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tle and produce business there until 1867; was 6 years mem. of the Providence School Board, 9 years mem. and 3 years pres. Providence City Council; elected, 1861, to General Assem- bly of Rhode Island, and chosen speaker pro tem. of that body; delegate to famous Demo- cratic convention which began at Charleston and ended at Baltimore, 1860; after Pres. Lin- coln's election gave him hearty support and became Paymaster General of Rhode Island, and after the war closed was appointed by Gov. Smith to make up and prepare the war claims of the State of Rhode Island against the General Government. Came to Chicago, 1867, and established firm of Francis & Web- ber at 100 State St., which received the first shipments of California fruit after opening of the Pacific R. R .; burned out on S. Water St., in great fire of 1871. Engaged with Squire Dingee, 1883, and was instrumental in organ- izing the Squire Dingee Co., of which was treas. and sec. from 1886 to 1899; since then vice-pres. and retired from active service. Long active and official mem. of 1st M. E. Church, serving as Sunday School Supt. and later as class leader. Also mem. and one of mgrs. of Chicago Bible Soc. Republican. Resi- dence: 2520 N. Hermitage Av.
FRANCIS, Pierre D., publisher; b. Utica, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1855; s. Morris M. and Rhoda (Kellogg) Francis; ed. public schools, Utica, N. Y .; m. Henry, Ill., Apr. 17, 1895, Edna A. Al- berton; 1 son: Cecil. Came to Chicago, 1865; was with the Waterloo Yeast Co. for 15 years, and with the Tobey Furniture Co., 3 years. Identified with publishing business since 1875; now pres. Trade Periodical Co .; mgr. of the Furniture Journal and of the Embalmers' Monthly. Sec. Chicago Furniture Manufactur- ers' Assn. Independent in politics. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois Athletic. Office: 355 Dearborn St. Residence: 215 E. 61st St.
FRANK, Jacob, surgeon; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Mar. 16, 1856; s. Levi and Ella (Tow) Frank; ed. public schools and in med. dept. of the Univ. of Buffalo, graduating M.D., in class of 1882; m. Syracuse, N. Y., 1877, Sarah Lederer; 1 daughter: Myna (now Mrs. Dr. Sylvan Kunz). Began practice of medicine in Buffalo, N. Y., 1882, and was district phy- sician there 2 years; came to Chicago, 1885. Surgeon to German Hosp. and to Marion Sims Hosp .; surgeon to St. Elizabeth Hosp., 1886- 1901; Cook Co. Hosp., 1891-6. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Surgical Soc., Chicago Acad. of Medicine, Chicago Pathological Soc., Mississippi Valley Med. Assn., Pan-Am. Med. Congress, Am. Med. Assn., International Med. Congress. Independ- ent in politics. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 17 Lincoln Av.
FRANK, Mortimer, physician; b. Buffalo, N. Y., May 26, 1874; s. Joseph H. and Fannie (Goldsmith) Frank; graduate of LaSalle (pub- lic) School and of North Division High School, Chicago; grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1897, in the dept. of civil and sanitary engineering, with degrees of B.S. and C.E .; Univ. of Illinois, dept. of medicine, M.D., Chicago, 1900. After graduation from Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology was en- gineer of maintenance of way of the Mich- igan division of the "Big Four" R. R. Since 1900 in med. practice in Chicago. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc .. Chicago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Phi Rho Sigma fraternity. Office: 31 Washington St. Resi- dence: The Lessing Annex, Surf St. and Evans- ton Av.
FRANK, Robert John, lawyer, U. S. Commis- sioner; b. Ravenna, O., Sept. 11, 1866; s. George W. and Anna (Cope) Frank; ed. public schools of Ravenna, O .; m. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 13, 1886, Mame Woolston. Was 10 years a traveling salesman; came to Chicago, 1890;
graduated from Kent College of Law, 1895; admitted to Illinois Bar, 1895; since 1898 of firm of Young, Makeel, Bradley & Frank. Ap- pointed, 1901, by Hon. C. C. Kohlsaat, U. S. Commissioner for northern district of Illi- nois. Republican. Clubs: Marquette, Hamil- ton. Office: Reaper Blk. Residence: 5344 Wash- ington Av.
FRANKENSTEIN, William B., real estate broker; b. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1872; s. Morris and Jeanette (Boetzel) Frankenstein; ed. pub- lic and high schools of Chicago. Began busi- ness career as office boy; from 1890 to 1894 employed by one of the leading real estate firms in the city; in 1894, with L. M. Willis, formed firm of Willis & Frankenstein; firm conducts a general real estate business, with central business property as a special feature. Republican. Mem. A. F. & A. M. Club: Mar- quette. Office: 115 Dearborn St. Residence: 1922 Arlington Pl.
FRANKENTHAL, Lester Emanuel, physi- cian; b. Chicago, Apr. 16, 1864; s. Emanuel and Kate (Friedman) Frankenthal; ed. public schools of Chicago, Latin School in Bavaria, and Northwestern Univ. Med. School, M.D., in class of 1885; m. Chicago, 1899, Anne Eleanor Nourse; children: Lester E., John Vandal. Engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago since 1885; specialist in gynecology and obstetrics. Attending gynecologist, St. Luke's and Michael Reese Hosps .; attending obstetrician, Michael Reese Hosp .; prof. of gynecology, Northwestern Univ. Med. School. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gyneco- logical Soc. (ex-pres.). Jewish religion. Clubs: Standard, Washington Park, Quadrangle. Of- fice: 109 Randolph St. Residence: 4825 Wood- lawn Av.
FRANTZEN, Arthur, sec. Arthur Frantzen Co .; b. Chicago, Feb. 9, 1868; s. Fritz and Helene (Michelsen) Frantzen; grad. Univ. of Michigan, 1892; m. Chicago, June 2, 1900, Fanchon Barrow. Was engaged for 4 years in civil engineer's office of Benezette Williams, 2 years as designer with Fraser & Chalmers and 2 years with the World's Columbian Ex- position; after that in business for self, and in 1898 organized the Arthur Frantzen Co., electrical contracting engineers. Mem. Am. In- stitute of Electrical Engineers. Republican. Lutheran. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Casino of Edgewater, Chicago Automobile. Office: 92-94 W. VanBuren St. Residence: 1944 Kenmore Av.
FRASER, Norman D., pres. Chicago Port- land Cement Co .; b. Chicago, Feb. 25, 1857; s. David R. and Lydia H. (Scoville) Fraser; ed Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, 1882, Ariadne Preble; children: D. Ross, Violet, Mar- jorie, Janet, Dorothy. After leaving school in 1874 became connected with the firm of Fraser & Chalmers, manufacturers of mining ma- chinery, etc., and was a mem. of that firm for the 17 years from 1876 to 1893; then was out of business until 1895, when became pres. of the Chicago Portland Cement Co., manufac- turers of Portland cement. Mem. Am. Soc. of Mechanical Engineers, Western Soc. Engineers. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Illinois. Of- fice: 108 LaSalle St. Residence: 1241 Washing- ton Boul.
FRASER, William Alexander, grain com- mission; b; New Haven, Conn., Feb. 12, 1837; s. William and Dollie (Russell) Fraser; ed. public schools of Ashtabula Co., O .; m. War- ren Co., Ill., Dec., 1869, Ann Kingdon; chil- dren: Eudora, Eva A., William A., Jr. After leaving school went to Galesburg, and was engaged in grain business there on his own account, 1867-98, when came to Chicago and established the W. A. Fraser Co., of which he is pres., and which also operates at Minne- apolis, Minn., and Milwaukee, Wis. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade. Republican. Mason. Of- fice: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: 5610 Prairie Avenue.
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FRASHER, John Edward Lane, wholesale millinery; b. Portsmouth, N. H., July 21, 1830; s. John and Susan (Stewart) Frasher; ed. Boston, Mass., public schools to 1843; m. Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 18, 1858, Harriet Louise Sweet; children: Susan Frances, Ed- ward Sweet, John Stewart (now deceased). Began business career in boyhood as clerk for 9 years in Boston; then in business for him- self in Chicago, in dry goods trade, 1852-60; in 1860 became employe of D. B. Fisk, millin- ery and straw goods; partner in 1863; ap- pointed administrator of the estate of D. B. Fisk, who died in 1891, and on incorporation of the firm of D. B. Fisk & Co., 1893, became pres. Republican. Office: 103 Wabash Av. Resi- dence: 4929 Lake Av.
FRAZIER, Frank P., mem. firm Bartlett, Frazier & Carrington, brokers; vice-pres. Calu- met Elevator Co. Mem. Chicago Stock Ex- change. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Wash- ington Park, Glen View, Evanston, Evanston Country. Office: 138 Jackson Boul. Residence: 1404 Forest Av., Evanston.
FREDERIKSEN, Ditlew Monrad, lawyer; b. near Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 18, 1866; s. Nils C. and Ada M. Frederiksen; ed. private schools, Denmark, Univ. of Wisconsin and Harvard (grad., 1887); Chicago College of Law; admitted to bar, 1897; m. Jan. 27, 1903, Helen W. Brown, daughter of late Charles A. Brown, Portland, Me .; 1 child: Christine. Had charge Danish-Norwegian Dept. Nat. Repub- lican Committee, during sound money cam- paign, 1896; is interested in land colonization in North Alabama and Canadian Northwest. Mem. Dania, Danish Old Peoples' Home, and other Danish societies. Office: Teutonic Bldg. Residence: 937 Belle Plaine Av.
FREE, William Cyrenus, manufacturer; b. Alexandria, Madison Co., Ind., Mar. 16, 1868; s. Dr. Cyrenus and Esther (Van Devender) Free: ed. public schools of native town and at Western Indiana Normal School; m. Ko- komo, Ind., Feb. 26, 1901, Miss Mazy Bell. Started very young as a canvasser; organizer and first pres. Chicago Portrait Co .; secured control of the stock and reorganized the Illi- nois Sewing Machine Co .; was elected pres. of the new corporation. Republican. Clubs: Calumet, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park. Office: Atlas Blk. Residence: 2001 Prairie Av.
FREEMAN, Arthur Bigelow, dentist; b. Brookfield, Vt., Sept. 27, 1859; s. Augustus W. and Lucinda M. (Bigelow) Freeman; ed. Vermont, Rush Med. College (M.D., 1885) and Philadelphia Dental College (D.D.S., 1886) ; m. Philadelphia, Pa., Apr. 17, 1895, Jane Gould. Came to Chicago from Vermont in 1882; en- gaged in practice of dentistry in Chicago since 1886. Formerly prof. of comparative dental anatomy and physiology in Northwestern Univ. Dental School for 5 years. Mem. Illi- nois State Dental Soc., Chicago Dental Soc., Chicago Odontographic Soc. Republican. Mason. Club: Hinsdale. Office: 34 Washington St. Residence: Hinsdale, Ill.
FREEMAN, Charles Yoe, lawyer; b. Lock- port, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1877; s. John Newton and Mary Helen (Yoe) Freeman; grad. Denver High School, 1894; Lawrenceville School, 1895; Princeton Univ., A.B., 1899; Northwestern Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1902. Admitted to har, May, 1902; mem. law firm of McCordic & Sheriff. Jan. 1, 1904. Sec. and asst. treas. Illi- nois Car & Equipment Co. Republican. Pres- byterian. Club: Saddle and Cycle. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 446 Chestnut St.
FREEMAN, Henry Hyman, grain and hay commission; b. Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1866; s. Marcus and Minna (Birkman) Freeman; ed. public schools; married. Began business career in the printing business in Chicago with H. McAllister Co., and afterward in same line with J. H. Buffords & Son until 1886, when became associated in business with brother,
M. M. Freeman, in the hay and grain commis- sion business; became a mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade in 1892, and is now engaged in the hay and grain commission business (H. H. Freeman & Co.) Republican. Mason. Club: Lakeside. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Resi- dence: 4447 Vincennes Av.
b. FREEMAN, Henry Varnum, jurist: Bridgeton, N. J., Dec. 20, 1842; s. Henry and Mary (Bangs) Freeman; ed. New Haven, Conn., and Freeport, Ill .; began teaching dis- trict schools at 16 years of age; completed studies of preparatory dept., Beloit, Wis., Col- lege; enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. K, 74th Ill. Vol. Infy., and was made 1st sergeant; promoted, Aug. 24, 1863, to be capt .: served in Army of Cumberland to end of the war. Grad. Yale, A.B., 1869 (later A.M.); studied law in New Haven, Conn., and Chicago; m. Rockford, Ill., Oct. 16, 1873, Mary L., daugh- ter of Rev. William S. Curtis, D.D .; children: Mabel D. (wife of Henry C. Culbertson), Mary Ethel, Helen Alden, Henry Brewster. Principal Charleston (Ill.) High School, 1871-2; ad- mitted to bar, 1872; was village atty. of Hyde Park at time of its annexation to Chicago, 1889; elected judge of the Superior Court of Chicago, 1893; re-elected, 1898, and again in 1904; justice of the Appellate Court since Feb., 1898. Republican. Commander Illinois Commandery, Loyal Legion, 1899; mem. G. A. R. Professorial lecturer, Univ. of Chicago. Contributor to "Militarv Essays and Recol- lections," chapters on A Colored Brigade in the Campaign and Battle of Nashville (vol. 2), and Some Battle Recollections of Stone River (vol. 3); also contributor to legal jour- nals, etc. Clubs: Chicago Literary (pres., 1898). University, Quadrangle, Hamilton, Bryn Mawr. Opinions in Ill. App. Court Reports, commenc- ing at Vol. 72. Office: Appellate Court, Ash- land Blk. Residence: 5760 Woodlawn Av.
FREEMAN, Henry Warren, lawyer; b. Bos- ton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1869; s. Warren H. and Louise (Hobart ) Freeman; grad. Univ. of Wis- consin, A.B., 1892; law dept. of same, LL.B., 1895; m. Washington, D. C., Oct. 19, 1901, An- nietta King. Came to Chicago, 1895, and was in the office of James L. High until death of Mr. High, 1897; after that in law practice alone until June, 1903, when became asso- ciated with Hon. Henry Sherman Boutell and Albert Dean Currier in present firm of Boutell, Currier & Freeman. Republican. Mem. of Beta Theta Pi. Club: Hinsdale Golf. Office: Home Insurance Bldg. Residence: Virginia Hotel.
FREEMAN, Isaac Austin, dentist; b. Orange Co., Vt., Oct. 11, 1840; s. Mayhew and Laura A. (Morse) Freeman; ed. public schools of Orange Co., Vt .; studied dentistry in office of A. W. Freeman, Chicago, 1864-8, and at North- western Univ. Dental School (grad., 1892); m. Fremont, Ill., 1866, Charlotte M. Partridge; children: Alice (Mrs. C. M. Roberts), Eleanor C., Florence M., Edith Imogen, Grace Part- ridge (Mrs. C. D. Pease). Has been associate prof. practice of dentistry in Northwestern Univ. Med. School. Mem. Chicago Odonto- graphic Soc., Illinois State Dental Soc. Repub- lican. Office: 67 Wabash Av. Residence: 645 Washington Boul.
FREER, Frederick Warren, artist, painter; b. Chicago, June 16, 1849; s. Dr. Joseph War- ren and Katherine (Gatter) Freer; ed. public schools; attended Royal Acad., Munich, Ba- varia; spent several years in Europe; m. June 16, 1886, Margaret Cecilia Keenan, New York. Lived in New York. 1880-90: is asso. Nat. Acad. of Design; mem. Am. Water Color Soc .. New York Etchers' Club, etc. Received medal at World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; bronze medal at Pan-Am. Exposition, Buffalo, 1901; silver medal Charleston Exposition, 1902; Martin B. Cahn prize, Chicago Art Institute, 1902; artist's prize and medal, Chicago, 1903; bronze medal, St. Louis Exposition, 1904;
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specialty in portraits of beautiful women and children. His principal works are: A Lady in Black; Consolation; The Old Letter; In Am- bush; Sympathy, etc. Teaches at Chicago Art Inst. Address: 224 E. Ontario St.
FREER, Otto Tiger, physician; b. Chicago, Aug. 8, 1857; s. Joseph Warren (M.D.) and Katharine (Gatter) Freer: ed. Ludwig's Gym- nasium, Munich, Ger., to 1870; Moseley School, Chicago, 1871-2: Kinzie School, graduating, 1873; grad. Central High School, Chicago, 1876; Rush Med. College, M.D., 1879, followed by a semester each in the Univ. of Munich, Vienna and Heidelberg. Interne in Cook Co. Hosp., 1879-80: specialist in diseases of the nose, throat and ear. Co-author of a book on Dis- eases of the Nose and Nasopharynx. Attend- ing laryngologist German Hosp. of Chicago, 1894-1905; prof. of laryngology Chicago Poli- clinic, asst. prof. in diseases of throat, nose and chest, Rush Med. College. Mem. Am. Laryngological Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., sec. section on laryngology and otology Am. Med. Assn., 1903-4; mem. Chicago Laryngological and Climatological Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc. Democrat. Office: 34 Washington St. Resi- dence: 288 E. Huron St.
FREES, Benjamin Marsh, lumber merchant; b. Orono, Me., Aug. 3. 1846; s. Benjamin M. and Maria F. (Buffum) Frees; ed. common schools; m. Union Grove, Racine Co., Wis., Ellie Rosine Adams. Began in lumber business at Monroe, Wis., 1862; Whitewater, Wis., 1865; moved to Chicago, 1872; now vice-pres. Bar- nett Lumber Co., Frees & Hocknell Lumber Co., Day & Frees Lumber Co., Platt & Frees Co .; vice-pres. and sec. Perry & Bee Lumber Co., F. C. Knotter Co., and identified with nu- merous other lumber companies and firms. Also vice-pres. 1st Nat. Bank of McCook, Neb., and 1st Nat. Bank of Lisbon, N. D. Veteran of Civil War; enlisted, Aug. 3, 1864, on 18th birthday; appointed 1st lieut., and promoted to capt. in front of Petersburg, Va. Mem. Loval Legion and of U. S. Grant Post. G. A. R. Re- publican. Mason. Office: 234 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: The Lessing, Surf St. and Evanston Av.
FRENCH, Arthur Lincoln, railroad and warehouse commissioner; b. on farm near Chapin, Morgan Co., Ill., Nov. 3, 1862; S. Samuel and Martha (Fox) French; ed. public school, Adrian College, Michigan, and Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill .; m. Joy Prairie, Morgan Co., Ill., Oct. 6, 1892, Ruth Batchelor Joy. Has always been engaged in farming in Morgan Co. In 1892 organized the Chapin State Bank, of which is practically the owner; in 1901 was appointed by Gov. Yates mem. of the Illinois Railroad and Ware- house Commission. Republican: mem. of the State Central Committee of Illinois, repre- senting the 20th Congressional district; chair- man organization committee of the State Central Committee. Treas. U. S. Life Endow- ment Co .; vice-pres. and dir. Illinois Tele- phone Co. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Office: 218 LaSalle St. Residence: Chapin, Ill.
FRENCH, Charles W., prin. Hyde Park High School, Chicago: b. Woodstock, Vt., Apr. 5, 1858; s. Charles W. and Anne M. French; grad. Dartmouth College, 1879 (A.M.); m. 1st, St. Joseph, Mich., July 17, 1889, Mary L. Heartt: 2d, Rockford, Ill., June 28, 1900, Fanny K. Bartlett. Mem. joint commission on Eng- lish requirements for admission to college, 1896-1905: pres. Chicago Christian Endeavor Union. 1886-8; pres. Cook Co. Board Athletic Control. 1898-1900. Author: Life of Lincoln (Am. Reformer's Series); Words of Lincoln; Introduction to the Study of Browning. Editor: Flight of a Tartar Tribe; Burke's Concilia- tion: Lights of Literature for the 7th and 8th Grade; Macaulay's Essays on Milton, Addison, Macbeth; Rab and His Friends; Black Beauty; The Sketch Book. Address: 6442 Drexel Av.
FRENCH, G. Watson, chairman of the ex- ecutive committee of the Republican Iron & Steel Co .; b. Davenport, Ia., Oct. 26, 1858; s. Geo. H. and Frances W. (Morton) French; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; m. Davenport, June 18, 1884, Clara V. Decker; 1 son: George Decker. Engaged as a moulder with the Eagle Mfg. Co. at Davenport, Ia., 1877, of which company he later became pres .; is also pres. of the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Co .; became vice-pres. and dir. of the Republic Iron & Steel Co., 1900, and chairman of the executive committee, 1901; vice-pres. Annie Laurie Min- ing Co. Clubs: Midlothian, Chicago, Calumet, Mid-Day. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bidg. Resi- dence: Auditorium Annex.
FRENCH, William Henry, type founder; b. Griggsville, Pike Co., Ill .; s. Nathan and Har- riet Newell (Hoyt) French; ed. common and high schools, Griggsville; grad. Cornell Univ., 1869-73; 1 year in Univ. of Leipzig, Germany; m. Chicago, Sept. 21, 1895, Olive Helen Waller; children: Hazel, Walter Hoyt, Vincent Thorne. Agent and asst. gen. mgr. Associated Press in Chicago and New York, 1873-85; sec. and treas. Oak Ranch Co., Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado, 1885-7; since 1887, sec. and dir. of Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, type founders; also pres. and dir. St. Louis Printers' Supply Co .; dir. and vice-pres. Fundicion Mexicana de Tipos, City of Mexico; dir. Unitype Co., New York; Great Western Type Foundry, Kansas City and Omaha; Southern Printers' Supply Co., Washington, D. C .; Minnesota Type Foundry Co., St. Paul, Minn. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Cornell Alumni. Pres. Chicago Delta Upsilon Alumni. Clubs: Irv- ing Literary, Illinois, Oak Park, Westward Ho. Office: 183-7 Monroe St. Residence: 221 East Av., S., Oak Park, Ill.
FRENCH, William Merchant Richardson, dir. Art Institute, Chicago; b. Exeter, N. H., Oct. 1, 1843; s. Henry Flagg and Anne (Rich- ardson) French; grad. Harvard, 1864; prac- ticed civil engineering and landscape garden- ing, 1865-77; became connected, 1877, with the School and Museum of Art in Chicago. Has lectured on art in all parts of the U. S., and has written a good deal on art subjects. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Literary. Office: Art Institute. Residence: 9203 Pleasant Av.
FRETTS, George Watkins, maltster; b. Franklin, Pa., May 26, 1865; s. Levi and Ange- line (Forrest) Fretts; ed. public schools of Chicago and Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., graduating 1885; m. Chicago, June 27, 1888, Abbie Louise Watkins; children: Eunice Holt, Wallace Van Renssalaer. Entered office of W. W. Watkins, maltster, in 1885, and a year later became a partner in the business (estab- lished by Mr. Watkins in 1873), the firm now being Watkins, Fretts & Vincent. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Colo- nial. Office: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: 677 48th St.
FREUND, Gustav, merchant in butchers' supplies; b. Austria, 1852; s. Solomon and Fannie Freund; ed. public schools in Austria; m. New York, 1878, Minna Oppenheimer: chil- dren: Mrs. C. L. Coleman, Erwin O., Hennie R., Florence F. Since coming to U. S. has been continuously identified with the house of S. Oppenheimer & Co., dealers in butchers' supplies, and since 1880 has been resident partner of the firm in Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Standard, Lakeside, Illinois Athletic. Office: 449 Wabash Av. Residence: 4416 Mich- igan Av.
FRIEDBERG, Ralph Temple, dealer in auto- mobiles; b. Galesburg, Ill., May 19, 1865; s. Morris and Mary (Brien) Friedberg; ed. high schools, Galesburg, Ill .; m. Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 3, 1891, Ella Liebshutz. Traveled exten- sively in Europe from 1887 until 1900; noted as the first Am. bicyclist, 1887-89, winning the championship of the world 14 times in
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foreign countries under the nom de guerre of "Ralph Temple"; a dealer in bicycles, 1890- 1900; entered the automobile trade, 1901, being the first automobile dealer in Chicago; now pres. of the Ralph Temple Automobile Co. Independent Republican. Jewish religion. Of- fice: 309-11 Michigan Av. Residence: 4333 Grand Boul.
FRIEDLANDER, Robert, scientific electri- cian; b. Baltimore, Md., June 15, 1868; s. Al- bert and Fanny (Silversmith) Friedlander; ed. Friedrich Werdersches Gymnasium, Berlin, Ger- many; m. Chicago, Dec. 10, 1890, Tillie Wolte- mater; children: Albert, Gertrude. After leav- ing school engaged in electrical work and in 1896 organized and incorporated R. Fried- lander & Co., of which he is pres., which has since been engaged in manufacturing and im- porting X-ray tubes and fluoroscopes. The company own 23 patents, and their products include, besides X-ray tubes and fluoroscopes, shields, stands, high-frequency apparatus and various electro-therapeutic specialties. Estab- lished, 1901, and is editor of Archives of Elec- trology and Radiology, especially devoted to electro-therapy. Mem. Am. X-Ray Soc., Chi- cago Electro-Med. Soc. Republican. Office: 41-5 State St. Residence: 936 N. Clark St.
FRIEDMAN, Herbert Jacob, lawver: h. Chi- cago, Mar. 2, 1876; s. Jacob and Henrietta (Kahn) Friedman; ed. Haven (public) school, S. Side High School. Morgan Park Acad., Univ. of Chicago, 1893-4; Harvard College, 1894-7, A.B .; Harvard Law School, 1897-1900, LL.B. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1900, and since then engaged in practice of law in Chicago; since 1904, mem. law firm of Zeisler. Farson & Friedman. Practice mainly devoted to law of corporations. real estate. probate and me- chanics' liens. Prof., since 1902, at John Mar- shall Law School, teaching law of contracts, property, bills and notes: appointed lecturer on liens at law school of Northwestern Univ., 1904; since 1904, writer on special subjects in Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure. Demo- crat. Jewish religion. Clubs: City, Press, Har- vard. Iroquois. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 5132 E. End Av.
FRIEDMAN, Louis Julius, grain broker; b. Budapest, Hungary. Jan. 20, 1861: s. Adolph and Lena (Herrman) Friedman: collegiate ed- ucation at Budapest, Hungary; m. Chicago, 1890, Rose Lesen. Came to U. S., 1878; in gen- eral merchandise business at Union City, Tenn., 1883-8; came to Chicago, 1888, and has since been a grain broker on the Chicago Board of Trade. of which he is a mem. Re- publican. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 2 Sher- man St. Residence: 3716 Grand Boul.
FRIEND, Emanuel, surgeon; h. Chicago. Aug. 5, 1868; s. Berman and Hannah (Brieden- bach) Friend: grad. Chicago High School, 1886, Rush Med. College, M.D., 1890: post-graduate work in Univ. of Vienna and Paris hosps. Asst. clinical prof. of surgery (extra mural), Rush Med. College; attending pathologist Michael Reese Hosp .: attending surgeon Michael Reese Hosp. and United Hebrew Char- ity dispensaries; attending surgeon Rush Med. College. out dept. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Office: 70 State St. Residence: 3652 In- diana Av.
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