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 4

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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ALLEN, J. Henry, physician and surgeon; b. Canada, 1854; s. James W. and Elizabeth (Wood) Allen; ed. public schools and Univ. of Michigan, graduating, M.D., 1884; m. Tall- madge, O., June 23, 1886, Sarah Ray. Engaged in practice as homeopathic physician since 1884. Mem. Internat. Hahnemannian Assn. (pres. 1901). Prof. diseases of the skin and miasmatics, Hering Med. College; city physi- cian Baptist Hosp. and Hering Hosp. Author of books: Diseases of the Skin: The Chronic Miasms (2 volumes) ; also contributor of prose and poetry to literary publications. Republican. Seventh-Day Adventist. Office: 92 State St. Residence: 4712 Greenwood Av.

ALLEN, James Lane, lawyer, author; b. Lexington, Ky., Mar. 3, 1848; s. Albert and Ann E. (Offutt) Allen; grad. Bethany College, W. Va., 1867 (M.A., 1880); taught high school; admitted to bar; practiced at Omaha, Neb., 1870-2; in Chicago since 1872; dir. Chicago Public Library; m. Josephine E. Fenkell, Wau-

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kegan, Ill., 1870; children: Arabella (Mrs. El- bridge B. Keith). Has written numerous maga- zine papers and sketches, including: Exodus of the Children of Ham; Aunt Viney's Story; The Horseshoe Bend. Author: Allen's Handbook of the Nebraska Code. Republican. Clubs: Forty, Midlothian. Office: Ashland Bldg. Residence: Sheridan Road, Highland Park, Ill.

ALLEN, John William, bakers' and confec- tioners' supplies, etc .; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 4, 1848; s. Almond B. and Phoebe Allen; ed. public schools and Olivet College, Michi- gan; m. East Leroy, Mich., Nov. 30, 1873, Emma Windiate; one son: Harry Windiate. Was engaged in business in Michigan as a flour miller until 1872 when he came to Chi- cago, and after employment with other firms, established on his own account under the style of J. W. Allen & Co., to which he afterward admitted his son as a partner; firm are whole- sale manufacturers, handling a general line of supplies and machinery for bakers, confec- tioners, soda dispensers, ice cream manufac- turers, hotels, etc. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 208 Washington Boul. Residence: 464 Oakley Boul.

ALLEN, Loon Menard, passenger agent; b. Davenport, Ia., July 4, 1863; s. E. G. and Christina Hannah Allen; ed. Davenport, Ia., public schools and grad. from Davenport High School in June, 1880, followed by several months at the Univ. of Michigan; m. Daven- port, Ia., June 26, 1888, Katherine Augusta Ballard; children: Leon Ballard, Priscilla, Francis Gerauld. News editor Davenport Ga- zette, 1880-1; yard clerk and asst. cashier lo- cal freight office of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. at Davenport, July, 1881, to Sept., 1882, and has ever since continued with the same company, serving as asst. ticket agent, 1883-8, ticket agent, 1888-93, and general agent, 1893-8 for the company at Davenport, Ia .; asst. general passenger agent, Dec., 1898 to Oct., 1901, first asst. general passenger agent, Oct., 1901, to Aug., 1902, at Chicago; general passenger agent for Rock Island lines east of the Missouri River, Aug., 1902, to May, 1903; general passenger agent to all of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific lines since May 20, 1903. Republican. Trustee Union Church, Kenilworth, Club: Union League. Of- fice: La Salle St. Station. Residence: Kenil- worth, Il1.

ALLEN, Thomas Grant, M. D .; b. Leeds Co., Ont., Oct. 14, 1863; s. William and Margaret Wilson Allen; grad. Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont., 1888 (gold medalist, first-class honorman chemistry, M.A., 1889); M.D., Northwestern Univ., Chicago, 1898; m. July 10, 1890, Nettie Mabel Fralick, Toronto, Ont .; children: Clara, Ruth, William, Richard. Demonstrator and in- structor Queen's Univ., 1888-9; science master in Seaforth and Ingersoll, Ont., 1890-3; prof. chemistry, Armour Institute of Technology, 1894-8; Univ. Extension lecturer on chemistry, Univ. of Chicago, 1895-8; instructor clinical medicine, Northwestern Univ., 1901-3; prof. diseases of children, Post-Graduate Med. School, 1903; asst. prof. pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1904. Address: 5661 Washington Av.

ALLEN, William D., pres. and dir. W. D. Allen Mfg. Co., brass founders and manufac- turers leather belting and general mill sup- plies; married. Mem. S. A. R. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Office: 151 Lake St. Resi- dence: 1231 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill.

ALLEN, William Gray, physician; b. Chica- go, Jan. 26, 1874; s. John and Jessie (Gray) Allen; ed. Chicago public schools and North- western Univ. Med. School, graduating, M.D., 1896; m. Bradford, Ill., Sept. 7, 1904, Amelia Harrison Arundale. Engaged in general prac- tice as physician and surgeon in Chicago since 1896. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State

Med. Soc., and Am. Med. Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Office and Residence: 1427 Roscoe St.

ALLERTON, Samuel Waters, capitalist; b. Amenia Union, Dutchess Co., N. Y., May 26, 1828; brought up on farm; ed. public schools; m. first, Peoria, Illinois, Paduella W. Thomp- son (died 1880); m. second, 1881, Agnes C. Thompson, sister of first wife; children: Rob- ert H., Katie R. At 18 began stock raising on his own account and at 21 had accumulated about $5,000, with which purchased stock farm in Piatt Co., Ill., and became successful breed- er and raiser of stock, and has always re- tained farm interests (now owning 40,000 acres of farms in Illinois, Ohio and Iowa), though resident of Chicago since 1856; in- vested in Chicago real estate; was one of earliest and most active promoters of modern stock-yards as cattle markets; has extensive interests in the stock-yards in Chicago, Oma- ha, East St. Louis and Pittsburgh; formerly pres. Allerton Packing Co., now pres. Allerton- Clarke Co. and The Arcade File Works; vice- pres. Art Marble Co .; director Chicago City Ry. Co., First National Bank, First Trust and Savings Bank, National Safe Deposit Co., North Waukegan Harbor and Dock Co., Weav- er Coal and Coke Co. Republican; was Repub- lican candidate for Mayor of Chicago, 1893. Was on the directory of World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. Mem. Illinois Soc. S. A. R., Soc. of Mayflower Descendants. Clubs: Calu- met, Union League, Washington Park, Chicago Golf, Marquette. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 1936 Prairie Av.

ALLING, Charles, Jr., lawyer, alderman; b. Madison, Ind., Dec. 13, 1865; s. Charles and Harriet Ann (Scovel) Alling; ed. public schools, Madison, Ind., 1871-9; Hanover (Ind.) College, 1879-85, graduating, A.B. (A.M. con- ferred by same, 1889); grad. law dept. Univ. of Michigan, LL.B., 1888. Admitted to bar, 1888; engaged in practice in Chicago; since 1902 (with Frederick A. Brown) of law firm of Brown & Alling. Atty. for Protective Agency for Women and Children since 1895. Republican. Judge advocate, 1st Brigade, I. N. G., since May 6, 1902; alderman of old 3d Ward, 1897-1901; of new 2d Ward, 1901-5; mem. judiciary committee since 1897; finance committee, 1899-1900; chairman committee on gas, oil and electric light, 1902-3; chairman on committee on streets and alleys, south, 1900-1, in city council; one of two aldermen on New Charter Convention, 1902-3. Presby- terian; deacon 1st Presbyterian Church; was Grand Tribune (executive sec.) of Sigma Chi Fraternity, 1888-90; editor Sigma Chi Quar- terly, 1888-95. Mem. South Side Property Owners' and Business Men's Assn. Mason; Chevalier Bayard Commandery, K. T. Club: Union League. Office: Unity Bldg. Residence: 47 E. 22d St.

ALLISON, Campbell, lawyer; b. Bardolph, McDonough Co., Ill., Dec. 27, 1859; s. Thomas Milton and Eliza Jane Allison; ed. Wesleyan Univ. of Illinois and at Hanover (Ind.) Col- lege; taught natural science in a school at Greensburg, Ind., 1882-5, of which he later be- came principal; studied law under Leonard Swett (former partner of Abraham Lincoln); came to Chicago in 1886; unmarried, Admitted to bar, 1888, and engaged in general practice of law. Republican. Clubs: Marquette, Por- poise Swimming. Office: 84 Washington St. Residence: Marquette Club.

ALLPORT, Frank, M.D., eye and ear sur- geon; b. Watertown, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1856; s. W. W. and Sarah M. (Haddock) Allport; ed. Chicago Univ. and Racine College; grad. Chi- cago Med. College, 1876; studied medicine at Heidelberg, Germany, 2 years; m. Oct. 26, 1880, Kate A. Ellwood, Sycamore, Ill. Prac- ticed medicine Sycamore, Ill., for 5 years; eye and ear surgery in Minneapolis, Minn., 10

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years; since then in Chicago. When in Minne- apolis was prof. clinical ophthalmology and otology, Minnesota State Univ., and eye and ear surgeon to many hosps., institutions, rail- ways, etc. Now clinical prof. ophthalmology and otology to Northwestern Univ .; eye and ear surgeon to St. Luke's and Wesley hosps .; consulting eye and ear surgeon to Chicago Board of Education, Chicago & North-Western Ry. and Chicago & Eastern Illinois Ry. Trus- tee Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary. Clubs: University, Washington Park. Resi- dence: 2108 Prairie Av. Office: Chicago Savings Bank Bldg.

ALLPORT, Walter Heydock, physician; b. Chicago, 1863; s. W. W. and Sarah Maria (Haddock) Allport; ed. Univ. of Michigan and Northwestern Univ., graduating, M.D., 1884; m. Chicago, 1889, Harriet Hamilton; children: Henry Hamilton, Caroline, Harriet Hubbard, Katherine. Since 1884 has been engaged in steady practice; asst. chief surgeon Illinois Central R. R .; surgeon St. Luke's Hosp .; for- merly prof. anatomy in Northwestern Univ. and former surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc. and Chicago Surgical Soc. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Ger- mania, Saddle and Cycle. Office: 85 Rush St. Residence: 35 Bellevue Pi.

ALMES, Herman Earhart, physician; b. Long-Run, Armstrong Co., Pa., Dec. 28, 1867; B. Samuel A. and Mary (Hineman) Almes; ed. public schools and at Elders Ridge (Pa.) Acad .; grad. med. dept. Univ. of Wooster, Cleveland, O., M.D., July 24, 1889, and med. dept. Western Univ. of Pennsylvania, Mar. 27, 1890; m. Cochran Mills, Pa., Dec. 30, 1891, Cora Carnahan. Practiced medicine at Mur- raysville, Pa., Apr. 4, 1890, to Sept., 1890; at Cochran Mills, Pa., Sept., 1890, to Sept., 1896; since then in Chicago, with general med. practice. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Formerly mem. Armstrong Co. (Pa.) Med. Soc. and of Missis- sippi Valley Med. Soc. Examiner for Protected Home Circle, for Court of Honor, for Colum- bian Knights and I. O. O. F. Republican. Resi- dence: 4249 Indiana Av. Office: 4255 Indiana Avenue.

ALSCHULER, Samuel, lawyer; b. Chicago, Nov. 20, 1859; s. Jacob and Caroline Alschuler; family moved to Aurora, Ill., 1861; ed. Aurora High School; unmarried. Was clerk in general store, 2 years; studied law in office in Aurora; admitted to Illinois bar, 1881; Democratic can- didate for Congress, 1892, defeated; mem. State Commission of Claims, 1893-6; mem. leg- islature, 1896-1900; Democratic candidate for governor, Illinois, 1900, defeated. Mem. Chi- cago law firm Kraus, Alschuler & Holden since Feb., 1901. Democrat. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: Aurora, Ill.

ALSIP, Frank, retired brick manufacturer; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 17, 1827; ed. common schools; m. Pittsburgh, Jan. 30, 1855, Mary Jane, daughter of James and Jennie (Smith) Smiley; children: William H., Frank B. Began work in a brick yard in Pittsburgh at 12; ap- prenticed, 1844, to McClelland & Ecker, mason contractors of Pittsburgh, to learn the brick- layer's trade; was journeyman bricklayer and foreman until 1849; crossed the plains, 1849, and became a prospector for gold in Califor- nia; returned 1852 and worked as bricklayer for a year; mem. firm of McClelland & Alsip, contractors and builders, Pittsburgh, 1853: firm established their own brickyards, 1854; removed to Prairie-du-Chien, Wis., 1857, estab- lishing as builder and contractor, with brick- yards and kilns at Prairie-du-Chien, and later also at McGregor, Ia. After Chicago fire es- tablished in the brick manufacturing business here as a mem. of the firm of Hayt & Alsip, incorporated, 1889, as the Hayt & Alsip Co .; also established, with a son, in 1885, the firm of F. & W. H. Alsip, which was incorporated,

1887, as the Alsip Brick Company, of which he was pres. Residence: 445 Ashland Boul.

ALTMAN, William Martyn, western mgr. the John J. Crooke Co., manufacturers of tin foil; b. Davenport, Ia., Dec. 28, 1868; s. James S. and Laura C. (Pond) Altman; grad. public schools of Davenport, Ia .; m. Sept. 28, 1904, Miss Ethel Gardner. Came to Chicago in 1884 and was with Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., wholesale hardware, for 6 years prior to entering the employ of the John J. Crooke Co., of New York, manufacturers of printed, plain, colored and embossed tin foil in pure tin and compound metal, rollers of block tin, and sheet lead, and since January, 1899, has been west- ern mgr. for that company. Veteran of the 1st Regt. I. N. G. Has always taken interest in all athletics, baseball, bowling, yachting, etc. Mason, K. T., Shriner (Medinah Temple). Clubs: Lincoln Park, Fox Lake Yacht. Office: 149 Fulton St. Residence: River Forest, Ill.

ALTON, William, Jr., lawyer; b. Genesee Co., N. Y., Apr. 5, 1862; s. William and Caro- line (Bainbridge) Alton; ed. Chicago High School and Princeton Univ., graduating, A.B., 1884; studied law with Hon. Wm. C. Goudy and John P. Wilson; m. Chicago, Oct. 15, 1889, Lina E. Wilson; children: Milton Hugh, Wil- liam Carol, Lina Wilson. Admitted to bar, 1887; since then engaged in general practice, making a specialty in real estate, land, etc. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. and Law Club. Clubs: University, Home- wood. Office: 191 Clark St. Residence: 2522 Prairie Av.

ALVORD, John Watson, hydraulic and sani- tary engineer; b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 25, 1861; s. Rev. John Watson and Myrtilla Mead (Peck) Alvord; ed. Washington, D. C .; m. Chi- cago, 1889, Helen C. Cornell. Engaged in the construction of the Hyde Park Station of the Chicago Water Works from 1880-4, also the enlargement of the Lake View pumping sta- tions, 1884-8; city engineer of Lake View, now Chicago, 1884-8; designed the sewer sys- tems of Lake View and Cicero and from 1890-3 had an important position in charge of the engineering dept. at World's Columbian Expo- sition under director of works; since 1893 in practice as consulting sanitary and hydraulic engineer throughout the Central West, design- ing and constructing sewer systems for over 50 municipalities, water works for 23 cities, water power plants in 12 localities, sewage disposal plants, dams, reservoirs, and other miscellaneous work. Author of a number of engineering papers and published public re- ports. Mem. Am. Soc. Civil Engineers, Western Soc. of Engineers, Am. Water Works Assn., Am. Public Health Assn., Am. Acad. of Po- litical and Social Science, Illinois Soc. of S. A. R. Presbyterian. Mem. Y. M. C. A. Clubs: En- gineers, City. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 5447 Kimbark Av.

AMBERG, John Henry, merchant; b. Mineral Point, Wis., Dec. 23, 1853; s. John A. and Mar- garet (Hoeffler) Amberg; ed. public schools, Mineral Point, Wis., to 1868; m. Chicago, June 7, 1881, Mary Emily Plamondon; children: Al- fred A., Florence A., Ethel M., Lucy E. In 1868 came to Chicago and began business career with Culver, Page & Hoyne, stationers, print- ers, etc .; in 1870 became connected with the house of Cameron, Amberg & Co., stationers, printers, binders and blank book makers, and in 1878 was admitted to partnership in the firm. Is also director of the Amberg File and Index Co., and of the Loretto Iron Co. Inde- pendent in politics. Club: Washington Park. Office: 71-73 Lake St. Residence: 3433 Michi- gan Av.

AMBERG, John Ward, mgr. of Loretto Iron Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 10, 1870; s. William A. and Sarah Agnes (Ward) Amberg; ed. St. Ignatius College, Chicago; m. Chicago, June 7, 1904, Marie L. Inderrieden. Dir. and gen. mgr.

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of the Loretto Iron Co. since 1901. Was hon- orary commissioner for World's Columbian Exposition to Republic of Colombia; mem. of the advisory board of the county agent and out-door relief, 1903. Mem. Lake Superior Min- ing Institute; Visitation and Aid Soc. R. C. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: 438-452 Fulton St. Resi- dence: 461 N. State St.

AMBERG, Theodore Jacob, sec. Amberg File and Index Co .; b. Mineral Point, Wis., Sept. 12, 1858; s. John A. and Margaret (Hoef- fler) Amberg; ed. private school, Mineral Point, Wis., to June, 1871; Scammon School, Chicago, to June, 1872; Central High School, Chicago, to Feb., 1874; m. Chicago, Sept. 7, 1881, Bertha A. Atkins; children: Arthur John, Theodore William, Harold Vincent, Robert At- kins, Paul Gregory, Edward Joseph, William Cameron. Began as printer in the printing of- fice of Cameron, Amberg & Co., Feb., 1874; transferred to counting room, same firm, 1877; mem. of firm since 1885, conducting their let- ter file business, and when that portion of the business was separated and incorporated, Jan. 24, 1889, also became sec. and mgr. of the Amberg File & Index Co. Was made a direc- tor, 1897. of the Loretto Iron Co., operating an iron mine in Loretto, Mich., and retains said position. Is pres. of the Public Publishing Co., which publishes a weekly political paper, The Public. Firm believer in and advocate of the political principles advanced hy Henry George. Mem. Henry George Assn. of Chicago. Roman Catholic. Office: 438 Fulton St. Residence: 1820 Melrose St.

AMBERG, William A., manufacturer; b. Alb- stadt, near Hanau, Bavaria, July 6, 1847; s. John A. and Margaret (Hoeffler) Amberg; re- moved with parents to Mineral Point, Wis., 1852; ed. common schools and Sinsinawa Mound College; m. Sept. 7, 1869, Sarah Agnes, daughter of late James Ward, Chicago; chil- dren (living): John Ward, Mary Agnes, Gene- vieve. Was clerk in dry goods store, Mineral Point, Wis., 1860-4; came to Chicago, Jan. 2, 1865; bookkeeper Culver. Page & Hoyne, sta- tioners, 1865-70; one of founders, Cameron, Amberg & Co., stationers and printers, 1870, retired 1890. In 1868 invented system of flat letter filing now in universal use, and numer- ous other devices in that line; established branch houses for this business in New York, 1872, and in London, 1875. Founded town of Amberg, Wis., 1887, by establishing granite works, and later town of Athelstane, Wis. Pres. Amberg File and Index Co .; pres. Am- berg Granite Co .; treas. Loretto Iron Co., and director in other corporations. Office: 438-452 Fulton St. Residence: 449 N. State St.

AMBLER, Eugene, coal; b. Milwaukee, Wis., May 23, 1875; s. Frank W. and Julia (Belden) Ambler; grad. West Division High School, Chicago, 1893; m. Chicago, Oct. 24, 1899, Mittie C. Strong; one daughter: Frances. Began busi- ness career as bookkeeper in Chicago office of Detroit Stove Works, 1893-6; in the wholesale coal business with the Marmet Co. and the Consolidated Coal Co. until 1903, when he en- gaged in the same business on own account under firm name. of Eugene Ambler & Co .: later (1905) becoming a member of firm of Richards, Ambler & Co. 32º Mason; Shriner; K. T. Republican. Baptist. Office: 303 Dear- born St. Residence: 722 Pine Grove Av.

AMES, John C., U. S. marshal for Northern Dist. of Illinois; b. Freedom Twp., LaSalle Co., Ill., July 17, 1852; s. Isaac and Aurella Ames; ed. public schools and State Normal Univ., Normal, Ill .; m. Mar. 2, 1875, Minerva, daughter of John and Elizabeth Ross, Lacon, Ill .; one son: Isaac Carlos Ames. Since leaving school has made home in Streator, Ill .; became connected with drug trade, hut later opened a large hardware store and subsequently organ- ized the J. C. Ames Lumber Co., of which he

is still head; organized City National Bank of Streator, 1891, and was its pres. until appoint- ed by Pres. Mckinley, Jan., 1898, to be U. S. marshal. Active and prominent in Republican party of Illinois; elected Mayor of Streator, 1885, and 1887; declined third term; canal commissioner for 4 years under Gov. Fifer. Of- fice: Post Office Bldg.

ANDERSON, Alexander Pierce, botanist, in- ventor; b. Red Wing, Minn., Nov. 22, 1862; s. John and Britta M. (Gustafson) Anderson (natives of Sweden) ; early education, Goodhue Co., Minn., schools; grad. Univ. of Minnesota, B.S., 1894, M.S., 1895; Ph.D., Univ. of Munich, 1897; m. Highlands, N. C., Aug. 11, 1898, Lydia Johnson. Taught country schools and at same time farmed, previous to entering Univ. of Minnesota, 1890, State botanist Clemson Col- lege, S. C., 1896-9; asst. prof. of botany, Univ. of Minnesota, 1899-1900; since Aug., 1901, curator Herbarium, Columbia Univ. Inventor of new processes of treating cereal grains and starch materials, converting them directly into foods, etc., for man, by the use of dry heat under pressure; has taken out several Ameri- can and foreign patents. Address: Railway Exchange Bldg.

ANDERSON, Charles Palmerston, P. E. bish- op coadjutor of Chicago; consecrated Feb. 24, 1900; b. Kemptville, Can .; s. Henry and María R. Anderson; ed. Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont., and Trinity Univ., Toronto (D.D. same); m. Belleville. Ont., Sept., 1889, Janet Glass. Ordained, 1888; in charge Breachburg, Can., 1888-91; Grace Church, Oak Park, Ill., 1891-1900. Club: University. Author: The Christian Ministry, 1902. Office: Masonic Tem- ple. Residence: 1612 Prairie Av.

ANDERSON, John, publisher; b. Voss, Nor- way, 1836; brought hy parents to Chicago, 1844; s. Andrew and Laura (Sampson) Ander- son; attended public school 1 year; father died, and at 12 he had the support of a mother and baby sister placed upon him; be- came apple peddler, worked in butcher shop, carried newspapers; learned typesetting; be- came printer on Chicago Tribune; established "Skandinaven," a Norwegian newspaper, 1866; lost all in great fire, 1871; borrowed money and re-established paper (now the leading Norwegian paper of the U. S.), daily, Sunday, and semi-weekly; pres. John Anderson pub- lishing Co .; also conducts large job printing office, bindery and hook publishing dept .; m. 1st, Racine, Wis .. 1859, Maria C. Frank (died, 1874); 1 child; Frank Seward; m. 2d, Chicago, 1875, Julia Sampson; children: Maria (now Mrs. Arthur Eilert), O. Louis M., John A. The completion of a third of a century by the Skandinaven was celebrated May 2, 1899, by a banquet at Chicago, attended bv represen- tative Norwegians of the U. S. Office: 185 N. Peoria St. Summer Residence: Lake Ripley: Residence: 646 Cleveland Av.

ANDERSON. Norman Kendall, lawyer; b. Chicago, Dec. 24. 1876; s. Rev. Galusha Ander- son, S.T.D., LL.D. (pres. old Univ. of Chicago, 1878-85, etc.), and Mary E. (Roberts) Ander- son; ed. Univ. of Rochester, N. Y., 1894-5, Univ. of Chicago, 1897-8 (B.A.), then Law Dept. Univ. of Mich., 1898-1901 (LL.B.); m. Detroit, Mich., Sept. 3, 1902, Louise Holden. Admitted to har by Supreme Court of Illinois, Dec. 15, 1901; since then engaged in general practice of law in Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Quadrangle. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi (college fraternity), Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity). Office: 100 Washington St. Resi- dence: 252 E. Sixty-second St.

ANDERSON, William Hamilton, lawyer; h. Carlinville, Ill., Ang. 8. 1874; s. William E. P. and Nellie (Hamilton) Anderson; grad. Carlin- ville High School. 1888, Blackburn College, Carlinville, B.S., 1892; Univ. of Michigan Law School. LL.B., 1896; m. Carlinville, Ill., Oct. 23, 1901, Clarice Otwell; one son: Frederick Ot-

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well Anderson. Taught school in Greene and Macoupin cos., III., 1892-4; admitted to Illi- nois bar, 1896; engaged in general practice of law at Carlinville, Ill., 1896-1900; attorney Anti-Saloon League of Illinois, Springfield, Ill., Jan. 1 to Nov., 1900; since Nov. 13, 1900, supt. of the Anti-Saloon League of Illinois. Asso. editor American Issue, official organ of the League; since Dec., 1903, mem. Headquar- ters Committee of Am. Anti-Saloon League. Author of Local Option Bill introduced in IIII- nois Legislature and now an issue in Illinois politics; formerly active in Epworth League and pres. Springfield Dist. League, 1898-1902; mem. Gen. Conf. M. E. Church at Los Angeles, Calif., 1904, and sec. of its Temperance com- mittee; elected sec. of the Board of Mgrs. of Temperance Soc. of M. E. Church, Nov., 1904; chairman of its standing committee on legis- lation. Club: City. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 2779 N. Ashland Av.

ANDERSON, William Harkness, broker; b. Sandusky, O., Aug. 7, 1831; s. Wesley and Louisa (Harkness) Anderson; ed. public schools; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 10, 1854, Hannah Y. Pickands; children: Samuel P., Ella Louisa (Mrs. James L. Worthington), Adah M. Began experience in grain business at Philadelphia, Pa., as an exporter, in which continued until 1863; came to Chicago and be- came a mem. of the firm of S. S. Williamson & Co., in the grain commission business and was also interested in grain business in Milwau- kee. Since 1867 in business alone as a com- mission merchant and broker in grain and pro- visions. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 618 Wash- ington Boul.

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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 4

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