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 209

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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SPOOR, John Alden, capitalist; b. at Freehold, SPINDLER, Oscar, mfr .; b. Modlan, Germany, N.Y., Sept. 30, 1851; s. John and Amanda (Alden) Aug. 31, 1861; s. Gustave and Bertha (Friedrich) Spoor; ed. Hudson River Inst., Claverack, N. Y .; m. Frances Samuel, of St. Louis, Feb. 12, 1887. Gen. mgr. Wagner Palace Car Co., 1893-7; pres., 1897, now chmn. bd. Chicago Junction Ry. Co .; pres., 1899, now chmn. bd. Union Stock Yard & Transit Co .; also chmn. bd. Chicago Junction Ry .; dir. Chi- cago City Ry, and Connecting Lines, Chicago Junc- tion Rys. & Union Stock Yards Co. of N.J., C.,G. W. Ry., First Nat. Bank, First Trust & Savings Bank, Nat. Safe Deposit Co., Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank (Chicago), Nat. Surety Co. and Guaranty Spindler; ed. common schs. and at a trade sch. in Germany; m. Salome Weigand, of Chicago, 1888; 2 children: Raymond W., Ilse A. (m. May 2, 1917, Lewis John Finks, of New York). Worked in sev- eral cities in Germany and attended art schs .; came to U.S., 1887, locating in Utica, N.Y .; in Chi- cago since 1888; employed as decorator and design- er until 1896; vice pres. Decorators Supply Co., 1896-1917; pres. same since Jan. 1, 1917. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago. Independent Republican. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Architectural, Palette and Chisel, Trust Co., New York. Trustee Newberry Library, Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country (life). Recrea- St. Luke's Hosp., Children's Memorial Hosp., Chi- tions: fishing, sketching, motoring. Home: 3976

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Mem. S.A.R., Soc. Colonial Wars, Soc. Mayflower on Iron and Steel, 1917. Home: 921 E. 62d St. Of- Descendants. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: fice: 836 S. Michigan Av. Metropolitan. Grolier, New York Yacht, Midday (New York), Chicago, Mid-Day, Chicago Athletic, Saddle and Cycle, Saddle and Sirloin, Onwentsia (Chicago); Royal Automobile (London) ; Travelers (Paris). Home: 1526 N. State St, Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

SPRAGUE, Albert Arnold, merchant; May 19, 1835-Jan. 10, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

SPRAGUE, Albert Arnold, II., wholesale grocer; b. Chicago, May 13, 1876; s. Otho Sylvester Arnold and Lucia Elvira (Atwood) Sprague; ed. St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., to 1894; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1898; m. Rye Beach, N.H., June 22, 1901, Frances Fidelia Dibblee; 3 children: Albert Arnold, III., Laura, Otho S. A. On leaving coll. entered house of Sprague, Warner & Co., wholesale grocers, of which is now pres .; also dir. Merchants Loan & Trust Co., C.G.W.R.R.Co., Goodrich Transit Co .: vice pres. City Hall Sq. Bldg. Co. Trustee Field Museum of Natural History, John Crerar Library, Children's Memorial Hosp., Rush Med. Coll. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University, City, Chicago, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, Onwent- sia, Mid-Day (charter mem.). Recreations: golf, hunting. Homes: Lake Bluff, Ill., and 1130 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Office: 600 W. Erie St.

SPRAGUE, John Perley, M.D. Removed to Grin- nell, la. (See vol. 1911.)

SPRAGUE, William Cyrus, author; b. Malta, O., Feb. 25, 1860; s. William P. (M. C.) and Martha A. (Roberts) Sprague; A.B., Denison Univ., 1881; LL. B., Cincinnati Law Sch., 1883; m. Caroline Ellis, of Urbana, O., June 24, 1885. Practiced in Ohio, Minn. and Mich., 19 yrs .: pres. Sprague Publishing Co., Sprague Correspondence Sch. of Law, and of Sprague Correspondence Sch. of Journalism (3 sep- arate corpns.). Editor National Bankruptcy News and Reports, 1900-I; mng. editor American Legal News, 1889-1908; formerly mng. editor Law Stu- dents' Helper, How to Write, The American Boy (all monthlies), The Lawyers' Internat, Blue Book, and editor the Consular News and International Law Notes, 1911-13. Mem. Commercial Law League of America (pres., 1895-6, chmn. exec. com., 1896- 1900), Ohio Soc. of Detroit (pres., 1904-5), Mich. Authors' Assn., Authors' Club, London, Mich. Bar Assn .; hon, mem. Adcraft Club, Detroit. Author: Sprague's Abridgment of Blackstone, 1893; After Dinner Speeches, 1895; Wit and Wisdom, 1896; Quiz Books in Law, 1896; Three Boys in the Moun- tains, 1902; Napoleon Bonaparte, 1904; Felice Con- stant, 1904: The Boy Courier of Napoleon, 1904; The Boy Pathfinder, 1905; Davy Crockett, 1915; also many pamphlets on legal and miscellaneous subjects. Now sec. Commercial Law League Amer- ica. Home: 2745 Hampden Ct. Address: 108 S. La Salle St.

SPRENGLING, Martin, college prof .; b. Centre, Outagamie Co., Wis., Oct. 9, 1877; s. Philipp and Augusta (Haase) Sprengling; B.A., Northwestern Coll., Watertown, Wis., 1894; grad. Lutheran Sem., Wauwatosa, Wis., 1898; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1914; studied Am. Sch. of Archaeology, Jerusalem; m. Mary Christina Schmidt, of Kolberg, Germany, Sept. 11, 1914; children: Gerhard Gabriel, Kurt Theodor. Prof. classics, Northwestern Coll., 1910- 11; instr. Semitic lang., Harvard, 1911-15; asst. prof. Arabic lang. and lit., Univ. of Chicago, since Oct. 1, 1915. Mem. Am. Oriental Soc., Archaeol. Inst. America, Am. Philol. Assn., Deutsche Mor- genländische Gesellschaft, Phi Beta Kappa. Con- tbr. to Bibl. World, Am. Jour. Theology, Classical Philology, Jour. of Semitic Langs. and Lits., Jour- nal of Bibl. Lit., also various foreign publs. Home: 6101 Greenwood Av.

SPRING, La Verne Ward, chemist, metallurgist; b. Coldwater, Mich., Sept. 22, 1876; s. Emerson and Lucinda (Ward) Spring; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1901; m. Emelyn J. Atkinson, of Chicago, Aug., 1905. Chemist, Ill. Steel Co., South Chicago, 1899, 1900, Wolverine Portland Cement Co., Coldwater, Mich., 1901; again with Ill. Steel Co., 1901-3; chem- ist, 1903-15, chief chemist and metallurgist since 1915, Crane Co., Chicago. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc.,

SPRINGER, George Ward, real estate loans; b. Abingdon, 111., Dec. 14, 1868; s. Milton Cushion and Mary Elizabeth (Ward) Springer; grad. North- western Univ. Acad., 1884; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1890; m. Klahr Mead, of Youngsville, Pa., July 19, 1904; 3 children: Winogene, Martha Klahr, Jane Esther. Connected with management of the Robbins Estate, 1890-1902; in real estate business for self, 1902, 03; asst. to business mgr. Univ. of Chicago, 1903-9; mgr. Chicago Real Estate Loan Agency of Mass. Mutual Life Ins. Co., since Apr. 1, 1909. Mem, bd. trustees Village of Wilmette, 1898- 99, pres. 1901-2. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: City, Westmoreland Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 724 Forest Av., Wilmette, Il1. Office: 111 W. Mon- roe St., Chicago.

SPRINGER, William Louis, president of North Chicago Roofing Co .; b. Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill., Sept. 17, 1858; s. William and Elizabeth ( Bearthel) Springer; ed. Newberry and Lincoln (pub.) schs., Chicago; m. Chicago, Nov. 23, 1882, Katherine Em- rath; 3 children: Adeline (Mrs. P. B. Ransom), Walter, Martha. At 15 yrs. of age began appren- ticeship to business of machinist, and continued in the machinery business until 1885; since then in business as felt, composition and gravel roofer; now pres. and manager of the North Chicago Roof- ing Co. Mayor of Park Ridge, Ill. Mason (32º, Shriner). Home: 353 Ashland Av., Park Ridge, Il1. Office: 851 W. North Av., Chicago.

SPRINKLE, Arthur Lee, patent lawyer; b. Wat- son, Effingham Co., Ill., June 15, 1874; s. Michael, Jr., and Laura Frances (Ward) Sprinkle; A.B., Austin Coll., Effingham, Ill., 1894; Rochester (N.Y.) Business Univ .; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1902; m. Theodocia Deere Sprinkle, of Franklin, Morgan Co., Ill., June 27, 1907. Mem. faculty of Austin Coll., 1896-9; faculty Chicago Business Coll., 1899-1900; with patent dept. Warder, Bush- nell & Glessner Co., Chicago, 1900-2; in employ of experimental dept. Internat. Harvester Co., 1902-6; practiced at Chicago since 1906; now mem. Brown, Nissen & Sprinkle. Mem. Patent Bar Assn, of Chi- cago. Republican. Presbyterian. Knight of Py- thias. Club: Chicago Automobile. Author of a paper entitled "The Patent Suit and the Bankrupt- cy Act," read before the Patent Bar Assn., which attracted considerable notice. Recreations: shoot- ing, motoring. Home: 2023 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1124 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.

SPROEHNLE, Albert William, wholesaler of watches; b. Chicago, Oct. 31, 1861; s. John Martin and Anna Margaret (Seyfarth) Sproehnle; ed. at Haven Sch., 1867-76; studied law in Notre Dame Univ. (non-grad.) ; m. Chicago, Dec. 31, 1889, Isabel Grace Kuh; children: Katherine Margaret, John Robert. Employed as clk. by Perry & Co., stove mfrs., 1878-83; in retail business 4 yrs., and in 1887 formed partnership with brother, Frank M., in the wholesale jewelry business, which continued until 1896; pres. of Sproehnle & Co., wholesale watches, since 1897. Republican. Mem. Ethical Culture Soc. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, City. Rec- reation: golf. Home: 5809 Washington Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

SPROGLE, Howard Owen, lawyer; b. Franklin, Pa., Aug. 1, 1855; s. John Landis and Nancy L. (Eshelman) Sprogle; ed. St. Ignatius Coll. and old Chicago Univ .; studied law dept. Univ. of Pa .; ad- mitted to the bar in Phila., 1878; m. Chicago, Oct. 20, 1890, Ema K. Hopson; children: Frances, Olive, Howard. Was 3 yrs. asst. dist. atty. at Denver, Colo .; practiced in courts of Pa., Colo, and Va .; engaged in journalism several years with Phila. Press and with the Chicago Evening Post; re- sumed practice of law; asst. state's atty, of Cook Co., 1896-1903; atty, for Civil Service Commn. of Chicago since 1907. Mem. advisory bd. Civic Fed- eration of Chicago. Prof. in Chicago Law Sch., Lincoln Coll. of law. Republican. Mason (32º, Shriner). Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., and State's Attys. Assn. of Ill. Club: Press. Home: 5477 Hyde Park Boul.

SPROUL, Wilford Robert, contractor; b. Chi- A.A.A.S. Club: City. Author: Non-Technical Chats cago, Nov. 2, 1886; s. Elliott Wiltord and Jessie M.

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(Millar) Sproul; ed. pub. sch., Chicago; Culver (Ind.) Mil. Acad .; St. Albans Mil. Acad .; grad. busi- ness course, University High Sch. (Univ. of Chi- cago) : m. Irene Christian, of Chicago, Nov. 6, 1907: 4 children: Henrietta, Elliott Wilford, Wilford Robert, John St. Clair. Became associated, 1905, with father in mason and gen. contracting busi- ness of which father was the head for 40 yrs .; succeeded as pres. E. W. Sproul Co., 1911. First It. Vol. Training Corps, 1917. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Episcopalian. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Odd Fellow. Clubs: Saddle and Sirloin, Beverly Country. Central Mfg. Dist., Builders'. Home: 9016 S. Hoyne Av. Office: 1120 W. 35th St.

SPRY, George Edward, real estate; b. Chicago, Oct. 15, 1865; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Chicago, 1888, Jennie Tay- lor; children: William, Ellen (Mrs. Kenneth B. Fiske), Jennie (Mrs. George G. Foster), Catherine, Alden. After leaving school entered the business of which father was head, the John Spry Lumber Co., and in 1899 became vice pres. and treas .; sold out in 1910 and now in real estate business. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Illinois. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

SPRY, John C., timber lands; b. Chicago, Feb. 25, 1857: s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. pub. schs. and commercial coll., Chicago; m. Nov. 26, 1885, Jennie, d. late Thomas Wilce; children: Eme- line (Mrs. Rollin W. Keyes), Gladys, Eleanor (Mrs. Morris K. Wilson). After leaving business coll. entered firm of Gardner & Spry, of which father was a mem., as bookkeeper, later becoming part- ner; after retirement of Mr. Gardner, 1885, busi- ness was incorporated as the John Spry Lumber Co., of which, after the death of father, 1891, was pres., to 1900; now dealer in timber lands. Clubs: Union League, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Home: Evanston, III. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

SPRY, Samuel Alfred, lumber; b. Chicago, Dec. 11, 1863; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Chicago, and at Morgan Park and

STACEY, Anna Lee (Mrs. John F. Stacey), art- ist: b. Glasgow, Mo .; d. John and Eliza (Fisher) Lake Forest; m. Chicago, July 5, 1886, Elizabeth, d. Dey; student at Pritchett Inst. (now Pritchett Joseph Jepson; 3 children: Bessie, John, Marcella. Coll.); studied at Art Inst. of Chicago; m. John F. On leaving sch. became associated with the John Stacey, of Boston, Oct. 15, 1891. Awards: Young Spry Lumber Co., of which was pres. until firm dis- Fortnightly prize, Chicago Artists' Exhbn., 1902; solved; has since been in business alone; pres. Su- Martin B. Cahn prize, Exhbn. by Am. Artists, 1902; perior Process Co. since 1901; Republican. Baptist. Marshall Field prize, 1907; Clyde M. Carr prize, Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic. Home: 3423 Michigan Av. Office: 437, 122 S. Michigan Av.

SPRY, Walter, pianist; b. Chicago, Feb. 27, 1868; s. John and Ellen (Hirst) Spry; ed. Chicago Man- ual Training High Sch., 1886-9, Royal High Sch. of Music, Berlin, 1890-3; m. Esther Orr, of Quincy, Ill., Jan., 1900. Conducts concert tours. U.S. and abroad; dir. Spry Music Sch. Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Ill. Athletic. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago.

SPUNNER, George William, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

SPURGIN, Warren C., banking: b. Panora, Ia., June 21, 1875; s. William H. and Martha J. (Rey- nolds) Spurgin; ed. grammar and high schools, Panora: m. Myrtle Parmenter, July 29, 1896; 1 child, Vivian M. Entered banking business at Panora, 1895; now vice pres. and dir. Michigan Av. Trust Co .: also dir. North Av. State Bank. Home: 5758 Kenwood Av. Office: 2218 Michigan Avenue.

SQUIRE, (Viola) Belle (Miss), teacher of piano, writer, lecturer; b. Lima, O .; d. Edmund Garrett and Sarah O. (Gardner) Squire; ed. pub. schs. Was actively associated with No Vote No Tax League of III. several years, the league having been or- ganized to protect her in her refusal to pay taxes until she could vote; worker for equal rights for women; wrote suffrage articles for Chicago Sun- day Tribune, also for Woman's World, Harper's Bazaar, etc .: articles on music for Etude, Music Magazine, The Musician. Author: Woman Move- ment in America, 1908; A Psalm of Womanhood, 1912. Interested in social reform, advancement of women, music, especially scientific music memory. Home: 809 S. Kedvale Av.

ST., see also Saint.

ST. JOHN, J. Allen, artist, author; b. Chicago; s. Josephus Allen and Susan (Hely) St. John; grad. pub. schs., N.Y. City; studied Art Students League, New York, and in Paris, Italy and Belglum; m. Ella M. Monger, of Chicago, Nov. 11, 1905. Exhib- ited at Nat. Acad. Design, Soc. Am. Fine Arts, Sal- magundi Club, Athletic Club (all of New York); Paris Salon, Soc. Internationale, Toulouse, France, 1908 (hon. mention), etc. Mem. Chicago Soc. Art- ists, The Arts Club of Chicago, Artists' Guild. Au- thor: The Face in the Pool, 1905. Home: 311 E. 22d Street.

ST. JOHN, Leonard, M.D .; b. at St. Catharines, Ont .; s. Samuel Leonard and Martha Ann (Sea- man) St. John; ed. pvt. schs. and acad. at St. Cath- arines; M.D., McGill Univ., Montreal, and Coll. Phys. and Surg., Ontario, Can., 1872; mem. Royal Coll. of Surgeons of Eng., 1873; m. Anna B. Balch (now deceased). Practiced in N.Y. City, 1874-5, Chicago, since 1875. One of the founders of the Coll. Phys. and Surg. of Chicago. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Medico-Legal Soc. Club: Illinois. Home: 4038 Clarendon Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

Chicago Artists' Exhbn., 1912. Picture, "Vista from the Pont de Leon," purchased by City Com- mn. for City of Chicago. 1914. Mem. Chicago Soc. of Artists. Address: 6 E. Ohio St.

STACEY, John Franklin, artist; b. Biddeford, Me., Mar. 16, 1859; s. John and Agnes ( Ricker) Stacey; grad. Mass. Normal Art Sch., Boston; stu- dent Julien Acad., Paris; m. Anna Lee Dey. of Glasgow. Mo., Oct. 15, 1891. Awards: bronze med- al, St. Louis Expn., 1904; bronze medal, Buenos Aires Expn., 1910 (picture purchased by Art Mus., Santiago, Chile) ; Grower prize, Art Inst. Chicago, 1911. Pres. Chicago Soc. Artists, 1907-9. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Address: 6 E. Ohio St.

STACEY, Thomas I., electrical supplies; b. Bris- tol, Eng., Jan. 12, 1870; s. William and Christiana Dix ( Hancock) Stacey; ed. high sch., Evanston, Ill. ; m. Lily Mary, d. Dr. Andrew Hull Parker, of Evanston, 111., May 5, 1897; children: Marion Par- ker, Elizabeth Hancock. Began with Abbott Bug- gy Co., 1886-7; with Central Electric Co., 1887-90; sec. and treas. Electric Appliance Co. since its orgn., 1891. Vestryman St. Mark's Ch., Evanston (Episcopal). Clubs: City, Westmoreland Country. Home: 1312 Church St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 701 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

SPURLING, Oliver Cromwell, engineer; b. Saint George's. Bermuda, Sept. 19, 1874; s. George and Sarah (Gush) Spurling; ed. pvt. schs. and under tutors, Bermuda: m. Lena May Cronk, of Worces- ter, Mass., Apr. 19, 1899; 2 children: Alice I., Ralph STACK, Edmund John, ex-congressman; b. Chi- cago, Jan. 31, 1874; ed. high sch., Chicago; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1895; m. Mary A. R. Brazzell, of Chicago, Apr. 12, 1911. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and practiced in Chicago; was asst. corpn. counsel and chief trial atty .; Dem. nominee for 60th Congress, 1906; mem. 62d Congress (1911-13), 6th Ill. Dist. Now sec. Bennett, O'Connell Co., platers' supplies. Home: 338 N. 40th Av. Office: 3600 S. Morgan St. E. Came to U.S., 1893, and became identified with the Western Electric Co .; plant engr. for the com- pany, in Europe, 1902-5; asst. plant engr. for same in America, 1905-8; plant engr. in America, 1908- 15: asst. gen. supt. Western Electric Co., since 1915. Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs., Engineers' Club (Chi- cago), Instn. of Elec. Engrs. (Eng.), Instn. Mech. Engineers (Eng.). Republican, Congregationalist. Mem. Union Park Lodge No. 610, A.F. and A.M. STACK, J(ames) Langford, advertising; b. Fond (Fuller) Stack; grad. Mann's Business Coll., Fond Home: 224 S. Ridgeland Av., Oak Park, III. Office: du Lac, Wis., 1864; s. M. J. and Hannah Langford Hawthorne Station, Chicago.

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du Lac; m. Elizabeth, d. Charles Modini Wood, of Author: (Stagg and Williams) Treatise on Foot- Los Angeles, Cal., Mar. 23, 1914. Began advertis- ball, 1893. Athletic field of Univ. of Chicago named "Stagg Field," 1914, in his honor. Home: 5704 Maryland Av. ing business at St. Paul, 1885; came to Chicago, 1896, and continued the business under own name; organized and incorporated the Stack Advertising Agency, July, 1909, of which has since been pres. and treas. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Golf, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, Chicago Polo (capt.); National Golf (N.Y.); Grand Island Shooting Lodge; Oaahaa Country (Hawaii); Country ( Augusta, Ga.). Rec- reation: shooting. Home: Polo Farm, Wheaton, Ill .; (winter) Angusta, Ga. Office: 29 E. Madison St., Chicago.

STAHL, Frank August, M.D., surgeon; b. Chi- cago, Sept. 11, 1862; s. of John G. and Louisa F. Stahl; ed. grammar schs. and W. Div. High Sch., until 1878; entered auditor's office, I.C.R.R., 1878, under J. C. Welling, and resigned as cashier in asst. treasurer's office, to study medicine; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1887; interne, Michael Reese Hosp., Chicago, 1887; post-grad. studies at Royal Bavarian Frauen Klinik, Munich, Germany, 1888, Univ. of Vienna, 1889, Faculté de Medecine de STADEKER, Leonard Jerome, importer; b. N.Y. Paris, 1889; with Thure Brandt, gynecol. athletics, City, Oct. 22, 1866; s. Jacob and Adele (Hertz) Stadeker; ed. high sch. and commercial coll., Cin- cinnati, O .; m. Belle Levy, of Canton, Miss., Mar. 27, 1895; 2 children: Jerome L. and Rosadel. Came to Chicago, 1892; now importer of Panama hats and cigars; owner Colonial Trading Co. since 1916; sec. Manila Import Co .; dir. Birmingham & Vicks- burg R.R. Hebrew. Recreations: baseball and golf. Home: 4854 Grand Boul. Office: 208 N. 5th Av.

STADLER, Charles A., business man. Removed to New York. (See Who's Who in America.)

STAFFORD, Charles Burke, lawyer; b. New Or- Emergency Tracheotomy; Post-mature Labor; The

leans, La., May 29, 1865; s. Stephen D. and Agnes (Burke) Stafford; grad, high sch., New Orleans, 1878; grad. Tulane Univ. of La., collegiate and law depts., 1886; m. at Chicago, 1897, Matilda Rose; 2 children: Helen, Edward S. Admitted to La. bar, 1886, and practiced in New Orleans; came to Chi- cago, 1892; now mem. firm Sabath, Stafford & Sab- ath. Dem. nominee for Congress from 2d Ill. Dist., 1904. Mem. Am. and Ill. State bar assns. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Iroquois, Ill. Athletic. Home: 1012 Linden Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

STAFFORD, Ezra Horton, mfr .; b. Dunwich, El- gin Co., Ont., May 1, 1864; s. Samuel Guernsey and Sarah Elisabeth (Horton) Stafford; ed. Chatham Coll., Can., class of 1883; m. Florence E. Neeland, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 24, 1889; 3 sons: Russell H., Webster N., Gilbert H. Mgr. Haney School Furniture Co., Grand Rapids, 1889-94; pres. and mgr. E. H. Stafford Co., Muskegon, Mich., 1894- 99; mem. firm E. H. Stafford & Bros., Chicago, 1900- 04; pres, and gen. mgr. E. H. Stafford Mfg. Co., furniture, Chicago, since 1904. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Mason. Club: City. Recreations: motoring, golf, fishing. Home: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 218 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.

STAFFORD, John Francis, fire ins .; b. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1868; s. John Francis and Mary Frances (Harris) Stafford; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Eve- lyn M. Lloyd, of Chicago, Mar. 29, 1891; 1 daughter, Jane. Identified with fire ins, business in Chicago since 1888; now agency supt. London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co., Ltd., of Liverpool, Eng., Orient Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn., Safeguard Ins. Co. of New York. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, Shriner) ; mem. B.P.O.Elks (Exalted Ruler Evans- ton Lodge No. 1316, 1913-14). Club: Union League. Home: 221 Kedzie St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

STAGG, Amos Alonzo, physical dir .; b. at West Orange, N.J., Ang. 16, 1862; s. Amos Lindsley and Eunice (Pierson) Stagg; A.B., Yale, 1888; grad. Internat. Y.M.C.A. Coll., Springfield, Mass., 1892; (hon. degree Master of Physical Edn., 1912); m. Rural Welfare (pres. ), Patrons of Husbandry, Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Automobile Assn., Friends of Our Native Landscape, Nat. Editorial Assn., Brothers of the Book, Ill. Hist. Soc., Am. Flag Assn. (life), S.A.R., Ill. Soc. War of 1812 (pres.), Writers' Guild (past master), Soc. Midland Authors (treas.). Republic- an. Clubs: Press, Atlas, City, Chicago Motor, Pal- ette and Chisel (Chicago), Authors' (London, Eng.). Mason (32°, K.T.). Traveled abroad, 1888, 1900, 1903, to study agrl. and econ. conditions. Spe-

Stockholm, 1889. Engaged in practice at Chicago since return from Europe; mem, faculty Rush Med. Coll., 1890-1901. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc. Republican. Congregation- alist. Mason (32° ). Contbr. brochures and articles, among them: Digital Curetting of the Puerperal Uterus; A Case of Quadruplets; Some Expressions of Abortive Attempts at Instrumental Abortion: A Convenient Technique for the Delivery of the Aftercoming Head Where Gross Disproportion Ex- ists; A Fibromatous Uterus in Labor; Curage: Two Advantages It Possesses Over Curettage:

Principles and Practice of Episiotomy; The Mater- nal Impression Element in Twin Pregnancy; Acute Partial Enterocele (Littre's Hernia); Uniformity in Definition and Application of the Terms Posi- tion and Presentation (in obstetrics); Progress of American Effort in Obstetrics (at 50th Ann. Meet- ing of the A.M.A., June, 1899); Repeated Preg- nancy in the Same Tube; Interpretation of the Histology of the Villi from Early Intra and Extra- uterine Specimens-The Syncitium; A New Form of Blood Corpuscle in the Embryonal Circulation- the Crescent-shaped Form of Red Blood Corpuscle; Concerning the Origin of the Mature Red Blood Corpuscle, the Red Blood Plastid of Minot; The Douche: Concerning Forensic Asepsis and Anti- sepsis (Jour. A.M.A.); etc. Office: 1003, 31 N. State Street.

STAHL, Garland, banker: b. Elkhart, Ill., Apr. 13, 1879; s. Henry and Elizabeth (Ebey) Stahl; ed. Elkhart High Sch .; LL.B., Univ. of 111., 1903; m. Jennie Mahan, of Chicago, Jan. 24, 1906; 1 son, Garland, Jr. Played ball with Boston Americans, 1903, the club winning world's championship from Pittsburgh; played with and managed Washington Americans, 1904, 05, 06; again with Boston, 1907, 08, 09; retired, 1910, and entered banking busi- ness at Chicago; returned and managed Boston Club, 1912, winning world's championship; now vice pres. and dir. Washington Park Nat. Bank. Clubs: University, South Shore Country. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: 7145 Oglesby Av. Office: 730 E. 63d St.

STAHL, John Meloy, agricultural writer, lectur- er; b. Mendon, Ill., Ang. 24, 1860; s. Elias and Ann Elizabeth (Nitzell) Stahl; grad. (valedictorian) Quincy (Ill.) High Sch., 1881; m. Mary Chouteau Platt, of Chicago, June 25, 1900. Editor since ISSI, propr. since 1886, Illinois Farmer & Farmer's Call; pres. Farmers' Nat. Life Ins. Co .; extensive farm- er. Lecturer at farmers' meetings, chautauqua as- semblies, etc .; leader in the "good roads" move- ment. Life mem. Farmers' Nat. Congress (asst. sec. 2 yrs., sec. 1893-1905, pres. 1905-8, legislative agt. 1908-14); mem. Nat. Econ. League, League for

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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 209

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