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ERSKINE, James Drummond, mgr .; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 30, 1874; s. Albert and Cecelia (De Wolf) Erskine; ed. public schools of Chicago. In operating dept. of the Calumet Electric St. Ry., 1891-4; with General Electric Co. at St. Louis, 1894-6; then took charge of busi- ness of the Am. Radiator Co. at Buffalo, N. Y., afterward becoming asst. mgr. of the Chi- cago branch until 1902; since then mgr. Dir. 1st Nat. Bank of East Chicago, Ind., and In- diana Harbor State Bank. Republican. Episco- pallan. Clubs: Saddle and Cycle, Chicago Yacht. Office: 284 Michigan Av. Residence: 135 Lincoln Park Boul.
ERWIN, Charles Roswell, vice-pres. of Lord & Thomas, advertising agents; b. Ottawa, Ill., 1858; s. Lieut. Col. William Erwin (of 20th Ill. Vol., killed at battle of Ft. Donelson) and Althea L. (Goodell) Erwin; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Oak Park, Ill., 1884, Rachel M. Ingalls. Began business life in 1876, as a messenger in the employ of the Commercial Nat. Bank of Chicago, and in 1884, resigned as receiving teller and entered the employ of Lord & Thomas, now being vice-pres. of the company. Mem. Illinois Division, S. A. R. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Westward Ho; also the Glen Echo Country, of St. Louis, Mo., and the St. Louis Automobile Club. Office: 67 Wa- bash Av. Residence: Oak Park, Ill.
ESPERT, Frederick, sec. and treas. of Mon- arch Refrigerating Co .; b. Chicago, Jan. 10, 1862; s. Michael Frederick and Fredericka (Linsenbarth) Espert; ed. Chicago public schools and in business college, Chicago. Be- gan business life in 1877, with the firm of Parliament & Espert, South Water St., cheese merchants, as bookkeeper, later becoming a mem. of the firm; since 1894 sec. and treas. of the Monarch Refrigerating Co., cold stor-
age. German Lutheran. Republican. Office: 245 Michigan St. Residence: 2419 Calumet Av.
ESPERT, Michael, pres. Monarch Refriger- ating Co .; b. Chicago, Nov. 25, 1858; s. Michael Frederick and Fredericka (Linsenbarth) Es- pert; attended public schools in Chicago; m. Chicago, 1880, Barbara Cure; 1 daughter: May. On leaving school entered employ of Chase & Pond, commission merchants; later with J. N. Adams, and afterward with Charles Baltz, then a cheese and butter merchant; formed partnership with Samuel Parliament as Par- liament & Espert (of which Frederick Espert was also a mem.), and on Apr. 4, 1894, inau- gurated the corporation, Monarch Refrigerat- ing Co., cold storage, of which has since been pres. German Lutheran. Clubs: Sheridan, Hen- nepin Shooting. Office: 245 Michigan St. Resi- dence: 3128 Indiana Av.
ESTABROOK, Torrie S., lumber; b. Sack- ville, N. B., Can., Jan. 24, 1871; s. Willard and Ruth (Tingley) Estabrook; ed. Acadia College, Wolfville, N. S., Can .; m. St. Cloud, Minn., Sept. 20, 1896, Louise Dolan; 1 daughter: Dorothy Louise. Began business career in 1889, as clerk, electrical business at Lynn, Mass .; purchasing agent Winona (Minn.) Wagon Co., 1889-1903. Since Feb. 1, 1903, en- gaged in wholesale lumber business in Chi- cago under own name; also pres. and treas. Fisher-Estabrook Lumber Co. Republican. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 6010 South Park Av.
ETTELSON, David L., underwiter; b. Rus- sia, Mar. 1, 1862; s. N. B. and Dora Ettelson; ed. in Chicago public schools; LL.B., Chi- cago Law School (Lake Forest Univ.), 1897; m. Chicago, Sept. 3, 1884; 1 son, Geoffrey C. In insurance business since 1888; now of firm of de Roode, Faulkner & Ettelson. Republican. Mem. Tracy Lodge, A. F. & A. M .; Friendship Council, Modern Aztecs; Montefiore Council, Royal Arcanum. Club: Hamilton. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: Lexington Hotel.
EUSTIS, Percy Spragne, passenger traffic mgr., C., B. & Q. R. R., since Apr. 8, 1903; b. Milton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1857; s. Alexander B. and Aurora G. Eustis; common school edu- cation at Philadelphia; m. Philadelphia, Apr. 3, 1883, Eliza R. Griffiths; 1 daughter: Norah. Entered employ of Burlington road at Omaha, in passenger dept., Nov., 1876; became chief clerk, Jan., 1881; gen. passenger agent, Omaha, July, 1881-8; Chicago, 1888-1903. Clubs: Chi- cago Athletic. Office: 209 Adams St. Residence: LaGrange, Ill.
EUSTON, Edwin, linseed oil; b. St. Louis, Mo, Aug. 2, 1877; s. Alexander Euston; grad. Harvard College, A.B., 1900; m. St. Louis, Mo., July 2, 1901, Elizabeth Semple. Managing part- ner of Euston & Co. (of which his father, a resident of St. Louis, is senior partner), manu- facturers of linseed oil; plant established in 1899; vice-pres. and treas. the Chicago Lino- leum Co., manufacturers of linoleums and cork carpets. Republican. Office: Blackhawk St. and Hawthorne Av. Residence: 1632 Grace- land Av.
EVANS, Clinton B., editor and publisher; b. Fryeburg, Me., Apr. 18, 1848; s. John and Mary A. (Adams) Evans; grad. Dartmouth College, A.B., 1873; m. Chicago, June 3, 1886, Emma R. Townsend; children: Marion R., Clinton T. After leaving college engaged in newspaper work, as reporter and night editor of the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, 1873- 83; financial editor of the Chicago Tribune, 1883-8; established The Economist, a weekly journal devoted to finance, commerce and real estate, Oct. 20, 1888, and is now pres. of the Economist Publishing Co. Dir. Spring River Power Co., and of Riverside State Bank. Clubs: Union League, City. Office: 189 LaSalle St. Residence: Riverside, Ill.
EVANS, Evan Albert, pres. Chicago Portrait Co .; b. Jackson Co., O., Feb. 6, 1871; s. Grif-
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fith and Jane (Evans) Evans; removed with parents to Missouri in 1877; ed. country schools until 1890; attended Kirksville, Mo., Normal School, 1890-2; after leaving normal school, taught until mid-summer, 1893; m. Chicago, 1901, Pauline Hart. In 1893 entered the employ of Chicago Portrait Co. as travel- ing agent. Represented company on road for 5 years; became a stockholder and director in 1895, and later filled positions of asst. gen. mgr., sec., and since Apr., 1902, has been pres. of the company. Also dir. of the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Illinois, Manufacturers' Bank of Chicago and the John Webber Co. Repub- lican. Mason (32º) and Shriner. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Hamilton, Calumet, Chicago Athletic (dir.). Office: S. E. cor. Wa- bash Av. and Congress St. Residence: 3716 Lake Av.
EVANS, John Thomas, lawyer; b. Macon Co., Mo., Aug. 8, 1878; s. Griffith E. and Jane M. (Evans) Evans; attended country and vil- lage schools and Kirksville Normal School until 1899; came to Chicago; grad. Chicago College of Law, 1902; admitted to the bar soon after. He entered the law office of H. S. Dun- combe, Nov., 1902, as a clerk and became part- ner in Feb., 1904. Mason. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton. Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 6030 Jackson Park Av.
EVANS, Lynden, lawyer; b. LaSalle, Ill., June 28, 1858; s. Daniel Evans and Emma (Lynden) Evans; ed. public schools of La- Salle and Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., grad- uating 1882; taught school at LaSalle and Evanston, 1882-5, while studying law; m. Lake Geneva, Wis., 1896, Bonnie Withrow, daugh- ter of Judge Thomas F. Withrow. Admitted to bar of Illinois in 1884; was mem. of the firm of Barnum, Evans & Barnum from 1888 until 1891, later of Evans & Arnd, but of re- cent years has practiced alone, specializing chiefly in corporation and real estate law. Au- thor of Illinois Overruled Cases, and Cases Distinguished, Limited and Expanded. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Club: University. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 24 Junior Ter- race; also Indian Point, Pelican Lake, Wis.
EVANS, William Augustus, physician; b. Marion, Ala., Aug. 5, 1865; s. William Augus- tus and Julia Josephine (Wyatt) Evans; ed. public schools Aberdeen, Miss., Agricultural College of Mississippi, graduating B.S., 1883 (M.S., 1900); grad. med. dept. Tulane Univ. of Louisiana, M.D., 1885; med. dept. of Univ. of Illinois, M.D., ad eundem, 1899. In practice of medicine since 1885; demonstrator of pathology College of Physicians and Sur- geons (now med. dept. Univ. of Illinois), 1891- 1895; prof. pathology med. dept., Univ. of Illi- nois since 1895. Pathologist Cook Co. Hosp .; pres. attending staff, Dunning Institutions; consulting pathologist Alexian Bros. Hosp .; sec. Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis; sec. Columbus Med. Laboratory. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Am. Assn. of Pathologists and Bacteri- ologists, Chicago Acad. of Sciences, Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chicago Med. Soc. (pres., 1892-3, and now chairman Medico-Legal com- mittee), Chicago Pathologic Soc. Baptist. Club: Illinois. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 453 Washington Boul.
EVANS, William Webster, lawyer; h. Keno- sha, Wis., Nov. 16, 1849; s. Enoch Webster and Caroline (Hyde) Evans; ed. Chicago pub- lic schools and Dartmouth College, graduating, A.B., 1872; m. Joliet, Ill., May 6, 1880, Julia Hyde; children: Marion, Alice, Edith, Ruth. Read law, beginning, 1872, in office of his father, E. W. Evans, and in 1874, was ad- mitted to Illinois bar; was partner with father, 1874-9, as E. W. & W. W. Evans; then alone until 1888, when became associated with Gardner G. Willard, in law firm of Willard & Evans. Dir. of the Ajax Forge Co. and of Grif-
fin Wheel Co. Republican. Club: Illinois. Office: 87 Washington St. Residence: 562 Washington Boul.
EVERETT, Frederick, physician; b. Ogden City, Utah, Oct. 16, 1860; s. John Godlieb and Helen Everett; ed. public schools and at Salt Lake Academy, graduating from latter, and then taking special course in Oberlin College; grad., at head of class, Chicago Home. Med. College, M.D., 1888. Became, upon graduation, professional partner of Dr. H. M. Hobart, prof. of materia medica in Chicago Homoe. Med. College, until death of latter in 1893, when succeeded to a large share of Dr. Ho- bart's business; engaged in general practice as homeopathic physician and surgeon. Mem. Illinois Home. Med. Assn., Cook Co. Homo. Med. Assn., Homo. Med. Soc. of Chicago, and Am. Institute of Homœopathy; attending phy- sician of Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum and of Chicago Baptist Hosp. Mem. Church of Covenant (Presbyterian). Repub- lican. Office and residence: 402 Center St.
EVERETT, John Cree, justice of the peace; b. Chambersburg, Pa., Mar. 6, 1862; s. Wil- liam Smiley and Jane (Cree) Everett; removed to St. Joseph, Mo., 1869, and to Chicago, Dec., 1875; ed. public schools of St. Joseph, Mo .; m. Chicago, 1901, Laura Griffiths; 1 son: Walk- er. On coming to Chicago was for 3 years in employ of wholesale dept. of Field, Leiter & Co., dry goods; left in 1879, and entered Univ. of Chicago; helping to pay his way for 2 years by carrying morning papers; in 1882 reported "police" for the Associated Press; in same year entered Union College of Law, from which graduated, LL.B., with honors, in 1884; admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois; engaged in general practice of law; was appointed justice of the peace for unex- pired term to succeed his father on latter's death in 1894; reappointed for full term in 1895 and quadrennially since. Republican. Mem. 2d Presbyterian Church. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, Chicago Bar Assn., Law Institute. Sec. and dir. Scottish Nat. Insurance Co. of America. Clubs: Union League, Hamil- ton (life mem.). Office: 125 Clark St. Resi- dence: 2955 Indiana Av.
EVERETT, William Reed, banker and bro- ker; b. St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 21, 1868; s. Wil- Ham Smiley and Charlotte Stickney (Reed) Everett; ed. Chicago public schools, Lake Forest Univ. and Chicago-Kent Law School; m. Chicago, Apr. 5, 1893, Jennie Stringham; children: Dorothy, Leroy Edward. Began busi- ness life, 1881, as cash boy Marshall Field & Co .; later traveling salesman; was employed by several financial institutions and practiced law for several years. Broker and banking business since 1900, and since 1902 pres. of the Western Trust & Guaranty Co .; also dir. in several corporations. Republican. Christian Scientist. Served in state militia, and was col. on the staff of Gov. Hunt of Idaho. Mason, all degrees; mem. S. A. R. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 56 Bryant Av.
EVERINGHAM, Lyman, grain commission; b. Geneva, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1831; s. Rev. John S. (Baptist clergyman) and Jane Maria Ever- ingham; ed. public and high schools; m. Al- bion, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1857, Mary Dickinson; children: Edward L., Henry Dickinson, Belle, Mae Louise. At 20 left school to take clerkship In general office of Buffalo, Corning and New York R. R., of which he later became auditor of accounts and paymaster, resigning in 1856, and assuming position of freight agent at Milwaukee with La Crosse & Milwaukee R. R., and its successor, C., M. & St. P. Ry. In 1865 resigned to inaugurate firm of Bacon & Ever- ingham, Milwaukee, 1865-74; since 1874 head of firm of L. Everingham & Co., removing to Chicago, 1880; was pres. Columbia Nat. Bank, 1891-2, resigning 7 months before its failure. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade, Milwaukee
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Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis Merchants' Exchange. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 143 Oakwood Boul.
EVERSZ, Ernest Hammond, banker; b. Ober- lin, O., Aug. 3, 1872; s. Moritz E. and Harriet L. (Hammond) Eversz; came to Chicago, 1888; grad. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., 1895; m. Chicago, Nov. 2, 1902, Ruth May Swift. Has been in banking and investment business since 1895; with the banking firm of N. W. Harris & Co. until 1901; then local represen- tative of the New York banking firm of Red- mond, Kerr & Co., 1901-3; in 1903 established firm of Eversz & Co., bankers and brokers, of which is senior mem. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Illinois Soc. Sons of the Revo- lution. Clubs: Washington Park, Bankers, Union League, Chicago Yacht. Office: 220 La- Salle St. Residence: 3334 Michigan Av.
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EVERSZ, Moritz Ernst, clergyman; b. Büd- erich, Wesel, Rhenish-Prussia, Ger., July 10, 1843; s. Capt. Louis and Louise (Dames) Eversz; came to United States in boyhood; attended country school a little and "Brock- way College" 3 terms; enlisted at Ripon, Wis., July 28, 1862, and was mustered in as cor- poral Co. H, 20th Wis. Infy., Aug. 14, 1862; promoted 5th and then 1st sergeant, and 8 months later to 2d lieut .; took part in Vicks- burg campaign; also in Louisiana, Texas, Ala- bama and Mississippi; commissioned 1st lieut. at close of war and mustered out at Madison, Wis., July 30, 1865; worked way through pre- paratory school, college and seminary, in 9 years after war, graduating Ripon College, A.B., June, 1871 (A.M., 1894; D.D., 1888), and from theological school at Oberlin, O., June, 1874; m. Ripon, Wis., Aug. 9, 1871, Hattie L., daughter of Hon. Charles H. Hammond; chil- dren: Ernest Hammond, Mrs. Jessie Eliza Manchester, Mrs. Edna Louise McKinnie, Hat- tie Marie, and Winifred. Ordained to Congre- gational ministry at Pittsfield, O., 1874; pas- tor there 31/2 years; pastor Columbus, Wis., July, 1876, to Nov., 1881; pastor Hanover St. Church, Milwaukee, Wis., 1881-7; appointed Aug. 16, 1887, as supt. of Home Missions for Germans, by the Congregational Home Mission Soc. of New York; went to Germany to study church problems, and began duties as supt. Jan. 1, 1888; has given courses of lectures to German students at Chicago Theological Seminary, and acted as pres. of Wilton Ger- man-English College, Wilton, Ia., about 5 years, refusing re-election in June, 1902. Was present at organization of Republican party and has generally voted that ticket. Office: 153 LaSalle St. Residence: 628 University Pl., Evanston, Ill.
EWELL, Marshall Davis, educator, lawyer; b. Oxford, Mich., Aug. 18, 1844; grad. Michi- gan State Normal School, 1864; Univ. of Michi- gan, LL.B., 1868 (LL.D., 1879; A.M., North- western Univ., 1879; M.D., Chicago Med. Col- lege, 1884); m. 1870, Abbie L. Walker. Was prof. common law, Union College of Law, Chi- cago, from 1877 until founding of the Kent College of Law, of which he became prof. common law, and later pres. and dean; now prof. elementary common law and med. juris- prudence Chicago-Kent College of Law. Also known as microscopist and handwriting ex- pert. Pres. Am. Microscopic Soc., 1893; elected, 1886. Fellow Royal Microscopic Soc., London. Author: Leading Cases on Disabilities, 1876; Treatise on the Law of Fixtures, 1876; Essen- tials of the Law, 1882; Manual of Med. Juris- prudence, 1887. Editor: Blackwell on Tax Ti- tles; Evans on Agency; Lindley on Partner- ship; and other works. Has contributed nearlv 200 papers to law journals. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 747 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill.
EWEN, John Meiggs, engineer and builder; b. Newtown, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1859; s. Warren and Sarah (Faulkner) Ewen; ed. Russell's Mili- tary Acad., New Haven, Conn., and Stevens
Institute of Technology, graduating 1880; m. Evanston, Ill., Mar. 29, 1889, Grace Patter- son; children: John Meiggs, Jr., Marjorie Pat- terson. Was with J. B. and J. M. Cornell Iron Works, New York, 3 years as asst. engineer; with W. L. B. Jenny, architect, Chicago, 1 year as architectural engineer; 4 years en- gineer and gen. mgr. with Burnham & Root, architects, Chicago; 10 years with Geo. A. Fuller Co., Chicago, on building construction, as vice-pres., gen. mgr. (4 years in London representing that firm) and afterward as west- ern contracting agent for same firm; since 1903 vice-pres. and western representative Thompson-Starrett Co., of New York, building contractors. Has been actively identified with the erection of many of the high office build- ings in the U. S. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers, Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, Western Soc. of En- gineers. Clubs: Union League, University, Athletic, Chicago Historical, Onwentsia, Evanston Country. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg. Residence: Lake Forest.
EWING, Adlai Thomas, lawyer; b. McLean Co., Ill., Feb. 5, 1846; s. John Wallis and Maria Mcclellan (Stevenson) Ewing; ed. Illi- nois State Normal Univ .; studied law under his brother, Hon. James S. Ewing; m. Buffalo, N. Y., 1879, Kate Hyde. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1868. Was appointed by Pres. Harrison one of the Illinois mem. of the U. S. commis- sion for the World's Columbian Exposition, and served on the committees on Permanent Organization and on Fine Arts, and was also a mem. of the Executive Committee. Was one of the earliest and most active workers in the sanitary drainage canal project and the orig- inal promoter of the boulevard now connect- ing Union Park with Douglas Park, in Chi- cago. Now pres. Marine Iron Works, etc. Democrat. Clubs: Union (one of organizers), Iroquois (charter mem., ex-pres). Office: 108 LaSalle St. Residence: 3745 Ellis Av.
EWING, Charles Hull, real estate operator; b. Randolph, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., July 11, 1868; s. Robert Finley and Aurelia (Culver) Ewing; ed. public schools in Randolph, Buffalo and South Dayton, N. Y., Cleveland and Ober- lin, O .; grad. Yale Univ., A.B., 1893; student Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1893-4. Mgr. Moorhead Stave Co., Moorhead, Miss., 1895-6; since May 1, 1896, mgr. of the Helen Culver Fund of the Univ. of Chicago, and since May 1, 1903, also transacting a general real estate and investment business. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa; also Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity). Clubs: University, Onwentsia, City, Quad- rangle, Illinois. Office: 614 W. Lake St. Resi- dence: Winter, 31 Ashland Boul; summer, Lake Forest, Ill.
EWING, William Bion, civil engineer; b. Williamsburg, Pa., June 21, 1858; s. William and Anna (Rule) Ewing; ed. public schools of Huntington, Ind., and Cornell Univ., graduat- ing, C.E., in class of 1883; m. Chicago, 1893, Mary E. Crandall; 1 daughter: Anna Lorette. In practice in New York City until 1886, when came to Chicago; since then practicing here, making hydraulic, sanitary and municipal works a specialty. Mem. Western Soc. of Civil Engineers, Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers. Re- publican. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Resi- dence: LaGrange, Ill.
EXCELL, Edwin Othello, publisher, singer; b. Uniontown, Stark Co., O., Dec. 31, 1851; s. Rev. J. J. and Emily (Hess) Excell; ed. public schools of Wadsworth, O., Kent, O., and Brady's Bend, Pa .; studied music; m. Brady's Bend, Pa., June 6, 1871, Eliza Jane Bell; 1 son: Wil- liam Alonzo. Was for 10 years associated with the Georgia evangelist, Rev. Sam P. Jones, as gospel singer. Publisher of church and Sunday School music book since 1881; com- poser of many gospel songs. Methodist. Pro-
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hibitionist. Office: Fine Arts Bldg. Residence: 4318 Oakenwald Av.
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FABYAN, George, dry goods commission; b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 15, 1867; ed. public schools in Boston; m. Minneapolis, 1891, Miss Wright. Came to Chicago, 1883; was 5 years with Kirby-Carpenter Co., lumber; spent 5 years in the west. In 1893 became identified with Bliss, Fabyan & Co., dry goods commis- sion merchants, in which is now resident part- ner. Dir. of the Federal Life Insurance Co. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange. Republican; served on staff of Gov. Richard Yates with rank of col. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Calumet, Washington Park. Office: 237 5th Av. Residence: 3251 Michigan Av.
FAIR, Charles Maitland, asst. general sales mgr., Marshall Field & Co .; b. Chicago, Sept. 26, 1877; s. Robert Maitland and Emma (Dean) Fair; ed. Harvard School, Chicago, and at Yale, graduating, B.A., in class of 1899. En- tered the office of the wholesale house of Marshall Field & Co. upon leaving college in 1899, and has continued with the firm ever since, becoming asst. mgr. of linen dept. in 1902, and asst. general sales mgr. in 1905. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, Mid-Day, Uni- versity, Saddle and Cycle, Midlothian, Tolles- ton; also Yale, of New York. Office: 200 Adams St. Residence: 2222 Calumet Av.
FAIR, Robert Maitland, retired merchant; b. New York City, Apr. 17, 1846; s. Robert and Ann (Maitland) Fair; ed. public schools of New York City: m. Chicago, 1870, Emma Dean; children: Charles Maitland, Helen Wheeler, Joseph Brooks. Came to Chicago from New York in 1861, and was employed in a banking and brokerage business until 1865, and later in other pursuits until May, 1871, when entered employ of the house of Marshall Field & Co .. in which became a partner in 1890, continued with the house until Jan. 1, 1905; retired. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Midlothian. Tol- leston. Address: 2222 Calumet Av.
FAIRCHILD, Arthur Ebon, manufacturer of soaps; b. College Point, L. I., N. Y .. Jan. 1, 1877; s. Rev. E. S. and L. E. (Leavitt) Fair- child: ed. Flushing Institute, Flushing, L. I .. to 1891; m. Chicago, 1900, Cora Swartchild: 1 daughter: Dorothy. After leaving school came to Chicago and became associated with the business established by his brother. M. H. Fairchild, as a manufacturer of soaps and special cleansing preparations, and in 1898 he was admitted to partnership under the firm name of M. H. Fairchild & Bro. Mason (32º), Shriner. Office: 199 Michigan St.
FAIRCHILD, Meredith Howland, manufac- turer of soaps; h. Flushing, L. I., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1872; s. E. S. and L. E. (Leavitt) Fair- child; ed. public school of Flushing, L. I., and in Flushing Institute to 1890. Came to Chicago, 1890, and established in business as a manu- facturer of laundry soaps and special cleans- ing preparations, and in 1898 was joined by his brother. A. E. Fairchild, forming the pres- ent firm of M. H. Fairchild & Bro. Office: 199 Michigan St. Residence: 51 St. Clair St.
FAIRCLOUGH. Richard, treas. A. C. Mc- Clure & Co .; b. Cheshire, Eng., Jan. 25, 1865; s. Richard and Mary (Jackson) Fairclough (both now deceased) ; ed. England; m. Chicago, Oct. 23, 1889, Lavinia Hartley: children: Stan- ley D., Richard H., Lavinia Marie. Chester R. Began in hilling dept. of A. C. McClurg & Co. in Mar., 1887: served through hookkeeping dept. and was promoted to cashier, July, 1892; in Mar., 1897, was given charge of firm's finances; store burned out, Feb. 11, 1899, and firm reorganized as a corporation. Apr., 1899. since which time has officiated as a dir. and treas. Clubs: Union League, Menoken. Office: 215-21 Wabash Av. Residence: 843 Warren Av.
FAIRMAN, Franklin, retired railway audit- or; b. Newtown, Conn., June 22, 1833; s. Charles and Eliza J. (Morehouse) Fairman; ed. common and private schools in Connec- ticut; m. Newtown, Conn., Nov. 3, 1871, Mary J. Sherman: children: Louise, Marian. Begin- ning in 1855 as a clerk, was continuously in the service of the I. C. R. R. Co. until 1903, becoming chief clerk, freight dept., 1858; asst. general freight agent, 1860; freight auditor, 1876; auditor freight receipts, 1885; auditor, 1900-3, when retired. Republican. Episcopalian. Long prominent in affairs of the Nat. Union: has been president of the order; mem. (now sec.) Cook Co. Cabinet, and a mem. of the Senate (supreme body) of that order. Dir. Nat. Union Building Assn. Club: Kenwood. Residence: 4744 Kenwood Av.
FAITH, Thomas E. F., M.D., oculist and aurist; b. Hancock, Md., Nov. 25, 1871; s. Joseph and Katharine (Hessen) Faith; ed. public schools and high school, Decatur, Ill .; grad. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chi- cago, Apr., 1893; m. Milwaukee, Wis., July 6, 1895, Amelia A. Fettig; 1 son: Edgar M. Be- came interne, 1893, Illinois Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary; by competitive examination, July, 1894, appointed asst. surgeon, same, and served until Sept., 1896; engaged in private practice as specialist in diseases of the eye and ear. Appointed instructor in ophthal- mology and asst. in Chicago Polyclinic May, 1895, and served until Jan., 1897; prof. of ophthalmology in Chicago Eye, Ear & Throat College since 1897; ophthalmic and aural sur- geon to Hosp. of St. Anthony of Padua since 1898, and to South Chicago Hosp. since 1900; prof. of ophthalmology in Dearborn Med. Col- lege since 1903; prof. of physiology in Illinois Med. College. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Opthalmological and Otological Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Am. Acad. of Ophthalmology and Otol- ogy. Republican. Office: 103 State St. Resi- dence: 1375 Washington Boul.
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