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 3

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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ADAMS, Elmer Haney, lawyer; b. New Windsor, Ill., Sept. 22, 1870; s. Samuel and Clarissa (Kean) Adams; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1892; m. Leona Worster, of Chicago, Feb. 21, 1894; children: Stanley Benning and Thornton Shaw. Actively en- gaged in practice at Chicago since 1893; mem. law firm of Adams, Crews, Bobb & Wescott. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Mem. Am, Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Ma- son (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Mid-Day, Chicago Ath- letic, Glen View Golf. Recreation: golf. Resi- dence: Glen View Golf Club, Golf, Ill. Office: 1100, 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

ADAMS, Francis, formerly judge Appellate Court of Cook Co .; 1825-Dec. 27, 1915.

ADAMS, George, iron and steel; b. Buffalo, N. Y., June 22, 1858; s. William and Sarah ( McDougall) Adams; ed. pub. schs, of Buffalo, N.Y., and in Bry- ant and Stratton Business Coll. until 1871, followed by a practical training in the steel business; m. Minnie Haynes, of Chicago, Aug. 17, 1881; children: Claude (deceased), Mont and Harry. Entire busi- ness career has been in the iron and steel business; resident of Chicago since 1881; Chicago mgr. since 1894 for Houghton & Richards, of Boston, handling their steels for tool-making. Republican. Recre- ation: motor-boating. Home: 2835 W. Monroe St., Chicago; (summer) Lake Side Resort, Mich. Office: 26-28 N. Clinton St., Chicago.

ADAMS, George Everett, ex-congressman; b. at Keene, N.H., June 18, 1840; s. Benjamin Franklin and Louise Ruth (Redington) Adams; attended sch. at Keene, N.H .; family moved to Chicago, 1853; A.B., Harvard, 1860, LL.B., 1865; during war served a short time as mem. of Battery A, Ill. Arty,; m. Adele Foster, of Chicago, Nov. 30, 1871; 2 children: Isabelle ( Mrs. Mason Bross), Margaret. Mem. Ill. Senate, 1881 (resigned, 1883) ; mem. 48th to 51st Congresses (1883-91); served on banking, currency and judiciary coms. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Overseer Harvard, 1892-1904; trustee Newberry Library, Field Mus .; mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn .; pres. Chi- cago Orchestral Assn., 6 yrs. Clubs: Chicago, Un- ion League, University, Hamilton, Harvard, Home: 350 Belden Av. Office: 108 S. LaSalle St.

ADAMS, Harry Coburn, coal merchant; b. Indi- ADAMS, Cyrus Hall, Jr., lawyer; b. Chicago, anapois, Ind., Mar. 3, 1858; s. Ilenry E. and Sarah (Coburn) Adams; ed. pub. sch. of Bucyrus, O .; m. Chicago, May 22, 1884, Sarah J. Robinson. Was for 3 yrs. engaged in railroad work in Columbus, O., before moving to Chicago in 1880; then mgr. of the Chicago branch of the Turney & James Co .: joined, 1898, in the organization of The Jones & Adams Coal Co., of which is pres .; dir. several com- panies. Club: Union League. Recreations: motor-

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ing and golf. Home: 568 E. 51st St. Office: 28 E. dence: Lakota Hotel. Office: 55 Exchange Bldg., Jackson Boul. Union Stock Yards.

ADAMS, Henry Ethelbert, toy mfr .; b. Sandwich, Ill., May 29, 1868; s. J. Phelps and Mary Brainard (Phelps) Adams; ed, pub. schs. of Sandwich and Northwestern Univ .; m. Mary A. Haviland, of Pequanning, Mich., Aug. 14, 1889; 2 children: Flor- ence Haviland (Mrs. Paul B. Sommers), Phelps Haviland. Began with Sandwich ( Ill.) Mfg. Co., 1887; came to Chicago and with others organized the Ideal Boiler Co., of which was treas., 1894-7; mem. firm of Adams & Jones, house heating appa- ratus, Boston, 1897-1903; returned to Chicago and became identified with Am. Radiator Co., of which was asst. treas. 1904-13, treas. 1913-15; since vice pres. Kangaroo Mfg. Co .; also treas. Norwall Mfg. Co., Chicago, and dir. Sandwich Mfg. Co. Repub- lican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T.); mem. Sigma Chi. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreations: golf and motor boating. Home: 1110 E. 52d St. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

ADAMS, James Alonzo, clergyman. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

ADAMS, John Benjamin, grain merchant; May 4, 1853-Dec. 13, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

ADAMS, John Quincy, lands and loans; b. Troy, Vt., June 16, 1848; s. Benjamin S. and Susan Smith (Pierce) Adams; ed. Grand River Inst., Austin- burg, O .; B.S., Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, Ia., 1868; m. Frances C. Smith, of Albion, Ia., Dec. 23, 1874; 1 son, Benjamin S. Began in 1869 as deputy county auditor, Mitchell Co., Ia., continuing 1 yr .; trav- eling salesman 10 yrs .; mem. Griffin & Adams, bankers, Spencer, Ia., 10 yrs .; identified with large transactions in lands and loans since 1892, and from May, 1902 to 1910, pres. of the Adams & Denmead Co., dealing in western lands and mort- gage loans; pres. Coast Line Land Co., of Three Forks, Mont., Adams Investment Co., of Marshall- town, Ia. Republican. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Chicago Athletic. Home: Okoboji, Ia. Resi- dence: Evanston Hotel, Evanston. Ill. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

ADAMS, John Russell, dried fruits, beans, canned goods; b. Boston, Feb. 2, 1850; s. William H. and Jeannette R. (Bliss) Adams; ed. pub. and priv. schs. of New England; m. Chicago, June 25, 1874, Ella D. Hackett; children: John Hackett, Alice Montgomery (Mrs. Joseph L. Gunsaulus), Le Baron, Laurence Russell, After leaving sch. went to Cal., and was chiefly engaged with Wells- Fargo Co.'s Express, 1865-71; returned to New York, 1871, and was connected with butter and cheese business; came to Chicago, 1873, and was with J. W. Doane & Co., coffees; then mem. Cobb & Adams, foreign dried fruits, and later in same business alone; became connected with Porter Bros. Co., 1896; established firm of John R. Adams & Co., dried fruits, etc., 1903. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View. Recreation: golf. Home: 1360 N. State St. Office: 130 N. 5th Av.

ADAMS, Joseph, retired; b. at Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Eng., Oct. 28, 1851; s. John and Eliza (Clarke) Adams; ed. Chicago High Sch .; aft- erward studied with pvt. tutors and Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1896, Edith Almy. En- tered employ of Adams & Eldredge, Union Stock Yards, May 2, 1866; entered partnership with fa- ther, Apr., 1887, continuing until latter's death, Oct. 30, 1889; then with brother, George J., con- tinued business as John Adams & Sons; some years later admitted A. W. Kitchin to partnership under firm style of John Adams' Sons & Kitchin; retired from active business, Jan. 22, 1912, but still inter- ested in lumber and land. Vice pres. Chicago Live Stock Exchange, 1908-10. Independent in politics. ADAMS, Spencer L., lawyer; b. Skaneateles, N. Y., June 12, 1870; s. of Emerson and Annette ( Austin) Adams; attended pub, schs. 12 yrs .; A.B., Cornell Univ., 1893; LL.B., Yale, 1895; unmar- ried. Admitted to N.Y. bar, Feb. 7, 1896; to Ill. bar, same year; first entered law office of H. R. Pebbles; then that of Thomas Dent and Russell Whitman and later associated with David B. Ly- man in practice in Chicago, 1899-1914; mem. Ly- Mem, Citizens' Assn, of Chicago, Municipal Voters' League, Civil Service Reform Assn., New York, Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Forestry Assn., Municipal Art League, Civic Federation, Bureau of Justice, Public Art League; dir. Ill. Humane Soc .; life mem. Art Inst. of Chicago; trustee and 2d vice pres. Chi- cago Orchestral Assn. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Literary, Saddle and Cycle, South Shore Country, Chicago Tennis (life). Has traveled widely during man, Adams & Bishop since 1914. Pres. Cornell recent years. One of original bd. of governors and Alumni Assn. of Chicago, 1909-15; mem. Chicago sec. for 15 mos. of Chicago Athletic Assn. Resi- Law Inst., Legal Club, Empire State Soc. of Chi-

ADAMS, Lyle Edwin, mfr. glass products; b. De- troit, Mich., Oct. 11, 1879; s. Walter L. and Madge (Burton) Adams; ed. pub. schs .; D.D.S., Univ. of Ill., 1903; m. Agnes Sherman, of Chicago, Oct. 16, 1906. In practice of dentistry 2 yrs .; mem. firm Adams Bros. & Co., jobbers and brokers of glass products, since 1896. Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 139 N. Mayfield Av. Office: 136 W. Lake St.

ADAMS, Milward, theatre mgr. (See vol. 1911.) ADAMS, Myron Eugene, clergyman; b. Palmyra, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1876; s. Myron H. and Lydia ( Brew- ster) Adams; A.B., Syracuse Univ., 1898; Roches- ter Theol. Sem., 1901; m. Roma M. Howell, of De- troit, Mich., June 8, 1914, Director 1st playground, Rochester, N.Y., 1899; Cleveland, 1901; resident worker and probation officer, Welcome Hall Settle- ment, Buffalo, 1901-4; head worker, West Side Neighborhood House, New York, 1904-6; ordained Baptist ministry, 1905; pastor Midland, Mich., 1906-9, Warren Av. Ch., Detroit, 1909-12, 1st Bap- tist Ch., Chicago, 1912-1916. Mem. bd. dirs. Citi- zens' League, Central Bapt. Home, Anti-Saloon League, Anti-Cigarette League, Chicago Tract Soc., Com. of Fifteen, Chicago Dry Federation, Chicago Pub. Welfare Bureau. Scottish Rite Mason (32°). Club: University. Has devoted attention largely to social service since leaving sem. Regular con- thr. to The Survey, Outlook, etc. Chaplain Officers' Training Camp, Ft. Sheridan, 1917. Home: 5517 University Av.

ADAMS, Nathaniel Holder, M.D .; b. Lexington, O., Jan. 14, 1871; s. Amos S. and Elizabeth S. (Holder) Adams; attended common and high schs. of Mansfield, O .; Ph. M., Chicago Coll. of Pharmacy, 1890; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Coll., 1896; m. Clara R. Melchert, of Chicago, June 2, 1900; 1 son, Nathaniel H., Jr. Specializes in diseases of the nervous system. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Therapeutic Club, Oak Park Physicians' Club. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Home: 722 East Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 2257 W. Madison St. and 108 N. State St., Chicago.

ADAMS, Robert H., agent for rolling mill corpn .; b. Chatham, Ont., July 29, 1871; s. of Robert and Marion (Ronald) Adams; ed. high sch., Chatham; m. Chicago, June 6, 1900, Anna Louise Stewart; 1 son, Robert H., Jr. After leaving school, went to Detroit and entered the employ of the Detroit Cop- per & Brass Rolling Mills as clerk, remaining there until 1890; came to Chicago and was salesman in the Chicago branch of the same company until 1892; since then western sales agent and mgr. Chi- cago branch. Mason (32º). Clubs: Chicago Athi- letic, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country. Recre- ations: yachting, motoring. Home: 5715 Kenwood Av. Office: 111 N. Jefferson St.

ADAMS, Samuel, lawyer; b. Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1871; s. Charles True and Emma S. Adams; prep. en. at Univ. School, Chicago; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1892; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., Chicago, 1893; m. Louise Koerner, of Belleville, Ill., May 20, 1899; 1 son, Charles True. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1893; formerly mem. firm of Bancroft & Adams; mem, Adams & Candee, 1908-11; 1st asst. sec. of the interior, June 1, 1911-Mar. 7, 1913; mem. Adams, Follanshee, Hawley & Shorey since 1913. Prof. of law, Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1901- 09. Mem, Chicago Bar Assn. and of Legal and Law clubs. Clubs: University, City, Harvard, Indian Hill; Cosmos ( Washington, D.C.), Recreation: au- tomobiling. Home: 1330 N. State St. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St.

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cago. Republican. Clubs: University, City. Home: rection, 1909. Writer and lecturer on social and 1234 N. State St. Office: 69 W. Washington St.

ADAMS, William, contractor and builder; b. in Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland, Feb. 3, 1861; s. Classon and Jeannette (Scott) Adams; ed. Kersland Bar- ony Sch., Ayrshire; m. Jessie Browning, of Tampa, Fla., Oct. 10, 1895; 2 children: J. Mildred, Jeannette Scott. Began as contractor and builder, 1885, con- tinuing in own name for 10 yrs .; incorporated, 1895, as the William Adams Co., of which he is pres. Vice pres. Seven Troughs Coalition Mining Co., Rochester Mines Co., Rochester Continued Mines Co .; dir. Bates Expanded Steel Truss Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Builders', Recre- ations: fishing, hunting, motoring. Home: 9326 Pleasant Av. Office: 209 S. LaSalle St.

ADAMS, William Alexander, lawyer; b. Chicago, Sept. 10, 1871; s. Robert Alexander and Mary Mar- tha (Riley) Adams; grad. Pinkerton Acad., Derry, N.H., 1894; A.B., Harvard, 1898; LL.B., Ill. Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1902; m. Blanche Spalding Griffin, of Thornton's Ferry, N.H., 1904; 2 children: Wil- liam Byron, Mary Griffin (deceased). Instr., Univ. of Ill., 1899-1901; admitted to Ill. bar, 1902, and since practiced in Chicago; mem. Adams, Winnen & Adams; asst. county atty, of Cook Co .; village atty. of Brookfield; mem. Bd. of Edn., Riverside- Brookfield High Sch., 1908-13; prof. of law, Ill. Coll. of Law, 1903-7. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican, Congregationalist. Mason, Odd Fellow. Clubs: Harvard, Hamilton (Chicago). Home: 316 Grand Boul., Brookfield, Il1. Office: 715 Tacoma Bldg., Chicago.

ADAMS, William Grant, lawyer; Feb. 1, 1867- May 30, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

ADAMS, William Porter, mfr .; h. Cambridgeport, Mass., Dec. 26, 1863; s. Samuel Porter and Caroline W. (Davis) Adams (New England ancestry, dis- tantly related to President Adams' family ); grad. Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1883; married June. 1889, Mary Josephine Cook (died Feb. 11, 1895); 1 child, Edna (Mrs. William Bradley Harrison) ; m. 2d, Oak Park, Ill., Mar. 16, 1897, Maud Prescott; 1 child, Dorothy. Began business career in fall of 1884, with H. W. Johns Mfg. Co., New York; came to Chicago, 1886, and worked for father's firm of Adams & Adams, changed, 1888, to Adams & Adams Mfg. Co., of which was vice pres .; established, Jan., 1890, Adams Paint & Oil Co., which was changed in March, 1890, to Adams & Elting Co., mfrs, of paint specialties, of which is pres. Dir. Chadeloid Chem- ical Co. of N.Y. Was mem. of 23d Regt. Cadet Corps, Brooklyn, N.Y .: 1st It. 13th Regt. Corps. Brooklyn, N.Y .; col. Order of the Old Guard, Chi- cago. Mem, S.R., S.A.R., Soc. War of 1812, Mass. Soc. Republican. Congregationalist. Pres. Il1. Com- mn. of Perry's Victory Centenary. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton (life), South Shore Country (Chicago) ; Drug and Chemical (New York) ; Cres- cent Athletic (Brooklyn). Recreations: motoring, fishing, hunting. Home: 1437 E. 72d Pl. Office: 724 Washington Boul.

ADCOCK, Edmund, patent lawyer; 1854-Apr. 26, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)

ADCOCK, Edmund David, lawyer: b. Galesburg, Ill., Apr. 29, 1877; s. William and Mary Jane ( Hen- derson) Adcock; A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, 1898 ; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1902; m. May Rex, of Creston, Ia., Aug. 31, 1905; 1 son, Edmund Rex. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1902; associated in prac- tice with Otis H. Waldo, 1902-4; mem. Wood, Fyffe & Adcock, 1905-7, Fyffe & Adcock, 1907-12; atty. for Sanitary Dist. of Chicago since 1912. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Law Club, Phi Delta Theta. Democrat. Clubs: City, Chicago Athletic Assn .. South Shore Country, Chicago Yacht. Home: 5800 Dorchester Av. Office: 900 Michigan Boul.

ADDAMS, Jane, settlement worker: h. Cedar- ville, Ill., Sept. 6, 1860; d. Hon. John H. and Sarah ( Weber) Addams; A. B., Rockford Coll., 1881; spent 2 yrs, in Europe, 1883-5; studied in Phila., 1888; (LL.D., Univ. of Wis., 1904, Smith Coll., 1910: A.M .. Yale, 1910), With Miss Ellen Gates Starr, opened Social Settlement of Hull House, Chicago, 1889, of which has since been head resident. Insp. of streets and alleys in neighborhood of Hull House, 3 yrs. Pres. Nat. Conf. Charities and Cor- 1873-Oct. 29, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

polit. reform. Author: Democracy and Social Eth- ics, 1902; Newer Ideals of Peace, 1907; The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910: A New Conscience and an An- cient Evil, 1911. Now chmn. Woman's Peace Party. Address: 800 S. Halsted St.

ADDINGTON, Keene Harwood, lawyer; b. Bal- timore, Md., Mar. 3, 1874; s. James D. and Emma A. (Martin) Addington; ed. priv. schs., Norfolk, Va., Norfolk Mil. Acad. and Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Florence E. La Victoire, of Chicago, June 26, 1901; 2 children: Florence Elizabeth, James Ro- land. Came to Chicago from Norfolk, Va., 1890; was in law office of John T. Richards; admitted to bar, Mar. 3, 1895; mem. firm of Richards & Adding- ton, 1 yr., Mitchell & Addington, 4 yrs .; associated with W. Clyde Jones, 1900, and formed law firm of Jones & Addington, now Jones, Addington, Ames & Seibold, and jointly with Mr. Jones was for many years the official reporter of the Appellate Courts of Ill .; pres. Sprague Canning Machinery Co., University Motor Livery Co .; sec. Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. of Ill .; treas. Benjamin Electric Mfg. Co. of Can., Ltd .; treas. Benjamin Electric, Ltd., of London, Eng., and Frank B. Cook Co. of Ill. Mayor of Lake Forest, Ill., 1917-18. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Old Elm, Shore Acres. Com- piler and editor (with W. Clyde Jones): Annotated Statutes of 111. (6 vols.), also Notes of Ill. and Appellate Court Reports (15 vols.). Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 105 W. Monroe St., Chicago; branch office, 2 Rector St., New York, N.Y.

ADE, George, author. Home: Hazelden Farm, Brook, Ind. (See Who's Who in America.)

ADELSDORF, Leopold, treasurer Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refining Co .; b. Walsdorf, Ger- many, Jan. 11, 1860; s. Emanuel and Etta (Silber- man) Adelsdorf; ed. nat. schs. of Germany; m. Minnie Nussbaum, of Plymouth, Ind., Sept. 15, 1891; 2 children: Samuel, Mildred. Came to U.S., 1881; engaged in dry goods and clothing business at Keitsburg, Ill., 1882-1907: removed to Chicago, 1907; treas. and dir. since 1908, Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refining Co., mfrs. for jewelry and dental trade, Mem. IlI. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Mfg. Jewelers' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Repub- lican. Jewish religion. Mason. Home: 4716 Ellis Av. Office: 29 E. Madison St.

ADKINSON, see also Atkinson.

ADKINSON, Elmer Williams, lawyer; b. East Enterprise, Switzerland Co., Ind., Nov. 28, 1844; s. Samuel and Jane (McHenry) Adkinson; A.B., Hillsdale (Mich.) Coll., 1868; studied law in Law- renceburg. Ind .; m. Ella R. Magee, of Chicago, 1870; children: Henry M., Laura R. Admitted to bar at Lawrenceburg, Nov., 1868; practiced at Au- rora, Ind., 1869-73, since in Chicago; mem, Magee, Oleson & Adkinson, 1873-7, Magee & Adkinson, 1877-83; since in practice alone. Atty, for Town of Lake two terms, 1883-4 and 1886-7. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Mason ( K.T.); mem. Royal Arcanum, Royal League. Rec- reation: baseball. Home: 5540 Wentworth Av. Office: 179 W. Washington St.

ADLAND, P. Grant, secretary John A. Tolman & Co., wholesale grocers; b. Raymond, Racine Co., Wis., May 19, 1866: s. Knude and Phoebe ( Drought) Adland; ed. pub. schs., Raymond and Rochester (Wis.) Acad .; m. Alice S. Holland, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 1894; 1 daughter, Vera Lucile. Began active career in gen, mdse. store, at Raymond, title of K. Adland & Sons, 1883, continuing there 7 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1890, and was employed as book- keeper with S. Peterson & Co., wholesale grocers, continuing 1 yr .; then became connected with John A. Tolman & Co., wholesale grocers, as accountant and held that position for 15 yrs .; has served as sec. of the company since Jan. 1, 1907; also sec. and dir. King's Model Laundry Co., Chicago. Mem. Wholesale Grocers' Assn. Republican. Methodist. Recreation: motoring. Home: 714 N. Lotus Av. Office: 84 E. Lake St.

ADLER, Abraham Kohn, architect; Sept. 13,

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ADLER, Herman Morris, psychiatrist; b. New tery B, 1st Ill. Light Artillery, May, 1861, and York, Oct. 10, 1876; s. Isaac and Frieda (Gram- bacher) Adler; A.B., Harvard, 1897; A.M., M.D., Columbia Univ., New York, 1901; m. Frances Por- ter, of Hubbard Woods, Ill., Mar. 17, 1917. Asst. prof. psychiatry, Med. Sch. of Harvard Univ., 1912-

served 3 yrs. and 3 months; m. Chicago, July 5, 1868, Helen Waite; children: Helen Emelia, Charles Ernest, Jr., William C., Olive L. Canvasser for books and later kept books for publishing house; insurance broker, 1868-71; surveyor for New York 17; was chief of staff Boston Psychopathic Hosp. Underwriters' Agency, 1872-3; mem. insurance firm until coming to Chicago, Oct., 1916, to make a of Witkowsky & Affeld, 1873-1914; mem. firm Af- study of the facilities in Cook Co. for detection feld, Tonk & Co. since Apr., 1914. Mem. Chicago and care of mental diseases and mental deficiency, Board of Underwriters, Chicago Bd. of Trade, Chicago Assn. Commerce; trustee Acad. Sciences. Republican. Mem. George H. Thomas Post, G.A.R. Clubs: Union League, City. Recreation: horticul- ture. Home: 1210 Michigan Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago. under auspices Rockefeller Foundation and Nat. Soc. Mental Hygiene. Designated by Judge Scully, Feb., 1917, to make a survey of Cook County's psy- chopathic cases and to act as med. adviser to the county bd .; apptd. state criminologist of Ill. by Gov. Lowden, June 30, 1917; dir. Juvenile Psycho- pathic Inst. since Feb. 10, 1917. Fellow A.M.A .; mem. Am. Assn. Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Am. Medico-Psychol. Assn., Am. Neurol. Assn., Am. Chem. Soc., A.A.A.S., N.E. Soc. of Psychiatry, Boston Soc. Psychiatry and Neurology, New York Acad. Medicine, Soc. Advancement of Clinical In- vestigation, Am. Biochem. Soc. Home: 119 E. Hu- ron St. Offices: 771 Gilpin Pl. and Juvenile Court, County Bldg.

ADLER, John Gsorge, live stock commn .; b. at Joliet, Ill., July 12, 1874; s. Albert and Frances (Lott) Adler; ed. pub. schs. of Ill .; unmarried. Identified with live stock commn. business at Chi- cago since 1894; mem. Adler, Son & Co. since Sept. 1, 1902. Mem. Chicago Live Stock Exchange. Home: 840 E. 51st St. Office: Union Stock Yards.

ADLER, Sidney, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 13, 1871; s. Joseph S. and Emma Adler; ed. pub. schs., Chicago, and studied law in offices; m. Sara Schoen- brun, of Chicago, Sept. 24, 1895; children: Joseph, Irving. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1892; mem. firm of Adler, Lederer & Beck. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Club: Chicago Au- tomobile. Home: 5710 Woodlawn Av. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St.

ADOLPHUS, Philip, M.D .; b. Berlin, Prussia, 1829; s. Aaron and Isabella (Goldschmidt) Adolph- us; M.D., Univ. of Md., 1853; (hon. M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1873); m. Lebanon Springs, N.Y., Xyrissa M. Bates; 3 children: Norman P., Philip Sidney, Edah. Began practice of medicine, 1858; asst. surgeon U.S.A., serving during Civil War; med. insp. Bd. of Health, Chicago, 1866-73; attending phys., supt, and dir. Brainard Free Dis- pensary, 1868-73; attending phys., financial supt., med. supt., med. dir. and one of the directors of Central Free Dispensary, 1873-1902; lecturer on obstetrics, spring course, Rush Med. Coll., 1873; lecturer on clin. gynecology, spring course, same, 1875; clinical adjunct to chair of gynecology, 1875- 94, and clinical prof. of gynecology, 1894-1902, Rush Med. Coll .; attending "ynecologist, 1886-9, consulting phys. since 1893, 1 tesbyn. Hosp. Mem. central com. and of the west div. consulting com. of the charity organization, 1884-9; mem. west div. consulting com. of the Bureau of Charities, 1892- 1906. Mem. A.M.A. and state and local med. socs. Mem. P.E. Ch. Home: 1639 Washington Boul.

ADOLPHUS, Wolfe, capitalist and mfr .; dled Feb. II, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

ADSIT, Charles C., broker; b. Chicago, July 14, 1855; s. James M. and Arville S. Adsit (father was Chicago's first banker) ; ed. old Chicago Univ. and at Cornell Univ .; m. 1890, Mary B. Ashby, of Louis- ville, Ky .; children: Charles C., Elizabeth. Began business career, 1877, with Merchants Loan & Trust Co., later becoming receiving teller Com- mercial Nat. Bank, and afterward paying teller Northwestern Nat. Bank until 1887; since then broker in stocks, bonds and investment securities; dir. Chicago Rys. Co., Hibernian Banking Assn. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange (pres., 1897-8), N.Y. Stock Exchange. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Lake Forest. Home: 1322 Ritchie Pl. Office: The Rookery.

AFFELD, Charles Ernest, Jr., insurance; b. Chl- cago, Feb. 28, 1876; s. Charles Ernest and Helen ( Waite) Affeld; ed. University Sch., Chicago; Ur- bana (O.) Univ .; Rensselaer Poly. Inst., Troy, N.Y .; m. May Sanders, of Urbana, O., Apr. 4, 1900; children: Christina McDonald, Charles Ernest, 3d. Engaged in inspection work for Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co., also as spl. agt. in Cook Co., Ill., for same company, 1900-14; partner Affeld, Tonk & Co., Cook Co. mgrs. for Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co. since Apr. 3, 1914; firm also represents large Am. companies. Mem. Fire Insurance Club of Chicago, Central Y.M.C.A. Clubs: Press, City. Home: 2612 Hampden Ct. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

AFFLECK, Benjamin Franklin, mfr. Portland cement; b. Belleville, Ill., Mar. 1, 1869; s. James and Anna (Richardson) Affleck; ed. pub. schs., Belleville; m. Agnes H. Adams, of St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 20, 1899; I daughter, Mildred. Salesman Ill. Steel Co., 1896-1906; sales mgr. Universal Port- land Cement Co. (subsidiary to U.S. Steel Corpn.), 1906-15, pres. since 1915; pres. Cement Products Exhbn. Co., Chicago, Calumet Supply Co., Gary, Ind .; dir. First Nat. Bank, Wilmette, Ill. Pres. of Portland Cement Assn .; mem. Western Soc. Engrs., Sheridan Rd. Improvement Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, En- gineers', Rotary, Chicago Automobile, Southern. Mem. com, on raw materials of Council of Nat. Defense, 1917. Home: 827 Greenwood Av., Wil- mette, Ill. Office: 210 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

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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 3

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