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 179

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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POPPENHUSEN, Paul Albert, president Green Engring. Co .; b. College Point, L.I., N.Y., Nov. 4, 1873; s. Herman C. and Caroline S. (Funke) Pop- penhusen; ed. Kiel, Germany, 1883-9; Evanston High Sch., 1889-90; Northwestern Univ., 1890-1. Engaged in various enterprises, 1891-7; organized, 1897, and since pres. Green Engring. Co., mfrs. of the Green traveling link grates (automatic stok- ers). Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Adventurers' (Chicago) ; Engineers', Rail- road (New York). Residence: Chicago Athletic Assn. Office: 14 E. Jackson Boul.

PORONTO, Halsey Earl, vice president Union Stock Yard & Transit Co. and Chicago Junction Ry. Co .; b. West Rutland, Vt., Dec. 19, 1872; s. Edward D. and Irena (Baldwin) Poronto; ed. Univ. of Vt., and Albany (N.Y.) Business Coll .; m. Grace Bart- let Kershaw, of Rutland, Vt., June 12, 1900; 1 son, Halsey Earl, Jr. Was connected with N. Y. Central R.R. Co., at Albany and New York, 1893-9; came to Chicago with the Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., Apr., 1899; dir. Chicago Junction Ry. Co., Chicago Junction R.R. Co., Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank, Central Mfg. Dist. Bank, The Midland Warehouse & Transfer Co .; industrial agt. for the Central Mfg. Dist. Clubs: Mid-Day, University, Saddle and Sir- loin, Indian Hill. Recreations: golf, motoring, fish- ing. Home: 901 Elmwood Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

PORTER, Charles M., contractor; b. at Proviso, Ill., Aug. 11, 1863; s. of Irving A. and Sarah H. (Steele) Porter; ed. common schs. and business coll., Chicago; m. Harriet E. Foster, of Melrose Park, Ill., Mar. 25, 1886; 7 children: Irving D., Sarah H., Ella M., Charles A., Mabel, Dorothy, Ruth. Began as paving contractor at Maywood, Ill., 1892; removed to Chicago, 1896; pres. Charles M. Porter Co., sewer and water pipe contractors, since 1909; also pres. Ariz. Ironite Co., Ill. Ironite Co. Town collector, Town of Proviso, Ill., 1888-93; trustee River Forest Bd. of Edn., 1902-8. Repub-

PORTER, Fred D., publisher; b. Chicago, 1871; s. Henry A. and Lucilla (Sayre) Porter; student Ia. State Coll., Ames, 1891-2; m. Flora L. Mowbray, of Chicago, Jan. 13, 1906; 1 son, Hugh Sayre. In em- ploy Met. Nat. Bank, 1891-8; publisher of The Na- tional Builder since 1899; pres. and treas. Porter- Hodgson Co., pubs. Pres. Chicago Trade Press Assn., 1912, 13, Federation Trade Press Assn., 1914. Commodore Columbia Yacht Club, 1900; pres. Lake Michigan Yachting Assn., 1912. Republican. Mem. R.E. Ch. Clubs: City, Advertising, Execu- tives, Lincoln Park Yacht, Jackson Park Yacht. Recreation: sailing. Home: Ravinia, Ill. Office: 537 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

PORTER, George French; b. Chicago, July 26, 1881; s. Henry Homes and Eliza (French) Porter; prep. edn, University Sch., Chicago, and Lawrence- ville (N.J.) Sch .; B.A., Yale, 1903; unmarried. Be- gan active career in Chicago, 1904; sec. and treas. until 1911, now dir., Chicago Transfer & Clearing Co .; sec. and treas. until 1915, now dir. Judson Mining Co. Now in Washington acting as asst. to the director, Council of National Defense. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Old Elm; also Uni- versity (New York). Home: 1336 N. State St.

PORTER, Gilbert Edwin, lawyer; b. Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 9, 1863; s. of Gilbert Edwin and Kate (Tewkesbury) Porter; ed. pub. schs., Eau Claire, and Univ. of Wis., and Union Coll. of Law, Chi- cago; m. Edith, d. Rev. George C. Lorimer, D.D., of Chicago; children: Gilbert Edwin, 3d, Burford. Ad- mitted to bar, 1884; mem, law firm of Isham, Lin- coln & Beale since 1899. Mem. Ill. State and Chi- cago bar assns. Clubs: Chicago, Law, University. Home: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 1600 Edison Bldg., Chicago.

PORTER, Henry Hobart; s. Henry Homes and Eliza (French) Porter; E.M., Columbia Univ., 1886; asst, in geology there, 1886-7. Chmn. bd. dirs. and exec. com. C.&E.I.R.R., since 1913; also pres. Chi- cago Transfer & Clearing Co .; dir. Am. Shipbuild- ing Co., First Nat. Bank, First Trust & Savings Bank, Nat. Safe Deposit Co. Clubs: Chicago, Chi- cago Athletic, University, Union, Saddle and Cy- cle. Home: 1520 N. State St. Office: 1005, 38 S. Dearborn St.

PORTER, John H., steel mfr .; b. Ottawa, Ill., Jan. 4, 1873; s. Joseph E. and Margaret ( Hossack) Porter; M.E., Univ. of Mich., 1896; m. Gertrude M. Stephens, of Moline, Ill., Oct. 15, 1902. Began in employ of Inland Steel Co., 1893; with Buffalo Steel Co., 1899-1908; pres. Calumet Steel Co., Chicago, since 1908; dir. J. E. Porter Co., Ottawa, Ill. Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Uni- versity, Exmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 5454 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St.

PORTER, John Lincoln, orthopedic surgeon; b. Alstead, N.H., 1864; s. Samuel H. and Harriet (Em- erson) Porter; academic edn .; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1894; m. Ethel, d. David Quigg, of Chicago, Feb. 9, 1899; 2 sons: David Quigg, John Lincoln, Jr. Interne, St. Luke's Hosp., 1894-5; prof. orthopedic surgery, Univ. of Ill. Med. Sch .; attending ortho- pedic surgeon, St. Luke's Hosp. Apptd. mem. ad- visory bd. on orthopedics U.S.A., Aug., 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Orthopedic Assn., Ill. State and Chi- cago med. socs., Chicago Orthopedic Soc. Repub- lican. Clubs: University, Illini, Quadrangle, Floss- moor Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 5116 Ken- wood Av. Office: 907. 7 W. Madison St.

PORTER, Thomas I., U.S. Secret Service; b. in White Co., Ill., May 19, 1846; s. Samuel S. and El- vira (Harvey) Porter; ed. dist. schs., White Co .; widower; 1 daughter, Daisy (Mrs. T. W. Hay, of Carmi, Ill.); I granddaughter, Floy (Mrs. Howard L. Summers). Served in Civil War, Aug., 1862, to close of war; participated in Mobile campaign. in mercantile business in White Co., Ill., for a num- ber of years; entered U.S. Secret Service Dept., 1885; attached to Chicago office, 1886; in charge Chicago Dist. since 1886. Democrat. Mem. George H. Thomas Post G.A.R. Residence: Berkeley Hotel. Office: 881 Federal Bldg.

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PORTER, Verne Hardin, editor; b. Abilene, Tex., Med. Soc., Chicago Soc. Internal Medicine. Home: Dec. 2, 1889; s. of Henry Alexander and Margaret 1219 E. 53d St. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av. (Moran) Porter; ed. pub. schs., Everett, Wash .; m. A'Lillyan de Froza Morrow-Stanfield, of Echo, Ore., Dec. 31, 1910. Entered newspaper work at 16; city editor Duluth Star and St. Paul News, 1907; editor Washington Democrat, 1908; telegraph editor Port- land (Ore.) Journal, 1911-13; city editor Salt Lake Herald-Republican and Salt Lake Telegram, 1913- 14; asso. editor The Red Book Magazine, The Blue Book Magazine, The Green Book Magazine, since May 1, 1914. Co-Author (serials): The Life Story of Maude Adams and Her Mother, 1914; George M. Cohan's Own Story, 1915. Has written more than 100 short stories and mag. articles. Home: 5329 Kenmore Av. Office: North American Bldg.

PORTER, Washington; b. Boone Co., Ill., Oct. 26, 1843; s. Thomas W. and Charlotte ( Lane) Por- ter; ed. dist. sch. and Belvidere (Ill.) High Sch .; m. June 11, 1891, Frances Paulina Lee, of Chicago; children: Paulina C., Washington, Jr., Frederick C. Served 1862-5 in 95th Ill. Vols., participating in actions at Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg and Red River expdn. ; wounded in engagement at Guns- town, Miss., June 10, 1864. Came to Chicago, 1869, and engaged in fruit business; furnished money for planting the first orchard and vineyard in Fresno Co., Cal., 1869; established fruit trade be- tween Pacific States and states of Central America and Chicago, and with Europe: disposed of the bus- iness in 1901 and has since devoted attention to his pvt. investments. Was dir. World's Columbian Expn. (mem. of com, to wait upon Congress to se- cure legislation favorable to Chicago). Mason. Clubs: South Shore Country, Chicago Athletic, Cal- umet Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring, travel. Home: 4043 Lake Park Av. Office: 20 W. Jackson Boul.

PORTIS, M. Milton, M.D .; b. Riceville, Can., Mar. 25, 1877; s. Jacob C. and Jennie B. (Vineberg) Por- tis; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1898; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1901; interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1901-3; fellow in pathology, Univ. of Chicago, 1903; m. Adele Julia Bonheim, of Chicago, Apr. 22, 1909; children: Robert Bernard, Ruth Mary. Prof. medicine, Post- Grad. Med. Sch., since 1904; asst. prof. medicine, Rush Med. Coll., since 1908; attending phys. to Cook Co. and Post-Grad, hosps .; consulting phys. to Mary Thompson Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Soc. Internal Medicine, Am. Gastro-Enterol. Soc., Inst. of Medicine Chicago, Chicago Pathol., Roentgen, and Neurol, socs. Ma- son. Clubs: Union League, Quadrangle. Author of numerous monographs on med. subjects. Home: 5749 Woodlawn Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

POST, Alice Thacher (Mrs. Louis F. Post), edi- tor. Removed to Washington, D.C. (See Who's Who in America.)

POST, John Augustus, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) POST, Louis Freeland, assistant secretary of la- bor, editor. Removed to Washington, D.C. (See Who's Who in America.)

POST, Philip Sidney, lawyer; b. Vienna, Austria- Hungary, Nov. 10, 1869; s. Gen. Philip Sidney (for many years U.S. consul-gen. at Vienna and after- wards congressman from Ill.) and Cornelia Almira (Post) Post; A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, III., 1887; LL.B., Nat. Univ. Law Sch., Washington, D.C., 1892; m. Janet Greig, of Oneida, Ill., Aug. 27, 1902. Pvt. sec. to commr. of patents, Washington, 1892-3; ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1893; practiced at Chicago, 1893- 95, at Galesburg, 1895-8; county judge of Knox Co., Ill., 1898-1902; master in chancery, Circuit Court of Knox Co., 1903-7; gen. atty. Internat. Harvester Co., Chicago, since 1907. Mem. Am. and Ill, State bar assns., Ill. State Hist. Soc., Phi Gamma Delta, Loyal Legion. Trustee Knox Coll. Republican. Ma- son (K.T.). Sec. of Sunset Club, Chicago, 1904-5. Clubs: University, Hamilton, City, Law. Contbr. on economic subjects to the Outlook and other publs. Recreations: tennis, boating. Home: Win- netka, Ill. Office: 606 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

POSTEL, Fred J., consulting engr .; b. Mascou- tah, Ill., June 5, 1878; s. John Philip and Alvina (Scheve) Postel; B.S. in E.E., Univ. of Ill., 1899; m. Elma Smoot (A.B., Univ. of Ill., 1899), of Dan- ville, Ill., Sept. 19, 1900. In employ of Charles G. Armstrong, consulting engr., as draftsman and asst. engr., 1899-05; mem. Postel & Linn (Homer), 1905-9; head of Fred J. Postel & Co., consulting elec. and mech. engrs., since 1909. Sergt. Co. D, 2d U.S. Vol. Engrs., Spanish-Am. War. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Clubs: Chicago Engineers', Electric, Illini. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Home: 4237 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 609 Fisher Bldg.

POTTER, Edwin Augustus, banker; b. Bath, Me., Sept. 18, 1842; s. William and Pamelia (Gilmore) Potter; ed. in schs. of Bath; m. Harriet A., d. Col. Alfred Berry, Oct. 15, 1873; 3 children: William C., Edwin A., Gertrude (Mrs. W. Rowland Cox). En- gaged in connection with his father's lumber and shipbuilding business at Bath; went to Chicago, May, 1872, and established branch of Boston crock- ery house of Abram French & Co., which later be- came French & Potter Co .; mem., 1889, of the firm of Lyon, Potter & Co., pianos; one of original stockholders, 1889, and pres., 1898-1912, Am. Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago. Dir. Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental and Commer- cial Trust and Savings Bank. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian Golf, Kenwood. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel.

POTTER, Mary Rose (Miss), educator; b. at Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 30, 1871; d. Bradford Sim- mons and Mary Adelaide (Farrington) Potter; ed. Ill. Wesleyan Univ., 1887-9; grad. Ill. Wesleyan Conservatory of Music, 1888; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1892; M.A., Boston Univ., 1897; Univ. of Ge- neva, Switzerland, 1912-13. Teacher of langs., Ill. State Normal Sch., Normal, 1892-9; prof. langs., Northern Ill. State Normal Sch., DeKalb, 1899-05; dean of women, Northwestern Univ., since 1905. Instrumental, with others, in organizing, 1912, Chicago Collegiate Bur. of Occupations, whose work is opening vocational opportunity to coll. trained women. Methodist. Mem. Assn. Collegiate Alumnae, Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha Theta. Clubs: Chicago College, University Guild (Evans- ton). Occasional contbr. on ednl. subjects. Ad- dress: Willard Hall, Evanston, Il1.

POTTINGER, George Eugene, real estate; b. at Owensboro, Davies Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 1864; s. James and Mary A. (Hayden) Pottinger; ed. pub. schs. of Owensboro, Ky., and St. Mary's Coll., Marion Co., Ky .; m. Margaret A. Shroyer, of Chicago, Sept. 29, 1886. Came to Chicago and engaged in coal busi- ness as mem. firm of John R. Stewart & Co., until 1890; then in real estate business, first as Clark & Pottinger until 1894, with Ogden, Sheldon & Co. and as sec. of Ogden Bldg. & Loan Assn. until 1896; mem. Ballard, Pottinger & Co. since 1896; also sec. and treas. of The Maywood Co. since 1905. Repub- lican. Mason (K.T.). Office: 106 N. LaSalle St.

POTTS, Jushua R. H., lawyer; b. on farm nr. Kingston, N.J., Feb. 9, 1875; s. John M. and Sarah V. (Soden) Potts; ed. pub. schs., N.J .; Trenton Business Coll .; Princeton Prep. Sch .; Columbia Univ. Law Sch .; Univ. of Tenn .; m. Adelaide S. Ereon, of Bordentown, N.J., May 11, 1898; children: Helen, Evelyn, Adelaide. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1898. and since practiced in Chicago. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Grand Master Work- man of Grand Lodge of Ill., A.O.U.W., 1913-17. Ma- son (32°, K.T., Shriner); Past Master of Welcome Lodge No. 916, A.F. and A.M., and a Grand Lec- turer. Home: 2729 Pine Grove Av. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St.

POULTON, John J., lawyer; b. Belvidere, Ill., Nov. 14, 1878; s. John J. and Margaret (Howard) Poulton; ed. common schs .; St. Patrick's High Sch .; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law (Lake For- est Univ.), 1904; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar,

POST, Wilber E., M.D .; b. 1877; M.D., Rush Med. 1904, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Ill. Ho. Coll., 1903. Practiced in Chicago since 1903; asst. of Rep., 1905-11; apptd. asst. atty. gen. of Ill., Feb. 1, 1913, inheritance tax dept. Mem. Draft Regis- tration Bd., 1917. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Lawyers' Assn. of Ill. Democrat. Mem. prof. medicine, Rush Med. Coll .; attending phys. Cook Co. Hosp. Mem. spl. com. sent to Russia by Am. Nat, Red Cross, 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago

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Knights of Columbus, Foresters, Royal Arcanum, sch., Chicago, 1885-6; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. Dental Ancient Order of Hibernians, Eagles. Clubs: South Surgery, 1893; m. Florence May Corbin, of Strea- Chicago, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, politics. Home: 9131 Exchange Av. Office: 2044, 208 S. LaSalle St.

POUND, Roscoe, college prof. Removed to Bel- mont, Mass. (See Who's Who in America.)

POUNDSTONE, George Corwin, dentist; b. at Grand Ridge, Ill., Feb. 14, 1870; s. James W. and Mary Anzaletta (Warren) Poundstone; ed. pub. schs., Ottawa, Ill .; D.D.S., Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch., 1902; m. Cora R. Bower, of Sheridan, Ill., Dec. 29, 1897. Practiced at Chicago since 1902; prof. materia medica and therapeutics, Northwest- ern Univ. Dental Sch. Mem. Nat. Dental Assn., III. State Dental Soc .. Chicago Dental Soc. (pres. 1916- 17). Methodist. Recreation: motoring. Home: 2607 Milwaukee Av.

POWELL, Ambrose Vincent, civil engr .; b. Lau- rens, Otsego Co., N.Y., May 4, 1847; s. Col. George W. and Mary (Dunbar) Powell; attended Coopers- town (N.Y.) Sem .; grad. Renssalaer Poly. Inst., 1868: m. Mary Alice Kellogg, 1869 (died 1898); m. 2d, Hannah Belle Clark, 1905. First engring. serv- ice in constrn. work on Pa. R.R. in Western Pa .; continued in ry. constrn. work until 1879, when became asst. chief engr. of the Chicago & North- eastern Grand Trunk R.R .; later with the Chicago & Western Ind. R.R .; apptd. engr. for the South Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co., 1884; engr. and supt. of pub. works for Village of Hyde Park. 1886-9; in pvt. practice since 1889. Has designed and constructed dry docks for many shipbuilding Engrs. (pres. 1900-1), Art Inst. of Chicago. Clubs: reation: golf. Home: 5227 Blackstone Av. Office: 133 W. Washington St.

POWELL, Charles L., lawyer; b. at Panora, Ia., Aug. 22, 1861; s. James R. and Clarinda (Hill) Powell; A.B., State Univ. of Ia., 1885, A.M., 1888, LL.B., 1889; m. Blanche Hay Powell, of Panora, Dec. 29, 1897; 1 son, Harold Hay. Admitted to la. bar, 1889, and practiced in Panora until 1894; pros. atty. Guthrie Co., 1892-4; resigned to go to Des Moines, and engaged in gen. practice there 17 yrs .; settled at Chicago, 1911; mem. Mayer, Meyer, Aus- trian & Platt; gen. counsel Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since 1914. Mem. Delta Tau Delta. Re- publican. Presbyterian. K.P. Clubs: Union League, Exmoor Country. Recreations: golf, hunting, fish- ing. Home: 5038 Drexel Boul. Office: 208 S. La Salle St.

POWELL, H(oward) Creighton, clergyman; b. Hillsdale Co., Mich., Sept. 26, 1872; s. Emanuel V. and Catherine (Boyer) Powell; A.B., Northwestern Coll., Naperville, 111., 1902; B.D., Union Bibl. Inst., . Naperville, 1904; m. Edith M. Rickert, of Naper- ville, Ill., May 30, 1905; children: Wendell Eman- uel, Ruth Louise, Grace Lillian. Teacher dist. schs. 3 yrs .; ordained ministry Evang. Assn., 1905; pas- tor Des Moines, Ia., 1904-8, Maxwell, 1908-10, Pier- son, 1910-12, Des Moines, 1912-14, Centennial Ch., Chicago since 1914, Prohibitionist. Home: 608 S. Hoyne Av.

POWELL, Isaac Newton, banker: b. Woodstock, Ont., Dec. 22, 1866; s. George and Matilda (Mc- Ardle) Powell; removed to Mo. in boyhood, and to Chicago, 1885; ed. pub. schs .; m. Richmond, Mo., Feb. 6, 1895, Gertrude Hamacher; 1 son, Donald H. Began as bookkeeper for Ender & Ender, commn. mchts., Chicago, 1886; asst. chief clk., 1894-5, of Bd. of Election Commrs., and thereafter chief clk. until Apr., 1909; city treas. of Chicago, 1910-11; pres. Washington Park Nat. Bank, 1910-12; pres. Ashland State Bank, 1911-12; pres. Powell, Garard & Co., investment bankers, since Apr., 1913. Dir. South Side State Bank, Washington Park Nat. Bank. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner), K.P., Royal League. Episcopalian. Clubs: Hamilton, Bankers', Windsor Park Golf. Home: 6826 Bennett Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

tor, Ill., Sept. 2, 1889; children: Ruth, Bessie May, Elhanan Tipton, Florence Marie, Marion. Mem. Nat. Dental Assn., Ill. State and Chicago dental socs., Delta Sigma Delta. Christian Scientist. Au- thor of a post-grad. course for students, pub. in Am. Dental Jour .; also of numerous papers read before Chicago and state dental socs .; contbr. nu- merous articles to dental publs. Recreation: golf. Home: 4828 Dorchester Av. Office: 25 E. Washing- ton St.

POWELL, Thomas W., clergyman. Removed to Mt. Gilead, O. (See vol. 1911.)

POWERS, Frank A., mfr .; b. Palmyra, Wis., Jan. 10, 1853; s. D. I. and Eliza A. (Harris) Powers; ed. pub. schs .; m. Watertown, Wis., Mar. 14, 1874, Emma M. Griffith; children: George G., Allan H., Loraine M. Entered service of the Union Wire Mattress Co., 1875, and was sec. and treas. of the company, 1892-1905, since which has been pres. Also dir. Powers Regulator Co. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Home: 633 Deming Pl. Office: 1100 Blackhawk St.

POWERS, Harry Joseph, theatrical mgr .; b. at Nenagh, Tipperary Co., Ireland, Sept. 15, 1859; s. Henry Joseph and Jane (Darcey) Powers; came with parents to Chicago in childhood; ed. Holy Family Sch. and St. Patrick's Acad., Chicago; m. Chicago Dock Co., 1882; apptd. engr. and supt. of Chicago, May 11, 1885, Marie F. Deegan; children:

Josephine, Rosina Marie, Harry Joseph. Began with Hooley's Theatre, in Chicago, Oct. 15, 1877, as usher 1 yr .; then was asst. treas. 2 yrs., treas. 3 yrs., and business mgr. 15 yrs .; remodeled Hooley's Aug., 1898, of which has since been lessee and ment Co. of Ill., operating Illinois Theatre; mgr. Blackstone Theatre, Chicago. Catholic. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Coun- try, Industrial, Lake Geneva Country. Home: 419 Wellington Av. Office: Illinois Theatre.

companies. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Theatre, 1898, changing name to Powers' Theatre,

Union League, Engineers', Calumet Country. Rec- mgr .; rebuilt Powers Theatre, 1904; dir. Amuse-

POWERS, Horace Swett, architect; b. Chicago, Feb. 7, 1872; s. Van Buren and Mary A. (Swett) Powers; ed. Armour Inst. Tech., and Art Inst. Chi- cago; unmarried. Architect with U.S. Commn. to Paris Expn., 1899-1900; practiced on own account in Chicago since 1903; mem. Spencer & Powers since 1905. Mem. A.I.A. and Ill. Chapter same, Tau Beta Pi. Democrat. Clubs: University, Chicago Yacht. Recreation: yachting. Home: 4324 Berke- ley Av. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.

POWERS, Millard R., lawyer; b. on farm in Mc- Donough Co., Ill., Oct. 15, 1849; s. Abraham and Frances M. Powers; grad. Quincy (Ill.) Coll., 1870; m. Ida Sartle, of Quincy, Sept. 21, 1871; children: Arthur N., Walter O., Wilbur F., Horace G., Nellie M., Herbert H., Myrtle 1., Evalyn M. Prin. acad., Hannibal, Mo., 1870-3; organized, Mar., 1873, with brother, Orville M., the Metropolitan Business Coll., of Chicago, and continued in its management until 1876; admitted to Ill. bar, 1876, and since practiced law. Mem. Am,, Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Royal League, Royal Arcanum. Republican. Club: Suburban of LaGrange. Home: 205 6th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

POWERS, Orville Marcellus, president Metro- politan Business Coll .; b. on farm in McDonough Co., Ill., Nov. 2, 1852; s. Abraham and Frances M. Powers; ed. Macomb (Ill.) High Sch., and Quincy (III.) Coll .; m. May 15, 1879, Angie E., d. Joseph W. Bradford, of Quincy; children: Edwin B., Eva A. Came to Chicago in 1872, and, with brother, Mil- lard R., established the Metropolitan Business Coll., of which is pres. and prin .; admitted to Ill. bar, 1885, but never practiced. Author of several standard text-books on commercial branches. Rec- reation: golf. Residence: Hyde Park Hotel. Office: 37 S. Wabash Av.

PRATO, Peter, commission merchant; Mar. 21, 1852-1916. (See vol. 1911.)

POWELL, T. Elhanan, dentist; b. on farm nr. PRATT, Best, Western mgr. The New York Air Mt. Sterling, Ky., Apr. 3, 1865; s. Andrew Jackson Brake Co .; b. Ontario, Can., Oct. 24, 1875; ed. gram- and Elizabeth (Tipton) Powell; ed. dist. sch, of mar and high schs., Lindsay, Ont .; m. at Montreal, Livingston Co., Ill .; Grand Prairie Sem., 1884; night P.Q., May, 1902; 1 daughter. In service with Grand

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Trunk and Great Northern rys. until 1898; con- 1899 (valedictorian); LL.B., cum laude, Univ. of nected with The New York Air Brake Co. since Pa., 1903; m. Josephine Townsend, of Chicago, Nov. 1898; Western mgr. for the company at Chicago 6, 1907; 3 children: Thornton Mills, Jr., Jane, Su- since 1910. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Western Rail- san Townsend. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1903, and since way, III. Athletic, Calumet Country (Chicago) ; Mo. practiced at Chicago; gen. counsel Acme Gas Co., Athletic (St. Louis) ; Minnesota (St. Paul). Recre- 1903-4; with firm of Peck, Miller & Starr, 1904-11, ation: golf. Home: 6416 Minerva Av. Office: 2021 Peoples Gas Bldg.

PRATT, Edward Graves, consulting and manag- ing gas engr .; b. North Chelmsford, Mass., June 10, 1856; s. William Augustus and Letitia (Graves) Pratt; ed. pub. schs., Cambridge and Waltham, Mass., graduating 1874; m. Adella J. Arnold, of Providence, R.I., June 10, 1880; 2 children: Adele Y. Pratt Catlin, Edward Graves, Jr. Supt. North Attleboro (Mass.) Gas Light Co., 1883-7; mgr. Des Moines (Ia.) Gas Co., 1887-1903; vice pres. and gen. mgr. Milwaukee (Wis.) Gas Light Co., 1903-6, De- troit (Mich.) City Gas Co., 1906-7; consulting and mng. engr., Chicago, since 1907; pres. Boone (Ia.) Gas Co., Gas Oil Co., Inc., Chicago. Mem. Am. Gas Inst. (pres. 1900), Wis. Gas Assn. (pres. 1904-5), Guild of Gas Mgrs., Ia., Ill., and Mich. gas assns., Natural Gas Assn., Soc. Illuminating Engrs. Mus- tered into Mass. Militia Apr. 19, 1875; mem, mil. staff of Govs. Jackson, Drake, Shaw, and chief of engrs. on staff of Gov. Cummins of Ia .; organized a troop of cavalry at Des Moines, Ia., 1896. Repub- lican. Universalist. Mason. Club: Union League. Recreations: horseback riding, golf. Home: 400 Belmont Av. Office: 1013 Peoples Gas Bldg.

PREBLE, Robert Bruce, M.D .; b. Chicago, Mar. PRATT, Edwin Hartley, surgeon; b. Towanda, 14, 1866; s. Eber C. and Mary Kate (Barnes) Pre- Pa., Nov. 6, 1849; s. Leonard and Betsey Pratt; ble; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1889 (M.A., 1914) ; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1891; interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1891-3; Univ. of Vienna, 1893-4; m. Alice M. Hos- mer, of Chicago, June 12, 1889; children: Norman Hosmer, Barbara, Marcia. Prof. medicine, North- western Univ., since 1895; attending phys., St. Luke's and Wesley hosps. Apptd. Ist It. Med. Re- serve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. (pres. 1903-4), Phi Beta Kappa. Club: University. Author: Pneumonia and Pheumococ- cus Infections, 1905; also numerous articles upon internal medicine. Home: 1518 Dearborn Parkway. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av. A.B., Chicago Univ., 1871, A.M., 1874; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1873; (LL.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1886, for med. discovery by the aid of which it is possible to restore to health fully % of the so-called incurables; the discovery has the name of orificial surgery and by its methods the capillary circulation of the entire body is at once aroused) ; m. Feb. 26, 1900, Charlotte Eva Kelly, of Galva, III. Home. physician and surgeon; prof. anatomy 10 yrs., surgery 6 yrs., orificial surgery 14 yrs., then again prof. surgery, Chicago Home. Med. Coll .; 3 yrs. prof. anatomy, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; now prof. orificial surgery, the Chicago Home. Med. Coll., having merged into Hahnemann PREISER, Albert Leo, concert violinist and di- rector; b. Normtereggingen, Grand Duchy Baden; s. Peter Paul and Anna (von Scherer) Preiser; mus. edn. under the eminent French violinist, Emile Sauret; m. Fannie Eccles, d. Col. Joseph H. Bar- nett, of Chicago, Apr. 30, 1913. Came to U.S., 1881; founder, 1898, and since dir. Preiser Sch. of Music, Chicago. Republican. Mason (Austin Lodge). Home: 530 N. Pine Av., Austin. Studio: 612 Lyon and Healy Bldg., Chicago. Med. Coll .; was attending surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., 20 yrs. Pres. Ill. State Home. Assn., 1902; hon. mem. numerous state socs .; mem. Am. Inst. Homo- opathy, Il1. Home. Med. Assn., Home. Med. Soc. of Chicago; vice pres. World's Purity Federation. Clubs: Ill. Athletic; Century (Evanston, Ill.). Ed- Itor 9 yrs. Journal of Orificial Surgery. Author: Orificial Surgery, 1892; Composite Man, 1902. Has delivered addresses on surg., health and other top- Ics in principal cities of U.S. Home: 722 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.

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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 179

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