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 238

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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WILDER, Ralph Everett, cartoonist. Removed to Coldwater, Mich. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

WILDER, Thomas Edward, tanner; b. Lancas- ter, Mass., Aug. 15, 1855; s. of Charles Lewis and Harriet Ellen (Harris) Wilder; descended from Thomas Wilder, Lancaster, Mass., 1640; prep. edn. Lancaster Acad .; M.E., Worcester ( Mass.) Poly. Inst., 1874; m. Anna G., d. William F. Tucker, of Chicago, Sept. 2, 1880; children: Marjorie (Mrs. William H. Emery), Edward Tucker, Erskine Phelps, Harold, Paul, Harris Emory. Taught sch., 1874-5; came to Chicago, 1875, as clk. with Walker, Oakley & Co .; started in commn. leather business, 1878, and in 1879 became mem. Johnson & Wilder, mfrs, of cut soles, etc .; firm of Wilder & Hale suc- ceeded, 1880, changing in 1887 to the present style of Wilder & Co., of which was sr. mem., and pres. since incorporation, Dec. 31, 1906; vice pres. Wilder Tanning Co., of Waukegan, Ill .; chmn. bd. of mgrs. J. W. & A. P. Howard Co., Ltd., Corry, Pa .; dir. Conselman & Co., investment bankers. One of or- ganizers of Chicago Assn. Commerce, of which was mem. bd. of dirs. and mem. exec. com., and ways and means com., also ex-chmn. publicity com. and ex-gen. sec. Ex-chmn. Waterway Com .; ex-vice pres. Nat. Congress of Rivers and Harbors for State of Ill. (now dir.); chmn. Am. delegation 6th

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Internat. Congress Chambers of Commerce, Paris, Delta, Delta Chi. Mason, Clubs: Hamilton, River- 1914; mem. Nat. Conservation Congress. Trustee side Golf. Recreations: canoeing, camping, Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 1508 Marquette Bldg., Chi- cago. Worcester Poly. Inst. since 1907. Vice pres. Chi- cago Band Assn .; dir. Infant Welfare Soc. Repub- lican. Unitarian, Ex-pres, Massachusetts Soc .; ex- pres. New England Soc. Clubs: Union League, Uni- versity, Aero (vice pres.), Chicago Golf, Elmhurst Golf (ex-pres.), Cross Country Saddle and Bridle (vice pres.). Interested in philanthropic and civic work. Recreations: golf, horseback riding, flowers, Home: Elmhurst, Ill. Office: 226 W. Lake St., Chi- cago.

WILDER, William Hamlin, M.D .; b. Covington, Ky., Dec. 16, 1860; s. Josiah and Emma (Morse) Wilder; descendant of Edward Wilder, who set- tled in Plymouth Colony, 1638; A.B., Belmont Coll., Cincinnati, 1878; M.D., Med. Coll. of Ohio, 1884; resident phys. Cincinnati Hosp., 1883-4; student Univ. of Göttingen, 1889, Univ. of Vienna, 1890; studied also in hosps. of Berlin and London, 1890- 91; m. Ella Taylor, of Cincinnati, June 10, 1884 (died 1898); children: Russell Morse, Laura Car- roll (died 1914) ; m. 2d, Carrie Rothschild, Dec. 25, 1907; children: William Hamlin, Margaret. Prac- ticed at Cincinnati, 1884-9; specialist in diseases of the eye and ear at Chicago since 1892; prof. ophthalmology, Rush Med. Coll., and Chicago Poli- clinic; surgeon Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirm- ary; ophthalmologist to Presbyn. Hosp. Apptd. 1st It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Mem. Am. Ophthal. Soc., A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Ophthal. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc. Independent Republican. Clubs: Quadrangle, Chicago Atlıletic, Flossmoor Country, University, Physicians'. Author of a monograph in Ophthalmic Surgery System; contbr. many articles to med. jours. and mags .; collaborated in several books on ophthalmology. Recreation: golf. Home: 5811 Ken- wood Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

WILE, see also Weil.

WILE, Eugene I., insurance; Jan. 2, 1868-Sept. 6, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

WILE, Joseph M., insurance; b. LaPorte, Ind., Feb. 17, 1861; s. Jacob and Henrietta (Guggen- heim) Wile; ed. pub. schs., LaPorte; m. Ida David- son, of LaPorte, Feb. 6, 1890; children: Harold D., Ruth J. Identified with ins. business since 1877; resident of Chicago since 1887; mem. Wile, Loeb & Gutman, 1904-16; mem. Klee, Rogers, Wile & Loeb since May 1, 1916. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Club: Idlewild Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 4927 Lake Park Av. Of- fice: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

WILES, see also Wyles. WILES, Alice Bradford (Mrs. Robert Hall Wiles), club woman; b. Boston, Mass .; d. Joseph Russell and Sarah Jane Toppan ( Woodman) Brad- ford; descendant of James Chilton, of the May- flower, and John Haynes, gov. of Mass. Colony, and first gov. of Conn .; ed. Mt. Holyoke Sem .; B.S., Cornell Univ., 1875; m. Robert Hall Wiles, of Free- port, Ill., Aug. 22, 1876 (died 1907) ; children: Brad- ford (died in infancy), Russell, Edith Bradford. Served as vice pres. Ill. World's Fair Bd., 1891-4; chmn, ednl. dept. Chicago Woman's Club, 1895-6, and chmn. philosophy and science dept., 1911-13; pres. Ill. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1896-8; mem. Bd. of Edn., Freeport, 1905-7. Regent Chi- cago Chapter D.A.R., 1899-1901; State Regent D.A. R., 1901-2; founder and first pres. U.S. Daughters of 1812 of Ill., 1903-11; nat. pres. U.S. Daughters of 1812, 1915-17, 1917-19. Chmn. Ill. State Commn., 1914, to place bronze memorial in State House for Ill. Soldiers of War of 1812. Founder and first pres. Freeport Woman's Club. Wrote: History of the Work of the Illinois Women at the Columbian Exposition, 1894. Residence: Hotel Del Prado.

WILES, Russell, patent lawyer; b. at Freeport, Ill., Aug. 22, 1881; s. Robert H. and Alice ( Brad- ford) Wiles; ed. schs. of Freeport and Chicago; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1901; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1904, also M.S .; m. Oct. 26, 1904, Ethel, d. Dr. R. N. Foster, of Chicago; children: Russell, Jr., Alice Bradford, Bradford. Began practice in office of H. Bitner. 1901-4; mem. firm of Bitner, Wiles & Sherrey, 1904-6, Dyrenforth, Lee, Chritton & Wiles, patent and copyright law, since 1906. Mem. Chicago Patent Law Assn., Phi Gamma

WILEY, Edward Norris, insurance; b. Hartford, Conn., Mar. 8, 1855; s. William H. and Miranda (Griswold) Wiley; ed. pub. schs. of Hartford; m. at Chicago, 1883, Jennie E. Moore (died July 15, 1903); children: Silas Moore, Edward N., Jr .; m. 2d, Mrs. Alice Kelsey Teall, Aug. 31, 1909. In em- ploy of Weatherby, Knaus & Pelton, wholesale dry goods, Hartford, 9 yrs .; came to Chicago, Jan., 1881, and engaged in fire ins, business with firm of S. M. Moore & Co .; title later became Webster, Wiley & Co., then Wiley, Jennings, Corlies & Ma- gill, in 1901, and in 1908, present firm of Wiley, Magill & Johnson was organized. Republican. Was mem. of Co. K, 1st Regt. Conn. N.G. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Midlothian. Recreations: golf, whist. Home: 4552 Greenwood Av, Office: 175 W. Jackson Bonl.

WILEY, Lyman Augustus, secretary of Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co .; b. Hartford, Conn .; s. Wil- liam H. and Miranda (Griswold) Wiley; ed. pub. high sch., Hartford; m. Jeanie H. Burkett, of Hart- ford, Oct. 19, 1880; 2 children: Lillian (Mrs. F. Harold Schmitt), Ralph. Began in minor position in Charter Oak Nat. Bank, Hartford, 1874; then cashier of L. & C. H. Bull, bankers, Quincy, 111., which was later changed to State Savings, Loan & Trust Co., of which was cashier until coming to. Chicago, 1891; cashier Chicago Gas Light & Coke Co., 1891-4; elected vice pres. Consumers Gas Co., 1894, and sec. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., 1897. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Kenwood, Midlothian, Chicago Club of Charlevoix, Mich. Recreation: golf. Home: 4709 Woodlawn Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

WILEY, Silas Moore, lawyer; b. Chicago, Mar. 15, 1884; s. Edward Norris and Jennie E. (Moore) Wiley; ed. pub, and pvt. schs., Chicago; Litt. B., Princeton, 1906; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1909; un- married. Admitted to Ill. har, 1909, and since prac- ticed at Chicago; mem. Sears, Meager & Whitney until Jan., 1916; now mem. Sears, Wiley & Sher- win. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: University, Kenwood. Home: 4554 Greenwood Av. Office: 1614 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

WILHARTZ, William, lawyer; b. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 1, 1868: s. Louis and Rosa (Sonnenschein) Wilhartz; B.Litt., Univ. of Mich., 1891, LL.B., 1893; m. Eliza Stein, of Chicago; 3 children: Ruth S., Leland J., Edna R. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892, and to the U.S. Supreme Court, 1903; became mem. of the firm of Ringer, Wilhartz & Lowenhaupt, 1895, later Ringer & Wilhartz, Ringer, Wilhartz & Louer, and now Ringer, Wilhartz & Concannon; dir. and gen. counsel of Mandel Brothers; vice pres. and gen. counsel Federal Cement Tile Co. Financial sec. Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans; treas. B'nai B'rith Free Employment Bur. Republican. Past Master Chicago Lodge No. 437 A.F. and A.M .; mem, gen. com. and constn. Grand Lodge I.O.B.B .. Clubs: Standard, Idlewild Country. Rec- reations: fishing, baseball, reading, and participat- ing in the endeavor to solve the larger Jewish questions. Home: 5200 South Park Av. Office: 76 W. Monroe St.

WILK, Frederick Louis, banker: b. Columbus, O., May 25, 1856; s. Frederick and Fredericka ( Behnke) Wilk; ed. high sch., Chicago; m. Caroline Bruno, of Chicago, Sept. 7, 1882; children: Ilma M., Emily M. (Mrs. Robert A. Smith), Frederick Louis, Jr., Ruth C., Dorothy M. Entered service of Union Trust Co., Aug. 5, 1871, as messenger and gen. utility man, and became vice pres. and dir., Jan. 15, 1896; also vice pres. and dir., Ill. Warehouse & Storage Co., Wilson & Wilk Plumbing Co. Mem. Cook Co. Rep. Com. 18 yrs .; chmn. 15th Ward Rep. Club 6 yrs .; mem. Cook Co. Rep. Exec. Com. and its treas. 1 yr. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago, Mid-Day, South Shore Country. Recreations: baseball, sailing. Home: 415 Surf St. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St.

WILKERSON, James Herbert, lawyer; b. Savan- nah, Mo., Dec. 11, 1869; s. of John W. and Lydia (Austin) Wilkerson; A.B., DePauw Univ., Green- castle, Ind., 1889; m. Mary Roth, of South Bend,.

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Ind., Aug. 21, 1891. Prin., high sch., Hastings, dinah Temple, Mystic Shrine); took an important Neb., 1890-1; instr. DePauw Univ., 1891-3; in law part in the Knights Templar Conclave, 1910, hav- practice at Chicago, since 1893; was mem. firms of ing charge of the 12th div. Mem. 15th Ch. of Christ, Scientist, Austin. Clubs: Westward Ho. Chicago Motor, Oaks (Austin), Home: 537 N. Elm- wood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 331 Postal Tele- graph Bldg., Chicago. Tenney, Coffeen, Harding & Wilkerson and Brun- dage, Wilkerson & Cassels; mem. Wilkerson, Cas- sels & Potter since 1915. Mem. Ill. Ho. of Rep., 1902; conducted the fight for a state civil service law and introduced and secured the passage of the constl. amendment for a new charter for Chicago. Apptd. co. atty. for Cook Co., 1903, and conducted important litigation involving questions of taxa- tion, particularly the taxation of the capital stock of corpns .; apptd. spl. atty for the U.S., 1906, in cases involving violations of Interstate Commerce acts, particularly prosecutions against the Stand- ard Oil Co .; apptd. spl. asst. to atty .- gen, of U.S., 1910, in proceedings against Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris & Co. and National Packing Co. and their officers for violations of anti-trust act; U.S. atty., Northern Dist. of Ill., 1911-15. Clubs: Union League, University, Law. Home: Glencoe, Ill. Of- fice: The Rookery, Chicago.

WILKIE, Harry Ainsworth, merchant tailor; b. El Paso, Ill., Jan. 9, 1866; s. Daniel Ostrom and Sophroniah (Harvey) Wilkie; ed. grammar sch., Chicago; m. Warrenette M. Mason, of Chicago, Sept. 10, 1889; 2 children: Helen Edith ( Mrs. J. F. Wing), Marion Alice (Mrs. Carter P. Brown). En- tered merchant tailoring business at Chicago, 1900, by purchasing John C. Mackay's interest in firm of Carver & Mackay; pres. Wilkie & Sellery, Inc., since 1907. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chi- cago Soc. Merchant Tailors, Internat. Assn. Rotary Clubs, Art Inst. Chicago. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: Rotary of Chicago (pres. 1916-17). Recreations: golf, swimming. Home: 1205 Judson Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul., Chi- cago.

WILKIE, John Elbert, electric traction; b. El- gin, Ill., Apr. 27, 1860; s. of Franc B. and Ellen (Morse) Wilkie; ed. pub, grammar and high schs., Chicago; m. Janet Ormsbee, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1882; children: Donald, Jean. Newspaper reporter and foreign corr., Chicago Times, 1878-81; report- er, city editor, commercial editor, Chicago Tribune, 1881-93; London representative Am. Banking and Steamship interests, 1893-7; chief U.S. Secret Serv- ice, Treasury Dept., Washington, 1898-1912; super- vising agt. U.S. Customs Service, 1911-13; vice pres. and dir., Chicago Railways Co. since 1913; asst. to pres. Chicago Surface Lines since 1914. Republican. Clubs: Press, Mid-Day, Chicago Golf. Home: 754 Buena Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.

WILKINS, Ernest Hatch, college prof .; b. New- ton Centre, Mass., Sept. 14, 1880; s. Samuel Francis and Laura Elizabeth (Hatch) Wilkins; A.B., Am- herst, 1901 (Phi Beta Kappa), A.M., 1903; grad. student Johns Hopkins, 1904-5, Harvard, 1905-10, Ph.D., 1910; m. Oriana Phillips Hall, of Cambridge, Mass., June 12, 1906. Instr. Romance langs., Am- herst, 1900-4, Harvard, 1906-12; asso. prof. Ro- mance langs., 1912-16, prof. since 1916, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn. America, Am. Assn. Univ. Professors. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: University, Quadrangle. Editor several French and Italian text-books; joint editor of Concordance to Latin Works of Dante. Address: 5624 Dorchester Av.

WILKINS, Harold E., mfr .; h. Chicago, Nov, 3, 1877; s. S. Grafton and Carrie (Donnelly ) Wilkins; ed. pub, schs. of Chicago; student Univ. of Chl- cago; m. Cecelia S., d. Alfred S. Trude, of Chicago, Dec. 10, 1902; 1 daughter, Helen. With Opaque Shade Cloth Co., West Pullman, 1901-4; sec. Bel- den Mfg. Co., since 1904. Mem. Delta Kappa Ep- silon. Episcopalian. Club: Chicago Athletic. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 4960 Drexel Boul. Of- fice: 2300 S. Western Av.

WILKINS, John Hamilton, grain commn .; b, at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1873; s. Benjamin and Rosana (McClure) Wilkins; ed. pub. schs. and at Univ. of Tenn .; m. Chicago, Nov. 15, 1899, Clara Kleiner; children: Frank Hamilton, Ralph Clifton. Partner in the grain commn. business with A. K. Munson, 1893-9; since then alone, under style of J. H. Wilkins & Co. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Democrat. Mason (Home Lodge, Chicago Chapter, R.A. M., Chevalier Bayard Commandery, K.T., Me-

WILKINSON, George Lawrence, patent atty .; b. Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 1868; s. A. George and Lue Burnam (Wilson) Wilkinson: descendant of Lawrence Wilkinson, Providence, R.I., about 1650; B.S., Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., 1888, LL.B., 1891, LL.M., 1892; m. Adele Enloe, of Jackson, Tenn., Oct. 30, 1893; 4 children: Frances Ashworth, Lawrence, Lucien, Enloe. Examiner in the U.S. Patent Office, 1889-1901, and law clk. in same, 1901; registrar of Columbian Univ., 1888-9; patent atty. at Chicago since May 1, 1901; mem. Chamberlin & Wilkinson, 1902-7, Sheridan & Wil- kinson, 1907-9, Sheridan, Wilkinson & Scott, 1909- 16, Wilkinson & Huxley since Jan. 1, 1917. Baptist. Clubs: University, Glen View, Evanston Country, University of Evanston; Cosmos (Washington, D.C.). Recreations: society of family, golf. Home: 1027 Greenwood Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg .. Chicago.

WILKINSON, Harry, editor, pub .; b. West Leb- anon, Pa., Nov. 8, 1858; s. William Clark and Mary H. (Cooper) Wilkinson; academic edn .; m. Mary Wardell, of Macon, Mo., July 25, 1895; 2 sons: Wardell, William Clark. City editor Pittsburgh Times, 1883-5, Chicago Daily News, 1892; editor and pub. Chicago Daily Globe, 1893; now editor and pub. Chicago Banker. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Ill. Automobile (pres, 1902- 06), South Shore Country, Olympia Fields Coun- try. Recreations: golf, motoring, photography. Home: 5127 University Av. Office: 407 Monadnock Block.

WILKINSON, William Cleaver, author; h. West- ford, Vt., Oct. 19, 1833; s. Dr. Thomas and Sarah (Cleaver) Wilkinson; A.B., Univ. of Rochester, 1857. A.M., 1863; grad. Rochester Theol. Sem., 1859; the Sorbonne and College de France, Paris; (D.D., Univ. of Rochester, 1873; LL.D., Baylor Univ., 1904); m. Harriet S., d. Prof. J. F. Richardson of Univ. of Rochester, 1863. Ordained Bapt. ministry, 1859; pastor Second Ch., New Haven, 1859-61; prof. ad interim, modern langs., Univ. of Rochester, 1x63- 64; afterward pastor Mt. Auburn Baptist Ch., Cin- cinnati, relinquished pastoral work because of fail- ing health; prof. homiletics and pastoral theology, Rochester Theol. Sem., 1872-81; in lit. work, 1883- 92; prof. poetry and criticism, Univ. of Chicago, since 1892. Counselor Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; adjunct lecturer, Wellesley Coll., 1883-4, Baylor Univ., Tex., 1907. Mem. Poetry So- ciety America (charter). Clubs: Greek (New York), The Club (Rochester, N.Y.). Author of nu- merous vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Address: 5630 Woodlawn Av.

WILL, Harry Clayton, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

WILLARD, Carolyn Louise, concert pianist and teacher; b. Erie, Pa .; d. James Richard and Julia M. (Hobart) Willard; ed. pub. schs. and Erie Acad .; first lessons in music with a pupil of Clara Schu- mann; Oberlin (O.) Conservatory of Music (hon, B.M., 1904); studied composition with George W. Andrews, Oberlin, and Otis B. Boise, Berlin; also studied piano with Ernest Jedliezka, Berlin, but principally with Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, becom- ing for a few years her Ist asst. Début in concert, at Fine Arts Bldg. Music Hall, Chicago, 1900; has appeared with Chicago Symphony Orchestra, De- troit Symphony Orchestra, etc., and as soloist in leading cities of the U.S., also in London and Ber- lin. Mem. Am. Soc. Musicians, Chicago Artists' Assn. Republican, Evangelical Ch. Clubs: Musi- cians' Club Women, Cordon of Chicago (charter mem.); 3 Arts Club ( London, Eng.). Recreations: riding, boating. Home: 4472 Oakenwald Av., Chi- cago; (summer) Union City, Mich, Studio: 721 Fine Arts Bldg., Chicago.

WILLARD, Eugene Shaw, dentist; b. Wilming- ton, Ill., Oct. 10, 1856; s. Dr. Edwin Ruthven and Ann (McIntosh) Willard: student Monmouth (Ill.) Coll., 1874-7, Westminster Coll., 1877-8, Western Theol. Sem., 1878-81, Louisville Coll. of Medicine,

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1896-7; D.D.S., Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch., South Side Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensary ; su- 1899; m. Carrie McCoy White, of New Castle, Pa., pervisor Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium Sur- Apr. 24, 1879: 4 children: Carrie M., Frederick E., vey. Mem. A.M.A., Il1. State and Chicago med. socs., Robert Koch Soc. for Study of Tuberculosis, Nat. Assn. for the Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis, Miss. Valley Tuberculosis Conf. Mem. of K.P., O. of F., A.O.F. Home: 3408 Vernon Av. Of- fice: 3545 S. State St. Murlel, Edwin R. Was supt, of schs., and insp. of govt. schs., Juneau. Alaska; in practice of dentis- try at Chicago since 1899; with Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch. since 1904; prof. bacteriology and asst. in operative dentistry, same, since 1912. Was col. on staff of Governor Knapp, of Alaska. WILLIAMS, Albert Rede, insurance. (See vol. 1911. ) Mem. Ill. State Dental Soc. Presbyterian. Home: 4832 N. Sawyer Av. Office: 31 W. Lake St.

WILLIAMS, Arista Bedford, lawyer; b. on farm WILLARD, Gardner Goodrich, lawyer; Apr. 8, near Bedford, Ind., Nov. 29, 1860; s. Thomas Carter 1845-Mar. 20, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

WILLARD, Monroe Livingstone, lawyer; b. at Metamora, Ill., Feb. 26, 1853; s. Peter H. and Eliz- abeth Osgood (Goodrich) Willard; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1871; student Harvard, 1871-4; taught as pvt. tutor and read law under Francis Rawle, Jr., at Phila., 1874-7; unmarried. Admitted to bar, 1879; entered employ of law firm of Hitchcock, Dupee & Judah, 1877; became partner in firm of Dupee & Judah, 1882; firm now Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reichmann. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: University, Harvard. Home: 5528 Dorchester Av. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.

WILLARD, Norman Porter, lawyer; b. Zum- brota, Minn., Mar. 10, 1861; s. Ilev. Henry and Jeannie (Wells) Willard; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1882, A.M., 1885; m. Sandusky, O., Mar. 18, 1905, Mary Hubbell. Studied law, was admitted to bar, 1884, and engaged in the practice in Chicago, with Fred- erick W. Moore, in the firm of Willard & Moore, 1895-1905, and since May 1, 1905, alone. Mem. Chi- cago and Ill. State bar assns. Congregationalist. Clubs: University, Quadrangle, Hamilton, Congre- gational. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

WILLARD, William Gleason, M.D .; b. Fairhaven, Mass., Oct. 15, 1865; s. John and Catharine (Steele) Willard; high sch., Newton, Mass., and Carleton Coll., Northfield, Minn .; M.D., Chicago Home. Med. Coll., 1887, and Rush Med. Coll., 1898; m. Edna L. Carpenter, of Chicago. Oct. 2, 1894; children: Helen Carpenter, Catharine Roberts, Edna Steele, Wil- liam Dayton, Mary Tyrrell, John. Interne, 1887-8, and successively consulting phys., gynecologist and surgeon, 1888-98, Cook Co. Hosp. Was surgeon 1st Inf. I.N.G., 7 yrs .; maj. and surgeon 1st Ill, Vol. Inf. during Spanish-Am. War, 1898. Fellow A.M. A .; mem. Am. Assn. Mil. Surgeons, Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago inst. Medicine, Soc. Army of Santiago de Cuba, Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War. Clubs: Physicians', Congrega- tional. Home: 328 N. Kenilworth Av. Office: 132 N. Oak Park Av., Oak Park, Ill.

WILLETT, Consider Heath, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

WILLETT, Herbert Lockwood, theologian; b. at Ionia, Mich., May 5, 1864; s. Gordon A. and Mary E. (Yates) Willett; A.B., Bethany Coll., W. Va., 1886, A.M., 1887; grad. student Yale, 1890-1; Ph.D .. Univ. of Chicago, 1896; grad. student, Univ. of Berlin, 1898-9; m. Emma Augusta Price, of Ken- ton, O., Jan. 4, 1888. Ordained Christian (Disci- ples) ministry, 1890; pastor Dayton, O., 1887-93; instr. Bible, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1893-5; acting dean and head of Disciples' Div. House, 1894-6, dean since 1896, asst. in Semitic langs., 1896-7, instr., 1897-1900, asst. prof. Semitic langs. and lits., 1900- 09, asso. prof., 1909-15, prof. since 1915, Univ, of Chicago. Minister Memorial Ch. of Christ, Chi- cago, 1908-1912. Asso. editor Christian Century, Chicago. Mem. Delta Tau Delta. Clubs: Univer- sity, Quadrangle, Colonial, City. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 6119 Woodlawn Av.

WILLEY, Cameron Lyon, lumber; 1855-Nov. 28, 1916. (See vol. 1911. )

WILLIAMS, A. Wilberforce, M.D .; b. at Monroe, La., Jan. 31, 1864; s. Baptice and Flora ( Millsaps) Williams; ed. grammar and high schs., Springfield, Mo .; grad, normal dept. Lincoln Inst., Jefferson City, Mo., 1887; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1894; grad. Sheldon Business Coll., 1907; m. Mary Eliza- beth Tibbs, of Danville, Ky., June 25, 1902. Prac- ticed at Chicago since 1894; sec. med. staff Provi- dent Hosp., also attending phys .; attending pbys. Chicago Bar Assn. Served in Troop F 1st Ill. Cav.

and Elizabeth Clementine (Fish) Williams; A.B., Valparaiso (Ind.) Coll., 1879; m. Columbus, O., Dec. 19, 1901, Grace Neil; 2 children: Neil, Bedford. Taught Ind. schs .; admitted to Ind. bar, 1884; practiced at Sullivan, Ind., 1893; came to Chicago, and was mem. firm Cutting, Castle & Williams, un- til 1900; after 1901 mem. firm of Castle, Williams & Smith; in 1905 Ben M. Smith was elected judge of Superior Court; since then a mem. Castle, Wil- liams, Long & Castle. Dir. Pioneer State Bank and other corpns. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Gold Democrat. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), K.P. Mem. Indiana Soc. of Chicago. Club: Traffic. Home: 4435 Mag- nolia Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe St.

WILLIAMS, Arthur J., mfg. jeweler; b. Chicago, May 17, 1883; s. Andrew L. and Mary E. (Niesen) Williams; ed. parochial schs., Chicago; A.B., St. Ignatius Coll., 1901; m. Gertrude Hemmersbach, of Chicago, June 13, 1906; 4 children: Jerome, David, William, Helen. Entered wholesale mfg. jewelry business, 1891; succeeded to business. 1914, on death of father, and now partner A. L. Williams & C'o. Catholic. Mem. Chicago Sharpshooters' Assn. Club: Swaben Verein. Recreations: motoring, golf, shooting. Home: 1619 Highland Av. Office: 27 E. Monroe St.

WILLIAMS, Benezette, civil engr .; Nov. 9, 1844- June 22, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

WILLIAMS, C. Arch, lawyer; b. Bryan, O., May 31, 1869; s. John S. and Ella N. Williams; ed, pub. and high schs., Bryan; engaged in commercial bus- iness at Bryan and Toledo. O., 4 yrs., studying meantime under pyt. tutors; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1894; m. Gay Bernard Wilbor, of Richmond, Va., Nov. 23, 1915. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1894; practiced alone except 1903-6, when mem. firm of Loomis & Williams, and 1906-12, mem. Steere, Williams & Steere; apptd, master in chancery Su- perior Court of Cook Co., May, 1910, reapptd. Dec., 1911, 13, 15; mem, faculty Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Lawyers' Assn., Ohio Soc. of Chicago. Regent Garden City Council, Royal Arcanum, 1903; Grand Regent Ill. R.A., Supreme Orator same, 1913-14, Supreme Vice Regent, 1915-16, elected Supreme Regent, May, 1917; Past Archon of Hyde Park Council, Royal League; Knight of Pythias. Congregationalist. Clubs: Hamilton, Colonial. Recreations: golf, ten- nis, billiards. Home: 4601 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1012, 79 W. Monroe St.

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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 238

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