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 221

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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THOMPSON, William Ormonds, lawyer; b. in England; s. Edwin Thompson; m. Eleanor Frances Gregsten, of Chicago. Mem. bd. of arbitration, Hart, Schaffner & Marx, mfrs., for the cloak indus- try, and Herzog factories, Chicago, also for cloak industry, New York, 1914-15, and counsel for late U.S. Commn. on Industrial Relations, Washington.

THOMS, Burton, investment banker; b. N. Y. City, Apr. 2, 1863, s. John B. and Eugenia Thoms; ed. pub. schs., Baltimore, Md .; m. Ella M. Read, of Chicago, Aug. 25, 1892. Mem. firm of Peabody, Houghteling & Co .; dir. N. W. Power & Mfg. Co., Peabody Bond & Mortgage Co. Club: Chicago Yacht. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

THOMS, Charles F., wholesale mcht .: b. Niles, Cook Co., Ill., 1858; s. William and Maria (Brue- digam) Thoms; ed. puh. schs .; m. Mrs. Emma Thoms, of Harlem, Ill., Sept. 9, 1884; children: Mathilda, Alma, Elsa, H. Charles. Left school at age of 14 and took up lithography; after 2 yrs. en- gaged in selling paper to the retail trade; in whole- sale paper business since 1895; pres. and treas. Thoms Bros. Co. Republican. Lutheran. Home: 2205 W. Walton St. Office: 212-220 N. Sangamon Street.

THOMSEN-VON COLDITZ, Grambow, see Von Colditz, Grambow Thomsen -.

THOMSON, see also Thompson.

THOMSON, Charles Marsh, judge; b. Chicago, Feb. 13. 1877; s. James and Julia (Marsh) Thom- son: A.B., Washington and Jefferson Coll., 1899, A.M., 1902; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1902; m. Besse Holbrook, of Chicago, Oct. 24, 1905. Began practice of law, Chicago, 1902; mem. City Council, Chicago, 3 terms, 1908-14; resigned 1913; mem. 63d Congress (1913-15), 10th Ill. Dist .; judge Circuit Court of Cook Co., term 1915-21. Progres- sive Republican. Presbyn. Mem. Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Hamilton, New England Soc. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: Court House. Chicago.

THOMSON, Robert Boyd; Apr. 21, 1869-Sept., 1916. (See vol. 1911.)

THOREK, Max, surgeon; b. Hungary, Mar. 10, 1880; s. Isaac and Sarah (Mahler) Thorek: prep. edn., Budapest, Hungary; came to U.S., 1900; M.D., Rush Med. Coll. (Univ. of Chicago), 1904; m. Fannie Unger, of Vienna, Austria, Apr. 16, 1905; 1 son, Philip. Practiced at Chicago since 1904; or- ganizer of first theatrical hosp. in the world ( 1916) ; pres. and surgeon in chief Am. Hosp. and Training sch. for Nurses; consulting surgeon, Cook Co. and Sheridan Park hosps .; prof. clin. surgery, Med, Dept. Univ. of Valparaiso: ex-asso.,

ease and Emergencies, 1916. Translator of vols. 2 and 3, Krause's Surgery of the Brain and Spinal Cord, 1914. Health editor New York Clipper. Home: 646 Sheridan Rd. Offices: 1503 Marshall Field Annex Bldg. and 850 Irving Park Boul.

THORNE, George Arthur, merchant; s. George R. and Ellen (Cobb) Thorne. Formerly sec. and dir., now vice pres., Montgomery Ward & Co. Home: Winnetka, Ill, Office: 618 W. Chicago Av., Chicago.

THORNE, George R., merchant; b. Vergennes, Vt., Sept. 29, 1837; s. Hallett and Sarah (Frost)

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Thorne: ed. common schs .: m. Ellen Cobb, of Kala- business since 1883, with Goodrich Transit Co., ex- mazoo, Mich., 1863: 7 children: William C., Laura cept 2 yrs, with Flint & Pere Marquette R.R. Co .; ( Mrs. Reuben H. Donnelley, of Chicago), Charles now vice pres, and gen. mgr. Goodrich Transit Co .; Hallett, George Arthur, James Ward, Robert Jul- dir, Manitowoc (Wis.) Shipbuilding Co. Mason, lius, Mabel C. Gleceased), Began as clk. in dry K.P. Clubs: Traffic, Birchwood Country, Home: 808 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: Foot of Michigan Av., Chicago. goods store, Kalamazoo; served as It. in quarter- master's dept., Civil War; then in lumber business at Chicago; assisted, 1872, in founding Montgom- ery Ward & Co,, mail order house, of which was 1st vice pres., 1889-1910 (retired). Republican. Pres. Western Golf Assn. Clubs: Union League, Midlothian Country (pres. 1898-1910), Onwentsia, Exmoor. Recreations: golf, horseback riding. Home: 515 N. Sheridan Rd., Lake Forest, Ill.

THORNE, James Ward, merchant; s. George R. and Lllen (Cobb) Thorne. m. Narcissa, d. William Caldwell and Fannie ( Herr) Niblack, of Chicago. Vice pres, and dir. Montgomery Ward & Co. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, Casino. Homes: Lake Forest, Ill., and 1200 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. Office: 618 W. Chicago Av .. Chicago.

THORNE, Robert Julius, merchant; b. Chicago, 1875. S. ot George R. and Ellen (Cobb) Thorne; LL.B., Cornell Univ., 1897; married. Upon leaving coll. entered Kansas City branch of Montgomery Ward & Co., of which became gen. mgr .; returned to Chicago and entered the main office, becoming pres. of the corpn. Also dir. Corn Exchange Nat. Bank. Chicago Morris Plan Bank. Mem, Delta Kappa Epsilon, etc. Home: Sheridan Rd., Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 618 W. Chicago Av., Chicago.

THORNTON, Charles Solon, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

THORNTON, Edward Loren, lumberman: b. De Peyster, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Nov. 16, 1864; S. Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth (Austin) Thornton; grad, high schs. at Heuvelton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y .; m. Elsie Newman Farwell, of Lincoln, Neh., Dec. 19, 1904. Began in lumber business as sales- man at Chicago with Albert Russell, 3 yrs .; then became mgr. for George E. Plumb & Co., until busi- ness was merged with the Superior Lumber Co., of which was sec .- treas, and gen. mgr. until 1900; vice pres. John E. Burns Lumber Co., 1900-6; pres. Thornton-Claney Lumber Co. since 1906. Repub- lican. Clubs: Builders', Press, Glen View, Edgewa- ter Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 2244 Lincoln Park West. Office: 2315 Elston Av.

THORNTON. Eva Hanson (Mrs. Francis E. Thornton) ; h. Caledonia, Ill .; d. John Andrew and Aurelia (Jepson) Hanson: ed. pub. sehis., Beloit, Wis .; m. Francis E. Thornton (M.D.), of Chicago, June 6, 1889; children: Beula, Marion Lucile, Fran- ces Evelyn. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, since Nov., 1915. Widely known throughout Rock River Conf. on account of work in Woman's Home Missionary Soc .; one of founders of Hobbs House Home for Working Girls, and Peek Orphanage, Polo, Ill .; chmn. Hobbs House Girls' Club. Mem. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc .. O.E.S., etc. Republican. Methodist. Club: Irving Park Sorosis. Home: 2524 Kimball Av.

THORNTON, Everett A., lumber; h. DePeyster, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y., July 2, 1869; s. Alonzo and Mary Elizabeth (Austin) Thornton; grad. Union Free Sch., Heuvelton, N. Y., 1886; B.S., St. Law- rence Univ., Canton, N. Y., 1891; m. Edith Frances, (l. H. C. (Sr.) and Rose Grosse, of Chicago, Dec. 21, 1898. Shipping elk., later salesman, for Cen- tral Lumber Co., Chicago, 1892-7; salesman for Charles H. Mears & Co. (later Mears, Slayton Lum- her Co.), 1897-1901; associated with C. M. Smalley and J. H. Krueger, mars. Chicago Lumber & Coal Co., 1901-7: organized, 1907, and since pres. E. A. Thornton Lumber Co. ; also pres, Marquette ( Mich. ) Box & Lumber Co. Mem. Lumbermen's Assn. of Chicago, Nat. Assn. of Box Mfrs., Alpha Tau Ome- ga. Republican. Mason, K.P. Clubs: University, Ridgemoor Golf (Jefferson, Ill.), Marquette ( Mar- quette). Recreations: hunting, fishing, golf. Home: 012 Airdrie Pl. Office: 1120-24 Lumber Exchange.

THORP, Harry Walter, transportation mgr .: h. Chicago, Apr. 26, 1865. s. of Henry T. and Louise (Melitzer) Thorp: ed, pub. schs., Manistee, Mich .; m. Chicago, Feb. 9. 1897, Grace Decker; 2 sons: Harry Walter, Jr., Richard W. In transportation

THORSGAARD, Karl L., M.D .; b. Westby, Ver- non Co., Wis., Jan. 24, 1875; s. Lauritz L. and Anna C. (Johnson) Thorsgaard; A.B., Luther Coll., De- corah, Ia., 1896; Univ. of Mich. Med. Dept., 1896-9 (non-grad.) ; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1900; m. Mary B. Milliken, of Chicago, May 7, 1912. In- terne, Presbyn. Hosp., Chicago, 1900-2; practiced at Chicago since 1902; attending phys., Tabitha Hosp., 1904-9; med. referee at Chicago of the Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of U.S., 1909-15; at- tending phys., Am. Hosp. Lutheran. Mem. A. M.A .. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Scandinavian- Am. Soc. Recreations: golf, tennis. Home: 636 Wellington Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

THRANE, Victor, timber lands; b. Chicago, Mar. 12, 1868; s. Dr. A. D. H. and Amalie Henrietta Ma- rie (Struck) Thrane; ed, pub. schs., Eau Claire, Wis .; St. John's Univ., Collegeville, Minn .; Chi- cago Ophthalmic Coll., 1890; m. Lotta Louise La- cey, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 26, 1898, Engaged in optical business at Cleveland. O., 1890-2; went to New York and became musical impresario, 1893, continuing until 1900; brought out or starred a number of famous artists, including Ysaye, Pugno, Martean, Petschnikoff, Sauer, Maurel, DeGogorza, Paur, Elsa Ruegger, Ellen Beach Yaw, Gerardy, Sieveking, Bloodgood, Leonora Jackson, Verlet, Lachaume, Hambourg, Frances Saville, and the Paur Symphony Orchestra of New York (90 pieces ) ; organized instrumental quintet composed of the famous Ysaye, Marteau, Bendix, Gerardy and Lachaume, with which toured U.S. Mem. firm James D. Lacey & Co., timber land factors, since 1900; vice pres. James D. Lacey Timher Co. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht, Press, Chicago Automo- bile, Chicago Motor, Palette and Chisel (Chicago); Lotos, The Friars ( New York). Recreations: mu- sic, motoring, shooting, fishing: collector of books and paintings, Home: Lincoln Park West and Bel- den Av. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av.

THULIN, Charles Norman, western sales mgr .; b. Engelholm, Sweden, Aug. 4, 1870; s. B. and Jen- nie (Pearson) Thulin; ed. pub. schs., Sweden and Marshalltown, Ia .: m. Louise Sumbardo, of Mar- shalltown, May 26, 1891; 2 children: Norman S., Earl E. Came to U.S., at age of 10; in employ of car dept. N.P.R.R., at St. Paul, Minn., 1884-1906; in supply business with Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co., St. Paul, 1906-14; western sales mgr. Duff Mfg. Co., mfrs. Barrett Jacks, Duff Ball Bearing Screw Jacks, Duff-Bethlehem Hydraulic Jacks. Lutheran. Scottish Rite Mason (32°, Shriner), Club: Ill. Ath- letic. Recreations: outdoor diversions. Home: 1540 E. 66th Pl. Office: 935 Peoples Gas Bldg.

THURBER, W. Scott, art dealer; July 24, 1848- Sept. 24, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)

THURMAN, Edwin Randolph, lawyer: b. Lynch- burg. Va., Aug. 9, 1860; s. Samuel Brown and Mar- tha (Cox) Thurman; LL. B., Vanderbilt Univ., 1882; m. Grace M. Carswell, of Chicago, July 17, 1905; 1 daughter, Virginia. Admitted to bar, Nashville, Tenn., 1882: practiced law there until 1894; came to Chicago and was atty. for the Fidelity & Casu- alty Co. of New York until 1900; mem. Thurman, Stafford, Hume & Burras until 1912, since mem. Thurman, Hume & Kennedy. Ex-pres. Virginia Soc. and ex-vice pres. Southern Club. Home: Wil- mette, Ill. Office: 22 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

THURSTON, Charles Orion, sales mgr .; b. Barre, Vt .. Feb. 23, 1857; s. Wilson and Frances L. (Kin- ney ) Thurston; descendant on paternal side of Daniel Thurston, Newbury, Mass., about 1650, on maternal side of Henry Kinney, Salem, Mass., 1650; A.B., cum laude in chemistry, Dartmouth, 1884 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Bertha Anna Brown, of Newport, N.H., Mar. 13, 1889. Teacher for 30 yrs., last 20 yrs. at Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa .; set- tled at Chicago, 1912, and since sales mgr. Kinney Mfg. Co., pumps and road apparatus, of Boston. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Theta Delta Chi.

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Author: Flora of Wyoming Valley. Recreations: Tietgens; ed. schs. at Hamburg; m. Virginia C. amateur photography, shooting, fishing, tennis. Coffee, of Chicago, Feb. 22, 1898; 2 daughters: Vir- Home: 7451 Greenview Av. Office: 431 S. Dearborn ginia G., Marie Elizabeth. Entered father's husi- Street.

THURSTON, Henry Winfred, social worker. Re- moved to New York. (See Who's Who in America. ) THURSTON, Joel Plummer, president Am. Mu- tual Benefit Assn. ( See vol. 1911.)

TIBBALS, C(harles) Austin, Jr., teacher chem- istry: b. N.Y. City, July 23, 1881; s. Rev. Charles Austin and Mary Louise ( Watkins) Tibbals; stud- ent Columbia, 1899-1902; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1904, A.M., 1906, Ph.D., 1908; m. Miriam Keith Reed, of Madison, Wis., Dec. 10, 1908; children: Adeline Mary, John Reed. Asst., later instr. chemistry, Univ. of Wis., 1902-8; asst. prof. and asso. prof. chemistry, Armour Inst. Tech., since 1908. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Phi Gamma Delta, Episcopalian. Club: University, Recreations: tennis, golf, fish- ing, gardening. Home: 511 Hawthorn Lane, Win- netka, I11.

TICE, Frederick, M.D .: b. nr. Oshkosh, Wis .. July 30, 1871; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1894. Prac- ticed at Chicago since 1895; prof. diseases of chest and prof. clin. medicine, Univ. of I11. Coll. of Medi- cine; mem. attending staff, Cook Co. and St. An- thony's hosps. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .. Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Chicago Soc. Internal Medicine, Soc. Medical History, Physi- cians' Club. Home: 3417 W. Monroe St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

TICE, J. W., wholesale watches; b. N.Y. State; ed. pub. schs. Identified with watch business since boyhood: came to Chicago from New York, 1893; mgr. at Chicago for Adolph Schwab, Inc., of New York; also agt. for the Tavannes Watch Co., Switzerland. Mem. Chicago Wholesale Jewelers' Assn. Protestant. Mason. Home: 5454 Harper Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

TICHENOR, Frank Harpst, vice pres. Invest- ment & Realization Co. Removed to Florida. (See vol. 1911. )

TICHENOR, Myron Hawley, horse dealer. (See Office: 507, 332 S. Michigan Av. vol. 1911.)

TIDHOLM, August, real estate; h. Jönköping, Sweden, Dec. 13, 1851; s. John and Christina (An- derson) Tidholm; came to Chicago, 1869; ed. com- mon schs. of Sweden and short time in pub. schs .. Chicago; m. Chicago, 1877, Lydia M. Iverson (now deceased ) ; children: Charles D., Albert M., Amy D .; m. 2d, Chicago, May 26, 1906, Cora L. Iverson; 2 children: Bruce, Lois. Clerked in real estate office of Mead & Coe, 1870-85; since then in real estate business. Republican. Lutheran. Ilome: 7056 Perry Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.

TIEDEBOHL, Edward Robbins, lawyer; b. Chi- cago. Ill., Oct. 7, 1889; s. Theodore Cuthbert and Rose Lee ( Blondell ) Tiedebohl; grad. Acad, of Sacred Heart Coll., Watertown, Wis., 1905; student Univ. of Chicago, 1907-9; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1912; unmarried. Entered employ of law firm of Rosenthal & Kurz, Jan., 1912, and became member of firm, May 1, 1916, reorganized under name of Rosenthal. Kurz & Houlihan. Mem. Ft. Sheridan Mil. Training Camp, 1915. Mem. Il1. State and Chicago bar assns., Phi Delta Theta. Repub- lican. Mem. Knights of Columbus, Elks, Order of the Alhambra. Clubs: Hamilton, Playgoers', Olym- pia Fields Country. Recreation: golf. Residence: Hamilton Club. Office: Continental and Commer- cial Bank Bldg.

ness, who was agent in Germany for Armour & Co., with which remained until coming to Chicago, 1891; with Armour & Co., Chicago, 1891-3, and 1894-6; mem. firm of Martin M. Schultz & Co .. 1896-1911, and sr. mem. Paul Tietgens & Co., suc- cessors, since 1911. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade, New York Produce Exchange. Clubs: University of Evanston, Onwentsia. Office: 93 Board of Trade, Chicago.

TIFFANY, Henry Stanton, printer; Jan. 9, 1845- Feb. 13, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

TIFFANY, Luther Scott, vice pres. and treas. O. W. Richardson & Co .; b. Davenport, la., June 20, 1867; 8. Asa Scott and Christine (von Coughnet) Tiffany; descendant of Humphrey Tiffany, who set- tled in Mass., about 1640; ed, pub, schs. and busi- ness coll., Davenport; m. Emma Berry, of Martins- burg, W. Va., July 9, 1889; children: Ruth, Ramer, Robert Lester, Romaine. Came to Chicago Mar., 1887: identified with O. W. Richardson & Co. (es- tablished 1875), carpets, since Mar., 1887; was made treas, and dir. upon incorporation, June 8, 1900, vice pres., 1912. Mem. Ill. Soc. S.A.R. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Advertising, Cen- tral Mfg. District. Recreations: golf, swimming. Home: 7140 Euclid Av. Office: Wabash Av., N.W. cor. Congress St.

TIGHE, Bryan G,, coal operator and shipper; h. Aurora, 111., Aug. 22, 1858; s. of Hugh and Anne Tighe; ed. puh, sch., Aurora; m. Margaret Foley, of Englewood, Ill .; 2 children. Began in coal busi- ness as salesman, in Chicago, 1882; pres. Bryan G. Tighe Coal Co. since 1906: also vice pres, and dir. Bickett Coal & Coke Co., Chicago Sandoval Coal Co., Franklin Coal & Coke Co .; dir. Drovers Nat. Bank, Drovers Trust & Savings Bank, Englewood State Bank, Chicago Bearing Metal Co. Mem. 111. Coal Operators' Assn., etc. Clubs: South Shore Country, Edgewater Beach. Home: 845 Drexel Sq.

TILDEN, Averill, banker; b. Delavan, Wis .. Aug. 9. 1××9; S. Edward and Annie ( Evenbuis) Tilden; ed. grammar schs., Chicago, and Hyde Park High Sch .; m. Helen Baylies, of Chicago, June 12. 1912: 1 daughter, Harriet Frances. Upon death of father, Feb., 1915, succeeded to his interests; vice pres. and treas. Merrill, Cox & Co .; mem. Edward Tilden & Co .; dir. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank, Fort Dear- born Trust & Savings Bank, Drovers Nat. Bank, Drovers Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago Morris Plan Bank. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Bank- ers', Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Home: 5034 Woodlawn Av. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.

TILDEN, Edward, packer, banker: June 17, 1858- Feb. 5, 1915. ( See Who's Who in America, 1914-15. )

TILDEN, Henry Congdon, jeweler; b. at Provi- dence. R.L., Sept. 13, 1870: s. Henry and Anna Isa- bel (Congdon) Tilden; ed. English and Classical Ach., Providence, R.I .: m. Flora B. Stiness, of Prov- idence, Nov. 1, 1894; 2 children: Laurence S., Mary. With Sheldon & Binney, bankers and brokers, Providence, 1889-92; then associated with the Til- den-Thurber Co., jewelers, Providence: removed to Chicago. 1902, to become identified with Spaulding & Co., of which has been sec., asst. treas, and dir. since 1905. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: I'nion League, Church, Country of Evanston. Home: 325

TIEKEN, Theodore, M.D .: b. Oldenburg, Ger- Greenwood Boul., Evanston, Ill. Office: 338 8, Mich- many, Sept. 11, 1866; s. Fredrick and Katherine igan Av., Chicago. (Sievers) Tieken; ed. pub, schs. of Ill .; M.D., Col]. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), 1899; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1917; m. Bessie Chapman, of Siegel, Ill., Sept. 11, 1901; 3 children: Robert, Helen, Theodore. Jr. Prof. therapeutics, Rush Med. Coll., since 1908; attending phys., Cook Co. and Presbyn. hosps. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Soc. Internal Medicine; fellow Inst. of Medicine Chicago. Frequent contbr. to med. jours. Recrea- tion: baseball. Home: 2944 Washington Boul. Of- fice: 30 N. Michigan Av.

TILDEN, Merrill William, banker; b. Chicago, Mar. 25, 1889; s. William A. and Ida ( Merrill) Til- den: prep. edn. Univ. High Sch., Chicago: B.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1910; m. Laura, d. William M. Rhett, of Chicago, Feb. 8, 1911; 1 daughter, Vir- ginia Whitfield. Founder and vice pres. E. J. Claf- fey Co., heating and ventilating; identified with banking business at Chicago since 1912; vice pres. and dir. Drovers Nat. Bank; dir. Drovers Trust & Savings Bank. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Demo- crat. Episcopalian, Clubs: Bankers', South Shore

TIETGENS, Paul, provision exporter; b. Ham- Country. Recreations: motoring, golf, tennis, Home: burg, Germany, July 11, 1869; s. Heinrich Adolph 4933 Dorchester Av. Office: Halsted and 42d Sts.

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TILDEN, William Alonzo, banker; b. at Delavan, Ophthal. Soc. Residence: Metropole Hotel. Office: Wis., Sept. 28, 1857. s. Ithiel D. and Margaret 800 Monroe Bldg. ( Averill) Tilden: ed, puh. schs .; m. Ida R. Merrill, TOBEY, Frank Bassett, furniture; Sept. 15, 1833-Oct. 15, 1913. (See vol. 1911.) of Chicago, June 28, 1888; 4 children: Merrill W., Edward, Esther, William J. Traveling salesman, 1876-88; with Heywood & Morrill Rattan Co. (now TOBIAS, John Joseph, chancellor Chicago Law Sch. ; b. Vandalia, Ill .; s. Rev. S. A. and Leah Anna ( Seager) Tohias; student Northwestern Coll., Naperville. Ill .; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill .; Ill. Wesleyan Univ .; Nat. Med. Coll .; Univ. of Chicago; Chicago Law Sch .; degrees LL.B., Ph.D. (LL.D.). Has devoted attention to educational work since 1892; chancellor of Midland Univ .; also chancellor of the Chicago Law Sch., and of the Chicago Seminar of Science. Mason (32°), Home: Glencoe, Il1. Office: 53 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago. Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co.), Chicago, 1888- 97; asst. cashier Drovers Deposit Nat. Bank, 1897- 1900, cashier, 1900-7; pres. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank since 1906; also pres. Fort Dearborn Trust & Savings Bank: vice pres. Drovers Trust & Sav- ings Bank; dir. Drovers Nat. Bank. Independent Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Automobile, Bankers'. Recreation: reading. Home: 4747 Wood- lawn Av. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.

TILTON, John Neal, architect; b. Rome, Italy, Dec. 9. 1×60; s. John Rollin and Caroline (Steb- bins) Tilton; B.Arch., Cornell Univ., 1880; m. Emily Wood Larrabee, of Chicago, Nov. 27, 1886; children: Rollin Larrabee, John Neal, Jr., Julian, Edward Larrabee (deceased). Student with Pea- body & Stearns, architects, New York, 1880; came to Chicago, 1881; in office of S. A. Treat, 1881-3; opened office on own account. 1883. Fellow A.I.A. Republican. Clubs: University, Suburban of La Grange. LaGrange Country. Residence: LaGrange, 111. Office. 226 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

TIMM, Hans Carl, insurance agt .: b. Hoboken, N.J., Feb. 28, 1883; s. Henry Carl and Martha (Fen- sterer ) Timm; ed. pub. schs., New York and Chi- cago; grad, business course Y.M.C.A., Chicago; m. Rhoda H., d. Oscar J. Ruh, of Chicago, Apr. 12, 1909; 2 children: Kathleen Martha, Henry Oscar. Started in ins, business with James I. Loeb, 1896; then with George M. Harvey Co .. 1897-1904; in gen. agency business, N. Y. City, 1904-6; returned to Chicago, 1906. spl. agt. for all Middle Western States until 1910; with Edward M. Teall & Co., 1910-14; mem. of George W. Roberts & Son since 1914. Republican. Lutheran. Club: Edgebrook Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 3725 Sheffield Av. Office: Insurance Exchange,

TINSMAN, Clifford Raphael, sewing machines. (See vol. 1911.)

TINSMAN, Homer Ellsworth, lawyer; b. Romeo, Mich., Oct. 21, 1860; s. William H. and Mary J. (Hosner) Tinsman; grad. Romeo High Sch., 1878; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1883; m. Christina P. Dale, of Evanston, Ill., Oct. 24, 1894. Admitted to Ill. har, 1885; began practice, 1886; mem. firm of Burke, Hollett & Tinsman, 1887-93, then successively mem. Hollett & Tinsman, Hollett, Tinsman & Sauter, Tinsman, Rankin & Neltnor, and since 1913, of Tinsman & Blocki. Asst. county atty., 1889, 90; alderman 32d Ward, 1908, 09. Mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Meth- odist. Mason (32°, Shriner), Odd Fellow. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: outdoor exercises. Home: 6626 Yale Av. Office: 1350 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

TITUS, Andrew P., railway service; b. nr. Princeton, N.J., Apr. 11, 1873; s. A. R. and Juliette (Phillips) Titus; student Princeton Coll., 1889-90; m. Isabelle Crowley, of Detroit, Mich., Nov. 1, 1902, 4 children. Began in car dept. L.S.&M.S.Ry .. at Cleveland, O., 1890; mining in N.M., 1893-5; again with L.S.&M.S.Ry., 1895-1900; car distributor and chief clk. to supt. car service, 1900-5, same at Pittsburgh, 1905-7. asst. supt. and supt. at Canton, O., 1907-12, Wheeling & L.E.R.R .; gen. supt., 1912- 15, gen. mgr. since Nov., 1915, C.&A.R.R. Presby- terian. Republican. Club: Union League. Recre- ation: golf. Home: 1116 E. 46th St. Office: 1000, 60S S. Dearborn St.

TOBIN, Arthur C., sales mgr .; b. Chicago, Feh. 16, 1880; s. late Samuel C. and Flora (Parish) Tobin: ed. pub. schs. and Armour Inst. Tech .; m. Helen Roche, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1907; 3 chil- dren: Arthur R., Helen Martha, Eleanor. With Ar- mour & Co., Chicago, 1897-1907; sales mgr. Gen- eral Fireproofing Co., of Youngstown, O., since 1907. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: South Shore Country, Quadrangle. Recreations: golf, tennis. Home: 5729 Woodlawn Av. Office: 325 W. Madison Street.

TOBIN, Edward J., educator; b. Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 8, 1872; s. Patrick Tobin; ed. puh, grammar schs. at Kenosha until 16; came to Chicago, 1888, and continued studies while working; m. Belle Padden, of Chicago, July 24, 1907: I daughter, Ruth. Began teaching at Bremen, Cook Co., Ill., 1892, continuing 2 yrs .; teacher grammar schs., Chicago, 1894-1904; prin. Healy Sch., 1904-10; coun- ty supt. schs. since Nov., 1910. Mem. N.E.A. Home: 5607 Michigan Av. Office: 506 County Bldg.

TODD, Charles Cameron, mfr. cast iron pipes and general castings; b. Trenton, N.J., Oct. 27, 1864; s. William and Jeanette (Lodor) Todd; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and high sch., Oak Park, Ill .; m. Mary Barclay Miller, of Cairo, 111., Dec. 12, 1895; 3 children: Jeanette, Virginia, Barbara Cam- eron. Became connected with T. S. & A. T. Kirk- wood, machinery, 1884; then with Walcott-Hurl- burt Co., plumbers' supplies, and Alberine Stone Co., slate plumbers' goods; identified with Central Foundry Co. of New York since 1900, 2d vice pres. since 1915. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Recreation: golf. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 322 MeCormick Bldg., Chicago.

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Who's who in Chicago; the book of Chicagoans, a biographical dictionary of leading living men and women of the city of Chicago and environs, 1917, Part 221

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