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 94

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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KEELER, William B., vice-pres., Charles E. Graves & Co., jewelers. Commander Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Club: Woodlawn Park. Office: Madison St. and Wabash Av. Residence: 6200 Kimbark Av.

KEELEY, Edward S., railway official; b. Peru, Ill., Nov. 11, 1858; s. John and Mary Keeley; public school education. Entered rail- way service, 1874, and was division freight agent C., M. & St. P. Ry. at Milwaukee, Wis., until May 1, 1891, when was promoted to asst. general freight agent, and from that position, Jan. 1, 1900, to general freight agent, same road, which position still occupies. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg.

KEELEY, James, managing editor of Chi- cago Tribune, since 1898; b. London, Eng., Oct. 14, 1867; common school education; m. June 5, 1895, Gertrude E. Small. Was reporter, night city editor, city editor, Chicago Tribune, for several years prior to 1898. Office: The Tribune. Residence: 86 Astor St.

KEEN, Edwin Hall, western mgr. for Eber- hard Faber; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 25, 1838; s. Joseph and Sarah (Iredale) Keen; ed. public schools and high schools at Philadelphia until 1855; came to Chicago, 1856; m. Chicago, Feb. 25, 1874, Ida Edwards. Was mem. stationery firm of W. B. Keen & Co., Chicago, until 1878, when he became mgr. Chicago branch of Eber- hard Faber, of New York, manufacturer lead pencils, etc. Republican. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Office: 35 Randolph St. Residence: 4555 Ellis Av.

KEENE, William James, vice-pres. Chicago Spring Butt Co .; b. Chicago, Oct. 5, 1880; s. Joseph and Rosa Ann (Burgett) Keene; pre- paratory ed'n at Armour Institute of Tech- nology, Chicago, and Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y .; then took course of civil engineering at Cornell Univ., graduating 1901. After leav- ing the university immediately entered the Chicago Spring Butt Co., manufacturers of specialties in builders' hardware, of which is now vice-pres. and dir .; during university course spent some time in studying applica- tion to the detail of present occupation. Mem. Illinois Manufacturers' Assn. and Nat. Assn. of Manufacturers. Mem. Chi Phi fraternity,

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Cornell Univ. Club: Illinois Athletic. Office: 491 Carroll Av. Residence: 6601 Harvard Av.

KEENER, William T., medical bookseller; b. Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 21, 1843; moved with parents to Peoria, Ill., when 8 years old; was ed. and employed there until 1862, when enlisted in Co. H, 36th Ill. Vol. Infy .; served in South and Southwest; was with Gen. Sheri- dan at battle of Perryville, Ky., at Chicka- mauga and at Kenesaw Mountain; mustered out in July, 1865, and came to Chicago; m. Dixon, Il1., Oct. 15, 1872, Lizzie Warner; chil- dren: Alice E., Charles E., Mary E. Was clerk with Clark, Whitehouse & Co., 1865-9; in 1869 established business of selling books by sub- scription, and in 1874 changed to his present business of dealing in medical books; firm name is now W. T. Keener & Co. Club: Illinois. Office: 90 Wabash Av. Residence: 145 Ashland Boul.

KEENEY, James F., real estate dealer; b. Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 15, 1840; was pre- pared for college at Brockport, N. Y .; grad., with honors, from Univ. of Rochester, 1866; studied law; came to Chicago, 1868, and en- gaged in real estate business; with others purchased and subdivided the land upon which the beautiful and now populous suburb of Ravenswood was built; also bought and laid out into lots, South Evanston, where built fine railroad station, a business block and 50 large residences; was one of the most active advocates and promoters of the present park system. taking active part (with Paul Cornell) in the campaign which resulted in the vote for its establishment. After panic of 1873 bought five townships of land in Trego Co., Kan., on Kansas Pacific Ry., in center of which laid out city of Wa-Keeney, the county seat, building up a large town and selling his lands to settlers; secured location of U. S. Land Office there, which gave the town con- siderable importance; mem. Kansas legisla- ture, 1878-9, and was mem. of committee on ways and means. Was mem. State Board of Agriculture, and was strongly urged to permit his name to be placed in nomination for gov- ernor; was pres. State Fair at Lawrence, Kan., delivering inaugural address which was widely published by press. Returned to Chi- cago, 1881, and has since been in real estate business, laying out and building up several suburbs, including Hermosa, Chicago Heights and Columbia Heights (now called Steger), and is still engaged in building up the last mentioned suburbs. Republican. Office: Cham- ber of Commerce.

KEEP, Albert, railroad official; b. Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., Apr. 30, 1826; s. Chauncey and Prudence (Wolcott) Keep; ed. common schools and 2 years at Cortland Acad .; m. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1861, Harriet S. Gunn. Began business career at 14, with 5 vears in store at Homer, N. Y .; came W. in 1846 and acquired interest in mercantile house of Philander Peck and Henry Keep at White- KEIM, Isaac, 2d vice-pres. Siegel, Cooper & Co .: b. Chicago, Nov. 28, 1860; s. Zachariah and Eva Keim; ed. Skinner and Dore public schools and at Bryant & Stratton Business College; m. Chicago, 1887. Yetta Pfaelzer; children: Hazel. Melville, Edwin. In 1875 be- gan business career in store of Charles Guth- mann & Bro., dry goods, on S. Halsted St., and in 1876 entered the employ of E. J. Leh- mann of the Fair Dept. Store, of which he- water, Wis .: Jater of Peck, Keep & Co., Chi- cago, until 1857; after that in real estate and loan business: managed negotiations for se- curing right of way and depot facilities for L. S. & M. S. and Rock Island Rys., 1864: dir. and mem. executive committee L. S. & M. S. Ry. Co .. 1865-83; pres., 1873-87; chairman board of directors, 1873-1901, C. & N .- W. Ry. Co. Dir. Crerar Library; trustee Merchants Loan & Trust Co .; trustee Chicago Home for. came buyer and supt., with practically the Incurables. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 2010 Michigan Av .; summer, Lake Geneva, Wis.

KEEP, Chauncey, manufacturer, capitalist: b. Whitewater, Wis., Aug. 20, 1853; s. Henry and Phebe (McCluer) Keep; ed. public schools, Chicago; m. Chicago, Jan. 19, 1888, Mary H. Blair; children: Margaret, Henry B., Katharine F. Identified with numerous large Interests; vice-pres. and dir. of Raymond Lead Co. (in-

corporated 1880). manufacturers of lead goods, pipe, sheet lead, shot, etc. Dir. Chicago Tele- phone Co., Illinois Trust & Savings Bank, Merchants Lcan & Trust Co. Republican. Epis- copalian. Mem. Chicago Historical Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Onwentsia, Midlothian, Chicago Golf, Commercial. Office: 135 Adams St. Residence: 2825 Prairie Av.

KEEP, William Flemming, capitalist; b. Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1844; s. William and Frances S. (Rhoades) Keep; ed. public schools of State of New York. Was engaged in the wholesale hardware business in Chicago, 1868- 1879, as mem. of the firm of Miller Bros. & Keep; then retired and has since devoted attention to management of his own property and Investments. Clubs: Chicago. Chicago Golf, Saddle and Cycle. Office: 135 Adams St. Resi- dence: 387 Dearborn Av.

KEHOE, John E., lawyer; b. Sangamon Co., Ill., Feb. 26, 1867; s. Patrick and Margaret (Brannick) Kehoe; grad. Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., A.B., June, 1888; studied law in office of Gen. John M. Palmer at Spring- field; m. Chicago, Ill., June 24, 1901, Frances Valentine. Was admitted to Illinois bar at Springfield, Nov., 1890. Came to Chicago, 1892, and was engaged in law dept. of Armour & Co., 1892-4; since then in general law prac- tice. Was one of counsel for defense in famous Luetgert trial; was chief trial atty. for Chi- cago city law dept .. 1900-2, and one of the trial attys. for the Chicago City Ry. Co. and Chicago Union Traction Co. corporations. Clubs: Sheridan. Ashland. Office: 59 Clark St. Residence: 949 W. Monroe St.

KEHOE, Miles, justice of the peace; h. Co. Carlow, Ireland, Aug. 15, 1848; s. Arthur and Winifred (Byrne) Kehoe; came to U. S. with parents while an infant and located in Chica- go, 1849; grad. Foster School, 1865; m. 1st. Chicago. 1875, Kate Murphy (died 1889); 1 son: Arthur T .; m. 2d, Mary A. Busch: 1 son: Frank Busch. After leaving school in 1865 worked for a time in a brick yard and later engaged in the teaming business with his father. Elected to State Senate from the old 3d Senatorial District, 1873. being the young- est mem. of the Illinois Senate ever elected up to that time: was re-elected for a 2d term, serving until 1880: candidate for Congress, 1878, but defeated by Col. George R. Davis; law clerk in the offices of Judges Garv. Hawes and Sidney Smith, successively. 1880-6: stud- ied law; admitted to bar by Supreme Court of Illinois. Nov., 1892; appointed justice of the peace in 1895, and has continued to serve hv virtue of quadrennial reappointments. Renuh- lican. Delegate at large to Nat. Republican Convention. 1892. Delegate to Irish Nat. Con- vention held in Chicago. 1895. Ex-mem. An- cient Order of United Workmen. and of Nat. TTnion (pres. Nat. Assembly of latter 1895- 1900). Office: 179 W. Madison St. Residence: 639 S. Ashland Av.

entire management of the business. In May, 1887, the firm of Siegel, Cooper & Co. was or- ganized, with Mr. Keim one of the partners. and upon its later incorporation, sec. and gen. mgr., and later 2d vice-pres. and dir., in which position he has active management of the business of that great mercantile estab- lishment. Independent in politics. Clubs: Standard, Ravisloe Country. Office: 299 State St. Residence: 4117 Grand Boul.

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KEITH, Edson, Jr., engineer, lawyer, com- chants, with mills in Arkansas. Republican. poser; b. Chicago, June 27, 1862; s. Edson and Clubs: Washington Park, Calumet, Chicago Athletic. Office: The Rookery. Residence: 4860 Washington Av. Susan (Woodruff) Keith; ed. Harvard School, Chicago; grad. Ph.B. (dynamic engineering), Yale, 1884; grad. Columbia Law School, New KELLEY, Paul David, merchant; b. Chica- go, Aug. 11, 1875; s. David and Sarah J. Kelley; early education in Chicago public schools; grad. Sheffield Scientific School, Yale Univ., B.S., 1898. After leaving college en- tered house of Kelley, Maus & Co., wholesale dealers in iron and steel, wagon and carriage makers' supplies, hardware, woodwork and trimmings, blacksmiths, horseshoers, coal miners and stone workers' tools and supplies and railway supplies; sec. and 2d vice-pres. of the company since 1901. Clubs: University, Chicago, Washington Park, Onwentsia, Chi- cago Golf. Office: Lake St. Bridge. Residence: 3159 Michigan Av. York, LL.B., 1889; m. Denver, Colo., Apr. 15, 1891, Nettie Keener; children: Katherine, Frederick Walter. Elected vice-pres. Keith Bros. & Co. (hats and caps), Jan. 1, 1897, and so continues. Incorporated the firm of Edson Keith & Co., Jan. 1, 1897, and was its pres. until Jan. 1, 1901, when he sold all in- terests in that business. Has composed a number of musical productions of various kinds, published by Schirmer & Co. and Lyon & Healy; also magazine contributor on various topics. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Literary, Washing- ton Park, Yale, Onwentsia, Chicago Golf, Sad- dle and Cycle. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 2110 Prairie Av.

KEITH, Walter Woodruff, grain elevator owner; b. Chicago, July 4, 1869; s. Edson and Susan (Woodruff) Keith; preparatory educa- tion in Harvard School, Chicago; grad. Shef- field Scientific School, Yale Univ., 1891; m. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 14, 1896, Frances Brown, of Baltimore; 1 son: Walter Winchester. Be- gan business career as asst. cashier for Keith Bros. Co., wholesale hats, caps, etc., 1892-4; after death of father in 1896 succeeded to the business of Keith & Co., grain elevators, established by Edson Keith, his father, about 1879. Was also, until 1897, a dir. in the house of Edson Keith & Co. (wholesale millinery). Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Washington Park, University; also Maryland, of Baltimore, Md. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 1904 Prairie Av.

KEITH, William Scott, lumber; b. Green- field, Franklin Co., Mass., Jan. 11, 1844; s. William and Almyra (Thompson) Keith; ed. Deerfield Acad. and Highland Military Acad., Worcester, Mass. Began business life as teller in the Franklin Co. Nat. Bank, at Greenfield, Mass., of which his father was pres., continu- ing there until 1866, when he came to Chicago, becoming teller in the Second Nat. Bank until 1869, when he resigned to enter the hardwood lumber business; was of firm of Hatch, Hol- brook & Co. until 1884; then of firm of Hatch & Keith until 1890, when the present Keith Lumber Co. was organized, of which has since been pres. and treas. Was the first pres. of the Hardwood Dealers' Assn .; mem. Lumber- men's Exchange, and a dir. for several years. Club: Chicago (since its organization). Office: Wood and 14th Sts. Residence: 708 Pullman Bldg .; summer residence, Waukegan.

KELLER, William George, manufacturer; b. Chicago, Aug. 3, 1876; s. George and Mary (Troutman) Keller; ed. St. Canisious College, Buffalo, N. Y., to 1893; m. Chicago, Apr. 24, 1901, Agnes McAuley. After leaving school in 1893 entered the business established by his father, George Keller in 1866, and in 1898 was admitted to the firm, which became George Keller & Son, manufacturers of picture mouldings and frames, and since his father's death, June 12, 1904, has conducted the busi- ness alone, under the same firm name. Repub- lican. R. C. Mem. Catholic Knights and Ladies. Office: 703 N. Halsted St. Residence: 554 Dear- born Av.

KELLEY, Charles Bailey, lumber merchant; b. Conway, N. H., Feb. 19, 1856; s. Samuel C. and Frances (Eastman) Kelley; ed. public schools of Davenport, Ia .; m. Lowell, Mass., 1885, Nellie F. Howe (died July, 1901); 1 son: Hudson. Came to Chicago from Iowa in 1874, and was bookkeeper with Kelley, Morley & Co., coal firm, 1874-8; became mem. of firm of Kelley, Maus & Co. in 1878 and continued with that firm until 1890, when engaged in the lumber business as pres. and dir. of the C. B. Kelley Lumber Co., wholesale lumber mer-

KELLEY, Thomas Henry, real estate; b. Hale's Corners, Milwaukee Co., Wis., Aug. 15, 1847; s. M. F. and Ellen (Goodwin) Kelley; ed. public school, Cascade, Sheboygan Co., Wis., and high school, Fond du Lac, Wis .; grad. Girard Acad., Pa., 1864; m. Albia, Ia., May 25, 1876, Addie C. Jones; children: Char- lotte Goodwin, L. Thomas, Frances (deceased). During Civil War was recruit in 1st Wis. Infy., Co. I; served less than 6 months; dis- charged on account of sickness and under age. Entered real estate business at Kansas City, 1884-9; since 1889 real estate broker in Chicago. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, and on its public service committee for the north side. Republican. Mem. Ft. Dearborn Council, Royal Arcanum. Office: 145 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 171 Lake View Av.

KELLEY, William Edward, lumberman; b. Passadunkeag, Me., Aug. 27, 1850; s. Asa Page and Mary A. (Hodgkins) Kelley; ed. district schools, at Monson (Mass.) Acad. and at Yale College; m. Chicago, Sept. 14, 1876, Margaret A., daughter of Asa Vail; children: William R., Asa R., Eleanor V., Margaret H., Dorothy S. Father having engaged in lumber business in Chicago in 1862, he became clerk to firm of Kelley, Wood & Co., lumber, until 1873; part- ner in Kelley, Rathbone & Co., 1873; and later of A. P. & W. E. Kelley Co. until 1891; also- became mem. of firm of Bradley & Kelley. Milwaukee; and is now senior mem. of firm of William E. Kelley & Co., wholesale lumber. Was vice-pres. of old Lumberman's Exchange. 1882-6. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Calumet, Washington Park, Chicago, Onwentsia. Office: Chamber of Com- merce Bldg. Residence: 2129 Calumet Av.

KELLEY, William Vallandigham, manufac- turer; b. Ohio, Feb. 13, 1861; s. William J. and Susan E. (Taylor) Kelley; ed. high school of Greenville, O., followed by commercial course in Cincinnati, O .; m. Chicago, Nov. 14, 1894, Lilian Phelps; children: William V., Jr., Russell Phelps, Phelps. Began business life as clerk and bookkeeper in a hardware store at Springfield, O .; next was sales agent of the Springfield Malleable Iron Co .; then sales agent for Charles Scott Spring Co., manufac- turers of car and locomotive springs; since organization, 1897, pres. and treas, of the Sim- plex Ry. Appliance Co. Also pres. of the Sim- plex Ry. Appliance Co., of Canada, Ltd. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Washington Park, Kenwood, Midlothian. Office: Fisher Bldg. Residence: 4849 Ellis Av.

KELLOGG, Walter Orson, Chicago mgr. for Watson & Newell Co., silversmiths; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Apr. 13, 1874; s. Orson W. and Cornelia (Manvill) Kellogg; removed to Chi- cago with parents in 1881; ed. grammar school and business college; studied dentistry 11/2 years; m. Chicago, June 15, 1899, Jeannette Pilgrim; children: Elaine Josephine, Jeannette Gertrude. Went to work for Marshall Field & Co. at age of 14; worked in jewelry dept. 11/2 years; worked in a jewelry store 2 years; then

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for E. G. Webster & Son 3 years in silver Club: Colonial. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union plated ware trade; then for A. T. Towle & Stock Yards. Residence: 4018 Grand Boul. Co., silversmiths, from 1896 until their failure in business in 1901; since 1901 has been Chi- cago mgr. for Watson & Newell Co., silver- smiths, of Attleboro, Mass. Mem. of Jewelers' Club of Chicago. Baptist. Republican. Office: 156 Wabash Av. Residence: 423 Baird Av., Austin, Ill.

KELLY, Edward James, freight and passen- ger traffic mgr .; b. Sandusky, O., Feb. 3, 1854; s. Edward J. C. and Eliza (Hurley) Kelly; ed. public schools in Indiana; St. Clair Acad., Cleveland, O .; private school, New Albany, Ind .; Sisters' School, North Madison, Ind., and Hall's Commercial College, Logansport, Ind., graduating 1869; m. Logansport, Ind., Oct. 19, 1880, Mary L Woll; children: Paul Edward, Claude Francis, Ruth Mary and Ralph James (twins). Lived at Logansport, Ind., until 1879, where he was chair seater in chair factory, 1869; clothing salesman and buyer, 1870-2; cigar and tobacco salesman, 1872; bookkeeper in lumber and planing mill office, 1873; tobacco factory, 1874; clerk local freight office P., C., C. & St. L. Ry., 1874; chief clerk, Eel River R. R., 1874; chief clerk, Wabash Ry., 1874-9; joint freight agent at Lafayette Junction, Ind., for Wabash, Big Four, L. E. & W. and Cin- cinnati, Lafayette & Chicago Rys., 1879-83; freight and ticket agent C., C., C. & St. L. Ry., Kankakee, Ill., 1884; asst. local freight agent Wabash Ry., Chicago, 1884; rate clerk, M., L. S. & W. Ry., Milwaukee, Wis., 1887-93; travel- ing auditor, C. & O. Ry., Richmond, Va., 1893; asst. gen. freight agent L. M. & L. S. Trans- portation Co., Chicago, 1894-9; freight claim agent, Hocking Valley Ry., Columbus, O., 1899- 1901; gen. freight and passenger agent, 1902-3, traffic mgr., 1904, L. M. & L. S. Transporta- tion Co., Chicago. Grover Cleveland Democrat. R. C. Was 1st Lieut. Cass Blues, Logansport, Ind. Office: 530 N. Water St. Residence: 301 S. Humphrey Av., Oak Park, Ill.

KELLY, James Andrew, coal merchant; b. Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 17, 1856; s. J. J. and Ann (Curtis) Kelly; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, June 7, 1896, Marie A. Shumaker; children: James A., Jr., Margaret. After leav- ing school engaged in railroading, and was for 14 years supt. of the C., G. W. Rv., prior to Aug. 5, 1903, when become pres. Illinois & Indiana Coal Co. Republican. Office: 355 Dear- born St. Residence: 1426 Graceland Av.

KELLY, Thomas; b. Providence, R. I., Jan. 3, 1843; s. John and Margaret Kelly; parents removed to Wisconsin, 1845; ed. Wisconsin district schools; m. Nov. 14, 1864, Ann Mc- Cahill; 2 children: Rose, Maggie. Supt. Brigh- ton Cotton Mills, 1876-9: engaged in contract- ing business, 1879, and later in real estate. Mem. board of trustees, Town of Cicero, 1882; mem. Chicago City Council, 1888-92; mem. of drainage board, Sanitary District of Chicago, 1892-7; pres. same, 1897. Democrat. Address: 3622 S. Western Av. Boul.

KELLY, Thomas; h. Winston Co., Miss., Feb. 13, 1859; s. Charles D. and Mary (Sweatman) Kelly; ed. private schools; m. Brookhaven, Miss., Nov. 9, 1885, Margaret Ward Atkins; children: Lena Margaret, Carl Duncan. Mary Elizabeth, Thomas Lloyd. At age of 18 began business career at farming and railroad con- tracting for about 5 vears; then in mercantile line at Winona and Vaiden, Miss., for about 4 years. Ranched in Arizona territory; came to Chicago in Dec., 1885; for a brief period bought and sold cattle at the stock yards for specu- lative purposes, and in Jan., 1888, organized the Chicago Live Stock Commission Co .; when it became necessary to establish branch offices at St. Louis, Mo., Kansas City, Mo., and Ft. Worth, Tex., the name of the firm was changed to the Nat. Live Stock Commission Co., of which he has since been pres. Also has exten- sive interests in land and cattle in Texas.

KELSEY, Horatio Nelson, mgr. western dept. of the Sun Insurance Office of London; b. St. Mary's, O., June 14, 1865; s. Benjamin and Mary Adams (Gray) Kelsey; ed. public schools of Indianapolis, Ind., and Butler Univ., Irvington, Ind .; m. Indianapolis, Ind., June 21, 1892, Burnett Lawson Bloomer; children: Esther, Burnett K., Mary Alice. Began busi- ness life in local office in fire insurance at Indianapolis, Ind., 1885; in general office Lon- don Assurance Corporation of London, 1888, and in 1889 became special agent for same company in Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas; state agent and adjuster for Norwich Union Fire Insurance Soc. of England, for Indiana and Illinois, 1890; asst. mgr. of west- ern dept., for Sun Insurance Office of London, Mar. 1, 1901, and on Feb. 1, 1904, was pro- moted to western mgr. for same company. The Sun Insurance Office was established in 1710, and is the oldest fire insurance com- pany in the world. Served 8 years in Indiana State Militia. Presbyterian. Mem. Sigma Chi fraternity. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evanston Country. Office: 171 LaSalle St. Resi- dence: 232 Main St .. Evanston, Ill.

KEMP, Edward Milton, pres. Wabash Screen Door Co .; b. Germantown, O., Feb. 27, 1865; s. Ezra and Lydia (Shank) Kemp; ed. public schools of Germantown, O., and Otterbein Univ., Westerville, O .. to 1884; m. Wabash, Ind., Oct., 1887, Minnie Amoss: 1 daughter: Frances. After leaving school organized the Wabash Screen Door Co. in 1884 at Wabash, Ind .; resided there until 1889, when removed to Rhinelander, Wis., and from there, in 1900. to Chicago, where are located the principal offices of the company, of which he is pres. and treas. The factories are now at Minne- apolis. Minn .. and Memphis, Tenn .; products are "Wabash" screens, stove boards and wash boards. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Mid- Day, Washington Park. Office: Marquette Bldg. Residence: 4643 Woodlawn Av.

KEMP, Oliver Cromwell, mgr. Delaware and Reliance Insurance Co.'s; b. Kalamazoo Co., Mich., Jan., 1851: s. Alfred and Mary A. (Jones) Kemp; ed. public schools of Kala- mazoo, Mich., and Richland Seminary in Kala- mazoo Co .; m. 1st, Greenville. Mich., May, 1877, Mary J. Burke: m. 2d. Chicago, Jan .. 1896, Mary Helen Williams: children: J. Ster- ling, Clayton C., Hazel C., Arthur J. Engaged in fire insurance business at Greenville, Mich., in 1875; gave up that local agency to a young- er brother, and removed. in 1893. to Chicago. where has since resided. Engaged with Rochester German Ins. Co. in 1882 as west- ern special agent, covering 10 western states; was made gen. agent and adjuster in 1890, with supervision over company's entire west- ern business until Apr .. 1901. when resigned to accept the joint management of the west- ern dept. of the Delaware Insurance Co. of Philadelphia, and of the Reliance Insurance Co. of Philadelphia; also taking an interest in the local agency of George Hermann & Co. Democrat. Clubs: Woodlawn Park. Auburn Park Golf. Office: 184 LaSalle St. Residence: 5003 Madison Av.

KEMPER, Arthur Lincoln, stock and hond broker; h. near Alton. III .. Oct .. 1863; s. Thomas Jefferson and Rachel Becket (Porch) Kemper; grad. Grinnell (Ia.) High School, 1880; grad. Cornell College. Mt. Vernon, Ia., as M.C.E., 1886: m. Chicago, June 30. 1896, Emelyn Lamh; children: Dorothy. Horace Lamb. Began business life as surveyor: broker since 1894, and in 1898 established under firm name of A. L. Kemper & Co., a brokerage business in loans, stocks and bonds. Republican. Methodist. Club: Union League. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg. Residence: 539 E. 50th Pl.

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KEMPNER, Adolph, grain commission; b. Schrimm, Prussia, Oct. 27, 1869; s. Isaac and Bertha (Dienstag) Kempner; ed. public schools and Elkhart (Ind.) High School, graduating 1885; m. Chicago, June 12, 1899, Bertha Has- terlik; 1 son: Jean. Began business in 1885 in employ of W. G. Press & Co., brokers on the Board of Trade, and remained with them 14 years, retiring as sec. of company. Became a mem. of the Board of Trade in 1890 and estab- lished in independent business under present firm name of Adolph Kempner & Co., in grain, provisions, stocks and bonds. Independent in politics. Jewish religion. Mem. Order of B'nai B'rith. Club: Lakeside. Office: Postal Telegraph Bldg. Residence: 4235 Prairie Av.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1905, Part 94

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