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 8

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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BAILEY, Eli Stillman, physician; b. Little Geneseo, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1851; s. James and Tacy (Hubbard) Bailey; grad. Milton (Wis.) College, 1873; Hahnemann Med. College, Chi- cago, 1878; unmarried. Engaged in practice in

Chicago; was dean Halinemann Med. College, 1900-3. Mem. American Institute Homeopathy; also State socs. of Homeopathic Medicine in Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Nebraska, etc .; college fraternity, Ustion. Club: Midlothian. Office: 31 Washington St. Residence: 6222 Woodlawn Av.

BAILEY, George Coryell, manufacturer; b. Lambertville, N. J., Mar. 14, 1847; s. Samuel M. and Ann H. Bailey; ed. public schools; m. Trenton, N. J., 1879, to Miss Mary H. Howell; children: May H., Ferdinand H. In 1879 be- came connected with John A. Roebling's Sons Co., manufacturers of iron and steel wire and wire rope, bare and insulated copper wire, wire cloth and nettings, founded in 1840 by John A. Roebling, who designed and built the great New York-Brooklyn bridge. Came to Chi- cago in 1886 to take charge of the company's branch here and is now sec. and treas. of the company. Mem. Manufacturers' Assn. Club: Union League. Office: 171-3 Lake St. Resi- dence: 5224 Jefferson Av.

BAILEY, George Troy, physician; b. Jack- sonville, 111., Nov. 30, 1864; s. James R. and Mary T. Williams; ed. public schools of Mor- gan Co., Ill., Jacksonville Business College, Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., and North- western Univ. Med. School, graduating, M.D., in class of 1894; m. Chicago, Feb. 14, 1899, Clara Koch; children: John Hayes, Helen Hil- degarde. Began practice of medicine in Chi- cago in 1894; was mem. of the dispensary staff and interne at Michael Reese Hosp. until 1902; since June, 1904, mem. med. board of the N. Y. Life Insurance Co., and was exam- iner for that company, 1894 to June, 1904. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 415 E. 45th St.

BAILY, Jacob L., lawyer; b. near Vermont, Fulton Co., Ill., Aug. 29, 1851; s. Thomas and Nancy A. (Bottenberg) Baily; ed. public school, Oberlin College, Ohio, and Northwestern Univ .; m. Table Grove, Ill., Aug. 20, 1876, Lois C. Foster; children: Mrs. Jessie P. Twyman, Frances. Lived in Macomb, McDonough Co., from 1875 until 1900; admitted to bar of Illi- nois, 1876; practiced law there until 1900, when came to Chicago; has since been en- gaged in general practice here, at head of firm of Baily, Hall & Spunner. Is the trial at- torney for the Union Elevated R. R. Co., Northwestern Elevated R. R. Co., Cicero & Oak Park Elevated R. R. Co., asst. trial attor- ney Union Traction Co. Mason, Macomb Lodge, and Macomb Commandery K. T. Demo- crat. Methodist. Office: Tribune Bldg. Resi- dence: 4420 Berkeley Av.

BAIRD, Edward Payson, manufacturer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 26, 1860; s. James H. and Adeline Whittemore (Torrey) Baird; ed. public school Montclair, N. J., and Heights- town (N. J.) Acad .; m. Chicago, Oct. 30, 1895, Cora Lee Cox; children: Coreta Cox, Edward Payson, Jr. Entered employ of William A. Torrey & Co., New York, 1875; Seth Thomas Clock Co., New York, 1879; Electro-Mechanical Clock Co., Montreal, Can., 1887; established Baird Clock Co., of Montreal and Plattsburg, N. Y., 1888; moved to Chicago, 1893; estab- lished, 1900, Baird Manufacturing Co., manu- facturers of telephone pay station machines, telephone measured service equipment, time stamps, employee's time recorders and adver- tising clocks. Also mem. Finance Committee of Acorn Brass Works. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Director Olivet House Assn., treas. Oli- vet House Guild, mem. advisory board Assn. House. Clubs: Union League, Evanston Coun- try, Skokie Country. Office: 24 Michigan St. Residence: 1221 Judson Av., Evanston.

BAIRD, Frederick S., lawyer; b. Alden, Mc- Henry Co., Ill., Feb. 17, 1852; ed. public and high schools McHenry county; came to Chi- cago, 1872, and studied law in office of Run-

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yan, Avery, Loomis & Comstock and in Union College of Law, graduating, LL.B., 1874; m. Nov. 9, 1876, Hattie E. Rogers, of Warren, Ill. Admitted to Illinois bar Sept. 9, 1874; mem. Baird & Lansing for several years, but now in practice alone. Republican. Mem. 34th General Assembly of Illinois, and was one of the "102" who elected Gen. John A. Logan to the U. S. Senate in 1885; district delegate to Republi- can National Convention, Minneapolis, 1892; appointed Republican Election Commissioner in Apr., 1895; nominee for Superior Court judge in 1898. Mem. and trustee Central Park Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Menoken, Gar- field, Gun. Office: 172 Washington St. Rest- dence: 758 Walnut St.

BAIRD, George Ambrose, vice-pres. and general sales agent Republic Iron and Steel Co .; b. Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa., May 10, 1865; s. Charles A. and Mary B. (Ambrose) Baird; ed. public schools Sharon, Mercer Co., Pa .; m. Sharon, Pa., Mar. 24, 1897, Ella R. Stewart; one son: George Stewart. Engaged in iron and steel manufacturing business with P. L. Kimberly & Co., Sharon, Pa., 1881-94; asst. sec. and treas. of the Atlantic Iron and Steel Co., New Castle, Pa., 1894-8; mgr. Sharon (Pa.) Iron Co., Limited, and the Buhl Steel Co., Sharon, Pa., 1898-9; came to Chicago, May 1, 1899, and has since been connected as gen- eral sales agent, vice-pres. and director with the Republic Iron and Steel Co. Republican. Mason, Shriner. Clubs: Calumet, Homewood, Mid-day. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 5210 Hibbard Av.

BAIRD, Lyman, real estate; b. Cheshire Co., N. H., Dec. 20, 1829; s. Stephen Baird; ed. pub- lic and private schools New Haven, Conn .; m. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 8, 1858, Elizabeth M. Warner; children: Wyllys Warner, Lucius Olmsted, Maximilian, Mrs. Elizabeth (Baird) Rogers. Removed from New Haven, Conn., to Chicago, 1857, and entered the real estate, loan and brokerage business, in which he has ever since continued; in 1883 Messrs. G. L. Warner and Wyllys W. Baird became associ- ated as partners in the business now under the firm name of Baird & Warner, in which is senior mem. and consulting partner. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, and was its pres. in 1885. Republican. Congregationalist. Office: 90 LaSalle St. Residence: 307 N. Clark St.

BAIRD, Max, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 4, 1869; s. Lyman and Elizabeth Mather (War- ner) Baird; ed. public and private schools and Yale Univ., graduating, A.B., 1890. Was asso- ciated in practice with the office of John P. Wilson from 1891-9, having been admitted to bar of Illinois in 1892; since 1899 has been engaged as counsel for the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Mem. The Law Club of Chi- cago and of the Chicago Bar Assn. Was sec. of the Chicago Orchestra Auxiliary Commit- tee. Congregationalist. Clubs: University, Yale Club of Chicago, Psi Upsilon college frater- nity. Office: Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Residence: 305 N. Clark St.

BAIRD, Wyllys Warner, real estate; b. New Haven, Conn .; s. Lyman and Elizabeth M. (Warner) Baird; ed. Univ. School, Chicago; m. Chicago, 1883, Olivia, daughter of Oliver B. Green; children: Warner Green, Katharine Louisa. Entered employ of Baird & Bradley, 1878; later became mem. of that firm (estab- lished 1857) until 1893; since then of its suc- cessor, the firm of Baird & Warner. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board (pres .. 1903). Re- publican. Club: Union League. Office: 90 La- Salle St. Residence: 1915 Wellington Av.

BAKER, Alfred Landon, stock and bond broker; b. Lynn, Mass., Apr. 30, 1859; s. Addi- son and Maria (Mudge) Baker; grad. Lynn ( Mass.) High School, 1876; studied law in of- fice of George W. Smith, Boston; m. Chicago, 1894, to Miss Mary Cernith; children: Isa-

belle and Mary. Admitted to bar of Essex Co., Mass., 1881; practiced law with John R. Bald- win (firm Baldwin & Baker) at Lynn until 1886; was mem. Lynn City Council and Lynn school board. Came to Chicago, 1886, and for several years was senior member of the law firm of Baker & Greeley, until he retired from active practice of law and engaged in business as banker and broker and member of the Chi- cago Stock Exchange, later also becoming mem. of Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Stock Exchange; in Jan., 1899, was joined by Solomon Sturges and Hugh McB. Johnston, partners in the present firm of Alfred L. Ba- ker & Co. Pres. Chicago Stock Exchange, 1898- 1900. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Univer- sity. Onwentsia (pres.), Merchants (pres.) Office: 209 LaSalle St. Residence: Lake Forest, Il1.

BAKER, Charles Whalen, sec. The Chicago Live Stock Exchange; b. Lockport, N. Y., Apr. 5, 1856; s. Timothy, Jr., and Elizabeth (Ray- mond) Baker; ed. 13th street public school, New York, until 1871; then took 3-year eclec- tic course in Chicago Univ .; m. Chicago, Sept. 15, 1878, Ada, daughter of George W. Mathews; children: Raymond Macy, Grace Elizabeth, Harold Holman, Martha Burns. After leaving college, 1875, engaged in business on the Chi- cago Board of Trade, leaving it in 1877 to assume charge, as general mgr., of traffic dept. of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co .; since March 13, 1884, sec. of The Chicago Live Stock Exchange, and in 1889 organized also The National Live Stock Exchange, of which has also been sec. from its organization. Republi- can. Episcopalian. Club: Saddle and Sirloin. Mem. of various Masonic bodies. Office: Ex- change Bldg., Union Stock Yards. Residence: 7157 Princeton Av.

BAKER, Danford Morse, general agent for Illinois of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. of California; b. Stafford, Conn., Aug. 20, 1862; s. George and Emeline (Morse) Baker; ed. public schools of Stafford, Conn .; m. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 8, 1890, Clara Louise Gabel; children: Bessie E., Danford M., Jr. Has been in the insurance business since 1880, begin- ning as a clerk in the home office of the Trav- elers' Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn .; re- mained with that company until 1890; since then with the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co .; was with that company at its Kansas City, Mo., office until 1893, when came to Chi- cago in his present capacity as general agent for Illinois. Pres. Life Underwriters' Assn. of Chicago. Republican. Mem. Garden City Lodge No. 141, A. F. and A. M. Office: 608 Marquette Bldg. Residence: 20 Chalmers Pl.

BAKER, Elmer Jerome, publisher; b. Bu- chanan Co., Ia., Nov. 3, 1861; s. D. P. and Mary C. (Smith) Baker; ed. public and high schools, Sycamore, Ill., Wheaton (Ill.) College and Univ. of Illinois. Resident of Chicago since 1880, and after leaving college, 1882, engaged as publisher in Chicago. Now publisher of Farm Implement News. Clubs: Chicago Press, Washington Park, Illinois Athletic, Columbia Yacht, Windsor Country. Office: Masonic Tem- ple. Residence: 218 E. 60th St.

BAKER, Francis E., jurist; b. Goshen, Ind., Oct. 20, 1860; s. Judge John H. and Harriet (DeFrees) Baker; ed. Goshen until 1875; In- diana State Univ., 1876-8; grad. Univ. of Mich- igan, 1882 (class poet); literary editor Uni- versity Chronicle, 1879-82; m. Goshen, Ind., Feb. 4, 1888, May Irwin. Entered, 1882, law office of his father and his uncle, Joseph A. S. Mitchell; latter became supreme judge (Indiana), 1885; firm Baker & Baker, until senior became U. S. judge, 1892; then was Baker & Miller until 1899; firm were attys. for L. S. & M. S. Ry., and other prominent corporations; judge Supreme Court, Indiana,

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1899-1902; judge U. S. Circuit Court, 7th Cir- cuit, since Feb. 4, 1902. Clubs: Columbia, Marion (Indianapolis) ; honorary mem. Union League (Chicago). Home: Goshen, Ind.

BAKER, Frank, jurist; b. Melmore, O., May 11, 1840; s. Richard and Fanny (Wheeler) Baker; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1857-61, graduating, A.B., 1861; grad. from Albany Law School, LL.B., 1863; private in 84th Ohio Vol. Inft., 1862-5; m. London, O., Nov. 10, 1870, Eliza Warner; children: Ethel (now Mrs. E. L. Andrews), Nora (now Mrs. S. M. Kocher- sperger). Engaged in practice of law in Chi- cago, 1865-87; since 1887 judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and since June, 1904, assigned to Appellate Court of First District of Illinois. Democrat. Mem. U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R., S. A. R., Soc. of Colonial Wars. Of- fice: Appellate Court, Ashland Blk. Residence: 3543 Lake Av.

BAKER, Frank Collins, zoologist; b. War- ren, R. I., Dec. 14, 1867; ed. public schools, Providence, R. I., and Brown Univ., 1888; Jessup student, Acad. Natural Sciences, Phila- delphia, 1889-90; m. June 16, 1892, Lillian May Hall, Rochester, N. Y. On Mexican exploring expedition sent out by Philadelphia Acad. Sci- ences, 1890; invertebrate zoologist, Ward's Natural Science Establishment, and sec. Ro- chester Acad. Sciences, Rochester, N. Y., 1891-2; curator zoology, Field Columbian Mu- seum, Chicago, 1894; life mem., sec. Oct., 1894, to Dec. 31, 1897, curator since July, 1894, Chi- cago Acad. Sciences; corr. mem. Rochester Acad. Sciences; vice-pres. Illinois Audubon Soc .; member Museums Assn., Western Soc. of Naturalists. Author: A Naturalist in Mex- ico, 1895; Mollusca of the Chicago Area, 1898- 1902; Shells of Land and Water, 1903. Con- tributor to zoological journals, principally on mollusca. Office: Chicago Acad. of Sciences, Lincoln Park. Residence: 1738 York Pl.

BAKER, Frank Henry. Chicago mgr. Atlas Engine Works; b. Madison, Ind., Oct. 15, 1865; s. Charles C. and Mary Engels; ed. public schools, Indianapolis, Ind .; m. Decatur, Ill., Aug. 2, 1882, Susie Barbazette; 1 son: Frank R. After leaving school engaged as clerk in grocery store at Indianapolis; for 20 years past with Atlas Engine Works, beginning as apprentice in the machine shop, and from that was made supt. of erection of machinery, and then represented the company abroad; since Nov. 1, 1903, mgr. Chicago Branch. Mason (32º). Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 2139 W. Van Buren St.

BAKER, Fredric Philip, clergyman, Pres- byterian church; b. Franeker, Netherlands, Feb. 25, 1848; s. Albert and Della W. (Zipma) Baker; ed. Hope College, Holland, Mich., and Western Seminary of the Reformed Church in America, graduating, B.D., 1876; D.D., 1896; m. Holland, Mich., Sept. 14, 1876, Laura M. Heald; 1 daughter, Grace Lucinda. Licensed to preach by Classis of Reformed Church, 1876; ordained by Presbytery of Winnebago, 1877; pastor Presbyterian churches at Rural, Wis., 1876-83; Marshfield, Wis., 1883-7; Wayne, Neb., 1887-91; Reformed Church, Constantine, Mich., 1891-3; Presbyterian Churches at Hot Springs, S. D., 1893-7; Sheldon, Ill., 1897-9; Reformed Church of Irving Park, Chicago, since 1899. Republican. Residence: 2490 N. 42d Av.

BAKER, Frederick Sherman, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 8, 1858; s. Levi S. (resident of Chi- cago from 1839) and Lucetta (Smith) Baker; ed. public schools of Chicago and by private tutor; studied law in office of J. H. Truman; m. Chicago, Sept., 1888, to Miss Josephine Turck; children: Beatrice, Roschen, Frederick, Jr. Admitted to bar of Illinois, Jan., 1883, and began practice of law in partnership with William J. Donlin as firm of Baker & Donlin;

since 1901 in practice alone. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: Evanston.

BAKER, George Reuben, druggist; b. Ra- cine, Wis., Sept. 27, 1852; s. Robert and Lydia (Conger) Baker; ed. public schools of Niles, Mich., and Chicago College of Pharmacy, graduating, Ph.G., 1884; m., first, at Vicksburg, Mich., Oct. 20, 1880, Nettie Best (died 1896) ; m., second, Chicago, 1899, Sibyl Austin; children: William R., Roy E. Began in drug business 30 years ago in Niles, Mich., and since 1879 has conducted business in same line in Chi- cago; now proprietor Masonic Temple Phar- macy, and partner in George R. Baker & Co., at corner of 18th street and Wabash avenue. Mason, K. T., Shriner. Life mem. B. P. O. E. Clubs: Columbia Yacht, Marquette. Office: 53 State St. Residence: 631 E. 43d St.

BAKER, Henry, coal merchant; b. Cornwall, Eng., Jan. 21, 1843; s. Digory and Rebecca (Carthew) Baker; came to U. S. with parents, 1853, locating on farm at Hinsdale, Ill., which family still own; ed. public schools of Chi- cago, Ill., and in Bryant & Stratton's Business College; m. Chicago, 1896, Mrs. Maria (Evans) Bigelow; has two stepsons: Arnold and Hub- bard Bigelow. Lived on farm until 1867, when, with brother, Digory W. Baker, established the wholesale and retail coal firm of Baker Bros., in which has since been actively engaged; now directs entire business, brother being an invalid; firm has wholesale coal yards at 9 W. 12th St. Republican. Mason (33º), treas. of Washington Chapter No. 43, R. A. M., of Chicago Commandery No. 19, K. T., of Ori- ental Consistory, of Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Office: Security Bldg. Residence: La Grange, Ill.

BAKER, John Ezra, lawyer; b. St. Paris, O., May 23, 1876; s. Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Furrow) Baker; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1891-5; Ohio State Univ., A.B., 1897, LL.B., 1898. Admitted to bar by Supreme Court of State of Illinois, 1898, and has since then been engaged in general practice. On May 1, 1904, joined with Frederick W. Winkler in firm of Winkler & Baker. Republican. Club: Chicago Yacht. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Resi- dence: 3357 Michigan Av.

BAKER, Luther Elijah, insurance; b. Mel- rose, Va., Jan. 1, 1865; s. William Harrington and Sarah Rebecca (Pulse) Baker; early ed'n in public schools in Iowa; grad. Western Col- lege, Toledo, Ia., 1887; studied law with firms of Stivers & Louthan and Merritt & Sears; m. Toledo, Ia., Feb. 12, 1890, Ida M. Springer. En- gaged in teaching school as principal at Vin- ing, Ia .; took up study of law; engaged in in- surance business, 1887; sec. Mutual Benefit Assn., 1890-6, resigned; edited paper at Nora Springs, Ia .; engaged with Board of Control, Chicago, 1896-9; resigned to form firm of Kingsley & Baker, general investors and in- surance agents, Waterloo, Ia .; since Oct. 1, 1903, vice-pres. and director of Macdonell- Baker-Callender Co., general insurance agents. Also director of Southern Zinc and Copper Mining Co .; Sept. 14, 1904, was elected sec. and director of the Aurora Constructing Co., and Sept. 23, same year, elected vice-pres, and director of the Ross Constructing Co., both companies having offices in Chicago. Republi- can; was member of city council, Toledo, Ia., 1892-6; pres. 5th District Republican League; 1st asst. sergeant-at-arms of National Repub- lican Convention, 1896. Major 4th Regt. Iowa N. G., 1886-98; inspector small arms practice, 1898-1900. Mason (32º), Shriner, Elk. Mem. K. P .; Grand Chancellor, Iowa, 1896-7; chief of staff, 1894-9. Presbyterian. Club: Hamilton. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: Metropolitan Hotel.

BAKER, Samuel, tobacco manufacturer; b. Wheeling W. Va., Sept. 3, 1844; s. James R. and Elizabeth (Forsyth) Baker; ed. in private

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school and at Princeton Univ .; m. Charlottes- Mem. Royal Arcanum and Nat. Union. Office: ville, Va., Jan., 1868, Louisa McIntire; chil- 40 E. Randolph St. Residence: Park Mansion, cor. LaSalle Av. and Eugenie St. dren: James R., Kathrine, Elizabeth, George M. Served in Chew's Battery in the Civil War, and afterwards engaged in the tobacco busi- ness, becoming a member of the firm of Spauld- ing & Merrick, manufacturers of tobacco. In- dependent in politics. Presbyterian. Club: Un- ion League. Office: N. Y. Life Bldg. Residence: 3995 Ellis Av.

BAKER, William Bryan, sec. Federal Stock and Bond Exchange; b. Racine, Wis., Aug. 7, 1859; s. William H. and Mary E. Baker; ed. McMyron's Acad., Racine, Wis., to 1878; m. Racine, Wis., 1882, Mae E. Carpenter; 1 son, W. B., Jr. From 1879 to 1886 was with the Upham Manufacturing Co. of Marshfield, Wis., manufacturers of lumber; cashier of National Bank of Waupaca, Wis., 1886 to 1901; since 1901 resident of Chicago, engaged in stock and bond business, and since organization, Apr. 1, 1904, sec. of the Federal Stock and Bond Exchange. Office: Hartford Bldg. Resi- dence: 3004 Prairie Av.

BAKER, William Henry, coal merchant; b. on farm in Township of Lyons, Cook Co., Ill., Sept. 18, 1865; s. Digory W. and Agnes (Biel- by) Baker; removed with parents to Chicago, 1868; ed. at Brown School, and afterward at Souder's Business College, graduating from latter; m. Chicago, 1890, to Miss Belle Clem- ent; children: 1 son and 1 daughter. On leav- ing school entered employ of Baker Bros., coal merchants, and has continued with the firm, of which has for several years been mgr. Republican; elected, Nov., 1900, for a term of five years as trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago. Clubs: Illinois, Ashland, Menoken, Chicago Athletic, Washington Park, and sev- eral gun clubs. Office: 188 Madison St. Resi- dence: 1656 W. Adams.

BAKER, William Vincent, banker and bro- ker; b. Raneegunge, British India, Nov. 17, 1850; s. Col. William Thurlow Baker (late of H. B. M. 4th Regt. of Foot), and Elizabeth (Vincent) Baker; father was 25 years in Brit- ish East Indian service; ed. India, England, France and Canada, graduating from McGill Univ., Montreal, P. Q., as M.A., in class of 1870; m. Chicago, June 24, 1877, Frances E. Markley; 1 daughter: Ethel Markley Baker. Came from Canada in 1870 and went into the life insurance business with the Chicago Life Insurance Co. as office boy, and left it ten years later as actuary of the company; from 1880-5 in business as broker in commercial paper in firm of Baker & Parmele; from 1890-7 mem. of firm of A. O. Slaughter & Co., stocks and bonds; from 1897-1901 connected with firm of E. L. Brewster & Co., and from 1901 of firm of Edwin L. Lobdell & Co., until Nov. 1, 1904, when became associate and mgr. with Chapman, De Golyer & Co., stocks, bonds, etc. Independent in politics. Mason. Clubs: Chi- cago, Calumet, Ellerslie. Office: 186 LaSalle St. Residence: 2125 Calumet Av.

BALATKA, Christian Ferdinand, musician; b. Chicago, July 21, 1861; s. Hans and Hedwig (Fessel) Balatka; ed. public and high schools and Dyrenfurth College, Chicago; began study- ing music under his father at early age and afterward studied with other local teachers; went to Europe; completed studies under best instructors of Royal Acad. of Music, Berlin, 1889-91; degree of Mus. D. from Grand Con- servatory of Music (New York State Univ.), New York, Apr., 1903; m. Crown Point, Ind., Oct. 2, 1901, Anna Nordin. On return from Europe assumed directorship of the piano dept. of the Balatka Musical College, estab- lished, 1879, by his father, who was the pioneer music teacher of the West; after his father's death, Apr., 1899, became dir. of the college. Republican. Mason; Pleiades Lodge, Wylie Eden Chapter, Apollo Commandery, K. T., and Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine.

BALDWIN, Aristides Edwin, physiclan, dentist; b. Greenwood, McHenry Co., Ill., Feb. 5, 1852; s. Sebrean C. and Lovina (Stevens) Baldwin; ed. public schools, and at 16 began teaching district school and studying privately in advanced branches; at 20 became school principal, studying medicine at same time; attended Rush Med. College, 1876-8, graduat- ing, M.D., 1878; grad. Chicago College of Den- tal Surgery, DD.S., 1884; Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1894; post-graduate course, same, 1895; m. Walworth Co., Wis., May 8, 1878, Lois A. Freeman; children: Alice Estelle, Helen Lovina. Settled as physician, 1878, at Toulon, Stark Co., Ill., practiced there 3 years; moved to Woodstock, Ill .; spent some time in California; returned and took dental course; since 1884 in practice as dentist in Chicago. Mem. American Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Med- ico-Legal Soc., fellow Chicago Acad. of Medi- cine; mem. Chicago Dental Soc., Odonto- graphic Soc. of Chicago and Odontological Soc. of New York. Republican. Baptist. Mem. and moderator Fourth Baptist Church. Club: University. Office: 34 Washington St. City res- idence: 826 W. Adams St.

BALDWIN, Erastus Bostwick, grain com- mission; b. Hinesburg, Vt., July 19, 1827; s. F. W. and Sarah (Bostwick) Baldwin; ed. Hinesburg Acad., Vt .; widower; children: Mrs. Alice B. Peters, Mrs. Mattie B. Barnes. Was reared on farm in Vermont and was later dry goods merchant, Hinesburg, Vt .; came to Chi- cago, 1864, and entered the grain commission business on the Chicago Board of Trade, as a mem. of the firm of Baldwin & Stone, in which remained until the dissolution of the firm, May 1, 1904; since then in business alone. Mem. Board of Trade (dir., 1872-3). Republican. Of- fice: 169 Jackson Boul. Residence: 500 W. Con- gress St.

BALDWIN, George Frederick, retired bank- er and broker; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 27, 1853; s. George Dexter and Sarah Maria (Childs) Baldwin; ed. Boston public schools, graduating at English High School, Boston, July, 1870; m. Boston, Mass., Feb. 25, 1879, Mary Scott; 1 son: George Scott Baldwin (died at Harvard College, Dec. 12, 1903). After graduation went with father's firm, Baldwin, Botume & Co., in which became partner in 1874, and later alone with father under firm name of George D. Baldwin & Co., in packing business at Un- ion Stock Yards, Chicago, coming here from Boston, Mass., in Oct., 1876; continued that firm until father's death, then formed firm of Baldwin, Wrenn & Farnum, in the banking business and commission business in stocks and grain, the firm later becoming Baldwin, Farnum & Co., and finally Baldwin, Gurney & Co. Latter firm was prominent in putting sev- eral of the large combinations (notably Ameri- can Steel and Wire) together; retired from business June, 1899. Republican. Congregation- alist. Clubs: Calumet, Chicago Athletic; also Algonquin (Boston), and New York (New York). Residence: 2937 Michigan Av.

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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 8

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