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MOSES, Charles Alonzo, contractor; b. at Olean, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., June 14, 1851; s. Anson F. and Mary A. (Bowen) Moses; ed. pub. schs .; m. Jessie E. Culver, of Great Bend, Kan., Jan. 6, 1886; m. 2d, Mrs. Emma Stieglitz, of LaGrange, Ill., Mar. 10, 1897; children: Ruth F. (Mrs. O. Carpen- ter), Marian I. Began to learn the bldg. trade at age of 16; came to Chicago, 1871; sr. mem. Moses & Johnson. 1874-7; pres. C. A. Moses Constrn. Co. since 1907. Mem. Contractors' and Masons' Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Builders', Suburban of LaGrange. Home: La Grange, Ill. Office: 133 W. Washington St., Chicago.
MOSES, Hamilton, lawyer: b. Chicago, Feb. 18, 1874; s. Adolph and Matilda (Wolf) Moses; ed. pub. schs .; m. Nathalie Baer, of Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 8, 1909; children: Hamilton, Jr., James. Ad- mitted to bar. 1901, and since in practice at Chi- cago; mem. Moses, Rosenthal & Kennedy since 1897; treas. and dir. U.S. Corpn. Bur. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Hamilton, Ravisloe Coun- try. Recreation: golf. Home: 4139 Drexel Boul. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
MOSES, Joseph Washington, lawyer; h. Chicago, Feb. 22, 1870; s. Adolph and Matilda (Wolf) Moses; ed. Chicago pub. schs. until 1885; 3 yrs. at Frank- fort-on-Main, Germany, and Nancy, France; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1888; m. Martha Neuberger, of Chicago, Nov. 20, 1895; 2 children: Margaret R., Howard A. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1891; has been connected with firm of Moses, Rosenthal & Ken- nedy and predecessors since 1888; partner in firm since 1892. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. (pres., 1917). Democrat. Jewish religion (Reformed). Clubs: Standard, Iroquois, Ill. Athletic, Ravisloe Country. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring, Home: 5109 Ellis Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
MOSES, Julius Adolph, lawyer; b. Chicago, Apr. 9, 1872; s. Adolph and Matilda ( Wolf) Moses; grad. Moseley Sch., Chicago, 1886; South Div. High Sch., 1890; Ph.B., Univ. of Mich., 1893; LL.B., Chicago- Kent Coll. of Law, 1895; m. Amy B. Cahn, of Chi- cago, June 4, 1901; 2 children: Adolph, Paul. Ad- mitted to Ill, bar, 1895, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Moses, Rosenthal & Kennedy. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Jewish religion. Club: Illinois Athletic. Home: 4746 Ellis Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.
Mary (Titcomb) Moses; ed. pub. schs., Sterling, Ill .; studied art at Art Inst. Chicago 2 yrs .; pupil of late R. M. Shurtleff, N.Y. City; m. Susan E. Robbins, of Sterling, Oct. 30, 1878; 4 children: William Pitt, Mary Titcomb (Mrs. William Han- over), Lillian E. (Mrs. George Salzman), T. Rupert. Began in employ of The Almini Co., 1873-80; entered studio of Sosman & Landis, landscape painters, 1880, and became mem. of firm, 1904, pres. since death of Mr. Sosman, 1914. Paintings on permanent exhibition at Salmagundi Club, New York, and in many pvt. galleries. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago, Chicago Soc. Artists, Chicago Assn. Com- merce. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Palette and Chisel (Chicago); Salmagundi (New York) ; California Art Club (Los Angeles). Recreations: boating, sketching. Home: 233 S. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Studio: 417 S. Clinton St., Chicago.
MOSS, Jesse Lathrop, secretary Newberry Li- brary; b. Westerly, R.I., Nov. 12, 1847; s. Jesse Lathrop and Fanny (Dixon) Moss; grad. Phillips Acad .. Andover, Mass., 1865; A.B., Yale, 1869; m. Chicago, 1876, Fanny Greene Larned (died 1887); 1 daughter, Julia (Mrs. Joseph Curtis Sloane) ; m. 2d, Morristown, N.J., 1892, Harriet Allison, d. Rev. Simeon Howard Calhoun; 1 son, Jesse Lathrop, Ir. Came to Chicago, 1887; mem. firm of Walker, Larned & Moss, real estate, 1889-92; sec. and finan- cial agt. Newberry Library since 1898. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia. Recreation: horticulture. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: The Newberry Li- brary, Chicago.
MOSS, Leopold, investments; b. New Albany, Ind., Mar. 6, 1853; s. Frederick and Fannie (Levy) Moss; ed. pub. schools until 13 yrs. of age; m. Rebecca Lewis Silverman, of Chicago, 1880; 2 children: Benjamin, Muriel. Left school at age of 13; came to Chicago and entered employ of Potter Palmer (dry goods) as cash boy, and after- ward with Marshall Field & Co .; later lived in Aurora 9 yrs .; returned to Chicago, and was in wholesale boot and shoe business 4 yrs .; went to Buffalo, Wyo., founded the Johnson Co. Bank and acquired large cattle interests; returned to Chi- cago and was in banking house of Lazarus Silver- man, 1885-93; now extensively interested in iron ore lands in Minn .; pres. and treas. Marshall Ven- tilated Mattress Co., 1905-14; treas. Gen. Patent Mfg. Co. Democrat. Jewish religion. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Lakeside, Iroquois, Rotary. Mem. Nat. Union, B.P.O.E. Home: 1113 E. 47th St. Office: 20 W. Jackson Boul.
MOSS, Solomon Centennial, woolen goods. Re- moved to New York. (See vol. 1911.)
MOSS, William Lathrop, lawyer; Oct. 25, 1835- May 13, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
MOSS, William Ray, lawyer; b. Maple Rapids, Mich., Nov. 3, 1867; s. of Myron S. and Mary A. (Price) Moss; ed. Mich. State Normal Sch., 1887- 91; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1899; m. Carrie Gauss, of Palo, Mich., Dec. 27, 1892. Supt. city schs., Wausau, Wis., 1892-6; admitted to bar, 1899, and since prac- ticed in Chicago; mem. firm Moss & Schmidt; dir. State Bank of Oak Park. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Mich. Soc. of Chicago (ex- pres.), Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Uni- versity, Traffic, Chicago Executives, Oak Park, Oak Park Country. Speaker and writer on commercial subjects. Recreation: golf. Home: 178 N. Kenil- worth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago.
MOSSER, Edwin Jacob, lawyer; b. Lehigh Co., Pa., Nov. 16, 1870; A.B., Muhlenberg Coll., Allen- town, Pa., 1893; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1899. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1900, and since practiced In Chi- cago. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Clubs: University, Hamilton. Home: 646 Bittersweet Pl. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.
MOSSER, Stacy Carroll, bond dealer; b. Abing- don, Ill., Jan. 16, 1872; s. John and Sarah Jane (Car- roll) Mosser; ed. high school, and Hedding Coll., Abingdon, Ill .; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; m. Charlotte Judd, of Chicago, Apr. 26, 1916. Reporter
MOSES, Thomas Gibbs, landscape painter; b. on Chicago Times-Herald, and Chicago Record- Liverpool, Eng., July 21, 1856; s. Lucius M. and Herald, 1898-1900, Chicago Daily News until 1902;
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sec., dir. Thomas J. Bolger Co., bond dealers, 1902- treas. same since 1894; dir. Buckeye Fire Brick & 12; now sec., dir. Bolger, Mosser & Willaman. Mem. Clay Co. Clubs: Edgewater Country, Lake Delavan Country, Architectural, Edgewater Golf. Home: 5841 Kenmore Av. Office: 133 W. Washington St. Phi Delta Theta, Modern Woodmen of America. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: University, City, South Shore Country (sec. since 1915), Olympia Fields Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions and music. Home: 230 E. Delaware Pl. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
MOTH, Morris Jonathan, M.D .; b. at Winnebago Co., Wis., May 16, 1853; s. Robert S. and Margery D. (Bacon) Moth; grad. high sch., Berlin, Wis., 1872; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1890; m. Laura L. Shibley, of Randall, Wis., Dec. 16, 1879 (now de- ceased) ; children: Laura Harriet, Robert Shibley, Margaret Dorothy. In business as gen, mcht. in Winnetka, Ill., 1873-85; practice of medicine since 1890; mem, faculty of Hahnemann Med. Coll. since 1894, now prof. materia medica; mem. med. staff Hahnemann Hosp. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Assn., Home. Med. Soc. of Chi- cago, Clin. Soc. of Hahnemann Hosp. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Recreations: automobiling, music. Home: 543 E. 34th St. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.
MOTT, Edgar Washington, Chicago mgr. Earl & Wilson; b. Manhasset, L.I., N.Y., Feb. 23, 1866; s. William E. and Amelia A. (Gildersleeve) Mott; m. Mary V. Golder, of N.Y. City, Aug. 19, 1885; chil- dren: Percy R., Edgar C., Virginia A. Began as a boy in employ of Earl & Wilson, mfrs. collars and cuffs, New York, Jan. 1, 1880; came to Chicago, Jan. 1, 1894, to take charge of Chicago branch, Re- publican. Trustee Berwyn Bapt. Ch. Clubs: Chi- cago Motor, White Lake Yacht. Recreations: mo- toring, motor-boating. Home: Berwyn, Ill. Office: 323 W. Jackson Boul.
MOTT, John Grenville, vice president J. H. Win- terbotham & Sons; b. Sparta, O., Jan. 23, 1843; s. Egbert Benson and Mary ( Winterbotham) Mott; ed. pvt. and pub. schs. of DeKalb Co., Ind .; m. Rue Winterbotham, of Michigan City, Ind., Mar. 24, 1874; children: Russell and Genevieve. Went to Cal., 1863, and spent 11 yrs. there and in various mining camps of Nev .; resident of Michigan City, Ind., 1874-1906, since in Chicago; vice pres. J. H. Winterbotham & Sons; pres. Ind. Mfg. Co. (Jeffer- sonville, Ind.) ; dir. Ind. Transportation Co. (Michi- gan City), J. C. Pennoyer & Co. (Chicago). Pres. Bd. of Park Commrs., Michigan City, 1892-1905. Served 4 mos. in Union Army, in W. Va., 1862. Gold Democrat. Episcopalian. Ex-pres. Indiana Soc. S.R. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Exmoor Country, Highland Park. Recreations: shooting, fishing, golf. Home: Laurel Av., Highland Park, lil. Office: 226 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MOTT, Russell, lawyer; b. Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 16, 1879; s. John Grenville and Rue (Winter- botham) Mott; B.A., Yale, 1901; LL.B., Harvard, 1904; m. Helen Cutter, of Boston, Jan. 16, 1905; 4 children: John Grenville, 2d, Frederick Cutter, Evelyn Cutter, Joseph Winterbotham. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1904, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Boyle & Mott since 1905. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Ex- moor. Recreations: golf, hunting. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MOTTER, Thomas Ira, surgeon; b. at Stanton, Kan., Aug. 8, 1872; s. John A. and Annie E. (Brown) Motter; grad. Lawrence (Kan.) High Sch .; A.B., Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan., 1894, A.M., 1897; post- grad, work in science, Univ. of Kan .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899; m. Maud Schroyer, of Oak Park, 111., Jan. 2, 1901; children: Charles S., Mary. In- terne, 1899, attending surgeon, 1899-1905, Cook Co. Hosp .; surgeon C.&N.W.Ry. Co., Oak Park; surgeon West Suburban Hosp., etc .; mem. faculty Rush Med. Coll. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, A.M.A .; mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Alpha Gamma, etc. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Oak Park Country, Wausaukee Country. Home: 166 N. Kenil- worth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago.
MOULDING, Joseph Watkins, brick mfr .; b. Chi- cago, Sept. 23, 1873; s. Thomas and Sarah (Wat- kins) Moulding; ed. Northwestern Univ .; m. Jane Tilt, of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1895; 4 children: Joseph W., Jr., Sarah M., Arthur and Margaret. Entered service of the Thomas Moulding Co., 1892; sec, and
MOULTON, Don Alonzo, banker; b. Wellington, O., Sept. 6, 1852; s. of D. A. and Adeline ( Wallis) Moulton; ed. pub. schs., Wellington, and univ. at Cleveland, O .; m. Alice H. Willard, of Ironton, O., 1878 (died 1913). Began banking business with the First Nat. Bank of Ironton, O .; went from there to the First Nat. Bank of Topeka, Kan .; came to Chi- cago, 1889, and was with the Globe Nat. Bank un- til 1898; vice pres. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank since 1898. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Bankers', Chicago Automobile, Midlothian Country. Recreations: motoring, reading. Home: 5112 Kim- bark Av. Office: Corn Exchange Nat. Bank.
MOULTON, Elton James, professor mathemat- ics; b. Leroy, Mich., Aug. 4, 1887; s. Belah G. and Mary C. (Smith) Moulton; student Albion (Mich. ) Coll., 1903-5; Univ. of Chicago, 1905-8, B.S., 1907; Univ. of Wis., 1909-10, M.A., 1910; Harvard Univ., 1910-11; fellow Univ. of Chicago, 1911-12, Ph.D., 1913; m. Edna Frances McCormack, of Chicago, June 18, 1911; 2 children: James Edward, Helen Lois. Prof. mathematics, Pritchett Coll., Glas- gow, Mo., 1908-9; instr. mathematics, Univ. of Wis., 1909-10, Harvard, 1910-11; instr. mathemat- ics, 1912-13, asst. prof., 1913-17, asso. prof. since 1917, Northwestern Univ. Mem. Am. Math. Soc., Am. Astron. Soc., Math. Assn. America, A.A.A.S., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha. Demo- crat. Methodist. Recreation: tennis. Home: 909 Colfax St., Evanston, Ill.
MOULTON, Forest Ray, astronomer; b. LeRoy, Mich., Apr. 29. 1872; s. of Belah G. and Mary C. (Smith) Moulton; A.B., Albion Coll., 1894; Ph.D. (summa cum laude), Univ. of Chicago, 1899; m. Es- tella Gillette, of Owosso, Mich., Mar. 25, 1897. Asso. in astronomy, 1898-1900, instr., 1900-3, asst. prof., 1903-8, asso. prof., 1908-12, prof., since 1912, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Transactions Am. Math. Soc., since 1907; research asso. Carnegie Instn., since 1908. Fellow Royal Astron. Soc., A.A.A.S .; mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Am. Math. Soc. (vice pres., 1915), Am. Astron. Soc., Circolo Matematico di Palermo; hon. corr. mem. Brit. Assn. for the Adv. of Sci. Author: Celestial Mechanics, 1902; In- troduction to Astronomy, 1905; Descriptive As- tronomy, 1911; Periodic Orbits, 1913. Home: 6140 Woodlawn Av.
MOULTON, Frank Irwin, lawyer; b. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 5, 1854; s. of Billings and Harriet C. (Smith) Moulton; B.S., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1874; LL.B., Washington Univ., 1879; m. Ella L. Cozzens, of St. Louis, Nov. 24, 1884. Practiced alone at St Louis, 1879-83; removed to Chicago, 1883; mem firm of Mcclellan, Cummins & Moulton, 1886-90, Smith, Helmer & Moulton, 1890-1903, Hel- mer, Moulton & Whitman, 1903-13, Helmer, Moul- ton, Whitman & Whitman since 1913. Chmn. exec. com. Forest Preserve Assn. of Cook Co. Mem. Am., 111. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Clubs: Hamilton (pres. 1896), City (pres, and chmn. com. on parks and playgrounds), Flossmoor Country. Recreations: creation of parks and playgrounds for children. Home: 4927 Dor- chester Av. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.
MOULTON, George Mayhew, insurance; b. at Readsboro, Vt., Mar. 15, 1851; s. Joseph Tilton and Maria J. Moulton; parents came to Chicago, 1853; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1868; m. Burlington, Ia., Mar. 12, 1873, Anna Florence Garland; children: Edith May, Arthur Garland. Engaged in building grain elevators, 1870-95; pres. Pioneer Fire Proof Constrn. Co., 1877-1902; pres. Western Life Indem- nity Co. since 1905. Commd. maj. 2d Regiment, I.N.G., 1886; elected colonel same regiment, 1894; insp .- gen., I.N.G., 1901-3; brig .- gen. comdg. 1st bri- gade, I.N.G., 1902-7; then maj .- gen. comdg. 1st Div. I.N.G .; retired, 1909. Mason (33º, K.T., Shriner); Grand Master of the Grand Encampment K.T. of the U.S.A., 1904-7. An incorporator and pres. Knight Templars and Masons Life Indemnity Co. (now the Western Life Indemnity Co.); pres. 1885-90, III. Masonic Orphan's Home. Mem. N.E. Soc., Ill. Soc. S.R., S.A.R., Mil. Order of Foreign Wars, Soc. Co-
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lonial Wars, etc. Club: Union League. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: Masonic Temple.
MOULTON, Harold Glenn, college prof .; b. Le Roy, Mich., Nov. 7, 1883; s. Belah G. and Mary C. (Smith) Moulton; prep. edn. LeRoy High Sch .; Al- bion (Mich.) Coll., 1903-5; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1907; m. Frances C. Rawlins, of Evanston, Ill., June 17, 1912; children: John Rawlins, Barbara. Instr. Evanston Acad., 1908-9; fellow in polit. econ- omy, 1909-10, traveling fellow, 1910, asst. in polit. economy, 1910-11, instr., 1911-14, asst. prof. since 1914, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Western Econ. Soc. (sec.), Am. Econ. Assn., Delta Sigma Rho. Recrea- tions: tennis, golf. Home: 6017 Kimbark Av.
MOULTON, James Gardner, importer and dealer in paintings; May 12, 1844-July 17, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
MOULTON, Richard Green, college prof .; b. at Preston, Eng., May 5, 1849; s. of James Egan and Catherine (Fiddian) Moulton; A.B., London Univ., 1869; A.B., Univ. of Cambridge, 1874, A.M., 1877; Ph.D., Univ. of Pa., 1891; m. Alice Maud Cole, of Sheffield, Eng., Aug. 13, 1896. Cambridge Univ. ex- tension lecturer in lit., 1874-90; lecturer Am. Soc. Extension Univ. Teaching, 1891, London Soc. same, 1891-2; prof. literature in English, 1892-1901, lit. theory and interpretation and head dept. gen. lit- erature since 1901, Univ. of Chicago. Author of a number of lit. works, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home (Apr. to Sept.): Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Eng .; (Oct. to Mar.) 5758 Kenwood Av., Chi- cago.
MOULTON, William Brooks, lawyer; b. Bloom- ington, Ill., Mar. 28, 1871; s. Cheney and Mary (Wallace) Moulton; A.B., Harvard, 1895; student Harvard Law Sch .; m, Alice O'Grady, of Chicago, July 22, 1914. Admitted to bar, 1896; was mem. law firm of Catlin, Moulton & Weber, Chicago; now alone in gen. practice. Mem. council Nat. Civil Service Reform League; mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: City, Union League, Quadran- gle. Home: 1366 E. 57th St. Office: Borland Bldg.
MOULTON, William Cleveland, decorator. (See vol. 1911.)
MOWRY, Albert Earl, M.D .; b. Mattoon, Wis., Sept. 26, 1873; s. of Henry Clay and Henrietta M. (Flood) Mowry; grad. Decatur (Ill.) High Sch .. 1890; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1898; studied in England, Germany and France, 1910; m. Ruth Lehman, of Forsyth, Ill., July 29, 1901; 1 daughter, Marion. Telegraph operator I.C.R.R., 1890-4; served as Ist It. and surgeon, Ist Ill. Cav., Spanish-Am. War, 1898; instr. in medicine and ve- nereal diseases, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1898-1914; prof. venereal diseases, Chicago Hosp. Coll. of Medicine, since 1914; attending genito-uri- nary surgeon, Provident Hosp., since 1903. Mem. exec. bd. World's Purity Federation. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Am. Urol. Soc., Chicago Urol. Soc. Mason. Home: 3505 Indiana Av.
MOWRY, Louis C., real estate and loans; b. at Milan, O., Sept. 3, 1856; s. Asahel J. and Julia (Con- ger) Mowry; ed. Northwestern Univ., Milan; m Helen R. Andrews, of Chicago, June 29, 1898. For. merly engaged in manufacture of varnishes, title of Stewart, Mowry Co .; head of Mowry & Co., real estate and loans, since 1910. Republican. Protes- tant. Clubs: 111. Athletic, South Shore Country, Skokie Country. Recreations: golf and motoring. Home: 885 Bluff St., Glencoe, Ill. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
MOXLEY, George Thomas, butterine mfr .; b. at Chicago, Nov. 18, 1881; s. William J. and Mary (Keane) Moxley; ed. puh. schs., Chicago: student Notre Dame Univ., Ind., 1896-1902; m. Katherine, d. of Alderman John E. Powers, of Chicago, Oct. 19, 1910. While a student at university, 1901, was elected treas. William J. Moxley, Inc., mfrs. of but- terine; elected sec. of the company, 1910, and pres. 1915; pres. Moxley Cold Storage Co., Moxley Livery Co .; pres. Moxley Nursery Co., Delavan, Wis .; dir. Ill. Traveling Men's Health Assn. of Chicago. Re- publican. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Home: 4642 Malden St. Office: 541 W. Randolph St.
America in early childhood; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Mary Keane (now deceased). Pres. William J. Moxley, Inc., butterine mfrs., 1884-1909. Served as mem. Rep. Co. Central Com., and Rep. State Cen- tral Com., Ill .; on staff of Gov. Richard Yates with rank of col .; elected to 61st Congress 6th Ill. Dist. for unexpired term (1909-11), of William Lorimer, elected to Senate. Catholic. Clubs: Illinois, Chi- cago Athletic. Home: 1419 Congress St.
MOYER, Ela Bliss, insurance; b. Peru, Ill., Feb. 11, 1869; s. late Samuel G. and Emma ( Bliss) Moy- er; grad. classical course, Cedar Falls (Ia.) High Sch., 1889; m. Jessie Watt, of Danville, Ill., June 13, 1899; 3 children: John Watt (deceased), Dorothy Louise, Barbara Helen. After graduation taught sch. for some time; lived in Ia., 1880-95, Chicago since 1895; asst. sec. Nat. Life Ins. Co. of U.S.A. since 1903. Republican. Presbyterian. Recreations: shooting, fishing. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
MOYER, Harold Nicholas, M.D .; b. Canajoharie, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1858 ; s. Waldstein and Ellen ( Young) Moyer; early edn. pub. schs .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1879; attended univs. and hosps. in Vienna and Hei- delberg for post-grad. study, 1882-3; m. Eleanor Hooton, of New Carlisle, Ind. Asst. phys. Ill. East- ern Hosp. for Insane, Kankakee, 1879-82; in pvt. practice in Chicago, since 1884. Formerly maj. surgeon 2d Regt., I.N.G .; Cook Co. physician, 1887- 88. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc. (ex-pres.), Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, University. Contbr. to med. jours. Home: 4533 El- lis Av. Office: 202 S. State St.
MUDD, Francis Xavier, transportation; b. Leb- anon, Ky., July 21, 1859; s. James Thomas and Sarah Angela (Spink) Mudd; ed. prep. sch., dist. country sch., St. Mary's Coll .; m. Claribel Whitney, of Oswego, N.Y., Feb. 13, 1884. Began in transpor- tation business, 1889; became gen. mgr. and dir., 1889, and is now pres. Live Poultry Transit Co. Also vice pres. Chicago Binder & File Co. Demo- crat. Catholic. Mem. Royal League, Nat. Union. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chi- rago Automobile, Traffic. Recreation: motoring. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 343 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
MUDD, Joseph A., binder, printer; b. Marion Co., Ky., Mar. 6, 1861; s. James T. and Sarah Angela (Spink) Mudd; ed. St. Mary's Coll., St. Mary, Ky .; m. Pamela A. Brown, Lebanon, Ky., Oct. 25, 1881; 13 children: James, Angela (Mrs. John T. Hawkes), Raymond, Agnes, Augustine, Clara (deceased), Jo- seph, Rose, Frank, Louise, Anna Mary, Leo, Ger- trude. Employed by L.&N.R.R.Co., in Ky., 20 yrs .; identified with manufacture of loose leaf devices in Chicago since 1900; pres., mgr. Chicago Binder & File Co .; pres. Ray F. Mudd Motor Co. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. Commerce, Mfrs.' and Dealers' Assn. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Recrea- tions: hunting, fishing, golf. Home: 106 S. Waller Av., Austin. Office: 114-124 S. Clinton St.
MUDGE, Henry U., railway president. Removed to Denver, Colo. (See Who's Who in America.)
MUELLER, Carl, real estate; b. Portage, Wis., Feb. 17, 1862; s. of Ernest and Maria (Pierstorff) Mueller; ed. pub. schs., Madison, Wis .; m. Anna Schaab, of Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, Sent. 1, 1889; 6 children: Oscar Albert, Adlai Adam, Ewald Ernest, Ernest Schaab, Maria Helfrich (deceased), Hugo Sherman. In real estate business, Chicago, since 1890; pres. Walger Awning Co. Mem. III. Ho. of Rep., 3 terms, 1898-1902, and 1917-19, Senate, 1903-7. Mem. 5th Regt., Wis. N.G., 1878-83. Repub- lican. Protestant. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner ) ; mem. Royal League, Columbian Knights, Modern Wood- men, Nat. Union. Club: Press. Recreations: fish- ing, hunting. Home: 2142 Lincoln Park West. Of- fice: 118 N. LaSalle St.
MUELLER, Carl Bernard, grain shipper; b. Chl- cago, Aug. 29, 1888; s. Herman Rudolph and Ma- thilde (Siefert) Mueller; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; A.B., Cornell Univ., 1907; m. Sigrid Ellis, Jan. 27, 1917. With Hamilton Nat. Bank, Chicago, 6 mos., 1909; engaged in grain shipping business since 1910; pres. Mueller & Young Grain Co., since 1914. MOXLEY, William J., congressman; b. Ireland, Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Republican. Mem. Sig- May, 1851; s. Thomas and Ellen Moxley; came to ma Chi. Clubs: University, Traffic, Chicago Auto-
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mobile, South Shore Country, Germania. Recrea- William and Rose (Doyle) Mulholland; grad. St. tions: tennis, motoring. Home: 3933 Pine Grove Columba's Sch. (parochial), Ottawa, 1904; grad. Av. Office: 932 Postal Telegraph Bldg.
MUELLER, Frederick, orthopedic surgeon; b. in Austria, 1871; M.D., Univ. of Vienna, 1896, Mem. orthopedic staff, St. Mary's of Nazareth Hosp .: mem. consulting staff Cook County Hosp .; prof. orthopedic surgery, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery, and Milwaukee Med. Coll. Mem. A.M.A .. 111. State and Chicago med. socs. Home: 2332 Com- monwealth Av. Office: 209 S. State St.
MUELLER, Herman Rudolph, grain merchant; Feb. 23, 1857-1912. (See vol. 1911.)
MUELLER, Max A., mfr .; b. St. Louis, Feb. 2, 1866; s. Florian and Johanna (Willisch) Mueller; ed. St. Louis pub. schs .; m. Chicago, July 1, 1893, Gertrude Kirkwood; 3 children: Marion, William Florian, Ralph. Came to Chicago, 1885, and was employed with George W. Misch, in art glass work, until 1891; mem. firm of Schuler & Mueller, mfrs. of ornamental glass, inc. as the Schuler-Mueller Co., of which is pres. Republican. Methodist. Odd Fellow. Club: Ridgemoor Golf. Recreations: golf, baseball, fishing. Home: 5812 W. Circle Av. Office: 314 W. Superior St.
MUELLER, Oscar Frederick, woolens; June 25, 1854-July 6, 1912. ( See vol. 1911.)
MUELLER, Paul Ferdinand, newspaper man; b. Saxony, Germany, July 7, 1857; s. Hellmuth and Augusta (Leonhardt) Mueller; ed. high schs., Ger- many and N.Y. City; m. Julia M. Weifenbach, of Hamburg, Germany, Mar. 26, 1898; 1 son, Paul Hellmuth. Came to America, 1871 ; began as errand boy in an importing house, later salesman and free lance writer for daily and weekly newspapers, Eng- lish and German; first salaried newspaper position, Phila. Gazette, 1891; editorial writer and mng. edi- tor Abendpost, Chicago, 1894-1914; now pres. The Abendpost Co. and editor-in-chief, Abendpost and Sontagpost; dir. Baldwin County (Ala.) Coloniza- tion Co. Mem. Chicago Numismatic Soc., Chicago Hist. Soc., Lincoln Turnverein. Democrat. Evan- gelical Lutheran. Clubs: Chicago Press, Verein Deutsche Press, Germania. Home: 3824 N. Keeler Av. Office: 223-225 W. Washington St.
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