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 180

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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PRATT, H(arry) Preston, physician and scien- tist; b. Warren, Jo Daviess Co., III., Mar. 23, 1860; s. Benoni Preston and Ariadne (Mann) Pratt; ed. in pub. schs. in Jo Daviess and Cook cos., and was tutored by the late Prof. Thomas Clark, who was for some time tutor to the royal family of Eng- land; 3 yrs. in Rush Med. Coll. and Med. Dept. of Lake Forest Univ .; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., 1892; M.D., Nat, Med. Coll., 1894; M.D., Harvey Med. Coll., 1896. Devoted to scientific research, and has in- vented a number of valuable devices along the lines of telephonic, telegraphic and electro-therapeutical appliances; pioneer in X-ray therapy and was cred- ited as such by Prof. Roentgen, and his X-ray lab- oratory in Chicago was the first established in the world for practical med. work. Editor Am. Journal of Progressive Therapeutics, formerly the Ameri- can X-Ray Journal. Examiner and sec. Professional Investment Co. Mem. Press Club and others. Home: 3106 Walnut St. Office: Ashland Blk.

PRATT, Henry, mfr .; Dec. 18, 1843-Feb. 27, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

*PRATT, Ralph Eugene, land dealer. (See vol. 1911.)

Underwood & Manierre, 1911-12, Holdom, Manierre & Pratt, 1912-14, Manierre & Pratt (George W. Ma- nierre) since Dec., 1914; vice pres. Vulcan Fuel Economy Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Loyal Legion, Royal Arcanum. Republic- an. Congregationalist. Club: City. Recreation: gardening. Home: 10522 S. Hoyne Av. Office: 1004, 111 W. Monroe St.

PRATT, George Nathaniel, surgeon; b. Chicago, June 29, 1876; s. George Nathaniel and Martha El- len (Fracker) Pratt; prep. edn. Mich. Mil. Acad., Orchard Lake; student State Univ. of Ia .; Cornell Univ .; M.D., Chicago Home. Med. Coll., 1897; m. Florence Amy Lane, of Chicago, Nov. 7, 1898; 3 children: Frances Baker, Virginia, George Nathan- iel, Jr .; m. 2d, Mrs. Katherine M. Sawyer (nee Marks), of Chicago, June 9, 1917. Teacher histol- ogy, 1898-9, surgery, 1901-2; mem. surg. staff Cook Co. Hosp., 1903-4; prof. surgery, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Coll., 1910-12; asso. mem. Cook Co. surg. staff since 1914; capt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Fel- low Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A. M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Mason. Recreations: tennis, fishing, hunting. Home: 721 Gordon Terrace. Office: 30 N. Michigan Avenue.

PRENDERGAST, Joseph, M.D .; b. in Ont., Can., Oct. 9, 1866; s. John Prendergast; grad, high sch., Seaforth, Ont .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1894. In gen. practice in Chicago since 1894. Mem. A.M.A., Il1. State and Chicago med. socs., German Med. Soc., Soc. Med. History, Chicago Pathol. Soc. Club: Svenska Klubben. Home: 3143 Washington Boul. Office: 3201 Park Av.

PRENDERGAST, M. John, dentist; b. Ontario, Can., May 10, 1868; s. John Prendergast; prep. edn. common schs .; D.D.S., Lake Forest Univ., 1896; m. Lillian Mallory, of Chicago; 2 sons: John, Joseph. Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1896. Mem. Delta Sigma Delta. Club: Birchwood Country. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 29 E. Madison St., Chicago.

PRENTICE, Leon Hamline, heating contractor; b. Lockport, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1847; s. Alonzo Tyng and Emeline (Rockwell) Prentice; great grandson of Jabez Rockwell, who was with Washington's Army at Valley Forge; 34th in descent from Rollo, first Duke of Normandy, A.D., 932; ed. common schs. and commercial coll., Buffalo, N.Y .; m. Julia, d. Dr. Emanuel Honsinger, of Chicago, Oct. 1, 1874; chil- dren: Mrs. Elizabeth H. P. Johnson, Mrs. Lucie Anne Clark P. Yoeman. Went to work for R. T. Crane & Bros. (now Crane Co.), Mar., 1863, as office boy, continuing 14 yrs .; with A. B. Hay, estab- lished steam and hot water heating business, Feb. 1, 1877, under firm name of Hay & Prentice, inc. as

PRATT, Thornton Mille, lawyer; b. Bridgeport, O., Feb. 16, 1876; s. David Perkins and Jane Lo- rena (Shedd) Pratt; ed. Portsmouth (O.) High Sch., 1895; A.B., summa cum laude, Marietta Coll., Hay & Prentice Co., Mar. 9, 1885; changed, Aug. 30,

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1888, to L. H. Prentice Co., of which is pres. Has U.S.V., 1898-01; apptd. capt. asst. surgeon vols., served as heating contractor of many notable Feb, 7, 1901; served in Southern fever camps, in buildings, among them: Sherman, Blackstone and Cuba, at San Francisco and in the Philippines; hon. LaSalle hotels, McCormick Bldg., Peoples Gas discharged, Feb. 1, 1903; awarded Congressional Bldg., City Hall Square Bldg., Harvester Bldg. (all medal for services in P.I .; in practice at Chicago of Chicago) ; the Flatiron Bldg., Hippodrome, City

since 1903; prof. surgery and clin, surgery, 111. Investing Bldg., New York; Bellevue-Stratford Med. Coll., 1903-9; prof. surgery, med, dept. Loyola Hotel, Phila .; also many chs., theatres, schs., hosps., etc., and pyt. residences, Chicago and else- where. Mem. Founders and Patriots of America, S.A.R. Club: Union League. Recreations: experi- mental farming at Chittenden Lake, nr. Grays- lake, Ill. Home: 308 Julian St., Waukegan, III. Of- fice: 328 Sherman St., Chicago.

PRENTIS, Percy Lucius, immigration officer; b. Rich Valley, Ind., July 28, 1870; s. Xavier Thomas and Rebecca (Glasier) Prentis; ed. Bedford (O.) High Sch .; Cleveland Business Coll .; M.D., Univ. of Medicine and Surgery, Cleveland, 1893; m. Anna Pfeffer, of Cleveland, Apr. 4, 1894; children: Ros- coe Johnson, Loreen Elizabeth. Practiced medicine in Southern Ia., 1893-01; mem. Ia. Ho. of Rep., 1895-1900; mem. Ia, Commn. to St. Louis Expn., 1901; resigned, Dec., 1901, to accept position in U.S. Immigration Service; insp. in charge at Van- conver, B.C., Winnipeg, Man., and at Chicago since Dec. 15, 1909. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Ch. Pres. Chicago Christian Missionary Soc. Recrea- tion: gardening. Home: 5433 W. Ohio St. Office: 845. S. Wabash Av.

PRENTISS, William, lawyer; b. Davenport, Ia., Sept. 19, 1848; s. Dr. William and Elizabeth (Ga- pen) Prentiss; parents removed to Schuyler Co., Ill., and afterward to Fulton Co., where his father died, 1854; mother married James Manley, a Mc- Donough Co. farmer, 1860, upon whose farm he lived several years; attended Knox Coll., Gales- burg, but ill health compelled him to leave before graduation; m. Elizabeth Helen McCaughey, of Ma- rietta, Fulton Co., Ill., 1872; children: James Man- ley (deceased), Jackson McCaughey, William, Jr. Went to Minn., where farmed, taught sch., and was 3 yrs. county supt. of schs. of Cottonwood Co .; ad- mitted to bar, June, 1878, and same year was elect- ed state's atty. of MeDonough Co., Ill., to fill a vacancy; re-elected, 1880, for full 4-year term; came to Chicago, 1891. Elected mayor of Macomb on Dem. ticket, 1881; nominee for Congress in old 11th Dist., 1888: Dem, nominee for judge of Circuit Ct. Cook Co., 1893, 98, 1903; delegate Dem. Nat. Conv., 1X96; chmn. Dem, State Conv., 1898; active in campaigns of 1896 and 1900 as orator, and was candidate for Dem. nomination for governor, 1904, but withdrew his name. Was a prominent candi- date for mayor of Chicago, 1905, by municipal ownership advocates, but when Judge E. F. Dunne was nominated by Democrats on municipal owner- ship platform, withdrew and supported him; civil service commr., 1905-7. and pres. of bd. during 2d year; now active in law practice. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Independent in poli- tics with Abraham Lincoln as his ideal and Lin- coln's words, in 1854, as his motto: "Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. Owner of farm and recreates as farmer, Home: 1048 Catalpa Av. Office: 155 N. Clark St.

PRESCOTT, Henry Washington, college profes- sor; b. Boston, July 30, 1874: s. Washington L. and Rebecca A. ( Boyce) Prescott; grad, pub. Latin sch., Boston, 1892; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1895, A.M., 1896, Ph.D., 1901; m. Clara Walton, of Los Angeles, Cal., Apr. 27, 1905; children: Walton, Gordon, Stephen, Richard. Instr. Latin, Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1898-9; instr. Greek and Latin, Harvard Coll., 1899-1901; instr. Latin, 1901-4, asst. prof. classical philology, 1904-9, asso. prof., Jan .- June, 1909, Univ. of Cal .: asso, prof. classical philology, 1909-11, prof. since 1911, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Philol. Assn., Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Quadrangle. Home: 5524 Kimbark Av.

Univ., since 1909; attending phys. to Lake View Hosp. since 1908; apptd. 1st It. Med, Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 1911, Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chi- cago med. socs. Republican. Mason, K.P .; mem. Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. Club: Press. Home: 803 Lakeside Pl. Office: 1002 Wilson Av.

PRESS, Adam John, mfr. (See vol. 1911,)

PRESS, William Adolph, wagon mfr .; b. Chicago, Oct. 6, 1871; s. Jacob Henry and Elizabeth (Blass) Press; ed. pub. schs. and business coll., Chicago; m. Mina Bell Tosh, Chicago, Nov. 1, 1891 (died Dec., 1898); 4 children: Violet M., Ethel M. (deceased), Raymond Lester and Merle (deceased) ; m. 2d, Adell Elizabeth Bausenbach, of Chicago, Mar. 19, 1902; 1 son, William A. Began in father's wagon shop, and upon latter's death, 1891, assumed charge of the business for his mother, and upon her death, 1895, with brother, Jacob H., purchased the busi- ness, which they have since conducted under firm name of Jacob Press' Sons. Mason (32º, Shriner), Nem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, etc. Recreation: motoring. Home: 3753 Pine Grove Av. Office: 300 N. Halsted St.

PRESTON, Charles F., picture frames; b. Cardiff, Eng., Jan. 25, 1871; s. of William and Katherine (Fruin) Preston; ed. schs. of Cardiff; m, Mary J. Humphreys, of Bridgen, South Wales, Apr. 3, 1889; 10 children: Beatrice (Mrs. Bert Hooker), Arthur, Nellie, Katherine, Charles, Minnie, Louis, Myrtle, William, Leonard (died 1897). Came to America and settled at Chicago, 1891; entered employ of T. B. Livingston & Co., 1891; established the Preston Frame Mfg. Co., mfrs. picture frames, 1898, and since pres. Republican. Mason. Home: 111 Sawyer Av., LaGrange, III. Office: 334 S. Clinton St., Chi- cago.

PRESTON, Deming Haven, coal mcht .; b. Byron, Genesee Co., N.Y., Dec. 2, 1845; s. John Bower and Clarissa (North) Preston; removed to Wis. in childhood; worked on farm in summers and at- tended sch. winters, at Berlin, Wis .; m. Chicago, Oct. 12, 1869, Ella C. Mendsen. Came to Chicago, Apr., 1864, and secured a position as bookkeeper with W. E. Johnson & Co., and in 1869 was admit- ted as a partner in the business of that firm of wholesale dealers in coal and coke; in 1873 bought .the interests of Mr. Johnson, changing to the style of D. H. Preston & Co .; pres. Hinsdale State Bank since July 1, 1908. Republican. Congregationalist. Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale. Home: Hinsdale, Il1.

PRESTON, William, real estate; b. Lisburn, Ire- land, Feb. 26, 1866; s. William and Agnes (Mairs) Preston; ed. Nat. Schs., Ireland; Science and Art Dept., South Kensington, London; Bryant and Stratton Coll., Chicago; Chicago Athenaeum; Chi- cago Coll. of Law (Law Dept. Lake Forest Univ.); m. Georgiana Frances Douglass, of Chicago (for- merly Toronto, Can.), Dec. 31, 1888; children: Wil- liam Douglass, George Frank, Marion Evelyn, Ar- thur Mairs, Charles Harold. Came to Chicago, 1886, and immediately became connected with William D. Kerfoot & Co., real estate, serving as collector, stenographer, bookkeeper, cashier, salesman, mgr. of sales dept., and was admitted to firm, Jan. 1, 1915; was sec. Austin Annexation Club and took a prominent part in the successful movement to an- nex Austin to Chicago. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896. Mem. and sec. Bd. of Edn., Libertyville Township High Sch. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Bd. Underwriters, Nat, Assn. Real Estate Bds. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Ill, Athletic, Kenloch Country, Lib- ertyville Commercial. Recreations: country life. gardening, motoring. Home: Libertyville, Ill, Of- fice: 58 W. Washington St., Chicago,

PRESNELL, James Frederick, M.D .; b. at Iowa Center, Story Co., Ja., Mar. 22, 1867; s. Dr. James and Mary (Hurst) Presnell; grad. Scranton (Ia.) High Sch., 1884; M.D., Univ. of Ja., 1889; m. Ger- trude Impey, of Iowa City, Ia., Oct. 8, 1890; 1 son, PRICE, Arthur Edgar, M.D .; b. Chicago, 1875; s. Oscar Jay (M.D.) and Anna ( Wilder) Price; ed. Robert Richard. Practiced at Omaha, Neb., 1889- 94, Lake View, la., 1894-8; acting asst. surgeon high schs., Chicago, and Northwestern Univ .; M.D.,

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Rush Med. Coll., 1897; post-grad. work Johns Hop- University of Evanston, Westmoreland Country. kins. Interne, St. Elizabeth's Hosp., 1897-8; exam- Home: 2006 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: iner for Md. Casualty Co .; chief surgeon, Union 300, 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. Casualty Co. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Therapeutic Club, Nu Sigma Nu, Sigma Chi. Club: Illinois. Contbr. numerous articles to med. jours. Recreation: golf. Office: 1015, 175 W. Jack- son Boul.

PRICE, Charles Wilson, editor. Removed to New York. (See Who's Who in America.)

PRICE, Edward Valentine, mfr. clothing; b. Sa- vannah, Mo., May 9, 1856; s. William A. and Eliza- beth Price; ed. common sch., Savannah; m. Pueblo, Colo., Nov. 17, 1884, Emma Sharp. Went to Cal., 1872, worked as cowboy on cattle ranch; then in silver mines in Nevada; drove stage on Western overland stage road; hecame a Wells-Fargo mes- senger and later route agent; traveling salesman for wholesale clothing firm, 1882-96; since 1896 clothing mfr. in Chicago; now pres. Ed. V. Price & Co., wholesale tailors. Vice pres. and chmn. labor board of National Wholesale Tailors' Assn. during labor troubles, 1905-6. Republican. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 327 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

PRICE, Edwin Carlton, packers' supplies; b. at Sandwich, Mass., Nov. 14, 1867; s. of William and Aurelia (Parker) Price; ed. pub. schools, Boston, 1876-83, and in Bryant and Stratton Business Coll .; m. Rowena May Bloss, Chicago, Oct. 21, 1891 ; 3 chil- dren: Catherine Aurelia, Dorothy M. (deceased), Ida May. Began with Swift Bros., Boston, 1883; came West, 1885, for Swift & Co .; worked in yards and later became successively cattle buyer and pur- chasing agt., in which capacity he went to Omaha, 1890; gen. mgr. for Swift & Co., Omaha, 1899-1901, when retired to go into business for himself, buy- ing a half interest in the Fred K. Higbie Co., pack- ers' supplies, and becoming pres. and treas., 1908; now sr. mem. firm of Edwin C. Price & Co., packers' supplies. Republican. Mason (32°, Shriner ). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Union League, South Shore Country. Recreations: outdoor diversions, reading. Home: 5001 Drexel Boul. Office: 1822 S. Clark St.

PRICE, Frederic Augustus, Insurance; b. Toron- to, Ont., June 14, 1865; s. Samuel A. and Carrie (Austin) Price; ed. pub. schs .; m. Kansas City, Mo., 1887, Lida Windsor (died Mar., 1913); 1 daughter, Dorothy. In ins. business in Chicago, since 1884, first in firm of Weed & Price, until 1892, then with James W. Nye, 1892-3; since 1893 mem. of firm of Conkling, Price & Webb, gen. agents for the Lon- don Guarantee and Accident Co., Ltd .; vice pres. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Md. Was Ist It. Co. E, 3d Mo. N.G. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Columbia Yacht (ex-commodore), Forty. Recreation: yacht- Ing. Home: 483 West End Av., New York. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

PRICE, George Vincent, banker, broker; b. Wau- kegan, Ill., Sept. 1, 1885; s. Guerdon W. and Eunice (Cobb) Price; ed. pub. schs., Waukegan; grad. Lake Forest Acad., 1904; m. Jessie Agnes Heg, of Chi- cago, Apr. 27, 1910; 1 daughter, Janet Heg. Began as asst. sec. Price Cereal Products Co., 1904, later becoming treas .; entered banking and brokerage business, 1912; mem. firm Perry, Price & Co. since 1914. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: South Shore Country. Recrea- tions: motoring, tennis, golf. Home: 5718 Kenmore Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.

PRICE, Ira Maurice, Orientalist; b. Welsh Hills, nr. Newark, O., Apr. 29, 1856; s. Thomas Davis and Sarah Jane (Jones) Price; B.A., Denison Univ., 1879, M.A., 1882 (LL.D., 1903); B.D., Bapt. Union Theol. Sem., Morgan Park, Ill., 1882; Ph.D., M.A., Univ. of Leipzig, 1886; m. Jennie Rhoads, of Gran- ville, O., June 13, 1882 (died Sept. 23, 1905). Prof. Greek and modern langs., Univ. of Des Moines (now Des Moines Coll.), 1879-80; instr. German and French, Morgan Park Mil. Acad., 1880-3; instr. Hebrew, Wheaton ( Ill.) Theol. Sem., 1882-3; instr. Harper's Hebrew Correspondence Schs., 1882-4; instr., 1886-8, prof. Hebrew and cognate langs., 1888-92, Bapt. Union Theol. Sem .; asso. prof. Se- mitic langs. and lits., 1892-1900, prof. since 1900, Univ. of Chicago. Asso. editor Biblical World, Am. Jour. of Semitic Langs. and Lits., since 1892, Am. Jour. Theology, since 1897. Chmn. commn. on moral and religious edn. Northern Bapt. Conv. since 1910; mem. Internat. S.S. Lesson Com., 1902-8, sec. since 1908. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Soc. Bibl. Archæol- ogy (London), Soc. Bibl. Lit. and Exegesis. Club: Quadrangle. Author of a number of vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Home: 6043 Ellis Av.

PRICE, Oscar Jay, M.D., surgeon; b. at Adrian, Mich., Apr. 4, 1845; s. Phineas and Hannah Price; studied Adrian Coll .; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1866; hosp. steward, Army of the Tenn., 1865; practiced Toledo, O., 1866-8; clin. course in New York hosps., 1867; m. Anna Wilder, of Englewood, Ill., Apr. 2, 1874 (died Jan. 27, 1907) ; 1 son, Arthur E. (M.D.); m. 2d, Mrs. Lucy House Strong, of Lowville, N.Y., Dec. 30, 1908. In practice at Chicago since 1869; surgeon, Chicago, Alton & St. Louis R.R. over 30 yrs .; surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., 6 yrs. Mem. A. M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc. and numerous local med. societies. Club: Illinois. Home: 1537 W. Adams St.

PRICE, Vincent Clarence, president Price Fla- voring Extract Co .; Dec. 11, 1832-July 14, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

PRICE, William Bates, piano mfr .; b. Loudon, Tenn., Dec. 3, 1859. Engaged in piano manufactur- ing at Chicago since 1890; organized 1902, and since pres. Price & Teeple Co .; also pres. Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co. Home: 708 Sheridan Rd. Office: 218 S. Wabash Av.

PRIDMORE, John Edmund Oldaker, architect; b. Edgbaston, Eng., July 18, 1864; ed. Soho Park Sch., Birmingham, Eng .; m. Nov., 1891, Clara G. Lee, of N.Y. City; m. 2d, June 10, 1916, Blossom Hull, of Chicago. Left England, 1880, and spent 3 yrs. in the Western States before locating at Chicago, 1883. Mem. A.I.A. and Ill. Chapter same. Clubs: Union League, Edgewater Golf. Home: 5959 Win- throp Av. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

PRIDMORE, William Addison, real estate; b. at Birmingham, Eng., Feb. 7, 1866; s. William H. and Avice Emma (Oldaker) Pridmore; ed. schs. of na- tive city; m. Chicago, 1892, Fanny A. E. Milne, of Canadian birth; 1 son, William G. Removed with parents to U.S. in 1880, locating in Sioux City, Ia .; worked on father's farm 3 yrs .; settled in Chicago. 1883; in employ of B. F. Cronkrite & Co., real estate, 1887-90; in real estate business in own name since 1890. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Chicago Tennis. Recreations: gar- dening, horticulture and outdoor diversions. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 1620 City Hall Sq. Bldg., Chi- cago.

PRICE, Henry Wilbur, lawyer: b. Huntington, Pa., May 1, 1865; s. Rev. J. A. and Katherine (An- drews) Price; grad. Baltimore City Coll., 1883; PRIEBE, William F., poultry, eggs and butter; h. Schneidemuehl, Germany, Mar. 23, 1858; m. Ma- tilda Simater, of Minonk, Ill., Feb. 11, 1881. Pres. and gen. mgr. W. F. Priebe Co., packers of poultry, eggs and butter; also interested in 3 other corpns. in same line. Apptd. mem. Food Administration Bd. under H. C. Hoover, in charge of poultry and egg dept. Mem. Nat. Poultry and Egg Assn., Chl- cago Assn. of Commerce. Home: 528 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 192 N. Clark St., Chicago. A.B., Johns Hopkins, 1885; LL.M., Columbian Unlv., 1888; m. Marie Griswold, of Chicago, 1893; chil- dren: Griswold, Edward. Admitted to D.C. bar, 1888; came to Chicago, 1889; practiced with Mil- Jard & Smith until 1890; then with Smith, Helmer & Moulton; with Smith, Helmer, Moulton & Price, 1894-1902; mem. Long & Price, counsel for the IIl. Life Ins. Co., 1902-6; acting alone as counsel of the company since 1906. Nominated on Rep. ticket for judge Circuit Court, 1909, but declined nomination. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns .. Chi- PRIGGE, Hugh G., automobile specialties; b. at Waverly, Minn., Nov. 13, 1875; s. Cord and Dorette cago Law Inst. Republican. Methodist. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Law, City, (Carls) Prigge; prep, edn. high sch .; student Univ.

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of Minn., 1891-4; m. Beatrice Halpin, of Minneapo- Congl. Ch. of Oak Park. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, lis, Mar. 9, 1902; 2 children: Dorothy, Beatrice. Union League, City (Chicago); Colonial (Oak Park); Glen Oak Country (dir.). Home: 410 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 203 S. Dear- born St., Chicago. Traveling salesman, 1896-1910; mgr. Thermoid Rubber Co., 1910-11; with Prigge Bros., 1911-16; mgr. Matador Tire & Vulcanizing Co., Chicago, 1915-16; sec. and gen. mgr. Nat. Jack & Mfg. Co. since Mar. 9, 1916; dir. Matador Tire & Vulcanizing Co. Republican. Lutheran. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Automobile, Recreation: books. Home: 7733 N. Hermitage Av. Office: 130 S. Clinton St.

PRIMLEY, Jonathan Philip, president of Wis. Granite Co .; Dec. 14, 1852-Feb. 9, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

PRIMLEY, Walter Simonton, terra cotta; b. Elk- hart, Ind., Mar. 3, 1887; s. Jonathan Philip and Euphemia (Simonton) Primley; A.B., Harvard, 1909; m. Kathleen F. Drumm, of Montreal, Can .. Nov. 21, 1911. Has been identified with Wis. Gran- ite Co. since 1909, pres. since 1914; sec., treas. Mid- land Terra Cotta Co. since 1910. Republican. Clubs: University, Glen View. Recreations: golf, motor- ing. Home: 903 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

PRINCE, Herbert William, clergyman; b. Lon- don, Eng., Dec. 11, 1878; s. Edward Philip and Elizabeth (Smith) Prince; ed. City of London Sch .; grad. Ch. Missionary Coll., London, 1907; m. Ethel Abernathy, of Oak Park, 111., Nov. 16, 1909; 1 daugh- ter, Margaret E. Deacon, 1907, Ch. of England; priest, 1909, P.E. Ch. in U.S .; first curacy, St. Mat- thew's Ch., Croydon, Eng., 1907; missionary at Palamcottah, S. India, 1908; curate Grace Ch., Oak Park, 111., 1909; rector St. Mark's Ch., Glen Ellyn, 1909-12; asst. rector St. Paul's Ch., Chicago, 1912- 13; rector Ch. of the Epiphany, Chicago, since Oct., 1913. Republican. Recreations: golf, tennis, swim- ming. Home: 312 S. Ashland Boul.

PRINDIVILLE, James Winglow, marine trans- portation; b. Chicago, Mar. 31, 1871; s. John and Margaret (Prendergast) Prindiville; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago; m. Grace Clark, of Chi- cago, May 1, 1894; 2 children: Elizabeth Margaret, Mary Ellen. Engaged in marine transportation business since 1889; pres. John Prindiville & Sons (established, 1856), since 1906. Democrat, Catho- lic. Clubs: Union League, Indian Hill. Recreations: Lake Park Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St. yachting, golf. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

PRINDIVILLE, John K., judge; b. Chicago, Oct. 28, 1851; s. Redmond and Mary (Harman) Prindi- ville; ed. Seton Hall Coll., S. Orange, N.J., to 1868; m. South Bend, Ind., Feb. 17, 1886, Mary Hooper. Admitted to Ill. bar, Sept. 23, 1873, and began prac- tice in Chicago; apptd. justice of the peace in May, 1879, reappointed 7 times, continuing until Dec. 1, 1906; was 10 yrs. police magistrate at the Harrison St. Station; judge Municipal Court for term expir- ing 1918. Mem. Cook Co. Democracy, Chicago Sharp- shooters' Assn. Elk. Clubs: Iroquois, Chicago Ath- letic, Mohawk, Vincennes Athletic. Home: 3801 Grand Boul. Address: City Hall.

PRINGLE, Robert; b. at Seaforth, Ont., Feb. 6, 1866; s. James and Mary (Walker) Pringle; ed. pub. schs. Began with E. H. Sedgwick & Co., grain commn., as settling clerk and bookkeeper, 1883; later established on own account as a broker in stocks, grain and provisions; was senior mem. of the firm of Pringle, Fitch & Rankin, 1904-9; since then looking after personal interests. Mem. Chi- cago Board of Trade. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian, Glen View, Exmoor, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht. Recreation: golf. Office: Board of Trade.

PRINGLE, William James, lawyer; b. at Madrid, N.Y., June 10, 1862; s. William and Mary Belle (Goldie) Pringle; ed. pub. and high sch., Madrid; Ph.B., Grinnell (Ia.) Coll., 1885, A.M., 1888; ednl. work, 1885-96; supt. schs., Northfield, Minn .; prin. high sch., Aurora, Ill .; student Chicago Coll. of Law; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1896; m. Dorothy Sisson Gorham, of Galesburg, Ill., June 26, 1899 (died May 15, 1909) ; 2 children: William J., Jr., Margaret Miller. Practiced in Chicago since 1898; mem. of firm of Pringle, Northup & Terwilliger, 1902-13, now Pringle & Terwilliger; atty. Dolese & Shepard Co., Chicago & Ill. Western Ry., etc .; dir. Hyde Park State Bank. Mem. Chicago City Council, 1904-12; chmn. com. on gas, oil and elec- tric light 3 yrs .; regarded as an authority on pub. utilities rates; mem. arbitration bd. to fix gas rates for City of Galesburg, Ill., 1915; etc. Lec- turer on torts and agency, Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, since 1898. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Republic- an. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, City, Flossmoor Country. Author of "Telephone Rate Making" and other public utility articles; edited a book of cases on torts. Has been extensively interested for a number of years in agrl. lands located in Saskatchewan, Can .; spends some time each summer looking after interests there. Recreations: baseball, golf. Home: 4021

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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 180

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