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 31

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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BROWN, Frederick Anson, lawyer; b. Decatur, Ill., Aug. 9, 1867; s. Josiah and Sarah Elvira Brown; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1889; m. Jan. 7, 1891, Mary Lois Roby; children: Kilburn Roby, Mary Lois. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, practiced at Decatur, Ill., 1889-90, Tacoma, 1890-8, Chicago since 1898; spe- cializing in ins. law; mem, Ill, State Bd. of Law Examiners; dir. Lincoln State Bank. Dir. Central Howard Assn. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn. (vice pres.), Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Uni- versity, Law, Union League, Press, South Shore Country. Frequent contbr. to Insurance Law Jour. Home: 5485 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 10 S. LaSalle Street.

BROWN, Frederick Harvey, inventor; 1843-1911. (See vol. 1911.)

BROWN, Frederick Lee, lumberman; b. Albion, Erie Co., Pa., Nov. 4, 1870; s. Henry King and Ly- dia (Barns) Brown; grad. Edinboro (Pa.) State Normal Sch., 1891; Univ. of Chicago; m. Conneaut, O., Dec. 27, 1899, May Carlin Bigelow. Taught in pub. schs. of Pa., Minn, and Ohio, 1891-1901; prin. grammar sch., Akron, O., 1897-1901; with Cran- dall & Richardson, wholesale lumber, Chicago, 1901-6; mem, firm Crandall (James N.) & Brown, wholesale hardwood lumber, since 1906; also pres. Lumbermen's Mut. Casualty Co. and The Elgin Motor Car Corpn. Pres. Chicago Hardwood Lum- ber Exchange. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Ken- wood, South Shore Country. Home: 1637 E. 53d St. Office: 3300 S. Racine Av.

BROWN, George Van Ingen, surgeon. Home: Milwaukee, Wis. (See Who's Who in America.)

Sweet, Dempster & Co .; identified with Squire Din- gee Co., mfrs. of pickles, since 1898, becoming sec. and treas. of company, 1902. Republican. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 1918 Elston Av., Chicago,

BROWN, Harry Forbes, water meters; b. Red Oak, la., Dec. 10, 1872; s. George B. and .Mary (Forbes) Brown; ed. pub. schs. of Red Oak, Ia., and Iowa State Coll., Ames, class of 1892; m. Ames, June 18, 1895, Blanche Granger (died Oct. 15, 1905); m. 2d, Cecelia L. Arnold, of Owensboro, Ky., Jan. 17, 1907; 2 sons: Harry A., Herbert B. Was engaged in various mercantile and banking enter- prises at Red Oak, Ia., 1892-1900; came to Chicago, 1900, and has since been western mgr. for the Nep- tune Meter Co., of N.Y. City. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner), K.P. Club: Hamilton. Recre- ations: motoring, hunting, fishing. Home: 835 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park, 111. Office: 565 W. Washington St., Chicago.

BROWN, Heman Hampton, M.D., oculist; b. at Jersey Shore, Pa., July 8, 1863; s. George R. and Elizabeth G. Brown; ed. literary and med, depts. Univ. of Mich. (M.D., 1886) ; m. Adrian, Mich., 1886, Myrtie L. Poncher; children: Myrtie, Belle. After graduation established in practice in Ohio, and for 4 yrs. was U.S. pension examining surgeon under the Harrison administration; came to Chicago, 1892, and has since practiced as a specialist in oph- thalmology, otology, rhinology and laryngology. Was formerly associated in dept. of ophthalmolo- gy, in the Chicago Policlinic, and in same dept. of the Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary; oph- thalmologist to Tribune Hosp., Columbus Hosp .; was prof. ophthalmology and 8 yrs. pres. Ill. Med. Coll .; prof. ophthalmology, Chicago Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Coll. Mem. Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, Chicago Ophthal. Soc., A.M. A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Club: University. Home: Manor House, Edgewater, 111. Office: 31 N. State St., Chicago.

BROWN, Henry Seymour, clergyman; b. Roches- ter, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1875; s. John Milton and Cordelia Jane (Fletcher) Brown; prep. edn. Lyons Tp. High Sch., LaGrange, Ill .; A.B., Univ. of Tex., 1897; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1900; (D.D., Blackburn Coll., Carlinville, Ill., 1917); m. Emma Slee Underhill, of East Aurora, N.Y., June 25, 1907; children: Fletch- er Gridley, Katherine Underhill, Henry Seymour, Jr. Ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1900; asst. pastor South Park Ch., Newark, N.J., 1900-2, Tabernacle Ch., Phila., Pa., 1902; pastor 1st Ch., East Aurora, N.Y., 1902-5, 1st Ch., East Cleveland, O., 1905-12, 1st Ch., Lakeview, Chicago, since 1912. Club: City. Home: 4232 Kenmore Av.

BROWN, Henry Temple, member firm of Chase & Sanborn, importers of teas and coffees; b. Yar- mouth, N.S., Jan. 21, 1866; s. of George S. (mem. of Provincial Parliament) and Elizabeth (Bond) Brown; grad. English High Sch., Boston, 1885; m. Chicago, Nov., 1893, Anna F. Lenz; children: Eliza- beth Anna, Ronald Norman. On graduation ob- tained a position in the coffee importing business in Boston, and a year later entered the employ of Chase & Sanborn; for 2 yrs. traveled for the firm through Neb. and Colo., and in 1888 became asst. mgr. of the Chicago dept. of the firm, devoting par- ticular attention to the development of the tea business. Admitted to partnership, Jan. 1, 1900. Mason (Lincoln Park Chapter R.A.M.). Club: Chi- cago Athletic. Home: 831 Buena Av. Office: 76 E. Lake St.

BROWN, Isaac Eddy, Y.M.C.A. worker; b. Chau- tauqua Co., N.Y., May 17, 1849; s. Russell McCary and Electa Louisa (Sherman) Brown; grad. Ill. State Normal Univ., 1874; A.B., Knox Coll., 111., 1892, A.M., 1896; m. Mary Johnson, of Greenfield, Wis., Dec. 28, 1881. Prin. Decatur High Sch., 1874- 80; state sec. Ill. Y.M.C.A., 1880-1909; a founder Western Secretarial Inst. Y.M.C.A., 1884, and start- ed Training Sch. Y.M.C.A., 1890, the two being com- hined, 1896, to form the Inst, and Training Sch. for Y.M.C.A. (now Y.M.C.A. College), of which he has

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been dean since Sept. 1, 1909. First pres. of 1st Marsh L. Brown & Co. Also dir. of Chicago Cold student Y.M.C.A. in Ill., at Ill, State Normal Univ., Storage & Warehouse Co., Mexico Fuel Oil Co. Re- 1872; mem. 21 yrs. and pres. 13 yrs. of Bd. of Inst. publican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T., Shrin- er). Clubs: Chicago Athletic (life mem.), South Shore Country (life mem.). Home: 5435 Michigan Av. Office: 79 W. South Water St. and Training Sch. Y.M.C.A. Congregationalist; del. to Nat. Council Congl. Chs., 1915. Mem. Art Inst. of Chicago, S.A.R., Alden Kindred America. Clubs: Congregational, Chicago City. Author: Y.M.C.A. EROWN, Moreau Roberts, M.D .; July 26, 1853- Mar. 22, 1914. ( See vol. 1911.) Buildings; Fifty-five Years, Y.M.C.A., Chicago; va- rions Y.M.C.A. pamphlets. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 5315 Drexel Av., Chicago.

BROWN, James Edgar, lawyer; b. Monongalia Co., W.Va., Feb. 8, 1865; s. Granville and Eliza- beth (Watson) Brown; (great-grandfather, Thom- as Brown, was a soldier of the Am. Revolution and fought with Gen. Greene at the Battle of the Cow- pens, S.C .; grandfather, Samuel Byrne Brown, was a soldier in the War of 1812; father was an officer in the Union Army in the Civil War); B.S., W. Va. Univ., 1889, LL.B., 1891. In practice in Chicago since 1892; admitted to practice in all the state and federal courts and the Supreme Court of the U.S. Has traveled extensively and made a spl. study of municipal affairs and administration of justice in various countries of Europe; has taken active in- terest in local, state and nat, politics and as cam- paign speaker. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Cook County Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Assn. of Commerce, Nat. Geog. Soc., Ill. Soc. S.A.R. (state registrar), Ill. Soc. War of 1812 (pres.), Ill. State Hist. Soc., Chicago Hist. Soc., Nat. Star Spangled Banner Assn. (treas.) ; patriotic instr. Sons of Vet- erans. Club: Hamilton. Author: Genealogy of the Brown Family of Prince William County, Va., 1898. Contbr. to various mags. on criminology and so- ciology, also on legal, patriotic and miscellaneous subjects. Recreations: traveling, hunting and lec- turing. Home: 904 Wilson Av. Office: 1253 Conway Bldg.

BROWN, John A., lawyer; b. Tannersville, Green Co., N.Y., June 21, 1876; s. James and Catherine (Goggin) Brown; ed. under pvt. tutor and later in North Div. High Sch., Chicago; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1898; LL.B. and LL. M., Ill. Coll. of Law, post-grad. course, 1899; m. in Chicago, Margaret Glessner, of Galena, Ill., Oct. 12, 1912; 1 daughter, Margaret Ellen. Started in study of law by occu- pying positions as clk. of Circuit Court of Cook Co. under Frank J. Gaulter; later clk. in law office of Lackner & Butz; when Jacob J. Kern retired from state's atty.'s office, 1896, and formed a part- nership with Elisha S. Bottum, started in with them; Mr. Bottum died in 1898 and Charles D. Ful- len became partner, as Kern & Fullen; became si- lent partner in that firm and upon retirement of Mr. Fullen, 1900, firm became Kern & Brown until 1910; in practice alone since Oct., 1910; identified with formation of large industrial corpns. and a gen. equity and law practice; purchased the prop- erty including the lake, at Glen Ellyn, 1907, and subdivided the same, and added it to the village, the subdivision being known as John A. Brown's Addition to Glen Ellyn, DuPage Co., Ill. Demo- crat. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Alpha Delta, Empire State Soc., Central Y.M. C.A. Past Regent Ill. Council Royal Arcanum; mem. Northwestern Council Royal Arcanum, Ban- ner Lodge No. 219, K. of P. Clubs: Press, Ill. Ath- letic, Kenwood, Prairie, Chicago Gun, Chicago Rifle. Author of special articles for legal publs. and oth- ers, also has written extensively briefs for courts of appeal. Recreations: outdoor sports. Home: 7146 Paxton Av. Office: 1601 Chicago Title & Trust Bldg.

BROWN, Lincoln, real estate; b. Galesburg, Ill., Sept. 23, 1861; s. Luke S. and Elmina (Wright) Brown; resident of Chicago since 1868; ed. high sch., Chicago, to 1876; read law in offices of Walk- er, Dexter & Smith, in which remained until 1884. Sec. Metcalf Stationery Co. until 1891; retired 1891-5; since 1895 in real estate business in Chi- cago; also pres. Elk Rapids Iron Co. Mason (32°). Clubs: Caxton, Chicago Athletic, City; also Row- fant (Cleveland). Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 123 W. Madison St., Chicago.

BROWN, Marshall L., wholesale produce; b. at Sycamore, Ill., Nov. 11, 1861; s. Caleb and Louisa A. (Jackman) Brown; ed, high sch., Sycamore; married 1901. Began in wholesale produce busi- ness on Water St., Chicago, 1888; pres. and owner

BROWN, Paul, lawyer; Dec. 1, 1864-Dec. 19, 1914. (See vol. 1911. )

BROWN, Philip Sidney, lawyer; b. at Evanston, Wyo., Apr. 10, 1876; s. Clarence A. and Corinne (Stubbs) Gooding; mother married Frank E. Brown, 1883, who in 1890 legally adopted him as his son; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1894; student North- western Univ. Law Sch., 1895-6; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, 1897; m. Rose Swain Brown, of Minneapo- lis, Minn., Dec. 22, 1906; 2 sons: Frank Edward, Philip S., Jr. Was in law office of Clarence S. Dar- row, 1896-1900; in practice alone since 1900. Joined Social Dem, party, 1900. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Art Inst. of Chicago. Recreations: golf, yachting. Home: 219 Park Av., Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 1438, 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

BROWN, Ralph Crissman, M.D .; b. Morrison, Ill., June 10, 1878; s. Orville H. and Anna ( McKay) Brown; S.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1904; interne, Cook Co. Hosp .; post- grad. work Univ. of Vienna, 1910-12; m. Marion Phoebe Mills, of Chicago, Dec. 2, 1913; 1 son, Ralph Gordon. Practiced at Chicago since 1912; asso. at- tending phys., Presbyn. Hosp .; asst. prof. medi- cine, Rush Med. Coll. Capt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Acad. Medicine of Chicago, Soc. Internal Medicine, etc. Republic- an. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, Quadrangle. Home: 4723 Kenwood Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Avenue.

BROWN, Richard Hunt, M.D .; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 2, 1862; s. Richard and Thalia (Newton) Brown; grad. high sch., Canfield, O., 1879; 3 yrs. at Frank- lin (Ind. ) Coll .; M.D., Coll. Phys, and Surg., Chi- cago, 1891 (2d honors); m. Fremont, O., Apr. 6, 1893, Elva L. Powers; children: Ralph Powers, Eben Newton and Elva Powers. Practiced in Chi- cago since 1891; specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat; conducted clinic at West Side Dispensary in this specialty, 1892-1902; asso. clin. prof, diseases of ear, nose and throat, Coll. Phys. and Surg., 1902-16; otologist, West Suburban Hosp. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc. Congregationalist. Clubs: Illinois Athletic, Gnosis (literary). Contbr. many articles to med. jours., among them: Plastic Operations on the Nose (Wis. Med. Jour.) ; Case of Exfoliation of Anterior Arch of the Atlas (A.M.A. Jour.), 1904; Submucous Resection of the Nasal Septum (Wis. Med. Jour.), 1906; A Guarded Burr for the Septal Resection (The Laryngoscope, St. Louis), 1907; The Tonsil Question (Ill. Med. Jour.), 1909; Modern Advances in Medical Science ( Plexus -Med. Coll. of Univ. of Ill.) ; Chronic Running Ear (Ill. Med. Jour.), 1916; also articles on Eugenics, Foreign Travel in Cook County, Modern Methods of Prolonging Life, etc. Recreation: swimming. Home: 2742 Jackson Boul. Office: 1102, 7 W. Madi- son St.

BROWN, Sanger (Monroe), M.D .; b. Bloomfield, Ont., Can., Feb. 16, 1852; s. Stewart and Catherine (Comer) Brown; ed. Albert Coll., Belleville, Ont., 1872-3; M.D., Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll (New York Univ.), 1880; m. Bella Christy, of Chicago, July 9, 1885; 1 son, Christy. Asst. phys. Hosp, for Insane, Ward's Island, New York, 1880-1, Danvers ( Mass. ) State Hosp. for Insane, 1881, Bloomingdale Asy- lum, New York, 1882-5; acting med. supt., same, 1886; prof. neurology, Post-Grad. Med. Sch., Chi- cago, since 1890; prof. med. jurisprudence and hy- giene, Rush Med. Coll., 1892-7; asso. prof. medi- cine and clin. medicine, 1901-6, prof. clin. neurol- ogy since 1901, Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.). Attending phys. St. Luke's, St. Elizabeth's, Cook County hosps .; Ist It. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., since 1908. Conducted (with prof. E. A. Schäfer) series of vivisection experiments on monkeys at University Coll., London, 1886-7, which afforded first conclusive proof that in these animals the center for vision is in the occipital lobe; results

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were published as an Investigation Into the Func- 31, 1913. Mem. Mil. Order Foreign Wars of U.S .; tions of the Occipital and Temporal Lobes of the comdr. Ill. Commandery and comdr. in chief Nat. Commandery Naval and Mil. Order Spanish-Am. War; pres. Veteran Corps, First Inf., I.N.G. Epis- copalian; mem. Brotherhood of St. Andrew; pres. Nat. Conf. of Church Clubs. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League, South Shore Country, Church (Chicago) ; Army and Navy (New York and Wash- ington, D.C.). Home: 5210 Kenwood Av. Office: 808 Marquette Bldg. Monkey's Brain ( Philos. Trans, Royal Soc. of Lon- don), 1888. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Neurol. Soc., Chicago Neurol. Soc .; fellow Royal Soc. of Medicine (Eng.), New York Acad. Medi- cine. Clubs: Union League, University, Glen View. Wrote: Hereditary Ataxia, with Clinical Report of 25 cases (Brain), 1892; Responsibility in Crime from the Medical Standpoint (Popular Science Monthly), Dec., 1894; Applied Eugenics (Am. Jour. *BROWN, Thomas James, clergyman. (See vol. 1911.) of Insanity), Oct., 1914; Measures for Promoting the Nutrition in the Psychoses (Jour. of A. M.A.), June, 1915. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Offices: 59 E. Madison St., Chicago, and Kenilworth, Ill.

BROWN, Scott, lawyer; b. Defiance, O., Feb. 15, 1875; s. of Frank George and Katherine (Oliver) Brown; prep. edn. Omaha High Sch .; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1897; Ph.D., Northwestern Univ., 1899; m. Lida Scott, of Evanston, Ill., Oct. 5, 1902. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1899; practiced in Chicago, 1899- 1901; dir. Chantanqua Instn., 1901-5, now trustee; gen. counsel and sec. Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. and The Studebaker Corpn., 1905-14; resumed gen. practice in Chicago, 1914; treas. and dir. North Am. Light & Power Co .; dir. and mgr. Studebaker Bros. Trust; gen. partner Warren Gorrell & Co. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Clubs: Uni- versity, Union League, Quadrangle, Westmoreland Co .; b. Coventry, Conn., Oct. 26, 1855; s. Walter C.

Country (Chicago) ; Lotos (New York); Detroit (Detroit). Home: 1745 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BROWN, Stewart Reed, lawyer; b. at Brooklyn, Sept. 18, 1876; s. Alexander Parks and Jeannette (Fraser) Brown; ed. Marquette Grammar School, Chicago: Central Y.M.C.A .: extension work Univ. of Chicago; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1897; m. Evelyn Wilson, of Toronto, Can., Sept. 1, 1913. In practice at Chicago since 1902; mem. firm of Mc- Mahon, Cheney & Brown until 1914: gen. counsel Produce Reporter Co. since 1914. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Commercial Law League America. Sec. North Side Center. Univ. of Chicago extension dept., 1901-3, and mem. advisory bd., 1904-9, now asso. mem .: trustee Cumberland Presbyn. Ch. Ma- son, K.P. Was chmn. North Side div. Associated Cycling Clubs and vice pres. of central body, 1898- 1900; was mem. com. that worked for boulevarding Jackson St. and the speedways in parks; actively engaged in racing sport, winning several races, and later engaged in lawn tennis diversions, affiliating with several lawn tennis clubs. Recreation: ten- nis. Home: Lincoln Pl., Highland Park, Ill. Office: 212 W. Washington St., Chicago.

BROWN, T. Barbour, coffee broker; b. St. Mat- thews, Ky., Sept. 6, 1858; s. Theodore and Sally (Bryan) Brown; ed. local schs. until 12 yrs. of age, then at Rugby Sch., Louisville, Ky., 6 yrs .; m. Nanny Dorsey, of Ky., Dec. 28, 1886; 3 children: Helen Dorsey, Rose Louise, Lydia Lawrence. With J. W. Doane & Co., coffee and tea, Chicago, 1884- 1902; associated in business with Lawrence, Brown & Co., 1902-9; coffee broker on own account, title of T. Barbour Brown & Co., since 1909. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Exmoor Country, Lake For- est Winter, Sangamois Shooting. Homes: 1443 N. Dearhorn St., Chicago, and Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.

BROWN, Walter Burrows, mfg. chemist; b. at Grand Detour, Ogle Co., Ill., Apr. 23, 1874; s. John Spalding and Cornelia E. (Turner) Brown; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1897, M.S., 1905; m. Antoinette Mae Farren (Oberlin Coll., 1901), at Paris, France, Jan. 23, 1906. Asst. to the N.Y. state chemist at Buf- falo, 1897-9; asst. chemist C.&N.W.Ry., Chicago, 1899-1900; chief chemist Morris & Co., Chicago, 1900-3; directing chemist and gen. supt. Victor Chemical Works, 1903-13, now vice pres. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc, and Soc. Chem. Industry (London). Ma- son. Republican. Clubs: University, Chicago Auto- mobile. Recreations: hunting, fishing and other outdoor diversions. Home: 5434 Cornell Av. Office: Fisher Bldg.

BROWN, Walter Zolvah, auditor Ill. Life Ins. and Sarah A. (Clark) Brown; ed. Natchaug High Sch., Willimantic, Conn .; m. South Paris, Me., June 24, 1880, Mabel Phelps (died 1908) ; children: Wal- ter G. (died 1905), Edith, Burton, Edwin, Mildred; m. 2d. Portland, Ore., June 28, 1909, Marie A. Luce. Taught school in Conn., 1872-3; cashier and book- keeper for B. F. Spinney & Co., shoe mfrs., Lynn, Mass., to 1880; then went to New York, where was treas. to the receiver of the Lackawanna & Pitts- burgh Ry. (subsequently reorganized as the Lacka- wanna & Southwestern Ry. ) and was identified with other railroad projects; next in banking and brokerage business on Wall St .; came to Chicago, 1892, and was with the Rockwood Bros., wholesale grocers, and in 1894 became identified with the Ill. Life Ins. Co., of which was treas., 1901-5, since auditor; asst. sec. and treas. LaSalle Hotel Co. since its organization, 1907. Republican. Presby- terian. Club: Hamilton (vice pres.). Recreations: golf and amateur photography. Home: Hinsdale, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BROWN, William, Jr., lawyer; b. Jacksonville, Ill., Oct. 24, 1870; s. William and Clara (Robb) Brown; ed. Whipple Acad., Jacksonville, Ill., 1886- 87, Ill. Coll., Jacksonville, 1887-9, U.S. Mil. Acad., 1889-92; LL.B., Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1896; m. Chicago, Dec. 30, 1903, Marguerite, d. William R. Manierre; 1 daughter, Margery Manierre. Ad- mitted to bar, June, 1897; in law dept. of C.&A.R.R. Co., 1897-1900; formed partnership with T. J. Sco- field as Scofield & Brown, representing C.&A. Ry. Co. as district attys., and the M.,K.&T.Ry.Co., as local attys .; associated with Eugene E. Prussing and Hoyt King, formed firm of Prussing, Brown & King, which continued, 1903-7; mem. law firm of Hay (William Sherman) & Brown since 1907, rep- resenting Wabash and M.,K.&T.Ry. companies as local attys. Dem. nominee for judge Superior Court of Cook Co., 1909; apptd. U. S. naval officer of Cus- toms for Port of Chicago, Nov., 1913. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. (treas., 1912-15); Phi Delta Phi (exec. council, 1897-9; vice pres., 1898-9). Episco- pafian. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, Iroquois, Law. Home: 1510 Dearborn Pkwy. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

BROWN, Taylor Everett, patent lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22, 1860; s. Capt. Henry Stuart and Emma Jane (Taylor) Brown; ed. pub, and high schs., St. Louis; learned trade of pattern-maker at Vulcan Iron Works, St. Louis; worked at trade until 1882; took partial law course at Union Coll. BROWN, William Bruce, steel furniture; b. at Edinburgh, Scotland, Feb. 3, 1876; s. William and Margaret MacDougal (Reid) Brown; ed. pub. schs. and Navigation Sch., Edinburgh; came to U.S., Mar., 1892; m. Hinsdale, Ill., Dec. 2, 1905, Sara Mor- gan Gardner; children: Gardner, Elizabeth Mac- Dougal, Keith Spalding, Ruth Edgerton. Became identified with Durand Steel Locker Co., mfrs. of steel furniture, 1906, as vice pres., treas, and gen. mgr. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce. Served in 1st Cal. U.S. Vols, in Philippines during Spanish- Am. War and Philippine Insurrection. Mem. Nat. Soc. Army of the Philippines. Republican. Mason. of Law, Chicago, 1883; was patent office drafts- man, 1883-4; m. Fannie Garrison Dayton, of Chi- cago, Jan. 30, 1888 (died Dec. 28, 1901); children: Melville S., Taylor G. (deceased), Charles Everett, Jessie Imogen, Dayton Reginald E., Fannie Susan; m. 2d, Jessie May Catlin, of Ripon, Wis., Nov. 3, 1904. Admitted to bar, 1884; mem. Brown & Mehl- hope. Served in Mo. N.G., 1877-80; then in I.N.G., until retired as maj. (at own request), Nov., 1899; served in 1st Ill. Vol. Inf. and Provisional Battal- ion of Engrs. in war with Spain, 1898; apptd. insp .- gen. I.N.G., rank of lt. col., Feb. 24, 1908; chlef ord- nance officer, I.N.G., May, 1910; retired as col., Dec. Clubs: Chicago Athletic Assn., Hinsdale Golf. Rec-

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reations: golf, swimming. Home: Hinsdale, Ill. Co. since Feb., 1905; dir. Henry Newgard & Co. Office: 76 W. Monroe St., Chicago.

BROWN, William Coren, general mgr. Chicago Drop Forge & Foundry Co .; b. Plainfield, N.J., Aug. 26, 1872; s. Edward Lownes and Helen Struthers (Jones) Brown; ed. pvt. schs., Plainfield, N.J., Chi- cago pub. schs., and Chicago Manual Training School; m. Catherine Bulkley Dewey, of Chicago, Sept. 29, 1903. Came to Chicago, 1882; engaged with A. F. Seaberger in wholesale hardware busi- ness, 1890-5; became identified with the Chicago Drop Forge & Foundry Co., 1896, becoming gen. mgr. in 1908. Republican. Presbyterian, Club: Cal- umet Country. Home: 5014 Blackstone Av., Chi- cago. Office: 447 Kensington Av., Kensington, Ill.

BROWN, William Curtis, mineral grinding; b. at Shelbyville, Ind., May 31, 1859; s. William and El- vra (Victor) Brown; m. Katherine Wells, of Brook- lyn, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1884. Came to Chicago, 1880: began as clerk for William Blair & Co .; identified with iron and steel business, 1884-1902; pres. U.S. Mica Co., 1902-11; mgr. The Mineral Grinding Co. since 1911. Republican. Mason (32°). Home: 730 Forest Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 179 W. Washing- ton St., Chicago.

BROWN, William Henry, real estate; b. Warren, Ill., May 14, 1860; s. Thomas and Elizabeth (Camp- bell) Brown; ed. Cedar Falls (Ia.) Normal Sch. and Valparaiso (Ind.) Business Coll .; m. S.D., 1885, Hattie Aunger; children: Paul E., Ethel F., Cecil A., Raymond P. Was engaged in real estate busi- ness for many years before coming to Chicago, in 1901; now sr. mem. Brown & Brittain, real estate; pres. William H. Brown Co. Republican; was may- or of Devil's Lake, N.D., 1900-1. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Ridge Country. Home: 10324 Long- wood Boul. Office: Tacoma Bldg.

BROWN, William Horace, author; Aug. 7, 1855- Mar. 19, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

BROWN, William Liston, iron mfr .; b. at St. Jo- seph, Mich., Aug. 23, 1842; s. Hiram and Jane Reese Tilton (Liston) Brown; ed. pub. schs, and Garden City Acad., Chicago; m. Catharine E. Seymour, of Chicago, Sept. 27, 1871. Began as clk. Bd. of Trade commn. house, Chicago, 1857; enlisted in Chicago Mercantile Battery Light Arty., July, 1862, and served actively with command until July, 1865; mustered out as q.m. sergeant; participated in siege and occupation of Vicksburg; siege and occupation of Jackson, Miss .; movement on Texas coast below Galveston; Banks Red River Expedi- tion; movement on Mobile, etc. Bookkeeper, July, 1865, later partner, organizing, 1883, Pick- ands, Brown & Co., of which is pres .; an organizer, 1890, and pres. Chicago Shipbuilding Co .; an or- ganizer, 1899, later pres., Am. Shipbuilding Co .; pres, Federal Furnace Co .; dir. 1st Nat. Bank, Chi- cago, Ist Trust and Savs. Bank, Lackawanna Steel Co., Bi-Products Coke Corpn .; also dir. furnace companies, iron mines, steamship companies. Trustee Northwestern Univ., Chicago Symphony (Thomas) Orchestra. Republican. Swedenborgian. Mem. Am. Iron and Steel Inst., Soc. Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers, G.A.R. Mason. Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Mid-Day, Press, Caxton, On- wentsia, Glen View, Old Elm, etc. Home: 217 Dempster St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 332 S. Michi- gan Av., Chicago.

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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