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 170

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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OTTE, Louis Edward, railway equipment. (See vol. 1911.)


OTTENHEIMER, Henry Leopold, architect; b. Chicago, Nov. 10, 1868; s. Leopold and Lena (Cas- sel) Ottenheimer; ed. grammar and high schs. of Chicago; received primary architectural edn. with Adler & Sullivan, Chicago, and finished in Paris, France; m. Mary Mills Spaulding, June 30, 1913. In practice at Chicago since 1884; mem. Ottenheimer, Stern & Reichert since 1910. Mem. Ill. Chapter A.I.A. Republican. Mem. B.P.O. Elks, B'nai B'rith. Clubs: Standard, Hampden, Lake Shore Country. Recreations: golf, horseback riding, motoring, hunting, fishing. Home: 1107 Pratt Boul. Office: 220 S. State St.


OTTO, Benjamin, clergyman; b. at New Haven, Conn., Nov. 7, 1862; s. of Reinhart and Elizabeth (Kreg) Otto; prep. edn. Central High Sch., Buffalo, N.Y .; Univ. of Rochester, 1887; grad. Rochester Theol. Sem., 1890; m. Katherine Fellman, of Chi- cago, July 30, 1890; children: Harwood, Gordon. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1890; pastor 2d Ch., Mil- waukee, 1890-4, 1st Ch., Coldwater, Mich., 1894-7, North Ch., Jersey City, N.J., 1897-1906, 1st Ch., Kansas City, Mo., 1906-11, 1st Ch., Peoria, 111., 1911-15, Morgan Park Ch., Chicago, since 1915. Moderator, East N.J. Assn., 1899, 1900, East N.J. Permanent Council, 1904, 05; mem. exec. com. Northern Bapt. Conv., 1910-14; mem. bd. mgrs. Chicago Bapt. Exec. Council, since 1915. Mem. Theological Club, Delta Upsilon. Author: Outlines of Life of Christ, 1894. Recreation: golf. Home: 2311 W. 110th St.


OUGHTON, Charles Martin, M.D .; b. Clonmel, Ireland, Mar. 2, 1862; s. John R. and Williamina


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(Latham) Oughton; ed. Clonmel pub, sch., Clonmel chief asst. city prosecutor, 1900; city atty. of Chi- Coll .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1884; m. at cago, 1901-3; apptd. master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook Co., Dec. 1, 1904; judge County Ct., 1910-14. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Order of Foresters. Clubs: Iroquois, Chicago Yacht. Recrea- tion: yachting. Home: 3335 Warren Av. Office: 111 W. Washington St. Odell, Ill., 1890, Gracia McWilliams; children: Mary Dana, Gracia, Edith. Was house physician and surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., 1884-5; since then en- gaged in general practice. Lecturer on operative surgery, Coll. of Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 3 yrs. Mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. A. M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Physicians' Club, Citizens' Assn., Municipal Voters' League. Repub- lican. Clubs: University, City. Recreations: trout fishing; interested in civic reform matters. Home: 5410 Harper Av. Office: 1467 E. 53d St.


OVERALL, George Whitfield, M.D .; Dec. 31, 1849- May, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)


OVERDIER, Henry D., mfr. of duck uniforms ; b. Columbus, O., Nov. 18, 1849; s. David and Mary (Moss) Overdier; ed. grammar schs., Columbus; m. Mary Gertrude Babbitt, Columbus, Feb. 28, 1878; 1 son, Henry Babbitt. Began in Columbus as a telephone messenger boy; then connected with a bank 3 yrs .; removed to Chicago, and entered em- ploy of C.,R.I.&P.R.R .; asst. cashier in freight dept. same, 1869-72; with Henry Saunders, men's furnishings, 1872-80; in men's furnishing goods business and mfr. shirts on own account, cor. Jack- son and Halsted Sts., 1880-1902; mfr. duck uni- forms and sailor blouses for men and women since 1902. Mem. Chicago Credit Men's Assn. Independ- ent Republican, Congregationalist; mem. of Men's League (pres. 1902-8, now chmn. publicity com.). Mason; mem. Royal Arcanum (Dist. Deputy 16 yrs.), Nat. Union. Recreation: travel. Home: 6738 N. Hilldale Av. Office: 224 N. 5th Av.


OVERSHINER, Ellsworth Byron, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)


OVERTON, Anthony, toilet preparations; b. at Monroe, La .. Mar. 21, 1865; s. Anthony and Martha A. (De Berry) Overton; ed. Washburn Coll., To- peka, Kan .; LL.B., Univ. of Kan., 1888; m. Clara M. Gregg, of Lawrence, Kan., June 14, 1888 (died 1912) ; 4 children: Everett Van, Mabel Helena, Eva, Frances Madison (Mrs. Richard Hill, Jr.). Ad- mitted to bar, Topeka, Kan., July, 1888; judge of Municipal Court (Topeka) Shawnee Co., Kan., Nov., 1888-Nov., 1889; nominated for treas. of Kingfisher Co., Okla., 1892; established, at Kansas City, 1898, the Overton-Hygienic Mfg. Co., mfrs. baking pow- der, extracts and toilet preparations, of which has since been pres .; removed plant to Chicago, 1911. Republican. Baptist. Mason. Author: Successful Salesmanship, 1915. Recreation: golf. Home: 5200 S. Wabash Av. Office: 5202-5204 S. Wabash Av.


OWEN, Cassius Orlin, printer; b. Essex Co., N.Y., Dec. 28, 1848; s. Leonard and Julia (Palmer) Owen; A.B., Princeton, 1871; m. Milwaukee, Wis., Emily Drucker, Nov. 2, 1889; 1 son, Harry. Came to Chi- cago in 1871 and learned the printing business; organized, 1888, firm of C. O. Owen & Co., printers and book mfrs., of which is pres. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Home: 5640 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1064 W. Van Buren St.


OWEN, Richard William, leather goods. (See vol. 1911.)


OWEN, William Bishop, educator; b. Union Sta- tion, Licking Co., O., Apr. 30, 1866; s. Thomas Wal- ter and Elizabeth (Bishop) Owen; A.B., Denison Univ., 1887; studied Univ. of Berlin, 1897; Univ. of Halle, 1900-1; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1901; m. Lucy Caroline Anderson, of Chicago, Oct. 3, 1890. Instr. Western Pa. Classical and Scientific Inst., 1887-8; pvt. instr., 1888-92; fellow 1892-4, tutor, instr., asst. prof. and asso. prof. Greek, 1894-1905, asso. prof. edn., 1905-9, Univ. of Chicago; prin. and dean Univ. of Chicago Secondary Schs., 1901-9; prin. Chicago Normal Sch. since 1909. Mem. A.A. A.S., N.E.A .: sec. Nat. Council of Edn. since 1913; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Independent Republican. Baptist. Clubs: City, Quadrangle. Editor The Edu- cational Bi-Monthly since 1909, The American School since 1915. Address: 370 Normal Parkway.


OWENS, John Edward, judge; b. ( hicago, June 22, 1875; s. P. H. and Mary (Clark) Owens; ed. St. Stephen's Sch .; St. Patrick's Acad .; LL B., Lake Forest Univ., 1896. Admitted to 111. bar, May 1, 1896; apptd. asst, city prosecutor, Feb., 1898, and


OWENS, John Edwin, surgeon; b. Charlestown, Md., Oct. 14, 1836; s. John and Martha J. ( Black) Owens; prep. edn. acads. in Md .; M.D., Jefferson Med. Coll., Phila., 1862; spl. course in surg. anatomy and operative surgery under Dr. D. Hayes Agnew, Phila .; m. Alethea S. Jamar, of Elkton, Md., Dec. 30, 1869. Res. phys. Blockley Hosp., Phila., 1 yr .; entered med. service Union Army, 1863, and as- signed to duty in mil. hosp., Chicago; consulting surgeon, St. Luke's Hosp .; chief surgeon, I.C.R.R., 1869-1911, C.&N.W.Ry. since 1888; med. dir. Chi- cago Expn., 1893. Lecturer on surg. diseases uri- nary organs, 1867-71, on principles and practice of surgery, 1871-82, prof. orthopedic surgery, 1879- 82, Rush Med. Coll .; prof. principles and practice of surgery, Woman's Med. Coll., 1877-83; prof. op- erative and surg. anatomy, 1882-91, of principles and practice of surgery and clin. surgery, Chicago Med. Coll. Episcopalian. Fellow Am. Surg. Assn., Am. Coll. Surgeons; hon. mem. Assn. Chief R.R. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Surg. Soc., Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons, Ill. State Med. Soc., etc. Con- tbr. numerous papers on surg. subjects. Home: 2127 Prairie Av.


OWINGS, Matthew Reyburn Davis, president Phenix Truck Makers, Inc .; b. Mt. Carroll, 111 .; s. William and Sarah S. (Davis) Owings; ed. pub. schs. and Dixon (Ill.) Normal and Business Coll .; unmarried. Was bookkeeper, auditor, purchasing agt., sales dir., asst. to gen. mgr. and sec. Milwau- kee Harvester Co., 1892-1902; with Internat. Har- vester Co. of America since 1902, successively as division sales dir., credit mgr., special organization work, and, since 1905, advertising and publicity mgr .; vice pres. M. Rumely Co., LaPorte, Ind., 1913-16; now pres. Phenix Truck Makers, Inc. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Calumet, Chl- cago Athletic, Kenwood, South Shore Country. Residence: Kenwood Hotel.


OWSLEY, Heaton, retired mfr .; b. at Springfield, Il1., Nov. 15, 1856; s. John E. and Henrietta E. ( Heaton) Owsley; grad. Center Coll., Danville, Ky., 1877; m. N.Y. City, 1887, Lina D., d. late Carter H. Harrison, Sr .; children: Edna B. (Mrs. Frederick W. Hill), John E., Lina Harrison (Mrs. Paul Bart- lett), Preston (Mrs. Sterling Morton). After leav- ing sch., engaged in mfr. of bicycles, becoming half owner in the St. Nicholas Mfg. Co .; retired from business, 1900, and now devotes time to managing his real estate interests. Democrat. Club: Univer- sity. Recreation: gardening. Home: 3150 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1308 Title & Trust Bldg.


OWSLEY, Louis Septimus, executor. Removed to Washington, D.C. (See vol. 1911.)


OXNAM, William Clarence, insurance; b. Mineral Point, Wis., Oct. 29, 1876; s. William B. and Eliza (Tink) Oxnam; ed. grammar schs. and Englewood High Sch., Chicago; m. Jane Swiney, of Portland, Ore., Aug. 10, 1910. With Montgomery & Funk- houser, ins., 1893-1911; formed partnership with George W. Montgomery, 1911, as George W. Mont- gomery & Co. and has owned and operated the business since death of partner, 1912. Mem. Chi- cago Bd. Underwriters. Progressive Republican. Methodist. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), Clubs: Union League, Beverly Country, Fraternity. Rec- reations: handball, golf, church work. Home: 2044 W. 103d St. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.


OYEN, Adolph Bernard, M.D .; b. at Trondhjem, Norway, Apr. 15, 1857 ; s. Frederick and Inger Anna ( Hofstad) Oyen; came with parents from Norway to Chicago, 1861; grad. Carpenter (pub.) Sch., Chi- cago, 1870; attended Chicago High Sch., 2 yrs .; M.D., Detroit Coll. of Medicine, 1890; m. Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 2, 1877, Jennie A. Sprague; chil- dren: Albert Nelson (M.D.), Winifred Jane ( Mrs. T. H. Holmes), Fred Sprague (died in infancy). Was employed, 1874-86, by Review and Herald Pub- lishing House, Battle Creek, Mich., as proofreader and editor (part of time in Norway); practiced


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medicine at Detroit, 1890-1, Chicago since 1891; at- tending phys. Norwegian Tabitha, and Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess hosps. Mem. Chicago and III. State med. socs., A.M.A., Scandinavian Med. Soc. Republican. Home: 2816 Logan Boul.


OZMUN, Charles Thomas, mfr .; b. at Rochester, Minn., July 15, 1862 ; s. Abram and Maria ( Schanck) Ozmun; ed. grammar and high schs., Rochester; m. Effie Eugene Murphy, of Quincy Tp., Olmsted Co., Minn., Aug. 24, 1887; 2 children: Kenneth Leland, Donald Charles. Engaged in hardware business, at Rochester and St. Paul, Minn., until 1902; organ- ized the Chicago Mat Board Co., 1902, and pres. since incorporation, 1906. Mem. S.A.R. Republican. Universalist. Mason (K.T., Shriner) ; Odd Fellow, Elk, K.P. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation: gar- dening. Home: 824 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, 111. Office: 664-6 Washington Boul., Chicago.


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PAASCHE, Jens A., president Paasche Air Brush Co .; b. Trondhjem, Norway, Feb. 27, 1880; s. John F. and Louise Marie (Hamlandler) Paasche; ed, pub. schs. of Norway; came to Chicago, 1900; m. Rose A. Lund, of Chicago, Nov. 23, 1910. Appren- tice gunsmith's trade, Trondhjem, for 3 yrs .; then in government mil. armament factory for 11% yrs .; entered air brush business, with Thayer & Chand- ler, Chicago, continuing 3 yrs .; then formed part- nership as O. C. Wold & Co., mfrs. air brushes; started on own account, 1904, inc., May, 1916 and became pres. and treas. Paasche Air Brush Co., mfrs. appliances used in pneumatic finishing and coloring. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Credit Men, Chicago Assn. Commerce. Dir. Nor- wegian Old Peoples' Home. Mem. Central Ch. Club: Nordske. Recreations: motoring, golf, music, thea- ter. Home: 2436 N. Kimball Av. Office: 1219 W. Washington Boul.


PACAUD, A(rthur) Duncan, grain commission; b. Montreal, P.Q., July 4, 1872; s. late George Jere- miah (a compatriot of the stirring epoch of 1837, in Province of Quebec) and Georgiana ( Mondlet) Pacaud, d. late Hon. Charles Mondlet, judge of the Superior Court at Montreal; early edn. at Montreal high schs .; grad. Trinity Coll., Port Hope, Ont., 1890; m. Nov. 25, 1904, Julia Louise Macke, of Chi- cago. Came to Chicago, Nov., 1891, and was con- nected with the firm of A. L. Pacaud & Co., grain conimn .; became a mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1895, entering into grain commn. business for self; head of firm of A. Duncan Pacaud since 1908. Elected mem. com. of arbitration Chicago Bd. of Trade, Jan., 1916. Republican. Mason (32°, Cheva- lier Bayard Commandery No. 52, K.T., Oriental Consistory, Medinah Temple). Recreations: swim- ming, boating, shooting, travel. Home: 7755 S. Mor- gan St .: (summer) Chateau Pacaud. Lakeside, Mich. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.


PACKARD, Allyn Augustus, architect; b. Hud- son, Wis., Feb. 13, 1862; s. George S. and Maria J. (Allyn) Packard; prep. edn. high sch., St. Louis; B.S. in Architecture, Cornell Univ., 1886; m. Verna E. Barnum, of Chicago, Oct. 24, 1894; children: Ver- non W., Joseph Allyn, Dorothea, Russel. Practiced architecture at St. Louis, 1886-7, Chicago, 1887-99; supt. of constrn. U.S. Marine Hosp., Chicago, 1899- 1900; insp. of U.S. pub. bldgs., 1900-3, insp. and supt, of repairs, 1903-6, supt. and asst. custodian, 1906-9, supervising supt. of constrn. since 1909, U.S. Pub. Blogs. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Republican. Baptist. Club: City. Author: European Architec- ture, 1893. Recreation: boating. Home: 7609 East- lake Terrace. Office: 477 Federal Bldg.


PACKARD, Frederick William, lawyer. (See vol. 1911. )


PACKARD, George, lawyer; b. Providence, R.I., May 27, 1868; s. William L. and Mary Eastern (Peckham) Packard: ed. English and Classical Sch., Providence, 1876-85; A.B., Brown Univ., 1889; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1891; m. Caroline Howe, of Chicago, Jan. 23, 1893; children: Dorothy, Frank H., Mary. Admitted to bar, 1891, and en-


to Peckham, Brown & Packard, 1897; with Mr. Brown, who was atty. for the Park Bd., had much to do, 1896-9, in establishing questions of riparian rights in Ill. in connection with Lincoln Park; on withdrawal in summer of 1903 of Mr. Brown, be- cause of election to Circuit Court bench, Edwin Burritt Smith, W. T. ApMadoc and Vincent J. Walsh were added to the firm, which assumed style of Peckham, Smith, Packard & ApMadoc; af- ter death of Edwin Burritt Smith, and the return of Judge Brown to pvt. practice, the firm became Peckham, Brown, Packard & Walsh; present firm, Miller, Starr, Brown, Packard & Peckham. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Soc. for Ethi- cal Culture. Dir. Children's Memorial Hosp. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Literary, University, City, Cliff Dwellers, Law. Home: 436 Barry Av. Office: 1522, 38 S. Dearborn St.


*PACKARD, Samuel Ware, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)


PADDLEFORD, Fred Adams, grain commn .; b. Janesville, Wis., June 17, 1866; s. Lorenzo S. and Jennie Elizabeth (Gleason) Paddleford; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary Maynard Hubbard, of Chicago, Oct. 15, 1889; 1 daughter, Helen Gertrude (Mrs. Ray- mond E. Duplessis). Came to Chicago and entered employ of a grain commn. firm; now sr. mem. F. A. Paddleford & Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Served in 4th and Ist regts. I.N.G. to rank of 1st It. Republican. Mem, Wis. Soc. of Chicago. Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: 7215 Coles Av. Office: 56A Board of Trade.


PADEN, Joseph Everett, lawyer; b. Litchfield, 111., Jan. 22, 1861; s. of Samuel A. and Polly M. (Scherer) Paden; ed. Univ. of Minn .; m. Litchfield, III., 1891, Charlotte Colt; children: David S., Denni- son C., Elizabeth, Philip. Taught in country schs .; admitted to Ill, bar, 1885; began practice at Litch- field; came to Chicago, 1890; now mem. law firm of Paden & Kropf; was city atty. of Litchfield, and later corpn. counsel of Evanston, Ill .; mayor of Evanston, 1907-13; dir. City Nat. Bank of Evans- ton. Ex-pres. Ill. Mayors' Assn. Mem. Am., Chicago and Ill. State bar assns., Am. Hist. Assn., Ill. State Hist. Soc .; asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Clubs: Union League, Bankers', Law, Evanston. Has delivered addresses on Pioneers of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, Municipal Administration, etc .; has also written sketches on various hist. subjects. Recreation: farming. Home: 1460 Chicago Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chi- cago.


PADGET, William, publisher; b. Palmyra, 111., Feb. 10, 1874; s. Charles Y. and Martha Lucinda (Duncan) Padget; ed. Univ. of Ill., 1896-1900; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1901; unmarried. Began as representative of Kenfield-Leach Pub. Co., Chicago, 1901; with adv. dept. Wilson Pub. Co., Chicago, 1906-7; purchased interest in The Lyceum Magazine, 1908, and since pub. same; pres. Par- lette-Padget Co .; gen. mgr. of Padget-Parlette & Padget, farm lands and mortgages. Clubs: Univer- sity, Illini, Chicago Advertising. Recreations: horseback riding, trap shooting. Residence: Uni- versity Club. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.


PAEPCKE, Hermann, lumberman; b. Schwerin. Germany, Feb. 12, 1851; s. of August and Louise Paepcke; ed. Wismar, Germany; m. Indianola, Tex .. 1878, Paula Wagner; children: Sophie (wife of Prof. Pflueger, of Bonn, Germany), Lydia (Mrs. William Wilms), Alice (Mrs. Louis Guenzel), Wal- ter. In lumber business at Chicago since 1881 ; now pres. Paepcke-Leicht Lumber Co., Chicago Mill & Lumher Co., Blytheville, Leachville & Ark, South- ern Ry., Helena Southwestern Ry. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Union League, Skokie Golf, Germania. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 140 Pearson St., Chicago: (summer) Glencoe, Ill. Office: 2031-2053 Conway Bldg., Chicago.


PAGE, Benjamin Eldridge, mfr .; b. at Hinsdale, Mass .. Sept. 2, 1871; s. Phineas L. and Lorie A. (Eldridge) Page; A.B., Univ. of Mich .. 1891; m. Grace Rand, of Lombard, 111., June 25, 1901; 2 chil- dren: Robert Rand, Margaret Ellen. Instr, English lit., economics, and Latin, Lake View High Sch., tered office of Peckham & Brown; asst. atty. Chi- Chicago, 1891-1901; pres. and gen. mgr. D.D.D. Co., cago Expn., 1892-3; returned to Peckham & Brown, mfrs, skin lotion, since 1903. Democrat. Clubs: 1893, and engaged in gen. practice; firm changed Cliff Dwellers, Exmoor Country. Home: 521 Long-


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wood Av., Glencoe, Ill. Office: 3845 Ravenswood ents to Chicago in 1863; ed. pub. schs., of Germany Av., Chicago


PAGE, Cecil, lawyer. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)


PAGE, Curtis Hidden, college prof. Removed to Hanover, N.H. (See Who's Who in America.)


PAGE, Fred Hulbert, millinery. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)


PAGE, Harry Willard, mechanical engr .; b. Har- vard, III., Aug. 23, 1879; s. Henry Delbert and Marie Louise (Bunnell) Page; grad. Baraboo (Wis.) High Sch., 1898; spl. course of 4 yrs. in mech. and elec. engring., Univ. of Wis. (non-grad.); m. Grace Es- ther Morton, of St. Louis, Aug. 2, 1904; 4 children: Eleanore Louise, Henry Delbert, Bunnell Morton, Grace Esther. Started work in C.&N.W. machine shop, Baraboo, Wis., at 11 yrs. of age; engaged in railroad constrn. work and shop work and attended university in meantime; with B. F. Sturtevant Co., 1906, in engring. dept. and has been western mgr. for the company since 1911; dir. Proviso State Bank; mem. bd. of control Ft. Dearborn Ins. Co., Ft. Dearborn Casualty Co. Served as pvt. 4th U.S. Inf .; maj. and regimental adj. Univ. of Wis. Regt. Trustee Village of Maywood. Mem. Phi Kappa Sigma. Republican. Methodist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Automobile, Speedway Park Assn, Recreations: motoring, hunting. Home: 1612 S. 5th Av., Maywood, Ill. Office: 530 S. Clinton St., Chicago.


PAGE, Herman, bishop. Removed to Spokane, Wash. (See Who's Who in America.)


PAGE, Hubert Esterly, lawyer; b. Whitewater, Wis., Oct. 13, 1868; s. Joseph Hubert and Eva (Es- terly) Page; attended Wis. State Normal School, Whitewater, 1889; B.L., Univ. of Wis., 1893; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1895; m. Effie A., d. Capt. R. J. Chase, then of Sioux City, la., Sept. 8, 1897; 2 children: Esterly Chase, Millie Chase. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since practiced at Chicago; mem. law firm Vose & Page. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Alpha Pi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi. Clubs: City, Wis. Soc. of Chicago, Law, University of Evanston. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Recreations: tennis, rowing. Home: 725 Noyes Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Marquette Bldg., Chicago.


PAGE, Mary Boomer (Mrs. Charles Luther Page), educator; b. Chicago; d. Lucius B. and Anna (De Forest) Boomer; father one of the earliest settlers of Chicago; ed. Babcock (pvt.) Acad., Chi- cago; pub. schs .; Brooklyn Heights (N.Y.) Sem., 4 yrs .; studied abroad 2 yrs .; kindergarten training, spl. courses, Univ. of Chicago; m. Charles Luther Page, of Chicago, Oct., 1889. Founder Chicago Kin- dergarten Union, 1913-15; active worker in wom- en's clubs and teachers' clubs; chmn. edn. dept. Chicago Woman's Club, 1910-11. Mem. advisory bd. Council Nat. Defense. Speaker on ednl. and sociol. topics. Recreations: travel, music, litera- ture. Home: 701 Rush St. Address: 925 Fine Arts Bldg.


PAGE, Milton Edwin, Jr., boiler mfr .; b. Chicago, Oct. 2, 1869; s. Milton E. and Dora O. (St. George) Page; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and Bryant and Strat- ton Business Coll .; m. Chicago, Feb. 15, 1893, Amo- lia C. Pfeiffer (died Feb., 1906); children: Christo- pher Milton, Edwin William, Rosina; m. 2d, Agnes Slevens, of Chicago, 1907; 1 child, Adeline. Was mgr. of Spafford Standard Scale Co., then mgr. machinery dept. of M. E. Page Confectionery Co. for several years, afterward entering the boiler mfg. business of the North-Western Boiler Works in 1893, and continuing with its successor, the Chris. Pfeiffer Boiler Co., till Oct., 1905, at which time incorporated Page Boiler Co., of which is pres. Mem. Nat. Assn. of Engrs. Republican. Vet- eran of 1st Regt. Inf., I.N.G. Mason (32º); mem. Royal Arcanum, Elks. Club: Chicago Engrs.' Home: 3846 Alta Vista Terrace. Office: 815 Larrabee St.


PAGE, Samuel Shope, lawyer. Removed to New York. (See vol. 1911.)


PAGELS, George, wood-turner; b. Province of Pomerania, Germany, Oct. 31, 1852; s. John and Sophia (Schwanebeck) Pagels; removed with par-


and Chicago until 1865; m. Chicago, 1873, Minnie Dahlke; children: George, Hattie (Mrs. J. H. Wild- er), Millie (Mrs. Grover Studder). Began to learn trade of wood-turner in Chicago in 1865; worked at it as journeyman until 1876, when established for himself in wood-turning, with a specialty in stair work. Mason (32°, Apollo Commandery, K.T., Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine). Mem. Vorwärts Turn Verein, Schiller Liedertafel, Chicago Skat League. Home: 1810 S. Avers Av. Office: 1339 W. 21st St.


PAIN, see also Paine, also Payne.


PAIN, Charles E., lawyer; b. London, Eng., Apr. 2, 1866; s. of Alfred and Mary Ann Pain; ed. St. Michael's and All Angels, London; came to U.S., 1884; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1892; m. Elizabeth Ann Smith, of Chicago, Nov. 15, 1888; children: Gertrude Jean, Charles E., Jr., Betty Mary. Ad- mitted to bar, 1892; now mem, firm of Pain, Camp- bell & Kasper. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Clubs: Chi- caso Athletic, Edgewater Golf. Home: 729 Mont- rose Boul. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.


PAINE, Lyman May, lawyer; b. East Woodstock, Conn., Mar. 6, 1850; s. John and Mary A. (May) Paine; descendant of Stephen Paine, Hingham, Mass., 1638; ed. Nichols Acad., Dudley, Mass .; Wil- liston Sem., Easthampton, Mass., 1868; A.B., Am- herst, 1872; taught high sch., 1872-3; studied law in office of Bonney, Fay & Griggs, Chicago; m. Ge- neva Carr, of Woodstock, Conn., Aug. 31, 1881; children: Ralph Carr (deceased), Ruth (Mrs. Dee Howard Norton), Olive, Norman Carr, Merlin May. Admitted to III. bar, 1876. Mem. bd. mgrs. Chicago Law Inst. for 10 yrs. and pres., 1907; mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Alpha Delta Phi. Mem. Bd. of Edn. (Oakland) District No. 3, Hyde Park, 1886-9. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Home: 4224 Langley Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.


PAINE, Stephen Marvin, sec. Chicago Portrait Co .; b. Greenville, Pa., May 24, 1874; s. of Stephen Marvin and Alvira MeKean Paine; attended Kirks- Ville ( Mo.) Normal School, 1891-5. Entered employ of Chicago Portrait Co. in N. Y. State, 1895, becom- ing road mgr., 1897-1901; elected dir. and is now sec. Republican. Mason (32"). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 123 E. Chestnut St. Office: 509 S. Wabash Av.


PALANDECH, John R., publisher; b. of Serbian parents at Sulina, Roumania, Sept. 23, 1873: s. of Ralph J. and Paraskeva Palandech; came to U.S. at age of 15; ed, grammar and high schs., Dalma- tia, Austria-Hungary; business coll. in America; dergarten Inst., 1894, now dir. Pres. Internat. Kin- studied law, sociology, municipal govt. and immi-


gration problems; m. Catherine Leonard, of Chi- cago, Jan. 22, 1901; children: Paraskeva, Vasiljka- Veronica, Catherine-Marie. Formerly in restau- rant business, owning 7 restaurants in the "loop"; entered publishing business, 1906, as pub. United Serbian; now head of John R. Palandech's Pub. House, pubs. United Serbian and Balkan World (newspapers), also the South Slav (magazine). Has compiled and pub. 37 books; contbr. to Am. newspapers. Supt. social surveys, Dept. of Public Welfare, Chicago, 1914. Mem. of Commn. of Y.M. C.A. (immigration dept.), Serbian Orphan Soc., etc. Decorated by King Nicholas with order of Danilo. Republican. Mem. Serbian Orthodox Ch. Mason 2°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Advertising, Press. Serbian National, Dobrovsky. Frequently called upon to speak in public on Balkan questions. Has traveled widely in Europe, N. and S, America. Rec- reations: baseball and outdoor sports. Home: 3215 Flournoy St. Office: 318 S. Canal St.




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