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acquired by his father, in 1861; continued under father until the latter died, Jan., 1903; business inc., Mar., 1903, as John Eiszner Co., of which is pres. Home: 156 N. Mayfield Av., Austin. Office: 1050 W. Kinzie St.
EITEL, Emil, merchant; b. Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 27, 1865; s. Emil and Charlotte (Trost) Eitel; ed. high sch. and commercial business coll. at Stuttgart; m. Emma Boldenweck, of Chicago, Sept. 27, 1894. Served in German Army as volunteer 1 yr .; engaged in manufacture of photograph al- bums in Germany, 1885-90, when came to Chicago; clerk for Bond's Commercial agency, 1890-1; then went abroad and established agencies for World's Fair for German manufacturers. During World's Fair, with brother, engaged in conducting a hotel, and after the fair built the Hotel Bismarck on Randolph St., then Bismarck Gardens; mem. of Eitel Bros., wholesale wines and liquors, since 1892; pres. Hotel Bismarck Co., and of Bismarck Garden. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Germania. Rec- reations: hunting, travel. Home: 660 Irving Park Boul. Office: 171 W. Randolph St.
EITEL, (Frederick) Karl, merchant; b. in Stutt- gart, Germany, Jan. 17, 1871; s. Emil and Charlotte ( Trost) Eitel; ed. high sch. and business coll. in native town; m. Maria Boldenweck, of Chicago, Sept. 16, 1897; children: Charlotte, Otto, Marie. Previous to coming to U.S. in 1891 was engaged in mercantile pursuits; conducted a hotel during the World's Fair, Chicago; mem. Eitel Bros., whole- sale wines and liquors, since 1892; sec. Bismarck Hotel Co., and Bismarck Garden. Mason (32º, Shriner ). Clubs: Chicago Athletic. Germania. Home: 525 Roscoe St. Office: 171 W. Randolph St.
ELCOCK, Edward G., president Hansell-Elcock Co .; h. Belfast, Ireland, May 22, 1859; s. Edward and Elizabeth (Glover) Elcock; family came to America and settled at Chicago, 1867; ed. public schs .; m. Mathilde Marie Gottfried, of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1887. Assisted in organizing the Hansell- Elcock Co., steel and iron work, Feb. 1, 1888, of which was sec. until Dec. 1, 1904, when upon the retirement of Joseph R. Hansell was elected pres. and treas. Presbyterian. Mason. Clubs: South Shore Country, Architectural Sketch (hon. mem.). Home: 4806 Grand Boul. Office: Archer and Nor- mal Avs.
ELDER, Charles Byrd, lawyer; b. Chicago, Jan. 14, 1878; s. Robert S. and Harriet Newell (Dewey) Elder; Colonial ancestry; ed. Chicago pub. schs. and Northwestern Univ .; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. School of Law, 1899; unmarried. Admitted to 111. bar, Oct., 1899, and since Oct., 1900, en- gaged in gen. practice in Chicago; atty. for Adams Express Co. since Jan., 1902; mem. faculty North- western Univ. Sch. of Law since Oct., 1902. Asso. editor 111. Law Review. Mem. Am. and Chicago bar assns., Order of the Coif, Delta Upsilon, Delta Theta Phi, S.A.R. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Clubs: City, Hamilton. Recreations: read- ing, athletics and outdoor diversions. Home: 1320 Farwell Av. Office: 1447 Conway Bldg.
ELDER, Frank Ray, clergyman; b. at Albia, Ia., Apr. 3, 1885; s. James H. and Anna (Bay) Elder; A.B., Monmouth (Ill.) Coll., 1906; Princeton Univ., 1908-11, M.A .; grad. Princeton Theol. Sem., 1911; studied Am. Sch. of Classical Studies in Rome; m. Frances Lanphere, of Monmouth, Aug. 2, 1911; 1 son, James Lanphere. Prin. Waitsburg ( Wash.) Acad., 1906-7; ordained U.P. ministry, 1911; pas- tor, Hanover, Ill., 1913-16, Ist Ch., Chicago, since Aug. 1, 1916. Moderator Synod of Ill. of U.P. Ch., 1915-16. Mem. bd. dirs. Monmouth Coll. Mem. Archæol. Inst. America. Home: 3560 Congress St., Chicago.
ELDRED, Fred E., real estate; 1859-Jan. 2, 1915. (See vol. 1911. )
ELDREDGE, Charles Howe, resident mgr. U.S. Casualty Co., of New York; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., June 13, 1861; s. Charles A. and Maria A. ( Upham) Eldredge; grad. Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H., 1884; m. Chicago, Apr. 30, 1887, Kate Withington. Began in 1884 as an accountant in the office of Bacon & Co., grain commn. merchants on the Chi- cago Bd. of Trade, and later was grain inspector
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for same firm until 1886; was head man in office of Hamill, Congdon & Co., commn. merchants, 1886-8; entered casualty ins. business, 1888; resident mgr. of U.S. Casualty Co., of New York since 1896. Democrat. Episcopalian. Home: 5019 Blackstone Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
ELDREDGE, Charles John, produce commn .; b. Chicago, June 29, 1871; s. Elnathan S. and Eliza C. (Mcknight) Eldredge; ed. Chicago pub. schs .; m. Chicago, 1896, Cecilia Pearson; 4 children: Ethel, Edson, Roy, Marjorie. In 1891 entered the produce commn. house of Merrill & Eldredge, becoming, 1897, a mem. of the firm, and now sole propr .; dir. Chicago Cold Storage Co. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 6213 Kenmore Av. Office: 160 N. Market St.
ELDRIDGE, Charles Albert, president of Duck Brand Co .; b. Fredonia, N.Y., July 9, 1872; s. Au- gustus L. and Alice M. (Andrews) Eldridge; ed. common schs. and Fredonia (N.Y.) Normal Sch .; m. Minnie M. Perkins, of Hannibal, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1895; children: Leah Estene and Lloyd Earl. In employ of Edward R. Rice, wholesale rubber boots and shoes, Buffalo, N.Y., Apr. 1, 1897-July 15, 1905; pres, and mgr. Banigan Rubber Co., Chicago. and pres. and treas. Market Rubber Co. to Dec. 1. 1911; pres. and mgr. The Duck Brand Co. since Dec. 1, 1911. Republican. Recreations: golf, other outdoor diversions, Home: 1011 Greenwood Av., Wilmette, 111. Office: 22 S. Market St., Chicago.
ELEY, Ning, lawyer; b. Big Foot, Ind., May 13, 1868; s. Samson and Hannah (Kemmer) Eley; grad. Northern Ind. Normal Sch. ( now Valparaiso Univ.), Valparaiso, Ind .. 1892; m. Sarah Lommen, of Spring Grove, Minn., May 28, 1893; 2 children: Mil- dred L., Lommen D. Admitted to bar, 1896; atty. for Village of Des Plaines, Ill., since 1898; pres. Des Plaines Telephone Co. Mem. Chicago Law Inst., Chicago Bar Assn. Congregationalist. Demo- crat. Home: Des Plaines, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
ELIAS, Joseph J., banker; b. Rossieny, Lithua- nia, Russia, Apr. 15, 1877; s. John F. and Agnes (Jesiulis) Elias; ed. pub. high schs., Russia, and Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind .; m. Martha Paszkewicz, of Chicago, May 21, 1906; 2 children: Leonard and Marcelia. Came to America, 1892, and was em- ployed at St. Regis Falls, N.Y., until 1899; asst. mgr. for Lederer & Oppenheimer (now J. Oppen- heimer & Co. ), 1900-3; mgr. foreign exchange dept., Union Stock Yards State Bank, 1904-6; propr. Town of Lake Savings Bank; pres. Universal State Bank of Chicago; pres. Town of Lake Safety De- posit Vault Co. and Prince Vitauto Bldg. & Loan Assn. Apptd. hon. probation officer of the Juvenile Ct. by Judge Tuthill, 1903; county commr. for terms, 1906-8, 1908-10; mem. Bd. of Local 1m- provements since May 15, 1916 (term expires 1919). Republican. Mem. Knights of Columbus, etc. Club: Hamilton. Recreations: motoring, fishing. Home: 4600 S. Wood St. Office: 33d and S. Halsted Sts.
ELIEL, Herman Jacob, fire underwriter; b. Nen- tershausen, Germany, May 5, 1846: s. Jacob and Johanna (Hecht) Eliel; resident U.S. since 1860; ed. pub. schs. in Germany and Chicago; m. Minna Wertheim, of Chicago, Nov. 11, 1892. Began in dry goods business at North Av. and Larrabee St., continuing until Chicago fire, 1871; then trav- eling salesman for AA. L. Katz & Co., cigars, until 1890; since then in ins., first with the North Brit- ish and Mercantile Ins. Co., then with Hall & Hen- shaw; mem. firm of Eliel & Loeb, 1902-16; vice pres. Eliel & Loeb Co. since 1916; dir. Goldsmith Bros. Smelting & Refining Co. Mem. Chicago Un- derwriters' Assn. Republican. Clubs: Press, Idle- wild Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 4728 Ingle- side Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
ELKAN, Henry, hides: b. Württemberg. Ger- many, Mar. 19, 1847; s. Loeb and Babette (Felden- heim) Elkan; ed. common schs. in Germany; came to U.S., 1866; m. Berlin, Wis., Mar. 18, 1875, Emma Gutmann: children: Bella (Mrs. Friedman), Leo H. In hide business at Madison, Wis., 1867-71, Chicago since 1871; pres. H. Elkan & Co. Dir. of Michael Reese Hosp. Club: Standard. Home: 1522 Dearborn Parkway. Office: 10 W. Austin Av.
ELKAN, Lee Nathan, leather. (See vol. 1911.)
ELLBOGEN, Max, wholesale jeweler; b. Appony, Austria, Sept. 18, 1846; s. of Joachim and Esther (Fischer) Ellbogen; ed. pub. schs. in Austria; m. Chicago, Aug. 8, 1882, Leah Eisendrath; children: Harriet ( Mrs. S. F. Rosenheim), David, Celia, Al- bert, Marguerite, Charles, Elise, Came to Chicago from Austria, 1863; with Jolin Kahn & Bro., whole- sale jewelers, 1868-71, Wendell & Hyman, 1871-4; M. Kronberg, 1874-7: mem. of Stein & Ellbogen, wholesale jewelers, since 1877 (inc., 1893), and now pres. same. Mem. Chicago Jewelers' Assn. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Idlewild Country. Home: 4529 Greenwood Av. Office: 31 N. State St.
ELLER, Morris, city sealer; b. Libau, Russia, July 16, 1866; s. Louis and Esther (Efraimson) Eller; ed. Gymnasium, Libau; came to Chicago, Sept. 22, 1883; m. Jennie Kalman, of Chicago, Apr. 12, 1888; 8 children: Lena (Mrs. Benjamin A. Wien ), Emanuel, Nellie ( Mrs. Israel Warshawsky), Louis (deceased), Jacob, Clara, William, Eva. In real estate, loan and ins, business, Chicago, since 1886; in charge of delivery and Torrens dept. of recorder's office, Cook Co., Dec. 10, 1896-Apr. 10, 1915; city sealer of weights and measures since May 17, 1915. Republican. Mem. Congregation B'nai Jacob. Mem. Independent Western Star, B'rith Abraham, Knights of Pythias. Recreations: social diversions. Home: 1301 S. Peoria St. Office: Room 18, City Hall.
ELLERT, Peter J. (See vol. 1911.)
ELLICOTT, Edward Beach, electrician. Re- moved to Lake, Ida. (See vol. 1911.)
ELLICSON, Seymour A., machinery; b. Fond du Lac Co., Wis., Aug. 8, 1861; s. Seymour and Salome ( Snell) Ellieson; ed. puh. schs., Fond du Lac; m. Margaret Hitzler, of Fond du Lac Co., Oct. 24, 1884: 4 children: Archie, Myrtle, Hazel, George (died 1891). Engaged in farming until 25; came to Chicago, 1886; in millwright business for self 22 yrs .; with Chicago Pulley & Shafting Co. since 1907, as mgr. and treas. Mem. Am. Supply Dealers' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce, Republican. Ma- son (32°, Shriner) ; mem. Royal League, Club: Il1. Athletic. Recreation: motoring. Home: 350 S. Sth Av., LaGrange, Ill. Office: 40 S. Clinton St., Chicago.
ELLINGTON, Ernest Townley, banker; h. Chi- cago, Sept. 26, 1883; s. Ernest Elwell and Harriet Elizabeth ( Bond) Ellington; ed. under tutors, pub, schs., Y.M.C.A. night sch, and various corr. schs .: m. Anita Marie Vermaas, of Chicago, Oct. 25, 1916. Began as office boy with Chicago Title & Trust Co., 1897; later with the gen. pass. dept. of C., B.de Q.R.R .; then with Smith, Miller, Whitney & Bar- bour, and with George S. Haskell Co., fire and lia- bility ins .: later with E. H. Gay Co., investment bankers, Boston, and Breitung & Co., Ltd., New York; vice pres. Madison & Kedzie State Bank since May 1, 1914; treas. Tillotson Pocket Map and Street Guide Co .; dir. Western Heater Despatch ( car line) ; also in investment business on own ac- count. Treas. III. Soc. S.A.R. Republican. Chris- tian Scientist. Club: Ill. Athletic. Home: 130 N. Hamlin Av. Office: The Rookery.
ELLINGWOOD, Finley, M.D., author; b. Man- chester, Dearborn Co., Ind., Sept. 12, 1852; s. Elijah and Mary Abigail (Rice) Ellingwood; acad. edn .: M.D., Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1878; m. Jennie S. Elliott, of Chicago, Sept. 1, 1880; 6 children: Elma Jane, Laura A., Elliott Lee, Finley F., Rich- ard Everett, Lloyd. Practiced medicine at Braid- wood, Ill., 1876-7, in Kankakee Co., Ill., 1878-84, at Chicago, 1884-92; prof. chemistry, 1884-1900, ma- teria medica and therapeutics, 1900-7, Bennett Med. Coll. Editor Chicago Med. Times, 1884-1906, Eclectic Med. Annual, 1889-91, and Ellingwood's Therapeutist, since 1907. Hon. mem, of 22 state eclectic med. assns .; sec. Nat. Eclectic Med. Assn., 1902-7; 1st vice pres. Eclectic Med. Congress, 1903; mem. Nat. Assn. Med. Editors, Ill. State, Tri-State and Chicago Eclectic med. assns., Evanston Phar- macol. Assn. Republican. Methodist. Author: Ec- lectic Medical Annual, 1888; Synopsis of Medical Chemistry, 1889; Manual of Urinalysis, 1891; El- lingwood's Materia Medica (8 editions), 1899; El- lingwood's Treatment of Disease (2 vols.), 1906; Ellingwood's Practice of Medicine, 1910; Elling-
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wood's Pregnancy and Labor, 1912; Ellingwood's New American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1915. Recreation: pen and Ink drawing. Home: 2209 Central St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1402, 32 N. State St., Chicago.
ELLINWOOD, Marvin Edward, real estate; b. at Indianola, Ia., July 7, 1888; s. Charles Marvin and Carrie (Miller) Ellinwood; ed. pub. schs., la., and pub. and high schs., Chicago; m. Amy A, Hanney, of Chicago, July 7, 1906; 2 children: Beverly, Ruth. Entered real estate business with Cooper & Bur- hans, Sept., 1905; admitted to firm and title was changed to Cooper, Farwell & Ellinwood, June, 1911; after death of Mr. Cooper, organized, Oct., 1912, firm of Burhans, Ellinwood & Co., of which is vice pres .; organized, 1913, and vice pres. Chelten- ham Commercial & Savings Bank. Republican. Methodist. Mem. Republic Lodge No. 914, A.F. and A.M .; LaFayette Chapter No. 2, R.A.M .; Apollo Commandery No. 1, K.T .; Medinah Temple, A.A.O. N.M.S. Clubs: City, Hamilton, South Chicago, Chi- cago Automobile, Beverly Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 7408 South Shore Drive. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.
ELLIOT, Frank Micajah, real estate; b. Corinna, Me., Mar. 27, 1853; s. of Jacob Smith and Sarah (Moore) Elliot; B.L., Northwestern Univ., 1877; m. Evanston, Nov. 13, 1878, Anna Shuman. In Cook Co. recorder's office 2 yrs .; then formed partner- ship with George Watson Smith, under the style of Smith & Elliot, real estate and loans; in busi- ness alone since 1881; dir. State Bank of Evans- ton since organization; treas. Elliot Company, of Minneapolis, Minn. Dir. since 1893, pres., 1895- 1914, Evanston Hosp. Assn. Trustee Village of Evanston, 1885. Republican. Mem. First Congl. Ch., Evanston. Grand consul Sigma Chi Frater- nity, 1887. Author: History of Omega, a Reminis- cence of Northwestern; Life of Gov. William H. Bissell, of Illinois. Clubs: University (Chicago), Evanston, Glen View. Recreation: literature. Home: 225 Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago.
ELLIOTT, Arthur Richard, M.D .; b. Belleville, Ont., Can., June 2, 1869; s. Robert and Meredith (Lazier) Elliott; ed. high school, Belleville, and Queen's Univ., Can .; M.D. and C.M., Queen's Univ. Med. Sch., 1889; L.C.P.S., Ontario, 1889; m. Hannah S. McNeish, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1901. Engaged in practice since 1889; in Chicago since 1891; prof. medicine, Post-Grad. Med. Sch. of Chicago, since 1898; attending physician, St. Luke's Hosp. Mem. Draft Exemption Bd. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Inst. of Medicine, Chicago Soc. Internal Medicine. Clubs: Chicago, University. Home: 746 Lincoln Parkway. Office: 30 N. Michi- gan Av.
ELLIOTT, C(harles) Edgar, investment banker; b. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 3, 1879; s. Joseph T. and Annette C. (Langsdale) Elliott; ed. Wabash Coll., Crawfordsville, Ind., 1897-9; Univ. of Mich., 1899- 1902; m. Gladys Wynn, of Indianapolis, June 8, 1905. Began in bond business with H. B. Gates & Co., Indianapolis, 1902, and continued 2 yrs .; en- tered firm of Joseph T. Elliott & Sons, Indianapo- lis, 1904, which consolidated in 1912 with Breed & Harrison, of Cincinnati, under title of Breed, El- liott & Harrison, of which is vice pres .; also dir. Indianapolis, Crawfordsville & Danville St. Ry., Advance Rumley. Vice pres. Investment Bankers' Assn. of America; mem. Beta Theta Pi. Republic- an. Clubs: University, Mid-Day (Chicago). Recre- ation: golf. Residence: Windermere Hotel. Office: 105 S. LaSalle St.
ELLIOTT, Frank Rumsey, banker; b. Jackson- vllle, Ill., Sept. 14, 1878; s. Frank and Cornelia (Sanders) Elliott; grad. Whipple Acad., Jackson- ville, Ill., 1895; student Ill. Coll., 1895-8; A.B., Princeton, 1899; m. Miss Reon E. B. Osborne, of Jacksonville, Oct. 21, 1905; 1 son, Frank Osborne. Worked in Elliott State Bank, Jacksonville, sum- mers, 1897-9; became connected with N. W. Harrls & Co., bankers, Chicago, 1900, asst. cashier, 1902-7; cashier Harris Trust & Savings Bank, 1907-11, treas. since 1911; dir. Elliott State Bank, Jackson- ville. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa (Princeton). Clubs: University, Mid-Day, Edgewater Golf, Bankers', Princeton. Recreations:
motoring, fishing, travel. Home: 3200 Sheridan Rd. Office: 117 W. Monroe St.
ELLIOTT, George, clergyman. Removed to Mt. Clemens, Mich. (See Who's Who In America.)
ELLIOTT, John Gregg, patent lawyer; b. on farm nr. Evansville, Ind., June 13, 1851; s. Dr. Wil- liam M. and Hannah (Ellison) Elliott; LL.B., Co- lumbian (now George Washington) Univ. Law School, Washington, 1875, LL.M., 1877; m. Alice Young, of Washington, Oct. 16, 1889; 1 daughter, Virginia Marie. Apptd. clerk in appmt. div. Treas- ury Dept., Washington, July 17, 1873; examiner Patent Office, 1876-9; in practice in Chicago since 1879; formerly of the firms of Elliott & Omohun- dro, and Elliott & Hopkins; now practicing alone. Charter mem. Patent Bar Assn. of Chicago (pres. 1896). Mason (K.T., Shriner), Recreations: travel, athletics. Home: 5128 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 1429 Monadnock Blk.
ELLIOTT, John Henry, clergyman. Removed to Adelaide, Australia. (See Who's Who in America.) ELLIOTT, Lewis Grimes, publisher; b. Platte Co., Mo., Nov. 28, 1872; s. Alexander K. and Mollle (Grimes) Elliott; ed. pub. schs., Liberty, Mo .; m. Mattie Keller, of Liberty, Oct. 20, 1897; 3 children: Theodore Keeton, Virginia Lee, Alexander Keller. Engaged in pub. business as DeBower-Elliott Co., Chicago, 1904-11; pres. Elliott-Madison Co., pubs. subscription books, since 1911; pres. Lakeland (Fla.) Highlands Co-operative Assn .; sec. Com- monwealth Trust & Security Co .; treas. LaSalle Extension Univ. Mem. exec. com. and recording sec. Ill. State Assn. of Y.M.C.Assns. Pres. Bd. of Edn., LaGrange. Democrat. Presbyterian. Clubs: City, LaGrange Country; Lakeland (Fla.) Golf. Recreations: motoring, golf. Home: 101 S. Spring Av., LaGrange, Ill. Offices: 1190 Old Colony Bldg. and 4046 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
ELLIOTT, William Sanders, lawyer; b. Jackson- ville, Ill., Feb. 20, 1880; s. of Frank and Cornelia (Sanders) Elliott; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1900; LL.B., Harvard, 1903; m. Ethel Buckingham, of Chicago, June 4, 1910. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1903, and since in practice at Chicago; with firm of Winston, Payne & Strawn, 1903-4; later mem. firm of Holland (John F.) & Elliott. Republican. Pres- byterian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Univer- sity, City, Princeton, Legal. Home: Winnetka, Il1. Office: 606 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
ELLIS, Frederick William, vice president and gen. mgr. Armour Car Lines; b. Detroit, Mich .; s. Frederick W. and Sarah A. (Rushton) Ellis; ed. Detroit pub. schs .; m. at Kansas City, 1887, Etta Louise Wilson; 2 children: Florence, Dorothy. Been for many years in employ of Armour & Co. and was connected with their business in Kansas City until 1900, when came to Chicago; was vice pres. and gen. mgr. Armour Car Lines; now gen. traffic mgr. Armour & Co. and pres. Fruit Grow- ers' Express. Club: Midlothian. Home: Midlothian, Ill. Office: Union Stock Yards, Chicago.
ELLIS, George Washington, investigator, writ- er; b. Weston, Platte Co., Mo., May 4, 1875; s. of George and Amanda Jane (Drace) Ellis; grad. Atchison (Kan.) High Sch., 1891; LL.B., Univ. of Kan., 1893; studied collegiate dept., Univ. of Kan., 4 yrs., while practicing law; took U.S. Census ex- amination and apptd. clerk in Census Dept., Wash- ington, D. C., 1900; post-grad. studies, philosophy and psychology, Howard Univ., Washington, 2 yrs .; grad. Gunton's Inst. Economics and Sociology, New York, 1900; also grad, sch. stenography and typewriting, 1902; widower. Sec. of Am. legation to Republic of Liberia, 1902-10; now mem. law firm Ellis & Westbrooks, Chicago. Studied social conditions in Africa, collecting folk-lore storles and African proverbs, and has contbd. to mags. and newspapers on African problems and questions In Europe and America; contbg. editor Jour. of Race Development, of Clark Univ .; of the Citizen, Bos- ton; of the Champion Mag., Chicago; addresses on Africa and the race question. Has large collection of ethnol. specimens loaned to Nat. Mus., Wash- ington; campaign speaker and dir. of the colored western bur. of Nat. Progressive hdqrs., 1912; mem. 2d Ward Rep. Orgn. Mem. gen. financial bd. A.M.E. Ch .; del. Gen. Conf. A.M.E. Ch., 1912, 16. Fellow
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Royal Geog. Soc., Great Britain; mem. Am. Acad. Polit, and Social Science, African Soc. London, Am. Soc. Internat. Law, Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Po- lit. Science Assn .; sec. Cook Co. (Ill.) Bar Assn. Decorated Knight Comdr. of Order of African Re- demption. Wrote: Negro Culture in West Africa (book); Education in Liberia (U.S. Bur. of Edn.), 1905; Justice in the West African Jungle (The In- dependent) ; Political Institutions in Liberia (Am. Polit. Science Rev.); Liberia in the Political Psy- chology of West Africa (Jour. African Soc., Lon- don); Political Importance of the International Loan in Liberia (Jour. of Race Development); Ne- gro Social Institutions in West Africa; Islam as a Factor in West African Culture; Sociological Ap- praisement of Liberia's Resources; Political and Economical Factors in Liberian Development; The Psychology of American Race Prejudice; The Ne- gro in the New Democracy; The Psychic Factors in the New American Race Situation; Negro Mor- ality in West Africa (The Light); Negro Morality in the African Black Belt (The Light); The Mis- sion of Dunbar (Citizen of Boston) ; The Outlook of the Negro in Literature (The Champion) ; The Chicago Negro in Law and Politics (same) ; Negro Manners and Music in West Africa (same); etc. Home: 3262 Vernon Av. Office: 3000 S. State St.
ELLIS, John B., M.D .; b. London, Can., Sept. 12, 1876; s. P. J. and Maria (Egan) Ellis; grad. West Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1895; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1899; unmarried. Practiced in Chicago since 1899; asst. prof. diseases of eye, Rush Med. Coll .; oculist to St. Joseph's Hosp., Presbyn. Hosp., Home for Destitute Crippled Children, State Sch. for Boys. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Ophthal. Soc. Clubs: Chicago Ath- letic, Edgewater Golf. Home: 3753 Pine Grove Av. Office: Marshall Field Annex.
ELLIS, John Cole, publishing. (See vol. 1911.)
ELLIS, John W., lawyer; b. Kenton Co., Ky., Ang. 19, 1871; s. James D. and Annie ( Weekley) Ellis; ed. high sch., Clay Co., Kan .; LL.B., Colum- bian (now George Washington) Univ. Law Sch., Washington, 1894; m. Maude Barnes, of Chicago, Nov. 19, 1897; 1 daughter, Louise Barnes. Admit- ted to Ill. bar, 1894; mem. firm of Smith & Ellis, 1894-1900, Ellis & Lewis (Harry A.), since 1907. Master in chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., since 1907. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Re- publican. Baptist. Mason. Clubs: Hamilton, Bev- erly Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 9357 Pleasant Av. Office: 1109 Title & Trust Bldg.
ELLIS, Ralph Edgar, insurance; b. Beloit, Kan., July 4, 1886; s. Edgar C. and Emily (Roy) Ellis; ed. Oberlin Coll., 1903-5; Univ. of Mo., 1905-7; m. Delia Hazeltine, of Grand Rapids, Mich., May 15, 1912; children: Ralph Edgar, Jr., Ann Hazeltine. Trust officer, Pioneer Trust Co., Kansas City, Mo., 1907; with Fisk & Robinson, bankers, New York, 1908; in bond ins. business on own account, 1909; mgr. Douglas & Co., starch mfrs., Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1910-11: settled at Chicago, 1912; partner of Sherman & Ellis; sec. and treas, Sherman & Ellis, Inc., attys. in fact; sec. and treas. Valentine & Noblett, Inc .; dir. Inter Insurers Trust Co., of To- peka, Kan .; sec. and treas. Inter Insurers Trust Co. of Delaware. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: Indian Hill Country. Recreations: golf, motoring. Home: 1030 Hubbard Lane, Hubbard Woods, IlI. Office: 2550 S. Michigan Av., Chicago.
ELLIS, William Marshall, real estate and office bldg. management; b. Garnett, Kan., Aug. 1, 1871; s. Charles Gilbert and Julia F. ( Hosley) Ellis; stu- dent Ottawa (Kan.) Univ., 1893-6; Univ. of Chi- cago, 1899-1901; m. Marie Hoover, of Greencastle, Ind., Sept. 2, 1901. Teacher, Lake Charles (La.) Coll., 1896-8, Evansville (Ind.) High Sch., 1898- 1903; came to Chicago, June, 1903, as sec. Building Managers' Assn. of Chicago, continuing 6 yrs .; re- signed, 1909, to become mem. of Thomas A. Hall & Co., real estate; reorganized firm, 1916, under title of Hall & Ellis, successors to Bryan Lathrop and Thomas A. Hall & Co., mgrs. office bldgs. and cen- tral business property. Republican. Baptist. Clubs: Union League, City, Birchwood Country. Recrea- tlons: tennis, baseball. Home: 1431 Jarvis Av. Of- fice: 1675 Old Colony Bldg.
ELLSWORTH, Henry, retired; b. McHenry Co., Ill., Apr. 8, 1846; s. Philander and Eliza (Scofield) Ellsworth; ed. pub. schs. of McHenry Co .; m. Rock- ford, Ill., May 11, 1871, Ada F. Hurd; children: Alfred Chester, Huber Hurd, Frances Margaret (Mrs. Gary E. Block). Began with the Underwood Packing Co. and had charge of the sales dept. on Bd. of Trade until 1891; filled like position with the Internat. Packing Co. until 1898; pres. Ells- worth & Cross Co., 1898-1910; mem. firm of Ells- worth & Cross, 1910-11 (retired). Republican. Episcopalian, Recreation: fishing. Home: 10353 S. Seeley Av.
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