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 93

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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GRESHAM, Otto, lawyer. Removed to Indianap- olis, Ind. (See vol. 1911.)

GREVE, Charles; b. at Mecklenburg, Germany, Aug. 16, 1847; s. of Henry and Helena (Lehmann) Greve; came to U.S. in childhood, residing at Mani- towoc, Wis., 1853-80; ed. pub. schs., Manitowoc; m. Manitowoc, Nov., 1867, Augusta Berndt; children: Helena, Serena, Augusta, Henry, Cora. Was en- gaged in operating planing mill, 1873-7, and, 1877- 80, in farm machinery business at Manitowoc, as agt. for McCormick Harvester Co .; came to Chi- cago, 1880, and entered The Fair, as an employe, at $12 per week, and became mgr. of all of Mr. Leh- mann's interests in 1890, and since his death has been mgr. of the Estate of E. J. Lehmann, and was sec. and treas. of The Fair. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Board, Cook Co. Real Estate Board. Re- publican. Mem. Odd Fellows, K.P., Sons of Herr- mann. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Press, South Shore Country. Recreations: reading, motoring, golf, travel. Home: 3729 Lake Park Av. Office: 22 W. Monroe St.

GREVSTAD, Nicolay A., diplomat. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)

GREY, see also Gray.

GREY, Alfred Daniel, clergyman; b. New Ham- burg, Ont., May 23, 1890; s. of Daniel and Anna (Schweitzer) Grey; B.A., Wheaton (Ill.) Coll., 1911; B.D., Chicago Theol, Sem., 1914; m. Jane Macleod Jeffrey, of Stratford, Ont., Aug. 4, 1914; 1 daugh- ter, Anna Frances. Student pastor, Brainerd Con- gl. Ch., Chicago, 1911-14; ordained Congl. ministry, 1914; asso. pastor First Ch., Tacoma, Wash., 1914- 15; pastor Central Park Ch., Chicago, since Mar., 1915. Republican. Club: Scrooby (Congregational). Recreations: tennis, golf. Home: 4116 West End Avenue.

GREY, Charles Frederick, retired; b. at Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 7, 1830; s. Ernst Gottlob and Elizabeth (Bauer) Grey; ed. pub. schs, and acad., Buffalo; m. Anna Lydia Graves, of Cortland, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1855. Came to Chicago, 1849, and engaged in hide and leather business as sr. mem. of Charles F. Grey & Co., and later of Grey, Marshall & Co .; organized the Hide & Leather Nat. Bank, 1872, retiring from the tanning business; was pres. of the bank until its amalgamation with the Union Nat. Bank, about 1900 (retired). Has served as trustee Chicago Prot- estant Orphan Asylum. Republican. Baptist. Club: Union League. Recreation: collecting paintings. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 1204, 112 W. Adams St., Chicago.

GREY, Howard Graves, real estate mgr .; b. at Chicago, Dec. 2, 1856; s. Charles F. and Anna L. (Graves) Grey; ed. Northwestern Univ. and Poly- technic School, Stuttgart, Germany; m. Evanston, 1884, Lizzie K. Tillinghast; children: Charles F., Donald T., Newton F., Louise, Dorothy, Anna. Be- gan as clerk in Hide & Leather Nat. Bank, was afterward employed by Grey, Clark & Engle, and then mgr. and part owner of Standard Leather Co. for 10 years; has had charge of the business affairs of Hon. Lambert Tree, William C. Lobenstine and the Estate of Simon Reid, since 1887; trustee under will of Thomas Templeton. Mem. Chicago Real Estate Bd. Republican; has been alderman and city comptroller of Evanston. Baptist. Trustee University of Chicago; dir. Ill. Children's Home and Aid Soc. Clubs: Union League, University of Evanston, Glen View. Recreations: photography, golf, horseback riding. Home: 329 Lake St., Evans- ton, Ill. Office: 138 N. LaSalle St., Chicago.

GREY, John James, fire underwriter; Jan. 8, 1859-1913. (See vol. 1911.)

GREY, William Lewis; Dec. 4, 1834-Feb. 2, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

GRIDLEY, Benjamin F., commission mcht .; b. Lake County, Ill., 1865; s. George and Harriet C. (Hunnewell) Gridley; ed. Northern Ind. Normal Sch .; m. Mabel Alida McGregor, of Nickerson, Kan., Mar. 4, 1903; I daughter, Helen Harriet. Has engaged as commn. mcht., fruits and produce, at Chicago, since 1897; mem. Gridley, Maxon & Co. Mason. Home: 6312 Kenmore Av. Office: 23-25 W. South Water St.

GRIDLEY, Martin Medbery, judge; b. Milwau- kee, Wis., May 16, 1863; s. Nelson Cowles and Helen F. (Medbery) Gridley; Ph.B., Northwestern Univ., 1883, Ph.M., 1885; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, Chi- cago, 1885; m. Ruth, d. Simeon Farwell (pres. John V. Farwell Co.), June 4, 1896. Began practice in office of father, firm of Gridley & Fletcher; then practiced alone 4 yrs .; mem, firm of Paden & Grid- ley, 1890-1900; sr. mem. firm of Gridley, Culver & King, 1900-10; Dem. nominee for judge of Probate Court, 1900; elected judge Superior Court, Nov., 1910; reelected, June, 1916; present term expires 1922. Mem. Civil Service Bd., Evanston (pres. 1907- 09); vice pres. bd. of trustees Northwestern Univ. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chi- cago Law Inst. Episcopalian. Mason. Clubs: Uni- versity, Union League, Iroquois, Law, Glen View, Evanston. Home: 1433 Hinman Av., Evanston, Ill. Address: 806 County Bldg., Chicago.

GRIER, James Parkinson, lawyer; b. at Loran, Stephenson Co., Ill., Feb. 8, 1864; s. David C. and Rhoda M. (McEwen) Grier; A.B., Northwestern Univ., 1890, A.M., 1892, LL.B., 1892; m. Jennie G. Parkes, of Evanston, Ill., Jan. 29, 1895; children: James P., Jr., Robert Maxwell, Mary R. Clerk in dry goods store, 1878-82; student, 1882-92; admit- ted to bar, 1892, and since in active practice. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi. Republican; elected alderman from 2d Ward, Ev- anston, Apr., 1901. Mem. First M.E. Ch., Evanston. Clubs: Evanston, Evanston Golf. Home: 1815 Chi- cago Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

GRIER, Thomas Graham, western mgr. Harvey Hubbell, Inc., electrical wiring devices; b. Lewis- burg, Pa., July 23, 1865; s. John Alexander and Anna Eliza (Marr) Grier; B.S., Univ. of Pa., 1886, M.E., 1887; m. Susie Ingeborg Clark, of Newton Centre, Mass., Sept. 16, 1913. Engr. for Marr Con- struction Co., Pittsburgh, 1887-90; consulting engr. on own account, 1890-2; consulting engr. for the electric wiring contractors for the World's Colum- bian Expn., 1893; became mgr. sales dept. of H. P. Paiste Co., 1892; company was succeeded by the Bryant Electric Co., with which continued until 1896; with the Western Electric Co. (sales dept.). 1896-1900; gen. sales mgr. and dir. The Nungesser Electric Battery Co., of Cleveland, O., 1900-16; mgr. western office of Harvey Hubbell, Inc., of Bridgeport, Conn., mfrs. elec. wiring devices, since 1903. Ex-pres. Chicago Elec. Assn .; mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Mason. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Elec- tric, Flossmoor Country, Olympia Fields Country. Author: Wiring Tables-How They Are Made and

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How to Use Them, 1901: Letters from Cuba, 1906; On the Canal Zone, 1908. Extensive traveler, and has contributed articles and sketches of travel to mags. Recreations: swimming, pool and bowling. Home: Flossmoor, III. Office: 318 W. Washington St., Chicago.

GRIESE, Charles August Robert, mfr. (See vol. 1911.)

GRIFFEN, Alonzo M., lawyer; b. Collins, Erie Co., N.Y., Dec. 1, 1847; s. of Joseph and Matilda (Thomas) Griffen; ed. dist. sch .; Collegiate Inst., Marion, Wayne Co., N. Y .; LL.B., Lake Forest Univ., 1895; m. Ella S. Lane, of Galena, Ill., Sept. 10, 1878; 5 children: Clara Edna (deceased), Edith Marion (Mrs. Arndt Johnson), Arthur Lane, Esther Lu- ella, Ethel Dorothy. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895, and since practiced in Chicago; trustee and gen, coun- sel Nat. Spiritualists' Assn. (religious), Washing- ton, D.C .; vice pres. and trustee Morris Pratt Inst., Whitewater, Wis. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Spiritual- ist. Mem. Odd Fellows, Guardians of Liberty, North American Union. Contbr. articles on capital punishment and other subjects to newspapers and mags. that have attracted wide attention. Recrea- tions: science, philosophy and gardening. Home: 316 S. Honore St. Office: 1301 Ashland Blk.

GRIFFIN, J. Ellsworth, investment banker; b. Boston, July 20, 1867; s. J. E. and Mary A. (Henry) Griffin; ed. pub. schs. of Boston, and by pvt. tutors; m. Chicago, May 19, 1902, Ada L. Beach. In employ of furniture house in Boston until 1888; in iron, steel and foundry business, Milwaukee, until 1895; established in Chicago, 1900, as head of J. Ells- worth Griffin & Co .; pres. Ins. Trust Co., Am. Bank- ers' Trust Co. Democrat. Mason (K.T.). Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Press (life). Home: 849 Castlewood Terrace. Office: 1619 First Nat. Bank Bldg.

GRIFFIN, Joseph P., grain commn .; b. at Chi- cago, Mar. 7, 1878; s. Charles and Mary (Galoran) Griffin; ed. pub. schs. to 13; m. Florence Bell, of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1902; 5 children: Hollis, Joseph, William, Robert, Florence. Began in employ of Am. GIncose Co. as a boy, 1891, and was pres. same several yrs. until 1910: was also sec, and treas. Nat. Starch Co. and dir. Corn Products Re- fining Co. to 1910; senior mem. firm of J. P. Griffin & Co., grain commn., since 1910. Mem. Chicago Bd. of Trade (dir. 1907, vice pres. 1914, pres. 1915- 16). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Westmoreland Coun- try. Home: 1440 Chase Av. Office: 79 Board of Trade.

GRIFFIN, Minnie Fish (Mrs. Bennett Griffin), singer and teacher of singing; b. Milwaukee, Wis .; d. Stephen Loomer and Sophia Henrietta (Wood- worth) Fish; ed. at Boston, Mass., and Berlin, Germany; m. Bennett Griffin, of Chicago, formerly of Montgomery, Ala., Apr. 9, 1893. Debut under Theodore Thomas, 1892; has appeared in concerts in leading cities of U.S. and Germany. Republican. Rationalist. Mem. Daughters of the Renaissance (rationalist soc.), etc. Clubs: Musicians', The Cordon. Home: 438 Diversey Parkway. Studio: 611 Lyon & Healy Bldg.

GRIFFIN, Walter Burley, landscape architect. Removed to Sydney, Australia. (See Who's Who in America.)

GRIFFIN, William Van Rensselaer, secretary and treas. Chicago Elevated Rys .; b. Chicago, Jan. 31, 1859; s. Edward W. and Frances ( Hawkins) Griffin; ed. in pub. schs .; m. Nellie Brown, of Evanston, Oct. 9, 1884; 3 children: Philip, John and Eleanor. Began business career with Henry W. King & Co. and later went West in the inter- est of commercial enterprises; with the North- western Elevated R.R. Co. since 1897, sec. and treas. since 1900. Also sec. and treas. Union Con- solidated Elevated Ry, Co. Republican. Presby- terian. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 72 W. Adams St., Chicago.

GRIFFITH, George Dilks, wholesale lumber; b. Phila., l'a., Feb. 7, 1864; s. J. Clarkson and Mary R. (Richie) Griffith; ed, pub. schs., Phila. and Chica- go; m. Martha F. Hayward, of Richmond, Ind., Dec. 9, 1891; 1 daughter, Nina H. Resident of Chicago from Phila., 1874; began in employ supply dept. C., R.I.&P.Ry., 1880; with R. B. Stone, lumber agt.,

1880-1, and later with T. H. Sheppard & Co., lum- ber; identified with George D. Griffith & Co. since 1891, now sr. partner. Treas. Lumbermen's Assn., Chicago. Republican. Mem. Friends Ch. Recrea- tion: automobiling. Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 805 Lumber Exchange, Chicago.

GRIFFITH, Louis Oscar, painter, etcher; b. at Greencastle, Ind .; s. Elias and Martha J. (McCann) Griffith; ed. pub. schs., Dallas. Tex .; studied art with Frank Reaugh, Dallas, St. Louis School of Fine Arts, Art Inst. of Chicago; painted in France, 1908; unmarried. Exhibited in all important cities in U.S .; represented in Union League Club, New York; Chicago Commn, purchase, 1914-15; Oakland ( Cal.) Museum, Bronze medal, San Francisco Expn., 1915. Mem. Chicago Soc. Artists, Chicago Soc. Etchers. Clubs: Palette and Chisel, Fine Arts. Home and Studio: 7648 Oglesby Av.

GRIFFITH, William C., publisher; b. at Camp Wright, Cal., Sept. 24, 1869; s. George Rogers and Julia Ann (Jordan) Griffith; ed. pvt. and pub. schs .; m. Josephine Julienne O'Connor, of Detroit, Mich., Mar. 24, 1906. Sales mgr. H. D. Tierney & Co., coal, 1894-1902; same, O'Gara Coal Co., 1902-7; pres. Harrisburg-Franklin Coal Co., 1907-12; pres. and treas. Laird & Lee, publishers of standard books, since 1913. Republican. Protestant. Clubs: Chi- cago Engineers', City, Rotary, Flossmoor Country. Recreation: golf. Home: Flossmoor, Ill. Office: 1732 Michigan Av., Chicago.

GRIFFITHS, John, contractor; b. on farm near Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ont., Apr. 3, 1846; s. Wil- liam and Margaret Griffiths; ed. public schools. Beginning at 17 served 3 yrs. as apprentice to mason trade; worked at trade in Canada until 1869, and in Chicago until 1873, when established for himself as contractor and builder; now senior mem. of firm of John Griffiths & Son Co. Among others built the Traders Bldg., Postal Telegraph Bldg., Great Northern Hotel, Grand Central Pas- senger Station, Masonic Temple, the Fine Arts Bldg. at the World's Columbian Exposition, and the Oriental Hotel at Dallas, Tex. Republican. Mason (32º). Clubs: Union League, Sheridan, Builders'. Home: 3806 Michigan Av. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

GRIFFITHS, Joseph Charles, insurance; b. at Gloucester, Eng., Aug. 26, 1848; s. Joseph C. and Catherine (Turberville) Griffiths; ed, common schs. and commercial colls .; served during last part of Civil War as paymaster's clerk under Commodore Porter; m. Rose Newcomb, of Lake Co., Ill., 1868. Entered employ of the Republic Fire Ins. Co., of Chicago, 1868, and after the great fire secured a position in the ins. office of Gen. A. C. Ducat; Wis. state agt. of Home Ins. Co., of New York, 1880-90; became resident sec. at Milwaukee for the North British and Mercantile Ins. Co., 1891, and 1894, asso. mgr. of western dept. of same company at Chicago; gen. agt. Milwaukee Mechanics Ins. Co., 1898-1902; Cook County mgr. of the London Assur- ance Corpn. since 1902. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Home: Evanston, Ill. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul., Chicago.

GRIFFITHS, Thomas, physician, surgeon; b. at Swansea, South Wales, Mar. 11, 1871; s. Henry and Jane Griffiths; came to U.S. with parents, 1883; prep. edn. Marietta (O.) Acad .; A.B., Mari- etta Coll., 1901; student Bennett Med. Coll., Chicago, 1901-3 (summers in Bennett Hosp. and Dispen- sary) ; M.D., Chicago Coll. Medicine and Surgery, 1904; m. Ella J. Dalrymple, of Nelsonville, O., 1903; 1 son, Thomas Hugh. Apptd. first interne, Frances Willard Hosp., 1904; now asso. prof. surgery, Chi- cago Coll. Medicine and Surgery; attending phys. and surgeon, Jefferson Park Hosp .; associate of Health Dept., City of Chicago; mem. bd. of exam- iners for U.S.A., dist. No. 40, Chicago, 1917. Mem. Chicago Med. Soc., Cymric Soc. of Chicago, 1vor- ites. Mason. Home: 1362 Washington Boul. Office: 1401 W. Madison St.

GRIM, Ulysses Joshua, M.D .; b. Allentown, Pa., Nov. 21, 1865; s. of Joshua Stanley and Elemina (Stettler) Grim; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1891; m. Juanita A. Foerster, of Chicago, Ill., Apr. 10, 1901; 1 daughter, Mildred Alice. Practiced in Chicago since 1891; asst. surgeon ear dept., Ill. Charitable

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Eye and Ear Infirmary; prof. oto-laryngology and Brand), Established business of Grommes & UIl- head of dept., Loyola Univ. Med. Dept .; oto-laryn- rich, 1860. Club: Lake Geneva Golf. Recreation: golf. Residence: Congress Hotel; (summer) Lake Geneva, Wis. Office: 132-138 S. Dearborn St., Chi- cago. gologist and rhinologist, Jefferson Park Hosp. and Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Mem. Am. Acad. Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology, Chi- cago Ophthalmol. Soc., Chicago Med. Soc., Chicago GROMMES, John Baptiste, cigar mfg. (See vol. I911.) Pathol. Soc. Republican. Congregationalist. Club: Town and Country. Home: 572 N. Pine Av. Office: 30 N. Michigan Av.

GRIMES, Walter Bruce, clergyman; b. Ripley Co., Ind., Aug, 15, 1864; s. John W. and Nancy J. (Hartley) Grimes; B.S., Moores Hill ( Ind.) Coll., 1911; D.B., Div. Sch. Univ. of Chicago, 1915; A.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1915; m. Ada Alma Lenover, of Dillsboro, Ind., Aug, 26, 1891; children: Ruth A., John W., Edward L., Miriam, Paul W. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1892; pastor Crothersville, Ind., 1892-4, Taylorsville, 1894-7, Vernon, 1897-9, New- bern, 1899-1902, Utica, 1902-5, Main St. Ch., New Albany, 1905-9, Moores Hill, 1909-12, Fernwood Ch., Chicago, since Mar. 1, 1912. Statis. sec. Ind. M.E. Conf. Il yrs .; del. Gen. Conf. M.E. Ch., 1908, Nat. Prison Assn., Baltimore, 1912, Republican, Home: 550 W. 101st St.

GRIMME, Louis Henry, investment banker; b. Chicago, Mar. 12, 1872; s. Louis E. and Henrietta Grimme; ed. grammar and high schs., and Y.M.C.A. classes in French, Latin and history; m. Lydia M. Raiser, of Chicago, Sept., 1906; children: Ethel Vendala, Robert Louis. Began active career with First Nat. Bank, Chicago, 1888; asst. cashier Nat. City Bank of Chicago, Feb., 1907-Jan., 1909, and cashier Jan., 1909-13; organized and became pres. Empire Security Co., investment securities; pres. Finance Corpn. of Ill .; vice pres. Universal Granite Co. Mem. Chicago Assn. Commerce, Chicago Credit Men's Assn. Del. to Deep Waterways Conv., St. Louis, 1910. Republican. Mason. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton (life), Ill. Athletic. Recrea- tions: golf, motoring. Home: Wilmette, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

GRINKER, Julius, M.D .; b. Königsberg, E. Prus- sia, Germany, July 1, 1867; s. Ruben and Minnie (Zisling) Grinker: grad. City Coll. of Königsberg, 1884, New York High Sch., 1886; M.D., Univ. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1891, Rush Med. Coll. (now med, dept. of the Univ. of Chicago), 1895; studied in univs. of Vienna and Berlin; m. Minnie Friend, of Chicago, Sept. 17, 1899; children: Roy, Bertram. Prof. nervous and mental diseases, Chicago Post- Grad. Med. Sch. since 1903; asst. prof. nervous and mental diseases, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., since 1904; attending neurologist, Cook Co., Mercy, Wesley, and Post-Grad. hosps .; consulting neurol- ogist, Cook Co. instns. at Dunning since 1904, Home for Jewish Friendless, Marks Nathan Or- phan Asylum. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs., Chicago Neurol. Soc., Physicians' Club. Home: 6736 Euclid Av. Office: 25 E. Washington Street.

GRISWOLD, Harold Thomas, banker; b. Chica- go, Mar. 2, 1879; s. Edward P. and Mary C. B. (Browning) Griswold; Univ. of Mich., 1895-7; un- married. Began in employ of Butler Bros., 1899; in wholesale lumber business, 1900-9; with Railway Exchange Bank, 1909-11; became connected with the People's Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1911, as asst. cashier, cashier since 1914. Republican. Presbyn. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Westmoreland Country. Home: Evanston, III. Office: 138 S. Mich- igan Boul., Chicago.

GRISWOLD, Roy Coleman, storage: h. Griswold, Ill., May 5, 1875: s. Robert C. and Margaret M. (Brown) Griswold; Ph.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1899: m. Boston, Mar. 10, 1907, Frances Haskin. Was mgr. Griswold Cycle Co., 1896-9; with Newherry Warehouse & Storage Co., 1899-1901: mgr. North Western Storage Co., 1901-10, when name was changed to Griswold & Walker, Inc., of which has since been pres. Recreation: fishing. Home: 4158 Prairie Av. Office: 113 E. Austin Av.

GROMMES, John Baptist, wholesale wine and liquor mcht .; b. Schoenberg, Prussia, Sept. 14, 1844; s. Hubert and Catherine ( Klein) Grommes; ed. pub. and pvt. schs .; m. Chicago, Dec. 6, 1873, Bertha Lehrkind; children: Clara (Mrs. F. A. Rehm), Ber- tha (Mrs. Alfred Brand), Frieda (Mrs. A. W.

GRONOW, Anna Talea Scherz, teacher. Teacher of German, University Elementary Sch., Chicago. Author: Jung Deutschland, 1912; Für kleine leute, 1915; Geschichte und sage, 1916. Home: 5718 Dor- chester Av.

GRONOW, Hans Ernst, college prof. Instr. mod- ern langs., Racine ( Wis.) Coll., 1899-1900; Ph. B., Univ. of Chicago, 1905, Ph.D., 1908. Asst. in Ger- man, 1905-6, asso., 1906-8, instr., 1909-14, asst. prof. since 1914, Univ. of Chicago. Home: 5718 Dorchester Av.

GROSS, Alfred Hermann, lawyer; b. at Whitby, Ont., Can., July 8, 1862; s. George Conrad and Fan- nie (Rankin) Gross; ed. Univ. of Toronto, 1882, and Johns Hopkins Univ., 1884-5; m. Anna F. Rew, of Chicago, 1888; children: Dorothy, Henry, Theresa, Freda. Came to Chicago, 1885; read law in office of Hynes & Dunne, and was admitted to bar, 1886; vice pres, Nat. Gas & Water Co. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Republican. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Evanston, Evans- ton Golf, University of Evanston, Glen View. Rec- reation: golf. Home: 1100 Ridge Av., Evanston, Ill, Office: 108 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

GROSS, Howard H., railway supplies; b. Mara- thon, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1853; s. Dr. John C. and Caro- line Hyde (Care) Gross; ed. Galva (Ill.) High Sch., followed by 2 yrs. as law student; m. Chicago, Apr. 11, 1878, Dell S. Condit; children: Wilbur Condit, Howard H., Jr., Florence Melbourne, Helen Mau- rine. Traveled for A. H. Andrews & Co., 1873-83; representative of eastern mfrs., at San Francisco, 1883; constructed 29 cycloramas, from London, Eng., to Melbourne, Australia, 1885-93; dealer in paving materials, 1895-1905; head of firm of H. H. Gross & Son, mfrs. of wall safes and dealers in ry. supplies since 1905. Republican. Mem. Bd. of Edn., Chicago, 1895-9; an organizer of the Farmers' Good Roads League, 1906, Nat. Soil Fertility League, 1911, Tariff Commn. League, 1915, Univer- sal Military Training League, 1916. Apptd. by President Roosevelt del. from U.S. to the first In- ternat. Congress of Good Roads, held at Paris, France, Oct. 1, 1908. Presbyterian. Clubs: Union League, Chicago Athletic, Chicago Advertising. Recreation: literary work. Home: 1125 Farwell Av. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St.

GROSS, Oskar, artist; b. Vienna, Austria, Nov. 29, 1870; s. of Rudolf and Jeannette (Kurzweil) Gross; father was an architect; ed, high sch. and Polytechnic: grad. Imperial Royal Acad. Fine Arts, Vienna, 1897; studied in Munich and Paris; m. Ma- bella Kuchmeyer, of Vienna, Apr. 29, 1902; 3 chil- dren: Ralph, Jennie. Louis, Came to U.S., 1902; awarded silver medal, Imperial Royal Acad. Fine Arts, 1896, spl. prize, 1897; hon, mention Am. Art- ists' Exhbn., Chicago, 1914; represented by mural decorations in Govt. blogs., World's Fair, Paris, 1900; works in City Museum, Vienna; Municipal Gallery, Chicago; IlI. Chapter Am. Inst. Architects; etc. Mem. Soc. of Artists (Vienna), Chicago Soc. Artists. Catholic. Home and Studio: 19 E. Pear- son St.

GROSS, Samuel Eberly, capitalist; Nov. 11, 1843- Oct. 24, 1913. (See vol. 1905.)

GROSSBERG, Jacob Gedaliah, lawyer; h. Kov- no, Russia, Apr. 10, 1870; s. Nathan B. and Pesha ( Altman) Grossberg; ed. Classical Gymnasium, Brest-Litovsk; grad. South Div. High Sch., Chi- cago, 1888; LL.B., Union Coll. of Law, 1890; m. Doris Elkan, of Chicago, Jan. 30, 1894; 4 children: Victor Hugo, Raphael Elkan, Herbert, Edith Na- talie. Came to America, 1882; practiced in Chicago since Apr., 1891; partner of Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, 1912-15; mem. Grossberg & Haffenberg since 1915; spl. counsel for city in Mayor Dunne's administration, 1905, in case in which Supreme Court reversed Judge Mack's decision enjoining the city from enforcing on traction companies the so-called "Safety and Comfort Ordinance." Elect-

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ed pres. Municipal Ownership League of Chicago, but declined; later pres. Public Ownership League of Ill .; mem. Mining Investigating Commn. of Ill .; atty. for State Bd. of Arbitration. Pres. Jewish Congress Assn. of Middle West; mem. Nat. Exec. Com. for Organizing Jewish Congress. Democrat. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst. Ma- son; mem. B'nai B'rith, Royal League, etc. Fre- quent contbr. to daily press during traction con- troversy, and at various times on other subjects. Home: 344 E. 56th St. Office: National Life Bldg.

GROSSCUP, Peter Stenger, judge; b. Ashland, O., Feb. 15, 1852; s. Benjamin and Susannah (Bow- ermaster) Grosscup; A.B., Wittenberg Coll., 1872; LL.B., Boston Law Sch., 1874; m. Virginia Taylor, of Loudonville, O .; 1 daughter, Katherine (Mrs. Frank Moore). Admitted to bar, 1874; practiced law at Ashland, O., 1874-83 (city solicitor 6 yrs.), at Chicago, 1882-92; U.S. dist. judge, Northern Dist. of Ill., 1892-9; judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, 1899-1905: U.S. circuit judge, Mar., 1905-Oct. 23, 1911 (resigned). Pres. John Cre- rar Library since 1901. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: Chicago, University, Union League, Exmoor Country. Among his nota- ble judicial acts were: his opinion (dissenting from the two circuit judges, but sustained by the Circuit Court of Appeals) upon the application to close up the World's Columbian Expn. on Sundays; also the injunction issued by him in conjunction with Judge William A. Woods against Eugene V. Debs and other officers of the American Ry. Union, and subsequent proc. in that matter; the Standard Oil case, and many other important cases. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Chambers: 39 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

GROSSER, Hugo S., statistician and writer; Jan. 16, 1863-Jan. 4, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)

GROSSFELD, Solomon Eli, wholesale grocer; b. Krystynopol, Austria, Apr. 26, 1864; s. L. and A. (Ehrlich) Grossfeld; ed. Rudolph Royal Gymna- sium, Brody, Austria; m. Jennie Roe, of Chicago, 1888 (now deceased); children: Rose, Gertrude, Pansy Bernice (Mrs. Cecil Kraus), James Law- rence; m. 2d, Lottie Goldwater, of Chicago, Apr. 4, 1907. Came to Chicago from Austria in 1884 and worked in a retail grocery until 1888; started re- tail grocery business on own account, which sold in 1892, and established wholesale business under style of Grossfeld & Roe Co., of which is pres. Mem. Wholesale Grocers' Exchange. Republican. Mason; mem. B'rith Abram, B'nai B'rith. Recrea- tions: golfing, walking, swimming. Home: 430 St. James Pl. Office: 833 W. Randolph St.

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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 93

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