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 7

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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ANDREWS, Benjamin Franklin, nose, throat, eye and ear surgeon; b. Pleasant Plain, Ia., Feb. 26, 1864; s. Benjamin Crew and Mary (Bruff) An- drews; prep. edn. Pleasant Plain Acad .; grad. Oska- loosa Business Coll., 1886; B.S., Penn Coll., Oska- loosa, Ia., 1891, M.A., 1895; studied State Univ. of lowa; M.D., Coll. Phys. and Surg. (Univ. of Ill.), Chicago, 1894; post-grad, work Univ. of Vienna; m. M. Bertha Hadley, of Thorntown, Ind., Nov. 26, 1896; 4 children: Sarah Mabel, Frances Esther, Helen Lela, Milton. Practiced in Oskaloosa, Ia., 1894-1900; in state of San Luis Potisi, Mexico, 1900-7, holding positions as local surgeon, Mexican Nat. Ry., surgeon to the Cobriza Mines and the Compania Metalurgica National; removed to Chi- cago, 1908; prof. rhinology and oto-laryngology,

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Chicago Eye and Ear Coll., 1908-13, Chicago Poli- 1885-1904; research and consulting chemist to Mal- clinic, 1913-15, Ill. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. since 1915. linckrodt Chem. Works, St. Louis, 1904-10; pres. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Chicago Med. Andrews Chem. Works, Davenport, Ia., since 1910; spl. investigator in canning, U.S. Dept. of Agr., 1913-14; research chemist to victor Chem. Works, Chicago, 1915. Mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Am. Inst. Chem. Engrs .; hon. mem. Contemporary Club (Da- venport), Davenport Acad. Science. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, D.C.), Quadrangle (Chicago), Chem- ists' (New York). Author: An Introduction to the Study of Qualitative Analysis, 1891; also many scientific papers. Home: 6547 Stewart Av. Ad- dress: Victor Chemical Works. Soc., Chicago Ophthal. Soc., Am. Acad. Ophthal- mology and Oto-Laryngology. Pres. Neighborhood Club of Central Sch., Evanston. Republican. Mem. Friends Ch. Mem. Modern Woodmen of America. Clubs: Hawkeye, Illini (Chicago), Twentieth Cen- tury (Evanston). Author of article, Some Reflex Manifestations of Intranasal Origin, suggesting nerve-paths through which they may travel and operations for their relief (Jour. of Ophthalmol- ogy and Oto-Laryngology, Nov., 1915.) Home: 727 Reba PI., Evanston, 111. Office: 32 N. State St., Chicago.

ANDREWS, Carlos Samuel, lawyer; b. Annawan, Henry Co., Ill., Feb. 16, 1871; s. Samuel L. and Frances (Talbot) Andrews; A.B., Doane Coll., Crete, Neb., 1890; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1895; m. Alice Belle Pollack, of Chicago, Oct. 17, 1907; 1 daughter, Charlotte Frances. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; associated with law firm of Paden & Gridley until 1898; partnership with Eugene G. Fassett in law firm of Fassett & Andrews, 1898- 1911; mem. firm of Culver. Andrews & King since 1911. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn. Republican. Clubs: Hamilton, Skokie Country. Home: 1705 Livingston St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1406, 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

ANDREWS, Clement Walker, librarian; b. Sa- lem, Mass., Jan. 13, 1858; s. Joseph and Judith (Walker) Andrews: A.B., Harvard, 1879, A.M., 1880; (LL.D., Northwestern Univ., 1911); unmarried. Instr. chemistry, 1883-95, librarian, 1889-95, Mass. Inst. Tech .; librarian John Crerar Library, Chicago, since 1895. Fellow Am. Library Inst .; mem. A.L.A., etc .; hon. mem. Cobden Club. Clubs: Onwentsia, University, Chicago Literary, Cliff Dwellers, Cax- ton; Harvard ( Boston). Recreations: reading, golf. Home: 1446 Dearborn Av. Address: The John Cre- rar Library, Chicago.

ANDREWS, E(dward) Wyllys, surgeon; b. Chi- cago, Mar. 25, 1856; s. Dr. Edmund and Sarah E. (Taylor) Andrews: A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1878, A.M., 1881; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1881; studied Univ. of Vienna, 1884-5; m. Alice Scranton, of Bloomington, Ill., 1890; children: Edmund, Eleanor. Practiced as surgeon in Chicago since 1881; prof. surgery, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch. since 1883; surgeon to Mercy Hosp. since 1881, Michael Reese Hosp., 1891, Wesley Hosp., 1900; consulting sur- geon Provident Hosp., 1904. Capt, surgeon, I.N.G., 1884; surgeon U.S. Bur. of Pensions, since 1889; appointed Ist lt. Med. Reserve Corps, U.S.A., 1911. Fellow Am. Surg. Assn., Am. Acad. Medicine; mem. A.M.A., Ill. State Med. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Tri-State Med. Soc., Chicago Surg. Soc. (ex- pres.), Loyal Legion. Club: University. Author: Surgery of the Stomach; New Methods of Herni- otomy; Rectal and Anal Surgery; etc. Home: 2525 Prairie Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

ANDREWS, Frank Taylor, M.D .; h. Chicago, Apr. 10, 1858; s. Dr. Edmund and Sarah E. (Taylor) An- drews; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1881, A.M., 1885; M.D., Chicago Med. Coll., 1884; m. Chicago, 1893; Miss Clara M. Gallup; children: Frank T., Jr., Howard Gallup, Robert Harvey, Susannah Eliza- beth. In med. practice at Chicago since 1884; spe- cialist in gynecology; prof. gynecology, North- western Univ. Med. Coll .; gynecologist to Mercy and Wesley hosps. Apptd. Ist It. U.S.A. Med. Re- serve Corps, Feb., 1911. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Am. Gynecol. Soc., Chicago Gynecol. Soc., Miss. Valley Med. Assn., Sigma Chi, Phi Rho Sigma. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Liter- ary, University. Home: 448 Barry Av.

ANDREWS, Martin, president Andrews Engring. Co .: b. Steubenville, O., Aug. II, 1861; s. Martin and Caroline ( Wolcott) Andrews; studied at Yale. 1884; m. Chicago, Aug. 29, 1885, Edith Erskine: children: Martin, Jr., Barbara Wolcott, Wolcott. Began with Ill. Wire Nail Co., 1887-90; was vice pres, and treas, of King & Andrews Co., Chicago Heights, many years from 1890; now pres. An- drews Engring. Co. Republican. Home: 5700 Win- throp Av. Office: 122 S. Michigan Av.

ANDRUS, Sherwood Dickerson, insurance. Re- moved to Detroit, Mich. (See vol. 1911.)

ANGELL, James Rowland, psychologist; b. Bur- lington, Vt., May 8, 1869; s. Dr. James Burrill and Sarah Swope (Caswell) Angell; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1890, A.M., 1891; A.M., Harvard, 1892; (Litt. D., Univ. of Vt., 1915); Univs. of Berlin and Halle. 1893; traveled and studied at Vienna, Paris, Leip- zig, etc .; m. Marion Isabel Watrous, of Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 18, 1894. Instr. philosophy, Univ. of Minn., 1893; asst. prof. psychology and dir. psy- chol. lab., 1894-1901, asso. prof., 1901-5, prof. and head of dept. since 1905, sr. dean since 1908, dean univ. faculties since Apr., 1911, Univ. of Chicago. Ex-pres. Univ. of Chicago Settlement; mem. Am. Psychol. Assn. (mem. council, 1902-6, pres. 1906), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Clubs: Quadrangle (ex-pres.), University. Author: Psychology, 4th edit., 1908; Chapters from Modern Psychology, 1911. Exchange prof., The Sorbonne, Paris, 1914. Home: 1314 E. 58th St.

ANGERSTEIN, Thomas Chester, lawyer: b. at Hillsboro, Ill., Nov. 10, 1886; s. Christian W. and Mary E. (Edwards) Angerstein; prep. edn. Hills- boro High Sch .; Ill. Coll., Jacksonville, Ill .; Univ. of Ill. Coll. of Law; unmarried. Admitted to Il]. bar, 1910; atty. in offices of Scott, Bancroft & Stephens, 1910; asst. trial atty., Internat. Harves- ter Co., 1911-12; asso. commerce counsel same, 1913-14; in pvt. gen, practice since Jan., 1915. Mem. Am. Bar Assn., Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Delta Phi, Delta Sigma Rho, Order of the Coit. Republican. Presbyterian (Fourth Presbyn. Ch.). Clubs: City, Illini, Ill. Athletic. Recreations: general athletics. Home: 145 E. On- tario St. Office: 1124 Nat. Life Bldg. (29 S. La- Salle St. )

ANGIER, Walter Eugene, civil engr .; b. Fitz- william, N.H., May 18, 1863; s. Philip Doddridge and Sarah Arabella (Reed) Angier; B.S., N.H. Coll. Agr. and Mechanic Arts, 1885; C.E., Thayer Sch. of Civil Engring. (Dartmouth), 1887; m. Mary Eliza- beth Powell, of Luling, Tex., 1889; 3 children: Philip Powell, Mary Estelle, Robert Mitchell. En- gaged in practice since 1887; has resided in Chi- cago since 1892; mem. Modjeski & Angier since 1910. Mem. of Am. Soc. C.E., Western Society of Engrs., Engineers' Club (Chicago). Baptist. Home: 4538 Oakenwald Av. Office: 220 S. Michigan Av.

ANSON, Adrian C .; b. Marshalltown, Ia., Apr. 17, 1852; s. Henry and Jeannette (Rice) Anson: ed. State Univ. of Ia., 1867-9; Univ. of Notre Dame, ANDREWS, George, army officer. (See Who's Who in America.) Ind., 1869; Pearsons Business Coll., Philadelphia, 1876; m. Philadelphia, 1876, Virginia M. Fiegel; children: Grace It., Adele, Dorothy, Virginia. Be- ANDREWS, Launcelot ( Winchester), chemist; b. London, Can., June 13, 1856; s. Alfred A. and Louisa (Jones) Andrews; Ph.B., Yale, 1875; A.M., Ph.D., Göttingen, 1882; grad. course in philosophy, history, etc., at Harvard; m. Anna Ritter Lane, of Brooklyn, 1883. Taught in Springfield (Mass.) High Sch., 1876-7; practiced as analytical chemist, came identified with baseball, professionally, about 1871, being 1 year in the Rockford (Ill.) Club and 4 years in Philadelphia before coming to Chicago, 1876; for 22 years capt. and mgr. of the Chicago Nat. League Baseball Club; made a trip to Europe in baseball interests, 1874, and while with the Chi- cago Club made a trip around the world in 1888. Springfield, 1878-82; prof. chemistry, Ia. State Coll. Was later pres. and treas. A. C. Anson Co., bowling of Agr., 1884-5; prof. chemistry, State Univ. of la., alleys and billiard hali. Democrat. Elected city

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clerk of Chicago, Apr., 1905. Home: 6347 Ken- erick Alexander, Adolph Wilhelm. Worked at wood Av.

ANTHONY, George Fort Donelson, lawyer; b, Chicago, Feb. 18, 1862; s. Judge Elliott and Mary (Dwight) Anthony; A.B., Amherst, 1885, A.M., 1888; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1887; m. Emma E. Niblock, 1895; m. 2d, La Vine Thomas, Feb. 20, 1904; 1 son, Charles B. Engaged in prac- tice in firm of C. E. & G. D. Anthony until June, 1907; since dean Am. Correspondence Sch. of Law. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn. State senator, 21st Dist., 1895-9. Mason (32º ), K.P., Odd Fellow, Elk. Rec- reation: baseball. Home: 2920 Burlington St. Of- fice: 1007, 431 S. Dearborn St.

ANTISDALE, Edwin Sawyer, M.D .; b. Manches- ter, N.Y., May 17, 1861; s. Luther B. and Lucy M. ( Southworth) Antisdale: B.S., Mich. Agrl. Coll., 1885; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1890; m. June 21, 1888, Helen L. Gardner, Centreville, Mich., who died June 19, 1891, leaving daughter, Helen Gertrude. Practiced in Berrien Co., Mich., 1890-3; specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat diseases at Benton Harbor, Mich., 1893-7; removed to Chicago, 1897; prof. of ear, nose and throat, Chicago Hosp. Coll. of Medicine; asst, surgeon Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary for 10 years; mem, of faculty Chi- cago Post-Grad. Sch. of Homoeopathy. Has in- vented 15 surgical and other appliances and dis- covered the cause and remedy for "flat arch" of lame people; invented instrument, the use of which cures every eye infected by gonorrhoea (estimated that this disease causes 85 per cent of all blind- ness in U.S.). Mem. Am. Assn. Progressive Medi- cine, Regular Homo. Med. Soc., Faculty of Teach- ers of Am. Assn. of Orificial Surgeons, Chicago Soc. Med. Research (sec.). After years of investi- gation of homeopathy was converted from alo- pathy to homeopathy. Recreations: working with mechanical tools and Delsarte movements. Contbr. to med. jours. Home: 5403 Woodlawn Av. Office: 1701, 25 E. Washington St.

ANTRAM, Harry Alfred, box and label mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

AP MADOC, William Tudor, lawyer; b. at Utica, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1873; s. William and Elize ( Maurice) ApMadoc; ed. Utica Acad .; spl. course Armour Inst. Tech., Chicago, during its first year; later at- tended Univ. of Mich., studying in both lit. and law depts., LL.B., 1896; m. Sept. 26, 1908, Nelle, d. of George A. Gill. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896; former- ly mem, law firm Peckham, Packard, ApMadoc & Walsh; now practicing alone. Mem. Lower House 45th, 46th and 47th Ill. Gen. Assemblies; chmn. Ill. Ins. Commn. to consider fire rates and revision of laws. Pres. Welsh Republican Club of Ill., 1900; has campaigned in all campaigns since 1896. Pres- byterian. Mason. Sec. Graduate Council Central Debating League. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chi- cago bar assns., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Clubs: University, South Shore Country, Law. Home: 2518 F. 72d St. Office: First Nat. Bank Bldg.

APPEL, Arthur Aaron, clothing mfr .; b. Chicago, Feb. 3, 1883; s. Himes and Fannie (Simonds) Appel; ed. grammar and high schs., Chicago; unmarried. Has been identified since 1898 with business estab- lished by father (now retired) as mfr. men's and young men's clothing; mem. Himes Appel since 1906, and in charge of business with brother-in- law. L. Markovitz. Jewish religion. Mason. Home: 5313 Calumet Av. Office: 125 S. Market St.

APPEI., Emma Scribner Mackay, M.D .; b. Chi- cago; d. Dallas Dwight and Jennie ( Harris) Mac- Kay; ed. Chicago Normal Sch .; Morgan Park Acad .; Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. Sch., 1901; m. Col. Daniel Mitchell Appel, of Med. Corps, U.S.A., 1909; 1 son, Robert Godfrey. Began practice in Berkeley, Cal., 1902; settled in Chicago, 1914. Mem. A.M.A., Woman's Med. Club, Federation Women's Clubs, Alpha Epsilon Jota. Home: 6842 Normal Av.

bricklaying at Sandwich, Ill., until coming to Chi- cago in 1871; was foreman one year for Glading & Howard; entered contracting business for self, 1872, as head of firm of Henry Appel & Son, ma- sons and gen. contractors, incorporated as Henry Appel & Son Co., and of which was pres. until 1915 (retired). Mason (32°, Shriner). Home: 931 Buena Park Terrace. Office: 179 W. Washington St.

APPEL, Himes, clothing mfr .; b. Cracow, Aus- tria, Feb. 14, 1851; s. Jacob Appel; ed. in old coun- try and by home study; came to America, 1866; m. at Baltimore, Md., Fannie Simonds, of England, 1884 (died 1900); 6 children: Lillian, Bertha, Net- tie, Hattie, Rena, Arthur A. Came to Chicago in 1876; entered manufacture of men's and young men's clothing, 1886, as Himes Appel, and has so continued; now nominally retired and lives at Los Angeles, Cal. Jewish religion. Homes: Los An- geles, Cal., and Chicago. Office: 125 S. Market St., Chicago.

APPEL, Jacob M., banker; b. Highland, Ill., May 22, 1864; s. Frank and Maria (Hohmeyer) Appel; ed. pub. schs .; degree of Certified Pub. Accountant, Univ. of Ill., 1905; m. Ida Idler, of Greenville, Ill., Oct. 20, 1887; 2 children: Vallee O. (lawyer, Chi- cago), Mildred. Identified with office of state au- ditor of Ill., Springfield, in charge of banking and building and loan depts., 1896-1910; now pres. Guaranty Securities Co .; also pres. Certified Audit Co .; vice pres. Inter Ocean Casualty Co., Highland Park State Bank, First Nat. Bank of Wilmette. Mem. of Christian Ch. Republican. Mason. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: motoring, horseback rid- ing, church and charity work. Home: 5141 Harper Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

APPEL, Vallee Orville, lawyer; b. Pocahontas, 111., Aug. 6, 1889; s. J. M. and Ida (Idler) Appel; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1911; J.D., Harvard, 1914. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1914, and since practiced in Chicago; sec. Guaranty Securities Co., Certified Audit Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mason, Republican. Mem. Disciples of Christ. Clubs: Hamilton, South Shore Country. Home: 5141 Harper Av. Office: 39 S. LaSalle St.

APPELL, Carl John, lawyer; b. Galva, Ill., Nov. 11, 1875; s. Charles Lawrence and Johanna S. (An- derson) Appell; A.B. and B.S., Augustana Coll., Rock Island, Ill., 1894; post-grad. work Univ. of Chicago, 3 yrs., 1895-6, 1897-8, 1899-1900, complet- ing work for Ph.D .; student Chicago Law Sch., 1 yr .; Kent Coll. of Law, 1 yr .; LL.B., Chicago Coll. of Law, 1900; m. at Peoria, Ill., Mary E., d. of Maj. James Powell, U.S.A., Mar. 4, 1915. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1900; began practice at Peoria, Ill., in 1900 and was mem. firm of Appell & Rousseau (Judge A.V.D.) until coming to Chicago in Sept .. 1903; practiced alone until Jan., 1907; mem. firm of Hoyne, O'Connor, Hoyne & Irwin, 1907-July 1, 1915; since associated with Schuyler & Weinfeld. Served as corpl. Troop G (Peoria) and Troop A (Chicago), 1st Ill. Cav. Republican. Lutheran. Mem. Ill. State Bar Assn., Chicago Bar Assn., Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Science. Recreations: hunt- ing and outdoor exercises. Home: 5543 Glenwood Av. Office: 1217 New York Life Bldg.

APPLETON, Albert I., mfr. elec. specialties; b. in Sweden, Mar. 20, 1872; s. Carl John and Paulina (Christiansen) Appleton; ed. in old country; m. Lillian C. Wihk, of Chicago, Aug. 31, 1910; chil- dren: John Albert, Arthur Ivar, Came to America, 1885; engaged in manufacture of elec. specialties since 1903; pres. and treas. Appleton Electric Co .; dir. Inland Electric Co. Republican. Mason (Com- mandery, Consistory, Shrine). Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic. Chicago Motor, Electric-Jovian League, Sons of Jove, Evanston Country, Glen Oak Country. Recreations: motoring, golf, fishing. Home: 5500 Lakewood Av. Office: 218-230 N. Jefferson St.

ARLINGTON, Dred Caraway, district mgr. Phila. Storage Battery Co .; b. Marianna, Fla., Dec. 18, 1867; s. David and Eliza Susan (Stock) Arlington; ed. grammar and high schs., Pittsburgh, Pa .; m. Eliza Jane Ferguson, of Pittsburgh, Nov. 16, 1893; 3 children: Gladys Louise, Robert Ferguson, Mary Elizabeth. Began in employ of R. G. Dun & Co.,

APPEL, Henry, mason contractor; b. Hueblingen, Germany, Aug. 2, 1842; s. Friederich and Johanette (Schmidt) Appel; ed. pub. schs .; served appren- ticeship and worked at stone and brick laying and plastering, 1856-66; came to U.S., 1866; m. June, 1874. Christina Sporeleim; children: Henry Louis Wolfgang. Louise Wilhelmine, Ida Caroline, Fred- Pittsburgh, 1883; then with Oliver Bros., steel,

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1885-7; with Westinghouse Electric Co. and West- Co., also partner in the firm of Rogers, Brown & inghouse Machine Co., continuing 21 years with Co .; returned to Chicago, 1895, still as partner in Westinghouse interests, in charge of order, record the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co. Also dir. Chicago and shipping depts .; was connected with Edison Storage Battery Co., 1909-10; branch mgr. at Chi- cago for Phila. Storage Battery Co. since Jan. 21, 1912. Republican. Christian Scientist, Mason. Recreation: automobiling. Home: 1334 E. 53d St. Office: 1621 S. Michigan Boul. Short Line Ry .; pres. Iroquois Iron Co .; vice pres. Rogers Iron Mining Co .; dir. Rogers-Brown Ore Co., Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Co. Clubs: Union League, Country of Evanston, Glen View Golf. Home: 1608 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 332 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.

ARMBRUST, Charles William, mfr. of ry. sup- plies. (See vol. 1911.)

ARMBRUSTER, Ferdinand Philip, investment banker; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 18, 1862; s. Charles William and Catherine Elizabeth Armbruster; ed. pub. schs., Chicago; m. Norma R. Schlichting, of Chicago, Aug. 3, 1892. With John S. Stott in the stationery business, 1876-82; entered, in a humble capacity, 1882, the old pioneer house of Burley & Tyrrell (established 1838) the leading house in the west in the wholesale trade in crockery, china, and glassware; advanced step by step until hecame sec. and treas, of the company; Burley & Tyrrell consolidated with Burley & Co., Jan. 1, 1907, under firm name of Burley & Tyrrell Co., of which was 1st vice pres. until May 1, 1915; treas. Chicago Land Credit & Trust Co. since May 1, 1915, Mason (32°, Shriner). Clubs: Union League, Oak Park Country, Colonial. Recreations: golf, motoring, and fishing. Home: 231 Wesley Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

ARMOUR, A. Watson, packer; b. Kansas City, Mo., Apr. 4, 1882; s. of Kirkland B. and Annie P. (Hearne) Armour; ed. Andover, Mass .; m. Elsa, d. Augustus A. Parker, of Chicago, Nov. 20, 1907. Identified with the packing business since 1903; vice pres. and dir. Armour & Co. since 1915; dir. Anglo-American Provision Co., Hammond Packing Co., Armour Car Lines, Stock Yards Warehouse Co. Clubs: Chicago, Mid-Day, Saddle and Cycle, Old Elm, Onwentsia. Home: 1200 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Armour & Co., Union Stock Yards.

ARMOUR, J (onathan) Ogden, capitalist, packer; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 11, 1863; s. late Philip Danforth and Malvina Belle Armour; entered Yale, but did not complete course, yielding to request of father that he should return to Chicago and relieve him of some of his business cares; m. at New York, Lolita Sheldon; 1 daughter, Lolita. Now pres. corpn. of Armour & Co., packers; dir. C.,M.&St.P. Ry. Co., I.C. Ry. Co., Nat. City Bank (New York), Stock Yards Nat. Bank (South Omaha), Conti- nental & Commercial Nat. Bank, Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank, Hibernian Banking Assn., Stock Yards Savings Bank, Live Stock Exchange Nat. Bank, Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co., Armour Grain Co., Armour Car Lines, North- western Nat. Ins. Co., etc. Trustee, Armour Inst. Tech. Republican. Clubs: Metropolitan, Sleepy Hollow Country (New York), Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Saddle and Cycle, Onwentsia, Old Elm, Glen View Golf (Chicago). Author: The Packers and the People, 1906. Treas. State Council of De- fense, 1917. Homes: Lake Forest, Ill., and 3724 Michigan Av. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

ARMOUR, Laurance Hearne, vice pres. Armour & Co .; b. Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 8, 1888; s. Kirk- land B. and Annie P. ( Hearne) Armour; m. Lacy Withers, of Kansas City, Jan. 11, 1911. Identified with packing business since beginning of active career, 1909; settled in Chicago, 1910; vice pres. Armour & Co. since 1916. Clubs: Chicago, Saddle and Sirloin, Saddle and Cycle, Mid-Day, Onwent- sia; New York Yacht, Eastern Yacht. Home: 920 Lincoln Parkway. Office: Armour & Co., U.S. Yards.

ARMOUR, Philip Danforth, 3d, packer; b. 1894; s. late Philip Danforth, Jr., and May (Lester) Ar- mour; g.s. Philip Danforth Armour, founder Ar- mour & Co .; A.B., Yale Univ., 1914; m. Gwendolin, d. Thomas G. Condon, New York, Jan. 8, 1915. En- tered the house of Armour & Co., packers, Sept. 30, 1914, as clerk to learn the business; elected dir. Armour & Co., Dec., 1915. Home: 1200 Lake Shore Drive. Office: Union Stock Yards.

ARMS, Harrison, president Arms Palace Horse Car Co .; Aug. 3, 1839-July 6, 1917. (See vol. 1911.)

ARMS, Herbert Clarke, vice president Central Scientific Co., b. Dubuque, Ia., Mar. 3, 1871; s. of Charles Henry and Aurora Bartlett (Clarke) Arms; grad. Hyde Park High Sch., 1891; B.S., Univ. of Ill., 1895; m. Elizabeth Watson Gregg, Charleston, S.C., June 20, 1900. Has been vice pres. Central Scientific Co. since 1904. Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Sigma Chi. Clubs: University, Illini, Skokie Country, Ouilmette Country. Home: 33 Crescent Pl., Wilmette, Ill. Office: 460 E. Ohio St., Chicago.

ARMSBY, James Kendall, Jr., merchant. Re- moved to San Francisco. (See vol. 1911.)

ARMSTRONG, Edward Kent, M.D .; b. Chicago, July 1, 1880; s. Harold Blakely and Minnie ( Kent) Armstrong; M.D., Univ. of Ill., 1905, Northwestern Univ., 1910; m. Caroline H. Focer, of Cape May, N.J., Aug. 11, 1914. Practiced at Chicago since 1913; attending phys, dept. of pediatrics Cook Co. Hosp .; instr. in pediatrics, Coll. of Medicine Univ. of Ill .; mem. faculty, Grad. Sch. of Medicine, Chi- cago. Mem. A.M. A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Pediatric Soc. Republican. Address: 5501 Prairie Av.

ARMSTRONG, Frank Campion, clergyman; b. at Patricroft, Eng .; s. Capt. Joseph (British Royal Navy) and Emma Armstrong; A.B., St. Oswald's Coll., Ellesmere, 1895; Dorchester Coll., Oxford Univ., 1900; m. Katherine Mary Birmingham, of Ravenswood, Ill., Sept. 23, 1913. Came to America, 1903; deacon, 1903, priest, 1904, P.E. Ch .; rector St. George's Ch. and St. John's Ch., Wakefield, Kan., successively, Ch. of the Epiphany, Sedan, Kan., St. John's Ch., Parsons, Kan .; now asst. rec- tor St. Paul's Ch., Hyde Park, Chicago. Chaplain 1st Ill. Field Arty .; was with regt. on Tex. border, 1916. Naturalized Am. citizen. Democrat. Home: 4141 Berkeley Av.

ARMSTRONG, Frank Edgar, newspaper man; b. Springfield, Ill., Apr. 6, 1871; s. James and Mary (Murphy) Armstrong; ed. St. Joseph's Coll., Teu- topolis, Ill .; m. Annie A. Day, of Springfield, Nov. 4, 1901; children: Francis Day, William Howard, Anne Gertrude. Learned printer's trade; took up newspaper reportorial work, 1893; with Ill. State Journal, at Springfield, and published a weekly newspaper in Springfield, in 1896; removed to Chi- cago, 1897; was with the Times-Herald, Inter Ocean and Chronicle; with Chicago Daily News since 1904, now political writer for same. Home: 3441 W. Monroe St. Office: Daily News, 15 Fifth Av., N.

ARMSTRONG, Frank H., pres. Reid, Murdoch & Co., wholesale grocers; b. Wayne Co., O., July 27, 1853; s. William B. and Phebe (Hough) Arm- strong; ed. pub. schs. and at Cornell Coll., Mt. Ver- non, Ia. (hon. A.M.) ; m. Blanche Swingley, of Chl- cago; 2 sons: Horace W. and John. Came to Chi- cago from Mt. Vernon, Dec., 1873, and soon after entered employ of Reid, Murdoch & Fischer, in sales dept., and in 1881 was given profit interest; became sec. when its successor, Reid, Murdoch & Co. (wholesale grocers), was incorporated, 1891, and upon the death of Mr. Murdoch, 1909, was

ARMOUR, M. Cochrane, resident partner of Rogers, Brown & Co., pig iron merchants; b. Au- burn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851; s. John and Lillias Ar- mour; ed. pub. schs .; m. Hyde Park, Chicago, June, 1888, Minnie T. Huggins; 4 children. Began busi- ness career at Marshall, Mich., as clerk for the Hon. George Ingersoll, grain and merchant mill- ing; later at same place in grain and grocery busi- ness with his father under the firm name of J. & M. C. Armour; came to Chicago in 1876, and was made vice pres .; has been pres. of the company for some years a dept. mgr. for Adams & West- since Jan. 1, 1914; dir. Merchants Loan & Trust lake Co .; went to Cincinnati, where was vice pres. Co., City Nat. Bank of Evanston. Dir. Presbyterlan and general mgr. of the Radford Pipe & Foundry Hosp. of Chicago; mem. exec, com. Evanston Hosp.

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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 7

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