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HALLIWELL, Ashleigh C., editor and pub- lisher; b. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11, 1861; s. Dr. W. H. and Mary Frances (Smart) Halliwell; ed. chiefly in printing shop; attended country district schools one term each in Kentucky and Ohio, and Chicago Athenaeum night school; m. Chicago, July 3, 1888, Alice Drake; children: Mary Pauline, Pauline Drake, Ash- leigh Drake, Forrest Belmont. First regular engagement as printer was with Cincinnati Times job rooms; came to Chicago, 1877; em- ployed on Daily Drovers' Journal variously from Oct. 2, 1877, to Nov. 19, 1900, as com- positor, reporter and editor; Nov. 19, 1900, organized firm of Halliwell, Baum & Co., ac- quiring a half interest from Will F. Baum in the Daily Live Stock World; incorporated, 1901, and now pres. Halliwell & Baum Co., publishers of the paper. Republican. Univer-
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salist. Mem. Chicago Live Stock Exchange. Pres. Illinois Assn. of Agricultural Editors. Clubs: Midlothian, Chicago Press, Saddle and Sirloin. Office: Union Stock Yards. Residence: 10628 Longwood Av.
HALSEY, Edward Anderson, real estate; b. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19, 1856; s. Rev. Leroy Jones (D.D.) and Caroline (Anderson) Halsey; ed. preparatory dept. old Chicago University, Univ. of Mississippi, Univ. of Michigan, grad- uating, A.B., 1877. Admitted to bar, 1879; prac- ticed law in Chicago, 1879-83; in Kansas City, Mo., 1883-4. In real estate business, Kansas City, Mo., 1885-8; in Chicago, 1888-9; mgr. of office, Peabody, Houghteling & Co., 1890-7; deputy city comptroller, Sept., 1897, to Feb., 1899; city comptroller of Chicago, Feb. to June, 1899; since June, 1899, again in real estate business. Republican. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Presbyterian; mem. of session of Church of Covenant; treas. home mission committee Chicago Presbytery; dir. Olivet House Assn .; trustee McCormick Theo- logical Seminary; pres. Presbyterian Social Union, 1902-3; vice-chairman state executive committee, Illinois Y. M. C. A .; mem. commit- tee of management of central dept., Y. M. C. A. Club: University. Residence: 301 Belden Av.
HALSEY, George Evertson, homo. pharma- cist; b. Ithaca, N. Y., May 9, 1842; s. Benja- min Sanford and Cornelia (Evertson) Halsey; ed. public schools and at Ithaca Acad., Ithaca, N. Y .; m. Ithaca, N. Y., May 18, 1865, Alphon- sine Hungerford. Entered his father's drug store in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1855; came to Chi- cago, 1866, and became connected with homo. pharmacy; in 1883 established business for himself. Republican. Office: 88-90 State St. Residence: 3621 Ellis Av.
HALSTEAD, Albert Edward, surgeon; b. Ottawa, Ont., Apr. 21, 1868; s. William S. and Sara (Gibbons) Halstead; grad. Northwestern Univ. Med. School, M.D., 1890; m. Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Feb. 1, 1893, Mary S. Cochems; children: Lucile Maria, Alice Dorothea. Was interne Cook Co. Hosp., 1890-1, and has since been engaged in practice in Chicago; specialist in surgery. Attending surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., for 10 years. Formerly prof. of anatomy and surgery in Northwestern Univ. Med. College; now prof. of surgery in Chicago Poli- clinic; asst. prof. of clinical surgery in Rush Med. College; attending surgeon Cook Co., St. Luke's and Policlinic Hosps. Life mem. of Chicago Med. Soc. and sec. and fellow of the Chicago Surgical Soc. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 2937 Indiana Av.
HAMILL, Charles Humphrey, lawyer; b. Chicago, Mar. 20, 1868; s. Charles D. and Susan Fannie (Wallbridge) Hamill; ed. Har- vard School, Chicago, 1877-86; Yale Univ., 1886-91, graduating, A.B., 1890, and Larned and Clark Scholar, 1890-1; Northwestern Univ. Law School, 1891-3 (LL.B.). Admitted to bar, June, 1893; alone in practice, May to Dec., 1897; with J. D. Hubbard in firm of Hubbard & Hamill, Dec., 1897, to June, 1898, when firm of Hamill & McLaren (William A. McLaren, of Mexico City) was formed. In Dec., 1898, took the place of Axel Chytraus (who then became judge of the Superior Court) in the firm of Chytraus & Deneen, un- der the firm name of Deneen & Hamill, the senior member being Charles S. Deneen. Mem. The Law Club, Illinois State Bar Assn. and Chicago Bar Assn .; also of the college fra- ternities Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key and Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Chi- cago Golf. Office: 160 Washington St. Resi- dence: 2227 Prairie Av.
HAMILL, Ernest Alfred, banker; b. Bloom- ington, Ind., July 1, 1851; s. Dr. Robert C. and Eliza Jane (Davisson) Hamill; came to Chi- cago when 10 months old; ed. public and high school, Chicago; m. Chicago, Dec. 29, 1880, Eliza Soulard Corwith. Banker since
July 16, 1889. Pres. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank; vice-pres. Elgin Nat. Watch Co .; treas. Chi- cago Board of Trade; dir. Chicago & Calumet Canal & Dock Co., Traders' Insurance Co .; treas. Chicago Relief & Aid Soc., Art Insti- tute. Clubs: Commercial, Merchants, Bankers, Chicago, Union League (Chicago); The Play- ers (New York). Office: Corn Exchange Nat. Bank. Residence: 2637 Prairie Av.
HAMILTON, David Gilbert, railway official: b. Chicago, Jan. 10, 1842; s. Polemus Draper and Cynthia (Holmes) Hamilton; grad. Chi- cago High School, 1862; Asbury (now DePauw) Univ., 1865; law dept. Chicago Univ., 1868; in. Chicago, Dec. 6, 1870, Mary Jane, daughter of Lyman Kendall; children: Bruce P., Adelaide K. Was pres. Anglo-Am. Land & Claim Assn. in Texas, 1890; pres. Texas & Mexican Central R. R .; pres. Nat. Railway of Ill. and its 7 subsidiary companies, St. Louis, 1889-99; since Apr., 1899, pres. Chicago City Ry. Co. Since 1891, dir. Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Maine; also dir. Farmers' & Mechanics' Nat. Bank, Ft. Worth, Tex. Mem. Chicago Histor- ical Soc .; trustee Univ. of Chicago, DePauw Univ. K. T .; Mason (32º). Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Calumet, Washington Park, Quadrangle, Onwentsia. Office: 100 Washing- ton St. Residence: 2929 Michigan Av.
HAMILTON, Irenus Kittredge, lumberman; b. Lyme, N. H., Dec. 1, 1830; s. Deacon Irenus and Mary Esther (Kittredge) Hamilton; ed. public schools of Lyme, N. H., and at St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Acad .; m. 1st, Oct., 1853, Mary Louisa Waterbury, of Brooklyn, N. Y. (died 1886); m. 2d, 1899, her sister, Mrs. Char- lotte L. Williamson, of Boston; children: Amy (Mrs. R. J. O. Hunter), Louise (Mrs. William Waller), Nathaniel W., Irenus K., Jr., by 1st marriage, and 1 daughter: Caroline W., by 2d marriage. On leaving acad. was employed by general store at St. Johnsbury, Vt .; then book- keeper in New York house of E. and T. Fair- banks & Co., scales, 112 years, and mgr. of the house 11% years during absence of Mr. Charles Fairbanks in Europe; as clerk, with A. Latham & Co., car, locomotive and general machinery manufacturers, White River Junc- tion, Vt., 1853-4; joined his brother, W. C. Hamilton, in lumber business at Fond du Lac, Wis., 1855-68; sold out and joined A. C. Merry- man in large lumber manufacturing enterprise, erecting gang and circular mill at Marinette, Wis .; incorporated, 1873, as Hamilton & Merry- man Co., of which he is pres; in 1875 opened yard and office in Chicago; own vast tracts of timber and iron lands in Michigan; also large interests in mammoth plant of Marinette & Menominee Paper Co., of Marinette, Wis., and large Southern timber interests. Episcopalian. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Residence: 5225 Lex- ington Av.
HAMILTON, Isaac Miller, pres. Federal Life Insurance Co .; b. Ash Grove, Ill., Sept. 6, 1864; s. Ephraim S. and Celia B. (Miller) Hamilton; ed. public schools at Ash Grove, Ill .; Grand Prairie Seminary, Onarga, Ill., and by private tutors. Since leaving school has been con- tinuously engaged in banking and financial operations. From its organization in May, 1900, has been pres. and dir. of the Federal Life Insurance Co .; is also pres. and dir. of the Union Securities Co., and the Indiana Agency Co .; dir. of the Federal Agency Co. of Illinois; vice-pres. of Young & Hamilton, Bankers, Cissna Park, Ill .: vice-pres. of Young & Hamil- ton Co., bankers, Freeland Park, Ind., and of J. R. Dillon & Co .. Freeland Park. Ind. Re- publican; mem. Illinois Senate, 1896-1900; pres. Illinois Republican League, 1898-1900; pres. Nat. Republican League, 1900-2. Mason (32º): Oriental Consistory; K. T. Mem. K. P., Modern Woodmen of America and T. B. H. Clubs: Union League. Hamilton (life mem.), Calumet, Washington Park. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 3807 Grand Boul.
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HAMILTON, William Bowling, clergyman; b. Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 21, 1859; s. Rev. James Fletcher Hamilton, D.D., and Susannah Anne (Dacres) Hamilton; ed. Hannibal (Mo.) High School, Hannibal College and Central College, Fayette, Mo .; Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn., 1881-2, graduating, B.D., 1882; m. Faribault, Minn., June 24, 1886, Jennie Susan
Strong; children: Jennie Susanna, Annie Mary, William Bowling, Natalie May, Ruth Lee. After leaving college was civil engineer in Kentucky and Texas (T. P. R. R.) previous to entering divinity school. Ordered deacon, 1884; ordained priest, 1885, by Bishop Whipple; in charge of churches at Janesville, Minn., and Waseca, Minn., from Sept., 1884, to June, 1885; asst. minister at Gethsemane Church, Minneapolis, Minn., June, 1885, to June, 1886; rector St. Luke's Church, Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 1, 1886, to Jan. 15, 1893; rector Calvary Church. Chicago, since Jan. 15, 1893. Address: 1534 Adams St.
HAMLIN, Frank, lawyer; b. Bangor, Me., Sept. 26, 1862; s. Hannibal (vice-pres. of U. S., 1861-5) and Ellen Vesta (Emery) Hamlin; ed. Phillips Exeter Acad., Harvard Univ., A.B., 1884; Boston Univ. Law School, 1888, LL.B. Came from Maine to Chicago in 1888, and has since been engaged in practice of law in this city; since 1897 of firm of Hamlin & Boyden. Asst. corporation counsel of Chicago, 1895-7; counsel for Lincoln Park Board, 1901. Republican. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, Sad- dle and Cycle, Marquette, Union. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 354 Huron St.
HAMLIN, George John, concert singer; b. Elgin, Ill., Sept. 20, 1868; s. John Austin Hamlin; academic education, Andover, Mass .; m. Dec. 27, 1892, Harriet R. Eldredge. Has appeared with principal musical clubs and societies in the U. S. as tenor soloist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, The Forty. Office: Fine Arts Bldg. Residence: 5528 Woodlawn Av.
HAMLIN, John Austin, proprietor of Grand Opera House; b. Cuyahoga Falls, Summit Co., O., June 29, 1837; s. Dr. William Starr and Eliza (Welch) Hamlin; ed. public schools of Ohio, and at Taylor's Acad., Cuyahoga Falls, O .; m. Cincinnati, O., 1860, Mary Eleanor Hart; children: Harry L., Frederick R. (de- ceased), Lawrence B. (deceased), George J., Herbert W., Robert A. (deceased), Bessie F. Began business career as a commercial trav- eler, and in 1859 established in the patent medicine business as founder of the Hamlin Wizard Oil Co., of which is still at head as pres .; started the business in Cincinnati, came to Chicago to develop it, in 1861; in 1872, after the big fire, built Hamlin's Theater, now the Grand Opera House, of which is sole proprietor. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park. Office: 87 Clark St.
HAMMON, Glenn Milton, physician; b. Con- neautville, Pa., Oct. 3, 1857; s. Daniel and Adeline (Fisher) Hammon: grad. Sharon, Pa., High School; grad. Rush Med. College, 1881; m. Chicago, 1885, Emma J. Vaughan. Interne in Cook Co. Hosp., 1881-3; since then in active general practice; also specialist in diseases of chest, ear, nose and throat. Was for 2 years asst. surgeon of the Illinois Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; instructor in diseases of the chest, nose and throat, Rush Med. Col- lege. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Thera- peutic Club, Chicago Physicians Club. Repub- lican. Baptist. Club: Illinois. Office and resi- dence: 683 W. Adams St.
HAMMOND, Charles Lyman, real estate dealer; b. Crown Point, N. Y., Apr. 17, 1853; s. Gen. John and Charlotte M. (Cross) Ham- mond; ed. public schools, Vermont Episcopal Institute, Col. H. C. Symonds Preparatory School, Sing Sing, N. Y .; U. S. Military Acad., West Point, graduating 1876; m. Vergennes,
Vt., Dec. 17, 1879, Mary Stevens; children: John Stevens, Charles Herrick, Thomas Stev- ens, Harry Stevens, Robert Stevens. Ap- pointed 2d lieut. 3d U. S. Cav., 1876; re- signed, 1877; became sec. of Crown Point Iron Co., Crown Point, N. Y., 1877; was super- visor of the town of Crown Point, N. Y .; came to Chicago, 1885; has been engaged in real estate and loan business since Jan. 1, 1886; first in firm of W. L. Davis & Co., then in Davis & Hammond, and now alone, mak- ing specialties of transactions in south side city, northwest, and South Chicago property. Mem. and was sec., 1892, treas., 1896, Chicago Real Estate Board. Mem. Soc. of Mining En- gineers, Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Republican. Unitarian. Compiled and published volume "About the Bible," 1900. Clubs: Ken- wood, Homewood. Office: 84 Washington St. Residence: 4627 Greenwood Av.
HAMMOND, Harry, contractor for steam construction; b. Richmond, Ind., Mar. 10, 1862; s. S. U. and Rhoda Eloise (Harris) Hammond; ed. grammar schools, Indianapolis, Ind., and Cincinnati, O .; m. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 2, 1887, Irene Kelly; children: Eloise R., Irene (deceased), Re Etta. Was railway postal clerk in Florida, with headquarters at Jacksonville, Fla., 1882-7; reporter Richmond (Ind.) Palla- dium, 1887-8; stenographer Adams Express Co., Chicago, 1888-9; general clerk Albert W. Cobb & Co., 1889-94: renting mgr., Mead & Coe, real estate, 1895-1903; since Feb., 1903, partner in firm of Thomas J. Douglass & Co., contractors for steam fitting, hot water heat- ing and power plant construction. Republican. Congregationalist. Charter mem. Chicago Con- tinental Guard. Mason, Odd Fellow. Mem. S. A. R. Office: 52 Dearborn St. Residence: 831 Morse Av.
HAMMOND, J(abez) Dean, physician; b. Monroe Co., N. Y., July 29, 1860; s. Dr. C. H. and Susan Cutler Hammond; ed. Geneseo State Normal School, Rochester Free Acad., Univ. of Rochester, N. Y .; med. studies New York, Ann Arbor, Boston and Chicago; grad. Rush Med. College, 1884; supplementary courses at Paris and London; has practiced in Chicago since 1884; m. Chicago, 1898, Mar- garet Maguire. Attending physician to Audi- torium and Congress Hotels; physician to Victoria and Auditorium Annex Hotels. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Microscopical Soc., Acad. of Sciences, Illinois State Med. Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Washington Park, Chicago Golf. De- votes much time to study of lung and throat diseases; has invented instruments of value to the profession. Office: 11 Congress St. Resi- dence: Auditorium Annex.
HAMMOND, Lyman Dresser, fire under- writer; b. Amherst, Mass., Oct. 31, 1844; s. Salem and Julia Ann (Johnson) Hammond; ed. Hopkins Acad., Hadley. Mass .; m. Hadley, Mass., Nov. 21, 1871, Harriet E. Barstow; chil- dren: Luther S., Julia Elizabeth, From 1869 to 1875 was engaged in the insurance business with Charles H. Case; in Sept., 1875, com- menced business alone, representing the Brit- ish-Am. Assurance Co., of Toronto, Can., and still represents the same company as senior mem. of L. D. Hammond & Co., general agents for Cook Co. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Homewood. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: Hotel Win- dermere.
HAMMOND, Robert R., railway official; b. Ottumwa, Ia., Feb. 14, 1857; s. William H. and Elizabeth (Baker) Hammond; m. Springfield, Mo., 1899, Nellie Allen: Children: Nelson Allen, William Harrison: ed. Baker Univ., Kan., and at Iowa Wesleyan Univ., Mt. Pleas- ant, Ia. Entered railway service, 1876; agent and operator, C., B. & Q. R. R., 1876-81; oper- ator K. C., F. S. & M. R. R. at Kansas City, Mo., and Winfield, Kan., June, 1881; operator, train dispatcher, and chief dispatcher, same
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road, at Springfield, Mo., 1881-9; trainmaster at Thayer, Mo., 1889-95; division supt. same road at Springfield, Mo., 1895-8; later gen. supt. same road, and K. C., M. & B. R. R .; gen. mgr. and later 2d vice-pres. C. & E. I. R. R .; gen. mgr. St. L. & G. R. R .; 2d vice- pres. St. L. & S. F. R. R .; gen. mgr. St. L., M. & S. R. R .; since Mar. 1, 1905, pres. Dering Coal Co. Clubs: Union League, Noonday (St. Louis). Office: Old Colony Bldg. Residence: Metropole Hotel.
HANBERG, John J., county treas. of Cook Co .; b. Schleswig-Holstein, Jan. 29, 1858; s. Henry and Christina Hanberg; ed. schools in Germany; m. Chicago, Dec. 14, 1882, Ida Carr; 4 children: Christian Henry, John Victor, Thomas Carr, Ida Lina. Came to Chicago in 1877; conducted a general store in South Chi- cago and later engaged in real estate busi- ness there. Republican; mem. Republican County Central Committee of Cook Co. Was town collector of Hyde Park, 1894-8; pres. of the County Board of Cook Co., 1900-2; since Dec., 1902, county treas. of Cook Co. Office: County Bldg. Residence: 9028 Escanaba Av.
HANCHETT, Francis Gilbert, lawyer; b. Kaneville, Kane Co., Ill., Oct. 2, 1856; s. David and Fayetta (Churchill) Hanchett; ed. old Univ. of Chicago, A.B., in classical course, 1882, and took inter-collegiate 1st prize for oratory, 1881, and also 1st prize in interstate oratorical contest in 1882; law dept. Univ. of Iowa, 1883; m. Kaneville, Ill., Sept. 6, 1883, Lillian L. Scott; children: David, Ruth, Russell. Ad- mitted to Illinois bar in 1884, and was en- gaged in practice at Aurora, Ill., until Oct., 1903; was State's Atty. of Kane Co., 1888-92; and since Oct. 17, 1903, has been an asst. U. S. atty. at Chicago. Was chairman of the Re- publican Central Committee of Kane Co. for 8 years. Office: Federal Bldg. Residence: Au- rora, Ill.
HANCHETT, Frank Jay; b. Beloit, Wis., Nov. 11, 1850; s. James H. and Caroline (Hickox) Hanchett; reared on farm; ed. pub- lic schools of Beloit; m. 1st, Julia Friniere (died) ; m. 2d, Chicago, 1892, Emma E. Davis; 1 son: Jay Emmett. Came to Chicago, 1869, and was with Wheeler, Fisher & Co., paper bag manufacturers, until 1874, when he be- came a mem. of the firm of Hanchett Bros., paper, which in 1890 became Hanchett Paper Co., of which he is pres .; also conduct a woodenware factory at Holland, Mich. Repub- lican. Mason; mem. Cleveland Lodge No. 602. Office: 13 LaSalle St. Residence: 367 Marsh- field Av.
HANCHETT, Louis James, paper merchant; b. Beloit, Wis., Feb. 10, 1852; s. James and Caroline (Hickox) Hanchett; reared on farm; ed. public schools of Beloit; m. 1st, Beloit, 1877, Marie See (died, 1879); children: Louis J., Charles (deceased) ; 2d, Chicago, 1880, Jen- nie Stewart; 1 son: Roy S. Came to Chicago, 1874, and joined his brother in establishing the wholesale paper firm of Hanchett Bros., and upon its incorporation in 1890 as the Hanchett Paper Co., became vice-pres. and treas .; firm also has woodenware factory at Holland, Mich. Republican. Mason. Protestant. Office: 13 LaSalle St. Residence: 4564 Indiana Av.
HANCHETTE, Nelson Hiram, lawyer; b. Lima, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1850; s. Hiram and Sarah (Harvey) Hanchette; ed. public schools, Lima, N. Y., and scientific course at Genesee College, Lima, N. Y., graduating, B.S., 1869; m. Berlin, Wis., 1879, Sarah A. Dewey; children: Theon M., Lucia S. Studied law in office, Lima, N. Y., 1872-4; came to Chicago, Jan. 19, 1874; in charge of office of Decker & Decker, lawyers, Chicago, 1874-8; admitted to bar, 1878. Repub- lican. Office: 172 Washington St. Residence: Chicago. Ill.
HANDY, James Sumner, lawyer; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 16, 1873; s. Isaac C. and
llelen (Sumner) Handy; grad. Univ. of Mich- igan, A.B., 1895; LL.B., 1897; m. Kalamazoo, Mich., Sept. 9, 1896, Florence Phillips; chil- dren: Helen, Winifred. After graduation in 1897 came direct to Chicago; admitted to bar of State of Illinois, Aug. 1, 1897, and began practice in this city, May 1, 1902; admitted to the firm of Smiley & Clark, and later be- came a mem. of the law firm of Wood & Fyffe. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Hamil- ton. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 66 Bryant Av.
HANECY, Elbridge, jurist: b. Wisconsin, Mar. 15, 1852; s. William and Mary ( Wales) Hanecy; studied at College of Milwaukee; went to Chicago, 1869; clerk dry goods house of Field, Leiter & Co. to 1871; subsequently with J. V. Farwell & Co. a short time; studied law; admitted to bar, 1874; mem. law firm of Hanecy & Merrick; m. Mar. 1, 1876, Sarah Barton; children: Olive (Mrs. R. H. Neu- meister), Edith, Ruth, Myra, Hazel, Hariet. Judge Circuit Court of Cook Co., Nov., 1893; in July, 1895, he was assigned as a chancellor of the same court; re-elected June, 1897; can- didate for re-election judge Circuit Court, June, 1903, defeated; was 3 times elected umpire of board of arbitration for adjusting differences between the Bricklayers and Stone- masons Assn. and their employes. Candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1901, defeated. Repub- lican. Appointed judge of the Superior Court of Illinois, Jan., 1904, to fill vacancy for term expiring Dec., 1904. Clubs: Union League, Washington Park, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Marquette, Mid-Day. Residence: 3116 Michigan Av. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.
HANKEY, Francis Longsdon, vice-pres. Northern Trust Co. Bank; b. Whiteside Co., Ill., Jan. 18, 1853; s. James and Emily P. (Lee) Hankey; moved to Chicago in child- hood, to home on site now occupied by Mar- shall Field & Co.'s annex, at Wabash Av. and Washington St .; ed. Racine College Grammar School and Bishop's College, Lenoxville, P. Q .; m. Montreal, 1876, Florence M. Boyle. En- gaged in banking business; served as inspect- or of branches for the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and later was asst. cashier Am. Exchange Nat. Bank, Chicago; entered service of Northern Trust Co. Bank as asst. cashier, 1891, becoming cashier, 1895; 2d vice-pres., 1896, and later vice-pres. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Bankers. Residence: Glen- coe, Ill.
HANKEY, James Parsons, sec., asst. treas. and dir. Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co .; b. Be- loit, Wis., Jan. 13, 1860; s. James and Mary Douglas (Parsons) Hankey; ed. Palmer's Acad., Chicago, 1866; Bishop's College, Lenoxville, P. Q., Can., 1867-70; private tutor in England, 1870-3; private tutor, Staten Is- land, N. Y., 1873-6; m. Chicago, June 25, 1903, Vina Halson Brown. Entered Merchants' Bank of Canada, Montreal, Feb., 1876; served 10 years in various capacities, reaching grade of asst. mgr .; resigned to take position with the California Land & Timber Co., organized by New York people to operate in Plumas Co., Calif. Company was not successful and failed in less than a year, leaving all its employes stranded. After another strenuous year at va- rious kinds of work went to San Francisco, and was 8 months with the S. P. R. R .; came to Chicago, having been offered position with Am. Exchange Nat. Bank; resigned after 3 years to become chief clerk of Corn Exchange bank, and after a year became asst. cashier. serving 5 years; then entered employ of Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., manufacturers of lumber, boxes, box shooks, egg-cases, etc., of which, since May, 1899, has been sec., asst. treas. and dir. Also asst. treas. Chicago Mill & Lumber Co., and treas. and dir., respective- ly, of the Cairo, Memphis & Southern R. R. & Transportation Co. and of the Marked Tree
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Lumber Co. Republican. Episcopalian, Mason: treas. Blaney Lodge No. 271; mem. Oriental Consistory, S. R. M. (32º). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Office: Tribune Bldg. Residence: 5490 East End Av.
HANNA, Elmer Elsworth, pres. Hanna En- gineering Works; b. on farm in Fulton Co., O., Nov. 27, 1861; s. Julius J. and Celeste (Jones) Hanna; ed. public high school at Wauseon, O .; m. Toledo, O., June, 1886, Cora A. Clark; children: Janet, Winifred, John, Els- worth. Learned machinists' trade at Wauseon and Toledo, O .; worked at trade for 3 years in different parts of the country; in Rocky Moun- tain mining regions, 1884-93, and engaged in mining and mining machinery business, the last 5 years as supt. of the Steadman Foundry & Machine Co., Helena, Mon .; came to Chi- cago in Jan., 1893, and went to work for Gates Iron Works, of which was made gen. supt. in 1894; held that position, and was also a stock- holder and dir. until June, 1901, when started in business for self as a manufacturer of labor-saving tools and appliances; incor- porated the Hanna Engineering Works, of which is pres. Mem. Am. Soc. of Mechan- ical Engineers. Republican. Christian Scien- tist. Clubs: Hamilton, Marquette. Office: 820 Elston Av. Residence: 707 Sheridan Rd., Evanston.
HANNAFORD, George Stephen, pres. and gen. mgr. Nat. Cotton Compress Co .; b. Chi- cago, Nov. 18, 1867; s. George W. and Harriet A. (Stiles) Hannaford; ed. Holden School, 1874-80; Wallace St. School, 1880-1; Kent Law School, 1892-4; m. Chicago, Dec. 18, 1887, Mar- garet R. Jeffrey; children: Mildred L., Marion E., Edna H. First employment was on force of Religio-Philosophical Journal as compositor, 1882; became mem. W. B. Graves & Co., 1886, but retired from company after 6 months, employed on Chicago Drovers' Journal, 1886- 1893; in 1886 was delegate to the International Typographical Union convention, held at Pitts- burgh, Pa., and 1888, was pres. of the Town of Lake Typographical Union No. 74; was vice-pres. Chicago Typographical Union No. 16, 1892, but resigned; Republican nominee for supervisor of Town of Lake, 1893, but was defeated; bought half interest in real estate and insurance agency of H. J. Haines, firm becoming Haines & Hannaford, and after Mr. Haines' retirement a year later, continued the business alone; was confidential clerk of As- sessor, Town of Lake, 1895, and chief clerk of collector, Town of Lake, 1896. In 1900 acquired an interest in the Thomas Cotton Co., becom- ing sec. and so continuing until July 21, 1902, when became vice-pres. and gen. mgr. the Nat. Cotton Compress Co., of which became pres., 1904. Republican. Baptist. Organized the Jackson Park Yacht Club. Office: 100 N. Clin- ton St. Residence: 6503 May St.
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