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1. 1909. Clubs. Chicago Athletic, Union League, Mutual Life Ins. Co. for Ill. since 1905. Independ- Mid-Day, Chicago Yacht, South Shore Country, Automobile ( Chicago ) ; Kansas City ( Kansas City ) ; Missouri Athletic (St. Louis). Home: 163 N. Sco- ville Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Transportation Bldg., Chicago.
CHARLTON, James, railway official; May 15, 1832-Nov. 19, 1913. (See vol. 1911.)
CHARTER, James Adams, mechanical engr .; b. Sterling, Ill., July 24, 1865; s. John and Rachel (Adams) Charter; ed. pub, school and pvt. tutor. Took up engring. with Sterling Gas Co., 1885; with Charter Gas Engine Co., 1887; with H. W. Caldwell & Co., of Chicago, 1892-4; mech. engr. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 1894-1908; designing engr. Austin Mfg. Co. since 1908; pres. Charter Sleeve Motor Co., Chicago. Has taken out many patents and is designer and inventor of the "Fairbanks-Morse" gas and gasoline engines. Mem. Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Chicago Automo- bile. Home: 1438 E. 65th St.
CHASE, see also Chace.
CHASE, Audrie Alspaugh (Mrs. AI Chase), news- paper writer; b. in Kan., Oct. 24, 1887; d. Daniel W. and Mary (Willford) Alspaugh; ed. West Des Moines High Sch .; A.B., State Univ. of Ia., 1910 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. Al Chase, of Chicago Tri- bune, Oct. 30, 1915. Began as book reviewer for Chicago Tribune, 1910, later with The Continent and Rand, MeNally & Co .; returned to Tribune, Feb., 1914, to start motion picture dept., of which was editor, writing under name "Kitty Kelly" un- til Oct., 1916; then did some sociol. work on the divorce question, writing under own name; joined Examiner's staff as motion picture editor, Mar., 1917, writing again under name of "Kitty Kelly." Mem. Collegiate Alumnæ Assn. Club: Cordon (charter mem.). Home: Glen Ellyn, Ill. Address: Chicago Examiner, Chicago.
CHASE, Charles Warren, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.) CHASE, Frank David, industrial engr .; b. River- side, Cook Co., Ill., Aug. 2, 1878; s. David Fletcher and Emily Frances (Tabor) Chase; prep. education Evanston High Sch .; B.S. in C.E., Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1901; m. Louise Charlotte Lombard, of Min- neapolis, Minn., Aug. 13, 1906. Specialist in design of industrial plants and mercantile bldgs., operat- ing throughout U.S. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Am. Inst. Architects. Clubs: Union League, Engineers'. Rec- reation: motoring. Home: 612 Stratford Pl. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.
CHASE, Horace Gair; July 9, 1827-Feb. 4, 1913. (See vol. 1905.)
CHASE, John Calvin, socialist organizer. Re- moved to Omaha, Neb. (See vol. 1911.)
CHASE, Mary Wood, president of The Mary Wood Chase School of Musical Arts; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1868; d. Alonzo and Cordelia M. ( Wood) Chase; grad. high sch., Ithaca, N.Y., 1884; grad. New England Conservatory, Boston, 1887; artist pupil of Oscar Raif, Berlin, Germany, 1893-6. Début as concert pianist, Boston Music Hall, 1886; dir. Music Dept., Logan Coll., Ky., 1889-93; asst. to Oscar Raif, Berlin, 1894-6; début with Theodore Thomas Orchestra, under baton of Frederick Stock, 1902, reengaged, 1903-4; with Kneisel Quartette, Brooklyn Inst., 3 consecutive seasons; co-dir Co- lumbia Sch. of Music, 1902-6; visiting dir. Univ. of Ia. Sch. of Music, 1906-8; pres, and dir. The Mary Wood Chase Sch. of Musical Arts since 1906; sum- mer sch., Epworth, Ludington, Mich. Clubs: Chi- cago Woman's, The Cordon. Mem. Lakeview Mu- sical Soc., Chicago Artists' Assn., Ill. Music Teach- ers' Assn., Nat. Woman's Party, Am. Red Cross, Nat. Council of Defense. Home: 5630 Winthrop Av. Address: 800 Lyon & Healy Bldg.
CHASE, Samuel Thompson, life ins .; b. Chicago, Sept. 24, 1867; s. Samuel Blanchard and Emma E. (Thompson) Chase; ed. pub. and high schs., under pvt. tutor and at Harvard Univ .; m. Chicago, Apr., 1896, Mary, d. of B. F. Ayer, atty. for I.C.R.R .; 3 daughters: Mary Ayer, Emma Elizabeth, Jannette Hopkins. Began in grocery store at Duluth, Minn., 1892; treas. Kilmer Wire Mfg. Co., Chicago, 1893-6; spl. agt. Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co., 1897- 1900; pres. Royal Gas Light Co., 1901-4; mgr. Conn.
ent in politics. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Recreations: athletic and outdoor sports. Was intercollegiate double lawn tennis champion, 1890, western lawn tennis champion, 1889-93, Harvard champion for 2 yrs. and Northwestern champion about 1886. Home: 3204 Sheridan Rd. Office: 414 Monadnock Blk.
CHATFIELD, Eli Perry, retired mfr .; b. Pratts- ville, Green Co., N.Y., Aug. 14, 1846; s. Ira D. and Eliza (Case) Chatfield; ed. dist. sch, and acad., of Prattsville, N.Y .; puh, schs. at Boston, Mass., and Albany, N.Y .; m. Chicago, Feb. 13, 1873, Ida M. Parker; children: Anna W. (Mrs. P. V. Bright), Max P. Came to Chicago, 1868, and was first em- ployed hy Gurdon S. Hubbard as bookkeeper, and later as supt. until the great fire of 1871; after fire, business mgr. with C. & A. Price, huilding contrac- tors, and later mgr. of br. house and western busi- ness for C. S. Maltby, of Baltimore, Md., until 1889; sec. J. E. Tilt Shoe Co., 1889-1906; now retired. Re- publican. Mem. Lake View Board of Edn., 1878; trustee and assessor Lake View, 1879-85; presdl. elector for Ill., 1900. Mason. Clubs: Edgewater Country, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: fishing and outdoor diversions. Office: 512 W. Huron St.
CHATFIELD, George Lewis, manager The Me- chanical Mfg. Co .; b. Tunbridge, Vt., Mar. 27, 1844; s. Lorenzo Dow and Maria (Morse) Chatfield; ed. pub. schs. of Lockport, N.Y .; m. Susie Ellen Cun- ningham, Trenton, N.J., Sept. 10, 1884; 2 children: George Cunningham, Susie Ida. Came to Chicago, 1869. Entered service of the C., R.I.&P.R.R.Co., 1863, as foreman in the car shops at Davenport, Ia., and remained with that company over 27 yrs., re- signing as asst. gen. supt, of motive power, 1890, to become mgr. and dir. of The Mechanical Mfg. Co., mfrs. ry. supplies and machinery, Chicago, with which has since been identified. Was pres. bd. of trustees Town of Lake, 1881-7; was also wa- ter commr. of same township for 3 yrs. Republic- an. Episcopalian. Mason (32°, Shriner). Club: South Shore Country. Home: 434 E. 48th St. Office: Packers Av. and 41st St.
CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Hobart C., author; b. at Chicago, Mar. 24, 1865; s. Henry Hobart and Ade- laide (Chatfield) Taylor; B.S., Cornell Univ., 1886; (Litt.D., Lake Forest [Ill.] Coll., 1913); m. Rose, d. late Senator Charles B. Farwell, of Ill., June 19, 1890; children: Adelaide, Wayne, Otis, Robert. Ed- itor America, 1888-90; consul of Spain at Chicago, 1892-4; Chevalier Legion of Honor and Officier de l'Instruction Publique, France; Chevalier Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and Chevalier Order of the Crown, Italy; Chevalier Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain; Chevalier Order of St. James (for artistic, lit. and scientific merit), Portugal; Officer Order of the Bust of the Liberator, Venezu- ela. Fellow Royal Geog. Soc., Eng .; pres. Soc. Mid- land Authors; mem. Nat. Inst. Arts and Letters, N.H. Soc. of the Cincinnati, 111. Soc. Colonial Wars, Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Union, Century, Players (New York), Authors' (London), Metropolitan (Wash- ington), Chicago, University, Cliff Dwellers (Chi- cago). Author: With Edged Tools, 1891; An Amer- ican Peeress, 1893; Two Women and a Fool, 1895; The Land of the Castanet, 1896; The Vice of Fools, 1898; The Idle Born, 1900; The Crimson Wing, 1902; Molière, a Biography, 1906; Fame's Pathway, 1909; Goldoni, a Biography, 1913. Contbr. to vari- ous mags. and periodicals. Home: Lake Forest, Il1. Office: 69 W. Washington St., Chicago.
CHATTELL, Bertram Mathews, banker; Nov. 12, 1856-July 27, 1912. ( See vol. 1911.)
CHATTEN, Melville Clarke, architect; b. Quincy, Ill., Sept. 29, 1873; s. Enoch R. and Alice Louise (Miller) Chatten; B.S. in Architecture, Univ. of Ill., 1896; studied in Paris, France, 1905-7; m. Anne A. Coleman, of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1910; 1 daughter, Janet McCormick. Was with firm of Frost & Gran- ger, architects, 1899-1905; practiced in Chicago since 1907 as mem. firm of Chatten & Hammond. Mem. Am. Inst. Architects, Ill. Soc. Architects, Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Congrega- tionalist. Clubs: City, Illini. Home: 1151 Oakley Av., Hubhard Woods, Ill. Office: 64 E. Van Buren St., Chicago.
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CHAUVET, Frank, M.D .; b. in Mich., 1878; s. of Kelly, as Thomas Kelly & Co., iron pipe, etc .; was Anthony and Catherine (Diry) Chauvet; ed. R. T. also in the electrical mfg. business, Devoted to Crane High School, Chicago; Notre Dame Univ .; real estate since 1898. Club: Ill. Athletic. Recrea- tions: fishing, traveling. Home: 5802 South Park Av. Office: 28 E. Jackson Boul. École Say of Univ. of Paris; M.D., Coll. of Medi- cine Univ. of Ill., 1907; m. Alla C. Coleman, of Chi- cago, Aug. 18, 1908; children: Mary Elise, Mary Joan, Richard Francis, Martha Denise. Practiced at Chicago since 1907; instr. medicine, 1910-12, instr. physical diagnosis, 1912-16, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Ill .; asst. prof. medicine, Chicago Poly- clinic Sch., 1910-12; asst. in medicine, Univ. Hosp., 1914-16; attending phys., Cook Co. Hosp., 1912-16. Mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc. Home: 726 S. Crawford Av. Of- fice: 619 S. Crawford Av.
CREEVER, Dwight Bissell, patent atty .; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 23, 1868; s. Henry Sylvester and Laura Edna (Bissell) Cheever; grad. Ann Arbor High Sch., 1887; B.S. in Mech. Engring., Univ. of Mich., 1891, LL.B., 1896; m. Arline H. Vallette, of Pasadena, Cal., Sept. 1, 1904; children: Dwight Martin, Bruce Bissell. Practiced engring, work ex- clusively for 3 yrs., then in gen. practice of law, 1896-7; chief clk. in patent law office of Robert H. Parkinson, Chicago, Jan. 1, 1897-May 1, 1901; in patent law practice alone until Nov. 15, 1904, since then with Howard M. Cox as Cheever & Cox, pat- ent law, trade marks and copyright exclusively. Lecturer on patent law at Chicago Law Sch. Mem. Am. and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Patent Law Assn. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Ham- ilton, Kenwood, Union League, Law, Legal, Floss- moor Country, South Shore Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 5491 Hyde Park Boul .; (summer) Floosmoor, 111. Office: 1133 Monadnock Blk.
CHENERY, William Ludlow, newspaper man; b. "The Meadow," Caroline Co., Va., June 26. 1884; s. James Hollis and Ida Burnley (Taylor) Chenery; ed. Randolph-Macon Coll., Ashland, Va .; Univ. of Chicago, Chicago Sch. of Civics and Philanthropy; m. Dai Consuelo Smith, of Chicago, Apr. 30, 1913. Reporter and spl. writer, Chicago Evening Post, 1910-March, 1914; chief editorial writer, Rocky Mountain News, Mar .- Aug., 1914; column conduc- tor and editorial writer Chicago Herald since Sept., 1914. Home: 5642 Kimbark Av. Office: 163 W. Washington St.
CHENEY, Charles Edward, bishop; Feb. 12, 1836- Nov. 15, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916- 17.)
CHENEY, Edwin Henry, electrical engr .; b. Shel- byville, Ill., June 13, 1869; s. James Wilson and Armilla (Perkins) Cheney; B.S. and E.E., Univ. of Mich., 1892 ; m. June 15, 1899, Mamah Bouton Borth- wick; children: John Borthwick, Martha. With Chi- cago Edison Co. as elec, engr., 1892-7; mgr. Mutual Electric Co., elec. constrn., 1897-1900; vice pres. and mgr. Ill. Maintenance Co. since 1900; pres. Krehbiel Co. since 1905; dist. mgr. Wagner Electric Co. Re- publican. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, River Forest Tennis. Recreations: sailing, music. Home: 520 N. East Av., Oak Park, 111. Of- fice: 918 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
CHENEY, Henry William, M.D .; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Sept. 17, 1869; s. Seymour H. and Adelaide (Grenell) Cheney; grad. Fond du Lac High Sch., 1887; Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1892; post- grad. work, Chicago Univ., 1903; post-grad. work, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany, 1906; m. Fond du Lac, Wis., 1896, Flora Sylvester; children: Kathryn Winifred, Harold Sylvester (died July 16, 1916). Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1892; attending phys. to St. Luke's Hosp .; asso. in pedi- atrics, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chi- cago med. socs., Physicians' Club. Baptist. Mason. Home: 6041 Kenwood Av. Office: 25 E. Washington Street.
*CHENEY, Maynard Asa, retired. (See vol. 1911.) CHESROWN, Mervin Milton, real estate; b. in Ashland Co., O., Dec. 18, 1866; s. Wesley and Lu- cetta (Finlay) Chesrown; brought up on farm in Ashland Co .; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chicago, Nov. 23, 1892, Mande Powers Babbitt; 1 daughter, Virginia. Came to Chicago in 1889; pvt. sec. to Ernest R. Graham, gen. mgr. of the World's Columbian Expn. Co., 1890-4; later in partnership with Thomas
CHETLAIN, Arthur Henry, lawyer; b. Galena, Ill., Apr, 12, 1849; s. Gen. Augustus L. and Emily (Tenney ) Chetlain; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1870; Uni- versité Libre, Brussels, Belgium, B.S., 1871; stud- ied law under William Lathrop, Rockford, Ill .; m. 1892, Lottie Lillieberg, of Chicago (formerly of Stockholm, Sweden) ; children: Edith M., Arthur L., Frederick H., John Francis, Kent G. Admitted to bar at Rockford, 1873, but continued studies at Chicago in law office of Edward A. Small, 1873-4; partner in practice with Stephen S. Gregory, 1874- 79; firm was consolidated with Tenney & Flower, 1879; withdrew on account of ill health, 1881, and traveled a year and a half; again practiced, 1883- 91; first asst. corpn. counsel, City of Chicago, 1891- 93; defeated for judge Superior Court of Cook Co., 1893; elected, 1894, last term expiring 1910; prac- ticing alone since 1910, specializing in chancery and corpn. law. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Repub- lican. Ex-pres. Marquette Club. Clubs: Hamilton, Birchwood Country, Ill. Athletic. Home: 7414 Sheridan Rd.
CHETLAIN, Augustus Louis, soldier; Dec. 26, 1824-Mar. 15, 1914. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)
CHEW, John H., physician; M.D., Univ. of MId., 1863; m. Alice Meadowcroft, of Chicago, May 26, 1880; 1 daughter, Mrs. Theodore W. Forbes, of Bal- timore. Engaged in gen. practice of medicine at Chicago since 1882; pres. and emeritus prof. medi- cine Chicago Policlinic; attending phys. St. Jo- seph's and Henrotin Memorial hosps. Fellow A. M.A .; mem. Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Soc. of Internal Medicine, Chicago Med. Examiners' Assn. Club: Saddle and Cycle. Address: 1223 Astor St.
CHICKERING, Clifford Cummings, piano mfr .; b. Cincinnati, Ang. 19, 1863; s. Josiah and Sarah Mariah ( Browne) Chickering; ed. Chickering Inst., Cincinnati; m. Lucile Parish, of Chicago, June 1. 1898. Began in piano mfg. business, Boston, 1881; removed to Chicago, 1890; established firm of Chickering Bros., 1893, of which has since been st. mem. Clubs: South Shore Country, Kenwood, Mid- lothian Country, Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 1344 E. 48th St. Office: 2260 South Park Av.
CHICKERING, Fred Wilby, pianos; b. Cincin- nati, O., Mar. 1, 1865; s. Josiah and Sarah ( Browne) Chickering; ed. by father, who was a lifelong edu- cator at Cincinnati; m. Margarita Davidson, of St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 23, 1893; 2 children: Carol Lucile, Miriam. Began in piano mfg. business of Chicker- ing Sons, Boston, 1882; came to Chicago, 1891, and, in 1893, assisted in organizing firm of Chickering Bros., mfrs. of pianos. Republican. Congregation- alist. Clubs: Kenwood, South Shore Country. Rec- reations: bowling, fishing. Home: 1348 E. 48th St. Office: 2260 South Park Av.
CHILD, Charles Manning, biologist; b. Ypsilanti, Mich., Feb. 2, 1869, of Conn. parentage; s. Charles Chauncey and Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Child; Ph.B., Wesleyan Univ., Conn., 1890, M.S., 1892; Ph. D., Univ. of Leipzig, Germany, 1894; m. Lydia Van Metre, of Baltimore, Md., Ang. 15, 1899, Grad. asst. Wesleyan Univ., 1890-2; Naples Zool. Sta., 1894 and 1902; asst. in zoology, 1895-7, asso., 1897-8, instr., 1898-1905, asst. prof., 1905-9, asso. prof., 1909-16, and prof. since 1916, Univ. of Chicago. Fellow A.A. A.S .; mem. Am. Soc. Zoologists, Chicago Inst. of Medicine. Home: 1307 E. 60th St.
CHILD, Samuel Penny, thread. (See vol. 1911.) CHILDS, Albert Henry, stationer; b. Chicago, Dec. 19, 1862; s. Shubael Davis, Jr., and Mary A. ( Wright) Childs; ed. pub. schs. of Evanston; m. Philadelphia, May 29, 1884, Florence H. Johnson; 1 daughter, Helen (Mrs. H. J. Coon). Began in 1878 with S. D. Childs & Co., as errand boy; repre- sented the firm as traveling salesman, 1880, and from 1882-6 was house salesman. From the death of his father in 1886, represented the interests of latter in the business until 1902, when firm was in- corporated as S. D. Childs & Co., of which was vice
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pres. until 1908, when became pres. Republican. Mem. National Union, Recreation: automobiling. Home: 1563 Oak Av., Evanston, 111. Office: 136 S. Clark St., Chicago.
CHILDS, C(harles) Frederick, banker, bond deal- er; b. Brattleboro, Vt., Nov. 22, 1875; s. Walter Henry and Clara Maria (Davis) Childs; grad. Brat- tleboro High Sch., 1894; B.A., Yale, 1899; m. Edith Harris Newell, of Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 31, 1900; 3 children: Madeleine, Claire, Frederick Newell. Rep- resented F. M. Tucker & Co. and Mason, Lewis & Co. in Boston, 3 yrs .; came to Chicago, 1904; mgr. western office of Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, until 1910; mgr. bond dept. Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago, 1910-11; pres. C. F. Childs & Co., bonds, since 1911. Alderman, Lake Forest, 111., 1908-9; mayor of Lake Forest, 1910-11. Democrat. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsia, Yale, Mid-Day, Shore Acres (Chicago) ; Bankers', Yale (New York ). Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
CHILDS, Frank Hall, lawyer; b. at Findlay, O., Feb. 16, 1859; s. Judge Nathaniel Emmes and Emily (Hall) Childs; moved to Republic, O., 1867, and there received normal sch. edn .; m. Amy, d. of Jate Edwin Hunt, of Chicago, Feb. 18, 1886. Began work in govt. printing office, Washington, D.C., Mar. 1, 1878; entered pension office, Jan., 1880; em- ployed in office of supt. of ry. mail service, Chi- cago, 1880-90; promoted to postoffice insp., Sept. 1, 1890; apptd. chief clk. of New Orleans Div., Feb., 1892; studied law at night, grad. Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, and was admitted to Ill. bar, 1884; began practice in Chicago, 1893; teacher of law in various schs. since 1898. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Author: Childs on Surety- ship and Guaranty, 1907; Childs on Personal Prop- erty, 1914; American Business Law, 6 vols., 1917. Editor: Ewell on Fixtures, 2d edit., 1905. Contbr. to Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure (Cyc.). Home: 2241 Calumet Av.
CHILDS, George Washington, fire underwriter; b. Hinsdale, IIl., May 18, 1880; s. Hon. Robert A. and Mary E. (Coffeen) Childs; prep. edn. pub. schs. and Beloit Coll. Acad .; B.S., Univ. of Pa., 1903; m. Elizabeth L. Steele, of Highland Park, Ill., June 18, 1908: children: George Frederick, Robert L., Wil- liam C. Engaged in ins. business since 1903; mem. firm Childs, Young & Wood. Republican. Preshy- terian. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Exmoor Country. Home: Highland Park, Il1. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
CHILDS, Lester C., lawyer; b. Hinsdale, Ill., Oct. 11, 1874; s. Hon. Robert A. and Mary E. (Coffeen) Childs; grad. Hinsdale High Sch., 1892; student Beloit (Wis.) Coll. Acad .; A.B., Beloit Coll., 1898; LL. B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1901; m. Ce- line Lilly, of Hinsdale, Ill., Aug. 31, 1903; 3 chil- dren: Lester J., David C., Mary E. Admitted to 111. bar, 1901; with law firm of Tenney, McConnell, Coffeen & Harding, 1901-3; in practice alone, 1903- 1905; mem. firm of Childs & Childs since 1905. Mem. Phi Kappa Psi. Republican. Clubs: Union League. Hinsdale, Hinsdale Golf, Hinsdale Gun. Recreations: shooting, fishing. Home: 186 3d St., Hinsdale, 111. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
CHILDS, Robert A., lawyer; Mar. 22, 1845-Dec. 19, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
CHILDS, Robert William, lawyer; b. Hinsdale, DuPage Co., 111., Sept. 27, 1876; s. Hon. Robert A. and Mary E. (Coffeen) Childs; A.B., Beloit (Wis.) Coll., 1899; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1902; m. Katherine Barton, of Chicago, June 8, 1905. Apptd. asst. U.S. atty, for Northern Dist. of Ill., immedi- ately after graduation from law sch .; served as spl. asst. to the U.S. atty. gen., 1914; in gen. prac- tice since 1914, firm of Childs & Childs. Republic- an. Clubs: Union League, 111. Athletic, Hinsdale Golf. Home: Hinsdale, 111. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
CHILDS, Theron Walstein, mfr .; b. at Hudson, Mich., Apr. 28, 1887; s. Francis Marion and Abigail A. (Colton) Childs; prep. edn. Hudson High Sch .; student Univ. of Mich .; unmarried. Entered em- ploy of Chicago Label & Box Co., Nov. 19, 1909; elected sec. of the company Dec. 12, 1912. Repub-
lican. Congregationalist. Recreations: golf, motor- boating. Home: 2141 Cleveland Av. Office: 312-328 N. May St.
CHINDBLOM, Carl Richard, lawyer; b. Chicago, Dec. 21, 1870; s. Carl P. and Christine (Engel) Chindblom; A.B., Augustana Coll., Rock Island, Ill., 1890; LL.B., Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1898; (hon. A.M., Bethany Coll., Lindsborg, Kan., 1905) ; m. Christine Nilsson, of Minneapolis, Apr. 27, 1907; 2 children: Richard Nelson and Ruth Christine. Admitted to Il1. bar, 1900; with law firm of Deneen (Charles S.) & Hammill (Charles H.), 1904-5, and mem. firm of Brecher (Oscar W.) & Chindblom since 1910. Atty. for lll. State Bd. of Health, 1906; mem. Bd. Co. Commrs., 1907-10; co. atty., 1912-14; master in chancery Circuit Court since 1916. Re- publican. Lutheran. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Club: Swed- ish. Recreations: reading, walking. Home: 1744 Foster Av. Office: 410, 69 W. Washington St.
CHIPMAN, George Ernest, lawyer; July 14, 1868-June 4, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
CHISLETT, Howard Roy, surgeon; b. Salt Lake City, Utah, Apr. 6, 1862; s. John and Mary Ann (Stockdale) Chislett; M.D., Hahnemann Med. Coll. and Hosp., Chicago, 1888; post-grad. work in Lon- don, Berlin and Vienna, and at Johns Hopkins Hosp .; m. Mande A. Codington, of Chicago, 1896. Interne in Hahnemann Hosp., 1888-9; lecturer on minor surgery, Hahnemann Med. Coll., 1889-91; prof. surgery and clin. surgery since 1897, also dean, 1903-9, pres. 1910-16, Hahnemann Med. Coll .; attending surgeon to Cook Co. Hosp., 1893-1900, to Hahnemann Hosp., since 1893, to Chicago Bapt. Hosp., 1897-8, to Streeter's Hosp. since 1900; mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Fellow Am. Coll. Surgeons, Chicago Surg. Soc .; mem. Am. Inst. Homoeopathy, Ill. Homo. Med. Soc., Wis. Home. Soc. (hon.), Cen- tral Ill. Homme. Soc. (hon.), Chicago Homoe. Med. Soc. (pres., 1901), Clinical Soc. of Hahnemann Hosp. Republican. Clubs: South Shore Country, Press (Chicago) ; Midwick Country (Los Angeles, Cal.). Address: 3604 Grand Boul,
CHRISTENSON, August Neilt, wholesale cloth- ing. (See vol. 1911.)
CHRISTIAN, Palmer, musician (organist) ; b. at Kankakee, 111., May 3, 1885; s. David Warren and Cora (Palmer) Christian; prep. edn. Kankakee High Sch .; studied in Chicago; in Leipzig under Straube and Schreck, 1909-11; later in Paris, under Guilmant; m. Lois Wilkinson, of Kankakee, Nov. 21, 1911. Organist St. Paul's Ch., Kankakee, 1904- 06, Grace M.E. Ch., Chicago, 1906-7; organist and condr. Hyde Park Presbyn. Ch., Chicago, 1907-9; organist and condr. Am. British Union Ch., Leip- zig, 1909-10; now organist and director Kenwood Ch., Chicago. Mem. Am. Guild Organists, Soc. Am. Musicians, Chicago Artists' Assn. Republican. Club: Cliff Dwellers. Home: 1140 E. 44th St. Stu- dio: Kimball Bldg.
CHRISTIE, Jane Johnstone (Mrs. John H. Chris- tie); b. Armagh, Ireland, 1860; d. James Hughes (M.A.) and Mary (Carlyle) Johnstone; ed. in 1re- land and Can .; m. Dr. John H. Christie, of Can., 1878 (died 1886). Episcopalian. Author: The Ad- vance of Woman, 1912. Lecturer on the Bible. Home: 221 E. Erie St.
CHRISTOPH, Eugene Otto, M.D .; b. Worms-on- Rhine, Germany, Oct. 12, 1861; s. Henry and Chris- tine (Kaege) Christoph; ed. pub. schs., Wiesbaden, Germany, 1867-73; coll. of Wiesbaden, 1873-6; high sch., Berne, Switzerland, 1876-9; Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, 1879-84; med. sch. of Munich, Ger- many, 1884-6; M.D., Univ. of Freiburg, Germany, 1887; m. Wiesbaden, Germany, Oct. 12, 1887, Lilly Schram: children: Carl H., Lilly C. Came to Chi- cago, 1887, and since engaged in gen. practice. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., German Med. Soc, Repub- lican. Catholic. Mem. Germania Mannerchor, Ger- man Colonial Soc. Home: 3662 Michigan Av. Office: 5058 S. Ashland Av.
CHRISTY, Robert Curtis, hats and furs; b. at Brownsville, Pa., Feb. 22, 1848; s. Robert and Han- nah (Buckious) Christy; removed to Des Moines, la., 1857; ed. pub. schs. of Des Moines; m. Milwau- kee, Wis., 1878, Margaret Denning; 1 daughter, Lillian (now Mrs. William H. Mann, of New York).
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Came to Chicago from Des Moines, Sept., 1872; be- 11th N.Y. Cav., Aug., 1862; served in Md., Va., and came an employe of A. Bishop & Co., hatters and furriers, 1878, and vice pres. and gen. mgr. Chicago house, 1889-1915, pres. since 1915; also pres. The Bishop Fur Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Royal Arcanum, Nat. Union. Club: Chicago Ath- letic. Recreation: reading. Home: 6230 Kenmore Av. Office: 12 W. Washington St.
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