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 203

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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SHOOP, John Daniel, supt. of schools, b. Sabina, O., Mar. 3, 1857; s. of Jonathan M. and Margaret (Snider) Shoop; ed, high sch., Washington C.H., O., Bloomingburg (O.) Acad., Ind. Normal Univ., Cook Co. (Ill.) Normal Sch., Univ. of Chicago; A.B., Lake Forest Unlv .; (LL.D., Chicago Law School, 1916); m. Jennie B., d. James Perrill, of Washing- ton C.H., O., Sept. 1, 1887; children: Arnold C., Edwin P. Began as country sch. teacher in Ohio, 1878; supt. schs., Bloomingburg, O., 1886-9, Say- brook. 111., 1889-90, Gibson City, Ill., 1890-6, Paris, Ill., 1896-1901; with city schs., Chicago, since 1901; first asst. supt., 1909-15; supt. of schs., Chicago, since Dec. 8, 1915. Mem. N.E.A. (pres. dept. of su- perintendence), Ill. State Teachers' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Clubs: University, Press, City. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Home: 7135 Harvard Av. Office: Tribune Bldg.

SHOPE, Simeon P., lawyer; b. Akron, O., Dec. 3, 1837; s. Simeon P. and Lucinda ( Richmond) Shope; parents removed to Marseilles, Ill., 1839; academic edn .; taught dist. sch .; m. Sarah M. Jones, 1858 (dled Jan. 4, 1883) ; children: Clara A., Charles E. (deceased), Clarence W., Mabel Ray. Admitted to bar, 1858; practiced at Metamora, and Lewiston, Ill., 1858-77; judge Circuit Court, 10th Ill. Circuit, 1877-85; asso. justice Supreme Court of III., 1885- 94; declined renomination; practiced at Chicago since 1894; sr. mem. Shope, Zane, Busby & Weber, until 1912. since alone. Democrat. Mason (K.T.), Elk, K.P. Home: 941 Lawrence Av. Office: 10 S. La Salle St.

SHOREY, Clyde Everett, lawyer; b. at Ulysses, Neb., Apr. 21, 1882; s. Milton Everett and Viola Belle (Cross) Shorey; ed. Seward High Sch .; Univ. of Neb., 1900-4: LL.B., Columbia Univ. Law Sch., 1907: unmarried. Admitted to N. Y. bar, June, 1906; settled at Chicago, 1907, and was associated with law firm of Follansbee, McConnell & Follansbee until 1913; mem, firm of Adams, Follansbee, Haw- ley & Shorey, since 1913. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: University, Legal, Oak Park Country. Home: 110 S. East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 137 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

SHOREY, Paul, professor Greek; b. Davenport, Ia., Aug. 3, 1857; s. Daniel L. and Maria A. (Mer- riam) Shorey; A.B., Harvard, 1878; Univ. of Leip- zig, 1881-2, Univ. of Bonn, 1882, Am. Sch. of Classi- cal Studies, Athens, 1882-3; Ph.D., Univ. of Munich, 1884: (LL.D., la. Coll., 1905, Univ. of Mo., 1913, Johns Hopkins, 1915, Univ. of Mich., 1915; Litt.D., Univ. of Wis., 1911, Brown, 1914) ; admitted to bar, Chicago, 1880; m. Emma L. Gilbert, of Phila., June, 1×95. Prof. Greek, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1885-92; prof. Greek since 1892, head dept. since 1896, Univ. of Chicago. Annual asso. dir. of Am. Sch. Classical Studies, Athens, 1901-2; mng. editor Classical Phi- lology since 1908. Turnbull lecturer in poetry, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1912; Roosevelt prof. Univ. of Berlin, 1913-14. Pres. Am. Philol. Assn., 1910; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, Author of sev- eral vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5516 Woodlawn Av.

SHORT, Benedict J., lawyer; b. McHenry Co., Ill., Aug. 16, 1869; s. of James M. and Catherine (Quinlan) Short; ed. pub. schs. and St. Patrick's Acad., Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1893; m. Mercie M. Simpson, of Md., Sept. 3, 1908. Ad- mitted to the Ill. bar, 1893; asst. state's atty. of Cook Co., Nov., 1906-9 and Ist asst., 1909-12. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Inst. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Palos Park Country. Recreations: revolver shooting, motoring. Home: 3047 Logan Boul. Office: 155 N. Clark St.

SHORTALL, John Louis, lawyer; b. at Chicago, May 1, 1865; s. John G. and Mary ( Staples) Short- all; ed. pvt, sch. in Chicago, St. Paul's Sch., Con- cord, N.H., and Mass. Inst. Tech., Boston; m. Mary Carter, of Boston, Oct. 1, 1889; children: Kather- ine, Helen, Harrington, Margaret. After leaving coll. studied law; engaged in banking at Lake Preston, S.D., 1887-91; then returned to Chicago and was admitted to Ill. bar, 1891; mem, firm of Shortall & Murison. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst., Alumni Assn. of Mass. Inst. Tech. Pres. Ill. Humane Soc. Lecturer

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and writer on humane subjects along practical founder, 1887, N. Shure Co., premium goods, novel- educational lines. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, Chicago Literary, Chicago Yacht, In- dian Hill Country, Huron Mountain; Technology (Boston). Recreations: camping, boating, motor- ing, humane work. Home: 339 Barry Av. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

SHOSTAC, Henri, violinist; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 20, 1885; s. Max and Pauline (Greenstein) Shostac; ed. pub. schs., N.Y. City; pupil of Prof. Capet, of the Paris Conservatory, and in chamber music of Prof. Willy Hess and Michael Press, of Berlin; also studied with Eugene Ysaye, Brussels; m. Ray Patrice Finkelstein, of Helena, Mont., 19II; 1 daughter, Dorothy May. Played in Europe with the Ysaye orchestra, Queen's Hall Orchestra (London) and in tours with the Hambourg String Quartet; was violin instr. Hambourg Conservatory (Lon- don); teacher and leader Shostac String Quartet, Kansas City, Mo., 1914-16; concert master Kansas City Symphony Orchestra I season; settled at Chi- cago July, 1916, as teacher and concert player. Mem. B'nai B'rith, Studio: 823-824 Lyon and Healy Building.

SHOSTAC, Ray Patrice Finkelstein (Mrs. Henri Shostac), violinist; b. Seattle, Wash .; d. Max and Sarah (Eishert) Finkelstein; ed. pub. schs., Helena, Mont .; studied with Herbert Butler and Adolph Weidig, Am. Conservatory of Music ( Ist prize solo- ist) ; later pupil of Prof. Lucien Capet, Paris Con- servatory of Music, and Hermann, Hess, and Press, all of Berlin; m. Henri Shostac, of N.Y. City, 1911; I daughter, Dorothy May. Solo violinist and teach- er of violin; mem. Shostac String Quartet, Kansas City, 1914-16; plays 2d violin with husband, reper- toire covering entire literature for two violins. Founder of Shostac system of hand training (de- veloping and stretching hands of musicians with- out apparatus). Studio: 823-824 Lyon and Healy Building.

SHUEY, William Henry, retired; b. Hamilton, O .; s. John Heilman and Elizabeth Bodman (May- hew) Shuey; ed. at Williston Sem., Easthampton, Mass .; Miami Univ., Oxford, O .; m. Northampton, Mass., Dec. 5, 1865, Eleanor Baxter Sanders (now deceased); 1 daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Mayhew Southward. Began as druggist at Springfield, O .; then furniture mfr. at Minneapolis; sec .- treas. Railway Age Co., 1886-1908; sec .- treas. Wilson Co. until 1910 (retired). Republican. Congregational- ist. Club: Oak Park. Recreations: photography, music. Home: Oak Park, 111.

SHUMAN, Edwin Llewellyn, author. Removed to Yonkers, N.Y. (See Who's Who in America.)

SHUMAN, George L., subscription book publish- er; head of George L. Shuman & Co. Home: 920 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 913, 58 E. Washington St.

SHUMAN, Irving; b. Sullivan, Moultrie Co., Ill., Sept. 18, 1882; s. of Charles and Mary Richardson (McPheelers) Shuman; ed. pub. schs., Sullivan, by home study and read law for 3 years; m. Pearl Thomason, of Sullivan, May 6, 1904; 2 children: Mary Elizabeth, Maybell. Successively bookkeeper, cashier, vice pres. First Nat. Bank, Sullivan, 1900- 13; treas. and dir. Sullivan Elevator Co., 1908-13; asst. treas. of U.S., at Chicago, 1913-16 (resigned) ; vice pres. in charge of finance Pugh Stores Co., 1916-17. Democrat; auditor Dem. Nat. Com., 1912. Trustee Ill. Masonic Homes, Sullivan, Ill. Presby- terian. Mason (32°); Grand Scribe Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons of Ill., 1916. Clubs: Union League, Hinsdale. Home: Hinsdale, Ill.

SHUMWAY, Philip Raymond, paper; b. Evans- ton, Ill., Jan. 31, 1868; s. Philip B. and Mary (Ray- mond) Shumway; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1889, grad. student in polit. science, 1891-2; m. Harriet Emily Hoblit, of Bloomington, Ill., Apr. 3, 1902; children: Mary, Philip, Thyrza, Peter, John. Pres. of the Paper Mills Co. since 1894. Clubs: Chicago, University. Home: 1605 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 517 S. 5th Av., Chicago.

SHURE, Nathan, wholesale gen. mdse .; b. in Russia, Aug. 15, 1868; s. Bendet and Rose (Areno- wich) Shure; ed. in old country; m. Yette Levin, of Russia, Nov. 20, 1892; 4 children: Rose, Ella, Samuel, Joseph N. Came to Chicago, 1883, and has since been identified with gen. mdse. business;

ties and specialties, of which is pres. and treas .; pres, Cosmo Mfg. Co. of Chicago. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Jobbers' Assn. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Mason. Recreation: fish- ing. Home: 438 Augusta St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 237 W. Madison St., Chicago.

SHURTLEFF, Wilford Calvin, wholesale drug- gist; b. St. Charles, Ill., Mar. 12, 1860; s. Calvin and Sarah (Arnold) Shurtleff; descendant of William Shurtleff, of Plymouth, Mass., 1634; ed. high sch., Sycamore, Ill., and Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Ia. ; m. Kittie L. Crippen, of Waterloo, la., Dec. 19, 1882; children: Alice E., Howard F., Helen, Bernice. Was in wire business, Chicago, 1879-80; went to Water- loo, Ia., and in business there until 1890; came to Chicago and was northwestern rep. of the North- western Wire Co .; became connected with the wholesale drug house of Morrisson, Plummer & Co., 1898 (established, 1874, inc., 1884) of which was vice pres .; vice pres, and treas. Fuller-Morris- son Co. (consolidation of Morrisson, Plummer & Co. and Fuller & Fuller Co.) since Jan. 1, 1915; dir. Nat. Produce Bank. Pres. School Bd., Wilmette, Ill., 1897-1912. Mem. Chicago Assn. Credit Men, Chicago Assn. Commerce (chmn. subscription in- vestigating com., 1913-17) ; pres. Citizens' Assn. of Chicago, 1908-9 (advisory bd.); treas., dir. of Ar- canum Hosp. Assn. Mem. S.A. R. Republican. Meth- odist. Charter mem, Wilmette Lodge No. 931, A.F. and A.M .; Past Grand Regent of Ill. and mem. of finance com. Supreme Council Royal Arcanum; mem. Helmet Lodge K.P., Waterloo, Ja. Clubs: Union League, City, Ouilmette Country. Recrea- tion: baseball. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 540 W. Randolph St., Chicago.

SHUSTER, Samuel Sidney, bank cashier; b. Per- nau, Livonia, Aug 14, 1880; s. of Louis and Pearl (Chase) Shuster; brought to U.S., 1888; ed. pub. schs. and under pvt. teachers in Hebrew, German and mathematics; Chicago Business Coll .; Chicago Law Sch. (non-grad.); m. Goldie, d. Benjamin J. Schiff, of Chicago, June 9, 1909. Began as messen- ger with First Nat. Bank, Chicago, Feb, 26, 1897, continuing about 15 yrs .; asst. cashier, Schiff & Co. State Bank, 1912-14, since cashier and dir. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Dir. and financial sec. Orthodox Home for the Aged; mem. Assn. Jewish Charities, Young Men's Hebrew Charities, Chicago Hebrew Inst., etc. Mem. Ramah Lodge, I.O. B'nai B'rith. Recreations: golf, gymnasium work. Home: 3433 Douglas Boul. Office: 728 W. 12th St.

SHUTTS, Adelbert J., lumberman. (See vol. 1911.)

SICKEL, John Trust, commission grain and pro- visions; b. Baltimore, Md., Mar. 20, 1862; s. John L. and Emily J. (Brooks) Sickel; grad. Friends' High Sch., Baltimore, 1877; m. Alma, Mich., 1898, Emily C. DeRussy. Came to Chicago, Jan., 1887, to estab- lish steamship agency of firm of Sickel Bros., with which continued until Apr. I, 1904; mem. commn. firm of Sickel, Roberts & Co., 1901-6. Mem. Chicago Board of Trade. Republican. Club: Glen View. Home: 1608 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: Board of Trade.

SICKLE, Max S., investments; b. Detroit, Mich., Jan. 27, 1860; s. of Sol, and Frieda (Rosenbaum) Sickle; ed. State Normal Sch., Platteville, Wis .; m. Gertrude Lichtstern, of Chicago, June 20, 1893; 2 children: Edward B., Max S., Jr. Mfr. of cigars, Platteville, 1880-1909; owner M. S. Sickle & Co., tobacco mfrs. and investments; pres. Nat. Jack & Mfg. Co. (Chicago), Electric Light & Power Co. ( Platteville) ; vice pres. Interstate Light & Power Co. (Ill. and Wis.); dir. Ist Nat. Bank, Platteville. Mayor of Platteville 2 terms. Republican. Hebrew religion. Mason, K.P. Club: Idlewild Country. Rec- reations: golf, reading. Home: 3740 Michigan Av. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.

SIDLEY, William Kirby, president Keith Bros. & Co .; Feb. 18, 1838-Feb. 9, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

SIDLEY, William Pratt, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 30, INGS; s. late William Kirby and Mary Frances (Pratt) Sidley; A.B., Williams Coll., 1889; student Harvard Law Sch .; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, 1891; M.A., Harvard, 1892; m. Elaine Dupee, of Chicago, June 14, 1899; 1 son, Willlam Dupee.

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Began practice at Chicago, 1891; mem. firm of Holt, Cutting & Sidley since 1899; vice pres, and gen. counsel Western Electric Co .; dir. of Harris Trust & Savings Bank. Pres. Chicago Y.M.C.A., 191]-15. Republican. Reformed Episcopalian, Clubs : University, Union League (pres. 1911-12), Indian Hill, City. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Tacoma Bldg., Chicago.

SIDWAY, Leverett Barker, mfr., banker. (See vol. 1911.)

SIEBEL, John Ewald, chemist. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)

SIEBEN, Michael, brewer and maltster ; b. Ebers- heim, nr. Mayence, Germany, Jan. 3, 1835; s. Phil- ipp and Margaretha Sieben; ed. elementary sch. and afterward in Brewers' Acad., Munich, from which received diploma; m. LaPorte, Ind., Sept. 14, 1865, Ida Fausch; children: Mathilda (deceased), Albert, William, Bernard, Edmund, Theodore, Clara, Leonard, Philip. In brewing business since 1852; came to Chicago, 1860; in 1865 bought brew- ery from John L. Hoerber, conducting it until 1875, when built a new brewery on Larrabee St .; sold it to the Excelsior Brewing Co., 1895; built new brewery, 1897, at 176-]82 Clybourn Av., but sold it in 1898 to the United Breweries Co., remaining its mgr. as the Sieben's branch, United Breweries Co., to 1906; now in brewing and malting business. Catholic. Home: 1422 Mohawk St. Office: 1470 Larrabee St.

SIEBER, Francis Adam, M.D .; Mar. 28, 1841- Nov. 23, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

SIEGEL, Nathan, packer; b. in Russia, 1862; s. Shem and Sarah Siegel; m. Minnie Phlug, of Rus- sia, 1887; 8 children: Jennie, B. Siegel, Shem, Rosa, Louis, Libby, Miriam, Harold. Came to America, 1883; now vice pres. Siegel-Hecksinger Packing & Provision Co. Home: 5123 Ingleside Av. Office: 936 W. 38th Pl.

SIEGEL, Samuel, ex-president Siegel-Myers Cor. respondence School of Music. (See vol. 1911.)

SIEH, Henry P., live stock commn .; b. in Ger- many, Sept. 15, 1856; s. Hans and Anna Sieh; ed. pub. schools of Germany; m. Cornelia Gradat, of Iowa, 1887; 1 daughter, Marjorie Helen. Engaged in live stock business at Traer, Ja., 10 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1892, and has since been mem. Sieh, Pritchard & Co. Mem. Chicago Live Stock Ex- change. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Club: South Shore Country. Home: 7130 Coles Av. Office: 108 Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

SIGNER, Fred Edmund, transportation manager. (See vol. 1911.)

SIKES, see also Sykes.

SIKES, George Cushing, publicist; b. Dodge Cen- ter, Minn., June 4, 1868; s. Henry Chauncey and Eleanor (Shepard) Sikes; B.S., Univ. of Minn., 1892; Ph.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1894; m. Madeleine, d. Hon. Alfred Wallin, Feb. 6, 1897. Learned print- er's trade; was one time pres. Minneapolis Typo- graphical Union; did newspaper work in Minneapo- lis and Chicago; editorial writer on Chicago Rec- ord, 1895-1900; sec. Chicago St. Ry. Commn., 1900- 02; asst. sec., 1903-5, sec., 1906-8, Municipal Voters' League, Chicago: expert investigator for Chicago Harbor Commn., May, 1908-Feb., 1909, and for John M. Ewen, Chicago harbor commr., during Summer and Fall of 1909; sec. Chicago Bur. of Pub. Effi- ciency, Aug., 1910-Oct. 1, 1915. Writer of editorials and spl. articles for Chicago Daily News. Spl. stu- dent of municipal questions; has written exten- sively on municipal problems. Home: 311 N. Cen- tral Av., Austin. Office: 315 Plymouth Ct.

sports. Home: 5632 Blackstone Av. Office: Home Insurance Bldg.

SILBERMAN, Adolph, retired; b. Rockenhausen, Germany, Oct. 2, 1853; s. Heinrich and Amelia (Ad- ler) Silberman; ed. pub. schs. in Germany; came to U.S., 1870; m. Rock Island, Ill., Mar. 10, 1891, Clara Rosenfield; 2 sons: Heinrich R., Charles Adolph. Lived at Quincy, Ill., 1870-6, at Ottumwa, Ia., 1876- . 85, at Chicago since 1885; mem. Silberman Bros., wool and furs, 1871-1909; vice pres. Universal Bat- tery Co. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Standard, Park Ridge Country. Recreations: walk- ing, country life. Home: 4239 Grand Boul. Office: 3410 S. LaSalle St.

SILBERMAN, Ferdinand; b. Rockenhausen, Ger- many, June 17, 1842; s. Heinrich and Amelia (Ad- ler) Silberman; ed. pub. schs., Germany; m. Fannie Kingsbaker, of Quincy, Ill., May 23, 1871; children: Cecelia (Mrs. Adolph Rosenthal), Selma (Mrs. E. E. Strauss). Came to U.S., 1864, and engaged in trade in wool and furs; was at Quincy, Ill., 1866- 80; removed to Chicago, 1880; mem. of Silberman Bros. until 1909 (retired). Dir. Winfield Tubercu- losis Hosp., 1909-12; dir. Home for Aged Jews. Re- publican. Mason. Club: Standard. Home: 4856 Grand Boul. Office: 402 S. Market St.

SILBERMAN, Sigmund, wool and fur; b. Rock- enhansen, Germany, June 20, 1851; s. Heinrich and Amelia (Adler) Silberman; ed, pub. schs. in Bavaria; came to U.S., 1870, settling in Quincy, Ill .; m. Mary Levy, of Quincy, May 15, 1883; chil- dren: Beulah (Mrs. E. W. Lilienfeld), Hubert, Da- vid, Helen, Louise, Joseph D. and Marjorie. En- tered wool and fur business with brother, at Quin- cy, in 1870; removed to Chicago, 1886, and with brothers Ferdinand and Adolph established the firm of Silberman Bros., of which was mem. until 1909, when it was succeeded by S. Silberman & Sons, of which is sr. mem .; dir. Central Mfg. Dist. Bank. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Standard, Ravis- loe Country, Chicago Fishing. Recreations: horse- back riding, fishing. Home: 4801 Ellis Av. Office: 1117 W. 35th St.

SILK, Edward Everett, sales agt .; b. Davenport, Ia., May 28, 1875; s. Robert J. and Kathrine (Ko- ber) Silk; ed. pub. schs., and Purdue Univ., course in ry. mech. engring .; m. Genevieve, d. Andrew Jackson Hewlings, of Chicago, June 10, 1913; 1 son, Andrew Hewlings. Was connected with the Central R.R. of N.J. in motive power dept., and later associate editor of Am. Engineer and Rail- road Journal, New York, 3 yrs .; western mgr. of O. M. Edwards Co., 2 yrs .; sec. and gen. mgr. The Holland Co., ry. supplies, since 1908; sales agt. Bettendorf Axle Co., now Bettendorf Co., steel car builders, since 1911. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Sigma Nu. Clubs: Union League, Western Railway; Minnesota (St. Paul). Recreations: horse- back riding, golf, boating. Home: 4012 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1510 McCormick Bldg.

SILLS, Edward Prascey, canned goods commn .: b. Baltimore, Sept. 12, 1839; s. Joseph and Ann (Moorhead) Sills; ed. pub. schs., Baltimore; m. Sal- lie E. May, of Phila., Nov. 26, 1868. Entered canned goods commn. and jobbing business, Baltimore, 1873, came to Chicago, 1881, continuing in canned goods commn. on own account; mem. firm of Ad- ams, Sills & Co., 1887-94; in charge of canned goods dept. of The J. K. Armsby Co. since 1894, and is 2d vice pres. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Midlothian Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 4327 Oakenwald Av. Office: 130 N. 5th Av.

SILLS, Fred Mortimer, banking; b. County of Leeds, Ont., Nov. 14, 1858; s. William A. and Han- nah (Huddleston) Sills; ed. pub. schs, of Brighton, Ont .; m. Mary Augusta Mott, of Evanston, 11]., Mar. 15, 1894; 3 children: William Arthur, Joseph Merritt and Marion. Taught sch. in Ont .; in hard- ware business in Brighton, Ont .; came to Chicago, Sept., 1886; bookkeeper 5 yrs .; salesman for Anglo- American Provision Co. 6 mos .; entered Illinois Trust & Savings Bank as clk., 1892, asst. sec. since Jan., 1899, Republican. Home: 4613 N. Paulina St. Office: Illinois Trust & Savings Bank.

SILBER, Frederick David, lawyer ; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 31, 1873; s. Lewis and Caroline (Hy- man) Silber; ed. German-English Acad., Milwan- kee; Milwaukee High Sch .; B.S. in Elec. Engring., Univ. of Wis., 1894; m. Beatrice A. Cahn, of Chi- cago, Jan. 3. 1899; 4 children: Elysabeth, Louise, Robert, Frederick, Jr. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1897; mem. firm of Wheeler & Silber, 1897-1905, Wheeler, Silber & Isaacs, 1905-13, now Silber, Isaacs, Silber & Woley; sec., dir. B. D. Eisendrath Tanning Co. SILSBEE, Fred B., lawyer; b. Montrose, Pa., Jan. 15, 1873; s. George M. and Sarah E. (Hamlin) Sils- bee; ed. pub. schs., Oregon, Ill .; Wells Training Dir. Wisconsin Soc. of Chicago; vice pres. Jewish Aid Soc. of Chicago. Clubs: City, Ill. Athletic, Ravisloe Country. Recreations: general outdoor Sch., Oregon; Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1895-

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96; m. Mary C. Hormell, of Oregon, June 26, 1901; Mason. Club: Chicago Engineers', Home: Cumnor 2 children: Dorothy Gretchen, John Frederick. Ad- Rd., Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 807 LaSalle Station, mitted to Ill. bar, 1897; practiced at Oregon, Ill., Chicago. 1899-1908; then opened offices in Aurora and Chi- SIMMONS, Parke Edmund, lawyer, (See vol. 1911.) cago as mem. Dolph, Buell, Abbey & Silsbee, con- tinuing 7 mos .; mem. Dolph, Silsbee & Putnam, Au- rora and Chicago, 1908-10; practiced alone in Chi- cago since Feb. 1, 1910. Was alderman and city atty., Oregon, Ill .; deputy circuit clk. of Ogle Co., 1896-9. Served as mem. Co. M, 3d Regt., I.N.G. Mem. Ill. Soc. S.A.R. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Oregon Lodge No. 420, A.F. and A.M .; LaGrange Chapter No. 207, R.A.M .; Oriental Consistory; Me- dinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S .; Odd Fellow. Home: 200 7th Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

SILSBEE, Joseph Lyman, architect; Nov. 25, 1848-Jan. 31, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

SILVERTHORNE, George Morrill, mfr .; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 1, 1877; s. Albert David and Frances (Hodgkins) Silverthorne; Mich. Mil. Acad .; North- Western Univ., 1896-98; m. Edith, d. of Frederick Hellyer, of Riverside, Ill., Oct. 31, 1903; 3 children: George Morrill, Jr., John Hellyer, Henry Faurot. Identified with Western Felt Works since 1899, sec. and treas., 1900, vice pres, since 1917. Capt. Co. A. 161st Ind. Vol. Inf. during Spanish-Am. War. Epis- copalian. Clubs: Union League, Riverside Golf. Recreations: outdoor sports. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 4117 Ogden Av., Chicago.

SILVESTRI, Hugo, consul of Austria-Hungary. Removed from Chicago, May, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

SIMMONS, Charles A., gynecologist; b. at Wash- ington, 111., 1874; s. John W. and Ellen Simmons; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1896, Prac- ticed in Chicago since 1896; prof. gynecology, Chi- cago Hosp. Coll. of Medicine since 1913; mem. staff Ft. Dearborn Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 4703 Prairie Av.

SIMMONS, Francis Tolles, kid gloves; b. Little Compton, R.I., Sept. 8, 1855; s. Albert H. and Sarah J. (Tolles) Simmons; descendant of John and Pris- cilla Alden; ed. pub. schs. and Burr and Burton Sem .; m. Hattie Northam Bush, of Chicago, 1883; 2 children: William Bush, Kathryn Elizabeth, Came to Chicago, 1881, representing the Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co. until 1893, when engaged, in business as mem. of Bush, Simmons & Co .; now pres. and treas. Francis T. Simmons Co., importers and jobbers of kid gloves. Lincoln Park commr., 1901-14, and since 1917 (pres. of bd. 1905-14 and since 1917) ; formerly mem. Small Parks Commn., City of Chicago. Mem. of senior council Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mem. S.A.R., New England Soc. of Chicago (pres.), Alliance Francaise (dir.). Re- publican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Union League, Skokie Golf, City. Home: 21 E. Goethe St. Office: 320 S. Franklin St.

SIMMONS, George H., editor; b. Moreton, Eng., Jan. 2, 1852; s. George and Sarah Louise (Clifford) Simmons; came to U.S., 1870; student Tabor Coll., Ia., 1871-2, Univ. of Neb., 1872-6; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1882; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1892; L.M., Rotunda Hosp., Dublin, 1884; post-grad. work in Europe, 1883-4; (hon. A.M., Tabor, 1899; LL.D., Northwestern Univ., 1907). Practiced medi- cine and surgery, Lincoln, Neb., 1884-99; gen. sec. A.M.A., 1899-1911; editor Journal of American Med- ical Assn., since 1899; established Western Medical Review, 1896. First It. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, 1908. Sec. Neb. State Med. Soc., 1895-9, Western Surg. and Gynecol. Soc., 1896-9. Club: University. Home: 712 Gordon Terrace. Office: 535 N. Dear- born St.

SIMMONS, Irvin Leroy, civil engr .; b. Moscow, Mich., Sept. 10, 1872; s. Seneca W. and Sarah A. (Parker) Simmons; prep. edn. high sch., Hanover, Mich .; Hillsdale Coll .; B.S. in Mech. Engring., Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1897; m. Etta F. Allen, of Evart, Mich., May 28, 1902; 2 children: Allen Leroy, Rob- ert Irving. Began in employ of Woods Motor Ve- hicle Co., 1897; with bridge dept. I.C.Ry., 1898- 1900; with bridge dept. C.,M.&St.P.Ry., 1900-2; with Ericson & Lehman, consulting engrs., 1902-3; asst. bridge engr. C.,R.I.&P.Ry., 1903-9; bridge engr., same rd. since 1909. Mem, Am. Ry. Engring. Assn., Am. Ry. Bridge and Building Assn. Presbyterian.

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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 203

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