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ZIEGFELD, William Kimball, motion pictures; b. Chicago, Oct. 21, 1872; s. Dr. Florenz and Rosa- lie (De Hez) Ziegfeld; ed. pub. schs. and in Har- vard Prep. Sch., Chicago; m. Chicago, Feb. 8, 1900, Carrie Fulghum Lindley; 2 sons: William K., Jr., Robert Lindley. Vice pres. and gen. mgr. Chicago Musical Coll., 1893-14; mgr. Ziegfeld Theatre, 1908-
ZIEGLER, Herbert Peter, district mgr. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co .; b. Chicago, Nov. 2, 1882; s. Peter Herbert and Catherine (Hansen) Ziegler; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Alice V. Har- din, of Chicago, June 6, 1903; I daughter, Elaine Elizabeth. With Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. prac- tically ever since beginning of active career, 1906; dist. mgr. of the company at Chicago since 1913. Home: 7418 Crandon Av. Office: 1601 Michigan Av.
ZIEHME, Albert E., wholesale jeweler; b. To- mah, Wis., Sept. 1, 1866; s. William and Helena Ziehme; removed with parents at age of 4, to Clear Lake, la .; ed. pub. schs. there; m. Iowa City, Ia., June 5, 1894, Ella Main. Engaged in mercantile business at 22 at Kensett, Ia .; became traveling salesman for a wholesale jewelry house, 1891; came to Chicago, 1895, and organized jewelry firm of A. E. Ziehme & Co. Republican. Trustee Ra- venswood M.E. Ch. Clubs: Hamilton (life), Ill. Athletic, Ravenswood (dir.). Homes: 4400 N. Pau- lina St., Chicago; (summer) Clear Lake, Ia. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.
ZIESING, August, civil engr .; b. Peru, Ill., Feb. 19, 1858; s. of Dr. Henry and Katherine ( Brenne- mann) Ziesing; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1878 (C.E., 1905) ; m. Alice A. Hanna, of Wooster, O., Feb. 27. 1884; children: Mabel (died 1885), Harry H., Mar- garette (Mrs. Mark D. Rector), Gertrude (Mrs. Harry L. Stout), Katherine. Engaged in bridge de- signing and constrn., 1878-83, ry. engring., 1883-97; mgr. and engr. Lassig Bridge Works, 1887-1901; vice pres. and western mgr., 1901-5, pres. since Sept., 1905, Am. Bridge Co. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., Am. Ry. Engring. Assn. Re- publican. Clubs: University, Union League, Engi- neers', Skokie Country; Engineers' (New York); Duquesne, Pittsburgh Athletic (Pittsburgh). Home: Glencoe, 111. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chi- cago.
ZILLMAN, Christian C(harles) H (erman), law- yer; b. Momence, Ill., Dec. 26, 1870; s. William and Dorothea (Maas) Zillman; removed with parents to Chariton Co., Mo., 1871, which was his home until 1897; ed. U.S. Naval Acad., Annapolis, Md., 1888-91; B.S., Univ. of Mo., 1893; M.A., Columbia, 1897; m. Lucia Benecke, of Brunswick, Mo., Jan. 2, 1904; 4 children: Theodore, Christian, William and Louis. Entered employ of law firm of Rubens & Mott, Chicago, Aug., 1897 (firm became Rubens, Dupuy & Fischer, May 1, 1898) ; began independent practice, Aug., 1900; associated with David, Smul- ski & McGaffey, Aug., 1902, Smulski and McGaf- fey later withdrawing; associated with Joseph B. David under title of David & Zillman, 1906-16; in practice alone since June, 1916. Dir. Fullerton- Southport State Savings Bank, Mem. Am., 111. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst., Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu, Columbia Coll. Alumni Assn., Univ. of Mo. Alumni Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Club: Park Ridge Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 4446 N. Kildare Av. Of- fice: 154 W. Randolph St.
ZIMMERMAN, Fred, railway official; b. Port- land, Me., July 26, 1866; s. Frederick Scott and An- netta ( Haugan) Zimmerman; ed. pub. schs., Chi- cago; m. Edith A. Hoskins, of Chicago, June 29, 1893; children: Herbert Leslie, Donald Roy. Be- gan, 1882, with the Green, Kankakee, Chicago & Louisville Southern, and Southern Dispatch fast frt. lines, and continued with various Chicago and Ohio River lines, at Chicago, until 1887; rate and tariff clk., C., I.&L. Ry. ("Monon Route"), at Chi- cago, 1887-90; with Mich. Central Ry., at Chicago and Detroit, 1890-9; asst. gen. frt. agt., same com- pany, at Buffalo, N.Y., 1899-1900, at Chicago, 1900- 09; apptd. gen. frt. agt. Indiana Harbor Belt R.R., at Chicago, Nov. 1, 1909, and on Jan. 1, 1911, also gen. frt. agt. Chicago, Indiana & Southern Ry .; gen. frt. agt. L.S.&M.S.Ry., and Dunkirk, Alle- gheny Valley & Pittsburgh R.R., at Cleveland, O., Mar .- Nov., 1914; vice pres. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Ry., at Chicago, since Nov. 1, 1914. Mem. Am. Assn. Frt. Traffic Officers (vice pres. 1917). Republican. Presbyterian. Mason; mem. Nat. Un- ion. Clubs: Union League, Traffic of Chicago (dir.),
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Oak Park (pres. 1917-18), Oak Park Country, etc. 1907, of Zoellner String Quartette, which has Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 623 N. Oak toured extensively in Europe and America. Ad- Park Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1414 Transporta- dress: Care of H. Culbertson, 5474 University Av. tion Bldg., Chicago.
ZOLINE, Elijah Nathaniel, lawyer. Removed to ZIMMERMAN, W(illiam) Carbys, architect; b. New York. (See vol. 1911.)
Thiensville, Wis., Feb. 25, 1859; s. of William and ZOLLER, Walter G., coal; b. Lebanon, Pa., Aug. 24, 1867; s. Frank and Annabella (Warbrooke) Zol- ler; ed. pub. schs. Began as telegraph operator at Peoria, Ill., with the Chicago, Pekin & Southwest- ern R.R .; then pvt. sec. to W. A. Gardner, div. supt. of Wis. Central R.R. at Chicago 2 yrs .; subse- quently engaged in the coal business, first with Chicago, Wilmington & Vermillion Coal Co .; be- came mem. firm of Bell & Zoller, later inc. as the Bell & Zoller Coal Co., of which is sec. Republican. Country. Home: 5525 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 343 S. Dearborn St. Elizabeth (Carbys) Zimmerman; acad. edn., Mil- waukee, followed by course of architecture at Mass. Inst. Tech .; m. Chicago, Apr. 18, 1881, Emily Vogts; children: William Spencer, Irla (Mrs. Albert M. Saxe), Edward Carbys, Ralph Waldo. Practiced architecture as mem, firm of Flanders & Zimmer- man until 1898; state architect of Ill., 1905-13; since in pyt, practice; sr. mem. firm Zimmerman, Saxe & Zimmerman. Fellow A. I.A., and mem, Ill. Chapter same (pres. 1902-3). Clubs: Union League, Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore, Flossmoor Cliff Dwellers, Quadrangle. Recreation: carpentry work. Home: 5621 Blackstone Av. Office: 64 E. Van Buren St.
ZIMMERMAN, William Frederick, vice pres. A. C. McClurg & Co .; b. Berlin, Germany, Mar. 26, 1849; s. William Frederick and Matilda (Schwe- der) Zimmerman, who emigrated to America in 1851 ; ed. pub. schs. of Brooklyn, N. Y .; m. Germany, 1879, Marie Marbaise; children: William F., Jr., Herbert, Hilmar. Began as office boy and bill clk. of Montgomery Ward & Co. since 1906, first as in New York, and at age of 14 went to the oil re- gions of Pa., remaining 4 yrs .; came to Chicago and was in employ of Cobb, Pritchard & Co .; en- tered the book and stationery house of Jansen, Mc- Clurg & Co., 1872, as chief clk. of the wholesale dept .; has since remained with that house and its successor, A. C. McClurg & Co., of which was pres., 1902-12, now vice pres. Club: Iroquois. Recrea- tion: reading. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 330 E. Ohio St., Chicago.
ZOELLER, William, machinist; b. Villmar, Ger- many, Apr. 7, 1852; s. William and Ann (Speier) Zoeller; came to U.S., 1865; ed. in Germany and Chicago; m. Emily Braun, of Chicago, May 24, 1876; children: William A., Edward Henry, Fred John, Agnes S., Walter N. Began learning trade of machinist with John Holbeck (now Nat. Machine Works), 1866; connected with the Crane Co., 1871- 73; with C .. R.I.&P. shops, 1873-4; then with Sco- ville's machine shop, L. Wolff Mfg. Co. and the Northwestern Horse Nail Mfg. Co .; entered busi- ness on own account, 1883, incorporated, 1907, as the William Zoeller Co., machinists. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Mason. Mem. Turn Verein Vorwaerts. Recreation: week-end country visits. Home: 3307 Fulton St. Office: 325 N. Curtis Street.
ZOELLNER, Joseph, Sr., musician; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 2, 1862; studied violin with Lorenzen and Theodore Jacoby, New York, and with Oster- meyer and Hegner, at Aschaffenburg, Germany, and Henri Petri, Dresden; m. Helena Schneider, of Brooklyn, 1884. Musical dir. Niblo's Garden, New York, 1884; head of music, schs. of Brooklyn, 1882- 1903, Stockton, Cal., 1903-6; toured in Russia, 1908- 09; head of violin dept. École Communale, Etter- beek, Brussels, Belgium, 1909-10; mem. Symphony Orchestra, Durant, Brussels, 1910-12. Founder, Water St.
ZOOK, Joseph Irving, treasurer of Montgomery Ward & Co .; b. Harrisburg, Pa., Mar. 6, 1880; s. Noah and Hannah Mary Zook; ed. rural schs., Dick- inson Co., Kan .; Northern Ill. Coll., Fulton (non- grad.); m. Jessie Walden Odell, of Lexington, Ky., Dec. 21, 1905. Country sch. teacher, 1901-3; agent accident, life and liability ins., 1904-5; in employ corr. Kansas City house, advancing through vari- ous positions until became supt. office dept. in charge of 1,000 employes, 1908; transferred to Chi- cago house, Jan., 1913, in charge all office depts. of all houses, and efficiency expert; treas. and dir. of the co. and 5 subsidiary cos. since Jan., 1914. Democrat. Clubs: Mid-Day, Westmoreland Coun- try, Business Men's Prosperity, Edgewater Beach Yacht. Recreations: golf, fishing, shooting. Home: 915 Winona Av. Office: 618 W. Chicago Av.
ZOOK, Morris Alexander, civil engr. Removed to Washington, D.C. ( See vol. 1911.)
ZUBER, Anthony E., wholesale drugs; h. Olney, Ill., Sept. 3, 1867; s. of Francis H. and Mary (De Arnolde) Zuber; ed. pub, and high schs., Olney; m. Marguerite Messier, of Kenosha, Wis., Nov. 20, 1896; children: Eugene, Francis, Florence. Began as drug clk., 1881; entered retail drug business, 1890, as A. E. Zuher, now Zuber Drug Co., of which is sec .; one of organizers, 1909, of Chicago Whole- sale Drug Co., of which is pres .; dir. Citizens Trust & Savings Bank, Mutual Drug Co., Cleveland, O. Democrat. Catholic. Recreations: motoring, travel. Home: 243 W. Garfield Boul. Office: 117 W. Harri- son St.
ZULFER, Anton George, commission mcht .; b. Chicago, Apr. 29, 1865; s. Anton and Elizabeth ( Blue) Zulfer; ed. parochial sch. and Bryant and Stratton Business Coll., Chicago; m. Nora Beck, of Chicago, July 4, 1896; 3 children: Katherine, Eliza- beth and Anton George, Jr. Began in grocery busi- ness at 17 yrs. of age, as mem. firm Mauss & Zul- fer; later in same business alone until 1894; mem. firm of Morf & Zulfer, 1894-1900, of A. G. Zulfer & Co. since 1900. Republican. Catholic. Clubs: III. Athletic, Booster. Recreations: hilliards and bowl- ing. Home: 1318 Sherwin Av. Office: 121 W. South
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