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WOHLBERG, William H., president Acme Elec- trotype Co .; b. Chicago, Sept. 15, 1865; s. William H. and Margaret (Meyer) Wohlberg; ed. pub. schs .; m. Kathreen Maher, of Chicago, May 19, 1887; 6 children: May, Gertrude, Mabel, Lillian, William, Fred. Learned trade of electrotyping and has en- gaged in it during entire business career; pres. Acme Electrotype Co. since 1904. Pres. Electro- typers' Union, 1900-4; mem. Ill. Mfrs' Assn., Chi- cago Assn. Commerce, Republican. Mem. Knights of Pythias, Nat. Union. Clubs: Chicago Motor, Chi- cago Automobile. Recreations: motoring, fishing, hunting. Home: 4444 N. Campbell Av. Office: 712 Federal St.
WOHLGEMUTH, Edward Jay, president West- ern Underwriter Co. Removed to Cincinnati, O. ( See vol. 1911.)
WOHLGEMUTH, John Felix; b. at Imlay City, Mich., Aug. 28, 1879; s. Felix and Rose (Huber) Wohlgemuth; ed. Imlay City and Detroit; St. Jo- seph's Commercial Coll., Detroit; Notre Dame Univ. 1 yr .; Cincinnati Law Sch .; m. Janet Malcolm, of Chicago, June 10, 1911. Admitted to Ohio bar, 1907; asso. editor The National Underwriter (for- merly The Western Underwriter), 1909-17; sec. Nat. Underwriter Co. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Epis- copalian. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1362 Insur- ance Exchange, Chicago.
WOLBACH, Murray, real estate; b. Chicago, Jan. 29, 1876; s. Samuel N. and Rose (Stein) Wolbach; ed. at Grand Island, Neb., later at Chicago and at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, and Lausanne, Switzerland; m. Edna Stern, of Chicago, Feb. 28, I905; 3 children: Alice, Beatrice, Murray, Jr. In real estate business at Chicago since 1895; vice pres. North Central Business Dist. Assn. Asso. mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Cook Co. Real Es- tate Bd .; mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Clubs: Standard, Lake Shore Country. Recreations: motoring, golf, Home: 4823 Kenwood Av. Office: 105 S. Dearborn St.
WOLCOTT, Katherine, miniature painter; b. at Chicago; d. Francis E. A. and Kate (Fleming) Wolcott; ed. Hyde Park High Sch., Chicago; stud- ied art at Art Inst. Chicago, and Acad, of Fine Arts, Phila., also with Virginia Reynolds, Lawton Parker, Mme. La Forge, Paris, and Henry B. Snell, New York. Mem. Chicago Soc. Miniature Painters (sec.), Chicago Soc. Artists, Chicago Dramatic Soc., Art Inst. Alumni Assn. Clubs: The Cordon, The Arts, South Side. Home and Studio: 5222 Blackstone Av.
WOLDENBERG, Maximilian, chemical engr .; b. Wloclavek, Poland, Ang. 23, 1886; s. of Jacob and Anna L. (Lasky) Woldenberg; prep. edn. English High and Manual Training Sch .; Sc.B., Armour Inst. Tech., 1906; Ph.D., Zurich Univ., Switzerland, 1908; Sc.M., Loyola Univ., 1909; m. Rose Cohn, of Chicago, Dec. 30, 1915. Sec .- treas. Woldenberg & Schaar, Chicago, 1909-16; pres. and treas. A. Daig- ger & Co., chemists' supplies, since 1916. Mem. Am. Electrochem. Soc., Am. Chem. Soc. Jewish religion. Recreations: golf, swimming, bowling. Home: 1500 Pratt Boul., Rogers Park. Office: 54 W. Kinzie St.
WOLEY, Harry Percival, M.D .; b. Maquoketa, Jackson Co., Ja., June 8, 1864; s. Edwin R. and Eu- genia V. (Decker) Woley; grad. Watertown (N.Y.) High Sch., 1883; A.B., Hamilton Coll., 1887; M.D., Coll. Phys, and Surg. (Columbia Univ.), 1890; m. Vida Hill, of Chicago, Jan. 6, 1897; I daughter, Vida. Practiced at Chicago since 1890; asst. med. dir. N.Y. Life Ins. Co. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Physicians' Club; fellow Inst. of Medicine of Chicago, Club: Chicago Athletic. Author of article entitled Blood Pressure, pub. in Jour. A.M.A., and repub. in "Blood Pressure." Rec- reations: golf, country life, photography. Home: 6509 Minerva Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.
Anita, Gladys. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1884; connect- ed with First Nat. Bank of Chicago since 1884; chosen its asst, atty., 1900; now mem, firm of Sil- ber, Isaacs, Silber & Woley. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Hamilton, Edgewater Golf. Home: 809 Lakeside Pl. Office: 614 Home Ins. Bldg.
WOLF, see also Wolfe, also Wolff.
WOLF, Adam, member Bd. of Assessors; b. at Stadecken, Germany, Jan. 5, 1857; s. Nicholas and Marianna (Zimmerman) Wolf; came with parents to U.S. in 1864, settling at Chicago; ed. pub. schs. of Chicago; m. Chicago, Mar. 20, 1884, Anna En- ders; children: Harriet C., Robert N., George A., Herbert C., Mary Louise. Rep. candidate for West Town collector, 1892; elected to that position, 1893; elected city treas. of Chicago for term. 1895-7; elected, 1898, again in 1902, 1908 and 1914 (for 6-yr. terms), mem. Bd. of Assessors of Cook Co. Long active in Rep, politics as mem. of the county and state coms. Home: 3231 Washington Boul. Of- fice: 315 County Bldg.
WOLF, Albert Henry, civil engr .; b. Woodville, Miss., Aug. 16, 1855; s. Moses and Bertha (Roths- child) Wolf; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; pvt. schs .; Univ. of Berlin 3 yrs .; Univ. of Strassburg 1 yr .; m. Julia Loewenthal, of Chicago, Feb. I8, 1886; 3 children: Walter B., Agnes N., Bertha J. Consult- ing and contracting engr. at Chicago since 1885. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Western Soc. Engrs. Republican. Clubs: University, South Shore Coun- try, Tuscumbia Golf. Interested in art, sciences and literature. Home: 4900 Woodlawn Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.
WOLF, Edwin E., mfrs.' agt. (See vol. 1911.)
WOLF, Frederick William, mechanical engr., ar- chitect; Nov. 27, 1837-Feb. 18, 1912. (See vol. 191I.)
WOLF, George Dorr, certified pub. accountant; b. Lancaster, O., Jan. 4, 1883; s. Pearl B. and Etta M. (Lantz) Wolf; ed. country sch. nr. Jefferson- ville, O .; Willis Business Univ., Springfield, O., 1897-8; m. Florence Persie Walraven, of Lyons, Ia., Jan. 25, 1908; I son, George D., Jr. Removed to Chicago, 1905, and became identified with Baker, Vawter Co., serving as chief accountant, 1905-10, and mgr. pub. accounting div., 1911-12; treas. and mgr. Baker, Vawter Audit Co., 1913; mng. partner, Baker, Vawter & Wolf since Jan. 1, 1914. Trustee Village of Winnetka, Ill., 1913-15. Progressive Re- publican. Methodist. Recreation: amateur garden- ing. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 1220 Tribune Bldg., Chicago.
WOLF, Henry Milton, lawyer; b. Rock Island, JIl., Nov. 15, 1860; s. Moses and Bertha (Roths- child) Wolf; grad. Central High Sch., Chicago, 1878; attended Univ. of Chicago, and studied under pvt. tutors, 1878-80; A.B., Yale, 1884; studied law while at Yale and until Mar., 1886, and was ad- mitted to bar, 1886. Formerly mem. Dupee, Judah, Willard & Wolf; now mem. Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reichmann. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Clubs: Yale, University, Chicago Athletic, City, Mid-Day, South Shore, Chi- cago Literary, Caxton, Standard; Yale (New York). Home: 3914 Ellis Av. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.
WOLFARTH, William, mfr. (See vol. 1911.) WOLFE, see also Wolf, also Wolff.
WOLFE, Richard W., loans and real estate; b. Limerick, Ireland, Aug. 21, 1869; s. Richard Ed- mund and Catherine ( White) Wolfe; came to Amer- ica, 1885; ed. pub. schs .; m. Helen Lenz, of Chicago, Sept. 21, 1898; I daughter, Grace Catherine. In real estate and loan business at Chicago since 1889; head of firm of R. W. Wolfe & Co .; treas. the Alli- gator Metal Co., 1906-7; vice pres. Hibernia Fire Ins. Co. Mem. Cook Co. Real Estate Bd. (pres. 1914-15). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore' Country, Ridgeway (pres.). Recreation: walking. Home: 5344 Michigan Av. Office: I11 W. Wash- ington St.
WOLEY, James Decker, lawyer; b. Maquoketa, WOLFF, see also Wolf, also Wolfe. Ia., Feb. 10, 1859; s. of Edwin R. and Eugenia V. (Decker) Woley; grad. Watertown (N.Y.) High WOLFF, Christian J., mfr .; b. Chicago, Aug. 18, 1861; s. Ludwig and Elizabeth (Geils) Wolff; grad. Racine ( Wis.) Coll., 1880, Royal Poly. Inst., Han- Sch., 1878; Hamilton Coll., Clinton, N.Y., 1882; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1884; m. Minna L. Roesch, of Chicago, July 18, 1888; children: over, Germany, 1883, Mardock Sch. of Chemistry,
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Chicago, 1884; m. Hattie Rossow, of Chicago, Apr. 15, 1884; children: Florence (Mrs. William J. Hen- derson), Carl, George, Alice. Identified with the I. Wolff Mfg. Co. since 1884, became chemist, 1886, supt., 18Ss, mgr., 1890, and vice pres., 1900. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chi- cago Automobile, Germania Maennerchor, South Shore Country. Recreations: hunting, motoring. Home: 6103 Sheridan Rd. Office: 325 N. Hoyne Av.
WOLFF, John Frederick, mfr .; b. Chicago. Nov. 20, 1858; s. Ludwig and Elizabeth (Geils) Wolff; ed. Brown and Hayes schs., Chicago, Racine Coll., and Royal Polytechnic High Sch., Hanover, Ger- many; m. Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, Alwine Witte ( now deceased) ; children: Franklyn L., Har- old W., Carla H .; m. 2d, Chicago, Apr. 8, 1905, Eve- lyn M. Staat. Elected vice pres. L. Wolff Mfg. Co .. 1882; became pres. unon death of father, 1911; re- signed, 1917, and since pres. Monument Pottery Co., of Trenton, N.J. Ex-mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn. Mason (33", William B. Warren Lodge, Corinthian Chapter, Apollo Commandery, K.T., Oriental Con- sistory). Republican. Lutheran. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht, Horicon Gun ( Wis.), Garfield Gun, Cumberland Gun (Ind.). Recreations: motoring, hunting, yachting. Home: 3541 W. Monroe St.
1873; s. Ludwig and Elizabeth (Geils) Wolff; ed. literature. Home: 4816 Kenmore Av. Office: 138
WOLFF, Louis, Jr., mfr .; b. at Chicago. Dec. 21, Racine (Wis.) Coll, Grammar Sch., Harvard Sch., Chicago, and Univ. of Chicago; m. Clementine Grif- fin, Chicago, Mar. 2, 1896; 1 son, Louis, 3d. Began with the L. Wolff Mfg. Co., mfrs. of plumbing goods, in 1895, becoming a dir., 1904, treas., 1909, pres., 1917; dir. Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank. Served as 2d lt. Ist Cav. I.N.G .; aide de camp on staff of Governor Yates with rank of col., 1901-5. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Psi Upsilon, Theta Nu Epsilon. Mem. William B. Warren Lodge A.F. and A.M. Clubs: Hamilton, Chicago Athletic. Chi- cago Golf, Chicago Automobile. Glen View, South Shore Country. Recreations: farming, hunting, painting, motoring. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 601 W. Lake St., Chicago.
WOLFF, Ludwig, president L. Wolff MIfg. Co .; Mar. 11, 1836-Apr. 14, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
WOLFF, Oscar, olives and pickles; b. Dorsten, Westphalia, Germany, May 4, 1865; s. Meyer and Eva (Eisendrath) Wolff; brought to U.S., Aug., 1878; ed. pub. schs., and Bryant & Stratton Busi- ness Coll .. Chicago; unmarried. Has been identi- fied since beginning of active career with the olive and pickle business (wholesale) established by father, 1878; pres. M. Wolff & Sons, since 1903; treas. B. B. Hanak Co., Store Equipment Co. Mem. Nat. Credit Men's Assn. Republican. Jewish re- ligion. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Home: 1237 N. Dearborn St. Office: 1338 W. Randolph St.
WOLFF, William, mfr .; b. Racine, Wis., Nov. 28, 1870: s. Simon and Augusta (Zimmern) Wolff: ed. pub. schs., Racine; m. Elinor M. Jacob, of Galves- ton, Tex., Nov. 1, 1916. Began with S. Wolff's Sons, retail clothing, Racine, 1889; then with the Wolff Realty Co., of which is now sec, and treas .; pres. Wolff Fuel Saver Co., mfrs. of Baske fuel saving devices, since 1914. Jewish religion. Ma- son. Odd Fellow, Elk. Club: Standard. Home: 513% University Av. Office: 14 E. Jackson Boul.
WOLSELEY, Henry W., lawyer; b. Liverpool, Eng., Nov. 3, 1849; s. Rev. R. W. (Ist cousin of Gen. Lord Wolseley, formerly comdr. in chief of the British Army) and Georgina Wolseley; ed. St. Pe- ter's Coll., York, Eng .; sailed several yrs. in vessels engaged in the China sea trade; studied seaman- ship and navigation, and at 20 was Ist mate on board a vessel plying between Boston and Cape of Good Hope; gave up sailing, 1871; m. Ella Wil- liams, of Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 15, 1880; children: Alice ( Mrs. F. S. Vories), Nell ( Mrs. B. F. Piercy). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1874, and since practiced at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Club: Union League. Mason (32", Shriner). Republican. Rec- reation: farming. Home: St. Joseph, Mich. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
WOLTERSDORF, Arthur Fred, architect; b. at Chicago, Jan. 19, 1870 ; s. Louis and Emma (Haeger) Woltersdorf; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago; after 3 yrs. of study in architects' offices, entered Mass. Inst. Tech., taking a 2-year spl. course in architecture, followed by travel and study in Eu- rope; unmarried. Returned to U.S., 1893, and to Chicago, 1894; mem. firm Hill & Woltersdorf, 1894- 1914; in practice alone since 1914. Lutheran. Fel- low A.I.A .; past pres. Ill. Chapter same, Chicago Architects' Business Assn .; mem. Northwestern Assn, of Mass, Inst. Tech. Clubs: University, Ger- mania, Cliff Dwellers. Recreations: music, drama, N. LaSalle St.
WOLTERSDORF, Ernest, real estate; b. in Ger- many, Oct. 18, 1855; s. Frederick and Fredericka ( Ohnesorge) Woltersdorf; came to Chicago with parents, 1860; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Apr. 15, 1884, Henriette E. Nockin; 1 daughter, Virginia. Began as office boy in drug house of E. Burnham & Son and later connected with Van Schaack, Ste- venson & Co .; credit man for Robert Stevenson & Co., 1886-93; in real estate and loan business since 1893. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd., Soc. for Eth- ical Culture, Clubs: City, Illinois. Recreations: motoring, nature study, travel. Home: 300 S. Sco- ville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Offices: 1607 W. Madison St. and 40 N. Dearborn St .. Chicago.
WOOD, Alice Holabird (Mrs. Ira Couch Wood), social service; b. St. Louis, Mo., July 16, 1\71; d. Henry Clarkson and Louise (Holabird) Wicker; ed. pub. schs., Evanston, Kirkland Sch., Chicago; grad. Ogontz (Pa.) Sch., 1890; studied and traveled in Europe 2 yrs .; m. Ira Couch Wood (lawyer), of Chicago, June 14, 1894 (died May 23, 1915); > daughters: Louise Holabird, Frances Alice. Has devoted much time to work on civic reform and philanthropy; pres. Ill. Training Sch. for Nurses 7 yrs .; elected trustee Village of Winnetka, 1916; mem. and exec. sec. woman's com. Council of Nat. Defense since May 23, 1917. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Fortnightly, Wednesday, Fri- day, Cordon, Woman's City, Every Day. Home: Winnetka, Ill. Address: 1814 N St., N. W., Wash- ington, D. C.
WOOD, Casey Albert, ophthalmologist; b. Wel- lington, Ont., Nov. 21, 1856; s. Orrin Cottier and Rosa Sophia ( Leggo) Wood: grad, Ottawa (Can. ) Collegiate Inst., 1874; C.M., M.D., Univ. of Bishop's C'oll., 1877 (D.C.L., 1903) ; M.D., C.M., McGill Univ., Montreal, 1906; m. Emma Shearer, of Montreal, Que., Oct. 28, 1886. Prof. chemistry and pathol- ogy, Univ. of Bishop's Coll., 1878-85; student Ber- lin. Vienna, Paris, London, 1887-9; went to Chicago, 1\X9; attending ophthalmologist to St. Luke's. Passavant Memorial and Post-Grad. Med. School hosps .; consulting ophthalmic surgeon, Cook Co. and St. Anthony hosps .; prof. ophthalmology, Chi- cago Post-Grad. Med. Sch., since 1890: prof. clin. ophthalmology. Coll. Phys, and Surg., Chicago, 1898-1906; prof. ophthalmology. med, dept. of Northwestern Univ .. 1906-8, now same, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Illinois. Major Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Fellow Am. Acad. Medicine (pres. 1907-8); mem. Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto- Laryngology (pres. 1905-6), Internat. Med. Con- Gesellschaft. A.M.A., Zool. Soc. London: fellow A.A.A.S., Chicago Acad. Medicine, etc. ('lub: Uni- versity, Editor Annals of Ophthalmology, 1994- 1901 (ophthalmology editor dept. Italian literature
WOLLENBERGER, Hermann, investment bank- er. b. Heilbronn, Wurttemberg, Germany, Dec. 31, 1867; s. Isaac I, and Caroline (Marx) Wollenher- ger: ed. in Germany; m. Rosa Kohn, of Chicago, Mar. 1S, 1896; children: Robert Hermann, Marion Rose. Began with Sam I. Stern, banker, Heilbronn, 1834-6: with Danziger Privat Actien Bank, Dant- zig; in German Army, 1888-9; with Deutsche Bank, Frankfort, 1889-91; with Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, Brussels, Belgium, 1891-3; Ill. Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1893-6; broker on Chi- cago Stock Exchange, 1896-9; with Otis, Wilson &' Co., 1899-1903; mgr. bond dept. Western Trust & Savings Bank, 1903-8; mem. Wollenberger & Co., gress, Pan-Am. Med. Congress, Ophthalmologische investment bankers, since 190S. Republican. ('lubs: German, l'avisloe Country, Schwaben Verein. Home: 5121 U'niversity Av. Office: 105 S. LaSalle Street.
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WOOD, Charles Baldwin, lawyer; b. Onarga, Ill., Oct. 12, 1860; s. Charles H. and Julia ( Baldwin) Wood; student Brown Univ., 1879-81; unmarried. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1883, and since practiced at Chicago; now mem. firm of Wood & Oakley; spe- cializes in examination of municipal bonds as to legality. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Club: University. Home: 5420 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 1142 The Rookery.
WOOD, Cyrus J., lawyer; b. Sempronius, Cayuga Co., N.Y., Dec. 3, 1857: s. Cyrus A. and Mary A. (Roe) Wood; ed. Union Graded Sch., Moravia, N.Y .; grad. Cortland (N.Y.) Normal Sch., 1877; A.B., Univ. of Rochester, 1883; attended Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Hattie B. Gallaway, of Chicago, Oct. 30, 1888; 2 sons: Cyrus B. (M.D.), William G. (law- yer). Admitted to Ill. bar, 1885; practiced at Gales- burg, Ill., 1885-90, since at Chicago. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Inst., Alpha Delta Phi. Republic- an. Methodist. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Recreation: gardening. Home: 1475 Gregory St. Office: 307 Ashland Blk.
WOOD, Donald MacPherson, insurance; b. Chi- cago, July 27, 1883; s. Donald Wallace and Eliza- beth Victoria (Stafford) Wood; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and grad. St. John's Mil. Acad., Delafield, Wis., 1900; m. Josephine Unzicker, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1909; 1 son, Donald M., Jr. Began in employ of Wood Bros., live stock commn. mchts., Union Stock Yards, Chicago, continuing 3 yrs .; salesman for William H. Colvin & Co., stock and bond brokers, 1903-8; mem. firm of Childs, Young & Wood, gen. ins. agency, since 1907. Pres. Ins. Federation of Ill., 1916; sec. Local Agents' Club of Chicago, 1914- 16; mem. governing com. Ill. branch Workmen's Compensation Service Bur .; mem, (by examina- tion, 1915) Casualty Actuarial and Statis. Soc. of America; lecturer before Fire Ins. Club of Chica- go, 1916. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce (ways and means com.), Delta Sigma Nu. Republican. Club: Union League. Recreations: tennis, swim- ming, golf. Home: 523 Melrose St. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
WOOD, Elijah Carey, lawyer; h. Porter Co., Ind., July 17, 1861; s. of Daniel and Amelia ( Bunker) Wood; ed. dist. schs., Porter Co., Ind .; m. Edna B. Stephens, of Chicago, Oct. 20, 1900; 1 daughter, Amelia E. Studied law in office of William John- ston, Valparaiso, Ind .; admitted to Ind. bar, 1886, and began practice at Valparaiso; removed to Omaha, Neb., fall of 1886, and practiced there un- til 1895, since at Chicago; pres. Dixie Pecan Or- chard Co. Mem. Am., 111. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Christian Scientist. Mason ( Shriner). Club: Olympia Fields Country. Recrea- tions: golf, farming. Home: 4632 Lake Park Av. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.
WOOD, Francis Asbury, philologist; b. at Point Bluff, Wis., Jan. 17, 1859; s. Rev. Harvey Colcord and Ann Jane (Ellis) Wood; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1880, A.M., 1883; Ph.D., Univ. of Chicago, 1895: Univ. of Göttingen, Germany, 1888-90; (L.H. D., Northwestern Univ., 1910); m. Rose H. Burt, of Aurora, Neb., Aug. 6, 1896. Prof. Greek and Latin, Chaddock Coll., Quincy, Ill., 1890-3; fellow in Ger- manic langs. and lits., Univ. of Chicago, 1893-5; asst. Medill High Sch., Chicago, 1895-7; prof. Ger- man, Cornell Coll., Ia .. 1897-1903; instr., 1903-5, asst. prof. Germanic philology, 1905-9, asso, prof., 1909-14, prof. since 1914, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. Modern Lang. Assn., Am. Philol. Assn., Phi Beta Kappa. Author of several vols., for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5407 Greenwood Av.
WOOD, Frank Clifford, real estate; removed to Los Angeles, Cal., 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
WOOD, Frank L., editor Chicago Daily Law Bul-
same) ; on staff Ophthalmic Record and Practical Medicine Series; contbr. to various text-books and letin; b. N. Manchester, Ind., Sept. 25, 1864; s. Eli- translator numerous ophthal. works from German, French and Italian. Author: Lessons in the Diag- nosis and Treatment of Eye Diseases, 1895; The Toxic Amblyopias, 1896; The Commoner Diseases of the Eye (with Dr. T. A. Woodruff), 3d edit., 1907; A System of Ophthalmic Therapeutics, 1909; A System of Ophthalmic Operations (2 vols.), 1911; American Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology (10 vols.). Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 7 W. Madison St., Chicago. jah E. T. and Tillie (Reed) Hazen; adopted by fa- ther's sister and her husband; ed. pub, schs. and business coll .; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1897; grad, Chautauqua Lit. and Scientific Circle, 1886; m. Chi- cago, Mar. 26, 1889, Isabel O. Watson; 1 son, El- mer W. Left sch. at 14 and worked as newsboy; clk. with A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co., 1878-82; Glens Falls Ins. Co., 1882-3; editor The Enterprise (a West Side weekly), 1883-94; deputy clk. Probate Court of Cook Co., 1894-8; in practice of law, 1898- 1903; asst. chief clk. Probate Court, Jan .- Mar., 1903; asst, judge of Probate Court, 1903-6; with the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin since 1906. Social- ist. Trustee Western Av. M.E. Ch. Home: 327 S. Campbell Av. Office: 179 W. Washington St.
WOOD, Frank Montgomery, M.D .; b. Marshall, Mich., June 20, 1871; s. Frank Marion and Martha Jane (Van Tuyl) Wood; grad. Fargo (N.D.) High Sch., 1892; Princeton (N.J.) Prep. Sch., 1893; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1897; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chi- cago, 1901; m. Elizabeth Gantz Terhune, of Prince- ton, N.J., June 20, 1901; 6 children: Carl Van Tuyl, Clarence Lyon, Harold Terhune, Helen Forsyth, Frank Marion, John Milton. Attending phys., at Camden (N.J.) City Dispensary, 1902-4; vaccine phys., Camden, 1903; attending phys., Ill. Chari- table Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1911-12, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll., 1912-13, Chicago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, 1914; dir. Dept. of Vac- cine Therapeutics, Mandel Memorial Dispensary, since 1915; specializes in treatment of diseases caused by infection with bacteria; owner and dir. Wood Vaccine Inst. for Vaccine Therapeutics and Serology. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Progressive Republican. Methodist. Author: The Etiology of Cancer, 1901; The Various Meth- ods of Vaccination with Suggestions as to the Best Method (Phila. Med. Jour.), 1903; Principles and Advanced Methods in Vaccine Therapy, 1913; Auto- genous Vaccines (a new method for their prepa- ration and use by the surgeon), 1910; Hay Fever and Asthma (Chicago Med. Record), 1915; New Methods of the Preparation and Use of Non-Toxic Vaccines, June, 1916; also hook, Food and Health in a Nut Shell, May, 1917. Home: 6712 Edison Park Av. Office: 209 S. State St.
WOOD, Frederick Webster, M.D .; b. at Pokogon, Mich., Dec. 2, 1874; s. Adelbert C. and Elizabeth Marion (Fish) Wood; grad. Niles (Mich.) High Sch., 1895; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1899. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1899-1901; m. Mar- garet Child, Oct. 12, 1915. Prof. mental and ner- vous discases, Hahnemann Med. Coll., since 1909. Republican. Mason. Home: 3929 Vincennes Av. Offices: 3901 Cottage Grove Av. and 25 E. Wash- ington St.
WOOD, Guilford Sigler, wholesale rubber goods; b. Burlington, Vt., July 12, 1852; came to Chicago, 1854; ed. pub, schs .; m. Chicago, 1882, Carrie Al- berta, d. Weeden Stanton; children: Chester Guil- ford, Gladys Marie (Mrs. W. H. Strom). Worked for father in retail grocery business, 1863; re- turned to school until 1868; then with Sturgis, Mc- Allister & Co., wool and woolen goods, to Apr., 1871, and their successors, Schoenfeld Bros., until Oct., 1871; for short time messenger Northwestern Nat. Bank; rodman for G. C. Morgan and L. B. Fuller on preliminary railroad surveys until 1872; with Chicago, Danville & Vincennes (now C.& E.I.) R.R., under Joseph Young, as rodman in the construction of branch lines, and with C.&W.I.R.R., in same work, until 1876; asst. purchasing agt. in charge of purchases, same rd., until 1882; railroad rep. W. H. Salisbury & Co., rubber goods, 1882- Dec., 1901; in business for self, as jobber of rub- ber goods, since Jan., 1902. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Ill. Mfrs.' Assn. Republican. Congre- gationalist. Mason (Garfield Lodge, York Chap- ter, Columbia Commandery K.T., Oriental Consist- ory, Medinah Temple Mystic Shrine, Butler Chap- ter O.E.S.). Clubs: Union League, Western Railroad, Glen Oak Golf. Recreations: cultivation of fruit, farming. Home: 418 S. East Av., Oak Park, Il1. Office: 206, 20 W. Jackson Bonl., Chicago.
WOOD, Harry V., real estate; b. Lansing, Mich., Mar. 9, 1868; s. John S. and Maria (Eaton) Wood;
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ed. pub. schs. of Lansing; m. Blanche I. Aber, of tauqua Co., N.Y., Sept. 30, 1885. Chief insp. and Lansing, June 29, 1893; 1 daughter, Janet A. Was mgr., Am. Bell Telephone Co., Jamestown, 1883; in ry. service for 6 yrs. with C.&N.W. Ry., Ia. Cen- elec. engr. Pa. R.R., Erie, Pa., 1884-5; elec. engr, tral Ry., C.,St.P.&K.C.R.R., Houston & Tex. Cen- Erie County Light Co., Erie, Pa., 1885-9; dist. engr., tral R.R., and S.P.Ry., as passenger rate clk. and Edison Electric Co., Portland, Ore., 1889, 1890; elec. chief clk. in passenger depts .; in real estate busi- ness since 1890; now gen. mgr. central properties H. O. Stone & Co. Mem. Building Managers' Assn., Mich. Soc. of Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Hamil- ton (pres. 1905), Chicago Athletic. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 326 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago. engr. Ansonia Elec. Co., Chicago, 1891-3; with Stanley Elec. Co., Pittsfield, Mass., 1893-5; with Gen. Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., until 1906; since research work in own lab. and lecturing be- fore chautauquas and lyceums, etc. Inventor two- hutton snap switch (electric) and many other de- vices. Has now nearly 100 patents, many of which WOOD, Henry Chancellor, lawyer; Oct. 3, 1863- Aug. 8, 1914. (See vol. 1911.) are in general use. Republican. Protestant. Ma- son (K.T.). Clubs: Aero (Chicago), Berwyn Coun- try. Address: 7005 34th St., Berwyn, Ill.
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