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 99

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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HARDING, John Cowden, fire insurance; h. Ne- hraska City, Neb., Dec. 3, 1873; s. Amos Joseph and Eliza (Cowden) Harding; ed. grammar schs., and West Div. High Sch., Chicago: A.B., Princeton, 1895; m. Elizabeth A. Pratt, of Evanston, Ill., May 23, 1901; 2 children: Margaret Cowden, Elizabeth Ogden. Has been connected since beginning of ac- tive career, July, 1895, with Western dept. of the Springfield Fire & Marine Ins. Co., at Chicago; now asst. mgr. Dir. Fire Assn. of the Northwest, Western Adjustment & Inspection Co. Progres- sive Republican. Clubs: University, Union League, Indian Hill Golf: Princeton (New York). Recrea- tions: fishing. hunting, golf. Home: 2406 Pioneer Rd., Evanston, Ill. Office: 134 S. LaSalle St., Chi- cago.

HARDING, John P., hotel proprietor: h. Peru, Ill., Aug. 13, 1866; s. John and Anna ( Prender- gast) Harding; ed. pub. schs. of Peru; m. Nettie L. Rigby, of Peru, Nov. 12, 1891; children: Mae ( Mrs. Daniel J. Coyne, Jr.), Edieth, James P., Martin P. In the liquor business, 1891-1912: propr. Hotel Planters and pres. Hotel Planters Co. since 1912. Democrat. Catholic. Elk. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Edgewater Golf. Recreations: golf, mo- toring. Home: 1133 North Shore Av. Office: 19 N. Clark St.

HARDING, Lucien Eaton, lawyer; b. at Macon, Mo., Aug. 20, 1865; s. late Amos J. and Eliza (Cow- den) Harding; removed to Chicago from Neb., 1876; ed. Oberlin Coll .; LL.B., Chicago Coll, of Law; m. Mary Belle Goodsell, of Chicago, 1892. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1889, and since engaged in practice. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Mem. Loyal Legion. Clubs: University, Law. Residence: Virginia Hotel. Office: 137 S. LaSalle St.

HARDING, Victor Mathews, lawyer: b. Chicago, Apr. 25, 1866; s. George Franklin and Adelaide Vic- toria (Mathews) Harding; attended various pvt. and pub. schs. in Chicago, Vienna, Austria, Heidel- berg, Germany, and Nice, France, 1870-82; grad. Phillips Exeter Acad., N.H., 1886; A.B., Harvard, 1889; student Harvard Law School, 1890; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1896; m. Mary Ma- tilda, daughter of Robert B. Boak, of Chicago, Oct. 6, 1903; children: Mary Adelaide, Jane De Blois, Victor Mathews, Jr., Robert Cornelius, Bea- trice Louise. With law firm of Flower, Smith & Musgrave, Chicago, 1896-8, Harding & Grover, 1900-1; practiced alone, 1901-6; mem. Harding & Place since 1906; dir. Standard Equipment Co., Champlin Law Printing Co .; sec. Ethic Tooth- brush Co. Republican. Mem. Chicago Bar Assn., Chicago Law Inst., Delta Kappa Epsilon, Hasty Pudding Club (Harvard). Club: Harvard. Home: 789 Burr Av., Hubbard Woods, Ill. Office: 1614, 7 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

HARDINGE, Franklin, inventor, designer and mfr .; b. Morganton, Ont., Can., May 1, 1867; s. of Frederick York and Susan Elizabeth (Kingsley) Hardinge; ed. pub. sch., Cramahe Hill, Ont .; m. Omemee, Ont., Anna Maude M. McCormack, of Nor- ham, Ont., Jan. 3, 1894; 2 children: Helen York, Franklin. Left school at 13 to learn machinist's trade, later learned watchmaking, remaining in apprenticeship in Canada until 21 yrs. of age; came to Chicago, 1889, and in 1890 began the mfr. of machinery and watch tools, in which has since continued, becoming pres. and gen. mgr. of Har-

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dinge Bros. Has designed and invented various Co., of which has since been propr. Republican. machines and tools used by watchmakers. Repub- German Lutheran. Mason (32°, Shriner), K.P .; lican. Mason; mem. Royal Arcanum, Maccabees, Nat. Union, Modern Woodmen of America. Home: 912 Buena Park Terrace. Office: 1770 Berteau Av.

HARDON, Robert Wallace, M.D., surgeon; b. at Boston; s. Henry C. and Anna Wallace ( Wilson) Hardon; student Mass. Inst. Tech., 1878-82; M.D., Harvard Med. Sch., 1893. Formerly in railroad business; later ry. supt. in Nev. and Cal .; prac- ticed in Chicago since 1893; was instr. anatomy and diseases of nose, throat and chest, Rush Med. Coll .; prof. surgery, Post-Grad. Med. Sch., since 1896; dir. Post-Grad. Med. Sch. and Hosp. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Unita- rian. Clubs: Harvard, Ill. Athletic, South Shore Country. Home: 1059 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 24 N. Wabash Av.

HARDT, Harry Godrey, M.D., surgeon; b. Chica- go, Aug. 20, 1876; s. Frederick and Ulricka (Scheele) Hardt; M.D., Rush Med. Coll., 1900; m. Edith Beil- fuss, of Chicago, June 21, 1905; children: Dorothy, Virginia, Harry G., Jr. Supt. Lincoln ( Ill.) State School and Colony, 1907-14; mem. faculty Rush Med. Coll .; staff mem. German Evangelical Deacon- ess Hosp .; mem. Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Dept. Mem. A.M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs .; ex-pres. Am. Assn. for Study of Feeble-Mind- ed. Republican. Lutheran. Home: 6800 Constance Av. Office: 6860 S. Halsted St.

HARDY, Arthur Woodbury; b. Hopkinton, N.H., Feb. 20, 1862; s. Woodbury and Ellen M. (Price) Hardy; ed. country dist. sch., Hopkinton Acad., N. H. Coll .; B.S., Thayer Sch. of Civ. Engring. ( vart- mouth), 1887, C.E., 1889; m. Ida May Withrow, of Omaha, Neb., June 19, 1901; 2 children: Allan Ar- thur, Dorothy May. In engring. dept. Northern Pa- cific R.R., Wash. and Ore., 1889-90; municipal en- gring., Salt Lake City, 1891; automatic sprinkler engr., Chicago, 1892-8; chief insp. and fire protec- tive engr., Chicago, 1898-1904; managing under- writer for ins. companies, writing sprinkler equip- ped risks, 1904-12; pres. Garden City Spring Works. Republican. Congregationalist. Mason. Home: 4020 Ellis Av. Office: 2300 Archer Av.

HARDY, Francis A., investments; b. Seaforth, Eng., Jan. 28, 1851; s. Anson and Frances M. ( Howe) Hardy; ed. Boston Latin Sch .; m. Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 4, 1880, Mary Parry Keasbey; children: Ed- win K., Francis H., Editha W. ( Mrs. Archibald B. Young). Entered, as boy, wholesale jewelry busi- ness in Boston, remaining there 7 yrs .; then in bus- iness in New York 3 yrs. and in Chicago 5 yrs .; started in business for self, 1884, as a pioneer in the modern optical business, establishing in that year the wholesale house of F. A. Hardy & Co., of which was pres. until Jan. 1, 1911; became connect- ed, 1896, with the Diamond Rubber Co., of Akron, O., of which was pres., 1902-11; chmn. bd. B. F. Goodrich Co., 1911-17, now dir. same; dir. Continen- tal & Commercial Nat. Bank, Diamond Match Co. Episcopalian. Clubs: Chicago, Union League, Evan- ston, Mid-Day, Glen View. Recreations: golf, mo- toring. Home: 1214 Ridge Av., Evanston, 111. Of- fice: 6 N. Michigan Av. (Tower Bldg.), Chicago.

HARE, see also Hair.

HARE, David Arthur, dentist; b. Oshawa, Can., Dec. 31, 1873; s. William J. and Jane (Babbitt) Hare; ed. pub. schs. of Canada, Royal Coll. of Den- tal Surgeons, Toronto, Ont., and Chicago Coll. of Dental Surgery, 1893-4; m. Chicago, Sept., 1896, Alice A. Rathjen; 1 son, Arthur Gordon. Resident of Chicago since 1893. Mem. Chicago and Ill. State dental socs., Delta Sigma Delta. Republican. Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Oak Park Country. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 25 E. Washington St., Chicago.

HARING, Louis Christian, mfr .; b. Weberstaedt, Germany, Oct. 25, 1863; s. August and Marie ( Reinz) Haring; brought to Chicago by parents, May, 1864; ed. pub, schs., and Met. Business Coll., Chicago; m. Ida M. Bauman, of Chicago, Feb. 6, 1894; 3 chil- dren: Walter B., Ruth Marie, Jack Henry. Began at age of 13 with C. J. L. Meyer, mill work, and re- mained with him until 1881; with Hintze & Baker, in the same line, 1881-7; mem. firm of P. A. Russell & Co, 1887-99; organized, 1899, the Melrose Mill

mem. Royal Arcanum. Club: Hamilton. Recrea- tion: motoring. Home: 856 Wolfram St. Office: 2701-2735 Clybourn Av.

HARKIN, Daniel Valentine, lawyer; b. Chicago, Feb. 14, 1873; s. John and Mary ( Hennessy) Harkin; grad. West Div. High Sch., Chicago, 1890; LL.B., Northwestern Univ. Law Sch., 1895. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1895; alderman Fourteenth Ward, 1903-7; Democrat. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Mem. Il1. State and Chicago bar assns. Home: 5668 Washing- ton Boul. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St.

HARKINS, Clifford Hugh, railway freight agt .; b. Milwaukee, Wis., June 7, 1857; s. John and Eliz- abeth (Rowland) Harkins; pub. and pvt. sch. edn .; m. Helen M. Farrington, of Milwaukee, June 29, 1882; 2 children: Charles Ross, John Farrington. Began active career as office boy B.&O.R.R., Mil- waukee, Aug. 17, 1877; clk., 1878; commercial agt., Minneapolis, 1881-99; commercial agt., Chicago,

1899-1904; gen. western freight agt. same road, since 1904. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason (K.T., Shriner). Clubs: Chicago Athletic, Traffic. Home: 912 Airdrie Pl. Office: 112 W. Adams St.

HARKINS, William Draper, chemist; b. Titus- ville, Pa., Dec. 28, 1873; s. Nelson Goodrich and Sa- rah Eliza (Draper) Harkins; A.B., Stanford Univ., 1900; post-grad. work, Univ. of Chicago Grad. Sch., 1901, 04, Stanford Univ., 1905-6, Ph.D., Stanford, 1907; Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1909; Research Lab. Phys. Chemistry, Mass. Inst. Tech., 1909-10, 11; m. Anna Louise Hatheway, of St. John, N.B., June 9, 1904. Asst. and instr. chemistry, Stanford Univ., 1898-1900: instr. chemistry, 1900-1, prof., head of dept., 1900- 12, Univ. of Mont .; chemist in charge of smelter smoke investigation, Anaconda Farmers' Assn., 1902-10, Mountain Copper Co., of Cal., 1904, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1910-12; research work for Car- negie Instn., Washington, 1911; asst. prof. gen. chemistry, 1912-14, asso. prof. since 1914, Univ. of Chicago. Editor Section of General and Physical Chemistry, Chemical Abstracts, since 1912. Pres. Missoula ( Mont.) City Bd. of Health, 1906-12. Epis- copalian. Fellow A.A.A.S .; chmn. Chicago Sect. Am. Chem. Soc. Home: 5437 Ellis Av.

HARKNESS, Carleton A., oculist, aurist; b. Gar- den Grove, Ia., Jan. 27, 1881; s. Richard A. and Su- sie B. (Humeston) Harkness; grad. Parsons Acad., Fairfield, Ia., 1903; A.B., Parsons Coll., 1907, M.A., for resident work, 1909; M.D., Chicago Homo. Med. Coll., 1904; m. Marian E. Maley, of Mechanicsville, Ia., Dec. 29, 1909. Specialist in diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat since 1904; asso, prof. physiology, Hahnemann Med. Coll., also clinician in eye dept .; oculist and aurist, Home for Disabled Railroad Em- ployes, Highland Park, Ill. ; business mgr. Ill. Homo. Med. Assn. since 1913; asso. editor The Clinique, 1913-16, now mng. editor. Mem. Am. Inst. Homo- opathy (chmn. transportation com.), Ill. Homo. Med. Assn., Chicago Homo. Soc., Am. Homo, Oph- thal., Otol. and Laryngol. Assn., Phi Alpha Gamma. Republican. Presbyterian. Author numerous mono- graphs and papers pertaining to the eye, ear, nose and throat, among them: A New Theory as to the Pathology of Glaucoma; Eye Solutions and Eye Washes; Mastoiditis and Indications for Opera- tions; How Early in Life Should Glasses be Fitted. Home: Highland Park, Ill. Office: 1404 Heyworth Bldg., Chicago.

HARKNESS, Edson Jesse, retired lawyer; b. On- tario, Wayne Co., N.Y., Aug. 31, 1843; s. South- ward and Harriet (Foot) Harkness; classical and scientic course, preparing for coll., but entered the Union Army in 1862, in 138th N.Y. Vol. Inf., which was afterward transferred to the arty. service as 9th N. Y. Heavy Arty., and a year afterward was commd. capt. in 6th U.S. C.T., under Col, John W. Ames; went up James River in 1864, in army com- manded by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, and took part in the battles occurring there in 1864; was in the Ft. Fisher expeditions and afterward with Gen. Terry in the taking of Ft. Fisher and Wilmington; thence to Goldsboro, N.C., and was at Raleigh, N.C., at close of war; breveted maj. U.S. Vols. Mar. 13,

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1865; mustered out at Wilmington, N.C., and re- turned home; m. Jan., 1870, Marianna Bates, of Rochester, N.Y. Settled in Chicago, Mar., 1868, and entered spl. assessment dept. of Bd. of Pub. Works; then was placed in charge of the preparation of condemnation cases, and in Jan., 1877, was admitted to Ill. bar, and for many yrs. was in charge of con- demnation and spl. assessment cases under the corpn. counsel; after leaving city law dept., in 1883, engaged in gen, practice; was atty. for A.,T.&S.F. R.R., and conducted its condemnation cases for right of way into Chicago; acted in the same cava- city for the C., B.& Q.R.R .; then Chicago and S. Side Rapid Transit R.R. Co., and the Met. W. Side R.R. Co .; retired 1896. Republican. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants. Clubs: Union League, Hamilton, Ken- wood. Home: 2252 Ridge Av., Evanston, 111.

HARLAN, John Maynard, lawyer; b. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 21, 1864; s. Justice John Marshall and Malvina F. (Shanklin) Harlan; A.B., Princeton Univ., 1884; LL.B., Columbian Univ. Law Sch., Washington, D.C., 1888; m. Elizabeth P. Flagg, of Yonkers, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1890; children: Elizabeth P., John Marshall, Janet, Edith. Came to Chicago, 1888; now mem. law firm Harlan & McCandless. Alderman from the old 22d Ward of Chicago, 1896- 98; candidate for mayor of Chicago, 1897 and 1905. Republican. Presbyterian. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Clubs: University, Chicago, Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Saddle and Cycle, Chi- cago Golf, City, Chicago Yacht. Residence: Vir- ginia Hotel. Office: 140 S. Dearborn St.

HARLAND, Leonard Henry, mfr .; Apr. 4, 1843- May 25, 1914. (See vol. 1905.)

HARLESS, William Warren, insurance; b. Chi- cago, Mar. 9, 1867; s. Thomas H. and Barbara Ann (King) Harless; ed. Univ. of Notre Dame, Ind., commercial and high sch. courses, 1884-5; civ. en- gring. dept. Univ. of Mich., 1886, 87, 88; m. Mary J. Lennon, of Chicago, Oct, 8, 1897. Engaged in en- gring. and contracting until 1896, since in gen. ins. agency; head of W. W. Harless & Co. Regimental q.m. and commissary of subsistence, 7th Ill. Vol. Inf., during Spanish-Am. War; also same position year before and for 3 yrs. after the war. Republic- an. Mem. United Spanish War Vets. Clubs: South Shore Country, Chicago Athletic, Olympia Fields Country. Recreation: golf. Home: 4440 Woodlawn Av. Office: 175 W. Jackson Boul.

HARLEV, William, contractor; b. at Schlesvig, then under Danish rule, Sept., 1837; s. J. A. (sch. supt.) and Catharina (Hennings) Harlev; ed. com- mon schs .; came to Chicago, 1857; m. Chicago, 1872, Marie Johnson: children: Alfred, William, Jr., Arthur, Lillian E. Established in business as con- tractor, 1865; later admitted son Alfred, forming the present firm of William Harley & Son; built Cook Co. Hosp. for the Insane, 1884; Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Newcomb Hotel, City Hall, etc., at Quincy, 111., 1886-7; after admitting son, firm built in 1892 the Ill., Ohio, Tex., Mont. and Utah State bldgs., the New South Wales bldg. and other small- er structures at World's Columbian Expn .; were also contractors for Section No. 1, Drainage Canal: established, 1895, and since pres. and treas. Harlev Burglar Proof Ventilating Sash Lock Mfg. Co. Lutheran. Mem. of all Masonic bodies. Home: 1906 S. Sawyer Av. Office: 3341 Ogden Av.

HARLEV, William, Jr., architect; b. Mankato, Minn., Aug. 10, 1866; s. William and Thora (John- son) Harlev; grad. grammar sch. and West Div. High Sch., Chicago; studied architecture in F. E. Faber's office and also through Internat. Corr. Sch. of Architecture; m. Chicago, Oct. 3, 1888, Liz- zie Consoer; 1 daughter, Edith. Supt. of constrn. for William Harlev & Son, contractors, 6 yrs .; began practice as architect, 1892; architect for C.,R.I.&P.Ry.Co., 8 yrs .; mem. firm of Sellon & Harlev, architects, 1904-5, and since alone. Mason (32°, K.T., Shriner). Club: Oaks. Recreations: bil- liards, hunting. Home: Oak Park, Ill. Office: 105 N. Clark St., Chicago.

HARLEY, Herbert Lincoln, lawyer; b. Lincoln, Mich., Dec. 31, 1871; s. David Sower and Flavia Jane (Phelps) Harley; grad. Manistee (Mich.)

High Sch., 1889; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1892; m. Blanche Hilton, of Manistee, May 25, 1896; 1 daughter, Constance. Practiced at Manistee, 1892- 1900; mgr. Manistee Daily News, 1900-12; organ- ized Am. Judicature Soc. (to promote efficient ad- ministration of justice), 1912-13, and now dir. and sec. same; mem. faculty Northwestern Univ. Sch. of Law. Republican. Club: City. Recreation: sail- ing. Home: 6457 Dante Av. Office: 31 W. Lake St.

HARMAN, Emory Forrest, printer. (See vol. 1911.)

HARMON, Charles Sumner, lawyer. (See vol. 1911.)

HARMON, Hubert Pickering, coal merchant; b. Chicago, Jan. 21, 1873; s. Henry W. and Elizabeth ( Pickering) Harmon; ed. grammar and manual training schs., Chicago; A.B., Univ. of Mich., 1893; m. Charlotte Smith, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 23, 1911; 3 children: Welthyan, Hubert P., Jr., Hen- ry Holbrook. In employ of Frazer & Chalmers, ma- chinery mfrs., 1891-3; became connected with Da- vid Rutter & Co., wholesale and retail coal and coke, 1893, vice pres. since 1904. Mem, Chicago Assn. Commerce. Republican. Episcopalian. Club: University. Recreation: tennis. Home: 716 Clinton Pl., Evanston, Il1. Office: 417 S. Dearborn St., Chi- cago.

HARMS, Henry, M.D .; Mar. 5, 1866-Mar. 1, 1914. (See vol. 1905.)

HARNISCH, Friedrich Curt, M.D., oculist; b. in Germany; grad. Univ. of Leipzig, M.D., 1886. Was 1st asst. of the Royal Eye Infirmary of Leipzig, whence came to Chicago in summer of 1891; oph- thalmic surgeon, Alexian Bros. and St. Elizabeth's hosps .; consulting oculist, German Hosp. Mem. A. M.A., Ill. State and Chicago med. socs. Home: 1850 Eddy St. Office: 209 S. State St.

HARNWELL, Frederick William, lawyer, con- sul; b. Mt. Vernon, O., Sept. 18, 1869: s. Benjamin and Emma M. (Probasco) Harnwell; Ph.B., Kenyon Coll., Gambier, O., 1889; studied law in Cincinnati Law Sch., 1891; m. Anna Jane Wilcox, of Evanston, Ill., Mar. 31, 1902; 1 son, Gaylord Probasco. Ad- mitted to bar, 1892, and since engaged in practice. Consul of Bolivia in Chicago since July 11, 1902. Episcopalian. Mem. Am., Ill. State and Chicago bar assns., Chicago Law Inst. Clubs: University, West- moreland Golf. Residence: 615 University PI., Evanston, Ill. Office: 1612 Borland Bldg., Chicago.

HARPER, Arthur P., secretary Chicago Car Heat- ing Co .; b. Rahway, N.J., May 11, 1868; s. Louis and Adele M. (Pomeroy) Harper; ed. pub. schs., Chica- go; m. Lillian Randall, Mar., 1917. Sec. Pub. Sav- ings, Loan & Bldg. Assn., 1891-1900; practicing pub. accountant, 1900-8; comptroller, Chicago Car Heating Co., since 1908, also sec. and dir. since 1910; dir. Burton W. Mudge Co. Republican. Epis- copalian. Clubs: Ill. Athletic, Flossmoor Country. Recreations: golf, music. Home: 4163 Drexel Boul. Office: Railway Exchange Bldg.

HARPER, Edward Thomson, theologian. Re- moved to Geneseo, Ill. (See Who's Who in Amer- ica.)

HARPER, Eugene Howard, zoologist. Removed to Bedford, Va. (See vol. 1911.)

HARPER, Francis Alexander, lawyer; b. at Ora, Ont., Can., Mar. 28, 1874; s. Marmaduke and Mar- garet (Thompson) Harper; ed. pub. high sch., Champion, Mich .; LL.B., Univ. of Mich., 1896; m. Mary Angela, d. late Judge Cornelius Kennedy, of Ishpeming, Mich., Oct. 12, 1898: 3 children: Fran- cis A., Ellen, Mary Angela. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1896, and since practiced in Chicago; specializes in corpn. and real estate matters; vice pres. Bremen State Bank, Tinley Park, Ill. Mem. faculty, Chica- go Law Sch., 1899-1906; pres. bd. trustees Village of Tinley Park. Mem. Ill. State and Chicago bar assns. Republican. Mem. Knights of Columbus. Club: Bankers', Recreations: farming, automobil- ing. Home: Tinley Park, Cook Co., Ill. Office: 29 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

HARPER, John Erasmus, M.D., oculist, aurist; b. Cadiz, Ky., Jan. 21, 1851; s. Robert W. and Har-

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riet A. (Stimson) Harper; M.D., Univ. Med. Coll. (New York Univ.), 1878; m. Elizabeth E. Walker, of Chicago, Feb. 13, 1893; I son, Robert B. Prof. ophthalmology and otology, Coll. Phys. and Surg., from its foundation, 1882, prof. emeritus since 1914; oculist and aurist to several hosps. and instns. Editor Western Medical Reporter, 1881-91. Mem. A.M.A., Ind. Soc. of Chicago. Clubs: Ill. Ath- letic, Press, Southern. Home: 5459 Hyde Park Boul. Office: 159 N. State St.

HARPER, Malcolm Charles, lawyer; b. DeKalb Co., 111., Nov. 7, 1859; s. Robert and Ann ( Brown) Harper; ed. E. Paw Paw ( Ill.) Sem .; m. Urbana, Ill., July 22, 1897, Helena M. Dewey; children: Mil- ton Dewey, Donald Malcolm, Robert James. Stud- ied law, 1886-8, at Fargo, Dak .; admitted to Dak. bar, 1888; practiced at Lisbon, N.D., until 1891, since in Chicago. Prohibitionist. Presbyterian. Mason. Home: 2115 Sherman Av., Evanston, Ill. Office: 38 S. Dearborn St., Chicago.

HARPER, Robert C., marble and granite works. (See vol. 1911.)

HARPER, Robert Francis, Assyriologist; Oct. 18, 1864-Aug. 6, 1914. (See Who's Who in America, 1914-15.)

HARPER, Samuel Alain, lawyer; b. Orland, Ind., Sept. 7, 1875; s. Chester S. and Emma ( Taylor) Harper; ed. Waterloo (Ind.) High Sch .; Kent Coll. of Law, Chicago, 1895; Univ. of Mich., lit, and law depts., 1896-9, LL.B., 1899; m. Mary C. McKibbin, of Mckeesport, Pa., Mar. 30, 1904; 1 son, Samuel, Jr. Practiced with Frank S. Roby as Roby & Har- per, Auburn, Ind., 1899-1901 (Judge Roby later a justice Appellate Court of Ind.); practiced in Chi- cago since 1901; now associated in practice with T. E. D. Bradley and A. W. Eheim, under firm name of Bradley, Harper & Eheim. Chief deputy pros. atty. 35th Judicial Dist. of Ind. (Steuben and De Kalb counties), 1899, 1900; asst. atty., under Gov. Yates, of Ill. State Ins. Dept., 1901-3; atty. for Ill. Dept. of Factory Inspection, 1904-S; apptd. by Gov. Deneen sec. and atty. 111. Industrial Commn., 1909; atty. for 111. Commn. on Employers' Liability, 1910; atty. Ill. Commn. on Occupational Diseases, 1910. Republican. Dir. Ill. Soc. for Mental Hygiene; mem, bd. mgrs. Chicago Law Inst., 1909-12; mem. Am., 111. State and Chicago bar assns., Am. Ornith- ologists' Union, Audubon Soc., Ind. Soc. of Chicago, etc. K.P. Clubs: Hamilton (dir. 1917-18), Prairie, Maywood (pres. 1910-11), Maywood Bird Club (pres.). Author of "Harper on Workmen's Com- pensation," "Twelve Months with the Birds and Poets," also various contbns. to legal and lit. jours. Recreations: walking, bird study. Home: Maywood, 111. Office: 19 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

HARPER, Samuel Northrup, college prof .; b. at Morgan Park, 111., Apr. 9, 1882; s. late William R. and Ella (Paul) Harper; father was pres. Univ. of Chicago; A.B., Univ. of Chicago, 1902; Diplôme de l'École des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Paris, 1905; also studied Columbia; unmarried. Asso. in Russian, Univ. of Chicago, 1905-9; lecturer in Rus- sian institutional history, Univ. of Liverpool, Eng., 1911-13; asst. prof. Russian lang. and instns., Univ. of Chicago, since 1915. Clubs: University, Quad- rangle. Home: 5728 Woodlawn Av.

HARPER, William Edward, dentist and mfr. of alloy and dental specialties; b. Doncaster. York- shire, Eng., Feb. 12, 1865; s. of John and Hannah ( Boyd) Harper; ed. pub. schs. and Mechanics' Inst., Crewe, Cheshire, Eng .; came to America, 1881; grad. University Dental Coll. (Northwestern Univ.), 1891; m. Clara Garrison, of Chicago, June 5, 1895; 3 children: Clarence E .. Dorothy, Louise. Apprenticed in mech, engring. dept. of London & Northwestern Ry., 1879; began practice at Chi- cago, 1891; prof. operative technic, Am. Coll. of Dental Surgery, Chicago, 1893-5; elected prof. op- erative technic, Northwestern Univ. Dental Sch., 1895; asst. prof. operative dentistry, same, 1897, and sec. and business mgr., 1900-4 (resigned). In- ventions: The Harper-Acme wire stitcher, 1885; the contra angle handpiece, 1901; the Harper hold- er and cleavers, the Harper cabinet, amalgam in- struments and trimmers (all 1901). Republican. Episcopalian. Mem. Chicago Plan Commn. Mem. Nat. Dental Assn., Ill. State Dental Soc., Engle-

wood Dental Soc., Psi Omega, etc .; hon. mem. of Odontol. Soc. of Western Pa., Wis. State Dental Soc. Clubs: Press (life), South Shore Country, Olympia Fields Country. Office and Home: 3441 Michigan Av.

HARPER, William Hudson, editor, writer; b. at N.Y. City, Mar. 20, 1857; s. John Randolph and Mary Lois (Scoville) Harper; B.A., Yale, 1880; m. Grace Augusta Cooke, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1888; children: Katharine Scoville (Mrs. Donald Butler), Paul Church. Engaged in newspaper work in Chicago, 1881-99, being with the Inter Ocean over 15 yrs. In 1900 wrote "Restraint of Trade," being handbook of history of and current opinion on trusts and trust movement. Editor weekly bul- letin of The Chicago Assn. of Commerce, since Apr., 1906, this paper becoming Chicago Commerce. Congregationalist. Republican. Club: University. Home: 1002 Lake St., Evanston, Ill. Office: 10 S. LaSalle St., Chicago.

HARRIES, Henry Regan, resident manager The Lowe Bros. Co .; b. Dayton, O., Nov. 11, 1856; s. Charles and Elisebeth (Regan) Harries; ed. pub. and high schs., Dayton; student Princeton 1 yr .; m. Katherine McCleary Brown, of Cincinnati, Feb. 19, 1884. Western representative at Chicago of The Lowe Bros. Co., mfrs. paint and varnish, since 1901. Episcopalian. Recreation: golf. Home: 61 Cedar St. Office: 1048 W. 37th 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 99

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