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CHALLEN, Charles Henry, Chicago mgr. of The Northwestern Miller; b. Waverly, Mor- gan Co., Ill., Feb. 2, 1869; s. Joseph and Cor- nelia (Peet) Challen; ed. public school; m. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 10, 1894, Eva Frances Parke. Began business career Sept. 2, 1886, as an assistant in the publishing office of The Northwestern Miller, at Minneapolis, Minn., and has continued with that business, ad- vancing steadily to more responsible posi- tions with the firm, and in 1894 was made mgr. of the Chicago office of The Northwest- ern Miller. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Chicago Press. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg. Residence: 1178 Perry St., Ravenswood. CHALMERS, William James, manufacturer; b. Chicago, July 10, 1852; s. Thomas and Janet (Telfer) Chalmers; ed. public and high schools of Chicago; m. Oct., 1878, Joan, daughter of late Allan Pinkerton; children: Joan, Thomas Stuart. After leaving school was apprenticed to the Eagle Works Manufacturing Co., of which his father was then gen. supt .; in 1872. became associated with his father in the new firm of Fraser & Chalmers, which, beginning with 50 men, increased its working force to more than a thousand, becoming the largest manufacturers of mining machinery in the world, and with a trade wherever mines are opened; a branch was established at Erith, near London, Eng., in 1891. Business was in-
corporated in 1889, when he became vice-pres. and treas., and in Jan., 1891, its pres. In 1900, united with the great Allis Engine Works at Milwaukee, and other plants, as the Allis- Chalmers Co., of which he is vice-pres. Re- publican. Has been mem. Board of Education, dir. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago Athenæum, Commercial National Bank. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Illi- nois (ex-pres.), Washington Park; also En- gineers' Club (New York). Office: First Na- tional Bank Bldg. Residence: 188 Lincoln Park Boul.
CHAMBERLAIN, Charles Joseph, educator; b. Sullivan, O., Feb. 23, 1863; s. Edsell W. and Mary (Spencer) Chamberlain; grad. Ober- lin, 1888, A.M., 1894; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; m. Oberlin, O., 1888, Mary E. Life. Teach- ing since 1888; now dept. botany, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Bot. Soc. of America, Assn. Internationale des Botanistes, A. A. A. S. (For list of books and writings see Who's Who in America.) Residence: 6149 Greenwood Av.
CHAMBERLIN, George M., physician; grad. Rush. Med. College, 1865. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Chi- cago Athletic. Address: 3031 Indiana Av.
CHAMBERLIN, Henry Barrett, editor The Voter, a magazine of politics; sec. State Legis- lation Committee City Council of Chicago; writ- er of the Stories of the Streets and of the Town in Chicago Record-Herald; b. Washington, Mar. 10, 1867; ed. common schools of Mansfield, O., and Chicago; studied at Union College of Law, Northwestern Univ .; was not grad .; m. Aug. 17, 1903, Irene Celene Byrne. Editor and publisher The Guardsman, military newspa- per, 1886-92; reportorial work on Herald, Tri- bune, Inter Ocean, Times, Record, all of Chi- cago; night mgr. City Press Assn., 1891; with Laffan Bureau and New York Sun, 1894; in charge various depts. Omaha World-Herald, 1895-6. In charge dispatch-boat Hercules of the Chicago Record during Spanish-American War, 1898; was between the fire of the fleets off Santiago, July 3, 1898, only newspaper boat there during battle; cruised 35,000 miles, covering news and stories throughout Cuba, Puerto Rico and West Indies; city editor, Chicago Record, 1898-1901; asst. sec. Munici- pal Voters' League, 1901-4. Officer 1st Infan- try, I. N. G .; resigned, 1904. Clubs: Press, Iroquois, City. Office: 315 Dearborn St. Resi- dence: 5227 Calumet Av.
CHAMBERLIN, Joseph Henry, insurance; b. Schenectady, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1850; s. George Anson and Mary Caroline (Brown) Chamber- Jin; ed. Lutheran College at Mendota, 1868; Union College, Chicago, 1878; Univ. of Mich- igan, 1881-2, LL.B., 1882; m. Round Grove, Ill., 1878, Kate Winnie Simonson; children: Mabel May, James Percy, Jessie Lavinia, Joseph Frederick. Removed with parents to Illinois in Apr., 1856, settling on a farm near Sterling, on which was reared; taught school before taking law course; entered real estate and insurance business at Sterling, Ill., 1882; removed to Chicago, 1887, and since then en- gaged in insurance business here; now part- ner in firm of Letterman & Chamberlin. Re- publican. Methodist. Mem. A. F. & A. M., Royal Arcanum. Club: Ashland. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 214 N. Central Av.
CHAMBERLIN, Thomas Chrowder, geolo- gist; b. Mattoon, Ill., Sept. 25, 1843; grad. Beloit College, 1866 (A.M., 1869); grad., science, Univ. of Michigan, 1868-9 (Ph.D., Univs. of Michigan and Wisconsin, 1882; LL.D., Univ. of Michigan, Beloit College and Colum- bian, 1887; Univ. of Wisconsin, 1904); m. 1867, Alma Isabel Wilson. Prof. natural science, State Normal School, Whitewater, Wis., 1869- 1873; prof. geology, Beloit, 1873-82; pres. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1887-92; since 1892 head
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dept. of geology and dir. Walker Mus., Univ. of Chicago. Asst. state geologist, Wis., 1873-6; chief geologist, Wis., 1876-82; studied glaciers of Switzerland, 1878; U. S. geologist in charge of glacial div. since 1882; geologist Peary Relief Expedition, 1894. Mem. National Acad. Sciences, 1902. Author: Geology of Wiscon- sin. Editor of The Journal of Geology. Ad- dress: Univ. of Chicago, Chicago.
CHAMBERLIN, Walter Howard, lawyer; b. Detroit, Feb. 9, 1866; s. Lewis H. and Char- lotte A. (LeSeur) Chamberlin; ed. Detroit; learned mechanics practically in machine shop of Detroit Stove Works, Detroit; m. Detroit, June 4, 1889, Ida May Church; children: Edith May, Lewis Church, Frederic Walter, Helen Alice. Began study of law in offices of Wells W. Leggett; became his partner, 1889; ad- mitted to bar at Detroit, Jan., 1890; removed to Chicago, Jan., 1891; asst. Commissioner of Patents of U. S., Mar. 22, 1900, to Mar. 31, 1901; now a mem. law firm of Chamberlin & Wilkinson; sec. B-O. K. Tire Co., Cadillac Automobile Co. of Illinois. Republican. Mem. Loyal Legion; K. T. Mem. Law and Chicago Bar Assn. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington),
Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Edgewater, Chicago Automobile. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 1127 Sherwin Av.
CHAMPION, Theron John, editor; b. Jack- son Co., Mich., June 30, 1866; s. Augustus C. and Helen M. (Perine) Champion; ed. Mich- igan State Normal School; m. Chicago, Sept. 5, 1896, Pauline Bartlett (died June 6, 1901); children: Helen Lucile, Donald Bartlett. Taught school 5 years, beginning at age of 17; engaged in editorial work on Chicago Daily News, 1890-1902; since then editor on Drovers' Journal. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago Press, Ridge Country (dir.). Office: The Drovers' Journal. Residence: 10164 Longwood Av.
CHAMPLIN, Daniel H., type, printing sup- plies; b. Westerly, R. I., Aug. 7, 1861; s. Charles and Eliza A. (Cottrell) Champlin; ed. public schools of Westerly and Hopkinton, R. l., and at Alfred Univ., 1877-9; m. Wes- terly, R. I., Aug. 25, 1886, Anna Lewis Stan- ton; 1 daughter: Marjorie Stanton (now de- ceased). Began business life in employ of C. B. Cottrell & Sons Co., printing press manu- facturers, Westerly, R. I., as shipping clerk, 1880-1; time-keeper and asst. bookkeeper, 1882-4; cashier, 1885-8; mgr. Western office, with headquarters in Chicago, 1889-97; vice- pres. and mgr. D. H. Champlin & Co., manu- facturers and dealers in printing and book- binding machinery, 1898-9; mem. firm of Champlin & Smith, in same business, since 1900, firm being Western agents of the Key- stone Type Foundry, of Philadelphia; Gold- ing & Co., of Boston; Brown Folding Machine Co., of Erie, Pa., also owners and manufac- turers of McGreal Patent Combination Chase, and dealers in materials and supplies of all kinds for printers. Republican. Was mem. of Co. E, Westerly Rifles, of the Rhode Island State Militia, 1880-9. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Office: 121 Plymouth Ct. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.
CHANDLER, Buckingham, real estate; b. Florence, Italy, Feb. 22, 1878; s. Frank R. and Anna Sophia (Buckingham) Chandler; ed. Ogden public school, Chicago, 1889-90; Univer- sity School, Chicago, 1890-6; Harvard Univ., 1896-99, completing 4-year course in 3 years and taking leave of absence for last year, receiving A.B. degree with class of 1900. On leaving Harvard in 1899 became a clerk in the real estate office of Chandler & Co .; became mgr. of sales dept., Jan. 1, 1901, and bought the business from Frank R. Chandler, Jan. 1, 1902, conducting it as Chandler & Co., until May 1, 1902, when combined with Henry A. Knott & Co., in new firm of Knott, Chandler & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago
Real Estate Board. Clubs: University, Har- vard. Office: 110 Dearborn St. Residence: 182 Rush St.
CHANDLER, Charles T., fire insurance; b. Galena, Ill .; at age of 8 came to Chicago with parents; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Min- eral Point, Wis., 1893. Entered fire insurance business, 1877, and was for 4 years in Chicago office of North British and Mercantile Insur- ance Co., and 2 years in general agency of Phenix of Brooklyn; 1 year with general agency of Niagara Insurance Co .; then went to Minneapolis as asst. of inspection and rat- ings, 1884-5; inspector Chicago Fire Under- writers' Assn., 1885, and later supt. of the Cook Co. Compact; returned to agency field, 1889, as special agent for Cook Co. for Nat. Fire Insurance Co. of Hartford; since then continuously in fire insurance agency busi- ness, and since May 1, 1905, of firm of Waller, Chandler & Grey. Clubs: Illinois, Ashland, Riverside Golf. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 877 W. Adams St.
CHANDLER, Frank Randolph, retired; b. Putney, Windham Co., Vt., Oct. 2, 1840; s. Peyton Randolph and Levinah (Knight) Chan- dler; ed. Saxon's River Acad., Vt., 1853; Ward Seminary, Westminster, Vt., 1855; Ft. Edward (N. Y.) Institute, 1856; Claverack Institute (N. Y.), 1857; Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass., 1858; m. Chicago, Feb. 4, 1868, Anna Sophia Buckingham; children: Buckingham, Isabel Buckingham. Clerk in Bank of Bellows Falls, Vt., 1858; clerk in in- surance office of S. H. Price, Chicago, 1860; clerk in J. Y. Scammon's Marine Banking Co., Chicago, 1861; asst. mgr. E. I. Tinkham's Clearing House for Illinois Bank Currency, 1862; paying teller Solomon Sturges & Sons Bank, 1863; treas. Chicago Dock Co., 1865; asst. cashier Third National Bank, 1866; agent Red River Iron Manufacturing Co., 1867; mem. firm of Chandler, Pomeroy & Noyes, grain commission merchants, 1869, changing to Chandler, Pomeroy & Co., on retirement of E. H. Noyes, 1871; mem. firm of Chandler & Co. (with Peyton R. Chandler), first mortgages on real estate and loan agents of Hetty H. R. Green, 1873; pres. of Chandler Mortgage Co., 1897, until May 1, 1902, when sold out to Knott, Chandler & Co., and retired from active business. Pres. Cottage Grove Manufacturing Co. Mem., at various times, of Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Real Estate Board, Chicago Stock Exchange. Mem. Chicago Historical Soc., Chicago Art Institute, Field Columbian Mu- seum, Citizens' Assn. Republican. Episcopa- lian. Clubs: Union, Union League. Residence: 182 Rush St.
CHANDLER, Hannibal Harlow, publisher; b. Freleighsburg, Que., Can., July 22, 1844; s. Harlow and Olive Porter (Hibbard) Chandler; ed. public schools of Quebec; m. Chicago, July 1, 1869, Mary Jane Jenning Wilce; chil- dren: Edwin Wilce, Mary Olive, Jessie Jane, Hannibal Harlow, Jennie Hibbard (Mrs. John- son). Employed on Chicago Times under Wil- bur F. Storey as bookkeeper, 1865, and later as asst. mgr. until 1870, when established a newspaper advertising agency under firm name of H. H. Chandler & Co. In 1878 estab- lished The Chicago Grocer, and in 1879 The Western Druggist; also established the Chi- cago Medical Review; disposed of these pa- pers in 1883, and bought The Farmers' Re- view, of which has ever since been editor, pres. and treas. of H. H. Chandler & Co., its publishers. Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Church, Agricultural Press League. Clubs: Kenwood, Exmoor. Office: 355 Dearborn St. Residence: 4415 Lake Av.
CHANDLER, Homer Weed, lumber dealer; b. Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 1, 1865; s. Homer S. and Caroline (Weed) Chandler; came to Chi- cago, 1872; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, Jan. 5, 1893, Mary Stryker; 1 daughter: Gloria.
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After leaving school began business career with the lumber firm of Waldo, Schillo & Chandler, and later became sec. and treas. of the Home Lumber Co .; since 1901 sec. and treas. of the Chandler Lumber Co., which was originally the Central Lumber Co., organized in 1891, changing to its present name in 1902. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: 100 Elston Av. Residence: 161 Lake View Av.
CHANDLER, Joseph Harvey, lawyer; b. Niles, Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 30, 1842; s. Samuel and Eliza Chandler; ed. public schools, Moravia, N. Y .; removed to Ann Arbor, Mich., 1857, and taught school until 1861; private 6th Michigan Cav., 1862-4; capt. 115th U. S. C. Troops Volunteer Infantry, 1864-6, serving through Civil War; studied in law dept., Univ. of Michigan, and in law office at Hough- ton, Mich .; m. Oct. 9, 1870, Edmonia M. Hol- land of Indianapolis; 2 daughters: Mary M. (married), Sarah F. Admitted to Michigan bar, 1869; was atty. for some of the leading cop- per companies; for 4 years atty. for Houghton Co., Mich., and 1 term State Senator; removed to Chicago, 1887, as general solicitor for a mining and railroad syndicate which had pur- chased the Minnesota iron mines and the Duluth & Iron Range R. R .; from Dec. 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1904, special counsel for all cor- porations in Minnesota and Michigan in which the United States Steel Corporation is inter- ested. Mem. Loyal Legion, G. A. R. Club: Chi- cago. Office: Railway Exchange: Residence: 666 LaSalle Av.
CHANDLER, St. Lawrence, asst. mgr. U. S. Stove Co .; b. Bic, P. Q., Can., Oct. 24, 1871; s. Libert Chandler (civil engineer, D. L. S.) and Marion (Holmes) Chandler; early educa- tion by private tutor, followed by academic course at Bishop's College School, Lennoxville, P. Q., graduating with class of 1889. Began business career, 1889, with the Molson Bank of Montreal; later consecutively with Am. Ex- change National Bank, Chicago; America Na- tional Bank, Corn Exchange National Bank, and Hibernian Banking Assn. until Jan. 1, 1901, when entered the stove business as asst. mgr. of the western branch of the Germer Stove Co. of Erie, Pa., and mgr. of the U. S. Stove Co .; also dir. Zinn Mining Co., of Baker City, Ore., and Chicago. Democrat. Episco- palian. Office: 235 Newberry Av. Residence: 684 S. Sawyer Av.
CHANDLER, Walter Temple, wholesale grocer; b. Rockbridge Co., Va., Mar. 5, 1855; s. Norborne E. and Lucy (Grigsby) Chandler; ed. private schools of Rockbridge Co., Va., and Washington and Lee Univ., Lexington, Va. Came to Chicago, Mar., 1872; was first em- ployed as office boy with E. H. Noyes & Co., grain commission merchants; entered house of Franklin MacVeagh & Co., July, 1872, with which he has since been connected, first as office boy, then in receiving and shipping dept. as clerk, from that to salesman and dept. mgr., and, in 1882, was admitted to part- nership in the firm. Democrat. Club: Exmoor. Office: Wabash Av. and Lake St. Residence: Highland Park, Ill.
CHANNON, Henry, ship and railway sup- plies; b. Bridgewater, Eng., Feb. 24, 1834; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Dyer) Channon; ed. schools in England; m. Chicago, Dec. 24, 1860, Elizabeth Smith; children: James H., Harry, Henry, Grace. After leaving school became a sailor and sailed all over the world; came to Chicago, 1858, and sailed the Great Lakes, in command of vessels, for 8 years; then came ashore and was engaged in business con- nected with lake-carrying traffic until 1876, when began to deal in ship and railroad sup- plies, and in 1881 incorporated H. Channon & Co., of which he is pres .; also established re- lated mfg. industries, and is a dir., respective- ly, in the Jackson Shovel Co., the Union Eleva-
tor and Machine Co., and the Modern Machin- ery Publishing Co. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: Market and Randolph St. Residence: 587 Dearborn Av.
CHANNON, James Harrison; b. Chicago, July 24, 1866; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Smith) Channon; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chi- cago, Oct. 7, 1891, Leigh Ashton Aery; chil- dren: Katharine, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Ruth. In 1882 entered service of H. Channon Co. (of which his father is founder and head), tools and machinery; now vice-pres. of the com- pany. Also pres. Union Elevator & Machine Co., Jackson Shovel & Tool Co. and Modern Machinery Publication Co. Republican. Episco- palian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Washington Park, Chicago Yacht, Co- lumbia Yacht, Germania, Forty, Press, Union League. Office: Market and Randolph St. Resi- dence: 579 Dearborn Av.
CHANUTE, Octave, consulting engineer; b. France, 1832; ed. common schools, New York. Engaged in construction of railroads, 1848-88; pres. Western Soc. of Engineers, 1901; ex- pres. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers; lion. mem. Institution Civil Engineers, Great Britain; fel- low sections Mech. Science and Eng'ring, and Social Science, A. A. A. S .; mem. Century Assn., New York. Pres. Chicago Tie Preserving Co. Author: Kansas City Bridges; Progress in Flying Machines, and numerous papers and articles of engineering subjects. Address: 413 E. Huron St.
CHAPIN, Edward Fisher, commission mer- chant; b. Brookline, Mass., June 21, 1846; s. Nathaniel G. and Harriet Louisa (Fisher) Chapin; ed. Brookline (Mass.) High School and Harvard College; m. Chicago, Sept. 25, 1879, Mary C. Whitney; children: Louise, Elizabeth, Edward F., Jr., Mary W. In Boston was of firm of Fisher & Chapin; came to Chi- cago, 1876, and established the firm of Chapin & Edmonds, Board of Trade commission mer- chants, in which has ever since continued. Republican. Until recently was for 18 years mem. of Apollo Musical Club as pres. and in other offices. Office: 6 Sherman St. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.
CHAPIN, Simeon Brooks, banker and brok- er; b. Milwaukee, Wis., May 31, 1865; s. Emory D. and Marietta (Armour) Chapin; ed. Eighteen St. public school, Milwaukee, and Harvard School, Chicago; m. Chicago, Oct. 5, 1892, Elizabeth E. Mattocks; children: Mar- ietta L., Elizabeth M., Simeon Brooks, Jr. Started with Armour Bros. Banking Co., Kan- sas City, Mo., in 1881, as messenger; went with Armour & Co., Chicago, 1882, and re- mained with that firm in various depts. until 1891; since 1892 in business as banker and broker in stocks, bonds and grain under style of S. B. Chapin & Co. Republican. Mem. Plym- outh Congregational Church. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Calumet, Chicago Athletic; also of Metropolitan and Mid-Day Clubs of New York. Offices: The Rookery, Chicago, and 10 Wall St., New York.
CHAPMAN, Charles Augustus, vice-pres. of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co .; b. Picton, Ont., Can., Nov. 4, 1838; s. R. J. and Phebe (Striker) Chapman; ed. Picton Grammar School; m. Chicago, Sept. 6, 1870, Sylvia Cheney; children: Clarence C., Walter A., Bertha S., Grace L. Entered service of Bank of Montreal at Picton, Sept. 1, 1856; resigned in Mar., 1866, and went into the drug busi- ness; sold out in 1873 and came to Chicago in October of that year; appointed treas. of the Western Bank Note & Engraving Co. in May, 1874, and vice-pres. in May, 1890; also a dir. of the company, which is largely en- gaged in steel plate engraving and printing and lithographic work. Republican. Episco- palian. Office: 84 Market St. Residence: 85 Rush St.
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CHAPMAN, Chauncey Franklin, physician; b. LaFayette Co., Wis., July 7, 1862; s. Jere- miah and Elizabeth (Gribble) Chapman; ed. district school, high school, Univ. of Nebraska, Chicago College of Pharmacy, Ph.G., 1887; Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, M.D., 1892; m. Chicago, 1890, Clotilde Benson (now deceased). Was engaged in drug business until began med. practice; since 1892, in gen- eral practice of medicine and surgery in Chi- cago. Was med. inspector of the Health Dept. of the City of Chicago, 1893-4; asst. supt. Dun- ning Insane Hosp., 1890. Mem. Illinois Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Pathological Soc. Democrat. Episcopalian; mem. St. An- drew's Men's Club. Mason; K. T. (Columbia No. 63), and Shriner. Club: Ashland. Office: 940 W. Madison St. Residence: 433 Warren Av.
CHAPMAN, Clarence Cheney, stock broker; b. Picton, Ont., Can., July 5, 1871; s. Charles A. and Sylvia (Cheney) Chapman; ed. private schools; m. Bar Harbor, Me., Sept. 12, 1903, Evelyn Scott. Began business life as an office boy in the Chicago National Bank, in which advanced steadily through the various depts. and in 1895 became associated in the stock brokerage business with A. O. Slaughter & Co., continuing for 2 years, and later with Edward L. Brewster & Co. for 7 years, and in 1904 joined in establishing present firm of Chapman, De Golyer & Co., brokers in stocks, bonds and investment securities, who are members of New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges and the Chicago Board of Trade. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Office: 186 LaSalle St. Residence: 289 Dear- born Av.
CHAPMAN, James Rounseville, banker; b. Westfield, Mass., July 31, 1855; s. James L. and Louise J. Rounseville Chapman; ed. public schools of Hartford, Conn .; m. Chicago, 1885, Helen Farwell. Began business life, 1875, as messenger in National Exchange Bank, Hart- ford, Conn .; came to Chicago, 1882, asst. teller First National Bank, and was promoted, 1886, to note teller; became asst. cashier of the Am. Trust & Savings Bank, 1889; then newly organized; cashier, 1891-1902; since 1902 vice- pres. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, Bankers. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 2705 Indiana Av.
CHAPMAN, John Henry. manufacturer and merchant; h. Deptford, Eng., Jan. 11, 1853; s. John and Emma (Mills) Chapman; ed. public schools of Lake Zurich, Waukegan and Lee Center, Ill .; m. Chicago, Feb. 23, 1881, Nellie O'Connor; children: Harry Russell, George Mills, Paul Perren, Edith May. Spent early life on farm, then was clerk in country gen- eral store: sold notions and tinware as a boy from peddler's wagons; was with Price Bak- ing Powder Co., 1871-8, as salesman; later traveling salesman with Royal Baking Pow- der Co. Established, 1878, firm of Chapman & Smith upon small scale. incorporated, 1887, as Chapman & Smith Co., of which he is pres., dir. and gen. mgr. Company are whole- sale dealers in supplies for bakers, confec- tioners and ice cream makers, and of grocers' specialties, etc .; now occupying own large new building at Washington Boul. and Carpenter St., with $750.000 annual sales. Prohibition Republican. Baptist: for 13 years past and still pres. Baptist Young People's Union of America, and identified with several lines of service for the betterment of men. Office: Washington Boul. and Carpenter St. Residence: 1475 W. Monroe St.
CHAPMAN, Walter A., broker; b. Chicago, Dec. 14, 1873; s. Charles A. and Sylvia (Cheney) Chapman; ed. private schools and by private tutors. Began business life in the service of the Western Bank Note Co., and advanced through various grades until becom- ing treas. of the company, which resigned in
1903, in order to engage as a broker in stocks, bonds and investment securities, and early in 1904, organized and is now partner in the firm of Chapman, De Golyer & Co., mem. of the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Office: 186 LaSalle St. Residence: 85 Rush St.
CHARD, Thomas Septimus; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1844; s. William and Mary Chard; orphaned at 10. Engaged in commercial, banking and transportation employment at Buffalo, N. Y., until 1864; came to Chicago and entered insurance office of F. A. Howe, Jr., in which filled clerical positions until 1867, when entered office of Lumbermen's Insurance Co. until 1870, when became special agent for Western States of Firemen's Fund Insurance Co. and Union Insurance Co; in 1872 the Fire- men's Fund established an independent West- ern dept., of which was made mgr., and subse- quently was also mgr. for Union Insurance Co. Club: Union League. Residence: 534 N. State St.
CHARLES, John Joseph, 3d vice-pres. Hib- bard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co .; b. Williams- port, Md., Feb. 5, 1856; s. John Joseph and Martha (Cowton) Charles; ed. Racine College, Racine, Wis .; m. Evanston, Ill., Apr. 8, 1885, Ida E. Sherman; children: Sherman A., Martha, Frances, John Joseph, Jr. Began business career with J. V. Farwell's retail store, and in 1873, was employed for a time with Pull- man Palace Car Co., until July 15, 1873, when entered the service of Hibbard & Spencer, as a boy; later became buyer and salesman, and a dir. in the corporation of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co .; on Jan. 1, 1904, was elected 3d vice-pres. of the company. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Golf. Office: State St. Bridge. Residence: 1310 Hin- man Av., Evanston, Ill.
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