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, 1917, Part 154

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 782

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MELVILLE, James D., manufacturers' agt .; b. Bristol Hill, Md., Dec 10, 1881; s. James Moore and Nannie Buchanan (Spilman) Melville; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Mary A. Macpherson, of Evans- ton, Ill., June 6, 1905; 1 daughter, Jean. Identified with Chicago office of Union Wadding Co., Paw-

tucket, R.I., and Riverside Mills, Augusta, Ga., since 1900; western agt. for both concerns since 1907. Enlisted as pvt. Gatling Platoon, Ist Ill. Inf., Apr. 27, 1900; 1st It., May 9, 1910; capt., Mar. 9, 1916, condg. machine gun company in U.S. service June 19-Sept. 5, 1916, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex .; mustered into U.S. service Apr. 4, 1917. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Repub- lican. Mason. Recreations: hunting, match rifle shooting. Home: 909 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 317 W. Adams St., Chicago.

MELVILLE, Willis, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

MENGE, August, coal mcht. (See vol. 1911.)

MENGE, Frederick, M.D., surgeon; h. Chicago, Aug. 28, 1869; s. Frederick A. and Caroline Meyer (Zur Capellen) Menge; grad. W. Division High Sch., 1889; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1892; post-grad. studies at Univ. of Berlin, 1893; m., Chicago, June 11, 1902, Alberta Richards. In practice as physician and surgeon in Chicago since 1893; specialist in diseases of the nose and throat; prof. and head of dept. laryngology and rhinology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; laryngologist to Wesley, Mercy and Provident hosps. Apptd. 1st It. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb., 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Laryngol. and Climatol. Soc. of Chicago, Physicians' Club. Republican. Lutheran. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile, Flossmoor Country, Chicago Yacht, Jackson Park Yacht. Recreations: outdoor sports. Residence: 919 E. 42d Pl. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

MENTZER, John Preston, publisher; b. Marion, la., Feb. 21, 1877; s. Benjamin Franklin and Caro- line (Daniels) Mentzer; student Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la., 1893-4; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1898; m. Mary Anna Alexander, of Marion, Ia., Oct. 16, 1902. Mem. firm of Atkinson & Mentzer, school book publishers, 1898-1904; Atkinson, Mentzer & Grover, 1904-11, of which was pres. 1908-11; pres. Atkinson-Mentzer & Co. since 1911. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chi Psi. Club: University. Home: 5326 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 2210 South Park Av.

MENTZER, William Austin, importer of Jap- anese goods; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 18, 1873; s. Johnathan R. and Louisa Jane ( Younge) Mentzer; ed. schs. of Kent Co., Mich .; m. Rosa Arnold, of Chicago, May 26, 1897; 1 son, Joseph William. Began in a crockery store at Grand Rapids, 1886; came to Chicago, 1893, and was salesman for A. A. Vantine & Co., wholesale Japanese goods; engaged as importer of Japanese goods since 1900; mem. Mentzer-Piaget Co. since 1912. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: 111. Athletic (life). Recreation: swimming. Home: Grand Rapids, Mich. Office: 5 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.

MERCER, Lewis Pyle, clergyman; b. Kennett Sq., Chester Co., Pa., June 29, 1847; s. Pennock and Ann (Pyle) Mercer; ed. Chester Co. Normal Sch .; Taylor's Scientific and Classical Acad., Wil- mington, Del .; Theol. Sch. of Ch. of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian), Waltham, Mass. Or- dained ministry of Ch. of New Jerusalem. 1872; pastor since 1895. Was active in organization of ing minister Il1. Assn. of the New Ch., 1884-95; gen. pastor since 1895. Was active in organization of World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893. Author: The True Character of the Bible, 1879; The New Birth, 1887; Manual of New Church Doctrine, 1888; Swedenborg's Doctrine of Corre- spondence, 1889; Religion in Childhood, Home and Kindergarten, 1889; The Multitude of the Heav- enly Host, 1890; Notes on the Gospel of Mark, 1890; Lux Mundi, 1890; Swedenborg and the New Christian Church, 1893; The New Jerusalem in the World's Religions Congress, 1894: Review of the World's Religious Congresses of the World's Congress Auxiliary, 1894; etc. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 343 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

MERCER, Samnel Alfred Browne, clergyman; b. Bristol, Eng., May 10, 1880; s. Samuel and Elizabeth (Browne) Mercer; B.Sc., Bishop Field Coll, and Central Training Sch., St. John's, New-

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foundland, 1900; B.D., Nashotah House, Wis., 1904; Club: Ill. Athletic, Home: 939 Winona Av. Office: studied Semitic langs, and lits., Univ. of Wis .. 115 S. Wabash Av. 1905: B.A., Harvard, 1908; continued Semitic MERLE, William Fred, Jr., mfr .; b. Chicago, Jan. 14, 1878; s. W. F. and Anna (O'Keefe) Merle; ed. De LaSalle Inst. and St. Ignatius Coll .; m. Lucia Zywicke, of Winona, Minn., Jan. 14, 1902; 1 daughter, Constance, Has been identified with A. H. Andrews & Co., mfrs. bank fixtures, Chicago, since beginning of active career, now treas, and gen. supt. Mem. 111. Mfrs.' Assn. Catholic. Elk. Club: 111. Athletic. Home: 3900 Van Buren St. Of- fice: 1100 W. 22d St. studies at Göttingen, Heidelberg, the Sorbonne, Munich: Ph.D., Munich, 1910; m. Genevieve Ma- gee, of Duxbury, Mass., Aug. 15, 1910. Ordained deacon and priest, P.E. Ch., 1904; prof. of Hebrew and O.T. lit., Western Theol. Sem., Chicago, since 1910. Mem. German Orient-Gesellschaft, Am. Oriental Soc .; vice pres. Internat. Soc. Apocrypha; warden Soc. Sacred Study in Chicago. Club: Uni- versity. Author several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 2738 Washington Boul.

MERCER, Thomas J., editor; b. Chesterhill, O., June 20, 1878; s. Frederick L, and Emily (Patter- son) Mercer; ed. pub. schs .; m. Minnie C. Carter, of Chicago, Mar. 1, 1904; 3 children: Elizabeth, Alice, Jessie. Was founder, 1901, and editor Marietta, O., Daily Journal; ing. editor Music Trade Indicator, Chicago, since 1908. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Home: 6956 Yale Av. Office: 1107, 20 E. Jackson Boul.

MERGENTHEIM, Morton Adolph, lawyer; b. Ft. Wayne, Ind., July 1, 1877; s. Alexander and Josephine (Hirsch) Mergentheim; grad. Harvard Sch., Chicago, 1895; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1899, A.M., 1900; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1903; m. Rose Heymann, formerly of Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 24, 1910; 2 children: Morton A., Jr., Page Leonore. Admitted to 111. bar, 1903; associated with Moran, Mayer & Meyer, 1900-3, Eugene E. Prussing, 1903- 04, Sigmund Zeisler, 1904-7; prof. law, John Mar- shall Law Sch., since 1906; chief asst. city atty., 1911-15. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Soc. Advocates, Am. Soc. for Judi- cial Settlement Internat. Disputes. Democrat. Mem. Young Men's Associated Jewish Charities, B'nai B'rith. Clubs: Iroquois (vice pres. 1909, 1910, 1911), Covenant (pres., 1917). Recreations: music and foreign languages. Home: 801 Linden Av., Wilmette, 111. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

MERIGOLD, William Andrews, real estate, rent- ing and loan agt .; b. Port Dalhousie, Ont., May 19, 1850; s. William and Ann Eliza Merigold; ed. pvt. sch., St. Catharines, Ont .; m. Chicago, Sept., 1874, Emma Louise Smith; children: William A., Jr., Arthur Sheldon, Maud S. K. (Mrs. Lowther Fer- ris), Emma L. (Mrs. Robert White). On Mar. 21, 1866, began in real estate office of W. D. Kerfoot, as bookkeeper and salesman until 1871; mem. of firm of W. D. Kerfoot & Co., 1871-87; since 1887 in busi- ness under firm name of W. A. Merigold & Co. Has been interested in the purchase or sale of many important business properties, including the purchase of the entire Washington St. and Wabash Av. frontage for Marshall Field; sold Handel Music Hall; negotiated 99-year lease of northwest corner of State and Adams Sts. and Kennedy fur- niture store on Wabash Av .; sold Frederick Fisher his holdings on Wabash Av .; Henry Schuttler his holdings on Wabash Av. and properties on State, Madison, Michigan Av., etc .; mgr. properties of P. F. W. Peck Estate, Stewart Bldg., Counselman Bldg., Marine Bldg., Irwin Bldg., Green Bldg. ; former agent for all of E. J. Lehmann's holdings, agent Schuttler & Hotz bldgs .; located The Fair at State and Adams Sts .; did the second largest sub- division business in Chicago prior to 1893; sold Peacock Blk., cor. Adams and State Sts., to Pea- cock & Co .; was the broker who sold the Karpen Blk. to Standard Oil Co. for $3,500,000 (the largest single sale of real estate ever made in Chicago). Valuer of properties for loans for large corpora- tions, estates and individual owners. One of three organizers and first sec. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic. Home: 3984 Lake Park Av. Office: 406 Rector Building.

MERLE, Henry J., office furniture; b. Chicago, Jan. 13, 1881; s. William Fred and Annie (O'Keefe) Merle; ed. South Side Acad, and St. Ignatius Coll., Chicago; m. Daisy C. Champlin, of Chicago, Aug. 6, 1901; 1 daughter, Mabel. Began with The A. H. Andrews Co., office and school furniture, 1896, now sec. and gen. mgr .; sr. partner Henry J. Merle & Co .: pres. Irving Theatre Co. Catholic.

MEREIAM, Charles Edward, college prof .; b. Hopkinton, Ja., Nov. 15, 1874; s. Charles Edward and Margaret Campbell (Kirkwood) Merriam; A. B., Lenox Coll., 1893; A.B., State Univ. of Ja., 1895; A.M., Columbia, 1897, Ph.D., 1900; studied Berlin and Paris, 1899-1900; m. Elizabeth Hilda Doyle, of Constableville, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1901. Docent in polit. science, 1900-2, asso., 1902-3, instr., 1903-5, asst. prof., 1905-7, asso. prof., 1907-1911, prof., since 1911, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Amer- ican Political Science Review, 1906-13. Alderman, Tth Ward, Chicago, 1909-11 and 1913-17; was chmn. of the Commission on City Expenditures; Rep. candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1911. Author: The History of the Theory of Sovereignty Since Rousseau (in Columbia Univ. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law), 1900; A History of American Political Theories, 1903; Municipal Rev- enues of Chicago, 1906; Primary Elections, 1908. Home: 6041 University Av. Office: 127 N. Dearborn Street.

MERRICK, George Peck, lawyer: b. Manteno, Ill., Oct. 4, 1862; s. Dr. George C. and Mary ( Peck) Merrick; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1884; read law in office of Hon. Elbridge Hanecy; m. Grace Thompson, of Galesburg, 111., 1885; children: Clin- ton, Grace W. and Thompson. Admitted to bar, May, 1886; asst. atty, for A.,T.&S.F.R.R., Chicago, Nov., 1886-9; in partnership with Mr. Hanecy as Hanecy & Merrick, 1889 to election of Mr. Hanecy as circuit judge, 1893; practiced alone and later as sr. mem. Merrick, Evans & Whitney; practiced alone since 1906. Has been identified with many important cases, notably the Lake Front cases, in which he secured decisions of the Supreme Court, establishing the Lake Front as a park. Has served as alderman and civil service commr. at Evanston; pres. Bd. of Edn., Evanston; trustee Northwestern Univ. Mem, Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst., Law Club, Sigma Chi, Alumni Assn. Northwestern Univ. (ex- pres.). Republican. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Uni- versity, Chicago, Evanston, Glen View. Lectured before Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., and has read papers before other law schs. Recreations: golf. Home: Evanston, 111. Office: Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.

MERRICK, Harry Hopkins, manager of credits for Armour & Co .; b. Minneapolis; s. of Ambrose Newell and Sarah Bates ( Warriner) Merrick; stu- dent Univ. of Minn., 1889-92, LL.B., 1892; m. Edna Marshall, of Tampa, Fla., Mar. 21, 1894; children: Marlowe Marshall, Dixie Alice. Admit- ted to bar in Minn. and other western states, 1892; began practice in Minn .; removed to Sioux City, Ia., 1893, and entered empoly of Toleston & Stetson Co. as house atty .; gen. mgr. of credits for Armour & Co., Chicago, since 1901; sec. Ar- mour Fertilizer Works. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd., 1917. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (gen. treas. ), Chicago Assn. Credit Men (vice pres.), Nat. Security League (pres. Chicago branch, 1916- 17), Delta Chi, Republican, Club: South Shore Country. Home: 5481 Blackstone Av. Office:

Armour & Co., Union Stock Yards.

MERRIFIELD, Fred, clergyman, educator; b. Amboy, 111., Jan. 18, 1874; s. Albert Henry and Lucie D. (Tooker) Merrifield; grad. Ottawa High Sch., 1893; A. B., Univ. of Chicago, 1898, D.B., 1901; m. Anna Holcombe Marshall, of Rock Island, Ill., Sept. 6, 1907; children: Fred Marshall, Charles Warren. Ordained Bapt, ministry, 1901; pastor Scribner St. Ch., Grand Rapids, Mich., 1901-4; teacher Tokyo, Japan, 1904-7; dir. Bapt. Students' Guild, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1907-11; instr. N.T. his-

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tory and interpretation, 1911-16, asst. prof. since May 8, 1864, and discharged as such at expiration 1916, Univ. of Chicago, Independent Republican. of term of service, May 28, 1865; participated in Mem. Alpha Delta Phi. Recreations: baseball, tennis, golf. Home: 5626 Kimbark Av. all battles of the Army of the Potomac from Sept., 1862, until close of war. Shipping agt. on coal docks at Elizabethport and Port Johnson, N.J., 1865-6, afterward salesman for coal operators in New York; entered employ of Coxe Bros. & Co., miners and shippers of anthracite coal, as sales- man, when they commenced business, Jan. 1, 1877; came to Chicago, 1880, to open their western br., and upon the incorporation of firm was elected gen. western sales agt, and continued until sale of Coxe Bros, & Co. to Lehigh Valley R.R. Co., in 1905; pres, Railway Exchange Bank, July 1, 1906-11; vice pres. Cross Creek Coal Co. since 1906. Mem. Am. Numismatic Soc. (life), Bibliophile Soc. (Boston), Soc. Army of the Potomac, Western Soc. Army of the Potomac (ex-pres.), Mil. Service Instn., George H. Thomas Post G.A.R., Art Inst., Chicago (life), Chicago Hist. Soc. (vice pres, and mem. exec. com.). Trustee St. Luke's Hosp. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Caxton (pres. 1900-7), Commercial, Press (life) ; Grolier (New York), Recreation: col- lector of books. Home: Park Lane, Highland Park, Ill. Office: 6 N. Clark St., Chicago.

MERRILL, Elmer Truesdell, professor Latin; b. Millville, Mass., Jan. 1, 1860; s. Rev. Charles Atwood and Mary (Truesdell) Merrill; B.A., Wes- leyan, 1881, M.A., 1889; grad. study, Wesleyan, 1881-2, Yale, 1885-6, Univ. of Berlin, 1886-7, Rome, 1892, 1895, 1898-9, 1903, in England, 1889, 1892, 1906; (LL.D., Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland, 1911); m. Edith Valentine, of Glendale, Cal., June 19, 1890. Instr. classics, Mass. State Normal Sch., Westfield, 1882-3; tutor in Latin, Wesleyan, 1883-6; prof. Latin, Univ. of Southern Cal., 1887-8; Robert Rich prof. Latin lang. and lit., Wesleyan, 1888- 1905; prof. Latin lang. and lit., Trinity Coll., Hart- ford, 1905-8; prof. Latin, Univ. of Chicago, since 1908. Deacon, 1894, priest, 1895, P.E. Ch .; mem. mng. com., 1895-01, of exec. com., sec. and actg. chmn., 1899-1900, chmn., 1900-1, Am. Sch. Classical Studies in Rome, and prof. in the sch., 1898-9. Hon, editor Am. Journal Archæology, 1900-1; asso. editor and editor Classical Philology since 1906. Pres. Am. Philol. Assn., 1906-7. Editor Poenis of Catullus, 1893; Fragments of Roman Satire, 1897; Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny, 1903. Contbr. to philol, and archæol. jours., etc. Home: 5826 Blackstone Av.

MERRILL, Fred Gardner, investments; b. Chi- cago, Sept. 25, 1870; s. Hiram T. and Margaret (Gardner) Merrill; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m., Chicago. 1900, Lillian Phelps; children: Elizabeth, Kathryn. Began with Union Nat. Bank, 1888, and was subsequently with 1st Nat. Bank, after the two were consolidated; afterward was with MacDonald, McCoy & Co., until 1904; mem. firm of Merrill, Cox & Co., 1904-14; pres. F. G. Merrill Securities Corpn. since 1914. Home: Essex Rd., Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

MERRILL, John Charles Fremont, secretary of Chicago Bd. of Trade; Nov. 30, 1851-Ang. 31, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

MERRILL, Thurlow Bethel, insurance; Apr. 11, 1841-Feb., 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

MERRILL, William Pierson, clergyman. Re- moved to New York. (See Who's Who in America. )

MERRITT, Eugene LinesdeII, commn. grain and provisions; b. Cleveland, O., Nov. 27, 1870; s. of Augustus and Mary H. (Hoar) Merritt; ed. pub. schs .; m. St. Paul, Minn., June 1, 1898, Birdena Farwell. Began with Standard Oil Co. at Cleve- land; went to Sioux City, Ia., as traveling repre- sentative of the L.S.&M.S.Ry .; came to Chicago, Jan. 1, 1894, and engaged in the grain commn. business, with brother, William H., as W. H. Mer- ritt & Co .; firm inc., 1910, as W. H. Merritt Co., of which is treas. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Re- publican. Club: South Shore Country. Home: 4616 Ellis Av. Office: 87 Board of Trade.

*MERRITT, Wesley, railway service. (See vol. 1911.)

MERRITT, William Henry, commission, grain and provisions; b. Cleveland, O., Mar. 16, 1×65; s. Augustus and Mary H. (Hoar) Merritt; ed. pub. schs. of Ohio; m., Des Moines, Ia., June 27, 1894, Anna E. Wright; children: Rose, Ruth, Thomas. Began as clerk in freight dept. of L.S.&M.S.Ry. until 1890; Western agt. for same at Sioux City, Ia., 1890-3; came to Chicago, 1893, and with brother, engaged in commn. business in grain and provisions; pres. W. H. Merritt Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. Trade. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreations: golf and fishing. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 87 Board of Trade Bldg., Chicago.

MERRYWEATHER, George, coal; b. at Whitby, Yorkshire, Eng., Dec. 11, 1846; s. Dr. George and Hannah (Baker) Merryweather; ed. pvt. sch., Whit- by, Eng .; m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1869, Margaret Weddle; children: George Herbert, Arthur Mar- wood, Mary H. Enlisted, May 28, 1862, at Palmyra, N.Y., in 11th Inf., U.S.A., and was assigned to Co. E, 1st Battalion (Capt. John C. Bates, now It .- gen., retired) ; promoted to Ist sergt. at Spottsylvania,

MERZ, Edward G., cigar and lock corner boxes; b. Chicago, Oct. 23, 1873; s. Gottlieb and Josephine (Boppart) Merz; ed. pub. schs. and business coll .; m. Bertha Pomy, of Chicago, Apr. 16, 1895; chil- dren: Rhoda, Bertha. Has been identified since 1889 with business established by father in 1867; succeeded father upon latter's death, 1914, and became pres. G. Merz & Son, mfrs. cigar and lock corner boxes. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. of Chicago Turngemeinde. Club: German. Recreation: motoring. Home: 828 Brad- ley Pl. Office: 116 W. Superior St.

MERZ, Richard, druggist; b. Chicago, Feb. 7, 1867; s. Frank J. and Elizabeth (Mast) Merz; ed. nub. schs., Chicago; Ph.G., Univ. of Ill., 1887; m. Caroline Jiingling, of Chicago, May 21, 1902; 1 son, Richard Frank. Began in employ of Sargent's Drug Store, Chicago, 1879; later identified with other concerns, but returned to Sargent's, 1902; associated with brother Edward, 1903, and bought out the business, incorporating same, 1904; now sec. and treas. Sargent's Drug Store (brother nom- inal head, but retired) ; also sec. and treas. Merz Drug Co .; pres. Allworth Co. Republican. Mason (32°); mem. American Lodge No. 887; Medinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Chicago Drug. Recreations: billiards, golf. Home: 4417 Mag- nolia Av. Office: 23 N. Wabash Av.

MESERVEY, Stillman T., gypsum; b. at DeWitt, Ill., Dec. 17, 1848; s. William N. and Amanda C. ( Robbins) Meservey; ed. prep. sch. for Hamilton Coll., Clinton, N.Y .; m. Annah Scott, of Bridge- water, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1871 (died 1900) ; 2 children: Elizabeth (Mrs. E. A. Armstrong, of Ft. Dodge, Ia.), Stillman Scott. Moved to Ft. Dodge from De Witt, Ill., 1854, and engaged in drug and banking business; entered gypsum mfg. business, 1872;

moved office to Chicago, 1903; sec. and dir. U.S. Gypsum Co., Canadian Gypsum Co., Gypsum Fire- proofing Co. Mayor of Ft. Dodge 4 yrs .; twice elect- ed to legislature from Webster Co., Iowa. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Elk. Clubs: Hamilton (dir. 1917-18), Chicago Yacht. Home: Ft. Dodge, la., and 5639 Kenmore Av., Chicago. Office: 205 W. Mon- roe St., Chicago.

MESLER, Frank Barton. (See vol. 1911.)

MESSER, L(oring) Wilbur, general secretary Y.M.C.A. of Chicago; b. Somersworth, N.II., Mar. 1, 1856: s. Charles and Emily A. (Leathers) Messer: pub. sch. edn .; (A.M., Northwestern Univ., 1908; H.M., Internat. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Springfield, 1909) ; m. Elizabeth I. Garcelon, of Lewiston, Me., Sept. 14, 1887; 1 daughter. Florence. With B.&M.R.R., Boston. 1872-4; in dry goods business, Reading, Mass., 1874-81; gen. sec. Y.M.C.A., Peoria, Ill., 1881- 83. Cambridge, Mass., 1883-88, Chicago, since Apr .. 1888. Mem. State exec. com. Y.M.C.A .; dir. and instr. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Chicago; chmn. industrial and army edn. coms, of Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Mem exec. bd. Religious Edn. Assn .; trustee Inter- nat. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Springfield, Mass .; dir. United Charities. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Union

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League, University, Chicago Literary, Flossmoor. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: City. Home: Home: 5729 Blackstone Av. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St. Kenwood Av. Office: Marquette Bldg.

MESSING, Aaron J., rabbi. (See vol. 1911.)

MESSINGER, William Dorrance, wholesale pa- per; m. Peterboro, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1843; s. Dr. Edwin G. and Mary (Dorrance) Messinger; maternal an- cestor, Rev. Samuel Dorrance, came in early Colo- nial times from North Ireland and settled in Conn .; ed. pub. schs., Peterboro, N.Y .; remained on farm until 19; in June, 1863, commd. by Gov. Andrew, of Mass., 2d lt. 55th Mass, Inf. (colored) ; resigned early in 1864 on account of ill health; removed to Chicago, 1865; m. Chicago, June, 1870, Ella J. Mc- Culloch; children: Ralph D. (died May 5, 1897, sr. at Amherst Coll.), Edwin Dorrance, Hubert McCul- loch (died 1906), Helen Louise (Mrs. Edmund H. Eitel). Was bank cik. in Chicago, 1865-70; engaged in paper business since 1870; head of W. D. Messin- ger & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: High- land Park, Ill. Office: 180 W. Randolph St., Chicago.

METCALF, Edwin Styles, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) METCALF, Frank A., M.D .; b. Council Bluffs, Ia., May 29, 1873; s. Thomas and Eva C. (Canfield) Met- calf; ed. pub. schs., Council Bluffs; Hiram (O.) Coll .; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1897; m. Rebecca L. Day, of Chicago, Sept. 21, 1904; 3 children: Frederic T., Frank D., Ruth B. Practiced in Chicago since 1897; adj. prof. neurology, Hahne- mann Med. Coll., since 1911; clinic in tuberculosis, Hahnemann Hosp. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Assn., Chicago Homo. Med. Soc., S.A.R. Republican. Congregationalist. Home: 5300 Prairie Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

METCALF, Herbert Cushman, stationer; b. Bos- ton, Jan. 3, 1857; s. Thomas and Alma (Stone) Metcalf; ed, pub. and high schs., Normal, Ill., graduating 1872; m. Chicago, Feb. 9, 1882, Agnes M. Newell; 1 son, Thomas Newell. Began business with Dennison Mfg. Co., 1873-4; with Jansen, Mc- Clurg & Co., 1874-6, Hadley Bros. & Co., 1876-8, S. D. Childs & Co., 1878-85; began business for self, Jan. 15, 1885, in firm of Metcalf & Porter; bought Cobb's Library Co. (established 1866), Mar. 11, 1885, and in following June, Metcalf & Porter sold to Cobb Library Co., under which name the business continued until 1891, when the Metcalf Stationery Co. was organized, he becoming pres. and mgr. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Exmoor. Home: 550 Surf St. Office: 154 E. Erie St.

METCALF, John Sanborn, grain elevator builder; Mar. 7, 1847-Mar. 4, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

METCALF, Walter Bradford, M.D .; b. Marengo, Ill., Jan. 3, 1867; s. McKendric Bishop and Susan B. (Rockwood) Metcalf; grad. Marengo High Sch., 1887; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1894; m. Ann Mae Jump, of Houston, Del., Aug. 21, 1912; 1 daughter, Edith Mary. Practiced in Chicago since 1894; attending phys., Cook Co. Hosp .; mem. fac- ulty, Chicago Grad. Sch. of Medicine; instr. clin. medicine, Coll. of Medicine, Univ. of Ill. Mem. A. M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Phi Chi. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Physi- cians'. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 1632, 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.

METHVEN, Benjamin Franklin, lawyer; b. at Phila., Sept. 23, 1853; s. James Frasier and Sarah Ann ( Murray) Methven; ed. common schs., Phila., and Wayne Co., O .; Northwestern Univ .; Union Coll. of Law, Chicago; m. Emily Virginia Roberts, of Phila., Sept. 12, 1882. Deputy postmaster, Woos- ter, O., 1869-72; deputy county recorder. Wayne Co., O., 1872-5; ry. service in various capacities from telegraph operator to asst. to pres., 1875-90; hook mfg. business, Phila., 1891-2; loose leaf mfg. business, Chicago, since 1893 (as a side issue) ; pres. and gen. mgr. The Keystone File Co .; 2d vice pres. and gen. counsel Chicago Timber Land Co .: gen. counsel Chicago Land Co .; was also connected with legal dept. Pa. R.R.Co., with George Willard and ex-Judge Driggs, and with the C.&E. I.Ry.Co., with late Hon. William J. Calhoun. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Peace Soc. (exec. com.), League to Enforce Peace, Pa. Soc. of Chicago (exec. com.). Progressive Republican.

METTLER, L(ee) Harrison, M.D .; b. N.Y. City, June 1, 1863; s. Isaac Voorhees and Marcella M. (Smith) Mettler; A.B., Coll. City of New York, 1883, A.M., 1886; student Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Colum- bia); M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1886; m. Minnie Warner, of Clinton, Ill .; 2 children: Mar- cella, Barbara. Began practice in Phila., 1886; pro- sector and asst. to chair of anatomy, 1886-7, chief med. clinics, 1887-91, lecturer and clin. instr. men- tal and nervous diseases and electro-therapeutics, 1888-91, Medico-Chirurg. Coll. of Phila .; practiced in Chicago since 1891; prof. of neurology, Coll. of Medicine, Univ. of Ill., since 1914; attending neu- rologist, Cook Co. Hosp., 1904-6, and Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hosp, Mem. A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Chicago Med. Soc., Practition- ers' Club, Chicago Acad. Sciences. Author: Trea- tise on Diseases of the Nervous System; also ex- tensive contbr. on mental and nervous diseases. Home: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 25 E. Washing- ton St., Chicago.

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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, 1917, Part 154

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company Number of Pages: 782

Author: Leonard, John William, 1849- ed; Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed
Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company
Number of Pages: 782