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MILLS, A. Lawrence, bonds; b. Chicago, Apr. 28, 1880; 8. Abbott L. and Margaret ( Rathbun) Mills; ed. pub. schs. and Manual Training Sch .. Chicago, and in Munich, Germany; m. Frances Everett, of Highland Park, Ill., Aug. 31, 1907: 4 children: Sarah Margaret, Everett Lawrence. Ann, Adele. With N. W. Harris & Co. (Harris Trust & Savings Bank), 1899-1912, in bond dept .; partner Chapman, Mills & Co., bankers (now dissolved), 1912-15; sr. mem. Lawrence Mills & Co., municipal, railroad and public service corpn. bonds, since Apr., 1915. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country. Recreation: horseback riding. Home: 602 St. John's Pl., Highland Park, 111. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago,
MILLS, Allen Gurney, lawyer: h, Georgetown, Ill., June 20, 1870; s. Henry and Mary ( Folger) Mills; grad. Vermillion Grove Acad., 1888; B.S., Earlham Coll., 1892; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1894; m. Clara McOmber, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 18, 1903; 3 children: Allen Henry, Ruth Helen, Mary
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Virginia. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894, and since lecturer econ. botany, Univ. of Chicago, since 1895. practiced in Chicago. Mem. Am .. 111. State and Chicago bar assns., Kappa Sigma. Formerly mayor of Glencoe, Ill .; trustee Earlham Coll. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: University, City, Skokie Country (pres. ). Recreations: golf, hunting, fishing. Home: 900 Sheridan Rd., Glencoe, Ill. Office: 532 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
MILLS, Benjamin Fay, lecturer: June 4, 1857- May 1, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916- 17.)
MILLS, Edwin Stanton, special sales agent; b. New Brighton, Pa., Jan. 5, 1870; s. James R. and Elizabeth (Thohurn) Mills; pub, and high schs., Cleveland, O .; m. Marjorie A. Brown, of East Orange, N.J., Feb. 16, 1910; children: Marjorie Adelaide, Edwin Stanton, Jr. Began at Cleveland, in employ of Carnegie Steel Co., Ltd., 1893; went to N.Y. City for U.S. Steel Corpn. ; has served as spl. sales agt. at Chicago for Carnegie Steel Co. since 1910. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Glen View; Law- yers' (New York). Recreation: golf. Home: 1804 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MILLS, George Frederick, Chicago mgr. Niles- Bement-Pond Co .; b. Derby, Eng., Sept. 22, 1860; s. James and Maria (Milnes) Mills; ed. pvt. sch. in Eng. and high sch., Staunton, Va., grad., 1877; m. Hanna Peachy Drake, Lexington, Ky., July 8, 1889; children: Alice Peachy (Mrs. H. L. Whitelaw). Lily Louise. Began business career as amanuen- sis to official reporter of the U.S. Senate, 1880-3; then engaged with the Niles Tool Works, Hamil- ton, O., in various capacities, and since that com- pany merged in the Niles-Bement-Pond Co. has continued with latter, becoming mgr. of the Chi- cao branch, 1894. Republican. Episcopalian. Ma- son (323, Shriner). Mem. Royal League. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Edgewater Golf; Pullman (Pullman, Ill.): Minnesota (St. Paul). Recreations: reading, motoring, golf. Home: 5510 Kenmore Av., Edgewater. Office: 573 Washington Boul., Chicago.
MILLS, Matthew, lawyer; b. Chicago, Aug. 30, 1877; s. Luther Laflin and Ella J. (Boies) Mills; B.A., Yale, 1900; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1903. Admitted to har, 1903, and became associated with father and Sidney S. Gorham, firm of Mills, Gorham & Mills; now mem. Brothers & Mills; mem. Ill, House of Rep., 1906-10: asst. atty. gen. of Ill. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. Chapter S.A.R. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Yale, University, Law, Psi Upsilon. Recreations: walking and other outdoor exercises. Home: 939 Sunnyside Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.
MILLS, Stephen B., soldier, real estate operator; July 5, 1846-Apr. 22, 1914. (See vol. 1911. )
MILLS, Stephen Crosby, officer U.S.A .; May 8, 1854-Ang. 3. 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
MILLS, Walter, real estate; h. Terre Haute, Ind., May 24, 1870; s. Isaac Taylor and Mary Eliza (Moore) Mills; ed. grammar schs., Terre Haute, 1876-84: high sch., 1884-7; Rose Poly. Inst., 312 yrs .: m. Floy Amber Gilmore, of Caldwell, Kan .. mem. firm of S. B. Mills & Co., 1892-1910; in real estate office of J. E. Mills & Co., Chicago, 1890-2; mem. firm of S. B. Mills & Co .. 1892-1910; in real estate business alone since 1910. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. (elected vice pres. 1903), Chicago Assn. Commerce, Indiana Soc. Chicago, Repub- lican. Mem. Christian Ch. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Union League. Recreation : farming. Home: 1231 Farwell Av. Office: 20 N. LaSalle St.
Meni. Pan-Am. Com. on Med. Botany; hon. mem. New York Home. Med. Soc., Faculty of Medicine Mexico, Faculty of Medicine Brazil, Binghamton Acad. Science; fellow Am. Acad, Arts and Sciences, Explorers Club, New York; dir. Chicago Geog. Soc., 1909. Explored in Mexico, 1887, 1894, 1898, 1900, West Indies, 1887, 1894, 1898, 1900, Brazil, 1888, a number of uninhabited Bahamian islets, 1904, 05, 07, 11, in interest bot, science; spl. field of botanic work, The Antillean region, Editor Homoeopathic Recorder, 1890-2. Nat. pres. Wild Flower Preservation Soc. America. Author of a number of bot, works, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 6050 Dorchester Av.
MILNER, Duncan Chambers, clergyman; b. Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson Co., O., Mar. 10. 1841; s. David N. and Mary Ann (Chambers) Milner; sergt. maj., 1st It. and adj. 98th Ohio Inf .; wounded at Chicka- mauga, Sept. 20, 1863; A.B., Washington and Jef- ferson Coll., 1866; Union Theol. Sem., 1866-8; (D.D., Coll. of Emporia, Kan., 1883) ; m. Lucie M. Reid, of Mt. Pleasant, May 19, 1868. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1868; pastor Osceola, Mo., 1868- 71, Third Ch., Kansas City, 1871-5, Ottawa, Kan., 1875-82, Atchison, Kan., 1882-7, Manhattan, Kan., 1887-92, Armour Mission, Chicago, 1893-8, Joliet, Ill., 1899-1905, Logan Square Ch., Chicago, 1905-7; associate minister Ravenswood Presbyn. Ch., Chi- caso, since 1915. Del. U.S. Christian Comm., 1864; pres. Ottawa ( Kan.) Chautauqua Assembly, 1882- 99; pres. Kan. State Temperance Union, 1893-4; moderator Synod of Kan., 1883-4: editor Kansas Presbyter; chaplain, Ill. Commandery Loyal Le- gion, 1902-3. Frequent contbr. to mags. and news- papers. Progressive. Club: City. Dir. Chicago Law and Order League, Chicago Kindergarten Inst .; trustee Provident Hosp. and Training Sch. Home: 4332 N. Hermitage Av.
MILNER, James Talcott, vice president Stand- ard Car Truck Co .; b. Norwich, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1861; s. Thomas and Charlotte (Talcott ) Milner; ed. pub. schs., New York and Chicago; m. Lora N. Houck, of Chicago, May 15, 1900: 1 daughter, Virginia (Mrs. Gordon C. Thorne). Began with the Pullman Co., Pullman, Ill., 1880-93, resigning as asst. pur- chasing agt .; then became western sales agent Pressed Steel Car Co., and later engaged in ry. supply business until 1904; now vice pres. Standard Car Truck Co. Republican. Mason (32, Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring, athletics. Home: 4601 Grand Boul. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av.
MILTON, Taliaferro, electrical engr .; h. Berry- ville, Va., Mar. 26, 1877; S. William Taylor and Frances Pollard (Duncan ) Milton; grad. Berryville High Sch .; B.S. in Chem. Engring., Va. Mil. Inst., Lexington, Va., 1897; studied medicine. Univ. of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1897-8: asst. prof. of physics, Va. Mil, Inst., 1898-1903, graduating from elec. engring. course while there, E.E., same, 1915; m. Lucille Forbes Wilkins, of San Rafael, Cal .. Apr. 23. 1909; 2 children: John Taliaferro, Isabel Forbes. With Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co., Pittsburgh. 1903-5; then with N.Y.C.&H. R.R. R., 1905; engr. Chi- cago office, Gould Storage Battery Co., 1905-6; with Cleveland office Electric Storage Battery Co., 1906- 7: sales engr. for same at San Francisco, 1907-9; dist. engr. Chicago office same since 1909. Served as col. in Tenn. Militia, 1897-8, tactical officer. V.M.I., and capt. of engrs. Va. N.G .. 1898-1903: mem. Joint Com. on Mil. Engring., 1916. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs .. Western Soc Engrs., Soe, Auto- motive Engrs., Kappa Alpha (Southern). Demo- crat. Episcopalian. Asso, editor American Hand- book for Electrical Engineers, and author sert. on storage batteries in same. Recreations: fishing, gardening, and outdoor diversions. Home: 238 Ridge Av., Winnetka, Ill. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
MILLSPAUGH, Charles Frederic, botanist: b. Ithaca, N.Y., June 20, 1864; s. John Hill (artist) and Marion E. (Cornell) Millspaugh; studied Cor- nell, 1872-3; M.D., New York Homme, Med. Coll., 1881; m. Mary Louisa Spaulding, Sept. 19, 1877 MINER, Fred Gordon, wholesale grocer; h, at Janesville, Wis., Feb, 27, 1871; 8. Cyrus and Esther Cornelia (Hart) Miner: ed. common schs .: unmar- ried. Commenced business life with father in Janesville: came to Chicago, 1894, and started with Rockwood Bros. Co., at $> per Week: has (died Dec., 1907); m. 2d. Clara Isobel Mitchell, 1910. Practicing phys., Binghamton, N. Y., 1881- 90, Waverly, N.Y., 1890-1; botanist. W.Va. Univ., 1891-3 : curator dept. botany, Field Mus. of Natural History, Chicago, since 1894; prof. med. botany, Chicago Home. Med. Coll., since 1897; professorial since been identified with the company; now vice
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pres. and treas. Served as 1st sergt. A Co., Ist Progressive Republican. Mem. Christian (Disci- Wis. Int., Vols., 1898, during Spanish-Am. War. ples) Ch. Home: 631 Lorel Av., Austin. Office: 14th Progressive. Episcopalian. Home: Elmhurst, Ill. floor, Federal Bldg. Office: 28 W. Austin Av., Chicago.
MINER, Truman Henry, lawyer; b. at Leyden, Mass., Feb. 22, 1876; s. of James R. and Mary E. (Newcomb) Miner; descendant of Thomas Miner, who settled at Salem, Mass., 1629, and was one of founders of Pequot Colony in Conn .; on maternal side descendant of Gov. William Bradford, of the Mayflower, also of Andrew Newcomb who settled in Boston about 1650; ed. high sch., Greenfield, Mass .; languages and oratory, New York; LL. B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1908; m. Rowena, d. George A. Gilbert, of Chicago, July 12, 1910. Sales- man, wholesale grain business, New York, 1899- 1901; grain broker, Produce Exchange, New York, 1901-3; stock and grain broker, Consolidated Stock Exchange, New York, 1903-6, and Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1901-6; ins. and bonds, 1906-9; in law prac- tice since Dec., 1909. Republican. Baptist. Recrea- tions: motoring, music. Home: 5121 Blackstone Av. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.
MINER, William H., mfr. and capitalist. En- gaged in mfg. railway supplies as head of firm of Wm. H. Miner & Co .; also dir. Western Electric Co., Chicago Telephone Co., Little Chronicle Pub. Co. Life mem. Art Inst. Chicago, etc. Home: 4446 Greenwood Av. Office: The Rookery.
MINNINGER, Frank M., sales manager A. M. Byers Co .; b. Dubuque, Ia., Dec. 12, 1871; s. Mathias and Margaret (Bach) Minninger; ed. at parochial sch., Chicago; St. Benedict's Coll., Atchison, Kan .; m. Victoria Thome, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 1896; 3 chil- dren: Florence, Frank M., Jr., Thad. Began with Nat. Tube Co., Chicago, 1892-1902; with Youngs- town (O.) Sheet Tube Co., 1902-6, Spang-Chalfant Co., Chicago, 1906-14; mgr. for A. M. Byers Co., iron pipe, since 1914; sec. Chicago Safety Appliance Co. Catholic. Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 5864 Magnolia Av. Office: 401 McCormick Bldg.
MIRAGLIA-GULLOTTI, Paolo, bishop; b. Ucria, Sicily, Mar. 22, 1857; ed. in native country. Or- dained priest R.C.Ch., by spl. dispensation of the Pope, Sept., 1879; broke off relationship with the Vatican, 1895; was consecrated bishop of the Sy- rian Ch .; left Italy for Switzerland, 1900, on ac- count of condemnation for alleged libel against a priest, growing out of controversy over free distri- bution of the Bible; preached for many years in Italian communities under the Govt. of France in Corsica: came to U.S., 1909, and has since preached among Italian immigrants; founder and primate of Catholic Independent Ch. of Italy, and coadjutor and suffrasan of Archbishop T. R. Villutti, Metro- politan of Roman Catholic Ch. of America. Editor and pub. in Latin and Italian of the Girolamo Sa- vonarola (organ of evangelistic work in effort to reestablish the Old Roman Catholic Ch.). Address: 4427 N. Mulligan Av.
MITCHEL, Otto W., decorator and furnisher; b. Vesbeck, nr. Hanover, Germany, Oct. S, 1853; s. of Louis and Christna (Langrahr) Mitchel; ed. pub. schs. and Hanover Poly .; m. Edith Geiger, of Zanes- ville, O., 1880; children: Edith, Essie (Mrs. Perry Kenly). Came to Chicago, 1873; learned trade with Fred M. Atwood; engaged in decorating and fur- nishing business with J. Fred A. Halbach, 1885, under firm name of Mitchel & Halbach, inc., Apr. 13, 1908, as Mitchel & Halbach Co., of which is treas. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: traveling and fishing. Home: 4353 Lake Park Av. Office: 1715 S. Michigan Av.
MITCHELL, Charles Bayard, bishop. Removed to St. Paul, Minn. (See Who's Who in America.)
MITCHELL, Charles Lyman, meteorologist; b. Washington Co., Pa., Mar. 25, 1883; s. Isaac Lyman and Oella Josephine (Carson) Mitchell; ed. puh. schs., pvt. high sch., Pa. State Normal Sch .; m. Una Lee Hilderley, of Tampa, Fla., June 3. 1905; 1 child, Grahle Hilderley. Appointed asst. observer, U.S. Weather Bur., 1904: served at Tampa, Fla., Mobile, Ala., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1904-8; Rapid City, S.D., Louisville, Ky., Pittsburgh, 1908-15; meteorologist at Chicago since May 1, 1915; asst. dist. forecaster North Central Forecast Dist., comprising 11 states.
MITCHELL, Clement Clinton, real estate; b. at Hillside, Ont., Nov. 11, 1877; s. Thomas and Mary (Delano) Mitchell; early childhood was spent in a lumber camp in northern Mich .; never went to sch. until 15, then continued until grad. high sch., No. Branch, Mich .; taught in schs. there 2 yrs .; LL.B., Univ. of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 1902; m. Nellie Harrington, North Branch, Mich., Sept. 7, 1904; children: Harrington C., Clement C., Jr. Came to Chicago, 1902, and began work in the real estate loan dept. of the Royal Trust Co .; admitted to Ill. bar, May, 1903; vice pres. Jennings Real Estate Loan Co., 1903-6, since as C. C. Mitchell & Co. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Republican, Clubs: Ham- ilton, Wilmette Country, Westmoreland Country. Recreation: hunting. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago.
MITCHELL, Clifford, M.D .; b. Nantucket, Mass., Jan. 28, 1854; s. Francis Macy and Ellen Mitchell; A.B., cum laude, Harvard, 1875; studied Chicago Med. Coll., 1876-7; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1878; m. Susan P. Lillie, of Kansas City, May, 1878 (died May 8, 1901) ; 2d, Sarah Celeste Dorland, of Acton, Can., June 24, 1912. Practice limited to diseases of the kidneys; prof. chemistry, clin. uri- nology and diseases of the kidneys, Hahnemann Med. Coll., since 1905. Ascended Pike's Peak on foot in 3 hours 45 minutes, Aug., 1893; invented protec- tive coating for iron, steel and cement, 1901. Mem. Am, Inst. Homeopathy, Chicago Homo. Med. Assn., Ill. State Homo. Soc., Phi Beta Kappa (chapter Alpha of Mass.). Club: Harvard. Author: Student's Manual of Urinary Analysis, 1879; Practitioner's Guide in Urinalysis, 1882; Physician's Chemistry, 1884; Dentist's Manual of Special Chemistry, 1887; The Practitioner's Guide to Urinary Analysis, 1888; Dental Chemistry and Metallurgy, 1890-6; Manual of Urinary Analysis, 1897-1902; Renal Therapeu- tics, 1898; Diseases of the Urinary Organs, 1903; Modern Urinology, 1911. Extensive contbr. to homo. jours. Associate editor of The Clinique. Home: 7134 Eggleston Av. Office: 25 E. Washing- ton St.
MITCHELL, Felix S., supt. of streets of Chi- cago; b. Marienburg, Germany, Jan. 9, 1866; s. Mor- ris and Dorothy ( Behrendt) Mitchell; came to U.S., 1868; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago, also academy and Chicago Law Coll .; m. Eva A. Pil- beam, of Indianapolis, Ind., July 5, 1891; children: G. Edwin, Harry A., Pearl P. Admitted to Il1. bar; served as clk. in Cook Co. treasurer's office and ward supt. of streets, for 20 yrs .; apptd. 1st asst. supt. of streets, Nov. 12, 1915; supt. of streets since Nov. 1, 1916. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago, Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T., Shriner); mem. O.E.S., White Shrine. Club: Chicago Motor. Recreation: motoring. Home: 1224 North Shore Av. Office: 408 City Hall.
MITCHELL, Francis Joseph Ross, lawyer; b. at Paris, Ill., Sept. 21, 1872; s. George D. and Mary C. (Driskell) Mitchell; grad. Paris High Sch., 1891; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1896, A.M., and LL.B., 1899; m. Ruth Baird, of Evanston, Ill., Dec. 18, 1900; children: Robert Baird, William Hamilton, Francis Heston, Ruth Mary. Admitted to Ill. bar, Oct., 1899, and since practiced at Chicago, except 1911-15; mem. Mitchell & Levin, 1902-3, Simmons, Mitchell & Irving, 1907-11, alone since 1911; main- ly corpn. practice; was associated with Hon. John G. Carlisle in corporate litigation extending over a period of 7 yrs .; pres. Osage Investment Co., Nat. Bank of Santo Domingo, West Indies; sec .- treas. Bear River Valley Land Co .; dir. Internat. Tool Co .; sec. Am. Changemaker Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Phi Delta Theta, Delta Chi. Re- publican. Methodist. Mason (Blue Lodge and Chap- ter). Club: Evanston. Contbr. Am. Law Rev., Am. Law Register, Nat. Corpn. Reporter, etc. Recrea- tions: hunting and hoating. Home: 2210 Hartzell St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 809-813, 30 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MITCHELL, Harley Bradford, editor: b. Ottawa, Ill., Feb. 20, 1855; s. John S. and Inger A. (Nelson) Mitchell; ed. Denison Univ., Granville, O .; A.B., old
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Univ. of Chicago, 1876, later A.M .; m. Edith Ram- Neurol. Soc. (ex-pres.), Physicians' Club. Repub- skill, of Chicago, May 4, 1880; children: Herbert H., lican. Baptist. Clubs: Harvard, University. Edi- tor-in-chief Practical Medical Series. Regular con- tbr. to med. lit. Home: 5321 Greenwood Av. Office: 104 S. Michigan Boul. Harley W. Came to Chicago, 1873, and in 1876 be- came editor of the American Miller and the Ameri- can Elevator and Grain Trade; later organized the Mitchell Bros. Co., pubs. of these papers; vice pres. LaGrange Trust & Savings Bank; pres. Morton Park State Bank. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Bd. of Edn., and pres. Village of LaGrange, Ill., 1905-7. Recreation: collecting books. Home: La Grange, Ill. Office: 431 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
MITCHELL, John Hennon, sales manager; b. at New Brighton, Pa., Aug. 30, 1872; s. Joseph Frazier and Margaret Jeanette (Hennon) Mitchell; ed. New Brighton (Pa.) High Sch. and Pa. State Coll .; M.E., Cornell Univ., 1896; m. Mary R. Morrison, Beaver Falls, Pa., Nov. 2, 1898; I son, Herbert Morrison. Mech. engr., P.&L.E.R.R., 1896-1901; mech. engr., 1901-2, western mgr. of sales since 1902, Pressed Steel Car Co .; also mgr. of sales western district Western Steel Car & Foundry Co. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Am. Acad. Political and Social Sci- ence. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem, Ill. Soc. S. A.R. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Glen View, Evanston Country; Minnesota (St. Paul, Minn.). Home: 1032 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 425 Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago,
MITCHELL, John J., banker; b. Alton, Ill., Nov. 3, 1853; s. William H. and Mary A. Mitchell; ed. pub. schs. and at Kents Hill, Me .; m. Mary Louise Jewett, of Bristol, R.I., Feb. 11, 1890; children: Gwendolyn (Mrs. Robert E. Hunter), William H., John J., Jr .. Clarence B., Louise J. Began as mes- senger Ill. Trust & Savings Bank, 1873, of which has been pres. since 1880; trustee and mem. ad- visory com. Am. Surety Co. of New York; dir. Chase Nat. Bank of New York, New York Trust Co., The Audit Co. of New York, Ill. Trust & Safe Deposit Co., Kansas City Southern Ry. Co., C.&A. R.R., P.,F.W.&C.Ry.Co., Pullman Co., Am. Tele- phone & Telegraph Co., Internat. Harvester Co., Chicago Telephone Co., Commonwealth Edison Co .; trustee Mut. Life Ins. Co. of New York. Dir. Art Inst. Chicago; mem. Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Mid-Day, Lake Geneva Country, Lake Shore Country; Metropoli- tan, Bankers' (New York) ; Midwick (Los Angeles, Cal.). Home: 1550 N. State Parkway. Office: Illi- nois Trust & Savings Bank.
MITCHELL, Leeds, stocks and grain commn .; b. Chicago, Apr. 26, 1877; s. Joseph Sidney and Helen (Leeds) Mitchell; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover. Mass., 1895; Ph.B., Yale, 1899; m. Dorothy Day, of Lake Forest, Ill., July 7, 1910. With Otis, Wilcox & Co., stocks and bonds, 1900-2; then with William H. Colvin & Co., until 1904; became identified with Pringle, Fitch & Rankin, stocks, grain and provi- sions, and in 1905 admitted to firm, which changed, 1909, to Walter Fitch & Co .; mem. firm Harris. Winthrop & Co. since 1914. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange. Mem. K.O.A. Soc. (Andover, Mass.), Book and Snake Soc. (Yale). Re- publican. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle; Yale (New York). Recreations: tennis and sailing. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 739 The Rookery, Chicago.
MITCHELL, Sidney, president United Boxboard Co. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)
MITTEN, Thomas Eugene, street railway presi- dent. Removed to Philadelphia. (See Who's Who in America.)
MIX, Charles Louis, M.D .; b. Byron, Ill., Dec. 3. 1869; s. Ernest and Louise ( Misick) Mix; A.B., Har- vard, 1890, A.M., 1891, M.D., 1894; Univ. of Vienna, 1896-7; Univ. of Berlin, 1897; m. Jeannette Elise Caldwell, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 27, 1894. Be- gan practice, 1897; specialist in nervous diseases and Internal medicine; was apptd. prof. anatomy, Woman's Med. Sch., 1899, and prof. at Dental Sch. of same, 1901; asst. prof. anatomy, 1900-3, North- western Univ. Med. Sch., prof. physical diagnosis since Sept., 1903, sec. faculty since 1906; prof. gen- eral medicine, Post-Grad. Med. Sch., 1900-5: attend- ing phys., Cook Co. (1910-11, sec. staff) and Mercy hosps .; 1st It. Med. Reserve Corps U.S.A. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago
MIX, Robert Rollins, lawyer; b. Chicago, Nov. 17, 1885; s. Robert Francis and Frances Evelyn (Swick) Mix; descendant of Thomas Mix who set- tled at New Haven about 1643 (he was a son-in- law of Capt. Nathaniel Turner, one of the original settlers of Boston, 1630) ; grad. grammar sch., Chi- cago, 1900; William Mckinley High Sch., 1904; Lewis Inst., 1906; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1908, Juris Dr., 1910; unmarried. In employ law firm of Shope, Zane, Busby & Weber, 1910-12; mem. of Holmes & Mix, 1912-14, Holmes, Mix & Corkell, 1914-15, Holmes, Mix, Corkell & Ingraham since 1915. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Dearborn Lodge No. 310, A.F. and A.M .; Amity Council No. 13, Royal League. Recreations: literature, fencing, yachting. Home: 3157 South Park Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe Street.
MIZNER, Walter I., telephone official; b. Angel Island, Cal., Mar. 17, 1873; s. Brig .- Gen. Henry R. (U.S.A.) and Eliza (Howard) Mizner; ed. at pub. schs .; m. Agnes Roy, of Detroit, Mich., Jan. 19, 189S. Began, 1892, in employ of Am. Car & Foun- dry Co., Detroit; later asst. gen, auditor and asst. lo gen. mgr. same, at St. Louis; sec. Mich. State Telephone Co., Detroit, 1904-12; came to Chicago, 1912, as sec. Chicago Telephone Co., also sec. Mich. State, Wis., Central Union and Cleveland telephone companies. Republican. Mason. Recreation: ten- nis. Home: 5833 Kenmore Av. Office: 212 W. Wash- ington St.
MOAK, William Barnum, lawyer; b. at Newark, N.Y., July 16, 1859; s. of William and Hannah S. (Ramsdell) Moak; descendant of Colonial ances- tors, of Skoharie Co., N. Y .; ed. country sch., Tinley Park, followed by course in normal sch .; studied law in offices of Gardner & Schuyler, and Knicker- bocker & Holdom; m. Etta H. Newton, of Chicago, Aug. 19, 1886; children: Raymond C., Olive L., Mil- dred I., Gertrude, Marguerite. Admitted to bar, Apr., 1882, and has since practiced law alone, ex- cept for 3 yrs., when firm was Van Buren & Moak ( Augustus Van Buren). Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Empire State Soc. Mason (32°) ; past officer of Normal Park Lodge, and Chapter, Imperial Council, Englewood Commandery. Mem. People's Liberal Ch. Democrat. Home: 6924 Stew- art Av. Office: 1107, 105 W. Monroe St.
MOCK, Harry Edgar, surgeon; b. Muncie, Ind., Oct. 27, 1880; s. John D. and Mary Minerva (Jack- son) Mock; prep. edn. Muncie High Sch .; Franklin ( Ind.) Coll .; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1904; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1906; m. Golda M. Taylor, of Chi- cago, Dec. 25, 1908; 3 children: Harry Edgar, Jr., William Byford Taylor, Margery. Practiced in Chi- cago since 1906; surgeon on staff St. Luke's Hosp .; visiting surgeon Washington Boul. Hosp .; instr. industrial surgery, Rush Med. Coll. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, Chicago Inst. of Medicine; mem, A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Am. Assn. Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, Indiana Soc. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: University, City, Press, Home: 7409 Sheridan Rd. Office: 122 S. Mich- igan Av.
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