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HALL, John Norris, clergyman; b. New Canaan, Conn., Feb. 16, 1857; s. John Norris and Esther M. (Comstock) Hall; prep. edn. Evanston, Ill .; student Northwestern Univ., 1877-83; grad. Garrett Bibl. Inst., 1888; m. Mary L. Gage, of Evanston, June 5, 1884; children: Frances Alice (Mrs. F. L. Cook), Howard Gage. Ordained M.E. ministry, 1886; pas- tor Centennial Ch., Rockford, Ill., 1893-6, 1st Ch., Aurora, 1896-1900, 1st Ch., Oak Park, 1900-4, Wes- ley Ch., 1904-6, Berwyn, 1906-12, Olivet Ch., Chi- cago, 1912-13, Avondale Ch., Chicago, since 1913. Trustee Garrett Bibl. Inst. since 1905. Mem. Chi- cago Meth. Preachers' Meeting (Ist vice pres.), Phi Kappa Psi. Republican. Odd Fellow. Home: 3246 George St.
HALL, John Oscar, theologian. (See vol. 1911.)
HALL, Ora Loftin, dramatic critic; b. Putnam Co., Ind., July 4, 1877; s. Jonathan T. and Julia (Loftin) Hall; student Greer Coll., Hoopeston, Ill., 1895-6, Northwestern Univ., 1899-1902; m. at Baton Rouge, La., Frieda Pauline Cohen, of Chicago, Feb. 1, 1904. Teacher in Douglas Co., Ill., 1896-7; asst. cashier Hughes Bank, Hume, Ill., 1897-9; reporter and asst. Sunday editor, 1900-3, Sunday editor, 1903-5, Chicago Inter Ocean; dramatic critic, Chi- cago Journal, since 1905. Author numerous mag. articles. Residence: Drexel Arms Hotel. Office: 15 S. Market St.
HALL, Richard Cartwright, rubber goods; b. at Boston, Oct. 19, 1858; s. Henry Augustus and Susan Beddoes (Cartwright) Hall; ed. grammar and high schs., Boston; m. Framingham, Mass., June 10, 1891, Grace Ellis; children: Richard Ellis, Dorothy, Grace. Began business as shipping clerk, Boston Belting Co., 1875-7; traveled in west for Eastern Rubber Co., of Boston, 1877-83; resident mgr. for same in New York, 1883-5; mem, firm Elson, Hall & Co., Chicago, 1885-7; mem. The Duck Brand Co., wholesale dealers in "Duck Brand" rubber and oil clothing, since 1887; western selling agent U.S. Rubber Co. Pres. Chicago Assn. Commerce, 1908; pres, bd. of trustees Boys' Homes; vestryman St. Mark's Ch .; dir. Evanston Y.M.C.A .; vice pres. Sun- day Evening Club, Legislative Voters' League. Re- publican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Union League, Sko- kie Country, Home: 1138 Judson Av., Evanston, Il1. Office: 317 W. Monroe St., Chicago.
HALL, Ross Carlos, lawyer; b. Rushville, Ill., Oct. 29, 1866; s. Thomas M. and Harriet S. (Ross) Hall; ed. pub. and high schs. of Macomb, Ill .; LL.B., Georgetown Coll., D.C., 1888; m. Catherine Twyman, of Macomb, Ill., Aug. 19, 1890; children: Carlos T., George R., Charles M. Admitted to bar, Washington, D.C., 1888; practiced in Macomb and Rushville, until 1893; since then in Chicago; for- merly mem. firm of Bailey, Hall & Spunner; then Hall & Holly; now mem. Hall & Olsen, making a specialty of municipal law; first asst. atty. Sani- tary Dist. of Chicago. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Democrat; was mem. of 40th Gen. As- sembly of Ill., 1897-8; town atty. for the Town of Cicero since 1902; del. Dem. Nat. Conv., 1904, Balti- more Conv., 1912; Dem. candidate for atty .- gen. of Ill., 1908. Episcopalian. Clubs: Colonial (Oak Park), Iroquois. Home: 309 S. Scoville Av., Oak Park, Il1. Office: 1817 Conway Bldg., Chicago.
HALL, Thomas Alonzo, manager office buildings; Dec. 24, 1849-Sept. 20, 1911. (See vol. 1911.)
HALL, Thrasher, fire loss adjuster for the as- sured; b. Carroll Co., Ky., Sept. 14, 1860; s. William Knight and Martha (Chenoweth) Hall; ed. pvt. schs., Carrollton, Ky., and Galveston, Tex .; student St. Louis Law Sch. (Washington Univ.), 1890-1; m. at Chicago, Amalia Linda, of Germany, Sept. 8, 1909; 2 sons: Thrasher, 2d, and Frank Braden. Be- gan ins. business as clerk in local and gen. agency, Galveston, Mar. 1. 1877; apptd. spl. agt. and ad- juster, Sept. 1, 1880, serving such companies as the Western of Toronto, the Springfield Fire & Marine of Mass. and the London Assurance Corpn .; en- gaged, Jan. 1, 1893, as fire loss adjuster for the as- sured, in St. Louis, and has continued in same line there and at Chicago since May, 1906, except Sept. 1, 1898-Aug. 1, 1913, during which time was an in- dependent adjuster for the companies; now mem. firm of Manrer & Hall. Formerly mem. Washing- ton Guards, Galveston. Republican. Protestant.
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Mason (32°, Medinah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., Chi- ($200), Chicago, 1914; 2d prize, Swedish Club, Chi- cago) ; K.P. (Past Chancellor Red Cross Lodge No. cago, 1915, 1916. Mem. Am. Federation Arts, Chi- 54, St. Louis ). Author: Hall on Fire Insurance; cago Soc. Artists. Club: Svenska. Home: 1114 N. Parkside Av., Austin. Hall on Insurance Adjustments. Lecturer before Ins. Inst. of America. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.
HALL, Winfield Scott, M.D., author; b. Batavia, Ill., Jan. 5, 1861; s. of Albert Nelson and Adelia (Foote) Hall; B.S., Northwestern Univ., 1887, M.D., 1888, M.S., 1889; M.D., Univ. of Leipzig, 1894, Ph.D., 1895; m. Jeannette Winter, of Juniata, Neb., Oct. 11, 1888. Interne Mercy Hosp., Chicago, 1889-9; prof. biology, Haverford Coll., Pa., 1889-93, prof. physiology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., since 1895, and junior dean med. faculty, 1901-1913; lec- turer on dietetics, Mercy Hosp. Sch. for Nurses, since 1896; lecturer on physiology, Inst. and Train- ing Sch. of Y.M.C.A., since 1898; lecturer on dietet- ics, Wesley Hosp. Sch. for Nurses, since 1903. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa (Northwestern, 1892), Sigma Xi; fellow Am. Acad. Medicine (pres. 1904-5), Chi- cago Acad. Sciences, A.A.A.S .; mem. Am. Physiol. Soc., A.M.A. (chmn. sect. pathology and physiol- ogy) ; pres. Am. Med. Soc. for Study of Alcohol and Other Narcotics; mem. Primarius of Alpha Omega Alpha (hon. med, fraternity), Am. Physiol. Soc., Internat. Congress on Tuberculosis; mem. Re- search Council and of Authors' League of National Health League; consul for Northwestern Univ., In- ternat. Acad. Com .; pres. Health League, Chicago, 1913; lecturer social hygiene; mem. Nat. Council Boy Scouts of America, Chicago Council Boy Scouts of America; pres. Child Conservation League America. Author of a number of books, for titles see Who's Who in America. Home: Ber- wyn, Ill. Office: 2431 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.
HALLAM, Joseph Wood, lawyer; b. at Linden, Wis., Nov. 9, 1855; s. of Joseph and Mary ( Wood) Hallam; B.L., Univ. of Wis., 1882; student Coll. of Law, same, 1882-3; m. Julia Clark, of Portage City, Wis., Aug. 17, 1883; 4 children. Admitted to Wis. bar, 1883, and began practice at Madison; removed to Sioux City, la., 1883; pros. atty. Woodbury Co., la., 1894-1901; Progressive Party candidate for Congress, 11th Ia. Dist., 1912 (defeated) ; practiced at Chicago since Jan. 1, 1913; mem. firm Lynn & Hallam. Mem. Ia. State Bar Assn. Congregation- alist. Club: University of Wis. (Chicago). Rec- reations: golf, gardening. Home: 6114 Ellis Av. Office: 1306-7 Ashland Blk.
HALLAM, Julia (Kirkland) Clark (Mrs. John W. Hallam), author; b. Portage, Wis., Jan. 7, 1860; d. John T. and Louise ( Holley) Clark; A.B., Univ. of Wis., 1881, A.M., 1884; A.M., Univ. of Chicago, 1910; m. Joseph W. Hallam, of Sioux City, Ia., 1883. Taught in high schs., Madison and LaCrosse, Wis., 2 yrs. Recording sec. Ia. Federation of Woman's Clubs, 1901-3; pres. Ia. Equal Suffrage Soc., 1909- 10: state del. to Nat. Child Labor Conf., Jackson- ville, Fla., Mar. 13-16, 1913; moved to Chicago, Sept., 1913; traveled in Japan and P.I., 1914-15; taught in provincial high sch., San Jose del Buena Vista, Antique, P.I., 1915. Author: The Relation of the Sexes from a Scientific Standpoint; The Story of a European Tour, 1900; Studies in Child Devel- opment, 1913. Home: 6114 Ellis Av.
HALLAM, Wirt Willard, secretary Ill. Vigilance Assn .; D. Indianola, la., Dec. 23, 1866; s. Thomas Williamson and Sarah Margaret ( Shepard) Hal- lam; ed. pub. schs. and Classical Sch., Indianapo- lis; unmarried. Began active career in mfg. and wholesale lumber business, Indianapolis, 1890; in Macon, Ga., and southern Ga., 1891-1905; social re- form work, Chicago and New York, since 1905; sec. and mem. exec. com. Ill. Vigilance Assn. since 1908; corr. sec. and mem. exec. com. Chicago Soc. Social Hygiene; mem. Chicago Vice Commn .; mem. exec. com. Night Ch., Eugenics Soc. Progressive Republican. Presbyterian. Home: 2227 Ogden Av. Office: 58 W. Washington St.
HALLBERG, Charles Edward, marine artist; b. Gothenburg, Sweden, Jan. 15, 1855; ed. in Gothen- burg; in. Amanda Olson, of Gothenburg, Jan. 21, 1885; children: Ellen Hermina, Sylvia Helena, Aus- tin Benjamin. Exhibited at Art Inst. of Chicago, St. Louis Expn., San Francisco Expn .; represented in the Nat. Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, and in Gothenburg (Sweden) Museum, also in many cities of America; awarded Mrs. Julius Rosenwald prize
HALLBERG, Lawrence Gustave, architect; Sept. 4, 1844-Dec. 2, 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
HALLBERG, Lawrence Gustave, architect; b. Chicago, Dec. 27, 1887; s. Lawrence Gustave and Florence P. (Estey) Hallberg; B. Arch., Cornell Univ., 1910; m. Eva Crane Vail, of Evanston, June 3, 1913; 1 son, Lawrence Vail. Became partner with father, in firm of L. G. Hallberg & Co., archi- tects, May, 1913; continued as head of firm since father's death, Dec. 2, 1915. Mem. of A.I.A., Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Uni- versity of Chicago, Evanston Country. Home: 1005 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: 116 S. Michi- gan Av., Chicago.
HALLBOM, Gustaf Wilhelm, banker; b. Luleå, Sweden, Apr. 16, 1865; s. Isaac August and Gus- tafva (Bohman) Hallbom; ed. pub. schools, and "Luleå Högre Elementarläroverk" (coll.) 3 yrs .; m. Ida Margareta Holmgren, of Piteå, Sweden, Apr. 10, 1900; children: Aina, Margareta, Gustaf. Came to America, 1879; settled at Lindsborg, Mc- Pherson Co., Kan .; clk. there in gen. store 6 mos .; with Swedish newspaper, "Hemlandet," Chicago, 1880-5; bank clk., 1885-1900; in real estate and mortgage business, 1900-5; organized, 1905, Union Bank of Chicago (Skandinaviska Banken), of which was cashier, later elected vice pres. and cashier. Lutheran. Mem. Independent Order of Svithiod. Clubs: Ill, Athletic, Park Ridge Golf. Recreations: music, golf. Home: 1323 Norwood St. Office: 25 N. Dearborn St.
HALLE, Edward Gustav, underwriter; Jan. 5, 1844-July 25, 1917. (See Who's Who in America, 1916-17.)
HALLEMAN, Gustus William. (See vol. 1911.) HALLEY, Robert A., editor and author. (See vol. 1911.)
HALLIWELL, Ashleigh C., editor, pub .; b. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 11, 1861; s. Dr. W. H. and Mary Frances (Smart) Halliwell; m. Chicago, July 3, 1888, Alice Drake; children: Mary, Pauline, Ash- leigh Drake. Came to Chicago, 1877; connected with Daily Drovers' Journal, 1877-1900; pub. Daily Live Stock World, 1900-17; now head of the World Press, pubs. Shorthorn World Mag .; dir. Halliwell & Patton Co., pubs. Agrimotor Mag. Mem. Chicago Live Stock Exchange. Republican. Universalist. Clubs: Ridge Country, Saddle and Sirloin. Home: 10628 Longwood Drive. Office: 815 Exchange Av., Union Stock Yards, and 20 E. Jackson Boul.
HALLSTED, James Cottle, civil engr .; b. Water- loo, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1859; s. James Cottle and Mar- garet Ann (Bunn) Hallsted; C.E., Rensselaer Poly. Inst., 1883; m. Lydia H. Laney, of Waterloo, N.Y., July 22, 1891 (died 1898) ; 1 son, Richard H .; m. 2d, Annie Dillingham, Apr. 10, 1901 (died Oct. 12, 1915); children: Robert D., Margaret. With the Louisville Bridge & Iron Co., 1883-5; mem. G. W. G. Ferris & Co., 1885-96, Hallsted & MeNaugher, 1896- 1900; mem. firm Robert W. Hunt & Co. Bureau of Inspection, Tests and Consultation, Chicago, since 1900. Mem. Am. Soc. C.E., Western Soc. Engrs., Art Inst. of Chicago (life). Republican. Clubs: Union League, Mid-Day, Glen View, Westmoreland (Chicago); Engineers' (Chicago and New York). Recreation: golf. Home: 222 Stockham Pl., Evans- ton, Ill. Office: 2200 Insurance Exchange, Chicago.
HALPERIN, George, M.D .; b. at Elizabethgrad, Russia, Mar. 22, 1881; s. Abraham and Edith (Me- jeritzka) Halperin; ed. high sch., Elizabethgrad; Lewis Inst., Chicago; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1905; m. Miriam Penzan, of Kansas City, Mo., May 12, 1914. Came to U.S., 1896; practiced in Chicago since 1907; mem, health insp., 1909-13; county phys. since 1913; with the Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatorium Dispensaries since 1913. Mem. A.M.A., Chicago Med. Soc., Nat. Assn. Study and Preven- tion Tuberculosis, Chicago Tuberculosis Inst., West Side Clin. Circle. Hebrew religion. Club: Lawndale. Residence: 3200 Douglas Boul.
HALSEY, Edward Anderson, real estate; h. at Louisville, Ky., Jan. 19, 1856; s. Rev. Leroy Jones
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(D.D.) and Caroline (Anderson) Halsey; ed. prep. dept. old Chicago Univ., Univ. of Miss., Univ. of Mich., graduating, A.B., 1877. Admitted to bar, 1879; practiced law at Chicago, 1879-83, at Kansas City, Mo., 1883-4; in real estate business, Kansas City. 1885-8, at Chicago, 1888-9; mgr. of office, Peabody, Houghteling & Co., 1889-90; real estate, 1890-7; deputy city comptroller, Sept., 1897-Feb., 1899; city comptroller, Feb .- June, 1899; since June, 1899, again in real estate business. Republican. Scout commr. of Chicago Council Boy Scouts of America. Mem. Exec. Council Chicago Presbytery; mem. State Assn. Ill. Y.M.C.A. Club: Hamilton. Home: 2240 Dayton St.
HALSEY, George Evertson, homeopathic phar- macist; May 9, 1842-Feb., 1915. (See vol. 1911.)
HALSEY, John Julius, college prof .; b. Louis- ville, Ky., Nov. 23, 1848; s. LeRoy Jones and Caro- line Augusta (Anderson) Halsey; B.A., (old) Univ. of Chicago, 1870; (LL.D., Centre Coll., Ky., 1898) ; m. Elizabeth Beadle Gardner, of Faribault, Minn., July 9, 1885. Instr. Univ. of Chicago, 1870-1; ab- stractor for Handy, Simmons & Co., 1872-4; fire ins. solicitor, 1874-8; prof. polit. science since 1878, acting pres., 1896-7 and 1906-7, Lake Forest Coll .; head prof. economics, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., 1901-2. Alderman, 1893-6, pres. Library Bd., 1898- 1901, pres. Bd. of Edn., 1903-7, dir. Law and Order League since 1905, Lake Forest; pres. township high sch. bd., 1911-15. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Polit. Science Assn., Am. Sociol. Soc., Am. Forestry Assn., Nat. Geog. Soc., Am. Soc. Internat. Law, S.C. and Miss. Valley Hist. socs., Beta Theta Pi. Republican. Presbyterian. John J. Halsey pub. sch., Lake Forest, Ill., dedicated Mar. 22, 1913. Dir. U.S. Navy League. Address: Lake Forest, 111.
HALSTEAD, Albert Edward, surgeon; b. Otta- wa, Ont., Apr. 21, 1868; s. William S. and Sara (Gibbons) Halstead; M. D., Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., 1890; m. Mary S. Cochems, of Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Feb. 1, 1893. Interne, Cook Co. Hosp., 1890-1, since engaged in practice in Chicago; at- tending surgeon Cook Co. Hosp. for 20 yrs .; for- merly prof. anatomy, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch .; prof. surgery, Coll. Medicine Univ. of 111 .; attending surgeon, Cook Co., St. Luke's hosps. Fel- low Am. Surg. Assn., Chicago Surg. Soc .; life mem. Chicago Med. Soc. Home: 5528 Woodlawn Av. Of- fice: 30 N. Michigan,Boul.
HALVORSEN, Lawrence Fredrick, tailors' trim- mings; b. Chicago, Sept. 21, 1886; s. Halvor and Matilda (Peterson) Halvorsen: ed. grammar schs., Chicago; m. Mildred Kirk, of Chicago, Oct. 30, 1907; 2 children: Harold Lawrence, Mildred Eileen. Iden- tified with sale of tailors' trimmings since boy- hood, and is now treas, and mgr. corpn. of H. Hal- vorsen, founded in 1892. Republican. Protestant. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Club: Hamilton. Recrea- tion: automobillng. Home: 5433 Wayne Av. Office: 38 S. 5th Av.
HAMBLETON, Chalkley Jay, real estate; b. at Chicago, Nov. 14, 1881; s. Chalkley J. and Emma (Lander) Hambleton; prep. edn. University Sch., Chicago; A.B., Harvard, 1904; m. Elizabeth Mc- Murray, of Chicago, Dec. 5, 1906; 3 children: Jes- sica, Chalkley Jay, Jr., Elizabeth. Mem. firm Louis A. Seeberger & Co. since 1912. Trustee Chicago Hist. Soc. Clubs: University, Onwentsia, City, Sad- dle and Cycle. Home: 46 E. Elm St. Office: 72 W. Adams St.
HAMILL, Alfred Ernest, commercial paper; b. Chicago, Sept. 16, 1884; s. Ernest Alfred and Eliza Soulard (Corwith) Hamill; ed. Harvard Sch., Chi- cago, 1894-9; Hill Sch., Pottstown, Pa., 1899-1901; A.B., Yale, 1905; m. Clarice Griffin Walther, of Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 1, 1908; 2 children: Ernest Al- fred, 2d, Corwith. In employ of Northern Trust Co., Chicago, 212 yrs., 1906-9; became connected, 1909, with Hathaway, Smith, Folds & Co., commer- cial paper brokers, of which was made a partner, Jan. 1, 1915. Alderman 2d Ward, Lake Forest, Ill., 1914. 15; trustee Lake Forest Pub. Library. Re- publican. Clubs: Chicago, University, Onwentsla, Shore Acres (treas.), Recreation: books. Home: Lake Forest, Ill. Office: 208 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.
HAMILL, Charles Humphrey, lawyer; b. at Chi- cago, Mar. 20, 1868; s. Charles D. and Susan Fannie (Walbridge) Hamill; A.B., Yale, 1890, Larned and Clark scholar, 1890-1; LL.B., Northwestern Univ., 1893; m. Kathleen McDonald Mather-Smith, of Chi- cago, May 25, 1910. Admitted to bar, 1893; mem. firm of Hubbard (J. D.) & Hamill, Dec., 1897-June, 1898, when firm of Hamill & McLaren ( William A. McLaren, of Mexico City) was formed. In Dec., 1898, took the place of Axel Chytraus (who then became judge of Superior Court) in firm of Chy- traus & Deneen, under title of Deneen (Charles Samuel) & Hamill; mem. Rosenthal (Lessing) & Hamill since May, 1906. Atty. for ins. dept. of Ill., 1905-9. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Law Club, Nat. Inst. Social Sciences, Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Key, Phi Beta Kappa. Republican. Pres. 2d Ward Rep. Club, 1906-10. Clubs: Chicago, Uni- versity, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle, City (Chi- cago); Graduates' (New Haven, Conn.). Trustee and vice pres. Orchestral Assn .; mem. bd. mgrs. Presbyn. Hosp., Legal Aid Soc. Home: 199 Lake Shore Drive. Office: 1400, 105 W. Monroe St.
HAMILL, Ernest Alfred, banker; b. Blooming- ton, Ind., July 1, 1851; s. Dr. Robert C. and Eliza Jane (Davisson) Hamill; brought to Chicago when 10 months old; ed. pub. grammar and high schs .; m. Chicago, Dec. 29, 1880, Eliza Soulard Corwith; chil- dren: Alfred Ernest, Eleanor C. (Mrs. Kent S. Clow). Banker since July 16, 1889; pres. Corn Ex- change Nat. Bank; vice-pres. Elgin Nat. Watch Co .; dir. Northern Trust Co .; resident vice pres. Am. Surety Co. of New York. Treas. Chicago Bd. of Trade, Chicago Stock Exchange, and Art Inst .; vice pres. trustees Rush Med. Coll. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Bankers', Commercial, Cliff Dwell- ers, Onwentsia, Shore Acres (Chicago); Univer- sity, The Players (New York). Recreations: walk- ing, fishing, motoring. Home: 2637 Prairie Av .; (summer) "Ballyatwood," Lake Forest, Ill. Office: Corn Exchange Nat. Bank, Chicago.
HAMILTON, Alice (Miss), bacteriologist; b. at New York, Feb. 27, 1869; d. Montgomery and Ger- trude (Pond) Hamilton; ed. Miss Porter's Sch., Farmington, Conn., 1887-9; M.D., Univ. of Mich., 1893 (hon. A.M., 1910); univs. of Leipzig and Mu- nich, 1895-6; Johns Hopkins, 1896-7; Univ. of Chi- cago, 1898-1900; Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1903. Prof. pathology, Woman's Med. Coll. of Northwestern Univ., Chicago, 1899-1902; bacteriologist, Memorial Inst. for Infectious Diseases, 1902-10; med. inves- tigator, Ill. Commn. on Occupational Diseases, 1910; investigating hygiene of lead trades for U.S. Dept. of Labor, since 1910. Mem. Am. Assn. Pa- thologists and Bacteriologists, A.M.A., Am. Econ. Assn., Am. Assn. for Labor Legislation, Chicago Equal Suffrage League, Woman's Trade Union League. Club: Woman's City. Contbr. articles to scientific jours. Address: Hull House.
HAMILTON, Arthur Little, mfr .; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Nov. 29, 1876; s. Woodward Clarke and Mary Taylor (Weed) Hamilton; ed. pub, schools, Fond du Lac; Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; B.S. in Mining Engring. and Metallurgy, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1900; m. Helen Parker, of Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 1, 1900: 2 children: Parker Hamilton, Arthur L., Jr. Began in employ of Boston & Montana Min- ing Co., 1900; then with Waclark & Co., copper mining, N. Y. City; mining and prospecting at Fair- banks, Alaska, 1904-9; settled at Chicago, 1909; pres. Internat. Tag Co. since 1910. Mem. Am. Inst. Mining Engrs., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Clubs: University, City. Home: 515 Fair Oaks Av., Oak Park, Ill. Office: 652 W. Lake St., Chicago.
HAMILTON, David Gilbert, capitalist; Jan. 10, 1842-Feb. 16, 1915. (See Who's Who in America, 1912-13.)
HAMILTON, Edgar Lockwood, wholesale paper; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., Dec. 15, 1867; s. Woodman C. and Mary Taylor (Weed) Hamilton; prep. edn. Phillips Acad., Andover, Mass .; S.B. in Mining En- gring. and Metallurgy, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1891; m. Ellen S. Payne, of Marinette, Wis., Oct. 3, 1893; 4 children: Woodman C., Elizabeth, Helen L., Marga- ret S. Connected with wholesale paper business since 1897; pres. Pilcher-Hamilton Co. since 1904; sec .- treas. Universal Paper Products; sec. Hamll- ton & Merryman Co., lumber, Marinette, Wis. Firm
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mem. Ill. Mfrs.' Assn., Chicago Assn. Commerce. Home: 1419 Hollywood Av. Office: 79 W. Monroe Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: University, City, Street. Oak Park Country. Recreations: motoring, golf. Home: 245 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill. Of- fice: 340 N. Dearborn St., Chicago.
HAMILTON, Isaac Miller, president Federal Life Ins. Co .; b. Ash Grove, Ill., Sept. 6, 1864; s. Ephraim S. and Celia B. (Miller) Hamilton; ed. pub. schs., Ash Grove, Grand Prairie Sem., Onarga, Ill., and by pvt. tutors; m. Amanda S., d. Charles E. Ernst, of Chicago, June 11, 1907: 1 daughter, Miriam Ce- lia. Admitted to bar in Ill., 1899, and engaged in gen. practice, also in banking and financial opera- tions; pres. Federal Life Ins. Co. since its organi- zation, May, 1900. Mem. Ill. Senate, 1896-1900. Pres. III. Rep. League, 1898-1900, Nat. Rep. League, 1900-2. Mem. 111. State Bar Assn. Mason (Oriental Consistory, 32°, K. T.), K.P. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton (life), Ill. Athletic, Chicago Yacht (vice commodore), South Shore Country. Recreations: yachting and motoring. Home: 506 Aldine Av. Of- fice: 168 N. Michigan Av.
HAMILTON, Robert John Creaser, M.D .; b. at Chrysostome, Chateaugay Co., Que., Can., Sept. 23, 1865; s. John and Elizabeth (Creaser) Hamilton; ed. grammar and high schs .; M.D., Coll. Medicine and Surgery, Chicago, 1893; post-grad. work, Chi- cago Policlinic, 1 yr .; m. Charlotte DeLang, of Chi- cago, Dec. 25, 1895. Practiced in Chicago since 1893; prof. laryngology, Coll. Medicine and Sur- gery, since 1900. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chi- cago med. socs. Rationalist. Clubs: Chicago Ten- nis, Aztec Tennis. Home: 723 Belmont Av.
HAMILTON, Rolland Jerome, secretary Am. Ra- diator Co .; b. Marissa, Ill., Oct. 16, 1879; s. James H. and Virginia (Short) Hamilton; student Univ. of Kan., 1897-8; A.B., Monmouth (111.) Coll., 1900; LL.B., Chicago-Kent Coll. of Law, 1904; m. Har- riet Tyler, of Lenox, Ia., Nov. 30, 1905; 2 children: Virginia, Harriet. Identified with the Am. Radia- tor Co. since 1905, sec. since 1913. Mem. Delta Chi. Republican. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago Ath- Ietic, City, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: golf, fishing. Home: 5627 Kenwood Av. Office: 816 S. Michigan Av.
HAMILTON, Thomas F., motor trucks; b. Kings- ton, Ont., Can., July 30, 1879; s. Thomas and Agnes (Hutton) Hamilton; self-ed .; unmarried. Began with Underwood Typewriter Co. of New York, 1904, continuing 9 yrs .; mgr. Chicago office of Service Motor Truck Co., of Wabash, Ind., since 1913. Ma- son. Club: Rotary. Recreation: motoring. Resi- dence: Lexington Hotel. Office: 2615-2625 S. Wa- bash Av.
HAMILTON, William A., lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)
HAMLIN, Frank, lawyer; b. Bangor, Me., Sept. 26, 1862; s. Hannibal (vice pres. of U.S., 1861-5) and Ellen Vesta (Emery) Hamlin; A.B., Harvard, 1884; LL.B., Boston Univ. Law Sch., 1888. Came from Maine to Chicago in 1888, and has since been engaged in practice in this city; mem. firm of Hamlin & Boyden, 1897-1913, Hamlin & Topliff, since 1913. Asst. corpn. counsel of Chicago, 1895-7; apptd. counsel for Lincoln Park Bd., 1901, atty. for Civil Service Commn., 1907, and for Bd. of Edn., 1907; master in chancery, Superior Court of Cook Co., 1912. Mem. Am, and Chicago bar assns. Re- publican. Clubs: University, Chicago, Onwentsia, Saddle and Cycle. Home: 820 Tower Ct. Office: 35 N. Dearhorn St.
HAMLIN, George John, concert singer. Removed to New York. (See Who's Who in America.)
HAMLIN, Harry Fleming, lawyer; b. at Canton, Ill., Sept. 9, 1884; s. Lovell Gorham and Amelia (Haacke) Hamlin; grad. Armour Inst. Tech., 1903; Univ. of Mich .; LL.B., Yale, 1906; unmarried. Be- gan practice in Chicago, 1906; organized, 1912, Western Live Stock Ins. Co. of Peoria. Elected mem. Ill. legislature, from 31st Senatorial Dist., 1914; apptd. asst. corpn. counsel, 1915. Pres. 25th Ward Rep. Club. Lecturer on insurance law, De Paul Univ. Commd. capt. 1st Ill. Engrs., July, 1917. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Gamma Delta, Book and Gavel Soc. Contbr. short articles to mags. Mason (Paul Revere Lodge and Loyal Chapter), Moose. Recreations: golf, riding.
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