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 9

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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BALDWIN, Henry R., lawyer; b. on farm near Greenwood, McHenry Co., Ill., May 24, 1858; s. Sebrean C. T. and Lavina (Stevens) Baldwin; ed. public school at Greenwood, Ill., and at Northern Indiana Normal School, Val- paraiso, Ind .; m. Mar. 6, 1883, Nettie C. Bor- den, of Crystal Lake, Ill .; 1 son: Ralph W. Was for several years a teacher in country schools, and later in Crystal Lake and He- bron, McHenry Co., and served a term as co. supt. of public schools of McHenry Co. While engaged as teacher, studied law; was admitted to bar of Illinois; came to Chicago, joined Jesse A. Baldwin, his elder brother, in law firm of Jesse A. and Henry R. Baldwin.

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Mem. Law Institute of Chicago, Chicago Bar Assn. Mem. Royal League and Order of Co- lumbian Knights. Republican. Baptist. Club: Hamilton. Office: 97 Clark St. Residence: 1124 Washington Boul.

BALDWIN, Jesse A., lawyer; b. Greenwood, Ill., Aug. 9, 1854; s. Sebrean C. T. and Lavina (Stevens) Baldwin; ed. public schools of Greenwood, Ill., and Genoa Junction, Wis., un- til 1870; attended Univ. of Illinois, 1872; taught school 5 years; studied law under di- rection of Hon. T. D. Murphy, Woodstock, Ill .; m. Greenwood, Ill., Jan. 29, 1879, Fannie M. Benton; children: Louise, Jesse R. (deceased), Fannie M. (deceased), Theodore W., Norman L., William Storrs. Admitted to bar, 1877; was asst. U. S. Atty., 1877-84; resigned and began private practice; now of firm of Jesse A. and Henry R. Baldwin. Republican; received, un- sought, nomination by Republican Co. Con- vention for Circuit Judge of Cook Co., and at the election of June 1, 1903, came within 298 votes of election, a total vote of nearly 260,- 000 having been cast. Has been town atty., pres. of the Board of Education, and trustee Library Institute, Oak Park. Baptist. Trustee Univ. of Chicago; trustee Rush Med. College. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Patent Law Assn. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, City, Chicago, Quadrangle. Office: Reaper Blk. Residence: 341 Pleasant St., Oak Park, Ill.

BALDWIN, Lauris Blake, physician; b. Orange, N. J., June 1, 1870; s. Abraham and Annie S. (Winterbotham) Baldwin; grad. Chi- cago Med. College, M.D., 1894; m. Chicago, Oct., 1896, Katherine Walsh; children: John R. Walsh Baldwin and Lauris Baldwin. En- gaged in practice of medicine in Chicago since 1894; was surgeon in U. S. N. in Spanish-Am. War, serving on U. S. S. Alexander; and re- ceived thanks of Congress. Is physician-in- charge and pres. of Samaritan Hosp .; pres. Dearborn Med. College; sec. Cook County Hosp .; professor of skin and venereal diseases in Post-Graduate Med. School; professor of clinical dermatology in College of Physicians and Surgeons; attending dermatologist Cook County Hosp. Fellow American Acad. Medi- cine, Chicago Dermatological Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Clubs: Physicians,' Calumet, Wash- ington Park, University. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 4822 Lake Av.

BALDWIN, Luther Hubbell, pres. Baldwin Equipment and Supply Co .; b. Charlotte, Vt., July 27, 1869; s. Alonzo M. and Louise C. (Hubbell) Baldwin; grad. from Burlington ( Vt.) High School in class of 1888, followed by 2 years in Univ. of Vermont, at Burling- ton; m. Chicago, June 16, 1896, Lillian M. Saunders. Came to Chicago in 1891; accepted position with Pullman Palace Car Co., till 1893; with Continental Bank, 1893-1901 (re- ceiving teller 2 years). Became interested in Industrial Co. and the Price Machinery Co., until June, 1903; then pres. and treas. of the Chicago Car and Locomotive Works until Aug., 1904, when organized the Baldwin Equipment and Supply Co., dealers in railway equipment, of which he is pres. and general mgr. Inde- pendent in politics. Congregationalist. Mason. Office: 279 Dearborn St. Residence: 2141 W. Van Buren St.

BALDWIN, Robert Rogers, lawyer; b. Clin- ton. Ia .. Jan. 14, 1860; s. Isaac and Elizabeth (Means) Baldwin; ed. Clinton public schools; law course in State Univ. of Iowa, graduating, LL.B., 1884; widower. Established practice, 1884; in Chicago since 1892, in general civil practice. Mem. American, Illinois and Chi- cago Bar Assns., and of Chicago Law Insti- tute. Mason, K. T. Mem. Soc. of the Cincin- nati, S. A. R., vice-commander of Military Or- der of Foreign Wars. Republican. Clubs: City. Congregational, Westward Ho. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 225 Dearborn Av.

BALL, David Morris, lawyer; b. Norwood Park, Ill., June 17, 1855; s. Charles R. and Louise M. (Dunham) Ball; ed. Jefferson High School, Cook Co .; studied law in Chicago; m. 1880, Laura E. Charbonneau, Chicago, Ill .; 1 son: Arthur L. Admitted to bar, 1880; engaged in general practice since 1887. Mem. Sons of the Revolution, Independent Order of Mutual Aid of Illinois. Mason; K. P. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Office: 160 Washington St. Residence: 220 Lincoln Pl., Norwood Park, Il1.

BALL, Edward Henry, belting manufac- turer; b. East Troy, Wis., Nov. 12, 1857; s. E. H. and Sarah E. C. (Cobb) Ball; ed. in schools and academies of Milwaukee and at Princeton Univ .; m. Henderson, Ky., Apr. 4, 1888, Sarah Beattie; children: Edward Henry, III; Charles Allis Ball. Began his business ca- reer with the wholesale grocery firm of Ball & Goodrich, Milwaukee, continuing with that hrm until 1885; in 1886 became interested in ranch in Kansas; sec. Kansas City Radiator and Iron Foundry, 1887-8; came to Chicago in 1889 as sec. of the Chicago Belting Co., contin- .uing in that position to the present time. The firm are the well-known manufacturers of "Re- liance" Belting. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Evanston, Princeton (Chi- cago and New York), Engineers' (New York), Evanston Country. Office: 67 S. Canal St. Resi- dence: 1215 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill.

BALL, Farlin Q., judge; b. Ohio, Mar. 28, 1838; s. James M. Ball and Keturah (Ford) Ball; grad. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1861; studied law; served in Civil War, enlisting as private in 31st Wis. Vol. Infy., Sept., 1862, and serv- ing to the end of the war, attaining the rank of maj .; m. June 23, 1868, Elizabeth Hall; children: Farlin H., Sidney H. Admitted to Wisconsin bar, 1865; served 2 terms as State's atty. of Dane Co., Wisconsin, at Madison; re- moved to Chicago, 1869. Was especially promi- nent in the suits arising out of the Lake Front controversy as atty. for several owners of riparian rights. Defeated in 1890, when he was Republican candidate for judge of the Superior Court of Cook Co., but in 1895 was again the Republican nominee, and elected to that office for the term which expires in 1905, and was assigned to the Appellate Court, 1st district. Republican. Was for years judge ad- vocate of the 1st brigade, I. N. G. Author of The Law of Nat. Banks, 1881. Clubs: Hamil- ton, Oak Park. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 207 Clinton Av., Oak Park, Ill.

BALL, Godfrey Howitt, fancy groceries; b. Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 15, 1853; s. George Palmer and Isabella Ball; ed. public schools Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Chicago, June 24, 1885, Mary Clement Herriott; children: James Per- cival, Louise Herriott. Has been actively iden- tified with the fancy grocery importing bus- iness since 1870; mgr. Chicago house of James P. Smith & Co., importers, of New York and Chicago. Independent in politics. Episcopalian. Mem. Calumet Golf. Office: 57-9 S. Water St. Residence: 4028 Lake Av.

BALL, William A., lawyer; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1863; s. Silas and Elizabeth I. Ball; ed. schools of Syracuse, N. Y .; m. Chi- cago, Aug. 3, 1886, Sara V. Leggett. Came to Chicago from Syracuse in 1884; studied law and was admitted to bar and afterward (July, 1889) was grad. Chicago College of Law. Was asst. atty. in the law dept. of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Ry. for 3 years; atty. in the law dept. of the C. & E. I. R. R. Was one of incorporators and a trustee Chicago College of Law. Mason. Office: 171 LaSalle St.

BALL, William Dearborn, consulting engi- neer; b. Adrianople, Turkey, Feb. 6, 1868; s. Jasper Newton and Martha A. (Haines) Ball; ed. public schools of Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor, Mich., and in Univ. of Michigan, grad- uating, 1890, as electrical engineer; m. Niles,

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Mich., 1896, Alice May Edwards (died 1902) ; children: Josephine, Dorothy, Donald, Doug- lass. Came to Chicago from Ann Arbor, Mich., in 1890, and established in practice as con- sulting engineer, in which he has continued except for one year spent as a graduate stu- dent at Johns Hopkins Univ. Consulting engi- neer South Side Suburban Ry. Co., Northern Illinois Traction Co., Aurora, DeKalb & Rock -. ford Traction Co., A. B. Spinks Shoe Manu- facturing Co., Chicago, etc. Was engineer of construction for U. S. Commissioners at Paris Exposition, 1900. Mem. American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Western Soc. of Engi- neers. Republican. Office: First National Bank Bldg. Residence: 823 Reba Pl., Evanston, Ill. BALLARD, Addison, retired lumber mer- chant; b. Warren Co., O., Nov. 30, 1823; s. Thomas and Sarah (Lewis) Ballard; brought up on farm with few chances for education, and only attended school a few months; m. Chicago, Mar. 7, 1861, Catherine Miller; chil- dren: Mary (Mrs. Wm. Darby, Jr.). Worked at farm work until 1841, when came West, work- ing way as driver of a covered wagon, arriv- ing at La Porte, Ind., Aug. 21, 1841; then be- gan to learn carpenter's trade and started business as a contractor while yet in 'teens; returned to Ohio for short stay in fall of 1842; started back for Chicago in spring of 1843 just after a winter still famous in the annals of old settlers as "the winter of the deep snow"; reached Peru, Ill., by way of the Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois rivers by steam- boat after warm April thaw; walked and wad- ed to Chicago, which was all under water; no work to be had; walked along edge of Lake Michigan to Michigan City, the only white man's house on the route being the light-house at Calumet River; stayed at La Porte, Ind., until fall of 1849, when went from New Buf- falo, the then terminus of the Michigan Cen- tral R. R., to California; left situation at $16 per day in California, 1853, to come back to Chicago; went to work in lumber yard for $1 per day to learn the lumber business, in which continued until retirement in 1888; built first flat Chicago ever had, at 85 Clark street, and lived in its fourth story; next home was at corner of Monroe street and Wabash avenue; has lived through 3 fires and weathered 3 panics and still has faith in Chicago. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Elder First Presbyterian Church. Address: 241 E. Fifty-third St.

BALLARD, Charles Nelson, physician; b. Carroll Co., Ind., Mar. 21, 1859; s. Anson and Mary Jane (Hornbeck) Ballard; reared on farm and attended common schools until 14 years old, then 3 years at college at Battle Ground, Ind .; taught school and attended col- lege at Valparaiso, Ind., until graduating, B.S., 1879; studied pharmacy; studied medicine 1 year with a preceptor and afterward at Rush Med. College, graduating. M.D., 1890; m. Lo- gansport, Ind., 1885, Nellie Grable; children: Leon J., Marie (died when 2 years old), Esther. Engaged in practice of medicine in Chicago from 1890; became connected with College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1894 as attendant in Dispensary Dept. of Gynecology; asst. sur- geon to Marion Sims Sanitarium, 1898-1903; appointed, 1901, asst. to the chair of gynecol- ogy at College of Physicians and Surgeons, and in 1903 advanced to adjunct prof. of gyne- cology and clinical gynecology in Med. Dept. of the Univ. of Illinois. Mem. American. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club of Chicago. Office: 100 State St. Residence: 243 S. Leavitt St.

BALLENGER, William Lincoln, physician; b. Economy, Ind., Apr. 26, 1861; s. William and Lydia Ann (Starbuck) Ballenger: ed. public schools and 2 years high school, Economy, Ind .; attended Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., 1881; grad. Bellevue Hosp. Med. College, M.D., 1886; m. Richmond, Ind., July 15, 1886,

Ada Porch. Teacher in public schools, Indi- ana, 1881-3; in general practice of medicine, Richmond, Ind., 1886-93; at Evanston, Ill., 1893-5; since 1895 practice limited to otology and laryngology; instructor, 1895; lecturer, 1898; asst. prof., 1901; associate prof., 1902; since 1903 prof. otology and laryngology, Col- lege Physicians and Surgeons. Instructor Chi- cago Polyclinic, 1897; prof. otology, Chicago Eye and Ear College, 1898-1902. Sec. 1899-1902, pres. 1902-4, and since then councilor, Ameri- can Acad. of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryn- gology; councilor since 1903 Chicago Med. Soc. Mem. International Otological Congress and many American socs. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Clubs: Evanston, Chicago Athletic, Winnetka. Author: Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (textbook), 1900. Pres. Chicago Otological and Laryngological Soc., 1905. Contributor scien- tific and clinical articles to med. journals. Residence: Lakeside, Ill. Office: 103 State St.

BALLOU, Amos Percy, mining operator; b. Bradford, O., Oct. 26, 1874; s. H. M. and Anna (Sowers) Ballou; ed. high school Covington, O .; West Side Commercial College, Chicago; Soper School of Oratory; Soper School of Par- liamentary Law; m. Covington, O., June 10, 1896, Clara May Ruhl; 1 daughter, Thelma May. Engaged in real estate, building and loan business in Chicago, 1894; treas. village of Evergreen Park; agent for the subdivision of Evergreen Park and editor Evergreen Park Review, 1896; general agent Royal Union Mu- tual Life Insurance Co., 1899-1902; since 1902 exclusively engaged in mining operations in Montana, Colorado and Mexico, and in financ- ing railway in Southern Sonora, Mexico. Now director, sec. and treas. of the Montana Cop- per and Gold Mining Co., International Copper and Gold Co., Santa Fe Copper and Gold Min- ing Co .; director and pres. San Bernardo Min- ing Co .; director Southern Sonora Development Co., Southern Sonora Ry. Co., Illinois Peat Fuel Co. Republican; took active part as speaker in Mckinley campaign of 1896. Mem. 41st Street Presbyterian Church. Mason and mem. Medinah Temple, Shrine. Club: Colonial. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 4642 Indiana Av.

BALM, Edmund Alexander, pres. Illinois Roofing and Supply Co .; b. Toledo, O., Apr. 24, 1867; s. Alexander and Mary (Dupont) Balm; ed. public schools; m. Canton, O., Sept. 28, 1898, Ida Biechele. Began business life as a traveling salesman for the Diebold Safe and Lock Co., of Canton, O., for nearly 5 years, then was bookkeeper for the Berger Manufac- turing Co., 1893-4; then came to Chicago and became mgr. of the Illinois Roofing and Sup- ply Co .; later was taken into the company, and in 1902 became its pres. and treas. Inde- pendent in politics. R. C. Office: 23 Lake St. Residence: 998 Douglas Boul.

BALMER, Thomas, advertising mgr. for The Butterick Publishing Co .; b. Belfast, Ireland, Mar. 29, 1848; s. Thomas and Mary (Hull) Balmer; ed. Kings College School, London, Eng .; m. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 23, 1880. Helen Clark Pratt; children: Helen Ruth, Edwin, Julius Pratt, Catherine Gordon. Began busi- ness life as mgr. of Hull & Co., linen factory, Drogheda, Ireland; landed in this country Aug. 16, 1869, and entered employment in linen dept. of Cochran. McLean & Co., New York. Since Sept. 15, 1900, in present position as advertising mgr. for The Butterick Publishing Co., of New York. Independent Republican. Clubs: Noonday, Agate; also New York clubs: Lotos, Athletic, Aldine Assn., Quoin, Sphinx. Office: 200 Monroe St. Residence: 1327 Holly- wood Av.

BANCROFT, Edgar Addison, lawyer; gen- eral counsel Chicago & Western Indiana R. R. Co. and the Belt Ry. Co. of Chicago; b. Gales- burg, Ill., Nov. 20, 1857; s. Addison and Cath- erine (Blair) Bancroft; grad. Knox College,

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1878; Columbia Law School, 1880; m. Apr. 18, 1896, Margaret Healy, Brooklyn. In practice at Galesburg, 1884-92; now of the firm Scott, Bancroft, Lord & Stephens. Republican pres- idential elector, 1888; solicitor for Illinois of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. Co., 1892-5. Clubs: Union League (ex-pres.), Mer- chants (ex-pres.), Hamilton, Literary, Caxton. Author: The Chicago Strike of 1894; The Mor- al Sentiment of the People, the Foundation of National Greatness, 1896. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: 64 Cedar St.

BANFORD, Henry Harris, real estate; b. Danville, Ky., Nov. 4, 1869; s. William H. and Laura (Latham) Banford; ed. Central Univ., Kentucky; unmarried. Journalist and news- paper correspondent at Lexington and Dan- ville, Ky., 1888-90; bookkeeper for wholesale grocery house, Danville, Ky., 1890-1; came to Chicago, 1891, and was member of the Regis- tration Committee of Am. Trotting Register Assn., 1 year; with J. L. Cochran, real estate, 1892-5; since 1895 in real estate and loan busi- ness for self. Mem. Real Estate Board. Repub- lican. Office: 108 Dearborn St. Residence: 713 Fullerton Boul.

BANGS, Frederick Augustus, lawyer; b. La- con, Marshall Co., Ill., Apr. 3, 1865; s. Hon. Mark and Harriet Cornelia (Pomeroy) Bangs; ed. common schools of Lacon until 1875, when removed to Chicago, and subsequent education was in public schools of this city; grad. from Union College of Law, LL.D., 1886; m. Oct. 5, 1893, Ruth Tileston of Evansville, Ind .; 1 daughter: Ruth. Admitted to the bar in 1886; joined father in firm of Bangs & Bangs; firm later changed to Bangs, Wood & Bangs. Pres. West Chicago Park Commissioners by ap- pointment of Gov. Richard Yates from 1901; also col. on staff of Gov. Yates. Republican. Mem. Masonic order, Royal League, Royal Ar- canum. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton (ex- pres.). Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 800 W. Monroe St.

BANKER, Edward Hamilton, first vice-pres. and western mgr. M. S. Benedict Manufactur- ing Co .; b. Chicago, Nov. 23, 1868; s. George Leslie and Adele (Hamilton) Banker; lived at Coxsackie-on-Hudson, N. Y., from age of 8 to 20; ed. private and public schools at Cox- sackie. graduating from Coxsackie Acad. and receiving Regent's certificate from Board of Regents of N. Y. state in 1884; grad. from Eastman's College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., with degree of M.A .. 1886; m. Chicago, June 14, 1893, Dorothy Turner; children: Dorothy Ma- rie, Marian Adele, Edward Hamilton, Jr., Carl- ton Lloyd. Clerk in office of T. E. F. Randolph & Co., wholesale flour and feed, New York city, 1886-8; resigned and traveled 6 months in California; then in steamboat and trans- portation business for two year with grand- father, David Miller Hamilton, at Coxsackie, N. Y., until Feb. 13, 1890; then traveling sales- man for Howard Cutlery Co., New York City, until April 13, 1893, when came to Chicago as representative of the Union Metal Works of Syracuse, N. Y .; on May 4, 1895, incorporated the Hamilton Manufacturing Co., Chicago, in silverware business, and was its pres .; con- solidated that company. Jan. 1, 1902, with M. S. Benedict Manufacturing Co., of East Syra- cuse, N. Y., of which is now first vice-pres., director and western mgr., the company being manufacturers of silverware, gold clocks, art goods, etc. Also member of E. H. Banker Man- ufacturing Co., 161 S. Canal St. Republican. Mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Club: Hamil- ton. Office: 185-187 5th Av. Residence: 810 Forest Ave., Evanston, Ill.

BANKS, Alexander French, railway official; b. Crawford Co., Ind., Jan 31, 1861; s. Henry Bartlett and Julia C. (French) Banks; ed. public schools; m. Evansville. Ind., Nov. 13, 1883, Blanche Nichelson: children: Duke N., Elanche, Charles Ackert. Entered railway ser-

vice as office boy for the St. Louis & South- eastern Ry. Co., 1877, since which he was consecutively contracting agent for same, 1878-80, at Evansville, Ind .; traveling agent and general agent Continental Fast Freight Line, 1880-8; general agent Iowa Central Ry., Peoria, Ill., Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, 1888; general freight agent, Sept., 1888, to May, 1889; gen- eral freight and passenger agent, May, 1889, to 1890; traffic mgr. 1890-3, Iowa Central Ry .; traffic mgr. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry., 1893- 1900; since 1900 pres. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. and Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Ry. Director South Chicago Savings Bank. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: Rookery Bldg. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

BANKS, Charles Eugene, author; b. Clinton Co., Ia., Apr. 3, 1852; s. Seth Lee and Sarah M. (Hubbell) Banks; ed. public schools Clin- ton Co. and afterward Lyons, Ia., and pri- vate instruction; consecutively farmer's boy, merchant's clerk, newspaper reporter; editor and proprietor The American Commercial Traveler, Chicago, 1885-7, later The Weekly Outlook, literary paper, Davenport, Ia .; m. Chicago, Apr. 3, 1892, Mrs. Carrie Wyatt Lounsberry. Republican. Author of several books, poems, etc. (see Who's Who in Amer- ica). Address: Press Club.

BANKS, William Henry, district mgr. for the Security Warehousing Co. of New York; b. near Quincy, Adams Co., Ill., June 3, 1842; s. Eli and Harriett (Betts) Banks; ed. public schools and in Bryant & Stratton Business College; Chicago; widower; one child: Harry Pickands. Began business career as clerk for Larrabee & North, hardware, Chicago. In 1868 became partner with J. Harley Bradley as Bradley & Banks; about 1871 Bradley & Banks made the first shipment of modern agricul- tural implements sent to Japan under orders from the Japanese government, and in 1872 bought interest of partner, continuing business as W. H. Banks & Co. In 1889 became mgr. of a warehousing company, and continued in the business until that and other similar interests here were merged in the Security Warehousing Co., of New York, for which he has since been district mgr. This company issues storage war- rants guaranteed by the National Surety Co. of New York, and operates a warrant system of storage applied to manufactured stocks and raw materials for purposes of collateral security or transfer of ownership, without re- moval from premises of original owner. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Office: The Rookery.

BANNARD, Henry Clay, brewer; b. New York City, Dec. 21, 1844; s. John W. and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard; grad. Yale College, 1869; m. first, Lafayette, Ind., 1879, Florence Spears (died 1883); 1 daughter: Florence Spears; m., second, 1894, Alice Yeakel of La- fayette, Ind. Admitted to Illinois bar at Springfield, 1869; in law office of Norman C. Perkins, Chicago, 1869-70; associated with Franklin MacVeagh in wholesale grocery busi- ness, Chicago, 1870-81; of Bannard, Lyman & Co., wholesale grocers, 1882-4; vice-pres. and general mgr. The N. K. Fairbank Co., 1885-96; out of business, 1897-8; since 1899 pres., treas. and director United Breweries Co. Independent in politics. Episcopalian; parishioner St. Chrys- ostom's Church. Mem. Chicago Yale Assn., Chicago Art Institute, Chicago Historical Soc. Clubs: Chicago (pres., 1896-7), English Lake (Ind.) Shooting and Fishing, University (New York). Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 410 N. State St.

BANNING, Ephraim, lawyer; b. McDonough Co., Ill., July 21, 1849; s. Ephraim and Louisa Caroline (Walker) Banning; family moved to Kansas in 1855 and later to Missouri: worked on farm and attended country schools; later attended Brookfield. Mo., Acad .; began study of law in office of Hon. Samuel P. Huston, of Brookfield; m., first, Oct. 22, 1878, Lucretia

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T. Lindsley (died Feb. 5, 1887), of whom were born 3 sons: Pierson W., Walker, Ephraim; m., second, Sept. 5, 1889, Emilie B. Jenne. Came to Chicago, 1871, becoming student and clerk in office of Rosenthal & Pence; admitted to Illinois bar, June, 1872; in general practice about 10 years, since then specialist in patent law. Republican. Presidential elector, 1896; del- egate to Republican National Convention, 1900; was mem. State Board of Charities, 1897-1901; was chairman committee on organization of Congress on Patents and Trademarks, Chi- cago, 1893; was also chairman of the commit- tee of the Bar Assn., Chicago, which secured the passage of the Illinois Juvenile Court Law in 1899; mem. American, State and Chicago Bar Assns. Presbyterian elder. Club: Union League. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 685 Washington Boul.

BANNING, Samuel Walker, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Nov. 16, 1878; s. Thomas A. and Sarah J. (Hubbard) Banning; ed. Hyde Park High School, South Side Acad. and Dartmouth Col- lege. graduating in class of 1900, A.B .; grad. Chicago Kent College of Law, 1903; m. Wheaton, Ill., Aug. 12, 1903, Grace M. Edson. Entered law office of Banning & Banning (Ephraim and Thomas A. Banning) in 1900 as clerk and student and was admitted to part- nership in the firm July 1, 1903, after admis- sion to the bar in 1903. Specialties of firm are patent, trade mark, copyright and corporation law. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Dartmouth Alumni Assn. Office: Marquette Bldg. Resi- dence: 1809 Melrose St.

BANNING, Thomas A., lawyer; b. on farm in McDonough Co., Ill., Jan. 16, 1851; s. Ephraim and Louisa Caroline (Walker) Ban- ning; ed. public schools; studied law; m. Dec. 21, 1875, Sarah J. Hubbard; children: Samuel Walker, Edith, Thomas A., Sarah Louise, Dor- othea Esther. Admitted to Illinois bar Sept. 15, 1875; to bar of Supreme Court of U. S., Jan. 8, 1880; general practice, but principally in Fed- eral, Circuit and Supreme courts; since 1877 associated with his brother, Ephraim Ban- ning, in firm of Banning & Banning. Repub- lican. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: Wheaton, Ill.

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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 9

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