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 41

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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CRENSHAW, William Percy, life under- writer; b. Amelia Springs, Va., Mar. 25, 1866; s. Thomas Allen and Gillie (Bramham) Cren- shaw; ed. by tutor and at Rose Hill Acad., Versallles, Ky .; m. Versailles, Ky., Dec. 12, 1893, Ada Nuckols; children: Virginla, William Percy, Jr. Deputy county clerk, Woodford Co., Ky., 1882-3; accountant for McCormick Har- vesting Machinery Co., Fargo, N. Dak., 1883-4; traveling salesman and district mgr. for Standard Oil Co. in North Dakota, 1884-9; traveling salesman for S. Brainard Sons Co., music publishers, Chicago, 1889-91; for Lyon & Healy, musical instruments, 1891-4; life in- surance agent, company organizer, dir. and executive officer, 1894-1904; appointed Apr. 11, 1904, general agent Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. Served 5 years in Dakota N. G., 1 year as 2d lieut. Independent in poli- tics and religion. Club: Chicago Athletic. Of- fice: Monadnock Blk. Residence: 245 N. Forest Av., River Forest.

CRERAR, John, coal and coke; b. Pictou. N S., Jan. 7, 1857; s. John Crerar and Jane Hat- ton Crerar; ed. public schools of England and Scotland; m. Chicago, 1900, Marie G. Owens; 1 daughter: Marie Owens. As a boy was en- gaged in a ship owner's office in Glasgow un- til 1879; came to U. S., and direct to Chicago, taking a position with the Joliet Steel Co., in which continued until 1884; then started in business for self, and in 1888 formed partner- ship with R. Floyd Clinch, as Crerar, Clinch & Co., miners and shippers of coal, in which continues. Also vice-pres. and dir. of the Deni- son & Sherman Ry. Co., of Denison, Tex .; dir. Republic Iron and Steel Co., of New Jersey, and of the Equitable Coal and Coke Co. Was a mem. of First Lanark Rifle Volunteers, of Scotland; now 2d vice-pres. of St. Luke's Hosp. Clubs: Chicago, Washington Park, Calumet, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Office: The Rook- ery. Residence: 1827 Michigan Av.

CRESSLER, Joseph Alexander, sec. Burks Medicine Co .; b. Shippensburg, Pa., June 6, 1864; s. G. A. and Kate Cressler; ed. public schools of Shippensburg, Pa., and Hagerstown, Md., to 1886; m. Chicago, Aug. 25, 1896, Sara Shirley; children: David, Joseph, Shirley. Worked on farm near Hagerstown, Md., until 22 years old; came to Chicago in winter of

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1886, and up to 1889 was engaged in groceries, etc. In Oct., 1889, became connected with Burks Medicine Co., manufacturers, manufac- turers' agents, and wholesalers of patent med- icines, drugs, etc .; now sec. of the company. Office: 135-37 Lake St. Residence: 5132 Indiana Av.

CREW, Henry, prof. physics, Northwestern Univ., since 1892. (For details of career, see Who's Who in America.) Address: Evanston, Ill.

CRIBBEN, Henry, pres. Cribben & Sexton Co. since 1898; b. Isle of Man, Sept. 19, 1833; s. Thomas and Jane (Carran) Cribben, who came to Rochester, N. Y., when he was 4 years old, and both died when he was a small boy; m. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1854, Miss Maria Robinson; children: William H., Mrs. R. J. Caldwell, E. W. Death of parents left him at 12 years of age with the necessity of supporting himself; was first employed on farm in Oneida Co., N. Y .; later in brush fac- tory at Rochester, N. Y .; then in woodwork- ing dept. of Joseph Hall Threshing Machine Works until 1851, when he began to learn the trade of iron-molder, at which he worked until 1862; enlisted as sergeant Co. F, 140th N. Y. Vols., Aug., 1862; promoted 2d lieut., 1st lieut. and capt., serving in all battles of Army of Potomac until captured at battle of Cold Har- bor, June 3, 1864; spent 8 months in 7 prisons and 3 jails of the Confederacy, escaping Feb. 11, 1865, from prison near Charlotte, N. C., and after 35 days and nights of exposure and travel reached Union lines at Knoxville, Mar. 17, 1865; rejoined regt. after short visit to Rochester and served to close of war. After war worked as iron molder in stove foundry of E. E. Sill, 1865-7; organized Rochester Co- operative Foundry Co., 1867, and was its pres., 1867-73; with James A. Sexton organized firm of Cribben & Sexton, dealers in stoves, 1873; began mfg. stoves and hollowware, 1878; firm became Cribben, Sexton & Co., 1879, and was incorporated 1898. Republican; mem. N. Y. Legislature, 1867; pres. Stove Manufacturers' Defense Assn., 1886-97; pres. Nat. Assn. of Stove Manufacturers, 1903. Mem. Loyal Legion, Oriental Lodge No. 33, A. F. & A. M., Phil Sheridan Post, G. A. R. Office: 54 Eire St. Resi- dence, Oak Park, Ill.

CRIBBEN, William Henry, sec. Cribben & Sexton Co., manufacturers of stoves and ranges; b. Rochester, N. Y., June 7, 1855; s. Henry and Maria (Robinson) Cribben; ed. public school, Rochester, N. Y .; m. Chicago, July 22, 1885, Annie Finley; children: Mabel, Florence. Started in 1870 with the Coopera- tive Foundry Co., of Rochester, N. Y .; came to Chicago, 1872, and started to work with Cribben & Sexton; in 1880 was admitted to partnership and firm changed to Cribben, Sex- ton & Co .; in Jan., 1898, with partner, bought out Mr. Sexton's interest and incorporated un- ner name of Cribben & Sexton Co., of which is sec. and treas .; company engaged in manu- facture of complete line of cooking and heat- ing stoves and ranges. Clubs: Oak Park, Lin- coln. Office: 52-96 Erie St. Residence: 330 S. Euclid Av., Oak Park.

CRIGHTON, James, grain commission; b. Longforgan, Perthshire, Scot., Mar., 1851; s. William and Elizabeth (Duncan) Crighton; ed. public schools in Scotland; m. Chicago, Aug., 1882, Mary Wade Hanna; children: Charles Hanna, James Millar. Came from Scotland to Chicago, 1867, and was an employe in the grain commission house of Low Bros. & Co. (established 1856); in 1880 firm became Crigh- ton & Scribner, with which continued, as an employe, until death of his uncle, John Crigh- ton, in 1887, when took a junior partner's interest with S. A. Scribner, the firm becoming Scribner, Crighton & Co. Mr. Scribner died, 1901, but the firm name was retained until Dec., 1903, when the firm of Crighton & Co.

was organized, with Fred D. Austin, who had been with the firm for some years, as junior partner; commission and consignment busi- ness in grain, seeds and provisions. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. Office: Royal Insurance Bldg. Resi- dence: 309 Clinton Av., Oak Park.

CRILLY, Daniel Francis, real estate dealer; b. Mercersburg, Pa., Oct. 14, 1838; s. John D. and Rebecca (Shafer) Crilly; ed. public schools of Mercersburg; m. 1865, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Snyder, of Fort London, Pa .; chil- dren: Erminie, George, Franklin Edgar, Isa- bel, Oliver Daniel. At age of 17 entered employ of John Wilson, contractor, of Mercersburg, with whom removed in 1856 to Iowa City, Ia., where remained until 1858; engaged in con- tracting business on own account at St. Louis, Mo., 1859-61; came to Chicago, 1861, and for a time engaged in business as a packer, but later returned to contracting work, built the Methodist Church Blk. and numerous business blks. after the fire and continued in the con- tracting business until 1880; his last contract being the Windsor Hotel, Denver, Colo .; since then has been engaged in real estate business, handling many important transactions. Dir. Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League (one of the old guard), Hamilton, Sheridan. Mason: Home Lodge, A. F. and A. M. (charter mem.), Chicago Chapter Apollo Commandery (of which he was treas. for many years); Oriental Consistory. Mem. Chicago Real Es- tate Board; South Park Commissioner. Office: 167 Dearborn. Residence: 3820 Michigan Av.

CRITCHELL, Robert S., fire insurance; b. England, 1844; came to U. S. in boyhood; ed. public schools at Rochester, N. Y. While a boy entered Cincinnati office of Home Insurance Co., of New York, and when that company's western office was removed to St. Louis, 1860, followed it there; entered service of Cincin- nati office of the Ætna Insurance Co., 1862; served in U. S. Navy as junior officer in clos- ing years of the Civil War; after war special agent of Home Insurance Co. for Southern States; special western agent of Phenix In- surance Co., of Brooklyn, 1868-74; resigning, when the Phenix opened a western dept., to devote himself to the local agency of R. S. Critchell & Co., which he had established in 1870; in 1901 the agency assumed present firm name of Critchell, Miller, Whitney & Bar- bour. Club: Union League. Office: LaSalle, s. w. cor. Madison St. Residence: Hotel Metropole.

CROCKER, Hubert Davis, lawyer, justice of the peace; b. Burlington, Ia., Nov. 30, 1859; s. Davis J. and Frances (Rorer) Crocker; fam- ilv removed to Chicago, 1863, and lived first in Evanston and later in Hinsdale; ed. Hins- dale public schools; prepared for college at Chicago Athenaeum; went to Trinity College. Hartford, Conn., 1880, but did not finish course; returned to Chicago, and took position with Pullman's Palace Car Co .; then read law in his father's office and Union College of Law, graduating, LL.B., 1885; m. Milwaukee, Wis .. June 16, 1897, Mamie Wheaton: 1 child: Frances R. Admitted to bar, 1885; practiced with father as D. J. & H. D. Crocker until father's death in 1892, then with Henry R. Pebbles, as Crocker & Pebbles, which later dissolved; then with his brother, Ralph R., as Crocker & Crocker, until 1895; after that alone. Appointed justice of the peace, 1903. Republican. Served in I. N. G. 4 years, with commissions as 1st and 2d lieut. and capt. of the line, and capt, and inspector of rifle prac- tice of his regt. Lient. Naval Militia, Illinois. Organized 2 companies for the Spanish-Am. War (Hartigan's Regt.). Mem. Loyal Legion by inheritance. Mem. Odd Fellows, K. P., Alpha Delta Phi. Office: Ft. Dearborn Bldg. Residence: 1036 W. Irving Park Boul.

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CROSBY, George Heman, railway official; b. Lawrence, Mass., Mar. 27, 1849; s. Heman and Eveline Crosby; ed. public schools, Ft. Ed- ward (N. Y.) Institute and Cornell Univ .; m. Trumansburgh, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1871, Jennie M. Ball; children: Herbert B., Fred K., Hermione, Edith E. Entered railway service Aug., 1870, as rodman and asst. engineer, Pennsylvania & Sodus Bay R. R., to Jan., 1871; asst. engi- neer Chicago & Southwestern R. R., 1871-2; from Jan., 1872, to Sept., 1880, clerk, traveling agent and traveling auditor; 1880-98, freight auditor; since June, 1898, sec. and since Apr., 1903, sec. and treas. C., R. I. & P. Ry. Co. Club: Union League. Office: 144 VanBuren St. Residence: 7220 Yale Av.

CROSS, Albert Eugene, grain commission, etc .; b. Aurora, Ill., Mar. 6, 1870; s. Jesse G. and Harriet E. (Perry) Cross; ed. public schools and at Leipzig and Berlin; m. Aurora, Ill., Oct. 7, 1896, Fannie Ferre. Began business career as proprietor (with his brother, George R.) of a business college; later in employ of Underwood & Co. and the International Pack- ing Co .; then joined firm of Henry Ellsworth & Co., which was later incorporated as the Ellsworth & Cross Co., provisions and grain, of which is vice-pres. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Republican Club of Lyons Twp. Clubs: Hamilton, La Grange Country. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 300 5th Av., La- Grange, Ill.

CROSS, Clarence Louine, lumberman; b. Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1854; s. Alfred J. and Francella R. (Harvey) Cross; came to Chicago, 1857; ed. public schools and old Chi- cago Univ .; m. Apr. 21, 1880, Grace, daughter of Ezra L. Sherman, of Chicago; children: Bessie, Alfred, Phylis. Began business career at 17 as office boy for T. W. Harvey, lumber- man; promoted asst. bookkeeper and traveling salesman, and, 1880-2, mgr. of buying, selling and correspondence; sec. T. W. Harvey Lum- ber Co., 1882-9; then of firm of Cross, Badger & Co., 1889-95; since then has been handling cypress lumber exclusively. Was also identi- fled with an extensive yard business in Ne- braska. Was trustee of village of Riverside several years, also pres. of village. Episco- palian. Clubs: Union League, Riverside Golf. Office: Monadnock Blk. Residence: Riverside, Ill.

CROSSETTE, Charles Henry, manufacturer and jobber of men's furnishing goods; b. Al- sted, N. H., Nov. 6, 1848; s. Rev. Robert and Dorothea (Fisher) Crossette; ed. public schools and in Suffield Univ., Suffield, Conn., graduating from latter in class of 1866; m. Beemerville, N. J., Sept. 13, 1873, Mary A. Dunning; children: Charles D., Robert G., Mur- ray F., Aurelia M. Came to Chicago in 1866, and entered employ of Kimball, Stevens & Co., wholesale woolens; remained with them for 2 years, and afterward with the old firm of Damon, Temple & Co., neckwear manufactur- ers, for 6 vears; on Jan. 1, 1874, with Henry W. K. Cutter, established firm of Cutter & Crossette, manufacturers of shirts and neck- wear and jobbers of men's furnishing goods. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf. Office: 176 Market St. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill.

CROSSLEY, Frederic Beers, lawyer and sec. Northwestern Univ. Law School; b. Glen Eyre, Pa., Dec. 2, 1872; s. Thomas and Mary (Mc- Roy) Crossley; ed. Honesdale (Pa.) High School, Harvard Univ., 1897; Northwestern Univ. Law School, graduating LL.B., 1899; m. Honesdale, Pa., 1903, Susan E. Jenkins; 1 son: Frederic McRoy. Admitted to bar of State of Illinois in 1899, and since then engaged in practice, principally in consultation work rather than in trial work; has been sec. of the Northwestern Univ. Law School since 1901. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Club:

University. Office: 87 E. Lake St. Residence: 2332 N. Paulina St. (Ravenswood).

CROSSMAN, Augustus Brown, pres. and mgr. Chicago Biscuit Co .; b. Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y., Nov. 25, 1855; s. Thomas Jefferson and Henrietta (Brown) Crossman; ed. public schools of Ellenville, N. Y., and Newburgh, N. Y .; m. Fowler, Ind., Nov. 25, 1878, Emma S. Ladd; children: T. Leroy, Laura Irene. Fol- lowed farming until was 29 years old; in Jan., 1886, became associated with the D. F. Brem- ner Baking Co., which in 1890 merged In the Am. Biscuit and Mfg. Co., which in turn was merged in 1898 into the Nat. Biscuit Co .; re- mained with latter company until July, 1902, when organized the Chicago Biscuit Co., and assumed present position as pres. and gen. mgr. Democrat. Baptist. Mason; K. T., Engle- wood Commandery. Office: 64-72 N. Desplaines St. Residence: 7100 Yale Av.

CROUSE, Daniel Howard, mgr. Dental Pro- tective Supply Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 13, 1873; s. John Nathan and Ruma Arvilla (Hull) Crouse; ed. Chicago public schools, 1881-4; Harvard School, Chicago, 1884-6; was tutored years, 1886-8; in Northwestern Acad. 2

(Evanston), 1888-90; Lawrenceville (N. J.) School, 1890-3, graduating, 1893, followed by 1 year at the Univ. of Chicago, ending 1894; m. Barrington, Ill., June 24, 1899, Clara Dorothea Sodt. Took charge of Dental Digest, as editor, when it was started in January, 1895, and has conducted it ever since; took charge of the Dental Protective Supply Co., Oct. 1, 1897, and has since been vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of the company, which is engaged in the man- ufacture and wholesale and retail trade in dental supplies. Republican. Mem. Chicago Trade Press Assn. Clubs: Chicago Press, Chi- cago Automobile. Office: Heyworth Bldg. Resi- dence: 841 E. 51st St.

CROUSE, John Nathan, dentist; b. near Downington, Chester Co., Pa., Sept. 15, 1842; s. Daniel and Mary (Mowrer) Crouse; early education in village schools of Pennsylvania and Illinois; then in Mt. Carroll (Ill.) Semi- nary, 1859-62; grad. D.D.S., Pennsylvania Den- tal College, Philadelphia, 1867; m. Clinton, N. Y., 1870, Ruma Arvilla Hull; children: Daniel Howard, Dean. Began practice of dentistry at Mount Carroll, Ill., 1864, and since 1868 has practiced in Chicago. Founder and pres. Den- tal Protective Assn .; pres., treas. and dir. Dental Protective Supply Co .; publisher Den- tal Digest. Mem. Nat. Dental Assn .; ex-pres. Illinois State Dental Soc. (charter mem.), Chicago Dental Soc., Odontographic Soc., Am. Dental Assn. Baptist. Republican. Clubs: Tol- leston Shooting, Calumet. Address: 2231 Prai- rie Av.

CROW, Louis W., lumberman; b. Crystal Lake, Ill., Sept. 24, 1864; s. James and Sarah A. Crow; grad. Beloit College, Ph.B., 1886; m. Crystal Lake, Ill., Dec. 22, 1896, Nettie C. Cannon; children: Walter Dana, Rollin Salis- bury, Frances Louise. With W. L. Scott Coal Co. in various capacities, 1886-92; commenced as bookkeeper and cashier for Charles H. Mears & Co., 1892-6, manager of one of their yards, 1896-9; admitted to partnership, 1899. Republican. Clubs: Builders, Chicago Athletic. Office: 1113 Belmont Av. Residence: 91 Hazel Av.

CROWELL, Henry Parsons, manufacturer; b. Cleveland, O., Jan. 27, 1855; s. Henry L. and Anna (Parsons) Crowell; ed. public school, Cleveland, and Greylock Institute, South Wil- liamstown, Mass .; m. Cleveland, O., July 10, 1888, Susan Coleman; children: Henry Cole- man, Annie Bayard. Became pres. of the Qua- ker Mill Co. at Ravenna, O., 1881; in June, 1891, when this company was sold to the Am. Cereal Co., of Akron, O., became vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of latter until Feb., 1898, when was made pres. Also pres. the Quaker Oats Co., and vice-pres. the Cleveland Foundry Co.

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Republican. Presbyterian. Trustee McCormick Theological Seminary; trustee Illinois College; pres. of Board of Trustees of Moody Bible Institute. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Skokie. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: Winnetka, Il1.

CROZIER, Frank, lawyer; b. Madison, Ind., May 18, 1872; s. James H. and Anna Crozier; ed. public schools, Madison, Ind .; Hanover Col- lege, Indiana, In classical course, graduating, A.M., and Univ. of Michigan in law course, graduating, B.L., in class of 1894; m. Roches- ter, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1899, Clara A. Pope; 3 daughters: Marion, Frances, Mildred. Since 1894 has resided in Chicago and has been en- gaged in law practice. Mem. A. F. and A. M. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 5456 Green- wood Av.

CRUICE, Daniel L., lawyer; b. Buffalo, N. Y., June 30, 1868; s. Martin and Maria (Can- non) Cruice; ed. parochial and public schools, grad. high school, 1888, Chicago College of Law (law dept. of Lake Forest Univ.), LL.B., 1894. While attending schools sailed on the Great Lakes in various capacities during vaca- tions; entered postoffice at Buffalo, N. Y., 1888, was transferred to the Ry. Mail Service and continued in that service until 1900; admitted to bar, Nov. 1, 1894; since 1900 engaged in general practice of law. Democrat. In politics was associated with late Gov. John P. Altgeld, candidate for alderman on his ticket, 1899; nominated by labor men for mayor, 1903; has been affiliated with the progressive move- ments of the city; organized the Referendum League in 1901, and participated in the various campaigns for the public policy questions sub- mitted by virtue of the public policy law. Pres. Referendum League; mem. Municipal Ownership League. R. C. Office: Unity Bldg. Residence: Eastwood Av. and Robey St.

CRUIKSHANK, Charles Eli, lawyer; b. Utica, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1857; s. Levi and Ann (Crosby) Cruikshank; ed. public and high schools at Utica, prepared for college at Whitestown Seminary, and grad. A.B., with honors, from Hamilton College, 1879; studied law in office of Congressman J. Thomas Spriggs, of Utica, and was admitted to New York bar; m. Utica, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1887, Della Beckwith. Practiced at Utica until 1882; removed to Chicago, where has ever since been actively engaged in general law practice. Club: Menoken. Office: 92 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 1394 Jackson Boul.

CRUISE, Robert Joseph Stanislaus, dentist; b. Dublin, Ireland, June 2, 1868; s. Sir Francis Richard, M.D., D. L., and Mary Frances (Power) Cruise: ed. Beaumont College, Berkshire, Eng., 1879-81; Tullabeg College, Tullamore, King's Co., Ireland, 1881-6; Royal Univ., Ire- land, 1886-90; Chicago College of Dental Sur- gery, 1895-8, D.D.S., 1898. Engaged in prac- tice of dentistry in Chicago from 1895. Mem. Illinois State Dental Soc., Odontographic Soc., Chicago Dental Soc., Delta Sigma Delta Soc. R. C. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Ash- land. Office and residence: 1550 Jackson Boul. CRUMP, Lawrence Mortimer, leaf tobacco; b. Richmond, Va., Sept. 17, 1865; s. Lawrence M. and Lucy A. H. (Hawkins) Crump; ed. pub- lic schools of Baltimore, Md .; m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1890, Nora Welsh. Came to Chicago in 1884 from Baltimore, and established leaf to- bacco business, admitting his brother, W. R. H., in 1894, present firm of Crump Bros. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, Belmont Golf. Office: 207 Randolph St. Resi- dence: 4613 Woodlawn Av.

CRUNELLE, Leonard, sculptor; b. Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, July 8, 1872; s. Alberic and Marie (Strady) Crunelle; pupil of Lorado Taft and the Art Institute of Chicago; m. Washington Heights, Chicago, Sept., 1893, Au- gusta Waughop. Professionally engaged as sculptor in Chicago since 1891. Received medal

and diploma from Atlanta Cotton States Ex- position; special prize from fall exhibit at Art Institute, 1904; bronze medal and diploma from St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposi- tion, 1904. Mem. Soc. of Western Artists, Chicago Soc. of Artists. Republican. Studio: Fine Arts BIdg. Residence: Edison Park, Cook Co., III.

CRUTTENDEN, Thomas Spencer, dry goods commission; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1847; s. Thomas and Hannah (Patten) Cruttenden; ed. public schools and Free Acad., New York City; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1871, Susie Rebecca Smith; children: Mrs. John Stuart Frasher, Edmund Spencer, Walter Wemple, Susie, Arthur Thomas. In Sept., 1866, entered employ of Garner & Co., large manufacturers of cotton piece goods; on Apr. 15, 1874, started business in Chicago, in firm of Thorn & Crut- tenden, as agents for Garner & Co .; since death of Mr. Thorn, July, 1876, sole agent, under style of Thos. S. Cruttenden, selling Garner & Co.'s goods exclusively in the terri- tory commencing with Cleveland on the east and ending with Denver on the west, and from Duluth in the north to Louisville in the south; was first person to establish an agency in Chicago for a large mfg. concern in the dry goods line. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago branch Sons of New York. Clubs: Un- ion League, Kenwood, Midlothian (Blue IsI- and), Missouri Athletic (St. Louis), Manhat- tan (New York). Office: 242 Franklin St. Resi- dence: 5059 Washington Av.

CUDAHY, John, packer; b. Callan, Co. Kil- kenny, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1843; s. Patrick and Elizabeth (Shaw) Cudahy; came to U. S., 1849, parents settling in Milwaukee; attended public schools until 14 years old; m., 1st, 1873, Mary Nolan, of Bridgeport, Conn .; 2d, Margaret F. O'Neil, Chicago. At 14 to 17 worked in packing house of Ed. Roddis, Milwaukee, later 4 years with John Plankinton and Plankinton & Ar- mour; then in fruit and ornamental tree busi- ness until 1870; afterward in employ of Mil- waukee packing firms; became partner Chapin & Co., Chicago, 1875, firm becoming Chapin & Cudahy, 1877, and later Cudahy Packing Co .; is also partner with his brother Michael in Cudahy Bros. Co., packers, of Milwaukee. Clubs: Washington Park, Union League, Chi- cago. Office: 145 VanBuren St. Residence: 3254 Michigan Av.

CUDAHY, Michael, packer; b. Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Dec. 7, 1841; s. Patrick and Elizabeth (Shaw) Cudahv; came to U. S., 1849, with parents, who settled in Milwaukee; ed. public schools of Milwaukee. Learned butch- er's trade with his father in Milwaukee, and at 14 entered employment of John Plankin- ton, whose Milwaukee packing house was es- tablished in 1844; in 1866, became connected with packing house of Edward Roddis, Mil- waukee, and later accepted position of mgr. in Plankinton & Armour's packing house, Mil- waukee; admitted, 1875, as partner of P. D. Armour in firm of Armour & Co., Chicago, removing to this city, and in 1881, with his brothers, John and Patrick, established firm of Cudahy Bros., of which is head; pres. of the Cudahy Packing Co., conducting large packing and provision enterprises in Milwau- kee and Omaha; dir. Bankers' Nat. Bank; pres. North Am. Transportation and Trading Co. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Chi- cago Yacht, Exmoor, Glen View, Sheridan. Of- fice: The Rookery, Residence: 3138 Michigan Av.

CULLEN, George Appleton, railway official; b. St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 18, 1867; s. Mathew Robinson and Winona (Barbour) Cullen; ed. St. Louis public schools. Entered the service of Pullman's Palace Car Co., 1884, at St. Louis; Mo. P. Ry., 1887; chief clerk Southern Passenger Assn., Atlanta, Ga., 1895; chief clerk Plant System of Rys., Savannah, Ga.,

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1895; chief clerk Western Passenger Assn., Chicago, 1896; general agent Western Passen- ger Assn. at New York City, 1898; since 1899, general western passenger agent of the D., L. & W. R. R., Chicago. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park, City. Office: 103 Adams St. Residence: Oak Park, Ill.

CULVER, Alvin Howard, lawyer; b. Chica- go, Mar. 9, 1873; s. Morton and Eugenia M. (Taylor) Culver; grad. collegiate course North- western Univ., A.B., 1893; Northwestern Law School, LL.B., 1895. Taught night school, 1894-5; in law office of Paden & Gridley, 1895- 1902; since 1902 mem. law firm of Gridley, Culver & King. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illi- nois State Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Win- netka, Ashland. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: Glencoe, Ill.

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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 41

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