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 181

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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PRINTY, James Anthony, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

PRITCHARD, Edward Randolph, secretary Dept. of Health; b. Dayton, Ind., Sept. 7, 1852; s. Ezekiel and Caroline (Eggleston) Pritchard; ed. New Lon- don (Ind.) Acad .; m. Kokomo, Ind., 1878, Nancy M. Thorne; children: Margaret, Frederick Paige, Lucy Thorne. Started out as a country sch. teacher; then edited a country newspaper; came to Chicago, 1882, and engaged in newspaper work as reporter and editor until 1898, last 5 yrs. as polit. and mu- nicipal writer; apptd., Mar., 1898, by civil service examination, as sec. Dept. of Health of Chicago. Democrat. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Acad. Po- lit. and Social Science, etc. Mason; mem. Royal League. Club: Press. Home: 2915 E. 77th St. Of- fice: 710 City Hall.

PRINGLE, Frederick Wilmot, lawyer; b. Napa- nee, Ont., June 17, 1864; s. of Ira and Eliza Jane PRITZKER, Louis J., M.D .; b. Kieff, Russia, Dec. 29, 1867; s. Jacob N. and Sophia (Schwarz- mann) Pritzker; prep. edn. gymnasium, Kieff; came to U.S., 1882; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1891; post-grad. work Berlin, Dresden, Vienna, and Buda- pest, 1904, 05; m. Lily Vey Cohn, of Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10, 1906; 2 children: Sylvia Violet, Jacob Theodore. Practiced at Chicago since 1891; ob- stetrician and gynecologist, Cook Co. Hosp., 1895, 96; instr. gynecology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1905-10; prof. obstetrics, Jenner Med. Coll., since 1913; gynecologist and obstetrician, Norwe- gian Tabitha Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .; del. 16th Internat. Med. Con- gress, at Budapest, 1909. Liberal Republican. Ma- son. Author of various monographs and pamph- lets on med. topics. Home: 4817 Sheridan Rd. Of- fice: 25 E. Washington St. (Lapum) Pringle; ed. high sch., Napanee; m. Grace D. Hale, of Topeka, Kan., June 4, 1890; children: Everett Hale, Wilfred Ira (deceased), Alden Fred- erick, Henry Lapum Benedict. Began study of law at Topeka, Kan., in office of George R. Peck, then gen. counsel of A.,T.&S.F.R.R., 1886-8; went to Co- lumbia Law Sch., New York, and completed course; admitted to bar in Mo., 1889, Kan. and 111., 1890. For 2 yrs. after graduation was in ry. service with Trans-Mo. & Western Passenger Assn .; began prac- tice at Chicago, Jan. 1, 1891, first with Hanecy & Merrick, and later with Miller & Starr; associated with Cohrs, Green & Campbell, 1892-6; mem. Green, Pringle & Campbell, 1896-7, Green & Pringle, 1897- 1902; alone until 1906; with H. L. Fearing, as Prin- gle & Fearing since 1906. Apptd. May, 1896, atty. for Town of Cicero and completed work, begun in 1895, of revising general ordinances of the town; again apptd. town atty., 1898; village atty. of Oak PROCTOR, Warren Ellsworth, tenor singer; b. Wayne Tp., Mitchel Co., la., Oct. 4, 1882; s. Joel Gardner and Ida (Holly) Proctor; grad. account- ancy course, Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, la .; B.Di., Iowa State Teachers' Coll., Cedar Falls, Ia .; stu- Park, 1902-7, and since Jan., 1914; revised village ordinances of Oak Park, 1916. Former mem. and pres. of Oak Park and River Forest Township High Sch. Bd. Vice pres. Silver Lake Estates of Florida. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. dent Iowa Coll., Grinnell; m. Gertrude Carlson, of Republican. Mem. and formerly trustee Second Chicago, Dec. 21, 1911. Professional singer since

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1905; in Chicago since 1911; has served as soloist ters, Knights of Columbus; ex-pres. St. John Bap- Apollo Club, Musicians' Club of Chicago, Chicago tist Soc. Home: 4441 Washington Boul, Office: 307 Singverein, Bach Choral Soc., Haydn Choral Club, Ashland Blk. First Ch. of Christ, Scientist. Mem. Chicago Grand PROUTY, Henry Woodruff, lawyer. (See vol, 1911.) Opera Assn. 3 seasons; prin. rôles: Walther in "Tannhauser"; Froh in "Das Rheingold"; "Parsi- fal"; "Koenigskinder," etc. Spring tour with Min- neapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mason. Home: 1845 S, 9th Av., Maywood, Ill.

PRODOEHL, Frederick, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

PROPACH, Henry Conrad, dyes; b. Bonn, Ger- many, Oct. 14, 1869; s. L. C. and Jane (Seegesney- der) Propach; ed. Technical High Sch. and Coll., Bonn, Germany; m. Catherine H. Hein, of New York, Mar. 22, 1897; 1 daughter, Hyacinth C. E. Was with Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., New York, 1889-97, and since 1897 has been mgr. of the Chicago house of the company; also mgr. for Hud- son River Aniline Color Works of Albany, N.Y. Republican. Mem. Internat. Soc. of Chemical In- dustry. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: read- ing, law. Home: 2340 Commonwealth Av. Office: 146 W. Kinzie St.

PROST, Jacob H., landscape architect and fores- ter; b. Lansing, Mich., Apr. 30, 1878; s. Christian A. and Louise Freda Prost; ed. pub. schs., Lansing; B.S., Mich. Agrl. Coll., East Lansing; m. Edna Bur- dick, of Davenport, Ia., Oct., 1913; I daughter, Vir- ginia. Was associated with O. C. Simonds, land- scape gardener, 21% yrs .; asst. landscape gardener West Chicago Parks, 3 yrs .; then city forester, Chi- cago; supt, small parks and city forester, Chicago, 1913-17. Dir. and adviser Chicago Junior Sch. Mem. Am. Park Supts.' Assn., Assn. for Preservation of Our Native Flowers, Chicago Geog. Soc., Art Inst. City. Home: 824 Castlewood Terrace. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av.

PROTHERO, James Harrison, professor pros- liam P. and Angeline (Wilson) Prothero; ed. pub. schs., Wilmington and Council Grove, Kan .; State Agrl. Coll., Kan .; D.D.S., Washington Univ. Dental Dept., 1890; m. Catherine Dooley, of St. Louis, Oct., 1890. Practiced in various places in the West, 1885-90; at St. Louis, 1890-2; removed to Chicago, 1892; identified with Northwestern Univ. Dental Dept. since 1893; now prof. prosthetic technics, prosthetic dentistry and metallography (3 chairs). Mem. Nat. Dental Assn., Ill. and Chicago dental socs. Republican. Mason (Kenwood Lodge No. 880; Chevalier Bayard Commandery, K.T .; Oriental Consistory; Medinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.). Rec- reations: outdoor life. Home: 4632 Michigan Av. Office: 31 W. Lake St.

PROTHEROE, Daniel, conductor, composer; b. Ystradgynlais, Swansea Valley, S. Wales, Nov. 24, 1866; s. Daniel and Eleanor Protheroe; ed. Swansea Normal Coll .; studied music; (Mus. Bac., Trinity Coll., Toronto; Mus. Doc., Grand Conservatory, New York); won prize in local Eisteddfod when 5 yrs. old; became leader of Ystradgynlais Choral Soc. at 18, and became prominent as musical conductor in Wales; came to U.S., 1886; m. Hannah Harris, of Scranton, Pa., Apr. 26, 1892; 3 children: Helen, Anne, Daniel. Conductor Scranton Cymrodorion, 1886-94; in Milwaukee, 1894-1909; conductor Arion Musical Club, Milwaukee, Central Ch. (Dr. Gun- saulus'), Chicago, First M.E. Ch., Austin, Ill. Com- poser of cantatas, choruses, songs, etc. Home: 515 E. 34th St.

PROULX, Theodore, lawyer; b. Province of Que- bec, Can., Ang. 11, 1861; s. of Cyrille and Emilie Proulx; ed. Normal Sch. of Montreal, Can .; was student in lawyer's office at Montreal; came to U.S., 1878, and was in the real estate business in Chicago until 1885; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1890; m. Mathilda Bussière, 1884. Admitted to bar, 1890, and since engaged in practice; apptd. asst. pros. atty, of Chicago by Mayor Carter H. Harri- son, Jr., 1897. Lecturer on med, jurisprudence, Webster Coll. of Law; has completed a full med. course at Jenner Med. Coll .; prof. of med. jurispru- dence, Chicago Hosp. Coll. of Medicine. Mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Lawyers' Assn. Democrat, and long pres. of the French Democracy of Chicago. Mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League, Catholic Order of Fores-

PRUITT, Andrew James, builder; b. Armstrong, Ind., Nov. 23, 1856; s. Warner Watson and Mar- garet Jane (Downen) Pruitt; A.B., DePauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., 1882; m. Laura Gertrude Kelly, of Greencastle, Dec. 16, 1885 (died Oct. 24, 1913); 1 son, Raymond S. (lawyer of Chicago). Engaged as building contractor, at Chicago, since 1897; now mem. Pruitt & Moore; elected county judge of Pot- ter Co., S.Dak., 1885, and to the legislature of Dak. Ty., 1886. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Mason, K.P. Clubs: Evanston, Westmoreland Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 917 Forest Av., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 7541 N. Ashland Av., Chicago.

PRUSSING, Engene Ernst, lawyer; b. Chicago, July 12, 1855; s. Ernst and Louise (Peltzer) Prus- sing; ed. grammar schs. and Chicago High Sch .; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1878; m. Louise Schenck, of Chicago, July 12, 1880 (died July 1, 1900); m. 2d, Lillian Edgerton Barrett, of N.Y. City, Dec. 10, 1902; children: Mrs. Ella Friedeberg (of Berlin), Rudolph E., Harry F., Margaret A. Le Vino, George F., Louise V. Admitted to bar, Mar., 1878; mem. firm of Butz, Eschenburg & Prussing, 1879-81 ; prac- ticed alone, 1881-9; in firm of Prussing & Hutchins, 1889-90, Prussing, Hutchins & Goodrich, 1890-1, Prussing, Hutchins, & McCulloch, 1891-3, Prussing & McCulloch, 1893-1900, alone, 1900-3; mem. Prus- sing, Brown & King, 1903-7; now practicing alone. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chi- cago Law Inst. Formerly pres. Citizens' Assn. of the act to provide for and regulate the administra- tion of trusts by trust companies, passed by III. legislature, 1887 and 1889, and copied largely by Home: 1556 Dearborn Parkway. Office: 1122, 112 W. Adams St.

PRUSSING, George Christian, brick mfr .; b. at Lubeck, Ger., Jan. 9, 1846; s. of Ernst and Maria (Knoop) Prussing; ed. Chicago; m. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1873, Bertha Miller. Began in bldg., contracting and brick mfg. business in Chicago, 1868; pres. Ill. Brick Co., 1904-6; dir. Purington Paving Brick Co .; now retired from active business. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Builders'. Home: 1516 Dearborn Park- way.

PRUSSING, Nicholas F., real estate; b. Hom- berg, A.D., Hobe, Ger., Sept. 22, 1856; s. Daniel and Margaret (Morele) Prussing; ed. pub. schs. in Ger- many; also took high sch. course and courses in French and English; read law in Kent Coll., 1896- 97; m. Chicago, Oct. 15, 1880, Susan Zink; children: Lillian C. (Mrs. Clinton C. Collins), Peter E. Learned trade of machinist in Germany, and at- tended manual training schs. at Dortmund, West- phalia, and was chief engr. in the sch. 8 yrs. before coming to America, 1879; engaged in retail grocery business 13 yrs .; established in the real estate, loan and ins. business, 1893, firm of Nicholas F. Prussing & Son. Democrat. Charter mem. Catholic Order of Foresters. Recreations: motoring, horse- back riding, hunting. Home: Pasadena, Cal. Office: Stock Exchange Bldg., Chicago.

PRUYN, Charles Putnam, dentist; b. E. Schuyler, Herkimer Co., N.Y., Nov. 8, 1854; s. William P. and Helen M. (Fairrington) Pruyn; ed. common schs. and Sauquoit Acad., N.Y. City; D.D.S., Chicago Coll. Dental Surgery, 1885; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1886; m. Chicago, Feb. 13, 1876, Mary E. Mann; children: Edith May, Charles P., Jr., Walter M. Began prac- tice at Chicago, 1873; formerly oral surgeon, Provi- dent Hosp .; former prof. principles and practice of operative dentistry, also of elementary chemis- try and physics, Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch .; retired on account of ill health, 1914. Ex-pres. Il1. State Bd. of Dental Examiners. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago dental socs., A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Medico-Legal Soc. Republican. Methodist. Home: 4326 Greenwood Av.

PUCKEY, Francis Willard, architect; b. Wilkes- Barre, Pa., June 2, 1874; s. Frank and Emily H. (White) Puckey; ed. high school, Wilkes-Barre;

Chicago. Republican. Lutheran. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago. Clubs: Chicago, City, Law. Author of

thetic technics; b. Albany, Ill., Mar. 1, 1862; s. Wil- other states. Contbr. on legal and biog. subjects.

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Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa .; B.S. in Architec- dore (deceased), John Wallace, Natalia, Theodore ture, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1901; post-grad. course, V. Began with Equitable Gas Light Co., of New same, 1902; studied ateliers of Duquesne and Chiff- York, 1883, and was gen. supt. from 1895 until con- lot, Paris, France, 1905-6; m. Eleanor M. Rutan, of solidation with New Amsterdam Co .; asst. engr. Brookline, Mass., Sept. 5, 1908. Was with Warren of latter company, 1899-1901; came to Chicago, July, 1901, to assume position of gen. mgr, and sec. Ogden Gas Co .; sec. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. Mem. Am, Gas Inst. Club: Westmoreland Golf. Home: 1802 Wesley Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av., Chicago. & Wetmore, N. Y. City, on design of Grand Central Terminal and other buildings, 1902-5; mem, firm of Olds & Puckey, 1906-10; with Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Chicago, on University of Chicago, Art Inst., etc., 1910-15; practiced alone 1 yr .; now mem. firm Puckey & Jenkins. Mem. A.I.A. and Ill. Chap- PURINGTON, Dillwyn V., brick mfr .; Jan. 22, 184I-Apr. 2, 1914. (See vol. 1911.) ter same. Soc. Beaux Arts Architects, Beaux Arts Inst. of Design, Theta Xi Club of Chicago (pres. 1915-16); hon. mem. Architectural Club (Chicago). Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Cliff Dwellers, Calumet Country (dir.). Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 5209 Blackstone Av. Office: 6 N. Michigan Av.

PUCKNER, William August, chemist; b. at New Holstein, Wis., Feb. 24, 1864; s. Rudolph and Marie (Heins) Puckner; Ph.G., Chicago Coll. Pharmacy (now Univ. of III. Sch. of Pharmacy), 1885; attend- ed summer course in chemistry, Harvard, and took lectures and lab. work in chemistry at Univ. of Heidelberg; (hon. Phar.D., Univ. of Pittsburgh, 1912); unmarried. In retail drug business at Chi- cago, 1880-90; prof. chemistry, Univ. of Ill. Sch, of Pharmacy, 1890-1910; chemist for Searle & Hereth Co., mfg. pharmacists, Chicago, 1896-1907; dir. of chem. Iab. A.M.A. and sec. Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, A.M.A., since 1906. Mem. Com. on Revision of U.S. Pharmacopoeia; consulting mem. Arzneimittel Komission des Congresses für Innere

PULSFORD, W(illiam) Hanson, clergyman; b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1859; s. William (D.D.) and Anna (Hanson) Pulsford; ed. Glasgow Univ., Scot- land; Airedale Coll., Eng., and univs. of Halle, Göttingen and Giessen. Was successively Congl. minister in Dumfries, Scotland, Montreal, Can., and minister of the First Parish, Waltham, Mass., 1883- 1901; minister of First Unitarian Soc, of Chicago since 1901. Author of a series of advanced Bible text-books for the Sunday School. Club: Univer- sity. Home: 1174 E. 57th St.

PULSIFER, Harold M., president of Rockwood Sprinkler Co. (See vol. 1911.)

PULSIFER, Harrie Bridgman, mining engr .; b. Lebanon, N.H., Dec. 23, 1879; s. Charles Edward and Ellen Diantha ( Bridgman) Pulsifer; B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1903; post-grad. work, Univ. of Munich, 1906-7; Ch.E., Armour Inst. Tech., 1915; m. Sarah Cecelia Cantlion, of Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 9, 1909. Instr. chemistry, N.H. State Coll., 1903-4; chemist, Henry Souther Engring. Co., Hart- ford, Conn., 1904; assayer and mining engr., So- nora, Mex., 1905; supt. placer mine, Ore., 1907; fore- man A.S.&R.Co., Murray, Utah, 1909-11, U.S.Co., Midvale, Utah, 1911; instr. metallurgy, 1911-15, asst. prof. since 1915, Armour Inst. Tech. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Am. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S. Contbr. on topics relating to zinc, lead smelting, structure of steels, etc. Home: 506 E. 33d Pl.

PURCELL, Charles A. (See vol. 1911.)

PURCELL, Frank Andrew, cleryman; b. Chicago, Mar. 17, 1872; s. James and Johanna ( Brazil) Pur- cell; grad. St. Benedict's Coll., Atchison, Kan., 1893; theol. studies in St. Mary's Sem., Baltimore, 1893-8; studied Univ. of Minerva, Rome, Italy, 1903-5. Ordained R.C. priest, 1898; asst. pastor St. Anne's Ch., Chicago, 1898-1903; pres. Cathedral Coll. of the Sacred Heart since 1905. Home: 30 E. Superior St.

PURMORT, Henry C., wholesale sash, door and lumber mcht .; b. Jay, Essex Co., N. Y., Dec. 15, 1845; s. Adoniram Judson and Amanda B. (Jordan) Pur- mort; ed. pvt. school, Jay, N.Y .; Keeseville (N.Y.) Acad., Rutland (Vt.) High Sch., Eastman's Com- mercial Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y .; m. Jay, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1867, Lillian M. Blish; 1 son (died in in- fancy). Worked on farm 4 yrs .; then general man for Jay Gould, pres. Rutland & Washington R.R., and for Henry Martin, gen, freight agt., C.,B.&Q. R.R., Chicago; then with T. W. Harvey, wholesale lumber, 7 yrs .; with Palmer, Fuller & Co., mfrs. sash, doors and blinds, 5 yrs .; in 1880 established in business for self as wholesaler and johber of sash, doors, lumber and bldg. materials, also doing some mfg .; retired 1913. Republican. Recreations: walking, reading, social diversions. Home: 3430 Prairie Av.

PURNELL, James Edward, Jr., insurance; b. at Seneca, Kan., Mar. 31, 1874; s. James Edward and Medizin. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Deutsche Chemische Mary A. (Cadwell) Purnell; ed. pub. schs., Quincy, Gesellschaft, Am. Pharm. Assn. (com. on unofficial drugs and chem. products), A.M.A. (council on pharmacy and chemistry.) Author of Reports of Chem Lab. of A. M.A., 1909. Home: 158 W. North Av. Office: 535 N. Dearborn St. Ill .; m. Josephine A. Holter, of Chicago, Nov. 30, 1898; children: Howard James, Edward Charles, James Edward, 2d. Began in employ of the R. G. Dun Co., at Quincy, June 1. 1887, continuing 4 yrs .; removed to Chicago and was connected with the PUGH, James A., pres. Pugh Terminal Ware- house Co .; also pres, Mich. Av. Warehouse Co .; dir. Fourteen-Eleven Co. Home: 70 E. Goethe St. Office: 365 E. Ilinois St. Chicago Mfg. & Importing Co., 1891-2; then en- tered ins, business with Royal Ins. Co., remaining with this company 10 yrs .; became connected, 1901, with T. G. Otis, Jr., insurance, later Lyman, Otis & Co. and Lyman, Richie & Co., having an interest in the firm until 1913; assisted in organizing the Pur- nell-Dudley Co., of which has been sec. and treas. since Jan. 1, 1913. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Hamilton, Edgewater Country. Recreations: golf, howling, baseball. Home: 5827 Winthrop Av. Of- fice: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

PUSEY, Brown, M.D .: b. at Elizabethtown, Ky., Dec. 14, 1869; s. of Robert B. and Belle (Brown) Pusey; student Vanderbilt Univ., class of 1889; M.D., Univ. of Pa., 1892; unmarried. Asst. surgeon U.S.N., 1893-6; house surgeon, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1896-8; began practice at Chicago, 1899; instr. pathology of the eye, Univ. of Chicago, 1902-8; prof. ophthalmology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Schi., since 1908; ophthalmologist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1905-10, Mem. Am. Ophthal. Soc., A.M.A., III. State and Chicago med. socs .; fellow Inst. of Medicine Chicago. Clubs: University, Glen View Golf. Contbr. on ophthalmology. Recreation: golf. Residence: University Club. Office: 7 W. Madison Street.

PUSEY, William Allen, dermatologist; b. Eliza- hethtown, Ky., Dec. 1, 1865; s. Robert B. and Belle (Brown) Pusey; ancestors were among the early settlers of Md., Va. and Ky, ; A.B., Vanderbilt Univ., 1885, A.M., 1886; M.D., Univ. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1888; m. Sarah W. Cunningham, of St. Louis. Engaged in med. practice since 1889; prof. dermatology, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of III.), Chicago, from 1894, now emeritus prof .; dermatolo- gist to St. Luke's, and Augustana hosps. Chmn. Sect. Cutaneous Diseases A.M.A., 1909; pres. Am. Dermatol. Assn., 1910; mem. Chicago Med. Soc. (pres. elect 1917), Chicago Pathol. Soc., Chicago Acad. Medicine. Clubs: University, Glen View Country, Old Elm. Author: The Röntgen Rays in Therapeutics and Diagnosis (with E. W. Caldwell) ; The Principles and Practice of Dermatology; also articles upon various med. topics. Home: 3118 Sheridan Rd. Office: 7 W. Madison St.

PURCELL, Theodore Vincent, mechanical engr,; PUTNAM, Abel Adelbert, wholesale boots and shoes; June 24, 1844-Dec. 8, 1913. (See vol. 1911.) PUTNAM, Irving Ellsworth, clergyman; b. Bed- b. New York, Mar. II, 1866; s. John and Louisa (O'Toole) Purcell; B.S. and M.E., Cooper Inst., New York; m. Anna Loretta Wallace, of New York, Feb. 3, 1892; children: Dorothy, Katherine, Theo-ford, Ja., Oct. 14, 1878; s. Henry Harrison and Cor-

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nelia Ann (Chamberlain) Putnam: ed. pub. and

QUICK, John H. S., lawyer; b. Newark, N.J., high schs., Bedford; B.A., Cornell (Ia.) Coll., 1905; Jan. 13, 1837; s. John S. and Mary (Roberts) Quick; grad. Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1911; m. Icae Carr, of ed. grammar sch. of Columbia Coll., New York; Bedford, Sept. 26, 1906. Entered M.E. ministry, 1905, ordained elder, 1914; pastor Bridgewater, Ia., 1905-8, Simpson Ch., Chicago, 1908-10, Albany Park Ch., Chicago, since 1910. Progressive Republican. Mem. Methodist Preachers' Meeting, Sons of Vets. Club: Cornell College. Recreations : tennis, walk- ing. Home: 4451 N. Whipple St.

PUTNAM, John Abel, wholesale boots and shoes; b. Boston, Apr. 15, 1869; s. Abel Adelbert and Ab- bie A. (Dudley) Putnam; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Annie H. Winchester, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1898. Partner since 1898 in firm of A. A. Putnam & Son. Republican. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 219 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

PUTNAM, Louis Jay, civil engr .; b. Manches- ter, Ia., Feb. 17, 1878; s. of Henry H. and Elvira (Stanclift) Putnam; B.S. in C.E., Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia., 1903, C.E., 1905; m. Kathryn Walsh, of Wausau, Wis., Sept. 3, 1902; children: Louis S., Kathryn M. Instrumentman, 1899-1901, asst. engr., 1901-6, acting div. engr., Ashland div., 1906-7, asst. engr., Janesville, Wis., 1907-8, resi- dent engr., 1909-12, div. engr., Boone, Ia., 1912-13, prin. asst. engr., Chicago, since May, 1913, all with C.&N.W.Ry.Co. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs. Club: Chicago Engineers'. Home: 437 N. Ridgeland Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 226 W. Jackson Boul., Chi- cago.

PUTNEY, Albert Hutchinson, lawyer, author; b. Boston, Sept. 28, 1872; s. Albert B. and Sarah B. (Abbott) Putney; A.B., Yale, 1893; LL.B., Boston, Univ., 1895; m. Pearl L. Avery, Apr. 6, 1911. Prac- ticed at Boston, 1895-8; came to Chicago, 1898; prof., 1900-12, dean, 1904-12, Ill. Coll. of Law; dean Webster Coll. of Law, June, 1912-Sept., 1913; prof. Nat. Univ. Law Sch., Washington, since 1914; chief of Near Eastern Division, Dept. of State, since 1913. Democrat. Clubs: Press (Chicago) ; National Press (Washington). Author: Government in the United States, 1904; Law Library (12 vols.), 1908; United States Constitutional History and Law, 1908; Currency, Banking and Exchange, 1909; Cor- porations, 1909: Principles of Political Economy, 1909; Bar Examination Review, 1910; Foreign Com- mercial Law, 1910; Handbook of Election Laws (with James Hamilton Lewis), 1912. Home: Chi- cago. Address: Dept. of State, Washington.

Episcopal Acad., Cheshire, Conn .; Trinity Coll., Hartford, Conn .; in Leipzig, Germany, 1% yrs .; read law in office of Scudder & Carter, New York; m. 1862, Henrietta B., d. late H. Kendall Carter, of Hartford, Conn .; children: Florence (Mrs. F. O. Magie), William F., George A., Rev. Henry J. Ad- mitted to N.Y. bar, 1862; practiced law there; re- moved to Chicago; practiced alone until 1871; with George Herbert, 1871-86, later as Herbert, Quick & Miller, then Quick & Miller; now in practice alone. Democrat. Mem. Grace Episcopal Ch. Mason; Past Eminent Commander Montjoie Commandery, K.T. Home: 1537 E. 60th St.

QUIGG, David, lawyer; b. Litchfield, N.H., Dec. 17, 1834; s. Abel G. and Lydia ( Bixby) Quigg; A.B., Dartmouth, 1855; studied law in offices of Swett & Orme, at Bloomington, Ill .; m. Bloomington, Apr. 7. 1865, Francena Pike (died 1894); 1 daughter, Ethel (Mrs. John L. Porter). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1857; practiced in Ill. until 1861, when joined Union Army, serving as 2d It., 4th Ill. Cav. until summer of 1862; mustered in as maj. of 14th Ill. Cav., Feb., 1863, and became lt. col. of same regt., May, 1865; most of service was with the Army of the Tenn .; was captured during the Stoneman raid, Aug., 1864, and confined in prisons of Charleston and Colum- bia, S.C., until exchanged, Mar., 1865; mustered out at end of war. Came to Chicago and entered law office of Higgins & Swett, of which became third mem., 1866; firm was dissolved, 1873; then was partner with Cyrus Bentley, Sr., 1873-7; with Judge Richard S. Tuthill, 1878-87, and afterward with Cy- rus Bentley, Jr., until May, 1898; since then alone. Republican. Mem. George H. Thomas Post No. 5, G.A.R. Home: 5037 Dorchester Av.

QUIGLEY, James Edward, archbishop; Oct. 15, 1854-July 10, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

QUINCY, Charles Frederick, mfr .: b. at Newton, Mass., July 16, 1856; s. George Henry and Mary Caroline (Sweetser) Quincy; ed. Newton High Sch .; m. Etta Molineux Ives, of Salem, Mass., Oct. 22, 1879. Pres. Q and C Co., Quincy & Gilman Engr- ing. Co., Miller Transmission Co., Packer Auto Spe- cialty Co. Dir., chmn. exec. com. Am. Forestry Assn .; mem. Am. Soc. C.E. Clubs: Chicago, Engi- neers' (Chicago); Engineers', Lotos, Railroad, Au- tomobile of America, New York Yacht (New York); Greenwich Country. Homes: 158 W. 58th St., New York, and (summer) Center Harbor, N.H. Offices: 90 West St., New York, and Peoples Gas

QUALES, Nils Theodore, M.D .; Jan. 17, 1831- Bldg., Chicago. May 23, 1914. (See vol. 1911.) QUINE, William E., M.D .; b. Isle of Man, Feb. 9, QUAYLE, Robert, railway official; b. Douglas, 1847; s. William and Margaret (Kinley) Quine; ed. Isle of Man, Nov. 23, 1853; s. Thomas and Eliza- grammar and high schs., Chicago; apprentice in pharmacy, 3 yrs .; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1869; (LL.D., Univ. of Ill., 1904); m. Lettie Mason, of Normal, Ill., Nov. 14, 1876 (died June 14, 1903). Prof. materia medica and therapeutics, Chicago Med. Coll., 1870-83; prof. principles and practice of medicine, Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, since 1883; dean same 1892-1913. Mem. Am. Neurol. Assn., A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc. (pres. 1904-5), Chicago Med. Soc. (pres. 1872), Chicago Acad. Sci- ences, etc. Clubs: Practitioners', South Shore Coun- try, Ridge. Home: 3160 Indiana Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av. beth (Curphy) Quayle; ed. Chicago; m. Chicago, 1885, Clara L. Tucker; children: Robert H., Clara E., Edith L., Esther B., Helen G., Mona K. Appren- tice machinist in service of C.&N.W.Ry., 1871, and became journeyman machinist, gang boss, foreman and master mechanic to Apr., 1891; master me- chanic Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Ry., Apr., 1891-Aug., 1893, when that rd. was absorbed by and became the Ashland division of C.&N.W.Ry., of which division was master mechanic until Dec. 1, 1894, when he became supt. of motive power and machinery of C.&N. W.Ry .; now gen. supt. motive power and car dept. Dir. Garfield Park State Sav- ings Bank. Mem. Master Mechanics' Assn., Car Builders' Assn. Mason (K.T.), Forester. Home: 333 N. Harvey Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: C.&N. W. Ry. Co., Station E., 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 181

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