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JAMES, Edward Arthur, sec. and treas. Ar- mour Grain Co .; b. Chicago, Nov. 30, 1862; s. William and Aurelia (Booth) James; ed. Chi- cago public schools; m. Chicago, Dec. 4, 1883, Ada Harris; children: Sydney Vincent, Gar- rett Bell. On leaving school at about 18 years of age entered employ of Armour & Co .; sec. and treas. of the Armour Grain Co. Office: 205 LaSalle St. Residence: 3259 Groveland Av.
JAMES, Frederic Sinclair, fire underwriter; b. Cook Co., Ill., Feb. 20, 1849; s. William and Catherine Cowan James; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Oct. 6, 1868, Loretta B. Whitney; children: Flora B., Bertha W., Whitney P., Louis H., Robert E. Began insurance expe- rience in office of Alfred James & Co. at Clark and S. Water Sts., and upon coming of age was admitted to firm as partner; following Chicago fire opened a local agency in 1872, which has long been one of the foremost in the insurance field, now being incorporated as Fred S. James & Co., of which is pres., the company representing a large number of lead- ing companies. Was for some time dept. mgr. of the Fire Insurance Assn. of London and later of the Washington Fire & Marine of Boston. which reinsured in 1888 in the Nat. of Hartford, of which he became general agent, in charge of the western dept. Was chairman of the Insurance Auxiliary Committee of the World's Columbian Exposition. 1892-3. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 1621 Judson Av., Evanston. Ill.
JAMES, Joseph Cary, banker and broker; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 4, 1874; s. Garth W. and Caroline E. (Cary) James; ed. private schools. Began business life in New York City with the Nat. Union Bank until 1889; then in manufacturing business at Milwaukee, Wis., with the Nat. Electric Co., as salesman, from 1889 to 1902; in 1902 became, and still is, a member of the firm of Tracy & Co., bank- ers and brokers (William W. Tracy, A. N. McGeoch, Gordon Bigelow, Joseph C. James, R. D. Covington). Office: 115-7 Monroe St. Residence: Hotel Virginia.
JAMIESON, Egbert, lawyer; b. Castleton, Vt., Apr. 29, 1846; s. Egbert and Caroline M. (Woodward) Jamieson: ed. public schools and Racine College; learned printing trade in office of Racine Co. (Wis.) Democrat; later engaged in editorial newspaper work on the Milwaukee Daily News; came to Chicago, 1866, and studied law in office of E. S. Smith; m. Chi- cago, Ill., Dec. 2, 1873, Mary A. Daniels. Ad- mitted to bar, 1869, and was partner with Judge James H. Knowlton until 1871; part- ner with Emery S. Storrs, 1872-3; elected city atty., 1873; served as corporation counsel, and made successful fight in the Hoyne-Colvin mayoralty contest; judge of the Superior Court of Cook Co., 1886-90. He presided as judge in the notable conspiracy case in which a ma- jority of the county commissioners were de- fendants; and during the trial, it became necessary at various times to adjourn the court in order to allow the defendants to meet and to transact the business of the county. He resigned as judge to become general coun- sel for the West Chicago and North Chicago Street Ry. Cos., which connection he continued until 1897. Was mem. Lincoln Park Board, 1893-7. Independent in politics. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 38 Stratford Pl.
JAMIESON, Malcolm M., banker; b. Castle- ton, Vt., May 27, 1846; s. Dr. Egbert and Caro- line (Woodward) Jamieson; settled at Racine, Wis., in childhood; ed. private schools, later attending Racine College; married. Came to Chicago, 1864; began business career as clerk for C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co .; later cashier in dry goods house, then teller in 4th Nat., Manufac- turers Nat. and 1st Nat. Banks until 1886; be- came associated with W. S. Morse, 1886, and began banking and brokerage business under firm name of Morse, Jamieson & Co., which was later succeeded by Jamieson & Co. Clubs: Chicago, Union (ex-sec.), Glen View, Saddle and Cycle. Address Lessing Annex.
JAMIESON, Stillman B., lawyer; b. Lake Co., Ill., July 27, 1875; s. T. N. and Anna (Bingham) Jamieson; ed. public schools, Chi- cago Manual Training School, and Chicago College of Law; m. Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 16, 1897, Maurine Green; 2 sons: Hamer H., Still- man B., Jr. Admitted to bar, 1897; atty. for county treas. of Cook Co. Master in chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook Co. since 1900. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Mem. Ken- wood Evangelical Church. Mason, K. T. Club: Union League, Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: 4510 Woodlawn Av.
JAMIESON. Thomas N., naval officer, Port of Chicago, since 1904; b. Co. of Grey, Ont., Feb. 29, 1848; s. James and Agnes (Robertson) Jamieson; ed. public schools Ontario. Drug- gists' apprentice, 1862-6; removed to Chicago; became drug clerk; entered drug business for himself, 1870; pres. Chicago Retail Drug Assn. 3 years; pres. Illinois Board of Pharmacy 5 years. Founder of the Chicago Veteran Drug- gists' Assn .; chairman Cook Co. Central Repub- lican Committee, 1890; sec. State Central Com- mittee, 1892; chairman State Central Commit- tee, 1894; mem. for Illinois Republican Nat. Committee, 1896-1900; was clerk Appellate Court, 1st Illinois district; m. 1874, Anna M. Bingham. Vice-pres. and treas. Am. Auto- matic Switch & Signal Co. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Washington Park. Press. Office: Post Office Bldg. Residence: 4508 Woodlawn Av.
JANNEY, James Walker, life insurance mgr .; b. Hillsboro, Loudoun Co., Va., Dec. 18, 1845; s. James C. and Rebecca (Walker) Janney (Quaker ancestry); ed. country schools in Virginia and in Pennsylvania. Was in mercantile pursuits in Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D. C., from time of leaving school until 1876, when he entered the service of the Provident Life & Trust Co. of Philadel- phia as special agent at the home office, and in 1886 was appointed general agent of the
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company, with headquarters at Chicago, which position he has ever since retained. Was the first pres. of the Life Underwriters' Assn. of Chicago, and was again elected its pres. in 1901; and has for years been annually a dele- gate to and participant in the meetings of the Nat. Assn. of Life Underwriters. Club: Homewood. Office: 204 Dearborn St. Residence: 4729 Greenwood Av.
JAQUES, Charles Everett, treas. Jaques Mfg. Co., baking powder; b. Chicago, Dec. 24, 1872; s. Frank F. and Abbie L. (Everett) Jaques; ed. Chicago grammar schools and Chicago Manual Training School; m. Chicago, Aug. 9, 1899, Annie C. Champlin; 1 daughter: Hallie M. Was bill clerk and city salesman for F. F. Jaques & Co., Kansas City, Mo .; in 1894, on organization of Jaques Mfg. Co., was elected dir. and treas., and in 1895 removed to Chicago, in charge of Chicago branch, now the main office and factory. In 1889, when the Am. Baking Powder Assn. was organized, was elected vice-pres. and dir., and in 1900 was elected pres., and re-elected every year since. Republican. Mem. of Drug Trade Club, New York; Chicago Athletic Assn. Office: 244 John- son St. Residence: 2873 Sheridan Rd.
JAQUES, Willard W., manufacturer of bak- ing powders; b. Feb. 7, 1875; s. Frank F. and Abbie (Everett) Jaques; ed. public schools of Chicago, high school, Kansas City, and Univ. Med. School of Kansas City. Began business in Jan., 1901, as an employe of F. F. Jaques & Co., at Kansas City, Mo .; then sec. Jaques Mfg. Co., and since July, 1903, pres. Club: Chicago Athletic. Office: 244 E. Johnson St. Residence: 2140 Kenmore Av.
JAQUITH, Walter Allen, physician; b. Sydenham, Ont., Can., Aug. 3, 1874; s. Ken- neth and Marian (Nichols) Jaquith; grad. public school, 1886; high school, 1893 (after being out of school 3 years), Sydenham, Ont .; honor graduate Bryant & Stratton Business College, Dec., 1891; honor graduate Royal Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons and Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont., 1898; degrees of M.D. and C.M .; prosector anatomy class, Queen's Univ., 1895-6; held championship of Queen's Univ. as all-round athlete for 2 years, 1896-7; m. Wilton, Ont., Feb. 20, 1902, Mabelle Bough- ton Emerson. Clerk in general store, 1888-91, then returned to high school; head bookkeeper wholesale hardware store, 1 year, 1893-4; pur- ser on a St. Lawrence River steamboat while attending college during summer vacations, 1894-8. Came to Chicago, 1898, and began prac- tice of medicine. Official microscopist and urologist for Chicago, Prudential Insurance Co., and now also examiner for same com- pany; examining surgeon Travelers Insurance Co .; examiner for Federal Life Insurance Co. and Des Moines Life Insurance Co. Lecturer on urinary diagnosis and asst. to prof. of medicine, Post Graduate Med. College of Chi- cago. Mem. Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Med. Assn .; mem. and chair- man nominating committee, Nat. Examining Surgeons' Assn .; sec. 1903, pres. 1904, Chicago Med. Examiners' Assn .; mem. Class A, Pru- dential Old Guard. Presbyterian. Club: Charle- voix. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 5700 Indiana Av.
JARVIS, William Bancroft, lawyer; b. Madi- son, Wis., Aug. 9, 1865; s. William B. and Mary Frances Bancroft: ed. public and high schools; m. Wheeling, W. Va., Apr. 27, 1893, Eliza Clarke Irwin; children: William Ban- croft, Frances Irwin, Amee Elizabeth. Ad- mitted to bar in 1887 and has ever since been in practice; now of firm of Cratty Bros., Jar- vis & Latimer. Republican. Office: Fort Dear- born Bldg. Residence: 9836 Harvard Ct. (Long- wood).
JAY, Frank Webster, physician; b. Marion, Ind., Sept. 1, 1868; s. Dr. Milton and Euretta Jay; ed. Racine College, Wis., and Rush Med.
College, M.D., 1890; m. Dubuque, Ia., Dec., 1901, Harriet Staples. Mem. of faculty of Rush Med. College (surgery) since 1892; in practice in Chicago, 1890-8; surgeon in Spanish-Am. War; acting surgeon to 5th Cav., with rank of lieut .; was sent home, sick, and not able to resume practice until 1902. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Acad. of Medicine, Illinois State Med. Soc. Royal Arch Mason. Office: 103 State St. Residence: 2510 Indiana Av.
JAYCOX, Elbert E., general underwriter; b. New York City, Oct. 24, 1857; s. William B. and Louisa M. (Bailey) Jaycox; grad. high school in Evanston, Ill., 1874; m. 1st, Mar. 6, 1877, Harriet A. Walker; 2d, Chicago, Sept. 20, 1900, Ina Ward; children: Ralph Eugene, Clar- ence Walker, Lester Ward, Marjorie Easter. Entered the service of the C. & N .- W. Ry. in the general ticket dept. in 1874; was selected by the presidents of all the railroads center- ing in Chicago for traffic mgr. of the World's Columbian Exposition, 1890-3. Entered firm of Magill & Co., insurance agency, at close of the fair; dissolved partnership Apr. 1, 1897, to become the general agent of the Merchants' Insurance Co .. of Newark, N. J., for Cook Co., which position still holds. Republican. Episco- palian. Office: 159 LaSalle St. Residence: 3207 Malden St.
JEFFERIS, Andrew Wilson, banker; b. Kan- sas City, Mo., May 12, 1869; s. Andrew and Mary (Gaudette) Wilson; father died in 1871, and mother again m., at Arnprior, Ont., Can., to Samuel E. Jefferis, by whom was legally adopted; ed. public schools, Muskegon, Mich. Organized firm of A. W. Jefferis & Co., bank- ers, 1903. Mem. Am. Bankers' Assn., Bankers' Assn. of the State of Illinois. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason, Knight of Maccabees. Was mem. Co. G, 1st Regt., Mich. N. G., 1890-1. Office: 250 Dearborn St. Residence: 3300 In- diana Av.
JELKE, John Faris, manufacturer of oleo- margarine; b. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 6, 1856; s. Ferdinand and Louisa (Faris) Jelke; ed. Cin- cinnati public schools; m. Charleston, Ill., Apr. 24, 1879, Louanna Frazier; children: Ferdi- nand Frazier, John Faris, Jr. Entered business life with father in Cincinnati, O., in 1872, that business being still continued as F. Jelke & Son. Came to Chicago, 1889, and has ever since been identified with the oleomargarine industry, in which he is the most extensive manufacturer; now pres. of Braun & Fitts, Incorporated (oleomargarine), Chicago; dir. of the Ohio Butterine Co., Cincinnati; dir. of the Andrew Rohan Co. (oleomargarine), Cincin- nati. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Inde- pendent in politics. Mem. 4th Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Office: 187-97 N. Union St. Residence: 516 La- Salle Av.
JENKINS, George Haskins, vice-pres. and treas. of Shea Smith & Co., manufacturing stationers; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 18, 1857; s. Charles E. and Nettie (Dorland) Jenkins; ed. public schools, Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Chi- cago, Feb. 19, 1890, Nelly Durfee; children: Edwin Henry, George Harry. Nellson. Began business career as a cash boy with Field. Leiter & Co., and was engaged in various pursuits until 1874, when entered the ser- vice of the Merchants' Despatch Transporta- tion Co., in which remained until 1882; en- tered employ of Shea Smith & Co., 1882, and upon incorporation of the business in 1884 was made treas., and in 1891 vice-pres. and treas. Republican. Served in 1st Infy., I. N. G., 1880- 1890, 5 years as private, and now commis- sioned officer, and elected 2d lieut. and after- ward 1st lieut .; resigned. Mem. Veteran Corps 1st Regt. Mason (32º); also mem. Medinah Temple, Mystic Shrine. Clubs: Union League, Oak Park. Office: 18-20 Custom House Ct. Residence: 251 Home Av., Oak Park, Ill.
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JENKINS, George Raymond, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, July 26, 1870; s. Robert E. and Marcia ( Raymond) Jenkins; ed. Brown (public) School, West Division High School, graduating 1888; Beloit College, A.B., 1892; Harvard Univ. Law School, LL.B., 1896. Was clerk in law of- fice of Jesse A. and Henry R. Baldwin; clerk in legal dept. of the Metropolitan Elevated R. R. Co .; admitted to bar, 1896; now head of firm of Jenkins, Stevens & Faulkner; atty. for Citi- zen's Assn. of Chicago. Sec. and treas. of the Real Estate Title and Trust Co., engaged in making abstracts of titles to real estate; sec. Abstract Construction Co. and W. F. Hafner Co. Prof. of law of wills, and lecturer on law of trust-deeds, Chicago Law School. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Republican. Mem. S. Con- gregational Church. Clubs: Kenwood, Twen- tieth Century, Hamilton. Office: 107 Dearborn St. Residence: 3903 Lake Av.
JENKINS, John Elias, dry goods commis- sion merchant; b. Palmyra, O., Oct. 18, 1849; s. John E. and Jane (Morgan) Jenkins; early boyhood on farm at Union, Rock Co., Wis .; family moved later to Oshkosh, Wis .; ed. Osh- kosh Public School and High School; m. Chi- cago, Nov. 19, 1885, Mary, daughter of Joseph E. Otis; 1 son: John Elliott. Began business career as clerk and cashier in a dry goods store in Oshkosh; came to Chicago and entered employ of Field, Palmer & Leiter, on Lake St., 1867, in wholesale dress goods dept .; foreign buyer for its successors, Field, Leiter & Co., and Marshall Field & Co., 1873-83; supt. dress goods dept., 1883-95. Resigned, 1895, and with others entered upon tin-plate manufacturing business at Joliet, Ill .; in 1898 sold plant to Am. Tin Plate Co. Since 1898, mem. dry goods commission firm of Jenkins, Kreer & Co. Dir. Chicago Savings Bank; sec. and dir. Great Western Tin Plate Co. Republican. Presby- terian. Clubs: Calumet, Union League, Tolles- ton Shooting, Coleman Lake. Office: 211 Jack- son Boul. Residence: 1730 Prairie Av.
JENKINS, Robert Edwin, lawyer; b. Clark Co., Mo., Feb. 6, 1846; s. Robert and Elizabeth (Rambo) Jenkins; ed. St. Francisville, Mo., and at Illinois College; grad. Union College of Law, Chicago, 1867; m. Chicago, Sept. 2, 1869, Marcia Raymond. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1867; was assignee in bankruptcy under law of 1867 in over 1,200 cases; has been pres. Law Institute, and several years treas. Chi- cago Bar Assn .; was chairman of commission which drew present jury commission law, and secured its passage through the legislature; was mem. reform board of Cook Co. Commis- sioners, 1888, and chairman of its finance com- mittee; now and for many years past vice- pres. Citizens' Assn .; vice-pres. Chicago City Missionary Soc .; supt. for 10 years of Sunday School of Union Park Congregational Church, and for 8 years of that of South Congrega- tional Church. Mem. S. A. R. Club: Congre- gational. Office: 89 Madison St. Residence: 4334 Ellis Av.
JENKINS, Thomas Atkinson, educator; b. Wilmington, Del., May 24, 1868; s. Howard M. and Mary Anna (Atkinson) Jenkins; grad. Swarthmore College, 1887; Univ. of Pennsyl- vania, 1888, Ph.D .; Johns Hopkins, 1894; m. Swarthmore, Pa., June 19, 1894, Marian Magill. Adjunct prof. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, 1895-9; prof. Swarthmore College, 1899-1900; asso. prof. French philology, Univ. of Chicago, since 1900. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, Modern Language Assn. of America. (See Who's Who in America for books and writings.) Residence: 488 E. 54th Pl.
JENKS, Anson B., lawyer; b. Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y., 1836; s. Calvin and Annis (Brown) Jenks; ed. public schools, studied law in offices. Admitted to bar on examina- tion at Norwich, N. Y., 1858, and practiced at Owego, N. Y., until fall of 1859, when came
to Chicago, and opened law office in partner- ship with G. C. Walker, under firm name of Walker & Jenks, until 1861; practiced alone until 1865, then with F. G. Bradley as Jenks & Bradley until 1871; since then alone. Demo- crat. Office: 79 Clark St. Residence: 3756 Lake Av.
JENKS, Chancellor Livingston, lawyer; b. Chicago, May 11, 1863; s. Chancellor L. and Pamela M. (Hoisington) Jenks; ed. public schools of Evanston, Ill., and at Dartmouth College, graduating, A.B., 1886; grad. Union College of Law, LL.B., 1888; m. Oakland, Calif., June 25, 1889, Janet Lyons; children: Herbert Chancellor, Ruth Elizabeth. Practiced law at San Diego, Calif., 1888-92; became asso- ciated with Richard S. Thompson of Chicago in 1892, and in 1902 formed partnership with him in present firm of Thompson & Jenks, engaged in general law practice. Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Mem. and pres. Evanston Board of Education, 1895-8. Pres. Evanston Musical Club, 1901-4. Republican. Clubs: University. Hamilton, Evanston Golf. Office: Chamber of Commerce Bldg. Residence: 1217 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill.
JENKS, William Shippen, manufacturer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 3, 1859; s. Courtland Fell and Caroline Henderson (Leeds) Jenks; ed. public schools of Philadelphia; m. Chicago, Oct. 31, 1892, Delphine May, daughter of Edwin L. and Josephine M. Gillette. Began business career with Drexel, Morgan & Co., New York, 1876-83; correspondent Northwest- ern Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1883-6; mgr. sales dept. Fairbank Canning Co.,
Union Stock Yards, 1886-8; mgr. sales dept. and treas. the N. K. Fairbank Co., 1888-98; in 1902 joined in organization of the Strang Engine Co., of which is treas. and sec .; also, since 1892, asst. mgr. of the Edwin L. Gillette estate. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: 137 Lin- coln Park Boul.
JENNEY, George Harvey Bullard, capital- ist; b. Waterloo, Ia .. Oct. 14, 1869; s. Harvey W. and Ellen (Bullard) Jenney; ed. public school and manual training school, Chicago; m. Chicago, Nov. 11, 1902, Lamartine Taylor. Began business career as salesman for Jenney & Graham Gun Co., becoming gen. mgr. in the business, wholesale and retail until 1892. when he became connected with the World's Colum- bian Exposition as executive officer of the council of administration: purchasing agent for City of Chicago, 1894-8; inventor of the waste paper boxes that are used in the City of Chicago. and now also used in 18 different cities. Established in 1903 and is vice-pres. U. S. Telephone Directory Co. Pres. and treas. Inter-City Advertising Co., sec. and treas. In- terlocking Steel Sheeting Co., sec. and treas. Clean-Street Co. Republican: active in politics: sec. of executive committee during Swift may- oralty campaign; asst. sergeant-at-arms last 3 Republican State Conventions. Clubs: Calu- met, Washington Park. Chicago Athletic (dir.), Forty (treas.). Chicago Yacht, Exmoor: also Tambs. New York City. Office: Ashland Blk. Residence: The Raymond, Lake Shore Drive and Walton Pl.
JENNEY, William Le Baron, architect: b. Fairhaven, Mass., Sept. 25, 1832: ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Harvard Scientific School; grad. École Centrale des Arts et Manufac- tures, Paris. 1856; later studied art and archi- tecture in Paris studios, 1858-9: was capt. U. S. A., assigned to engineer duty; on staff Gen. U. S. Grant, Cairo to Corinth; on staff Gen. W. T. Sherman, Corinth, until 1866; brevetted maj., 1864; located in Chicago as architect, 1868; landscape engineer for West Chicago Parks, 1870-1; invented, 1883, and first used in Home Ins. Bldg., 1884, the skele- ton construction now generally used for tall buildings, in honor of which the Bessemer
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Steamship Co., named one of its vessels the W. L. B. Jenney; architect of the Union League Club, Siegel & Cooper Bldg., Y. M. C. A. Bldg., New York Life Bldg .; The Fair and the Horticultural Bldg., at the World's Colum- bian Exposition, etc., in Chicago. Mem. Union League, G. A. R., Army of the Tennessee, the Loyal Legion, Am. Institute of Architects; corr. mem. Société Centrale des Architects Français. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Residence: 60 Bittersweet Pl.
JENNINGS, Edwin Brizse, capitalist; b. Chi- cago, May 11, 1859; s. John D. and Hannah W. (Brizse) Jennings (father was one of the pio- neers of Chicago, 1837); ed. public and high schools, Chicago. Began in real estate and loan business in Chicago in 1875, and has contin- ued ever since. Republican. Club: Illinois Ath- letic. Office: 140 Dearborn St. Residence: 2406 Prairie Av.
JENNINGS, James Elliott, mortgage bank- er; b. Washington Co., Ark., in a little log cabin, Apr. 5, 1869; s. F. E. P. and Mary S. (Ellis) Jennings; grad. Eureka Springs (Ark.) High School; attended Univ. of Arkansas, but left before graduation, 1887; m. Chicago, Oct. 31, 1894, Mae L. DaMond; 1 son: Allen Ford. Was mgr. Thayer Transfer Co., Kansas City, Mo., 1889-91; salesman Browning, King & Co., Chicago, 1891-2; Humphrey & Co., St. Louis, 1892-3; connected with J. Grafton Parker & Co., in real estate and renting business, 1893- 1894; established, 1894, firm of J. Elliott Jen- nings & Co. and did general real estate, rent- ing and loan business, until Jan. 1, 1900, when consolidated business with that of Royal Trust Co. Bank, organizing the real estate loan dept., which ran under contract until Nov. 1, 1903; organized the Jennings Real Es- tate Loan Co., with capital of $1,000,000, of which he is pres. Republican. Presbyterian. Enthusiastic golfer and devotee of outdoor sports and exercises. Owns 110-acre stock farm and country home at Delavan, Wis. Clubs: Evanston, Evanston Country, Evanston Golf, Glen View. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 1612 Wesley Av., Evanston, Ill.
JEROME, William B., railway official; b. Auburn, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Mar. 13, 1852. Was telegrapher C., M. & St. P. Ry., 1870-2; telegra- pher and bill clerk C., B. & Q. R. R., 1872-5; clerk in office of gen. supt. M. C. R. R., May 1 to July 5, 1875; ticket agent M. C. and Chicago & W. Michigan railroads, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1875-8. Since July 1, 1878, resident of Chicago; Michigan passenger agent, M. C. R. R., 1878- 80; traveling passenger agent, A., T. & S. F. R. R., 1880-3; since Feb. 1, 1883, general western passenger agent N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R .; also general agent N. Y. C. Lines. Club: Union League. Office: LaSalle Street Station. Resi- dence: 4740 Prairie Av.
JERREMS, William George, Jr., tailoring; b. Sydney, N. S. W., Australia, Feb. 5, 1869; s. William George and Mary (Nicoll) Jerrems; ed. N. London Collegiate School, 1877-81; Chi- cago public school, 1881; Charlier Institute, New York City, 1882-5; m. Chicago, Apr. 21, 1897, Genevieve, daughter of Dr. Henry T. By- ford; 1 daughter: Marjorie Byford. Entered business of Nicoll the Tailor, 1885, and has filled every position in the house (except on the bench) up to vice-pres., which now holds. Independent Republican. Mem. Chicago Histor- ical Soc., Chicago Numismatic Soc. (pres.), Am. Numismatic Assn. Club: Union League. Office: 214 Clark St. Residence: 3807 Grand Boul.
JESSE, Dan Bowmar, stocks and bonds; b. Woodford Co., Ky., Feb. 24, 1859; s. Thomas and May Anne (Gibson) Jesse; ed. common schools of Woodford Co., Ky .; m. St. Louis, June 2, 1892, Anna M. Bezner; 1 son: Dan Bowmar, Jr. From 1879 to 1885 was in em- ploy of Illinois Watch Co., Springfield, Ill .; in internal revenue service, Pekin, Ill., 1885-90;
of Iron Belt Loan Co., Roanoke, Va., 1890-3; sec. Illinois Savings and Loan Co., 1894-8; cashier Bureau of Water, Chicago, 1898-1900; since 1900 broker in stocks and bonds under firm name of Dan B. Jesse & Co. Democrat. Presbyterian. Pres. Englewood Men's Club. Ma- son, K. T., Shriner. Office: Chamber of Com- merce Bldg. Residence: 6524 Normal Av.
JESSOP, James Bailey, wholesale fish; b. Sandwich, Ont., Can., June 23, 1851; s. James and Mary (Ryan) Jessop; ed. common school at Sandwich, Ont .; m. Sandwich, Apr. 25, 1876, Julia Frances Harris; children: Elenora B., Catherine J., Theodore Charles, Sydney Thom- as, Cordelia Grace. In fish business since boy- hood and since 1872 trading representative for the largest fish concerns in the country; resi- dent of Chicago, off and on. since 1890; has direct connections with extensive lake and ocean fisheries, and in 1900 organized, in Chi- cago, the J. B. Jessop Co., wholesale dealers in fish and oysters, of which he is pres. and mgr. Also treas. Northwest Fish Co. Office: 3- 5 Milwaukee Av. Residence: 389 Oak St.
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