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 220

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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Lester. Practiced at Chicago since 1882; on med. staff Chicago Hosp .; mem. staff Cook Co. and Mary Thompson hosps., and Crippled Children's Home; consulting phys. to Alma Sanitarium and Pen- noyer Sanitarium. Commd. capt. Med. Officers' Re- serve Corps, Apr. 1, 1917. Mem. editorial bd. Chi- cago Med. Recorder. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. Medicine, Chicago Pathol, Soc., Ill. Soc. for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. Re- publican. Mem. Central Ch. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Illinois (ex-pres.), Hinsdale Golf. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring, hunting, travel. Residence: Chicago Athletic Club. Office: Marshall Field Bldg.

THOMAS, J. Morriston, clergyman; b. Swansea, South Wales, July 26, 1873; s. John and Mary (Francis) Thomas; ed, Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth, and Univ. Coll., Cardiff; grad. Bangor (Me.) Theol. Sem., 1898; Potomac Univ., 1909; m. Edith Wynne Roberts, of Columbus, O., Apr. 27, 1905; children: John Haydn, Gwynfa Ruth, Mary Frances. Came to U.S., 1895; ordained Congl. ministry, 1898; pas- tor Columbus, O., 1899-07, Newark, 1907-13, Rav- enswood Ch., Chicago, since Jan., 1913. Mem. City Missionary Soc. Club: Congregational, Home: 1718 Montrose Av.

THOMAS, John, printer and pub .; b. Barnsley, Eng., Sept. 4, 1862; s. George and Sarah Thomas; brought to America, 1873; ed. pub. schs., Toronto, Can .; m. Elizabeth Townsend, of Barnsley, Eng., 1880; children: William, Gertrude (Mrs. Sidney L. Mcintosh), George, Florence (Mrs. J. R. Jones), Edward (died in infancy), John, Jr. (died at age of 19). Resident of Chicago since 1880; began with R. R. Donnelley & Co., printers and pubs .; then with Regan Printing House; in employ of Donohue & Henneberry, 1883-1900; in business on own account since 1900; propr. J. Thomas & Co., printers, binders and publs .; pres. The Geograph- ical Pub. Co., engravers and publishers of adv. novelties, maps and atlases. Mem. Chicago Assn. Christian Ch. Recreations: motoring, travel, gar- Office: 621 Plymouth Ct., Chicago.

THOMAS, John Armstrong, furnishing goods; b. Quebec, Can., Feb. 27, 1838; s. Richard and Cather- ine (Armstrong) Thomas; ed, pub. schs., N. Y. City; m. Sarah W. Howe, of Chicago, Feb. 10, 1891 (now deceased) ; 1 daughter, Ada E. (Mrs. F. D. Hyde). Clk. in men's furnishing goods house, New York, 1861-4; mem. firm of Hall & Thomas, 1864-7; came to Chicago, 1867; mem. Thomas & Lazer, 1869-71, of Thomas, Lazear & Hayden, until Mr. Lazear's death, when title changed to Thomas & Hayden; now pres. Thomas & Hayden Mfg. Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Credit Men. Republican. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: books, pictures, cul-

fice: 529 S. Franklin St.

THOMAS, John S. Ladd, clergyman; b. in South Wales, May 1, 1875; s. Thomas and Jane (Ladd) Thomas; ed. pub. and pvt. schs. and Univ. Coll., London; came to America, 1897; grad. Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1903; m. Catharine Firman, of London, Eng., July 1, 1897; 5 children: Howard Wesley, Laura Mildred, Katharyn Gwendolyn, Kenneth Arnold, Stuart Austin. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1902; pas- tor St. John's Ch., Chicago, 1902-6, Centenary Ch., 1906-9, Austin Ch., since Oct., 1909. Recreations: antique collecting, horticulture. Club: Hamilton. Home: 641 N. Central Av.

THOMAS, Judson Benjamin, clergyman; b. Ed- wardsburg, Mich., Aug. 12, 1854; s. Evan John and Charlotte (Spinning) Thomas; ed. Ill. State Nor- mal Sch., and Shurtleff Coll .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1876, A.M., 1879; student Newton Theol. Instn., 1876-7; B.D., Bapt. Union Theol. Sem. (Univ. of Chicago), 1880; (D.D., Shurtleff Coll., 1898); m. Laura Bass, Topeka, Kan., June 5, 1895. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1880; pastor First Ch., Dubuque, Ia., 1880-9, First Ch., Topeka, Kan., 1889-95; dist. sec. Am. Bapt. Home Missionary Soc., Chicago, 1895-1909; pastor Austin Ch., Chicago, since 1909.

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Editor The Baptist Visitor. 1887-94. Dir. Baptist U.S. Inf .; served in N.M. in campaign against the Exec. Council; trustee Div. Sch. of Univ. of Chica- go. Address: 600 N. Pine Av., Austin.

THOMAS, Morris St. Palais, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 27, 1862; s. Benjamin Morris and Mary E. ( Roherts) Thomas; ed. pvt. schs., Chicago and Baltimore; read law at Chicago; m. Sallie C. Mey- senburg, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1892; 2 sons: Ben- jamin Morris, Carr M. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1883. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chi- cago Law Inst. Democrat. Catholic. Clubs: Uni- Versity, Skokie Country, Law. Home: 745 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St.

THOMAS, Samuel Binford, mfr. (See vol. 1911.) THOMAS, Wesley Munger, M.D .; b. at Vernon,

THOMASSON, Nelson, Jr., lawyer; b. Chicago, May 3, 1877; s. Nelson and Nanienne (Norton) Thomasson; ed. University Sch., Chicago; A.B., Wis., Feb. 20, 1868; s. Edwin Burke and Cornelia Princeton, 1900; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1903; Mary (Munger) Thomas; grad. Rochester (Wis.) Sem., 1887; B.S., Univ. of Wis., 1892; M.D., Chicago Homc. Med. Coll., 1895, Harvey Med. Coll., 1899; m. Vernon, Wis., Sept. 13, 1892, Della F. Hoyt: children: Edwin Benjamin, Isadore Elvira. In gen. practice at Chicago since Apr., 1895. Was lecturer on chemistry 5 yrs. and adj, prof. of elin. diagno- sis, 2 yrs., Chicago Home. Med. Coll .; attending phys. to Chicago Nursery and Half-Orphan Asy- lum 5 yrs. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Congregation- alist. Home: 3036 Broadway.

THOMAS, William Isaac, sociologist; b. in Rus- sell Co., Va., Aug. 13, 1863; s. Thaddeus Peter and Sarah ( Price) Thomas; A. B., Univ. of Tenn., 1884, A.M., 1885; student in Berlin and Göttingen, 1888- 89; fellow in sociology, Univ. of Chicago, 1893-4, Ph.D., 1896; m. Harriet Park, of Knoxville, Tenn., June 6, 1888. Instr. English and modern langs., 1886-7, adj. prof., 1887-8, Univ. of Tenn .; prof. Eng- lish, 1889-94, sociology, 1894-5, Oberlin Coll .; instr. sociology, 1895-6, asst. prof., 1896-1900, asso. prof., 1900-10, prof. since 1910, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Sociol. Assn., Am. Anthrop. Assn. Asso. editor American Journal of Sociology. Clubs: Quadran- gle, Flossmoor Golf. Author: Sex and Society, 1907; Source Book for Social Origins, 1909. Home: 6132 Kimbark Av.

THOMASON, Frank David, lawyer; b. Syracuse, N. Y., May 30, 1860; s. Samuel Edward and Eliza- beth Bridget (Donoghue) Thomason; ed. pub. schs. and acads., Washington, D.C .; M.L., Nat. Univ., Washington, 1881; m. Diana M. Bean, of Candia Village, N.H., Nov. 24, 1881; 1 son, Samuel Emory. Admitted to bar, 1881, and since practiced at Chi- cago, making a specialty of patent causes. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago har assns., Nat. and Chicago Patent bar assns. Mason ( Blue Lodge and Chapter) ; mem, Royal League, Nat. Union. Clubs: Hamilton. Ridge Country; University ( Washington, D.C.). Recreations: golf. country life. Home: 10432 Longwood Boul. Office: 1028 Tribune Bldg.

Texans under Sibley and Bailey, and later rode for 3 yrs, side by side with Kit Carson against the Navajos and other Indians of N.M., Colo. and Ariz. ; afterward engaged in recruiting service at Chi- cago and Newport Barracks, and afterward was on the plains until Dec., 1870, when retired from the army; came to Chicago and established in the real estate business. Vice pres. Chicago Real Es- tate Bd., 1910. Republican. Mason (K.T.). Mem. Loyal Legion. Club: Union League. Home: 1247 N. State St., Chicago; (summer) Oakland, Md, Office: 117 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

m. Indie Gardiner, Jan. 7, 1911. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1903; apptd. asst. corpn. counsel, 1907. In 1906 organized the Protective Com. for minority stock- holders of West Chicago Street Ry. Co. in "trac- tion fight:" now engaged in building up Albany Park, at Kedzie and Lawrence Avs. Mem, Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: Prince- ton, University. Recreations: collector of Oriental rugs, music. Home: 492I N. Sawyer Av. Office: 4813 N. Kedzie Av.

THOME, Mathias, hair goods; b. Prussia, Ger- many, Feb. 24, 1856; s. of Marcus and Angeline ( Kerscht) Thome; ed. pub. schs., Germany; m. Jo- sephine Goutselike, of Die Kirch, Germany, Jan., 1873 (died 1902) ; children: Leo, Edward, Victoria ( Mrs. Frank Minninger), Mattie (Mrs. John P. Sage); m. 2d, May Reitz, of Chicago, Jan. 1, 1906. Came to U.S., 1876; learned cabinetmaker's trade and followed same 4 yrs .; in hair goods business in own name since 1886. Catholic. Club: Hamil- ton. Recreation: travel. Home: 508 Diversey Park- way. Office: 22 W. Monroe St.

THOMPSON, see also Thomson.

THOMPSON, Albert Edward, importer of gro- ceries; b. Quebec, Can., Nov. 29, 1862; s. James and Sarah (LeCheminant ) Thompson; ed. Quebec; m. Quebec, July 6, 1889, Elizabeth Borland; children: Mary, Eleanor ( Mrs. E. M. Whitney), Elwyn Hih- bard, Harold Edgar, Albert Edward, Jr., Charles Bowles. Began in ins. office, Quebec; later in office of mfr. and afterward custom house elk. for whole- sale grocery house in Quebec; in retail grocery business, Winnipeg, 1884-91: went to Duluth, Minn., 1891, as grocery salesman, in St. Paul for Michaud Bros. until July, 1895; came to Chicago and traveled for Chocolat-Menier Co. until 1897; established in business as mfrs.' agt. and importer of groceries since 1897. Republican. Home: 7059 N. Ashland Av., Rogers Park, Office: 224 N. Dear- horn St.

THOMASON, Samuel Emory, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 24, 1883; s. Frank David and Diana M. ( Bean) Thomason; grad. Englewood High Sch .. Chicago, 1900; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1904: LL.B., North- western Univ., 1906; m. Alexina E. Young, of Chi- cago, Sept. 10, 1907: I daughter, Elizabeth. Ad- mitted to Ill. bar, 1906; practiced in office of Stu- art G. Shepard until 1909; mem. firm of Stuart G. Shepard & Robert R. McCormick, 1909-11; firm of Shepard, McCormick, Thomason, Kirkland & Pat- terson since Jan. 1, 1911. Dir. West Town State Co .; established business for self, 1897, under style Bank. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Theta Delta Chi. Republican. Universalist, Clubs: University, Ridge Country, Legal. Conthr. to Ill. Law Rev. Home: 10451 Seeley Av. Office: 1418 Tribune Bldg.

THOMPSON, Arthur James, merchant; h. Chi- cago, Feb. 18, 1872 ; s. George and Rebecca ( Heath) Thompson; ed, pub. schs. of Evanston and a 2 yrs.' business course in the Chicago Manual Training Sch .; m. Virgin O'Bannon, of Louisville, Ky., July 1, 1893; 1 daughter, Margaret Nancy. On leaving training sch. engaged for 18 mos, in raising thor- oughbred stock, on Shadeland Farm, nr. Lafayette, Ind .; came to Chicago, and was office boy for Cor- bin, May & Co., then salesman for Ariel Meinrath; later with Beach, Wells & Co., and L. R. Wing & of Arthur J. Thompson & Co., inc. Feb. 11, 1909, as the Arthur J. Thompson Co., of which was pres. until 1913; operating since 1913 as Arthur J. Thompson, domestic beans, peas and dried fruits. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Evanston Golf, Wilmette Men's; Old Colony (New York). Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.

THOMASSON, Nelson, real estate; h. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 15, 1839; s, William Poindexter and Char- lotte Pierce (Leonard) Thomasson: ed. pvt. schs. and an acad., Louisville, Ky .; married: children: THOMPSON, Carl Dean; h. Berlin, Mich., Mar. 24, 1870; s. Abram and Rachel (Eddy ) Thompson; A.B., Gates Coll .. Neligh, Neb., 1895; B.D., Chicago Theol, Sem., 1898: M.A., Univ. of Chicago, 1900; m. Kate Mygatt, of Long Pine, Neb., 1898. Minister Congl. Ch. until 1901; mem. Wis. Ho. of Rep., 1907- Leonard (in real estate business, Duluth, Minn.). Nelson, Jr., Nanienne (Mrs. Ellwood Offutt, of Oakland, Md.). Left Louisville at 18 and became student and elk. in offices of Morris, Thomasson & Blackburn, and later in office of John G. Rogers, meanwhile attending law sch .: enlisted in the 09; city elk., Milwaukee, 1910-11; dir. information Sturges Rifles, 1861, and served in Army of the and research dept. Socialist Party, 1912-15; now Potomac; promoted to regular army after the cam- sec. Public Ownership League of America. Author: paign in Western Va., becoming mem. of Co. E, 5th Municipal Ownership, 1917. Wrote campaign book

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for Socialist Party, 1912-15; also brochure on Pub- lic Ownership of Railways. Home: 4131 N. Keeler Franklin Hat Works. (See vol. 1911.) Avenue.

Jan. 27, 1914. ( See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, Charles Francis, lumber; b. Lacon, Ill., Aug. 15. 1864; s. Charles F. and Elizabeth Hen- derson (Twells) Thompson; ed. grammar and high schs. of Logansport, Ind .; m. Chicago, Apr. 25, 1888, Emma M. Adams; 1 daughter, Elizabeth Adams. Began lumber business with Thompson Bros. & Co., 1881; cashier C. C. Thompson & Wal- kup Co., 1884-9; sec. C. C. Thompson Lumber Co., 1889-93; sec., treas. Henry Oil Co., 1893-4; sec., treas. Alpha Oil Co., 1894-8; organized, and became pres. the Thompson Lumber Co., 1898; organized, 1900, Miss. Lumber Co., of which is vice pres. and gen. mgr .; pres. Kingston Lumber Co. since 1902; organized, 1902, Bank of Quitman (Miss.), of which is vice pres .; also pres. George Adams & Fred- ericks Co., and treas, and gen. mgr. Miss, Eastern Ry .; vice pres. C. L. Gray Lumber Co. and Water- ford Lumber Co .; dir. Rex Planing Mill Co. of Meridian, Miss. Republican. Mason, Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing and hunting. Home: 845 Drexel Sq. Office: 332 S. Mich- igan Av.

THOMPSON, E(ly) Franklin, lawyer; b. Bureau Co., Ill., Aug. 12, 1854; s. Moses M. and Anna C. (Raines) Thompson; grad, high sch .; pvt, instrn., and attended old Univ. of Chicago; LL. B., Yale Univ., 1887: m. 1891: 3 children: Frederick, Kath- erine, Donald. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1887; was for a timc mem. firm Thompson & Curtis; in 1895 with Francis Clark, in firm of Thompson & Clark, be- coming Thompson, Delamater & Clark upon the admission, 1896, of Hon. George W. Delamater, of Pa .; later mem. firm of Magruder, Thompson & Candee, and associated with Francis H. Clark, and later firm of Thompson, Moore & Clark. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. Club: Chicago. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

THOMPSON, Frank Robert, insurance; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 28, 1873; s. of John F. and Mary Ann ( Brown) Thompson; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., June, 1899, Clara Darling Rob- bins: 1 daughter, Edith Darling. Began with R. W.

Hosmer & Co. as office boy, 1889, continuing 10 1902; Correct Keyboard Fingering, 1903; History yrs .; resigned to become mgr. of the ins. dept. of of Composing Machines, 1904. Recreation: motor- ing. Home: 4751 Malden St. Office: 223 W. Erie St.

Swift & Co., 1899; resigned to become mgr. of Jameson & Frelinghuysen's; in gen. ins. for self since 1907. Republican. Christian Scientist. Home: 4732 N. Paulina St. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

THOMPSON, Fred Lawrence, civil engr .; b. nr. Grandview, Edgar Co., Ill., Feb. 1, 1872: s. Edward Taylor and Mima J. (McDonald) Thompson; prep. edn. DePauw Univ. Acad .; B.S. in C.E., Univ. of Ill., 1896; m. Maude Nellie Martin, of Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 21, 1900; 2 children: Donna Grace, Ruth Louise. Entered engring. corps I.C.R.R. as chain- man, June, 1896; rodman, 1896-9, asst. engr., 1899- 1903, roadmaster, 1903-7, asst. engr. of bridges, 1907-10, engr. of bridges and bldgs., 1910-14, asst. chief engr. since Apr. 1, 1914, entire service with I.C.R.R. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Ry. En- gring. Assn., Am. Assn. Engrs. Clubs: Chicago Engineers', Calumet Country. Home: 6421 Ken- wood Av. Office: Central Station.

THOMPSON, Frederick Shepard, belting. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, George Farnsworth, M.D., surgeon; b. Oconto, Wis., Mar. 17, 1875; s. M. C. and Mar- garet (Bellew) Thompson; B.S., Univ. of Wis., 1896; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899; m. Chicago, June 11, 1902, Irma Sturm; 4 children: Dorothy, Irma Beatrice, Helen, Georgiana. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1899-1900; asso. attending surgeon, Cook Co. Hosp., 1901-2; attending surgeon, same, since 1903; asst. prof. clin. surgery, Univ. of Ill. Coll. of Medicine; prof. surgery, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch .; surgeon to "Soo" R.R. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Surg. Soc., Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons. Recreation: motor- ing. Home: 3826 Van Buren St. Office: 4100 W. Madison St.

THOMPSON, Glenn Doran, vice president of the

THOMPSON, James Westfall, college professor; THOMPSON, Charles C., publisher; Oct. 9, 1867- b. Pella, Ia., June 3, 1869; s. Rev. Abraham and Anna (Westfall) Thompson; A.B., Rutgers Coll., 1892; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1895; studied, Sor- bonne and in foreign archives, 1903, 07; m. Martha Landers, of Indianapolis, Aug. 15, 1911. Asst. in history, 1895-7, asso., 1897-9, instr. European his- tory, 1899-1904, asst. prof., 1904-8, asso. prof., July 1, 1908-13, prof. mediaval history since Oct. 1, 1913, dean Jr. Coll, of Philosophy (men), 1906-9, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Phi Beta Kap- pa, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: Caxton, Chicago Liter- ary, Quadrangle. Author several hist. vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5427 Greenwood Av.

THOMPSON, John R., restaurateur; b. on farm in Vermilion Co., Ill., Nov. 13, 1865; s. John R. and Elizabeth (Wright) Thompson; ed. pub. sch. on home farm until 16, then 2 yrs. in normal sch, at Danville, Ill .; m. Georgetown, Ill., Aug. 5, 1891, Rose Holloway; children: John R., III, Ruth E., Florence H. Began business life in 1887 at Fithian, 111., a small country town, with a "general store," and postoffice in a corner of the store; sold out, 1891, and came to Chicago. Began in restaurant business, Dec. 19, 1891, at 397 State St. In 1895 began branching out in Chicago and later opened restaurants in the principal cities of the U.S. and Canada; incorporated the John R. Thompson Co., at $6,000,000; operating 102 restaurants at present. Formerly treas. of Cook Co. Has stock farm at Libertyville, Ill., also at Fithian, Vermilion Co., Ill. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic (life), Hamilton (life), South Shore Coun- try (life). Recreations: horseback riding, stock farming. Home: 4415 Grand Boul. Office: 350 N. Clark St.

THOMPSON, John S., type casting machines; b. Racine, Wis., June 22, 1872; s. Peter Lawrence and Ellen (Tomine) Thompson; ed, pub. schs., Racine; m. Margaret J. Donahoe, of Chicago, June 12, 1894. Instr., 1902-4, supt., 1904-6, Inland Printer Tech. Sch .; asso, editor Inland Printer, 1904-7; inventor Thompson Typecaster, 1906; business mgr. Thomp- son Type Machine Co., 1907-13, pres. and gen. mgr. since 1913; patentee Thompson Static Neutralizer. Rationalist. Author: Mechanism of the Linotype,

THOMPSON, Leverett, broker; b. Chicago, 1869; s. John Leverett and Laura (Chandler) Thompson; A.B., Harvard, 1892; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1895; m. at Lake Forest, Ill., Oct. 1, 1901, Alice Poole, of Chicago; 1 daughter, Laura Chandler. Engaged in practice of law at Chicago, 1895-1904; sec. Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co., 1904-11; now mem. Poole & Thompson, investment brokers; dir. Chicago Morris Plan Bank, Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co. Mem. Loyal Legion. Presby- terian. Cluhs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Harvard. Recreation: golf. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

THOMPSON, Merritt Walter, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, Percy Wallace, captain U.S. Rev- enue Cutter Service. Removed to Palo Alto, Cal. (See Who's Who in America.)

THOMPSON, Richard Swain, lawyer; Dec. 27, 1837-June 3, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, Robert John, consul; b. La Porte City, Ia., Oct. 15, 1865; s. Francis M. and Eliza H. Thompson; ed. La Porte City High Sch .; pyt. in- strn. in law and philosophy; m. Martha Leimer, of Waterloo, Ia., June 27, 1885. Sch. teacher, 1883-5; in U.S. ry. postal service, 1885-91; later on edi- torial staff Chicago Times; inventor Nat. Record- ing Safe; pres. of Automatic Recording Safe Co. Originator and dir. Lafayette Monument project; diplomatic envoy of President Mckinley to Presi- dent Loubet, 1900; sec. and dir. Lafayette Monu- ment Commn .; apptd. consul to Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1905, did not serve: Am. consul at Hanover, Ger- many, 1906-12, Sheffield, England, 1912-13, Aix-la-

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Chapelle, Germany, 1913-15. Officier de la Légion Has taken an active part in important industrial d'Honneur of France; mem. Soc. for Psychical Re- matters at Chicago and New York. Clubs: Union search, Institut Psychologique Internationale. Au- League, City, Hinsdale Golf. Office: 76 W. Monroe thor: The Proofs of Life After Death-A Twenti- Street. eth Century Symposium; A Square Deal for Every Man (collation of quotations from addresses and messages of Theodore Roosevelt). Address: 1501 Masonic Temple.

THOMPSON, SIason, journalist; b. Fredericton, N.B., Jan. 5, 1849; s. George and Charity (Slason) Thompson; ed. Univ. of New Brunswick; m., 1887, Julie D., d. George Watson, of Evanston, Ill .; 3 children. Admitted to bar, New Brunswick, 1870; in Cal., 1874; entered journalism, 1876, with San Francisco Morning Call; reported New York Trib- une, 1878-80; western agent N. Y. Associated Press, Chicago, 1880; one of the founders Chicago Her- ald, 1881; one of the founders America; has held editorial positions with Chicago Record, Evening Journal, Post; chief editorial writer Times-Herald and Record-Herald, 1898-1903, Railway News Bu- reau since 1903. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Univer- sity, Onwentsia, Old Elm. Compiler: The Humble Poets, 1886; Sharps and Flats, 1900; The Railway Library, annually since 1909. Author: Eugene Field (biography), 1902; Cost, Capitalization and Esti- mated Value of American Railways, 1908. Plays: MI'liss, 1878; Sharps and Flats, 1880. Recreation: golf. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 1529 Ry. Ex- change, Chicago.

THOMPSON, Theodore N., wholesale millinery; b. in Minn., Jan. 3, 1866; s. Nels and Christine Thompson; ed. pub. schs. in Dak. and 3 yrs. in coll., Northfield, Minn., and 1 yr. in normal sch., Milnor, N.D .; grad. Northern Ind. Normal and Business Coll., 1890; m. Chicago, Sept. 17, 1891, Annie Lilja. Established present business of T. N. Thompson & Co., wholesale millinery goods, 1891; up to 1899 also operated 3 retail millinery stores at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 137 N. Wabash Av., Chicago.

THOMPSON, Thomas Oliver, publisher; Apr. 11, 1854-Apr. 24, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

THOMPSON, William Campbell, mfr. (See vol. 1911. )

THOMPSON, William Hale, mayor; h. Boston, May 14, 1869; s. William Hale and Medora (Gale) Thompson; removed with parents to Chicago in infancy; ed. pub. schs .; m. Mary Walker Wyse, of Chicago, Dec. 5, 1901. Spent five seasons on ranches of Standard Cattle Co., in Colo., Mont. and Wyo .; mgr. cattle ranch in Neb. 3 yrs .; since father's death has managed real estate interests left by father and other real estate interests of his diseases of women, United Hebrew Charities: ex- own. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Alderman prof. clin. surgery, Bennett Med. Coll. (Loyola Univ.); surgeon Actor's Fund of America, W.R. A.U. and Associated Actresses of America; chief of staff Am. Theatrical Hosp. Assn. Republican. from 2d Ward, Chicago, 1900-2; county commr., Cook Co., 1902-4; mayor of Chicago since Apr. 26. 1915, term of 4 yrs. Mem. Rep. Nat. Com., 1916-20. Clubs: Chicago Yacht, Hamilton, Chicago Athletic, Jewish religion. Mason. Author: Health, Dis-

Marquette, South Shore Country, Illinois Athletic (ex-pres. ), Columbia Yacht. Home: 3200 Sheridan Rd. Office: City Hall.

THOMPSON, William McIlwain, surgeon; b. Ire- land, Nov. 28, 1868; s. Samuel Huston and Martha ( Mellwain) Thompson; brought to U.S. in infancy; THORNE, Charles Hallett, merchant; h. Chica- go, Dec. 3, 1868; s. George R. and Ellen (Cobb) Thorne; ed. puh. and pvt. schs., Racine Coll. Gram- mar Sch., Hyde Park High Sch. and Univ. of Mich .; m. Belle Wilber, of Peoria, Ill., Dec. 31, 1891; 3 children: Hallett, Elizabeth and Leslie. Entered employ of Montgomery Ward, as stock clerk, 1889, hecoming treas., Feb., 1893, pres., 1914, and chair- man, 1916. Dir. Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank. Trustee Art Inst, of Chicago, Beloit Coll .; student Macalester Coll., St. Paul, 1886-8, Prince- ton Univ., 1888-9; med. dept. Univ. of Minn., 1889- 91; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1892; M. D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1903; m. Anna Carruth, d. Hamilton Hill, of Boston, Apr. 25, 1901; 2 chil- dren: Anna and William McIlwain, Jr. Attending gynecologist to St. Joseph's and Tribune hosps. In med. service in France, 1917. Dir. Aetna State Bank. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Gynecol. Soc. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Chicago Lit- dir. of Public Welfare of State of Ill. Clubs: Chi- erary, Lincoln Park Rowing. Recreation: rowing. cago, Commercial, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht, Midlothian. Home: 1200 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av. Home: 512 Wrightwood Av. Office: 32 N. State Street.

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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 220

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