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WELCH, see also Welsh.
WELCH, Albert Gaylord, lawyer; b. at Chicago, June 3, 1873; s. of Leon C. and Laura A. (King) Welch; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and Lake Forest Acad .; m. Katharine Strong, of Chicago, Jan. 10, 1906. Studied law in office of Francis W. Walker, Chicago; admitted to bar, 1894; mem. Sims, Welch & Godman. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Soc. of Advocates. Republican. Uni- tarian. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Coun- try, Law. Home: 1627 Hyde Park Boul. Office: x08 Marquette Bldg.
WELCH, Ninian H., lawyer; b. Rosecrans, Ill., Jan. 1, 1873; s. John Tyler and Emma Jane (Page) Welch; B.S., Wheaton (Ill.) Coll., 1898; student philosophy and history, Beloit ( Wis.) Coll., 1 yr .; A.M., Lake Forest (Ill.) Univ., 1899; LL.B., Chi- cago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1902; m. Mabel Mildred Ott, of Chicago, June 18, 1908; children: June Jua- nita, Margaret and Marjorie (twins), Betty Caro- line. Admitted to 111. har, 1902, and since practiced at Chicago; asst, judge Probate Court of Cook Co., 1906-10; candidate for nomination for judge Cir- cuit Court of Cook Co., Apr., 1911; apptd. master in chancery of Circuit Court, 1917; lecturer in Chi- cago-Kent Coll. of Law. Mem. Ill. State and Chi- cago bar assns. Republican. Campaign speaker and lecturer, Clubs: Hamilton, Town and Country (ex- pres.). Home: 2537 Wilcox St. Office: 19 S. LaSalle Street.
WELCH, Patrick Henry, dentist. (See vol. 1911.) WELD, Laenas Gifford, educator; b. Sherwood, St. Joseph Co., Mich., Dec. 30. 1862; s. of Le Roy Tryon and Nancy Rose (Dougherty ) Weld; North. western Univ .. 1878-80; B.S., State Univ. of lowa. 1883. A.M., 1886 (LL.D., 1912); studied abroad. 1×97; m. Harriet Magdalene Doane, of Cresco, la., June 24, 1887. Teacher mathematics, Burlington ( Ja.) High Sch., 1884-6; asst. prof., 1886-7, acting prof., 1887-9, prof. mathematics and astronomy and head dept., 1889-1911, dean Graduate Coll., 1900-7, dir. Sch. of Applied Science, 1903-5, dean Coll. Lib- eral Arts, 1907-10, State Univ. of Iowa. State supt. weights and measures for Ia., 1888-1911; dir. Pull- man ( Ill.) Free School of Manual Training since Sept. 1, 1911. Fellow A.A.A.S. (sec. Sect. A, 1904- 09) ; mem. Am. Math. Soc., Astron, and Astrophys. Soc. America, Archæol. Inst. America, Hist. Soc. Ia., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi (treas. nat. soc., 1901-5), Phi Delta Theta. Congregationalist. Home: 5459 Blackstone Av.
WELD, Louis Dwight Harvell; b. Hyde Park, Mass., Apr. 18, 1882; s. Stuart F. and Anna (Har- vell) Weld; A.B., Bowdoin, 1905; A.M., Univ. of Ill., 1907: Ph. D., Columbia, 1908; m. Barbara Applegate, of N.Y. City, Dec. 23, 1909. Instr. in economics, Univ. of Wash., 1908-9, Univ. of Pa., 1909-10; spl. agt. U.S. Census Bur., 1910-12: asst. prof. and chief of diy. agrl. economics, Univ. of Minn., 1912-15; prof, business administration, Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1915-17; mgr. research dept. Swift & Co., packers, Chicago, since 1917. Mem. Am. Econ. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi. Republic- an. Unitarian. Special researches in marketing and selling methods. Author: Private Freight Cars and American Railways (thesis), 1908; Marketing of Farm Products, 1916. Address: Care Swift & Co., Union Stock Yards.
WEISBACH, Harry, violinist; b. Odessa, Russia, WELDON, Alfred Frederick, band leader. (See vol. 1911. ) Apr. 28, 1886; s. Israel and Sonia (Goniker) Weis- bach; ed. pub. schs .; studied with A. S. Volpe, New York, and Eugene Ysaye, in Brussels, Belgium; WELLER, Charles Frederick, social service: b. grad. Royal High Sch, of Music, Berlin, 1908; un- Chicago, Aug. 19, 1870; s. Fayette Montrose (M.D. ) married, Erought to America, 1890; first played in and Philena (Huntoon) Weller; B.S., Univ. of
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Mich., 1894 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Eugenia Wins- omew; A.B., Kalamazoo Coll .; m. James M. Wells, ton, of Forreston, Ill., and Chicago, Sept. 18, 1901. of Olean, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1867 (died 1895). Co-prin. Dist. supt. Chicago Bur. of Charities, 1896-1901; Westminster Sem., Ft. Wayne, Ind., 1883-99; field sec. Associated Charities, Washington, 1901-8; was sec. Woman's Presbyn. Bd. of Missions of the sec. of the new Associated Charities of Pittsburgh, Northwest; chautauqua lecturer. Regular contbr. to Presbyn. Home Mission Monthly, New York. Presbyterian. Republican. Part Author: Conserva- glewood and West Side dists., vacant lot vegetable tion of National Ideals, 1914. Recreation: outdoor life. Home: 6022 Kenwood Av. 1908-12; asso. sec. Playground and Recreation Assn. of America since 1912. Established the En- gardens, summer outings, etc., Chicago; founded the Neighborhood House (with aid of wife), Camp Good Will, movement for prevention of tubercu- losis, established the Colored Social Settlement, or- ganized the first playground com, and movement in Washington. Dir. nat. council Boy Scouts of Amer- ica. Progressive. Congregationalist. Author: Neg- lected Neighhors, 1909. Lectures on the recreation movement. Home: 5532 Kenwood Av. Ofhce: 1201 E. 55th St.
WELLER, Felix J., mfr .; b. Saxon, Germany, Aug. 28, 1860; s. Frederick and Emilie (Helling) Weller; came to America, 1862; ed. pub. schs., She- boygan, Wis .: m. Ida Louis, of Chicago, May 11, 1857: children: Arno L., Emilie, Lucile, Lived at Sheboygan until 1878; removed to Chicago and served in various positions; organized the Weller Mfg. Co., mfrs. elevating, conveying and transmit- ting machinery, 1886, and since pres. of company. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Germania. Edgewater Golf. Home: 856 Buena Av. Office: 1856 N. Kostner Avenue.
WELLER, Stuart, geologist; b. Maine, Broome Co., N.Y., Dec. 26, 1870; s. James and Henrietta ( Marean) Weller; B.S., Cornell Univ., 1894; Ph.D., Yale Univ .. 1901; m. Harriet A. Marvin, of Spring- field, Mo., Sept. 23, 1897. Asst. Mo. Geol. Survey, 1890, U.S. Geol. Survey, 1891; mus. asst. In charge palæontology, 1892-3, asst. in geology, 1893-4, Cor- nell; asst. in palæontology, and grad. student, Yale, 1894-5; palæontologist N.J. Geol. Survey, 1899- 1907; asst. geologist, 1901-6, geologist since 1906, U.S. Geol. Survey; geologist Ill. Geol. Survey since 1906; asst., 1895-7, asso., 1897-1900, instr., 1900-1, asst. prof. palæontologic geology, 1901-S, asso. prof., 1908-15, prof. since 1915, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Geol. Soc. America, A.A.A.S., Chicago Acad. Sciences; corr. mem. N.Y. Acad. Sciences. Home: 5756 Dorchester Av.
WELLS, Addison E., contractor; b. Janesville, Wis., Feb. 4, 1856: s. Warren A. and Sarah (Har- ris) Wells; ed. pub. schs. of St. Paul, Minn .; re- moved to Chicago at age of 15; m. Janesville, 1877, Alice Conant; children: Arthur F., Harry Lord, Percy A., Warren M. Immediately after the great fire, started to learn the trade of mason, as appren- tice in firm of which his father was at the head; became a partner in father's business in 1880, un- der firm name of W. A. & A. E. Wells, inc., 1901, as Wells Bros. Co., now Wells Bros. Constrn. Co., of which is pres. Pres. Bapt. Old People's Home, and treas. Bapt. Exec. Council, Republican. Clubs: Union League, Builders', Lake Geneva Country, Oak Park Country. Recreations: golf, motoring, fishing and sailing. Home: 226 S. Home Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
WELLS, Arthur Brattle, lawyer; b. at Chicago, Nov. 23, 1862; s. Frederick Chapin and Clara (Lat- imer) Wells; B.A .. Yale, 1884; M.A., Columbia, 1886; m. Jane Creigh Stearns, of Chicago, June 14. 1893; children: Eleanor. Frederick Chapin. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1886, and was associated with Ezra B. McCagg until his death, Aug, 2, 1908; mem. of Wells, Blakeley & Talcott since 1912. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Law Cluh. Re- publican. Recreation : collecting rare books. Home: 1234 N. State St. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.
WELLS, Bradford, mfr .: b. Chicago, 1880; s. late Robert Moses and Mary M. (Badgley) Wells: B. Ph., Sheffield Scientific Sch. (Yale), 1901; unmar- ried. Has been identified with the mfg. business at Chicago since 1906; an organizer. 1911, and pres. Fidelity Brass Mfg. Co., mfrs. brass valves, etc. Mem. IlI. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Flossmoor Country. Residence: Virginia Hotel. Office: 1001 W. Washington St.
WELLS, Delphine B. (Mrs. James M. Wells), lecturer on missions: b. Bristol, Conn., Feb. 2, 1847; d. William G. and Josephine L. (Bicknell) Barthol- 1911.)
WELLS, Edward F., M.D .; b. nr. Dayton, O., May 14, 1853; s. Robert S. and Eliza (Saunders) Wells; early edn. in pub. schs .; M.D., Med. Coll. of Ohio, 1874; m. Shelbyville, Ind., June 27, 1876, Maria J. Billman; I son, Michael B. Engaged in practice since 1874, at Chicago since 1891. Commd. capt. Med. Officers' Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Apr. 9, 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Inst. of Medicine, Chicago Pathol. Soc., Chicago Soc. Inter- nal Medicine, etc. Club: Kenwood. Home and Of- fice: 4744 Woodlawn Av.
WELLS, Fred Amasa, contractor; b. at Mitchell, Ia., July 26, 1859; s. Warren A. and Sarah (Harris) Wells; ed. grammar and high schs. of Chicago; m. 1882. Sarah Holton; m. 2d, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1888, Ida Kerr; 1 daughter, Edith Sarah (Mrs. R. W. Porteus). Began at age of 18 as timekeeper for Fowler Bros., packers; later associated with father and brother in contracting business as mem. firm of W. A. & A. E. Wells, inc., 1901, as Wells Bros. Co .; now vice pres, and treas. Wells Bros. Constrn. Co .; dir. Chapman & Smith Co. Chmn. exec. com. Internat. S.S. Bd. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Westmoreland Country. Recreations: golf, automobiling. Home: 2306 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 914 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
WELLS, H(arry) Gideon, pathologist; b. at New Haven, Conn., July 21. 1875; s. Romanta and Emma Townsend (Tuttle) Wells; Ph.B., Sheffield Scien- tific Sch. (Yale), 1895; A.M., Lake Forest Univ., 1897; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1898; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1903; interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1898-9; studied in Berlin, 1904-5; (hon. A.M., Yale, 1912); m. Bertha Robbins, of Newington, Conn., Apr. 2, 1902. Asso. in pathology, 1901-2. instr., 1903-4, asst. prof., 1904-9, asso. prof., 1909-13, prof. since 1913, dean in med. work since 1904, Univ. of Chi- cago. Dir. of med, research, Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Inst., Chicago, since 1911. Mem. Red Cross commn. to Roumania, 1917. Mem. Assn. Am. Physicians, Cancer Research Soc., A.M.A., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Am. Assn. Pathologists and Bacteriol- ogists, A.A.A.S., Assn. Am. Bacteriologists, Soc. Biol. Chemistry. Author: Chemical Pathology, 1907. Home: 1233 E. 56th St.
WELLS, Harry Lord, contractor; b. Janesville, Wis .. Apr. 14, 1880; s. Addison E. and Alice (Co- nant) Wells; A.B., Harvard, 1902, LL.B., 1905; m. Helen F., d. Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat, of Chi- cago, Mar. 2, 1908; 2 children: Harry Lord, Jr., Frances. In contracting business at Chicago since 1900; sec. and dir. Wells Bros. Constrn. Co., 1905, vice pres. since 1915; admitted to Ill. bar, 1905. Mem. Wis. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: University: Harvard (Chicago, Boston and New York); Oak Park Country, River Forest Ten- nis. Recreations: golf, tennis. Home: 642 N. Elm- wood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 914 Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
WELLS, Hosea Williams, judge; b. Delaware, O., Jan. 27, 1856; s. Joseph and Lucinda Ann (Case) Wells; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ. and law dept. of Northwestern Univ .: m. Virginia I. Hammond, of Brunswick, Mo., Sept. 30, 1884; 1 son, George H. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889; active in local politics for many years; elected judge of Municipal Court of Chicago and reelected for term expiring 1914; reelected for the unexpired term (ending 1916) of Thomas F. Scully, and for the full term expiring 1922. Republican. Clubs: Illinois, Hamilton. Home: 1943 W. Adams St.
WELLS, Marshall Williams, railway mgr. (See vol. 1911.)
WELLS, Robert Moses, hardware mcht .: Aug. 30, 1848-Sept. 8, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
WELLS, William Leonidas, artist. (See vol.
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WELLS, Willis John, retired; b. Geneva, III., Oct. 17, 1857; s. Charles B. and Marietta (Pierce) Wells; ed. pub. schs., Geneva; m. Cranford, N.J., Sept. 7, 1881, Kate Patten; children: Gladys, Marjorie, Douglas. Came to Chicago, 1872; in printing busi- ness with Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co., 1872-82; in publishing business with L. H. Everts & Co., Phila- delphia, 1882-5; returned to Chicago, 1885, and was mem. firm of Pettibone, Wells & Co., and after- wards Rogers & Wells until 1902, when joined in organization of the Binner-Wells Co., designers, engravers and printers, of which was pres. until retired from business. Was mem. Ist ill. Inf. 16 yrs. and served with that regt. in the Cuban Cam- paign as battalion adjutant. Mem. Soc. of Santiago, Military Order of Foreign Wars. Mason. Club: Chicago Athletic. Recreations: books, hunting, fishing. Home: 3753 Ellis Av.
WELSH, see also Welch.
WELSH, John Wallace, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.)
WENDELL, Julius A., banker; removed to New- berg, Ore. (See vol. 1911.)
WENDNAGEL, Eugene, mfr .; b. Chicago, July 24, 1865; s. Louis and Salome (Braesch) Wend- nagel; ed. pub. schs. and business coll .; m. Chicago, Nov. 30, 1898, Bessie Woodruff; children: Charles Eugene, Mary Elizabeth. With Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. about 9 yrs .; associated with broth- er, 1891, as mem, firm of Wendnagel & Co., mfrs. and builders of tanks and steel towers (business established by father in 1856 under the name of Louis Wendnagel & Co.). Home: 4526 Greenwood Av. Office: 600 W. 22d St.
WENDNAGEL, William (John Ernst), tank mfr .; b. Chicago, Sept. 9, 1870; s. Louis and Salome (Braesch) Wendnagel; ed. pub. grammar and night schs., Chicago; m. Edith Conover, of Chicago, June 5, 1905; 1 son, William. Mem. firm of Wendnagel & Co. since 1889. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Colonial, Chicago Athletic. Home: 5200 University Av. Office: 600 W. 22d St.
WENTER, Frank; b. in Bohemia, of German parentage, June 7, 1854; came to America and di- rectly to Chicago at 12 yrs. of age; attended night and pvt. schs. several years. In 1873 began on a small scale the mfr. of furniture, in which line continued 25 yrs., the F. Wenter Co. becoming one of the largest in the trade; was pres. of Chicago Furniture Expn., 1891. Apptd. by the elder Mayor Harrison, 1883, mem. Bd. of Edn., and twice re- appointed, resigning in 1890; father of physical culture in the pub. schs. of Chicago, having in- duced the bd. to introduce it experimentally in 4 schs .; with the result of its subsequent general adoption. Mem, bd. trustees Sanitary Dist. of Chi- cago, elected at the first election in 1889, and re- elected in 1885 and 1900; pres. of the bd., 1891-5; under his Ist term as pres, ground was broken by him on the canal, and while pres. of the bd. the principal construction of the canal was accom- plished. Dem, nominee for mayor of Chicago, 1895. Home: 4807 Sheridan Rd.
WENTWORTH, Edward Chichester, real estate; b. Charlestown, N.H., Nov. 6, 1859; s. Henry C. and Rebecca S. (White) Wentworth; ed. Skinner Sch., and West Div. High Sch., Chicago; m. Hettie Cur- rier, of Chicago, Apr. 12, 1883; children: Carolyn (Mrs. George S. Parker), Robert, Hester. Began in real estate business, 1884, in employ of Mead & Coe; engaged in business for self, 1892; now mem. Whiteside & Wentworth; treas. and dir. Hartford Deposit Co. Home: 2817 Indiana Av. Office: 8 S. Dearborn St.
WENTWORTH, Frank Warren, printer; b. Chi- cago, May 14, 1868; s. Willard Francis and Mary Ann (Warren) Wentworth; Ph.B., Sheffield Scien- tific Sch. (Yale), 1887; m. Bessie Louise, d. Forrest F. Cooke, of Galesburg, Ill., Oct. 2, 1907. Was civil engr. on bd. of Sanitary Dist., Chicago, 1889-91; with Milwaukee Lithographing Co., 1891-1914, as 2d vice pres, and dir. 1909-14; organized, 1909, and since vice pres. The Shirley Press; pres. Went- worth & Rice Co., printers, since 1914. Mem. Chi- cago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Unitarian. Pres. Central Assn. of the Amateur Athletic Assn., 1897; mem. Chi Phi. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic
(sec. 1896, 97), Chicago Yacht, South Shore Coun- try, Glen View Golf, Atlas, Yale. Recreations: mo- toring, golf, swimming. Home: 5031 Dorchester Av. Office: 727 S. Dearborn St.
WENTWORTH, Moses Jones, capitalist; b. Sand- wich, N.H., May 9, 1848; s. Joseph and Sarah Pay- son (Jones) Wentworth; grad. Phillips Acad., An- dover, Mass., 1863; A.B., Harvard Coll., 1868, A.M., 1872; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1871; m. Chicago, Dec. 7, 1891, Lizzie Shaw Hunt; children: John, Hunt. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1871, but never practiced law, devoting attention to the care of property. Dir. Merchants Loan & Trust Co., State Bank of Chicago. Democrat; mem. Ill. Legislature. 3 terms. Presbyterian. Trustee Newberry Library. Life mem. New England Historic-Geneal. Soc. Clubs: Calumet (pres. 3 terms), University, Saddle and Cycle. Home: 1240 Lake Shore Drive.
WERMUTH, William Charles, Jr., lawyer; b. at Chicago, Jan. 28, 1888; s. William Charles (M.D.) and Emma (Ulrich) Wermuth; grad. of Evanston Acad., 1905; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1909, M.S. and LL.B., 1911; m. Phyllis R., d. William J. Don- lin, of Chicago, June 18, 1913; 2 children: William Charles, 3d, Phyllis Kathryn. Admitted to Ill. har, 1911, and since practiced at Chicago; vice pres. Blackstone Inst. Lecturer Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1912-14. Mem. Am. and Chicago bar assns., Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Author of Law of Contracts, in Modern American Law (Blackstone Inst.), 1914; Legal Necessity of Con- sent to Operations (A.M.A. Jour.), 1914. Asso. edi- tor Modern American Law. Club: Rotary. Recrea- tions: music, literature. Home: 4030 Sheridan Rd. Office: 1203 Transportation Bldg.
WERNER, Frank A., portrait painter; b. Akron, O., Apr. 15, 1877; s. Paul E. and Lucy (Denaple) Werner; prep. edn. Kenyon Mil. Acad., Gambier, O .; student Mass. Inst. Tech., 1895-9; studied painting in Germany pvtly. for 5 yrs., living there for 10 yrs .; m. Laura Wilhelmina, d. Frederick W. Rueck- heim, of Chicago, Jan. 23, 1910; 1 son, Philip M. Has exhibited in leading cities of Europe and America. Dir. Kansas City Tire & Rubber Corpn. Ex-sec. Commn. for Encouragement of Local Art; mem. Chicago Soc. Artists (dir., ex-pres.), Artists' Guild (pres.), Sigma Chi. Clubs: The Arts (dir.), Cliff Dwellers, Calumet Country, Olympia Fields. Home: 5121 Drexel Boul. Studio: 408 Michigan Av.
WERNER, Frank William, sec., treas. Joyce- Watkins Co .; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Jan. 31, 1870; s. Henry and Minnie (Glasow) Werner; ed. pub. schs .; m. Rose M. Ribble, of Minneapolis, Minn., June 12, 1894. In lumber and railway tie business several years; with Joyce-Watkins Co., dealers in railway ties, since 1906, now sec., treas, and dir. of the company; also sec., treas, and dir. Watkins Creosoting Co., Arrow Transportation Co. Repub- lican. Episcopalian. Mason. Recreation: motor- ing. Home: 858 Lawrence Av. Office: 332 S. Michi- gan Av.
WERNO, Charles, lawyer; b. Chicago, Nov. 17, 1859; s. Matthias and Caroline Werno; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Chicago Athenaeum; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1885; m. Martha Scheunemann, of Chicago, July 25, 1888; 1 daughter, Irene. Was em- ployed in wholesale nifg. house of J. W. Griswold & Co., 1876-83; attended law coll., and on gradua- tion, 1885, was admitted to the bar; since in active practice. Elected alderman 21st Ward of Chicago, 1899 (afterward changed to the #3d Ward), and re-elected in 1901, 03 and 05; was chmn. Judiciary Com. 4 yrs., chmn. Local Transportation Com. 2 yrs. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: German, Edgewater Country. Home: 5910 Sheridan Rd. Office: 139 N. Clark St.
WERT, Albert Alva, druggist; b. Chicago, July 24, 1860; s. Aaron Peter and Mary (Aldworth) Wert; grad. pub. sch., Chicago, 1876; m. Chicago, Apr. 23, 1889, Hattie J. Ledward; children: Alva Ledward, Thomas Chester, Albert A., Jr. (died in infancy ). In employ of Fuller & Fuller Co., whole- sale druggists, Sept., 1877-May, 1894; purchased half interest in the Auditorium Pharmacy Co., of which is treas. and dir .; pres. Ashland Drug Co .; treas. Congress Drug Co. Episcopalian. Club: Edge- water Country. Recreations: baseball and fishing. Home: 1044 Loyola Av. Office: Ashland Blk.
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WESCOTT, see also Westcott,
WESCOTT, Cassius D., M.D .; b. Salisbury Cen- ter, N. Y., May 25, 1861; s. Austin B. and C. Ermina (Byington) Wescott; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1883; m. Ada Virgil, of Chicago, Dec. 31, 1890; children: Virgil, Helen. While still a student, began teaching at Rush Med. Coll. as asst. in chen, laboratory; demonstrator of chemis- try, 1883-4; resident physician at Ill. Eastern Hosp. for the Insane, Kankakee, 1884-6; began practice in Chicago, 1886, continuing until 1894, when gave up general practice for ophthalmology. In 1886 began spl. study of diseases of the eye and ear; asst. surgeon, Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirm- ary, 1887-8; apptd. surgeon to eye and ear dept. Central Free Dispensary, 1887, in connection with Rush Med. Coll .; oculist to Cook Co. Hosp., 1891-3; lecturer on eye at Ill. Training Sch. for Nurses, 1891-1915; instr. ophthalmology, 1894-1900, asst. prof., 1900-7, Rush Med. Coll .; ophthalmologist to C., M.&St. P.Ry. since 1894; attending oculist Wash- ington Boul. Hosp, since 1900; asst. ophthalmolo- gist Presbyterian Hosp., 1900-7; consulting oph- thalmologist St. Anthony's Hosp., 1900-10; attend- ing ophthalmologist St. Luke's Hosp., 1907-15. Ap- ptd. 1st It. U.S.A. Med. Reserve Corps, Feb., 1911. Mem. Am. Ophthal. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Assn. Ry. Surgeons, Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Ophthal. Soc. (pres., 1900), Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc. (pres., 1893), C., M.&St. P. Ry. Surgeons' Assn., Chicago Inst. Medicine, Chicago Physicians' Club. Trustee 3d Unitarian Church, 1901-6. Clubs: University, City, Recreations: shooting, fishing, motoring. Contbr. numerous articles to periodical med. lit. Home: 1360 E. 58th St. Office: 22 E. Wash- ington St.
WESENER, John Alfonzo, consulting chemist; b. Saginaw, Mich., Mar. 14, 1865; s. Hugo and Bertha (Weingart) Wesener; ed. pub, schs., Saginaw and Owosso, Mich .; Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1886; Ph.C., Univ. of Mich., 1888; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1894; m. Delilah Patty, of Owosso, Mich., Mar. 2, 1891. Began practice as chemist at Chicago, 1889; pres. Columbus Laboratories, Mem. A.M.A., Chi- cago Med. Soc., Physicians' Club, Am. Chem. Soc., Soc. Chem. Industry; fellow Acad. of Medicine. Club: Chicago Athletic. Protestant. Home: 4608 Malden St. Office: 1406, 31 N. State St.
WESLEY, Allen A., M.D .; b. Dublin, Ind., Sept. 25, 1856; s. Edward E. and Elizabeth Ann (Davis) Wesley; ed. pub. schs., Cincinnati, O .; Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; teacher mathe- matics and Latin, Fisk Univ., Nashville, Tenn., 1878-83; A.B., Fisk Univ., 1884; studied medicine under William Mussey, Cincinnati, and Ralph N. Isham, Chicago; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1887; un- married. One of the founders of Provident Hosp. and vice pres. since 1900; served as dist. physician for Cook Co. Capt. and asst. surgeon, 9th Battalion, I.N.G., 1898: maj. surgeon, 8th Ill. Inf. U.S. Vols., 1898-9; served in Cuba; major surgeon 8th Inf., I.N.G. since 1902, Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chi- cago med. socs., Assn. Mil. Surgeons of U.S. (life ), Assn. Ill. Mil. Surgeons. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Mason, K.P .; mem. John R. Tanner Camp, No. 11, Sons of Veterans. Club: Appomattox. Home: 3149 Prairie Av. Office: 3102 State St.
WESSLING, Milton Phillip, wholesale general mdse .; h. Northfield, Cook Co., Ill., May 7, 1876; s. Jacob and Harriett (Rapp) Wessling; ed. at pub. schs., Cook Co .; m. Nora J. Fuchs, of Chicago, Oct. 10, 1902. With Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., 1894-6; then with the Wells & Nellegar Co., which was succeeded, Feb. 1, 1907, by the MeVoy-Wess- ling Hardware Co., of which was vice pres, and sec. until 1912; became connected with the American Merchants Syndicate, 1912, vice pres. since 1914. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recreation: bowling. Home: 412 Randolph St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 155 E. Su- perior St., Chicago.
WEST, Charles Lake, president and treasurer of Schweizer & West Mfg. Co .; b. nr. Elkhorn, Wis., May 5, 1861; s. Steven G. and Martha A. (Lake) West; ed. pub. sch., Elkhorn, and business coll., Milwaukee; m. Jessica A. Chapman, of New York, July 8, 1890; 2 daughters: Laura S., Muriel E. En- gaged in building and hardware business at Perry, la., 1882-7; organized, and was sec. and mgr. Fre-
mont (Neb.) Mfg. Co., 1887-94; came to Chicago, 1894, and was sec. Edmunds Mfg. Co., until 1909, when reorganized the C. Schweizer Mfg. Co. as the Schweizer & West Mfg. Co., interior finish and cabinet work, of which has been pres, and treas. since May 1, 1909; also pres. Florists' Pub. Co. Mem. Builders' and Traders' Exchange, Chicago, Master Carpenters' Assn. of New York, Wis. Soc. of Chicago. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason (K.T.), K.P. Clubs: Union League, City, Builders', Oak Park, Glen Oak Country. Recreations: golf, fish- ing. llome: 540 Linden Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 310 N. Ada St., Chicago.
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