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 16

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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BAUER, John C., publisher; b. La Porte, Ind., Oct. 25, 1858; s. Anton and Catherine Bauer; went to Aurora, Ill., in early childhood, living there until 17 yrs. of age; ed. pub. schs .; m. Lena M. Stevens, of Chicago, May 25, 1881; children: John W., Harry W. Learned printer's trade in Aurora, and in 1873 became a printer on the Chicago Times; estab- lished Union Printing Co. in 1887 and in 1889 or- ganized the Horse Review Co., publishers of the Horse Review, of which is pres, and treas. Repub- lican. Protestant. Recreations: driving and fish- ing. Home: Naperville, Ill. Office: 159 N. State St., Chicago.

mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Electrochem. Soc., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Soc. Promotion Engring. Edn., Sigma Xi. Club; University. Home: 2149 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill.

BAUER, William Fairbanks, manager Chicago branch Edison Storage Battery Co .; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 14, 1868; s. Alex Henry and Helen (Gos- nell) Bauer; ed. pub. schs. of Baltimore; m. Bessie Cofiell, of Arcadia, Md., Oct. 15, 1902; 2 children: Audrey Helen, Patricia Cofiell. Identified with elec- trical business since 1886, beginning in Baltimore; removed to Chicago, 1889; with elec. dept. Pullman Co., Chicago, 1889-91; asst. to elec. engr., Elec. Ac- cumulator Co., Newark, N.J., 1891-5; foreman elec. dept. Pullman Co., Jersey City, N.J., 1895-7; travel- ing electrician, Wagner Palace Car Co., New York, 1897-1900; traveling insp. Consolidated Ry. Elec. Lighting & Equipment Co., New York, 1900-4; chief electrician M.P.R.R., St. Louis, 1904-6; sales engr. Electric Storage Battery Co., Chicago, 1906-8; asst. mgr. Chicago office Nat. Battery Co., 1908-9; mgr. of Chicago branch U.S. Light & Heating Co., 1909- 13; asst. mgr. ry. dept. Edison Storage Battery Co., 1913-14; mgr. Chicago branch same company since 1914. Clubs: Ill. Athletic (Chicago), Mo. Athletic (St. Louis). Recreation: golf. Home: 801 Green- wood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 2025 Michigan Av., Chicago.

BAUER, William M., piano mfr. and dealer; b. Chicago, Feb. 11, 1870; s. Julius and Anna Maria (Mueller) Bauer; ed. pub. and manual training schs., Chicago; m. Emma Eagle, of Pa., 1894. Be- gan, 1889, in piano business established by father in 1857; formerly vice pres. Julius Bauer & Co., pres. since 1914. Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: 5860 Kenmore Av. Office: 305 S. Wabash Av.

BAUGHER, Albert Howard, M.D., surgeon; b. at Bucklin, Mo., Jan. 26, 1883; s. Arthur Oliver and Clara Belle ( Maddox) Baugher; A.B., Univ. of Mo., 1908; M.D., Rush Med, Coll., Chicago, 1909; m. Ila Bell, of Chicago, June 1, 1910; children: Albert Howard, John Oliver, Margaret Elizabeth. Asst. resident pathologist. St. Luke's Hosp., 1910-14; prof. pathology, Chicago Policlinic, 1914-15; pvt. pathologist to Dr. John B. Murphy, 1915-16. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pathol. Soc. Club: University. Home: 5201 Ingle- side Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

since 1913; dir. Chicago House Wrecking Co., Har- ris Steel & Wire Co., narris Home Co. Club: Cen- tral Mfg. District. Recreations: swimming, golf, motoring. Home: 4825 Grand Boul. Office: 35th and Iron Sts.

BAUM, L(yman) Frank, author. Removed to Hollywood, Cal. (See Who's Who in America. )

BAUM, William Louis, M.D .; b. Morris, Ill., May 11, 1867: s. Henry and Elizabeth (Zorrman) Baum; ed. Morris Normal Sch .; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1888; spl. courses in univs. and hosps. of Vienna and Berlin; m. Mervyn Winston Lawrence, Nov. 24, 1913; 1 son, William Mervyn. In practice in Chicago since 1891 as specialist in skin and ve- nereal diseases; treas. and prof. skin and venereal diseases, Chicago Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; dermatolo- gist to St. Luke's Hosp. Sec. Chicago Medico-Legal Soc .; mem. Chicago Dermatol. Soc., Am. Urol. Assn., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Pathol. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Soc., Tri-State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club; fellow Am. Coll. Sur- geons, Chicago Acad. Medicine. Capt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Republican; was coroner of Grundy Co., 1888. Clubs: University, Chicago, Chicago Ath- letic Assn., Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Author of article on Skin Diseases in Practitioner's Year Book, Recreation: yachting. Home: 915 N. Dearborn St. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

BAUER, Willlam Charles, electrical engr .; b. at Cincinnati, Dec. 26, 1873; s. Ludwig and Wilhel- mina (Buehler) Bauer: B.S. (in elec. engring.), Univ. of Cincinnati, 1896, post-grad. course and instr. civ. engring., 1896-7; student Univ. of Chi- cago, 1905; Se. D., Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan., 1908; m. Alice Jeannette Strahley, of Cincinnati, Aug. 24, 1896. Prof. physics and chemistry, Baker Univ., 1897-1908; prof. physics and elec. engring., Univ. of Denver, 1908-9; prof. elec, engring., since 1909, BAUMANN, Ferdinand Otto, mfr. (See vol. 1911.) BAUMANN, Gustave, artist, engraver; b. Magde- acting dir. Coll. of Engring., 1911-12, Northwestern Univ. Also in consulting practice since 1903. Mag- burg, Germany; s. Gustav and Pauline (Nagel) netic observer and dir. Baldwin Magnetic Obs., U.S. Baumann; came to U.S., 1891; Art Inst. of Chicago;

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Kunst Gewerbe Schule, Munich, Germany; unmar- Ind., having moved to Ind. at 15; m. Ella Lyon, of ried, Has exhibited in Chicago and in eastern gal- leries; Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris; gold medal, San Francisco Expn., 1915, for wood cuts; repre- sented in City of Chicago collection. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Arts Club (Chicago), Soc. Arts and Crafts, Boston. Home: Westport, Conn .; (summer) Wyoming, N. Y.

BAUMGARTL, Isidor, brewer; b. Pesth, Hun- gary, Mar. 29, 1860; s. Adolph and Betty (Stein) Baumgartl; ed. high sch. and Dyrenforth Univ., graduating 1878; m. Chicago, 1881, Bertha Wil- hartz; children: Clara (Mrs. H. H. Abt), Lillie (Mrs. I. H. Freund), Leroy, Olga (Mrs. Carl Hess), Gertrude. Began as bookkeeper in wholesale liquor house of Joseph Stein & Co., 1878; mem. Stein & Baumgart, 1880-2, and of Stein Bros. & Baumgartl, 1882-7; in the real estate business, 1887-9; built the Calumet Distilling Co.'s distillery; sold out to the trust and organized Monarch Brewing Co .; consoli- dated that in United Breweries Co., of which is now chmn. of the bd .; pres. Art Wall Paper Mills, Federal Cement Tile Co. Clubs: Standard, Mid- Day. Recreations: fishing, traveling. Home: 4600 Drexel Boul. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

BAUR, see also Bauer.

BAUR, Jacob, chemist, pharmacist; Oct. 12, 1856- July 19, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

BAXMAN, Martin J., commission mcht. (See vol. 1911.)

BAXTER, George Edwin, M.D .; b. Griggsville, Ill., Oct. 27, 1874; s. Edwin Walter and Helen Ma- ria Baxter; grad. Griggsville High Sch., 1891, Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., 1893; Ph.B., Il1. Coll., Jacksonville, 1896; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1899; m. June 7, 1905, Cecile Maude Hitchcock. In- terne, St. Luke's Hosp., Chicago, 1899-1901; instr. in pathology, 1902-3, instr. in hæmotology, 1902-4, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. Formerly sec. and pres. North Shore Branch Med. Soc .; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., Physicians' Club (ex-pres.). Republican. Congregationalist. Home: 5621 Kenmore Av. Office: 4603 Broadway.

BAXTER, Robert W., railway official. Removed to Seattle, Wash. (See vol. 1911.)

BAYLEY, Edwin Fisher, lawyer; b. at Manlius, N.Y., June 11, 1845; s. Calvin Chapin and Ann So- phia (Fisher) Bayley; early life on farm nr. Wau- pun, Wis., where he attended sch. until 1858; in acad. of Brockway Coll. (afterward Ripon Coll.), 1858-64; served enlistment of 100 days as private, Co. B, 41st Wis. Inf., summer of 1864; in Ripon Coll., 1864-6; A.B., Amherst, 1868; LL.B., St. Louis Law Sch., 1870; m. Anna Katharine Ober, of Chi- cago, Nov., 1876; children: Helen (Mrs. Charles T. Mordock, Winnetka, Ill.) and Katharine (Mrs. Ed- win H. Clark, Chicago). Began practice at St. Louis, in office of Elmer B. Adams (late U.S. cir- cuit judge) in 1871; came to Chicago, Oct. 9, 1872; mem. of firm of Scoville, Corwin & Bayley until 1877; practiced alone, 1877-85; mem. firm of Bayley & Waldo, 1885-95, Bayley & Webster (Charles R.) since 1895. Mem. bd. trustees Amherst Coll., 1905- 10; mem. bd. trustees Old People's Home and Home for Incurables. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican (with mugwump tenden- cies). Mem. Kenwood Evangelical Ch. Clubs: Ken- wood, Union League, City, University, Indian Hill Country, Onwentsia. Recreation: golf. Home: 4634 Greenwood Av. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.

BAYLIES, Ripley N., lawyer; b. St. Helena Par- ish, La., Sept. 5, 1845; s. Nicholas and Harriet (Ca- hoon) Baylies; ed. collegiate and law depts. of the Univ. of Ia .; m. Harriet Sinnamon, of Osage Mis- sion, Kan., 1873 (now deceased); children: Nettie B. (Mrs. F. A. Poor), Fred N., Harry L., Harriet H. (Mrs. Averill Tilden). Admitted to bar in Ia., 1867, and practiced in Kan. several years; then at Des Moines, Ia., until 1890, elected judge of the Circuit Court of Polk Co., Ia., 1890, and at expiration of term resumed practice; in practice in Chicago since 1892. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic Assn., South Shore Country. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 648 Railway Exchange Bldg.

Salem, Ind., Nov. 21, 1871; children: Harry L., Clara. Served 3 yrs. in Army of the Ohio, Civil War; participated in Sherman's movements from Chattanooga to Jonesboro. Went to Alexandria, S.D., 1879, and engaged in publishing the Alexan- dria Herald; started the American Swineherd, 1884, and removed it to Chicago, 1890; now editor same and pres. Am. Swineherd Pub. Co. Mem. Terri- torial Legislature of Dak., 1880-1. Republican. Mem. George G. Meade Post, G.A.R. Home: 418 W. 6Ist Pl. Office: 320 Old Colony Bldg.

BAYS, Alfred William, lawyer; b. Vermont, III., July 12, 1876; s. of Enos William and Elizabeth (Smith) Bays; B.S., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1901; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Law, 1904; m. Anna Carnahan, of Chicago, Sept., 1912; 2 daughters: Catherine, Marjory. Lecturer, 1905-9, instr. and asst. prof. commercial law, 1909-12, prof. law since 1912, Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Com- merce and Northwestern Univ. Law Sch. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd. Progressive. Mason. Club: City. Author and Compiler: American Com- mercial Law Series (9 vols.), 1911-12, comprising: Contracts; Debtor and Creditor; Insurance; Sure- tyship; Agency and Partnership; Negotiable Pa- per; Private Business Corporations; Real Prop- erty; Sales of Personal Property; Banks and Bank- ing: Insurance; also Cases on Commercial Law, 1914. Home: 2549 Eastwood Av. Office: 109 N. Dearborn St.

BEACH, Chandler Belden, editor and publisher; b. Groton, N.Y., June 27, 1839; s. Edwards A. and Rhoda C. (Churchill) Beach; A.B., Marietta (O.) Coll., 1863, A.M., 1866; m. Cincinnati, Dec. 24, 1869, Laura B. Nerney; 4 children: E. Chandler, Anna C., Rhoda B., Laura E. Capt. and asst. quartermaster in Civil War; has engaged in publication and sale of various books in Chicago since 1870; dir. Cen- tral Trust Co. of Ill. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. G.A.R. Editor and Publisher: The Students' Cyclopaedia, 1893; The Students' Reference Work, 1902; The New Students' Reference Work, 1909. Recreations: golf, fishing, etc. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BEACH, Clinton Stillwell, grain commn .; b. Chi- cago, Aug. 8, 1875; s. Elli Alonzo and Abbie Davis (Stillwell) Beach; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; m. Ada C. Lloyd, of Chicago, 1903; children: Lloyd E., Harriette C. Entered employ of grain firm of E. A. Beach & Co., July, 1897; became an officer of Beach- Wickham Grain Co. upon its organization, 1903, continuing until the corpn. was dissolved in 1905; since mem. firm of Beach-Wickham Grain Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. Trade, Beta Theta Pi. Republic- an. Baptist. Recreation: golf. Home: Ravinia, Ill. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

BEACH, Edmund Chandler, gas company opera- tor; b. Chicago, July 24, 1879; s. Chandler Belden and Laura B. (Nerney) Beach; A.B., Amherst, 1903; m. Natalie G. Apperson, of Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 18, 1909; 2 children: Chandler Apperson, Mar- guerite. Mgr. various gas companies, 1904-12; pres. Gas & Electric Improvement Co., Chicago, since 1912. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc., Art Inst. of Chicago, Chi Phi (Am- herst). Clubs: University, Riverside Golf. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BEACH, Elli Alonzo, president Beach-Wickham Grain Co .; July 9, 1842-Sept. 8, 1915. (See vol. 1911.) BEACH, Elmer Ellsworth, lawyer; b. Civil Bend, Fremont Co., Ia., Dec. 19, 1861; s. Henry Walter and Eva C. (Canfield) Beach; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1884; m. Jessie E. Taylor, of Ann Arbor, Mich., July 27, 1889; children: Elizabeth Clara, Mae Vee. Admitted to bar in 1888; now mem. firm of Beach & Beach. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Mason (Commandery, Consistory, Shrine). Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: golf, angling, motoring, etc. Home: 1312 Lunt Av., Rogers Park. Office: 111 W. Washington St., Chl- cago.

BEACH, Harrison L., newspaper man. Removed to San Antonio, Tex. (See Who's Who in America.)

BEACH, Henry Lawrence, wool mcht .; b. at Chi- cago, Dec. 22, 1872; s. Elli Alonzo and Abbie (Still-

BAYNES, James, editor; b. at Valley Forge, nr. Phila., Pa., Nov. 30, 1840; s. Beezon and Lowry (Humphreys) Baynes; ed. pub. schs. in Pa. and well) Beach; ed. Doolittle Grammar Sch .; Chicago

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Manual Training Sch .; Art Inst. of Chicago; grad. fishing. Home: 6336 Kenwood Av. Office: 108 E. Arch. and Bldg. Dept. of Armour Inst., 1894; m. South Water St. Marion Copeland, of Chicago, June 10, 1903; I BEARD, Charles Heady, M.D .; Jan. 27, 1855-Jan. 3, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.) daughter, Helen Elizabeth. Was actively identified with real estate, fire ins. and building husiness for 7 yrs., erecting about 30 buildings in Chicago and vicinity: associated since 1910 with brother-in- law, Thomas A. Copeland, of Chicago, and Charles Milnes, of Yorkshire, Eng .. as treas. Chicago Wool Co .; also sec. Clybourne Wool Scouring Co .; dir. Planters' Coffee Co. Independent Republican. Bap- tist. Recreations: tennis and long walks through the country. Home: 1227 Ashland Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 18 W. Austin Av., Chicago.

BEACH, Myron Hawley, lawyer; May 22, 1828- 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

BEACH, Raymond Walter, lawyer; b. Percival, Ia., Nov. 29, 1863; s. Henry Walter and Eva C. (Canfield) Beach; spent most of boyhood and youth in Grand Rapids and Charlevoix, Mich .; B.S. in C.E., Univ. of Mich., 1886, LL.B., 1889; (J.D., Chi- cago Law Sch., 1910) ; m. Jennie Healy, of Chicago, Oct. 4, 1892; 1 daughter, Ethel Corinne. Admitted to Ill. har, 1889, and at once joined his brother, Elmer E. Beach, firm of Beach & Beach, which still continues, making a specialty of corpn., real estate and ins. law; also treas, and dir. Northwestern De- velopment Co. and other corpns. Lecturer on com- mon law pleadings in Chicago Law Sch. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Delta Upsilon. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Edgewater Golf, Birchwood Country. Recreations: golf, automobiling. Home: 1615 Pratt Av. Office: Conway Bldg.

BEAL, Sarell Wood, dealer in timber and lum- her; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 13, 1870; s. Wil- liam Henry and Gertrude V. B. (Wood) Beal; ed. pub. schs. of Grand Rapids; m. Mary Ellen, d. of T. Austin Nutt, of Hinds Co., Miss., Apr. 27, 1898; Barbara. Began as office boy with Robinson & Lacey, timber dealers, Grand Rapids, in 1887, re- maining with that firm until its dissolution in 1891; continued with its successor, J. D. Lacey, be- coming a mem. of the firm of J. D. Lacey & Co. in 1898, with which company has since continued; re- sided in New Orleans, 1894-1908, Chicago since 1908; vice pres, and treas. James D. Lacey Timber Co .; treas. and dir. Clallam Lumber Co .; sec. and mgr. Tensas Delta Land Co., Ltd. Clubs: Union League, Glen View Golf; Kent Country (Grand Rapids). Recreations: motoring, golf, photog- raphy. Home: 1333 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1750 McCormick Bldg., Chicago.

BEALE, William Gerrish, lawyer; b. Winthrop, Me., Sept. 10, 1854; s. William and Lucinda (Ba- con) Beale; A.B., Bowdoin Coll., 1877 (LL.D., 1912) ; read law in office Williams & Thompson, Chicago; m. Elizabeth Caruthers, of Chicago, Nov. 2, 1904. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1881, and since in practice at Chicago; head of firm of Isham, Lincoln & Beale. Pres. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, 1891-2; corpn. counsel, 1895-7; one of 3 trustees holding majority of stock of Chicago Tribune under will of Joseph Medill, cleceased. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union League (Chicago) ; Union, University (N.Y.). Home: 40 E. Burton Pl. Office: 72 W. Adams St.

BEALS, Charles Edward, clergyman. Removed to Worcester, Mass. (See Who's Who in America.)

BEALS, H. Wallace, retired; b. in Cass Co., Ill., Mar. 1, 1868; s. Peter and Eliza M. (Corrie) Beals; ed. pub. schs. of Rushville, Ill .; m. Chicago, Oct. 1, 1895, Malvinia S. Tyler; 2 children: Helen Roxana,

BEARD, William, teacher of voice; b. at Horse Cave, Ky., Sept. 27, 1872; s. William and Ada Anna (Mckay) Beard; ed. pub. schs., Ky., also in Louis- ville, Ky., and Chicago; m. Catherine Thompson, of Louisville, Apr. 26, 1898; children: Catherine Thompson, Sarah Elizabeth. Engaged for a num- ber of years as concert and opera singer; teacher in Cosmopolitan Sch. of Music, Chicago, when it was organized, and afterward in Chicago Conser- vatory and Spry Sch., later began teaching pri- vately; now dir. Fountain St. Bapt. Ch. Choir and Malek Choral Soc., Grand Rapids, Mich .; head of voice dept. Malek Sch. of Music, Grand Rapids. Sec. and treas. Soc. Am. Musicians, Inc., Chicago. Recreation: golf. Home: 5221 Kimbark Av. Studio: 418 Fine Arts Bldg.

BEARDSLEE, Franklin Smilie, mfr .; b. DeKalb Co., Ill., Dec. 28, 1861; s. Smilie Ransom and Ruth { Hebron) Beardslee; removed with parents to Iro- quois Co., Ill., 1867; grad. Grand Prairie Sem., Onarga, Ill., 1884; m. Charlotte Isabel Harland, of Chicago, Apr. 8, 1891; 1 son, Harland Franklin. After leaving school traveled for various firms in gas and electric fixtures until 1889; was one of the incorporators of the W. S. Edwards Mfg. Co .; withdrew (1901) and organized Beardslee Chande- lier Mfg. Co., of which is pres. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Electric, Edgewater Country; also Delavan Lake Yacht. Recreations: motoring and yachting. Residences: ( winter) S. Pasadena, Cal .; (summer) Delavan Lake, Wis. Home: 5741 Kenmore Av. Office: 216 S. Jefferson St.

BEARDSLEE, George Murray, lighting fixtures; b. Iroquois Co., Ill., June 20, 1868; s. Smilie Ran- som and Ruth (Hebron) Beardslee; ed. pub. schs.

3 children: James Lacey, Sarell Wood, Jr., Mary of Iroquois Co., Ill., at Bryant & Stratton Business

Coll., Chicago, and Northern Ind. Normal and Busi- ness Inst., Valparaiso, Ind .; m. Constantine, Mich., Mar. 30, 1898, Marie Louise Castle. Has been en- gaged in the gas and electric fixtures business since Sept., 1890, and was with the W. S. Edwards Mfg. Co .; upon the organization of the Beardslee Chandelier Mfg. Co., 1901, became its treas., and is now vice pres. Recreations: golf, fishing, swim- ming. Home: 1642 Jarvis Av. Office: 216 S. Jef- ferson St.

BEARDSLEY, Arthur Lehman, manager Chicago branch Cleveland Twist Drill Co .; b. Buchanan, Mich., Dec. 27, 1869; s. S. L. and Martha (Foster) Beardsley; grad, high sch. Kalamazoo, Mich., 1887; m. Stella Huggett, of Kalamazoo, June 16, 1896; children: Olive Maud, Edward Huggett. Clerk for Edwards & Chamberlain Hardware Co., Kalama- zoo, to Dec., 1900; then with a lumber firm at Lum- ber City, South Ga .; mgr. Chicago branch of the Cleveland Twist Drill Co. since July, 1902. Repub- lican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Pullman, Machinery (treas.). Recreations: motor- ing, billiards. Home: 1624 Farwell Av. Office: 9 N. Jefferson St.

BEATON, David, clergyman; 1848-1913. (See vol. 1911.)

BEATTIE, Charles Stuart, lawyer; Sept. 30, 1855- 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

BEATTIE, Robert Hezekiah, clergyman; b. Beth- lehem, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1864; s. Robert H. and Mary Ann (Brewster) Beattie; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1885, A.M., 1890; teacher and prin. prep. dept. Sy- John Tyler. With W. L. Parrotte & Co., Omaha, rian Prot. Coll., Beirut, Syria, 1885-9; teacher Neb., hats and caps, 1886-90; treas. Parrotte, An- classical dept., Princeton Univ., 1889-90; teacher drews & Co., Chicago, 1890-4; firm became Taylor

English history, Evelyn Coll., Princeton, N.J., 1890-

& Parrotte, of which he was sec., 1894-1904; name 91; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1891; student changed to Parrotte, Beals & Co., Jan. 18, 1904, of Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 1893-4; m. Carolyn Palen which was vice pres. and sec. until Nov., 1914, when retired. Republican. Home: Winnetka, Il1.

Weller, of Newburgh, N.Y., Apr. 16, 1895; children: Eleanor, Robert, Elizabeth, Carol, Charles, Dale. Ordained Reformed Dutch Ch. ministry, 1891; pas- tor Newburgh, N.Y., 1891-1903, First Presbyn. Ch., Austin, since Jan., 1903. Mem. Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis, Chicago Soc. Bibl. Research. Home: 321 N. Central Av.

BEAR, Charles, bakers' supplies; b. New Wash- ington. O., June 27, 1874; s. Jacob J. and Catharine M. (Karager) Bear; ed. puh. schs .; m. Georgia M. Garlick, of Chicago, June 10, 1901; children: Laura Mildred, Harold Edgar. An organizer, 1899, of Bear Bros. Co., bakers' specialties, of which is BEATTY, George Bateman, shirts and collars; b. pres, and treas. Republican. Mason. Recreation: Phila., Pa., Apr. 13, 1868; s. Archibald and Mary

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(Seeds) Beatty; ed. pvt. schs. and Univ. of Kan .; m. Effie Andrews Byers, of Chicago, Feb. 23, 1897. Settled in Chicago, 1892; mem. firm of Thompson, Beatty & Lieberman, mfrs.' agents, 1892-6; became connected with George P. Ide & Co., shirts and col- lars, Troy, N.Y., 1896, and mgr. Chicago house since 1905, general sales mgr. since 1915. Progres- sive. Episcopalian. Mason, Elk. Clubs: 111. Ath- letic, Press; Troy, Pafraets Dael (Troy). Home: 856 Ainslie St. Office: Jackson Boul. and 5th Av.

BEATTY, Ross James, vice pres. Inland Steel Co .; b. on farm in Beaver Co., Pa., Aug. 12, 1854; s. Jonathan and Perthenia Jane (Sheets) Beatty; ed. pub. schs., acad. at Damascus, O., and Iron City Business Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa., graduating 1873; m. Muncie, Ind., Sept. 12, 1894, Mildred Veronese, d. of Hon. J. W. Ryan; children: John Townsend, Su- zanne Dodge (died Oct., 1907), Thomas Rosslyn, Mildred Veronese. Employed in mercantile busi- ness, Pittsburgh, 1873-80; treas, and bookkeeper, Portsmouth (O.) Iron & Steel Co., 1880-4; gen. sales agt. Leechburg Iron Works and Chartiers Iron & Steel Co., Pittsburgh, 1884-8; gen. sales agt. W. Dewees Wood Co., mfrs. of planished iron, Pittsburgh, 1888-92; organized Midland Steel Co., 1891-2, and built a steel plant and rolling mill at Muncie, Ind .; was pres. and gen. mgr. of same until works were sold, Apr. 1. 1900, to Am. Sheet Steel Co., of which was gen. western mgr. until Apr. 30, 1901; gen. mgr. and dir., 1901-11, and since vice pres. Inland Steel Co. of Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Illinois Athletic, Exmoor Country, Highland Park. Recreations: outdoor di- versions. Home: Highland Park. Office: 38 S. Dear- born St., Chicago.

BEATTY, William Trimble, president Austin Mfg. Co., machinery; b. New Brunswick, N.J., Oct. 2, 1864; s. William Trimble (D.D.) and Sarah Col- well (Fulton) Beatty; ed. pub. schs. of Pittsburgh, Pa .; m. Valerie Lee Jones, of West Chester, Pa., Apr. 2, 1891. Entered employ of Austin Mfg. Co., 1885, becoming vice pres. and gen. mgr., 1902, and pres., 1911; also pres. and gen. mgr. of Austin- Western Co. Republican. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Colo- nial Wars. Clubs: Homewood Country, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Home: Flossmoor, Ill. Office: 910 S. Michigan Av., Chi- cago.

BEAUMONT, George, architect; b. Farnley, nr. Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., Feb. 13, 1854; s. James and Elizabeth (Gledhill) Beaumont; common sch. edn .; m. Chicago, Apr. 13, 1882, Harriet Wood, of Leeds (wife now deceased); children: Marie, Francis Harold, George Stanley, Bessie. Began study of architecture, 1869; obtained medal of Leeds and Yorkshire Architectural Assn., 1880; traveled in Europe for architectural study; emigrated to U.S., settling in Chicago, 1881; employed as architec- tural draftsman and gen. supt. on buildings to 1886; since in gen. practice on own account. Mem. Royal Inst. of British Architects since 1881; or- ganized Architectural Club, Chicago (pres., 1886- 87); fellow Am. Inst. of Architects and mem. Il1. Chapter same; mem. Chicago Architects' Business Assn. (pres., 1899-1900), Chicago Assn. of Com- merce. Episcopalian. Recreations: farming and fruit growing, music. Home: 1226 Fullerton Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.

BEAUPRÉ, Arthur Matthias, diplomat; b. Oswe- go, Ill., July 29, 1853; s. Matthias and Sarah J. (Patrick) Beaupré; m. Mary F., d. Hon. C. W. Marsh, of Dekalb, Ill., Oct. 20, 1880. Went to Au- rora, Ill., at 21; admitted to Ill. bar; county clerk Kane Co., Ill., 1886-94; apptd. consul-gen. and sec. legation, Guatemala, Oct. 7, 1897; transferred to Colombia in same capacity, Oct. 27, 1899; E.E. and M.P. to Colombia, Feb. 12, 1903; served there dur- ing pendency of Panama Canal Treaty in Colom- bian Congress; E.E. and M.P. to Argentine Repub- lic, 1904-8, to the Netherlands and Luxemburg, 1908-11, to Cuba, Aug., 1911-June 28, 1913. Mem. Administrative Council, Permanent Court of Arbi- tration, The Hague. Del. Internat. Exchange Conf., The Hague, 1911; signed treaty with Cuba convey- ing Guantanamo Naval Sta. to U.S., 1913; E.E. and M.P. on spl. mission to attend inauguration of Pres. Menocal of Cuba, 1913, and was made chief of that mission. Home: 4224 Hazel 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, 1917, Part 16

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