoming junior mem.), under the style of Jackson, Busby & Lyman; after the death of Col. Jackson, Jan. 3, 1901, Mr. David B. Lyman resigned the presidency of the Chicago Title & Trust Co. and became a mem. of the present firm of Lyman, Busby & Lyman. Sole executor and trustee of the Huntington W. Jackson estate; trustee John Crerar Library, succeeding Huntington W. Jackson in the Board; mem. Phi Delta Theta fraternity; treas. and mem. Board of Man- agers, Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat (Cleve- land). Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Literary, La- Grange. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: 6042 Woodlawn Av.

BUSENBARK, William R., stock broker; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Apr. 25, 1855; s. John H. and Lucy Amey (Wooster) Busenbark; ed. public schools of Ann Arbor, Mich .; m. Mason, Mich., Oct. 10, 1876, Marte E., daughter of Judge Amos E. Steele; 1 daughter: Grace Marie. Entered service of the Michigan Cen- tral R. R. Apr., 1873, in telegraph dept; occu- pied various positions In traffic dept., 1876-81; appointed general western passenger agent, Chicago, 1881; general eastern agent, Buffalo, 1883; asst. general passenger agent, Chicago, 1887; general passenger agent Chicago Great Western Ry., 1889-91; general traffic mgr. same, 1891-4; retired from railroad business, 1894, to banking and brokerage business, and since 1895 associated with Counselman & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Washington Park, Midlothian. Office: 137 Adams St. Residence: 3122 Michigan Av.

BUSH, David L., railway supt .; b. Sharon, Wis., July 31, 1855; s. Jacob H. and Martha Bush; public school education; m. Racine, Wis., 1879, Nellie M. Smith; children: 1 son and 2 daughters. Began railway service as night operator on the Western Union Rail- wav, 1872: chief operator at Racine, Wis., 1875-7; train dispatcher, Jan. 18, 1877, to Sept. 26, 1880; supt. telegraph, Western Union and Sabula, Ackley & Dakota Rys., May 1, 1877, to Jan. 1, 1882; supt. Racine & Southwestern division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry., Sept. 26. 1880, to July 1. 1887; supt. James River division, July 1, 1887, to Jan. 31. 1888; southern Minnesota division, Feb. 1, 1888. to Feb. 1, 1890; Aug. 15, 1894, to Apr. 1, 1898; supt. River division at St. Paul, Aug. 15. 1894. to April 1, 1898; asst. gen. supt. at Milwaukee, Apr. 1, 1898. to May 1. 1903; since last date gen. supt. of the entire Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul Ry. system. Office: Railway Exchange. Residence: Evanston.

BUSH, Henry W., fire underwriter; h. Kala- mazoo, Mich., Nov. 29, 1847; s. Harvey and Laura M. (Burdick) Bush; ed. public schools of Jackson, Mich .; m. Chicago, Oct. 4. 1869. Hannah P. Frisbie; children: Laura M., Hattie F., Harvey A., George A. Entered insurance office of Bush & McGee, Jackson, Mich .. 1869, and later became mem. of firm of Harvey, Bush & Son, then Bush, Brown & Bush, and

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afterward Bush & Ernst; traveled, 1874-82, as 1844; s. Sidney S. and Laura (Moffett) Bush- special agent of the Fire Assn. of Philadelphia and Am. Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia; asst. mgr. western dept. Fire Assn. of Phila- delphia, 1892-1900; appointed mgr. Nov., 1900, and since Jan. 1, 1902, associated with John S. Belden under firm name of Belden & Bush as mgrs. western dept. Fire Assn. of Philadel- phia. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 316 E. Forty-first St.

BUSH, William Henry, merchant; b. Mar- tinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1849; s. James and Caroline L. (Hills) Bush; ed. pub- lic schools of Martinsburg and in Lowville (N. Y.) Acad .; m. DeKalb, Ill., Feb. 1, 1877, Elva Glidden. First employment was in 1863 as clerk for Smith & Pitcher, Martinsburg, N. Y., for 1 year; then was in school 2 years, and after Sept. 10, 1866, was 2 years clerk for Seth Miller & Son, Constableville, N. Y .; came to Chicago Feb. 22, 1869; established in business as a wholesale dealer in hats, caps and gloves; now pres. and treas. of William H. Bush & Co .; also pres. of Francis T. Sim- mons & Co. (women's kid gloves). Presby- terian. Clubs: Chicago, City, Merchants. Office: 188-90 Market St. Residence: 606 N. State St.

BUSH, William Lincoln, pres. Bush & Gerts Piano Co .; b. Chicago, Mar. 3, 1861; s. W. H. and Mary J. (Brunt) Bush; ed. public schools of Chicago; m. Chicago, Feb. 26, 1887, Pearl E. Barrow. Began business career in 1877 with George Woods & Co., manufacturers of pianos at Cambridgeport, Mass., first in the factory and later as traveling salesman; represented W. W. Kimball Piano Co. as traveling sales- man, 1879-81; 1881-5 was road mgr. for a Board of Trade firm; in 1885, with his father, W. H. Bush, and John Gerts, formed firm of W. H. Bush & Co., of which he was mgr., and when business was incorporated, 1889, as the Bush & Gerts Piano Co., became sec. and mgr., and upon death of his father, be- came pres .; also pres. of the Bush & Gerts Piano Co. of Texas, and the Bush & Gerts Piano Co. of Memphis, Tenn. Dir. of the North Side State Savings Bank. Treas. and founder of Bush Temple Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art; pres. of the Bush Temple of Music of Dallas, Tex .; pres. of the Chicago Harmonic Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Marquette (pres. 1901-3), Germania, Chicago Yacht, Mendelssohn. Office: Cor Clark St. and Chicago Av. Residence: Plaza Hotel.

BUSHNELL, Charles Henry, physician; b. Chicago, Apr. 30, 1860; s. Lewis and Harriet Augusta (Hitchcock) Bushnell; ed. public schools of Chicago; grad. Bennett Med. Col- lege, Chicago, M.D., 1896, and post-graduate and honorary M.D., Am. College of Medicine and Surgery of Chicago; was assistant to a Chicago physician for 15 years prior to grad- uation in 1896; m. Chicago, Nov. 24, 1881, Ella Clark Dole; children: Lewis Edward, Anson Charles, Elmer Dole. In general practice of medicine since 1896. Attending gynecologist St. Anthony's Hosp. and Orphanage, 4 years; attending gynecologist Frances E. Willard Na- tional Temperance Hosp., 6 years; mem. of faculty Bennett Med. College, 6 years; sec. Eclectic Med. and Surgical Soc., 4 years; now prof. of obstetrics Am. College of Medicine and Surgery; prof. of obstetrics, Chicago College for Nurses; attending surgeon Chicago Union Hosp .; med. examiner several fraternal insur- ance associations; attending obstetrician Am. Hosp. of Chicago; attending obstetrician Cook Co. Hosp .; prof. gynecology, Bennett Med. Col- lege. Mem. National, Illinois State and Chicago Eclectic Med. and Surgical Soc. Republican. Undenominational in religion. Office and resi- dence: 1680 N. Clark St.

BUSHNELL, Lemuel Moffett, hardware manufacturer; b. Ashtabula Co., O., Jan. 8,

nell; ed. public schools of Ohio; m. Chicago, Annie Creswell; 1 son: Charles E. Early life spent on a farm; came to Chicago in 1862 in the employ of J. W. Bushnell & Bro., commis- sion merchants, with whom did accounting and general work until 1867; was exchange clerk in Union National Bank, 1867-8; then in retail hardware business with E. H. Wells & Co., as a partner; later engaged in hard- ware manufacturing, Vaughan & Bushnell, in- corporated in 1882 as the Vaughan & Bush- nell Manufacturing Co. Presbyterian. Club: Illinois. Office: 877 Carroll Av.

BUSSE, Fred A., state treasurer; b. Chi- cago, Mar. 3, 1866; ed. public schools of Chi- cago. Was engaged in hardware business with his father for years, then went into the coal business and was sec. and treas. of the North- western Coal Co., later pres. of the Busse- Reynolds Coal Co., and is now pres. of the Busse Coal Co. Always a Republican and active in politics; was town clerk of North Chicago 1 term, then 4 years in the sheriff's office, and after that chief clerk in the North Town Collector's office. Elected to House of Representatives in the 39th and 40th General Assemblies (1894 and 1896); elected State Senator from the 21st Senatorial District in 1898, and in 1902 elected State Treasurer of Illinois for term expiring 1906. Mem. of the Republican State Committee from the 9th Dis- trict; mem. Cook Co. Central Republican Com- mittee. Mem. Germania Männerchor. Mason (32º). Clubs: Hamilton, Marquette, Chicago · Athletic. Office: 391 Sedgwick St. Residence: 504 N. Clark St.

BUSSE, Gustave Adolph, retired merchant; b. Prussia, Ger., Sept. 24, 1837; s. John H. and Magdalena Busse; ed. public schools at Halle, Ger., and at Franke's Stiftung; came from Ger- many to Chicago, 1855; m. 1865, Carrie Gross; children: Fred A. (now State Treas. of Illi- nois.), Carrie M., George A. Engaged in mer- cantile business in Chicago until 1861, when he joined and became lieut. in the 24th Ill. Vol. Infy., later becoming capt. in the 57th Ill. Veteran Infy .; served in the 16th and 15th Army Corps (Gen. Sherman's) until the close of the war; then again engaged in mercantile business, but is now retired. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. A. F. and A. M. Mem. G. A. R., and Loyal Legion; nat. vice-pres. of the Army of the Tennessee. Residence: 504 N. Clark St.

BUSSEY, George Newton, physician and surgeon; b. Albion, Wis., Dec. 18, 1864; s. Benjamin and Jane (North) Bussey; prepared for college at Albion (Wis.) Acad., 1883-8; at Univ. of Wisconsin, 1888-90, graduating Ph.B., 1890; Rush Medical College, 1890-3, graduating M.D., 1893; house physician Au- gustana Hosp., 1893-9; m. Chicago, May, 1899, Flora M. Squires: Children: Frederick Newton, Kenneth George. Engaged in gen. med. prac- tice since 1893. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illi- nois State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Univ. of Wisconsin Club. Republican. Methodist. Office: 550 Wilson Av. Residence: 2640 N. Her- mitage Av.

BUSSEY, William Thompson, pres. Chicago Stove Works; b. Troy, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1854; ed. public schools and Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute, Troy, N. Y .; m. Millersburg, O., Oct. 12, 1877, Ella Lusk; children: Irene, Cornelia. Entire business career has been in the stove industry, beginning in 1873 in the repair dept. of the Bussey, McLeod Stove Works; in 1876 started in the Chicago office of the same com- pany, and has continued in that business ever since; now pres. the Chicago Stove Works. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Illinois. Of- fice: Blue Island Av. and Twenty-second St. Residence: 521 Jackson Boul.

BUSWELL, Henry Grant, insurance; b. Jer- sey City, N. J., Mar. 4, 1865; s. Henry L. and Isabella (Smith) Buswell; ed. public schools;

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m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1890, Josephine del Risco; children: Josephine, Walter, Marian, Florence. Began business career in the office of Provident Savings Life Assurance Soc. in New York City; clerk in the home office of the Home Insurance Co. of New York, 1885, and has remained in the service of that com- pany continuously ever since, coming to Chi- cago in June, 1903, as local mgr. Served 10 years as a mem. of the 23d (Brooklyn) Regt. of the N. Y. State N. G. Mem. Chicago Under- writers' Assn. Congregationalist. Office: 201 LaSalle St. Residence: 1334 Hinman Av., Evanston.

BUTLER, Edward Burgess, merchant; b. Lewiston, Me., Dec. 16, 1853; s. Manly Orville and Elizabeth (Howe) Butler; ed. Boston pub- lic schools; employed in wholesale dry goods house, Boston, 1870-6. With brother, George H., founded, 1877, house of Butler Bros., at Boston; now at New York, Chicago and St. Louis (general merchandise); m. Norwalk, Conn., 1880, Jane, daughter of William Henry and Esther (Pratt) Holly. Was chairman ways and means committee and chairman dept. of admissions and collections, World's Columbian Exposition. Pres. for years Illinois Manual Training School Farm, Glenwood, Ill .; trustee Hull House Social Settlement; Chicago Orphan Asylum, Erring Woman's Refuge, 1st State Pawners' Soc., Rockford College, Bureau of Associated Charities; dir. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank. Clubs: Commer- cial, Merchants, Chicago,

Union League, Washington Park, Midlothian. Office: 7 W. Randolph St. Residence: 3408 Michigan Av.

BUTLER, Eugene Kincaid, manufacturer; b. on farm near Rome, N. Y., June 8, 1843; s. Ezekiel and Eunice (Shaw) Butler; parents removed to Prophetstown, Whiteside Co., Ill .; ed. country schools except 1 term at Kenosha (Wis.) High School; m. Geneseo, Ill., Mar. 4, 1867, Sarah R. Olmsted; children: Hulbert W., Frank (died in infancy), Robert S., Edward Earl. Worked on farm, 1859-61, for $12 per month; continued farming until 1866; entered employ of C. H. & L. J. McCormick, as can- vassing salesman to farmers, continuing with that firm and their successors until 1898, in various depts. of field work and as supt. of factory and up to sec. and gen. mgr., which position he held for years; out of active busi- ness, 1898-1902. In 1902 bought controlling in- terest in The Keystone Co., Sterling, Ill., manufacturers of farm implements for sale at wholesale to dealers only; since then pres. of that company. In 1901 assisted in organiz- ing and is now dir. in the Brownsville (Texas) Land and Irrigation Co., owning 27,000 acres of rice land (7,000 under cultivation), 40 miles of canals and a pumping plant with capacity of 100,000 gallons per minute; dir. Iowa Na- tional Bank, Des Moines. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood. Office: 52 State St. Residence: 4850 Greenwood Av.

BUTLER, Frank Osgood, vice-pres. J. W. Butler Paper Co .; b. Chicago, Apr. 22, 1861; s. Julius Wales and Julia (Osgood) Butler; ed. Brown School and Central High School; m. Louisville, Ky., June 10, 1886, Fannie M. Bre- maker; children: Paul, Julius Wales, Jr. After leaving school entered employ of J. W. Butler Paper Co. as clerk, salesman, etc., and since 1890 has been vice-pres. of the company. He is also vice-pres. of the Standard Paper Co. of Milwaukee, and of the Butler-Jarboe Paper Co., Oklahoma City. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale Golf. Office: 212 to 220 Mon- roe St. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill.

BUTLER, Hurbert Wilson, real estate deal- er; b. Freeport, Ill., Jan. 10, 1868; s. Eugene K. and Sarah (Olmstead) Butler; ed. Chicago public schools; grad. Yale Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1888; m. 1st, Viola Douglas; 1 son: Douglas; m. 2d, Chicago, Sept. 17, 1901, Alice Carter. Engaged in business as real estate

dealer since 1890. Alderman from 27th Ward, now serving 5th term in the City Council. Republican; chairman board of trustees of the First Congregational Church of Jefferson Park. Mem. Royal League, Odd Fellows, K. P. Mason, Providence Lodge, Irving Park Chap- ter, St. Elmo Commandery, K. T. Office: Butler Bldg. Residence: 1991 Roberts Av.

BUTLER, John Sinnott, lawyer; b. Quebec, Can., June 4, 1863; s. Michael and Mary (Sin- nott) Butler; grad. law dept. Lake Forest Univ., 1896; attended no other schools or col- leges except a short term of night school in Chicago; m. Milwaukee, Wis., July 26, 1893, Matilda E. Tschirch. Lived on farm near Chester, S. C., until 17 years old; from 17 to 28 employed in manufacturing business with Adams & Westlake Co., Chicago; in same business on own account, in Chicago, 1891-6; admitted to Illinois bar, 1896; since then practicing law in Chicago; especially devoted to corporation law and laws of mines and mining and successful in organizing gold dredging properties. Sec. and treas. Oro Dredg- ing Co., and sec. Pacific Dredging Co. Demo- crat (independent); was nominated in 1899, by petition, for General Assembly, 21st dis- trict, on "Anti-Allen Bill" ticket, to oppose J. H. Farrell, democrat, and was supported by press unanimously, but Farrell was elected. Mem. Fullerton Av. Presbyterian Church. Mason: Ashlar Lodge, York Chapter, St. Ber- nard Commandery, K. T., and Medinah Tem- ple (Shrine). Mem. Chicago Chapter Delta Chi (law fraternity), Chicago Bar Assn., Illi- nois State Bar Assn. Mem. Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ger- mania, Chicago Yacht, Iroquois, Edgewater Golf, Illinois Athletic. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg. Residence: The Lessing, 1810 Surf St.

BUTLER, Julius Fred, sec. J. W. Butler Paper Co .; b. Chicago, Ill., July 20, 1866; s. Julius Wales and Julia A. (Osgood) Butler; ed. public schools, graduating West Division High School, class of 1884; m. Lillie J. Tag- gart, Louisville, Ky .; 1 daughter: Florence Elizabeth. After leaving school entered his father's wholesale paper business, beginning as clerk in the stationery dept. and later be- coming city buyer, then city salesman, and in 1891 was made gen. supt. of the manufactur- ing depts .; since 1892, sec. of the company; pres. Butler-Jarboe Paper Co .; dir. Standard Paper Co. of Milwaukee, Wis .; dir. Royal Trust Co. Bank. Mem. Paper Trade Club of Chicago. 1st 1t. Co. G, 2d Regt., I. N. G. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Westward Ho. Oak Park. Office: 218 Monroe St. Residence: 3 Elizabeth Ct., Oak Park.

BUTLER, Julius Wales, paper merchant; b. Essex, Chittenden Co., Vt., May 7, 1828; s. Zebediah (paper manufacturer) and Ester (Morris) Butler; ed. elementary and academic schools of Vermont; m. May, 1858, Julia A. Osgood, of Bellows Falls, Vt .; children: Frank Osgood, Julius Fred, and also 2 daughters, both now deceased. At age of 13 was appren- ticed to a harness and trunk maker at Hines- burg, Vt., to remain until his majority, at a remuneration of $30.00 per year, and 3 months' schooling each year. At 18 he had become ex- pert at his trade and made a set of carriage harness and a trunk, both of which took first prize at the State Fair. At 20, in consideration of exceptional services, he was given a year off . his time, and came west to Illinois, in 1848, the journey taking 4 weeks, which was then considered a quick trip from New England to Chicago. Went to St. Charles, Ill., where his brother, Oliver M. Butler, had a paper mill and general store; clerked in his brother's store about 6 years; then became partner in a paper warehouse in Chicago (Butler & Hunt), which handled the products of the St. Charles mill; firm became Laflin,

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Butler & Co., 1862, and J. W. Butler & Co., 1869; incorporated as J. W. Butler Paper Co., 1872, of which he is pres .; also pres. of the Standard Paper Co., Milwaukee, Wis .; dir. Royal Trust Co. Bank. Mem. and officer Union Park Congregational Church. Club: Union League. Office: 218 Monroe St. Residence: Hins- dale, Ill.

BUTLER, Nathaniel Butler, prof. Univ. of Chicago since 1901. (See Who's Who in Amer- ica for sketch.) Address: 5601 Madison Av., Chicago.

BUTLER, Rush Clark, lawyer; b. North- wood, Ia., Aug. 27, 1871; s. Lindley S. and Julia (Pickering) Butler; ed. public schools of Northwood, Ia .; Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, Ia .; Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Ia .; Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, graduating Ph.B., 1893; m. Chicago, June 6, 1901, Isabelle Crilly; 1 son: Rush Clark, Jr. After leaving college studied law; admitted to bar, 1894; since July 1, 1899, with Eldor J. Cassoday, in law firm of Cassoday & Butler. Pres. and dir. Illinois Collieries Co., Sorento Coal Co., United Securi- ties Co .; dir. Chicago Virden Coal Co., Girard Coal Co., Chester N. Mathews Co., Jones & Adams Co. Republican; nominee for legisla- ture, 1904. Mem. Plymouth Congregational Church. Pres. 3d Ward Improvement Assn. Formerly capt. and inspector of rifle practice, 1st Infantry I. N. G. Trustee Chicago Home. Med. College. Clubs: Hamilton, Washington Park, Tuscumbia Golf (Green Lake, Wis.). Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 3826 Michi- gan Av.

BUTLER, Wallace Edward, pres. Tehuante- pec Mutual Planters' Co .; b. Farmington, Me., May 26, 1854; s. Edward S. Butler and Au- gusta (Baker) Butler; ed. high school in Bos- ton; m. Dakota City, Neb., Feb. 4, 1873, Ida Wilbur; children: Clarence Edward, Lloyd, Elizabeth A., Louie, Lottie. Went to Nebraska as the representative of eastern investors, loaning money on Nebraska land; studied law and was admitted to the Nebraska bar in 1874; practiced 5 years in the 6th Judicial District of Nebraska and was deputy clerk of the District Court and ex-officio clerk of Dixon Co., Neb. Came to Chicago in 1895 and began the organization of the Tehuantepec Mutual Planters' Co., incorporated in 1899, and has from organization been pres. and gen. mgr. of the company, which owns exten- sive plantations in Eastern Mexico. Repub- lican. Mem. of Moody's Church. Office: 134 Monroe St. Residence: Morgan Park.

BUTLER, Walter, lawyer; b. Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1841; s. Walter and Maria (Van Alen) Butler; resident of Chicago since Oct. 16, 1844; ed. public schools of Chicago and of Massachusetts, and at Princeton Univ., graduating A.B. in class of 1862; M.A., 1866; m. Waukegan, Ill., Feb. 10, 1881, Bertha H. Heinrichs. Taught school in New Jersey, 1862-3; read law in offices of Woodbridge & Grant, Chicago, Aug., 1863-5, when was admitted to bar of Illinois; since then continuously engaged in general prac- tice of law. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Institute. Independent in politics. Mas- ter in Chancery of Circuit Court of Cook Co. for 17 years; alderman from the 25th Ward of Chicago from April, 1899, to April, 1901. Dir. Illinois Humane Soc. since 1901, and since death of Mr. Culver, 1902, has been sec. of the soc. Office: 131 LaSalle St. Residence: 624 Fullerton Av.

BUTTERFIELD, William Louis, retired real estate dealer; b. Chicago, Oct. 28, 1849; s. William and Sarah (Brown) Butterfield; ed. Racine College, Wis., and Lake Forest Univ .; m. New York, 1878, Agnes Wheel- wright; children: Carrie Elliott, Florence, Lawrence (now deceased). Was for two years an official stenographer in Congress, at Wash-

ington; then served in the same capacity in the Court of Alabama Claims, Washing- ton; correspondent for several newspapers, including The Capital, The Republican, etc., of Washington, D. C., and later in newspaper work in Chicago, traveling extensively as correspondent; since 1871 engaged in real es- tate business in Chicago, with specialties in railroad timber lands and acre property. Re- publican.

BUTTOLPH, Albert Charles, wholesale grocer; b. Charlotte, Vt., Sept. 8, 1852; s. Albert A. and Laura A. (Burnham) Buttolph; ed. public schools and at Morris (Ill.) Classic- al Institute; m. Keokuk, Ia., Dec. 27, 1877, Louise E. Fuller; children: Grace T., Roy B., Ruth, Esther, Albert C., Jr. First business ex- perience was in a retail grocery house at Mor- ris, Ill., 1873; came to Chicago and entered the employ of W. M. Hoyt Co., wholesale grocers, importers and manufacturers; was admitted to partnership Jan. 1, 1879; now managing dir. of the company. Republican. Clubs: Kenwood (pres. 1903-4), Chicago Ath- letic, Midlothian. Office: 1 Michigan Av. Resi- dence: 4822 Ellis Av.

BUTTON, William Jesse, president Werner School Book Co .; b. Covington, Ind., Dec. 6, 1846; s. J. P. and Sarah R. (Hock) Button; ed. Indianapolis public schools and in Butler Col- lege, Indianapolis, Ind .; m. Indianapolis, Ind., 1873, Martha C. Commons; children: Elsie, Rosemary. Came to Chicago in 1873 as Chi- cago mgr. for Harper & Brother, publishers, until 1893; in 1893 organized the Werner School Book Co., of which is pres. Republican. Office: 521 Wabash Av. Residence: 5648 Madi- son 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 27

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