USA > Illinois > Cook County > Chicago > 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 216
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196 | Part 197 | Part 198 | Part 199 | Part 200 | Part 201 | Part 202 | Part 203 | Part 204 | Part 205 | Part 206 | Part 207 | Part 208 | Part 209 | Part 210 | Part 211 | Part 212 | Part 213 | Part 214 | Part 215 | Part 216 | Part 217 | Part 218 | Part 219 | Part 220 | Part 221 | Part 222 | Part 223 | Part 224 | Part 225 | Part 226 | Part 227 | Part 228 | Part 229 | Part 230 | Part 231 | Part 232 | Part 233 | Part 234 | Part 235 | Part 236 | Part 237 | Part 238 | Part 239 | Part 240 | Part 241 | Part 242 | Part 243 | Part 244 | Part 245 | Part 246
STUMER, Louis M., merchant; b. at Baltimore, Md., Apr. 24, 1869; s. Michael and Jennie (Kellner) Stumer; ed. pub. schs. until 13 yrs. old, and after- ward at Notre Dame (Ind.) Coll .; since 1890 of firm of Stumer, Rosenthal & Eckstein, controlling various mercantile corporations and interests in realty, bldg. and leasehold investments on State St. Pres. Emporium World Co., Stranss & Stumer Mercantile Co. (St. Louis), Met. Building Co., World Apparel Co .; vice pres. Am. Restaurant Co., Red Book Corpn., Story Press Corpn., Importers & AIfrs. Co .; dir. Rector's, Central Realty & Invest- ment Co., Public Drug Co., S. Herzog Co., Steven Lewis Drug Co. Dir. Citizens Street Cleaning Bu- reau, State St. Improvement Assn., Home for Jew- ish Friendless, Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans, Jewish Home Finding Soc. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board. Republican. Jewish religion; Sinai Congregation. Clubs: Press, Il1. Athletic, Stand- ard, Ravisloe Country, Idlewild Country. Home: Homewood. 1Il. Office: 36 S. State St., Chicago.
STURGES, Charles Mathews, lawyer; b. Mans- field, O., May 8, 1838; s. of Edward and Mary (Mathews) Sturges; A.B., Kenyon Coll., 1860; law student Harvard, 1861-2; m. Ella DuBois Delafield, of Chicago, Feb. 22, 1865; children: Edith (Mrs. Russell Heller), Edward Spencer, Mary Mathews, Grace, Esther (Mrs. Warner Fite), Howard Put- nam, Caroline (Mrs. Henry Bass Hall). Admitted to bar, 1862; practiced at Mansfield, O., 1862-3, Chi- cago, since 1863. Incorporating mem. (1874) Chi- cago Bar Assn .; mem. Law Inst. (sec. 1870-2), Phi Beta Kappa: mem. exec. com. Am. Anti-Imperialist League. Contbr. to jours .; writer of pamphlets op- posed to imperialist policy, etc. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
STURGIS, Charles Inches, railway official; b. at
children: John, Margaret, R. D. Engaged in mill- ing in Can., 1871-3; came from Can., 1873, to Cedar Paris, France, July 21, 1860; s. Robert Shaw and Rapids, Ia., and became mem. firm of Douglass & Susan Brimmer (Inches) Sturgis; ed. St. Mark's Stuart, merchant millers; removed to Chicago, Sch., Southboro, Mass .; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1882; 1879; sold mills to Am. Cereal Co., 1890, of which m. Chicago, June 6, 1893, Margaret Noble; chil- was treas. until organization of the Quaker Oats Co., of which has since been treas. Presbyterian. Club: Chicago. Home: 4850 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1600 Railway Exchange. dren: Robert Shaw, Frank Noble. Has been in service of the C.,B.&Q.Ry.Co. since 1880, beginning as clk. in freight dept., Chicago; in gen. agt.'s of- fice, Denver, 1881; cashier local freight office, Den- ver, 1882; paymaster's clk., Chicago, 1884; asst. paymaster, Chicago, 1885; paymaster, Chicago, 1886; asst. gen. auditor, 1888; gen. auditor since 1893. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: University, Chicago, Indian Hill, Harvard. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 547 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
STURM, Adolph, mfr .; Oct. 15, 1848-Nov. 3, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
STURM, Meyer J., architect; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 11, 1872; s. of Adolph and Pauline (Frank) Sturm; ed. pub. schs. of Cincinnati and Chicago, Chicago Manual Training Sch .; B.S., Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1896; m. Boston, Sept. 17, 1903, Aimée Goulston. Was draftsman and supt. for architects at Chicago, 1896-9; chief engr. Luminous Prism Co., 1898-1900; mem. of firm of Hallberg & Sturm, ticing alone as architect. Gold medal World's Fair. St. Louis, 1904, for hosp, plans. Republican. Office: 116 S. Michigan Av.
STURTEVANT, Henry Dexter, broker; b. White Lake, Mich., June 9, 1862; s. James D. and Minerva ( Hills) Sturtevant; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Apr. 20, 1887, Isabella Doyle. Resident of Chicago since 1884; entered employ of Counselman & Day, and became a mem. of the firm, 1896; when firm dissolved later, became partner in the firm of Counselman & Co., and on demise of Charles Coun- selman was only surviving partner; on May 21, 1904, consolidated the business with that of Shear- son, Hammill & Co., of New York; retired from that firm, 1914, to become resident partner of Ray- mond, Pynchon & Co., New York, in charge of Chi- cago office. Mem. Soc. Colonial Wars. Republican. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chi- cago Golf, Indian Hill, South Shore Country. Rec- reations: motoring, golf. Home: 920 Lincoln Park- way. Office: 209 S. LaSalle St.
SUDDARD, Edwin John, real estate; b. Chicago, May 6, 1871; s. Thomas J. and Frances H. (Mul- ford) Suddard; ed. grammar schs., Chicago; Bry- ant and Stratton Business Coll .; Chicago Business Law Sch .; m. Susan G. Pennock, of Chicago, Dec. 28, 1898; 3 children: Marion Frances, Dorothy, Ed- win John, Jr. Began in employ of Peterson & Bay, investment bankers, Chicago, 1887, continuing 7 yrs .; in hay and grain business, Los Angeles, Cal., 1896-8; connected with Frederick H. Bartlett & Co., real estate, Chicago, since 1901, mgr. since about 1907; asst. city treas., City of Chicago, Dec., 1916-Apr., 1917. Mem. bd. of trustees Village of LaGrange 3 terms (resigned, Apr., 1917.) Mem. of Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Congregationalist; trustee 1st Congl. Ch., LaGrange, 6 yrs. Recreation: automobiling. Home: LaGrange, Ill. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
SUDLER, Carroll Hopkins, lithographing; b. at "Rose Villa," Sudlersville, Md., Nov. 7, 1869; s. of John W. E. and M. Virginia (Hopkins) Sudler; prep. edn. Friends' Central School, Phila .; A.B., Swarthmore Coll., 1888; m. Susan B. Culbreth, of Smyrna, Del., Oct. 16, 1895; 3 sons: Carroll Hop- kins, Jr., Culbreth, Louis C. With George S. Har- ris & Sons, lithographers, Phila., 1888-92, then mgr. of the New York office, same company; came to Chicago as the western mgr. of the company, 1893; became western mgr. for the Ketterlinus Lithographic Mfg. Co., of Phila., Dec., 1894, and 2d vice pres., 1898. Mem. S.A.R. Democrat. Presby- terian. Clubs: University, Onwentsia. Recreations: tennis, golf, squash. Home: 79 E. Cedar St. Office: 1945 Conway Bldg.
SUKER, George Francis, M.D., ophthalmologist; b. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 12, 1869; s. Herman and Emilie (Toelle) Suker; prep. edn. at German-Am. Sem., Detroit; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1892. Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1901; specialist in ophthalmology; prof. ophthalmology, Post-Grad.
661
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
Med. Sch. since 1901; ophthalmologist to Post- SULLIVAN, Thomas John, M.D .; b. Ann Arbor, Grad. Hosp .; ophthalmic surgeon to Cook County Mich., June 1, 1857; s. of Jeremiah T. and Mary Hosp .; capt. Med. Officers' Reserve Corps, U.S.A. (Roche) Sullivan; ed. Ann Arbor High Sch .; M.D., Fellow Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryn- Univ. of Mich., 1880; m. Catherine McManus, of gology, A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Acad. Medicine, Chicago, Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Chicago Ophthal. Soc. Contbr. on med. top- ics. Home: 5358 Winthrop Av. Office: 1215, 25 E. Washington St.
SULLIVAN, David, lawyer; Apr. 3, 1856-Feb. 28, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)
SULLIVAN, Denis Emmet, judge; b. Kewanee, Ill., Nov. 16, 1869; s. Mortimer and Ellen (Hurley ) Sullivan; ed. pub. schs .; LL.B., Chicago Law Sch., 1895; m. Pittsfield, Ill., Jan. 17, 1900, Marie Carlisle Mullins; 3 children: Marie Carlisle, Denis E., Jr., Edmond M. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894, and prac- ticed alone until 1901; mem. firm of McDannold, Sullivan & Jarrett, 1901-4, and on death of Mr. McDannold title changed to Sullivan & Jarrett; mem. of 40th (regular and spl. sessions), 41st and 42d General Assemblies of Ill .; asst. corpn. coun- sel of Chicago, 1897-1901; judge Superior Court for term ending 1917. Democrat. Mem. Am. Irish Hist. Soc. Mem. Elks, Knights of Columbus, Moose, Am. Brotherhood. Clubs: Irish Fellowship, South Shore Country. Home: 6009 Winthrop Av.
SULLIVAN, Edward J., theatrical manager. Re- moved from Chicago. (See vol. 1911.)
SULLIVAN, John J., judge; b. Chicago, Dec. 20, 1880; s. James P. and Anne (Doheny) Sullivan; prep. edn. South Div. High Sch .; grad. Chicago Normal Sch., 1898; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1905; m. Katherine F. Britain, of Chicago, June 25, 1913; children: John J., Jr., Frances Ma- rie. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1906, and began practice at Chicago; master in chancery of Superior Court, 1911; judge Municipal Court, 1912-16; judge Supe- rior Court of Cook Co. since 1916. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Democrat. Catholic. Home: 950 W. Garfield Boul. Office: County Bldg.
SULLIVAN, Louis Henry, architect; b. Boston, Sept. 3, 1856; s. Patrick and Andrienne Sullivan; ed. pub. schs., Boston; spl. courses in Mass. Inst. Tech. and École des Beaux Arts, Paris, France; m. Margaret Hattabough, of Chicago, July 1, 1899. Practicing architecture at Chicago since 1880; with
SUMMERS, Leland Laflin, engineer; b. Cleves, late Dankmar Adler until 1895, since alone. Archi- O., Mar. 6, 1871; s. Charles H. and Emma (Porter) tect for Transportation Bldg., Chicago Expn., 1893, Summers; m. London, Ont., Apr. 4, 1899, Eva H. Auditorium (theatre, hotel and office bldg.), Car- Brodlique. Asst. electrician, Western Union Tele- son, Pirie, Scott & Co., Stock Exchange Bldg. (Chi- graph Co., 1889-92; electrician Postal Telegraph- cago), Condict Bldg. (New York), Prudential Bldg. Cable Co., western div., 1892-4; consulting engr. (Buffalo), Terminal Sta. (New Orleans), Wain- since 1894; mem. L. L. Summers & Co. Clubs: Chi- wright Bldg., Union Trust Bldg. (St. Louis), Grand cago Athletic, Mid-Day, South Shore Country; St. Opera House Bldg. (Pueblo, Colo.), and many oth- Andrews Golf, Bankers' (New York). Offices: First
ers. Fellow Am. Inst. Architects; mem. various Nat. Bank Bldg., Chicago, and 141 Broadway, New York.
local tech. socs. Gold medal, Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, 1894. Contbr. of numerous monographs and articles to tech. publs. Address: 1600 Auditorium Tower.
SULLIVAN, Mortimer, varnish; b. Somonauk, Ill., Dec. 11, 1859; s. Mortimer and Ellen (Hurley) Sullivan; ed. pub, schs., Kewanee, Ill .; grad. Par- ish Business Coll., Peoria, Ill., 1886; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1896; m. Minnie Brown Sidley, of Thompson, O., Feb. 24, 1892; children: Marie, Hel- en, Mortimer, Jr., Sidley. Began with Murphy Varnish Co., Chicago, 1886, with which remained as salesman until 1903, when organized the Sulli- van Varnish Co., of which has since been pres. and dir. Democrat. Catholic. Mem. of K.C., Royal League, Yeomen of America. Home: 141 S. Park- side Av. Office: 410 Hart St.
Ann Arbor, Aug. 26, 1884; 5 children: Dr. Thomas J., Jr., Dr. Walter J., Elliott M., Joseph E., Marle R. Began practice at Ann Arbor as asst. to prof. sur- gery and instr. in clin. surgery, Univ. of Mich .; re- moved to Chicago, Nov., 1887; prof. surgery, Post- Grad. Med. Sch. Maj. surgeon 111. Vol. Inf. Span- ish-Am. War; surgeon 7th Inf. I.N.G., 1896-1916; lt. col. Med. Corps, I.N.G., since 1916; apptd. 1st lt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Mem. A.M. A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U.S. Home and Office: 4709 S. Michi- gan Boul.
SULLIVAN, Thomas Tilden, public accountant; b. Chicago, July 14, 1877; s. James and Margaret A. (Kane) Sullivan; ed. Northwestern Univ .; B.A., Yankton (S.D.) Coll., 1899; C.P.A., Univ. of Ill., 1910; m. Marjorie Hoard, of Alester, S.D., June 5, 1902; 3 children: Margaret Alathea, Robert Sid- ney, Thomas Hoard. Began as accountant Repub- lic Iron & Steel Co., 1899-1904; treas. M. A. Staley Co., 1904-7; gen. auditor Western Foundry Co., 1907-12; vice pres. and treas. Stewart-Warner Speedometer Co. since 1912; also vice pres. M. A. Staley Co. Trustee Yankton Coll. Republican. Con- gregationalist. Home: 1424 Berteau Av. Office: 1828 Diversey Boul.
SULZBERGER, Solomon Lindauer, president of Enterprise Paint Mfg. Co .; b. Phila., Pa., Feb. 5, 1857; s. Leopold and Sophia (Lindauer) Sulzber- ger; grad. Central High Sch., Phila .; m. Chicago, Feb. 1, 1887, Clara Frank; children: Frank, Louise (Mrs. R. J. Rosenthal). Helen. Came to Chicago, 1876, and was employed with Lindauer Bros. & Co. until 1893; pres. Enterprise Paint Mfg. Co. since 1893. Pres. Paint Mfrs.' Assn. of U.S., 1917. Mem. Chicago Paint, Oil and Varnish Club, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Ex-pres. Jewish Aid Soc .; dir. Associated Jewish Charities. Repub- lican. Clubs: City, Ill. Athletic, Standard (ex- pres.), Ravisloe Country, Lake Shore Country. Home: 4404 Michigan Av. Office: 848 W. Van Bu- ren Street.
SUMMERS, see also Somers.
SUMMY, Clayton Frick, music publisher ; b. Lan- disville, Pa., Dec. 9, 1852; s. of Daniel and Ann (Frick) Summy; ed. pub, schs., Pa., and Sterling, Ill .; made spl. study of music; m. Mina Rommeiss, Chicago, Nov. 9, 1880; children: Edna Emma (Mrs. William G. Purcell), Dorothy (Mrs. William A. Dennis). Worked in music store in Sterling, Ill., 2 yrs .; taught music until 1872; studied music in Boston Music Sch .; returned to Sterling and taught music. 1876-7; returned to Boston for a year for further study of music; taught in Hershey Music Sch., Chicago, 1877-9; with Lyon & Healy. 1879-88; in sheet music business for self since 1888; pres. Clayton F. Summy Co. since 1895. Republican. Clubs: City, Cliff Dwellers. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Home: 524 Oakdale Av. Office: 64 E. Van Buren St.
SULLIVAN, Roger C., politician; b. Belvidere, Ill., Feb. 2, 1861; s. Eugene and Mary Sullivan; ed. SUMNER, Walter Taylor, bishop. Removed to Portland, Ore. (See Who's Who in America.) pub. schs .; m. Helen M. Quinlan, of Chicago, 1885; 5 children: Boetius H., Mary (Mrs. Robert N. SUNDAY, William Ashley, evangelist. Home: Winona Lake, Ind. (See Who's Who in America.) SUNDERLIN, Newton Austin, clergyman. Re- moved to Woodstock, Ill. (See vol. 1911.) Wolf), Helen (Mrs. William P. McAvoy), Frances (Mrs. L. P. Cummings), Virginia. Pres. Ogden Gas Co. since 1902; dir. Peoples Trust & Savings Bank. Clerk of Probate Court of Cook Co., 1890-4; mem. Cook Co. Dem. Com. since 1890; mem, Dem. Nat. SUNNY, Bernard Edward, telephone official; b. Com. from Ill. since 1904. Catholic. Clubs: Union Brooklyn, May 22, 1856; s. Bernard and Margaret League, Chicago Athletic, Iroquois, Mid-Day, South Sunny; pub. sch. edn .; (Dr. Engring., Armour Inst. Shore Country. Home: 2950 Washington Boul. Of- fice: 122 S. Michigan Av.
Tech., 1908); m. Ellen Clifton Rhue, of Brooklyn, 1878; children: Mrs. George W. McKlbbin, Arthur
662
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
E. Telegraph operator, night mgr. and mgr. Chi- Sutter; ed. pyt. schs., Detroit; m. Adrienne Louise cago office Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Co., 1875-9; Denney, of Chicago, June 14, 1898. Identified with supt. Chicago Telephone Co., 1879-88; pres. Chi- the tobacco business since 1871; until 1903 was stockholder and dir. of Sutter Bros., Inc., leaf to- bacco dealers; since 1903 vice pres. and treas. A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. Republican. Catholic. Clubs: Midlothian Country, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, reading. Home: 1722 E. 56th St. Office: 191-193 N. LaSalle St. cago Arc Light & Power Co., 1888-91; western mgr. for Thomson-Houston Electric Co. and western mgr. and also a vice pres. of its successor, the General Electric Co., 1892-1908 (continues to be a dir. in latter) ; pres. Chicago Telephone Co. since May, 1908; also since May, 1911, pres. Central Union, Mich. State, Wis. and Cleveland telephone cos .; pres. Central Power Co .; dir. First Nat. Bank, First Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago City Ry., Public Securities Corpn., Standard Gas & Electric Co., Northern States Power Co. Served 1 yr. as dir. Chicago Expn., but declined reëlection in order to become pres, of Intramural R.R. at the World's Fair. Del. Rep. Nat. Conv., Phila., 1900. Pres. Civic Federation of Chicago, 1901-4; pres. bd. trustees Ill. Eastern Hosp. for Insane, 1904-8; trustee Cen- tral Church, Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Ham- ilton, Traffic, Commercial, Mid-Day, Glen View, Flossmoor. Home: 4933 Woodlawn Av. Office: 212 W. Washington St.
SURGHNOR, Valentine Harrison, real estate; b. Taylor Co., Va .; s. of Valentine H. and Mary E. ( Brashear ) Surghnor; ed. dist. schs. in Va .; m. Liz- zie Moffett, of Quincy, Ill., Nov., 1878 (died Ang. 20, 1890). In dry goods business, Hannibal, Mo., 1869-75; then in wholesale ice business until the plant was swept away by the flood of 1881; in real estate business at Chicago since 1881. Mem. Chi- cago Real Estate Bd. (sec. 1894, vice pres. 1903, pres, 1917). Democrat. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), K.P., Elk; mem. S.A.R. Clubs: Calumet, Chicago Athletic. Recreation: reading. Home: 2626 Indi- ana Av. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.
SUTCLIFFE, John, architect; Mar. 28, 1853-Oct. 23. 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
SUTTER, Louis Philip, leaf tobacco; b. village nr. Strassburg, France, Nov. 30, 1846; s. Victor Urso and Appolonia Sutter; came to U.S. in boy- hood; ed. pub. schs., Detroit, Mich .; m. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1871, Louise Grimard. Was employed by Francis Eccard & Co., Detroit, 1860-6; started in cigar business at Detroit, 1866; removed to Chi- cago and established, July, 1876, business of Sut- ter Bros., later incorporated as Louis P. Sutter & Bros., of which has been pres. since 1904; also pres. A. Hussey Leaf Tobacco Co. Republican. Catholic. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreation : farm- ing. Home: Delavan, Wis. Office: 139 W. Lake St., Chicago.
SUTTON, Frederic William, railway official; b. Springfield, 111., Oct. 16, 1855; s. Goyn A. and Sarah M. (Fulkerson) Sutton; ed, at Springfield, Ill .; m. Springfield, Clara Minna Gehrmann, June 12, 1895. Auditor Springfield & Northwestern R.R., 1876-82; sec. Ellsworth Coal Co., Danville, 111., 1882-5; in auditing and pass. dept. C., B.&Q.R.R., at Chicago, 1885-6; in comptroller's dept. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf R.R., Kansas City, Mo., Mar .- Aug., 1886; auditor and dir. E.,J.&E. Ry. since Aug., 1886, and of Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Ry. since June 22, 1899. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 1796, 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
SWABY, Willlam Arthur, pumps; b. at Seneca Falls, N.Y., Dec. 4, 1863; s. William A. and Amelia S. (Gould) Swaby; ed. high sch., Seneca Falls, N.Y. Entire business experience has been in the line of pumps and well supplies; became identified with the Gould Co., Sept. 1, 1893, of which was Shore Country. Recreation: motoring. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel. Office: 2010 Marshall Boul.
SUTHERLAND, George, publisher; b. at Suther- landshire, Scotland, Apr. 26, 1859; s. of John and Christina ( Mann) Sutherland; Dornoch Sch., Suth- erlandshire, and Aberdeen schs .; m. Margaret Mac- kay, of Embro, Ont., June 21, 1891 (died Apr. 16, pres .; now pres. Swaby Mfg. Co. Club: South 1916); children: Alice C., Margaret G., George Ross. Came to Chicago, 1880; with Field, Leiter & Co., 1880-5; resided in Can. about 2 yrs .: returned to Chicago, 1888, and established the Western Brit- ish American, later acquiring the Canadian Amer- ican, and since pub. of both. Republican. Presby- terian. Clubs: Union League, Traffic, Ridge Coun- try. Recreation: golf. Home: 7248 Yale Av. Office: 542 S. Dearborn St.
SWADENER, Edward Elliott, vice pres. F. A. Hardy & Co .; b. Dayton, O., Oct. 25, 1875; s. of Charles Edward and Leila L. (Deuel) Swadener; ed. pub. and pvt. schs., Dayton, O., and St. Paul's Sch., Garden City, L.I .; studied law, Columbia Law Sch., New York; m. Mae Morse, of Chicago, Apr. 16, 1898; 1 son, John Fairfield. Identified with F. A. SUTHERLAND, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer; b. at Hardy & Co., wholesale optical goods, since begin- Wallington, Vt., Oct. 31, 1848; s. Gen. Thomas J. ning of business career, Nov. 4, 1896, and now vice and Hannah (Packer) Sutherland; father died pres. same. Vice pres. foreign trade div. Chicago Assn. Commerce, 1910-11. Republican. Club: Chi- when son was 1 yr. of age; student Ft. Edward (N.Y.) Collegiate Inst. and Union Coll., Schenec- cago Athletic. Home: 1133 Forest Av., Evanston, tady, N. Y., 1868; Albany ( N. Y.) Law Sch., 1870; m. Ill. Office: 10 S. Wabash Av .. Chicago. 1872, Adelaide K. Beman, of Rutland, Vt .; chil- dren: Blanche B., Robert P., Walter E. Resident of Chicago since 1870, in practice of law. Asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago, 1897-1908. Home: 529 Bryant Av. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.
SWAN, Charles F., M.D .; b. Byron, Ill., Oct. 5, 1852; s. Henry W. and Rachael M. (Westlake) Swan; ed. pvt. schs .; M.D., Med. Coll. of Ohio, Cin- cinnati, 1875; m. Hulda Austerman, of Waukesha, Wis., Nov., 1878; 1 child, Nellie R. ( Mrs. William W. SUTHERLAND, William Jesse, vice president of Loomis). Began practice at South Chicago, 1875; Mooney & Boland Agency of New York and Chi- trustee Village of Hyde Park, 1887-8; alderman cago; b. Logansport, Ind., Nov. 3, 1863; s. George City of Chicago, 1889; mem. Chicago Plan Commn. C. and Esther A. (Gerhart) Sutherland; ed. pub. Fellow A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State and Chicago med.
schs .; m. Ella M. Minnick, of Chicago, May 30, 1888. Began as clk. in grocery store of A. H. Mc- Donald, at Logansport, Ind., 1878-9; came to Chi- cago, 1880, and was employed as a elk. in the Moo- ney & Boland Agency, the largest of its kind in the country, looking after the confidential matters of the largest corpns. and most prominent individ- uals; subsequently became a partner and is now vice pres. and gen. mgr. of the Western div .; also vice pres. and gen. mgr. Employers' Protective & Bonding Assn. Mem. Chicago Assn. of Commerce. Republican. Methodist. Mason (32°), Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Press, Chicago Yacht, Chicago Riding and Driving, South Shore Country, 11]. Athletic, Chicago Automobile, Beverly Coun- try, Business Men's Prosperity. Recreations: mo- toring. yachting, horseback riding. Home: 4628 Drexel Boul. Office: 30 N. LaSalle St.
socs. Mason (K.T.). Club: Ill. Athletic. Office: 9139 Commercial Av.
SWAN, C(harles) Joseph, M.D .; b. Mansfield, Pa., Sept. 25, 1865; s. Charles F. and Catherine (Mor- ris) Swan; grad. Mansfield State Normal Sch., 1885; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1890, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1909; m. Elizabeth Washburn, of Chicago, 1895. Began practice at Chicago, 1892, as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat; eye and ear surgeon, Evans- ton Hosp .; former eye and ear surgeon, Chicago Bapt. Hosp .; nose and throat surgeon, Chicago Nursery and Half Orphan Asylum. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, A.M.A .; mem. Il]. State Med. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology, Laryngology and Otol- ogy, Chicago Ophthalmol. Soc., S.R. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: University of Evanston, Ev- anston Country, Union League, Mid-Day, Glen SUTTER, Eduard Anthony, leaf tobacco; b. De- View. Home: 1818 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Of- troit, Feb. 19, 1856; s. Victor Urso and Appolonia fice: 30 N. Michigan Av., Chicago.
663
THE BOOK OF CHICAGOANS
*SWAN, Thomas Walter, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) Sweet; grad. Coldwater ( Mich. ) High Sch., 1864; SWANSON, Arthur Emil, professor economics; student Univ. of Mich .; M.D., Eclectic Med. Coll., b. DeKalb, Il1., Jan. 16, 1885; s. Peter Magnus and 1870; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1884; m. Florence A. MacGee, of Chicago, Dec. 12, 1893; children: Florence V., Jerome Edwards. Practiced at Grand Rapids, Mich., several years; at Muske- gon, Mich., 4 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1885. Dir. Ill. Coffee & Rubber Co. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, 111. Homo. Med. Assn., Chicago Home. Med. Soc. Republican. Protestant. Mason. Home: 5619 South Boul. Office: Masonic Temple. Marie Charlotte ( Holmes) Swanson; B.A., Augus- tana Coll., Rock Island, Ill., 1908; M.A., Univ. of Ill., 1909, Ph.D., 1911; m. Lucie Marie Vick, of Evanston, Ill., June 10, 1915. Instr., 1911-13, asst. prof., 1913-16, asso. prof., 1916-17, prof. since 1917, Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Commerce; was apptd. dir. evening classes, 1913, served as acting dean, 1v15-16. Consulting expert in efficiency and busi- ness organization to several business firms since SWEETLAND, Edward Coates, fire underwriter; 1915. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Western Econ. Soc., b. Chicago, Jan. 23, 1873; s. Edward and Amelia R. Chicago Sales Mgrs.' Assn. (sec., dir.). Clubs: City, (Coates) Sweetland; ed. pub, schs .; m. Evanston, Executives (Chicago); University (Chicago and Ill., Apr. 25, 1901, Alice A. Aiken. Began as office Evanston). Contbr. on economics to mags. Recre- boy in fire ins. office of James A. Miller & Co., Chi- ation: golf. Home: 1926 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 31 W. Lake St., Chicago.
SWANSON, Herman Alenius, mining. (See vol. 1911.)
SWANSON, John A., judge; b. Chicago, Apr. 14, 1874; s. John and Anna G. (Johnson) Swanson; ed. pub. schs .; Chicago Coll. of Law, 1893-5; m. Cecile A. Leason, of Oshkosh, Wis., June 17, 1896; 2 chil- dren: Charlotte Anna, Ruth Henrietta. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and practiced at Chicago; mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1910-12, Senate, 1914-16; elected judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago, 1916. Re- publican. Protestant. Mem. Lawyers' Assn. of Ill .. Ill. State Bar Assn. Club: Hamilton. Mason, K.P., Odd Fellow, Moose. Home: 7217 Crandon Av. Ad- dress: City Hall.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.