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 243

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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WOOD, Horace Edward R., railway official; h. Brooklyn, N.Y., July 24, 1854; s. Horace R. and Clara (Rubio) Wood; ed. in mil. sch., Weston, Conn., Weston Boarding Sch., Palmer Acad., Chi-

cago, and Mrs. Wertz' School, Geneva, Ill .; m. dent Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Columbia), 1872-3; Frances Virginia Parish, of Chicago, May 25, 1886; M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1878; studied Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1889; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1890; M.D., Coll. of Medicine and Sur- gery, Chicago, 1907; m. Olive Henline, of Canton, O., Nov. 14, 1890. Pres. Chicago Med. and Surgical Inst. since 1891, Am. Training Sch. for Nurses since 1910; treas. Coll. of Medicine and Surgery since 1908. Universalist. Mason (32°, K.T., Shrin- er). Anthor: Atlas of Eye and Ear Diseases, 1880; Private Medical Counselor, 1887; Reincarnation, 1901; Dollars to Doctors, 1903. Address: 1555 N. LaSalle St. 2 children: Margaret Frances ( Mrs. Lawrence C. Laughlin) and Florence Angelina. Began as clerk in treasurer's office C.&A.R.R., 1872, and has since been identified with that road and its subsidiary cos,; sec. and treas. C.&A.R.R. and Joliet & Chi- cago R.R., 1898-1902, asst. sec. and treas. since 1902; also sec. and treas. La. & Mo. River R.R. and Joliet & Chicago R.R. since 1898, of the Kan., St. Louis & Chicago R. R. since 1908, and of the Miss. River Bridge Co. since 1898; sec. and treas, Rut- land Toluca & Northern R.R. Co. since 1910. Served in Ist Inf. I.N.G. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 5440 Harper Av. Office: 900, 608 S. Dearborn St.

WOOD, Ira Couch, lawyer; June 15, 1864-May 23, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

WOOD, John Clarence, grain commn .; b. Rock- ville, Tolland Co., Conn., Aug. 19, 1870; s. John B. and Rebecca (Magill) Wood; ed. high sch .; m. Durand, Ill., 1893, Evea Normington (now de- ceased); I daughter, Marion; m. 2d, Dayton, O., June 16, 1909, Mary V. Bell; 2 daughters: Mary Elizabeth, Frances Catherine. In employ Internat. Packing Co., 1890-5; became mem. Bd. of Trade and established J. C. Wood & Co., grain and provisions. Dir. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Pres. bd. of trustees Village of Hinsdale, 1909-15; pres. Hinsdale Tp. High Sch. Bd. Republican. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hins- dale, Hinsdale Golf. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Oak and 3d Sts., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 48 Board of Trade Bldg., Chicago.

WOOD, John H., merchant; b. Chicago, June 16, 1858; s. John and Mary L. (Young) Wood; grad. high sch., Cairo, Ill., 1875; student Univ. of Ill., 1875-6; m. Myrtle, d. ex-Mayor Monroe Heath, of Chicago, June 15. 1882; 2 children: John Heath, Warren K. Began as bundle boy in Carson, Pirie. Scott & Co.'s retail store, 1876; when the firm bought the Charles Gossage & Co.'s business, 1884, was placed in charge of the West End store; was apptd. mgr. the State St. store, 1886, gen. mgr. since 1890. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Flossmoor Country, Kenwood (president 1904), Industrial (pres. 1914). Recreations: golf, music, books. Home: 6922 Euclid Av .; (summer) Flossmoor, Ill. Office: State and Madison Sts., Chi- cago.

WOOD, Kay, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 28, 1871; s. Samuel E. and Mary (Stough) Wood; ed. Har- vard Sch., Chicago; Harvard Univ .; Univ. of Ber- lin; LL.B., Northwestern Law Sch., 1895; m. July 8, 1914, Mary Ripple; 2 children: Mary, Kay. After admission to bar entered office of Winston & Mea- gher, continuing until 1900; atty. for the G. H. Hammond Co., 1901; became atty. of the Nat. Pack- ing Co., 1903; entered firm of Wood Brothers, at the Union Stock Yards, 1906. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago, University, City, Hinsdale Golf, South Shore Coun- try; Harvard (Chicago, New York and Boston), Home: (summer) Hinsdale, Ill. Office: Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards, Chicago.

WOOD, Montraville M., lecturer, inventor; h. at Leon, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., Apr. 16, 1860; s. Cor- nelius S. and Elizabeth W. (Taylor) Wood; ed. at pub. schs. and Collegiate Inst., Jamestown, N.Y .; m. Carrie Francis Whittemore, of Fluranna, Chau-

WOOD, Nathan Elliott, M.D .; b. Owego, N.Y .. Dec. 13, 1852; s. Ephraim J. and Lucy ( Elliott) Wood; A.M., Columbia Univ., New York, 1872; stu-

WOODBURY, DeWilton Brown, hardware mer- chant. (See vol. 1911.)

WOODCOCK, Lindsay Todd, general mgr. Mar- shall Field & Co. (retail); Aug. 23, 1858-Aug. 2. 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

WOODLAND, Fred Buchanan, banker; h. at Chi- cago, Aug. 31, 1872; s. of George and Ophelia C. (Buchanan) Woodland; ed. Oakland High Sch. and Chicago Manual Training Sch .; m. Lilian F. Petyt, Kankakee, Ill., Feb. 22, 1897. Started as bank mes- senger with Merchants' Nat. Bank, 1890; became teller in Prairie State Bank (then the Prairie State Savings and Trust Co.), 1892; later, asst, cashier. cashier, 1900, vice pres., 1910; upon consolidation. with Central Trust Co. of Ill., 1912, became vice pres. of latter, Recreation: motoring. Home: 845 Drexel Sq. Office: 125 W. Monroe St.

WOODLAND, George, banker; Nov. 30, 1847- Feb. 8, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

WOODLE, Edward Ryan, lawyer; b. Janesville. Wis., Mar. 8, 1853; s. Isaac and Cornelia ( Sheldon) Woodle; A.B., Racine Coll., 1873, A.M., 1875; LL. B., Univ. of Wis., 1875; m. Oct., 1884, Hattie Louise, dl. Christopher C. Bradley, of Syracuse, N.Y .; chil- dren: Maria, George. Admitted to Wis, bar, 1875; entered law office of Isham & Lincoln, 1876, and was admitted to Ill. bar; entered law dept. of the I.C.R.R., 1878, and was atty, for that company 14 yrs .; gen, practice since 1892; dir. Kindl Car Truck Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Home: 4907 Win- throp Av. Office: 110 S. Dearborn St.

WOODMAN, Andrew Whitney, civil engr .; b, at Gardner, Mass .; s. George Edwin and Catherine Damon (Whitney) Woodman; B.S. in Civ. Engring., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1890; m. Florence Dean Tenney, of Chelsea, Mass., June S, 1893; children: Cather- ine, Samuel Tenney, Dean Whitney. Began as tracer in office of Boston Bridge Works, 1888, and advanced through drafting office, works, field, sales and engring. depts. until 1897; supervising engr. on reconstrn. of Slade's Ferry Bridge, Fall River, Mass., under appmt. of Mass. R.R. Commn., 1897; contracting engr., Harrington, Robinson & Co., Boston, 1898-9; gen. agt, for New England of The Roebling Constrn. Co., 1900-5; gen. western agt. same company, 1905-9; contracting engr. (power plants), 1910-14; pres. The Joliet Bridge & Iron Co., since 1914; pres. Andrew W. Woodman & Co., now the DePere Manufacturing Co., boilers and steel. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Boston Soc. C.E., West- ern Soc. Engrs. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Chicago Engineers', Evanston Country. Rec- reations: woods, fishing, sailing. Home: 1111 Hin- man Av., Evanston, Ill, Office: 122 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

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WOODMAN, George Alverado, mechanical engr. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Ophthal. and inventor: b. Dunkirk, N.Y., Aug. 21, 1866; s. Soc. (vice pres. 1906, pres, 1908), Ill. Soc. for Pre- vention of Blindness (vice pres.), Zeta Psi, British Empire Assn, of Ill. (vice pres.), Soe, Colonial Wars. Clubs: Chicago, University, Canadian (pres. 1912-15). Author: (with Casey A. Wood) Com- moner Diseases of the Eye, 1904. Formerly edi- torial sec. Ophthalmic Record and writer of papers upon ophthalmology. Residence: Chicago Beach Hotel; (summer) New London, Conn. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av., Chicago.

G. W. and Mary F. (Jewell) Woodman; ed. pub. and high schs., Dunkirk, N. Y .; m. Florence E. Elli- ott, of Conneaut, O., May 26, 1891; 1 daughter, Hannah Marie, Was in machine shop and draw- ing rooms Brooks Locomotive Works, 1884; at Green Bay, Wis., 1886-93; mech, draftsman, with I.C.R.R., 1893-5; supt. car dept. Lima (O.) Locomo- tive & Machine Co., 1895-7; asst, master car build- er, Swift & Co., 1899-1900; asst. supt. Am. Car & Foundry Co., Chicago, 1900; mech. supt. Universal Car Bearing Co. of W. Va., at Chicago, 1901-5; mech. engr. for Kirby Equipment Co., 1905-13; vice pres. and gen, mgr. Nat. Car Equipment Co. since 1913. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner), Home: 6752 Perry Av. Office: 339 Railway Exchange.

WOODNICK, George W., surgeon; b. Birming- ham, Eng., Aug. 24, 1876; s. of Morris and Fanny Woodnick; ed. grammar schs. and Duke's Acad., London; canie to U.S., 1900; M.D., Coll. of Medi- cine ( Univ. of Ill.), 1906; m. Susan Davis, of Lon- don, Dec. 24, 1905; children: Mildred, Arthur, Doro- thy. Practiced at Chicago since 1906: formerly chief surgeon and med. examiner, B.&O. Chicago Terminal R.R. Co .; ex-surgeon and med. exam., Pere Marquette R.R .; asst. surgeon Ill. Eye and Ear Infirmary since 1913; instr. in ophthalmology, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Ill. First It. Med. Officers' Reserve Corps, U.S.A .; mem, bd. examiners Avia- tion Sect. Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Mem. A. M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med, socs., Phi Beta Pi. K.P. Home: 1025 S. Sacramento Boul. Office: 1306 Consumers Bldg.

WOODRUFF, Anne Helena (Miss), author; b. St. David's Ont., Can., Dec. 28, 1830; d. William Henry and Mary D. (Secord) Woodruff; attended pub. sch. until 14, Brockport (N.Y.) State Normal Sch. 6 mos. Resident of Chicago, since 1897. Au- thor: Betty and Bob, 1903; The Pond in the Marshy Meadow, 1906; Three Boys and a Girl, 1906. Writes mainly for juvenile readers. Address. 643 Grace Street.

WOODRUFF, Harvey T., newspaper man; b. at Brazil, Ind., Apr. 9, 1875; s. Amos H, and Julia K. (Trunkey) Woodruff; attended West Div. High Sch .: Chicago Acad .; Univ. of Chicago, 1895-7; m. Eva P. Hammon, of Chicago, Apr. 28, 1909; chil- dren: Alberta E., Julia H. Began newspaper work on Chicago Times-Herald, 1897; sporting editor Chicago Record, 1898-1901; reporter Chicago Her- ald, 1901, Chicago Tribune, 1901-3; sec. and treas. Western Jockey Club, 1903-8; sporting editor Chi- cago Tribune since 1908. Mem. Phi Delta Theta. Home: 2754 Broadway, Evanston, Ill. Office: 342 Tribune Bldg., Chicago.

WOODRUFF, John Samuel, lumber and real es- tate; Sept. 9, 1841-1916. (See vol. 1911.)

WOODRUFF, Joseph Burdett, real estate; b. at Hartford, Conn., Nov. 23, 1863; s. Joseph Smith and Eliza M. (Loomis) Woodruff; ed. pub. schs. of Hartford; m. Maud P. Buck, of Chicago, June 3, 1891. Began in real estate business at Fargo, N.D., 1881; removed to Chicago, 1885; now head of Woodruff & Co. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: 170 E. Pearson St. Office: 605, 69 W. Wash- ington St.

WOODRUFF, Robert Eastman, general agent Erie R.R. Removed to Marion, O. (See vol. 1911.)

WOODRUFF, Thomas Adams, ophthalmologist; b. St. Catharines, Ont., June 4, 1865; s. Samuel De Veaux and Jane Caroline ( Sanderson) Woodruff; descendant of Matthew Woodruff, who settled in Conn., 1636; matriculated Univ. of Toronto; M.D., C.M., McGill Univ., Montreal, 1888; attended hosps. and clinics, London, Berlin, Göttingen, 1888-90; L.R.C.P., London, 1890; in gen. practice, Chicago, 1890-4; in attendance eye and ear hosps., Vienna, Berlin, London, 1894-5; m. Caroline Wright Ogden, of Chicago, Feb., 1914. Specialist in ophthalmol- ogy and otology, Chicago, since 1895; formerly ophthalmic surgeon, St. Luke's, St. Anthony, and Post-Grad. Med. Sch. hosps. Apptd. Ist It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., Feb., 1911. Fellow Am. Acad. Medicine, A.M.A. (3d vice pres. 1908), Am. Coll. Surgeons, Inst. of Medicine of Chicago; mem.

WOODS, Robert Mann, editor, pub .; b. Green- ville, Pa., Apr. 17, 1840; s. William J. and Sarah Lyon ( Mann) Woods; student Knox Coll., Gales- burg, Ill., 1854-8; Amity Coll., College Springs, Ia., 1858-60; m. May Florence Miner, of Chicago, Sept. 9, 1867 (died 1900); 2 children: Alice Woods (de- ceased), Miner Robert. Began as editor of Daily Union Herald, Springfield, Ill., 1863; editor and pub. Daily Republican, Joliet, Ill., 1879-93; sec. and treas, St. Louis Paving Brick Co., Galesburg, 1893; vice pres. Peerless Portland Cement Co., Union City, Mich., 1896; dir. Purington Paving Brick Co. until 1906 (retired). Served as adj., bvt. capt. and maj. 64th Ill. Vols., 1864-5; commissary of musters, 4th Div., 17th Army Corps, 1864, 65. First adj. gen. G.A.R .; comdr. Dept. of Ill., G.A.R., 1904-5; mem. Loyal Legion. Republican. Author of Constitution and By-Laws Grand Army of the Republic, 1866. Home: 6622 University Av.

WOODWARD, Arthur Herbert, mfr .; b. Chicago, Oct. 27, 1870; s. James Little and Hannah Green- leaf (White) Woodward; grad. of Cottage Grove Grammar Sch., 1885, Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1888; M.E., Sibley Coll. of Engring. (Cornell Univ.), 1892; m. Jefferson, O., May 20, 1896, Edith M. Norton; children: Julian Laurence, Elinor Maude, Herbert Norton. Treas. Internat. Register Co., 1895-7, and pres. since Jan., 1898. Mem. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Republican. Congregationalist. ('lub: Union League. Home: Altadena, Cal. Office: 15 S. Throop St., Chicago.

WOODWORTH, Laurence Conger, scrivener of Brothers of the Book; h. Gouverneur, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1874; s. Albert Linden and Lydia Elizabeth (Conger) Woodworth; attended pub. schs. and Gou- verneur High Sch. until 17. Entered employ of First Nat. Bank of Gouverneur; came to Chicago, 1902, to take position with Central Trust Co. of Ill .; cashier Manufacturers' Bank, 1903-6; cashier Monroe Nat. Bank, 1906-11; founded, 1898, and be- came head of the publishing book soc., "Brothers of the Book." Clubs: Cliff Dwellers, Brothers of the Book, American Canoe Assn. Recreation: book collecting. Home: 1148 N. LaSalle St. Office: 504 Sherman St.

WOODWORTH, Philip Bell, electrical engr .; b. Auburn, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1865; s. Thomas Bell and Gertrude (Smith) Woodworth; B.S., Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1886; M.E., Cornell Univ., 1890; student Univ. of Berlin, 1891-2; m. Lucy Merrylees Clute, of Lansing, Mich., Aug. 11, 1893; 4 children: Paul, Robert, and Gertrude and Marion (twins). Asst. to chief engr. Brush Electric Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1889-90; in charge of physics and elec. engring., Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1890-9; prof. elec. engring. since Sept. 1, 1899, dean since 1907, Lewis Inst., Chicago; also mem. firm Rummler & Rummler, mech. ex- perts and patent attys., Chicago. Mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs., Chicago Coun- cil of Engrs., Tau Beta Pi, Phi Delta Theta. Re- publican. Mason. Clubs: Electric-Jovian, Inter- collegiate. Recreation: farming. Home: 5809 Race Av. Office: 1212 Tribune Bldg., and Lewis Inst.

WOODWORTH, Plumer Morton, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

WOODYATT, Rollin Turner, M.D .; b. Chicago, June 3, 1878; s. William Henry and Clara (Burn- ham) Woodyatt; ed. pub. schs., Chicago and Ev- anston; grad. Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1897; student Cornell Univ., 1897-8; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1902; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1906; studied European laboratories, 1906-7; spl. work Univ. of Chicago, 1908, 09; unmarried. Interne, Presbyn. Hosp., 1902-4, later asso. attending phys, same; mem. consulting staff, Evanston Hosp .; asst, prof. internal medicine, Rush Med. Coll., since 1912; dir. Otho S. A. Sprague Memorial Inst Lab. for Clin.

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Research. Mem. A.M.A., Assn. Am. Physicians, Ill .; same, Chicago Policlinic Hosp .; pension exam- Am. Soc. Clin. Investigation, Am. Soc. Biol. Chem- iner, City of Chicago; examiner Mut. Life Ins. Co. ists, Am. Chem. Soc., Sigma Xi, Sigma Chi, Phi of New York. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Med. Soc. of Vienna, Home: 1514 Pratt Boul. Office: 25 E. Wash- Rho Sigma. Clubs: University, Cliff Dwellers, Literary. Contbr. studies in metabolism and nu- trition. Home: 231 Dempster St., Evanston, Ill. ington St. Office: 104 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

WOOF, Joseph Thomas, M.D., surgeon; b. Chi- cago, Apr. 17, 1872; s. William and Ellen (Fitz- gerald) Woof; M.D., Harvey Med. Coll., Chicago, 1905, Jenner Med. Coll., Chicago, 1906; m. Eudora Dosch, of Richland Center, Wis., Mar. 16, 1908. Practiced at Chicago since 1906; visiting phys., St. Ann's Hosp., Frances Willard Hosp .; staff surgeon, West End Hosp .; prof. surgery, Chicago Coll. Med- icine and Surgery, and Jenner Med. Coll. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Physi- cians' Econ. Club of Ill. (pres.). Home: 5644 Madi- son St.

WOOLFOLK, Clinton Swallow, lawyer; May 16, 1874-Mar. 26, 1913. (See vol, 191I.)

WOOLLEY, Celia Parker, minister; b. Toledo, O., June 14, 1848; d. Marcellus Harris and Harriet Maria (Sage) Parker; grad. of Coldwater Female Sem .; m. Dr. J. H. Woolley, Dec. 29, 1868. Removed to Chicago, 1876; minister Unitarian Ch., Geneva, Ill., 1893-6, Independent Liheral Ch., Chicago, 1896- 98; lecturer and writer; active worker in women's clubs. Early in 1904 organized at 3032 Wabash Av., Frederick Douglass Center, for settlement work among the colored people in Chicago. Au- thor: Love and Theology (republished in paper as "Rachael Armstrong"), 1887: A Girl Graduate, 1889; Roger Hunt, 1893; The Western Slope, 1903. Address: 3032 Wabash Av.

WOOLLEY, Clarence Mott, president Am, Radi- tor Co. Removed to N.Y. City. (See vol. 1911.)

WOOLLEY, Edward Mott, author. Removed to Passaic, N.J. (See Who's Who in America. )

WOOLLEY, Erving Yale, clergyman; h. Meriden, Conn .: s. Joseph J. and Mary A. (Ferris) Woolley; prep. edn. University Sch., Providence, R.I .; A.B., Brown Univ., 1888; m. Mary E. Davis, of Paw- tucket, R.I., Oct. 12, 1897; 2 children: Paul, Mary E. Spent several years after graduation, in cotton mills at Pawtucket, New Bedford and Fall River, learning the milling business; associated for 16 yrs. with Stoddard, Haserick, Richards Co., Bos- ton, in equipment of mills for mfr. of spl. lines of cotton goods; gave up sale of machinery, 1907, and joined Dr. Dixon, as asst. pastor, of Moody Ch., Chicago; became acting pastor same ch. when Dr. Dixon went to London, Eng., 1911; asso. pastor with Rev. Paul Rader, at Moody Ch., and the Moody Tabernacle, North Av. and Clark St. Home: 157 Eugenie St.

WOOLLEY, Francis James, lawyer; b. Milwau- kee, Wis., Feb. 17, 1865; s. James T. and Mary A. of U.S. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar (Shearman) Woolley; Ph. B., Univ. of Mich., 1887;' m. Cora B. Low, of Kalamazoo. Mich., June 28. 1892; 2 children: Francis L. and Alice. Admitted to bar, 1890; mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., etc. Episcopalian. Mason (K.T.). Recreations: out- door exercise, boating. Home: Glencoe, Ill. Office: 815, 118 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.

WOOLLEY, Jefferson Henry, dentist; b. Phila., Pa., Aug. 4, 183%; s. George W. (M.D.) and Mari- etta (Royce) Woolley; ed. pvt. and pub. schs. in Phila., San Francisco and Sacramento, Cal .; m. Coldwater, Mich., Celia Parker, Dec. 29, 1868. Was student in dentistry, Sacramento, 1854-6, San Fran- cisco, 1856-60; practiced at Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, 1860-4; then at Coldwater, Mich .: came to Chicago, 1876; retired from practice, 1917; formerly instr. Chicago Dental Coll. Ex-pres. Chi- cago Dental Soc., Chicago Odontol. Soc. Republic- an. Mason (K.T.). Home: 3032 Wabash Av.

WOOSTER, Lorraine Elizabeth, author. (See Who's Who in America. )

WORCESTER, Charles Henry, lumberman; b. at Detroit, Mich., Sept. 23, 1864; s. Ira and Caroline C. (Cooper) Worcester; ed, pub. schs., Detroit; m. Chicago, Jan. 3, 1894, Mary F. Southwell. In em- ploy Farrand, Williams & Co., wholesale druggists, Detroit, 1882-9; mgr. Peninsula White Lead and Color Works, Detroit, 1889-92; investment securi- ties and real estate business, Chicago, 1892-5; in lumber business since 1895; now pres. C. H. Wor- cester Co .; also pres. Worcester Lumber Co. (Chas- sell, Mich.), Greenwood Lumber Co. (Ontonagon, Mich.), Montezuma ( Ind. ) Brick Works; vice pres. Munising Paper Companies. Mem. advisory commn. Council of Nat. Defense. Life governing mem. of Art Inst. Chicago. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Skokie Country. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Homes: 1323 N. State St., Chicago, and Chassell, Mich. Office: 1409, 19 S. La Salle St., Chicago.

WORK, Andrew S., financial agent. (See vol. 1911.)

WORK, John Mcclelland, socialist; b. nr. West Chester, Ja., Jan. 3, 1869; s. John Henry and Rose Anna (McClelland) Work; A.B., Monmouth ( Ill.) Coll., 1891; LL.B., Columbian (now George Wash- ington) Univ., 1892; m. Monmouth, Ill., Lucie Hoi- sington, June 24, 1896. Practiced law, Des Moines, Ia., 1892-1900; del. to conv. that organized Socialist party, and to all other nat. convs. of party since; mem. Socialist Nat. Exec. Com., 1903-10; Socialist candidate for mayor of Des Moines, 1902, for gov. of Ia., 1903, 10, for elector-at-large, 1900 and 1904, for U.S. Senate, 1908. Nat. lecturer and organizer Socialist party, 1904-10; nat. sec. Socialist Party, Sept., 1911-May, 1913. Author: What's So and What Isn't, 1905 (Socialist propaganda book) ; Where You Get Off, 1913 (same); The Key to the Mystery, 1914 (same). Writer for Socialist and other labor publs. Address: 1217 Rosedale Av.

WORMSER, Leo Falk, lawyer; b. Chicago, July 6, 1884; s. David and Frida (Falk) Wormser; grad. Armour Inst. Tech., 1901; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1905; student of Harvard Law Sch., 1904-6; J.D., Univ. of Chicago Law Sch., 1909; m. Helen E. Gold- smith, of Cincinnati, O., Oct. 23, 1911; I daughter, Elaine. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1909, and since prac- ticed at Chicago; began practice with Rosenthal & Hamill and became mem. of firm July 1, 1911, now Rosenthal, Hamill & Wormser; practices in state and federal courts, including Supreme Ct. assns., Am. Soc. Judicial Settlement Internat. Dis- putes, Chicago Soc. of Advocates, Phi Beta Kappa. Mem. bd. trustees Associated Jewish Charities of Chicago. Independent Republican. Clubs: City, Law, Standard, Harvard. Recreation: walking. Home: 4745 Kimbark Av. Office: 105 W. Monroe Street.

WORRELL, Edwin Reed, clergyman; b. Avon, Fulton Co., Ill., Jan. 22, 1858; s. Rev. Benjamin Franklin and Matilda Jane (Griffin) Worrell; A.B., Wheaton ( Ill.) Coll., 1885, A.M., IS88; (D.D., Grove City Coll., Pa., 1906); m. Clara E. Pickens, Bloom ( now Chicago Heights), Ill., Nov. 26, 1885; 5 chil- dren living: Paul Benjamin, Dwight Edwin, Wil- lard Parker, Caris B., Doris Naomi. Prin. pub. sch., Thornton, Ill., 2 yrs .; ordained to ministry by Chi- cago Presbytery, 1888; pastor Chicago, 1888-93, Waverly, Kan., 1893-7, Butler, Pa., 1897-1906; field sec. Gen. Assembly's Com. on Temperance, Chi- cago (traveling in Middle West), 1906-8; pastor Brookline Ch., Chicago, since 1908. Mem. Prohi- hition State Central Com. of Ill., Chicago Presbyn. Ministers' Assn. Recreations: hunting, baseball, basketball, chess, gardening. Home: 7239 Evans Avenue.

WOOLSTON, Wesley John, M.D., surgeon; b. at Geneva, Ill., Apr. 1, 1883; s. Joseph L. and Isabelle (Newton) Woolston; prep. edn. Chicago Manual Training Sch .; M.D., Coll, of Medicine, Univ. of Ill., 1905; post-grad. work, at Vienna; m. Edna Chapell, of Chicago, June 28, 1911; 1 daughter, Jane. Practiced at Chicago since 1905; interne, WORTH, William P., coal; b. Chanahan, Ill., Jan. 7, 1870; s. George W. and Sarah (Worthy) West Side Hosp., 1905-7; externe St. Mary's Hosp .; now asst. gynecologist, Coll. of Medicine, Univ. of Worth; ed. high sch., Joliet, Ill .; m. Chicago, Jan.

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1, 1895, Ella J. Cruver; 2 children: George W., Ger- inson) Wright; ed. Campbell Coll., Belfast, Ireland; ald Pitkin. In a banking house at Chicago, 1888- 96; pres. Garden City Fuel Co. until Nov., 1909;

Royal Univ. of Ireland; came to U.S., 1893; grad. McCormick Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1915; m. Kate company then merged into the Lill-Robinson Coal Orwall, of St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 23, 1911. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1915; pastor Endeavor Ch., Chl- cago, since May, 1915. Mem. The Gideons Chris- tian Commercial Traveling Men's Assn. America. Republican. Home: 3553 N. Paulina St.

Co., of which was sec, and treas. till merged with Consumers Co .; pres. Worth-Huskey Coal Co., Franklin Coal Co., Worth Motor Service Co .; sec. and treas. The Ridge Coal Mining Co. Mem. Chi- cago Coal Men's Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Mem. Garfield Lodge A.F. and A.M. Clubs: Chicago Athletic; Colonial, Oak Park Conn- try (Oak Park) ; Lake Geneva Yacht. Recreations: yachting, motoring, sports, golf. Home: 232 S. Eu- clid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 37 W. Van Buren St., Chicago.

WORTHINGTON, Gerrit Hazard, fire ins .; b. at Summit, Wis., Apr. 29, 1854; s. Hon. Denison and Mary (LaGrange) Worthington; grad. high sch., Chicago, 1871; m. Sne Ingman, of Madison, Wis., Apr. 15, 1884; 3 children: LaGrange, Virginia, Rob- ert Ingman. Began in fire ins. business, 1871; ex- aminer in western dept. Continental Fire Ins. Co., 1881-92; chief clk. western dept. Conn. Fire Ins. Co., 1892-1905; supt. agencies of Delaware Ins. Co., 1905-12; chief examiner Commercial Union Assur- ance Co. since 1912. Republican. Episcopalian. Charter mem. Ist Regt. I.N.G., and served 8 yrs. Mem. Nat. Union. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 800, 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

WORTHY, Sidney Winsor, lawyer; b. Chicago, May 29, 1876; s. John and Martha E. (Johnson) Worthy; ed. pub, schs., Chicago, and Highland Mil. Acad .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1899; m. Suz- anne Preston Waller, of Chicago, June 25, 1913. Admitted to the Ill. bar; associated in practice with W. W. Gurley since 1899. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Methodist. Clubs: Chicago, University, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia. Home: 1032 N. Dearborn St. Office: 914 Marquette Bldg.

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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