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 34

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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BUEHR, Karl Albert, artist; h. at Feuerbach. Stuttgart, Germany; s. Frederick K. and Fredericka (Doh) Buehr; grad. Art Inst., Chicago, 1894; m. Mary G. Hess, of Chicago, June 28, 1899. Bronze medal, St. Louis Expn., 1904; hon. mention, Paris Salon, 1910; silver medal, Chicago Soc. Artists. 1914; silver medal, San Francisco Expn., 1915, His painting, "Beatrice," purchased by Chicago Art Com., 1915. Mem. 1st Ill. Cavalry, Spanish-Am War, 1898, Home: 1727 Chase Av. Studio: 1555 E. 57th St.

BUEL, Munson Parker, live stock commn .; b. at Croton, Licking Co., O., Oct. 14, 1845; 8. Joshua H and Lucy (Gear) Buel; ed. pub. schs., followed by short term at Granville (O.) Coll .: m. Chillicothe, Mo., Mar. 13, 1873. Evaline Wigley; children: For- est Lee, Daisy (Mrs. McNeil). Reared on farm in Ohio until 17; in gen. merchandise store at Croton, O., 4 yrs .: moved to Austin, Nev .. and was asst. cashier nat. bank there 212 yrs .; health being af- fected by confinement, severed connection with bank and went to Chillicothe, Mo., and engaged in buying and handling live stock; became mem, live stock commn. firm of Hunter, Evans & Co., St. Louis, May 1, 1876; moved to Chicago, Apr. 15, 1885, and began business under same firm name. inc., 1889, as Evans-Snider-Buel Co., of which was vice pres. until 1894: since then pres. Pres. Chi- cago Live Stock Exchange. 1904-6. Republican. Mem. Evangelical Ch. Club: Saddle and Sirloin (ex-pres. ). Home: 4720 Greenwood Av. Office: 3 Exchange Bldg., Union Stock Yards.

BUELL, Charles Clinton, lawyer; b. Sterling, Ill., Feb. 14, 1867; s. Clinton C. and Mary A. (Niles) Buell; grad. Sterling High Sch., and afterwards attended Univ. of Ill., leaving in sophomore year: m. Maude Hoyne, of Chicago, Oct. 26, 1892; chil- dren: Temple Hoyne, Charles Clinton, Ir., Frances Vedder. Came to Chicago, 1886, and read law in office of uncle, Ira W. Buell; admitted to bar in Mar., 1888, later forming partnership with uncle under firm name of Ira W. & C. C. Buell (dis- solved) ; mem. firm of Buell & Abbey since Apr. 1, 1905. Mem. Ill. State Bar AAssn., Chicago Bar Assn. Democrat. Presbyterian. Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Law, Chicago Athletic, Iroquois, Exmoor Country, Recreation: bridge. Home: Highland Park, 111. Office: 1612 Tribune Bldg., Chicago.

BUETTNER, Emil, wholesale florist; b. Hanover Germany, Dec. 14, 1856; s. Ernst (M.D. ) and Elisa ( Pollack ) Buettner: ed. high sch., Bremen; came to U.S., 1871; m. Bertha Hildebrand, of Milwaukee. Wis., May 17, 1892; 4 children: Margaret, Gertrude. Coll., M.D., 1877; m. Apr. 13, 1879, Alona R. Wat- Elizabeth and Helen (twins). Began in florist bus- kins; children: Henry Watkins, Vera Clark. En- gaged in practice in Chicago since 1877, in which year became lecturer on anatomy and orthopaedic surgery in Bennett Med. Coll., of which has since heen, successively, prof. principles and practice of surgery, and of clinical surgery. Served as sur- geon at Cook Co. Hosp., surgeon-in-chief at Chi- cago Policlinic and Post-Grad. Policlinic schs. Mem. Ill, State Eclectic Med. Soc. (ex-pres.), Chi- cago Eclectic Med. Soc. (ex-pres.), Nat. Eclectic Med. Assn., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Home: 3301 Cottage Grove Av. Office: 32 N. State St.

iness with his brother-in-law, R. Asmus, N.Y. and N.J., 1st1, continuing 10 yrs .; vame to Chicago, 1881, and entered florist business on own account; partner in firm of E. Wienhoeber & Co., 1882-97; has conducted business in own name since 1897: also pres. A. L. Randall Co., Duro Paper Products Co .; treas. T. Buettner & Co .; dir. Park Ridge State Bank. Mem. Assn. Am. Florists, Rose and Carna- tion soes., Chicago Florists' Club. Republican. Lu- theran. Clubs: Germania, Park Ridge Golf. Home : 1248 Ilazel Av. Offices: Park Ridge, Ill., and 180 X. Wabash Av., Chicago,

BUEHLER, William Emmett, M.D .; b. Hatboro. BUFFINGTON, Eugene Jackson, capitalist; h. Guyandotte, W. Va., Mar. 14, 1863; s. James H. and Columbia (Nicholas) Buffington; student Chicker- ing Inst., Cincinnati, 1879-80, Vanderbilt Univ., 1881-3; m. Drucilla Nichols Moore, of Catlettsburg, Ky .. Nov. 27. INSA; children: Eugenia Moore, Sarah Montgomery Co., Pa., Jan. 27, 1869; s. of George Washington and Alice (Lewis) Buehler; prelim- inary edn, Hatboro Loller Acad. and pvt. sch. and pub, schs., Phila .; M.D., Coll. of Medicine and Sur- gery, Chicago, 1904; post-grad. work Hering Med. Coll., Bennett Med. Coll, and Am, Coll, Medicine Louise, Treas. Am. Wire & Nail Co., Anderson.

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Ind., 1884-8; sec, and treas. Ain. Steel & Wire Co., Colonial (dir.). 1888-9; pres. Ill. Steel Co. since Jan. 1, 1899; pres. Indiana Steel Co., Gary Land Co .; dir. Continental and Commercial Nat. Bank, South Chicago Savings Bank, Gary ( Ind.) State Bank. Mem. bd. trustees Vanderbilt Univ. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View, Com- mercial, Mid-Day. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BUFFUM, Joseph Howard, oculist. Removed to San Francisco, Cal. (See vol. 1911.)

BUFORD, Coleman Graves, surgeon; b. Lafay- ette Co., Mo., Jan. 25, 1872; s. of L. G. and Orra (Chinn) Buford; ed. Wentworth Mil. Acad., Lex- ington, Mo .; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., Chicago, 1894; m. Iroquois Co., Ill., Sept. 6, 1899, Ada M. Abildgaard; children: Morgan, Shelby, Mary, Coleman, Jr., Robert Lee, Margaret, Samuel Walker, John. Physician, Ill. Eastern Hosp. for the Insane, Kankakee, 1894-6; personal asst. to late Dr. Christian Fenger, 1896-1900; has specialized in sur- gery since 1900. Instr. clin. surgery, 1897-1907, also instr. operative surgery, 1900-I, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; now instr. clin. surgery, Rush Med. Coll .; prof. surgery, Chicago Policlinic; sur- geon to Children's Memorial and Chicago Policlinic hosps. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Surg. Soc., Chicago Inst. of Medicine, Chicago Med. Soc., North Side Med. Soc., Soc. Med. History, Zeta Chapter Nu Sig- ma Nu. Mem. Royal League. Home: 441 Surf St. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

BUHLIG, Walter H., M.D .; b. Chicago, Sept. 24, 1876; s. Moritz and Louisa ( Weissinger) Buhlig; ed. pub. schs .; B.S., Univ. of Chicago, 1901; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1903; m. Blanche E. Arter, of Chicago, July 1, 1903; children: Blanche Louise, Ruth Martha. Pathologist to Ohio Hosp. for epileptics, Gallipolis, O., 1903-4; instr. in bac- teriology, 1904-7, asst. prof. clin. pathology, 1907- 12, clin. asst. in medicine since 1912, Northwestern Univ. Med. School; attending physician, German Evangelical Deaconess Hosp. since 1911; mem. asst. staff in medicine, Wesley Hosp., since 1912. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Soc. Med. History, En- glewood Med. Soc. (pres., 1916-17). Republican. Protestant. Mason (K.T.). Home: 372 Normal Parkway. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

BULKLEY, Almon Wheeler, lawyer; b. Groton, Tompkins Co., N.Y., Apr. 13, 1852; s. Lorenzo and Juliette Ann (Coonley) Bulkley; B.Arch., Cornell Univ., 1875; m. Joliet, Ill., June 17, 1882, Ella Jay Stafford (died Jan. 4, 1896); children: Helen, Jo- sephine. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1879; deputy clerk Appellate Court of Ill., 2d Dist., 1879-80; settled in Chicago, Aug. 1, 1880; mem. firm of Bulkley, Gray & More, 1895-1912, Bulkley, More & Tallmadge since 1912. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Ma- son (Garden City Lodge, Fairview Chapter, Cheva- dier Bayard Commandery, K.T.). Clubs: Hamilton, Windsor Golf. Recreation: golf. Home: 7154 Eu- clid Av. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St.

BULL, Follett Wilkison, lawyer; b. LaSalle, Ill., June 30, 1870; s. E. Follett and Helen ( Perrin) Bull; ed. Univ. of Mich., 1888-9; m. Jennie Perkins, of Ottawa, Ill., Oct. 26, 1893; children: Helen P., E. Follett (deceased), Lothrop Perkins. Admitted to 1Il. bar, 1893; since engaged in active practice; gen. counsel Security Life Ins. Co. of America; atty, for receiver of Chicago & Milwaukee Electric R.R. Co. Sec. Civil Service Reform Assn., 1897- 1904. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Home: 300 N. Grove Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: The Rook- ery, Chicago.

Recreations: motoring, tennis. Home: 5466 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 206 S. Wabash Avenue.

BULLARD, Albert Wilder, investment banker: b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 25, 1878; s. Benjamin F. and Dorothy (Wilder) Bullard; ed. pub. schs. of Bos- ton; m. Winifred Gray, of Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 24, 1904: 3 children: Frederick Gray, Richard Wil- der, John Cushing. Associated with E. H. Rollins & Sons, investment bankers, 1894-1916, latterly as dir .; assisted in organizing, Apr., 1916, investment banking firm of Bullard, Hetherington & Co., of which is pres .; dir. Southern Ill. Light & Power Co .; vice pres, and mgr. Great Western Power Co. of Cal., 1912. Republican. Protestant, Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Bond Men's of Chicago (pres., 1915.). Recreations: tennis, reading. Home: Glen- coe, Ill. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BULLARD, Elihu Robins, commission mecht .; b. Wendell, Mass., Jan. 5, 1848; s. Albert and Saman- tha ( Robins) Bullard; ed. common schs. of Mass .; m. Etta Rudd, of Orion, Mich., May 17, 1882. Be- gan as clerk at Amherst, Mass., in 1864; came to Chicago, Apr., 1869; bookkeeper for a South Water St. commn. house, 1869-84; went to Detroit, Mich., in 1884, becoming bookkeeper for The G. H. Ham- mond Co .; returned to Chicago, 1889, and engaged in wholesale fruits and commn. business; mem. firm of F. E. Nellis & Co., 1889-1915 (retired). Re- publican. Congregationalist. Club: Illinois. Rec- reation: billiards. Home: 633 Elmwood Av., Oak Park, 111.

BULLEN, Fred Fitzherbert, maltster; b. Dela- ware, Ont. Co., Can., Nov. 25, 1853; s. William F. and Anna (Mullen) Bullen; ed. common schs. in Can .; m. 1883, Cora Belle, d. Thomas Landers, of New York; 1 daughter, Mabel La Clare Bullen (Mrs. Herman F. Friested). When 14 yrs. of age came to Ill .; soon after went to Kenosha, Wis., and was employed in malt house of his brother, George Bullen; became stockholder 3 yrs. later, in Lill & Bullen Malting Co., Chicago, later known as George Bullen & Co .; built malt house at 52d and Moffett Sts., 1889, organizing and becoming pres, and treas. of Fred F. Bullen Malting Co .; sold business in Sept., 1897, to Am. Malting Co., of which was asst. gen. mgr., 1899; dir. since organization of Standard Trust & Savings Bank. Interested in Merchants' Distilling Co., of Terre Haute, Ind. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country. Home: 6141 Sheridan Rd. Office: 160 W. Jackson Boul.

BULLEY, Frederick, general contractor; b. Dev- onshire, Eng., Sept. 1, 1870; s. Josiah and Mary Jane (Morey) Bulley; ed. pub, schs., Toronto, Can .; m. Emma J. Varcoe, of Chicago, June 25, 1896; 3 children: Olive E., Allan E., Bernice M. Brought to Toronto, Can., 1871; identified with the building business since beginning of active career; came to Chicago, 1893; in contracting business for self until 1901; pres. Bulley & Andrews, Inc., contract- ors, since 1901. Mem. Masons' and Builders' Assn. (dir.). Mason (K.T., Shriner), Clubs: Union League, Kenilworth. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Home: Sheridan Rd., Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 25 N. Dear- born St., Chicago.

BULLOCK, Henry Edwin, mfr .; b. at Otterville. Ont., Mar. 29, 1852; s. Edward Bullock, of Essex, Eng., and Matilda Catherine, d. Maj. Rivers, 91st Regt., British Army; ed. pub. sch., Otteryille, Ont .: commercial coll., London, Ont .; m. Harriet, d. Eli- jah Samuel Mark, of Pekin, 111., May 27, 1885. In Apr., 1871, entered employ of Crane Bros. (then known as Northwestern Mfg. Co.); became supt. of malleable dept. for them, June, 1874, and a dir. of the company, 1875, until Mar., 1880, when start- ed in malleable iron business for himself at Ro- chelle, 111. : moved it to Chicago, 1884, and with his brother, James E., incorporated Ill. Malleable Iron Co., of which is pres .; also pres. Internat. Land & Live Stock Co. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Glen View Golf. Home: 541 Deming Pl. Office: 1801- 1825 Diversey Parkway.

BULL, Glen C., vice pres. and treas. Bird Coal & Iron Co .; b. Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 18, 1885; s. Howard L. and Frances (Trees) Bull; ed. grammar and high schs., Kokomo; Valparaiso (Ind.) Univ .; Lake Forest (1]].) Coll .; m. Ruth E. Loop, of Kokomo, June 26, 1912; 1 son, Glen C., Jr. Deputy clerk Howard Circuit Court, Ind., 1908-9; dir. and sales mgr. LaSalle Extension Univ., 1913-14; now vice pres. and treas. Bird Coal & Iron Co .; vice pres. BULLOCK, James Edward, mfr .; Jan, 31, 1844- 1915. ( See vol. 1911.) Am. Trust & Security Co., Am. Commerce Assn .; treas. Olympian Motors Co. Progressive Republic- BULLOCK, Thomas H., investment securities; b. an. Methodist. Mem, Kappa Sigma. Mason. Club: in Ireland, Nov 29, 186%; s. Thomas and Mary

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( Wherry ) Bullock; brother of "Shan F." Bullock, Irish anthor, London, Eng .; ed. high schs. in Ire- land; m. Christine Greenfield, of Chicago, June 15, 1903; 2 children: Catherine Mary, Gordon Wherry. Came to U.S., 1891; in stock and bond business since 1915. Served in Co. F, 1st Inf. I.N.G., 3% yrs .; and in Troop C, 1st I]]. Cav., as sergt. during Spanish-Am. War. Republican. Episcopalian. Ma- son. Recreations: yachting, golf, automobiling, gymnastics. Home: 244 N. Menard Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

BUNCH, Francis Marion, grain commn. Removed to Virginia. (See vol. 1911.)

BUNGE, Gustave Herman, lawyer: b. Meltzow, Province of Brandenburg, Germany, Feb. 22, 1865; s. Carl and Christine (Frande) Bunge; came to America, 1872; ed. common schs .; 3 yrs.' course at Seminary of Evangelical Synod of North America, Elmhurst, Ill .; admitted to Ill, bar, 1898; m. Fan- nie M. Mason, of Kernan, LaSalle Co., Ill., Feb. 22, 1888; 1 son, George Herbert. Employed as station agt. at various points in 111. on A.,T.&S.F.Ry. and C.,B.&Q.R.R., 1888-98; began law practice in Chi- cago as mem, firm of Gray & Bunge 1898, later, Bunge, Thorpe & Burns, and Bunge & Harbour; pres, and gen. mgr. Post Am. Forwarding Co .; atty., village of Downers Grove 6 yrs .; mem. Bd. of Trustees 2 yrs., Bd. of Edn. 2 yrs. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Democrat. Congregationalist. K.P. Co. of Boston; represented the Mutual Benefit Ins. Club: Traffic. Home: Downers Grove, Ill. Office: 35 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.

BUNKER, Charles Henry, insurance. (See vol. 1911.)

BUNNELL, John Alexander, grain commn .; b. at Brantford, Ont .. Apr. 21, 1864; s. Enos and Cor- nelia (Kennedy ) Bunnell; ed, pub. schs .; m. Paris, Ont., Apr. 11, 1896, Kate Capron Baird; 1 daugh- ter, Margaret. Came to Chicago in 1882; became a mem. of the Chicago Bd. of Trade, 1891, and a mem. of firm of Hately Bros., commn. mchts. in grain and provisions. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade (dir., 1897-9; pres., 1909). Mem. Royal Arcanum. Clubs: Union League, Ex- moor, Church. Recreations: golf, church matters. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 70 Board of Trade Bldg., Chicago.

BUNTE, Ferdinand, manufacturing confection- er; b. Germany, July 16, 1846; s. Charles and Flor- ence (Schamhard) Bunte; ed. pvt. sch. in Germany; m. Phila., Pa., Aug, 16, 1868, Maria Fauss; chil- dren: Theodore W., Charles F., Martha (Mrs. W. Künkele, of Germany), Laura ( Mrs. Albert Kün- kele, of Germany), Florence ( Mrs. Walter A. Kee- fer, of Chicago). Lived in Phila., 1865-76; served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1865-7; in the candy business in Phila., 1867-76; came to Chicago, 1876, establish- ing, with associates, the firm of Bunte Bros. & Spoehr, incorporated Mar. 1, 1903, as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., and in Apr., 1906, as Bunte Bros., of which has since been pres. Republican. Was 3 yrs. mem. Bd. of Edn. of Rogers Park prior to annexation. Mason (Park Lodge No. 843). Home: 423 Belmont Av. Office: 720-728 W. Monroe St.

BUNTE, Gustav Adolph, mfg. confectioner; b. at Lemgo, Germany, Aug. 31, 1852; s. Charles and Florence (Schamhard) Bunte; ed. pvt. schs. in Ger- many; m. Chicago, June I, 1879, Philippina Weck; children: Oscar C. A., Elsa Florentine (Mrs. Walter Kellner), Charlotta. In candy business in Phila., 1866-9; came to Chicago, 1869, continuing in same line, and in 1876, with brother Ferdinand and C. A. Spoehr, established firm of Bunte Bros. & Snoehr, mfrs. of candies, firm incorporated, Mar. 1, 1903, as Bunte, Spoehr & Co., of which was vice pres. until Apr., 1906, when name was changed to Bunte Bros., of which was vice pres. and treas. until 1913, since treas. Mem. Schwaben Verein, Harmonie Maenner- chor, of Lake View. Home: 618 Fullerton Av. Of- fice: 720-728 \V. Monroe St.

BUNTE, Theodore W., mfg. confectioner; h. at Phila., Pa., Jan. 16, 1870; s. Ferdinand and Maria (Fauss) Bunte; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Anna C. Torkilson, of Rogers Park, Chicago, June 10, 1891; 2 children: Ferdinand Andrew, Harriet Marie (Mrs. Fred L. Goss). Associated in business with Bunte Bros., mfrs. high grade chocolates and candies, since beginning of active career at age of 14; gen.

mgr. since 1908, also vice pres. since 1913. Mem. Nat. Confectioners' Assn., Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Birchwood Country, Wilmette Country. Recrea- tions: motoring, outdoor life. Home: 732 Junior Terrace. Office: 720 W. Monroe St.

BUNTING, Guy J., railway comptroller; b. in Va., July 14, 1881; grad. high sch. in Va. Began as gen. accountant of a small ry. in Va., 1900; ac- counting expert in ry. affairs, Interstate Commerce Commn., Washington, to 1911; gen. accountant. July, 1911-15, gen. auditor, 1915-17, comptroller since July 3, 1917, C.,M.&St.P.Ry. Home: 12:1 Hood Av. Office: 1205 Railway Exchange.

BURCH, William Arthur, vice pres. Pathéscope Co .; b. Warwick, Can., Oct. 6, 1864; s. Oliver Edson and Sarah Jane (Wright) Burch; grad. Jennings Sem., Aurora, 111., 1885; Ph. B., Northwestern Univ., 1890, with honors in history and oratory, taking Kirk Prize; one of founders of Northern Oratorical League; m. Dora M. Bovee, of Chicago, Sept. 15, 1892; 1 son, Arthur Courtenay. Entered M.E. min- istry. 1886; served in ministry for 19 yrs., in 111. and Minn., last charge being South Park Av. Ch., Chicago; retired from ministry on account of seri- ous eye trouble. Financial sec. Northwestern Univ., 1900-2; was in employ of New York Life Ins. Co. in Chicago: became field supt. Columbian Nat. Ins. Co. of N.J. and was Ill. mgr. for Northwestern Nat., of Minn .; vice pres. Methodists Church Sup- ply Co., 1909; in land and timber business, 1909-16; vice pres. Pathéscope Co., motion pictures for schools and churches, since 1916. Mem. exec. com. Methodist Social Union; was mem. Chicago Com. of Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., Dewey Reception Com., Com. of 100 Lincoln Centenary Celebration, etc. Trustee North Shore Music Festival Assn. Repub- lican. Mem. Delta Upsilon. Club: Hamilton; ex- pres. Chicago Delta Upsilon Club. Recreations: golf, bowling, fishing. Home: 618 Colfax St., Ev- anston, Ill. Office: 17 N. Wabash Av., Chicago.

BURCH, William Elbridge, coffee mcht .; b. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 22, 1869; s. William H. and Eliz- abeth (Norwood) Burch; ed. puh. schs., Chicago; m. Emma L. Sherer, of Chicago, Apr. 27, 1902; chil- dren: William Elbridge. Jr., Norwood, Dorothy. Entered coffee business in 1884, with J. W. Doane & Co., and represented the company in Brazil, S.A., 1894-9; entered, 1899, Sherer Bros. Co., importers, of which was sec. and treas. until 1908; mem. Ruff- ner, McDowell & Burch, coffee and spices, since 1910. Republican. Clubs: City, Skokie Country, Glencoe. Home: 1203 Maple Av., Evanston, Iil. Office: 326 W. Madison St., Chicago.

BURCHARD, Edgar Warne, public appraiser; b. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7, 1862; s. Mortimer Nelson and Jane G. ( Warne) Burchard; ed. pub. schs., St. Louis; m. Chicago, July 18, 1894, Ella Elliott; 1 laughter, Marjorie. Was first engaged in business for himself in firm of E. W. Burchard & Co., whole- sale jewelry, and in 1891 became chief accountant for the Am. Radiator Co .; later became anditor and financial man for the Ames & Frost Co. until 1900. when, with William E. Coats, established the Coats & Burchard Co., pub. appraisers and engrs., of which is treas. Republican. Veteran Ist Regt. 1.N.G. Episcopalian. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Rer- reations: reading, billiards. Home: Kenilworth, Ill. Office: 11 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BURCHARD, Edward Lawver, civic worker; b. Freeport, Ill., Sept. 5, 1867; s. late Horatio Chapin Burchard (mem. of Congress, 1869-79, dir. of the mint, 1879-85) and Jane ( Lawyer) Burchard; Ph. B., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1891; spl. studies, Univ. of Chi- cago, 1894; m. Alice Barton, of Freeport, Ill., Oet. 4, 1893; 1 daughter, Marion B. Resident of Hull House, Chicago, 1891-2; chief clk., mines dept .. World's Fair, Chicago, 1892-3; recorder and libra- rian, Field Mus, Natural History, 1894-8; chief of library and archives division. U.S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey, Washington, 1898-1903: chief of or- der division, Library of Congress, 1903-6; sec. Civic League, Freeport, Ill., 1908-9; dir. of Extension Dept., Chicago Sch. of Civies and Philanthropy, 1909-14; dir. various city club civic exhibits, 1912- 15; sec, Civics Extension Com., 1914-15; civie sec. Community Council of Harrison Tech. High Sch.

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Dist., Chicat. , Iath Prugicasi. Mem. Am. Assn. of Museums (charter), Beta Theta Pi, Social Serv- ice Club. Club: City. 2254 Marshall Boul. Office: 123 W. Madison St.

BURCHARD, John Charles, lawyer; h. Ft. Al- kinson, Wis., Sept. 26, 1867: S. George W. and Lu- cinda E. (Charles) Burchard; B.S., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1892; m. Daisy F. Plummer, of Chicago, Oct. 18, 1899: 1 son, Donald Edward. Learned printer's trade at Ft. Atkinson after leaving high school: after graduation from coll, came to Chicago and studied law: in practice in Chicago since 1894. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Congregationalist. Home: Wil- mette, 11. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

BURDETT, John Burrus, elevator supplies; b. at Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20, 1861; s. Dr. William M. and Sallie E. (Potter) Burdett; ed. pub. schs. of Nashville: n. Independence, Mo., 1×93, Jessie HIen- ley: 1 daughter, Esther Lucile. Began in commn. business at age of Zo as representative of coffee and sugar plantations, Burdett & Hayes; in the wool-carding business at Nashville, Tenn., 1885; same year went to Kansas City and leased the plant of the Electric Clock Co,, operating it for # yrs .; came to Chicago, 1890, becoming mem. Bur- dett & Rowntree, inc., 1893, as the Burdett-Rown- tree Mfg. Co., mfrs. elevator supplies: pres. Bur- dett Mfg. Co., Burdett Oxygen Co. Was mem. Por- ter Rifles. Nashville, Tenn. Democrat. Methodist. ('lub: Ridge Country. Recreation: motoring. Home: 10244 Longwood Boul. Office: 309 St. Johns Ct.

BURDICK, Alfred Stephen, editor; b. DeRuyter, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1867; s. of Rev. Stephen and Susan ( Maxson) Burdick; A.B., Alfred ( N.Y.) Univ., 1886; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., Chicago, 1891 ; m. Ella Grace Brown, of West Hallock, Ill., July 9, 1891. In gen. practice of medicine since Apr., 1891, at Dunlap, 111., Tampa, Fla., and Chicago; prof. practice of medicine, Ill. Med. Coll., 1899-1904. Author: Stand- ard Medical Manual, 1904. Editor Med. Standard, 1899-1904; mng. editor Am. Jour, of Clin. Medicine since Jan., 1904. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Ill. State Med. Soc., A.M.A., Am. Acad. Medicine, Am. Med. Editors' Assn., A.A.A.S. Republican. Home: 2148 Giddings St. Office: 4753 EC. Ravenswood Av.

BURDICK, Arch O., insurance; b. at Chicago, Apr. 30. 1878; s. Oscar and Fannie ( Munson ) Bur- click; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Frank McCourtie Burdick, of Chicago, June 10, 1903. Began in ins. business in Chicago, 1894; became mem. firm Rol- lins & Burdick, 1899; vice pres. Rollins Burdick lIunter Co. since 1912. Republican. Mason (Cove- nant Lodge No. 526). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country. Recreation: travel. Home: 2616 Lake View Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

BURDICK, Charles Baker, hydraulic and sani- tary engr .; b. Chicago, Mar. 6, 1874; s. William Richard and Mary (Dewey ) Burdick; grad. Wallace High Sch., Sterling, Ill., 1891; B.S. in municipal and sanitary engring., Univ. of Ill., 1895; m. Mabel Taylor, of Chicago, Oct. 8, 1909. Asst. engr. to Al- vord & Shields, engrs., Chicago, 1895-7, and to John A. Cole, 1897-1901; asso. in firm of John A. Cole & Son, 1901-2; partner in firm Alvord & Burdick, en- Ar's., since 1902. Designed and supervised water supply and sewage system of Gary, Ind .; engr. for municipal filtration works at Evansville, Ind., and Niagara Falls, N.Y., also works of water supply and sewage in about 75 eities. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Water Works Assn., Western Soc. Engrs., Ill. Soc. Engrs. and Surveyors (ex-pres.), Sigma Chi. Clubs: Chicago Engineers', University, LaGrange Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 419 S. Waiola -Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: & S. Dearborn 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 34

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