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 91

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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JEWETT, Samuel Rountree, lawyer; b. Chi- cago, Oct. 2, 1862; s. John N. and Ellen (Roun- tree) Jewett; preliminary education in Chica- go University School; grad. Yale College with class of 1883; m. Chicago, Oct. 8, 1888, Lucy Virginia McCormick; children: McCormick, El- len Rountree, Emma McCormick, Lucy McCor- mick. Studied law in office of father, John N. Jewett, and was admitted to practice in July, 1885. Practiced law in assn. with his father and brother until 1900, and after that date had office with his father until latter's death, 1904. Republican. Clubs: Washington Park, Saddle and Cycle, Swan Lake (sec. and treas. since 1889). Office: Stock Exchange. Residence: 426 N. State St.

JOB, Frederick William, lawyer; b. Alton, Ill., May 19, 1862; s. Zephaniah Bell and Aman- da (Montgomery) Job; grad. Univ. of Michi- gan, Ph.B., 1885, law dept. same, 1887; m. Jan. 6. 1897, Helen Crafts, of Chicago; children: Helen Cordelia, Virginia Amanda, Mary Bell. Has practiced law in Chicago since July, 1887. Hawaiian consul-general at Chicago, 1894- 1900; mem. and chairman Illinois State Board of Arbitration, Mar., 1901, to Dec. 8, 1902; resigned to accept position of gen. sec. Chi- cago Employers Assn .; also consul at Chicago of Dominican Republic. Dir. Mckenzie Fur- nace Co. Mem. executive committee Citizens' Industrial Assn. of America. Law Institute, Bar Assn. Club: Kenwood. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 5141 Kimbark Av.

JOCELYN, Franklin C., lumberman; b. S. Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 30, 1844; s. Henry Clark and Tryphena Orcutt Jocelyn; father died, 1854; mother removed with her children to Mt. Pleasant, Ia., 1856: ed. schools of Massachu- setts and at Mt. Pleasant, Ia .; m. Independ- ence, Kan., Aug., 1872, Harriet Maria Bean, of Ravenna, O .; children: Robert McCoy, Bere- nice, Franklin, Jr., Ruth D. In service B. & M. R. R., 1859-62; U. S. Government, 1862-4; H. & St. J. R. R., 1865-6; Am. Express Co., 1868-9. In charge of branch lumber yards in Kansas for Bradford, McCoy & Co., lumber manufac- turers at W. Quincy, Ill., 1870; acquired inter- est in yard at Cherryvale, Kan., 1871, and in vards at Independence, Chanute and Thayer, Kan., 1872; later interested with S. A. Brown & Co., in lumber yards along railroads in Southern Kansas, with headquarters and a dis- tributing yard at Kansas City, Mo .; in 1881 Gilbert B. Shaw bought out the S. A. Brown interest, became associated with him in the firm of G. B. Shaw & Co., until they sold out their yards, 1886-7. Pres. Inter-State Lumber Co., 1888-93; now pres. F. P. Rusher Lumber Co., the Lima Sash and Door Co .; sec. and treas. Laurens Hull Lumber Co. Club: Union League. Office: 226 LaSalle St. Residence: 4247 Drexel Boul.

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JOHNSON, Albert Mussey, life insurance underwriter; b. Oberlin, Lorain Co., O., May 31, 1872; s. Albert H. and Rebecca A. (Jen- kins) Johnson; ed. public school, Oberlin, O .; special work in Oberlin College, 1890; grad. Cornell Univ., 1895; m. Oakland, Calif., Nov. 19, 1896, Bessie Morris Penniman. Began work as station agent on Arkansas Midland Ry., 1888-9; sec. and mgr., Mussey Stone Co., Elyria, O., 1897-8; sec. of McDermott Stone Co., 1898; mining lead and zinc, Joplin, Mo., 1899; vice-pres. Arkansas Midland R. R., 1901-2; pres. Oberlin (O.) Gas and Electric Co. until 1903; vice-pres. of Nat. Life Insur- ance Co., U. S. A., since 1902. Pres. N. Am. Cold Storage Co .; pres. and treas. of N. Am. Storage Co., of Fidelity Safe Deposit Co., and of Nat. Life Bldg. Co .; dir. Columbus Safe De- posit Co. Republican. Mem. Plymouth Congre- gational Church. Club: Casino. Office: 159 La- Salle St. Residence: 2835 Sheridan Rd.

JOHNSON, Alfred Sidney, managing editor Technical World. (See Who's Who in America for sketch.) Office: 3321 Armour Av.

JOHNSON, Andrew P., chair manufacturer; b. Vos Bergenstift, Norway, Nov. 22, 1835; s. John L. and Emily P. (Vinge) Jearager (name changed to Johnson); family came to U. S., 1850, and settled in Boone Co., Ill .; worked on farm and went to school until 20 years of age; m. 1871, Martha Satry; children: Joseph F., Anna E., Arthur L .. Benjamin O., Ruth Isbel. Went to Beloit, Wis., 1855, and began learning carpenter's trade; contractor and builder, Beloit, 1857-61; came to Chicago, 1861; enlisted, 1862, in construction corps of Fed- eral Army, serving till end of war, working at Nashville, Chattanooga, Bridgeport, etc. After war, carpenter and contractor in Chica- go, until 1868; began manufacturing chairs on small scale, 1868; admitted Nels. Johnson as partner, 1877, in firm of A. P. Johnson & Co .; incorporated, 1883, as Johnson Chair Co., of which he has since been pres. Dir. State Bank of Chicago. Republican; represented 14th Ward in City Council, 1889-91. Lutheran; was 1st pres. of Norwegian Lutheran Cemetery Assn., and chairman executive board, Norwe- gian Lutheran Tabitha Hosp. Mem. A. O. U. W. Office: 255 N. Green St. Residence: 695 N. Robey St.

JOHNSON, Charles Lincoln, banker, manu- facturer; b. in a log cabin on Mt. Vernon farm, Hancock Co., Ill., Jan. 8, 1863; s. Christopher William and Margaret Elizabeth (Huff) John- son; grad. Johnson's Commercial College, St. Louis, 1878; Knox College, Galesburg, III., A.B., 1886, A.M., 1889; Columbia School of Political Science, New York, A.M., 1888; Co- lumbia School of Law, New York, LL.B., 1889; m. St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 11, 1893, Helen Sylves- ter Woods; children: Helen Alathena, Romola Elizabeth, Parkman, Pickens, Margaret Ade- laide. Was employed in German Nat. Bank, Denver, Colo., 1886-7; private sec. to the Gov- ernor of Colorado, 1889-91; in Nat. Bank of Commerce, Denver, Colo., 1891-2; in State Bank of Chicago, 1892-1900; pres. Western State Bank, Chicago, 1901-3. Since 1903 treas. and dir., respectively, of the Am. Electric Fuse Co., the Western Telephone Mfg. Co., Chicago, and of the Citizens' Telephone and Telegraph Co., Kenosha, Wis. Independent Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Union League, Con- gregational. Office: 42 W. Jackson Boul. Resi- dence: 1423 Hinman Av., Evanston, IlI.

JOHNSON, Charles Nelson, dentist; b. Brock' Twp., Ontario Co., Can., Mar. 16, 1860; s. Winthrop and Laura (Moore) Johnson; ed. high school, Port Perry, Ont .; grad. L.D.S. Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Ontario, Mar., 1881, and as D.D.S. Chicago College of Dental Surgery, 1885; honorary M.A. Lake For- est Univ., 1897; m. Toronto, Ont., Mar. 7, 1883, Fannie E. Patterson; children: Mignon, Nelyon. Engaged in dentistry from 1875. Prof. of oper-

ative dentistry in Chicago College of Dental Surgery since 1891. Editor of The Dental Re- view. Author of The Hermit of the Nonquon; Poems of the Farm and Other Poems; Princi- ples and Practice of Filling Teeth; Success in Dental Practice, etc. Mem. and ex-pres. Chica- go Dental Soc., Odontological Soc. of Chicago, Odontographic Soc. of Chicago; pres. Illinois State Dental Soc., 1904; mem. Nat. Dental Assn .; honorary mem. of many dental socs. Republican. Office: 31 Washington St. Resi- dence: 2731 Sheridan Rd.

JOHNSON, Edward Walter, general western agent Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co .; b. Middlebury, Vt., Apr. 4, 1847; s. Walter Shel- don and Electa M. (Hagar) Johnson; ed. pub- lic schools and Racine College: m. Indianapo- lis, Ind., Nov. 8, 1883, Maud Runkle; 1 son: Sheldon. First employment was with the Good- rich Steamboat Line, 1861-2; in general office of C. & N .- W. Ry., 1862-7; 1868-79 in wholesale groceries at St. Paul, Minn .; 1879-84 associ- ated post trader at Ft. Meade, with W. S. Fanshawe & Co .; became identified with the Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co., at St. Paul and Minneapolis, Jan. 1, 1895, and came to Chicago as western agent of the com- pany, Apr. 1, 1899. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League; also Minnesota, of St. Paul. Office: Western Union Bldg. Residence: Union League Club.

JOHNSON, Ernest Valentine, manufacturer, capitalist; b. New York City, Feb. 14, 1859; s. George H. and Marie (Salkeld) Johnson; ed. Ernst Acad., Buffalo, and Cooper Institute, New York City; m. July, 1888, Mrs. Eva L. Brooks, of Philadelphia, Pa. Apprentice for 7 years, 1872-8, in New York office of Stephens & Spilsbury, civil engineers; came to Chicago, 1878, to join his father in the fire-proof tile enterprise of Johnson & Co., succeeding to his father's interest upon death of latter in 1879, and upon the reorganization of the business, 18.80, as the Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction Co., became treas. and gen. mgr., and designed and supervised the construction of the com- pany's large plant at Ottawa, Ill. Also organ- ized, 1889, and became pres. of the Peerless Brick Co .; was elected treas. of the Great Northern Hotel Co., 1890, and later pres. of the Hartford Deposit Co., owners of the Hart- ford Bldg .; now vice-pres. and western mgr. Nat. Fireproofing Co. Mason; K. T. Clubs: Un- ion League, Chicago Athletic, Builders. Office: 140 Dearhorn St. Residence: 493 E. 42d St.

JOHNSON, Frank Asbury, lawyer; h. Go- wanda, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Jan. 18, 1845; s. Alfred and Betsy Eliza (Weeks) Johnson; grad. Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis .; m. Ap- pleton, Wis., Jan. 14, 1874, Annie C. White; children: Quintard, Howard W. In 1863-4 was in black walnut lumber business in western New York; in 1864-5 was engaged in mfg. sash, doors and blinds at Fond du Lac, Wis .: sold out and took univ. course of 4 years; studied Jaw; admitted to bar, Apr. 28. 1871; since then in practice of law. Republican. Unitarian. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., South Side Improvement Assn., Am. His- torical Assn., Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Club: Hamilton. Office: Association Bldg. Resi- dence: 5817 Monroe Av.

JOHNSON. Frank Seward, physician; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 18, 1856: s. Hosmer Allen and Mar- garet (Seward) Johnson; m. Sept. 30. 1900, Elizabeth Burhank Ayer; children: Hosmer Ayer, Edward Ayer. Grad. Northwestern Univ., A.B., 1878; M.D .. Chicago Med. College, 1881; now emeritus dean and prof. medicine and clinical medicine Med. Dept., Northwestern TIniv .; attending physician Michael Reese Hosp .; consulting physician Woman's Hosp. and Mercy Hosp., Chicago. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Am. Climatological Assn., Chicago Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis, Nat. Assn. for

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Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Chica- go Acad. of Sciences. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Physicians. Address: 2521 Prairie Av.

JOHNSON, Henry William, manufacturer of chairs; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 1, 1834; s. James E. and Emily B. Johnson; removed, when 6 years old, to Middlefield, Geauga Co., O .; ed. Hiram College during presidency of James A. Garfield (afterward pres. of the U. S.); taught school in Ohio and Missouri, and on breaking out of war, 1861, returned to Bur- ton, O .; enlisted and served through the war (5 years) under Gen. W. B. Hazen, in 41st O. Vols .; promoted through intermediate rank until became capt. Co. B, 41st O. Vols .; was breveted maj. for meritorious service; while capt. Co. B appointed full maj. of U. S. V., Q. M.'s Dept; at close of war was commis- sioned in 8th Regt., U. S. A., but declined; m. Columbus, O., Jan. 1, 1867, Ellen A. Ford (sis- ter of his partner, J. S. Ford) ; children: Emma F., William F., Edward F., Helen F., Margue- rite F., Alice F. In 1867 formed partnership with J. S. Ford, as Ford & Johnson, manufac- turers of chairs and settees, and in 1868, re- moved that business to Michigan City, Ind., where, under firm name of Ford, Johnson & Co., established large factories, of which he has ever since had charge. In 1872 the copart- nership title became J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co., and offices and warehouses were opened in Chicago. In June, 1900, all the factories at Michigan City and the copartnership business at Chicago were consolidated in a corporation under the name, J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co., and he became vice-pres. and factory mgr. The Chicago offices of the company are at 1550 In- diana Av. and 1437 Wabash Av .; the factory office is at Michigan City, Ind., where he re- sides. Address: Michigan City, Ind.

JOHNSON, Herrick, clergyman, educator; b. Kaughnewaga, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1832; s. John J. and Lydia (French) Johnson; grad. Hamil- ton College, N. Y., 1857; Auburn Theological Seminary, N. Y., 1860 (D.D., Western Reserve College; LL.D., Wooster Univ .; D.C.L., Omaha Univ.). Held several pastorates; since 1880 prof. in McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. Was moderator Presbyterian General Assembly, 1882; pres. Presbyterian Board of Education and Board of College Aid, etc. (See Who's Who in America for list of books, etc.) Address: 1060 N. Halsted St.

JOHNSON. John Mitchell, railway official; b. Cincinnati, O., May 13, 1845; s. Henry and Mary Johnson; ed. public school, Cincinnati; m. Franklin. Ind., 1866, Ada E. Fisk; children: Will S., Clara Maude (Mrs. W. E. Nichols), John M., Jr., Ada B., Margaret, Winifred. Was station agent Indianapolis, Cincinnati & La- fayette Ry. at Franklin, Ind., 1870-2; general freight and ticket agent Cincinnati & Martins- ville R. R., 1872-5; in service of Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette, traveling auditor to asst. general freight agent, 1875-83; with C., R. I. & P. Ry., since 1883, consecutively as 1st asst. general freight agent, general freight agent, freight traffic mgr .; elected 3d vice- pres., Mar. 16, 1899; resigned Apr. 2, 1903, to become asst. to vice-pres. of Gould Lines. Has been chairman Western Classification Commit- tee, and mem. Uniform Classification commit- tee representing Western Freight Assn. Dir. 1st Nat. Bank of Englewood. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian, Lake Geneva Country. Of- fice: Western Union Bldg.

JOHNSON, John Nathaniel, merchant; b. country district in Sweden, Feb. 2, 1865; s. John and Frederika Johnson; ed. public schools in Sweden; m. Chicago, Aug. 24, 1893, Emma Johnson; children: Myrtle Wilhelmina, Reuben Nathaniel. Resided in Paxton, Ill., 3 years and learned the broom-making trade before coming to Chicago, 1887; Sept. 1, 1897, with C. M. Morse, established firm of Morse & Johnson, broom corn, broom-makers' supplies, etc. Re-

publican. Mem. Swedish Mission Church. Of- fice: 225-227 Kinzie St. Residence: 2797 N. See- ley Av.

JOHNSON, Julius Arthur, lawyer; b. Jack- son, Mich., Mar. 10, 1858; s. Julius E. and Mar- tha (Farnum) Johnson: grad. Wayland Acad., Beaver Dam, Wis., 1875; Brown Univ., Provi- dence, R. I., A.B., 1882 (A.M., 1887); m. Oak Park, Ill., June 13, 1889, Esther H. Boise. Ad- mitted to bar, 1886; practiced at Pierre, S. Dak., 1886-91; engaged actively in the manage- ment of the State campaign which resulted in locating the State capital at Pierre in 1889 and 1890; removed to Chicago, 1891, and has practiced alone ever since. County atty. for Cook Co., Dec. 1, 1899, to June 1, 1901; has made a specialty of laws pertaining to cor- porate taxation and general corporation law. Republican. Baptist. Was mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon at Brown Univ. Mem. S. A. R., Law Club, Cook Co. Bar Assn. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 6549 Yale Av.

JOHNSON, Robert Massie, mfg. jeweler; b. Toronto, Can., May 6, 1842; s. F. B. and Ber- tha Johnson; ed. public schools of Ontario; m. 1st, Sherbrooke, Can., Elizabeth Anderson (now deceased) ; m. 2d, Norwich, Conn., Ella Burdick; 1 son: Edward L. Mfg., wholesale and retail jeweler in Chicago since 1871; firm now R. M. Johnson & Son. Republican. Mason-Past Commander-in-Chief, Oriental Consistory S. P. R. S. (32º), Past Potentate Medinah Temple A. A. O. N. M. S .; Past Sovereign St. John's Con- clave, Knights of Red Cross of Constantine; now Grand Sovereign of the Grand Imperial Council of the Red Cross of Constantine for the Western Hemisphere of the U. S. A. Of- fice: 67 E. Washington St. Residence: 204 S. Robey St.

JOHNSON, William Ford. sec., treas. and Chicago mgr. J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co., chair manufacturers; b. Michigan City, Ind., July 13, 1869; s. Henry W. and Ellen (Ford) John- son; grad. high school, Michigan City, Ind., 1887; entered Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1887, graduating, A.B., 1891; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1900, Harriet Wheeler. Began business life after leaving college in June, 1891, in the credit and cashier's dept. of J. S. Ford, John- son & Co .; was cashier until 1900, when, upon incorporation of the business, was elected sec. of the company, and in 1904 was elected treas. and Chicago mgr., still retaining the office of sec., and also being a dir. in the company, which operates large factories at Michigan City, Ind. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Repub- lican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Washington Park, Evanston Country. Office: Indiana Av. and 16th St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

JOHNSON, William Herbert, lawyer; b. Lawton, VanBuren Co., Mich., Oct. 31, 1856; s. Gilbert Davidson and Nancy (Longwell) John- son; ed. public schools; studied law in office of Edwards & Sherwood, Kalamazoo, Mich .; m. Oct. 15, 1889, Kate, daughter of Franklin and Sarah (Lyman) Hubbard, of Toledo, O .; chil- dren: Gilbert D., Franklin H., Robert L., Kath- ryn E., Elizabeth. Admitted to Michigan bar, Sept., 1878; came to Chicago, Dec., 1878, and entered offices of Tenney, Flower & Cratty, remaining with them until May, 1883, when he hecame partner in Cratty, Abbott & Johnson for 1 year, changing, 1884, to Abbott & John- son, then Johnson & Bartlett, later Johnson, Morrill & Bartlett, and afterward, by retire- ment of Mr. Bartlett to Johnson & Morrill. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Has been school dir. and pres. of the village of Glencoe. Clubs: Law, Marquette, Hamilton, Skokie Golf, Winnetka. Mem. Law Institute and Chicago and Illinois State Bar Assns. Office: 100 Wash- ington St. Residence: Glencoe, Ill.

JOHNSON, William Stevenson, lawyer; b. Albany, N. Y., June 1, 1850; s. James and So- phia (Middlebrook) Johnson; came to Chicago with parents in 1863; entered Williams Col-

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lege at 18, and remained 2 years, until the liam, Thomas. In practice as civil engineer death of his father in 1870; then studied law in office of James P. Root; m. Chicago, Nov. 10, 1886, Lila Hopkinson; children: Gardner H. Charles H. Admitted to Illinois bar, 1875, and entered law office of Emory A. Storrs, but later established in practice alone. Clubs: Illi- nois Athletic. Iroquois. Office: 1st Nat. Bank Bldg. Residence: 451 Washington Boul.

JOHNSON, Willis Flavel, grain commission; b. Yates Co., N. Y., Mar. 4, 1834; s. Morgan S. and Wealthy Wood (Willey) Johnson; moved with parents to Wickliffe (now Palatine) Cook Co., Ill., 1844; ed. public schools; m. Morrison, Ill., Jan. 13, 1859, Phena Young. Was engaged in business at Morrison, Ill., 1856-74, and still has interests there in elevator, lumber and coal; since 1873 a mem. of the Chicago Board of Trade, and since 1874 engaged in commis- sion business in Chicago; established present business, 1880, and senior mem. of firm of W. F. Johnson & Co. Republican. Club: Marquette. Office: Board of Trade. Residence: 10 Haw- thorne Pl.

JOHNSTON, George Franklin, manufactur- er, merchant; b. Kankakee, Ill., Mar. 29, 1870; s. Frederick and Lora (Goodman) Johnston; ed. public schools and acad., Joliet, Ill., until 1885; m. Lockport, Ill., Sept. 27, 1897, Flora May Chamberlin; 1 daughter: Geraldine Evon. Came to Chicago from Lockport, Ill., 1892; was 7 years in employ of Norton & Co., mer- chant millers; purchasing agent Calumet Elec- tric St. Ry. Co., 1893-5; purchasing agent Gates Iron Works, 1895-1902; originator and incorporator of Nat. Fire Proof Paint Co., 1898, which, on Nov. 28, 1903, was succeeded by the Nat. Fire Proof Paint Corporation, of which he is sec. Mem. Nat. Assn. of Manufac- turers, of New York City. Independent in poli- tics. Office: 87-89 S. Franklin St. Residence: Joliet, Ill.

JOHNSTON, Harry Bennett, mgr. of the Hartford Life Insurance Co .; b. Iowa, Apr. 21, 1863; s. G. H. and Clara (Lewis) Johnston; ed. public schools; m. Ludington, Mich., Jan. 31, 1895, Minnie M. Porter. Entered life insur- ance business, 1890, in field work; since Mar., 1895, gen. mgr. in Chicago for the Hartford Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn. Repub- lican. Mem. Life Underwriters' Assn. Club: Hamilton. Office: Hartford Bldg. Residence: 1723 Roscoe St.

JOHNSTON, James Wright, manufacturer; b. Springfield, Ill., Mar. 11. 1860; s. Robert P. and Maria J. (Wright) Johnston; ed. public schools and at Racine (Wis.) College; m. Chi- cago, Apr. 20, 1887, Bessie S. Rust; children: Henry Rust, Katherine, Helen, Elisabeth. Spent first 3 years of business life in office work as clerk; then was for a time engaged in the real estate business, and afterward an officer in the Expanded Metal Co. until 1896, since which time he has been treas. of the Western Electric Co. Republican. Office: 259 S. Clinton St. Residence: 172 E. 50th St.

JOHNSTON, Robert Stuart, flour miller; b. Greenville, Pa., Sept. 27, 1857; s. S. P. and M. S. (Sutton) Johnston; grad. Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1878; m. Easton, Pa., Feb., 1882, F. S. Seitz; children: S. P., Fannie S. Was in 1st Nat. Bank of Greenville, Pa., from 1878 to 1894; since then in Chicago; pres. of the Star and Crescent Milling Co. (established 1866). Independent in politics. Presbyterian. Mason. Club: Washington Park. Office: 1st Nat. Bank . Bldg. Residence: 5536 Washington Av.

JOHNSTON, Thomas Taylor, civil engineer; b. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 8, 1856; s. Alexander and Margaret (Taylor) Johnson; grad. C.E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., 1877; took post-graduate work at Washington Univ., St. Louis, in heat, electricity and higher mathematics; m. Philadelphia, Aug. 18, 1876, Wilhelmina, daughter of William and Hen- rietta Breuninger; children: Alexander, Wil-

since 1877; asst. engineer corps U. S. A., first at Washington, D. C., and later on Missouri and Mississippi rivers; entered service of Chi- cago Drainage and Water Supply Commission, June, 1886; asst. city engineer of Chicago in charge of water supply, 1887-8; in charge of construction of new artesian waterworks at Memphis, Tenn., 1888; of artesian water sup- ply for Savannah, Ga., 1891-3; asst. engineer Sanitary District of Chicago as principal, 1890; re-entered service of Sanitary District, Jan., 1892, and since then asst. chief engineer. Mem. Western Soc. of Engineers. Office: 188 Madi- son St. Residence: Evanston, Ill.

JOHNSTON, William M., lawyer; b. Glas- gow, Scotland, Feb. 19, 1839; s. William and Jean (Beith) Johnston; came with parents to Kane Co., Ill., when 7 years old; reared on farm; ed. public schools, St. Charles, Ill., and law dept. of the Univ. of Michigan, LL.B., 1865; m. Aug., 1870, Lizzie Sanders, of Plain- field, N. Y .; children: William S., John A., Helen. Admitted to bar of Michigan, 1865, and of Illinois, 1866, and was with the law firm of Hervey. Anthony & Galt until the great fire of 1871; engaged in individual practice, 1871-2; then of Snowhook, Johnston & Gray, 1872-89, and of Johnston & Gray, 1889-92; since then in practice alone. Office: 163 Randolph St. Residence: 232 Park Av.

JOHNSTONE, Stuart, physician; b. Toronto, Ont., Can., Apr. 2, 1858; s. J. H. and M. A. Johnstone; ed. public schools of Toronto and College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, M.D., 1887; m. Canada, 1887, J. S. St. Croix; 1 son: St. Croix. Member staff of Cook County, Lakeside, Chicago and Post-Graduate hos- pitals; professor and lecturer on diseases of women at Jenner Med. College, and on diseases of the rectum in Post-Graduate Med. School. Surgeon, Hussar Squadron, I. N. G. Mem. Am. Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc., Illinois State Med. Soc., Chicago Electro-Therapeutic Assn., Chicago Soc. for the Prevention of Tubercu- losis. Office: Masonic Temple. Residence: 11 Drexel Sq.

JONAS, Charles, pres. Metallic Folding Bed Co .; b. Racine, Wis., Aug. 20, 1874; s. late Charles Jonas (Consul-General at St. Peters- burg, and twice lieut .- gov. of Wisconsin) and Christina Korzak Jonas; ed. Racine public and high schools and undergraduate Chicago Med. College and Chicago School of Pharmacy; m. Chicago, 1903, Hattie Eichmann. Was vice and deputy U. S. Consul at Crefeld, Ger., Cleveland's 2d administration. At time of in- corporation of the Metallic Folding Bed Co., manufacturers of steel furniture, in 1878, be- came its sec. and asst. mgr .; later advanced to pres. and mgr., which position still holds. Also sec. and dir. of Standard Gold Mining Co., of Kingman, Ariz. Office: 21st and Jefferson Sts. Residence: 6258 Jackson Park Av.

JONES, Alexander J., lawyer and trustee Chicago Sanitary District; b. Sangamon Co., Ill., July 11, 1860; ed. public schools. Began career as a school teacher and later was in journalism in Chicago; admitted to bar and engaged in general practice. Democrat; has served in the General Assembly of Illinois, and as U. S. Consul in Colombia; elected in 1895 a trustee of the Sanitary District of Chicago, and re-elected in 1900. Office: 188 Madison St. Residence: 828 71st Pl.

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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 91

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