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CORNWELL, Willett Hastings, lawyer; b. Phila- delphia, Mar. 26, 1875; s. Willett and Elmira (Har- roun) Cornwell; ed. Allen's Acad., Chicago; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1896; m. Lynnie Bernard, of Richmond, Va., Apr. 21, 1903. Prac- ticed law in office of Henry M. Bacon, 1896-9; in trial dept. of Employers' Liability Assurance Corpn. of London, Eng., 1899-1902; practiced at Chicago alone, 1902-6, and since 1909. Asst. state's atty. under John J. Healy, 1906-9; state senator from 31st Senatorial Dist. in the 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th General Assemblies of Ill. Mem. Chi- cago Bar Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: automobiling, trap shoot- ing. Home: 3825 Alta Vista Terrace. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.
CORWIN, Arthur Mills, M.D., specialty diseases of nose, throat and ear; b. Honolulu, H. T., 1864; s. Eli (D.D.) and Henrietta S. (Howell) Corwin; A.B., Princeton, 1887, A.M., 1899; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1890, followed by 3 months' post-grad. study in Berlin; m. Chicago, 1893, Fannie L. Hastings; chil- dren: Mary W. Hastings ( Mrs. Herbert E. Brad- ley), Sylvia. Demonstrator physical diagnosis, Rush Med. Coll., 1892-1902; attending phys. Cen- tral Free Dispensary, dept. chest, nose and throat; prof. diseases throat and nose, Chicago Clin. Sch. and Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. since 1902; prof. phy- sical diagnosis, Coll. Phys, and Surg., 1903-13; for- merly attending phys. tuberculosis dept., Cook County Hosp .; attending laryngologist, West Side and Sheridan Park hosps .; asso, prof, laryngology, Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery. Dir. publicity and edn., Chicago Dept. of Health, 1915-16; edi- torial staff Chicago Medical Recorder; dir. Valmora Sanitarium for Tuberculosis. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Tri-State Med. Soc., Am. Otol. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngol- ogy, Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Laryngol. and Otol. Soc., Chicago Pathol. Soc., Physicians' Club. Dir. Anti-Saloon League of Ill .; founder and first president Good Govt. League; pres. Irving Lit. Soc. of Chicago; sec. Chicago Physicians' Club, Author of volume on Physical Diagnosis of the Chest; also numerous med. papers and addresses; numerous poems: To Dr. A. C. Cotton; Dr. Julia Merrill, In Memorium; The Hospital; The River Rhine; Kit Carson and the Santa Fe Trail; The Suffragette; The Oyster; The Fly, etc. Recreation: fishing. Home: 739 N. Elmwood Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.
CORWITH, Charles Rogers, real estate; Feb. 13, 1860-Dec. 8, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
CORWITH, Nathan, real estate; b. Galena, Ill., Sept. 26, 1861; s. Nathan and Mary E. Corwith; grad. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass., 1880; m. Chi- cago, Dec. 19, 1893, Marcia Hempstead; 1 son, Na-
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than, Jr. Began with father in lead business, un- der firm name of N. Corwith & Co .; later became identified with the Am. Smelting & Refining Co. as sales agt .; associated, 1902, with Russell D. Hill as a mem. of the firm of R. D. Hill & Co., real es- tate and loans, successors to Henry L. Hill; en- gaged in looking after his own real estate inter- ests since 1905. Republican. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 209 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
CORY, Charles Barney, ornithologist; b. Boston, Jan. 31, 1857; s. Barney and Eliza A. B. Cory; ed. Boston schs. and Lawrence Scientific Sch. (Har- vard), 1879; m. Harriet W. Peterson, of Duxbury, Mass., May 29, 1883. Hon. curator of ornithology, Boston Soc. Natural History until 1905; hon. cura- tor of ornithology, 1895-1906, prof. and hon. cura- tor dept. zoology since 1906, Field Mus. of Natural History, Chicago. Pres. Am. Ornithologists' Union, 1904-5; fellow Zool. and Linnean socs., London; mem. numerous Am. and foreign scientific socs .; chmn. com. on hypnotism, Am. Soc. Psychical Re- search, 1888. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 5757 Dor- chester Av.
CORY, John Darby, insurance; b. St. Paris, O., Mar. 30, 1863; s. Joel Cory; ed. pub. schs .; m. Chi- cago, Mar. 15, 1898, Elizabeth Cunningham. Began as office boy in insurance office of J. M. Rogers, 1881; remained until retirement of Mr. Rogers, 1894, then mgr. of the agency; became mem. B. F. Rogers & Co., which, in 1902, changed to Klee, Rogers & Cory; established firm of John D. Cory & Co., gen. ins., 1907. Democrat. Recreation: fishing. Residence: Hotel Brevoort. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
COSTA, Peter, fruits; b. Genoa, Italy, Aug. 23, 1866; s. John B. and L. (Lanato) Costa; ed. puh. schs. in Genoa, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain; m. Italy, Nov., 1895, Miss E. Costa. Was in the fruit business in Italy, 1879-89; in 1896, with Louis Gin- occhio, and A. M. Meyer, established the firm of Ginocchio, Costa & Co., foreign, domestic and trop- ical fruits; also the United Fig & Date Co. Home: 809 Lawrence Av. Office: 33 W. South Water St.
COSTELLO, Anthony George, banker; b. Braid- wood, Ill., Feb. 23, 1885; s. Anthony J. and Cath- erine (McGrath) Costello; ed. Braidwood and Chi- cago; m. Elizabeth Kearins, of Oak Park, Ill., June 2, 1915. Began as clerk First Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1904; clerk West Side Trust & Savings Bank, 1906- 09; asst. cashier Liberty Trust & Savings Bank, 1913-16; cashier and dir. Madison & Kedzie State Bank since 1916. Democrat. Roman Catholic. Rec- reations: golf, motoring. Home: 3917 W. Adams St. Office: 3131 W. Madison St.
COSTIGAN, George Purcell, Jr., professor law; b. Chicago, July 19, 1870; s. George Purcell and Emilie (Sigur) Costigan; A.B., Harvard, 1892, A.M., 1894, LL.B., 1894; (LL.D., Univ. of Neb., 1913); m. Maud Whittemore, of Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 31, 1896. Practiced law in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1894- 99; at New York, 1899-1900, at Denver, Colo., 1900- 05; instr. law. 1900-4, prof., 1904-5, Denver Law Sch .; prof., 1905-7, dean, 1907-9, Coll. of Law, Univ. of Neb .; prof. law, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, and editor-in-chief Illinois Law Review since Sept. 1, 1909. Sec. Neb. State Bar Assn., 1907-9; mem. exec. com. Assn. Am. Law Schs., 1907-10, sec .- treas., 1910-12; mem, Chicago Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Am. Bar Assn., Theta Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi, Order of the Coif. Clubs: University, Legal, Law (Chicago), University (Evanston). Re- publican. Congregationalist. Author: American Mining Law, 1908; The Performance of Contracts, 1911. Editor: Cases on Wills, Descent and Admin- istration, 1910; Cases on Mining Law, 1912. Contbr. to law jours. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 31 W. Lake St., Chicago.
COTSWORTH, Albert, organist, musical writer; b. Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 9, 1851 ; s. Thomas and Eliz- abeth (Webb) Cotsworth; ed. pub. schs .; m, Ger- trude G. Jennings, of Louisiana, Mo., Sept. 12, 1876; children: Gertrude (Mrs. Walter D. Herrick), Staats J. (of Phila.), Albert, Jr. Actively identi- fied ever since beginning of active career with
business and musical affairs; now treas. Mcclellan Refrigerating Machine Co. Organist 1st Congl. Ch., Burlington, la., 18 yrs., and of new 1st Congl. Ch., Chicago, 12 yrs, Writer of "The Elderly Person" articles in Music News, Chicago. Mem. Am. Guild Organists (exec. com.), Bach Choral Soc. (pres.). Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Prairie. Recrea- tion: walking. Home: 1531 W. Adams St. Office: 106 N. LaSalle St.
COTTON, Alfred Cleveland, M.D .; May 18, 1847- July 12, 1916. (See Who's Who in America, 1916- 1917.)
COTTRELL, William Norman, judge; Nov. 26, 1870-Dec. 2, 1916. (See vol. 1911.)
COUCH, Ira Johnson, stocks and honds; b. Chi- cago, June 21, 1871; s. George B. Johnson and Caro- line E. Couch; grandson of Ira Couch; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Beloit ( Wis.) Coll .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1896; m. Chicago, 1902, Genevra Laing; children: Ira Laing, Mary Elizabeth, John- son. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896, and was in the of- fice of Arnd & Arnd 4 yrs .; gave up practice and went into the stock investment business, 1900, with S. B. Chapin & Co., becoming a mem. of the firm in 1906. Mem. Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago Bd. of Trade. Mason (32º). Clubs: Union League, Chi- cago Athletic, Chicago Golf, Glen View. Recrea- tions: golf, fishing. Home: Golf, Ill. Office: The Rookery, Chicago.
COUGLE, Daniel Depue, commission mcht .; b. Niagara Co., N.Y., May 26, 1852; s. Joseph and Ma- rie (Depue) Cougle; ed. high sch., Sycamore, Ill .; m. Chicago, 1892, Louisa L. Woodworth. Began as salesman in employ of Hibbard & Spencer, hard- ware; afterward successively with George Sloan and Sloan Bros., dealers in oysters, fish, etc., until going into business for self in same line, 1873, firm being Cougle Brothers. Republican. Home: 1517 Fargo Av. Office: 150 W. South Water St.
COULTER, Eugene Calvin, retired; b. Hartford, O., June 8, 1859; s. James Calvin and Harriet Eliza (Clark) Coulter; ed. Hartford Acad .; Grand River Inst .; Oherlin (O.) Coll .; grad. Phillips Acad., An- dover, Mass., 1882; student Williams Coll., 1882-3; A.B., Princeton, 1885, A.M., 1888; m. Anna Eleanor Brewster, of Austinburgh, O., Dec. 17, 1883; 6 chil- dren: Kenneth, Calvin, Evelyn, Eliot, Helen, Anna. Teacher in pvt. schs., New York, 1885-6, Dearborn Morgan Sem., Orange, N.J., 1886-8; headmaster, University Sch., Chicago, 1888-1914. Republican. I'resbyterian. Mem. Kappa Alpha, Club: Univer- sity. Recreation: agriculture. Home: 1139 N. Dear- born St., Chicago, and Austinbargh, O.
COULTER, John Hemphill, lawyer; b. Marissa, Ill., Jan. 17, 1873; s. Dr. A. P. and Phoebe (Jack- son) Coulter; grad. Marissa (Ill.) Acad., June, 1889; A.B., Shurtleff Coll., 1893, A.M., 1896; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1895; m. Chicago, Feb. 11, 1902, Marie Caywood Hoyt. Admitted to Il bar, June, 1895, and since practiced in Chicago, making a specialty of corpn. law. Was asst. to gen. coun- sel of C.&E.R.R.Co., 1897-9; pres. Wis. Power Co., 1903-6; pres. Mo. Southern R.R. Co., 1905; vice pres. Pettibone-Peabody Co., Appleton, Wis. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago har assns. Republican. Club: Union League. Residence: Kenwood Hotel. Office: 111 W. Monroe St.
COULTER, John Merle, botanist; h. at Ningpo, China, Nov. 20, 1851; s. Moses Stanley and Caro- line E. (Crowe) Coulter: A.B., Hanover Coll., 1870, A.M., 1873, Ph. D., 1882; Ph.D., Ind. Univ., 1884; m. Georgie M. Gaylord, of Delphi, Ind., Jan. 1, 1874. Botanist, U.S. Geol. Survey in Rocky Mountains, 1872-3; prof. natural sciences, Hanover Coll., 1874- 79; prof. biology, Wabash Coll., 1879-91; pres. and prof. botany, Ind. Univ., 1891-3; pres. Lake Forest Univ., 1893-6; prof. and head dept, botany, Univ. of Chicago, since 1896, Spl. agt. in botany, U.S. Dept. Agr., since 1887; prin. Bay View Summer Univ., 1893-6, Winona Summer Sch., 1895-8; founder and editor Botanical Gazette since 1875. Fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, A.A.A.S. (vice pres. 1891, gen. sec., 1901); mem. Nat. Acad. Sciences, Bot. Soc. America ( pres. 1897-8), Am. Soc. Naturalists, Soc. Plant Morphology and Physiology, Washing- ton Acad. Sciences; corr. mem. Brit. Assn. Adv. Science; corr, fellow Botanical Soc., Edinburgh.
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President Chicago Academy of Sciences. Author of first St. Ch.), since Jan., 1913. Mem. staff the Con- a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in tinent. Dir. McCormick Theol. Sem., since 1902; America, Home: 5648 Dorchester Av.
COUNSELMAN, Charles, investment banker; b. Chicago, Jan. 6, 1882; s. Charles and Jennie Eliza- beth (Otis) Counselman; ed. Harvard Sch., Chi- cago, Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa., and Princeton Univ .; m. Dorothy L. Felton, Jan. 11, 1906. With Counselman & Co., brokers, 1901-4; vice pres. Chi- cago Grain & Elevator Co., 1904-5; asst. mgr. bond dept. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co., 1905-6; asst. western mgr. Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, 1906-10; western mgr. Spencer Trask & Co., bank- ers, New York, 1910-14; organized, 1914, and pres. Counselman & Co., investment bankers. Republic- an. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Onwentsia, Mid-Day, Princeton. Recreations: golf, tennis and horseback riding. Home: 41 Banks St. Office: 112 W. Adams St.
COUNSELMAN, Willis, broker; Oct. 8, 1868-Apr. 14, 1916. ( See vol. 1911. )
COUNTISS, Frederick Downer, broker; b. Chi- cago, June 26, 1872; s. Robert and Louise (Eakin) Countiss; ed, pub. schs., Chicago; m. New York, Sept. 10, 1910, Eleanor Robinson. Began as mes- senger in Merchants Nat. Bank of Chicago; be- came bookkeeper with the Nat. Bank of the Re- public, 1892, and later teller; entered employ of S. B. Chapin & Co., bankers and brokers, 1896, be- coming a mem. of the firm, July, 1898. Mem. Chi- cago Bd. of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange (pres. 1909-10), New York Stock Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange. Republican. Presbyterian, Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Bankers', South Shore Country, Exmoor, Lake Ge- neva Country, Lake Geneva Yacht. Recreations: motoring, yachting, golf. Home: 1550 N. State St., Chicago; (summer) Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: The Rookery, Chicago.
COURTNEY, John, judge; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., June 15, 1868; ed. pub, and parochial schs., Fond du Lac; read law in offices, Milwaukee. Admitted to Wis. bar, 1890, 111. bar, 1892, and since in prac- tice at Chicago. Judge Municipal Court for term 1912-18. Home: 6401 Maryland Av. Chambers: City Hall.
COURTRIGHT, Chauncey W., surgeon; b. Mini- sink, N.J., Aug. 25, 1850; s. Simeon and Catherine J. (Biddes) Courtright; ed, pub. schs .; grad. Ohio Univ., 1877; M.D., Northwestern Univ., 1887; m. Josephine McClain, of Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 12, 1887; 1 daughter, Bess. Began practice in 1877; spl. practice, surgery and gynecology; obstetrician to Cook Co. Hosp., 1896-7. Fellow Am. Coll. Sur- geons; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Medico-Legal Soc., Physicians' Club. Unitarian. Home: 5630 Blackstone Av. Office: 1359 E. 63d St.
COUSIN, Robert, lumber; b. Ludington, Mich., Jan. 14, 1879; s. William and Isabell ( McCrimmon) Cousin; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; unmarried. Iden- tified with lumber business since 1900; sec. C. H. Worcester Co. since 1914. Republican. Christian Scientist. Club: 111. Athletic. Home: 1538 E. Mar- quette Road. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St.
COVERLY, Douglas; b. Glasgow, Scotland; s. of William and Christian (Henderson) Coverly; ed. in old country; m. Catherine Murray Lang, of Glas- gow, Aug. 7, 1883; children: Douglas, Roger, Aline. Has been identified with Henderson Bros., Anchor Line service, Glasgow, since 1872; came to New York for same company, 1880, to Chicago, 1900; ad- vanced through various positions and since amal- gamation of Cunard and Anchor Lines, 1914, has been mgr. freight dept. same. Mem. St. Andrews Soc. Presbyterian. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 140 N. Dearborn St., Chicago,
COVERT, William Chalmers, clergyman; b. at Franklin, Ind., Oct. 4, 1864; s. Albert Newton and Susan Elizabeth (Magill) Covert; B.A., Hanover (Ind.) College, 1885, A.M., 1888 (D.D., 1905) ; grad. McCormick Theol. Sem., Chicago, 1888; m. Alice Brown Hudson, of Clinton, N. Y., May 14, 1890. Or- dained Presbyn. ministry, St. Paul, Minn., Sept., 1888; pastor, St. Paul Park, 1888-92, Merriam Park Ch., St. Paul, 1892, Forty-first St. Ch., Chicago, 1905-12, 1st Ch. (combined old Ist Ch. and Forty-
trustee Presbyn. Training Sch., Chicago; pres. of Starrett Sch. for Girls, Chicago, Mem. Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: University, Beverly Hills Country. Author: The Plumb Line; Glory of the Pines; Wildwoods and Waterways. Home: 4108 Grand Boul.
COWAN, see also Cowen.
COWAN, Minnie Regina, district supt. schs., Chicago; b. Chicago; d. Henry and Catharine T. (Bonfield) Cowan; ed. high schs., Chicago. Roman Catholic. Clubs: The Cordon, Chicago Woman's, Ella Flagg Young Club. Home: 4316 Michigan Av. Address: Tribune Bldg.
COWAN, William Kennett, furniture; b. Chica- go, Oct. 24, 1869; s. Charles H. and Mary S. (Ken- nett) Cowan; grad. Chicago Manual Training Sch., 1889; m. Carrie Jaeger, of Chicago, June 27, 1895; 1 daughter, Ruth Louise, Studied architecture in office of Henry Ives Cobb; left there to become supt. of constrn. of sanitary work at World's Co- lumbian Expn .; designed and installed all plumb- ing and appurtenances on World's Fair grounds; engaged in spl. furniture business under firm name of W. K. Cowan & Co., 1894, inc., 1901, and he be- came pres. and gen. mgr. Republican. Presbyte- rian. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Union League, Exmoor Country, South Shore Country (Chicago); The Lambs (New York). Rec- reations: golf, motoring, travel. Home: Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 401 N. Lincoln St., Chicago.
COWAN, William P., president Standard Oil Co. of Indiana; b. Cleveland, O., July 8, 1846; s. Wil- liam C. and Caroline (Stillwell) Cowan; ed. pub. schs. of Cleveland; m. June 3, 1880, Anna Clark Mackenzie. In employ of freight dept. of the old C., C., C. & I. R.R., until 1875, entered service of Standard Oil Co. at Cleveland; removed to Chi- cago in 1889, and became vice pres., and in 1911 pres. of Standard Oil Co. of Ind. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Golf, South Shore Country, Chicago Ath- letic. Home: Wheaton, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St., Chicago.
COWDERY, Edward Gilmore, president Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co .; b. North Andover, Mass., Oct. 4, 1856; s. William S. and Eliza J. (Wilson) Cowdery; ed. pub. schs. and Mass. Inst. Tech .; m. Jennie Van Fleet Burr, of White Pigeon, Mich., May 19, 1887; 3 children: Louise, Corene and Ches- ter. Began as civil engr., Toledo, O., until 1875; then with The Toledo Gas Light & Coke Co., until 1877; engr. with Milwaukee (Wis.) Gas Co., 1877- 82; with Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, 1882-4; supt. Milwaukee Gas Light Co., 1884-93, and vice pres. and gen. mgr. same, 1893-1903; vice pres. and gen. mgr. Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis, 1903-7; vice pres. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago, 1907-15, and pres. since 1915, Also pres. Merchants Power Co., Memphis, Tenn .; vice pres. Beloit (Wis.) Gas, Water & Electric Co. Mem. Am. Gas Inst., Illuminating Engring. Soc., Am. Acad. Polit. and Social Science, etc. Republic- an. Congregationalist. Clubs: Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Mid-Day, Chicago Automobile, South Shore Country, Chicago Press; Lotos (New York). Recreation: motoring. Home: 1367 N. State St. Office: Peoples Gas Bldg.
COWEN, see also Cowan.
COWEN, Israel, lawyer; b. Houston, Tex., Dec. 12, 1861; s. Bennett and Bertha (Semmel) Cowen; ed. pub. schs. in Cal. and Tex .; Heilbronn's Private Sch., New York, 1871; Royal Gymnasium, Ostrowo, Germany, 1872-8; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, 1881; m. Alma M. Desenberg, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mar. 15, 1897; children: Bayard D., Eliza- beth. In practice in Chicago since 1883; master in chancery Superior Court, 1896-9; Dem. candi- date for judge of Superior Court, 1900. Mem. Am., Il1. State and Chicago bar assns. Dir. Jewish Chau- tauqua Soc. of America (ex-pres.) ; mem. Board of Delegates on Civil and Religious Rights; vice pres. K.A.M. Congregation, Chicago; mem. boards of Chicago Hebrew Inst., Orthodox Home for Aged Jews, Jewish Educational Center of Chicago, Syna- gogue and School Extension of America; elected
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chmn. Chicago Social Service Com., 1916; mem. exec. com. Jewish Congress Assn. of Chicago since 1917; trustee Nat. Hosp, for Consumptives, Den- ver; was presiding officer at memorial services for Sir Moses Montefiore, in Chicago, 1885. Club: City. Contbr. poetry and prose; lecturer on Jew- ish and public questions. Recreations: general outdoor exercises. Home: 437 E. 48th St. Office: 907 Tacoma Bldg.
COWEN, Winfield Scott, grain commn .; b. on farm in Blair Co., nr. Altoona, Pa., Dec. 13, 1848; s. George and Mary (Barnhart) Cowen; ed. pub. sch .; came West with parents to Carroll Co., 111., 1856; m. Lucy Hileman, of Carroll Co., Mar. 2, 1873. Has always been engaged in farming; also in grain and live stock buying, 1876-88; dealer in hardware and farm machinery at Shannon, 111., 1887-92. Post- master of Shannon, 1889-93 (apptd. by Pres. Har- rison) ; apptd. chief grain insp. by Gov. Yates, June 10, 1904: reapptd. by Gov. Deneen, July 1, 1907. Now pres. W. S. Cowen & Co., grain commn. Trustee Elgin Insane Asylum, 1897-1901; trustee of Shannon, 111., several terms and pres. of the bd. 2 terms; del. to Rep. Nat. Conv. at Minneapolis, 1892, and was one of the 14 who consistently voted for J. G. Blaine for presidential nominee. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner); K.P. Recreation: motoring. Homes: Shannon, Ill .; also 640 York Pl., Chicago. Office: 332 S. LaSalle St.
COWLES, Alfred, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 5, 1865; s. Alfred and Sarah Frances (Hutchinson) Cowles; A.B., Yale, 1886, post-grad. course, 1886-7; student Yale Law Sch., 1887-8, Northwestern Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1888-9; m. S. Manchester, Conn., Nov. 28, 1890, Elizabeth Cheney (now deceased); children: Alfred, III, Knight Cheney, John Cheney, Thomas Hooker. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, and has since practiced law, except during the period from the fall of 1898 to Jan., 1901, during which was ac- tively engaged in the management of The Chicago Tribune, most of the time being sec. and treas .; dir. Tribune Co., Am. Radiator Co., Continental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Electric Smelting & Alum- inum Co. and other corpns .; chmn. Rialto Trust Co. Republican. Unitarian. Clubs: University, Chicago, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, Old Elm. Home: 1130 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 332 S. La Salle St.
COWLES, Henry Chandler, botanist; b. Kensing- ton, Conn., Feb. 27, 1869; s. Henry Martyn and Eliza ( Whittlesey) Cowles; A.B., Oberlin Coll., 1893; fellow in geology and botany, 1895-7, lab. asst., 1897-8, Ph.D., 189S, Univ. of Chicago; m. Elizabeth Waller, of Louisville, Ky., June 25, 1900. Prof. natural sciences, Gates Coll., Neb., 1894-5; spl. field asst. U.S. Geol. Survey, summer, 1895; instr. botany, 1902-7, asst. prof., 1907-11, asso. prof., 1911-15, prof. plant ecology since 1915, Univ. of Chicago. Pres. Assn. Am. Geographers, 1910; pres. Geog. Soc. Chicago; mem. Bot. Soc. America, Internat, Bot. Assn., Botanists of Central States, A.A.A.S. (vice pres. for botany, 1913), Sigma Xi. Universalist. Club: Quadrangle. Author several books, for titles see Who's Who in America, Ad- dress: 5524 Kimbark Av.
COWLES, Paul, newspaper man; b. Chicago; s. Torris Zalmon and Ellen M. (Crooks) Cowles; m. Mrs. Charlotte M. Wynne, of Lombard, Ill., Feb. 6, 1915. Went to San Francisco at 21 and became re- porter on morning dailies; established a newspa- per at Santa Barbara, Cal .; staff Associated Press since 1890; was supt. Western div., San Francisco, and is now supt. Central div., Chicago. Was in charge Associated Press bur. at Tokio, Japan, dur-
ing Russo-Japanese War. Home: Lombard, Ill. Md., Jan. 11, 1859; s. John and Mary (Eldridge) Office: 721, 111 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.
COWLES, Walter Linsley, engineer; b. Walling- ford, Conn., Jan. 7, 1859; s. Robert H. and Hattie M. (Beadle) Cowles; Ph.B., Yale Univ., 1878; m. Beaver Falls, Pa., Feb. 11, 1891, Hattie J. Alford; 1 daughter, Marjorie B. Since leaving coll. has been engaged in engring. work all over the U.S., making a specialty of bridge and building constrn .; consulting engr. at Chicago since 1901; also struc- tural engr. Mead-Morrison Mfg. Co. Mem. Am. Soc. of C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., S.A.R. Recrea-
tion: golf. Home: 309 Ontario St., Oak Park, Ill. Office: Monadnock Blk., Chicago.
COWPER, John Whitfield, civil engineer. Re- moved to Buffalo, N.Y. (See vol. 1911.)
COWPERTHWAITE, Allen Corson, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)
COX, Amariah George, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)
COX, Arthur Malcolm, lawyer; b. Chicago, June 16, 1873; s. Jesse and Annie (Malcolm) Cox; grad. West Div. High Sch., 1892; studied law in office of Jesse Cox, and passed examination in Appellate Court in 1897. Began practice in father's office, 1897; apptd. master in chancery Superior Court, in Dec., 1907; now mem. firm of Judah, Willard, Wolf & Reichmann. Republican. Master Mason. Mem. Am. and Chicago bar assns., S.A.R. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, South Shore Country, Hindale Golf. Rec- reations: yachting, golf, horseback riding. Home' 4534 Lake Av. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St.
COX, Henry Joseph, meteorologist; b. Newton, Mass., Apr. 5, 1863; s. Thomas and Hannah M. (Perkins) Cox; A.B., Harvard, 1884; (hon. A.M., Norwich Univ., 1887, and Sc.D., 1914); m. Mary, d. C. C. Cavanagh, of Somerville, Mass., Sept. 8, 1887: 3 sons: Harry P., Arthur C., Paul G. Prof. Norwich Univ., 1886-8; in weather service since Aug. 1, 1884; promoted steadily until became, Mar. 1, 1899, prof. meteorology, in charge North Central Fore- cast Dist., Chicago; in charge spl. researches in agrl. meteorology. Mem. A.A.A.S., Assn. Am. Geographers, 111. Acad. Sciences, Geog. Soc. Chi- cago (pres. 1905-7), Chicago Geog. Soc. (dir.), Chi- cago Acad. Science (dir.), Citizens League (dir.). Clubs: University, Chicago Athletic, Union League, Chicago Yacht, Beverly Country. Author: Weather and Climate of Chicago. Also bulls. and reports on spl. researches for the Weather Bur. Home: 4566 Lake Park Av. Office: Weather Bureau, Fed- eral Bldg.
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