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COX, Stephen William, physician; b. Balti- more, Md., Jan. 11, 1859; s. John and Mary (Eldridge) Cox; ed. public schools of Menard Co., Ill .; Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind .; Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal School; Rush Med. College, Chicago, M.D., 1889; Illinois College of Electro-Therapeutics; m. Chicago, Dec. 24, 1890, Nellie J. Sullivan; 1 son: Donald Stephen Linne. Was a school teacher in Menard
and Mason Cos., Ill., 1873-80; also taught music while a school teacher; student, literary and medical, 1880-9; trained nurse for 2 years, 1886-7, in Cook Co. Hosp .; was mem. Cook Co. Hosp. med. staff for the years 1900-01. Attend- ing surgeon Kedzie Hosp. and physician and examiner for Montgomery Ward & Co. since 1904. Was supt. Kirkland Free Dispensary, 1889-95; is med. examiner Sons and Daughters of St. George and mem. Grand Med. Board of Sons of St. George for Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Missouri; surgeon in chief St. Stephen's Sanitarium. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc .. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Assn. for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Republican. Mem. 3d Presbyte- rian Church, but mem, of choir of Monroe St. Church of Christ. Mason: Siloam Lodge, No.
780. Office: 100 State St. and 247 W. Madison St. Residence: 1315 Jackson Boul.
COYNE, Frederick E., business man, post- master; b. E. Orange, N. J., 1860; ed. public schools, E. Orange; has lived in Chicago since 1883; m. 1886, Pauline Niehaus, of Chicago. Was a clerk for a short time in Chicago, then started bakery, and later bought restaurants and added wholesale bakery dept., which he still conducts. Active in politics as a Re- publican; collector internal revenue, Chicago, 1897-1901; postmaster of Chicago since 1901. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Forty, Hamilton, Lincoln, Marquette, Menoken, Press. Residence: 795 Warren Av.
CRAFT, John Corson, banker; b. Morris- town, N. J., Oct. 2, 1863; s. Joseph V. and Martha Parker (Garretson) Craft; ed. public schools, Rochelle, Ill .; m. Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 3, 1888, Zada B. Dustin; children: Daniel Dus- tin, Catharine Garretson. Cashier and dir. Rochelle Nat. Bank, Rochelle, Ill., 1884-90; acting asst. treas. of U. S. at Chicago, 1890-2; since 1892 in Bankers' Nat. Bank as asst. cashier, 1892-3; cashier, 1893-1903; vice-pres. since 1903. Clubs: Union League, Bankers. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 5206 Hib- bard Av.
CRAFTS, Clayton Edward, lawyer; b. Au- burn, O., July 8, 1848; s. Edward and Helen B. (Johnson) Crafts; ed. public schools and Eclectic Institute of Hiram, O. (later known as Hiram College); graduated with honors from Union College of Law, Cleveland, O., 1868; m. Sept. 15, 1869, Cordelia E., daughter of Oscar M. and Charity Kent, of Aurora, Ill .; children: William C. (deceased), Fred A. (now deceased), Helen (Mrs. F. W. Job), Harry K. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1868; entered into practice at Watkins, N. Y., with Judge John J. Van Allen, but in 1869 came to Chicago and practiced with Henry Lincoln (Lincoln & Crafts) until 1873; alone 1873-85; since 1885 with George M. Stevens in firm of Crafts & Stevens. Democrat. Was chairman of the Democratic Committee of Cook Co., 1888; mem. House of Representatives of Illinois. 1882-96 and 1901; speaker of House, 1891-3. Presbyterian. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Mason. Clubs: Oaks (Austin), Iro- quois. Pres. Board of Trustees of 1st Presby- terian Church (Austin, Ill.) since 1873. Office: Chicago Stock Exchange Bldg. Residence: 5433 Washington Boul., Austin, Ill.
CRAFTS, Miles Benjamin, grain; b. Auburn. Geauga Co., O., Apr. 14, 1842; s. Benjamin and Elsie (Whitcomb) Crafts; ed. public schools of Ohio; m. Newberry, O., Feb. 25, 1864, Julia F. Gilbert; children: Arthur A., Zina B. At age of 17 in partnership with brother in operating a farm; came to Chicago, 1868; engaged in real estate business until 1871; moved his family west and established in the grain com- mission business, and also in retail merchan- dise business at Austin. Was a charter mem. of the Open Board of Trade of Chicago, and at one time its pres. Pres. and dir. Flexible Pipe Joint Co. Republican. Clubs: West Chi- cago Driving, Marquette, Oaks (Austin), Chi- cago Athletic. Office: 255 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 5615 W. Madison St.
CRAGIN, Henry Benjamin, broker; b. East Douglas, Mass., Sept. 6, 1838; s. Benjamin, Jr., and Frances Maria (Pratt) Cragin; ed. publlc schools in Providence, R. I., to 1854; m. St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 10, 1862, Laura Fales Strong; children: George Albert, Laura Ella, Mrs. Helen Loveland Brodhead, Dr. H. B. Was with Merchants' Bank, Providence, R. I., 1854-6; removed to Muscatine, Ia., 1856, and was with a banking house, 1856-8; removed to St. Louis, Mo., where was head paying teller State Sav- ings Institution; came to Chicago, 1862, and was paying teller Solomon Sturges' Sons 2 years; then became confidential clerk with Vandervoort, Dickerson & Co. (afterward
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changed to Dickerson, Sturges & Co.), 2 years. After that senior mem. of Cragin Bros., metals, until 1869, then of H. B. Cragin & Co. to 1872; established branch house for Wash- burn & Moen Mfg. Co., of Worcester, Mass., in 1877, remaining their western agent for nearly 18 years. Since Jan. 1, 1897, broker in commercial paper. Vice-pres. Bureau of Jus- tice. Republican. Presbyterian. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 1414 Hinman AV., Evanston.
CRAIG, Dickey Willard; b. Arcadia, Morgan Co., Ill., Aug. 21, 1869; s. John W. and Sarah A. (Titus) Craig; ed. country school at Ar- cadia, Ill., 1874-87; Whipple Acad., Jackson- ville, 111., 1887-8; Illinois College, 1888-92, graduating B.S., 1892; Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1892-6, graduating M.D., 1896; m. Chicago, Feb. 14, 1900, Antonia Roessler; children: Frederick Willard, Allan. In prac- tice in Chicago since June, 1896; interne at German Hosp. of Chicago, 1896-7; mem. Chi- cago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn .; 1898-1902, asst. in oral surgery and lecturer on anesthesia at Northwestern Univ. Dental School; associate surgeon at Chicago Policlinic Hosp. Republican. Mem. Belden Av. Baptist Church. Office: 506 Wells St. Resi- dence: 93 Sigel St.
CRAIG, Edward Marshall, sec. and gen. mgr. Master Steam Fitters' Assn .; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 1, 1860; ed. public schools of Phila- delphia; m. Dec. 9, 1878, Tillie M. Stengel, of Philadelphia; children: William H., B. Clar- ence. Began business career as office boy for Philadelphia atty .; when 19 years old began to learn the trade of a steam fitter; came to Chicago, Mar., 1890, as agent for Pierce, But- ler & Pierce Mfg. Co., and when that firm was consolidated with Am. Boiler Co., became mgr. of latter until 1897; resigned to estab- lish a business of his own. Elected, 1897, gen. mgr. of the Master Steam Fitters' Assn. and also became sec. of the Western League of Steam Fitters. Sec. and mgr. of the Build- ing Construction of Chicago and Nat. Build- ing Trades Employers' Assn. Was mem. of the "Madden Committee" during the building strike of 1900. Republican; was pres. of West End Republican Club of 18th Ward of Phila -. delphia, 1886; elected, 1888, mem. of Penn- sylvania Legislature from 16th district of Philadelphia. One of organizers of Cook Co. Republican Marching Club and served 6 terms as its pres. Mason and K. P., Royal Arcanum, Yeomen of America, Knights of Golden Eagle, Knights of Friendship. Office: 138 Washington St. Residence: 922 S. Spaulding Av.
CRAIG, Robert, manufacturer; b. Port Glas- gow, Scot., May 9, 1840; s. James and Chris- tina (Houston) Craig; ed. Scottish schools; m. Peotone, Ill., 1872, Jane Duffy. Left Green- ock, Scot., 1854; settled in Providence, R. I., until 1869; served apprenticeship 4 years at trade of plumbing, steam and gas fitting, with J. W. Bishop, New Haven, Conn .; worked at the trade for a year in Albany and Troy, N. Y .; came to Chicago, June, 1865, and continued in the trade until 1867, when joined Robert Weir in firm of Weir & Craig, plumbers; in- corporated, 1889, Weir & Craig Mfg. Co., manu- facturers plumbers' and steam fitters' sup- plies, of which he is vice-pres. Presbyterian. Mason. Office: 2421-39 Wallace St. Resi- dence: 6615 Wentworth Av.
CRAIN, Charles Hicks, physician; b. Lafay- ette, Tippecanoe Co., Ind., Dec. 7, 1854; s. Wil- liam S. and Marietta (Taylor) Crain; attended private schools and Collegiate Institute, La- fayette, Ind., 1863-70; Wabash College, 1871-4; Miami Med. College, 1874-6; New York Poly- clinic, 1887-8; Illinois Med. College, 1889-91; m. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 1, 1879, Jennie W. Vernon, of Lykenstown, Pa. Practiced medi- cine at Lafayette, Ind., 1876-87; Salt Lake City, Utah, 1888-91; removed to Chicago and
continued in general practice of medicine, 1891-4; since 1894 has limited practice to ophthalmology. Asst. in opthalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College. Also mem. of firm of Crain Bros., wholesale and retail drugs, chemicals, paints and oils. Pres. East- ern Oil Co., Salt Lake City; sec. Southwestern Coal & Iron Co., of Salt Lake City. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Office: 103 State St. Resi- dence: 6143 Monroe Av.
CRAMER, Ambrose, mining machinery and investments; b. Martinsburg, Va., Mar. 5, 1857; s. Augustus F. and Page (Morrison) Cramer; ed. private schools and at U. S. Naval Acad., graduating in class of 1880, and serving as midshipman in U. S. Navy in the Asiatic Squadron for 3 years; m. 1st, 1886, Susan Skinner, of Chicago; 2d, 1901, Isabel Corwith, of Chicago, Ill .; children: Elizabeth, Ambrose, Corwith. Business supt. of the pipe mill of the Crane Co., 1883-92; then joined Charles S. Burt in firm of Cramer & Burt, manufac- turers' agents in copper and mining machin- ery and supplies, etc. Republican. Alderman, City of Lake Forest. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chi- cago, University, Onwentsia. Office: Monad- nock Blk. Residence: Lake Forest, Ill.
CRAMPTON, Richard Leicester, asst. cashier Nat. Bank of the Republic; b. Rock Island, 111., May 12, 1870; s. Richard and Martha (Beatty) Crampton; ed. public and private schools in Rock Island, Ill., and the Chicago Law School; m. Toronto, Ont., June 21, 1898, Gertrude H. Thomas; children: Richard Sydney, Philip Thomas. Began in banking business June 1, 1891, as a messen- ger in the Northern Trust Co., and worked in all the depts., including the commercial, savings and estates depts .; during same period had exclusive charge of the advertising of the institution. In Mar., 1902, accepted present position of asst. cashier of the Nat. Bank of the Republic. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Riverside Golf, Bankers. Office: Nat. Bank of the Republic. Residence: Riverside, Ill.
CRANDALL, Noble, banker and broker; b. Moncton, N. B., Mar. 28, 1880; s. Noble and Laura (Rand) Crandall; ed. public schools of Windsor, N. S. Came from Nova Scotia to Boston, Mass., Apr., 1900, and was with Paine Furniture Co., Boston, until Dec., 1901; then employed as clerk by Steere & Burr, bankers and brokers, in their Boston office; came to Chicago office of same firm, as asst. mgr., Feb. 1, 1903; appointed mgr., Mar., 1904, and now serving as such; m. Miss C. C. Eldridge, Somerville, Mass., June 22, 1904. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 445 56th St.
CRANDALL, Roland Asel, investment bro- ker; b. Caledonia, Ill., May 5, 1864; s. James B. and Victorene (Rigby) Crandall; ed. public schools and St. Vincent College, Cape Girar- deau, Mo .; m. Chicago, Sept., 1884, Minnie B. Ballard; children: Mary, Catherine. Was en- gaged in contracting business in Chicago from 1884 until 1896, when established his present brokerage business in investments, operating in electric lighting and traction propositions, etc. Republican; was 2d lieut. Chicago Hus- sars, in active service in the strike riots of 1894. Club: Chicago Fortnightly. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 6516 Minerva Av.
CRANDON, Franklin P., railway official; s. Consider Howland and Ann (Corbin) Crandon; ed. public schools; m. Davenport, Ia., Oct. 3, 1857, Sarah Elizabeth Washburn; children: An- na L., Leila M., Ruth W. Learned and worked at trade of house carpenter and then taught schools until the Civil War, when he entered in the U. S. Vols. as 1st lieut. of cav .; was promoted to capt. and asst. quartermaster and afterward to brevet major; after war was connected with a paper manufactory and was clerk of the county court of Kane Co., Ill. Entered railway service in 1873 as a clerk in
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the land dept. of the C. & N .- W. Ry., and was placed in charge of assessment and tax mat- ters, and since 1878, when the tax dept. was made a separate dept. of the company's busi- ness, has been in charge as tax commissioner; was also made tax commissioner of the Fre- mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley and the Sioux City and Pacific railroads, when these roads came under the control of the C. & N .- W. Republican. Mem. M. E. Church. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, S. A. R., Loyal Le- gion. Club: Union League. Office: C. & N .- W. Ry. Co. Residence: 1414 1st Av., Evanston.
CRANE; see also Crain.
CRANE, Charles Richard, 1st vice-pres. Crane Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 7, 1858; s. R. T., Sr., and Mary (Prentiss) Crane; ed. public schools of Chicago; m. Paterson, N. J., 1881, Cornelia W. Smith. After school life entered the Crane Co., manufacturers of iron pipe, fit- tings, etc., and after serving in various capaci- ties became 1st vice-pres., 1894. Also dir. Nat. Bank of the Republic. Independent in politics. Pres. Municipal Voters' League; mem. of the Am. Economic Assn. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Chicago, Calumet, University, Chicago Ath- letic, Iroquois, Washington Park. Office: 10 N. Jefferson St. Residence: 2559 Michigan Av.
CRANE, Edward Compson, real estate and investments; b. Seneca Falls, Seneca Co., N. Y., Nov. 1, 1843; s. Charles and Caroline Amelia (Compson) Crane; ed. public schools. Entered Union Army, Dec. 8, 1862, as private, honorably discharged at Alexandria, Va., Oct. 28, 1864; was engaged in foundry business at Newark, N. J., 1866-75; came to Chicago, 1876, engaging in real estate business, in which has continued ever since as E. C. Crane & Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mem. Columbia Post, 706, G. A. R. Formerly a mem. Washington Park Club and Union Club. Office: 59 Dearborn St. Residence: 942 W. VanBuren St.
CRANE, Harold Osband, treas. Sprague Can- ning Machinery Co .; b. Litchfield, Mich., May 26, 1863; s. Benjamin P. and Sara ( Walter) Crane; ed. Univ. of Michigan, class 1884; m. Chicago, Apr. 6, 1893, Elizabeth Clarkson; 1 son: Clarkson. Began business career, 1884, as division engineer of Chicago & West Michigan R. R. at Grand Rapids, Mich .; treas. and gen. mgr. Irondale Steel and Iron Co., of Anderson, Ind., 1891-6; managing partner of B. P. Crane & Co., metal and tin merchants, 1895-1900; since 1900 treas. and dir. of the Sprague Can- ning Machinery Co .; factory at Hoopeston, Il1. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Office: 42 River St. Residence: 200 Goethe St.
CRANE, Louis Burton, clergyman, theolo- gian; b. Mt. Sterling, Ill., 1869; s. Frederic D. and Adelaide (Wells) Crane; grad. Princeton, 1891, A.M. 1894; Princeton Theological Semi- nary, 1894; 1 year post-graduate, Princeton Theological Seminary; student Univs. of Ber- lin, Erlangen, Giessen; m. Baltimore, 1899, Josephine Hopkinson Smith. In Presbyterian ministry, 1896-1902 (1st Church, Princeton, N. J., and Calvary Presbyterian Church, Buffalo) ; since 1902 Congregational clergyman and prof. New Testament literature and interpretation, Chicago Theological Seminary. Mem. Am. Soc. Biblical Research, Chicago Soc. Biblical Re- search. Contributor to theological reviews. Residence: 81 Ashland Boul.
CRANE, Richard Teller, manufacturer; b. Paterson, N. J., 1832; spent early life chiefly in labor, having little time for study; learned and worked at machinist's trade in Paterson, N. J., Brooklyn and New York until 1855, when he removed to Chicago; Martin Ryerson helped him to start in business by giving him a small piece of land on which to build a brass foundry; later joined by brother, Charles S. Crane, in firm of R. T. Crane & Bro .; began making steam heaters, 1858; added iron foun- dry, 1860; built large factory, 1865; later in-
corporated business as Northwestern Mfg. Co., subsequently organized as Crane Bros. Mfg. Co., and again later as the Crane Co., manu- facturers pipe and fittings. In 1874 started manufacture of elevators (freight and passen- ger) which, as the Crane Elevator Co., has grown to very large proportions. Has con- tributed largely to philanthropic, benevolent and humanitarian work. Club: Illinois (ex- pres.). Office: 10 N. Jefferson St. Residence: 2541 Michigan Av.
CRANE, Richard Teller, Jr., 2d vice-pres. of the Crane Co .; b. Chicago, Nov. 7, 1873; s. Richard Teller and Mary (Prentice) Crane; ed. Chicago public schools, Chicago Manual Train- ing School, Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ., graduating, Ph.B., 1895; m. June 4, 1904, Florence, daughter of Harlow N. Higin- botham. In 1896, entered works of Crane Co. (established 1855, incorporated 1865) in the foundries, entering the office in the city sales dept. in 1897, and in 1898 becoming 2d vice- pres. and dir. of the company. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, Chicago Athletic, University, Onwentsia. Office: 10 N. Jefferson St. Resi- dence: 114 Walton Pl.
CRANE, Simeon Henry, sec. and treas. Moffett Bearing Co .; b. Madison, Ind., Feb. 11, 1840; s. Simeon Harrison and Jane (Robinson) Crane; ed. public schools of Indiana; m. Madi- son, Ind., 1866, Mary Potter; 1 daughter, Ma- rie. Served in Civil War as capt. of Co. C, 67th Ind. Vols .; came to Chicago, 1865, and engaged in wholesale hardware business until 1897, when assisted in organizing the Moffett Bear- ing Co., of which is sec. and treas. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Illinois. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 3963 Ellis Av.
CRANE, William Bantin, lumberman; b. Eaton, Preble Co., O., June 18, 1846; s. William and Maria (Harbinson) Crane; ed. country school 3 miles from Eaton, O .; m., 1st, Emily D. Fisher; 2d, Emma Mack; children: Omer F., William B., Jr., Violet Louise (an adopted daughter). Began career in 1861 in the timber business at Peru, Ind .; was there for 18 years; went into lumber business in Chicago, 1881, since then conducting business as W. B. Crane & Co .; has plant and saw mills at Falcon, Miss., surrounded by 8,000 acres of hardwood lands. Democrat. Office: 226 W. 22d St. Resi- dence: 3636 Grand Boul.
CRARY, Roscoe, western mgr. leather dept., TT. S. Leather Co .; b. Parksville, Sullivan Co., N. Y., 1867; s. Thomas and Frances M. (Brad- ley) Crary; ed. Delaware Acad., Delhi, N. Y., and Liberty Normal Institute, Liberty, N. Y. Began in the leather business in 1884 with father, tanner and lumberman, Delaware Co., N. Y .; since its formation in 1893 has been with the U. S. Leather Co., and since 1894 has resided in Chicago, being western mgr. of the leather dept. of the company. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park; also Minnesota (St. Paul, Minn.), Mercantile (St. Louis, Mo.). Office: Canal and Fulton Sts. Residence: Auditorium Annex.
CRATTY, Josiah, lawyer; b. Delaware Co., O., Aug. 16, 1846; s. William and Candis (Ben- nett) Cratty; ed. public and high schools: farmed in Illinois until 1864; then enlisted as private in Co. L, 5th N. Y. Cav., Custer's Corps; discharged at Winchester, Va., July, 1865; was in battles of Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and the battles through the Shenandoah Valley in 1864-5; had 2 horses shot under him; m. 1875, Miss Libble M. Earing; children: Paul Jones, Theo Candis. After war taught school until beginning study of law with brother, Thomas Cratty, at Peoria, Ill., Mar., 1869; admitted to bar bv examination by Su- preme Court at Springfield, Jan. 6, 1872; nrac- ticed in Peoria, Ill., with brother until Mar., 1884. when moved to Chicago; since then has devoted himself to corporation law, having organized and been the atty. for many large
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companies and so-called trusts; mem. law firm of Cratty Bros., Jarvis & Latimer ( Thomas Cratty, Josiah Cratty, Wm. B. Jarvis, W. D. Latimer). Vice-pres. and dir. of the Illinois- Kansas Oil Co., and of the Akers Steering Gear Co .; dir. and sec. Illinois River Ry., Light, Heat and Power Co. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Press, Oak Park. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois Bar Assn., Phil Sheridan Post, G. A. R., Royal Ar- canum, Commercial Law League of America. Office: 134 Monroe St. Residence: 201 Maple Av., Oak Park, Il1.
CRAVATH, James Raley, technical editor; b. Grinnell, Ia., July 11, 1872; s. Samuel Aus- tin and Mary (Raley) Cravath; ed. public schools, graduating from Grinnell High School, 1887, and in Iowa College, graduating, B.S., 1892; m. Grinnell, Ia., Apr. 19, 1899, Ruth Myra Rew; children: Austin Melville, Ruth. Began technical career as general helper in small electric light plant during summer vaca- tion of 1891; after graduation, 1892, spent a short time in electrical contracting business at Grinnell, Ia .; later in 1892 came to Chicago to become electrical editor of Street Ry. Re- view (father having been owner of the Grin- nell Herald many years, had to some extent grown up in newspaper business); resigned Jan. 1, 1896, to engage in engineering and ex- pert work for self; served short term on edi- torial staff of Western Electrician, Chicago, 1900, and Aug. 27, 1900, became Western edi- tor for the 3 papers then owned by the Mc- Graw Publishing Co. of New York, viz .: The Street Ry. Journal, the Electrical World and Engineer, and the Am. Electrician, in which position continues. Was sec. Chicago Electrical Assn. (now Electrical Section of the Western Soc. of Engineers), 1895-8. Associate Am. In- stitute of Electrical Engineers. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers. Independent - in politics, with Republican tendency. Mem. Union Church. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 9340 S. Winchester Av. (Beverley Hills).
CRAWFORD. Benjamin F., capitalist. Pres. and dir. Nat. Biscuit Co .; married. Office: 205 LaSalle St. Residence: 1218 Sheridan Rd., Evanston.
CRAWFORD, Henry, lawyer; b. New Al- bany, Ind. Studied law in his father's office. Admitted to bar in New Albany, Ind., went into partnership with his father and became especially prominent as a corporation lawyer; came to Chicago in 1869, and until 1880 was identified with much important railroad litiga- tion in the Federal Courts; retired in 1880 to engage in railroad business in connection with various properties in which he was interested, but finally returned to practice in Chicago. Of- fice: 135 Adams St. Residence: 2000 Calumet Av.
CRAYCROFT, Ben, manufacturer; b. Mont- gomery Co., Md., Dec. 11, 1847; s. Aaron and Harriet G. (Harris) Craycroft; ed. Univ. of Missouri, but was not grad .; m. Chillicothe, Mo., May 29, 1877, Mary Browning. Began business life as a traveling salesman for C. H. & L. J. McCormick (which later became the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.), and af- terward became general agent for them, re- maining in that service 15 years and 3 months; after that was engaged in lumber business at Oklahoma City, Okla., for 4 years, and in 1893 came to Chicago and with Silas Wright en- gaged, under firm name of Wright & Cray- croft, as manufacturers of hard and soft wood mouldings, plain and polished, in which busi- ness has ever since continued. K. T. Democrat. Religion liberal. Office: 576 W. 21st St. Resi- dence: 173 Ashland Boul.
CREELMAN, Frank Macbeth, lumber; b. In- dlanapolis, Ind., Dec. 7, 1878; s. Frank E. and Mary J. (Macbeth) Creelman; ed. common school of Cairo, Ill., and at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind .; m. Jackson, Tenn., 1901,
Sarah Pearle Goode. In 1896 began as inspec- tor and in 1898 became buyer for the F. E. Creelman Lumber Co., and in 1899 gen. mgr., same company; in 1900 organized the McMul- len Lumber Co .; sold out to McMullen, 1901, and took sales management of the F. E. Creel- man Lumber Co. and the Florida Lumber Co .; purchased stock in both companies, 1902, and in 1903 bought, under contract, the entire out- put of both concerns and started jobbing
southern hardwoods. Dir. of the F. E. Creel- man Lumber Co. and the Florida Lumber Co., of Calro, Ill., and Montgomery, Ala., the W. R. Tucker Lumber Co., Chicago, and the George E. Ohara Cypress Co., of Stamboul, La .; also sec. of the Riverside Lumber Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Colonial. Office: 1529 Ry. Exchange. Residence: 4557 Oakenwald Av.
CREIGHTON, Thomas Stockstill, real estate and investments; b. Monticello, Minn., May 1, 1857; s. Samuel F. and Catherine (Stockstill) Creighton; removed to Chicago, 1858, to Evans- ton, 1868; ed. public schools of Chicago and Evanston, Ill., and at Northwestern Univ .; m. Evanston, Ill., Oct. 7, 1891, Virginia M. Ham- line; 1 daughter: Catherine. In 1875 was em- ployed on Chicago Board of Trade, remaining 3 years; was with D. K. Pearsons, 1878-90; since 1890 mem. of firm of Rice & Creighton, real estate and investments. Also dir. High- land Park (Ill.) State Bank. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Evanston Country, Glen View. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Residence: 1722 Judson Av., Evanston.
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