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Templar. Married at Aurora, Ill., April 11, 1883, to Miss Grace Harmon. Club: Minikahda. Recreation: Tennis. Ad- dress: 2642 Portland Av., Minneapolis.
EDSON, William D., lawyer; born at Warwarsing, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1849; son of Darwin N. and Hannah (Bliss) Ed- son; educated in common schools and at Unadilla Academy, N. Y .; married at Lawrence, N. Y., 1875, to Miss Matilda Allen. Read law in Unadilla, and was admitted to the bar at Albany, N. Y., 1871; practiced in Unadilla for several years; came to Duluth, 1891, and en- gaged in practice until elected to the bench, 1895; since retirement from the bench has engaged in securing and de- veloping mining properties; owner_
of mineral lands on the Cuyuna Iron Range and elsewhere. Was judge of Municipal Court, Duluth, 1895-03. Re- publican. Presbyterian. Member Amer- ican Bar Association. Member Knights of Pythias, Modern Samaritans. Presi- dent Duluth Bethel Society; director Y. M. C. A. Recreation: Fishing. Office: Torrey Bldg. Residence: 507 E. 5th St., Duluth.
EDWARDS, Benjamin K., lumberman; born at Topeka, Kan., April 7, 1880: son of William C. and Nettie E. Ed- wards; educated in St. Paul High School, business college and Minnesota State University; unmarried. Entered father's business in 1901; now operating in lumber and coffee lands. Owner Sal- vadora Coffee Co., Edwards and Ogden Pole and Piling Co .; director and vice president Kansas Lumber Co .; director Edwards and Westmacott Lumber Co .; secretary Minnesota and Nicaragua Cof- fee Co. and Edwards Lumber Co. Ma- son. Club: Commercial. Office: Man- hattan Bldg. Residence: 1325 Summit Av., St. Paul.
EDWARDS, Clement S., editor; born in New York City, March 4, 1869; came to Minnesota, 1881; educated in public schools of Albert Lea, Hillsdale College, Mich., Parker's College, Winnebago City, Minn., St. Michael's Academy, New Brunswick, Can .; married at Albert Lea, Minn., 1894, to Miss Harriet Gillrup. Studied law in office of Judge John A. Lovely, ex-justice supreme court; was admitted to the bar and was partner of Judge Lovely for several years; capt. Co. I, 12th Minn. Vol. Inf., during Span- ish-American war; city attorney of Al- bert Lea until 1905, when he ceased practice of law; editor The Times En- terprise, weekly newspaper, of which he became part owner in 1905. Was major on staff of Gov. Lind. Republican. Epis- copalian. Member Masonic order, Knights Templar, K. P. President Commercial Club. Address: Albert Lea, Minn.
EDWARDS, Hugh R., produce dealer; born at Manchester, Wis., July 1, 1866; son of Peter and Sarah (Roberts) Ed- wards; educated in public schools of Wisconsin. Engaged in farming in Wis- consin until 22 years of age; came to Minneapolis, 1888, and filled position of bookkeeper in several business houses; began in general produce business for himself, 1897, and is head of the firm of H. R. Edwards & Co. Republican. Presbyterian. Member Minneapolis Pro- duce Exchange. Member Royal League, A. O. U. W. Married at Sparta, Wis., Sept. 27, 1904, to Miss Margaret Rob- erts. Recreation: Traveling. Office: 27 Central Market. Residence: 2724 Gar- field Av., Minneapolis.
EDWARDS, John Milton, physician; born at Mankato, Minn., Jan. 25, 1874; son of John J. and Margaret (Richards) Edwards; educated in public schools; State Normal School; University of Illi- nois; College of Physicians and Sur- geons, Chicago, degree of M.D., 1899; post graduate course at Post Graduate Hospital, N. Y., 1901-03. Has been in practice of medicine since April 20, 1899; member of firm of Curran, Edwards, Holmon & Schmitt, physicians and sur- geons. Commissioner of health, Man- kato, since 1902. Presbyterian. Member American and Minnesota State Medical Assns. Member B. P. O. E. (exalted ruler), K. P., F. O. E., A. O. U. W. Mar- ried at Mankato, Dec. 5, 1906, to Miss Clara E. Gerlich. Clubs: Elks, Commer- cial. Recreation: Traveling. Address: Mankato, Minn.
EDWARDS, Maurice Dwight, clergy- man; born at Pittsburgh, Pa., April 29, 1847; son of Richard and Catherine Pond (May) Edwards; educated in private school, Pittsburgh; public schools, Du- buque, Ia .; Hamilton College, New York, graduating, degree of B.A., 1870; honor- ary degree of D.D., same college, 1892. Began in ministry at Dayton Av. Pres-
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byterian Church, St. Paul, Minn., July 1, 1874, and has so continued ever since, this being his first and only charge. Stated clerk of the Synod of Minnesota since 1885. Republican. Member Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa fraterni- ties, Sons of American Revolution (chap- lain). Married at St. Paul, Oct. 3, 1877, to Miss Annie Louise Deane. Club: Commercial. Recreations: Hunting and fishing. Church: Dayton Av. Presbyte- rian. Residence: 423 Laurel, St. Paul, Minn.
EDWARDS, William Chalmers, lum-
ber merchant; born at Virgil, N. Y.,
Aug. 23, 1846; son of Rufus and Har- riet O. (Hart) Edwards; educated in common schools and at Cortland (N. Y.) Academy; married at Tully, N. Y., May 20, 1874, to Phinetta E. Johnson, of New Haven, Conn. Went to Chicago, 1866, and began business career in a lumber yard; later became superintendent of a saw mill on Grand River, Mich .; opened retail lumber yard at New Windsor, Ill., where he remained until 1870, when he went to Kansas and became interested in the lumber business there and in Nebraska; was actively associated with upbuilding and improvement of Hutchin- son, Sterling, Kinsley and other Kansas cities and Edwards Co., Kan., was named in his honor in 1874. Came from To- peka, Kan., to St. Paul in 1883; presi- dent and treasurer Edwards-Bradford Lumber Co .; president Kansas Lumber Co., Edwards Lumber Co. and other com- panies. Was instrumental in founding and erecting Edwards Hall of Macales- ter College, 1904. Mason, Elk. Club: St. Paul Commercial. Recreation: Litera- ture. Office: Manhattan Bldg. Resi- dence: 1325 Summit Av., St. Paul.
EDWARDS, William Rufus, lumber; born at Hutchinson, Kan., July 24, 1875; son of William Chalmers and Phinetta E. ( Johnson) Edwards; came to St. Paul with family, 1883; educated in pub- lic school and Macalester College, St. Paul; unmarried. Began business ca- reer, 1893, in his father's lumber in- terests; now president and director of The Edwards & Westmacott Lumber
Co .; treasurer The Kansas Lumber Co .;
director The Lindas Lumber Co. and other companies. Mason (32º Scot- tish Rite), Shriner; member B. P. O. E. Republican. Clubs: St. Paul Commer- cial, Automobile. Recreation: Automo- biling. Office: Manhattan Bldg. Resi- dence: 1325 Summit Av., St. Paul.
EGAN, James Emmitt, civil engineer and surveyor; born at Madison, Wis., Oct. 11, 1859; son of N. P. Egan and Ella Smith Egan; educated in public schools at the Wisconsin State Univer- sity; married at Minneapolis, 1894, to Miss C. B. Boyle. Began profession as civil engineer in 1880 and now owns and operates one of the largest and oldest
engineering offices in the city of Minne- apolis, established in 1872. Was pub- lisher of the late city atlas and filled the office of county surveyor of Henne- pin County, 1891-92. Clubs: Commer- cial, Automobile, Engineers (Minneap- lis). Office: Oneida Blk. Residence: 730 E. 24th St., Minneapolis.
EGELSTON, Alvord C., lawyer; born at Ilion, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1860; son of Artemus and Asenath L. (Alvord) Egel- ston; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., degree of A.B., 1885. After leaving college came west as far as Chicago, where he had charge of a suburban school, 1885-86; came to Min- neapolis, Sept. 1, 1886; admitted to the bar, 1887, and has since that time been in practice of the profession. Member American Bar Association. Presbyterian. Married at Fonda, N. Y., June 30, 1902, to Elizabeth Dockstader. Club: Com- mercial. Recreations: All outdoor ath- letic sports. Office: New York Life Bldg. Residence: 3240 Portland Av., Minneapolis.
EGGLESTON, Walter A., mortgage loans, real estate, rentals; born at Win- terset, Ia., Nov. 16, 1865; has been a resident of Minneapolis since 1866; edu- cated in public schools of Minneapolis and at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. Began business career as an em- ployee of the David C. Bell Investment Co., 1886, and has occupied the position of vice president and secretary of the company since 1889. Republican. Mem- ber Real Estate Board, Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Married at Minneapolis, Sept. 4. 1889, to Miss Alice A. Adams. Clubs: Minneapolis, Commercial. Recre- ations: Hunting and fishing. Office: Se- curity Bank Bldg. Residence: 1777 Du- pont Av., S., Minneapolis.
EHERHART, A. O., lawyer, lieutenant governor of Minnesota; born in Dixon Co., Neb., where he was engaged as a cowboy, farm hand and farmer until he was nearly 21 years of age; entered Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., in the spring of 1891, and took the academic, collegiate and elective studies, in four years and three months. graduating as valedictorian of his class, 1895; studied law in the office of Judge Lorin Gray, Mankato, was admitted to the bar, 1898, and has since been en- gaged in practice at Mankato. Repub- lican. Elected State senator, 11th dis- trict, Nov., 1902; elected lieutenant gov- ernor, on Republican ticket, Nov., 1906. Address: Mankato, Minn.
EHRENSTROM, Nils Gustaf, farmer; born in Gotland, Sweden, Oct. 28, 1862; son of Rev. Johan Ludvig and Elizabeth (Olson) Ehrenstrom; common school and college education, in Wisby, Swe- den, 1875-81; came to the United States, June 6, 1882. Clerk of the district court of Kittson Co., Minn., 1895-1907. Demo-
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erat. Member I. O. of G. T., I. O. F. Married at Hallock, Minn., June 6, 1891, to Miss Elise Johnson. Owns and oper- ates 400 acre farm in Kittson Co. Ad- dress: Siggestad, Minn.
EICHLER, Charles Edward, mill feed; born at Martinsburg, W. Va., Dec. 17, 1859; son of Charles C. F. and Elizabeth (Frey) Eichler; educated in public schools of Baltimore, Md., and at Rock Hill College, Md. Began active career in wholesale and retail flour and feed busi- ness, under title of Eichler & Son, at Baltimore, Md., continuing 1877-87; re- moved to Minneapolis, 1887; has been engaged as shipper mill feed since 1892. Member Minneapolis Chamber of Com-
merce. Mason (32°), Knight Templar; member B. P. O. E. Unmarried. Clubs: Minneapolis, Minikahda, Athletic (Chi- cago). Recreations: Driving and horses. Office: Guaranty Bldg. Residence: The Hampshire Arms, Minneapolis.
EICKMANN, Peter, brewing; born in Scott Co., Minn., Sept. 18, 1862; son of Henry and Francis (Wonsch) Eickmann; educated in common schools. Began act- ive career in mercantile business at Glencoe, 1883; manufacturer of cigars, 1886-96; entered brewing business, 1896, incorporating as the Glencoe Brewing Co., 1901, of which he is president and director. Village treasurer of Glencoe, 1895-96; moved from village to town- ship, 1896, and was elected treasurer of township, 1906. Democrat. Roman Cath- olic. Member Catholic Order of D. K. K. U. V. of Glencoe, Minn. Married in Scott Co., Minn., Aug. 19, 1884, Miss Annie Wolf. Club: Commercial. Ad- dress: Glencoe, Minn.
EKDAHL, Charles, merchant, farmer and postmaster; born in Sweden, Sept. 22, 1829. Fought in the Union Army, Civil War, as private in Co. G, 4th Minn. Vol. Inf., enlisting Sept. 4, 1864; participated in the battle of Altoona, Ga., and in Sherman's march to the sea Has been a farmer since 1854, a store- keeper since 1887, and for 19 years has been postmaster of Otisville: Member State Legislature, 1875. Married in Swe- den, June, 1854, Stina Gustafson. Ad- dress: Otisville, Minn.
EKHOLM, Fred Victor, manufacturing furrier; born in Kanabeck County, Minn., Feb. 7, 1877; son of Andrew F. and Anna Charlotte (Sandell) Ekholm; educated in public schools; unmarried. Left school at 16; in 1897 started as apprentice with Mr. E. Sundkvist in the fur business; became general foreman and in 1905 was admitted to partnership in the firm of E. Sundkvist & Co., man- ufacturing retail furriers. Clubs: Nor- den, Commercial. Office: 237 E. 7th St. Residence: 721 Arcade St., St. Paul.
EKLE, Albert R., proprietor Mankato Marble Works; born in Norway, April 11, 1851; son of Rasmus K. and Carrie
Ekle; came to America, 1869; educated in schools of Norway and Illinois; mar- ried at Mankato, Minn., 1877, to Miss Annie Vangen. Learned trade of marble and granite cutter in Chicago; came to Mankato, 1871, and has been in business for himself, granite and marble works and monuments, since 1877. Republican. Lutheran. Address: Mankato, Minn.
ELDREDGE, Frank A., maple syrup; born at Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1856; son of Deloss and Georgianna (Beaupre) Eldredge; educated in public schools of Buffalo; admitted to the bar at Roches- ter, N. Y., 1877. Came to St. Paul and engaged in practice, 1878-80; in law practice and mercantile business in Dakota Ty., 1880-89; returned to St. Paul and became identified with the Towle Maple Syrup Co., of which he is secre- tary; also vice president and director of the Metal Screen and Manufacturing Co. Member Jobbers' Union, Northwest- ern Manufacturers' Association (direc- tor). Was member Dakota Territorial Legislature, 1886. Married at St. Paul, Oct., 1901, to Miss Nora G. Towle. Office: Chicago and Custer Sts. Residence: 777 Grand Av., St. Paul.
ELFORD, Albert Sydney, life insur- ance; born in Mitchell, Perth County, Ontario, June 15, 1867; son of Jonathan and Maria (Tilley) Elford; educated in common schools of Olmsted County, Minn .; married at Grand Forks, N. Dak., Sept., 1904, to Ethel Mae Canniff. Began teaching common school in Olmsted Co., Minn., Nov., 1885; principal Pleasant Grove Schools, 1887-88; superintendent of public schools, Stephen, Marshall Co., Minn. Engaged with New York Life In- surance Co. since 1890, beginning as so- licitor in Northern Minnesota; general agent for N. Dak., 1892-1901, building business up from $200,000 to over $10,- 000,000; appointed agency director at Grand Forks, N. Dak., 1901, and in Feb., 1904, appointed supervisor of agencies at St. Paul for New York Life Insurance Co., for N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Minnesota and Western Canada. Republican. Meth- odist. Member B. P. O. E. Clubs: Com- mercial, Minnesota. Recreations: Golf and driving. Office: Care New York Life Ins. Co. Residence: 976 Lincoln Av., St. Paul.
ELIEL, Julius C., president Eliel-Jer- man Drug Co. Office: 1st Av., N., and 3rd Sts., Minneapolis. Residence: Min- netonka Beach, Minn.
ELITHORP, Danforth, wholesale oys- ters, fish and canned goods; born near Ogdensburg, N. Y., June 29, 1854; son of Louis and Elizabeth Cynthiana (Kir- by) Elithorp; educated in public schools of Clinton Junction, Wis. Began active career in express business at Milwau- kee, Wis .; entered employ of Pride & Carhart, wholesale oysters, etc., Milwau- kee, 1876; removed to Chicago, and was
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associated with J. F. Pride as manager of Platt Co., packers of canned goods and wholesale dealers in oysters and fish; has been located in Minneapolis, manager Platt Co., since 1886. Repub- lican. Married at Minneapolis, Jan., 1905, to Miss Mary E. Marson. Club: Commercial. Recreations: Fishing and baseball. Office: 500-502 2nd Av., N. Residence: 3424 Irving Av., S., Minne- apolis.
ELLERTSON, Even E., machinery; born in Fillmore Co., Minn., Jan. 25, 1859; son of Ellert and Karens (Stens- gaard) Ellertson; educated at State Normal School, Winona, Minn .; married at Kindred, N. Dak., Nov. 27, 1883, to Julia Husebye. Previous to coming to Minnesota was engaged for a number of years in the livery and sales stable busi- ness at Mayville, N. D .; president Rus- sell Grader Manufacturing Co., organ- ized March 1, 1906, for the purpose of manufacturing road building and ditch- ing machinery. Office: 2429 University Av .. S. E. Residence: 211 Bacon St., S. E., Minneapolis.
ELLIOTT, Charles Burke, justice Su- preme Court of Minnesota; born in Mor- gan Co., O., Jan. 6, 1861; son of Edward and Angeline Elliott; educated at Ma- rietta College, Marietta, O., State Uni- versity of Iowa, degree of LL.B., 1881, LL.D., 1895; University of Minnesota, Ph.D., 1888; Marietta College, honorary LL.D., 1904. Married at Muscatine, Ia., May 13, 1884, to Edith Winslow. En- gaged in practice of law in Minneapolis, Minn., 1884 to 1889; judge municipal court of Minneapolis, 1890-1894; judge district court, 4th judicial district (Min- neapolis), 1894-1905; associate justice of Supreme Court Minnesota, Oct. 1, 1905, to Jan. 1, 1912. Professor corporation and international law, University of Minnesota, 1890 to 1898. Declined offer of position of chief justice of Supreme Court of Philippines. Author: Law of Private Corporations (3rd edition, 1890) ; Law of Public Corporations; Law of In- surance (3rd edition, 1902); Minnesota Practice on Appeal; The United States and the Northeastern Fisheries (1888), and numerous public addresses and ar- ticles in American and foreign reviews. Republican. Member American Bar As- sociation, Minnesota State Bar Associa- tion, International Law Association, American Society of International Law, International Society of Comparative Jurisprudence and Public Law (Berlin). Member Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Chi fraternities. Clubs: Commercial (Min- neapolis). Recreations: Golf, fishing and yachting. Official address: State Capitol. Residence: 1003 Eighth St., S. E., Minneapolis.
ELLIOTT, Cyrus, editor and publisher Olmsted County Democrat; born in Franklin Co., Pa., March 21, 1839; son
of Benjamin and Nancy (Zook) Elliott; educated in public schools of Canton, Ill. Was in mercantile business for 10 years previous to entering the publish- ing business in Warren Co., Ill., 1875; came to Minnesota, 1885; established the Olmsted County Democrat, at Rochester, May, 1886, and Rochester Daily Bulletin, June, 1891, both now in successful opera- tion under charge of C. Elliott & Son, printers and publisher's. Presbyterian. Member A. O. U. W. Address: Roches- ter, Minn.
ELLIOTT, Dixon S., general manager Great Northern Express Co .; born at Kewanee, Ill., Jan. 15, 1864; son
oť George Dixon and Adeline (McCormick) Elliott; educated in public schools of Kewanee, Ill .; married at Sioux City, Iowa, May 20, 1891, to Katie B. Hills. Entered service of American Express Co., at Kewanee, Ill., 1879, and continued in service of that company at various points until July 1, 1893, when he was appointed superintendent of the Great Northern Express Co., at St. Paul; ap- pointed auditor, same company, July 1, 1896, and remained in that position until appointed, Aug. 1, 1901, to present posi- tion as general manager of the com- pany. Club: Minnesota. Office: Great Northern Railway Bldg. Residence: 438 Portland Av., St. Paul.
ELLIOTT, Ezra F., wood and coal; born at Coventry, N. Y., June 8, 1841; son of Nathan and Clarissa Elliott; pub- lic school education. Worked in factories in Massachusetts and the East until 30 years of age; located on a ranch in Kan- sas, 1871; came to Minneapolis, 1881, and was traveling salesman for the North Star Shoe Co., until 1891; en tered coal business as manager retail department Pioneer Fuel Co., 1891; be- came manager St. Paul & Western Coal Co., 1901; has been senior member of the Elliott & Skellet Fuel Co., since
1905. Was member Co. F, 53rd Mass. Vols., 1862, Dept. of the Gulf. Repub- lican. Universalist. Member John A. Rawlins Post, G. A. R. Married in New York State, 1867, to Miss Lottie S. Van De Mark. Recreation: Fishing. Office: 9 S. 4th St. Residence: 65 S. 11th St., Minneapolis, and Lake Minnetonka, Minn.
ELLIOTT, Hiram R., meat packer; born at Farmington, Minn., Oct. 6, 1864; son of Luther P. and Lettice (Riddle) Elliott; educated in common schools and at Curtiss Business College, Minneapolis, Minn. Began active career in service of the Minnesota Transfer Ry. Co., in charge of stock yards, continuing 6 months; was in employ of C. L. Haas Commission Co., live stock dealers, at Minnesota Transfer, remaining for two years; came to Duluth, 1886, to take charge of plant of J. B. Sutphen & Co., wholesale dressed meats, and continued
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with that firm 6 years; then devoted entire attention to business of T. E. Halford & Co. (of which firm he had been a member for some time), until 1898; has been engaged in pork and meat packing business under title of Elliott & Co., since 1898, W. Mendenhall being admitted to partnership in 1899. Member Masonic order (Blue Lodge and Chapter.) Unmarried. Club: Commer- cial. Office: Foot of 37th Av., W. Resi- dence: Duluth, Minn.
ELLIOTT, Howard, railway official; born in New York City, Dec. 6, 1860; son of Charles Wyllys and Mary ( White) Elliott; educated at Cambridge (Mass.) High School; Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University, graduating, degree of C.E., 1881. Served for a time as rodman engineering corps Chicago, Bur- lington & Quincy Ry., 1880; clerk in office of president St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Ry., Oct., 1881, to Jan. 1, 1882; clerk in assistant treasurer's
office, same road, at Keokuk, Ia., Jan. 1 to Sept. 15, 1882; auditor and assistant treasurer Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City Ry. and St. Louis, Keokuk & North- western Rd., at Keokuk, 1882-87; gen- eral' freight and passenger agent same roads, at same place, 1887-91; general freight agent same roads and Hannibal & St. Joseph & Kansas City, St. Joseph and Council Bluffs roads, 1891-96; gen- eral manager, same roads, 1896-1902; second vice president Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy Ry., 1902-1903; has been president Northern Pacific, Washington & Columbia River and Minnesota and
International railways since Oct. 21,
1903. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Missouri Historical So- ciety. Married at St. Louis, Oct. 12, 1892, to Miss Janet January. Clubs: Minnesota and Town and Country (St. Paul); Chicago (Chicago); St. Louis, St. Louis Country, Commercial (St. Louis) ; Metropolitan, Lawyers (New York). Office: Broadway, cor. 4th St. Residence: 302 Summit Av., St. Paul.
ELLIOTT, John D., wholesale lumber; born at Holly, Mich., 1873; son of Mar- cus and Arvilla Emily (Seely) Elliott; graduate of Holly High School, class of '89. Has been engaged in the lumber business since 1889; manager and di- rector of the Empire Lumber Co. of Pittsburg, Pa., at Duluth, since 1903. Mason, Knight Templar, Shriner. Mar- ried at Marinette, Wis., 1901, to Miss Alice Staten. Club: Commercial. Office: 308 Lyceum Bldg. Residence: 230 16th Av., Duluth.
ELLIS, Myron Nelson, dry goods; born at Clayton, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1855; son of Joseph F. and Sallie M. (Bald- win) Ellis; educated in public schools of Rosedale, Wis., and Byron, Minn. En- tered general mercantile business at Byron, as junior member of the firm of
Cutting & Ellis; became member of the firm of Ellis & Vroman, Kasson, Minn., 1894; was identified with The Fair, at Riverside, Calif., 1898; has been member of firm of Luthold & Ellis, dry goods, Kasson, Minn., since May, 1900. Repub- lican. Methodist. Member A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., M. W. A., Yeomen. Mar- ried at Milbank, S. Dak., Jan. 25, 1883, to Ella O. Whitcomb. Address: Kasson, Minn.
ELLIS, Thomas E., member firm of Ellis & Perkins; born at Paola, Kan., Dec. 1, 1872; son of Thomas H. and Mary B. (King) Ellis; educated in pub- lic schools of St. Louis, Mo .; married at Troy, Mo., Jan. 6, 1895, to Anna Stew- art. Began, 1885, in the grain business, in which continued until 1900; accepted position with Liquid Carbonic Co. at Chicago, was transferred to their Kan- sas City office, in 1901, and to Minne- apolis office, April 1, 1902, of which was manager until his resignation, Nov. 15, 1906, when organized the firm of Ellis & Perkins, specialists to the soda water trade. Member U. C. T. of America. Mason. Recreations: Sailing, fishing and automobiling. Office: 217 1st Av., N. Residence: 2432 Dupont Av., S., Min- neapolis.
ELLSWORTH, Franklin Fowler, law- yer; born at St. James, Minn., July 10, 1879; son of Clinton and Louise M. Ells- worth; educated in graded and high schools, St. James, 1897, and University of Minnesota, graduating with degree of LL.B., 1901. Enlisted in 12th Minn. Vol. Inf., Spanish-American War. Elected county attorney, Watonwan Co., 1904; reelected, 1906. Republican. Member State Bar Association. Member Masonic fraternity, Knights of Pythias, A. O. U. W., Modern Woodmen of America. Has a growing reputation in Southern Min- nesota as a public speaker. Married at St. Paul, July 27, 1902, L. Mae Bader. Address: St. James, Minn.
ELMER, James Potter, railway offi- cial; born at Bridgeton, N. J., Dec. 7, 1857; completed school training in West Jersey Academy, 1876; married at St. Paul, 1887, to Miss Katharine Gilman. Entered service of the Chicago Great Western Ry., 1897, and has continued with the road as follows: city passen- ger and ticket agent, St. Paul, Minn., 1897-98; general agent passenger de- partment, 1898-1901; general passenger agent since April 1, 1901. Member Ma- sonic order (32°), Shriner; B. P. O. E. Clubs: Minnesota, Town and Country, White Bear Yacht (St. Paul); Chicago Athletic (Chicago). Office: Metropolitan Opera Blk. Residence: The Angus, St. Paul.
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