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OF THE" 
UNIVERSITY 
Of ILLINOIS 

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LIBRARY 



MEN OF 



ILLINOIS 







COPYRIGHT 

HALLIDAY WITHERSPOON 
CHICAGO, 1902 



PROPER DEDICAT- 
ION OF A BGDK OF 
THIS KIND SHOULD 
BE TO NO INDIVID- 
UAL, BUT TO 'THE 
MEN OF ILLINOIS "A A 
THEY CAME TO THESE PRAT 
RIES FROM THE NEW ENGLA- 
ND SHORES, FROM THE TI- 
DE WATER -31 FROM THE M- 
OUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA, 
FROM THE BLUE GRAS S P- 
ASTURES OF KENTUCKY -3. 
FROM THE LANDS BEYOND 
THE SEAS. JbTHEY CAME FI 
RST A FEW, THEN A MULT 

ITUDE. THEY WERE STURDY 
SELF RELIANT, HONEST AND 
PROGRESSIVE. A THIS BOOK 
IS DEDICATED THEREFORE 
TO "THE MEN OF ILLINOIS" 
WHO MADE THE STATE 



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DUC r 'OKY 




T was the intention of the publisher of 
Men of Illinois" to produce a practical 
book for the use of the business men of 
the state, but more particularly, perhaps, 
for the convenience of the press of the whole country. 
The work does not pretend to be biographical in 
the broad sense of that word. The desire has been 
to produce portraits which, in point of excellence, 
would leave little to be desired and to give just 
enough of the life of each of the "Men of Illinois " 
to make the matter of easy and quick reference for 
newspapermen and for others when such information 
was sought. 

From the inception of the idea of preparing this 
book earnest support has been given the work by 
the newspapermen of Chicago and of other cities, 
who realized the value that the book's completion 
would be to them. It is possible that another vol- 
ume may be necessary to bring the work to its full 
fruition. The publisher trusts that the volume 
which is given herewith to the public will commend 
itself and bear testimony at the same time that if a 
further extension of the work be considered advis- 
able the people may be fairly well assured that it 
will have qualities both of beauty and of utility. 

HALLIDAY WITHERSPOON 






INDEX 

TOPIC S 




INDEX- TOPICS. 



ACCOUNTANTS, 506, 514, 527. 

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 

2O9, 211, 212, 215, 2l6, 217, 2l8, 221, 222, 

261. 

ALDERMEN, 410, 431. 

ARCHITECTS, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, n, 12, 251, 515, 

530. 

ARMY (U. S.), 422, 423. 
ART CONNOISSEURS, 418. 
ARTISTS, 532. 
ASSOCIATIONS, 361. 
AUTHORS, 120, 508. 
BILLIARMSTS, 510, 520. 
BREWERS, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 19, 20, 21, 22, 265, 

391, 533, 534- 
CHICAGO LIBRARY, 476. 
CLERGY, 503, 510, 531, 532. 
COLD STORAGE, 412. 
COLLECTORS, 535. 
COMMERCIAL AGENCIES, 96, 521. 

CONTRACTORS, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 80, 
511, 514, 527. 

DECORATORS, 523. 
DETECTIVES, 434. 
DISTILLERS, 533. 
DOCKS AND SHIPYARDS, 471. 

EDITORS, no, in, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 
121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127. 

ELECTRICAL, 134 135. 

EDUCATIONAL, 128, 129, 130, 131, 514, 520. 

Music AND ART, 132, 133. 
ENGINEERS, CIVIL, 34, 39, 43, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 

55, 57, 529- 

CONSTRUCTING, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 
41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 56, 508, 512, 518. 
CONSULTING, 36, 38, 43, 46, 52. 
ELECTRICAL, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 52, 54, 55, 57. 
MECHANICAL, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 

49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 5*8. 
SANITARY, 33, 38, 45, 49, 57, 513. 

ENGRAVERS, 31. 

EXPRESS COMPANIES, 498. 

FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY BANKERS, 58, 59, 60, 
61, 62. 63, 64, 65, 66, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 
76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 
89, 93, 94, 96, 390, 409, 425, 507, 509, 522, 
526, 528, 531. 



FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY Continued. 

BROKERS, 67, 90, 92, 93, 96, 346, 347, 503, 505, 
510. 

CAPITALISTS, 58, 59, 60, 67, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 
79, 81, 89, 90, 93, 95, 355, 371, 415, 499, 535- 

INVESTMENT SECURITIES, 68, 95. 

LOANS, 81. 

MUNICIPAL BONDS, 91, 502. 

TRUST COMPANIES, 535. 
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 432. 
FLOUR INSPECTOR, 527. 
HOTELS, 97, 98. 

INSURANCE, 75, 85, 94, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 
105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 426, 473, 501, 518, 
520, 529. 

JOURNALISTS, 429, 502. 

JUDICIARY, 502, 508, 511, 530. 

LAUNDRIES, 384, 385, 520. 

LAWYERS, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 

144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 

153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 

162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 

171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 

180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 

189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 256, 499, 501, 503, 

505, 5o6, 516, 517, 521, 524, 526, 533. 

LITHOGRAPHERS, 32. 

LIVERY, 496, 504. 

MANUFACTURERS BAKERS' MACHINERY AND SUP- 
PLIES, 247, 268. 
BAKING POWDER, 289. 
BARB WIRE, 285. 
BILLIARD TABLES, 263. 
BOILER MAKERS, 226, 227. 
BOOK BINDERS' MACHINERY, 259. 
BOTTLE MANUFACTURERS, 264. 
BRASS GOODS, 245. 

BRICK MANUFACTURERS, 80, 270, 271. 
BRIDGE BUILDERS, 256, 513. 
BRUSH MANUFACTURERS, 271. 
CARRIAGES, 209, 215, 220. 
CASH CARRIERS, 286. 
CASH REGISTERS, 221. 
CASTINGS, 253. 
CHEMISTS, 248, 268. 
CIGAR MANUFACTURERS, 373. 
CORKS, 264. 
CORSETS, 261. 
CREAMERY SUPPLIES, 219. 
ELECTRIC CLOCKS, 285. 



INDEX TOPICS. 



MANUFACTURERS Continued. 
ELECTRIC LIGHT, 284, 285. 
ELECTRICAL GOODS, 282, 283, 284, 285. 290. 
ELEVATORS, 258, 259. 
ENGINES, 250. 
FEATHERS, 268. 
FIRE APPLIANCES, 249. 
FIREPROOFING, 269. 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS, 351, 352. 
FOUNDRIES, 515. 
FURNACE APPLIANCES, 250. 
FURNITURE, 522, 526. 
GAS ENGINES, 252. 
GAS AND ELECTRIC FIXTURES, 284. 
GLASS, 279. 

GLASS (Stained and Ornamental), 239, 264. 
GLUE, 269. 
HARDWARE, 265. 

HOT WATER HEATING APPARATUS, 250. 
ICE, 415. 

INCUBATORS, 264. 
IRON FOUNDERS, 222. 
IRON PIPE, 230, 255. 
IRON WORKS, 223, 224, 225. 
IRON AND STEEL, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 252, 

259, 377, 512, 528. 
LAUNDRY MACHINERY, 257. 
LEATHER GOODS, 289. 
LETTER FILES, 254. 
MACHINE SCREWS, 249. 
MACHINERY, 227, 229, 231, 235, 239, 240, 241 

242, 244, 246, 247, 250, 253. 
MATTRESSES, 257. 
METALS, 245, 262. 
MINING MACHINERY, 261. 
MONUMENTS, 260. 
OFFICE FURNITURE, 508. 
OILS, 280, 281. 

PAINTS, 275, 276, 277, 279, 280, 504. 
PIANO STOOLS AND SCARFS, 288. 
PIANOS, 287, 288, 523. 
PICTURE FRAMES, 290. 

PLOWS, 209, 210, 212, 213, 215, 2l8, 221. 

PLUMBERS' SUPPLIES, 228, 229, 246, 256. 

PORTRAITS, 291, 292. 

PRINTING PRESSES, 232. 

PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, 289. 

RUBBER GOODS, 247. 

RUBBER TYPE, 248. 

SCALES, 247. 

SCREWS, 262. 

SEWER PIPE, 268. 

SEWING MACHINES, 254. 

SIDEWALK LIGHTS, 243. 

SIGNS, 511. 

SILVERWARE, 245. 

SOAP, 272, 273. 

SPRING BEDS, 256, 367. 

STEAM HEATING APPARATUS, 271. 

STEAM PUMPS, 266. 

STEEL, 249, 323. 

STEEL ROOFING, 246. 

STONE, 260. 



MANUFACTURERS Continued. 

STORE AND OFFICE FIXTURES, 366. 

STOVE REPAIRS, 244. 

STOVES, 266, 267. 

TELEPHONES, 283, 286. 

TERRA GOTTA, 289. 

TOILET SUPPLIES, 384. 

TOOLS, 236, 265. 

TRUNKS, 273, 274, 473, 533. 

TYPE FOUNDERS, 258. 

TYPEWRITERS, 263. 

VARNISHES, 278, 279, 280. 

WAGON JACKS, 517. 

WAGON MANUFACTURERS, 207, 214. 

WATCH CASES, 383. 

WATCHES, 382. 

WHEELWRIGHTS, 211. 

WHITE LEAD, 278, 509. 

WINDMILLS, 221. 

WIRE, 233, 284, 286. 

WIRE FENCE, 219, 283, 519. 

WOOD CARPET, 263. 

WOODWORKING MACHINERY, 248. 

WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, 379. 

ZINC, 243. 

MERCANTILE AGENCIES ; 19 

MERCHANTS BOOTS AND SHOES, 388, 389, 390, 409. 
BOXES, 405. 
BROOMS, 414, 415. 
BROOM SUPPLIES, 414. 
BUTTERINE, 351. 
CANNED GOODS, 372, 407. 
CARPETS AND RUGS, 364. 
CEMENT, 407. 
CEMETERIES, 361, 407. 
CHINA, 409. 
CLOAKS, 348. 
CLOCKS, 383. 
CLOTHING, 348, 361, 362. 
COAL, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 
301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 
310, 501, 506. 
COFFEE, 347. 
COFFEE ROASTING, 347. 
COMMISSION : 

FRUIT, 313. 

GRAIN, 313, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 
337, 338, 339, 340, 34i, 342, 343, 344, 345, 
5i6, 518. 

LIVE STOCK, 318, 319 320, 321, 322, 323. 
324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330. 

PRODUCE, 311, 312, 313. 
CONDENSED MILK, 350. 
CONFECTIONERS, 351, 352, 431. 
DAIRYMEN, 350, 525. 
DRAWING MATERIALS, 403. 
DRUGS, 376. 

DRY GOODS, 353, 354, 355, 356, 359, 360, 524. 
DYERS, 412. 

FISH AND OYSTERS, 369. 
FLOUR (WHOLESALE), 372. 
FURNITURE, 365, 366, 367, 368. 
FURRIERS, 358, 363. 



INDEX CITIES. 



MERCHANTS Continued. 
GASOLINE LAMPS, 406. 
GENERAL MERCHANDISED 357, 358. 
GROCERS, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374. 
GROCERS' SUNDRIES, 529. 
HARDWARE, 367, 377, 378, 513. 
HATS AND CAPS, 363, 390. 
HIDES, 406. 
HOSIERY, 524. 
INSTALLMENT GOODS, 415. 
JEWELERS, 380, 381, 382, 411, 515. 
LEATHER, 386, 387. 
LIQUORS, 391. 
LUMBER, 392, 393, 394, 395, 39&, 397, 398, 399, 

400, 401, 402, 403, 415. 
MEAT MARKETS, 429. 
MEN'S AND LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS, 359, 

360, 361. 
METALS, 379. 

MILLINERY, 362, 363, 364, 417. 
Music, 408. 
NOTIONS, 362. 
OFFICE SUPPLIES, 406. 
OILS, 410. 

PACKERS, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317. 
PAINTS, 375. 
PAPER, 404, 405, 531. 
PLATED WARE, 380, 382, 383. 
PLUMBERS AND GASFITTERS, 379. 
RUBBER GOODS, 389. 
SALT, 523. 
SAND, 269. 

SANITARY WEAR, 408. 
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, 369. 
SHIP SUPPLIES, 410, 411. 
SILK, 363, 534- 
SOAP, 375. 



MERCHANTS Continued. 

STATIONERY, 406. 

SYRUPS, 351. 

TAILORS (Merchant), 416, 417. 

UPHOLSTERERS' SUPPLIES, 358. 
OFFICIALS CITY, 421, 432, 433, 435. 

COUNTY, 429, 430, 508. 

STATE, 421, 424, 425, 426, 427, 522. 

UNITED STATES, 248, 419, 420, 424, 519. 
PHOTOGRAPHERS, 507. 
PHYSICIANS, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 

444, 445, 519, 524- 
PLANING MILLS, 428. 
POLITICIANS, 427, 430, 434. 
PRINTERS, 504. 
PUBLISHERS, no, in, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 

118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 

507, 509, 525, 528, 531. 
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS, 500, 525, 535. 
RAILROADS, 428, 431, 499, 534. 

RAILWAY SUPPLIES, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258, 262, 
360, 499. 

REAL ESTATE, 93, 347, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 
452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 
462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471, 
516, 521, 524, 525, 530, 532. 

RESTAURANTS, 472, 473. 
TELEPHONE, 474, 475, 476. 
THEATRICAL, 477, 530. 

TRANSPORTATION, 253, 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 
484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 
494, 495, 496, 497, 500. 

UNDERTAKERS, 364. 

UNITED STATES ARMY, 422, 423. 



INDEXCITIES. 



ALTON 5*5 

AURORA. .. .79, 91, 130, 136, 181, 190, 201, 218, 

245, 248, 261, 350, 383, 441, 453, 457, 476, 527 

AUSTIN 147 

BELLEVILLE 22, 69, 125, 144, 201, 248, 267, 439 

BLOOMINGTON 172, 186, 200 

CAIRO 70, 71, 161, 171, 402 

CANTON 120, 195 

CHATHAM 88 

DANVILLE 125, 155, 175, 188, 360 

DAVENPORT, IOWA 234 

DECATUR 83, 179, 290, 437 

DEKALB 87, 186, 219 

DIXON 9, 25, 84, 144, 145, 152, 439, 467 

EAST ST. Louis 

11, 77, 78, 122, 178, 193, 197, 321, 44i, 495 



ELGIN 35Q, 383, 5.14 

ELKHART 183, 326, 424 

ELMHURST 386 

EVANSTON. .6, 8, 46, 47, 55, 59, 90, 99, 101, 114, 
128, 134, 152, 162, 166, 178, 179, 198, 207, 
222, 236, 251, 281, 332, 372, 386, 387, 408, 
409, 453, 473, 475, 482, 483, 493, 498, 503, 509 

FREEFORT 22, 86, 97, 109, 

144, 163, 208, 209, 229, 259, 320, 442, 443, 501 

GALENA J45 

GALESBURG.82, io2, 123, 128, 197, 2i6, 326, 421, 508 

GOLCONDA 4 2 5 

GENESEO 160 

GREENVILLE 182 

HIGHLAND PARK 32 

HILLSBORO 441 



INDEX CITIES. 



HlNSDALE 56, 88, 158, 296, 3OI, 304, 448, 465 

HOOPESTON 85, 345 

JACKSONVILLE 

88, 128, 130, 180, 189, 196, 202, 203, 445, 528 

JOLIET 81, 151, 153, 216, 260, 402, 442, 454 

KANKAKEE 407 

KEWANEE 85, 217, 255, 256, 359, 4<>3 

LA GRANGE 256, 276, 481 

LAKE BLUFF 238 

LAKE FOREST 12, 103, 332, 478 

LA SALLE 87, 131, 218, 271 

LEBANON 127 

LENA 408 

LEXINGTON 414 

LINCOLN 88, 162, 194, 424 

MATTOON 82, 147, 149 

MAYWOOD 182 

MENDOTA 89, 218 

MOLINE 77, 109, 156, 173, 178, 181, 183, 

185, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 252, 365, 441 
MONMOUTH 127, l6l, I7O, 2O9, 442 

MORGAN PARK 104 

MORTON PARK 489 

NEW YORK CITY 68, 89, 95, 189, 482 

OAK PARK 138, 353, 361, 404, 406, 481 

OTTAWA 87, 97, 164, 194, 217, 364, 390, 501 

PEKIN 391 

PEORIA ..n, 52, 57, 74, 75, 131, 159, 168, 171, 
174, 177, 184, 193, 204, 205, 215, 242, 260, 
272, 309, 3io, 344, 345, 374, 378, 379, 408, 
414, 415. 420, 427, 428, 433, 506, 516, 517, 533 
PERU 243 



PETERSBURG 152, 316 

PONTIAC 87, 426 

QUINCY II, 

34, 44, 72, 73, 74, 97, 127, 129, 161, 163, 
218, 229, 231, 253, 264, 267, 284, 313, 376, 

377, 390, 402, 405, 409, 412, 421, 438, 450, 508 

RIVER FOREST 36 

RIVERSIDE 38 

ROBINSON 169 

ROCK ISLAND 22, 76, 98, 124, 135, 

147, 166, 169, 173, 215, 230, 244, 422, 461, 490 

ROCKFORD 86, 126, 157, 174, 

21.6, 241, 349, 373, 402, 416, 436, 437, 450, 523 

ST. Louis, Mo 269 

SPRINGFIELD FRONTISPIECE, 

n, 51, 83, 98, 102, 109, 121, 

122, 129, 130, 145, 146, 150, 159, l67, 173, 

180, 183, 191, 192, 195, 345, 374, 425, 426, 439 

STEGER 287 

STERLING 126, 198, 364, 403, 436 

STREATOR 54, 80, 

122, 123, 145, 188, 264, 268, 285, 310, 378, 401 

SYCAMORE 86 

TALLULA 89 

URBANA 522 

VIENNA 505 

WAUKEGAN 19, 250, 289, 352 

WESTERN SPRINGS 421 

WHEATON 105 

WINNETKA 162 

WOODSTOCK 376 

YORKVILLE 89 



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In the preparation of a book like "Men of 
Illinois " the publisher could be charged rightly with 
something worse than inconsistency if he failed to 
include in his work a word about the Illinois Cen- 
tral Railroad, whose origin, growth and success were 
due largely to the same qualities which made great 
the state. 

The advance in material prosperity of the state 
of Illinois and the growth of the railroad system 
which bears its name were coincident. Few people, 
perhaps, at this day appreciate to how large an 
extent Illinois is indebted to this railroad for its 
development. Mr. W. K. Ackerman, in a history 
of the Illinois Central Railroad, in speaking of the 
license which was given the company by the state 
legislature to operate a railroad within the limits of 
Illinois, says: "The charter was a special one and in 
its bearing upon the future welfare and prosperity 
of the state was probably the most important ever 
granted." 

There are people living today who can remem- 
ber the futile attempts that were made by the state 
itself and by a private corporation to construct a 
north- an d-south railroad in Illinois. When finally 
the founders of the present Illinois Central received 
their charter and put their work through the people 
gave so much credit for the work that statesmen 
actually quarreled over the matter of credit for 







having been the first to suggest the undertaking. 
An acrimonious correspondence passed between 
Stephen A. Douglas and Sidney Breese because 
each claimed to have been the first to suggest the 
railroad subject. Perhaps the credit really belongs, 
however, to Lieutenant-Governor Alexander M. 
Jenkins, who spoke of Illinois' railroad possibilities in 
the state senate as early as J832. 

The State of Illinois made a failure in trying to 
construct a railroad that was to connect ultimately 
the lakes with the gulf. The Great Western Rail- 
road Company, so called, became bankrupt in trying 
to succeed where the state failed. In the year J85J 
a little body of strong business men, headed by 
Jonathan Sturges, met, organized a corporation and 
from that hour the Illinois Central Railroad has 
existed. 

It is but due to say that the officials of the 
Illinois Central Railroad have been interested in the 
progress of the publishing of ** Men of Illinois," on 
account of the nature of the work and its intimate 
connection with the history of the state of which 
the story of the railroad forms so great a part. The 
publisher's acknowledgments are given sincerely to 
the officials of the Illinois Central Railroad for their 
courtesies on all occasions and for the information 
which they so readily supplied. 

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INDEX PORTRAITS. 



ABELS, HENRY 102 

ABEND, EDWARD, SR 69 

ABT, PAUL W 78 

ADAMS, A. B 363 

ADAMS, GEORGE 327 

ADAMS, GEORGE EVERETT 136 

ADAMS, HARRY C 501 

ADAMS, JAMES E 73 

ADAMS, MILWARD 477 

ADLAND, VICTOR E 385 

AGEE, J. A 300 

AINSWORTH, HENRY A 212 

AISHTON, RICHARD H 479 

AISTHORPE, JOHN S 71 

ALDRICH, CHARLES H 136 

ALDRICH, NATHAN J 136 

ALEXANDER, JOHN T 319 

ALEXANDER, W. A 501 

ALLAN, JOHN P S3 

ALLEGRETTI, 1 352 

ALLEN, ANDREWS 56 

ALLEN, CHARLES L 137 

ALLEN, F. G 213 

ALLERTON, SAMUEL W 314 

ALLING, CHARLES 137 

ALSIP, WILLIAM H 270 

AMES, JOHN C 401 

ANDEL, CASIMIR 69 

ANDERSON, WICK 129 

ANDREWS, CLEMENT WALKER 128 

ANGIER, W. E 47 

ANTHONY, CHARLES E 75 

ANTHONY, CLIFFORD M 75 

ANTHONY, FRANK 436 

ANTHONY, WALTER M 134 

ANTISDEL, ALBERT 498 

ARMOUR, M. COCHRANE 236 

ARMOUR, PHILIP D 314 

ARMSTRONG, CHARLES GOOLD 52 

ARNOLD, BION JOSEPH 42 

ARNOLD, FRANK W 499 

ARTINGSTALL, SAMUEL G 49 

ASHBY, JAMES H '. . .. 329 

ASHCRAFT, EDWIN M 136 

ATKINS, SMITH D 501 

ATKINSON, GEORGE R 416 

ATWOOD, EDWIN B 423 

AVERY, CYRUS M 204 



PAGE. 

AVERY, ROBERT H 204 

AYER, BENJAMIN F 137 

AYRES, JASON C 144 

BAACKES, FRANK 233 

BABCOCK, ALFRED J 253 

BABCOCK, CHARLES S 138 

BABCOCK, FREDERICK R 138 

BADENOCH, ROWLAND W 140 

BAILEY, EZRA H 80 

BAILEY, GEORGE E 284 

BAIRD, GEORGE A 234 

BAIRD, LYMAN 446 

BAIRD, WYLLYS W 446 

BAKER, ALFRED L 90 

BAKER, DIGORY W 301 

BAKER, HENRY 301 

BAKER, M. M 261 

BAKER, WILLIAM H 301 

BALATKA, CHRISTIAN F 133 

BALDWIN, HENRY FURLONG 55 

BALDWIN, JESSE A 138 

BALLENBERG, JULES 362 

BANCROFT, EDGAR A 139 

BANFORD, HENRY H 446 

BANGS, FRED A *39 

BANNARD, HENRY C 265 

BANNING, EPHRAIM 138 

BARBER, A. H 240 

BARCLAY, JAMES 215 

BARD, GEORGE M 234 

BARGE, WILLIAM J 45 

BARGER, RICHARD WATSON S5 

BARKER, FRANK W 256 

BARKER, JOHN S 99 

BARNHART, ARTHUR M 258 

BARRELL, ALBERT M 334 

BARRELL, FINLAY 334 

BARRELL, JAMES 334 

BARRELL, \STEWART E 334 

BARRETT, CHARLES C 277 

BARRETT, CHARLES R 131 

BARRETT, ELMER E 139 

BARRETT, JAMES H 488 

BARRETT, JOHN P 135 

BARRINGTON, ANDREW 216 

BARRY, CHARLES H 108 

EARTH, L. L 393 



INDEX FOR TRAITS. 



PAGE. 

BARTHOLF, C. S 240 

BARTHOLOMEW, J. B 204 

BARTLETT, CHARLES L 375 

BARTON, ENOS M 282 

BARTON, JESSE B 139 

BASSETT, SHELDON H 269 

BASTRUP, Louis 140 

BATES, ONWARD 34 

BAUME, JAMES SIMPSON 145 

BAUMGARDNER, PETER M 281 

BAUMGARTEN, A 229 

BAUR, JACOB 268 

BAY, GEORGE P 64 

BAYLEY, EDWIN F 140 

BAYLISS, ALFRED 129 

BEACH, ELMER ELLSWORTH 137 

BEACH, RAYMOND W 503 

BEAUMONT, GEORGE 3 

BEAUPRE, WILLIAM S 79 

BEATTY, Ross J 237 

BECKER, A. G 503 

BECKER, CHARLES 267 

BECKETT, JAMES BEACH 141 

BECKETT, JAMES D 323 

BEERS, MINARD L 8 

BEGOLE, HENRY C 504 

BEHAN, Louis J 140 

BEIDLER, ADAM W 396 

BEIDLER, FRANCIS 396 

BEIDLER, GEORGE . .'. 396 

BEIFELD, JOSEPH 348 

BELL, ADOLPHUS L 354 

BELL, G. H 504 

BELSHE, EDWIN L 291 

BEMAN, S. S 6 

BENDER, FRED 366 

BENDER, WILLIAM, JR 22 

BENEDICT, HARRY 324 

BENNETT, R. J 370 

BENNITT, FRED 151 

BENSINGER, MOSES 263 

BENTLEY, FRANK T 249 

BERLIN, ROBERT C 10 

BESLEY, EDMUND D 19 

BEST, WILLIAM 373 

BEYER, OSCAR 4 

BICKFORD, L. H 113 

BICKNELL, ORLANDO L 249 

BIDDLE. WILLIAM BAXTER 487 

BILLINGS, CHARLES L 142 

BILLOW, CLAYTCN 50 

BILLOW, ELMER E 503 

BINDER. CARL 56 

BINES, ROBERT 341 

BIRD, A. C 482 

BIRDSALL, RICHARD M ' 413 

BIRK, EDWARD J 19 

BIRK, WILLIAM A 19 

BLACK, JOHN C 143 

BLACK, WILLIAM P 151 

BLACKWELDER. I. S 104 



BLAKE, CHARLES G 260 

BLAKE, EDWARD J 46 

BLAKELY, CHARLES F 504 

BLAKESLEY, A. M 215 

BLANEY, ARTHUR C 354 

BLEYER, SAM T 250 

BLINN, EDMUND B 400 

BLISS, ELIAKIM RAYMOND 152 

BLISS, SAMUEL E 236 

BLOCK, FRED L 408 

BLOCK, L. E 237 

BLOCK, PHILIP D 237 

BLOCKI, F. W 434 

BLOME, RUDOLPH S 26 

BLOOD, HARRY E 391 

BLUNT, JOHN ELLSWORTH 46 

BLUNT, STANHOPE E 422 

BOAL, CHARLES T 446 

BODDIE, JOHN T 447 

BODE, FREDERICK 364 

BODMAN, LUTHER W 333 

BOGLE, WALTER S 295 

BOGUE, GEORGE M 447 

BOHNER, GEORGE 406 

BOLDENWECK, FRED W.. 17 

BOLDENWECK, WlLLIAM 447 

BOLLES, C. E 406 

BOND, JOSEPH 265 

BOND, LESTER L 141 

BOND, WILLIAM A 447 

BOON, CLEMENT L 502 

BOOTH, WILLIAM M 141 

BOOTH, W. VERNON 369 

BORDEN HAMILTON 499 

BORDERS, M. W 144 

BOTSFORD, EDMUND MILLER 127 

BOULTON, GEORGE D 58 

BOUTON, NATHANIEL SHERMAN 223 

BOWERS. LLOYD W 141 

BOWLES, D. W 502 

BOWLES, JOHN P 322 

BOWMAN, JOHNSTON RICHMOND 350 

BOYS, WILLIAM H 145 

BRACE, WILLIAM 142 

BRADLEY, CHARLES HODGSON 143 

BRADLEY, DAVID 505 

BRADLEY, J. HARLEY 221 

BRADLEY, TIMOTHY M 502 

BRADWELL, JAMES B 142 

BRADY, JAMES H 448 

BRAMLETTE, JOHN M 495 

BRAND, MICHAEL 13 

BRANSON, N. W 152 

BRAYSHAW, ABRAHAM 272 

BRAYSHAW, BENJAMIN W 272 

BRAYSHAW, CLARENCE 272 

BRAYSHAW, W. W 272 

BKECKENRIDGE, WILLIAM L 46 

BREGA, CHARLES W 398 

BREITENBACH, C. G 382 

BRENAN, THOMAS 448 

BRENNER, JUDSON 219 



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BRENTANO, THEODORE 502 

BREWER, LAFAYETTE W 501 

BRIDGE, FRANK A 79 

BRIGHAM, EDMUND D 480 

BRILL, GEORGE M 41 

BRINCKERHOFF, HENRY M 494 

BRINKERHOFF, JOHN JONES 109 

BRINTNALL, WILLIAM H 62 

BRINTON, W. B 218 

BROCKLEBANK, JOHN C. F 404 

BROOK, J. W., SR 443 

BROOKS, JONATHAN W 409 

BROUGHTON, EDMUND P 481 

BROWN, ARCHIBALD L 239 

BROWN, CHARLES A 1 43 

BROWN, CHRISTOPHER C 146 

BROWN, EDWIN LEE 207 

BROWN, EDWIN T 239 

BROWN, EVERETT J 437 

BROWN, GEORGE F 493 

BROWN, JOHN H 300 

BROWN, JOHN W 218 

BROWN, J. STANLEY 126 

BROWN, LOT 489 

BROWN, PAUL 143 

BROWN, ROBERT C 146 

BROWN, STUART 146 

BROWN, WALTER FRAZER 300 

BROWNING, GRANVILLE W 142 

BRUCE, CHARLES A 317 

BRUCKER, JOSEPH 1 18 

BRUSH, CHARLES E 8 

BRUSHINGHAM, JOHN P 504 

BRYAN, ALFRED C 448 

BRYAN, CHARLES PAGE 504 

BRYAN, FREDERICK A 375 

BRYAN, FREDERICK W 448 

BRYAN, JOHN C 444 

BRYAN, WILLIAM F 345 

BRYANT, GEORGE H 238 

BUCK, CLARENCE F 127 

BUCKINGHAM, EBENEZER 103 

BUCKLEY, CHARLES W 332 

BULKLEY, A. W 203 

BULL, LORENZO 74 

BULL, CHARLES H 72 

BULLARD, SAMUEL A n 

BULLOCK, M. C 242 

BUNN, JOHN W 374 

BUNNELL, M. G 242 

BURDICK, CHARLES SYKES 205 

BURKE, ROBERT S 434 

BURKHARDT, HENRY S 25A 

BURNHAM, D. PI 3 

BURNS, J. J 273 

BURRELL, Louis H 144 

BUSH, WILLIAM H 363 

BUSH, WILLIAM LINCOLN c88 

BUSHNELL, S. MORGAN 42 

BUSSE, FRED A 302 

BUTLER, EDWARD B 362 



BUTLER, EUGENE K 206 

BUTLER, JOHN S 144 

BUTLER, WILLIAM 425 

BUTLER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 145 

BUTTOLPH, ALBERT C 370 

BUXBAUM, EMANUEL 349 

CABLE, BENJAMIN T 76 

CABLE, FAYETTE S 287 

CABLE, RAMSON R 490 

CAHILL, P. J 428 

CAHN, BENJAMIN R 92 

CAIRNDUFF, WILLIAM H 449 

CALDWELL, BEN F 88 

CALDWELL, WILLIAM SPENCER 443 

CALHOUN, W. J 147 

CALLAHAN, AMERICUS F 234 

CALLENDER, ELIOT 74 

CAMPBELL, GEORGE M 81 

CAMPBELL, ROBERT M 433 

CAMPBELL, R. M 473 

CAPPER, JOHN S 360 

CARLSON, GUSTAF 51 

CARMACK, E. H 101 

CARNEY, WILLIAM J 393 

CARNS, WILLIAM FEN WICK 118 

CARPENTER, BENJAMIN 410 

CARPENTER, GEORGE B 410 

CARPENTER, JOHN S 341 

CARPENTER, M. J 481 

CARR, ROBERT F 376 

CARSE, DAVID BRADLEY 244 

CARSE, JOHN B 244 

CARSON, GEORGE F 204 

CARTER, BYRON E 56 

CARTER, ZINA R 343 

CARTWRIGHT, B. F 427 

CASE, FRANCIS M 449 

CASSIDY, JOHN W 313 

CASTBERG, W. F 417 

CASTLE, CHARLES S 61 

CASTLE, CHAUNCEY H 267 

CASTLE, PERCY V 147 

CATLIN, THOMAS D 7 

CATON, ARTHUR J 151 

CAVERNO, XENOPHON 256 

CENTER, CHARLES D 438 

CHACE, C. C 485 

CHADWICK, CHARLES H 384 

CHAMBERLIN, JOHN M., JR 127 

CHANDLER, EDWARD BRUCE 30 

CHANNON HARRY 411 

CHANNON, HENRY 411 

CHANNON, JAMES H 411 

CHANUTE, OCTAVE 34 

CHAPIN, SIMEON B 505 

CHAPMAN, CHARLES A 32 

CHAPMAN, JOHN HENRY 268 

CHAPMAN, PLEASANT T 505 

CHARLEY, M. J 271 

CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, H. C. .. . uo 



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CH ATTEN, HARVEY 1 1 

CHENEY, CLARENCE C 3 2 

CHENEY, EDWIN H 44 

CHERRY, WILLIAM SLOAN 54 

CHRISTY, R. J., JR 43 

CHUBBUCK, H. EUGENE 44 

CHURCHILL, HENRY M 496 

CHYTRAUS, AXEL 149 

CLAGGETT. JOHN H. M 305 

CLANCY, ALBERT W 507 

CLARK, BERT 93 

CLARK, EDWARD B 120 

CLARK, HORACE f-o6 

CLARK, HORACE S 14? 

CLARK, JOHN M 474 

CLARK, WILL 07 

CLARK, W. IRVING 25 

CLARKE, JOHN V 507 

CLAUSSENIUS, GEORGE W 4Q7 

CLAY, WILLIAM W 9 

CLEMENT, AUSTIN 283 

CLENDENIN, HENRY W 122 

CLEVELAND, JOSIAH F 481 

CLIFFORD. JOHN 229 

CLIZBE, WESLEY J 220 

CLOWRY, ROBERT C 134 

COBURN, LEWIS L 506 

COCHRAN, N 327 

COCHRANE, WILLIAM M 81 

CODY, ARTHUR B 148 

CODY, HIRAM H 148 

CODY, HOPE REED 148 

COE, ALBERT M 449 

COFFIN, GORHAM B 275 

COFFMAN, SAMUEL 325 

COLBERT, DAVID V 325 

COLE, DELAVAN B 148 

COLE, JOHN ADAMS 34 

COLEAN, W. H 205 

COLEMAN, ADELBERT E 225 

COLLERAN, LUKE 433 

COLLMAN, C. 86 

COLVIN, WILLIAM H 67 

CONGDON, CHARLES B 337 

CONGER, ROMAINE M 449 

CONKEY, WALTER B 507 

CONKLIX, ARCHIE B 476 

CONKLIN, EDWARD R 476 

CONKLING, ALLEN 257 

CONKLING, CLINTON L 150 

CONKLING, JAMES C 150 

CONNELLY, HENRY CLAY 147 

CONNERY, JOHN T 297 

CONOVER, LUIHER W 319 

CONRAD, MARTIN 149 

CONWAY, RICHARD F 27 

CONZELMAN, WlLLIAM J 391 

COOK, GEORGE DILLWYN 68 

COOK, GEORGE SHAW 68 

COOK, JAMES BENSON 68 

COOKE, GEORGE J 14 



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COOKE, JOHN ARKELL 430 

COOLEY, LYMAN EDGAR 43 

COONEY, LUKE, JR 221 

COOPER, A. 506 

COOPER, JOHN ALEXANDER 506 

COOPER, JOHN S 328 

COOVER, DAVID RADNOR 507 

COPELAND, HOWARD D 324 

COTTRELL, GORHAM J 377 

COUNTRYMAN, ISAAC B 358 

COVERT, WILLIAM H 161 

Cox, A. G. . 276 

Cox, JAMES B 47 

COYNE, FREDERICK E. 419 

COZZENS, SAMUEL R 328 

CRAFTS, CLAYTON EDWARD 151 

CRAIG, A. M 508 

CRAIG, ISAAC B 1 49 

CRAIG, ROBERT 266 

CRANDALL, CHESTER D 282 

CRANE, RICHARD T., SR 230 

CRAMPTON, GEORGE W 211 

CRATTY, JOSIAH 149 

CRAWFORD, ANDREW 146 

CRAWFORD, JOSEPH 84 

CRAWFORD, JOSEPH W 84 

CREMER, BERNARD 75 

CRIBBEN, HENRY 266 

CRILLY, D. F 450 

CRITCHELL, R. S 105 

CROTTY, FREDERICK P 450 

CROTTY, WILLIAM 450 

CRUTTENDEN, JOHN S 450 

CUDAHY, JOHN 314 

CUDAHY, MICHAEL 314 

CULLOM, SHELBY M 150 

CUMMINGS, ANDREW 98 

CUMMINGS, E. A 451 

CUNNINGHAM, JAMES A 85 

CUTTING, CHARLES SIDNEY 150 

DALZELL, S. M 293 

DAMSEL, W. H 498 

DANIELS, EDWIN F 294 

DARDEN, JAMES G 372 

DARLEY, EDWARD CHARLES 48 

DARROVV, FRANK E 402 

DART, CARLTON R 50 

DAUCHY, WALTER E 37 

DAUGHERTY, JAMES L 268 

DAVIS, CARL EVERETT 45 

DAVIS, JOSEPH L 119 

DAVIS, SAMUEL S 135 

DAVIS, WILLIAM J 477 

DAWES, CHARLES G 152 

DAWLEY, WILLIAM S 39 

DAZEY, CHARLES T 508 

DEAN, THAD 392 

DECKER, EDWARD A 153 

DEDERICH, Louis 288 

DEERE, CHARLES H 210 



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DEERE, JOHN 210 

DEERING, WILLIAM 207 

DEFEBAUGH, JAMES ELLIOTT 117 

DE FOREST, F. BOWDEN 41 1 

DELAMATER, SAMUEL 451 

DELANG, CONSTANT 153 

DELANO, FREDERICK 489 

DELFOSSE, CHARLES J . . . . 451 

DENEEN, CHARLES SAMUEL 508 

DENELL, REUBEN A 3 

DERING, CHARLES L 299 

DKRING, J. K 299 

DE SMET, GEORGE W 407 

DE TAMBLE, MARTIN 247 

DEUTSCH, JOSEPH 32 

DEUTSCHE, SAMUEL 235 

DEVINE, MILES J 1 53 

DEVITT, MARTIN A 91 

DEVORE, ABRAHAM A 416 

DEVORE, JOHN A 416 

DEWES, FRANCIS J 14 

DEWOLF, DsWiTT C 297 

DE\VOLF, WALLACE L 451 

DE YOUNG, B. R 469 

DIERSSEN, FREDERICK 369 

DIETERLE, HENRY E 369 

DIETRICH, GEORGE 413 

DIETRICH, HENRY S 452 

DILLER, THOMAS 126 

DILLON, MOSES 403 

DIXON, ARTHUR 497 

DIXON, GEORGE WILLIAM 496 

DIXON, HENRY S 152 

DIXON, THOMAS JOHN 496 

DOHERTY, MICHAEL 435 

DONALD, FRANCIS C 488 

DONNERSBERGER, JOSEPH 452 

DONOVAN, HENRY F 118 

DOOLEY, JAMES C 158 

DORWIN, HARRY F 121 

DOTY, L. R 297 

DOUD, JAMES M 321 

DOWD, LEVI BARNES 62 

DOUGHERTY, NEWTON C 131 

DOUGHERTY, THOMAS E 288 

DOUGLAS, HENRY B 245 

Dox, CHARLES E 105 

DOYLE, AUSTIN J 18 

DOYLE, CHARLES J 31 

DRAKE, CHESTER T 250 

DRAKE, LAUREN J 281 

DREW, SAMUEL J 153 

DREYFUS, MOISE 235 

Du Bois, CHARLES G 282 

DUMMERT, HENRY 347 

DUNCAN, J. S 248 

DUNCAN, N. W 131 

DUNCOMBE, HERBERT SYDNEY 154 

DUNHAM, ARTHUR J 367 

DUNLAP, M. F 88 

DUNLOP, CHARLES D 108 



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DUNTLEY, JOHN WHEELER 236 

DUNTLEY, WILLIAM 236 

DURAND, ELLIOTT 275 

DURAND, J. B 37! 

DURPHY, C. M 47! 

DUTTON, EVERELL F 86 

DWIGHT, AUSTIN H 404 

DWIGHT, WALTER E 404 

EARLE, JOH N E TOO 

EARLING, ALBERT J 482 

EATON, THOMAS W 258 

EBBERT, WILLIAM A 214 

EBERHART, JOHN F 452 

ECKELS, JAMES H 509 

ECKH ARDT, WILLIAM N 337 

EDDY, ALFRED D 154 

EDDY, AUGUSTUS N 337 

EDDY, HENRY CLAY io5 

EDDY, SPENCER 420 

EDENS, WILLIAM GRANT 420 

EDGAR, THOMAS 154 

EDGAR, WILLIAM H 376 

EDMUNDS, FRANK W 251 

EELLS, SAMUEL C fc . . 84 

EGAN, JAMES A 439 

EGGERT, ARCHIBALD E 508 

EIKER, CHARLES F 269 

ElSENDRATH, WlLLIAM N 386 

ELDER, A. 328 

ELLICOTT, EDWARD B 44 

.ELLIOT, FRANK 453 

ELLIOTT, H. T 509 

ELLIOTT, WILLIAM SIDNEY, JR 155 

ELLIS, EDWARD D 384 

ELLSWORTH, HENRY 308 

ELL WOOD, WILLIAM L 323 

ELTING, VICTOR 154 

EMERSON, RALPH 216 

EMERY, JOSEPH W 267 

EMERY, SAMUEL HOPKINS 405 

EMMERICH, CHARLES 268 

ENNIS, CALLISTUS S 452 

ENNIS, LAWRENCE M 155 

ENO, EDWARD S 350 

ENTRIKIN, WALTER J 1 56 

EPPENSTEIN, M. C 383 

ERICSON, JOHN E 45 

ERICKSOJST, SAMUEL' E 430 

ESTABROOK, HENRY DODGE 155 

ETTINGER, CHARLES D 279 

EUSTIS, PERCY A 489 

EVANS, D. D 155 

EVANS, E. A 291 

EVANS, HENRY H 453 

EVERSZ, ERNEST HAMMOND 96 

EWING, WILLIAM B 50 

FABYAN, GEORGE 355 

FAIR, JOHN F 443 

FAIRBANK, NATHANIEL K 371 

FAITHORN, JOHN NICHOLSON 492 



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FALKENAU, VICTOR ^4 

FALLOWS, SAMUEL, REV., D. D., LL. D 510 

FALTER, DAVID B 349 

FARGO, S. M 388 

FARR, CHARLES W 286 

FARR, MARVIN A 453 

FARRELL, THOMAS F 244 

FARWELL, CHARLES B 355 

FARWELL, FRED M 407 

FARWELL, GRANGER 94 

FARWELL, JOHN VILLIERS 355 

FARWELL, MARCUS A 510 

FAY, OWEN H 496 

FEEHAN, PATRICK AUGUSTINE 511 

FEKETE, THOMAS L 77 

FELIX, BENJAMIN B 379 

FELLOWS, WILLIAM K 6 

FELSENTHAL, ELI B 157 

FELTON, CHARLES EMORY 90 

FELTON, S. M 488 

FENTON, WILLIAM T 61 

FERGUSON, CHARLES H 100 

FERGUSON, CHARLES H., JR 100 

FERGUSON, GEORGE MILLER 510 

FERGUSON, JAMES LARNARD 100 

FERGUSON, Louis A 42 

FETZER, JOHN C 453 

FIEDLER, GEORGE H 417 

FIELD, CHARLES E 509 

FIELD, ELISHA C 157 

FIELD, JOHN S 415 

FIELD, MARSHALL 353 

FIELD, SPAFFORD C 509 

FIELDHOUSE, WALTER 426 

FIERO, ALBERT W 40 

FINCH, HUNTER W 307 

FINLEY, WILLIAM H 46 

FIRESTONE, JOSEPH H 442 

FISHER, JOHN J 267 

FITCH, HENRY S 410 

FITZSIMONS, CHARLES 511 

FLANDERS, HARRY LINCOLN 387 

FLETCHER, WILLIAM MEADE 156 

FLORSHEIM, SAMUEL 515 

FOLEY, JOHN B 289 

FOLEY, THOMAS 510 

FOLEY, WILLIAM C 254 

FORBES, DANIEL 387 

FORD, J. S 365 

FORDYCE, ED'MOND A 286 

FOREMAN, EDWIN G 65 

FOREMAN, MILTON J 157 

FOREMAN, OSCAR G 65 

FORGAN, JAMES B 58 

FORNOF, JOHN W 123 

FOREST, WILLIAM F 156 

FORSYTH, JACOB 455 

FORSYTH, JOHN J 455 

FORSYTH, OLIVER 455 

FOSGATE, C. HENRY 97 

Foss, GEORGE EDMUND 158 

FOSTER, CHARLES F 50 



FOWLER, WILLIAM 383 

Fox, FRANK P 122 

Fox, JOHN V 454 

Fox, J. M 320 

FRANKEL, A. B 1 1 

FRANKENSTEIN, WILLIAM B 454 

FRANKLIN, LESSER 454 

FRANKS, JACOB 476 

FRECK, WILLIAM 246 

FREEMAN, JOSEPH H . 130 

FREER, F. A /2i 

FREES, B. M 400 

FRENCH, G. WATSON 234 

FRENCH, WILLIAM M. R 133 

FRIEDY, S. L 97 

FROEHLING, FRANK 313 

FROST, ALBERT C 91 

FROST, ARTHUR H 157 

FROST, CHARLES SUMNER 12 

FUCHS, W. C : 57 

FUESS, JOSEPH 69 

FUNKHOUSER, METELLUS L. C IO6 

FURBECK, WARREN F 92 

FURBER, HENRY H. J., JR 156 

FURST, CONRAD 206 

FYFFE, JOH N L 336 

GAHAN, THOMAS 26 

GAIVER, JOACHIM G 36 

GALE, FRED H 250 

GALLERY, JOHN J 512 

GALLOWAYJ JAMES B 159 

GANG, HENRY CLAY 423 

GANSBERGEN, FREDERICK H 158 

GARABALDI, JOHN G 312 

GARAGHTY, JOSEPH H 306 

GARDNER, FRED 294 

GARDNER, HENRY A 158 

GARDNER, J. WILLIS 231 

GARDNER, ROBERT W 231 

GARDNER, WILLIAM A 479 

GARTZ, A. F 230 

GARY, JOSEPH E 511 

GASCHE, F. G 57 

GATES, CHARLES M 219 

GATES, JOHN WARINE 512 

GATES, PHILETUS WARREN 225 

GATES, PHILETUS W 225 

GATES, WALTER S 112 

GAY, HENRY LORD 12 

GEIIRKE, EMIL 372 

GEISMAR, MORRIS 214 

GEORGE, WILLIAM 79 

GERBER, EMIL 56 

GERSTENBERG, ERICH 342 

GERTS, GEORGE E 271 

GETZ, GEORGE F 294 

GIBBS, O. G 398 

GIFFORD, ROBERT L 43 

GILBERT, ALLAN A 159 

GILBERT, MILES FREDERICK .... .161 



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GILBERT, WILLIAM B 161 

GILES, WILLIAM A 381 

GILLETT, E. S 351 

GILLETT, JOHN DEAN 326 

GILLETT, JOHN PARK 323 

GILLMORE, JOHN S 77 

GILMORE, CHARLES W 295 

GLENDENING, JOHN H 30 

GLENN, JOHN J 161 

GLENN, JOHN McGAN 117 

GLESSNER, JOHN J 221 

GLIDDEN, JOSEPH F 87 

GLOGAUER, FRITZ 115 

GOBEL, ELIAS F 23 

GOEHST, JOHN H 42 

GOLDIE, WILLIAM 24 

GOLDSMITH, BERNARD 101 

GOLDZIER, JULIUS 160 

GOOD, JOHN WILLIAM 212 

GOODALL, HARVEY L 115 

GOODMAN, WILLIAM 399 

GOODNOW, CHARLES A 483 

GOODRICH, ADAMS A 160 

GOODRIDGE, A. E. G 456 

GOODWIN, WARREN F 108 

GORDON, CHARLES ULYSSES 455 

GORDON, JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH 130 

GORMLEY, JAMES H 377 

GORTON, FRANK S 134 

GOULD, FRANK W 252 

GOULD, JOHN M 77 

GOWER, HARRY 491 

GRAFF, JOSEPH V 159 

GRAHAM, ERNEST R 3 

GRANGER, ALFRED HOYT 12 

GRANT, BERTRAND E, 513 

GRAVES. EMERY C 160 

GRAY, CHARLES W 113 

GRAY, JAMES J 160 

GREEN, ALBERT 436 

GREEN, ALBERT P 385 

GREENE, GAINES 316 

GREENE, WILLIAM G 89 

GREENEBAUM, ELIAS 66 

GREENEBAUM, Gus M 360 

GREENEBAUM, H. E. 66 

GREENEBAUM, JAMES E 66 

GREENEBAUM, M. E 66 

GREGSON, WILLIAM L 33 

GREINER, WILLIAM 387 

GREVE, CHARLES 357 

GRIER, JOHN P 34 

GRIFFITHS, JOHN 23 

GROLLMAN, SOL 288 

GROSS, SAMUEL EBERLY 456 

GROSSMAN, EDWARD B 349 

GROSSMITH, ALFRED 223 

GROUT, JOSEPH M 159 

GRUNEWALD, AUGUSTUS H 415 

GUBBINS, HENRY T 34 

GUND, F. M 109 



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GUNDERSON, GABRIEL M 18 

GUNNING, ROBERT J 511 

GUNTHER, CHARLES FREDERICK 431 

GUNTHER, FRED 217 

GUTHRIE, OSSIAN 512 

HABERER, GEORGE J 456 

HAFER, HENRY 298 

HAGAR, EDWARD M 53 

HAGGARD, JOHN D 367 

HAGGARD, SAMUEL BALDWIN 216 

HAISH, JACOB 219 

HALL, AVON S 514 

HALL, FRANK H 130 

HALL, HENRY STAMFORD 7 

HALL, WILLIAM P 422 

HALLBERG, LAWRENCE GUSTAV 8 

HALLE, EDWARD G 107 

HALLIBURTON, W. W 515 

HALLIDAY, EDWIN WARNER 70 

HALLIDAY, H. E 71 

HALLIDAY, H. L 71 

HALLIDAY, SAMUEL BENNET 70 

HALLIDAY, THOMAS WYATT 70 

HALLIDAY, WILLIAM PARKER 70 

HALLIWELL, ASHLEIGH C 115 

HAMILTON, DAVID G 494 

HAMILTON ELISHA B 163 

HAMILTON, FRANK H 51 

HAMILTON, ISAAC MILLER 102 

HAMILTON, JOHN L 85 

HAMLIN, JOHN AUSTIN 59 

HAMMETT, JOHN A 514 

HAMMOND, L. M 307 

HANEERG, JOHN J 456 

HA NCE, WlLLARD A 208 

HAND, PETER 13 

HANFORD, HOPKINS J 493 

HANNA, J. Ross 209 

HANNA, WILLIAM 209 

HANSON, ALBERT H 484 

HAPEMAN, DOUGLAS 364 

HARAHAN, JAMES THEODORE 484 

HARBERT, WILLIAM S 162 

HARDER, CHARLES C 298 

HARDIN, MARTIN D 423 

HARDING, AMOS J 104 

HARLAND, L. H 270 

HARM AN, JACOB A 57 

H ARNER, GEORGE W 119 

HARPER, BENJAMIN 76 

HARPER, WILLIAM HENRY 338 

HARRIMAN, EDWARD AVERY 162 

HARRIS, GEORGE B 489 

HARRIS, GRAHAM H 162 

HARRIS, JOHN F 331 

HARRIS, JOSEPH 475 

HARRIS, NORMAN W 64 

HARRIS, SAMUEL 235 

HARRIS, THOMAS M 162 

HART, ELIS S 163 



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HART, E. ORRIS 457 

HART, HENRY 431 

HART, H. S 54 

HARTMAN, JOHN 10 

HARTMAN, JOSEPH S 274 

HARTZ, IRVING T 252 

HARVEY, TWILINGTON W 39 2 

HASBROUCK, Louis 103 

HASKELL, JOHN W. C 274 

HASKELL, J. E 274 

HASTERLIK, CHARLES 21 

HASTINGS, LEWIS R 3 2 7 

HATCH, HENRY 43$ 

HATCH, OZIAS M 260 

HATELY, WALTER C 3*5 

HATTSTAEDT, JOHN J 132 

HAUGAN, HELGE ALEXANDER 164 

HAWLEY, HENRY S 499 

HAWLEY, JOSEPH R 444 

HAYES, FRANK 279 

HAYES, HAROLD V 5 X 4 

HEAD, FRANKLIN HARVEY 59 

HEALY, DANIEL D 53 

HEALY, STEPHEN 327 

HEARD, OSCAR E 163 

HEATH, ERNEST W 275 

HEBEL, OSCAR 163 

HECHT, FRANK A 515 

HECKMAN, WALLACE 164 

HEDENBERG, JAMES W 457 

HEDSTROM, E. L 300 

HEER, PETER 403 

HEIDENRICH, E. LEE 49 

HEISEN, CHARLES C 95 

HELD, AUGUST S 209 

HELD, FRED C 427 

HELM, CLINTON 437 

HELM, WALTER B 437 

HENEBERY, MATTHEW 415 

HENKEL, HENRY BAILEY 130 

HENNINGER, JOHN W 128 

HENRICI, PHILIP 472 

HENRICI, PHILIP, JR 472 

HENRY, C. F 349 

HENRY, JOHN A 164 

HENRY, WARRINGTON 227 

HERBST, HERMAN 346 

HERMANN, CHARLES H . . . . 391 

HERRHOLD, FREDERICK H 366 

HERTZ, HENRY L 428 

HETTLER, HERMAN H 401 

HEWITT, HERBERT EDMUND n 

HEWITT, JOHN 232 

HEWITT, MARVIN, JR 479 

HEWLETT, ALFRED M 255 

HEYMAN, ALEXANDER H 164 

HEYMAN, EMANUEL SYLVAIN 99 

HIBBARD, ANGUS S 474 

HIBBARD, H. M 513 

HICKS, FRANK M 252 

HlGGINBOTHAM, H. N 354 

HIGGINS, DANIEL F 442 



PACE. 

HIGGINS, GEORGE W 339 

HIGGINS, JOHN WILFRED 485 

HIGGINSON, GEORGE JR 494 

HIGH, GEORGE HENRY 457 

HIGHLAND, L. J 253 

HIGHLEY, G. E ' 280 

HlLDRETH, J. H l6 

HILL, CHARLES ERWIN 263 

HILL, EDGAR A 247 

HILL, HENRY W 5 

HILL, JAMES EDGAR 424 

HILL, LYSANDER 165 

HILLARD, CHARLES W 487 

HINCKLEY, WILLIAM B 93 

HINES, EDWARD 393 

HINKLEY, CHARLES W 515 

HINMAN, GEORGE W 113 

HIRSCH, ISAAC 265 

HIRSCH, JAMES H 362 

HIRSCH, L. K 499 

HITCHCOCK, R. A 365 

HITT, A. J 491 

HITT, RECTOR C 164 

HOBLIT, FRANK 88 

HODGES, WALTER E 487 

HODGKINS, JEFFERSON 527 

HOELSCHER, HERMAN M 228 

HOERBER, WILLIAM L 15 

HOFF, J. H 52 

HOGAN, JAMES 29 

HOGAN, THOMAS S 165 

HOLABIRD, WILLIAM 6 

HOLDEN, T. N 457 

HOLDOM, JESSE 165 

HOLLAND, JOHN EVERETT 166 

HOLLEY, LYMAN G 339 

HOLLIS, HENRY LEONARD 51 

HOLMES, DELEVAN A 166 

HOLMES, EDWARD B 224 

HOLVERSCHEID, HENRY HlNSDALE 3OI 

HONECKER, CHARLES A 233 

HOOPER, WILLIAM A 262 

HOPKINS, CHARLES H 31 

HOPPER, CHARLES B 497 

HORNSBY, HARRY H 135 

HORTON, G. T 513 

HORTON, HORACE E 513 

HORTON, O. H 165 

HOSTLER, AMANDUS EMERY 298 

HOSTLER, SIDNEY P 298 

HOTTINGER, GUSTAV 289 

HOTZ, CHRISTOPHER 207 

HOUGHTON, LEONARD F 75 

HOUSER, EDWARD H 31 

HOWARD, ARTHUR W 91 

HOWARD, HOMER G 458 

HOWARD, MARTIN 388 

HOY, LUMAN T 376 

HOYNE, FRANK G 458 

HOYT, HENRY WARRINGTON 225 

HOYT, PHELPS BUTTOLPH 458 

HOYT, WILLIAM M 370 



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PAGE. 

HUBBLE, JOHN P 105 

HUBER, JULIUS H 9 

HUCK, L. C 535 

HUDSON, THOMAS J. JR 302 

HUENKMEIER, G. A 374 

HUGHES, CHARLES H 84 

HUGHES, WILLIAM MACKENZIE 37 

HUGHITT, MARVIN 478 

HULBERT, E. D 62 

HULL, DELOS 299 

HULL, LEVERETT L 305 

HULL, PERRY A. . . 167 

HUMMEL, ERNST 18 

HUMMER, WILLIAM B 87 

HUMPHREY, ARTHUR 167 

HUMPHREY, J. OTIS 167 

HUNT, ROBERT W 40 

HUNTER, GEORGE 514 

HUNTER, THOMAS M 343 

HURD, HARVEY B 166 

HURST, ELMORE W 166 

HUTCHINSON, CHARLES L. 60 

HYDE, CHARLES EDWIN 416 

ILES, ROBERT S 167 

INGALLS, FREDERICK A 240 

IRWIN, CHARLES D 516 

ISCH* ANTHONY 78 

ISMOND, ROBERT E 458 

JACK, MATTHEW W 264 

JACKSON, DWIGHT 406 

JACKSON, GEORGE W 48 

JACKSON, WILLIAM 169 

JACKSON, ZENAS ZELLA 360 

JAMIESON, STILLMAN B 168 

JANES, GEORGE J. L 373 

JENKINS, GEORGE R 281 

JENNEY, WILLIAM L'BARON 4 

JEWELL, WILLIAM R 125 

JEWETT, JOHN N 169 

JOBINS, WILLIAM FREDERICK 248 

JOBSON, C. FRANK 8 

JOHNS, ROBERT 381 

JOHNSON, ERNEST V 27 

JOHNSON, FRANK ASBURY 168 

JOHNSON, GEORGE W 365 

JOHNSON, JAMES T 242 

JOHNSON, JOHN M 261 

JOHNSON, JOHN R 364 

JOHNSON, J. M 490 

JOHNSON, ROBERT M 382 

JOHNSON, WALTER 124 

JOHNSON, WILLIS F 342 

JOHNSON, W. 1 68 

JOHNSTON, JAMES W 282 

JOHNSTON, THOMAS TAYLOR 45 

JONES, ALFRED H 169 

JONES, ARTHUR R 340 

JONES, BURRELL D 292 

JONES, CYRUS M 357 

JONES, G. HERBERT 237 



PAGE. 

JONES, HERBERT C 437 

JONES, IRA LAFAYETTE ~. 120 

JONES, JOHN S 304 

JONES, J. RUSSELL 60 

JONES, LESTER L 112 

JONES, OWEN WILLIAM -222 

JONES, STEPHEN B 309 

JONES, WILLIAM H - 222 

JORDAN, RICHARD C 390 

JUNK, JOSEPH P 18 

KAESTNER, CHARLES 240 

KARPEN, ADOLPH 368 

KARPEN, ISAAC ' 368 

KARPEN, OSCAR 368 

KARPEN, SALOMON 368 

KAVANAGH, JOHN E 414 

KEEFE, JOHN S 233 

KEEPER, JOHN FRANKLIN 436 

KEEPER, Louis 326 

KEELEY, THOMAS F 14 

KEEP, ALBERT 478 

KEIM, ISAAC 356 

KEITH, ELBRIDGE GERRY 61 

KELLOGG, MILO G 283 

KELLY, JAMES J 303 

KELLY, JOHN 243 

KELTIE, HOWARD T 260 

KENDRICK, J. W 486 

KENNA, EDWARD DUDLEY 169 

KENNEDY, DAVID J 95 

KENNEDY, E. M 433 

KENYON, M. J 241 

KERFOOT, WILLIAM D 459 

KERN, FRED J 125 

KESSNER, J. L 357 

KETTERING, FERDINAND 389 

KETTLE, R. A 382 

KEYS, FRANK 324 

KILBOURNE, CHARLES S 350 

KIMBALL, ALONZO WESTON 101 

KIMBALL, EUGENE S 67 

KIMBARK, SENECA D 377 

KING, JESSE GUSTAVUS 96 

KING, JOHN C 346 

KING, JOHN C 517 

KING, ROCKWELL 413 

KING, S. E 217 

KING, WILLIAM 400 

KINGMAN, MARTIN 205 

KINNEY, WILLIAM CRANE 459 

KIOLBASSA, PETER 459 

KIPLEY, JOSEPH 432 

KIRK, JAMES W 122 

KIRK, MILTON W 273 

KIRK, WALTER H 171 

KlRKPATRICK, I. M I7O 

KlSTLER, LOUIS 170 

KITCH, DAVID A 290 

KLEY, ANDREW 231 

KLINE, JULIUS RAYNOLD 516 



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KLINE, SAM UEL J 361 

KNAPP, CHAS. H 480 

KNAPP, C. D., JR 95 

KNIGHT, CLARENCE A 17 

KNIGHT, C. S 273 

KNIGHT, JOHN B 459 

KNIGHT, NEWELL CLARK 92 

KNIGHT, WILLIAM M 97 

KNILL, CHARLES P 1 16 

KNOTT, HENRY A 516 

KOCH, NICHOLAS 273 

KOEHNE, RUDOLPH 517 

KOHL, JULIUS 439 

KOHLER, FRANKLIN W 39 

KOHLER, G. A. EDWARD 39 

KOHLSAAT, H. H no 

KOHN, EMANUEL J 348 

KRAMM, E. G 516 

KRANZ, JOHN 352 

KRETZINGER, GEORGE WASHINGTON 170 

KREUBER, ADAM 257 

KUFLEWSKI, W. A 445 

LACEY, EDWARD SAMUEL 59 

LAFLIN, MATTHEW 519 

LAKE, WILLIAM H 335 

LAMB, FRANK H 232 

LAMBERT, JOHN 519 

LAMSON, S. W 332 

LANDSBERG, EDWARD 17 

LANSDEN, DAVID S 171 

LANZ, GEORGE 289 

LARNED, SHERWOOD J 474 

LARSON, LEWIS E 129 

LATHAM, HARRY H 259 

LA VELLE, J. J 124 

LAVERY, GEORGE L 54 

LAW, DAVID H 439 

LAWRENCE, JAMES AVERILL 409 

LAWSON, VICTOR no 

LAWSON, WILLIAM C 171 

LAY, FRANK M 217 

LAY, HIRAM T 359 

LAY, NELSON 85 

LEACH , L. L 24 

LEARNED, T. E 487 

LEASK. ARTHUR 335 

LEDERER. FRANK 16 

LEEB, HENRY 20 

LEFENS, THIES J 460 

LEHMAN, LEWIS L 82 

LEHMANN, EDWARD J 357 

LEICHT, EDWARD A 397 

LEIGH, EDWARD B 258 

LEITER, LEVI Z 355 

LELAND, EDWARD F 336 

LEMAY, W. G 518 

LEMMON, THOMAS A 296 

LEJSTEHAN, J. H 104 

LESTER. CHARLES 383 

LETTON, THEO. W. . . 108 



LEVY, ALEXANDER H 279 

LEWALD, FRANK 380 

LEWIS, EDWARD C *7 l 

LEWIS, FRANCIS HERVEY 387 

LEWIS, N. B 259 

LICHTY, DANIEL 436 

LILJENCRANTZ, G. A. M 43 

LILL, GEORGE 33 

LILL, GEORGE M 303 

LILL, WILLIAM W 303 

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM Frontispiece 

LINDMAN, OSCAR F 518 

LINK, RUDOLF 403' 

LITTLE, FRANCIS WILDE 74 

LILLARD, JOHN T 172 

LLEWELLYN, JOHN T 222 

LLEWELLYN, SILAS J 222 

LLOYD, H. R 483 

LOEB, ADOLPH 107 

LOEB, LEO A 107 

LOGAN, FRANK G. 332 

LOHR, ANDREW 71 

LOMBARD, ISAAC G 60 

LOMBARD, JOSIAH LEWIS 460 

LONGENECKER, JOEL M 172 

LORD, DANIEL MINER 117 

LORD, EDGAR A 398 

LORENTZ, CHRISTOPH A 115 

LORIMER, WILLIAM 29 

LOUCKS, THOMAS C 308 

LOVE, SIDNEY C 338 

LOVE, WILLIAM S 518 

LOVETT, ROBERT H 517 

LOWDEN, FRANK ORREN 1 73 

LOWELL, GEORGE K 492 

LOWER, LEONARD AUGUSTUS 519 

LOWETH, C. F 518 

LUFKIN, D. 1 517 

LUKENS, FRANK E 299 

LUKENS, WILLIAM J 460 

LUTHER, MILO J 310 

LUTHY, FERD 74 

LYFORD, WILL H 172 

LYLES, GILBERT S 291 

LYMAN, D. BRAINERD 172 

LYMAN, JESSE P 315 

LYMAN, WILLIAM H 359 

LYNCH, JAMES C 473 

LYNCH, JOHN A 61 

LYNCH, THOMAS 95 

LYON, JOHN B 460 

LYTTON, GEORGE 361 

MABIE, C. E 520 

MACALLISTER, DICKINSON 5OO 

MACDONALD, JAMES 53 

MACOY, EUGENE H 4.77 

MADDEN, GEORGE H 89 

MAGERSTADT, ERNEST J 366 

MAGRUDER, BENJAMIN D 177 

MAKER, GEORGE W 10 

MAIN, THEOPHILUS HERBERT 292 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



MALLETTE, JAMES P 461 

MALLEY, WILLIAM C 177 

MALLARY, MAcM 426 

MALLORY, C. A 325 

MANDEL, LEON 356 

MANGLER, WILLIAM 472 

MANIERRE, WILLIAM R 177 

MANLY, FRANK P 100 

MANSFIELD, HENRY 177 

MANSUR, ALVIN 211 

MANSURE, EDMUND L 358 

MARCUSSON, HENRY H 256 

MARDER, JOHN 258 

MARR, WILLIAM W 419 

MARSH, CHARLES A 400 

MARSHALL, BENJAMIN H 5 

MARSHALL, PHILIP L 461 

MARTIN, JAMES C 175 

MARTIN, JOSEPH EARL 277 

MARTINE, JAMES EDWIN 133 

MASON, CARLILE 224 

MASON, GEORGE 224 

MASON, JAMES 261 

MASON, T. A 81 

MASON, WILLIAM E 176 

MATHER, ALONZO C 495 

MATHER, ROBERT 176 

MATTHTESSEN, FRANK 232 

MAY, CHARLES H 123 

MAY, JOHN ALEXANDER 176 

MAY, STEPHEN D 176 

MAYER, DAVID 356 

MAYER, HENRY 20 

MAYER, SIMON 433 

MCALPINE, W. J 25 

McANSH, ANDREW 522 

MCANULTY, R. HAMILTON 173 

McAuLiFF, C in 

MCCARREN, JAMES 241 

MCCARTHY, J. G 2; 

MCCARTY, J. F 435 

MCCLEAN, SAMUEL A. JR 330 

McCLELLAND, THOMAS 128 

McCoRD, ALVIN CARR 251 

McCoRDic, ALFRED E 521 

McCoRMiCK, ALEXANDER AGNEW m 

MCCORMICK, CYRUS HALL 206 

MCCREERY, JOHN 98 

MCCREERY, JOHN H 98 

McCuLLocK, DAVID 174 

McCuLLOGH, EDWARD D 174 

McCuLLOH, THOMAS G 281 

McCuLLoucH, CHARLES E 255 

McCuLLoucH, HIRAM M 478 

McCuLLoucH, JAMES S S 22 

McDoEL, W. H 492 

MCDONALD, JAMES 296 

MCDOWELL, GUY M 175 

MCDOWELL, JOHN WRIGHT 205 

MCELROY, ROBERT L 521 

MCENIRY, MATTHEW J 1 73 

MCENIRY, WM 173 



McEvoY, ROBERT G 174 

McEwEN, WILLARD MILTON 174 

MCFERREN, JACOB S 345 

McGANN, LAWRENCE 434 

McGiLLEN, JOHN 29 

McGooRTY, JOHN P 175 

MCGRATH, MAURICE J 419 

McGuiRE, J. FRED 462 

McHucH, CHARLES 98 

MclNTOSH, H. M 93 

MCKAY, JAMES R 67 

McKAY, WILLIAM K 114 

MCKENNA, LLEWELLYN B 129 

McKEY, WILLIAM D 462 

McKiNLocK, GEORGE A 283 

MCKINNON, JOHN W 521 

MCKNIGHT, GEORGE F 427 

MCLEAN, S. H 441 

McLEOD, PETER R 241 

MCMASTER, GEORGE 211 

MCMASTER, SYLVESTER R 344 

McMiLLEN, CARROLL S 417 

McMuNN, S. W 251 

McMYNN, JOHN CLARK 40 

McNuLTA, JOHN 175 

MCREYNOLDS, GEORGE S 333 

McWiLLiAMS, LAFAYETTE 354 

MEACH AM, F. D 28 

MEAD, AARON BENEDICT 461 

MEAD, DANIEL W 41 

MEAGER, JAMES FRANCIS 182 

MEANOR, ANSON E 178 

MEANS, ARCHIBALD 243 

MEANS, WILLIAM E 243 

MEDILL, THOMAS J 461 

MEESE, WILLIAM A 1 78 

MEHRING, GEORGE 37 

MELCHER, CHARLES WOODBURY 37 

MENDEN, WILLIAM S 51 

MERRIAM, JONATHAN 519 

MERRICK, GEORGE P 17*8 

MERRIFIELD, O. S 535 

MERRIFIELD, W. A 208 

MERRIGOLD, WILLIAM A. 462 

MESSICK, JOSEPH B 178 

MEYER, CARL F 521 

MIEHLE, ROBERT 232 

MILES, HERBERT E 220 

MILEY, JOHN L 292 

MILLER, BRICE A 109 

MILLER, CHARLES LAMARTINE 126 

MILLER, FREDERICK A 483 

MILLER, H. H. C 179 

MILLER, JOHN STOCKER 179 

MILLER, JOSEPH M 249 

MILLER, ROSEWELL 482 

MILLER, WALTER H 3 T 7 

MILLIKIN, JAMES 83 

MILLS, CHARLES F 122 

MILLS, DANIEL W '. 462 

MILLS, FRANK 324 

MILLS, GEORGE FREDERICK 265 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



MILLS, ISAAC R 179 

MILLS, LUTHER LAFLIN 179 

MILNOR, LLOYD 380 

MINER, LEWIS H 121 

MINER, ORLIN H 383 

MINWEGEN, JOHN 431 

MITCHELL, JOHN J 522 

MITCHELL, PHIL 76 

MITCHELL, WILLIAM HAMILTON 522 

MITCHELL, WILLIAM N 520 

Mix, JAMES T 404 

MODJESKI, RALPH 33 

MOHR, ALBERT 226 

MOHR, EDWARD 227 

MOHR, JOHN 226 

MOHR, JOSEPH 226 

MOHR, Louis H 226 

MOHR, WILLIAM J 227 

MONROE, BAZZELL D iSo 

MONTGOMERY, FRANK M 25 

MONTGOMERY, HUGH W . % 114 

MONTGOMERY, JOHN R 180 

MONTGOMERY, S. B 72 

MOORE, C. A 520 

MOORE, EMORY B 263 

MOORE, JAMES HOBART go 

MOORE, SILAS M 463 

MOORE, W. R 181 

MORAN, THOMAS A 181 

MORFORD, THOMAS T . 500 

MORGAN, J. W 441 

MORRILL, ALLAN A 278 

MORRILL, CHARLES E 278 

MORRIS, EDWARD 316 

MORRIS, IRA NELSON 316 

MORRIS, NELSON 316 

MORRISON, ISAAC L 180 

MORTIMER, CHARLES FREDERICK 180 

MORTON, JOY 523 

MORTON, PAUL 486 

MOSES, ADOLPH 181 

MOSLEY, CHARLES E 475 

MOTTER, GEO. W 292 

MOULTON, GEORGE M 423 

MOULTON, JAMES G 418 

MOXLEY, WILLIAM J 351 

MOYER, CHARLES D 330 

MUIR, JOHN 353 

MULLEN, LESLIE 294 

MULLIKEN, CHARLES HENRY 463 

MUNDIE, W. B 4 

MUNGER, ALBERT A 94 

MUNGER, EDWIN A 182 

MUNN, L. L 259 

MUNROE, GEORGE 374 

MUNROE, GEORGE H 81 

MURPHY, J. B 230 

MURPHY, J. C 181 

MURRAY, TOM 359 



MUSHAM, W. HENRY 432 

MUSSEY, W. P 520 

MYERS, D. S 87 

NADHERNY, JOHN D ' 417 

NATHAN, ADOLPH 348 

NEILER, SAMUEL GRAHAM 36 

NELSON, ROBERT S 257 

NELSON, THOMAS EDWARD 523 

NELSON, WILLIAM 523 

NETCHER, CHARLES 358 

NETTELS, EDWARD CARLETON 483 

NEUMAN, WIGHT F 133 

NEWCOMB, R. F 405 

NEWELL, F. B 296 

NEWSAM, RICHARD 310 

NEWTON, WILLIAM R 89 

NIBLOCK, CHARLES B 295 

NICHOLS, EDGAR H 3 f) 8 

NICHOLS, EDWARD C 182 

NICHOLS, J. J ' 398 

NICHOLSON, GEORGE T 486 

NIMMONS, GEORGE C 4 

NIXON, WILLIAM PENN T 10 

NOBLE, ALFRED 33 

NORTHCOTT, WILLIAM A 182 

NORTHROP, JOHN W 523 

NOYES, FRANK BRETT in 

NOYES, LA VERNE W 221 

NYE, JAMES W 104 

NYLANDER, AUGUST 373 

OAKFORD, A. S 374 

OAKLEAF, JOSEPH B 183 

O'BRIEN, MARTIN 418 

O'BRIEN, QUIN 184 

ODELL, JOHN J. P 526 

OEHNE, THEODORE 13 

OGLESBY, JOHN 4 2 4 

OGLESBY, RICHARD JAMES 183 

OGREN, CHARLES T 16 

OHARA, GEORGE EDWIN 402 

OHEARN, THOMAS 313 

O'KEEFFE, P. J 184 

OLDAM, HARRY 429 

OLDS. WALTER , 183 

OLESON, GEORGE S 430 

ONAHAN, WILLIAM J 59 

O'NEILL, ANDREW 379 

O'NEILL, JOHN, JR 379 

ORENDORFF, ALFRED 183 

ORGAN, ROLLIN B 431 

ORR, FRANK B 377 

ORR, WILLARD T 463 

ORTMANN, RUDOLPH 253 

ORTSEIFEN, ADAM 19 

OSGOOD, EDWIN S 32 

OTIS, EL WELL S 422 

OTIS, FREDERICK RAYMOND 464 

OTIS, JAMES 464 

OTIS, JOSEPH E . . . , 464 

OTIS, JOSEPH E., JR 347 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



OTTENHEIMER, HENRY L 7 

OUTHET, JOHN C 444 

OUTHET, R. M 463 

OWSLEY, LOUIS S 525 

PACKARD, SAMUEL WARE 185 

PAEPCKE, HERMAN 397 

PAGE, CHARLES T 285 

PAGE, GEORGE T 184 

PAINE, S. M 291 

PALMER, HONORE 431 

PALMER, POTTER 58 

PALMER, SILAS 323 

PALTZER, CHARLES A 401 

PAM, MAX 524 

PARADIS, FREPERICK EDWARD 47 

PARKER, EDWARD J 72 

PARKER, GEORGE G 341 

PARKER, HILON A 490 

PARKER, J. 305 

PARKHURST, HENRY WILLIAMS 48 

PARRY, WILLIAM S ' 414 

PARSONS, WILLIAM RICHARD 524 

PATTERSON, ROBERT W no 

PATTERSON, RUDOLPH M 464 

PATTERSON, W. R 283 

PATTON, NORMAND S 5 

PAUL, CLARENCE RICHMOND 121 

PAULLIN, GEORGE W 358 

PAVLICEK, CHARLES B 184 

PAYNE, JOHN BARTON 185 

PEABODY, FRANCIS S 293 

PEARSONS, D. K 465 

PEASE, ARTHUR BURR 185 

PECK, COMFORT EDSON 35 

PECK, FREDERICK W 186 

PECK, GEORGE R 186 

PECKHAM, DANIEI 88 

PECKHAM, FREDERICK ASAPH 49 

PEEK, BURTON F 185 

PELOUZE, WILLIAM NELSON 247 

PERKINS, JAMES L. . . 245 

PERKINS, WALTON 132 

PERRY, ALBERT J 82 

PERRY, ISAAC M 63 

PERSON, D. VAN NESS 525 

PETERS, ALEXANDER H 49 1 

PETERS, CHARLES W 4 2 9 

PETERS, EDWARD H 465 

PETERS, HOMER H 337 

PFAELZER, Louis 319 

PFEIFER, CHARLES 412 

PFEIL, CHARLES F 382 

PHILLIPS, ALBERT C 113 

PHILLIPS, GEORGE H 342 

PHILLIPS, ISAAC N 186 

PHILLIPS, THOMAS P 26 

PIATT, ABNER 325 

PIAZZA, J. V 312 

PiCKELs, WILLIAM DOBSON 49 

PIERCE, CHARLES 1 255 



PAGE. 

PIERCE, DANIEL 86 

PIERCE, EDWIN F 25 

PIERCE, GERALD m 

PIERCE, JOHN H 255 

PIERCE, RICHARD HENRY 36 

PIERCE, THOMAS H 85 

PIERSON, CHARLES 525 

PIKE, EUGENE S 58 

PITCHER, HENRY L 361 

PITCHER, LEWIS WILLIAM 94 

PITKIN, CHARLES WELLES 275 

PLAMONDON, AMBROSE 239 

PLAMONDON, CHARLES A 239 

PLEW, JAMES E 384 

PLUMB, FAWCETT go 

PLUMB, RALPH 80 

PLUMB, S. W '.',', So 

POMEROY, JAMES G 55 

POND, WILLIAM L j86 

POOLE, CHARLES CLARENCE 187 

PORTER, J. E 2x7 

PORTER, WASHINGTON 524 

PORTMAN, AUGUST F 1 16 

POSTA, FRANCIS J 279 

POTTER, EDWIN A 63 

POTTER, JOHN W 124 

POWELL, AMBROSE 39 

POWELL, M. W 26 

POWELL, WILLIAM H 248 

POWELL, W. C 524 

POWERS, DAVID J 257 

POWERS, H. J 477 

PRATT, EDWIN HARTLEY 445 

PRATT, RALPH E 342 

PRENTICE, LEON H 250 

PRENTISS, WILLIAM 187 

PRESTON, DEMING H 304 

PRICE, R. C 352 

PRICE, V. C., DR 289 

PRICE, W. B 287 

PRIDMORE, HENRY E 246 

PRIDMORE, WILLIAM A 525 

PRINCE, EDWARD 34 

PRINDIVILLE, JOHN 107 

PRINDIVILLE, JOHN K 187 

PTACEK, JOHN E 432 

PUFFER, WM. LINCOLN 306 

PULLMAN, GEORGE M 493 

PURDY, WARREN G 490 

PURINGTON, DlLLWYN V 270 

PURDMONT, HENRY C 401 

PYE, SAMUEL H 119 

PYOTT, DAVID 224 

QUINCY, CHARLES F 254 

QUINN, JAMES M 344 

RAMSAY, D. G 187 

RAMSEY, WILLIAM W 28 

RANDALL, THOMAS DAVID 311 

RANDOLPH, ISHAM 38 

RANKIN, GEORGE C 127 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



RAPPAL, FRED J., JR 318 

RAPPAL, JOHN H 318 

RAPPAL, LAWRENCE L 318 

RAPPAL, SYMON P 318 

RATHBONE, RICHARD WALTON 527 

RATHBUN, CHARLES H 310 

RATTLE, THOMAS S 480 

RAUCH, ALBERT, SR 526 

RAVVSON, S. W 528 

RAYMER, WALTER J 410 

RAYMOND, ALBERT 261 

RAYMOND, JOHN M 527 

READ, FRANK P 304 

READ, W. H 345 

REARICH, GEORGE F 188 

RECKITT, ERNEST 527 

REDDICK, JAMES 465 

REDFIELD, JOSEPH B 481 

REECE, JASPER N 421 

REED, GEORGE W 384 

REED, LAWRENCE J 27 

REES, THOMAS 121 

REEVES, WALTER 188 

REGELIN, WILLIAM C 465 

REHM, WILLIAM H 15 

REIMANN, GUSTAV L 245 

REINHART, HENRY 418 

REMICK, FRANK C 340 

REMPE, GEORGE H 244 

RENNICK, PERCIVAL G 420 

REVELL, ALEXANDER H 367 

REW, HENRY C 90 

RICE, CHARLES Louis 241 

RICE, P. H 21 

RICE, W. H 322 

RICHARDS, ISAAC D 243 

RICHARDS, JOHN T 188 

RICHARDS, P. C 302 

RICHARDSON, GEORGE P 363 

RICHARDSON, JAMES B 389 

RICHARDSON, MELVIN E 475 

RICHARDSON, ORLOW W 364 

RICHARDSON, O. S 293 

RICHARDSON, ROBERT EATON 36 

RICHARDSON, W. C. B 31 

RICHHEIMER, I. D 347 

RICKCORDS, GEORGE E 64 

RICKER, HENRY F. J 73 

RIDGELY, WILLIAM B 528 

RIGGS, GEORGE W 102 

RINAM AN, R. L 77 

RIPLEY, EDWARD P 486 

RITSHER, EDWARD C 188 

RlTTENHOUSE, M. F 396 

RITTES, Louis E 55 

ROACH, F. LYON 307 

ROACH, JOHN WILLARD 494 

ROBBINS, EDWARD F 315 

ROBBINS, J 445 

ROBERTON, DAVID C 317 

ROBERTS, CHARLES S 249 

ROBERTS, JOHN 315 



PAGE. 

ROBERTSON, THOMAS DUNCAN 86. 

ROBINSON, CHARLES 330 

ROBINSON, HARRY HUNT 475 

ROBINSON, HERBERT 310 

ROBINSON, THOMAS J 230 

ROCHE, JOHN A 259 

ROCKWELL, CHARLES H 492 

ROCKWELL, FLETCHER W 278 

ROCKWELL, IRVIN E 254 

ROE, CHARLES M 528 

ROEMHELD, JULES E 512 

ROGERS, GEORGE MILLS 189 

ROGERS, JAMES GAMBLE 7 

ROLLO, WILLIAM E 106 

ROLLO, WILLIAM F 106 

RONEY, JOHN W I3 1 

ROOT, E. TOWER 526 

ROOT, FRANK KIMBALL 408 

ROSE, JAMES A 425 

ROSENBERG, OSCAR 280 

ROSEBOOM, W. L 414 

ROSENEGK, ALBERT N 20 

ROSENFIELD, JOSEPH 76 

ROSENFIELD, MORRIS 214 

ROSENFIELD, WALTER A 214 

ROSENTH AL, JAMES 189 

ROSENTHAL, SAMUEL 277 

Ross, DAVID 426 

Ross, DAVID W .-.-485 

Ross, WALTER W 189 

ROSSBACH, FRED L 361 

ROSSITER, FREDERICK C 57 

ROTHERMEL, S. A 103 

ROTHSCHILD, A. M 356 

ROUNTREE, HARRISON H 245 

ROWE, FRED H 189 

ROWLEY, FRANK ELLIS 112 

RUBEL, ISAAC F 466 

RUBENS, HARRY 526 

RUECKHEIM, F. W 352 

RUFFNER, WILLIAM R 347 

RUGGLES, CHARLES C 365 

RUMSEY, ISRAEL P 332 

RUNNELLS, C. S 528 

RYAN, ANDREW J 190 

RYCROFT, HERBERT EDWARD 338 

RYON, FRANCIS M 378 

SABATH, ADOLPH J 530 

SABIN, JOHN 1 474 

SANBORN, J. B 119 

SANBORN, LAKE W 102 

SANBORN, SHERBURN 479 

SANDMEYER, HENRY 378 

SARD, WILLIAM H 266 

SARGENT, FRANK P 428 

SARGENT, GEORGE M 251 

SARGENT, WILLIAM DURHAM 43 

SAWYER, CHARLES B 466 

SCANLAN, KlCKHAM 1 90 

SCHAAF, JOHN 284 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



SCHAFFNER, CHARLES 3QI 

SCHERZER, ALBERT H 41 

SCHERZER, WILLIAM 41 

SCHLAKE, WILLIAM 270 

SCHLOEMAN, E. H 328 

SCHLUETER, H. W 23 

SCHLYTEREN, C. C 73 

SCHMICH, GEORGE 22 

SCHMICH, MATTHIAS 22 

SCHMIDT, KASPER GEORGE 532 

SCHMIDT, RICHARD ERNST 4 

SCHNEIDER, GEORGE 96 

SCHNERING, JULIUS. , 381 

SCHOENTHALER, F. C 17 

SCHOUBECK, ALBERT 530 

SCHROETER, H. J. M 405 

SCHUBERT, JOHN C 435 

SCHULER, ABRAM JOHN 264 

SCHUTTLER, PETER 2O7 

SCHWANE, A. W 21 

SCHWARTZ, AUGUST 412 

SCHWARZ, GOTTLIEB F 412 

SCOFIELD, T. J IQO 

SCOTTEN, SAMUEL C 33i 

SCRIBNER, SANFORD A 343 

SCULL, HARRY 333 

SCULLY, DANIEL B 351 

SEARING, GEORGE S 134 

SEAVERNS, GEORGE A 335 

SEAVERNS, GEORGE A., JR. 335 

SEBASTIAN, JOHN 491 

SECHLER, THOMAS M 211 

SEDGWICK, EDWIN H 271 

SEEBERGER, Louis A 466 

SEIFERT, JOHN K 305 

SEGER, H. G 28 

SELFRIDGE, HARRY G 353 

SELZ, HARRY J 388 

SELZ, MORRIS 388 

SENOUR, P. P 276 

SENOUR, W. F 276 

SERCOMB, ALBERT L 380 

SEXTON, HENRY 78 

SEYMOUR, EDWARD J 480 

SEYMOUR, HORATIO W 112 

SHAFFER, JOHN CHARLES 114 

SHAILER, H. S 529 

SHANKLAND, EDWARD CLAPP 35 

SHANKLAND, RALPH M 35 

SHANNON, GEORGE W 322 

SHAW, GILBERT B 53 1 

SHAW, HOWARD VAN DOREN 12 

SHAW, WILLIS 22 

SHAYNE, JOHN T 363 

SHEFLER, C. B 269 

SHELLENBERGER, EDWARD F 219 

SHEPPARD, ROBERT D 128 

SHERMAN, ELIJAH B I9 1 

SHERMAN, JOHN B 329 

SHERRICK, CHAUNCEY 44 2 

SHERWOOD, WILLIAM HALL 132 



PAGE. 

SHIELDS, WILLIAM S 47 

SHIELDS, HUGH 317 

SHIPMAN, DANIEL B 278 

SHLAUDEMAN, HARRY 83 

SHOLL, JAMES N 309 

SHOPE, SIMEON P 191 

SHORTALL, JOHN G 191 

SHOUDY, FRED G 373 

SHUMWAY, PHILIP H 531 

SHUTT, WILLIAM E., SR 191 

SIDWELL, THOMAS 531 

SIEBEN, MICHAEL 16 

SIMMONS, FRANCIS T 390 

SIMMONS, N. C 79 

SIMON, ROBERT M 429 

SIMPSON, GROVER B 498 

SIMPSON, H. P 124 

SIMPSON, SAMUEL D 264 

SIMS, EDWIN W 192 

SINCLAIR, O. R 471 

SISSON, FRANCIS HINCKLEY 123 

SKINNER, CHARLES P 109 

SKINNER, W. E 329 

SLAYTON, HENRY L 530 

SLEIGHT, EDWARD H 213 

SLOAN, GEORGE B 311 

SLOAN, GEORGE S 311 

SLOCUM, LEWIS T. M 415 

SMALL, LEN 407 

SMITH, ABNER 192 

SMITH, BEN M 192 

SMITH, CHARLES HEAD 339 

SMITH, CHARLES H 218 

SMITH, DUNLAP 467 

SMITH, FRANK C 193 

SMITH, FREDERICK A 193 

SMITH, LAFAYETTE H 375 

SMITH, LE GRAND 413 

SMITH, ORSON 60 

SMITH, ROBERT JORDAN 103 

SMITH, WILLIAM M 414 

SMYTH, THOMAS ALEXANDER 466 

SNIVELY, CLARENCE E 120 

SNOW, THEODORE W 252 

SOMERVILLE, WlLLIAM 4 2 I 

SOMMER, ALDO 3?6 

SONTAG, FREDERICK 21 

SOPER, ALBERT 394 

SOPER, ALEXANDER C 394 

SOPER, JAMES 394 

SOPER, JAMES P 39*4 

SORGE, ADOLPH, JR 48 

SOULE, CHARLES B 529 

SOUTHWORTH, M. 19 

SPALDING, CHARLES F 392 

SPAULDING, JOHN LANCASTER 531 

SPIEGEL, JONAS 269 

SPOEHR, CHARLES A 351 

SPRY, SAMUEL A 399 

STAHL, GEORGE B 264 

STANHOPE, L. E 53 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



STARKEL, CHARLES H 439 

STASSEN, HENRY H 454 

STAYER, HENRY C 220 

STAYART, Louis W 372 

STEALY, JEREMIAH 443 

STEARNS, EDGAR G 389 

STEELE, HENRY B 371 

STEELE, JULIUS 529 

STEERE, GEORGE S 194 

STEGER, J. V 287 

STEIN, SIDNEY 194 

STEINMAYER, CHRISTIAN 271 

STEINMUELLER, PHILLIP 427 

STELLA, WALTER D 312 

STENSLAND, PAUL O , 63 

STENSON, WILLIAM J 15 

STEPHENS, C. H 212 

STEPHENS, GEORGE 213 

STEPHENS, G. A 213 

STEPHENS, M. M 78 

STERLING, FRED E 126 

STEVENS, GEORGE MARSDEN 193 

STEVENS, JOHN S 193 

STEWART, ARCHIBALD A 93 

STEWART, GRAEME 370 

STEWART, NEIL 408 

STICKNEY, W. B 321 

STILES, AARON K 285 

STILL WELL, ARTHUR E 89 

STILLWELL, JOHN A 284 

STITELEY, F. E 467 

STOCKTON, JOSEPH 495 

STONE, EDWARD 341 

STONE, FRANK B 397 

STONE, GEORGE W 339 

STONE, HARRY C 215 

STONE, HORATIO 467 

STONE, RICHARD R 397 

STOVER, DANIEL C 208 

STRAUS, FREDERICK WILLIAM 65 

STRAUS, SIMON W 65 

STRAWN, LESTER H 194 

STRINGER, LAWRENCE B 194 

STRINGFIELD, C. PRUYN 445 

STROBEL, CHARLES Louis 38 

SMITH, ELBERT S 192 

STROM, AXEL A 262 

STROMBERG, ALFRED 286 

STROUD, EDMUND HENRY 379 

STUART, JAMES EDWARD 419 

STUART, JOHN TODD 195 

STUCKART, HENRY C 366 

STUDEBAKER, PETER E 220 

STUMER, Louis M 362 

SULLIVAN, Louis H 10 

SULZBERGER, S. L 277 

SUNNY, B. E 284 

SURGHNOR, VALENTINE H 467 

SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM J 434 

SWANITZ, A. W 38 

SWANSON, CARL G 385 

SWANSON, SAMUEL R 326 



SWEENEY, ALFRED J 529 

SWEET, A. L 296 

SWEET, CHARLES A 306 

SWENIE, DENNIS J 432 

SYKES, RAYMOND G 246 

TAIT, FELIX B 290 

TALMAGE, FRANK DEWirr, D. D 532 

TANDY, ALFRED OTIS 304 

TANNER, JOHN R 424 

TANNER, J, MACK 425 

TAYLOR, BERNARD H 195 

TAYLOR, FRANK B 285 

TAYLOR, GEORGE H 468 

TAYLOR, HARRY M 195 

TAYLOR, HENRY A 262 

TAYLOR, H. H 306 

TAYLOR, THOMAS, JR 195 

TAYLOR, WILLIAM A 1 16 

TEGTMEYER, W. 15 

THAYER, R. LESTER 52 

THEURER, JOSEPH 14 

THIBODEAUX, PAJE JOSEPH 473 

THIEBEL, HENRY G 260 

THIELE, THEODORE B 473 

THOMAN, LEROY D 196 

THOMAS, BENJAMIN 485 

THOMAS, HERBERT D 359 

THOMAS, JOHN E 125 

THOMASSON, NELSON 468 

THOMPSON, OWEN P 196 

THOMPSON, WILLIAM HALE 532 

THOMPSON, WILLIAM H 329 

THORNTON, CHARLES S 196 

THORP, HARRY W 497 

THURBER, W. SCOTT 418 

TILDEN, WILLIAM A 62 

TILLMAN, CHARLES C 196 

TINGLE, HORACE B 532 

TOBEY, FRANK B 367 

TOLMAN, EDGAR BRONSON 197 

TOLMAN, HENRY LELAND 444 

TOMLINSON, CLINTON S 118 

TORBERT, ALFRED C 360 

TOWER, JUSTUS D 218 

TOWNSEND, JAMES J 94 

TOWNSEND, LEON A 82 

TRACY, FRANK E 83 

TRACY, F. W 83 

TRACY, W. W 92 

TRAEGER, JOHN E 429 

TRAER, GLENN W 295 

TRAINOR, JOHN C 198 

TRAUTMANN, WILLIAM E 197 

TREE, LAMBERT 197 

TREMBLE, SIDNEY B 91 

TROTTER, DANIEL W 280 

TRUMBULL, JOHN H 468 

TUERK, ALBERT 285 

TUNNICLEFF, JOHN J 197 

TURNER, ARTHUR B 68 

TUTTLE, CHARLES W 331 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



PAGE. 

ULRICH, BARTOW A 468 

ULRICH, E. R., JR 345 

UPHAM, FRED W 399 

UPHAM, WILLIAM P 390 

VAIL, MORRISON H 9 

VAN BUREN, BARENT 375 

VAN CLEEF, CHARLES N 135 

VANDERKLOOT, ADRIAN 238 

VAN HAMM, FRANCIS R 116 

VAN MATRE, W. N 287 

VAN NORMAN, GEORGE B 326 

VAN SKIVER, ANDREW 123 

VAN WOORT, GEORGE E 279 

VEEDER, ALBERT H 533 

VELIE, STEPHEN 210 

VELIE, WILLARD L 210 

VERBECK, HERMAN 246 

VIAL, GEORGE M 276 

VIERLING, Louis 223 

VIERLING, ROBERT 223 

VILAS, ROYAL C 280 

VOGELSANG, JOHN Z 472 

VOLBERT, WILLIAM 20 

VOPICKA, CHARLES J 533 

WACKER, CHARLES H 13 

WAGNER, ROBERT A 22 

WAIT, HORATIO LOOMIS 198 

WALKER, EDWARD H 378 

WALKER, EDWIN K 199 

WALKER, FRANCIS W 199 

WALKER, HENRY H 470 

WALKER, ISAAC 378 

WALKER, ROBERT P 469 

WALL, GEORGE W 198 

WALL, JOSEPH W 231 

WALLACE, ANDREW 238 

WALLACE, JOHN FINDLEY 484 

WALLECK, CHRISTIAN R 469 

WALLER, WILLIAM 302 

WALLIN, THOMAS S 386 

WAMPOLD, LEO 348 

WANGELIN, RICHARD 69 

WANN, FREDERICK A 488 

WANTLING, ISAAC 309 

WANZER, WILLETS G 343 

WARD, GEORGE T 319 

WARD, HENRY C 198 

WARDEN, J. G 308 

WARE, JOHN HERBERT 336 

WARFIELD, WILLIAM S 72 

WARNER, GEORGE L 470 

WARREN, BENJAMIN, JR 344 

WARREN, WILLIAM SEYMOUR 331 

WARREN, WILLIAM S 105 

WARRINGTON, WILLIAM H 227 

WASHBURN, WILL 235 

WASHBURN, WILLIAM D 199 

WASHINGTON, IRVING 435 

WATKINS, JESSE M 253 

WATSON, FRED L 233 



WATSON, HOWARD 248 

WATSON, JAMES S 313 

WATSON, JAMES S 441 

WATSON, WILLIAM J 238 

WEAN, FRANK L 200 

WEARE, PORTER BAXTER 333 

WEAVER, CHARLES H 311 

WEAVER, HENRY E 293 

WEBSTER, TOWNER K 247 

WEDELES, EDWARD L 371 

WEEKS, GILBERT M 470 

WEGG, DAVID SPENCER 535 

WEIL, MORRIS 99 

WEIL, THEODORE 99 

WEIR, ROBERT 266 

WEISS, HENRY ^34 

WEISS, JOHN H 17 

WEISENBACH, JOSEPH 200 

WELCH, ALBERT C 200 

WELDON, LAWRENCE 200 

WELLING, JOHN C 484 

WELLS, A. E 30 

WELLS, EDWARD C 229 

WELLS, F. A 30 

WELLS, GEORGE 73 

WENTER, FRANK 428 

WERNO, CHARLES 199 

WESTON, CHARLES V 35 

WESTON, GEORGE 35 

WESTON, URI WARD 23 

WHEATON, CHARLES 201 

WIIEDON, JAMES P 470 

WHEELER, ALBERT G 476 

WHEELER, ARTHUR D 201 

WHEELER, HARRIS A 262 

WHEELOCK, H. B 9 

WHEELOCK, WILLIAM W 201 

WHELPLEY, RICHARD T 389 

WHIFFEN, FRANK F 403 

WHIPPLE, ARTHUR J 346 

WHITE, CHARLES E 212 

WHITE, GEORGE E 399 

WHITE, RUBEN MILLS 408 

WHITMAN, FRANK S 442 

WHITMAN, JOHN L 430 

WHITMAN, JOHN M 478 

WHITTEMORE, DON J 33 

WHITTEMORE, F. K 425 

WlCKERSHAM, WlLLIAM B 421 

WICKES, THOMAS H 493 

WIEHE, CHRISTIAN F 393 

WILBUR, JAMES B 535 

WILCE, E. HARVEY 395 

WILCE, GEORGE C 395 

WILCE, THOMAS 395 

WILCE, THOMAS E 395 

WILCOX, FREDERICK C 402 

WILDEN, JOHN E 386 

WILDER, THOMAS EDWARD 386 

WlLDERMAN, ALONZO S 2OI 

WILHEMJ, CHARLES F 441 



INDEX PORTRAITS. 



PAGE. 

WILK, FRED L 63 

WILKES, C. M 54 

WILKINS, JOSEPH R 96 

WILLIAMS, BENEZETTE 33 

WILLIAMS, HENRY R 482 

WILLIAMS, LAWRENCE 263 

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PORTER 420 

WILLIAMSON, CHARLES HENRY 412 

WILLIAMSON, H. A 409 

WILLIAMSON, JOHN 44 

WILLING, HENRY J 409 

WILLIS, LLOYD M 471 

WILLIS, PAUL 256 

WlLLOUGHBY, J. A 125 

WILLSON, HENRY 406 

WlLMERDING, CHARLES HENRY 4O 

WILSON, A. B 321 

WILSON, C. E 82 

WILSON, HORATIO R 5 

WILSON, JOHN H 215 

WILSON, JOHN S 202 

WILSON, J. C 385 

WILSON, WALTER HERBERT 471 

WILT, CHARLES T 274 

WILT, CHARLES T 533 

WINDETT, VICTOR '. 55 

WINDSOR, JOHN E 307 

WING, DWIGHT L 495 

WING, LUMAN R 372 

WINSLOW, Z. R 344 

WINSTON, FREDERICK S 202 

WlNTERMEYER, J. C 405 

WISDOM, JOHN R 402 

WISE, CLIFT 29 

WISNER, CLARENCE B 407 

WISNER, GEORGE MONROE 45 

WITBECK, JOHN H 392 

WlTHERELL, ALLEN J 290 

WlTHERELL, ARVIN W 290 

WITHERSPOON, HALLIDAY 117 

WITTE, ADOLPH 369 

WITWER, CLEMENT S 216 



WOLF, FRED W 240 

WOLFF, CHRIS J 228 

WOLFF, JAMES 286 

WOLFF, JOHN F 228 

WOLFF, LUDWIG 228 

WOLFINGER, CLARENCE 1 24 

WOLFNER, WILLIAM F 533 

WOLSCHLAG, STEPHEN 309 

WOLTERSDORF, ARTHUR F 5 

WOOD, GEORGE E 203 

WOOD, JAMES 320 

WOOD, JOHN H 320 

WOOD, S. E 320 

WOOD, WILLIAM THOMAS 422 

WOODCOCK, LINDSAY T 353 

WOODLE, EDWARD RYAN 202 

WOODS, CLINTON E 52 

WORTHINGTON, THOMAS 202 

WRIGHT, FRANK S 28 

WEIGHT, HERBERT C 346 

WRIGHT, JOHN EDWARDS 114 

WRIGHT, OLIVER P 209 

WYGANT, BERNARD 498 

WYMAN, WILLIAM D TOI 

YATES, HENRY 426 

YATES, RICHARD, SR 424 

YATES, RICHARD 203 

YOUNG, EDWARD C 534 

YOUNG, LAWRENCE A 203 

YOUNG, LESTER C 321 

YOUNG, OTTO 381 

YOUNG, WILLIAM J 534 

ZANDER, EDWARD W 469 

ZEILER, F. M 534 

ZEISING, AUGUST 38 

ZEISS, HENRY C. F 322 

ZIEGFELD, FLORENCE 132 

ZIEGLER, OSCAR J 208 

ZIEHME, ALBERT E 380 

ZUCCA, JOHN 312 




ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Springfield. 

Born in Hardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12, 1809. Moved to 111. 
in 1830; Capt. in the Black Hawk War; Postmaster at 
New Salem; mem. 111. Legis. 1834-40. and Congress 
1846: Pres. of the U. S. 1861-5; issued Emancipation 
Proclamation 1863; assassinated April 14. 1865. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





D. II. Ill l{\ II \>l. Chicago. 

Born Henderson, Ky., Sept. 4, 1846. Located In Chgo. 
Jan. 18, 1855; Archltect-in-Chief World's Fair 1893; 
mein. Chgo., Union League, Literary Quadrangle, Glen 
View and Evanston Country Clubs and Century Club of 

N. y. 



ERNEST R. GRAHAM, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 22, 1867, Lowell, Mich. Coming to Chgo. 
in May, 1888, was Asst. Director of Worjks World's 
Columbian Exposition; in 1894 entered the firm of 
D. H. Burnham & Co., Chgo. 





REUBEN A. in :\ 1:1.1.. Chicago. 

Born Apr. 15, 1866, at Georgetown, Colo. Served an 
apprenticeship with Wheelock & Clay, architects, Chgo.; 
In 1889, employed with Burnham & Root, and had charge 
of work in Midway Plaisance and the erection of many 
foreign and state buildings at the Columbian Exposi- 
tion; since 1893 has been connected with Burnham & 
Co., architects. 



GEORGE BEAUMONT, Chicago. 

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, Eng., Feb". 13, 1854. Medal of 
Leeds and Yorkshire Architectural Assn. 1879; mem. 
II. I. of B. A., London; 1881 located in 111.; organized 
Chgo. Arch. Sketch Club 1885; F. A. I. A. 1889; Past 
Pres. 111. Chapter Am. I. of A.; Pres. Chgo. Arch. Bus. 
Assn. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





WILLIAM I I! \ l>\ JENNEY, < I. i.-.-iu... 
Born In Fair Haven, Mass. Aide-de-Camp U. S. A. 
1861-66; on staff of Gen. U. S. Grant, Cairo, Corinth and 
Memphis campaign; on staff of Gen. W. T. Sherman 
1863-66; staff duty as Engr. Officer; breveted Maj. 1865; 
came to Chgo.. 1868; in 1883 invented the use of steel 
skeleton construction, and used first in the building of 
the Home Ins. Bldg., Chgo.; Architect Horticultural 
Bldg., Columbian Exposition. 



W. B. MUNDIE, Chicago. 

Born in Hamilton, Canada, April 30, 1863. Located in 
Chgo. in 1884; mem. of the firm of Jenuey & Mundie, 
architects; Supervising Architect Board of Education, 
Chicago. 





RICHARD ERNST SCHMIDT, Chicago. 

Born Ebern, Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 14, 1865. Re- 
sided in Chgo. since 1866; grad. in 1887 from the Mass. 
Inst. of Technology; Architect of Montgomery Ward & 
Co. 's bldg. in Chgo. and the Alexian Bros. Hospitals, 
Chgo., and St. Louis; Vice-Pres. Architectural League 
of America. 



OSCAR BEYER, Chicago. 

Born 1856, in Germany. Extensively engaged in brew- 
ery and malt house architecture; ottice, 56 Fifth Ave. ; 
his work includes the Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., 
Seattle, Wash.; Duquesne Brewing Co.. Pittsburg. Pa.; 
Canton Brewing Co., Canton. O.. Best Brewing Co., 
Chgo.. 111.; grad. of Technical High School, Aix la 
Chapelle; came to Chgo. Oct.. 1880. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





HENRY W. HILL,, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 29, 1852, Elmshorn, Germany. Fellow of the 
American Inst. of Architects; Past Pres. of the 111. 
Chapter of the A. Inst. of Architecture; life mem. C. A. 
A.; mem. of the firm of Hill & Woltersdorf, Architects, 
Chicago. 



ARTHUR F. WOLTERSDORF, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Jan. 19, 1870. Mem. of firm of Hill 
Woltersdorf, architects. 





HORATIO R. WILSON, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y., Dec. 5, 1857. Fellow of the American 
Inst. of Architects. 



BENJAMIN H. MARSHALL, Chicago. 

Born May 5. 1874. Engaged In the business of archi- 
tecture; architect of the Illinois, the new Iroquols and 
Powers' Theaters. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





S. S. in ; M \ v Chicago. 

Born In Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1853. Designed town 
of Pullman, 111., and the town of Ivorydale for Proc- 
tor & Gamble; Architect Mines Bldg., World's Pair; 
Pullman Bldg., Grand Central Station in Chgo. 



WILLIAM HOLAB1RD, Evanston. 

Born in Duchess Co., N. Y. Removing to Chgo., Oct., 
1875. and engaged in the business of an architect in 
Chgo. in 1880; mem. of firm of llolabird & Roche; 
identified with the building of Old Colony, Monadnock, 
Marquette Buildings. Ft. Sheridan and other edifices. 




GEORGE C. NIMMONS, Chicago. 

Born July 8, 1865. Engaged in the business of an archi- 
tect under the firm name of Nimmons & Fellows. 




"WILLIAM K. FELLOWS, Chicago. 

Mem. of the firm of Nimmons & Fellows, architects. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





NOIJM AM) S. PATTON, Chicago. 



Born July 10, 1852. Is engaged in the business of an 
architect under the firm name of Patton & Miller; was 
the architect for the Cbgo. Board of Education in 
1897-8; Fellow of the Am. Inst. of Architects. 



JAMES GAMBLE: ROGERS, Chicago. 

Born at Bryant's Station, Ky. Architect Diplome par le 
Government Francals. 





HENRY I.. OTTENIIEIMER, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Nov. 10, 1868. Studied architecture with 
Adler & Sullivan in Chgo. in 1884, completing studies 
in Paris, France; engaged in the business of an archi- 
tect in Chgo. In 1893, and has since continued in its 
practice. 



EMERY STAMFORD HALL,, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 25, 1869, Chatsworth, 111. Removed to East 
Lynn, 111., 1874, and in 1892 to Urbana, 111.; 
grad. Univ. of 111., 1895; engaged in the practice of 
architecture in 1895 at Urbana; moved to Chgo. in 1897 
and formed a partnership with Harvey L. Page; iu 
1900 engaged in independent practice; Pres. C. A. B. 
Assn. and mem. Academy of Science, Art Inst., Y. M. 
C. A., I. O. O. F. and Tabernacle Baptist Church. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





CHARLES E. BRUSH, Chicago. 

Born Carbondale, 111., March 17, 1855. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1892. Is a grad. of the Univ. of Illinois, 1877. 
Architect of the Northern 111. State Normal School at 
De Kalb and Lee Co. Court House, Dixon, 111. Member 
of Union League Club, Military Order of the Loyal 
Legion of the U. 8. Commanrtery of the State of 111.. 
American Inst. of Architects, Mason. 



C. FRANK JOBSON, Chicago. 

Born in Dundee. Scotland. Engaged in the business of 
architecture, Chgo. ; mem. of Architectural Sketch Club, 
Chgo. Architects' Business Assn. and C. A. A. 





Ml \ \ It I) I.. BEERS, Chicago. 

Born March 18, 1847. Removing to Chgo. In 1871; mem- 
ber of the American Inst. of Architects. 



LAWRENCE GUSTAV HALLBERG, Evans- 
ton. 

Born in 1844. Fellow of the A. Inst. of Architects. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 



II. it. WHEELOCK, Chicago 





WILLIAM W. CLAY, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. City, May 2, 1849. Removing to Chgo. 
Nov. 10, 1871; engaged as a draughtsman with O. L. 
Wheelock and became his partner in business, March 
1. 1876; this partnership continued for 10 yrs., when 
Mr. Wheelock retired from active business. 





MORRISON II. VAIL, Dixon. 

Born in Chgo. in 1866. N. W. Univ. tn 1884-5; en- 
gaged in business in Chicago 1889-91, in charge 
of architectural work of the City of Chgo.; located in 
Dixon 1899; inventor of truss construction for large 
roofs; the Auditoriums at Dixon, 111., Madison, Wis., 
Monteagle, Tenn.. have this truss roof construction; 
mem. of American Inst. of Architects. 



JULIUS H. HUBER, Chicago. 

Born at Newark. N. J., March 23, 1852. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1873; engaged in the business of architect, de- 
signing office and residence buildings. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ARCHITECTS. 





ROBERT C. BERLIN, Chicago. 

Born in Putnam Co., 111., Feb. 11, 1853. Grad. of 
Polytechnic School, Zurich, Switzerland, 1877; Fellow of 
American Inst. of Architects and member of 111. Chapter 
A. I. A. 



GEORGE \V. MAKER, Chicago. 

Born In Va. Is engaged in the profession of architect- 
ure, making a specialty of artistic residence work. 





LOUIS H. SULLIVAN, Chicago. 

Born In Boston, Sept. 3, 1856. Fellow A. I. A.; hon- 
orary member of the Chicago Art Club. 



JOHN HARTMANN, Chicago. 

Born in Germany in 1865. Removing to Chgo. in 1885; 
engaged in the business of architectural wood carving. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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ARCHITECTS. 





ill It III It I EDMUND HEWITT, Peoria. 

Born in Bloomington, 111., July 20, 1871. Educated 
Mass. Inst. of Tech., Univ. of Chgo., Univ. of 111.; en- 
gaged in business In Peoria, 111.. April, 1897; Architect 
of Coliseum, Cottage Hospital, etc., Peoria; mem. 
Creve Coeur and Country Clubs of Peoria. 



SAMUEL A. MUL.L.ARD, Springfield. 

Born March 25, 1853, In Sangamon Co., 111. Graduated 
at University of 111., 1878, and removed to Sprinjrneld 
In 1879: bead of firm of Bullard & Bullard In 1883; 
elected trustee of the University of 111., 1888; re- 
elected in 1894 and 1900; for many years was Pres. of 
the Board. 





HARVEY CHATTEN, Qnincy. 

Born in Quincy, 111. Educated in public schools and 
studied architucture under Robert Bruce and succeeded 
Mr. Bruce in 1883; his professional work includes 
some of the best domestic architecture in the state and 
many factory bldgs. 



A. B. FRANKEL, East St. Louis. 

Born Stockholm, Sweden, March 1, 1808. Has prac- 
ticed architecture for 15 years. 



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ARCHITECTS. 





HENRY LORD GAY, Chicago. 

Born In Baltimore, Md., Sept. 2, 1844. Pupil of Sydney 
M. Stone in New Haven; awarded medal and diploma 
by the Italian Gov. in the international competition for 
monument to Victor Einanuel, Rome, Italy; Architect 
for the First Cong. Church, Chgo.. in 1868, being the 
first auditorium church erected; Fellow A. I. A., 1874; 
mem. Chgo. Architects' Business Assn., C. A. C.. Press 
Club. 



HOWARD VAN DOREN SHAW, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, May 7, 1869. Grad. from Yale in 
1890; Mass. Inst. of Technology in 1891; Architect Of 
Lake Side Press Bldg. and Quadrangle Club, etc.; 
Trustee of 111. Coll.; Trustee and Treas. 2d Presbyte- 
rian Church. 





CHARLES SUMNER FROST, Chicago. 

Born May 31, 1856, at Lewiston, Me. Engaged In the 
business of Architect, having offices at 184 La Salle Pt 
Chgo. 



ALFRED HOYT GRANGER, Lake Forest 

Born May 31, 1867. Firm name Frost & Granger, 
Architects, Chgo. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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BREWERS. 





THEODORE OEHNE, Chicago. 

Born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1852. Is engaged in the 
brewing business. 



CHARLES H. WACKER, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 29, 1856. Grad. from North Division High 
School and Lake Forest Academy; Sec. malting firm of 
F. Waeker & Sons; mem. of Executive Com. Chicago 
Brewers' (Limited) Assn.; Dir. Wright & Hill Linseed 
Oil Works and President of the Chicago Heights Land 
Assn. 





PETER HAND, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1834. Died in Chgo., Nov., 1899. 



MICHAEL. BRAND, Chicago. 

Born in Odernhein, Germany, March 23, 1826. Founder 
of the Michael Brand Brewing Co.; died Oct., 1897. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



BREWERS. 





JOSEPH TIIKl HIOIl. Chicago. 

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 1852. Pres. of the 
P. Schoenhofen Brewing Co. ; mem. Germania and 
Washington Park Clubs and C. A. A. 



FRA1VCIS J. DEWES, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, April 8. 1845. Located in U. S. in 
1868; in 1882 established the F. J. Dewes Brewery Co. 
and sold same in 1890. ; Pres. of The Standard Brewery 
Co., and resides at 1849 Wrightwood Ave. 





THOMAS F. KEELEY, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., April 20, 1869. Pres. Keeley Brewing 
Co. of Chgo. 



GEORGE J. COOivE, Chicago. 

Born March 20, 1870. Pres. Cooke Brewing Co.; Vice- 
Pres. Ara Glen Co., and member of the Calumet Club 
and Chgo. A. A., German Maennerchor and Columbia 
Yacht Club. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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BREWERS. 





WILLIAM L. HOERBER, Chicago. 

Born April 15, 1849, at Waukegan, 111. Vice-Pres. and 
Sec. of the J. T. Hoerber Brewing Co., Chgo. 



W. O. TEGTMEYER, Chicago. 

Born May 14, 1862, in Chgo. Pres. of the Northwestern 
Brewing Co. 





WILLIAM J. STENSON, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., Jan. 6, 1876. Pres. and Treas. of 
Stenson Brewing Co.; mem. of Sheridan Club. 



WILLIAM II. REHM. Chicago. 

Born June 29, 1866, Chicago. Pres. of the National 

Brewing Co., 846 W. 18th St., Chicago, and resides at 
537 N. State St. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS.. 



BREWERS. 





J. H. II I I 1)1! I ; I II. Chicago. 

Born In Winchester, Mass., July 8, 1840. Pres. of the 
South Chgo. Brewing Co. 



FRANK I I :i)l :u I :it . Chicago. 

Born in South Bend, Ind., Sept. 30. 1860. Moved to 
Chgo. 1889; Sec. of the South Chgo. Brewing Co. 





MICHAEL, SIEBEN, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 3, 1835, at Ebersheim, near Mainz, Germany. 
Is engaged in the business of a brewer. 



CHARLES T. OGREN, Chicago. 

Born in Sweden, Nov. 24. 1847. Engaged in the brew- 
ing business in Chgo. under the firm name of Chas. T. 
Ogren & Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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BREWERS. 





P. C. SCHOEXTHALER, Chicago. 

Born April 5, 1860, in Chgo. Mgr. of the Citizens' 
Brewery and the Phoenix Brewery of the United Brew- 
eries Co. 



JOHN H. WEISS, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, Jan. 26, 1856. Located in Chgo. In 
1880; Pres. of Gottfried Brewing Co. 





FRED W. BOLDENWECK, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, Feb. 1C. 1S72. 



EDWARD LANDSBERG, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., March 8, 1868, and has since resided 
here; since May, 1885, been engaged in the brewing 
business with Michael Brand Brewing Co. and its suc- 
cessors; now Gen. Auditor U. S. Brewing Co 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



BREWERS. 





JOSEPH P. JUNK, Chicago. 

Born May 26, 1872, Chgo. Mgr. Junk's Brewery, Chgo. 



GABRIEL M. GUNDERSON, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Oct. 5, 1855, and resides at 4910 Mich. 
Ave. 





ERNST HUMMEL., Chicago. 

Born April 7, 1842, Wurtemberg, Germany. Elected 
City Treas. of Cbgo., 1897 and 1899. 



AUSTIN J. DOYLE, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., 1849. Mgr. of the Chgo. & Milwaukee 
Brewers' Assn. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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BREWERS. 




ADAM ORTSEIFEN. Chicago. 

Born Dec. 2, 1854, at Montabaur, Germany. Located 
in Chgo., March, 1873; since 1877 connected with the 
McAvoy Brewing Co.; Vice-Pres. and Mgr. of the Mc- 
Avoy Brewing Co.; elected Treas. of the City of Chgo. 
on April 4, 1899; elected Pres. of the McAvoy Brewing 
Co., and Pres. and Treas. of the Wacker & Birk Brew- 
ing Co. 




EDMUND D. BESLEY, Wankegran. 

Born in Oakland Co., Mich., July 1, 1838. Resided in 
Waukegan since 1853; Pres. of Besley's Waukegan Brew- 
ing Co. of Waukegan, 111. ; twice elected Alderman of 
Waukegan; mein. of the School Board 1891-3. 





WILLIAM A. BIRK, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., 1861. Pres. of Blrk Bros. Brewing Co. 



EDWARD J. BIRK, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. In 1867. Sec. of the Birk Bros. Brew- 
ing Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



BREWERS. 





HENRY I.I :i:it. Chicago. 

Born May 7, 1844, at Munich. Former Mgr. of the Val 
Blatz Brewing Co. (Chgo. branch); died May 25, 1899. 



HENRY MAYER, Chicago. 

Born March 25, 1863, at Aichach, Bavaria. Mgr. of the 
Chgo. branch of the Val. Blatz Brewing Co.; mem. of 
the Germania Club. 





ALBERT N. ROSEXEGK, Chicago. 

Born in Germany in 1848. Located in U. S. in 1872, 
and in Chgo. in 1879; Chgo. Mgr. of the Pabst Brewing 
Co. of Milwaukee. 



WILLIAM VOLBERT, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 9, 1865, Germany. Manager of the Chicago 
branch of the Fred Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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BREWERS. 





FREDERICK SOJiTAG, Chicago. 

Born in Germany in 1846, and located in Chgo. 1868: 
Manager of the Chgo. branch Anheuser-Busch Brewing 
Assn. of St. Louis: Pres. Grand Pacific Hotel Co.; 
Commissary of Subsistence, 1st Brig., I. N. G., with 
rank of Major. 



P. H. RICE, Chicago. 

Born in County Wexford, Ireland, Sept. 9, 1847. Came 
to America when 3 yrs. of age, residing in Chgo. for 
the last 35 yrs. ; engaged in the malting and distilling 

business in 186S. 





CHARLES HASTERLIK, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 3, 1860, in Austria. Pres. of the Best Brew- 
ing Co. of Chicago; mem. of the firm of Hasterlik 
Bros., importers and dealers In liquors. 



A. W. SCHWANE, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, Oct. 13, 1SG3. Came to the O. S. 
In 1882; four ami one-half years Brewery Master in 
Detroit; located in Chicago and became a traveling 
salesman for a hop and malt house, and subsequently 
with the Block Brewing Co. ; Manager of the Chicago 
Branch of August Luchow, sole importer of "Wurz- 
burger Hofbrau" and "Original Pilsner." 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



BREWERS. 





MATTHIAS SCHMICH, Freeport. 

Born May 25, 1847, Boston, N. Y. Located In Freeport 
In 1852; public school education; engaged in the busi- 
ness of a brewer under the name of Huber & Schmlch 
1880; In 1887 the firm became Schmlch Bros. 



GEORGE: SCHMICH, Freeport. 

Born Oct. 4, 1851, Boston, N. Y. Located in Freeport 
1852; public school education; entered Into partnership 
with his brother, Matthias Schmlch, In the brewing 
business in 1887 under the firm name of Schmich Bros. 





WILLIAM BENDER, JR., Belleville. 

Born in Lima, Ohio, 1865. Engaged in the brewing 
business in Mishawaka, Ind., 1885; removing to Belle- 
rllle, 111., In 1896; Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Western 
Brewery Co.; member of State Executive Board Brew- 
ers' Assn. since its Inception and director In a number 
of banks. 



ROBERT A. WAGNER, Rock Island. 

Born In Rock Island, June 15, 1866. Grad. Schwartz's 
Brewing Academy, N. Y., in 1887; entered Wagner's 
Atlantic Brewery In 1887; In 1893 the Wagner Atlantic 
Brewery, with jjther breweries, consolidated, becoming 
the Rock Island Brewing Co.; Pres. of the latter com- 
pany since consolidation. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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CONTRACTORS. 





i:i.l AS F. GOBEL, Chicago. 

Born In Morristown, N. J., 1834. Removing to 111. In 
1844, has been identified with much of the work done 
in the building up of Chgo.; Supt. the building of the 
Washington St. Tunnel; deceased. 



JOHN GRIFFITHS, Chicago. 

Established in Chicago in 1873; built the Masonic Tem- 
ple, Great Northern Hotel, Rialto, Grand Central Sta- 
tion, Fine Arts Building, World's Fair, and Oriental 
Hotel, Dallas, Texas. 





I HI "WARD \V10STOX, Chicago. 

Born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., March 1, 1845. Engaged in 
teaching school for 3 yrs. ; located in Chgo. in 1864, 
engaging in mercantile business until the great fire; 
since 1871 engaged in organizing and constructing rail- 
roads; 1892-7 Supt. of Construction of the Chgo. Drain- 
age Canal; engaged in business as a general contractor. 



H. \\ SCHL.UETER, Chicago. 

Born Westphalia, Germany, Feb. 22, 1861. Grad. in 
1870 from Government Building Coll. of Nieurberg, 
Hanover; located in this country in 1880; engaged in 
the sash and door business in Wis. and Kan.; located 
in Chgo. in 1891; Mgr. in construction of World's Fair 
buildings; conducts a general contracting business, 
building factories, warehouses, foundries and other 
mercantile buildings. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



CONTRACTORS. 





VICTOR FALKENAU, Chicago. 

Born May 10, 1859. Moved to Chgo. Oct. 9, 1882; con- 
structed Auditorium Annex, Stock Exchange and many 
other structures. 



CLARENCE I. WOLFIXGER, Chicago. 

Born March 27, 1859, in Vermont, Fulton Co., 111. 
Located In Chgo. in 1865; employed as a draughtsman 
at the age of 16; from 1877 to 1883 prospecting In 
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona; in 1883 foreman in 
his father's shop; in 1886 foreman of Melchior Bros. 
Furniture Co., and Mgr. in 1887; in 1891 engaged in 
general contracting business, making a specialty of 
fine residences. 





WILLIAM GOLDIE, Chicago. 

Born in Scotland, 1827. Pres. Wm. Goldie Sons Co., 
contractors, builders of many of the exposition buildings 
at Omaha, Buffalo and Chicago. 



L. L. LEACH, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y., 1836. Pres. L. L. Leach & Son, con- 
tractors; mem. Builders' Club, Builders' & Traders' 
Assn., Carpenters' & Builders' Assn., Masons' & Build- 
ers' Assn. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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CONTRACTORS. 





W. J. McALPINE, Dixon. 

Born in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1852. Came to 111. 1853; In 
1875 engaged in the business of gen. contractor; built 
the Northern State Normal School at DeKalb, 111., and 
many public buildings through the west. 



W. IRVING CLARK, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Sept. 20, 1863. Member of Builders' & 
Traders' Exchange and the Carpenters' & Builders' 
Assn. ; member Builders' Club. Woodlawn Club, Hamil- 
ton Club and the firm of W. T. & W. I. Clark. 





EDWIN F. PIERCE, Chicago. 

Born in Voluntown, Conn., Aug. 20, 1S52. Located in 
Chgo. 1891; Pres. of the C. Everett Clark Co., con- 
tractors and buildrs, and connected with this firm' for 
27 yrs. ; mem. of the Builders' Club and C. A. A. 



FRANK M. MONTGOMERY, Chicago. 

Born in Rochester, N. Y., July 22, 1862. Located in 
St. Paul, Minn., 1884-90; since 1891 located in Chgo.; 
Pres. Chgo. Crushed Stone Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



CONTRACTORS. 





THOMAS P. PHILLIPS, Chicago. 

Born at Cadiz, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1846. Educated in public 
schools and Hopedale, Ohio, Coll. ; located in Wheeling, 
W. Va., engaging in the glass and iron industries; in 
1882 located in Chgo. ; in 1885 he organized the First 
National Bank of Naperville, of which he Is Pres. ; or- 
ganized the Chgo. and Naperville Stone Co., operating 
quarries at Naperville; in 1897 he purchased the busi- 
ness of Dolese & Shepard, organizing the Dolese & 
Shepard Co.; in 1902 organized the Federal Trust & 
Savings Bank of Chgo., having a capital of $2,000,000.00 
and a surplus of $500,000. 



M. W. POWELL., Chicago. 

Born in Ebensburg, Pa., Sept. 13, 1831. Located in 
Chgo. in 1851; engaged in the roofing business in 1855, 
and in 1891 engaged in the business of a paving con- 
tractor; Pres. of the M. W. Powell Co., roofing, paving 
and sidewalk contractors. 





RUDOLPH S. BLOME, Chicago. 

Born Monroe, Mich. Proprietor of the firm of Stamsen 
& Blome, cement paving and concrete contractors; 
member of the Builders' and Traders' Exchange; mem- 
ber of the Germania and Union League Clubs. 



THOMAS GAHAX, Chicago. 

Born Arlington Heights, 111., 1847. Supervisor Town 
of Lake, 1884-5; formed the firm of Gahan & Byrne in 
1886; elected Alderman of the 29th Ward in 1889-90-3, 
resigning from the Council in 1893 to become a mem. 
of the 111. Railway and Warehouse Comm., 1893-7; re- 
sides 4619 Grand Blvd. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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CONTRACTORS. 





RICHARD F. COMWAT, Chicago. 

Born Kilkenny, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1839. Settled In Fall 
River, Mass.. In 1852; located In Chgo. In 1855; Pres. 
R. F. Conway Co. and Pres. of the International 
Asphalt Co.; mem. of Menoken Club. 



LAWRENCE J. REED, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. in 1866. In 1879 with Field, Letter & 
Co.; in 1881 in the service of the C. & E. I. Ry. ; since 
1889 engaged in the business of a contractor; Treas. 
of the H. F. Conway Co.; mem. of the C. A. A., Meno- 
ken and Sheridan Clubs. 





j. G. MCCARTHY, Chicago. 

Born in North Bangor, N. Y., July 13, 1850. Located in 
Chgo. in 1867; engaged in the business of painting and 
decorating contractor; Ex-Pres. National Painters' & 
Decorators' Assn.; Ex-Pres. Builders' & Traders' Ex- 
change. 



ERNEST V. JOHNSON, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. City, 1859. Pres. E. V. Johnson Co., 
engaged in the fireprooflng building; mem. Builders' 
Club, Union League and C. A. A. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



CONTRACTORS. 





F. D. MEACHAM, Chicago. 

Born in Whitehall, N. Y., April 26, 1843. Located in 
Chgo. in 1857; in 1874 orginized the firm of Meacham 
& Wright, contractors and dealers in Utica and Port- 
land cement; mem. Loyal Legion, G. A. R., Illinois 
and Lincoln Clubs. 



PRANK S. WRIGHT, Chicago. 

Born in Milwaukee, Wis.. July 27, 1846. Mem. of the 
firm of Meaeham & Wright, dealers in Utica and Port- 
land Cement. 





WIL.L.IA M W. RAMSEY, Chicago. 

Born in Pennsylvania. Located in Chgo. in 1874; Pres. 
and Gen. Mgr. of the Expanded Metal Fireprooflng Co.; 
Treas. of the Northwestern Expanded Metal Co. 



H. G. >!:. i;i. Chicago. 

Born Cameron Co., Pa., Oct. 2, 1870. Located in Chi- 
cago 1890: engaged in Government contracting since 
1897 at Chicago in the transportation of U. S. mail. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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CONTRACTORS. 





WILLIAM LORIMER, Chicago. 

Born In Chicago. Employed in a packing bouse; street 
car conductor, real estate dealer, brick maker and coal 
dealer; railroad contractor; mem. of Congress. 



JOHN McGILLEN, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 16, 1861, in Chicago. Educated in Chgo. 
public schools and Christian Bros.' Coll.; at 14 em- 
ployed in an abstract office, advancing to the manage- 
ment of its Credit Department.; in 1889 mem. of the 
firm of John P. Agnew & Co., contractors; this firm 
built the Liberal Arts and Manufactures Bldgs. at the 
World's Columbian Exposition; aided in the organization 
of the Cook County Democracy; 2 yrs. Chairman of the 
County Central Com. ; served 6 yrs. as Alderman from 
the 21st Ward. 





JAMES HOGA3V, Chicago. 

Born Chgo., 1852. Bookkeeper 111. Stone Co.; since 1872 
Gen. Mgr. and See. 



CLIFT WISE, Chicago. 

Born June 10, 1861, at St. Louis. Chief Engr. Kan- 
sas City Cable Ry. 1884-9; Chief Engr. St. Paul & 
Minneapolis Street Ry. electric system 1889-92; Gen. 
Contractor, railways, paving and building, Chgo., since 
1893. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



CONTRACTORS. 








F. A. WELLS, Chicago. 

Former member of the firm of Wells Brothers, con- 
tractors; deceased. 



A. 1 :. WELLS, Chicago. 

Born In Jar.esville, Wls., Feb. 4, 1856. Located In 
Chgo. 1871; Pres. of Wells Bros.' Co., Contractors for 
Building Construction. 





EDWARD BRUCE CHANDLER, Chicago. 

Born in South Hartford, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1838. Removed 
with parents to Romeo, Mich., 1845; Grad. Univ. of 
Mich., 1858; A. Id., 1868; Telegraph Operator and Mgr. 
at Bureau Junction, Peru, Amboy, Rock Island, Spring- 
field, and in Gen. Supt.'s office 111. Cent., Chgo., 1859-G4: 
1865-76, Supt. Chgo. Fire Alarm Tel.; 1882-96, Pres. of 
the Police Tel. & Signal Co.; Gen. Agt. Gamewell Fire 
Alarm Tel. Co., 1878-1902. 



JOHN H. GLENDENING, Chicago. 

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1865. Removing to Chgo. 
In 1886; extensively engaged in designing special ma- 
chinery, hydraulics, etc.; has installed a number of 
machines in the Chgo. Drainage Canal. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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ENGRAVERS. 
Barnes-Crosby Co. 





EDWARD W. HOUSER, Chicago. 

Born at South Bend, Ind., Sept. 20, 1866. Pres. Barnes- 
Crosby Co., Chicago, New York and St. Louis; Ex-Pres. 
A. Zeese & Co. 



W. C. B. RICHARDSON, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., June 26, 1868. Sec. and Treas. Barnes- 
Crosby Co., Chicago, New York and St. Louis; Ex- 
Treas. A. Zeese & Co., Chicago. 





CHARLES H. HOPKINS, Chicago. 

Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., May 9, 1865. Came to Chgo. 
in 1895; since Jan. 1, 1899, with Barnes-Crosby Co., 
engravers; Mgr. Chgo. office Barnes-Crosby Co. 



CHARLES J. DOYLE, Chicago. 

Born in SpringHeld, 111., June 11, 1870. Ex-Pres. Photo 
Engravers' Union. Chicago; Snpt. of Chicago Works of 
Barnes-Crosby Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ENGRAVERS. 
Lithographers. 





CLARENCE: c. CHENEY, Chicago. 

Born In Syracuse, N. Y. Removing to Albany In his 
youth; entered business life with the Exchange Bank 
of Albany, becoming its teller in the year 1864; 
resigning this position and removing to Chgo., where 
With 'Chasr. Knickerbocker organized the Western 
Bank Note & Engraving Co. and was its Pres. for 
many years. 



CHARLES A. CHAPMAN, Highland Park. 

Born Canada, Nov. 4, 1838. Removing to Chgo. in 
1873 and since this date has been officially connected 
with the Western Bank Note and Engraving Co., of 
Chgo.; previous to coming to Chgo. was with the Bank 
of Montreal, and afterward engaged in the drug busi- 
ness; member of Union, Calumet and Exmore Country 
Clubs. 





JOSEPH DEUTSCH, Chicago. 

Born July 10, 1867, Baltimore, Md. Pres. of Edwards, 
Deutsch & Heitmann, lithographers. 



EDWIN S. OSGOOD, Chicago. 

Born in Moulmein. Burmah, Asia, in 1842. Located 
in Chgo. in 1860; grad. from the Philadelphia schools; 
engaged in business in Chgo. in 1871; Pres. of the Os- 
good Co., engravers and electrotypers; Treas. of the 
National Color Type Co.; mem. of the Town Board and 
Pres. of the Board of Education of Austin. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





DON J. WHITTEMORE, Chicago. 

Born in Milton, Vt., Dec. 6, 1830. Asst. Engr. Vermont 
& Canada Ry. 1848-9; Asst. Engr. Great Western Ry. 
of Canada 1850-1; Construction Engr. Central Ohio Ry. 
1852; Asst. Engr. LaCrosse & Milwaukee Ry. 1853-7; 
Chief Engr. Southern Minnesota Ry. 1858-60; Chief 
Asst. Engr. Western Ry. of Cuba 1860-1; Chief Asst. 
Engr. LaCrosse & Milwaukee Ry. 1861-3: Chief Engr. 
Chgo., Milwaukee & St. Piiul Ry. Co. since 1863. 



ALFRED NOBLE, Chicago. 

Born Wayne Co., Mich., 1844. Volunteer in the Civil 
War 1862-5; grad. a C. E., Univ. of Mich., 1870; local 
charge of St. Mary's Falls Canal 1870-2; Bridge Eng. 
1882-92: Consulting Engr. since 1892; mem. Nicaragua 
Canal Board 1895; Deep Waterways Board 1897-1900; 
since 1899 Isthmian Canal Com. 





RALPH MODJESKI, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 27, 1861, in Cracow, Poland. Grad. from 
School of Bridges and Roads, Paris, France; engaged in 
business as Civil Engineer in the U. S. in 1885; con- 
nected subsequently with construction of bridges at 
Omaha, Cairo, Memphis, etc.; from 1894 to 1896 Chief 
Engineer of the Mississippi River Bridge at Rock Island 
for the U. S. Government, arid since extensively engaged 
in railroad bridge construction; at present Chief En- 
gineer of the Mississippi River Bridge at Thebes, 111. 



BENEZETTE WILLIAMS, Chicago. 

Born Logan Co.. O., Nov. 9, 1844. Grad. a C. E. at 
Univ. of Mich. 1869; for 8 yrs. in the service of the 
City of Chgo. as Asst. Engr. of Sewers and City Engr.; 
on Drainage Commission of Chgo. 1886; Chief Engr. 
Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. 1892-3; Pres. of Western Soc. 
of Engrs. J 885-6. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





OCTAVE CHANLTE, Chicago. 

Born in France, Feb. 18, 1832. Coming to the U. S. 
when 7 yrs. old, and to 111. when 21 yrs. old; acted in 
capacity of chief engineer for many yrs. on various 
Rys., both in their construction and operation; is a 
Past Pres. American Soc. of C. E. ; honorary member 
British C. E., and in 1901 Pres. Western Engrs. Soc. 



ONWARD BATES, Chicago. 

Born In St. Charles Co., Mo . Feb. 24, 1850. In 1873 
to 1888 engaged in building bridges in the U. S., Can- 
ada and Australia; Feb. 1, 1888, to April 1. 1901, Engr. 
and Supt. of Bridges and Buildings of the C., M. & St. 
P. Ry. ; since April i, 1901, President of Bates & Rogers 
Construction Co. 








JOHN ADAMS COLE, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 16, 1838, in Westmoreland, N. H. Gen. 
Field Agt. of U. S. Christian Coin., in Armies Potomac 
and the James, 1862-6; Sec. Howard Univ., Washington, 
D. C.. 1868-72; Engr. and Supt. Public Works and 
Consulting Engr. in Lake View and Hyde Park, 1873- 
90, and Consulting Engr. of Sanitary Work and Water- 
works Construction in Minneapolis, La Crosse, Brad- 
ford and other cities. 



EDWARD PRINCE, Quincy. 

Born in Bloomfleld, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1832. Grad. from 
111. Coll. in 1852; lawyer until 18C1; Col. 7th 111. Vol., 
war of 1861-5; Civil Engr. after the war; located in 
Quincy in 1852; meni. Am. Soc. C. E. ; mem. of Essex 
Inst.; led the celebrated raid from La Range, Tenn., to 
Baton Rouge, La., 800 miles, in 17 days; built the 
Quincy Water Wks. 



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Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





EDWARD CLAPP SHANKLAND, Chicago. 

Born in Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 2, 1854. Grad. Rens. 
Poly. Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1878; engaged from 1878 to 
1884 In government work on the Miss, and Mo. Rivers; 
bridge work from 1884 to 1889; located in Chg6. in 
1889; from 1889 to 1898 Engr. for Burnham & Root; 
mem. of the firm of D. H. Burnham & Co. ; Chief Engr. 
World's Columbian Exposition and Engineer of Con- 
struction: since 1898 mein. of the firm of E. C. & 
R. M. Shankland. 



RALPH M. SHANKLAND, Chicago. 

Born in Dubuque, la., 1863. Grad. Engineering Dept. 
Univ. of Mich, in 1888; located in Chgo. 1890; in the 
engineering dept. of D. H. Burnham & Co. until Sept.. 
1898: mem. of firm of E. C. & R. M. Shankland, civil 
engrs., since 1898. 





CHARLES V. WESTON, Chicago. 

Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Feb. 14, 1857. Transit 
Man. Surveys, Texas Trunk Ry., 1880-1; Asst. Engr. 
M., K. & T. Ry. 1882; Asst. Engr. K. C., S. & M. Ry. 
1883-4; Asst. Engr. C. & N. W. Ry.; 1885, Asst. Engr. 
K. C., C. & S. Ky.; 1886-7, Division Engr. G. C. & 
S. F. Ry. ; 1888, Special Engr. on work In Lincoln Park, 
Chgo. ; 1890-4, Engr. in charge of construction of West 
Chgo. Street R. R. tunnel: 1894-1901, Chief Epgr. 
N. W. Elevated and Union Elevated R. R.; 1889, Engr. 
In charge of construction of Lake View Water Tunnel. 



GEORGE WESTON, Chicago. 

Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 30, 1861. Engaged in 
railroad work in 1880 in Texas on M. P. Ry. ; in 




employ of Naugle-Holcombe & Co., contractors, u& 
Mgr. of Construction Dept.: Jan. 1, 1901, mem. of 
firm of Weston Bros., Consulting and Contracting Engrs. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





ROBERT EATON RICHARDSON, Chicago. 

Born July 29, 1861, in Pittsburg, Pa. Grad. from the 
Mass. Inst. of Technology of Boston is a Consulting 
Engr. and the Gen. Mgr. of the Kansas City Electric 
Light Co.; Mem. of the firm of Pierce, Richardson & 
Neiler, engineers; Dir. Century Life Ins. Co. of Missouri. 



RICHARD HENRY PIERCE, River Forest. 

Born Nov. 20, 1860, at Woonsocket, R. I. Grad. at Yale 
Coll. 1882, A. B.; grad. Mass. Inst. of Technology in 
1885 as B. S. ; from 1885 to 1830 identified with the 
Edison interests, from 191 to 1892 Asst. Elect. Engr. 
World's Columbian Exposition; in 1893 Chief Elect. 
Engr.; from 1893 to 1894 mem. of the firm of Pierce & 
Richardson, Consulting Engrs.; since 1894 Pres. of the 
firm of Pierce, Richardson & Neiler & Co., Consulting 
Engrs.; mem. Foreign Inst. of Electrical Engrs. of 
Great Britain; mem. of Technical Club and American 
I. E. E. 





SAMUEL, GRAHAM NEILER, Chicago. 

Born in Erie, Pa., Nov. 14, 1866. Located in Minne- 
apolis 1872; special at Mass. Inst. Technology 1888; 
Asst. M. E. M., St. P. & S. Ste. M. Ry. 1889-90; 
1891-2 Con. Engr. Thomson-Houston Electric Co., Bos- 
ton; 1892-94 Asst. Elec. Engr. Chicago Columbian Ex- 
position; member of Pierce, Richardson & Neiler, Con- 
sulting and Designing Engineers, Chicago; foreign mem- 
ber Institution of Electrical Engineers, Great Britain; 
member American I. E. E., Am. S. Heating and Ven- 
tilating Engineers. American Society for Advancement 
of Science, Franklin Institute, Union League Club. 



JOACHIM G. GAIVER, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 15, 1856, in Norway. Grad. from Coll. in 
1881, coming to America in 1882: from 1884 to 1890, 
was Chief Engr. of the Shifl3er Bridge Co., Pittsburg; 
1892-3, Asst. Chief Engr. World's Columbian Exposi- 
tion; for 4 yrs. engaged as a General Contractor and 
Engr.; in 1899 and since. Chief Engr. of D. H. Burn- 
ham & Co., architects, Chgo. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





WILLIAM: MACKENZIE: HUGHES, Chicago. 

Born Oneida Co., N. Y., June 5, 1848. Removing to 
Cincinnati in 1865, and to Cleveland in 1881; 3 yrs. 
Bridge Engr. N. Y. C. & St. L. Ky. ; 5 yrs. Special Engr. 
for the City of Cleveland; 2 yrs. Engr. and Asst. Gen. 
Mgr. Keystone Bridge Co., Pittsburg, Pa.; Engr. of 
Construction World's Fair; Principal Asst. Engr. Met- 
ropolitan Elevated R. R. ; Bridge Engr. for the Sanitary 
Dist. of Chgo. ; mein. of the A. S. C. E. and the W. S. 
C. E. 



WALTER E. DAUCHY, Chicago. 

Born in Troy, N. Y., March 5. 1855. In 1875 Grad. 
as a Civil Engr. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., 
Troy, N. Y. ; in 1892 entered service of the C., R. I. 
& P. Ry. as Asst. Supt. of Maintenance and Construc- 
tion; in 1894 made Supt. of M. & C., lines west of Mo. 
River; in 1899 made Chief Engr. C., R. I. & P. 
Ry. System. 





CHARLES WOODBURY MELCHER, 
Chicago. 

Born in Boston, March 4, 1857. Grad. an M. E., Wash- 
ington Univ., St. Louis, 1879; located in 111. in 1894; 
since 1894 Western Manager The Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill 
Co.; mem. American Soc. M. E., W. S. E., and mem. 
The Engineers' Club ot St. Louis. 



GEORGE MEHR1NG, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Feb. 20, 1862. Sec. Hay & Prentice Co. 
1887; now Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. L. II. Prentice Co.; 
charter mem. of the American Society of Heating and 
Ventilating Engineers; Vice-Pres. Chgo. Master Steam- 
fitters' Assn. 



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ENGINEERS. 
Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





A. W. SWANITZ, Chicago. 

Born Rlchland Co., 111., 1851. Asst. U. S. Surveys, Ind. 
Ter., 1870-72; Engineer Egyptian Army, lower Egypt, 
Africa, 1872-4; International & Gt. North R. R., Lo- 
cating Engr. 1875-81; Constructing Engr. with C. & 
N. W. R. R. 1886; Chief Engr. Chgo. & Calumet Ter- 
minal R. R. ; Chief Engr. East Shore Terminal, 
Charleston, S. C. ; Chief Engr. N., Q. & W. R. R., 
binding Port Chahnette, La.; Chief Engr. Chgo. Trans- 
fer & Clearing Co., Chgo. 



AUGUST ZEISING, Chicago. 

Born In Peru, 111., 1858. Grad. from Univ. of 111. 
1878; 2 yrs. a draughtsman; 3 yrs. Asst. Engr. Fa. Co.; 
8 yrs. as Chief Engr., and 5 yrs. as Chief Engr. an<j 
Gen. Mgr. Lassig Bridge & Iron Wks., Chgo.; 3 yrs. 
in private practice as Consulting Engr., making a spe- 
cialty of railway bridge work; since Sept., 1900, We&t- 
ern Mgr. of the American Bridge Co. 





CHARLES LOUIS STROBEL, Chicago. 

Born in Cincinnati, Oct. 6, 1852. Studied engineering 
at Stuttgart, Germany, 1869-73; Bridge Engr. Cincinnati 
Southern Ry. 1874-8; Chief Engr. Keystone Bridge Co. 
and Consulting Engr. of the Carnegie firms 1878-93; 
since 1885 has been a resident of Chgo., and since 1894 
has been in business for himself as a Consulting and 
Contracting Engr. 



ISHAM RANDOLPH, Riverside. 

Born at New Market, Clark Co., Va., March 25, 1848. 
Entered the service of the B. & O. Ry. in 1868; en- 
gaged in railway engineering and private work until 
June, 1893, when he was elected Chief Engr. of the- 
Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. 



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Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





G. A. EDWARD KOHLER, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 17, 1864, Philadelphia, Pa. Attended the 
Univ. of Pa. ; removed to Chgo. in 1887 ; engaged in the 
business of Contracting Electrical Engr. ; mem. Union 
League Club. 



FRANKLIN W. KOHLER, Chicago. 

Born May 3, 1861, Philadelphia, Pa. Removed to 
Chgo. March, 1890; engaged in the business of Con- 
tracting Elect. Engr.; member of firm of Koliler Bros., 
Contracting Electrical Engineers; mem. Union League 
Club. 





AMBROSE V. POWELL, Chicago. 

Born Laurens, N. Y., May 4, 1847. Located in Chgo. 
in 1880; grad. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. as C. E. 
1868; railroad work as rodman to Chief Engr. until 
1884; Engr. Supt. Calumet & Chgo. Canal & Dock Co. 
1884-6; Engr. and Supt. Hyde Park 1886-9; since 1889 
Con. C. E., P. G. L. & C. Co.; Am. Ship Building Co.; 
mem. of Chi. River Com. and Western S. E., and Pres. 
in 1900; mem. of Technical Club. 



WILLIAM S. DAWLEY, Chicago. 

Born Portage Co., Wis., Nov. 26. 1856. In 1879, Grad. 
at the Univ. of Minn.; from 1879 to 1883, connected 
with the construction dept. of the M. & St. L. Ry. ; 
in 1884 was with the Great Northern; in 1885-6 with 
the Chgo. & Indiana Coal Ry.; in 1887 with the Great 
Western; since 1887, connected with the C. & E. I. Ry., 
and was made Chief Engr. in 1S94. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





ROBERT W. HUNT, Chicago. 

Born at Fallsington, Pa., Dee. 9, 1838. Chemist Cam- 
bria Iron Co., Johnstown, 1860; Capt. in the war of 
1861-5; Snpt. Steel Dept. Cambria Co. until 1873; 
Supt. Steel Works, John A. Griswold & Co., Troy, 
N. Y. ; Gen. Snpt. of Albany & Rensselaer Steel & Iron 
Co., and later of Troy Iron & Steel Co.; April. 1888, 
located in Chicago and established the present firm of 
Robert W. Hunt & Co.; mem. American Soc. of Civil 
Engrs. and Past Pres. American Soc. Mechanical Engrs.; 
mem. G. A. R. ; Trustee of the Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Inst., Troy, N. Y. 



ALBERT W. I 1 1 :i>. Chicago. 
Born Calhoun Co.. Mich., in 1849. From 1869 to 1873. 
Asst. Engr. Peninsular R. R., now the Grand Trunk & 
Western; from 1873 to 1875. Asst. Engr. of the 111. 
River R. R., now the Chgo. & Alton Ry.; In 1875 until 
1878 was with the Vulcan Iron & Steel Co.: from 1878 
to 1888, Inspecting Engr. R. R. & Gen. Construction 
Dept.; since 1888, mem. of the firm of R. W. Hunt & Co. 





JOHN CLARK MeMYNN, Chicago. 

Born in Racine. Wis., 1869. Grad. at Williams Coll. 
and post-grad, of Cornell; since 1S92 engaged in engi- 
neering work in the firm of Robert W. Hunt & Co.; 
mem. of C. A. A., Marquette, Technical and Columbia 
Yacht Clubs. 



CHARLES HENRY WILMERDINO, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 19, 1858, in N. Y. City. Located in 111. in 
1888; Gen. Mgr. Chgo. Arc Light & Power Co. 1888-93: 
Gen. Supt. Chgo. Edison Co. 1893-7; Pres. National 
Electric Light Assn. 1895-6. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





DANIEL, W. MEAD, Chicago. 

Born March 6, 1862, Fulton, N. Y. Located in 111. in 
1873; grad. from Cornell Univ. 1884; in 1885 City 
Engr. of Rockford, 111.; in 1887-96 Engr. and Mgr. 
of the Rockford Construction Co. ; since 1897 occupied 
in work as a Consulting, Civil and Mechanical Engr. ; 
specialty water supply and power plants. 



GEORGE M. BRILL,, Chicago. 

Born at Poughquag, N. Y., 1866, and graduated from 
Cornell University in Mech. and Electrical Engineering 
in 1891; Technical Expert for Solvay Process Co., at 
Syracuse, N. Y., and Chief Engineer in charge of the 
construction of the Detroit plant until 1897. In charge 
of the general engineering of Swift & Co. to 1900. 
Consulting Engineer, member American Society Mechan- 
ical Engineers, Western Society of Engineers and 
Franklin Institute. 





WILLIAM SCHERZER, Chicago. 

Born in Peru. 111., Jan. 27, 1858. Grad. C. E., Poly- 
technicum Zurich, Switzerland, 1880; Engineer with 
Mathiessen & Hegeler Zinc Co., P., F. W. & C. Ry. Co., 
the Keystone Bridge Co., and the Carnegie Steel Co. 
until 1893; Consulting Engr.: Inventor and Patentee of 
the Scherzer Rolling Lift Brilges; died July 20, 1893. 



ALBERT II. SCHERZER, Chicago. 

Born Peru, 111.. July 22, 1865. Grad. from High School 
in 1882; grad. from the Union Coll. of Law 1892; pur- 
sued special course of studies in bridge building and 
engineering in Europe and United States; Pres. of the 
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co.; promoter of water- 
ways, internal harbors and canals. 



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ENGINEERS. 
Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





BION JOSEPH ARNOLD, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 14, 1861, at Cazenovla, Mich. Moved to Chi- 
cago, 1891; Mechanical Engineer C. G. W. Ry. Co., 
1887-89; Consulting Engr. Gen. Electric Co., 1889-92; 
Consulting Engr. Columbian Intramural R. R. Co., 
1892-93; engaged In Independent practice since 1893; 
represented the American Inst. of Electrical Engrs. as 
a. delegate to the International Electrical Congress, 
Parts, 1900. 



LOUS A. FERGUSON. Chicago. 

Born In Dorchester. Mass., Aug. 19. 1867. Educated In 
Boston public schools: grad. Mass. lust., of Technology. 
1888; In 1888, removed to Chgo., entering the service 
of the Chgo. Edison Co.; in 1890 was made Electrical 
Engr. of the company; Gen. Supt. in 1S97; Gen. Supt. 
of Commonwealth Klectric Co., in 1898; resides In 
Evanston. 





S. MORGAN BLSHNELL, Chicago. 

Born In Beloit, Wls., 1866. Grad. from Beloit Coll., 
1888, removing to Chgo. in 1888; connected with the 
engineering dej.t. of Uie Chyo. Kuison Co. since 1S8S. 



JOHN H. GOEHST, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. In 1865. Since 1S82 has been identified 
with the Edison Light Cos. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





LYMAN EDGAR COOL.EY, Chicago. 

Born In Canandaigua, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1850. Grad. from 
the Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, N. Y., 1874; 
member Western Soc. of Engrs. since 1876, and Pres. 
1890-91; Consulting Engr. of the Sanitary Dlst. of 
Chgo. ; organized the Nicaragua Expedition In 1897 
and American Vlce-Pres. of the International Deep 
Waterways Assn. 



WILLIAM DURHAM SARGENT, Chicago. 

Born In Lynn, Mass., June 16, 1863. Located In Chgo. 
in 1867; grad. from N. W. Univ. In 1884; Supt. Wks. 
of the Sargent Co. In 1888; Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 
Sargent Co.; Pres. American and International B. S. 
Co.; Mechanical Engineer. 





ROBERT I . GIFFORD, Chicago. 

Born In Jefferson Co., Ohio. Sept. 12, 1867. Grad. a 
C. E., Cornell Univ.. 1891; Pres. 111. Engineering Lab- 
oratory; mem. Western Soc. of Engrs. and the Tech- 
nical Club. 



G. A. M. L.ILJENCRANTZ, Chicago. 

Born In Sweden, April 11, 1842. Grad. from Royal 
Technological Inst. in Stockholm in June, 1866; engaged 
in canal construction in Sweden from 1866 to 1869; in 
U. S. Engr.'s office In Milwaukee in 1869-70; from 1870 
to 1871 with the Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry.; since April, 
1871, U. S. Asst. Engr. in the Chgo. office. 



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ENGINEERS. 
Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





EDWARD B. EL.LICOTT, Chicago. 

Born March 28, 1866. Came to Chgo. in 1890; for 6 
yrs. Supt. of Electrical Construction of the Western 
Electric Co.; appointed Supt. of City Telegraph In 
1897, and City Electrician in 1898. 



EDWIN H. CHENEY, Chicago. 

Born June 13, 1869, Shelbyville, 111. Came to Chgo. 
1892; engaged in electrical contracting and construc- 
tion business until 1899; Mgr. and Vice-Pres. of 111. 
Maintenance Co.; steam heating contractor; member 
C. A. A. 





H. EUGENE < II I. Hltl < K. Quincy. 

Born in Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 23, 1803. Edu- 
cated public schools and Whitestown Seminary; came to 
Quincy in 1898; Gen. Mgr. Quincy Gas & Electric Co.. 
and also Gen. Mgr. Quincy R. R. Co.; member of 
American Inst. of Electrical Engrs. 



JOHN WILLIAMSON, Chicago. 

Born in Dundee, Scotland, Sept. 7, 1853. Located in 
U. S. in 1880; in 1882 engaged in the gas business 
with the Fulton Municipal Gas Co. of Brooklyn; in 
1886 located in Chgo. with the Equitable Gas Co.; 
Consulting Engr. of the Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 




THOMAS TAYLOR JOHNSTON, Chicago. 

Born In Cincinnati, Aug. 18, 1856. Grad. Rensselaer 
Polytechnic Inst. at Troy, N. Y., 1877; 1886 entered 
the service of the Chgo. Drainage and Water Supply 
Commission; 1887-88 Asst. Eagr. of Chgo.; In May, 1888, 
Chief Engr. in construction Memphis Artesian Water 
Wks., and Savannah, Ga., 1891-93; entered service of 
Chgo. Sanitary Dist. 1890, and again in 1892; mem. 
W. A. E., of which he was respectively 2d V.-P., V.-P. 
and Pres. 




MONROE: WISNER, Chicago. 

Born in Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9, 1870. Grad. from -the 
Univ. of Mich. 1892; employed on the Sanitary Dist. 
of Chgo. in 1892; since 1898 has been Engr. in charge 
of Chgo. River Improvements fo- the Sanitary Dist. 




CARL EVERETT DAVIS, Chicago. 

Born Fairview. Fulton Co., 111. In 1891 grad. as a 
Civil Engr. from Cornell Univ. : mem. of the Western 
Soc. of Engrs. ; in 1891-92, Asst. Engr. of Newton, Mass.; 
in 1892-1900, Asst. Engr. Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. ; 1902, 
Chief Engr. Artesian Water Co., Memphis, Tenn. 




JOHN E. ERICSON, Chicago. 

Born in Sweden, Oct. 21, 1858. Grad. from the Royal 
Polytechnic Inst., Stockholm. Sweden. 1880; came to 
America in 1881, Chgo. in 1882; in 1897 appointed City 
Engr. by Mayor Harrison. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





JOHN ELLSWORTH BLUNT, Evanston. 

Consulting Engr. C. & N. W. Ry. 



WILLIAM H. FINLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Newcastle Co., Del., June 22, 1862. FromJLSSl 
to 1887 with the Edge Moor Iron Co., engineering dept.: 
1887-92 Asst. Engr. of the C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co.; 
located In Chgo. in 1890; 1892-1900 Engineer of Bridges 
of C. & N. W. Ry.; Principal Asst. Engr. C. & N. W. 
Ry. Co.; Pres. Western Soc. of Engrs. ; resides at Win- 
netka. 





WILLIAM L. URECIvEXRinGK. Chicago. 

Born in Louisville. Ky., June 29, 1857. Grad. Wash- 
ington Univ. at St. Louis in 1879; entered service C., 
B. & Q. R. R. in 1879, and at the present time is its 
chief engineer. 



EDWARD .T. BLAKE, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 23, 1858. Grad. of the Univ. of Me., 1879. 
Feb., 1880, to March, 1887, was a rodraan and Asst. 
Eng. on C., B. & Q. R. R.. and on Wabash R. R.. 
Maroh, 1887. to Jan., 1890. Chief Eng. H. & St. Joe 
R. R. and K. C., St. J. & C. B. R. R. Jan., 1890. to 
May, 1899, Chief Engr. C., B. & Q. R. R. May, 1899, to 
present time Consulting Eugr. C., B. & Q. R. R. and 
system of lines. 



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Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





FREDERICK EDWARD PARADIS, Chicago 

Born in Burlington, Vt., Dec. 24, 1869. Asst. Architect 
Cent. Vt. R. R. at St. Albans in 1888-9; Draftsman 
Nor. Pac. R. R. in St. Paul in 1890-1; Asst. Civil 
Engr. Chgo. & Nor. Pac. R. R. 3892-4; Chief Engr. 
C & N. P. R. R. and Chgo. Terminal Transfer R. R. 
since 1894. 



JAMES B. COX, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 31, 1857. In 1880 Civil Engr. with the Pa. 
R. R. ; in 1889 located in Chgo. ; engaged in private prac- 
tice until 1895; acted as Engr. in charge of construction 
Hammond & Blue Island R. R. and Chgo., Hammond 
& Western R. R.; Asst. Engr. Terminal R. R. and East 
Chgo. Belt R. R. ; 1898 Chief Engr. Chgo. Junction Ry. 
to date. 





W. E. ANGIER, Chicago. 

Born Fitzwilliam, N. H. Grad. N. H. College of A. & 
M. and M. A. as B. S., 1885; grad. Dartmouth College 
(S. C. E.) as Civil Engineer, 1887; Asst. Engr. on 
bridge across the Miss. River at Ft. Madison, la., 1887; 
Sub-inspector and U. S. Asst. Engr. on government 
work, Galveston, Tex., 1887-89; Asst. Engr. on bridge 
across the Miss. River at Memphis, Tenn., 1889-92; 
Asst. Engr. I. C. R. R. Co. (Bridge Department), No- 
vember, 1892, to date; asso. mem. Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs. ; 
mem. of West. Soc. Civ. Engrs.; Res. Engr., Thebes, 111. 



\\ I I.I.I \M S. SHIELDS, Evanston. 

Born in Ind. Co., Pa., Nov. 18, 1860. Common, aca- 
demic and Normal School education; located in Chgo. 
in 1883; 10 yrs. with John A. Cole, civil engr. ; sub- 
sequently in private practice; since 1896 mem. Alvord & 
Shields, Chgo.; designed water wks., sewerage systems 
for Galesburg, Kankakee, DeKalb, Wheaton, Highland 
Park, Evanston and other cities. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





ADOLPH SORGE, JR.. Chicago. 

Born in Hoboken. N. J., Sept. 28. 1857. Grad. from 
Stevens Inst. of Technology in 1873: located in Chgo. 
in 1894: inventor of the Sorge Chemical Feed Water 
Purifying System. 



EDWARD CHARLES DARLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Tarrytown, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1846. Before his 
20th year employed as a Civil Engr. in railroad work; 
in 1897 located in Chicago as Gen. Western Agt. for the 
Altman & Taylor Machinery Co., Mansfield, O., manu- 
facturers of Cahall Vertical Horizontal Type Water Tube 
Boilers- a volunteer soldier from Pa. in the war of 
1861-5; charter mem. Am. Soc. of Mech. Engrs. and 
mem. of the Institute of Mining Engrs. ; died in Chicago, 
Feb. 16, 1901. 





GEORGE \V. JACK SOX, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., July 21, 1861. Engaged in business in 
1883; contractor for Strickler Tunnel through Pikes 
Peak; 14-ft. subway, Reading Pa.; Pneumatic Tube 
System for Asso. Press; Wentworth Ave. drainage sys- 
tem; 90 per cent of entire underground system for Chgo. 
Tel. Co., Postal Tel. Co., W. U. T. Co.; systems at 
Columbus, O. ; Indianapolis, Ind. ; Muscatine, la. ; Phila- 
delphia, Pa.; now in charge of system of subways in 
Chgo. 



HENRY "WILLIAMS PARKHURST, Chicago. 

Born in Boston, June 25, 1847. Engaged in engineering 
wks. from 1870 to 1890 on bridge construction on Miss, 
and Mo. Rivers; subsequently engaged in railroad con- 
struction, and since 1892 Engineer of Bridges and Build- 
ings for I. C. R. R. 



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Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





i . i i .1 : ii i :i i> i : MJ i : i < ii. Chicago. 

Born near Bergen, Norway, Sept. 29, 1860. Removing 
to U. S. in 1881; grad. Polytechnic Inst., Troudhjem. 
Norway; connected as a contractor with the World's 
Fair bldgs., Chgo., also two sections Drainage Canal; 
now Contracting Engr. for Monler Concrete Construction 
In the U. S. 



WILLIAM DOBSON PICKELS, Chicago. 

Born near Leeds, Yorkshire, England, April 12, 1839. 
Brought to C. S. In 1846; educated In "Nature's great 
school, Work;" expert in the use of exhaust steam for 
heating water In buildings; Inventor and first to adopt 
Thermostatic Valves in heating apparatus, known as 
the Webster System of Low-Pressure Steam Heating, 
a product of Chicago; located In Chicago In 1889; Sec. 
of the Am. Engineering Specialty Co., Chicago, and 
mem. of Western Soc. of Engrs. 





FREDERICK ASAPH PECKHAM, Chicago. 

Born April 21, 1868, at Buffalo, X. Y. Located In 111. 
in 1890; engaged in the iron mfg. industry from 188G 
to 1888; from 1888 to 1898 with the "Engineering 
News;" 3 years Editorial Department, 7 years Manager 
Western Office; mem. of the firm of Torbert & Peck- 
ham, rebuilders and dealers of steam shovels, dredges, 
locomotives and cars, since 1898. 



SAMUEL, G. ARTINGSTALL, Chicago. 

Born Manchester, England, 1845. Member American 
Society of Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, 
American W. W. Association, and associate member 
Institute of Civil Engineers; Engineering Department. 
City of Chicago from 1869 to 1888; City Engineer 
from 1893 to 1895; Chief Engineer Chicago Sanitary 
District. 1891; Engineer four-mile tunnel and crib. 
Lake View tunnel and crib, Hyde Park tunnel and crib, 
Van Buren Street tunnel. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





CHARLES F. FOSTER, Chicago. 

Born Boston, Mass., Sept. 28, 1852. Engaged as a 
Mechanical Engr. in Manchester, N. H., Mills; in 1880 
became a resident of St. Louis, Mo.; Supt. St. Louis 
Cotton Mills; Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Heine 
Safety Boiler Co.; became a resident of Chgo., 1893; 
Mechanical Engr. at the World's Fair; Vice-Pres. of 
the National Supply Co., and the Consulting Engr.; 
mem. of American Soc. of Mechanical Engrs, St. Louis 
Engrs.' Club, Western Soc. of Engrs. 



WILLIAM B. GIVING, Chicago. 

Born in Blair Co.. Pa., June 21, 1858. Grad. at Cor- 
nell, 1883; came to 111. in 1886; engaged on Croton 
Aqueduct, N. Y. City; engineered construction on N. W. 
and other railroads; had charge of obtaining the data 
on the inspection of the Chgo. Drainage Channel; Engr. 
for the Mich. State Tax Com. on Railroad Property 
Appraisement; designed and installed the pneumatic 
service for Hearst's Chicago American. 





CLAYTON O. BILLOW, Chicago. 

Born Shelby, Ohio, June 14, 1860, removing to 111. in 
1890. Asst. Mechanical Engr. World's Columbian Ex- 
position, 1892-3; Sec. and Treas. Nat. Supply Co.; mem- 
ber Western Soc. of Engr. and the Technical Club. 



CARLTON R. DART, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 1, 1862. In 1881 grad. Mich. Agri. College; 
until 1891 was engaged in railroad and railway ter- 
minal construction; from 1891 to 1902, engaged in 
bridge and engineering work in Chgo. 



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Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





WILLIAM S. >ll-:\i)l-: V Chicago. 

Born Evansvllle, Ind., Oct. 21, 1868. Grod. Rose Poly- 
technic Inst., Terre Haute, Ind.; located in Chgo. in 
1892; Chief Engr. Metropolitan West Side Elevated Ry., 
Chgo. 



FRANK H. HAMILTON, Springfield. 

Born in Springfield, 111., Aug. 8, 1873. Grad. Univ. of 
111. 1895; City Engr. Springfield, 111.; Capt. of Co. of 
Engrs. I. N. G. 





GUSTAF CARLSON, Chicago. 

Born in Sweden in 1848. Came to Chgo., March, 1873; 
Engr. of Hyde Park, from 1874-7. 



HENRY LEONARD HOLL1S, Chicago. 

Born in Boston, Feb. 17, 1866. Removing to Brooklyn In 
1867; educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic and the 
School of Mines of Columbia Coll.; (trad, from the latter 
In 1885, and removing to Chgo. In 1885; mem. of Union 
League, University and Chgo. Literary Clubs. 



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ENGINEERS. 

Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





J. H. noii. Chicago. 

Born in Cbristiania, Norway, April 15, 1867. Grad. 
Christiania Engrn. Coll. 1888; came to U. S. in Sept., 
1888; formerly the Asst. Engr. Milwaukee Bridge Wks. ; 
engaged In business as a contractor for 6 yrs. in Chgo. ; 
now Contracting Engr. in the Cbgo. office of the Ameri- 
can Bridge Co. of N. Y. 



R. LESTER THAYER, Peoria. 

Born at Seneca Falls, N. Y., June 16, 1872. Moved to 
Illinois in 1895; engaged in the work of electrical en- 
gineering and construction of power plants. 





CHARLES GOOLD ARMSTRONG, Chicago. 

Born La Salle Co., 111., 1858. Moved to Chicago, 1887; 
State University of 111.; Gen. Consulting Engr., Steam 
and Electrical, with offices in New York and Chicago. 



CLINTON E. WOODS, Chicago. 

Born Belchertown, Mass., Feb. 7, 1863. Located in 
Pittsfield, Mass., in 1871, and Chgo. in 1888; engaged 
in automobile construction; in 1895 formed the Ameri- 
can Electric Vehicle Co.; in 1896 established the Woods 
Motor Vehicle Co. ; formed the TVoods-Wering Co. in 
1901. 



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ENGINEERS. 
Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





DANIEL D. HIO AM , Chicago. 

Born Feb. 11, 1847. Removing to Chgo., April, 1851; 
appointed County Comptroller Dec., 1886; elected Pres. 
County Board, 1894-6; appointed Supt. Public Service 
Dec., 1898; Warden Cook County Hospital. 



JAMES MACDONALD, Chicago. 

Born Collingwood, Ont., Jan. 15, 1857. Moved to New 
York City in 1879; Asst. Engr. of Construction of Dow's 
stores, Brooklyn, and the Northern Pac. Ry. grain ele- 
vators, Portland, Oregon; Supt. Webster Mfg. Co., 
Chgo., 1885; Sec. Metealf-Macdonald Co. 1887; Pres. 
Macdonald Engr. Co. 1895. 





JOHN P. ALLAN, Chicago. 

Born Davenport, la. I860. Graduated from Worcester 
Polytechnic Institute in 1880; became connected with 
the Edward P. Allis Company, Milwaukee, Wis., en- 
gin* builders, in 1881, and now has charge of the Chi- 
cago branch of this firm's business. 



EDWARD M. HAGAR, Chicago. 

Born June 21, 1873, Salem, Mass. Grad. Mass. Inst. of 
Technology 1893; grad. Cornell Univ. 1894; Mgr. Chgo. 
office Southwark Foundry & Machine Co. of Philadel- 
phia, 1895-99; mem. of firm Edward M. Hagar & Co., 
engines and machinery, since 1900; Mgr. of the Cement 
Dept. 111. Steel Co.; mem. A. S. M. E. and A. S. C. E., 
W. S. C. E. 



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ENGINEERS. 
Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





H. S. HART, Chicago. 

Born in Clinton. la., Sept. 2, 1870. Grad. Rose Poly- 
technic Inst., 1893; formerly Installing Engr. with the 
Seimens & Halske Electric Co. of Chgo. and St. Louis; 
later Eastern Mgr. Crouse, Tremaine Carbon Co. in 
N. Y. ; now Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Rodger 
Ballast Car Co. of Chgo.; mem. Technical Club and 
Oakland Club of Cheo. 



WILLIAM SLOAN CHERRY, Streator. 

Born Ireland, July 9, 1837. Resided and educated io 
Philadelphia, entering Engr. Corps, U. S. N.. 1861; re- 
signing 1867; from 1871 to 1889 Supt. Chgo., Wilmington 
& Vermilion Coal Co.; from 1889 to 1892 Mgr. Grand 
River Coal & Coke Co., Colorado Springs; since 1892 
has been Gen. Mine Supt., Chgo., Wilmington & Ver- 
milion Coal Co., Streator. 





GEORGE L. LAVERY, Chicago. 

Born in Boston, Feb. 18, 1856. Came to Chgo., Dec., 
1884; Gen. Mgr. Yale & Towne Mfg. Co.; mem. of the 
Union League and Hamilton Clubs and American Soc. 
of Mech. Engrs. ; Chairman Dept. of Commercial Trav- 
elers of the U. S., of the National Republican Com., 
campaign of 1900. and Chairman Executive Com. 111. 
Commercial and Industrial League. 



C. M. WILKES, Chicago. 

Born in Manchester, Conn., May 29, 1858. Grad. Mass. 
Inst. of Technology, Boston; Mechanical and Electrical 
Engr. with D. H. Burnham & Co., architects; mem. 
American Soc. of Mechanical Engrs. ; mem. Boston Soc. 
Civil Engrs.; associate mem. Inst. of Electrical Engrs.; 
mem. of University and Kenwood Clubs. 



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HENRY FURLONG BALDWIN, Chicago. 

Born In Waterybury, Md., April 17. 1862. Grad. from 
Mass. Inst. of Technology, Boston, 1884. 



VICTOR WINDETT, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 12, 1866. Entered the engrn. dept. I. C. 
R. R. In 1886; C. & C. T. R. R. 1889; since 1889 Civil 
Engr. of III. Steel Co. 





JAMES G. POMEROY, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 19, 1866, in Holmes Co., Ohio. In 1890 he 
located In Chgo. ; Mgr. of the Sales Dept. of the 
Adams-Bagnall Electrical Co.; mem. of the Technical 
Club. 



LOUIS E. RITTES, Evanston. 

Born Nov. 14, 1864, at Cleveland, O. Located In Chgo. 
in 1892; engaged in the business of a Civil Engr. under 
the firm name of Rlttes & Molt, Civil Engrs., Mar- 
quette Bldg., Chgo. 



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ENGINEERS. 
Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





ANDREWS \ I.I.K V Chicago. 

Bora Madison, Wis., Jan. 11, 1870. Graduated from 
University of Wis., 1891; degree of C. E., 1697; Asst. 
Ener. Edgeiuoore Bridge Works. AVilniington, Del., 
1891-99; Contracting Engr. Wis. Bridge and Iron Co. 
(of Milwaukee, Wis.), Chicago, 1899 to present time; 
member of Western Sou. of Eugrs., 1899. 



i:>l 1 1. GERBER, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, Jan. 31, 1858. Grad. Worcester 
Polytechnic Inst., 1876; Asst. Engr. F. E. & M. V. 
R. R., 1879; Asst. Chief Engr. F. E. & M. V. R. R.. 
1885; Bridge Engr., 1887-97; came to 111. in 1889; Chief 
Engr. Lassig Bridge Wks., 1897, and Mgr. of the 
Lassig Bridge Wks., 1900. 





CARL BINDER, Chicago. 

Born in Bictigheim, Wuertteinberg (Germany), Sept. 6 
1853. Attended Technical Inst., Stuttgart. Germany, 
1872-76. In 1882 Royal Government Building Master, 
and in 1884 came to U. S. Engineer of Bridges, L. S. 
& M. S. Ry., 1887-89, and came to Chgo. in 1889. Built 
the structural steel for the Schiller Bldg. ; Public Library 
and Mach. Hall of World's Fair. 



BYRON B. CARTER, Hinsdale. 

Born in Lancaster, Wis., 1860. Grad., 1883, Univ. of 
Wis.; came to Chgo. in 1885; 1892, Consulting Engr. 
C.. M. & St. P. Ry. : 1895 Mechanical Engr. U. S. Govt. 
Bridge at Rock Island; mem. Board of Consulting Engrs., 
City Bridges of Chgo., 1900. 



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Civil Mechanical Electrical. 





FREDERICK C. ROSSITER, Chicago. 

Born at Oberlin, O., July 16, 1844. Located in Osh- 
kosh, Wis., in 1866, serving as fireman on the C. & 
N. W. R. R. ; located in Chgo. in 1867, and employed 
by Wolcott & Fox, surveyors ; grad. from Van Der- 
nailler's School of Engineering in 1871; Asst. Engr. 
XI. & N. R. R. ; Asst. Engr. City of Chgo.; Deputy Co. 
Surveyor .6 yrs. ; Engr. for Rosehill Cemetery for. 16 
yrs. ; Engineer for Union Stock Yds. and Transit Co. ; 
Vice-Pres. 111. State Board of Agriculture in 1898-1902. 



JACOB A. HARMAN, Peoria. 

Born in Randolph Co., Mo., March 7, 1866. Grad. at 
the N. N. U., Lebanon, Ohio, in 1887; engaged in sani- 
tary and gen. engrn. work in Peoria in 1890; City 
Engr. of Peoria, 1893-4; Sanitary Engr. 111. State Board 
of Health since 1899. 





F. G. GASCHE, Chicago. 

Born Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. Grad. Cornell Univ., 
1890; since 1890 Mechanical Engr. for the III. Steel Co. 



W. C. FUCHS, Chicago. 

Born in Berlin. Germany. Education common school, 
high school, Univ. of Berlin, Germany; came to Chi- 
cago with parents in 1SG7 at the age of 3; Electrical 
Kugr. with Edison General Electric Co. and the Gen- 
eral Electric Co., Chicago; installed the first electric 
light plant in Chicago: X-Ray Expert; in 1896 estab- 
lished first X-Ray Laboratory in Chicago; mem. Soo. 
of Electrical Engrs., of New York and Germania Clubs 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





.TAMES B. FORGAN, Chicago.. 

Born at St. Andrews, Scotland, April 11, 1852. Moved 
to Chicago In 1892; formerly Cashier of the Northwest- 
ern National Bank of Minneapolis; President of the 
First National Bank of Chicago. 



GEORGE} D. BOULTON, Chicago. 

Born June 13, 1844, Cobourg, Canada. Educated at 
Upper Canada Coll., Toronto; in 1864 removed to Chgo., 
at which time he entered the service of the First Nat. 
Bank of Chgo.; Vice-Pres. and Dir. of the First Nat. 
Bank of Chgo.; Dir. Nat. Safe Deposit Co., of Chgo. 





s. PUCE, Chicago. 

Born Perry, Lake Co., O., Oct. 5, 1835. Located In 
Chgo. 1867; attended Antioch Coll.; for 5 yrs. was 
engaged In Importing and selling fruit trees; for 5 yrs. 
banker In Palnesvllle; Dir. of the First National Bank 
of Chicago and the N. W. Mutual Life Ins. Co. 



POTTER PALMER, Chicago. 

Born in Albany Co., N. Y., on a farm. At 18 became 
a clerk In a country store at Durham, N. Y., and of 
which he became Manager; subsequently embarked in 
business In Oneida Co., and later at Lockport; located 
In Chgo., engaging in the dry goods business; this es- 
tablishment became the firm of Field, Leiter & Co. and 
later Marshall Field & Co. ; retired from mercantile 
business in 1867; owner of the Palmer House and an 
extensive owner of real estate in Chgo.; died May, 1902. 



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JOHN AUSTIN IIAMLIX, Chicago. 

Born at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. June 2. 1837. Remov- 
ing to 111. In 1861; Prop, and Hgr. of the Grind Opera 
House, Chgo. ; Pres. of Hamlin Wizard On Co.. Chgo. ; 
mem. of Union League and Washington Park Clubs and 
Chgo. Historical Soc. 



FRANKLIN HARVEY HEAD, Evanston. 

Born Paris, Onelda Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1835. Grad. 
Hamilton Coll. as B. A., In 1856; M. A. In 1857; grad. 
from the law school of Hamilton Coll. 1858, and subse- 
quently honored by It with the degree of LL. D. ; ex- 
tensively Interested In banking and various manufactur- 
ing Interests 





EDWARD SAMUEL, LACEY, Chicago. 

Born N 7 ov. 26, 1835, in Chill, N. Y. Removing to Char- 
lotte, Mich.; public school education and Olivet Coll; at 
the age of 18 clerk in a gen. store at Kalamazoo; In 1862 
entered into partnership with Joseph Musgrave, estab- 
lishing a private bank; in 1871 it became the First Na- 
tional Bank of Charlotte; in 1880 elected to Congress, 
serving 2 terms; in 1889 made Comptroller of the Cur- 
rency of the U. S. Treas. Dept. ; in 1892 made Pres. 
of the Bankers' Nat'l Bank of Chgo. 



"WILLIAM J. OXAHAN, Chicago. 

Born in Ireland. I'res. Home Savings Bank; Ex-Cit> 
Comptroller and Ex-Pres. of the Public Library. 



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J. RUSSELL JONES, Chicago. 

Born Conneaut, O., Feb., 1823. Removing to Winnebago 
Co., 111., in 1838, and to Galena in 1840, and to Chgo. 
in 1861; mem. of 111. Gen. Assembly 1860; in 1861 to 
1869 U. S. Marshal Northern Dist. of 111.; from 1869 
to 1875 Minister to Belgium; in 1876 Collector of the 
Port of Chgo.; in 1863 organized the Chgo. West Div. 
R. R. Co., and for 25 yrs. its Pres. ; Dir. 111. Trust & 
Savings Bank, Chgo. Tel. Co., Central Union Tel. Co. 
and Guarantee Co. of N. America; President Pelee 
Island Fishermen's Club. 



ORSON SMITH, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Dec. 14, 1841. Pres. Merchants' Loan & 
Trust Co. Bank: mem. Chicago, Washington Park and 
Union Clubs. 





CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, Chicago. 

Born in Lynn, Mass., March 7, 1854. Located in Chgo. 
in 1856; grad. from High School; formerly Pres., now 
Vice-Pres., Corn Ex. Nat'l Bank; Vice-Pres. Northern 
Trust Co.; Dir. Traders Ins. Co., State Bank of Chgo.; 
Ex-Pres. Board of Trade; Pres. Art Inst. ; World's Fair 
Dir. and Chairman of Fine Arts Dept. ; Treas. and 
Dir. U. of C. ; Supt. St. Paul's Universalist S. S. ; Pres. 
Chicago Orphan Asylum; Dir. Presbyterian Hospital; 
Treas. Municipal Art League; Dir. Auditorium Assn., 
and ex-mem, of Public Library. 



ISAAC G. LOMBARD, Chicago. 

Born in Truro, Mass., 1835. Resided in Chgo. since 
1859, and for many years was engaged in the banking 
business; mem. of Union League and Bankers' Clubs. 



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JOHN A. LYNCH, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., June 11, 1853. Formerly mem. H. H. 
Shufeldt & Co.. distillers; Pres. and one of the organ- 
izers of the National Bank of the Republic. 



WILLIAM T. FENTON, Chicago. 

Born June 2, 1848, near Madison, Ind. Removing to 
Chgo. In 1885; Vice-Pres. of the National Bank of the 
Republic; mem. of Union League., Kenwood and Midlo- 
thian Clubs; Pres. Chicago Clearing House and Bankers' 
Club. 





I : I . It li I ix. I : GERRY KEITH, Chicago. 

Born July 16, 1840, In Barne, Vt. In 1857 removed to 
Chgo.; in 1864 mem. of the firm of Keith Bros.; Pres. 
of the Metropolitan National Bank of Chgo. since 1884; 
Pres. Chicago Title & Trust Co., May, 1902. 



CHARLES S. CASTLE, Chicago. 

Born in Barrington, 111. Postmaster, Austin, 111., from 
1889-95; elected Pres. of Austin State Bank, Jan., 1895. 



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i.i :\ I BARNES DOUD, Chicago. 

Born Berlin, O., April 7, 1840. Educated in Salem, 
O.; came to Chgo. In 1865; Pres. National Live Stock 
Bank. 



WILLIAM H. BRINTNALL, Chicago. 

Born In Attica, N. Y., 1847. Came to Illinois, 1863; 
engaged in wholesale hardware business from 1867 to 
1883; Cashier of Drover's National Bank from 1883 to 
Jan. 1, 1900, when he became president; Pres. of the 
Drover's Safe Deposit Co. -since 1895; Pres. of the 
Drover's Trust & Savings Bank, Jan. 1, 1902. 





WILLIAM A. TILDEIV. Chicago. 

Born 1857. Delavan, Wis. Located in Chgo. in 1883; 
commercial traveler until 1S88; Mgr. Credit Dept. 
Hay wood & Merrill Kuttan Co. until 1897; Asst. 
Cashier of the Drovers' National Bank 1897, and Cashier 
since 1900. 



I.. D. Ill i.in;i{ r. Chicago. 

Born March 2, 1858, Pleasant Valley, Conn. Came to 
Chgo. in 1895; Vice- Pres. Merchants' Loan & Trust Co.; 
mem. Univ., Calumet and C. A. A. Clubs. 



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EDWIN A. POTTER, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 18, 1845, in Bath, Me. Located in Chgo. in 
May, 1872; first Cashier firm of Abram French & Co., 
wholesale crockery; mem. firm of French, Potter & Wil- 
son; in 1889 mem. of the firm Lyon & Potter 'Co.; 
since 1898 Pres. of the Am. Trust & Savings Bank. 



PAUL, O. STENSLAND, Chicago. 

Born Sandeid, Stavanger, Norway, May 9, 1847. Resi- 
dent of Chgo. since 1871 : engaged in the dry goods 
business until 188r>; entered the real estate and insur- 
ance business, and subsequently engaged in private 
banking; Sept. 15. 1891, incorporated the Milwaukee 
Ave. State Bank, of which he is the Pres. 





ISAAC M. PERRY, Chicago. 

Born in Oneida Co., N. Y. Vice-Pres. of the Conti- 
nental National Bank of Chgo. ; mem. of Union League 
Club. 



FRED I.. \\ I l.K. Chicago. 

Born May 25, 1856, at Columbus, O. Resident of Chgo. 
since 1857; Vioe-Pres. Union Trust Co. Bank; mem. of 
Marquette Club. 



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GEORGE: P. BAY, Chicago. 

Born Vieborg, Denmark, July 9, 1830, and came to Chgo. 
1852. Second Vice-Pres. Western State Bank, which 
was organized in 1873 and of which he was President 
during the yrs. of 1899-1900. 



HELGE ALEXANDER HAUGAN, Chicago. 

Born Christiania, Norway, Oct. 26, 1848. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1862; in 1879 established the banking house 
of Haugan & Lindgren; subsequently the State Bank of 
Chgo. in 1891, of which he is the Pres.; Treas. Board 
of Commissioners of Lincoln Park; Dir. Chicago Title 
& Trust Co. ; mem. Union League Club. 





GEORGE E. RICKCORDS, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y., Nov. 29, 1845. Educated in common 
schools, academy and coll.; located in Chgo. in 1869; 
Pres. Security Title & Trust Co.; Pres. Lake Co. Title 
& Trust Co.; mem. Union League and Marquette Clubs. 



NORMAN W. HARRIS, Chicago. 

Born 1846, at Becket, Mass. Removing to Cincinnati 
in 1866; organized Union Central Life Ins. Co. in 1867, 
of which for 14 yrs. he was Sec.; in 1882 moved to 
Chgo., and the same year founded the banking house 
of N. W. Harris & Co.; Trustee of the N. W. Univ. 



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EDWIN G. FOREMAN, Chicago. 

Born July 14, 1862. President Foreman Bros. Banking 
Co. ; President Associated Jewish Charities ; Treasurer 
First State Fawners' Society; Treasurer Illinois Manual 
Training School Farm; Director Corn Exchange National 
Bank; member of Merchants, the Standard and Bankers' 
Clubs. 



OSCAR G. FOREMAN, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 1, 1863. Vice-Pres. Foreman Bros. Banking 
Co.; Vice-Pres. Chgo. Home for Jewish Orphans; mem. 
of the Standard, Union League and Bankers' Clubs. 





FREDERICK WILLIAM STRAUS, Chicago. 

Born in Laufersw eiler, Germany, Feb. 28, 1833. Settled 
in Ligonier, Ind., 1850, and engaged in gen. merchan- 
dise business until 1867; in 1868 engaged in banking 
business; in 1882 located in Chgo.; in 1870 organized 
the present Citizens' Bank of Ligonier, Ind.; senior mem. 
lii-m of Straus Bros. & Co.. bankers. Chicago, until his 
death, Feb. 9, 1898. 



SIMON W. STRAUS, Chicago. 

Born Ligonier, Ind., Dec. 23, 1866. Located in Chicago 
with parents in 1883; engaged in business with his 
father, F. W. Straus, in 1886 to 1888; went in the 
banking business as Cahn & Straus in 1888 until 1894; 
in 1894 to 1895 the banking business was continued 
under the firm name of Straus Bros. & Co., in connec- 
tion with Citizens' Bank of Ligonier, Ind. ; s.ince 1895 
has been senior member of the firm of S. W. Straus 
& Co., bankers and brokers, Chicago. 111. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 

Greenebaum Sons. 





ELIAS GREENEBAUM, Chicago. 

Born In Rbein Hesse, Germany, 1822. Chicago, 1848; 
with Francis Clark, dry goods, until 1852; with R. K. 
Swift & Co., bankers, until 1855, when he established 
his own banking and real estate mortgage business. 
Retired from active business in 1897. 



H. I .. GREENEBAUM, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Sept. 1, 1854. Entered the banking busi- 
ness in 1872 at First National Bank, Chgo.; mem. of 
the banking and real estate loan firm of Greenebauuii 
Sons since 1877; mem. of Standard Club. 








JAMES E. GREENEBAUM. Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., April 3, 1866. Entered the banking 
business in 1886 with Greenebaum Sons, and in 1889 
became mem. of the firm; grad. from Yale UniT. in 
1886; mem. Standard Club. 



M. E. GREENEBAUM, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., March 17. 1858. Entered business in. 
1874; Treas. of the Security Title & Trust Co.; mem. 
of the firm of Greenebaum Sons since 1878; mem. of 
the Real Estate Board and of the Hamilton, \Vinnetka< 
und Standard Clubs. 



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\VIL,L,IAM II. COLVIN, Chicago. 

Born in Coeymans. N. Y., Oct. 4, 1839. Moved to 
Chgo. In 1868; retired from business in 1887; Dir. 
World's Fair; died 1896. 



WILLIAM H. COLVIN, Chicago. 

Born In Chicago, 1871. Member N. Y. Stock Ex., N. Y. 
Coffee Ex., Chgo. Board of Trade, Chgo. Stock Ex. 





JAMES R. McKAY, Chicago. 

Born in Lemont, 111., formerly called Athens. Located 
In Chgo. in 1855; Sec., Treas. and Partner of the old 
firm of Munger, Wheeler & Co. from 1860 to 1890; is 
a charter Dir. of the Hibernian National Bank; a 
charter mem. of the 100 charter members of the Chgo. 
Club, and which he aided in organizing in 1869; James 
R. McKay is the acting executor of the Munger estate. 



EUGENE S. KIMBALL, Chicago. 

Born at State & Jackson Sts., Chgo. Educated in Chgo. 
public schools, Lake Forest Academy and Waltham. 
Mass. ; upon leaving Waltham entered upon a business 
career in Chgo., which has continued ever since; mem. 
Kenwood Club, Kenwood Country Club, Midlothian Coun- 
try Club, Chicago Athletic Club, and mem. Chgo. His- 
torical Soc. and Art Inst. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 
George D. Cook Co. 





GEORGE DILLWYN COOK, New York:. 

Born in Richmond, O., Feb. 27, 1845. Moved to Chgo. 
in 1878, residing there until 1900; then moved to 
N. Y. City; Pres. of the Geo. D. Cook Co. and Mexican 
Mineral Itailroarl. The refunding of the Mexican Gov. 
$110,000,000 gold loan, in June", 1900, was due very 
largely to the efforts of Mr. Geo. D. Cook. Investment 
securities. 



GEORGE SHAW COOK, Chicago. 

Born Mt. Pleasant, la., July 1, 1869. Moved to Chgo. 
1878; made contract for first foreign loan to be placed 
in U. S., 1898; Viee-Pres. Geo. D. Cook Co.; Vice-Pres. 
Cafetal Carlata Co.; investment securities; mem. 
Union League Club and Kenwood Country Club, Chgo. 
American Club, City of Mexico. 





JAMES DENSOX COOK, Chicago. 

Born at Richmond, O.. June 6. 1847. Finished education 
at Earlham Col., Richmond, Ind., 1863-4; married and 
lived in la., 1868-78; engaged in commercial and financial 
business until 1897; since ISO/ Sec. and Treys, of the 
Geo. D. Cook Co., of Chgo. and N. Y., investment 
securities, and Sec. Cafetal Carlota Co.; mem. of Union 
League Club, Chicago, and American Club of City of 
Mexico. 



ARTHUR H. TURNER, New York. 

Born in Saginaw, Mich., May 2, 1874. Grad. from the 
Univ. of Mich. 1897; engaged in the mining business 
in Mexico since 1898: Dir. in Mexican Mineral R. R. 
and the Cook-Turner Co. of N. Y. ; Asst. Sec. and Treas. 
of Geo. D. Cook Co. 



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EDWARD ABEND, SR., Belleville. 

Born In Germany In 1822. Came to Belleville 1833; 
admitted to bar In 1842; organized the Belleville Sav- 
ings Bank, 1860; was Its President for 42 years; Mayor 
of Belleville for four terms; Deputy Postmaster, 1840; 
Deputy County Clerk; member of the Legislature, 1848; 
President of the Bellevllle-O'Fallon Railroad Company; 
built Belleville Gas Works, 1856, and President of the 
company. 



RICHARD WAJTOKLIM, Belleville. 

Born Jan. 27, 1845, in St. Clair Co., 111. In 1861-2 
Deputy P. M. Belleville; In 1863 Deputy Circuit Clerk 
St. Clair Co.; 1864 U. S. Volunteer Army; 1865-74 
Teller In Belleville Savings Bank, and Treas. for 3 
terms of the City of Belleville; 1874-9 Asst. Cashier 
Belleville Savings Bank; since 1879 Cashier. 





JOSEPH FUESS, Belleville. 

Born In Germany, 1842. Removing to Belleville in 
1857; in 1866, established the firm of Espenheim & 
Fuess, now the Fuess-Fischer Co., of which he is the 
Pres. ; one of the organizers of the First National Bank, 
of which for 23 yrs. he was the Pres. ; served as a 
soldier in the Civil War of 1861-65; mem. of G. A. R. 



CASIMIR \ MI i.. Belleville. 

Born In Woellstein, near Bingen-on-the-Rhine. Nov. 
15, 1840. Came to U. S. In 1858 and engaged in 
mercantile business; enlisted in the army as a private 
in the war of 1861-5 and mustered out a Capt. ; again 
engaged in mercantile business; Cashier First National 
Bank of Belleville 1874, and has since continued in this 
position, except from April, 1898, to Nov., 1898, when 
in command of the 4th 111. Inf. in the field. 



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WILLIAM PARKER HALLIDAY, Cairo. 

Born in Rutland, Meigs Co., O., July 21, 1827. Re- 
moved with parents to Centralla, 111.; began life as a 
printer; subsequently a steamboat clerk, captain and 
steamboat owner; located in Cairo in 1860; engaged in 
business as a commission merchant; later carried on a 
general merchandise business; cotton planter, lumber- 
man, banker, miller and operator of coal mines; owner 
of vast tracts of coal and farm lands, salt mines in 111. 
and other states; pioneer lumber dealer of Cairo; Ex- 
Pres. 111. Bankers' Assn.; mem. Mississippi Improve- 
ment Assn.; died Chicago, Sept. 22, 1899. 



EDWIN "WARNER IIALLIDAY, Cairo. 

Born Chester, Ohio, May 11, 1836. Engaged in the 
steamboat business until 1861: Major in Confederate 
Army until May, 1865, then returned, rejoined Halli- 
day Bros.; Pres. Cairo Electric Railway Co.; Pres. 
Cairo Electric Light and Power Co. ; Pres. Halliday & 
Phillips Wharf Boat Co. 




THOMAS WYATT HALLIDAY, Cairo. 

Born Pomeroy, Ohio, June 10, 1844. Removing to Cairo. 
1861, entered the firm of Halliday Bros. ; Mayor of 
Cairo several terms; mem. 111. State Legis. ; Cashier 
City National Bank until death, Sept. 18, 1892. 




SAMUEL BENNET IIALLIDAY, Cairo. 

Born in Rutland, Meigs Co., Ohio, July 19. 1832. Re- 
moving to Cairo in 1861, and, with his brothers, organ- 
ized the firm of Halliday Bros.; Vice-Pres. City Na- 
tional Bank; died Dec. 1, 1868. 



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H. I . M \ I.I.I it V 1 . Cairo. 

Born Pomerov, Ohio, March 7, 1842. Removing to 
Wayne Co., 111., 1856; Clerk from 1860 to 1862 on the 
Miss, and Ohio River steamboats: entered firm of Hani- 
day Bros. 1862, the firm dissolving in 1895: in 1895 
formed the corporation of H. L. Halliday Milling Co.; 
Ex-Pres. H. L. Halliday Milling Co.; Ex-V.-Pres. City 
National Bank; Ex-Pres. Cairo City Gas Co.; died 
airo Sept. 2, 1895. 



H. E. HALLIDAY, Cairo. 

Born In Cairo, Aug. 8, 1872. Grad. Racine Coll., 1891; 
became Pres. H. L. Halliday Milling Co. 1895; Pres. of 
the Halliday Elevator Co. 1899; Dir. St. Louis and 
Cairo R. R. Co. 





JOHN S. AISTHORPE, Cairo. 

Born Will Co., 111., Feb. 5, 1854. Public and private 
school education. Came to Cairo, 1872, starting as in- 
dividual bookkeeper; became Asst. Cashier in 1882, and 
4s Cashier at the present time of the City National 
Bank; also Treas. Enterprise Saving Bank. 



ANDREW LOHR, Cairo. 

Born In Prussia, Germany, Dec. 20, 1831. Came to 
Cairo Oct. 20, 1857; engaged in the dairy business, and 
continued in it until 1863, when he established a bot- 
tling business, continuing this business until 1900, when 
he retired; Dir. City National Bank; Vice-Pres. Enter- 
prise Savings Bank; Pres. Cairo Tel. Co. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 
State Savings, Loan and Trust Co. 





AVJLLIAM S. WARFIELD, Qulncy. 

Born in Belmont Co., O., April 24, 1836. Public school 
education and Meadville Univ. ; engaged in the grocery 
business in Bridgeport, O. ; located in Quincy 1866, 
continuing in the grocery business until 1899; Pres. 
of the First National Bank and of the State Savings, 
Loan & Trust Co. at the date of their merger. 



EDWARD J. PARKER, Q.uincy. 

Born in Hartford, Conn., Feb. 15, 1842. Educated in 
the public and high schools of Hartford and Boston; 
was in the City Bank of Hartford; located in Quincy, 
111., in 1863, entering the banking house of L. & C. H. 
Bull; from 1873 to 1879 engaged in the business of a 
private banker under the name of E. J. Parker & Co. ; 
in 1879 consolidated with L. & C. H. Bull, private bank- 
ers, incorporating in 1890 as the State Savings Loan & 
Trust Company; Cashier of the bank since then; member 
of the Chicago Club. 





CHARLES H. BULL, Qnincy. 

Born In Hartford, Conn., 1822. Educated at the East 
Hartford Academy; became a resident of Quincy in 
1837, where he clerked in general store until 1844; 
under the name of L. & C. H. Bull, engaged in the 
hardware business with his brother; in 1861 engaged 
under the same name in the banking business, and sub- 
sequently organizing the State Savings, Loan & Trust 
Company. 



S. B. MONTGOMERY, Quincy. 

Born in Rushville, 111., Oct. 28, 1849. Public and high 
school education, admitted to the bar in 1872, and ip 
1874 engaged in practice in Rushville; State's Atty. 
1876-84; County Judge 1886: in 1884 Dir. and Vice- 
Pres. of the Bank of Rushville; subsequently its Pres.; 
located in Quincy in 1895, where he has since been en- 
gaged in the banking business. 



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HENRY F. J. RIGKEK, Quincy. 

Born in Germany, Aug. 31, 1822. In 1840, with his 
parents, located in Quincy, 111., and educated in the 
public schools; in 1860 engaged in the private banking 
business; in 1881 formed the Iticker National Bank, 
and has since been its Pres. 



C. C. SCHL.YTERAN, Chicago. 

Cashier Milwaukee Avenue State Bank, Chicago. 





GEORGE WELLS, Quiney. 

Born Aug. 22, 1846, in Quincy, 111. Engaged in pork 
packing in 1862-78; fruit canning in 1869-75; wholesale 
and retail grocery in 1880-4; mortgage banker since 
1893: Pres. Quincy & Southeastern Ry. Co.; Past Com- 
mander of Knights Templar. 



JAMES E. ADAMS, juiin-> . 

Born in Quincy, Jan. 15, 1848. Banker and Merchant at 
Weatherford, Tex., and Post Trader, Ft. Griffin, Tex., 
1870-76: Cashier of the Bank of Edina, Mo., 1876-92; 
Mayor of Edina, Mo., four yrs., and Com. U. S. Court, 
Eastern Dist. of Mo., ten yrs.; now a member of the 
firm of Wells & Adams; Secretary and Treas. of the 
Quincy and Southeastern Electric Ry. Co. ; member of 
the G. A. R. and U. V. U. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





LORENZO III 1. 1.. UN i i-> 

Born in Hartford, Conn., March 21, 1819. Removed 
to Qulncy, III., May, 1833; Ex-Pres. of the State Sav- 
ings, Loan & Trust Co. of Quincy, 111.; retired from 
business. 



FERD LTJTHY, Peoria. 

Born in New Orleans, 1852. Removed to 111. in 1853; 
Pres. Merchants' Nat'l Bank; Pres. Luthy & Co., deal- 
ers In farm machinery, and Dir. in the Peru Plow & 
Wheel Co. 





ELIOT CALLENDER, Peoria. 

Born in St. Louis. Mo., March 22, 1843. Removed to 
Peoria, 1859; Pres. Dime Savings Bank; Treas. Title 
& Trust Co., Nat. Hotel Co., Allaire, Woodward & Co.. 
Cottage Hospital, all of Peoria; served through the 
Civil War in the U. S. Navy. 



FRANCIS WILDE LITTLE, Peoria. 

Born in Dixon, 111., Aug. 26, 1859. Vice-Pres. Peoria 
Gas & Electric Co.; Vice-Pres. Akron Gas Co., Akron, 
O., and Dir. Audit Co. of Chgo. 



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CLIFFORD M. ANTHONY, Peoria. 

Born Washington, 111. Member of Banking House An- 
thony & Denhart, Washington, 111., 1877-85; Cashier of 
Bank of Chatsworth, 111., 1874-77; member of C. E. & 
C. M. Anthony, Bankers, Peoria, 1885-91; Vice-Pies. 
Anthony L. & T. Co., Peoria, 111.; 1891-98; President 
since that date; Pres. Peoria Safe Deposit Co. 



CHARLES E. ANTHONY, Peoria. 

Born fn Washington, 111. Managing partner banking 
house of Anthony & Denhart, Washington, 111., 1866-85; 
President Bank of Chatswortb, 1874 to 1877; member of 
the flnn of O. E. & C. M. Anthony, bankers, Peoria, 
1885-91; President of the Anthony Loan and Trust Com- 
pany, 1891-98; now Vice-Pres. ; Vice-President of the 
Peoria Safety Deposit Company. 




BERNARD CREMER, Peoria. 

Born Cologne, Germany, Aug. 13, 1843. Coming to the 
U. S. In 1854; resided In Watertown, Wis., 1864; re- 
moving in this year to Peoria. becoming Prop, of the 
German Dally Demokrat; in 1873 organized the German 
Banking Co., now the German-American National Bank; 
in 1876 organized and became the Pres. of the German 
Fire Ins. Co.; in 1878 mem. 111. Legislature; l)ir. of the 
Peoria Public Library since its organization, and for 20 
yrs. its Sec. 




LEONARD F. HOUGHTON, Peoria. 

Born in Allegheny Co., N. Y., Nov., 1847. Removing 
to 111. in 1868; engaged in lumber business in Bureau 
Co., 1870-80; came to Peoria in 1880; Sec. and Treas. 
of the Hanna Wagon Co., 1880-5; See. Y. M. C. A., 
1885-91; Cashier Peoria National Bank, 1891; Pres. 
Peoria Clearing House Assn., 1890. 



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BENJAMIN HARPER, Rock Island. 

Born 1817 and died 188T. 



BENJAMIN T. CABLE, Rock Island. 

Born In Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 11, 1853. Member of 
Congress from 111., 1890; chairman Western Branch of 
the National Democratic Com., 1892. 





PHIL, MITCHELL. Rock Inland. 

Born in Georgetown. Ky.. Nov. 30, 1846. Removing to 
Hock Island 1856: engaged in the banking business in 
1863 with Mitchell & ~Lynde. and has continued ever 
since in the banking business; Pres. Rock Island Plow 
Co.; partner in the Rock Island Stove Co.; Pres. 111. 
Rankers' Assn. 1900-01. 



JOSEPH ROSENFIELD, Rock Island. 

Born in Germany, Nov. 14. 1823. Located in Rock 
Island in 1856; established the hide, leather and sad- 
dlery hardware business of J. & M. Rosenfleld; Pres. 
of the same since its incorporation; one of the organ- 
izers of the People's National Bank of Rock Island; 
was its Vice-Pres. for many yrs., and now its Pres. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





JOHN >l. (.oil.l), Moline. 

Born at Piermont. N. H., Feb. 24, 1822. Located in 
Grand de Tour, 111., In 1844, and in Moline in 1848; 
with the Deere, Tait & Gould Plow Wks. until 
1852; established the woodenware business of Dimock, 
Gould & Co., and was its Pres. until 1898; Judge of 
the Rock Island County Court 1853-7; in 1863 estab- 
lished the First National Bank of Moline; from 1863 
to 1867 its Cashier, and since 1867 its Pres. 



JOHN S. G1LLMOIIE, Moline. 

Born Athens, Ohio. Coining to 111. in early life; en- 
tered the First Nat'l Bank of Moline in 1866, and has 
been a Dir. and its Cashier since Jan., 1867; Cashier 
of the People's Savings Bank of Moline since its organ- 
ization in 1891. 





THOMAS Lu FEKETE, East St. Louis. 

Born Aviston, 111., April 7, 1856. Located at East St. 
Louis, 1865, in the real estate, insurnnce and loan 
business in 1876; Postmaster: Vice-Pres. First Na- 
tional Bank; Vice-Pres. 111. State Trust Co.; Pres. 
Modern Building and Savings Assn.; Pres. St. Clair 
Co. Turnpike Road Co.; Pres. Donovan-Guignon Land 
Title Co. : Sec. and Treas. Collir.sville. Caseyville & 
East St. Louis Electric R. R. Co.; Dir. East St. Louis, 
Madison &, Granite City Belt Line. 



R. I.. RINAMAN, East St. Louis. 

Born in Muskingum Co., O., Feb. 28, I860. Special Agt. 
Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co. in 1889-97; Agent Em- 
ployers' Liability Assurance Co., Ltd., and American 
Surety Co. of N. Y. from Sept. 15, 1897, to Aug. 1, 
1901; Mgr. of the St. Louis. Mo., office of the American 
Surety Co., and Aug. 1. 1901, elected Sec. and Treas. 
111. State Trust Co.: Dir. First National Bank and 
Vice-Pres. Oeters Bread Co. of E. St. Louis, 111. 



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HENRY SEXTON, East St. Louis. 

Born Nov. 18, 1854. Pres. Southern 111. National Bank 
of East St. Louis. 



ANTHONY ISCH, East St. Louis. 

Born at Centrevllle Station, St. Clalr Co., 111., Feb. 
24. 1856. Cashier Southern 111. National Bank, and re- 
sides at 437 N. 8th St., East St. Louis. 





M. M. STEPHENS, East St. Louis. 

Born in Waverly, Pa., Feb. 4, 1847. Engaged in the 
railroad service in 1863; from 1867 to 1875 Locomotive 
Engr. ; located in East St. Louis in 1869; Alderman 
1878-9 and 1884-5; Mayor 1887-1902; Dir. East St. Louis 
Bank, First National Bank, and Pres. East St. Louis 
Trust & Savings Bank; Pres. of a company to build a 
third bridge across the Miss. River; constructed Belle- 
ville & East St. Louis and the Collinsville, Caseyville 
& East St. Louis Electric Railways. 



PALL W. ABT, East St. Louis. 

Born 1845, in Germany, and came to this country in 
1864, and became a resident of East St. Louis in 1873: 
in 1887 was cashier of the East. St. Louis Bank; Pres. 
of the First National Bank of East St. Louis since Its 
organization in 1890. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





WILLIAM S. m: xi IMS i:. Aurora. 

Born at Ottawa, 111., October, 1844. Vice-Pres. of the 
Aurora Nat. Bunk. 



WILLIAM GEORGE, Aurora. 

Born in Aurora, Sept. 23. 1861. Grad. from West Au- 
rora High School in 1879; student at Univ. of Iowa, 
1881-3; was grad. from Union Coll. of Law, Chgo., 
in 1885; admitted to the bar of 111. In 1885, entering 
practice in Aurora; Pres. of Old Second Nat'l Bank of 
Aurora; Dir. in Aurora Cotton Mills and Aurora Silver 
Plate Mfg. Co.; Pres. North Aurora Mill Co.; mem. 
Union League and Hamilton Clubs, Chgo. ; mem. of 
executive council of 111. Bankers' Assn. 





N. C. SIMMONS, Aurora. 

Born in Montrose, Pa., Jan. 31, 1838. Located In Au- 
rora, 111., in 1857; Pres. Merchants' National Bank. 



FRANK A. BRIDGE, Chicago. 

Born in Elgin, June 22, 1871. From 1889 to 1894 was 
with the Home Nat. Bank of Elgin; from 1894 to 1895 
with New York Life Ins. Co.; in 1896 organized the 
Am. Falls Water Power Co. and was its first Sec., 
and now its Vice-Pres. 



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RALPH PLUMB, Streator. 

Born in Chautauqua Co.. N. Y., March 29, 1816. 
Moved to Hartford, O., 1820; In mercantile business 
from 1838-57; mem. of Ohio Legis. from 1854-7; In 
U. S. Army 1861-5; retiring with rank of Colonel; 
located in 111. in 1866; laid out the city of Streator 
and was Its first Mayor; mem. of Congress from 111. 
1884-8; extensively engaged in railroad building in 111. 



S. W. PLUMB, Streator. 

Born in Streator, 111., July 14, 1874. In 1895 grad. 
from Wheaton Coll., 111.; from 1896 to 1899 Dir. Union 
National Bank; Vice-Pres. of the Union National Bank 
since 1899. 








FAWCETT PLUMB, Streator. 

Born Andover, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1834. Educated at Oberlin 
Coll.; Quartermaster's Clerk in army, war of 1861-5; 
admitted to practice law in 111. in 1868; mem. of 111. 
Senate 1874-8; Pres. Streator National Bank; from 
1872 to 1901 engaged in the real estate business; Pres. 
of the Streator Paving Brick Co., makers of brick. 



EZRA H. BAILEY, Streator. 

Born in Milford, Mass., Dec. 25, 1853. Coming to 
Streator, Jan., 1874; Cashier Streator Coal Co. and the 
Luther & Tyler Coal Co., to 1887; Cashier Streator Nat. 
Bank, 1887-90; Cashier City Nat. Bank, 1890-92; Cashier 
Union Nat. Bank since 1892 and School Treas. since 
1887. 



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GEORGE: n. MUJVROE, Joiiet. 

Born in Brownville, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1844. Removing 
to Will Co., 111., 1849; mem. firm of Geo. H. and Ed- 
win S. Muuroe, real estate, mortgage loans and insur- 
ance; Dir. Joiiet National Bank; Vice-Pres. Western 
.Stone Co. of Chgo. ; 111. State Senate 1894-8. 



GEORGE M. CAMPBELL,, Joiiet. 

Born Unity, Waldo Co., Me., Jan. 5. 1848. Moved to 
Joiiet, April, 1862; engaged in the stone business an! 
general contracting from 1809 to date; since 1891 
Vice-Pres. Joiiet Nat. Bank. 





T. A. MASON, Joiiet. 

Born in Hartford, N. Y.. March 14, 1846. Removing to 
Joiiet, 111., Aug., 1869; Pres. Joiiet National Bank 
since its organization in 1S90; mem. Township High 
School Board and the Joiiet City School Board; Pres. 
West Park Board. 



WILLIAM M. COCHRA1VE, Joiiet. 

Born in Ottawa, Canada, Nov. 25, 1849. Moved to 
Watertown, N. Y., 1850, attended public schools until 
15 and removed to Laporte, Ind.; organized the Lumber- 
man's Bank, Michigan City, and was its cashier until 
1885; organized the Joiiet Rattan & Reed Co., at 
Joiiet, in 1886, and is its Pres. and Tif-as.; Pres. 
Joiiet Warehouse & Transfer Co., and Viee-Pres. Joiiet 
Pure Ice Co. and Republican Printing Co.; member of 
Union League and Midlothian Clubs. 



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C. E. WILSON, Maltoon. 

Born May 1. 1849, In Greensburg, Ky. Located in 
Charleston, 111., 1857; Dir. of Second National Bank of 
Charleston 1876; Mayor of Charleston 1879; Cashier 
First National Bank of Mattoon 1884; Pres. Mattoon 
National Bank in 1887; Mayor of Mattoon 1895; Dist. 
Vice-Pres. 111. Bankers' Assn. 189'2-1900. 



LEWIS I.. LEHMAN, Mattoon. 

Born In Germany, 1845. Came to 111. In 1861; Served in 
the Union Army 1862-5; elected Circuit Clerk of Mar- 
shall Co. In 1868; engaged in mercantile business in 
1875; Pres. Mattoon National Bank 1880-8; Pres. First 
National Bank since 1894; mem. 111. Senate 1888-92; 
for 10 yrs. member City Council; Chairman of the County 
Board, 6 yrs. a member: Pres. of School Board, and 
for 4 yrs. Pres. of the Library Board. 





ALBERT J. PERRY, Galesburg. 

Born Alden, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1841. Located in Gales- 
burg in 1865; at once entered the service of the C., B. 
& Q. Ry. Co.; retired Jan. 1, 1873; entered the office of 
the Circuit Clerk; Deputy Circuit Clerk 1874-82; 
County Clerk 1882-90; since 1890 President Second Na- 
tional Bank and Treas. of Knox College; Pres. of Pub- 
lic Library Board. 



LEON A. TOWNSEND, Galesburg. 

Born Avon, 111., Oct. 13, 1854. Educated in the public 
schools and Lombard Univ.; located in Galesburg in 
1893; elected County Treasurer 1890-4; Cashier Farm- 
ers' and Mechanics' Bank in 1895; previously engaged 
in mercantile business at Herman; mem. of Board of 
Supervisors 11 yrs. and Chairman 2 yrs.; elected State 
Senator in 1898. 



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JAMES MILL.IKIN, Decatnr. 

Born in Washington Co., Pa., 1830. Attended Wash- 
ington Coll. 3 yrs. ; in 1851 located in 111. ; engaged ex- 
tensively in the live stock business and entered large 
tracts of government land; engaged in private banking 
in 1860 under name of J. Milllkin & Co.; in 1895 it 
became the Millikiu National Bank, of which he is 
Pres. 



HARRY SHLAUDEMAN, Decatnr. 

Born Nov. 11, 1865, in Decatur, 111. Pres. of the Citi- 
zens' National Bank since Jan., 1900; Sec. and Treas. 
of the Decatur Brewing Co. 





F. W. TRACY, Springfield. 

Born in Hagerstown, Md., July 21, 1833. Located in 
Springfield, 111., in 1862; Pres. First National Bank; 
Pres. Capitol Electric Co.; Treas. Franklin Life Ins. 
Co.; Dir. of B. & O. S. W. R. R.; formerly Pres. O. & 
M. R. R. 



PRANK E. TRACY, Springfield. 

Born Beardstown, 111., Nov. 19, 1859. Vice-Pros. First 
National Bank; Pres. Sangamon Coal Co.; Asst. Treas. 
Franklin Life Ins. Co.; located in Springfield in 1862. 



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JOSEPH CRAWFORD, Dixon. 

Born Columbia County, Pa., May 19, 1811. Came to 
Dixon in 1835; appointed Deputy County Surveyor in 
183G for Northwestern 111., and County Surveyor for 
Ogle Co.; County Commissioner in 1841 for Lee Co.; 
Surveyor for Lee County in 1839-57; mem. of 111. 
Legis. 1849-50-53-54; organized the Lee County National 
Bank in 1865; Mayor of Dixon 1873-4-5; Pres. City Na- 
tional Bank of Dixon; died August 11, 1891. 



JOSEPH W. CRAWFORD, Dixon. 

Born in Dixon in 1859. 





SAMUEL, C. EELLS, Dixon. 

Born Walton, N. Y., 1822. Came to Dixon in 1854; 
entered the banking office of Robertson, Eastman & Co., 
1855; subsequently became Robertson Eells & Co.; in 
1860 Eells & Coleman; 1865 Lee County National Bank. 
Jos. Crawford, Pres.. and S. C. Eells, Cashier; held 
same iiosition in the City National Bank in 1885, and in 
1895 elected Pres., having been the Active Mgr. since 
1855. 



CHARLES H. HUGHES, Dixon. 

Born in Pa., Columbia Co., 1846. Removing to 111. 
in 1S6S; educated at Susquehanna Univ., Pa.; elected 
County Treas. of Lee Co., and 3 times elected Mayor of 
Dixon; mem. of the 42d Gen. Assembly of III.: Cashier 
Dixon National Bank; State Senator 1902-6. 



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JAMES A. CUNNINGHAM, Hoopestoii. 

Born June 22, 1843, in Vermilion Co., 111. Supervisor 
Grant Township, 5 terms; Pres. Hoopeston Pair, 25 
consecutive yrs. ; Mem. State Board of Agriculture; 
Pres. Hamilton & Cunning-ham Bank; Pres. 111. Canning 
Co.; Vice-Pres. and Director Union Can. Co. 



JOHN L. HAMILTON, Hoopeston. 

Born May 8, 1862, at Shipman, 111. Located in Hoopes- 
ton in 1889; same year engaged in the banking 
business under the firm name ot Hamilton & Cunning- 
ham; Pres. of the 111. Bankers' Assn. in 1898-99, and 
the Chairman of the Executive Council 111. Bankers in 
1888-1000-1901; represented the American Bankers' Assn. 
at London 1901; Mayor of Hoopeston from 1897 to 1901; 
Chairman Fidelity Ins. Co., and mem. Executive Council 
American Bankers' Assn. 




THOMAS H. PIERCE, Kewaiiee. 

Born Aurora, Oct. 3, 1838. Located in Kewanee in 
1859. From 1864 to 1884 hardware merchant; in 1880 
aided in the establishment of the Union National Bank, 
and since has been its Pres.; inem. of the State Board 
of Equalization 1884-1901; 111. Presidential Elector in 
1900. 




NELSON LAV, Ivewuuee. 

Born in Saybrook, Conn., Jan. 20. 1812. Moved to Chgo. 
1835; for 19 yrs. merchant in Kenosha, Wis. ; removed 
to Kewanee spring of 1854; as banker and merchant 
lived in Kewanee until 1865; on completion of C., B. & 
Q. Uy. shipped first carload of grain out of Kewanee; 
mem. of War Legis. 1863-4; from 1865 to 1882 in com- 
mission business in Chgo.; since 1882 in Kewanee and 
Chgo.; in 1896 celebrated 60th wedding anniversary. 
General Agent Phenix Insurance Co. of New York. 



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DANIEL PIERCE, Sycamore. 

Born in Sullivan Co., N. Y., July 18, 1814. Engaged 
in the business of a tanner In Sullivan Co. until 1855; 
located In Sycamore, 111., in 1855; in 1867 engaged in 
the banking business, retiring in 1893; founder of 
Daniel Pierce & Co.'s bank In 1867. 



EVERELL F. DUTTON, Sycamore. 

Born in Sullivan Co., N. H.. Jan. 4, 1838. In 1844 
came to 111., and in 1857 moved to Kansas; in 1858 re- 
turned to 111.; grad. at Beloit College; Deputy County 
Clerk until 1861; enlisted May 24, 1861, as a Lieut, 
in the war, 1861-5; mustered out June 7, 1865, as Brig. 
Gen.; in 1868, elected Clerk of the Circuit Court De- 
Kalb Go.; in 1877, Clerk of the House of Representa- 
tives; 1878 Clerk of the Supreme Court; Pres. Syca- 
more Nat. Bank In 1884; died Sycamore, June 8, 1900. 








THOMAS DUNCAN ROBERTSON, Rockford. 

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 4, 1818. Located 
In U. S. in 1838; In 1848, in partnership with John 
A. Holland, operated the first bank In Rockford; mem. 
of the bar; Dlr. of the Galena and Chgo. Union Ry.; 
Pres. of the Wlnnebago National Bank of Rockford; 
Trustee of Rockford and Beloit Colleges; died February 
4, 1902. 



C. O. COLLMAN, Freeport. 

Born in Germany, 1822. Removing to 111. In 1850; in 
1866 engaged in farming and mercantile business; 
Pres. German Bank and Pres. German Ins. Co. of 
Freeport. 



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WILLIAM II. HUMMER, La Salle. 

Born in Easton, Pa., Oct. 8, 1850. Removing to Grand 
Rapids, Mich., 1857, and to La Salle in 1877; Pres. 
La Salle National Bank; Pres. Hummer & Claney Drug 
Co.; Sec. and Treas. Enterprise Heat, Light & 
Power Co. 



JOSEPH F. GLIDDEIV, DeKalb. 

Born in Charleston, N. H., Jan. 18, 1813. Came to 
111. in 1842; in 1873 invented the barb wire and en- 
gaged in its manufacture under the firm name of Glid- 
den & Ellwood, until 1876; Prop. DeKalb Roller Mills; 
Prop, of the Glidden House; Vice-Pres. DeKalb Nat'l 
Bank. 





THOMAS D. CATLIN, Ottawa. 

Born March 12, 1838, Clinton, N. Y. Grad. Hamilton 
Coll., N. Y., in 1857; Pree. Nat. City Bank of Ottawa 
and State Bank of Seneca, 111.; Sec. and Treas. 111. & 
Miss. Tel. Co.; Trustee Hamilton Coll. and Pres. 
Board of Trustees of the Ryburn Memorial Hospital; 
Pres. Macon, Dublin & Savannah R. R. 



D. S. MYERS, Pontiac. 

Born in Russellville, O., Feb. 10, 1858. Moved to 
Pontiac, 111., in 1882; Pres. of Pontiac State Bank; 
Treas. 111. State Reformatory; Treas. of La Crosse 
Land Co.; Dir. of Pontiac Shoe Mfg. Co.; Dir. of 
Allen Candy Co. ; Dir. Pontiac Chautauqua Assn. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





M. F. DIJNLAP, Jacksonville. 

Born Dec. 9, 1857. in Jacksonville. 111. Mem. of the 
firm of Dunlap, Russel & Co., bankers; Treas. of the 
Democratic Nat. Com. since Apr.. 1900; Treas. of the 
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Illinois, since 
1898; Dem. Can. for State Treas. in 189S and 1900. 



DANIEL PECKHAM, Hinsdale. 

Born in Newport, R. I., Jan. 1, 1851. Located in Chgo. 
in 1891; Sec. and Mgr. of the National Safe Deposit Co. 





FRANK HO.BLIT, Lincoln. 

Born on a farm near Atlanta, 111., Nov. 1, 1839. Sub- 
sequently served a clerkship in a store and bank for 2 
yrs. ; engaged in general merchandising for 5 yrs. ; 1866 
established the Atlanta Bank; 1878 became Pres. of the 
State National Bank of Bloomington, 111., serving 4 
yrs. and is still a Dir. ; 1882 bought a controlling in- 
terest in the First National Bank of Lincoln, since 
acting as its Cashier; serving a third term as V.-P. 
111. Bankers' Assn.; Treas. and Trustee of Lincoln Coll. 



BEN F. CALDWELL, Chatham. 

Born near Carrollton, 111., Aug. 2, 1848. Member Board 
of Supervisors, Sangamon Co., 1877-8; Chairman if 
the Board, 1878; member House of Representatives of 
ID., 1882-6; member of State Senate, 1890-4; elected 
member 56th Congress in 1898 and re-elected to the 
57th Congress in 1900; business, farmer and banker. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





GEO. H. MADDEN, Mendota. 

Born In Mendota, 111., March 7, 1854. Graduated from 
the University of Notre Dame 1872; engaged in the 
hanking business of Madden & Goedtner, as the Ger- 
mania Bank, July 1, 1877, and is still actively en- 
gaged in its management; since 1894 member Illinois 
State Board of Agriculture. 



^ ~ 

WILLIAM R. XEWTOX, Yorltville. 

Born in Kendall Co., 111., 1850. Has been engaged in 
the banking business since 1886; Pres. of the Yorkville 
Nat. Bank of Yorkville. 111. 





"WILLIAM G. GREEXK, Tallnla. 

Horn in Tenn. in 1812. Coming to 111. In 1822; it was 
William G. Greene who sold the grocery to Lincoln & 
Berry at old Salem; Lincoln & Yates were first intro- 
duced by \Vm. G. Greene, and the three continued 
warm friends through life; \Vm. G. Greene died in 
1894. 



ARTHLR E. STILAVELL, New York. 

Born Oct. 21, 1859, Rochester, N. Y. Constructed Kan- 
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf II. R. and the Port Arthur 
Ship Canal: Ex-Pres. Kansas City. Mexico & Orient 
R. R. and the Midland R. R. of Mexico. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





ALFRED L. BAKER, Chicago. 

Born In Mass., April 30, 1859, and came to Chgo. 
1856. Grad. from the Lynn High School, 1876; studied 
law and was admitted to the l>ar at the age of 22. 
In 1899 he organized the firm of Alfred L. Baker & Co.. 
stock brokers; Pres. of Chgo. Stk. Exchange. 



JAMES HOBART MOORE, Chicago. 

Born June 14, 1852, Berkshire, Tioga Co., N. Y. At 
the age of 19 entered the banking house of N. F. Green 
at Green, N. Y.; located in Chicago in 1873; in 1881 
admitted to the 111. bar and engaged in the practice of 
law with his brother under the style of W. H. & J. H. 
Moore; in this capacity J. H. Moore, with his brother, 
organized the Fraxier Lubricator Co., The Price Baking 
Powder Co., The Diamond Match Co., The American 
Strawboard Co. and The New York Biscuit Co., and In 
all of which he is a Director. 








HENRY C. REAV, Evanston. 

Born April 2, 1839. From 1S39 to 1858 resided in New- 
ark, N. J., and New York City; in 1858-66 engaged in 
the grain business in Albany; from 1866 to 1868 in 
grain business at Buffalo; from 1868 to 1883 in the grain 
business in Chgo.; from 1883 to 1896 engaged in the 
gas business in Chgo.; retired from business in 1896; 
in 1900 built memorial library for his parents at New- 
ark. N. J. 



CHARLES EMORY FELTON, Chicago. 

Born in Barre, Mass., Sept. 18, 1831. Grad. of Aca- 
demic School, Oakum, Mass. ; Foreman in printing 
office, West Killiugly, Conn., 1849; Foreman Chronicle 
and Atlas, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1850; Foreman and Prop, 
printing house in Buffalo. N. Y., in 1852-62; Alderman 
1861-62; mem. Federal Defense Com.; Supt. Peniten- 
tiary at Buffalo for 9 yrs. ; Supt. House of Correction, 
Chgo., 1872-90: mem. Board of Managers 111. State Re- 
formatory, 1893-97. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





MARTIN A. DEVITT, Chicago. 

Born April 7, 1863, West Day, Saratoga Co., N. Y. 
Engaged In the banking business in Cleveland, Ohio; 
came to Chgo. in 1892; mem. of firm Devitt, Tremble 
& Co., bond brokers; mem. Union League Club. 



SIDNEY B. TREMBLE, Chicago. 

Born in Green Bay, Wis. Mem. of the firm of Devitt, 
Tremble & Co., bankers and dealers in high-grade mu- 
nicipal and corporation bonds. 





ARTHUR W. HOWARD, Aurora. 

Born Aug. 28, 1867, Kewanee, 111. Mem. of the firm 
of Devitt, Tremble & Co., bankers and dealers in in- 
vestment bonds, 164 Dearborn St., Chgo. 



ALBERT C. FROST, Chicago. 

Born March 20, 1865, at Berend, Germany. Removed to 
the United States in 18.6. and to Chicago in 1892; 
established the firm of A. C. Frost & Co., bankers and 
dealers in municipal and railroad bonds, at 108 La 
Salle St. ; is President, Director and principal stock- 
holder of the Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad 
Co.; member Union League Club. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





W. W. TRACV, Chicago. 

Mem. of the firm of Tracy & Co., stock and bond 
brokers; mem. N. Y. Stock Exchange, Chgo. Stock Ex- 
change, and Chgo. Board of Trade; Pres. of the Lincoln 
Park Board. 



NEWELL, CLARK KNIGHT, Chicago. 

Born in St. Louis. Apr. 25, 1862. Came to 111. 1893; 
mem. Chgo. Stk. Ex. and Chgo. Board of Trade; Dir. 
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Ry. and the Com- 
pressed Air Co.; mem. of Onion League, Univ. and 
Evanston Clubs and the Glen View Golf Club and 
Evanston Country Club. 





BENJAMIN R. CAHN, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 26, 1862, Chgo. Cornell Univ., class of 
1883; engaged in business in 1887 as a stock and 
bond broker; Pres. of the Standard Club and member 
of the Gov. Com. of the Chgo. Stk. Exchange; member 
of the N. Y. Stock Exchange and the Chgo. Board of 
Trade. 



WARREN F. FURBECK, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 1, 1849, at Duanesburgh, N. Y. Removing 
to Chgo. in 1861; in 1863. entered the employ of First 
National Bank of Chgo.: 1882, Cashier for C. T. Yerkes; 
1884, Cashier First National Bank, Sioux Falls, Dakota; 
1884-86, Pri. Sec. to C. T. Yerkes and Vice-Pres. North 
Chgo. Street Ry. Co.; 1900. mem. of the firm of W. F. 
Furbeck & Co., brokers. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





ARCHIBALD A. STEWART, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 11, 1853, at Dixon, 111. Pres. Chgo. Title, 
Guarantee & Trust Co. 



WILLIAM B. HINCKLEY, Chicago. 

Born In Galesburg, 111., Sept. 6, 1867. Moved to Chgo. 
in 1878; grad. Phillips Exeter Academy 1887; Harvard 
Univ. 1890; Manager Northwestern Dept. American Real 
Estate Co. of New York since 1892; resides at Hinsdale. 
111. 





BERT CLARK, Chicago. 

Representing King-Hodenpyl & Co., Bankers, 
with Farson, Leach & Co. 



formerly 



H. M. McINTOSH, Chicago. 

Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 1856. Engaged in mer- 
cantile pursuits in England for 8 yrs. ; located in Amer- 
ica in 1877, engaging in the banking aud mercantile 
business in Mich.; removed to Minneapolis in 1880. 
continuing in the mercantile business; in 1884 engaged 
in. the real estate and investment business, locating in 
1S90 in Chgo. ; Pres. American International Fuel and 
Petroleum Company, American Petroleum Company, the 
Producers' Dispatch Transportation Company, and the 
Producers' Fruit Company. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





LEWIS AVI I, MA .11 PITCHER, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 13, 1848, Port Byron, N. Y. In 1864 enlisted 
Co. F, 9th N. Y. Heavy Artillery; served with Generals 
Grant and Sheridan In many Important engagements 
until the close of the war; located In Chgo. In 1872; 
Sec. Am. Guaranty Co. 



JAMES J. TOWNSEND, Chicago. 

Born In Philadelphia, Pa. Located In Chgo. in 1880; 
engaged in the business of banker and broker; mem. 
N. Y. Stock Exchange, Chgo. Stock Exchange, Chgo. 
Board of Trade; mem. C. A. A. and Washington Park 
Club. 





GRANGER FARWELL, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Banker and broker; mem. of the Chgo. 
Stk. Exchange and the N. Y. Stk. Exchange. 



ALBERT A. MUNGER, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 23, 1845. Died Aug. 26. 1898. Gave $200,000 
in paintings to the Art Inst. of Chgo., and $200,000 to 
charitable Inst. of Chgo. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





DAVID J. KENNEDY, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Engaged in the business of broker, 
handling industrial bonds and securities; mem. Chgo. 
Real Estate Board and Union League Club. 



CHARLES C. H1CISEN, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, Sept., 1854. Came to Chgo. and en- 
gaged in the investment business on Dearborn St. in 
1886; erected the Como, Monou, Manhattan, Star and 
other buildings; mem. Union League, C. A. A. and Golf 
Clubs. 





THOMAS LYNCH, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 20. 1864. Formerly a mem. of H. H. Shu- 
feldt & Co., distillers; mem. Board of Trade and Stock 
Exchange, Chicago. 



C. D. KNAPP, JR., New York. 

Born in Bradford, Chickasaw Co., la., NOT. 17, 1872. 
Came to Chicago 1898; engaged in the Casualty Insur- 
ance aud Banking business from 1892 to 1902; senior 
member firm C. D. Knapp, Jr., & Co., Chicago and New 
York, Bankers, Investment Securities. 



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FINANCIAL AND FIDUCIARY. 





JESSE: GUSTAVUS KING, Chicago. 

Born June 13, 1841, In Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Remov- 
ing to 111. in 1852; engaged in farming until 1861; 
served in Army of Tenn. for over 3 yrs. ; a resident of 
Chgo. since 1865; engaged for 10 yrs. in the ins. busi- 
ness, and since with the Bradstreet Co. as Supt. of its 
Chgo. office. 



GEORGE: SCHNEIDER, Chicago. 

Born in Pirmaseus, Renish Bavaria, Dec. 13, 1823. 
Caine to America in 1849; in 1876 was Minister to 
Switzerland: previously was Consul to Denmark; ap- 
pointed by President Lincoln first Collector of Internal 
Revenue of Illinois: organized the National Bank of 
Illinois in 1871 and mad its President; Dir. World's 
Columbian Exposition and member of the Committees 
ou Ways and Means and the Press and Printing. 





ERNEST HAMMOND EVERSZ, Chicago. 

Born at Oberlin, O. Came to Chgo. in 1888; grad. from 
N. W. Univ. in 1895; has been in bond broker business 
since 1895, and is the local representative of Messrs. 
Redmond, Kerr & Co., bankers, of New York, with 
offices on ground floor 232 La Salle St., Chicago. 



JOSEPH R. WILKINS, Chicago. 

Born in Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 17. 1841. Engaged in 
the stock brokerage business in 1866; located in Chgo.. 
May, 1882; Chairman of the Chgo. Stock Exchange, and 
subsequently its Sec. ; mem. Union League, Washiujrtou 
Park, Saddle and Cycle Clubs and Wheaton Golf Club. 



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HOTELMEN. 





WILLIAM >i. KNIGHT, Chicago. 

Trop. of the Briggs House. 



C. HENRY FOSGATE, Quiiicy. 

Born In Sioux Falls, Dakota, 1872. Public school edu- 
cation; entered the hotel business at Portage, Wis., 
with his father, under the name of Corning House, then 
engaged In the hotel business first at Elgin, 111., operat- 
ing the Kelley and Merchants' Hotels; subsequently 
opened the Hotel Fosgate at Elgin, of which he con- 
tinues the Prop.; since Oct. 15, 1900, Prop, of "Hotel 
Newcomb, Qulncy; he Is a Mason, Elk and K. of P. 





WILL O. CLARK, Ottawa. 

Born In Lynn, Mass., Jan. 18, 1844. Been Identified 
with the hotel business in Hock Island. Charleston. 
Mattoon, Bloomir.gton, Springfield, Bushnell, Peoria and 
Ottawa for the past 40 yrs. ; was in the Union Army, 
war 1861-5; represented Peoria Co. in the 38th Gen. 
Assembly of 111.; Commissioner of Public Works of 
Peoria for 2 yrs.; Proprietor of Clifton Hotel, Ottawa. 



S. L. FRIEDY, Freeport. 

Born In Quincy, Pa., In 1863. Removing to Freeport 
in 1889; until 1890 Mgr. of the Clifton Hotel; for- 
merly Prop. Avenue Hotel. Madison, Wls., and now 
Prop. lire water Hotel; uieiu. of the Hotelinen's Assn. 



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HOTELMEN. 





JOHN McCREERY, Springfield. 

Born in Rochester, N. Y., April 15, 1832. Removed to 
Will Co. in 1845, and to Springfield in 1857, where he 
engaged in business of stove peddling and general 
household furnishings; in 1860 bought the St. Nicholas 
Hotel; Mayor of Springfield 1881-3-4; Pres. of Commis- 
sion in 1885 to complete the State Capitol, and Pres. 
of the Sangamon Co. Agricultural Board and the Spring- 
field Business Men's Assn. at various times. 



JOHN H. McCREERY, Springfield. 

Born Oct. 4, 1862, Springfield, 111. Grad. from Spring- 
field High School, and since has been the Mgr. of the 
St. Nicholas Hotel: for 15 yrs. was Quartermaster of 
the 5th Reg., I. N. G.; subsequently Commissary of 
the 2d Brigade, I. N. G. 





CHARLES >l<-H I . II. Rock Island. 

Born in Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1863. Removing to 
111. in 1867 and to Rock Island in 1881; mem. of the 
firm of Montrose & McHugh. props, of Harper House, 
Rock Island, and the National Hotel, Peoria. 111.; has 
been identified with the operation of the Harper House 
since 1881, with the exception of the years 1891-5, 
when he was engaged in the brokerage business. 



ANDREW CUMMINGS, Chicago. 

Born Port Henry, Essex Co., N. Y. Moved to Chgo. 
in 1863 and engaged in the hotel business, establish- 
ing in 1856 the present Thomson's restaurants, of which 
he is prop. 



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INSURANCE. 





JOHN S. BARKER, Evanston. 

Born in Toledo, O., March 15, 1858. Educated at Ra- 
cine Coll. Entered into business in Toledo as a Grain 
Com. Merchant until 1878. and as a wholesale coal 
merchant until 1891. Removed to Wis. to become Mgr. 
for Mass. Mutual Life and since 1896 as Mgr. of the 
New York Life in Chicago. 



l M \ M I :i SYL.VAIN HEYMAN, Chicago. 

Born June 12, 1855, New Orleans, La. Removing to 
111. Feb. 28, 1879; engaged in mercantile business until 
1892; Special Executive Agt. connected with the New 
York Life Ins. Co. ; mem. of Lakeside and Standard 
Clubs. 





MORRIS WEIL, Chicago. 

Born In Milwaukee, Sept. 5, 1854. Located in Chgo. 
in 1881 as Gen. Agt. for the New York Life Ins. Co.; 
1st Pres. of the $200,000 Club of the New York Life 
Ins. Co. in 1897; uiem. Standard and Lakeside Clubs. 



THEODORE WEIL, Chicago. 

Born in Alsace, Germany, Feb. 13, 1853. In 1880 en- 
tered the service of the New York Life Ins. Co. as Gen. 
Agt. for Milwaukee; in 1881 filled a similar position 
with this company in Chgo.; mem. of Standard, Lake- 
sid-e and Hamilton Clubs. 



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INSURANCE. 





CHARLES H. FERGUSON, Chicago. 

Born in Oswego. N. Y. Removing to Chgo. in 1862; 25 
yrs. Mgr. for Chgo., Cook Co. and State of Illinois for 
the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. ; Ex-Pres. of Na- 
tional Assn. of Life Underwriters, and Ex-Pres. of 
Chgo. Life Underwriters' Assn.; died in 1901. 



JAMES LARNARD FERGUSON, Chicago. 

Born in Norwood, Mich., Nov. 5, 1874. Formerly of 
Chas. H. Ferguson & Sons, Gen. Agts. of the Mutual 
Life; now Gen. Agt. for Northern 111. of The Prudeniial 
Ins. Co. of America. 





CHARLES H. FERGUSON, JR., Chicago. 

Born in Chgo, Aug. 15, 1878. Formerly with Chas. H. 
Ferguson & Sons, Gen. Agts. of the Mutual Life Ins. 
Co.; now a stock man in Norwood, Michigan. 



FRANK P. MANLY, Chicago. 

Born in Rushford, Minn., May 28, 1865. Located in 111. 
in 1889; grad. Northern Ind. Coll. 1889; School Prin- 
cipal 1889 to 1892; attended N. W. Univ.; engaged in 
the "life insurance business in 1894; Western Special 
Agt. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. 



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INSURANCE. 





ALONZO WESTON IvlMBALL, Kvanston. 

Born In Berkshire Co., Mass., March 7, 1844. From 
1884 to 1894 was Asst. Supt. of the N. W. Mutual Life 
of Milwaukee at Milwaukee; on Sept. 1, 1894, was ap- 
pointed Gen. Agt. for 111., with offices in Chgo. of this 
company; Klmball & Norton now Gen. Agts. 



BERNARD GOLDSMITH, Chicago. 

Born May 19, 1842, in Germany. Coming to this coun- 
try In childhood; engaged in mercantile business In 
Milwaukee until 1896; since 1896, Mgr. for 111. and 
Ind. of the Germania Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. 





"WILLIAM D. W If MAN. Chicago. 

Born April 24, 1859, Hillsboro Bridge, N. H. Educated 
in common school and grad. from Colby Academy of 
New London, N. H., 1880; located in Chgo. in 1883; 
1883-5 Solicitor Mass. Mutual; Gen. Agt. Mass. Mutual 
1885-89; since 1889 Manager for 111. of the Berkshire 
Life Ins. Co. 



E. H. CARMACK, Chicago. 

Born in Monongahela, Washington Co., Pa., July 10, 
1852, Gen. Agt. of State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of 
Worcester, Mass. 



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INSURANCE. 





ISAAC MILLER HAMILTON, Chicago. 

Born Iroquois Co., Sept. 6, 1864. Gen. Merchant 1881; 
Banker 1884; Lawyer 1889; State Senator 1896; Pres. 
111. Republican League 1898; Pres. National Republican 
League 1900; Pres. Federal Life Ins. Co. 1900. 



GEORGE W. RIGGS, Chicago. 

Born Mlcanopy, Fla., April 16, 1861. Entered the em- 
ploy of the New York Life Ins. Co., Jan., 1884; ap- 
pointed Agency Mgr. July, 1892; made Vice-Pres. and 
Gen. Mgr. of the Mutual Life Ins. Co. of 111. Jan., 
1902. 





HENRY ABELS, Springfield. 

Born In Jasper Co., 111.. Feb. 19, 1867. Removed to 
Springfield in 1881; In 1883 took position in the office 
of the then Secretary of State; later acting as Sec. to 
Gov. Jos. W. Fifer; subsequently entered the life in- 
surance business, and in 1898 was made Auditor of the 
Franklin Life Ins. Co.; in 1901 he was advanced to the 
position of Secretary of this company. 



LAKE W. - \ Miou \. Galesburg. 

Born Jan. 10, 1845, Brinfield, 111., and located at Gales- 
burg In 1851; enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1861-5; 
engaged in insurance business in 1867; organized the 
Mechanics' Homestead and Loan Assn. 1882: Trustee 
Lombard Univ.; Dir. Second National Bank; mem. 
Post 45, G. A. R., and a Knight Templar. 



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INSURANCE. 
Traders' Insurance Co. 





EBEXEZER BUCKINGHAM, Lake Forest. 

Born at Zanesville, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1829. Grad. Yale 
Coll., 1848, removing to Chgo., Nov., 1859, and en- 
gaged in grain storage from Oct.. 1866, until Dec., 1891 ; 
Pres. Traders' Insurance Company from 1883 to 1902; 
Pres. Northwestern National Bank from Aug., 1890, until 
consolidation with Corn Exchange National and America 
National Banks, Sept. 15, 1900. 



ROBERT JORDAN SMITH, Chicago. 

Born in St. Clair Co., 111., July 12, 1837. Educated at 
Shurtleff Coll.; early life spent In Red Bud, 111., where 
he was Teacher. Postmaster, Justice of the Peace and 
Local Agent; engaged for a time in the office of the 
"Belleville Democrat;" for 27 yrs. Secretary of the 
Traders' Insurance Company; died January 8, 1901. 





S. A. ROTHERMEL, Chicago. 

Born New Berlin, Pa., Jan. 1, 1849. Asst. Sec. of the 
Traders' Fire Ins. Co. in 1888, and elected its Sec. 
In 1901, and in the continuous service of this company 
for 28 yrs.; Pres. of the Town of Cicero in 1890; Pres. 
of the Chgo. Underwriters' Assn. 1891-92. 



LOUIS HASBROUCK, Chicago. 

Born March 24, 1857, Alligerville, N. Y. Mem. of the 
firm of Rothermel & Hasbrouck, and the Mgr. for Cook 
Co. of the Traders Ins. Co. ; has been Identified with 
the fire ins. business since 1873. 



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INSURANCE. 





I. S. BL.ACKWELDER, Morgan Park. 

Born in Montgomery Co., 111. County Clerk Montgomery 
Co. from 1861 to 1865; merchant from 1866 to 1867; 
special agent and adjuster for fire insurance companies 
from 1868 to 1881; Mgr. Western Dept. of Niagara Fire 
Ins. Co. of N. Y. in Chicago since 1881. 



J. H. M:M:II \ V Chicago. 

Born in Dubuque, la., Nov. 15, 1852. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1887; State Agt. for 111. of the North American 
and Pa. Fire Ins. Cos.; in 1892 Special Agt. Palatine 
Ins. Co.; in 1898 Asst. Mgr. North British and Mer- 
cantile Ins. Co. : in 1899 Asst. Gen. Agt. Phenix Ins. 
Co. of N. Y.; 1900 Gen. Agt. Phenix Ins. Co. of N. Y. 





JAMES W. NYE, Chicago. 

Born May 30, 1848, at Randolph, N. Y. Attended old 
Univ. of Chgo.; engaged in the service of A. & G. R. 
Keep at Lockport, N. Y., retail store; located in Chgo. 
in 1867, entering the employ of Miller Bro. & Keep, 
wholesale hardware; 1870 entered the service of Hibbard 
& Spencer, Chgo., and was a Director of this company 
when incorporated; in 1892 engaged in the insurance 
business; entered the firm of Ducat & Lyon in 1897, 
general fire ins. agts. 



AMOS J. HARDING, Chicago. 

Born Marion Co., Ohio, May 2, 1839. In 1856 grad. at 
Ohio Cent. Coll.; in 1857 emigrated to Nebr.; in 1861 
enlisted as a private, and mustered out as a Captain, 
in the Civil War of 1861-5; Special Agt. Home Ins. Co. 
of N. Y., 1868 to 1871; Adjuster Phenix Ins. Co., 
1871-5; removed to Chgo., 1875; Mgr. Springfield F. & 
M. Ins. Co. of Mass, from Jan. 1, 1876. 



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INSURANCE. 



R. S. CH1TCHELL, Chicago. 





WILLIAM S. WARREN, Chicago. 

Born May 10, 1848. Located in Chgo. In 1866, entering 
the service of the Liverpool & London & Globe Fire 
Ins. Co.; resident Sec. of this Co. since Jan. 31, 1893. 




CHARLES E. 1M>\. Chicago. 

Born in Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 11, 1861. Engaged 
in the fire insurance business with the Continental Ins. 
Co. and the Phoenix of Brooklyn, in Atlanta, Ga.; 
Gen. Agt. for the Southern States for 10 yrs. of the 
Norwich Union Fire Ins. Soc. ; now Mgr. of the West- 
ern Dept. of the Orient Ins. Co. and London & Lanca- 
shire Fire Ins. Co. 



JOHN P. HLBBLE, Wheaton. 

Born April 3, 1860, at Springfield, Mo. Educated at 
Drury Coll. and Washington Univ. of St. Louis, Mo., 
attending the law dept.; for 15 yrs. was a special agent 
and adjuster for different ins. cos.; Sept. 11, 1899. 
was appointed the Gen. Agt. of the Western Dept. of 
the Greenwich Ins. Co. of New York; niem. of the 
Union League Club. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



INSURANCE. 





WILLIAM E. ROLLO, Chicago. 

Born in Hebron, Conn., 1821. Located in Chgo. in 1859; 
Western Gen. Agt. Girard Fire & Marine Ins. Co. of 
Philadelphia, Pa., for 40 yrs.; in 1862 organized the 
Marchants' Ins. Co. of Chgo.; in 1871 organized the 
Traders' Fire Ins. Co. of Chgo.; died May 13, 1901. 



WILLIAM F. ROLLO, Chicago. 

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1860. A resident of 
Ctgo. since 1861; Gen. Agt. of the Girard F. & M. Ins. 
Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.; mem. of C. A. A., Hamilton 
and Illinois Clubs. 





METELLUS L. C. FUNKHOUSER, Chicago. 

Born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1864. Removing to Chgo. 
in 1883, engaged in general ins. as the firm of Mont- 
gomery & Funkhouser; Vice-Pres. Farmers & Mer- 
chants Ins. Co. of Lincoln, Neb.; in 1898, engaged in 
Spanish-American War as Capt. Co. K, First Inf., 111. 
U. S. V.: detailed Acting Ast.. Adj. Gen., First Bri., 
3d Div., 5th Army Corps; now Maj. 1st Inf., I. N. G. ; 
Director Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank, Lin- 



HENRY CLAY EDDY, Chicago. 

Born in Providence, R. I., 1848, and came to 111. in 
1884; Resident Sec. of the Western Dept. of the Com- 
mercial Union Assurance Co. of London, and Palatine 
Ins. Co. of London: since the age of 16 has been engaged 
in the fire insurance business. 



coin, Neb. 



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\ IMH.IMI l,or.H. < h i.-iiuo. 

Born In Germany, March 9, 1839. Removing to U. S. 
when a boy; public school education and grad. from 
High School; engaged In Insurance business at Mem- 
phis, Tenn.; came to Ohgo. in 1873, where he has con- 
tinued in the insurance business; head of the firm of 
Adolph Loeb & Son as U. S. Mgrs. of North German 
Fire Ins. Co. of Hamburg, and Transatlantic Fire Ins. 
Co. of Hamburg; Pres. of Chgo. Sinai Cong. 



MOO A. LOEB, Chicago. 

Born June 20, 1867, Memphis, Tenn. Removing to Chgo. 
Sept., 1873; grad. from public schools 1880; inern. of 
the firm of Adolph Loeb & Son, fire Ins. underwriters, 
and Asst. U. S. Mgr. of the North German and Trans- 
atlantic Fire Ins. Cos. of Hamburg; Chairman of Re- 
lief & Labor Com. of the United Hebrew Charities and 
Chgo. Trustee of the National Jewish Hospital for Con- 
sumptives at Denver, Colo. 




JOHN PRINDIVILM3, Chicago. 

Born in County Kerry, Ireland, Sept. 7, 1825. Located 
in Chgo. in 1837; has always been engaged in Marine 
business; Master of first American vessel to go through 
the St. Lawrence River for Europe; first Commodore of 
the Chgo. Yacht Club; mem. of the Cbgo. Board of 
Trade since 1858. 




EDWARD G. HALLE, Chicago. 

Born in Leipsic, Germany, Jan. 5, 1844. At 22 became 
a resident of the U. S. ; engaged In the Insurance busi- 
ness In Minn, with the Germania Fire Ins. Co.: in 1874 
removed to Milwaukee as the State Aj*t. ; in 1883 ap- 
pointed Western Mgr., with offices in Chgo.; is a Chev- 
alier of the Order of the Crown of Germany, conferred 
by Emperor William II.; mem. and Pres. Board of 
Education from 1891 to 1898; Col. on Governor's Staff; 
mem. of the Union League; founder of the Germania 
Club. 



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INSURANCE. 





1VARREN F. GOODWIN, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 16, 1857. Mem. of the firm of Goodwin, 
Hall & Henshaw, Mgrs. of Western Dept. of a number 
of fire Ins. companies, and general fire underwriters. 



THEO. W. LETTON, Chicago. 

Born Scott Co., la., July 23, 1840. Removing to Qutncy, 
111., in 1842; Ad], of the 50th 111. Inf. in the war of 
1861-5; appointed U. S. Mgr. Prussian National Fire 
Ins. Co. of Germany in 1891. 





CHARLES H. BARRY, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 15. 1857, at Alton, 111. Became a resident 
of Chgo. in 1879; grad. of the Univ. of 111.; Mgr. West- 
ern Dejit. the Pa. Fire Ins. Co. of Philadelphia. 



CHARLES D. DUNLOF, Chicago. 

Born in Lexington, Mo. In 1895 came to Chgo. as Mgr. 
of the Providence Washington Insurance Co. and since 
has been engaged in the fire insurance business. 



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JOHN JONES muNK Kit imi I Springfield. 

Born at Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 20, 1848. Graduate Pa. 
Coll., 1869, and removed to Springfield, 111., in 1869; 
graduated Albany Law School. 1873; now actuary In the 
insurance dept. of 111.; Sec. Nat. Convention of Ins. Com- 
missioners; member Actuarial Soc. of Am. 



CHARLES P. SKINNER, Moline. 

Born In Rock Island In June, 18TO. Grad. from Gene- 
seo Collegiate Inst., Geneseo, 111., 1889; Dir. Moline 
National Bank, Moline State Savings Bank and First 
National Bank. 





F. M. GUND, Freeport. 

Born in Freeport, 111., Nov. 18, 1871. Asst. Sec. Ger- 
man Ins. Co. of Freeport; Sec. Business Men's Assn. 
of Freeport. 



BRICE A. MILLER, Chicago. 

Born In Coleraine, Ireland, 1838. Came to U. S. in 
1844, and located in Chgo. in 1849; grad. from the Chgo. 
Central High School in 1860; in the dry dock business 
since 1861; Treas. of Miller Bros. Dry Dock Co. 



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PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





VICTOR LAWSON, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Sept. 9, 1850. Public school education; 
gracl. In 1869 from the Chgo. High School; grad. from 
Phillips Academy and Cambridge Univ. ; Publisher of 
"The Skandinaven;" In 1876 purchased interest in 
"Dally News" and became Its business manager; In 1888 
became the sole proprietor of "The Dally News" and 
"Record;" mem. of the Board of Directors World's Co- 
lumbian Exposition. 



ROBERT W. PATTERSON, Chicago. 

Born Chicago, Nov. 30, 1850. Grad. at Williams Coll. 
1871; Sub-Editor "Chicago Interior" 1872; became con- 
nected with "Chicago Tribune" 1873; Editor-in-Chief 
and Gen. Mgr. since death of Mr. Joseph Medill, its 
founder, March 16, 1899. 





WILLIAM PENN NIXON, Chicago. 

Bern in Newport, now Fountain City, Ind. Located in 
Chgo. 1872; Mgr. "Inter-Ocean" 1872-6, subsequently 
becoming Editor-in-Chief and Gen. Mgr.; delegate at 
large to Republican National Convention at St. Louis 
in 1896; appointed Collector of the Port of Chgo. by 
Pres. McKinley. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



Ill 



PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 

Record-Herald. 





FRANK BRETT NOYES, Chicago. 

Born In Washington, D. C., July 7, 1863. Treas. and 
Mgr. of the Washington Evening Star until 1001; since 
1893 Dir. and Mem. of the Executive Com. of the Asso. 
Press; since 1900 Pres. of the Asso. Press; Editor and 
Publisher of the Chgo. Record-Herald since 1901. 



ALEXANDER AGNEW MeCORMICK, Chi- 
cago. 

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 21, 1863. Located in 
Chgo. in 1888; from 1888 to 1895 in the publishing dept. 
of A. C. McClurg & Co.; 1895-98 Business Mgr. of the 
Chgo. Evening Post; 1898 until 1901 Gen. Mgr. of 
Times-Herald and Chgo. Evening Post; since April 1, 
1901, Sec. and Gen. Mgr. of the Chgo. Record-Herald; 
Vice-Pres. Civil Service Reform Assn.; 1st Vice-Pres. 
Union League Club 1902, and Vice-Pres. American 
Newspaper Publishers' Assn. ; Pres. Merchants' Club 
1902. 





C. McAULIFF, Chicago. 

Born in Sept., 1850, Ireland. Came to U. S. Oct., 
1864; one of the founders of the Chgo. Mail in 1883; 
Night Editor Chgo. Herald 1887-90; Mgn. Editor Chgo. 
Evening Post 1890-95; since 1895 Mgn. Editor of the 
Times-Herald and Record-Herald, Chgo. 



GERALD PIERCE, Chicago. 

Born in Valparaiso, Ind., July 10, 1863. Located in 
Chgo. in 1873; grad. Chgo. High School; in 1885 located 
in Dakota; from 1888-9 Asst. Territorial Treas. and 
Sec. of the State Agricultural Assn., and Delegate 
to the National Convention in 1892; 1893-98 with 
the Minneapolis Tribune; since 1898 Business Mgr. 
of Times-Herald and Evening Post; mem. of Calu- 
met, Press Club. Atlas and One O'Clock Club, the 
C. A. A.. Midlothian, Golf Club, Loyal Legion and 
Army of Tenn. 



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PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 

Chicago Chronicle. 





HORATIO W. SEYMOUR, Chicago. 

Born Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1854. Learned printers' trade 
In offices of "Kacine (Wis.) Advocate" and "Journal;" 
City Editor "Milwaukee News" 1873-5; Telegraph Ed- 
itor 1875-9: Night Editor 1879-83; "Chicago Times." 
editorial writer. 1883-7; Editor and Mgn. Editor 1888-95 
"Chicago Herald;" upon consolidation of the "Times" 
and "Herald," 1895, became Publisher of the "Chicago 
Chronicle," of which he assumed the editorship in 1900. 



LESTER I . JONES, Chicago. 

Born in Canfleld, O., June 14, 1865. Came to Chgo. in 
1879; from 1890-95 mem. on the staff of the Chgo. 
Herald, and since 1895 with the Chgo. Chronicle in the 
capacity of Auditor, Business Mgr. and Publisher. 





FRANK ELLIS ROWLEY, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 27, 18(59, Racine, Wis. Located in Chgo. in 
1879; grad. from Chgo. public schools in 1883; attended 
the Univ. of South Dakota and Rochester, N. Y.; en- 
gaged in newspaper work in Vermilion, S. D., Roches- 
ter, N. Y., and Chgo., 111.; Mgn. Editor of the Chgo. 
Chronicle. 



WALTER S. GATES, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, June 30, 1843. Moved to Rock Island, 
111., 1857. Removed to Chicago in 1861; returned to 
Rock Island in 1863; in 1873 returned to Chicago; en- 
gaged in book and stationery business in Rock Island 
15 yrs. ; with the Western News Co., Chicago, 18 yrs.; 
Chicago Herald 3 yrs. ; Chicago Chronicle 7 yrs. ; Gen. 
Supt. of the Chicago Chronicle; resides at Evanston. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 
Inter Ocean. 





GEORGE \V. HINMAN, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 19, 1863. Grad. from Hamilton Coll., N. Y., 
In 1884, and from Heidelberg, Germany, In 1888; en- 
gaged in newspaper work on "New York Sun" in 1888; 
in 1897 became Editor of the Chicago Inter Ocean; ac- 
quired control of Inter Ocean property in 1901. 



I.. H. BICKFORD, Chicago. 

Born in Menlo, la., April 18, 1872. Began newspaper 
service in Leadville, Colo.; Editor of the "Denver 
Times" and "Colorado Sun" 1896-8; located in Chgo. 
in 1899; Managing Editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean. 





CHARLES W. GRAY, Chicago. 

Born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14, 1870. Moved to Chi- 
cago in 1879; grad. from West Division Iligh School 
In 188S; since 1888 connected with the Chicago Inter 
Ocean; Treas. of the Inter Ocean. 



ALBERT C. PHILLIPS, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 4, 1871. Grad. from Columbia Univ. in 1891; 
on the staff of the "New York Sun" 1894-8; "Inter 
Oceau" 1898; Managing Editor In 1900; Business Man- 
ager 1902. 



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PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





JOHN CHARLES SHAFFER, KvaiiMoii. 

Born In Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1853. Located In 
Chgo. In 1874; Prop, and Publisher of the Chgo. Even- 
ing Post since April 1, 1901. 



JOHN EDWARDS WRIGHT, Chicago. 

Born in Toulon, 111., Oct. 14, 1862. Grad. from Univ. 
of 111. in 1885; located in Chgo. in 1885; Reporter and 
Telegraph Editor Daily News 1885-90; City Editor 
Chgo. Evening Post in 1891-1901; Pres. Chgo. Press Club 
1900-01; at present Managing Editor of Chgo. Evening 
Post. 





HUGH W. MONTGOMERY, Chicago. 

Publisher of the "Chicago Tribune." 



WILLIAM K. McKAY, Chicago. 

Born in New Orleans, La., in 1870. Engaged in news- 
paper work in Dubuque, la., at the age of If. as Ad- 
vertising Solicitor, and became Manager of the Adver- 
tising Dept. ; 4 yrs. later City Editor of the Dubuque 
Herald; Jan., 1894, Reporter on the Chicago Mail, and 
subsequently City Editor; April, 1895, Asst. City Edi- 
tor Chicago Times-Herald, and subsequently News Ed- 
itor; 1900 with the Chicago American; since Sept., 1900, 
Managing Editor of the Chicago Journal. 



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FRITZ GLOGAUER, Chicago. 

Born July 15, 1857, in Germany. Came to U. S. in 
1877 and to Chgo. in 1889; established the "Abend- 
post." 



CHRISTOPH A. L.ORENTZ, Chicago. 

Born Oldersum, Germany, May 7, 1858. Came to Amer- 
ica in 1885, and to Chgo. in 1887; Sec. of The Abendpost 
Co., publishers of the "Abendpost" and "Sonntagpost." 





HARVEY L,. GOODAL.L,, Chicago. 

Born Lunenburg, Vt., in 1836. Treas. of Howe's & 
Gushing' s Circus, and visited London in 1852; in 1859 
established and edited the N. Y. Daily Transcript; 
a soldier in the Civil War of 1861-5 in the 2d 111. 
Cav.; in 1869 established the Daily Sun, and in 1873 
the Chgo. Drover's Journal, each of which publications 
he owned and published at the time of his death, 
March 28, 1900. 



ASHLEIGH C. HALLIWELL,, Chicago. 

Born in St. Louis, Nov. 11, 1861. Located in Cbgo. in 
1877; Pres. of the Halliwell & Baum Co., publishers of 
the Chgo. Daily Live Stock World; Dir. Chgo. Live 
Stock Exchange for 3 yrs.; served as printers' "devil," 
reporter and editor, successively, of the Daily Drovers' 
Journal for more than 23 yrs. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





"WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chicago. 

Born in Oswego, N. Y., Nov., 1854. Sunday Editor of 
the Chicago Record-Herald. 



FRANCIS R. VAN HAMM, Chicago. 

Born 1849. With the Chgo. Herald 1884-96; Chgo. 
Chronicle since 1890. 





AUGUST F. PORTMAN, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 31, 1852. In the service of the Chgo. Trib- 
une 1872-8; Chgo. Telegraph 1878-81; Chgo. Herald 1881- 
91; Chgo. Evening Post 1891-3; Chgo. Times 1893-4; 
Alderman 1896-8; since 1899 Chgo. Chronicle. 



CHARLES P. KNILL, Chicago. 

Born in Detroit, Dec. 18, 1865. Removing to Chgo. in 
1884; for 15 yrs. with the "Chgo. Tribune" as Cashier 
and Advertising Mgr. ; Mgr. of local advertising of 
"Hearst's Chgo. American." 



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DANIEL MINER LORD, Chicago. 

Born Newton Corner, Mass.. Sept. 29, 1844. Engaged 
in the shipping business during the war of the Rebel- 
lion; came to Chgo. Oct., 1868; since this time has 
been engaged in the newspaper advertising business. 
now under the firm name of Lord & Thomas; Dir. of 
the C. A. A. and for one term its Pres. 



HALLIDAY WITHERSPOON, Chicago. 

Born Memphis, March 13, 1862. Educated public 
schools, Louisville, Ky. ; established St. Joseph Journal 
of Commerce, St. Joseph, Mo.; Louisville Journal of 
Commerce, and Southern Industrial Review, Louisville. 
Ky. ; publisher of business books of practical utility; 
publisher of Men of Illinois and for over fifteen years 
connected with Chicago newspapers. 





JOHN McGAN GLENN, Chicago. 

Born iu Ft. Wayne, Ind., and raised in Monmouth, 111. 
Came to Chgo. in 1886; Ex-Sec. Civil Service Com.; for- 
merly on the Inter-Ocean, Tribune and Times-Herald 
newspapers; Sec. of the 111. Mfgrs. Assn. 



JAMES ELLIOTT DEFEBAUGH, Chicago. 

Born in Williamsburg, Pa., March 28, 1854. Pres. and 
Editor of the American Lumberman; mem. Union 
League, Midlothian, Country, Press Clubs and the Mer- 
cantile Club of St. Louis. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





HENRY P. DONOVAN, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 8, 1858. Whitby, Ont., Canada. Parents 
came to Chgo. when he was an infant; 1873 reporter 
on Chgo. Journal; 1888 political editor Chgo. Times; 
from 1883-7 and 1893-4 Pres. Cook Co. Board of Edu- 
cation: charter member in 1880 Chgo. Press Club; in 
1882 Dep. Co. Clerk; 1885 Supt Postoffice; 1893, Col. and 
Inspector Gen., I. N. G. and Gas Inspector of Chgo.; 
1896 Delegate of Nat. Democratic Convention; since 
1889 publisher of the Chgo. Eagle. 



JOSEPH 1IRLCKER, Chicago. 

Born in Ischl, Austria, Oct. 30, 1849. Came to D. S. 
and located in Milwaukee in 1871; located in Chgo. in 
1891; education common school, academic and univer- 
sity; employed first in a book store, and later a teacher 
in Milwaukee; Editor and Proprietor "Der Freudenker," 
"Waldbote," the "National Zeitung," and Staats Zei- 
tung of Chicago; Pub. "The Columbia," Berlin; Author 
and Publisher of a number of books and several essays 
on political topics. 





WILLIAM FENWICK CARNS, Chicago. 

Born June 7, 1866, Dunville. Canada. Removing to 

Chgo. in 1891; engaged in general advertising business; 

advertisements written, designed and placed in leading 
periodicals. 



CLINTON S. TOMLJNSON, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 11, 1860, at Nevada, la. Grad. from the 
Northwestern Univ. in 1886; Editor Boone. la.. Repub- 
lican in 1886-8; Editor Springfield, Mo.. Daily Repub- 
lican in 1889-91; Editor and Mgr. Chgo. Dry Goods 
Reporter since 1893; Sec. of the National Assn. of Mer- 
chants and Travelers since its organization: mem. 
C. A. A., Hamilton Club, and the Hinsdale Golf Club. 



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GEORGE W. HARNER, Chicago. 

Born In Pa. Mgr. of the Chgo. offices of the Gas Con- 
sumers' Assn. of San Francisco, Gal.; resident of Chgo. 
since 1894; for 7 yrs. previous to coming to Chgo. was 
engaged iu the publishing business. 



JOSEPH L. DAVIS, Chicago. 

Born In Crawfordsvllle, Ind., July 23, 1864. Western 
Mgr. International Soc. ; Pres. Universal Publishing Co. 





J. B. SANBORN, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 8, 1855, Chester, N. H. Resident of Chgo. 
since 1877; Col. First Keg. Inf., I. N. G.; mem. of 
C. A. A., Hamilton and the Military Society of Foreign 
Wars, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-Amer- 
ican War, and the Soc. of Santiago; mem. of Evanston 
Commandery of K. T., and Medinah Temple, Mystic 
Shrine. 



SAMUEL, H. PVE, Chicago. 

Born in Cincinnati in 1845. Elected Publishing Agent 
of the Western Methodist Book Concern, May, 1900. 



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H. C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., March 24, 1865. Grad. Cornell Univ. in 
1886. 



EDWARD B. CLARK, Chicago. 

Born in Utica, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1860. Cadet at West 
Point in 1879-80-81; general newspaper and magazine 
writer; author of several books on birds and their 
habits; Director Illinois Audubon Society. 





IRA LAFAYETTE JONES, Chicago. 

Born in Jackson, O., May 18, 186Q. Came to 111. In 
1892; lawyer, novelist and journalist. 



CLARENCE E. SNIVELY, Canton. 

Born Ellisville, 111., July 4, 1854. Editor and Publisher 
of the Canton Daily and Weekly Register since 1878; 
Sec. of the Board of Canal " Commissioners in 1889-92, 
nnd since 1897 Pres. of the Board. 



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EDITORS AND WRITERS. 

Illinois State Journal. 





THOMAS KICKS, Springfield. 

Born May 13, 1850, Allegheny, Pa. Located in Keokuk, 
la., in 1853; educated in public schools and in the 
printer's trade in Keokuk; Business Mgr. "Keokuk Con- 
stitution" 1876-81; Business Mgr. "Illinois State Regis- 
ter," Springfield, since 1881; Pres. 111. Press Assn. 
1891-2; Chairman Advisory Com. of the Associated 
Press. 



HARRY F. DORWIN, Springfield. 

Born in Springfield, 111., in 1855. 1877, Asst. Pri. Sec. 
to Gov. Cullom; 1883, Pri. Sec. to Gov. Hamilton; 
1884, Chief Dept. U. S. Marshal under John R. Tanner, 
So. Dist. of 111.; in 1889 and since, Sec. and Bus. Mgr. 
of 111. State Journal. 





LEWIS H. MINER, Springfield. 

Born in Springfield, 111., Jan. 31, 1860. Grad. High 
School; formerly Editor and Publisher "The Round 
Table;*' formerly City Editor, now Mgn. Editor, 111. 
State Journal; Pres. 111. State Journal Co.; Postmaster 
Springfield, July 1, 1899, to March 31, 1901. 



CLARENCE RICHMOND PAUL,, Springfield. 

Born Oct. 3, 1852. Grad. from N. W. Univ., Evanston, 
in 1872; Newspaper Reporter, Correspondent and Editor 
since 1873; Clerk of the Interstate Commerce Com., 
U. S. Senate, 1885-89; mem. Republican State Cent. 
Com. 1890-92 and in 1898-1900; since 1889 Editor "Illi- 
nois State Journal." 



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PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





HENRY W. CLENDENIN, Springfield. 

Born Bedford Co., Pa., Aug. 1, 1837. Moved to Bur- 
lington, la., 1839; educated In private schools of 
academic grade; learned trade on Burlington Hawkeye: 
private 20th Pa. Inf., Civil War; Editor Matamora (111.) 
Sentinel, 1864-5; Keokuk (la.) Constitution, 1876-81; 
111. State Register, Springfield, since 1881; Postmaster 
Springfield, 1886-90; member Democratic State Com., 
1884-7; delegate Democratic Nat. Convention. 1896; 
Director Franklin Life Ins. Co. and member I. O. O. F. 



CHARLES F. MILLS, Springfield. 

Born in Montrose, Pa., May 29, 1843. Educated Shurt- 
leff Coll.; Co. C, 124th 111. Inf., and Hospital Stew- 
and U. S. A., war of 1861-5; Chief Clerk and Sec. 
111. Dept. of Agriculture 16 yrs.; Sec. or Pres. 27 yrs. 
Am. Berkshire Assn.; Adjt. 5th Reg., I. N. G., and 
Q. M. 2d Brig., I. N. G.; Asst. Adjt.-Gen. 2d Brig., 
I. N. G. ; Editor and Publisher of The Farm Home, 
Springfield, 111.; Sec. and Dlr. Nat'l Live Stock Assn.; 
Comd. Stephenson Post. G. A. R. ; member Elwood Com- 
mandery Knight Templars. 





JAMES W. KIRK. East St. Lonis. 

Born in South Byron, N. Y., April 1, 1848. Educated 
in public and State Normal School, N. Y. ; taught 
school, and subsequently engaged in mercantile busi- 
ness; in 1871 became a resident of East St. Louis; 22 
yrs. service on St. Louis newspapers, and Editor and 
Publisher of the "East St. Louis Gazette" several 
years; in 1889 established E. St. Louis "Daily Journal;" 
City Comptroller. 1872 to 1879 and 1887 to 1902; mem. 
of Library Board and former Librarian and Asst. City 
Clerk. 



FRANK P. FOX, East St. Louis. 

Born Dec. 25, 1852. in St. Louis, Mo. Removing to 
East St. Louis in 1891, engaged in newspaper publi- 
cation, acting as the Business Mgr. of the East St. 
Louis Daily Journal. 



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JOHN W. FORNOF, Strentor. 

Born Butler Co., O., Aug. 2, 1855. Located in 111. In 
1856, and in Streator In 1874; Postmaster Strentor 1898; 
re-appointed 1902; Editor Free Press. 



ANDREW VAN SKIVER, Streator. 

Born In Camden, O., Sept. 20, 1856. Located in 111. In 
1883, and in Streator in 1884; grad. National Normal 
Univ., Lebanon, O.; Editor and Publisher of the 
"Streator Free Press:" ex-inem. of the Board of Edu- 
cation; Hep. County Central Committee. 





CHARLES H. MAY, Guleslmrg. 

Born in Morton, 111., April IS, 1876. Educated at Knox 
Coll.; in 1895 published the "Morton Advocate;" 1898 
published the "Knox Co. News," and since 1900 pub- 
lisher of the "Galesburg Mail." 



FRANCIS HINCKL.EY SISSON, Galesbnrgr. 

Born at Galesburg, 111., June 14, 1871. Educated in 
Galesburg public schools and Knox Coll.; grad 'from 
Harvard Coll. in 1893; became Editor and part owner 
of the "Galesburg Evening Mail" in Jan., 1900, which 
position he still holds; Secretary for past three years 
of the Beta Theta Pi. College Fraternity; Secretary of 
the Knox Co. Republican Central Committee and of 
the Galesburg Public Library Board. 



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JOHN W. POTTER, Rock Island. 

Born in Skibberreen, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1861. Located 
in America and at Freeport with his parents; subse- 
quently serving on the "Bulletin" in various capaci- 
ties, of which his father was publisher; Editor and 
Mgr. of the "Argus" at Rock Island in 1882; in 
1S85 became the Prop, and Publisher; Postmaster at 
Rock Island in 1893-7; died Jan. 11, 1898. 



H. P. SIMPSON, Rock Island. 

Born in Davenport, la., July 6, 1863. Reporter "Daven- 
port Gazette" 1882; City Editor in 1884, and subse- 
quently on other Davenport papers; City Editor "Rock 
Island Argus" 1885, and since 1898 Editor. 





J. J. I a \ I .l.l.i:. Rock Island 

Born in Rapids City, 111., Aug. 23, 1869. Reporter 
"Rock Island Argus" in 1888, subsequently acting in 
the capacity of Business Mgr., and since 1898 as Mgr. 
of the "Rock Island Argus." 



"WALTER JOHNSON, Rock Island. 

Born In London, 1843. Removed to Iowa 1851, and to 
111. in 1867; engaged in newspaper business since 167; 
Pres. and Mgn. Editor of the "Rock Island Union." 



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J. A. WILLOUGHBY, Belleville. 

Born in St. Clair Co., May 2, 1855. Educated in public 
schools and Ann Arbor, Mich.; County Recorder 1880; 
Postmaster In 1890; State Senator 1894; Publisher 
"Belleville Advocate." 



FRED J. KERN, Belleville. 

Born In St. Clair Co., 111., Sept. 2, 1864. Removing 
to Belleville In 1890; educated In public schools and 
III. State Normal Univ. ; engaged in the teaching of 
school, subsequently entering the newspaper bvjsiness; 
became Editor of the "East St. Louis Gazette," and 
afterward Editor and Prop, of the Belleville, 111., 
"News-Democrat;" in 1895 was the Chief Enrolling and 
Engrossing Clerk of the 111. State Senate; mem. of 
Congress from the 21st 111. Dlst. 





JOHN E. THOMAS, Belleville. 

Born in Belleville. 111., Nov., 1802. Educated in public 
and Knapp Private School; grad. from the Law Dept. 
of the Univ. of Mich, in 1883; Mgr. of the Col. John 
Thomas estate; Prop, of the Belleville Advocate Print- 
ing Co.; mem. 111. Gen. Assembly 1896-8; Postmaster 
of Belleville 1898; mem. of the Elks, K. of P., M. W. 
A., and a 32d degree Mason; mem. of Republican 
County Central Com. since 1883. 



WILLIAM R. JEWELL, Danville. 

Born Aug. 7, 1837, Taylorville, Ky. Removed to Dan- 
ville, 111., In 1873, and engaged in newspaper publica- 
tion; Postmaster under Presidents Arthur. Harrison and 
McKinley; Garfleld, Harrison and McKinley elector; 
Chairman Vermilion Co. Rep. Cent. Com. for many yrs. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





CHARLES L \ M A RTINK MILLER. Rockford. 

Born in Winnebago Co., 111. Located in Rochelle, 111., 
1858; learned printing trade on Rochelle Register; Ed- 
itor and Prop, of the Oregon, 111., Reporter, 1871; 
Editor and Owner Rockford Daily Register, 1877-90; Ed- 
itor Qiitncy, 111., Daily Herald, 1891-6; Editor Rockford 
Daily Republic since 1896; Pres. Quincy Herald Co. and 
Rockford Republic Co. 



J. STANLEY BROWN, Rockford. 

Editor, Rockford, 111. 





FRED E. STERLING, Rockford. 

Born in Dixon, 111., June 29, 1869. Asst. Commissioner 
of Immigration of Dakota 2 yrs. ; for 8 yrs. Alderman of 
Rockford; Receiver of M. & M. Mutual Ins. Co. of 
Rockford; Land Commissioner of the 111. and Mich. 
Canal; Sec. of the Winnebago Co. Republican Central 
Com. 



THOMAS UILLER, Sterling. 

Born in Pa., July 14, 1845. Lived in 111. since 1850; 
reared on a farm; soldier in the Civil War; School 
Teacher; Prop. "Sterling Standard." daily and sefni- 
weekly; Postmaster of Sterling under Harrison. McKin- 
ley and Roosevelt; Past Commander Sterling G. A. R. 
Post and Aide-de-Camp to Dept. Commander; 12 yrs. 
Chairman of Republican Town Cent. Com.; mem. Re- 
publican State Cent. Com. and mem. of Executive Com. 
of State Cent. Com.; Chairman of Whiteside Co. Rep. 
Cent. Com.; mem. for many yrs. of Library Board. 



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PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS. 





EDMUND MILLER BOTSFORD, Quiiicy. 

Graduated from Princeton Univ. 1874. Established the 
"Rockford (111.) Daily Register" in 1879; in 1891 bought 
the "Quincy Daily Herald;" for 25 yrs. has been Identi- 
fied in newspaper work in Illinois. 



JOHN M. < II \ M III :H I.I \. JR., Lebanon. 

Born in Lebanon, 111., Aug. 19, 1872. Grad. McKendree 
Coll.; 5 yrs. employed as a telegraph operator; March 
6, 1896, established the Lebanon Leader, a weekly 
newspaper, being for 5 yrs. Us editor and publisher; 
in 1900 elected a representative to the 111. State 
Legis. and In Nov., 1901, organized the Lebanon Tele- 
phone Co. 





CLARENCE F. BUCK, Monmonth. 

Born in Monmouth. June 6. 1870. Attended public 
school, and graduate of Monmouth College, 1890; en- 
gaged with tlie Republican Atlas, 1892; appointed Post- 
master of Monmouth in 1899. and Chief of Fire Dept. 
from 1898-1902; Chairman Rep. County Com.; Sec. 111. 
League Republican Clubs, 1900-1902; Illinois Fireman's 
Assn., 1897-99. 



GEORGE C. II A Mi IV, Monmouth. 

Born at Monmouth, 111., Aug. 29, 1850. Grad. from 
Monmouth Coll. in 1872; in 1873 entered the service of 
the Republican Atlas; Clerk of the Circuit Court 11 yrs.; 
Postmaster from 1891 to 1895; elected to the 111. Gen. 
Assembly 1898-1900; Sec. of the State Republican Ed- 
itorial Assn.; General Receiver of National Banks 1902. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



EDUCATIONAL 





ROBERT 13. SHEPPARD, Evanston. 

Born in Chgo., 1848. Professor of History in the N. W. 
Univ. of Evanston. 



THOMAS McCL.EL.LAND, Galesbnrg;. 

Born May 1, 1846. A. B. Oberlin College, 1875; A. M., 
1883; D. D.. Tabor College, 1891; Divinity Student, 
Oberlin, 1875-6; Assistant Principal Denmark Academy, 
1876-78; student Union Theological Seminary, 1878-9; 
Andover Theological Seminary, 1879-80; graduate, An- 
dover, 1880; Professor of Philosophy, Tabor College, 
1880-91; President Pacific University, 1891-1900; Presi- 
dent Knox College, 1900. 





CLEMENT WALKER ANDREWS, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 13, 1858, Salem, Mass. A. B. (Harvard). 
1879; A. M. (Harvard), 1880; Instructor Mass. Inst. of 
Technology, 1883-95; Librarian same, 1S89-95; Libra- 
rian John Crerar Library, 1895 to date. 



JOHN W. HENNINGER, Jacksonville. 

Born Dec. 21, 1857, Vandalia. Educated in public 
schools, 111. Wesleyan Univ. and McKendree Coll.; 
taught in the Vandalia High School; Principal 4 yrs. 
of the Bloomington High School; Supt. of Mount Car- 
mel. 111., schools 3 yrs.; Charleston schools, 7 yrs.; 
Jacksonville schools, 6 yrs.; Pres. -Elect of the Western 
111. State Normal School. Macomb, 111.; active mem. of 
the National Educational Assn., and Ex-Pres. of the 
Southern, the Central Illinois Teachers' Associations 
and the State Principals' Association. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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EDUCATIONAL. 





WICK ANDERSOX. <lniicy. 

Born on a farm in Knox County, Mo., 1868. Public 
and collegiate school education and a commercial col- 
lege graduate; for four years was an instructor in the 
Business College at Quiuey, 111.; in March, 1896, he 
founded, at Quincy, the Union Business College of 
Shorthand and Telegraphy. It is one of the leading 
commercial colleges of the country at this time. 



LLEWELLYN B. MeKENNA, Qniiicy. 

Born in Prince Edward Co., Ont., April 18, 1844. Edu- 
cated iu grammar school at Stirling, Ont., and the 111. 
Normal Univ. at Normal; grad. from the German and 
English Coll; author of the following books: Practical 
Business Arithmetic, Principles of Commercial Law. 
Manual for Business Letter Writing, Ideal Arithmetic 
and Correct English and its Essentials; Pres. of the 
Union Business Coll. and the Quincy Business Coll. and 
School of Correspondence, Quincy, 111. 





LEWIS E. LARSON, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 1, 1874, Leland, 111. Grad. from Jennings 
Seminary, Aurora, 111.. Juue 15. 1891; moved to Chgo. 
July, 1891: Sept., 1894, entered service of the Chgo. 
Board of Education as Stenographer; iu March, 1900, 
was appointed Asst. to the Supt. in charge of evening 
schools; Dec. 28, 1900, elected Sec. of the Board of 
Education. 



ALFRED BAYLISS, Springfield. 

Born in Gloucestershire, Eng.. March 22, 1847. Moved 
to Ohio in 1853; Michigan, 1856; Illinois, 1874; Corpo- 
ral llth Mich. Cav.. 1863-05; graduated from Hillsdale 
College (Mich.), 1870; Supt. Schools, Dist. 3. Sterling, 
111., 1874-94: Principal Streator, III.. Township High 
School, 1896-98; 111. State Supt. of Public Instruction, 
1899. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



EDUCATIONAL. 





JOSEPH CLAYBAUGH GORDON, Jackson- 
ville. 

Born In I'iqua, Ohio, March 9, 1842. Removing to 111. 
In 1850; grad. Monmouth Coll. in 1868, Ph. D.; pio- 
neer in oral education of the deaf in America; organ- 
ized oral department Ind. Inst. for Deaf, 1869; Prof, 
of Mathematics and Chemistry Gallaudet Coll. for the 
Deaf. Washington, D. C., 1873-97; First Pres. Oral 
Sect. Assn. A. Educators of the Deaf; First Pres. of 
Sect. XVI., Dept. for Deaf, N. E. A.; Author "Educa- 
tion of Deaf Children," "Notes and Observations on 
Education of the Deaf," etc. 



FRANK H. HALL, Jacksonville. 

Mechanic Falls, Me., Feb. 9, 1841. Removing to 111. 
in 1866; Supt. of Schools at Earlville, Aurora, Sugar 
Grove and Waukegan, 111. ; now Supt. of the State 
School for the Blind, Jacksonville, 111.; author of the 
Werner Arithmetic and Hall Arithmetic. 





JOSEPH H. FREEMAN, Aurora. 

Bom Poland, Me., May 13, 1841. 2d Lieut. Co. G. 23d 
Me. Vol.; Capt. Co. H, 14th Me. Vol.; moved to 111. in 
1866; Supt. of Schools, Leland, Polo and Aurora, 111.; 
Principal of High School of Denver, Colo., and of Town- 
ship High School of Streator, 111.; Deputy State Supt. 
and Supt. of Public Instruction of Illinois. 



HENRY BAILEY HENKEL, Springfield. 

Born in Freeport, Ohio. Nov. 7, 1852. Removing to 
Ipava, 111., 1857; educated in the public schools and 
grad. from the Jacksonville, 111. Business Coll.; took 
special courses at Cleveland, Ohio, and Philadelphia; 
taught at Jacksonville 8 yrs.; in 1885 became half 
owner Springfield, 111., Business Coll., and the owner 
in 1894; upon its incorporation was elected its Pres.,. 
and has since continued in this position; Knight 
Templar. 



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EDUCATIONAL. 





NEWTON C. DOUGHERTY, Peoria. 

Born in Pa. 1847. Located in 111. in 1869; Pres. of 111. 
Teachers' Assn.; Pres. National Educational Assn.; 
Pres. Peoria National Bank; 111. Commissioner at the 
Paris Exposition 1901. 



N. W. DUNCAN, La Salle. 

Born in La Salle, 111., Dec. 11, 1856. In 1878 grad. at 
Niagara Univ.; from 1884 to 1894, Mgr. of the Union 
Coal Mines at Peru, 111.; In 1894 organized the La Salle 
State Bank, and since has been a Dir. and its Cashier; 
Sec. of the La Salle Business Men's Assn. 





CHARLES R. BARRETT, Cliicagro. 

Born June 29, 1858, Grant Co., Wis. Came to Chgo. 
from La Salle Co., 111., in 1879, since which time he 
has been engaged in educational work. Supt. of the 
Chgo. Athenaeum. 



JOHN W. RONEY, Chicago. 

Born in Butler Co., Pa., of Irish-American parents. 
Educated in common schools of Pa. ; enlisted in 78th 
Pa. Inf. in the war of 1861-5; resigned Nov., 1864, as 
Captain; Captain Pa. National Guard in 1876; located 
in Chgo. in 1883; mem. of National Republican Con- 
vention in 1884-96-1900 from 111. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



EDUCATIONAL. 

Music and Art. 





. . FLORENCE ZIEGFELD, Chicago. 

Born at Jever, in the Grand Duchy of Oldenberg, Ger- 
many. Pres. of the Chgo. Musical Coll. ; founded the 
Chgo. Academy of Music, known as the Chgo. Musical 
Coll., in 1867. 



WILLIAM HALL SHERWOOD, Chicago. 

Born in Lyons, N. Y. Pupil of his father, Rev. L, H. 
Sherwood, M. A., Lyons Musical Academy; from 1871 
to 1896 studied in Europe; taught 9 yrs. in Boston, 3 
yrs. in N. Y., and 14 yrs. in Chgo., and 14 yrs. in 
charge of concerts and musical instruction at the Chau- 
tauqua Assemblies; Examiner at Toronto Conservatory 
of Music; has given recitals in U. S.. Canada and 
Europe; considered America's greatest pianist. 





JOHN J. HATTSTAEDT, Chicago. 

Born 1851, Monroe, Mich. Engaged in Piano Instruc- 
tion in Detroit and St. Louis; came to Chgo. in 1875, 
where in 1886 he organized the American Conservatory 
of Music; a writer and lecturer on musical topics. 



WALTON PERKINS, Chicago. 

Born in Rome, N. Y. Came to Chicago in 1869; has 
since been a leading teacher, pianist and composer; in 
1902 founded the Central Conservatory of Music, lo- 
cated in the Auditorium Bldg. , Chicago. 



MEN OF. ILLINOIS. 



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EDUCATIONAL. 

Music and Art. 





WILLIAM M. R. FRENCH, Chicago. 

Born In Exeter, N. H., Oct. 1, 1843. Educated at Phil- 
lips Exeter Academy and Harvard College; grad. from 
the latter in 1864; engaged in early life in Civil Engi- 
neering; since its foundation in 1879 is the Director 
of the Art. Inst. of Chgo. 



WIGHT F. NELMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 3, 1851. Located in 
Chgo. in 1885; for many years was engaged in the bank- 
ing business; subsequently devoted himself to musical 
studies, organizing the Chgo. Symphony Soc., afterward 
the Chgo. Orchestra; introduced to Chgo. Paderewski. 
authors and lecturers John McLaren, Conan Doyle, Hall 
Uosenthal, Pachman, Sembrich and others; appointed 
U. S. Consul to Colon by Pres. McKinley in 1897. 





JAMES EDWIN MARTINE, Chicago. 

Born in Troy, N. Y. Located in 111. and Chgo. in 
1852; since residence in Chgo. has been engaged in the 
giving of dancing instructions; dancing schools located 
on the West, South and North Sides; oldest in member- 
ship of the American Society of Teachers of Dancing 
of New York; dean of his profession in Chgo. 



CHRISTIAN F. BAL.ATKA, Chicago. . - 

Born in Chicago, July 21, 1861. Studied under his 
father, and at the age of 13 was playing difficult com- 
positions; completed his studies at the Koyal Academy 
of Music at Berlin, Germany; he then returned to Chi- 
cago, where he assumed the directorship of the Balatka 
Musical College, which was established in 1879 by Hans 
Balatka. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



ELECTRICAL. 





ROBERT C. CLOWRY, Chicago. 

Born 111. In 1852 entered the service of the 111. & 
Miss. Tel. Co.; 1854, appointed Its Mgr., transferred to 
St. Louis; In 1859 appointed Supt. of the St. Louis & 
Mo. River Tel. Co.; in 1863 commissioned by Pres. 
Lincoln Quartermaster of the U. S. Army and in charge 
of the military telegraph; mustered out as Colonel; 
Asst. Supt. W. U. T. Co., at Chgo., in 1880; Gen. Supt. 
1885; a Director and Mem. of the Executive Com, and 
Vlce-Pres. ; now Pres. 



WALTER M. ANTHONY, Evunstoii. 

Born Paris, France, Feb. 10, 1856, spending his col- 
lege days in New England. Entered railroad business, 
1875, at Worcester, Mass.; came to Chicago, 1889; with 
Western Passenger Assn.; became Auditor of the Chi- 
cago Kdison Co., Comptroller of Chicago Edison Co., 
Commonwealth Electric Co.; Secretary Standard Pneu- 
matic Tool Co.; Vice-President Chicago Sectional Elec- 
trical Underground Co. ; Comptroller Republican Na- 
tional Com., 1896. 





FRANK S. GORTON, Chicago. 

Born in Rochester. N. Y., Aug. 1, 1847. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1883; in 1887. organized the Chgo. Edison Co., 
and since has been its Sec. and Treas. ; Treas. Stand- 
ard Pneumatic Tool Co.; Sec. and Treas. Common- 
wealth Elect. Co. 



GEORGE S. SEARING, Chicago. 

Born in Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1848. Lo- 
cated in Chgo. In 1885; for 15 yrs. has been engaged 
in the electrical business and electrical specialties. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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ELECTRICAL. 





SAMUEL, S. DAVIS, Rock l-l.-i n.l. 
Born in Covington, Ky., Feb. 1, 1858. Moved to Mollne, 
111., in 1860; to Memphis, Tenn., in 1869; to Rock Island, 
111., 1873; from 1878 to 1890 was engaged in the plumb- 
Ing and steam fitting business; in 1883 constructed the 
Moline Waterworks, and since this date engaged in the 
electric light and power business; Mgr. People's Power 
Co.; Pres. 111. State Electric Assn. 



JOHN P. BARRETT, Chicago. 

Born In Oregon, N. Y., 1837. Seaman at 10 yrs. of 
age; 1862 member of fire dept. ; 1865 batteryman fire 
dept.; 1867, operator; 1872, chief operator; 1876. chief 
of dept., resigning in 1894; chief electrician World's 
Fair; Inventor fire alarms and police patrol systems 
and originated the underground and municipal electric 
light system. 





HARRY II. HORNSBY, CliicaO. 

Born in St. Louis. Mo., in 1872. Educated in common 
schools and Christian Bros.' Coll. of St. Louis; engaged 
in real estate and dry goods business in St. Louis; came 
to Chgo.' in 1890 in newspaper work; subsequently con- 
nected with Chicago Telephone Co.; in 1893 in the 
service of the City of Chicago in its Electrical Dept.; 
Electrician and Inventor. 



CHARLES N. VAN CL.EEF, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., March 29, 1869. In the service of the 
Electrical Dept. of the City of Chgo. since 1894; in- 
ventor and patentee of a number of electrical devices. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



LAWYERS. 





GEORGE EVERETT ADAMS, Chicago. 

Born Keene, Cheshire, Co., N. H., June 18, 1840. 
Moved to Chicago in 1853; admitted to bar in 1865; 
member of the Senate of the General Assembly of 111., 
1881-82: took his seat in Congress in 1883, serving four 
consecutive terms; retiring 1891. 



CHARLES H. ALDR1CH, Chicago. 

Born La Grange. Ind., Aug. 26. 1850. Graduated from 
Ann Arbor, 1875; began practice in Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 
moved to Chicago in 1886: Solicitor Gen. under Pres. 
Harrison. 





NATHAN J. AL.DKICH, Aurora. 

Born Dec. 3, 1851, at Millington, Kendall Co., 111. 
Admitted to the bar in 1876: located in Aurora the same 
year; member of the firm of Aldrich & Worcester. 



EJVWI1V M. ASHCRAFT, Chicago. 

Born near Clarksburg, Harrison Co., Va., Aug. 27, 1848. 
Admitted to the bar, 1873; came to Chgo. 1887; now 
of the law firm of Aslicraft & Ashcraft. 



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LAWYERS. 





BENJAMIN F. AVER, Chicago. 

Born in Kingston, X. H., April 22. 1825. Located in 
111. in 1857; Gen. Counsel I. C. R. R. Co.; Gen. Solic- 
itor I. C. R. II. Co. 1876-00. 



CHARLES ALLING, Chicago. 

Born Madison, Ind., Dec. 13, 1866. Graduated, A. B.. 
Hanover College, Indiana, 1885, LL. H.; Law De- 
partment of University of Michigan, 1888; elected Al- 
derman Third Ward, 1897; re-elected, 1899; re-elected 
Alderman 1901, new Second Ward. 





CHARLES L. ALLEN, Chicago. 

Born Kalama7.oo, Mich., 1849. Came to Chicago at an 
early age, and graduated 1870; admitted to bar and 
became a member of the firm of Walker, Dexter & 
Smith; in 1879 the firm became Dexter, Herrick & 
Allen; now of the firm of Herrick, Allen, Boyesen & 
Martin. 



ELMER ELLSWORTH BEACH, Chicago. 

Born Iowa, Dec. 19, 1861, and graduated in 3884 from 
the Univ. of Mich.; admitted to the bar in 1887; mem- 
ber of the Chicago A. A.; Marquette Club, Hamilton 
Club. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



LAWYERS. 




FREDERICK R. BABCOCK, Chicago. 

Born In Milwaukee, Wis., May 4, 1865. Attended 
Univ. of Mich., Chicago College of Law; member of the 
law firm of Winston, Babcock, Strawn & Shaw; mem- 
ber of Chicago, Union League, Washington Park, Mar- 
quette and Law Clubs; also Loyal Legion, and member 
of the Political Action Com. of the Union League Club; 
married April 30, 1900; Chicago Golf Club and Chicago 
Automobile Club. 




CHARLES 



BABCOCK, Chicago. 



Born in Chgo., Dec. 8, 1863. Grad. Harvard, 1886, ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1889. 





JESSE A. BALDWIN, Oak; Park. 

Born in Greenwood, 111., Aug. 9, 1854. Worked on a 
farm until 1874; taught school 3 yrs. ; served as Asst. 
U. S. Atty. at Chgo. from 1877-84; Trustee Univ. of 
Chgo.; Trustee Rush Medical Coll.; member of the 
Union League Club, State Bar Assn., Chgo. Bar Assn. 
and the Chgo. Patent Bar Assn. 



EPHRAIM BANNING, Chicago. 

Born on a farm near Bushnell. 111., July 21, 1849. Re- 
moving to Kansas, 1855; to Missouri in 1860, and to 
Chgo. in 1871 ; educated in common school and Brook- 
field (Mo.) Academy; admitted to bar in 111. in 1872, and 
ever since practicing in Chgo., making a specialty of 
patent, trademark and corporation law: Pres. Elector 
1896; member of the State Board of Charities, 1897- 
1901, and member of the National Rep. Convention, 
1900. 



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139 



LAWYERS. 





FRED A. BANGS, Chicago. 

Born April 3, 1865, at Lacon, 111. Member of Hamilton, 
C. A. A., and Marquette Clubs; Pres. of the Hamilton 
Club, and Pres. of the West Park Board; Thirty-second 
degree Mason. 



EDGAR A. BANCROFT, Chicago. 

Born Galesburg, 111.. Nov. 20, 1857. Grad. Knox Coll., 
1878: Columbia Law School, 1880; practiced law at 
Galesburg, 1881-92; Pres. Elector In 18S8; removed to 
Chgo., 1892; Solicitor for 111. of A., T. & Santa Fe 
Ry. Co.; since 1895 Gen. Solicitor and Vice-Pres. of 
Chgo. & W. Ind. Ry. Co. and the Belt Ry. Co. of Chgo. 





ELMER E. BARRETT, Chicago. 

Born at Kalamazoo, Mich., June 2. 1863. Admitted to 
the bar in 1889; member of the firm of Shope, Mathis 
& Barrett; Sec. Chicago College of Law and Pres. of 
the Law Journal Printing' Co.: member C. A. A., Union 
League, Marquette and Law Clubs. 



JESSE B. BARTON, Chicago. 

Born May 28, 1850, at Demorestville, Ont., Canada. 
Admitted to bar of Illinois, Jan. 8, 1876, and has since 
continued his practice. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



LAWYERS. 





EDWIN F. BAYLEY, Chicago. 

Born June 11, 1845, at Manlius, N. Y. Removing to 
Wis. In 1848, where he was reared on a farm; member 
41st Wis. Inf.; grad. at Amherst Coll., 1868; instructor 
In Washington Univ., 1868-71; degree of LL. B. at 
St. Louis Law School, 1870, and practiced law in 
Chgo. since 1872. 



ROWLAND W. BADENOCH, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 28, 1871, Chicago. 





LOUIS BASTRUP, Chicago. 

lember of the law firm of Bastrup & O'Neill. 



LOUIS J. BEHAN, Chicago. 

Born March 10, 1876. Newsboy at 7 years old; at 15 
studied stenography, attending Chicago College of Law 
at nights; graduated at the age of 20 years; during 
Spanish-American War served in the 1st 111. Vol. Cav. ; 
lu 1901 was married to Miss Dot. Hull. 



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LAWYERS. 



JAMES BEACH BECKETT, Chicago. 





LLOYD W. BOWERS, Chicago. 

Born March 9, 1859. Grad. of Yale, 1879: Columbia 
Law School, 1E82; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1884; 
lie became Gen. Counsel of the C. & X. \f. Ry. system 
in June, 1893; resides at 20 Ritchie place. 





WILLIAM M. BOOTH. Chicago. 

Born in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1856. In 1878 
grad. from the North Western Univ., and was given 
degree of A. M. in Ib81. Admitted to the bar in 1830. 
Appointed U. S. Master in Chancery. 1894. Member of 
the Law Club, Chgo. A. A., Hamilton Club, Chgo. Bar 
Assn. 



LESTER L. BOND, Chicago. 

Horn in Ohio, Oct. 27, 1829. and admitted to the bar 
Oct. 15, 1853; member of the Union League. Illinois 
and Ashland Clubs; Past Commander of the Chicago 
Commacdery, No. 19; senior member law nnn Bond, 
Adams. Pickard & Jackson; Demi of I'iitent. Lawyers: 
member of the faculty of the N. W. University Law 
School. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



LAWYERS. 





WILLIAM lilt A no. Chicago. 

Born Nov. 23, 1850, In Allegheny Co., Md. Removed 
to Chgo. 1890; admitted to the bar In 1871. 



JAMES B. BRADWELL, Chicago. 

Born Lougrhborough, England, April 16. 1828. Member 
111. Legls. from 1873 to 1877; for eight years Judge of 
the County Court of Cook Co., 111. ;' resident of Cook Co. 
since May 21, 1834; Editor and Prop, of the Chicago 
Legal News. 





CHARLES L. BILLINGS, Chicago. 

Born In Iowa Co., Wls. Educated in the University of 
WJs. ; in 1882 and 1883 was chief clerk In office of 
Atty. Gen. of Wis. ; admitted to the bar of Wis. in 
1883: located in Chicago In September, 1883; from 1887 
until 1890 practiced law In Kansas City, Mo.; since 
1890 has been a practicing lawyer of Chicago; member 
of the Chicago Bar Assn., the Law Club, Law Institute, 
Chicago and Midlothian Country Clubs. 



GRANVILLE W. BROWNING, Chicago. 

Born In Indianapolis, March 14, 1856, and came to Chi- 
cago In 1878. Graduated from the Dnlv. of Mich., 
1877. and admitted to the bar in 1880; appointed Mai- 
ter in Chancery, 1898, by Superior Court of Cook Co.; 
Asst. Corporation Counsel, member of the Chicago, 
Onwentsia, Iroquois and Law Clubs and Bar Assn. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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LAWYERS. 





PAUL BROWN, Chicago. 

Born McHenry, 111., Dec. 1. 1864. Graduated and was 
admitted to the bar In 1885; Master in Chancery of 
the Circuit Court of Cook Co. from 1888 to 1893; mem- 
ber of the firm of Knight & Brown. 



JOHN C. BLACK, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 27, 1839, entering military service of D. S. 
1861; resigning Aug. 16, 1865: married Sept. 28. 1857; 
M. C. at Large, 111., 1893 to 1895; U. S. Com. Pensions, 
1885 to 1889; U. S. Atty., N. D. 111., 1895 to 1S98. 





CHARLES HODGSON BRADLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, April 28, 1850. Educated in public! 
schools of Chicago and Hathaways Academy; entered 
service of Cook Co. in 1868, serving in Sheriff's office 
nine years; also as Asst. Chief Clerk of the Superior 
Court; balance of the time Chief Clerk of the Circuit 
Court of Cook Co.; admitted to the bar, 1895; member 
of Hamilton Club and 32d degree Mason. 



CHARLES A. BROWN, Chicago. 

Born In Manchester, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1858. Graduated 
from Univ. of Rochester, 1879, and the same year came 
to Chicago; Mgr. Western Electric Co., 1882-90; in 1890 
he graduated from the Law Dept. of the Lake Forest 
Univ. and entered upon the practice of law in Chicago. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



LAWYERS. 





JOHN S. BUTLER. Chicago. 

Born In Quebec, June 4, 1863, and removed to U. S. 
In Infancy. Until 17 years of age resided in Chester 
Co., S. C. ; In 1880 removed to Chicago, where he en- 
gaged In the manufacturing business until 1895, at 
which date he was admitted to the bar. 



JASON C. AYRES, Mix. .11. 

Born St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, 1835. Grad- 
uated from high school In Buffalo, N. Y., and removed 
to Chicago, 1854, and to Dixon. March 1, 1855; admitted 
to the bar. 1870; Pres. of Dlxon Nat. Bank, April, 1878. 





L.OIIS H. BIRRELL, Freeport. 

Born Sept. 10, 1870. Attended Beloit Coll. in 1SS9, and 
Yale, 1890-92; entered the firm of Bui-chard & Burrell, 
1898; elected State's Atty. of Stephensou Co., 1900. 



'I . \\ BORDERS, Belleville. 

Born in Randolph Co.. 111.. 1867. Public school and 
college education; graduate of the Columbia Law School 
of N. Y. : admitted to the bar, 1890; elected City Atty. 
of Belleville from 1893 to 1S97. 



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WILLIAM BARGE, Dixon. 

Born in 1832. Came to Dixon, 1854; admitted to bar 
in 1860. 



JAMES SIMPSON BAUME, Galena. 

Born in Chgo., April 13, 1857. Entered upon the prac- 
tice of the law at Galena in 1878, and for 16 yrs. acted 
in the capacity of Master in Chancery. In 1891 was 
elected a judge of the 15th judicial circuit 





WILLIAM H. BOYS, Streator. 

Born in Marshall Co., 111., Dec. 18, 1862. Admitted to 
the bar in 18Sfi and lias since practiced his profession 
In Streator; City Atty. of Streator, from 1889-91, and 
Mayor of Streator, 1891-93; member of the firm of 
Reeves & Boys. 



WILLIAM JOSEPH BUTLER, Springfield. 

Born May 13, 1808, Springfield, 111. Grandson of Win. 
Butler, State Treasurer 1861-3, and Gen. John A. Mc- 
Clernaud; admitted to the bar 1890; attended Harvard 
Law School 1890-3; mem. of the 111. Legis. 1895-7. 



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LAWYERS. 





CHRISTOPHER C. BROWN, Springfield. 

Born Oct. 21, 1834. Educated in Hillsboro College and 
Transylvania Law School; junior member of law firm 
of Stuart, Edwards & Brown, and at present senior 
member of Brown, Wheeler, Brown & Hay. 



STUART BROWN, Springfield. 

Born Aug. 21, 1860. Graduated Princeton Univ., 1881; 
entered upon the practice of law In 1884; member of 
the firm of Brown, Wheeler, Brown & Hay. 





ROBERT C. BROWN, Springfield. 

Born at Sparta, 111., Nov. 11, 1859. Studied law at 
Washington University, and admitted to practice in 
1894; elected to the Gen. Assembly, 1896, 1898 and 1900; 
appointed clerk of U. S. District Court for the Southern 
District, July 1, 1901. 



ANDREW CRAWFORD, Chicago. 

Born in Ayr, Scotland. Served in Illinois State Senate 
1868-9 from Henry County, 111.; President of the First 
National Bank of Geneseo, 111.; Vice-Pres. of the Chi- 
cago & Western Indiana Ry. 1878-80; Pres. Lincoln Park 
Board under Gov. J. P. Altgeld; died November 24, 
1900. 



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LAWYERS. 





W. J. CALHOUN, Chicago. 

Born at Pittsburg. Pa., Oct. 15, 1848. Admitted to the 
bar In 1875; appointed a Mem. of the Interstate Com- 
merce Com., resigning in 1899, to become a Mem. of 
the firm of Pam, Calhoun & Glennon; for many .vrs. 
a resident of Danville, 111., and Gen. Atty. for the C. 
& E. I. Ry., and Local Atty. for "Big 4" and the 
Wabash Ry. Co. 



PERCY V. CASTLE, Austin. 

Born in Harrington, 111., Feb. 15, 1857. Educated in 
the public and high schools at Harrington and Palatine; 
grad. at N. I. Normal School, 1879; Principal Arlington 
Heights School, 1880-2; grad. of Union Coll. of Law and 
admitted to bar, 1884; member Austin Board of Educa- 
tion, 1894-9; Director Austin State Bank and Arling- 
ton Heights State Bank and member of the law firm of 
Castle, Williams & Smith. 




HENRY CLAY CONNELLY, Rock Island. 

Born Dec. 22, 1831, Somerset Co., Pa. Served three 
yrs. in 14th 111. Cav. as 2d Lieut., Capt. and Major; 
first Commander Gen. John Buford Post, G. A. R. ; 
surviving member of Com. sent to Washington to 
secure passage of Rock Island Arsenal bill, 1861-2; 
past Pres. Rock Island School and Library boards; 
Pres. Sons of American Revolution; editor of the Rock 
Island Argus, 1857-9. 




HORACE S. CLARK, Mattoun. 

Born Huntsburg, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1840. Educated in Ohio 
public schools and Iowa State Univ.; 1st Lieut, and 
Capt. Co. E, 73d Ohio, war 1861-5; Judge of Mattoon 
City Court; State Sen., 1880-4; Commander G. A. R., 
Dept. of 111., 1891; in 1896 Rep. Elector at Large and 
Chairman of Illinois Electoral College; Delegate at 
Large to Republican Con. 1888; Brig. Gen. commanding 
Second Brigade, I. N. G. 



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LAWYERS. 





HIRAM M CODY, Chicago. 

Born in Oneida Co., N. Y., In 1824. Moved to 111. in 
1844; County Clerk of Dn Page Co., 1847; County Judge, 
1861; member of the Constitutional Convention, 1870; 
Circuit Judge of the 14th Circuit. 1875-0; formerly a 
member of the law firm of Gary, Cody & Gary., Chgo. : 
now member of the firm of Hiram H. Cody & Sons. 



HOPE REED CODY, Chicago. 

Born April 14. 1870, at Naperville, 111. Grad. from 
Union Col. of Law in 1890; member of the law firm 
of Hiram H. Cody & Sons; Pres. of the Hamilton Club, 
1898; Pres. Cook Co. Board of Election Com., 1898-9. 
Died Nov. 7, 1899. 





ARTHUR B. CODY, Chicago. 

Born at Naperville, 111., Sept. 26, 1860. Moved to 
Chgo. in 1886. Member of the law firm of Hiram H. 
Cody & Sons. 



DELAVAN B. COLE, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 17, 1869, at Fond du Lac, Wis. Educated at 
Second Normal School of Minnesota, at Mankato; 2 yrs. 
Principal of High School at Slayton, Minn.; 1S91 grad. 
from Law Dept. of Lake Forest Univ., and since en- 
gaged in the practice of law in Chicago; Atty. of West 
Chicago Park Commissioners. 



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LAWYERS. 





MARTIN CONRAD, Chicago. 

Born Utlca, N. Y. Came to Chgo. in 1356; mustered 
out U. S. V. service in 1865; employed by Schuttler & 
Hotz as Atty. and Gen. Agent for quarter of a cen- 
tury; had charge of the State Forestry Exhibit at 
World's Fair; elected Pres. of the 111. State Board 
Agriculture in 1900. 



AXEL CHYTRALS, Chicago. 

Born in the Province of Wermland, Sweden, Sept. 15, 
1859. Came to Chgo. 1869; elected Judge of the Su- 
perior Court of Cook Co., April, 1899; Mem. Union 
League and Marquette Clubs. 





ISAAC B. CRAIG, Mattoon. 

Born Coles Co., 111., near Charleston, April 28, 1857. 
Grad. from Ann Arbor Law School and entered on the 
practice of law in Mattoon, Jan., 1880; Mem. of 111. 
House of Representatives, sessions of 36th and 37th: 
State Sen. 38th and 39th sessions, and 40th session of 
the House. 



.lo-l \ II CRATTY, Chicago. 

Born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Aug. 16, 1846. Moved to 
Illinois. 1852; in the 5th N. Y. Cav. during the Civil 
War. 



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SHELBY M. CITLLOM, Springfield. 

Born Nov. 22, 1829, in Wayne Co., Ky. Removed to 
Tazewell Co., 111., In 1830, and to Springfield In 1853; 
in 1856-60-72-74 Mem. of Legis. from Sangamon Co.; 
elected Speaker, 1861 and 1873; from 1865 to 1871 Mem. 
of Congress; in 1872. at Philadelphia, put Gen. 
Grant in nomination for Pres. : from 1876 to 1880 
GOT. of 111.; in 1883 elected U. S. State Sen.; re- 
elected in 1888-94-1901; Special Commissioner to the 
Hawaiian Islands to prepare a system of government. 



CHARLES SIDNEY CUTTING, Chicago. 

Born March 1, 1854, Highgate Springs, Vt. Came to 111. 
in 1863; Master in Chancery, Circuit Court, 1887-90; 
elected Probate Judge of Cook Co., 1900; Mem. of State 
Bar Assn.; Chgo. Bar Assn.; Law Club; Hamilton Club, 
Oaks Club, Austin; Pres. Board of Education, 1894-5-8. 





JAMES C. CONKLING, Springfield. 

Born in N. Y. City, Oct. 13, 1816. Grad. Princeton 
Coll., 1835; removed to Springfield, 1838; Mayor of 
Springfield, 1845: member House of 111. Representatives, 
1851 and in 1867; Republican Pres. Elector, 1860 and 
in 1864; Postmaster of Springfield, 1890-4; member 
Nat. Lincoln Monument Assn. Died March 1, 1899. 



CLINTON L. CONKLING, Springfield. 

Born in Springfield, 111., Oct. 16, 1843. Gnid. Yale 
Coll., 1864; admitted to practice in State and Federal 
courts, 1866; Dir. Ridgly Nat. Bank; former member 
Public Library Board and for 5 yrs. Pres. of the 
Board of Education. 



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LAWYERS. 





CLAYTON EDWARD CRAFTS, Chicago. 

Born in Auburn, Ohio, July 8, 1848. Grad. in 1868; 
admitted to the bar and located in Chgo., 1869; member 
of the Illinois House of Representatives, 1883 and 1901, 
and Speaker of the House in the session of 1891 and 
1893; member of the law firm of Crafts & Stevens. 



ARTHUR J. CATON, Chicago. 

Born at Ottawa, 111., in 1851. Grad. in Phillips Exeter 
Academy at Andover, Mass., June, 1869; matriculated 
at Hamilton Coll., in N. Y., receiving his degree in 
1873; shortly afterward admitted to the bar; Pres. 
Chgo. Golf Club, 1897; member Chgo. Club since 1881 
and Its Pres. since 1898; member Washington Park, 
Calumet, Onwentsia Clubs and Union Club of N. Y. 




WILLIAM P. BLACK, Chicago. 

Born In Woodford Co., Ky., Nov. 11, 1842, removing to 
Danville, 111., in 1847. Enlisted from Wabash Col. in 
llth Ind. Inf.. April 15, 1801, as private. Captain of 
Co. K, 37th 111. Inf., Aug. 18, 1861, to Sept. 30, 1864. 
Admitted to bar in Cbgo., 1867, and has since continued 
In Its practice. 




FRED BEIVNITT, Joliet. 

Born Hammondsport, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1855, and removed 
to Joliet in 1875, and admitted to the bar, 1876; en- 
listed 10th 111., 1877; Adj. 12th I. N. G., 1879; Col. 4th 
I. N. G., 1883; Col. 3d, I. N. G., 1891; Col. 3d 111. 
Vol., Spanish-American War, 1898; commanded 2d Brig. 
1st Div., 1st Corps, for a time in the expedition to 
Puerto Rico; mustered out, 1899; Sec. Joliet Gas Light 
Co.; See. Joliet Wire Co.; member of Loyal Legion. 



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1:1 I \ Iv I M RAYMOND BLISS, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 3, 1846. Located in Chgo. In 1863; County 
Atty. 1882-3-6-9; mem. of the Union League Club, 
C. A. A., Washington Park, Hamilton and Hyde Park 
Clubs. 



N. W. BRANSON, Petersburg. 

Born In Jacksonville, 111., 1837, and was admitted to 
the bar in 1860, when he located at Petersburg. In 
1867 was appointed a register in bankruptcy; twice a 
member of the 111. Legis. ; in 1897 was appointed a 
member of the State Board of Law Examiners. 





CHARLES G. DAWES, Evanston. 

Born in Marietta, O., in 1865. In 1886, grad. from Cin- 
cinnati Law School; in 1896. appointed Comptroller of 
the Currency by President McKlnley. 



HENRY S. IM \o V Dixon. 

Born in Dixon, Aug. 28, 1870. Grad. Dixon High School, 
1888; Kent Law School, Chgo., 1893; Asst. U. S. Atty., 
Chgo., 1894-5; since 1895 engaged in the practice of law 
at Dixon; Referee in Bankruptcy Northern District of 
Illinois. 



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LAWYERS. 





MILES J. li:\ I M:. Chicago. 

Born Nov. 11, 1866. In 1892-4 was Asst. City Prosecut- 
ing Atty. of Chigo. ; elected City Atty. of Chgo., April 6, 
1897. 



CONSTANT DELANO, Chicago. 

Born Vincennes. Ind., Dec. 13, 1871. Removing to 
Louisville, Ky., in 1873; college and high school edu- 
cation; in 1897 came to Chgo. ; Past Pres. of the 
American Corn Co.; In 1893 active In local political 
circles; candidate for Mayor of Chgo. 





EDWARD A. DECKER, Chicago. 

Born June 18, 1855, Stoughton, Mass. Came to 111. ID 
1868; admitted to the bar in 1878; 1887 appointed 
Master in Chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co., and 
has continued in this capacity since. 



SAMUEL J. DREW, Jollet. 

Born in Staffordshire, Eng., April 22, 1864. Came to 
U. S. in 1880; common school education; Court 
Stenographer In Joliet; Chief Clerk Joliet works of 
111. Steel Co.; engaged in law practice in 1895; elected 
Town Clerk in Joliet in 1896; re-elected three suc- 
cessive terms; elected to 111. Legis. In 1898 and re- 
elected in 1900; renominated for the Legis. 1902. 



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LAWYERS. 





HERBERT SYDNEY DUNCOMBE, Chicago. 

Born in Slncoe, Canada, Aug. 16, 1870. Came to Chgo. 
in 1882; from 1884 to 1888 was a reporter; admitted to 
the bar in 1891; since has been engaged in the practice 
of law, devoting especial attention to corporation law 
cases. 



VICTOR ELTING, Chicago. 

Born in Yonkers. N. Y., Oct. 13, 1871. Attended Co- 
lumbia College, 1891; Univ. of Mich., 1892; began the 
practice of law in Chgo. in 1892; Feb. 7, 1899, ap- 
pointed a Master in Chancery of the Superior Court of 
Cook Co.; 1901, Pres. of the Legal Club and mem. 
Univ. and Law Club and the Bar lAssn. 





ALFRED D. EDDY, Chicago. 

Born June 3, 1846, at Bellona, N. Y. Moved from Bel- 
lona to Beloit, Wis., 1849; moved to Bloomington, 111., 
in 1856, and located in Chgo. in 1863; attended the old 
Univ. of Chgo., and grad. from the Union Coll. of Law 
in 1879; mm, Co. D., 134th 111. Inf., in the war of 
1861-5. 



THOMAS EDGAR, Chicago. 

Born in Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland, April 6, 
1859. Moved to Chgo. in 1881; until 1892 followed the 
trade of machine blacksmith; attended night schools and 
Chgo. College of Law in 1896-97; appointed J. P. in 
1897, and Police Magistrate for the llth Dist. of the 
City of Chgo. in the same year. 



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LAWYERS. 





WILLIAM SIDNEY ELLIOTT, JR., Chicago. 

Born In Niles, Mich., May 1, 1849. Came to Chgo. 
March 4, 1869; admitted to the bar, 1882; State's Atty. 
of Cook Co., Dec. 1, 1887, to Oct. 1, 1892; since has 
been engaged in private practice. 



LAWRENCE M. ENNIS, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Nov. 3, 1859. Major of the 7th 111. Inf., 
D. S. V., commanding 2d Bat. during the Spanish-Amer- 
ican War, 1898. 





D. D. EVANS, Danville. 

Born Ebensburg, Pa., April 17, 1829. Attended coun- 
try schools acd Hiram College, Ohio; grad. from the 
Law Dept. of the Univ. of Mich, in 1863; for two terms 
was Judge of the County Court of Vermilion Co.; 
mem. for a number of years of the Board of Education 
of Danville; mem. of the Elks. 



HENRY DODGE ESTABROOK, Chicago. 

Born at Alden, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1854. Came to Chgo., 
1896; mem. of the firm of Lowden, Estabrook & Davis; 
Atty. for the W. U. Tel. Co. 



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LAWYERS. 





WALTER J. ENTRIKIN, Moline. 

Born Salem, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1846. Moved to 111. March 
25, 1861; grad. Oberlin College, 1870; admitted to the 
practice of law in 1871; from 1873 to 1875 and from 
1881 to 1883 City Atty. of Moline; from 1884 to 1888 
State's Atty. for Rock Island Co., and now Master iu 
Chancery and a practicing attorney at Moline. 



WILLIAM F. FORREST, Chicago. 

Born in Baltimore, July 9, 1852. Grad. from Dartmouth 
Coll. in 1875; removing to Chgo. in 1878. 





WM. MEADE FLETCHER, Chicago. 

Born In Rappahannock Co., Va. B. L. Univ. of Va.; 
began practice of law in Montana in 1890; removed to 
Chicago 1895; member law firm of Collins & Fletcher; 
in 1902 appointed Professor of Law in Northwestern 
University; from 1899 to 1902 Professor of Law in John 
Marshall Law School. 



HENRI' H. J. FURBER, JR., Chicago. 

Born May 12. 1866. Grad. from Univ. of Chgo., a 
B. S., 1886; Bowdoin in 188S. A. M.; Master of Let- 
ters and Ph. D., Friedrich-Wilhelm Univ. of Prussia, 
Germany; Prof, of Economics. N. W. Univ., 1893-94; 
engaged in reorganization of the university degrees of 
France, 1894-95; Pres. of the Alliance Francaise: Vice- 
Pres. of the National Life Ins. Co. of Washington, 
D. C. 



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LAWYERS. 





MILTON J. FOREMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo.. Jan. 26, 1863. Enlisted in the 1st 111. 
Cav., May 11, 189S, serving through the Spanish- 
American War, and was commissioned a Capt. ; Capt. 
1st Cav., I. N. G. ; elected Alderman 4th Ward, April, 
1899; mem. of the Union League and Standard Clubs. 



ELI B. FELSENTHAL, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Admitted to the bar In 1880, and has 
since been engaged in general practice; mem. of the 
Univ. of Chgo. Board of Trustees since its organiza- 
tion. 





ARTHUR H. FROST, Rockforrt. 

Born St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 12, 1855. Removing to 
Rockford in 1S61; admitted to bar of Winnebago Co. 
Jan., 1879; elected State's Atty. in 1892, and re-elected 
in 1896 and 1900: elected Circuit Judge 17th Judicial 
Circuit Feb. 25, 1902. 



KLISHA C. FIELD, Chicago. 

Born April 9, 1842. Grad. 1865 Law Dept. Univ. of 
Mich.; elected Prosecuting Atty. 9th Dlst. Ind.. 1866; 
mem. Ind. Legis., 1868; 1878, elected Circuit Judge 
31st Ind. Circuit; 1889, resigned judgeship to become 
Gen. Solicitor of the L., X. A. & C. Ry. Co. 



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GEORGE EDMUND FOSS, Chicago. 

Born in Berkshire, Vt.. July 2. 1863. Grad. from St. 
Albany High School, 1880; took post-graduate course 
and entered Harvard in 1881; grad. in 1885 an A. B.; 
attended Columbia Law School in 1887, and the Union 
College of Law, Chgo.; grad. June, 1889; admitted to 
the bar in 1889; in 1894, elected to Congress; re-elected 
1896-98 and 1900; Chairman of the House Naval Com. 



JAMES C. DOOLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Ireland in 1850. Came to Chgo. in 1862; served 
in the sheriff's office for 18 yrs., and afterward admit- 
ted to the bar; since 1890, an acting police magistrate 
of Chgo.; for 15 yrs. member Dem. Cent. Com.; Treas. 
of the County Democracy. 





FREDERICK H. GANSBERGEN, Chicago. 

Born in Greenville, N. J. Moved to Chgo. in Nov., 
1885; Pres. of the Lincoln Park Commissioners; mem. 
C. A. A., Marquette, Hamilton. Port Lake Club, Wanby 
Lake Ranch Club, Belmont Golf Club, K. of P., and 
the United Order of Foresters. 



HENRY A. GARDNER, Hinsdale. 

Born in Lisbon, Kendall Co., 111. Came to Ohgo. in 
1853; grad. from the Univ. of Chgo., 1868; Harvard 
Law School, 1870, and admitted to practice law at 
Chgo. in 1870; has practiced in Chgo. continuously 
since. 



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JAMES B. GALLOWAY, Chicago. 

Born in 111., March 2, 1848. Extensively engaged in 
the handling of Chgo. River property. 



ALLAN A. GILBERT, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 24, 1866. Removing to 111. in 1890; grad. 
at Yale Univ. in 1890; Dir. Hamilton Club, and mem. 
of the Union League. 





JOSEPH M. GROUT, Spring; field. 

Born Sept. 21, 1855, at Mechanlcsburg. 111. Admitted 
to the bar in 1878; died Feb. 28, 1902. 



JOSEPH V. GRAFF, Peorla. 

Born July 1, 1854. at Terre Haute, Ind. Admitted 
to bar in Illinois in 1879; mem. of the firm of Graff 
& Miles; elected to Congress in 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900. 



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JULIUS GOLBZIER, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 20, 1854. in Austria. Coming to the U. S. 
in 1806, and to Chgo. in 1872: Alderman in 1890-2; 
mem. of Congress. 1893-5; Alderman, 1899-1902. 



JAMES J. GRAY, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Nov. 23, 1861. Formerly Deputy Pro- 
bate Clerk, Deputy Circuit Court Clerk; Assessor of the 
town of North Chgo. 4 terms; elected mem. of the 
Board of Assessors of Cook Co., drawing the 6-year 
term and being the only democratic mem. of the 
board; delegate to National Democratic Convention at 
Kansas City in 1900. 




EMERY C. GRAVES, Genesco. 

Born Cherry Creek. Chautauqua Co., N. Y.. Jan. 19, 
1853. Coming to 111. in the spring of 1853, and to 
Geneseo in 1865; admitted to the bar July 4, 1876; 
State's Atty. of Henry Co., 111., since 1889; Mayor of 
Geneseo, 1891-2-4-5. 




ADAMS A. GOODRICH, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 8, 1849. Mem. of the law firm of Goodrich, 
Vincent & Bradley. 



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JOHN J. <.l.l.\\. Moninouth. 

Born Ashland Co., Ohio, March 31. 1831. Grad. Miami 
Univ.; admitted to bar in 1858; practiced in Ft. Wayne. 
Ind., for 3 yrs. ; removing to Aledo and subsequently 
to Monmouth. 111., where he has since resided; elected 
Judge 10th 111. Judicial Circuit, 1877; re-elected to this 
position at different times since, making a continuous 
service of 24 yrs; appointed Judge Appellate Court. 3d 
Dist., 1897, which position he resigned Oct. 7. 1898. 



WILLIAM H. GOVERT, Qnincy. 

Born at Ft. Madison, la., Sept. 10, 1844. Educated 
public schools, and grad. at 111. Coll., 1867; grad. 
from Law Dept. Univ. of Mich., 1870; removing to 
Quincy the same year, entered there upon the practice 
of the law; from 1876 to 1884 State's Atty. for Adams 
Co. ; he is interested in the banking business and in 
manufacturing. 




WILLIAM B. GILBERT, Cairo. 

Born in Kaskaskia. 111.. Sept. 24. 1837. Grad. Har- 
vard Law School. 1861: removed to Cairo in 1865; mem. 
of law firm of Green & Gilbert since its organization, 
in June. 1867: Corporation Counsel City of Cairo, 
1875 to 1892; Local Atty. I. C. R. R. Co. since 1865; 
corporation, commercial and admiralty law. 




MILES FREDERICK: GILBERT, Cairo. 

Born in Alton, Sept. 11, 1846. In 1868 received de- 
gree of LL. B. Harvard Univ., and same year admit- 
ted to the bar; in 1870 entered the law firm of Grean 
& Gilbert; retired January 1. 1902. and accepted the 
Illinois attorueyship for the St. Louis Southwestern 
Railway Company; President of the Board of Education 
for 8 years; Chancellor of the Diocese of Springfield. 



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"WILLIAM S. II v IMIKKT. Evanston. 

Born Sept. 17, 1842, Terre Haute, Ind. Removing to 
Des Moines in 1867, and to Chgo. in 1873; pursued lit- 
erary studies at Franklin and Wabasb Coll., Ind., and 
the Univ. of Mich.; enlisted in 1862 in the war of 
1861-5, serving 3 yrs., including Sherman's march to the 
sea: in 1867 grad. from the law dept. of Univ. of 
Mich. ; engaged in gen. law practice in Chgo. 



EDWARD AVERY HARRIMAN, \Viiinetka. 

Born Dec. 31, 1869. Grad. A. B., Harvard, 1888; LL. B., 
Boston Univ., in 1891; admitted to Boston bar 1891; 
practiced in Kansas in 1891-2; became a resident of 
Chgo. in 1892; Prof, of Corporation Law N. W. Univ. 

Law School. 





GRAHAM II. HARRIS, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 11, 1857. Grad. at the Univ. of Va. 1878, 
and admitted to the Va. bar the same year; moved to 
Chgo. in 1882. where ever since he has been engaged 
in the practice of law: Asst. U. S. Atty. 1886-90; ap- 
pointed mem. Board of Education 1897; Pres. of the 
Board of Education 1S9S-99-1900-1901. 



THOMAS M. HARRIS, Lincoln. 

Born Oct. 21, 1865. Macoupin Co., 111. Admitted to bar 
in 1893; practicing since admission in Lincoln; mem. 
of Kep. State Com. from 17th Dist. ; Chairman of Logan 
Co. Rep. Com. in campaigns of 1894 and 1896. 



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I 11-11 \ B. HAMILTON, Qniiiey. 

Born Carthage. 111., Oct. 5, 1838. Grad. 111. Coll.. 
Jacksonville, 1860; served 3 yrs. Civil War, Co. B. 
118th 111.; resident of Quincy since 1866; admitted to 
the bar 1869; Inspector-Gen. State Militia from 1878 
to 1887; Surveyor of Customs by appointment of Presi- 
dents Johnson and Grant; mem. Loyal Legion and 
G. A. R.; Mason and Knight Templar; died March 20, 
1902. 



ELI S. HART, < h i.-.-iiio. 

Born In Rochester, N. Y., 1832. Grad. Hamilton Coll. 
Law School, 1855; engaged In law practice in Iowa and 
Chgo., 1856-74; Pres. Clinton Bridge Co., Clinton, la., 
1874-8; Gen. Mgr. and Vice-Pres. Rodger Ballast Car 
Co. until 1900; subsequently made its Pres.; mem. 
Wapslplnicon Club, Clinton, la.; Veteran Union League 
Club, Oakland and Western Ry. Clubs. 





OSCAR II I : m :i Chicago. 

Born in St. Louis, Jan. 6. 1868. Grad. Chgo. Coll. of 
Law, and admitted to the bar In 1891; Asst. Prosecuting 
Atty. of Chgo. 1895-97; elected Election Com. 1901; 
elected Prosecuting Atty. 1901. 



OSCAR I .. HEARD, Freeport. 

Born In Freeport in 1856. Grad. N. W. Univ. 1876; 
admitted to the bar in 1878; from 1884 to 1900 State's 
Atty.; mem. School Board; Sec. Library Board; mem. 
easiness Men's Assn.; 32d degree Mason. 



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JOHN A. HENRY, Chicago. 

Born on a farm. Shelby Co., Ohio. May 29. 1848. Grad. 
O. W. U., 1868; admitted to bar, 1871; City Atty., 
Indianapolis, 1879-82; moved to Chgo. in 1885; County 
Attorney of Cook Co., 1892. 



ALEXANDER H. HEYMAN, Chicago. 

Bom Oct. 27, 1873, at New Orleans. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1880; admitted to the bar in 1894. 





WALLACE HECIvMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Morgan Co., Ohio, May 22, 1851. Removins to 
111. Oct., 1852; admitted to the bar, and since has been 
engaged in its practice in Chgo. 



RECTOR C. HITT, Ottawa. 

Born in Ottawa, 111. Aug. 14. 1856. Admitted to the 
practice of law March 10, 1881. 



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LYSANDER HILL., Chicago. 

Born July 4, 1834. Grad Bowdoin Coll., and admitted 
to bar I860; Register In Bankruptcy 1867; Judge 8th 
Judicial Dist. of Va. 1869; Judge of Circuit Court same 
Dlst.; came to Chgo. 1881. 



O. H. HORTON. Chicago. 

Born In Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, 1835. Lo- 
cated in Cbgo. In 1855; grad. from the Law School of 
the old Chicago Univ. In 1863; In 1887 elected Judge 
of the Cook Co. Circuit Court, and twice re-elected; In 
1898 made a Judge of the Appellate Court, 1st Dist. ; 
mem. of Union League, Chicago Literary, Marquette, 
Hamilton and "40" Clubs and the C. A. A.; Pres. Union 
Coll. of Law; Trustee of Lewis Inst. and Garrett Bib- 
lical Inst. ; Trustee and Vlce-Pres. Northwestern Univ. 





JESSE lloi.miM. Chicago. 

l!orn Aug. 23, 1851, London. Judge of the Superior 
Court of Cook Co., 111.; Pres. 111. State Bar Assn.; 
I'res. Hamilton Club 1897-8. 



THOMAS S. HOGAN, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago. Removing to St. Louis; returned to 
Chicago in 1886; since practicing In Chicago in the 
State and Federal Courts and in the United States 
Supreme Court; extensively engaged in practice involv- 
ing copyright and trademark law, and general law 
practice. 



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DELEVAN A. HOLMES, Evanston. 

Born in Iowa, 1855. Admitted to the bar in 1880; en- 
gaged in the practice of law in Chgo. 



JOHX EVERETT HOLLAND, Chicago. 

Born at Jewett, O., May 7, 1862. Removing to Chgo 
April 12, 1892; admitted to bar, upon examination, in 
1893; received diploma Kent Coll. of Law in 1893; 
grad. Ohio Univ., Classical Course; Principal for 2 yrs. 
of Township High School, and for 2 yrs. Supt. of a 
special dist. and Normal School, Columbus. Ohio. 





ELMORE W. HI7RST, Rock Island. 

Born in Rock Island. Dec. 6. 1851. Mem. of 26th and 
41st 111. Gen. Assemblies: Temporary and Permanent 
Chairman Democratic State Convention, held at Spring- 
field, 1900. 



HARVEY B. HIRD, Evanstoii. 

Porn Feb. 14, 1828, in Huntington. Conn. Admitted to 
the b:ir in 111. March 8, 1848; Reviser of the 111. Stat- 
ute of 1874: Editor of 13 subsequent editions; Prof, in 
the X. W. Law School since 1862: father of the Chgo. 
Drainage (.'anal and of the 111. Juvenile Court Law. 



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ARTHUR HUMPHREY, Chicago. 

Born July 13, 1858, on a farm. Educated in common 
-and State Normal Schools; in early life engaged In stock 
and milling business; located in Chgo. in 1880; admit- 
ted to the bar of 111. in 1884, and engaged in law prac- 
tice in Chgo.; in 1892 became mem. of the law firm of 
Karnuin. Humphrey & Barnum; copartnership dissolved 
.after 6 yrs., and since engaged in private practice. 



J. OTIS HUMPHREY, Spriii Afield. 

Born in Morgan Co., 111., Dec. 30, 1850. Educated at 
Shurtleff Coll.; admitted to the bar, 1880; Pres. Elector 
in 1884; appointed U. S. Atty., 1897. and U. S. Dist. 
Judge for the Southern Dist. of 111., 1901. 





PERRY A. HULL, Cliloiiwo. 

Born in Williamsrteld, Ohio. Dec. 22. 1850. Educated 
at Kingsville. Ohio, Academy and Ililtadale, Mich., 
Coll.; Master in Chancery Conk Co. Circuit Court since 
1892; Pres. and Treas. Fidelity Trust & Investment Co.; 
Vice-Pres. of the Chicago Texas Oil Syndicate; ob- 
tained ;ui(l promoted the franchise under which the 111. 
Telephone & Telegraph Co. 1ml It a system of tunnels 
under the streets of Chgo.: died April. 1902. 



ROBERT S. ILES, Chicago. 

Born at Alexandria, Ky., Jan. 20. 1848. Moved to 111. 
in 1882; Supreme Archon Hoyal League, l.S!):i-. r >; County 
Atty. Cook Co. 1J?S>5-1JKH); Supreme Pres. North Ameri- 
can Union 1895, which position lie continues to hold. 



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WILLIAM T. IRWIN, Peorla. 

Born in Dayton, Pa., June 1, 1856. Came to 111. In 
1881; admitted to the bar in 1881; mem. of the firm of 
Irwin & Slemmons; Dir. and Gen. Counsel of the Peoria 
& Pekin Terminal Ky. 



STILLMAN B. .1 \ Mil-ISO V Chicago. 

Born in Lake Co., 111., July 27, 1875. Lived in Chgo. 
since 1876; engaged in the practice of law in Chgo.; 
Master in Chancery Circuit Court of Cook Co. 





FRANK ASBURY JOHNSON, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 18, 1845, at Gowanda, Cattaraugus Co., 
N. Y. Grad. at Lawrence Univ.,. Appleton, Wis.. June, 
1869: moved to Chgo. Sept., 1869; admitted to the bar 
April, 1871, and since been in practice in Chgo. 



W. O. JOHNSON, Chicago. 

Born in Fredonia, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1853. Grad. Hamil- 
ton Coll. 1877; admitted to bar of N. Y. 1879: removed 
to Chgo. in 1883; Gen. Counsel C. & E. Ry. Co. 



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ALFRED H. JONES, Robinson. 

Born in Crawford Co., July 4, 1850. Educated at Na- 
tional Normal School, Lebanon, O.; admitted to practice 
law June 14, 1875; State's Atty. Crawford Co., 111., 
1876; mem. 111. State Food Commission; Local Atty. 
C., C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co.; 20 yrs. Chairman Craw- 
ford Co. Rep. Com. 



JOHN N. JEWETT, Chicago. 

Born in Me. in 1827. A resident of Chgo. since 1856. 
and of 111. since 1853; admitted to the bar of Illinois 
in 1853; resided at Galena, and for 3 yrs. thereafter; 
President of Chicago Historical Society. 





WILLIAM JACKSON. Rock l-l.-in.l 
Born Aug. 14, 1834, in Liverpool. Came to 111. Aug., 
1851, locating in Rock Island Co., where he has since 
resided; admitted to practice of the law in 1860; from 
1873-6 Postmaster of Rock Island; from 1S97-1901 mem. 
of the Board of Mgrs. of the 111. State Reformatory. 



EDWARD DUDLEY KENNA. Chicago. 

Born in Jacksonville, 111., Nov. 17, 1861. In 1889 Gen. 
Atty. St. L. & S. F. Hy. Co.: in 1895 Gen. Solicitor 
A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co ; in 1898 Vlce-Pres. and Gen. 
Solicitor A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co. 



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CLARENCE A. KNIGHT, Chicago. 

Born in McHenry. 111., Oct. 28, 1853. Came to Chi- 
cago April 11, 1872; admitted to bar in 1874; Asst. City 
Atty. 1879 to 1884, and 1884 to 1888 City Atty.: from 
1885 to 1889 Asst. Corporation Counsel; firm of Knight 
iV Brown, organized in 1889. 



I. M. KIRKPATR1CK, Monmoutli. 

Born in New Bloomfield, Pa., Jan. 27. 1836. Removed to 
Monmouth, 111., 1852; admitted to the bar I860; prac- 
ticing Atty. in Monmouth, 111. 




GEORGE WASHINGTON KRETZINGER, 

Cliicag'O. 

Born in Ohio. Upon removing to 111. he engaged in 
practice of law in partnership with Judge H. L. Han- 
nuiuan of Knoxvllle, 111., until 1873: in 1887 was Gen. 
Solicitor of Chgo. & Iowa Hy.; in 1SS7 was Gen. Coun- 
sel of the Chgo.. 1'ekin & Southwestern and the Chgo. 
& I'ailucah Ry. Cos. ; Acting Counsel of the Motion Ry. ; 
in 1891 incorporated the Santa Fe. Preseott & Phoenix 
Ry. Co. of Ariz., and since has been one of its Directors. 




LOUIS KISTL.ER, Cliicag-o. 

Born in Germany. Removing to America in 1846. anj 
to Chgo. in 1864; grad. Syracuse Univ., 1858, B. A., and 
Univ. of Berlin, Germany, 18G4; for 14 yrs. Prof, in 
N. W. Univ.. from 1864 to 1878; engaged in gen. prac- 
tice of the law in Chgo. 



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W ALTER H. KIRK, Peoria. 

Born in Baxter Springs, Kan., Dec. 5, 1870. Moved 
to Peorlu in 1881; grad. Peoria High School in 1890; 
grad. Law Dept. Univ. of Mich. 1894: admitted to Su- 
preme Court of 111. 1894, and U. S. Courts 1898. 



DAVID S. LANSDEN, Cairo. 

Born in Cairo, Feb. 20, 1869. Grad. Princeton Univ. 
1M)1: admitted to the bar in 1894; 1S95-7 City Atty. 
of Cairo; extensively engaged in commercial, corpora- 
tion and railroad law practice. 





WILLIAM C. LAWSON, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 15, 1860, in Hamilton, Canada. Came ro 
Chgo. in 1880; from 1894 to 1898 was Chief Clerk of 
the Criminal Court of Cook Co., and in 1898 Deputy 
Sheriff; resides at 5211 Washington Ave., Chgo. 



EDWARD C. LEWIS, Chicago. 

Born in 1845. Practiced law at Ottawa, 111.: engaged in 
the business of breeding of shorthorn cattle and line 
horses; mem. of the Board of Supervisors of La Salle Co. 
for 12 vrs., and being Chairman (i yrs. ; for 8 yrs. mem. 
of the State Board of Agriculture; from 1882 to 1885 
mem. 111. Railroad and Warehouse Commission; one of 
the Props of the American Warming & Ventilating Co. of 
Chgo. and mem. of the firm of Lewis & Kitchen of 
Kansas City, Mo., since 1894. 



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JOHN T. I.I I.I. \ It I). Bloomiugton. 

Born April 1, 1852, on a farm near Danville, Ky. 
Grad. at Centre Coll., Danville, Ky. ; located In Bloom- 
ington, 111., In 1873; admitted to 111. bar In 1874, and 
has since engaged In the practice of law In Blooming- 
ton; City Atty. 1884-5 President Manufactured Ice Co.; 
Vlce-Pres. Union Gas and Electric Co. ; Vlce-Pres. 
Home Telephone Co. 



JOEL, M. LONGENECKER, Chicago. 

Born in Crawford Co., 111., Jan. 12, 1847. Admitted to 
the bar in 1870; came to Chgo. in 1881, where he engaged 
in the practice of law; in 1884 was Asst. to Luther 
Laflin Mills; elected State's Atty. of Cook Co., and the 
prosecuting atty. In the Cronin murder trial; Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. of 111. 





WILL, H. LYFORD, Chicago. 

Born Waterville Me., 1858. Came to 111. 1877; Gen. 
Counsel Chgo. & E. I. R. R. Co.; uieru. of Chgo., Union 
League, C. A. A. and Hamilton Clubs. 



D. Kit \ I M :if ii LYMAN, Chicago. 

Born March 27, 1840, at Hilo, Island of Hawaii, Sand- 
wich Islands. In the service of the government of thfi 
Sandwich Islands; 1860 located at New Bedford, Conn.; 
In 1864 grad. from Yale; 3896 grad. from Harvard Law 
School; admitted to the Mass, bar: located in Chicago 
in 1866, entering the law office of Waite & Clark as 
a Clerk; Ex-Pres. Chicago Bar Assn.: Ex-Pres. Chicago 
Title & Trust Co.; mem. firm of Lyuian, Bushby t 
Lyman. 



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FRANK ORREN L.OWDEN, Chicago. 

Born Sunrise City, Minn., Jan. 26, 18G1. 1868 his par- 
ents removed to a farm at Point Pleasant, la. ; in 1887 
gnul. from the Union Law School of Chicago, and ad- 
mitted to the 111. bar; entered the oflice of Dexter, 
Hen-ick & Allen; in 1896 mem. of law firm of Walker & 
Lowden; 1892 mem. of law firm of Keep & Lowden; 
in 1898 head of the law firm of Lowden, Bstabtook 
& Davis; Lieut. -Col. 1st Keg.. I. X. G.: mem. Calumet, 
Chicago, Union League, Marquette and Washington Park 
Clubs. 



R. HAMPTON McANIJI/TY, Springfield. 

Born Hancock Co., 111., March 7, 1868. Educated at 
Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la.; admitted to practice law 
in 1893: Ex-Asst. U. S. Atty. for the Southern Dist. 
of Illinois; inem. of firm of MoAnulty & Allen, lawyers, 
and Local Counsel for the Wabash & Vandalia Railroad. 





MATTHEW J. McENlRY, Moliiie. 

Born in Zuma, Rock Island Co. Grad. Scientific De- 
partment Notre Dame University, and from the Law 
Department of Michigan University; elected to County 
Hoard for Zuma Township, commissioned Postmaster 
of Moline 1894; President Mollne Business Men's As- 
sociation; Director and Chairman Reception Committee 
of Moline Club; Treasurer Democratic County Central 
Committee; Chairman of Executive Committee Rock 
Island County Old Settlers' Association; member law 
firm McEniry & McEnlry. 



WM. McENIRY% Rock Island. 

Born in Rock Island County, May 9, I860. Grad. of.the 
University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and University of 
Ann Arbor, Mich.; City Attorney of Rock Island 1837-8; 
member of the 40th 111. Gen. Assembly. 



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ROBERT G. McEVOY, Rockford. 

Born in Prescott, Canada, Aug. 26, 1860. Removed to 
Wlnnebago Co., 111., at the age of 7 yrs. ; grad. at the 
Univ. of Mich. 1882; practiced law since 1884 In Rock- 
ford, 111.; mem. of the firm of Frost & McKvoy since 

1889. 



WILLARD MILTON McEWEN, Chicago. 

Born In DeKalb Co., 111. Located in DeKalb, Dec., 
1868. grad. from the High School In June, 1882; grad. 
from the Union Coll. of Law, Chgo., June, 1887; from 
Oct., 1890, to April, 1892. in partnership with Chas. 
S. Deneen; from 1892 to 1896 in partnership with F. B. 
Pease; Atty. Sanitary Dist. of Chgo.; Asst. State's 
Atty. for Cook Co. since 1896; mem. of Jefferson and 
Union League Clubs. 





DAVID MCCULLOCH; Peoria. 

Born January 25, 1832, Cumberland Co., Pa. Grad. 
Marshall Coll. 1852; moved to Peoria 1853; School Com- 
missioner 1855-1861; admitted to bar in 1857; member 
of firms of Manning & McCulloch, McCulloch & Taggart, 
McCulloch & Rice, McCulloch & Stevens; Circuit Judge 
1877-1885; Justice Appellate Court 1879-1885; member 
of McCulloch & MeCulloch; second President Illinois 
State Bar Assn.; Referee in Bankruptcy; member 
Board of Trustees, McCormick Theological Seminary, 
Chicago. 



EDWARD D. McCULLOCH, Peoria. 

Born in Peoria, Nov. 5, 1860. Grad. Peoria High School 
1878; Lafayette Coll., Easton, Pa., 1882; admitted to 
the bar in 1885; mem. of firm of McCulloch & McCul- 
loch; mem. of House of Representatives, 111. Legls., 
1899-1901. 



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GUY M. MCDOWELL, Danville. 

Born in Troy, Pa., Nov. 14, 1866. Educated in public 
schools and Hobart Coll. of Geneva, N. Y. ; read law 
with Frank Kurd of Toledo, O. ; located in Danville 
in 1689; engaged in mercantile business from 1889 to 
1894; admitted to 111. bar 1898; mem. of law firm of 
Evans & McDowell; mem. K. of P. and Elks. 



JOHN P. McGOORTY, Chicago. 

Born in O., Aug. 25, 1866. Lived in Chgo. since 1886; 
mem. of the law firm of McGoorty & Pollock; mem. 111. 
House of Representatives 1896, and re-elected in 189& 
and chosen leader of Democratic minority; Vice-Pres. 
of the Iroquois Club. 





JOHN McNULTA, Chicago. 

Horn in X. Y. City, Xov. 9, 1837. Located in Attica. 
Ind., in 1852; in 1859 located in Bloomington, 111.; 
Capt. Troop A. 1st 111. Cav., in the war of 1861-5; 
Col. 94th 111. Inf., and Breveted Brig.-Gen.; admitted 
to the bar in 1866; Illinois State Senator 1868; U. S. 
Congress in 1872; Master in Chancery for McLean Co.; 
1898 Receiver of the National Bank of 111. and the Calu- 
met Electric Street Ry. Co.; died Feb. 22, 1900. 



JAMES C. MARTIN, Chicago. 

Horn in Kane Co., 111. Grad. at Elgin Academy in 
1879, and later from Ann Arbor, Mich.. Law School, 
receiving the degrees of M. A. and LL. B. ; located in 
Chgo. in 1886 and engaged in law practice under the 
firm name of Martin & May, subsequently Briggs, Mar- 
tin & May; in 1S95 appointed a Justice of the Peace, 
and in 1897 appointed Police Magistrate. 



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ROBERT MATHER, Chicago. 

Born July 1, 1859. Grad. from Knox Coll. in 1882; 
located in Chgo. in 1882, and was admitted to the bar 
in 1886; Gen. Atty. and 2d Vice-Pres. of the C., R. I. 
& P. Ry. Co. 

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WILLIAM E. MASON, Chicago. 

Born in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., July 1, 1850. Came to 
Chgo. in 1872; served in both branches of 111. Legis. 
and both branches of Congress. 




STEPHEN D. MAY, Chicago. 

Born Belvidere. 111.. June 3, 1861. From 1879 to 1880 
attended 111. Coll. at Jacksonville; grad. Literary Dept. 
Univ. of Mich, in 1884; grad. Union Coll. of Law. Chgo.. 
1885; JMlmitted to the practice of law in 1887; mem. 
37th, 38th. 39th Gen. Assemblies of 111. 




JOHX AXDERSOX MAY, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 5. 1859, at Pottsdam, N. Y. Came to Chgo. 
in 1877; read law in the office of Luther Laflin Mills, 
and admitted to the bar in March, 1881; engaged in 
practice of law 1888 in partnership with \V. S. Forrest; 
appointed City Pros. Atty. 1889-91; in 1897 Asst. 
Corporation Counsel; 1899 Supt. of special assessments. 



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LAWYERS. 





BENJAMIN D. MAGRLDER, Chicago. 

Born Jefferson Co., Miss. Moved with parents to Jack- 
son, La., and subsequently to Baton Kouge; grad. from 
Yale in 1861 ; located In Chgo. ; engaged In law prac- 
tice, and later formed a partnership with Geo. F. Bailey 
under the name of Bailey & Magruder; for 15 yrs. a 
Master In Chancery; elected Judge of the 111. State 
Supreme Court 1885, vice Judge Dickey, deceased, and 
twice re-elected; honorary mem. of the Union Club and 
the University Club of Chgo., and resides at 17 Wash- 
ington Place. 



HENRY MANSFIELD, Peoria. 

Born March 4. 1864. Peoria, 111. Admitted to practice 
law Dec., 1888; grad. Va. Military Inst. 1886; grad. 
Univ. of Va. Law School, 1S88. 





WILLIAM C. MALLEY, Chicago. 

Born April 11, 1866, Chgo. Educated Chgo. Public 
schools, old Chgo. Univ. and grad. from the law 
Dept of the Univ. of Mich.; admitted to the bar 1891; 
senior mem. of the firm of Malley & Sims; Chairman of 
the Board of Election Commissioners of Chgo. ; mem. of 
Hamilton, Woodlawn Park and Jackson Park and Press 
Clubs. 



WILLIAM R. MANIERRE, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Educated at the old Univ. of Chgo.; 
enlisted in the war of 1861-5 in the 134th 111.; was in 
the old Marine Bank under J. Y. Scamraon; subse- 
quently was Asst. Cashier in the U. S. Sub-Treasury 
at Chgo.; in 1878 grad. Union Coll. of Law; afterward 
became Prop, of the Central Warehouse; in 1883 elected 
Alderman of the 24th Ward; three times re-elected; in 
1898 organized the Manierre-Yoe Syrup Co.; In 1891 
elected a County Com. 



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GEORGE P. MERRICK, Evanstoii. 

Born Manteno, 111., Oct. 4, 1862. Grad. from the 
N. W. Univ. in 1884; admitted to the bar in June, 
1886, and has since been engaged in the practice of 
law in Chgo. 

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JOSEPH B. MESSICK, East St. Louis. 

Born in Macoupin Co., 111., Jan. 29, 1847. Reared on a 
farm and received public school education; volunteer In 
the 144th 111. in the war of 1861-5; taught school, 
studied law and admitted to the bar In 1871, engaging 
in practice In East St. Louis in 1872; elected Judge 
of the City Court of East St. Louis 1875; elected to 
111. Gen. Assembly 1882-4-6; Com. Southern 111. Peni- 
tentiary in 1889-93, and reappointed 1893-7. 





ANSON E. MEANOR, Chicago. 

Born in Orion, 111., April 4, 1870. Educated C. C. C. 
Coll., Des Moines. la., and Law Dept. Lake Forest 
Univ.; admitted to the bar in 1896. Appointed a 
Master in Chancery of Cook County, May, 1902, vice 
Perry Hull, deceased. 



WILLIAM A. MEESE, Moliiie. 

Born Feb. 1, 1857, Sheboygan, Wis. Grad. Rock River 
Seminary and la. State Univ.; Ex-City Atty. ; Trustee 
Northern State Normal School; Chairman of Library 
Com., Public Library. 



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H. H C. MILLER, Evanston. 

Born in N. Y. City, Oct. 17, 1845. Located in 111. in 
1854; grad. from Univ. of Mich, in 1868; Mayor of 
Evanston 1890-3; Pres. Board of Education of Evanston 
since 1885, and Pres. Civil Service Com. of Evanston 
since 1895; Vice-Pres. of the Board of Trustees of the 
N. W. Univ.; mem. of the Political Action Com. of the 
Union League Club, Chgo. ; mem. of the staff of Gov. 
Yates; mem. of the law firm of Miller, Thoman & Op- 
penheim, Chgo. 



JOHN STOCKER MILLER, Chicago. 

Born in Louisville, N. Y., May 24, 1847. Grad., A. B., 
St. Lawrence Univ., Canton, N. Y., 1869; admitted to 
the bar and located in Chgo. in 1874; from 1891 to 1893 
Corporation Counsel City of Chgo. ; mem. and Past Pres. 
Union League Club. 





LUTHER I \ I I.I N MILLS, Chicago. 

Born in North Adams, Mass., Sept. 3, 1848. Grad. from 
the Univ. of Mich. ; engaged in the practice of law in 
1871 in Chgo.; from 1876 to 1884 State's Atty. for Cook 
Co.; mem. of the Civic Federation. 



ISAAC R. MILLS, Decatar. 

Born in Magnolia, 111., Sept. 5, 1853. Grad. at Lincoln 
Univ. in 1876; studied law in Chgo. and admitted to 
the bar in 1878; located and entered into the practice 
of law in Decatur; City Atty. of Decatur from 1883 
to 1889; State's Atty. of Macon Co. from 1888 to 1900; 
appointed Internal Revenue Collector for 8th Dist. of 
111. April 10, 1901, by Pres. McKinley; reappointed by 
Pres. Roosevelt. 



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II \//,i:i.l, D. MONROE, Springfield. 

Born in Olay Co., 111., Oct. 22, 1852. Educated Wilton 
Collegiate Inst., Wilton, la.; admitted to the bar in 
1883; elected Co. Judge of Clay Co., 111., in 1886, and 
re-elected in 1890; in 1898 appointed Asst. Atty. Gen. by 
Gen. Akin, and reappointed in 1901 by (Jen. Bamlin. 



JOHN R. MONTGOMERY, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., 1866. Grad. from Beloit Coll. 1887: 
grad. from the Union Coll. of Law, Chgo.. and admitted 
to the bar in 1889; mem. of the law firm of Ritsher, 
Montgomery & Hart. 





CHARLES FREDERICK MORTIMER, 
Springfield. 

Born June 23, 1875. Located in Springfield in 1897' 
admitted to the bar in 1S99; elected City Atty. of 
Springfield 1901. 



ISAAC L,. MORRISON, Jacksonville. 

Born Jan. 26, 1826. Barren Co., Ky. Located in Jack- 
sonville. 111., in 1851; educated at Masonic Coll.. Glas- 
gow, Ky. ; engaged in law practice in Illinois; 
mem. of 30th. 31st and 33d 111. Gen. Assemblies; for 
27 yrs. Dir. of Jacksonville National Bank; Warden of 
Trinity Episcopal Church; died Feb. 27, 1901. 



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THOMAS A. MORAN, Chicago. 

Born in Conn., Oct., 1839. Grad. from the Albany Law 
School; In 1865 located In Chgo. and engaged In the 
practice of law: 1879 elected Judge of the Circuit Court 
of Cook Co. ; made Judge of the Appellate Court ; resign- 
ing from the bench to re-enter law practice as a mem. 
of the firm of Moran, Kraus, Mayer & Stein. 



\ MOI.IMI MOSUS, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 27, 1837, at Speyer, Germany. Admitted to 
the bar April, 1861; mem. of the law firm of Moses. 
Rosenthal & Kennedy; originator of "John Marshall 
Day," celebration Feb. 4, 1901. 





\\ . R. MOORE!, M.I 1 1 n.-. 

Born in Pittsburg, Pa., June 26, 1853. Located in Mo- 
line in 1855; admitted to the bar 1874; three times 
City Atty. and once Corporation Counsel of Moline: 
Imilt Moline Central St. Uy. Co., and its Sec. 5'yrs. 
and its Pres. 2 yrs. ; Vlce-1'res. Tri-City Electric 
Sprinkler Co. 



J. C. MURPHY, Aurora. 

Born Feb. 27, 1858, at Morris, 111. Has resided in 
Aurora since 1865; admitted to the bar in 1882; from 
1884 to 1890 Asst. U. S. Atty. and U. S. Atty. for 
Dakota; Mayor of Aurora 1893-5; mem. of law firm of 
Murphy, Alschuler & Newhall of Aurora. 



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LAWYERS. 





EDWIX A. MUJNOER, Chicago. 

Born in Topeka, Kan., Feb. 26, 1860. Located In Or- 
leans, Ind., 1874; in 1885 returned to Kan. and at- 
tended State Agricultural Coll.; engaged in teaching 
school in 1888; located in Chgo. in 1889; in 1892 grad. 
from the Law Dept. of the Lake Forest Univ. and ad- 
mitted to the bar; has since been engaged in the practice 
of law in Chgo.; mem. of the Hamilton Club, and Pres. 
1001-2. 



JAMBS FRANCIS MEAGHER, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y., Jan. 26, 1858. Mem. of the firm of 
Winston & Meagher. 





EDWARD C. XICHOL.S, Maywood. 

Born Dec. 24, 1860. Admitted to the bar in 1893. and 
has been in active practice ever since in Chgo. 



WILLIAM A. NORTHCOTT, Greenville. 

Born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 5, 1853. Located in 
111. in 1879; engaged in the practice of law and elected 
State's Atty. 1882-90: Supervisor of Census, 7th Dist. 
of 111.. 1880; Head Consul Modern Woodmen of Amer- 
ica 1890-1902; Lieut. -Gov. of 111. 1890, and re-elected 
in 1900. 



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RICHARD JAMES OGLESBY, I II. h.-i r(. 
Born Oldham Co., Ky., July 25, 1824. Located in 111. 
1836; admitted to the bar in 1845; enlisted as 1st Lieut. 
Co. C, 4th 111., serving in the Mexican war; engaged 
in practice of law in Decatur; in 1849 visited the gold 
fields in Cal. ; in 1856-7 traveled in Asia and Africa; 
in 1860 elected State Senator; 1861 made Col. 8th 111., 
war 1861-5; subsequently appointed Major-Gen.; in 
1864 elected Gov. of Illinois, and twice re-elected; In 
1873 elected U. S. Senator; died May 24, 1898. 



JOSEPH B. OAKLEAF, Moliiie. 

Born In Mollne, 111., Oct. 1, 1858. Admitted to the bar 
May, 1886; from 1888 to 1894 City Atty. of Moline; 
Local Atty. C., R. I. & P. R. R. 





WALTER OLDS, Chicago. 

Born in Morrow Co., O., Aug. 11. 1846. Admitted to 
the bar in Ohio, 1869; enlisted in the war of 1861-5 as 
a mem. of Co. A, 194th Ohio Inf.: engaged in law 
practice in Columbia City, Ind., 1869; State Senator 
1877-9; Circuit Judge 1884. and Supreme Judge in 
1888, resigning latter position in 1893 to engage in the 
practice of law in Chgo. 



ALFRED ORENDORFF, Springfield. 

Born in Logan Co., 111., July 29, 1845. Located in 
Springfield in 1866. engaging in the practice of law. 
in which he has continued ever since; mem. of 111. 
Gen. Assembly 1873-4; Chairman Democratic State Cen- 
tral Com. 1886: Adjt.-Gen. of 111. 1893-5; Pres. 111. 
State Bar Assn 1897-8; Pres. of the Franklin Life 
Ins. Co. 



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P. J. O-K 1:1.1 I I). Chicago. 

Born in Limerick, Ireland, March 29, 1861. First Hon- 
orman Limerick Diocesan Seminary, June, 1876; first 
Honorman Queen's Coll., Cork, in 1877; grad. Law 
Dept. Lake Forest Univ., June, 1898; passed public bar 
examination, Mt. Vernon, 111., Dec., 1898; in practice 
as a lawyer, and resides at 4857 Michigan Ave. 



<t I I N O'BRIEN, Chicago. 

Born Hancock, Mich., March 27, 1871. Grad. Panora 
Coll., la., and Highland Park Univ., Des Moines. la.; 
located in Chgo. in 1893; admitted to the bar in 1896; 
Asst. City Atty. 1897-8. 





GEORGE: T. PAGE, Peoria. 

Born Sept. 22, 1859, Springbay, 111. Admitted to tfce 
bar in Woodford Co., 111., in 1882; admitted to the 
bar in Colo, in 1883; Dir. Merchants' National Bank 
of Peoria. 



CHARLES B. PAVL.ICEK, Chicago. 

Born Bratronice, Bohemia, Sept. 11. 1863. Located in 
Chgo. in 1872; educated in Northern Hi. Normal School 
and Univ. of Mich., receiving the degrees of S. B. and 
A. B. at the former and LL. B. from the latter; ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1891. 



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JOHN BARTON PAYNE, Chicago. 

Born in Va., Jan. 26, 1855. Special Judge Circuit Court 
of W. Va. 1881; Mayor of Kingwood, \V. Va., 1882; 
Pres. Chgo. Law Inst. 1889; Judge of the Superior Court 
of Cook Co. 1893, resigning Dec. 5, 1898, and resuming 
general practice of the law. 



SAMUEL, WARE PACKARD, Chlcagro. 

Born in Shelburne, Mass., Nov. 29, 1847. Has practiced 
law in partnership with Col. John S. Cooper, Judge 
Gwyne Garnett and William W. Gurley; in 1882-3 he 
prevented the admission of So. Dakota into the Union 
on account of $200,000 defaulted Yankton Co. bonds 
held by his clients, and which resulted in his collecting 
payment in full; has gained celebrity as the attorney 
for Rev. John Alex. Dowie. 





ARTHUR BURR PEASE, Chicago. 

Horn Feb. 25, 1866, at Shoreham, Vt. Grad. from Mid- 
dlelmry Coll. in 1890, and located In Chgo. in 1891 ; 
mem. of the law firm of I'ierson & Pease; mem. Chicago 
Bar, 111. State Bar Assns., C. A. A., Kenwood Club 
iind Kenwood Country Club. 



BURTON F. PEEK, Moline. 

Born March 5, 1872. Admitted to the bar in 194; Is 
engaged in the practice of law, and a mem. of the firm 
of Wood & Peek, attorneys. 



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GEORGE R. PECK, Chicago. 

Born in Steuben Co., N. Y., In 1843. Gen. Solicitor for 
the A., T. & S. F. R. R.. in 1881; Gen. Counsel of the 
C., M. & St. P. Ry. Co. in 1894; honored by two Uni- 
versities with the degree of LL. D. 



FERDINAND W. PECK, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., July 15, 1848. Grad. from the Chgo. 
High School, Union Coll. of Law and old Univ. of 
Chgo. : Special Commissioner in Europe for the Colum 
bian Exposition of Chgo. in 1893; Commissioner-Gen, 
for U. S. to Paris Exposition of 1900; founder of the 
Auditorium of Chgo.; Vice-Pres. and Dir. and Chairman 
of Finance Com. of the Columbian Ex.; ex-mem. Board 
of Education and Ex-Pres. Union League Club; VJee- 
Pres. 111. Humane Soc. ; Ex-Pres. Chicago Athenaeum. 





ISAAC N. PHILLIPS, Bloomingtoii. 

Born Oct. 24, 1845, In Tazewell Co., 111. Served In the 




"WILLIAM L. POND, DeKalb. 

Born in Genoa, 111., Feb. 11, 1860. Admitted to prac- 
tice law, June 10, 1884; from 1886 to 1897 City Atty. 
of DeKalb, 111.; in 1897 elected County Judge of De- 
Kalb Co., and re-elected in 1898; mem. of the Board 
Of Education. 



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CHARLES CLARENCE POOLE. Chicago. 

Born Benecia, Cal., Nov. 27, 1856. Topographer and 
Civil Engr. of Surveys under Chief of Engineers of the 
U. S. Army in 1873-5; Asst. Topographical Div. U. S. 
Postoffice Dept. in 1880-2; grad. Law School, Columbian 
Univ., and located in Chgo. and admitted to the bar 
of 111. in 1882, and to practice in the Supreme Court 
of the U. S. in 1891. 



WILLIAM PRENTISS, Chicago. 

Born In Davenport, la., In 1848. Admitted to the bar 
June, 1878; located in Chgo. in 1891, engagin? in the 
practice of law; delegate to the Nat'l Democratic Con- 
vention In 1896. 





JOHN K. PRINDIVILLE, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 28, 1851, at Chgo. Admitted to the bar in 
1874; appointed Justice of the Peace in 1S79 



D. G. RAMSAY, Chicago. 

Born near Martinsville, 111., Oct. 29. 1864. Grad. at 
McKendree Coll.; mem, of the 37th Gen. Assembly of 
111. In 1890; Asst. Grand Chief Telegrapher of the 
Order of Railroad Telegraphers in 1891; elected Grand 
Chief in 1892, serving until 1894, when he located in 
Chgo., becoming Asst. State's Atty., which position he 
resigned in 1897; has been in general practice since; 
32d degree Mason, K. of P., Odd Fellow and member 
Iroquois Club. 



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WALTER REEVES, Streator. 

Born near Brownsville, Pa., Sept. 25, 1848. Located In 
La Salle Co., 111., in 1856; admitted to the bar of 
Illinois in 1875, to the Supreme Court of the U. S. 
in 1885; was u mem. of the 54th, 55th. 5Gth, 57th 
U. S. Congress. 



GEORGE F. REARICK, Danville. 

Born in Beardstown, 111., March 31, 1863. Public school 
education and Delaware, O., Coll.; admitted to the bar 
of 111. in 1888; from 1893 to 1897 City Atty. of Dan- 
ville; mem. of K. of P. and M. W. A. 





JOHN T. RICHARDS, Chicago. 

Born Ironton, O., Oct. 13, 1851. Has been a resident 
of Chgo. since July, 1872; admitted to the bar in 1875, 
and has been in continuous practice since. 



EDWARD C. RITSHER, Chicago. 

Born in Beloit, Wis., Sept. 8, 1864. Grad. A. B. at 
Beloit in 1886, and LL. B. at Columbia Law School in 
1889; moved to Chgo. in 1889, and admitted to the 
bar the same year; mem. of the firm of Ritsher, Mont- 
gomery & Hart. 



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GEORGE MILLS ROGERS, Chicago. 

Born in Glasgow, Ky., April 16, 1854. Located in Chgo. 
in 185S; grad. from Yale in 1876, and subsequently 
from the Chgo. Union Coll. of Law; admitted to the 
bar in 1878; Asst. City Atty. of Chgo.; appointed City 
Prosecuting Atty. in 1886; Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty. 188?; 
Master in Chancery since 1889; mem. Chgo., 111. and 
American Bar Assns., Iroquois and University Clubs; 
Pres. of the Order of Phi Delta Phi. 



JAMES ROSENTHAL, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., April 10, 1859. Educated in the Chgo. 
public schools, High School and Yale Law School, New 
Haven, in 1880; admitted to the Chgo. bar in 1880; 
mem. of the Chgo. Board of Education in 1891-3. 





"WALTER W. ROSS, New York City. 

Born March 29, 1866, Pulaski, 111. Grad. from Prince- 
ton Coll. in 1888; grad, from Harvard Law School 
;ind began law practice in Chgo. in 1890; appointed Asst. 
Corporation Counsel of Chgo. in 1894; appointed Local 
Atty. of the C., R. I. & P. Ry. Co. in 1895; ex-mem, 
of the law firm of Wall, Ross & Kirkman; located New 
York City June, 1901, as the General Atty. of the Dela- 
ware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. 



FRED H. ROWE, Jacksonville. 

Born in Vt., Dec. 20, 1857. Grad. at Williams Coll. in 
1S0; located in 111. in 1882; Chairman Republican 
State Com. in 1900; Atty. for the State Ins. Dept. of 
111. 



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ANDREW J. RYAN, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., Dec. 29, 1869. Grad. from Law Dept. 
of N. W. Univ.; Atty. of the West Town Board in 
1894; Dir. of the Public Library; elected City Atty. 
April, 1899, and re-elected in 1901. 



T. J. SCOFIELD, Chicago. 

Born March 20, 1856. Grad. Carthage Coll.; formerly 
Gen. Atty. Q. O. & K. C. Rd.; 1st Asst. Atty.-Gen. 
111., 1893-7; Dist. Atty. C. & A. Ry. and Atty. of 
Records for the Chgo. Union Traction Co. ; mem. of the 
law firm of Scofleld & Brown. 





KICKHAM SCANLAN, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Oct. 23, 1864. Grad. from the Chgo. 
Coll. of Law. 



M. O. SOUTHWORTH, Aurora. 



1871; admitted to the bar in Kane County in 1871. and 
has continued in active practice since; elected judge 
of County Court of Kane County in 1874; re-elected in 

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ELIJAH B. SHERMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Vt. Grad. Middlebury Coll. in I860, and ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1864; Fres. of the 111. Bar Assn. 
in 1881; Master in Chancery of the U. S. Circuit Court; 
in 1885 received the degree of LL. D. 



SIMEON P. SHOPE, Chicago. 

Born in Akron, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1837. At the age of 2 yrs. 
his parents removed to Marseilles, 111. ; common school 
and academic education; taught school several years; 
admitted to the bar in 1858; engaged in law practice 
at Metamora, 111., afterward locating in Lewiston; in 
1881 elected a Circuit Judge, serving two terms; in 
1885 elected a mem. of the 111. Supreme Court, but de- 
clined a renomination. 





JOHN G. SHORTALL, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 20. 1838. Came to Chgo. from If. Y. in 
1854; engaged in the practice of law, devoting especial 
attention to real estate titles; Dir. Chicago Title & 
Trust Co. ; aided in the formation in 1809, and Pres. 
since 1877 of the 111. Humane Society; Appraiser of 
School Lands in 1880-6; Dir. Chgo. Public Library 12 
yrs. (1883-95), and for 2 terms its Pres.; member of the 
law firm of Shortall & Murison. 



WILLIAM E. SHUTT, SR., Springfield. 

Born in Waterford, Va. City Atty. of Springfield 1864-5; 
Mayor 1868-9; State Senator for 12 yrs.; U. S. Dist. 
Atty. 4 yrs.; Referee in Bankruptcy, and mem. of the 
law firm of Shutt, Graham & Lester. 



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EDWIN W. SIMS, Chicago. 

Born near Hamilton, Canada, June 4. 1870. Located jn 
Mich, in 1877; grad. from the Univ. of Mich. Law 
Dept. 1894; subsequently located in Ohgro. ; County Atty. 
Cook Co. 1901 ; member of the Woodlawn Park Club 
and Woodlawn Park Presbyterian Church, and Pres. 
7th Ward Republican Club. 



\llM:u SMITH, Chicago. 

Born in Orange, Mass., Aug. 4, 1843. Located in Chgo. 
in 1867; elected Judge, Nov. 7, 1893; Judge of the Cook 
County Circuit Court; re-elected in 1897. 





BEN M. SMITH. Chicago. 

Born June 14, 1863, Colona, 111. Asst. State's Atty. 
Cook Co., Jan. 1, 1897, to Jan. 1, 1901; mem. of the 
law firm of Castle, Williams & Smith. 



EL.BERT S. SMITH, Springfield. 

Born March 8, 1847, Summit Co., Ohio. Located in 111. 
in 1869; Asst. of Atty. -Gen. Geo. Hunt 7 yrs. : State's 
Atty. of Sangamon Co. 1896-1900; Asst. of Atty. -Gen. 
H. J. Hamlin since 1901. 



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LAWYERS. 





FREDERICK A. SMITH, Chicago. 

Born Norwood Park, 111., Feb. 11, 1844. Enlisted as a 
soldier in the 134th Reg., ill. Inf., In the war of 
18C1-5; Trustee of the Univ. of Chgo. and of Rush 
Medical Coll.; Pres. Chgo. Bar Assn. in 1890; mom. 
of the law firm of Smith, Helnier, Molten & Price. 



FRANK: c. SMITH, East st. Lout*. 

Born In Casey ville. 111., May 3. 1862. Public school 
and Business Coll. education: Ex-Chief Train Dispatcher 
C. & A. R. R. ; engaged in the practice of law in East 
St. Louis in 1895; appointed Master in Chancery in 
1900; mem. of the Elks, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen; 
was elected Grand Inner Guard of the K. of P. at 
Springfield in Oct., 1901, and elected Great Sachem of 
the Imp'd Order of Red Men at Peoria in 1902. 





GEORGE MARSDEN STEVENS, Chicago. 

Born April 4, 1846, near Waterloo, Province of Quebec, 
Canada. Located in Springfield, 111., Feb., 1867; grad. 
from Law Dept. Univ. of Mich. 1872; engaged in law 
practice at Nokomis, 111., 1873; mem. 111. Gen. Assem- 
bly 1882-6; located in Chgo.. Sept., 1885; appointed 
Master in Chancery, Oct., 1887. 



JOHN S. STEVENS, Peoria. 

Born Sept. 16, 1838, at Bath, N. H. Admitted to the 
bar June, 1865; located in 111. in 1862; President of 111. 
State Bar; engaged in corporation and railroad law 
practice. 



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GEORGE S. STI .1 .it i:. Chicago. 

Born Hornellsville, N. Y., June 14, 1854. Located in 
Chgo. in 1890; admitted to Mich, bar in 1877; senior 
member law firm of Steere & Fisher; educated Mich. 
Agricultural Coll. and State Univ. of 111. ; mem. Union 
League Club and Masonic orders; mem. of Plymouth 
Congregational Church. 



SIDNEY STEIN, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Feb. 26, 1862. Grad. from Chgo. Gram- 
mar and High School; grad. at Yale; admitted to the 
bar in 1886; appointed a Master in Chancery, Dec.. 
1893; Grand Regent, Royal Arcanum of 111., 1896-7. 





LESTER H. STRAWN, Ottawa. 

Born March 18, 1855, in Putnam Co., 111. Grad. a C. E. 
Univ. of Mich., 1876; admitted to 111. bar in 1880, and 
since practiced law at Ottawa; niein. of the firm of 
Bull & Strawn from 1884 to 1889. and since mem. of the 
law firm of Brewer & Strawn; Pres. of Ottawa Board 
of EducatioL. 



L,A WRENCE B. STRINGER, Lincoln. 

Born Feb. 24, 1866, N. J. Located in 111. in 1870; 
grad. Lincoln Univ. in 1887; grad. from the Chgo. Coll. 
of Law in 1897; admitted to the bar in 1897; elected 
mem. 111. Gen. Assembly in 1890, re-elected in 1892; 
elected State Senator in 1900. 



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LAWYERS. 





JOHN TODD STUART, Springfield. 

Born In Fayette Co., Ky., Nov. 10, 1807. Grad. of Cen- 
tre Coll., Ky. ; located in 111. in 1828; Major in Black 
Hawk war; meni. 111. Gen. Assembly 1832-4; elected to 
Congress in 1838-40-62; elected State Senator in 1868; 
mem. of the law firm of Stuart, Edwards & Brown; 
died in Nov., 1885. 



THOMAS TAYLOR, JR., Chicago. 

Grad. from Knox Coll. and Harvard Univ. Law School; 
Master in Chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook Co. 
since 1893; Ex-Treas. of the Chgo. Bar Assn.; mem. of 
the University, Chicago Literary Clubs and the Bar 
Assn. 





BERNARD H. TAYLOR, Canton. 

Born in Farmington, 111., Feb. 17, 1871. Grad. from 
Columbian Univ. Law School, Washington, D. C., IS'.to, 
and from Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y., 1890; Capt. Co. M, 5th 111. Vol., during the 
Spanish-American war; Judge-Advocate 2d Brig., I. N. 
G.; State's Atty. Fulton Co. 



HARRY M. TAYLOR, Chicago. 

Born at Moores Hill, Ind., 1863. Educated Moores Hill 
College; admitted to Illinois bar 189(5; has since been 
engaged iu general law practice. 



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LeROY D. THOMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Salem, 'Ohio, July 31, 1851. Judge of the Pro- 
bate Court Mahoning Co., Ohio, 1876-82; U. S. Civil 
Service Com. 1883-6; mem. of the law firm of Millers, 
Thoman & Oppenheim; mem. of the Union League Club, 
Glenview Golf Club, the Country Club of Evanston, and 
the Transportation Club of New York City. 



CHARLES S. THORNTON, Chicago. 

Born in Boston. Mass., April 12, 1851. Grad. from Har- 
vard 1872; admitted to 111. bar in 1873, on examination 
before Supreme Court; located in Chgo. in 1873; mem., 
of the law firm of Thornton & Chancellor; mem. {State 
Board of Education, Cook Co., Chgo. Board of Education, 
and Pres. Auburn Park Board of Education; Corporation 
Counsel Chgo. and Town of Lake. 





OWEN P. THOMPSON, Jacksonville. 

Born Feb., 1852, Morgan Co.. 111. Grad. from Albany 
Law School in 1876; County Judge of Morgan Co., 111., 
1886-94; Circuit Judge 7th Judicial Circuit of 111. since 
189 * . 



CHARLES C. TILLMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Shelbyville, Tenn., May 14, 1858. Grad. from 
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville. Tenn.. in 1880; served in 
departmental service, Washington. D. C., 1880-2; Deputy 
Collector in Revenue Service. 5th Dist. Tenn.. 1^82-4; 
engaged in the practice of patent law in Chgo. 1885. 



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EDGAR BRONSON TOLMAN, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 5, 1859, in British India. A resident of 
Chgo. since 1868; grad. from the old Univ. of Chgo.; 
in 1882 from the Union Coll. of Law; been in continu- 
ous practice of law in Chgo.; mem. of the law firm of 
Doolittle, McKay & Tolman; in July, 1901, appointed 
Atty. of the Chgo. Board of Local Improvements; 
served as an officer of the 111. National Guards from 
1878 to 1898; Major 1st 111. Vol. Inf. in the Spanish- 
American war, participating in the campaign of San- 
tiago. 



LAMBERT TREE, Chicago. 

Born in Washington, D. C., Nov. 29, 1832. Located in 
111. 1856; engaged in the practice of law; Pres. of 
Law lust. 1864; Judge of the Cook Co. Circuit Court 
1870-76; U. S. Minister to Belgium and Russia 1885-9; 
U. S. member of International Monetary Conference at 
Washington 1891; Pres. 111. Historical State Library 
Board 1893-6; Life Trustee of Newberry Library; mem. 
Chgo., Iroquois and Union Club of New York City and 
Metropolitan Club of Washington, D. C. 





WILLIAM E. TRAUTMANN, Bast St. Louis. 

Born in Caseyville, 111., Aug. 16, 1872. Grad. McKen- 
clree Coll.. Law Dept., lfS'j:5, and Scientific Dept. in 
1895; elected mem. 111. Geu. Assembly 1S98-1900. 



JOHN J. TUNNICLEFF. Galesburg. 

Born March 17, 1841, Penn Yan, N. Y. Located in 
Galesburg in 1865; grad. from the Albany Law School 
in 1864; elected State's Atty. for Knox Co., 111., 1872, 
continuing in this position until 1892; elected Mayor 
of Galesburg 1895-6. 



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JOHN C. TRAINOR, Chicago. 

Born May 18, 1858, at Watertown, N. Y. Educated in 
public schools, and admitted to the N. Y. bar Jan. 6, 
1882; located in Chgo. in 1883, where he has since 
engaged in the general practice of law. 



HORATIO LOOMIK WAIT, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 8, 1836, at N. Y. City. Master in Chancery 
Circuit Court of Cook Co. 





GEORGE W. WALL,, Evanston. 

Born in Chillicothe, O., April 22, 1839. Mem. 111. Con- 
stitutional Convention in 1862-70; State's Atty. 1864-8; 
Judge of Cook Co. Circuit Court, and assigned to service 
in Appellate Court 1877-97; Pres. State Board of Law 
Examiners. 



HENRY C. "WARD, Sterling-. 

Born Belmont Co., Ohio, Nov. 16, 1850. Located in 
Sterling in 1872; engaged in law practice in 1877; 
City Atty. 1891-5; Judge of Whiteside Co. 1894-1902; 
Masonic order, Knight Templar. 



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EDWIN K. WALKER, Chicago. 

Born In Mason Co., 111., 1866. Located in Chgo. 1891: 
elected County Commissioner in 1900; admitted to the 
bar in 1892. 



FRANCIS W. WALKER, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Oct. 12, 1856. First Asst. State's Atty. 
of Cook Co. 1884-7; County Atty. 1890-1891; Atty. en- 
gaged in the prosecution of the Anarchists' cases. 





WILLIAM D. WASHBURN, Chicago. 

Born in Bond Co., 111., April 4, 1854. Moved to Platte- 
ville, Wis., in 1865; grad. from the Platteville State 
Normal School in 1875; grad. from the Univ. of Mich, 
as A. B. in 1879; Principal of High School, Muskegon. 
Mich., 1880-1; admitted to the bar and moved to Chgo. 
in 18!S2; mem. of Union League, Hamilton, Kenwood 
and Midlothian Clubs. 



CHARLES WERNO, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 17, 1859, Chgo. Elected Alderman of the 
21st Ward, April, 1899; re-elected Alderman new 23d 
Ward, April. 1901. 



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FRANK L. WEAN, Chicago. 

Born in Ashtabula Co., O., Aug. 6, 1860. Engaged in 
law practice in Chicago since 1887 and Referee in 
Bankruptcy Northern Dist. of 111. in 1898, and reap- 
pointed in 1900. 

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ALBERT G. WELCH, Chicago. 

Born June 3, 1873, Chgo., 111. Attended Chgo. public 
schools and Lake Forest Univ. ; admitted to the bar in 
111., Nov. 22, 1894; mem. of the Kenwood Club. 





LAWRENCE WELDON, Blooming-ton. 

Born in Ohio. Common school education and Witten- 
berg Coll.; admitted to bar in 1854; located in 111.; 
mem. 111. Legis. 1860; U. S. Atty. Southern Dist. of 
111. 1861; resigned in 1866; engaged in law practice 
in Clinton and Bloomington, 111. ; appointed Judge U. S. 
Court of Claims in 1883. 



JOSEPH WEISSENBACH, Chicago. 

Born April 18, 1875. Educated Walsh Grammar and 
West Division High Schools and Chgo. Coll. of Law; 
admitted to the bar in 1896; Asst. State's Atty, 
1896-1900; mem of law firm of McEwen & Weissen- 
bach; Dir. .Lakeside Club; Sec. of the Jewish Training 
School of Chgo. 



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ARTHUR D. WHEELER, Chicago. 

Born in Kenosha, Wis., In 1861. Educated at Lake 
Forest Univ.; admitted to practice law in Wis.; in 
1S82 located in Chgo., entering the office of Williams 
& Thompson, lawyers; 1886 admitted to membership of 
firm; firm now Holt, Wheeler & Sidley; 2d Vice-Pres. 
Chgo. Telephone Co.; Atty. for Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 
Ry. Co. and former Atty. for the Santa Fe Ry. ; mem. 
of Chicago and University Clubs; Trustee in Presby- 
terian League and of the Presbyterian Hospital. 



WILLIAM W. WHEELOCK, Chicago. 

Born Felts Mills, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1864. 
Educated at St. Lawrence Univ. and the Union Coll; 
of Law; engaged in law practice in Chgo^ since 1889; 
Asst. Atty. Sanitary Dist. of Chgo.. 1892; mem. 111. 
G-en. Assembly 1893; reappointed Asst. Drainage Canal 
Atty.; since 1894 Atty. of Board of Election Commis- 
sioners of City of Chgo. 





CHARLES WHEATON, Aurora. 

Born in Warren. R. I., May 29. 1829. Located in Kane 
Co. in 1854, and in Aurora in 1859; grad. from Trinity 
Coll., Hartford; licensed to practice law in Worcester, 
Mass., 1851; Mayor of Aurora 1864; mem. 111. Consti- 
tutional Convention of 1870. 



ALONZO S. WILDERMAtf, Belleville. 

Born in St. Clair Co., 111., Dec. 1, 1839. Educated 
common schools; admitted to the bar in 1866; mem. 111. 
Legis. 1877; Master in Chancery 1883-7; Judge 30th 
Judicial Circuit 1891-7; mem. Board of Managers 111. 
Reformatory for 3 yrs., resigning in 1901; Grand Gen- 
eralissimo Grand Commandery, K. of T. of 111. 



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FREDERICK S. WINSTON, Chicago. 

Born Franklin Co., Ky., Oct. 27, 1856. Vice-Pres. and 
Gen. Counsel U. S. Y. & T. Co.; Dir. and Solicitor 
M. C. R. R. Co.; formerly Corporation Counsel of Chgo. 



JOHN P. AVI I.SOX, Chicago. 

Born in Whiteside Co., 111., 1844. Located in Chgo. in 
1867, and admitted to the bar in 1867; mem. firm of 
Wilson, Moore & Mcllvaine. 





EDWARD RYAN WOODLE, Chicago. 

Born iu Janesville, Wis., March 8, 1853. Resident of 
Chgo. since 1867; Atty. of I. C. R. R. Co. 1878-02; en- 
gaged in general law practice and became mem. of the 
firm of Cody & Woodle, Dec., 1899. 



THOMAS WORTHINGTON, Jacksonville. 

Born in Spencer, Tenn., June 8, 1852. Located, with 
his parents, in Pittsfield, 111., in infancy; grad. Cornell 
Univ. in 1873: grad. Union Coll. of Law in 1877; mem. 
of the 33d 111. Gen. Assembly; Republican Presidential 
Elector in 1888; removed to Jacksonville and became 
member of law firm of Morrison & Worthington, 1892; 
now of firm of Worthington & Reeve; Supervisor of 
Census 1900; U. S. Dist. Atty. for Southern Dist. of 
111. in 1901. 



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LAWYERS. 





GEORGE E. WOOD, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 11, 1837, East Douglas, Mass. Pres. the 
Geo. E. Wood Lumber Co.; mem. of the Union League 
and Calumet Clubs. 



LAWRENCE A. YOUNG, Chicago. 

Born In Louisville, Ky., In 1870. Located in Chicago 
in 1896; graduate of Princeton (New Jersey) University 
and University of Louisville Law School; Assistant Cor- 
poration Counsel under Mayor Harrison's first term; 
President Washington Park Club; member of Chicago, 
University and Calumet Clubs. 





RICHARD YATES, Jacksonville. 

Born Dec. 12, 1860. Grad. from 111. Coll. in 1880; 
prad. from Law Dept. Univ. of Mich, in 1884; City 
Atty. of Jacksonville 1885-91; County Judge of Morgan 
Co. 1894-7; U. S. Collector Internal Revenue 1S97-19U); 
elected Governor 1900. 



A. U . RULKLEY, Chicago. 

Born at Groton, N. Y., April 13, 1852. Grad. from 
Cornell Univ. 1875; taught school and later entered 
the office of the Circuit Clerk, and subsequently that 
of the Recorder in Morris, 111.; located in Ottawa, 
111., where he was Clerk of the Appellate Court; ad- 
mitted to the bar and located In Chicago; Jan. 1. 1884, 
became mem. of the law firm of Weigley & Bulkley, 
and later the firm became Weigley, Bulkley & Gray. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 
Agricultural Implements Avery Manufacturing Co. 





ROBERT H. AVERY, Peoria. 

Born In Galesburg, 111., Jan. 17, 1840, and lived on a 
farm until the time of the Civil War, in which he en- 
tered as a volunteer in the 77th 111. Reg. ; after the 
war became a stock farmer in Kansas, but subse- 
quently entered into the making of corn-raising ma- 
chinery, of which he was the inventor; at the time of 
his death. Sept. 13, 1892, he was the Pres. of the Avery 
Planter Co. 



CYRUS M. AVERY, Galesbnrg. 

Born in Galesburg. June 19, 1846, and graduated from 
Knox College, June, 1868; engaged in manufacture of 
agricultural implements; Pres. of Avery Mfg. Co.; 
Pres. of Avery & Rouse Steam Thresher Co. ; Treas. 
and Mgr. Peoria Wagon Co.; Director First Nat. Bank. 
Galesburg; Trustee of Knox College; Trustee Albion 
Collegiate Inst. 





J. B. BARTHOLOMEW, Peoria. 

Born on a farm near Elwood, Peoria Co., 111., 1863. 
In 1879 entered the employ of the Avery Mfg. Co. at 
Galesburg, 111.; in their service as day laborer, clerk 
and salesman until 1886, when he took charge of the 
Iowa branch of the Avery Mfg. Co.; in 1893 removed 
to Peoria, and in 1894 elected Vice-Pres. of the com- 
pany; designed and patented many improvements and 
machines made by this company; Vice-Pres. of the 
Peoria Wagon Co., and Pres. of the Bartholomew Co. 



GEORGE F. CARSON, Peoria. 

Born at Epworth, la., April 21, 1863. Moved to Brim- 
field, 111., 1875; engaged in railroad work 1878-88; 
bookkeeper Avery Planter Co. 1888-94; Sec. of the 
Avery Mfg. Co. since 1894; Supt. Arcadia Ave. Pres- 
byterian S. S. since 1898. 



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MAN UFACTURERS. 
Agricultural Implements. 





W. H. COLEAN, Peoria. 

Born In Jerseyville, 111., May 23, 1862. Pres. Colean Im- 
provement Co., incorporated and organized Nov., 1900. 



CHARLES SYKES BURDICK, Peoria. 

Born Jn New Ipswich, N. H., Nov. 7, 1870. Traveling 
Auditor of T. P. W. Ry. ; later Agt. for L. E. & 
W. It. R. ; Sec. Colean Implement Co. 





JOHN WRIGHT McDOWELL,, Peoria. 

Born in Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14. 1867. Removed to 
Peoria from Nashville. Tenn., in 1896; engaged in the 
real estate business with Eliot Callender; subsequently 
engaged in the manufacturing business; Vice-Pres. and 
Treas. of the Colean Implement Co. 



MARTIN KINGMAN, Peoria. 

Born Tazewell Co., 111.. 1844. Pres. Kingman & Co.. 
Kingman Plow Co., Peoria Cordage Co., National Hotel 
Co., 111. National Bank. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





CYRUS HALL McCORMICK, Chicago. 

Born at Walnut Grove, Rockbridge Co., Va., Feb. 15. 
1809. Invented first successful reaper in 1831; located 
In Chgo. 1847; mem. of the firm of McCormlck & Gray, 
mfrs. of harvesting machinery, now the McCormick 
Harvesting Machine Co.; died Chgo., May 13, 1884. 



CYRUS HALL McCORMICK, Chicago. 

Born in Washington, D. C., May 16, 1859. In 1879 en- 
tered the employ of the McCormick Harvesting Machine 
Co.; in 1884 elected its Pres. ; Dir. Field Columbian 
Museum, McCormick Theological Seminary, and the Mer- 
chants' Loan & Trust Bank; mem. Board of Trustees of 
Princeton Univ.; Ex-Pres. Commercial Club of Chgo.; 
mem. University Club of N. Y. ; mem. University Club 
of Chgo., the Chicago and Union Clubs aud the C. A. A. 
and Onwentsia Country Clubs. 





EUGENE K. BUTLER, Cliicagro. 

Born State of N. Y., June 8, 1843. Removing to 111. 
in 1858; entered the employ of C. H. McCormick Bros.. 
April 1. 1866, and continued with this company and 
their successors until Nov. 1, 1898, retiring as Sec. 
and Gfin. Mgr. of the McCorraick Harvesting Machine 
Co. 



CONRAD FURST, Chicago. 

Born Ottweiler, Rhenish Prussia, June 24, 1829. Lo- 
cated in Chgo. 1849; mem. Wm. K. Spearsing & Co. 
1853-4; Furst & Bradley 1S54-72; Pres. Furet & Bradley 
Mfg. Co. 1872-81. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





WILLIAM DEERING, Evanstoii. 

Born in Oxford Co., Me., April 25, 1826. Engaged in 
the manufacture of Marsh Harvester at Piano, 111., In 
1870; located in Chgo. 1880; founder of the Wm. Deer- 
Ing Co. and Deerlng Harvester Co., manufacturers of 
agricultural implements; Pres. Board of Trustees North- 
western Univ.; Trustee Garrett Biblical Inst., Chicago. 



EDWIN LEE BROWN, Chicago. 

Horn Milo, Me., March 4, 1827, and grad. Bowdoin Coll., 
1846, removing to Chgo. 1860; established Brown Bros. 
Mfg. Co. and Western Sand Blast Co.; Ex'Pres. Young 
Men's Library Assn., Chgo. Exposition, Citizens' Assn., 
111. Humane Soc. and National Humane Assn.; first 
one to suggest the World's Fair. Died Chicago, July 
21, 1891. 





PETER SCHUTTLER, Chicago. 

Born in Sandusky, O., Sept. 19, 1841. Coming to Chgo. 
in 1843; since 1860 has been connected with the Peter 
Schuttler Wagon Wks.; in 1878 the firm became Schutt- 
Icr & Hotz. 



CHRISTOPH HOTZ, Chicago. 

Born Wertheim, Baden, Germany, Jan. 25, 1842. Re- 
moving to U. S. and to Chgo. in 1866; engaged In the 
business of a Civil Engr. until 1869; entered the Peter 
Sfhuttler Wagon Wks. in 1869, and In 1878 the firm 
name became Schuttler & Hotz: Dir. 111. Trust & Sav- 
ings Bank. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements Stover Manufacturing Co. 





DANIEL, C. STOVER, Freeport. 

Horn in Greencastle. Pa.. In 1839. Located in 111. In 
1862; engaged In manufacturing in 1862, and Pres. of 
the Stover Mfg. Co. ; Pres. of the Henney Buggy Co. 
and the Stover Engine Co.; Pres. State Bank of Free- 
port. 



W. A. MERRIFIELD, Freeport. 

Born March 20, 1855, at Lysander, N. Y. Removed to 
111. in 1874. and located in Freeport in 1878; educated 
in Dist. Schools of N. Y., and until 1878 was engaged 
in fanning : from 1878 to 1880 was engaged In school 
teaching; Gen. Mgr., Sec. and Treas. The Stover Mfg. 
Co.; niein. of City Council; Supt. Embury M. E. S. S. : 
Ex-Pres. Freeport Dist. Campmeeting Assn. 





OSCAR J. ZIEGLER, Freeport. 

Born May 1, 1856, Baden, Germany. Came to Free- 
port May, 1859; entered the employ of the Stover Mfg. 
Co. 1881; subsequently mem. of the firm; Gen. Supt. 
Stover Mfg. Co.; Pres. Samson Mining Co. 



WILLARD A. HANCE, Freeport. 

Born in Freeport, Oct. 10, 1862. Grad. at the High 
School; Supt. of Equipment Stover Mfg. Co.; Dir. Hen- 
ney Buggy Co.; Dir. Second National Bank; Dir. 
Stephenson Co. Bldg. and Loan Assn. ; Vice-Pres. Sam- 
son Mining Co. ; Ex-Dlr. and Supt. Stover Bicycle Mfg. 
Co. and Stover Engine Wks. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



209 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





AUGUST S. HELD, Freeport. 

Born Nov. 12, 1854, in Caldorf, Germany. Removing to 
America and to Freeport in 1856; attended parochial 
school until 14 yrs. of age; served apprenticeship at 
molding, and foreman of foundries; Vice-Pres. and Supt. 
of foundries of the Stover Mfg. Co.; Div. of the State 
Bank of Freeport. 



OLIVER P. WRIGHT, Freeport. 

Born April 5. 1855, on a farm near Freeport. Educated 
in country school and lived on farm until 21 yrs. of 
age; in 1876 engaged in the carriage business under 
the name of J. W. Henney & Co., Cedarville. 111.: 
1879 the factory was located at Freeport; in 1882 the 
company was incorporated, and since he has been its 
Sec., Treas. and Supt.; mem. of Board of Aldermen 
of Freeport several terms. 




WILLIAM II \ \ \ \. M. MM, ..MII I.. 
Born June 10, 1827, in Fayette Co., Ind. Removing to 
Warren Co., 111., in 1835, and in 1868 to Monmouth, 111., 
engaging in the manufacturing business; at the time of 
the organization of the Weir Plow Co. was its Treas. 
and afterward the Pres. ; in 1871 joined in the organi- 
zation and was the Pres. of the Mouinouth National 
Bank; iu 1881, with D. P. 1'helps. built the Peoria & 
Farmington Ry. ; died Dec. 18, 1900. In 1849 went 
from Illinois to the gold fields of Cal. 




J. ROSS HANNA, Monmouth. 

Born Sept. 30, 1852 in Henderson Co., 111. Lived on a 
farm for 15 yrs.; removing to Monmouth in 1868; in 
1875 grad. from Moumouth Coll.; in 1877 grad. from 
Harvard Law School; for 3 yrs. engaged in practicing 
law, subsequently entering into the manufacturing busi- 
ness; Sec. of the Weir Plow Co. in 1881; Pres. of the 
Monmouth Mining & Mfg. Co. and Monmouth Pottery 
Co., the Maple City Soap Works, and the Monmouth 
Coal Co. in 1901. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements Deere & Company. 





JOHN DEERE, Molinc. 

Born in Rutland, Vt., Feb. 7, 1804. Moved to Grand 
Detour, 111., in 1837; Invented the steel plow and com- 
menced its manufacture In 1837; in 1847, moved to Mo- 
line and founded the business now known as Deere & 
Co.; died May 7, 1886. 



STEPHEN VEL.IE, Moliiio. 

Born Staatsburg, N. Y., April 21, 1830. Located In 111. 
1858; entered the Deere & Co. in 1864; Sec. of com- 
pany since its organization, in 1865, until date of 
death, Feb. 14, 1895. 





CHARLES H. DEERE, Moline. 

Born in Hancock, Vt., March 28, 1837. Moved to Grand 
Detour, 111., in 1838, and to Moline in 1848; educated 
in the public schools; entered the plow business in 
1855 with John Deere; Pres. of Deere & Co.; Pres. of 
Deere-Mansur Co. ; Pres. Moline Water Power Co. ; Pres. 
and founder of branch house system of the John Deere 
Plow Co. 



\\ II I \IM) I.. \ Dili:. Moline. 

Porn in Moline. May 10, 1866. Grad. Andover Academy 
1884, and from Yale in 1888; entered Deere & Co. 1888, 
and its Sec. from 1895 to 1900; Sec. John Deere Plow 
Co. of Omaha; Treas. People's Power Co., Moline, and 
Dir. of Deere & Co.; Pres. Velie Carriage Co. 



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211 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





ALVAH >l \\M It. Moline. 

Born In Lowell, Mass., Dec. 5, 1833. In hardware 
business in Moline until 1859, when he became con- 
nected with the John Deere Plow Wks. ; served as an 
officer in the 19th 111. Inf. In the War of 1861-5; in 
1869 resumed former business relations; In 1877 aided 
in the establishment of Deere & Mansur Co. and was 
its Vice-Pres. from its organization until Jan. 8, 1898. 
the date of his death. 



GEORGE W. CRAMPTON, Moline. 

Born Henry Co., Dec. 28, 1863. Removing to Moline 
1875; entered employ Deere & Mansur Co., 1883; be- 
came the Sec. of the company, 1896. 





THOMAS M. SECHLER, Moline. 

Born Milton, Pa., Oct. 25, 1841. Removed with par- 
ents to Ohio in 1845; grad. Marietta Coll. 1863; First 
Lieut. 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery, war of 1861-5; engaged 
in iron manufacturing, Montgomery Co., Tenn., 1869-77; 
in carriage making, Cincinnati, 1877; located in Mo- 
line in 1888; aided in the formation of the D. M. 
Sechler Carriage Co., and its Vice-Pres. since organiza- 
tion; Dir. First National Bank and People's Savings 
Bank, Moline. 



GEORGE McMASTER, Moline. 

Born in Rock Island, Jan. 10, 1867. Since 1883 has been 
engaged in the carriage and carriage wheel manufac- 
turing business; Sec. and Mgr. of the Mutual Wheel 
Co. since 1892. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 
Agricultural Implements. 





CHARLES E. WHITE, Moline. 

Born in Bureau Co., 111., Aug. 30, 1856. Located in 
Moline in 1866; common school education; entered 
Deere & Mansur Co. 1880: Supt. 18S3, and Supt. and 
Dir. in 1886-94; Manufacturing Dir. Weir Plow Co., 
Monmouth, 1894-6; Supt. and Mgr. Sylvan Wks. of the 
Republic Iron & Steel Co.: Sec. and Dir. East Moline 
Co.; Dir. Rock Island Building & Loan Assn. 



HENRY A. AINSWORTH, Moline. 

Born Willlamstown, Vt., 1833. Came to Illinois in 
1853; engaged in mercantile business until 1870; organ- 
ized at Moline the corporation of Williams, White & Co., 
being its first Sec. and Treas., and its President since 
1887; President of the Moline National Bank: member 
of the State Board of Equalization, 1877-82; State Sen- 
ator from 1882 to 1886; President of the Bureau of 
Labor, 1889-92. 





JOHN WILLIAM GOOD, Moline. 

Born April 1, 1852, Cincinnati, Ohio. Removing to 
Moline, 111., in 1866. was with the Moline Plow Co. 
10 yrs.; in 1881 and since connected with Deere & 
Mansur Co.; Vice-Pres. of the Co. 



C. R. STEPHENS, Moline. 

Born in Moline. June 8, 1862. Since Sept., 1S94, has 
been Supt. of the Moline Plow Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



213 



MANUFACTURERS. 
Agricultural Implements Moline Plow Co. 





GEORGE STEPHENS, Moline. 

Born Westmoreland Co., Pa., Feb. 22, 1819. Engaged 
in the business of millwright and builder in Pennsyl- 
vania and Illinois from 1843 to 1861; in 1866 formed 
the lumber and furniture firm of Stephens, Wood & 
Huntoon; in 1870 he purchased an interest in Candee, 
Swan & Co., which was then incorporated as the Mo- 
line Plow Co. ; was its Vice-President for about ten 
years, and has been its President since 1892. 



EDWARD H. SLEIGHT, Moline. 

Born Monterey, Mass., Aug. 22, 1857. Located in 111. 
and Moline in 1871; educated in the Pa. Military 
School, Williston Seminary and the Scientific Dept. of 
Yale; Cashier Union Malleable Iron Co. 1877-80; Mgr. 
Woodenware Dept. Dimock, Gould & Co. 1880-90; Pres. 
and Treas. of the Moline Pump Co. ; Dir. First National 
Bank of Moline; Alderman of Moline 1900-1904; Sec. 
National Assn. Iron Pump Mf rs. ; Sec. and Treas. West- 
ern Woodenware Assn. 1890-93; Sec. Moline Club 1896- 
1903. 





G. A. STEPHENS, Moline. 

Born in Moline 111., May 2. 1851. Entered the service 
of the Moline Plow Co. in 1870; tilled various positions 
until lt-92. when lie was made a Co-Mgr., and in 1894 
its Vk-e-Pres. 



F. G. ALLEN, Moline. 

Born in Aurora in 1858. Entered the service of the 
Moline Plow Co. Aug. 11, 1881; passed through all the 
various grades of this company incidental to the manu- 
facturing of plows: since 1892 has been the Sec., Treas. 
and Co-Manager of the Moline Plow Co. ; President of 
the Moline National Bank. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements Moline Wagon Co. 





MORRIS ROSE1VFIELD, Moline. 

Born Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec. 18, 1841. Located in 
Rock Island Co. in 1859; 1859-68 with J. & M. Rosen- 
fleld; in 1868 founded the Moline Wagon Co., which 
was incorporated in 1872, and was its Pres. ; Vice-Pres. 
of the First National Bank of Moline and the Mutual 
Wheel Co.; died Jan. 25, 1899. 



WALTER A. KOSKM IKI.I). Moline. 

Born in Rock Island, June 13, 1877. Entered the Moline 
Wagon Co. in 1895; became its Pres. in 1899; Dir. 
People's Saving Bank, Tri-City Bottled Milk & But- 
ter Co. 





MORRIS GEISMAR, Moline. 

Born Baden, Germany, April 7, 1868. Coming to the 
U. S. and Moline in 1885, he at once entered the em- 
ploy of the Moline Wagon Co.; elected Sec. and Treas. 
of the Co., Jan., 1896; Dir. of the First Nat'l Bank 
of Moline, and Dir. of the Mutual Wheel Co. of Moline. 



WILLIAM A. EBBERT, Moline. 

Born Dayton, O., March 24, 1856. Came to 111., 1895; 
been identified with the wagon manuf act urine business 
since 1870; elected Vice-Pres. of the Moline Wagon Co.. 
Jan. 1, 1901. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



215 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





JAMES BARCLAY, Mollne. 

Born in Guelph, Canada, April 6, 1856. Removed to 
Erie, Pa., 18 9, and to Moline, 111., in 1896; from 1873 
to 1896 engaged In the manufacture of Corliss and sta- 
tionary engines; Supt. since 1896 and Treas. and Supt. 
since 1897 of the Deere & Mansur Co. 



A. M. BLAKESLEY, Rock Island. 

Born Kingsville, Ohio, April 28, 1835. Partner in the 
Rock Island Stove Co.; since 1880 Director Rock Island 
Plow Co.; Director Rock Island Buggv Co.; Capt. in 
74th 111. Inf. In the war 1861-65, and member of the 
Lioyal Legion, Chgo., and member of the Sons of the 
Revolution. 





JOHN II. WILSON, Moline. 

Born in Mercer Co., Pa., Oct. 22, 1817. Pres. Wilson- 
Moline Buggy Co. ; engaged in coal operations in bitu- 
minous coal regions in Pa. for many years; identified 
with oil developing in Pa. and Ohio; located in 111. in 
1865, engaging in coal business; established the Banner 
Coal Co. 



HARRY C. STONE, Peorla. 

Born in Peoria, 111., Nov. 24, 1871. Vice-Pres. Acme 
Harvester Co., Peoria, 111. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





RALPH EMERSON, Rockford. 

Born Andover, Mass., May 3, 1831. Moved to Illinois 
in 1851, and to Rockford in 1852; President Emerson 
Mfg. Co. ; Pres. Burson Mfg. Co. ; Vice-Pres. Burson 
Knitting Co.; Vice-Pres. Rockford Mitten & Hosiery 
Co.; Director Nelson Knitting Co.; Director Winnebago 
National Bank. 



ANDREW HARRINGTON, Galesburg;. 

Born in Galesburg, 111., Aug. 20, 1865. Educated in 
public schools and Kncx Coll. : entered the employ of 
Frost. Mfg. Co., Galesburg. 1884; subsequently became 
its Sec. and Treas.; Vice-Pres. Second National Bank, 
and Pres. of Galesburg Business Men's Club In 1892. 





CLEMENT S. WITWER, Joliet. 

Born in Ashland Co., Ohio, Feb. 26, 1862. Located in 
South Bend, Ind., 1879; attended DePauw Univ. 1881-2; 
located in Joliet, 111., 1887; A'ice-Pres. and Gen,, Mgr. 
Joliet Mfg. Co.; Dir. Vanzandt Implement and Hard- 
ware Co., Wichita, Kan.; Trustee Ottawa St. M. K. 
Church, Joliet; mem. Stone City Club, Joliet; Hamilton 
Club, Chicago, and Nat'l Assn. Agricultural Imp. & 
Vehicle Mfgrs. ; Dir. Finley Lawn Rake Co., Joliet. 



SAMUEL BALDWIN HAGGARD, Austin. 

Born in Winchester, Ky., Nov. 8, 1814. Removed to 
Bloomington, 111., at the age of 21, riding the distance 
on horseback; 1843 located in Chgo.. entering the employ 
of Scoville X. Gates; in 1847 in the employ of M.cCor- 
mick & Grays, reaper manufacturers; continued in their 
service as Supt. until 1850. when he engaged in the 
pumping business for himself, and later in the hard- 
ware business; in 1880 retired from business; died Feb. 
11, 1899. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 




J. I . rniMT.it. Ottawa. 

Born in Brown Co., O., May 1, 1831. Located In Ot- 
tawa in 1852; invented and patented 15 different styles 
of hay carriers and engaged in their manufacture; in- 
vented the solid steel track; invented the Porter Corn 
Planter and the Porter Hay Press; assisted in the for- 
mation of the Inland Steel Mill at Chicago Heights, and 
was its President for 5 yrs. ; aided in locating the 
Western Organ Factory in Ottawa; organized the Ver- 
milion Oil Co., which developed the artesian water 
supply of Ottawa; Pres. of the J. E. Porter Mfg. Co. 
of Ottawa, 111. 



S. B. KING, Ottawa. 

Born in Elmira, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1828. Removing to Al- 
ton, 111., in 1835, to Aurora in 1837, and to Ottawa in 
1853; from 1853 to 1866 was in the hardware business, 
engaged in the manufacture of agricultural implements, 
of corn shellers, cultivators and farm wagons under the 
firm name of Gillman, King & Hamilton, 1866; in 1882 
the firm was reorganized and incorporated as King & 
Hamilton, S. E. King since being its Pres. 





FRED t.l vill I :u. Kewanee. 

Born in Germany, June 13. 1832. Coming to the U. S. 
and to Kewanee, 111., in 1855: until 1890 was engaged 
in the manufacturing of brick and drainage tile; pur- 
chased at this time an interest in, and has since con- 
trolled, the Peter's Pump Co., makers of pumps, corn 
planters and hot water heaters; Director First Nat'l 
Bank and Union Nat'l Bank. 



FRANK M. LAY, Kewanee. 

Born in Kewanee. 111., Sept. 14, 1869. Grad. Aniherst 
Coll. 1893; engaged in business in 1893 with the Boss 
Mfg. Co., mfgrs. of husking goods, gloves and mittens; 
since Jan. 1, 1896, Sec. and Treas. of the company. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





CHARLES H. SMITH, Aurora. 

Born in Ohio, 1844. Enlisted in the 4th la. Cav. in 
the war of 1861-5, and discharged as a Lieut. ; eu- 
gaged in railway service until 1877, subsequently doing 
railway contract work; formed the Western Wheel 
Scraper Co. at Mt. Pleasant, la.; Ex-Commander of the 
Dept. of la. G. A. K. 



\V. B. BRINTON, La Salle. 

Born Greencastle, lad., Aug. 23, 1853. Removing to 
111. in 1860, residing in Tuscola, 1860-97; removing to 
La Salle in 1897; from 1877-93 was with the Moline 
Wagon Co.: U. S. Marshal So. Dist. 111., 1893-97, anil 
in 1897 elected Pres. Peru Plow & Wheel Co.; Pres. 
Peru-La Salle Gas & Light Co.; Vice-Pres. 111. Mfg. 
Assn.; member Executive Coin. Nat. Implement & Ve- 
hicle Mfrs. ; Treas. Dem. State Com. past 16 yrs. 





JUSTUS D. TOWER, Mendota. 

Born in N. Y. State, Jan. 18, 1830. Moved to Quincy. 
111.. 1838, and to Mendota in 1848; in 1875 established 
the firm of 3. D. Tower & Sons Co., manufacturers of 
pulverizers and surface cultivations. 



JOHN W. BROWN, Quincy. 

Born Jan. 20, 1840, Marion Co., Mo. Country school 
education and Palmyra Seminary; lived on a farm un- 
til 1873; located in Quincy in 1873; taught school 
1864-5: engaged in agricultural implement business 
in Quincy; Sec. of Collins' Plow Co. upon its organiza- 
tion in 1881; now Sec., Treas. and Mgr. of this com- 
pany; mem. of the Christian Church. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 
Agricultural Implements. 




JACOB 1IA1SH, J)cKall>. 

Born In Germany, March 9, 1826. Removing to D. S. 
and Ohio in 1836, and to DeKalb Co.. 111., 1850; in lum- 
ber and building business from 1850 to 1873; in 1873 
engaged in the manufacture of barb-wire fencing, being 
a pioneer in the business; established the Halsn Mfg. 
Co.; Prop, of the Barb City Bank. 



EDWARD F. SHELLABERGER, DeKalb. 

Born in Tippecanoe, O., Sept. 25, 1853. Engaged in the 
manufacture of woven wire fencing, and in 1886 in- 
vented the Hartman Steel Picket Fence; subsequently 
with the Hartman Mfg. Co. of Beaver Falls, Pa.; 1891 
located in DeKalb, forming the DeKalb Fence Co., and 
its Pres. and Treas. ; Pres. of the Union Fence Co. ; 
Prop, of the Kansas Steel & Wire Works, Kansas City; 
Pres. of the Home National Bank of DeKalb, just or- 
ganized; Pres. National Assn. of Woven Wire Fence 
Manufacturers. 





.1 1 lso\ BRENNER, De Kalb. 

Born Youngstown. Ohio, June 27, 1S62. Has been en- 
gaged in the wire fence business since 1888; came to 
111. in 1894, and since has been the Sec. of the De Kalb 
Fence Co. 



CHARLES M. GATES, Chicago. 

Born in Ind. Removing to Cbgo. in 1883; Pres. of the 
Creamery Package Mfg. Co., established in 1883 in 
Sterling, 111., and removed to Chgo. in 1887: in 1897 
its equipment was enlarged; it supplies equipments 
for cheese factories and dairies and creameries, with 
branch houses throughout the U. S. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





PETER E. STUDEBAKER, Chicago. 

Born In Ashland Co., Ohio. With his parents moved 
to South Bend, Ind.; established the firm of Stud'e- 
baker Bros., manufacturers of all kinds of high-grade 
vehicles, with offices and salesrooms in Chicago; de- 
ceased. 



HENRY C. STAYER, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 19, 1844, on a farm in Pa. Removed to Wis. 
in childhood, and located in Chgo. in 1885; Pres. and 
Gen. Mgr. of the Staver Carriage Co.; Pres. Carriage 
Builders' National Assn.; Pres. of the Englewood Union 
Hospital; Ex-Pres. of the National Assn. of Implement 
and Vehicle Manufacturers in 1896; Pres. C. B. N. A. 
and Chairman Board Directors National Reciprocity 
League. 





WESLEY J. CLIZBE, Chicago. 

Born in Quincy, Mich., June 23, 1851. Telegraph op- 
erator. L. S. & M. S. K.v.. lfTl-7: represented Milburn 
Wagon Co., 1877-96; moved to Chgo., 1888; Chgo. Mgr. 
Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co.. 1896: Dir. Colonial Club: 
Past Commander Mont Joie Coinmandery and a 32d 
degree Mason. 



HERBERT E. MILES, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 21, 1860. Grad. from Harvard Coll.; Pres. 
Racine Wagon and Carriage Co., Chgo., which was 
established in 1876; Trustee Lawrence Univ., Appletou. 
Wis. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





JOHN J. GLESSNER, Chicago. 

Born in Zanesville, O., Jan. 26, 1843. Located in Chgo. 
1870; mem. of the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Co. 
of .Springfield, O., and Chicago, manufacturers of har- 
vesting machinery since 1864. 



LaVERNE W. NOYES, Chicago. 

Born in Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1849. Lo- 
cated in 111. in 1S74; Pres. Aermotor Co.; Pres. in 1900, 
1901 and 1902 of the Chicago Civic Federation; within 
the next sixty days he will be Director in National Bank 
of North America and Director in Central Trust Co. 





J. HARLEY BRADLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Racine. Wis., 1844. Located in Chgo. in 1846; 
with the firm of Elllnwood & Bradley 1865, and Bradley 
& Bank in 1868; Sec. Furst & Bradley Mfg. Co. 1871; 
in 1882, with David Bradley, organized the David Brad- 
ley Mfg. Co., and was made its Vice-Pres. and Treas. ; 
since 1900 has been Pres. of the company; its plow 
factory is located at Bradley, 111.; Chicago office, 63 N. 
Desplaines St. 



LUKE COONEY, JR., Chicago. 

Born in Salem, N. Y., June 3, 1859. Attended Wash- 
ington Academy, Salem, N. Y., 1865-76; Eastman's 
Business Coll., Poughkeepsie. N. Y., 1876-7; Kalama- 
zoo Coll., Kalamazoo, Mich., 1877-83; studied law 
1887-92; Pres. Western Cart Co. 1886-9; inventor grain 
separator, water and air motor, gas generator and 
burner, air compressor, gas and steam engine, adding 
machines, voting machines and cash register; Sec. and 
Gen. Mgr. of the Chgo. Cash Register Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Agricultural Implements. 





WILLIAM H. JONES, Evanston. 

Born England, 1845. Removing to U. S. In 1857, and 
to Chgo. in 1870; engaged in the manufacture of agri- 
cultural implements in 1866; in 1881 organized the 
Piano Mfg. Co. of West Pullman, and is its Pres. 



SILAS J. LLEWELLYN, Chicago. 

Born in Wales, Oct. 25, 1860. Came to Chgo. in 1864; 
lived in Milwaukee from 1870 to 1895; Sales Agt. North 
Chgo. Rolling Mill Co., afterward 111. Steel Co.. from 
1878 to 1897; Vice-Pres. Inland Iron & Forge Co. 1897-99; 
Sec. and Mem. of the Executive Com. of the Republic 
Iron & Steel Co., 1899-1900; Vice-Pres. Piano Mfg. Co. 
and Vice-Pres. of Chgo. Malleable Castings Co. and 
Pres. Chgo.. West Pullman & Southern R. R. 





OWEN WILLIAM JONES, Chicago. 

Born in Carnovonshire, North Wales, Great Britain. 
Removing to U. S. with parents in 1854. and locating 
on a farm at Cambria, Wis.; located in Chgo. in 1871; 
located in Minneapolis in 1874, engaging in the imple- 
ment business; in 1881 became Mgr. of the Northwest 
for the Piano Mfg. Co.; in 1891 returned to Chgo.; Sec. 
and Treas. of the Piano Mfg. Co., Wst Pullman; Dir. 
of the Chgo. Malleable Castings Co. and of the West 
Pullman & Southern Ry. 



JOHN T. LLEWELLYN, Chicago. 

Born in Wales, July 7, 1863. Came to Chgo. in 1864; 
Sales Agt. 111. Steel Co., Milwaukee Wks., from 1889 to 
1893; Pres. and Mgr. Belle City Malleable Iron Co., Ra- 
cine, Wis.. 1894-99; since 1899 Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of 
the Chgo. Malleable Castings Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Architectural Iron. 





ROBERT VIERLINtt, Chicago. 

Born In Buffalo, N. Y. Came to Chicago in childhood; 
first entered business with N. S. Bouton Co., Chicago; 
President Vlerling, McDowell & Co., Chicago; Vlce- 
Pres. Paxton & Vlerling Works, Omaha, IS'eb. ; for- 
merly Lieut.-Col. 2d Inf., I. N. G. ; Senior Major Pro- 
visional Reg., Spanish-American war; mem. 2d Pres- 
byterian Church, Union League, Kenwood and Home- 
wood Country Clubs. 



LOUIS VIERLING, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., May 13, 1856. Educated In Chgo. public 
schools; in 1872 entered the Iron works of N. S. 
Bouton & Co.; Sec. and Treas. Vierling, McDowell & 
Co., iron works, 23d St. and Stewart Ave., Chgo., and 
Paxton & Vierling Iron Works, Omaha, Neb.; 7 yrs. 
in the service I. N. G. ; mem. Union League and Ken- 
wood Clubs and C. A. A.; life mem. Art. Inst., and 
mem. 2d Presbyterian Church. 




ALFRED GROSSMITH, Chicago. 

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1852. Came to Chi- 
cago when 13 years of age; In May, 1870, he learned the 
foundry trade; shortly after the term of apprenticeship 
had expired he became foreman of the foundry depart- 
ment of N. S. Bouton & Co. until the year of March 1, 
1882, when he became an active member of Messrs. 
Vierling, McDowell & Co., Iron Works, 23d St. and 
Stewart Ave., incorporated in August of that year. 




NATHANIEL, SHERMAN BOUTON, Chicago. 

Born in N. H., 1828. Removing to Chgo. in 1846; trav- 
eling for the Falrbank Scales Co. until 1852; In 1852 
built iron foundry and since has continued in this 
business; oldest car wheel maker in the country, and 
one of the pioneers in structural Iron work; Pres. of S. 
Wilts Mfg. Co.; Pres. of the Maryland Car Wheel 
Works, and a member of the Loyal Legion. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 
Architectural Iron. 




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EDWARD B. HOLMES, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 31, 1830, Cbittenango, N. Y. Removing to 
111. in 1847; engaged in business in 1863, under the firm 
name of Holmes, Pyott Co., manufacturers of archi- 
tectural iron; died Feb. 20, 1896. 




DAVID PYOTT, Chicago. 

Born In Dundee, Scotland, Feb. 8. 1829. Located in 
Chgo. in 1854; engaged in business as Holmes, Pyott 
& Co. in 1863, under the name of the Washington 
Foundry & Machine Shop, and since has been exclu- 
sively engaged in the architectural iron work industry. 





CARLILE MASON, Chicago. 

Born in Renfrew, Scotland, in 1817. Located in Chgo. 
in 1844; with P. W. Gates, machinery mfgrs. ; organized 
firm of Mason & McArthur 1851, and Excelsior Iron 
Works 1878; Insp. Steamboats, U. S. Government. 
1861-5; mem. 111. Legis. 1871-2; Ex-Pres. Police and Fire 
Bd. Com.; died July 6, 1901. 



GEORGE: MASON, Chicago. 

Born in Paisley, Scotland, March 1, 18-10. Located in 
Chgo. in 1844; Adjt., Capt. and Bvt. Major, Civil War; 
Pres. Excelsior Iron Works: Dir. Chgo. Public Li- 
brary 1873-80; Interstate Exp. 1880-91; West Park Tom. 
1885-92; Sec. Shiloh Battlefield Com. 1897; State Com. 
to Paris 1900; Inspector House of Correction 1902. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 
Architectural Iron. 





PHILETUS W. GATES, Chicago. 

Born in Madison Co., N. Y., 1817. Located in Chgo. in 
1837; pioneer machinery rnfr. and founder of machinery 
business which is now the Gates Iron Wks. ; one of the 
first Park Commissioners of Chgo.; died 1888. 



PH1L,ETUS WARREN GATES, Chicago. 

Born, 1?57, in Chgo. Business career has been con- 
nected with the Gates Iron Works of Chgo., of which 
he is the Pres. 





HENRY WARRINGTON HOYT, Chicago. 

Born in Wis., 1852. Came to Chgo. in 1883; Second 
Vice-Pres. of Allis-Chaliners Co. 



ADELBERT E. COL.EMAN, Chicago. 

Born on a farm near Sandwich, 111., Feb. 1, 1859, 
removing to Chicago in 1881; since 1889 has been 
identified with the iron industry: Pres. and Treas. 
Chicago Ornamental Iron Co., manufacturers of orna- 
mental iron, bronze and brass work for buildings. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 
Boilers John Mohr Sons. 





JOHN MOHR, Chicago. 

Born in Bavaria, 1826. Came to the D. S. in 1844, and 
located In Chgo. In 1848; has since been engaged In 
business of blacksmith and boiler manufacturer; for 
many years with the Excelsior Iron Wks.; Vice-Pres. 
and Mgr. of this firm; in 1882 established the John 
Mohr & Son firm, manufacturers of boilers, and is the 
Pres. of the company. 



JOSEPH MOHR, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of John Mohr & 
Son, boiler mfgrs., previous to the establishment iu 
business of John Mohr & Sons, in 1882, he was the 
Supt. of the boiler dept. for several years of the 
Excelsior Iron Wks.; has always been engaged in the 
manufacturing business. 





LOUIS H. MOHR, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Sec. and Consulting Engr. of John Mohr 
Sous, boiler makers, and has been engaged in Hie man- 
ufacturing business since 1882. 



ALBERT MOHR, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Aug. 25, 1860. Mem. of the firm of 
Mohr Sons, boiler mfgrs. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





EDWARD MOIIK. Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., June 12, 1862. Mem. of the firm of 
Mohr Sons, boiler mfgrs. 



WILLIAM J. MOHR, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., Nov. 27, 1865. Mem. of the firm 
Mohr Sons, boiler mfgrs. 



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HE\RY WARRINGTON, Chicago. 

P.orn in Scotland, July 2, 1817. Located In Chgo. 1842; 
founded the Vulcan Iron Wks. In 1852; retired in 1864. 



WILLIAM H. WARRINGTON, Chicago. 

Born in Buffalo, N. Y. Located in 111. in 1847; Pres. 
Vulcan Iron Works, manufacturers of machinery for 
public improvements. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 
L. Wolff Manufacturing Co. 





LUDWIG WOLFF, Chicago. 

Born Rostock, Germany, March 11, 1836. Located in 
Chgo. In 1854; engaged in the business under his own 
name June 17, 1855, and continued until 1877; firm 
incorporated as L. Wolff Mfg. Co., and has since been 
its Pres. ; Pres. of 111. Masonic Orphans' Home; Pres. 
Monument Pottery Co., Trenton, N. J.; mem. of Ma- 
sonic order. 



JOHN F. WOLFF, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Nov. 20, 1858. Grad. from Racine Coll. 
in 1882; grad. a Mechanical Engr. Royal Polytechnic 
Inst., Hanover, Germany, in 1884; entered L. Wolff 
Mfg. Co. in 1884; 1st Vice-Pres. ; mem. of Board of 
Education; Dir. in C. A. A.; mem. of Dnion League, 
Menoken and Chgo. Yacht Clubs; 33d degree Mason. 




CHRIS J. WOLFF, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Aug. 18, 1861. Grad. fi-om Racine Coll. 
in 1882; grad. a Mechanical Engr. Royal Polytechnic 
Irst., Hanover. Germany, in 1884; entered I,. Wolff 
Mfg. Co. in 1884; 2d Vice-Pres.; mem. of Masonic 
order, Chgo. Yacht and Menoken Clubs and C. A. A. 




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MANUFACTURERS. 





JOHN CLIFFORD, Chicago. 

Sec. and Gen. Mgr. of L. Wolff Mfg. Co., of Chgo. 



EDWARD C. WELLS, Qniney. 

Born In Quincy, June 27, 1871. Grad. Mass. Inst. of 
Technology, Boston, 1892; Instructor In M. I. T. 1892-3; 
Mechanical Engr. for 3 yrs. In Boston; located In 
Quincy In 1896; Sec. and Treas. Quincy Engine Wks. 





WILLIS SHAW, Chicago. 

Rorn Nov. 17, 1859. at Jackson, Miss. Dealer in ma- 
chinery for contractors, queries, mines, etc. ; in busi- 
ness in Chicago since Jan., 1895. 



A. BALMGARTEN, Freeport. 

Born in Freeport, May 23, 1851. Graduated from the 
University of St. Louis 1868; in 1876 engaged in the 
cigar business; afterward opened "The Arcade;" The 
Arcade Manufacturing Company derived its name from 
this place, which company he established and was its 
first and only President for 8 years; founded and es- 
tablished the Freeport Novelty Company in 1898. being 
President of this concern; elected Mayor in 1899. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 
Crane Co. 





RICHARD T. CRANK, SR., Chicago. 

Boru in N. J. Located in Chgo. in 1855; Pres. or the 
Crane Co., mfgrs, of steam pipe and fittings. 



J. B. MURPHY, Chicago. 

Born in Iowa Co., Wis., April 26, 1856. Located in 
Chgo. July 4, 1878; Sec. Crane Co. 





A. F. GARTZ, Chicago. 

Born In N. Y. City. Coming to Chgo. in 1888; Treas. 
of the Crane Co.; ex-mem, of the State Board of 
Fisheries; ex-mem, of Chgo. Civil Service Commission. 



TH03IAS J. ROBINSON, Rock Island. 

Born in Appleton, Me., July 28, 1818. Grad. from Kent 
Hill Academy, Me.; located in Greene Co., 111., in 
1838, and in Rock Island in 1853; Associate County 
Judge, and two terms Chairman County Supervisors of 
Rock Island Co.; Pres. R. I. Stove Wks., R. I. Quilt 
Co., R. I. Watch Co., R. I. -Davenport Ferry Co., 
R. I. National Bank; Vice-Pres. R. I. Glass Co.; or- 
ganizer and Sec. R. I. and Moline Street Ry. Co.; died 
April 12, 1899. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 
Gardner Governor Co. 





ROBERT W. GARDNER, Quincy. 

Born Feb. 18, 1832, In London. Removed to Edinburgh 
in 1839, and to the U. S. in 1849, and to Quincy in 
1852; previous to 1860 was engaged as a manufacturer 
of steam engines; Pres. of the Gardner Governor Co.; 
Dir. State Savings, Loan & Trust Co.; Pres. Bless- 
ing Hospital; for 36 yrs. Supt. of Vermont Street Bap- 
tist Church. 



J. WILLIS GARDNER, <l<iim->. 

Member of the Gardner Governor Company. 





JOSEPH W. WALL, Qnincy. 

Born in Quincy, Aug. 27, 1869. Entered the employ of 
the Gardner Governor Co. 1885; grad. Chaddock Coll. 
Law School, Quincy, in 1893; Sec. and Dir. the Gard- 
ner Governor Co. 1896. 



ANDREW KLEY, Quincy. 

Born in Germany, Dec. 24, 1843, and removing to U. S. 
in 1844; in 1858 was employed with R. W. Gardner in 
the manufacture of governors; enlisted in 1861, 3. 
months' vol. service in 10th 111. Vol. Inf., and re-en- 
listed in 1862, 50th 111.; mustered out 1865; in 1865 re- 
engaged with R W. Gardner, and since with his suc- 
cessor, the Gardner Governor Co., and now its Gen. 
Foreman. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. 





JOHN HEWITT, Chicago. 

Pres. and Treas. of the Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. 
Company. 



FRANK MATTHIESSEN, Chicago. 

Born in Cornwall-on the Hudson, N. Y. Viee-Pres. of 
the Meihle Printing Press and Mfg. Co. of Chgo., and 
resides at 4540 Greenwood Ave., Chgo. 





FRANK H. LAMB, Chicago. 

Born in Boston, 1851. Engaged in business in Boston 
until the age of 26, at which time he removed west as 
the Asst. Local Mgr. of the National Tube Wks. Co. 
of Chgo., continuing in its service for 22 vrs.; Sec. of 
Miehle Printing Press & Mfg. Co., Chgo. 



ROBERT MIEHLE, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, March, 1860. Educated in public 
schools; inventor of the Miehle Printing Press and 
identified with this company since its incorporation in 
1890; previously was pressman in a printing office. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





FRED L,. WATSON, Chicago. 

Born in Wayne Co., N*. Y., April 9, 1866. Located in 
Chgo. 1888; engaged in the wire business since 1890; 
Treas. of the American Steel & Wire Co.; Treas. Ameri- 
can Steamship Co. ; Treas. American Mining Co. 



CHARLES A. HONECKER, Chicago. 

Born in Erie, Pa., May 19, 1865. From 1884 to 1891 
was engaged with D. M. Osborne & Co.; from 1892 to 
1897 was with the Consolidated Steel Wire Co. ; from 
1897 to 1899, Cashier 111. Steel Co. ; since 1899, Auditor 
of the American Steel & Wire Co.; for 2 yrs. Pres. of 
111. Inst. of Accountants. 




JOHN S. KEEFE, Chicago. 

Born in Boston. Mass., Jan. 24, 1864. Educated in Bos- 
ton public schools; from 1880 to 1888 with the C. & N. 
W. Ry. Co.; from 1889 to 1899 Traffic Mgr. 111. Steel 
Co.; 1899-1901 Gen. Traffic Mgr. American Steel & Wire 
Co., and 1901-1902 its 1st Vice-President, residing in 
Oak Park; Dir. American Steel & Wire Co., American 
Mining Co., Iowa & St. Louis Ry. Co., Great Lakes & 
St. Lawrence Transp. Co., Ozark & Cherokee Central 
Ry. Co., Pittsburg & Ohio Valley Ry. Co., and Wauke- 
gan & Mississippi Valley Ry. Co. 




FRANK BAACKES, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1863. Came to U. S. in 1879, and to 
Chicago in 1897; since 1879 has been engaged in the 
wire business, and was Gen. Mgr. of the Salem. Ohio, 
Wire and Nail Co. from 1885 to 1897: since 1897 has 
been connected with the Am. Steel & Wire Co., and is 
now a Gen. Sales Agent of this company. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





G. WATSON FRENCH, Davenport, la. 

Born Oct. 26, 1858. Engaged in manufacturing ns a 
molder with the Eagle Mfg. Co. at Davenport in 1877; 
subsequently made Its Pres., and afterward Pres. of 
Kettendorf Metal Wheel Co., and has continued since 
in this position; in 1900. made Vice-Pres. of the Re- 
public Iron & Steel Co.; Chairman Executive Com. 1901. 



.i:o|{(.i: SI. BARD, Chicago. 

Born in Ohio, July 22, 1852. ' Removing to Chgo. in 
1899; from 1869 to 1883 engaged in the hardware busi- 
ness in Ohio and Cleveland; 1883 to 1895 in the iron 
and steel business in Cleveland; 1891 to 1899 Treas. 
and Mgr. Ind. Iron Co. at Muneie, Ind. ; from 1S99 
to Oct. 1, 1901, Gen. Supt. and a Director of the Re- 
public Iron & Steel Co. ; Vice-Pres. of the Diamond State 
Steel Co. of Wilmington, Del. 




GEORGE A. BAIRD, Chicago. 

Rorn Rochester, Beaver Co., Pa., May 10, 1865. En- 
gaged in the iron and steel manufacturing business in 
August, 1881, with the firm of P. L. Kimberly & Co., 
Slmron, Pa. ; October, 1894, was Assistant Secretary 
and Treasurer of the Atlantic Iron & Steel Company. 
New Castle, Pa.; July 1, 1898, Manager of Sharon Iron 
Company, Ltd., and Manager of Buhl Steel Company 
of Sharon, Pa.; May 1, 1899, came to Chicago as Gen- 
ornl' Sales Agent of the Republic Iron & Steel Company. 




AMERICUS F. CALiLAHAN, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 16, 1861, at Louisville, Ky. 2d Vice-Pres. 
of the U. S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co.; formerly 
Vice-Pres. Dennis Long & Co., Louisville, Ky.; came to 
Chicago, May, 1899. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





MOISE DREYFUS, Chicago. 

Born in France, Oct. 20, 1861. Came to U. S. and 
Cleveland 1880; came to Chgo. in 1898; mem. firm of 
The Ohio Iron & Metal Co., dealers In iron and steel and 
rolling mill supplies. 



SAMUEL, DEUTSCHE, Chicago. 

Born In Louisville, Ky., June 1, 1865. Removed to 
Cleveland in 1880; came to Chgo. in 1898; mem. of the 
firm Ohio Iron & Metal Co., dealers in iron and steel 
and rolling mill supplies. 





SAMUEL, HARRIS, Chicago. 

Born in Vermont in 1836. Removing to Chgo. in 1873; 
First Lieut. 5th Mich. Cav. in the Civil War of 1861-5; 
mem. of the firm of Samuel Harris & Co.. manufactur- 
ers of machinists' supplies; mem. Loyal Legion and 
G. A. R. 



WILL, O. WASHBUUR1V, Chicago. 

Born June 28, 1869, Columbus, Ind. Located in 111. 
1891; Western Manager of the Reeves Pulley Co., 
makers of power transmitting machinery. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





M. COCHRANE ARMOUR, Kv.-mstoii. 

Born Auburn, N. Y., Jan. 11, 1851. Came to Chicago 
1876, with the Adams-Westlake Company; former Man- 
ager of the Radford Pipe and Foundry Company at Cin- 
cinnati; also partner In the firm of Rogers, Brown & Co.: 
returned to Chicago In 1895 as resident partner of 
Rogers, Brown & Co.; President of the Iroquois Iron 
Company. 



SAMUEL E. BLISS, Chicago. 

Born in Vermont, 1846, and came to Chicago, 1868. 
Connected with the Iron business his entire life; or- 
ganized the firm of Bliss & Laughlln, makers of shaft- 
ing, in 1891; Pres., Treas. and cfiief stockholder of the 
company; life member C. A. A.; Director In Garden 
City Banking & Trust Co. and the Parkhurst & Wil- 
kinson Co.; Pres. of the Florence Milling & Reduction 
Co. of Florence, Colo. 




JOHN WHEELER DUNTLEY, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 16, 1863, Northville. Mich. Entered business 
as a Foundryman, and subsequently engaged in the 
Ry. supply business; founder and Pres. of the Chgo. 
Pneumatic Tool Co.; Pres. of the new Taite-Howard 
Pneumatic Tool Co. and the N. Y. Air Compressor Co.; 
Vlce-Pres. of the Franklin Compressor Co.; decorated by 
the Gov. of France, in 1900, with the Cross of the 
Legion of Honor, in recognition of introducing pneu- 
matic tools Into general and practical use. 




AVILLIAM O. DUNTLEY, Chicago. 

Born Wyandotte, Mich., July 21, 1867. Came to Chgo. 
in 1887; in 1895 represented as a traveling salesman 
the Chgo. Pneumatic Tool Co. ; elected Viee-Pres. 1899, 
and Vlce-Pres. and Gen. Mgr., 1902. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Inland Steel Co. 





G. HERBERT JONES, Chicago. 

Born in England, Jan. 25, 1856. Removing to Cbgo. in 
1871; from 1871 to 1893 was with S. D. Kimbark, 
Chgo.: since 1893 Pres. Inland Steel Co., manufacturers 
of bars, sheets, plates, special. 



i . I-:. BLOCK:, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 13, 1869. Vice-Pres. Inland Steel Co.; Pres. 
of the Buffalo, Steel Co. 





PHILIP D. BLOCK, Chicago. 

Born in Cincinnati, O. Removing to Chgo. in 1893; 
Vice-Pres. and Treas. of the Inland Steel Co., manu- 
facturers of bar steel and special sections. 



ROSS J. BEATTY, Chicago. 

Born near Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 12, 1854. Graduated 
from Pittsburg Business College; removed to Chicago, 
1901, to become director and Gen. Mgr. of the Inland 
Steel Co.; formerly Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Midland Steel 
Co., Muncie, Ind., and has been connected for over 20 
years with rolling mills; Direc. Federal Life Ins. Co.. 
Chicago. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





"WILLIAM J. WATSON, Chicago. 

Born in Pa. Located in Chgo. in 1873; Pres. Ft. 
Madison Iron Wks. Co., the Buda Foundry & Mfg. Co.; 
Vice-Pres. Metropolitan National Bank; Vice-Pres. Calu- 
met and Cbgo. Canal & Dock Co. 



ANDREW "WALLACE, Chicago. 

Born in Wigtonshire, Scotland. Coming to the U. S. 
in 1865, and located in Chgo. in 1873: engaged in the 
foundry business as manager of J. H. Bass of Ft. 
Wayne since 1873; Vice-Pres. of the Ft. Wayne Foun- 
dry & Machine Co. 





ADRIAN VANDERKLOOT, Lake IlliitV. 

Born in Holland, Dec. 7, 1849. Located in the U. S. 
and in Chgo. 1867; engaged in the general foundry busi- 
ness in 1871, and in 1876 engaged in the manufacture 
of structural iron work; Pres. of the South Halsted St. 
Iron Wks.; Vice-Pres. Chgo. Ornamental Iron Co.; mem. 
of Union League and Illinois Clubs; supplied structural 
iron for Auditorium Annex and Merchants' Loan and 
Trust Bldgs. 



GEORGE H. BRYANT, Chicago. 

Born Boston, 1865, removed to Chgo. 1891. One of the 
organizers, 1886, of the Dunham Mfg. Co. (now Q. & C. 
Co.), Ry. supplies; he became the Western Mgr. of Thos. 
Prosser & Son, American representative of the Fried. 
Krupp cast steel works, Germany. In 1S87 organized 
the Bryant Sawing Machine Co., for sawing large billets 
cold; with the Q. C. Ry. Supply Company till 1892. 



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AMBROSE PLAMONDON, Chicago. 

Born in Quebec, Can., Dee.. 31, 1833. Located In Chgo. 
in 1856; founded the A. Plamondon Mfg. Co., Chgo., in 
1S59; died Ftb. 19, 1896, and at his death was Pres. 
A. Plamondon Mfg. Co., Saladin Pneumatic Malting 
Construction Co. and the Chgo. Pneumatic Malting Co.; 
a Dir. and one of the incorporators of the Fort Dear- 
born National Bank. 



CHARLES A. PLAMONDON, Chicago. 

Born in Ottawa, 111. Pres. of the A. Plamondon Mfg. 
Co., and has been engaged for 28 yrs. In the machinery 
business; Pres. 111. Mfrs. Assn. in 1900; Dir. Fort 
Dearborn National Bank; mem. Public Library Board. 





ARCHIBALD L. BROWN, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, Oct. 17, 1867. Entered into business 
in 1886 as Supt. of the Western Sand Blast Co., manu- 
facturers of ornamental glass of every description. 
Now Pres. of this company. Member of the C. A. A., 
Glenview and Washington Park Clubs. 



EDWIN T. BROWN, Chicago. 

Born in Auburn, Me., Jan. 26, 1862, and came to 
Chgo. in 1863. In 1881 entered the firm of Brown Bros, 
and is now Pres. of the Brown Bros. Mfg. Co., Sub- 
Treas. National Rep. Com., 1896-19OO. Vice-Pres. North 
Shore Gas Co., and Sec. of the North Western Gas Light 
& Coke Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





FREDERICK A. INGALLS, Chicago. 

Born in 111., Dec. 22, 1855. Pres. the Buda Foundry 
and Mfg. Co.; Pres. Paige Iron Wks. 



CHARLES KAESTNER, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1826. Located in Cbgo. in 1856; 
in 1863 founded the Chas. Kaestner & Co., mfrs. of 
machinery. 





FRED W. WOLF, Chicago. 

Born in Baden, Germany. Located in 111. 1867; for- 
merly Architect and Engr. ; mfgr. of machinery since 
1883; Pres. the Fred W. Wolf Co., Chgo. 



A. H. BARBER, Chicago. 

Born in the State of N. Y. Coming to 111. in 1862: 
Pres. of A. H. Barber Mfg Co., makers of ice-making 
machinery and creamery apparatus supply, and member 
of the firm of A. H. Barber & Co., produce dealers. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





CHARLES LOUIS RICE, Chicago. 

Born in Mass., Nov. 24, 1822. Located in Milwaukee 
in 1855, and in Chgo. in 1866; Master Mechanic of the 
Milwaukee & La Crosse R. R. 1855-66; engaged in the 
machinery business as C. L. Rice & Co., later the Rice 
Machinery Co., and since 1895 amalgamated with the 
Dodge Mfg. Co 



M. J. KENYOX, Chicago. 

Chgo. Mgr. of the Dodge Mfg. Co.. Mishawaka, Ind. 
rnfrs. of Dodge Split Pulleys, Shatters and Hangers. 





JAMES McCARREN, Rockford. 

Born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Aug. 17, 1848. Coming 
to the U. S. when a youth; Sept. 15, 1865, engaged in 
the boiler business in New York City; located in Chgo. 
in 1867, working in various boiler shops and iron works, 
and was Asst. Foreman of the Bridgeport Rolling Mills; 
located in Decatur, 111., in 1877. and for 6 yrs. was 
Foreman of the Decatur Novelty Works; in 1883 located 
In Rockford, where he established the Rockford Steam 
Boiler Works. 



PETER R. M'LEOD, Chicago. 

Born April 16, 1855, Woodstock, Ont., Canada. Is en- 
gaged in the manufacture of steam piping and fitting 
at 431 S. Oakley Ave., Chgo.; has installed pipings in 
the largest power houses in this country, among them 
being that of the Manhattan of N. Y. City and many 
in Chgo.; Pres. McLeod Comp'y, Chicago and New York 
City. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





M. C. BULLOCK, Chicago. 

Born in Granville, N. J., June 26, 1838, residing on a 
farm until the age of 21. Learned the machinist trade, 
doing the diamond drill work under Gen. Newton to 
blow up Hell Gate; adopted the diamond drill for pros- 
pecting and is known as the father of the diamond 
drill; founded the M. C. Bullock Mfg. Co., Chicago, in 
1879, makers of diamond drills, mining machinery and 
steam engines. 



C. S. BABTHOLF, Chicago. 

Born in Plainfleld, 111., and is a grad. of the Univ. of 
Mich. Sec. of the M. C. Bullock Mfg. Co. for a num- 
ber of yrs. and upon the death of M. C. Bullock, Jan. 
12, 1898, was elected the Pres. of the company; after- 
ward organized the Standard Diamond Drill Co., of 
which he is President. 





JAMBS T. JOHNSON, Peoria. 

Born Sept. 2, 1843, Richmond, England. Since 1885 
has been engaged in the manufacture of coal drills and 
zuining tools. 



M. G. m \M:I,L. Chicago. 

Born in Ind., 1854. Removing to 111., where his entire 
life has been spent; becoming a resident of Cbgo. iu 
1883; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Bunnell Mach. Co.; 
inventor of nearly all the earth handling machines now 
in use, and the maker of road machinery. 



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ISAAC D. RICHARDS, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. State, Dec. 17, 1844. Located in Chgo. 
March, 1864; Pres. since its organization in 1885 of the 
Richards & Kelly Mfg. Co.; since 1864 has been en- 
gaged in the sidewalk light business. 



JOHN KELLY, Chicago. 

Born in Ont., Canada, Oct. 16, 1840. Came to Chgo., 
Dec., 1865, and since has been engaged in the side- 
walk light business; Sec. and Treas. of the firm of Rich- 
ards & Kelly Mfg. Co., organized in 1885. 





ARCHIBALD MEANS, 

Born in Allegheny Co., Pa., March 31, 1833. Bank 
Clerk 1854-61 in Ashland. Ky. ; Capt. Co. C., 4th Ky., 
Union Army, 1861-5; engaged in the iron and pottery 
business at Manchester, Ohio. ; Vice-Pres. and Gen. 
Mgr. 111. Zinc Co., Peru, 111., 1871-98; died Chgo., May 
22, 1898. 



"WILLIAM E. MEANS, Pern. 

Born in Manchester, Ohio, May 25, 1868. Located in 
Peru, 111., 1872; grad. from Peru High School; Clerk 
in the Merchants' National Bank, Chgo., from Sept., 
1888, to April, 1890; removed to Peru, April, 1890; since 
1890 Asst. Mgr. 111. Zinc Co., Peru. 



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THOMAS F. I ' V l< l< I :i.l.. Chicago. 

Born Boston, May 3, 1854. Removing to Chgo. in 1873, 
for a number of yrs. was with the Crane Co.; Pres. of 
the Farrell & Rempe Co., manufacturers of wrought iron 
coils for ice and refrigerating machinery, the firm hav- 
ing been established in 1887; mem. Illinois Club; died 
March 2. 1902. 



GEORGE H. REMPE, Chicago. 

Born in 111., April 26, 1866. Sec. and Treas. of the 
Farrell & Rempe Co., mfrs. of wrought iron coils for 
ice and refrigerating machinery; previously in the serv- 
ice of the R. T. Crane Co. of Chgo. 





DAVID BRADLEY CARSE, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 1, 1862, Jeffersonville. Ind. Moved to Chgo.. 
1870; educated Morgan Park Military Academy and 
Univ. of 111.; in 1883 Asst. Supt. Public Works of 
Hyde Park; member American Soc. of M. E., 1889; 
Pres. Carse Bros. Co. ; Sec. Thomas Kane & Co. ; Pres. 
the Racine Cement & Pipe Co., and Mgr. S. A. 
Woods Machine Co. 



JOHN B. CARSE, Chicago. 

Born in Ind., Sept. 10, 1864. Came to Chgo.. 1870; 
gracl. Williams Coll., 1886; from 1886-96 with Thomas 
Kane & Co. ; now Sec. and Treas. Carse Bros. & Co. ; 
Treas. Thomas Kane & Co. ; Treas. Manufacturers' 
Stove Repair Co. and Mgr. of Racine Boat Mfg. Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





JAMES I.. PERKINS, Chicago. 

Born in Meadville, Pa., 1867. Located In Chgo. in 
1881; .1. L. Perkins & Co., jobbers of metal, tinplate, 
sbeetiron, etc., doing business at 235 Lake St. 



HARRISON II. ROUNTREE, Chicago. 

Born, in Wis. in 1855. Located in Chgo. in 1888; Pres. 
of The Turner Brass Works, manufacturers of special 
brass work. 





GUSTAV L. REIlttANN, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1849. Came to U. S. 1868; learned 
nickel plating trade in Newark. N. J.; came to Chicago 
1874; owner Chicago Nickel Works and The Heimann 
Co.; retired in 1895. 



HENRY B. DOUGLAS, Aurora. 

Born in Aurora, 111. .Feb. 16, 1840, and has since re- 
sided there; until 1883 was engaged in farming and in 
the real estate business; from 1883 until 1898, Assessor; 
Pres. of the Aurora Silver Plate Mfg. Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





RAYMOND G. SYKES, Chicago. 

Born in Mahoning Cq,, O., April 29, 1849.. Located in 
Chgo. 1890; Prop, of Sykes Iron & Steel Roofing & Lath 
Co., Niles, O. ; Pres. Sykes Steel Roofing Co.. Chgo.; 
Pres. Niles Boiler Co., and Pres. of the First National 
Bank of Niles. O. 



HENRY E. PRIDMORE, Chicago. 

Born at Brockport, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1854. Is the in- 
ventor and mfgr. of molding machinery; located in 
Chgo. in 1880, and until 1893 was connected with the 
McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co.; engaged in the mak- 
ing of molding machines in 1896, and built present fac- 
tory in 1899. 





HERMAN VERBEEK, Chicago. 

Born in Michigan, January 14, 1865. Located in Chi- 
cago in 1892; engaged in the Wholesale Plumbing Supply 
business; organized the Sanitary Specialty Mfg. Co.; 
President and Manager since its incorporation. 



WILLIAM FRECK, Chicago. 

Born at the Bavarian Palatinate, May 21, 1851. Re- 
moving to U. S. in 1871, and to Chgo. in 1877; engaged 
in mechanical engineering and manufacturing of ma- 
chinery, having patented a number of valuable inven- 
tions; Pres. of the William Freck Co., mfgrs. of phar- 
maceutical and chemical machinery; made at the Paris 
Exposition exhibits valuable sales of their machines to 
the French Government. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





TOWNER K. WEUSTER, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. State, and located in 111. 1867; Pres. 
Webster Mfg. Co., conveying and elevating machinery; 
Vice-Pres. of the J. S. Metcalf Co., elevator builders. 



MARTIN DeTAMBLE, Chicago. 

Born In N. Y. State. Came to 111. in 1878; since 1876 
has been in the machinery business; erected many 
buildings in the manufacturing district of the West Sii?e; 
Pres. of Roth, McMahon & Co., manufacturers of bakers' 
machinery. 





WILLIAM NELSON PELOIJZE, Chicago. 

Born in Washington, D. C., Sept. 12, 1865. Grad. Mich. 
Military Academy in 1882, locating in Chgo. in 1882; 
engaged with Walter A. Wood in the reaping machin.- 
business until 1884; from 1884 to 1892 with the Tobey 
Furniture Co.; Pres. in 1894 of the Pelonze Scale and 
Manufacture Co.; Capt. and Adj. 2d Inf., I. N. G., 
April, 1883; Capt. Co. H, 2d Inf., March, 1885; Maj. 
2d Inf. in 1890; Asst. AdJt.-Gen. 1st Brig., Oct., 1894; 
mem. Loyal Legion, Washington Park Club, C. A. A. 



EDGAR A. HILL,. Chicago. 

Born in Middletown, Vt., Feb. 28. 1847. Moved to 
Chgo. 1876; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Northwestern Yeast 
Co. ; Pres. Calumet Tire Rubber Co. ; Pres. Sterion 
White Alloy Co.; Treas. Chgo. Writing Machine Co.: 
Pres. Sterion Copper, Brass & Bronze Co. ; Dir. Chgo 
Grain Door Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





WILLIAM H. POWELL, Belleville. 

Born in S. Wales, May 10, 1825. Emigrated to U. S. 
in 1830; entered U. S. Vol. service Aug. 1, 1861; 
Capt. Co. B, 2d Keg., Va. Cav.; promoted to Brev. 
Maj.-Gen. ; commanded 2d Cav. Div. in Gen. Sheri- 
dan's Cav. Corps 1864-5; settled in W. Va. in 1867; 
built Clifton Nail Wks. in 1868; Pres. Elector and cast 
vote of W. Va. for Gen. U. S. Grant 1868 for Pres.; 
moved to K. City, Mo.. 1870; Pres. Bd. of Trade 
1872; Rep. candidate for Congress 1874; settled in 
Belleville, ill., 1876; Mgr. Belleville Nail Wks.; 
built Western Nail Wks.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 1882; 
elected Dept. Commander G. A. R., 111., 1895; ap- 
pointed Int. Rev. Coll. 1898. 



HOWARD WATSON, Chicago. 

Born in Bangor, Me., March 21, 1840. Engaged in the 
service of S. A. Wood's Machine Co. 1868-95; located 
in Chgo. in 1878, establishing and managing the Chgo. 
branch of this company; since Jan., 1898, Manager of 
the Chgo. branch of American Woodworking Machinery 
Company. 





WILLIAM FREDERICK JOBBINS, Aurora. 

Born in Worcester, Eng., June 29, 1836. Came to 
U. S. in 1865, and lived in N. Y. from 1865 to 1883; 
partner in Rogers, Peet & Co. clothing house during this 
period; in 1871 introduced the first machine for cutting 
clothing; established the Wm. F. Jobbins Chemicnl 
Wks. in Aurora in 1883, continuing in its active man- 
agement until date of death, March 16, 1901. 



J. S. DUNCAN, Chicago. 

Born in Pa. Came to Chgo. in 1893; Inventor of the 
Addressograph, Graphotype, Icecubator, new method for 
manufacturing rubber type and special machinery; Presi- 
dent of the Addressograph Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





ORLANDO L. BICKNELL, Chicago. 

Born in Vermont, Aug. 31, 1841. Removing to Chgo. 
in 1864: entered the service of Funst & Bradley Mfg. 
Co. from 1871-88; In 1891 organized the 111. Screw Co. 
and was its Sec. and Treas. from time of organization 
to date; milled machine screws for machines and en- 
gine builders. 



JOSEPH M. MILLER, Chicago. 

Born in Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 17, 1848. Located in 
Chicago in 1862; General Manager of the Miller Chem- 
ical Engine Company, builders .of general fire appli- 
ances; inventor of the Miller Compressed Air Fire Ex- 
tinguisher. 





CHARLES S. ROBERTS, Chicago. 

Born in Bloomington, 111., May 10, 1860. Since 1884 has 
been engaged in the wire business; Sec. of the Ameri- 
can Steel & Wire Co. since the formation of the com- 
pany in 1898; Sec. of the American Mining Co., the 
American Coke Co., the American Land Co. and the 
Pittsburg & Ohio Valley Ry. Co. 



FRANK T. BENTLKV, Chicago. 

Born, 1803, in Chicago. Traffic Mgr. of the 111. Steel 
Co. Residence, Hyde Park Hotel. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





LEON H. PRENTICE, Wankegan. 

Born In Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1847. Located in 
Chgo. March, 1863; Pres. L. H. Prentice Co., makers 
of steam and hot water heating apparatus; Ex-Pres. 
National Assn. of Master Steam Fitters; mem. American 
S. M. E. and the Am. S. H. & V. E.; mem. of Union 
League Club. 



FRED A. GALE, Chicago. 

Born in Beaver Dam, Wis. Coming to 111. in 1889; 
Mgr. of the Erie City Iron Wks., makers of engines 
and boilers. 





CHESTER T. DRAKE, Chicago. 

Born in Sturgis, Mich., Feb. 22, 1851. Moved to Chgo., 
1868; Grad. from North Western Univ., 111., as a C. E., 
1874; 33d degree Mason; Pres. Standard Machine Works 
makers of general machinery. 



SAM T. BLEYER, Chicago. 

Born in la. Located in 111. in 1890. Pres. of the Haw- 
ley Down Draft Furnace Co., manufacturers of furnace 
heat appliances. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





GEORGE M. SARGENT, Evanston. 

Born In Sedgwick, Me., March 29, 1830. Located In 
111. 1871; founded the business In 1876 of the Sargent 
Co., Iron and steel founders and manufacturers of rail- 
way brake shoes, and of which he is the Pres. 



FRANK W. EDMUNDS, Chicago. 

Born In Boston, Mass., Sept., 1857. Came to Chgo. 
in 1898 as the Sec. of the Q. & C. Co.; mem. of the 
Technical Club, Engineering Club and Transportation 
Club of N. Y. City, and Pafatesdale Club of Troy, N.Y. 





S. W. McMUNN, Chicago. 

Born in Sharon. Ohio, March 20, 1800. Pres. Kindl Car 
Truck Co., railway supplies. 



AL.VIN CARR McCORD, Chicago. 

Born in Paris, 111., Nov. 24, 1867. Grad. at Princeton 
Univ. 1889; removed to Chgo. in 1890; engaged in the 
railroad supply business since 1890; Gen. Mgr. of the 
111. Car & Equipment Co.; Pres. of McCord & Co.; 
Pres. of the Drexel Railway Supply Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





FRANK W. GOULD, Moline. 

Born In Moline, May 25, 1853. Attended Yale Univ. 
In 1873-4; from 1874 to 1899, engaged in the lumber 
business with the firm of Dimork. Gould & Co.; since 
1899, Pres. and Mgr. Union Malleable Iron Co.; Sec. 
Moline Water Power Co.; Dir. First Nat'l Bank; Pres. 
Board of Trustees 111. Western Hospital for the Insane; 
school township Treas.; Captain Co. F, 6th Regt.. 
1883-6; present Paymaster Second Ship's Crew, 111. 
Naval Militia; President Moline Club. 



FRANK M. HICKS, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 13, 1860, at Monticello, Minn. Educated at 
Cincinnati, Ohio; moved to Chgo. and engaged in the 
iron business in 1886; organized and is the Mgr. of the 
Hicks Locomotive and Car Wks. 





THEODORE W, SNOW, Batavia. 

P>orn in Madisonville, Ky., Aug. 5, 1858. Located in 
111. jn 1861; Mgr. Otto Gas Engine Wks.. Chicago; 
mem. Technical Club, Western Soc. of Engrs. ; 111. 
Soc. of Engrs. and Surveyors, and mem. of the Western 
Ry. Club. 



IRVING T. HARTZ, Chicago. 

Born Peoria, 111., in 1861. From 1884 to 1895 with the 
Modern Frog Crossing Works: formerly Sec. and Mgr. 
of the Calumet Iron & Steel Co.; formerly Pres. of the 
Union Cold Storage and W. H. Co. ; Viee-Pres. Modern 
Frog Crossing Works; mem. of the C. A. A., Washing- 
ton Park, Kenwood and Chgo. Whist Clubs. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





JESSE) M. WATlilNS, Chicago. 

Born in Fairfieldj N. Y., Oct. 10, 1868. Grad. Amherst 
Coll. 1889, and located In Chgo. ; entered the service 
of the Mather Stock Car Co. as a Clerk, becoming in 
1896 its Vice-Pres. 



ALFRED J. BABCOCK. Chicago. 

Born in N. Y State, 1850, removing to 111. in 18S2. 
Has since been engaged in the making of machinery 
and is now Mgr. for the Western Dept. of Manning, 
Maxwell & Moore. Member of Union League, Tech- 
nical and Hamilton Clubs. 





RUDOLPH ORTMANBf, Chicago. 

Born in Vienna, Austria. June 21, 1864. Located in 
Chgo. in 1885; Vice-Pres. Ajax Forge Co.; 1st Vice-Pres. 
of the Griffln Wheel Co. 



I . J. HIGHLAND, Quincy. 

Born in Wis. Receiving a High School education; V.-P. 
American Malleable Casting Co. ; Dir. Ellington Mfg. 
Co.; Dir. Quincy & Southeastern Electric Ky. 



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CHARLES I . ^UINCY, Chicago. 

Born In Newton, Mass., July 16, 1856. Located in 
Chgo. 1889; Pres. of the Railroad Supply Co. and the 
Q. & C. Co. 




HENRY S. BURKHARDT, Chicago. 

Born Philadelphia, Pa., July 10 1842. Removed to 
Louisville, Ky., with parents In 1852; carne to Chicago 
In 1874 as Vlee-Pres. of the Chicago Malleable Iron Co.; 
now Asst. Mgr. of the Nat. Malleable Castings Co. and 
Pres. of the Chicago Ry. Equipment Co. 





WILLIAM C. FOLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Canada, 1854. Removing to Chgo. in 1870, was 
a clerk for the Goodrich Machine Co., and in 1880 be- 
came a partner; incorporated the Foley & Williams Mfg. 
Co., and now its Pres. and Treas. 



IRVIN E. ROCKWELL, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 25, 1863. From 1880 to 1885 was engaged in 
newspaper work in Minneapolis, and subsequently e.n- 

faged in business in Racine, Wis. ; located In Chgo. in 
889, where he engaged in the merchandising business: 
in 1891 organized the Rockwell & Rupel Co., manufac- 
turers of letter flies and business furniture, und sineo 
has been its Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Western Tube Co. 





JOHN H. PIERCE, Kewauee. 

Born in Aurora, 111., Jan. 11, 1843. In 1868 aided in 
the establishment of the Western Tube Co.; was its first 
Sec., and since 1890 its Pres. ; mem. of 111. Senate 
1889-93; Pres. Board of Commissioners of 111. State 
Penitentiary from 1897 to 1901. 



ALFRED M. HEWLETT, Kewauee. 

Born in Ky., June 13, 1849. Came to Kewanee, 111., 
1876; has been connected with Western Tube Co. since 
1881 as Bookkeeper; Treas., Sec. and Vice-Pres. of the 
Co. since 1898. 





CHARLES E. McCULLOUGH, Kewanee. 

Born in Mt. Joy, Pa., May 20, 1849. Came to Polo, 111., 
in 1856, and removed to Kewanee in 1882; admitted 
to the bar of 111. in 1878; Cashier First Nat'l Bank of 
Kewanee 1883-90; from 1890 to 1893 was with the Na- 
tional Tube Works Co., McKeesport, Pa.; since 1893 
Treas. of the Western Tube Co. 



CHARLES I. PIERCE, Kewanee. 

Born in Kewanee, 111., March 24, 1871. Educated at 
the Univ. of 111. 1887-90; from 1890 to 1892 in the 
service of the National Tube Wks. Co. at McKeesport, 
Pa.: became associated with the Western Tube Co 
1892, and elected Sec. 1899. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





PAUL, WILLJS, Chicago. 

Born in Orange, N. J., December 21, 1863. Located in 
Chicago 1889; Secretary and Engineer of the Kenwood 
Bridge Co. since its organization in 1889; member of the 
American Society of Engineers, the Western Society of 
Engineers and the Kenwood Club. 

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FRANK W. It \lt K l-:it. Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Oct. 15, 1851. Pres. of the Kenwood 
Bridge Co., of which he, with Mr. Willis, was the or- 
ganizer, in 1890. Member of the C. A. A. and Kenwood 
Clubs, and Western t-oc. of Engineers. Admitted to the 
bar of Illinois, 1877. 





XENOPHON CAVERNO, Kewanee. 

Born in Waukesha. Wis., Dec. 26. 1865. and came to 
111. in 1870; Grad. Univ. of Wis., 1890; engaged in 
R. R. business, Denver, 1890-3; moved to Kewanee in 
1893; Vice-Pres. and Mgr. Kewanee Gas Light & Coke 
Co. until 1899; in 1899, on the formation of the Ke- 
wanee Light & Power Co., became its Pres. and Mgr.; 
Mgr. Kewanee Pneumatic Water Supply Co. and Pres. 
Kewanee Sanitary Supply Co. 



HENRY H. MARCUSSON, La Grange. 

Born in Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1865. Located in 
Chgo. in 1881; Sec. and Treas. Haggard & Marcusson 
Co., manufacturers of spring beds and woven wire mat- 
tresses; Sec. Western Spring Bed. Mfg. Assn.; Pres. 
Chgo. Union of Y. P. S. C. K.; Treas. Secretarial Inst. 
and Training School, Y. M. C. A.: mem. of First Con- 
gregational Church, LaGrange, III. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





DAVID J. POWERS, Chicago. 

Mechanical engineer and manufacturer; President of 
the Union Wire Mattress Co.; an early Western pio- 
neer; came West in 1838, and to Chicago in 1868; :in 
ex-member of the Wisconsin Legislature; ex-member of 
the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, and ex-pub- 
lisher of the Wisconsin Farmer; hale, hearty and active 
at near 90 years of age. 



ALLEN CONKLING, Chicago. 

Born at Fort Plain, N. Y. Came to Illinois in May, 
1885; engaged in the manufacturing of laundry ma- 
chinery for the past 18 years; Treas. and Gen. Mgr. of 
the Troy Laundry Machinery Co. ; Proprietor of the 
Conkling Chemical Co., Chicago. 





ROBKRT S. NELSON, Chicago. 

Born in Norway, and located in Chgo. .in 187ft: in 1890 
engaged in the business of manufacturing laundry ma- 
chinery under the firm name of Nelson & Kreuter. 



ADAM KREUTER, Chicago. 

Born in Germany. Removing to Chgo. in 1880; mem. 
of the firm of Nelson & Kreuter, uifrs. of laundry 
machinery, the firm having been established in 1890; has 
been identified with the machinery business all his life. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





JOHN MARDER, Chicago. 

Born Greentown, Ohio, March 5, 1835. Locatf-d In Chgo. 
in I860,: enlisted In the war of 1861-5 in Co. A. Chgo. 
Light Artillery; Mgr. of the American Type Founders 
Co., Chgo., organized In 1892. 



ARTHUR M. BARNHART, Chicago. 

Located In Chgo. In 1868; Pres. Barnhart Bros. & 
Spindler, type founders; mem. Board of Governors Art 
lust, and mem. Municipal Art League of Chgo., Union 
league, Iroquols, C. A. A. and Glenview and Hoinewood 
jolt Clubs and Sons of N. Y. 





THOMAS W. EATON, Chicago. 

Born in Lamoille Co., Vt. Came to 111. In 1856; lived 
n Chgo. since 1871; Pres. ind Gen. Mgr. of the Eaton 
i: Prince Co., manufacturer!! of freight and passenger 
-levators, and has been engaged in this business since 
1873. 



EDWARD B. LEIGH, Chicago. 

Born in Townsend, Mass., April 13, 1853. Moved to 
St. Louis in 1855: Sec. St. Louis Elevator Co. 1876-82; 
Mgr. American Brake Co. 1882-7; moved to Chgo. in 
1889; Gen. Mgr. National Hollow Brake Beam Co. 
1888-93: Gen. Mgr. Chicago Railway Equipment Co. 
1893-1902. 



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HARRY H. LATHAM, Cliica&o. 

Born in 111. From 1878 to 1884 was engaged as Civil 
and Mining Engr. in Nevada, Idaho, Cal., Utah and 
Wyoming; from 1884 to 1902 engaged in the manufac- 
ture of printers' and bookbinders' machinery in Chgo. ; 
Pres. Latham Machinery Co. 



JOHN A. ROCHE, Chicago. 

Born in Utica, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1844. Located In 111. 
July, 1867, mem. 111. Legis. 1876; Mayor of Chgo in 
1887; Mgn. Dir. Otis Elevator Co.; mem. of Union 
League and Kenwood Clubs. 





N. B. LEWIS, Chicago. 

Born in Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1844. Removed to 
Milwaukee May 1, 1862; Aug. 15, 1862, enlisted in the 
24th Wis. Inf., war 1861-5, serving until the close of 
the war; in 1874 removed to Chgo., where he has since 
been engaged in the iron business. 



L. L. MU1VN, Freeport. 

Born In St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Sept. 1, 1829. Lo- 
cated in Freeport in 1846 and engaged in mercantile 
business; Pres. of the Arcade Mfg. Co.; 33d degree 
Mason. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





CHARLES G. BLAKE, Chicago. 

Born 1866, and was identified from his youth with the 
monument business at Westerly, the great granite town 
of Rhode Island; removing to Chgo. in 1885; studied 
monumental art in Europe and received honorable 
mention from the Chgo. Art Inst. ; is inventor of the 
Perfect ventilator for mausoleums; built the Ashtahula 
bridge disaster monument, the Carter H. Harrison, 
Frances K. Willard, Nelson Morris and hundreds of 
other monuments and mausoleums; member Apollo 
Club; 32d degree Mason. 



OZIAS M. HATCH, Springfield. 

Born April 11, 1814, at Hillsborough, N. H. Removing 
to 111. in 1835; in 1850 was elected to the 111. Legis- 
lature; in 1856 was elected Sec. of State for 111., and 
re-elected in 1860; was the Sec. and one of the original 
mem. of the National Lincoln Monument Assn.; died 
March 12, 1893. 





HEXRY G. THIEBEL,, Peorin. 

Born Nov. 10, 1856, Peoria, 111. Trustee Pleasure 
Driveway & Park Dist. 1894-7; mem. of the Peoria 
Board of Education and the Oeiman Free School; 
Vice-Pres. of the Peoria Stone and Marble Co., manu- 
facturers and dealers in monuments. 



HOWARD T. KEL.TIE, .Toilet. 

Born June 27, 1851, Clinton, Ont. Removing to Joliet. 
111., 1877: engaged in the stone business, and is the 
Sec. and Tread, of the Keltie Stone Co.; Sec. and Treas. 
Triumph Adjustable Stove Pipe Mfg. Co.. Joliet. 111.: 
stockholder in the Will Co. National Bunk of Joliet. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





ALBERT RAYMOND, Chicago. 

Born in Dodge Co., Wis.. Feb. 11, 1848. Founded the 
firm of Raymond Bros. Impact Pulverizer Co., making 
u specialty of nne pulverizing and separating machinery; 
previously engaged in the wind mill business, and 
which is now operated by Aulthaus, Wheeler & Co., 
Waupun, Wis. 



JOHN M. JOHNSON, Chicago. 

Born May 13, 1845. Entered railway service Jan. 1, 
1871, at Franklin, Ind.; Station Agt. I., C. & L. Ry.; 
Nov. 1, 1872, appointed Gen. Freight and Ticket Agt. 
Cincinnati & Martinsville Ry.; July 1, 1875, Traveling 
Auditor of the I.. C. & L. Ry.; Nov. 29, 1879, Asst. Gen. 
Freight Agt.; Feb. 25. 1884, appointed Asst. Gen. 
Freight Agt. C., R. I. & P. Ry. ; March 1, 1884. Its Gen. 
Frt. Agt.; 1896. Us Frt. Traffic Mgr., and In 1899 
elected its 3d Vice-Pros. 





M. M. BAKER, Chicago. 

Born in Alton, Madison County, Illinois, May 4, 1871. 
Secretary of The Western Supply Co., Chicago, and in 
charge of the Peoria branch of its business; Secretary 
and Treasurer of Illinois Warehouse Co., Peoria, 111.; 
member Chicago Athletic Association, Chicago, and 
Creve Coeur Club of Peoria. 



JAMES O. MASON, Anrora. 

Born in Fort Ann. Washington Co.. N. Y., Feb. 6, 184(5. 
Located in Aurora. 111., in 1*68; engaged in the bakery 
business as Mason Bros, in 1874; in 1890 sold business 
to the American Biscuit Co.. which in 1898 merged into 
the National Biscuit Co., continuing ns Mgr. of the busi- 
ness until July, 1900; Treas. Aurora Corset Co.; Vice- 
Pres. of Aurora Gas Light & Coke Co.; Dir. German- 
American National Bank. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





HENRY A. TAYLOR, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 6, 1856, Providence, R. I. Located in Chgo. 
in 1880; Western Mgr. of the American Screw Co. 



HARRIS A. WHEELER, Chicago. 

Born in Maine, July 30, 1850. Located in Chgo., Sept., 
1880; Pres. and General Manager Northwestern Ex- 
panded Metal Co. 





AXEL A. STROM, Chicago. 

Horn in Sweden, March 31, 1855. Located in U. S. and 
Chgo. in 1872; engaged in the manufacturing business, 
and is the Sec. and Treas. of the Strom Mfg. Co. and 
Sec. and Treas. of the Pettibone-Mullikin & Co. 



"WILLIAM H. HOOPER, Chicago. 

Born in England, 1860. Gen. Agt. of the Safety Car 
Heating & Lighting Co. since 1897 of the Western 
States, with offices in Chgo. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





MOSES BEN SINGER, Chicago. 

Born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 17, 1839. Came to Chicago 
and became Mgr. of the Brunswick-Balke Co. in 1869, 
and its president in 1K75; Pres. of the Standard Club 
for many years; member of C. A. A. 



EMORY B. MOORE, Chicago. 

Born in Whately, Mass., March 10, 1845. Located in 
Chgo. in 1871; engaged in the manufacture of wood car- 
pets and parquet floors since 1879. 





CHARLES ERWIN HILL, Chicago. 

Born in Vermont. Removing to 111. in 1894; President 
of the Chgo. Writing Machine Co., manufacturers of 
"The Chicago" Typewriter. 



LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, Chicago. 

Bom Oct. 2tt. 1859, Cincinnati, O. Moved to Lake For- 
est, 111., 1804; primary education in public schools; 
grail, in 1879 Phillips Academy, Exeter. N. II.; grad. 
from Yale, Ph. B., 1882; real estate dealer in Chgo. 
1882-91; Gen. Mgr. Gladstone Co. 1891; Sec. and Treas. 
1896, and Vlee-Pres. 1898; Pies, in 1900 of the Oliver 
Typewriter Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





ABRAM JOHN SCHUL.ER, Chicago. 

Korn Warren, Pa., 1860. A resident of 111. since 1SC8; 
is engaged la the art glass manufacturing business 
under the name of Sohuler & Mueller, 20 W. Madison 
St.; Treas. of the National Ornamental Glass Mfr. 
Assn. and Chgo. Ornamental Glass Mfgrs. Assn.; mem. 
Royal Arcanum and National 1'nion. 



MATTHEW W. JACK, Strentor. 

Born in Old Chester, Pa., May 18, 1852. Removing to 
111. 1872; Pres. and Treas. Streator Bottle & Glass Co. 





GEORGE H. STAHL., Qnlncy. 

Born in Virginia City, Nev., Feb. 29. 1864. Located in 
Quincy 1868; public school education; engaged in the 
manufacture of incubators In 1886 under the name of 
Geo. H. Stahl. 



SAMUEL, D. SIMPSON, Chicago. 

Born in Lancaster, Pa., April 22, 1854. Located ii> 
Chgo. 1878; for 25 yrs. engaged in the business of a 
manufacturer of corks. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





HENRY C. UANNARD, Chicago. 

Horn in N. Y. City, Dec. 21, 1844, and grad. at Yale, 
1869, removing to Chgo. in 1869; admitted to the bar. 
1869; Pres. Chgo. Cluh. 1896-7; now Pres. United 
Breweries and Treas. United Breweries. 



GEORGE FREDERICK MILLS, Chicago. 

Born in Derby, Eng. Came to U. S. in 1872 at the age 
of 12 and with his parents located in Va., where he was 
educated; returned to Eng., remaining 3 yrs.; in 1880 
returned to U. S. and to Washington, where he was em- 
ployed for 3 yrs.; since 1883 has been connected with 
the Xiles Tool Wks., both at Hamilton and Chgo.; Mgr. 
of the Chgo. branch since 1894; Western Mgr. of the 
Xiles-Bement-Pond Co., of which the Niles Tool Wks. 
Co. is a part. 





JOSEPH BOND, Chicago. 

Born Ware, Mass., Feb., 1852, and resides 2733 Mich. 
Ave. 



ISAAC HIRSCH, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Pres. Am. Cutlery Co., and for 27 yrs. 
engaged in the cutlery business. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





ROBERT WEIR, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 22, 1838, in Renfrewshire. Scotland. Located 
in Chgo. in 1846; in 1866 engaged in the plumbing and 
steam fitting business under the firm name of Weir & 
Craig; subsequently engaged in manufacturing business; 
Pres. and Treas. of the Weir & Craig Mfg. Co. 



ROBERT CRAIG, Chicago. 

Born in Scotland. Coming to U. S. in 1854, and to 
Chgo in 1865; Sec. of the Weir & Craig Mfg. Co., 
makers of steam pumps for all kinds of work; machin- 
ists, iron and brass founders. 





WILLIAM H. SARD, Chicago. 

Born at Albany, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1850. Located in 
Chgo. 1863; Vice-Pres. Rathbone, Sard & Co., stove 
manufacturers. 



HEXRY CRIBBEN, Chicago. 

Born in the Isle of Man, 1833. Located in Chgo. in 
1872; Capt. of the 140th N. Y. Inf. in the war of 
1861-5; mem. of Loyal Legion: Pres. of Cribben & Sex- 
ton Stove Co., which was founded in 1873. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





JOSEPH W. EMERY, Qniney. 

Born at Taunton, Mass., Nov. 10, 1850. Came to 
Quincy, 1854; after grad. from Quincy High School, en- 
tered the bank of L. & C. H. Bull; subsequently be- 
came Cashier; resigning In 1881, he aided in the estab- 
lishment of the present Channon-Emery Stove Co.. of 
which he is Pres. and Mgr. ; is Pres. of the Western 
Assn. of Stove Mfrs. and of the Quincy Country Club; 
Director of Chamber of Commerce and a Trustee of 
Blessing Hospital. 



CHAIJ1VCEY H. CASTLE, Quiney. 

Born Columbus, 111., July 10, 1843. Served In the Civil 
War, 73d 111. Inf.; entered firm of Comstoek-Castle Co., 
1865, becoming a partner, 1868; Pres. of the Comstock- 
Oastle Stove Co., 1884; Pres. of the Stove Foundry 
National Defense Assn. ; Director in the American 
Strawboard Co. and the State Savings, Loan & Trust 
Co., the Newcomb Hotel Co., the Quincy Freight Bu- 
reau, and Pres. of the M. & B. Planing Mill Co. 





JOHN J. FISHER, Qnincy. 

Horn in Quincy, 111., July 6, 1869. Public school educa- 
tion; established the Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Co., 1890, 
makers of National stcves and mnjres; mem. of Elks 
and K. of P. 



CHARLES BECKER. Dellevllle. 

Born in Germany, 1840, and came to Belleville, 1851 . 
engaged as foundry mechanic, 1856; in the Civil Wai 
from 1861 to 1862; organized Belleville Stove Works in 
ISM, and was its president; State Treas. from 1889 to 
1891; director First National Bank of Belleville. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





JAMES L,. DAUGHERTY, Streator. 

Horn in Washington Co., Pa., Dec. 27, 18t3. Grad. Mt. 
1'leasant College. Ohio, in 1860; veteran of the war of 
1861-5; until 1869 was connected with the public schools 
of Ohio; from 1869 to 1892, engaged in the manufactur- 
ing business: in 1892 removed to 111. and established the 
Streator Clay Mfg. Co., and since has been its Pres. 
and Gen. Mgr. ; I'res. of the Western Sewer Pipe Mfgr.'s 
Assn. 




JOHN HENRY CHAPMAN, Chicago. 

Born Deptford, England, Jan. 11, 1853. Family came to 
America in 1856; located near Waukegan, 111.; early 
years spent on a farm, attending school in winter; at 
18 came to Chicago, entering the employ of Thomp- 
son, Steele & Price; subsequently manager of their 
factory; engaged for 4 yrs. as a traveling salesman: 
In 1878. with four other young men. established the 
present house of Chapman & Smith Co., of which he is 
uow the sole head, the others having withdrawn; Pres. 
for the llth time of the Baptist Young People's Union 
of America. 




CHARLES EMMERICH, Chicago. 

Born in Birkenfeld, Germany, Aug. 31, 1840. Came to 
Chgo. in 1856; in 1858 engaged in the feather business, 
and in 1865 established the present firm of Chas. Em- 
merich & Co. : Troas. of the German Aid Soc. and of 
the German Hospital. 



JACOB BAUR. Chicago. 

Pres. and Treas. of Liquid Carbonic Acid Mfg. Co.. 
makers of chemicals and soda water supplies, and the 
Pres. of the Chas. L. Bastain Mfg. Co., makers of 
brass goods, Terre Haute, Incl. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





CHARLES F. EIKER. Chicago. 

Born in Knoxville, 111., Nov. 16. 1860. Educated at 
Knox Coll.. Galesburg; came to Chgo. in 1870 and en- 
gaged in business with the Pioneer Fire Proofing Co., 
of which he is now Pres. and Gen. Mgr. ; mem. Union 
League, Washington Park and Kenwood Clubs. 



SHELDON H. BASSETT, St. Lonis. Mo. 

Pres. of the lola -Portland Cement Co.. makers of 
high-grade Portland Cement, with general sales office 
In Lincoln Trust Bldg., St. Louis. 





JONAS SPIEGEL, Chicago. 

Born in Hungary, 1844. Located in U. S. in 1865 and 
in Chgo. in 1890; Pres. of Diamond Glue Co., Diamond 
Casein Co. and senior member of .1. Spiegel & Co.: 
for 25 years engaged in the manufacture and sale of 
glue and by-products. 



C. B. SHEFLER, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 19, 1847, Mansfield, O. For 24 yrs. in the 
service of the Pennsylvania Hy.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 
of the Garden City Sand Co. since 1884; Pres. of th 
Hillsdale Fire Brick & Clay Co. for the last 3 yrs. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





"WILLIAM H. ALSIP, Chicago. 

Born at Prairie du Ohien. Wis., 1-858. Came to Illinos 
in 1873; organized the Alsip Brick Company; director 
and member of executive committee of Illinois Brick 
Company; graduate of the Chicago High School. Uni- 
versity of Chicago, and Union College of Law. 



BILLWYJT V. PURINGTON, Chicago. 

Born in Sidney, Kennebec Co., Me., Jan. 22, 1841. En- 
listed as a pri. in the war of 1861-5, and discharged as 
a Capt.; located in Chgo. April, 1869; is engaged as a 
brick manufacturer and contractor. 





WILLIAM SCHLAKE, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 11, 1863, York, Pa. Sec. 111. Brick Co. 
manufacturers of brick; Alderman of the 26th Ward 
from 1894 to 1900. 



L. H. HARLA1VD. Chicago. 

Born in England in 1843. Has been engaged and iden- 
tified with brick mfg. in Chgo. since the spring of 1872; 
Pres. of the 111. Brick Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 





>1. J. CHARLEY, La Salle. 

Since 1885 manufacturer of brick under the firm name 
of Charley Bros.; Alderman, 1889-92; City Treas., 1895- 
7; member of Township High School Board, 1895-8, and 
now Mayor of La Salle. 



CHRISTIAN STEIN3IAYER, La Salle. 

Born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 6, 1854. Located 
In U. S. in 1874, and in La Salle in 1875; since 1887 
engaged in the making of pressed brick; Pres. and Gen. 
Mgr. of the La Salle Pressed Brick Co. 





EDWIN H. SEDGWICK, Chicago. 

Born at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Came to Chicago in 1870; 
Treasurer and General Manager of the S. Wllks Mfg. 
Co., manufacturers of the Wilks Water Heaters, Tanks 
and Steam Generators. Died Sept., 1901. 



GEORGE E. GERTS, Chicago. 

Born in Portland, Me., in 1827. Came to Chgo. in 1S50, 
establishing himself in the business of a brush manu- 
facturer, and located on Wells St., now Fifth Ave.; 
the business was conducted under the name of Geo. E. 
Gerts, afterward Gerts & Loder; afterward it became 
Geo. E. Gerts & Co., and subsequently Gerts, Lumbard 
& Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Soaps Mexican Amole Soap Co. 





ABRAHAM BRAYSHAW, Peorla. 

Born in Yorkshire. England. Deo. 21. 1838. fame to 
D. S. in 1868, and to Illinois. 1870; commenced manu- 
facture of soap, 1884, and founded the Mexican Amole 
Soap Co. that year, and is 1'res. of the company; he is 
a member A. O. U. W. 



W. W. BRAYSHAW, Peoria. 

Horn Peoria, 111., Jan. 21. 1872. Vice-Pres. Mexican 
Amole Soap Co., soap maker and chemist; member 
Charter Oak Camp, Modern Woodmen. 





BEXJAMIX W. BRAYSHAW, Peoria. 

Born Aug. 1, 1869, Newburg, N. Y., and came to Illinois 
in 1870. Sec. and Treas. Amole Soap Co. 



CL.AREXCE BRAYSHAW. Peoria. 

Born Sept. 2. 1882. Peoria, 111. Shipping Clerk Mexi- 
can Amole Soap Co. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 
Soaps. 





MILTON W. KIRK, Chicago. 

Born in Oneida Co., N. Y. Pres. James S. Kirk & Co., 
soap mfgrs. 



J. J. BURNS, Chicago. 

Born Wayne Co., Ohio, Sept. 20, 1850. Mgr. Cosmo 
Buttermilk Soap Co. 





C. S. KNIGHT, Chicago. 

Born in State of Vt. in 1846. Has beea a resident of 
Chgo. since 18S9: has been identified with the tirni of 
Andrew Jergens & Co. since 1897 as Mgr. 



NICHOLAS KOCH, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. June 22, 1854. Is engaged in the manu- 
facturing of trunks; for 15 yrs. meiu. of the Royal Ar- 
canum; in 1897 was elected Regent of the Northwestern 
Council: elected Delegate to the Grand Council R. A. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





JOHN W. C. HASKELL, Chicago. 

Born Rochester, Mass., July 4, 1844. Has been engaged 
in business in Chgo. since Sept., 1865; senior mem. of 
the firm of Haskell Bros., trunk mfgrs. ; charter mem. 
C. A. A. 



J. I.. HASKELL, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 27, 1846, Plymouth Co., Mass. Junior mem. 

of the firm of Haskell Bros., trunk mfgrs. and dealers, 
in Chgo. 





CHARLES T. WILT, Chicago. 

Born in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22, 1859. Located in 
Chgo. in 1860; grad. from Lincoln School; engaged as 
a miner In the West; in 1881 engaged in business as a 
trunk and bag manufacturer in Chgo. with his father; 
i'lisiness established by father and continued by son; 
Capt. of Volunteer Inf. at Santiago in the Spanish- 
American war. 



JOSEPH S. HARTMA1VN, Chicago. 

Born in Bohemia, Austria, Aug. 30, 1846. From 1867 
to 1875 a resident of N. Y. City, removing to Milwau- 
kee, Wis., and was for 15 yrs. mem. of the firm 
t'arpeles & Hartmann; since 1890 has been engaged in 
business in Chgo., and the Pres. of the Hartmann 
Trunk Co. ; Dir. Standard Club and Vice-Pres. Sinai Con- 
gregation; resides at 4525 Calumet Ave., Chgo. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 





GEORGE WELLES PITKIN, Chicago. 

Born In Manchester, Conn., May 25. 1827. Located In 
Louisville in 1855. and in Chgo. in 1859; in 1868 engaged 
In the wholesale grocery business, and subsequently 
started in the ready mixed paint business; sold in Chgo. 
the first gallon of ready mixed house paint; died July 
17, 1900. 



GORHAM B. COFFIN, Chicago. 

Born Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 18, 1846. Moved to 
Chgo. 1870; continuously engaged in the manufacture 
and sale of paints for 30 yrs.; prominent in club, mili- 
tary and Masonic circles; First Pres. of the Paint and 
Varnish Assn. 





ERNEST W. HEATH, Chicago. 

Itorn in Chgo. Jan. 21, 1858, being the son of ex-Mayor 
Monroe Heath, Chgo.; Pres. and Mgr. of the Heath fc 
Milligan Mfg. Co. of Chgo. ; mem. Union League, Wash- 
ington Park, C. A. A. and Midlothian Clubs. 



ELLIOTT Dt'RAND, Chicago. 

ISorn in Vermont, and came to Chgo. in 1869; enlisted 
as a private in 111. in the war of 1861-455; Lieut. Col. 
nncl Asst. Inspector Gen. I. N. G.; Col. of Durand's 
Provisional Regiment of Cavalry in the Spanish-Ameri- 
can War; Vice-Pres. Heath & Milllgnn Mfg. Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 
Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 




P. P. SENOL'R, Chicago. 

Born in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1850. Located in 
Chgo. in 1878; established the Senour Mfg. Co. in 
1884; Pres. Paint, Oil and Varnish Club of Chgo.. 
1892-3; died Oct. 5. 1895. 





W. F. SENOUR, Chicago. 






GEORGE M. VIAL, La Grange. 

Born on a farm in 111. Sec. and Mgr. of the Chgo 
White Lead & Oil Co.; Pres. National Paint, Oil and 
Varnish Assn. 1901. 



A. G. COX, Chicago. 

Born in Nunda, N. Y., and came to Chgo. in 1876; 
Mgr. of the Kubber Paint Co. and the Zeno Mfg. Co.; 
member Paint, Oil, Varnish Assn. ; Ex-Pres. Paint an-1 
Varnish Assn.; member C. A. A., Hamilton. Colonial 
and X. Y. Clubs, Auburn Park Golf Club and Illinois 
Mfg. Assn. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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MANUFACTURERS. 

Paints. Oils and Varnishes. 





CHARLES C. BARRETT, Chicago. 

Born in Nantucket, Mass., Sept. 14, 1855, pioving to 
New York City in 1871, and to Chgo. in 1888. In 1875 
was clerk for F. W. Devoe & Co., New York. Vice- 
Pres. of Devoe & Raynolds Co., Chgo.. since 1893. Di- 
rector of F. W. Devoe & C. T. Raynolds Co., New 
York, since 1892. 



JOSEPH EARL MARTIN, Chicago. 

Born in Rockford, 111., April, 1855. In 1873-4 took a 
special course at N. W. Univ., Evanston; from 1882 
to 1893 mem. of the firm of F. W. Devoe & Co., paint 
rnfrs. ; since 1893 Sec. of the Devoe & Raynolds Co. 





S. I . SL'LZBERGER, Chicago. 

Born in Philadelphia. Pa., Feb. 5. 1857. Located in 
Chgo. in 187(j; grad. from the Philadelphia High School; 
Pres. and Sec. Enterprise Paint Mfg. Co.; Dir. Paint, 
Oil anil Varnish Club; Dir. of United Hebrew Charities 
of Chgo.; mem. 111. Hfrs. Assn. and the Standard Club. 



SAMUEL, ROSEXTHAL, Chicago. 

Born in X. Y., Jan. 19. 1871. Located in Chgo. in 1879; 
Sec. and Mgr. of Bradley & Vroonian Co.. paint mfrs. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 





CHARLES !:. MORRILL, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 11, 1832. In 1879 removed from Boston to 
Chgo.; Pres. of Valentine & Company, mfrs. of var- 
nishes, Chicago; mem. of Union League and Washington 
Park Clubs. 





ALLAN A. MORRILL, Chicago. 

Born in N. H. Educated in Philips Academy, Andover, 
Mass.; resident of Chicago for 23 yrs. ; for 23 yr. with 
the Valentine Co. ; Asst. Treas. of Valentine & Co. ; 
mem. of C. A. A. 





DANIEL D. SHIPMAN, Chicago. 

P.orn in Essex, Conn. located in Chgo. 1853; founded 
the D. B. Shipman White Lead Wks. 1865, now branch 
of National Lead Co. 



FLETCHER W. ROCKWELL, Chicago. 

Born Wyoming Co., X. Y., 1843. Located in St. Louis 
in 1865, entering the service of the Southern White 
Lead Co.; in 1889 located in N. Y. City, aiding in the 
formation of the National Lead Co.; since 1894 has been 
the Vice-Pres. of the National Lead Co. and Mgr. of its 
Chicago branch. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



279 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 





GEORGE E. VAN WOERT, Chicago. 

Born Feb. 1, 1848, in Saratoga Co., N. Y. Engaged In 
business in Scranton, Pa.. 1868; located in N. Y. City 
in 1870, and in Chgo. in 1876; returned to N. Y. City in 
1882. and in 1889 again located in Chgo.; resident 
Manager of the Murphy Varnish Co. 



CHARLES D. ETTINGER, Chicago. 

Born at Wadsworth, Ohio, 1838. Resided in Chgo. 
since Jan. 10, 1884; Sec. of the Murphy Varnish Co. 





FRANK HAYES, Chicago. 

Born in Limerick, Me. Came to Chgo.. 1866. and with 
H. M. Hooker since that time; mem. Illinois and Ham- 
ilton Clubs; Vice-Pres. of the H. M. Hooker Co. 



ALEXANDER H. LEVY, Chicago. 

Born in Richmond. Va. Removing to Chgo. in 1893; 
since 1869 has been engaged in the paint business; 
Gen. Mgr. of the Alston Mfg. Co., mfrs. of colors and 
paints and crushers of linseed. 



280 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 





OSCAR ROSENBERG, Chicago. 

Born In Alabama. Located in Chgo. in 1885: 2d 
Vice-Pres. and Manager of the Standard Varnish Wks. ; 
mem. of the Standard Club. 



ROYAL, C. VIL.AS, Chicago. 

President of the Pyle-National Electric Headlight Com- 
pany, with offices in the Monadnock Bldg., Chicago. 





DANIEL W. TROTTER, Chicago. 

Horn in Canton, Mo. Located in Chgo. in 1890; Asst. 
Treas. American Linseed Co. 



G. E. II ic. II I.I :>. Chicago. 

Born May, 1854. Came to Chgo., Aug., 1866; Se.c. of 
the- American Linseed Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



281 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Paints, Oils and Varnishes. 





LAUREN J. DRAKE. Chicago. 

Born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 29. 1842. Came to Chgo., 
1896: Gen. Mgr. Standard Oil Co.: Mem. Trinity Epis- 
copal Church and Union League Club. 



GEORGE R. JENKINS, Evaiititnn. 

Born in Boston. Sept. 2, 1841. Came to Chgo. in 1864, 
where he has been since engaged in the oil business. 





THOMAS G. M,-c I l.l.on. Chicago. 
Born at Logansport. Ind. Located In Peoriu, 111., in 
1x53; Cashier Second National Bank. Peoria. 1871-6; 
engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil since '1876; 
Vice-Pres. and Trens. National Linseed Oil Co.: Pres. 
Confectioners' & Bakers' Supply Co. and Federal Mfg. 
Co. 



PETER M. BAUMGARDNER, Chicago. 

Bora In Grand Haven, Mich.. Sept. 10. 1860. Removing 
to Chgo. in 1880 and educated in the public schools; 
Pres. and Mgr. of Holland Linseed Oil Co. ; Vlce-Pres. 
and Treas. of International Serum Co. . and Vlce-Pres. 
of American Exploration & Development Co. 



282 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Electrical Western Electric Co. 





ENOS M. BARTOX, Chicago. 

Born at Lorraine, N. Y., 1842. Located In Chicago in 
1869; Sec. Western Electric Co. 1892; later Vice-Pres., 
now President; Trustee of the Univ. of Chicago; Dir. 
Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. 



JAMES W. JOHNSTON, Chicago. 

Born in Springfield, 111., March 11, 1860. Came to Chgo. 
in 1881; Treas. Western Electric Co., Chgo. 





CHARLES G. 1)1 BOIS. Chicago. 

Born in X. Y. City, March 22. 1870. Came to 111. in 
1897; Grad. Dartmouth Coll. 1891; Dir. in American 
Klectric Co., St. Paul; Standard Ele-tric Co. of Cin- 
cinnati; Director California Electrical Works, San Fran- 
cisco.; Sec. Western Electric Co. 



CHESTER D. CRANDALL, Chicago. 

Horn in N. Y. State. Located in .Chgo. in 1879; Mgr. 
of the Western Electric Co. of Chgo. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



283 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Electrical. 





GEORGE: A. MCKINLOCK, Chicago. 

I'res. of the Central Electric Co., wholesale and re- 
tail electrical supplies, Okonite wire and cables. 



AUSTIN CLEMENT, Chicago. 

Horn in Bridgewater, Vt., Sept. 19, 1842. Public school 
education; located in Chicago in J86(>, entering the firm 
of Clement, Ottman & Co.; later the firm was Clement, 
Kane & Co.; Dec. 31, 1900, nrrn retired from business; 
1889 organized the Page Woven Wire Fence Co. of Illi- 
nois and became its Vice-Pres. ; Pres. Chicago Electric 
Protective Co. since 1892; Dir. Page Wire Fence Co. of 
Walkerville, Ont.; Dir. Bond Steel Post Co. of Adrian, 
Mich.; Vice-Pres. of Page Woven Wire Fence Co. of 
New Jersey. 





W. R. PATTERSON. Chicago. 

Born in Effingharn, X. II., Nov. 4, 1854. Grad. from 
Dartmouth Coll. in 1876; located in 111. in 1877. enter- 
ing the service of the Western Electric Co.; Gen. Supt. 
and Dir. of the Western Electric Co. 



MILO G. KELLOGG, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. State, April 14, 1849. Kemoving to Chgo 
in 1870; from 1870 to 1885 was with the Western Elec- 
tric Co. and predecessors; from 1875 to 1885 was Its 
Supt.; in 1897 organized the Kellogg Switchboard & Sup- 
ply Co., making and installing complete telephone 
plants, and has ever since been Its Pres. 



284 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Electrical. 





B. E. SUNNY, Chicago. 

Born in Brooklyn, X. Y., May, 1856. Located in Chgo. 
1875; Gen. Western Mgr. of the Thomson-Houston 
Electric Co. 



GEORGE E. BAILEY, Cliica&e. 

Born 1847, Lambertvllle, N. J., and moved to Chgo. 
Jan. 1, 186. Is the Secretary and Treasurer of the 
John A. Hoeblings Sons' Co.. with which company he 
has been associated since July 1, 1S79. 





JOHX SCHAAF, Chicago. 

Born in London, Eng., Aug. 13, 1846. A resident of 
ChfD. since 1871: Treas. and Supt. of the W. S. Ed- 
wards Mfg. Co.. makers of gas and electrical fixtures. 



JOHX A. STILLWELL. Quincy. 

Born Hannibal, Mo.. Jan.. 1861. public school educq- 
tion; located in Quincy 1884. entering the service of 
L. & C. H. Bull, bankers; Sec. and Treas. since 1890 
of the Electric Wheel Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



285 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Electrical. 





CHARLES T. PAGE, Chicago. 

Born April 18. 1849, Hillsdale, Mich. Moved to Chgo. 
from Kockford, 111., in 1872: Pres. Bankers' Electric 
Protective Co.; Dir. Lake St. Elevated R. R.; organ- 
ized the Englewood Electric Light Co. 



FRANK B. TAYLOR, Chicago. 

Born at Elmira, N. Y., March 18, 1858. Located in 
San Fiancisco 1879, In Tacoma 1888, South Bend, Wash., 
1890, and in Chgo. 1897; engaged in the real estate 
business from 1879 to 1897; organized the National 
Autophone Co. in 1899, manufacturers of a combination 
telephone and signaling mechanism for district mes- 
senger, night watch, police and fire patrol service; 
Vice-Pres. and Treas. of the company. 





AARON K. STILES, Streator. 

Born Missisquos Co., Canada. March 23, 1834. Located 
in Chgo. in 1849. and in DeKall) Co. In 1852; from 
1853 to 1864 County Clerk of DeKalh Co.: in 1868 
founded the "DeKalb County News:" Pres. of the Van 
Depoele Electric Mfg. Co., the first to install electric 
roads; engaged in the manufacture of barb wire; lo- 
cated in Streator in 1894; Pres. of the Streator Gas & 
Light Co. 



ALBERT TIERK, Chicago. 

Born in Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 14, 1851. Located in 111. 
in 1871; since 1884 engaged in manufacturing; mem. 
of the firm of Albert Tuerk & Co., makers of self- 
winding electric clocks, clock movements for mechan- 
ical purposes, automatic time stamps, special parts for 
telephone and metal specialties. 



286 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Electrical. 





JAMES WOLFF, Chicago. 

Born in X. Y., Nov. 27, 1865. Located in Chgo. in 
1894; Western Mgr. of the X. Y. Insulated Wire Co. 



ALFRED STROMBERG, Chicago. 

Born in Stockholm, Sweden, March 9, '1861. Located 
in U. S. and Chgo. in 1884; in 1877 engaged in the busi- 
ness of telephone manufacturing and installation; pat- 
entee of the system used by the Chgo. Electric Pro- 
tection Co. ; in 1895 formed and made Pres. of the 
Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Mfg. Co., makers of tele- 
phone apparatus and installers of complete telephone 
plants. 





EDMOXD A. FORDYCE, Chicago. 

Born in \Vis. Removing to Chgo. in 1889; Sec. and 
Treas of the Bostedo Pneumatic Tube Co., and the in- 
ventor of the system. 



CHARLES \\ . FARR, Chicago. 

Born at Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 2, 1849. Located 
in Chicago in 1892, coming from Detroit, Mich., and 
was associated with the American Express Company 
in Chicago until 1895. when he founded the Fan 1 
Telephone and Construction Supply Company, located 
at 118-120 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, manufacturers 
of telephones and telephone parts, of which he is the 
President. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



287 



MANUFACTURERS. 





FAYETTE S. CABLE, Chicago. 

Born March 18, 1855, Cannonsvllle, N. Y., and moved 
to Chgo. 1879; elected Sec. of the Cable Piano Co. In 
1891; elected Pres. of the Cable Piano Co., March, 1899, 
to succeed the late Hermon D. Cable. 



W. B. PRICE, Chicago. 

Born In Loudon, Tenn. Sec. of the Cable Piano Co. of 
Chgo. 





J. V. STEGER, -i.-u.-r. 

Born In Ulm, Germany. Pres. of the Steger & Sons' 
Piano Mfg. Co at Steger, 111. ; retail warerooms cor. 
Wabash Ave. and Jackson Blvd.. Chicago, 111. 



W. IV. VAN MATRE, Chicago. 

Born June 29, 1851. Pres. of the Schumann Piano Co. 



288 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





THOMAS E. DOUGHERTY, Chicago. 

Born Port Byron, N. Y.. Aug. 25. 1856. Pioneer in the 
manufacture of the New England Condensed Mince Meat, 
establishing in 1880 factories at Port Byron, N. Y.. and 
Chgo. ; disposed of this business by sale in 1895; in 
189 1, bought the Schaeffer Piano plant at Riverview, 
111., organizing the Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co., having 
offices at 215 Wabash Ave., Chgo., and with agents in 
the more important cities of the U. S. 



WILLIAM LINCOLN BUSH, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, March 3, 1861. Entered the piano 
business in 1884 as a manufacturer; elected Secretary 
of the Bush & Gerts Company in 1891 and President 
in 1901; President of the Marquette Club, 1901, and re- 
elected in 1902; one of the founders and builders of 
the Bush Temple of Music, erected as a monument to 
his father's memory. 





SOL. GROLLMAN, Chicago. 

Located in Chgo. in 1880. Pres. and Treas. Sol Groll- 
man Co.. manufacturers and importers of piano and 
organ stools, piano scarfs, chair and duet benches; fac- 
tory located at Kast Tolleston, Ind.; office and ware- 
rooms 259 Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



LOUIS DEDERICH, Chicago. 

Born at Stormville. Dutchess Co., X. Y., April IS. 
1861. Located in Chicago with the Weber Piano Com- 
pany in 1882 as Manager, which position he still holds; 
residence 804 Bryan Ave., Chicago. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



289 



MANUFACTURERS. 





GEORGE LANZ, Chicago. 

Born In Germany, Dec. 3, 1835. Mgr. and Treas. of 
Lanz, Owen & Co., mfrs. of tine leather goods, and 
Mgr. of the Lanz Canteen Co. 



GL T STAV HOTT1NGER, Chicago. 

Horn in Vienna, 1848. Came to 111. in 1869; Pres. N. W. 
Terra Cotta Co.; mem. of the Germania Club. 





DR. V. C. PRICE, Wnnkejjan. 

Born Dec. 11, 1832. Pres. Lincoln National Bank; 
Pres. Price Flavoring Extract Co.; Pres. Pan Confection 
Co. ; originator Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. 



JOHN B. FOLEY, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago in 1857. Hemoved to Ohio in early life, 
returning to Chietigo in 1888; Pres. of Foley & Co., 
manufacturers of proprietary medicines: has large in- 
terests in mineral lands in Arkansas and in agricultural 
lands in Alabama; is a member of the Union League and 
Athletic Clubs: resides at 1421 Castlowood Terrace, on 
the North Shore. 



290 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 





ARVIN W. WITHERELL, Chicago. 

Born in Louisa Co., la., Dec. 9, 1858. Successor to 
J H. Emerson, photographer, Keokuk, la., 1881; lo- 
cated In Chgo. and aided in 1894 in the formation of 
the Chgo. Portrait Co.; Vice-Pres. and Treas. Kester 
Mfg. Co.; mem. Chgo. A. A. 



J. vvn H I:IM:I.I.. Chicago. 

Horn in Henderson Co., 111., Feb. 8, 1861. Located in 
Chgo. in 1895; Pres. Kester Electric Mfg. Co.; mem. of 
C. A. A. 





DAVID A. KITCH, Chicago. 

Born Mercer Co., Pa., Dec. 2, 1862. Vice-Pres. Chgo. 
Portrait Co. and Chgo. Picture Frame Wks. 



FELIX B. TAIT, Decatnr. 

Born in Decatur, 111., Nov. 29, 1850. Educated in pub- 
lic schools, and grad. from the 111. State Normal Uni- 
versity in 1873; admitted to the bar in 1876. practicing 
lav until 1881; formed the firm of Tait Bros. & Co., 
and which became the F. B. Tait Mfg. Co. in 1897, of 
which he is Pres. and Treas.; Pres. of the Manufac- 
turers' and Jobbers' Assn. of Decatur, 111.; Dir. in 
the Manufacturers' and Consumers' Coal Co. of Decatur. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



291 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Chicago Portrait Go. 





E. A. EVANS, Chicago. 

Born In Jackson Co., Ohio. Educated in Missouri; con- 
nected with the Chicago Portrait Co. since 1895: Treas- 
urer Harvey & Lyles Print & Art Co.; Pres. and Gen- 
eral Manager Chicago Portrait Co.; mem. C. A. A., 
Washington Park Club and Hamilton Club; a 32d de- 
gree Mason and a Shriner. 



i.l)\\ IN I.. BELSHE, Chicago. 

Born La Plata, Macon Co., Mo., March 10, 1872. Moved 
to Chicago in 1897; Secretary and Director of the Chi- 
cago Portrait Company; member of the Hamilton Club 
the LaGrange Suburban and Country Clubs. 





S. M. PAINE, Chicago. 

Born at Greenville, Pa., 1874. Graduated from Kirks- 
ville Normal School, Kirksville. Mo.. 1895; Special Rep- 
resentative of the Chicago Portrait Company 1890 to 
1900; present Treasurer Chicago Portrait Co.; member 
Chicago Athletic Assn.. also Washington Park" Club 
Jind Hamilton Club: 32d degree Mason and Shriner. 



GILBERT S. LYLES, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 14, 1859. Pres. Harvey & Lyles Print. & 
Art Wks., Chgo., and mem. of the Chgo. Portrait Co.; 
Introduced electricity in the process of photographic en- 
largements in 111. in 1886. 



292 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MANUFACTURERS. 

Chicago Portrait Go. 





JOHN L,. MILEY, Chicago. 

Born In Macon Co., Mo., June 1, 1870. Located In 
Chgo. 1895; Asst. Mgr. Chgo. Portrait Co.; Sec. H. & 
L. Print. & Art Co.; mem. Washington Park Club and 
C. A. A. 



BIJRRELL, D. JONES. Chicago. 

Born Sept. 4, 1874, near Springfield, 111. Education 
((.inmon school and Business Coll. in Springfield and 
Chicago; for 8 yrs. a commercial traveler; 2d Vlce-Pres. 
Chicago Portrait Co. 





GEORGE W. MOTTER, Chicago. 

Born in Kirksville. Mo., Aug. 5. 1869. Grad. Kirksville 
State Normal. 1891; Deputy County Clerk Adair Co., 
Mo., 1892-6: Special Representative of the Chicago Por- 
trait Co. 1897-1902: Corresponding Sec. Chicago Portrait 
Co. and a Director. 



THEOPHII/US HERBERT MAIN, Chicago. 

Born in Jamaica, West Indies, May 19, 1864. Edu- 
cated in London 1873-85: located in U. S. in 1888; 
from 1890 to 1891 traveled: returning to U. S. in 1892; 
located in Chgo. in 189C: Asst. Gen. Mgr. and Gen. 
Mgr. of the Art Dept. of the Chgo. Portrait Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



293 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





HENRY E. WEAVER, Chicago. 

Born in Niagara Co., N. Y. Located in Chgo. when a 
young. man and engaged in the coal business; Pres. of 
the wearer Coal Co. 



S. M. DALZELL,, Chicago. 

Born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3, 1850. 
Located in Illinois in 189J; General Manager of the 
Spring Valley Coal Co.; President of the Illinois Third 
Vein Coal Co.; President of the Illinois Coal Operators' 
Association from its organization in 1897 until Decem- 
ber, 1900, at which time he declined re-election; four 
years Commissioner of the Illinois Bureau of Labor. 





FRANCIS S. PEABODY, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo., July 24, 1859. Educated at Exeter 
Academy and Yale Coll. ; Pres. of the Peabody Coal Co. 



O. S. RICHARDSON, Chicago. 

Born In Cleveland, O., Sept. 29, 1844. Enlisted In 
U. S. Vol. Army 1861-5; located in Chgo. 1864; has 
since been engaged In the coal business. 



294 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





GEORGE F. GETZ, Chicago. 

Horn Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., Dee. 26, 
1865. Removing to Chgo., April, 1879. entering the 
service of the B. & O. R. R. ; subsequently of the 
firm of Weaver, Todd & Co., and Weaver. Getz & Co.; 
in 1893, established the present firm of Geo. F. Getz, 
wholesale dealers of coal and coke. 



EDWIN P. DANIELS, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 23, 1848, In Concord, Mich. Came to Chgo., 
1876; engaged in coal business. 1881; Prop, of the firm of 
Edwin F. Daniels & Co.; Pres. and Treas of the 
Daniels Coal & Coke Co.; Pres. and Treas. of the New 
Ohio Washed Coal Co. 





FRED GARDNER, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, March 31, 1867. Sec. Daniels Coal & 
Coke Co.; Sec. New Ohio Washed Coal Co.; Mgr. Ed- 
win F. Daniels & Co., Chicago. 



LESLIE MULLEN, Chicago. 

Born in Cincinnati, O. Common and high school educa- 
tion; engaged in commercial business in Cincinnati; 
came to Chicago in 1894 and entered into the coal busi- 
ness; Vice-Pres. Chesapeake & Ohio Coal Co., which 
company became the Daniels Coal & Coke Co.; Vice- 
Pres. of the Daniels Coal <k Coke Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



295 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





"WALTER S. BOGLE, Chicago. 

Born N. H., 1852, removing to Chgo. in 1861. Grad. 
from Chgo. High School, 1868. Pres. Crescent Cal & 
Mining Co., the Torey Coal & Mining Co., and Cornell 
Machine Co. Member of Union League, Illinois and 
Manhattan, N. Y. Clubs. Vice-Pres. B. & O. Coal Co., 
Columbus, Ohio. 



CHARLES W. GILMORE, Chicago. 

Born in Madison, Ind., Aug. 31, 1868. Removing to 
Chgo., Aug. 31, 1882; grad. from the public schools 
in 1884; engaged for 9 yrs. in wholesale dry goods 
house of Chgo., and for 2 yrs. represented in the west- 
ern states a New York mfg. concern; with the Crescent 
Coal & Mining Co. as Vice-Pres. since 1895. mgn. their 
bituminous dept. and distributing coal from their va- 
rious mines located in 111., Ind., Ohio and Va. 





CHARLES B. NIBLOCK, Chicago. 

Born Youngstown, Ohio, July 6, 1860. Has been en- 
gaged in the business of :i coal merchant, and since 
1892 Pres. of the Brazil Block Coal Co. 



GLENN W. TRAER, Chicago. 

Born in Vinton, la., June, 1859. Located in Chgo. U 
1887; Pres. of the Whitebreast Fuel Co. of 111., the 
Cardiff Coal Co., the St. Paul Coal Co. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





A. I.. SWEET, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 21. 1831. Located in Chgo. in 1865; em- 
ployed by E. D. Taylor & Son. coal merchants; Chi- 
cago W. & V. Coal Co. since 1868; pioneer coal operator 
of state; Pres. Chgo. Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Co. 



JAMES MCDONALD, mns.i.-ii.-. 

Born in England, July. 1865. For 18 yrs. has been en- 
gaged in the coal business with the Chgo. Wilmington 
& Vermilion Coal Co., and is its general salesman. 





THOMAS A. L.EMMON, Chicago. 

Horn in New Albany, Ind.. April 16, 1841. Served from 
Sept. 11. 1861, to end of Civil War in Co. D, 5th Ohio 
Cav.; came to Chgo. July 5. 1806. entering the emiilo, 
of E. IX Taylor & Sons, coal dealers: Sec. and Tre;is. 
of the Chgo.. Wilmington & Vermilion Coal Co., and 
has been with this company f<jr 22 yrs. 



F. B. 1VEWELL,, Chicago. 

Born in Princeton, 111., Feb. 17, 1865. Organized the 
Peoria Fuel Co., Peoria. 111., 1888; Newell & Clark. 
1891; Newell Coal Co., 1892; moved business to Chicago 
1893. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



297 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





FRANCIS J. POSTA, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Mgr. of the Chgo. and Wellston Coal 
Co. for 10 yrs. ; mem. of Apollo Commandery and Con- 
sistory and the Shrine. 



L. R. DOTY, Chicago. 

Born In Springfield, ().. April 22, 1847. In 1872 moved 
to Columbus, <_)., and to Chgo. in 1890; Pres. Northern 
Fuel Co.; I'res. Ohio Coal Co.; 3d Vice-Pres. Pittsburg 
Coal Co. 





DeWITT C. DeWOLF. Chicago. 

Born in Chester, Mass., Feb. 10, 1864. Came to Chgo., 
1!?80; for 15 yrs. In the employ of Phelps, Dodge & 
I'alnier Co., and 5 yrs. a director; 1889, organized the 
Chgo. Coal Co. of Seymour, In., having offices at 355 
Dearborn St.; Pres. of the Chgo. Coal Co., Seymour 
and Nuuiu Coal Co. of Iowa. 



JOHN T. COXXERY, Cliicagro. 

Born Jan. 10, 1801, Bristol, K. I. Came to Chgo. in 
1863; from 1S7U-SU Yard Clerk for E. L. Heustrom 
& Co.; 1881-6 Cash'er and Bookkeeper Silver Creek 
& Morris Coal Co. ; 1S8C-95 Sec. Silver Creek & Morris 
Coal Co. ; present Mgr. of the Youghiogheny & Lehigh 
Coal Co. 



298 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





SIDNEY P. HOSTLER, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 28, 1861, Putnam Co., Ohio. Moved to 
Chgo. in 1883; has been engaged in the wholesale coal 
trade since 1888; President Hostler Coal & Coke Co.; 
32d degree Mason. 



AMANDTJS EMERY HOSTLER, Chicago. 

Horn April 21, 1865. Putnam Co., O. Moved to 111. in 
1886; has been engaged in the wholesale coal trade 
since 1892; Secretary Hostler Coal & Coke Co. 





CHARLES C. HARDER, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1840. Coming to Chgo. in 1856; en- 
gaged in the coal business in 1866. and has continued 
in the business since that date; Pres. of the Harder & 
Hafer Coal Mining Co., and also the Hymera Coal Min- 
ing Co.; entered into copartnership with Mr. Hafer in 
1867. 



HENRY HAFER, Chicago. 

Porn in Germany in 1837. Removing to America in 
1S54, and to Chicago in 1855; coal operator sinot: 1867; 
a member of the tirm of Harder & Hafer, Chicago; 
!^ec and Treas. of the Harder & Hafer Coal Mining Co. 
and the Hymera Coal Mining Co. of Sullivan County, 
Ind.; President of the Fairbanks Land & Construction 
Co., Terre Haute, Ind., being one of the pioneers in 
the coal trade of 111. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



299 



MERCHANTS. 
Coal. 





DELOS HULL, Chicago. 

Born at Lafayette. N. Y., April 12. 1842. Removing to 
Lombard, 111.. June, 1858; enlisted in Co. H. 8th Reg. 
111. Vol. Cav., Aug., 1861; discharged from service July, 
1865: Postmaster at Oak Park from 1889 to 1894; Pres. 
111. & Wls. Retail Coal Dealers' Assn.: Pres. National 
Council State and Interstate Retail Coal Assn.; is en- 
gaged in the wholesale coal business. 



FRANK E. LUKENS, Chicago. 

Born in Indianapolis, Ind., July 19. 1859. Removing to 
Peoria in 1882, and to Cbgo. in 1895; engaged in coal 
business at Peoria, and was City Clerk; Sec. Retail Coal 
Dealers' Assn. of 111. & Wis.; Sec. National Council of 
Retail Coal Assn.; Sec. National Assn. of Agricultural 
Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers; Sec. "Charlevoix 
Club." Chgo. 





CHARLES L. DERING. Chicago. 

Born New Diggings, Wis. Engaged for 18 yrs. in the 
<-oal trade in Chgo.; in 1890'-97. Pres. of the Coal 
Dealers' Assn. of 111. and Wis.: Mgr. of the coal dept. 
of the D., L. & W. R. R. Co. 



J. K. DERING. Chicago. 

Born in Darlington, Wis., 1870. Came to Chgo. in 1888; 
started in business in 1897; now engaged in the whole- 
sale coal business. 



300 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





I-:. L. HEDSTROM, Chicago. 

Head of the firm of E. L. Hedstrom & Co., coal mer- 
chants, Marquette Bldg., Chicago. 



JOHN H. BROWN, Chicago. 

Born Coxsackle, On-the-Hudson. Feb. 23. 1840. Entered 
into business at the age of 19, removing to Chgo. In 
1885; senior member E. L. Hedstrom & Co.; member 
of the Union League and Sons of the Revolution. . 





WALTER FRAZER BROWN. Chicago. 

Born in Buffalo, N. Y., April 24, 1870, removing to 
Chgo. In 1886. Member of the firm of E. L. Hedstrom 
A- Co.. wholesale coal merchants; mem. Chicago Delta 
Upsilon Club and Sec. Illinois Society Sons of the 
Hevolntlon, 1901. 



J. A. AGEK. Chicago. 

Born Riverton, Sangamon County, 111., May 12, 1866. 
Came to Chicago. October. 1*94; Vice-President and 
General Manager of the Riverton Coal Company. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





DIGORY U. It \KI.U. Chicago. 

Born in Cornwall, England, Dee. 17, 1836. Came to 
Chicago In 1852, where he has lived continuously, ex- 
cept for a period of seven years, during which he 
lived in DuPage Co., 111., on a farm he still owns; In 
1867, under the firm name of Baker Bros., he entered 
iuto the coal business in Chicago; this firm is still 
Coing business. 



II I :M 1 BAKER, Chicago. 

Born in Cornwall, England, Jan. '21, 1843. Came to 
Chicago in 1853; mern. of the firm of Baker Brothers, 
wholesale coal merchants, Security Bldg., Chicago; re- 
sides in LaG range. 





AVILLIAM II. BAKER. Chicago. 

Member of the firm of Baker Brothers, coal and coke; 
Commissioner of Sanitary District of Chicago. 



HENRY HOLVERSCHEID, Hinsdnle. 

Born at Stratford, Ont., Aug. 31. 1856. Removing to 
Chgo. 1859; engaged in tlie coal business with the Pa. 
Coal Co. May 1, 1876; Supt. Pa. Coal Co. to March, 
1901; Pres. The Colfax Co., coal miners. 



302 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





WILLIAM WALLER, Chicago. 

Born in Lexington, Ky., Sept. 28, 1857. Resident of 
Chgo. since 1860; Pres. of the Waller Coal Co.: mem 
of the University Club, C. A. A., Washington Park 
Club, Chicago Golf, ' Onwentsia Golf, Lake Geneva 
Golf Clubs; Western Golf Champion in 1900- mem 
Saddle and Cycle Club. 



THOMAS J. HUDSON, JR., Chicago. 

Born in Springfield, 111., March 17, 1875. Sec. and 
Trees, and Vice-Pres. of the New Kentucky Coal Co.: 
mem. Kenwood, Washington Park, Calumet and Chicago 
Yacht Clubs. 





P. C. RICHARDS, Chicago. 

Born in Lawrence Co., Ind., Jan. 15, 1861. Located in 
Chgo. iu 1887; Mgr. of the Marmet Co., miners and 
Shippers of West Va. and 1'a. coal and coke. 



FRED A. BUSSE, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago March 3, 1SCG. Educated in Chicago 
public schools; engaged with his father for many yrs. 
in the hardware business; one term Clerk of North 
Town; 4 yrs. in the Sheriff's Office; Chief Clerk in 
North Town Collector's office 1 year; Sec. of the North- 
western Coal Co. and mem. of the firm of Busse iV 
Keynolds, coal dealers; mem. of the 111. House of Rep- 
resentatives 2 terms (1894-C); elected State Senator 
from Cook Co. 1898. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



303 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





GEORGE H. 1,1 1. 1.. Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, Sept. 27, 1868. Educated in the pub- 
lic and Lake View High Schools ; in 1886 engaged in 
the coal business as mem. of the George Lill Coal Co.: 
in 1888 the company was incorporated, and he was 
made Sec. and Treas., and since has been its Gen. 
Manager. 



GEORGE LILL, Chicago. 

Born in Lincolnshire, Eng., May 21, 1845. Parents lo- 
cated in Illinois in 1850; subsequently removed to 
Janesville, Wis. ; grad. from Janesville High School; 
enlisted in 1864 in the war of 1861-5; located in Chi- 
cago 1866; from 1872 to 1892 engaged in the brick 
business; 1886 entered into the coal business under tbe 
name of the G.eorge Lill Coal Co. ; in 1888 the company 
was incorporated, and since has been its President and 
Director. 





"WILLIAM IV. LILL. Chicago. . 

Born in Chicago, Oct. 6, 1870. Educated in Chicago 
public schools; mem. of the George Lill Coal Co. since 
1S89; 1890 elected a Director and made Vice-Pres. 



JAMES J. KELLY. Chicago. 

Born in St. Johns, Newfoundland, March 23. 1856. 
('nine to Chgo. July, 1869; has been engaged in the coal 
trade of 111. for 30 yrs. ; Gen. Sales Agt. in Chgo. of 
the Springfield Dlst. Coal Co. 



304 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





ALFRED OTIS TANDY, Chicago. 

Born in Pike Co., 111., Oct. 18, 1873. Edited daily and 
weekly paper at Cameron. Mo.. 1888-90; located in 
Chgo. and engaged in the coal business in 1891; Sec. 
of the Chgo. Coal Exchange 1899-1902; miner and whole- 
sale shipper of coal; Manager Island Coal Company 
1890-1902. 



DEMING H. PRESTON, Hinsdale. 

Born in Byron, Is\ Y., Dec. 2, 1845. Located in Chgo. 
in April, .,864; has since been engaged in the coal 





JOHN S. JONES, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 4, 1848, at Washington Court House, Ohio. 
From 1870 to 1888 engaged in the railroad business as 
Operator, Conductor, Trainmaster and Supt. ; after that 
date engaged in the coal business as Pres. of the Jones 
& Adams Co., operating coal mines in West Virginia. 
Ohio and Illinois, and coal docks on the lakes; general 
office in Chicago. 



PRANK P. READ, Chicago. 

Born In St. Elmo. 111., May 16, 1869. From 1885 to 
1893 engaged as Civil Engr. in railroad construction; 
from 1893 to 1898 Vice-President and General Manager 
of Southern Illinois Coal Mining & Washing Co. at 
Marion. 111.; from 1898 to 1902 General Sales Agent 
Marion District Coal Assn., Chicago, 111.; President of 
the Coal Belt Electric Railroad and engaged in general 
railroad construction and mining, with temporary head- 
quarters at 411 Roe Building. St. Louis, Mo. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



305 



MERCHANTS. 
Coal. 





JOHN H. M. CLAGGETT, Chicago. 

Bern in Frederick Co., Md., 18G1. Educated at St. 
John's Coll., Annapolis, Md., and entered the employ 
of I., B. & W. Ky., Indianapolis, Ind., May, 1881; 
in 1889 to 1891 Paymaster and Cashier I., B. & W. 
Ky. ; in Jan., 1891, entered the service of the Phila- 
delphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co.: made its Sale 
Agent at Buffalo, Jan., 1894; made Resident Mgr. of 
the Philadelphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co., at Chgo., 
1S9S. 



LEVERETT L. HULL,, Chicago. 

Born in Cincinnati, O., in 1867. Removing to Chgo. 
from Louisville in May, 1895; mem. of the firm of Hull 
& Co., dealers in coke and coal. 





J. O. PARKER, Chicago. 

Born in Vienna, Oneida Co., N. Y. Located in Chicago 
in Is.Vi and engaged in the wholesale grocery and to- 
bacco business; burned out in the great fire of 1871, 
and since engaged in the coal business: for the past. 
20 years has been connected with The Phila. & Reading 
Coal .V: Iron Co.; residence Wiunetka, Cook Co., 111. 



JOHN Iv. SEIFERT, Chicago. 

Born in Pn., Sept. 13. 1852. Located in 111. 1884; Gen. 
Mgr. New Pittsburg Coal & Coke Co. since 1885: Man- 
ager Indiana Southern Coal Co. since 19U1; Consulting 
Engineer for C.innel Coal Co. of Laredo, Tex., Rio 
(irande iV Kagle Pass R. H. Co. since 1894, anil Hanna 
Mine and Milling Co. of Colorado since 1900; Gen. Mgr. 
Pontiac Coal Co. since 1898: Civil, Mining and Mechan- 
ical Engineering, Mining Expert and Coal Prospector. 



306 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





H. H. TAYLOR, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 14, 1876, Columbus, Ohio. Has been Agent 
B. Uhrig Fuel Co.. Sales Agent W. L. Scott & Co., and 
Is now Sec. and Treas. New Kentucky Coal Co. 



JOSEPH H. GARAGHTY, Chicago. 

Born In Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1864. Removed to 
III. In 1895; In the railway service 13 yrs. as tele- 
graph operator, train dispatcher; in executive dept. 
in the C., H. V. & T. Ry., and Gen. Purchasing Agt. 
of the "Big Four" previous to his engaging in the coal 
business. 





"WILLIAM LINCOLN PUFFER, Chicago. 

Born Downers Grove, 111. Located in Chgo. in 1880. 
and has been engaged in the coal trade; since 1897 
has been Pres. of the Burlington Coal Co. ; mem. of the 
Chgo. Coal Exchange. 



CHARLES A. SWEET, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., where he has since resided. Engaged in 
The coal business since 1894: Sec. -Treas. Burlington 
Coal & Coke Co. of Chgo., Milwaukee and St. Louis. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



307 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





P. LYON ROACH, Chicago. 

Born In Boone Co.. 111., Dec. 29, 1874. Located in Chgo. 
iu 1875; educated In the public schools; employed in the 
drafting rooms of Wells, French & Co. ; engaged in the 
ooal business in 1896. 



HUNTER W. FINCH, Chicago. 

Born Boydton, Va., June 26, 1803. Removing to Chgo. 
Oct.. 1885; engaged in the business of a wholesale coal 
merchant. 





L. M. HAMMOND, Chicago. 

Horn in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.. Dec. 12, 1835. Came 
to Chgo. from Milwaukee In 1880; shortly -after engaged 
in the coal business in Chgo.; incorporated Jan. 1. 1902. 
s the L. M. Hammond Coal Co., of which he is the 
1'tvsident. 



JOHN E. WINDSOR, Chicago. 

Born in Portland, Me., Nov. 22, 1869. Located in Chgo. 
In 18811; General Sales Agent Kellyville Coal Co. 



308 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 
Coal. 





EDGAR H. NICHOLS, Chicago. 

Dorn fn Marshall Co., la.. May 15, 1867. Engaged In 
coal trade in Cbgo. May, 1892, as a wholesale aud re- 
tail merchant. 



J. G. WARDEN, Chicago. 

Born in Grandville, O., Sept. 8, 1843. Located In 111. 
in 1866; engaged in the business of a wholesale coal 
operator. 





HENRY ELLSWORTH, Chicago. 

Born in McHenry Co., 111., April 8, 184C. 



THOMAS C. LOICKS, Chicago. 

Horn in Russell, Ont., April 6, 1858. Engaged in the 
coal business in the year 1894, under the firm name of 
T. C. Loucks & Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



30!) 



MERCHANTS. 

Coal. 





STEPHEN B. JONES, Chicago. 

Born at Columbus, O., Jan. 16, 1856. Located In 
Chicago Jan. 1886; engaged as a solicitor with the 
Tegtmeyer Lumber & Box Co.; March 12, 1892, he in- 
corporated the Western Fuel Co., of which he is the 
President and Treasurer. 



ISAAC WANTLING, Peoria. 

Born in England, Jan. 5, 1844. Located in Peoria in 
1866; Pres. of the Central 111. Soft Coal Assn. since 
its formation; Pres. of the 8th Dist. and mem. of Ex- 
ecutive Board of the State Operators' Assn.; Coal 
Operator in Peoria Co. since 1870. 





JAMES N. SHOL.L,, Peorin. 

Born Jan. 4. 1848. Operates coal mines in 1'ooria Co. 
and owns extensive mining interests; Vice-Pres. of the 
Central 111. Soft Coal Assn. 



STEPHEN \VOLSCHL,AG, Peoria. 

Born in Peoria Co., Dee. 21, 1857. Since 1887 has been 
engaged in the business of a coal operator. 



310 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 
Coal. 





HERBERT O. ROBINSON, Peorin. 

Born in Elm wood. 111., June 5, 1863. Entered the service 
of the C., B. & Q. Ky. as Agent and Operator in 1880. 
and continued in this position 18 years; since 1898 has 
been engaged in the coal business in Peoria, 111. 



RICHARD NEWSAM, Peoria. 

Born in Chorley, Lancashire, Eng., Nov. 11, 1843. Lo- 
cated in Peoria, 111., Sept. 28, 1869; is engaged in tue 
business of coal operator; Pres. of the State Mining 
Board of 111. 





MIID J. LUTHER, Streator. 

Born in Amity, Allegany Co., N. \"., Oct. 15. IS'Kj. From 
1858 to 1867 engaged in railroad service in the oil re- 
gions of Pa.; removed to 111. in 1867, continuing in rail- 
road service until 1871; engaged in coal mining and coal 
washing business from 1871 to 1900; was Pres. of the 
Streator Coal Co.; founder and Pres. of the Luther Je 
Tyler Coal & Coke Co. and the Wilmington Washed Coal 
Co. ; has been engaged extensively in iron ore and metal 
mining in Mich. and Minn. 



CHARLES H. RATHBfX, Streator. 

Born at Howard, X. Y., Sept. 25, 1846. Located in 111. 
in 1867; in merchandise and railroad business until 
1885; aided in the organization of the Star Coal Co.; 
in 1881 was its Sec., and the Gen. Mgr. since 1892; 
Dir. of the Union National Bank. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



311 



MERCHANTS. 

Produce Commission. 





GEORGE: s. SLOAN, Chicago. 

Born in Thetford, Vt.. Sept. 11, 1838. Located in Chgo. 
In 1866; since 1870 has been engaged in the business 
of a general commission merchant. 



GEORGE B. SLOAN, Chicago. 

Bern in Chgo., 111., June 17. 1873. Engaged In business 
on South Water St. as a general commission merchant 
Jan., 1894. 





THOMAS DAVID RANDALL, Chicago. 

Born in Cranston, U. I., in 1834. Located in 111. in 
ISoO; cigar mfg. in 1851; founded the commission 
house of T. D. Randall & Co., 1852; life mem. of 
Apollo Commandery and Convention Chapter. 



CHARLES H. WEAVER, Chicago. 

Born Whitestown, N. Y., in 1843. Head of the firm of 
C. H. Weaver & Co., commission merchants in South 
Water St.; engaged in commission business in Chgo. 
since 1863; mem. of Illinois and Menoken Clubs; Kx- 
I'res. Chgo. Produce Exchange; Pres. of the 111. Cream- 
ery Co.: Pres. of the Elgin Butter Co. of Elgin; Dir. in 
Bankers' National Bank. 



812 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Produce Commission. 





JOHN G. GARABALDI, Chicago. 

Born In Italy, Jan. 22, 1849. Moved to Chgo in 18C3; 
established the firm of Garibaldi & Cuneo in 1881. 



WAI/TER D. STELLA, Chicago. 

Born in New Orleans, July 25, 1873. Located in Chgo. 
in May, 1892; engaged in the wholesale banana trade 
in 1896. 





JOHN ZUCCA, Chicago. 

Born in Triest, Austria, 1853. Located in N. Y. City 
in 1871, engaging in fruit business with his brother In 
1872; 11 yrs. in business in New Orleans, La.; lo- 
cated in Chgo. in 1891, engaging in the business of 
wholesale fruits and bananas and importers' agent; 
Pres. of John Zucca & Co. (incorporated), representing 
the Independent S. S. Co., banana importers, New 
Orleans, La. 



J. V. PIAZZA, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. City, Aug. 25. 1863. Located in Chgo. 
in 1894; grad. from the Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville; 
Chgo. Agt. of banana importers; dist. through the job- 
bing trade over 2,500 cars of bananas annually: aided in 
the organization of the National Guard of Vicksburg. 
Miss., in 1884. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



313 



MERCHANTS. 

Commission. 





THOMAS 0111: \|{\. Cliicag-o. 

Born in Chicago, May 15, 1858. Engaged in the poul- 
try and game business when a youth; later in the 
wholesale poultry, game, fruit and vegetable busi- 
ness with James B. Fitzgerald under the style of 
Ohearn and Fitzgerald, until the death of Mr. Fitz- 
gerald, when it became Thomas Ohearn & Co. 



JAMES S. WATSON, Chicago. 

Rorn in N. Y. City in 1852. Located in Chgo., Sept. 
8, 1870; Pres. of Porter Bros. Co., commission brokers, 
with offices in Chgo., New York, Boston, Minneapolis, 
St. Paul, San Francisco and Los Angeles. 





JOHN W. CASSIDY, Qnlney. 

liorn in Kankakee Co., 111., Jan. 20, 1865. Moved to 
Quinoy, 18!t4; Pres. of the Cassidy Com. Co.; member 
of the Chgo. Board of Trade, St. Louis Merchants Ex., 
Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and Peoria Board of 
Trade. 



FRANK FROEHL.ING, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, April 8 1862. Removing to Chgo. 
In 1878, he established the present firm of Froehling: 
& Heppe, wholesale provision and packing business. <- 



314 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Packers. 





PHILIP D. ARMOUR, Chicago. 

Born in Stockbridge, One'iUa Co., N. Y., May Hi, 1832. 
Located in Cal. in 1850; located in Chgo. 186U, engag- 
ing in the packing business: founded Arinoiu- lust.; 
died Jan. 6, 1901. 



SAMUEL W. ALLERTON, Chicago. 

Born on a farm in Duchess Co., N. Y., 1829, where he 
remained until the age of 18; engaged in stock raising 
at the age of 21, purchasing a stock farm in Piatt Co., 
III.; subsequently removed to Chgo. and entered inti> 
the live stock and packing business; Pres. and Dir. 
Allerton-Clark Co., The Arcade File Works, The Art 
Marble Co.; Dir. Chgo. City Railway Co., First Na- 
tional Bank and the National Safe Deposit Co. 





MICHAEL CUDAHY, Chicago. 

Born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Dec. 7, 1841. 
Located in Chgo. in 1873; in employ of various packing 
concerns in Milwaukee previous to 1873; mem. Armour 
& Co. 1873-90; established Cudalfy 1'ucUing Co. 1890 at 
Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago. 



JOHN CUDAHY, Chicago. 

Born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, Nov. 2, 1843. 
Came to America in 1849; to Chgo. in 1876; member of 
the firm of Cudahy Bros., packers. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



315 



MERCHANTS. 

Packers. 





WALTER C. HATELY, Chicago. 

Born in England. Mem. of the firm of Hately Bros., 
puckers; located In 111. In 1882; mem. of Chgo. Board of 
Trade. 



JESSE P. L.YMAX, Chicago. 

Born Alburgh, Vt., 1862. 1'res. Hammond Packing Co. 
Director Chicago Junction It. It. Co. 





EDWARD F. ROBB1NS. Chicago. 

Born in Terre Haute, Ind., July 27, 1862. Located in 
Chgo. in 1872; Pres. Omaha Packing Co.; I'res. Del 
Hay Salt Co.; Pres. Hntchinson Packing Co.; Vice- 
Pres. Kriedmm Mfg. Co., and Vice-Pres. of the Chgo. 
Hair Bristle Co. 



JOHN ROBERTS, Chicago. 

Born Ireland, 1866. Located in Chgo. In 1881; in 1S95 
aided in organizing the firm of Roberts & Oake; Vice- 
Pres. and Dir. of Miller & Hart in 1901; mem. of 
Cligo. Board of Trade. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Packers. 





NELSON MORRIS, Chicago. 

Corn in Black Forest, Germany, Jan. 21 1839 Lo- 
cated in Chgo. in 1854, working at the Stock Yds a 
year; engaged in business in 1856; Pres. Fairbank 
Canning Co.; partner Nelson Morris & Co.; Dir. First 
Nat'l Bank, Nat'l Live Stock Bank, New England Stock 
Yds. Co., Brighton Stock Yds. Co., St. Louis Stock Yds. 
Co., St. Joe Stock Yds. Co., Western Meat Co., So. 
Omaha Land Co., San Francisco Land Improvement Co., 
Union Rendering Co. and the A. Al. Rothschild & Co. 



IRA NELSON MORRIS, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Educated in Philips Academy and Yale 
Univ. ; partner in firm of Nelson Morris & Co. and Sec- 
retary and Assistant Treasurer of the Fairbank Can- 
ning Co. 





EDWARD MORRIS, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 1, 1866. in Chicago. Educated in the public 
schools, and engaged in business in 1880; partner Nelson 
Morris & Co.; Vice-President Fairbank Canning CD., 
and identified with the following: National Stock Yards 
Co., East St. Louis; Consumers' Cotton Oil Co., East 
St. Louis Stock Yards National Bank, St. Joseph Stock 
Yards Co., The Brighton Stock Yards Co., The New 
England Stock Yards Co., The Western Meat Co. 



GAINES GREENE, -Petersbnrj?. 

Born in 111. in 1853. 7th son of Wm. G. Greene; 
i>lected mem. State Board of Equalization from the 
17th 111. Dist. in 1900. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



317 



MERCHANTS. 
Packers. 





WALTER H. MILLER, Chicago. 

Horn in Chgo., March 15, 1857. Grad. from High School; 
from 1877 to 1882 was in tbe employ of the Anglo- 
American Provision Co.; in 1883 mem. Board of Trade; 
in 1884 established the firm of Miller & Hart, and 
since its Pres.; mem. of the firm of Sidney W. Miller 
& Bro.. prop, of the Pacific Flush Tank Co. 



HUGH SHIELLS, Chicago. 

Horn in County Antrim,- Ireland, June 23, 1858. En- 
gaged in the grocery business in 1873-0; 1879-98 in tlue 
service of Thos. J. Lipton; Vice-Pres. Miller & Hart 
1898-1901, retiring from Miller & Hart in 1901; mem. 
Chgo. Board of Trade. 





CHARLES A. BRUCE, Chicago. 

Horn at Uacine, Wis., .Tuly 17, 1853, removing to 111. In 
IsTl' ;m<l to Chgo., 1891. At the age of 17 entered 
the employ of the American Ex. Co. Engaged in the 
wholesale confectionery business in Bloomington. 111., 
where he resided and traveled for this business on the 
road until IMll. Entered the employ of Miller & Hart 
ISO" and was elected the Treas. of this company at 
the date of its incorporation, 1S9S. 



DAVID C. ROBERTOX, Chicago. 

Horn in Paisley, Scotland, Nov. 21, 18G5. Educated in 
Paisley and Univ. of Glasgow; from 1883 to 1887 As- 
sociate of the lust, of Chartered Accountants, Glasgow; 
located in Chgo., Nov., 1887; in 1888 in the service as 
salesman of the late W. II. Woodard, produce merchant, 
Chco. ; since 1888 with the firm of Miller & Hart; Dir. 
and Mgr. of the jobbing dept. of Miller & Hart. 



318 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 




MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission Rappal Bros. Go. 



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LAWREKCE L. RAPPAL, Chicago. 

Born Oct. 2, 1859, Joliet, 111. In 1882 the firm of Rap- 
pal Bros. & Co., live stock commission merchants was 
established by his father, brother, Frederick, anil him- 
self; the present firm is composed of L. L. Rappal, 
F. J. Rappal, Jr., J. II. Uappal and S. P. Rappal. 



FRED J. RAPPAL,, JR., Chicago. 

Born Sept. 6, 1861, at Joliet, 111. With his father and 
his brother, Laurence, founded the firm of Rappal Bro.s. 
& Co., live stock commission merchants, in 1882; the 
present firm is composed of L. L., Frederick J., Jr., 
John II. and Lyman P. Rappal. 





JOHN H. RAPPAL,, Chicago. 

Born April 13, 1863, at Joliet, 111. Attended Niagara 
Univ.; was admitted to the firm of Uappal Bros. & Co., 
live stock commission merchants, Jan. 1, 189G. 



SYMOX P. RAPPAL, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 30, 1869, at Joliet, 111. Attended Nmj.'.ir.i 
Univ.: admitted to the firm of Uappal Bros. & Co., 
Jan. 1, 1896. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



319 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





JOHBT T. ALEXANDER. Chicago. 

Horn in Morgan Co., 111., Nov. 19, 1850. Raised in' the 
live stock business, and in the early days of this busi- 
ness was a shipper to New York and eastern markets; 
entered the live stock commission business April, 18S7. 
at the U. S. Yds., Chicago; son of John T. Alexander, 
who in his lifetime was the largest cattle feeder and 
shipper in America. 



GEORGE T. WARD, Chicago. 

Born in Green County, Ohio, June 24, 1837. Moved 
with his father to Warren County. 111., in the fall of 
1850; raised on a farm and worked on a farm up until 
1857. when he commenced buying and shipping stock; 
continued in the stock business and farming business 
until 1872; in Feb., 1872, came to Chicago and engaged 
in the Live Stock Commission business, and has con- 
tinued in that business; 1890 bought a farm, and since 
has been interested in farming and feeding stock, with 
the commission business. 





L.ITHER W. CONOVER, CliicnKO. 

Born at Virginia, 111.. Aug. 20. 1867. Educated in 
Garnett. Kan., public schools and Baker Univ.. Bald- 
win City. Kan.; in 1807 engaged in the live stock com- 
mission business at the I". S. Yds.; son of W. H. 
Conover, one of the old-time 111. cattle feeders anil 
shippers. 



LOUIS PFAELZER, Cliiongro. 

Born In Baden, Germany, Feb. 6, 1846. Engaged in 
1 lacking business in 1864 at the old Merricks Yards, 
subsequently locating in the Union Stock Yards; acted 
as head buyer for Schwarzschild & Sulzberg Co. 



320 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





JAMES WOOD, Chicago. 

Born in Moravshire, Scotland. Jan. 16, 1833. Locate;! 
In Canada 1835; educated in Embro Schools. Knox Coll. 
and Toronto Univ.; located In Chgo. in 1864; engaged 
in the live stock commission business, U. S. Y., Chgo. 



S. E. WOOD, Chicago. 

Born in Oxford Co.. Canada. July, 1838. Practiced 
medicine in Ohio 1860-3; 1st Lieut. 86th Ohio Inf.. Co. 
E, war of 1861-5; sin<_e 1867 engaged as a live stock 
broker at the Union Stock Yds. under the firm name 
of Wood Bros., live stock brokers. 





J. M. FOX, Freeport. 

Born in Freeport, June 2, 1852. Living on a farm until 
1888. in 1891 engaged in the livery business; in 1893 
was a traveling salesman; from 1895 to 1896 served 
as Chief Deputy Sheriff; in 1898 was elected Sheriff, 
and was Pres. of the Intel-state Sheriffs' Assn.; Mason, 
Knight of Pythias. 



JOHN H. WOOD, Chicago. 

Born in Emhro. Canada. Sept. 21. 1835. Commenced 
business in Chicago in 1861; was one of the early pio- 
neers of the trade; was the founder of Woods Bros, in 
1867. one of the best known houses in the West: sold 
out in 1880, and now member of the firm of John II. 
Wood & Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



321 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





JAMES M. UOUD, Chicago. 

Born Turin, N. Y., 1864, and until 1876 resided in 
Home, N. Y. ; since this date has been engaged in the 
live stock business in Chgo., and since 1893 has been 
in the commission business. 



LESTER C. YOUNG, Chicago. 

Born in Carlyle. 111., 1869. Located in Chgo. in 1887; 
engaged as a buyer for Swift & Co. until 1893; since 
1893 Sec. and Treas. of the Doud & Young Co., live 
stock commission merchants. 





W. B. STICKNEY, East St. Louis. 

Born Jan. 1, 1858, Prince Edward Co., Ont., Canada. 
Manager Drutuui Flato Co. of the National Stock 
Yds., East St. Louis; Dir. St. Louis Live Stock Ex- 
change; mem. Executive Com. National Live StocU 
Exchange; Postmaster National Stock Yds., and Dir. 
Union Trust and Savings Bank, East St. Louis. 111. 



A. B. WILSON, Chicago. 

Manage:- of the Chicago branch and a Director of the 
Drumm-Flato Commission Company of Chicago, Kan- 
sas City and St. Louis. 



322 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





W. H. RICE, Chicago. 

Born In Schuyler Co., 111., March 17, 1846. Reared on a 
farm; subsequently embarked in mercantile business, 
and later engaged in the live stock industry; served as 
Paymaster's Clerk in the Civil War, 1861-5; in 1864 re- 
eulisted and served as Lieut, in the 137th 111. Inf. until 
the war closed; located in Chgo. in 1890; organized the 
live stock commission firm of Rice Bros., U. S. Y., 
Chgo. 



GEORGE W. SHANNON, Chicago. 

Born at Farmingtou, 111.. July 4. 1839. Engaged in 
farming, stock feeding and shipping in Ogle and Win- 
nebago Cos., 111.; in 1872 located in Chgo., where he 
has since been engaged in the business of a live stock 
commission broker; Dir. and Treas. of the Live Stock 
Exchange, U. S. Yds. 





HENRY C. F. ZEISS, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1860. Resided in Chgo. siuce 1876; 
engaged in business with Bojd, Lunham & Co. in the 
exporting and packing business since 1878. 



JOHN P. BOWLES, Chicago. 

Born in Quincy, 111., 1859. Until 21 years of age lived 
on a farm; July 7, 1881 was employed in commission 
business by Keenan & Hancock, of the U. S. Yards, 
Chicago; 1890, became a member of the firm of Tomlin- 
son. Bowles & Co.: 1895. became a stockholder and di- 
rector of the Strahorn-Hutton-Evans Commission Co. ; 
1898. he established the firm of J. B. Bowles & Co.; 
18.99. organized the Bowles Live Stock Com. Co., of 
which he is Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 



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323 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





SILAS PALMER, Chicago. 

Born in Devonshire in 1847. Located in America in 
1871, and engaged in the live stock business in 1884 
with Elwell & Green; in 1892 established the firm of 
Silas Palmer, live stock commission business. 



JOHN PARK GILLETT, Elkliart. 

Horn Feb. 24, 1861, in Logan Co., 111. In 1890 was 
made Pres. of Elkhart Bank; extensively engaged in 
the breeding of fine beef and blooded cattle, utilizing 
for this purpose farm land amounting to 4,000 acres; 
died Sept. 8, 1901. 





JAMES IX BECKETT, Chicago. 

Born April 15, 1830. Removing to Chgo. from the State 
of N. Y. in 1855; engaged in selling and buying horses 
and supplied the U. S. Gov. in the Civil War 30,000 
head; from 1882 to 1896 imported horses from Europe; 
has two large stock farms located in Cook and Du Page 
Cos., on which he feeds and grows cattle; Director in 
La Grange State Bank. 



"WILLIAM L. ELLWOOD. DeKalb. 

Born in DeKalb, Nov. 3, 1859. Engaged in the import- 
ing and breeding of live stock in 1881; Director of the 
DeKulb National Bank. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





HOWARD I>. CffPELAND, Chicago. 

Born Aug. 19, 1853, Marion, O. Grad. Brown's Busi- 
ness Coll., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; 
engaged in banking at Chariton, la., in 1873; State 
Bank Examiner of la. from 1883 to 1893; established 
live stock commission house of H. D. Copeland & Co., 
U. S. Yds., Chgo., in 1893. 



FRANK O. MILLS, Chicago. 

Horn in Denmark, la., June 1, 1854. At the age of 17 
began shipping live stock to Chicago markets; in 1875 
took a position at the U. S. Yds., Chgo.; subsequently 
engaged in cattle feeding on a ranch in Montana; 1883 
re-entered the service of his former employers at the 
U. S. Yds.; in 1886 entered into partnership with J. E. 
Grier, doing a live stock commission business under the 
firm name of Grier, Mills & Co., with branch houses in 
Kansas City and St. Louis. 





HARRY BENEDICT, Chicago. 

Born in Bureau Co., 111., in 1856. In 1890 engaged in 
the live stock commission business under the firm name 
of Lee & Benedict; in 1896 the firm became Benedict, 
Murray & McDowell; with C. R. Benedict, his brother, 
is engaged in cattle feeding and farming at Arlington, 
Bureau Co., 111. 



FRANK KEYS, Chicago. 

Bom in Waynesville. O., in 1856. In 1881 was em- 
ployed in the U. S. Yds.. Chgo.. and worked for Keenan 
<fc Sons until 1893, and until 1895 was employed by G. B. 
Van Xorman; in 1895 he engaged in the live stock 
com. business for himself. 



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325 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Cbmmission. 





DAVID V. COLBERT. Chicago. 

Born in Baltimore, Md., April 24, 1875. Educated in 
the public schools; moved to Chgo. in ?.8S9; with the 
U S Army in campaign against Santiago de Cuba. 
July, 1898; now Sec. of the firm of Miller & Hart, 
packers, Chgo. 



ABNER P1ATT, Chicago. 

Born at Lagrange, Lycoming Co., Pa., March 27, 1827. 
His youth was spent as a tanner and a civil engi- 
neer; was educated at Lewisburg Academy; for the 
last thirty years he was engaged in the live stook 
commission business. Died Oct. 21, 1901. 





SAMUEL, COFFMAN, Chicago. 

For ninny years engaged in the live stock commission 
business at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. Deceased 



C. A. MAL.L.ORY, Chicago. 

President of the C. A. Mallory Commission Co., live 
stock dealers, Union Stock Yards, Chicago; Director of 
the Federal Life Insurance Company. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock 'Commission. 





GEORGE B. VAN NORMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Elmlra, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1842. Located in Wis. 
1855: enlisted as a soldier Co. H, 8th Wis., "Live 
Eagle" Reg., in the war of 1861-5; re-enlisted and 
mustered out a Lieut.; engaged in the live stock busi- 
ness in 1866; opened a live stock commission house 
in Milwaukee in 1874; in 1893 engaged in the commis- 
sion business. U. S. Y., Chgo., under the name of 
G. B. Van Norman & Co.; Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the 
South Milwaukee Land Co. ; Pres. of the Eagle Horse- 
shoe Co. of South Milwaukee, Wis. 



JOHN DEAN GIL,L,ETT, Elkhart. 

Born Fairhaven, Conn., April 28, 1818. Coming to 111. 
at 18 yrs. of age, he entered government lands, be- 
coming one of the largest owners in 111. of farm lands; 
was the Pres. of the First Nat'l Bank of Lincoln, 111.; 
engaged extensively in raisins; the finest herds of cat- 
tle in the country; first cattle raiser to ship with suc- 
cess his beef cattle to England; was called "The Cattle 
King of the West;" deceased. 





SAMUEL, R. SWANSON, .:i l.-shn ru. 
Born in Galesburg, 111.. Aug. 7, 1858. Engaged in the 
live stock business in 1881; mem. of the firm of S. R. 
Swanson & Bros., feeders and shippers of live stock; 
Dir. of Smith, Haas & Co., live stock commission 
house, Chgo., and a Dir. of the Bank of Galesburg. 



LOUIS KEEFER, Chicago. 

Born Hohnlein, Hessen, Darmstadt. Germany, July 1, 
1844. Became a resident of the U. S. 1863; engaged in 
the live stock business at Pittsburg until 1876. in which 
year he removed to Chgo., and lias since continued in 
the live stock commission business. 



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327 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





GEORGE ADAMS, Chicago. 

Born In Floor, Northhamptonshire, England, July 21, 
1835. Identified with the Stock Yards of Chicago for 
40 years, but retired from active business Jan. 1, 1901. 
Died May 25, 1901. 



STEPHEN HEAL.Y, Chicago. 

Engaged in the live stock business since 1860 at the 
Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 





N. COCHRAN, Chicago. 

Born in Pembroke, N. H.. Nov. 27. 1838. Educated in 
district schools and academy; from 1861 to 1863 re- 
sided in Cal. ; the fall of 1863 returned to former home 
In the East, where he remained till 1868; subsequently 
removed to Clarence, la., where he engaged in rearing 
live stock and lumber business; in 1872 removed to 
Chgo., and engaged in the live stock commission busi- 
ness; died Nov. 11. 1901. 



LEWIS R. HASTINGS, Chicago. 

Born Mt. Sterling, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1831. Removing to 111. 
in 1852; moved to Chgo. in 1858, engaging in the live 
stock business with the firm of Gregory & Hastings, 
subsequently Gregory, Cooley & Co., being its Vice- 
Pres. ; engaged In later yrs. In the ranch business at 
Lubbock, Tex.; died Sept. 22, 1900. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock Commission. 





SAMUEL COZZENS, Chicago. 

Born Providence, R. I.. May 8, 1848. Dealer in coach 
and driving horses; came to Chgo. in 1867: from 1870 
to 1899 Supt. of the Horse Dept., U. S. Yds.; D.rectoi 
Nat. Live Stock Bank. 



JOHN S. COOPER, Chicago. 

Engaged in general teaming, with stables at 450 In- 
diana St., and sale stables at Barn 1, U. S. Yds., 
Chicago. 





E. H. SCHLOEMAN, Chicago. 

Born in Iowa Co., la., Nov. 29, 1858. Located in Chgo. 
in 18}v9; cattle salesman, U. S. Yds., 1S90-6: horse, 
commission, boarding and livery stable. 4167-73 Em- 
erald Ave., 1896-99: horse commission business in the 
U. S. Yds. since 1899. 



A. O. ELDER, Chicago. 

Born Mt. Pleasant, Pa., May 1, 1846. Moved to Port 
Byron. 111., 1865, and a year later moved to Warsaw 
111.; subsequently removed to Melville, X. I).; ap- 
pointed by Gov. Pierce Com. of Foster Co.. and con- 
tinued such for 7 years; in 1892 came to Chgo. and 
engaged in the live stock business at the U S Yds 
under the firm name of A. O. Elder & Co. 



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329 



MERCHANTS. 
Live Stock. 





JOHN B. SHERMAN, Chicago. 

Born Jan., 1825 at Beekman, Duchess Co., X. Y. In 
1849 engaged In gold mining in California; 1850 
located in 111. on a farm in Kendall Co., and later 
removed to Chgo. ; engaged in the commission business 
as a mem. of the firm of Black & Sherman; in 1885 
operated the Bull's Head Stock Yds. on W. Madison St.. 
and in 1856 the Myrick Yds. at 39th and Cottage Grove: 
In 1866 aided in founding the Union Stock Yds. of 
Chgo., of which he was Mgr. for a long time; died 1902. 



JAMES H. ASHBY, Chicago. 

Born Duchess Co., N. Y., in 1847. and came to Chicago, 
April, 1880; Gen. Supt. of the Union Stk. Yds. Co. for 
the last 12 years; director in the Stk. Yds. Nat. Bank, 





WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, Chicago. 

Born July 4, 1842, at Valatie. X. Y. A resident of 
Chgo. since 1873: Pres. of the Chgo. Live Stock Ex- 
change for the past 13 yrs. ; Pres. for the past 10 yrs. 
of the Xational Live Stock Exchange: mem. Chgo. 
Board of Education for 3 yrs. ; Pres. of the Town of 
Lake in 1889. 



W. E. SKINNER, Chicasro. 

Born June 24. 1863. at Waterdown, Ont.. Canada. Gen. 
Agt. of the U. S. Yds. Transit Co.: Vice-Pres. 2d Dlst. 
111. State Board of Agriculture: Gen. Mgr. of the Inter- 
national Live Stock Exposition at Chgo. 1902. 



330 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Live Stock. 





CHARLES D. MOVER, Chicago. 

Born in Freeburg, Pa. Sec. and Treas. of the Chgo. 
Junction R.v. Co. and the Sec. and Treas. of the Union 
Stock Yards and Transit Co. 



CHARLES O. ROBINSON, Chicago. 

Member of the live stock commission firm of Clay, 
Robinson & Co., Chicago, with offices in The Rookery 
Bldg. 





WILLIAM L. GREGSON, Chicago. 

Born near Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 10, 1866. Removed to 
111. in 1882: Pres. of Morton-Gregscjn Co., packers, of 
Nebraska City. Chicago and Liverpool: Dir. Chgo. Board 
of Trade 1899-1901; 2d Vice-Pres. of the Chgo. Board of 
Trade in 1902; Trustee of the Village of Morgan Park. 



SAMUEL A. McCLEAN, JR., Chicago. 

Born in Belfast, Ireland, 1870. Vice-President Anglo- 
American Provision Company, Omaha Packing Com- 
pany; President of Fowler Packing Company and 
Friedman Manufacturing Company; President Stock 
Yards Warehouse Company; Director Chicago Live 
Stock Savings Bank and the Chicago Board of Trade. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





WILLIAM SEYMOUR WARREN, Chicago. 

Born In Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1853. Located in Chgo. 
and employed in the commission business on the Board 
of Trade in 1869: in 1877 engaged in the commission 
business for himself, subsequently retiring: in 1893 
again entered into the commission business under the 
firm name of Hulburd, Warren & Co., a corporation 
of 'which he is President; Pres. of the Chgo. Board of 
Trade. 



SAMUEL, C. SCOTTEN, Chicago. 

Born in Burlington, la., Oct. 31, 1851. Mem. of the 
firm of J. F. Han-is & Co., grain and commission 
brokers; mem. of the Board of Trade. 





JOHN F\ HARRIS. Chicago. 

Born fn Boston. Ten yrs. engaged in the grain and 
stack business, Chgo.; mem. of N. V. Stk. Ex. and 
Chgo. Boaru of Trade; rneiii. Chgo. and Union League 
Clubs and C. A. A. 



CHARLES W. TUTTLE, Highland Park. 

Born Oswego, N. Y., April 30, 1871. Since 1897 with 
the firm of J. F. Harris & Co., grain brokers: Lieut. 
Naval Militia since its reorganization in 191)0, and 
ranked as an Ensign during the late war with .Spain. 



332 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





ISRAEL P. RUMSEY, Lake Forest. 

Horn in Stafford, N. Y., Feb. 9, 1836. Located in 111. 
in 1858; mem. of Board of Trade since 1859; in 1861 
aided in the formation of Taylor's Chgo. Battery; sub- 
sequently its Capt.; since the war has been engaged in 
the grain commission business; twice elected a director 
of the Board of Trade. 



FRANK G. LOGAN, Chicago. 

Bom in Cayuga Co.. N. Y.. Oct. 7. 1851. Located in 
Chgo. 1870; engaged in grain business in 1876, organ- 
izing grain and stock commission house of F. G. 
Logan; mem. N. Y. Stk. Ex., Chgo. Board of Trade, 
Union League Club; Trustee of ReloH Coll. (museum 
named after himl; governing mem. of the Art InsL ; 
Dir. Bureau of Asso. Charities. 





S. W. LAMSON, Chicago. 

Born at N'yack, N. Y., in 1838. Engaged in agricultural 
pursuits in 111. until the age of 30; removed to la. in 
1868, and engaging in the nursery business; located in 
Chgo. in 1875 and entered into the commission busi- 
ness under the firm name of Lamson Bros. & Co., and 
has been in active business since; Ex-Pres. of the Oak- 
land School Board; Ex-Pres. of the Board of Directors 
of All Souls Church and one of its organizers; life mem. 
of the C. A. A. 



CHARLES W. BUCKLEY, Evanston. 

Born Peoria, 111., Aug. 20, 1857. Removing to St. Louis 
in 1880 and to Chgo. in 1884. Director of Bd. of 
Trade of Chgo., 1898, for 3 yrs. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



333 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





LUTHER W. BODMAX, Chicago. 

Born in Mass.. 1845. Mem. of the firm of Milmine, 
Hodman & Co.; mem. Chgo. Board of Trade since 1S84. 



HARRV SCULL,, Chicago. 

Born in Bristol. Eng.. 1845. Left England In 1873; 18 
months in Canada; came to Chgo. in 1874, and married 
in 1876; mem. of Chgo. Board of Trade. 





GEORGE S. McREYNOLDS, Chicago. 

Born at Peoria. 111. Located in Chgo. in 1876; on Jan. 
1, 1899, organized the firm of McUeynolds & Co.. en- 
giigine in the shipping and grain elevator business; 
mem. Chgo., Union and Washington 1'nrk Clubs. 



PORTUS BAXTER WEARE, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 1, 1842, at Otsego, Mich. Engaged in the 
grain business in Chgo. in 1862; later Mgr. of the Chgo. 
Hallway Terminal Elevator Co.; organized the Weare 
Land & Live Stock Co. of Wyoming and Montana; in 
18!)1 organized the North American Transportation & 
Trading Co., doing business in Alaska; charter mem. 
of the Illinois Club; mem. of the Chgo. Board of Trade 
since 1862; mem of the N. Y. Produce Exchange: mem. 
of the Art Inst., Union League and Chgo. Clubs. 



334 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission Finley Barrell & Co. 





JAMES BARRELL, Chicago. 

Born In London over 60 yrs. ago, and a resident of 
Chicago for over 50 yrs.; in grain elevator business 
(Armour, Dole & Co. and Dole & Co.) for 31 yrs., first 
as a clerk, then as a partner; retired from this busi- 
ness; re-entered business with his sons under the firm 
name of Finley Barrell & Co.. stock and grain com- 
mjssion brokers; mem. Chicago Board of Trade and Chi- 
cago and Washington Park Clubs. 



FINLEY BARRELL, Chicago. 

Born In Chicago, Oct. 20, 1804. Engaged in business In 
Chicago In 1891 as a broker on the Board of Trade; 
mem. of the firm of Finley Barrell & Co. ; mem. N. Y. 
Stk. Exchange, Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce and 
Chicago Stk. Exchange and Board of Trade; mem. of 
Chicago, Union League. Washington Park and Mid- 
lothian Country Clubs. 





STEWART E. BARRELL, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago in 1869. Common school education; in 
1886 employed by the firm of Fleming & Boyden on the 
Chicago Board of Trade; mem. of the firm of Finley 
Barrell & Co., stock anil grain commission brokers; 
mem. of X. Y. Coffee Exchange, X. Y. Cotton Exchange 
and Chicago Board of Trade; mem. of Washington Park 
and Union League Clubs. 



ALBERT M. BARRELL, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago 25 years ago. Educated at Harvard 
School in Chicago, Andover. Mass., and grad. from Yale 
in 1900; Cashier of Finley Barrell & Co., stock and 
grain commission brokers; mem. of Calumet and Wash- 
ington Park Clubs. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



335 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





GEORGE A. SEAVERNS, SR.. Chicago. 

Born in Boston. Located in Chgo. in 1853; Prop. Alton 
Elevator. Mabbatt Elevators and the Seavers Elevators 
at Davenport, la.; mem. Chgo. and Washington Park 
Clubs. 



GEORGE A. SEAVERXS, JR., Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Partner in the firm of Geo. A. Seaverna; 
mem. C. A. A. and Washington Park Club. 





WILLIAM H. LAKE. Chicago. 

Boi-n In Chjro.. 1861. Entered the grain business in 
1877 with Dwight & Gillett; from 1881 until 1889 was 
with Bartlett, Frnzier & Co.: in 1901 engaged in grain 
and stock business with Arthur Leask, under the firm 
name of Lake & Leask. 6 Sherman St.; mem. of Chgo. 
Stk. Ex.. Chgo. Board of Trade. Milwaukee Chamber of 
Commerce, and the C. A. A.. Washington Park. Chgo. 
Yacht and Glenview Golf Clubs and N. Y. Produce Ex- 
change. 



ARTHUR LEASK, Chicago. 

Born Sept. 2. 1857, Brooklyn. X. Y. Came to Chgo. in 
1882; engaged in grain business with Baldwin, Gurnev 
& Co., anil subsequently organized the firm of Lake & 
Leask, grain commission and stock brokers. 



336 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





JOHN L. PYFFE. 

Born 1n Dublin. Ireland. Sept. 8. 1858. Removing to 
America in 1866. and to Chgo. In 1879: from 1890 to 
1901 was a member and Director of the Board of Trade, 
and held this position at the date of his death, Jan. 13, 
1901; was the senior mem. of the firm of Fyffe Bros. 
& Co. 



WILLIAM J. FYFFE, Chicago. 

Born in Dublin. Ireland. June 13, 1862. Removing to 
America in 1866, and to Chgo. in 1879; mem. of the 
Chgo. Hoard of Trade since 1883. and a mem. of the 
firm of Fyffe Bros. & Co.; mem. C. A. A. 





EDWARD F. LELAND. 

Born in Boston, May 16. 1802. Came to Chgo. 1866; 
in 1898, with J. H. Ware, he established the present 
firm of Ware & Lelttnd. frain and stock brokers: mem. 
C. A. A.. Chicago an'l Glenview Golf Clubs; mem. of 
the Chgo. Board of Trade. New York and New Orleans 
Cotton Exchanges; mem. N. Y. Athletic Club an'l New 
York Yacht Club. 



JOHN HERBERT WARE, Chicago. 

Born Brantford. Canada, Feb. 2, 1862. Located in Chgo 
in 1868: since 1898 mem. of the firm of Ware & Leland: 
mem. of the Board of Trade: mem. of the Chgo. and 
Washington Park Clubs and the C. A. A. and the Mid- 
lothian and Exmore Golf Clubs: mem. St. Louis Mer- 
?hants" Exchange. Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. 
N. Y. Coffee Exchange, N. Y. Yacht Club, N. Y. Ath- 
letic Club and The Strollers of New York; Tres. Opaque 
Shade Cloth Co., Chicago, and Treas. Keystone Shade 
Roller Co. of Saginaw. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





AUGUSTUS N. EDDY, Chicago. 

Born in Ind., June 3, 184?. Moved to Cbgo. in 1856; 
attended Chgo. High School and Douglas University; 
afterward entered the employ of Farwell, Field & Co. ; 
meiu. of the Board of Trade and Stock Exchange; Dir. 
American Linseed Co. ; Pres. North American Exchange, 
Paris, France; Imperial Expanded Metal Co.. Chicago; 
mem. of the Chgo., Caxtou, Washington Park, Saddle & 
Cycle, Wheaton Golf, Calumet Clubs, the Essex Co., 
and Reform and N. Y. Clubs of New York. 



HOMER II. !'l. I i:us. Chicago. 

Born in Dexter, Mich.. Jan. 20, 1854. Educated at 
Ann Arbor, Mich.; removed from Detroit, Mich., to 
Cbgo. in 1889; has been engaged in the grain business 
since 1\71. 





CHARLES H. CO1VGDO1V, Evanston. 

Born in Worcester Co.. Mass., Murch 11, 1853. Moved 
to Chgo. in 1873; member of the Board of Trade since 
1874; member of the Union League Club; trustee of the 
N. W. Univ. of Kvanston. 



"WILLIAM X. ECKHARDT. Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Elected Dir. of the Board of Trade in 
IMM>. and 2d Vice-Pres. of the Board of Trade. Jan.. 
1!0(); mem. of Pope & Kckhardt Co.. Grain Commission 
.Merchants. 



338 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





HERBERT EDWARD RYCRQFT, Chicago. 

BorD in Liverpool in 1865. Located in New York in 
1885, and Chgo. in 1892; mem. of the firm of Bartlett, 
Frazier & Co. ; mem. of the Chicago, Colonial, Chgo. 
Yacht and Glen View Clubs and C. A. A. and Washing- 
ton Park Clubs. 



SIDNEY C. LOVE, Chicago. 

Born in Ottumwa, la., Jan. 2, 1872. Engaged in busi- 
ness in Keokuk, la., in a bank; 1893 joined in the 
formation of the firm of John C. King & Co.; 1900 be- 
came a mem. of the N. Y. Stk. Ex. and established the 
firm of Sidney C. Love & Co., with offices in Chgo., St. 
Louis and N. Y. 





SIDNEY H. WARNER. Chicago. 

Born Mendota, 111., Oct. 9, 1862. Located in Chgo. 
1874; formed the firm of Warner & Wilbur in 1879; 
mem. Chgo. Board of Trade and C. A. A. 



WILLIAM HENRY HARPER. Chicago. 

Born in Tippecanoe Co., Ind., May 4. 1845. Removing 
to Iroquois Co., 111., 1851, and subsequently to El Paso; 
1864 enlisted in the 145th 111.; engaged in the live stock 
and grain business, removing to Chgo. 1868. becoming a 
mem. of the Board of Trade; 1873 appointed Chief Grain 
Inspector Chgo.: 1876 organized the Chgo. & Pacific 
Klevator Co. ; 1890 was one of the organizers of the 
Globe National Bank; 1882 mem. of 111. Legis., serving 
two terms. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



339 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





GEORGE W. HIGGINS, Chicago. 

Born at East Brewster, Mass., April 21, 1829. Made 
three voyages, when but a youth, around Cape Horn; 
went to California in '49 and spent four years there;- 
located in Chicago in the fall of 1853 and was for a 
short time engaged in the commission business (live 
stock); became a member of the Chicago Board of 
Trade In 1854; laid the first stone in the packing houses 
west of the stock yards in June 1868; was engaged in 
the packing business from 1859 to 1884; retired from 
active business. 



GEORGE W. STONE, Chicago. 

Rorn in N. Y. City, July 3, 1844. Came to Chicago in 
Oct., 1877, and started in a commission business on 
the Board of Trade; mem. of the Sixth Presbyterian 
Church and Oakland and Midlothian Clubs. 





CHARLES HEAD SMITH, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 23, 1859, Macomb, 111. Located In Chicago 
in 1879; rneni. of Board of Trade since 1882; Commis- 
sion Merchant and extensive operator on the Board of 
Trade. 



LYMAX G. HOL.I-EY, Chicago. 

Born in Jefferson Co.. X. Y. Removing to 111. in 1868; 
Chgo. Mgr. of the Pillsbury-Washbura Flour Mills Co.; 
mem of the Chgo. Board of Trade, and resides at Oak 
Park. 



340 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





JOHN P. GRIER, Chicago. 

Born in Peoria. 111., in 1868. Coming to Chgo. In 1896, 
organized the firm of Allen, Grler & Zeller Co.. which 
Inter took a most active part in the great wheat deal 
of 1897-98; mem. of the Board of Trade. 



HENRY T. GUBBINS, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., June 17, 1854. In the grain business 
since 1871; in 1898, established the firm of H. T. 
(Jubbins & Co.; mem. of Board of Trade; appointed 
official Grain Sampler of Chgo. Board of Trade Jan., 
1898. 





ARTHUR R. JONES, Chicago. 

Born in Vinton. la., Jan. 8. 1865. Engaged in the rail- 
road business until 1897; since 1897 mem. of Chgo. 
Board of Trade and engaged in the commission business; 
niem. C. A. A. and Washington Park Club. 



FRANK C. REMICK, Chicago. 

Born Cornish, Me., Aug. 29. 1841. Located in III. in 
1875; mem. Board of Trade since 187C; engaged in the 
i-ommission business in 1.S93 with Fred Helmholz. under 
the firm name of Helmholz & Remick; elected Dir. for 
the term of 1901-4. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



341 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





ROBERT BINES, Chicago. 

Born Bloomfleld, O., July 15, 1842. Came to Chicago, 
June 1, 1866; member of the Hoard of Trade since 
Oct. 7, 1869, and now on the Board of Directors. 



JOHN S. CARPENTER, Chicago. 

Born in Harford, Pa., Jan. 15, 1845. Grad. Harford 
Univ., 1862: first shrpper of western grain in N. J., 
direct to millers, 1874-81; removed to Chgo. in 1881. 
and established the firm of John S. Carpenter & Co.; 
associated with G. Montague & Co. in 1888, and on 
death of Mr. Montague incorporated the firm of Mon- 
tague & Co. ; since continuing as its Pres. ; Director 
and Vice-Pres., 1889-96, of the Apollo Cluo, and char- 
ter member and Vice-Pres. of Mendelssohn Club. 





GEORGE G. PARKER, Chicago. 

Born in Boston. May 1C, 1851. Located in Chgo. In 
1862; been engaged in the business of a commission 
merchant since ls~5; mem. of Chgo. Board of Trade and 
mem. of the Com. on Arbitration and Appeals 1881-84; 
Vic.-Pivs. .-Hid Iiir. in 1885-90. 



EDWARD STONE, Chicago. 

Born in Charlotte, Vt., 1834. Engaged in the business 
of a ^omrnisslon merchant; mem. of the Chgo. Board 
of Trade; located in 111. in 1863. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 
Grain Commission. 





"WILLIS F. JOHNSON, Chicago. 

Born Yates Co., N. Y., 1834. Moyed to Wickliffe, now 
Palatine, Cook Co., 111., 1844: from 1856 to 1874 engaged 
in business in Morrison, 111.; mem. Chgo. Board of 
Trade since 1873; engaged in commission business, 
Chgo., since 1874. 



RALPH E. PRATT, Chicago. 

Born in Conn. Senior mem. of the firm of R. E. Pratt 
& Co., grain merchants, and resides at 4122 Grand 
Blvd. 





GEORGE H. PHILLIPS, Chicago. 

Born in Morris, 111.. Jan. 11, 1869. Located in Chgo. 
Aug. 24. 1886; grad. the same year from the Morris 
High School; engaged in the grain elevator and' pro- 
vision business; grain commission broker; for 5 yrs. 
connected with the grain elevators of Chgo.; commission 
business Board of Trade. 



ERICH GERSTENBERG, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, 111. Received an academic education; 
engaged in busiress with his father under the firm name 
of C. G-erstenberg & Co. in the grain and produce com- 
mission business in 1873: from 1879 to 1883 mem. of the 
firm of Gerstenherg & Co.; from 1883 to 1899 mem. of 
the firm of Gerstenbere & Croeschell; since 1899 mem. 
of the firm of Gerstenberg & Co. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



343 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





SANFORD A. SCRIB1VER, Chicago. 

Born in Plattsburg, N. Y. Located In Chgo. In 1859: 
mem. of Chgo. Board of Trade since 1862; engaged in 
the grain and commission business with Low< 'Bros. & 
Co., and subsequently with John Creighton Cd since 
1887 the firm has been Scribner, Creighton & Co:, died 
Dec. 28, 1901. 



THOMAS M. HUNTER, Chicago. 

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1852. Removing to Chgo. 
in 1879; Dir. Chgo. Board of Trade; Dir. Cicero Light, 
Heat & Power Co.; first Alderman elected from the 
35th Ward; resides at 225 Prairie Ave., Austin. 





ZIXA R. CARTER, Chicago. 

Born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1846. Came to 
111. in 1864 and several yrs. later to Chgo.; member 
of Board of Trade since 1872, and its Pres., 1897; Mem. 
of Board of Trustees of the Sanitary Dist. of Chgo. 



WILLETS G. WANZER, Oak Paris. 

Born in Chgo., Jan. 7. 1866. Is engaged in commission 
business since 1882 under the name of Wanzer & Co.; 
mem. of the Chgo. Board of Trade since 1888. 



344 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 
Grain Commission. 





Z. R. WINSL,OW, Chicago. 



Born in N. Y. City, Jan. 9, 1841. Located in C'hgo. in 
1854; enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1861-5 in the 
19th 111. Inf.; transferred to 58th 111. Inf., serving as a 
2d Lieut.; Past Commander U. S. Grant Post. G. A. R. ; 
mem. of Pleiades Lodge, Wiley M. Eagen Chapter, 
Chgo. Council, Chgo. Commandery. 



SYLVESTER W. McMASTER, Rock Inland. 

Born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Oct. 8, 1811. Located 
in Rock Island in 1836; engaged in the grain and flour 
mill business in Rock Island, Galena and St. Louig 
until 1866; built first grain elevator In St. Louis in 
1863; built the first flour mill in Galena in 1848; 
author of "Sixty Years on the Upper Mississippi;" 
retired from business in 1866. 





BENJAMIN WARREN, JR., Peoria. 

Born La Harpe, Hancock Co.. 111., July 22, 1852. Lo- 
cated in Peoria, March 15, 1876; immediately engaged 
in the grain commission business under the firm name 
of Warren & Co.; Sec. and Gen. Mgr. Iowa Elevator 
<>>. ; Pres. Peoria Wagon Co.; Dir. 111. National Bank; 
lias been engaged in grain business since 1873. 



JAMES M. QUINN, Peoria. 

Born in Brown Co., O., June 2, 1831. Located in Taze- 
well Co.. 111., in 1846. and in Peoria in 1872: is en- 
gaged in the grain and commission business: Pres. of 
North Park Mining & Smelting Co. of Colo. ; Ex-Pres. of 
the Peoria Board of Trade, now Director, and a Dir. of 
the Peoria Public Library. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



345 



MERCHANTS. 

Grain Commission. 





JACOB S. McFERREN, Hoopeston. 

Born Level, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1845. Moved to Paxton, 111., 
Sept., 1865, and to Hoopeston In 1872; Pres. of the First 
National Bank since Its organization; partner of Moore 
& McFerren Mills of Memphis, and partner in the 
Hoopeston Canning Co. of Hoopeston. 



WILLIAM P. BRYAN. Peorla. 

Born Lancaster, Pa.. 1851. Moved to 111. in 1852; 
member of Peoria Board of Trade. 1876-96; also its 
president; member of the Peoria City Council, 1895-99; 
Mayor, April, 1901. 





E. R. UL.RICH, JR., Springfield. 

Born Feb. 8, 1861. Mem. of the firm of E. K. Ulrica 
& Sons, grain merchants. 



W. H. READ, Sprinsfleld. 

Born Deo. 12. 1852. Keene, X. II. Located in Chgo. In 
1S77; since 1889 has conducted the business of stock, 
bond, grain and provision broker: mem. of the Chgo. 
Board of Trade; difd January, 1902. 



346 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

Stocks and Grain. 





JOHN C. ItING, Chicago. 

Born In Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1864. Came to Chgo. 
1890; mem. N. Y. Stk. Ex., Chgo. Stk. Ex., Cleveland 
Stk. Ex. and Chgo. Board of Trade: mem. of the Chgo., 
Union and Washington Park Clubs. 



ARTHUR J. WHIPPLM, Chicago. 

Born In Wlnona, Minn., In 1869. Located In Chgo. 
1892; engaged In business as 'a stock broker and nwm. 
of the Chgo. Stock Exchange and the N. Y. Stock Ex- 
change. 





HERBERT C. WRIGHT. Chicago. 

Located In Chgo. In 1893. Financial Editor of the 
Chgo. Record In 1894-7, and Literary Editor 1894-7; is 
engaged In the business of a stock broker. 



HERMAN HERBST, Chicago. 

Born April 11, 1849, Fond du Lac, Wls. Removing to 
Chgo. in 1856, where he has since resided; engaged in 
business as a stock broker. 



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347 



MERCHANTS. 





WILLIAM R. RUFFNER, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., July 26, 1872. Treas. of the Kato Cof- 
fee Co., mfrs., refiners and concentrators of the Kato 
Pure Coffee Tablet, and of the Kuffuer & McDowell 
coffee importing and commission merchants, 19 Wa- 
bash Ave. 



I. D. RICHHEI91ER, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 14, 1871. Originator of roasting coffee by 
electricity and patentee of cooling coffee by cold air in 
revolving coolers instead of former process of throwing 
water on the coffee. 





HENRY DLMMERT, Chicago. 

Born in Hamburg, Germany, July 4, 1857. Came to 
Chgo. in 1880 as an exporter, and now a member of 
W. W. Bierce, Ltd., 658 Rookery Bldg., agents, 
brokers and exporters of cottonseed and packing-house 
products. 



JOSEPH E. OTIS, JR., Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., March 5,. 1867. In 1891 engaged In the 
real estate business; on Jan. 1, 1890. ihe firm of Otis. 
Wilcox & Co. was organized in 1898. and was succeeded 
by Otis, Wilson & Co., Jan. 1, 1901, of which he is a 
mem.; mem. N. Y. Stk. Ex. and Chgo. Stk. Ex.; mem. 
of the Univ., Chicago, Calumet and Saddle and Cycle 
Clubs and the Chgo. Heal Estate Board; Organizer and 
Vice-Pres. of the Chgo. Savings Bank. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





ADOLPH NATHAN, Chicago. 

Born St. Goar, on the Rhine, Germany. Kuh, Nathan 
& Fischer, wholesale clothiers; former Pres. Street's 
Western Stable Car Line; Treas. Nat'l Assn. Merchants 
and Travelers 1885-8; Dir. World's Fair; Pres. Civic 
Federation 1897-8. 



LEO WAMPOLD, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Sept. 5, 1865. Grad. Columbia Coll. in 
1888; mem. of the firm of Calm, Wampold & Co., 
manufacturers of clothing; Capt. 1st Cav., I. N. G.; 
mem. Standard, Hamilton, Union League and Germania 
Clubs. 





EMATVIEL, J. KOHN, Chicago. 

Horn in Chgo., Dec. 23, 1864. For 20 yrs. engaged in 
the clothing business; financial and credit man of Kohu 
Bros., wholesale clothing mfrs. ; mem. Executive Board 
of Sinai Temple and United Hebrew Charities; Past 
Master of Chgo. Lodge. A. F. & A. M.; mem. of Stand- 
ard Club; Trustee of National Hospital for Consunw 
tives, Denver, Colo. 



JOSEPH BEIFELD, Chicago. 

Born in Hungary, Aug. 22, 1853. Came to Chgo. 18G7; 
with Field, Leiter & Co. 1869-78; engaged as a cloak 
mfr. 1878; lessee with Nelson Morris of the Sherman 
Hotel. 



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349 



MERCHANTS. 





EMANUEL, BrXBAUM, Chicago. 

Born Elbighelm, Baden. Germany. Feb. 2, 1855. Ke- 
moving to N. Y. .in 1860 and to Chgo. in 1871; for 12 

yrs. was connected with Kuh, Nathan & Fischer, mfrs. 

of clothing, Chgo., and upon the reorganization of the 

firm, Dec., 1900, was made its Pres. ; member of the 

Standard Club past 20 yrs. 



DAVID B. FALTER, Chicago. 

Born in Austria. Engaged in the manufacture of cloth- 
ing; Pres. Lake Side Club and mem. of Standard Club. 





EDWARD B. GROSSMAN, Oliionjro. 

Born Oct. 17. 1873. Chgo. In 1893, established the 
firm of Edward B. Grossman & Co.. wholesale and re- 
Tail cloak mfrs., having both an extensive mail order 
dept. and branches of the business in St. Louis; Dir. in 
various corporations: mem. Standard Club, 



C. F. HEXRY, Rockford. 

Born in Plymouth, Mass., March 15, 1854. Removing 
to Rockford, 111., 1864; for 12 yrs. served in the capac- 
ity of a clerk, subsequently embarking in the cloth- 
ing business for himself. 



350 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





JOHNSTON RICHMOND. BOWMAN, Cliieaso. 

Born in Allegheny City, Pa., Dec. 13, 1852. Established 
the Bowman Dairy Co., in 1877 and Is the Pres. of 
the company. 



COMFORT EDSON PECK, Chicago. 

Born Warren Co., Pa., Oct. 10, 1846. Grad. of the 
Medical Dept. of the Univ. of Buffalo in 1873, and of 
Beltevue Hospital Coll. in 1879; Vlce-Pres. of the Bow- 
man Dairy Co. 





CHARTRS S. KILBOl'RNE, Anrora. 

Born in East Berkshire. Vt.. Nov. 6, 1851. Founder of 
the Fox River Butter Co., makers of "Clover Hill" but- 
ter; one of the largest producers of pure butter. 



EDWARD S. ENO. Ely in. 

Born at Honesdale, Pa.. May 2G, 184S. Removing to 
Elgin, 111., 1871, becoming Supt. Borden's Condensed 
Milk Co. in 1S81, which position he now retains. 



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351 



MERCHANTS. 





E. W. GILLETT, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. State. Located in Chicago, 1852; Prop. 
Gillett's Chemical Wks., Chgo. and Toronto, Ont. ; 
Pres. Northwestern Yeast Co., Chgo.; Pres. Champion 
Chemical Wks., Chgo. and New York. 



DANIEL B. SCULLY, Chicago. 

Born in Ireland. A resident of Chgo. since 1862; en- 
gaged in the manufacture of syrups and molasses under 
the firm name of the D. B. Scully Syrup Co. since 1872. 





"WILLIAM J. MOXLEY, Chicago. 

Pres. of the Moxley Butterlne Co.; mem. of Chgo. 
Board of Trade; mem. of Illinois, Lincoln Clubs and 
C. A. A.; Pres. West Side Driving Assn., and Col. 
since 1901 on Gov. Yates' Staff. 



CHAHLES A. SPOEHR. Chicago. 

Born Goeppingen, Germany. Came to Chgo. in 1869; in 
1876 established the firm of Bunte Bros. <y. Spoehr, con- 
fectioners. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





Born 



P. W. RTJECKHEIM, Chicago. 

In the northern part of Germany in 1846. Lo- 



cated in Chgo in 1869; established the firm of F. W. 
Rueckenheim & Bro., mfg. confectioners, in 1872. 



R. C. PRICE, Wankegan. 

Born Jan. 13, 1858. Vice-Pres. and Mgr. of the Price 
Flavoring Extract Co.; Vice-Pres. of the Pan Confec- 
tion Co. 





I. ALLEGRETTI, Chicago. 

Born in Italy, 1825. Came to America 1859; served in 
U. S. Army and resigned as Lieutenant 1862: started 
confectionery business in Washington, D. C., 1862; in- 
vented the Allegretti Iceberg Refrigerator 1869: in- 
vented Neapolitan bricks of ice cream 1870: shipped 
first carload of dressed beef from Chicago to New York 
City 1874: originated Allegretti Chocolate Creams 1880; 
came to Chicago 1892: inventor of appliances for the 
transportation of all perishable articles, and the first 
to put them into practical use. 



JOHN KR'ANZ, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 17. 1841. in Wurtemberg. Germany. Became a 
resident of Philadelphia in 1860. and Chgo. in 1867: 
engaged in the candy business in Chgo.. aad has since 
continued as a wholesale and retail manufacturer of 
candies; mem. of Germania Club. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



353 



MERCHANTS. 





MARSHALL FIELD, Chicago. 

Born in Conway. Mass., Aug. 18, 1835. Came to Chgo. 
in 1856, employ of Cooley, Wadsworth & Co. as a sales- 
man; one year later became Cooley, Farwell & Co.; 
admitted to a junior partnership In 1860; In 1865 the 
firm became Field, Palmer & Letter, and two years 
later Field, Letter & Co.; in 1881 Marshall Field & Co.; 
in 1893 Mr. Field gave $1,000,000 to found the Field 
Columbian Museum, and built and endowed, 1901, a 
library building in his native town of Conway, Mass. 



HARRY G. SELFRIDGE, Chicago. 

Born in Kipon. Wis., Jan. 11, 1858. Located 
Chgo. Feb., 1879; Marshall Field & Co. 





JOHN Ml'IR. Chicago. 

Born in Scotland in 1837. From 1859 to 1863 was In 
the dry goods business with the firm of Potter Palmer, 
Chgo. ; since 1868 was with the firm of Field, Letter 
& Co., subsequently the Marshall Field Co., retail 
store. 



LINDSAY T. WOODCOCK, Oak Paris. 

Born Baring, Me.. Aug. 23, 1858. Resided in Princeton. 
Me.; located in Chgo. in 1876; entered the employ of 
Marshall Field & Co. April 6. 1877: Supt. retail store 
since 1889: mem. of Dak Park Club: officer of Third 
Presbyterian Church 1884-5, and meui. of sessions of 
1st Pres. Church since Oct., 1896; mem. Union League 
Club. 



354 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





ARTHUR C. BLAXEY, Chicago. 

Born in the City of Dublin in 1851. Came to Chicago 
in 1863; employed as cash hoy by Potter Palmer until 
1866: attended Skinner public school; re-entered the 
employ of Field, Palmer & Leiter as Collector; re- 
mained with their successors, Field. Leiter & Co., and 
the present retail house of Marshall Field & Co., as 
Credit Man; in 1872 moved to Riverside, and was for 
seventeen consecutive years elected town and village 
Clerk; was a charter member of Company H. First 
Regiment of Illinois State Militia; is charter member 
of the Mondamin Council. Royal Arcanum; past ten 
years a resident of the 6th Ward. 



ADOLPHl'S L. BELL, Cliicagro. 

Born in 111.. 1849. Quartermaster 1st Reg. I. X. G. 
for 25 yrs; foreign buyer and the department mgr. of 
6 departments of Marshall Field & Co., retail store, 
Chgo. 





H. N. HIGGINBOTHAM. Chicago. 

Born on a farm near Joliet, 111., in 1838. In 1861 lo- 
cated in Chgo.. entering the employ of Cooley. Farwell 
& Co., predecessors of ,T. V. Farwell & Co.; in 1862 
enlisted in the Mercantile Battery in the war of 1861-5. 
and was transferred to the Quartermaster's Dej>t.: upon 
return to Chgo. entered the firm of Field, Palmer & 
loiter: mem. of the firm of Marshall Field & Co.; re- 
tire/1 from mercantile business in 1901: Pres. of the 



LAFAYETTE McWILLIAMS, Chicago. 

Born June 11, 1843, Peterboro. N. Y. Educated in the 
common and academic schools of Peterboro; taught 
school; enlisted as a private in the war of 1861-5 in the 
157th N. Y. Inf., and mustered out a Capt.; located in 
Chgo. in 1865. entering the service of the dry goods 
bouse of Field, Palmer & Letter, later Marshall Field 
& -Co., retiring in Feb.. 1900: mem. Loyal Legion. 
A. R., Union League Clubs and the Midlothian Golf 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



355 



MERCHANTS. 





JOHX VILLIERS FARWELL, Chicago. 

Born July 29, 1825. at Campbellville, Steuben Co.. N. Y. 
In 1838 the family moved to Ogle Co., N. Y.; in 
1845 came to 111. ; employed in the City Clerk's office 
of Chgo. ; bookkeeper and salesman In the dry goods 
store of Hamilton & White: afterward with Hamlin & 
Day. and later in the employ of Wadsworth & Phelps; 
subsequently was with Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., of 
which firm he became a mem. fn 1850; this firm is the 
present firm of John V. Farwell & Co. 



CHARLES B. FARWELL,, Chicago. 

Born near Painters Pond, .Steuben Co.. N. Y. In 1844 
located in Chgo.; Deputy Clerk of Cook Co. under Geo. 
Davis; in 1853 was elected County Clerk; in 1864 he 
became a partner and Manager of the present firm of 
J. V. Farwell & Co.; 1870-80 mem. of Congress; mem. 
of first State Board for' the Equalization of Taxes: 
built the Washington Street Tunnel; elected U. S. Sen- 
ator in 1887; mem. of Chgo. and Union League Clubs 
and the Commercial and Bankers' Clubs. 





GEORGE FABYAN, Chicago. 

Born in Boston in 18C7. Moved to Chgo, in 1883; mem. 
of the firm of Bliss. Fiibvan it Co., Commission Mer- 
chants: Ii:cm. of Onv. Yiites' Staff. 



LEVI Z. LEITER, Chicago. 

Born in 1S34 at Leitersburg, Md. Located in Chgo. in 
1854; in the serviie of Bowes & Vnu Wick; afterward 
with the house of Cooley. Wadsworth & Co.; engaged in 
the dry goods business as a mem. of the firm of Palmer, 
Field ,t L,elter; from 1867 to 1881 the firm was Field. 
Letter & Co.; in 1881 retired from commercial business; 
first Pres. of the Commercial Club; mem. of I'nlon 
League, Iroquois, Calumet ami Washington Park Clubs. 



356 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





LEON MANDEL,, Chicago. 

Born in Gsrmauy, 1841. Came to Chgo. In 1S53. 



DAVID MAYER, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, Aug. 10, 1851. Located in Chgo. in 
1865: since 1872 mem. of the firm of Schlesinger & 
Mayer, dry goods merchants, Chgo. 





A. M. ROTHSCHILD, Chicago. 

Born in Nardstetten, Germany, in 185:5. Came to Amer- 
ica in 1866, locating in Davenport. la. ; located in 
Chgo. in 1871; engaged in the clothing business in 
West Madison St.: in 1875 disposed of retail store and 
engaged in the manufacture of clothing: in 1894 sold 
this business and formed the A. M. Rothschild de- 
partment store: Pir. National Bank of the Republic; 
mem. Board of Directors Columbian Exposition. 



ISAAC KEIM, Chicago. 

Born in Chicago, Xov. 28, I860: Second Viee-Pres. 
Siegel, Cooper & Co.; with tho Fair store. Chiciiiin, 
until 1887; with Siegel, Cooper & Co. since May. 1.S87. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



357 



MERCHANTS. 





EDWARD J. L.EHMANN, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo.. March 21, 1870. After finishing prelimi- 
nary school work in Chgo., entered the N. VV. Law 
School in 1896; entered the Fair store in 1899. 



J. I., u i .SM:I. Chicago. 

Born in London, Eng., Dec. 30, 1865. Moved with his 
parents to America in 1808, locating in Chgo. in 1876; 
public school and Business Coll. education; in 1878 en- 
tered "The Fair" as cash boy; in 1883 made a Dept. 
Buyer; later was Asst. Gen. Mgr. ; in 1895 be was made 
Gen. Mgr. of "The Fair;" mem. Hamilton, Standard 
and Lakeside Clubs; life mem. of the Art Inst., and 
n<em. of the Commercial Club and Citizens' Organiza- 
tion. 





CYRUS M. JONES, Chicago. 

Born at Cleveland, Ohic, April 27, 1854. Former Man- 
ager The E. Jennings Co. from 1879 to 1889; Supt. The 
Fair Department Store 18!)0 to 1893; Supt. A. M. 
Rothschild & Co. 18!>4 to 1897; since 1897 Supt. The 
Fair; resides at Riverside. 



CHARLES GREVE, Chicago. 

Born Mecklenburg. Germany, Aug. 16, 1S47. Came to 
N. Y. in 1853; to Wis., 1855; to Chgo. in 1880; en- 
gaged in work at "The Fair." 18?0; since 1890, has 
been the Mgr. of the estate of E. J. Lehmann. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





CHARLES NETCHER, Chicago. 

Born in Buffalo in 1852. Located In Chgo. In 1869; 
employed as a bundle boy in the Boston Store; now 
Prop, of the Boston Store. 



EDMUND L,. MANSURE, Chicago. 

Born In Philadelphia, Pa., in 1860. Located In 111. In 
1885; Pres. of the E. L. Mansure Co., rnfrs. of 
trimming; mem. Union League, Washington Park and 
Kenwood Clubs and C. A. A. 





GEORGE W. PAULLIN, Chicago. 

Born in Philadelphia, Pa., .1864. Located in Chgo. in 
1885; engaged in the manufacture and importing of furs; 
Sec. of the Chgo. Fur Merchants' and Manufacturers' 
Assn.; received the degree of LL. B. from the Lake 
Forest I'niv., and in 1892 was admitted to the bar; Dir. 
Evanston Public Library. 



ISAAC B. COUNTRYMAN, Dixon. 

Born in Herkimer Co., N Y.. 1846. Came to Dixon in 
18C8 and engaged as a clerk for Alonzo Wood: 1871 
entered general merchandise business with W. G. 
Stevens, under the firm name of W. G. Stevens & 
Co.; 1877 it became the firm of I. B. Countryman; 
now Pres. I. B. Countryman Co.; Sec. Dixon Electric 
Light & Power Co.; Dir. Lee Co. Tel.; Pres. of the 
Dixon Bank; Mem. of the Merchants' Assn.; Knight 
Templar and Mason. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



359 



MERCHANTS. 





HIRAM T. LAY, Kewanee. 

Born In Kenosha, \Vis., Jan. 16, 1839. Removing to 
Kewanee in 1854; since 1854 has been engaged in the 
dry goods business; from 1868 to 1874 in partnership 
with Ellas Lyman, as the firm of Lyrnan & Lay; subse- 
quently asso. with Wm. H. Lyman, the firm being Ly- 
man. Lay & Lyman, from 1874 to 1883 and since 1883 
as Lay & Lymau; one of the organizers in 1890 of the 
Boss Mfg. Co. 



WILLIAM H. LYMAX, Kewanee. 

Born at White River Junction, Vt., June 3, 1852. Edu- 
cated at Norwich and White River Junction, Vt., and 
special instruction from Hiram Orcutt, West Lebanon, 
N. H. ; removed to 111. in 1869; engaged In the dry 
goods business in Kewanee since 1869; from 1874 to 
1883 mem. firm of Lyman, Lay & Lyman; since 1883 
mem. of the firm of Lay & Lyman, dry goods merchants; 
Pres. and one of the organizers in 1890 of the Boss Mfg. 
Co., makers of husking goods; Vice-Pres. of the Union 
National Bank since its organization in 1880; Mayor of 
Kewanee two years. 





TOM MURRAY, Chicago. 

Born in I860. Brooklin. Ont., Canada. Came to Chgo. 
In 1872; 6 yrs. with the firm of Marshall Field & Co.; 
6 yrs. with the firm of Henry W. King & Co.. whole- 
sale clothing merchants: 6 yrs. with Chas. P. Kellogg 
& Co., clothiers; in 1897 engaged in the men's furnishing 
business. "He Makes Shirts." 



HERBERT D. THOMAS. Chicago. 

Born Constantine, Mich.. March 15, 1870. A resident 
of Chgo. since 1889: mem. of the firm of Thomas tt 
navies, men's and ladies' furnishings. 



360 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





JOHN S. CAPPER, Cliicaso. 

Born In Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19, 1867. Moved to 
Chgo. in 1879; started in business in 1893; Pres. of the 
firm of Capper & Capper. 



ZENAS ZELL.A JACKSON, Chicago. 

Born in, Quincy 111., May 30, 1871. Came to Chgo. in 
1890; mem. of the firm of Capper & Capper, men's fur- 
nishers. 





ALFRED C. TORBERT, Chicago. 

Born October 28, 1868, at Dowingtown, Chester County, 
Pa. Located in Illinois in 1892; In the service of the 
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, with headquarters at 
Philadelphia, Pa., from 1884 to 1889; located in St. 
Paul, Minn., in 1890; with Harrison & Hawley, water 
works construction and hydraulic engineers, 1890 to 
1891; Purchasing Agent McArthur Brothers' Company, 
railroad and general contractors. Chicago, 1891 to 1898; 
member of the firm of Torbert & Peckham since 1898. 



GIS. M. GREENEBAUM, Danville. 

Born Chgo., Sept. 4, 1863. Removing to Danville, April 
1897: Pres. Chamber of Commerce; Vice-Pres. the Na- 
tional Good Roads Assa.; President Ike Stern & Co.. 
and President Danville Department Store. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



361 



MERCHANTS. 





HENRY L. PITCHER, Chicago. 

Born in Michigan in 1847. In 1872 engaged in the dry 
goods business as Henry L. Pitcher & Co.; 1874 firm 
became Pitcher, Jones & Sonner; retired in 1884, re- 
moving to Janesville, \Vis., engaged in clothing busi- 
ness until 1886; sold business and removed to Kansas 
Citv in charge of the clothing firm of Browning, King 
& To. until 1892; returned to Chicago to manage Chi- 
cago branch Browning, King & Co. until after the death 
of Mr. King in 1898, retiring from firm 1898; 1899 es- 
tablished the house of Henry L. Pitcher Clothing Co. 
in Kansas City: 1899 elected President of Rosehill 
Cemetery Company, and devotes his time to its man- 
agement. 



GEORGE L.YTTO1V, Chicago. 

Born June 12, 1874, Chgo. From 1890 to 1893 attended 
Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Mich.; in 1897 was 
Shipping Clerk in the "Hub" store; 1899 Vice-Pres. 
and Treas. of the "Hub" clofhing store; member Wash- 
ington Park. Exmore Country, Chgo. Yacht. Hamilton, 
Lake Geneva Country Clubs, and Sons of American 
Revolution. 





FRED L,. ROSSBACH, Oak Park. 

Born in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 29. 1867 Located in 
Cbgo. in 1883; founded the Washington Shirt Co. in 
1891. and is its Pres. and Gon. Mgr. : Supreme .Treas. 
Order of Columbian Knights since 1897; Treas. Colum- 
bian Hospital Assn. and Supreme Treas. Daughters of 
Columbia. 



SAMUEL, J. KLIXE, Chicago. 

Born July 19, 1859, at Leavenworth, Kan. Came to 
Chgo. in Dee.. 1871; mem. of Standard. Hamilton and 
Kavisloe Country Clubs; Pres. Chicago Credit Men's 
Assn. 1901-2; Dir. National Assn. of Credit Men 1902; 
Kx-Treas. of the Hamilton Club. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





EDWARD B. BUTLER, Chicago. 

Born in Lewiston, Me., Dec. 16, 1853. Educated In the 
Boston public schools. Commenced business career at 
the age of 16 and in 1877, with his brothers, estab- 
lished the firm of Butler Bros., came to Chgo. in 1879. 
Now Pres of Butler Bros. ; chairman Ways and Means 
Com. of the World's Fair; Pres. 111. Manual Training 
School for Boys; Director of Chgo. Orphan Asylum; 
Hull House Assn.; State Pawners' Soc.; Rockford Coll. 



JAMES H. HIRSCH, Chicago. 

Born July 20, 1860, at Chicago. Educated in public 
schools of Chgo. and Univ. of Notre Dame; educated as 
a C. E., but entered commercial life, and for 23 yrs. 
has been engaged in the wholesale clothing business; 
Alderman 25th Ward, 1898-99; April 18, 1901, appointed 
Lincoln Park Comr. ; Vestryman Church of Our Savior 
(Episcopal); Col. on Gov. Yates' staff. 





LOUIS M. STUMER, Chicago. 

Born in Baltimore, Md., April 24, 1869. Moved to Chgo. 
in 1870; attended Notre Dame Coll.; in 1890 formed 
the firm of Stumer, Rosenthal & Eckstein Emporium 
Millinery establishment. 150-152 State St.; one of the 
proprietors of the American Restaurant, the Millinery 
World, the Public Drug Co. and North American Res- 
taurant, and Pres. of the Strauss & Stumer Mercantile 
Co. of St. Louis, Mo.; Dir. the Chgo. Home for Jewish 
Orphans: mem. Standard and Lakeside Clubs. 



JULES II \ I 1,1 Mil !!<.. Chicago. 

Born Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 20, 1849. Has been en- 
gaged in the retail millinery business in Chgo. since 
1880. 



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MERCHANTS. 





JOHN T. SHAYNE, Chicago. 

Born in Galway, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 26, 1S52. 
Attended Mehan s Private Academy; located in Chgo. 
in 1884; formed the firm of John T. Shayne & Co., of 
which he is the senior mem. ; served two yrs. as Pres. 
Chgo. Commercial Assn.; Treas. of Associated American 
Exhibitors of the Columbian Exposition in 1893; mem. 
Union League and Washington Park Clubs and C. A. A. 



A. B. ADAMS, Chicago. 

Born Dunfermline, Scotland, 1839. Moved to Chicago, 
186-1; Pres. Edson. Keith Co. Corporation, importers, 
jobbers and manufacturers of milliner}' and straw 
goods. 





WILLIAM H. BUSH, Chicago. 

Born Martinsburg, N. Y., Oct. 22. 1849. Removing to 
Chgo. Feb. 22. 18t>9, engaged in the wholesale hat 
and cap business and resides at 606 N. State St. 



GEORGE P. RICHARDSON, Chicago. 

Born in Hillsboro, Bridge, N. H., Dec. 14, 1850. Lo- 
cated in Chgo. in 1872; Pres. and Treas. of Richard- 
son Silk Co. ; mem. Union League and Glen View Golf 
Clubs and the Merchants' Central of New York; mem. 
Silk Assn. of Am. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





ORLOW W. RICHARDSON, Chicago. 

Born In Orland, Steuben Co., Ind., in 1844. Engaged in 
the carpet and rug business in Chicago in 1875; common 
and high school education; President O. W. Richardson 
& Co.; mem. of Hamilton Club. 



FREDERICK BODE, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, Aug. 20, 1856. Emigrated to Amer- 
ica in 1870; Pres. of Gage liros. & Co.; member of 
Union League and C. A. A. Clubs. 





DOUGLAS HAPEMAN, Ottawa. 

Born in Ephratah, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1839. Removing to 
La Salle Co. in 1845; in U. S. A. in Civil War from April, 
1861, to June, 1865, as a 2d Lieut., llth 111. Inf.; 
Lieut. -Col. and Col., 104th 111. Inf.. and commanding 
1st Brig., 1st Div., 14th Army Corps, Army of the 
Cumberland; publisher Ottawa Free Trader from 1865 
to 1882: merchant from 1805 to 1895; Seo.. Treas. and 
Mgr. Thomas Electric Light Co. from 1884 to 1899; 
Pres. Ottawa Hydraulic Co.; Pres. Bid. Homestead and 
Savings Assn. 



JOHN R. JOHNSON, Sterling. 

Born in Ontonagon, Mich., Dec. 18, 1859. Resided in 
Clinton, la.. 1868-71; Sterling, 111., 1871-5; St. Joseph, 
Mo., 1875-80; Chicago, 1880-2; resided in Sterling. 111., 
since 1882. engaging in the manufacturing of undertak- 
ers' supplies; Postmaster at Sterling 4 yrs. ; sold manu- 
facturing plant and engaged in the business of under- 
taking; Mayor of Sterling 2 terms. 



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MERCHANTS. 

J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co. 





J. S. FORD, Chicago. 

Born In Geauga Co., Ohio, Sept. 16, 1831. In 1847 be- 
came a resident of Columbus, O., removing to Michi- 
gan City Ind., in 1868, and to Chgo. in 1873, where he 
engaged in the chair mfg. business: Pres. of the Na- 
tional Chair Mfg. Assn.; Pres. of the Chicago Furniture 
Mfg Assn.; for over 12 yrs. a Dir. of the Chgo. Relief 
and Aid Soc. ; mem. 6th Presbyterian Church. 



GEORGE W. JOHNSOX, Dloliiie. 

Born in Henry Co., 111., Oct. 9, 1857. From 1884 to 
1892 engaged in mercantile business in Oriva, 111.; 
engaged in the real estate business in Moline from 
1892 to 1898; became Pres. and Treas. of the Moline 
Furniture Works in 1898; Dir. State Bank of Oriva 
since its organization: Director Moline National Bank; 
mem. of 41st and 42;1 111. Gen. Assemblies. 





R. A. HITCHCOCK, Chicago. 

Born Jan. 28, 1842, at Burton, O. Removing to 111. in 
1872- engaged in the business of chair manufacturing, 
under the firm name of J. S. Ford. Johnson ft Co.; 
Treas. and a Dir. of the company; Dir. of the \\estern 
'ane Seating Co. of Michigan City. Ind.; Vice-Pres ami 
Dir of the Hitchcock Chair Co.. Michigan City, Ind.; 
mem. of the C. A. A.; resides at tin- Lexington. 



CHARLES C. RUGGLES, Chicago. 

Born in North Fairfleld. O. Located in 111. in 1878; 
salesman of the firm of J. S. Ford, Johnson & Co., 
manufacturers of chairs: subsequently representing the 
firm on the road; in 1890 mem. of the firm of J. S. 
Ford, Johnson & Co.; mem. III. Mnnufacturers' Assn., 
and mem. of the Soc. of Colonial Wars. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





FREDERICK H. HERHOLD, Chicago. 

Born In Chgo. Mem. of the firm of V. P. P. Herhold 
& Son.; Ex-V.-P. Public Library Board; Pres. of the 
Elm wood Cemetery Co.; Pres. 111. Coffee and Rubber 
Co., Chicago. 



ERXEST J. MAGERSTADT, Chicago. 

Born In Germany, Dec. 26, 1864. Clerk of Criminal 
Court of Cook Co. 1894-8; Sheriff of Cook Co. 1S99- 
19C2; engaged in the furniture business. 





HENRY STICKART, Chicago. 

Born in X. Y., 1854. Is engaged in the business of a 
hardware and furniture merchant: Alderman from 1893 
to 1898; Assessor of the South Town in 1898. 



FRED BEXDER, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1806. Removing to this country in 
1883; maker of modern store fixtures and since 188S 
a manufacturer of store and office fixtures in New York 
and Chicago; Prop, of the American Store & Office 
Fixture House, 1935, Main Store 2010-12 Wabash Ave. 



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MERCHANTS. 





PRANK B. TOBEY, Chicago. 

Born Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass., 1833. Located In Chgo. 
in 1857; engaged in the furniture business in 1858; 
descended from Elder Brewster of the "Mayflower." 



ALEXANDER H. REVELL,, Chicago. 

Head of the firm of A. H. Revell & Co., manufacturers 
and merchants. 





ARTHUR J. DUNBAR, Chicago. 

Born in Cleveland. O.. April 8, 18GO. Located in 111. 
in 1880: in the employ of the Illinois Steel Co. until 
1883; embarked in the. hardware and furniture business 
in 1883; mem. 111. State Com. to the Charleston, S. C., 
Interstate and West India Exposition 1901-2. 



JOHN D. HAGGARD, Chicapro. 

Born in Chgo., Dec. 4, 1847. Engaged in the hardware 
business with his father. Samuel H. Haggard, prior to 
1880: in 1880 commenced manufacture of spring beds; 
in 1888 was associated witli Francis Karr and H. H. 
Marcusson as the Karr, Haggard Compy. ; subsequently, 
with H. H. Marcusson and Jno. G. Smith, as Smith, 
Haggard & Co. ; in 1894 established the present corpo- 
ration of Haggard & Mnrcusson. manufacturers of 
spring beds and wire mattresses, of which he is Presi- 
dent: member Co. D. 134th 111. Inf., war 1861-5, and 
Kilpatrick Tost, G. A. U. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 

S. Karpen & Bros. 





SALOMON KARPE1V. Chicnjfo. 

Born In Germany Jan. 7. 1858. Removed to America In 
1872, and to Chgo. in 1873; engaged in the manufac- 
ture of upholstered furniture in Chgo. Aug., 1880. 



ADOLPH KARPEN, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1860. Came to Chgo. in 1873; engaged 
in the furniture business in 1880 as a mem. of the firm 
of S. Karpen & Bros., mfrs. of upholstered furniture; 
Pres. Chgo. Furniture Assn.; mem. C. A. A. and Ma- 
sonic Fraternity. . 





OSCAR KARPKBT, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, 1859. Removing to Chgo. in 1873; 
engaged in the manufacturing of upholstered furniture 
in Chgo. in 1880, as a mem. of the firm of Karpen Bros. 



ISAAC KARPEX, Chicago. 

Born in Germany, March 1, 18C5. Came to Chgo. 
1873; public school education: 20 yrs. engaged in the 
furniture business: mem. of the tirni of Karpen Bros., 
manufacturers of upholstered furniture. 



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369 



MERCHANTS. 





W. VERNON BOOTH, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 22, 1856. Pres. A. Booth & Co.; Vice-Pres. 
Chgo. Horse Show Assn.; Pres. Union Club; mem. 
Chicago, Chicago Golf, Commercial, Saddle and Cycle, 
Onwentsia Clubs and C. A. A. 



FREDERICK DIERSSEN, Chicago. 

Born ic Hanover, Germany, 1842. Came to Chgo. In 
1866; entered flsh business, wholesale and retail, in 
1868; in 1872 staited in wholesale, and In 1885 formed 
the firm of F. Diersseji & Bro. ; since 1898 branch of A. 
Booth & Co.; Pres. Chgo. Sash, Door & Blind Mfg. 'Co. 





ADOLPH WITTE, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Jan. 30, 1867. Until 23 yrs. of age in 
the employ of Chas. \Vitte, his father, in the wholesale 
fish and oyster business at 1 Milwaukee Ave. ; upon re- 
tirement of Chas. Witte, formed a copartnership with 
Henry E. Dieterle, continuing the business at same 
location from 1890 to 1898; business later purchased 
by A. Booth & Co.; Manager since for the Chas. Witte 
& Co. branch of A. Booth & Co., wholesale dealers 
in fish and oysters. 



HEXRY E. DIETERLE, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Oct. 11, 1855. Engaged in the wholesale 
flsh business for the past 20 yrs. as a partner In the 
firm of Chas. Witte & Co., now branch of A. Booth 
& Co. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 
W. M. Hoyt & Co. 





WILLIAM M. HOYT, Chicago. 

Born July 26, 1837. Pres. of the W. M. Hoyt Company; 
commenced business in Chgo. in 1853; site of old Ft. 
Dearborn occupied by offices and warehouse of the 
company. 



R. J. BENNETT. Chicago. 

Born Pulaski, Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 9, 1839. School 
teacher in 1856-63; entered service of W. M. Hovt Co. 
in 1863; mem. of firm 1865. 





ALBERT C. BUTTOLPH, Chicago. 

Born in Charlotte, Vt., Sept. 8, 1852. Located ia Chgo. 
1873; Dir. in W. M. Hoyt Company. 



GRAEME STEWART, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo. Mem. of the firm of W. M. Hoyt & Go. 
Jan. 1, 1879; mem. National Republican Com. 1900. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





NATHANIEL, K. FAIRBANK, < I. i.-.-iu... 
Born at Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y., 1829. Educated in 
the common schools and located in Buffalo in 1855: 
later came to Chicago as representative of David Dows 
& Co. of New York City; in 1885 the present firm of 
N. K. Pairbank & Company was incorporated; retired 
from active business in .Tune. 1891. 



J. B. DURAND, Chicago. 

Born Clinton Co., N. Y., May 31. 1838. Came to Chgo. 
In 1857; from 1858 to 1878. engaged in the wholesale 
grocery business in Milwaukee; senior mem. of the firm 
of J. P.. Durand & Co., Chgo. 





HENRY B. STEELE, Chicago. 

Born in Chgo., Oct. 26, 1863. Pres. of Steele, Wedeles 
Co. 



EDWARD L. WEDELES, Chicago. 

Born in Austria, Oct. 16, 1855. Resided in Chgo. since 
1871; mem. of the firm of Steele, Wedeles Co., whole- 
sale grocers, since 1888; Ex-Pres. Chgo. Credit Men's 
Assn.; State Vice-Pres. of "the National Assn. of Credit 
Men; Ex-Pres. Lnkeside Club. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





L,UMAN R. WING, Evanston. 

Born In N. Y. City, April 10, 1855. For 15 yrs. en- 
gaged In the wholesale grocery business In X. Y. City; 
located in Chgo. as a merchant In 1890. 



JAMES i. DABDBH, Chicago. 

Born in Martin Co., N. C. Reared on the Pacific Coast, 
where he was interested in the wholesale grocery and 
canning business in Portland and San Francisco; 
achieved prominence as -a leader in a nuinber of business 
enterprises, and he is now identified in the operation 
of a number of factories in New York and Pennsyl- 
vania. 





LOUIS W. STAYART, Chicago. 

Born Nov. 25, 1859, Chicago. Pres. of the Louis W. 
Stayart Co., wholesale grocers. 



EMIL GEHRKE, Chicago. 

Born Dec. 25, 1856, Chgo. Business established by his 
father, Conrad Gehrke, in 1857; in 1871 he entered 
into business, and succeeded his father in 1897, con- 
tinuing in the wholesale flour business at 145 E. 
Kinzie St.; resides at 1132 Winthrop Ave., North Edge- 
water. 



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MERCHANTS. 





GEORGE: .1. i.. JANES, Chicago. 

Born in Canada. Coming to Chgo in 1880; has been 
for many yrs. engaged 'in the jobbing and grocery busi 
of the American Importing Co.; Vice-Pres. 



ness; Pres 

of the British-American Co 

British- American. 



Publisher of the Western 



WILLIAM BEST, Chicago. 

Born in Canterbury, Eng., Aug. 29, 1841. Came to 
Chgo in 1852; insnector and in charge of Indian supply 
station of U. S.; Collector of the South Town, 1883; in 
March, 1886, appointed a commissioner of the South 
Park Board, and has been reappointed from time to 
time; acted as Pres., Sec. and Auditor of the board; 
engaged in the business of importing and manufactur- 
ing of cigars, under the firm name of Best & Russell. 





FRED G. SHOUDY, Rockford. 

Born Sept. 13, 1861, at Kochelle, 111. Pres. and Treas. 
of the Rockford Wholesale Grocery Co.; located in 
Roekford in 1870; educated in High School and Busi- 
ness Coll. 



AIGUST NYLANDER. Rockford. 

Born Sweden, Oct. 16, 1869. Located in the U. S. in 
1880, working at different trades; in 1894 engaged in 
the grocery business, Rockford; twice elected inem. of 
Board of Supervisors, and served one term on the Board 
of Education of Rockford; Supt. of Postal Station No. 
2, Rockford, 111. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





GEORGE: MUNROE, Joiiet. 

Born in Lanark, Scotland, April 4, 1821. Located in 
Brownsville, N. Y., 1828: located in Will Co.. 111., 
1849; in 1862 elected Sheriff; served 2 terms as Treas. 
of Will Co. ; mem. of School Board and City Counsel 
of Joiiet; was a wholesale grocer; died Sept. 5. 1 310. 



A. S. OAKFORD, Peoria. 

Horn Oct. 28, 1845, in Peoria Co., 111. Pres. and Mgr. 
of Oakford & Fahnestock, wholesale grocers, operating 
one of the largest mercantile houses in 111. outside of 
Chgo. ; Vice-Pres. of the Bank of Illinois. 





G. A. HUENKEMEIER, Freeport. 

Born in Freeport in 1862. Engaged in farming in S. 
Dakota until 1887; subsequently engaged in mercantile 
business in Saline Co., Neb., until 1889; in 1891 opened 
a grocery store in Freeport, 111.; elected Alderman in 
the years 1895-8; in 1901 elected Mayor; mem. Busi- 
ness Men's Assn. and Treas. Grocerymen's Assn. 



JOH1V W. BINX, Springfield. 

Born Hunterdon Co., N. J. Moved to 111. In 1847: Vice- 
Pres. 

can State Comm. 
wholesale grocer. 



Selz,_Schwab & Co., Chicago; mem. of Republi- 
Vice-Pres. Springfield Marine Bank; 



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MERCHANTS. 





LAFAYETTE H. SMITH, Chicago. 

Born in Shaftsbury, Vt., Nov. 24. 1824. Located in 
Chgo. in 1836; established the wholesale drug house of 
Lord & Smith in 1860; grad. from Rush Medical Coll. 
in 1S57; retired 1876; died July 29, 1891. 



CHARLES L. BARTLETT, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. State, and came to 111. in 1895. Chief 
distributor of the Proctor & Gamble Co.. of Cincinnati; 
Pres. of the Oraugeine Chem. Co., Chgo. mfrs. of 
Orangeine Powders. 





FREDERICK A. BRYAN, ChioaKO. 

Born Wellington. Eng., Sept. 14. 1819. Removed to 
Chgo. in 183G; died at Chicago, Dec. 18, 1886. 



BARENT VAN BUREN, Chicago. 

Born March 8, 1840, Orange Co., N. Y. Enlisted as a 
pri. in the war of 1861-5 in the 102d N. Y. Inf.; made 
a Lieut, at the battle of Cedar Mountain; mustered 
out Capt., Dec., 1864; subsequently Col. of the 192d 
N. Y. Vol.; located in Chgo. 1872; engaged in the drug 
business at Calif. Ave. and W. Madison St.; retired 
Nov., 1897. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





AL.DO SOMMER, 

Horn in Germany, Dec. 13, 1830. Located In U. S. 
1849; established an apothecary in St. Louis in 1853; 
located in Quincy in 1857, and engaged in the drug 
business in partnership with F. Flachs & Co. ; late'r 
the firm was Sommer & Metz, subsequently Sommer, 
Lynds Co. ; since 1894 the nrm is Aldo Sommer's 
Drux Co. 



LUMABf T. HOY, Woodstock. 

Born Alden, 111., Oct. 28, 1850. Removing to Wood- 
stoc-k, 111., 1865; attended high school until 1869; en- 
gaged in the drug business in 1869; Pres. of the Wood- 
stock Sentinel Co., and Sec. 111. State Board of Phar- 
macy; mem. of Hep. State Cent. Com. and Chairman of 
the McHenry Co. Rep. Com. 





WILLIAM H. EDGAR, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. State. Coming to 111. in 1872; Pres. of 
the Dearborn Drug und Chemical Works, and has occu- 
pied the position as Pres. of this company since its 
establishment in 1888. 



ROBERT F. CARR, Chicago. 

Born in Argcnta, 111., 1871. Came to Chgo. in 1894; 
has been Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr. of the Dearborn 
Drug and Chemical Wks. since 1896. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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MERCHANTS. 





SENECA D. K Ml II \ 1C K. Chicago. 

Born in Venice, Cayaga Co., N. Y., March 4, 1832. Lo- 
cated in Chgo. In 1852; in 1858 engaged in business as 
Hall, Kimbark & Co., iron and hardware; in 1872 be- 
t'ame Kimbark Bros. & Co., and in 1876 became sole 
prop.; pioneer merchant of iron and steel trade, Chgo. 



JAMES II. GORML.EY, Chicago. 

Horn June 17, 1856, rGlencoe, 111. Common school edu- 
cation; engaged in business in 1882; Pres. Bullard & 
Gormley Co., hardware merchants, 78-80 Randolph 
St., Chicago; Pres. Masonic Fraternity Temple Assn. 
since 1898; mem. C. A. A., Illinois and Oak Park Clubs; 
resides in Oak Park. 





FRANK H. ORR, Chicago. 

Since 1872 has been identified with the hardware busi- 
ness of Chgo. as a mem. of the firm of Orr & Locketi 
nnil the corporation of Orr & Lockett Hardware Co. 



GORHAM J. COTTREL,!.,, Qniiicy. 

Boru in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., 1830. Removing to 
Maconib, 111., in 1855; engaging in the hardware busi- 
ness, and in 1866 engaged in the hardware business in 
Quincy; Pres. Cottrell Hardware Co.: Pres. Cottrell- 
Sboll Furniture Co. ; Pres. Quincy Hotel Co. ; Directoi 
Comstock Castle Stove Co.; Charmon Emory Stove Co.; 
Arrow Rock Mining Co. 



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MERCHANTS. 





ISAAC WALKER, Peorla. 

Born Dec. 1, 1803, In Lancaster Co., Pa. Located in 
I'eoria, 111., 1842; founded the Isaac Walker Hardware 
Co., oldest wholesale hardware house In the Wesf 
died Nov. 27, 1880. 



EDWARD H. WALKER, Peoria. 

Born in Peorla, June 4, 1852. Grad. from Peoria High 
School; la 1870 engaged in the wholesale hardware 
business founded in 1842 by his father, Isaac Walker; 
Pres. of the Isaac Walker Hardware Co. since 1881. 





HENRY SANDMEYER, Peoria. 

Born in Bavaria. 1829. Locating in 111. in 1849; since 
1851 engaged in the hardware and stove business; Viee- 
Pres. Merchants' National Hank; Pres. Peoria Stone & 
Mnrble Co. 



FRANCIS M. RYON, Streator. 

Born in Yorkville, 111. Resided in Streator since 1808, 
and is engaged in the hardware business; Postmaster 
of Streator in 1884-5; Pres. of the Bottle & Glass Co. 
of Streator; interested in Streator Tile Wks. and Coal 
Mines; 111. Canal Com.; Vlce-Pres. Streator National 
Bank iu 1892. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



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MERCHANTS. 





JOHN O'NKILL, JR., Peorin. 

Born in I'^oria, May 7, 1864. Mem. of the tirin since 
1885 of John O'Neill & Son, plumbers, steam and gas 
fitters. 



ANDREW O'NEILL,, Peoria. 

Born in 1'eoiia. 111., Nov. 4, 1805. Mem. since 1885 of 
the tiriii of John O'Neill & Son, plumbers, steam and gas 
titteis. 





BENJAMIN B. FELIX, Chicago. 

Horn in Chgo., May 31, 1871. Attended Univ. School, 
Chgo. ; Mich. Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Mich.; 
entered the employ of the Felix & Marston, wholesale 
woodenware merchants, in 1888, and since has been 
made its Mgr. 



EDMUND HENRY" STROUD, Chicago. 

Horn June 21, 1SCO, IMrkenhead, Cheshire, England. 
Located in Chgo. in 1892; Chgo. representative of the 
liii-mingham ISrass Co. of Shelton, Conn., the Muir-Kirk 
Furnace of Muirkirk, Md., the Pittsburg Strel Foundry, 
the IJraddock Machine <fc Mfg. Co., the Central Cyclone 
Co. (Limited) of London, Kng. ; formerly publisher of 
the "Metal Market. Report;" mem. firm of E. H. Stroud 
& Co.. 3(i La Salle St., Chicago, metal and machinery 
merchants. 



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MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



MERCHANTS. 





LLOYD >l M.Nou. Chicago. 

Born in Baltimore, Md. Pres. and Treas. Spaulding & 
Co., jewelers and silversmiths. 



ALBERT L. SERCOMB, Chicago. 

Born in Milwaukee. Wis., Aug. 22, 1847. Located in 
Chgo. 1875; Western Mgr. Merldan-Brittania Co., sil- 
versmiths; Pres. Chicago Jewelers' Assn. 1891-2; mem. 
North Shore, Union League and Marquette Clubs and 
Apollo Com. and Columbia Post. 





FRANK LEWALD, Chicago. 

Born in N. Y. City, Sept. 14, 1855. Came to Chgo. in 
1870; from 1873 to 1881 was with C. E. Webber & Co., 
fruits and fancy groceries; in 1881 engaged in the jew- 
elry business, under the firm name of F. Lewald & (Jo., 
wholesale dealers in jewelry. 



ALBERT E. ZIEHME, Cliieapro. 

Born Tomah, Wis., Sept. 1, 1867. Located in Chgo. 
in 1895; mem. of the firm of A. E. Ziehme & Co., 
wholesale jewelers; Pres. of Ravenswood Exchange 
Bank; mem. Hamilton and Bankers' Clubs. 



MEN OF ILLINOIS. 



381 



MERCHANTS. 





OTTO YOUNG, Chicago. 

Born Dee. 20, 1844, Elberfeld. Germany. Located in 
U. S. in 1859, and Chgo. in 1872; engaged in the jew- 
elry business in 1872; Sec. and Treas. of the Fair. 



JULIUS SCHNERING, Chicago. 

Horn in Elderfeldt. Germany, Sept. 10. 1852. Located 
with parents in Philadelphia; in 1865 entered the serv- 
ice of Otto Young & Co., jewelry, in Chgo.; subse- 
quently admitted to partnership in the firm. 





ROBERT JOHNS, Chicago. 

Born Hazel Green, Wis., April 3, 1859. Moved to Cligo. 
in 1892 and engaged in the