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BLOOMFIELD, Willis Elliott, manager Chicago office Houghton Mifflin Co. (See vol. 1911.)
BLOOMINGSTON, Frances Drake, M.D .; b. at Skaneateles, N.Y .; d. Samuel M. and Cornelia H. (Benson) Drake; descendant on paternal side of Samuel Drake (col. of Minute Men), of West Ches- ter Co., Colony of N.Y., 1775; also Ellja Drake, 2d It. of Ist Battery of Arty., 6th Regt. of N.Y., 1807; descendant on maternal side of Benoni Benson, 1st It. of Mendon Co., Mass., and Steven Benson, Sr., pvt. same company; ed. grammar and high schs., Painesville, O .; Lake Erie Coll., Painesville; Chi- cago Kindergarten Coll. and Lit. Sch .; M.D., Her- ing Med. Coll., Chicago, 1900; m. John S. Bloom-
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ingston, of Chicago, July 9, 1883 (died 1901). Prac- the Chicago Nat. Bank went with it as receiving ticed in Chicago since 1900. Mem. Am. Inst. Ho- teller, became cashier and later vice pres .; now sr. mem. firm of Fred M. Blount & Sons, ins .; resident vice pres. Mass. Bonding & Ins. Co. since 1910. Has been mem. Bd. of West Chicago Park Commrs. and Chicago Bd. of Edn .; former treas. Sanitary Dist. of Chicago, Bd. of West Chicago Park Commrs .; mem. Ill. commn. to La. Purchase Expn .; presdl. elector, 1908: del. to Rep. Nat. Conv., 1904, 1908. Life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago; mem. Chicago Hist. Soc. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Illinois, Recreation : golf. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chi- cago. moopathy, Internat, Hahnemannian Assn., Chicago Home. Med. Soc., Englewood Home. Soc., D.A.R., Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, P.E.O. Club: Woodlawn Woman's. Author: Post Partum Hemorrhages (read before International Hahnemannian Assn.), 1907; Constipation and Comparative Treatment of Bath Schools (London Congress of Homoeopathy), July, 1911; Nosodes and Their Use (read before same congress) ; A Case of Diabetes; Bufa Rana (read before the In- ternat. Homœ. Assn.), 1913; Applied Homeopathic Philosophy (read before Internat. Hahnemannlan Assn.), 1913. Home and Office: 6132 Kenwood Av.
BLOSS, Sidney M., banker, lumberman; b. Ne- braska City, Neb., Apr. 17, 1866; s. James G. and Catherine (Rector) Bloss; ed. high sch., Lincoln, Neb .; m. Alice Williams, of Waukesha, Wis., Nov. 25, 1897: 3 children: Richard W., Katherine Jane. Helen W. Began as office boy with W. P. Rend & Co., coal dealers, Chicago; hookkeeper for H. W. Hickox, 1882-5: mem. firm Bloss & Baker 4 yrs .; in retail lumber business as S. M. Bloss & Co., for 3 yrs., then handled subdivision property. Became interested in the Lyon Cypress Lumber Co., 1903, and superintended erection of its plant in Gary- ville, La .; has been gen. mgr. of the company from the start; now pres. S. M. Bloss & Co., bankers; pres. Garyville Land Co .; dir. Continental Timber Land Co. Republican. Presbyterian, Clubs: Mid- Day, South Shore Country, Home: 5308 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul.
BLOSSOM, George W., underwriter; b. Dubuque, Ia., Oct. I, 1854; s. Alonzo and Frances E. (Wil- liams) Blossom; ed. pub. schs. of Dubuque; m. Chi- cago, 1888, Carrie R. Boardman; children: George B., Francis R., Katherine May. Began in a fire ins. agency at Dubuque, and afterward in the office of the western dept. of the German-Am. Ins. Co., 8 yrs., and in the western dept. of the Conn. Fire Ins. Co., 3 yrs .; then became a partner in Fred S. James & Co., Chicago; also a partner in the New York agency of Fred S. James & Co. and one of the mgrs. for the U.S. of the Gen. Fire Assurance Co., the Urbaine Fire Ins. Co. of Paris, France, and the British Dominions Gen. Ins. Co. of London. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, South Shore Country, Ex- moor, Indian Hill. Recreations: golf and motoring. Home: 955 Green Bay Rd., Hubbard Woods, 111. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
BLOUKE, Milton Baker, M.D .; b. Stoyestown, Somerset Co., Pa., Feb. 19, 1862; s. Henry and Su- san (Kimmel) Blouke; ed. pub, and pvt. schs. in Pa .; M.D., Chicago Home. Med. Coll., 1885; m. Chi- cago, Feb. 19, 1891, Ola Louise Matthews; chil- dren: Louise, Pierre, Dorothy, Elizabeth. Prac- ticed in Chicago since 1885; attending surgeon, Chicago Home. Hosp. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Assn., Chicago Home. Med. Soc. Congregational- ist. Home: 2907 Washington Boul. Office: 22 E. Washington St.
BLOUNT, Anna Ellsworth, M.D .: b. at Oregon, Wis .; d. Henry Green and Ruth Amelia ( Barnhisel) Ellsworth; prep. edn. Oregon High Sch .; B.S., Univ. of Wis., 1892; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. Sch., 1897; studied univs. of Berlin, Munich and Vienna, 1903, 04; m. Ralph Earl Blount, of Oak Park, Ill., June 10, 1893; children: Walter, Earle Ellsworth, Ruth Amelia. Teacher, high sch., Aus- tin, Ill., 1892-5; interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1897-9; in practice at Oak Park, 1899; teacher of physiology, Woman's Med. Sch., 1899-1901; practice since 1904. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Equal Suffrage League, Chicago Peace Soc., etc. Atheist. Clubs: Nineteenth Century, Civics, Woman's City. Especially interested in equal suffrage and eugen- ics; now chmn. Eugenics Edn. Soc. of Chicago. Home: 124 S. Oak Park Av., Oak Park, Ill.
BLOUNT, Fred Meacham, insurance; b. White- hall, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1853; s. John Darwin and Sarah (Meacham) Blount; came to Chicago in childhood; ed. old Chicago Univ .; m. Chicago, Mar. 25, 1874, Kittie E. Deane; children: Harry D. and Kittie E. (Mrs. Charles F. Weinland). Began as messenger with Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., and thence to asst. treas, of U.S., Chicago, and at the starting of
BLUE, Robert, oculist; b. Belle Plaine, la., Oct. 3, 1876; s. John D. and Ella (Anderson) Blue; A.B., Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la., 1900; M.D., North- western Univ. Med. Sch., 1904; m. Harriet Read, of Chicago, June 30, 1908; I daughter, Yvonne. Instr. Dept. of Ophthalmology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; oculist on staff of Wesley Memorial Hosp. Mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chi- cago Ophthal. Soc. Republican. Methodist. Home: 1555 E. 61st St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.
BLUM, August, banker. Removed to Pasadena, Cal. (See vol. 1911.)
BLUM, Henry S., lawyer; b. Hungary, Jan. 19, 1884; s. Morris and Fannie (Roth) Blum; came to U.S., 1891; LL.B., 111. Coll. of Law (DePaul Univ.), 1903; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1907, and since practiced in Chicago; sr. mem. firm of Blum, Wolfsohn & Blum. Republican. Mem. B'nai B'rith (pres., 1917), Covenant Club of Chicago (pres., 1916). Mason, Odd Fellow, K.P. Club: Hampden (dir.). Home: 1619 S. Millard Av. Office: Westmin- ster Bldg.
BLUM, Julius, men's furnishings; Dec. 19, 1849- .July 27, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
BLUM, Sidney Julius, knit goods; b, Chicago, Feb. 15, 1882; s. Julius and Carrie (Sonlander) Blum; grad. St. John's Mil. Acad., Delafield, Wis., 1898; m. Irma Winter, of Chicago, Feb. 22, 1908; 2 children: Robert S., John J. Identified since 1898 with business established by father and Simon S. Blum, in 1882; was admitted as partner, 1900, and now sole propr. Blum Bros. (Bavaria Knitting Mills). Mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Com- merce. Republican. Jewish religion. Mason, Elk. Club: Standard, Home: 5602 South Park Av. Of- fice: 121 S. Market St.
BLUM, Simon S., merchant; Sept. 16, 1856-1914. ( See vol. 1911.)
BLUMENTHAL, Isadore Sidney, lawyer; b. at Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 20, 1879; s. Solomon and Rebecca Jennie (Shaffer) Blumenthal; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; pvt. schs. and instruction in Ger- man and ancient langs. and English; LL. B., Chica- so-Kent Coll. of Law ( Lake Forest Univ.), 1900; m. Rubie Radzinski, of Chicago, Feb. 3, 1909; I child, Ethel Anne. With William E. O'Neill, atty., Chi- cago, 1894-1906; admitted to bar, 1901: mem. Son- nenschein, Blumenthal & Berkson, 1906-9, alone since 1909. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Cook Co. Real Estate Bd., Western Economic Soc. Republican. Mason; mem. B'nai B'rith. Home: Kenwood; (summer) Crystal Lake, Ill. Office: 7 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
BLUNT, John Ellsworth, civil engr .; b. Brainard, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1828; s. Ainsworth E. and Harriet (Ellsworth) Blunt; ed. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; m. Augusta E. Wood, Oct. II. 1853 (died Nov. 21, 1911). Engr. on various rys., Ga. and Ala., until 1862; constructing engr. Chicago & Galena Union R.R., 1862-4; div. engr., 1864-88, chief engr., Nov. 1, 1888-Dec. 3, 1899, consulting engr., Dec. 3, 1899-, C.&N.W. Ry. Home: Evanston, Ill.
BLUNT, John Ellsworth, Jr., banker; b. Wheat- ton, Ill., Aug. 12, 1870; s. John E. and Augusta ( Wood) Blunt; ed. pub. schs. of Wheaton, Ill., and Winona, Minn., and grad. Winona High Sch., 1886; m. Carlene Curtis, of St. Paul, Minn., June 4, 1898; children: Curtis E., John E., 3d, Carleton, Lucretia. Entered employ of C.&N .- W.Ry. in 1886 as messen- ger; remained with that company and the C., M.& St.P.Ry. as telegraph operator, ticket agent and traveling passenger agent of the C.&N .- W. until 1892; with Second Nat. Bank, Winona, Minn., Jan .-
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Mar., 1893; came to Chicago, and in Dec., 1893, en- of St. Paul. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Mem. tered office of Farson, Leach & Co., remaining un- Royal League, Nat. Union. Clubs: Rotary, South Shore Country. Recreations: motoring, golf, trav- eling. Home: 4744 Kimbark Av. Office: 342 N. La Salle St. til Jan., 1899, when entered service of the Mer- chants' Loan & Trust Co., organizing its bond dept., and was elected vice pres., Jan., 1910. Clubs: Mid- Day, Union League, Glen View, Bankers'. Recrea- tion: golf. Home: 1131 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 112 W. Adams St., Chicago.
BLUNT, Katharine, home economist; b. Phila., Pa., May 28, 1876; d. of Stanhope E. and Fanny (Smyth) Blunt; A.B., Vassar Coll., 1898; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1907. Asst. prof. food chemistry, Home Economics Dept., Univ. of Chicago, since 1913. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Assn. Collegiate Alum- nae, etc. Episcopalian. Clubs: Woman's City, Col- lege. Home: 1156 E. 56th St.
BLYE, Birdice (Miss), pianist; studied at Lon- don, Paris and Berlin; pupil on piano with Ernst Rudorff, violin with Dr. Joseph Joachim, musical form with Philipp Spitta, ensemble with Dr. Wal- demar Bargiel, Beethoven's sonatas with Dr. Hans von Bulow and finally with Anton Rubenstein. Played with leading orchestras and at leading fes- tivals in Europe; has given many recitals and con- certs in U.S .; played before two administrations at the White House, Washington, D.C. Has an exten- sive repertoire in the classics, also plays the best of the modern compositions. Recognized authority in interpretation of MacDowell. Address: 5424 Blackstone Av.
BLYMYER, B. F., stoves, ranges and refrigera- tors; b. Mansfield, O., Feb. 6, 1867; s. Frank and Cassandra (Jameson) Blymyer; ed. pub. schools, Mansfield; m. Ellinor S. Siddall, of Chicago, July 20, 1898; children: Ellinor Schell, Frank, Began active career with Blymyer Bros. Co., tinners, Mansfield, 1886-97; removed to Chicago, 1897, and became Chicago mgr. for the Favorite Stove & Range Co .; organized, 1908, The Blymyer Co., of which is pres .; company represents Favorite Stove & Range Co., Floyd-Wells Co., Orbon Stove & Range Co., Odorless Refrigerator Co. Republican, Con- gregationalist. Mem. United Commercial Trav- elers' Assn. Club: Ouilmette Country. Home: 626 Lake Av., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1414 S. Wabash Av., Chicago.
BLYTHE, Hugh, broker; b. Burlington, Ja., Ang. 22, 1878; s. Joseph William and Margaret Eliza (Gear) Blythe; A.B., Harvard, 1901, LL.B., 1903; prepared to practice law, but was not admitted to practice; unmarried. In employ of C., B.&Q. Ry., 1903-5; entered brokerage business, May, 1905; now partner firm of Harris, Winthrop & Co. Republic- an. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, South Shore Country, Casino; University, Racquet and Tennis (N.Y.). Recreations: outdoor diver- sions. Home: 54 E. Division St. Office: The Rook- ery.
BOAK, Robert, fish merchant; b. Halifax, N.S., Sept. 17, 1872; s. of Robert Burns and Jennie E. (DeBlois) Boak; brought to U.S., 1881; ed. pub. schs. and Manual Training Sch., Chicago; m. Nana M. Donnelly, of Pittsburgh, Dec. 6, 1899; children: Alice Roselia, Robert, Charles Donnelly, Nancy. Began in father's office, 1893, and was admitted to partnership in firm of R. B. Boak & Co., 1895, in- corporated, 1914, and since vice pres, and gen. mgr. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Duluth Commercial, Chi- cago Norske. Recreations: outdoor sports. Home: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 342 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.
BOAK, Robert Burns, wholesale fish mcht .; b. at Halifax, N.S., Dec. 29, 1849; s. Sir Robert and Ma- tilda S. ( Anderson) Boak; ed. pvt. and government schs., Nova Scotia; m. Jennie E. DeBlois, of Bath- urst, N.B., Dec. 19, 1871 (died 1904) ; children: Rob- ert, Mary M. (Mrs. V. M. Harding), Jean (Mrs. D. F. Badger), Louise DeBlois (Mrs. Karl R. Slocum) ; m. 2d, Grace Edith Crane, of Chicago, 1906; 1 daughter, Laura Crane. Entered father's office (Halifax, N.S.), 1866; became partner in firm of Robert Boak & Son, 1871; came to Chicago, 1881; established under own name as a broker and com- mission mcht. in salt and canned fish; took his son Into partnership, 1893, under name of R. B. Boak & Co., Importers of salt and canned fish, incorporated, 1914, since pres .; also sec. and treas. Boak Fish Co.,
BOAL, Ayres, real estate; b. Chicago, Mar. 26, 1879; S. Charles Thomas and Henrietta (Ayres) Boal; grad. Harvard Sch., Chicago, 1896; A.B., Har- vard, 1900; m. Leslie Stewart Johnson, of Winnet- ka, Ill., Jan, 1, 1906; children: Ayres, Jr., Stewart, Thomas and Henrietta. In real estate business in Chicago since 1901. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Clubs: City, University, Chicago, Chicago Yacht, Saddle and Cycle. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
BOAL, Charles Thomas, real estate; b. Reading, O., Apr. 16, 1832; s. Dr. Robert and Christiana Walker (Sinclair) Boal; removed with parents to Lacon, Ill., and was ed. in pub. schs. there; m. Hen- rietta Ayres, of Chicago; children: Horton S. (de- ceased), Edna M. (Mrs. S. D. Flood), Anna C. (Mrs. A. B. Wickes), Ayres. Settled in Chicago, 1854, and later connected with firm of Hall, Kimbark & Co., wholesale iron, in which afterward became a part- ner. Recruited a company of inf., 1862, and be- came an officer in the 88th Ill. Vol. Inf., serving with regt. until end of the war. After war engaged in hardware business in firm of Austin & Boal, afterward changing to Charles T. Boal & Co .; burned out in Chicago fire, Oct. 9, 1871; engaged in wholesale stove and hollow-ware business until 1894; in real estate business since 1894. Mem. Chi- cago R.E. Bd., Mil. Order Loyal Legion. Repub- lican. Clubs: Chicago, Onwentsia, Twentieth Cen- tury, South Shore Country, Recreation: traveling. Residence: Congress Hotel Annex. Office: 122 S. Michigan Boul.
BOAND, Jules Augustus, mfr. (See vol. 1911.) BOARD, Ellsworth Malthy, mfr .; b. Morristown, N.J., Apr. 24, 1855; s. David J. and Susan P. ( Lewis) Board; came west to Ill. in childhood; ed. country school; m. Evanston, Ill., 1883, Madelaine Randall (now deceased) ; children: Harold E., Edward P., Dorothy R. Lived on farm 40 miles south of Chi- cago; came to city when 19 years old; entered em- ploy of C.&N. W. Ry. as check clerk loading freight cars; advanced to other positions during 912 years' service, being chief clerk of freight auditor's office for last 312 years with railway; pres. and treas. Cross Press & Sign Co .; also treas. Buena Ventura Plantation Co., Bahia Honda, Cuba. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Evanston. Home: Evans- ton, Ill. Office: 1510 Dayton St., Chicago.
BOBB, Dwight St. John, lawyer; b. Dakota, Ill., July 19, 1876; s. Daniel Bingman and Arminda Frost (St. John) Bobb; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1899; A.M., Harvard, 1900, LL.B., 1903, post-grad. student in law, 1903-4; unmarried. Began prac- tice at Chicago, 1904; associated in practice with Matz, Fisher & Boyden, 1904-9; mem. firm of Adams, Bobb & Adams, 1909-13, Adams, Crews, Bobb & Wescott since 1913; engaged chiefly in corpn., banking and ins, law. Acting editor "Mu- nicipal Affairs," published by New York Reform Club, summer of 1899; asst. in history, Harvard Univ. and Radcliffe Coll., 1900-1; asst. in econom- ics, Harvard, 1901-2; lecturer on pub. service corpns., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1904-9; lec- turer on pub, service and municipal corpns., John Marshall Law Sch., 1904-9. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Am. Economic Assn., Chi- cago Assn. Commerce, Alpha Kappa Phi, Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: City, Har- vard, University (Chicago); University of Evans- ton (vice pres.), Evanston Club, Exmoor Country. Recreations: golf, horseback riding. Residence: University Club, Evanston, Ill. Office: 1100 Fort Dearborn Bank Bldg., Chicago.
BOBO, Fred Mowen, mfr. and mcht .; b. Lima, O., July 21, 1881; s. John Lewis and Ella Florence (Mowen) Bobo; ed. pub. schs .; Princeton-Yale Sch .; Univ. of Chicago; m. Catherine Radcliffe, of Cin- cinnati, O., Oct. 5, 1907. Associated with father as sec. of John L. Bobo & Co., tailors' trimmings, since 1902, vice pres. since 1915; organized Am. Lock-Nut Co., railway supplies, 1909, and vice pres. same, 1909-10, pres. and treas. since 1910.
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Mem. Psi Upsilon. Mem. Evangelical Ch. Clubs: July 18, 1906; 1 daughter, Judith. Began active South Shore, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Yacht. Home: 4507 Lake Park Av. Office: 234 S. 5th Av. and 10600 Corliss Av. (Pullman Station.)
BOBO, John Louis, tailors' trimmings; b. Day- ton, O., Feb. 5, 1851; s. John and Margaret (Waltz) Bobo; ed. pub. schs. of Ohio; m. Lima, O., Aug. 7, 1877, Ella F. Mowen; children: Breta (Mrs. Burt T. Stanton), Fred Mowen. Retail clothing busi- ness at Lima, 1868-80; came to Chicago, 1880, and became mem. of firm of J. H. Lesher & Co., tailors' trimmings, until Dec., 1902, when that firm was succeeded by present one of John L. Bobo & Co., of which is senior mem. Mem. Chicago. Assn. of Commerce. Democrat. Clubs: Union League, Floss- moor Country, South Shore Country, Olympia Fields Country. Recreations: motoring and golf. Home: 4246 Drexel Boul., Chicago; (summer) Dia- mond Lake, Mich. Office: 234 S. 5th Av., Chicago.
BOCKIUS, Franklin B. von Eisen, M.D .; b. Ga- lena, III., Mar. 9, 1848; s. Joseph Rex and Marie (von Eisen) Bockius; finished course in Galena High School, 1864; enlisted in Co. C, 140th Ill. Vol. Inf., and served to end of war; B.S., Univ. of Chi- cago, 1868; M.D., Northwestern University, 1872; m. Racine, Wis., 1891, Doretta Brenzel; children: Doris von Eisen, Frances von Eisen. Engaged in practice at Chicago from 1872; med. dir. of Chicago Relief and Aid Soc., 1872-82; asst. to prof. of chem- istry, med, dept. Northwestern Univ., 1872; physi- cian, 1872-8, and after that consulting physician to North Side Dispensary; prof. of forensic medi- cine, Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, 1881-91. While continuing med. practice took course at Union Coll. of Law, graduating, LL.B., and third in his class, 1886; also studied homeopathy in Northwestern Home. Coll., 1878-80. Contbr. to med. and literary periodicals. Home: 4657 Wilson Avenue.
BODE, Frederick, merchant; b. Exkwarden, Ger- many, Aug. 20, 1856; s. of Frederick and Sophia (Kimmann) Bode; ed. Hanover Realschule; m. Au- gusta Ebeling, of Chicago, June 19, 1880 (died 1907); 2d, Esther Ellen Simpson, of Chicago, June 19, 1909. Came to America, 1870, and entered em- ploy of D. B. Fisk & Co., wholesale millinery, Chi- cago, as errand boy, 1871; advanced to city buyer ; with Gage Bros. & Co., 1874-6; with Edson Keith & Co. as buyer and mgr. of hat dept., 1876-92; with others, 1892, purchased the business of Gage Bros. & Co., and since pres. Pres. The Millinery Jobbers' Assn., 1902-11; mem. exec. com. Chamber of Com- merce of U.S. Republican. Clubs: Union League, South Shore Country (pres. 1908-9, 1912-13), Chi- cago Athletic, Industrial (pres. 1912), Home: 5825 Blackstone Av. Office: 18 S. Michigan Av.
BODINE, William Lester, supt. of compulsory edn .; b, Marion Co., Mo .; s. Joseph and Eliza (Lew- is) Bodine; ed. pub. schs .; m. Clinton, la., Feb. 10, 1890, Mae Richardson; children: Helen, Robert. Came to Chicago in 1881 and then went west; was newspaper man originally; state labor commr. of Colo., 1890-3; elected vice pres. Nat. Assn. of Sta- tisticians at Denver convention, 1892; apptd. spl. master commr. of U.S. court (8th Judicial Dist.), with headquarters at Omaha, 1893; came to Chi- cago, 1895; with Times-Herald as political reporter until 1899; elected supt. of compulsory edn., July 13, 1899, by Chicago Bd. of Edn. (holds under Civil Service Law). Chmn. of Chicago Child-Saving League legislative com., which carried the child- labor and compulsory edn. bills through the legis- lature in 1902-3; served on exec. com. of Cook Co. Child-Saving Conference. Hon. pres. for life Nat. League of Compulsory Education Officials; pres. Ill. Compulsory Education League, Chicago Public Service League; dir. Juvenile Protective League. Clubs: City, Chicago Motor. Home: 4517 Magnolia Av. Office: 7 S, Dearborn St.
BODMAN, Luther W., paperboard; Feb, 4, 1845- May 14, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)
BOEGERSHAUSEN, Frederick Carl, district sales mgr. Alberger Pump & Condenser Co .; b. Chi- cago, Feb. 22, 1883; s. J. Fred and Mary ( Engel- king) Boegershausen; ed. grammar schs., English High and Manual Training schs., Armour Inst. Tech., Chicago; m. Martha Hoefke, of Chicago,
career as asst. engr. Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., 1898; then with the Inland Steel Co., Chicago Heights, 1901-2; engr. Western Electric Co., 1902- 6; sales engr. Parker Boiler Co., 1906-10; dist. sales mgr. Alberger Pump & Condenser Co. since 1914. Republican. Mason, Elk. Club: Oak Park, Recrea- tion: motoring: Home: 809 S. Ridgeland Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 111 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
BOEPPLER, William, musical director; b. at Pferdsfeld, Germany, Feb. 21, 1863; s. Karl and Catherine (Pauly) Boeppler; ed. high sch., Kreuz- nach Conservatory of Music, and Univ. of Leipzig, Univ. of Bonn; m. Ida Brueggemann, of Wies- baden, Germany, Sept. 14, 1896. Came to U.S., 1894, and settled in Milwaukee, Wis .; organized Milwau- kee A Cappella Chorus, 1895, Wis. Conservatory of Music, 1899, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, 1902; moved to Chicago, 1904; now dir. Wis. Conserva- tory of Music, conductor Milwaukee A Cappella Chorus and McDowell Club Chorus, also of the Singverein, the Germania Club, and the Male Chor- us of First Nat. Bank, all of Chicago. Has served as teacher of many of the leading musical artists of the country. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Germania, German, Chicago Turngemeinde. Home: 929 Edgecomb Pl. Office: 921 Kimball Bldg., Chi- cago, and Wis. Conservatory of Music, Milwaukee, Wis.
"BOERSIANER," see Friend, Emil.
BOETTCHER, Henry Rudolph, M.D .; b. Holton, Kan., Apr. 15, 1866; s. of Ferdinand and Margaret (Storke) Boettcher; ed. Holton (Kan. ) High Sch. and Campbell's Normal Coll., Holton; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1890, and Harvey Med. Coll., Chicago, 1895; m. Olga Krohmer, of Chicago, Oct. 31, 1896; 2 children: Henry Ferdinand Kroh- mer, Katherine Olga. In drug business at Holton, Kan., 1885-7; began practice at Chicago, 1890; sur- geon to 111. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; eye and ear surgeon to Englewood Hosp .; ex-surgeon. eye dept. Rush Med. Coll. Mem. A.M.A., Ill, State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Mem, Peo- ple's Liberal Ch. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: 111. Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf, shooting. Home and office: 6336 Harvard Av.
BOGERT, William Benezet, president Bogert, Maltby & Co .; b. Providence, R.I., Oct. 2, 1860; grad. Brown Univ., 1882; m. June, 1887, Ella Loomis, of Springfield, Mass. (died Dec. 25, 1909); children: William Benezet, Jr., Theodore Loomis, Frances Iloyt; m. 2d, Caroline Wallace Wood, of Louisville, Ky., Jan. 10, 1914. Engaged in cotton mfg. busi- ness at Taftville, Conn., 1882-4; came to Chicago, 1884, becoming mem. of the Bd. of Trade; mem. Carrington, Patten & Co., and later Bogert, Maltby & Co., brokers in grain, provisions, stocks and cot- ton. Dir. Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1897-9 (chmn. exec. com., 1898-9). Mem. S. of R. (ex-pres. ), Soc. Colonial Wars. Clubs: Union League (dir., 1909-11), Chica- go Athletic, Glen View, University of Evanston (pres., 1906-7, 1910-11), Evanston Country. Resi- dence: University Club, Evanston, Ill. Office: 140 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.
BOGLE, Walter Scott, coal meht .; b. Dover, N.H., Apr. 3, 1852; s. Daniel and Mary (Boyd) Bogle; re- moved to Chicago with parents at 9; grad. Chicago High Sch., 1868; m. Delia E. Stearns, of Chicago, Mar., 1872; children: Walter S., Jr., Mary (Mrs. C. W. Gilmore), and Mrs. Nellie D. Chance. After graduation entered father's coal business; was mgr. for years of the Del. & Hudson Canal Co .; pres. Crescent Coal & Mining Co. until 1914; pres. W. S. Bogle & Co., Inc., Retlaw Mines Co. and Essanbee Mines Co .; dir. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank, Mem. West Park Bd. 3 yrs. Democrat. Mason (Apollo Commandery K.T.). Ex-pres. Iroquois Club. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Press, South Shore Country ; Manhattan. (New York). Home: 510 Roscoe St. Office: 343 S. Dear- born St.
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