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 169

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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ORNDOFF, Benjamin Harry, M.D .; h. Harveys, Pa., Feb. 3, 1881; s. John O. and Minerva (Rose- berry) Orndoff; grad. in pharmacy and science, Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ .; M.D., Chicago Coll. Medi- cine and Surgery (Valparaiso Univ.), 1906; m. Bernice Harvey, of Rutan, Pa., June 29, 1907; 4 children: John Roseberry, Ruth, Jane, Sarah. In- terne, 15 months, 1906-7, pathologist and roent- genologist since 1907, Frances Willard Hosp .; also same, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. School; prof. roentgen- ology and internal medicine, Chicago Coll. Medi- cine and Surgery. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce; fellow A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .: hon. mem. Fox River Valley Med. Assn. Mason (32°, Medinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.). Has done original work on the tonsils, in conjunction with others. Author of various papers on path- ology and roentgenology, read before med. socs .; among them: Prophylaxis, the Especial Function of the Tonsil; Multiple Cartilaginous Exostosis (read before Western Roentgen Ray Assn.); The Present Status of Vaccine Therapy (10th Dist. Soc. of Ind.); The Use of the Dark Field Illumina- tor in Diagnosis of Syphilis: Laboratory Methods in Diagnosis of Syphilis; etc. Home: 4430 Wilcox Av. Office: 1925 Field Annex.

ORPISZEWSKI, Stanislaus, editor; h. in Poland; s. Stanislaus and Magdalene (Podszelska) Orpis- zewski; ed. at coll. in old country; m. Agnes Stoch, of Poland, July, 1916. Came to America, 1893; engaged in newspaper business since 1906: editor Polish National Daily 4 yrs., Polish Military Friend, 3 yrs .: now chief editor Polish Zgoda (daily and weekly); dir. Polish Nat. Bldg. & Loan Assn. since 1908. Home: 715 N. Ashland Av. Office: 1406-1408 W. Division St.

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ORR, Carsy Cassius, cartoonist; b. Ada, O., Jan. children: Adolph J., George, Josephine, Margueritte 17, 1890; s. Cassius Perry and Martha (Rinehart) Orr; grad. Spokane (Wash.) High Sch .; 3 years' course in mech. engring. in pvt. sch .; student Chi- cago Acad. Fine Arts; m. Cherry Maud Kindel, of Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 25, 1914. With Chicago Examiner, Jan .- Oct., 1912, Nashville Tennesseean and American, 1912-17; joined staff Chicago Trib- une, Feb. 23, 1917. Polit, cartoons extensively re- produced in U.S. and abroad. Republican. Meth- odist. Mason. Clubs: Rotary, Noelton (Nashville). Author: Nashville Business Men (cartoons), 1904; Comin' Thru With Rye (cartoons), 1914. Address: Chicago Tribune.

ORR, Louis Thomas, lawyer; b. Kankakee, Ill., Nov. 30, 1871; s. James Nicholas and Emma Hunt- ington (Ainsworth) Orr; ed. Oberlin Coll., 1889- 92; Univ. of Mich., 1892-5, LL.B., 1895; m. Arabella Ruth Armstrong, of Akron, O., Oct. 15, 1902; 3 chil- dren: Louis Thomas, Jr., Willard T., and Arabella Ruth. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; mem. firm of H. G. Howard & Co., real estate; also interested in other corpns. In 1901 was retained by the Women's and Children's Protective Assn. to investigate charges against the management of the Eastern 111. Hosp. for Insane, at Kankakee, which resulted in re- moval of 1 trustee and discharge of many employes. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Cook County Real Estate Bd., etc. Republican; has taken active interest in city, co., state and nat. elections. Congregational- ist. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Club: Hamilton. Recreation: horseback riding. Home: 5111 Woodlawn Av. Office: 82 W. Washington St.

ORR, Willard Talcott, real estate; Dec. 29, 1865- Nov. 11, 1912. (See vol. 1911.)

ORTENGREN, John R., singer and vocal teacher. (See vol. 1911.)

ORTH, Daniel Adam, surgeon; b. at Milwaukee, July 13, 1872; s. John and Augusta (Killian) Orth; ed. grammar schs. and East Side High Sch., Mil- waukee; Spencerian Business Coll .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1896; m. Margaret Cadden, of Chicago, June 1, 1899; children: Frances, Daniel A., Jr., Robert T. Practiced at Chicago since 1896, specializing in surgery; attending surgeon, St. Mary's of Nazareth Hosp .; elin. prof. surgery, Coll. Medicine and Surgery; surgeon in chief, Nat. Mut. Casualty Ins. Co. Author: A Plea for Spinal Anes- thesia (a report of 423 cases), 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press. Recreations: golf, fishing, hunt- ing. Home: 3319 Washington Boul. Offices: 209 S. State St., and 1958 W. Chicago Av.

ORTH, William Sheriff, M.D .; b. Keithsburg, Ill., Sept. 21, 1864; s. Calvin S. and Mary F. (Sheriff) Orth; A.B., Monmouth (Ill.) Coll., 1887; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1890; m. Anna C. Tempel, of Chicago, June 23, 1898; 3 children: Dorothy Frances, Calvin William, Richard Tempel. Practiced at Chicago since 1890; attending physician to Alexian Brothers and German hosps. Mem. A.M.A., 1Il. State and Chicago med. socs. Mason. Home: 628 Wright- wood Av. Office: 5 S. Wabash Av.

ORTMAN, Randolph, mfr .; b. Vienna, Austria, June 21, 1864; s. Charles L. and Marie (Bock) Ortmann; ed. pub. schs. of Saginaw and Detroit, Mich., completing edn. at Polytechnikum, Vienna, Austria; m. Chicago, Oct. 11, 1892, Blanche, d. Morris Sellers. Entered employ of Market Bank, Detroit, as messenger, May, 1883; went to Duluth, Minn., 1884, to represent some large timber inter- ests; came to Chicago, 1885, and entered employ of the Ajax Forge Co. as timekeeper; occupied differ- ent positions in that company and was made sec., 1887, later vice pres. and now pres .; also in 1893 became connected with Griffin Wheel Co., being successively asst. treas., sec. and now vice pres .; pres. Ajax Forge Co., Am. Manganese Steel Co. Republican. Catholic. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Cycle (Chicago); Railway, Riding, India House, The Lambs (New York); Bohemian (San Fran- cisco), Recreations: golf, motoring, fox hunting, farming. Offices: 332 S. Michigan Av., Chicago; 30 Church St., New York City.

ORTSEIFEN, Adam, brewer; b. at Montabaur, Province of Nassau, Germany, Dec. 2, 1854; s. Chris- tian and Annie (Roth) Ortseifen; came to Chicago, Mar. 30, 1873; m. 1879, Josephine Krieger, Chicago;

A. Secured employment in an architect's office on Milwaukee Av., but after a few months became connected with a sign painting shop on N. Clark St .; later went into sign painting business for him- self, making a specialty of brewers' signs. While painting a large "Germania" picture in a hall in 1877 met Mr. McAvoy, who later engaged him to take charge of the sign painting for the McAvoy Brewing Co. Later, when the brewing co. ceased painting their own signs, was appointed agent of the co. for the South Side, later general agent for the entire city, then gen, mgr. and in 1892 vice pres., and finally became pres. of the McAvoy Brew- ing Co .; also pres. McAvoy Brewing & Malting Co. Democrat; has been city treas. of Chicago; re- ceived vote of Cook Co. delegation for gov. of Ill. in State Convention of 1900. Mason (32º). Home: 4949 Grand Boul. Office: 2349 South Park Av.

OSBORN, Clark Dempster, gloves; b. Herkimer Co., N.Y., July 17, 1851; s. Uzel and Mary (Demp- ster) Osborn; ed. pub. schs .; m. Black River Falls, Wis., 1882, Julia E. Spaulding; children: Margaret C. (Mrs. Henry W. Clausen), Dudley P. Was en- gaged in produce commn, business on S. Water St., 1871-5; began in glove business, 1875, as salesman with C. Dempster & Co., until 1881, when started for self in same business; mem, firm Osborn & Cayzer, 1885-97; pres. C. D. Osborn Co. since 1897. Interested and active in civic affairs. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Methodist. Mason. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Coun- try, Kenwood, Ill. Athletic. Recreation: traveling. Residence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: 2201 Waban- sia Av.

OSBORN, Frank Henry, insurance. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)

OSBORN, Theodors L., marine and fire ins .; b. at Greenville, Mich., Jan. 13, 1881; s. of Leonard and Margaret Elizabeth (Clark) Osborn; ed. grammar and high schs., Greenville: Detroit Business Univ. ; m. Florence E. Siple. of Greenville, Feb. 12, 1907; 1 son, Theodore Leonard. Began in employ of Norton & Worthington, Chicago Bd. of Trade, Apr. 1, 1898-1900; then brother in firm of F. H. Osborn & Co., marine and fire ins .; now sr. partner Osborn & Co .; sec. and mgr. Federal Union Ins. Co. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Club: Hamilton. Rec- reation : home life. Home: 1431 Farwell Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

OSBORNE, Charles B., real estate; b. Maysville, Ky., July 23, 1872; s. of Walter Scott and Sarah (Bouldin) Osborne; ed. Washington and Lee Univ., Lexington, Va., 1890-2; m. Susan A. Boyd, of Cov- ington, Ky .. Nov. 28, 1900. Entered real estate business, 1893; was associated with late Lucius G. Fisher, owner of Fisher Bldg .; now executor and trustee Estate of Lucius G. Fisher and partner L. G. Fisher & Co .; dir. Union Bag & Paper Co. Mem. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mem. Christian (Dis- ciples) Ch. Clubs: Union League, Kenwood, Calu- met Country. Home: 1243 E. 50th St. Office: 343 S. Dearborn St.

OSBORNE, Harold Sayre, lawyer. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)

OSBORNE, Henry Sayre, lawyer; Nov. 24, 1840- Feb. 5, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

OSBORNE, W. Irving, retired banker; b. Wind- ham, N.Y., July 27, 1859; s. Nathan G. Osborne; ed. pub. schs. of N.Y. State. Admitted to N.Y., Ill. and Kan. bars; engaged in practice at Catskill, N. Y., 1885-8; practiced at Wichita, Kan., 1888-1893; Chicago until 1902; assisted in organizing Central Trust Co. of Ill., of which was Ist vice pres .; was later pres. Continental & Commercial Trust & Sav- ings Bank for 1 year (retired). Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Evanston Country. Recreation: golf. Home: Evanston, IIl .; (country) Rockefel- ler, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

OSBORNSON, Edmund Amund, lumber; b. Ber- gen, Norway, July 26, 1858; s. of David and Julia (Amundson) Osbornson; came to Chicago in child- hood; ed. pub. schs. and Bryant and Stratton Busi- ness Coll .: m. Chicago, July 9, 1885, Grace Bryant; 1 daughter, Carolyn Edith (Mrs. Maj. Perry Weston Severn). Began in the lumber business with the firm of Babcock Bros., later known as Babcock Bros. & Park; in 1882 with Robinson & Prettyman and

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afterward with George G. Robinson; joined, 1890, and Crockett Club. Address: Field Museum of with John C. Deacon, in the firm of J. C. Deacon & Natural History. Co., lumber, inc. as J. C. Deacon Co., 1907, and at death of J. C. Deacon, 1909, became pres. Mem, Lumbermen's Assn., Builders' and Traders' Ex- change. Republican. Deacon Warren Av. Congl. Ch,; dir. Chicago City Missionary Soc. Club: Con- gregational. Recreations: reading: interested in the furtherance of missionary work. Home: 144 N. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 2348 Loomis St., Chicago.

OSGOOD, Edwin S., pres. Osgood Co .; b. of Am. parentage, Moulmein, Burmah, Asia, Nov. 21, 1842; s. Rev. Sewall Mason and Sarah Maria (Willsey) Osgood; A.B., Phila. High Sch., 1860; m. June Warder Osgood, of Chicago, June 12, 1901; chil- dren (by previous marriage): Helen (deceased), William P., Frederic S., Elizabeth M. ( Mrs. William Lloyd), Gaylord (deceased), Edwin (deceased). Resident of Chicago since 1860; began with S. C. Griggs & Co. (now A. C. McClurg & Co.), books; then with H. C. & C. Durand, wholesale grocers, and later with Olmsted & Co., mfrs .; organized, 1893, the Osgood Co., engravers, designers and electro- typers, of which is sec .- treas. Served as gunner in Chicago Mercantile Battery, 1862-5; was with 13th Army Corps in Vicksburg Campaign, and par- ticipated in Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Champion Hills, Black River Bridge, Siege of Vicksburg, Siege of Jackson, Sabine Cross Road. 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

Was collector and clerk of town bd. Cicero; pres. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Employ- ing Engravers' Assn., Chicago Employing Electro- typers' Assn. Republican. Baptist. Mem. Kilpat- rick Post, G.A.R. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: motoring, travel. Home: 5446 Ferdinand St. Of- fice: 418 S. Market St.

OSGOOD, Henry Broadwell, creamery supplies; b. Verona, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1869; s. William Broad- well and Martha Ann (Tufts) Osgood; ed. Vernon (N.Y.) Union Sch .; Home (pvt.) Sch., Verona; Eastman Business Coll., Poughkeepsie; m. Jennie E. Beckwith, of Norwich, Conn., June 24, 1896; 1 son, Franklin Beckwith. On father's farm, Verona, until 1893; with Rau Mfg. Co., Chicago, 1893-7; be- came identified with the Creamery Package Mfg. Co., 1897, sales mgr., 1903-13, asst. sec. and dir. of sales since 1913. Republican, Pres. Bapt. Young People's Union of America since 1916; deacon Englewood Bapt. Ch. Clubs: Union League, Bev- erly Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 9921 Win- chester Av. Office: 61-67 W. Kinzie St.

OSGOOD, Samuel Walter, president Am. Graph- ite Co .; b. Chicago, Sept. 20, 1876; s. Samuel and Elizabeth (Olds) Osgood; B.Sc. and M.E., Mich. Coll. of Mines, 1900; m. Mary Isalene, d. William C. Kenner, of Chicago, Sept. 1, 1909. Has served as consulting engr., supt. or mgr. for many well known mining men or cos .; mgr. old Clark mine, Keweenaw Co., Mich .; discoverer, 1907, of Tenn. zinc fields and mgr. Am. Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co.'s mines, mills and exploration work, also mgr. for Am. Metal Co., same dist .; pres. Samuel W. Os- good & Co., consulting mine and mill engrs .; at one time a mem. firm of Osgood, Carter & Co., mining engrs .; pres. Am. Graphite Co., Chemical Carbon Refining Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Joint Com. on Mil. Engring. of Chicago, 1917; mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Ill. Soc. Sons Am. Revolution. Mason, K.P. Club: City. Writer of various hro- chures and contbr. to mining jours. Home: 6021 Drexel Boul. Office: 1229 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

OSSOSKI, Sidney; b. Hornell, Steuben Co., N.Y., May 2, 1874; s. Solomon and Fanny ( Zerkowski) Ossoski; student Cornell Univ., 1891-3; Univ. of Berlin, 1899; LL.B., Columbia Univ., 1902; m. Caro- line L. Grant, of New York, Oct. 27, 1908. Prac- ticed law, N. Y. City, 1902-8; came to Chicago, 1908, and was asst. counsel and sec. finance com., Chicago Rys. Co .; in 1911 became mgr. law and claim dept., Chicago Rys. Co .; also pres. and dir. Chicago & Oak Park Elevated Ry. Co. Democrat. Club: South Shore Country. Has written various articles for tech. mags., mainly on street ry. subjects. Home: 5655 Sheridan Rd. Office: 600 Washington Boul.

OSTENDORP, Louie, mfr .; b. at Hochfeld, Ger- many, Dec. 20, 1876; s. Louis and Mary (Blum) Ostendorp; ed. pvt. schs. in Germany, then in nat. schs., Eng .; came to U.S. in 1889, took a course in business coll. in Chicago. First business experi- ence at age of 17 with A. O. Mason, grain commn .; in the produce shipping business at Mora, Minn., 1897-1902; pres. and treas, Clinton Glass Co., mfrs. of art glass, since 1902. Republican. Catholic. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 3421 Maple Av., Berwyn, Ill, Office: 1000 W. 21st St., Chicago.

OSTERLOH, Albert Frederick, manager Good- year Tire & Rubber Co. Removed to Akron, O.,

OSTHOFF, Otto E., engineer; b. Cleveland, O., school bd., Austin, before admittance to Chicago, Oct. 4, 1874; s. Charles H. and Henrietta (Plas- man) Osthoff; student Adelbert Coll. of Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, 3 yrs .; E.E., Case Sch. of Applied Science, 1897. Consulting engr. for mfrs,, Cleveland, 1897-9, for Electric Storage Battery Co., of Philadelphia, at New York, 1899-1900; western engr. for same company with headquarters in Chi- cago, 1900-2; became associated, 1902, with H. M. Byllesby & Co., engrs., of which is vice pres. Pres- byterian. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Gas Light Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, University, Exmoor Country (Chi- cago); Bankers, Recess, Whitehall (New York) ; Pendennis (Louisville); Minneapolis (Minneapo- lis). Home: 2922 Prairie Av. Office: 208 S. LaSalle Street.

OSTRANDER, John Guy, electrotyping machin- ery; b. Chicago, May 19, 1871; s. John Wesley and Margaret L. (Metz) Ostrander; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago; m. Mary A. Walsh, of Chicago, Jan. 22, 1902. Associated with father in manufacture of ma- chinery for photo-engraving, electrotyping and stereotyping since 1886; vice pres. and mgr. The Ostrander-Seymour Co. since 1901. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Automobile. Recreations: motoring, hunting, fishing. Home: 2730 Leland Av. Office: 1414 Tribune Bldg.

OSTRANDER, John Wesley, electrotyping ma- chinery; b. N.Y., 1844; ed. rural schs., N.Y., and night schs., Chicago; m. Margaret L. Metz, of Louisville, Ky., 1866; 6 children: Charles W., John Guy, Frank A., Grace M. (Mrs. Thomas H. Tapley), Rose E. and Frances (hoth deceased). Founder, 1866, and pres. The Ostrander-Seymour Co., mirs. of machinery and appliances for photo-engraving, electrotyping and stereotyping; practically retired from active business since 1901. Republican. Ma- son. Homes: Chicago, and Los Angeles, Cal. Office: 1414 Tribune Bldg., Chicago.

OTIS, Charles Tillinghast, real estate; h. Berlin, Erie Co., O .: s. late Frederick R. and Emeline (Til- linghast) Otis; A.B., (old) Chicago Univ., 1874; un- married. Identified with real estate interests in Chicago during entire business career, first with father and since latter's death with brother, Lu- cius I. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Coun- try. Recreations: travel, farming. Home: 2033 Prairie Av. Office: 37 W. Jackson Boul.

OSGOOD, Wilfred Hudson, naturalist; b. Roch- ester, N.H., Dec. 8, 1875; s. Marion Hudson and Harriet Amanda Osgood; A.B., Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1899; unmarried. Biologist in U.S. Dept. Agr., 1897-1909; in charge U.S. biol. investigation in Alaska, 1899-1909: asst, curator of mammalogy and ornithology, Field Mus. of Natural History. Chicago, since 1909. Conducted biol. explorations in Alaska, Can., many parts U.S., and in S. Amer- ica; studied in European museums, 1906, 1910; spl. OTIS. Ephraim A., lawyer; Aug. 2, 1835-Sept. 6, 1913. (See vol. 1911.) U.S. investigator fur-seal question, 1914. Fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Ornithologists' Union; founder and OTIS, Joseph Edward, banker; h. Chicago, Mar. ed. Harvard Sch., Chicago, Phillips Acad., Andover. Mass., and Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale) ; m. Emi- ly Webster, of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1891; children: Jo- 1st pres. Cooper Ornith. Club of Cal .; sec. Biol. 5, 1867; s. Joseph Edward and Maria (Taylor) Otis: Soc. Washington, 1900-9; pres. Wash. Biologists' Field Club, 1904-6; corr. mem. London Zool. Soc .; mem. Explorers' Club (N.Y.); asso. mem. Boone

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seph Edward, Jr., George Webster, Stuart Hunt- Ann Arbor, Mich .; C.E., Univ. of Mich., 1878; stud- Ington, Raymond, Emily Huntington. Began in real ied architecture at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 3 yrs .; m. Elizabeth Lincoln Shackford, of Chicago, Sept. 11, 1888; children: Samuel S., Louise. Upon return from Paris came to Chicago and entered the estate business, 1889; one of organizers and pres. Great Western Tin Plate Co., Joliet. III. (sold to Am. Tin Plate Co., 1897) ; mem. firm Otis, Wilcox & Co., stock brokers, 1897, business changed to pvt. office of W. L. B. Jenney, architect; partner Jenney banking and consolidated with Western State Bank, & Otis, till 1889, then alone; in co-partnership with E. H. Clark since 1909. Lecturer on history of ar- chitecture, Art Inst. of Chicago. Fellow A.I.A., and mem. of Ill. Chapter same; mem. Ancien élève a l'école des Beaux Arts. Independent Republican. Clubs: University, City, Skokie Country. Home: Oak St., Winnetka, Ill. Office: 6 N. Michigan Av., Chicago. 1902, under title of Western Trust & Savings Bank, of which was pres. until 1911, when it consolidated with Central Trust Co. of Ill .; vice pres. of latter (and acting pres. 1917) ; pres. Chicago Morris Plan Bank since 1917. Treas. Chicago Police Pension Fund since 1909. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, University, Commercial, On- wentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Recreation: farming. OTIS, William Kitchen, lawyer; b. Chicago, Aug. 26, 1876; s. Iate Ephraim A. and Sarah E. (Kitchen) Otis; A.B., Harvard, 1898; LL. B., Northwestern Univ., 1901; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1901; in law offices of Otis & Graves, 1901-4; mem. firm of E. A. & W. K. Otis, 1904-13, since alone; asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago, 1907. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Univer- sity, Saddle and Cycle, Law. Home: 1213 Astor St. Office: 112 W. Adams St. Home: 1441 N. State St. Office: 125 W. Monroe St. OTIS, Lucius James, real estate; b. Berlin, Erie Co., O .; s. late Frederick R. and Emeline (Tilling- hast) Otis; student old Chicago Univ., 2 yrs .; un- married. Identified with Chicago real estate inter- ests during entire business career, first with father and since latter's death, with brother, Charles T. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: travel, motoring. Home: 2033 Prairle Av. Office: 37 W. Jackson Boul.

OTIS, Philo Adams, real estate; b. at Berlin Heights, O., Nov. 24, 1846; s. James and Margaretta Graves (Adams) Otis; came to Chicago with par- ents. 1857; grad. Western Reserve Coll., Hudson, O., 1868; m. Bridgeport, Conn., June 20, 1890, Alice J. Sanford; 1 son, James Sanford. Associated with father in real estate business, 1871-95; since fa- ther's death, Sept. 15, 1895, has carried on the busi- ness in own name. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. One of founders of Apollo Musical Club, 1872 (mem. bd. of mgrs. many years and pres. 1890-3) ; sec. bd. of trustees Thomas Orchestra since 1894; has been chmn. music com. First Presbyterian Ch for 40 yrs. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Univer- sity, Midlothian, South Shore Country. Author of History of the First Presbyterian Church, 1900; also of a number of popular hymns and anthems. Home: 1709 Prairie Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.

OTIS, Ralph Chester, real estate; b. at Chicago, Mar. 8, 1870; s. Joseph Edward and Maria (Taylor) Otis; ed. Beloit, Wis., and at Northwestern Univ. Law Sch .; m. N.Y. City, 1899, Sarane Seeley; chil- dren: James, Ralph Chester, Jr., Sarane. With Otis, Wilson & Co., brokers, 1898-1903; vice pres. Chicago Savings Bank, 1903-8; in real estate busi- ness since 1908: pres. Madison Building Co .; dir. Western Trust & Savings Bank, Mem. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, 3 yrs .; author of the "Otis Bill," enacted by III. Gen. Assembly, 1917, reorganizing Bd. of Edn. of Chicago. Clubs: Chicago, Calumet, Saddle and Cycle, University. Recreation: traveling. Home: 1332 Astor St. Office: 7 W. Madison St.

OTIS, Robert M., merchant; b. Bellevue, O., Sept. 23. 1883; s. Merrill B. and Alice E. (Owen) Otis: ed. pub. schs., Jackson, Mich .; pvt. tech. instrn .; m. Clare Bourne, of Corning, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1907; 1 daughter. Alieta Clare. Began in employ of S. H. Knox & Co., 5 and 10 cent stores, Toronto, Can., 1902, and continued with same company at Canton, Ohio, Chicago, St. Louis, Corning, N.Y., Evanston, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis .; became connected with the S. S. Kresge Co., 1914, at Louisville, Ky., and has been in charge of the company's store in Chi- cago since Jan .. 1915. Republican. Christian Sci- entist. Mason, Elk. Club: Mystic Athletic. Recre- ations: motoring, athletic sports, reading. Home: 5756 Kenmore Av. Office: 10-14 S. State St.

OTIS, Spencer, railway supplies; h. Orange, N.J., Feb., 1858; s. Daniel C. and Clara (Otis) Otis; ed. Amherst Coll .; m. Julia I. Melchers, of Detroit, Mich., 1902. Engaged in engring .: was connected with the U.P. Ry. at Omaha and Denver, later in railway supply business at Omaha, incorporating the Spencer Otis Co., 1896, of which has since been pres .: vice pres. National Dump Car Co .; resident of Chicago since 1898. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton. Home: Barrington, Ill. Office: 523 Railway Exchange, Chicago.

OTIS, William Augustus, architect; b. Almond, Allegany Co., N.Y., Ang. 14, 1855; s. Maj. Seth T. and Frances L. (Kellogg) Otis; ed. pub. schs. of

OTTE, Fred John, newspaper pub .; b. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1872; s. Frederick W. and Caroline (Hae- gert) Otte; ed. puh. schs., Chicago; m. Ada Flor- ence Brodde, of Chicago, Oct. 21, 1896; 1 son, Reyn- old (born July 26, 1897, died Nov. 10, 1903). Began as clerk on the Abendpost, 1890; advanced through various positions, purchasing interest in 1914; now sec, and treas. The Abendpost Co. Life mem. Art Inst. Chicago, Am. Nat. Red Cross. Republican. Evangelical Lutheran. Clubs: German, German Press, Home: 1336 Hood Av. Office: 223-225 W. Washington St.

OTTE, Hugo Emil, banker; h. Chicago, May 30, 1872; s. Emil and Catherine (Behrman) Otte; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Annetta Christian, of Chi- cago, June 7, 1894; children: Helen (deceased), Howard Allan, Milton Harvey. Began with the Union Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1887, continuing until its consolidation with the First wat. Bank, 1900; in employ of First Nat. until 1904, when organized and became cashier of Union Stock Yards State Bank; later organized and became pres. Lake View Trust & Savings Bank; cashier Nat. City Bank, 1907-9, since vice pres .; dir. People's Stock Yards State Bank, Kaspar State Bank. Republican. Ma- son. Clubs: Union League, Chicago, Bankers'. Rec- reations: golf, fishing. Home: 6710 Stewart Av. Office: 105 S. Dearborn St.

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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 169

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