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HOLDEN, Joseph Sewell, manufacturer; b. Chicago, June 15, 1862; s. Albon H. and Ellen M. (Holbrook) Holden; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Oct., 1889, Elizabeth Campbell; 1 daughter: Florence E. In 1880 be- gan business career with his father in the manufacture of mixed paints; went west in 1885 to Pacific Coast states, remaining 2 years; then came to Chicago, and was asso- ciated with the George W. Light Mfg. Co., of which he was sec. and treas., until Nov., 1897, when became sec. and treas. of the Middleby Oven Mfg. Co., manufacturers of Middleby's portable patent brick ovens. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Trustee Village of La- Grange. Ex-mem. 1st Regt., I. N. G. Clubs: Ashland, LaGrange. Hinsdale Golf, Illinois Athletic. Office: 60-2 W. VanBuren St. Resi- dence: LaGrange, Ill.
HOLDEN, Nelson B., shoe dealer; b. Jack- son, Washington Co., N. Y., 1841; ed. public school; married; 1 daughter. After leaving school was engaged in tanning business with father until 1868, when came to Chicago and established in the shoe business; burned out with almost total loss in great fire of 1871, but resumed after the fire and has built up a larger business; now pres. of N. B. Holden (Incorporated). Club: Illinois. Office: 227 State St. Residence: 322 Ashland Boul.
HOLDEN, Walter S., lawyer; b. Chicago, Mar. 19, 1865; s. Albon H. and Ellen (Hol- brook) Holden; grad. Marquette School, Chi- cago, 1882; Chicago West Division High School, 1885; Univ. of Michigan, A.B., 1889; Chicago College of Law, LL.B., 1890; m. 1st,
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June 4, 1891, Hattie L. Hinchman (died, Apr. Since then engaged in general practice. Since 29, 1893) ; 1 daughter: Ruth H .; m. 2d, Racine, Wis., May 29, 1896, Bessie B. Walker; chil- dren: Albon W., William W. Admitted to the Illinois bar, 1890, and since then in gen- eral practice of law in Chicago; since 1899 of firm of Rush (G. F.) & Holden. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Law Club, Legal Club, Chi- cago Law Institute. Republican; trustee of village of Oak Park. Universalist. Clubs: Ash- land, Oak Park. Office: 100 Washington St. Residence: Oak Park, Ill.
HOLDEN, William Hiram, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, June 6, 1843; s. Charles N. and Frances W. (Woodbury) Holden; ed. public schools of Chicago; grad. West Division High School, 1861, and from Union College of Law, LL.B., 1866; m. July 17, 1867, Sarah J. Revell (sister of Mrs. Dwight L. Moody, wife of the famous evangelist) ; children: Charles Revell, Ethel Revell, and 2 now deceased. Admitted to bar, 1866, and since then in active general prac- tice of law; now senior of law firm of Holden & Buzzell. Associate mem. Chicago Real Es- tate Board; mem. Chicago Bar Assn. and Illi- nois Bar Assn .; treas. Chicago Law Institute for 21 years and now its librarian. Baptist; ex-trustee of the Univ. of Chicago; trustee of the Baptist Theological Union and the Y. M. C. A .; pres. and dir. of the Bible Institute Colportage Assn .; ex-pres. board of trustees of 2d Baptist Church of Chicago and for 30 years supt. of its Sunday School; now hon- orary supt. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: 1143 Forest Av., Evanston.
HOLDOM, Jesse, jurist; b. London, Eng., Aug. 23, 1851; s. William and Eliza Holdom: academic education in London until 1868, when he came to Chicago; m. 1st, 1877, Edith I. Foster, Chicago; m. 2d, Mable Brady, 1893; children: Edith I., Martha (wife of Roy Mc- Millan Wheeler), Courtland. Entered law office of Judge Joshua C. Knickerbocker, 1871, study- ing 2 years; admitted to bar, Sept. 13, 1873; clerk in office of Tennys, Flower & Aber- crombie, 1876-8; in firm of Knickerbocker & Holdom, 1878-88; alone, 1888-98; judge Supe- rior Court of Cook Co. since 1898. Republican. Mem. Chicago Law Club, Am., Illinois and Chi- cago Bar Assns., Law Institute, Art Institute, Field Columbian Museum. Senior Warden St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Clubs: Hamilton (pres., 1897), Union League, Caxton, Midlo- thian, Quadrangle. Office: County Bldg. Resi- dence: 4934 Lake Av.
HOLINGER, Arnold, Swiss consul, banker; b. Liestal, Switzerland, July 20, 1849; s. Jacob and Susanna Holinger; prepared for university in college in Switzerland, but never entered same; widower; children: Mrs. Clara Manz, Mrs. Sophia Mannhardt, Mrs. Dr. Alma Tes- chan, of Milwaukee, Wis., Ida, Elsa, Arnold, Jr. Came to Chicago from Switzerland, 1869; school teacher and music teacher, 1869-72; bookkeeper and subsequently mgr. foreign ex- change dept. of Union Nat. Bank, 1872-88; in 1888 established business of A. Holinger & Co., mortgage banking, real estate, etc. Swiss consul at Chicago since 1892; commissioner general of Switzerland to World's Columbian Exposition; was pres. of Swiss Benevolent Soc. for 10 years. Mem. of 17 societies, includ- ing: Royal League, United Workmen, Bank- ers' Union, Gruetlin (Swiss) Lodge, Germania Männerchor (of which was long sec.), and others. Dir. of German Relief & Aid Soc., Old People's Home, Alliance Française. Office: 172 Washington St. Residence: 911 Hamilton Ct.
HOLINGER, Jacques, physician; b. Liestal, Switzerland, Sept. 19, 1865; s. Jacob and Bar- bara (Gysin) Holinger; ed. public schools of Liestal, 1871-80; Ober Realschule, Basel, 1880- 1885; University of Basel, 1885-90, M.D., Dec., 1890; m. Chicago, July 29, 1903; Cora Lange, of St. Louis, Mo .; 1 son: Carl. Came to Chicago from Switzerland, fall of 1892.
1896 treating diseases of ear, nose and throat; asst. of the clinic for diseases of ear, nose and throat in Basel, 1890-2; asst. surgeon to Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, and Post-Graduate Med. Schools, 1893-6; lecturer Chicago Med. School, 1897-8. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathological Soc., Chicago Laryngological Soc., Chicago Ophthalmolog- ical and Otological Soc., Ger. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Acad. of Ophthalmology and Otology, etc. Was army surgeon and 1st lieut. in Swiss Army. R. P. Mem. Germania Man- nerchor, Swiss Benevolent Soc. Office: 103 Randolph St. Residence: 1629 Sheridan Rd.
HOLLAND, John Everett, lawyer; b. Har- rison Co., O., May 7, 1862; s. Samuel and Emily (Maholm) Holland; grad. Northwestern Ohio Normal Univ., class of 1888; grad. Kent College of Law, Chicago, LL.B., 1893; m. Plain City, O., Dec. 27, 1894, Cora L. Gill; children: John Gill, Charles J. Was supt. of schools Union Co. and Franklin Co., Ohio; came to Chicago, 1892, and assisted in the office of Thornton & Chancellor; was admitted to bar of Supreme Court of Illinois and was a mem. of the firm of Thornton & Chancellor until 1895; since then has practiced alone. Mason. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Meno- ken (trustee 3 years), Illinois Athletic. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 205 Baird Av., Austin.
HOLLAND, William Ernest, physician and surgeon; b. Nottingham, Eng., Feb. 3, 1866; s. John and Sarah A. Groves Holland; came to U. S., 1871, in boyhood; grad. high school, 1882; grad. pharmaceutical dept. of Illinois State Univ., Ph.G., 1887; from Illinois Med. College, M.D., 1897; m. Downer's Grove, Ill., Apr. 10, 1889, Alice Grace Hughes; children: Margaret Alice, Ruth Sarah. Was engaged as pharmacist until entering on med. course; since 1897 in practice as physician and sur- geon in Chicago. Associate prof. of gynecology and abdominal surgery, Illinois Med. College; consulting surgeon Mary Thompson Hosp. for Women. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 5523 Madison Av.
HOLLETT, Rhoderick P., lawyer; b. On- tario Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 1856; s. George H. and Louisa (Lee) Hollett; ed. Syracuse Univ., 1874-8 (A.M.); m. Chicago, 1881, Nellie George; children: Inez, George, Eloise, Roderic. Ad- mitted to South Carolina bar in 1879, and to Illinois bar, 1881; now of firm of Hollett, Tins- man & Sauter. Atty. of South Park Commis- sioners since Mar., 1899. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Office. Stock Exchange Bldg.
HOLLIS, Henry Leonard, mining engineer and metallurgist; b. Boston, Mass., Feb. 17, 1866; s. John H. and Esther (Harlow) Hollis; ed. Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Colum- hia College (School of Mines), graduating E.M. in class of 1885; m. Chicago, Nov. 9, 1892, Jane Grannis; 1 daughter: Clara Eliza- beth. After graduation came to Chicago, 1885, and was with Illinois Steel Co. as chief chemist until 1889; from 1889 to 1893, mem. of firm of Rattle, Nye & Hollis, and since 1893 in practice alone as mining engineer and metallurgist. Mem. Am. Institute of Mining Engineers. Dir. Oakwood Cemetery Assn. Clubs: Union League, University, Chicago Literary, Onwentsia, Skokie Country. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: Winnetka, Ill.
HOLLIS, William Dennard, paper merchant and manufacturer; b. Elkhart Co., Ind., Aug. 19, 1850; s. Dennard and Barbara (Bowser) Hollis; ed. Chicago public schools and Chicago High School; m. Chicago, Dec. 7, 1872, Helen Mar King; children: Helen Minerva, Howard B., Chalmers M., William Dennard, Jr., Vala, May, Raymond, Octava. First occupation with Calkins & Messenger, private bank, in 1869; with Lunt, Preston & Keen, bankers, in 1870;
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from last of 1870 to 1877, with Commercial Nat. Bank of Chicago; in paper business with E. D. Messinger, 1878-80; in 1880 started busi- ness on own account as W. D. Hollis, and in 1881, when John A. Duncan was admitted as a partner, present style of Hollis & Duncan was assumed. Pres. of the Chicago Wrapping Paper Dealers' Club. Dir. Sheridan Park Build- ing Assn. Republican. Club: Chicago Automo- bile. Office: 10-18 Market St. Residence: 3128 Malden St.
HOLLISTER, John Hamilcar, M.D .; b. Riga, Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug. 5, 1824; grad. Roches- ter Collegiate Institute, 1842; M.D., Berkshire Med. College, 1847 (honorary A.M., Beloit Col- lege) ; m. Jan. 2, 1849, Jennette Windiate, of Drayton Plains, Mich .; 1 daughter: Mrs. Frank- lin H. Martin. Has practiced medicine in Chi- cago for 48 years; trustee and prof. Lind Univ., Chicago Med. College (med. school of Northwestern Univ.), 1859-95; since then emeritus prof .; physician to Mercy Hosp., 1866-96, now emeritus; mem. Am. Med. Assn. since 1858; mem. (ex-pres. and for 20 years treas.) Illinois State Med. Soc., etc. Editor of Journal of Am. Med. Assn. for a number of years. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 3430 Rhodes Av.
HOLLISTER, William Cornelius, printer; b. Omro, Wis., Apr. 12, 1861; s. Henry Cornelius and Jennie Margaret (Huie) Hollister; at- tended public schools; m. Appleton, Wis., Mar. 1, 1881, Annie O'Leary; children: William C., Jr., Jennie Margaret, Edward Maurice, Joseph Cornelius, Mabel Helen, Mary Kathryn. Be- gan in the printing business as a boy of 11 years, in the office of The Times, at Appleton, Wis., for 2 years, and after that consecutive- ly with the Omro Journal, The Northwestern of Oshkosh, Wis., and Oshkosh Times, in which had charge of the mechanical dept .; then, at age of 19, took entire charge of the Appleton (Wis.) Crescent; came to Chicago, and, after working at trade for some time engaged in business for self, 1886, and is now pres. of the corporation, Hollister Bros., do- ing a large printing business with a specialty in fine catalogue printing; also vice-pres. of the J. Manz Engraving Co. Was sec. of the Trade and Labor Assembly of Chicago, 1884-7; treas. of the District Assembly of Knights of Labor, 1886; now pres. of the Master Printers' Assn. of Chicago. One of the trustees of Chi- cago Penny Savings Soc. Independent in poli- tics. Mason; mem. Royal League and K. P. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 256 Madison St. Residence: 452 Fullerton Av.
HOLLOWAY, Edward Morton, clerk U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals; b. Centerville, Wayne Co., Ind., May 30, 1861; s. William R. and Lydia (Burbank) Holloway (father was for 15 years postmaster at Indianapolis, Ind., and was U. S. consul general at St. Peters- burg, and now consul general at Halifax, N. S .; grandfather, David P., was mem. of Con- gress and U. S. commissioner of patents); ed. Indianapolis public schools, and Indianapolis Classical School; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B., 1883; m. June 15, 1889, Cora Ruggebergh, of New Haven, Conn .; 1 daughter: Josephine M. After leaving college was business mgr. In- dianapolis Times, after which came to Chi- cago, 1891, and was appointed deputy clerk of U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Appointed clerk Oct. 20, 1898, and still serving in that capacity. Republican. Club: Union League. Office: Federal Bldg. Residence: Kenilworth, Ill.
HOLLOWAY, Horace Greeley, wholesale shoes; b. Cadiz, Ind., June 18, 1856; s. Samuel B. and Angeline (Plummer) Holloway; ed. public schools, Danville, Ill .; m. Danville, Ill., Dec. 24, 1880, Mary McCorkell. Connected with boot and shoe trade since 1879; was traveling salesman from Toledo, O., 2 years, 1880-2; traveling salesman for Heywood Boot & Shoe
Co., 1882-90; for Hathaway, Soule & Harring- ton, 1890-5; since 1895 in business for him- self, and since July 1, 1901, pres. H. G. Hollo- way & Bros., wholesale boots and shoes. Of- fice: 236-8 Monroe St. Residence: 4059 Grand Boul.
HOLLOWAY, William Oscar, manufacturer of men's shoes; b. Danville, Ill., Nov. 1, 1868; s. Samuel B. and Angeline (Plummer) Hollo- way; ed. public schools of Vermilion Co., Ill. Was first a clerk in the shoe store of P. J. Walker & Co., at Danville, Ill., about 3 years; after that traveled for 10 years for Hathaway, Soule & Harrington, Boston shoe manufacturers, until 1900, when joined in or- ganization of the corporation of H. G. Hollo- way & Bro., manufacturers' distributors of men's shoes, of which is vice-pres. and sec. Republican. Presbyterian. Was mem, and held commission in Battery A, I. N. G. Mem. of Masonic orders; K. P. Office: 236 Monroe St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.
HOLMES, Bayard (Taylor), surgeon; b. N. Hero, Vt., July 29, 1852; s. Hector Adams and Olive A. (Williamson) Holmes; his father was inventor of self-binding attachments and other improvements to harvesters; removed to Minnesota, 1865; preparatory education Carleton College, Minn .; grad. Paw Paw In- stitute, B.S., 1874; grad. Chicago Homo. College, 1885; Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1888; m. Aug. 14, 1878, Agnes Anna, daugh- ter Capt. James W. George, Lansing, Minn .; children: Bayard Bristol, Ralph Loring. Be- gan practice, 1886; for years mem. surgical staff Cook Co. Hosp .; was sec., 1891-5, now senior prof. surgery med. dept. Univ. of Ill. (formerly College of Physicians and Sur- geons); was organizer Chicago Med. Library Assn. Mem. Am. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Assn. and other medical societies; the Biblo- graph Soc., one of organizers Nat. Christian Citizenship League. Socialist; candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1895. Editor North Am. Practitioner, 1889-92. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle. Author: Surgical Emergencies; Surgery of the Head; Appendicitis and Other Diseases about the Appendix; Cholecystitis and Other Diseases in the Upper Peritoneal Cavity, etc .; also various monographs, and contributions on medical, sociological and educational subjects. Office: 92 State St. Resi- dence: 104 E. 40th St.
HOLMES, Delavan Allen, lawyer; b. Ma- quoketa, Ia., June 27, 1855; s. Otis A. and Julia (Bingham) Holmes; ed. State Univ. of Iowa; studied law; m. Feb. 14, 1876, Imogene R. Lake, of Webster City, Ia .; children: Roy C., Frances I., Louis L., Gertrude C. Admitted to Iowa bar, 1880; moved to Nebraska and practiced there until 1891; practiced Sioux City, Ia., 1891-5; came to Chicago, 1895; was for a time partner with U. S. Senator Mason in firm of Mason, Holmes & Mason; since then practicing alone. Clubs: Evanston, Hamilton, Marquette. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: Evanston, Ill.
HOLMES, E (lias) Burton, lecturer, traveler; b. Chicago, Jan. 8, 1870; s. Ira and Virginia (Burton) Holmes; ed. Allen Acad. and the Harvard School. Chicago. Has traveled in Japan, Algeria, Tunis, Morocco (expedition to Fez), Corsica, Greece, Thessaly, and all con- tinental countries of Europe; Hawaiian Is- lands, Yellowstone Park, Grand Canon of the Colorado River, Philippine Islands, South China, Russia, Siberia, Peking, Corea, Portu- gal, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. First lec- ture in Chicago, 1890; since then in principal Am. cities. Office: 203 Michigan Av.
HOLMES, Emil Albert, printer; b. Chicago, Aug. 16, 1865; s. Magnus Holmes; ed. public schools of Chicago; m. Agnes Ford; children: Charles, Emil, Harold. Was in the employ of the J. M. W. Jones Printing Co., 1879-90; with Keen & De Lang for 2 years; now mem. of
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firm of Jacobs & Holmes, printers. Mem. Mas- ter Printers' Assn. Republican. Mason. Office: 167 Adams St. Residence: 1906 Oakdale Av.
HOLMES, Frank A., coal; b. on farm at Toulon, Ill., Aug. 12, 1871; s. Robert P. and Barbara (Hackett) Holmes; grad. Storm Lake High School, June 3, 1892; Storm Lake Normal College, May 12, 1894; Iowa State Normal College, 1896. Lived on farm until 18 years of age. Employed in drug store for 2 years, in school 4 years, traveling salesman 6 years; owner of wholesale and retail carrlage and implement business for 3 years; vice-pres. and gen. mgr. of a wholesale coal company in Chicago 1 year, and on Dec. 22, 1903, started alone in the wholesale hard coal business. Also pres. and gen. mgr. of Ashburner Mfg. Co. Republican. Methodist. Mason: mem. Bald- win Commandery, K. T .; De Molay Consistory, and of Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Cedar Rapids, Ia. Office: Fisher Bldg. Resi- dence: 2532 Indiana Av.
HOLMES, Frank Farnsworth, fire insur- ance; b. Warsaw, Ill., Mar. 21, 1858; s. S. R. and Rosette Ann (Farnsworth) Holmes; early education at Warsaw public schools and Knox Academy; grad. Knox College, 1880; m. July 24, 1904, Luella Mae Fox; children: Willard Farnsworth. Upon leaving college engaged as clerk in insurance agency, 1880; later in- spector of agencies and adjuster of fire losses; local agent since 1887, as head of agency firm of Frank F. Holmes & Co., which was merged with the firm of Fisher, Martin & Wurts under the firm name of Holmes, Martin & Co .; also pres., since 1890, of North Shore Land Assn. Sec. and treas. of Nat. Assn. of Fire Insurance Agents since 1898. Mem. S. A. R., Chicago Board of Underwriters, Chicago Un- derwriters' Assn. and Chicago Fire Under- writers Assn. Club: Auburn Park Golf. Office: 159 LaSalle St.
HOLMES, Marshall Fuller, manufacturer; b. Chicago, Apr. 8, 1857; s. Frederick (killed in battle of Resaca, Ga.) and Isabella (Ander- son) Holmes; ed. Mosely and Forest Av. schools, Chicago, and in the Bryant & Strat- ton Business College; m. Chicago, Oct. 16, 1879, Lillian H. Hoppin; children: Rose H. (died 1883), Henrietta, Frederick, Dorothy. Cash boy in dry goods store of J. B. Shay & Co., 6 months in 1867; clerk, 1871; city book- keeper, 1874, Jansen, McClurg & Co., book- sellers; in general office work, Chicago, 1877, for Fowler Bros., packers, and in charge of their general office at Atchison, Kan., 1878-80; then had charge of office of L. B. Doud & Co., packers, 1880-2; of Chicago Smelting & Refining Co., 1882-6; of Chicago & Aurora Smelting & Refining Co., 1886-9; vice-pres. and sec. Nat. Smelting & Refining Co., 1889-99; since 1899 mgr. for Illinois for Am. Smelting & Refining Co. Pres. Duncan Electric Mfg. Co .; treas. Park City Mfg. Co .; dir. Chicago Biscuit Co .; pres. Holmes-Hughes-Bartlett Co .; dir. Hudson Mfg. Co. Republican. Metho- dist. Dir. Englewood Union Hosp., Bureau of Charities. Was chairman of the Parents' Or- ganization, Cook Co. and Chicago Normal School, during latter part of Col. Francis W. Parker's regime, and active for many years in support of him and his advanced educational methods. Governing mem. Art In- stitute of Chicago. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, Lake Geneva (Wis.) Country, Chi- cago (of Lake Geneva, Wis.). Office: Western Union Bldg. Residence: 460 N. Normal Park- way.
HOLMES, Palmer Wilson, mgr. Chicago branch Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co .; h. Au- burn, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Feb. 17, 1866; s. Zebulon and Rebecca (Freeman) Holmes: ed. Auburn public schools and Auburn High School to 1881; m. Chicago, Dec. 28, 1898, Grace B., daughter of Chas. E. Hurd; 1 son: Palmer Wilson, Jr. Began business life, on
leaving school, as a clerk in a hardware store In Auburn, N. Y., until 1888; traveled for hardware firms, out of New York City, 1888- 1897; became connected, 1897, as traveling salesman, with the Chicago branch of the Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co., of New York, manufacturers of stamped and enameled sheet metal wares, and in 1901 became mgr. of that company's branch house at Chicago. Mason; mem. Blue Lodge No. 431, Auburn, N. Y .; David's Chapter No. 34, and Salem Town Commandery No. 16, at Auburn, N. Y .; mem. Oriental Consistory, A. A. S. R., Chicago, and of Damascus Shrine, Rochester, N. Y., Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Office: 1900 S. Clark St. Residence: 1628 Cornelia Av.
HOLMES, Rudolph Wieser, physician; b. Chicago, June 27, 1868: s. Edward Lorenzo and Paula (Wieser) Holmes; ed. Harvard Univ., 1888-90; Rush Med. College, 1890-3, grad. M.D., Mar., 1893; work in hosps. at Vienna and Prague, 1900-1; m. Chicago, May 5, 1898, Maria Baxter. Since 1893, engaged in general med. practice, largely specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. Instructor in ob- stetrics, Rush Med. College; chief of dept. of obstetrics, Augustana Hosp .; obstetrician, Passavant Memorial Hosp .; associate obstet- rician Chicago Lying-in Hosp. Mem. and editor Chicago Gynecological Soc .; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn., Physicians' Club, Nu Sigma Nu fraternity. Re- publican. Unitarian. Office: 387 N. State St.
HOLMES, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; b. West Union, Adams Co., O., Feb. 9, 1860; s. John and Elizabeth (Traber) Holmes; moved to Aledo, Mercer Co., Ill., 1869; reared on farm; attended Univ. of Illinois, 1880-2; grad. Union College of Law, LL.B., 1885; m. Lacon, Ill., Jan. 12, 1892, Grace Blood; children: De Voe, Thomas J., Jr. Was asst. corporation counsel for City of Chicago, 1895-7; since 1902, master in chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook Co. Was elected pres. of the Chicago Law Institute; mem., and was several years treas. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican; was town committeeman and 8 years chairman of the executive committee of the 2d Ward. Clubs: Midlothian, Hamilton. Illinois Athletic. Office: Portland Blk. Residence: 3010 Grove- land Av.
HOLMES, William Henry. clergyman; b. Danville, Vt., Mar. 15, 1814; ed. public schools of Vermont, Eastman College and Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, Ill. (honorary A.M., Northwestern Univ., 1889; D.D., Am. Univ. of Harriman, Tenn.); m. 1875, Frances Melanie Goddard. Served in Union Army as private Co. E, 6th Regt., Vt. Infy. Vol., Ver- mont brigade, 6th Corps. Was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Dec. 12-13. 1862; Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863; Salem Heights, May 4, 1863; Franklin's Crossing, June 6, 1863; Gettysburg, July 2, 3, 1863: Funkstown, July 11, 1863. Was teacher in Jonesville (N. Y.) Acad., 1867-8; Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., 1869-72. Clergyman in Rock River Conference, M. E. Church, since 1875; pastor in Chicago, Evanston and Jollet, ex- cept 1897-1903, when was presiding elder of the Jollet district; now pastor St. Andrew M. E. Church. Pres. Chicago Methodist Preachers' Meeting, 1896; delegate to General Conference, M. E. Church, 1900. Address: 5142 Wabash Av.
HOLT, Charles Sumner, lawyer; b. Chicago, Oct. 21, 1855; s. De Villo R. and Ellen M. (Hubbard) Holt; ed. Lake Forest (Ill.) Acad. to 1870; grad. Williams College, A.B., 1874; Harvard Law School, 1878; m. Beulah, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1889, Camilla McPherson; children: Isabella, Charles McPherson, Marian Hubbard. Admitted to Illinois bar Oct., 1878; engaged in practice, partner in firm of Williams & Thomp- son, 1882-9; Williams, Holt & Wheeler, 1889- 1899; Holt, Wheeler & Sidley, 1900. Repub-
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lican. Elder in 2d Presbyterian Church; dir. McCormick Theological Seminary. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Onwentsia, Homewood, Chicago Law, Chicago Literary. Office: 131 LaSalle St. Residence: 1931 Calumet Av.
HOLT, George Hubbard, pres. Holt Lumber Co .; b. Chicago, July 28, 1852; s. DeVillo R. and Ellen (Hubbard) Holt; ed. Chicago public schools. Started in lumber business with his father, and has continued in it ever since; since 1899 pres. Holt Lumber Co .; pres. Am. Lumber Co. of Wisconsin. Owner of the Man- hattan Building; mem. recently formed firm of Holt, MacChesney & Cheney, real estate and bonds. Pres. Policy-Holders' Union; vice-pres. Columbian Nat. Life Insurance Co., of Boston. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, City, Chicago Literary (pres.). Office: Manhattan Bldg. Resi- dence: Lake Forest, Ill.
HOLVERSCHEID, Henry, coal merchant; b. Stratford, Ont., Can., Aug. 31, 1856; s. Robert and Caroline (Weinlaeder) Holverscheid; brought to Chicago by parents in 1859; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, 1883, Emma Marie Butzow; children: Robert, Harry, Erwin, Frederick. Began business career in the employ of Blake, Whitehouse & Co., coal, 1873-6; on May 1, 1876, became cashier, and in May, 1895, supt. Pennsylvania Coal Co., until Mar., 1901, when, with H. J. Koeber, or- ganized firm of Henry Holverscheid & Co .; also pres. and dir. Albany Coal Co., The Col- fax Co., Lincoln Fuel Co .; dir. Barker Coal Co. Republican. Club: Hinsdale. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 81 3d St., Hinsdale.
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