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 56

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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Chicago Med. Soc., Am. Gynecol. Soc., Chicago Bazar, Harper's Round Table, and to leading C'ath- Gynecol. Soc.,' Chicago Pathol. Soc., Chicago Inst. olic mags. in U.S. Editor Am. Catholic Who's Who, Medicine, Delta Upsilon, Nu Sigma Nu. Club: 1911. Address: 5000 N. Ashland Av.

University. Home: 1026 E. 46th St. Office: 104 S. Michigan Av.

CURTIS, Augustus Darwin, patentee and mfr .; b. Hawley, Pa., Oct. 14, 1865; s. George Boardman (M.D.) and Augusta (Cook) Curtis; ed. academic dept., Honesdale (Pa.) Sch .; removed to Chicago, 1882; m. Marette Hotchkin, of Chicago, Dec. 22, 1890; children: Kenneth, Darwin. Engaged in lum- ber and box business until 1890; removed to Mari- nette, Wis., 1890, and established the M.&M. Box Co., acting as sec. and mgr. until 1900; founded Curtis Cattle Co., of S. Dak., 1896; removed from Wis. to Chicago, 1900; established and became pres. and treas. of Curtis-Leger Fixture Co .; pres. Nat. X-Ray Reflector Co., Chicago, also X-Ray Reflector Co., inc .. N.Y. City; owner of the Curtis Bldg., 1119-1121 W. Jackson Boul, Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Brass Mfrs. Assn., Illuminat- ing Engring. Soc. Republican. Was mem. 1st Regt., Ill. N.G., 6 yrs. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Hamilton (ex-dir.), South Shore Country (bd. of governors), Midlothian, Kenwood. Recreations: traveling and fishing. Home: 5528 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 235 W. Jackson Bonl.

CURTIS, De Witt H., grain maltster; b. Oxford, Chenango Co., N.Y., Feb. 25, 1839; s. Charles H. and Frances (Holmes) Curtis; came with parents to Chicago, Oct. 6, 1842; ed. puh. schs. and acads. in Chicago; m. Oriskany Falls, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1860, Almira Holmes (died Jan. 29, 1908); 4 children: Frances H., Charles H., George P., Leonard D. After leaving sch. became identified with distilling and malting interests in Chicago; was for years sec. Haler & Curtis Malting Co., and engaged in numer- ons commercial and mfg. enterprises; now dir. Northwestern Malt & Grain Co. Was mem. and foreman of Engine Co. No. 9 in the old volunteer fire dept. of Chicago, from 1857 until its disband- ment in 1865. Republican. Unitarian. Trustee Vol- unteer Firemen's Benevolent Assn. Home: 1302 Washington Boul. Office: Room 52, 120 S. State St.

CURTIS, Edward Harvey, ciergyman; b. Madi- son, Ind., May 4, 1843; s. Harvey (D.D.) and Julia Ann (Roberts) Curtis: A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Illinois, 1863, A.M., 1866 (D.D., 1887) ; grad. Union Theol. Sem., New York, 1867; m, Mary C. Wheeler, of Waukegan, Ill., Sept. 18, 1877; 2 children: Rich- ard Harvey, Elizabeth (Mrs. Felix T. Hughes). Or- dained Presbyn. ministry, 1868; stated supply La- con, Ill., 1867-71, Geneseo, 1871-73, Waukegan, 1873- 79; invalid from Oct., 1879-Feb., 1883, but supply- ing churches at Georgetown, Colo., La Porte, Ind., Jacksonville, Fla., Peoria, Ill .; pastor, Lincoln, Neb., 1883-95, Woodlawn Park Ch., Chicago, June, 1895-May, 1917; since pastor emeritus. Home: 6329 Woodlawn Av.

CURTIS, Fred Amasa, hardwood lumber; b. at Warren, Ill., Mar. 21, 1870; s. Amasa and Mary Ann (Jones) Curtis; ed. common schs. at Lena and Freeport, Ill., and at Chicago Athenaeum; m. Chicago, July 20, 1891, Irene Green; children: Mil- dred Irene, Linsley Warren. Began with Henney Buggy Co., Freeport, 1886; was with Kelley, Mans & Co., 1887-1900; partner firm of Houston & Cur- tis, vehicle wood material, 1901-5; sec, and treas. the Vehicle Woodstock Co., Chicago, since 1903; with George T. Houston & Co., 1903-16; mem. firm J. S. Houston & Co., hardwood lumber and ve- neers, since 1916. Republican. Clubs: City, Chi- cago Aero; The Oaks (Austin), Recreation: fish- ing. Home: 243 N. Pine Av., Austin, Office: Kar- pen Bldg.

CURTIS, Georgina Pell (Miss), writer; b. New York, Feb. 19, 1859; d. Alfred Leonard and Maria Elizabeth (Hill) Curtis; descendant of Peregrine White, who came over in the Mayflower; ed. pvt, tutors and St. Mary's (P.E.) Sch .. New York; con- vert to R.C. Ch. Editor: Some Roads to Rome in America, 1909; Beyond the Road to Rome, 1914; Early Conversions to the Catholic Church in Amer- ica, 1915. Author: The Romance of a Chap Book, 1914; The Bridge of Victory, 1914. Wrote, "Tram- mellings," and other stories; contbr. to Harper's

CURTIS, Henry Rowland, local treas. The Nat. Malleable Castings Co .; b. Marion, Ala., Dec. 23, 1867; s. Judson Morris and Mary Virginia (Pied- mont) Curtis; grad. John Brown High Sch., Lonisi- ana, Mo .; m. Helen Townsley, of Chicago, Apr. 23, 1896; 1 danghter, Ida. Began business in pine forests of Northern Michigan, at Duncan, Cheboy- gan Co., 1882-7; sec. Chicago Tire & Spring Co., 1892-6; cashier, 1897-1907, asst. to pres., 1907-9, Latrobe Steel & Coupler Co .; local treas, The Nat. Malleable Castings Co. since 1909; also vice pres. Nickerson & Collins Co .; dir. Maywood State Bank, Melrose Park State Bank, Merchants' Record Co. Democrat. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Western Railway, Oak Park, Chicago Golf, River Forest Tennis. Recreations: golf, ten- nis. Home: 315 N. Euclid Av., Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: Melrose Park, Ill., and 311 Ry, Exchange, Chi- cago.

CURTIS, John F. L., stock and grain broker; b. Chicago, Dec. 20, 1865; s. John F. and Harriet S. ( Wilson) Curtis: m. Chicago, June, 1897, Frances E., d. John H. Witbeck; 2 children: John Guern- sey, Dorothy Frances. Engaged in various busi- ness ventures until 1901; then became mem. firm of Kneeland, Clement & Curtis, which changed, 1907, to Clement, Curtis & Co., stock brokers. Republic- an. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, On- wentsia, Exmoor; also Metropolitan (New York). Recreation: golf. Home: Highland Park, III. Of- fice: The Rookery, Chicago.

CURTIS, Walter Whaley, consulting engr. Re- moved to Colorado. (See vol. 1911.)

CURTISS, see also Curtis.

CURTISS, Charles Chauncey, director Fine Arts Bldg .; b. Chicago, July 31, 1847; s. James (twice mayor of Chicago) and Mary (Kimball) Curtiss; ed. public schs. and under pvt. tutelage; m. Addie Louise Miller, of Chicago, May 24, 1877. Began as messenger in telegraph office at Champaign, Ill., 1862; clerk in dry goods store, Champaign, 1863-4; pvt. Co. B., 135th Ill. Vol. Inf., May-Oct., 1864; clerk ordnance depot, Nashville, Tenn., 1864- 66: salesman Field, Palmer & Leiter, Chicago, 1866-7; clerk at Pittsburg, Pa., 1867-8; in co. re- corder's office, Chicago, IS68; bookkeeper, Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 1869-72; partner in music pub. house of F. S. Chandler & Co. and Chandler & Curtiss, 1872-5; mgr. and treas. Root & Sons Music Co., 1875-81, Curtiss & Mayer, 1881-9; pres. Manu- facturers' Piano Co., 1890-5; projector of Fine Arts Bldg., completed May 1, 1898, and since vice pres., treas, and mgr. An organizer of Ill. Civil Service Reform League; mem. Citizens' Assn., Municipal Voters' League, Legislative Voters' League, etc. Charter mem. and ex-sec. Apollo Mus. Club; mem. Archæol. Inst. America, Am. Hist. Assn., Chicago Hist. Soc., Chicago Acad. Science, Loyal Legion. Clubs: Chicago Literary, Caxton, Chicago, Univer- sity, Cliff Dwellers, City, Edgewater Golf (Chi- cago), Players (New York), Union Internationale des Beaux Arts et des Lettres (Paris, France). Home: 1404 Astor St. Office: Fine Arts Bldg.

CURTISS, David Raymond, mathematician; b. Derby, Conn., Jan. 12, 1878; s. Hamilton Burton and Emily Wheeler (Curtiss) Curtiss; A.B., Univ. of Cal., 1899, A.M., 1901; Ph.D., Harvard, 1903, trav- eling fellow, 1903-4; studied École Normale Supé- rieure, Paris, France; m. Sigrid Eckman, of Boston, June 25, 1907. Instr. in mathematics, Yale, 1904-5; asst. prof. mathematics, 1905-7, asso. prof., 1907-9, prof. since Sept., 1909, Northwestern Univ. Mem. Am. Math. Soc. (council, and chmn. Chicago sect.), Société Mathematique de France, Circolo Matema- tico di Palermo, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi. Mem. editorial bd. Trans. Am. Math. Soc., also Am. Math. Monthly. Club: University. Address: 720 Milburn St., Evanston, Ill.

CUSACK, Thomas, advertising; b. Ireland, Oct. 5, 1858; s. John and Dehlia (McMahon) Cusack; came to New York with parents when 3 yrs. old; lost parents 2 yrs. later; came to Chicago, 1863;

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attended pub. and pyt. schs., Chicago, and St. Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Episcopalian. Xavier's Coll., New York; m. Elinor Ross, 1891 Home: 221 W. 61st Pl. Office: 5901 Wentworth Av. (died 1894); m. 2d, Mary E. Greene, at Yonkers, CUSTER, Jacob R., lawyer; May 27, 1845-Feb. 22, 1915. (See vol. 1911.) N. Y., July 10, 1895; children: Anna, Thomas, Charles, Francis and Evelyn. Learned sign paint- ing trade and in Dec., 1875, started in the adver- CUTHBERTSON, Hugh A., M.D .; b. St. Thomas, Can .; s. George and Mary Ann (De Con) Cuthbert- son; prep. edn. Petrolea High Sch .; M.B., Univ. of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, 1894; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1894; unmarried, Prac- ticed at Chicago since 1894. Fellow A.M.A .; mem. Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Republican. Presbyterian. Odd Fellow, Forester, Club: Quad- rangle. Home: 6242 Woodlawn Av. tising sign business as Thomas Cusack & Co., in- corporated 1903, as Thos. Cusack Co., of which has since been pres. Was mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn., 1891-8 (vice pres. of board, 1896, 97, 98); on staff of Gov. Altgeld, with rank of col., 1893-7; mem. 56th Congress, 1899-1901, 4th Ill. Dist. Has served as mem. of the State Central Dem. Com .; del. to Dem. Nat. Conv., Denver, 1908. Mem. Art Inst. Chicago, Chicago Assn. Commerce. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Westward Ho Golf. Recreations: handball, golf. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 1312 W. Harrison St., Chicago.

CUSHING, Francis John, investment securities; Jan. 23, 1849-Dec. 20, 1915. (See vol. 191I.)

CUSHING, George Holmes, editor and writer; b. Goshen, O., May 3, 1873; s. of Matthew and Mary (Wade) Cushing; ed. grammar and high schs., Springfield, O., grad. from latter, June, 1892; m. Ciel Adams Crooke, d. of Cassius and Celia Adams, of Louisville, Ky., Feb. 28, 1904. Reporter on Re- public-Times, Springfield, 1893-6; city editor The Gazette, Springfield, 1896-7, The Herald, Dayton, O., 1897-8; asst. city editor Ohio State Journal, Columbus, 1898-9; marine and railroad editor The Leader, Cleveland, 1899-1903; financial editor Cleveland Leader, 1903-7; editor The Black Dia- mond since Mar. 5, 1907. Writer for tech. jours., business and popular magazines on business topics. Independent Republican. Presbyterian. Home: Ken- ilworth, Ill. Office: 1114 Manhattan Bldg., Chicago.

CUSHING, Guy Maynard, surgeon; b. Kendall- ville, Ind., Dec. 25, 1877; s. William M. and Julia Ann (Ellenwood) Cushing; student Northern Ind. Normal Sch., Valparaiso; attended Bennett Med. Coll., sessions 1897-8, and 1898-9; passed examina- tion, Ill. State Bd. of Health, 1899; M.D., Hahne- mann Med. Coll. and Hosp., Chicago, 1900; interne Hahnemann Hosp., 1900-1; M.D., Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Ill., 1904; married. Engaged in practice at Chicago since 1899; attending surgeon to St. Ber- nard's, Pullman and Washington Park hosps .; su- pervising med. insp., Chicago Dept. of Health. Mem. State Bd. of Med. Registration and Edn .; mem. Draft Registration Bd., 1917. Mem. of Ill. Homo. Med. Assn. (sec.), Chicago Home. Med. Soc., Englewood Homo. Med. Soc., Clin. Soc. of Hahnemann Med. Coll. and Hosp. Republican. Clubs: South Shore Country, Beverly Country, En- glewood Men's. Office and Home: 6400 Harvard Avenue.

CUSHING, Royal Barrows, lawyer; b. Provi- dence, Ill., Jan. 23, 1875; s. George Barrows and Hannah Wolcott ( Pomeroy) Cushing: A.B., Knox Coll., Galesburg, Ill., 1897; LL.B., Columbia Univ. Law School, 1902; m. Inez Griswold, of Princeton, Ill., Sept. 1, 1903. Began practice in N.Y. City, 1902; removed to Chicago, 1908; now mem. Knapp & Campbell. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Congregationalist. Clubs: University (Chicago), Elks' ( Benton, Ill.). Recre- ations: golf, tennis. Home: Riverside, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

CUSHMAN, Herman, shoe mfr .; b. Buckfield, Me., June 1, 1863; s. Alexander and Ruth (Bolster) Cushman; ed. pub. schs .; m. Bertha Howell, of Traverse City, Mich., Mar. 16, 1887: 3 children: Helen Ruth, Clifford Howell, Ralph Dudley. En- gaged in shoe business since 1883; vice pres. The A. S. Kreider Co. since 1907. Pres. City Council, Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1908; mem. Sch. Bd. of Cedar Rapids, 1909. Democrat. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Skokie Golf. Home: 434 Greenleaf Av., Glencoe, Ill. Office: 312-318 W. Mon- roe St., Chicago.

CUSHWAY, Bertram C., M.D .; b. Mackinac Island, Mich., Oct. 25, 1880; s. Alfred G. and Emma (Dingman) Cushway; grad, high school, Cheboy- gan, Mich., 1895; M.D., Northwestern Univ. Med. School, 1903; unmarried. Practiced in Chicago since 1903; clin. asst. in surgery, Post-Grad. Med. Sch., also radiographer same school. Mem. A.M.A.,

CUTHBERTSON, William, M.D .; b. Winterbourn, Ont., Can., Mar. 15, 1860; son. George and Mary A. (De Cou) Cuthbertson; ed. St. Thomas (Ont.) High Sch .; grad. M.B., Univ. of Toronto, M.D.C.M., Univ. of Victoria Coll., and mem. Coll. of Physicians and Surg., Ont .; m. Marie L. Davis, of Dubuque, Ia., Mar. 7, 1897; 1 son, William, Jr. Asst. physician Toronto Asylum for the Insane, 1883-4; in private practice in Whitby and Brooklyn, Ont., 1884-7; asst. physician Northern Hosp. for the Insane, Elgin. Ill., 1887-9; since 1889 practicing in Chicago; prof. surgery, Chicago Clin. Sch., 1896-9; attending gyne- cologist, St. Luke's Hosp., from 1900. Capt. and surgeon Ist Ill. Cav., 1896-8; major and surgeon Ist Ill. Vol. Cav. in Spanish-Am. War; capt. Med. Offi- cers' Reserve Corps, U.S.A., 1917. Pres. Chicago Acad. Medicine, 1896-9, Southern Dist. Med. Soc., 1903, 1st Civil Service Med. Bd. of Chicago, 1896: mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago Acad. Medicine, Miss. Valley Med. Assn. Republican. Presbyterian. Club: South Shore Country, Home: 1027 E. 46th St. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

CUTLER, Alonzo J., commission mcht .: b. at Montpelier, Vt., Mar. 24, 1852; s. David W. and Maria (Marshall) Cutler; while infant, his father died; ed. in country sch. until 16; came to Chi- cago, 1869; m. Jessie Estelle, d. O. B. Warner, of Peoria, Ill., Dec. 26, 1881; children: E. Warner, Fanchon T. (Mrs. Charles H. Taylor, of Omaha, Neb.); m. 2d, Miss Ethel Connely, of Lawrence, Kan., May 1, 1904. On arrival at Chicago secured employment with Singer Sewing Machine Co., as driver of a wagon for a few weeks, then as sales- man and soon as head salesman of the Chicago agency; then became wholesale dealer in sewing machines; in 1883 became broker for O. H. Roche, bd. of trade operator; and when Mr. Roche retired from business, 1884, estblished brokerage busi- ness for himself; was chief broker for Ed. Par- dridge during the latter's extensive operations. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade. Republican. Home: 6460 Minerva Av. Office: 300 Postal Telegraph Building.

CUTLER, Harry Gardner, writer; b. Dexter, Me .; S. William G. and Mary (Gardner) Cutler; g.s. Maj. Gen. Lysander Cutler, of Wis. Vol. Inf. and comdr. of the "Iron Brigade," Army of the Poto- mac, in Civil War; ed. pub. schs., Milwaukee and Ripon (Wis.) Coll .; m. Clara Metzel, of Milwaukee, 1885; 2 sons: Stanley Gardner, Marshall Beck. Be- gan newspaper work at 18; connected with Mil- waukee Evening Wisconsin and Sentinel as re- porter, editorial writer, legislative corr., etc .; came to Chicago in 1884, and since engaged in newspaper and lit. work. Author: From Sky to Earth (juve- nile); The Grimms (a novel), I887; Panorama of Nations, 1888; The World's Fair, 1891; Medical Colleges of the West, 1896; What, When and How, 1903. Joint author: Encyclopedia of Illinois, 1892; Bancroft's Book of the Fair, 1893; Ellis's Standard History, 10 vols., 1899; Russo-Japanese War, 1905: History of the Western Reserve, 1910. Collabora- tor on numerous state histories and contbr. arti cles Chicago and Milwaukee and other Wis. cities to Baedeker's Guide to U.S. and Canada, 1894; also contbr. to newspaper press, hist. and other peri- odicals. Made trip to southern South America. 1913, and contributed special articles to the Coun- try Gentleman, Railway Age Gazette, Motor Age. Cement World, Am. Forestry, Am. Carpenter and Builder, Grain Dealers' Jour., Am. Sheep Breeder, Ice and Refrigeration, The Trained Nurse and Hos- pital Review and other standard periodicals. Mem. Royal Arcanum. Home: Glen Ellyn, Ill.

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CUTLER, William Seth, Chicago mgr. Ranney Refrigerator Co .; b. Wentworth, N.H., Feb. 10, 1856; s. Harris and Annie (Jameson) Cutler; ed. pub. schs .; m. Cora Iles Abbott, of Springfield, Ill., Sept. 15, 1883; 2 children: Sam Colly, Annette Wood (Mrs. Edward Benson). Came to Chicago, 1871; shipping clk. with J. F. Temple Pump Co., 1871-7; asst, credit man with Belding Bros. & Co., 1877-83; sec. Belding Mfg. Co., 1883-93; vice pres. and mgr. Chicago office of Ranney Refrigerator Co., mfrs. household refrigerators and ice boxes, since 1894. Republican. Mason, Elk; mem. North Am. Union. Club: Chicago Gun. Recreations: hunting, fishing. Home: 224 20th Av., Maywood, Ill. Office: 59 W. Lake St., Chicago.

CUTTER, Millard Hawthorne, investment bonds; b. Medford, Mass., Oct. 18, 1878; s. Gershom and Jeannette (Hawthorne) Cutter; ed. pub. schs., Ke- wanee, Ill., and Chicago; m. Belle Hulbert Forbes, of Chicago, Sept. 14, 1910. Began active career as office boy with Mason, Lewis & Co., bond brokers, Aug., 1894, continuing until 1902, when went with another house for 112 years; in bond business at Davenport, Ia., 11/2 years, 1904-5; buyer for George M. Bechtel & Co .; Western representative of O'Con- nor & Kahler, New York bond house, 1905-8; pres. Cutter, May & Co., buyers and sellers of municipal, railroad and corpn. bonds, Mar. 1, 1908-Aug., 1915; since head of M. H. Cutter & Co. Republican. Ma- son (Blue Lodge, Chapter and Apollo Commandery, K.T., Shrine). Club: Union League. Recreations: horseback riding and yachting. Home: 909 Lafay- ette Parkway. Office: 812 The Rookery.

CUTTING, Charles Sidney, judge; b. Highgate Springs, Vt., Mar. 1, 1854; s. Charles A. and Laura E. (Averill) Cutting; ed. high sch., Hastings. Minn., and Willamette Univ., Salem, Ore .; (LL.D., Univ. of Mich., 1907) ; m. Annie E. Lytle, of Pala- tine, Ill., June 27, 1876; 1 son, Robert M. After leaving coll. was asst. editor Cedar Rapids (Ia. ) Times; prin. high sch., Palatine, Ill., 1874-80; ad- mitted to Ill. bar, Jan. 8, 1880; practiced at Chi- cago, in firms of Cutting, Austin & Castle, and Cutting, Castle & Williams, 1880-1900; master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., 1890-3; judge of Probate Court of Cook Co., terms 1899-1914 (re- signed in 1913, before expiration of term, to re- sume practice of law); now mem. Holt, Cutting & Sidley. Mem. State Bd. of Law Examiners. Mem. Cook Co. Bd. Edn. 9 yrs. (ex-pres.); also ex-pres. Palatine (Ill.) Bd. of Edn. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago (pres., 1916) bar assns. Republican. Mason (32°, K.T.), Odd Fellow. Clubs: Union League (ex-pres.), Hamilton, City, Chicago Lit- erary, Chicago Golf, Oak Park Country. Home: 307 N. Waller Av., Austin. Office: 5 N. LaSalle St.

CUTTING, Starr Willard, college prof .; b. W. Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 14, 1858; s. Henry Maynard and Cornelia Liscom (Starr) Cutting; A.B., Wil- liams Coll., 1881, A.M., 1892; studied univs. of Leipzig and Geneva, 1886-8; grad. student, 1890-1, Ph.D., 1892, Johns Hopkins; m. Mary Edith Derby, of Springfield, Mass., Sept. 11, 1887. Prin. Deer- field (Mass. ) Acad., 1881-6; prof. modern langs., Univ. of S.D., 1888-90; prof. German and French, Earlham Coll., Ind., 1891-2; asst. prof. German, 1892-4, asso. prof., 1894-1900, prof. German lit., 1900-6, prof. and head of dept. Germanic langs. and lits. since 1906, Univ. of Chicago. Mem. (pres. central div., 1901-2) Modern Lang. Assn. America. Author of several books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: 1228 E. 56th St.

CZARNECKI, Anthony, newspaper man; b. at Posen, Poland, Jan. 14, 1878; brought to Chicago in childhood; ed. parochial and pub, grammar and high schs., bus. coll., and St. Ignatius Coll. In newspaper work on Chicago dailies, 1898-1910; be- came mgr. savings dept. LaSalle St. Trust & Sav- ings Bank, 1910; mem. bd. Election Commrs. of Cook Co. to 1915; now on staff of Chicago Daily News. Apptd. mem. Chicago Bd. of Edn., June, 1917. Republican. Pres. St. Joseph's Polish Or- phanage and Old Peoples' Home Aid Assn .; Grand Knight Gen. James Shields Council K.C. Home: 6877 Hobart Av. Office: Daily News.

DADIE, John, secretary and treas. W. J. Moxley ; May, 1860-Oct. 10, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

DAEMICKE, Paul J., store and office fixtures; b. Albany, N.Y., Aug. 7, 1848; s. Ferdinand and Au- gusta Daemicke; ed. pub. schs., Albany; m. Mary Dittes, of Chicago, Mar., 1872; children: Arthur D., Paul J., Jr., Estelle, May. Began as clerk in hard- ware store, Albany, 1864; removed to Chicago, 1872, and engaged in hardware business; now pres. Paul J. Daemicke & Co., Inc., store and office fix- tures. Republican. Home: 1236 E. 57th St. Office: 321 W. South Water St.

DAGG, Thomas Levi, M.D .; b. Forester, Mich., Jan. 12, 1868; s. John and Nancy (Mccullough) Dagg; ed. pub. schs. of Mich .; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1898; m. Harriet Hyde Rolfe, of Staceyville, la., Aug., 1909. Practiced medicine at Bay City, Mich., 1898-1902, at Chicago since 1902; attending pathol- ogist St. Luke's Hosp., 1903-9, later anæsthetist to same; dir. pathol. dept. Chicago Laboratory since 1907. Mem. A.M.A., Am. Assn. Pathologists, Chicago Pathol. Soc. Club: University. Home: 4747 Kenwood Av. Office: 25 E. Washington St.

DAHL, Svenning, M.D., surgeon; b. St. Aistrup, Denmark, Mar. 11, 1857; s. of Soren and Kristine (Jonathansen) Dahl; A.B., Univ. of Copenhagen, 1886, Ph.B., 1887; student of medicine at Univ. of Copenhagen, 1886-8; emigrated to U.S., 1888; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg., Chicago, 1890; post-grad. studies at Post-Grad. Med. Sch., Chicago, 1892, Berlin, 1897, Freiburg, Germany, 1898; visited Eu- ropean hosps., 1907-8; m. Hutchinson, Minn., May 20, 1894, Anna Jensen, of Copenhagen, Denmark (died 1906) ; m. 2d, Lila Mosey, Leland, Ill., Oct. 17, 1908. During summer of 1889 was interne at the German Hosp., Chicago; began gen. practice, 1890; attending phys. Tabitha Hosp., 1891-5; attending surgeon Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Home and Hosp. since 1897; was instr. in surgery, Coll. of Phys. & Surg., 1899-1904; prof. clin. surgery, Chi- cago Coll. of Medicine and Surgery, since 1915. Pres. Scandinavian-Am. Med. Soc., 1909-10; mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc. Republican. Lutheran. Office and Home: 2029 Pierce Av.

DAHLGREEN, Charles W., painter, etcher; b. at Chicago, Sept. 8, 1864; s. Charles and Karoline (Klaproth) Dahlgreen; ed. pub. schools, Chicago; studied art in Chicago and abroad; m. Augusta Rentrop, of Dusseldorf, Germany, July 4, 1888. Studied art, but retired from studies, 1888, and en- gaged in business until 1905; then took up study at Art Inst. of Chicago. Exhibited in Salon, Paris, 1910, and other European cities; awarded 1st prize in still life, Kunst Gewerbe Schule, Düsseldorf, 1888; 1st prize, Art Students' League, 1908; hon. mention Panama P.I. Expn., 1915. Represented in Congressional Library, Washington, D. C .; New York Pub. Library. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Chicago Soc. Etchers, Artists' Guild, Union Inter- nationale des Beaux Arts et des Lettres. Inde- pendent Republican. Lutheran. Recreations: rod and gun. Home and Studio: 1640 N. Keeler Av.

DAHM, Hans A., leather mfr. (See vol. 1911.) DAIGGER, Andrew, retired. (See vol. 1911.) DAL, John Wesley, M.D. (See vol. 1911.)

DALE, Hervey Smith, insurance; July 4, 1857- Apr. 17, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

DALE, John Thomas, lawyer, author; Apr. 25, 1841-May 15, 1914. (See vol. 1911.)

DALE, Samuel Emmet, lawyer; Sept. 16, 1841- Nov. 5, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

DALE, William Bird, mfr .; b. at Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 12, 1862; s. Hervey S. and Emeline ( Holabird) Dale; grad. West Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1878; m. Chicago, July 7, 1886, Clara E. Miller; 2 sons: Hervey M., W. Bruce. With Fieldhouse, Dutcher & Belden, jobbers of plumbers' supplies, 1882-92: vice pres. Street & Kent Mfg. Co., plumbers' brass goods, since 1892. Republican. Formerly a trus- tee of Village of Winnetka. Clubs: Winnetka, Sko- kie Country. Recreations: golf, hunting, Home: Winnetka, Ill. Office: 549 Fulton St., Chicago.

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DALL, Justin Melville, vice pres. Chicago Title forth; ed. puh, schs. of Boston; LL.B., Chicago Law & Trust Co .; b. Chicago, Aug. 15, 1868; s. Charles A. Sch., 1896; m. Chicago, Jan. 6, 1881, Frances W. and Sarah (Melville) Dall; ed, pub. schs., Chicago; Mckinney; children: Winifred L., Alice L. Came Chicago Coll. of Law; m. Abbie M. Russell, of Chi- cago, Nov. 26, 1890; children: Melville Russell, Benjamin Linton. Has been connected with the Chicago Title & Trust Co. and its constituent com- panies continuously since 1885, now vice pres. of C.T.&T. Co. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896. Mem. Phi Delta Phi. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Hamilton, Oak Park, Oak Park Country, Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 403 Forest Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 69 W. Wash- ington 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 56

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